The Ashburton Guardian.

vol. xiv. no. 8105

Ashburtois : Monday, October 16, 1893.

PRICE: ONE PENNY



tsusinoss Notices. THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY'S LINE. REDUCED FARES FROM LON DON TO NEW ZEALAND. A RRANGKMBNTS can be made with XX the Agent-General in London to procure passages by che above line at the following greatly reduced *ate 9: — Second Saloon •• £28 Cb Intermediate ... ••• ••• £18 18a Third Glass £13 Os * For further particulars apply at offices, , MILES & CO., Limi^ed^ j jAshburton and RAaia. j



I usmess JNotices ORIZA PERFOIIERY. ~* 11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, T E GRAND'S SPECIAL PRODUCTS JLj Savon-Oriza (Oriza 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). Savon-Orlza-Velonte, exquisitely per fumed for the toilet and baths. Savon-Oriza (Orlza 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 yiolet. Aqua-Orlza—New toilet water, refreshing to the skin. Orlza-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. Orlza-Aciduline—Toilet vinegar, aromatic and disinfectant, specially adapted for adies' toilets. Orlza-Scotch-Lavender—Sprigs ot Scotch i lavender flowers; a rich toilet water. Ide - Cologne - Oriza —- The high-life toilet water^ Orlza-Water— Concentrated and lasting. Extract of superior Eau-de-Cologne. Goufctes - Oriza - Dentifrice —An extract for preserving he teeth and gums in good health and preventing decay. Orisa-Dentaire, in paste or powder, for whitening the teeth without affecting the enamel, Em Orlza -et - Orlza-Lys—Perfumes for scenting linen and the handkeroh c without staining. Orlza-Oil—Variously perfumed ; for ren dering the hair soft and brilliant, and preventing it from falling off. Orka-Lacte (Oriza Milk) —An emulsive lotion, refreshing tonic to the skin, removing re spots and preventing wrinkles on the face. Creme Orlza (of Ninon de Lencios)—For producing a beautiful white com plexion with the clearness and velvety softness o* youth. Or Baline-Colotante (the best 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 Eas-Oriza-Incoiore Violette of the very most; exquisite perfume, quite a nosegay of violets. ss-Ofizft Suave white iotrope Bou quet of the flc wai



Ik\lS OOT H I NGSI Ly^ POWDERS g RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. Preserve a healthy state o-f the constl* t***^on during-the period of Tee**»(.^jy. The worfc "JOHN BTE£DKAM OZm. Ch«mlat,Wa!worth,Burr«y," Jft^ Art «D(rtT*d on the Gwtrnmmt Stump qfi*t4tt*aehratM> Sold Bt KEMPTHOKNE PROSSER & CO.



■"OR COUO-HS, COLD 3, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, m Influenza, Consumption, &o, &o i <AY'S COMPOUND ESSENCE OF LINSEED, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &c <AY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for Coughs, Colds, and Che3t Complaints <AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is equally serviceable for horses and cattle <AY'S TIC PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Faceache, &c. Contain Quinine, Iron, &c LINUM CATHARTIOUM PTLL9, digestive, correo tive, and agreeably aperient COAQ-ULINEJ— Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Mauufaotory, Stockport, England ONE box of Clark's B 41 Pills ia war ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acquired or constitutional), gravel and *ins in the back. Guaranteed free from mercury. Sold In boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists and pat^t medicine vendors 3old proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses. "TTpOßthe Blood is the Life. Clark's world _O famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all imparities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, scurvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases, add sores of all kinds, its effects are marvel - loua. Thousands of testimonials. Sold n bottles 2a 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 preva lent with the sex. Boxes Is l£d to 2s 9d of all Chemists and Patent MedicHe Yen dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLN and MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of imita tions



PAE OIDIUM MANUFACTURED BY Gounelle Jeune, SALON—FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: GEO. BURK FRANCART & GO. 3 SOMERSET PIACB, MELBOURNE. A MOST powerful Insecticide, and /\ guaranteed to destroy Oidium, Mil dew, Vine Parasites, Chlorosis, and Para sitical Insects of Plants, Vegetable Gardens, etc. la now in use in most of the Vineyards in Victoria and gives great satisfaction. The Par Oidium haa been tried in the great Western District on Peach Trees with great ■ucoess. ORPHAN OIL, The great discovery for Phylloxera, Codlin Moth, and disease in Sugar Cane. For Pamphlets and al information apply to GEO, BURK FRANCART & CO., 3 Somerset Place, MELBOURNE THE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM MUSTARD LEAF i IS of an easy employ, clean, takes little space, is ready for mmediate 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, Convulsioaa, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Congestions Paralysis, and Apoplectic Vita. Prepared with choice Mustard Powde* the Universal Sinapism possesses all the qualities of conservation and activity. Directions for use accompany each naplsm. PARIS: P. Metjley, 135 Rue St-Antoine. To ba had from all Chemists and froa Australian Drug Company. ~itd, Sydney



XT-EATING'S LOZENGES TTEATING'S LOZENGES TREATING S LOZENGES "A Simple Pact 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 Bpeedy in giving relief, so certain to cure, and yet the moat delicate can take them X 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 same as ifie 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 bo bad at times that it quite exhausted me. The mucus, which was very copious and hard, has been aoftened, and I have been able to get rid of it without difficulty, —I am, sir, yours truly, J. HILL.' UTTERLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY UNRIVALLED The above speaks for tself. From strict Inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keating's Cough Lozenges ia 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 ise of these Lozenges. So successful are they that one Affords immediate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat irritation is intense. TT7EIGHT IN GOLD WEIGHT IN GOLD WEIGHT IN GOLD Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill acain writes: " I should long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges-^ art north their weight in gold. I will gladly see and tell anyone what a splendid cough remedy they are." . Keating's Cough Lozenges, the unrivalled ramedy for Coughs, Hoarseness, and Throat Troubles are sold in tins by all Chemists. BUNCARDS lODINE OF IRON DTT T Q APPROVED by the Academy of MediciDe of Paris, are especially ; ecommended by Mie Medical Celebrities of the World for Scrofula (Tumors, King's Evil, etc.), the early stages of Consumption, Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of Bltfod and for timulating and regulating ita periodic ourse. No».e genuine unless signed Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. <jld b Druggists and Chemists through the Colonies AIJ ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF liabor Saved IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors BY USING The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacterers. Cunninqton & Co., 190 iouceater Street, Chrlstchurch, 931



10W VITALITY Dft CHURCHILL S Syrup Hypophosphite of Lime prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chroni Cough and General Debility Xt mtainß two of the principal ingr&j dlents necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered j deficient in the above complaints, viz., Phosphorus and Lime. Ifc cannot be toe ghly recommended for Delica Childre Or Churchill s Compound Syrup o HYPOPHOSPHITEB Is real Brain Feed, and In cases Muscular and Nervous Exhaustion \i acquired a world-wide reputation. Eacn bottle bears Dr Churchill's signature Price, Prepared oily by BWANN HHEMIST WANNj \JHEMIST, PARIS WO RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS! THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. HEALTH wlthoub Medicine, Hum bug, or Quackery! The weak, depressed, rheumatic, paralytic ■ nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, strength, tone and vigor by using Cunsington & Co.'jS Direct Acting Medical Ooila, as used in the Christchurcn Hospital and by *11 the leading medical practitioners and medhal electricians throughout the colony. Sufferers should , write for circular and full particulars to Cunnington & Co., Electrioiaiw, 190 Gloucester street, Qhrtotphurch, ft



. __sJlsiness5 Jlsiness Notices^ Nev Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLISHED ' L _ 18 5 9 CAPITAL^OnF MILLION. THE PBEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES,&&o s ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES MILES & CO., LIMITED. AGENTS'



DtfA H TO PARASITES I 1 SHEEF TICK MAGNIFIED FLUID |HpBBHH POWDER DIP. nljfßllSfCw DIP: NON-POISONOUS.) l^^^^i^^^^^^^*^^| (POISONOUS.) Used and reeomm«nd«d b Flock. U««d and r«contm«nd«id toy— Flock W. Gerard, Canterbury ... 61,000 R. D. McLean, Hawke'a Bay 58,000 M. O. Okbell, Canterbury ... 5,000 Waiapoa Station, Gisborne ... 20,000 IW. O. Rutherford, Amurl.. 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Ocago ... 30,000 3. W, Mcßae, Amurl .. 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 5,00 C 000 sheep And by many other well-known Flock in New Zealand, and man millions Owners. . hroughout the world. _ . W«wiy EMtrodnced. .Prioe-(in casks) S» 6d per Price- (in MSOspercwt. G-allon. 1 Cwt makes 1000 Gallons Dtp, in ii m*j f. t/v>/> .• n- Another well-known Powder Dip costs ha 1 Gallon Fluid makes 100 Gabon* Dtp. M much again. Compare the prices Chief T^ffOntS-BLAOKBURNE k 00, Ohrlatchurch. district AGENTs-Miles a nd Co., Limited. Ashburton and Bakaia,



17,000



/^^^^ TO MAKE ROOM /^^^^^m/^ NEW SEASOMIjSHIP" Ex "Duke of Devonshire " Tainui/' and " Otarama,'^ 55^ THE BALANCE OF MO/ % Drapery, IS BEING OFFERED AT Large Reductions FO3 F v o U R TEEN DA.YS} :o: j W. H. Collier, • The Corner.'



WOOL SEASON #1893-1894. TyE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Up all WOOL placed in our bands FOR SALE at Ashburton, or for' Ship roent to London or Antwerp. OUR STORES are very suitable for the proper display of Clips entrusted to us for Sale, they being commodious and well lighted. ALL LOTS, however large or small, are valued moat carefully prior to c, and.no lot is sold under our valuation without the consent of the owner. Vendors can depend upon our obtaining highest prices for their clips. ALL WOOL remaining unsold at Ashburton will be properly packed i and delivered into trucks free of all charges to the vendor. WOQLPAOKS, TWINE COLORED BRANDING £OII« ETC, [SUPPLIED AT LOWEST CURRENT BATES- Dates of Sales will be advertised shortly. FEIEDLARDEB BHOS.



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DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) AUCTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, jnd ESTATE AGENT, VALUATOR 1 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 FOB- Matson and Co., Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Company, Christchurch Booth, McDonald, and Co, Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip Massey-Harris Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Co., Dunedin Planet Jupiter Garden and Field Tool i. DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton, Grass Seed Cleaning*. Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Ole ng Plants in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYEGRAS3 "«a it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates. DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton. •m WOOL SEASON. 1893-1894. AM PREPARED TO MAKE 3ASH ADVANCES UPON GROWING CLIPS OF WOOL, fPlaced in>y hands FOR SALE LOCALLY or elsewhere, and CAN SUPPLY ALL SHEARING REQUISITES, AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. l> r Thomafl, Ashburton. i have:been appointed local agent for the sale of BELFAST CHEMICAL MANURES, And can Supply— SUPERPHOSPHATES, BLOOD MANURE, POTATO MANURE, BONE MEAL & BONE DUST In large or small quantities. DAVID THOMAS, Ashburttn. ASHBURTON SKIN SALES. LssHALLt SOLD A FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF SHEEPSKINS, FAT, HIDES TALLOW, &O-, throug'out the season. NEXT SKIN SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1893. David Thomas, ASHBURTON Miles and Co., Limited WOOL. WOOL WOOL XTTE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, FREE of on the ensuing Clip. SEEDS. We have for Sale Large Stocks of JFRESH, GENUINE, AND RELIABLE SEEDS, Specially Selected] Including Colonial Red and White Clover and Oowgrass, Timothy, Ryegraga and Cocksfoot. Imported Red Clover, Cowgrass, White Clover, and Aisyke can Seed Wheat, Oats, Barley, etc., of best quality. MANURES. HIGH-CLASS MANURES suitable for all conditions of soil. Anglo-Continent* Superphosphates guaranteed at time of shipment to contain 37*13 per cent of ?olub Phosphates, also Bonedust and Guano. station & Farm Stores. We always keep in stock the following leading lines—Flour, Bran, Sharps, Oatmeal, Tea, Sugar, Currants, Raiains, 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, best drawn annealed Fencing Wire, (all numbers, Iron Standards, Barbed Wire, Drain Pipes, eto. Auction Sales, Stock, etc. ASHBURTON AND TINWALD—WEEKLY. HINDS AND RAKAIA-MONTHLY. SALES OF HIDES, SKINS, TALLOW, AND WOOL, HELD FORTNIGHTLY AT ASHBURTON Mites and Co., Limited. Jfi. W. EANMEK, Auctioneer. Aihburton and Rakala.



| Business Notices. 1 \iW BURTON PERMANENT BUILD ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETI. Offices : Tanoked Street, Ashburtok. rpo Encourage the saving of small suns _L the Society will take T MONEY ON DEPOSIT In sums of One Pound and upwards, In terest 5 per cent on the following condi tions :— ■ | Sums of One Found and «pwam?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 sum deposited, but not in less sums than One Pound, except when closing the account. Deposits taken for 3 months at 5 per cent for longer periods at 6 „ For particulars apply EDWD, STEPHENS, Manager.



Jbmsir^s i\oticeg. Tucker and Bean TTAV E FOR SALE ILL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE & BLACK PINE FIREWOOD LIME AND CEMENT and! BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, Ac. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHIB PROPRIETORS, Just Landing—Splendid Shipmen o NEWCASTLE COVL Tucker Jt Bean, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERA PRODUCE MERCHANTS. AWING TO THE SUCCESS WHICH HIB ATTENDED MY BUSINESB, I find It neceuary to PROCURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do, T TAKE the opportunity to thank the Public of Ashbarton for their kind patronage, «nd to say that I hope to continue to merit their support. H. E. Bonnington, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST EAST STREET, ASSBURTONi Spectacles! Spectacles! TTAVE Tour Sight Tested, and as* only PROPERLY FITTING SPEC TACLES JEWELLER, Is Sole Agent for Ashbnrton for N- LAZARUS & CO., OCULIST - OPTICIANS, or SYDNET, MELBOURNE, AND CALCUTTA. A very complete set of trial lenses and frames for tasting—ensuring perfeot vision and comfort. N.B.—Do not ri»k /potting yowr eympkt by mring badly fitting Spectacles. A large Stock of Double Eye Protectors, Smoked Glasses of various shades with straight or curled sides. Gold Spectacles, Gold Folders and our Gold Astigmalfo Folder Clip. S^ SAL.EIC OCULIST-OPTICtANSI AGENT, MRS A. 1 ROBOTTOM BEGS to inform the numerous friends and clients of her late husband, A. T. BOBOIIOM, THAT SHE WILL CARRY ON THB BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE SAME PREMISES, MO9RE STREET, ASHBURTON Cabinet?, beautifully enamelled, 15s per doz ; Plain, 12s per doz ; Carte de Visit* enamelled, 10s per doz; Plain, 7s 6d. TINWALD, SHOW DAY. €. Hawking, KN O WIN G the requirements foi Show Day has just opened up 1 nice assortment of DRAPERY AND BOOTS, at prices not before heard of, comparinj quality with price. No cheap trash, bn good reliable articles. These are boom to give satisfaction. BOOT neatly and cheaply made, an repairs promptly attended to.j



I ms I "{As strong as the oak,"" 1 * Ab pure as the lily. J 11 As fragrant as the rose. In 1, 2, 5 and 101b Tins. Henry Zander, SOLE AGENT, ASHBUBTON. —FOR lALE -I TRACTION ENGINE, 8-horae. -j GRASS SEED CLEANER. -| CORNCRUSHEiI. -I CHAFFCOTTEE. H HYDRAULIC RAM, No. 5. i SCREEN, for 4ft 6ln Combine. -I Ordinary BICYCLE, price £2 10s A quantity of Belt-pu)leys from 3in 3ft diameter. Agency for McLaren's Traction Engines. Thos. E. Kilworth, ENGINEER & BRASS POUNDER. G. JESSON (Late J. Quinn), PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, OPTICIAN, ELECTRO-PLATER, &o. East Street, Ashbukton. fIHE Cheapest House in town for J[ Watches, Clockß, and Jewellery of every description. Watches Cleaned and Guaranteed 12 months, 4s 6d. Electro-plating done in all its branches. 1 THE ASHBTJRTON AKCADB -pAINTING & pAPERHANGING ESTABLISHMENT. JOHN WILSON (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 and picture frame mouldings. Estimates for Painting and Decorating given. All work executed promptly, with the very best materials and workmen, JOHN "WILSON, ARCADE, BURNETT STREET. J. Nicholas, PRACTICAL BOOT MAKER. ALL descriptions of BOOTS and SHOES made to ordor on the premises. The Best Material and Work manship guaranteed. A large and varied stock always on hand at moderate prices, REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED. J. NICHOLAS, BOOTMAKER, Next Mr Salek's, V/atchmaker, East Street. 7mT^B~WISE IN TlME.—Consider your Health. nfl -in oases of Weakness, Nervousness, 11 li Strength. Severe Pains,*c (in either ■■■■ sex), no matter how chronic or aerere, FARE'S ELECTRIC PILLULES are ttw ~ grandest,most speedy.and powerful remedy on earth. One package is sufficient in even the weakest, the oldest, and most shattered, to WOBK A HIRACLK. Being perfectly harmless, they leave no bad after effects. Guaranteed, never to fail. Full particularsrfree, u*der cover, from the K.Z. sole agents— DßUtt SUPPLY CO., Box 60, Dunedin. Fare's ELECTRIC c I PILLULES are wrih their weight in gold and act lit* . magic, givingln»tantreltef,»ndworktag« i certalnai4 * ip^.peraMiaßlouwUHVWVgaM, lyfrtrxv