The Ashburton Guardian.

YOU. V,—No, 1268

ASHBURTON. SATURDAY, JUINE 19 tobd.

'PRICE—ONE PENNY



Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. c E. FOOKS AND SONS, Arcliitects, ivil EnonraKss, Yax.-jaxoks, Licensed SURVEYORS, AND LAND BROKERS, TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashburton. Conveyances , rjIINWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS i i RAILWAY. j MOUNT SOMERS AND CAVENDISH ] ROYAL MAIL COACH. a The above Coach leaves Hood’s hotel \ fir Cavendish Railway Station everyday, meeting each train. _ * Passengers by morning train may pro weed by coach to Alford Forest, thence to Methven in time for the last train for P Christchurch, or may return in time for the last train for Ashburton. Parcels and Orders will , receive every attention. Horses and Buggies on hire. ln JOHN HOOD



AUSTRALASIAN jpAROELS EXPRESS "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 561bs weight within the city. Daily despatches by Fail, and to Great Britain, Europe and Australia by every steamer. Extract from tariff, including all charges to Address of Consignee : u IA o O Ot ° pLa cr



_ ca, o" o o o> o o • w We are now receiving parcels for Home to despatch per Tongarlro, 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. 8 1572 Business Notices, BAKER BROS., Builders, Under takers, eta, Wakannl road and Cass street. —8.8. desire to state that having the most recent and improved Heaksk and Mqueuing Coach, are prepared to furnish end conduct Funerals on special and most reasonable terms. Country orders will receive prompt attention. Note the ad dress, comer of Wakanul road and Cass street. Orders may be left at the Ash burton Coach Factory; or Box 16, Post Office Ashburton. ' M' OUNT SOMERS & METHYEN ROYAL MAIL COACH. On and after January Ist, 1885, the undersigned will run a Coach each Tues day, Thursday and Saturday, starting ai noon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, for Sprlngbum and Alford Forest, then lOnnectingwlthDuff s Coach from Methver returning same evening. Fares —Spring bum, 2s, return, 3s; Alford Forest, 4s, return, 6s. 1 27 T. HIX



M RS KENNEDY A MISS 0 & MERON DRESSMAKERS, Compton's Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton Registry Office f( r Female Ser vants. arrival of new books. /■'IOUBT Life Below Stairs, Humorous Works V/ of Theodore Hook, Letters from Hell, Journals of Major-General Gordon at Khar toum, Stonehenge’s British Bural Spmts, Newspaper Readers’ Companion, Scottish Life and Character by Dean Ramsay, The Grey bound—by Stonehenge, Book of Snobs by Thackeray. Macaulay’s Essays and lays_oi Ancient Home, May hews* Horse Doctor, The Horse —by Stonehenge, Complete Works of Artemus Ward in I vol., Choice Works Mark Twain —1 vol,, Religious Anecdotes of Scotland —by Adamson, Sheep, Cattle and Horse—by Yonatt, Sunday at Home, Leisure Hour, America—by Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century— by Mackenzie; Madagascar and France, Spons Mechanics Own Book, Short History of Our Own Times—by Justin McCarthy, The Shadow of a Crime—by Hall Caine, Intrigues of a Poisoner—by B Gaborian, Clarissa’s Tangled Web, Decameron of Boccaccio, Mine Own People—by L. M. Gray, The Maclise Portrait Gallery, Evan Harrington —by George Meredith, The Beporter’s Companion, fine. THOS. F. FARLEY, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, AND PRINTER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, mil



P 4 per day to bo made by per bom of either sex, In their own localities, at work for ns. New nnaineia. All meet with wonderful sue-1 seas. Anyone can do the work. Capital not required. We will start you. Outfit north £1 mailed free. The employment la particularly adapted to the region in which this publication circulates. Beys and girls earn nearly as much as men. Full particulars and instructions malic ree. Now Is the time—don’t delay, but write to us at once. Address Stinson Do Portland, Maine, States



Hgriesselich . WEAVERS’ WOOL EXCHANGE SHIPPING AND MERCHAN Established I Ship to order any deacr and Continental Goods up commission, selected b; Colonial experience, and prompt realisation, cl Prod prices cpou 1 per cen Orders to be accompanied Credit or part remittance >r Produce. Open Policie or floating cargoes to cove References—Chief Office ,nd Westminster Bank, < jondon, and most of the C Current Price Lists. P ad any necessary samples n application F. Ballantyn DUNSTABLE H nHT3 nu Kafahlinhnd



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 CLOIHING Now on hand, so well and favourably known for Excellence of Quality, Pit, and Workmanship. Our Own Manufacture. A HAT AND CAP FACTOR ST 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 onr clients that for the fu*".ro 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 & CO.



Private Dispensary, Palmerston Buildings, Foot d Queen-street, Auckland. Established for the Scien tific jmd Speedy Cure of Chronic, Nervous and Special Diseases. Dr. Speer is a Regular Graduated Physician, educated at Hat yard College. U.S. He ha* devoted a lifetime to, and is acknowledged to be the most expert Physician in his specialty in the United States. Young Men and Middle-aged Men, wh« suffer from Nervous and Physical Debility, Loss cl Energy and Memory, Eruptions on the Face, MenUl Depression, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Scrofula. Salt Rheum, Paralysis, Fit*, Spinal Disease, St. Vitus’ Dance, Liver Complaint, Asthma, Catarrh, Heart Disease, Gravel, Piles, &c, and are tired of taking mineral drugs, will do well to come and try the Doctor's method of cure, as it will, n properly applied, relieve them of their sufferings and restore them to health. The Doctor uses no mineral preparations; his treatment consists wholly in the usa of vegetable remedies. Many are they who have im planted in their systems, by improper use of calomel, •eeds 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. If it is curable, ke mil tell you so; if U is net, ke will tell you ikai ; for be will not undertake a case unless he is confident of affecting a cure. It will cost you nothing for consul tation, so please call and satisfy yourselves that the Doc tor understands your case. Dr. S. cures Humours and Diseases of the Bloed, and Ladies who are afflicted by any of the following complaints Cold extremities, weak stomachs, lame and weak backs, nervous and sick headaches, coiutipation and pain in tha 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 every case I undertake, or forfeit ;£soo. Consultation in Office or by Letter, Frhk. Charges Moderate. Examination and advice, £i. Call or address : Dr. H. I. Speer, Palmerston Buildings, Auckland, N.Z. Office Hours: 9to is, Ito 4,6 to 8 p.m.; Sundays, 10 to is. N. B. All Medicines necessary for a complete cure ran be sent free from observation on receipt « 1 fraptoma.



DE E R I N G’ S BERING’ S Twine Binder. WITH LATEST IMPROVEMENTS for 1885-6. REDUCED PRICE—£SO. Every Machine with latent 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 ] 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 Asbbqrton.



Machine Shop, WAKANCI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Special attention given iz Bicycles, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model work, General repairs. 8



Public Notices: Caution. SOME unscrupulous firms are trying to force on the New Zealand people a Nostrum, under the cloak that It is made in the United States — WHICH IS NOT TRUE. Lnder 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 tact 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 lieu 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 pat.



A. SHEURTON GOAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. R. S» Bean Begs to Inform the inhabitants of Ash burton that he has a splendid 'ot of Blue Derwent Potatoes for sale. ' NEWCASTLE. WESTPORT, AND BROOKFIELD COAL at lowest rates. Firewood, Poets and Kails, Stakes Etc., Potatoes, Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Eto.



419 R. S. BEAN, West street. Standard Sewing Madden. gPBOIAL NOTIOK



THE LIGHT-RUNNINO STANDARD DEWING MACHINE. Tho STANDARD has more Improvements than all the other Sewing Machines put together I Has always been the best and la now the cheapest That It meets every require ment of a critical public Is shown by Its great popularity and In creasing sale throughout A roorica Emope, Australia and Now Zea land.



&.QENT FOE ASHBURTON W. C. Page, RTEBSSSTJ



Business N otlces. , Australian mercantile UNION INSURANCE lOOMPANY. The ohii Company in Canterbury WHICH DID NOT RAISE RATES 33J PER cent on Country Risks. We arc yow, as we have been fob THE PAST THREE YEARS, ACCEPTING RISKS PER CENT. OFF TARIFF. W. B. MOSS, Agent roi Ashburton District. September 22, 1885. 9 61® FOR the Blood Is the Life. —Clarke’s world -famed blood mixture Is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, scurvy, skin and blood diseases, and sores of all kinds, its effects are marvellous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold in bottles 4s 6d and 11s each by chemists and 'atent medicine vendors everywhere. Sole iropriotors, The Lincoln and Midland bounties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. 116



yOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL’S SYRUP or HYPOPHOSPHIIE OF LIMB id 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, viz., Phosphorus and Lime. It cannot be too highly recommended for delicate children. Dr Churchill’s compound Syrup of Hypophosphltes 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, CHEMIST, 12, Rue Oastigllone, Paris. 7 225



PKINTING OF ALL KINDS INCLUDING— Billheads Circulars Memorandum Forma Agreements Liens Conditions of Sale Catalogues



Poaters, &0., And every description of LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LETTER-PRESS executed at the shortest notice and in the LATEST DESIGNS SPECIAL and most favorable terms offered to WHOLESALE ORDERS. ASHBURTON GUARDIAN



OFFICE, TOWLE’S pennyroyal and steel pills for females qnlckly correct all irregnlari tlesand relieve thedistresi ng symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is l£d 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 secnre a Good Crop, nothing succeeds like MAYO’S BONE MANURE. Price—L?, L 6, L 6. Agent in town—H. Zander. A Liberal Discount for Cash. F. T. MAYO, Hampstead Manure Factory, 9 559 As! dmiton.



.Christchurch Ad Argyle B i— -OIR O U L BESPITRAT



His Lordship’s HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREET, Christchurch. THE Propletor of the above Hotel bega to notify that ho has engaged the services of one of the best Chefs in the colonies, frith 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. Grills to perfection at any hour. PRIVATE ROOMS FOR LADIES. Books of Tickets are now issued at reduced rates. A String Baud will play all the newest I music In dining-room from 12.30 to 1.30 | each day, 614



BKWAREI BEWARE!! OF IMITATIONS. ASK FOR HOULT'S TONIC Herbal Beer. None Genuine except that bearing my label. Try It S Try it 1 1 It is one of the Beat 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 STREET, 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 BACH BOTTLE BEARS A RED AND WHITE LABEL i With My Name and Trade Mark on. None genuine without it. DAVIS’S TONIcThERBAL BEER Is acknowledged by the travelling public to be the best Tonic Summer Drink in New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED. Delivered in Ashburton at 2s per Dovsn Bottles charged for if not returned Families wa.ced on daily. DAVIS’S HERBAL B ER AND ICE DRINK MANUFACTORY, East Sx&bei, Asujsukion.



Christchurch. Advertisements. QOUNTRY VISITORS TO CHRIST CHURCH Will find the three O’a— Comfort ' Cheapness 1! Convenience AT WALLACE’S Central Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo street 10 677 A Night Porter Kept.



r AUTUMN, 1886. J THE Drapery and General Importing Company of N. Z. Limited (Co-operative) beg to intimate the arrival of extensive shipments for the ensuing AUTUMN AND WINTER SEASONS, Comprising the lalest Londonand Paris Fashions in all departments together with every kind of useful and General Drapery and Fur nishings for Household and Family Use, now to hand ex s s. Ruapehu, Talnui, Kaikoura, Doric, Tongariro, and *rawa, and sailing ships Wellington, Walmea, to be supplemented by arrival of each direct steamer. Novelties in all Departments. SPFCIAL SHOW. A Sj u.ial Reason’s Show will be held on S'ntnrdav, February 20, and whol i f following week, during which ho public are cor dially invited to inspect the im mense and entirely new stock, without being pressed to purchase All Goods at Wholesale Ware house Prices. E. 0. BROWN, Manager, Warehouses Cashel street ... Christchurch, High street ... Dunedin. See Season's Circular now Issued.



Metropolitan Hotel CASHEL STREET, Chrisichuroh. (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, 6s 6d; per week, LI 10s; per 28 days, L 5. (Private apartments by arrangement). Permanent boarders, LI 5s per week. Ordinary, from 12 to 2 p.m. ; Table d’Hote, at 6.16 p.m. For further culars, apply on the premises ; or, by to MANAGER, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14, 6 18 Christchurch.



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



THE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE Horae, Prince Victor Will travel the Wakandl, Longbeaoh, and Ashburton Forts districts, and will stand at Netherby Lodge (opposite Canterbury Mills) on Saturdays. • For further particulars and terms sp ly to Groom In charge, or GEORGE POOOOK,



lousiness Notices.! NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS. I HEREBY give Noi'ce thr*. all Doga found interfering wiih Sheep on this Estate will be destroyed, and the Owners sued for any damage done. DONALD McLBAN. 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 is perfectly clean in application. See the article you purchase is KEATING’S rs imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold in tins, 6d, Is, and 2s 6d each, by all chemists. I 2



WILHELM ZANDER has always on hand a good variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—Williams’ Ruby Twist, VenUs Navy Twist and Nailcod, High Admiral, Signet, Juno, and other best brands. IN CIGARETTES— Old Judge, Welcome, Vanity Pair, Opera Puffs, Chancellors, Old Rip, Little Beanties Durham, 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 descrlotion kept In stock. Ladles and Gentlemen’s Hairdressing Saloons. Wilhelm Zander, TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER | East street, Asbbnrton. Public Notices. . O FARMERS The Ashburton Woollen Manufacturing j Company, Limited, la a 1 Cash Buyer of Wool j Apply at the Factory. 11 40



TO FARMERS AND OTHERS B ARE PUEOHASBBS OB Wheat Oats Barley Rye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE,



FOR*WHICH WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE. Woolpacks fFDLL SIZE)



Cornsacks TO aeriyi Friedlander Bros. W. Fowke, BOOTMAKER, BEGS to Inform his friends and the public generally that ho uaa started business on his own account. He hopes by strict attention to business and making a good article, to secure a share of public P * tr AdSew— BURNETT STREET, j namiiM occupied by Mi J Mooch.



Business Notices ONE box of Clark’s B 41 pills Is war ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acquired os 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 all the wholesale houses, 1



1 For Sowing Grain, Urass, Tnmip, i Mangold, etc., and the Tnmip Sower bearranged, when o.aeredjto aowLacer?» or other email seeds simultaneously , sowing of Kyegrasa 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 b; rmply changing one wheel. all Sizes. —— Jointed Pulverising Disc Harrows.— The Best.—Over 600 in use. Improved Prize Ohappctjtiees.—Wife cast-ateel mouthpieces, when properlj handled, make no long straws, conae qnently chafi requires no riddling. Th are in use largely all over New Zealan several of the large-sized machines beln lately fitted up at Christchurch. Improved Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs.—The best, and consequent.. [ the cheapest in the market. 3,4, and leaf harrows. Square linked chain har rows- New design of tripod harrows, and 7 tined field grubbers. Oambrldg rollers, 20, 24, and 26 Inches diatn. Plain cylinder field rollers. Ho:a« gears for 1 2,3, and 4 horses. Best iron-bark swingle-trees. Hopes and pally gear foi 4-horse yokes. Threshing fit tings Belting all sizes. Iron and bras, castings of all kinds to order. Fencing standards cut and punched to any length and guage. Drays made fi_m best sea soned timber, with Gilpin axles. Gray’s patent standard for folding sheep.



Winner*, jf the Goto Mkdat. at the Melbourne Exhibition for their Double Furrow Plough, vide Jurors’ Report:— “ Plqt 'us —In ploughs there . one ex hibit to which we wish to draw speck! attention as being the beat, and that the Double Furrow of Refc- and Gray. Dunedin, New Zealand, in Mulsh and o< struotlon it is far superior to any other Bakaia. The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company are now representing or in this district REID A OR>v TE. KILWORTH, Architecture , and Mechanical Draughtsman, and Building Contractor. Ofliao:—Steam Bee Hire, Sash, Door, and Cabinet Factory, Wakanoi Road, Ashburton. Workmanship G naran possible U-3 3^ Ashburton permanent BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY, The above Society pays Interest al th rete of per cent, per annum for De posits at Call, 5 per cent, per annum for three months, and 6 per cent, per annun If fixed for 6 months or over. J WARD, Manager. Office : - Arcade Chambers, Barnet trea +



JJ-ORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD If a <Jally Increasing demand and a endless number of testimonials arc criterion of the popularity of an article then Dr Low’s PECTORAL one of the wonders of the present en lightened ago. Daring the past winta and spring diseases of the throat an lungs have been very prevalent, and has been admitted on all sides that where ever this valuable remedy baa been ob tainable, numbers of lives have been saved by its timely nse. Always have bottle in the bonse. Sold’everywhere la 6d and 2a 6d per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co Christchurch, and at the proprietor, H Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Ashburton Agent—Chas. Neate, Chemist.



ATCHMAKERS £sjsss&&. EWELLERS,



„ Government Notice. THE PUBLIC) TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND. Atention is directed to the provisions the Acts establishing this Offioce, and c the advantages placed thereby tritbin easy roach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every per son : I.—About to make his for her Will ot Codicil. 2. —Intending to provide for Wife ac Children or others by deed of Settlement. 3.—Settling Property by way of Mar , riage Settlement. 4.—Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Execute' Trustee under the same. 6.—Having acted as Trustee, Ex oca xo or Administrator, wishing to be relieved she burthen of Trusteeship or Adminis ration, the option of using the State ms tfalnery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peculation or dishonesty. Every information may be f*9in ALEXANDER LEAN, Agent at OhrlstchuA -. Or from B, 0. HAMBBTON, Public Tnste & Wellington, ISth May, 1888