The Ashburton Guardian.

VOIj. V.—No. 1348

VSHBURTON. \V S>\; SDAY,"BEPTBMBEB 88 iHB(.

'PRICE-ONE PENN Y



Surveyor, Civil c E. FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, ivii tißGruEEua, Valuators, Licrnsrd SURVEYORS, AND LAND BROKERS, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashburton. Oopvoyanc.es mIKWAID AND MOUNT SOMERS ' ■ ’ RAILWAY. I MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Coach leaves Hood’s hotel f ir Cavendish Railway Station everyday, meeting each train. Passengers by morning train may pro ceed by coach to Alford Forest, thence *o Mothven in time for the last train ' Christchurch, or may return in time 3 he last train for Ashburton. Parcels and Orders will receive every attention. Horses and Buggies on hire. JOHN HOOD to for i for P AUSTRALASIAN aroels express. Parcels and Packages forwarded to any ddrass, at cheap, through, inclusive “one charge. No extras. No trouble. No charge for booking or for collecting ■r.okages up to 561bs weight within the ity. Daily despatches by Rail, and to :reat Britain, Europe and Australia by very steamer. „ . Extract from tariff, including all charges o -Address of Consignee : o •if 1 I 1 Vo are now receiving parcels for Homo despatch per Tongariro, sailing this nth. Revised cheap rates, nsnranoe effected If desired, , 'arifif and all information on application CUFF & GRAHAM, Pox 237 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton; telephone iM Business Notices. i\ m, m c BAKER BROS., Bnllders, Under takers, etc., Wakannl road and Lass street -8.8. desire to state that having ite most recent and improved Hbarsk and Mourning Coach, are prepared to furnish snd conduct Funerals on special and most leaaonable terms. Country orders will teceive prompt attention. Note the ad dress, comer of Wakanui road and Cass , treet. Orders may be left at the Ash l urton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Post Office Ashbnrton. *■"« Mount somers & methven ROYAL MAIL COACH. On and after January Ist, 1885, the undersigned will run a Coach each Mon day, Wednesday and Saturday, starting at noon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, ter Springbmn and Alford Forest, there onnecting with Duff* b Coach from Methven t: etnrnlng same evening. Fares Spring "burn, 2s, return, 3s; Alford Forest, 4s, return, 6s. 1 27 T. HIX. MRS KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, mpton’s Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton, N.B.—Registry Office fcr Female Ser- ARRIVAL OF NEW BOOKS. iOUBT Life Below Stairs, Humorous Works j of Theodore Hook, Letters from Hell, jumals of Major-General Gordon at Khar mm, Stonehenge’s British Rural Sports, ewspaper Readers’ Companion, Scottish Life id Character by Dean Ramsay, The Grey sand—by Stonehenge, Book of Snobs—by backeray. Macaulay’s Essays and Lays of .orient Rome, May hews’ Hor=e Doctor, The ores—by Stonehenge, Complete Works of rtemna Ward in 1 vol., Choice Works Mark W ain 1 vol., Religions Anecdotes of Scotland -by Adamson, Sheep, Cattle and Horse—by onatt, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hoar, mer ica by Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century— V Mackenziei Madagascar and France, Spons’ techanica Own Book, Short History of Onr wa Times—by Jnstin McCarthy, The Shadow f & Crime "““by Csidg, of & oisoner—by B Gaborian, Clarissa’s Tangled 7eb, Decameron of Boccaccio, Mine Own ’eople—by L. M. Gray, The Maclise Portrait laliery, Evan Harrington —by George leredilh, The Reporter’s Companion, Ene. THOS. F. FAKLEY, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, AND PRINTER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, ill -Cl Tn Q/j per day to be made by per sons of either sex, in tbeir own localities, at work for ns. New easiness. All meet with wonderful suc cess. Anyone can do the work. Capital mot required. We will start you. Outfit worth £1 mailed free. The employment is particularly adapted to the region In •which this publication circulates. Beys •and girls earn nearly as much as men. Fall particulars and Instructions mallo vee. Now is the time—don’t delay, but write to us at once. Address Stinson A<sr Do Portland Maine. United States



Pub-ic Notices; Caution. SOME unscrupulous firms are trying to force on the Mew Zealand people a Nostrum, under the cloak that It 1s made in 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 pecting people against this DECEPTION, and to call their attention once more to the fact that the Genuine American Co. a HOP 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 Rf d 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. i A 8 HBURTON COAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. E. Bean Begs to Inform the Inhabitants of Ash burton that he has a splendid lot of Blue Derwent Potatoes for Bale. NEWCASTLE. WESTPORT, AND BROOKFIELD COAL at lowest rates. Firewood, Posts and Rails, Stakes Etc., Potatoes, Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc. R. B, BEAN, 419 West street. Standard Sewing schlne. gPBCIAL NOTICE. THE ||LIGHT-RUNNING STANDARD SEWING MACHINE. The STANDARD has more Improvements than all the other Sewing Machines put together I Has always been the best and Is now the cheapest. That It meets every require ment of a critical public la shown by Its great popularity and In creasing sale throughout America Europe, Australia and New Zea land. AGENT FOR ASHBURTON - W. C. Page, IST STBMI



Public Announcements. FRUIT TREES ! FRUIT TREES ! FRUIT TREES ! RANGIORA NURSERY. W. E. IVORY BEGS to inform bis patrons in tbe Ashburton district that orders for tbe season will bo executed direct from the Nursery. My stock is very large and grown, and consists of 2 and 3-year old Apple, Pear, Plum, Peach. Nectarine, Cherry, Apricot, Almond, Quince, Medlar, Wamut, Grape Vines, and Fruiting Trees of Gooseberry a~d Currants ; also, Pines and other Shelter Trees. Catalogues on application. May 21, 188 G. HGRIESSELTCH AND CO • WEAVERS’ HALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established 1855. Ship to order any description ot British and Continental Goods upon 2J per cent, commission, selected by buyers with Colonial experience, and attend to the prompt realiaaticn ci Produce at. highest prices rpou I per cent, commission. Oiu-.r S to be accompanied by Letters of Credit or part remittance in Rank 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 moat of the Colonial Banks, Current Price L'ats. Produce Reports, and any necessary samples or Information on application 1 36 GKIOULTURAL Machine Bhop, WAKANUI ROAD. CEiAR LE S RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cotters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Special attention given Vi Bicycle? Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and ndjusted. Model work General repairs. A WONDERFUL BOOK FOR Is. CONTAINING -f /'V/'X THICKS AND DELUSIONS WITH IUU . CARDS 25 MARVELLOUS COIN TRICKS, For the performance of which only a common pack of cards and the ordinary coins of the realm are needed. ALL FOLLY EXPLAINED. Also, a larpo collection ot AMUSING RIDDLES, CHARADES. G A ME 8, die,, Ami over 200 TRICKS Will! CONJURING APPARATUS. All illustrated, explained, and made simple, with a catalogue (i English, French, and American Novelties, Games, Toys, &e. Covering over 300 pages and illustrated with over SCO woodblocks. Toth books maiUe free for Is. JACK AND IDS BRIDE. Mecnanical FIGURES DANCE to MUSIC and keep perfect time. Is 3d each, the pair 2s. THE WIZARD OP THE NORTH’S CHANGEABLE PACK UF CARDS Wonderful Changes with Lightning Rapidity Is 2d, post free. N.S.W. stamps taken at par; post office orders and postal notes preferred. If Camps of other colonies are sent add 2d in the shilling for exchange. Take Notice. — To advertise our business we will for a short time send 1 ae whole of the above mentioned articles to one address post paid f r 2s 6d. Address all orders: H. YORK & CO., 401 George street, Sydney. Lock Box 41, King street, Post Office. Di Speer's PRIVATE DISPENSARY, now permanently established In Octagon Chambers, KoaV Buildings,opposDe Town Hall, DUNEDIN, for the Scientific and Speedy Cure of Chronic, Nervous, and Special Diseases. Dr Speer is a regu lar Graduated Physician, educated at Harvard College, D .S, He has devoted a lifetime to, and la acknowledged to be the most expert Physician in his specialty in the UnHed States. Young men and Middle-aged Men, who suffer from Ner vous and Physical Debility, Loss of Energy and Memory, Eruptions on the Face, Mental Depression, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Neuralgia, Rheuma tism, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Paralysis, Fits, Spinal Disease, St Vitus’ Dance, Liver Complaint, Asthma, Catarrh, Heart Disease, Gravel, Piles, etc., and are tired of taking mineral drugs, will do well to come and 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; hits treatment consists wholly in the use of vegetable remedies. Many are they who have implanted in their sys tem, by improper use of calomel, seed, which produce an annual crop of diseasd. To onch he would say.comeand be healed. It matters not what your troubles maybe, come and let the Doctor examine year cose. If it is curable, he will tell you sa; If it la not, 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 consultation, so please call and satisfy yourselves that the Doctor understands your case. Dr S. cures Humors and Diseases of the Blood. To 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 side and back leuchorrea, etc, etc. —I wish it distinctly understood that 1 do not claim to perform impossibilities, or to have a miraculous power. All applying to me will receive my honest opinion of their complaints. No experimenting. I will guarantee a positive cure in every case I undertake, or forfeit L2OO. Consultation in Office or by letter, FREE. Charges Moderate. Examination and Advice LI. Call or ad dress: Dr 11. J. Speer, Dunedin, Office Hours: 9to 12, 1 to 4, Gto 8 p.ra.; Sun days, 10 to 12. N.B. All Medicine ne cessary for a complete cure can be sent free from observation on receipt of symptoms,



Christchurch Advertisements. D.I.C. SHOW DISPLAYS FOR SPRING SEASON. AT lha approach of mother Keason the Public are invit< d to o :r FIRST GREAT DISPL\Y OF SPRING NOVELTIES * In all the DEPARTMENTS OF FASHION. Wo have crest pleasure in Lsuing tl is iuviaticn, aa we have nev.r exhibited on any previ us occasion such a RICH PROFUSION of Fabrics, Novelties, and Effects, The beauty of wl.iih transforms the Specious Warehouse, and calls,forth admiration and wone'er. Cn tl is Special Orcns'on the Ware hauso will be ft p.m. cn SATURDAY. EVERY ARTICLE AT WHOLESALE WAREHOU.'E PRICE. THE DRAPERY AND GENERAL IMPORTING COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED, Cashkx, Street, CHEISTCHUEOH. 13. H ALLEN STEIN, Chairman. E. C. BROWN, Manager. J. Ballaniyne & Co. HAVE OPENED THEIR NEW SEEING GOODS, And are making a very fine display of MILLINERY, MANTLES, COSTUMES, and all the varied textures and style in NEW DRESS MATERIALS for the coming Season. THE GENT’S DEPARTMENT is replete with a magnificent STOCK OF ; CLOTHING AND MEN S MERCERY. D.U!N SjT ABLE II OUS E, CußisTcnDKcn, One Shilling off the Pound for Cash. J 7 227 DE E R I N O’ S E E R I N O’ 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 Deering 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 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. Mrs Adams AGENT FOR MADAME WEIGEL’S PATTERNS, HAS now on hand a nice assortment of crewel wools, silks, filoselle, flossette, lace, braids, transfer patterns, new designs, crash, oatmeal and satin cloths for art needlework, five o’clock tea cloths, embroidery frames, etc. THE LITTLE SHOP (Next Mr Ranger's baker



Sporting SPRING MEETING, r J HURSDAY AND FRIDAY, 'November 25 and 26, 1886. President, E. G. Wright, ; Vice-Presi dent, J. Gripg ; Judge, Matthew St tt Stewards, 11, Friedlander, W. B. Den shire, J. G. N Griger, R- Friedlander, W. C. Walker, Drs Ross and Leahy; Treasurer—U. Fooks ; Clerk of (he Scales, M. Friedlander ; Clerk of the Course, A. I’ewson : Handi cappers, F. Cotton, G. G. Fooks, M. Stitt and Dr Leahy. First race to start at 1 p m. FIRST DAY. COUNTY II PR I) LB RACE, of 80 ROYS ; over six flights of hurdles, about Jft Gin high ; nomina ion, 1 sov ; accep tance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 5 Bovs from the stake 14 mile District horses only. 2. Welter Handicap, of 45 so vs ; nomi nation, 1 sov ; arc ptanco, IJ sov ; minimum weight, lOst. Sec Tid horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake tor horses 11 a*, have never won more than 25 sovs in one event on the flat 2 miles. 3. Ashburton Cop Handicap, of 12 aova ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance 3 sovs. t-'oeond horse to receive 10 sovs from Ibcstakc. 14 mile. 4. County Plate Handicap, of 40 sovs. nomination, 1 sov ; accepta r co, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. mile. District horses only. 5. Post Stakes, of 15 sovs ; catch weights; nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the County Plate is run. The winner to bo sold hy auction imme diately after the race for 15 sovs, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club. 1 mile. 6. Spuing Handicap, of 50 sovs ; nomina tion, 1 sov ; acceptance, 14 sov. -J mile. SECOND DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 50 sovs; over eight flights of hurdles, about 3ft Gin high ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 2 sov. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. 2 miles. 2, Racing Club Handicap, of sovs nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance 3 sovs. Second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stake I 5 mile. 3 Ladies’ Purse, of 25 sovs; welter weights for age. Gentlemen riders. Entrance, 1 sovs. 14 mile. District horses only. 4 Totalipator Stakes, of lo sovs; minimum weight, Bst ; nomination, 1 sov, to bo male to the Secretary immediately after the Ladies’ Purse is run. The wiryper lo bo sold inline diatelv after the race for 10 sovs, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club. 4 miio. 5, Flying Handicap, of 40 sovs ; nomina tion, I sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. 4 mile. 6. Consolation Handicap, of 20 sovs; nomination, 1 sov, to bo made to the Secretary immediately after the Flying Handicap is run ; acceptance, free, to bo notified to the Secretary within 10 minutes of declaration of weights. 1 mile, RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1, No entry will be received excapt on the condition that all disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by _ the Stewards, or whom they may appoint ; their decision on all points connected with carrying out this programme to be final. 2, A district horse shall mean any horse that has boon commonly resident in the district lying between the rivers Selwyn and Waiiaki from July Ist 1886, and up to the da»e cf the forthcoming meeting and owned by a person who has resided in the said district during the same period. 3. Five per cent will be deducted from the gross of all moneys payable in accord ance with this programme for expenses of the course. 4. All nominations and acceptances go to the funds of the Club, NOMINATIONS. All nominations to bo accompanied by fees, name, age and description of horse, and colors of rider, and In the hands of the Secretary (address —Ashburton) not lat. r than 9 p.m. on Monday November 1 1886 WEIGHTS. Weights for the first day’s handicaps will be declared on Monday November 15 1886. Weights for the second day’s handicaps will be declared at 9 o clock on the evening of the first day’s racing. ACCEPTANCES. Acceptances for the first day’s handi caps must be made to the Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on Monday, November 22, 1886. Acceptances for the second day’s handicaps at 9 o’clock on the even ingiof the first day’s racing. C. C. FOOKS, Secretary. Bewarei bewaren 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 Tonics ever offered to the Public. Delivered in Ashburton at dozen. Bottles not returned will be for, T. HOULT, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON,



Hayes and Co. Great Gift Sale OF DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS, GROCERIES, A PROVISIONS FOR THREE MONTHS ONLY. HAYES - & CO, FINDING their Stock excessively large have determined to reduce it fully one-half hy making an IMMENSE SACRIFICE OF THEIR WINTER STOCK, And n addition to the reductions made, they wid give a large number of VALUABLE PRIZES, For which every Customer Purchasing Goods to the value of 10s in either the Drapery or Grocery Establishment will have the opportunity of competing. The following is the Prize List : Ist PRIZE, value £5 2nd ~ ~ ... £3 3rd £2 And 10 PRIZES, value 20s each. These Prizes will bo awarded to the lucky ones who shall guess the number of Peas in the large Glass Jar which will be placed on view in the Drapery Window, next the Arcade. Road this Carefully. THR GLASS! J-Ui OF PFAS, Now on view, was filled by Messrs Dunn and Strachey, and was sealed by Mr J. C. Duncan, Broker. Each Customer purchasing Goods to the value of 10s will bo entitled to one gues-s as to the number of Peas the Lucky Jar c n'ains, thus a Customer spending 20s would be entitled to guess twice, and, of course, for every additional 10s spent, another guess, and so on The Jar will be opened at the conclusion of this GREAT SALE by a committee appointed by those interested, when those who have been fortunate enough to guess the correct numbers will bo presented with the above mentioned Prizes ; but, in the event of the exact number not being guessed, the nearest to the correct number will be awarded the First Prize, and pro rata. This is no deception, but the power of a READY MO> EY BUSINESS. The following list of Bargains is worthy of special notice : White Calico, 2id per yard Grey Calico, 3ld per yard Grey Calico, yard wide, 2s 9d per doz Welsh Flannel, 9d per yard Scarlet Flannel, 10id per yard Fine All-wool Saxony, Is per yard Cream Ho 1 land, 5d per yard Colored Bed Quilts, 3s 3d and 3s 6d Scotch Cloth Blankets, Os lid, 8s Gd, and 9s lid per pair Witney Blankets from 7s 9d Checked Winceys, 4LI and s.jd Bleached Sheeting, 2 yards, Bid per yard, wonderful value Homespuns, 7Ad, 9Ad. and IO.Vd Double-width Cashmeres, all colors, Is 4LI per yard Black Cashmeres, Is and Is 3d All other Diess Materials Greatly Reduced Ladies' Wool Squares, 8d Men’s Heavy Tweed Trousers, 7s lid Men's Tweed Suits from 10s Gd Boys’ Overcoats, 2s lid A grand lino in Youths’ Tweed Trousers, fis 9d Boys’ Suits from 4s Gd Ladies’ Cloth Jackets, 4s Oilcloth, 1 yard wide, Gld A splendid Tweed, all wool, 2s Gd A quantity of Black Velvet Buttons, Id per doz, and a lot of Remnants which must bo cleared In the BOOT DEPARTMENT there are some Special Lines which cannot be rubbed out. Wo are also paying special attention to Prices iu our GROCEUY DEPARTMENT. Hayes and Co, ARCADE Christchurch Advertisements. His Lordship’s • HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREET, Christchurch. THE Propietor of the above Hotel begs to notify that he has engaged the services of one of the best Chefs in the colonies, wLh special Instructions to pro vide the beat LUNCHEON OR TEA, In the country for ONE SHILLING. ♦ The bill of fate will comprise Poultry, Game, Fish, etc., etc., In season. Grills to perfection at any hour. PRIVATE ROOMS FOE LADIES. Books of Tickets are now issued at reduced rates. A String Band will play all the newest music In dining-room from 12.30 to 1.80 each day 6 14 ✓COUNTRY VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH Will find the three O’s— OoMFoRr 1 Cheapness !! Convenience AT WALLACE’S Central Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo rsreet. 10 677 A Night Porter Kept.



Business Notices. NOTICE TO OWNJiKS OF DOGS. THEREBY give Notice that ail 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 bugs, fleas, moths, bedtles, and all other insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating beetles the success of this powder is extraordinary. It 1s perfectly clean in application. See the article yoo purchase is KEATING’S rs Imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2s fldeach, by all chemists. I 2 IJIHB PROBLEM SOLVED By the aid of mathematical science, and by carefully the human from in all Its varied phases of development, we have long ago reduced the art of fitting to a certainty. But in these days of falling prices, another problem presents itself for solution, and it is this : to produce CLOTHING TO MEASURE at the same price as ready made goods so that everyone may en|oy the luxury of a Perfect Frrr vq Suit, at the lowest possible expense. it gives us much pleasure to inform jjr friends and the public generally that ms PROBLEM IS ALSO SOLVED, and we are now making suits in onr usual First-class style, at the following prices: £ s d. Fair Tweed Suit to measure ... 3 0 0 Better quality ... ... ... 310 0 Good honest Ashburton or Kal apol Suita 4 0 0 Fancy Coatings, Broadcloths, etc, in proportion. As no margin is allowed for risk of kind, orders at these prices will be 9xb outed for CASH ONLY. Several large shipments of Autumn and Winter Tweeds and Fancy Coatings just received. Craighead & Co. TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS ASHBURTON. Public Notices. rpo WARMERS The Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, la a Cash Buyer of Wool Apply at the Factory. 11 40 TO FARMERS AND OTHERS ARE PURCHASERS OF Wheat Oats Barley Eye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, FOR WHICH WE ARB PREPARED TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE. Woolpacks < FULL SIZE) Cornsacks TO ARRIVE Friedlander Bros. W. Fowke, BOOTMAKER, BEGS to Inform his friends and the public generally that he Las started business on his own account. Ho hopes by strict attention to business and making a good article, to secure a share of public patronage Address—BUßK ETi KAERT, nemlsas ooeaplid b? Ml J Msecb,



Business Notices ONE box of Clark’s b4l p ; ila is war ranted to cure all discharges from thfl urinary organs in either sex (acquired at constitutional), gravel and pains in the back. Guaranteed tree from mercury Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemist* and patent medicine vendors. Sole pro prietors, The Lincoln and Midi and Conn ties Drng Co., Lincoln, England. Whole sale of all the wholesale homos. New Seed-Sower For Sowing Grain, Urass, Turnip, Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower bearranged, when oi U ored,to sow Lucer* or other small seeds simultaneously sowing of Kyegrass If desired. It Is only Sower in the Market that will sow with absolute regularity ' n either exces sively rough or very smooth land. It will sow any desired quantity of G-aia or Grass by simply changing one v hzsi. Corn Drills ail Sizes. Jointed Pulverising Disc D ai hows.— The Best.—Over 500 in uia. Improved Prize Ckafpcutiess,—Wit! cast-steel mouthpieces, when proporlj handled, make no long straws, conse qnently chaff requires r ' riddling. Th are in use largely all over New Zealan several of the large-sized machines bal«* lately fitted op at Christchurch. Improved Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs.— The beat, and consequent.. the cheapest In the market. 3,4, and leaf harrows. Square linked chain ha* rows- Now design of tripod harrows, and 7 tlned field grubbers. CAajfcrid': rollers, 20, 24, and 26 inches diam. Plal cylinder field rollers. Horse gears for 2,3, and 4 horses. Best iron-barV swingle-trees. Ropes and pnlly gear foi 4-horee yokes. Threshing machine fit tings Belting all sizes. Iron and brass castings of all kinds to order. Fencing standards ent and pm chad to sty length and guage. Drays made ft. n bast sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Gray patent standard for folding sheep. Wlnnen. J»t the Gold Medl * at th* Melbourne Exhibition for their joubl* Furrow Plough, vide Jurors’ Leport:— “ Plot H8 —In ploughs there . one ex hlblt to which we wish to draw sped* attention as being the best, and that the Double Furrow of Rekv and Gray, Dnnedln, New Zealand, iniinisK and c* structlon It Is far superior to any •-'the* Eakaia. The New Zealand Loan Msrcanih Agency Company are now representing o In this district RETT" f : VV Tt E, KILWOETH, Architecture , and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Building Contractor. Bee Hive, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Factory- Wakanni Road, Ashburton- Workmanship Guaisntcsd at Lowest possible latss 11 3 Ashburton ps r u a ent BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. The above Society pays into:. st rate of 4$ per cent, per annum for Da posits at Call, 5 pe«* o per e- to fo» three months, and y-.r cent, pec annua if fixed tor 8 months or over. J WARD, Manager. Office : - Arcade Chamoeis, Burnet tree* jJJORE VALUABLE THAN If a d ailj increasing demand and endless onmbec of testimonials are criterion of the popularity of an then Dr Low’s CHERRY PEOTORAI one of the wonders of the present eu lightened ago. During the past wlntj and spring diseases of the throat au inngs have been very prevalent, and has been admitted on ail sides that where ever this valuable remedy has Let ob tainable, numbers of lives have saved by its timely use. Always have bottle in the house. Sold everywhere Is 6d and 8s fid per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co Christchurch, and at the proprietor, H Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Agent—Chas. Neate, Chemist, ran AtCHMAKERS Jeweuirs, Va #1 C set CH—QH, Government Notice. mflE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE 1 OF NEW ZEALAND. Atentlon la directed to the pt ©vision the Acta establishing this Officer, and o the advantages placed thereby within easy reach of every colonist. Subject to each provisions, the State offers to ersry peP son 1. About to make hla for her Will Codicil. 2. —lntending to provide for Wife an Children or others by deed of Settlement 3. Settling Property by way of rlage Settlement. 4. Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Executcv Trustee under the same. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Fhrecn iO or Administrator, wishing to be relieved ohe burthen of Trustee hip or Admini) ration, the option of necag the State i thlnory, and gives an absolute goaranie against loss of funds by fraud, peculatin' or dishonesty. Every information may bo from ALEXANDER LEA Agent at GhristcLw* Ot from R, 0. HAMERTON; Public Tmst Wellington, Sib mar;