The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. xviii." no* 4244

Ashbubtois : Saturday, July 17, 1897.

PRICE t ONE PENNY



Shipping. j^wslt NEW ZIALAND «feS^Sf BHIPPIN<S oas "^" LINE EOYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Monto Video, Teneriffe & Plymouth. Beat Accommodation for all classes of passengers at Lowest Rates, Port of Steamers. Tones. Departure. Date. Kaikowra 4507 Wellington July 8 Tongariro 4183 — Sept. 2 BHahine 6127 — Sept. 30 Rimntaka 4515 — Nov. 25_ We are now prepared to book through passages to the Weat Coast of South America and Bahia, Pernambuco, and the Falkland Islands. Rates and other par tlcalars on application. Fo urther particulars apply to FBIiSDLANDER BROS., Ltd. Agents, Ashburton, SHAW, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMirED. FOR LONDON. r% X "OOYAL MAIL STKA- XL MKRS, withsnperiof accommodation forall classes ■**™™"™" of passengers, calling at Monte Video or Eio, Teneriffe and Ply mouth. Tonß Commander From Date. Qothic ... 7730 Kidley ... Lyte'n Aug. 19 Tokomaru 6238 Maxwell ... — Aug. 21 Aotea ...6346 Scotland ... — Sept. 20 lonic ... 4753 Kempson... — Nov. 11 CARGO STEAMERS. Pakeha ...4331 Prosser ...]Well"r>jJuly 8 Maori ... 5200 Moffott ... — Rangitira 4045 Burton .. — Mamari ... 3583 Levack ... — Matatua... 3320 Solmes ... — ' Aotea and Tokomaru carry saloon passengers only. HANMER AND GRAVES, Agents.



NEW GOODS JUST OPhiNED. I f|| I * i;WV I'll- '^| I M.iVvii'l mi 1 i.'J CRAIGHEAD & BEERYMAN, The leading Tailors a-nd outfitters, Ashburton. 4 29 BAZAAE STABLES, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON, (Close to Arcade) WE CAN SUPPLY, at a moment s | notice, BUGGIES, DOGCARTS, AND SADDLE HORSES. Also a FIRST-CLASS DRAG-, suitable for Picnic Parties, Electioneering and other processions. Matched teams and pairs alao provided. Stables open at all hours. ,



ONION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS S klh FROM LYTTELTON



AS UJSOER: For Westport and Grey month—Weekly.



Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thura day and Saturdays JSOTE—For extra sailings see advertise meat in Ohristchuroh 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 ; teference fehonld therefore be made to ChrißCchui'cli daily papers for dates and hour of sailing For further particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton



TEEVURZA Bbo S 46 PROPRIETORS. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. ON and after Thursday, the 7th day of January, 1397, this Office will be



CLOSED FOB THE WEEKLY HALF HOLIDAY, ON THURSDAY, instead of SATURDAY, And will be open until 4 p.in oc Saturday, after that date. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager. GW. J. PARSONS,! MONUMENTAL MASON, Manchester Street, Christchurch. R. HANDCOCK, Agenb. Samples can be seen at my office, Standard Office Buildings, Ashburton. 2 125 SMO X E THE MEW VENUS Dark Aromatic Plug Tobacco. THE CELEBRATED & BEST BPANE MANUFACTURED FROM CHOICEST VIBGI IA LEAF "THE LADY'S LAST STAKE." nnHE above Reading has no reference to _L gambling whatever, either in the w&y of playing a quiet game of 'vhist for penny points and threepence on the rub, or of wagering a pair of four-button gloves on the four-oared senior outrigger championship. It is the title of an old comedy by Colley Cibber, in which the heroine apostrophises her teapot as follows :— " Tea ! thou soft, thou sober, sage and "venerable liquid ; thou female tongue "running, smile-soothing, heart-open "ing, wink-tippling cordial, to whose "glorious relish I owe the happiest " moments of my life, let me fall "prostrate.' This invocation was somewhat high-flowD, but the same ideas Qow through the minds of thousands o! women of New Zealand whet they reflect ou the health, economy, comfort and satisfaction which has been their lo' since Suratuba Tea was introduced. Th< testimony of the people cannot bi disregarded or ignored. Sueatura hold its high reputation because its " Strength,: "Flavour," and "Quality" never vary It i 8 grown, not made ; it is not blende i with India or China teas ; nnd the garden where it is produced are noted as being les subject to climatic changes than any oth« in the tea-growing zone. Hence th superiority and unchanging merit of SURATURA TEA. ! JOHN ORR & CO., agents.



MUSICAL. MUSIC. It If IS S """p ARSON MUSIC TEACHER, Corner Wills and William Street. Llewellyn Owen, JMLC.IsS'BI., JU.JEe.L-C.IML. PIANOFOKTJB, SINGING AND HARMONY, AND MANDOLINE. The NEW TERM will COMMENCE on MONDAY, Febkuaby 1, THE VIOLIN. MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS, Teacher of the Violin, Will resume Teaching at her Rooms, SAUNDEKS' BUILDINGS, on SATURDAY, January 23, from 1 o'clock p.m. ; also, following Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Terms on application. A card



MRS A p fiLARIDQK, A. \Jb ULARIDGK, TEACHER CJP PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGIN COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIC. T4/T RS "OOWMAN XjlOX Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havklock Street, AbHBURToN. BAKAIA—FRIDAYS. Pupils prepared for Trinity College' Examinations. ; MR OSBORN COOMBE, PIANO TUNER & EXPERT, (Late of London), TS NOW in Ashburton for Business. ORDERS may be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Music Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton. &?rzr?r!ir?rr mm~Km*mmm • * ■•""'■■" —""■r-?^ FOE COUGHS, OOLDS, BRONCHITIS, AS IHM "Inflaenza, Conaumption, &c, &a KAY'S COMPOUND ESSENCE OF LINSEED Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &c KAY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, tor Cougbß, Colds, and Cheat Complaints KAY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds, is oquall serviceable for horses and cattle I/" AY'S TIC PILLS, a specific In Neuralgia Faceach<! rv &o. Contain Quinine, Iron, &o LmXSU OATHAEXIOUM PILLS d geutive, oone t tive, and agreeably aperient /-tOAeTMNS-Cement for Broken Articles. 8o!d %j ewrywhere. Manufactory, Btockpoii Englar.d



WANTED KNOWN—Mrs Huffam having taken the premises lately ! occupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to open same as Ladies' Dining and Refreshment Roorrs, where visitors will find a long felt want supplied. Meals at all hours. A few boarders will find all the comforts of a home. BOOTS, Boots, Boots, wonderfully cheap at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. ""FUST Fancy, Men's Pegged B'uchera 6s t) lid, usually 8a 9d.~Me&lor's Zea landia Boot Store.



loz Prevention TS WORTH POUNDS OF CURE -*■ Why ruin your R»ar -rs and ulewt. I by using infeiior Labric-tdng Oils, whio , tire year horses an^ clog the Machines, when you aan obtain a true T-^brlcan* ike V'A li ¥ O |j I M to which has basn thoroughly tested all ove he worid and pronounced Unequalled, Obtainable from all Storekeepers cr th Agents EBWAB'n REECJE & SONS CHKfBTOHUR3H T7IVKRYONE accustomed to usiDg the A.C. Oimment Will fiud equal satisfaction in usiog the Bee Ointment, For which everyone is kindly requested to ask instead of the AC ('INTMENT. Carefully note that a diagram of a Bee is in the centre, and Edward Gallichan's I Factory, Ashurst, New Zealand, on the end ■ of every pot. Bee Ointment ia every mother's | true mend ; on the weakest baby, or the strongest man's flesh it ia always successful. Price, la 6d. Bee Ointment is especially manufactured as a horse and cattle dressing ..Price —2a 6d I AVj Corn Cure, for hard or soft corns warts, and bunions —Price Is AC Vegetable Pills, for male and emale use, 30 pills in every box. and quite equa to anything imported—price Is 6d







EDWIH CALLICHAN, PROPRIETOR AND MANUFACTURES ishurst, N.Z. Canterbury Boprcpcntative, MB Q. P. HOATTEN, Aahburton, Ihe following testimonies to the value of the Ointment are 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, vnura faithfully, hHAiIPMN & Co. Medical Dispensary, New Plymouth, October 19, 1896



Dear Sir, —I have sold your Bee Ointment and AC Corn Cure and Pills for the past thtee 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 has proved itself one of the beat healing oint ments procurable. Kindly forward me one gross of Hee Ointment, small size, at your earliest convenience. Yours truy, A. 111. Syces, Chemist, Hundreds of other testimonials too numerous to publish.



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E. DUCKWORTH & SON, XTNDEETAKERS, Cabinetmakers, and Upholsterers, Burnett Street, Ashburton, Private Residence—Opposite ; Fire Brigade Station. 105 THE TRADE SUPPLIED. WANTED Known, Girls' Pretty Strap Shoes, Can or black, only 3s 6d, at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. I BEARD a man say that you got wonder ful value for little money, at Mellor's # Cheap Boob Sale,



J. WILSON. CORNER OF ARCADE. MAGNIFICENT ARTISTIC WALL PAPERS. LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN ASHBURTON. jypXED PAINTS, WINDOW GLASS, MIRROR GLASS, ARTISIS, MATERIALS, PICTURE FRAME MOULDI3SGS, SCRIM 1 ENAMELS, VARNISHES, &q, s IN STOCK. PAINTER, PAPERHANGEE, & SIGNWEITEE. Telephone 66 p, a Box y 6



-=. 15,000 nz "ORION" COOKING RANGES IN USE IN THIS COLONY 1 r~; Wr —~E^^i^^t^RS\ IP ■^^Jp^^] THEY BURN LIQNITE, TRUE OOAL OR WOOD UP TO 24in NO SETTING REQUIRED. With^Stove Pipe can be worked out in the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS.



With Cast Iron or Copper Boilers. The Copper Boilera are large and Tinned inside. REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made in all sizes, single or double ovens. High or low pressure boilers. Bold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can bs obtained, or from the maker, H. E. SHACKLOCK, SOUTH END FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN. 6 315



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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 Ashburton Alcernately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Fridays Sales o£ Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Olearitt£ Sales as per arrangements AGE IT T FOR— Matson and 00, Ohristchurch Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip Walter A. Wood Oo Lightband's Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Oompauy Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field lools Belfast Manures I beg to inform my Rakaia Clients and others that I have appointed Mr W. Baroqck as my Agent in the Rakaia district DAVID THOMAS, Ashburfcon GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET Jii^ TOOLS. DAVID THOMAS. &SHBURTONS



== WHITE'S — = SHEEP DIP, = THE BEST AND CHEAPEST IN THE MARKET. DAVID THOMAS, AGENT, ASHBURTON Jj



STEATHMOEE PEIVATE HOSPITAL. EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS JUST COMPLETED. UNEQUALLED IN THE COLONIES FOR MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CASES. CAN Accommodate upwards of FORTY (40) IMALE and FEMALE PATIENTS TERMS s From 2 Guineas per week. patients can be attended by their own medical adviser. Apply to— THE MATRON, Strathmore Private Hospital, Perry Road (just over Eaßt Belt), Christ -6 135 church. I



THE TEA OF THE AGE. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA. rwXRY IT, AND YOU WILL HAVK I ISO OTHER. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, Professor Bickukton reports] that SAXON TEAS ia absolutely Pu*e and t-f g< od quality



P3 vi xn <d rA <& us <j •kT 5 -O N •<? S3 O 3 O J O pel Sg^ 3g£! -*^l c: s^ *$ o o o «+^, t«a *Kj CO CO «^> Uj Uj Uj COAL. COAL. I HAVE JUST LANDED, ex Liddersdale, 800 Tons 300 of the very beat quality of NEWCASTLE COAL, AND 50 Tons 50 OF WESTPORT GOAL, ex Janet Niejl, which I am prepued to Sell at Lowest Rates to effect ft clearance. ALSO IN STOCK AND TO ARRIVE,- Ihe celebrated ALLANDALE AND MOUNT SOMt.RS COALS. COKE & FIR 15 WOOD -loDg & shore lengths Any person who intends fencing should call and get prices— A large stock of STAKES, POSTS, and RAILS always on hand. James Elliott, COAL AND FIREWOOD MERCHANT West Street. Telephone No. 83.



NOTICE. MKS MORTON (Lite of Tauranga, Buy of Plenty), BEGS 330 NOTIFY thai", she has com menced business ir the premises next to Messrs Fletcher Bros., East Street, as FRUITERER & CONFECTIONER. Visitors to Ashburtoc, and the Public generally, are invited to give her a call; particularly on market days, when special arrangements will be made to meet the public convenience. All Fruits in season and imported obtain able. Afternoon Tea a specialty. EAST STREET (late Diggle'a.) 680 WANTED Known, the doors and windows ate lined with wonderful bargains, at Meilou's Zealandia Boot Store WANTED Known, Mellor's Bargain Sale now on. Come early. Chil dren's Straps Is 9d, usually 2s 6d. ANTED Known—The New Flannel ette, half wool and cotton, 36 inche wide, everlasting wear.—a, Orb. 3138



EECOKD SALE mo FURTHER REDUCE THE LARGE STOOK OP STATIONERY, BOOKS, ALBUMS, ACOOEDIONIS, AND GENEEAL FANCY GOODS, The Sale will be continued for another THIRTY DAYS, FROM TUESDAY, Isth inst, "WHEN FURTHER REDUCTIONS Will be made in all lima, DO NOT MISS THE Record 'M.onth'g Sale. LAY IN A STOCK when goods can b« bought oheap at H. N. ANDEESON'S, (Late L. P. Andrewes and C 0.,) EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. A. LAWRIE,



SAUNDBKS' BUILDINGS. RETIRING Fi-'OM BUSINESS ' PREMISES 10 LET,



riIHE WHOLE of the Large, and Well Assorted Stock requires to be Cleared Regardless of Cost NO SEASONABLE. OFFEB EEFUSED. THE SALE COMMENCES TO-DAY, YOU CAN EXPECT BARGAINS AND GET THEM BY CALLING EARLY. A. LAWRIE,



SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION. LADIES from the Country requiring medical treatment will find a very Comfortable Home, and every attention given, at MRS RANGER S Ai tken Street. 16 WANTED Kuowb—A. Orr, Agent for the celebrated Fearnought Serges defy aea air. and water. 3 139 WHERE are you going to, my pretty maid? To Mellor's Cheap Boot Sale, sir, she said. W" ANTED Known~2so New Jackets Mantles, and Capes now open; beautiful goods, German made.—A. Qrr. 3J4_ ANTED Known—A Cheap Boot Sale at Mellor's, for fourteen days only. NOTICE.— Are you going to build. Pecause the cheapest shop for Roofing Iron Ridging, Gutters, Nails, Lead, Spout ing, Water Tanks, Pumps, Ranges, Register Grates, Locks and Hinges, Washing Boilers, and all sorts of Ironmongery, iB J. W. Hardlsy's, Ironmonger, Plumber, and Tinsmith Telephone 32. I STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT.— You can purchase Groceries, Enamelled ware, Crockery and Glass, Boots and Shoe s, Oatsheaf Chaff, Bran and Sharps at Hatnp steact, and have Goods delivered at your door at Town Prices. A quantity of the famous Mauritius Sugar for Jam making just to band.—Pl Mahood, East Belt Ca3h 8 tore. Telephone No 76. WANTED Known—That J. Moison has received a large stock of Winter Boots and Shoes, which he intends disposing 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 beat sole leather used. Repairs done at once at the Premie Boot Store, East Street, Town Hall, Ash burton, 3 115 From the Tea Plant to the Tea Cup unadulterated and pure. This is K.OZI& IE4 John Orr & Co,, *geota,



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i urmi ;■ and Graves. k uT A T OE^ OTE HAVE FOR S^LS-Prime Blat » T Derwent Potatoes. ALSO, A Splendid Sample of Golden TareSj for sowing with Cape Barley or Dub OaU for curly Spring feed, HANMER & GRAVES. WANTED, 50 TON S OR MORE OF GOOD HEAVY" OATEN SBEAF CHAFF. 4 71 HANMER AND GRAVES. DIP. _ DIP. "" WARE AGENTS* FOR LITTLE'S DIPS, and keep them in Stock. WE have takea over the DIPPING YARDS opposite the Ashburton Saleyards lately in the occupatioa of Mr Brooke, and are prepared to dip sheep tber at oarrent rates. Little's Dip will be used H(* ¥&&D. GRIC^TmED; WE have for bale— Cra 9 hed Bariej (t> >o6) for pig feec\ Whole and Broken t/hick Wheat.



SEED WHEAT, SEED OATS, SEED BARLIY* IXTJfi c%n Supply SEED WHEAT and V T OATri, all varieties, grown in various districts; also Chevalier and Cape BARLEY FOR- oEED. SEA OF~AZOF BAALETf WE havo imported seme of this well known Barley for winter feed, and will bo j*lat to let Farmers know of its special qualifications if they will call in. ".ISPAJihOWBILL OATS FROM SOUTHLAND. WE havo a Grand Line f these foe Seed purposes imo~OAm ~~



41715 **»ye for Sale Long and Short VV Feed Oats. ~~CHAFF. "OHajST~" W"K Havo for Sale PiilME OATEN st-HEaF OUAPF, also a good chap lino for Guw i\ed, PLOUGH BHAHES. REGULAR Supplies Imported by as, direct from ihe makera ; both Ranaomes and HocD&bys— aiandard siaes. Prices, lowest carrent. BOI*L OIL—I6O Kro Tat Water White, Odourless, and Perfectly Safe. WE hold a regular Supply ot this well kiiLwn Brand of Keroaene, »ckMow'fidged <o be the mobt Superior ,Oil in the ir.aiket. AGBLOULTUKAL SALT. FOR Dressing Californian Thistles, or lot Salting Straw or Chaff. We have a quautity on hand for which we ace prepared to quote low. WE always have in Stock Farm and Station Requisites of all kinds, in* eluding Tea (specially packed for us and imported direct by ourselves from Ceylon), Sugar, Soap, Candles, Oatmeal, Flour, Bran, Sharps, Salt (best table), Bock Salt, Fencing ■ Wire (plain and barbed), Staples, Galvanized ; Sheep Netting (most suitable for fencing oft turnips), Clover and Turnip Seed, all varie ties ; Eyegrass and Cocksfoot (machine dreaaed), Oils—Castor, Machinery, Boiled 5 Tattoo Oil (for branding sheep) &c, &c.



IAA ACRES, subdivided into eon JLv/v/ venient paddocks, with water in each paddock; there is a Cottage erected on the Property. This Farm is situated above the Alford Homestead, on Taylor's Stream. Price, £6 10a ; easy terms. QAA ACRES, near Urra I Railway OUU Station. This property is well subdivided with water races in each paddock. Ihe Buildings consist of an eight roomed House, large Stable, and other Buildings. 250 Acres in crop, balance in grass. A large proportion of the purchase money can remain on mortgage at 5 per cent. QOK ACRES, ASHBURTON FORKS. f£)/&t) This is a first Class Farm, in faob one of the best in the Fork?. Good Build* inijs. The Farm is in good order. Easy terms. HANMER & GRAVES. Henry Stephenson. HENRY STEPHENSON, (Successor to AlfreJ Harmon.) • Established 20 years. AUCTIONKER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER. _— WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock, Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sale 3of Stock, Household Furni ture, etc., as per arrangement, in any part of the county. Advances made on Goods placed in my hands for Sale. CHAFF, OATS, WHEAT, FLOUR, SHARPS, BRAN, ONIONS, POTATOES, SEEDS, etc., Sold Daily in Large or Small Quantities. Agent : Norwioh Union Fire Insurance Company. HENRY STEPHENSON, 4 AUOTIONUgR,