The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XIV. NO. 304?

AsHBUBTO&i Wednesday, August 9, 1893.

pbice: one penny



.Business Notices. WHY RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS? THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST. TZTEALTH withoub Medicine, Hum- XX bug, or Quackery 1 The weak, depressed, rheumatic, paralytic, nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, atrength, tone, and vigor by i using COKHINOTON & Co.'s Direct Acting Medical Ooils, as used in the Ohristchurch Hospital and by til the leading medical practitioners and medical electricians throughout the colony. Sufferers should writ* for circular and full particulars to CuinnHGTOX A Co., Electricians, 190 Gloucester street, Ohristcharoh. 9 5



Business Notices OfflZi PMFUiSEY. 11, Place de la Madeleine, Paris, t c grand's special products Jlj — Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— From the for mule of Dr O.rßevell. The best soap for rendering the skin white and soft, Sweetly and refreshingly scented (rose, green and white). Savon-Oriza-Velonte, exquisitely per famed for the toilet ana baths. Savon-Oriza (Oriza Soap)— No. 2, extra fine, In boxes, 6 cake*. 12 exquisite perfumes, No. 1. Orlia-Savon-Incorore, superior quality, rose tea, white heliotrope ana white violet. Aqua-Oriza—New toilet water, refreshing to the skin. Oriza-Hay—A toilet water wth the perfume o new mown hay. Oriza-Aciduline—Toilet vinegar, aromatic and disinfectant, specially adapted for adie*'toilets, Oriza-Scotch-Lavender— Sprigs of 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. Gouttes- 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 without affecting the enameL Ess Oriza -et - Oriza-Lys—Perfumes for scenting linen and the handkeroh c without staining. Oriza-OH—Variously perfumed; for ren dering the hair soft and brilliant, and preventing it from falling off. Orlza-Lacto (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 zaline-Colorante (the best hair dye)— For instantaneously dyeing die, hair to any shade and with no danger to health. boxes, each with brushes comb, etna, and bottle; or in boxes, the bottle only without accessories Ess-Oriza-Incoiore Ylolette of the very most exquisite perfume, quite a nosegay of violets. ss-Oriz* Suave white lotrope Bon quet of the flc wen



P^j soothing! FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, COHVULBIOHB, ETO. PnMMrv* * h«*lthy state of th« constl. t"-**on during; the psrlod of Tssthini^. • The worti "JOHK STEfiDKAK, M* OhamlM, Walwerth,Surr«y," P^ Alt «wr«f*« OB VMOtttnmunt BUmr<&*«lt»»achrmi4i+ Sold Bt KEMPTHOKNE PROSSER & 00.



■OB COUaHS, GOLDS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, Influenza, Consumption, &c, &o XAY'S COMPOUND BS9HNCB OF LINSEED, V Aoined, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &o XAY'B COMPOUND, a demulcmt expectorant, for \ Congtas, Colda, and Chest Complaints £ AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colda, is equally \ serviceable for hones and cattle £ AY'S TIC PILLS, a gpeoinc in Neuralgia, Faceaohe, \ &c. Contain Quinine, Iron, &o I INUM CATHARTIOUM PTLLS, digestive, correo- L. tire, and agreeablr aperient /■"NOAOTLINB—Cement for Brotara Articles. Sold \J everywhere. Manufactory, Stockport, England



f\SEi box of Clark's B 41 Pills Is war- Kj ranted to cure all discharges from the urinary organs in either sex (aoquired 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 Llnceln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England For sale by the wholesale Houses. TjHOR the Blood is the Life. Clark's world _ij famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities, from whatever cause arising. For scrofula, scurvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases, add sores of allkinds, its effects are marvel' lous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold n bottles 2s 9d, and lls each by chemists sad patent medicine vendors everywhere. Sole proprietors : The Lincoln and Mid and Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England. fTfOWLES' PENNYROYAL AND X STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and re lieve the distressing symptons so preva lent with the sex. Boxes Is \\& to 2s 9d of »U Chemists and Patent MedicHe Yen dors. Prepared only by the LINCOLN and MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of Imita • felons



PAR OIDIIIM MANUfAOTURED BY Gounelle Jeune, SALON—FRANCE. Sole Agents for Australia: GEO. BURK FRAHCART & CO, s loxnun piaci, '" -\ 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 cried 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. I For Pamphlets and al information apply to GEO. BURK FRANCART ft CO , 3 Somerset Place, MELBOURNE.



TTEATING'S LOZENGES T^EATING'S LOZENGES TREATING S LOZENGES "A Snm.B Faot aboot" KEATING'S OOUGH LOZENGES. Ask throughout the world in any country that can be named, «ra will find them largely sold. There is absolutely no remedy that is so speedy in aMag reuef, so certain to oure, and yet the most delicate can take them. A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBIE OOUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH 94, Commercial road, Peckham, July 12. •• Dear Sir,—l 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 v the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, taank God, I am still alive) performed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, no one could Dossibly hare had a more violent cough; it was so r»d 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.' lITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED lITTERLY UNRIVALLED The above speaks for tself. From strict Inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keatintfs 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 rue of these Lozenges. So suoeessful are they that one sJord? immediate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat irritation is Intense. XTTEIGHT IN GOLD tITEIGHT IN GOLD tIfEIGH'I! IN GOLD Under date September 8, 1891, Mr Hill «»in writes: "I should long since have been dead, but for your Lozenges— tJuy art w*their ndgUtogdd. Iwai?WJr«; wd tell anyone, what a splendid cough "KSting^C^ugh Lozenges, the unmalled remedy for Coughs, Hoarseness and Throat Trouble 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 use 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, Rheumatism, Congestion* Paralysis, and Apoplectic Bits. Prepared with choice Mustard Powde* the Universal Sinapism possesses all the qualities of conservation and activity. Directions for use accompany eaob napism. PARIS: P. Mbuxet, 136 Rue St-Antoine. To ba had from all Chemists and fron ACSTBALUK DKUG COMPJJNT ►/CD. Sydney



LOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL S Syrup Hypophosphlte of Lime prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consumption, Chroni Cough and General Debility Xt Hitalnß two of the principal ingrej dients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient in the above complaints, viz., Fhosphorw and Lime. Ib cannot be too ghly recommended for Delica Childre Dr Churchill s Compound Syrup o HYPOPHOSPHITES li real Brain Feed, and in cases Muscular and Nervous Exhaustion hi acquired a world-wide reputation. Eacn bottle bears Dr OhuiehiU's signature Prioe, Prepared oily by SwANNj \J HE MIST. PARIS



BLANCARDS rrts lODINE OF IRON DTT T Q APPROVED by the Academy of Mediotoe of Paris, are especially leoommended by the Medical Celebrities of the World for Scrofula (Tumors, King's Evil, eto.), the M rlv stages of Consumption, Constitutional Weakness, Poorness of Blood and for timulating and regulating its -periodic ourse. No».e genuine unless signed Blancard, 40, rue Bonaparte, Paris. Sold by Druggist" and Chemists through nt, the Colonies^ AN ENORMODS AMOUNT OF Labor gaYed IN SCRUBBING Passages and Floors BY USKTO The New HOUSEMAID'S FRIEND. Obtainable from all Ironmongers, Store keepers, etc., and wholesale from the manufaoterers. CuraiNaiOK & Co., 1W flloucwfcw Strwt, CbriatQhurch, 991



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. Business Notices] New Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLIS hISTd ' L. _ 18 5 9 CAPITAL^ONEMILLION. THEPKEMIER AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITT FIRE AND MARINE RISKS. ALSO,- RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MA.OHINES,&&o f AOOEFTSD AT LOWEST TORRENT RATES MILES & CO., LIMITED. AGENTS'



DEATH TO PARASITES 1 ! \ SHEEP TICK MAGNIFIED FLUID fff^^FVg POWDER I>IP IMI nil 3KI i>ip: (non-poisonous.) l^^^^nßSKUKttnmJH^B^mi (poisokoub.) BJ«*rt aad r«ceHH«ad«d b Flock. Vi»d and r«c*qa«a«a*l«>4 l»y— Flodc. W. Gerard, Canterbury ... 61,000 R. D. McLean, Hawke's Bay 68,000 M. O. Orbell, Canterbury ... 5,000 Waiapoa Station, Gisbome ... 20,000 Vv'. O. Rittheri-ord, Amuri.. 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Otago ... 30,000 G. W, Mcßae, Amurl .. 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- A. Symons, Marlborough .. 46,000 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. < hroughont the world. W«wly l*«rodac«d. X»rtoe-(ir. casks) Sm O«l per ]Pl?«°- <m 8] Set? fmro^wt. Crallon. 1 Cwt makes 1000 Gallons Dip. <n ii m-j t innr, n< Another well -known Powder Dip costs ha 1 Gallon Fhttd makes 100 Gaaont Dtp. M mno h again. Compare the prioes Cbiaf A^fOUtW-BLACKBURNE ft 00 , ChrLrtchoroh. district AGENTs-Miles and Co., Limited. Ashbuiton and Bakaia.



TO-DAY. SPECIAL SALE. OF Ladlca' ana Children's Ulsters, Mantles, Capes, and Fur-IJned Cloaks. ;also, of a WELLINGTON WAEE HOUSEMAN'S JECNiitiE STOCK «*N NewlfSeason'sllDress Fabrics] ILL THE NEWEST AN TD 4 BBST GOODS;OF THE SEASON AT LESS jTHAN One Quarter Producers' Gost W. STRANGE & CO.. ohrtstohuroh;



IR YOUIUKE NICE TEA"ASK3KYOUR»CROCER FOR NELSONS i^p^p iyi DAI t^j 4UtW&!£*Z CEIEBRIIIDamKIBEn^MBBNC^ PURE INDIANCHINAffCEYEON TEAS PROCURABLE UNPARALLELED C H EAP SAL E. HIGH CLASS DRAPERY, CLOTHING AND BOOTS. —COMMENCING— Saturday, June 24 — i-y — | Astounding Bargains.



DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) A UCTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, jnd ESTATE AGENJ^VALUATOR WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON. Loans Negotiated Weekly Sale* of Live Stock—Tmwald and Ashbarton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fat, Hides, etc., en FRIDAYS Sales of Wool throughout the season Grain Bought and Bold on Commission Clearing Sales as per arrangement AGENT FOE- Matson and Co., Christchurch Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Company, Ohristehurch • 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. D. T^HOMAS* ASHBURTOH, Grass Seed Cleaning. Having Erected (regardless of cost) one of the Best Grass Seed Cleaning Plant* in Canterbury, I am now prepared to CLEAN RYBGRAS3 as it ought to be done at Reasonable Rates.) D,- Thomas, ASHBURTON. t run a Cash Purchaser OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYEGRASS, ETC, inilargb or;;small quantities David Thoma^ ASHBURTON ASHBUfiTON SKIN SALES. IssHALL HOLD A FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF SHEEPSKINS, FAT, HIDE TALLOW,^-, throughout the season, starting from FBIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893. V, Tbomag, Aahburton,



Business Notices. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Omou: TurcuD Street, Asobubtoh. rpo Encourage the saving of small suns X the Society will take MONEY ON DEPOSIT In sums of One Pound and upwards, In ternet 5 per cent on the following condi tions:— Sums of On* Found and upwards 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 fch« noney shall be withdrawn, A Depositor may withdraw th* whole or park of chei sum deposited, but net m less sums than One Pound, except when closing the aooount. Deposits taken for 3 months at 5 par cent i> ii ■  64 „ for longer periods at 6 „ For particulars apply EDWD. STEPHENS, Manager.



Jons O. Rbsteiili! GRAIN k WOOL STORES, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. GRAIN MERCHANT, SHIPPING, FINANCIAL k COMMISSION AGENT, fto. CASH PURCHASEB WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS RYEGKASB SEED, etc. COMMODIOUS STORAGE AT CURRENT RATES. ALWAYS "ON SALE— Cornsacks, Woolpacks, Twine, Super phosphates, Poarl-Guano, Genera. Farm and Station Stores, Ac. Cape Barley, Grass, Clover, Turnip and other Seeds of the best quality, AT LOWEST CURRENT PRICES. AGENT FOR THE New Zealand Loan and M rcantile Union Fire and Mrrtne Insurance Company. - Howard's Digging Ploughs. Cooper's Sheep Dip. Sutherland's Manure, tco, JOHN Ct. REHTELL, In conjunction with the SIW ZXAJLAStt KO4JI * lEB* GlSTffcS *«t:*«-iV CO., Id. JOHN R BLAND, Auctioneer. Vuctioneen, Wool Brokers, Land and . Financial Agents,' &c, ars prepared to transact Farm and Station Business on the most favorable terms. WOOL. "WOOL. WOOL LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADS AG*tNBT ENSVJING CLIPS. 'To Commission on Advances, and at the LOWEST OURRKNT RATKS OF TNTFUICST



iIUB PtigfUML ; POSTERS, Dodgers, BiUheada, Programmes, Memorandum Forms wedding Cards, Merr.oriam Cards, In station Cards, Order Bkcks, Threshint HHohuie Books, Receipt and Delivery m) ks. Banquet Mcuuh, and Ticket* of all kinds. - TH? tin 1 \wmm w LIMITED, Having s supply of Superior Jobbing Type. F»ncy Cards, and Special Lines •* ftp*** •*« exeo»tie Ten description of Printing on the shortest notice,, in the best style, and at reasonable »tcP, Tucker and Bean TT AYE FOR SALK ALL KINDS OF COAL, WHITE ft BLACK PINE FIREWOOO LIME AND CEMENT AND BUILDIKG MATERIALS of every description. PRODUCE. CATS, BRAN, CHAFF, &o. SPECIAL TO THRESHING MACHINE PROPRIETORS, Just Landing—Splendid Shipment of NEWCASTLE COAL Tucker ft Bean, COAL, TIMBER, AND GENERAL PRODUCE MERCHANTS.



AUSTRALIA!* MUTUAL PBOVIDENT SOCIETY New Zealand Branch Head O&ce, Customhouae-quay, Wellington: Local Bonrd of Directors : rhe Hon Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.O, (Ohairman) The Hon Charles J. Johnston, M L.C. (Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq The Hon Edward Richardson, 0. V.O, M.LC John Duncan, Esq Medica' Officer: Dt W. G. Kemp, M 8.0.5. (Eaglacd) fTIHE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST, JL asd MOST PROSPEROUS Austraiian Life Office, *nd thb LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERT YEAR The Vcthod of Valuation adopted by thii Society is of the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi derably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that bald by any other office in the Australasian Colonies. ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £11,000,000 (ELEVEN MILLIONS) Sterling * All invested to yield nearly • per cent. POLICIES IN FORCE ... 110,308 Sum Assured £38,888,283 Accumulated Funds .. .. 411,328,448 Annual Income.,   £1,960,1 S3 Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £5,434,132 BOIVTJS-TES CASH BONUS for ONE yew, 1892, 1504,161, yielding; .Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £1,080,000, after making SPECIAL RESERVES, amonnb ing to 4^4,611. CASH BONUSES declared for la»t FIVE yean, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuss* exoeeifafr FOUR MILLIONS. ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE A. M. P. SOCIETY And Secure a BONUS EVERY ?EAR. Expenses of Management 9J per confc o the total income. EDWARD W. LCWE, Kesidont Secretary. Branch Office- Custom House Quay, Wollington. W. H. DERRY, District Secretary, Christchurch. H. ZANDER, Locr.l Broker, Ashburton.



THE KONGO PAI TENEI Kil KOUTOU KATOA USnefeenn Siewar^i NEW CURE FOR ASTHMA. K\V CUBE EOR CROUP. EV CURE FOR DIPHTHERIA 2TEW CURE FOR CHRONIC , BRONCHITIS. Prept red trora the Mountain and forest* Plants of New Zealand) : In Asthma the New Cure has proved list to be Head and Shoulders Above All Other Remedies^ * i rpHE NEW CURE is the only Speott JL yet discovered for Diphtheria. 1 In Croup the NEW CURL" has no rival j It saves emetics, li e nting fires, hot baths, ! and all the attendant worry incidental of the arrival of the Midnight Monster. ' In .fyphcid Fever the NEW CURI . disinfects, soothes, and gives refreshing sleep. The NEW CURE is the only mt Lung Disinfectant In no instanc has a death ooeotidl from diptheria wh9n the "New Our* has been free! / used from the first ootM of the disease, and so great are its. pro tective powers, that the complaint has never been known to spread to otim members of the family. . : The New Cure, 3r Al; Grindelia Robot* Cimr Asthma Tohaooo, Ss 6d AWING TO THE 6UOOBSS WHICH HIS ATTENDED MY BUSINESS, I find it necessary to PROCURE ASSISTANGB Which I am now endeavoring to do. "T" TAKE the upportunity to thank the Public of Aahburton , for their kind patronage, and to say that I hope to continue to merit their support. CHEMIST & DRUQOISX ..,'■-;• ---EAST STREET, ASHBUKTCKi



Fruit Trees, HAVING DECIDED to give up NURSERY 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 sort* obtainable, and having grafted them myself can guarantee they are true to name. ALSO,— A Grand Lot of ORARI POTATOES CHEAP. 2001l>8 Sack Best Stone FLOUR Us 6d. BRAN, SHARIS, ROLLER FLOUR, and all kinds of FARM PRODUCE. A Splendid line of ONIONS. J. THOMAS, HAYELOCK STREET.



IT IS THK BEST, SO. [Bhlu] iJlf^lilllilltfM Sold by all Grocers ar.d Storekeeper in Ashburton district. Wholesale by ANDERSON urn 00., ■ Coffee and Spice Factory, Timarn. AGENTS WANTBD. WANTED Agent« for a GOOD SELLING. LINE, Eitfftr tn and earn good inoome. Apply early at only a limited number fa required. : I NOVELTY IMPORTIJIO Ws,