THE** AfefIBUKTON GTJABBIAN : MONDAY, JAMTABY 29, 1894,

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■W- BRYANT, BAKER AMB COMFECTIOHER, WILLS STREET, NEAR, ODD FELLOWS' HALL. ALL descriptions of Pa3lry, Con fectionery, Wedding and Birthday j Cake, etc , of the best quality supplied on hort notice. Parties, Balls and Picnics, oarfcered for n reasonable terms. l* iOD DON'T wash yourself. Titan Soap does the work. No rabbins. No machines. li MAIL $• GUARDIAN. OHRISTOHUROH AGENCY. ~\/fR J. R. SIMPSON has been appointed our AGENT at Ohtietohuroh, and ia authorised to make Oon tracts for Advertising and Printing, and to give receipts on our behalf. THE ASHBURTOJS PUBLISHING* COMPANY, LIMITED, per Wai, J. Steward. January 6, 18fl4. diaries Hawking OP TINWALD. ITtTHILE thanking his customers for * ' past favors -wishes to remind the publia if they want real good value for their money, they might do worse than atop at Tinwald. No cheap stuff bought for a low quotation, bub his motto is to give satisfaction, so as to expect cus "bSShm SSbkmh. wools * FLANNELS, kept in stock. —Also — j THE "STANDARD" BOOTS. j 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 tsteady increase in trade is a proof. O. HACFBERSOItf Late R. Alcorn s,) />( 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 Belling best goodß, cheaper than any Bouse in Town. Orders promptly attended to. ( Goods delivered d>«ly. JD MACPHERSON, Tancrad Street. a. jesson, (Late J. Qumtt), PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, GOLD AND SILVER-SMITH, OPTICIAN, &c. East Street Ashbcrton. HAS iust received an entirely KEW STOCK of JEWELLERY for the Christmas Trade, which he U now offering at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES or Cash for One month only. O:d Cruets, Spoons, Forks, v.tC, Electroplated equal to beet Birmingham plate. Watches cleinod and guaranted for 12 months, 4a 6d. _____ PUBLIC AMOUNCEMEnS IHAVtf much pleasure in announcing to the Public of Ashburton and Surrounding Districts that I have opened a shop in Tancied Street, under the management of Mr H. Field, where all my frell known Herbal Remedies and all kind of Patent and Proprietary Medicines mey be had at Christchurch Prices. Yours Truly, E. W. HALL, MEDICAL HERBALIST, 152 Armagh Street, and 117 Lower High 1|53 Street, Christohurch. &~N TrKD Known—That A. J, WaIKBB repairs Bicycler, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Uoils, and all descriptions of light machinery. MEDICAL Coils made and repaired on the sh .>mst notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. FOR C COLDS, COUGHS, HOARSENESS, AND ALL Throat and Lung DISEASES. As an emergency medicine, a safeguard for children, an ever-ready remedy to bo relied upon in cases of colds, coughs, croup, whooping-cough, influenza, and all diseases of the throat and lungs, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has no equal m pharmacy. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. c. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. |f"Beware of <;heap imitations. The Dasifr—Ayer's Cherry Pectoral— is prominent on the wrapper, and ia ia the glass of each of our bottles.



mellSs^lacto-glyco^e SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR GOUIITBIEB WHEOE FRESH COWS MILK CA« BE OBTAIN *. o^ -. : period I had positively lost theuseot my legs. baths an d spent three walk without crutches or sticks. I have had lortj «B°* j iaduced t0 u3e your weeks at the springs at Drysdale. Ab~t three weew^ ago x agßißtance whatever . j Solomon Solution, and am now inffiS othe? sufferers to give it a trial write this trusting that it may be the means^of «n| E ° ORGE A , PATTERSON. '"^SSSP'Sport™-.- June 14, 1892 j '•Mr Frank O'Donnell, the well-known bred^^^^ * Kohinoor from Lady Hercules, by HercuJ« ™JidJ&n bone very badly, % one of her hind legs entangles in a wf, eJX'he waS all surgical aid, so bad was the use Mr O'Donnell's own words *-** *h°£ *^Jiffime?*'tried what it would do. smash. However, having some oEthe S^^Xa pLeof bone about four inches Some little time after »»mß.*»* ft SmSetely healed. The mare 1 s leg is now was effected has not come under our notice. Adelaide „ ExpresS) » April 10, 1893. ! "In connection with last Saturday's racing on the OU OoMe^ON. Edj-j, the BEECHAM'S~rPIXLcJ nts 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 TremblSg Sensations, &c The first dose wll give relief in twenty minutes This' is no fiction. Every sufferer is earnest^ mvite^ I to try one Box of these Pills, and they will be acknowledged to be 4< WORTH A GUINEA A BOX. BEECHAM'S PILLS, taken as directed, will quickly restore females to com n w» wirii ri'W nrnmntlv remove any obstruction or irregularity of the system pleteheakh D f GE STION DISORDERED LIVER: They are like magic-a few doses will work wonders upon the Vital Organs ; StreLthenn-the muscular system, restoring the long-lost complexion; bringing bS the keen edge of appetite, and arousmg with the rosebud of health the whol Seal energy of the human frame. For throwing off fevers m hot climates they LespecfaUy renowned. These are facts admitted by thousands m all classes o societ? anJoneof the best, guarantees to the nervous and debilitated is that Beecham's Pilla have the Largest Sale of any Patent; Medxcme in the world. Full THOMAS BEECHAM, St. Helens, Lancashire, England. ran v {Sold by all Druggists in the Colonies. "~~ ~ MPORTANT "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 6a 6s per sec JNo Remedies ever introduced into this colony hay proved so successful in restoring the SSrinfhoJSS WALKER'S BOT FLY REMEDIES Very highly recommended at the Ellesmere Agricultural and Pastoral Asociauon Show. Awarded the highest Order of Merit at the Northern A. and P. Show ; very highly coaimended at the Metropolitan Show at Christchurch.^^ B. Meredith, M.H.E.,says:—l had b fine Mr Bobert Walker, (Jhriatohurob, Dear young draught horse got bo low in condition Sir—Your Bot Fly Eemebies have proved a ihathe was unfit for work. I got very anxious complete success with imy horap. He had about him as he showed every signs of dying, been very bad for some time ; the coat drj, a I gave him your Bot Fly Remedy with tha tight s ]jj ni got very low in condition, and got very best results. He i 8 now at hiß work as scarce able <o walk, I quie exhaled he hearty as ever. I caa highly recommend it would die, as he had all the Bymptom3 of one to all horse owner?. tbat my neighbor lost with the bo>B I gave Cust, November 3,1893. your rcmo.diea as you direated, wittb. the I am thoroughly eatitfiel that your Bot following results:—The horse, after getting Fly B nedies are the right and proper thing the late bottle, became very pained, lying for the Buffering horse. I bi»d a joung horse down rolling bo a groaning with pain, in the that I quite expected would die. He got very pß ddook. He began to cough very hard, eaoh :ow in condition, a tight skin, dry coat, and a cough bringing away a thick humorous very careworn expression of the eye, and so matter from the no9trils, the like of which I lifeless that I ha-i to lay bim up. I gave n6 ver saw before coming from a horse. This him your Remedy sb directed, and in a few eo minued all next day, which I p.m. certain days he began to mend, and is now 80 flish I were the bots bursting from the effeo.a of the can scarce rule him. I oan highly reoom- Kemedy, and coming up through the nostrils mend farmers to use it in time, being confident by the effects of the cough. After thiß ceased, thftf. it will save tha horsp, relieve him of the horse began to mend, aod iv six days pufferir«g and improve his oondition.~S. had bim at work again, heartily well Yon KINasBUBY. should make these Remedies publio, so that Mre Eiizpatriek Balcairn, had a fine young farmers might know there is a remedy fo Jback that was quits the talk of the neigh- this destructive posts. Send ma some boura for action and go. He got bo low uuat Pbbvestivb for keeping off the fly in sum she could not put him in the trap. Walker's mer,—And oblige, Bot Fly rsmedieß were administered, and Ehe Kobebt Mclobbaw. says its worth all it cost to see him galloping . through the paddocks with his tail in the air, Brock^ide, December 12,1892. thanka *o the remedioP. Mr Walker, - $:r,—l wish to add my Mr Cross, Burnham, got the Eemeoy for a testimony to the wonderful effects of your horse suffering last year; on reaobing home Bot Fly Semediea. I bad a valuable horse be was dead. This season one took bad also, which got very bad and gradually got worre. sfaowiDg the symptoms. He gave the Remedy I quite believe he would havo died. He kept and the Beoond day after, hepaßied bct3 in Jewing flesh, got « dry coat, tight Bkin, oare hundreds and is doing well. worn expression of the e> c, a cough, running Greenwood Farm, at the Doafrih, and could Bcaroa work I got Southbridge, August 2, 1392 your remedies and g «ye them as directed, Mr Walker, Sir, lan glad to bear testi- with the most beneficial results. The seooad mony to the wonderful effects of your Bot day after getting the iast drench he began to Fi/k Remedies. One of my best horses be. paea bots in handfuls, 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 bote he began to meud, and is now as fat Anxious to finish ploughing a paddock I did as butter, hearty and well, thanks to Walker's not want to lay him up until he beoarne un- Bot-fly Remedies Any who doubt send able to lift his feet, or do any more. We bad them to me, and I will convince them that to help him into a stable I gave him your your remedies are a hooD to the community Remedies, and, and the treatment you pre- and the Buffering h^rsa Every horse Bhould scribed, and in a few days ha was quite have them in the season, as lam confident better, and now at hi 3 work, hearty and well, jf used there will be no more deaths from be I quite believe, had I not given him you? bot-fly Use this as you please. Remedies, ba would have died, You nan use H, Lovej*. this as you please, Robebt Thompson. _ .-, j, 0 ,;;^ AGENTS FOR ASH BURTON—W. Anderson &J. Heseltmb, Saddler. MANUFACTURER-—ROBERT WALKER, Canal Reserve, Woolaton A. J. WHITE'S Artistic and Economical House-Furnishing Warehouse, CHRISTOHUiiOH, rfIHE Recent arrivals of several Extensive shipments have made his stock J_ in all Departments most complete. CAJSPETS, FLOORCLOTH AND LINOLEUM, FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS, BEDSTEADS AND BEDDING, UPHOLSTERY CROCKERY AND FURNISHINGS, IRONMONGERY A. jTwaiTE INVITES ALL TO CALL AND INSPECT HIS STOCK, COTTAGES FURNISHED Including CUTLERY, BLANKETS, SHEKTS, EARTHENWARE, POTS, Etc. TWO ROOMS COMPLETE « ... -£9 to £10 FOUR ROOMS • £ll t0 £25 FIVE BOOMS, from ••• ••• *'35 to ±80 SIX ROOMS __ ••• -• £60 to £100 CATALOGUES POSTED FREE. WAREHOUSE AND STEAM FACTORY, 1 THAN 4 Sx.r&SAPH. STREETS, OHRISTgHUROJH,



_ — GREAT CAbi± (SALE. ! IN ASSIGNED ESTATE OF EOBERT ALCORN. OVER £3800 worth of Clothing, Drapery, Boots, Glass and Earthenware. Iron mongery and Groceries which mu ß t be sold. The clothmg v all Colonial made most of it to my own order from Colonial tweeds. There is a great yanety of man,» and boys' hats? men's and youths'white regatta and Oxford shirts flannelettes, shirting, and calicoes, all imported direct from the manufacturers , all to be sold at prices which must command a sale. A nice assortment of Ironmongery and Holloware, Glassware, and Rockery. Great reductions in BOOTri for CASH, and a L«ge stock fco select from. Man s Shooters Colonial made Bs. t^» 1 a A large stock of Men's, Boys' and Children's Straw Hats, 3s 6i to ss, Hats for Is Bd, 2s to 3s, Hats for Is and Is 6d, Hats for 6d each. The WHOLE STOCK will be sold at very Low prices for CAbH. EOBERT ALOOBN, 12 75 SA.UNDERS BUILDINGS. WALL PAPERS. J 3,000 Pieces. TUST LANDED, ex AORANGI, CHEAP PAPERHANGINGS of the Latest U Patterns and Designs. A SPLENDID SELECTION. CALL AND SEE PATTERNS. PAINTERS andPAPEßHANGEßs"aenttoany part of the town or oountr shortest notice. JOHN FILSON, PAINTEB AND PAPEKHaNGEE, CORNER OF ARCADE AND BURNETT STREETS, ASHBURTON. W. H. GOLLDTS & CO. FARMEES BEWARE! BEWARE! OF PURCHASING INFERIOR OILS^ which will only destroy your machinery and waste yoar time. WE HAVE art Stocked a large supply of GENUINE VALVOLINE and other Machine Oik which will not only Lubricate, but will keep the working oarta of machinery cool. Prices on application. W. H. Collins and Co., f Roya. Insurance Company. Grey Valley Coal Company. AGENIS FDR 1 Springfield Pottery Company I Corben and Go's Celebrated Enamelled Mantelpiece VMcKenzie's Furniture Renovator ~~ SUBPLUS SALE, ■u"j~ - \)1? ""■' " DRAPERY, CLOTHING. & BOOTS, A N.D R KW 0 R R [will hold>"Great Clearing'.Sale^of Surplua'Sfcock, — COMMENCING > Saturday, January 13, FOR ONE MOO N TH. — GENUINEpAEGAINS. — H. M. JONES. Cycles, Cycles, Cycles, riEAEED Ordinary Reduced to £20 Raleigh Bicycles 5 per cent off list prices New Howe Bicycles 5 per cent o2 list prices Humber Bicycles 5 per cent off list prices Now is the time to buy. Send for Catalogues and forward orders at.Once. DOLLS. DOLLS. DOLLS. Exceptional Value for Christmas Trade. TOYS. TOYS. TOYS. BOOKS! BOOKS!! BOOKS!!! For Prize and Presentation purposes. School Committees very liberally dealt with to endeavour to keep trade in the placa. CHEISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS, vorine, Gelatine, and Fringed Cards, hand-painted, unique, pretty, and chaste designs. Packet* a? Cards from 9d, Is, Is 6d, and 2s bd each. M- M~JONBS. - 8. W. Alcorn's CLEARING OUT SALE Further Inductions. a S the Stock has to be cleared out quickly further reductions in all classes o A Goods are now being CONCEDED TO PURCHASERS "Dress Goods further reduced Prints and Delaines further reduced Brown Hollands further reduced Window Curtains and Quilts further redcced Damask Tablingsf urther reduced Sunshades and Umbrellas further reduced Hoisery and Gloves further reduced Ladies' Capes and Dust Cloaks further reduced Corsets and Underclothing further reduced LADIES 1 HATS AND BONNETS Further Reduced. [ All accounts owing are requested to be paid promptly. 8. W. ALCOEN EAST STfcEBX i



I .Business Notices. READ THIS! IN 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 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 P BICES 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 »nd be Convinced of the Truth. 20 Tons Mauritius and Queensland •Sugars 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. Comb and see oub Windows. CURRANTS, RATSINS, & SULTANAS cleaned by Machinery specially imported and now on view on the premises. Theae fruits are ready for use without further washing. Teas, Teas. Teas, CHINA, CEYLON and INDIAN. Our own Mended Teas at 2s, 2s 4d, 2s 6d in £lb, 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 burton, and Inspection is invited Price lists and particulars on application. BUTTER. i Highest TRICE paid for BUTTER I in any Quantity. A few good Dairies wanted. ALL Goods in the Hardware and Crockery Department are equally reduced. JUST LANDED (ex Coptic) Two Hundred Galvanised Steel Elastic Horse Collars (in all sizes). Early application necessary. BINDING TWINE BINDING TWINE BINDING WIRE; BINDING WIRE NOW IN STOCK. Also|»Il other Harvesting material. (Do not give your order without get ting my quotation. I have some seoond-hand McCormlck' andMassey REAPERS and BINDERS for Sale at a LOW figure —Also,—- ONE MASSEY MOWER, All in Best Order Wines and Spirits, Ales'and Stout) Liqueuors and Havana* Cigars, Cigarettes, in view of ap proaching holidays, AT SPECIAL LOW RATES, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, OILCLOTHS, etc. In order to make room for harvesting and other Goods now landing and to ar« i rive, I 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 FOLLOW 3 APPLY EARI^. ' HENRY ZANDER AGENT FOR Australian Mutual Providenb Society Sun Fire o^ce J. T. Ford and Co,



I NOTICE. ASHBURTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, > TANCBED STEEET. TUST arrived a large assortment of Fancy Tables, Chairs, and Ornaments of «J kinds, SUITABLE FOR OHIUSTMAS TRADE. Aleo a large stock Linoleums, Floorcloths, Carpets, etc, American and Austrian chairs in great variety. Persons, about to buy Christmas presents would do well in inspecting out Show Room. INSPECTION INVITED. Bedroom, Drawing Room, and Dining Room Furniture, of our own manufacture always in Stock. Furniture re-paired, re-polished, re-covered, eto. Venetian Blinds re-painted and made to order. wote^Ad^-rp j£. UNDRILL AND CO.. (LATE PICKFORD AND UNPRILL.) OPPOSITE ARCADE, AND NEXT BUILDING SOCIETY'S OFFICE, TANCRED STREET. W^f SPECIAL BARGAINS 111* /nSw^ yl!^^ A^MONG other Special Bargains HSwRm We nOW o^red a lot of ■ HlB WSm %^ CHOICE DEESS GOODS /BwPlf vH^^PSn^ *n ne newes^ designs, 8a 9d fall JtHh "^llK^^Sll dress—usually 16s 9d, and many a/0/ °thel Bargainß in M departmontß, /^B^BHS" choige millineey, /^^iw^PlH^W ■ whi 'chmUßfcall>clearßdoUt' W. H. COLLIEB. WILLIAM WILLTAMSON, (Late of LONDON and WELLINGTON,) ; LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S HittH CLASS TAILOE^ EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. FIT,|3TYLE an^ WORKMANSHIP nobjto>e Surpassed. A Well Selected Stock of TWEEDS AND WOOLLENS ALWATB ON HANDj STEPHENS BROS., MAEKBT HOUSE, TNVTTE all lovers of a real Cup of Tea, to drink none but Mandarin and Tiger Blends* IOKNO^LEDGED BY EXPERTS to bathe BEST AIL ROUND TEAS «t the Prices— 2s, 2s 4d 9 2s 6d,per pound, In 1, 5, 10, 20, and 4Glba packages. $#•:■■ . .... > SOLE AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON, Stephens Bros,, market house. [Sole Agents for New Zealand—J, RATTBAY & SON, DUNEDIN ~~ TO FARMERS. ICCORMICK MACHIM The Best of All- Second to Hone WE HAVE now on view the new MoODRMICK STEEL BINDER with SIMPLE KNOTTEK for Season 1893-94, and invite all farmers to inspect. Reduced Price. Also Binding Twine of the best quality ac prices that prevent competition Binding Wire, Castor, Olive, Sperm, Ij^rd, Valvoline, Lufcroline, Neatsfoofc- Cylinder, and Machinery Oils at bottom prices Fishing Tackle in immense variety. Fishing Licenses New Goods in Electro-plate for the Xmas Season and pießentationei 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 & GO. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE MoCORMICK REAPER AND BINDER-