THE ASHBtTITfOff aiiAffDlAff i MQ^JjAY^ O^Ol^^^^}^^

Printed and published by the Ashburton Publishing Company, at their rejjistere : printing office, Burnett Street, Ath burton, fMOKDAY, October 12, IW



T. KEARNEY.



TO STAND THIS SEASON At his Owner's Farm, Mcthveu, and travel WAKANUI, ASHBURTUN ami RAKAIA . Districts. THE THOROUGHBRED CHESTNUT STALLION Harkaway. i HARKAWAY is a beautiful chestnut, over 16 hands high, and grandly propor tioned. HARKAWAY, foaled m 1887, bred by his owner; by Johnny Faulkner, one of the be«t. racehorses that ever trod the turf ot New Zealand, ami whose sire St. Albans was sire of Tasm&n, Mtvltta, Sheet Anchor, Blink Bonny, Stockwell, Whimbrel, Lady Betty, -j and other famous racehor&es, while on the I dam's side, Harkaway'a pedigree contains some of the best blood ever imported to the Colonies. Harkaway will serve a limited number of mares. Terms: £2 10s Season, payable January 1,1892; £4 4s guarantee, payable August 1, 1892 ; groomage fee, ss; payable at first service. Good paddocks for Mares at 2s a week; every care taken, but no responsibility. Any mares changing owners, to be: paid for by those engaging the horse. SAMUEL TIERNEY, Proprietor, 10 28 Methven,



TO TRAVEL THE ASHBURTON D METHVEN DISTRICTS, the purebred clydesdale stallion; Napoleon. NAPOLEON is & light bay horse, rising four years, with plenty of bone and substance. His dam, Gipsy, is by Puddy's Ben Lomond (importei.) Gipsy's dam was by the far-famed -Young Hero, Gipsy's stock have been most successful pme-takers at the Palmerston and Waikouaiti shows. Young Hero^ was by jbincolnsliire Hero, I imported to Tasmania by W. R. G. Kermode, Esq. Hero's dam was by Old Sampson, winner of twenty-one first prizes. Young Hero's dam, Blossom, was by the imported horse, Matchless. Young Heio gained a number of prizes at the various shows m Otago. Napoleon's sire, Bannatyne's Ben Lomond, was bred by Fleming and Hedley, and is byl Young Vanquisher (imported.) Young Vanquisher was bred by Peter Anderson, Sti-anraer, Scotland, out ef his celebrated mare, Sally, by Loch Fergus Champion; grandsire Blair's Champion. Ben Lomond's dam was by Maggie Lauder (imported.) Ben Lomond has gained a number of prizes at: the Blueskin, Palmerston, and Waikouaiti shows. Napoleon was once shown and gained first prize at the Palmerston and Waihemo Agricultural and Pastoral Associa tion's show. Terms—£2 payable at end of season, and £2 when mare proves m foal. Groomage fee 6s, payable first service. ■•■■■■■, J. J. MARTIN, 10J34 Proprietor, Ashburton.



TO STAND THIS SEASON at Xefcherby Lodge, Ashburton. THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION Johnny Faulkner. Pedigree: By St Albans, out' of Impu dence, by Peter Wilkin?, out of Prudence, I by Jersey, out of Black Sal, by Wanderer, out of Fairy (imp). He has thus descended from the very best blood m England and the Colonies, ' and is almcst full brother to Tasman and Malua. He is a great grandson of the mighty Stockwell, and of Flying Dutch man. He was a first-class performer, and his s lock, for quality and substance, cannot be beaten m the World. Terms: £10 10s for thoroughbred nw rest £$: 5s for half-bred mares. Groomage fee, ss. L. MARKEY, 10 8 Proprietor.



"TjIINGALL is a handsome bay colt, over II T6£ hands high, with plenty o£ substance and quality. He is by the cele brated sire, Kelvin, dam Jess, by Walls Pride of Scotland. Terms: Season, £2 2s; payable January 1, 1892 ; guarantee, £3 3s, payable July 1, 1892. Groomage ss, payable first service. For' further particulars apply groom m charge, or DONALD ROSS, Proprietor, Lauriston. TO STAND THIS SEASON At his owner's stables, Peter street, Ash* burton, and travel the Ashburton, |Rakaia, and surrounding Districts, " THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE m wq|f Torrent, ' By Apremoxt—Watehsprite. TIiORRENT was a firat-class performer on -*- the turf, and is full brother m blood to Cyniaca aud Pygmalion, and half brother to Stonyhurst. He is a beautiful bright bay with black points, 16 hands 2 inches m height, full of grand quality, combined with great substance and. bone. This is his third season at the stud, and as a proof of the quality of his stock, several breeders are sending mares from districts previously travelled by him to visit him again this season. Terms, £4 4s; Groom's fee, ss; payable first service. Fi rther particulars and full pedigree m cards, H. J. TASKER, Owner. Groom m charge, 49 T. KEARNEY.



I'HE STUD. ____________ ____________ <yHE ENTIRE PONY TOM TIT, •"■ by Prince Charming, Will Stand at my Stables, Tailored Street For terms and particulars, applyj 0 25 J. TOTTY, Proprietor. BURL IN GT ON Will travel this season—lß9l —th following Districts :— Ashburton, Rakaia, E'lesmere, and : Springston. Terms-—£3 Ss for Season ;no guaran tees ; groomage 5s ; grazing Is per week. All care but no lesponsibllity. fci.B,—■ For---this:-season winners and dams of winners of £100 or over, m one event, free. WILLIAM M'ILRAITH, Southbridge. 10|3l J _^ TO TRAVEL THE LAURISTON, RAKAIA, AND METHVEN DISTRICTS, THE PUREBRED CLYDESDALE COLT,



THE Standard-bred American TroHing S';allion, GENERAL TRACEY, is full brother to the well-known performer, Ken tucky, being by Berlin (imp.), dam, Jenny LTracey (imp.) This mare was imported by Mr Robert Wilkin, but before leaving America,. Hiram Woodruff, a great authority on trotting, drove Jenny Tracey a mile m 2min. lSJsecs. He also used to drive Ber lin's full brother, Mambrino Dudley; and Mr Woodruff says m his book on trotting, "If eveif there was a horse which coiild trot a mile m 2 minutes, Mambrino Dudley could before seeing so much stud duty. So it is plain that Kentucky and General Tracey contain the very best strains of American trotting blood. J. C. N. GRIGG, 9t37 Longbeach TO STAND AT OWNER'S STABLES; AND TO TRAVEL THE SURROUND ING NEIGHBOURHOOD. THE PURE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE : HORSE.:;, . . ... ;'■;:.. Athelstane. ATHELSTANE is a bright bay horse, was foaled m 1883, has great ; strength of bone with fine flowing hair arid £?rand quality, and perfectly quiet and good tempered. He was .bred by the Hon M. Holmes, Awatnoa, Oamaru. His sire was that renowned stallion Lord Salisbury, imported from Scotland to Olago, where he took first and champion prizes constantly, and finished his show career an unbeaten horse. Athelstane's dam Nellie Ivanhoe was a grand Clydesdale mare from the celebrated Scotch Annie (imp). . Nellie Ivanhoe has taken four first prizes and two seconds at Oamaru, once champion mare, and never beaten but by her stable companion, "Laura McPherson." Athelstane took Ist prize as a yearling at Oamaru m 1884. Athelstane is sire of Andrew Crystal's horse, King o'. the Clans, dam Agate. He took Ist prizt as a yearling at Invercargill, m 1887, as a two-year-old m 1888, and beat Hard Times for the championship, Ist as a three-year-old, at Invercargill, m 1890. He was then sold for 350gs. The above pedigree proves Athelstane to be descended from the purest.clydesdale blcod and he has proved himself a first-class sire. . ■ Terms : 4 guineas guarantee, payable, August 1, 1892; Groom's fee, 5s s payable first service. For other terms apply groom m charge. All mares changing hands to be paid for by owners engaging horse. Good paddocks at Is 6d per week for, mares, all care taken but no responsibility. THOMAS LANOLEY, Proprietor, ! 194 Dromore, ,



TO STAND THIS SEASON, At Ashbuiotont, Tinwald, Flemisgton, AND LoNttBEAOH. THE CARRIAGE STALTJON, 1., .; Camel.. ..■><■ HE is a dark brown horse, standing 17 hands 1 iuch high, by the standard bred American trotting stallion Berlin, (imp.), dam, Duchess of York, by Traducer, dam, old " Gentle Annie,' the famous champion trotter of New Zealand for many years, and dam of Spot and Dexter, also granddam of Calista and Princess. Duchess of York is half-sister to Southern Queen, the mother of Calista. Some of Camel's' stock will be on view m Ashburton, on October 3, parade day. Terms :—Services, £3, groomage 55,, pay able at first service ; two or more mares, as per agreement. For further particulars, apply to Thos. Hakold, groom m charge. Mares grazed free to January 1. Every care taken but no responsibility incurred. - Also, — THE STANDARD-BRED AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE General Tracer. WILL STAND THIS SEASON ' AT LONGBEACH. Services, 5 guineas ; only 10 outside mares taken.



"DRED by John Grigg, Esq., of Lon'gbeach JD Diplomacy's sire is Lord Beaconsfield dam Pleasant, by Prince Charlie. Terms : £3 season; guarantee, £4 10s. Three or more mares as per agreement. Grpnmage ■■■ fee-ss, • payable first service. Special arrangements made with bona fide owners of three mares. Mares changing hands to be paid for as season mares. As, the number of mares for this horse is limited, owners wishing his services should make early application. Good paddocking for mares at 2s per week. All care taken but no responsibility. For farther particulars apply to John MoDonn kll, Groom m charge, or DANIEL McKENDRY, 9*145 Proprietor, Cairnbrae.' Will serve a limited number of approved mares at BLOOMFIELD FARM, MAINWARING'S ROAD," SOUTH RAKAIA, THE TROTTING HORSE Wilkin. WILKIN is a dark brown horse, five years old, stands 15.3, by the im ported Standard-bred American Trotting Stallion Berlin; dam Polly, the well-known trotter. WILKIN'S peiformances on the track are well-known. He won the Electric Stakes, one mile, at the Canterbury Trotting- Club's May Meeting m 2min 58sec, (hisfirst performance); and the Electric Stakes,.one mile at the Ashburton Trotting Club's last meeting m _tnin 48sec, on a Very small track. Terms: Season, £3, payable at first service; Guarantee, £5, payable July 1, 1892. Paddocking for a few mares.at 2s a week. Every care taken but no responsi bility. WILLIAM HOOD, 2 Owner,



THE. STUD ' PerkiiiWarbeck II TTTILL STAND THIS SEASON, Vy at Mr James Carkn's Farm, Elgin (opposite the Irrigation Farm), where well-grassed paddocks, of 150 acres m extent, are provided for mares. Poi kin Warl.eck 11., is Ky PerkiiiWar beck (imp)— Miss Kate (imp), by Adven turer—Sportir.g Lif<\ Miss Kate is dam of Antelope. Sultan and Prime Warden. Perkin Warbeck II is sire of Lady Zetland. Lightning, and other good per formers and has left a lot of good stock about this district". For further particulars apply to JAMES CARLAN, Elgin, ; or ■ IVGATES, , 9t177 Grove Farm, Tinwald. TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON In the Mcthven, Ashburton Forks, and Cairnbrae Districts, THE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE, Diplomacy,



Lord Oanley. T ORB CRANLEY is a dark bay colt, I J rising three years (foaled October, 1888) with immense power and grand action. Ho has abundance of good fiat bone, with immense quantity of the right kind of hair, fashionably set on his legs. LORD CRANLEY was" bred by his present owner out of his celebrated mare, Miss Palmer, winner of several first prizes m Otago. She was bred by Robert Gawn, Esq., Taieri, by his celebrated horse, Lord Salisbury (imp.) out of Duchess 11. sire I Sir Oolin imported from Scotland. Lord Cranley's sire, Laird of Kilbride, was bred by W. Boag, Esq., Canterbruy, by Prince of Kilbride (imp.) dam Flower by Prince Charlie (imp.), second dam Rose of Keilor, imported from Victoria, sire Baron of Glenlee. Lord Crauley was shown once as a year ling at Ashburton, where he gained second prize out of the largest ring of yearling colts seen m Ashburton. As a two-year-old he gained first at Timaru, also first at Ash burton same year. The above pedigree shows Lord Crauley to be descended from the best strains of imported blood. Terms : Season, £3, payable January 1, 1892; guarantee, £4 10s; payable Septem ber 1, 1892. Groomage fee, ss; payable first service. Mares changing hands to be paid for as season mares. Good paddocking for mares at 2s per week. All care taken, but no responsibility. ;,JOHN SMALI-i, 1 Proprietor, 9 198 Meadow Bank Farm. 1 ' TinwaldP.o



TO STAND THIS! SEASON I.i tiivi Adii'uiu^o.. District. THE PURKBUED CLYDESDALE STALLION Protection. Also the imported PONY STALLION Highland Laddie. For further particulars see card, or applyto ' f. m: rickman, 9 182 ■.;■■.-..■- . .-.. Proprietor. TO STAND THIS SEASON AT THE SOMERSET LIVERY STABLES. THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE Macilleathean. MACILLEATHEAN is a handsome dark brown or Mack horse, and stands 16 hands high. He was got by the English Tim Whiffler out of Flying Scud. Flying Scud was a dark bay mare, bred m Victoria by Mr J. Harper m 1865, and was got by Fisherman. Tim Whiffler was scarcely ever beaten, and has won as many cups and handicaps as any other horse m England. He won the Chester Cup, and ran a dead heat witln Buck stone for the Ascot Cup. Buckstonte was another grand horse, and was famous not only for the dead heat he ran with Tim Whiffler for the Ascot Cup, but also for his match against the Earl of Glasgow's Knowsley for 500 guineas aside, which he won m a canter. Tim Whiffler was the sire of Briseis, who won-the Melbourne Cup and Derby, and the dam of Macilleathean being by fisherman, shows his grand strain of blood, as a study of the Stud Book will show that Musket's great success has been from Australian bred mares, for the descendants of the grand old Fisherman, viz., Martini- Henry, Nordenfcldt and Trenton are all descended from Fisherman on the (kin's side. Good paddocks for mares. Every care, but no responsibility. For Terms and further particulars apply to JOHN NEWMAN, [Proprietor Burnett Street, i A&hburton. TO TRAVEL THE ASHTON, WATER TON, WILLOWBY, AND TINWALD DISTRICTS,



TO STAND AT SOMERSET STABLES AND TRAVEL THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. TH'S THOROUGHBRED HORSE Rouser. ROUSER is a Grey Horse standing 16 hands, by the renowned Messenger (sire of the Lad, etc.), clam Kate 0 Shane, by Caledon (imp). ; Kate O'Shane out of Laura, by Emigrant (imp.), out of a daughter of Spaewife, by Skeleton (imp.) , Rouser is the sire of Mexico, winner of many races ; of Balderdash, who trotted 3 miles m Bmin 42secs, the fastest record for a three year old m New Zealand ; also Miss Lyle, and other grand trotters. . Terms: Season £3, payable Ist January, 1892; guarantee, Ist July, £5: groomage, 5s ; payable first service. First owner re sponsible if mate changes hands. For further particulars apply to Groom m charge, or T. BRYANT, Proprietor, 9 195 Ashburton. TO TRAVEL THE WILLO.WBY AlsD ASHBURTON DISTRICTS. THE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE HOBSE Jfi^R Beaconsfield *T7"OUNG BEACONSFIELD is a dark bay X horse, over 16 hands high, with black oints, seven years old, by Lord Beacone field. Dam by Old Major, imported by P. H. Brittan, Esq., of Avonside. Terms : Guarantee, £2 10s; season, £1 10s, payable Ist January, 1892; groomage, ss. M-ires. changing hands to be paid for as season mares. For further particulars apply to W. A. GRAY, 9 128 * Proprietor, Tinwald.



THE STUD . THE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE, ; Raiitin Robin, WILL stand at Mr Ullyelt's Farm, Methven, for the season. . ; Terms on application to the owner. Mates will he grazed at 2.s per week. Wli LIAM ULLYETT, Upton Farm, 9*161 Methven. TO STAND "THIS SEASON At Kyle, and travel the Ashburton and Rakaia Districts, THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE, leKoa, ■ By Sledgemeke (imp.) dam Tussock. TEKOA is tlie sire of Sncrefery, Glencoe, Cribbage, and Joe 1., and many other I fast trotters. For pedigree and particulars see cards. Terms: Season, £2; guarantee, £3. Two or more mares as per agreement. Groomage fee, ss; payable at first service. For further particulars apply to E. HARDWICK, 9*144 Proprietor, Kyle.



, THOS. SEALY, T THE j OLD ESTABLISHED NURSERYMAN, I ASHBURTON. HAS now ready for planting at Re due 3d Prices, — 30,000 FRUIT TREES Consisting f Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries, Peaches Nectarines, Apricots, Quinces, &c, includ ing several excellent sorts recently imported from England and America, and now offered to the public for the first time. They are all grafted m the most Approved manner, en the best stocks suitable either for large orchard planting or s.nall gardens. All the sorts have been tested m our trial grounds, and anj pinds not reaching a high standard of merit, or m any way unsuitable for cultivation here, are rejected. This system has been carried out at considerable expense during a long service of years. The results are recorded, and shall, if required, be piaced at the disposal of customers to assist m their selection, 140,000 MACROCARPA One and Two years old, the finest and best grown trees ever offered m this district, probably m the colony : and a special line of 30,000 . m boxes for fencing. No risk m removal to a distance. And not less than 850,000 Forest Trees Including Pinus Insignia, one and two years, Larch, Birch, Abies Douglasii, and Menziesii (red and white Oregon pine), Abies Alba, Spruce Fir, Ash, O.ik, Maple, Walnut, and numerous jther kinds. 3000 GOOSEBERRIES And Cv: 'ants (very choice sorts Grapevines, Filberts, &c. Also, a endless variety of Ornamental Trees Evergreen and Flowering Shrubs, Roses (splendid selection), Bulbs, Flower ing Plants, Rhubarb and Asparagus R'jols, and all other things usually found m a first-class Nursery Stock. Special quotations to large buyers and the trade] THOS. SEALY, South end of Bridge



FOR *AJE 13 V THE TTNDERSIGNED,— SUPERPHOSPHATE, BONE DUST, AGRICULTURAL [LIME, IN LARGE OU SMALL QUANTITIES] II TURNIP SEEDS, CLOVERS! RYEGRASS, Mill Dres^d. JolmGr. BestelL



THE STUD. THE STANDARD IMPORTED TROTTER, BLACKWOOD ABDALLAH WHO has more winners on the Track than any other horse ; sire of Bedale, Linda, Remnant, Miss FaraUj Semolina, Victoria 11., Butcher Boy 11., Berlin Abdallah, and many other noted trotters, will travel the Ashburton dis trict. -ALSO— The Purebred Clydesdale Stallion Young* "New Style VI7"ILL Stand at Owner's fsrm, Lynd *V hurst, and travel the Methven district. Good paddocking for mares at Is 6 per week, but no responsibility. For particulars apply to jf MAX FRIEDLANDER. 48 Aahburfcon



;■ - BUSINESS NOTICES. ■*■■-■ FISHING SEASON, 1891-92 : FISHING TACKLE. g ; ■ , • co 6 + < ■ + S $9i OD o■ ■ £ <» « g m fay;- . j. jfl Q am w * £ FISHING TACKLE. H JUST arrived, ex "Rimutaka," rom bp^t English and American Manu facturers, a large and well assorted stock of all Fi.sh.ing requisites. Rods, Lines, Reels, Minnows, Flies; Gaff Hooks, single, double, and treble; Mountings ; assorted Hooks ; Water proof Slockinas, India Rubber crackproof Gum Boots, water , proof Fish Bags, In great variety, including latest patterns. Every article of the season at lowest prices. Fishing licenses can now be obtained from me. ALSO.—New Stock of CRICKETING and TENNIS MATERIALS. lIRRI FRIEDLANDER, Direct Importer Fishing Tackle, Tobacconist.& Fancy Goods. SALONS DU COIFf'UBE



TIE ASHBURTON DRUG O O JVC IP .A. IN* "5T TTAVE FOR SALE m large or small quantities,— liitles r>ir», So highly reconimondecl l>y Mr Murphy, and other welHtnown Horticulturists a the BEST JF ALL REMEDIES FOR Scale on Fruit Trees. YOURSELF !^H $j[^)ff Impostors, but il tioublcil with *™ Mg^^^B Cioii'irrliiua or -(licet, Whiter, or any RHra| iiii)];Uiir:ii ittschiii'^c, go to the Clioniist Is" of ailoutor. II hi lie universal American



WESTPORT, NEWCASTLE, MOUNT SOMERS, AND HOMEBCSH, Also, — GBEY VALLEY NUTS. v FIREWOOD, POSTS, Long and Cut, RAILS, STAKES, STAPLES, FENCING WIRE, WIRE NAILS, all Barbed and Plain, sizes, PAINTS, OILS, &o joshua"tucker RAILWAY RESERVE, WEST STREET. OFFIC : Cornet of Tancred and Wes streats, nextMrGeo. Jameson's, opposite Bank of Australasia AND AT RAKAIAfi Scaly Blips;



NEW SPRING FASHIONS m choicest Millinery. NEW SPRING FASHIONS m Jackets and Mantles. NEW SPRING FASHIONS m Prints Zephyrs, and Cambrics. NEW SPRING FASHIONS m choice Drpsses. N ISW f PRING FASHIONS m Ribbons and Laces. NEW SPRING FASHIONS m Flowers aiael Feathers. NEW SPRING FASHIONS m Gloves and Sunshades. NEW SPRING FASHIONS m Gents' Ties, etc. NEW SPRING FASHIONS m Gents' Hats and Shirts NEW SPUING FASHIONS m Colonial made Suits. Some special Bargains m FANCY | APRONS and WHITE MUSLINS. A line of WHITE TRIMMING at Is and Is 6d dozen.—Worth Double. CALL JaAXSLrX. VV« H. Collier, "THE CORNER? ON SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED] BUILDING MATERIALS OF WERYj DESCRIPTION,]



" ■"■"' BUSINESS '"NOTICES. iDOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS. WANTED, m every Town throughout Austialia and New Zealand, MEN to HANDLE our fast, selling ENGLISH BOOKS. £5 to £15 per week can, and is being made, by honest effort. Enclose stamnforfull particulars, and apply to Box 976, G.P.0., hydrey, N.S.W. 5 167 NEW BUSINESS, ' NEW MANAGEMENT, NEW GOODS ; A LONG FELT WANT [SUPPLIED. ■■"■•■J?A:M"E-S M.cGREGOR,_ Has Opened a Tobacconist's Shop m Okr's Builmngs, East Steeet, with a LARGE and VARIED ASSORT MENT of NEW GOODS, comprising Pipes, Tobaccos, Cigsis, Cigarettes, and Smokers' requisites generally. Note—This is not a Ten or Twelve years' collection of antiquated oddn and ends, the balance of an old stock. The HAIR-DRESSING SALOON is .vithout doubt che best appointed m South Canterbury YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED. James McGregor, 15127 Orr's Building, East Street NEW SPRING FASHIONS AT "The Cobmeb"



W. W. Spencer & Go. 's BOOTS BOOTS Ladies' Walking Shoes worth 10s 6d for 6s 6d Ladies' Strong Elastic Sides, 6s 9d. Men's Bluchers, 5s lid. Men's Shooters, 8s lid. The Best Assortment cf CliiklrenV Patent Leather Strap Slippers m Ash burton at W. W. SPENCER & CO.'s __ THE ARCADE. JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS ARE THE BEPT.



JUST LANDED ex s.s. « Rangatira " and " Juletrae." CLOVERS, TURNIPS, MANGOLDS, CARROTS, RAPE. WE have also for sale at Lowest Rates— COCKSFOOT, RYEGRASS, GOLDEN TARES, and CAPE BARLEY Garden and Flower Seeds m endless vaviely,|fcom the celebrated firm of LONDON. SEALY & CO., Kast Street. WE have JUST OPENED UP the BEST ASSORTMENT uF SPEING GOOD?? EVER SHOWN IN ASHBURTON. —Compribing— The Latest Novelties and Designs m PRINTS, GINGHAMS, ZEPHYR CLOTHS, GALATKAS, ART MUSLINS, and the Most Fashionable Dress Materials, all of winch must be sold at the very lowest possible prices for CASH. Our motto is small profits and quick returns. NEW MILLINERY, NEW GLOVES, NEW RIBBONS,



Ayimiew Tkiiras, (Late of Hinds,) Hi S 'much pleasure m announcing that he will open the above Business on THURSDAY, October 1, m the premises next to Mr J. Heseltine's Saddlery Shop, Great South Road, TJNWALD, and trusts his old friends m the District, and many new ones, will favor him with a share of their support. For quality of Goods, combined with reasonable prices, will compare with any m the District. CARTS will lun for Orders and Delivery to Customers. ANDREW~TERRAS, GENERAL STOEEKEEPER, ■ T I N W A L D. 9 179 I. Salek & Co., WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS, (TSexfc Bank of New Zealand.) aAVING obtained the assistance o another first-class watchmaker, customers may rely on getting their work done promptly. First chss workmanship at Lowest. Christcliurch Prices. Every description of Gold and Silver Jewellery made to order or neatly repaired on the premises. Our special line of Rotheram's English Levers, expressly made to our own order, extra jewelled, dust proof cases, and all the latest improvements, arc the most reliable timekeepers m the world ; satisfaction guaranteed. A few good second-hand English and American levers, Rotheram's, Erhardt's Bennett's., Walthams and others m first class order and nearly new, very cheao and guaran teed. I. SALEK & CO WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS, (Next of Bank New Zealand.) New Seeds.



BUSINESS' NOTICFS. v ': LONGBEACH COACH. - ON and after THURSDAY, October 1, for the summer months, the Long beach Coach will start from Ashburton at 5 p.m. R. R. DROWNE, 9*173 Coachman. WANTED Known —J. Nicholas (late with J. Moison) Bootmaker, hns opened m shop late T. Chambers, Fast! street, All orders for Boots and Shoes,, or repairs, will be promptly executed at moderate charges. A trial solicited. 7 165 ASHBURTO^FINANCE & AGENCY COMPANY, Limited. /""IASH ADVANCES made on LIVE and DEAD STOCK, MORTGAGES, AGRICULTURAL LIENS, and other SECURITIES. BILLS DISCOUNTED DAILY. Opftcb.—Corner of the Arcade and Tancred Street. WM. HORNE, Manasrar TTNWALD GROCERY, BAKERY AND ' . ■.-■ ■■ BUTCHERY ESTABLISHMENT



AETIFIOIAL MANURES I HAVE FOR SALE IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES.— Superphosphates Bone Dust Potato Manure Blood Manure Garden Manure GEORGE JAMESON Aslilturton and Rakala' W H. COLLINS & Co. JUST LAKDE D,— OfiCi TONS 0F pmME HOUSE C0AI" NOW LAND IN G, ---9O DOO FEET ASSORTED KkVm -9 TO ARRIVE FROM NORTH, oA r\f\f\ FEET WHITE PINE FLOORING, MATCHLINING, AND 30,000 BHKLVIHO^ NsT 0 , X,_K ,_ r*>~ r\f\f\ FEKT SEASONED FLOORING AND LINING ; READY FOR dO^yJKJyJ use. . Paints, Oils, Colours, A PaperliangiD^s. Tn nr.l..r to mppfr, Mio rcouirements of this District, we shall henceforth carry on ihJpMOTwToLAaSG, PAPERHANGING, & S lON- WRITING trade m all its branches This department will be under the personal conduct and supervision of MR J. R. CHAPMAN, rl.ose work, for finish and fluralrili.y, is well anJ favorably known. We guarantee the quality of material and first-class work. Fre»li Supplier of Kerosene to Hand. W. H. Collins and Co., IRONMONGERS, AND IMPORTERS OF OILS, PAINT.% PAPERHANGINGS, ETC TIMBEB & COAL MERCHANTS. AGENTS FOR—Grey Valley Coal dompa'ny, lioyai Insurance Company.



Wool. Wool. Wool. I AM Prepared to make Liberal Cash Advances (free of Commission) upon all Wool jjhiced m my hands for sale m Ashburton or elsewhere. ; Wool offered at the local sales and not sold will be properly packed and delivered into Trucks absolutely free of cost to the vendor. My Stores having been built for the proper display of Wool, offer to vendors the best chance of obtaining the highest values at our tales to be held on December 1, 1891, Nothing on my part shrill be wanting to attain that much desired end. Wool Packs (heavy weights), Twine, Oils, and'all other necessaries supplied • t lowest rates and best qualities. B. THOMAS, STOCK AND STATION AGENT, ASHBURTON. D. THOMAS] (Late of Matson, Cox and Co.) AUCTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, and ESTATE AGENT. TALUATOR, WOOL and GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON jjiuiLiumw *(| * »i ii i.i wiii iC IANS Negotiated. Weekly Sales of Live Stock. Tinwald and Ashburton alternately. Fortnightly Sales of Sheepskins, Fat, and Hides on FRIDAY Sales of Wool throughout the Season. Grain bought and sold on Commission. Clearing salea as per arrangement. CLOVERS. TURNIP SEEDS. Ryegrass. Cocksfoot, etc. X HAVE to intimate that my>upply of CLOVER and TURNIP SEEDS have ArriTod m Ashburton, and as they have been imported by myself direct from the celebrated Seed House of HURST AND SONS, LONDON THEY CAN THOROUGHLY BE RELIED ON, Both as to QUALITY and PRICE. - I HAVE ALSO A LARGE STOCK OF jLV>YJujV~rJr(AOL) GIVING SEVEN BUSHELS TO THE BAG AND F I_R SJT CLASS UUuJi.b P\J\J -L §^» CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. 'D. THOMAS, ASHBUITON.