The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 3020

Ashburtois : Wednesday, July 19, 1898.

PBICE: OJVJS PEJSTCY



business Notices.



Business Notices



WH\ RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS? THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. HEALTH without Medicine, Hum bug, or Quackery I The weak, "depressed, rheumatic, paralytic, nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, atrength, tone, and vigor by using Cunhington & Co.'s Direct Acting Medical OoiJs, as used in the Christchurcb Hospital and by 111 the leading medical practitioners and medic il electricians throughout) the colony. Sufferers should write for circular and full particulars to Cunninotos & Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Christohuroh. 9 5



i4Za M^iißK. 11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris. re grand's special products jLj — Savon-Oriza (Oriza SoapV^-From the for mule of Dr O. ReveU. i The best soap for rendering the skin white and soft, Sweetly and refreshingly scented (rose, green and white). jUvon-Oriza Velonte, exquisitely per fumed for bhe toilet and baths. Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)—No, % extra fine, in boxes, 8 cakes. 12 exquisite perfumes, No. 1. Orisa-Savon-Incorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white violet. Aqua-Oriza—New toilet water, refreshing to the skin. Oriza-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. Orka-Adduline—Toilet vinegar, aromati* and disinfectant, speoially adapted for adies" toilets. Orlaa-Sootch-Lavender— Sprigs- of Scotch lavender flowers; a rich toilet water, de - Cologne -Oriza — The high-life toilet water Oriza-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. 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 handkerch 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 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 o* youth. ' Or saline-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, and bottle ; or in boxes, the bottle only without accessories Eaa-Oriza-Incoiore Violette of the very most exquisite perfume, quite a nosegay of violets. sa-OHzi Suave white lotrope Bou quet of the fkwnt



P^jT^BHSSiCIITnNCTEETiJ Ssslr RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. Prmmmrvm m healthy state of the constU tv*'9n during the period of Teethln*. • Jh. words "JOHK BTS£D*AK, Chamlat, War wort h.llurray," AM tagrrved om the Oottmmmt Stamp qgixtd to »<u\ ratm- Soid By KEMPTHOKNE PROSSKR & CO.



"OR COUOHS, COLD 3, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, "* Influenza, Consumption, &c, &c <AY'S COMPOQND ESSENCE OP LINSEED, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &o <AY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for Coughs, Coldi, and Chest 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 LINTJM CATHARTICUM PTLL9, digestive, correc tive, and at?reeablv aperient COAGULINB— Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Manufactory, Stookport, England



i^vNE box of Clark's B 41 Pills ia war- V 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 ail chemists and patent medicine vendors 3old proprietors, The Linceln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses.



TinOßthe Blood is the Life. Clark's world .\j famed Blood Mixture is warranted tc cleanse the blood from all impurities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, scurvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases, and sores of allkinds, Its effects are marvel lous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold n bottles 2s 9d, and 11s each by chemists and patent medicine vendors everywhere. Bole proprietors : The Lincoln and Mid «nd Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England.



PAX OIDIUM MANUFACTURED BT Gounelle Jeune, SALON—FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: GEO. BURK FRANCART & CO., MELBOURNE A MOST powerful Inseotlcide, 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. 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 al information apply to GEO. BURK FRANCART & CO., 3 Somerset Place, MELBOURNE.



rr*OWLES' PENNYROYAL AND J STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptom so preva lent with the sex. Boxes Is Isdto 2s 9d, of all Chemists and Patent MedicHe Yen dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLIS and MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of Imita • tlons



TT EATING'S LOZENGES |7EATING'S LOZENGES TTEATING'S LOZENGES "A Simpijs Fact about" KEATING'S ' CX)UGH LOZENGES. ABk 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 m giving relief, so certain to cure, and yet the moat delicate can take them. A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH 94, Commercial road, Peckham, July 12. 11 Dear Sir, —I am a poor hand at express ing my feelings, but I should like to thank you. Your lozenges have done wonders in relieving my temble cough. Since I had the operation of • Tracheotomy' (the same m the 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 io 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.' IITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED The 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, and was performed by the ■pecialwt, Dr H. T. Butlin, of St. Bartho lomew's Hospital. Since the operation the only means of relief i« the -ise of these Lozenges. So suooessf ul are they that one affords immediate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat irritation U Intense. weight is gold weight in gold Weighs in gold Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill aeain writes; "I Bhould long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges—^ wrt 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 nse 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, Convulsions, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Congestions Paralysis, and Apoplectic Jits. Prepared with choice Mustard Powde* the Universal Sinapism possesses all the qualities of conservation and activity. Directions for use accompany each naplsm. PARIS : P. M bulky, 136 Rue St-Antoine. To b« had from all Chemists and fron Australian Dkcg Company, ~/td. Sydney



LOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL S Syrup Hypophosphlte of Lime proscribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Ohronl Cough and General Debility Xt mtalns two of the principal ingr^ dientß necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Phosphorus and lame. Ib cannot be toe ghly recommended for Delica Childre Dr Churchill s Compound Syrup c HYPOPHOSPHITES is real Brain Feed, and in cases Muscular and Nervous Exhaustion hi acquired a world-wide reputation. Eacn bottle bears Dr Chui chill's signature Price, Prepared oily by BWANN /"I HE MIS 1 WANNj UhBMIST, PARIS



BLANGARDS lODINE OF IRON BT T TQ A PPROVED by the Academy of Medicine /\ of Paris, are especially ; ecommended W %c Medical Celebrities of the World for gorofula (Tumors, King's Evil, etc.), the early stages of Consumption, Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of Blood and for Emulating and regulating its periodic ourse. Nome genuine unless signed Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. Sold by Druggists and Chemists through outth<Bj3olonieii__ -"-^fiioRMOUS AMOUNT OF Labor Saretl IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors BY USING ' The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacterers. CtmNiNGXON & Co., 190 Gloucester Street, Christchurch, 931



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Business Notices; ______„ New Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLISHED _ 1859 CAPITAL^ONJTMILLION. THEFfiEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST OOLONXAL COMPANY, ISOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND'MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, 4o.,A9OEPTEP AT LOWEST 7URRBN! IVAT** ~MILEB & CO., LTD, ___________„ M^P 8 DEATH TO PARASITES \J SHEEP TICK MAGNIFIED. FLUID MBBSBEB POWDER I>XP> H■ ■■ Iyl DIP: (non-poisonous.) M^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ffl (poisonous.) Hud and rMomm«ai|«d bj Flock. U a«d and rrcoMm«wl*d ky- Flock. W. Gerard, Canterbury ...^ 61,000 R. D. McLean, Hawke's Bay 68,000 M. 0. Obbeil, Canterbury ... 5,000 Walapoa Station, Gisborne ... 20,000 >V. O. Ruthbrford, Amur!... 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Ocago ... 30,000 G. W.Moßae, Amuri ... 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- A. Symons, Marlborough ... 45,000 vestment Company, South -IF. H. Richmond, Marlborough 13,000 land ... 17,000 A»d by owners of over 5,000,000 sheep And by many other well-known Flock in New Zealand, and many millions Owners, hroughont the world. w«wiy i»«j«dnc«d. f»rloe-(iR caska) Sm 6d per Fr*™*- <*» Y*®}sPf .P 01"^^^" Ciralloix. 1 Cwt makes 1000 Gallons Dtp. .... ™ , ,^«^,., Another well-known Powder Dip ooabi ha 1 Gallon Flwd makes 100 Gallons Dtp. as much again. Compare the prices Chief .Agents—BLACKBURNE & 00 , Christchurch. district AGENTs-Miles and Co., Ltd. Ashburton and Bakaia.



lUNPARALLELED CHEAP SALE. HIGH CLASS DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. —.-:o:— — —COMMENCING— Saturday, June 24* Astounding Bargains. :(o):



STEPHENS BROS. MABKET HOUSF, A SK THE PUBLIC and THEIR CUSTOMERS to TRY the M.andarin and Tiger Teas, Pronounced by all Competent Judges to be the Most Economical, Purest, & Rest Teas SoW for the Price—2a, 2s 4d, 2s 63. SAMPLES GRATIS. SOLE AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON, btephens rSros., market house. Agents for New Zealand—J. RATT RAY & SON, PUNEDIN.



THE HALL, EAST STREET. Barrett Bros, and Bairstow, DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, AND HOUSE FURNISHERS. TIT El are now Showing a Grand Assortment of WINTER GOODS. BLANKETS From 6s lid per pair. BLANKETS EUGS 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 SHIRTINGS The noted leather Shirtings, 6£d to IOJd. SHIRTINGS DRESSES A choice Assortment, 4s 6d to 27s 6d. DRESSES CRETONNES 4sd, Art Muslins 4£d, Turkey Chintz 6d per yd. SHEETINGS, Quilts, Bed Ticking, Towelings, &c, &c. CLOTHING Men's Suits 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 REDUCED IN PRICE. THE STOCK OPEN FOR INSPECTION. NO ONE ASKED TO BUY. NOTE THE ADDRESS- I Old *Town Hall, East Street,



IF YOITLfKE NICE TEA-ASK^YOUR GROCER FOR ¥&*/*>£.' CELEBRATEOJcTHE BESl!i*:*JKW6*i| PURE INDIAN CHINA&CEYUON TEAS PROCURABLE _ ' j



DAVID THOMAS, - (Late Matson, Oox, and Co.) A OCTTIONBBR, LAND, INSURANCE, jhd ESTATE AGENT, a VALUATOR WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON. Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ash burton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Pat, Hides, etc., ©n,F*lI DA YS 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, Chrisfrchurch 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., Dunedin Planet Jupiter Garden and Field Tools. D, THOMAS, [ASHBURTON, Grass Seed Cleaning 1. Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Cleaning Plants in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYEGRAS3 as it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates. J D, Thomas, ASHBURTON. I am a Cash Purchaser OP WHEATAOATS, BARLEY, RYEGRASS,IETC, IN^LARGE ORISMALLJQUANTITIfcS. David Thomas, ASHBURTON ASHBTJKTON SKIN BALES. 1 SHALL HOLD "A FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF SHEEPSKINS, FAT, HIDE TALLOW,"fto-, throughout the season, starting from* FBIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893. D. Thomas, Ashburton.



PLOUGH SHABES. "TTj E ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY B^O T H HOKNSBY'S AND RANSOMES 1 AT PRICES HITHERTO UNHEARD OF IN ASHBURTOH, Bttlug In alrecb communication with the Makers, and having received large Bhlpuivnta from both makers. COENSACKS (FULL SIZE AND FULL WETGHT) AT LOWEST CURRENT PRICES AND Barbour'g Best Fiye-plj Twine MAY .BE OBTAINED AT OUR STORES. WHEAT. WHEAT. WHJBAT OATS. OATS. BARLEY. AND OTHER PRODUCE. WE IRE PROMPT CASH BGYERB of aU Sorts of PRO DUOS ab Marke Prices, and are prepared to Store Grain on Farmer:)' account, and bo makg Advance if teauired without Commission. MILES & CO. LTD \ ■ ABbto«ir<«n and Rakala.



Business Notices. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD ING AND INVESTMENT SOOIETI. Offices : Tancrkd Stkebt^ Asxuukton. tyO Encourage the Having of small sums X the Society will take • T MONEY ON DEPOSIT In sums of One Pound and upwards, In ternet 5 per cent on the following condi tions:— * Sums of One Pound and apwaWs received on Deposit, and Interest will be allowed on every complete Pound deposited, to be reckoned from the day on which a 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 1 for 3 months at 5 per cent for longer periods at 6  For particnlan apply EDWD. STEPHENS, Manager.



GRAIN <fe WOOL STORES, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. GRAIN MERCHANT, SHIPPING, FINANCIAL * COMMISSION * AGENT &o. CASH PURCHASER OF * WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS RYEGKAS? SEED, kto. COMMODIOUS STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES.



ALWAYS ON SALE— Cornsacks, Woolpacks, Twine, Super phosphates, Pearl-Guano, General Farm and Station Stores, &c. Oape Barley, Grass, Clover, Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, A.T LOWEST CURRENT PRICES. AGENT TOR THE New Zealand Loan and M rcantile gency Company, Ld. ! Union Fire and Mrdne Insurance Company. Howard's Digging Ploughs. Cooper's Sheep Dip< Sutherland's Manure, dso.



CJ. 81. UUOiffii; BEGS 10 NOTIFY THAT Hh] IS NOW IN PERSONAL ATTENDANCE AT THE DISPENSARY, ashburton, On Behalf of Mrs Pric ard, Anu hopes to be favored with ihe patror,»t?e of his old customers. Two tons on hand of Soluble Arsenic Powder, which dieolves in col* r at£ rA, a mdx," the tried remedf for FOOT ROT in sheep. 7



JOHN Gh BESTELL, In conjunction with tfte MWfvr ziAiAirn x.«Asr * mem* CASTTLK »«K!I€T CO., Id. JOHN R BLAKD, Auctioneer. Auctioneers, Wool Brokers, Land and Financial Agente, &c, ara prepared to transact Farm and Station Business on the most favorable terms. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADE JUJaTHST ENSvJING CLIPS. Cora*nißsion on Advances, and at the LOWEST CURRENT RATES OF



GREAT SALE AT E. ALCOfiN'S, SAI7NDERS' BUILDINGS. DOUBLE BLANKETS 6 - — from 8s 9d to 12s 6d 4 10 — from 12s 9d to 17s 3d 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, JHATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, SHIRTINGS, FLANNELLETTES and FLANNELS, RUGS, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, SHEETING, ■BOOTS AND SHOES. EVERYTHING REDUCED FOR CASH FOR ONE MONTH.



Tucker niu\ Bean JJ A VK, FOR SA L X ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE * BLACK PINE FIREWOOO LIME AND CEMENT AND BUILDING MATEEIALS of every description. •'■ \ PRODUCE, CATS, BRAN, CHAFF, &o. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINB PROPRIETORS Just Landing—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COAL Tucker X Been, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL PRODUCE MERCHANTS.



Fruit Trees. HAVING DECIDED to give up NURSERY GARDENING, and attend entirely to my 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 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, ROLLEK FLOUR, and all kinds of FARM PRODUCE. A Splendid Line of ONIONS. J.THOMAS, HA.VELOCK STREET.



THE RONfcO PA I TENEI Kfci KOUTOU KATOA ffffaetienn Stewart's NEW CURE FOR ASTHMA. EW CUBE EOR CROUP EV CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA 1 JEW'CURE FOU CHRONIC BRONCHITTS. Prept red from the Mountain and forest Plants of New Zealand} In Asthma the New Cure has proved Itsa to be Head and Shoulders Above All Other Remedies'' rpHE NEW CURE is the only Speeifi X yet discovered for Diphtheria. In Croup the NEW CURE has no rival It saves emetics, lifting fires, hob batbs, and all the attendant worry incidental of the arrival of the Midnight Monster. In I'yphcid Fever the NEW CURB disinfects, soothes, and gives refreshing sleep. The NEW CURE Is the only trot Lung Disinfectant In no instanc has a death occurred from dipfchem trhsn the " New Cure has been freel / used from the first outaa of the disease t and, so great are its pro tective powers, that the complaint has never been known to spread to othei members of the family. The New Cure, 3s &1; Grindelia Robua* Ci«rar Asthma Tobacco, 2s 6d



AWING TO THE SUCCESS WHICH HAS ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find it necessary to PROOURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do, T TAKE the opportunity to thank the Public of Ashburton for their kind patronage, and to say that I nope to continue to merit their support. H. E. Bonnlnffton, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST EAST STREET, ASHBURTGNi



PETTIFER'S HERBAL TONIG FLOCKMASTER'S FRIEND, Rbgistemd. For Tapeworm and all kiDds of Worms in Lambs. Husk Fever and Scour. THIS Invaluable Medicine prevent* and cureß the worst cases of the above diseases when all other Remedies have failed. One Dose will prevent Disease ; in bad cases Iwo or three are required. In giving orders state the number, to have the proper quantity forwarded Dose bottles grat;s. INVENTORS AND SOLE PROPRIETORS, Stephen Pettifer <S Son, MR.C.V.S.L 0 R U D W B L L,, NEAR . MALMESBURY, WILTS



THE GENERAL ELECTION. REGISTER! REGISTER!! IT*ORMS of CLAIM to VOTE can ba obtained at the office of tbe If ail and GUAKPUN,



AGENTS WANTED. WANTED Agents for a GOOD SELLING LINE. Either MX and earn good income. Apply early ai only a limited number is required. NOVELTY IMPORTING 00..