tftifi ASHfctfKTOft GUAftDIAN : WEDNESDAY, MARCH \6 9 1.802

Printed and published by the Ashburton Publishing Company, *' their registered printing office, Burnett Street, Ash mi r ton, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1893



I3"ire «Sc Msii-iiie Insurance Company OF NEW ZEALAND With Unlimited Ijabilitv of Shareholders. CAPITAL -£I,OOO,OOOO—STERI ING XTIRE and Marine Risks accepted on al -1- descriptions of Property and Mer chandise ; also Crop, Stack, and Machine Risks at Lowest Rates of Premium. Fidelity of Peksons Holding Sil'ua tions of Tkust Guaranteed. ARCHIBALD SCOTT, Manager for Canterbury, ROBERT ALCORN, Agent 14 Saunders' Buildings, Ashburton. ASHBUR'ruN "GUARDIAN DUNEDIN AGENCY -jlj-R R T WHEELER, Stafford Street Dunedin has been appointed our Agent, and will be able to arrange terms with advertisers for contract advertise CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR Selling Off!!! Cheap Sale!! Get the best value for your money. Now is your time. Come and see for yourself. 20 per cent Reduction, this allowance ! genuine. TAMESAUIM, Watchmaker *^ \& having decided to give up business is offering his large and varied Stock to the public at the above discount, consisting of first-class Gold and Silver Watches and Jewellery of every description; Gem, Wedding, Keeper, and Signet Rings ; Marble and other Clocks, Electro-plated Silver Ware and Fancy Goods in great variety. Over 100 good second-hand English Levers and others in first class order. No reasonable offer refused. Also, a large Milner's Safe. Trusting intending purchasers will inspect. JAMES QXJIIVIV, Watchmaker and Jeweller, East street _^__ 12 PATENT ACME WATER TILTEE, Winnerof E. G. Wright's, Esq., M.H.R Special Prize of five guineas, competed Against EIGHT others at the Ashbur ton Agricultural Show. T AM prepared to connect this new •*- style of Filter to any person's Water Tanks, any size that may be required passing in at the bottom, and filtering upwards through a targe amount of filter ing material, drawing the water off at the top. GUARANTEE TO FILTER FIFTY GALLONS DAILY. W. H, RULE, Patentee, Ashburton i John Gr. Restell, AUCTIONEER, GRAIN MER CHANT, WOOL BROKER, SHIPPING AND FINANCIAL AGENT. GRAIN & WOOL STOKES, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. CASH PURCHASER OF WHEAT OATS, BARLEY, Etc. Commodious Storage at Current Rates Facilities offered for Shipping Grain, Wool, etc., to European Markets* on owner's account. Cornsacks, Twine, Wcolpacks, Super phosphates. Pearl Guano, and general Farm and Station Stores always on hand at Lowest Prices. AGENT FOR— THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LIMITED. UNION FIRE AND MARINE IN SURANCE CO LIMITED _____ BY THE UNDERSIGNED BUILDING MATERIALS OF WERY, DESCRIPTION. COAL *. WESTPORT, NEWCASTLE MOUNI? SOMERS, AND HOMEBUSH. • Also,— GREY VALLEY NUTS FIREWOOD, POSTS, Long and Cut, RAILS, STAKES, STAPLES, FENCING WIRE, WIRE NAILS, all Barbed and Plain, sizes PAINTS, OILS, &q JOSHUA~~TUCKER RAILWAY RESERVE, WEST STREET. OFFIO : Corner of Tancred andWes- Btreßts, next Mr Geo. Jameson's, opposite Bank of Australasia AND AT RaKAIA'



i^u^-iiieaai iNotiees,. ' Wanted Known. A GEEAT BARGAIN. £135 10s 6d- WORTH OF FLOEENTIA RID GLOVES, ALL SIZES, 4 and 6 CLASP. USUAL PRICE 6s lid and 8s 6d. NOW SOLD FOR 4s lid and 5s lid. ANDREW ORR'S cheap Sale. ?VJTH.T£ETB 'AITHQkJT TEETB THE CHRIS I'OHCR OH DENTAL SURGERY, Corner of Oashel and High streets. S. M™ AND Co 1 SURGEON DENTIST, And at Dunedin ani Westport. fTTE have gained the FIRST AWARD VV at the Dunedin Exhibition for Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli ances for the Mouth, and it is with the greatest confidence that ye guarantee the highest class work and perfect fit at the most moderate cost A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. Complete Set —Upper and Lower temporary and permanent, £10 10s, Natural, Durable, Comfortable Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al most immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra cc cr charge. Arrangements can be made for part or monthly payments. fADMINISTETRINC NITROUS OXIDE GAS several times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly assert that extraction of teeth under its influence w perfectly painless and positively safe ] Fee for Administration ss. Extraction, 2s 6d, Artificial Teeth and Dentures made by mother dentists repaired or remodelled a owe • +<*$ PRIZE MED^Li COD LIVER OIL. MADE ONLY FROM THE FRESHEST LIVERS'! PURE TASTELESS, JDIGESTIBLE _____ _ MANY years since we had the pleasure to introduce to the public our BUFFALO MEAT DOGS BISCUITS, extensively used in the principal kennels of the world Since that time we have made many im portance improvements in th ir manufacture —improvements not of the nature of veget compounds which may be added to any ood of a trifling cost, but of the nature t produce good hard flesh and muscle, ingre dients which no other Biscuit or Dog Food possesses, and for which we have received numerous medals and highr commendations, amongst which we may mention that of Pro fessor Dj Zurn, who after many careful analysis and experiments pronounced these biscuits t <be of the greatest excellenoe, and to ntain double the quantity of nourish ment that is to be found in the flesh, thus farming he best and most successful <t*d for dogs hat is possible to produce. It is imortant to notice that every biscuit s stamped—"Buffalo Meat, Trade Mark," the qualiy of which we guarantee Twenty hiilings per c wt, carriage paid!! SOLE MANUFACTURERS, W. G. CLARK & SON ANCHOR PATENT BISCUIT WORK LrMEHOUSE, LONDON, E-C, Established 1851. BRANCH OFFICE & FACTORY, ,75i Washington Street, New York, ; THE ASHBURTON GUARdTanT" From and after the 30th November, 1886 the terms of Subscription to this journal will be as follows, viz : — If PAID IN ADVANCE. Per Quarter ... 6s 6d, by post, 9s 6 „ Half-year... 12s 6d, by post, ISs 6d „ Year ... 24s Od, by post 37s Od IF BOOKED. Per Quarter ... 7s 6d, by post, 10s 9d „ Half-year... 15s Od, by post, 21s 6d „ Year ... 30s Od, by post, 43s Od Birth, Marriage, and Death Notices, if paid for at the time of insertion, 2s 6d if booked, 4s each Stamps may be sent as mRAN SPARE NT BLOCK TOE i_ MAKING MACHINERY, ESTABLISHED T3ORTER BLANCHAR CONCORD, N.H, U.S.A. Manufacturers of and Dealebs i ALL KINDS OF Dairy <*oo<ls* SPECIALTIES



(3 0 0 T T JJ E 0 S. J UNRIVALLED COOKING RANGES j Register Grates, Fenders, & Fire Irons. JOHN ORE & CO., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. TIMBER. TIMBER. Sliarplfn and Co., TZJ~ AVING .secured the greater part of the Bush at Alford Forest, and erected ITJL extensive Sawmills, have decided to place their Timber on the Ashburton Market. And having appointed MESSRS JOHN ORR & CO. AS OUR SOLE AGENTS, We are now prepared to supply through them SAWN TIMBER, STAKES, POSTS, RAILS, GATES, HURDLES, FIREWOOD, &c, Either at Ashburton or at the Mills, at Prices hitherto unheard of. IN Reference to the above, we are now taking orders for BUILDING MATERIAL of Every Description, such as TIMBER, GALVANISED IRON, 5 to 10 feet, SHEET LEAD, DOORS, SASHES, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, WINDOW GLASS, WALL PAPERS, LOCKS, HINGES, CEMENT, GATES and HURDLES, And all kinds of FENCING MATERIAL. JOHN ORR"AND CO. SPECTACLES, N. LAZARUS & O'O., OOULIST-OPfICIANS. LONDON, CALCUTTA, and 281 and 283, COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE By appointment to H. E. The Marquis of Dufferin, ex Viceroy of India, etc,, have appointed I. Salek and Co., SOLE AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON I SALEK & CO. have been thoroughly instructed in our system of sight testing (patent 4354) which is now being universally adopted, and may be consulted for SPECTACLES OB EYE GLASSES DULY. Our " SPECIALITE " SPECTACLES and EYEGLASSES fitted with LENSES, correcting the defects of each eye, and in frames adjusted for Comfort and Good Appearance are, in nearly all cases, supplied at once, after the sight is tested by our agents, or (in preference) on the prescriptions of ophthalmic surgeons. The Medical Profession and all interestei in Optical Science are invited to see this beautiful test and all the latest improvements in Lenses and Frames as advised by the most eminent Oculists. 2 51 I AM A CASH BUYER OF Wheat, Oats, Barley, AND Grass Seed. D. THOMAS, ASHBURTOtfj D. Thomas Late of Matson, Cox, and Co.) A UCTIONEER, LA.ND, INSURANCE, AND ESTATE AGENT fx VALUATOR, WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON. LOANS NEGOTIATED. WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock, Tinwald and Ashburton alternately' FORTNIGHTLY SALES of Sheepskins, Fat, Hides, &c, on Fridays. SALES OF WOOL throughout the Season. GRATIS BOUGHT AND SOLD on Commission. CLEARING SALES as per arrangement. ' AGENT FOR— Matson and Co, Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Company, Christchurch Booth, Mac Donald and Co., Christchurch Murton and White's Sheep Dip Brantford Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Redwood's Scaly Blight Specific Wright, Stephenson, and Co, Dunedin Planet Jupiter Garden and Field Tools, D. THOMAS, Ashburton. Ijand for Priyate Sale. P\ f\f\ ACRES, situated at LYNDHURST, in good heart, well watered and JUv fenced and good Buildings. Most complete Property in the County AKCI ACRES, CHERTSEY, well fenced and watered, and a really compact ztOyJ little Farm. 1 OP\ fl ACRES, RA.KAIA, 1000 acres in grass, 250 acres fit to crop at once, X<UO \J well watered, sub-divided into 12 paddocks, nine-roomed House (new), seven-stalled Stable and Sheep Yards, also Grain Store and Sheep Dip. i P\D A ACRES > LAURISTON, sub-divided into 5 paddocks, well fenced and «J V-/Tt watered, three-roomed Fouse and eight-stalled Stable. QQ Q ACRES, METHVEN, all ready tor cropping, well fenced and wateied, Ot/^J no house. -|Q^ ACRES, splendid land, adjoining Township ' m oi MAYFIELD, three JL4mi\J roomed House, &c. TJ. THOMAS



Business Notices j ; ___ j i SALE AT 'THK CORNER ' COMMENCES SATURDAY^ JAN. 16. I~"\ONT fail to attend, or you'll regret it. DUA.PRRY, MILLINERY, AND OOfillSG at oxbi-aordin-jiry;prices. w. ci nnjjrjt Timber, Coal, and Firewood. HERBERT J. MOSS.] ' ' [REGINALD B. RESTEIL.] Moss and Restell TTAVING taken over the TIMBER and COAL Business of Mb Johh (3 -*-*• Restell, have much pleasure in informing the general Public that they ire now prepared to supply the following :— BUILDERS' jMLiK'TEEfcXAJL.S. Kauri, Red and White Pine Flooring and Lining, Black Birch, Red and White Pine, Totara, V.D.L., etc. Special Lines of Dressed and Seasoned Timber for Cabinetmakers. The Kauri White and Red Pine Flooring and Lining is all under cover and ready fo mmediate use. ALSO,— FENCING WIRE—Noa. 8, 9, and 12 Galvanised Barb Wire, Galvanised Iron, and Ridging in all sizes 1 \ Jfles, Nails, Hinges, Screws" Stakes, Posts and Rails, Hurdles, Palings, &c. LIME, CEMENT, &c. COALS—Newcastle, Westport, Mount Somers. FIRE WOOD—Long Black Pine and Cut Wood Oils of all descriptions, Fire Bricks. PRODUCE—Chaff. Oats, Bran. Sharps, Chickfeed, Potatoes/Flour,'etc., ALWAYS IN STOCK. AGENTS— CEYLON AND INDIAN TEA ASSOCIATION; Northern Fire Assurance Association. Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited MOSS andEESTGLL, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON: &§f Cheap Hoots .Jgg J. BISHOP'S BOOT STORE. A LARGE STOCK of BOOTS and SHOES to choose from, which . CAtf NOT BE BEAT for STYLE, QUALITY, or PRICE. :o: An extra large assortment of L VDIES' and CHILDREN'S KID LACE BOOTS AND SHOES, VERY CHEAP. REPAIRING at Shortest Possible Notice. x Note the Address, — CORNER OF EAST AND MOORE STREETS. J. Brockclluiltk, Manager. Grain Ships to London. " " * «O. «-«■«■■-—•■—» rpHE UNDERSIGNED beg to announce to their Clients that they havo'chartere -■- several First Class Iron Vessels for the conveyance of Wheat to London LOADING DURING THE MONTHS OF M A!RCH, APRIL, A. TX T> M. A. V, at 30s per ton freight. Advances made against Shipments Free of Commission and Interest, Friedlander Bros. WE ARE CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY and RYEGRASS, i IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. HIGHEST PRICES GIVEN. FKIEDLANDER BKOS. ASHBURTON TINvVALD, AND LYNDHURST I Seeds for Autumn Sowing, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIE WHITE STONE, & GREYSTONE TUENIP, RAPE, CAPE BARLEY, RYE OATS &o ALSO FOR SALE— Cornsacks and Seaming Twine, AS WELL AS A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF FARM AND STATION STORES AND REQUISITES. AGENT FOR THE NEW ZEALAND FIRE INSURANCE CO GRAIN CROPS INSURED Against Loss or Damage by Fire at Lowest Current Rates GEOKGE JAMESON %Hlibnrtoii and Rakaia



Public Notices. | Wool. Wool. Wool. LI 0. TABART is making CASH *- ANCES on ths ENSUING CLIP FREE OF COMIMISSIOJr. PERIODICAL SALES held throuarh out the season, the fir vt one being early v November. All WOOL by Rail is CARTED FREE from Christchurch Railway Station to my Store. For accommodation, light, &c, my Store is unsurpassed for the display of all lots. Prompt ACCOUNT SALES and PROCEEDS. Woolpacks, Twine, &c, at Lowest Market Rates. F. C. TABART, Auctioned, Woo broker Src, Ohristchurch. ASHBURTON FINAfCS & AGENCY COMPANY, Limited, /"IASH ADVANCES made on LIVE and DEAD STOCK, MORTGAGES, AGRICULTURAL LIENS, and other SECURITIES BILLS DISCOUNTED DAILY. OmoJs.—-Corner of the Arcade and Tancred Street. WM. HORNE, Manasrer OBEY VALLEY COAL IS THE BELT COAL FOR THRESHING MACHINES SIXTEEN per cent More Htat than Newcastle Coal. STEAMERS arriving twice Weekly. WE ARE NOW MANUFACTURING BRIQUETTE S, THE NEW PATENT FUEL. No Slack. No Clinker. No Waste. The Grey Valley Coal Company, Ltd W H COLLINS & CO., 3 Agen GREAT CLEARANCE SALE 01' SUMMER 1111 ITU! MILLINERY, ETC. — COMMENCING — SATURDAY, JANUARY 16. FOU ONE JMLOJNXH. IT is only necessary for us to state tha we are holding a CHEAP SALE for the Public to know that GENUINE REDUCTIONS on the whole stock will )e effected. j£^ Special and extraordinary Bargains in Millinery, Underclothing, Dress Goods, Prints, Sunshades, etc. NOTE.-THE CHEAP SALE IS AT «. W. Alcorn&Co's., EAST ' REET TCE MA KIN AND REFRIGERATION On tha Lincle System (compression Anhydrous Ammonia.) For Cold Stores, Freezing and Chilling 1 Stablishments, and all Icemaking and Refrigerating Purposes i SPECIAL MARINE TYPE FOR SHIP USE, As fitted on board the s.s. Teutonic, &3. for the Dead Meat Trade, and the s.s. Merapi, for making Ice and pre serving Passengers' Provisions j Dry Air Refr/gerators on Lightfoot' System. 1000 Machines Ordered and Supplied up to the end of 1889. '' c Linde British Refrigeration Company Limited' 35 Queen Victoria t, E.C. ; ani | Lower Shaw 11, E. Managing Director : MR. T. B, LIGHT FOOT. C.E, ] IMPORTANT fc^MXMAS NOTICE Farmers and Other* FROM THE PREMIER ASHBURTON -pURNITURI WAREHOUSE o* PIMDIIMIM. R f Yd R 8, £>"aj s. TUST Landed newShipmentof Austrian, *) Amosican, and other Chairs ; largest I ■Stock in Ashlmrton. Chairs by the 100. j Linoleums. Floor Cloths, Brussels, Tapes try, and other Carpels, just in time for Christmas. Come and inspect our local manufactures in Duchess Tables, Wash stands, Chests of Drawers, etc., in figured Elimu, and other superior woods. Vene i,»n Blinds mule to order. Special re ductions for the Christmas Season. Note Address —Next Building Society s Qilice, Tailored, Street, (



Public Notices. COMPULSORY SALE mow 01 AT W. W. Spencer & Co.'s THE ARCADE. White Lace Cm tains, Is 9d a pair WhiteTwiHedSheeting(double width 10|d Prints, 2fd, 3d, 3|d,4d. Calicoes 2|d Dress Goods 4£d Muslins 3|d Men's Woollen Socks 7J Men's Tweed Suits 19s 6d Boys' Tweed Suits 4s lid Men's Bluchers 5s 6d Men's Colonial Made Shooters, Nailed, 8s lid Ladies Kid Lace Shoes 4s lld Women's Kid Elastic Side Boots 5s 6d AT W W SPENCER AND COS THE ARCADE Market House. CROCKERY. CROCKERY. The Newest and Best Selected Patterns direct from the Home Potteries. CIIINAWARE. . A most Choice Selection in all the Latest Designs. HOUSE FURNISHING IRONMONGERY, AND ELECTRO-PLATED WARE. IjAMPS. liAMPS. A Splendid Assortment worth Inspection. CTOWS. GUMS. AND AMMUNITION, CARTRIDGES, AND CARTRIDGE CASES, CAPS, WADS, AND CARTRIDGE FILLERS, all from the best factories. Two Deliveries of Goods daily in Town and Suburbs. All Trains met. Orders by post dispatched immediately. Customers waited upon for Orders, if requested. SATISFACTION TO CUSTOMERS IS OUR ENDEAVOUR. Stephens Bros., Market House. lenry"zander. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. I BEG to Intimate that I have .lust Landed a Large and Varied Stock of €» 11118 Cm tins Guns HOLLIS' BEST MAKE, j Single and Double Barrell, Breech and J Muzzle Loading, well worthy of inspec on. Reyolrers, Revolvers, Ammunition Ammunition. Cartridges and Cartridg3 Cases, Caps, Shot, Gunpowder, Powder and Flasks, Cartridge Belts, Recappers, Loaders, Wads, Punches, etc. SCOTT'S Well-known RANGES, at Greatly Reduced Prices. T HAVE IN STOCK AND TO LAND 100 Drums Linseed Oil 20 Ca?e3 Valvoline 100 Cases Castor Oil 25 Drums Tattoo Oil, red and black, ready for sheep branding 10 Bales best 5-ply Seaming Twine China and Glassware Hornsby's and Ransome.s Plough Shares Garden Tools of every description Electro-plated Ware Barbed and Fencing Wire General, Station, and Family Groceries Mauritius, China, and Queensland Sugars CHIN\, INDIA, and CEYLON TEAS. I am well stocked with all requisites for THRESHING MACHINES, viz:—Best English Leather Belting, Castor and all other Oils. VALVOLINE. Perforated Zinc in all sizes, Asbestos Packet (in sheec and round). I HAVE ALWAYS FOR SALE, - STRAW AND OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, OATS, BRAN, SHARPS, AND CHICKWHEAT A complete assortment of the best Bands OF WINES AND SPIRITS, ALES AND SToUTS, Australian SHERRIES & CLARETS, Finest German LAGER BNER, Always on hand, HENRY 7AND ER, EN R V ZJ AND ER, GENERAL MERCHANT AND DTRECT IMPORTER -AGENT FOR— Sun Fire Insurance Company Canton Maria j Insurance Company, Auat alitut Mutual PvuviUe'it fv»iiety '