The Ashburton Guardian.

vol.. xvii-.- no. 34;84

A.SHBUBTOIN : Wednesday, September 9, 1896.

PRTCK: OMg-. PENNJ



■I>JbNTI-rKY. pAINLESb KX.TRAOTIO9.' x OF TEETH BY >'i NITROUS OXIDE GAS, % ASpeolalty. ' ,-J Fee for administration ... ss. *■ All kinds of Dental work executed *| the premises, J Satisfaction Guabahtbbd. M G. F."DbbDS, j r " SURGEON DENTIST, \ ■ : J&k " BURKBTO SpBKT, A BHBCfi«B^^9 S ashbu^p|t ■■"■. ;" "■ s PERBIANINT BXjpDING AKD V IN VESTBOJNT sbOIETTS_ J ADVANCES of £25 and upward I ■■-« ■; : fr^. ■* . ..■■. .•. made on ~^'- FREEHOLD PROPERTY, - repayable by Monthly, Quarterly, o"K Half -Yearly Instalment*. Loans also granted for fixed periods a s| onrrent rates. ?/ FarthOT particulars on appllcsiitOVlißH ;i : r;> EDWABD STEPHENS, V Patronised by Lady Glasgow. ! 9 a. eobertson & cq.,m i>yers and cleanemß CHRISTCHUROH, J^H BEG to announce to the TnhabHan^H of Ashburton Oonnty that MfK^H ALCORN, of Havel< ck street, has kind ■ cons-en ted to act as. cht-ir Local Agent at^H all Orders left with her will be PrompthH attr ;x|ed -to. : , ■ V Silver snd Bronze Medalß amTFirst-claas Exhibition Certificates afH Nelson, Dnnedin, Sydney and Melbourn^B Branches m Nelson, Wellington an^| Christchnrch. The tender of Mr Gaih'clian hasbe^flH accepted for the patent rights, stock-ia^H trade, &c, of the celebrated Bee Oint- j ment by Mr FcoU, D.O.A. It is the I intention of Mr Gulliehan to sell tbe-J Bee (intment m addition to his A. Q>M Ointment &c. _ Bee Ointment ''^B WlLxj oe forma on excellent Ointment. the many diseaßes the hnman flesh is frequently attacked witi. Bee Ointment^H need acd recommended by leading dooto^H i and midwives. Bee Ointment can be nse^H on the weakest of children, and Vim^H Bnoaeia on the most robust. We i&vit^^H trial of Bee Ointment and gaarantee n^^H faction, Prioe Is 63. TRY GAIITiCHAnH A.G. Ointment H A SURE OURE for Broncbi^B A. Severe Golds, Burns, Soils, Ea^| ache, Sore Legs, Ohilblains, etc. Price, Is 6d. -|H A.C. 0 O R"F 0 U KE. M For bard or eoft come, warts or bunion Price Is. A.C. VEGETABLE PILLS* For Constipation, Dyspensla, _ jifclßl Headache, Indigestion, Want of Appetfte&l Foraale and all Stomach and Liver Oom^B plaints,! etc. H 30 Fills m a box ; price Is 6d. The Ointments are specially mat>ufaotni)4^| as a horse and a&ttle dressing. Dairy f arme^^l and borse owners will find them cheap, effioa^l tious and eoonomioal. Prioe 2a 6d. 'jfl Tbe above ITbes are Btcobed by chemTaufl and stores, and will be found quite equal to^| any imported line. iH Irademark and my signature on every pot^H EDWIN CALLICHAN, I PROPRIETOR AND MANUFAOTUREJ^H isharst, N.Z. Canterbury Representative, MR "GF^. HOATTEN, Aahbnrton, .H fpHE GENUINE DR GUILLIE^S L ELIXIR jl Tonic, Anti Glarions, and Anti-Bilioos.^ Prepared by Dr Paul Gage Fils, fl Chemist or the Ist Class. .M . The only proprietor of that remedy. J Rue de Grenelle, S. Germain, PatS'gsH Dr.Gnillie's Elixir is one of the tn&pffl economical medicines, both as a Purga-M tive and as a Depurative, it is the bestfl remedy against all bilious and glarioosa disorders ' . For more than seventy-five years lidl Guillie's Elixir has been employed witjH success against diseases of the liver, tb|fl spleen, the heart, rheumatism, gpjtffl lever, influenza, skin diseases, etc. xl^H Beware of imitations, and see tnvH you get the genuiue Dr Guillie's Elixir J which bears the signature of Paul GageM and mark that each bottle is accompanied! by Treatise on Glairsi M Sold by Druggists, Patent Medicine, fl Dealers, and by AUSTKALIAN DBUQ CO., B Sydney, AKTED Known — 6000 -t^lrs SB Boota and shoes to pick frow| ellor s Groat Boot Sale. jj Many ladies complain the Tea they~h%H keen using has neither strength nor flav^H If they' try Kozia Te4 they WW be Mtili^H The 2/4 li lupepb ' '"^H



f^uSi aea- > > o tic . > STKATHMORE PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOB DISEASES OF WOMEN T8 NOW QPEN FOR PARENTS, For full particulars, apply \o Strathmore Hostoal, 170 THE TEA OF THE AGiT Saxon Tea. Saxon Tea m /pRY ITvAND YOU WILL HAVE MO OTHER. |AXON TEA. 'S. ■ ■", .■ * ■'. I SAXON TEA, Processor • Bjckerton reports thab ■"■^ ''.■"'. ■/*-: S , SAXON TEAS are absolutely Pure and of - good £' ; ' quality PALM AND JOKO TEAS, INDIAN AND CEYLOIT fVUR2<4d INDIAN (Palm Brano, ; /] noted for producing 200 large lea Oops of first-rate Tea to the pound. This 8 the tea Mr George Jameson sold a argely. ODR 2a TEAS (Palm and Joke) are qualiy good value for the money OUR TEAS are so popular that we frequently hear of instances of other Teas lelng packed and sold m oar empties. Imitation is sincerest flattery, * but the . jublic should see that they get the genuine «rticle Retail from all the principle Store ieeperf ~" WHOLESALE FROM JAMESON, ANDERSON, AND CO. 155 Colombo Street, Christohurob 9 68 LOW VITALITY DR CHURCHILL'S Byrup ol Hypophoephite of Lima U prescribed by the faculty for the onra of Consump- tion, Chronic Congh and general debility [T ooatalß* two of the principal ingredient* neeemry *■ for building up the junman Frame* and whloh axe oonsldtred defioieat m the above oomplaintftj Tiz, Phoiphorus and Lime. It oanno be too highly reooßunended for delio*te ohildno. Dr Churchill'i Oomponnd Syrnp of HYTOPHOSFHITES ti re*l brain food* and m oases where muscula and ' nervoni exhaiution has acquired a world-wide repnt Won. ■'■ Baca bottlobears Dr Churchill'i tignatnrei Prepared only by SWAN, CHEMIST. PARIS P«W/lt AfWS»R \VK I^B 91^^ EH Km Si Bnßlß t^'l»'Biz» MEDAL^j - PURECEYLON&nU HomWithin the Reach of All PURE 1 1 7f||| CEYLON I/O Dlipsr : j - BLENDEO g% I AT : m , EACH PRICE _. V 'l AND UP TO S&W /Jm 4/PERLB.^/^1 SOLD BY ALL GROCERS, HAVE NOTHING ELSE. 11. BIIKiTOW, UNDERTAKER. IpOLISHBD COFFINS m Figured Rlrau and Kauri, with Silver and Brass Mountings. All latest designs. . Address: Cameron Street, opposite Baring Square „ .8 08



SHEARMAJST- BROB. VMAEKET HOUSE "Dear Maggie, you upkeep on drinking « Oh, yea, dear I now well remember ljiat mook which you buy al> the door ; How Auntie suggested that Tea, And the doctors for ever are Bmiling, And a blessing from all she 1 , entitled And l«e is beopmmg a bore." For suggesting such excellent lea. " Dear Mother, I know that your nerves are ' How happy our home will be, Maggie, are all ruined, Your father is getting so free And your system is wreoked to the core } Of those ailmentrhe auffertd so creatly. But believe me the Tea that I'm drinkteg Through drinking inferior 7«. Is the stuff that will quiokly restore. ' ° , Vftn .... . . , t -j :. . . % . Then l«t^ drink to the health of the Your illness has taught me m drinking . ; Agents, J B«V.«f,S r ? fulo i?°Sf )noU übl-Su bI -S? d 8 " m And our pledge we all three agree >l X "•J^J »» drinking the Tiger That from now till the end of existence Wbwh thedootor so highly commend*. \ We'll swear by the Tiger Blend Tea." .-■■•■•' - ; ■ ■ i / Shearman Bros., our Grocers are Agents] ._.. _ i God bless them for giving the Q, ; To a drink that's a kreat earthly blessing' ' , .And saved as from bidding Adieu. ' : SHEARMAN BfiOS;, MABKBT HOUSE. , *^ I, AGENTS'TOR ASHBORTON V 1 RATTRAY & fiON^ Agents for New Zealan |,Garden Tools. LA.WN MOWERS, SPADES, SHOVELS, FORKS, DUTCH AND DRAW HOES, TROWELS, HEDGE SHEARS, PRUNING KNIVES, GORSE KNIVE3, By Best Makers at Lowest Prices AT : John Pit & Co. ? s .■ # ASH BURTON. a^jKgaJßßP^ei^^L^i^B^^^BH lflr^^V%%9^9^n ■ V* W JIB a^H^V b^h MKBM m ■NH^*'^ JR B W -- Iw HB9HV ■ wt 5Ha ~ M^Bt JS&— -Jft—^— jv j^sh |BBv J WM ■ V DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matßon, Cox and Co*) Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agent, Valuator, V/00l and Grain Broker. ASHBURTON. Loans Negotiated J Weekly Sales of Live Stock — Tinwald and Aahburton Alternately ' Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Fridays Sales \t , Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission ' x Clearing Sales as per arrangements AGENT FOB— Matson and Go, Ohristchurch . . Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohristchurch . White's Sheep Dip Massey-Harris Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Dunedin :--U ■, • c,\ Planet Junior Garden and Field Tools Belfaßt Manures I beg to inform my Rakaia Clients and others that I have appointed Mb W Baroocr as my Agent m the Kakaia district ./ . DAVID THOMAS, Ashburfcon V ... ' , ■ GKE&T EKDDOTION IN PEIOE OF PLANET JE. TOOLS. ' David Thomas, A.SHBURTONJ New Zealand Insurance Company. BBTABLIShTd' — — 1859 CAPITAL^ONF MILLION. THE PBEMIiSB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND idARINB RISKS, ALSO,— i . • RISKS ON GROWlh^ CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, Ac, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RATES HANMEB & GRAVES. AGENTS



BBBST SELECTED STQOK PUCADCGT iihriCC rilDUiOLirn unr.Arc.oi nuuoc runlTiuntn Beadstoad, Spring Mattress and ■ ji^^T F^tyt Til % ■ Qt'j^ fy "l?!?*!^ Mr f^ A m^v^^ ATT . ; SQUARE, Christohuroh ■ A. Marsha ll Manager. r A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. I BEECHAM'S PILLS. Tl R Bilious and Nervous Disorders, such as Wind and Pain the Stomach, -T trick Headache, Giddiness, Fallness and Swelling after meals, DizEiness and Drowsinesf, Cold Chills, Flubhings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of fiieath, Oostiveness, Blotches on the r^kin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous afctd Trembling Sensations, etc. The First Dose Will give Relief m Twenty minutes. 'I his is no fiction. Every snflfarer is earnestly invited to try one box of these pills, and they will be acknowledged to be " Worth a Guinea a Box.'* Beeoham's Pills, taken »s directed, will quiikly restore females to complete health. They promptly remove any obstruction or irregularity of the system^ FOR A WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED . DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVEH, They act like magic — a few doses will work wonders upon, the Vital Organs ; Strengthening the muscular system ; restoring the long lost Complexion ; bring- ing back i hi keen edge of appetite, and arousing with the rosebud of health the whole physical energy of the human frame. Fur throwing off fevers m hot cli<nates they are specially renowned. These are " faots " admitted by thousands m all classes of society, and one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and De- bilitated is thtt. ," Beecham'B Pills have- the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine m the World. Fall directions on each box. Prepared only by Thomas Bbeoham, 8t Helens, Lancashire, England A. J. WHITE'S Artistic and Economical House-Furnishing Warehouse, CHRISTOH.UHOH. rHE Recent arrivals of several Extensive shipments have made his stock m all Departments most complete, OAKPETS, < ' FLOORCLOTH AND LINOLEUM FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS, BEDSTEADS AND! BEDDING, UPHOLSTERY ' , CROCKERY AND IRONMONGERY A, jJWHITE INVITES ALL TO CALL AND INSPECT HIS STOCK COTTAGES PUKNISHEDI Includin CUTLER y BLANKETS, SHEKTS, NWARE, POTS, Eto * TWO ROOMS COMPLETE ... ... «. ... €9 to £10 " FOl7» ROOMS ... .- .. .. £17 to £26 FIVE ROOMS, from ... ■ . M » ... .- £35 to £8C SIX ROOMS .- .. .. .- .- « £50 to £100 i I CATALOGUES POSTED FREE x WAREHOUSE AND STEAM FACTORY TUAM « St. ASAPH STREETS, OHRISTOHUROH VT7E ARE CASH BUYERS "of WHEAT. OATS BARLEY, RYEGRASSj COCKSFOOT, AND OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, Tn Large or Small Quantities. 3 UST LANDED EX MOUNT SIRION,— 1000 BALES CORNSACKS. . Full size and full weight ■ . ■ Friedlander Bros,, Limited.



LONGBEAOH OOAOH. | / |N and after WEDNESDAY, Jann- i ■ • ary 2, the Longbeaoh Ooaoh will I start from Ashburton at 4 p.m. R. R. BROWNE, . nqachman' ■ A TERRIBLE COUGH • A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH 94, Commercial road, Peokham, July 12. .'* Dear Sir,— l am a poor hand at express- ing my feelings, but I should like to thank you. Your lozenges have done wonders m relieving my terrible cough. Since I had ' the operation of < Tracheotomy ' (the same as the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, thank God, I am still alive) performed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, no one could poßsibly have had a more violent pough ; it was so bad at times that it quite exhausted me. The muous, which was very copious and hard, has been softened, and Ihave been able to get rid of it without' difficulty. —I am, sir, yours truly, J. HILL.' A DOCTOR'S TESTIMONY. A DOOTOR'S TESTIMONY. A DOOTOR'S TESTIMONY. , Routh Park, Cardiff, South >Vaiea,- v ! September 28, 1893. " I have, indeed, great pleasure m adding my testimony to your excellent preparation of Cough Lozenges?, und I have prescribed it now for the last eight years m my hospitals' and private practico, and found it of great beneSt. I often suffer from Chronic Bron- chitis ; your Lozenge is. the oaly remedy which gives me immediate ease. Therefore I certainly and most strongly recommend your Lozenges' to the public who may suffer from Catarrh, Bronchitis, Winter Cough, or any kind of Pulmonary 1 Irritation. — Yours truly, A. GABRIEL, M.D.,L.R.C.P. and L.M. Edinburgh. L R C.S and L.M. Edinburgh USE KEATING'S LOZENGES USE KEATING'S LOZENGES USE KEATING'S LOZENGES It is 75 years ago since Keating'B Cough' Lozenges were first made, and tb.e sale is larger than ever, 1 ecause they are unrivalled m the relief and cure of Winter Cough, ! ABthnm, and Bronchitis ; one alone gives relief. UTTERLY UNRIVALLED [JTTERLr UNRIVALLED IITTERLY UNRIVALLED . . Keating'B Cough Lozenges, the unrivalled remedy for Oougbß, Hoarseness, and Throat Troubles are sold m tins by all Chemists. S.M O X Jfi ■ "^ . THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Plug Tobacco. THE CELEBRATED & BEST BRAND MANUFAOTTTBED FBOM'.. CHOICEST VIRGINIA LEAF Baker Bros. TTIURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, Corner of Wakanui Road and Cass Streets, and at Bsker and Brown's Ooaoh Factory, Havelock Street. I EVERY REQUISITE -SUPPLIED. Telephone No. 69. 6 SUCCESS THE BEST TEST OF WORTH HCLLOWAY'S PILLS' AND OINTMENT. THE UNIVERSAL • MEDICINE IH A HOUSEHOLD REQUISITE EVERY- WHERE. THE PILLS Purify the Blood impart tone to the nervouß system and aot moßt powerfully yet sooth, ingly on the LIVER AND BOWELS. Promoting digestion and aßßimilation, and endowing the whole bodily frame with strength and vigor. Nervous headaoheß, tremblings with lassitude and general debility quickly yield to the potent force of these well-known pills, and they are unrivalled m their efficacy m all FEMALE COMPLAINTS, Removing all obstructions, skin blemishes pimples and boils, better than any other family medicine known* : THE OINTMENT HAS A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION It heals every kind of Bore, ulcer and wound more certainly than any other known salve. Its marvellous penetrating powers render it invaluable m all THBOAT AND CHEST DISEASES, ' Curing bronohitiß, quinseye, and asthma, re duoing glandular lumpß, closing and healing abeoeßßes and fistulas, and for alleviating the exoruoiating tortures of EHEUMATISM, GOUT, And NEURALGIA it iB unßurpaßßed. It never fails to remove sour and every, speoies of ekin disease ! The pills and ointment are manufactured only at 78, New Oxford street (late 533 Ox- i ford street, London ; and are sold by all vendors of medioines throughout the oivilieed world. With direotionß of use m almost, every language > Purchasers should look to the label on the pots and boxes. If the address is not 533 , Oxford street, London, they are spurious WANTED Known— Speetaoles, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and verything In the optlca line at S Siiek a, Opfclolan ANTED Known— Buots and Shoe from la 33 to 27s 6U— Melioßs Cheap Boot Bale,



Business Noticec ■■ THE — -—. -^ THE DAVIS 9B ™ MAOHI NB . tatalMll|l : 1(li , NEW DAVIS UK" 81 ??'* BSSf- MINSON &CO. America has received a very creat impetus by the remarkable suooess they attained at the Chicago Exhibition. Several very im* portant improvements were there shown for 220 OOLCMrtn q» ntrnTaivinmnv VERTICAL WHED S e firßt) fcim . e » and r3ceived fr°°» &• i^ges ' WLCM|JO Sar '» OHRISTOHUROH. VJLMIIUAJj tfEED thd recognition they well merited-SraoiAi, Awabds, The first consignments of thesa l»teat improved machines reaohed this ~"~ colony by the lonio a month sinoe, and the Agents Messrs MINSON & CO.. say SEWING MACHINE. S^-feS^^"^ m 2» 6b "^ i awarded the Gold Medal. ' •  ' \.



Shipping. f . mHE jsXwßfX^ NEW ZEALAND HIPP ING OO.'S ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Monte Video, Rio, Teaeriffe, & Plymouth Port of Steamers. Tons. Departure. Date. Kaikonra 4607 Lyttelton Oot. 1 Rakbine 6127 — Oot. 29 Tongariro 4163 — Nov. 28 • Rimntaka 4510 — Deo. 24 Ruapehtt < 4202 — | Jan. 21 •nd thenceforward every FOURTH v ; THURSDAY Splendid aboommodatlon fcfr all classes of passengers. Warrants, issned for passengers from Great f Britain on payment of passage msney, or approved guarantee for same, for farther particular* apply to ; FRIBDLANDER EROS., L*d. ;./ ' '.' ■■■ Agents, Ashborton. ; TTwiON, STEAMBHIP COMPANY \J OB" NEW ZBALAND, Limttedj. STEAMERS SAICiFROM LtTTELTON AS:tJNpER: For Westport »nd Grey month— Weekly, Wellington —Monday, Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday. NOTE.-rPor extra sailings see advertise- ment it Christchurch papers. . Dunedin— Monday, JTriday, and alter- nate Tnesdays and Saturdays. Nelson and Picton, via Wellington— Tuesday and Saturday. Sydney, via Auokland — Alternate Thursdays. . The above are- aubjeob to alteration; reference should therefore be made to Christchuroh daily papers for dates and hour of sailing. * ' : For further particulars apply to F. FBRRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton. MUStGAL. Mrs Bowman Fox. "OIANfiEORTE, SINGIKG AND XT THEORY OF MUSIC AT Havelock street, Ashbnrton. RAKAIA— On Fridays. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, iw FRENQH MBS F.^MAKEIG, ! Cameron Street . (Opposite Reid and Gray 8 ) ' The next term will begin on Monday, September 14, 1896 Mbs Makeig will be at home on Saturday and Monday, 12 and 14, to reoeive uew pupils. k "VT"A CANCIES m each of the above. g^ss^*s^~-- Terms on application. THBJ VIOLI^ "" MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS Teacher of the Violin, SAUNDBRS' BUILDING , Ashhnrton A CARD MRS A. crCLARIEGE, TEAOHBK OF^ PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING, COX STREET, ASHBURTON. 7BBMS ON APPLICATION. PIANOFORTE, SINGING & HARMONY LLtWELLYH OWEH, M.O.S.M.  (Local Representative of London College of ,Mnsio). ■: THE First Term of the Year will oojm- commenoe MONDAY the 27bh inst • • / . ' . - ' (•■■•■ MR OWEN will be m attendance' at (hia^jMaslo Stndio m the; Arcade, every morning from 12 to 1 to B ake professional : arrangements. LAZARUS'S SIGHT TBSTINa AND SPEGIALITB' SPECTACLES. Sole azentfor .Ashbnrton District, Q g A h E X; JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. ?T AZARUS Patented System ensure J_J comfort and correob Bight. Done spoil yonr eyes by nsing badly fitting Speataoles. XT O I* A F E Aliment of economy against fatigue, Jbunger, and thirst Antidepertio, antifatiguing, stimula- ting, irecdnßtittient - Indispeoßable to Velocipedists, aecen- tionistß, rowers,, racers, hunters, and to any of them who have a muscular effort to develop France, M. Ch., Gamier, 8, Roe des Francs-Boargeoiß, Paris. TEE AUSTRALIAN DRUG 1 COMPANY, Limited, Sydney HBNBY KNIGHT ■ SINGLE TREE STORE, , ALFORD FOREST AND METHVEN THANKS the Public most heartily their constant support during the paß 14 years, and assurel them that the qualit of New Goods m Drapery, New Zcalan" Clothing, Trimmings, Hats, Boot*, (Mua erers' Boots being a speoialty) Saddlery Ironmongery, Paints, Varnishes, Brushes of every kind, Oils, China, and Glassware, t,annot be surpassed at the prices Patent Medicines of all descriptions kept In stock, with a large assortmenb of Stationery at low priceß. Only Steel Roller Flour kept. Agent for Nelson, Moate, and Co.'s Teas. Also Indian, Arab, and Saxon. Orders by port promptly attended to, and goods delivered daily. . DIAOKS MAIL OOAOH meets the train from Ashburton on its arrival sb Springburn every night. The coach then goes direot to Alford Forest, and stqros to Spring born the same nig t ; ' £50,. £}Q, £10, £5, given away for a Q r liagi«gtieM. Send stamp fdrpartloula'n anO oUoulixitoßoj 176, PtO.vWemngtco.