The Ashburton Guardian.

VOLi. V,— No. iass

ASHBURTON. FRIDAY, JUNE 4. Ihb6

Christchurch Advertisements.

trice-one penny



Surveyor, Civil Engineers. &c. 0 B. BOOKS AND SONS, Architects, jiviL Bsgiwiusks, Valuators, Licensed SURVEYORS, AND LAND BROKERS, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashburton. Conveyances. mINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS £ RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Coach leaves Hood’s hotel or Cavendish Railway Station every day, meeting each train. Passengers by morning train may pro ceed by coach to Alford Forest, thence to Methven in time for the last train for Christchurch, or may return in time for the last train for Ashburton. Parcels and Orders will receive every attention. Horses and Baggies on hire. ln JOHN HOOD



»/•> AUSTRALASIAN Y> ARCELS EXPBK&S. Parcels and Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through, Inclusive i ates. _ , One charge. No extras. No trouble. No charge for booking or for collecting packages up to 561bs weight within the city. Daily despatches by Pail, and to Great Britain, Europe and Australia by every steamer. Extract from tariff, including all charges i to Address of Consignee a BS C 3 & H O 2! o E 3 2 W n o 2; SfQ I r 3 °* § n 5' 1 i i We are now receiving parcels for Home to despatch per Tongariro, sailing this month. Revised cheap rates. Insurance effected if desired. Tariff and all information on application CUFF & GRAHAM, Box 237 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton. Telephonegg. 8 1672 Business Notices.



sc BAKER BROS., Builders, Under takers, eta, Wakanul road and Cass street.—B.B. desire to state that having the mu recent and improved Hkabbk and Moubning Coach, are prepared to furnish and conduct Funerals on special and most reasonable terms. Country orders will receive prompt attention. Note «ie »d ---dress, corner of Wakanul road and Cass street. Orders may be left at the Ash burton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Post Office Ashburton. I®* M OUNT SOMERS & METHYBN ROYAL MATT. COACH. On and after January Ist, 1885, the undersigned will tun a Coach each Tues day, Thursday and Saturday, starting at noon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, for Sprlngburn and Alford Forest, there connectingwlthDufTsCoachfrom Methven returning same evening. Fares —Spring- burn, 2s, return, 3s; Alford Forest, 4s, return, s. i 27 T. BIX. MRS KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, Compton’s Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton, N. 8.- vanta. -Registry Office fo Female Ser ► ARRIVAL OF NEW BOOKS. COURT Life Below Stairs, Humorous Works of Theodore Hook, Betters from Hell, Journals of Major-General Gordon at Khar toum, Stonehenge’s British Rural Spoite, Newspaper Readers’ Companion, Scottish Life and Character by Dean Ramsay, The Grey hound—by Stonehenge, Book of Snobs by Thackeray. Macaulay’s Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome, May hews’ Hor«e Doctor, The Horse—by Stonehenge, Complete Works of Artemus Ward in 1 vol., Choice Works Mark Twain—l vol., Religious Anecdotes of Scotland —by Adamson, Sheep, Cattle and Horse by Youatt, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, America—by Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century— by Mackenzie} Madagascar and France, Spons’ Mechanics Own Book, Short History of Our Own Times—by Justin McCarthy, The Shadow of a Crime—by Hall Caine, Intrigues of a Poisoner—by B Gaborian, Clarissa’s Tangled Web, Decameron of Boccaccio, Mine Own People—by L. H« Gray, The Maclise Portrait Gallery, Evan Harrington by George Meredith, The Reporter’s Companion, Erie. THOS. F. FAELEY, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, AND PRINTER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON m 11



Of , rri JDA per day to be made by per wJL xyj AijZ boob of either sex, in own localities, at work for hb. New business. All meet with wonderful suc cess. Anyone can do the work. Capital not required. We will start yon. Outfit worth £1 mailed free. The employment particularly adapted to the region in which this publication circulates. Bey and girls earn nearly as much as Full particulars and instructions malle ree. Now is the time—don't delay, but write to ns at once. Address Stinson «r Do Portland Maine, Uni States



HUUIESSELICiI AND CO. . WEAVE US’ HALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established 1855. Ship to order any description of British and Continental Goods upon 2$ per cent, commission, selected by buyers with Colonial experience, and attend to the promp irealisatlon of Produce at highest prices upon I per cent, commission. Orders to be accompanied by Letters of Credit or part remittance in Bank Drafts or Produce. Open Policies of Insurance for floating cargoes to cover sea risks. References —Chief Office of the London i and Westminster Bank, or Agra Bank, London, and m of the Colonial Banks, Current Price Lists. Produce Reports, and any necessary samples or Information on application J. Ballantyne & Co. DUNSTABLE HOUSE. THIS Old Established firm have now erected Very Large and Commodious I Premises, suitable for carrying on a First class DRAPERY & CLOTHING BUSINESS, The comfort and convenience of customers have been care ully studied, and the Warehouse, which is spacious, lofty, and well-lighted, is generally acknowledged to be the beat of its kind In New Zealand. J. B. & CO. are In a position to place before the public goods bought on the most advantageous terms from the manu facturers, and thus secure to all the boat value for money—quality and price being the reliable test for cheapness.



NEW AUTUMN & WINTER GOODS I Are now shown in all the departments. Millinery, Mantle, and Dressmaking In First-class Styles. A Large Stock of MEN’S AND BOY’S CLOTHING Now on hand, so well and favourably known for Excellence of Quality, Fit, and Workmanship Our Own Manufacture. A HAT AND CAP FACTORS' On the premises. Any style made to order. One Shilling off every Pound Cash Discount. DUNSTABLE HOUSE, Established 1854. 4 491 fit ales. Bakaia Sales. WE beg to Intimate to our clients that for the future the SALES of TOOK, MPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES will be held at the Rakata the LAST THURSDAY In every month. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY. 8 306 MATSON, COX A CO.



¥/ieei i. Private Dispensary, Palmerston Building*, Fool of Queen-street, Auckland. Established for the Scien* tmc and Speedy Cure of Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Dr. Speer is a Regular Graduated Physician, educated at Harvard College. U.S. He ha* devoted a lifetime < to, and is acknowledged to be the most expert Physician in his specialty in the United States. Young Men and Middle-aged Men, wha suffer from Nervous and Physical Debility, Los* d Energy and Memory, Eruptions on the Face, Mental Depression, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Neuralgia* Rheumatism, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Paralysis, Fit*, Spinal Disease, St, Vitus’ Dance, Liver Complaint, Asthma, Catarrh, Heart Disease, Gravel, Piles, &c. # and are tired of taking mineral drugs, will do well to come Mid try the Doctor’s method of cure, as it will, if properly applied, relieve them of their sufferings and restore them to health. The Doctor uses no mineral preparations; his treatment consists wholly in the use of vegetable remedies. Many are they who have im planted in their systems, by improper use of calomel, seeds which produce an annual crop of disease. To such he would say, come and be healed. It matters not what your troubles may be, come and lei the Doctor examine your case. 1/ it is curahlt , he will fell you if ti is net, he will tell you that ; for he will not undertake a case unless he is confident of effecting a cure. It will cost you nothing for consul tation., so please call and satisfy yourselves that the Doc tor understands your case. Dr. S. cures Humours and Diseases of the Blood, and Ladies w*ho are afflicted by any of the following complaints:—Cold extremities, weak stomachs, lame and weak backs, nervous and sick headaches, constipation and indigestion, in the side and back, leuchorrea, etc., etc. I wish it distinctly Understood chat 1 do not claim to perform impossibilities, or to have miraculous power. All applying to me will receive my honest opinion of their complaint*. No experimenting. I will guarantee a positive cure in every case I undertake, or forfeit £IOO, Consultation in Office or by Letter, Frbb. Charges Moderate, Examination and advice, £l. Call or address : Dr. H. J. Speer, Palmerston Buildings, Auckland, N.Z. Office Hours: 910x2, Ito 4,6 to 8 p.m.; Sundays* so to I*. N. B. All Medicines necessary for a complete cure can be sent free from observation on receipt «f Smptoma. DJfi E R I N G’ S E E R I N G’ S Twine Binder. WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS for 1885 6. REDUCED PRICE—£SO. Every Machine with latest Improvements, two knives and a supply of small extras. The agents being desirous that the Doertng Twine Binder should retain the position which It has obtained as the FAVORITE MACHINE THE FARMERS throughout New Zealand, and that the price should not stand in the way, we have determined to sell al machines for coming season at FIFTY POUNDS,



For simplicity of construction, lightness of draught, economy of repairs, strength and efficiency, it stands unequalled, whilst for excellence of work in the field, under all conditions of crop, it cannot be sur passed. In confirmation of Its superiority, we refer to the many prizes obtained each year, and also to the testimonials from practical New Zealand farmers, as well as satisfaction expressed by every purchaser i of machines. D. WILLIAMSON, Agent for Ashburton. GRICULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANDI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Special attention given tc Bicycler, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model work. General repairs. 8



Public Notices: Caution. SOME unscrupulous firms are trying to force on the Mew Zealand people a Nostrum, under the cloak that It is made In the United States— WHICH IS NOT TRUE. Under this pretence they are trying to deceive the Public and Incautious Par chasers Into the belief that they are the Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS. We wish to warn all honest and unsus pecting people against this DECEPTION, and to call the attention once more to the facta that the Genuine American Co.’s BOP BITTERS Are put up In Squre, Panelled, Amber colored Bottles, with White Label on one side, printed in Black Letters, and Green Hop Cluster; and, on the other side, fellow Label, with Directions In Red Letters, In English and German, and the name of “Dr Soule ’’ blown In every Bottle. This is the only form In which Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS are put.



Trees Trees Trees THE undersigned has FOR SALE all kinds of FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, Pinna Insignia, Anatriaca, Maritima, and Macrocarpa, by tens of thousands; ocher kinds in proportion. All kinds of cabbage plants, etc, on Bale. All orders by -post or otherwise shall receive my best attention. N.B.—A grand lot of early strawberry plants on sale. JAMES PORTER, OLIFTON NURSERY,., 4 75 Allenton, Ashburton.



SHBURTON GOAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. R. S. Bean Bogs to Inform the inhabitants of Ash burton that he has a splendid lot of Blue Derwent Potatoes for sale. NEWCASTLE. WESTPORT, AND BROOKFIELD COAL at lowest rates. Firewood, Post and Rails, Stakes Etc., Potatoes Ohaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc. R. S. BEAN, 419 West street.



Standard‘'Sewing Machien. gPKOIAL NOTICE. THE LIGHT-RUNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE.



The STANDARD has more Improvements than all the other Sewl Machines pat together ! Has always been the best and 1s now the cheapest. That It meets every require ment of a critical public Is shown by Its great popularity and In creasing sale throughout America Europe, Australia and New Z land. mm 3 AGENT FOR ASHBURTON W. C. Page. AST STREET



Business Notice." Australian mercantile UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. The only Company in Canterbury WHICH DID NOT RAISE RATES 33J PER cent on Country Risks. [ We arc now, as we have been for THE PAST THREE YEARS, ACCEPTING BISKS PER CENT. OFF TARIFF. W. B. MOSS, Agent rot Ashburton District. September 22, 1885. 9 615 FOR the Blood Is the Life.—Clarke’s world-famed blood mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, scurvy, skin and blood diseases, and sores of all kinds, its effects are marvellous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold in bottles 6d and 11s each by chemists and ■>atent medicine vendors everywhere Sole froprietora, The Lincoln and Midland * ountie* Drug Co., Lincoln, England. 1 16



DR CHURCHILL'S SYRUP OF HYPOPHOSP HUB OF LIME 1 prescribed by the Faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chronic Cough and General Debility. It contains two of the principal ingre dients necessary for building up the human rame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Phosphorus and Lime. It cannot be too highly recommended for delicate children. Dr Churchill's compound Syrup of Hypophosphites Is real brain food, and in oases of Muscular and Nervous Exhaus tion has acquired a world-wide reputation. Each bottle bears Dr Churchill’s signa ture. Price, 4fr. Prepared only by SWANN, CHEMIST, 12, Rue Oastlgiione, Paris. 7 225



PRINTING OF ALL KIND INOLDDING- Billheads Circulars Memorandum Forma Agreements Liens Conditions of Sale Catalogues Posters, &c., And every description of LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LETTER-PRESS executed at the shortest notice and in the LATEST DESIGNS SPECIAL and most favorable terms oflerred to -WHOLESALE ORDERS. ASHBURTON GUARDIAN OFFICE,



TOWLE’S pennyroyal and steel pills for females quickly correct all irregulari ties and relieve the distreat, ng symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is lsd and 2s 9d, of all chemists. Prepared only by E, T. Towle, chemist, Nottingham, Eng land. Wholesale of all the wholesale houses,—Beware of imitations. 1 12 FOR SOWING with Turnips to secure a Good Crop, nothing succeeds like MAYO’S BONE MANURE. Price— L7, L 6, L 5. Agent In town—H. Zander. A Liberal Discount for Cash. F. T. MAYO, Hampstead Manure Factory, 9 6£»6 Aihbaito'u



Christchurch Advertisements. Great Blanket Sale The Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, have this day disposed of their Kntire Stock of First Quality SUPKR WHITE TWILL BLANKETS TO MESSRS G. L, BEATH & CO., Christchurch, The Stock, consisting of 11 bales, assorted sizes, as described below, will be Opened out of the Bales and for Sale to day and follow ing days at BEATH & CO.’S WAREHOUSE, Cashel Street, A t the following remarkably Low Prices. Size and Weight—| 9 4—61 by G 4 Inches, s£lbs, 17s 9d, usual trade price 25a 6d the pair. 10 4—90 by 74Inches, 7Hbs, 22a9d, usual trade price 32a (id the pair.| 11-4—09 byj 84 inches, 91bs, 27» 9J, usual trade price 37s 6d the pair.



12-4—loß by 94 inches, lllbs, 33s 9d, usual trade price 47s 6d the palr.£ The Reduction is equal to 30 PER CENT DISCOUNT OB oIX SHILLINGS IN THE POUND. At the above Rates, those Superior Blankets are Lower in Price than the Cheapest Twill Blanket produced by the Company, being marked considerably below the Mill Coat. Where two or more pairs are ordered, Carriage will be paid to any part of Canterbury. Orders by Post, accompanied by P. 0.0. or Cheque will receive the very beat attention, and ,Caah will be Returned if Uood are not as represented. GL Jj. Beath & Co., DEPOT FOR SALE OF KAIAPOI MANUFACTURES, IMPORTERS. AND MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS, Cashel Street, Christchurch, Antumn and Winter Shipments are now to hand, marked as usual at a small advance on Landed Cost. mil



His Lordship’s HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREET, Christchurch. THE Propletor of the above Hotel begs to notify that, he has engaged the services of one of the best Chefs In the colonies, with special Instructions to pro vide the best LUNCHEON OR TEA, In the country for ONE SHILLING. The bill of fare will comprise Poultry, Game, Fish, etc., etc., In season. drills to perfection at any hour. PRIVATE ROOMS FO LADIES. Books of Tickets are sued at reduced A String Band will play the newest music In dining-room from 2.30 to 1.30 each day. 6 14



BEWARE! BEWARE!! OF IMITATIONS. ASK FOR HOULT’S TONIC Herbal Beer. None Genuine except that bearing my label. Try It! Try it! 1 It is one of the Best Medicinal and Summer Tonlca ever offered to the Public. Delivered in Ashburton at 2s per dozen. Bottles not returned will bo charged for. T. HOULT, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 11 8



Davis’s Herbal Beer ON account of Persona selling Inferior Herbal Beer and representing it as mine, 1 have to ask the public to see chat EACH BOTTLE BEARS A RED AND WHITE LABEL jWith My Name and Trade Mark on. None genuine without It. DAVIS’S TON 10 HERBAL BEER 1 Is acknowledged by the travelling public to be the best Tonic Summer DrlnK In New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED. Delivered In Ashburton at 2s par Dorm Bottles charged if not returned Families wa.ted on daily. DAVIS’S HERBAL B ER AND ICE BRINK MANDF OTOBY, Sraasst, Ahb «



VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH Will find the three O’s— Comfort 1 Cheapness I! Convenience AT WALLACE’S Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo street. 10 677 A Night Porter Kept. AUTUMN, 1886. THE Drapery and General Importing Company of N. Z. Limited (Co-op Motive) beg to intimate the arrival of extensive shipments for the ensuing AUTUMN AND WINTER SEASONS, Comprising the latest London and Paris Fashions in all departments together with every kind of nseful and General Drapery and Fur nishings for Household and Family Use, now to hand ex a s. Ruapehu, Tainul, Kaikoura, Doric, Tongariro, and Arawa, and sailing ships Wellington, Waimea, to be supplemented by arrival of each direct steamer.



(Novelties In all Departments. SPECIAL SHOW. A Special Season’s Show will be held on Saturday, February 20, and whole of following week, during which the public are cor dially invited to Inspect the im mense and entirely new stock, without being pressed to purchase All Goods at Wholesale Ware house Prices. B. 0. BROWN, Manager. Warehouses Cashel street ... Christchurch. High street ... Dunedin. See Season’s Circular now issued.



Metropolitan Hotel OASHEL STREET, Chrlalchuroh, (Under Proprietorship since April, 1885). TELE above Hotel has been thoroughly painted, papered and renovated, and Is equal to any Hotel In Christchurch for situation, position and accommodation, being at once close to the Centre of the City, and within five minutes’ walk of the Railway Station. Terms—Per day, 6s 6d; per week, LI 10s; per 28 days, L 6. (Private apartments by arrangement). Permanent boarders, LI 5s per week. Ordinary, from 12 to 2 p.m. ; Table d’Hdte, at 6.15 p.m. For farther '.calars, apply on the premises ; or, by . to MANAGER, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14, 6 18 Chrlstohnroh.



PEN IN G New Saleyards. The Undersigned beg to notify that they will hold their Opening Sale at the Royal Saleyards, Moore street, on THURSDAY, APRIL 8. Farmers and Dealers will find it to their advantage to enter Stock, etc, at these Yards, as their central position will, no doubt, be of great convenience to the trade. As a large number of entries have been promised, clients will oblige by entering their stock, etc, as early as possible previous to the day of sale, in order that they may be duly advertised. Present entries comprise Horses, Oows, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, Furniture, Produce, and Sundries, Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 o’clock. ZOUCH & MACPHERSON AUCTIONEERS. TO LET.—A capital dwelling house o! seven rooms, plastered throughout. Washhouse, with water laid on; also orchard and garden ; rent moderate. Apply to— ZOUOH AND MAGPHEKSON, 3 446 Auctioneers, Ashburton.



T HE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE Hone, Prince Yictor Will travel the Wakannl, Longbeach, and Ashburton Fords districts, and will stand at Netherby Lodge (opposite Canterbury Mills) on Saturdays. For farther particulars and terms ap ly to Groom In charge, or GEORGE POOOOK,



Business Notices. NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS. I HEREBY give Notice that all Doga found interfering with Sheep on this Estate will be destroyed, and the Owners sued for any damage done. D>»NALD McLEAN. 1 167 Lagmhor. KEATING’S POWDER destroys bugs, fleas, moths, bedtles, and all other insects, whilst qnite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating beetles the success of this powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly clean in application. See the article yon purchase is KEATING’S ra imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2a 6d each, by all chemists. 1 2



WILHELM ZANDER has always on hand a gooi variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—'Williams’ Knby Twist, Yenns Navy Twist and Nailrod, High Admiral, Signet, Jano, and other best brands. IN CIGARETTES— Old Judge, Welcome, Vanity Fair, Opera Faffs, Chancellors, Old Rip, Little Beauties, etc. PIPES— A Splendid Assortment, both in case and without. CIGARETTE & CIGAR HOLDERS— A large variety to choose from. Fishing Tackle, Cricketing Material, Footballs, Lawn Tennis, and a large stock of Fancy Goods of every description kept in stock. Ladles and Gentlemen’s Hairdressing Saloons. Wilhelm Zander, TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER East street, Asbbarton. T o Public Notices. FARMERS The Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, is a Cash Buyer of Wool Apply at the Factory. 11 40



TO FARMERS AND OTHERS ARE PUROHASEBS or Wheat Oats Barley Rye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, FORj WHICH WB ARK PREPARED TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE. Woolpacks (FULL SIZE) Cornsacks iTJO ARRIVE Friedlander Bros.



W. Fowke, BOOTMAKER, BEGS to Inform his friend* and the public generally that he has started business on his own account. He hopes by strict attention to business and making a good article, to secure a share of public patronage- Address—BUßKETT STREET, 1 ytwalsw oeeapied bf M» S Kweb.



Business Notices ONE box of Clark’s a 41 pills is war. ranted to care all discharges from the urinary organa in either sex (acquired oi constitutional), gravel and pains in the back. Guaranteed free jfrom mercury, bold In boxes 4e 6d oach, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors. Sole pro pnetors, The Lincoln and Midland Coon ties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Whole sale of all the wholesale houses, X



For Sowing Grain, Grass, Tomlp, Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower be arranged, when ordered, to bow Imcera. or other small seeds simultaneously sowing of .Ryegrass if desired. It Is only Sower in the Market that will sow with absolute regularity on either exces sively rough or very smooth land. It will sow any desired quantity of Grain or Grass by simply changing one wheel. Corn Drills all Sizes. JoiNTKD PULVERISING Disc Harrows.- The Rest.—Over 500 in use. Improved Prize Chapitcutizbs. Witl cast-steel mouthpieces, when proper!) handled, make no long straws, conse quently chad requires no riddling. Th are in use largely all over hew Zealan several of the large-sized numbing K«l a lately fitted up at Christchurch. Improved Double and Treble Furrow I Ploughs. —The best, and consequent., the cheapest in the market. 3,4, and' leaf harrows. Square linked nbatn har. rows- Hew design of tripod harrows, and 7 tlned field grubbers. Oambridg rollers, 20, 24, and 26 inches dl«m. pi«T n cylinder field rollers. Horse gears for 1 2,3, and 4 horses. Best iron-bark swingle-trees. Ropes and pully gear fot 4-horse yokes. Threshing machine fit tings Belting all sizes. Iron and bras* eastings of all kinds to order. Fenehu standards cut and punched to any length and guage. Drays made fi—n best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Gray’s patent standard for folding sheep.



Winner* of the Gold Medal at the Melbourne Exhibition for their Double Pdkbow Plough, vide Jurors’ Report:— “ Plcvhs—ln ploughs there - one ex hibit to which we .wish to draw special attention as being the best, and.that the Doable Furrow of Beta and Gray, Dunedin, New Zealand, in finish and ot atrnotlon it is far superior to any other The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company are now representing nr In this district TE. KIL WORTH, Architecture , and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Building Contractor. Office:—Steam Bee Hive, Saab, Door, and Cabinet Factory, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. Workmanship Guaranteed at Lowest Ashburton permanent BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. The above Society pays Interest at the rate of 4$ per cent, per anncm for De posits at Call, 6 per cent, per annnm for three months, and 6 per cent, per annum if fixed tor 6 months or over. Rakafc* REID -fe GRAY possible rates. 11 31



j ward, Manager. Office;- Arcade Chamber*, Barnet tree 4 : jyOBE VALUABLE THAN GOLD If a <3ally Increasing demand and as endless number of testimonials are a criterion of the popularity of an article; then Dr Low’s CHERRY PECTORAL one of the wonders of the present an* lightened age. Daring the past wlnte and spring diseases of the throat an* inngs hare been very prevalent, and has been admitted on all sides that wh ere ever this valuable remedy has been ob tainable, numbers of lives have been saved by Its timely use. Always have bottle in the house. Soldf everywhere Is 6d and Ss 6d pec bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Oo Christchurch, and at the proprietor, H Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Ashburton Agent—Ohas. Neate, Chemist. Government Notice. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND. Atentlon is directed to the provisions i.he Acts establishing this Offices, and o the advantages placed thereby within easy .each of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per son ;



1. —About to make hia for her Will or Codicil. 2. —lntending to provide for Wife an Children or others by deed of Settlement 3. —Settling Property by way of Mu« rlage Settlement. 4. —Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Ezeontoi Trustee under the same. 6. —Having acted as Trustee, Execs so or Administrator, wishing to be relieved she burthen of Trustee, hip or Admin is ration, the option of using the State me thinery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peculation or dishonesty. Every Information may be f ”“ ALEXANDER LEAN, Agent at Chris tohun Or from B, 0. HAMERTON, Public Traste Wellington, 12th May. 188$



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