The Ashburton Guardian.

FOL. XIV. NO. 3027

AsHBURTOiv: \l)ivla7» July 17, 1803.

PlilVl : ONE PENWY



tsus;n.-Ss Notices



Business Notices



WHY RUN UP DOCTOKS BILLS! THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. HEALTH without MMicta'*, Hum bug, or Quackery! The weak, depressed, rheumatic, paralytic, nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, jtrength, tone, and vipror by usini? Ockjhwotow & Go.'s Direct Acting Medical Ooils, as used in the Christchuroh Hospital and by >11 the leadin? medical practitioners and medical eleetHcians throughout the colony. Sufferers should write for.oirodbr and full particulars tq GmxmvaTOS A Co., Electricians. 190 Gloucester street, Christchurohi 9 5



li, Place de k Madeleine, Paris, X E GRAND'S SPEOUL PRODUCTS Xj ' — '■■■' ■■ : Savon-Orica (Oriza Soap)— From the for 1 mule of Dr 0. ReveU. The best soap for rendering the skin white and soft, Sweetly and refreshingly scented (rose, green and white). Savon-Oriza Velonte, exquisitely per fumed for the toilet ana baths. Saron-Orua (Oriza Soap)— No. 2, extra fine, in boxes, 3 sake*. 12 exquisite, perfumes, No. 1. Ori»-Savon-Inoorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope ana white .' Violet. ' " ,'.  ■.■ - ::| Aqua-Orim—New toilet water, refreshing to the skin. •' Orba-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. **'" Oriza-Aciduline—Toilet vinegar, aromati* and disinfeotant, specially adapted for adiea'toUeta. Oriia-Scotoh-Lavender— Sprigs ot Scotch lavender flowers; a rich toilet water, de-Cologne-Ortea —The high-life toilet water i Oriza-Water—Ooncentrated and lasting. Extract of superior Eau-de-Cologne. Gouttes-Oriza-Dentifrice—An extract for preserving he teeth and gams In good health and preventing decay. Orlza-Dentaire, in paste or powder, for whitening the teeth without affecting the enameL Ess Oriza -et - Oriza-Lys—Perfumes for scenting linen and the handkeroh c without staining, Oriza-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 theskin, removing re spots and preventing . wrinkles on che face. Oreme Oriza (of Ninon de Lencios)—For producing a beautiful white com pletion with the clearness and velvety softness or youth. ' Or zaline-Colorante (the best hair dye)— For instantaneously dyeing the' hair to any shade and with no danger to health. boxes, each with brushes comb, ctus, an<? bottle ; or in boxes, the bottle only without accessories Ess-Oriza-Incoiore Ylolette of the very most exquisite perfume, quite a nosegay of Molets. ss-Oflza Suave white lotrope Bon quet of the flc wei



r ..;' f im ■'■■ i-' ■■■ '••■■• - ■■■■-■^ —^-s—u^-L^—t B^»M£^^»faCHiLDI?tWCI)TTINt TEETH. B hoover Kiin'wQhHimiiiiiiiMiHiVHßß BELIEVt FEVERISH »EAT, PREVENT FITS, GONVI>LBIONB, ETO. Prmmmrv m. healthy atat* of th* eonatl* *v«on during th« period of Teeth In*. Jtk .Tie wordi,"JOHN BT^BKAV, ]M* T^ Chemiat, Wntworth, Surr«y,» At* eas»-**& on the Owernment Stnmr to taeKrat/m- Sold Bt ' KBMPTHOKNB PUOSSP.R A CO.



PR COUGHS, COLD 3, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, Influenza, Consumption, &c, &o Kay's Compound essence of linseed, Aniseed, Seneg-i, Squill, Tolu, &o KAT'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for Coughs, Cold*, and Chest Complaints ; KAY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is equally serviceable for horse 9 and cattle KAY'S TIC PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Faceache, &c. Contain Quinine, Iron, &o LINUM CATHABTICUM PTLLS, digestive, correc tive, and agreeably aperient OOAG-ULINE— Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Manufactory, Stockport, England



/^VNE box of Clark's B 41 Pills ia war- V./ ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acquired or constitutional), gravel and ales in the back. Guaranteed free from mercury. Sold in boxes 4a 6d each, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors 3old proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses.



rnOßthe Blood is the Life. Clark's world Xj famod Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all imparities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, scurvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases, aadsores of all kinds, its effects are marvel lous. 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.



PAE OIDIUM MAKUTAOTtfBBD BT Gounelle Jeune, SALON-~FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: CEO. BURK FRANCART & CO., MELBOURNE. "



rrOWLES' PENNYROYAL AJtD J STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES! quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons so preva lent with the sex. . Boxes Is ]£d to 2s 9d, of all Chemists and Patent Meaiciie Yen] dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLN, •nd MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of s all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of Imlta - tlona



A MOST powerful Insecticide, and guaranteed to destroy Oidium, Mil dew, Vine Parasites, Chlorosis, and Para sitical Insects of Plants, Vegetable Gardens, etc. Is now in use in most of the Vineyards in Victoria and gives great satisfaction. Ihe Par Oidium has been tried in the great Western District on Peach Trees with great ■ucoeaa. ORPBAN OIL, The great discovery for Phylloxera, Codlin Moth, and disease in Sugar Cane. For Pamphlets and ak information apply GEO. BURK FRANCART k CO., 3 Somerset Place, MELBOURNE,



TTEATING'S LOZENGES T^EATING'S LOZENGES XT-EATING'S LOZENGES "A Simmjb Pact aboot" KEATING'S OOUGH 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 so speedy in 'giving relief, so certain to cure, and yet the most delicate can take them. A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE 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 sanle 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 hare had a more violent cough; it was bo bad at times that it quite exhausted me. The mucus, which was very copious and 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 IITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED The above speaks for tself. Fromstriot Inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keating's Cough Lozenges ia 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 Since the operation the only means of relief is the ise of these Lozenge*. So successful an they that one affords immediate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat irritation ia Intense. TTTEIGHT IN GOLD WEIGHT IN GOLD •HTEIGHi! IN GOLD Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill; ftgain writes: " I should long since have ! been dead, but for your Lozenges—^ are mrth their weight in, gold. I will gladly see and tell anyone what a splendid cough remedy they are." , ■■ Keating'" Cough Lozenges, the unrivalled remedy for Coughs, Hoarseness, and Throat Troubles are Bold in tins by all Chemists,



THE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM MUSTARD LEAF IS of an easy employ, olean, take* little space, Is ready for immediate Use 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 suocms in oases of Neuralgia, Diseases of the Throat, Palpitations of the Heart, Convulsions, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Congestions Paralysis, and Apoplectic If its. Prepared with choice Mustard Powdei the Universal Sinapism possesses all the qualities of conservation and activity. Directions (or use accompany each napism. PARIS: P. Mbotby, 136 Rue St-Antoine. To b* h&d from all Chemists and fron. Australian Drug Compact Tvrn. Sydney



LOW VITALITY Dfi CHURCHILL S Syrup Hypophosphlte of Lime prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chronl Cough and General Debility Xt mtftlns two of the principal lngre^ dients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Phosphorus and Lime. Io cannot be tor ghly recommended for Delioa Childre Or Churchill s Compound Syrup c HYPOPHOSPHITES la real Brain Feed, and in cases Ofuscular and Nervous Exhaustion »j acquired a world-wide reputation. Eacn bottle bears Dr ChuichiU'l signature Prloe, Prepared oily by SWANN riHBMISI WAKNj \J HEM IST, PARIS



BLANCARDS lODINE OF IRON PJTTQ APPBOVED by the Academy of Medicine of Paris, are especially . eoommerded to the Medical Celebrities of the World for Scrofula (Tumors, King's Evil, etc.), the early stages of Consumption, Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of Blood and for timulating and regulating its periodio curse. None genuine unless signed Blanoard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. Sold by Druggists and Chemists through nntttw Colonies '^STsNORMOOS AMOUNT OF Labor Sated IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors by xnjnro The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the mannfacfcerers. Cwwnotok & Co., 190 Street, Ohrfctchuroh, » 31]



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_^ Business Notices New Zealand Insurance Company. BSTABLIBHItI) 0'""! _ 18*9 CAPITAL^ONR MILLION. THEPBakiBB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, jNOTED FOB PROMPTNESS AND LIBBSRAUTY FIRM ANP MARINE RISKS. ALflO,- RISKS ON GROWING CRdfrS, THRESHING MACHINES, AO., ACCEPTED AT LOtTEST OTTRRENT"BATT^ MILES & CO., LTD. AGENTB



DKATH TO PARASITES 1 1 SHEEP TICK MAGNIFIED.



IB i^D HI ■ 881 ■In■ Bl Qn '' ; ; (nok-poisonoos.) CSSSSSS^SSSESSBSSSBBBSSSSIaw (fomoicottb.) U««4 a*4 reeoMHcadini by 'Flock. IT t«« «■« r««mw*mf>m+++ i»y— . Fkx*. W. Gerakd, Canterbury ... 61,000 R. D. McLean, Hawke's Bay 68,000 M. 0. Okbeix, Canterbury ... 5,000 Waiapoa Station, Gisborne ... 20,000 t <V. O. Ruthbbfobd, Amur!... 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Ocago ... 30,000 G. W. Moßae, Amur! ... 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- A. Stmohs, Marlboroiigh ... 46,000 vestment Company, South* F. H. RioHMOim, Marlborough 13,000 land . ... . ... 17,000 And by owners of over 5,000,000 sheep And by many other well-known Flock Id New Zealand, and many millions Owners, throughout the world. *.? wlr !■•»•«•••«. Price—(in casks) S« 6d per Prio©- ("». kejp) «O« pwcyrt. Grallon. 1 Cwt makes 1000 Gallons Dip. * -n *» .. . . ~ „ «.. Another well-known Powder Dip oo>t« ha 1 QaUon Flwd makes 100 Gallons Dip. M much again. Compare the prices Chief JLgevLtm— BLACKBURNE k 00 , Ohristohuroh. district AGENTs-Miles and Go., Ltd. Ashburton and Rakaia.



BXTBAOROINAET AND MOST Important Announcement. ASTOUNDING PUKCHASE OF Two Warehousemen's Entire Stocks. ITew season's Dress Fabrics. MANTLES, CLOAKS, AND ULSTERS, Also, FLOWERS, FEATHERS, AND LADIES' FELT HATS,' AT Positively Nominal Prices. SPECIAL SALE STOW PROCEEDING. [For Fuller Particulars See Windows, Showrooms, AND Bargain Tables. W. STRANGE & CO.. OHR ISTC! BT C T ROB i



IF YGM WHK HIGE TEA ASK YOUR fiROCCR FOR PURE INDIAN CKIMA&CEYLON TEAS PROCURABLE



DAVID THOMAS, (Late Mateon, Cos, and Co.) A tJOTIONEER, LAND, tNStTRANC*S, irfo ESTATE AGiSt^VALtJATOR WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBUKTON. Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinvrald and Ash burton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fat, Hides, etc., on FtU DA Y3 Sales of Wool throughout the season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Olearing Sales as per arrangement lAGENT FOli- Matson and Co., Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin \ National Mortgage Company, Christchurch 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., Dumedin Planet Jupiter Garden and Field Tools. D.»|T H 0 M A S, |ASHBURTOF, , * - Grass Seed Cleaning*. Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Cleaning] Plants in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYJSGRAS3 as it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates, f D # Thomas, ASHBURTON. I am a Cash Purchaser OF WHEAT, [OATS, BARLEY, RYEGBASS^ETC, EUCLARGE ORISMALL QUANTITIES. David Thomas, ASHBURTON] ASHBUKTON SKIN BALES. I SHALL HOLDTA FORTNIGHTLY SALR OF SHEEPSKINS, FA.T, HIDE !ALLOW,"&o, throughout the season, starting froa* PBIDAy, JUNE 23, 1898. I>. Thomas, Ashburton.



PLOUGH SHAKES. TTTB ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY B^OTB HORNSBY'S AND RANSOME8 1 ! AT [PRICES HITHERTO UNHEARD OP IN ASHBURTON, Being In fttrect eommnnloatlon with the Makers, and having reoelved large shlpiacata from both makers. CORNSACKS (FULL SIZE AND FULL WEIGHT) AT LOWEST CURRENT PRICES, AMD * Harbour's Best Fire-ply Twine MAY BE OBTAINED AT OUR STORES. WHEAT. WHEAT. WHEAT OATS. OATS. BARLE*. AND OTHER PRODUCE. WE iRE PROMPT CASH BUYERS of all Sorts of PRODUCE at Marke Prices, and are prepared to Store Grain oa Farmers' aeoount, and to make Advanoe If required without Commission.



MILES & CO. LTD JuHiborton and BmkaUtJ



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i ASHBURTON PKRMANENI BUILD | ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Offices : Tahgkkd Stbeet, Ahii*caroi^. rr*o Encourage th« saving of sm»l! Burnt _L the Society will take MONEY ON DEPOSIT In sums of One Pound and upwards, In terost 5 per cent on the following condi tions:- * Sams of One r'oahd and Hpwarrs received on Deposit, and Interest yril] Us allowed on efvery or»m|ilet« tVinnd deposited, to be reckoned from (,he d»y on wljjch » cvmyhtts Pound shall have been deposited, up to the day <jn when i the money sl»all. be witfc* l.i%awn,. '-' A Vepmltbr may withdraw the whole > or .pari, of che sum deposited, but )uA Jon le«b sums tfiaii Orte Pouud, escept wftetf oloefl* thuAceoiont. , Deposit. for $ monOa at f per cent ] periods it j  For pAjrwrnlan Apply :EDWD STEPHENS, ' - - Manager. Henry ZandeE



TBKQ to Intimate that I have just Landed a Laige jlnd V*ried Stooi of ' HOLLIS' BEST MAKES. Single Jafd Doable Barrel, Breech and Monde Loading. WELIfeWOBTH INSPECTION. •*f- . ReTolTer* Rev©lTerw AMMUNITION A AMMUNITION ;^>- Oartrid^n Cartridge Gates Caps Shot 0 and" H Powder Smokeless Fowier Flasks Belts K««»ppen Wad* Panobes Loader eto* etc I AM NOW SELLING, OHHIBTOHURCH PRICES,



r. m. hkookk, BEGS 70 NOTIFY THAT HR W NOV IN PERSONAL ATTENDANCE AT THE DISPENSARY, ashburton, On Behalf of Mrs Pric ard, Ani hopes to he f»vor«d irith the pittrohftpe <»f his old etwtotnen. Two tons on. hrnd ol SoluWe Araenic Powder, which dfablve* itt cbld water, and i* the best tritd remedy for POUT KOT in ahepp. " *? \ ■■+'■'"' Tucker a»4 Bean tt avk for sa l k all'kikims of ooal, WHITE t BLACi; PINE FOtSWOOO LIME AND CEMENT* BUILDING MATERIALS o! every dascripHon. PRODUCE. 1 OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, Ao. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS Just Landing—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COAL Tucker It Berni,



MADE BY MESSRS OOTT BROS., for whose Goods I* am Agent for the Ashburton Coy uty. Hornsby's and Ransome's Plough Shares at . REDUCED PRICES. feiandards and Fencing Wire tt REDUCED PRICES.



Ironmongery, China, and Glassware to all their Branches. Groceries and Provisions, Wines and Spirits of every description. HENRY2ANDER, GENERAL MERCHANT AND i)TRE€!T IMPORTER. —agent" for- Sun Fire Insurance Company * Oanton Marine Insurance Company Australian Mnhial Vmvide** Pocie*y New Zealand and Australian S.S. Co. J T. Ford »nd Oo



COAL, TIMBER, AND GKNKRAt PRODJTOK MKRCHANTS. THi RONGO PAI TENEI KJu " r KOUTOU KATOA ATftcbcan Hnewart'9 NfcW CURE FO» ASTHMA. BW COBE B0« OROUF EV- CURE FOR DIPHTHKRIA JTKW CURE FOR CHBOKiq BRONCHTTTA. . ' -. Preptred from the Mountain, aat fbraai Plant* of New Zealand] I —. In Aatfcma the New Onre has proved Itae to be Head and Shoulders Above All Qsber Remedy ma* KKW CuiTlsfcheonlj Sptdfi X yet diaoovered for Diphtheria. In Cronp the NEWCURft* has no rival It saves emetics, Hunting fires, hot baths, and all the attendant worry incidental of the arrival of the Midni*ht Monster. In Xiphoid Fever the NEW CURB disinfecta, soothes ; and give* refreshing sleep. The NEW CURE la the only trow Lang Disinfectant In no instanc has a death oeonrred from diptheria when the "New Cure has been freel f ased from the first oat«e of the disease, and so great are its pro tective powers, that the complaint haa never been known to spread to othet members of the family. The New Care, 3s W ; Orindelu Robin* Oivsr Asthma Tobacco, 2s 6d



GRAIN k WOOL STORES, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. GRAIN MERCHANT, SHIPPING, FINANCIAL A; COMMISSION AGENT, fto. CASH PURCHASER WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS RYEGKASS SEED, ma COMMODIOUS STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. ALWAYS "ON SALE— Oornsacks, Woolpacks, Twine, Super phosphates, Paarl-Guano, General Farm and Station Stores, Ac. Oape Barley, Grass, Clover, Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, AT LOWEST OnRRENT PRICES. AGENT FOR THE New Zealand Loan and M rcaufcUe Union Fire and Mriine Insurance Oompany. Howard's Digging Ploughs. Cooper's Sheen Dip, Sutherland's Maaure, ate.



AWING TO THE HI7OOESS WHICH HAfl ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find It neoessary to PROCURE ASSISTANOB Which I am now endeavoring to do, T TAEE the opportunity to thank the Publio of Ashbonon for their kind patronage, and to say that I hope to oontlnue to merit their support. H. E. Bonnln#rtoii, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST EAST STREET, ASffBURTIN.



JOHN Gt. J»E»XJBILL, In conjunction with the VBOT IUKITD KOAI * «■ ---CAITIU AfiHOT «)•., IM. JOHN R BLAND, Aaotioneer. inetloneers, Wsol Brokers, Land and Financial Agents, Ac., are prepared to transact Farm ani Station Business on the most favorable terms. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL



LIBERAL OASH ADTANOES MADI XOaHTR ENSUING OLIPB. Oonrnisslon oa Advances, and at the LOWEST OURRBNT RATES Of ihvuiikp



PETTIFER'S HERBAL TONIO OR FLOCKM ASTER'S FRIEND, Rhbbuo. For Tapeworm and all kinds of Worms In Lambs. Husk Fever and Soonr. THIS Invaluable Mydiulll pPßffflH^ 1 and cures the Worst cases of the above diseases when all otber Remedies have failed. One Dose will prevent Disease ; in bad cases iiWo or three are required. In giving orders state the number, to have the proper quantity forwarded Dose bottles gratis. XXVIXTOK3 AKD SOU PkOPBIROKS, Stephen Petti fer & Son/ H.8.0.V.5.L ORUDWBLL, ' KIAB MALMBSBURT, WILTS



KINGSBCTRY'B PATENT SELF RAISER TjlOR raising land lever of three furrow | and other Ploaths. Can be obtained from MESSRS P. * D. DUNCAN, i KM Qhr)^ohvobMdA«hbmrto«