THE ASBBURTON OUARDIAN : SATUBDAY, JUNE 9, 1894.

Printed and published by the Ashburton Publishing Company, Ltd, at tfaeil i (team printing office. Burnett Street, Astburton SATURDAY. June 9, 1894-



Public Notices MRJ ELLTS'g SHORTHAND CLASS will meet Every FRIDAY'KVKNING, at 8 o'clock, afc Gates' School of Music, Terms moderate. 5 118 DRESDEN PIANO COMPANY'S DEPOT SCHOOL of MUSIC, Paotdbiis* Buildings, Ashborton. $laNO3 by the best makers, in stock, at LOWEST PRICES. MUSIC— As our firm keeps the Largest Stock of Music in New Zealand, all orders entrusted to me wil be be satisfactory executed, YIOIINS, VIOLIN STRINGS, VIOLIN REQUISITES. Horace A. Oates, AGENT AND MANAGER. 5 2 AUSTEALIAK MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY New Zealand Branch Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington; Local Board of Directors : fb» Hon Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G.. M.L.O. (Chairman) Iha Hon Charles J. Johnston, Mi,O* (deputy Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq XheHon Edward Richardson, 0.M.G., M.L.C Jolua Danoaa, Beet ,__ ' Medical Officer: IDrW.a;Kemp,M.B.C.S. (England) ffllHE OLDEST, WEALTHIEbI MOST PROSPEROUS Atoeramah Life Office, 4ND thi. LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIKE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERY TEAR lhfe Method oit Valuation adopted by this Society is tithe most Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi derably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that bald by acv other office in the Australasian Colonies. ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS (TWELVE MILLIONS) SXBEiaKO ANKT7AL INCOME, £2,000,000. (TWO MILLION STERLING). POLICIES IN FORCE .„ 119,83S Bum Assured , 439,388,071 Ondi Bonuses Divided .. .. £5,f83,41S BOHUSJESS CASH BONUS for ONE year, 1898, £418/790, yielding .Reversionary Bonuses amounting to £910,000, after making SPECIAL RESERVES. CASH BONTJSBB declared for last FIVE veoru, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonusei exceeding TOUR MILLIONS ' ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THB A. M. P. SOCIETY And baonre a BONUS EVERY •SEAR: Expends of Management 8| per oent of the total income EDWARD W, LOWE, Kesident Secretary Branca Office- Custom House Quay, Wellington OhrißttJburch District Office— Cathedral Square... JAMES HAIX, Diofcriet Secretary H ZANDER, Local Broker Aahburton THE. BEST | Family liedicine CURE SICK HEADACHE, ! CONSTIPATION, Dyspepsia, Liver Troubles I MAST TO TAKE PURELY VEGETABLE the delicate sugar-coating of Ayer's Pills rtissolvcs immediately on reaching the stom ftch, H.nd permits the full strength of each iiwecrent to be speedily assimilated. As a rathartifi, cither for travellers or as a family medicine, Ayev'a Pills are the best in the world; prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. Sv®ry. Dos© Effective. I^**" Be war© of rlipjrp imitations. Tli« name— Ayer's Pills—is ;m>ir)inent tn the wirapjiir, iziiil is blown iv tiid L'l:!«-- nf f'H. I]' **' nnv lvitt.ic.e- HAHOKB & Sonn Eucalypti JExtrac Therear ■ imitations of Eucalypti' 1 Extract in the »arlsetnow, iwiucts of s mjje itistD'atiou forming ru^e rrgiooas oils- In order that thpse crude oils may not be taken, Oun Puke Volatile Eucalypti EXTRACT, whits'- ia recoenifed by the medical division of ihe Pmsshn Qovc!rnnae"t to be of p-r ---fwtly pure origin, as their in formation for warded to ts« through the Consul at Melbourne, March 3,1878 lie state : - U p<-w<sd by te'ts by t*je Medicil Chaic« or he TJilivar?ities at Boan anfi Q-riefevval' 1, Pcu'sia. ani ■eported by Dr Schule, Profo-por of Paimtcolojrv*. Nt f on, and Pro'essor Dr Mo=ler, Director of the Medical Clinic at Greifswald, that only product!' that urs saturated with oxygen and freed of a^ids, resinocs «D(! other substances, adherent to primary iistillation, will develops the sanative qualities pioperto the plant (Kwwdsng to thesa authorities, siud according to Pro ifsor Dr (4 ter of Baglnnd, ani to Drs Bauer, clntire, Wood, Hazard, ftp., of America, is the only attract oorresponrting 1 to scientific tests, and the fnly On which poss ns3ea tlw proper therapeutic yal-ie. Sander «fc Son's Eucalypti Extract AH other crude oils are to be classed among the tur|je"ti-irts, which h ye, when uscl as medicine, no thcrftpertic effect and are abandoned as an internal media.Tie-it. Tn« c so call d Eucalypti Extracts wh eh may have received distinction at Inhibitions as commeroi"! articles «re used for me;hanical pur o<>(® are o ly dit-cer'ible:— 2 By their deficiency In pungent odour (Which our pr diuit, tlie only'gejmino i'-ucaKpti Kxtractß de volo).es most freely through its surplus of oxygen) By their alcoholic thin fml mobile appearance, beine rccuced in special density throngh the prese'-.ce of -ififcls By thi'.ir t: :*% t)w re-«!t of th contract ing tea dtney o' rf-ii).* wi tuDiiates. If these"cr'.ideoiln, ;-0 (•«!!«.I cncilyjiti oxtraefs arc applied by mistake iv cuvi-so crmip, brouohitis, diph theria) internal iafamm.ations, dysentery, wounds, the consequences are appalling For sife v al A-cys aalc for Sandeb and son's KDCAr.yi'Ti Extkact and sret ffae old, wcll-tes ed a« 1. reliable preparation.-.fand tarst, Victoria, AuetraUa, ANDKK AND SDK'S rnHA'C which btinffa most iiglifc and J, hope to poorest homes ia Titan Soap THE DENSMOBE TOE WORLD'S GREATEST 'IYPEWRITEK. "TpHHOW away your pen?, and conduct your X cnrrespondfn'je on Modern Principles. A. fortnight'^ trial will oonvinca you of the mippriori y <-f tho Typewriter over the Pec, tad of ttie DesbMobe ovur all othc-r Type wriie^s F.ee nalructicn to sJhcrthand Writers THE DENSMOBE TYPEWRITER Co, L;i, gi, GrAocohurob S'.rett, Loadoo, E C



I Public Notices J ; C~M. BROOKE B' FGS TO JsOTIFY to hia numerous i Country Customers that in future ! he will attend at hie late Shop, "THE OISPEHSARY," EVERY SATURDAY AETERNOON from 3 to 4. C. M. BROOKE solicits the Patronage of former Customers for his Successor, Mrs JPrieltard. Pbescriptiokb Accurately Prepared. Horse and Cattle Medicines, Patent Medicines and Sundries at Ohristehurch prices, and every attention given by her new Manager, MR F. E. WHITE, Registered Chemist, igent for Brooke's Soluble Arson c Powder. The beat; tried remedy for Foot Rot In Sheep. Price 4d per 1b TO THE PUBLIC. ETAVING started Business as HORSESHOER & GENERAL BLACKSMITH in the Wakanul Road, in that shop known as Rak's, directly opposite Mb CfilLDa, I beg to ask ray friends and the public in general for a fair share of their patronage, To fmeeb the times I am doing first cl<*ss shoeing, hacks ss; draughts 6a. R YOUNG, BLACKSMITH. LANDELLS AIST> PBESTON Burnett Street, next Ashbarton 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 his apprentice ship with Charles Fnrrell 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 maehin a and Engines of every description REPAIRED Stencil Plates, Nam? Plates, and In graving done COOPER'S SHEEP DIP. TO IHE SHEEP FARMERS OB 1 THE ASHBURTOtf DISTRICT, T Beg to notify that I have appointed MR J. G. RESTELL, OP ASHBURTON, Agent for the Sale of COOPER'S CELEBRATED SHEEP j DIPPING POWDE», AND 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 Me Resteix, who will see that j the same success is ensured in the future. MORE SHEeFaRE DIPPED annually throughout the World with COOPER'S SHEEP DIP THAN WITH ALL OTHER DIPS ADDED TOGETHER. W. LAKE, Agent, 126 Hereford Street, Christchurch. U.S,S.CO :; t jj^ tJ SS CO UNMAN STEAMSHIP OOMPAISS OF NEW ZEALAND, STEAMERS SAIL fro m LYTTEL TON AS OT TJER: For Wellington—Monday, Tuesday, Wed nest.ay, Thursday, %rv& Saturday. . Picton and Nelp jn ~-Tuesday, Tbursda and Saturday. Auckland, v;, a East Coast ports—Every Monday. Auckland, vii West Coas ports—Every Thursday. Dune Jin—Monday, Tuesday and Friday Hob^rfc »nd Melbourne—Every Tues 'lay. Sydney, via Auckland, every Monday. &ydnoy } via Cork Straits, every Tues day. For particulars apply to M tES;&;CO. LIMITED. AGENTS, ASHBURTON MAIL $ GUARDIAN. CHRISTCHUROH AGENCY. \t \ R J. R, SIMPSON has been 4 V i vppoinfced our A.GENT at Christchurc and ia 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, 1894. i



C*reat Warehouseman's Clearing Purchase. I _____ ■ * EXfRAORDINARY PRICES. BOYS 1 COLONIAL KNIOKER SUITS IN TWEEDS OF THE FINEST QUALITY AT . 35 PEE CENT UNDEB MILL PBICES. PRESENT PRICES—6s lid, 7s 6d, 7s lid, 8a 6d, 8s lid, 9a 6a, 93 lls 10s 6d, 10a lid, lls 6d USUAL PRICES—IOa 6d, 11b 63, 12a 6d, 13s 6d, 14a 6d, 15s 6d, 16b 6d 17s 6d, 18a 6(J, 19s 6d , AS it is impossible to replace any of these goods at the price, intending purchasers should inspect aa coon as Possible W. H. COLLIER, Draper Clothier, Etc., ""'THE COBNEB." EEDUCTIONS. KEDTJGTIONS. ' SHORT FIREWOOD. SHORT FIREWOOD. I 25s per Cord, Deliyered. KEEP YOUR HEARTHS WARM, W. H. COLLINS & CO. ' l /Royal Insnrance Company, 1 Grey Valley Coal Company* I &.UENIS FOR JSpnnsifield Pottery Company 1 Corben and Go's Celebrated Enamelled Mantelpiece 1 iMcKen ies Furniture Renovator Yalno^tih Oi|lskin Clothing |Heayy Bou 5 Wester. AFTEK TWO DAYS' TBIAL, ; i —VERDICT— UN>HIM|OXSLY IN FAVOR ■ \ i\ OF i i \ ON SALE OiNLY MITCHELL I TURNER I TANCBED STREET. I; t (■



; CITY CLOTHING COMPANY, EAST STREET, Next; Salek'a Jeweller. -ft JTB, GEORGE RANSOM, having accepted the Management in Aehburfcon of the above, will open up on (Saturday IText, MAY 26, with a Large and Well Assorted Stock of MSN'S CLOTHING, SHIRTS, COLLARS, TIES, Etc., which will be placed before the Public AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES Fob Net CASH. A Capital line of Tweed Suits at 29a 6d G. R. invites all old friends and ac quaintances to give him a call in his new position. SMITH'S T>REMIER T^HEAT TQRESSING O7 E Have to announce the arrival of our Shipment of this FAVORITE WHEAT DRESSING. Although the area of Land under wheat last year was much less than usual, the Sales of this Dressing more than Doubled the PREVIOUS YEAR. A 38 PACKET IS SUFFICIENT FOR 50 BUSHELS OF SEED. AdbBURTON DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED. MANUFACTURERS' AGENIS. Agents— Rakaia Miles and Co., Limited. Leeston : F. Jameson. i



a cardl] M IBB M° BEIDE LADIES' NURSE, , iirnrjtt Streets West (a few doors from Drillshed), ASHBURTfrN LONGBEACH OOAOH. ON and after MONDAY, April for the winter months, the Longbeach Coach will start from Ash burton at 4 p.m. R. R. BROWNE, Coachman. ~~ » i s «i » « Mlis Venie liower, IT ATE of the Royal College of JLj Music, London, is prepared to give instructions in the above art, Terms upon application. Residence, Cox Street.. At home Mondays Thursdays and Saturdays, from 2 jflU .___? J?!_ * A OAEDj Mrs A, G. C!aridse f TEACHEB OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING. COX STREET, ASHBUBTON. TER.VIS ON APPLICATION. HLleirellyift Owen, PIANOFOIITE, SINSriSG, HARMONjT THK Sec and Term wiill commence May 7. V? wanciea for four pupils. Office hours 4 to 5 p.m. daily. ARC IADE OH- AMBERS, Ashburb on. ) N. B—Ar l experience* ? Pianoforte Tuner always at b *nd. 5 5 AFAC r.-Anyotte drinking Hbamh Tea .unddiecardfaj ? all other• brands, willcerta-' mly add teny ears to his 1U«. Jusfc you f try it. To be had from all Grocers.



I WALKER'S BOTjFLY SEIEDY. IMPORTANT NOTICE, OWING to the numerous requests of large owners these Remsdies have been I reduced to 7s 6d, and where two Seta or more are taken to 6s 6a per set. JSo Remedies ever introduced into this colony have proved so successfnl in restoring the suffering horee as WALKER'S BOT FLY REMEDIES, Very highly recommended at the Eliesmere Agricultural and Pastoral Asociation Show. Awarded the highest Order of Merit at the Northern A. and P. Show; very highly coaamended at the Metropolitan Show at Christchurch November 1,1893. ftj E. Meredith, M.H.E., says:—l had a fine Ashbmton Forks, March 1,1894. : young draught horse got so low in condition that he was unfit for worfe. I got very anxioua MrJ. Heseltine. Sir—l am 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 from you proved quite a success with | very best results. He ia now at his work ac my dying horse. He was ailing for some days, j hearty as ever, jean highly recommend it bis coat got very dry, the ekia tight, a ronning to all horse owners. at the nose and a very bad cough; and was scarcely able to walk about; we quite expected o  _ hewou'd dip. I heard a good deal about wi. -I -. ffioni "Walter's Bot Fly Remedies" and gave it «, w,, Wakanm, April 14,1894. wit h the most satisfactory reßultP, and ehortiy I Mr Walker, Dear S«,-~I have great pleasare aUerhegotthe i aßt bottle he began to im in informing you that the bot fly mixture I and b th end of % week was ab le tot got from Mr HeseUme, your agent, was a £ ork hewt / and welK i fcß iieve it to be a wonderful success. 1 had four horses dioine u neqaa u e a, and can recommed it seriously ill on December last After using all ™» aU oonfid * noe all horß6 owners, ac the ! *- 1— »»«*> * «" «*• vellous. if striotly followed the directions Edwabd Gobbiis given and in a week the horses were out of a 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. Brookeide, Deoembet 12,1892, Mr Cross, Btrnham, got the JRemedy a Mr Walker.—Sir,—l wish to acid my horse sufleiins last yearj on reaohing home testimony to the wonderful effects ol your he waa dead. This seasoa one took bad, alsojj ot pjy Remedies. I had a valuable horse showing the symptoms. He gave the Remedy w hioh got very bad and gradually got worse, [and the second day after, the herHe passed I quite bslieve he would have died. He kept bots in hundreds and is doing well losing flesh, got a dry coat, tight skin, care worn expression of the eye, a cough, running ——. at the nostrile, and could scarcely work I got your remedies and gave them asdireoted. Greenwood Farm, with the most benefioial results; The seeona Bonthbridge, August 2,1892 day after getting the last drench >» began *° I Mr Walker. Sir,—l an glad to bear testi- pass bots in handfuls, some of which I here 'mony to the wonderful efleots of yeurßoi with hand you. Immediately after passing Fw Remedies. One of my beat horses be. the bots he began to roena, and is now as lat oame very bad; the skin tight, the eye life- as butter, hearty and well, thanks to Walker s leas and a bad color, and got low in condition. Bot-fly Remedies Any who doubt sena Anxious to finish ploughing a paddock I did them tome, and I will convince them t&« not want to lay him np until he became ud- your remedies are a boon to the oommums able to lift his feet, or do any more. We had and the suffering horse Every horse shorn to help him into a Btable I gave him yo ar have them in the season, ul am confident Remedies, and the treatment you pie- if used there will be no more deaths com tne scribed, and in a few days he waa quite bot-fly Use this as you please, better, and now at his work, hearty and well, 1 quite believe, had I not given him your H. Lovku* Remedies, he would have died. You can use this as you please. Robibx Thohpbos. AGENTS FOE ASHBURTON—W Anderson &J. Heseltine, Saddlers MANUFACTURER—ROBERT WALKER, Canal Reserve, Woolston Great Amalgamation Sale of Boots & Shoes JT AVING aken over the Stock^nETl NICHOLAS, Bootmaker, and also received a large consignment from a Wholesale Firm in Christchurch for Cash, I intend to hold a .-^ a-nrYWa MONSTER SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. N OFDBR TO REDUCE THE COMBINEdItOCKIS, WE INTEND TO SELL AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICFA SALE COMMENCES ON SATURDAY, MAY 12. Terms [CASffZTurini Sale, S. ANDBBSON, BOOT IMPORTEE, EAST STBE^^SHBUBTON__ . . \T THE BBfIfHOUSB IN f >X TOWM / 5 ///v\ ? r J$ f LINOLEUMS, X O f , FLOOR CLOTHS, V^ f ETC.. Iff.. Important Announcement, fTHE Undersigned has THIS DAY Disposed of his Business to MR S. ANDERSON, and has RSsumed the Management of the latter'a Ashburton Branch. WHIIE THANKING HIS NUMEROOS FRIEND? AND CUSTOMERS FOR PAST SUPPORT HE WOULD SOLICIT A CONTINUANCE OP 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 USUAL j. nkTholas, ' BOOTMAKER NHMiraHSflSil^n&H^iiiiiiiii^ B^^_<slssissS?H*Ps§si§t^§sß9Hß^^H W. Gerard, Canterbury .* 61,000 R. D. MoLkan, Hawke's Bay 58,000 M. 0. Okbkii, Canterbury ... 6,000 Walapoa Station, Glsborne ... 20,000 W. O. Rdthkrfobd, Amnrl.. 20,000 Ida Valley Station, Otogo ... 30,000 3r. W Moßais, Amurl ... 19,000 Soottlsh and New Zealand In . Symons, Marlborouffh .. *5,000 vestment Company, Sooth- I F. H. Richmond, Mariborongl 13,000 land ... 17,00 And by owners of over S,OCC 000 sheep And by many other well-known Flock In New Zealand, and man millions Owners. u.—.~i.~«*. fcu_ « n .i<i Vvwiy Xntrodncad. »3!5553«. a« per P-ej; *&gS&-Sr Another well-known Powder Dip ooite h» 1 Gallon Fluid make* 100 Gauons Dip as mnoa again. Compare tho pricwi Chief Agent B—BLAOKBURNE ft 00, Ohtiitoharoh. distbict AQBNTS-Miles and Co., Limited Aahburton and Rakaia



IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF - EABDLET BROS. BY ORDER OF .THE PURCHASER, £2500 Worth of Drapery TO BE ALMOST GIVEN AWAY. I HAVE THIS DAY received instructions to sell the whole of fcheJStock AT FOUR SHILLINGS IN TEE POUND DISCOUNT liclow Cost Price. This is a Golden Opportunity o Secure GREAT BARGAINS. As the Stock must be Sold by order of the purchaser J. COT HER, 34 MANAGER. GRAIN SEASON 1894. XTfE ARE BUYERS OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, ANL JRYE GRASS, In Large or Small Quantities. Grass Seed Cleaning OUR GRASS SEED CLEANER being admittedly the beet and moat effec tive la the Colony, we are prepared to dean Rye Grass and . Oookafoo on Farmer's jwwoiurt. Charges Moderate. i '' ' Cornsacks WE ABE NOW LANDING EX "MAXWELL 1150 Bales, i ■ Which we are prepared to Supply at LOWF.ST OU&ktBNT KATES i SHEARMAN BROS., MARKET HOUSE, ASK ALL THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THE tUBLIC TO OBSERVE THAT HAYING BOUGHT THE WHOLE STOCK 01? Crockery, Glassware, llolloware, Tinware, Ironmongery, and Grocery, FROM MESSRS STEPHENS BROS, ATA CONSIDERABLE DISCOUNT FOR CASH, fpHEY are now determined to offer the same at prices BELOW those of any legitimate House In 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 poll* tion to Supply the very best Goods at the LOWEST PRICES. Orders entrusted to them will have prompt despatch, and Telegrams and Lett-en will receive their immediate personal attention. Town and Suburban Orders and Orders foe Railway delivered by the firm's/rans, free. Gustomersjwaited apon^for^Orders if requested. SHEAKMAN BROS., MARKET HOUSE] IMMENSE ARRIVAL OF Autumn and Winter JNorelties, THIRST DISPLAY OF NEW DfeESS FABRICS, CHEVIOTS, DIAGONALS, HOPSACKS, SEBGES, ETC, Special attention^ is called to LADIES' MANTLES AND JACKETS, Millinery Department, Ladies are invited to call and inspect a£BfiAUTIFUL SELECTION;OF NEW MILLINERY in the various styles forthe Season, s Department now under New Managemeht,"and every are Us taken provide the latest novelties.