The Ashburton Guardian.

YOL. V,—No. 1300

ASHBURTON. WEDNESDAY AUGUs'i 41860.

TRICE—ONE PENNY ~



Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &«% C B. FOOKS AND SONS, ArcMtects, i’xvn Enginkbbs, Vaiwaiobs, Lkwksbd Sut. vetoes, and Land Brokers, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashburton. Conveyances riHNWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS £ RAILWAY, MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Gaach loaves Hood's hotel f .r 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 ihe last train for Ashburton. Parcels and Orders will receive every attention. Horses and Bnggies on hire ln JOHN HOOD AUSTRALASIAN AROKLS BXPRB £ f». Parcels and Packages forwarded to any address, at cheap, through. Inclusive One charge. No extras. No trouble. No charge for booking or for collecting packages np to 661ba 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 : 5? fp. iz* ota I f r I I * n •sf We are now receiving parcels for Home to despatch pet Tongariro, sailing this month. Revised cheap rates. Insurance effected If desired. Tariff and all information on application CUFF & GRAHAM, Box 537 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton; Telephone 22. 8 1572 Business Notices.



BAKER BROS., Builders, Under, takers, etc., Wakarml road and Casa street '—B.B. desire to state that having the moat recent and Improved Hkabss and Moroxnxa Coach, are prepared to furnish and conduct Funerals on special and most reasonable terms. Country orders will receive prompt attention. Note the sd dress, comer of Wakantd road and Cass street. Orders may be left at the Ash burton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Post Office Ashburton. 167 M' OUNT SOMERS & ROYAL MAIL COACH. On and after January Ist, 1885, the undersigned will run a Coach each Tues day, Thursday and Saturday, starting at noon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, lor Sprlngbum and Alford Forest, there connectingwlthDuffsCoachfrom Methven returning same evening. Fares—Spring bum, 2s, return, 3s j Alford Forest, 4s, return, 6i 1 27 T. HIX. M RS KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, Compton’s Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton, N.B.—Registry Office fcr Female Ser vants. AL OF NEW BOOKS. Li To Below Stairs, Humorous Worts MJAV . in u __ .. of Theodore Hook, Letters from Hell, Journals of Major-General Gordon at Khar toum, Stenches go’s British Rural Bpoite, Hewspaper Readers’ Companion, Scottish Life and Character by Dean Ramsay, The Grey hound—by Stonehenge, Book of Snobs—by Thackeray. Macaulay’s Essays and Lays ot Ancient Rome, Mayhews’ Hor»e Doctor, The Horse—by Stonehenge. Com;lete Works of Artemna Ward in 1 vol., Choice Works Mark Twain—Lvol, Religions Anecdotes of Scotland by Adamson, Sheep, Cattle and Uoree-r-by Touatt, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, America— by Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century— by Mackenzie i Madagascar and France, Spoils’ Mechanics Own Book, Short Uistory 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, Mmo Own People—by L. M. Gray, The Machse Portrait Gallery, Evan Harrington —by George Meredith, The Reporter's Companion, Bne. THOS. F. FAELEY, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, AND PRINTER, SACK DEBS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, m 11 »rr» 0.4 per day to be made by per 3!rx. Bona c f either sex. In their own. localities, at work for ns. New cosiness. All meet with wonderful suc cess. Anyone can do the work. Capital not required. We will start you. Outfit aorth £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 matlo ree. Now is the time—don’t delay, bat write to ns at once. Address Sknson Do PovUsud, Maine, |United States



Public Notices: 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 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.’s BOP BITTERS Are put np 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 goal AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. R. S. Bean Begs to Inform the Inhabitants of Ash burton that be has a splendid lot of Blue Derwent Potatoaa 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 Maohlnea pat together I Has always been the beet and la now the cheapest. That It meets every require ment of a critical poblio Is shown by Its great popularity and in creasing sale throughout America Europe, Australia and New Zea land. m AGENT FOR ASHBURTON- W. 0. Page, jfi* VBT STREET



Public I nnouncementg. FRUIT TREES I FRUIT TREES ! FRUIT TREES ! a RAFGIORANURSERY. W. E. IVORY BEGS to inform his patrons in the Ashburton district that orders for the season will ho executed direct from 3 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, ’ Walnut, Grape Vines, and Fruiting Trees 1 of Gooseberry a~d Currants ; also, Pines and other bholter Trees. Cataloguco on application. May 21, 1886. Mrs Adam AGENT FOR MADAME Y EIGER'S PATTERNS, HAS now on hand a nice assortment of crewel wools, silks, filoselle, flossetto, lace, braids, transfer patterns, new designs, crash, oatmeal and satin cloths for art needlework, five o’clock tea cloths, embroidery frames, etc. THE LIT TRE SHOP (Next Mr Ranger’s baker HGRIE3SELTOH AND CO * WEAVERS’ lIALL, 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 of Produce at highest prices upon 1 per cent, commission. Oj.u.ira to be accompanied by Letters of Credit or parßremittance In Bank Drafts or Produce. Open Policies of Insurance for floating cargoes to cocor sea risks. References —Chief Office of the London and Westminster Bank, or Agra Bank, London, and most of the Colo-dal Banks. Current Price L’ats. Produce Reports, and any necessary samples or information on application 1 35



DE E R I N G’ S E E R I N G’ S Twine Binder. WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS for 1885 G REDUCED PRICE-£ 0. Every Machine with latest Improvements, two knives and a supply of small extras. The agents being desirous that the Dooring 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 net stand in the way, we have determined to sell all machines for coming reason 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.



Di Speer’s PRIVATE DISPENSARY, West minster Quay, Wellington, opposite N Z. Clothing Factory. Established for the Scientific and Speedy Cure of Chronic, Nervous, and Special Diseases. Dr Speer la a regu lar Graduated Physician, educated at Harvard College, D.S. He has 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, 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, relievo them of their sufferings and restore them to health. The Doctor uses no mineral preparations; histreatment 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 such he would say, come and bo healed. It matters not what your troubles may be, come and let the Doctor examine your If It is curable, he will tell you sa; if it is not, he will tell you that; for ho will not undertake a case unless he is confident of effecting a cure. It will coat yon 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 lencborrea, etc, etc. —I wish it distinctly understood that 1 do not claim to perform impossibilities, or to have a miraculous power. AH applying to me will receive my honest opinion of their complaints. No experimenting. I wIU guarantee a positive cure in every case I undertake, or forfeit L2OO. Consultation in Office or by letter, FKREE. Charges Moderate. Examination and Advice LI. Call or ad dress: Dr H. J. Speer, Westminster Chambers, 36, Lambton Quay, Welling ton, opposite the Clothing Factory. Office Hours: 9 to 12, 1 to 4, 6 to 8 p.m.; Sun days, 10 to 12. N.B. All Medicines no ses or a complete cure can be sent n observation on rocelot of «vmn- A GRIOULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANDI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Ohaff-cntters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Special attention given t; Bicycler, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and tdjusted. Model work. General repairs. 8



Christchurch A dvertise meats. D.I.C. GREAT?EXTEMSION OF PREMISES. THEJincreasing trade of the' D.I.C. neces sitates the extension of our already SPACIOTJ.S WAREHOUSE, and having full confidence in the great future of Canterbury, wo have decided to nearly double the size of oar present warehouse. As thi-< alteration would entail the moving back«ards and. for wards of stock, we have resolved to hold a GREAT CLEARING SALE FOR FOURTEEN DAYS, Commencing JUNE'ilOth. Instructions bavin been given to the heads of all Departments t give extra inducements to buyers, all classe ure invited to visit the warehouse during the Sale with a view to enquire and comp-rc prices and secure BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS



RAPERY AND GENERAL IMPORTING COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, LIM,, CO-OPERATIVE, ASHEL STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. B. HALLENBTEIN, Chairman. E. 0. brown; Manager. Metropolitan Hotel CASHEL STREET, Chrlaichurch, (Under Proprietorship since April, 1885). THE 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, 5s fid; per week, LI 10s; per 28 days, L 5. (Private apartments by arrangement). Permanent boarders, Ll ra 6s week. Ordinary, from 12 to 2 p.m. d’Hdte, at 6.16 p.m For further ’.culars, ap p premises ; or, by . to MANAGER Metropolitan Hotel, 6 18 ' * - WONDERFUL 800 containing 100 TRICKS And DELUSIONS With Cards. 25 Marvellous COIN TRICK For tlie perform- I ance of which only a common pack cf cards and the ordi nary coins of the realm are needed. All fully Ex plained. Also, A large collection of AM OSIN G& Riddles, Charades, GAMES, &o. And over Is 200 TRICKS WITH CONJURING APPARATUS. All illustrated, explained, and made simple, with a catalogue of English, French, and American Novelties,Games, Toys,4o.,covering pages and illustrated wiih over;,3oo ookd* Both books mailed free for Is. CK AND HIS 81-. Mechanical FI'JUR D tnce to And Keep Perfect Tims. Is 31 each, pair 2s,



' THE WIZARD OP THE NORTH’S CHANGEABLE PACK OF 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 stamps of other celonies are sent add 2d in the shilling for exchange. Take Notice.—To advertise oar business we will for a short time send i ne whole of the above mentioned articles to one address post paid f r 2a 6d. Address all orders: H. YORK & CO., 401 George street, Sydney. Lock Box 41, King street, Post Office. 8J22 Z BEWAREI BEWAREJ! of IMITATIONS. ASK FOR HOULT’S TONIC Herbal Beer. None Genuine except that beating my label. Tty It! Try It 11 It 1b one of the Beat Medicinal and Summer Tonics ever offered to the Pnblio. Delivered In Ashbnrton at 2b per dozen. Bottles not returned will be charged for. T. HOULT, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 11 8



Sporting* RACING Q LUB SPRINgIgEETING, ’THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, November 25 and 26, 1886. President, E. G. Wright, ; Vice-Presi dent, J. Qrigg ; Judge, Matthew St'tt Stewards, H, Fried lander, W. B. Den shire, J. C. N Grigg, R. Friedlnnder, f W. C. Walker, Dr.s Ho c s and Leahy; j 1 Treasurer—o. 0. Fooks; Clerk of (lie Scales, M, Fricdlander; Clerk of (bo Course, A. Hewsnn ; Ilandi cappors, F. Cotton, C. 0. Fooks, M. Stitt and Dr Leahy. First race to start at 1 p.m, FIRST DAY. 1. County Hi kdle Race, of 30 sovs ; oyer six flights of hurdles, about 3ft 6in high ; nomination, 1 sov ; accep tance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 6 sovs from the stake. If mile. Oistrict horses only. 2. Wei,ter Handicap, of 45 sovs ; nomi nation, 1 sov; acceptance, If sov; minimum weight, 10st. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake For horses that have never won more than 25 sovs in one event on the flat. 2 miles. 3. Ajirurton Cup Handicap, of 125 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 3 sovs. Second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stake. If mile. 4 County Plate Handicap, of 40 sovs. ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. 1| mile. District horses only. 5. Post Stakes, of 15 sovs ; catch weights; nomination, 1 sov, to he made to the Secretary immediately t after the County Plate is run. The winner to bo sold by 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 j acceptance, If eov. £ R 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 Cldr Handicap, of 100 sovs; nomination, l.sov ; acceptances sovs. Second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stake mile 3. Ladies’ Pprse, of 25 sovs; welter weights for ago. Gentlemen riders. Entrance, 1 sovs. mile. District ' ’horses only. 4. Totalisatou Stakes, of 15 sovs ; minimum weight, Bst ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Ladies’ Purse is run. The winner to bo sold imme diately after the race for 10 sovs, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club. J mile. . Flying Handicap, of 10 sovs ; nomina tion, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 5 aova from the stake. V 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 declara'ion of weights. 1 mile. RULES AND REGUL ATIONS, 1. No entry will be received except 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 hotra that has been commonly resident in the district lying between the rivers Selwyn and Waitaki from July Ist 1886, and up to the date cf the forthcoming meeting and owned by a person who has resided in the said distr’ ct 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. G t: a 8 t V p a 0 ii 1 c v tl a h r< B( tl a< e: t( P ai B ti il J tl 9 d S T



4. All nominations and acceptances go to the fundi 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 pm. on Monday November 1 1886 WEIGHTS. Weights for the first day's handicaps will be declared on Monday November 15 1836. 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 ing of the first day’s racing. 0. O.FOOKS, Secretary. N. B —Until August 1, next, all com munications must be addressed to the Acting Secretary, Mr S. Saunders. 7293 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 With My Name and Trade Mark on. None genuine without It. DAVIS’S TONIC HERBAL BEER Is acknowledged by the travelling public be thef best Tonic Summer Drink In New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED. Delivered In Ashbnrton at 2s per Dot in Bottles charged for If not returned Families wa.ced on daily, DAVIS’S HERBAL B ER AND ICE BRINK MANUFACTORY, Easi Sxrbbx, Asß^omoN 1



Sporting ASHBURTON COUNTY To be held o; RACECOURSE, AS On | WEDNESDAY, AUGI Patron, Hon J. McLean E. G. Wright; Vice-Pi John Grigg, C. G. Hav and Rosa ; Stewards. Denshire, Rooks, J. 0. wether, McOwen, Ru Upfon, and Ur Leah Matthew Stitt; Start( Clerk of the Scales, Mr the Course, Mr G. F. cappers, Messrs Coth Upton. The first race to start a 1. Handicap Hurdle Eac over eight flights of 3ft’6in high ; non acceptance, ss. Op horses that have I hunted with the Ashl Two Miles. 2. Hunt Club Steepleciias minimum weight lOi (trophy or cash ; non acceptances, 10s ; ope hunt, rs ; amateur rid< three miles over fair h }. Selling Hack Race, post entry, 10s; no we the winner to be si immediately after the realised above 15 sov funds of the Club. Th a mile on the flat, t. Maiden Steeplechase sots, for horses that h an advertised steeple* for ago ; entrance, 15a district horses that h. larly hunted with tl Hounds. About two t . Hunter’s Flat Race H Bovs ; minimum weight nation, 10s ; acoeptam to - all qualified bun before starting for tl: qualify over a hurdle faction of the Stewards , Consolation Handicap ! of 10 sovs ; nominatic ance free. One and a RULES AND BEQUL 1. No entry will be recn' 16 condition that all dis nd objections arising out mil be decided by the Stew icy may appoint ; their d oints connected with carr rogrammo to bo final. 2. Grand National Steep! Ihered to when applicable. 3 A district horse sha rse that h’s been comm i the Ashburton County i 386, and up to the date lining meeting, and owno: ho has resided in the said ( ie same period.—A qualifie lean any horse that ha anted, at least throe timi icogniaod pack of hound lason 1886. i. Five per cent, will be c ie gross of all moneys jcordanco with this pr< epenaes of the course; 5. All nominations and a i the funds of the Club, 6. An amateur rider s arson who has never rit id who is a member of unt Club. 7. Professional riders wil i carry 71b extra, in all ra icy are admitted, except in 8. Nominations, accompa; age, description ol of rider, and a master * Qcate as to the qualificatioi ie hands of the Secretary p.m. on Saturday, August 9 Weights will bedeclar ay, August 12. 10. Acceptances must be Rcretarv not later than



Business Notices. NOTICK TO OWNERS OF DOGS. I HEREBY give Notice that all Doga found interfering with Sheep on this Estate will be destroyed, and the Owners sned for any damage done. DONALD MoLEAN, 1 167 Lagmhor. KEATING’S POWDER destroys bngs, fleas, moths, bedtles, and all other insects, whilst quite harmless to domestic aqimala. In exterminating beetles the success of this powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly clean in application. See the article yon purchase is KEATING’S rs imitations are noxious and Ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2a 6d each, by all chemists. 1 2 WILHELM ZANDER has always on band a gooi variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—Williams’ Ruby Twist, Venus Navy Twist and Nailrod, High Admiral, Signet, Juno, and other best brands. IN CIGARETTES— Old Judge, Welcome, Vanity Fair, Opera Puffs, 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 ( descrintion kept In stock. < Ladles and Gentlemen’s Hairdressing 4 Saloons, t t Wilhelm Zander, ; TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER \ East street, Ashburton. ‘ I Public Notices. I mo farmers I » a The Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing | Company, Limited, is a G Cash Buyer of Wool Apply at the Factory. II 40



TO FARMERS AND OTHERS ARK PURCHASERS OF Wheat Oats Barley Bye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, FOR, WHICH WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE. Woolpacks I FULL SIZE) Cornsacks TO ARRIVE Friediaiider Bros.



W. Fowke, bootmaker, BEGS to Inform hia friends 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— BUßHETl iiitKET, nonlsee oocepied by tfi J ISeech.



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



I New Seed-Sower j For Sowing Grain, Wraea, Turnip, 2 Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower . >.-sarranged, when osaered, to r.-o w Lccerf or other small seeds simultaneous?? sowing of RyegrMs if desirei. It is only Sower in the Market that will ;;ow with absolute regularity on either exces sively rough or very smooth land. It , will sow any desired quantity oi Grain or Grass fay simply changing ono wheel. Corn Drills all Sizes. JoESTBD PULVERISING DISCB ARROWS.— The Best.—Over 500 in u^e. Improved Prize CHARRCimsss,— Witl cast-steel mouthpieces, when properly handled, make no long straws, conse quently chafi requires no riddling. Th are In use largely all over several of the large-aizsd machines bei* lately fitted up at Christchurch, Improved Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs. —The best, and consequent., the cheapest In the market. 3,4, and loaf harrows. Square linked chain har rows- New design of tripod harrows, and 7 tined field grubbers. Cambridg rollers, 20, 24, and 26 Inches diam. Plain cylinder field rollers. Horse gears for 1 2,3, and 4 horses. Best iron-bark swingle-trees. Ropes and pally gear foi 4-horae yokes. Threshing machine fir tings Belting all sizes. Iron and brae, castings of all kinds to order. Fencim. standards cut and punched to any length and guage. Drays made fr_n best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Gras’# patent standard for folding sheep. Winner*, jf the Gold Medal at tit Melbourne Exhibition for their Double Furrow Plough, ride Jurors’ Bsport: “Pia V’s ploughs there . one ex Mbit to which we wish to draw specla attention as being the best, and that the Double Furrow of Reb and Gray. Dunedin, New Zealand, and o struct ton it is far superior tu any other Bakaia. The New Zealand Loan Morctn-!! Agency Company are now representing ar lu this district ;:r?AT n 1 E. KIL WORTH, Architecture JL • and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Building Jontractor. Cfllco:-bteam Bee Hive, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Factory- W&kanni Road, Ashbnrton. Workmanship Guaranteed at Lowest possible rates 11 3 A SH BURTON PER M A SENT BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. The above Society pays Interest at th rate of 4j per cent, per annum for De posits at Call, 5 per cent, per an aam for three mouths, and per cent, per annua if fixed for 6 months or over. J WARD, Ilauager. Office ; - Arcade Chamoeia, Burnet 1 tree* M 1 OUE VALUABLE THAN GOLD If a 'lally Increasing demand and endless number of testimonials arc criterion of the popularity of an artiol then Dr Low’s CHERRY PEOTORAI one of the wonders of the present ea lightened ago. During the past wlnie and spring diseases of the throat an* lungs have been very prevalent, and has been admitted on all sides that where over this valuable remedy has been ob tainable, numbers of lives have bean saved by Its timely use. Always have bottle in the house. Sold everywhere la 6d and 8a 6d per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Procter and Co Christchurch, and at the proprietor, U Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Ashburton Agent—Ohas. Neate, Chemist. ATCHMAKERS EWELItRS r /ctfjSO. CJt-CH. Government Notice. The public trust office OF NEW ZEALAND. 0 Atention la directed to the prevision, the Acts establishing this Officce, and o the advantages placed thereby within easy each of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State efifers to every per son : I.—About to make his for her Will r Codicil. 2.—lntending to provide for Wife ac Children or others by deed of Settlement, 3.—Settling Property by way of Marc mgs Settlement. 4.—Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Execute! Trustee under the same. 5. —Having acted as Trustee, Ex ecu ro or Administrator, wishing to be relieved she burthen of Trustee, hip or Adminl j ration, the option of ns jg the State un thinory, and gives an absolute guarante against loss of funds by fraud, peculation or dishonesty. Every Information may be fiem ALEXANDER LEAN Agent at Christchm\ 0/ from R. 0. HAMEETON, Public Trails Wellington, Uth&f