The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XTII. NO. 3852

A.SHBFKTOJN : Thursday, April 2, 1896.

PRICE: ONE PENN*

Shipping.

3^^ NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY OO.'s BOFAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR tONDON, Vf» Monte Video, Rio, Tenerlffe, and Plymouth.

And theribefortrard every fourth Thursday . 8.M.8. RUAFEHUwiII call at Bio-d« Janeiro as well as Monte Video this voyage homt. ' SpUndid aooommodation for all classes ol passengers. Warrants Issned for passengers from Great Britain on payment of passage money or approved guarantee for same. For farther particulars apply to FRIEDLANDEB BROS. Limited Agents, Ashburton.



Port of Steamers. Tons. Departure. Bate. ' Ruapehu 4202 Lyttelton April 16 Ka&oura 4507 — May 14 Rnabine 6187 — June 11 Tongariro 4163 — July 9 Rimntaka 4515 — Aug. 6



- Business Notices. alfhsd Curtis, (IIUIN BUuK ft *>D 00M- V1 MIS-ION AGENT, ARCADE. Agent for Northern Insurance Oompaoy . _ 1 66 [A CAfiJD.j MR DODDS, h»vin 8 retarned from a ProUmonal visit from Akaroa will he m attendance at hie. Dental Surgery m Burnett Street, r,n TUESDAY Morning, N.B.— Intending Patients wishing to oonralt MR DODDS early, would do well to make an appointment. 3 92 DENTIST&Y. PAINLESS EXTRACTION ■*■ OPTI.ETH BY NITROUS OXIDE GAS. A. Specialty. Fee for^adminlstration ... sa. All kinds of Dental work executed on the premises. Satisfaction Guaranteed. G. F. "FODDS, SURGEON DENTIST, BtJRNBTr SIBEJBT, ASHBTTBTOir 9 SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Plug Tobacco. THE CELEBRATED & BEST BRAND MAKUFAOTUBED *ROM CHOICEST VIRGINIA LEAF ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. J^D V A N 0 E S of £25 and upwards made on FREEHOLD PROPERTY, repayable by Monthly, Quarterly, or Half- Yearly Instalments. Loans also granted for fixed periods a current rates. Fnrrher particulars on application to KDWARD STEPHENS, Manager. PALM AND JOKO TEAS INDIAN AND OEYLOIt f\Uß2s4d INDIAN (Palm Brano i v - / noted for producing 20© large 1«* Caps of first-rate Tea to the pound. This is the tea Mr George Jameson sold so largely. OUR 2s TEAS (Palm and Joke) are equally good value for the money. OUR TEAS are so popular that we frequently hear of instances of other Teaß being packed and sold m oar empties. * Imitation is sinoerest flattery, • but the public should see that they get the genuine article Retail from all the principle Store keepers, WHOLESALE FROM JAMESON, ANDERSON, AND CO. 156 Colombo Street, Chhistchuroh 9 68 loz Prevention TS WORTH POUNDS OF CURB -■- Why ruin your Reapers and Mowe,< by nsing inferior Lubricatiog Oils, whuu tire your horses and clog the Machines, when you can obtain a true Lubricant ike TAlifftiUE which has been thoroughly tested all over he world and pronounced Unequalled, Obtainable from all Storekeepers or th Agents EDWARD REECE & SONS "%^ CHRTSTOHUROH By By- Special fl^iiirai&jlr Special r Appointment. •TKEWi^sW* Appointment, Patronised by Lady Glasgow. A. BOBERTSON & CO., DYERS AND CLEANERS, CHRISTCHUROtf, BEG to announce to the Inhabitants of A&h>urton County that MRS ALCORN, of Havelnck street, has kindly consented ti> act as chuir Local Agent and all Orders loft with her wijl be Promptly attended to. • •« • Aw<*rd«d Silver nnd Bronze Medals and First-clas-* Kxhihifion Certificatrs at Nekon, Dunlin. Sydney and Melbourne Branches m Neleoii, Wellington and Chrietchurch. 142 f OK iMo\jtHti,\jOlj}ja, mfOftltttimSi ASTHMA. f 7 Icflnenw, Cousmnption, tc, &-o KAY'S COMPOUND ESSBNOB OP LINSEHD. Aniieed, Senwa, Squill, Tola, &o KAY'B 00MPUUMO, a demnlnnt ezpeotorant, tec Couf bi, Colds, and Cheat Complaints IX AyacOMPOUND, for Congbs and Ooldt to ecHitt; fX servlooiblß for horse* and cattla KAY'S TIG PILLS, a specific m Neuralgfc- Faceuba &o. Contain Quinine, Iron, *o ««-«««■ L. tivo, and agroetbly aperient. /*\OAOULIN»-Cement for Broken Articles. Sold O evwywbera. Manufactory, Stookport, England Memory Training— The Quick Ttaougnt Sjstem Of Memory Improvement euables its students to eniov a. wonderful power of memory which is imDossibie without its afd. Study of all kinds is KndereTeasY and pleasant A graud and accurate method for quickly learning Reiitations. Forgetfnlness and mini w ndering is altogether doae away with. Speaklne withoutnoUsismade simple and many other adYantajrS enjoyed. Send a post card TO-DAY for iUusUafS circular and testimesiili. AddreM-Henry W



Busirtaa*. Notices. STKA "i HMOIiJB . PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OP WOMEN , 18 NOW OPEN FOR PATIENTS. For fall particulars, apply to thb matron, \ Strathmobe Hospital, h ji. 170 i W. Bowman Fox, A CCODNTANT & GENERAL A6BNT LdANS NEGOTIATED. Agent— Royal Exchange Assurance Co , Jeye's Sheep Dip and Dig* iDfeoUnta, Tea, TBK ARCADE. E. OWEN COX- |" AM A CASH PURCHASER OP PRIME FREEZING SHEEP AND LAMBS AT FULT,EST MARKET RATES. Owners of stock will find it to thefa advantage to communicate with me. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES OK LIVE STOCK. I am bow making ADVANCES against the GROWING. CLIPS OF WOOL. Correspondence solicited. E- OWEN COX. Tattersall's 9 75 OHRISTOHUROH THE TEA OF THE AGE. Saxon Tea. Saxon Tea TRY FT, AND YOU WILL HAVE ■ KO OTHER. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, Professor Bickerton reports that SAXON TEAS are absolutely Pure and of good quality j HRISIMAS o -VTEW yBAR'B GOODS. Ex 8.8. lonic, s.s. Matatnt, s.s. Maori WE hare just landed, ex p. 8. lonic, a Bhipment of Goods, cons sting of 18 HOGSHEADS OF GEOOKEKY, CHINA, AND FANCY GOODS, All of vrhichhave been selected by our Home Agents, with the utmost care, to meet the requirements of our Customers and the public generally. CHAMBER SETS, TEA SETS, DINNER SETS, Printed and Plain Cups and Scucers and FAkCY GOODS Of the first Patterns and Latest De- signs, m endless variety, too numerous to particularise. WE HAVE ALSO" OPENED UP (ex b s Malatua), FROM MACONOCHIE BROS, 15 CAS --S GO(D«, Suitable lor the Season's requirements OVU GEOCEKY AND IRONMONGERY DEPART- MENTS Will be found fully Stocked with Goods of the best quality We have also landed ex ss Maori a Specially Selected Assortment of CARPETS, OILCLOTH?, LINOLEUMS, HEARTHKUGS, etc, Which will be offered at a Special DISCOUNT FOR CAbU An inspection of our Stock is cordially invited. A. littWTie"& Co. >



J fcr rar like nice tea asjc\Voor crqccti 1 rim I RJRE INDIAN^m^CE^N ™H« A. J. WHITE'S Artistic and Economical House- Furnishing Warehouse, OHRISTQHUROH- THE Recent Arrivals of Several Extensive Shipments have made his stock m all Departments most Oompleto. „ ' CARPETS, FLOORCLOTH AND LINOLEUM) FURNITURE Off ALL KINDS BEDSTEADS AND BEDDING, UPHOLSTERY CROCKERY AND FURNISHINGS, IRONMONGERY A- J. WHITE Invites all to Call and Inspect bis Stock COTTAGES JFXJItNISXaCJBO, Inoluding CUTLERY, BLANKETS, HEETS, EARTHENWARE, POTS Ero •*■ TWO ROOMS, COMPLETE - _ «. « £9 to £10 FOUR ROOMS _ _ _ .- ... ... £\7 to £25 FIVE ROOMS, from ... .« ... ... ._ £35 to JBBO SIX ROOMS _ _. ... ... - ' - £50 to £100 CATALOGUES POSTED FREE. WAREHOUSE AND STEAM FACTORY TUAM AftD ST. ASAPH TRHIET3, CHRISTCHUROH JBiiAEMAN 8.R08,, '■ ""■ MAEKET HOURR ' - "Dear Maggie, you will keep on drinking " Oh, yes, dear ; I now well remember That muck which you buy at the door 5 flow Anntie Buggested that Tea, And the doctor for ever are smiling, And a blessing from all she's entitled And life is becoming a bore." For suggesting such excellent 7tu. ** Dear Mother, I know that your nerves are How happy our home will be, Maggie, are all ruined, Yout father is getting co free , And your system is wrecked to the core j Of those ailments he suffered so greatly. But believe me the Tea that I'm drinking Through drinking inferior 7ea t • Is the stuff that will quickly restore. Then let's drink to the health of the Your illness has taught me m drinking Agents, To be careful of poisonous blends And our pledge we all three agree Be assured I am drinking the Tiger That from now bill the end of existence Which the doctor so highly commend*. We'll swear by the Tiger Blend Tea."* Shearman 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, Agents for New Zealan •~— — ~__ ' WHEAT. WHEAT. WE ARE PROMPT CASH -BUYERS'. OV Prime Milling Wheat, AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES. We are also prepared to Store Grain on Farmers account m our New Grain Stores West Street,' Ash burton, on very favourable terms ; Full sized Oornsacka and Twine Supplied at LOWEST CURRENT RATES Kollitt ~ x ~& Co , CANTBEBURY FLOUB MILLS. Om«ES and Stores: WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. 159 LANDELLS AND SON, BURNETT STREET, (next Mail Office), BICYCLES of every description, including Ladies', Front Drivers, and Safeties. Prices from £5 to £25. As we have a large Stock on hand, we have determined to give our Patrons the advantage of securing a Really Good Machine, CHEAP. We give twelve months' guarantee with each machino. It is to your advantage to purchase your Bike from a LOCAL MANUFAOTUREB. All lauds of Pneumatic Tyres converted into Dunlops (Detachable) CUJ.WS.--TO SPOKTSMEN GENERALLY, IFyour Gun-stock is broken and your Barrels good, have it re-stooked IFyour Barrel is broken and your Stock good, have it re-barreled. A LARGE STOCK OF FITTINGS IN STOOK. Satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. landell's and son, "EXPRESS " Engineering and Cycle Works, Burnett Street (next Club,)



11l LOW VIIALITI | COAOH. 8«., B -f W JS5 0 ?H R< ?? ILI '' s O N * nd after WEDNESDAY, Janu- •iSSSoSto^^ttdSS?^ B *»rfc from Ashbnrton at 4 p.m. doMllty gene ~ R. R. BROWjSTE, w»4ttßn«JadftwdeUo«topha<Snr • *** IODINE OF IRON Oil I O Dr Churchill* Compound Syrup of A PPROVBD by the Academy of Medicine « tt . «*v™«lHiiJJß by the Medical Oelebritiea of the World for n«™ r2h.n^* dto °^ Bes where mu«cula and Sorofalft (Tumors, Kings Evil, eto), the early Prepared only by and 'egulating its periodic course. None CII7AAT /-«T-»*To.r« . genuine onleM signed Blanoard, 40,8ue SWAN, CHEMIST. | Bonaparte, Paria PARIS Sold by. Druggists and Ohemißta ueh. . j out the Colonies New Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLISHED*"""! _ 1859 CAPITAL— ONE MILLION. THBPBEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND UfAItJNE AISXS, ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, *0., ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENTR ATjBS -HL .W. HANMEE, , AGENT liflS^fi^«!yij iSIISt/ CHEAPEST HOUSE -FURNISHER IfMg^"*" \ v^*- /^OMPLETK FURNISHINGS FOR COLOMBO STREKT & CATHEDRAL A. Marshall Manager. Building Extraordinary. . Timber. Timber. Timber. Fencing Materials. Fencing .Materials •■OTWMM* ft *«M^MHM» 500,000 feet of Timber, Must be Sold. 25 tons Galvanised Roofing Iron. 10 tons No 8 Fencing Wire 7 J tons No 9 Fencing Wire. 3 tons No 10 Fencing Wire. 8 tons Galvanised Barb Wire. 5000 yards Galvanised Wire Netting. ALL bought previous to rise m prices m the Home Markets. We bave decided to give our Clients the benefit of the purchase EARLY APPLICATION NECESSARY. W. H, COLLINS &CO. IRONMONG^*y, TIMBER AND GOAL MERCHANTS USE LITTLE'S SHEEP DIP. FLUID DIP, the Best Non-poisonous Dip Used and Recommended by Owners of over 5,000,000 Sheep m N.Z alone Price (incasks) 5s 6d t *per gallon. One Gallon Fluid makes. 100 gallons Dip . ™ ianm ™ „ LITrLE'S POWDER DIP. A rOISUNUUo DIP, combined with Glycerine — the outcome of many years' experience Wonderfully Succesaful. la Displacing all other Poisonouß Dips Saleß have REgLED each year since introduced. EXTERMINATES VERMIN, KEEPS WOOL SOFT & BRIGHT, EASILY MIXED Cheapest and Best Poisonous Dip m the Market. »Amn p-RTHP i * n Improved Iron Kegs, 50s per cwt HUl* rKlUili I mi n Oases of 10, 101 b packets, 60s per case One cwt. makes 1,000 gallons of Dip, -. OHIEF AGENTS— BL&OKBURNE & CO., Ohristohuroh district agents W Hanmer. i ABHBXJBTON



DIXIT WATCHES, DJXIT WATOHBS, DIXIT WATCHES I AM NOW SELLING the above WATCHES, AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. GK jGsson, PRAOTIOAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, OPTICIAN, Etg., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Your Sight accurately tested and a pair of Spectacles for Is. E.W. HANMER. 7T AVING at last made the necessary li arrangements to occupy the premises lately occupied by MEBBJRS MILES AND CO., Limited, without the chance of being aßked to clear oat at any moment, I have much I pleasure m informing OLD CLIENTS who have done their business to a great extent on these premises, and the Public generally, that 1 intend to keep m stock ALL KINDS OF GOODS WHICH ARE REQUIRED ON FARMS, LARGE OR SMALL, SUCH AS Fencing Wire, Barbed Wire, Sheep Netting, with centre strand, Binder Twine, Cornsacks, Woolpacks, Seaming Twine, Branding Oils m Blue, Bed, & BUck, Hour, Sharps, Bran, Fine bait, Coarse Salt, Rock £alt, English Superphosphates, Bone Dust, all kinds of Agricultural Seeds, the germination of which is tried before being offered for Salej TEA, SUGAR, Etc. I Fhftll hold Auction Sales of STOCK and SHEEPSKINS at the usual times as heretofore, and I shall be a Cash Buyer of all sorts of GRAIN and GRASS SEEDS during the coming season. As I have pitched my camp m Ashburton, I hope to receive a share of 1 the business going. E. W. HANMER. West Street, December 17, 1895. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT dOOIETY New Zetland Branch Head Offloe, Cflßtomhotrte-qnuy, Wellington! Local Board of Directors : rhe Hon Morgan 8. Qraoe, MJ)., C.M.G., MJUO. (Chairman) The Hon Charles J. Johnston, If ,L.Ok (Deputy Chairman) ■ Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq ThoHon Bdward Richardson, O.M.G* M.L.C John Duncan, Euq ,; ■ ■ Medical Officer : JDr G; B. Amor, M,D., MJB.O.S. (England) IfTrtHE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST, X and MOST PROSPEROUS Australian Life Office, md th& LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Colonial Life Office which declares a VWIHvEyRRy yeah The Method ot Valuation adopted by this Society to of the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Consi derably Larger Reserre to moot Liabilities thantha held by any other offioe m the Australasian Colonies. COUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £12,000,000 i -, (Twelve Millions) , sterling ANNUAL INCOME. £2,000,000. (Two Million Sterlißg) POLICIES IN FORCE _ 119,Q3S fium Assured £89^858,073 Oath Bonuses Divided .. .. «6,883,41J BONUSES BONUS for ONE year, 1808, £448,790, yielding OASB EeTOTßlonary Bonuses amounting to 4910,000 . after making SPECIAL RESERVES. CASH BONTJBES declared for last FIVE years, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding Reversionary Bonuaef exoeedbwrTOtm MILLIONS ABSUEE YOUB LIFE m the A.M. P. SOCIETY and aeon re a BONUS EVERY YEAR. Expenses of Management 8| per cent on he total injmjjjg \%FDWARD I.OW^ Resident Secretary. Branch Offioe — Caston House Quay, Wellington Obristohuroh District Offioe —  Cathedral Square. JAMES HAIR, District Secretary H ZANDER, Local Broker, Ashburton "DROPESSOR LOISETTE'S MEMORY JT SYSTEM. In response to numerous requests from all sections of New Zealand that I should at onoe afford facilities to acquire my art of Assimilative memory by Correspondence on the Single Book System, and at the|>rice of One Found Four Shillings each pupil, I have to state that all persons wishing to learn my system should put themselves into communication with Mr F: B. J)ix, of Coombes' Arcade, Auckland, who will- pro- vide them with the required single book pj instruction and any information necessary with the'greatett; possible despatch. 106 A. LOXBBI3JB,



. _^ Business «*•>... —————.  THE ~" " — ' ' THE DAVIS SEWING MAOHim SOLB AOBNTS tOB NBW ZBAIAKn NEW DAVIS J H^ef Pi Sictr?n g FnffVi AI INS O N & CO v America has received a very «eafc impetus °XJ X Of ' • by the remarkable suocess they attained at the Chicago Exhibition. Several very im- VBETIOAL FBBD F*!t H?3 SKf ftTfißS "«- OOU3MBO fc - OHRISTOHUBOH. ■ n '»-^ thd recognition they well merited— SrajLtt Awabds, Ihe first consignments of thesa latest Improved machines reaohed this colony by the lonio a month since, and « -n w r >-r the A « ente Mbssbs MINSON & CO.. say SEWING MACHINE. Sa^&Tß^rS- At^ heAnt^ PER O a WEEK - a^^Th'eGo&Meda^ 8^ 08 ""^



TTJNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY U OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited. STEAMERS SAILFROM LYTTELTON ASUNDER: For Westport and Grey mouth— Weekly, Wellington —Monday, Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday. NOTE. — For extra sailings see advertise- ment m Christohuroh papers. Dunedin— Monday, Friday, and alter- nate Tuesdays and Saturdays. Nelson and Pioton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday* New Plymouth & Onehunga— Thurs- v day, April 2. . Auckland, via East coast— -Thursday, April 2 and 9. Melbourne, via Hobart— March 31, and : April 9. . Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays. . Sydney, via Cook's Straits— April 4 and 8. The above are subject to alteration; reference should therefore be made to Christohuroh daily papers for dates and hour of sailing. For further particulars apply to F. FERRIMANi __ Agent, Ashbnrtoh. SHAW, SAVILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. J%jL "ROY AL MAIL STEA- fffllPrc MERS, with superior J^^nfitf^ accommodation for all classes *^^^^™" 1 of passengers, calling at Monto Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply- mouth. Tom- Commander From Date. Aotea .. 5653 Scotland ... — March lonic ... 4753Kempson... — April SO Tainui ... 5031 Stuarfc ... — May 28 Gothic ... 7730Kidley ... — June 25 Tokomaru j 6238 Maxwell ... f — 'Juno Aotea and Tokomaru carry saloon passengers on'y. E. W. HANMER, 3 179 Agent. rrOWLBS' Pennyroyal and Steel Pills for females ' quickly correct all Irregularities, and relieve tbe rtlktxeaßing symptom. ao prevalent with the. sex. Poxm 1b ljd to Sto 9d, of all Chemists and Patent Medloine Vendors. Prepared only by the Llnooln and Midland Counties Drag Co, Linooln, England Whole- •ale of al the Wholesale Houses. Bewaro of imlta- lons. jy- EATING'S POWDER yr EATING'S POWDER, •\T EATING'S POWDER, XV T£ EATING'S POWDER, |£ EATING'S POWDFR, \T EATING'S POWDER, This powder, so celebrated, is utterly un- rivalled m destroying Bugs/Flkas, Moths, Bbetles, and all insects (while perfeotly harmless to animal life.) All woollens and fun 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 fBUGS, FLEAS, KILLS MOTHS, BEETLES, Imosquitoes. , Unrivalled m destroying Fleas, Bug?, Oookboo&es, Bebtlks, Mothb m Fubs and every other species of insect. Sportsmen will find this invaluable for destroying] fleas m the dogs, as also ladies for their pet dogs. , Tbe Public are Cautioned that every package of the genuine powder bears the autograph of Thomas Keating Without this any article offered is a lraud. Sold ia Tins only. , KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS. KEATING'S WORM TABLETS , KEATING'S WORM TABLETS APuBELY Vegetable Sweetmeat, both m Appearance and taste, furnishing a; most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy' tor Intestinal or Thread Worms, It is a perfeotly safe and; mild preparation, and is especially adapted for children. Sold m Tins by all Druggist* Proprietor: Thomas Keaiing, London PAB OIDIUM MAWOTAOTTOHD BY Srounelle Jeun^, SALON-FRANCE. dole Agents for Australia , CEO: BURK FRAMCART & CO. IOXBRBIT JPJLA.CB MELBOURNE. A MOST ■ powerful ; Insecticide, an guaranteed to destroy; Oidium, Mil- dew, Vine Parasites, Chlorosis, anoVPara. sitioat Inseota of Plants, Vegetable Gardens, eto ■■.. Is now In use n most of the Vineyards m Vlotoria and gives great satisfaction; The Par Oidium has been tried m thi grea Western District on Peaoh Trees witb great •uooess. ORPHAN OIL, t (Che great discovery fox Phylloxera, (Oodlln Moth, and disease m Sugar Cane. For Pamphlets and al Information apply GEO. BURK FRANOART 4 CO., 8 SOMiBSM) PIiAOB, DIAOK S MAIL COAOH meets the . train fipm Ashburton on its arrival ab Sprhigbqrn eyery nlghb. The ooaoli then goes direoF'tb'^Alford' Forest, and returns to Sprinpbnrn the eime night.