The Ashburton Guardian.

vol. xiv. no. 3076

Ashbtjrtojs : Tuesday, September I^, 1893.

price: one PENindM



Business Notices. WHY RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS! THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. HEALTH without Medicine, Hum bug, or Quackery 1 Tha weak, depressed, rheumatic, para 1 ytic nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, strength, tone aid vigor by using OrairiiraTON & Co.'jS Direct Acting Medical Coils, as used in the Christchurch Hospital and by *11 the leading medical ' practitioners and medical electricians throughout) the colony. Sufferers should write for circular and full particulars to Cuxxwqtos A Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Christchuroh. 9 5 RSYsooVhiiigJ lc/j powders i FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. Preserve a healthy state of the eonetl< fjwMon during; fhe period of Teething. Th. word. "JOHN BT££DMAK, Jfe Oh.ml.t. Walworth, Sturroy," I^^ Alt tuTATfd on th< Goptnmmt Stamp «flz*it9tach ratim- Sou> By EEMPTHOKNE PROSSEB & CO.



Business fNotiees ADT7K DEBEHMEPV 11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, . T E GRAND'S SPECIAL PRODUCT!* | Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— From the for mule of Dr O. Revell. The best soap foe 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. Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)—No, 2, extra fine, in boxes, 8 calces. 12 exquisite perfumes, No, 1. Orlta-Savon-Incorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope and white yiolet, Aqua-Oriza—New toilet water, refreshing to tha skin. Orlza-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. Oriza-Acidullne—Toilet vinegar, aromatic and disinfectant, specially adapted for adiea' toilets. Orlza-Scotch-Lavender— Sprigs ot Scotch lavender flowers; a rich toilet water. I: de-Cologne-Oriza —The high-life toilet water^ Oriza-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. Oriza-Dentaire, In paste or powder, for whitening the teeth withont affecting the enamel. Ess Oriza -et - Oriza-Lys—Perfumes for scenting linen and the handkeroh c without staining. Orlza-Oil—Variously perfumed ; for ren dering the hair soft and brilliant, and preventing it from falling off. Orizi-Lacfce (Oriza Milk)—An emulsive ' lotion, refreshing tonic to the skin, removing re spots and preventing wrinkles on the face. Oreme Oriza (of Ninon de Lencioa)—For producing a beautiful white com plexion with the clearness and velvety softness o* youth. Or zUine-Colotante (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 Violette of the very most exquisite perfume, quite a nosegay of violets. sa-O/iz'i Snave white lotrope Bon quet of the flc wai



"OR COUGHS, COLD 3, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, " Influenza, Consamption, &a, &o <AY'S COMPOUND BS3BNOB OF LINSEER, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &o <AY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for Coughs, Coldi, and Chest Complaints <AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is equally serviceable for horse* 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 A^OAGULINB—Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Manufactory, Stockport, England



f\NE box of Clark's B 41 Pills la war \J ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either set (acquired or constitutional), gravel and ahis 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.



TTIOR the Blood is the Life. Clark's world JJ famed Blood Mixture ia warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, Aourvy, 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 patßnfc medicine vendors everywhere. Sole proprietors: The Lincoln and Mid and Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England.



PAli OIDIUM MANUFAOHTRED BY Gounelie Jeune, SALON—FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: GEO. BURK FRANOART & CO. 3 SO.HCaSET PLACE, MEL B^)_U R N E. 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 success. 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, MELB OURNE.



TIOWLES' PENNYROYAL AND STEEL PILLS FOB FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons ao preva* lent with the sax. Boxos Is.l £d to. 2s 9d of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Yen dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLIS and MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of Imita - tlona



■[^EATING'S LOZENGES rr EATING'S LOZENGES TREATING S LOZENGES «A Simple Fact about" KEATING'S CX)UGH 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 m giving relief, so certain to cure, and yet the most delicate can take them. \ TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH 84, Commercial road, Peckham, July 12. " Dear Sir,—l am a poor hand at express ing my feelings, but I Bhould like to thank you. Your lozenges have done wonders in relieving my terrible cough. Since I had the operation of «Tracheotomy' (the name M the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, taank 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.' HTTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED The above speaks for taelf. Prom striot Inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keating's Cough Lozenges 1b under stated. The operation was a specially ■evere one, and was performed by the •peciaUat, 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 "OTEIGHI! IN GOLD Under date September 8,1891, Mr Hill attain writes: "I should long since have bien dead, but for your Lozenges—^ art SS* their weight in gdd. I will gladly see and tell anyone what a Bplendid cough remedy they are." Keating's Cough Loaenges, the unrivalled T-raedy for Coughs, Hoarseness, and Throat Troubles are sold in tina by all Chemists.



THE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM MUSTARD LEAF IS of an easy employ, clean, takes little space, is ready for immediate use and acts promptly. Everybody should always have »t hand a few Mustard Loaves, for they are known to prevent a great number of in dispositions. The Sinapism is employed with success in casea 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 tb« qualities of conservation and activity. Directions for use accompany eacb napism. PARIS : P. Mbuley, 135 Rue Sb-Antoine. To ba had from all Chemists and fron. , AUSTRALIAN DEOO COMPANY -TCD. ' Sydney LOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL 8 Syrup Hypophosphite of Lima prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, I Chronl Cough and General Debility It )ntains two of the principal ingra dients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Phosphorus and Lime, Ifc oannot bo too ghlyrecommended for Delica Childre Or Churchill s Compound Syrnp o HYPOPHOSPHITES is real Brain Food, and in oaaoa ftluscular and Nervous Exhaustion &1 acquired a world-wide reputation. Eacn bottle bears Dr Chuichill's signature Price, Prepared oily by SWANN fiHEMIST WANNj WHEMIST, PARIS i THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, From and after the 30th November, 1889 he term 3of Subscription to thia journal will be aa follows, viz :—»' le PAID IK ADVANCE. Per Quarter .- 6s 6d, by post, 9s 6d , Half-year... 12s 6d, by post, 18a 6d Year . 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 ... 30s 9A, by post, 43s Od Birth Marriage, and Death Notices, if paid ioi at the time ot insertion, 2s 6d, 1 f booked, 4a each Stamps urn»/ be sent a? aymer^



15 lODINES IRON pjLLS A PPROVED by the Academy of Medicine A 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 Simulating and regulating its periodic fourse. Nou.e genuine unless signed Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. old b Druggists and Chemists through the Colonies AN ENOEMODS AMOUNT OF liabor Saved IN SOBUBBING Passages and Floors BY USING The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufacterers. Cunnihstok & Co., 190



Business Notices} j New Zealand Insorance Company. BSTABLIShTd' L _ 1859 >• .o: ' . 9 CAPITAL—ONE MILLION. \ THEPBEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL [ COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY ( I FIRE AND "MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— {RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, &0., ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES MILES & CO., LIMITED. AGENTS'



Miles and Co., Limited Plough Shares, OTE AJKE PREPARED TO SUPPLY BOTH HORNSBY'S AND RANSOM'S, at prices hitherto unheard of in Ashburton, being in direct communication with the makers, aad having received large shipments from both manufacturers SEEDS. We have for Sale Large Stocks of AND RELIABLE SEEDS, Specially Selected Including Colonial Eed and White Olover and Oowgrass, Timothy, Ryegrasa and Cocksfoot. Imported Red Clover, Cowgrass, White Olover, and Alsyke, i Clean Seed^ Wheat, 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 37*13 per cent .of •oluble Phosphatfia, Bonedust, 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, be3t drawn annealed Fencing Wire,^all numbers, Iron Standards, Barbed Wire, Drain Pipes, eto. Auction Sales, Stock, etc. -ASHBURTON AND TINWALD-WEEKLY. -KINDS AND RAKAIA-MONTHLY. oALES OF HIDES, SKINS.STALLOW, AND WOOL, HELD FORTNIGHTLY. " AT ASHBURTON Mites an(J Co., Limited. Kj^-JLyOUil^^ — — "','isiiifenrtoii &si«l ftabaia. '



y^B^^^^^^^ HEW SEASOH'S SHIP- Ex "Duke of Devonshire " Tainui/' aad " Otararaa," THE BALANOE 0F ?? "^^^^^f "Drapery, i*wSs'o^^ Clothing* '^^^^«^^^fe millinery r ' STOCK IS BEING OFFERED AT Larg^e Reductions FOE FO^UBTEEfN DAYS. W. H. Collier, ".Tlie Corner."



FIRST B.FRPNQ SHOW OF i Cotton Dresses. SEE WINDOW MITCHELL & TUBNER.



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DAVID THOMAS, •■ - (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) . A^ uItIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, jkd ESTATE AGENT.iVALUATOR 1 y WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, '•* ASHBURTON Loans Negotiated 'S~ - Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashburton alternately \ . Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fat, Hides, etc., on FRIDAYS f;■ Sf les of Wool throughout the season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission • v Clearing Sales em per arrangement} _-v^-. ' „ %'t AGENT FOX- Matson and Co., Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Company, Chrisfchurch Booth, McDonald, and Co., Chriatchurch White's Sheep Dip .:. . Massey-Harris Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company tiraham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Co., Dunedin f Planet Jupiter Garden and Field Tcols. * D. THOM AB, ASHBLfRTOIir



——— -——- 4pj »»«»>o»»» "-ifej-<»-^-<aL-—Cv 1.0 ir> irni».ic» <rw . :L ...:,._, .. r '- ...■■...__^ > Having Erected (regardless of coat) one of the Best Grass Seed Cleaning Plants in Canterbury, I am now prepared to OLBAN RY3SGRAS3 <\a it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates.] D. Thomas, ASHBURTON. I mi a Cagb Purchaser OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGBASS, 3TC* IN^LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES David Thomas, ASHBTJRTONj ASHBUKTON SKIN SALES. "I ' bBALid HOLD A (FORTNIGHTLY SALE [OF SHEEPSKINS, FAT, HIDES JL TALLOW,;&O-,sthrougl out the Mason. NEXT SKIN ISALE |FKIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1893. l> r Thomafl* Aahburton.



DEATH TO PARASITES 1 1 | SHEEh^TIOR MAGNIFIED fluid iinfm powder »ip. HHHiMI dii>: (NOHTOISONOUS.) @>J9B9BBBBSS^ (FOISOKOUJ.) S^oSiroSSSS - S1 '000 R- D' McLean ' Hawke'sßay 58,000 M a Obbbli^Canterbury ... 5000 WatapoaStation, Gisbome ... 20,000 3W Moßaks Amurl .. 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- A*. Simons, Marlborough .. 45,000 vestment Company, South- F A Hnd^ owS SSSWfe OOO^Tp 4X many-otherwell-known liock In Kew Zealand and man millions Owners. MmtrmmmgmA hroughont the world. Price- (in kegs) sOs per owl. Wi»Hl»«jjJßi O<l per jooo Gallons Dip. Another well-known Powder Dip coita h» 2 GWfon makes 100 Gations Dip. v maeh again. Compare-fcht prices Chief AgentS-BLACKBURNE ft 00 , OKriatoharoh. district AGENTSHMttIes and Go., Limited, Ashburton and Rakaia.



< Business Notices. ISHBURTON PERMANEM BUILD ING AHD INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Omens: Tanohbd Strew, Ashbuktok. mo Encourage the saving of small smms JL the Society will take T MONEY ON DEPOSIT In sums of One Pound and upwards. In terest S per cent on the following eondi* 1 tions:— • ~ Sums of One Found and apwivrV received on Deposit, and Interest will be allowed* on every complete Pound deposited, to be reckoned from th* day on which a complete Pound shall hare been deposited, up to the day on when the money shall be withdrawn, A Depositor may withdraw tha whole I or par* of the sum deposited, bat not hi less awns than One Pound, except when dosi&i the aooount). r . Dspetltß taken for 8 months at 6 per ornt for longer periods at 6 », For particulars apply ' EDWD, STEPHENS, Manager.



'" Business JNotloey. -; ■. .. ; ■■'. ■. ■IM •."■ ■•■■i niMifi S^^^B ..■...■■:•■':■ «J* : • J| '\\ j^m * %y;' ■ .■■.■■ *\2fe. •'. •' '. >> I m v^v'-'.'.ivi^-Sii'fifl E^^| Tocker and Beaifl XT AYE FOR 8A L 9 ALL KINDS OF OOAL> 9 WHITB & BLACK FINE FIREWOoI LIME AND CEMENT I AKD '>^l BUILDING MATERIAIiSB of every desoription. , HH PRODUCE. I CATS, BRAN, CHAFF, Ac  ■ SPECIAL TO THRESHING MAOIILuM PROPRIETORS, :fl Jost; Landing—Splendid Sbipmen o ifl NEWCASTLE COIL I Tucker A Bean,r I COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL PRODUCE MERCHANTS. 9 AWING TO THE HUOOttS WHICH HAS ATTENDED MY BUSINEW, ■ I find it neoenary to \ ■ PROCURE ASSISTANCE M Whloh lam now endeavoring todoi fl X TAKE the opportunity to. M thank the Public of Ashbarcoq 'M ■ay t*at I hope to continue tfe. fl merit their rapport. " ' fl H. E. BonnlDgrton, I CHEMIST & DBUGGISn EAST STREET, ASHBURTON* I """ IT IS THE BEST, SO I y g HyßlaßßsßlafHM Bold ly all Grocers and Storekeeper M in Ashburton Lrlatrict. -'M ANDERSON and CO., , 9 Coffee and Spice Factory, Timaro. W Clearing Sale. I IN consequence of continued ill bM^I I have decided to . M DISPOSE OP MY WFLL SELECIU TOBACCONIST AKD FAUCS REGARDLESS OF COST. : 1 The S»le will last for F O,U R WEEKS ONL>lf./ij In which time. q ALL GOODS MUST BE FOUD.;-^ My Hwdressing and Staving SaV>o will be OPEN during the sate as mild. HAERY FRIEDX^^pBB^ a HAWKINB, ;; J WHILE thankful for past favors <■ eeni-e going into a lwg« ilfl To hold a good slock he must, iaem larger turnover. To do this, ho haejl ciJtd to cut and sell at very amall pt| aisd quick return. - M All present stock will be greatlyj duced and all new coming in from mi to month will be maiked at thef*f lowest for cash. , .. , - All kinds of Men's Boots made on,; premises at factory prices. Repairs naj and promptly done cheaper than ert*j A small Shop to let. OoodopeaiH| « really good dtewmtier. I "^



<( As strong as the oak," '•Ab pure as the lily. •♦ Ab fragrant as the rose.' In 1, 2, 5 and 101b Tins. Henry Zander, SOLE AGENT, ASHBURTON.



lilewellyii Owen. pianoforteTsinging and HARMONY. ARCADE "CHAMBERS. . (Dances not attended.) 421 MRS A. C. OLARroGHB, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE & ORGAN, COX STREET, ASHBURTON. lERMS ON APPLICATION.



MRS A. T. RCBBTTOM BEGS to inform the numerous friends and clients of her late husband, . A. T. HO BOTTOM, THAT SHE WILL CABRY ON THE BUSINESS OP PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE SAME PREMISES, j MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON * nd ehe trusts that she will receive as liberal support as was accorded to 89 him. "AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY



New Zealand Branch , . , Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington. Local Board of Directors : n« Hon Jlorgw S. Grace, M.D., C .M.G., MX.O. (Chairman) ■ '■ The Hon Charles J. Johnston, M L.C (Depwj Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq The Hon Edward Richardson, 0. Mf.O, M. L. C John Duncan, Bsq Medica' Officer: Dr W. G. Kemp, MJI.O.S. (England) flflHE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST, I AND MOST PROSPEROUS AUSTRAIIAN LIFB OFFICE, KVV THB LARGEST IN THK BRITISH EMPIRE. The only; Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERY YKAU The Method of Valuation adopted by this Soetety Is ef the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Conei lerably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than I hat held by any other office in the Australasian Colonies. accumulatedTund exceeds #11,000,000 (ELEVEN MILLIONS) Stbbmno AH invested to yield nearly 6 per cent POLICIES IN FORCE ... 110,8015' Sum Assured ... IftSMg Accumulated Funds .. .. aT'SS'io Annual Income.. .. •• iffial Cash Bonuses Divided .. •• *o,*9»,oji* BONUSES OASH BONUS for ONE yew, 1892, £ 6W,J81» yieldlag Beversionary Bonuses amounting t0. th 030,00 after making SPECIAL BESBRVBS, amount rASHlnK)NUSES >s dwlared for last FIVE years, over CABtt T WO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuses • exceeding FOUR UILLIONa assure Tour life IN THE A. M. P.- SOCIETY And Secure a BONUS EVERY "SEAR. Expense* of Management 9± per oont o thetritftHnCTDWARDW.LCWE, -. Kesident Secretary^ Branch Office- Custom House Quay, Wellington. W. H. DERRY, District Secretary* Christchurch. \ % ZANDER, : Local Broker, Aabborto©, I