THE ASHBUBTON GUARDIAN: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1893.

Printed and published by the Asnburto Publishing Company, at their regi^r Printing Office, Burnett •treet.Aih bur ton TUESDAY, September 12 1893^



W. H COLLIUS & CO. HAVE JUST LANDED, ex Coptic, Pakeha, and Duke of Devonshhe a, magnificent assortment of FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, FIRE BRASSES, AKD TILED REGISTER GRATES. 5 Bales of PaperliaitgillgS of Choice Patterns and Splendid Quality. ; The above goods are direct from the Manufacturer* to our order, and>ill be told at lowest possible prices. NEW GARDEN TOOLS NEW LAWN MOWERS, TIMBER ex "Glencairn" and "Giaborne" 60,000 ft. of Seasoned Flooring and Lining. W. H. Collins and Co., MERCHANTS AND IMPORTERS] ( Royal Insurance Company. AGENTS TOR4G M y Valley Goal Company. ISpnngfield Pottery Oompan . WILLIAM SPARROW, Tailor and Outfitter. HIGH-GLASS WORKH^SHIPJjtUABANTEED. iN ESTABLISHED REPUTATION FOR PERFECT FIT AND STYLE —A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF- TffXKDS AND COATINGS SERGES, MELTONS, And FANOY TROUSERINGS,'} OVERCOATINGS, Ac. WATERPROOF OOATS IN BTOOK AND MADE TO ORDER MEN;B UNDERCLOTHING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ALL THE NEWEST STYLES IN HATS MtfJJ BCA'BTES. WILLIAM SPARKOW, BAST BTBE ET, efax J. SEATiT & 30., Seed Merohanta.



UNPRECEDENTED PATRONAGE. W. STRANGE & CO, "REG to Acknowledge the Unprecedented Patronage extended to their GREAT FEMI-ANNUAL and AFTER SKASON STOCK-TAKING SALE), And much regret the inoonvenience that must hare been experienced by many daring the past few days, owin? to the unavoidable crush, which taxed the'utmost capacity of their establishment to cope with. Bnyen of DRAPERY GOODS havo never to our knowledge had placed •t their disposal suoh really HIGH-CbASS GOODS so far unlerProduoers' Cost, nor oan it be expected that we can be fortunate enough to lay our hands on other stocks equally worth securing, therefore ladies would do wtll to seel at onoe these more than wonderful offerings. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS' WORTH OF RICH Drapery Goods AT PRICES HITHERTO UNKNOWN. BARGAINS IN— Mantles, Fur-lined Cloaks, Jackets, Ulsters, Waterproofs and Costumes. BARGAINS IN— Millinery, Felt; Hats. Misses Hats, Bonnets, Straw Hats and Hat Shapes. BARGAINS IN— ■■ ■ Underclothing, Corsets, Skirts, Aprons, Baby Linen, Tea and Dressing Gowns. BARGAINS IN— Blanket?, Linens, Flannels. Cottons, Dres3 Stuff 3, Mantle Cloths and General Drapery. BARGAINS IN— Silks, Satins, Vel/ets, Ribbons, Laces, Flowers, Feathers, Fancy Birds and Wings. BARGAINS IN— Carpets, Floorcloths, Linoleums, Mattings, Ready made Clothing, Men's Mercery, Hots, etc. SEE WINDOV/S/SHOW-ROOMS AND]BARGAIN_TABLES W. STBANGE&CO., CHRISTCHURCH.



i "pHE THOROUGHBRED HORSE YOUiNG CHEVIOT, Will Tbavel thk ASHBURTON, ALFORD FOREST, MBTHVEN, | And Surrounding Districts, during the Coming Season. Further particulars, terms, pedigree, &c, in uture advertisement. ALEX&NDER, 9 (-11 Allen ton Ashburton. GREAT SALE i AT B. ALCORN'S. SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, DOUBLE BLANKETS — from 8i 9d to 12s 6d 10 — from 12a 9d to 17i 3d 4 It — from 16a 9d to 22a 3d 4 THE3E ARE THE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN NEW ZEALAND, MEN'S ako BOYS' COLONIAL SUITS, HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, SHIRTINGS, FLANNELLETTES and FLANNELS RUGS, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, SHEETING, BOOTS AND SHOES EVERYTHING REDUCED FOR CASH FOR ONE MONTH.



Spectacles! Spectacles! LX AYE Your Sight Tested, and use only PROPERLY FITTING SPEC TAOLEB JEWELLER, Is Sole Agent for Ashburton for N- LAZARUS & GO., OCULIST - OPTICIANS, or j SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, AND CALCUTTA. A very complete set of trial lenses and frames for testing—ensuring perfect vision and oomfort. N,B, — Do not rklc spoiling your eyesight by mring badly fitting Spectacles. A large Stock of Double Eye Protectors, Smoked Glasses of various shades with straight or curled sides. Gold Speotaoles, Gold Folders and our Sold Asti^roallo Folder Clip. SAL.EX! OCULIST-OPTICIANS] AGENT, 115 ~ AN INCOME. FOR LIFE FOR £1 Banks and Building Societies' assets rendered unsaleable by the commercial depression. The Mutual Freehold Property Di# tribntion Sooiety of Sydney are issuing 145,000 SHARES at £1 Each; also HALF-SHARES at 10st.| QUARTER SHAKES at sa. Aktohk Can Apply. No Lubiliit. 344f PRIZES and .' Mk FInST SUBURBAN v wSJp^L PRI7C PROPERTIES ]JfflsmSgß& And largely VALUE 'Si? 35 '000 ,^^^ffl- POUNDS Those Magnlfloent Offices and Banking Chambers, fark and Castlereagh Streets, Sydney, having s>n annual rental value of £1750 per annum. 14 CHANGES FOR EACH SHARE. Apply Personally or by Letter with Cash, Money Order, Stamps, or Cheque (inolnde exchange), with two Stamped Envelopes for reply and result. Bankers: City Bank of Sydney. THE DRAWING (whioh will be held in Sydney under the raperrision of representative citizens and ihareholders), will positively take place not lat than NOVEMBER 7th (Melbourne Cup Day). For Shares, Proipectusei, and Foil Particulars, wply to yana&er, Cjo /?. Hope Atkinson, IP,, t#mts ImPwial A*oade, Sydney, Or to J. Gale Pottkngek, Melbourne Agent, 10 381 Elisabeth street, Melbourne, j



COMPULSORY SALE of; S- W- ALCORN & COS. STOCK OF GENERAL DRAPERY, MANTLES, MILLINERY Etc. qommbkoes.on THURSDAY, HAINSf. EVERY ARTICLE A DECIDED BARGAIN AS STOCK MUST BE SOLD-I & W. ALCORN & CO. BAST STEEET. STEPHENS BROS., MAEKET HOUSE, ASK THE PUBLIC and THEIR CUSTOMERS to TRY the Mandarin and Tiger Teas, a Pronounced by all Competent Judges to be tha Most Economical, Purest, & Best Teas Sold for the Price—2s, 2a 4d, 2s 63. SAMPLES GRATIS. SOLE AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON, otephens Uros., market house. Agents for New Zealand—J. RATTRAY & SON, DT7NEDIN.



Watches! Watches!! Welches CLOCKS! CLOCKS!! JiL ROBERT MURRAY, Jg> HOROLOGIST AND DIRECT IMPORTER Q^WfJ NgjjSjgJr WATOHES, 1 OLOOKB, JEWELLERY, AND MATERIALS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT of BOYS' CHEAP WATOHES. Guaranteed. AN UNRIVALLED STOCK of WATCHES and CLOCKS of all descriptions, including latest and most approved forms of HOROLOGICAL SKILL. NON MAGNETISABLE WATCHES, Nor aftected by Electricity, Magnetism, or Swift Running Machinery. All ENGINEERS and ELECTRICIANS should wear them. THIS IS THE WATCH OF THE FUTURE, and s kept in Hunting and Crysta Cases, both of English and Foreign Manufacture,



William Patching, EAST STREET SOUTH, TTAS ALWAYS IN STOOK,- Tents—Calico,-Duck and Drill; Tarpaulins, Dray and litck Covers (all sizes), Oilskin Clothing, Manilla Rope (half inch to five inches), Wire Rope, Plough, Garden and Fishing Lines, Iroj. and Wooden Blocks, Belting, Seaming and jltop ing Twine, Pig Nets, Horse Covers (all qualities). Tents and Marquees on hire, from 12 x 24 to 25 x 60. -: SEASON 1893- =- 8 ANDREW ORR \lt ILL MAKE HIS FIRST SHOW OF SPRING NOVELTIES —ON— MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4- IN MILLINERY, CORSETS, Ac. MANTLES!, GLOVES, DRAPES, COSTUMES, — THE FAVOR OF A VISIT ESTEEMED. — ANDREW ORB. LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S HIGH CLASS TAILOEING. WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, EAST STREET (Next to Mr Hoult's), HAS lately returned from London, where he spent eighteen months, studying the cutting under the latest and most improved scientific principles ; at the same time gaining more experience in the leading Ladies' and Gentlemen's Tailoring Establishments of the West End. He is therefore in a position to assure his Customers that orders intrusted to him : will be finished in a style not to be surpassed. .



LONGBEAOa COACH. ON and after MONDAY, April 3 for the winter months, the Longbcach Coach will start from Ash burton at 4 p.m, R. R. BROWNE, Hoftchtnani THE ' ASHBUBTON ARCADE T>AINTING & pAPERHANGING ESTABLISHMENT. JOHN W~ILSON (Late James Craigie), Has in Stock a Choice Selection of PAPERHANGINGS in New Designs BORDERS, DADOS, AND CEILING PAPERS in Great Variety. A large stock of glass and picture frame mouldings. Estimates for Painting and Decorating given. All work executed promptly, with the very best materials and workmen. JOHN "WILSON, ARCADE, BURNETT STREET. j PRINCE ALBERT TEMPERANCE HOTEL. MRS RANGER T>EGS to announce that she has GF7EN UP THE DINING ROOMS, BURNETT STREET, And concentrated her business as above. Thanking old Customers for their patronage, she trusts they will continue their favors. Well Furnished Bed and Sitting Rooms Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. MRS RANGEP will continue to cater for banquets, balls, weddings, and parties. Cutlery on hire. 6JI



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 sort* 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, ROLLER FLOUR, and all kinds of FARM PRODUCE. A Splendid Line of ONIONS. J. THOMAS, HAVELOCK STREET. ZealancHa Hoots. THE Wonderful Reputation of these Grand BOOTS is still maintained, and to-day the demand from AUCKLAND TO THE BLUtF IS GREATER THAN EVER, There are more ZEALANDIA BOOTS manufactured than any other make in the Colony. The Manufacturers aro bo confident of the excellent wear of these Boots that they guarantee every pair branded ZEA LANDIA. For real hard wear and comfort they cannot be excelled, and they are made in so many different fittings that every kind of foot can be accommodated. Householders should buy this brand for themselves and their children, . Once buy a Zealandia Boot and yoo will never but any other make. The Boys' and Girls' Dependable School Boots and the Paragon (Patent) are wonderful; they are regular warriors. The Ashburton and surrounding distrl can now obtain these FINE BOOTS FROM Mr J. Bishop, ZEALAJfDIA BOOT 9TORE ASHBURTON. — JUST OPEJNED. — R. Lumsden, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, AND [OCULIST'S OPTICIAN. J BEGS to inform the inhabitants o Ashburton and surrounding distric that he has commenced business as above in TANCRED STREET, four doors from Collier's Corner SPECIAL. —-R.L-, being a thoroughly experienced (thirty yeans) workman, Customers can confidently rely upon him executing? all work efficiently; quickly, ani at VERY LOW CHARGES , NOTE CAREFULLY.—No need o send your Watches, etc, to Christchurch for Repairs. Any and all kinds of Watch Work personally attended to by R.L The name of Lumsden is a guarantee ol reliable Workmanship. SITISFACTION A CERTAINTY. Sole importer of the famed —PAUSODONQPTIG SPECTACLES- Best Glasses in the world. To be had only from R. L. has just returned from London, where he has made a special study of Optics under one of the best oculists and has with him a superior stock of Spectacles to suit all defects of vision. Sights accurately tested by latest optical instruments j 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.. | 8px976 <*PO t Sjdney t »,SY»



Zealandia Boot Store TANCBED STKEET, ASHBURTON. rilHB steadily increasing demand fer 1 the « ZEALANDIA'' BRAND OF BOOTS Shows they sue still as popular as ever with the Public of Ashburton* For style, durability, and comfort they cannot be beat. A Large Stock of Ladies', Gents', and Children's Boots and Shoes always in 1 stock at prices to suit the times. REPAIRS DONE AT [REASONABLE RATES X. Bishop's, ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE, TANCRED STREET To The Ladies of Ashburton and D TEICT, A WORD WITH YOU, FLEA B. j IF Thinking of getting marr ed try MADDENS for your Bride Cake—almond iced, required. If you like a quiet af ternoon'cup of tea send along to MADDENS for your Cakes and Pastry. School Committees, when giving their children a treat, try a fifty shillings case of MaDEN'S Assorted Goods. Ball Committees, Bave yourselves a dea of anxiety by entrusting your orders M AT) DEN for Suppers, &c. The best South Can terbury spreads to be refarred to. In fact anything in the line can be supplied you (why send the money out of the dis trict) at the OLD ESTABLISHED SHOP, , East Street.



ACTS LIKE MAGIC, AND HAS NEVER FAILED Jt*~ TO NSTANTLY RELIEVE OR CURB MANKIND of Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lambago, Sprains, Cute, Wounds, &c. CUBEsIIORSES OF Sore Shoulders and Backs, Girth Galls, Greasy Heels, Sprains, Cracked Heels, Splinta, Cuts, Mange, &c. COWS Of Ulcerated Udders, and Sore Teate. DOGS of Mange, Cuts, Ac. To Farmers it is invaluable. No Household can afford to be without it. GUARANTEED THE BES'X' EMBROCATION IN THE WORLD. Manufacturers: S. OOX <fe CO., 422 Bourke Street, Melbourne New Zealand Representative: A. PARSONS, Morten's Buildings, Christcaurch. Ashburton Agents: John Orr & Co., Ashburton Drug Co. H. E. BONNINGTON. 150 Country Ageniw Wanted. A NEW AND POWERFUL INVENTION. The Crystal Soap" HAS ALREADY been tried and proved to be the Best Household Clearer in the Market. The following are a few of the numerous testimonials already received:— Dear Sirs,—Having used your soap I find ib the best I have used both for washing and scrubbing or cleaning of any kind. I should recommend it to any* body.—lremain yours, Mrs Wm. Bryakt, Wills Street Bakery. Alford Forest Road, August 23,1893. Having used Messrs Craighead Bros.' soap for spring cleaning and household washing, I am very much pleased with it. It saves a good deal of labor.—M. A Mecdin^. I can recommend the soap for scrub bing and washing. It makes the water very soft, and makes a nice lather. 'Mrs Shearer, Ashton. Messrs Craighead Bros. Gentlemen, —The sample tin of soap you left with me for trial has been used in my home and has given entire satisfao tion to my daughters and myselt—Emma L. Bean. Ashburton, August 22,1893. Messrs Craighead Bros. Dear Sirs,—l have liaed your Crystal Soap and found it to be the best house hold soi»p I have ever used. —S. A. Ford. Messrs Craighead Bros. Dear Sirs,—l have used your drystal Soap and find it equal to representation. I can highly repommend ifc.—W. TpaiSE, Messrs Craighead Bros. Sirs,-Your "Crystal Soap" for 1 cleansing purposes is perfect. I have never used better.—A. Inglis Mac Lean Dpus. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CRAIG HEAD BROS., ASHBURTON,



Uenrv Zander. Glovers. Clovers. CLOVERS. J HIVE IN STOCK AND TO L4ND My Season's Supply of WHITE CLOVER, COWGRASS, RED CLOVER, ALSIKE, TIMOTHY, TREPOLI, ETC., ETC., ETC. And having purchased whil» the market was low, lofLr these fine Seeds at an ex ! ceedingly cheap figure. My Seeds come direct from the Growers, and as I do not pay any Commission or intermediate profits, I am in a position to offer the Choicest Heeds ATA LOW PRICE. Their Germinating Qualities have been thoroughly tested by a Seed Expert, and they are pronounced THE FINEST SEEDS WHICH COME TO THE MARKET 3 Samples and Quotations of Cloven Ryegrass and Cockfoot on application. A COMPLETE STOCK GROCERIES, TEAS AND ■„ PROVISIONS Always on hand. IRONMONGERY, FENCING MATERIAL, CROCKERY, AND GLASSWARE In all Branches. W V INES AND SPIRITS Of Every Descrption. HAVK ALWAYS FOR SALE,- STRAW AND OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, OATS, BRAN, SHARPS, AND CHICK WHEAT.,' HENRY ZANDER, GENERAL MERCHANT AND DIRECT IMPORTER. —AGENT FOR— Sun Fire Insurance Company, Canton Marine Insurance Company, Australian Mutual Provident Society G- JESSON, (Late J. Quinn), PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER , ' AND, ■ •'. JEWELLER, OPTICIAN, 4c. FTAS on hand a well selected stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS 4 JEWELLERY. NICKEL KEYLESS WATCHES from £1 each ; the cheapest and best in the market, SPECTACLES to suit all sights from Is per pair. ELECTRO-PLATING and GILDING done on the promises. Watches CLEANED and Guaranteed for twelve months, 4s 6d. J. Nicholas, PRACTICAL BOOT MAKER. ALL descriptions of BOOTS and SHOES made to order on the -premises. The Best Material and Work manship guaranteed. A large and varied stock always oil hand at moderate prices. REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED. J. NICHOLAS, ' BOOTMAKER, Next Mr Saiek's, Watchmaker. East Street. S. MANNING and CO., LIMITED. BREWERS or xhc FAVORITE CHRISTOHUROH SPARKLING PALE & BITTER ALES. TO BK OBTAINKD IN HOGSHEADS, BARRELS, AND KILDERKINS, AT OHRMTOHUROH BREWERY and or ¥».& ZANDER, ASHBURTON, ON DRAUGHT AT THE SOMERSET HOTBL ASHBURTON, THE TINWALD HOTBL, TINWALD AND RAILWAY HOTEL, WINSLOW.