The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. XT II. NO. Sb 6%

Ashburto* : Friday, August 14, 1896.

PRICE: ONE PENNY



Business Notices. PE.RMANKNT BUII.DIKG AND IN VESTMENT SOCIETY. \ D V A M 0 E S of £25 and npwam made on FREEHOLD PROPERTY, repayable by Monthly, Quarterly, or Half. Yearly Instalments. Loans also granted- for fixed periods a current rates. Farther particulars on application to EDWARD STEPHENS, _ •■- Manager* Uy By SVeciai. JHy&jffgy Special AppoiMTiteNT. "fey^wguft ' Appointment, Patronised % Lady Glasgow. A. EOBERTSON & CO,, I>YERS AND CLEANEBS CHRISTCHURCH, BEG to announce to tho Inhabitants of Ashburton County that MRB 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 at Nekon, Dnnedin, Sydney and Melbourne Branches In Nelson, Well ngton and Christchurch. 14 DENTISTRY. PAINLESS "EXTRACTION OF TMtH BY NITROUS OXIDE GAS. A Specialty. Fee for administration ... 6s. Ml kinds of Dental work executed the premises, - Satisfaction Guabamtebd. G. F./FODDS, SURGEON DENTIST, J BUBNJSTT StbEET, ASHBUBTON 9 FINE FEATHERS MAX "? FiNBEIBDS- Suratura Tea v Makes a contented household. . \JOTE.— A ! "Written Guarantee will -LM be given that 6VRATCIU IKI Is not adulterated or Bli nded with Indian, China, or any Teas. Jb w a Pure Ceylon Tea, an 3 grown on British Territory. Agents for Aehburton— JOHN ORR & CO. The tender of Mr Gallicban has been accepted for the 'patent rights, stock-in- trade, &c, of the celebrated Bee Oint- ment by Mr Scott, D.O.A. It is the intention of Mr Gsllichan to sell tbe Bee Ointment m addition to his A. C. Ointment &c. Bee Ointment WILu oe found &n excellent Ointment for the many dieeeses the human flesh is so frequently ettacked with. Bee Ointment is used er.d reocznmended by leading doctcra and mid wives. Bee Ointment can be used on the weakest of children, and with equal euqcofs on the mc-Bt robust. We invite a trial of Bee Ointment and guarantee eatis* faot : on. Price Is 63. TRY G*ALL~I CHAN'S A.G. Ointment A SURE CURE for Bronchitis Severe Colds, Burns, Boils, Ear- ache, Sore Legs, Chilblains, etc. Price, Is 6d. A.C. COBN CUKE. For hard or soft'eort-p, warts or bunion Price Is. A.C. VEGETABLE PILLS For Coftßtipation, Dyspensia, Sick Headache, Indigestion, Want of Appetite, Fornalo and all Stomach and Liver Com- plain fs, oic. _ 30 Pills m a box ; price Is 6d. The Ointments are specially matufactnted as a horse and cattle drtHeing. Dairy fatmsra and korseowcers will fiedthem cheap, effica- tious and eccnoir.Joa]. Price 2s 6d. The above lines ero stocked by ohemisis and storoe, acd will ba found quite equal to any imported line, i irademsrk and my gign&tnre on every pot. EDWIN GALUGHAN, , PROPRIETOH AND MANUFACTUREB Ashurst, N.Z. r Canterbury Representative, MR G P. HOATTEN, Aehburton, i WANTED KNOWN.-— Mks Hotfam having taken the premises lately occupied by Mr 6. Neill, intends to open same as Ladies' Dining and Refresh- ment Rooms, where visitors will find a long felt, wanfe supplied. Meals at all i hours. A few boarders will find all the comforts of a home. 4 196 Ym fry the New Votus Toiafco



Vi s t , c. *■- vo t ! r-. % bTiUIUMOHEi. PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOB DISEASES OP WOMEN 18 NOW OPEN FOR PASTENTS. For fall particulars, apply to thb matron, 9 Stp.athmorb Hospital, 170 THE TEA OF THE AGE? Saxon Tea. Saxon Tea. IT, AND YOU WILL HAVE NO OTHER. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, Propbssok Bickerion reports that SAXON TEAS are absolutely Pure and of good quality PALM AND JOKO TEAS INDIAN AND CEYLON r^Uß2s4d INDIAN (Palm Brana, ; y J noted for producing 200 large lea Cups of first-rate Tea to the pound. This is the tea Mr George Jamosoii sold s 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 Teas being packed and sold m oar empties. * Imitation is sincerest fl »ttery, * but the public should see that they get the genuine article Retail from all the pxinciple Store keeper? WHOLESALE FROM JAMESON, ANDERSON, AND CO. 155 Colombo Street, Ohristchurch 9 68 lIMOATESC^ PURE CEYLOfU INDIAN HomWiftintheßeachofAn CEYLON I/O mme 1 : ■" > ' j" INDIAN I/ 111 BLENDED A/ at ,< &,/"' EACH PRICE ~V " AND UP TO (§Hp 4/ PER LB, Mgi/^ik SOLD BY ALL G%QCEBtS. HAVE NOTHING ELSE, J. i?. Chapman^ PAINTEE, GLAZIBB, PAPERHANGEK & SIGN- WRITEB, THE ARCADE, next Mr J. 0. Duncan's, A SB BURTON, "OEGS to Inform his old friends and the Public, that he has RE COMMENCED BUSINESS m A&hburton, and will be glad to execute any work they may entrust to him, m his well-known satisfactory manner. J. it. Chapman. HfT ANTED Known — Spectacles, Bye YY Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and very thing In the* optloa line at 8 •Suwbks, Optician i . •



SHEARMAN BROS. MABKET HOU8!<: "^V^ 1 * B*"*'8 *"*' yon win keep on drinking " Oh, yes, dear I now well remember lhat muok whioh you buy afc the door ; How Auntie Buggested that Tea, And the doctora for ever are smiling, And a blessing from all ehe'h entitled And life is becoming a bore." For suggesting suoh excellent Tea. " 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 ia wrecked to tae cor« ; Of those ailments he suffered so greatly . But beheve me the Tea that I'm drinking Through drinking inferior Tea, Is the stuff that will quiokly restore. xr .„ ", Then let's drink to the health of the *°ar Ulness 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 Whioh the doctor ao highly commends. We'll swear by the Tiger Blend Tea" Shearman, Bros., our Grooeri are Agenta] God bleak them for giving the Q, To a drink 'that's a great earthly b'eaaing" And saved ub from bidding Adieu. SHEARMAN BROS., MARKET HOUSE. AGENTS FOR ASHBURTON RATTRAY & SON, Agenta for New Zealan ■few sir Hi Hrn » H W * W Wmß New Zealand Mnrance Company. BSTABLIShTd' L ~ 185 9 CAPITAL^ONE MILLION. THE PBEMIER AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED ITOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND ~MARINB RISKS, ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING IVUOHII*EB, &o. t JIGOEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RATES HA NMER & GRATES, AGENTS Vf;E ARE CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT, OATS BARLEY, RYEGRASS OOOKSFOOT f AND OATEN SHEATJ 1 CHAFF, Tn Large or Small Quantities. JUST LANDED; EX MOUNT &IRION,— S 1000 BALES CORNSACKS. Full size and Ml weight i Friedlander Bros., Limited. DAVID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox and Co.) Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBURTON. Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Liye Stock — Tinwald and Ashburton Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Fridays Sales ■,£ Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Oleari jg Sales as per arrangements AGENT FOR— Matson and 00, Ohristchurch Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohristcburch White's Sheep Dip Massey-Harris Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and Co, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field Tools Belfast Manures I beg to inform my Rakaia Clients and others that have appointed Mr W Baroook as my Agent m the Rakaia district DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICK OF PLANET JE. TOOLS. David Thomas, ASHBUETON]



'■ui sin oss Notice^ THE^ ~~*~ ' DAVIS SEWING MACHINE, Sou Aobnis job Nbw Zbalakp THE rapidly-inoreaslag popularity of *- * -v-r r-. these Machinea m England and MINBON & HO . America has received a very efreat impetus ' by the remarkable suooess they attained at the Chicago Exhibition. Several very im* portent improvements were there shown for 220 OOLPMKIUJm rmnrnwrrnrmnTT the first time, and r 3 oeived from fche judgea St., OHRISTOHUROH. the recognition they well merited— Speoiai, AwABDSr The first consignments of thes* l»teßt improved machines reached this "*""" colony by the lonio a month sinoe, and the Agents Messrs MINSON & CO., say they are much approved. At the Antwerp PER Q a Ot\ WEEK. Exhibition, 1894, the Davis Maohinb was O^* awarded the Gold Medal. || ffmlJß^S^ *V^ |HH| Eatabliehea Over 30 ears . ' Hiiilfelif best sel^ tbd stook mmSSßaw cheapest house furnisher mlljj^mmm\m^m^\qmj«^m^£ m NEW ZEALAND. mar® ~ TT. '.^Jmn & /complete furnishings for 1 COLOMBO STREET & CATHEDRAL SQUARE, Chbistouttboh A. Marsha ll Manager. A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. BEECIAM'S PILLS. F>R Bilious and Nervous Disorders, such as Wind and Pain. the Stomach, £icb Headache, Giddiness, Fullness and Swelling after meals, Dizziness and Drowsiness, Cold Chills, Flathings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of Bieaih, Ccsuveness, Blotches on the Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, *nd all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, etc. The First Dose will give Relief m Twenty minutes. r J his is no fiction. Every ssffdrer is earnestly invited to try one box of theso pills, and they will be acknowledged to be " Worth a Guinea a Box." Beeoham's Pills, taken *s directed, will quickly restore females to complete health. They promptly remove any olstruction or irregularity of the system. FOR A WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVEK, 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 ih^. keen edge of appetite, and arousing with the rosebud of health the whole physical energy of the human frame, For throwing eff fevers m hot climates they are specially renowned. These are " facts " admitted by thousands m all classes of socie'y, and one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Da- bilitafed is that " Beecbam's Pills have the Largest Sale of any Patent Medicine m the World. Fall directions on each box. Prepared only by Thomas Beeoham, St Helens, Lancashire, England- ■ A. J. WHITE'S Artistic and Hconomical House- Furnishing Warehouse, CHBISTCHUiiCH, rHE JRecent arrivals of several Extensive shipments have made hla stock m all Departments most complete. CARPETS, FLOORCLOTH AND LINOLEUM FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS, BEDSTEADS AND BEDDING, UPHOLSTERY CROCKERY AND FURNISHINGS, |IRONMONGERY A.jrWHITE INVITES ALL TO CALL AND INSPECT HIS STOCK COTTAGES FURNISHED* Includin CCJTLERY BLANKETS, SHEKTS, NWARE, POTS, Eto TWO ROOMS COMPLETE „. .. £9 to £10 FOlJfc ROOMS „ ... ... .- £17 to £25 FIVE ROOMS, from ... .-, M ... ... £35 to £80 SIX ROOMS .„_.-.-.-« £50 to £100 CATALOGUES POSTED FREE. WAREHOUSE AND STEAM FACTORY TUAM <b St. ASAPH STREETS, OHRISTCHTTROH Ashburton Furniture Warehouse. Ti'TTRNTTTTHTi 1 vHHDpHHHMJMJUiUMJfIjSk J? Ut&£il\l?UßE WnKSOLOy^Hk In Stock and made to order m In Great Variety. FUBNITURE. BEDDING.— Brass and Iron BEDSTEADS, Spring Mattresses and Bedding. Wood Bedsteads from 18s. VENETIAN BLINDS made, re-painted and re-taped. Just Landed a Choice Lot of BEDROOM WARE, TOILET GLASSES, WICK.EX CHAIRS, OVER-MANTLES, to be Bold very cheap. PICTURE FRAMING.— A splendid lot of Mouldings just to hand. Picture Framing done at moderate prices. AGENTS FOR CLEGGS' PERAMBULATORS, BURSON'S WICKER CHAIRS, &o< T- H- UNDRILL & CO., h CABINET-MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, & PICTUBE FRAMERS, TANORED STREET, Opposite Arcade and next Building Society's O cc, S 181 A



THK NEW DAVIS VERTICAL FEED SEWING MACHINE. LONGBE&OH COACH. ON and after WEDNESDAY, Janu- ary 2, the Longbeaoh Coach will start from Ashbnrton at 4 p.m. R. R. BROWNE, Ooachinan- loz Prevention TS WORTH POUNDS OF OURS -■- Why ruin your Reapers and alowe*' by using inferior Lubricating Oils, whio^ tire your horses and clog the Machines, when you can obtain a true Lubricant ike YALVftlillS! which has been thoroughly tested all over he world and pronounced Unequalled. Obtainable from all Storekeepers cr th Agents EBWAED EEECE & SONS OHRISTOHDROH A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH A TERRIBLE COUGH 94, Commercial road, Peckham, July 12. " Dear Sir, — I am a poor hand at express- ing my feelings, but I should like to thank you. Tour lozenges have done wonders m relieving my terrible cough. Since I had the operation of ' Tracheotomy ' (the same aa the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him, thank God, I am still alive) performed dtt St. Bartholomew's Hospital, no one could possibly ha ye had a more violent cough ; it was co bad at times that it quite exhausted me. The mucus, which was very copious and hard, has been softened, and I have 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 vVales, September 28, 1893. " I have, indeed, great pleasure m adding my testimony to your excellent preparation of Cough Lozenges, and I have prescribed it now for the last eight years m my hospitals and private practico, and found it of great benefit. I often suffer from Chronic Bron- chitis ; your Lozenge is the only 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 Irritation. — Yours truly, A. GABRIEL, M.D , L.R.C.P. and L.M. Edinburgh, L.R.C.S and L.M. Edinburgh USE KEATINU'S LOZENGES USE KEATING'S LOZENGES USK KEATING'S LOZENGES It is 75 years ago since Keating's Cough Lozenges were first made, and the sals is larger than ever, because they are unrivalled m the relief and cure of Winter Cough, Asthma, and Bronchitis; one alone giveß relief. UTTERLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY UNRIVALLED UTTERLY UNRIVALLED Heating's Cough Lozenges, the unrivalled remedy for doughs, Hoarseness, and Throat Troubles are sold m tins by all Ohemiiti. SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Plug Tobacco. THE CELEBRATED & BEST BBANI* MANUFAOTUBED FROM CHOICEST VIRGINIA LEAF EDULOOR SU (*-A R, The only sugar permitted to Diabetic sufferers. Gives to Diabetes, the illusion of Cane-sugar, of which it has not the m- convfiocies. Its sweetening power being considerable, each lump of the size of a lentil is sufficient to sugar a glass cf water, a cup of tea, coffee, milk, choco- late, grog, etc., and is equivalent to a lump of ordinary sugar. Has not to be confounded with the trade saccharine, an" impure production which causes frequent accidents. France, M. Ch Gamier, 8, Rue de§ Francs Bourgeois, Paris. THE AUSTRALIAN DRUG COMPANY, Limited, Sydney. *• OE COUGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHM " Influenza. Conßomptlon, &g&o TTim » wim • AY'S COIITOUND ESSHNOB OF UNSEBD \ Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Toln, &o <AY'B COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, nx Coughs. Colds, and Chest Complaints IX AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughß and Ooldß, is equall |\. serviceable for horses and cattle <aY'S TIC PILLS, a speolflo m Nenndgta'. FaceaolM &o. Contain Quinine, Iron, &o LINUM OATHARTICUM PILLS, d gertive, correc , tive. and agreeably aperient OOAfiULINJS— Cement for Broken Artloles. 80l everywhere. Manufactory, Stookportj England Baker Bros. TTIURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, Corner of Wakanui Road and Cass Streets and at Baker and Brown'B Coaol Factory, Havelock Street. EVERY REQUISITE SUPPLIED. TjsiWHO»i» NO. 69, 6



Shipping. ri»H E jdMiKjt NEW ZEALAliri > jgrai^igzs hipp ing co/s ROTAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Monte Video, Bio, Teneriffe, & Plymouth Port of Steamers. Tons. Departure. Date. Rimutaka 4515 Lyttleton Aug. 6 Buapehu 4202 Lyttleton Sept. 3 Kaikoura 4507 — Oat. 1 Rnahine 6127 — Oct. 29 trpDgartro 4163 — Nov. 26. and thence forward every FOURTH THURSDAY. The R M.S. Bimutaka will make her passage Home through the Magillan Straits, which ought to be a great attraotion to passengers, Splendid accommodation for all classes of passengers. Warrants issued for passengers from Great Britain on payment of passage merj6y, or approved guarantee for same. For further particulars apply to FRIISDLANDER BROS., Ltd. Agents, Ashburton. HsHA W, SAVILL AND. ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. jjrwx -pOYAL MAIL STEA- iffmiKj^ __ MKRS, with superior accommodation for all classes *^^ *^™ of passengers, calling at Monte Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply- month. Ponß Commander From Date. Tokomaru 6238 Maxwell ... — July 23 tonic ...4753 Kempaon... — Sept. 17 Aotea ... 6346 Scotland ... — Oct. 15 Gothic ... 7730 Kidley ... — Nov. 12 Tftinui ...5031 Stuart ... — Dec. 10 Aotea and Tokomaru carry saloon passengers only. HANMER AND GRAVES, Agents. TTNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY U OF NEW ZEALAND, Limitbd. STEAMERS SAILFROM LYTTELTON AS UNDER : For Westport and Greymouth — Weekly, Wellington — Monday; Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday. NOTE. — For extra sailings see advertise- ment m Chrisfcchurch papers. Punedin — Monday, Friday, and alter- nate Tuesdays and Saturdays. Nelson and Pioton, via Wellington — Tuesday and Saturday* Sydney, via . Auckland — Alternate Thursdays. The above are subject to alteration ; reference should therefore be made to Christchuroh daily papers for dateß and hour of sailing. For further particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton. musical", " Mrs Bowman Fox. "OIANOFORTE, SINGING AND JT THEORY OF MUSIO AT Havelock street, Ashburton. RAKAIA.— On Fridays. THE VIOLIN. MISSBESSIE SIMMOHDS Teacher of the Violin, SAUNDERS' BOILDING , Ashbnrton 1896 PIANOFORTE, SINGING, a»d FRENCH MRS F.""MAKEIG, Cameron Street (Opposite Reid and Gray 'B.) Second Term will begin Tuesday, May 26, 1896 HTT'ACANOIES m each of the above. V Terms on application. ▲ OABD MBS A. CrOLAKIDGE, TEAOHBR OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, akd SINGING, COX STREET, AS HBURTON. TEBM9 ON APPLICATION. PIANOFORTE, SINGING & HARMONY LLEWELLYN OWEN, M.C.S.M. (Local Representative of London College of Music). THE First Term of the Year will com- commence MONDAY the 27th inst ME OWEN will be m attendance at hU Music Studio m- the Arcade every morning from 12 to 1 to B ake professional arrangements. LAZARUS'S SIGHT TESTING AND BPEOIALITE SPECTACLES. Sole agent for Ashbnrton District, Q C A L E X, JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. "I" AZARUS Patented System ermur I,J comfort and correot eight). Don spoil your eyes by using badly fitting Spectacles. XT O • L A F E' Aliment of economy against fatigue, hanger, and thirst i AntideperMc, antifatiguing, stimula- ting, reconstituent Indispensable to Velocipedists, ascen- tionistß, rowers, racers, hunters, and to any of them who have a muscular effort to develop France, M. Ch., Gamier, 8, Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, Paris. , THE AUSTRALIAN DRUG COMPANY, Limited, Sydney DIAOKS MAIL COACH meets the train from Ashburton on its arrival ■,Skb Springburn every night. The coach then goes direct to Alford Forest, and e turns to Sprlnphnrn the same night If you want delicious Coffee try the celebrated Family Bread j to t>»; obfeine xfYerywhwe,