The Ashburton Guardian.

v m V.—No. UIS

ASHBURTON. .MONDAY. MAY 17. 1886.

IPRICE—ONE PENNY



Surveyor. Civil Engineers, See. E, FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, ; IVII EnonrEBRS, Valtaiobb, Licensed SURVEYORS, AND LAND BROKERS, triangle, wakanui road, Ashburton. Conveyances. AND MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY. Ml IN WALD



MOUNT SOMERS -AND CAVENDISH ROYAL MAIL COACH. The above Coach leaves Hood’s hotel or Cavendish Railway Station every day, "pSnSS l bymo™l«B tr.l. o.y pro -eed by coach to Alford Forest, thence to iK to Um. lor U» tat tmn » Christchurch, or may return In time for the last train for Ashburton. Parcels and Orders will receive every attention. Horses and Buggies on in . JOHN HOOD AUSTRALASIAN arokls EXPBE a. Parcels and Paokagw Awarded to any address, at cheap, through, inclusive "one charge. No extras. No trouble. b.rgl for bookfoe » for c»|lccrmg n&ckages up to 561bs weight - city Dail? despatches by Ra. . and to Great Britain, Europe and AustraUa y eV E x y trtt“r e om tariff, including all charges to Address of Consignee



ASHBURTON a* cr CU Q" We are now receiving parcels for Home o despatch per Tonganro, sailing this nontb. Revised cheap rates. Insurance effected if desired. Tariff and all information on application CUFF & GRAHAM, Box 237 Post Office, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton. intone 22. 8 1672



Business Notices. BAKER BROS., Builders, Under takers, etc., Wakannl road and Cass street —B.B. desire to state that having £e rL recent and improved Mourning Coach, are prepared to furnish and conduct Funerals on special and most reasonable terms. Country orders will receive prompt attention. Note thesd dress, corner of Wakanul road and Cass | street. Orders may bo left at the As barton Coach Factory; or Box 16, But Office Asbbnrton. SOMERS & METHVEN ROYAL MAIL COACH. On and after January Ist, 1885. Uie undersigned will run a Coach each f Tues day Thursday and Saturday, starting at noon from Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers, for Sprlngbum and Alford Forest, there connectingwithDuffs Coachfrom Methven returning same evening. i» re ®— S P rlc ß‘ burn, 2s, return, 3s; Alford Forest, 4s, r l ot 2 a 7 rn > S ‘ T. HIX.



M 1 ES KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON DRESSMAKERS, Oompton’e Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton, Registry Office fo Female Ser vents arrival of new books. COURT Life Below Stairs, Humorous Works of Theodore Hook, ■ L ® tte *? fro “ Jf 1 ' Newspaper Beadin’ qS}- Thackeray. Macaulay s Essays Ancient Rome, Mayhews’ Horse D<mtor The ra,ss'wK’a.k eel, ReUeiouß Aneedote, ef Scetlaed St “f Heat Mackenzie, Nineteenth Century- Madagascar Frantx, Spons Mechanics Own Book, Sbort Histwy of O u Own Times—by Justin McCarthy, i.he ouaa of a Crime-by Hall Caine, Intrigues of a Poisoner—by E Gaborian, Clarissa’s Tangled Decameron of Boccaccio, Mine Own w eb M Gray, The Maclise Portrait SrT Evan Sgton -.by George Meredith, The Reporter’s Companion,JEne. thos. f. farley, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, AND printer, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS. ASHBURTON m 11



Of OA per day to be made by per £lTOjb4: bom of either Bex, In I own localities, at work or ua * business. All meet with wonderful sue cess. Anyone can do the work. Capita not required. We will start yon. Outfit worth £1 «ailed free. The employment particularly adapted to the region In which this publication circulates. Boy and girls earn nearly as much as Full particulars and instructions malle ree. Now la the time-don’t delay, but write to us at once. Address Stinson jit Do Portland Maine, Uni States



HQHIEtiSELICH AND CO. . WEAVERS’ lIALL, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Established 1855. Ship to order any description of British and Continental Goods upon 2J per cent commission, selected by buyers with Colonial experience, and attend to the promp Realisation of Produce at highest prices upon 1 per cent, commission. Orders to be accompanied by Letters of Credit or part remittance in Bank Drafts or Produce. Open Policies of insurance for floating cargoes to cover sea risks. References —Cbief Office of the London and Westminster Bank, or Agra Bank, London, and m 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 DRAPERY & CLOTHING BUSINESS, The comfort and convenience of customers have boon care ally studied, and the Warehouse, which is spacious, lofty, and well-lighted, is generally acknowledged to be the best of Its kind in New Zealand. J. B. & CO. are in a position to place before the public goods bougnt on the most advantageous terms from the manu facturers, and thus secure to all the best value for money—quality and price being the reliable test for cheapness.



NEW AUTUMN & WINTER GOODS Are now shown In all the departments. Millinery, Mantle, and Dressmaking In First-class Styles. A Large Stock of MEN’S AND BOY’S CLOTHING Now on 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 stylo made to order. One Shilling off every Pound Cash Discount. DUNSTABLE HOUSE, Established 1854. 4 491 Stock Sales.



Jiakaia Sales. WE beg to Intimate to oar clients that for the fu*”,re the SALES of STOCK, IMPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES will be held at the Rakaia the LAST THURSDAY in every month. NEW ZEALAND LOA*r OANTITTf , J ;,AiSCY dih MER- XiMFANY. g .-At



Private Dispensary, Palmerston V Queen-street, Auckland, t.stab.ish. tific and Speedy Cure of Chro Special Diseases. Dr, Speer is a 1 Physician, educated at Haiyard Coh devoted a lifetime to, and is ackno most expert Physician in his specu States. Young Men and Mtddl suffer from Nervous and Physical Energy and Memory, Eruptions on Depression, Kidney and bladder 1 Rheumatism, Scrofula, Salt Khcu Spina! Disease, St. Vitus Dance, Asthma, Catarrh, Heart .Disease, ' and are tired of taking mineral dnij come and try the Doctor's method c properly applied, relieve them ol t restore them to health. Ihe Doct preparations; his treatment consist of vegetable remedies. Many are planted in their systems, by impro; seeds which produce an annual ci such he would say, come and be not what your troubles may be. Doctor examine your case. If it till you to; if tt it not, ht mil he will not undertake a case unless effecting a cure. It will cost you ation, so please calland satisfy you:



Brmptomi. EE R I EE R I Twine Bin WITH LATEST IMPRC for 1885 6 REDUCED PRICE Every Machine with latest! two knives and a supply oft The agents being deal) Deerlng Twine Binder shoi position which it has ot FAVORITE MACHINE FARMERS throughout Ne that the price should not way, we have detemin machines for coming seat POUNDS, For simplicity of constru of draught, economy of re



GKIOULTUBAL Machine Shop, WAKANDI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Corpbinos, Chaff-cotters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. . , Special attention given to Bicycler, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and * work. General repairs. 9



Public Notices; Caution. SOME unscrupulous firms (vro trying to force on the Mew Zealand people a Nostrum, under the cloak that it is made in the United States— wnicn 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 aga’nst this DECEPTION, and to call the attention once more to the I facts that the Genuine American Co.’s BOP BITTERS Are put up In Squro, Panelled, Amber colored Bottles, with White Label on one side, printed In Black Letters, and Green Hop Clnstor ; and, on the other side, Tollow Label, with Directions in Rod 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 ate put.



SH BURTON RACING CLUB, AUTUMN MEETING. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MAY 13 AND 14, 188 G. President— E. G. Wright. Vice-President —W. C Walker. Judge—M. Stitt. Stewards—W. B. Denshire,C. 0. Fooks, U. Friedlandor, K. Kriedlandcr, John Grlgg, O. G. Hawden, T. Leahy, W, G Ross Treasurer—C. C. Fook-. Starter—T. Leahy. Clerk of the Scale— s Friedlander. Clerk of the Course —A. Uewaon. Handlcappers— The Handicapping Gomml ee of the Club, First Race to start each day at 12.30 p.m. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race of 45 sovs ; over eight flights of hurdles about 3ft Gin high ; nomination, 1 sov ; accep tance, 1 sov. The second horse to receive 5 sova from the stake. 'fwo miles. FIRST D -'Y.



2. District Welter Handicap of 25 sovs; nomination I bov ; acceptance 10s ; minimum weight 8 stone ; district horses only ; one mile. 3. Ashburton Autumn Handicap of 80 sovs ; nomination, 1 aov ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stake. 1$ mile. 4. Foal Stakes of 2 sovs each with 25 sovs added. For two-year-old colts, fillies, and geldings, bred, owned, and trained by residents in the district defined by rule 2. Colts, Sat 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Sat 81b. Nomi nation, 1 sov. Second horse to re ceive 5 sovs from the stake. The sweep to be paid by 9 pm on May 12. Five furlongs. 5. Flying Handicap of 30 sovs ; nomina tion, 1 S'iv; acceptance, 1 aov. | mile G, !Vsr > : cotrcnco, 1 „,,v, u. dc u.a'ie v. (Ho Secretary im’iueuuuoiy auoi «ae l-vyiug ii»uur cap is run. No weight under 10 slono. £ mile. The winner to bo sold by auction immediately after the race for 16 sovs, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club. District heteos only. SECOND DAY.



. County Hurdle Rack (handicap) of 25 aova ; over 6 (lights of hurdles about 3ft Gin high; nomination, 1 bov; acceptance, lOb. mile. District horses only. . Grand Stand Handicap of 50 bovb ; nomination, 1 sov; acceptance, 1 aov. Second horse to receive 10 bovb fn m the stake. Seven furlongs. . Harvest Handicap of 30 bovb ; nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 bov, Ij; mile. District horses only. Open Welter Handicap of 40 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 bov ; minimum weight 10 stone. 2 miles. For horses that have never won more than 25 bovb in one event on the flat. 5. Scratch Selling Race of 15 bovb ; entrance 1 bov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Open Welter ia run. Catch weights. | mile. The winner to be sold by auction ! Immediately after the race for 15 sovs, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club. 6, Consolation Handicap of 20 sovs ; nomination,! sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Scratch Soiling Race is run ; accep tance, free ; to be nolilied to the Secretary within 10 minutes of de claration of weights. 1 mile.



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 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 horse that has been commonly resident in the district lying between the rivers Solwyn and Waitaki from January 15, 'BB6, and j up to the date of the forthcoming meet ing. 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, ago and description of horse, and colors of rider, and in the hands of the Secretary (address —Ashburton) not later than 9 p,m. on Thursday, April 15, 1886. WEIGHTS. Weights for the first day’s handicaps will be declared on Saturday, May 8, 1886. Weights for the second day’s handicaps will be declared at 8 o’clock on the evening of the first day’s racing. ACCEPTANCES. Acceptances for the first day’s handicaps must te made to the Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, May 12, 1886, Acceptances for the second day’s handicaps at 9 o’clock on the evening of the first day’s racing. S. SAUNDERS, g 23d Secretary.



Business Notices. HAVING purchased the Asphalting Plant and Business formerly carried on by Mr James Bradley, I am in a posi tion to execute any orders I mey be favored with. All asphalt work guaranteed. Ranges taken out and re act In the bes possible manner. Jobbing work in gene ral done. J Crum, OPPOSITE CONVENT, Wakanul Road. Orders may be loft with Mr J. 0. Duncan, Old Now Zealand Bank. 10 799 the Blood is the Life. —Clarke’s ' world-famedbloodmixture la warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, scurvy, skin and blood diseases, and sores of all kinds, Its effects are marvellous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold In bottles 6d and 11s each by chemists and -atent medicine vendors everywhere Sole proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland 'onntieß Drug Co., Xiincolni linglancLl 16



o w VITAL I T Y DR CHURCHILL’S SYRUP of HYPOPHOSPHIIB OP LIMB I 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 raine, 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 Hypophosphltos is real brain food, and In cases of Muscular and Nervous Exhaua tion haa acquired a world-wide reputation. Each bottle bears Dr Churchill’s signa ture. Price, 4fr. Prepared only by SWANN, CHE MI ST, 12, Rue Castlglione, Faria. 7 225 PRINT IN Gr



OP ALL KIND INCLUDING— Billheads Circulars Memorandum Porms Agreements Lions Conditions of Sale Catalogues Posters, Ac., And every description of LEGAL AND COMMEKCIAL LETTER-PRESS executed at the shortest notice and iu the LATEST DESIGNS and moat favorable terms oflorrod to WHOLESALE ORDERS. ASHBURTON GUARDIAN OFFICE, Di Speer’s



PRIVATE DISPENSARY, Palmer ston Buildings, Fool of Quoou street, Auckland. Established for the Scientific and Speedy (Jure of Chronic, Nervous, and Special Diseases. Dr Speer is a regu lar Graduated Physician, educated at Harvard College, U .S. Ho has devoted a lifetime to, and is acknowledged to be the most expert Physician in his specialty in the Unhod States, Young men and Middle-aged Mon, 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-



tiem, Scrofula, Salt liheum, Paralysis, Fits, Spinal Disease, St Vitus’ Dauce, 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 t. preparations; his treatment in the use of vegetable re are they who have implant tom, by improper use of which produce an annual o To such he would say,comi Is matters not what yuur ti S'me and let the Doctor cose. If it is curable, h ca; if it is not, ho will toll he will not undertake a cat confident of eliectir.g a cost you nothing for co please call and satisfy youi Doctor understands your cures Ilumors and Diseasei To ladies who ate afflicted following complaints,—Ooi weak stomachs, lama am nervous and sick headache and indigestion, pain in th leuchorrea, etc, etc. L wi; understood that I do not c ..aa.liiiitins. or to have



mOWLE’S pennyroyal and ateel pills for females quickly cornet all Irregulari ties and relievo thodistrosi ag symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boros 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 secure a Good Crop, nothing succeeds like MAYO’S BONE MANURE. Price—L7, L 6, L 5. Agent in town—H. Zander. A Liberal Discount for Cash, F. T. MAYO, Hampstead Manure Factory, 9 55Q Aihbuto'i*



Advertisements. Great Blanket Bale The Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturing Company, Limited, have this day di-posed of their Entire Stock of First Quality SUPER WHITE TWILL BLANKETS (MESSRS O. L, BE\TH & CO., Christchurch, At a Special Discount, to clear the Line, The aizt t pe , ;f, ,3 crihud huii v, . iviu U-j d .>nf of the Bates and fo. dale to-day and follow ing days at



BE ,T *1 & [00.'5 WAREHOUSE, ■ Casual J?TitK r T, ,il ir . -Cm Ou '•> iO by 74locbeo. 7libs, 22i9d, 11-4 —9O by 84 Inches, 91 bs, 27a Od, usual trade price 37s 6d the pair. 12 4—loß by 94 inches, lllbs, 33» 9d, usual trade price 47a 6d the pair. At th‘. iiilowing remark-biy Lev/ Prices. Sizi Viti.un: — , hj 04 Inches, PUhs, *".< Od jwuM ti.-cie prl-.iv. 32s ft: iln The Reduction la equal to SO PER CENT DISCOUNT



SIX SHILLINGS IN THE POUND. At tho above Bates, those Superior Blanket* are Lower in Price than the Cheapest Twill Blanket produced by the Company, being marked considerably below tho Mill Cost. Where two or more pairs are ordered, Carriage will be paid to any part of Cat? to; ury. jS-Sr Orders by Post, aroo m P an by P. O. O. or Cheque will receiv 0 very boat attention, and Casjj W UI bo Ketarnod if Good are not as i ©presented, Gr. L Beath & Co., DEPOT FOB SALK OF '.AIAPOI MANUFACTURES, IIVJ PORTERS. AGENTS, Aasiiel Stuekt, Christchurch, Autumn and miner .shiumeuta a to hand, marked as usual at a advance on Landed Goat, small m 11



His Lordship’s HOTEL AND LARDER, LICHFIELD STREET, Christchurch. T*,IIB Propiotor of the above Hotel begs to notify that he has engaged the services of one of the best Chefs In the colonies, with special instructions to pro vide the best LUNCHEON OR TEA, In the country for ONE SHILLING. The bill of fare will comprise Poultry, Game, Fish, etc., etc., In season. Grills to perfection at any hour. PRIVATE ROOMS FO LADIES. Books of Tickets are sued at reduced A String Band will play the newest music In dining-room from 2,30 to 1.30 each day. 6 14



BEWARE! BEWARE!! OF IMITATIONS. ASK FOR HOULT’S TONIC Herbal Beer. None Genuine except that bearing my label. Try It ! Try It 1 1 It is one of the Boat Medicinal and Summer Tonica ever offered to the Public. Delivered in Aahburton at 2s 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 Boor and representing It as uilno, I have to ask the public to see chat EACH BOTTLE BEARS A RED AND WHIFE LABEL With My Name and Trade Mark ou. None genuine without It. DAVIS'S TONIC HERBAL BEER la acknowledged by the travelling public to be the best Tonic Summer Drink in New Zealand. NO CHEMICALS USED. Delivered in Ashburton at 2a per Doam Bottles charged if not returned Families wa.ced on daily, DAVIS’S HERBAL B ER AND ICE DRINK MANDF OTORY, Stssbx, A«B9 n



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



D.I.C. AUTUMN, tBB6. TOE Drapery and General Importing Company of N. Z. Limited (Co-op«r dive) bog to Intimate the arrival of extensive bhipmenta for the ensuing AUTUMN AND WINTER SEASONS, J nt pricing the lal eat London and i iris Fashions In all departments every kind t.f useful :{'»■,r,r ? »*'d Fur nlsHßg!^ 1 tor Hou<el .id >nd Family Use, now to hand ex a s. Ruapehu, Tainul, Kaikoura, Doric, Tongariro, and Arawa, and sailing ships Wellington, Walmea, to be supplemented by arrival of each direct steamer. |Noveltlea In all Departments, SPECIAL SHOW. A Special Season’s Show will bo held on Saturday, February 20, and whole of following week, during which the 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. B. 0. BROWN, Manager. Warehouses Cashel street ... Christchurch. High street ... Dunedin, See Season’s Circular now Issued. D.I.C.



Metropolitan Hotel CASHEL STREET, Chrlsiohurch. (Under Proprietorship since April, 1885). |HE above Hotel has been thoroughly 1 painted, papered and renovated, and 1 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 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 p 'cedars, apply on the premises ; or, by .ter, to MANAGER, Metropolitan Hotel, Box 14, 6 18 Christchurch. PEN IN 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.



Farmer* and Dealers will find it to their advantage to enter Stock, etc, at those 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. j Present entries comprise Horses, Oows, 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 water laid on; also orchard and garden ; rent moderate. Apply to— -1 ZOUOH AND MACPHERSON, 3 446 Auctioneers, Ashburton.



THE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE Horse, Prince "Victor Will travel the Wakannl, Longbeach, and Ashburton ITorKs districts, and will stand at Nethorby Lodge (opposite Canterbury Mills) on Saturdays. For further particulars and terms ap ly to Groom In charge, or I GEORGE POOOOK, 1 o»»a«d*eoj



Business Notices. NOTIOB TO OWN KBS OF DOGS. I HEREBY give Notice that all Doga found interfering with Sheep on this Estate will be destroyed, and the Owners sued for any damage done. . DONALD McLEAN. 1 167 Lagtphor. KEATING’S POWDER destroys bogs, fleas,’moths, bed ties, 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 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 ZANDER has always on hand a good variety of BEST TOBACCO, Including—Williams’ Rnby Twist, Venus Navy Twist and Nailrod, High Admiral, Signet, Jnno, and other best brands. IN CIGARETTES— Old Jndge, Welcome, Vanity Fair, Opera Pads, Chancellors, Old Rip, Little Beauties, Durham, etc. PIPES- A Splendid Assortment, both In case and without CIGARETTE f ( '£j& HOLDERS— A large from. Fishing Tackle, Cr.iNoting Mater t , Footballs, Lawn Tennis, and a large stock of Fancy Goods of every description kept in stock. Ladles and Gentlemen’s Hairdressing Saloons. Wilhelm Zander, TOBACCONIST AND HAIRDRESSER East street, Ashburton,



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



TO FARMERS AND OTHERS w r*a « JDa X vr X. O* Wheat Oats Barley Rye Grass AND OTHER PRODUCE, FORiWHICH WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE HIGHEST MARKET VALUE.



Woolpacks (FULL SIZE) Cornsacks ARRIVE Fnedlander Bros.



W. Fowke, bootmaker, Begs to Inform his friends and the public generally that he has started business on hla own account. He hopes by strict attention to business and making a good artlcloi to secure a share of public PRt? Add?eßfl-BURNETT STRKETi . ) yiwaUes ptnpM hf M» J Moow**



Business Notices ONE box of Clark’s B 41 pills Is 'War ranted to care all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acquired oi 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 Coon* ties Drug Co., Uncoh, Bnj’tri Whole* sale of all the wholesale hoa- 1



For Sowing Grain, Grass, Turnip, I Mangold, etc., and the Tornlp Sower bearranged, when ordered, to sow Lncem or other small seeds simultaneously sowing of Kyegrass if desired. It Is only Sower in the Market that will soi with absolute regularity on either « siyely rough or very smooth land, will sow any desired quantity of Grain Grass by simply changing one wheel. Corn Drills all Sizes.



Jointed Pulverising Disc Harkov The Beat—Over 600 In me, Improved Prize Ohavfcotxebs.- caet-ateel mouthpieces, when prod handled, make no long straws* quently chafl requires no riddling, ace in nae largely all over blew several of the largo-siaed lately fitted up at Christchurch. i , Improved Double and Treble! Piouofc.il— I The feet, and il. - cheapest In the usugcet . ?. harrows. rows- Now design and 7 tlned field g«tibJi?r “ rollers, 20, 24, and 26 Inches die cylinder field rollers. Horae g 2,3, and 4 horses. Best swingle-trees. Bones and ] 4-horse yokes.' Tl tings Belting all sixes, castings of oil finds to order.j standards cut and punched and gnaqe. Drays made ft, soned timber, with Gilpin patent standard for folding i Winner*. j>f the Gold Melbourne Exhibition for Fukbow Plough, vide Ji “ Pl<k'~3s—ln ploughs t] blbtt to which we wish attention as being the the Doable Furrow of Dnuedln, New Zealand, strnetton it is far superlo: The New Zealand Agency Company ace cj in this district Miss [C Bak TBAO H B B (Plano BURNETT ST 2 253 ASHBUBTONJ BDILDIN SOCIETY/ ■ _ rate of 4|per cent.' for De posits at Call, 6 per cent, per annum for three months, and 6 per cent, per annum If fixed lor 6 months or over.



J WARD, Manager. Office Arcade Or ambers, Barnet tree*: JJORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD If a ally increasing demand and an endless camber of testimonials are a criterion of the popularity of an article then Dr Low’s CHERRY PECTORAL one of the wonders of the present en* lightened ago. Daring the past winta and spring diseases of the throat an* longs have been very prevalent, and has been admitted on all sides that where [ ever this valuable remedy has been ob talnable, numbers of lives have been saved by Its timely use. Always have bottle in the house. Soldjjevery whore Is 6d and Ss 6d per bottle. Wholesale agents, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co Christchurch, and at the proprietor, H Citron, Chemist, Akaroa. Ashburton Agent—Chas. Neate, Chemist.



Government Notice. PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND. Atontion is directed to the provisions the Acta establishing this Offices, and o the advantages placed thereby within easy reach of every colonist. Subject to such provisions, the State offers to every pea son : 1. —About to make his for her Will o> Codicil. 2. —lntending to provide for Wife ac Children or others by deed of Settlement. 3. —Settling Property by way of Mart dags Settlement. 4. —Desiring to renounce the Trusts Will, having been appointed Executor Trustee under the same. 6. —Having acted as Trustee, Ezecn ao or Administrator, wishing to be relieved che burthen of Trustee hip or A-dmlnla ration, the option of using the I hte m« thlnery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud, peculation or dishonesty. Every Information may be obtai from Or from ALEXANDER LEAN, Agent at Christchun B, 0. HAMEBTON, Public Trustee) Wellington, 18 th May. 1889



fllj ATGHMAKERS mm j 6 ■ 1“ tfEWEUERS, c >j/icHj£. CH-GH.