£B& AfITTBffRTDH GCASDIAN, MONDAf, JANUABY 22, 1894.

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■ HTM. JONES. Cycles, Cycles, Cycles. /BEARED Ordinary Reduced to £20 Raleigh Bicycles 5 per cent off list P™£ 8 New Howe Bicycles 5 per cent oS list prices Hmnbar Bicycles 6 per cent oft list prices Kow is the time to buy. Send for Catalogues aad forward ordered: Once. DOLLS. DOLLS. DOLLS. ML^v^cu^ Tr.de. TOY 3. TOTS. TOYS. BOOKS! BOOKS!! BOOKSIU CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS oreaTcash. sale. IN ASSIGNED ESTATE OF ROBERT ALCORN. ~ i? n * a (llars and Earthenware. Iron- OVER £3800 worth of Clothing. Drapery, Bojrta,^* * . all Oolonia i ma do mongery and Groceries, which rauat be sold, yariot of en 8 most of it to my own order from Colonial tweeds. ljeie j Linol and boys' hats? men's and youths' white regatta and v manofacfcurerS ; all flannelettes, ehirtingd, and cahcoea, »v "^"{f ttlM to be sold at prices which must command » jajj- GlaßSWa re, and Crookery. A nice assortment <**™ff™*Z%»£ T Large stock to' select from. Mon's Great reductions in BOOTS for CAbM, ana a v* b % 2o i&ssfes sa s &^r£». *- ° AS h. BOBKRT ALCOBN, 12 7 g SAUNDERS BUILDINGS. „,„.., mt i : _ iiti r ._ . ,„ i■■ ... ... ■■■■ "•" -~~M~»**™" j WALL PAPERS. JS,OOO Pieces ; inT) .« m nWEAP PAPERHANGINGS of the Lateat "FUST LANDED, es AORANGI, OHSiAi fAr* tJ Patterns and Designs. j A SPLENDID SELECTION. CALL AKD S EF. PATTERNS. PAINTERS and MPraHAWaM-" to .ny part of the to™ or count, at shortest notice. JOHN WILSON, PAINTEE AND PAPEKHAHGEB, OOBNER or ABOAU. AND BURNETT STREETS, ASHBURTOK. •1-38 ' _^ W. 1L COLLINS & CO. FVKMBBS BEWARE! BEWARE! OF POROHASINa ISFEWOB OILS which W UI only de o troy your machinery .nd nrt. your lima. i f r I^NUINE VALVOLINE and other oarts of michmory 0001. I'rioM «» .ppl"""""- W. H. Collins and Co. y /Roya. Insurance Oompifiy. Grey Valley Coal Company. AOBSNIB MB«p^^ssJa^^Ka»»«Uad Mantelpiece lMoKer,«e'B Furniture Renovator a ROBERT MURRAY. ASHBUBTOtf, /^ I^^JS^ lIOROWGI3C, DIBBO IMPORTISB, Mft-NUFAGTORER OF ALL KINDS OF CLOCKS, W^EES, lEWELLEK, | Only Hi*W«. Goods kept in StooL, £600 worth of Watcho, to select from. Jewellery and Platein great variety.  " t ; nn)( to mv bunnoßh premises at an early A S I intend mikiug extensive Aiwrtioaa y TifiX per cent given on all reduce mo IO quickly the very Urge Stookmwon hand. Ju.,t to hand-A pare.l of Bothera^s World-re.,o W ned Engtah Lever,. A Beautiful Stock of .p.*lly Unp-tjdSp-*-*- and Optical Ooote TEN PER CENT DISOOTJNT FOR CASH. WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, (Late of LONDON and WELLINGTON,) LADISS' AKD GENTLEMEN'S HIGH CLASS TAILOE, BAST STREET, ASHBURTON. FIT, STYLE ani WORKMANSHIP not to be Surpassed. A Well Selected Siock oi TWEEDY AND WOOLLENS ALWAYS ON HA^D



tmmmmmmmmttmmmamammm ——^—i ■- —, — . SUiiPLUS SALE, — OF — DRAPERY, CLOTHING. & BOOTS, ANDRWW ORR will hold a Great Clearing Sale of Surplus Stock, — COMMENCING - Saturday, January 18, FOR ONE MONTH. — GENUINE BARGAINS, — "sß£ SPECIAL BARGAINS , " The Corner/ 5 iSPIS A MONO other Special Bargains are now b"ng offered a lot of | CHOICE DRESS GOODS JPPli^^W|i in tne newesfc d«signs >8s 9<J full JH mfKgflJfl k dress—usually 16s 9d, and many '//fi i^iliPii^f JI^P other BaF§ainß in all de?artmonts» CHOICE MILLINERY, /Wmß, 9^^oM^m^^yy^// which must; allbe cleared oat. jUSJf^ W. H. Collier. IMPORTANT NOTICE, OWING to the numerous requests of iarge owners these Remedies have been reduced to 7s 6d, and where two Sets or more are taken to 6» bs per se . Jjo Remedies ever introduced into this colcny hava proved so successful m restoring the sufferinFhorse as WALKER'S BOT FLY REMEDIES Very .^ «»wmmend«i at the Ellesmere Agricultural and Pastoral As ociat lO n Show. Awarded the highest Order of Merit at the Northern A. and P. Show ; very highly commended at the Metropolitan Show at Ohrtetohnrch^ gepl(mber u< m2> R. Meredih, M.H.R., says:— I h«id a fine Mr Eobert Walker, Ohristohuroh, Dear young draught horse got so low in condition Sir—Your Bot Fm Remedies hava proved a that ha was unfit for work. I got very ar.xiom oomp'ete sunor-sa with my horse. Me naa about him 8S he showed every signs of dying, been very bad fcr some time ; the coat dr;*, a I aavi bimyouc B>t Fly Ramedy with tho tight skin, got very low in condition, and got very best results. He iB now at hia work as soaroe able to walk. I qure expeoted he hearty as ever. I can highly recommend it would die, as ho had all the symptoms of one to all horse ownerp. that my neighbor lost with the bois # I gave Cv t, November 3, 1893 your remedies aa you directed, wnth the I am thoroughly saiufiel that your Bot following resul s:—The horse, after getting Fly R-medips are the right and proper thing the late bottle, became very pained, lying for the suffering horse. I had a young horse down ro'ling and groaning with pam, in the that I qu'te oxpectel would die. He got very paddock. He began to ocugh very hard, eicn low in condition, a tight akin, dry coat, and a cough bringing away a thick humorous very careworn expression of the eye, and bo matter from the nostrils, th@ like of which I lifeless that Iha i to lay Lim up. I gave never saw before coming from a horse. Tow him your Bemedy as directed, and in a few continued all nest day, which I am certain days he began to mend, and ia now so flish I were the bota bursting from the efface of the can soaroe rule him. I can highly reoom- Remedy, and coming up through the no3tnla I mend farmers to ace it in tim», being confident by the effects of the cough. After this ceased, that it will save the horer, relieve him of the horaa began to mend, and »v six days 1 Buffering and improve his condition,-— S, had him at work again, heartily well You KiNGSBURTf. should make these Remedies public, so that Mra Ei'zpatriek, Ba'oaim, had a fins young farmers might know there ia a remedy for hack that was quite the talk of the neigh- this destructive pasta. Send ma some bours for aotion and go. Ha got bo low tiiat Preventive for keeping off the fly in sum she oould not put him in the trap. Walker's mer,-~And oblige, Bot Fly remedies were administered, and ehe Egbert BMobraw. saya its worth all it coat to see him gall ping —- through the paddocks with hia tail in the air, Brock^ide, December 12,1892. tbank9 to the remedic?. Mr Walker, - Sir,—l wish to add my Mr Cro3B, Burnham, got the Ramedy for a testimony to the wonderful effaots of your horse suffering last year; on reaching home Bot Fly Remedies. I had a valuable horße he was dead. This season one took bad aIBO, whioh got very bad and gradually got worre. showing the symptoms. He gave the Remedy I quite believe ha would have died. H.Q kept and the second day after, hepisaed bot3 in loding fleßh, g't a dry ooat, tight skin, oare hundreds and ia doing wel!, worn expression of the etc, a oougb, running Greenwood Farm, at the oostrils, and oould soaroe work I got Southbridgp, AugUßt 2, 1392 your remedies and g»ve them as direoted, Mr Walker, Hit,—l an glad to bear testi- with the most benefioial results. The seoond mony to the wonderful efkots of your Box day after getting the last drenoh he beg"in to Flx Remedies. One of my be it horses be. pasa bots in handfula, some of which I here came very b-d ; the skin tight, the eye life- with hand you. Immediately after passing less and a bad color, and got low in condition, the bots he began o meud, and is now as fat Anxious to finish j)loughing a paddock I did as butter, hearty and well, thanks to Walker's not want to 'ay him up until he became un- Bot-fly Remedies Any who doubt send able to lift his feet, or do any more. We had them to me, and I will convince them that to help him into a stab's I gave him your your remedies are a boon to the community Bamedies, and, and the treatment you pre- and tho suffering horse Every horse should scribed, and in a few days he w&8 quite have them in the season, as lam confident better, and now at h'u work, hearty and well, if uaed there will be no more deaths from he I quite believe, had I not given him your bot-fly Use this aB you pleaaa. Remedies, he would hava died. You nan use H. Lovell, this as you please. Robert Thompson. AGENTS FOR ASH BURTON—W. Anderson &J. Heshltisb, Saddler. MANUFACTURER—ROBERT WALKER, Canal Reserve, Woolaton 8. We Alcorn's CLEARING OUT SALE Further Reductions. AS the Stock has to be cleared out quickly further reductions in all classes o Goods tve now being CONCEDED TJ PURCHASERS. Dress Goods further reduced Prints and Maines funher reduced Brown Hollands further reduced Window Curtains and Quilts further reduced Smask Tablingsf urther reduced Sunshades and Umbrellas further reduced HoSSrv and Gloves further reduced Ladies' Capes and Dust Cloaks further reduce* .noiseiy Corsets and Underclothing further reduced SADIES 1 HATS AND BONNETS Further Reduced. All accounts owing are requested to be paid promptly. S. W- ALCOKN EAST STREET



BEAD THIS! £N Consequence of the Great demand for Gash and being under the necessity of reducing Stock owing to heavy shipments purchased during my stay in London and on \-he Continent, I have made SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS in Every article in the Grocery and Other Departments, and until further notice will SELL for CASH at CHRISTCHORCH PRICES I do not advertise quotations for the simpk reason that they are copied by small Shopkeepers, but I guarantee to give every article of the Best Quality CHEAPER than any other firm in Ash. burton. Come and judge for yourselves and be Convinced of the Truth. 20 Tons Mauritius and Queensland dugars for the Jam Season now to hand: Kerosene, Matches, Tobacco, Sago, and Tapioca, and all other Goods too numerous to mention, at UNHEARD-OF PRICES in Ashburton. Come and see our Windows, CURRANTS, RAISINS, & SULTANAS cleaned by Machinery specially imported and now on view on the premises. These fruits are readyj^for use without further washing. Teas. Teas. Teas, CHINA, CEYLON and INDIAN. Our own Mended Teas at 2s, 2s 4d, 2s 6d in $h t lib, packets, and 101b tins (blended on the premises by machinery are acknowledged to be the best flavored and best value in the district. A special allowance of 2d per lb on 101b tins i Italian Goods. I have now lauding ex Coptic the ' i Finest Delicacies ever seen in Ash burton, and Inspection is invited Price lists and particulars on application. BUTTER Highest PRICE paid for BUTTER in any Quantity. A few good Dairies wanted. ALL Goods in the Hardware and Crockery Department are equally reduced. , i JUST LANDED (ex Coptic) Two Hundred Galvanised Steel Elastic Horse Collars (in all sizes). Early application necessary. BINDING TWINE BINDING TWINE BINDING WIRE! BINDING WIEE NOW IN STOCK. Also all other Harvesting material. Do not give your order without|get ting my quotation. I have some second-hand McCormick and Massoy REAPERS and BINDERS for Sale at a LOW figure —Also,— ONE MASSES MjO.WER. All in Best Order Wines and Spirits, Ales and Stout, Liqueuore and Havana Cigars, Cigarettes, in view of ap* proaching holidays, AT SPECIAL LOW RATES. CAJRPJSTS, LINOLEUMS, OILCLOTHS, etc. In order to make room for harvesting and other Goods now landing and to ar rive, 1 will sell the whole of the above Stock at 25 per cent Below Cost Price. This is a real fact. Come and see for yourselves. WE LEAD OTHERS FOLLOWj APPLY EARJ'V HENRY ZANDER AGENT FOR Australian Mutual Provident Socle Sun Fire office J. T, For.d and Co,



W BRYANT, BAKER AND CONFECTIONER, WILLS STREET, NEAR ODD FELLOWS' HALL, ALL descriptions of Paatry, Con fectionery, Wedding and Birthday ; Cake, etc., of the best quality supplied on short notice. Parties, Balls and Picnics, cartered for, n reasonable terms, 12*136 G. JBS3ON. J. Quinn), PRACTICAL WATOHMAKER AND JEWELLER, GOLD AND SILVER-SMITH, OPTICIAN, &c. East Street Ashburtojt. HAS just received an entirely NEW STOCK of JEWELLERY for the Christmas Trade, which he is now offering at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES or Cash for One month only. Old Cruets, Spoons, Forks, we, Electroplated equal to best Birmingham plate. Watches cleaned and guaranted for 13 months, 4s 6d,



FOR INFANTS AND OjYALIDS, I MELLIN'S LACTO-GLYCOSE OR MILK FOOD. SPECIALLY AOAPTEO FOR COUNTRIES WHERE FRESH COW'S MILK CANNOT BE OBTAINED. Thne Good* an free from Animil O-^, and keep good in «W eiimale. To be obtained from aU DruggUM ana more* TO FARMERS. MCCORIICK MACHINE. The Best of All- Second to Hone WE HAVE now on view the new McCORMIOK STEEL BINDER with SIMPLE RNOTTER for Season 1893-94, and invite aU farmers to inspect. Reduced Price. ■ i Also Binding Twine of the beet quality ac prices that prevent competition Binding Wire, Castor, Olive, Sperm, Lard, Valvoline, Lubroline, Neatsfaofc Cylinder, and Machinery Oils at bottom prices Fishing Tackle in immense variety. Fishing Licenses New Goods in Electro-plate for the Xmas Season and presentations Get our price for Mason's Fruit Jars before purchasing elsewhere Enamelled and Brass Preserving Pans Cheavin's Rapid Walter Filter Bicycle Wheel Perambulators at Christchurch prices JOHN ORE & CO. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE McCORMICK REAPER AND BTNDER BEEO HAM'S PILLS T7IOR Bilious and Nervous Disorders, such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Sick JO Headache, Giddiness, Fulness, and Swelling after meals, Dizziness and Drowsi ness, Cold Chills, Flushing of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Costive ness, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, &o. The first dose will give relief in twenty minutes. Ihis is no fiction. Every sufferer is earnestly invited to try one Box nf these Pslls, and , they will be acknowledged to be *' WORTH A GUINEA A BOX." ! BEECHAM'S PILLS, taken as directed, will quickly restore females to com plete health. They promptly remove any obstruction or irregularity of the system I l WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER- They are like magic—a few doses will work wonders upon the Vital Organs ; Strengthening the inusaular system, restoring the long-lost complexion ; bringing back the keen edge of appetite, and arousing with the rosebud of health the whol physical energy of the human frame. For throwing off fevers in hot climates they are specially renowned. These are facta admitted by thousands, in all classes of society, and one of the best, guarantees to the nervous and debilitated is that Beecham's Pills have the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine in the world. JuU irections with each box. Prkpabed only by THOMAS BEECHAM, St. Helens, Lancashire, Enolakd. Sold by all Dkuogists tn the Colonies. I aTjTwhite's Artistic and Economical House-Furnishing Warehouse, CHRISTCHUIIOH. THE 'Recent arrivals of several Extensive shipments have made his stock in all Departments most complete. OAftPETS, FLOORCLOTH AND LINOLEUM, FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS, BEDSTEADS AND BEDDING, UPHOLSTERY GROCKEKY AND FURNISHINGS, IRONMONGERY a. jTwhite INVITES ALL TO CALL AND INSPECT HIS STOCK. COTTAGES FURNISHED. Including CUTLERY, BLANKETS, SHEKTS, EARTHENWARE, POTS, EtC. TWO ROOMS COMPLETE « ... «9 to £10 POUR ROOMS £17 to £2o FIVE ROOMS, from '£& }° lsSi SIX ROOMS •-__ £50 t0 £10° CATALOGUES POSTED FREE, WAREHOUSE AND STEAM FACTORY, TUAM & St. ASAPH STREETS, CHRISTCHUROH.



WETC RUN UP DOCTORS BILLS THE ELECTRIC CURE IS THE BEST "FT EALTH without Medicine, Hum- JTI bug, or Quackery! The weak, depressed, rheumatic, paralytic nervous, and debilitated may quickly recover health, strength, tone and vigor by using Cctnminqton & Co. s Direct Acting Medical Ooils, as used in the Ohristchurch Hospital and by >. 11 the leading; medical practitioners and medical electricians I throughout the colony. Sufferers should s write for circular and full particulars to ' Cunning-ton & Co., Electricians, 190 Gloqp. tw ofcreefc, Ohristchnrch. WE are selling, aa we have been for eighteen months past, seven feet Birch Hurdles at 2* Ji; seven feet V.D.L. Hurdles at 5s 6d each. TUCKER & BEAN, West street TO FARMERS AND OTHERsT" TJURDLES, HURDLES. 7ft Hurdles 2s 9d each in any quantity W. H. COLLINS & CO, Timber Merchants. THE BOT FLY. MIN CHINS Patent Horse Throat Protectors can be had in any num ber at low prices at James Heset-tinb's, Saddler, Ashburton and TinwalcL All ifrfringers of the patent will be pro aeouted. I+7l



Business Notices BDILDINa TRADE. ORDERS taken for Brisk, Stone, Con crete, Wood and Asphalt work. Plans, etc. for any buildings supplied. Agent for Watter'B Ranges, Austin and Son's Pipe and Pottery Ware; Stock's Monumental Stones : and Mr Clarkeon, Architect. Monumental designs and speci j men plans on hand, Chargeß reasonable. Work grod. " Gk W. ANDREWS, East Belt. U.S.S. CO. p£« U.S If * "c n UNION STEAMSHIP COMFANI OF NEW ZEALAND. STEAMERS SAIL from LYTTEL TON AS UNDER: For Wellington—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, vaA Saturday. > Picton and Nelson —Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Auckland, via East Coast ports—Every Monday. Auckland, via West Coast ports—Every Thursday. Dunedin —Monday, (Tuesday and Friday Hobarfe and Melbourne—Every Tues day. Sydney, via Auckland, every Monday. Sydney, via Cook Straits, every Tuea day. EXCURSION SEASON.—During the months of December, January, and February return tickets will be issued over the Company's Intercolonial lines afc Reduced Bates, available for return for three months from date of issue. For particulars apply to MILES & GO. LIMITED. AGENTS, ASHBURTOW ACTS LIKE MAGIO, AND HAS NEVER FAILED A TO NSTANTLY RELIEVE OR CURB MANKIND of Rheumatism., Sciatica, Lambago, Sprains, Cuts, Wounds, &c. CURES HOBSES o* Sore Shoulders and Backs, Girth Galls, Greasy Heels, Sprains, Cracked Heels, SpHnta, Cuti, Mange, &o. COWS* Of Ulcerated Udders, and Sore Teats. DOGS of Mange, Outs, &o. To Farmers it is invaluable. Household can afford to be without It. GUARANTEED THE BESi» EMBROCATION IN THE WORLD. Manufacturers: S. OOX & 00. 422 Bourke Street, Melbourne New Zealand Representative: A. PARSONS Morten's Buildings, Chrisfcnarch. Ashburtou Agents .* . ohn Ore & Co., Ashburto Druo Co. H. E. BOKKUTGTOIT. Country Agent* Wanted. iyi POWDERS I Ks<y" RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT F?TS t CONVULSIONS, ETC. I^wjerw; a healthy state «# tha contU te*on <f urine the period of Te«t»7«rt«. #Th« worti "JOHH BTEEDXAM An tngr end on th* Atmiuml stomp qfim&U tatn rucMi Sold Bt KEMPTHOIiNE PKOSSER & 00. ~~MAIL 6f GUARDIAN CHRISTCHUROH AGENCY. TiyTR J. R. SIMPSON has been appointed our A.GENT at Ohristchureh* and is authorised to make Contracts for Advertising and Printing, and to give receipts on our behalf. THE ASHBURTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, LTMrTED, per Wst, J. Steward. January 6, 1894. LANDELLS AND PRESTON Burnett Street, next Ashburton Club, ENGINEERS & CYCLE EXPERTS, IV JTANUFAOTURERSof the Ashburton Jxl. Express, and Agents for tha lead ing firms in England. The famous premier Helical tube) path racers in Stock. Pumps, Lawn Mowers, Sewing machines, and Engines of every description REPAIRED. Stencil Plates, Name Plates, and En raving done. „__ WANTED Known—That A. J. Walker repairs Bicycles, Sewing ■Machines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, and all descriptions of light machinery. \/i EDIOAL Coils made and repaired ixJL on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder* Kartell.