The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 305 2

Ashbijrton: Tuesday, August 15, 1893,

PRICE: OffE PENNY



business Notices. WHY RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS? THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. XTEALTH without Medicinj, Hum in. bug, or Quackery 1 The weak, , depressed, rheumatic, paralytic, nervous, J and debilitated may quickly recover health, itrength, tone, and vigor by using Ounhington & Co.'s Direct Acting Medical Ooils, as used in the Chriatchurch Hospital and by 111 the leading medical practitioners »nd medical eleotricians throughout) the colony. Sufferers should write for circular and full particulars to OmnaiTOTOx & Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Christchurch. 9 5



Business Notices ~"0R!Zi PHtfOMERY. 11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, T E GRAND'S SPECIAL PRODUCTS J.J Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— From the for mule of Dr O. ißevell. The best soap for rendering the skin white and soft, Sweetly and refreshingly scented (rose, green and white). Savon-Qriza-Velonte, exquisitely per fumed for the toilet and baths. Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— No. 2, extra fine, in boxes, 8 cakes. 12 exquisite - perfumes, No. 1. OrJta-Savon-Incorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white rlolet. Aqua-Orlza—New toilet water, refreshing to the skin. Orlea-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. Oriza-Aciduline—Toilet vinegar, aromatic and disinfectant, specially adapted for adlea' toilets. Orlza-Scotoh-Lavender— Sprigs oi Scotch lavender flowers; a rich toilet water, de-Cologne-Oriza —The high-life toilet water Orisa-Water- Concentrated and lasting. Extract of superior Eau-de-Cologne. Gonttes - Oriza ■ Dentifrice —An extract for preserving he teeth and gums in good health and preventing decay. Orlsa-Dentaire, in paste or powder, for whitening the teeth without affecting the enamel. Ess Oriza -et - Oriza-Lya—Perfumes for scenting linen and the handkeroh c without staining. Orlsa-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 Oriza (of Ninon de Lencios)—For producing a beautiful white com plexion with the clearness and velvety softness of youth. Or taline-Colorante (the best hair dye)— For instantaneously dyeing the hair to any shade and with no danger to health. boxes, each with brushes comb, ctua, ant? bottle; or in boxes, the bottle only without accessories Ess-Oriza-Incoiore Violette of the very most exquisite perfume, quit? a nosegay of violets. sa-Orizi Suave white iotrope Boa quet of the flc wav



RELIEVE FEVERIBH HEAT, PREVENT FITB, CONVULSIONS, ETO. ■reserve a healthy state of the eonstl ff-^on during the period of Teethln*. • Jhe words "JOHN STESBHAK, A ChMnl«t,Walworth l «urr«y,» PP An en«T/.T«d on tb« Gettrttmtnt Stampqflttiit* *ac\ rutM- Sold Bt KEMPTHOKNE PROSSSR &, CO.



TOR COUaHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, Influenza, Consumption, dec, <to <AY'S COMPOUND ESSENCE OF LINSEED, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &o XAT'S COMPOUND, a demulcznfc expectorant, for V Coughs, Colds, and Ohesfc Complaints £ AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is equally V serviceable for horses and cattle CAT'S TIC PILLS, a specific ia Neuralgia, Faceache, Ac. Contain Quinine, Iron, <tc LINUM CATHABTIOUM PTLLS, dige3t£ve, corres tire, and agreeablr aperient COAGULINB— Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Manufactory, Stockport, England



/"~\NE box of Clark's B 41 Pills ia war- V / 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 3old proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses.



TTTOR the Blood ia the Life. Clark's world _Jj famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all imparities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, •curvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases, aadsores of allkinds, its effects are marvel lous. 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.



PAE OIDIUM MANTTFAOTUKED BY Gounelle Jeune, SALON—FRANCET Sole Agents for Australia: GEO. BURK FRANGART & CO. 3 IOMCRSXT PJLACS, 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 haa been cried 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 to GEO. BURK FRANCART k CO., 3 Somerset Place, MELBOURNE,



TOWLES' PENNYROYAL AI«D STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons so preva lent with the sex. Boxes Is l|d to 2s 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



TT'EATING'S LOZENGES TTEATING'S LOZENGES TREATING S LOZENGES "A Simplb Faot about" KEATING'S COUGH 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 speedy in giving relief, bo certain to cure, and yet the moat delicate can take them. V TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH 94, Commercial road, Peckham, July 12. 11 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 as the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, tnank God, I am Btill alive) performed at 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 and hard, has been softened, 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 tself. Prom strict Inquiry it appears that the benefit from osing Keating's Cough Lozenges is under stated. The operation was a specially seven 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 j affords immediate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat irritation is Interne. WEIGHT IN GOLD WEIGHT IN GOLD ■UfEIGHJ IN GOLD Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill again writes: "I should long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges— they ate 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 remedy for Coughs, Hoarseness, and Throat Troubles are sold in tins by all Chemists.



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 of the Heart, Convulsions, Lumbago, Bheumatlsm, Congestions Paralysis, and Apoplectic fits. Prepared with choice Mustard Powdet the Universal Sinapism possesses all the qualities of conservation and activity. Directions for use accompany each naplsm. PARIS : P. Mbxtley, 135 Rue St-Antoine. To ba had from all Chemists and fron Australian Drctg Company -jtv. Sydney



10W VITALITY DR CHURCHILL S Syrup Hypophosphite of Lime prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chroni Cough and General Debility Xt mtalns two of the principal Ingra^ dients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Fhosphorns and Lime. Ib cannot be toe ghly recommended for Delica Childre Dr Churchill s Compound Syrup c HTPOPHOSPHITES la real Brain Feed, and In cases ftfuscular and Nervous Exhaustion *j acquired a world-wide reputation. Eacn bottle bears Dr Chui chill's signature Price, Prepared oily by SWANN fiHEMIST WANNj VHEMIST, PARIS



BLANCARDS lODINE OF IRON DTT T C A PPROVED by the Academy of Medicine J\ of Paris, are especially ; ecommended by toe Medical Celebrities of the World for Sorofal* (Tumors, King's Evil, etc.), the early stages of Consumption, Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of Blood and for timulating and regulating its periodic oarse. Now genuine unless signed Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. old b Druggists and Chemist* through the Colonies



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 Yc^c ... 24s Od, by post 37b Od IF BOOKED. Per Quarter ... 7s 6d, by post, 10s 9d „ Half-year.... 15s Od, by post, 21s 6d , Year .... 30a Ort, by post, 43s Od Birth Marriage, and Death Notices, if paid toi at the time ot insertion, 2a 6d, f booked, 4s each. Stamps may be sent aj p»yojeo>



AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF Labor Sared IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors BY USING The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacterers. Cunninotox & Co., 190 GUmcestfir Street, Christchurch, 931



Business Notices] New Zealand Insurance Company. BSTABLIS h"e~D ' L _ 18 5 9 CAPITAL^ONITMILLION. THEPBEMIKB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOB PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, Ac, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST OURRBNT RATES MILES & CO., LIMITED. AGENTS* DEATH ,TO PARASITES 1 1 SHEEP^TIOEIMAGNIFIED ©■eil anrt recomin«nd«d b Flock. Vmd and rcnnmcailftl ky- Flock. W. Gerard, Canterbury .. 61,000 R. D. McLean, Hawko's Bay 58,000 M. C. Obbsxl, Canterbury ... 5,000 Walapoa Station, Gisborne ... 20,000 vV. O. Rutherford, Amuri .. 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Otago ... 30,000 G. W, Moßab, Amuri .. 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- A. Symons, Marlborough .. 45,000 vestment Company, South - P. H. Richmond, Mariborougt 13,000 land 17,000 And by owners of over 5,00f 000 sheep And by many other well-known Flock in New Zealand, and man millions Owners, hroughont the World. Wwwly Introduced. i J?riee—(in casks) Sm 6d per Price- (in kegs) sOs per owt. Gallon. 1 Cwt makes 1000 Gallons Dip. *si n m . • * .^^ « „. Another well-known Powder Dip ooniu ha 1 Gallon Fluid makes 100 Gaaons Dip. v much again. Compare the pricea Chief Agents—BLACKBURNE k 00 , Ohriatchuroh. disteict AGENTs-Miles and Co., Limited. Ashburton and Bakaia.



Flock. 58,000 20,000 30,000



TO-DAY. ■»— ■ SPECIAL SALE. OF Ladies' and Children's! Ulsters, Mantles* Capes, and Fur-Lined Cloaks. ALSO, OF A WELLINGTON WAEEHOUSEMAN'S ENiiKE STOCK Mew Season's Dress Fabrics iLL THE NEWEST AND BEST GOODS OF THE SEASON AT LESS THAN One Quarter Producers' Cost W. STRANGE & CO.. OHRISTOBTtTROH ?



I IF, YOU LIKE NICE TEA ASK KYOUR GROCER FOR NELSONS ;#l© M OATE^ COLD&SIQfERMGDALS ■WB ■■ . . #&*f**Lr CELEBHUED&THE^BSmmMmm^ PURE INDIAN CHINA&CEYCON TEAS I PROCURABLE 7^^__ Miles and Co., Limited Plough Shares, riTB ABE 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 from both manufacturers SEEDS. We have for Sale Large Stocks of t mmW, GENUINE/AND RELIABLE SEEDS, Specially Selected] Including Colonial Bed and White Glover and Cowgrass, Timothy, Ryecrass and Cocksfoot. Imported Red Clover, Cowgrass, White Clover, aud Alsyke. Clean Seed Wheat, Oats, Barley, etc., of best quality. MANUKES. HIGH-CLASS MANURES suitable for all conditions of soil. Anglo-Continental superphosphates guaranteed at time of shipment to contain 3713 per cent of «oluble rnewphatf-s, Bonedust, Guano. . station A Farm § tores. We always keep in stock the following leading lines—Flour, Bran, Sharps, Oatmeal, lea, 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, eto. ' ' Auction Sales, Stock, etc. ASHBURTON AND TINWALD-WEEKLY. HINDS AND RAKAIA-MONTHLY. feALES OF HIDES, SKINS, TALLOW, AND WOOL. HELD FORTNIGHTLY AT ASHBURTON Miles and Co., Limited. iii. W. HANMEB, Auctioneer. %Blpf*iirtoii and Rakuia.



DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) A UOnONEER; LAND, INSURANCE, jnd ESTATE AQEN^iVALUATOR WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON. Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashburton 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 FOE- Matson and Co., Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Company, Chrisfchurch Booth, McDonald, and Co., Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip Brantford Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company i Graham's Foot Rot Composition Redwood's Scaly Blight Specific Wright, Stephenson and Co., Dunedin Planet Jupiter Garden and Field Tools. D. T^H OMA B $ ASHBURTOK, Grass Seed Cleaning 1, Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Cleaning Plants in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYEGRASS » «vs it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates, j D, Thomas, ASHBURTON. I fun a Cash Purchaser OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGB ASS, ETC, IN LARGE ORJSMALL QUANTITIES David Thomas, ASHBURTON ASHBUBTON SKIN SALES. 1 »HALL HOLD A FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF SHEKPSKINS, FAT, HIDE TALLOW, &c-^throughout the season, starting from FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893. I I). Thomas, Ashburton.



Business Kotiee?. AST! BURTON PERMANENT BUILD ING ANP INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Offices : Tancked Street, Ashbukton. rr*O Encourage the saving of small sums J_ the Society will take 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 up ware's received on Deposit, and Interest will be 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 pare of che sum deposited, but not in I less sums than One Pound, except when closing the account. Deposits taken for 3 months at 5 per cent it. ti 6" '» *yt »» for longer periods at 6 „ For particulars apply EDWD, STEPHENS, Manager.



JOB PHiNTINa POSTERS. Dodgers, Billheads, Pro Kr»n»nies,J!tfeir.oranduin Forms Wedding Cards, Menioriam Cards, In vifcation Cards, Order Blccks, Throshin* Machine. Books, Receipt and Deliver? Bo*s, Banquet Menus, and Tickets of all kinds. THE ~ lien nrunim n LIMITED, Having « supply of Superior Jobbing Typo, Fancy Cards, andSpeeial Lines of Paper, can execute ver* description of Printing, on the shortest notice, in the best style, and at reasonable rates? Tucker and Bean TT AYE FOR SALE ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE k BLACK PINE FIREWOOD LIME AND CEMENT AND BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. CATS, BRAN, CHAFF, &o. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS, Just Landing—Splendid Shipment oE NEWCASTLE COAL Tucker & Bean, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL ' FRODUfffi MERCHANTS.



John O. Rkbtei*, GBATN k WOOL STORES, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. GRAIN MERCHANT, SHIPPING, FINANCIAL k COMMISSION AGENT, &o. GASH PURCHASER or WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS RYEGKASS SEED, etc. COMMODIOUS STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. ALWAYS "ON SALE— Oomsacks, Woolpacks, Twine, Super phosphates, Paarl-Guano, Genera* Farm and Station Stores, <fco Cape Barley, Grass, Clover, Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, AT LOWEST OH RRENT PRICES. AGENT FOR THE New Zealand Loan and M rcaiifciie gency Company, Ld. Union Fire and Mriine Insurance Company. Howard's Digging Ploughs. Cooper's Sheep Dip. Sutherland's Manure, sec, joim &.' scbctehjl* In conjunction wilh the ■■■ cAiTiiE' »<e4.-arcir c©., m. JOHN R BLAND, Auctioneer. Vnctlonecrb, Wocl Brokers, Land and Financial Agents, Ac, ar3 prepared to transact Farm and Station Business on the most favorable terms. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MAD* AGJkWST ENSvJING CLIPS. Coi»"ni*Ksiori on Advances, and at the IX) WEST CURRENT RATES OF TNtFUKST



IT IS THK BEST, SO _ — Sold by all Grocers and Storekeepers in Ashburton district. Wholesale by ANDERSON and CO., Coffee and Spice Factory, Timaru. GREAT SALE AT B. ALCORFS, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, DOUBLE BLANKETS — from 8s 9d to 12s 6d 4 10 — from 12s 9d to 17s Sd 4 11 — from 16s 9d to 22s 3d 4 THEJE 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, BOOT SAND SHOES. EVERYTHING REDUCED FOR CASH FOR ONE MONTH.



THE RONGO PAT TENEI Khl KOUTOU KATOA fffitcbesii NEW CURE FOR ASTHMA. EW CUBE EOR CROUP EV CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA JEW CURE FOR-CHRONIC BRONCHITTS. Prepi red from the Mountain and fores* Flants of New Zealand] In Asthma the New Cure hu proved itM to be Head and Shoulders Above All Other Remedies' : mHE NEW CURE is the only Speetfi JL yet discovered for Diphtheria. In Croup tl.e NEW CURL' hu no rival Jt saves emetics, looting fires, hot baths, and all the attendant worry incidental ol ' the arrival of the Midnight Monster. In typhoid *Wr the NEW CCTRI iisiufects, ponlljes and givea refreshing 'leep The NEW CURE h the only true Lime J'ininfectant Ut no instanc ha« a de«cb occurred - from diptheria trhsn the " New .Core. has been freel / used from the first outat -. of the disease, and so great are it* pro tective powers, that the complaint baa never been known to spread to otket members of the family. The New Cure, 3s 3d ; Grindeli* Robot* Ciear Asthma Tobacco, 2h 6d AWING TO THE SUCCESS WHICH HAS ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find it necessary to PROCURE ASSISTANCE Which I am now endeavoring to to* T TAKE tbe opportunity to thank the Public of Aahbnnoa for their kind patronage, and to ■ay that I hope to continue to merit their support, H. E. BonnlDfftom, CHEMIST & DRUGGIST EAST STREET, ASHBURTCN. OLEAVE'd ■JJEW DAADBHA , A.8.0. OOMMKROIAX GUIDE, : AUD TRADES DIRECTORY, A Complete and Reliable Quide to New Zealand, containing an alphabetical ar rangement of all places of importance in ~ the colony, showing at a glance the dis tances and bearings from principal tawns, times of departureand arrival of all trains, . coaches, and steamers, together with fares ■ and particulars of postal, telegraph, v money order offices, post office savings janks, and hotels throughout New Zea land. Maps of the North and South Islands, and Street Maps for Auckland, Christ- . church, Wellington, and Donedin. A. Guide from Auckland to the Hot Laker. A Guide from Duuedin and Invoroargi 1 to Iftko Wakatipu. Cab Fares, Customs Tariff, Trades Dbtt* tory. Watermen's Fans, ate. Postal Guide, Telegraphic Guide, Mali Timetables, Union s«s. Company's full timetable and fam. Published Monthly, pries Id. Annual Subscription, Is. Posted, Is 64. AHTHUK CLF'-VE'&Cbb," 1 JXY PRBBS OrUCI, AUCKLAND,



AGffiJNTS 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 CO.. , Bo* t7« UFO, Sydaij, N,S W