The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. VIl.-No. 1710

ASHBURTON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBEK 12. 1887

PRICE-ONE PENNY



f\ TT A w X l Ki " B " While thanking his Customers for th« success already obtained m his new enter- prise, has just received a fresh supply and is prepared to Sell as Cheap as any House m Ashburton. Also, — A new line of Men's, Ladies 1 and Chil- dren's Boots and Shoes, just m from the Manufacturer. C H earnestly solicits a call. . Motto : Email profitß and quick returns HEW SUMMER TWEEDS. IN thanking our Customers for part favors received, and hoping for a continuance of the Fame, we beg to announce that we have just received a large assortment of Summer Tweeds, comprising all Ine latest designs, and of the Best Quality. These Tweeds consist principally of 1 Ashburton Manufacture, and the success the Ashburton Goodß «btained at the re?ent Show is a sufficient guarantee to their quality, WE HAVE ALSO IN SIOCK— HEAVY SADDLE TWEEDS- WOBSTSD COATINGS, SERGES, etc. I Customers may rely on getting the latest style, first-class fit and workmai-- ship. H. & E. CRAIGHEAD, TA.ILOES, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. •■ 1 'ii ••• .'if' •1 •- L __ __ __^_^^^ TUCKER & REPTELL, TIMBER Aim COAL MERCHANTS,; West Street, HAVE received, ex " Annie Wileor from Auckland, a cargo of SUPERIOR KAURI TIMBER. CONSISTING OF 1-INCH AND i-INCB SHELVING, T & G FLOORING AND LINING. MOULDINGS, AROHITRAV , A D SKIRTINGS, Of Various Patterns. This Cargo will be stored infour |Bhed0 # so that CustorseFs can receive (it dry A eenaonad, as they require it, ALBO,— . BEST Newcastle Coals/ Ex "LoongaDa and other vessels now landing. Shipments of Lysaghts Orb Galvanfc Iron are now being landed, et "Otago" and "Loch Urr.j Oui wn aeaortment, fmmmm Westport and Mount Somew Coals ALWAYS IN STOCK, And delivered at any Station at LOWEST _ POSSIBLE QUOTATION Tucker & Resell;



TIO MEET THE TIMES. C TRUCKLE, PROPRIETOR of the Prince Albert Boarding -House, Wills Street Ashburton, next Oddfellows' Hall, while thanking his many Friendß and Customers for their liberal support for the past 10 years, solicits a continuance of the same. Board- and Lodging, 14s 16s, 18s per week ; or 3s per day. Board only, 10a per week. Dinners only, 4s p©i week. Good accommodation for Families, and private rooms for Ladiesi 7 52 HAVES & CO.'S Ureat Sale. OBLIGE BY READING THIJ FOLLOWING :— BLACK Straw Hats only 3d Felt Hats were 8s 6d, now 1b Grey Calico, 1M White Twill, 2|d Blankets, from 2b s£d Lot Velvet Buttons, all lz dozes for Id Cashmere Gloves, from 2d Men's Good Waterproof Coats, from 7s 6d Lace Curtains, Is Boys' Caps, 4£d Men's Black Felt Hats were 63 9d now 2s 3d Heavy Dress Goods, 6f d - Lot of Wide Bibbons, Id Good Shirtings, 4£d Wool Squares, 6d Tweed Trou c iroin 6s 6d Let of Diagona Coati wt e2ls now 10s 6d A Grand Lot of Overcoats awfull Cheap, and a quantity of OtLer goods numerous to mention m this adverti ment. — — > In addition to the above, H. & Co. wi : during the Sale, give a Discount of One Shilling m the Pound. Only call and see the WONDERFUL BABGAINS at HAVES AND CO. S 6t29 Wool. Wool. Wool. WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBBBAL CASH ADVANCES ON [THE ENSUING CLIP OF Wool Placed m our bonds f or^SALE, Cur Premises, being well Lighted, afford special advantages for disple^l?^ Wool. No Commission charged on [Advances, and no Commission charged for offering Wool unless a Sale is effect', d. WOOtPACKS AT LOWEST CUKEENT KATES. FKIEDLANDEK BEOS., PETER WILLIAMS, AUCTIONEER



ALBEET ROBERTS HAS FOB SALE,— .w Clovers,— KED, WHITE, COWGRASS, ALSYKE, and TREFOIL. BYEGRASS, COCKSFOOT, and RAPE, J Golden Tares, Cape Barley ? SEED; PEAS, SEED OATb (various kinds), CJEtLSBED BEANS PLOUGH SHABES, -. . • ■.■■'■! COOPER'S SHEEP DIP, Ackccvledgtid to be ; THE LEST IN THE MARKET



W. PATCHUSTG, TENT, TARPAULIN, FLAG, AND HORSECLOTH MANUFACTURER. A LAKQE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND OP TENTS OP ALL SIZES CALICO, DUCK, TWILL, AND CANVAS. Manilla ;Bope Plough Lines, Fishing Lines, Clothes and GssdenJlines, IRON AND WOODEN BLOCKS, 1 , [Special attention Je called to the well-asaorted] STOCK OF HORSE COVERS All made on the Premises. taif/wlua from 6 x 8 to 24 x 30 always m stock. ' Oilskin Clothing made on the Premise! c. . MARQOEES from 12 x' 24 to 25 x 65 ON HIRE. iLL Okdbbb by Leiteb ob Telegbam PbomptiiY Attended to« % PATCHING 10861 EAST STREET, ASHBUHTON 'V H E PREMIER OJO LO N I A.L G.OMPIN CANTERBURY BRANCH. ! £tabi!S.hed IBs9!^^^^^^^Pp^^Cafital 1 1000,00-- Unlimited hfJßiu*r of Shrreholder* FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, ALSO RISKS ON GROWING CROPS \CCEPTED AT THE LOWEST CURRENT RATES George Jameson, AGENT, ASHBURTON fcf J"*. Jim TlTjl. . I M ff\ «k N - z - INOUSWAL GAZETTE- "' I'lLiVr lIIIJ*MC* £f W\\ m "TlwWemlinsfia entirely attended to . IJ| r»#» 1.1 TT/rl 2W #il \ "- v Jll# Neleon himself, who i» » A:0 \o\f WM. \f*Algj£g M \ Taster of great experielicc, tm& hag k \. I N THE y //^# Ms^^^^^L TIMARU HBHALO. jrW^^ ' "*^#^ m m^jSS^-X^^l yl pint of nil purchasers of Tea, irfm W*k A \l M M o^»iimOi\ %« Ul ? article they offer is P7 1 \Jm Jr^^W^^s\ m 6u r crior t0 anything- we have y^]^wi;iiO~T\ yet seen m this Colony." ( (Pw^^i^S^ m M LXffllS^§£^\ " Mr - Nclif on 'is ,» pro. c o J "" / i^^ffll^ \ V ' 2? HALF j||&*jy|^ OJ SIm PURE BLEN DEB TEAS AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, CHRISTCHUR(iH,DUNEDIN AOETNJTS EVERYWHERE ' SOLD IN ASHBUBTON BY H. M. CARSON And the principal storekeepers.



Necklet will list » life time. : * j Aalde from Ub many vlrtaes as a remedial and preventive agent, the Neckletl 1 1 a handiome ornament, and will be lent free on reeelpt of One Pound, by pitao note, money orde?, 01 registered letter. No cheques received, Address— J. CONROD&GO., P.O. Box 408, Auckland, N.Z. P. and D. Duncan, AGBICULTTJBAL IMPLEMENT MANUFACTUBEBS, CBBI3TOHUBOH AMP AsHBUBTON, MAKERS cifPlougbp, Piays, Harrow*, Bolleie, Grubbers Seed Bowers, Grain, Seed asd Manure Drills, Bone Bees, Tnrnip Cnttns, Horse Bokcs, Bny Collectors, Onot Strippers, Gorse Cutttrß, .Windmills, Wool Freeetß, Btraw Elevatctß, SDd every kind ofAgii- cultnral Machinery, ' ' PLOUGHS. Ibcse we have within ihorißit tvo yewe ccds jderably iroprovedT We are nowfitting thpm with extra b»rd and heavy xtcnldtcaroe, etd yse guarantee them. to give satisfaction. DISC HARROWS. In i bete claim to bore at preetnt tie eheepeet, simplest, moat conTenient for moTing from paddock to paddock, end test designed She Harrow yet Been m Now Zealand. We undertake to put our Borrow into Travelling from Working Order, »r vice versa, i» Oie Half the time taken by any other Maker. TO THESE WE FIT GRAIN AND SEED SOWERS IF DESIRED? GRAIN AND SEED DRILLS. There ire top be on the Anglc-Anaerican principle, fitted with EDglieh Coulters, if desired, forBAMKPBIOT!. _„_«__ QOBBB CTJTTKEE.— « Keii'B," or •« Oliver's Patent." These aw the only QCorte Cntters. STALKERS AUTOMATIC FEEDERS FOR THRESHING MACHJNES, These ate the only Satisfactory Feeders Extant. i\ and D. Duncan, WUiLB BTBBBTM



AN £ INEXPRESSIBLE BOON TO MOTHERS, Dr Auguste Kursteiner's L ELECTftO GALVANIC TEETHING NECKLET) Endorsed by the Medical Faculty of Eaiope, And pronounced by a) Leading Physicians The Greatest Discovery of the Age 1 TN placing the Electrlo Neoklet before the New Zealand pnbllc the discoverer And JL proprietor bees to draw Special attention to the fact that the material surround- Ing the inner chain ot saetalllo substances 1i Impregnated with a chemical solution, harmless In itself, and yet containing titanio powers, whitfb generate a continuous > light current of galvanism, and the Neoklet In consequence contains all the virtues of a miniature battery , and is therefore not a useless article like so many of the so-called electrlo appliances, whloh cannot possibly produce any good results, as they are incomplete In the most essential requirements, and cannot generate galvanism nor produce galvanic effects. This Necklet Is the outcome of a .long-continued series of Investigating L experiments by that well-known and eminent scientist and specialist, Di r Auguste Eurstelner, who Is the highest Europesn authority on all diseases of 1 women and children 1 The Laboit, the leading medical iournal of the world, says :— " The fscfc that the discovery and invention of these Necklets is announced by Dr Kurstelner Is a sufficient guarantee that a means has at last been discovered whloh will save the lives of millions of ohlldren, and relieve the anxiety of many mothers, ' Although new to New Zealand, these Neoklets have been used for the last five ' Tears with the most Wonderful Success In England, on the Continent, and In the I United States, and are now oonstantly prescribed by the most eminent physiolans In their daily practice, i i It Is needless to comment on the anxious and sleepless nights passed by I* ( thousands of mothers during the painful period of the teething of Infants. . Every day brings to an untimely grave hundreds of Infants whose lives might have been saved by the use of the simple Neoklet. j In addition to the relief from pain afforded by the Neoklet during the period of dentition, by Its nerve glvfrg force It wards off and prevents Measles,Whooplng j Cough, Scarlet Fever, Croup, and Chicken Pox, thus relieving childhood of its . martyrdom, and gladdening the heart of every mother who Invokes its aid. r Dr Kurstelner has appointed Menrs OONBOD & CO., Auckland, bis sole ♦ agents m New Zealand for the sale of these Necklets, from «rhom only x they can be obtained. Th« price has been plaoed at the very lowest possible point, _ point, barely covering the cost of importation, and Is within the reach of all, ai one



EXTBAOBDINAEY JDBAPERY SALE. HAVES AND GO'S GREAT SALE FOR TWENTY-ONE DAYS, IS NOW ON. mHB Whole Stock.will be offered at poch STARTLING REDUCTIONS as awt command the attention of everyone. BARGAINS* BARGAINS. BARGAINS. ! . AS, UNDER:- \ ' : ' .' MANTLES, t Jackets, Costumes, Sun Shades, Millinery, brimmed Hats and Bonnets, Flowers, Feathers, Laces, &o. AN ENORMOUS STOCK . , ' ' : QF ' ' • . ...... . NEW Season^ Dregfies and Prints m the Newest Designs, at prices lower than e?er before offered m Ashburton, '■%?■- --SPLENDID ASSORTMENT ■■■ •- or ■ . ■ ■ • ■.■".■ Ladies' and Ohiidren's Underclothing. Just IteGeived- t>i t. . ty?^ Line m J)ooUiV Bdnnetre Celebrated Corsets. Particular tttention is called to the following part of the Sal m :— Sheetings Calicos TPlannol- Blankets, QmTtg, Curtains, Towels, and eyery requigite for Family Use. - 6 l ° * saeeungs, . caiieos, Ulannelf CLOTHING. MEN'B, Youths^ and Boy '< Clothing m Ashburton, Kaiapoi, Mosgiel, Wellington, and English Tweeds m all the Latest Styles, much below prices vv6» Detore ottcredi . •» • . * BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. THE Whole of our Superior Stock of Colonial and English BOOTS and SHOES we shall sell at prices never before heard of SATES AND CO. will during the Sale also give Is m the £ DISCOUNT. COME ONE, COME ALL, to the Great Sale of your old friends, HAVES AND CO. " REMEMBER- mm FOR TWENTY-ONE DAYS ONLY.



By strict attention and moderate chargei he will endeavor to merit a chare o; public patronage. b Sbcokd-hahd Fubnitube Bought, Sold, i . ob Exchanged. LOW VITALITY. DB. ChSeOHILL'S Syrup of Hypophosphite of Lima prescribed by the faculty for the cure oi Consumption, Chronic Cough find General Debility. IT contains two of the principal In- gredientß necessary for building up the Bum an Frame, and which are con* sidered deficient m the above complaints, viz., Phosphorus and Lime. It cannot be too highly recommended for Delicate Children, Dr. Churchill's Compound ISyrap of HYPOPHOSPHITES Is real Brain Food, and m cases of Muscular and Nervous Exhaustion haß acquired a world -wide reputation. Each bottle bears Dr. Churchill's (signature. Price, 4ft. Prepared only by Swan, Chemist, 12, Bus Gabtiglionb, Pabis. FISHING SEASON. w. zander HAS just received and opened up his New Stook of ANGLEBB' GOODS, comprising Split Cane and other Bods, vaxrous prices, with Minnow and Fly Tops, Flies, Minnows, Lines, Hooks, Beela, Gut •nd Gut Lines, W.P, Stockings, Fishing Bags, and every requisite for the Fishing Season Fishing Licenses for the Ash* burton County can ulbo be obtained from him; Also m larger suppIy— GBICKET aud i LAWN TENNIS materials, Just opened up several cases of New TOBACCONIST WARES and FANCY GOODS, which will be Bold at very low prices. Note the Addbebs :— W. ZANDEB, Hairdr«Bßing and Shaving Saloon. Billiard Boom with % first-class Tables tipitairs BAST &TRKEJT, 48»??iT0^ WG



ASHBUBTON WOOLLEN MAJSTOFACTUBING COMPY (Limited.) deposits RECEIVED m large or small sums ai the following Bates of Interest j— Six per cent if fixed for 6 months. Seven per cent if fixed for 12 mcntbi H. SEMPLE, 0*56 Secretary. As Byron s&yB — I never, no, I never, Saw any man bo yellow, How's your liver ? (Yellow Dwarf.) TAKE MOOBE'.& PILLS, Christchurch, March 9tb, 1887. I ano happy to testify to the value of yom Liver and Stomachic Pills, having used them for the last fourteen years, and can recommend them to every household witi every confidence. — J. G. Garfobth. Sole Agent for Ashburton,*** OHAS. NEaTE, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 7 16( TTTANTED KNOWN.— That JAMEI VV BAKER has returned to Ash burton and opened a Cabinet Factor] and Showrooms m his own premises Eavelock street, opposite Barrieon'i Auotion Mart. J. 6. bavmg a thoroagl knowledge of the trade is m a position t< exeoute all orders entrusted to his care.



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Public Notices. IMPERIAL TEA COMPAHY I MOETEN'S BUILDINGS, OHBISTOHUBOH, ; Imperial Tea i Company's Pure Blended . N. Teas./' TUBILEE GIFT has been awarded to O Mrs Warten, South Belt, Wset Christchurch, value, £15 10s. Christmas and New Year Gifts, very Chaste, Handsome, and Valuable Christ- mas and New Tear's Gifts, six m number, oowod view m the Company's Window, and drawing for which will take place on Januar 7th, 1888. Get COUPON with each Packet of Tea purchased ; to be had of all Grocers and Storekeej vrs m Town and Country. Over £40 given away m Gifts during the last eight month*. The best TEA m the Colonies. Try it once and you will nee it always. These Grand Teas are sold by} Mb D. McPablani Ashborton Mb Wk, Batlis Ashburton Mb John Daly ... ,„ Bakaia ri ' Mb Wm. Cox , ... Bakaia Mb Jab, Pattebsoh ... Chertsey



WaterbnnrS cb and Bitcßcock's Paten j£*f* • >n>w* ■" atwial for both kept ii KOTIOB^O THBIPUBLIO, fli my*! fonncr advertiß«nentß'!have !beer copied by onpiiocipled dealers who bare sol tnlas enough to make up one for thtm selves Ireqoeat the Public to inspect ray Stock and ■dm for thexaaelYei, as cne glanea trill prort that I am offering New and^Gtennine tfii sot eeoond-hand rubbiih, THB CANTEKBUBY WATCH. PBi^ia 200. TftjßT Teeelred from our M&anfacturers the •I first so'pply of the Canterbnry Watcheo. ' 31107 »re far enperior to the Waterbory and M*noatt«n Watches, haying cnawelled Dials, Impnred Seyleee Winding, taking one-tenth lees time to wind than tha Wsterbnry, and the h*x4» can to set without opening the Watch. 21m MOTtaestß Cfen be sees and are protected artde the ease by a strong flint glass, thereby keeping it dtutpreof. WABEAKTED 12 MOHTHB. Not to be bad any white else. ' Wetettory and Mantatten Watches if not U flpdw car b* exchong«d t ac weinoe bob 1 ) of til: pert* U) wpair othere, |J. F. STRATZ & Co.[ nUCTIOAL WATCHMAE^hff. JEWEL- LBBB, AND ;MAKUPACTUBEBB, 251 MWH STAI CHBISTCEUBCE. !



TOVSt CHALLENGE ENGLISH LEYEB. E- ££& will be paid to anyone- who can Turing me a better finished or' more serried* ' aUs wateb for a working man than our Challenge Bnglißh Lever at £6 10s, war* Buatetfzt years; DUB 7IEBT QUALITY ENGLIBH LBYEB la air-tight, duat-proof cans of "Hall Varked " Sterling BUrer, beautifully tmaaunelled dials, extra jewelled move* aMvenent with foaee, chain, and main* tabling power, aad genuine chronometer balasee, £6 os, warranted 26 years. J. F. STEATZ &;CO. Betides Watches of their own nmnufao- . tare, have the Largest Stock of Watches la tba Colony by all well-known Makers to choose from. Lever Watches £8 and apwasds, with coocpensation balance £3 la And npwarda. Ibese watches are carefully examined, zegalated, and timed, and warranted from 2to 10 years* LADIEB WATCHES. la handsomely engraved •» Hall Marked" BUvtß Oases £ifa Warranted 2 years. Haadaomely finished Bolid Oold HUNT* ESQ WATCES9 £S 10b. Warranted 8 'feUd Gold XETLEB6 WATCHES, with all latest improvsments, £1 10a, Warranted yemjs, UTS' ST&OKG WATOB2B PB CM CLOCKS I 1000 TO CHOOSE FBOM. SRcktl Lever Timepiece* from 8a 6d. M  Alarm Clocks from 6s6d Btnking Clocks from 10s 3d Harblf Clocks £1 15s, warranted 2 years. JZWBLLBBY. A very larpi md well-assorted Btock'ol Ladies' aad Ge to 1 Gold and Silver Jewel* ltry of eveo description, and newest dcnjrns kept ir stock or made to order on tbt premises on the shortest notion BTICTAOLBS To wit all rights Is a pair.' Bast Crystals 4* tit Goaiseteed Pebblee^s Sd.j Bpec* tecleCaßeßfrcmej,



StratzandOo TESTIMONIALS TO TTF QTBATz * rio> ffAOTXOAXi WATOHMAOBB, JBWIL- UBUJ, AFD HANUFAOTUEBRS, »1 HIwH BTBBZT, OHBIBTOHtJROH. | Ship Hotel, • . Tiraarn, -, • - : Juno 14th, 1887. I TmielTftd Wfttchw, *c and at f*fpt they rtro •Terj Mtisfoetton. With aifMd to tin 10» OYMMid, I irish von to Bead ■MMtfcJsff t« tb« taTm, tor inetaoce, lomo* CUu « « w»teh pendtnt, greenstone, or a»ithlnf that wonld do for » 2nd prize, aa I in* thti aiprieeo to billiard playere. 2«*M>&6at me a* aa Hbf ra l^ aa you can, and it mogr lean to further transactions. I intend ftiag myttU the honor of waiting on yon wfeffft I eoae to Ohrißtehnrch. Toon faithfnliy, Ohxewoi GBmr. Chrißtehtocbi : Joly 16th, 1887.5? Dim it**,— , - Ten jean ago I bought a Botherhaa watch from yon. If never gave sic satisfae* tipn. X retained it to yon and on yonr ■eoaiwiindatton X took a watch ofyonr own Siaaefaetmre. I hare worn this wat<*h erer ataesj a*d It hu giTea me entire satddfaction. X ut willißg to back it for timekeeping againat •ay watch la Hew, Zealand, and T would not part with itTnow for double the amount what I paWforit. Toui inly, Josh Hilton, I(Addren) Poet Office,' Chriet^hurchj OTJS OWN MA29UFAOTURED JHQLIBH HUNTING LEVEB& Specially adapted for colonial use, m extra ttout " Hall Marked " Btetling silver cmeai capped and jewelled, £4 10s, war* anted 10 yean.