THE ASHBtTKTON GUABDIAJN : TUESDAY, JUNE 21, lß©2

Printed and published by the Ashburton Publishing Company, ; their restored printing-office, Burnett Street, 4ih TUESDAY, June 21,1892,



fe ■■' ■ . , . ■ ' ' ' , ' Business Notices or Boiling with Clothes, VENUS SOAP Saves Rubbing. Never Fails if Directions are followed Saves Money, Labor, and Time. Puti an end to Washing-Day Worries. Clothes Preserved—Never Injured, Purifies and Sweetens Everything. Can be nsed in the ordinary ay for a Household Purpose ' Outshines all other Soap One trial is sufficient to cony you THE WALKER COBK EXTRA.CTOK. Pronounced the best Mechanical Cork Extractor in the Market, as it pulls the Cork the earnest and removes it quickest from the Screw. : Its ure prevents the agitation of earbo lated or other beverages, and allows th >ediment to remain undisturbed in the oottle Designed tot che use of hotels, resti* ..ants saloons, clubs and families. Orna mental in appearanae and full nicko plated. Special terms to jobbers. Manufactured by the E WALKER TOOL COMPANY /ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Published Daily, Office : Burnett Street Ashburto Printing of every deacription,,includ'n Billheads Memo* Pamphlets Handbills Invitation Cards Menu.7l j Receipt Forms Posters Oper Dodgers Mourning Cards Horse Cards, 1 Ball Programmes Concert Programmes ~ IVENABLES, HIGH-CLASS PIANOS. ; Pianos for India and Extreme Climate* in Solid Walnut Oases. -...'■ [ All parts, boch Internal and External, specially prepared and secured to resist every variation of temperature. 0. VENABLES & CO. 187 and 189 Essex Road Islington London. NOTICE TCTaDVERTISERS. /"fcWLNG to an alteration in the time of " closing some of the country mails. the FIRST EDITION of the GuakdiS must be published earlier. Advertise* ments must therefore reach this office before 2 p.m. . : ,_ REPLACE Advertisements cannot be guaranteed insertion, unless sent in on the day previous to that on which they are intended to appear. ■ ASHBURTONPUBLISHING CO. April 4, 1892. GREY VALLEY COAL IS THE BEST COAIi FOR THRESHING MACHINES} SIXTEEN per cent more heat than Newcastle Coal, STEAMERS arriving twice Weekly. we are now Manufacturing briquettes, THE NEW PATENT FUEL. No Slack. No Clinker. No Waste. The Grey Calley Coa Company, Ltd. W H. COLLINS 4 CO., Agents. LONGBEACH COACH. QN and after MONDAY, APRIL 4, fo the Winter months, the LONGBEACH COACH will leave ASHBURTON POST OFFICE at 4 p.m. R. R. BROWNE, 206 Coachman. Notice to Correspondent* Correspondents are requested to forward their communications in unsealed envelopes or in wrappers OPEN AT BOTH ENDS, as required by the postal regulations. . No vybrds that are not intended for publication must be written either on the manuscript or on the cover of the letter. Letter rates of postage nuw be paid on dvertiaementsi



Business Notices J^ATIONAIT JjrOTUAir'Y"l^ ASSOCIATION OP AUSTRALASIA. SPECIAL NOTICE. Bonus Yea*, A®O£J ] NTENDING Policy Holders in this L very Popular Office are reminded that ALL POLICIES COMPLETED before the 30th SEPTEMBER NEXT, will participate in the BONUS to be de clared at the close of the year 1892, thus participating in TWO BONUSES in Four Tears. SPECIAL ADVANTAGES. •; Low Bate of Premiums. _ Non-Forfeiture of Policies. ■ High Rate of Interest earned upon Investment. Reversionary Bonuses already allotted exceed £500,000 T E. WALTON, Travelling Agent CHAS. BRADDELL Local Agent, *5? -.___ Ashburton W. J. BUSH AND CO. TjISTILLEKS and IMFCBTEBJ ov ESSENTIAL OILS & FRUII ESSENCES. SOLUBLE ESSENCES For Aerated Water Manufacturers Extra Super Lemon, which is doub] the Strength of Ordinary Commercii Qualities. "~SUITS TO MEASURE, rnHE Largest Stock of X TWEEDS ever shown in Ashburton to  choosofrom. QUALITY AND FIT GUARANTEE Come and see the prices ASHBURTON t CLOTHING MART. f SAUNDERS BUILDINGS ° »■ Alcorn. WINTER SEASON, 1892. ; H. &W. CRAIGHEAD HAVE great pleasure in informi their numerous friends a ? customers, that they are quite prepar J v for the coming winter season : and a] 3 that their stock is without doubt t best assorted in Ashburbon, comprisi c Scotch, English, and Colonial Twee< Bdnnockburns and Hairlines, Worste< Beavers, and Covert Coatings. „ If you want a first-class Suit, go to , H. & W. CRAIUHEAD, J. PRACTICAL TAILORS and CHTTEE s Where you will find all the ktest a , r most fashionable styles, combined w: the Best Possible Fit and Wobkmansh a H. $ W. CRAIGHEAD MERCHANT TAILORS, 8 TANCRED STREET, ASHBDTiTON, BKOOEE'M * "Perfect" Cure FOR SCOUR IN SHEEP, TfcJ the most reliable Medicine prepar * ■*- for Diarrhoea in all animals. , Half gallon tins, containing 80 doses , 10s each. Two gallon tins, containing 320 d«seg 30s each. RICKMAN'S Foot Hot Paste IS A CERTAIN CURE. r Far superior to usiug arsenic or bluestoi In tins, 5s each; large tins, equal to 8 five smaller ones, 20s each. " s Prepared only by O H£. B'&OOEE, T OPERATIVE CHEMIST, B Ashburton. I G. Faweit Dodds 1 SURGEON DENTIST. I _ [ Rooms opposite Mail Office, Bnrnei Street. Hours from 10 to 5. ' Nitrous Oxide Gas administered. Private Residence—Cameron Stree East, opposite Ashburton Brewery. MONEY. £><<\C\C\(\ 1000, £800, £500, £365, & O yJKJKJj £200, and other Sums • Trust Money to Lend on Freehold Securit at Lowest Current Rates of Interest. GOULD BEAUMONT, and CO., 193 Hereford strecfc gßeat~sale " Piekford A, UnUrill * PREMIER ASHBURTON FUBNITUEE WABEHOTJSE LARGE DISCOUNT TO CASH PURCHASERS. FURNITURE of all kinds, Carpets' Brussels, Tapestry, &c. Mattings, Linoleums, Floor Cloths, &c, &o. } must be sold to make room for new ship. ments to arrive. Come and Inspect our STOCK of Locally Manufactured fibonised Sideboards, Tables, &c—- Also—Chests Drawers Washstands, Fancy Tables &c., in Rimu. Iron Bedsteads ; Austrian, Vienna, and American Chairs, in great variety, Venetian Blinds made to order, —NOTE ADDBESS— PICKFOED & UNDKILL, TANCRED STREET,' ASHBURTON. AGENTS WANTED. WANTED, Agents for a GOOD: SELLING LINE. Either sex; and earn good income. Apply early as. only a limited,number ia required. i NOVELTYIMPORTING CO Bo 076, G,F,0., Sydney, N.S.W



Business Notices I.MAIIIKii & Co., LIMITED BREWEiiS OF THE FAVOURITE CHRTBTOHUROII SPARKLING PALE & BITTER AXES* TO BR OBTAINED IN HOGSHEADS, BARRELS AND KILDERKINS, A 7. /^HRISTCHUROH BRBWER"X KJ . ' ■ ; AND OF Mr H ZANDER, ASHBURTON ON DRAUGHT AT THE SOMERSET HOTEL, ASHBURTON, THE TINWALD HOTEL, TINWALD, AND RAIL WA V HOT EL, WIN3LOW. THE RONGO PAI TBNEI KM KOUTOU KATOA. macbean Stewart's NEW CURE FOR ASTHMA. NEW CUBE EOR CROUP^ NEW CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA NEW CURE FOR CHRONIC BRONCHITIS Prepared from the Mountain and Fore Plants of New Zealand^ In Asthma the New Cure has proved itse to be Head and Shoulders Above All Other Remedies. npHB NEW CURB is the only Specii JL yet discovered for Diphtheria. In Croup the NEW CURE has no riv; It saves emetics, lighting fires, hob bath and all the attendant worry incidental the arrival of the Midnight Monster. In Typhoid Fever the NEW CCJS disinfects, soothes, and gives refreshii sleep. ' The NEW CURE is the only tr Lung Disinfectant In no instance has a death occurr from diptheria whsn the " New Cur< has been freely used from the first outs of the disease, and so great are its pi tective powers, that the complaint h never been known to Spread to oth members of the family. The New Cure, 3s fid ; Grindelia Robus Cigarettes, 2s ; Asthma Tobacco, 2s 6 HERCULES BAKING POWDE TS THE BEST Those who hi^e not tried it, shou ask their Grocer for it. Makes splend: Oakes Scones Pastry, &c D 0 G S. , MANY years since we had the pleasu to introduce to the public oi BUFFALO MEAT DOGS BISCUITS, extensively used in the principal kenne of the world Since that time we have made many ir portance improvements in th ir manufactu: —improvements not of the nature of vege compounds which may be added to ar ood of a trifling cost, but of the nature produce good hard flesh and muscle, ing] clients which no other Biscuit or Dog Foo possesses, and for which we have receive numerous medals and high* 4<oinmendation amongst which we may mention that of Pr< fessor Da Zurn, who after many carefi analysis and experiments pronounced thef biscuits t <be of the greatest excellmoe, an to ntain double the quantity of nourisl ment that is to be found in the flesh, fcht farming he beet and most successful <#a for dogs hat is possible to produce. It is imortant to notice that n-ory biscu; s stamped—"Buffalo Meat, Trade Mark, the qualiy of which we guarantee Twent hillings per c wt, carriage paid! SOLE MANUFACTURERS, W. G. CLARK <k SON ANCHOR PATENT BISCUIT WORK IJMEHQUSE, LONDON, E-& Established 1851. BRANCH OFFICE & FACTORY, 754 Washington Street, New Yobx, PHILADELPHIA, 1876 HAUTHAWAY'S Reliable PEERLESS GLOSS A NECESSITY in every family Gl It blacks and polishes Ladies and hildrea's Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, and atchels, without brushing. Always ;ives satisfaction Is conceded to be " The Standard" Sold by Shoe Dealers, Grocers and )ruggists, THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, From and after the 30th November, 188 ie terms of Subscription to this journal ill he as follows, viz :— IF PAID m .ADVANCE. Per Quarter ... 6s 6d, by post, 9s 6 „ Half-year... 12s 6d, by post, 18s 6d „ Year , 24s Od, by post 37s Od IF BOOKED, Per Quarter ... 7s 6d, by post, 10s 9d  Half-year.,. 15s Od, by po&t, 21s 6d , Year , 30s Od, by post, 43s Od Birth, Marriagej and Death Notices, if ; or at the time of insertion, 2a 6d ?pked, 4s each. Stamps may be sent as



Business Notices. TiimTTANDERr SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. I BEG to Intimate that I have Just Landed a Large and Varied Stock of Guns C-UHIS 6f uiis HOLLIS 1 BEST MAKE. Single and Double Barrell, Breech and Muzzle Loading, well w^rth of inspec- Reyolyers, ReTolrers. Ammunition Ammunition. Cartridges and Cartridge Cases, Caps, Shot, Gunpowder, Powder and Flasks, Cartridge Belts, Recappers, Loaders, Wads, Punches, etc. BGOTTS Well-known RANGES, at Greatly Reduced Prices. -f HAVE IN STOCK AND TO LAN! 100 Drums Linseed Oil 20 Cases Valvoline 100 Cases Castor Oil 25 Drums Tattoo Oil, red and black. ready for sheep branding 10 Bales best 5-p y 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 Sugar; CHIN 4, INDIA, and CEYLON TEAS I am well stocked with all requisites foi THRESHING MACHINES, viz :—Bes English Leather Belting, Castor and al other Oils. VALVOLINE. Perforated Zinc in all sizes, Asbestof Packet (in sheet and round). I HAVE ALWAYS FOR SALE ~ STRAW AND OATEN SHPJAI CHAFF, OATS, BRAN, SHARPS, ANT CHICKWHEAT j_ A complete assortment o the best Bandi OF WINES AND SPIRITS, ALES AND SToUTS Australian SHERRIES & CLARETS, Finest German LAGER BEER Always on hand, HENRY TJ AND ER, EN R V ZJANDER, GENERAL MERCHANT] ; ' ' AND ■ , . " DIRECT IMPORTER 'AGENT FOR— Sun Fire Insurance Cc mpany Oanton Marine Insurance Company, ustxalian. Mutual Provide^*; John G. Restell, AUCTIONEER, GRAIN MER CHANT, WOOL BROKER SHIPPINGS AND FINANOIAI AGENT GRAIN & WOOL STORE S, 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, ornsacks, Twine, Wcolpacks, Super phosphates. Pearl Guano, and general Farm and Station Stores always on hand at Lowest Prices. AGENT FOR— THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN lAND MERCANTILE AGENCY "CO., LIMITED] UNION EIRE AND MARINE IN SURANCE CO LIMITED Tp L XI R ~Y7- IT M FOR COUGHS AND COLDS. Ting wonderful preparation is the pro duct of experiments extending over fiv years, and has been judged to be withou exception the Best Cough Mixture ever offered to the suffering public The ingredients have been carefully selected and proportioned so as to e^acLy suic all these Coughs and Colds unfortu nately too frequent in our climate If your cold is slight, a dose or two of Elixir Vitse will cure. If severe, you may have immediate relief by using Elixir Vitas. If your chest is weak, or you seem in clined to be consumptive with a little cough now and then, Elixir Vito w •>vork wonders in yoar case. Elixir Vitso is sold in Bottles at Is 6d and 2s 6d each. v A Grocers and moat enemies i



Boots. Boots. BOOTS. WANTED KNOWN.—I am now in a position to supply BOOTS and SHOES of every description at the Lowest Price ever heard of in Ashburton. The above have been made to my own ppecial order in the best faotory in Canterbury, therefore Customers may rely upon getting a genuine article for very little money. Note the address— O'CONNOR'S LITTLE SHOP, Mr Bullock's Arcade. N.B.—Ordered work of every kind, Hand Sewn, Pegged, or Riveted, jnade on c Prenriees ; also Repairs. Wheat Shipments. «ITE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBEBAL ADVANCES, FREE op COMMISSION & INTEREST, AGAINST WHEAT, OATS, BARLRY OR OTHER PRODUCE Placed in our hands for Realisation in the HOME MARKETS. Our Mr Gould, having just returned from London, has made most Advan tageous Arrangements for the Reception and Sale of Produce in England. Our Brokers are of high standing and great ex perience in the trade, and shippers may rely upou their produce being sold at the VERY HIGHEST PRICE Obtainable in the Market, while Charges will be upon the MOST MODERATE SCALE, ACCOUNT SALES PROMPTLY ".'■.. Weare prepared also to Make Advances Free of Commission against Grain being held in Stack or in Store, prior either to Shipment or Sale in our Locftl Market. Freight space in iron ships of the highest class available at 30s per ton. GOULD, BEAUMONT & CO., 193 HEREFORD STREET. "TAMES PAIN AND SONS 9, St. Mary Axe, JS.O., find 21, Walworfch Road, S,lj, WHOLESALE AND EXPORT FIRE WORK MANUFACTURERS. Shippers supplied on the most reasonable terms. 'jlO, Lls, L2O, and L 25 Cases suitable for every Market. : The Zarf/est Wholesale Home in the World Illustrated Price List, on application. rnTtAN SPARE NT BLOCK. TOE -t. MAKING MACHINERY, ESTABLISHED "DORTER BLANCH AR CONCORD, NH. U.S.A. Manufactubers of axd Dealers all kinds of JL>airv Groocls SPECIAITJ |



H^ soothing! L^J POWDERS I RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. Preserve a healthy state of the consti tution during the period of Teething:. The -natit "JOHN ST^|jDMAK f Chamiat, Walwerth, Surrey," Are onRMTed on the Government Stamp affixed to tach Pacitt Sold By KEMPTHORNE, PJttOSSER & CO. TEMUKA V, ASHBTJRTON. 20 Tons Temuka " Silver Dust" Roller Flour] BEST QUALITY, In 2001b Sacksi 1001b, 501b, and 2511 Bags, At Enormous Reductions. The Cash Store. Opposite Harrison's Auction Rooms WA.ITATI BUSH SAW MILLS. Seventeen miles North of Dunedin. To Architects, Builders and Contrac tors. TTAVING- secured the Extensive ■*-*• Bush at "W aitati, where we have just completed our Mills and Tramway to the Railway Station, We are prepared to Deliver Timber and Mining Props, Direct at Railway Stations, "North and South of Watati, thus saving to Cus tomers Middlemen's Profits. Large Stocks of Doors and Sashes. FINDLAY AND MURDOCH, Dunedin. f



Grain Ships to London. THE UNDERSIGNED beg to announce to their Clients that they ".have chartered several First Class Iron Vessels for the conveyance of Wheat to Eioodon LOADING DURING THE MONTHS OF SIABCH, APKIL, AND MAY, at 30s per ton freight. | Advances made asrains!- -shipments Free or Oommissionjmd [nfcerest. Friedlander Bros. WE ARE CASH BUYERS 01? WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY and . . .  HYEGRASS? TN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES^ HIGHEST PRICES GIVEN' FEIEDLANDER BKOS. 4SHBURTOK, TINWALD, AND LYNDHHRS lisiiinofl? Hi. SPECIAL EXTRAORDINARY NOTICE. REMOVES<>j|TO TANCRED STREET. J. BISHOP, BKGS to inform his numerous friends and customers that having taken more suitable premises in Tancred Street he will open on SATURDAY the|2Bfch, with a Lap "Sb-jok of the wide-famed "ZEAL.YNDIA" BOOTS and SHOES, together witi Large Stock of ENGLISH BOOTS and SHOES selected from the Bsst Manufa urers. The Bes Boots in Ashburton |for the least money. Quality and Cheapness combined. '.Ye buy for Ready Cash, saying our Customers the large Discount charged to .hose who buy on credit. A greafc deal of money is wasted by nofc knowing and neglecting to find where to buy Boots at least cost. This you'ean easily^save'by dealing .with the Best Value Boot Man in Ashburton, at the ' Zealandia Boot Store, TANCRED STREET, ASHBTTRTON .;. - , : . ... ...Ji. llrockell»ank. Manager.....



10 W LANDING FENCING tflBE. FENCING WIRE. Numbers, 8, 9, and 10. BEST POUR-BARBED GALVANIZED WIREJ IROK STANDARDS Punched to any guage required NEWCASTLE COAL BY THE TRUCK or; Winter Supplies, ex ship to any Railway Station at Lowest Rate BIBOfi TIMBER liFiiY QUANTITIES W. H. Collins & Co., IRONMONGERS AND IMPORTERS OF . OILS, PAINTS, PAPEHHANGIN6B] ETC TIMBER & COAL MERCHANTS. 1, —«V_ 'ihlj: ; ("Royal Insurance Company. AGENTS FORjGtey Vtfley Coal Company. A NEW AND MARVELLOUS REMEDY. SOLOMON~SOLTTTION How Creating a Furore in Australia, owing to its Wonderhl Curative Properties. A N OINTMENT FOR MAN OR QUADRUPED. For Rheumatic Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia. Sprain 3, Wounds, Sores, Swellings, Ringworms, Chilblains, &c., &c. THE SIMPLE HONEST TRUTH. Octavia Villa, Howe Crescent, Albert Park, Melbourne, v ... March 1 lth, 8921 GBKtl-EMEK.-Por nearly three years I nave been a martyr to Rheumatic Gout. Six month! 3 that Period I had positively lost the use of my legs, and for two years I have beWunabli to walk without crutches'or sticks. I have had forty-eight electric baths, and ■pent three weeks at the springs at Drysdale- About three weeks ago I was induced to £c your Solomon Solution, and am now enabled to walk without any assistance whatever, I w& thi. trusting that it may be SOLOMON SOLUTION 1« th» Most Recent and Wonderful Discovery as a Treatment for Wt HORSES, CATTLE & DOGS. GUARANTEED TO CURE HORSES of Sore Shoulders and Backs, Mange, Girth alls, Greasy Heels, Cuts, Strain*, Swellings, Cracked Heels, Contracted Feet, Splint»,&c < CURES COWS of Ulcerated Udders, and Sore Teats. CUKES DOGS* M» Bfe «d ffi «-^g££js»!gg. TRUTH IS STUBBORN Upper Riccarton, May 20, 1892. A. Larsons, Esq., Dear Sir,—l have used Solomon Solution for a very severe cut on the racehorse Crackshot, and can testify to its wonderful healing properties. It has the advantage of keeping the sore free of all discharging matter and inflamma tion and though thei wound was very severe no scar or blemish has been luft n the horse. I shall be happy to recommend the Sdlutibn to my friends.— l ours ruly, Chablbh O'Connor, • ■ . „ _ ■ Chnstchurch, May 23, A "Pftraons, Esq., Christchurch. Dear Sir,—We can testify to the wond ful cures obtainable by using S.S. We have from time to tima used different solu w ns, and can say that it is our intention to use no other in our stable here and at Rangiora. You can make what use you like of this letter.—Yours faithful y, Clabksox & Co. Sold by all Medicine Vendors and Saddlers throughout the Colony in Jars, 3s 6d and 7s each. ASHBUKTON AGENTS ASHBURTON DRUG CO W ANDERSON, Saddler. Sole Wholesale Representative in New Zealand : A PARSONS, 161 Hereford Street, CHRISTCHURCH Patentees and Manufacturers : S. COX & CO., 422 Bourkft Street, MELBOURNE. AGENTS WANTED] 5 161 GREGG AND COMPANY Pure Blended Teas, NEW SEASON, 1889-90', }!b am Ift PACKETS, 21b FANCI CANISTERS and 51b and 10ft TINS TRY THESE ELENDSJ TRY THESE BLENDS^ /TcROWN \ (i EAGLB \ p x hibition| /( GLUB | Ooe trial will establish their constant use. To be obtained from U ZANDER ■^^li__i_i-il«im. «m '. "'- '"■''" -'" ■ ■ ■ ' '*" ( ' ' . \ \ ' .■ . i am ;a cash buyer oi? Wheat, Oats, Barley, Grass Seed, JD, THOMAS, kBHBtT E T O N D. Thomas Late of Matson, Cox, and Co.) lUOTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, AND ESTATE AGENTJ VALUATOB, WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON. LOANS NEGOTIATED. WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock, Tinwald and Ashburton alternately FORTNIGHTLY SALES of Sheepskins, Fafc, Hides, &c, on Fridays. SALES OF WOOL throughout the Season. 3RAIN 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 Oraham'a Foot Rot Composition Redwood's Scaly Blight, Specific Wright, StepheHson, and Co, Dunedin Planet Jupiter Gmien and Field Took, D THOMAS, AflUmrtoi.