The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 3050

Ashburtois : Saturday, August It*, 1898.

PRICE: ONE PENNY



Emsiness Notices. WHY RUN UP DOCJTORS BILLS? THE ELECTRIC CURB IS THK BEST. "TTEALTH withoub Medidna, Hum- JTX bug, or Quackery! The weak, depressed, rheumatic, paralytic, nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, atrength, tone, and vigor by { using OtnmnroTON & Co.'s Direct Acting Medical Ooils, as used in the Christchurch Hospital and by *11 the leading medical practitioners and medical electricians throughout the colony. Sufferers should write for circular and full particulars to Ouitotitgtox & Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Christchurch. 9 5



j Business Notices OHIZA PERFUMERY. P. * ' ' 11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, x . T E GRAND'S SPECIAL PRODUCTS ,' | Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— From the for mule of Dr O. ißevell. The best soap for rendering tho skin white and soft, Sweetly and refreshingly scented (rose, green and white). SUvon-Oriza-Velonte, exquisitely per fumed for the toilet and baths. Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— No. 2, extra fine, in boxes, 8 oaket. 12 exquisite perfumes, No. 1. Orlza-Savon-Inoorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white violet. Aqua-Oriza—New toilet water, refreshing to the skin. Orka-Hay—A toilet water w*th the perfume o new mown hay. Orbsa-Aclduline—Toilet vinegar, aromatle and disinfectant, specially adapted for adie«'toilets. Orlea-Scotch-Lavender— Sprigs of Scotch lavender flowers; a rich toilet water. de - Cologne - Oriza — The high-life toilet water Orisa-Water- Concentrated and lasting. Extract of superior Eau-de-Cologne. Gouttes - Oriza - Dentifrice —An extract for preserving he teeth and gums in good health and preventing decay. Orlsa-Dentaire, in paste or powder, for whitening the teeth withost affecting the enamel, Ess Oriza -et - Orlza-Lys—Perfumes for soentlng linen and the handkeroh c without staining. Orlsa-Oil—Variously perfumed; for ren dering the hair soft and brilliant, and preventing it from falling off. Orlsa-Lacte (Oriza Milk)—ln emulsive lotion, refreshing tonic to the skin, removing re spots and preventing wrinkles on the face. Oreme Oriza (of Ninon de Lenclos)—For producing a beautiful white com plexion with the clearness and velvety softness of youth. Or saline-Colorante (the beat hair dye)— For instantaneously dyeing the hair to any shade and with no danger to health. boxes, each with brushes comb, ctus, and bottle ; or in boxes, the bottle only without accessories E3B-Oriza-Incoiore Violette of the very most exquisite perfume, quite a nosegay of violets. 1 ss-Orizi Suave white lotrope Bon quet ofthe flcwfli {,



|PJ POWDERS BELIEVE FEVERISH HEA PREVENT FfTS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. Pme»rve> a h*althy state of the> eons tM»<ort during the> period of Toothing • 7h. worda "JOHH BTE£3MAW, A Oh*ml*t, Walworth, Surray," fP An oagumi w Vb» thtnnmmt Bttmpi&Mit*t§cKru*i Sold Bt KEMPTHOKNE PROSSEB & CO



COTJOHS, COLD 3, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, Influenza, Consumption, &c, &o <AY'S COMPOUND 8338N08 OF LINSEED, Aninsd, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &o CAT'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for Coughg, Colds, and Chest Complaints < AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Golds, is equally serrioeable for horse 3 and cattle <AT'S TIC PILLS, a specinc in Neuralgia, Faceache, dec. Contain Quinine, Iron, &c INUM OATHARTICUM PTLL9, digestive, corres _ tire, and agreeablr aperient COAGULINK-Ciment for Broken Articles. Sold •rtrywhere. Manufactory, Stockport, England /"VNE box of Clark's B 41 Pills ia war- KJ ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (aoquired or constitutional), gravel and ains in the back. Guaranteed free from mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors 3old proprietors, The Unceln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses. TTIORthe Blood is thelife. Clark's world JD famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, ncnrvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases, •ad sores of all kinds, its effects are marvel lons. 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. ffiOWLES' PENNYROYAL AM> X STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons so preva lent with the sex. Boxes Is l£d to 2s 9d ' of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Yen dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLN and MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG GO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of imita - tlons



PAE OIDIUM HANUFAOIUBBD BY Gounelle Jenne, SALON—FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: GEO. BURK FRANCART & CO., 3 SO3EKRSBX PIACC, MELBOUR N E. A MOST powerful Insecticide, and guaranteed to destroy Oidium, Mil dew, Vine Parasites, Chlorosis, and Para sitical Insects of Plants, Vegetable Gardens, etc. Ia 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 success. ORPHAN OIL, The great discovery for Phylloxera, Codlin Moth, and disease in Sugar Cane. For Pamphlets and ai information apply to GEO. BURK FRANCART & CO., 3 Somerset Place, MELBOURNE,



TTEATING'S LOZENGES TTEATING'S LOZENGES TREATING 3 LOZENGES "A Simplb Fact about" KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. Ask throughout the world, in any country that can be named, you will find them largely sold. There is absolutely no remedy that is so speedy in giving relief, so certain to cure, and yet the most delicate can take them. A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBIE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH 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 as the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, tnank God, I am still alive) performed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, no one could possibly have had a more violent cough; it was so oad at times that it quite exhausted me. The mucus, which was very copious and hard, has been softened, and I nave been able to get rid of it without difficulty, —I am, sir, yours truly, J, HILL.' lITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED The above speaks for taelf. From strict inquiry It appears that the benefit from using Keating's Cough Lozenges is under* stated. The operation was a specially severe one. and was performed by the specialist, Dr H. T. Butlin, of St. Bartho lomew's Hospital. Since the operation the only means of relief is the cue of these Losenges. So suooessf ul 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 WEIGH']! IN GOLD Under date September 8,1891, Mr Hill: attain writes: "I should long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges— they are north their neigU in gM. I will gladly see and tell anyone what a splendid cough remedy they are." . Keating's Cough Lozenges, the unrivalled remedy for Coughs, HoarseneßS, and Throat Troubles are sold in tins by all Chemists.



THE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM ' MUSTARD LEAF IS of an easy employ, clean, takes little space, is ready for immediate ase and acts promptly. Everybody should always have »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 cases of Neuralgia, Diseases of the Throat, Palpitations of the Heart, Convulsions, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Congestions Paralysis, and Apoplectic Kits. Prepared with choice Mustard Powdet the Universal Sinapism possesses all the qualities of conservation and activity. Directions for use accompany each napism. PARIS : P. Meuley, 135 Rue St-Antoine. To ba had from all Chemists and fron Australian Dkco Company ~td, Sydney



LOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL S Syrup Hypophosphlte of Lime prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chroul Cough and General Debility Xt mtalng two of the principal Ingr^ dientß necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Fhosphorus and Lime. Ib cannot be toe ghly recommended for Delica Childre Dr Churchill s Compound Syrup o HYPOPHOSPHITES is real Brain Feed, and in cases Muscular and Nervous Exhaustion hi acquired a world-wide reputation. Eaon bottle bears Dr OhuxohlU's signature Prioe, Prepared oily by SWANN nHBMIST WANN> \J HEM I ST. PARIS



BLANCARDS lODINE OF IRON p|T T C APPROVED by the Academy of Medicine of Paria, are especially ;ecommended by the Medical Celebrities of the World for Scrofula (Tumors, King's Evil, etc.), the early atagea of Consumption, Constitutional Weakneaa, Poorness of Blood and for timulating and regulating ite -Mriodio ratine. None genuine unless signed Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paria. old b Druggist* and Chemiata through tlie Colonies AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF Labor SaTed IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors BY ÜBINO The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacterers. GvammTox & Co., 190 aiowerter Stmfe, Ohrlstchurch. 931



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__^ Business Notices] Now Zealand Insurance Company. BSTABLIS h"e"d°; L. _ 18 5 9 CAPITAL^OnFMILLION. THEPBEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAt COMPACT, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY | FIRE AND MARINE RISKS. ALSO,- RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, &0., ACCEPTED AT LOWEST 3UJRRENT RATES MILES & CO., LIMITED. AGENTS*



DEATH .TO PARASITES I ! SHEEP^TIOKMAGHIFIED I ir T i  —IT . I ._i X ■ fluid gnfffffai powdei (NON-FOISONOUS.) (POI6ONOTTS.) ITa«d and recommended b Flock. IT *,* and recommended l»y— flock. W. Gerard, Canterbury .. 61,000 R. D. McLean, Hawke's Bay 68,000 M. C. Obikll, Canterbury ... 5,000 Waiapoa Station, Gisborne ... 20,000 W. O. Rutherford, Amuri.. 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Otago ... 30,000 G. W, Mcßae, Amuri .. 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- A..Symons, Marlborough .. 45,000 vestment Company, South- F. H. Richmond, Marlborougl 13,000 land 17,000 And by owners of over 5,00f 000 sheep And by many other well-known Flock in New Zealand, and man millions Owners, hroughout the world. Newly Introduced. .Price—(in casks) 5» Gel per I*rlco- (in kegß) sOi per owt. Grallon. I Cwt makes 1000 Gallons Dip. £ IBMmFIM nude 100 Gau^Dip. JSS^S^SSSS!SS^ U Chief AgrentS-BLACKBUBNE ft 00 , Chriatchurch. district AGENTs-Miles and Co., Limited. Aehburton and Rakaia.



TO-DAY. SPECIAL SALE. OF Ladies' and Children's Ulsters, Mantles, Capes, and Fur-Lined Cloaks. ALSO, OF A WELLINGTON WAKEHOUSEMAN'S UJSTiIKE STOCK New Season's Dress Fabrics ILL THE NEWEdT AND BEST GOODS OF TEE SEASON AT LESS THAN One Quarter Producers' Cost W. STRANGE & CO.. OHRIBTOH O ROET.



11 IF. YOU LIKE NICE TEA^ASK]iYOUR»CROCEft FOR NELSON^ 'wC©MOATE&"ci PURE INDIAN CHINA&CEynONT^ASI I PROCURABLE J Miles and _Go., Limited Plough Shares ARE 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 t GENUINE, AND RELIABLE SEEDS, Specially Selected! Including Colonial Red and White Clover and Oowgrass, Timothy, Rvetmws and Cocksfoot Imported Red Clover, Cowgrass, White Clover, and Alsyke, Clean Seed Wheat, Oats, Barley, etc., of best quality. * MANURES HIGH-CLASS MANURES suitable for all couditions of soil. Anelo-CoDtinentel IZXzXISFg*^™ 0' Bhipraent t0 conuin 3713 per Lt <* «"* AtAtion & Farm Stores. We always keep in stock the following leading lines-Flour, Bran, Sharpa, Oatmeal. Tea, Sugar Currants Raisins Kerosene (Royal Oil Brand) Candle., Soap/ S™Sd V Ooan» Salt, Boiled and Raw Linseed, and Castor Oils, Red and Black Tattoo Oil for Auction Sales, Btock 5 etc. TASHBURTON AND TINWALD-WEEKLY IHINDS AND RAKAIA-MONTHLY. sales op hides, skins, tallow, and wool, held fortnightly AT ASHBURTON v»x«uxaxm Miles and Co., Limited. Jfl. W. HANMEB, Auctioneer. % sli^nrfon and Rakala.



DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) A UOTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, and ESTATE AGENT, S VALUATOR 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 FOE- Matson and Co., Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Company, Chrisfrchurch Booth, McDonald, and Co., Christchurch 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. T^H OMA S f ASHBURTOH. Grass Seed Cleaning, Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Cleaning Plants in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYEGRAS3 aa it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates,} D, Thomas, ASHBURTON. f phi a Cash Purchaser OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGBASS. ETC. [IN^LARGE ORJSMALL QUANTITIES David Thomas, ASHBUBTON ASHBUKTON SKIN SALES. IbHALL HOLD A FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF SHEEPSKINS, FAT, HIDE TALLOW.'&p-^throughout the season, starting from 1 FBIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893. I>, ThOinafl, Aihburton.



JOB PRINTING. DOSTERS, Defers, Billheads Jk , J .Fr°K r*lnMo«. Memorandam Forms Wedding Cards, Memoriam Cards. In vitation Cards, Order Blocks, Threshing Machine Books, Receipt and DelirerJ Books Banquet Menus, and Ticket* of all kinds. THE ASNTOit MimiM CO LIMITED, Having a supply of Superior Jobbing Type, Fancy Cards, and Special Lines of Paper, can execute, very description of Printing on the shortest notice, fa the best style, and •t reasonable rate*, Tucker and BeanT TTAVE FOR BAU ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE ft BLACK PINE FIREWOOO LIME AND CEMENT AND BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. CATS, BRAN, CHAFF, &o. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS, Just landing—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COAL Tucker Ifc Bean, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL PRODUOE MERCHANTS.



i Business Notices. 1, ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD j ING AND INVESTMENT SOOIETI. '! Offices : Tancred Street, Ashbcrton. rpo Encourage the saving of small sums JL the Society will take : MONEY ON DEPOSIT i In sums of One Pound and upwards, In j tersst 5 per cent on the -following condi -1 tions :— ---j Sums of One Pound and up wares ; received on Deposit, and Interest will be . allowed on every complete Pound deposited, to be reckoned from the day ! on which a 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 sum deposited, but not in less sums than One Pound, except when dosing the aocount. Deposits taken for 3 months at 5 per bent for longer periods at 6 t , For particulars apply EDWD, STEPHENS, Manager. Jeiiw & RfiSTEiiii, GRAIN & WOOL STORES, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. GRAIN MERCHANT, SHIPPING, FINANCIAL A COMMISSION AGENT &o. CASH PURCHASES WHEAT, BARLe¥;OATS RYEGKASS SEED, mo. COMMODIOUS STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. ALWAYS "ON SALE— Cornsacks, Woolpacks, Twine, Super phosphates, Pearl-Guano, Genera Farm and Station Stores, Ac. Cape Barley, Grass, Clover, Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, AT LOWEST CURRENT PRICES. AGENT FOft THE New Zealand Loan and Mercantile gency Company, Ld. Union Fire and Mrvfoe Insur&ncf Company. Howard's Digging Ploughs. Cooper's Sheep Dip Sutherland's Manure, sec, JOII3V G. In conjunction with the CASTV&K I«B.S<-f CO., 1.4 JOHN R BLAND, Auctioneer. Vuctloneeret, Wool Brokere, Land and Financial Agents, &c, ara prepared to transact Farm and Station Business on the most favorable terras; WOOL. WOOL. WOOL LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES BL4.DK AGAINST ENSvJING CLIPS. CoroTiission on Advances, and at the LOWEST CURRENT RATES OF TNTFUEST



IT IS THE BEST, SO ''* *> • m Sold ty all Grocers and Storekeepers in Ashburton Uiatrict. Wholesale by ANDERSON anjj CO., Coffee and Spice Factory, Timaru. Fruit Trees. HAVING DECIDED to K ive up NURSERY GARDENING, and attend entirely to. my business of PRO DUCE DEALING, I offer my large stock of Apple and other Trees at LOW PRICES. They are all of the best sort* obtainable, and having grafted them myself can guarantee they are true to name. ALSO,— A Grand Lot of ORARI POTATOES CHEAP. 2001bs Sack Best-Stone FLOUR 14s 6d. BRAN, SHARIS, ROLLER FLOUR, and all kinds of FARM PRODUCE. A Splendid Line of ONIONS. J.THOMAS, HAVELOCK STREET. THE .NEW ZB~ AND SHIPPING COMPANY'S LINE. REDUCED FARES FROM LON DON TO NEW ZEALAND. A RRANQEMENTS can be made XA. with the Agent-General in London to procure passages by the above line at the following greatly reduced rates:— Second Saloon JR2B Os Intermediate .. £18 18b Third Class £13 Oh For further particulars apply at offices MILISS & CO., Limited, Ashburton and Rukaia.



THE RONGO PAI TENEI Kfcl KOUTOU KATOA RffacJbean Stewart?! NEW CURE FOR ASTHMA. EVV CUBE EOR CROUP F.V CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA ■JfBW CURE FOR CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. Prepi red from the Mountain and forest Plants of New Zealand) In Asthma the New Cure has proved Its* to be Head and Shoulders Above All Other Remedies 7 rpilK NKW CURE is the only Speeifi _L yet discovered for Diphtheria. In Croup the NEW CURK has no rival It saves emetics, li o nting fires, hot bath*, and all the attendant worry incidental of the arrival of the Midnight Monster. In typhoid *'ever the NEW CORA disinfects, soothes^ and gives refreshinii sleep. The NEW CURE is the only trac Lung Disinfectant In no instanc has a death occurred from diptheria trhen the "New Our* has been freel j ased from the first outM of the disease t and so great are its pto tective powers, that the complaint hai ■ never been known to spread to othoi members of the family. ; The New Cure, 3s « ; Grindelia Robus* Cittar Asthma Tobacco, 2s 6d AWING TO THE SUCCESS WHICH HAS ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find it necessary to PROCURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do., T TAKE the opportunity to thank the Public of Ashbnrton for their kind patronage, and to say that I hope to continue to merit their support. H. E. Bonitlngtoip, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST EAST STREET, ASHBURTCNi



[A CARD]. MRS A. C CLARIDGE, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE & ORGAN, COX STREET, aSHBURTON. ] nm% oh IFpwoation,



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