THE ASHBUKTON GtJABPIAN i WEDNESDAY, JANTJABY 31, 1394,

Printed and published by the Asritburton Publishing Company, »t their wgiatered Printing Office,Burnett atroet. Ashbcrtoa WiPpKESDAY, frnuy 31, 1893. %



BUKFLUiS iiALK, — OF — DRAPERY, CLOTHING. & BOOTS, * N D X U;W 0 R R will hold> Oreac Ctamng S»le>f Surplus Stock, — COMMENCING - Saturday, lanuary 13, •FOE ONE MONTH. — GENUINE BABGAINS. — g. W. Alcorn's CLEAUING OUT SALE Further Reductions. .| a. ftfffch. tc.be AS-^i^SggijSSt" 1" CIMM ° iV Goods «re now being CONCEDED LUt "* f hM rrfnoed LADIES' HATS AND BOWHEEB Further Reduced; All accounts owiug are requested tobopwi promptly. S. W. ALOORN EAST STREET |



GREAT CASH SALE. IN ASSIGNED ESTATE OF ROBERT ALOORK. to be sold at prices which musfc command a sale. Ql md Orookery . ICJffiiwfw and Chi.dren;.St T H S U, 3s 6itos». Hat, for 1, - EOBBBT ALCORN, 12 75 BATTNDERS BUILDINGS. "wallTpapers. J 5,000 Pieces. TUOT USOm v AOIUOTI, CHEAP PAPERHANGINGS of the Latot J Patterns and Designs. A SPLENDID SELECTION. cSTaJXD SEE PATTERNS. PAINTB]RS and PAPERHANGINGS sent to any part of the town or oountr ihortest notice. _ JOHN WWAOS, PAINiTBR Alf-D P APERH AffGE R> CORNER OF ARCADE AND BURNETT STREETS, ASHBURTON.



W. H. COLLINS & CO. FARMBBS BEWARE! BEWAEE! OF PUEOHASINa INFERIOR OILS which will only destroy your machinery and waste your time, carts of machinery cool. Prices on application.! " W. H. Collins and Co.* t ßoya. Insurance Company. Grey Valley Coal Company. iMcKenaie's Furniture Renovator ' H. M. JONES. Cycles, Cycles, Cycles. /SEARED Ordinary Reduced to £20 Ralekh Bicycles 5 per cent off list prices New gHowe Bicycles 6 per cent oS list prices Huraber Bicycles 5 per cent off list prices Now is the time to buy. Send for Catalogues and forward orJen^ Once. POLLS. DOLLS. DOLLS. Exceptional Value for Christmas Trade. TOYS. TOYS. TOYS. BOOKS! BOOKS!! BJO OKS U ! CHRISTMAS AKD NEW YEAR CARDS. «*+ <tt&-AJ^o^ Chaßt6



WOOL {SEASON 1893-1894 TyE ARE PRF?ARED TO MAKE LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Dp all WOOL placed in our bands FOR SALE at Ashburton, or for Ship roent la London or Antwerp. OUR STORES are very suitable for the proper display of Clips entrusted to us for Sale, they being coramodious and well lighted. ALL LOTS, however large or email, are valued most carefully prior tc.sale and no lot is sold under our valuation without the consent of the owner. Vendors can depend upon our obtaining highest prices for their clips. ALL WOOL remaining unsold at Abhborton will be properly packed and delivered into trucks free of all charges to the vendor. WOOLPACKS, TWINE COLORED BRANDING OIL ETC., SUPPLIED AT LOWEST CURRENT BATES OUR BEOOND SALE OF THE SEASON WILD TAKE PLAOE ON MONDAY, JANUAEY 29, 1894. FREEDLANDH2R BKOS.



STEPHENS BROS., MAEKBT HOUSE, TNVITE all lovers of a real Cap of Tea, to drink none but Mandarin and Tiger Blends, 10KNOWLEDGED BY EXPERTS to b 9 the BEST ALL ROUND TEAS at the Prices— 2s, 2s 4d, 2s 6d,per pound, In I, 5, 10, 20, and 401bs packages. SOLE AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON, Stephens Bros., market house. Sole Agents for New Zealand-J, RATTRAY & SON, DUNBDIN



q ROBERT MURRAY. ISP ASHBURTON, f/th^^m HOROLOGIST, DIRECT IMPORTEB, n^^^^^ manufacturer OF ALL KINDS Of CLOCKS, WATCHES, OPTICAL GOODS, PLATE, JEWELLER* AND MATERIALS. Only High-olass Goods kept in Stock. £600 worth of Watches to select from. Jewellery and Plate in great variety. AS I intend making extensive Alterations to my business premises at an early date, there will ba a SPECIAL DISCOUN C of ™S per cent given on all CASH Sales of Jewellery, Clocks, and Plate up to January 20, 1894, in order to reduce mote quickly the very large Stock now on hand. Just to hand-A parcel of Rotheram's World-renowned English Levers. A Beautiful Stock of specially imported Spectacles and Optical Goods. TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT FOR CASH.



DRESS DEPABTMENT. I OT9OK HEAVY pOODS CHOICE AOLORS NEW BRIOES LOW TUtJST SELL. Mitchell & Turner. OIBBONS WIDE -OIBBONS NEW TjIBBONS SHOT OIBBONS PLAIN |VfUST SELI MITCHELL & TURNER. W PIOKFOED & Go's FURNISHING WAREHOUSE, , T A NCR ED STREET (opposite Mitchell and Turner's.) TRY US for Dining-room, Drawing-room, Bedroom and Kitchen Furniture TRf US for English and Colonial Perambulators TRY US for Flax, Flock, Kapok, and Hair Mattresses all sizes TRY US for Iron and Wood Bedsteads, Cots, Stretchers, etc TRY US for Duchesse Toilet Tables, Wadutands, Chests of Drawers, Wardrobes TRY US for Looking Glasses, Toilet Ware, Pillows and Bolsters TRi: US for full eiz9 Upholstered Spring Mactresses, price 235, worth 35s TRY US for Picture Framing—pictures framed neatly, cheaply, quimy Good assortment of Mouldings to select from Venetian Blmda made to order, repaired and re-pamted Furniture re-covered, repaired, re-polished, on short notica .last arrived 5 Bales Kapok of the best quality Country Orders carefully packed, free of charge, and half freight paid on the Mount Somers and Spnngbur hue | W. PICKFORD & CO., OABINET-MAKBBS, UPBOIiSTEREBS Bw] (near Union Bank,) i



Business Notices. READ THIS! £N Consequence of the Great demand for Gash jnd being under the necessity of reducing Stock owing to heavy shipments purchased during my stay in London and on vhe Continent, I have made SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS in Every article in the Grocery and Other Departments, and until further notice will SELL for CASH at CHRISTCHURCH PRICES I do not advertise quotations for the simple 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 fop 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. GO»<3 AND SEE OUR WINDOWS. CURRANTS, RAISINS, & SULTANAS cleaned by Machinery specially imported and now on view on tne premises. These fruits are ready for use without further washing. Teas. Teas. Teas, OHINA, CEYLON and INDIAN. Our own Wended Teas at 2s, 2s 4d, 2s 6d in £lb y 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 1b on 101b tins Italian Goods. '' I have now landing ex Coptic the Finest Delicacies ever seen in Ash- I burton, and Inspection is invited Price lists and particulars ; on application. BUTTJER. Highest J'RIGE paid for BUTTER in any Quantity. 4. tew good Dairies wanted. ALL Goods in the Hardware and Crockery Department are equally reduced. JUST LANDED {qx Coptic) Two Hundred Galvanised Steel Elastic Horse Collars (in all sizes). Early application necessary. BINDING TWINE BINDING TWINE BINDING WIRE BINDING WIBE NOW IN STOCK. Also all other Harvesting material. Do not give your order without get ting my quotation. I have some second-hand McCormlok andMassey REAPERS and BINDERS for Sale at a LOW figure —Also,— ONE MASSEt MOWER. All in Beat Order Wines and Spirits, Ales and Stout, Liqueuors and Havana Cigars, Cigarettes, in view of ap proaching holidays, AT SPECIAL LOW RATES, C&BPETS, LINOLEUMS, OILCLOTHS, etc. In order to make room for harvesting and other Goods now landing and to ar rive, I will sell the whole of the above Stock at 25 per cent Below Cost Priced This ia a real fact. Come and see for yourselves. WE LEAD OTHERS FOLLOW APPLY EARI^_. HENRY ZANDER AGENT FOR Australian Mutual Provident Society Sun Fire Qffi.ee J, T. Ford and Co,



Business Notices \ PUBLIC TraOUNOEMENT. T HAVE much pleasure in announcing j ,'■*• to the Public of Ashburton and Surrounding Districts that I have opened a shop in Tancred Street, under the management of Mr H. Field, where all ray well known Herbal Remedies and all kind of Patent and Proprietary Medicines may be had at Christchurch Prices. I Yours Truly, E. W. HALL, MEDICAL HERBALIST, 152 Armagh Street, and 117 Lower High , 1f53 Street, Christchurch. Ileweilyn Owen, PIANOFORTE, SINKING, HARMONY rpHE New Term commenced SATUR- A DAY, January 13. Intending pupils kindly communicate early. Office hours from 10 to 12 a.m. daily. ARCADE CHAMBERS, 1*55 ASHBURTON



LANDELLS A3S TD PRESTON Burnett Street, nexb Ashburton Club, ENGINEERS k 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 machines, and Engines of every description REPAIRED. Stencil Plates, Name Plates, and En graving done. W BRYANT, BAKER AND CONFECTIONER, WILLS STREET, NEAR ODD FELLOWS' HALL. ALL descriptions of Pastry, Con fectionery, Wedding and Birthday Cake, etc , of the best quality supplied on hort notice. Parties, Balls and Picnics, cartered for n reasonable terms. 12*136



MAIL $ GUARDIAN. CHRISTCHURCH AGENCY. TiyTR J. R. SIMPSON has been appointed our AGENT at Chriatchurch, and is authorised to make Contracts for Advertising and Printing, and to give receipts on our behalf. THE ASHBURTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED, per Wm. J. Steward. January 6, 1804.



Charles Hawkins, TINWALD. WHILE thanking his customers for f.ast favors wishes to remind the publi3 if they want real good value for their money, they might do worse than atop ab Tinwald., No cheap stuff bought for a low quotation, but his motto is to give satisfaction, so as to expect cus tomers back again. ROSLYN BLANKETS, WOOLS & FLANNELS, kept in stock. —Also— THE "STANDARD" BOOTS. Boots made and repaired on the pre mises at the lowest price Not being under the expense of large stores is able to compete and give the best value, as a steady increase in trade is a proof.



G. JESSON, vLate J. Quinn), PRACTICAL WATOHMAKER AND JEWELLER, GOLD AND SILVER-SMITH, OPTICIAN, &c. East Street Ashbdbton. HAS just received an entirely NEW STOCK of JEWELLERY for the Christmas Trade, which he is now offering GREATLY REDUCED PRICES or Cash for One month only. Old Cruets, Spoons, Forks, tec, Electroplated equal to best Birmingham plate. *>i**»*« Watches cleaned and guaranted for 12 months, 4s 6d. A BOON £0 HOUSEHOLDERS ALLANDALB COAL COMPANY, LIMITED. A SAVING OF 25 PER CENT ON YOUR COAL BILL. ■ j WE have appointed MR JAMES ELLIOTT, Coal Merchant, Ash burton, Agent for the county, wno will supply Customers in large or| small | 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, does not sparkle, and. leaves a white ash. It is both Cheap and Excellent. JAMES ELLIOTT^ ( COAL MERCHANT, jp&tt!4S3BUKION, UUS



Public JNotioes t Canterbury College, Laboratory Department, Christchurch, 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- I 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 porus stone in this particular form is a very good one, giving the perfection of mechanical filtering together with grtiat facilities for cleaning. Its capacity as a ! filter for separating every variety of | mechanically suspended matter was tho l roughly tested with the most satisfactory results, decent investigations on the subject of filtering have shown that it is much more effective than was formerly supposed, even whea soluble organic matter passes through filtering haa proved itself efficacious in stopping the germs of disease. The filter itself is a very credi table example of colonial industry, and is very neatly got up. A.-W. BICKERTON, 1 27 Colonial Analyst.



Public Notices. THE^BOT~FLYr ~~^ MIN CHINS Patent; Horse Threat Protectors can be had in any num ber at low prices at James Hiikmine's, Saddler, Ashhurton and Tinwald. All infringers of the patent will be pro secuted. It7l ~ AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETS" New Zealand Branch Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington! 'Local Board of Directors : The Hon Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.C. (Chairman) rhe Hon Charles J. Johnston, M.L.C. (Deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq The Hon Edward Richardson, C.M.G., M.L.C John Duncan, Esq Medica 1 Officer:' Dr W. &. Kemp, M.R.C.S. (England) THE OLDEST, WEALTHIIbT AND MOST PROSPEROUS Australian Life Office, usv th* LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERY YEAR Ihe Uethod of Valuation adopted by this Society it of the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi derably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that held by any other office in the Australasian Colonies. ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £11,000,000 (ELEVEN MILLIONS) StEBUNCI All invested to yield nearly 6 per ceatt POLICIES IN FORCE . 116,^0S Sum Assured £38,88&S8S Accumulated Funds .. „. £11,328,448 Aninal Income.,  .. £1,940,111 Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £6,424,911 CASH BONUS for ONE year, 1802, f 604.561, yleldin« Reversionary Bonuses amounting to *1,030,000, after making SPECIAL RESERVES, amount ing to £234,611. CASH BONTJBBB dedared for iatt FiyE Tears, or« TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuses exoeeding FOUR MILLIONS assure Tour life IN THE A. M. P. SOCIETY And Secure a BONUS EVERY "SEAE Expenses of Management 9£ per cent on the total income. EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branca Office— Custom House Quay, Wellington. W. H. DERRY, District Secretary, Christehnrch. H. ZANDER, Local Broker, Ashburton.



U.S,S. CO ' MlbH U.B.S. CO «£- «... UNION STEAMSHIP COMFANI OF NEW ZEALAND. STEAMERS SAIL from LYTTEL TON AS UNDER: For Wellington—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday, %kA 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 Hobart and Melbourne—Every Tues day. Sydney, via Auckland, 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 Reduced Kates, available for return for three months from date of issue. For particulars apply to MILES & GO. LIMITED. AGENTS, ASHBTJRTOS



ACTS LIKE MAGIC, AND HAS NEVEB FAILED TO NSTANTLY RELIEVE OR CURS MANKISJ of Rhenmatism^ Sciatica, Lambago, Sprains, Cuts, Wounds, &c. CUEES HOEBES OF Sore Shoulders and Backs, Girth Galls, Greasy Heels, Sprains, Cracked Heels, Sptfnta, Cuts, Mange, &c. COWS Of Ulcerated Udders, and Sore Teato, DOGS of Mange, Cuts, &c. To Farmers it is invaluable. ijo Household can afford to be without it. GUARANTEED THE BES'jc EMBROCATION IN THE WORLD. Manufacturers: S. OOX & CO. 422 Bourke Street, Melbourne New Zealand Representative: A. PARSONS Morten's Buildings, Christenurch. Ashburton Agents; OHN OKR & Co., ASHBUETO Drto Co. H. E. BOMNINGTON. Country Agent* Wanted.



JOB PRINTING POSTERS, Dodgers, Billhead? Programmes, Memorandum Formt Wedding Cards, Memoriam Cards, In vitatlon Cards, Order Blocks, Threshing Machine Books, Receipt and Delivery Books, Banquet Menus, and Tickets of a kinds. ISHBCRIOI POIISHIM (0, LIMITED S Having a snppiy of Superior Jobbing Type, Fancy Cards, and Special Lines of Paper, can execute very description of Printing on the shortest notice, in the best style, and at reasonable rates DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rubbing. No machines*. 11 182



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Spectacles! Spectacles f "OTAVE Your Sighfc Tested, and use only PROPERLY FITTING SPEC TACLES JEWELLER^ Is Sole Agent for Asbbarton for N- LAZARUS & GO., OCULIST - OPTICIANS, OP SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, AND CALCUTTA. A very complete Sf t of trial leases and frames for tasting—ensuring perfect vision and comfort. N,B. — Do not ruh spoiling your eyemfh by mring badly fitting Sptctade*. A large Stock of Doable Eye Protectors, Smoked Glasses of various shades with Straight ov our Ted sides. Gold Spectacles, Gold Foldera and our Gold Astutnmtlo Folder Clip. ' B BALEK. OCULIST-OPTICIANS AGENT,



D. MACPITEItSOir (Late with A loom.) pi ROGER AND TEA DEALER* (The Green Frosted Windows opposite Mitchell and Turner's). CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, TINWARE HARDWARE, BRUSHWARE, Etc. Etc. Threshing Machines supplied. CASH CUSTOMERS will find I am selling best goods, cheaper than any House in To irn. Orders promptly attended to. Goods delivered daily. D MACPHER&OK, Tancred Street* LyJ powders I \^^s^ RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, m. FrM»»rv« m. haalthy tttate of th» eonatt. iHMmn durin* the'pariocl «tT^t»^;Sr ♦ TJit word! "JOHH iIUSIAB Somj Bt KEMPTHOitNB PROSSER & CO.