The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 30 45

Ashbijrtois: Monday, August 7 f 1898.

PRICE: ONE PENNY



.Business Notices. j WHY RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS? THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. HEALTH without Medicine, Hum bug, or Quackery! The weak, depressed, rheumatic, paralytic, nervous, < and debilitated may quickly recover health, strength, tone, and vigor by using CuNitiirGTOir & Oo.'s Direct Acting Medical Coils, as used In the Ohristchurch Hospital and by til the leading medical practitioners and medical electricians throughout the colony. Sufferers should write for circular and full particulars to OtoniwGton & Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Christchurch. 9 5 BhjfsOOTHINGyI LC/J powders I SssJ^ BELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. j Pmaarv* a hoalthy state of th« conaiU tM^en during th« period of Toethln*. • 71u word* "XOHIT BTEJDKAW, , Oh«ml««,Walworth,*urr«y > " Am mgumi on tht Govmmmt stamp ogi*t4 tt tack rmtm- Sold Bt KEMPTHOHNB PROSSER & 00.



Business Justices ORIZA PIRFUiERYT^ 11, Place do la Madeleine, Paris, T E GRAND'S SPECIAL PRODUCTS Savon-Oriza (Orlza Soap)— From the for mule of Dr O. Revell. The best soap for rendering the skin white and soft, Sweetly and refreshingly scented (rose, green and white). Sjvon-Oriza-Velonte, exquisitely per fumed for the toilet and baths. Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— No. 2, extra fine, in boxes, 6 cakes. 12 exquisite perfumes, No. 1. Orlza-Savon-Incorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white violet. Aqua-Oriza—New toilet water^ refreshing to the skin. Orba-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. Oriza-Aciduline—Toilet vinegar, aromatic and disinfectant, specially adapted for adies' toilets. Oriza-Scotch-Lavender— Sprigs of Scotch lavender flowers; a rich toilet water, de - Cologne ■ Oriza — The high-life toilet water Oriza-Water- Concentrated and lasting, Extract of superior Eau-de-Cologne. Gouttea - Oriza • Dentifrice—An extract for preserving he teeth and gums in 1 good health and preventing decay. Oriza-Dentaire, in paste or powder, for whitening the teeth without affecting the enamel. Ess Orlza -et • Orlza-Lys—Perfumes for scenting linen and the handkeroh • without staining. Orlza-Oil—Variously perfumed; for ren dering the hair soft and brilliant, and preventing it from falling off. Oriza-Lacte (Oriza Milk)—An emulsive lotion, refreshing tonic to the Bkin, removing re spots and preventing wrinkles on the face. Oreme Oriza (of Ninon de Lencios)—For producing a beautiful white com plexion with the clearness and velvety softness of youth. Or Ealine-Colotante (the best hair dye)— For Instantaneously dyeing the hair to any shade and with no dangor to health. boxes, each with brushes comb, ctus, and bottle; or In boxes, the bottle only without accessories Ess-Oriza-Incoiore Vlolette of the very most exquisite perfume, quite a nosegay of violets. ss-Oiiza Suave white lotrope Bon queb of the flc wei



JOB COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, " ■ Influenza, Consumption, &c, &o XAT'S COMPOUND ESSENCE OF LINSEED, V Aniieed, Senega, Sqaill, Tolu, &o CAY'S COMPOUND, it demulcsnt expectorant, for Cougbg, Colda, and Chest Complaints < AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is equally serviceable for horws and cattle <AY'S TIC PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Faceache, dec. Contain Quinine, Iron, <fee INUM CATHABTIOUM PTLLS, digestive, correo _ tire, and agreeably aperient COAGULINH-C«n«nt for Broken Articles. Sold •Terywhsro, Manufactory, Stockport, England /~VNE box of Clark's B 41 Pilla la war- V_J ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sez (aoquired or constitutional), gravel and atns fn the back. Guaranteed free from mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors Sold proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Oeuntiei Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses. "TTK)Rthe Blood i« the Life. Clark's world JJ famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, •enrvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases, aadsores of all kinds, its effects are marvel loos. Thousands of testimonials. Sold n bottles 2s 9d, and 11s each by chemists and patent medicine vendors everywhere. Sole proprietors: The Lincoln and Mid and Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England. TOWLES' PENNYROYAL AND STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons so preys*, lent with the sex. Boxes Is I£dto2s 9d pf all Chemists and Patent Medicine Yen dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLN and MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of imita • tlons



PAE OIDIUM MANUFACTURED BT Gounelle Jeune, SALON—FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: CEO. BURK FRAKCART & CO., 3 SOMERSET PJLACB, MELBOURNE. A MOST powerful Insecticide, and guaranteed to destroy Oidium, Mil dew, Vine Parasites, Chlorosis, and Para- j sitical Insects of Plants, "Vegetable Gardens, etc Is now in use in most of the Vineyards in Victoria and gives great satisfaction. The Par Oidium has been tried in the great Western District on Peach Trees with great •access. ORPHAN OIL, The great discovery for Phylloxera, Codlin Moth, and disease in Sugar Cane. for Pamphlets and al information apply to GEO. BURK PRANCART k CO., 3 Somebset Plaob, MELB OURNE. i THE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM MUSTARD LEAF IS of an easy employ, clean, takes little space, ia ready for immediate use and acts promptly. ! Everybody should always hare »t hand a few Mustard Leaves, for they are known to prevent a great number of in dispositions. The Sinapism is employed with success in oases of Neuralgia, Diseases of the Throat, Palpitations of the Heart, Convulsions, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Congestion* Paralysis, and Apoplectic fits. Prepared with choice Mustard Powdet the Universal Sinapism possesses all the qualities of conservation and activity. Directions for use accompany each napism. PARIS: P. Meuxey, 135 Rue St-Antoine. To ba had from all Chemists and fron AUSTRALIAN DRtJO COMPANY -JZD. Sydney



TTEATING'S LOZENGES TTBATING'S LOZENGES TREATING S LOZENGES "A Simpw Fact about" KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. Ask throughout the world, in any country that can be named, yen will find them largely sold. There is Absolutely no remedy that is bo speedy in giving relief, so certain to cure, and yet the most delicate can take them. A TERRIBLE COUfcH A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH J\ 94, Commercial road, Peckham, July 12. " Dear Sir,—l am a poor hand at express- Ing my feelings, but I should like to thank you. Your lozenges have done wonders in relieving my terrible cough. Since I had the operation of 'Tracheotomy' (the same M the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, toank God, I am still alive) performed »t St. Bartholomew's Hospital, no one could possibly hare had a more violent oough; it was so bad at times that it quite exhausted me. The mucus, which was very copious Mid hard, has been softened, and I have been able to get rid of it without difficulty. —I am, sir, yours truly, J. HILL.' lITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY UNRIVALLED The above speaks for tself. From strict Inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keating's Cough Lozenges is under stated. The operation was a specially ■ever* one, and was performed by the specialist, Dr H. T. Butlin, of St. Bartho lomew's Hospital. Sinoe the operation the only means of relief is the rue of these Losenges. So successful are they that one affords immediate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat irritation is intense. WEIGHT IN GOLD WEIGHT IN GOLD WEIGHS IN GOLD Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill, again writes: " I should long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges—^ art I will gladly see and tell anyone what a splendid cough remedy they are." . „ , Keating's Cough Lozenges, the unrrvalled, remedy for Coughs, Hoarseness, and Throat Troubles are sold in tins by all Chemists. BLANCARDS lODINE OP IRON p|T T O APPROVED by the Academy of Medicine of Paris, are especially , ecommended by the Medical Celebrities of the World for Scrofula (Tumors, King's Evil, etc.), the early stage* of Consumption, Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of Blood and for tlmulating and regulating its (ourse. Nop.e genuine unless signed 1 Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. Bold by Druggists and Chemists through ut the ColoniM AN ENORMODS AMOUNT OF liabor SaTed IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors by using „ The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacturers. CxmNiaaTOK & Co., 1W Gloucester Street, ghrlatghuroh, 991



10W VITALITY DR CHURCHILL S Syrup Hypophosphite of Lime prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chroul Cough and General Debility Xt mtains two of the principal Ingre^ clients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, via., Phosphorus and Lime. Ifc cannot be tor ghly recommended for Delica Childre Or Churchill 8 Compound Syrup o HYPOPHOSPHITES U real Brain Feed, and in cases Ofuscular and Nervous Exhaustion ki acquired a world-wide reputation. Eaca bottle bears Dr Churchill's signature Price, Prepared <nly by SWANN pHEMIST WANNj UHEMIST, PARIS



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__Business Notices] ■ New Zealand Insurance Company. BSTABLIShTd'"^ „ 1859 CAPITAL—ONFMILLION. THE PEEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, 8 NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY IFIRE AND "MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— . 5; RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, rHBESHING MACHINES, Ao., ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RATES MILES & CO., LIMITED. AGENTS'



TO-DAY. SPECIAL SALE. OF Ladlea' and Children's Ulsters, Mantles, i Capes, and Fur-JLlned Cloaks. ZA.LSO, OF A 7 WELLINGTON WAEE HOUSE MAN'S! ENTIRE STOCK Wewj^Season's Dress Fabrics ILL THE NEWEST AND BEST GOODS OF THE SEASON AT LESS [THAN One Quarter Producers' Cost W. STRAME & CO.. OHRTBTOHCJROH.



Miles and Co., Limited Plough Shares. CTTE AXE PREPARED TO SUPPLY BOTH HORNSBY'S AND RANSOM'S, At prices hitherto unheard of in Ashburton, being in direct communication with the makers, and having received large shipments from both manufacturers SEEDS. We have for Sale Large Stocks of FRESH, GENUINE, AND RELIABLE SEEDS, Specially Selected Including Colonial Bed and White Olover and Oowgrass, Timothy, Ryegrass and Cocksfoot. Imported Red Clover, Cowgrass, White Olover, and Alsyke, Clean Seed Wheat, Oats, Barley, etc., of best quality. MINUKES. HIGH-CLASS MANURES suitable for all conditions of soil. Anglo-Continental Superphosphates guaranteed at time of shipment to. contain 3713 per cent of soluble Phosphates, Bonedust, Guano. Station A Farm Stores. We always keep in stock the following leading lines—Flour, Bran, Sharps, Oatmeal, Tea, Sugar, Currants, Raisins. Kerosene (Royal Oil Brand) Candles, Soap, Fine and Coarse Salt, Boiled and Raw Linseed and Castor Oils, Red and Black Tattoo Oil for Branding, Hematite, Sheep Netting, beat drawn annealed Fencing Wire, all numbers, Iron Standards, Barbed Wire, Drain Pipes, etn. Auction Sales, Stock, etc. ASHBURTON AND TINWALD-WEEKLY. HINDS AND RAKAIA-MONTHLY. SALES OF HIDES, SKINSJTALLOW, AND WOOL, HELD FORTNIGHTLY AT ASHBURTON 'Mites an(i Co., Limited. Ui. W. HANMEB, Auctioneer. JuAbiurtoii ond Rakaia.



i IFi YOU LIKE NICE TEA^ASKikYOURiCROCER FOR NELSONS A m DATEtc^ vMvmiK cexebrated^thebssli:i^j/^»^l PURE INDIAN CHIMA^CEYCON TEASI I PROCURABLE J WILLIAM SpAEEOW, Tailor and Outfitter, HIGH-CIjASS WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED. AN ESTABLISHED REPUTATION! FORJ PERFECT FIT AND STYLE -A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF-, TWERDS AND COATINGS SERGES, MELTONS, I Ana FANCY TROUSERINGS, OVERCOATINGS, Ac. WATERPROOF OOATS IN STOCK AND MADE TO ORDER] MENJ3 T7NDEROLOTHINQ OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, ALL THE NEWEST STYLES INJJ HATS AND SCABVES. WILLIAM BPARKOW, BAST STREET, Next to J, SEALY & CO., Seed Merchants.



DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) A UCTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, and ESTATE AGEN'f,iVALUATOR WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON. Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashburton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fat, Hides, etc., en 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, McDonald, and Co., Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip Brantford Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Redwood's. Scaly Blight Specific Wright, Stephenßon and Co., Dunedin Planet Jupiter Garden and Field Tools. D. T,HO MA B, ASHBURTOtf, Grass Seed Cleaning. Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Cleaning* Plant* in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYSGRAS3 as it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates.J D, Thomas, ASHBURTON. f rm a Casb Purchaser OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGRASS, ETC, [TN.tARGE ORJSMALL QUANTITIES David Thomas, ASHBT7RTON ASHBUBTON SKIN SALES. 1 SHALL HOLD A FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF SHEEPSKINS, JPATv, Hlfifi TALLOW, &o>, throughout the season, starting from FEIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893. I>, Tlioiii<im» Aib'jtotoxi.



Business Notices. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETI. i Offices : Tancred Street, Asiucktok. rjlO Encourage the Baring of small sums J_ the Society will take MONEY ON DEPOSIT In sums of One Pound and upwards, In i terest 6 per cent on the following condi -1 tdons:— ; Sums of One Pound and «pwar^s . received on Deposit, and Interest will be allowed on every complete Pound deposited, to be reckoned from the day on which » complete Pound shall have been deposited, up to the day on when the money shall be withdrawn, .. .A Depositor may withdraw the whole or part of che sun deposited, but not in leas sums than One Pound, except when olosing the aooount. Deposits taken for 3 months at 6 per oent for longer periods at 6  For particulars apply EDWD. STEPHENS, Manager.



JOIIN O. RkBTEMj, GRAIN k WOOL STORES, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. GRAIN MERCHANT, SHIPPINC, FINANCIAL ft COMMISSION AGENT, &o. CASH PURCHASER Of WHEAT, BARLET, OATS RYEGKASB SEED, etc. COMMODIOU3 STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. ALWAYS "ON SALE— Oornmclrs, Woolpacks, Twine, Super phosphates, Pearl-Guano, Genera. Farm and Station Stores, Ac. Cap* Barley, Grass, Clover, Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, AT LOWEST CHRRENT PRICES. AGENT TOR THE New Zealand Loan and M rcantUe Union Fir* and Mrrfne Insurance Company. Howard's Digging Ploughs. Cooper's Sheep Dip, Sutherland's Mamure, aec, ~- JOHN O. REBTELL, In conjunction wilh the cimui *«earcr co., JLd. JOHN R BLAND, Aactionecr. iuctloneen, Wool Brokers, Land and Financial Agents, &c., ar» prepared to transact Farm and Station Business on the most favorable terms. WOOL WOOL, WOOL LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADS AGaTKST ENSV7ING CLIPS. Commission on Advances, and at the IiOWEST CURRENT RATES OF 7NTFREST



GREAT SALE AT B. ALCOBFS, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS. DOUBLE BLANKETS 6 — from 8s 9d to 12s 6d 4 10 — from 12a 3d to 17s 8d 4 ■ II — from 16s 9d to 22s 3d 4 THESE ARE THE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN NEW ZEALAND, MEN'S and BOYS' COLONIAL SUITS, :hats, caps, shirts, shirtings, FLANNELLETTES and FLANNELS, RU&S, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, SHEETING, BOOTS AND SHOES. EVERYTHING REDUCED FOR CASH FOR ONE MONTH.



JD OSTE RS, Dodgers, Billheads, X~ Programmes, Memorandum Forms, Wedding Cards, Memoriam Cards, In vitation Cards, Order Blccks, Threshint Machine Books, Receipt and Delivery Books, Banquet Menus, and Tickets of all kinds. THIS ISIIBUiTOi riRUSUI\G fill LIMITED, #■ Having t supply of Superior Jobbing 'type, Fancy Cards, andfipeeial Lines of Paper, can execute' Tery description of Printing on the shortest notice, in the beat style, and at reasonable rate*, Tucker and Bean TTAVE FOR 8A L X ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE & BLACK PINE FIREWOOD i LIME AND CEMENT AND i BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. - PXODUCE. OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, &o. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS, Just Landing—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COAL Tucker & Resin, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL PRODUOE MERCHANTS. THE RONGO PAI TENEI Kki KOUTOU KATOA HEacbesm Stewart's KEW CURE FOR ASTHMA. EW CUBE KOTI CROUP EV CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA JEW CURE FOR CHRONIC IiEONCHITTS. Prept red from the Mountain A»d forest Plants of New Zealand} In Asthma the New Cure has proved ltse to be Heai and Shoulders Above. All Qcher Remedies - ■- rpHE KEW CURE is the only Spedfi JL, yet discovered for Diphtheria. In Croup tl;o JSSW CURK has no rival It saves emetics, li e nting fires, hot baths, and all the attendant worry incidental of the arrival of the Midnight Monster. In .fyphcid Fever the NEW OfJHX ~* disinfects, soothes^ and gives refreshing eleep. The NEW CURE Is the only tret Lnng Disinfectant x



In no instanc. has a death occurred from diptherift when the "New Oore has been free! / ased from the first onto of the disease, and so great are its pro tective powers, that the complaint ha* never been known to spread to othw members of the family. The New Cure, 3s 6d ; GrindelU Robot* Giear Asthma Tobaoco, 2s 6d AWING TO THE SUCCESS U WHICH HAS ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find it necessary to PBOOURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do- T TAKE tbe opportunity to thank the Public of Ashbanoft for their kind patronage, and to say that I hope to continae to merit their support. 11. E. Bonnlngtoa, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST EAST STREET, ASHBURTCNi



IT IS THE BEST, SO - -■» Sold by all Grocers and Storekeepera s ' ■.■;;;- ■- \^ :- - Coffee and Spice Factory, Timani. and c*rn good income. Apply early « , -.V: :.:-;' ■■:.: ■■ ;::-:-::-^: V.v:- ■ vi|;!#'l}«|;. J 1 ij 1,", 'i|



BtJRNETT STREET — II 13 ST AITB A * T.— MBS. G. H. BSYANT BEGS to notify that she has taken tHt centrally situated RESTAURA.NI in BURNETT STREET, lately carried on by Mrs Ranger, and hopes to be favored with the same liberal suppor that was accorded to her predecessor. HOT MEALS AT THE USUAL HOURS SPECIAL TERMS to Weekly Boarders * GATERJNG undertaken for balls, etc. on the shortest notice. 5 142 [A CARD]. MRS A- C. CLARIDGE, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE & ORGAN, COX STREET, { aSHBURTON. ! XERMS ON APPWQATION.