The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 3022

Ashburtois : Tuesday, July ii, 1898.

PRICE: ONE.. PE2OCY



■business Notices- WHY 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, strength, tone, and vigor by using CuirararaTON 4fc Oo.'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 write for circular and full particulars to CxmmvQTOs & Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Christchurch. 9 5 I^l SOOTH 111 gJ LC^POWDERSI SsvJr BELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIOHB, ETC. PntiMiv* » h«althy state of ihm eonstl tf**on during the p«rlo<l of T««thln*. • 7b« word! "70KV ITIJDMAK, Jfc Oh«mlafc Walv»or*h,«urr«r,» J|P. Am MfMWd on the Grecmmcnl Mmv *#Fc«<i I* «ack .rimt* Sold Bt KEMPTHOHNE PROSSER & CO. ■"08, COtTOHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, ™ Influenza, Consumption, &c, &c <ATS COMPOUND ESSENCE OP LINSEED, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &c £ AY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for V Coneaa, Colds, and Cheat Complaints <AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is equally serviceable for horses and cattle /AY'S TIC PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Taceacho, V &c. . Contain Quinine, Iron, &c LINUM CATHARTICUM PTLLS, digestive, correc tive, and agreeably aperient , OOAGULINB— OemenfcJor Broken Artictes. Sold everywhere. Manufactory, Stockport, England /"~\NE box of Clark's B 41 Pills Is war- V ) ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (aoquired or constitutional), gravel and aina in the back. Guaranteed free from mercury; Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors 3old proprietors, The Linceln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses. TjpOß the Blood is the Life. Clark's worid Xj famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, •curvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases, and sores of allkinds, its effects are marvel' lons. Thousands of testimonials. Sold n bottles 2s 9d, and 11s each by chemists and patent medicine vendors everywhere. Sole proprietors : The Lincoln and Mid an4Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England. rffOWLES! PENNYROYAL AND X STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons so preva lent with the sex. Boxes Is J£d to 2s 9d of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Yen dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLN •nd MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of imita - tions T^EATING'S LOZENGES T^EATING'S LOZENGES T^EATING'S LOZENGES "A Simplb Faoi about!" KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. Ask throughout the world, in any country that can be named, yeu will find them largely sold. There is absolutely no remedy that is bo speedy in giving relief, bo certain to cure, ana yet the most delicate can take them. A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH 94, Commercial road, Peckham, July 12. " 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 terrible cough. Since I had the operation of ' Tracheotomy' (the same at the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, taank God, I am still alive) performed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, no one could poMiblyhare had a more violent cough; it Wai to bad at times that it quite exhausted me. The mucus, which was very copious and hard, has been softened, and I nave been able to get rid of it without difficulty, —I am, sir, yours truly, J. HILL.' lITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED QTTERLY UNRIVALLED The above speaks for tself. From strict inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keating^ Cough Lozenges 1b under stated. The operation was a specially sever* one, and was performed by the •pecialist, Dr H. T. Butlin, of St. Bartho lomew'! Hospital. Since the operation the only means of relief is the oae of these LoMßges. So successful are they that one affords immediate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat Irritation is Intense. tjnrEIGHT IN GOLD WEIGHT IN GOLD Weighs in gold Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill again writes: "I should long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges— they art north 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. BLANCARDS lODINE OF IRON pTT T Q \ PPROVED by the Academy of Medicine /V of Paris, are especially ; ecommended w thfe-Medical Celebrities of the World for Scrofula (Tumors, King's Evil, etc.), the early stages of Consumption, Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of Blood and for timulating and regulating its periodic [onrse. None genuine unless signed Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. Sold by Druggiita and Chemists through ont the Colonies AN ENOBMODS 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. Cunninotox & Co., 190 Gloucester Street, Chriatchurch, 931



/ Business Notices ORUZA PERFUMERY. 11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, f c grand's special products JLj — Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— From the for ' mule of Dr O. Revejl. The best soap for rendering the skin white and soft, Sweetly ana refreshingly scented (rose, green and white). S*von-Oriza-Velonte, exquisitely per fumed for the toilet and baths. Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— No. 2, extra fine, in boxes, 6 calces. 12 exquisite perfumes, No. 1. j Oriza-Savoh-Incorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white fiolet. Aqoa-Oriza—New toilet water, refreshing to the skin. Oriaa-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. Oriza-Aciduline—Toilet vinegar, aromatic and disinfectant, specially adapted for adies^tollets. Oriza-Scotch-Lavender—Sprigs ot 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 decays Oriza-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 (Qriza 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, and bottle ; or in boxes, the bottle only without accessories Ess-Orizalncoiore Vlolette of the very most exquisite perfume, quit* » nosegay of violets. sa-Orizs Suave white iotrope Boa quet of the flcwnt PAE OIDIUM. MANUFAOTURBD BT Gounelle Jeune,' SALON—FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: CEO.BURK FRAHCART & CO., S SO3KKRSKX PJLACB, MELBO U R N E. A MOST powerful Insecticide, and guaranteed to destroy Oidium, Mil- I dew, Vine Parasites, Chlorosis, and Para sitical Insects of Plants, Vegetable Gardens, etc. Is now in use in moat 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 ai information apply GEO. BURK FRANOART 4 CO., 3 Somerset Place, MELB 0 ÜBNE. THE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM MUSTARD LEAF IS of an easy employ, clean, takes little space, is ready for immediate ase 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 ef 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. Meulby, 135 Rue St-Antoine. To b» had from all Chemists and fron Australian Dreg Compakt Tvtd. Sydney LOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL S Syrup Hypophosphite of Lime prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chroni Cough and General Debility Xt mtaing two of the principal lngrs^ dients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Phosphorus and Lime. Ib cannot be toe ghlyrecommended for Delica Childre Dr Churchill s Compound Syrup o HYPOPHOSPHITES Is real Brain F«#d, and In cases Of oscular and Nervous Exhaustion ki acquired a world-wide reputation. Eaon bottle bears Dr Chui chill's signature Price, Prepared oily by ! SWANN nHEMIBI WANNj VjHBMIST, PARIS THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. From and after the 30th November, 1889 he terms of Subscription to this journal will be as follows, viz :■— I* PAID IN ADVANCE. Per Quarter ... 6s 6d, by post, 9s 6d , Half-year.,. 12s 6d, by post, 18s 6d Year .« 24s Od, by post 37s Od I* BOOKED. Per Quarter ... 7b 6d, by post, 10s 9d „ Half-year... 15s Od, by post, 21s 6d , Year ... 30s Ort, by post, 43s Od Birth Marriage, and Death Notices, if Eiid toi at the time ot insertion, 2s 6d, booked, 4s each Stamps may be sent as yment i



Business Notices New Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLISHED*' _ _ 188 9 CAPITALS-ONEMILLION. THE PBEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL CdMPANY, JNOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, Ac, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RATE? MILES & CO., LTD. AGENTS DEATH TO PARASITES ! I SHEEP TICK MAGNIFIED. FLUID HQgtnggi POWDER (KON-POISONOU8.) I^^^^^Ml^^iMWWß^MMlj (POISONOUS.) ■Tm)«I aad rvtcoMMeadod b.r Slock. IT •««! anil r»e«Mn«n«lf»« »y- Flock. W. Gmukd, Canterbury ... 61,000 R. D- MoLbam, Hawke's Bay 58,000 M. C. Okbkll, Canterbury ... 5,000 Walapoa Station, Gisborne ... 20,000 i «V. O. Rxithbri'okd, Amuri... 20,00© Ida Valley Station, Otago ... 30,000 G. W, Mcßak, Amuri ... 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- A. Symons, Marlborough ... 45,000 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 Flock in New Zealand, and many millions Owners, throughout the world. W«wiy introdaced. Price—(in <****) «5* 6d per Woe- (in kegs) sOs per cwt. Oallon. 1 Cwt makes 1000 Gallons Dip. 4A „ ufT -j t .--A „ n . Another well-known Powder Dip oosti ha I Gauon Fhud makes 100 Gallons Dtp. M muo h again. Compare the prices Chief AgrentS-BLACKBURKB ft 00, Ohriitohnroh. district AGENTs-Mii eß and Co., Ltd. Ashbmton and Rakaia. WILLIAM SPAEEOW, Tailor and Outfitter, HIGH-CLASS WOBKMANBHIP GUABANTEED. AN ESTABLISHED REPUTATION FOR; PERFECT FIT AND STYLE —A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF— TWEEDS AND COATINGS SERGES, MELTONS, And FANCY TROUSERINGS, OVERCOATINGS, &c. WATERPROOF OOATS IN STOCK AND MADE TO ORDER] MENjS UNDERCLOTHING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ALL THE NEWEST STYLES IN HATS AND SCAEYES WILLIAM BPARKOW, (EAST STEE ET, Next to J. SEALY & CO., Seed Merchants. UNPARALLELED ' CHEAP SALE. I HIGH CLASS DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. —COMMENCING— Saturday, June 24. — <{•-> — Astounding Bargains. <



lIF YOU LIKE NICE TEA ASKikYOUR GROCER FOR I WELSON^ $%&. MOATE&c* ' ***/•** CELEBBUEDUHE WSK&JVseatXfi PURE INDIAN CHINAi&CEYITON TEAS > I PROCURABLE - I DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matron, Cox, and Co.) A UOTIONEBIEt, LAND, INSURANCE, jvd ESTATE AGENT,"VALUATOR WOOL AND GRAIN BROKBB, ASHBURTON. Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashborton alternately Fortnijß[litly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fat, Hides, etc., en FAI DAYS Sales of Wool throughout the season i Grain Bought and Hold on Commission Clearing Sales as per arrangement IAGF'NT FOX- Matson and Co., Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin 1 National Mortgage Company, Christchurch Booth, McDonald, and Co., Christchurch White's Sheep Dip Brantfoi'd Reaper and Binder ' London and Lancashire Insurance Company 1 Graham's Foot Rot Composition Redwood's Scaly Blight Specific Wright, Stephenson and Co., Dunedin Planet Jupiter Garden and Field Tools. D, THOMA 8, ASHBURTON. / ■——•—• «&' . A' V Grass SeedCleaning 1. Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Cleaning Plants i» Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYSGRAS3 i us it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates, D, Thomas, ASHBURTON. t am a Cash Purchaser OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGRASS, "ETC, I IN LARGE ORISMALL:QUANTITIES. David Thomas, ! ASIIBURTON, ASHBUKTON SKIN SALES. 1 SHALL HOLD A FORTNIGHTLY SALB OP SHEEPSKINS, PAT, HIDB TALLOW, &C-, throughout tke leaaon, starting froai^ FBIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893. D. Thomas^ Ashbnrton. PLOUGH SHAKES. rnKmrnmrnrnmrnm m 1 "TIT" B ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY B k O T H HORNSBY'S AND RANSOMBS' AT PRICES HITHERTO UNHEARD OF IN ASHBURTON, Being In direct communication with the Makers, and haying reoeived large ihipuwata' from both makers, COENSACKS (FULL SIZE AND FULL WEIGHT) AT LOWEST CURRENT PRICES, AND liarboiir'g Best Ftve-ply Twine HAY IBE OBTAINED AT OUR STORES. WHEAT, WHEAT. WHAAT OATS. OATS. BARLEI. AND OTHER PRODUCE. WE IRE PROMPT OASH BUYERS of all Sorts of PRODUCE at fifarke Prices, and are prepared to Store Grain on Farmera* account, and to make Advanoe if required without! Commission. : MILES & CO. LTD { Aibburtou ana HUikate,



< . HI. UHOOKK, BEGS 10 NOTIFY THAT HB IS NOW IN PERSONAL ATTENDANCE AI THE DISPENSARY, ashbubton, On Behalf of Mrs Prichabd, A»d hopes to be favored with the patronage of his old customers. Two tons on hand of Soluble Arsenic Powder, which diaolves in cold water, and is the best tried remedy for FOOT ROT in sheep. "Tucker and Bean TJ AVB FOR 8A L X ILL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE & BLACK PINE FIREWOOO LIME AND CEMENT* AND BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, &o. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS. Just Landing—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COAL Tucker \ Bean, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL PRODUCK MERCHANTS. THE RONGO PAI TENEI Kfci " KOUTOU KATOA itlacbesin Stewurt'g NEW CURE FOR ASTHMA. EW CUBE KOR CROUP EV CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA fBW CURE FOR CHRONIC BRONCHITIS Prept red from the Mountain and forest Plants of New Zealand) In Asthma the New Cure has proved ltae to be Head and Shoulders Above All Ocher Remedies 1 THE NEW CURE is the only Speoifl yet discovered for Diphtheria. . In Croup the 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 lyphcid Fever the NEW CURB disinfects, soothes, and gives refreshing deep. The NEW CURE is the only true Lung Disinfectant In no instanc has a death occurred from diptheria when the "New Cure has been freel / used from the first outse of the disease, and so great are its pro tective powers, that the oomplaint hat never been known to spread to ethei members of the family. The New Cure, 3s &1; Grlndelia Robot* Oimr Asthma Tobacco, 9s 6d ,1 WING TO THE SUOOBSB WHICH HAS ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find It necessary to PROOURK ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do, T TAKE tbe opportunity to thank the Public of Ashburton for their kind patronage, and to say that I hope to continue to merit their support. ft. E. Bonnlnffton, CHEMIST k DRUGGIST' EAST STREET, ASHBURTCNi PETTIFER-S HERBAL TONIC OR FLOCKM ASTER'S FRIEND, RramuD. For Tapeworm and all kiods of Worms In Lambs, Husk Fever and Sooor. rPHIS Invaluable Medicine prevents X and cures the worst cases of the above diseases when all other Remedies have failed. One Dose will prevent Disease; in bad oases two or three are required. In giving orders state the number, to have the proper quantity forwarded Dose bottles gratis. XXTENTORB AND Soiß PftOFBXITOBS, Stephen Pettifer & Son, M.R.C.V.S.L ORUDWB'H NEAR MALMESBURY, WILTBj AGENTS WANTED. WANTED Agents for a GOOD SELLING LINE. Either sex and earn good income. Apply early as only a limited number is required. NOVELTY IMPORTING 00., BpsW U.F.O^Ttafy. N,«fo



Business Notices. 4Sfl BURTON PERMANENT BUILIK ING AN© INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Offiobs : Tanokkd Street, Ashbubtoh. rpo Encourage the saving of small sums X the Society will take MONEY ON DEPOSIT In Mima of One Pound and upwards, In terest 5 per cent on the following condi tion*:— Sanu of Ons Found and upwards reoeived 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 dosing the amount. Deposits taken for 3 months at 6 per cent »> ft ' «t »» for longer periods at 6 „ For partioulan apply EDWD. STEPHENS, Manager. H^nry Zander. I BEG to intimate that I have just Landed a Large and Varied Stock of GU]¥S GUMS OUMfi GITW.a OUIVS GUlVft HOLLIS' BEST MAKES. Single and Double Barrel, Breech and Muzzle Loading. WELL WORTH INSPECTION. ReyolTcrs Revolver* AMMUNITION AMMUNITION Oartridges Cartridge Gasea Caps Shoe C and H Powder Smokeless Powder Flasks Belts Kecappers Wads Punches Loader etc. eto. ■ I AM NOW SELLING, XT OHRISTOHURCH PRICES, Utoves and Ranges MADE BY MESSRS SCOTT BROS., for whose Goods I am Agent for the Ashburton Covnty. Hornsby's and Ransome's Plough Snares REDUCED PRICE& &t%nd»rds and Fencing Wire at REDUCED PRICES. Ironmongery, China, and Glassware In all their Branches. Groceries and Provisions, Wines and Spirits of every description. HBNRY ZANDER, GENERAL MERCHANT DIRECT IMPORTER. —agent" for— Sun Fire Insurance Company I Canton Marine Insurance Company i Australian Mutual Provident) Society New Zealand and Australian S.S. Co. .T T. Ford and Co. i " JOHM G. RkSTEAIi, GRAIN k WOOL STORES, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. GRAIN MERCHANT, SHIPPING, FINANCIAL k COMMISSION AGENT, Ao. CASH PURCHASER or WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS RYEGKASS SEED, wo. COMMODIOUS STORAGE AT I CURRENT RATES. ALWAYS "ON SALE— Oornsacks, Woolpacks, Twine, Super I phosphates, Poarl-Guano, General Farm and Station Stores, Ac. 'Gape Barley, Grass, Clover, Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, AT LOWEST CURRENT PRICES. AGENT FOR THE New Zealand Loan and M rcantile genoy Company, Ld. Union Fire and Mrrfne Insuranoe Company. Howard's Digging Ploughs. Cooper's Sheep Dip, Sutherland's Manure, ate. |JO£II* Gh RESTELL, In conjunotloa with the OAIIMI AOEIGY ©«., I^l. JOHN R BLAND, Auctioneer. Auctioneers, Wool Brokers, Land and Financial Agents, &c., ar» prepared to transact Farm and Station Business on the most favorable terms. WOOL, WOOL WOOH, LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADE AGAINST ENSVJING CLIPS. io Con*nission on Advances, and at the LOWEST CURRENT RATES OF , TWTfRiW