SPORTING.

[Notes by "Senex." The North N.Z. Grand Natioual Mcotiog commences at Ellerslie to-morrow (Sa'.ur day), and will be concluded on Monday. This is the moat important hurdle and cross country meeting held m the North Island, and comes next to the C. J.C. National meet ing m point of importance. Large fieida are likely to face the starter, and, taken all round, the meeting should be a most success ful ouo. The Great Northern Hurdle Rice, two miles, is the principal event on the first. day, and the Great Northern Steeplechase on the Becond day Final -paymeuts for both these races close on the day of the race, and at preeeDt bo; h t hese two important evtntß look very open. Jurlg'ng from recent form of some of the oompo ttors, the follow ing may win their engagements :— HimDLB KAQB— Op»I li Caatushore 2 Steeplechase — Levanter 1, Muscatel 2. Nominations for the New Zealand Cup oloie on Monday night next, June 6.

FOOTBALL.

The following dates have been fifed for the Ashburton Football Club m the nrst round of the senior competition :— Ashburton v Waihi, June 4, atAahburton. Aehburton v Timaru, June 9, at Timaru. Ashburton v Geraldine, June 16, at Geral* dine. Ashburton v Tetnuka, June 30, at Ash* burton. ■ ' Ashburton v Waimate, to be arranged;

THE ASHBOKTON OxtJARDIANf FRIDAY, JUNE 3 iß9fc

t-" 11 — .... .  ,1  Printed and published by Hbnby Willis, o Peter Street, Ashburton, for the Proprie tors, at their Printing Office, Burnetl Street), Aahborton, FRIDAY, jyNB 5, 1898



Public notices. PALM AND JORO TEA INDIAN AND OEYLON. OUR 2a 4d INDIAN (Palm Brand) ia noted for producing 200 large Tea Oupa of first-rate Tea to tha poand. This Is the Tea Mr George Jameson sold so largely. OUR 2s TEAS (Palm and Joko) are equally jjood value for the money. i OUR TEAS are co popular that we frequently hear of instances of other Teas being packed and sold m our empties. ' Imitation is ainceresb flattery,' but tha public should see they get the genuine article. Rotaa from »!! the principal Store- keepers. WHOLESALE PROM JAMESON, ANDERSON & CO-. 155 Colombo Street, Ohbistohubgb SMOKE THE NEW VENUS Dark Aromatio Plug Tobacco* SHE CELEBRATED A BEST BBAND MAHUTAOXUBED IBOM _J3HOIOEST VIRQINA (&_k9.__ NOTICE. Mrs KNIGHT, BaM&TJSGt SQUARE, IS A CASH PURCHASER of Clothing, Books, Furniture, Jewellery, Portman- teaux, Bicycles, Harness, Tents, Etc. A LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND CLOTHES TO SUIT EYEKXONE. NOTE ADDRESS- Mrs KNIGHT^ BABING SQUAEE. 104 DRESSMAKING. I To thh Ladies of Ashburton. MISS BALL & CO., from Christchuroh, wish to announce that they have commenced business m Ashburton as DRESS' MAKERS, East Street, a few doors below Mr W. Patching, and they ask for a share of the public patronage. Fit and style guaranteed at moderate charges. 4 56 DENTAL. NOTICE. Mr G. F. DODDS WISHES to notify to'his Patients that he has left his former rooms m Burnett) Street, and may now be consulted at his residence, corner of jTancred and Caia streets, next door to Dr, Leahy. 4 84 CHEAP MONEY 1 CHEAP MONEY ! CHEAP MONEY IN£SUMS OF £100 «» £10,000, ON * COUNTRY, CITY, AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, At 'exceptionally low rates of interest. FOR FORMS OF APPLICATION AND FULL INFORMATION, Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER, Christchuroh. J. H. RICHARDSON, Government Insurance Commiaaloner. 2217 THE GENUINE DR GUILLIER ELIXIR Tonic, Glairons. and Anti-Bilious, Pre- pared by Dr Paul Gage Fils, Chemist of the Ist Class. The only proprietor of that remedy. Rue de Grenelle, S. Germain, Paris. Dr Gnillie'B Elixir ia one of the moafi economical medicines, both as a Purga- tive and as a Depurative, it ia the beaft remedy against all bilious and glairlout disorders. For moro than seventy- fire years Dr Gaillie's Elixir h^s been employed with success against diseases of the liver, the epleen, the heart, rheumatism, goat, fever, lnflueDza, sViu diseases, etc. Beware of imitations, and see that you get the Genuine Dr Guillie's Elixir, which bears the signature of Paul Gage, and mark that eaoh bottle is accompanied by Treatise on Glairs. Sold by Druggists, Patent Medicine Dealers, and by AUSTRALIAN DRUG CO.. Sydney, K.S.W, FOE COUGHB, COLDS, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA. Influenza, Consumption, &o, &o LA AY'S COMPOUND BSSBNOB OF LINSEBD fV Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Toln, &o (X AV'B COMPOTJHD, a demalcaat expeotontntt lor fV Ooaglis,CoMß,andoließfcOomplalnte IA AY'S COMPOUND, for Congas and Colds, Is equally rV serviceable for horses and cattla KAY'S TIO FILM, a speoiflo m Neuralgia, FaooMha &o. Contain Quinine, Ironi &o I INUM 0 ATHABTIOUM PILLS d geetivt* oorre . t 1.. tive, and agreeably aperient /"\ OAGULINii— Oement for Broken Axticleß. KJ evetywhoro. ManHfactorr. Stockuott Euglana KOZJE TEA Most Reliable



AT THE , D.I.C. SALE OF FANCY GOODS, JUST PURCHASED and to be Sold tb whole of a WHOLESALE WAREHOUSEMAN 8 STOCK, I COMPRISING 160 LOTS, VIZ, I Mirrors, Easel Pictures, Oleographs, Photo Frames, Blotters, Brackets, Trays, Wire j Goods, Eaeela, Bruah Racks, Writing-deske, Companions, Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, Stamp Albuma, Brass Goods, Inkstands, Ladies' Bags, Pictures, Scrap-books, Date Racks, Hand Mirrors, &c, &o. EVERYONE should SEE these USEFUL and PRETTY GOODS, whioh will be ALMOST GI7EN AWAY TO THE .PUBLIC, As we have hot sufficient Room to Display these special lots, they will be put out m wholesale quantities opposite the department usually oooupied by travelling requisites on the ground floor. AT THE AT THHiJ D.I.C. D.I.C. ! B. HALLENSTEIN, Chairman. I E. 0. BROWN, Manager THE TEA OF THE AGE. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA. fjIRY IT, AND YOD WILL HAVE HO OTHER. SAXON TEA. SAXON TEA, Fat X BBSOR Bioke'ton reports tt>a SAXON TEAS is absolutely Pare and of good quality S. CLEAVER IS now SHOEING at the following pricea :— DRAUGHTS ... «.- 5s per set. . ETSCES ... ... 4s per set. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. BURNETT STREET SHOEING FORGE 219 ASHBURTON. The Wife's Welfare. l£)»tiße posted free. It will teach you more than the years you've lived. Every woman should read It. Write Professor Hermann, Frenoh Speoialirt. 4 Collins-place, Melbourne. YOUNG MEN, Write to ma for valuable free Book concerning your- ■elvea. Professor Hermann, Speolaliit, A Collins, plane, Melbourne. EAWIHOBN Dfi¥" HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLB. BOARDERS AND DAY PUPILS Principal .- Mas DAVID MoEEE. — — ' * HAWTHORNDEN is Healthily Situated m Upper Fendalton, about fonr miles from Christchurch. Pupils have the advant- age of pure country air. The Grounds are extensive, and contain a Gymnasium and Tennis Lawn :and Riding Lessons oan be arranged for under careful supervision. The different subjects are taught by Trained and Certificated Teachers ; and special classes are held for the Matriculation and Junior Scholarship Examinations at the University. Further information a.B to terms, etc, can be obtained on application to the Principal GBAHAM & CO's DATENT P E R M AN E NT FOOT-ROT CURE, Is a certain remedy for the disease, and can be applied ab a cosb of less than ONE HALF-PENNY PER SHEEP. Read opinions of Government Inspector^ of Stock. Blenheim, Maryborough. In r<? your remedy for Foot-Rot I have nc hesitation m eaying it is the moat effective have met, and has been need m the distrioi under my oharge with the best results. I have recommended and shall continue to recommend it to any owners of sheep affected with Foot-Rot, a disease whiohJE regret to say is so often negleoted until it takes euoh n strong hold on the flock that it oan no longer )e ignored, when it might have been easily put down »f its first appearanoe by a little attention and the use of your remedy, JOHN MOORE, Inspeotor ot Stock February 28, 1895. Department as Agriculture, Hawera In reply to your request as to my reporting to you my opinion of the result of your dressing sheep at Mr Lysaght's an RL Nicholas' with your Foot-Rot Speoifio, 1 have every confidence m saying that the cure was a perfeot one, although the weather was very we& and stormy,, and the examination was only six days after the feet bad been dressed. Some of the shoep were very badly affected, nearly the whole of the foot having rotted off I should recommend all sheep owners to use your Speoifio if their sheep are troubled with Foot-rot, as it is easily put on, and I am sure t will give satisfaction. — I remain, yours trul ALEXANDER MONRO, Inepeotor of Stock, Jtsje 28, 1895. Genuine only from ] D. THOMAS, ASHBURTON, Or from the Sole Proprietors, GBAHAM AND CO', Oarltoo Goto Road, Boseoenth, WfJKagtQß, I



\ CONUNDRUM. "^THY IS BENJAMIN GUM like a Hard-boiled Egg ?— Beoause it] is HARD J TO BEAT THAT preoiaely expresses the opinion of all who have used Benjamin Gum, There ia no Cough Medicine like it. In- troduced into Canterbury only last winter its success was immediate. Thousands of bottles were sold m a few months, and hundreds of sufferers wrote gratefully to the proprietor of their Speedy Cure. Ib is not a catchpenny Quack Medioine. It is made by a fully qualified Chemist, who knowß his business. It contains the same Ingredients as Friars' Balsam, which was i first made by the Monks and Friars of Europe m the days of old. Friars* Balsam has been used for six hundred years for healing outß and wounds. Hpenoer Vincent's Benjamin Gum is a Compound of this Balaam, with other Ingredients, prepared by a special prooess for internal use. Are you troubled with your Chest? BENJAMIN GU M Will heal the Lungs. It will not heal them at once. Ib must be used for some time, and used regularly m old-standing o&aei. Have you a Cold m the Head or a Harsh Cough ' BENJAMIN GUM Will Heal the inflammation of the throat and passages ot the nose as Friars' Balsam heals cuts. Coughs disappear with this iDfhnunation which causeß them. BENJAMIN GUM Is nob a chewing gum, but a very palatable liquid. The bottle contains almost twine as much as any other Cough Mixture m the market. Ibiß the KING OF ALL. PKICE : Is 6d *™ 2s 6d Chemists and Stores. Spencer Vincent, CHEMIST, OHRISTOHUROH, PROPRIETOR. A VICTIM OF Functional Disease. Alavnm NEVER falls any one m 6tUs h a predicament. To sufferers from Siok Headache, Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Constipation it is "A friend m need and a friend indeed." Assist Nature by AiiAXUM, and you will avoid a multitude of distressing functional derangements and diseases. Of all known medicines for renew- ing the energy Alaxum is the best. Its secondary effects are marvellous. Many persons afflicted with constipation have testi- fied not only to its immediate relieving properties bub to the fact that the oure lasts. No care is required while using it. It does not interfere with the diet, habits or occu- pation, and produces no inconvenienoe m its action. It is at onoe a laxative, an appetiser, and a stimulating tonic, prepared scientifically, and endorsed by the Press as the most valuable medicine that has ever been offered to to the publio m a popular form. ALAXUM OUBES 1 Bilioußneas, Bilious Headache, Dizziness, ' Cosbiveness, Sour Stomaoh, Loss of Appetite, Coated Tongue, Indigestion Dyspepsia, Flatulence, Heartburn Pains and Distress after Eating, and all functional derangements of the jjjsystem of nutrition}, NOTE THIS WJEJL.Hu— The whole system of a human being may be perfectly sound, and yeb through derange- ment or weakness the • i\ of the boay may perform cheir functions or their work Bluggishly, thuß giving rise to want of appetite, and a consequent general impover- ishment of the whole being. Such a con- dition causes thousands of people to fancy that they are consumptive, while they are i really only m need of a remedy to see the organs of the body working harmoniously. Reason points to two essential qualities m a remedy for this purpose. It must create an appetite for food, and at the same time assimilate its nutriment. With either of these qualities alone the remedy would be worse than useless, but with both it becomes a power with incalculable good. Alaxum is the only medicine which combines these two qualities. Ib is a natural appetiser, and its first action is to create hunger. After ,he appetite is satisfied ib acts directly on the stomach, liver' and kidneys, clearinj . away all effete matter and exciting them to activity. The system then receives nutri- tion and new life from the proper assimila* tioß of the food ; and where there is no organio disease health must follow. This is common sense and cannob be gainsaid. Accept no substitute that may be recom- mended to be "just as good.' . Ib may be bettcr--for the dealer — beoause of its better profit, bub m such an instance the dealer is not the one who needs help. FROM ALL CHEMISTS & STORE- KEEPERS, PRICE 2s 6» i



AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. NEW ZEALAND BRANCH : Head Office, Cußtom- house Qaay, Wellington. Local Board of Directors : j The Hon, Morgan S. Grace, M.D., 0.M.G., M.L 0. (Chairman) The Hon. Charles J, Johnston, M.L 0. (Deputy Chairman) Alfred cte Bathe Brandon, Etq. The Hon. Edward Richardson, 0.M.G., ML.C. John Duncan, Esq. THE Oldest, Wealthiest), and moat Prosperous AUSTRALIAN LfFE OFFICE AND THE LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The only Mutual Life Office which de« clares A BONUS EVER? YEAR The Method of Valuation adopted by this Sooiety is of the most stringent Character, and Ensures a larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than that held by any other Office la the Australasian Colonies. ACCUMULATED tfUNDS EXCEEDS £14,500,000 (FOURTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONS) STERLING. ANNUAL INCOME EXCEEDS £2,000,000 (TWO MILLIONS) STERLING. Policies m force ... ... 134,000 Sum Assured ... ... £41,726,041 Cash Bonuses Divided ... £7,726,170 BONUSES. Cash Bonus for one year, 1897, £449,268, yielding Reversionary Bonuses amount* ing to £835,000, after making special reserves. Cash Bonuses declared for last five yeara, over Two Millions, yielding Reversion- ary Bonuses exceeding Four Millions. ASSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE A.M.P, SOOIETY, And Secure a BONUS EVERY YEAR. Expenses of Management — 8| Per Cent), on the Total Income. Edward W. Lowe, Residenb Secretary, Branch Office — Custom House Qaay, Wellington. James Hair, District Secretary. Districb'Offiee— Cathedral Square, Ohri3tchurch. WALKER'S BOT-FLY REMEDY. Chertsey, January 15, 1895 ■ To Mr Heseliine, Agent for Walker's Bot-fly Remedies, Aahburton Sib, —I consider ifc my duty to add my testimony to the marvellous effects of the remedies I got from you on my horse He got so bad that I had to lay him up No matter what I gave him he kept losing condition and became so weak that he could scarcely stand I carefully followed the directions on the bottles and shortly after getting the last bottle he passed bots, and at once began to mend, and m a few days was fit for his ,work I am confident onl ' for the remedy he would have died I highly recommend it, believing it has equal William Stringfellow Lauriaton, August 18, 1894 Mr Heseltine, Sir, — I think it is only right that I should tell you and my neigh- boring farmers that I am thoroughly satis- fied with Walker's Bot-fly Remedies I got from you. After seeing the state of the stomach of my horse that died, I became alarmed about the rest of my stock as they all looked bad I drenched eight, following j carefully the directions It cleaned them out thoroughly and m a few days there was awonderful change for the better I can highly recommend it, and would advise farmers to lose no time m drenching their stock leab they have their horses dropping dead as I had I believe it to be the only safe and certain cure for the suffering of hoi sea James Lemon Ashburton Forks, March 1, 1894 Mr J Heseltine, Sir, — I am very glad to tell you that Walker's Bot-fly Remedies I cot from you proved quite a success with my dying horse He was ailing for some days, his coat got very dry, the skin tight, a runn- ing at the nose, and a very bad cough ; and was scarcely able to walk about ; we quite expected he would die I heard a good deal about Walker's Bot-fly Remedies, and gave ife with the moßt satisfactory results, and shortly after he got the last bottle he began to improve and by the end of a week was able for work hearty and well I believe it to be a medioine unequalled, and can recom- mend it with all horse owners as the best horse remedy m th§ market) Edward Coebiot Greenwood Farm Southbridge, August 2, 1892 Mr Walker, Sir, — I am glad to bear testi- mony to the wonderful effects of your Bot-fly Remedies One of my best horses beoame very bad ; the skin tight, the eye lifeless and a bad color, and got low m condition Anxious to finish ploughing a paddook I did not want to lay him up until he became unable to lift his feeb or do any more We had to help him into a stable I gave him your Remedies, and the treatment you pre- scribed, and m a few day? he was quite better, and now at his work hearty and well I quite believe, had I not given him your Remedies he would have died You can use this as you please Robert Thompson Seaside Farm, Wakanui, April 14, 1894 Mr Walker, Dear Sir, — I have great pea- Bure m informing you that the bot-fly mix- ture I got from Mr Heseltine, your agenfe, was a wonderful success I had four horses seriously ill on December last After using all the remedies I could think of I was induced to try your mixture The result was marvellous, I strictly followed the directions given and m a week the horses were out of danger and recovering rapidly I drenched tiwo more m February with the same result They all put on flesh rapidly, and are now m prime order P Stewart Anama, April 3, 1895 Mr Heseltine, Sir,— l have pleasure m Beatifying to the wonderful effects of Walker's Bot-fly Remedies on my horses They got very low m condition, a dry ooat, and very tight skin, and lost all heart at heir work I had to lay them up Hearing so much about this remedy I decided to give it a trial I followed carefully the directions on the label and the results were suoh as to satisfy me that it is the only remedy for the suffering horse lam certain I gob back the cost m their work inside a week I shall certainly me it m future m preference to »ny thing ito mif has no eguaf



INCANDESCENT GAS-LIGHT. (WBLSBACH PATENTS). GEE AT REDUCTION IN PRICESj HAVING made Special aud more Advantageous terms with the Außtralaßian Incandescent Gas Light Company, Ltd., and being appointed Sole Agent for AahburtoD, I am now able to offer you these burners at the following reduced prices :— 0 BURNERS, PLAIN, COMPLETE, 15s EACH. C BURNERS, "AVON," WITH BYE PASS, 17a 6d EACH. N BURNERS, PLAIN. 10a EACH. N BURNERS, WITH BYE PASS, 11s 6d EACH. Mantles for above are now reduced to 2a 6d eaoh. No Householder can aflord to be any longer without the Inoandeacenb Light 1 The 0 Burner gives FIVE (5) timeß the light of an ordinary gas burner with consumption of less than TWO-THIRDS of the gas. The N Burner gives DOUBLE the light of an ordinary' gas burner, with r eon* sumption of gaß less than ONE-THIRD of the gas. FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO W. J. ADAMS, PLUMBER AND GAS FITTER, BURNETT. STREET, ASHBURTON, SOLE AGENT FOR ASHBURTON. 4 99 Hew Zealand Insurance Company. BSTABLIS h"e1) ' L " — 18 59] CAPJTAL^ONe" MILLION. THEPBEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL': COMPANY, NOTED FOB PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY* FIRE AND 'MARINE RISKS, ALSO,— ! RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, &&of. f AOOBPTBD AT LOWEST TORRENT RATES HA'NMEK & GBATES. AGENTS ' BICYCLES, BICYCIiES, BICYCLES. LANDELLS~AND SON, j EXPRESS OYOLE WORKS, BURNETT STREET (next The Olub.) The oldest and largest Cycle Building and. Repairing Shop m Ashburton. IMMENSE Stock of New and Second-hand Bicycles on hand at prices which will defy competition. SECOND-HANDJMACHINES AT £2 10s, £3 10a, £5, £6, £7, £8, £10,£12— MUST BE CLEARED. i Large Stock of Outer Covers and Tubes. Also, Lamps, Bells, Saddles, Toe Clips,' ! and everything connected with the Bioyole Trade. I CHEAPEST- EVER OFFERED IN NEW ZEALAND 0 179 := 15,000 ORION" COOKING RANGES IN USE IN THIS OOLONYr I ■ .■. ..- ' ■ ! THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE GOAL OR WOOD UP TO 24m no settingTrequired. WittTStove Pipe can be worked onfc m the open. SPLENDID BREAD ; BAKERS. ; With Caßb Iron or Copper Boilers. The CopperJßoilera are large and Tinned inside. REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made m all sizes, single or doable ovens. High or low pressure boilers Sold hy all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can bo obtained, or from the maker, H. E. SHACKLOCK, SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, DUNBDIN, 631



Hanmer and Graves, KEROSENE. TTfE CAN SUPPLY THJS AT VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH. JUAKMER & GRAVES. PLOUGH SHARES. TTTE HAVE IMPORTED A gLARGE QUANTITY of both RANSOME'S AND HORNSBY'S MAKES and areprepared to supply Farmers at the very lowest possible prices for Cash. HANMER & GRAVES. Dipping' Season. WE [are prepared to DIP SHEEP at our DIPPING YARDS, opposite to the Ashburtou Kaleyards, and shall use LITTLE'S DIP Whioh we are also prepared to Supply to Farmers at Lowest Possible Quotations. TTTB ARE BUYERS OF GOOD OATEN-SHEAF CHAFF, WHEAT, I O&TS, JBARLEY, RTEGRASS, ETC. ETC. ■TTTE HAVE ALWA.YS IN STOCK— Long and Short Feed Oats, Priaie Oaten Sheaf Chaff, Rcyal Oil (150deg. Fire Test), Crushed Barley and Wheat for Pig feed, Whole & Broken Chick Wheat, Agricultura Salt, Farm & Station Requisites of all kinds, including Tea (specially packed for us and imported direct by ourselves from Ceylon), Sugar, Soap, Candles, Oatmeal, Flour, Bran, Sharpß, Salt (best table), Rook Salt, ffenoing Wire (plain and barbed), Staples, Galvanized Sheep Netting (most suitable for fencing of) turnips), Clover and Turnip Seed, all varie* I ties ; Ryegrass and Cocksfoot (machine dressed), Oils— Castor, Machinery, Boiled, Tattoo Oil (for branding shaep) &c,, &o. HANMER & GRAVES. Friedlander Bros., Limited. TO LET. 7 ACRES of Good Land, with a comfort- able four-roomed Cottage, conveniently situated near Aehburton. Apply to FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. * MASSEY-HAKRIS COMBINED Grain & Fertiliser Drill AND SPRING TOOTH CULTIVArOR. /TpHIS Machine is very simple m con- JL slruotion, and being composed chiefly of Steel, is light m appearance, strong and durable. The Maesey-Harria Fertilising Drill and Seeding Machine performs a very wide.range of work. It is used for light cultivating. It is uecd for weeding Bummer fallows. It will sow any kind of grain broadcast. It will sow any kind of grain m drills. It is the only rolier bearing grain drill on the market. The Massey-Harris Combined Grain and Fertiliser Drill and Spring Tooth Cultivator has been designed with the view of special adaptation to the conditions of climate,, soil, and fertilisers peouliar to these oolonies, and is the only Drill imported thab is built specially to meet the requirements of tike Australasian trade. This Machine is now on view ab our West Street premises, and public Trials, will be held shortly. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limitbd} FOR PRIVATE SALE. A GRAND FARM OF 335 ACJSES . Of Really First-claw Land, i With Large House, Five-stalled Stable and Loose Box, Cow Yards and Shed, Dairy and Piggery. Fall particulars to intending purohasers on application to MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd., Stock and Land Agents. WE HAYS FOR SALE— MACHINE DRESSED Pearl Wheat, FOR SEED. Grown by E. HEKBING, Esq., of ALFQKD STATION. True to name, an'g excellent] 'yielding Wheat, and a Grand Change. Friedlander Bros. LIMITED Baker Bros. LpURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, Jorcer of Wakanui Road and Casa Streets and at Baker and Brown's Coaoh Faotory, Havelook Street. EVER* REQUISITE SUPPLJEJD



The Letter Box will be cleared for th despatch of correspondence from Ashburton or the undermentioned places as follows : — Corrected to 14th January, 1898. Burnham and Dnnsande), daily ... ,„ ... 3,15 pm Chertsey and Rakaia, daily i 6 30 am 3 15 pm 6 30 pm Dromore, daily ... ... 630 pm Christchurch and north, daily 6 30am 3 15p i and 6 30 pm ! ' and on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 10 30 am i Eiffelton, Willowby, daily ... 1030 a m uiamore, Tuesday, Thurs- day, and Saturday ... 10 30 am Elgin, Wakanui, and River- Bide, daily ... .„ 6 30 am Seaview, Seafield, Kyle, and Newlands, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday , M 630 am Water ton. Ash- ton, Longbeach, and Flemington, daily , 3"» pm Lowcliffe, Monday, Wednes- day, and Friday. . .. 10 30 am Highbank, Tuesday, Thurs day 10 30 am Peel Forest, Tuesday, Tfaure- day, Saturday 10 30 am Mount Somers, Springburn, Stareley, Alford Forest, daily ._  ... 4pm Winohmore, Greenstreet, Ash- burton Porks, Tuesday, Thurs- „ day, and Saturday 6.30 a.m. Methven, daily 315 pm Geraldine, and Orari, daily. . 12 30 pm Pamaru, Dunedin, Waimate, and south, daily ... 12 30 pm Baling, Rangitata, daily .„' 10 30 am {Eemuka, Timaru, daily, 10 30 am and Tuesday, Thursday, 30 pm and Saturday ... .. 315 pm QCinwald, Window, Hinds, 10 30 am daily .. 30 pm And Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday ... w 315 pm T^uapuna, Monday and Thar a- ' day _ .„ .„ 4pm Mayfield, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday ... 4 p m Wester Held, Tuesday, Thurs- day, Saturday 4 pu. Letters contaiDg anything of value snould be registered. Letters containing coin or bank notes posted unregistered will be compulsorily jegistered and charged double registration cc.



OANDEk <&> Wons Enoa- O lyptiExtrnct. Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, as per oommunica- ion made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs through tbe Consul-General for Italy, at Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded diploma at the Amsterdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medioal Clinics and Universities all over the Globe. There are imitations of Eucalypti Eztraot - the market, produots of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, which is recognised by the medioal division of the Prussian Government be of perfectly pure origin, as per nformation forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne,. March 2, 1878, we tate t— It is proved by tests by the Medical Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Greifswald, Prussia, and reported by Dr. Bohulz,Profeßsor f Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dr: Mossier, Director of the Medioal Clinics at Greifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen and freed of resinous and other substancos, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the tanative qualities proper to the plant \ll crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts are to be classed . according to the named authorities, among the turpentines, which are abandoned long since as an nternal udioament. These crude oils, or so called Eucalypti Extracts, are discernible : 1 By their deficiency m pungent odour— which our product, tbe only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most freely through its surplus oxygen. By their alooholio thin and mobile appear- ance being reduced m specific density through the presence of acids. By their taste, the result of the contracting tendency of resins and tennates. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypt extracts, are applied by mistake io cases of croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal | nflamations, dysentery, etc., the con- sequences are most appalling. For safety akeaskaIwaysforSANDER&SON'SECJCA- LYPTI EXTRACT.— Sandhurst, Viotoria, Australia. SANDER & SONS. RAILWAY TIME TABLE. Trains leave Ashburton FOR THE NORTH every day at 7.20 a.m., 3.40 p.m. aad 7.5 p.m. (express). On Mondays, Wed- nesdays, and Fridays, an extra train leaves at 11.0 a.m. Trains arrive from the North every day at 10.45 a.m.. 12.43 noon (express) and 8.0 p.m. Trains leave Pakaia for Methvcn daily Thursdays excepted) at 7.5 p»m., on Tuesdays at 10.10 a.m , and on Thursdays at 12.20 noon. Trains leave Mothven at the following times respectively j —6.50 every day, except Fridays ; 10. 30 Fridays 3.10 p.m. Tuesdays. Trainß leave Ashbnrton FOR THE SOUTH every day at 10.05 a.m , and 12.53 noon (express). On Tuesdays, 3 hursdaye, and Saturdays a train leaves at 3.50 p.m. A train leaves for Mount Somers branch line every day at, 4.25 p.m. The branch ' ' train arrives m Aehburton at 9.45 a.m.



KEWAED, ONE POUKD Reward will be to anyone giving such information as will lead to the eonvief.ioa of anyone patting m lead, waehere, or m any way wilfully damaging the Lollie Machine at the Railway Station, Aehburton. 5 115 J. MARSDKN. JOHN MOIJSOxM, ' HAVING considerably added to \i* Stock as well aa his Shop Roeonvmo. dation, is m a position' to supply Boot* and Shoe* at lowest cash values— his own tr.ake j which is not (o be surpassed, and the best m ihe oheapest. Repairs with beso sole C elather and at pnoe, at J, Moisow's, the only Ptftotical Bootmaker, M The Hall " £tot Streot, Aahborton. 5 16Q r ■•■"■■■ Afiv Vim '" r