The Ashburton Guardian.

vol. xvii, no, 4149

AsHBURToa: Wednesday, March 24, 1897.

PRICE: ONE PENNY



Fried lander ros. 100 Tons OF BRIGHT OATEN SHEAF CHAFF. FRIEDLANDER BROS. Ltd. T7IENCING MATERIAL JJ of all Descriptions supplied. Barbed and Plain Wire and Standards. TTfK ARE CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT RYEGRASB OATS  COCKSFOOT .:"*m^ M » 0U)VB8S And al other Farm Produce. FRIEOLANDER BROS., Ltd. . _ ■ ■ ' ■■■ : ...___s^ STORES. STORES. WE HAVE ALSO fN STOCK aniur Sale at Lowent; Rates, STOKES: o« Householders and Farmers* . SUNBEAM TEA, highly famed and ex cellent quality; JOKO, PALM, and other Ti< AS m lib packets and canisters. MAURITIUS SUGAR, CANDLES, SOAP, FLOUR, AND OTHER REQUISITES. CASTOR OIL, BOILED AND RAW OILS. ~~FOR SALE. SEEDS. SEEDS. WE HAVE IN STOCK and for SALE Seeds for autumn sowing. OATS—HEAVY CANADIANS, DUNS, DANISH. ' CAPE BARLEY and RYE CORN. RKD and WHITE CLOVERS and COW GRASS. CARTEh'S ELEPHANT SWEDE TUR. NIP.S. IMPERIAL GREEN GLOBE. RAPE, TARES, dc. SHEBP.DIPPING SEASON. WE HAVE DECIDED, for the con venience of our Clients, to hold m Stock during the season— COOPER'S POWDkR DIP BROOKE'S PERFJKCT DIP BROOKE'S POTASH ARSENICAL DIP and the well-known CROWN DIP, for which we are Sole Agents, and which has given marked satisfaction to all who have used it throughout the World. T7IVERYONE accustomed to using the Ah vf.O. Oiniment Will .find equal satisfaction m using the Bee Ointment, For which everyone is kindly requested to iask instead of the AC OINTMENT. i Carefully note that a diagram of a Bee ie m the centre, and Edward Gallichan'a I Factory, Ashurst, New Zealand, on the end of every pot. Bee Ointment is every mother** true friend ; on the weakest baby, or the strongest man's flesh it is always successful. Price, Is 6d. Bee Ointment is eepaeially manufactured as a horse and cattle dressing Price—2s 6d AC Corn Cure, for hard or soft conn warts, and bunions —Price Is ; AC Vegetable Pills, for male and female ' use, 30 pills m every box, and quite equa to anything imported —price Is 6d EDWIN GALIICHAN, I PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURER ieharst, JN.Z. Canterbury MB G P. HOATTEN, ABhburtOD, The following testimonies to the value of the Ointment are good enough for any* thing:— Dear Sirs, —We have great pleasure m 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, feHARPLIN & Co. Medical Dispensary, New Plymoui h, October 19, 1896 Dear Sir,—l have sold your Bee Ointment and AC Corn Cure and Pills for the past three years, and 1 have never known of one purchaser to express a regret for pro curing your lines. Ihey have m 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 grosfe of Bee Ointment, small size, at your earliest convenience. Yours truy, A. h\ Sykes, Chemist. Hundreds of other testimonials too numerou to publish. _ NOTICE "~ TO SUBSCRIBERS, A NY SUBSCRIBER who may not get x\_ his paper reguUrly, is requested to communicate a<~ once with the MANAGER, Ashburton Publishing Company. B. DUCKWORTH & SON, -TTNDEBTAKKRS, Cabinetmaker*, and yj Upholsterers, BtrBNETT STBEIT, AsHBDBTON. Private Residence—Opposite Fire Brigade Station. $ 106



H-'nry Zan ler. JUST LANDED 1000 BAOSIOOO BAGS j^JAUEITIUS mJGAR USE;NO OIHER FOR YOUR JAM. Henry Zander, Cheapest Grocer is Ashburton. TO FARMERS AND DEALERS. AND SKIN SALES con \J ducted, »nd Saleyardi regularly attended to, under the Snpervision of Ml DAVID ZANDER* Auctioneer. Brooke's and Odham's Sheep Dips always on hand. Advances made against Shipment! of jamb and Mutton. My London Agent is known for his utmost) reliability. HENEY ZANDER, STOCK AND STATION AGENT. JUST LANDED, "" Ex Kaikoura and Fazilka, 100 Cases CASTOR OIL 100 Cases VALVGLTNE ■ 10 Bales SEAMING TWINE 11000 Feet LEATHER BELTING 100 Galvanised STEBL COLLARS HORNSBY & RANSOME PLOUGH SHARES Barbed and Plain FENCING WIRE 200 Drums LINSEED OIL CROCKERY and GLASSWARE Etc Eto HENBY ZANDER, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT. TO CONTRACTORS AND CARRIERS. I J HAVE ALWAYS FOR SALE OATSHEAF CHAFF CRUSHED OATS CRUSHED BARLEY FEED OATS BRAN and SHARPS HENRY ZANDER, GENERAL MERCHANT. STORAGE. I AM PREPARED to receive GKAIN on Storage at Lowest Current Rates, My Shipment of CORNSACKS is now to hand. Henry Zander, GRAIN, WOOL, AND GENERAL MERCHANT. Hanmer and Graves. DUN OATS. WE have a large line of these fib for seed and can supply orders for any quantity. AGRICULTURAL SALT. ' WE have m store a large quantity of Agricultural Salt, for salting Stacks or destroying Weeds, which we offer at low quotations. CASTOR OIL. WE have Juat Landed, ex Fazilka, a shipment of CASTOR OIL, and are m a position to supply Large and Small Consumers. DIP. _ DIP. XTTE ARE AGENTS FOR LITTLE'S DIPS and keep them m Stock. WE have taken over the DIPPING YARDS opposite the Ashburton Saleyards lately m the occupation of Mr Brooke, and are prepared to dip sheep there at current rates. Little's Dip will be ut.eel. WE have various sums for investment on Freehold Security. CORNSACKS. ORDERS for these can now be booked, and we advise Clients to take ad vantage of present quotations, SEEDS. SEEDS.'. WE HAVE m stock for Autumn sowing. Oats, of all varieties, Clovers, Turnip Seeds, Ryecorn, Cape Barley, etc., HANMER & GRAVES. WANTED Known—Large delivery of the " Economic" Kid Gloves, four buttons, Is 9d per pair, worth much morei— W H,COLWBB,



PAINTING. PAINTING. PAPERHAKGIJN G PAPERHANGING. WE Have the Choicest Assortment of WALL PAPERS m Ashburton, and invite inspection. COMPETENT WORKMEN sent to any part of the Coanty as required, and none but Genuine Materials used, OBDEE EARLY. W. H. COLLINS & CO., IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, UMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS. WALTER A. WOOD CO. HAVING BEEN APPOINTED AGENT for the County, for the above Company I am now BOOKING ORDERS for their Well-known Harvesting Machinery and have pleasure m introducing to the Farmers of Ashburton and Rakaia districts, their NEW TEREE APRON OPEN REAR REAPER AND BINDER. This Machine has been THOROUGHLY TRIED AND TESTED, having been n ! use m America and England for the past four seasons, and m Australia ) for the past two, and haa won the admiration of all who I have seen its work. THE SINGLB~APEON REAPER AND BINDER. Still Holdsits Own, and well deserves its title of " FATHER OF THEM ALL." I WOOD'S SIDE DELIVERY REAPERS Defy Competition, while their MOWER RAKES, and TEDDERS, are SECOND to NONE. Ihe "Farmers' Favorite" Grain Seed and Manure Drill is undoubtedly the BEST ON THE MARKET. A Full Supply of EXTRAS on hand, and can be delivered Day or Night ' throughout the harvest MR R. B. KESTELL is m Charge of the Machinery Department, and full particulars may be had from him. BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE, CAREFULLY EXAMINE "THE NEW WOOD." D. THOMAS, AGENT. SPECTACLES. SPECTACLES. R. MURRAY & SON, OPTICIANS, GOLDSMITHS, Etc. IN Consequence of the large increase m this branch of our business, we have found it necessary to augment our already large Stock of Optics, by frequent consignments from England of the latest patterns and most approved designs m all classes of SPECTACLES, FOLDERS, EYE SHADES, LENSES, etc. IOUR Mb R. Murray having had upwards of THIRTY-FIVE YEARS' Experience of Optics, and during that time has made careful study of the relation between Spectacles and the organ of sight, the result being that he is able to quickly discern the errors of vision, and correct them by the use of suitable Lenses, an advantage that cannot be adopted by those having little or no Experience of Optics. CUSTOMERS may have their EYES TESTED if necessary, and also have Spectacles fitted to correct the sight m Eyes of UNEQUAL VISION. S PECIAL CURLED SIDES, for riding, or mechanics at their work WON'T fall off when stooping. NEW FRAMES, NEW SIDES, NEW LENSES. Repairs Neat and Strong. SHEARMAN BROS., "TTrE Have just landed the following Seasonable Goods:— "1 f\ Cases Prime Ling Fish "I f\ 1U Cases Prime Ling Fi&h JLA-/ sC'ases *'Royal" Fresh Herrings X Cases ".Royal" Fresh Herrings *J sCaßas Herrings m Tomato Sauce X Cases Herrings m Tomato Sauce tJ 5 Cases "Silvocea" Smoked Haddocks C Cases "Silvocea" smoked Hadd cks O 5 Cases " Royal" Kippered Herrings £T Cases " Royal" Kippered Herrings «J sCaßes Fresh Salmon (Cocktail Brand) pT j Cases Fresh Salmon (Cocktail Brand) *J 8 Cases Fresh New Zealand Mnllett Q Cases Fresh New Z-aland Mullett O 3 Cases Maconochies Spiced Herrings O Cases Maconochies Spiced Herrings O TEA. flTi TEA. ORANGE PEKOE, CEYLON TEA, m ilb and lib Packets, 51b and 101 b Tins. So'e Agents for Tiger Blended Teas. Goods delivered daily. Customers waited upon for Orders. Cheapest House m Ashburton for Groceiies, Ironmongery, Crockery and BahWM' SHEARMAN BROS., MARKET HOUSE, Telephone 55 HAEVEfeT CHEQUES WANTED! A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR CASH CUSTOMERS. ■"" ■■" "",o,■"■••""■»■■■ HAVING received a Large Quantity of Scotch, West of England, and Colonial TWEEDS and WORSTED SUITINGS, at very much REDUCED PRICES, we have decided to give our Customers the benefit of our Bargain by making the following GENUINE REDUCTIONS FOR CASH :— Men's Scotch and West of England Tweed and Worsted SUITS to measure, usual price 955, reduced to 75s ca?h Men's Scotch and West of England Tweed and Worsted SUITS to measure, usual price 90s, reduced to 70s cash Men's Colonial Tweed SUITS to measure, usual price 80s, reduced to 65s cash Men's Colonial Tweed SUITS to measure, usual price 70s, reduced to 59s cash Men's Weßt of England and Worsted TROUSERS to measure, usual price 27s 6d and 303, reduced to 22a 6d cashf Men's West of England and Worsted TROUSERS to measure, usual price 255, reduced to 20s cash Men's Colonial Tweed TROUSERS to measure, usual price 22s 6d, reduced to 17s 6d cash Men's Colonial Tweed TROUSERS to measure, usual price 17s 6d to 20s, reduced to 15s 6d cash. PILES OF NEW GOODS TO SELECT FROM. U^- OUR REPUTATION IS A SUFFICIENT GUARANTEE FOR FIT, STYLE, AND WORKMANSHIP. CRAIGHEAD & BERRYMAN, THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, Aj-sbbcrWi



Establishes Over 3o ears WmKm^T-mIIJB BEBT SBLE<:!TEI[) STOCK" ■ .^ll—^ . ■■J-:>/7 CHEAPEST HOUSE FURNISHER WaP^ ~^Vvv /"COMPLETE FURNISHINGS t FOR HUftai" t f1 tn ifi" I"" i[j[--11-n:C-1 Beadetead, Spring Mattress and B^felkliliVD:':;a^ il' ii:l;!: I''i!,M An Oar Pets from 3s 6d made and COLOMBO STREKT & CATHEDRAL ■ . .■■:■■■ A Marshall, Manager New Zealand Insiiraoce Company. SSTABLIS h"¥d°* 1. _ 18 5 9 CAPITAL^ONB*MILLION. THE PKKMIEfi AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOB PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, do., At OKI TED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES HANMEK & GKAVES AGENTS \!hM ■ .aft r^ S*) Wk \ted ™ it !2J ZA *Zl w^f# *b w ■ Jm W/Q ® 3& m s* < JL DAVID THOMAS, Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker f ASHBUBTON, ,__ Loans Negotiated I Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashburton Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Fridays Sales of Wool Throughout the Season j Grain Bought and Sold on Commission ! Oleari jg Sales as per arrangements AGENT FOE— Matson and 00, Ohristchurch Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip Walter A. Wood Oo Lightband's Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company j Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Dunodin Planet Junior Garden and Field lools Belfast Manures I beg to inform my Rakaia Clients and others that I have appointed Alr W. Baroook as my Agent m the Rakaia district DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JE. TOOLS DAVID THOMAS. ASHBURTON



AKHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND IMVEBTMKNT SOCIETY. f\N and after Thursday, the 7th day of \J January, 1897, this Office will be OIOSED FOR THE WEEKLY HALF HOLIDAY, ON THURSDAY, instead of SATURDAY, And will be open until 4 p.m on Saturday, after that date. EDWARD STEPHENS, | Manager. Q W. J. PARSONS, MONUMENTAL MASON, Manchester Street, Christohurch. R. HANDCOCK, Agent. Samples can be scon at my office, Standard Office Buildings, Ashburton. 2 125 lIMOATESC?? C— PRIZE MEDAL Z-3 [TO CEYLON &INDIAN TEAS Noiu Within the Reach of AD PURE H fjk CEYLON I/O pimp* ■—i— •!> —;—^— INDIAN 1/1(1 BLES^f BED 4fo F EACH FeiOE • \ m AND UP TO @np IA SOLD BY AIL GROCERS. HAVE NOTHING ELSE. SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatio Plug Tobacco. THE CELEBRATED & BEST BPANL MANOTA.OTUBED FROM CHOICEST VIRGINIA LEAF THE TEA OF THE AGE. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA. TRY IT, AND YOU WILL HAVE 1 HO OTHER. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, Pkofbssok Bickbrton reports thab SAXON TEAS absolutely Pare and good quality LOOK. LOOK. PHOTOGRAPH \7 HOTOGRAPH J, 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 beßfc apparatus procurable, and a fine new lighted Studio, he intends to turn out the FINEST WORK POSSIBLE. Why go to Christchurch when you can get the work done jusc as Cheap m your own town CABINETS, 12s per Dozen. PLATINOTYPE—The finest artistic work done for less than Christchurch prices. — Jm "I\/T ITCBELL, . ± • IVX ITCH EL L, PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER, Opposite ,English Church, Tancred Street Ashbubton. 1013 WHAT everybody says musb be true You get wonderful value for litte monfiv at Mjsx&ok'is,



Shipping. NEW ZEALAND ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, ia Monte Video, Rio, Teneriffe, & Plymouth Port of ' Steamers, Tons. Departure. Date, Kaikoara 4607 Wellington Feb. 18' Ruapehu 4202 Wellington Feb. 20 Tongariro 4163 — April 15 Raahin* 6127 — April 29 Bimutaka 4515 — May 13 and tbeno« forward every FOURTH THURSDAY. Splendid accommodation for all classes of passengers. Warrants issued for passengers from Great Britain on payment of passage mane-y, or approved guarantee for same. The Rnahine will go through the Magellan Straits, weather permitting. The Bimutaka will go Home through the Straits of Magellan and call at Moote Video Eio de Janeiro, Teneriffe, and Plymouth en route to London, Her sailing date from New Zealand will be the 15th May. We are now prepared to book through passages to the Weßt Coast of South America ani Bahia, Pernambuco, and the Falkland Islands. Bates and other par tiouiars on application. For farther particulars apply to FRIEDLANDER BROS., Lrn. Agents, Ashburton. SHAW, SATILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMHED. FOR LONDON. J%l -pOYAL MAIL STEA- i-V MERS, with superior | 'vK^BKe^ accommodation for all classes ■^^^^^^—• of passengers, calling at Montß iTldeo or Klo, Taneriffe and Ply mouth. Tone Commander From Date. Tokomaru 6238 Maxwell ... Lyttel- Mar 6. Aotea ... 63461-*'cotland ... ton. Mar 18. Sothie ...7730(Kidley ... — April 1. lonic ...4753 Kempßon. M — June 24 "~~ CARGO~STEAMERS. Maori ... 5200)Moffatt ...) — Mar 2 Mamari ...3583 Levack ... — May 1 Matatua...332O Evans .. — Rangitira 4045 Burton .. — Pakeha ...14331 Prosser ... — Aotea and Tokomaru carry Baloon passengers only. HANMBR AND GRAVES, Agents. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY Of NEW ZEALAND, Limited >TEAMERS a AIL Ffc OM LYTTELTON ASUNDER: j For Westport and Greymonth—Weekly. Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise ment m Chriatchurch papers Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Picton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration; reference should therefore be made to Ohristchurch daily papers foi dates and hoar of sailing For farther particulars apply to F, FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton. MUSICAL. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MDSIG. MRS TjOWMAN "POX Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havelock Street, A&hbubton. RAKAIA^FRIDAYS. j Pupila prepared for Trinity College Examinations. ( Llewellyn Owen, \ . M.C.WM-., JUR.I--C.M. j PIANOFORTE, SINGING AND HARMONY, AND MANDOLINE. i The NEW TJfiRM will COMMENCE on MONDAY, Fkbbuaby 1 ! "MirOBBOKNITCOOMBE7 PIANO TUNER AND EXPERT, (Late of London), VISITS Ashburton and surrounding Districts every four months—viz, March, July, and November. ORDERS may be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Music Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton. TISrVIOLIK MISS BESSIB SIMMONDS, Teacher of the Violin, Will resume Teaching at her Booms, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, on SATURDAY, January 23, from 1 o'clock p.m. ; also, following Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Terms on application. A OABD MRS An riLARIDGE, A. \J. KjhARIBQE, TEACHER OF HANOifORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms op Application. 1897 PIANOFORTE, SINGING, and FRENCH MRS f7~MAKEIG, CAMERON STREET (Opposite Reid and Gray's, The next term will begin on Monday, February 1,1897. "TT ACANCIES m each of the above V Terms on application . _____ TIT 183 LARSON MUSIC TEACHER, Corner Wills and William Street,