THE ABHBURTON GTTAfcDIAtf: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1891



T^ L IX I R -XT 1 T M fnn ooiTnn.S AND COLDS. 1 his w.jiiduiiul preparation is the pro* luct of experiments extending over five years, and has been judged to be withou exception the Best Cough Mixture ever )fFered to the suffering public. The ingredients have been carefully selected and proportioned so as to exactly suit, all these Coughs and Colds unfortu nately too frequent m our climate. If your cold is slight, a dose or two of Elixir Vitee will cure. HK severe, you may nsve immediate relief by using Elixir Vitae. If your chest is weak, or you seem fn clir.ed to be consumptive with a little cough now and then, Elixir Vitro w york wonders m your case. Jfilixir Vitse is sold m Bottles at Is 6d and 2a 6d each. All Grocers and most chemist. W. J, BUSH AND CO. TySTILLEKS and IMFCBTEBS OF ESSENTIAL OILS & FRUI2 ESSENCES,/ SOLUBLE ESSENCES For Aerated Water Manufacturers Extra Super Lemon, which is double the Strength of Ordinary Commercial Qualities. TfAN HOUTEN 'S PURE SOLUBLE COCOA] Best and Goes Farthest It is the Original All others are Imitations; Family Dairy Churns, Factory Churn Factory Butter Workers, Family Butter Workers, Butter Pack] ag«s, Print Butter Car riers, German Dairy Paper. And everything needed m a complete Creamery or Butter Factory. Send for Circulars and Prices, PORTER BLANCHARD'S SONS Concord, N.H., U.SA] Established 1818 FRENCH CREAM GUM EXTRACT, For producing a Head of Creamy Rich ness upon all kinds of Syrups, iErated Waters, Beers, Ales Cider, Champagne' &c. Artillery Lane LondonJ mUAN SPARE NT BLOCK ICE i_ MAKING MACHINERY. ESTABLISHED "DORTER BLANCH AR CONCORD, N.H. U.S.A. Manufacturers of and Dealers all kinds of Dairy Goods* SPECXA r.TtES TAMES PAIN AND SOWS 9, St. Mary Axe, E.G., and2l, WaJworrh Road, S.E. WHOLESALE AND EXPORT FIRE WORK MANUFACTURERS. Shippers supplied on the most reasonable terms. .10. Lls, L2O, and L 25 Cases suitable for every Market, The Largest Wholesale House m the World Illustrated Price List on application.



'! frPTlf 1 Oin on. WE HAVE JUST LANDED ex s.s. •'»Jce»na," s.s VJOU.UJ.CMJJ..tJII « " Doric," and h.b. " Pkeha," direct, from the Best Manufacturers a Splendid Lot of Hew Winter ftoods Comprising all the NEWEST DESIGNS m B^ST QUALITY, WEST OF ENGLAND SUITINGS, REAL BANNOCKBURNS, WORSTED COAT INGS, CHECKS, STRIPES, AND FANCY CHEVIOT SERGES, STRIPED WORSTED TROUSERINGS, FANCY WINTER VESTINGS, ETC. WE have also just opened a Choice Stock of the Best Colonial Goods including ashburton, roslyn, mosgiel, kaiapoi, and wellington tweeds m nb:w patterns. A complete Stock of New Winter Hats, Caps, Shirts, Ties, Bugs, Blankets, Port manteaux, and Travelling Trunks, Overcoats, Waterproof Coats, Umbrellas and Leggings. BOYS' and YOUTHS' NEW WINTER SUITS m all sizes. MEN'S AND BOYS' BOOTH and SHOES of EVERY DESCRIPTION. Best English Hand-Sewn Goods (imported direct from the makers) and Reliable N.Z. Makes. ggj* EVEBY PAIR GUARANTEED to give GOOD WEAR. SPARROW FBERRYIAN TAILORS and OUTFITTERS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. I' ' SPECTACLES. ~~~, N. LAZARUS & (JO., oculist-opticians. 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 m our system of sight testing (patent 4354) which is now being universally adopted, and may be consulted for SPECTACLES OR EYE GLASSES DAILY. , Our "SPECIALITE" SPECTACLES and EYEGLASSES fitted with LENSES, correcting the defects of each eye, and m frames adjusted for Comfort and Good Appearance are, m nearly all cases, supplied at once, after the sight is tested by our agents, or (m preference) on the prescriptions of ophthalmic surgeons. The Medical Profession and all interested m Optical Science are invited to see this beautiful test and all the lafcsst improvements m Lenses and Frames as advised by the most eminent Oculists. 2 51 PUBLIC TRUST $$& OFFICE OF N.Z. THE Public Trust Office of New Zealand offers great advantages to its clients including State guarantee against the fraud or dishonesty of the Public Trustee The following comparison oi business between the years 1879 and 1889 will showthe rogress made :~ 1879-80 1889 Cash receipts .„ „ .... £41,813 .. £183,336 Total transact ons, per balance-sheet ... ... £92,318 .., £835,202 Securities- General Investment Account .„ £70,864 ... £216,943 Special Investment Account  £2,655 ... £245,839 Expenses Account—Total receipts -62,139 ... £14,482 Administrations ... ... ... ... ... 172 ... 258 Probates and trusts , ... 14 .. 30 Wills provisionally accepted ... 1 ... 42 Letters received .., 2,122 ... 10,326 Letters despatched .„ ... _, ... 1,432 13,003 J. J. M. HAMILTON, District Agent Reductions. Reductions. COOKING RANGES7°COOKING RANGES, Any make, at Reduced Prices from this date. TIMBER, TIMBER. TIMBER. We have 50,000 ft. of Dry Seasoned Match-Lining and Flooring m stock and ready for use. 200,000 ft. of Boards and Scantling, WE are Prepared to Supply MATERIALS of the very BEST DESCRIPTION for Buildings throughout; from the foundations to the last touch of Paint required. Clients are invited to bring their Orders to us direct, as being direct Importers we have no commissions to pay, and can supply at first coat. W. H. Collins & Co., IRONMONGERS AND IMPORTERS OF OILS, PAINTS, PAPERHANGING ETC., TIMBER & COAL MERCHANTS. —**** — ("Royal Insurance Company. AGENTS FOR] Grey Valley Coal Company. 3 82 KAIAPOI HOUSE. TELEGRAM TO MITCHELL & TURNER, ASHBURTON. "GOODS NOW IN PORT, WILL CLEAR AND FORWARD AT ONCE." SCLANDERS, & CO., Christchurch, March 10, 1892, THE ABOVE REFERS TO OUR FIRST SHIPMENT OF AUTUMN ""DRAPERY, WHICH IS NOW LANDED AND OPEN FOR INSPECTION NEW DRESSES NEW HOSIERY NEW MACINTOSHES NEW GLOVES HEW ULSTERS NEW CORSETS NEW BLANKETS NEW FUR GOODS LINOLEUMS CARPETS, RUGS QDT?r*T A T • TWELVE YARDS HEAVY HOMESPUN. LINING AND orEj UI r\ L#. buttons complete for 8s na. MITCHELL & TURNER wiinnc; to this tkvi>k. J. BISHOP, PRACTICAL BOOT MANUFACTURER, i^* HAS TAKEN THE LEAD IN THE BOOT TRADE. I AM far ahead of all others. The public have decided my Boots are the best, and lead everything m the Market, Style Unequalled. Perfection m Fit. Best of service at LOWEST PRICES. My motto is TZHIDS BEST. I respectfully call upon you to inspect and judge for yourselves whether I am not far ahead of all competition. The fight is for you ; you must support me. The contest for you ; you must stand by me, and you will be delighted, as greater and better things will be done for you from T O - 3D-A."y- CORNER OF E4ST AND MOORE STREETS. J BrockeHmnk, Manager.



Business Notices W. H. C L lER "JS now making the FIRST AUTUMN SHOW of NEW, USEFUL, AND FASHIONABLE GOODS for the coming Season, m variety to suit all pockets. Tho NEWEST DRESS GOODS. The latest Trimmings m Bead, Gimp, Fancy Plushes, etc. Millinery m endless variety to suib everyone. Novelties m Mantles, Sealetto Jackets, Ulsters, and Paletots m every Size, Shape, and Oolor. New Ribbons. New Laces. New Gloves. Special line of Gauntlet Gloves m Black and Colors at Is 6d. English and Colonial Blankets, all sizes and qualities. Colonial Flannels, all qualities and colors, best value m the trade, from 10£ d per yard. Men's and Boys' OVERCOATS, English and Colonial SUITS, SHIRTS, BRACES, TIES, etc. NEW BOOTS for the wet weather, the Celebrated Strong Wear." Children's and Infants' BOOTS and SHOES m endless variety. XF 1 ALL AT MOST REASONABLE PRICES. *C1 "THE COItIT E R , --" OPTICIAN, <*- EAST STREET, ASHBURION, Clearing Sale of Salvage Stock mO COMMENCE ON FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1892, when all the Stock partly damaged by the late fire WILL BE SOLD AT LESS THAN HALF COST PRICE. NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. CLOCKS, JEWELLERY WATCHES, AND ELECTROPLATE. Be Sukb of the Adbeess— ORR'S BUILDINGS, Between MR MoGREQOR'S and MR JOHN ORR'S, Four Doors South from Late Whop. § ROBERT MURRAY* xlx Watch and Clock MAKER. GOLD AND SILVERSMITH, OPTICIAN &cj ALWAYS IN STOCK, A VERY LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT OF WATCHES, JEWELLERY, PLATE, CLOCKS, OPTICAL GOODS, &c, Specimens of Work on view m Shop Window. EAST STREET",O^ASHBUETON. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO COUNTRY ORDERS POST OR TELEGRAPH. I AM A CASH BUYER OF Wheat, Oats, Barley, AND Grass Seed. D. THOMAS, ASHBURTON j i j D. Thomas Late^of'Matson, Cox, and Co.) AUCTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, AND ESTATE AGENT 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. GRAIN 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 J Brantford Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance] Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Redivood'a Scaly Blight Specific Wright, Stephenson, and Co, Dunedin Planet Jupiter Garden and Field jTools, D«jTHOMAS, Ashburton.



Public r etc s. Carbol Crystal. THE GREAT AMERICAN SHEEP DIP. ivoN-jpoiJsorsroxJS USE NO OTHER. rpHLS most effective Dip can now be *~ obtained from me, and Testimonials can be seen at my office from E. Herring, Esq., the late Hon. W. 8. Pecer, W. Lyttelton, Esq., W. A. Low, Esq., (St. Helen's Station), and many others. For further particulars apply to Henry Zander, AGENT, ASHBCJRTON. 3§lO PUBLIC CHALLENGE. BROOKE'S "PERFECT" SHEEP DIP VJBBSTT.-1 LITTLE'S FLCTD DIP and the Great American CARBOL CRYSTAL DIP. I HEREBY challenge the agents of these two imported Dips to a public trial, to be conducted under the auspices of the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association, the losers to pay £10 each to the funds of the Society for their trouble m carrying out the trial. The conditions I make are—That the Committee shall consist of six persons, free from bias, no member of the Com mittee to have used any of the three Dips either last season or this one. That the Committee shall include an expert m wool, and amongst other things that points shall be awarded for the condition of the wool at shearing ; also after scouring and after dyeing. The Dip used to be obtained haphazard from any outside agent. CM BROOKE, ASHBUBTON WAITATI BUSH SAW MILLS, Seventeen miles North of Dunedin. TO ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, HAVING Secured the Extensive Bush at Waitati, where we have just completed our Mills and Tramway to the .Railway Station, We are prepared to DELIVER TIMBEK AND MINING PROPS, Direct at Railway Stations, North and South of Waitati, thus saving to Customers MIDDLEMEN'S PROFITS. LARGE STOCKS OP DOORS AND SASHES. FINDLAY & MURDOCH, 3+148 DUNEDIN. GVNS. GUNS. POWDEK, SHOT, CARTRIDGES, CAPS, WADS ETC. "TO"E HAVE NOW A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OK Sporting' Requisites AS ABOVE. Intending purchasers should inspect Our New Stock BEFORE GIVING THEIR ORDERS. \ John Orr and Co,



Public ivotice3 FOR~SALK ' of\ C\ ACRE FARM close to Hinds jU\J\J Hallway Station. 150 ACRES of this is good land, ready for crop. Easy terms. Apply to 31159 JOHN ORR & CO. TT7HTTTINGTON'S Tomato|Sauce. VV together with testimonials, may be seen at Mrs James', Fruiterer, Bast Street, and Mrs Pearson's, Fruiterer, Wakanui Road, where orders will be received and prices given. 3 165 CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. rpHE Annual General Meeting of 1 Members will be held at the office of Mr D. Thomas, Arcade, on SATUR DAY, April 2, at 7.30 p.m. P 3. SEALY, 3J179 Hon. Sec. MOUNT~SOMIBS COAL. TiTESSRS W. H, COLLINS & CO. having ceased to be my Agents on March 20, all Accounts due after that date are to be paid to the Undersigned. All Orders sent to me at Mount Somers will be promptly executed. 3 185 A. E. HARRIS. ASHBURTON SALEYARDS, It/TBSSRS MILES & CO. are instructed IVI to offer by auction on Tuesday next, 1 /»AA MERINO EWES, from the Xvlv/vy Mesopotamia fetation, sound mouths and m fair condition. J. T. FORD, Auctioneer, i GEO. JAMESON, 3*194 Agent, Ashburton. Boots. Boots. BOOTS. WANTED KNOWN.-—I am now m a position to supply BOOTS and SHOES of every description at the Lowest Price ever heard of m Ashburton. The above has been made to my own special order m the best factory m Canterbury, therefore Customer a rely upon getcing a genuine article for very little money. I Note the address — O'CONNORS LITTLE SHOP, Mr Bullock's Arcade. N.B.—Ordered work of eveiy kind, Hand Sewn, Pegged, or Riveted, made on the Premises ; also Repairs. SOMERSET BUTCHERY. MR W. H. RULE, while thanking his patrons for past favors, begs to intimate that he has disposed of his Butchering Business as from March 26, to Mr W. J. Silcock, and asks for him a continuance ot the liberal support received m the past. W. H. RULE. In reference to the above announce ment, the undersigned trusts that by fair and honorable dealing, and supplying goods of the best quality at the lowest prices, to receive the same support as was enjoyed by his predecessor. 3§lßo W. J. SILCOCK. To H. FRItiDLANDER, Esq^ Mayor, Ashburton. WE, the Undersigned Burgesses, request that you will proclaim WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, A HALF-HOLIDAY from 1 p.m., On the occasion of the United Temper ance Demonstration. And we agree to CLOSE our respective places of business on that date : — Robert Alcorn, J. Kirby, J. Moison, H. M. Jones, Sparrow and Berryman, Ashburton Drug Co.. Ld, (conditional), C. M. Brooke (conditional), Jap. Hesel tine, Wm. F. Hannaford, R. E. Dowle, j G. Worner, butcher, J. Bishop, L. F. Andrewes and Co., vVm. Anderson, Ann James, A. Robot!om, A. Orr, John Orr r , New Zealand Clothing Factory (per W. 1 H. Webber), J. Nicholas, J. W. Uardley, Mitchell and Turner, S. W. Alcorn. Stephens Brothers, W. H. Rule, W. W. Spencer, P. O'Connor, E. McGregor, Pickford and Undrill, Working Men's Co-operative Society, W. J. Hampton, Robert McCallum, Jas. Patterson, G. Jesson, W. Pollock, W. H. Collins and Co., H. M. Carson, R. S. Bean, W. H. Collier, D. Williamson, George James, J. Dineen, H. C. Segers, W. Patching, Sam Burnard, Jno. C. Grubb, H. and E. Craighead, James Baker, Light's Cash Store, J. McDonald, Tasker Bros., Baker and Brown, Ashburton Coach Factory, H. A. Vesty, Thos. E. Kilworth, J. Gamble. In compliance with a very numerously signed requisition from the Burgesses of Ashburton, asking me to proclaim WEDNESDAY, April 6, a Half-Holiday, on the occasion of the United Temperance Demonstration, I have very great pleasure m doing so. and request the Burgesses of Ashburton to CLOSE their Business Promises on that day as from 1 p.m. Hugo Fkiep lander. Mayor. Ashburton B .iough Council Chambers, March 29, 1892. 3 191 GREY VALLEY COAL IS THE BEST COAL FOR THRESHING MACHINES. OIXTEEN per cent morejieat than O Newcastle Coal, STEAMERS arriving twice Weekly. WE ARE NOW MANUFACTURING BRIQUETTE S, THE NEW PATENT FUEL. ! No Slack. No Clinker. No Waste. The Grey Calley Coal Company, Ltd. W. H. COLLINS & CO., Agents. The world is ever moving on towards perfection, butseldom attains it, Constant improvement is being made m every brancli of industry, but m Baking Powders Perfection has been reached m Warburton's Cart t Be Beat.



MR T. BULLOCK. ~ CHEAP PROPERTIES. FOR SALE. —Section m Wills street, together with a seven-roomed Dwelling house, nicely situated, fronting the Domain £ a Section m Cox street with Small Building 38 0 Corner Section, Burnett street west, with Cottage, capital site 112 0 Section m Cameron street west... 16 10 Heciion m Cox street east ... 30 0 Section m Moore street west .. 12 10 Section m Cameron street east, capital site for a house 35 0 2 Sections, together with 4-roomed Cottage, Peter street west ...148 0 Is ice Property m Moore street ... 155 0 Section m Burnett street, cen trally situated, first-class land... 40 0 T. BULLOCK. Public Notices, TRESPASS NOTICE. A NY Person found trespassing m ■XJL. pursuit of game or otherwise on the Westerfield Estate WILL BE PROSECUTED. 3§192 TODHUJSTBR & DOWDING. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. VTOTICE is hereby given that the .1 \| resolution passed at a Special Meeting of the Council held on March 28 inst., appointing WEDNESDAY as the day on which the half-holiday shall be held under " The Factories Act, 1891," excepting m the case of the Ashburton Publishing Company, m which the day shall be THURSDAY, will be confirmed at the Ordinary Meeting to be held on MONDAY, April 25, prox. CHAS. E. FOOKS, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, March 30, 1892. 3 195 PIANOFORTE AND ORGAN Show Rooms. MESSRS MILNER & THOMPSON desire to intimate to the Public that they have rearranged the Ashburton Branch of their MUSIC Depot under the management of Mr H. M. Jones, and INVITE INSPECTION of some really first-class PIANOS and ORGANS now on view. Easy terms of Payment. All Instruments Guaranteed. Largest Selection m the Colony to choose from. H. M. JOKES. 3127 PASTORAL LEASE OF GRAY'S HILLS STATION TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. NOTICE is hereby given that the Pastoral Lease of the Under mentioned Run, will be offered for Sale by Public Auction at this Office on TUESDAY, the twenty-sixth April, 1892, at 12 o'clock noon. . SUN 71, Gray's Hills Station, Mac kenzie County, about 29,862 acres, Term of lease, 18 years and 1C months, fixed tenure, from May lj 1892. Upset rental, £600 pei annum. The lease, all costs whereof shall be borne by the purchaser, will be from the Canterbury College. The lease shall be subject to the right of the Canterbury College or the Crown 7 to dispose of the freehold of the whole of the Run or any part thereof by way of sale. Provision is made m the memorandum of lease to meet this contingency. Six months' rent must be p«id on the fall of the hammer, four months' rent on the Ist November, 1892, and thereafter half-yearly on the Ist March and the Ist September m each year. Possession will be given on MAY 1, 1892. Plans and full particulars as to terms of lease, may be obtained at this Office, The Tima.ru Land Office, or from the Registrar of Canterbury College. J. W. A. MARCHANT, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, March 11, 1892. 3 193 timbeeTTWrnituee. SELLING OUT-FOR CASH. BUILDING TIMBER at following prices : per 100 superficial ft. Alford Forest Birch at 8s 6d Red Pine Scantling at 11s 6d Weather Boards at 10s White Pine, linfloooring (seasoned) 13s 6d "White Pine, Jin Match-lining, do 10s DOORS & SASHES, CORRUGATED IRON and all necessaries for Building. FURNITURE, CROCKERY, FANCY GOODS, and Clegg's Perambulators, ALL AT REDUCED PRICES FOR CASH. James Baker, Opposite Harrison's Auction Rooms, i 3J187 ~~ TENDERS TENDERS are invited for grubbing gorse on Trevor's Road, Hampstead, also the small paddock adjoining, fronting the river, up to MONDAY, April 4. The highest or any tender not necessarily ac cepted. For further particulars apply to V T. BULLOCK, 3 162 Estate Agent. 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. JAMES/^|UINN, Watchmaker *c£ 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 m great variety. Over 100 good second-hand English Levers and others m first class order. No reasonable offer refused. Also, a large Milner's Safe. Trusting intending purchasersAvillinspect. JAMES QTJINIV, Watchmaker and Jeweller, East street 12 ASHBURII'N" GUARDIAN DUNEDIN AGENCY "itTR R T WHEELER, Stafford Street Dunedin has been appointed our Agent, and will be able to arrange terms with a4vertisei"3 for contract advertise k