THE ABHBURTON (iUAffcbIAJN : MONDAY, JUNE 20, l 8&2

Printed and published by the Ash burton Publishing Company,, ; their registered printing,-pfficft Burnett Street, Atsh Ur MONDAY, June 20. 1892.



Busine. s -\otic or Boiling with Clothes, VENUS SOAP Saves Rubbing. . Never Fails if I?:, cetions are followed . Saves Money, Labor,, and Time. Put an end to Washing-Day Worries. Clothes Preserved—Never Injured. .. Purifies and Sweetens Everything. Can be used m the ordinary ay for. a Household Purpose * Outshines all other Soap One trial is sufficient to Cotiv you THE WALKER COBK EXTBACTOB. . Pronounced the best Mechanical Cork . Extractor m the Market, as it pulls the Cork the easiest and removes it quickest \ from the Screw. ' ' . Its ure prevents the agitation ©f carbo Tated or other beverages, and allows th ■ ediment to remaiv undisturbed m the oottle . ' '. ; ; ; Designed toi one use of hotels, rwtav - ..ants saloons, clubs and families. Orna mental m appearanae and full nicke plated. Special terms to jobbers. Manufactured by the E WALKER TOOL COMPANY ,'ASHBURTON GUARDIAN,!,; Published Daily, Office : Burnett Street Ashburto Printing of every deacription,*includin Billheads Memod Pamphlets Handbills Invitation 1 Cards Menu? 1 Receipt Forms > Posters ■ ■ - ;■ Oper Dodgers ; ': Mourning Cards - Horse Cards, Ball Prognwunes Concert Programmes VENABLES, HITO-CLASS PIANOS. Pianos for India and Extreme Climates m Solid Walnut Oases. ■ All parts, boch Internal and External, specially prepared and Becured to resist every variation of temperature.<: . ,l:>" C. VENABLES & CO. 187 and 189, Essex Road ; Islington London. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. /*\WING to an alteration m the time of V^ closing some of the country mails, the FIRST EDITION of the Guardiak must be published earlier. Advertise-: ments must therefore reach this office before 2 p.m. REPLACE Advertisements cannot be guaranteed insertion,- unless sent m on, the day previous to that on which they are intended to appear. ASHBURTON PUBLISHING CO. ! April 4, 1892. GREY VALLEY COAL IS THE BEST COAL FOR THRESHING MACHINES} SIXTEEN per cent more heat than Newcastle Coal, STEAMERS arriving twice Weekly. WE ARE NOW '=. THE NEW PATENT FUEL. No Slack. No Clinker. No Waste. The Grey Calley Coa Company, Ltd. W H. COLLINS & CO., Agents. LONGBEACH COACH. ' " QN and aft^r MONDAY, APRIL 4, fo he Winter months, the LONGBEACH 70ACH will leave ASHBURTON POST )FFICB at 4, p.m. - r R. R. BROWNE, 206 Coachman. Notice to Correspondents Correspondents are requested to forward leir commuiii nations m unsealed envelopes " m wrappers OPEN AT BOTH ENDS, i required by the postal regulations. No ords that are not intended for publication ust be written either on the manuscript or i the cover of t he letter. Letter rates of postage mus be paid on vertisements] . . ■



Business Notic s Rational ~tv[~utual tTfk AB.-OC-. >TIuN 07? AUSTRALASI A. SPECIAL NOTICE. Bonus Year, 1898 T NTENDING Policy Holders m this 1. very Popular Oifice are reminded that ALL POLICIES COMPLETED before the 30tii SEPTEMBER NEXT, will participate m the BONUS to be de clared at the close of the year 1892, thus participating m TWO BONUSES m Four Years. 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. OH-AS. BRADDELL Local Agent, _*57 Ashbarton. W. .1. BUSH AND CO. niSTILLEKS and IMPORTERS ESSENTIAL OILS & FRUI3 ESSENCES SOLUBLE ESSENCES For Aerated Water Manufacturers Extra Super Lemon, which is double the Strength of Ordinary Commercial Qualities. ~SUTrS~TO~ME'ASURE. rpHE Largest Stock of I JL TWEEDS ever shown m Ashburton to chooso from. QUALITY AND FIT GUARANTEE Come and see the prices ASHBURTON CLOTHING MART. SAUNDERS BUILDINGS R. Alcorn. G. Fawcit Dodds, SURGEON DENTIST. Rooms opposite Mail Office, Burnett Street. Hours from 10 to 5, Nitrous Oxide Gas administered. Private Residence—Cameron Street East, opposite Ashburton Brewery. MONEY. ' £* QAOn 1000 > £800» £50() > £365, O\ ) \J\J> £200, and other Sums o Trust- Money to Lend on Freehold Security at Lowest Current Rates of Interest. . GOULD BEaUMONT, and CO., • 193 Hereford street " BROOKE' feg '■ " Perfect M Cure FOB SCOUR IN SHEEP, TiS the most reliable Medicine prepared ■*- for Diarrluea m all animals. Half gallon tins, containing 80 do.-es 10s each. Two gallon tins, containing 320 deses 30s each; RTCKMAN'S Foot Hot Paste IS A CERTAIN CURE. Far superior to usiug arsenic or bluestone In tins, 5s each j large tins, equal to five smaller ones, 20s each, Prepared only by C M. JB R, OOK E, OPERATIVE CHEMIST, Ashburton. ~ GREAT SALE AT Pickford & Untirill'a PREMIER ASHBURTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE LARGE DISCOUNT TO CASH PURCHASERS. FURNITURE, of all kinds, Carpets Brussels, Tapestry, &c. Mattings, Linoleums, Floor Cloths, . &c, &c.j must be sold to make room for new ship. ments to arrive. Come and Inspect our STOCK of Locally Manufactured Ebonised Sideboards, Tables, &c. — Also—Chests Drawers Washstands, Fancy Tables &c, m Rimu. Iron Bedsteads; Austrian, Vienna, and American Chairs, m great variety. Venetian Blinds made to order, —NOTE ADDRESSrr- PICKFORD & UtfDRILL, TANCRED STREET,) ASHBURTON. * AGKMTS WANIIiUD. ~ lIFANTED, Agents for a GOOD W SELLING LINE. Either sex and earn good income. Apply early as only a limited number m required. NOVELTYIMPORI'ING CO Bo 976, G.F.0., Syduey, N.S.W WINTER SEASON, 1892. H. & W. CRAIGHEAD HAVE great pleasure m informing their numerous friends and customers, that they are quite prepared for the coming winter season ; and also that their stock is without doubt the best assorted m Ashburton, comprising Scotch, English, and Colonial Tweeds, Bctnnockburns and Hairlines, Worsteds, Beavers, and Covert Coatings. If you want a first-class Suit, go to H. & W. CRATGHEAD, PRACTICAL TAILORS and CT7TTERS, Where you will find all the latest and most fashionable styles, combined with the Beist Possible Fit and Wobkmanship If. $ W\ CRAIGHEAK MERCHANT TAILORS, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON,



; Business Notices THE KONGO PaT TKNEI KLx KOUTOU KATOA. ififlacbeißn 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&fc Plants of New Zealand Jn Asthma the New Cure has proved itself to be Head and Shoulders Above All Other Remedies. THE NEW CURE is the only Specific yet discovered for Diphtheria. In Croup the NEW CURE has no rival. It saves emetics, lighting fires, hot baths, and all the attendant worry incidental to the arrival of the Midnight Monster. In Typhoid Fever the NEW CURE disinfects, soothes, and gives refreshing sleep. The NEW CURITis the only true Lung Disinfectant In no instance has a death: occurred from diptheria whsn the " New Cure" has been freely used from the first outset of the disease, and so great are its pro tective powers, that the complaint has neVer been known to spread i to othei members of the family. The New Cure, 3s 6d ; Grindelia Robusts Cigarshtes, 2s ; Asthma Tobacco, 2s 6d ;■ . ■,' . ■■■ 7i S.MAHnVfIVU A Co., LIMITED BBEWEKS OF THE FAVOURITE CHRISTCHURCH SPARKLING PALE & BITTER'ALES TO BTC OBTAIN m TK HOGSHEADS, BARRELS >ND KILDERKINS, AT , / . CHRISTCHURCH BRBWERI AKD Of , Jb HI ZANDER, ASH BURTON ON DRAUGHT AT THE SOMERSET HOTEL, ASHBURTON, T#E TINWALD HOTEL, TINWALD, .'-' '■"■•' . . 'AND.' _■■', . . . " ; RAILWAY HOTEL, WIN3LOW. DOGS. MANY years since we hud tlic pleasur to uicro«"luco to Hie public ou BUFFALO MEAT DOGS BISCUITS, jxtensively used m the principal kennel )f the world Since that time we have made many mi portance improvements m th ir manufactur —•improvements not of the nature of veget compounds which may be added to an; ood of a trifling cost, but of the nature t produce good hard flesh and muscle, ingr clients which no other Biscuit or DogFooc possesses, and for which we have reeeivec humerous medals and high* aifommendations wnongst-which we may mention that of Pro Eessor Di Zurn, who after many carefu analysis and experiments pronounced thes< biscuits t «be of the greatest excellaaoe, anc to ntain double the quantity of nourish ment that is to be found m the flesh, thus farming he best and most' successful #»c for dogs hat is possible to produce. It is imortant to notice that every biscuil s stamped—"Buffalo Meat, Trade Mark,' ! the qualiy of which we guarantee, .Twenty hilling's per cwt, carriage paidl! SOLE MANUFACTURERS, W. G. CLARK & SON ANCHOR PATENT BISCUIT WGBK L TMEHOUSE, LONDON, EC. Established 1851. BEANCH OFFICE & FACTORY. 754 Washington Street, New Yobjc, PHILADELPHIA, 1876 HAU THAW AY'S Reliable PEERLESS GLOSS \ 1 -NECESSITY m every family a It blacks and polishes Ladies and hildren's Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, and atchels, without brushing. Always gives satisfaction Is conceded to be " The Standard" Sold by Shoe Dealers f Grocers and Druggists. HERCULES MAKING POWDER TS THE BEST Those who h&ve not tried it, should ask their Grocer for it. Makes splendid Cakes Scones Pastry, &c. THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, bl'rom and after the 30th November, 188 he terms of Subscription tc this journal will he as follows, viz : — IP. PAID IN ADVANCE. Per Quarter ... 6s 6d, by post, 9s 6 „ Half-year... 12s 6d, by post, ISs 6fl „ Year ... 24s Od, by post 37s Od IF BOOKED. ; Per Quarter ... 7s 6d, by post, 10s 9d „ Half-year... 15s Od, by poat, 2ls 6d , Year ... 30s Od, by post, 43s Od Birth, Marriage, and Death Notices, if ' or at the time of insertion, 2s 6d ooked, 4s each. Stamps may be sent a 5 k~rflt '•■ /;• ;



Business Notices. j Thehry~zander. i . SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. I BEG to Intimate that I have Just Landed a Lar^e and Varied Stock of Guns Cm mi s CUin* HOLLIS' BEST MAKE. Single and Double Barrell, Breech and Muazfe Loading, well wn'th of inspec- Reyolyers, ReTolrers. Ammunition Ammunition. Cartridges and Cartridge. Cases, Caps, Shot, Gunpowder, Powder and Flasks, Cartridge Belts, Recappers, Loaders, Wads, Punches, etc. SCOTTS Well-known RANGES, at Greatly Reduced Prices. X HAVE IN STOCK AND TO LAN! 100 Drums Linseed Oil 30 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 Rarisome,s Plough Sharei Garden Tools of every description Electro-plated Ware Barbed and Fencing Wire General, Station, and Family Groceries Mauritius, China, and Queensland Sugar CHINA, INDIA, and CEYLON TEAS I am well stocked with all requisites fo THRESHING MACHINES, viz :—Bes English Leather Belting, Castor and al other Oils. VALVOLINE. ? Perforated Zinc m all sizes, Asbesto Packet (m sheet and round). I HAVE ALWAYS FOR SALE ~ STRAW AND OATEN SHEA] CHAFF, OATS, BRAN, SHARPS, ANJ CHIGKWHEAT A complete assortment o the best Band . ■' ■ OF WINES AND SPIRITS, ALES'AND STOUTS Australian SHERRIES & CLARETS, Finest German LAGER BEEB Always on hand, HENRY 7AND ER, EN R V Zj AND ER, GENERAL MERCHANT AND DIRECT IMPORTER AGENT FOR— Sun Fire Insurance Cr mpany '3anton Marine Insurance Company, ustialian Mutual Provide*)*: John G. Bestell, AUCTIONEER, GRAIN ME! CHANT, WOOL BROKEI SHIPPING AND FINANCIA AGENT GRAIN & WOOL STORES 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, an< general Farm • and Station Store always on hand at Lowest Prices. AGENT FOR— THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN lANI MERCANTILE AGENCY "CO. i LIMITED] UNION FIRE AND MARINE IN SURANCE CO LIMITED TTI L "TT R TT I T M FOR COUGHS AND COLDS. This wonderful preparation is the pro duct of experiments extending over n*v 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 exactly suic all these Coughs and Colds unfortu nately too frequent m our climate If your cold is slight, a dose or two oi Elixir Vitse will curp. If severe, you may have immediate relief by using Elixir Vitee. It your chest is weak, or you seem m clined to be consumptive with a little cough now and then, Elixir Vitas w »rork wonders m yoar case.. Jfilixir Vitee is sold m Bottles at Is 6d . ■ ■■ ■ ■ i and 2s 6d each. A Grocers and most chsiqlp+s.



Boots. Boots. BOOTS. WANTED KNOWN.™t am now m a position to supply BOOTS and SHOES of every description at the Lowest Price ever heard of m Ashburton. i The above have been made to my own epecial order m the best factory m Canterbury, therefore Customers may rely upon getting a genuine article for very little money. i .Note the address— O'CONNOR'S LITTLE SHOP, Mr Bullock's Arcade. N.B.—Ordered work of every kind, Hand Sewn, Pegged, or Riveted, made on c Premises ; also Repairs. Wheat Shipment. OTTE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL ADVANCES, FREE of COMMISSION & INTEREST, : AGAINST ■■ .''..' WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY OE OTHER PRODUCE Placed m our hands for Realisation m the HOME MARKETS. Our Mr Gould, having just returned from London, has made most Advan tageous Arrangements for the Reception and Sale of Produce m England. Our Brokers are of high standing and great ex perience m the trade, and shippers may rely upou their produce being sold at the VERY HIGHEST PRICE Obtainable m the Market, while Charges will be upon the MOST MODERATE SCALE, AND ACCOUNT SALES PROMPTLY [RENDERED. We are prepared also to Make Advances Free of Commission against Grain being held m Stack or iix Store, prior either to Shipment or Sale m 6ur Local Market. Freight space m iron ships of the highest class available at 30a per ton. GOULD, BEAIJMONT & CO., 193 HEREFORD STREET. "TAMES P4-IN AND SONS 9, St. Mary Axe, E,C, and 21, Walworch Road, S.E. ' 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 largest WhoUsale House m the World Illustrated Price List on application. rnRAN SPARE NT BLOCK ICE JL MAKING MACHINERY, ESTABLISHED "DORTER BLANCH AR CWCORD, N",H. U.S.A. Manufacturers of and Dealebs Ahh KINDS OF SPBCIALTT



KYsoothingJ lvjpowders i RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. Pnmmrvm m healthy state of the const!, tution during the period of Teething:. The Hotit «JOHW STfiEDMAN, Chamiat, Walworth, Surrey," JLrc engrjTed on the Government Stamp (Mixed totach Packet Sold By KEMPTHORNE, PKOSSER & CO. TEMtJKA V, ASHBURTON. 20 Tons Temukft " Silver Dust" Roller Flour BEST QUALITY, In 2001 b Sacks, 1001 b, 501 b, and 2511 Bags. A.t Enormous Reductions. The Cash Store. Opposite Harrison's Auction Rooms WAITATI BUSH SAW MILLS. Seventeen miles North of Dunedin. To Architects, Builders and Contrac tors. TTAVING- secured the Extensive Bush at Waitati, 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.



Grain Ships to London. ! nHHJKJ UNDERSIGNED beg to announce to their Clients that Ihey'havo chartered r «(weral First Class Iron Vessels for the conveyance of Wheat to London LOADING DURING- THE MONTHS OF ■' '/^AtABOd, AP'K'IJL., A. IN E> .M. A. V, : ; : at 30s per ton freight. ; Advances made drains!- shipments Free of Commission>nd Interest Friedlander Bros. [ WE ARE CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT, OATS, BAELEY and RYEGEASS^ IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES] HIGHEST PKICES GIVEN* FEIEDLANDJER BHO8 V 4SHBURTON, TINWALD, AND LYNDHHRS SPECIAL EXTRAORDINARY NOTICE. REMOVING iTO TANCREO STREET. J. BISHOP, BEGS to inform his numerous Mends and customers that having taken more ; suitable premises m Tancred Street he will open on SATURDAY th(i|2Btli, with a Lar Sbock of the wide-famed " ZEAL ANDIA!" BOOTS and SHOES, together witi Large Stock of ENGLISH BOOTS and SHOES selected from the, Bast Manufa urers. The Bes Boots m Ashburton for the least money. Quality and Cheapness combined. v Ve buy for Ready Cash, saving our Customers,the large Discount charged to hose who buy on credit. A great deal of money is wasted by not \- knowing ami neglecting to find where to buy Boots at least cost. This you'can , eaaily^save'by dealing>ith the Beat Value Boot Man m Ashburfcon, at the | ' ' ; • ■ ■ ■■ ; .':■■:,■■■. I Zealandia Boot Store, TANCRED STREET, I , ASHBItRTON. ■f. Brockelliailk, Manager.



M- 10 W LANDING FENCING WIBE. FENCING WIEE. Numbers, 8, 9, and 10. BEST FOUR BARBED GALVANIZED WIREJ | IRON STANDARDS Punched to any guage required] j , NEWCASTLE COAL BY THE TRUCK or Winter Supplies, ex ship to any Railway Station at Lowest Rate BIRCH TIMBER fiFANY QUANTITIES W- H. Collins & Co., IRONMONGERS AND IMPORTERS OF *©ILS, PA]INTB, PAPEUHANGINGS] ETC TIMBER & COAL MERCHANTS.; ("Royal Insurance Company. AGENTS FOR-! Grey Valley Coal Company. A~NITWrDnri3ARVELLOUS REMEDY. SOLOMON~SOLUTION Now Creating ft Furore m Australia, owing to its Wonderful Curative Properties. AN OINTMENT FOR MAN OR QUADRUPED a v ig A pOSI^IVE CURE Por Kheumatio Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia. Sprain 3, Wounds, Sores, Swellings, Ringworms, Chilblains, &c, &c. THE SIMPLE HONEST TRUTH. V OcUvia Villa, Howe Crescent, Albert Park, Melbourne. March 11th, 892 Gentlemen,—For nearly three years I nave been a martyr to Rheumatic Gout. Si> months of that period I had positively lost the use of my legs, and for two years I hay. been unable to walk without crutches or sticks. I have had forfcy-eight electric baths, anc •pent three weeks at the springs at Dcyadale. About three weeks ago I was induced t< nse your Solomon Solution, and am now enabled to walk without any assistance whatever I wnte this trusting that it may be the means of inducing ofcher sufferers to give it a trial I am, sincerely yours, George A. Patterson. SOLOMON SOLUTION Is the Most Recent and Wonderful Discovery as a Treatment for HORSES, CATTLE & DOGS. GUARANTEED TO CURE HORSES of Sore Shoulders and Backs, Mange, Girt! alia. Greasy Heels, Cuts, Strains, Swellings, Cracked Heels, Contracted Feet, Splints, &c CURES COWS of Ulcerated Udders, and Sore Teats. . . CURES DOGS of Mange, and every description of Cuts and Sores. yujuu Jwwn ffojfa SPEEDILY AND PERMANENTLY; TRUTH IS STUBBORN. Upper Riccarton, May 20, 1892. A Parsons Esq., Dear Sir,—l have used Solomon Solution for a very severe cv on the racehorse Crackshot, and can testify to its wonderful healing properties. I has the advantage of keeping the sore free of all discharging matter and inflamma tion and though the wound was very severe no scar or blemish has been left *i th horse. I shall be happy to recommend the Solution to my friendships ruly Charlbs O'Connob, . Chnstchurch, May 23, A Parsons. Esq., Christchurch. Dear Sir,—We can testify to the wond« ft cures obtainable by using S.S. We have from time to time used different solu n n; and oan say that it is our intention to use no other m our stable here ana 8 R»ngiora. You can make what use you like of this letter.—Yours faithful j Clarkson & Co. _«____, Sold by ail Medicine Vendors and Saddlers throughout the Colony m Jars, 3s 6d and 7s each. ASHBUKTON AGENTS ASHBT7RTON DEXJG CO W ANDERSON", Saddler. Sole Wholesale Representative m New Zealand : A PARSONS, 161 Hereford Street, CHRISTCHURCH Patentees and Manufacturers: ■ S COX 6 CO., 422 Bourkft Street, MELBOURNE, ._ \ f . , AGENTS WANTED] 5.1< GREGG AND COMPANY, Pure Blended Teas, NEW SEASON, 1889-00 ift PACKETS. 21b FANCY CANISTERS and 51b aso lOfb TINS THESE BLENDS TRY THESE BLENDS /^T^A/TZ\ /*v\ [i EAGLB !) {(Exhibition S if CLUB j) y \ per )»•// Vpn-lb / \P<* Ib/ Oae trial will establish their constant use, To be obtained from ZANDEPI I AM |A CASH BUY OF p\ heat, Barley, JANLJ Grass Seed. B. THOMAS, A. 8 H B V B. T O B\] D. Thomas Late of Matson, Cox, and Co.) LAND, INSURANCE, AND OTATE AGENTj VALUATOB, WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTOft. LOANS NEGOTIATED. WEEKLY SALE.B of Live Stock, Tinwald and Asbburton alternately FORTNIGHTLY SALES of Sheepskins, Fat, Hides, &c, on Fridays. SALES OF WOOL throughout the Season. URAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD on Commission] JLEARING SALES as per arrangement. —_x—— AGENT FOR— Matson and Co, Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin . National MorlgAare Company, Christcliurch ' Booth, Mac Donald and Co., Chriatchuroh Murton and White's Sheep Dip Brantford Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Red wood's Scaly Blighfc Specific Wright, Stephenson, and Co, Dunedin Planet Jupiter Garden a»4 Field Tools. D^ THOMAS, Ashburton.