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THE ASBBURTON GUARDIAN: MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1894.



Public Notices I A 2AED] MR JELLIS'S SHORTHAND i CLASS will meet Every i FRIDAY EVENING, at 8 o'clock, afc Gates' School of Musio, Terms moderate. 5 118 DRESDEN PIANO COMPANY S DEPOT SCHOOL of MUSIC, Fatjndkrs' Buildings, Ashbubtos. JPIaSOS by the best makers, w stock, at LOWEST PEICES. MUSIC— As our firm kerpS the Largest Stock of 'Music *in New Zealand, all orders entrusted to me wil be be satisfactory executed. « VIOLINS, VIOLIN STRINGS, VIOLIN REQUISITES. Horace Jl. 6*at;es, AGENT AND MANAGER. 5 2 AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SUOIET? New Zealand Branch. Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington! Local Board of Directors: rbe Hon Morgan S. Grace, MJX, CM.a,, HX.O, (Chairman) the Hon Charles J. Johnston, MJ..O* ('Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq TfceHon Edward Richardson, 0.M.G,, M.L.I, John Duncan, Bsq, Medical Officer: £0r W.Oi Kemp, MXO.S. (England) THE OLDEST, WEALTHIER : ; : AND MOST PROSPEROUS Aoterahah Life Ojbtiob, «td ths LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS ETERY YEAE llm ttethod of Valuation adopted by this Society Is «t the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi derably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that held by any other office in the Australasias Colonies, ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £12,000,000 (TWELVE MILLIONS) Stebliwg ANHUAL INCOME, £2,000,000. (TWO MILLION STERLING). POLICIES IN FORCE ... 11©,53£5 Sum Assured «35),388,071 Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £5,883,413 BONUSES CASH BONUS lor ONE year, 1893, £448,790, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £910,000, after making SPECIAL RESERVES. CASH BONTJSBS declared for last FIVE years, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding EeTOrsionary Bonuses «ECBBdin? FOUR MILLIONS ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THB A. M. P. SOCIETY And fescure a BONUS EVERY "SEAE Expenses of Management 8| per cent of the total income EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary Branca Office- Custom House Quay, Wellington Christch arch Dis fcrict Office— Cathedral Square. JAMES HAIR, District Secretary H ZANDER, Local Broker Ashburton THE BEST Family Medicine CUBE SICK HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, Dyspepsia, Liver Troubles JEABT TO TAKE PURELY VEGETABLE The delicate sugar-coating of Ayer's Pills ! dissolves immediately on reaching the stota* iich. and permits the full strength of each ii!«ir.(!.!cnt to be speedily assimilated. As a < :itl>;s,ra<:, cither for travellers or as a family meilk'ine, Ayer's Fills are the best in the world. -I'reparad by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass., U. h. A. Every Pose Effective.. Si/™ Bowaro of Hiwip imitations. Din »atiw —Ayer's Pills—is prominent i-.'i tiio v,'rt:pj/rtr, ;uxl is blown in the f . i : , :,; ;•.•■ ,- ; !)-|. /.* n«v hcttlcs. •^ A3l »EB & Bnn» Kncalyp tt Extrac There ar • imltatmjts of Kacalyptio Extract ia the market now, jToiiucts of s inple liistiUation forming ru rle miaous oils In order that these crude oils m <y not be t«ken, Ova Pt?R« Volatile Eucaltpti Extract, whic '* IS recognised by the medical division of rte Prussim Government to bo of per fectly pure origin, as their information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2,1878 v c stato : - ii ofuved by teit-s by the Medical Clinic oE ha UnliMTiltias at Bonn an*i Q-rief3wal •", Prussia, anl tcported by Dr Schulz, Profo-s>oi of Parmacology. at Ron, i»n<l Professor Dr Hosier, Director of the Medical Clinfo at GreifswaW, that only product* that i-to saturated with ovygei aod freed of a"ids,resinoC3 and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, wil! developc the sanative qualities proper to the plant fpcorimg to these authorities, and according to Pro asor nr LUter of England, and to Dr3 Bauer, cTntire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, is the on]y extract corresponding to scientific tests, and the rnly oh .which pMs'siw th» prap3r therapeutic vaVie. Sandbh ife Son's Kucalypti Extract All oth"r crude oils are to be classed among the tiirpe! tinrs, which h • ye. when used as medicine, no tlicraper.tio effoct and are abandoned a« an internal med!cp.nent. Tlie;e so callfd Kucalypti Extracts wh eh may havi? receivod distinction at isxhibitiorss as oommcrci'l ju'ticlcs iTe uaed for methanical pur oses nro only discernible:— 1 By their deficiency In pungent odour (which our pr duut, the cniy genuine Kucal>pti Extracts (ie veiopes most freely through its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being recuced in specific density thro:igh the presence of acida By their tnste, the re'irlt of th contracting ton ciency of re-ins and tennates. If these crude oils so called eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake in cafes o croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal Infanimations, dysentery, wounds, the consequences are appalling For s ife y alwpys ask tor SANDER AND SON'S BOCAT.VI'TI EXTKACT and Bet the old, well-tee'ed an;! reliable preparation. —Sand hurst, Victoria, Australia. ANDEK AND SON'S ffIHAT which brings moat light and I hope to poorest homes is Titan Soap THE DENSMOBE THE WOBLD'S GREATEST TYPEWRITER. ''pH/iOW away your p;np, and conduct your X o.irrß«ponoirn«e cm Modern Frinoiples. A. tortuight'ri iml will oonvinoe you of the suppriori y nf the Typewriter over the Pen, »nd ni tlie Denemoke over all other Type* wrife s Fea nstruot.ion to Shfirlhand Writers THE DENSMOBE TYPEWEITEB Co, Ld, gl, Grjiceohurob fchrect, London, E 0



[ Public Notices ! G~M. BROOKE 1 OEGS TO 3sOTlF£ to bis numerous j -*-* Country Customers that in future , he will attend at his late Shop, "THE DISPENSARY," EVERY SM?URD\Y AETERNOON from 3 to 4. 0. M. BEOOKE solicits the Patronage of former Customers for bis Successor, Mrs Pricliitrd. Prescriptions Accurately Pkefabed. Horse and Cattle Medicines, Patent Medicines and Sundries ac Ohristehurch prices, and every attention given by her new Manager, MR P. E. WHITE, Registered Chemist. igent for Brooke's Soluble Arsen c i Powder. The beat tried remedy for Foot Hot In Sheep. Price 4d per 1b TO THE PUBLIC. | ETAVING started Business as j HORSESHOER & GENERAL BLACKSMITH in the Wakanul Road, in that shop known as Rae's, direotiy opposite Mr Guilds, I beg to ask ray friends and the public in general for a fair share of their patronage. To fmeet the times I am doing firab olms shoeing, hacks 5s ; draughts 6a. R YOUNG, BLACKSMITH. LANDELLS AND PKESTON 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 machiu j and Engines of every description REPAIRED Stencil Plates, Dams Platea, and En graving done COOPER'S SHEEP DIP. TO THE SHEEP FARMERS OF THE ASHBURTOtf DISTRICT, T Beg to notify that I have appointed MR J. G, RESTELL, OB' ASHBURTON, Agent for the Sale of COOPER'S CELEBRATED SHEEP DIPPING POWER, ANJ) ALSO I . I that in future all appointments for the DIPPING OF SHEEP AT THE TINWALD DIP (Which has given such unanimous satisfaction to its supporters) must be made with Mr Best ell, .who will see that the same success is ensured in the future. MORE SHEEP ARE DIPPED annually throughout the World with - COOPER'S SHEEP DIP THAN WITH ALL OTHER DIPS ADDED TOGETHER. W, LAKE, Agent, 126 Hereford Street, Ohristehurch. ITU u.s,s.co JrTjfr^ ussco t UNION STEAMSHIP COMPAQ! OF NEW ZEALAND. STEAMERS SAIL from LYTTEL TON AS UNDER: For Wellington—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, «md Saturday. Picton and Nelson™ Tuesday, Thursda and Saturday. Auckland, via East Coast ports—Every Monday. Auckland, vh West Coas ports—Every Thursday. Dunedin —M onday, Tuesday and Friday Bobirb and Melbourne—Every Tues day. Sydney, via Auckland, every Monday. Sydney, via Cook Straits, every Tues day. For particulars apply to M LES;&;CO. LIMITED. AGENTS, ASBBURTON MAIL Sf GUARDIAN. CHRISTCHURCH AGENCY. J -\J R J. R. SIMPSON has been j appointed our AGENT at Christchurc and is authorised to make Contracts for Advertising and Printing, and to give receipts on our behalf 1 THE ASHBURTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED, per Wii, J. Stfwakd. January 6, 1894.



1 ©real Warehouseman's Clearing i Purchase. EXTRAORDINARY PRICES. BOYS' COLONIAL KMCKER SUITS IN TWfiEDS OF THE FINEST QUALITY AT 35 PEE CENT UNDER MILL PRICES. PRESENT PRIOES-6S lid, 7s 6d, 7s lid, 8s 6d, 8s lid, 9s 6d, 9a 11s 10a 6d, 103 lid, 11s 6d USUAL PRICES—IOa 6d, 31s 6d, 12s 6d, 13e 6d, 14s 6d, 15s 6d, 16a 6d 17s 6d, 183 tfd, 19s 6d AS it is impossible to replace any of these goods at the price, intending purchasers should inspect as soon as Possible W. H. COLLIER, Draper Clothier, Etc., "THE CORNER." ..... — , -, i \- E EDUCTIONS. KEDUCTMS. SHORT FIREWOOD. SHORT FIREWOOD* 25s per Cord, Deliyered. KEEP YOUB HEAETHB WARM. W. H. COLLINS & CO. /'Royal Insurance Company. Grey Valley Coal Company. AttENIS FOR { Sprinsffield Pottery Companr „ Oorben and Go's Celebrated Enamelled Mantelpiece IMcKen ie s Furniture Renovator Yaftmojitfjh O^iskin Clo^hiSiig* V, H^ayy JSpii' W^^ter. AFTEB TWO DAYS' TB[/,L, -VERDICT— UN AN IIMIOIUiSIL|Y IN P|A|V 0 R OF y ARMOUTH QILSKINS. ON SALE O^NLY MITCHELL S TURNER TANCRED STREET.



CITY CLOTHING COMPANY, EAST STREET, Next Salek's Jeweller. li yTR GEORGE RANSOM, having accepted the Management in Aahburfcon \ of the above, will open up on | Saturday IText, MAY 26, with a Large and Well Aesorted Stock of MEN'S CLOTHING, SHIRTS, COLLARS, TIES, Etc., which will be placed before the Public AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES Fob Net CASH. A Capital line of Tweed Suits at 29s 6d G. R. invites all old friends and ac quaintances to give him a call in bis new position." SMITH'S T>REMIER TVfHEAT JT\RESSING VITE Have to announce the arrival of our Shipment of this FAVORITE DRESSING! Although the area of Land under wheat last year was much less than usual, the Sales of this Dressing more than Doubled the PREVIOCS YEAR. A J3B PACKET IS SUFFICIENT FOR 50 BUSHEL'S OF SEED. AgfcIBTJRTON DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED. MANUFACTURERS' AGENIS. Agents— Rakaia Miles and Co., Limited. Lebston ; F. Jameson. I



A CARD.] -KJT IS 8 IV/T 0 BRIDE LADIES' NURSE, urnett Street) West (a few doors from Drillehed), ASHBURTON LONGBEACH COACH. ON and after MONDAY, April for the winter months, the Longbeach Coach will etarb from Ash burton at 4 p.m« R. U. BROWNE, fJoachman. »m oi x « M.lss "Venie Flower, T ATE of the Royal College of I 4 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 « 139 A OAEOj Mrs A, C. Claridge, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTP% ORGAN, akd SINGING. COX STREET, ASHBURTON. TERMS ON APPLICATION. Mewellyn Owen, PIANOFORTE, SINKING, HARMONY THK Second Term will commence May 7. Vacancies for four pupils. Office hours 4 to 5 p.m. daily. ARCADE CHAMBERS, i Ashburton. N.B—An experienced Pianoforte Tuner ■ always at hand. 5 5 AFAC1 1 .—Anyone drinking Health Tea and discarding all other brands, will certainly add ten years to. his lite. •fusts your try it. To be had from all Grocera.



WALKER'S B(MLY BEIEDY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. OWING to tho numerous requests of large owners these Remedies have been I reduced to 7s 66\ and where two Sets or more are taken to tSs 6s per Bet. No I Remedies ever introduced into this colony have proved ao successful in restoring the suffering horse as WALKER'S BOT FLY REMEDIES, Very highly recommended ab the Ellesmere Agricultural and Pastoral Asociation Show. Awarded the highest Order of Merit at the Northern A. and P. Show j very highly commended at the Metropolitan Show at Christchurch November 1,1893. R. Meredith, M.H.R., says:—l had a fine AEhburton Forks, March 1,1894. young draught horse got so low in condition that he was unfit for work. I got very anxious Mr J f, Heseltine. Sir— lam very glad to about him as he showed every sign of dying, tell you that " Walker's Bot Fly Remedies I gave him your Bot Fiy Remedy with the I got froai you proved quite a success with very best results. He is now at his work as m y dying horse. He was ailing for some days, hearty &b ever, j can highly recommend it his coat got very dry, the akin tight, a running to all horae owners. at the nose and a very bad cough; and w6b scarcely able to walk about; we quite expeoted ■ a -a rt he wonld die. I heard a good deal about w ft fc. JSwi TiflQi "Walker's Bot Fly Remedies " and gave it mn, ii. t> a- n?t P : i . wi6h *he m°s' satisfactory result*, end abort y Mr Walker, Dear Sir,-I have great pleasure a(teihegotthe i ftßt bottle he began to im in informing you that the bot fly mature I profe and by th* end of a week was able for got |rom Mr Heseltine, your agent, ma woik hearty and well. I believe it to be a I wonderful auoeew. I,h t a d 4 orse,? medicine unequalled, andean tecommed it senoualy ill on December last After .wag all with all oonfiSnce to all horse owners, as the vellous. if strictly followed the directions Edwaed Cobbme given and in a week the horses were out of danger and recovering rapidly. I drenched two more in February with the same result. I They all put on flesh rapidly, and are now in "—~ ! prime order, P, Stewabx. Brcckßide, December 12,1892, Mr Gross, Bornham, got the |Remedy a jj f Walker.—Sir,—l wieh to add my horse suffering last year $ on reaching home testimony to the wonderful efleots of your he was dead. This Beaßon one took bad, also g ot pi y Remedies. I had a valuable horse showing the symptoms. He gave the Remedy w hioh got ver . an a gradually got worEe. and the second day after, the horse pasied i q U jt e believe be would have died. He kept bots in hundreds and ia doiDg well losing flesh, got a dry coat, tight skin, care worn expression of the eye, a cough, running — •-. at the nostriiß, and could scaroely work I got your remedies and gave them as directed. Greenwood Farm. with the most beneficial remits; The eeoond Southbridge, August 2,1892 day after getting the last drench he began to Mr Walker. Sir, —I an glad to bear teati- pass bots in handfuls, some of which I here 'mony to the wonderful effects of your Box with hand you, Immediately after passing Fly. Eemmdmb. One of my best horses be- the bots he began to meodi, and is now as lat came very bad j the skin tight, the eye life- as butter, hearty and well, thanks to Walker ■ less and a bad color, and got low in condition. Bot-fly Remedies Any who doubt Bend Anxious to finish ploughing a paddock I did them to me, and I will convince them tnat not want to lay him up until he beoame nn- your remedies are a boon to the oommunit able to lift his feet, or do any more. We had and the suffering horse Every oorae sboui to help him into a stable I gave himyd&r have them in the season, as lam confidant Remedies, and the traatment you pre- if used there will be no more deaths from the soribed, and in a few days he was quite bot-fly Uea thisas you plewe. better, and now at his work, hearty and well, 1 quite believe, had I not given him your H, liOViUu Remedies, he would have died. You can use this as you please. Bobssx Thompson. AGENTS FOR aSHBURTON—W. Anderson & J. Heseltmstb, Saddlers] MANUFACTURER—ROBERT WALKER, Canal Reserve, Woolstoa] Great Amalgamation Sale of Boots & Shoes riAVING aken over the Stock of MR J. NICHOLAS, Bootmaker, and alao received a large consignment from a Wholesale Firm in Christchurch for Oasth, I intend to hold a . -,-r-t-^ ri-nwnici MONSTER SAIsE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. N ORDER TO REDUCE THE COMBINED STOCKS, WE INTEND TO SELL AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICES. SALE COMMENCES ON SATURDAY, MAY 12. , Terms [CASH~Du ring Sale. S. ANDBBSON,. BOOT IMPOETER, EAST STREET ■— \T~~~ : THE BUStThOUSE IN S >X TOWN! / :■ a x /J f / m * 9/& s X I s / J" X*, X S /// \x\ * /& S LINOLEUMS, X \J f FLOOR CLOTHB, X^ ETC.. ETC. luiportaiit Anaouncemeiit. rfIHE Undersigned has THIS DAY Disposed of his Buaines* to MR S. ANDERSON, and has assumed the Management of the latter'a Ashburton Branch. WHILE THANKING HIS NUMEROUS FRIENDS' AtfD CUSTOMERS *t)R PAST SUPPORT HE WOULD SOLICIT A CONTINUANCE OF THE SAME FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WHICH HE I HAS NOW TAKEN CHARGE. The Undersigned would also request a PROMPT SETTLEMENT of all OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS REPAIRS and ORDERS ATTENDED TO AS USUAL J. NKmOLAS, BOOTMAKER W. Gbkabd, Canterbury ... 61,000 R, D. MoLbaw, Hawke'a Bay 58,000 M. 0. Obbell, Canterbury ... 5,000 Walapoa Station, Gisborne ... 20,000 W. O. Rothbbford, Amuri.. 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Otago ... 30,000 3. W, Moßae, Amnrl .. 19,000 Scottish and New Zealand In- ', '. Symons, Marlborough .. 45,000 vestment Company, South• F. H. Richmowd, Marlborougl 13,000 land ... 17,00 And by owners of over 5,000 000 sheep And by many other well-known Flock In New Zealand, and man millions Owners, hroughont 6he world. ___ M«wiy J:«t«rodace<i. JE»rioe-(In casks) Bm 6d per I^oe- (in kegs) <sOs perowt Gallon. 1 Cwt maket 1000 Gallons Dtp trt n *™ ,» * ,>,^« n . Another well-known Powder Dip ooatehr 2 Gallon Fluid maist 100 Qawm Dip M mu oa again. Oompare the pricee Chief Agentß-BLAOKBURNB k 00, Ohrlitohwoh. pistbict AQBNTs-Miles and Co., Limited Ashburton and Rakaia



IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE ; OF — UABDLBT BROS. BY ORDER OF THE PURCHASER, £2500 Worth of Drapery TO BE ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. I HAVE THIS DAY received instructions to sell the whole of theJStock AT FOUR SHILLINGS IN THE POUND DISCOUNT Below Cose Price. This is a Golden Opportunity o Secure GREAT BARGAINS, As the Stock must be Sold by order of the purchaser. J, COT HER, 31 MANAGER. GRAIN SEASON 1894. Q 9 tmssMssai XXpi ARE BUYBI3 OF— WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, ANL BYE GRASS, In Large or Small Quantities. Grass Seed Cleaning, OUR GRASS SEED CLEANER being admittedly the best and most effec tive In the Colony, we are prepared to clean Rye Grass and Cocksfoo on Farmer'a'account. Charges Moderate. ' v. Cornsaeks, WE ABE NOW LANDING EX "MAXWELL 1150 Bales, Whloh we are prepared to Supply at LOWEST OURUBMT lia.l'E3 SHEARMAN BROS., MARKET HOUSE ABK ALL THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THE tOBLIC TO OBSERVE THAT HAVING BOUGHT THE WHOLE STOCK OF Crockerj, CUaasware, Holloware, Tinware, Ironmongery, and Grocery, FBOM MESSRS STEPHENS BROS, ATA CONSIDERABLE DISCOUNT FOR CIA BH, fpHEY are now determined to offer the same at prices BELOW thow of any legitimate House ia Canterbury. The Quality of Goods kept by Stephens Bras. is too well known to require any comment; and as most of the Stock was bought by Messrs Stephens Bros, in the English market Shearman Bros, are ia a posi tion to Supply the very best Goods at the LOWEST PRICES. Orders entrusted to them will hare prompt despatch, and Telegrams and Letters wDI reoeire their immediate personal attention. Town and Suburban Orders and Orders for Railway delivered by the nrm's>ans, free. Customen}waited apon£fdr^Ovdea 'if requested, SHEAEMAJST BEOS., MARKET HOUSE] IMMENSE ARRIVAL OF Autumn and Winter IVoyelties t THIRST DISPLAY OF NEW DBESS FABEICS, CHEVIOTS, DIAGONALS, HOPSACJKS, SEKGES, ETC. Special attention],'is called to LADIES* MANTLES AND JACKETS, Millinery Department Ladios are invited to call and inspect ajBEAUTIFDL SELECTION^OF SEW MILLINERY in the various stylos for>he Season, a Department now under New Management,*and every are Is taken provide the latest novelties.