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tHE ASHBtTBfOft GtTAHblAtf i fRIDAT, JANUAKT 20, 18&3



Now Landing— 30,000 FeetPioton White Pine Flooring and Matchlining 15 Tons of ROOFING IRON, 100 Gallons of House and Carriage VARNISHES. 5O Drums of PAINT OILS. , 5O Cases of CASTOR OIL. DERSONS about to BIiILD or to RE-OECORATE their houses should inspect ■■- our STOCKS. Our PAINTING and PA PER HANGING Department is undff the supervision of M* J. R. Chapman, and all material used is of Genuine ualiiy. C O A JL. We have made special arrangements for suppling per truck, to any station during the coming, threshing season, and our clients can depend - on getting despatch to their orders. BIRCH TIMBER AT 8s 6d PER 100 ft. WV H. Collins & Co., MERCHANTS AND IMPORTERS —*• » |i|i| ROBERT MURRAY* 3g%^)&P& Watcb and Clock X£&K OO1J) AND SILVERSMITH, tc, EAST STREET. I HAVE just landed direct from London a magnificent assortment of high-clam lVenty-one Day MARBLE CLOCKS, which, with the large stock already m hand, enable? me to show a Variety of Elegant Design* UNEQUALLED CANTERBURY SPECIALLY LIBERAL TERMS EXTENDED TO PRESENTATION COMMITTEES, &0. k Beautiful Selection of DIAMOND and other GEM RINGS ; DIAMOND GOODS of all descriptions; WEDDING and KEEPER RINGS. STERLING SILVER and E.P. WaRF,, FANCY GOODS, Ac, Suitable for Wedding and Birthday Presents, &c PROMPT ATTENTION GIVES TO COUNTRY ORDERS BY POST OR TELEGRAPH.



i William Stocks, MONUMENTAL MASON. * •ftfndi'tijs Street Scmtli, CHRISTChURCff, YX7ISHRS to call the attention of persons, in want of VV Monumental Work that he intends to sell the present Large Stock, consisting of Granite, Marble, nd other Stone Monuments, at considerably Reduced Prices. Iron Fences, also Concrete and Store Kerbings reduced in price. Inscriptions and all work in connection with thf trade done in Jirst-class order. An early inspectioi invited- Several new lines lately arrived. Any reason able offer for the present Stock w'Jl result in a sale. William Stock*. *0 160



Santa Claus is Coining. APD SO 13 FATHER CHRISTMAS. H- M.~ JONES HAS a lan?e and well assorted Stock of TOYS and PANCY T GOODS, many thin?*) metal and pretty, su table to commemorate the arrival of the above distinguished visitors, calculated to pleaso all <*^es and sizes. TOYS—Steam Engia'.'s, both stationary and travelling 2a 61, M.i«ic Linterns Is upwards, Zoetropos, Flying Machines 31, Puzzle**, Fans, Banners, Whips, Horns, etc. DOLLS, DOLLS, DOLLS. Japanese Cabinet^ G'ove and Handkerchief Boxes, Work Boies, Writing Cases, Desk*, Albums, Ornament*, Fancy Glass and Chinuware. KLECTKO-PL&TED GOODS—Jam and Jelly Dishes, Butters, Cruets, Te* Spoons* Tom* Rttka, Sugars and Creams, best qualities. PIANOS AND ORGANS Christmas Cards and Booklets in great variety. Books, Books, Books. OUR excellent selection of books especially suitable for School Prizes and Presentation purposes.. NOW LANDlNttand TO ARRIVE, ezTainui, Ruapehu, Kaikeura andTekoa.. from the well known publishers, " The Religious Tract Society," Ward, Locke and Co., Cassell and Co., Nesbit, Warne and Sons, and others, thus securing groat variety of reading and best values obtainable. VKRYLIBKRAL DISCOUNT TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE* purchasing pi** books, in order to keep the trade in the district. INSPECTION INVITED. H, 91. Jones.



WOOL SEASON, 1892-93. "ITT B ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES FftEE OP COMMISSION . " ' . UPON ALL WOOL PLACED IN OUR HANDS'FOR SALE AT ASHBURTON Ort ELSEWHERE *" ——^ s- Qot Stores being commodious and well lighted, we can offer special advantages for the proper display of WOOL, j . ' ALL LOTS, large or small, will be carefully valued prior to the sale, and vendors may depend upon our obtaining highest prices for their OLIPSj ANY WOOL remaining unsold at Ashburton will be properly packed • and delivered into trucks free of all charges to the vendor, OUK NEXT SALE WILL TAK T PLACE ON JMLOIVOAY. JANUARY S3, l*f>3 VTOOLPACKS, TWINE, OIL, &c, SUPPLIED AT LOWEST OUURBNT RATES. FiUICDLAN-DER ittiOS.



Business Notices. I —* —„—. , Preserva Your I<:yeßi|flit And have your eyes properly Tested by the New Sight Testing System ef M. LAZARUS, OCU IST OPTICAN, of London, Melbourne, nd Calcutta. Sole Agent for Ashburton, 8. SALEK, Watchmaker and Jeweller, TI7HO has been thoroughly instructed in " ' this unequalled system. Each eye tested separately, and different lenses fit required) fitted into frames made to if different styles of faces, thus ensuring accuracy of vision and comfort THE ABHBURTDNDISPENSARY THF. Business hitherto carried on by Mr C. M. Bhooke will be conducted in future by . Mr JL. JE. Prlchard. The present stock will be largely augmented, and ar,y article not held will be immediately procured and kept in stock afterwards. A correct copy of all Prescriptions will be made, and it will only be necessary for a customer to give the copied number when requiring a renewal. All country orders will receive prompt attention, and it will be the new proprietor s endeavor to make '♦THE DISPENSARY" a well appointed establishment in every respect



Business Kotioe ! j HENRY ZANDER. i AS the Harvesting Season is now drawiugnear I beg to intimate that I have bouheta very large stock of Harvesting Materials, anticipating a correspondingly large demand. » Binding Twines! Binding Twines! I keep nothing but what I can confi deutly recommend to my Customers— MANILLA, HALF-AND-HALF, FLAX, and HEMP Twines, of Ihe most popula makers. Binding Wire! Binding Wire! 1 have just landed ex s.s. •♦ Pakeha,' my Season's Stock of the Celebrated White Cross Brand. Farmers will study their own interest by ordering early, as there is every probability of ascaroity later in the seaton. Reapers & Binders. ANT MAKE supplied at Agent's prices; properly put together MACHINE EXTRAS. A Large Stock of EXTRAS (McCormick, Deering, Massey, and Buckeye) always on hand as far as possible, and can be obtained at any hour, day or night, for the convenience of Farmers.



WAITED KNOWN. AT THE REQUEST OP MANY OF MY CUSTOMERS, I HAVE ENGAGED A FIRST-CLASS BOOTMAKER TO TAKE ORDERS AND REPAIK ALL BOOTS PURCHASED ON THE] PREMISES, AT £ EXTREMELY MODERATE PRICES. ANDRUW ORR.



Oils! Oll§! •lust Landed—A large quantity of Machine and other Oils, Castor, Valvo line, Oolz), Lard, Golden Machinery, Lubricating, Olive, Boiled and Raw Linseed, Tattoo Branding—Bed, Blue, and Black—in one and five-gallon Drums. Agent for the— "TITAN" WIRE STRAINER 3, Best English Leather Belting (all sizes), Hornsby's and Ransome's Plough Shares, Garden Tools of every description, Barbed and Plain Steel Fencing Wire and Staples, Seaming Twine, A splendid assortment ot ELECTRO PLATED WARM, suitable for Wedding and Christmas Presents. CHINA, GLASSWARE, AND HARVESTING TOOLS IN ENDLESS VARIETY. Having been frequently requested by n, large number of Farmers, I have recently added to my already well-selected stock CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, OILCLOTH. CHINA and COCOANUT MATTING, WINDOW BLINDS, DOOR MATS, ETC, ETC. specially imported, and 50 par cent cheaper than any Retail Bouse. General, Station, 1 AND Family Groceries. MAURITIUS, CHINA, AND QUEENSLAND SUGARS. CHINA, INDIA, & CEYLON Teas, WIKES SPIRITS, ALES AND STOUT. A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF Tlie Finest Delicacies from all parts of the woild. j Also, —Some French and 3e man



BOT FLY. mHE WELL ~KN TOWN PAGE'S J- HORSE OIL has been tested by experts, and found to be the best remedy for the Bot Fly. One abplication a week raises a scurf, and the fly cannot penetrate the skin, THE HORSE'S FRIEND. PAGE'S No. 1 Horse Oils. Sure cure for sprains, bruiset*, or swellings w. any kind in horses. PAGE'S No. 2 Horse Oils Sure cure for sores en buck* or shoulders, and any kind of broken wound*. Numbers of Testimonials can be produced. AGENTS. For Chertsey Mr T. McDowell, Store keeper. For Ashburton, Mr Anderson, Saddler For Tinwald, Mr Clark, Sadiler. For Geraldine, Mr Connolly, Saddler. For Timaru, Mr Price, Saddler, Sole Maker and Proprietor : F. W. PAGE, CHERTSEY, CANTERBURY. JlB7 Tucker and Bean rqr aye fur s ale ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE & BLACK PINB FIREWOOD, LIME AND CEMENT, AND BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, Ac. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS. Just Lundimg—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COAL, Tucker X Bean, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL PRODUCE MERCHANTS.



A nice piece of Furniture is a very appropriate and pleasing Christ mas and New Year's Gift, —And at— ,



Pickford & Undrlll'* ASHBURTON PURNITUEE WAREHOUSE fT^HERE is on vieur a very Choice and JL Varied Collection of all Sorts of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE Manfactured by the Firm and Guaran teed to wear well. A Laige Sto:ik ol Choice Patterns in Carpets, Linoleums, Floor Cloths, Iron Bedsteads, American and Austrian Bent Wood Ch»irs, etc., etc., at tlia ASIIBURTON Furniture Warehouse, TANORED STREET, Opposite the Arcada



Liqueurs. German Lager Beer, now in stock. HENRY 7ANDER. EN R V Zi AND ER, 1 GENERAL MERCHANT AND IMPORTER AGENT FOR— Sun Fire Insurance Company yanton Marine Insurance Company, Australian Mutual Provident Society



Busji-eoji oil.; s ''■'■■ ] I • ' I Davis Bros*, FURNITURE WAREHOUSL, ; HAVBLOCK STREFT, ' next Court House and opposite Baring 1 Square. WE H WE FOW ON VIEW a Large and Select Assortment of FURNI TURE, specinlly made to suit the Ashburlon climate. Intending buyers are invited to call and see. our stock of Couches, Chairs, Tables, Sideboards, Clieffoniers, Wash stands, Chests of Drawers and HOUSK HOLD REQUISITE? of Ahl KINDS. Furniture in Special Designs made to ORDER. WORKMINSHIP GUARANTEED. DON'T MISTAKE THE ADDRESS.



Business Notices j SHING TACKLE. SEASON, 1892-93. Harry Frlcdlandcr BEGS to announce to his numerous patrons and friends that he has just opened, ex Aorangi, A LARGE & WELL ASSORTED -m k of FISHING TACHLE Of Latest'^Design MISNQWS in great variety, including tho well-known Whitebait. Metal Devon's, and the popular Kill-Devil Spinner. Also, Flies of every kind, Renls, Hooks, Gat, Mounts, Waoers, Fiah Bags and Baskets, and Gaff Hooks. A Complete Stock of FISHING RODS. crickeAnd lawn tennis I MATPfiIALS Of every description by the best makers Harry Friedlander, TOBACCONIST AND FANCY GOODS EMPORIUM, FISHING TACKLE DEPOT, East Streets, Ash burton For Sale, Purebred CANARIES a few splendid sin ging birds left.



g.MANiirowft Co., LIMITEDJ BREWEB6 Of THE FAVOURITE CHRTSTCHURCH SPARKLING PALE & BITTER ALES -10 BF. OBTAINTBT) IX HOGSHEADS, BARRELS AND KILDERKINS, AT Qhristchuroh brewery : AND Of Mb H ZANDER, ASHBURTON ON DRAUGHT AT THE SOMERSET HOTEL, ASHBURTON, THE TINWALD HOTEL, TINWALD AND RAILW AY HOTEL] WHMLOW



R. T, BOOTH'S Golden Remedies. the influence of friends in 1_ America, and after the expenditure of much time and money, I have succeeded in obtaining, and now hold in lawful possession THB SAFEST AND SUREST CURE 1 EVER DISCOVERED [ FOR THK LIQUOR, OPIiJM, AND | TOBACCO HAbITS. IT ABSOLUTELY DESTROYS THE I . APPETITE AND ALL CR A VINGfoe ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS < AND ALL DESIRE TO SMOKE. &T NOT FOR DRUNKARDS ONLY ALL MODERATE~DRINKERS, ALL SMOKERS CAN NOW QUIT THEIR HABITS With Perfect Ease, with No Staging of the Nerves, and with No Bad Nights. THE LIQUOR HABIT IS A DISEASE OF The Nervous System and of the Blood. | THE GOLDEN REMEDY No. 1.1 Cures the Disease by Removing the Cause, and along with it all desire to return to the drink. Vh*«MMriU hare bee* Oared. For you there is Hope, Help and Health THE GOLDEN REMEDY No. 2.1 4 Brain, Nerve, and Blood Tonio. A certain Cure for DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, WEAK ENED ENERGY, NEURALGIA. AND POVERTY OP THE BLOOD. READ~THIS: I hereby certify and declare that—after over thirty years experience as a pharma ceutical druggist- and manufacturing chemist, and being familiar with the formula vnd composition of nearly every tonic preparation on the market—that in my opinion the formula of R. T. Booth's GOLDEN REMEDY No. 2, as submitted to me, is the best I have ever seen. From mj long experience of articles of this | nature, i have no doubt that it will act, promptly and effectually in all cases of I exhaustion from whatever cause, for neuralgia, poverty of blood, and general nervous disorders. M, MARSHALL, Dunedin, N.Z. R. Ti BOOTH'S GOLDEN REMEDY No. 1, For the Liquor, Opium, and Tobacco Habits and R. T. BOOTH' 3 GOLDEN REMEDY No. 2, A Brain and Nerve Tonic, ARE MANUFACTURED BY R. T, BOOTH AND CO., LIMITED, Burton's Studio Buildings, WNEDIN, N.Z. Agencies in the Australian Colonies and Continent of Europe. P. H ATM AN & CO., Wholesale Agents for N.Z. : Price, 5s per Bcttle. Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers Will be supplied through the post by , retail medicine vendors. R. T. BOOTH, Mai aginsr Director '



AGENTS WANTED. 11/ ANTED Agents for a GOOD VV SELLING LINE, Either sex and earn good income. Apply early as only a limited number is required. NOVELTY IMPORIING 00., Poxf76 HP.O, Rycbey, N.S V



FRANK DALY, Late ot Ashburton Forks, HORSE SHOER, General Black smith, Wheelwright, &c. REPAIRS IN ILI BRANCHES. WAKANUI ROAD, behind i»ost Office opposite the Wealeyan Church. Orders attended to with p/omptitude and despatch. HOPSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY. WHY NOT CUT A DASH IN THE HOLIDAYS ? WHEN you can get a good fit, good workmanship and good material at the Scientific Tailoring Company, where you know LuPLOwis capable to thoroughly rig you out at a low cost for cash. New and Bplendid lots of fancy Trouserings, Coating, and Tweeds of great assortments to choose from. Ks^ Note the old address— TA.NCRED STREET, Near Arcade, ASHBURTON



JOHtf fit. RESTEIiIi, GRAIN & WOOL STORES, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. GRAIN MERCHANT, SHIPPING, FINANCIAL A COMMISSION AGENT. &o. CASH PURCHASES, . ' OF WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS RYEGKASS SEED, eto. COMMODIOUS STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. ALWAYS "ON SALE— Comsacks, Woolpacks, Twine, Super phosphates, Pearl-Guano, General Farm and Station Stores, &c. Cape Barley, Grass, Clover,. Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, AT LOWEST CURRENT PRICES. AGENT FOR THE New Zealand Loan and Mercantile gency Company, Ld. Union Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Howard's Digging Ploughs. Cooper's Sheep Dip. Sutherland's Manure, ucc. JOHN G. JEIBHTELL, In conjunction with the nmvr zeakajto jloait * mbb - CASTII.B ACWVCY CO., 1,4. JOHN R BLAND, Auctioneer. Vuctioneers, Wool Brokers, Land and Financial Agents, &c, ara prepared to transact Farm and Station Business on the most favorable terms. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADI AGAINST ENSJING CLrPS. ?o Commission on Advances, and at the LOWEST CURRENT RATES OF INTEREST*



i Zealandla Boots. rpHE Wonderful Reputation of these _L grand BOOTS is still maintained, and to-day the demand from AUCKLAND TO THE BLUFF is greater than ever. There are more ZEALANDIA BOOTS \ manufactured than any other make in the Colony The Manufacturers are so confident of i the excellent wear of these Boots that I they guarantee every pair branded ZEALANDIA. . i For real haitl v-;^r and comfort they cannot be excelled, :uJ 'Jiey are made in so many different hctings that every kind of foot can be accommodated. j Householders should buy this Bran for themselves and their children. Once buy a Zealand ia Boot and you will never buy any other make. The Boys'and Girls' DEPENDABLE SCHOOL BOOTS and the PARAGON (Patent) are wonderful; they are Regular Warriors. The Ashburton and surrounding dis tricts can now obtain these fine BOOTS from iflr X. Bishop, mililA BOOT STORE, ASHBURTON



AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF Labor Bared IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors BY USING The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacturers. Cunnington & Co., 190 Gloucester Street, Christchurch. 9 31



/"\UR Clients andßeadersare reminded chat all communications having reference to advertising and subscriptions should be addressed to THE MANAGER; literary contributions and etters referring {thereto—to THE EDITOR



i JriJUsiness Noiices; J ■ ~"fr. CLARK. ~"~ HAIRDRES&KR & TOIUCOONI->T NEW PREMISES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Site of the Old Shop, HAS just opened a Choice Assort* meut of Cigarettes, W.D. and R.O. Wills, The Three Ca^tl^s, Firefly, Vaaity Fair, Old Tudt«e and Cameo. G.8.D., V.V., and other Pipes. Sole Agent for Divas Cigars, Five Cigars and Case, Is. HERCULES jJAKIMJ POWDER IS THE BEST Those who lu-ve not* tried it, should ask their Grocer for it. Makes splendid Cakes, Scones, Pastry, ka. fTTOAN SPARE NT BLOCK ICF _L MAKING MACHINERY. ESTABLISHED T3ORTER BLANCH AB IT -• ! CONCORD, N.H. U.S.A j Manufaovuebbs of and Dbalkbs j ALL KINDS OF i>aix*v Good«i «PECIALTTTY



VENUS SOAP Saves Rubbing Never Fails if Directions are followed Say& Money, Labor, and Time. Puts an end to Washing-Day Worries Clothes Preserved—Never Injured. Purifies and Sweetens Everything. Can be used in the ordinary way for Household Purpose Outshines all ether Soap One trial is sufficient to convince yov THE WALKER COBK EXTRACTOR Pronounced the best Mechanical Cork , Extractor in the Market, as tt ■. pulls the Cork the easiest and re moves it quickest from the Screw.. Its ure prevents the agitation cf carbo lated or other beverages, and allows the tediment to remaii* undisturbed in the oottle ! Designed to* che use of hotels, rest* v ! ..ants saloons, clubs and Orna mental in appearanae and full nicke plated. Special terms to jobbers. a. taufactured by the THE WALKER TOOL OOVPANT Jpl TO JJ/L V° T Q*y *<> <m maae by, 3»l ±y'3v'V person* of either sex in their own localities, at work for us. New business. All meet with wonderful success. Anyone can do the work. You don't need capital, or about the same as none. We wil 1 start you. No space to explain here. But you can .make a snug little fortune honorabl} adapted to . the region in which . thu publication circulates. Boys and girls earn nearly as much as men. Full particulars andinstructions mailed free. Now is the time—don't delay, but write to us at once. Stinsok & Co., Poitland, Maine, United - 12 ---'TT AN HOUTEN'S PURE SOLUBLE COCOA, v Best and Goes Farthest Et is the Original. All others are Imitation*. PHILADELPHIA, 1876. ' HAUTHAWA Y'S Reliable PEERLESS GLOSS A NECESSITY in every family. It blacks and polishes Ladies' and children's Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, and satchels, without brushing. Always gives satisfaction Is conceded to be " The Standard " Sold by Shoe Dealers, Grocers and Druggists.



TOE MAKING AND REFRIGERATION On tha Linde System (compression ' Anhydrous Ammonia.) i For Cold Stored, Freezing and ChOlfnt Establishments, Mid all Icemakin? an? Refrigerating Purposes SPECIAL MARINE TYPEFORBHIP USE, ; As fitted on board the s.s. Teutonic, Ac for the Dead Meat Trade, and the s.B Merapi, for making; Ice and prc> serving Pansengers' Provisions Ory Air Refrigerators on Lightfoot System 1000 Machines Ordered and Supplied^ to the end of 1889. The Linde British Refrigeration Company jiimited Man-wing Director : MR. T. B, LIGHT FOOT. C.E, WAITATI BUSH SAW MILLS Seventeen miles north of Dunedin. > To Architects, Builders and Contractors. HAVING secured the Extensiv Bush at Waitati, where we hays 1 just completed our Mills and Tramway to the Railway Station, i We are prepared to Deliver Timber and Mining Props, Direct at Railway Stations, North ana South of Waitaii, thus saving to Cus tomers Middlemen's Profits. Large Stocks of Doors and Sashes. FINDLAY 4 MURDOCH, Dunedin, i



Fbipcs^! LONGBEACfI COACui ',''■ "^ "" f )N and after MONDAY, i»ctolwr i«^^4 for the Bummer month*, th« ; R. R. BROWNB, ;; , . Coftcbmanv ■? - - \ T HAVE HAD MADE UP TO MY ' x ORDER, MUSGIKL, RCBLIN, & KALvPOI TWEED SUm, 01 Men s, Youths' and Boys, lonir and narrow a,,d short aJdVidifaV ■ n»Jl«i ordinary Rises, - MADE FKOM LAST SEASON'S Which enables me to sell at LOWER PRICES THAN EVKB^ R # Alcoro, ASHBURTON CIQTHING MART, SAUNDERS 1 BUILDINGS. V; ' THE PEOPLE'S pH(>K»RAPHBR Professor RoboUoH ABT STUDIO, MOOR.E STREET. Ashburton. WANTED KNOWN THAT J. NICHOLAS HAS REMOVED TO NEW SHOP IN EAST STREET, . For thv> convenience of Customers. He hasnowgoti % well selected Stocko m _ m BOOTS AND SHOES, Which be intends to Sell Cheaper than any other Shop in town.  His ™ make-" which in second to none m the district/ always kept on hand, or made to order on the shortest Jxec?^.^^™ neMl* ftnd P™*^ J. NICHOLAS, BOOTMAKER, Next to Mr Salek, Watchmaker. , ASHBURTON MACHINE WORKS BRASS FGUNDKY, CAMERON STREET, Next the Post Office. . \> - rriHESE WORKsTTithottt doubt, eon* Plant m the County, therefor? we £ able to execute all work entrusted to as with ■ '-. --v •, v - ECOS?^x£IffiPATCH **» SATIS FACTION tojjurOustonww. ;; .i A TRIAL SOLICITED. Thos. E. Kllworth, PROPRIETOR.



STUDY HEALfH. TF 0* S aMMER~~PORRIDGK, Kfln JD Dned Whole Meal is noonSeadSS by the faculty for its Dietetic and Nutri tive properties. ««w SOLITIN 5, 7, 14, and BSIb BAGS. FOR CAMP, COTTAGK, FARM, AND STATION. . JUMBO^BRAND BAKING POWDER is invaluable. , Bread, Scones, Cakes. etc. madewiththis Powder am Wholesome and Digestive, and will not Sour, the Powder being absolutely pate and contains no Alum. inShbtt M^Mtoandßt^-^^ WHOLESALB by MANUFACTURERS inlersoa A Co., - TIMARU.' , " r-' . : :t^ WHY RUN UP DOCTORS BILLB! ..-^ ' THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BBBR ■ . HEALTH without Medicine, Hun. bug, or Quackery I Tin weak.r, depressed rheumatic, paralytic, nerrow, and debilitated may quickly reoom health strength, toY LnTvig^TS using CraMNOTON & Co.'g DiMot Aotinf Medioal Coils, as used in the Christohurcn Hospital and by ill the leading medioal practitioners and medical eleotrioians throughout the oobny. Sufferers should write for circular and full particulan to Cuniongtos A Co., Electrioians, l»0 Gloucester s^j^et, Ohristohurch. 0 QQ'



PKvnr fits, gonvulsiois, iw.! Sold By S KEMPTHORNB, PKO&KR A 00. PUBLIC NOTICE. T»HE Office of the Ashbnrton PubM^ina I Comp»nr, limited, WILL DX - CLOSED duly from 18.30 to 1.30 p.m. for dinner hour in oompltMOt with th« Faotorias Art. ASHBURTON *ÜBLIBHISG 00.