THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN: TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1893

Printed and published by the Ashburtoq: Publishing Company, at their regutere printing office, Burnett Street, Ath i bnrton. TUfiSSAY, Augmt 22, 1893.



S.S. PAKEHA, \" M& T. / EARLIEST SPRING ARBIVALS. f\UR MUCH ADMIRED » Cameo" QUILTS, all size?. Findlay's 6HEETINGS, all wWhts Thompton's noted "True Fit CORSETS. •• The European" CORSET, all sizes, 2s lid. We hod the LARGEST STOOJK of LINOLEUMS AND OILCLOTHS IN SOUTH CANTERBURY, And hivt Mb received vi" $ Mg£f^£f™ mßt including the latest MITCHELL & TUENER.



TO THB liAVIM OF ASHBURTON AND DIS TRICT, A WORD -WITH YOU, PLRASB. 1 F Thinking of getting married try MADDENS lor yotn Bride Cake—almond iced, if required. If you like a quiet afternoon cup ot tea, •end along to M ADDEN'S for your Cakes and Pastry. Seheol Committees, when giving their children a treat, try a fifty shillings case Of M A D D E N'S Assorted Goods. Ball Committees, save yourselres a deal of anxiety by entrusting your orders to MADDEN for Suppers, &c. The best South Can terbury rereads to be referred to. In faot anything in the line can be supplied you (why send the money out of the dis trict) at the OLD ESTABLISHED SHOP, East Sbreet. ~THJB *EW Z»~~AND SHIPPING COMPANY'S LINE. REDUCED FARES FKOM LON DON TO NEW ZEALAND. A RRANGEMENTS can be made XJL with the Agent-General in London to procure passages by the above line at the following greatly reduced rates :— Second Saloon ... *28 0b Intermediate £18 18s Third Class £13 0» Vet farther particulars apply *t offices MILES * CO., Limited, 4shburton *nd Rakala. Fruit Trees. HAVING DECIDED to give up NORSERt GARDENING, and attend entirely to mj business of PRO DUCE DEALING, I offer my large stock of Apple and other Trees at LOW PRICES. They are all of the best sorts obtainable, and having grafted theft) myself can guarantee they are true to n»m« \.^ n ALBO,— A Grand Lot of ORARI POTATOES CHEAP. flOOlba Saok Best Stone FLOUR 14s 6d. ! BRAN, SHARJLB, ROLLER FLOUR, ud all kind! of FARM PRODUCE. A Splendid Line of ONIONS. J.THOMAS, HAVELOOK STREET. THE WALKER COBK BXTBACTOB. pronounced the best Mechanical Cork Extractor in the Market, as it pwllfl the Cork the easiest and removes it quickest from the Screw. A SAFE OPENING. No matter how strongly Liver and Kidney Trouble and Bright* Diseaae may entrench themselves in the nystem, Warner's Sife Cure opens the door to health. Warner's Safe Cure cures Kidney Disease be aw.se it hat a specific tonic and a'leralive effect directly upon the tinsuen, fibres, and cells which go to make up the k:dney mbstance, it acting M a constitutional kidney tonic. It removes congestion and iufhmmation, changes abnormal action into that of health. No matter whether the disease is acute or chronic, whether it is a well-advanced Bright's Disease or the common kidney malady, Warner's Sdrfe Cure does as repre sented. Pi not neglect the first warning symptom of Kidney Disease. Procure at once Warner's Safe Cure and 'Warner's Safe Pills, ase according to the directions found upon the labels, and you will not fail lo cvtrcome the disease and secure immunity, not only from Kidney Disease, bub from nvmy mn'ndies which are recognised a? Hecoiidwy to it. It is wise to prevent dmoaio, aucl this Warner's Sale Ctu« doe«.



J TjIXOELSIOR SHOEING FORGE Pj and OOAOH FACTORY John Paget, JTunr., PROPRIETOR. Shoeing promptly and efficiently performed. Ooach Painting and Repairs a specialty Note the Address — BURNETT STREET, Opposite Orange Hall and next Mail Office. BURNETT STREET -BE BTAVBAI T«— MRS. G. I BRYANT BEGS to notify that eh« has taken that centrally situated RESTAURANT in BURNKTT 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 CATERING undertaken for balls, etc. on the shortest notice. 6 142 MRS A. T. ROBOTTOM BEGS to inform the numerous friends and clients of her late husband, A. T. ROBOTTOM, THAT SHE WILL CARRY ON THE BUSINESS OP PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE SAME PREMISES, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. And ehe trusts thit she will receive as liberal support as was accorded to 7 189 him. U.s.a. cy. ;ir m <r» UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. STEAMERS SAIL from LYTTEL TON AS UNDER: For Wellington—Menday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, i«.d Saturday. Nelson—Tuesday and Saturday. Auckland—Monday and Thursday, Sydney—Every Second Thursday. Dunedin —Tuesday and Friday. Melbourne —Tuesday. For particu.an apply to MILES ft 00., LIMITED. AGENTS, ASHBURTON ~JLlcwellyn Owen, PIANOFORTE, SINGING AND HARMONY. ARCADE "c~HAMBERS. (Dances not attended.) 421 AN INCOME FOR LIFE FOR £1 Banks and Building Societies' asaeta rendered unsaleable by the commercial depression. The Mutual Freehold Property Dla' tribntiou Sooiety of Sydney »o issuing 145,000 SHARES at £1 Each ; alio HALF-SHARES at 10a.; QUARTER SHARES at sa. Ahiosk Can Applt. Nonliability. 3<4"4f PRIZES ALL BYDNEV Jg riDOT AND Jik, FIRST SUBURBAN j^^Sfc,^ PRIZE "vt" hIS'ISI value SMS 111 Mil 35 '000 value from q*h 2 I fflmK ' nnilunQ 435,000 to PPli H-faß--. rUUNDo Those Magnificent Offices and Banking Chamber^ Park and Caatlereagh Streets, Sydney, having an annual rental value of £1750 per annum. 14 CHANCES FOR EACH SHARE. Apply Personally or by Letter with Cash, Money Order, Stamps, or Cheque (include exchange), with two Stamped Envelopes for reply and result. Bankers: City Bank of Sydney. THE DRAWING (which will be held In Sydney, ancier the supervision of representative citizens and shareholders), will positively take place not later ihan NOVEMBER 7th (Melbourne Cup Day). For Shares, Prospectuses, and Fall Particulars, ipply to Manager, C/o R. Hope Atkinson, J.P., Imperial Arcade, Sydney. Or to J. Gale Pottenciek, Melbourne Agent, 8 103 231 Elizabeth street, Melbourne.



UNPARALLELED CHEAP SALE. HIQH CLASS DRAPERY, CLOTHING ANP BOOTS. —COMMENCING— Saturday, June 24. Astounding Bargains. William Patching, EAST STREET SOUTH, TTAS ALWAYS IN STOCK,— Tents—Calico/Duck and Drill; Tarpaulins, Dray and Rick Covers (all sizes), Oilskin Clothing, Manilla Rope (half inch to five inches), Wire Rope, Plough, Garden and Fishing Lines, Irou and Wooden Blocks, Belting, Seaming and Rop ing Twine, Pig Netß, Horse Covers (all qualities). Tents and Marquees on hire, from 12 x 24 to 25x60. STEPHENS BROS., MABKET HOUSF, A SK THE PUBLIC and THEIR CUSTOMERS to TRY the Mandarin and Tiger Teas, Pronounced by all Competent Judges to be tha Most Economical, Purest, & Best Teas Sold for the Price—2s, 2a 4d, 2s 6i. SAMPLES GRATIS. SOLE AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON, Stephens Bros., market house. Agents for New Zealand—J. RATTRAY & SON, DUNEDLN. Watches! Watches!! Matches CLOCKS 1 CLOCKS 11 ROBERT MURRAY, <£ m^/VSHBUR-rai^^ HOROLOGIST AND DIRECT IMPORTER feljpwO N^J^^ WATGHEsf CLOCKS, JEWELLERY, AND MATERIALS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT of BOYS' CHEAP WATCHES. Guaranteed, AN UNRIVALLED STOCK of WATCHES and CLOCKS of all descriptions, including latest and most approved forma of HOROLOGICAL SKILL. NON MAGNETISABLE WATCHES, Not aftected by Electricity, Magnetism, or Swift Running Machinery, All ENGINEERS and ELECTRICIANS should wear them. THIS IS THE WATCH OF THE FUTURE, and s kept in Hunting and Crysta Oases, both of English and Foreign Manufacture, JOHN ORR & CO. XTAVE LANDING ex Coptic, Pakeha, and Tekoa from London and Mary Hasbrouck and Alice from New York— { LARGE AND~WELL SELECTED STOCKS OF } LAMPS, HEATING AND COOKING STOVES AND RANGES, REGISTER GRATES AND FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, GARDEN SPADES, FORKS, HOES, ETC. CARPENTERS' TOOLS BY THE BEST MAKERS. TOBACCO CUTTERS, DRAY AND CARRIAGE AXLES IN ALL SIZES. PAPERHANGINGS, PAINTS AND OILS, AND VARNISHES. WIRE NETTING, TRAVELLING TRUNKS AND BOXES, TABLE CUTLERY, SCISSORS, RAZORS, AND CARVERS (IN CASE), POCKET KNIVES, TIN,' WARE OF ALL KINDS. John Orr & Co., IRONMONGERS and GENERAL PROVISION MERCHANTS.



LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S HIGKETCLASS j TAILORING. " I ; WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, EAST STREET (Next to Me Hoult's). HAS lately returned from London, where he spent eighteen months, studying the cubting under the latest and most improved scientific principles; at the same time gaining more experience in the leading Ladies' and Gentlemen's Tailoring Establishments of the West End. He is therefore in a position to assure his Customers that orders intrusted to him will be finished in a style not to be surpassed. 7J129 STEPHENS BROS., Market House. POTATOES- POTATOES DEEWENTS AND KIDNEYS. SPECIALLY SELECTED OAMARU POTATOES. BUY EARLY. PRICE ADVANCING. Stephens' Brosi, Market House. DISSOLUTION CLEARING FURNITURE SALE FOR ONE MONTH AT T, H. Undrill and Co.'s, Late Pichforcl A Undrill, CABINET-MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, eta, Tancred Street, Ashburton, Ttt TT &r C^f\ **E(J to tnank fchQir Friends and General Public of • XX* U• Ou \J\J» their past support, and hope, by careful attention Business, to merit a SHARE of their FUTURE ESTEEMED PATRONAGE. A work entrusted to us will now be promptly executed. ALL ACCOUNTS DUE to the Late Firm to be PAID to T. II UMDRIIiIi & Co., TANCREDSTREET, Next Building Society's New Office. j THE HALL, EAST STREET. Barrett Bros, and Bairstcrwy DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, AND HOUSE FURNISHERS. TT7E are now Showing a Grand Assortment of WINTER GOODS, BLANKETS From 6s lid per pair. BLANKETS RUGS A Grand Assortment, from 4s lid. RUGS FLANNELS Colonial, from 10$ d per yard. FLANNELS FLANNELETTES A splendid range, from 4d to lOd per yd FLANNELETTES j SHIRTINGS The noted leather Shirtings, 6£d to IOJd. SHIRTINGS DRESSES A choice Assortment, 4a 6d to 27s 6d. DRESSES CRETONNES 4sd. Art Muslins 4|d, Turkey Chintz 63 per yd. SHEETINGS, Quilts, Bed Ticking, Towelings, & c ., &c. CLOTHING Men's S'uifcs from 255. CLOTHING CLOTHING Men's Overcoats 275, Boys' 10s 6d CLOTHING A pplendid assortment of Shirts and Underclothing. PLEASE NOTE THAT WOOLS AND COTTONS ARE R£DUOED:iN PRICE. THE STOCK OPEN FOR INSPECTION. NO ONE ASKED TO BUY. NOTE THE ADDRESS- Old Town Hall, East Street. 6R411 Al¥l> ILOVfiR SEEDi. Season 1893. WE are in a position to offer Reliable Clover and Grass Seeds on terms that compare favorably with those of any other responsible house in the trade, WE HAVE FOE SALE,- BEST COLONIAL GROWN RED CLOVER, AND COWGRASS. FINEST IMPORTED WHITE CLOVER, ALSIKE AND TIMOTHY. , DOUBLE MACHINE DRESSED RfEGRASS AND COCKSFOOT SEED. WE ARE NOW BOOKING ORDERS FOR BONEDUST, ALSO LAWES' SUPERPHOSPHATE GUARANTEED TO CONTAIN 36 TO 38 PER CENT. SOLUBLE PHOSPHATES. This Manure is made only from the best quality of raw material; the Phosphates guaranteed are all soluble in water. Lawes' Superphosphates will have the per centage of Phosphates soluble in wafer branded on each bag, a point to which we desire to call the special attention of buyers. FEXEDLATsTDER BROS COMPULSORY SALE ~ OF S- W. ALCORN & GO'S. STOCK OF DRAPERY, MA.NTLES, MILLINERY Etc. QOMMENCESON THU RSDAY, U* iNSf. EVERY ARTICLE A DECIDED BARGAIN AS STOCK MUST BE SOLD. S ¥. ALCORN & CO. EAST STBBET.



ON and after MONDAY, April 3 for the winter months, the Longbeach Coach will start from Ash burton at 4 p.m. R. n. BROWNE, Hoftchman. Titos, E. Kilworth, ASHBURTON MACHINE WORKS A BRASS FOU NDR V, CAMERON STREET, Ashburton. T OCAL AUTHORISED AGENT FOR MoLAREN'S CELEBRATED TRACTION ENGINES. Estimates given for all kinds of Mechanical Works. Correspondence Invited. ! THE ASHBURTON ARCADE "DAINTING & pAPERHANGING ESTABLISHMENT. JOHN W~ILSON (Late James Craigie), Has in Stock a Choice Selection of PAPERHANGINGS in New Designs BORDERS, DADOS, AND CEILING PAPERS in Great Variety. A large stock of glass &nd picture frame mouldings. Estimates for Painting and Decorating given. All work executed promptly, with the very best materials and workmen. JOHN WILSOtf, ARCADE, BURNETT STREET. ACTS LIKE MAGIC, AND HAS NEVEB FAILED TO NSTANTSY RELIEVE OR CURE MANKIND of Rheumatism, Sciatica. Lambago, Sprains, Cuts, Wounds, &c. CUREsIIORSES OF Sore Shoulders and Backs, Girth Galls, Greasy Heels, Sprains, Cracked Heels, Splintd, Cuti, Mange, &c. COWS Of Ulcerated Udders, and Sore Teat*, DOGS of Mange, Cuts, &c. To Farmers it is invaluable. No Household can afford to be without It, GUARANTEED THTS BES'i- EMBROCATION IN THE WORLT). \ Manufacturers : S. COX & CO., 422 Bourke Street), Melbourne New Zealand Representative: A. PARSONS, Morten's Buildings, Christchurch, Ashburton Agents: John Obr & Co., Ashbttrton Drug Co. H. E. BoJiNINGTON. 153 Country Agents Wanted. PRINCE ALBERT TEMPERANCE HOTEL. IRS RI^OER T3EGS to announce that she has GIVEN UP THE DINING ROOMS, BURNETT STREET, And concentrated her business as above. Thanking old Customers for their patronage, she trusts they will continue their favors. Well Furnished Bed and Sitting Rooms Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. •; MRS RANGEP will continue to cater for banquets, balls, weddings, and parties. Cutlery on hire. SJI Zealandia Boots. THE Wonderful Reputation of these Grand BOOTS is still maintained, and to-day the demand from AUCKLAND TO THE BLUFF IS GREATER THAN EVER. There are more ZEALANDIA BOOTS manufactured than any other make in the Colony. The Manufacturers are so confident of the excellent wear of these Boots that they guarantee every pair branded ZEA LANDIA. For real hard wear and comfort they cannot be excelled, and they are made in so many different fittings that every kind of foot can be accommodated. Householders should buy this brand for themselves and their children. Once buy a Zealandfa Boot and you will never but any other make. The Boys' and Girls' Dependable School Boots and the Paragon (Patent) are wonderful; they are regular warriors. The Ashburton and surrounding distrl can now obtain these FINE BOOTS . FROM Mr X Bishop, ZEALANDIA BOOt STORE ASHBURTOJ, i . *



Uenrv z^ancter. Glovers. Clovers. CLOVERS. T HAVE IN STOCK AND TO LAND My Season's Supply of WHITE CLOVER, COWGRASS, RED CLOVER, ALSIKE, TIMOTHY, TREFOLI, ETC, ETC., ETC. And having purchased while the market was low, I offer these fine Seeds at an ex ceedingly cheap figure. My Seeds come direct from the Growers, and as I do not pay any Commission or intermediate profits, I am in a position'to offer the Choicest Seeds AZA. LOW PRICE. Their Germinating Qualities have been thoroughly tested by a Seed Expert, and they are pronounced THE FINEST SEEDS WHICH COME TO THE MARKET 1 Samples and Quotations of Cloven Ryegrass and Cookfoot on application. A COMPLETE STOCK GROCERIES, TEAS AND PROVISIONS Always on hand. IRONMONGERY, FENCING MATERIAL, CROPKERY, AND GLASSWARE In all Blanches. WINES AND SPIRITS Of Every Descrptton. HAVE ALWAYS FOR SALE,- STRAW AND OATEN SHEAI CHAFF, OATS, BRAN, SHARPS, AND OHICKWHEAT.; HENRY ZANDER, GENERAL MERCHANT AND DIRECT IMPORTER. —AGENT FOR— Sun Fire Insurance Company, Canton Marine Insurance Company, Australian Mutual Provident Society. G.~JES-ON, (Late J. Quinn), PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, OPTICIAN, 4c. HAS on hand a well selected stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS <fe JEWELLERY. NICKEL KEYLESS WATCHES from £1 each ; the cheapest and best in the market. SPECTACLES to suit all sights from Is per pair. ELECTRO-PLATING and GILDING done en the premises. Watches CLEANED and Guaranteed for twelve months, 4s 6d. . J. IVlcHolas, PRACTICAL BOOT MAKER. ALL descriptions of BOOTS and SHOES made to order on the premises. The Best Material and Work manship guaranteed. A large and varied stock always on hand at moderate prioes. REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED. J. NICHOLAS, BOOTMAKER, Next Mr Salek's, Watchmaker; East Street. ~S. MANNING and CO., LIMITED. BREWERS OF THE FAVORITE CHRISTOHUROH SPARKLING PALE & BITTER ALES. TO BE OBTAINED IV HOGSHEADS, BARRELS, AND KILDERKINS, AT OHRISTCHUROH BREWERY AND O* H. ZANDER, ASHBURTON, ON DRAUGHT AT THE SOMERSET HOTEL, ASHBURTON, THE TINWALD HOTEL, TINWALD AND RAILWAY HOTEL, WINSLOW.