The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. Y,—Mo. 1289

ASHBURTON. THURSDAY JULY 15, 188fi

TRICE-ONE PENNY



Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. C E. FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, ith WnntisEß, Valuators, Licensed Sukve TORS, and Land Brokers, triangle, wakanui road, Ashburton. Conveyances mINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS f RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. Tbe above Oeach leaves Hood’s hotel for Cavendish Railway Station every day,



meeting each train. Passengers by morning train may prc -eed by coach to Alford Forest, thence t Methven In time for the last train to Christchurch, or may return m time to the last train for Ashburton. Parcels and Orders will receive ever; attention. Horses and Buggies on hire. ln JOHN HOOD AUSTRALASIAN AROELS EXPRESS. Parcels and Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through, inclusive 8 0ne charge. No extras. No trouble. No charge for booking or for collecting packages up to 561bs weight within the city. Daily despatches by Bail, and to Great Britain, Europe and Australia by every steamer. ~ , Extract from tariff, Including all charges to Address of Consignee



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. Telephone 22. 3 1572 Business Notices. BAKER BROS., Builders, Under takers, etc., Wakanul road and Cass treat—B.B. desire to state that having he most recent and improved Heaese and lodbning Coach, are prepared to furnish nd conduct Funerals on special and most sasonable terms. Country orders will scelve prompt attention. Note the sd ress, comer of Wakanul road and Cass kreet. Orders may be left at the Ash orton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Post (ffioe Ashburton. 137 a /rOUNT SOMERS & METHYBN |Xl_ ROYAL MAIL COACH. On and after January Ist, 1885, the mderslgned will run a Coach each Tues lay, Thursday and Saturday, starting at toon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, or Sprlngbmn and Alford Forest, there onnectlng with Duff’s Coach from Methven eturning same evening. Fares—Sprlng ium, 2s, return, 3s; Alford Forest, 4s, etnrn, 6a. 27 T. HIX. xatfi KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON JSF dressmakers, Compton’s Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton N.B.—Registry Office fi r Female Ser vants. ARRIVAL OF NEW BOOKS.



COURT Life Below Stairs, Humorous Works of Theodore Hook, Letters from Hell, Journals of Major-General Gordon at Khar toum, Stonehenge’s British Rural Sports, 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, Mayhews’ Horse Doctor, The Horse—by Stonehenge, Complete Works of Artemns Ward in I vol., tt—Vs Mark Twain—l vol.. Religions ocotland —by Adamson, Sheep, Cattle and Horse—by Tonatt, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, America—by Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century— by Mackenzie; Madagascar and France, Spons’ Maehaniea Own Book, Short History of Our Own Times—by Justin McCarthy, The Shadow of a Crime—by Hall Caine, Intrigues of a Prisoner—by E Gaborian, Clarissa’s Tangled Web, Decameron of Boccaccio, Mine Own People—by L. M. Gray, The Maclise Portrait Gallery, Evan Harrington —by George Meredith, The Reporter’s Companion, Ene. THOS. F. FAELEY, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, AND PRINTER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, mil -Pi TO -PA P®* da y b® made by per ttuJL sons of either sex, In" their own localities, at work for ns. New Doalneu. All meet with wonderful suc cess. Anyone can do the work. Capital not reqnired. We will start yon. 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. Full particulars and instructions mallo ree. Now is the time—don’t delay, but write to ns at once. Address Stinson Do Pontland;, Maine, United States



Hoktesselich and oo • WEAVERS’ HALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, ’ SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established 1856. , 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 of Produce at highest prices upon 1 per cent, commission. to be accompanied by Letters of Credit or part remittance ln«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 Price Lists. Produce Reports, and any necessary samples or Information on application 1 35 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, lu generally acknowledged to j 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 thus secure to all the beat p value for money—quality and pr.i being p 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 hand, so well and favourably known for Excellence of Quality, Fit, and Workmanship. Our Own Manufacture. A HAT AND CAP FACTORY 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. WE beg to Intimate to our cllenta that for the the SALES of STOCK. IMPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES will be held at the Rakala the LAST THURSDAY In every month. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY. 8 306 MATSON, COX A- CO.



Private Dispensary, Palmerston Buildings, Foot ol Queen-street, Auckland. Established for the Scien tific and Speedy Cure of Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Dr. Speer is a Regular Graduated Physician, educated at Harvard College, U.S. He has devoted a lifetime to, and is acknowledged to be the most expert Physician in his specialty in the United States. Voung Men and Middle-aged Men, wha suffer from Nervous and Physical Debility, Loss cd Energy and Memory, Eruptions on the Face, Mental Depression, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Salt Kheum. Paralysis, Fits, Spinal Disease, St. Vitus’ Dance, Liver Complaint, Asthma, Catarrh, Heart Disease, Gravel, Piles, &c* and arc tired of taking mineral drugs, will do well to come and try the Doctor’s method of cure, as it will, il 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 let the Doctor examine your case. 1/ it is curablt, h* will Ull you to ; if tt is tut, fu will tell you that ; for be will not undertake a case unless he is confident of affecting a cure. It will cost you nothing for consul tation, to please call and satisfy yourselves that the Doc tor understands your case. Dr. S. cures Humours and Diseases of the Blood, 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 side and back, leuchorrea, etc., etc, I wish it distinctly understood that I do not claim to perform impossibilities, or to have miraculous power. All applying to me will receive my honest opinion of their complaints. No experimenting. I will guarantee a positive cure in •very case I undertake, or forfeit j£aoo. Consultation in Office or by Letter, Fbee. Charges Moderate. Examination and advice, £t. Call or address : Dr. H, I. Speer, Palmerston Buildings, Auckland, N.Z. Office Hours: 9 ton, Ito 4,6 to 8 p.m.; Sundays; 10 to is. N. B. All Medicines necessary for a complete core can be tent free from observation on receipt at tyraptoma.



D E E R I N G’ BERING’ Twine Binder. s s "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. AGRICULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANCI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and ail classes of machinery. Special attention given I- Bicycler, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model work. General repairs.



) Public Notices; s Caution. SOME unscrupulous firms are trying to force on the New 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 j. deceive the Public and Incautious Pur chasers Into the belief that they are the p Genuine [ AMERIPAN 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.’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 Herman, and the name of “Dr Soule” blown In every Bottle. This la the only form In which Genuine AMERICAN HOP BITTERS are put A SHBURTON AND FIREWOOD DEPOT COAL R. S, Bean Begs to Inform the inhabitants of Ash burton that he has a splendid lot of Blue Derwent Potatoas for sale. NEWCASTLE. WESTPORT, AND BROOKFIELD COAL at lowest rates. Firewood, Poets and Rails, Stakes Etc., Potatoes, Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc. 419 R. S. BEAN, West street. Standard Sewing Machian.



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 evc*y 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— X W. C. Page. AtST STREET



Business Notices- Australian mercantile UNION INSURANCE .COMPANY. The GNi/k 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 RISKS PER Oh.NT. OFF TARIFF. I W. B. MOSS, Agent ioi Ashburton District. | September 22, 1885, 9 315 FOR the Blood la 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 4s 6d and lls each by chemists and >atent medicine vendors everywhere Sole woprietors, The Lincoln and Midland ‘onnties Drug Co,, Lincoln, 1 ngland.l 16



OW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL’S SYRUP OF HYPOPHOSPHI'IE OF LIMB Id prescribed by the Faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chronic Cough and It contains two of the principal Ingre dients necessary for building up the human frame, and which are considered deficient In the above complaints, via., Phosphorus and Lime. U cannot be too highly recommended for delicate children. Dr Churchill’s compound Syrup of Hypophosphites 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. SWANN, CHEMIST, 12, Rue Castiglione, Paris. 7 225 General Debility. Prepared only by



PRINTING INCLUDING- And every description of LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LETTER-PRESS executed »t the shortest notice and lu 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 thedisfcreat. ag 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—LsT, L 6, L 5. Agent in town—H. Mandeb, A Liberal Discount for Cash. F. T. MAYO, Hampstead Manure Factory, 656 Ashburton



Christchurch Ad\ IN THE SUPREME BANKRUF THIS ] GL L. Beat! offer the STC OF THOMAS JAC DRAPER AND ( Late of High street, Ch and Akaroa AT A DISCO 07 10 s IN THE



Tho above are two of the Cleanest Stocks ever offered in Christchurch, Simpson and Harper having been in busi ness only four months, whilst the largest portion cf Thomas Jacob’s Stock was purchased by him this winter. HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREEP, HE Propietor of the above Hotel begs to notify that he has engaged the services of one of the beat Chefs In the colonies, with special instructions to pro vide the beat LUNCHEON OR TEA, The bill of fare will comprise Poultry, Game, Fish, etc., etc., In season. • Grills to perfection at any hour, PRIVATE ROOMS POE LADIES. Books of Tickets are now Issued at reduced rato«. A String Band will play all tho newest music In dining-room from 12.30 to 1.30 each day. 614 His Lordship’s Christchurch, In tho country for ONE SHILLING.



BEWARE! BWARE!! OF IMITATIONS, ASK FOR HOULT’S TONIC Herbal Beer. Nona Genuine except that bearing my label. Try it! Try it I 1 It is one of the Best Medicinal and Summer Tonics ever offered to the Public. Delivered in Ashburton at 2a per dozen. Bottles not returned will be charged for. T. HOULT, EAST it'RLKI, ASHBURTON. 11 8



Davis’s Herbal Beer ON account of Persona selling Inferior Herbal Beer and representing It as mine, I have to ask the public to see chat EACH BOTTLE BEARS A RED AND WHITE LABEL jWlth My Name and Trade Mark on. None genuine without It, DAVIS’S TONIC HERBAL BEER Is acknowledged by the travelling public to bo the beat Tonlo Sommer Drlnfc in New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED. Delivered In Ashburton at 2a per Dorm Bottles charged for if not returned Families wa.ted on daily. DAVIS’S HERBAL B ER AND ICE DRINK MANUFACTORY, East Stbebt, AspiraTOß'



Christchurch Advertisements. QOUNTRY VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH Will find the three O’s— Comfort * Cheapness!! 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, 1885). ’ rnUE above Hotel has been thoroughly 1 painted, papered and renovated, and is eqnal 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. Terrac —Per, day, 5s 6d; per week, LI 10a; per 28 days, L 5. I (Private apartments by arrangement). Permanent boarders, LI 5s per week. Ordinary, from 12 to 2 p.m. ; Table d’Hfito. at 6.15 p.m. For further 'culars, apply on the premises ; or, by to PEN I N G New Baleyards. The Undersigned beg to notify that, they will hold their Opening Sale at the Boyal Salcyarda, Moore street, on 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 posaib'j previous to the day of sale, in order hat they may be duly advertised. Proaei t en'ncs comprise Horses, Cows, Sheep, Cists. Poultry, Furniture, Produce, and Sundries. 6 18 MANAGER, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14, Christchurch. THURSDAY, APRIL 8.



Luncheon provided. Sale at 12 o’clock. ZOUCH & MACPHERSON AUCTIONEERS. TO LET—A capital dwelling l ouse of ■even rooms, plastered throughout. Washhouse, with water laid on; also orchard and garden ; rent moderate. Apply to— ZOUOH AND MACPHERSON, 3 446 Auctioneers, Ashburton. K v?\jr J. Meech HAVING determined to RELINQUISH BUSINESS, Is following up hla late Auction sale with a CLEARANCE SACRIFICE of p*' ALL GOODS AT AUCTION PRICES -es^ The Public cad, therefore, VISIT HIS W A REHOUSE 1 AND SELECT ANY ARTICLE AT A TREMENDOUSLY REDUCED PRICE daring the ney.t few weeks ; and mind you don't forget It 1 Crockery, Ironmongery, Kitchen Requisites, and Genuine Furniture, —MUST ALL BE DISPOSED OF— FOR SALE. Splendid Hearse Mourning Gear Plumes Velvet Palls Horse Covers Etc. Etc. 0 1 UPI In the meantime, FUNERALS will conducted from L 5 upwards J MEECH EAST * ,A>fRED STREETS.



jp RO BONO PUBLICO Good people all, both great and small, again I come before you ; and while It's true there’s little new, 1 hope I shall not bore you. Again, this time, I come In rhyme, and thus my theme pursuing, all may discern, and mark, and learn they should be up and doing. That is they should, for their own good (and mine, I won’t deny it), deal at my store, I’ll say no more, just take the hint and try It. My general store holds goods galore, in wonderful variety, such value, these are sure o please all classes of society. And, also note, that Nelson, Moate and Co. are still supplying to all who please their blended teas—they’re grand there's no denying. So come and buy, these fine teas try ; you’ll ne'er regret the action. At various prices, each kind nice is, all giving satlfaotlon. Now let me finish by thanking all my customers for their continued patronage, and by assuring them that I shall always do my best to serve them well, by supply ing genuine goods at the very lowest possible prices. Wholesale and Retail Agent r.ia NELSON, MOATE, & CO’S Pure Blended Teas. Agent for Arthur Yates’s Gar den Seeds Tea, Grocery, Glass, and China. Brushware and Fancy Goods Warehouse. H. M. Carson, I set Stree Ahsbumoh * a, § a S S«-2 2 J 3 O ,H <d o O bd cl a ® 12 a fl wC3 09



Business Notices. NOTICE TO OWNERS OP DOGS. 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 bags, fleas, moths, bedtles, and all other I 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 yon purchase Is KEATING’S rs imitations are noxious and Ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2s 6d each, by all chemists. 1 2



WILHELM ZANDE hand a good var BEST TOB. Including—Williams’ Ruf Navy Twist and Admiral, Signet, < best brands. IN CIGARET 1 ] Old Jndge, Welcome, Ys Puffs, Chancellors, Beauties Durham, PIPES - A Splendid Assortment, I without. CIGARETTE & CIGAR A large variety to oh



Public Notices. T 0 WARMERS The Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, Is a Cash Buyer of Wool Apply at the Factory. 11 40



TO FARM AND OTHE] B ARK P URO OF Wheal Oats Earlej Rye G AND OTHE] i" sdj ' FOR. WHICH WE ARE TO GIVE HIGHEST Ml VALUE Woolpa< Cornsac TO A F R I



Business No ONE box of Clark’s : ranted to care all dls urinary organs In either constitutional), gravel a back. Guaranteed free Sold In boxes 4s 6d each and patent medicine ven prietors, The Lincoln and ties Drug 00., Lincoln, E sale of all the wholesale ] New Seed- For Sowing Grain, Grass, Mangold, etc., and the To . be arranged, when uttered, or other small seeds aimull sowing of Kyegrass If desi only Sower in the Marke with absolute regularity 01 sively rough or very smo will sow any desired quanti Grass by simply changing c Corn Drills all Si Jointed Pulverising Du The Best.—Over 50( Improved Prize Chappot cast-steel mouthpieces, u handled, make no Tong c qnently chaff requires no rl are in use largely all over several of the large-sized m lately fitted up at Christohu Improved Double and Ti Ploughs.— The best, and the cheapest in the market, leaf harrows. Square link rows- New design of tripod and 7 tined field grubbers, rollers, 20, 24, and 26 inehei cylinder field rollers. Hors 2,3, and 4 horses. B< swingle-trees. Ropes and 4-horse yokes. Threshing tings Belting all sizes. L castings of all kinds to ordc standards cat and punched and gunge. Drays made fi soned timber, with Gilpin a patent standard for folding « Winner*, jf the Gold M Melbourne Exhibition for t Furrow Plough, vide Juror “ Plo;-hs— In ploughs ther hibit to which we wish to attention as being the best, the Double Furrow of Rek- i Dunedin, New Zealand, in& structton it is far superior to Rakaia. The New Zealand Loan Agency Company are now rei in this district Te. kilworth, . . and Mechanical Dran{ Building Jontractor. Oflice: Hive, Sash, Door, and Cabi; Wakanni Road, Ashb Workmanship Guaranteed possible rates .4 SHBURTON PERI BUILDING & HTI SOCIETY. The above Society pays In rate of 4$ per cent, per mm posits at Gall, 5 per cant, pe three months, and 6 per cent If fixed for 6 months or over. J Office : - Arcade Chatnbc tree* JJORE VALUABLE TH If a 4ally Increasing den endless number of testimc criterion of the popularity c then Dr Low’s CvIERRY Pi one of the wenders of the lightened age. During the and spring diseases of the lungs have been very previ has been admitted on all side ever this valuable remedy h tsinable, numbers of lives s '.red by its timely use. AJ 'rv .Ml,-. in O.UI