The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 3046

AsHBURTOis: Tuesday, August 8, 1893.

PEICE: OXE PENNY-



Business Notices. WHY RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS! THE ELECTRIC CURE 13 THE BEST. HEALTH withoub Medicine, Ham bug, or Quackery! The weak, depressed, rheumatic, paralytic, nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, strength, tone, and vigor by using CcrcmiNGTON & 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 writ* for circular and full particulars to OtnfxnraTox A Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Christchuroh. 0 5



Business Notices ORIZA PERFUMERY^ 11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, T EGRAND'S SPECIAL PRODUCTS Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— Prom 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-Oriza-Velonte, exquisitely per fumed for the toilet and baths. Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)—No, 2, extra fine, In boxes, 8 cakes. 12 exquisite perfumes, No. 1. Orlsa-Savon-Incorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white rlolet. Aqua-Oriza—New toilet water, refreshing to the skin. Orba-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. Orlsa-Aciduline—Toilet vinegar, aromatic and disinfectant, specially adapted for adieV toilets. Orlza-Scotch-Lavender— Sprigs of Scotch lavender flowers; a rich toilet water, da.Cologne-Oriza— The high-life toilet water Orixa-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. Oriza-Dentaire, in paste or powder, for whitening the teeth without affecting the enameL Ess Orba -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 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 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, otus, and bottle ; or li boxes, the bottle only withou accessories Esa-Oriza-Incoiore Violefcfce of the verj most exquisite perfume, quite : nosegay of violets. ss-Oiiza Suave white lotrope Bou quet of the flewm



fpTsOOTHINGI SS>^ BELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC Pnmmrvm _ twalthy .tat* of the eonstU tfMon during th. period of T«othln«. • 7*m wordi "JOHK B TEED MAW, Oh«mi«t L Walwerth l «urray," ||P An *Dftmi on „• a«unmmt BUmr if*«i I* taeh rut>'nt- Bold Bt KEMPTHOKNE PROSSER A 00.



TOR COTTGHS, GOLDS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, InfluenM, Consumption, &c, Ac <AY'S COMPOUND B3SBNCB OF LINSEED, Aniwed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &c • AY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for V Coughs, Colds, »nd Chest Complaints <AT'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is equally serviceable for horses and cattle <AY'S TIC PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Faceache, dec. ConUtn Quinine, Iron, &c LINUM CATHARTICUM PTLLS, digeatire, correc tire, and agreeablr aperient COAaULINB— Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Manufactory, Stockport, England /"VNE box of Clark's B 41 Pills is war \^J ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acquired or constitutional), gravel and aiss in the back. Guaranteed free from mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by til chemists and patent medicine vendors 3old proprietors, The Linceln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses. XpOßthe Blood is thelif c. Clark's world Sj famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities, 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 wad patent medicine vendors everywhere. Sole proprietors : The Lincoln and Mid and Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England. OWLES 1 PENNYROYAL A*D STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons so preva* lent with the sex. Boxes Is I&dto2s 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 - tiona



PAX OIDIUM MANUFACTURED BY Gounelle Jeune, SALON—FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: GEO. BURK FRANCART & CO., 3 MOaKKRSKI! PIACE, MELBOURNE. A MOST powerful Insecticide, and guaranteed to destroy Oidium, Mil dew, Vine Parasites, Chlorosiß, and Para 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 success. ORPHAN OIL, The great discovery for Phylloxera,. Codlin Moth, and disease in Sugar Cane. For Pamphlet* and al information apply GEO. BURK PRANCART k CO., 3 Somerset Place, MELB 0 JJRNE.



■^EATING'S LOZENGES TTEATING'S LOZENGES TREATING S LOZENGES "A Simplb Faot abott*" 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 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 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 so 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. 1 HTTERLY UNRIVALLED HTTERLY UNRIVALLED HTTERLY UNRIVALLED The above speaks for tself. From strict Inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keating's Cough Lozenges is under ■tated. The operation was a specially ■even one, ana 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 <ue 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 weight in gold Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill attain writes: " I should long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges— they an mn-th their weight in gold. I will gladly see and tell anyone what a splendid cougb remedy they are." . Keating's Cough Lozenges, the unrivalled remedy for Coughs, Hoarseness, and Throal Troubles are sold in tins by all Chemists. BLANGARDS lODINE OF IRON p|T T C APPROVED by the Academy of Medioin< of Paris, are especially ;ecommende< W f-he Medical Celebrities of the World fo; Scrofula (Tumors, King's Evil, etc), thi early stages of Consumption, Constitutions Weakness, Poorness of Blood and fo timulating and regulating its -aeriodi onrse. None genuine unless signet Blanoard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. Sold by Druggists and Chemists through nt the G°} onia* AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF I^abor SaTCtl f N SCRUBBING Passages and Flooi I BY USING The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Stor keepers, etc., and wholesale from tl manufacterere. Cunninston & Co., 1* eiouoeet«r Street, Cbriatohuroh, 9 S



THE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM i MUSTARD LEAF IS of an easy employ, clean, takes little space, is ready for immediate use j 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 eases of Neuralgia, Diseases of the Throat, Palpitations of the Heart, Convulsions, Lumbago, Bheumatism, 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 naplsm. PARIS: P. Mettley, 135 Rue St-Antoine. To b» had from all Chemists and fron Australian Drug Company -jtd. Sydney



LOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL S Syrup Hypophosphlte of Lime prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chronl Cough and General Debility Xt mtalns two of the principal lngra& dients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Fhosphorus and Lime. Ifa cannot be toe ghly recommended for Delica? Childre Or Churchill s Compound Syrup o HYPOPHOSPHITES la real Brain F©»d, and In cases Muscular and Nervous Exhaustion hi acquired a world-wide reputation. Eacn bottle bears Dr Churchill's signature Price, Prepared oily by SWANN HHEMIST WANNj UHEMIST. PARIS



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New Zealand Insurance Company. BSTABLIS H"il) 0 ' L ~ 18 8 9 CAPITAL^ONE~MILLION. THE PBEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY i ______ FIRE AND MARINE RISKS. € ALSO,-^ RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, Ao. f ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RATES MILES & CO., LIMITED. AGENTS'



DEATH TO PARASITES 1 I SHEEP.TICR MAGNIFIED L I ll' 'I T\ B^^B^a^^B^^^^^^^^^^^^^M __ MMH^^B^^^_^_^^H^K ■% 111 1% I* Vh CMdandrm«mmead«db Flock. V c«fl anil recommended toy— Flock. W. Gerard, Canterbury ... 61,000 R. D. MoLkan, Hawke's Bay 68,000 *M. C. Obbell, Canterbury ... 6,000 Walapoa Station, Gisborne ... 20,000 W. O. Rotherford, Amuri.. 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Ocago ... 30,000 G. W, Moßak, 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 5.00 C 000 sheep And by many other well-known Flock in New Zealand, and man millions Owners, hroughout the world. Wewly ffntrotlnced. £*irloo—(in casks) 5g 6d per Price- (in kegs) SOs per owt. Cialloii. 1 Cvol makes 1000 Gallons Dip. *tin m • » 1 »/,^ rt ««. Another well-known Powder Dip coeti hft 1 Gallon Fluid makes 100 Gauom Dtp. M muc h agaiu. Compare the pricei Clilef AgfeutJß-BLAOKBURNE k 00, Chriatchurch. district AQENTs-Miles and Co., Limited. Ashburton and Bakaia.



Flock. 68,000 20,000 30,000



TO-DAY". SPECIAL SALE. OF Ladles' and Children's Ulsters, Mantles, Capes, and Fur-JLlncd Cloaks. ;also, or a WELLINGTON WAEEHOUSEMAN'S J£NTiKE STOCK INewj Season's-{Dress Fabrics! ILL THE NEWEST AND BEST GOODS'OF THE]SEASON AT LESS jTHAN One Quarter Producers' Cost W. BTRAME & CO.. CHRIBTOH U UGH.



IF. YOU LIKE NICE TEA ASK;tYOUR.CHOCER FOR 1 1 NELSOM^J MUMcSIBERMHJALS ■■■ Mm^^&M ■■ ,»y , #l<*f*>>LK CELEBMnEDSaBE'BBajjaKMRaSW PURE INDIAN CHINA&JCEYnON TfiAS PROCURABLE J UNPARALLELED CHEAP SALE. HIGH CLASS DRAPERY, CLOTHING ANP BOOTS. —OCMMENOIHG— Saturday, June 24 — i'Y — fAstounding Bargains.



DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) A UOTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, md ESTATE AQENT.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., ea 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, 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, Stephenson and Co., Dunedin Planet Jupiter Garden and Field Tools. D. TJEOMAS* ASHBURTOK, Grass Seed Cleaning. Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Cleaning 3?lant* in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYEGRASS as it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates.) D, Thomas, ASHBURTON. I rui a Casli Purchaser OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGRASS, ETC, IN.LARGE OR .SMALL QUANTITIES David Thomas, ASHBURTON ASHBUKTON SKIN SALES. laHALL. HOLT) A FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF SHEEPSKINS, FAT, HIDE TALLOW, &o-, throughout the season, starting from ! FBIDAY, JUNE 23, 1593.



JOB PftINTIHC DOSTERS, Dodgew, BUihe*!., i 7 , ..^ORfarames, Memorandum ForW Redding Cards, Memoriam Cards, In vitotion Cards. Order Blccks, Threehln. ? rt ac t,in% Book 8; s"^* and ,ooLs, Banquet Menus, and Ticket* ■f all kinds. Tlai uflHrmi nnuinn. co LIMITED, Having t supply of Superior Jobblnf T>po, Fancy Cards, and Special lines of Paper, can execute van description of Printing on the shortest notice, fa the best styX and at reasonable rat**, Tucker and Bean XT AYE FOR BALI ILL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE & BLACK PINE FIREWOOD LIME AND CEMENT AN© BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. CATS, BRAN, CHAFF, <fco. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MAOHINI PROPRIETORS, Just Landing—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COAL Tiscker""& Bean, COAL, TIMBER, AND OENERAIi PRODUCE MERCHANTS.



i Business Notices. i I A.SHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD- I ING AND INVESTMENT SOOIETI. i I ' Offices : Tancred Streit, Ashbcsioit. rr"O Encourage the sa/ing of small suns X the Society will take : MONEY ON DEPOSIT In sums of One Pound and upwards, In t fcerest 5 per cent on the following condi -1 fcions:— , ; Sums of One Pound and upwards 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 »i ft 8 „ 64 „ for longer periods at 6 „ For particulars apply EDWD, STEPHENS, Manager. GBAIN & WOOL STORES, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. GRAIN MERCHANT, SHIPPING. FINANCIAL k COMMISSION AGENT, fto. CASH PUECHASEK WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS RYEGKASS SEED, kto. COMMODIOUS STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. ALWAYS"ON SALE— Oornsacks, Woolpacks, Twine, Super phosphates, P«arl-Guano, Genera- Farm and Station Stores, Ac. Cape Barley, Grass, Clover, Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, AT LOWEST OfTRRENT PRICES. AGENT FOR THE New Zealand Loan and M rcantlk gency Company, Ld. Union Fire and Mrrine Insurance Company. ! Howard's Digging Ploughs. Cooper's Sheap Dip, Sutherland's Manure, oco.



JOHN G-. BEBTKLL, In conjanctioa with the v. , fBW J!«AHJin X.OA3T * MMWtm (3A.MTKM.Wi .*»,««<:«-. CO., Id, JOHN R BLAND, Aaotioneer. iactioneera, Wool Broken, Land and Financial Agents, &c, are prepared to transact Farm an<i Station Business on the most favorable terms. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL LIBERAL CASH ADTANCES MACK A<UtSST ENSUING CLIPS. io CoißTjlseion on Advances *n^ at the ZiOWEST CURRENT RATES OF VNTFRIEBT



AUSTRALTA» WUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY New Zealand Branch ~ . Head Office, Customhouse-qoay, Wellington! Local Board of Directors : Xhe Hon Morgan 8. Grace, M.D, C.M.a,, MX..O. (Chairman) The Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M L.C. (Depnty Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq The Hon Edward Richardson, C.M.O, M.L.C John Duncan, Esq Medical Officer: Dt W. O. Kemp, M 8.0.5. (Bnglacd) THE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST, AND MOST PROSPEROUS AtTSTRAIIAN LIFB OITICB, 4ND THK LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EML'IRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERY. YEAR The Method of Valuation adopted by thfe Society is »f the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi derably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that held by any other office in the Australasian Colonies. ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £11,000,000 (ELEVEN MILLIONS) Sterling All invested to yield nearly $ per cent. POLICIES IN FORCE „. 116,305 Sum Assured .'. £38,888,283 Accumulated Funds .. .. 411,828,448 Annual Income.. .. .. £1,900,193 Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £5,434,623 CASH BONUS for ONE year, 1892, £504,181, yielding: Beversionary Bcntfees amounting to J! 1,030,000, after making SPECIAL RESERVES, amount ing to £2^4,111. CASH BONUSES declared for la«t FIVE Tears, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuses exceeding FOUR MILLIONS. ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THK A. M. P. SOCIETY And Secure a BONUS EVERY "SEAR. Expenses of Management 9| per confc o the total income. EDWARD W. LCWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Office^ — Custom House Quay, Wellington. W. H. DERRY, District Secretary, Christchurch. H. ZANDER, Local Broker, Ashburton.



THE RONGO PA I TRNEI Kkl KOUTOU KATOA NEW CURB FOR ASTHMA. EW CUBE EOR CROUP EV CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA ■JEW CURE FOR CHRONIC BRONCHITTS. Prepi red from the Mountain a&d fomk Plants of New Zealand) In Asthma the New Cure has proved Hat to be Head and Shoulders Abort All Other Remedies 1 rpHE NEW CURE is the only Sped! X yet discovered for Diphtheria. In Croap the NEW CURK has no rival It saves emetics, Hunting fires, hot baths, and all the attendant worry incidental of the arrival of the Midnight Monster. : r In fyphoid Fever the NSW OC7RI disinfects, soothes^ and gives refreshing sleep. The NEW CURE Is the only k»t Lung Diiiafectant In no Instanc has a death ooonrredi from diptheria when the "New Cure has been freel / owed from the first ontM . of the disease, and so great are its pro tective powers, that the complaint has never been known to spread,to othat members of the family. The New Care, 3s ftd ; Grlndelia Robot* Oiaar Asthma Tobacco, 2s 6d



Fruit Trees. HAVING DECIDED to give up NURSERY GARDENING, and attend entirely to my business of PRO DUCE DEALING, I offer ray large stock of Apple and other Trees at LOW PRICES. They are all of the best sorts 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, HAYELOCK STREET.



AWING TO THE SUCCESS WHICH HIS ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find it necesaary to PROCURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do, T TAKE tbe opportunity to thank the Public of Aahbttrton for their kind patronage, and to «ay that I hope to continue to merit their support. H. E. Bonnlnffton, CHEMIST & DBUGGIST' EAST STREET, ASHBURTCNi



IT IS THE BEST, SO nanSEHSn HiUiililTi^iuiViliUH "■• «•••■. Sold by all Grocers and Storekeepers in Ashborton uistrict. Wholesale by ANDERSON Jlmo CO., Coffee and Spioe Factory, Timara. AGENTS WAHTBD. WANTED Agent* lot a GOOD SELLING LINE. Either sex and earn food inoom*. Apply tafly sj only a limited number is required. NOVELTT IXPORIfto 00.,