The Ashburton Guardian.

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Asfliiuim)]*: Friday, May g], 1897.

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RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

(rains leave Ashburton FOR THE ')]> |"H evejy day at 7.20 a.m., 3.40 p.m. -' 7 ">p.«i: (rxr !■(■«■ ) O, VouUyg, Wad .lemlayo, aou Fridays, a». .;sira tram leave* '■ii 11.0 a.m. r r ,i;n> amvefrrii) ib* North I very day at 10.45 a.m.. 12.48 h««.i» (<»tpr«M) 1 n<\ 8 0 p nf. imus leave Ashbunon FOR THE SOU tH every uay »t ll)M » o m , and 12. S3 uOMi (oxpiesis). Ou Jue»U«y«, Ihundajt, and Saturdays a train leave* at 3.50 p.m. A train leaves for Mount Somera branch fine every day a.i 4.26 p.m. The brftaoh train arrives in Ashfmrton at 9.45 A.m. Traii.s leave Pakaia for Methven daily Thursdays exoepted) at, 7.5 p.m«, xn% Tuesdays at 10.10 a.m, and on Thursdays at 12.20 noon. Trains laars Methven at the following times respectively -6,50 every day, except Fridays; 10.30 Fridays 3.10 p.m. TuMdays.



iSHBURTON PKR v-' aXE T B ILWKG AND INVT.S! M -NT SOCIETY. ON and after TW*,^ tfir , 7fc |, day of January. 1897, this Office will be CIOSED FOR THE WEEKLY HALF HOLIDAY, ON THUKSDAY, instead of SATURDAY, And will be open until 4 p.m od Saturday, after that date. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager. /?< VV J. PARSONS MONUMENTAL MASON, ■Manchester Street, Christchuroh. R. HaNDO CX, Agent. Samples can be se»-n at my office,; Standard Office Buildings, Aeiiburton. 2 125 ' LAZ \RUB*B SIGHT TESTING AND -PECIALITK SPECTACLKS. Sot»> silent for AKhburto* Di^mct. A L I K. j'rwellkr east strekt, ahh bu h ton i AZARUS Patented Hystem eneart comfort and correct Do».e poil yctir eyes using; hndly fifct-.in ■" pHcaclon



i 111 \ LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FUR LONDON, Vih Monte Video, Teneriffe & Plymouth. Best Accommodation for all classes of assengera at Lowest Bates. Port of vSt earn era. Tons, Departure. Date, Rimutaka 4515 Lyttelton May 13 Kaikoura 4507 Wellington July 8 Tongariro 4163 — Sept, 2 Ruahine 6127 — Sept. 50 R.MS, Rim«tak' will ca'l at Punta Arenas (Straits of Magellan), M«>nie Video, Kio de Janeiro, ' eneriffe, and Plymouth, R.M.S. Ruahine will go thtough Magellan Straits (weather permitting). This line alone affords passengers the opportunity of seeing these Straits, the finest panorama in the world. Wo are now prepared to book through passages to the West Coast of South America ani Bahia, Pernambuco, and the Falkland Islands. Rates and other par tieulare on application. For further particulars apply to FRIteDLANDBR HROS., Ltd. Ageuts, Ash burton. SHWV, SAYILL AND ALBION OuMPANr LIMITED. FOR LONDON. IJOTAL MAIL STKA f$M*%h -*-* MfcRS, with superior "^^^^^^^ of pasaenaers, (laliitig at Monte Video or Hio, Teneriffe and Ply mouth.



I one Commander From j Date. lonic ... 4753|Kempson,>. Lyte'n June 24 Tokomaru 6238(Maxwell ... — JAug. 14 Aotea ... 63461 cotiund ... — |Aug. 19 jotnic ...7730 Kid!ey ... — 'Stpt. CARGO STEAMERS. Mamari ... 13583 ILevaek ... — May 8 Matatua...332O Holmes .. — \Jiy22 Pakeha ... 4331 Prosper .. — Maori .„ 5200 v!offait ... — Rangitira 4045 Burton .. — Aotea and Tokomaru carry saloon passengers only. HANMER AND GRAVES, Agents. '' Of NEW ZEALAND, Limited wTEAMERy 8 AIL FROM LYTTELTON AS UNDER: For Westport and Greyuio th—Weekly. Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sail.Dgs see advertise ment in Christchurch papers Duuedui — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Pictoo, via Wellington — Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are suV'jeefc to alteration ; reference Bhould therefore be made to Christchurch daily papers for dates and hour of sailing For further particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton



$te; dmak's SOUTHING POWOEHS inuskovbb FoR CHILDEEN yYaYs. CUTTING TifißTH ffELII YE FEVERISH HEATS PPE- Veil FITS, mi VJLSIONS, E)C. Preserve a healihy state of the cooati tution during the peiiod of teething. The WoiJs "JOHN STEEDMAN, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey," Are engraved on the Government stamp affixed to each packet. Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Agents



NOTICE. THE ASHBURTON "GUARDIAN," published every evening, with ail the Latest Cable, Telegraphic and other news, can be obtained at LtAKAIA evtry evening on arrival of the Express. Xut ending quarterly or annual subscribers sending in their names to this Office, or to-Mb Street, Raka a, will have the paper supplied regularly. LOOK. LOOK. PHOTOGRAPH "\7 HOTOGBAPH 3 J. T. MITCHELL DESIRES TO THANK the Public for their past Patronage, hoping they will continue the same. Having now gone into the business properly, and having some of the best apparatus procurable, and a fine new lighted Studio, he intends to turn out the FINES i WORK POSSIBLE. Why go to Christchurch when you can get the work done just as Cheap in your own town CABINETS, 12s per Dozen. PLATINOTYPE—The finest artistic work done for less than Christchurch prices. — Jm "HT" ITOBELL, . J_ • IYJL ITCH EL L, PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE PHO'IOG'APHER, ! Opposite English Church, Tancred Street ASHBURTON. 10 13 SMOKE THE MEW VEND- Dark Aromatic Plug Tobacco. THE CELEBRATED & BEST BPANL MANDFACTTJEED FBOM CHOICEST VIRGINIA LEAF



MUSICAL. MUSIC. lyr ISB parson MUSIC TEACHER, Corner W ills and William Street. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF xMUSIO. Tl/r RS "Oowman iniox Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havelock Street, Ashburton. RAKAIA—FRIDAYS. Pupils prepared for Trinity College Examinations. THiTvram MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS, Teacher of the Violin, Will resume Teaching at her Rooms, SAUNDIBfe 1 BUILDINGS, on SATURD AY, January 23, from 1 o'clock p.m. ; also, following Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Terms on application. IGTOSSBQBNE COOMJ3E7 PIANO TUNER AND EXPERT, (Lite of London\ "\TISITS Ashburton and surrounding V Districts every four months — viz , March, July, and November. ORDERS may be left v/ith MR L.LKWELLYN OWEN at his Music Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton.



NOTICE. ANY Person found tresspaasing on the Hiverad&le Estate with Dog or Gun (or otherwise) after this date will be prosecuted. (Signed) J. R. WILLIAMS, Manager, Dated thia 3rd day of April 1897. 4 33 : loz Prevention ■■■"* JTS WORTH POUNDS OF CURE i- Why ruin your Reapers and itfowe* by tiding inferior Lubricating Oils, whic ire your horses and clog the Machines, when you can obtain a troo I^brican' ike V A I< W «h I. I M fc Jifhicb has been thoroughly tested all ove he world and pronounoad Unequalled, Hbtajnable from all Storekeepers c,e th Vgonts EDWABT* REEGE & SONS OTiKfSTORURDH VIT ANTED Known—The celebrated P.D TT Corßets in all prinea and colors. — A. Orb. 314 Many Ladies complain that the Tpi they have been using has neither strenghh nor flivor. If they try Kozie Tea they wtil be satisfied. Try the No 4at 2/4, 'tis superb



Llewellyn Owen, M.C.S-M.5 JL.K.L.-I'.Mf. PIANOFOhTE, SIISGING AND HaBMONY, AND MANDOLINE. The NEW TjsKM will COMA 4 ENCE on MONDAY, February 1 A CARD MRS \ f^i riLAItIOQP ' ix. Vj» vlaridgk TBAOHEH OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGJNi COX STREET, ASHBUKTON. Terms on Application. WANTED Known-A splendid line of ladies two-Strap Shoes, 4s 9d. —Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. tuft Box of Clarke's B 41 Pills warran tj-id to cure all discharges from the Urinaiy Organs, in either sex (acquired or cons i tutional), Gravel and Pains in the Baoi- G'jarranteed free from Mercury. Sold ii< Boxes 4s 6d each, by all Chemists and Patent medicine Vendors throughout the Word Proprietors ; Thb Lincoln and Midland Oovwns* Drug Compact, I mo >ln. Knj/iand



NEW G >')DS JUST OPENED, j CEAIGHEAD & BEKRYMAN, The leading Tailors ?nd outfitters, iishburton. 4 295



BAZAAK STABLES, BURNETT STREET, A S H B U li TON, ' (Close to Arcade) WE CAN SUPPLY, a', a moment's none, BUGGIES, DuGCARiS, AND -ADDLE HORSES. Also aFIPST-CLAS'S DRAG, suitable for Picnic Parties, Electi neeering and other processions. Matched teams and pairs also provided. Stables open at all hours. A Conveyance will leave the Post Office every TUESDAY for the Saleyards at 11 a.m Ashbiiiton, return, Is; Tinwald, return, Is 6d. TREVURZA Bros 4 46 PROPRIETORS.



NOIICE. m. n\n WiTf ow TTAS REMOVED to more centra Premises opposite Mitchell & Turner's, TANCRED STRKET. %



C VmZE, MEDAL _§ rurJCEYLON&DiDUH Rosa Within &s React? of LI PU" S* -^i —|i —^—~~~" OR ■"safrf BLENDED AyT EACH PISE s 4— AND UP TO ijk SOLD ETT ALL GROCERS, HAVE NOTHING ELSL







WANTED Known—That J. Moison has received a large stock of Winter Boots and Shoes, which he intends dieposing of at a Discount for Cash. His own makes (which never was yet equalled) always on hand. I intend, as in the past, to keep the reputation of keeping the Best Boots in the trade. Nothing but the best sole leather used. Repairs done at once at the Premier Boob Store, East Street, Town Hall, Ash- j I burton, 3 115 WHA r everybody says must be true You get wonderful value for litto tnon«y at Mellou's. WAVfED Known—The cheapest ar.d most reliable boot shop in Ashburton at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. BARRETT BROS, have just opened some new lines in clothing. Our noted ••Wear-well" Mosgiel Tw^ed Suit at £2; but cash discount Oue Shilling in the Pound makes them 38/- now.—" The Hall," Eajc Street. EX " Gothic." Barrett Bros have re ceived through their agents, direct from English Manufacture-a, some special lines in Drapery, etc. Cash discount One Shilling in the Pound.-"The Hall," East totreet



Foa Indigestion, the best remedy is un doubtedly Norton's Camomile Pills. They can confidently be recomniended aa beinj; mild id operation and absolutely free fion inj'irioup drugs. Acting at once as a splen did toniw and a gentle aperient. For nearly 100 years they have, proved m-equaller" 1 for indigestion, Dyspepsia, sick Headache at d or Liver and Stomach complaints. Sold in bottles Is ljd, 2s 9d, and Ha, by all Wedi aine Vendors throughout the wrl«". & fimpl«t «»f« *ni c«rf;»lo remedy



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DAVID THOMAS, Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBURTON, Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Aahburton Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Fridays Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain and Sold on Commission " Glean iz y >|v rp*-T»r~EM»w nrrangnrrinTTTfi ' - ' AGENT FOP— Mataon and 00, Ohristchurch Booth, McDonald and 00, Oferistchurch White's Sheep Dip Walter A. Wood €o Lightband's Belting 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 Bakaia Clients and others that I have appointed Mb W, Uaroock as my Agent in the Rakaia district DAVID THOMAS, Ashbnrton GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JR^ TOOLS. DAVID THOMAS, ASHBURTON



= WHITE'S = = SHEEP DIP, = THE BEST AND CHEAPEST IN THE MAEKET. DAVID THOMAS, AGENT, AHHBURTQN. New Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLISHED" _ _ 1859 CAPITAL-^ONEMILLION. THEPBEMXBB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND "MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, *0., ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT BATES HANMER & GKAVES, AGENTS



FORCOTOHS, GOLDS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHVt Influenza. Consumption, &o, Ac KAY'S COMPOUND KSSKNOH OF LINSEBD Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Toln, &c If AY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for f\ CQBCfhF, Colds, and Cheat Complainti %£ AY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Ooldi, ia eqnall rV serviceable for horgea and cattle y aY'S TIO PILLS, a specific in Nennlgte. Faeeaohe f\ &o. Contain Quinine, Iron, <fee LINUM CATHARTICUM PILLS d gertive, oonect tivo, and agreeably aperient f"\OAQULINB~Cement tot Btdkm Articlei. 80 W everywhere, Manutactow, Stookport £ nglm



Friedlande. Bros., Li railed. T¥^E H^VE POii SALE PKIME T^BLE POTATOES. FRIEDLANDkR BRO^., Ltd.



TT^ANTED TO PUROHaSB -100 Tou- OF BRIGHT OATEN frHEAF CfIAFF. FRIEDLANDER BRO* Ltd. Q/3 AORB FARM AT MBTHVEN. WE HAVE for Private Sale a Small Farm of 86 Acres, being Lot 6, Mr D. Cameron's sale plan, adjoining the Public Library, Methven, The land ia of first-olais quality. Also,—-10 Acies of Land fronting Winter's Road, Allenton. Full particulars on application, I s_lo FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. Tjl ENC IN O MATERIAL of all Deecriptiona supplied. Barbed and Plain Wire and Standards VFTE ARE CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT RYEGRASB OATS COCKSFOOT BARLEY CLOVERS CHAFF And al other Farm Produce. FRIEOLANDER BROS., Ltd 3



STORiiS; BTORES. WE HAVfi ALSO IN SOCK and Sale at Lowest Rates, STOrSKS flou eholdi-rs and Farmers. SUNBEAM TEA, highly famed and ex cellent quality ; JOKO, PALM, and othe» T AS in lib packets aud canisters. MAURITIUS SUGAR, CANDLES, SOAP, FLOUR, AND OTHER REQUISITES, CASTOR OIL, BOILED AND RAW OILS FOR sTIeT"" SEEDS. SESDS, WE HAVE IS STOCK and for SALE Sseds for autumn sowing. OATS—HEAVY CANADIANS, DUNS, DANISH. CAP. BAKLKY and RYE CORN. RfcD and WHITE CLOVERS and COW CARtEt.'S ELKPHiUT SWEDE TUR NIP- 1. "IMPERIAL GRBKN GLOBE. RAPK-, lAKW, di,,.



rpVERYONE accustomed to usipg ih Ha A.C. Ointment. Will find equal satisfaction in using th? Bee Ointment, For which everyone is kindly requested to ask instead of the AC'OINTMENT.' Carefully note that a diagram of a Bee is in (he centre, and Edward Gallichan's Factory, New Zealand, on the end j of ev'BfVDQV EefiLOiat<J}ent is every mother's < strongest man's flesh it is always successful. < Price, Is 6d. Bee C'intmeat is espacially manufactured as a horse and cattle drensiog Price —2s 6d AC f'orn Cure, for hard or soft corns wartf, aud bunions —Price Is AC Vegetable Pills, for male and female nse, 30 pills in every box, and quite equa to anything imported—price Is 6d EDWIH GALLSGHAN, PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURE R .\sharst, N.Z. * Canterbury Eerrp?entative, MR G P. HOATTEN, Aahburton, Ihe following testimonies to the value of the Ointment a^e good enough for any thing :— Dear Sirs, —We have great pleasure in recommending your Bee Ointments. We have given them a thorough trial, both on man and beast, and they have proved to be quite as good as you represent. In future, we intend to keep a stock always on hand — We remain, yours faithfully, Shakplin & Co.



SHEEp.DIPPING SEASON WE HAVE DFCIDED, for the con venience of our Clients, to hold in Stock during the soaaon— COOPEK'S P.iWDi'R DIP BROOKE'S PERFECT DIP BROOKE'S POTASH ARSENICAL DIP and the well-known CROWN DIP, for which we arc Sole Agents, and which has given marked satisfaction to all who have used it throughout the World. MASSEY-HAKfcIS WHEELS. STARTLING REDUCTION IN PRICES?. WE are now in a position to give spe cially low quotations for our cele brated Bicycles, and taking into consideration that we are supplying them with Lamp, Bell, Brake, and Mudguards, we can safely ay that our MASSEY-HARRIS WHEELS are the Best and Cheapest in the Market. All Machines are fitted with best English DUN LOP TYRES, AN EXPERT is now in attendance, and j will be pleased to give riding lessonß to Ladies free of charge. FEIEDLANDEE BROS,, Ltd,



GRAHAM & uUs p\TV: N T P EIIH'N FO(1T-HOT CUR' j:, Is a certain remedy for the disease, an c&ti op applied a» a cost, or less t,h»i. OKJfi h'ALif.PKNNT PWB SMWEf Read opinions of Govarnmpnfc Inap«ctor of Stock. Blenheim,, Mablbokouoh. In re jour remedy for Pnot-Kot I tiaVc i> o bnsitauon in « ymg it is the mosi effective have met, an i hua been u<-ed in the district under a,y charge with the best results. 1 have reoommende* &ndl shell oontirjue to rtcommend it to any owners cf thc«p affected with Fcst-Rot, a disease which I regret to saj is so often neg'eotfld until is takes euch a ptrcng bold on the flock that it oan no longer be ignored, when it might have been easily pat down st its first appearance by a little attention and (he übb of your rfmedy JOBN JdOORE, Inspector of Stook February 28, 1895. Department of A&movtws.& t Hawera In reply 10 your request bb to my reporting 0 you my opinion of the result cf your dreEsiog theep a' Mr Lyeaght'd an Mr Nicholas' with your Foif.Rot Specific, 1 have svery corjfidecoa in saying that the cure was a perfect one, although the weather was very wev and stormy, and the examination was only cix days after the feet bad been dressed. Some ol the ahoep were very badly affected, aearly the whole of the foot having rot'cd off. I should recommend ail sheep owners to use your Speoifioif their sheep are troubled with Foot-rot, as it is easily put on, and I am sure it will give satisfaction .—I remain, yours truly ALEXANDER MONRO, Inspeotor of Stook, Jane 22,1895. Genuine only from D. THOMAS, ASHBURTON, Or from the Sole Proprietors, GRAHAM AND 00-, Corltoo Gore Road, Roeeneath, I Wellington.



Medical Dispensary, New Plymouth, October 19, 1896 Dear Sir,—l have sold your Bee Ointment and AC Corn Cure and Pills for the past three years, and I have never known of one purchaser to express a regret for pro curing your lines. They have in every case which has come under my notice, given every satisfaction. Your Bee Ointment hat proved itself one of the best healing oint ments procurable. Kindly forward me one gross of Bee Ointment, small size, at your earliest convenience. Yours truy, A. F. Sykes, Chemist.



TEE TEA OF THE AGE. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA. 'I>RY IT, AND YOU WILL HAVE NO OTHER SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, Professor Bickekton reports that SAXON TEAS absolutely Pure and of good quality WANTED Knovvn—NothTng but"upTo date Goods are said at Melt.or' ei> ! prices that defy competition. WAN lED mothers to know that the cheapest shop for school boots ia Mkllor's Zealandia Boot Store,



Hundreds of other testimonials too numerou to publish. ""IIENHY KNIGHT SINGLE TREE STORE, ALFORD FOREST AND METHVEN ♦"PHANKS the Public most heartily for 1 their constant support during the past 14 yearß, and assures them that the qualify 3f New Goods in Drapery, New Zealand Clothing, Trimmings, Hats, Boots, (Mm erers' Boots being,a specialty) Saddlery, Ironmongery, Paints, Varnishes, Brushes of 1 every kind, Oils, China, and' Glassware, annot be surpassed at tho prices Patent Medicines of all descriptions kept In stock, with a large assortment of Stationery at ow prices. Only Steel Roller Flour kept. Aeent for Nelson, Moate, and Co.'s Teat. Also Indian, Arab, and Saxon. Orders by post promptly attended to, and goods delivered daily



B. DUCKWORTH & SON, UNDERTAKERS, Cabinetmakers, and Upholsterers, Burnett Street, Ashborton. Private Residence—Opposite Fire Br'gade Station. 3 105 THE TRADK SUPPLIED WANTED KNOWN—Mrs Huffaw having taken the premises lately occupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to open same as Ladies' Dining and Refreshment Rootrs, where visitors will find a long felt want supplied. Meals at all hours. A few boarders wiH find all the comforts of a fhome,



QAIMH* ««■• BacMlyptl mxtrmt There are imitations of Eucalypti attract ia tl»e market now, products of limple distillation forming rude resinous oils. In ort<T.tbM,M»!*« crude olli wamt not b3 taken, OUR PURK Vi>LATILS EUCALTFTI EXTRACT, which is r eo-'nisod by the medical division of thp Pruwian Goverumect to be of perfectly pure origin, (is their information forwarded to vi through the Consul.at Melbourne, March 2, 1678, we state:— Is projei by test* by the Medical Clinics of the Faiveniittes «t Bourn and OitS'fewAld, Prussia, and reported by Dr Scliulz, Professor o( Parmaoology, at Bon, and Professor Dr Mbster, Director of the Medical Clinic at GreiLwaW, that only products that are saturated w.'tk oxygen and freed of acids, resinous and other substances, adnerent to primary distillation, will develope the ganacivs qualities jiroper to the plant according to these authorities, and according to Pro fessor Dr Lister, ot England, and to Drs Bauer Uclntire, Woo (, Hazard, etc, of America, is the Only extract correspondinji to scientific te is, and theoaly one which jjossesses the proper therapeutic value. Sander & Son's Eucalypti Extract. All other crude oils are to 03 classed among the mrpentinea,which have, when used as medicine, HO therapeutic effect, an I are abandoned as an internal m <*ucameat These so-clled Kuca!yi.iic Kxtract which may have received distinction at Exhibitions as commercial articles are used for merhanical purposes areoily.igcernjbie. By ther deficiency in un'gent oudour—whink our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract! develops most freely through its surplus of oxygen. By thefr alcoholic thin and rnobi'e appear mcc being I reduced in specific d-:ni-ity throdgh the presence of acids. By 1 heir taste, the reiu!t of the cojtracting ten dency ofresiusand temiates. If tLeae crude oils, so-Crtlld eucalypti extract", are applied by mistake in cas s of croup, bron hid, diph- Hieda, internal infl imafc ons, dysen cry, wounds, the • conseq ences are appallnsr. For safety always ask for Sander & son s eucalypti kxtbact, andge- the old, well ies6--, a^d reh'able preparation. —Sandhurst, Victoria, J"ust: alia. > SANDKK & SONF,



*F. CLARIC HAIRDRESSER AND TOBACCONIST/ EAST STRFET, ASHBURTON. T AM NOW SELLING OB ACCOB OF THE B^ T PRANDS. Derby, Judo, Nnvy Twist, Diftdem, Ruby, Golden Eagle, Welcome Nugget, Wills' Tins, Mild, Medium, Full Strength 2"z Is, 4oz 2«. Just Opened, A FEW CHOI'JB ACCORDEONP, __ More to arrive. PIPES "IN IWDLEWySMBTy; CIGARS OF *HR BKSI' BBll&fc £:s,stjf Oavours Is per box, Manillas ?or Is. WATOFIKP, I AM SELLING CHEAP, Perfection, Waterbury, etc



P. JONAS BEGS to Notify the Farmers and Butchers of Ashburton and Surround ing District that he has Opened up BuaintM iv the Premises adjoining Hanmer and Graves' Stablea as a Ca«Ti Buyer of WOOL, SKINS, HIDES, FAT, and HORSE HAIR in large or small quantities. Office Days—Tuesdays and Satubdats. AH Communications carefully attended to. _ 5160 "A ROYAL TRIBUTE.' ~" "PARLIAMENT has decreed that New JL Zealand shall excel any Australian colony in the Dumerioal strength ©f. her miti* » tary contingent, and it is a foregone conclu sion that Her Majesty will be advised by the Soer, tary of State, the Hod. Joseph Chamber ia.it], to reciprocate the unexpected extent of ' our loyalty by some recognition worthy of ft devoted people, who have sent such a mili -1 tary force to demonstrate our warlike in* | stiocts and ability to aid old England in the event of war. That recognition will be, without doubt, a title to the originator and tactician who has carried his proposal in the face of a hostile sec ion of Parliament. No doubt Heir Majesty will deem a mere knighthood too meagre an honour for a t-tatesman who has shown such Imperialistic exuberance. Quaen Victoria will undoubtedly show some dis crimination in awarding honours to Colonial Premiers, aud we may look forward with confidence to the Liberal Le»der of New Zealand returning with something more than a. "Sir" to his name. The form if title itself may not be so very easy to place. There is one which from th« analogy of strength and popularity will b« generally accepied at Home and abroad aa apropos. The Premier will go home as plain \Jr. Seddon. What if he should return M LORD BURATDRA? He is Strong. So is Saratura T<»



He hag promised Economy. So does ikratura Tea He is Dot a blend of India or China. No more is Suratura Tea HTis name is known throughout N.Z. So is that of Suratura Tea! He has a reputation. . So has Suratura f Tea He goes farther than other Premiers. £o does Suratura t an ordina y Teat JOHN ORR & CO^ Agent^ To the Deaf and those troubled with Noises in the Head or other Aural Trouble*. Dr Nicholson, of London, the world famed aural specialist and Inventor of artificial ear drums, has just issued the 100 th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deaf ueas and Aural Troubles. This book may be had from Mr Colin Campbell, 160, Adelaide Road, Wellington, ■ N.Z. Mr Campbell was cured of his deafness by t)r Nicholson's system, and takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist in New Zealand. A little book on the cure of Rheumatism, Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion by the same author, may be bad from Mr Campbell, »l« 0 fret, 3J7