The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 3075

Ashbtjbto^ : Monday, September 11, 1803.

PRICE: ONE PBNJNT V



.Business Notleea. WHY RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS? THIS ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. TTEALTH withoub Medicine, Hum- JJL bug, or Quackery ! Tha weak, i depressed, rheumatic, parvytio nervous, i and debilitated may quickly recover health, strength, tone aad vigor by using Cunwingtow & Co.;S Direct Acting Medical Ooils, as used in the Chriatchurcß Hospital and by 111 the leading; medical practitioners and medical electricians throughout the colony. Sufferers should write for circular and full particulars to Cukkikotok & Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Christchurch. 9 5



Business .Notices 11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, T E GRAND'S SPECIAL PRODUCTS Savoa-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— From the for mule of Dr O. Revell. The best soap for rendering the skin white and soft, Sweetly and refreshingly scented (rose, green and white). Savon-Oriza-Velonfce, exquisitely per fumed for the toilet and baths. Saron-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— No. 2, extra fine, in boxes, 6 cakes. 12 exquisite perfumes, No. 1. Orlsa-Savon-Incorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white violet, Aqna-Oriza—New toilet water, refreshing to tho skin. Orlza-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. Oriza-Aclduline—Toilet vinegar, aromatle and disinfectant, specially adapted for adies' toilets. Orlsa-Scotch-Lavender— Sprigs of Scotch lavender flowers ; a rich toilet water. 1 de • Cologne • Oriza — The high-life toilet water I*] Oriza-Water— Concentrated and lasting. Extract of superior Eau-de-Cologne. Gonbtes - 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. Oriz?.-Oil—Variously perfumed ; for ren dering the hair soft and brilliant, and preventing It from falling off. Orizj-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 Lsncios) —For producing a beautiful white com plexion with the clearness and velvety softness of youth. Or zaline-Oolorante (the best hair dyo)— For instantaneously dyeing the hair to any shade and with no danger to health. boxes, each with brushes comb, etas, an<? bottle ; or in boxes, the bofctla only without accessories Ess-Oriza-Ineoiore Vlolette of the very moat exquisite perfume, quite a nosegay of violets. ss-Odai Suave white lotrope Biu qaat of the fltwoi



RSIsOOTHINGoI LC/J POWDERS I BELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. PnMwrvo m healthy state of the constl* fefl^on during the period of Teeth in«. I 7h. word! "JOHN BTUDHAN, A Chamlrt, Walworth, Surrey," «SP Alt WBgrnni on tb» Qoxtrnment Stamp qjfixti to tech ratim- Sold By KEMPTHOHNBS PROSSER & CO.



"OB COTOHS, COLD 3, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, Influenza, Consumption, &c, &c <AT'S COMPOUND B33ENCB OF LINSEE©, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &c <AY'S COMPOUND, a demulcsnt expectorant, foi Coughs, Coldte, and Chest Complaints < AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is equally serviceable tor horses and cattle KAY'S TIC PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Faceache, &c. Contain Quinine, Iron, &c LINUM CATHARTICUM PTLL3, digestive, corres tive, and agreeably aperient COAGKJLINE— Cement for Broken Article.?. Sold everywhere. Manufactory, Stockport, England



f~\NE box of Clark's B 41 Pills is war- V_/ ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acqulred or constitutional), gravel and alns in the back. Guaranteed free from mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by «11 chemists and patent medicine vendors Sold proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses. "TpOßthe Blood is the Life. Clark's world I* famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, scurvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases, 'aad sores of all kinds. 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 and Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England. rfi^OWLES' PENNYROYAL AISD J STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons so preys* lent with the sex. Boxes Is J|d to 2s 9d of all Chemists and Patent MedicHe Yen dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLtS and MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of imita tions TTBATING'S LOZENGES TTEATING'S LOZENGES TREATING S LOZENGES "A Simple Fact about" KEATING'S GOUGE- LOZENGES. Ask throughout the world, in any country that can be named, yon will find them largely sold. There is absolutely no remedy that is so Bpeedy in giving relief, so certain to cure, and yet the mostdelicate 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 faff my feelings, but I should like to thank yoti. Your lozenges have dene wonders in relieving my terrible cough. Since 1 had the operation of ' Tracheotomy' (the same m the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, tnank God, I am still alive) performed •t St. Bartholomew's Hospital, no one could possibly hare had a more violent cough; it was so Dad at times that it quite exhausted me The mucus, which was very copious a»d hard, has been softened, and I have been able to get rid of it without difficulty, —I am, sir, yours truly, J. HILL.' ||TTERLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY UNRIVALLED (The above speaks for tsalf. From strict Inqniry it appears that the benefit from asms Keating's Cough Lozenges is under- j stated. The operation, was a specially severe one, and was performed by th« ineciaUst, Dr H. T. Butlin, of St. Bartho lomew's Hospital. Since the operation the only means of relief is the ise of these Lozenges. So successful are they that one affords immediate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat Irritation is Intense. WEIGHT IN GOLD •fTTTEIGHT IN GOLD Weight in gold Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill attain 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 rwnedy for Coughs, Hoarseness, and Throat Troubles are sold in tins by all Chemists. :



PAX OIDIUM MANUFACTURED BY Gounelle Jeune, SALON—FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: ceo. bum mmm & co. 3 IOtfSRSEX PIACB, MELBOURX E. A MOST powerful Insecticide, and guaracteed to destroy Oidium, Mil dew, Viue 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. I TEE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM | MUSTARP LEAF TS 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 of the Heart, Convulsions, Lumbago, Rheumatism., Congestions Paralysis, and Apoplectic *its. Prepared with choice Mustard Powdei the Universal Sinapism possesses all the qualities of conservation and activity. Directions for use accompany each napism. PARIS : P. Meuley, 135 Rue St-Antoine. To ba had from all Chemists and fron. Australian Drug Company -jtd, Sydney



10W VITALITY DR CHURCHILL S j Syrnp Hypophosphite of Lime prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Ohroni Cough and General ! Debility Xt >ntalns two of the principal ingrs, dients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Thosphorm and Lime. Ib cannot be too ghlyrecommended for Delica Childre Dr Churchill s Compound Syrup o HYPOPHOSPHITES la real Brain Food, and in cases fltuscular and Nervous Exhaustion ki acquired a world-wide reputation. Eacn bottle bears Dr Churchill's signature Prioe, Prepared ot\y by BWANN /iHEMI&T WANNj UHEMIST, PARIS



BLANCARDS JODINEOF IRON DTT V C \ PPB.OVEB by the Academy of Medicine x\ of Paris, are especially : ecommended w%e Medical Celebrities of the World for gcrofula (Tumors, King's Evil, etc.), the early Stages of Consumption, Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of Blood and for timulating and regulating its periodic r oa rse. Noire genuine unless signed 1 Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris, old b Druggists and Chemists through the Colonies



THE ASHBURTON GUAPDIAN, From and after the 30th November, 1889 he terms of Subscription to this journal will be as follows, viz:— Iff PAID IK ADVANCE. Per Quarter .„ 63 6d, by post, 9s 6d , Half-year.... 12s 6d, by post, 18s 6d Year ... 24s Od, by post 37s Od IF BOOKED. Per Quarter ... 7s 6d, by post, 10s 9d „ Half-year.... 15s Od, by post, 21s 6d , Year .... 30s M, by post, 43s Od Birth Marriage, and Death Notices, if paid toi at the time ot insertion, 2s fid, £ f booked, 4s each Stamps uu»» be sent as aywepji *



AN ENORMOCS AMOUNT OF liabor Saved XN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors I BY USING The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacturers. Cunjuhoton & Co., 190 JouQestar Street, Christchvtrcli, 931



, Business Notices] > New Zealand Insurance Company. BSTABLIShTd 0' L. _ 1859 CAPITAL^OnFMILLION. THEPBEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY I FIRE AND MARINE RISKS. ALSO,- RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, 40., AOOEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RATES MILES & CO., LIMITED. AGENTS'



DEATH TO PARASITES 1 i SHEE> a TIOR MAGNIFIED



ricdantlmommeadcdb Flock. V««a and rnonnentlf d » 7 . pjocfc. W. Gerard, Canterbury ... 61,000 R. D. McLean, Hawke's Bay 58 000 M. C. Obbkll, Canterbury ... 5,000 Walapoa Station, Gisborne . 20000 \W. O. Rutherford, Amuri.. 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Otago " 3o'oOO 3. W, Mcßae, Amuri .. 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- ' A. Symons, Marlborough .. 45,000 vestment Company, South- F. H. Richmond, Marlborougl 13,000 land 17 qqo * And by ownera of over 5,00 C 000 sheep And by many other'well-known Flock in New Zealand, and man millions Ownera. hroughout the world. WewSy Introduced. .Price—(in casks) Ss CSd per Price- (in kegs) sOg per cwt. C*allon. 1 Cwt makes 1000 Gallons Dip, 1 Gallon Fluid makes 100 Galons Dip. M t^^' loSs^^S^^ Chief Ageuts—BLACKBURNE ft 00 , Christchuroh. district AGENT3~MiIes and Co., Limited, Ashburton and Rakaia.



UNPRECEDENTED PATRONAGE. W. STRANGE & CO, "DEG to acknowledge the Unprecedented Patronage extended to their GREAT SEMI-ANNUAL and AFTER SEASON STOCK-TAKING SALE, And much regrat the inconvenience that must have been experienced by many during the past few days, owing to the unavoidable crush, which taxed the utmost capacity of their establishment to cope with. Buyers of DRAPERY GOODS have never to our knowledge ha d placed at their disposal such really HIGH-CLASS GOODS so far underProducer3( Cost, nor can it be expected that we can be fortunate enough to lay our hands on other stocks equally worth securing, therefore ladies would do well to see: at once 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, Felb Hats, Misses Hats, Bonnets, Straw Hata and Hat Shapes. BARGAINS IN— Underclothing, Corsets, Skirts, Aprons, Baby Linen, Tea and Dressing Gowns. BARGAINS IN— Blanket, Linens, Flannels, Cottons, Dress Stuffs, Mantle Cloths and General Drapery. BARGAINS IN— Silks, Satins, Velvets, Ribbons, Laces, Flowers, Feathers, Fan^y Birds and Wings. BARGAINS IN— Carpets, Floorcloths, Linoleums, Mattings, Ready made Clothing, Men's Mercery, Hbts, etc, SEE WINDOWS, SHOW-ROOMS AtfD]BARGAIN TABLES



We STBANGE & CO., CHRISTOHUBOH.



I m fmm . ,„.,„ IF YOU LIKE IIiCE TEA ASK" YOUR GROCER FOR COLD&SBYERjyiEDALS HWB HbH ~ ;,. . I #&*S**£r CELEBMTEQ&IHE 'BESo^mV^m[M PURE INDIAN CHIMA&CEYUON TEAS! I PROCURABLE I



DAVID THOMAS, (Late Mataon, Cox, and Co.) A UOTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, iiro ESTATE AGENT.JVALUATOB" WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON Loans Negotiated Weekly Salea of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashburton alternateiy • Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fat, Hides, etc., ©d FRIDAYS Sales of Wool throughout the season ' Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Clearing'SaJes as per arrangement}



AGENT FOE- Matson and Co., Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Company, Ohris^church Booth, McDonald, and Co., Cbristchurch White's Sheep Dip Massey-Harris Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company draham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Co., Dunedin S*lanet Jupiter Garden and FieJd Tool?, |V3:i& D. |T^H OMAS, ASEBI/RTOy



Grass Seed Cleaning*, [ Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Olcaniag"' in Canterbury, I am now prepared to GLEAN" RYSORASS %b it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates.J D, Thomas, ASIIBURTON. I fun a CasSi f*urcliaser '^OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGBASS, 3ETC, :.XN LARGB£OR SMALL QUANTITIES David Thomas, ASHBURTON ] ASHBUKTON SKIN SALES. 1 ssHALI. HOLD A {FORTNIGHTLY SALE "OF SHEEPSKINS, PAT, HIDES I TALLOW,"&O-, througl out the season. NfXT SKIN SALE FEIDAY, SEPTRMBER 1, 1893. 3> Thomafl* Ashburtor.



Miles and Co., Limited Plough Shares, rrrE a;ke 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 frona both manufacturers SEEDS. We have for Sale Large Stocks of v|FRESH, GENUINE, AND RELIABLE SEEDS, Specially Selected Including Colonial Red and White Clover and Cowgrass, Timothy, Ryegrass and Cocksfoot. Imported Red Clover, Cowgrass, White Clover, and Alsyke, Clean Seed/WheaVpats, Barley, etc., of best quality. MANURES HIGH-CLASS MANURES suitable for all conditions of soil. Anglo-Continental Superphosphates guaranteed at time of shipment to cont 3713 per cent of soluble 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) Candles, Soap, Fine and Coarse Salt, Boiled and Raw Linseed and Castor Oils, Red and Black Tattoo Oil for Branding, Hematite, Sheep Netting, best drawn annealed Fencing Wire,* all numbers, Iron Standards, Barbed Wire, Drain Pipes, etc. Auction Sales, Stock, etc. ashburton and tin wald- weekly, hinds and rakaia-monthly. Sales of hides, skins, 1 tallow, and wool, held fortnighjtly AT ASHBURTON BMiles ancJ C°" Limited. is. W. HANMEB, Auctioneeb. jmliburtoa and Uakalti,



' £*usinQßs notices. 4S^ BURTON PIi;RMANE]S!aIjU] LD ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Offices : Tancked Street, Asiuurtov, TO Encourage the saving of small sonu the Society will take T MONEY ON DEPOSIT In sums of One Pound and upwards, In terest 5 per cent on the following condi tions :— ! Sums of One Pound and upwarcs received on Deposit, and Interest will bo 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 dosing the account. Deposits taken for 3 months at 5 per cent m >. 6  6J „ for longer periods at 6 n For particulars apply EDWD, STEPHENS, ' Manager.



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Ms 1 ■ .." As strong as the oak," 11 As pure as the lily. •'As fragrant as the nose.' In 1, 2, .5 and 101b Tm3. Henry Zander, SOLE AGENT, ASHBURTON.



MRS*. T. FOBOTTCM BEGS to inform the numerous friends and clients of her late husband, A. T. ROBOITOM, THAT SHE WILL OAERY ON THE BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE SAME PREMISES, MOORE STEEET, ASHBURTON *nd she (rusts tint she will leceive as liberal support as was accorded to 89 ' him. IT IS THE BEST, SO Sold fey all Grocers and Storekeeper in Ashburton District. Wholesale by ANDERSON and CO., Coffee and Spice Factory, Tirnaru. GEE AT Clearing Sale. IN consequence of continued ill health I have decided to DISPOSE OF MY WFLL SELECTED STOCK OF: TOBACCONIST AND FANCY GOODS, BESARDLESS OF COST. The Sale will last for FO:Ufi WEEKS ONLY, In which time ALL GOODS MUST BE FOLD. My Hiirdressinw and Shaving Saloon will be OPEN during the sale as usual. HARBY FELEDLANDEB, 'ITWWAIiI*. C. HAWKINP, YVrHILK thank nil mx past, favors finds VV sense going into a larger shop. To hold a good stock he must have a larger turnover. To do this, he has de cided to cut and sell at very small profit asd quick return. All present stock will be greatly re duced and all new coming in trom month to month will bo marked at the very lowest for cash. All kinda of Men's Boots made on the premises at factory prices. Repairs neatly and promptly done cheaper than aver, A small Shop to let, Good opening for a really good drciasinakor, 9§6 i



Tucker and Bean JJ ATE FOR SAL ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE & BLACK PINE FIREWOOD LIME AND CEMENT AND BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. CATS, BRAN, CHAFF, Ao. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS, Just Landing—Splendid Shipmen o NEWCASTLE COVL Tucker X Bean, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL PRODUCE MERCHANTS.



OWUfG TO THE SUCCESS WHICH HIS ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find it necessary to PROCURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do. T TAKE the opportunity to thank the Public of Ashbarton for their kind patronage, and to say that I hope to continue to merit their support. H. JB. Bonitingtoo, CHEMIST & DBUGGIST EAST STREET, ASHBURTCN. • ■-—•———~——^—^""» A CARD] MR H. C. ORBELL, SOLICITOR, ASHBURTON. - Office : Montgomery's Buildings, Corner E«st and Burnett Streets. £+127 [A CARDj. *IKS A. C."cLaKIDGE, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE & ORGAN, COX STREET, aSHBURTON. IERMS ON APPLICATION. N > Mewelljn Owen. PIANOFORTE, SINGING AND HARMONY. ARCADE "CHAMBERS. (Dances not attended.) 421 THE AEWZiL AND SHIPPING OOMPANY'S LINF. REDUCED FAKES FROM LONj DON TO NEW ZEALAND. A RRANGEMENTS can be made li with the A^ent-Gencral in London to procure passages by the aboT« )in« at the following greatly reduced ratea :— Second Saloon f£B Qg Intermediate ,„ £18 18a Third Clasa £13 On For further particulars appiy at office* MILES & CO., Limitkd, Ashburton and Rakaia. B»M WISE IN TIME.--ConsMor your fla-kUh. Xi -in c;i?es o( Wcakneas, Neri'oußaoM, L" Palpitation, Incapacity, Debility. Lou P of Vital Power, Impaired Health or IJ Strength, Severe Pains, tee. (in aithur 3M sax.), mi maUsr how chronic or wren, *r~ FARR'S ELECTRIC PILLULES ut the grandest, most speedy, and potrerfulwmedy . on earth. Ouc puckage is sufficiunt in even the waftkest, the oldest, and most shattered, to WORK a XIBACML Being perfectly lmrmlegs, they leave no bad after effects. Guaranteed never to fait. Full puUeaten fro*. under cover, from the N. Z. sole agents—DftUQ SUPPLY CO., Box 60, Dunedin. Park's Emkthio PiLtiiTLKS are north their wight in goto and mt Hi* magic, giving instant rellcf.and working • eerUln aad ■poody, permanent care In kvchy omo. Ttitktm. AGBNTS WANTED.* WANTED Agent* for a GOOD SELLING LINE. Either aex and earn good income. Apply early a* only a limited-number is required. NOVELTY IMPORMNG 0O« BosW« aFO, Safety, »,•> ;