THIS AISHBUEION (^t'AKDUNi FRIDAY, MARCH 9 ? 1894.

Printed and published by the Ashburtoa Publishing Oompanyt at th6ir registered printing office, Burnett Btreefc, ABhburton r * FRIDAY, Mwroh 9, 1894,



NOTICE ASHBUBTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET. TUST arrived a large assortment of Fancy Tables, Chairs, and Ornaraen^ J kinda, SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS TRADE Also a large stock Linoleums Floorcloths, Carpeta, etc, American insnecSnfou variety Persons, about to buy Christmas presents «rould do well in inspecting om Show Room. INSPEC TION INVITED. Bedroom, Drawing Room, and Dining rar^r;SßS alwaya in Stock. Furniture re-paired, re-polished, re-covered, etc. Venetian re-painted and made to order. Note the Add^-y jy" U^dblLL AND Oo.^ oppose A ao^rK?SF- Ws.™i.



13 EFORI YOU BUY YOUR FURNirURE DO NOT FAIL TO VISIT W PICKFORD & Go's FURNISHING WAREHOUSE, , TARRED STREET (opposite Mitchell and Turners.) TRY US for Dining-room, Drawing-room, Bedroom and Kitchen Furnitur TRY U3 for English and Colonial Perambulators TRY US for Fiax, Flook, Kapok, and Hair Mattresses all siaes TRY US for Picture Framing—pictures framed neatly, cheaply, quiciuy Good assortment of Mouldings to select from Venetian Blmds made to order, repaired and re-painted ; Furniture re-covered, repaired, re-polished, on short notice i Just arrived 5 Bales Kapok of the best quality Mmmfc ! Country Orders carefully packed, free of charge, and half freight paid on the Mount ( Somers and Springbur line I W. PICKPORD & CO., OABINET-MAKEBB, UPBOLSTEaERS, Era. (near Tlnion Bank)



GRAIN SEASON 1894. ■TXTE ARE BUYERS OF WHEAT, OATS, BABLEY, ANL BYgE GBSAjSIS. In Large or Small Quantities. Grass Seed Cleaning. OUR GRASS SESD CLEANER being admittedly the beat and moat effec tive In the Colony, we are prepared to clean Rye Grass andJOooksfoot on Farmer's aooount. Charges Moderate. Coriisacks, WE ABE NOW MNDINO E£ "MAXWELL 11.50 limits. Which Wfl are prepared to Supply at LO^OTTJ OURUBN'P KATJH9, JETrtCEDLANPifiR BKOS. 1 IMPOBTANT NOTICE, .—.O: ZTZ2£ 4"\WING to the numerous reque-ts of large owners these Remedies have been {) reduced to 7s 6d, and where two Sats or more are taken to 6^ 63 per set. No KfiiTifidies ever introduced into this colony have proved so successful in restoring the BOT FLY REMEDIES. Very highly recommended t the Ellesmere Agricultural and Pastoral Asociation Show. Awarded the highest Order of Merit at the Northern A. and P. Show ; very highly commended at the Matronolifcan Show at Christchurch Metropolitan on jw November i( 1393. Killinohy, Sep'omber 14, 1892, R Mared'rh MHR.,9ayB".-I had a fine Mr Robert Waller, Ohristohuroh, Dear voana draught'borße' «ot bo low in condition Sir—Your Bot Fly Remedies have proved a that h> wass unfit for work, got very noxious complete suoopbs with my horse. He bad about him 88 he showed every signß of dying, been very bad for some tima ; the coat dry, a T cave him vow Bot Ply Bamedy with the light skin, got very low in condition, *nd got vary best results He is now at his work as eoaroe able wt!k. I qui'e expected he hl/*t« v nwflr I caa bißhly recommend would die, a: *ie bad all the symptoms of one oluhme owners. that my "eigtibor lost with the bots I gave Cu-t, November 8, 1893, your remedies as you directed, with the I am horouehly aa'iisfiei tbat your Bot following reeul s;—The horse, after getting Fly S medics are the right and proper thing the late bott'e, became very pained, lying fnrtha suffering horse. I h«d a young horse down ro'ling and proaning with pain, in the I auite expected would die. He got very pad-oek. Ho began to oough very hard, each low in condition, a tight skin, dry coat, and a oough bringing away a thick humoron; L m flftt eworn expression of the eye, and so matter from the nostrils, tbe hke of what I lifelciH that I ba-i to lay bim ap. * i? RVfl Dever Baw before coming from a horse. This | him you- Remedy as dsreotpd, and ia a few ooniinued bII ne« day, which I am certain flatrn h« hfioiin to mend, and ie now so fhsh I were the bots burptsng from the effects of the oil "Awe rale him. I can highly mom* Kemedy, and coming up through the nostrils mend farmers to uee it in time, being confident by tho pflects of the coush. After this ceased that it will save the horse, relieve him of the horse began to mend, and iv cix days «i.ri«B and improve is oondition.-S. had him at. work again, heartily well You KrwrtamHY **>ould mtlke the 3° R9medieß Publio» B0 tbat Mn litßoatriek Baioairn, bad a fiD6 young farmers might know there is a remedy for tinnfc that was auite the talk ot the neigh- this destructive pa&tf. Send me some boure for action and go. He got bo low tuat Preventive for keeping of! the fly in sum ahe oould not put him in tbe trip. Walker's mer.—And oblige, Bot S5 wnwdle. were administered, end ehe Bobert McloEßiw. Mr Cross Bumham, got the Bemedy for s testimony to the wonderful effeots of your horse suffering last year ; on reaching home Bat Fly Bemedies. I had a valuable horse ha was dead This season ona took baa aIBO, wbi^h got very bad arH gradually got woree Hhowißc the'pvmptoms. He gave the Bemedy I quite believe be would have died. He kept Sad the eecond day after, he passed bots in ! Od ing flesh, got a dry coat, tight ekin, oare hundreds and IB doing well. worn expression of the eje, a cough, running fcundreds ana « ao»cg GreeQWOod Farm; at the DoStri l P , and oould Bcaroe work I got Southbridge, August 2,1392 your remedies and g*ve them as directed, m* Walker Kir—l an glad to bear testi- with the moßt benenoial results. The second «.f^L 7« the 'wonaerful efieots of your Box day after getting the last drench he began to S? nl*l™™ One of my beat horses be- pft ga bota in handfuls, some of which I here- Fw "JJJ*"^ . the B y n tight, the eye life- with hand you. Immediately after passing flame very v , } 5n oondstion , lhe bolß h( , bpgan , 0 meu a, and is now aa fat ?« ?l/tn finish, ploughing a paddock I did n8 butter, hearty and well, thanks to Walker's «?SSMjfavWmnp until hibeeamenn. Bot-fly Bemedies Any who doubt send Kfflil!h?leel;o«5o any more. We had them to me, and I will convince them that aDie 10 m .am » , him remedies are a boon to the community SJU&eTw? «Xi traatment you pre- * n d the suffering horse Every horse should Kemeaies, Buuf fl fae w&g qnite hsve them in the aeilßorjf ftß lam confident Ss£! and now at his work, hearty and well, if a ™d th™ will be no more deaths from he 1 mritl beltow, haa I not given him your bot-fly Uaa this bb you pleaee. kffita>TßnWh»wafad. Youoanuee H Loveli. to as you please. KoBBRI Thomfbon , "bBECHAM'S FILLB ( j xt , of na "nißoriiers. such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Sick T7IOR Bihous N^STid Swelling after meale, Dizziness and Drowsi- X 1 Headache, ™^ss, x v , Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Costive ness, Cola Chills, Flushings « •"« gl p^htful Dreams, and all Nervous and ness, Blotches on the Skin, ™™ ZJ^ll give relief in twenty minutes. This Trembling Sensations, &o. nrßb d invited t0 try one Box of these Pills, and is no fiction. Every sufferer lg r l H A G UINKA A BOX.' they wUJ^ be acknowledges w directed, will quickly restore females to com BEEOUAMb PlL^'^J^e any obstruction or irregularity of the system plete health TJey & nPjK A S D DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER: WEAK feIOS? AGf I ' f ™ doses will work wonders upon the Vital Organs ; They are like mapic—a tew uu lon^-lost complexion; bringing Strengthening the Bf^« the ro^bud of health the whole ba«k the keen edp oi appet^ "^ » hrowing otf f(jvers in hot c i imateß they physical energy of the [ hm^ ™; fact 3 admitted by thousands, in all classes of are specially reno; v"el besfTuarantees to the nervous and debilitated is that Sh^'Tpurh^vcte^tSeof any Patent Medicine in the world. FuU directions with ea** nMAS pfiECHA , St. Helens, Lanoashike, England,



WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, \ J Late of LONDON and WELLINGTON.) LADIES' AND GENTLSMSN'S ilivt.l OL.V.S3 TAILOE EA.ST STREET, ASHBURTON PIT, STYLE and WORKMANSHIP not;to be Surpassed A Well Seleoted'Stock TWEEDS AND WOOLLENS ALWAYS ON HAND, j



SPEGIAL BARGAINS lEßlliKA\\wi *6 'PVi a O.nvn Ar " nH'y^KroL^S^^ AMONG other Special Bargains &re now em§ °^ere^ aot °* O^ffiS %^ CHOICE DBESS GOODS jHP^^^fti|^ in the newest designs, 8a 9d foil jfUfl '^ffl^^^^i!' dress-—usually 16s 9d, and] many jfff other BarSainß 'in all dePartments» w^mmW^/// GHOICE MILLINBRY» /#^wß^llllffil^ whichmUßfcalibeclearedout> *



GREAT CASH SALE. IN ASSIGNED ESTATE OF ROBERT ALCORN. OVER £3800 worth of Clothing, Drapery, Boots, Glass and Earthenware. Iron mongery and Groceries, which mn»t be sold. The clothing is all Colonial made most of it to my own order from Colonial tweeds. There is a great variety of men s and boys' hats, men's and youths' white regatta and Oxford shuts. Linoleums, flannelettes, shirtingd, and calicoes, all imported direct from the manufacturers, ai to be sold at prices which must command a sale. A nice assortment of Ironmongery and Hollo ware, Glassware, and UrocKery. Great reductions in BOOTS for CASH, and a Large stock to select from. Man a Shooters* Colonial made Bs. ■ „ , Mi . „, . . A large stock of Men's, Boys' and Children's Straw Hats, 3s 61 to ss» Hats tor 1 Bd, 2j to 3s, Hats for Is and Is 6d, Hats for 8d each. The WHOLE STOCK will be sold at vary Low prices for CASH. ROBERT ALCORN, 12 75 SAITNDERB BUILDINGS,



mHlfi CURATIVE PROPERTIES OF THE SOLOMON SOLUTION 1 when used on Horses, Cattle, and dogs may be gathered from the 0 owing .— h^ Crescent, Albert Park, Melbourne, March 11, 1892 For nearly three years I have been a martyr to Rheumatic Gout. Slx™Qfchf <£*"** period I had positively lost the use ot my legs, and for two years I have been r unable U> walk without crutches or sticks. I have had fortyeight electric bathe and spent three weeks at the sprint at Drysdale. About three weeks ago I was induced to use your Solomon Solutkm, and amnow enabled to walk without any assistance whatever I write this trusting that it may be the ip^rf^^^y^aSaSffioN I am, sincerely yours, GJaOKUJKi A. rai-XJiKov/i^. * fRESS REPORTS.  IMO Melbourne " Rportaman," June 14, 1892 ' Mr Frank O'Donnell, the well-known breeder of Gooroo, Victoria, has a mare by Kohinoor from Lady Hercules, by Hercules from Princess f^^^S^Jff %£ one of her hind legs entangles in a wire fence, and smashed her shin bone very badly, lo use Mr sDonnells own words *-• I thought she was past all sumcala«J, ■» bad^ai the Bmaeh. However, having some of the Solomon Solution by me. I tried what i* would do. Some iittfe time after usfng that well-known remedy, a .lMf» 0"^. J~ jfjj long stuck out of the wound, which has since completely healed. The mare b leg is now asTound as ever it was' The piece of bona referred to was measured in our pmrnoe, and is three-eighths of an inch broad in its narrowest part and one inch and a half m 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." „ m "In connection with last Saturday's racing on the Old Course, Mr C. H. Kidman, the owner of Lovelocks, attributed the mare's victory in the steeplechase to the use of Solomon Solution, with which he treated her legs. He also says that by the aid ol.this valuable remedy he brought round KllentDne, who scored a recent victory at Port Pine, and he speaks in the highest terms of this restorative, which it will be remembered was tried by Mr Wallace oa the champion Carbiae, who, however, was suffering from a damaged foot, tor which there was no cure when he retired from the ra 3 mg arena. The Arab, also, who has exhibited such very narked improvemaat of *•». «;« saved for racing purposes by the use of this Soution, aaJ his leg? warn so bvl rtub the stea eh was verpowering, and in this case the cure appears hwe been a remwk*ble one. &BTAENED OF THE ASHRURTON DRUG COMPANY A?TD JOffN ORR



A. J. WHITE'S Artistic and Economical House-Furnishing Warehouse, CHRISTOHURCH. THE Recent arrivals of several Extensive shipments have made his stock in all Departments most complete. OAKPETS, FLOORCLOTH AND LINOLEUM, FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS, BEDSTEADS AND BEDDING, UP BOLSTERS CROCKERY AND FURNISHINGS, IRONMONGERY a. jTwaiTE INVITES ALL TO CALL AND INSPECT HIS STOCK, COTT AGES"FPUNISH ED Including CUTLERY BLANKETS, SHEKTS, EARTHENWARfi, POTS, Etc, TWO BOOMS COMPLETE ... *9 to £30 FOUR ROOMS • *17 to £2a FIVE ROOMS, from £ 35 to £80 SIX ROOMS •»___ - »• *50 t0 fclw CATALOGUES POSTED FREE. WAREHOUSE AND STEAM FACTORY TUAM & St. ASAPH STREETS OHRISTCHUROH ;



FOR INFANTS ANDj[NYALIDS. MELLIN'S LACTO-GLYCOSE OH. MILK FOOD. SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COUNTRIES WHERE FRESH COWS MILK CAMOT BE OBTAIHEb Theu Qeedt are frae from Animal <J~»>u <md*etpa»od*»»wei«mt*. WbbecMaiMAtromanjymigiiUatiAKlirm Wheat. Wheat. WE|!ARE PROMPT OASH|BUYJERS OF Prime Milling Whe.at, AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES. We are|[also prepared to store Grain on Farmers' account in our New Grain Stores. West Sfcreefc, Ashburton, on very favourable terms. Full feiaed Gornsacks and Twine Supplied afc LOWEST OUttRENT RATES. ROLLIfAHD CO., CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. Otfnius and Suoebs : WEST STREET, ISHBURTON.



Re The%4ssigned Estate of Messrs Hardley ißros' -■: o;■ - ' CEE ifche Value ia Oar PRINTS REDUCED^jto HALF'fPRICE WASHING DRILLETS REDUCED FROM 9|d to 6^d. AH fsress Materials REUBCED TO NEARLY HALIf THE FORMER PRTUES, FOR INSTANCE PLAIN CASHMERES, REDUCED FROM 18Jd TO 9d. STRIPUJ AND CHECK ALL WOOL DRESS TWEED REDUCED PROM t4D TO Bd, AND ALL OTHER DRESS MATERIALS EQUALLY REDUCED, • HECK GINGHAMS] REDUCED FROM 10£ dTO 6£d} ALL MANCHESTER GOODS SUCH AS CALICOES, STOCKINGS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, HOLLANDS, TICKING,! SHIRTINGS, SELSEIAS, FLOOR-CLOTHS, ETC., REDUCED TO COST PRICE. MEN'S SHIRTS, HITS, SOCKS, TIES, Etc, REDUCED TO COST PRICS'i AND,IN, MANY OASES; MUCH UNDER 1 COST. Men's and Boys' & OUR MEN'S ALT; WOOL&COLONIAL (SUITS AT 32s 6d AND 35s 6d, JNOT TO£BE BEATEN JINpHE3COLONYj IHX HOUSE HASJALWAWS BEEN NOTED FOR£THE VERY BEST VALUE IN BOOTS BUT NOW GOME AND SEF, •A. w. SPENCER. ARiiA 1) E, ABHBU R^l 0 W



Public JNouces. j SINGING, PIANOFORTE, CLASS SINGING, THEORY, me. Jffllss Mali el Bell WILL be at home to pupils at Gates School of Music, each WEDNES DAY, from 1 p.m to 4.30 p.m. 2 152 Uewelljii Owen, PIANOFORTE, SINGES G, HARMONY mHE New Term commenced BATUR -*- DAY, January 13. Intending pupils kindly communicate early. Office hours from 10 to 12 a.no. daily. AECADE CHAMBERS, I*s v ASHBDRTON » x V «■ k■ m » Mis* Venie Flow«r, -T ATE of the Royal College of I J Music, London, in 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



BOOK BINDING. Ti/TUSIC BOOKB & SCRAP BOOKS NEATLY AND CHEAPLY BOUND, 11 Sorts of Books jbound in Leather or Oloth, at Christchurch prices, at the Office of ASHBURTON PUBLISHING CO, Limited. Aehburton, February 3,1894.



ijLy u.s.s.o u.s.s.co ? nR n UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANI ,;OF NEW ZEALAND. STEAMERS SAIL prom LYTTEL TON AS UNDER: ! For Wellington—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, «nd Saturday. Picton and Nelson—Tuesday, Thursda and Saturday. Auckland, via East Coast ports—Every Monday. Auckland, via West Goas ports—Every Thursday .J Dunedin—Monday, Tuesday and Friday Hobart and Melbourne—Every Tues day. Sydney, via Auckland, every Monday. Sydney, via Cook Straits, every Taes i day. ' EXCURSION SEASON.—During fche months of December, January, and February return tickets will be issued over the Company's Intercolonial lines at Reduced Kates, available for return for three months from date of issue. For particulars apply to MILES Sc, CO. LIMITED. AGENTS, A.SHBURTON I



LANDELLS ASD PEESTON 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 Burr ell 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 ,■:, and Engines of every description REPAIRED Stencil Plates, Nam? Plates, and En* graving done Spectacles! Spectacles!



XTAVE YourjSighfe* Tested, and'use only PROPERLY FITTING SPEC TAOLES JEWELLER, Is Sole Agent for Ashburton for N- LAZARUS & CO., OCULIST - OPTICIANS, Of SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, AND CALCUTTA. A very complete Bf t of trial lenses and irames for tasting—ensuring perfect vision and comfort. N.B.—Dotwtrkh spoiling your eyesight hy wirmg badly fitting Spectaoks. A large Stock of Double Eye Protectors. Smoked Glasses of various shades with straight or curled sides. Gold Spectacles, Gold Folders and our Gold Astigmatic Folder Clip." S" SAJDBK3



Business Notices [A CaED. Mrs A, cTciaridge, TEACHER OF PIAN^yORTE, ORGAN, AHD SINGING. COX STREET, ASHBURTON TERMS ON APPLICATION. D. MACPHEBSON TOTISHES to thank his Customers and Friends for the very liberal support re ceived in the past, and would ask them to continue that support to MESSRS HUHTER AND SON?. To whom he has Disposed of his business, and as he will remain with them as their Manager, his friends can rely upon being treated in the same liberal way as hereto* fore.



A BOON 70 HOUSEHOLDERS ALLANDALE COAL COMPANY, LIMITED. A SAVING OF 25 PER CENT ON YOUR COAL BILL. WE have appointed MR JAMES ELLIOTT, Coal Merchant, Ash burton, Agent for the county, who will supply Customers in large or small quantities. The Allandale Coal is the best producod on the Eastern seaboard. It Is an excellent Steam Coal, unrivalled for Bakers, and a good Domestic Coal, burn* ing with a flame, does not sparkle, and leaves^a white ash. It Is both Cheap and Excellent. JAMES iLLIOTT COAL MERCHANT ASHBURTON . /COMMENCE the New Year by smok- Kj ing "Stars and Stripes." Whole sale at Zander's. 2 38 Charles Hawkins, OF TINWALD,



WHILE thanking hia customers foe past favors wishes to remind the Ojabii if they want real good value ft* th eir money, they might do worse than stop at Tinwald. No cheap staff bought for a low quotation, but his motto is to give satisfaction, so as to expect ens* tomers back again. ROSLYN BLANKErS, WOOLS & FLANNELS, kept in stock. —Also— THE " STANDARD " BOOTS. Bools made and repaired on the pre mises at the lowest price Not being under the expense of larger stores is able to compete and give the best value, as a steady increase in tradel is a proof. Cant arbury College, Laboratory Department, Chriatohurch, N.Z.,Dec. 30, 1893 REPORT on the examination of a water filter received from Mr W. H. Rule, Ash burton:—The filter consists of a cylin drical vessel of fine grained limestone* fitted into an outer cylinder of glazed stoneware, th 8 latter serving to collect and retain the filtered water. The idea of using a porus stone in this particular? on* is a very good one, giving the perfection of mechanical filtering together with grtjab facilities for cleaning. Its capacity as a 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 matter passes through filtering has proved itself efficacious in stopping the germs of disease. The filter itself is a very credi table example of colonial industry, and i» very neatly got up. A. W. BIO^ERTON, 1 27 Colonial Analyst.



BMOKE8 MOKE Star and Stripes; 12 in a Packet. — H. Zander, Wholesale Agent. ACTS LIKE MAGIC, AND HAS NEVEB FAILED TO NSTANTLY RELIEVE OR CURB MANKIft-J of Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lambago, Sprains, Cuts, Wounds, &c. CUKES HORSES OF Sore Shoulders and Backs, Girth Galls Greasy Heels, Sprains, Cracked Heels, SpUnta, Cats, Mange, <&c, COWS' 2 Of Ulcerated Udders, and Bore Te»i*. DOGS of Mange, Cute, <fee. To Farmers it Is invaluable^ ffo Household can afford to be wh&ont It, GUARANTEED THE BES'A EMBROCATION IN THE WORLD. Manufacturers: s. oox & oa 422 Bonrke Streeb, Melbourne New Zealand Representative: A. PARSONS Morten's Buildings, Christchttrch. Ashbnrton Ageats : John Ore & Co,, Ashburto Drug Oa H. E. BOMNIKGTON. Country Agents Wanted.