The Ashburton Guardian.

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ASHBtjaTON THtJiISDA^, APRIL 10. 1890

PRICE OSS hi PENNY. 1



■:.-; jli •'/;;:■«= dtj N c an. UCBNSID LAND BROKER, GENERAL AGfINT. Am> ACCOUNTANT, ARCADE, ASABURTON, Lt n&Uuta and every other descnptmn oftk^^UrnndM "The Land Transfer AcS* LS*«««£<id*ted. Money inverted. AftottfcrThe AMbtlian Matttal Fro* ti£st Society;the Largest life iMuwnce Sodtty in the Britiih Empire, Its unparalleled MocMtbdu; the wonder of tHe world I Any WSH^SSk IBAwfo neglected thai duty of . ■ ,'•'- ■". \: LIMITED. ,■.''•:  j fnt£ kiiMH; and, nDBLiTY ; GUARANTEE. ; ' : . BsTAjnjiHßD-1849; i ; CAPITAL) i« ... - £1,000,000. I S*Mka«dTmmhe!Rlikfl accepted atLowMtj Current Rates. | J. C. DUNCAN, ! Af|»taA«hbtirton and District. ;



, 3 , ■ THE .. LenitiTc Pectoral Symp, H. Flon TfrliJl Infallflbto rwMdy for Oatj»u»,J i*ct£ BWHWDTU, Oolm, and «1I Bboh-; It ia for ot« Sott Yiam prawribtdbfi tto mWioiltW«brltl©a. , Gewg^'s Paste of ! ; Epmal i^JPWMi*. Utowca) Bwjboh, , ia, jtar<di to bt afalnst Golds,, FtttOoilboUQM, snd aU imtattonp of the ■ BITNAIi SONS it 00, OxunfMi 18, Bffl TIIXBOTJT, PAMB.



RSID& GRAY'S Pare Manilla BINDING TWINE "DIBO H»BBOW' g BBAUD, fTHlfl Brandt made to onr Bpaetal Ofto,: *JL; . is: gnarantaed to oonrnst of HTBB: MAHILLA FIBBE. and is nndonbtedly the, BIST and OHBAPESX in the Market! Insist, apoa kaTinK.the "Diec Hanow" Brand. We; tar* also ether qnslities thoroughly good Twines at bwv prices.



LIGHT DRAUGHT LOWDOWN Elevator Binder. ' W« wonld respectfnlly ask all inteadimsr; Parehaien to e%ll ana examine, oni New ana improved BIHDBB before ordering elsewhere.] IthM all fcb* latest Improvements, is Brass Bathed in all. its Bearincs, and the Boilers; btfldea being Bran Bushed hii^e the oil holes s Mitaid* of frame and clear of the clothß. It; J?SSd wIth&BAT'S^PATBHT KNOTTBB.j SVPB&IOK TO ALL OTMM !



. - , _ ; | AQAHTB FOB TQB ! CW^on Wool Press. ; Tiw B«tt w»d Obeapett In the Ifatket. tend, . .:.  ■ - , for partkulan. i ASHBUBTON BBANCH. «)HHTATLOB< ... . Manager! i



••■■.■■■ ■■■...• i ABBOLCTB I Pa«TlfT[Ol AGAINST fIRE. '.'■■' MiUStFACTURBRS; OF viiieAN paint! AND SOFTER I A. Atf \e protectiws igtlnat cxteulon of fire.; Color sank a»d test shingles witk isitntetions tad pfbofc of on 'materials fatii»hed. TrOSEPH GIIjIjOT'S ARE THE BEST



The Mercantile Finance and Agency Company, Limited, OP CHBiSTCHUBOH, CAPITAL ... ... £100,000 With power to Increaeo IS pieptied to ADVANCE MONET on the Secority r of Freehold Property, and also on Mortgage of Stock, Crops, eto. . r : - For farther,particulars apply to JOHN G. WESTELL, Agent, Aahbortoß. For the.convenience r of the Company's Client* Mr T. G. Busßell (Manager of the Mercantile Finanoe arid Agency Company will atttend at Afhbnrton dnring the n*oin£ Harvest every Thuraclay, and may be oonsalted at my Office until further notice, JOHN G. BESTELL



ASK YOUH §POiR M •/JVI« /lV r M'-/&i: \%.Z.IKBTJSTRIAL GAZETTE. vfJ j.a.l Al-AArA'dk IflV lm'«The'blienili'Dß4s djitJrcly rXfiCST ■"■''RHbH''" v i*aKsLs*'; W^ded to by. Mr^.'Nclioll himself; • I lwyV M fW W iflNEiJspHtf. 1 m who is a Taster of great exper i "^rf- •-.'.'- "^T-.. : ; M-■. .- - J*SsrSSl\ " %V nc?' J a°4 lias'had a special v _ IN..THE 1"-, %•-" TIMAEUiHERAT.D, UKU A* CS^ W^J^\ >: l'"iV':"»o"5-.vih'!"r'wj ' 'tfeVN^ ■M-v; M*Z i<fT*Hrf >w\ %fessional Taster an 4 0^ /'v Hnl'nti >\'" i"%Blender-" •■' • • THOUGH -j« ' r/f* -■jdSjjgbf-'-'Ai r J^'; PRIGESI! fyVTD^!? l>f I? ft! I\#U^ rnF AX! AUCK^fDvWE II GTON, HRISTCHURCH, OUNEOW: : AOENTS EVERYWHERE, SOLD W ASEBUETON BY Aad all the principal storekeepers —faaJt^m ■»'"■ 1 . i <(»t i .-^.- ||(| M — 1 i.-n m 1 11 »■!■■■ m , „ SOOTHINGPOWDERS FOR OUTTING TEETH CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. THE value ~oi this well-knom Family Medicine has been largely tested in all parts of the worlcL/ and by all grades of society, for upwards of S.IPTY YE&.RS. Its well-earned, extensive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANCE so closely resemble the original as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor, therefore, feela it due to the public to give a special caution against the age of SUCH IMITA TIONS. Purchasers Me therefore requested to carefully obsene the four following im> ■oortant characteristics, Without which none is genuine :— Ist—ln svery case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WAL WORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet 2nd.—Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and th« words, Job* Stkdmah, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey,: printed thereon. frd.—The name, Steedman, is always spelt with two EE's. 4th.—The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medecine Vendors at Is l£d and 8p 9d; each' KsxriHeßNi^ Pbo3SKB ana Co. New Zealand Fire and Marine Insurance Company Established ••« «+• ••• 1869* CAPITAL—ONE [MILLION. THE PBEMIEBv& WIAXTHIEST COLONIAL OOMPASY NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBfIEALITY. FHOfi AND MARINE BISKS. Al£O,— RISKS ON -'GROWING CROPS. THRESING .MACHINES, &c, accepted st lowest carrcot^atei. QEOROB~JAMIiSOH, *(}BNT, ABHBUBIOH, * -7-w*v-Y->nn WATOH AND CLOCK X<VJ-t3-l-«' flK^^Sa makbr i JEWELLER, &o. MURRAY H^^M EABT STBEET ' i J^P^^l- ABHBUETON. A LARGE and Varied Assortment of New Jewellery, Plate, 40. A magni ficent Btcok of Watches and Clocks atprlcea ranging from a fewahillings tt £30. Every Watch or CUckaM will to Guaranteed. I «ake a Speoiil Llae of k High GIMHMd Engliik Watclwe. Tell appfioted Workshops uaier my personal euperintendeDoe assures^ all work j beinc tiraed oat Jiomptly »b4 in firet-olasß conditien< i * BTBRYTHING SOLD WABBANrEP. 12 13



THE PUBLIC T^UST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND offerj the adTantageii of effioient and confidential management and provides for the administration of Estates under Marriage Contracts, Settlements and Wills •t reduoed Rat*/ of Chargeey Persons who ■■ are about to marry, or who may be desirioufl of eoußtitutipg . frosts r forr benevolent or charitable purpose?, should consult the Public Tkpbtm, or any of hie Agents. Arranwmeita an made for the j continuance of the peryicei of family Solioitttt. ; ACL AND/ BABNS 1 AND Pp.,Christcliuroh, Local Agents \ NOTICfITO FARMEBS -'' j ■ WHEAT. WHEAT; "WHEAT * . ' ' ,v i ■ ■ WB AKB Owh buyen of PBIMB MILLINtt WHEAT in large or imal qoantitiet. • ROLLITT «Sc CO: OANTBBBURY MILLS, ASH BURT'ONJ W.GKEGG AND COMPANY PUKE BiEtoED TEAS, NEW SEASON, 1889-90, \\ and lib PACKETS, 21b F4NOY OANISTBR3 and 51b asd lib I THESE ELENDk""" TET THESE BLE /r^\ /f&td\ /^Bd\ /y**\ ((CROWN I([ EAGLE )) febitiol) CLUB X^ ih-J %t**^J VperiW \v*^J One Trial will eetablisli their constani use To be obtained from JOHN OEE &CO - AND D. McFarlane WANTED Canadian Oats Tartar Oats Rye Grass Seed and Other Cereals JOHN GL EESTELL. West Street, Ashburton. ->■-■■ -- - . . ».i . L All A CASH BUYKK OS? WHEAT OATS , AND COBNSACKB, TWINF, &c., -ALWAYS ON HAND { 57ORAGE AT~CURREN7 RATES. ALBJffi'UT^EOBERTS WEST STREET Ji ASHBURION NOTICE "" XO FAEMERS AND OTHERS rpBOM and after this date the following charge for Storage on &raia will,bo made ai JL onr Stereo in Aahbarton:— , Threepence per bag for 2 months or under Poirperce per ba« if over 2 months and under 4 moothi Bixpenoe per bag if over 4 months and up to 31it Deocmbor, Abore charges include reoehring and delivering, branding and ■fcrnpHnr. Weighing if jeqmred wUI be chafed One Shilling pei truolc load. Jniarance extra in all caeei, |. V. TBOMAB. • PRIEDLANDER BBO^. i 1 ALBBBT ROBERTS. GEO, J4MESON. MeroantilOf Finanoe, and Agency Company Per J. G. BEBTELL; Agent,



fiU.\D A\U IRMI'IIEhrs . Hold Weekly Sales of IHOBSES, PIGS, OATTLE, PRQDCOB, FURNITURE, &•> CEYERY SATURDAY. LIVE STOCK SALES „ Every Taeaday at Tlnwald'and Ath bartoQ Yirdi »ltein»telf. CLIABING SALES | TOWN AND COUNTRY Aooordlog to arraLgement. —We have for Bab Privately— Q REAPERS AND BINDERS lOroMklli ROLLER; GRABS STRIPPERS j We hive been appointed Aaunrs foi JOHNSON Airo Co'a AETIPICIAL MANURE. WE HAVE ON HAND 5 TONS Sample) and PattloaUra of whlob can b had oa application. BLAND AND HUMPHERYS AUOTIONBEBS



BUTLER'S TjiAMILY 7J OTEJ A BKB UR T 0 N. ! Beit accommodation fot Travellers and Families. Stabling and Paddocking Free Loose Boxes vary reasonable. One of Alcook's best Billiard Tables on the Premises, and In ordei to meek the times we have deolded to REDUCE THE PRICE OF MEALS TO Is. Board aiid Lodging as usual. Wanted Known I HAVE 20,000 pnms insignis One year old. 12,000 PINUS INSIGNIS Two yean old, transplanted; 60,000 CIJPBEBSUS MACBO CABPA One year oldi 12,000, TWO,TBABS OLD, TRANSPLANTED. The above lines will be sold very cbeap. APPLE""tEEEB 3 Tears Old, boro fruit last year; olean and good sorts, It 6d eaoh. Inipeotlou Invited. PrloeLliton Application. All orders oerefully and seoarely packed and delivered at Railway Btrtlon for whloh no charge Is made* N.B.—Note the addrew. ' «^ JAMES PORTER, Nurseryman, Ollfton Nursery, Allenton. Aihbnitoß. THOft the Blood IstheLlte-Olark's world j C famed Blood Mlxtnre, warranted to oleame the blood from all imparities from whatever causes arising. For sorofula. scurvy, skin and blood diseases, and sores of all kinds its effects are marvel lous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold in bottles 4s 6d and lls eaoh by chemist* and patent medicine vendors everywhere Sole proprietors: The Lincoln and Midland Oouatie* Drag Oo°, Linooln England 1 Your Money CANNOT be better Invested th»n In purehaatDg a COMPLETE MEDI CINE CHEST containing Oolemane and Sons' Euoalyptt Remedies. For a Poßtr.l- Note for 12a 6d the following remedies irlll be sent, enolosed In a Neat Box, to any address, post paid :—1 Bottle Eaoi lyptl Extract, 1 pot Victory Ointment, 1 box eaoh Ladles and Gents Lives Pills, 1 pot Euoalypii Honey, 1 box voice Loienges, 1 Cake Eucalypti Soap. Full directions for use enolosed. . All SAJ'B and SURE remedies. Beware of imita tions* See that you get Oolshaki' and Sons' EUCALYPTI and no other.. Wholesale and Retail Agent, W. J. ALEXANDER, 142 Ouhel St., Ohrlstohurob, To whom orders are to be tent. Bend for oltcolflrp _ 7 80 g. w. Tatlob & Co.: General Auctioneers, Land and Estate Agents, I 20, Collins Street West, Melbourne, Are prepared to undertake Sales of Free-v hold Property, Household Furniture, Mer ohandise, etc. Liberal advanoee made on goods for unreserved sale. Monthly list ot Property for sale, or to let, issued free Loans negotiated, Absentees represented Insurances effected, oharge moderate settlement!! prompt. Land aalei com ducted j BLaNCARIXS I lODIDE OF IRON BIT TQ !' APPBOVBD by the Acsdemyof Medidne of Parii, MeipesiaUymoiMaiWidedby the Medkai Oelebritfet of the World fo Bcxofmlm (T«aori, King's BviL etc), thajjarl; r staseaof Ooxunrnption, Consutmttonal Wea» ■ess. Poorness of Blood, and for stioudatinl an<T regilating its periodic eouse. .None mniiiifl «nleM signed " Blancard, 4O t me Boa* pwte, Park.' /; : Sold by DmggiiU tndOhenUt throaghaat the Colonies^ . ___j askburton~" guardian. 1;^ dunedinlqenoy. ATR R. T. WHEELER, Staffoid Street, Danedln, has been appointed out Agent an^ will be able to ariange termk with advertUcm foi oontiact adverUstf ments. f4.hopgh Imitated by man j ourpassed by none." LEVIATHAN RAILWAY TEMPEB ANCE HOTEL (Opposite he Ballway Station), DU^EDIN. MRS SILK, "PSOPBIETBESS. THIS very popular Eatabliahment con. tinues to afford very superior accom modation to tourists and others who desire the COMFORTS OF HOME, combined with VERY MODERATE CHARGES, i The sole management of the house, as well as the cuisine affairs, are under the personal supervision of Mrs Silk. The House Is Situated within a few minutes walk of the Exhibition, Post Office, Steamboat Landing.**, and other places. , I LION BfiEKEK T COMPANY, it fir >nree Dobson Street and Oass Street, ASHBURTON. rjAvRMERS, Settlers, and Others are h i oformed that the LION BREWER! • « now' »n *uW working order, with an experie coed Practical Brewer in charge of the Mat vnfaotaring Department, The qt »uiy of the Ales and Porter now being deL is reported on by expertt asfirst-olai •» BOTTLL. TO STOBES — Moore Street, opposite the WakanuL Boad Board Offices. i LION BKBWBRY CO. Www



TEE CHEAPEST SALE NOW GOING ON IN ABHBURTON IS AT "The Corner." Children's Hats half price Flowers at half pries Prioti at half price Ladles' Jaoketi at half price 17 doiMou's Sox (beat made) half INK* * f- *■ ! SEE THE WINDOWS SEE THE WINDOWS 1 0* INBPJEOT THE STOOjC NSPEfIT T flE STOOK W. H. COLLIER The Corner Turnip Seeds "CARTERS SELECT STOCK! OR AUTUMN BOWING WHITE STONE ob STUBBLE DEYONSmBE GEEYSTOHE ifO^t SALE J. SBULY & nc>



KOYALMA;, WAOBL ™ On iad aftn Janoan Ia- 18&. th* judewkgLed pill «m a fain'« o h 'Mon day* Wednesday and Saturday, startlnc at Qootf> om Hoodi Hotel, Monit Smmh. tow Sprlngbutn and Alfoid FowfTThl? oonnectlnjwJthDnff'iOo.ohttoMl^rL rattening iame ■renl&g. Fait' Ourim. ~ ...... .'.xutiiilißßOß,". Aai9H T OfcAS3 f W«k ; Soolal, Politick Literary,' and Dramatlo p>per, to be published joiety FRIDAY, prloo 3d, by the Oontenlal Piluttoj and publishing Company, Limited, Malboanw ' place, Ravel Street, Melbourne  , . r ; Sporting. , ■->.+.?■:>*, ■■-"'. - • r- , ■•'•>••' \j'} ASHMiJlßlillitf AUTUMN, MEETING.^ TO be held on the Ashbnrton Racecourse en •'';-' Wednesday _and Tlmrgaay, APBII^ 23rd and 24th, 1890 President—E. G. Wright; Vice-presi dent—John Grigg. Judge-Matthew Stitt. Stewards—C. W. Purneix, . E.. G. Crisp, W. B. Denshir«, Hugo Friedlander, J. C. N. Grigg/T. Lxahy, W. LVTTELTON, E* SAUNDKRS, M.' STITT and D. Thomas. Treasurer—David Thomas: Cxerk op Scales—R. Fried v lander. Clerk of Courss—A.Hewson Handicapper—J. Cresswux. Starter. —David Thomas. / 'v. . ' PR Q G s"a MM E. L (Approved by the Committee of the Canterbury Jockey- Club. < First race each day to start at I p.m.- FIRST DAY. : ,—HURDLE RACE HANDICAP, of 45 soys; second horse to receive «j soys from the stake. Two miles. Over eight flights ,of hurdles about 3ft 6in high. Npmioatioi; . I soy; acceptance, isov. \ 2.—LONGBBACH PLATE, of 25..!«0w; second horse to receive 5 iovs from the stake. ■ District horses only. For, three* year-olds and upwards.' Weight for age. Winners since August Ist, 1889, of any race or races' (excluding selliDg races) of the individual or collective value of j^ao to carry 4.1b extra; of 7lb extra; of -.': •£io, iolb extra; of or upwards, 141b extra. Maideiis having started . . ; twice or oftener allowed—three-year^olds 7lbs; four-year-olds and upwards, iolbs. Peoaliies and allowances to be calculated to time of starting. One mile. Entrance I soy. "...,,-■ - ; / 3.—ASHBURTON AUTUMN HANDICAP of 60 soys; second horse to receive 5 soys " . from the stake. One mile and a half. Nomination, I T^sov; acceptance, 1 soy. 4.—NOVEL RACE, of 25 so\rs. The - winner to be sold by auction immediately after the the r^ce,.the wholes'of the pro ' • ceedsto'go to the funds of the Club Weight, Bst, any overweight to be de« clared. rHalfamile. .Entrance, ios. S.—DISTRICT WELTER HANDICAP -v ,0f.30 soys; second horse to receive S sow from the stake. District horses only One mile and a half. Nomination, 15s acceptance, 151. 6.—FLYING HANDICAP, of 30 sovs second horse to .receive/'jvsbvs from the stake. Three-quarters of a mile. Nomi nation, 15s ; acceptance, 15s, SECOND DAY. I.—COUNTY HURDLE RACE HANDI CAP, of 35 soys; second horse to recsiv 5 soys from the stake, District horses only, -One mile and a half. Over six flights of hurdles about 3ft 6in high* Nomination, 15s; acceptance, 151. - 2.--GRAND STAJND HANDICAP, of 50 soys ; second horse to receive 5 soys from the stake. One mile aad a quarter. Nomi* nation 1 soy ; kcceptance 1 soy. 3.—WAKAKUI H ANDICAP, of L 30 sots ; second horse to receive 5 sots from the stake. Distfiohorses • only.' One mile) Nomination, I ; acceptance, 15s S.AKES, of 30sovs. The winner to be so d by auction immediately .after' the- race, the. whole .of the proceeds to go to the funds of the Club. Weight, Bsl, any overweight to be de* clared. Three-quarters of a mile. Entrance, ios. ,■--• S.—OPEN WELTER HANDICAP,/of 35 soys; second horse to receive 5 soys from the stake. The winner of the Grind Stand Handicap to carry iolbs penalty. One mile. Nomination, 15s; accent ance, iSs._ • .' L . 6.—HARVEST HANDICAP, of 30 soys second horse to receive 5 soys from stake. District horses only. The winne of the Wakanui Handicap to carry 7lb penalty. Three-quarters of a mile. Komination, 15s; acceptance, 15s. "; RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1 The meeting will be held under the Rules of Racing, - 2 No entry will be received except on the condition that all claims, disputes, and ob jections, arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards or wh«n they may appoint.. Their decision on all points con* nected with the carrying out of this programme.. s,hall be iSnal, 3 A district horse shall mean any horse that has been commonly resident in the district between the rivers Selwyn and Waitaki from January 15th, 1890, and up to the date of the meeting, and owned by a person who has esided in the said district auring the same eriod. , 4 Owners are responsible for the proper weight Being carried in the Loagbeach Plate, and at the time of entry must notify to the Secretary what penalties or allowances areup to that time accrued or claimed. : 5. Five per. cent, will be deducted from the gross of all moneys payable in accordance with his programme for the expenses of the course. 6. All nomination, acceptance, and entrance ; fees to go to the fundsoor. r the Club. t , NOMINATIONS, Nominations for all Handicaps, accompanied by fee, name, <pedistee, a%e t description, and. performances oi horse, and colours of rider, must. be in writing, and in the hands of the Secretary not later than 9 p.mJ on SATURDAY, Apri weights. : ; . ;: Handicaps fcr the first day's races will be published on or about April ißthi Handi* caps' lor the second day's races; will be published at or about 8 o'clock' in the evening the first day's racing, < ifi! ■ i-- ACCEPTANCES AND KNTRIES. Acceptances for the first day's Handicaps and Entries for the Longbeach Plate -and Novel Race, must be in the hands.of the • Secretary uot later than 9 p.m. on MONDAY, April 21st, 1890 ; acceptances for the second day's Handicaps 1 and Entries for (he Disposal Stakes not later than io o'clock in the evening of the first day's races, ' , . G BISSET,