The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 3040

AsHBURToa: Tuesday, August 1, 1898,

pbicb : oj*e penny



.Business Notices'- WHX RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS! THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. TTEALTH without Medicine, Hum- Jm_ bug, or Quackery 1 The weak, depressed, rheumatic, paralytic, nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, itrength, tone, and vigor by using Cvkhikotok & Co.'s Direct Acting Medical Ooils, as used in the Christchurch Hospital and by til the leading medical practitioners and medical electricians throughout the oolony. Sufferers should write for circular and full particulars to CuwNiNOTOjr A Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Christchurch. 9 5



Busmess'Notiees I ■ - .. w ORIZ& PERFUMERY. 11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, T E GRAND'S SPECIAL PRODUCTS Jjj ■;."" — > Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— From the for mule of Dr 0. 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 eakei. 12 exquisite perfumes, No. 1. Orlza-Savon-Inoorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white fiolet. Aqua-Oriza—New toilet water, refreshing to the skin. Oriia-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. Oriza-Acidullne—Toilet vinegar, aromatic and disinfectant, specially adapted for adiea' toilets. Orlza-Scotoh-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. Gonttes - Oriza - Dentifrice —An extraot for preserving he teeth and gums In good health und preventing decay. Oriza-Dentaire, In paste or powder, for whitening the teeth without affecting the enameL Esa Oriza -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. Orlsa-Lacte (Oriza Milk)—An emulsive lotion, refreshing tonic to the skin, removing re spots and preventing wrinkles on che face. Oreme Oriza (of Ninon de Lencios)—For producing a beautiful white com plexion with the clearness and velvety softness o* youth. Or zaline-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. sa-Oi'iza Suave white lotrope Bou quet of the flc w«i



LC/J POWDERS RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. Pr—rvm m. hoalthy state of tho conatl. j *»*Moii durins *he period of Teething. ' • The word. "JOHX BT££»MA*, 4b I Oh«fnlat,W«lworth,Surr«y,» |V An «Bgrm4 on tb« Otrtnmtitt Stamp qfUui I* toeh n(M Sou* Bt KEMPTHOKNE PROSSER & CO.



coughs, oold3, bronchitis, asthma, Influenza, Consumption, &o, &o <AY'S COMPOUND E33ENOE OF LINSEED, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &c <AY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for Coughs, Cold 3, 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, Faceaohe, Sec. Contain Quinine, Iron, &c LINUM CATHARTICUM PTLLS, digestive, correo tire, and agreeably aperient OOAGTOLINE— Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Manufactory, Stockport, England



ONE box of Clark's B 41 Pills la war ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (aoquired or constitutional), gravel and aiss in the back. Guaranteed free from mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists and patont medicine vendors 3old proprietors, The Linceln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses.



"TpOßthe Blood is the Life. Clark's world Jj 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 lons. Thousands of testimonials. Sold n bottles 2s 9d, and 11s each by chemists and patant medicine vendors everywhere. Sole proprietors : The Lincoln and Mid and Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England.



PAE OIDIUM MANUFACTURED BZ Gounelle Jeune, SALON-FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: GEO. BURK FRANCART & CO., a ftoaisns^x place, MELBOURNE. A MOST powerful Insecticide, 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 alt information apply GEO. BURK FRANCART k CO., 8 SOMKRSXT PIaAOI, MELBOURNE,



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 I|dto 2s 9d, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Yen dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLN and MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of imita - (ions



VEATKNG'S LOZENGES BEATING'S LOZENGES TTEATING'3 LOZENGES "A'Snoui Fact about" KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. Aak throughout the world, in any country that can be named, yea 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 TERRIBIE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH 04, Commercial road, Peckham, July 12. 11 Dear Sir, —I am a poor hand at express ing my feelings, but I should like to thank yon. Your lozenges have, done wonders in relieving my terrible cough. Since X 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 hare had a more violent cough; it was io Dad 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 IITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTBRLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY 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 ■ever* one, ana 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 iae of these Losenget). So successful are they that one afford) immediate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat Irritation is Intense, ■M7EIGHT IN GOLD "ITT BIGHT IN GOLD WEIGH'! IN GOLD Uoler date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill age in writes: "I should long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges— they are 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 aold in tins by all Chemists.



THE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM MUSTARD LEAF IS of an easy employ, clean, takes little space, is ready for immediate use 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, Bheumatism, Congestion! Paralysis, and Apoplectic tits. Prepared with choice Mustard Powdet the Universal Sinapism possesses all the qualities of conservation and activity. Directions for use acoompany each naplsm. PARIS: P. Mteulky, 135 Eve St-Antoine. To b» had from all Chemists and fron. ACSTKALIAK DfiCO COMPANY ~fl!D. Sydney



LOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL 8 Syrup Hypophosphite of Lime prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chronl Cough and General Debility Xt mtalns two of the principal ingrsj, dients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Vhoiphorw and Lime, Jfc cannot be toe ghly recommended for Delica Childre Or Churchill s Compound Syrup c HYPOPHOSPHITES is real Brain Feed, and in oases Muscular and Nervous Exhaustion »i acquired a world-wide reputation. Eaon bottle bean Dr GhuichiU'a signature Price, Prepared oily by SWANN HHEMIST WANN> \J HE MIST, PARIS THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. From and after the 30th November, 1889 he terms of Subscription to this journal will be as follows, viz :— It PAID IN ADVANCE. P« Quarter .„ 6s 6d, by post, 9s 6d , Half-year... 12s Bd, by post, 18s 6d Year .„ 24s Od, by poat 37« Od IF BOOKED. Per Quarter ... 7s 6d, by poat, 10s 9d „ Half-year.... 15s Od, by poßt, 21s 6d , Year ... 30s Odi, by post, 43s Od Birth Marriage, and Death Notices, if paid toi at the time ot insertion, 2s 6d, 1 f booked, 4s mob, Stamps may be tent M P»ymei •



BLANCARDS lODINE OF IRON DTT T C APPROVED by the Academy of Medicine of Paris, are especially ; ecommended by *he Medical Celebrities of the World for Scrofula (Tumors, King's Evil, etc.), the e»rly stages of Consumption, Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of Blood and for timulating and regulating its -jeriodio {oarse. None genuine unless signed Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris, geld by Druggists and Chemists through* pat the OolomiM AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF Labor Sared IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors \ BY USING The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacterers. Cunnihotox & Co., 190 Gloucester gtr.ee*, ChrUtchurch, 991



, Business Notices! New Zealand Insoraiice Company. BSTABLIShTbI) 0' 1. _ 1859 CAPITAL^OnFMILLION. THE PEEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MAOHLSES, 4a, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TOBRENT RATES MILES & GO., LIMITED. AGENTS' DEATH^.TC^PARASITES ! ! SHEEP^TIOK MAGNIFIED rLUIU HVP99V9V (NON-POISONOUS.) WWM^M^MMPWMB| . (POISOKOUI.) rndudnMaa«d adbr Flock. €M« B dr«c«am**d*4k7. Flock. W. Gbkard, Canterbury ... 61,000 R. D. McLean, Hawke'u Bay 68,000 M. 0. Orbell, Canterbury ... 6,000 Waiapoa Station, Gieborne ... 20 000 W". O. Ruthikfokd, Amuri... 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Otago ... 30.000 G. ,W. Moßab, Amuri ... 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- A. Stmoks, Marlborough ... 46,000 vestment Company, South- F. H. Richmond, Marlborough 13,000 land 17 000 And by owners of over 5,000,000 sheep And by many other well-known Fiock in New Zealand, and many millions Owners, hroughout the world. ICowly Entr«dnc«4. Price—(in casks) &m Ocl per Price- (in kegs) 5O» per owt. Gallon. 1 Ctot make* 1000 Gallon* Dtp, / Galh>*. PluiA *uil*» I fin fi n ll~*. n•« Another well-known Powder Dip omti ha 1 Vauon JTlwtd makes 100 Gallon* Dtp. M maon ftgaill . Compare tht print Chief Agrents-BLAOKBURNE k 00 , Ohriitohuroh. DISTBICT AGENTS-Miles and Co.,LIA|ITED. Ashburton and Rakaia.



DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) j A UOHONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, jno ESTATE AGENT,.VALUATOR WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, | ASHBURTON. ' Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tmwald and Ashburton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fat, Hides, etc., ea Fill DAYS 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, Ohristchurch 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. i D. T A .H OMA 8 # ASHBURTON, Grass Seed Cleaning. Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Cleaning Wants in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYEGRAS3 aa it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates, j D, Thomas, . ASHBURTON. 1 fMn a Cash Purchaser OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGRASS, ETC, HN^LARGE OR^SMALL QUANTITIES David Thomas, ASnBURTONJ ——x—— • ASHBUBTON SKIN SALES. I SHALL HOLD A FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF SHEEPSKINS, FAT, HIDB TALLOW, Ac-, throughout the season, starting from FBIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893. I>. Thomaff, Aflhburton.



IF YOU LIKE NICE TEAsASKftYOUR.GROWER FOR | NELSOM^J riOLPfiflw nMfr >iif Bwß Wi^^l' ' ".•.•^li *&*/*»/« CEIEBRffISDMHEIBMnyaKiftJiJWI^I PURE INDIAN CHINA&CEYEON "rtASI PROCURABLE | UNPARALLELED cheap sale ttIQH CLASS DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. —COMMENCING— (Saturday, June 24. — i'Y — Astounding Bargains.



JUS TLA NDED ■ OF PAPERHANGINGS OF THE LATEST DESIGNS from the Celebrated Makers MESSRS CARLISLE and CLEGG, London, which, with our already Large Stock, will enabk&'ofl to glva Customers a very varied range of patterns to choose from. PAINTSI -""- OILS AND ALL PAINTER'S REQUISITES. o ' ' HAND .LAMPS HANGING LAMPS TABLE LAMPS .BRACKET LAMPS _«-.— We >n (Venn; SPEOIALCBAR3AINS IN LAMPS/and we requwt intenftaw FHrobttaers to lirspeo), * John Orr & Co., SARDrTARB AND PROVISION MKROHANTS.



Miles and Limited Plough Shares. m"E AXE PREPARED TO SUPPLY BOTH HORNSBY'S AND RANSOM'S, At prices hitherto unheard of in Ashburton, being in direct communication with the makers, and having received large shipments from both manufacturers SEEDS. "We have for Sale Large Stocks of FRESH, GENUINE, AND RELIABLE SEEDS, Specially Selected Including Colonial Bed and White Clover and Oowgrassj, Timothy, Ryegrass and Cocksfoot. Imported Red Clover, Cowgrass, White Clover, and Alsyke, Clean Seed Wheat, Oats, Barley, etc., of best quality. MANURES HIGHCLASS MANURES suitable for all conditions of soil. Anglo-Continental oupernhosphates guaranteed at time of shipment to contain 3713 per cent of -oluble Phosphates, Bonedust, Guano. . " Station & Farm § tores. We always keep in stock the following leading lines—Flour, Bran, Sharps, Oatmeal, Tea, Sugar Currants, Raisins Kerosene (Royal Oil Brand) Candle?, Soap, Fine and Coarse Salt. Boiled and Raw Linseed and Castor Oils, Red and Black Tattoo Oil for Branding, Hematite, Sheep Netting, beat drawn annealed Fencing Wire, all numbers. Iron Standards, Barbed Wire, Drain Pipes, etc.  Auction Sales, Stock, etc. ASHBURTON AND TINWALD-WEEKLY. HINDS AND RAKAIA-MONTHLY. SALES OP HIDES, SKINS, TALLOW, AND WOOL, HELD FORTNIGHTLY AT ASHBURTON. fl«mx*x . Miles and Co., Limited. E. W. HANMEB, Atjctio^er. Aihbwtoii unft It»k»lft,



Business Notices. 4SHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD. ING AND INVESTMENT SOOIETi. OmoK: Takobed Strebt, Arhi ckto*. rpO Enoourage the saving of small suns _L the Society will take r MONEY ON DEPOSIT In sums of One Pound and Upwards, In terest 5 per oent on the following condi tions :— 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 a oomplete Pound shall have been deposited, up to the day on when Hi* money shall be withdrawn, A Depositor may withdraw the whole or park of che sun deposited, bnt not m less sums than One Pound, exoept when closing the aooount. Deposit* taken for S months at 6 par omt " M" f '_1 1* 9 »» for longer periods at 6 M For pardoulars apply XDWD. STEPHENS, Manager.



el OHM ©. RKIiTKIX, GRAIN * WOOL BTOBES, WXST STRIcET, ASHBURTON. GRAIN MERCHANT, SHIPPING, FINANCIAL k COMMISSION AGENT, fto. CASH PURCHABEK WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS RYEGKASB SEED, no. COMMODIOUS STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. ALWAYS "ON SALE— Oomsaeks, Woolpacks, Twine, Super phosphates, Paarl-Gnano, Genera* Farm and Station Stores, Ac. Gape Barley, Grass, Clover, Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, AT LOWEST OCTRRENT PRICES. AGENT FOR THE \ New Zealand Loan and M rcantlle gency Company, Ld. Union Fire and Mrrine Insurance Company. Howard's Digging Ploughs. Cooper's Sheep Dip, Sutherland's Manure, do.



C. Ul. BROOKE, BEGS TO NOTIFY THAT Hg IS KOI IN PERSONAL ATTENDANCE A» THE DISPENSARY, ashburton, On Behalf of Mrs Pbichabd And hopes to be favored with the patronage of his old customers. _ Two tons on hand of Solub'i Arsenic Powder, which dieolvesin cold Tucker and Bean JJ AYE FOR 8A L » ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE & BLACK PINE FIREWOOt LIME AND CEMENT BUILDING of every description. PRODUCE. OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, Ac. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MAOHIN* PROPRIETORS, Jnat Landing—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COAL Tucker""* Beam, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERA* PRODUCE MERCHANTS. , THE RONGO P/J TENEI KM KOUTO7KATOA flfaebean Stewart's NEW CURE FOR ASTHMA. EW CUBE EOR CROUP W CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA 'JEW CURE FOR CHRONIC BRONCHITTR. Prepared from the Mountain and fores* Plants of New Zealand] In Asthma the New Core has proved ltsi x to be Head and Shoulders Above All Other Remedies* THE NEW CURE is the only Spedf yet discovered for Diphtheria. - In Croup tie NEW CURK 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 Jf'ever the NEW CURI disinfects, soothes, and gives refreshing sleep. The NEW CURE is the only trms Lnng Disinfectant In no instanc has a death oocorred from diptheria when the *' New Con has been free!/used from the first onta* of the disease, and so neat are itn pro tective powers, that the complaint ha« never been known to spresd to octal ' members of the family. The New Cure, 9n &1; Grindelia Robot* Oicar Asthma Tohaooo, 2s 6d AWINQ TO THE HTJOOBBB WHICH HAS ATTENDED MT BUSINESS, I find it neoessary to PROCURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do- T TAKE tbe npportunity to thank the PubUo of Ashbvnoo for their kind patronage, and to . say that I hope to continue to merit their support. 11. K. BonnlD^toß, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST EAST STREET, ASHBURTCNi _



I JOHN Gr. BEBTELL, In oonjunctlon wilh^tne IIW lIALAXn X.OAM * HCK. CAXTILK A«*;W< T CO., 1.4 JOHN R BLAND, Auctioneer. Vuctloneors, Wool Brokers, Land and Financial Agents, &c, ara prepared to transact Farm anA Station Business on the most favorable terms. WOOL "WOOL. WOOL LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES KADI ACUIHHT ENSVJING CLIPS. Cora-nißsion on Advance", and at the ZX)WKST CURRENT RATES OF INTFRKST GREAT SALE AT B. ALCOM'S, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS. DOT3BLK BLANKRTS s — from 8a 9d to 12a 6d 4 10 — from 12« 9d to 17« W 4 11 — from 16s 9d to 22s 3d 4 THE3E ARE THE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN NEW ZEALAND. MEN'S awd BOYS' COLONIAL SUITS, IHATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, SHIRTINGS, FLANNELLETTES and FLANNELS, RUGS, CARPETS; LINOLEUMS, SHEETING, BOOTS AND SHOES. EVEBYTHING REDUCED [FOR CASH FOR ONE MONTH.



Fruit Trees. TTAVING DECIDED to eive up JZL 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 aorta obtainable, and having; grafted them I 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 kind* of FARM PRODUCE. A Splendid Line of ONIONS. J. THOMAS, HAVELOCK STREET. [A CARD]. MRS A. C CLARIDGE, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE 6 ORGAN, COX STREET, aSHBURTON. I£RMS ON APPUOATJON.



BURNETT STREET" ' -BEITAUBAK T.— MRS. C. H. BRYANT j T3EGS to notify lhat thn has Uken t*a* JU> centrally situated RESTAURANP : in BORNKTT STREET, lately earned on by Mrs Rangor, and hopes to be J favored with the same liberal support that was accorded to her predecessor. HOT MEALS AT THK USUAL HOURS SPECIAL TERMS to Weekly Boarders % CATERING undertaken for bells, eftv • on the shortest notice. 6 ltft^ ■ *"|! THK SKW ZE.. AND SHIPFIKQ 1 OOMPANYS LINK. | REDUOED FARKS FROM LOU DON TO NEW ZEALAND; }, A RRANGEMKNTS esa be m*§ XI. with the Affent-GenemlmLoiiiii|^ to procure pasoKges by the abor» IiMM the following greatly reduoed rsiasVii'^S Seoond Saloon ... £tt^i|j Intermediate ... Third Class ... ... ... £13^8 For further particulars apply at oftssjl MILKS * 00.,LwrtHL -ir^i