The Ashburton Guardian.

MO N DAY J ULY 5. 1886

rpRI i-E-ON},'pENNS

YOU. V,—No. I2bo

ASHBURTON.



Surveyor, Civil Engineers. &c- E. FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, ivn. Valuators, Licensed SUEVEITOES, AND liAND BbOKEES, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashburton. Conveyances TINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH | ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Coach leaves Hood’s hotel fir Cavendish Railway Station everyday, 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 tor the last train for Ashburton. Parcels and Orders will receive every attention. Horses and Buggies on hire. JOHN HOOD P AUSTRALASIAN arobls bxpre a. ‘Parcels and Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through, inclusive “Sne charge. No extras, No trouble No charge for booking or for collecting packages up to B6lbs weight within the nty. Dally despatches by Rail* 3 rest Britain, Europe and Australia by sY©ry sioftinor. Extract from tariff, Including all charges o Address of Consignee :



We are now receiving pai o despatch per Tongarin nonth. Revised cheap rati Insurance effected If desii Tariff and all information CUFF & GI Box 237 Post Office, and 1$ Telephone 22. Business Noth Bakeb bros., Bui taken, etc., Wakannl street.—B.B. desire to atat the most recent and improvi Moukhihg Coach, are prepi and conduct Funerals on sp reasonable terms. Count receive prompt attention, dress, comer of Wakanul i street. Orders may be 1 burton Coach Factory; or Office Ashburton. EES & MATT. On and after January ] undersigned will ran a Goa day, Thursday and Satnrd noon from Hood’s Hotel, B lor Sprlngbuin and Alford i onnectlngwlthDuff s Ooad returning same evening, burn, 2s, return, 3s; Alfo return, 6s. 1 27 M' OUNT SOM ROYAL MRS KENNEDY & MIS DRBSSMAK Oompton’s Buildings, Id Ashburton,



Hgeiesselich and 00. . WEAVERS’ 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 prompt realisation oi Produce at highest prices upon 1 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 and Westminster Bank, or Agra Bank, London, and most of the Colonial Banks. Current Woe Lists.* - Produce Reports, and any necessaryfamples or Information on application J. Ballantyne & Co. DUNSTABLE HOUSE. THIS Old Established firm have now erected Very Large and Commodious Premises, suitable for carrying on a First-class DRAPERY & CLOTHING BUSINESS, The comfort and convenience of customers have been carefully studied, and the Warehouse, which Is spacious, lofty, and well-lighted. Is generally acknowledged to be the best 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 ttus secure to all the best value for money—quality and price being the reliable test for cheapness. NEW AUTUMN & WINTER GOODS 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 band, so well and favourably known for Excellence of Quality, Fitj and Workmanship. Our Own Manufacture. i 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 Stock Sales



Kakaia Sales. W r E beg to Intimate to onr clients that for the fu*~ro the SALES of STOCK, MFLEMBNTS and SUNDRIES will be held at the RaUala the LAST THURSDAY in every month. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY. 8 SOS MATSON, QOX & CO-



Private Dispensary, Palmerston Buildings, Foot d Queen-street, Auckland. Established for the Scien tific a nd Speedy Cure of Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Dr. Speer is a Regular Graduated Physician, educated at Harvard College, U.S. He has voted a lifetime to, and is acknowledged to be the devoted i - . , . . most expert Physician in his specialty in the United States. Young Men and Middle-aged Men, vrhs suffer from Nervous and Physical Debility, Loss ol Energy and Memory, Eruptions on the Face, Mental Depression, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Scrofula. Salt Rheum, Paralysis, Fits, Spinal Disease, St. Vitus* Dance, Liver Complaint, Asthma, Catarrh, Heart-Disease, Gravel, Piles, Set, and ate tired of taking mineral drugs, will do well to come and try the Doctor’s method of cure, as it will, a properly applied, relieve them of their sufferings and testate them to health. The Doctor uses no mineral preparations; his treatment consists wholly in the nsa 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 no! what your troubles may be, come and let the Doctor examine your case. If it it curable, A# tviO UU fan to; if it it tut, At vtrili tell you that; for be will not undertake a case unless he 11 confident of effecting a cure. It will cost you nothing for consul tation, so please call and satisfy yourselves that the Doc ior understands your case. Dr. S. cures Humours and Diseases of the Bloed, and Ladies who are afflicted by any of the following complaints :—Cold extremities, weak stomachs, lame and weak backs, nervous and sick headaches, constipation and indigestion, pain in the ride and back, leuchonea, etc., etc. I wish it distinctly understood that I do not claim to perform impossibilities. All applying to me will Or to have miraculous power. , _ . , receive my honest opinion of tbtir coxnglunts. No experimenting. I wifi guarantee a positive cure in •very case I undertake, or forfeit j£aoo. Consultation in Office or by Letter, Fans. Charges Moderate, Examination and advice, j£i. Call or address : Dr. H- J. Speer, Palmerston Buildings, Auckland, N.*. Office Hours: gtota, 1104, 6toß p.m.; Sundays! 10 to is. N.B. All Medicines necessary for a complete one can be sent free from observation on receipt •!



DB E R I N G' » E B B 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 Deerlng Twine Binder should retain the position which it has obtained as the FAVORITE MACHINE WITH THE FARMERS throughout New Zealand, and that the price should not stand in the way, we have determined to sell all machines for coming season at FIFTY POUNDS For simplicity of construction, lightness i 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 surpassed. 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 of machines. D. WILLIAMSON, Agent for Ashburton.



GRIOULTtJRAL Machine Shop, WAKANLI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cotters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Special attention given li Bicycles, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. * « t- HAHSIBI 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 (n the United States— WHICH IS NOT TRUE. Under this pretence they are trying to deceive the Public and Incautious Pur chasers Into the belief that they are the Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS. We wish to warn all honest and unsus | peotlng people against this DECEPTION, I and to call their attention once more to the fact that the Genuine American Co.’s BOP BITTERS Are put up in Square, 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.



Ashburton coal AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. R. S, Bean Bags 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, Posts and Rails, Stakes Etc., Potatoes, Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc. R. S. BEAN, | 419 West street. Standard Sewing Machlen. gPBOIAL NOTICE. THE LIGHT-RUNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE. The STANDARD has more improvements than all the other Sewing Machines pat together I Has always been the best and Is now the cheapest That it meets every require ment of a critical pablio is shown by Its great popularity and In creasing sale throughout America Europe, Australia and New Zea land. 1353 m n AGENT FOR ASHBURTON— » W. C. Page,



Business Notices- Australian mbroantilb UNION INSURANCE lOOMPANY. > The only Company in Canterbury * WHICH DID NOT RAISE RAXES 33 J PER cent on Country Risks. ' We aru vow, as we have been bob THE PAST THREE YEARS, ACCEPTING BISKS 1 PER CENT. OFF TARIFF. W. B. MOSS, Agent lot Ashburton District. September 22, 1885. 9 615 FOR the Blood le the Life. —Clarke a world-famed blood mixture la 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 4s 6d and 11a each by ohemlsta and 'atont medicine vendors everywhere Sole troprietors, The Lincoln and Midland oanties DragOo., Lincoln, England,! lo TOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL’S SYRUP Off HYPOPHOSPHITB OF LIMB I Is 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 frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, vie., Phosphorus and Lime. It cannot he too highly recommended for delicate children. Dr Churchill’s compound Synre of Bypophosphites is real brain food, and in cases 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, OHBMI ST, 12, Rue Oaatlgllone, Paris. 7 225



PRINTING OF ALL KINDS INCLUDING— Billheads Circulars Memorandum Forms Agreements Liens Conditions of Sale Catalogues Posters, Ac., And every description of LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LETTERPRESS executed at the shortest notice and iu the LATEST DESIGNS SPECIAL [and most favorable terms offered to WHOLESALE ORDERS. ASHBURTON GUARDIAN OFFICE,



TOWLE’S pennyroyal and steel pills for females quickly correct all irregulari ties and relieve the distreat ag symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is lsd and 2s 9d, of all obemlsts. Prepared only by B. T. Towle, chemist, Nottingham, Eng land. Wholesale of all the wholesale houses.—Beware of imitations. I 12 FOR SOWING with Turnips to secure a Good Crop, nothing succeeds like MAYO’S BONE MANURE. Price—L*. L 6, LB. Agent in town—H, Zander. A Liberal Discount for Cash. P. T. MATO, Hampstead Manure Factory,



Christchurch Advertisements. B r Argyle House. CIRCULAR OF DESPERATELY CHEAP GOODS NOW BEING ISSUED. SEE YOU GET ONE IN YOUR PAPER. Gr. Ia Beath & Co., Oashex. Street, Christchurch,



His Lordship’s HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREEP, Christchurch, THE Proplctor of the above Hotel begs to notify that he has engaged the sendees 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. (Mils to perfeotlon at any honr. PRIVATE ROOMS FOR LADIES. Books of Tickets are now Issued at reduced rates. A String Band will play all the newest music in dining-room from 13.80 to 1.30 each day. Old Beware i bewared of IMITATIONS. ASK FOR HOULT’B TONK 7 Herbal Beer. None Qenaine except that bearing my label. Try It! Try It 11 It is one of the Best Medicinal and Summer Tonics ever offered to the Pnblio. Delivered in Ashburton at 2a per dosen. Bottles not returned will be charged for. T. HOULT, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 11 8 Davis’s Herbal Beer ON account of Persons selling Inferior Herbal Beer and representing it as mine, I have to ask the public to see chat EACH BOTTLE BEARS A RED AND WHIPS LABEL i With My Name and Trade Mark on. None genuine without it. DAVIS’S TONkThBRBAL BEER Is acknowledged by the travelling pnblio to be the best Tonic Summer Drink In New Zealand. NO OHEmOALS USED. Delivered in Ashburton at 2s per Doktn Bottles charged for If not returned Families wa.ced on dally. DAVIS’S I HERBAL B ER AND 108 BRINK MANUFACTORY.



£JOUNTRY VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH i Will find the three O’a— Comfort ' Cheapness 11 Convenience AT WALLACE’S Central Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo street. 10 677 A Night Porter Kept.



Metropolitan Hotel CASHEL STREET, Christchurch. (Under Proprietorship since April, 1886). fTIHB above Hotel has been thoroughly .t, 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 5. (Private apartments by arrangement). Permanent boarders, LI 6s per week. Ordinary, from 12 to 2 p.m. ; Table d’Hdte, at 6.16 p.m. I For further 'culars, apply on the premises ; or, by to MANAGER, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14, 6 18 Christchurch.



!PEN I H 8 New Saleyards. The Undersigned beg to notify that they will hold their Opening Sale at the Koyal Saleyards, Moore street, on THURSDAY, APRIL 8. Farmers and Dealers will find It to their advantage to enter Stock, etc, at these Yards, aa 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 aa possible previous to the day of sale, in order that they may be dply advertised. Present entries comprise Horses, Cows, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, Furniture, Produce, and Sundries. . Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 o’clock. ZOUCH & MACPHERSON AUCTIONEERS. mo LET —A capital dwelling house of i seven rooms, plastered throughout. Washhouse, with water laid on; also orchard and garden ; rent moderate.• Apply to— ZOUCH AND MACPHERSON, 3 446 Auctioneers, Ashburton.



J, Meech HAYING determined to RELINQUISH BUSINESS, Is following up his late Auction sale with a CLEARANCE SACRIFICE of fm* ALL GOODS AT AUCTION PRICES -ft* The Public can, therefore, VISIT HIS WAREHOUSE 1 AKD SELECT ANY ARTICLE AT A TREMENDOUSLY REDUCED PRICE during the next few weeks ; and mind you don't forget It I Crockery, Ironmongery, Kitchen Requisites, and Genuine Furniture, -MUST ALL BE DISPOSED OF— FOR SALE. Splendid Hoarse Mourning Ooar Plumes Velvet Palls Horae Covers Etc. Etc. 0 h SAPI In the meantime, FUNERALS will conducted from L 6 upwards J MEECH EAST * tANORED STREETS.



r> r\ u a v n t Good people all, both gi again I come before yon ; true there’s little new, T h bore you. Again, this tit rhyme, and thus my them may discern, and mark, < should be up and doing, should, for their own goo won't deny it), deal at mj no more, just take the h My general store holds In wonderful variety, sue are sure o please all cla And, also note, that Nels Co. are still supplying to their blended teas—they'r no denying. So come and teas try ; you’ll ne’er reg At various prices, each ki giving satifaotion. Now let me finish by tl customers for their contii ..j i i .1 it..



I HEREBY give Notice that all Dogs found interfering with Sheep on this Estate will be destroyed, and the Owners sued for any damage done. DONALD MoLEAN. 1 167 Lagmhor. KEATING’S POWDER destroys bogs, fleas, moths, bedtles, and all other insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating beetles the success of this powder is extraordinary. It Is perfectly dean in application. See the article yon purchase is KEATING’S ra imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2s 6d each, by all chemists. 1 2



TTTrLHBLM ZANDER hss always on W hand a good variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—'Williams’ Baby Twist, Yeans Navy Twist and Nailrod, high Admiral, Signet. Jaao. and other * best brands. IN CIGARETTES— Old Judge, Welcome, Vanity Fair, Opera Polls, Chancellors, Old Rip, Little Beauties. Durham, eto. PIPES - A Splendid Assortment, both In case and without. CIGARETTE A CIGAR HOLDERS— A largo variety to ohooae from. Fishing Tackle, Cricketing Material, Footballs, Lawn Tennis, and a large stock of Fancy Goods of every desortntion kept in stock. Ladles and Gentlemen's Hairdressing Ssloons, Wilhelm Zander, TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER Esst street, Aahbnrton.



Public Notices- T O WARMERS The Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, is a Cash Buyer of Wool Apply at the Factory. 11 40



TO FARMERS AND OTHERS ARK PURCHASERS OF 1 Wheat i Oats Barley | Rye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, ’ FOR* WHICH WE ARE PREPARED ; TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET [ VALUE. I Woolpacks rruLL size) Cornsacks TO arrive Friedlander Bros. W. Fowke, bootmaker, BEOS to inform Ma friends and the pnbllo generally that be has started bcalness on his own account. He hopes by strict attention to buaineaa and making a good article, to aeonre a share of public patronage. Address —BUßNETT STREET,^



ONE box of Clark’s B 41 pills is war ranted to cure all discharges from tlw e minaty organa in either sex {acquired o« b constitutional), gravel and pains in the back. Guaranteed tree from mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors. Sole pro prietors, The Lincoln and Midland Coun [ ties Drug Go., Lincoln, England. Whole ‘ sale of aU the wholesale houses. 1 ; New Seed-Sower lor Sowing Grain, Grass, Turnip, Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Bower I -arranged, when u.acred, tosowiiocenr or other small seeds simultaneously sowing of Kyegrar-a 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, a'"II Corn Drills all Sixes. Jointed Pulverising Disc Harrows. The Best.—Over 500 In use. Improved Pbizb OHAPKnrmats.— Wit! cast-steel mouthpieces, when proper!} handled, make no long straws, conse quently chad requires no riddling. are in use largely all over Mew Zealaa several of the large-sized machines bel* lately fitted up at Christchurch. Improved Double and Tu.wi«t.« Fubbow Ploughs. —The best, and consequent.. I the cheapest in the market. 3,4, and leaf harrows. Square linked chain har rows- Hew design of tripod harrows, and 7 tined field grubbers. Cambrldg rollon, 20, 24, and 26 inches dism. Plain cylinder field rollers. Hone gears for 1 2,3, and 4 horses. Beet Iron-bark swingle-trees. Hopes and {rally gear fa 4-hone yokes. Threshing machine* fit tings Belting all sixes. Iron «wi hw% castings of all hinds to order. Fendni standards cat and punched to any length and guage. Drays made ft_-a best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Qray’r patent standard for folding sheep. Winner*, jf the Gold Mxdal at the Melbourne Exhibition for their Doublt Furrow Plough, vide Jurors’ Report:— ‘ ! Plc' _ hs—ln ploughs there . one ex hibit to which we wish to draw special attention as being the best, and that the Doable Furrow of Rek and Gray, Dnnedin, New Zealand, In finish and ci sif action it is far superior to any other



Rakaia. Tiie New Zealand Loan Mercan'Ala A, , acy Company are now representing at !r. this district RETT* *c GRA v m E. KILWORTLT, Architecture JL . and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Brilding -iontractcr. Office:—Steam Bee Hive, Saah, Door, and Cabinet Factory, Wakanci K - -d, Asbburton- V’orkmansliip Guaranteed at Lowest possible rates 11 3 SHBURTON P E R M A N E NT Xi BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY, The above Society pays Interest si th rate of 4J per cent, per annum for De posits 5.%? Call, 5 per cent, per annum for three months, and 6 pec cent, per a mum If fixed for 6 months or over. J WARD, Manager. Office : Arcade Chambers, Burnet tree*- JJORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD If a increasing demand and endless number of testimonials arc criterion of the popularity of anartlol then Dr Low’s CHERRY PKCTORAI one of the wonders of the present en lightened age. During the past while and spring diseases of the throat an langs have been very prevalent, and has been admitted on all sides that where ever this valuable remedy baa been ob tainable, numbers of livea have been saved by its timely use. Always have bottle in the bouse. Sold “everywhere Is 6d and Is 6d per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Go Christchurch, and at the proprietor, H Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Ashburton Agent—Ohas. Neats, Chemist. ATCH MAKER? tfEWELLERS, (S?. iCH GH~GN*



Government Notice. fPHK PUBLIC TRUST OFFICII 1 OF NEW ZEALAND. Atentlon !s directed to the provision, lie Acts establishing this Offices, and o .he advantages placedo;eby within easy each of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State cSers to every pee son : 1. —About to make his for her Will r ' diciL 2. —lntending to provide for Wife ac Children or others by cLed of Settlement 3. —Settling Property by way of Mar Age Settlement. • ' v £—Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Execute* ' rustee under the same. 5. —Having aerd as Trustee, Ex ecu i - Administrator, wishing to be relieved :-ue burthen of Trustee hip or AdwilwL ration, the option of ussag the State mi ! hinery, and gives an absolute guaranty against loss of funds by fraud, pocalatlor or dishonesty. . ' Every informs tion may be ALEXANDER LEAN' , Agent at OhrlstchuA *■ Or from E. 0. HAMER TON, Public Toste W-HI 1