The Ashburton Guardian.

rOL. XVII. NO. 4101

Ashbubtoji : Tuesday, January 20, 1897.

pbice: one penny

Official Directory.

Mayor of Ashburton—Mr Joseph Scaly Hkst; street and P etoral Association— Presidentj Jxuica Brown; Secretary, Wm. Simpson Asbburfcon Building Society—Chairman, Dr J E Trevor j Manager, Edward Stephens Ashburtoa Industrial* Building Society— Chairman, Henry Zander; Secretary, J 0 Duncan Ash burton Clab—Secretary, Wm, Home; Manager, E J Stilwell Ashburton Borough School Committee— Ohairman, David McPheruon; Secretary, J G Duncan Caledonian Society—President, ——— Secretary, J. Tucker Canterbury Woollen Mills — Manager Wm Rowan Canterbury Holler Flour Mills—Manager. Thosßollitfc * Cemetery Board — Secretary, Joseph Ward, Arcade Clerk of Courts and Licensing Committee —J R Colyer County Council-Chairman, Edward Wright j Secretary, Frederick Mainwarinff Engineer, Wm Baxter ■■'*'"" Deputy Official Aeiigaee-John Daviion. West street Domain Custodian—W W Smith Fire Brigade — Captain, A A Fook«j Secretary, H H Fooka; Engineer, W B Dolman Gas Company—Chairman, Thos Bullock Secretary, J Ward, Arcade Government Life Insurance Department- Postmaster, agent I Hampstead School Committee—-Chairman, ' j W J Crooks j Secretary, J C Bell Hampgtead Town Board—Chairman. 3 H Maynard; Clerk, JO Bell r High School Board-Chairman, Andrew Orr i Secretary, Chas Braddell Hospital—Medical O^cer, DrJE Trevor} Secretary, F Mainwaring; Matron, Mrs E Mackay Inspector of Factories and Weights and Measures—Constable Edward Eade Justices of the Peace (Town District) — Robert Alcorn, Thos Bullock, Alfred | Harrison, G J NeiU, W H Rule, David I Thomas, D Williamson, E S Coster, and tht j Hon W J Steward [ Longbeach Koad Board—Chairmaa, John Grigg; Clerk, A A Fooks Oddfellows' Hall and Orange Hall- Custodian, W E Dolman Did Men's Home—Master, Thos H Fox Police—Sergeant J F Barlow in charge Postmaster and officer in charge of Tele graphs—WmH George Douglas üb'ic Trust Office—Postmaster, agenfc ~^ Racing Club (Ashburton)—Secretary, Joha Davison Racing Club (Tinwald)—Secretary, A A Fooks liaitway Stationmaskr~P L Payne Kegiatrar of births, deaths and marriages g nd registrar of electors—Joseph Ward Arcade auicyards Company — Chairman, 0 J arper; Secretary, Albert Roberts Siooklospecf or—Blair Fullarton, Oourfi house 'li'swald School Committee—Chairman, J A Clothier tinwald Town Board—Chairman, Edward !.sates ; Clerk, A A Fooks J*~ I'owu C tik and Borough Engineer—Ohaa '*] book* Upper Ashburton Road Board—Chairman ) >nai<l McLean ; Clerk, John Davison Wakanui Road Board— Chairman, Peter Hewart; Clerk, John Kilgour.



Shipping. JffifiSKT' NEW ZEALAND jHH^pjiSHIPPINa OO.S ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Tia Monte Video, Rio, Teneriffe, * Plymouth Port of Steamers. Tons. Departure. Date. Ruapehn 4202 Wellington Jan. 21 Kaikoura 4507 Wellington Feb. 18 Rnahtne 6127 — Mar. 18 Tongariro 4163 — April 15 Rimutaka 4515 — May 24 *nd tfeeneeforward every FOURTH THURSDAY. Splendid aoeommodatton for all classes o* Passengers. jWtmmta tamed for passengers from Gfetafc Britain on payment of passage meney, or approved gaarantae for same. The Ruahine, March 18, and Rimutaka May 13, will go home through the Magellan strait* (weather permitting), calling at the < port) of Puntas Arenas. We beg to draw the special attention of intending travellers to the grandeur of the scenery in the Magellan straits, and to point out that this line alone affords passengers the opportunity of witnessing what is generally described as the finest panorama in the world. For farther particular apply to FRIBDLANDER BROS., Ltd. Agents, Ashburton. SHAW, SAVILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. jWi T>OYAL MAIL STEA djH&k It* MERS, with superior accommodation for all classes of pasßengers, calling at Monte Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply. 00th. amf" i m ■ »-:—: — ' ■ -* Tons Commander From Date. . — — lonic ,4753 Kempson.., — Feb 4. ' Vokomara 6238 Maxwell... — Feb 14. Aotea ...6346 Scotland ...I — Mar 18. Gothic ... 7730 Kidley ... — April 1. Aotea and Tokomaru carry saloon passengers oaly. : HANMER AND GRAVES, Agents. TTiNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY MJ OF NEW ZEALAND, Limitbd STEAMERS S AIL FROM LYTTELTON AS UNDER: ! For Weßtpos and Qreymonth—Weekly. • Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NQTB—For extra sailings see advertise- j tnent in Christchuroh 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 Christcfaarch daily papers for dates and j hoar of sailing For farther particulars apply to j F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton. JMUSIGAL, I PIANOFORTE, SINGING, and FRENCH MRS f7~mak:eig, CAMBBON STREET (Opposite Reid and Grey's. The next term will .begin on Monday, September 14, 1896 Mks Maxrig will be at home on Saturday and Monday, 12 and 14, to receive new pupils. "TTACANCIES in each of the abovei V Terms on application pTanoforsce, singing, organ, and ' theory of mdsic. 11/T RS TJOWMAH "PIGX (Cbbtificated Tbaohib.) i Will resume Teaching on THURSDAY, February 4,1897, and will be at home to arrange with pupils on MONDAY and IJJtfESDAY, the 25th and ?6th January. 1 Havelock Btreet, January 21,1697. Pupils prepared for Trinity College Exa minations. THfi VIOLIN. ~~ MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS, Tetoher of the Violin, Will resume Teaching at her Rooms, SAUNDERB'BUILDINGS, OB SATURDAY, January 23, from 1 o'clock p.m. ? also, following Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. tTerms on application. M.O.S.M, L.R.L.0.M.. CERTIFICATED TEACHER. * PIANOFORTE, SINGING, HARMONY, and MANDOLINE^ Quarters iUrted from any date. PUPILS prepared for London College, and Trinity College Examinations. Estudiahfcina Band meets every THURS DAY.—-Fee for engagement, 1 guinea. ISS^oSKbhS' coombe, PIANO TUNER AND EXPERT (Late of London), "TTISIT S Ashburton and surrounding V Districts every foar months, viz., Match, July, and November, Orders may be left with Ml LLEWELLYN OWEP; a* *»*• Mubl<s Studio, Anade Ohambera. Aahbarton A OAKD MBS 4 A r\ LA RIDGE, A. VJ. t/LARIDGE, TEACHER CF PIANOIfORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. "^AiA^Riiii^GHMESTING AND " SPECIALITE SPECTACLES. S»le agent for Ashbnrton Distrlcb, S. S A h E ' JEWELLER, , EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. T AZARUS Patented Syatem enanrc XJ comfort and correct sight. Dbni poll yoar eyes by calng bftdly StifcWi Sp*Cticl««.



THE NEW DAVIS VERTICAL FEED SEWING MACHINE. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. ON and after Thursday, the 7fch day of January, 1897, this Office will be CLOSED 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. NEW COAL MINE. I DEEP LEVEL SEAM. IN ANSWER to Numeroas Enquiries re pr*.ce of the Kew Coal, I take this opportunity of stating rhat the Price has NOT been Raised on account of tilt Superior Quality as is generally supposed It is still sold aa before &t the following pricea per four ton truck (freight paid ~> on receipt of cheque or P.O order: — j per ton per ton I Westerfield 15a Od Dromore 16a 6d j | Window ... 16s Od Ohurtsey 16s lOd 1 Hinds ... 16s 6d R^kaia ... 17* 3d l Baling ... 17s Od Lauriston 19a Od Rangitata 17s M Mothfen... 19s 6d ! Orari ... 17s 9d Ashburton—4.ll Goal Merchants GEORG~E PAEK, I MOUNT SOMERS. mmUL HII """"—* IIMOATEIB* t_PRIZE MEDAL Z-+' niRECEYIOHUIUUS TEAS Bon Within lti»Rfchoffl PURE I I/A | CEYLON I/O PURE mLg* aioiip m mm fJm SOLO BYAUL OROC£ftS> HAVE NOTHING ELSE. lpz Prevention IS WORTH POUNDS OF CURE Why ruin your Reapers and Blower by rasing inferior Lubricating Oils, whio-» tire yonr horses and clog the Machines, when you oan obtain a trae I«^brlo»ni ike TilLVOililJl I which has been thoroughly tested all over j he world and pronounced Unequalled, Obtainable from all Storekeepers cc th Agents EBWAED EEECE & SONS OHRISTOHUROH J. B. Chapman, PAINTEB, GLAZIEK, PAPEEHANGER & SIGN WRITER THE AROADE, nexb Mr J. O f Duncan's Ashbttbtow, ■DEGS to Inform hia old friends and the Public, that be has REOOMMKNOED BUSINESS in Ashburton, and will be glad to execute aoy work they maj entrust to him, in bis well-known satisfactory manner. J. K. Chapman. ~W.A8.00l THE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Auhburtoa Drug Company, Agent!



i:.> usinesf- & otiee-,.. N ____ j THE DAVIS SEWING MACHINE. a«* Mmm mm Xmw ***** npHB rapidly-inoreMiug popularity of »f r\tn a M U» /*l/\ 1 thei« Machines ia Ingland and MIN SO N & UW * America has received a very great impetus by the remarkable snooess they attained at the Chicago Exhibition. Several very im portant improvements were there shown for 220, OGLCMtSO Si,, OHRISTOHUROH. the first time, and r3ceived from the judges th«» recognition they well merited—Sphouj, Awards- The first consignments of thes« __.__ l»tent improved maohines reached this "~ colony by the lonic a month since, and the Agents MBBBBH MXNSON & 00., say own ~ ~ -,-,„,, they are muoh approved. At the Antwerp FJ£K MG KT| **«-&*. Bxhibioion, 1894, the DATIB Maohiwi was -J 0 **>** awarded the Gold Medal, Iflß ' BEST SBLECTEI) STOCK <l^^^HH2^ffl||HßiKEK&!SßDlH9SK^nf COLOMBO STRERT & CATHEDRAL A. MABBHiLii Manage WALTER A. WOOD GO. HAVING BEEN APPOINTED AGENT for the County, for the above 1 Company I am now BOOKING ORDERS for their Well-known Harvesting Machinery and.have pleasure in introducing to the Farmers of Ashburton and Rakaia districts, their NEW TBEEE AFRON OPEN REAR REAPER AND BINDER. This Machine has been THOROUGHLY TRIED AND TESTED, having been n use in America and England for the past four seasons, and in Australia for the past two, and has won the admiration of all who have seen its work. THE SINGLE APRON REAPER AND BINDER. Still Holds its Own, and well deserves its title of "FATHER OF THEM ALL." WOOD'S SIDE DELIVERY REAPERS Defy Competition, while their MOWER RAKES, and TEDDERS, are SECOND to NONE. The " 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 B, B. KESTELL isjin Charge of the Machinery Department, and full particulars may be had from him." BEFORB PURCHASING ELSEWHERE, CAREFULLY EXAMINE " THE NEW WOOD." D. THOMAS, AGENT. Can be Obtained from ALL STOREKEEPERS. FRIEDLANDER BROS., LIMITED. WHOLESALE AGENTS FOR CANTERBURY. i BID you ever hear the ike 1 Men s best j ""VTOTICE.—Are ,y©tt "going to build. Canvas Shoes 5s 6d, at Mellor's, I __\ Because the cheapest shop for Roofing Tancred street] Iron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spoufc- --—-——— ing, Water Tank a, Pumps, Ranges, Register ■\T7~HERE, Oh where, is that Cheap Grates, Locks awl Hinges, Washing Boilers, YY Boot Shop? Mellor's Zealandia and all sorts of Ironmongery, is J. W. Boot Store. Hardley's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and 1 — ■■--- ' Tinsmith. Telephones. "TTTANTED Known—That E. Mahood — ■ W ia still selling all kinds of Grocery "TTTaNTED Known—Spectacles, Eye Crockery, and Glassware at as reasonabl yy Protectors, Goggles, Folders, and » price as any other house in the tiade, Everything in the optical line at S. Salbk's, Orders by letter or telephon promptly Optician attended to. Families waited on daily. _ ___„ —_, Telephone No 76 \tTHAT do I see be fore my eyes? A _ ■ V V Cheap sale of Boot* at Mellor's. I HEARD a man say that Mellor is selling .. __ -_-_ Boots Won.erfully Cheap. ;_6£sO, £10, £10, £5, given aw*y for a »tMsUot'iZealaadl* Boot Store, I



Business Notices. DAVID THOMAS, Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agent, Valuator, Wooland Grain Broker, ASHBURTON, Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Liye Stock—Tinwald and Ashburton Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on FuiDAYS x Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Cleari jg Sales as per arrangements AGENT FOR- Matson and Co, Ohriatchurch Booth, McDonald and Co, Ohristchurob White's Sheep Dip Walter A. Wood Co Lightband's Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and Co, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field lools Belfast Manures I beg to inform my Rakaia Clients and others that I have appointed ' Mr W. Baroock as my Agent in the Kakaia district DAVID THOMAS, Aihbnrfcon GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF ; PLANET JE. TOOLS. DAVID THOMAS. ASHBURTON p •* >, ;d g H If? -""'if /T 5' id ni *§ «__*^^ C=^ $IIL W_ __B_V II C^ i_^\ mgb _^B) """■ *- in |f| I __^^ _.. „___ , : ~ ' —~ GREAT SALE OF DRAPERY, CLOTHING & BOOTS, FOR ONE MONTH, COMMENCES TUESDAY, JAN. 12. f>i BEAT BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARMENT. COME EAELY. ANDREW ORR.



Business Notices, A NSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS xL — ■'A WOMAN."—lnsist upon having whai you order. If ib occurs again, cliangi your grocer. It is unfair to send yon another brand with the remark, "It is as good as Suratura Tea," 11 DISAPPOINTED."—Suratura Tea was nob exhibited because it is nob a product of New Zealand, and blending and packing in this colony do not make any tea a colonial product. Suratura Tea is not blended with China j it is packed where grown. •«AN ELECTOR "—Very good suggestion. The Conference of Premiers at Hobart should be supplied with Suratura Tea. " ECONOMY. "—Yes j the names of grocers who sell Suratura Tea will be published. "FAIR PLAY."—If Saratwra label is imi tated, legal proceedings will be taken. "X.Y.Z."—Recommend a petition to the Government against selling adulterated food. "PUFF."—An impression prevails that an article largely advertised may not be first-class. This is correct in many cases, but when ita sale is increased by tens of thousands of pounds weight in a year, it is the strongest public confirma tion of everything that has been said in the advertisements. That is the posi tion of Suratura Tea. "TEA DRINKER."—AII good housewives pride themselves on being able to give their families and friends a good cup of tea. All can do this if they use Sura tura. « DYSPEPTIC.''-Your complaint is a very common one. Indigestion ia frequently caused by the use of liquids that will not assimilate with the food you eat. The result is an internal conflicts which the medical faculty call Dyspepsia. In most cases the cure is so simple that it does not commend itself to the sufferer. Tea breVed from the pure leaf of Sura tura will banish your complaint. "ENQUlßEß."—Suratura Tea contains no foreign matter. Its purity is undoubted, its strength unequalled, it ia always fresh. No large stocks are kept, there fore its economy is established by reason of its freedom from handling with con sequent loss of strength and flavour. J. ORR & CO., Agents. LOOK. LOOK. PHOTOGRAPH V 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 best apparatus procurable, and a fine new lighted Studio, he intends to turn out the FINES! WORK POSSIBLE. Why go to Christehurcfa when you can geb the work done just as Cheap in your own town CABINETS, 12s per Dozen. PLATINOTYPE.—The finest artistic work done for les3 than Christchurch prices. —• Jm MITCHELL, . ± • JA_L ITCH EL L, PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER, Opposite .English Church, Tancred Street Ashburton. 1013 THE TEA OF THE AGE. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA. qiRY IT, AND YOU WILL HAVI NO OTHER. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, i Professor Bickerton reports that] SAXON TEAS are absolutely Pare and of good quality Baker Bros. TTIURNISHINGr UNDERTAKERS, JJ Corner of Wakanui Road and Cass Streets and at Baker and Brown's Coach Factory, Havelock Street. EVERY REQUISITE SUPPLIED, Telephone No. 69. PALM AND JOKO TMS. INDIAN AND CEYLON. OUR 2s 4d INDIAN (Palm Brand) ia noted for producing 200 large Tea Cups of first-rate Tea to the pound. This Is the Tea Mr George Jameson sold so largely. OUR 2a TEAS (Palm and Joko) 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 in our empties. 'Imitation Is sincerest flattery,' bub the public should see they get the genuine article. Retau irom all the principal Store keepers. WHOLESALE FROM JAMESON, ANDERSON & CO-, 155 Colombo Street, Ohbistohuroh WANTED Known—looo pairs of Boots to be aold in twenty-one days at MBLIiOB'B. TTIHERE is no doubt, no possible doubt X that you get Good Value for your money at Mim-ob's,



AWJKEA Ac Sous Eucalypti Extract There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in tiic J* aiirket now, products of simple distillation forming ud-j resinous oils. In order that these crude oils sea? .-* ■ ;t hi taken, OUK PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI XTJIAOT, which is recognised by the nnyiVefl • nsrißion of the Prussian Government to be it>f perfectly v c origin, as their information, forwarded to us uroueh the Consul at Melbourne, March 2, 1878, w« _—, ••tate:— JM is proved by tests by the Medical Clinics of the Taiversities at Bonn and ttre'fewsld, Prussia, and eported by Dr Schulz, Professor of farmacology, at Jon, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Jlinic at GreifewaM, that only product* that are aturated w-'th oxygen and freed of acids, resinous and jther substances, adnerent to primary distillation, will lavelope the sanative qualities proper to the plant vecording to these authorities, and/ according to Pro cessor Dr Lister, of England, and to Drs Bauer viclntire, Woo;?, Hazard, etc., of America, is the only j>. tract corresponding to scientific tests, and thecnly ' >ne which possesses the proper therapeutic value; Sander <fe Soxfs Eucalypti Extract. All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medicine, no herapeubic effect, and are abandoned as an internal medicament. These so-called Bucalypti Extracts which may .have received distinction at Exhibitions at commercial articles are used for mechanical purpose! are only discernible. By their deficiency in pungent odour—which out product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extracts developes most freely through its surplus of oxygen. By their alcoholic thiu and mobile appearance being reduced in specific density through the presence of acids. By their taste, the result of the contracting ten dency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypti extracts, an •; . applied by mistake in cases of croup, bronchitis diph theria, internal inflammations, dysentery, wounds, th« consequences are appallingr. For safety, always ask ,for SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, and get the old, well-testsd, and reliable preparation. — andhurst, Victoria, Australia. SANDER AND SONS. Friedlander Bros., Limited. COKNSACKS. rTTE HAVE ARRANGED FOR A LIMITED QUANTITY or CORNSAOKS, To be landed for U*, ex 1.1, FAZILKA, how due at LyHelton, ard shftU be glad to Supply Or£«re. FEIEDLAISDEE BKOS., Ltd SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Plug Tobaooo. THE CELEBRATED ft BEST BRAND MANUFAOTUBED ntOM ' CHOICEST- VIRGINIA LEAF WANTED Known—That J. MoisoH has just received a large ahipmenfc of English, American, and Continental Boot* and Shoes, suitable for the season ; alao an overwhelming Stock of ihe best coloniat makes, which he ip tends disposing of at very ' reasonable prices during the coming holidays Repairs as usual done at once at Moisom's Premier Boot Store.East Street, Ashburton WANTED Known—Wh»t the peopto say. That Andmw O«u hM th« largest Andbead Miorted »teck of Boot* la \\ ||^