The Ashburton Guardian.

7OL. XVII. NO. 3970

Ashbuktoa: Monday, August 31, 1896.

PRICE: ONE PENNY



I DRAGEES I 1 ofsesgui-Bromureoflron. I N ■  tSvery-outtay made for tht ben' fit of health H ■ ' . is an -economy. * Or. HOCHABD. H . B JDP. B«c<|iiet's »rase«s are the best m ■ flfall the ferruginous medicines against: ■ ■ ANEMIA. CHLOROSIS, HYSTERICS, MENSTRUAL B B DISEASES, LEUCOHRiKE*. EXHAUSTION, PALPI- B B TATI °NS of the HEART.- CHOREA, and all B • ■ diseases proceeding from the impove-B rished condition of ti^fe : blood, -r Why? B Because It Is ihe Only remedy which ■ without ever constipating, regenerates ■ the blood and soothes the nerves. B For, out of ten chloro-anemlc persons, B . nine are enervated, excitable, subject to B headaches, palpitations, and all nervous B symptoms, which are only to be cured ■ 'by Bir. Becqaet'a Bra«6es, because B these alone, are at Ihe same time fl reconstituant and anli-norvous. fl Dou : To take at flnt. two, lattr on, four or rix fl dngteia day.btfore thfineaU. . ■ . ELIXIR and SYRUP of DH.HECQUET I ■ • orsesquißromttrtrorlron. fl Mfra neb, hontaou,! 9. %np tembardi, PAWS fl SYDNEY, Australian Drag ComT>*nylA% MJ —^^~ AMP BY ALU OHIMIBTB. - _^^J DENTISTKI. PAINLESS "EXi?RAOTIOH OF TEETH BY f - ■'■' . ■■ ■ : , NITROUS OXIDE GAS. A Specialty. Fee for administration ... 6s. A ll kinds of Dental work executed the premises* . T . - Satiotaotion Gtjaeamtbbd. G. F."DODDS, ,' ■ ' SURGEON DENTIST, BUBNKTT FtBEET, iSHBU^TON 9 ASHbUHTON ~ PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETT. ADVANCES of £25 and upward ) made on ~l^ - ,v>v.: :'FK^]GHPLD':P&OP£ATT, repayable by . . Monthly, tj!u%rteriy, ot flalf-Yearly Instalments. . Loans also granted for fixed periods a current rates. Further particulars on application to . EDWARD STEPHENS, . Manager Special Special J\i i mi 1 1 in 1 1 i '[??^^Wp!jlT) Afpointment Patronised by Lady Glasgow. A. EOBERTSON & CO., DYEES AND C LJSANE ES CHRISTCHUROH, BEG to announce to the Inhabitants of Ashburton County that MfiS ALCORN, of Havelcck street, has kindly consented to act as their Local Agent and * all Orders left with her will be Promptly > attended to.  - Awarded Silver and. Bronze Medal and First-class Exhibition Certificates ab Nelson, Dnnedin, Sydney and Melbourne Branches m Nelson, Wellington and Ohristchurch. ... . 14 The tender of Mr Gallichan has been v accepted for the patent rights, stock-in- trade, &c, of. the celebrated Bee Oints ment by Mr Scott, D.O.A. It is the intention of Mr Qtlliehan to sell the Bee Ointment m addition to his A. 0. Ointment &c. Bee Ointment WILu Do found an excellent Ointment lot the many diseases the human flesh is so frequently attacked with. Bee Ointment is used and recommended by leading doctors and mid wives. Bee Ointment can be used on the weakest of children, and with equa* . euooess on tbe meat robush. We invite a trial of Bee Ointment and guarantee aatifl* faotion, Prioe la 05.. TRY Q A LlTl CHAN'S A. G. Oiniment. A SURE CURE for Bronohitis Severe Golds, Burns, Boils, Ear- ache, Sore Legs, Chilblains, etc. Price, Is 6d. a.c. ooe¥ ouke.^ For bard or soft corns, warts or bunion Prioe la. A.C. VEGETABLE PILLS For Constipation, Dyspepsia, Sick Headacb c, Indigestion, Want of Appeti te, Female and all Stomach and Liver Com* plaints, etc . , yjA 30 Pills m a box ; price Is 6d. .-f The Ointments are specially manufactured as a horsa and cattle dressing. ■ Dairy farmers and borse owcers will fiDdthem oheap, efSoa- tious and eocnbinioal; Pries 23 6ct. The above lines are etooked by ohemista and Btotes, and will be found quite equal So ; any imported line. ; Irademark and my signature oh every pot* EDWIN GALUGHAN, PROPRIETOH AND MANUFACTUREF v Ashurst, N.Z. '<■. Canterbury Representative, : MR G. P. HOATTEN, ABhbartoD, WANTED Known— Spectacles, Eye Protectors, Goggloe, Folders, and E verything m the optic* Use «t % ;' BiW!K(sOptlcl»n ■ i . -■■-



B y; s ; nesfc Notices STKAIHMORE PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF WOMEN TS NOW OPEN FOR PAtSIEJSTS. For fall particulars, apply to THB MATRON, 1 Stkathmobb Hospital, 170 yhrigtcharch. T&K TJSA OF THE AGrE? Saxon lea. • • 'i Saxon Tea m npRZ IT, AND^YOU WILL HAVI HO OTHER. :. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, Professor Biokeeton reports that SAXON TEAS we absolutely and of good PALM AND JOKO TEAS INDIAN AND CEYLON / "vUR2^4d INDIAN (P^lm Brana, I ' noted for producing 200 large 'lea 'Ups of first-rate Tea to the pound. This i the tea Mr George Jameson sold s wgely. OUR 2a TEAS (Palm and Joke) are qually good value for the money OUR TEAS are so popular that we requently hear of instances of other Teaa ■eing packed and sold m oar empties. Imitation is sincereßt flattery, * but the •üblic should see that they get the genuine rticle Retail from all the principle Store reeper? WHOLESALE FROM JAMESON, ANDERSON, AND CO. 155 Colombo Street, Christchuboh 9 68 nHE GENUINE, DR GUILLIE'S L ELIXIR Fonic, Anti Glarious, and Anti-Bilious. Prepared by Dr Pan! G«ge Fils, Chemist of the Ist Glass. The only proprietor of that remedy. Rue de Grenelle, S. Germain, Paris. Dr Guillie's Elixir is one of the most economical medicines, both ks a Purga- tive and as a Depurative, it is the best remedy against all bilious and glarions disorders . * For more than seventy-five years Dr Guillie's Elixir has been employed with BOccess against diseases of the liver, the spleen, the heart, rheumatism, gout, lever, influenaa, skin diseases, etc Beware of imitations, and Bee that yon get the genuine Dr Guillie's Elixir, which bears the signature of Paul Gage, and mark that each bottle is accompanied by Treatise on Glairs* . Sold by Druggists, Patent Medicine, Dealers, and by AUSTRALIAN DBUG CO., Sydney, N.S.W, g^^ «WB!W6 . lIMOATESC^ PURE CEYLON &INDJAN Norn Within ihe Reach of AH PURE 4! /H CEYLON I/O pi iiap I ."'{ -- •. INDIAN f /HI BLENDED J&FM 4/PERLB.I^/^ SOLO BT ALt CROCERS. HAVE NOTHING ELSE. WANTED Known ~ Bargains fron floor to celling.— Mbilob's Stool l-takiog Boot Sfller



SHEARMAN BROS. / MABKRT HT>UBR Mag^ e ' y?"*^ ce P on drink^g "Oh, yes, dear I aow well remember An^fk l^ . wh J ohyoabuyftfcthedoor * How Auntie suggested thab 7««, A-S rf« do . ct ? ra £or - ever ? re BX * lUn ß> And a blessing from all she'b entitled -and hfe is becoming a bore. For suggesting such excellent Tea. " De l l l M « t^ cr ' \ know that y° ar "eWeuire How happy our home will be, Maggie. are all ruined, r ■. father ia getting so free n«* v i your B y ßt ? m w wrecked to t'ae core. ; Of thoa^Umentslie suffered to ffreatly, ftshiTff^^ fch^' mdrinkiD « 7l Tl N»gh drinking inSrJ^T V§ is tn« stuff that will quiokljr restore. / * ;-s / Vonrnin«-.K 4. v' ■ • I^,. ' Then ietV drink to the health of the * oar illness has taught me m .drinking Agents, ' Be a °M Hn e rS r f f^ ?O L a - OI?O^ bl l!? d 8 - 0 " P^ge we all three agree wKiTf^S ß^ , Tha* from now till the end of existence Wttioh the doctor so highly oommendß., We'U a V ear by the Tiger Blend Tea." Shaarmatt Bros., our Grocers are Agents] God bless them for giving the Q, - To a drink that's a great earthly blessing ' And saved us from bidding Adieu. SHEARMAN -BROS., MARKET HOUSE. AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON RATTRAY & SON," Agenta for New Zealan * ' i of the World the NATURAL FOOD FOR A BABE is MOTHFR'S MILK, and THIS DOES NOT CONTAIN STARCH. ts CANNOT digest STARCHY FOODS, a perfect Artificial Food fox Infants must, therefore, NOT CONTAIN STARCH. CONTAINS NO STARCH. BUT MAKES A PERFECT POOD FOR tHE YOUNGEST CHILDi HBUIN'S FOOD for Infants and Inralldsmay be obtained of all Dealers throughout the World. 8. MELUN, MARLBORO 1 WORKS, PECKHAM, LONDON, ENGLAND. Obry stall & Co., Wardell Bros & Co., & Kempthorne, Prosser & Co., AGENTS— Ohristctrarob.. : DAVID THOMAS, (Late Mataon, Oox and Co.) Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, AS H B U RT Q N. Loans Negotiated • Weekly Sales of Live Stock— Tinwald and Ashburfcon Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc, on Fridays Sales A Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Oleari jg Sales as per arrangements . AGENT FOB— Matson and Co, .Ohristphuroh '. Booth, McDonald and Co, Ohriatchurob White's Sheep Dip Massey-Harris Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Hot Composition Wright, Stevenson and Co, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field Tools ■ Belfast Manures I beg to inform my Rakaia Clients and others that I have appointed Mb W Barcook as my Agent m the Rakaia district DAVID THOMAS, Aihburfcon GREAT RBDDGTIpN JtN PRICE OF PLANET JE. TOOLS- David Thbmas, . ASHBURTON] Important Notice. Closing of the Ashburton Branch. T AST FEW WEEKS OF SALE. Further Reductions. STOCK MUST BE CLEARED, •*%* ■ G, L. BBATH & 00. TANORED STRJJJBT^ ASHBURTON, AND A GHBISTOHURCH.



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. Business Notice*; THE : " THE DATIS SEWING MACHINE. SoM Asrara TOB Nbw a^, NEW DAVIS T'LF'IES^ & CO, w a America has received a very wreat impetus - by the remarkable suooesa they attained at the Chicago Exhibition. Several very im- ' portant improvements were there shown for 220. OGLCttrtO 8* rHTßT<vrrrarmpw xrvvTTn a t wnimr. the fireC fcime » and «o«ved from the judges * wl*.bibu an., OHRISTOHUROH. VEBTIOAL FEED tbd recognition they well merited-SPEOUL AWABDS, The firßt oonsignmenta of theaa latest improved maohines reached this " oolony by the loaio a month- sinoe. and the Agents. Mbssbs MXNSON & 00., say nr7tn SEWfNCr MAdTTTN'R'. fchev are »«ob approved. At the Antwerp. PER Oq WEEK. OHi W liMU luAUniJNUj. Exhibition, 1894, the Davis Maohini wa? w4» D-" ; ' awarded the Gold Medal. .



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Shipping. rpHE jffljjjßfyt NEW ZEALAND OO.'S ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Monte Video. Bio, Teneriffe, & Plymouth Port of Steamers. Tons. Departure. Date. Rimntaka 4515 Lyttleton Buapehu 4202 Lyttleton Sept. 3 Kaikoura 4507 — ' ■ Oot. 1 Ruahine 6127 — Oot. 29 Tongariro j 4183 . — Nov. 26 •nd thence forward every FOURTH THURSDAY. Splendid accommodation for all olasses of passengers^ Warrants issued for passengers from Great Britain on payment of passage men6y, or approved guarantee for same. Fot further partioulara apply to FRIBDLANDER BROS., Ltd. Agents, Ashburton. ifIAW, SAVILt AND ALBION company; limited, for london. iJOVX TJOTAL MAIL STEA- ; »<®JiaKv MERS, with superior f accommodation for all classes mm of passengers, calling at Monfe Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply. outh. Tons Oommauder From Date. Tpkomaru 6238 Maxwell ... — Tbnio ... 4753 Kempson... — Sept. 17 Aotea :.\ 6346 Scotland ... — Oct. 15 3othio ... 773J Kidley ... — Nov. 12 Tainui ...6031 Stuart ... — Deo. 10 Aotea and Tokomaru carry saloon passengers only. HANMER AND GRAVES, Agents. TT« ION STEAMSHIP COMPANY U OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited. STB) \ MERS S AILFROM LYTTELTOK AS UNDER : For Westport arid Qreymouth — Weekly, Wellington —Monday, Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday. NOTE. — For extra sailings see advertise- ment m Ohristcharoh papers. Dunedin— Monday, Friday, and Alter- nate Tuesdays and Saturdays. Nelson and. Pioton, via; Wellington — Tuesday and Saturday* Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays. The above are subjeot to alteration ; reference • should therefore be made to Ohristohuroh daily papers for dates and hour , of sailing. - For further particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton. MUSICAL, _^ Mrs Bowman Fox. X>IANOFORTEi SINGIFG AND ST THEORY OF MUSIO AT Havelock street, Ashburton. RAKAIA— On Fridays. THE VIOLIN. MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS Teacher of the Violin, SAUNDERB' BUILDING , Aehburton 1896 PIANOFORTE, SINGOTG,; akd FRENCH MBS FfMAKEia, •■•■'■■ • ■ • ' ■ ■ • j ■■.-■'' Cameron Street (Opposite Reid and Gray's.) 'Second Term will begin Tuesday, May 26, ■— 1896 "TTACANCIES m each of the above. .■ V Terms on application. A CARD MBS A. d""CTiAIIIDGB, XKAOHBB OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING, . COX STREET, AS HBURTON. TERMS ON APPLICATION. PIANOFORTE, SINGING & HARMONY LtfWEtLYH OWEN, M.O.S.M. (Local Representative of London College of Mnslo). THE Fireb Term of the Year will oom- commenoe MONDAY the 27ch inst - MR- OWEN will be m attendance at > his Music Studio m the Arcade every morning from 12 to 1 to 0 ake professional arrangements. ', - •-■ .-. . _" -LAZARUS'S SiqHrirESTING AND SPEOIALITB SPEOTAODES. Sole agent for Ashbnrton District, C C A L E X, JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBNRTON. "T" AZARUS Patented System ensur I j comfort and correct Blghi. Don spoil your eyes by using badly fittln Spectacles. 8 ■it O L A F E. Aliment of econoniy against fatigue, hunger, and thirgt # Antidepertio , antifatiguing, stimula- ting, reoonstituent Indispensable to Velooipedists, ascen- tionists, rowers, racers, hunters, and tc any of them who have a muscular effori to develop France, M. Oh., Gamier, 8, Rue det Francs-Bourgeois, Paris. THE AUSTRALIAN DRUG COMPANY, Limited, Sydney WANTED Known— Buota and Shoe; from Is 3d to 27s 6d — MkuoEi Cheap Boot Sale. TSIAOKS MAIL COACH meets th< 3J train from Ashbnrton on its arriva at. Springburn every night. The soacl then goes direot to Alford Forest^ an< eturns to Bprim»l»nrn the same nights Try Wright'i Family BrandXloffce j to* obtefod from »U Oroot n and Stowkltpt n