The Ashburton Guardian.

vol. xv. no. 3479

Asiiburtojs : ftlonlaf, January 7 ? 1895,

price: one penny



Busipoys Notices. PIANOFORTE. MISS FRIEDLANDER begs to an nounce that her Music Term will commence on October 1. Te« bis Moderate, Addresa—Tancred Street, Ashbarton. 16 LONGBEACH COACH. ( "■■ X and after WEDNESDAY, Janu "• ary 2f the Longbe&ch Coach will start from Ash burton at 4 p.m. R. R. BROWNE;, Ooachmani ~~IRS A. T RTSBITCTiF"" "DEGS fo inform the numerous friends '-*-' and clients of he late husband, : A. V. lIOIIOri'OM, THAT SHE WILL CARRY ON THW BUSINESS OB' PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE SAME PREMISES MOORE STREET, ASHEURTON Cabinets, beautifully enamelled, 16s pc doz j Plain, 123 per doz ; Carte de Visit enamelled, 10s per doz ; Plain, 7s 6d. WONEY TO LEND on approved Freehold Security, at Lowest Curren Bates* H. 0, ORBELL, Solicitor, -Ashbu ton. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING & INVEST : MENT SOCIETY. rpHE Cfflce of this Society will, on and JL after JANUARY 5, 1895, BE CLOSED ON SATURDAYS at 1 p.m.. Instead of Wednesday, FOR THE WEEKLY HALFHOLIDAY, In c mpliance with ihe Shops and Shop Assistants Act, 1894. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager. G, Jesson (LateJ. QUINN) fIIHE Cheapest and Best Wr.tchmaker X and Jeweller m Ashburton. Watches cleaned and Guaranteed twelve months—4s 6J ; all other repairs equally cheap. Rotherham's Watches from £4 03 English Levers from £3 Gold Brooches from 8d Silver Brooches from Is 61 Spectacles to suit all sights from 13 pei pair. —Note the Abdeess— G. JESSON, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. loz Prevention IS WORTH P9UKDS OF CURE Why ruin your Reapers and ulowe^. by using inferior Lubricating Oils, whic.. Lire your horses and clog the Machines, when you can obtain a true Lubricant ike VAIiVOIiIS® which has been thoroughly tested all over the world and pronounsed Unequalled. Obtainable from all Storekeepers or the Agents EDWARD EEECE & SONS, CHRISTCHURDH DULL TIMES. GREAT CASH SALE OS 1 BOOKS, STATIONFRY, FANCY GOODS, MUSIO, &c, &a FOR ONE MONTH ONLY AT L. F. ANDREWES & COB. TTUNDREDS OF POUND? WORTH MUST BE SOLD AT A GREAT SACRIFICE FOR CASH; SALE NOW ON. I*. F. ANDREWES & CO., STATIONERS' HALL THK TALK OF THE DRAWING ROOMS AT THE PRESENT TIME IS ABOUT Saxon Tea. £1000 TO BE GIVEN AWAY Indiscriminately with the Latest and MOST DELICIOUS TEA YET IKTRO* DUCED, "Saxon 3' Brand OF PURE BLENDED TEAS. LOOK OUT FOR COUPONS. See that you get "SAXON" Brand of Pure.Blended Teas. They are Delicious and most Economical. Once tried you will have no other. Drinking Cheap and Inferior Tea is most Injurious, and should be avoided. Sold Retail by all tho leading Store keepers, and » holesale by the Saxon Tea Company, Christchurch. Half-chesfcs, Boxes, Tin |and Packet*. | 2s id ancj2 i



Business Notices. Hampton's FURNITURE WAREHOUSE EAST STREET. (Near Patching's npRY HAMPTONS FOR Perambulators for 22a 6d, Perambulator?, Reversible Hoods, from 36s (patent rubber tyres), Basketware, Chest of Drawers, Bedsteads, Cheap Furni ture, Colonial Couches, Wire Spring Mabtresses £1, Best Quality 255. Great Assortment of Crockery and Fancy Goods Cheap. Second-hand Furniture JBought or Exchanged. Furniture of tfl kinds carefully Re paired, Mattresses Re-made and Suites Re-upholstered. Carpets taken up, Cleaned, and Re-iaid. EAST STREET, Below Patching's ' 'ft' (I FOOME to you with a small affair that you may need. In England, the Continent, and many foreign countries nyself and wares are well known, Many American families on their •eturn from abroad bring my articles ivith them, for they know them pretty yell, but you may not be one of these. Confidence between man and man is ilow of growth, and when found, its ■arity makes it valuable, I ask your sonfidence and make a reference to his Journal' to endorse that confidence, '. do not think it will be misplaced. I make the best form of cure—-an absolute one—for biliousness and leadache that can be found iD this rear. The cure is so small m it elf, and yet its comfort to you is o great—twenty minutes being its imit when relief comes—that it has >ecome a marvel of its time. One and i , half grains of medicine, coated with ugar is my remedy, m the shape of me small pill, known to commerce as )e Haydock's New Livee Pill. '.t is old m the market of Europe, but 3 new to North America. The price 3 as low as an honest medicine can >c sold at, 25 cents. Send a postal ard for a sample vial, to try hem, icfore you purchase. DR HAYDOCK,.. 63 Fulton St, N.Y., NEW ZEALAND DRUG CO., Christchurchjv General Agents. 8 161 THE PREMIER TEA OP THE WORLD. Bichest and loveliest flavour. More economical than any other kinfl, Becommended by the Medical Faculty. All. Injurious Ingredients removed. Promotes digestion—strengthen* the con stitution. It's numerous competitors are falling away like magic. A BLESSING TO MANKIND. Prices, 2s 6d and 2s per Ib Ask year Grocer or It, HENRY ZANBEB, Wholesale. A genl! REMEDY FOB CONSTIPATION Db Sotjligoux's VICHY LAXATIVE POWDER Agreeable to take, ao's smoothly but surely Apply to- J L de Lambert, 49, Elizabeth street, Melbourne FALIERJSS* PHOSPHATINB idded to milk oompletbs all that is wantin for the formation of the boDes, digests easi'y and m short forms the full development of ihe child Easily taken by the Smallest Baby Strongly recommended to nurses to ensure rood nourishment Apply to—J Lde Lambert, 49. Elizabeth street, Melbourne '^BaTr^tWoTheri^ DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, etc. "THE HALL,' EAST STREET, . ASHBUBTON. BEG to notify that all businessmen nections as partners between them selves and Mr H. Bairstow, Cabinet maker and Upholsterer, have been severed by mutual consent, as from May 1. 1894. ALSO, that they are now receiving their first consignments of NEW SPRING GOODS, Consisting of GENERAL AND FANCY DRAPERY, CLOTHING, MERCERY, ETC. To which they respectfully beg; to draw the^attentior of purchasers m search of STERLING VALUE. Barrett Bros. 107



_ ' iti"Ni ■"[■■i^i^h^iML£iifci^^^^m jJF YOU UK£ MCE TE^' ASK YOUR GROCER FOR ¥&*/&;& CtXraHATEDfcJHE'BiM»!A'JMWft«| PURE INDIAN CHINA&CEYCON TEASI I PROCURABLE I v. , . j Wheat. Wheat. WE AEfi PROMPT CASH BUYERS OF Prime Milling Wheat, AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES. We are also prepared to store Grain on Farmers' account m oar New Grain Stores West Street, Ashburton, on very avourable terms. Full sized Cornsacks and Twine Supplied ab LOWEST CURRENT RATES, ROLLIfIND CO.. CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. " Offices and Stores WEST STREET, ISHBURTON DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox, and Co.) A UOTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE, iND ESTATE AQENT, VALUAIOR 1 WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON' Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashborton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fat, Hides, etc., on FRIDAYS Sales of Wool throughout the season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Clearing Sales as per arrangement AGENT FOX- Watson and 00., Christchurch Oolonial Investment Company, Dunedin Booth, McDonald, and Co , Christchurch White's Sheep Dip Massey-Harns Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Co., Dunedin Planet Jupiter Ga-dan and Field Took] DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton. I HAVE THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES FOR SALE CHEAP— R.iS. 25048, 30068-Part of the original preemptive on Shepherd's Bush Estate, All fenced, sub-divided, and m English grass. Splendid land Road dividing it from Montalto. Low price, easy terms. £0 acres Bush side. Fourrromed House, larga atable, orchard, all m grass splendidly improved. 462 acres —Chertsey, Good House and improvements 588 acres—Three miles north from Chertsey, Splendid Improvements liJ- 1096 acres—All m English Grass, thoroughly improved ' 31£ icres— Allenton, splendid Land, must be very valuable m years to come 248 acres—Kyle, well-improved 1600 acres —Mitcham, Good Land, m First-class order 330 acres- Westerfield, 200 acres been m turnips, fenced 50 acres— Hinds Township, Fenced, etc 50 acres—Hinds, Perpetual Lease, 28 years to run 110 acres—Rich Swamp Land, Splendid Dairy Farnn, Worth Looking after, Close to McDonald's woolehed, Orarl B> Thoinai, Ashburton. BOT-FLY REMEDY T HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SUPPLY OF THE CELEBRATED "-fISSTRTTS EQUI BALSAM j A Certain Cure for Bots DAVID THOMAS. 1 HAVE BEEN APPOINTED LOCAL AGENT FOR THIS SALE OF BELFAST CHEMICAL MANURES, And can Supply— SUPERPHOSPHATES, BLOOD MANURE, POTATO MANURE, BONE MEAL & BONE DUST In iasge or small quantities. David Thomas, ASHDUBTONj siEAEMAN BROS., MABKET HOUSE- There s no tea like the Tiger, It's no matter what they say ; And if you want a real good sort Then have the Blendid Tiger Tea^ Then there's no Tea like the Tiger, Notwithstanding all their puff] They try to imitate its qualitie . But they haven't got tbi stuffy Then drink no Blend but the Tiger's For its merits are supreme, The other comparisons are just s.mi?. * As skim milk is to cream. Shearman Bros., market housli AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON, i EATTJRAY «S^SQN S Agents for New;Ze&l»nd



Business Notice . New Zealand Insurance Company. KSTA BLIShTsT) 0' 1 _ 1859 CAPITAL^OnFMILLION, THEPEEMIEE AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED tOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND UfARINE RISKS. ALSO,- RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, Ac, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RATJW MILES & CO., LIMITED.! AGENTS. BEATH'S GEEAT ANNUAL GIFT SEASON COMMENCES TO-DAY. IjpVEItY Customer spending 2s 6d or more wiil receive a Coupon (with marked on face) entitling th holder to select a Gift (o the amounc stated on Ticket, Tickets can be held (ill a number are accumulated, and may be presented any time untiljDecember 31. Customers may, however, select a Present at time of purchase. JUST OPENING— 10 Oases; of the LATEST NOVELTIES m Olrinaware. GLASSWARE,—Japanese and Faney 3 LEATHER GOODS,—Toys, Dolls, etc. BOTH USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL, G. L. Beath & Co., DRAPERS AND OUTFITTERS, TANCRED STREET. A. J. WHITE'S Artistic and Economical House-Furnishing Warehouse, CHRISTCHUROH. Invites all to Call and inspect Ms Stock COTTAGES ITUIfcNISJKEiD, Including CUTLERY, BLANKETS, HEETS, EARTHENWARE, POTS Eto TWO ROOMS, COMPLETE .„ .- .- ... £9 to £10 FOUR ROOMS « .„ .» .... £17 to £25. FIVE ROOMS, from ... £35 to £80 SIX ROOMS «. ... ... .- - - £50 to £100 CATALOGUES POSTED FREE. WAREHOUSE AND STEAM FACTORY] TUAM AND ST. ASAPH STREETS, CHRISTCHURCH] THE Recent Arrivals of Several Extensive Shipments have made m all Departments most Complete. CARPETS, FLOORCLOTH AND LINOLEUM} FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS BEDSTEADS AND BEDDING, UPHOLSTERY, OROOKERY AND FURNISHINGS, IRONMONGERY a."jTw"hTte SEWING MACHINES. THIS WOBLB'S CHAMPION. The I>avis Vertical Fee if, IN a contest with all the best machines m the * odd, at the Paris Exhibition, 1889 obtained the highest award—GOLD MPJDAL. THE DAVIS "VEBTICAL FEED. First Award Dunedin Exhibition ... ... 1889 & 90 Melbourne 1880 & 89 Adelaide ... ... ... ••« 1881 Sydney 1880 GOLD .M.-tUDiULr. Highest award at the World's Columbian Exposition, CHICAGO. Unecmalled for Embroidery and Art Work. Its chief recommendation Is that it GIVES ENTIRE SATISFACTION TO ALL WHO USE IT, /k Wovelty.— THE NEWIXROP CABINET MACBINE. FREE TRIAL. FREE LESSONS. : Payments arranged to suit purchasers SOLE AGENT— MiJfsoir & co., 220 COLOMBO STBEET, CHRISTCHUBCH> AGENTS for Griswftjd's Knitting Machines. Sewing Machines of>ll kinds .^paired, by skilled workmen.?! 10 76



( Business .Notices PAX OIDIUM MANUFACTURED BY Uounelle Jeuna, SALON—FRANCE* dole Agents for Australia CEO. BURK FRANGART & CO. soxißiiti: pj. MELBOURNE. A MOST powerful Insecticide, and guaranteed to destroy Oidium, Mil dew, Vine Parasites, Chlorosis, and Para- j sitical Insects of Plants, Vegetable Gardens, etc Is now m use n most of the Vineyards In Victoria and gives great satisfaction. The Par Oidium has been tried m the grea Western District on Peach Trees with great success. ORPHAN OIL, The great discovery for Phylloxera, Oodlln Moth, and disease m Sugar Cane, For Pamphlets and al information apply GEO. BURK FRANOART ft 00., 3 Somerset Place, MELBOURNE LOW VIIALITI DR CHURCHILL'S Syrup of Hypophosphite of Lime is prescribed by the faculty for the cure of Consump tion, Chronic Cough and general debility IT contains two of the principal ingredients necessary for building up the Human Frame, and which are considered deficient m the above complaints, viz, Phosphorus and Lime. It canno be too Wghly recommended for delicate children. Dr Churchill's Compound Syrup of HYPOPHOSPHITES is real brain food, and m cases where muscular and nervous exhaustion has acquired a world-wide reputa tion. Each bottle bears Dr Churchill's signature. rcpared only by SWAN, CHEMIST. PARIS t. i ■ ...I THE UNIVERSAL SINAPISM MUSTARD LEAF "18 of ati easy employ, clean, takes little space, is ready -*- for immediate use air! acts.promply Everybody should always have at hand a few Mus tard leaves, for they are known to prevent a great number of indispositions The Sinapism is employed with success m cases of Neuralgia, Diseases of the Throat, Palpitations of the Heart, Convulsions, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Conges tions, Paralysis, Apoplectic Fits Prepared with choice Mustard Powder the Uni versal Sinapism possesses all the qualities of conserva tion and activity Directions for use accompany each sinapism P H I o : P Mkt-ley, 135 Rue St Antoine " lo be had from all Chemists and from **" Australian Drug Company Ltd Sydney TO THE PUBLIC. ETAVING started Business as HORSESHOER & GENERAL BLACKSMITH m the Wakanui Road, m that shop known as Rab's, directly opposite Mr Ohilds, I beg to ask my friends and the publi: m general for a fair share of their patronage. To meet the times lam doing firs class shoeing, hacks ss; draughts 6a. R YOUNG, BLACKSMITH. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT 3UCIEIY New Zealand Branch Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington. Local Board of Directors :  _ _ Ihe Hon Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., Mi.O, (Chairman) _ The Hon Charles J. Johnston, MX.Ci (uepirty Chairman) Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq TheHon Edward Bichardaon, C.M.GU M.L.L John Duncan, Esq Medical Officer f Dr G;E. Anson, M,D.,M.R.C.S. (England) THE OLDEST, WEALTHIER AND MOST PROSPEROUS Australian Life Office, *nd thb LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a BONUS EVERY YEAR Ihe Method 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 m the Australasian Colonies. ACCUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £12,000,000 (TWELVE MILLIONS) Stbelino ANNUAL INCOME, £2,000.000, (TWO MILLION STERLING). POLICIES IN FORCE ... 1 10,53fl Sum Assured Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £5,683,415 BONUSES BONUS for ONE year, 1893, JE448,790, yielding CASH Beversionary Bonuses amounting to £910,000 after making SPECIAL RESERVES. CASH BONUSES declared; lor last FIVE years, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonusei exceeding FOUR MILLIONS' ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE A. M. P. SOCIETY And bacure a BONUS EVERY-"XBAR Expenses of Management 82 per cent he total income EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary Branca Office- Custom House Quay, Wellington Christchurch District Office- Cathedral Square. ' JAMES HAIR, 1 District Secretary I H ZANDER, L' cal Broker Ashburton i THE DENSMOBE THE WORLD'S GREATEST TYPEWRITER. HPHIiOW away your pens, and conduct you I correspondence on Modern Principles A. fortnights trial will convince you of the superiority of the Typewriter over the Pen, and of the Densmoke over all other Type writers Free nstruotion to Shorthand Writers THE DENSMORE TYPEWRITER Co, Ld 51, Graoeohueeh Sheet, London,



tmsiness Notices HION STEAMSHIP COMPANT OF NEW ZEALAND. STK AMKRS S 4ILF R OM LYTTELTON <\8 UJSDER: For Westport and Greymouth—Weekly. Wellington—Daily, Napier Wharf—About every 10 days. Nelson and Pioton— Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday. Auckland via east coast Ports—Every Thursday. Auckland via west coast Ports—Every Thursday. IDunedin—Monday, Friday and vSatur day" -,- j Hobart and Melbourne via Dunedin and Bluft—Every Saturday. Sydney via Auckland-Every Friday. Sydney via Cook Straits — Every Tuesday. In addition to the foregoing services there are frequent services to all Ports by small steamers at irregular intervals, for particu lars of which see advertisement m Christ church daily papers. For particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton. mMONT HOUSE 20 WYNYARD SQUARE, SYDNEY, IS a refined social HOME, containsforty large airy bed l roomf, most fashionable and central position, one i minute from General Post Office- Board optional, or ■ board only, by day or week; drawing and smoke j rooms, hot and cold baths, excellent•<»»««. i AH the conveniences of a hotel. le™s-V"y moderate. Hot Luncheon. Save tram and busfares, and time. Permanents Special Terms. Write for particulars. £^COTttHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, " Influenza, Consumption, to, &c Trnawim <AY'S COMPOUND ESSENCE OF LINSEED, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &C /AY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, ior V Coughs, Colds, and Chest Complaints X AY'SCOKPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is equally V serviceable for horsea and cattle S AY'S TIC PILLS, a specific m Neuralgia Faceache, V &c Contain Quinine, Iron, &o INUM CATHARTIOTM PILLS, d gestive, correc tive, and agreeably aperient .... ~  SxOAG^NI-Cement for Broken Articles. Sold O everywhere. Manufactory, Stoclqwrt, England^ rrOWtii" Pennyroyal and SteeiTpills for females T^nickly correct all irregularities, and relieve the jiktresßine svniptona so prevalent with the sex, iwfis 1M to 2s 9d, of all Chemists and Patent ISneVlndcM Prepared only by the Lincoln and & Counties Drug Co, Lincoln, England Whole sale of al the Wholesale Houses. Beware of muta tfogg- __ . ——* tTlating's powder jr EATING'S POWDER, IV rr EATING'S POWDER, XV IS EATING'S POWDER, XT' EATING'S POWDFR, ■x/ EATING'S POWDER, JtV This powder, so celebrated, is utterly un rivalled m destroyiog Bugs, Fleas, Moths, Beeties, and all insects (while perfectly harmless to animal life ) All woollens and furs should be well sprinkled with the pow der, before placing away. It is invaluable to take to the seaside. To avoid disappoint ment insist upon having Keating's Powder, No other powder is effectual /BUGS, FLEAS, SILLS- MOTHS, BEETLES, Unrivalled m destroying Fleas, Bugs, Cockkoches, Beetles, Moths m Furs and every other species of insect. Sportsmen will find this invaluable for destroying fleas m the dogs, as also ladies for their pet dogs. Ttie Public are Cautioned that every package of the genuine powder bears the autograph of Ihomas Keating. Without this any article offered is a iraud. Sold m TiDS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS A Purely Vegetable Sweetmeat, both m appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only cfrtain remedy for Intestinal or Thbead Worms, It is a perfectly safe and mad preparation, and is especial y adapted for children. Sold m Tins by all Druggists Proprietor; Thomas Keating, j London ] [pi POWDERS I nJJ^ relieve feverish heat, prevent fits, convulsions, etc. Preserve a healthy state of the conati. ttr^on during; the period of Teethes;. jjjTht words "JOHN BTEEDMAK A *r Shemist, Walworth, Surrey," 1> |N tngrr'*<l on tlie Government Stamp qffixedlotacn fu<Mt- Sold by Kempthor^k, Pkosseb, and Co; Venie Mower. SINGING] THE THIRD TERM will commence September 11. Miss Flower will be pleased to receive intending Pupils aa early as possible at her residence, Cox ia'treat. 58 0, DIGBY, IN thanking his old friends and thb public for their supporfc m the past, begs to notify that he intends resuming his former business as a BUTCHER, and trusts by supplying Meat of the Beet Quality at reasonable prices to merit their farther favors and supporfc. 0. DIGBY, (Next H. Zander's) Bast Street, Ashbucton. Drawing? A Painting Classes. W W H. T Air A TTENDS on TUESDAYS at Mr _£X Gates' Dresden School of Music to ghe lessons In the above subjects. All Information can be obtained from Mr Gates or from W. H. Tait, Timaru. Old Paintings renovated and repaired. Portraits painted. Rhecmatism.—Dr E. Gordon's remedy never fails m permanently curing rheuma tism, lumbago, sciatica, gout, etc, one bottle gives relief. Price 10s, post free. J. W. gleytou, P.O. Box 234, DunecUn