The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 3053

Ashbfbtok: Wednesday, August 16, 1893.

PBICE: ONE PENNY



business Notices. WHY RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS! THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. HEALTH without Medicine, Hum bug, or Quackery! The weak, depressed, rheumatic, paralytic, nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, strength, tone, and vigor by using Ccnwington & Co.'s Direct Acting Medical Coils, a3 used in the Christchurch Hospital and by 111 the leading medical practitioners and medical electricians throughout the colony. Sufferers should write for circular and full particulars to Ouxningtox A Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Ohristchuroh. 9 5



Business Notices OfflZi PMFOMERY. _11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, X E GRAND'S SPECIAL PRODUCES 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). Sivon-Ortea-Velonte, exquisitely per fumed for the toilet and baths. Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)—No, 2, extra fine, in boxes,. 8 cakee. 12 exquisite perfumes, No. 1. Orlia-Savon-Inoorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white Tiolet. Aqua-Orixa—New toilet water, refreshing to the skin. Orlia-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. OrUa-Aoiduline—Toilet vinegar, aromatic and disinfectant, specially adapted for adies'toilets. 1 Orl»-Scotch-Lavender—Sprigs ot Scotch I lavender flowers; a rich toilet water, de-Cologne-Oriza —The high-life bolleti water Orlsa-Water- Concentrated and lasting. Extract of superior Eau-de-Cologne. Gonttes - Oriza - Dentifrice —An extract I for preserving he teeth and gums in 1 good health and preventing decay. Orlsa-Dentaire, in paste or powder, for whitening the teeth without affecting the enameL Em Ortza -et - Oriza-Lys—Perfumes for scenting linen and the handkerch • without staining. OrhvOil—Variously perfumed; for ren dering the hair soft and brilliant, and preventing It from falling off. OrbvLacte (Oriza Milk)—An emulsive lotion, refreshing tonic to the skin, removing re spots and preventing wrinkles on the face. Oreme Oriza (of Ninon de Lencios)—For producing a beautiful white com plexion with the clearness and velvety softness of youth. Or saline-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, an<? bottle ; or in boxes, the bottle only without accessories Ess-Oriza-Incoiore Vlolette of the very moat exquisite perfume, quite a nosegay of violets. ss-Om% Suave white iptrope Bou quet of the fk wet



P^jsoothingJ RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSION, ETC. Pr***rv» m. Iwalthy «t«t« of th* eonati> tHMOH durinftha period of Teething. Th. werdi "JOHH tI££DXAV, OhamlMt, Walworth, Murray," |9 Alt MRTCTC4 OB tbt Ow«rfHncn( fiUm>- <|#lx«d f* taeh ru*b* Sold Bt KEMPTHOKNE PEOSSER & CO.



COTOHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, Influenza, Consumption, &o, &a <AY'S COMPOUND ESSENCE OP LINSEED, Aniseed, Senesrv Squill, Toln, &o X AY'S COMPOUND, a demulosnt expectorant, for V Coughs, Colds, and Chest Complaints •AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is equally V serviceable for horses and cattle X AY'S TIC PILL 3, a speciflc in Neuralgia, Faceaohe, V *c Contain Quinine, Iron, &c INUM OATHABTICUM PTLL9, digestive, correo .. tire, and azreeablv aperient OOAOTLINE— Cement for Broken Articles, Sold everywhere. Manufactory, Stockport, England



fYNE box of Clark's B 41 Pills ia war \.J ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acquired 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 Sold proprietors, The Linceln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses.



"CpOßthe Blood i»thelife. Clark's world JD famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all Impurities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, senrvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases, «ad sores of allkinds, its effects are marvel lous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold n bottles 2s 9d, and 11s each by chemists and patanfc medicine vendors everywhere. Sole proprietors: The Lincoln and Mid and Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England.



PAE OIDHJM MANUfACXUBED BT Gounello Jeune, SALON-FRANCE. Solo Agents for Australia: GEO. BURK FRANCART & CO. 3 lO3IIIMCI XM.ACj£ MELBOURNE. A MOST powerful Insecticide, and guaranteed to destroy Oidium, Mil dew, Vine Parasites, Chlorosis, and Para sitical Insects of Pianta, Vegetable Gardens, etc. Is now in uas 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 all information apply GEO. BURK FRANCART & CO., 3 Somerset Place, MELBOURNE.



TOWLES 1 PENNYROYAL A^D STEEL PILLS FOE FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons so preva lent with the sex. Boxes Is 1 to 2s 9d. of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Yen' dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLN •id MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of Iraita • tlons



TTEATING'S LOZENGES •^EATING'S LOZENGES TREATING S LOZENGES "A Simpm Fact about" KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. Auk throughout the world, in any country that can be named, yon 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 OOUG^ 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 an the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, taank 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 moons, 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.' ■ITTERLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY UNRIVALLED HTTERLY UNRIVALLED She above speaks for tself. From strict inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keating's Cough Lozenges is under stated. The operation was a specially severe one, ana was performed by the specialist, Dr H. T. Bntlin, of St. Bartho lomew's Hospital. Since the operation the only means of relief is the rue of these Lozenges. So successful are they that one affords immediate benefit, although from the nature of the owe the throat irritation ia Intense. Tlf BIGHT IN GOLD WEIGHT IN GOLD Weight in gold Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill again writes: "I should long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges— they art worth their weight in gold. I will gladly see and tell anyone what a splendid cough remedy they are." Keating's Cough Lozenges, the unrivalled remedy for Coughs, Hoarseness, 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 ose and acts promptly. Everybody should always have at 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 tits. 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 froa Australian Drug Company ./td. Sydney



10W VITALITY DR CHURCHILL S Syrup Hypophosphite of Lime prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chroni Cough and General Debility Xt >ntalns two of the principal ingra^ dients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Fhotphorus and Lime. Ib cannot be tor ghfyrecommended for Delica Childre Dr Churchill s Compound Syrup o HYPOPHOSPHITES Is real Brain Feed, and in cases Muscular and Nervous Exhaustion ki acquired a world-wide reputation. Eacn bottle bears Dr Churchill's signature Price, Prepared oily by SWANN HHEMISI WANN) UHEMIST, PARIS



BLANCARDS lODINE OF IRON DT T T Q A FPBOVED by the Academy of Medicine /V of Paris, are especially ; eoommended by Medical Celebrities of the World for Borofula (Tumors, King's Evil, etc.), the aarly stages of Consumption, Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of Blood and for timulating and regulating its 'tteriodio •arse. None genuine unless signed Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. old b Druggists and Chemists through the Colonies



AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF Irfibor Sared IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors' BY USING The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacturers. Cunninqton & Co., 190 ftloawatar Street, Christchuroh. 931



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Business Notices] New Zealand Insurance Company. BSTABLISH"iI) 0>"~l. _ 185 9 CAPITAL—ONE"MILLION. THEPBEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND "MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, Aa, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RATBf MILES & CO., LIMITED. AGENTS'



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F \ 11 I n ,ma^^^^mmmmmmmmmimmmmm^^m f% fl 111 1} C D ' rwdaadrcmmnradedb Flock. IT m»a and r«toaimmi4*d fey— Flock. W. Gerakd, Canterbury .. 61,000 R. D. McLean, Hawke's Bay 68,000 M. 0. Obbell, Canterbury ... 5,000 Waiapoa Station, Gisborne ... 20,000 i VV. O. Ruthebfobd, Amuri.. 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Ocago ... 30,000 G. W, Mcßae, Amur! .. 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- A. Symoxs, 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 Fiook in New Zealand, and man millions Owners. hroughout the world. We-wUy Introduced. JPrice—(in casks) 15s Gel per JPrioe- (in kegs) SOs pet* C"*rt« CS-allon. 1 Cwt make* 1000 Gallons Dip, 1 QalhnFlrMmake, 100 O^ons Dip. M t2^ KloSs^Sl Ooitil" Chief Agronts—BLACKBURNE & 30 , Ohrktchuroh. DISTBICT AGENTB~MiI es and Co., LIMITED. Ashburton and Bakaia.



STEPHENS "RTJOS Market House. _^ t.\ POTATOES. POTATOES DERWENTS AND KIDNEYS. SPECIALLY SELECTED OAMARU POTATOES. BUY EAELY. PBIOE ADVANCING. Stephens' Bros^, Market House.



Watches! Watches!! Watches CLOCKS! CLOCKS!! JiL ROBERT MURRAY, Q XSJjfffz^yl HOROLOGIST AND DIRECT IMPORTER Os^o N^g^jgjjr WATOHEsf OLOOKB, JEWELLERY, AND MATERIALS. A LA.KGE ASSORTMENT of BOYS' OHKAP WATCHES. Guaranteed. AN UNRIVALLED STOCK of WATCHES and CLOCKS of all descriptions, including latest and most approved forms of HOROLQGICAL SKILL. NON MAGHETISABLE WATCHES. Not aftected by Electricity, Magnetism, or Swift Running Machinery. ! All ENGINEERS and ELECTRICIANS ehoald wear them. THIS IS THE WATCH OF THE FUTURE, and 8 kept in Hunting and Crysta Oases, both of English and Foreign Manufacture,



A BAKGATJST! FOR S4LE CHEAP, A FIKST CLASS SAFETY PNEUMATIC BICYCLE (Nearly New), Clincher Tyres, Lamp, Bell, etc. '"*" ''**. ..j — ALSO,— CfCLING WATERPROOF CAPE. CBAIGHBAD & BBEBYIAN., thesleadingi;tailoks and^outfittebs,] ASHBURTON.



IRYOITLIKE NICE TEA^ASKVYOURCROQER FOR i nelsomS GOIII&SIftERMEDALS. ™^^ H __... I Cn.raßiJED*THE;Bira^A^Pe^| PURE INDIAN CHII^&CEYCON TEASI Miles and Go^ Limited Plough Shares, ARE PREPAEED TO SUPPLY BOTH HORNSBY'S AND RANSOM'S, at prices hitherto unheard of in Ashbtirton, being in direct communication witn the makers, and having received large shipments from both manufacturers SEEDS. We have for Sale Large Stocks of t ™SH, GENUINE, AND RELIABLE SEEDS, Specially Selected] Including Colonial Red and White Clover and Cowgrass, Timothy, RyeeraßS and Cocksfoot Imported Red Clover, Cowgrass, White Clover, aid Alfyke, Clean Seed Wheat, Oats, Barley, etc., of best quality. **»y**i MANURES HIGH-CLASS MANURES suitable for all conditions of soil. Anelo-Con tinental vSS^S&ssSc^^^ Bhipment t0 contain 3713 per cent of '°iaw- station & Farm Mores. We always keep in stock the following Reading lines-Flour, Bran, Sharps, Oatmeal, r^ugar, Currants, Raisins..Kerosene (Royal. Oil Brand) Candles, Soap, Fine and Coarse Salt Boiled and Raw Linseed and Castor Oils, Red and Black Tattoo Oil for £?s&3SM^ Fencing Wir9 >all -mbere ' Auction Sales, Stock, etc. ASHBURTON AND TINWALD—WEEKLY HINDS AND RAKAIA-MONTHLY. &ALES OF HIDES, SKINS, TALLOW, AND WOOL, HELD FORTNIGHTLY AT ASHBURIW yxn«u»*ni,x iMiles and Co., Limited. Jfi. W. HANMEB, Auctiootee. Ashl^irton and Itakala* "~ DAVID^ THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) >V UCTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, atxd ESTATE AGENT, a 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., ©n^Fj&IDAYS Sales of Wool throughout the season Grain Bought and Fold on Commission Clearing Sales as per^arrangement FOB- Matson and Co., Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Company, Christchurch Booth, McDonald, and Co., Okristchurch 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 Tool*. D. TtfH];O M A>» ASHBURTOM Grass Seed Cleaning 1. Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Gleaning Plants in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYEGRASS *a it ought to be done at Reasonable Ratea.f D # Thomas, ASHBQRTON. I fMn a Ca«b Purchaser j OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGBASS, ETC.' ENLARGE ORJSMALL QUANTITIES David Thomas, ' ASHBURTON ASHBUKTON SKIN SALES. IbHALL" HOLD A FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF SHEEPSKINS, FAT, HIDB TALLOW,*&o-,|throuqhout the season, starting from FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893. I I>, Thoma» f Aflhburton.



m wmm. THi ~" mm mumn m LIMITED, Ha™ « supply o f Superior Jobbing typo, Fancy Cards, and Special Lines of Paper, can execute Ten description of Printing on the shortest notice, in the best style, and at reasonable imten; Tucker and Bean JJAVE FOR SA L X ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE A BLACK PINE FIREWOOO LIME AND CEMEKT AND BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, Ac. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS, Just landing—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COAL T«c!icr~£ Bean, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL i ____PRO_DUOK MKRCHANTS. TUB KONGO PAI TENEI KM " KOUTOU KATOA itiTacbean Stewart's NEW CURE FOR ASTHMA. EW CUBE EOR CROUP EV CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA *EW CURE FOR CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. Prepared from the Mountain and forest Plants of New Zealand) Tn Asthma the New Cure has proved ItM • to be Head and Shoulders Abere '' All Other Remedies' qpHE NEW CURIUs the only Speclfl X yet discovered for Diphtheria^ In Croup tl-.e NEW CURE has no rival It saves emetics, lifting fires, hot baths, and all the attendant worry incidental of the arrival of the Midnight Monster. In .Typhoid Fever the NEW CC7RI disinfects, soothes, and gives refreehimr sleep. ~ The NEW CURjTis the only trot Lnng Disinfectant In no lnatanc has a death occurred from diptheria trhen the ••New Core has been free) / used from the first outee of the disease, and so (treat are its pro tective powers, that the complaint has never been known to spread to otluc members of the family. The New Cure, 3s «J ; Grindella Robot* Civar Asthma Tobacco, 2s 6d I"\WING TO THE SUCCESS WHICH HlB ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find it necessary to PROCURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do, T TAKE tfcci opportunity to thank the Publio of Asbburton for their kind patronage, and to say that I hope to continue to merit their support. H. E. Bonnln£ton> CHEMTST k DBUGGKT EAST STREET, ASHBURTCNi OLBAVKVJ r * ■pTEW f>RADSHA AHI) A.8.0. OOMMKROCAL QTJIDB, AND TRADES DIRECTORY, A Complete and Reliable Guide to New Zealand, containing an alphabetical ar rangement of all places of importance in the colony, showing at a glance the dis tances and bearings from principal towns, times of departnreand arrival of all trains, coaches, and steamers, together with fares and particulars of postal, telegraph, money order offices, post office savings janke, and hotels throughout New Zea land. Maps of (be North and South Islands, and Street Maps for Auckland, Christ* church, Wellington, and Dnnedin. A Guide from Auckland to the Hot Lake*. A Gu;de from Dunedin and Invercarvial to Lake Wakatipu. , ' Cab Fares, Customs Tariff, Trades Dirto* tory. Watermen's Fares, etc. Postal Guide, Telegraphio Guide, lfafl Timetables, Union s,s. CompanVg full tfmetableand far*. Published Monthly, prloe W. Annual Subscription, Is. Posted, Is U. ARTHUR CLEAVE & Co^ ITI FBm Qmci, AUCKUyPi



i Business Notices. i i \SHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD ! ING ANT) INVESTMENT SOOIETX. | Offices : Tancred Stkekt, Asubcrton. f PO Encourage the saving of small sums 'JL 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 upwards received on Deposit, and Interest will be allowed on every complete Pound deposited, to be reckoned from the day ok which a complete Pound shall hare been deposited, up to the day on when the money shall be withdrawn, ▲ Depositor may withdraw the whole or parb of che sum deposited, but not in leu Bums than One Pound, except when closing the account. Deposits taken for 3 months at 5 per otnt ii >• ° . :» °i »» for longer periods at 6 „ For particulars apply EDWD, STEPHENS, Manager. GRAIN & WOOL STORES, west street, ashburton. grain merchant, shipping, financial & Commission AGENT, fto. CASH PURCHASER WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS RYEGKAS3 SEED, no. COMMODIOUS STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. ALWAYS "ON SALE— Oornsacks, Woolpacks, Twine, Super phosphates, Paarl-Guano, Genera; Farm and Station Stores, Ac. Cape Barley, Grass, Clover, Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, AT LOWEST OCTRRENT PRICES. AGENT FOR THE New Zealand Loan and M rcautile gency Company, Ld. Union Fire and Mrrine Insurance Company. Howard's Digging Ploughs. Cooper's Sheep Dip, Sutherland's Manure, -to, JOilN Gr. KEJMTEJ-JL., In conjunction with the i>w aEEAx.A.Jtn koast * kkb- CAIIII.]! A&SXSCV CO., MM. JOHN R BLAND, Auctioneer. Auctioneers, Wool Brokers, Land and Financial Agents, &c., art prepared to. ■ transact Farm and Station Business on the most favorable terms. WOOI*. WOOL. WOOL LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES HUBS AOAXNST ENSUING CLIPS. 'To Cownission on Advances, and at the LOWEST CURRENT RATES OF INTEREST IT IS THE BEST, SO " Sold by all Grocers and Storekeepers in Ashbutton uiatrict. Wholesale by ANDERSON and CO., Coffee and Spice Factory, Timaru. GREAT SALE AT B.ALCOfiFS, SAUNDBRS' BUILDINGS, DOUBLE BLANKETS — from 8s 9d to 12s 6d 4 10 — from 12s 9d to 17s iid 4 11 ~ from 16s 9d to 22s 3d 4 THE3E ARE THE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN NEW ZEALAND. MEN'S and BOYS' COLONIAL SUITS, :hats, caps, SHIRTS, SHIRTINGS, (FLANNELLETTES and FLANNELS RUGS, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, SHEETING, BOOTS AND SHOES. EVERYTHING REDUCED FOR OASII FOR ONE MONTH. AGENTS WANTED. WANTED Agents for a GOOD SELLING LINE. Either sex and earn good income. Apply early as k only a limited number is required. NOVELTY IMPORTING 00,. Box 979 GF O^StOmj, »,« y>