THE ASHBtIETU^ Ot'AKDUN, MONDAY MARCH 12, 1894.

Printed and published by the Ashburton Publishing Company, at their registered printing office, Burnett street, Ashburte* MONDAY, March 12, 1884



"O EFORE YOU BUY YOUR FURNirURE DO NOT FAIL 0 VISIT W PIOKFORD" & Go's FUR^I^HING WAREHOUSE, , TANORED STREET (opposite Mitchell and Turners.) TRY US for Dining-room, Drawing-room, Bedroom and Kitchen Furnitar TRY Ui for English and Colonial Perambulators > TRY US for Flax, Flock, Kapok, and Hair Mattresses all sizes TRY US for Iron and <Vood Bedsteads, Cots, Sfcretchers, etc r A Pn u aa ' TRY US for DucheL Toilet Tables, Washstands, Chests o Drawers, Wardrobes TRY OS for Looking Glasses, Toilet Ware. PiUowa and .Bolster s TR* VS for full size Upholatered Spring Mactresses, pno 23», *8 TRY US for Fictura Framing-pictures framed neatly, cheaply, quickly Good assortment of Mouldings to select from m Venetian Blmds made to order, repaired and re-painted Furniture re covered, repaired, te-polwhed, on short notice W PIOKPORD & 00., CABINET-MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS Eto (near Union Bank) GEE AT CASH SALE. IN ASSIGNED ESTATE OF ROBERT ALOORIS. msoo worth of Olothing, Drapery, Boots, Glass and Earthenware. Iron O m^nf eTaad^GroSeries, whfch mult be sold. The clothing is all Colonial made mort oT°t to my own order from Colonial tweeds. There is a great variety of men's S boys'haSf men's and youths'white regatta and Oxford^ shirts. Linoleums, flannelettesTshirtings, and calicoes, all imported direct from the manufacturers; al Hofware, Glasaware, -d Crockery Great reductions in BOOTS for CASH, and a Large stock to select from. Msn s ShAS Ostk "J nSS Vfc^ and Children's Straw Hats, 3s 6d to 6s, Hats for 1 Bd, 2^ to 3s, Hats for Is and Is Bd, Hats for 6d each. ) The WHOLE STOCK will be sold at very Low prices for CASH. KOBERT ALGORN, 12 75 SAUNDERS BUILDINGS.



GRAIN SEASON 1894. WE ARE BUYERS.. OF WHBAT, OATS, BAELBY, AN I; BYE GBASJ3, in Large or Small Quantities. * Grass Seed Cleanings OUR GRASS SEED CLEANER being admittedly the best and mosb effec tive In the Colony, we are prepared io clean Rye Graaa and on Farmer's account* Charges Moderate. Cornsacks, WE ABE NOW L.VNDItfG EX "MA.XWJSLL 10.51) fiSaJcs, Which we'wepwptted.fco Supply at LOWIiIST CUati-Ni 1 KaTES, fl IrtIEDLA.NI!*HJR B«OR.' ""iMPOBTANTIroTIOi: ~ "~" , .0: JAWING to die numerous reque:-ta of large owners these Remedies have been 0 Snood to 7*V and where two Sets or more are taken to 6 9 6s per set. No H*m«Si«i ewt^introduced into this colcnV have proved so successful m restoring the Kemediesefer mtroouc REMEDIES. Very highly recommended f^FlkJSr*^ A^iultural and Pastoral A B ociation Show. Awarded the highest Order of SSrilattle Northern A. and P. Show ; very highly commended at the Metropolitan Show at g^jojn^^ mVimhys g ep . cniber 14> 1892. «»t a;u HWR qava ■—I had a fine Mr Robert Walker, Ohrigtohuroh, Dear I*o* Sir"Yollr BoTFljt BBMBWI B haveP^' o,?« fwS •i?nnfitto?woA. ROtveryansiou* complete aaeceßa with my horw. He had *h ?^I« he eh^we?ev«y signs ol dying, been very bad tcr some time ; the coat dry, a Rbout him Be n« "™*e},;"aJL"*!- wit h the light skio, got very low in condition, md got 1 g&'if f?S! Hefs now at hi aW ork ac source able wlik. I quite expected he r J<J t «v?r I can biiSSy "commend would die, aL ne had all the symptoms of one hea. ybb ever I can mgniy neighbor lost with the bo.s I gave o all bone owners. lgg3< your mediea B8 you direoteo", with the * « Wnnirhlv eaiiEfiei that your Bot following resulßl-The horse, after gettioß }ow in MDdlI n OD:; B £S t by eye, and bo matter from the nostrils, the like of what I y er y oareworn eapreHim. oi toe ey , oomiD /rom g horge> T Wrn'Sn Bemedy as dSotJ?.S in a ßfew continued all ne*t day which lam certain jiDQ I L? an to mend and is now bo flwh I wer« the bots bursting from the efleccß of the dayshebeßantomenc! anais Kemedy, and coming up. through the nostrils i M««™«tonVei in time, being confident by ibe pfleote o! the eowh. After this oeaeed S^ltwS save the how,'relieve him oi the horse began to mend and m «z days is conditions J h^n i^^JrpiC» X b M k *•*•"«;?*• H.O a olow.Lt Pbeveotive for keeping off the fly in aum- Sfr aß do d BSS:n one took bad also, which got very bad and gradually got worn h u •!Jf?hJ'«mSoms. He gave the Bemedy I quite believe be would have died. Ha kept abowiag h ?paßsea bots in losing fle E b, got a dry coat, tight akin, care, and the second day aneij db p WO rn expression of the etc, a cough, running hundreds and is doing enwood f&rm< at the n S e rril s , a«d aould Bcarce work I got SouthbriditP, Aogast 2,1802 yoar remedies and g^ve them as directed, * ™,i,, si? Lan Rlad to bear te«ti- with the most beneficial remits. The second tft W^f r' rCf a i efleota of your 80l day after R emr)R the last drench he began to , raO ny to the w™™™ 1 f e°eo b ' orßßß be. pass bots in handfala, some of which I hero- ! Fl* Bembwes. Unai « f the li{e . wkh hand you i mm6 diately after passing oatne very bd; vie « » t ß tow in condition, .he bots he began o mend, and is now as fat lees and » «°{° r»£& a paddook I did aa butter, hearty and well, thanks to Walker's Anrioo- tofimahplo^nijg P on> Remedi e ß Any who doubt send not watt tojay him np u»"l m We bad them to me, and I will convince them that able to h t hiß feet, «jo »d^ m uf remedieß are B boon to the community to help him »nto » ««J tr 4rtment you pre- and iha eufferiog horse Every horse should Bemedies, f'f'S "he was quite have them lathe aeaßon, as lam confident scribed, and w' •»J" J* bearty and we U, if use d there will ba no more deaths from he totter, ana now at tas wort, neay Use thieas you pleaee. U^X wouKave Ddiel. You oar, «ac H Low. hie as you plesee. Bomm THOMPgOSi BEECHAM'S PILLB w ..imiia Disorders, such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Sick TilOll Bilious an?.?,? 1'0;8^?^i and Swelling after meals, Dizziness and Drowsi- JO Headache, Giddiness, J^ 1*B'^ of Appitite, Shortness of Breath, Costive ±* Cold Chills, Fluahingi. o« H^f FS&htfui Dreams, and all Nervous and ness, Blotches on the Skin, JJwwr d i wffl give relief in twenty minutes. This Trembling Sensations, &c "c n fc] invite d to try one Box of these Pills, and ianofioti..n. Mverysuffereriß earw«^ THAGUINIfIALABOXt , they will T \ CS« Wpn g T 3 taken as directed, will quickly restore females to com 'BEECHAM'b r1LLo;£;f"!; c an , obstruction or irregularity of the system plete health. 2^^^l3£bD DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER: V WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIR wonders the y ltal Organs ; They aro like magic-a »w do^ rest oring the long-lost complexion ;brmgm« Strengthening the «»f;« ct fe aS arousing with the rosebud of health the whole back the keen edeo of te > r^ ">„ ,f hrO wing off fevers in hot climates they physical energy of the human iram^ admit t e d by thousands, in all classes of Srcf specify no7^' be^ ef ua a ra ntees to fche nervous and debilitated is tha g^^^hl^olZUfSaleo! any Patent Medicine » the world. Full directions with each b«' EEECHA , St. Helens, Lanoashihe, Eugmnd.



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WILLIAM WILLTAMSON, Late of LONDON and WELLINGTON,) LADIES' AHD GSNTLaMSN'S Hilt I GLiSS TAILOB E^LST STREET, ASHBURTON Fir, STYLE and WORKMANSHIP notjto^Surpassed A Well Selected,StoOk TWEEDS AND WOOLLENS ALWAYS ON HASDj



pK CURATIVE PROPERTIES Otf THE SOLOMON SOLUTION I when Used on Horses, Cattle, and dogs may be gathered from the following 1— • . - ann Octavia Villa, Howe Crescent, AVbert Park, Melbourne, March 11, 189^ For nearly three years I have been a martyr to Rheumatic Gout. Six months ot that period I had positively lost the use ot my legs, and for two years 1 have been una"l® t0 walk without crutches er sticks. I have had forty-eight electric baths and spent three weeks at the springs at Drysdale. About three weeks ago I was induced to use your Solomon Solution, and am now enabled to walk without any assistance whatever. i write this trusting that it may be the means of inducing other sufferers to givei it a trial I am, sincerely yours, GEOKlxft A. r&i.i.Eiao\jan cRESS REPORTS. iQftO Melbourne " Sportsman," June 14, 1892 1 Mr Frank O'Donnell, the well-known breeder of Gooroc, Victoria, has a mare by Kohinoor from Lady Hercules, by Hercules from Princess Royal, who some time ago got one of her hind legs entangles in a wire fence, and smashed her shm bone very badly, lo 1 use Mr O'Donneirs own words — • I thought she was past all surgical aid, so bad was the smash. However, having some of the Solomon Solution by me. I tried what il» would do. Some little time after using that well-known remedy, a piece of bone about four inches lona stuck out of the wound, which has since complately healed. The mare s leg is now as sound as ever it was' The piece of bona referred to was measuredin our presence, and i is three-eighths of an inch broad in its narrowest part and one inch and a halt in its broadest, and is exactly four inches in length. A more marvellous case in which a cure was effected has not come under our notice." ..„„ A „ , ft 18a « Adelaide " Express," April 10,1893. ♦•In connection with lasfc Saturday's racing on the Old Course, Mr C. N. Kidman, the owner of Lovelocks, attributed the mare's victory in the Steeplechase to the usei of Solomon Solution, with which he treated her legs. He also says that by the aid of this valuable remedy he brought round Ellerstone, who scored a recent victory at Fort .fine, and he speaks in the highest terms of this restorative, which it will be remembered was tried by Mr Wallace on the champion Carbine, who, however, was suffering from a damaged foot, tor which there was no cure when he retired from the raamg arena, lne Arab, also, who has exhibited such very nnrkei improvemaat of late, w« saved for racing purposes by the uae of this Soution, and his legs wera so bid th*t the sfcen en was v«Dowering, and in this case the cure appears to have been a remarkable one. OBTAINED OF THE ASHBURTON DRUG COMPANY AND JOEJST ORR



A. J. WHITE'S Artistic and Economical House-Furnishing Warehouse, CHRISTCHUKCH. mHE Recent arrivals of several Extensive shipments have '. made his stock I in all Departments most complete. CARPETS, FLOORCLOTH AND LINOLEUM, FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS, BEDSTEADS AND BEDDING, UPHOLSTERY CROCKERY AND FURNISHINGS, IRONMONGERY A, jfWHITE INVITES ALL TO CALL AND INSPECT JHIS STOCK COTT /\GES~FUTtNISH El) Including CUTLERY BLANKETS, SHEhTS, EARTHENWARE, POTS, Etc, TWO ROOMS COMPLETE « ... £9 to £10 FOUR ROOMS £17 to £25 FIVE ROOMS, from £35 to £80 SIX ROOMS - - ... £50 to £100 CATALOGUES POSTED FREE. WAREHOUSE AND STEAM FACTORY TUAM & St. ASAPH STREETS OHRISTCHURCH



m H S^[ Qte. FOOD FOR INFANTS AND INVALIDS, MELLIN'S LACTO-GLYCOSE OR MILK FOOD. BPECIALLV AQAPTED FOB COUKTRIES WHERE FRESH COW'S MILK CAHHOT BE OBTAIHEU yyhe&L Wheat Vm& ABB PROMPT |CASH JBUYBRS OP Prime Milling Wheat, AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES. We are'also prepared to store Grain on Farmers' account in oar New Grain Stores. west Street, Ashburton, on very favourable term*. Fullfsiaed Oornsaoks and Twine Supplied afc LOWEST CURRENT RATES. BOLLIT~AND CO., CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. Offkhss an© Storbs : WEST STREET, ISHBURTON Re The Assigned Estate of Messrs Hirdley Bros* ■ i o:— —— fiEFi the Value in Oar PRINTS REDUOED^to JSA.LF PRICE WASHING DRILLETS REDUCED FROM 9|d to 6Jn. AH I>re*s Materials REUeCED TO NEARLY HALF THE FORMER PRICES, FOR'INSTANCE PLAIN CASHMERES, REDUCED FROM 16Jd TO 9d. STRIFE AND CHECK ALL WOOL DRESS TWEED REDUCED FROM 14d TO Bd, AND ALL OTHER ;DRESS MATERIALS EQUALLY REDUCED. HECK GItfGHAMS] REDUCED FROM lOJd TO 6§d ALL MANCHESTER GOODS SUCH AS CALICOES, STOOFI OS FLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOLLANDS, TICKING, SHIRTINGS, SELSEIAS, FLOOR-CLOTHS, ETC., REDUCED TO COST PRICE. MEN'S SHIRTS, HATS, SOCKS, TIES, Ere, REDUCED TO COST PRICE* AND IN MANY CASES; 'VERY MUCH UNDER COST* Men's and Boys' Clothing. E OUR MEN'S ALT; WOOL COLONIAL SUITS AT 32s 6d AND 38s 6d, NOT TO BE BWATBK JIN 'THE COLONY IHI HOUSE HASJALWAWS BEEN NOTED FORf^THE VERY BEST VALUE IN BOOTS BUT NOW GOME AND SBF. . W. SPENCi-X AKOA I) E. ASHBUIIION



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U.B,S.CQ • lx UNION STEAMSHIP QOMPANI OF NEW ZEALAND. STEAMERS SAIL frqjh LYTTEL TON AS UNDER: For Wellington—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, %ud Saturday. Picton and Nelson—Tuesday, Thursda and Saturday. Auckland, via East Coast ports—Every Monday. Auckland, via West Ooas ports—Every Thursday.! Dunedin—Monday, Tuesday and Friday Hobarfe and Melbourne—Every Tues« day. Sydney, via Auokland, every Monday. Sydney, via Cook Straits, every Tues day. EXCURSION SEASON.—During the months of December, January, and February return tickets will be issued over the Company's Intercolonial lines at Reduoed Kates, available for return foe three months from date of issue. For particulars apply to MILES & CO. ."LIMITED. AGENTS, ASHBURTON



AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY New Zealand Branch Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington! ' Local Board of Directors : ! rhe Hon Morgan 8. Grace, M.D., C M.Q., M.L.O, (Chairman) 1 rhe Hon Charles J". Johnston, MX.O. (Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq TheHon Edward Richardson, C.M.G., M L.C John Duncan, Bsq MedicaT Officer: Dr W. G-. Kemp, M.B.C.S. (England) rE OLDEST, WEALTHIEbT AND MOST PROSPEROUS Attsteaman Lifb Office, 4nd th& LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS BTEHY YEAR Ihe Method of j Valuation adopted by this Society is of the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi derably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that neld by any other office in the Australasian Colonies ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £11,000,000 (ELEVEN MILLIONS] Steeling All invested to yield nearly 6 per cent. POLICIES IN FORCE ... 11O,SJOS Sum Assured ... ... ... «38,888,888 Accumulated Funds .. „ 4511.858 448 Annual Income.. .. „ £1.860.133 Cash Bonuses Divided .. ". *5,4345ia j BOPfUSES CASH BONUS for ONE year, 1892, £504,861, yielding fieversionary Bonuses amounting to £1.080,000, after making SPECIAL HBSERVBS, amount ing to £234,511. ' A BB BONUSES declared for last FIVE rears, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Beveraionary Bonasai exceeding FOUB MILLIONS ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THB A. M. P. SOCIETY And Secure a BONUS EVERY "SEARJ Expenses of Management 9| per cent the total income EDWARD W. LCWE, Resident Secretary Branca Office— Custom House Quay, Wellington 1 W H. DERRY, District Secretary, Christchurch, H ZANDER, Local Broker Ashburton



Spectacles 1 Spectacles! fZTAVE Your Sight Tested, and [use only PROPERLY FITTING SPEC TACLES JEWELLER, Is Sole Agent for Ashburton for N- LAZARUS & CO., OCULIST - OPTICIANS, OF SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, AND CALCUTTA. ! A very complete sf tof trlaFlenaes and frames for tasting—ensuring perfect; vision and comfort. N,B,—Do not risk spoiling your eyesight by mrmg badly fitting Spectacles. A large Stock of Double Eye Protectors. Smoked Glasses of various shades with straight or curled sides. Gold Spectacles, GokTFoldera and our Gold Astijtmalio Folder Clip.^ I IS SAJLBKB



Jjlewellyn Owen, PIANOFORTE, SINKING, HARMONY f PHE New Term commenced SATUR •*- DAY, January 13. Intending pupils kindly communicate early. Office hours from 10 to 12 a.m. daily. AECADE OIIAMBBBS, 1*55 ASHBURTON g i a «■ jc ar « IMiss Venie ITlower, T ATE of the Royal College of A-J Music, London, is prepared to give instructions in the above art. Terms upon application. Residence, Cox Street. " At home Mondays Thursdays and Saturdays, from 2 till 4 8 139 | Canterbury College, Laboratory Department, Christohurch, N.Z.,Dee. 30,1893 "O EPORT on the examination of a water J-D filter received from Mr W. H. Rule, Ashburton:—The filter consists of a cylin drical vessel of fine grained limestone, fitted into an outer cylinder of glazed stoneware, the latter serving to collect and retain the filtered water. The idea of using a porua stone in this particular orm is a very good one, gwing the perfection of mechanical filtering together with gtba facilities for cleaning. Its capacity as t> filter for separating every variety of mechanically suspended matter was tho roughly tested with the most satisfactory results. Recent investigations on the subject of filtering have shown that it is much more effective than was formerly supposed, even whe.i soluble organic raafcer passes through filtering has proved itself efficacious in stopping the geime of disease. The filter icseJf is a very credi table example of colonial industry, and is very neatly got up, A 5 W. BIOKERTON, 1 27 Colonial Analyst.



[a oabd. Mrs A, G. Claridge, TEACHER OF PIAtfCtfORTE, ORGAN, AND SINGING. COX STREET, ASHBURTONj TERMS ON APPLICATION. A BOON 20 HOUSEHOLDERS ALLANDALF, COAL COMPANY, LIMITED. A SAVING OF 25 PER CENT ON YOUR COAL BILL. WE have appointed MR JAMES ELLIOT!, Coal Merchant, Ash barton, Agent for the county, wno will supply Customers in large or snail quantities. The Allandale Coal is the best produced on the Eastern seaboard. It is an excellent Steam Coal, unrivalled for Bakers, and a good Domestic Coal, burn ing with a flame, doea not sparkle, and leaves a white ash. Ib is both Cheap and Excellent. JAMES ELLIOTT coal merchant ashburton""'*



LAKDELLS AND PRESTON Burnett Street, next Ashburton Club, ENGINEERS & CYCLE EXPERTS, OUR Mr Landells having worked for the last twelve years as Locomotive Fitter in the Addington Workshops, and Mr Preston having served his apprentice ship with Charles Burrell and Sons, England, Traction Engine Manufacturers is a sufficient guarantee that satisfaction will be given to whoever may place their engines in their hands. Pumps, Lawn Mowers, Sewing machin :i t and Engines of every description REPAIRED ptencil Plates, Nam? Plates, and En* graving done ibb^hi ACTS LIKE MAGIO, AND HAS NEVEB FAILED TO NSTANTLY RELIEVE OR CURB MANKIK^ of Rhoumatlem, Sciatica, Lambago,, Sprains, Cuts, Wounds, &o. CUBES HOKSES OF Sore Shoulders and Backa, Girth Galls Greasy Heels, Sprains, Cracked Heels, Splints, Outs, Mange, &o. COWS • Of Ulcerated Udders, and Sore Teat*. DOGS of Mange* Guts, &c. To Farmers it is Invaluable. cto Household can afford to be without It, GUARANTEED TH! BESt EMBROCATION IN THE WORLD. Manufacturers: S. OOX & 00. 422 Bourke Streeb, Melbourne New Zealand Representative: A. PARSONS Morton's Buildings, Chriatehurch. Ashburtou Agentg: John Obe & Co., Ashbdbto Dbuo C<# H. E. Bosninoton. Country Agent* Wanted.