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Mewellyn #wesi» PIANOFORTE, SIN3I&G, HARMONS THK Second Term will commence May > 7- Vacancies fcr four pupils. Office hours 4 to 5 p.m. daily. AtlC ADWJO E AM B ERS, Ashburton. N.B—An experienced Fiatioforta Tuner always at hand. SPECIAL NOTIGS. Hunter and Bon, HAVJT. made up th«nr minds to sell at CHBISTOHURCH PRICES, with carriage added, in large or small lota to suit purchasers. FOR GASH ONLY. Being in a position to bay our Goods in the best market, we can afford to sell Cheaper than any house in the trade. Small profits and quick returns, ©all on Saturday and see for yourselves. IGoeds delivered Daily. Hote the address— HUNTER AND SON, Tanobkd Street, Ashbu&ton. *"" "DRESDEN""" PIANO COMPANY'S DEPOT) SCHOOL of MUSIO, Saukdebs' Buildings, Ashburtcw. PIANOS by the beat makers, m stock, at LOWEST PRICES. MUSIO. —As oar firm keeps the Largest Stock of Music in New Zealand, all orders entrusted to me wil be be satisfactory executed. VIOLINS, VIOLIN STRINGS, VIOLIN REQUISITES. Horace A. dates, AGENT AND MANAGER. 6 2 G. M. BROOKE BEGS TO IN Or IFF to his numerous Country Customers that in future he will attend at his late Shop, "THE DISPENSARY, 9 EVERY SATURD4Y AITERNOON from 3 to 4. C. M. BROOKE solicits the Patronage of former Customers for his Successor, Mm Pricimrd. PjtiscitiPiioHs Accurately Prepared. Horse and Cattle Medicines, Patent Medicines and Sundries at Christchurch prices, and every attention given by her new Manager, MR F. B. WHITE, Registered Chemist, igent for Brooke's Soluble Arsenc Powder. The best tried remedy for Foot Rot in Sheep. Price 4d per b. <i ! ' —-—* A BOON K> HOUSEHOLDERS ALLANDAW COAL COMPANY, LIMITED. A SAVING OF 25 PER CENT OK YOUR COAL BILL. WE have appointed MR JAMES ELLIOTT, Coal Merchant, Aeh burtonj Agent for the county, wno will supply Customers in large orj small quantities. The Allandale Coal is the best produced on the Eastern aeabnard. It is an excellent Steam Coal, unrivalled for Bakers, and a good Domestic Coal, burn ing w.th a flame, does not sparkle, and *eaves a white ash. It is both Cheap and Excellent. JAMES ELLIOTT COAL MERCHANT ASHBURTON TO THE PUBLIC. D"AVING started Business as HORSESHOEB. & GENERAL BLACKSMITH in the Wakanul Road, in that shop known as lUe:s, directly opposite Mr Childs, I beg to ask my friends and the public in general for a fair share of their patronage. To meet the times I am prepared to make very moderate charges. R YOUNG, BLACKSMITH. 5 5 j|.tk!IUI!K & ions Eucalypti Kxtrac There arp imitations of Eucalypti o Extract in the market now, products of s mplo distillation forming rude r<sfrious oils. In order that th«se crude oils may not be taken, (TOR Ptjbe Volatile Eucalypti Extract, whic.ti ia recognised by the medical division of ibe Prussian Government to bo of per fectly pure origin, aa their information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2,1878 we state :— is proved by test* by the Medical Clinic of he Universities at Boon an^ Q-riefawal , Prussia, and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only products that ere saturated with oxygen and freed of a^ids, resinocs ntid other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will developo the sanative qualities proper to the plant according to these authorities, and according to Pro esor Dr Lister of Englandi and to Drs Bauer, clntire, Wood, Hazard, ftc., of America, is the only extract corresponding to scientific testa, and the enly on which possesses th? proper therapeutic val-ie. Sander & Son's Kucalypti Extract All other crude oil 3 are to be classed arnotig the turpentines, which hfve.wben, used as medicine, no theraper.tic effect and are abandoned as an internal medicsinent. These so called Eucalypti Extracts which may have received distinction at Inhibitions aa cummcrcie! articles tire used for mechanical par o.-ies are only dfccernible:— I By their deficiency In pungent odour (which our pr duct, the only gamine Eucalypti Extracts de veloi.es most freely through its surplus of oxygen) By tiioir alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, VeiiJg rceuced iv specific densiity through the presence of acids By their taste, the result of th contracting tea denuy of resins and tennatra. If these crude oil^ to called eucalypti extracts are applied by mistake in cases o croup, bronchitis, diph theria, internal iui'ammations, dysentery, wounds, the ••oiitst-'iueiices «re appalliug For safe y always ask for AMJiK aku son's kocat.ypti Estbact and get : too -.-lii, -t;lf-t«< eil an-J reliable preparation, —hand » ■urst, Victor.a, Auntraiia. A&DhU AND SOK'S f i'iHAT which brings most light and X hope to poorest homes is Titan jboap *



i 3 * L9KGBE&CH COACH, » !/' > N and after MONDAY, April j !V 7 for the winter months, the J ' Longbeach Coach will start from Ash- Vurton at 4 p.m. R, U. BROWNE, Hoachman. LANDELLS A3JD PKESTON Bcknbtt Street, next Aahburton 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 bis apprentice ship with Charles Bnrrell 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 maehln a and Engines of every description REPAIRED Stencil Plates, Kami Plates, and En. graving done AUSTRALIA!* MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY New Zealand Branch Head OlHoe, CustomlwrawMiuay, Wellington! Local Board of Directors : The Hbn Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., MX.O, (Chairman) Era Hon Charles J. Johnston, MX.O» (Dapnty Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq The Eon Edward Richardson, C.M.G., M.L.C Joan Duncan, Bag Medical Office;: Dt W. 0; Kemp. MJt.O.B. (England) THE OLDEST, ' WEALTHIEbT AN© MOST PROSPEROUS Australian Life Office, 4ND thb LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERY YEAR The ICethod of Valuation adopted by this Society is 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 £12,000,000 (TWELVE MILLIONS} Steeling ANNUAL INCOME, £2,000,000. (TWO MILLION STERLING). POLICIES IN FORCE « 110,J33S Sum Assured ... £39,883,071 Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £6,883,41' BONUSES OABE BONUS for ONE year, 1898, £448,790, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £910,000, after making SPECIAL BESBRVBS. CASH BOOTSES declared for last FIVE veers, orer TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuses Bzoeedinft 3?OTO MILLIONS ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THB A. M. P. SOCIETY And & scare a BONUS EVERY "SEAR] Expenses of Management 8f per cent of the total income EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary Branca Office- Custom House Quay, Wellington Ohristchurch District; Office — Cathedral Square. JAMES HAIR, District Secretary H ZANDER, Local Broker Ashbnrton THE DENSMOBE THE WORLD'S GREATEST TYPEWRITER. •TpHSOW away your pens, and conduct your 1 correspondence on Modem Principles, k fortnight's trial will convince you of the Buperiori y of the Typewriter over the Pec, end of the Densmore over all other Type* write-s Free natruction to Shorthand Writers THE DENSMORE TYPEWRITER Co, Ld, 51, Griaeohufcfa Street, London, E C MAIL 6f GUARDIAN. CHRISTCHURCH AGENCY. 11/1" R J. R. SIMPSON has been appointed our AGENT at Christchurc and is authorised to make Contracts for Advertising and Printing, and to give receipts on our behalf THE ASHBURTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED, per Wei. J. Steward. January 8, 1894. COOPER'S SHEEP I>IP. TO THE SHEEP FARMERS OF THE ASHBURTOtf DISTRICT, T B.g to notify that I have appointed MR J. 0, RESTELL, OF ASHBURTON, .Agent for the Sale of COOPER'S CELEBRATED SHEEP DIPPING POWDER, ! ANO ALSO 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 Mb Rbstell, who will see that the same success is ensured in the future. MOIIIS SHEeTaRE DIPPED annually throughout the World with COOPER'S SHEEP DIP I THAN WITH ALL OTHER DIPS ADDED TOGETHER, j W. LAKE, Agent, 126 Hereford Street, Ohristchurch.



Great Amalgamation Sale of Boots & Shoes. OAVING aken over the Stock of MR J. NICHOLAS, Bootmaker, and also received 8 large consignment from a Wholesale Firm in Christehurch for Cash, I intend to hold a I MONSTEK SALE OF BOOTS ATSJ) SHOES, FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. N OBDER TO REDUCE THE COMBINED STOCK?, WE INTEND TO SELL AT ' MANUFACTURERS' PRICES. SALE COMMENCES ON SATURDAY, MAY 12. j Terms GASH During Sale. \ s. amTbbson, BOOT IMPOETEB, EASTJ STREET ASHBURTON Important* i^niiouncemein. TIHE Undersigned has THIS DAY Disposed of his Business to MR S. ANDERSON, and has assumed* the Management of the latter's Ashbnrton Branch. WHILE THANKING HIS NUMEROUS FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS FOR, PAST SUPPORT HE WOULD SOLICIT A CONTINUANCE OF THE SAME FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WHICH HE HAS NOW TAKEN CHARGE. The Undersigned would also request a PROMPT SETTLEMENT of all OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS REPAIRS and ORDERS ATTENDED TO AS USUAIr J. NI"OHOLAS, BOOTMAKER r , I THE BEST HOUSE IN ~J? ->X TOWN / i \ °\/^/ 61 •a X f /\ -sl * uS& X X S C^ f LINOLEUMS, X. X FLOOR CLOTHS, X^ GREAT WAREHOUSEIAN'sIIEARING PURCHASE. Extraordinary Prices, BOYS' COLONIAL KNICKER SUITS IN TWEEDS OF THE FINEST QUALITY AT 35 PER CENT UNDER MILL PBIOEg. # PRESENT PRICES—6s lid, 7s 6d, 7s lid, 8s 6d, 8a lid, 9s 6d, 9s lid 10s 6d, 10s lid, 11s 6d trsXTAL PRICES—IOs 6d, Us 6d } 12s 6d, 13s*6d, 14s 6d, 155;.6d, 16s 6d 17s 6d, 18s 6d, 19s 6d] | \ S it ia mpossible to replace any of these goods at the price, intending purchaers should insrect as SOON as POSSIBLE. W. H. "COLLIER Draper, Clothier, Etc., " The Corner."



NICKEL WATCHES, NICKEL WATCHES, ' NICKEL WATCHES. f |IHE Cheapest and best in the Market, usually sold at 25s now SELLING AT £1 EACH, AT G. WESSON'S, (LateJ Quinn), EAST STREET ASH BURTON. CITY CLOTHING COMPANY, EAST STREET, Next Salek's Jeweller. 11/TR GEORGE RANSOM, having accepted the Management in Ashburton of the above, will open up on Saturday Wext, MAY 26, with a Large and Well Assorted Stock of MEN'S CLOTHING, SHIRTS, COLLARS, TIES, Etc., which will be placed before the Public AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PJRIOES For 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 his new position. )



A CARD.] -\JT IS S Ty/T 0 BBIDE LADIES' NURSE, urnetc Sfcreen West (a few doors from Drillshed), ASHBURTON A OAEDj Mrs A, G. Gkrid£e, TEACHER OF OKORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING. COX STREET, ASHBURTON. TERMS ON APPLICATION. LOOK OUT For the Re-opening of the Old Bakery In EASTJSTREET. Joseph Taylor, HAVING- secured the new premises lately occupied by Mr Madden, will, on the termination of his engage ment with the Co-operative Society, open the above premises in the Bread, Pastry, Confecti nery, and Grocery business. JOSEPH TAYLOR has had twenty years' Colonial and English experience in the above businesses, and will be able to put before the Public the very best goods at the very lowest CASH prices obtainable, and trusts his friends in Ashbuiton and district will rally round with their support. PARTIES will be catered for in the very beßt style. The very best Roller Flour will be used for Bread, etc. JOSEPH TAYLOR will be pleased to receive the addresses of INTENDING CUSTOMERS. The present price of flour dees not warrant a reduction of Id per loaf on present prices, bub Mr Taylor will be prepared to sell Bread at 4d per 4lb loaf over the Counter, and 5d per 41b loaf delivered by van.



WALKEK'S BOTfLY REMEDY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. -#-- ■- v i fi* OWING to the numerous requests of large owners these Remedies have been reduced to 7s 6d, and where two Sets or more are taken to 6a 6s per set. No Kennedies ever introduced into this colony have proved so successful in restoring the suffering horse as WALKER'S BOT KLY REMEDIES, Very highly recommended at the Ellesmere Agricultural and Pastoral Asociation Show. Awarded the highest Order of Merit at; the Northern A. aud P. Show ; very highly commended at the Metropolitan Show afc Christchurch N&Vfmber 1,1893. R. Meredith, M.H.8., Bays:—l had a fine Ashburtcn Forks, March 1,1894. young draught horse got so low in condition that be was unfit for wort. I got very anxious Mr J. 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 Fly Remedy with the I got froai you proved quite a success with very best results. lie ia now at his work as my dying horse. He was ailing for some days* hearty as ever, j can highly recommend it bis coat got very dry, the Bkin tight, a running to all horae owners. at the nose and a very bad cougn; and w&e | ___ scarcely able to walk about; we quite expected ■  _ he would die. I heard a good deal about Seaside Farm, "Walter's Bot F!y Bemedies" and gava it Wakanai, April 14,1894, with the most Bat i sfaotory requ i te and BnO rtly Mr Walker, Bear Sir,~l have great pleasure aiter he gofc the last bofctle he b to im . in informing you that the bot fly mixture 1 prove and by th( , end of a week waß aWe for got from Mr Headline, your agent, wsa a work heMty and well> j believe utobß a wonderful suooess. I had four horses me(3 i oma ane q a alied, and can recommed it eeriously ill on December last. After using all with M oonfidenoe to aU horße owners, as the the remedies I could think of 1 waß mauoea be _t norße reme dy in the market, to try your mixture, The result was mar- * wllous. if strictly followed the directions Edwabd Cobbikx given and in a week the horses were out of ««wa*m ww»» danger and recovering rapidly. I drenched two more in February with the same result. They all put on flesh rapidly, and are now in —— prime order. P. Stewabt. Brookaide, December 12,1892, MrCroßS,Burnham,gotthe Bemedyfom M Walker-Sir—l wish to add mv horse suffering last year; oj<««*»jO»» jLoZtoAnlJn^tnotyZ BotFly Bemedies. I hadavalaable horse ihST. B !£L«f K?SJ? £, horse DMsed 'hioh got very bad and gradually got worse. l n} *?* if™^^L v Lnc- w?I? P l quite beHeve be wouia have died. He kept bota fa hundrede and is doing well. lo^ing flMn> gQt a dry tigbt Ol £ m worn expression of the eye, a cough, running """""* at the nostrils, and could soaroely work I got your remedies and gave them as direoted, Greenwood Farm, with the most beneficial results: The second Soathbridge, August 2,1892 day after getting the last drench he began to Mr Walker. Sir,—l an glad to bear testi- paßß bo {, B j n handfuls, some of which I here mony to the wonderful eftseta of your Bot w ith hand you. Immediately after passing Flt Bbubdiks. One of my best horses be. tbe botß be began t 0 mend, and is now as fat came very bad; the skin tight, the eye life- a 8 butter, hearty and well, thanks to Walker's less and a bad oolor, and got low in condition, Bot-fly Remedies Any who doubt send Anxious to finish ploughing a paddock I did t Qem to me, and I will convince them that not want to lay him np until he became un> your remedies are a boon to the eommunit able to lift his feet, or do any more. We had ana the suffering horse Every horse shoul to help him into a stable I gave him your have them in the season, an lam confident Remedies, and the treatment you pre- ji used there will be no more deaths from the scribed, and in a few days ha was quite bot .fl y jj m tn j fl M yoa pi e « w . j better, and now at his work, hearty and well \ quite believe, had I not given him your g > LoviLLt Remedies, he would have died. You can use this as yoa please. ; ROBKBT ThOMPSOH. i AGENTS FOE aSHBURTOX—W. Anderson &J. Heseltine, Saddlers MANUFAOTUJIER—ROBERT WALKER, Canal Reserve, Woolston i JN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF HABDLEY BROS. BY ORDER OF THE PURCHASER, £2500 Worth of Drapery TO BE ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. • f" HAVE |THIS DAY received instructions to sell the whole of the];Sfcock AT FOUR SHILLINGS IN TEE POUND DISCOUNT Below Cose Price. This is a Golden Opportunity o Secure GREAT BARGAINS, Ab the Stock must be Sold by order of the purchaser, J. COT HER, 34 MANAGER. A. J. WHITE'S Artistic and Economical House-Furnishing Warehouse, CHRISTCHURCfI. THE Recent arrivals of several Extensive shipments hare made his stock in all Departments most complete. OAKPETS, FLOORCLOTH AND LINOLEUM] FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS, BEDSTEADS AND BEDDING, UPHOLSTERY CROCKERY AND FURNISHINGS, IRONMONGERY | A. J^WHITE INVITES ALL TO CALL AND INSPECT HIS STOCK, COTTAGEsTpUNISHEB Including CUTLERS BLANKETS, SHEhTS, EARTHENWARE, POTS.IEtC? TWO ROOMS COMPLETE m .„ €9 to £10 FOUR ROOMS „ ... ... £17 to £25 FIVE ROOMS, from .„ £35 to £80 SIX ROOMS .„ £50 to £100 I CATALOGUES POSTED FREE. WAREHOUSE AND STEAM FAOTORYj TUAM & St. ASAPH STREETS, OHRISTOHUROH



BEECHAM'S PILLS TT.OR Bilious and Nervous Disorders, such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Sick X 1 Headache, Giddiness, Fulness, and Swelling after meals, Dizziness and Drowsi ness, Cold Chills, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Costive ness, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, &c. The first dose will give relief in twenty minutes. This is no fiction. Every sufferer is earnestly invited to try one Box of these Pills, and they will be acknowledged to be «• WORTH A GUINEA BOX.' BEECHAM'S PILLS, taken as directed, will quickly restore females to com plete health. They promptly remove any obstruction or irregularity of the svsfcem WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER : They are like magic—a few doses will work wonders upon the Vital Organs ; Strengthening the musoular system, restoring the long-lost complexion; bringing back the keen edge of appetite, and arousing with the rosebud of health the whole physical energy of the human frame. For throwing off fevers in hot climates they are specially renowned. These are facts admitted by thousands, in all classes of society, and one of the best guarantees to the nervous and debilitated is that Beecharo's Pills have the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine in the world. Full directions with each box. pREPABBD|o»Lir k BT THOMAS BEECHAM, St. Helens, Lancashire England, Sold by all Druggist in the Colonies. ' I



W. Gmaj*d, Canterbury ... 61,000 b. D. MoLbaw, Hawke's Bay 68,000 M. 0. Obbbo,, Canterbury ... j^OOO w^po* Station, GJsbonw .„ *>,000 ? #w S?™"?"*.jf *""* - 20.0°0 Ida taey Station, Otago ..« 80,000 3.W,Mcßi*,Amurl .. 19,000 Scottish anWew ZealS In '.S™ows,Marlborough . 46,000 vestment Oompany, South- F. H. Riohmokd, Marlborougl 13,000 land ... ™. ... tf,oo And by owners of over 5,00 C 000 sheep And by many other well-known WUtek In New Zealand, and man millions Owners. hronghont the world. w«wf y £■*■««■••«. X»rlce-{in casks) 5s €td per Price- (in kegt) 60s per owt , G-allon. 1 Ctot makes 1000 Oaliont Dip lG<dhnFtoimak»looea*miDip J%%^-^^s?** Chlet -A^rentw-BLAOKBURNE ft CXI, Qhrktdhvroh, DISTBICT AGBNTB-MjQeg and Co., LIMITBD Aahburton and Ra\aia GRAIN SEASON 1894 ARE BUYERS OS 1-- WHEAT, OATS, BAKLEY, ANE BYE GRASS, I In Large or Small Quantities. Grass Seed Cleaning OUR GRASS SEED CLEANER being admittedly the best and most effeo* tire in the Colony, we are prepared to clean Rye Grass and Oooksfoo on Farmer's account. Charges Moderate. Cornsacks. WE ARE NOW LANDING EX *f MAXWELL 1150 Bales, Which we are prepared to Supply at LOWEST CURUBNT fiA'IBS SHBABMAN BROS., MARKET HOUSE, ABK ALL THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THE tGBLIC TO OBSERVE THAT HAVING BOUGHT THE WHOLE STOCK OF Crockerj, Grlassware» llolloware, Tinware, Ironmoiigrcry, aDd Grocery, FROM MESSRS STEPHENS BROS, ATA CONSIDERABLE DISCOUNT FOR CASH, mHEY are now determined to offer the same at prices BELOW those of any legitimate House ia Canterbury. The Quality of Goods kept by Stephens Bros. 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 in a posi tion to Supply the very best Goods at the LOWEST PRICES. Orders entrusted to them will have prompt despatch, and Telegrams and Letters will receive their immediate personal attention. Town and Suburban Orders and Orders tot Raflway delivered by the firm's vans, free. Oastomenfwaited npon] for,Ordera If requested. SHEAKMAJST BEOS, MARKET HOUSE] IMMENSE ARRIVAL OF Autumn and Winter Novelties, TJTIRST DISPLAY OF NEW BRESS FABRICS, CHEVIOTS, DIAGONALS, HOPSACKS, SERGES, ETC. Special attention^ is called to LADIES' MANTLES AND JACKETS, Millinery Department Ladies are iavited to call and inspect ajBEAUTIFDL SELECTIONgOF NEW MILLINERY in the various stylos for the Season. s Department now under New Management, and every are is taken provide the latest novelties.