THE ASHBURTON GUAfiDIASr: FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1893.

Printed and published bj the Ashburtoa Publishing Company, at their remitter* printing offioe, Bonstt StrMt, Ath our lon* FRIDAY, Avgost 25, INS



fffSMX TO MAKE ROOM Ex " Duke of THE BALANCE OF '^^^^^^^^^^^ Millinery IS BEING OFFERED AT Large Reductions FOR FOURTEEN DAYS. W. H. Collier, "The Corner."



W. H, COLLINS & CO. HAVE JUST LAWED, ex Coptic, Pakeha, and Duke Devonshli* magnificent afiortment of FENDERS, FIEE IBONS, FIRE BRASSES, AND TILED REGISTER GRATES. 5 Bales of Paperliailglllgg of CMce Patterns and Splendid Quality. The above goods are direct from the Manufacturers to our order, and will be sold at lowest possible prices.



NEW GARDEN TOOLS NEW LAWN MOWEBS, TIMBER ex " Glencairn " and " Gisborne" 60,000 ft, of Seasoned Flooring and Lining. W. H. Collins and Co., MB KG HANTS AND IMPORTERS, f Royal Insurance Company. AGENTS FOR 4 Grey Valley Coal Company. Upringfield Pottery Company.



ORALS* AUD CXOVJBR SEEDS, Season 1893. Wftarein a position to offer Reliable Clover and Grass Seeds on terms that compare favorably with those of any other responsible house in the trade. WE HAVE FOB SALE,- BKST COLONIAL GROWN RED CLOVER, AND COWGRAS3. FINEST IMPORTED WHITE CLOVER, ALSIKE AND TIMOTHY. ■■:>■;; DOUBLE MiCHtNE DRESSED RYEGRA.SS AND COCKSFOOT SEED. WE ARE NOW BOOKING ORDERS FOR BONEDUST, ALSO LAWES'SUPERPHOSPHATE ttTTATIANTEJD TO CONTAIN 36 TO 38 PER CENT. SOLUBLE WUAttA*A PHOSPHATES. f kt« Manure is made only from the best quality of raw material; the Phosphates W^K liable in water. Lawes' j Superphosphates wil We the per. wnSgc ,of Phosphatea eoluble in water branded on each bag, a point to which we desire to call ihe Bpecial attention of buyers. FBIED LANDER BHOB WILLIAM SPABKOW, Tailor and Outfitter. HIGH-CLASS WOBKMANBHIP GUAEANTEED. »N ESTABLISHED BEPOTATION FOR PERFECT FIT AND STYLE —A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF— TVTEKDS AND COATINGS SEROES, MELTONS, And FANCY TROUSERINGS, OVERCOATINGS, &c. WATERPROOF OOATS IN STOCK AND MADE TO ORDER MENiS TJNDEHCLOTHING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ALL THE NEWEST STYLES IN HA/TB. AND BCABVES. . WILLIAM SPARROW, EAST BTBEE T, ;$Wt to J. SEAT«I & CO., Seed Merchant*.



LADIES' AND GENTLEMfIN'B HIGHJCLASS ) TAILORING. ! 1 WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, EAST STREET (Next to Mr Hoult's). XT"AS lately returned from London, where he spent eighteen months, studying 7~l the cutting under the latest and moat 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 therefoie in a position to assuro his Customers that orders intrusted to him will be finished in a style not to bo surpassed. 7J129



STEPHENS BROS., Market House. (:) POTATOES. POTATOES DIBWENTS AND KIDNEYS. SPECIALLY SELECTED OAMART7 POTATOES. BUY EARLY. PRICE ADVANCING. Stephens' Bros^, Market House.



William Patching, EAST STREET SOUTH, JTAS ALWAYS IN STOCK,— Tents—Calico, Duok and Drill; Tarpaulint, Dray and Rick Covers (all sices), Oilskin Clothing, Manilla Hope (half inch to five Inches), Wire Rope, Plough, Garden and Fishing Lines, Iron and Wooden Blocks, Belting, Seaming and |Rop ing Twine, Pig Nets, Horse Covers (all qualities), Tents and Marqueti on hire, from 12 x 24 to 25x60. _____«„_-. - THE HALL, BAST STREET. Barrett Bros, and Bairstow, DRAPEES, CLOTHIERS, AND HOUSE FURNISHERS, TT7B are now Showing a Grand Assortment of WINTER GOODS. BLANKETS From 6s lid per pair. BLANKETS RUGS A Grand Assortment, from 4a lid. RUGS FLANNELS Colonial, from 10M per yard. FLANNELS FLANNELETTES A splendid range, from 4d to lOd per yd FLANNELETTES SHIRTINGS The noted le»ther Shirtings, 6Jdfcoloid. SHIRTINGS DRESSES A choice Assortment, 4a 6d to '27s 6d. DRESSES CRETONNES 4*d, Art Muslins 4£d, Turkey Chintz 6d per yd. SHEETINGS, Quilta, Bed Ticking, Towelings, &c., &c. CLOTHING Men's Suits from 255. CLOTHING CLOTHING Men's Overcoats 275, Boys' 10s 6d CLOTHING A pplendid assortment of Shirts and Underclothing. PLEASE NOTE THAT WOOLS AND COTTONS ARE REDUCEDJN PRICE. THE STOCK OPEN FOR INSPECTION. NO ONE ASKED TO BUY. NOTE THE ADDRESS- Old Town Hall, East Street.



Watches! Watches!! » Watches CLOCKS! CLOCKS I! ROBERT MURRAY. .©^ UW^HB^™!^^ HOROLOGIST AND DIRECT IMPORTER feijPi^O N^^^y WATCHES,* CLOCKS, NQ^P^ JEWELLERY, AND MATERIALS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT of BOYS' CHEAP WATCHES. Guaranteed. AN UNRIVALLED STOCK of WATCHES and CLOCKS of all descriptions, including latest and most approved forms of HOROLOQICAL SKILL. NON MAGNETISABLE WATCHES, Not aftected by Electricity, Magnetism, or Swift Running Machinery. All ENGINEERS and ELECTRICIANS should wear them. TBIS IS THE WATCH OF THE FUTURE, and s kept in Hunting and Crysta Cases, both of English and Foreign Manufacture, JOHN OER & CO. XTAVE LANDING ex Coptic, Pakeha, and Tekoa from London and Mary Hasbrouck and Alice from New York— { LARGFJ AND WELL SELECTED~STOcks OF j LAMPS, HEATING AND COOKING STOVES AND RANGES, REGISTER GRATES AND FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, GARDEN SPADES, FORKS, HOES, ETC. CARPENTERS' TOOLS BY THE BEST MAKERS. TOBACCO CUTTERS, DRAY AND CARRIAGE AXLES IN ALL SIZES. PAPERHANGINGS, PAINTS AND OILS, AND VARNISHES. WIRE NETTING, TRAVELLING TRUNKS AtfD BOXES, TABLK CUTLERY, SCISSORS, RAZORS, AND CARVERS (IN CASE), POCKET KNIVES, TIN WARE OF ALL KINDS. John Orr & Co., IRONMONGERS and GENERAL PROVISION MERCHANTS.



STEPHENS BROS., MAEKET HOUSF, A SK THE PUBLIC and THEIR CUSTOMERS to TRY the Mandarin and Tiger Teas, Pronounced bj all Competent Judges to be tha Most Economical, Purest, & Rest Teas Sold for the Price—2a, 2s 4d, 2s 63. SAMPLES GRATIS. SOLE AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON, Stephens Bros., market house. Agents for New Zealand—J. RATTBAY & SON, DUNEDIN.



s. s. pakeha; V" M& I / EARLIEST SPRING •" ABEIVALS. QUR MUCH ADMIRED '• Cameo " QUILTS, »ll sizer. Findlay's SHEETINGS, all wldhts. Thompson's noted ''True Fit" CORSETS. 11 The European " CORSET, all sizes, 2s lid. We hod the LARGEST STOCK of LINOLEUMS AND OILCLOTHS IS SOUTH CANTERBURY, And have ust received Five Case* NEW PATTERNS, including the latest "Floral" Designs. MITCHELL & TUBNER.



UNPARALLELED CHE A P BAL E. HIGH CLASS DRAPERY, CLOTHING ANP BOOTS. ——;o; . ' :! —COMMENCING— Saturday, June 24. -t-i'-y— Astounding Bargains. ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ i— :(o): V: ! ■; - DISSOLUTION CLEARING FURNITURE SALE FOR ONE MONTH AT T. H. Undrill and Co.'s, I,ate Pickford A UndrHl, CABINET-MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, etc, Tanored Street, ABhburton. TTI TT ft_ fif. BEG to thank their Friends and General Piiblic of • XX* U• OU \J\J' their past support, and hope, by careful attention Business, to merit a SHARE of their FUTURE ESTEEMED PATRONAGE. A work entrusted to us will now be promptly executed. ALL ACCOUNTS DUE to the Late Firm to be PAID to T. H. in¥l>RlMj A Co., T A N 0 R E D S T RE E T, Next Building Society's New Office. COMPULSORY SALE OF & W- ALCORN & COS. STOCK OF GENERAL DRAPERY, MA.NTLES, MILLINERY Etc. qommenoesok THURSDAY, 11th INSf. EVERY ARTICLE A DECIDED BARGAIN AS STOCK JHUST BE SOLD. i. ■ ; S W. ALCOM & CO. BAST STEEET.



LONGBEACH COACH. ON and after MONDAY, April 3 for the winter months, the Longbeach Coach will start from Ash burton at 4 p.m. R, Tl. BROWNE, noaebmam Tbog, F,. liilwortb, ASHBURTON MACHINE WORKS A BRASS FOUNDRY, CAMERON STREET, Ashburton. T OCAL AUTHORISED AGENT FOR McLaren's celebrated traction ENGINES. Estimates given for all kinds of Mechanical Works. Correspondence Invited.



tienrv Zander. Clovers. Clovers. CLOVERS. J HAVE IN STOCK AND TO LAND My Season's Supply of WHITE CLOVER, COWGRASS, RED CLOVER, ALSIKB, TIMOTHY, TREFOLI, ETC., ETC., ETC. And having purchased whiU the market was low, I offer 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 Seeds ATA LOW PRICE. Their Germinating Qualities have been thoroughly tasted by a Seed Expert, and they are pronounced THE FINEST SEEDS WHICH COMB TO THE MARKET* i Samples and Quotations of Clovers] Ryegrass and Oockfoot on application. A COMPLETE STOCK or GROCERIES, TEAS AMD PROVISIONS Always on hana. ';



TTTIP ■ ' ASHBUBTON ABCADB ■pAINTINO & T>APKRHANGING ESTABLISHMENT. JOHN w"ILSON (Late James Craigie), Has in Stock a Choioe Selection of PAPERHANGINGS in New Designs BORDERS, DADOS, AND CEILING PAPERS in Great Variety. I A large stock of glass tad 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.



IRONMONGERY, FENCING MATERIAL. CROCKERY, AND GLASSWARE - In all Blanches. WINES AND SPIRTTB : Of Every Deaorption. * HAVE ALWAYS FOR SALE,— STRAW AND OATEN SHEAI CHAFF, OATS, BRAN, SHARPS'AND OHICKWHEAT.; 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. Qoinn), PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AWD JEWELLER, OPTICIAN, *c. r*T*AS on hand a well selected stock of WATCHES, cLOCKS A JEWELLERY. NICKEL KEYLESS WATCHES from £1 eaoh ; the cheapest and best in the market. SPECTACLES to suit all sights from Is per pair, ELECTRO-PLATING and GILDING done en the premises. Watches CLEANED and Guaranteed for twelve months, 4s 6d. J. Mlcholas, PRACTICAL BOOT MAKER, ALL descriptions of BOOTS and SHOES made to order on the premises. The Best Material and Work* manshlp guaranteed. A large and varied stock always on hand at moderate prioes. - REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED. J. NICHOLAS, BOOTMAKER, Next MrSalek'i, Watchmaker East Street. & MANNING and CO., LIMITED. BREWERS or th» FAVORITE OHRISTOHUROH SPARKLING PALE & BITTER ALES. TO Bl OBTAHfID IH ! HOGSHEADS, BARRELS, AND KILDERKINS, -; . ■ ■ AT r OHRISTOHUROH BREWERY| akd or ¥b H< ZANDER, ASHBURTON, ON DRAUGHT AT THE SOMERSET HOTEL, ASHBURTON, . THE TINWALD. HOTEL, TINWALD AND r RAILWAY HOTEL, WINSLOW.



ACTS LIKE MAGIC, AND HAS "NEVEB FAILED TO NSTANTLY RELIEVE OR CURB MANKIND of Rheumatlsm > Sciatica. Lambago, Sprains, Cots, Wounds, Ac. CURES~HORSES OF Sore Shoulders and Backs, Girth Galls, Greasy Heels, Sprains, Cracked Heels, SpHntd, Cnti, Mange, &c. COWS Of Ulcerated Udders, and Sore Teat*, DOGS of Mange, Cuts, &c. To Farmers it is invaluable. No Household can afford to be without It. GUARANTEED THE BES'l' , EMBROCATION IN THE WORLD. Manufacturers: S. COX Si CO., 422 Bourke Streeb, Melbourne New Zealand Representative: A. PARSONS, Morten's Buildings, Chrutehurcb. Ashburton Agents: John Obk A Co., Ashburton Dbxtg Co/ H. E. Bonninoton. 150 Country Agent* Wanted,



PRINCE ALBERT TEMPERANCE HOTEL. MRS RAIOER DEGS to announce that she has GIVEN 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 HOURa. MRS RANGEP will continue to catar for banquets, balls, weddings, and parties* Cutlery on hire. SJI Zealandla Boots. THE Wonderful Reputation of these Grand BOOTS is still maintained, and to-day the demand from AUCKLAND TO THE BLUFF IS GREATER THAN EVER. There are more ZEALANDLA BOOTS manufactured than any other make in thf Colony. The Manufacturers are so confident of the excellent wear of these Boots that they guarantee every pair branded ZEA LANDIA. For real hard wear and oomfort they cannot be excelled, and they are made in so many different fittings that every kind of foot can be accommodated. I —__ Householders should buy this brand for themselves and their children. Once buy a Zealandla Boot and yon will never but any other make. The Boys' and Girls' Dependable Sohool 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, ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ASHBURTO..