THE ABHBtJBTO* GUARPIAfI t TUESPAg, JUNE 26, 1804

Printed and published by the Aahburton Publishing Company, Ltd a$ thai \ iteaip printing office. Egrnett Street, Ashburton ' TUESDAY. June 26, 1894,



20 Wynyard Square, SYDNEY, If ft Kilned social HOME, contains 40 large airy bed room*, most fashionable and central position, one Uriauta from G. P.O. Board optional, or board only, by fUyor week; drawing and smoke rooms, hot and j tt&i baths, excellent cuisine. j All the conveniences of an hotel. Terms—Very Moderate. Hot Luncheon. Save tram & 'bus fares, and time. Permmeuts Special Terms. Write fOl pai> •Man; Cheap Drapery. Cheap Drapery- SALE OF EDWARDS, BENNETT and Go's DRAPERY STOCK BABGAINS IN TWEEDS. HEAVY TWEED at Is o£d per yard BABGAINS IN DRESS GOODS. DOUBLE-WIDTH CASHMERES Bho per yard BABGAINS IN' BLANKETS. HEAVY WHITE BLANKETS from 8a lid BABGAINS IN FLANNELLETTES. FLANNELLETTES from 3d per yard BABGAINS IN ULSTEKS. STYLISH ULSTERS from 2s lid BABGAINS IN BOYS' SUITS. BEST COLONIAL SUITS HALF COST BABGAINS IN HOSIERY. GOOD CASHMERE HOSE Is per pair j YOU MAY EXPECT ! BARGAINS AND YOU WILL GET THEM W. M. COLLIER,: "THE COKUEJI.'



A 2AKD] MRJ ELLIS'S SHORTHAND CLASS will meet Every FRIDAY EVENING, at 8 o'clock, at Gates' School of Music. Terms moderate. 5 118 I LONGBEACH COACH. ON and after MONDAY, April for the winter months* the Longbeach Coach will start from Ash burton at 4 p.m. R. R. BROWNE, Ooachmam A FACT.—Anyone drinking Health Tea and discarding all other brands, will certainly add ten years to his li£«.' .lußfc your try it. To be had from all Grocers. JLleweilyn tfcwcn. PIANOFORTE, SINKING, HARMONS THK Second Terra will commence May 7. Vacancies for four pupils. Office hours 4 to 5 p.m. daily. ARCADE CHAMBERS, Ashburton, N.B—An experienced Pianoforte Tuner always at hand.



A CARD Mrs A, G. Claridge, TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING. COX STREET, ASHBURTON. TERMS ON APPLICATION.



s i s ci i « JUlss Venie Floorer, T" ATE of the Royal College of JLi Music, London, is prepared to give instructions in the above art), Terms upon application. Residence, Cox Street. At home Mondays Thursdays v Saturdays, from 2 till 4 8 139



LANDELLS ASfD PBESTON Burnett Street, next Ashbnrton Club, ENGINEERS & CYCLE EXPERTS, OUE 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 I'urrell and Sons England, Traction Engine Manufacturers is a sufficient guarantee that satisfaction will be given to whoever msly place their engines in their hands. Pumps, Lawn Mowere, Sewing machip -i and Engines of every description, REPAIRKB Stencil Plates, Earns Plates, ar.d En. graving done ~~"lM DISPENSARY/ 5 EAST ST&tiET, ASHBUHTON. Mr§ Frltcbard. Manager.— V. E. WHITE, Pharma. ceutical Chemist. White's Cherry Pectoral, for all affection of the Throat or Lungs, 2s bottle. | While's Iron and Quinine Tonic, the greatest invigorator of the age, 2s 6.1 bottle. White's Vermifuge or Worm Syrup, war | ranted to eradicate every species of ( worms either in children or adults, Is 6d bottle. White's Universal Hair Restorer, recom mended for restoring grey hair to its original shade, 2* bottle. White's' Steel and Pennyroyal Pills, for ail Female irregularities, 2s 6i box. White's Chilblain Liniment, for un broken Chilblains, Is bottle. White's Chilblain Ointment, for broken Chilblains, Is box. • White's C*mphor Ball, for chapped hands ai;d rough skin, !. White's Toothache Drops, Corn Cure, Worm Mixture, Liver Pills, Chloro dyne. Anti-bilious Pills, and Rhu barb Pflia, t»ll at I. Medicine can be procured after business 1 bourn rtt priva'e residence of Mr White, Cameron street west, corner of Park • street. | — TO~ THE PUBLIC. HAVING tartyd Business as HORSESHOER AGjENERAL BLACKSMITH in tho Wakanul Road, in that shop known as Raks, directly opposite Me CHirjj.x, I beg to ask my friends and the publb in general for a fair share of their patronage. To meet the timos lam doing first class shoeing, hacks 5s ; draughts 6d. R YOUNG, BLACKSMITH.



There ar' imitations of Eucalypti" Extract in tie market bow, products of s mple liihtiliatiou forming ttl<se TPDinons oils In order that th"«e crude oils amj not be token, Our Ptjkk Volatile Eccajatti EXTRACT, wbic' 1 is reco<rni>«d by the medical division of She Prussian Government to be "f p-r ---fectly pure origin, as tte:r information for*ar'ied to w through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2,1878 a proved by tests by r/v; VJcdio.il CHu{o * of be universities at Bonn an-i Gdefawai , Pm»Bia- an t Wported by Dr Schulz, Profe-for of Pannncology. at Don, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Clinic at (Jreifswald, that only product? that •re saturatrd with oxygfi'i and freed of aids, rcsinots ood other sulistancee, adherent to primary distillation, will develops the sanative qualities proper to the piano according to these authorities, and according to l-ro asor Dr Litter of England- ami to J)rs Bauer, clntire, Wood, Hazard, ttc,., of America, is the nnly extract corresponding to scieotific tests, and the <nly on which powsses tli- proper tiiernpeut-ic valie. Sander & So>7's Kucalypti Extract All other crude oils are to bo claused among the turpentines, which Jnve. when iiFotl as medicine, no tberaper.tic effect and are alv.ndoncd as an internal wedicaJoent. These so calhd Kuc.il.vi'ti Kxbacts which may have received distinction at inhibition? an commercipl articles are used for mechanical pur fices are only discernible:— By their deficiency In pungent odour (Which our |>r< duct, the ouly gernnuo Kucalvpti Extracts <)c ---velopes most freely through its surplus of oxygen j By their alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being recuced in apecifi: density through the presence of acids By their taste, the result of th contracting ten dency of resins and tennatcs. If tbene crude oil", po called eucalypti oxtrno.ls are •pplied by mistake in cases o cronp, bronchit'.s, diph theria, internal ialammationa, <ly>;onten, wounds, the songeqnciices are appalling For safe y aiw^yKusk (or eUMOKR and bon's EucAf.Yi'Ti JCxtkaut and co fekfl old, well-tec ed an'l reliable preparation, -kand bant. Victoria, Australia. BAHDKK ANDSOK'e OME "iSPRECIOUSr , * : Time is precious when you want to catel 1 A train, but it is priceless when the questior of health is considered. Do not delay c moment if you suffer any of the symptom? of Brighb'a Disease, Bladder, Liver, ot Kidney Disease, Rheumatism, Nervousness, j Dyspepsia, Dropsy, Diabetes, Gravel, Female Weaknesses, or Prostration. Take ©ne or other of Warner's Safe Cures as pre scribed in Warner and Co. Limited's pamphlets. Warner's Safe Cure was a great medical discovery, not a sneaking imitation of some other medical preparation. Warner's Safe Remedies are made on honor, none but the purest and best in gredients^entering into their composition. They are not cheap in any sense of the word, and cannot be sold in competition with cheap and nasty decoctions. We trust our friends, for their own good, will insist on having what they ask their chemist for, and not be put off with any vile substitute or imitation for " Warner's Safe Cure" or any fti»r of" Wamei'e Safe R.einodis»,"



E, G. Staveley, In conjunction with the National Mortgage and Agency Company of N.Z., Ltd. TO THlfi" ASHBURTON COUNTRY SETTLERS. MR K. G. KTAVf.LEY(incoi.junctir>n with the National Mortgage and Agency Company of N.Z., Limited) has the pleasure to announce to friends and clientu that he has decided to extend operations, and will regularly attend ASHBURTON AND TINVVALD SALE YARDS, I CONDUCT CLEARING SALES WHEN, REQUIRED, MAKE LIBERAL ADVANCES ON WOOL CLIPS, And Carry on A GENERAL STOCK AND STATION AGENCY BUSINESS i In all its Brunches. ]WL R JE DWAIRI) §AUND2RS Has bt-en appointed LOCAL REPK-KSKFTATIVE And all Business entrusted to him WILL RECEIVE PROMPT AND CAREFUL ATTENTION. Being well known throughout the dis tiiob, Mr Saunders' many friends will no doubt show their practical appreciation of this arrangement. Sales each TUESDAY at A&hburton , and Tinwa'd alternately, i JO. G. bTAVELEY, ■ In conjunction with the National MoK o »ge i & Agtucy Ctni-apy of X,2,' ( Lid,



A. J. WHITE'S ; Artistic and Economical House-Furnishing Warehouse, P TI"R T < Tr* l-¥ n teO fT *v Jtl XVi 1 o i. \j I l\J S\i\ j JIL » rHE 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, UPHOLSTERY CROCKERY AND FURNISHINGS, IRONMONGERY a. jTwhite INVITES ALL TO CALL AND INSPECT HIS STOCK cottagesltounished Including OUTLER? BLANKETS, SHEKTS, EARTHENWARE, POTS, Etc, TWO ROOM 3 COMPLETE - .... £9 to £10 FOUR ROOMS ... ... £17 to £25 FIVE ROOMS, from ».. £35 to £80 SIX ROOMS £50 to £100 CATALOGUES POSTED FREE. WAREHdUSE AND STEAM FAOTORYfj TUAM & St. ASAPH STREETS, OHRISTCHUROtt



WALKER'S BOT-FLY BEIEDY. IMPOETANT NOTICE. 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 i s6s per set. No Remedies ever introduced into this colony have proved so successful In restoring the suffering horse as WALKER'S BOT FLY REMEDIES, Very highly recommended at the Ellesmere Agricultural and Pastoral Asociation Show. Awarded the highest Order of Merifc at the Northern A. and P. Show j very highly coairaended at the Metropolitan Show at Christchurch November 1,1893. j E. Meredith, M.H.R., says:—l had a fine ABhburton Forks, March 1,1894. young draught horse got bo low in oondttion that he was unfit for work. I got yery anxious Mr J. Heseltioe. Sir—l am very glad te about him as he showed every sign of dying, tell you that " Walker's Bot Fly Remedies " I gave him your Bot Ply Remedy with the I got from you proved quite a suooess with very best results. He ia now at his work as my dying horee. He was ailing for some days, hearty as ever, j can highly recommend it his coat got very dry, the skin tight, a running to all botee owners. at the nouo and a very bad cough ; and was __.__ scarcely able to walk about; we quite expected „ -, -, he would die. I heard a good deal about Seasidfllarm, •• Walker's Bot Fly Remedies" and gave it „_.. n Wakanui, April 14,1894. with the mofJt satisfaotory reßult(l ftnd Bhortly Mr Walker, Dear Sir,-I have great pleasure after he got the i ast bottle he began to im. in informing you that the bot fly mixture I rove and b the end f R week ab , e for got from Mr HeKltine, your agent, me a £ ork heatt , a nd well. I believe it to be a wonderful sucoeßß. 1 had four horses medioine o^,,^, aQd can recommed it eenously 11 on December last After using all with all oonfid^noe to all horßa ownerfl a 8 (ha ihe remedies I could think of I was induced b6 b d - tfa k t to try your mixture. The result wa? mar- J velloua. if strictly followed the direction* w«-,.-« n M »«.«. given and in a week the horses were oot of Edwabd Oobbixx 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, Stewast. — Brockside, December 12 1892 , Mr Cross, Banahaaa, got tbo Remedy a Mr Walker.- Sir,—l wish to add my horse Buffeting laat year ; on reaching home testimony to the wonderful effects of your he was dead. This season one tock bad, a'eo Bot Fly Remedies. I had a valuable horse showing the symptoms. He p,ave the Remady whioh got very bad and gradually gotwo«e. and ihe second day after, thd hoise passed I quite believe ha would have died. Ec kapt bot3 iv hundreds and ia doing well losing flesh, got a dry coat, tight skin, oare worn expression of tho eje, a cough, running at the nostrils, and could scarcely work I got your remedies and g-.Ye them »s directed, Greenwood Farm. with the most beneh'otai results. The second Southbridge, August 2,1892 clay after getting the laat drench be began to Mr Walker. Bir, I an glad to bear tefti- pass bota in handfula, aoma of which I bere raony to she wonderful effects of your Bot with hand you. Immediately after passing Fl/x Kemkdies. One of my best horses be- the bots he began <o mend, and ib now as fat came very b»d ; the skin tight, the eye life- as butter, hearty and well, thanks to Walker's lepsandabadoolor, sod got low in oovdition. Bot-fly Kemedies Any who doubt send AnxiouH to finish ploughing a paddook I did them to me, and I will convince them that net want to lay him np until ha beoame un- your remedies are a boon to the oommunic able to lift hia feet, or do any more. We had r.nd tbo Buffering horae Every horse shoul to help him into a stable I gave him your have them in the season, as lam eonSdetst Remedies, and the traatment you pre- if uaed there will be no more deaths from the tcribed, and in a few days he was quite bot-fly Use this bb you please, better, and now at bia work, hearty and well. I quite believe, bad I noc given bim your H, LovaLlt. Remedies, he would have died. You nan use this as you please. BOBEBT TeCMPBON. AGENTS FOR aSHBURTON—W. Anderson &J. Keskltine, Saddlers MANUFACTURER—ROBERT WALKER, Canal Reserve, Woolston



W. Geraßjd, Canterbury  61,000 R. D. MoLeak, Hawke's Bay 58,000 M. 0. Obbkli, Canterbury ... 5,000 Walapoa Statioa, Gisborne ... 20,000 W. O. Ruthekjford, Amuri.. 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Otago ... 30,000 \3r, W, Moßas, Amur! .. 19,000 Scottish and Few Zealand In *. Svmons, Marlborough .. 45,000 vestment Company, South jF. H. Richmond, Marlborougl 13,000 land 17,00 i And by owners of over 5,00 C 000 sheep And by many other well-known Flock in New Zealand, and man millions Ownerr, hroaghont the world. __ . ianrodac«d. P-^ice-(in casks) 5s &<1 per Me©- (in kern) «O« per o-wt Oral!on. 1 &wi makes 1000 Gallons JJ%p _ Another well-known Powder Dip coatajij 2 Gallon FUitd make* 100 Gauona JJtp aB maoa again. Compare the price* Ohief A.^ent«-BLACKBURNE & 00 s Ohtittohurch. district AGENTs-Miles and Co., Limited Ashburton and Bai aia



E EDUCTIONS, SEDUCTIONS. SHORT FIREWOOD, SHORT FIREWOOD. 25s per Cord, Deliyered, KEEP YOUR HEARTHS WARM. /Royal Insurance Company. , I Grey ValJey Coal Company. AGEMS tOR ■? Springfield Pottery Company I Corben and Go's Celebrated Enamelled Mantelpiece IMcKen ie s Furniture Renovatar



j ~ " TRESPASS NOTICE I A NY person or persons trespassing on J3L Riversdale Estate in pursuit cf I game, or otherwise,af ter this notice WILL BE PROSECUTED. 3 206 .1. R. WILLIAMS. NOTICE i ANYONE Shooting or Trespassing 1 with dog or gun upon Winchmore Esta j will be PROSECUTED. 4212 ROBT. W. HABT. Spectacles! Spectacles! TTAVE Yonr Sight Tested, and nse only PROPERLY FITTING SPEC ,TAOLES g. BAUBK, JEWELLER, Is Sole Agent for Ashburton tot N- LAZARUS & CO., OCULIST - OPTICIANS, OF SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, ANB OALOUTTA. A reryjcomplete set of trial lensea and frames for tasting—ensuripg perfect vision and comfort. N,B, — Do not risk spotting your eyetighi by wring badly fitting (Spectacles. A large Stock of Doable Eye Protectors, Smoked Glasses of various shades wit! straight or curled sides.



SMITH'S PREMIER WHEAT STRESSING TV JLJ { \ i E Have to announce the arrival of 'our Shipment of thia FAVORITE TV HEAT DRESSING. Although tho area of Land under ' wheat last year was much less than usual, the Sales of thia Dressing more than Doubled the PREVIOUS YEAR. A Ss PACKET IS SUFFICIENT FOR 50 BUSHEL'S OF SEED. ASHBURTON DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED. MANUFACTURERS' AGENIS. Agents— Bakaia Miles and Co., Limited. Leeston : F. Jameson.



CITY I CLOTHING COMPANY, EAST STREET, Next Salek'a Jeweller. V/TR GECRGE RANSOM, having accepted the Management in Ashburton of the above, will open up on Saturday Wext, MAY 26, with ft Large and Well Assorted Stock of MEN'S CLOTHING, SHIRTS, COLLAES, TIES, Etc., which will be placed before the Public AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PBIOES For Net CASH. A Capital line of Tweed Suits at 29s 6d G. R. invites all old friends and ao quaintancea to give him a call in his new position.



KICKEL WATCHES, NICKEL WATCHES, MOKIL WATCHES. f r*HE Cheapest and best in the Market, usually sold at 25a now SELLING AT £1 EACH, AT G. WESSON'S. (Late J Quinn) EAST STREjET ASHBURTON



DRESDEN PIANO COMPANY'S DEPOT SCHOOL of MUSIC, i PauNDKRS* BuiLDINOS, ASHBURTON. PIANOS by the best makere. in stock, at LOWEST PBICES. MUSIC. —Aa our firm kepps the Largest Stock of Muaic in New Zealand, all orders entrusted to me wil [ be be satisfactory executed. VIOLINS, VIOLIN STRINGS, VIOLIN REQUISITES. florais<3 A. d-atea, AGENT AND MANAGER. 5 2



DESTINY, OR TO LIVE FOR THIS DAY ONLY! " And suoh is human life, so g'idir J on; It glimmers like a meteor, and ib gone !" ♦Vhat higher aim can man attain than con quest over human pain OEADACHE and Disordered Stomach.— O. •« After suffering for nearly two and a half yeaia from severe headache and die* ordered stomaoh, and after trying almost everything, and spending muoh money with* out finding any benefit, I was reoommended by a friend to fry your «FBUIT SALT, and before I had finished one bottle I found it doing me a prest deal of good, and now I am restored to my usual health; and others I know that have tried it have not enjoyed such good heath for years.—Yours most truly, Bobebz Htjmphbkys, Poet Office, Burrasford. EKOB FRUIT SALT. Is an imperative necessity in every House hold A Bunaway Knock—Douglas Jerrold, des cribing a very dangerous illness rom which bis daughter had usfc recovered, said : *• Ah Sir, it was a Bunaway Knock at Deaths Door, can assure you. How to prevent death from diseaue by natural means—use Eno's Fruit Salt. It is the befit known remedy. I removes cc id or poisonous matter ('he groundwork of disease) from the biood, allays nervous excitement, depression, and restores the nervous system to ita proper condition. Yen cannot overstate its great value in keeping he blood pure and free from disease. CAUTlON—Examine eaoh bottle and see that the capsule is marked Eno's Fruit Salt. Without it you have been imposed on by worthless imitations. Sold by all Chemists. Prepared aly at Eoo s Frui Salt Works, Pomperoy ,eet, New Cross Bo£d, London, S.E. by Eoo'a Patent



AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PBOVIDENT SOCIETF New Zealand Branch Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington! Load Board of Directors : The Hon Morgan S. Graoe, M.D., C.M.G., MX.O. (Chairman) The Hon Charles J. Johnston, M.L.C* (deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq Thellon Edward Richardson, 0.M.G., M.L-C John Duncan, Esq Medical Officer: iDr W. d. Kemp, MJ&.O.S. (England) THE OLDEST, WEALTHIER AND MOST PROSPEROUS Austraiian Life Office, \nd th& LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERY YEAR lhe Uetliod of Valuation adopted by this Society is J 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} Stebling ANNUAL INCOME, £2,000.000. (TWO MILLION STERLING). POLICIES IN FORCE ... 119,333 Sum Assured ... ... „, *39,338,071 Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £ 5,883,418 BONUSES CASH BONUS for ONE year, 1898, £448,790, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £910,000, after making SPECIAL RESERVES. ; CASH BONUSES declared for last FIVE years, over I TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonnsei exceeding FOUR MILLIONS ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE A. M. P. SOCIETY And (Secure 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 Christchurch District Office- Cathedral Square. JAMES HAIR, District Secretary H ZANDER, h eal Broker Ashbarton



LANTERNS AND SLIDES. 50 SLIDES LOANED FOB 3s A LL the best of the New Sets introduced as **• published; Largest Btoek and safest Circulation in the world; Hires donble them, selves every Season; oan be sent free both ways, at our risk, for 6s 3d. MPBOVED PBAESTANTIA £4 4m COM' PLETE. Ministers and Schools supplied on our Monthly Instalments System. Our Improved PSAEBTANTIA LANTERN is admitted by all who have tried it the best Oil Lantern ever seen, Marvellously Improved this Season. Worth 20 per oent more; price remains the same, £4 4s j I Hundreds of Eeeens Testimonials- BEST LANTERN OUTFITTEBS IN THE WOBLD. Bi-unial, Tri-unial, and other Lanterns Lantern Slides, Piain and Colored, o unequalled quailty, at the very lowest prioes. Large Catalogue, with New Supplement, 6<?., upplements, 2d; Operator's Guide, lid Hints for Hirers, 2d; Hire Liste, free : Sample Picterial Window Bills, Id., from RILEY BROTHERS I 5, Cheapside, Bradford.



FOR COLDS, COUGHS, HOARSENESS, AND ALL " Throat and Luna LEASES, & relieil upon in cases of oo] s oSW t0 be Pectoral has no cqua i m pli'ammcy? CUon> Afer's Giieny Peefora] .. I o I ,:uvdb y ,> [: .y. iy , x&CO|Lowcll|



MAIL Sf GUARDIAN. ' CHRISTCHURCH AGENCY. lyfß J. R. SIMPSON haa been appointed our A.GENT at Christchurc and is authorised to make Contracts for Advertising and Printing, and to give receipts on our behalf THE) ASHBURTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMrTED, ' per Wm. J. Steward. January 6,1894. i



, _■__ Business Notices '■ ' ' :' '■' v*'n!l fN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE | ■na no ' i;-"-":;:;¥»i ■a OF — , ■ ■;, f/ii HABDLBT BBOa. BY ORDER OF THE PURCHASER, £2500 Worth of Drapery TO BE ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. J HAVB THIS BAY received instructions to sell the whole of thtlStock AT FOUR SHILLINGS IN TEE POUND DISCOUNT Below Cost Price. Thia£is a Golden Opportunity o Secure GREAT BARGAINS Aa the Stock must be Sold by order of the purchaser J. COTHER, v MANAGER. GRAIN SEASON 1894 Tj^TE ARE BUFERS OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, ANI* BYE GRASS, in Largo, or Small Quantities. Grass Seed Cleaning ODR GRASS SEBD CLEANER being admittedly the best and moat elfeo tive In the Colony, we are prepared io clean Rye Grass and Oooksfoo on Farmer's account. OhargesModerate. Cornsacks, WE ABE NOW LANDING IX « MAXWELL II 5O Bales, Which we are prepared to Supply at &OWIGBT CURRENT &ATK9 Great Amalgamation Sale of Boots |J AVING ftken over the StocTdTMRT NICHOLAS, Bootmaker, and aho iTSd toehold ° a nsigPment fr°m R Whol««^ Knn in Chrfatchnrch forOaA, MONSTEE SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. NOPBER.TO REDUCE THE COmSiiTsTOCKS, WE INTEND TO SELL AT MANUFACTUREBS' PRICES. miE>m> T0 SELL AT SALE COMMENCES ON SATURDAY, MAY 12. Terms CASfTTuring Sale, S. ANDEBSON, BOOT IMPOETEB, EAST STREET ASHBURTONI Important Announcement. •pHE Undersigned has THIS DAY Disposed bt his Baainem to MR S, ANDERSON, and has assumed the Management of the iatter'a Ashbnrton Branch. WHIL pASTH^n>rcmT S SwSm^i^llßlENl>s awdj[customers VO* qiS SOLICIT A CONTINUANCE OF THE SAME IOR THE ESTABUSHMENT OF WHICH HE HAS NOW TAKEN CHARGE. The Undersigned would also request a PBOMPT SETTLEMENT of all OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS , EEPAIRS and ORDBES ATTENDED TO AS USUAL] J. NICHOLAS, BOOTMAKER Retirement From Business OF MESSKS EDWARDS, BENNETTS, AND 00., MEHOHAIfTS. MITCEEIiL & TUBIHt were Large Buyers at SALE OF STOCK. A^ND ARE OFFERING JOB iONES AT SENSATIONAL PRIOJK N.B.- Hearth Rugs 3s 9d Forfars 6|d Door Mats 2s 6& White Calicoea 2sd Tea Cosies Is 9d Union Shirtings B£d Dimities s^d Ladies' Comets 3a 6d Cretonne ssd Kid Gloves & JM- Cheap Lines in All Departments^