The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 3107

Ashbijrton : Wednesday, October 18, 1898,

PRICE: ONE PENNY



jrfusincss Notices. THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY'S LINE. REDUCED FARES FROM LON DON TO NEW ZEALAND. A RRA.NGEMENT3 can be made with JTjL the Agent-General in London to procure passages by the above line at the following greatly reduced rates :— Second Saloon £28 Os Intermediate £18 18s Third Class £13 Os For further particulars apply at offices, MILES & CO., Limiep, fAshburton and Ifakaia. RIS 1 SOOTHING L^fJ POWDERS RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC, Prammrv* a healthy state of the conati. t<«*ion during the period of Teel**" 1-!*?! The word« "JOHN STEJDMAH, /CM Chemist, Walworth, Surrey," & An engMtYtd on tbt Qmtmmmt Stamp affixtdto *achrut<m» Sold Bt KEMPTHOItNE PROSSER & CO. "OR COUGHS, 00LD3, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, ™ Influenza, Consumption, &a, &o <AY'S COMPOUND ESSENCE OP LINSEKB, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &<j X AY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for V Coughs, Colds, and Cheat Complaints •AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is equally V serviceable for horses and cattle <AY'S TIC PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Faceacho, &c. Coatatn Quinine, Iron, <&c LINUM OATHARTICUM PTLLS, digestive, correc tive, and agreeably aperient CO AGULINE—Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Manufactory, Stockport, England ONE box of Clark's B 41 Pills is war ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (acquired or constitutional), gravel and ains in the back. Guaranteed free from mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each, by all chemists and patent medicine vendors Sold proprietors, The Linceln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses. TXlOßthe Blood is thelofe. Clark's world jD fsmed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, ocurvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases, add sores of all kinds, its effects are marvel lous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold n bottles 2s 9d, and 11s each by chemists and patant medicine vendors everywhere. Sole proprietors : The Lincoln and Mid and Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England. TOWLES' PENNYROYAL A*D STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES qtf.ekly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons so preva lent with the sex. Boxes Is 3Jdto2s 9d of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Yen dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLN and MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of Imita - tlons T^EATING'S LOZENGES t^EATING'S LOZENGES TREATING 8 LOZENGES "A Simple Fact about" KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. Ask throughout the world, in any country that can be named, you will find them largely sold. There is absolutely no remedy that is so speedy in giving relief, socertain to cure, and yet the most delicate can take them X TERRIBLE COUGH ; A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH §4, 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 Bame as the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, tflank God, I am Btill alive) performed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, no one could possibly hare had a more violent cough; it was bo bad at times that it quite exhausted me. The mucua, which was very copious and hard, has been «of tened, and I have been able to get rid of it) without difficulty, —I am, sir, yours truly, J. HILL. 1 lITTERLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED The above speaks for teelf. From strict Inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keating'a Cough Lozenges is under stated. The operation was a specially severs 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 nse of these Lozenges. So successful are they that one affords immediate benefit, although from the nature of the eaae the throat irritation if intense. weight in gold weight in gold Weight in gold Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill aeain writes: •• I should long Bince have been dead, but for your Lozenges-*/^ are nxrrth their weight in gold. I will gladly see and tell anyone what a Bplendid cough remedy they are." , „. Keating's Cough Lozenges, the unrivalled rsme&y for Coughs, Hoarseness, and Throat Troubles are sold in tins by all Chemists, BUNCARDS lODINE OF IRON DTT T C A PPROVED by the Academy of Medicine J\ of Paris, are especially ; ecommended W %c 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 ourse. Nor.c genuine unless signed Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. old b Druggists and Chemists through the Colonies AN ENORMOOS AMOUNT OF Labor Hayed IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors BY trglNQ The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacterera. Cunkin&tqn & Co., 190 Jquceater Street, Ohrlatclmrch, 931



j usmess notices 1 ORIZA PMFOMERY. ~~ 11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, t c grand's special products _Ij — Savon-Oriza (Ortza 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 Velonte, 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. OrJza-Savon-Incorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white violet. Aqua-Oriza—New toilet water, refreshing to the skin. Orlza-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. Orlza-Aciduline—Toilet vinegar, aromatic and disinfectant, specially adapted for adias 1 toilets. Orbsa-Scotch-Lavender—Sprigs of Scotch lavender flowers; a rich toilet water. j;de- Cologne-Oriza — The high-life toilet water^ Oriza-Water— Concentrated and lasting, Extract of superior Eau-de-Cologne. Goattes - 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 - Orlza-Lys—Perfumes for scenting linen and the handkerch 8 without staining. Orlza-Oil—Variously perfumed; for ren dering the hair soft and brilliant, and preventing It from falling off. Orfea-Lacte (Oriza Milk)—An emulsive lotion, refreshing tonic to the skin, removing re spots and preventing wrinkles on the face. Creme Oriza (of Ninon de Lenclos) —For producing a beautiful white com plexion with the clearness and velvety Boftness of youth. Or rallne-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 Ess-Oriza-Incoiore Vlolette of the very most exquisite perfume, quite « nosegay of violets. ss-Odza Suave white iotrope Bon quet of the fk wai PAE OIDIUM MANUIAOTUBED BY Gounell© Jeune, SALON—FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: GEO. BURK FRANGART & CO. S IOMKRSSI PJUACJB, MELBOURNE. A MOST powerful Insecticide, and guaranteed to destroy Oidium, Mil dew, Vine Parasites, Chlorosis, and Para sitical Insects of Plants, Vegetable Gardens, etc. la now in uae 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 GEO. BURK PRANCART & CO., 3 Somerset Place, MELBOVRNE TEE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM MUSTARP LEAF IS of an easy employ, clean, takes little space, is ready for mmediate nse 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 iin cases of Neuralgia, Diseases of the Throat, Palpitations ef the Heart, Convulsions, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Congestions Paralysis, and Apoplectic Jits. Prepared with choice Mustard Powdei the Universal Sinapism possesses all the qualities of conservation and activity. Directions for use accompany each napism. PARIS : P. Meotjey, 135 Rue St-Antoine. To ba had from all Chemists and fron AUSIRAMAN DRUG COMPANY. -VTD. 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 Hitaing two of the principal Ingr&j dients necessary for building ap the i Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Phosphorus and Lime. Ib cannot be toe ghlyrecommended for Delica Childre Or Churchill s Compound Syrup o HYPOPHOSPHITES la real Brain Feed, and In cases Muscular and Nervous Exhaustion &i acquired a world-wide reputation. Eacft bottle bears Dr Chuichill's signature Prioe, Prepared oily by SWANN fiHEMIST WANNj OH EM IST, PARIS YfKY RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS? THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. HEALTH without Medicine, Hum bug, or Quackery 1 The weak, depressed, rheumatic, paralytic nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, strength, tone and vigor by using Cunnington & Co.^s Direct Acting Medical Coils, as used in the Christchurch Hospital and by ;. 11 the leadinsj medical practitioners and medioal electricians throughout the colony. Sufferers should [ write for circular and full particulars to Gunnington & Co., Electrician^ 190 Gloucester street, Christchurch. 9



Bus**^fss Notices^ New Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLIS hTe!) O>~~L _ 18 § 9 CAPITAL^ONe"MILLION. THEPBEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, Ac., ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES MILES & GO. LIMITED. AGENTS' fiMsraS^P^^^l Ifl^^^^^^^^^^l «im_l____ n aßHfpiuiQ^ Ujs9Hi^B^^Bi^^)^J!^^^^^^^B^Bi^j^^S^^^Bi^[ i r»d ami recommended b Flock. V««d and recomm«>ad«.d by- Flock W. Gerard, Canterbury ... 61,000 R. D. McLean, Hawke's Bay 68,000 M. O. Obbell, Canterbury ... 5,000 Walapoa Station, Gisborne ... 20,000 W. O. Rutherford, Amuri.. 20,000 tda Valley Station, Ocago ... 30,000 3. W, Moßae, Amur! .. 19,000 Soottish and New Zealand In- A. Stmons, Marlborough  45,000 vestment Company. South* F. H. Richmond, Marlborougl 13,000 land 17,000 And by owners of over 5,00 C 000 sheep And by many other well-known Flock In New Zealand, and man millions Owners, hroaghont the world. iffewiy introduced. .Price— (in casks) £5s Odl per Price- (in kegs) sOs per cwt. Gallon. 1 Cwt makes 1000 Gallant Dip. 1 n 77— vn 'j r inn r, • «. Another well-known Powder Dip oosta h» ; 2 Gallon Flwd makes 100 Gaaona Dip. M ma ch again. Compare the prioei I Chief AgreutS— BLACKBURNE & 00 , Ohrlitohuroh. district AGENTB-Miies and €0., Limited, Aahburton and Rakaia. JOHN OBR#& CO. ARE now showing n-jw goods in the following lines "suitable for the coming teason :— LAWN MOWERS, PLAKET JUPITER HORSE HOES GARDEN TOOLS, HEDGE SHEARS, PRUNING KNIVES] CUTLERY AND ELECTRO PLATE, PAPERHANGINGS, PAIN IS, OILS AND VARNISHES, BLACKSMITHS' UPRIGHT DRILLS, VYCES AND ANVILS, BUILDERS' IRONMONGERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, i ALL OP WHICH WE ARE PREPARED TO DO AT VERY LOW PRICES. JOHBORR & CO. WOOL SEASON d.893-1894. TyE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Up all WOOL placed in our hands FOR SALE at Ashburton, roy for"Ship roenfc to London or Antwerp. OUR STORES are very suitable for the proper display of^Clips entrusted to ua for Sale, they being commodious and well lighted. ALL LOTS, however large or small, are valuei most carefully prior to c, and no lot is sold under our valuation without the consent of the owner. Vendors can depend upon our obtaining highest prices for their clips. ALL WOOL remaining unsold at Abhburton will be properly packed! and delivered into trucks free of all charges to the vendor. WOOLPACKS, TWINE COLORED BRANDING [Oil* ETC., [SUPPLIED AT LOWEST CURRENT RAJES- Dates of Sales will be advertised shortly. FBIEDLANDEK BEOS,



1 IF YOU LIKE NICE TEA*ASK*YOUR<GROCER FOR NELSONS PURE INDIAN CHINA^CEYCONTEASi PROCURABLE — - I DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) A UOnONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, and ESTATE AGENT, VALUATOR" WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tmwald and Ashbarton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fat, Hides, etc., on FRIDAYS Sales of Wool throughout the season * Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Clearing Sales as per arrangement AGENT FOB- Matson and Co., Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Company, Chrisfchurch Booth, McDonald, and Co, Christchurch White's Sheep Dip Massey-Harris Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insarance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Co., Dunedin Planet Jupiter Gardei and Field TOOJ9. DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton Grass Seed Cleaning. Having Erected (regardless 0! cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Ole ng Plants in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYEGRAS3 «J3 it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates, DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton. WOOL SEASON, 1893-1894. AM PREPARED TO MAKE 3ASH ADVANCES UPON GKOWING CLIPS OF WOOL, Placed in>y hands FOR SALE LOCALLY or elsewhere, and CAN SUPPLY ALL SHEAEING REQUISITES, AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. 1> Thomas, Ashburton. 1 have;been appointed local auent for the sale of BELFAST CHEMICAL MANURES, And can Supply— SUPERPHOSPHATES, BLOOD MANURE, POTATO MANURE, BONE MEAL & BONE DUST In large or sma 1.! quantities. DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton. ASHBUfiTON SKIN SALES. I&HALk SOLD A FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF SHEEPSKINS, FAT, HIDES TALLOW, &o-, throug' out the season. NEXT SKIN SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1893. David Thomas, ASHBURTON Miles and Co., Limited WOOI, WOOI/ WOOL XTTE ARE PREPARED TO MAKS LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, FREE of Commission, on the ensuing Clip. SEEDS. We have for Sale Large Stocks of FRESH, GENUINE, AND RELIABLE SEEDS, Specially Selected Including Colonial Red and White Clover and Oowgrass, Timothy, Ryegrasa and Cocksfoot. Imported Red Clover, Cowgrass, White Clover, and Alsyke can Seed Wheat, Oats, Barley, etc., of best quality. MANURES. HIGH CLASS MANURES suitable for all conditions of soil. Anglo-Continenta Superphosphates guaranteed at time of shipment to contain 37*13 per cent of ?olub Phosphates, also Bonedust and Guano. station & Farm Stores. 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 OP HIDES, SKINS, TALLOW, AND WOOL, HELD FORTNIGHfTLY AT ASHBURTON J^iles and Co., Limited. E. W. HANMEB, Auctioneer. A«ht>urtou and Rakaia,



Business Notices. ISHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETI. OmcEs : Tancrbd Street, Ashbihuon TT<O Encourage the saving of email sunu JL 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 Found and apwarfa received on Deposit, and Interest will be allowed on ©very 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 parfc of ohesnm deposited, but not in less sums than One Pound, except when closing the account. 'V Deposits taken for 3 months at 6 per oent for longer periods at <f „ For partioularn apply EDWD, STEPHENS, p MMi»gqr. a I PASS I " t As strong as the oak," f • As pure as the lily. " As fragrant as the rose. In 1, 2, 5 and 101b Tins. Henry Zander, SOLE AGENT, ASHBURTON. _^ —FOR SAIiE— -I TRACTION ENGINE, 8-horse. -I GRASS SEED CLEANER. -| CORNCRUSHER. -I CHAFF CUTTER. -| HYDRAULIC RAM, No. 6. •I SCREEN, for 4ft 6in Ccmbine. -1 Ordinary BICYCLE, price £2 10s A quantity of Belt-pulleys from 3in 3ft diameter. Agency for McLaren's Traction Engines. Thos. E. Kilworth, ENGINEER & BRASS FOUNDER. G. JESSON (Late J. Quinn), PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, OPTICIAN, ELECTRO-PLATER, Ac. East Street, Ashburton. THE Cheapest House in town for Watches, Clocks, and Jewellery of every description. Watches Cleaned and Guaranteed 12 months, 4s 6d. Electro-plating done in all its branches. " THE ASHBUJRTON ARCADE "OAINTING & T>APERHANGING > ESTABLISHMENT. JOHN WILSON (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 & id 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. Wicfiolas, 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 on hand at moderate prices. REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED. J. NICHOLAS, BOOTMAKER, Next Mr Salek's, Watchmaker, East Street. ■&■■ WiSE IN TIME. —Consider your Health, HII -in cases of Weakness, Nervousness, \1 11 Palpitation, Incapacity, Debility. Losn T\ P. of Vital Power, Impaired Healtb or Jill Strength, Severe Pains, Ac. (in oither ■ ■ sex), no matter how chronic or BCT«r«, m FARE'S ELECTRIC PILLULES are tht grandest, most speedy, and powerful remedy on earth. One package is sufficient in even the weakest, the oldest, and most shattered, to WORK A mibaclb. Being perfectly harmless, they leave no bad after effects. Guaranteed never to fail. Full particulars free, u«der cover, from the N. Z. sole agents— DRUG SUPPLY CO., Box 60, Dunedin. Farr's Electric Pillules are worth their weight in gold and act Hit magic, giving instant reUef.aud working a certain tod , fßMdT.pwaMtatoanl&lYAHefta* Tntkm.



Busirpaa iNotieeg. Tucker and Bean II AYE FOR SA.LE ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE 4 BLACK PINE FIREWOOD LIME AND CEMENT and! BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. OATS* BRAN, CHAFF, &o. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MAOHIH PROPRIETORS, Just Landing—Splendid Shipmen o NEWCASTLE COAL Tucker ft Bean, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERA PRODUCE MERCHANTS. " ' "*"" *■* " "v »< 'i i*»iMj—na—<> AWING TO THE SUCCESS WHICH HIS ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find it; necessary to PROCURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to do. X TAKE tbe opportunity to thank the Public of Ashbnrtott for their kind patronage, and to cay that I hope to contitue to merit their support. n. K. Bonnington, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST EAST STREET, ASHBURTCN. Spectacles! Spectacles! "LTAVE Your Sight Tested, and use oniy PROPERLY FITTING BPKO TACLES s. sulek, JEWELLER^ la Sole Agent for Aehburton lot N- UZARUS & CO., OCULIST - OPTICIANS, OF SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, AND CALCUTTA. A very compete set of trial lenses and frames for tasting—ensuring perfect vision and comfort. N,B.—Do not riak spoiling your eytsighi by faring badly fitting Spectacles. A large 3tock of Double Eye Protectors. Smoked Glasses of various shades with straight or curled sides. Gold Spectacles, Gold Folders and Out Gold Aatigmatlo Folder Clip. OCULIST-OPTICTANSj AGENT, MRS A. T. ROBOTTOM BEGS to inform the numerous friends and clients of her late husband, A.. T. nOBOITOM, THAT SHE WILL CARRY ON THE BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE SAME PREMISES, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON C&binetp, beautifully enamelled, 15s per doz ; Plain, 12s per dcz ; Carte de Yisite enamelled, 10s per doz ; Plain, 7s 6d. TINWALD. SHOW DAY. C. Hawking, KNOWING the requirements for Show Day has just opened up a nice assortment of DRAPERY AND BOOTS, at prices not before heard of, comparing quality with price. No cheap trash, but good teliable articles. Theee are bound to give satisfaction. BOOT neatly and cheaply made. Mi t repairs promptly attended tp.|