The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 3031

iLSHBTTRTON: Friday, July 21, 1898.

price: onb pemtt



r. 91. BROOKE, BEGS TO NOTIFY THAT HB IS NOW IN PERSONAL ATTENDANCE AT THE DISPENSARY, ashburton, On Behalf of Mrs Pricwabd, And hopes to be favored with the pntronage of hia old customers,, Two tons on hand of Soluble Arsenic Powder, which disolvea in cold water, and v the best tried remedy for FOOT ROT in aheep. 7



Tucker and Bean XT AYE FOR SALK ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE & BLACK PINE FIREWOOD LIME AND CEMENT' AND BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. OATS, BRAN, CHAFF, Ao. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS, Just Landing—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COAL Tucker"* Bean, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL pßonurns merchants. THE RONGO Pal TENEI Kfci KOUTOU KATOA Rfacbesn Stewart's NEW CURE FOR ASTHMA. EW CUBE EOR CROUP EV CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA *EW CURE FOR,CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. Prepared from the Mountain aad fores! Plants of New Zealand? In Asthma the New Cure has proved Its* to be Head and Shoulders Above All Other Remedies' mHE NEW CURE~isthe only Spedfi J_ yet discovered.for Dipktheria. In Croup the 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 Fever the NEW CORK disinfects soothes, and give* refreshing sleep. . " The NEW CURE Is the only trot Long Disinfectant In no instanc has a death occurred from diptheria when the "New Cure has been free! / used from the first outee of the disease, and so great are its pro tective powers, that the complaint has never been known to sprwd to othet members of the family. The New Cure, 3s tU; Grindelia Robui* Cisar Asthma Tobacco, 2s 6d AWING TO THE SUCCESS WHICH HAW ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find it necessary to PROCURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do* T TAKE the opportunity to thank the Publio of Ashburton for their kind patronage, and to say that I hope to continue to merit their support. H. E. Bonnlnffton, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST EAST STB RET, ASHBUBTCNi THS AEW ZBL. AND SHIPPING COMPANY'S UNB. REDUCED FARES FROM LON DON TO NEW ZEALAND. A RRANGEMENTS can be mad* XJk. with the Agent-General in London to procure passages by the above line at the following greatly reduced rates :~ Second Saloon , ,„ £28 Os Intermediate £18 18i rhird Class £13 On For further particulars apply at offices MILES &■ CO., Limited, Ashbvirtcn *nd RaJkaia. "~~ BURNJiTT STBEET — ft EBTAIRAS T.— DIRS. G. I BRYANT T) EGS to notify that she has taken thai J3 centrally situated RESTAURANT in BDRNJTT STREET, lately carried on by Mrs Ranger, and hopea to* b favared with the same liberal suppor that was accorded to her predeoeisor. .__ HOT MEALS AT THE USUAL HOUR! SPECIAL TERMS to Weekly Boarden CATERING undertaken for balls, ett on the shortest notiot, . (11 i



GREAT SALE AT ■ ' ' , fi. ALCOBN'S, BAUNDBRS' BUILDINGS. DOUBLE BLANKETS — from 8a 9d to 12s 6d 4 10 — from 12s 9d to 17s 3d 4 11 : ■-/ — from 16s 9d to 22s M 4 THE3E ARE THE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED IN NEW ZEALAND, MEN'S and BOYS' COLONIAL SUITS, '.HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, SHIRTINGS, FLANNELLETTES and FLANNELS, RUGS, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, SHEETING, BOOTS AND SHOES. EVERYTHING REDUCED , FOR CASH for one month. ~ kTn gsbury's ~" PATENT SELF RAISER TpOR raising land leter of three furrow iand other Ploacns. Can be obtained \ from MESSRS P. & D. DUNCAN, 806 Cbrlitohurob Nid A*btprtou



Business Notices. I .Mi. ■ ', . ASHBURTON PERMANENI BUILD ING AND INVESTMENT SOOIETTf. , Omoss: Tancked Street, Asiucrtov. rpO Encourage the saving of small sums _L the Society will take : MONEY ON DEPOSIT In sums of One Pound and upwards, Iri | terest 5 per cent on the following condi tions :— Sums of One Pound and up ware's received 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, ▲ Depositor may withdraw the whole or parl of ehe sum deposited, but not in lesß sums than One Pound, except when dosing the account. Deposits taken for 3 months at 5 per cent ii it * i» ~jr »» for longer periods at o  For particulars apply EDWD. STEPHENS, Manager. JOHM Gy REBTELIi, GRAIN ft WOOL STORES, WEST STREET, ASHBURTOH. GRAIN MERCHANT, SHIPPING, FINANCIAL & COMMISSION AGENT, &o, CASH PURCHASEB Of WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS RYEGKASS SEED, eto. COMMODIOUS STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. ALWAYS ~ON SALE— Cornsacks, Woolpacks, Twine, Super phosphates, Paarl-Guano, General Farm and Station Stores, Ac. Cape Barley, Grass, Clover, Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, AT LOWEST CURRENT PRIOES. AGENT FOB THE New Zealand Loan and M rcan bile gency Company, Ld. « Union Fire and Mri-Ine Insurance Company. . ' Howard's Digging Ploughs- Cooper's Sheep Dip Sutherland's Manure, uco. JOHN Ch fIKWr'IiLL, In conjunction with the ■BIT XIAIAID X.OAJT * BtSK CAJfXIM! AfifelfT CO., MM. JOHN R BLAND, Auctioneer. Auctioneers, Wool Brokers, Land and Financial Agents, &c., are prepared to transact Farm and Station Business on the most favorable terms. WOOL. WOOL, WOOL LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADE AGAINST ENSJING CLIPS. Commission on Advances, and at the liOWEST CJURRBNT RATES OF mTFRBST Fruit Trees. HAVING DECIDED to give up NDRSERY 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 sorts 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, ROLLEK FLOUR, and all kinds of FARM PRODUCE. A Splendid Line of ONIONS. J. THOMAS, HAVELOCK STREET.



PLOUGH SHABES. "VTH E ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY B.OTH HORNSBY'S AND RANSOMES' AT (PRICES HITHERTO UNHEARD OF IN ASHBURTON,  Being fn'alrect eommunlcatlon with the Makers, and having received large shipuvnts from both makers. OORNSACKS (FULL SIZE AND PULL WEIGHT) AT LOWEST CURRENT PRICES Harbour* Best Fire-ply Twine MAY |BE OBTAINED AT OUR STORES. WHEAT. WHEAT. WHEATj OATS. OATS. BARLEY. AND OTHER PRODUCE. WE ABB-PROMPT CASH BUYERS of all Sorts of PKODUaS at Marke Prices, and are prepared to Store Grain on Farmers' account, and to make Advance If require! without Commission. MILES & CO. LTD I Aihburton ma Rakat»,j '



I IF. YOU LIKE NICE TEA<-ASK»VYOURiCROCEB EOR NELSON^ ¥&+&&. CELEBBATEDfcIBE BKSiarjraraWWl PURE INDIAN CHINAfiCEYCON TEAS| I PROCURABLE I TO-DAY. SPECIAL SALE. OF liaaieM' and Children's Ulsters, mantles, Cape*,! and Fur-JLlned Cloaks. ALSO, OF A WELLINGTON WAEEHOUSEMAN'S ENTIRE STOCK Mew Season's Dress Fabrics ALL THE NEWEST AND BEST GOODS OF THE SEASON AT LESS [THAN One Quarter Producers' Cost W. STRANGE & CO., CHRIBTOH UROH.



DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) LAND, INSURANCE, and ESTATE AGENT,.VALUATOR WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON. Loans Negotiated Weekly Sale* of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashburton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fat, Hides, etc., en FRIDAYS Sales of Wool throughout the season Grain Bought and fold on Com mission Clearing Sales as per arrangement" AGENT FOB- Matson and Co., Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Company, Christchurch 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., Duaedin Planet Jupiter Garden and Field Tools. B. THOMAS, ASHBURTOM, Grass Seed Cleaning*. Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Cleaning . Hants in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYEGRASS as it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates, j D, Thomas, ASHBURTON. t fun a Casb Purchaser OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGBAS& ETC, IN LARGE OR ,SMALL:QUANTITIES David Thomas, ASHBFRTON, ASHBUKTON SKIN SALES. 1 SHALL HOLD A FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF SHEEPSKINS, FAT, HCDB TALLOW, &o-, throughout the season, starting fronj FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893. ; ». Ttwmafl, AAburtoo,



FLUID (IVHPfppn P0 W DER DIP. HlßlFltfll »^P: (NON-POISONOUS.) |B9B9BSSB9BBH| (POISONOUS.) sr*"J!. M- ■"•*•■"■•■*•« fey Flock. VMiaidnctavinMfer- "ock. IW. Gerard, Canterbury ... 61,000 R. D. McLcan, Hawke's Bay 68,000 M. O. Obbjsll, Canterbury ... 5,000 Walapoa Station, Gisborne ... 20,000 W. O. Ruthbrfoed, Amuri... 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Ocago ... $0,000 G. W. Moßab, Amuri ... 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- A. Stmoks, Marlborough ... 45,000 vestment Company, South- F. H. Richmond, Marlborough 13,000 land ... 17,000 Amd by owners of over 5,000,000 sheep And by many other well-known Flock In New Zealand, and many millions Owners, hroughont the world. *«wiy lntr*dae«4. JPrioe—(in caaka) Bm Ocl per I*rioe- (in kegu) f3O» per ewt. GaUon. 1 Cwt makes 1000 Gallons Dip. 1 GtJh*L m*,iA •».&.. inn a n~. n • Another well-known Powder Dip ooati ha 1 UaUonJrtotd makes 100 Gallons Dtp. „ mno h again. Compare the priow Chief A«ents-BLAOKBURNE & CJO , Ohrirtolroroh. district AGENTB-ajiiea and Co., Ltd. Aahburton and Rakaia.



__Business Notieesj New Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLISH!*!) 0 ' 1 _ 18«9 CAPITAL^ONE"MILLION. THE PKEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY* { NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY IFIRE AND MARINE RISKS. ALSO,- RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, Ao. t ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT EAXES MILES & CO., LTD. ; • AQENTB' H%DEATH TO PARASITES ! 1 SHEEP TICK MAGNIFIED.



THE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM



THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. From and after the 30th November, 1889 he termß of Subscription to this journal will be as follows, viz :— IF PAID IN ADVANCE. Per Ouarter ... 6s 6d, by post, 9s 6d . Half-year.» 12s 6d, by post, 18s 6d Year ... 24s Od, by post 37s Od IF BOOKED. Per Quarter ... 7a 6d, by post, 10i 9d . Half-year.... 15s Od, by post, 21s 6d Year ... 30s Ofl, by post, 43s Od Birth Marriage, and Death Notices, if paidtoi at the time ot insertion, 2s 6d, (l booked, 4s e*oh Stomps may be sent as paymes



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 oases of Neuralgia, Diseases of the Throat, Palpitations of the Heart, Convulsions, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Congestions Paralysis, and Apoplectic Jits. Prepared with choice Mustard Pnwdet 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 frott Australian Drug Company -a-d. Sydney LOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL S Syrup Hypophoßphlte of Lima prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chroni Cough and General Debility it mtalns two of the principal ingrs^ dients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Fhosphorw and Lime. Ifa cannot be too ghly recommended for Delica Childre Dr Churchill s Compound Syrup c HYPOPHOSPHITES U real Brain Feed, and In cases Muscular and Nervous Exhaustion hi acquired a world-wide reputation. Eacn bottle bears Dr ChuichtU'a signature Price, Prepared oily by SWANN fIHEMIST WANNj VHEMIST, PARIS



PAR OIDIUM. MANUFACTURED BY Gounelle Jeune, SALON—FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: GEO. BURK FRANCART & GO., 3 lOXIIIIIT PIACX, 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 ■access. ORPHAN OIL, The great discovery for Phylloxera, Codlin Moth, and disease in Sugar Cane. For Pamphlets and al information apply GEO. BURK FRANCART & CO , 3 Somerset Place, MELBOURNE.



for preserving he teeth and gums in good health and preventing decay. Orlca-Dentaire, in paste or powder, for whitening the teeth without affecting the enamel. Ebb Orlza -et - Oriza-Lys—Perfumes for scenting linen and the handkeroh • without staining. Oriza-Oil—Variously perfumed ; for ren dering the hair soft) and brilliant, and preventing it from falling off. Oriza-Lacte (Oriza Milk) —An emulsive lotion, refreshing tonic to the skin, removing re spots and preventing wrinkles on the face. Oreme Orlza (of Ninon de Lencios)—For producing a beautiful white com plexion with the clearness and velvety softness of youth. Or caline-Colorante (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 Esa-Orlza-Incoiore Violette of the very most exquisite perfume, quite a nosegay of violets. ss-Oriz* Suave white lotrope Boa quet of the fk wet



/ Business Notices OKiZA MFOMERYr" 11, Place de I& Madeleine, Paris, x c grand's special products JLj — Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— From the for mule of Dr O. ReveU. The best soap for rendering the skin white and soft, Sweetly and refreshingly scented (rose, green and white). SUvon-Oriza Velonte, exquisitely per fumed for the toilet and baths. Saron-Oriza (Oriza Soap)—No, 2, extra fine, in boxes, 8 oaJces, 12 exquisite. perfumes, No. 1. | Orisa-Savon-Incorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white . violet. Aqua-Oriza—New toilet water, refreshing to th« skin. OrfM-Hay—A toilet water wth . the perfume o new mown hay. Orlia-Aciduline—Toilet vinegar, aromatit and disinfectant, specially adapted for adieu'toilets. Ort»-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. Gouttea - Oriza ■ Dentifrice —An extract



BLANCARDS lODINE OF IRON DTT T Q APPROVED by the Academy of Mediotoe of Paris, are especially ;ecommended W fhe Medical Celebrities of the World for Borofula (Tumors, King's Evil, etc.), the early stages of Consumption, Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of Blood and for timulating and regulating its periodio [onrse. None genuine unless signed Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. Sold by Druggists and Chemists through out the Colonies AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF Labor Saved TN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors j . BY USING The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacterers. Cunninotox & Co., 190 Gloucester Street, Christchurch. 9 31



TTEATING'S LOZENGES •ITEATING'S LOZENGES ITEATING'S LOZENGES "A Simfms Fact about" KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. Ask throughout the world, in atiy country that can be named, you 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. X TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH 94, Commercial road, Feckham, 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 X had the operation of ' Tracheotomy' (the same aB the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, tflank God, I am still alive) performed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, no one could possibly hare had a more violent cough; it Was so bad 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.' UTTERLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY UNRIVALLED The above speaks for tself. From strict Inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keating** Cough Lozenges is under stated. The operation was a specially severe one, and 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 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 WEIGHT IN GOLD WEIGHT IN GOLD j Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill again writes: "I should long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges— they we 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 Chemißts.



■"OR COTJOHS, COLDS, BRONOHITI9, ASTHMA, m Influenza, Consumption, &c, &o <AY'S COMPOUND ESSENCE OF LINSEED, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Toln, &o <AY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for Cougbs, Colds and Chest Complaints CAY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Coldß, is equally serviceable for horses and cattle <AY'S TIC PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Faceache, &c. Contain Quinine, Iron, &c LINUM CATHARTICUM PTLLS, digestive, correc tive, and agreeably aperient GOAGULINE— Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Manufactory, Stookport, England /~\NE box of Clark's B 41 Pilla Is war- V_/ ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acquired or constitutional), gravel and alns in the back. Guaranteed free from mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors 3old proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Oounties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses. TTIOR the 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, »udsores 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 and Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England. T~~ OWLES' PENNYROYAL AND STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons so preva lent with the sex. Boxes Is lldto 2s 9d, of ail Chemists and Patent Medicine Yeni dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLIS and MIDLAND OOUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of lmita ♦ tions



_ .csusmeas Notices.; WHY RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS? THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. HEALTH without Mediclm, Hum bug, or Quackery 1 The weak, depressed, rheumatic, paralytic, nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, strength, tone, and vigor by using CuNWiNGTOsr & Co.'s Direct Acting Medjcal Ooils, as used in the Ohristchuroh Hospital and by 111 the leading medical practitioners and medical electricians throughout the colony. Sufferers should write for circular and full particulars to Cunninoton & Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Christohurch. 9 5 BSTsoothinO LC/J POWDERS I *f LIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, COHVQLBIOHB, ETO. Prmmrvm-m, healthy aiate of th« oonatU *M*?Bn during th* period of Teeth I n«. • 3h« word* "JOHK f T£S9KAK, Ohamlrt, W«lworth,eHrr^y," J^ Art •BfT/T»d on till Qwtmimmt Stamp ifiictdtttach ruftm- Sold Bt KEMPTHOKNE PROSSER & CO.