The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL XIX. NO. 4415

Ashburtois : Tuesday, February 8, 1898.

PRICE : ONE PENssY



Since 1878 there have been nine epidemica of dyaentery indifferent, partsof the country m which Chan-berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was used with perfect success. Dysentery, when epidemic, is al- most as Bevere and dangerous as Asiatic cholera. Heretofore the best i fforta of the most skilled physicians have failed to check its ravages This remedy, however, has cured the most malignant cases, bolh of children and adults, and under the most trying con ditions, which proves it to be the beat medicine m qhe world for bowel complaints. For sale by Ash burton Drug Company. For Indigestion, the best remedy is un do»btedly Norton's Camomile Pills. They can confidently be recommended as being mild m operation and absolutely free froa injurious drugs. Acting at once as a »plen- d;<i tools and a gentle aperient. For nearly 130 years they have proved tutequallec' for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, sick Headache and for Liver and Stomach oompiainte. Sold m bottles .a ljd, 2s 9d, and Hb, by all Wed . cine Vendors t-.hrnuehonb the world Stnake AVw Vmut,



••Impressionist" contributes th^ fol- lowiug to the Canterbury Times:— Perhaps the best THE BAURYTOWN proof of the profit- CLAIMS able nature of gold working at Barry- town is to be found at Lewis's claim, wrere sluicing is m progress on a terrace two to three hundred feet high, M.r Lewis, senior, is an old Oanter- bury man, bred to * far different pur- suit than mining, and the success which ho and his sons have achieved is an auguty of what companies will do on similar ground with skilled advice and scientific appliances. He had a good deal of dead work to do before he got any gold, for he and his sons expended labour equal to £2000 value on making a head-race to bring water down to the claim. Part of this is tunnelled through solid rock. The supply of water is limited to three and a half bead, but this is sufficient to keep four men em- ployed, who earn on an average £10 a week each. It is computed that this claim of twenty-seven acres will yield at this rate for fifty years to come; m other words, over £100,000 worth of gold will be obtained from a small area which, be it remembered, was (like all the other terraces at Barrytown) de- nuded of all its coarse gold m the two "rushes" that took place long ago. Up the face of this terrace is an almost perpendicular ascent, and here the Mestrs Lewis have erected three sets of " tables," so that any gold which escapes from the first set may be saved by those lower down. Looking at the operations on this claim, one realises the hardships of the gold-miner's life, and marvels at the curious craze for gold which impels men to tear the earth's crust and change the face of Nature m order to gather the grains of yellow dir', whose economic value is almost nil. One gets a glimmering, too, of the immense possibilities — nay, certainties — that lie before the com- panies that are about to exploit the flat on a large scale; for the flat has many miles of country that has never been touched, all containing gold. The streets of Barrytown are paved with gold m a literal sense ; the pota- toes are gown among gold dust ; the mountain streams bring down the yeliow dirt m their waters, and the ocean throws it back oa the beach. Ail the past glories of Barrytown will be restored and made permanent when these immense deposits are worked on scientific principles, and the flat will or.cc more be a scene of busy life. It seems at range that Barrytown should have been neglected until Ashburton men appeared on the sc j ne and re- cognised the value of its. deposits of fine gold. Mr Shury, I waa informed, was the pioneer of the new order of things, and be has all the ardour of an enthusiast. It was owing to his in- domitable push and perseverance that Barrytown No. 1 Company was floated, and that company is doing a great and beneficial work m proposing to prove on an extensive scale the payableness of the flat deposits. That company and its promoters have laboured, and others will reap a harvest as well as it. Mr J. O. Duncau, another ABhburtou man, deserves a share of the credit of pioneering m this work. What the district urgently requires is a road to connect it with Greymouth. The Brighton road affords an outlet to the northward, where nobody wants to go, and whence nobody comes to Barry- town. Only about thrse miles of road formation are needed to enable drays and other vehicles to reach Barrytown from Greymouth. This, with the two or three bridges necessary, could, I be- lieve, be done for £1000. Some thou- sands of pounds would have been saved to iSo 1 Company if this road bad been made available for conveying its plant and machinery to the field. The local authority ought to lose no time m making this road, with the aid of the promised Government subsidy. Store- keepers and " packers," with their private interest m maintaining high prices and dear transit, must not be allowed to block a needed public improvement. When this necessary work is done, the journey from Grey- mouth will be rendered safe and pieasant. There will be no need to toil laboriously over the shingly beach or to ford the dangerous Ten- mile Crefk, whose treacherous waters en- gulfed a Government surveyor some years ago. Whether the road is made or not, the future prosperity of Barry- town seenis to be assured. The Ivo. 1 Oorapany, with a spread of tables equal to some 200 fef t, will save gold at the rate of perhaps £100 a week, even should the washdirt be. no richer than the prospects promise. But if the lead of coarse gold should be found ' at a lower level — the lead that yielded its millions by surface scratching m past years — then the shareholders m this aDd other companies may find themselves " rich beyond the dreams of avarice." B^rrytown has been asleep, bufc its re awakening is going to be like that of a giant refreshed.



WANTED. D E MEMBER, Remember, that Mbllob'j JLI/ Stock-taking Sale will last for fourteen daya only. Row's your time bo buy. WANTED Known, Girls' Pretty Strap fchoea, tau or black, only 3a 6d, at Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. WHERE are you going to, my prettj maid? To M kiosk's Obeap Booi Sale, air, he said, WANTED Known—That we are no« showing the finest assortment ol ' Geuta' Ties, Bows aud fc'carfa, we have ever had the pleasure of submitting. Men's and 3oyß' Btraw and Jjelt Hats m endlesa assortment. New Goods m Tennis Shi ts just opened.— Mitchell & Turner. WANTED Known— Speotaolea, Eye Proteotora, Goggles, Folders, and Everything m the optical Jina at H Bat,rk'b, Opuoiap. WANTED Known, the doors and windows ace lined with wonderfu bargains, at Mbllob's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known— -Two cases of Sample Hosiery for sale, Ladies' Combinations and Vests, Plain and Eanoy S lockings, Men's Socks and Vests, all at landed cost. — Mitchell & Turner. TT7"ANTED— Ladies to give Mitchell TT & Turner's DresßOß and Dre&s making one trial. A unique selection of Blouse Goods and Trimmings now showing WANTED Kuown— That you can get Furniture at A. HARRISON'S, East Street, next Umbrella Shop, at Christcburch prices, and equally good Ducheuse Chests at from £3 104 ; five-drawer Chests at £2 15a ; four- drawer Chests at from £1 15a. All other things at reduced prices. 12 94 [ \VT ANTED Known, Mellor's Bargain Tr Sale now on. Come early. Chil- dren'^ Strapß Is 9J, usually 2s 6d. I X"X 7 ANTED Known— A Cheap Boot Sale YV at Mellor's, for fourteen days only. BARGAINS too numerous to mention at VV. H. CoLLi£R'e Clearing Sale, "1 he Corner." PEOPLE Should not Mi, B the Great Sale at VV. H. Collier's, •• The Corner." FOR Purity and Excellence try Flower's Celebrated Tomato Sauce. Himplj delicious with hot or cold joints. * CHRIS! MAS Presents m Fancy Choco- late Boxes ; largest stock m town to aelect from. o*ll and inspect, at H. A. Flower, leading Confectioner. MRS ALCORN'S New Toy*, Dolls, Balls, etc., for Chriatmaa and hew Year are now opened up and inspection is invited, Mounc Melhck stamped work, E.-nbroidered Tray Cloths, Pillow Covore, Handkerchiefs, etc., also to hand. All kiuds of Underclothing, Pinafores, and Aprons made to order on the premises. Millinery and Dressmaking receive strict attention. A good assortment of Costumes Dress Goods, Prints, Muslins, Embroideries Lacce, Jackets and Capes. WANTED Known, m fourteen days I intend to sell 1000 pairs of Boots.— Muli.ok's Zealandia Boot Store. ~|" b EARD a man say that you got wonder JL ful value for little money, at Mellor'e Cheap Boot Sale. wise fathers and mothers to T T remember that Mellob's Annual Boot Sale is now on. V^T ANTED ( KNOWN— Mrs Hufpam TT having taken the premises lately occupied by Mr G. Neill, intends to opeD same as Ladies' Dining and Refreshment Rocks, where visitors will find a long felt want supplied. Meals at all hours. A few boarders will 6nd all the comforts of a home. The Wife's Welfare. Treatise posted free. It will teach yon more than all the years you've lived. Every woman should read it. Write Professor Hermann, Frenoh Specialist, 4 Collins-place, Melbourne. YOUNG MEN, Write to me for valuable free Book concerning your- selves. Professor Hermann, Speoialitt, 4 Collins- Slace, Melbourne. LOOK HERE— Herbal Beer, Lemonade Soda Water, and all other Summer Drinks ati 2d per glass at W. C. Page's Store, East Belt. BOOTS Boots, Boots, wonderfully cheap at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. TUST Fancy, Men's Pegged Bluchers 6* O lid, usually 8s 9J. — Mellor's Zea- landia Boot Store. NOTICE — Fletcher Bros, have Kemoved to Premises lately occupied by Mr Henry Zander. FISHING Season. — I am now showing a great variety of fishing requisites m all the latest designs, including Kods, Minnows, Flies, Traces, Re.els, Gut, Lines, Waders, Bod Mountings, Hooks, etc. Fishing Licenses on Bale. — J. W. Hardley, East Street. WAITED Known — That J. Moison has receiv ed a varied stock of Summer Boots and Shoes (black aud tan) m Btrap and lace up, which he will sell at a good Discount lor Cash. Repairs as usual done at once. Nothing buo the best is kept at J. Moison's Premier Boot DepoD, Ashburton WANTED Kuown — That Fletcher Bros, have Removed to Piemises ately occupied by Mr Henry Zander. TO THRESHING MACHINE OWNERS. T% /T ACHINE BOOKS printed to order at shortest notice. MAIL OFFICE, Ashburton. KOZIE TEA. Most KeUutoie.



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A GIGANTIC IDEA HAB Ocourred to* the Proprietors of the New Zealand made " Atalanta ".Bloyole whereby anybody, Lady or Gentleman, can obtain the exclusive use and choice o AN ATALANTA CYCLE, Fitted with Duninp Tyres, new, and equipped with all accessories necessary to render a maoHne absolutely ready for übo "~ FREE OF CHARGE. As the publication of the working of this absolutely new system of supplying Bicyoleß would Boon exhaust the largest Btock m the world, we have decided to limit its application to those who make personal or written application to the Company's Depot Managers at Christohurch, Dunedin, and Wellington, who will then explain . to those applicants the nature of this colossal enterprise and furnish them with all particulars requisite for their participation m the advantages of this our, latest enterprise. The Austral Cycle Agency, LIMITED. COLOMBO STREET, OHRISTCHURCH ; 123, GEORGE STREET, DUNEDIN } AND 61, LAMBTON QUAY, WELLINGTON. HEAD OFtfEOE— I39, 141 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. ■=-=.-^=^== = --= F^=— .=^ =.- __ -^wV BICYCLES, BICYCLES, BICYCLES. LANDELLS^IND SON, EXPRESS OYOLE WORKS, BURNETT STREET (next The Olab.) The oldest and largest Cycle Building and Repairing Shop m Ashburton. IMMENSE Stock of New and Second-hand Bicycles on band at priceß which will defy competition. SECOND-HAND MACHINES AT £2 10s, £3 10s, £5, £6, £7, c £B, £10,!£12— MUST BE CLEARED. Large Stock of Outer Covers and Tubes. Also, Lamps, Bells, Saddles, Toe Clips, and everything connected with the Bicycle Trade. CHEAPEST EVER OFFERUD IN NEW ZEALAND 10 179 -zn15,000 = '•ORION" COOKING RANGES IN USE IN THIS COLONY lf >ax^ % . •■-.-•-• ;' . . ' » i 1 1 THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE OOAL OR WOOD UP TO 24in NO SETTING~REQUIRED. With Stove Pipe can be worked out m the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Cast Iron or Copper Boilers. The Copper Boilers are large and Tinned inside. REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made m all sizes, single or double ovens. High or low pressure boilers* Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Catalogues can be obtained, or from the maker, H. E. SHACKLOCK, SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN. 631 NOTICE OF REMOVAL. • r\» . WILLIAM SPARROW "T>EGSlto|notify that he has REMOVED to Premises lately ocoupiedgby MESSRS L.IF. AfIDREWES & G. J. NEILL. Friecllander's Corner, EAST STREET. New Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLiSH"iI) o '~- «. 1859 CAPITAL^ONR MILLION. THE PBEMIEB AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTBD 808 PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY FIRE AND 'MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, THRESHING MACHINES, *0., ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT BATES HANMER & GRAVES, AGENTS



Q ROBERT MURRAY, /^P2S&V EAST STBBET, ASHBUBTON. \^<^=^idr (For the last 18 years the only practical Horologiflt m the District.) TNVITES the public to inspect his magnificent stook of JL ft WiJLTCJJhIJEs*, ™ " liOCKS, Q (jj Sc PX^A.II!-JL> GOODW. q OPTICAL AND OTHEB LINES. h. w VTatches of all gradeß from the lowest price to the highest quality — non-magnetic London hand-made goods. . OH ClocKs m Ormolu Marble, Wood, Nickel,, and Fanoy Oaies, the y higher grades beiag manufactured on the premises. m A Je"Wellery and IPlated Goods- Newest designs, " best quality, lowest prices. Q Holding the most perfeot plant, the largest stook of material!, and the moat skilful staff of workmen, Robert Murray can offer exceptional advantages m the execution of Repairs. > m 50, Y©WS Experience m the trade. DAVID THOMAS. Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Aeent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ABHBUBTON, Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock — Tinwald atid ABhburtou Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Fbidayr Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Oleariaz Sales as per arrangements AGENT FOR- Mataon and 00, Ohristchurch Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohristchurob White's Sheep Dip Walter A. Wood Oo Lightband's Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham 'B Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field Too'ib Belfast Manures HAK AI A DISTRICT SALES. "I HAVK made arrangements with MESSRS HA.BDY & CO., Merch»ntß, Rakaia. to JP. act as' my AGENT for all Auctioneering Work m that District, and m conjunction with them it will be my endeavour to make the BAKAIA SALE A SUCCESS. DAVID THOMAS, Aahburton GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JB. TOOLS BAYID THOMAS. ASHBTJRTONJ = PURE SEEDS. = T HAVE lately erected, regardless of cost, the most COMPLETE SEED-CLEANING PLANT south of the Line, and I now ask intelligent Farmers to inspect the same at work. I am now prepared TO OLE AN for Farmer* any description of SEEDS AND GRAIN, and will guarantee to give them satisfaction. I can supply best RYEGRASS, weighing fiom 261bs to 441bs to the bushel ; and COCKSFOOT, locally grown, 14|lbs to 16|lbs to the bushel; also, best OLOVERS, dressed by my own machines, the purity of which must be seen to be appreciated. ALSO— HURST AND SONS BEST ENGLISH OLOVERS] TURNIPS; RAPE, LUCERNE, TREFOIL, Etc. D. THOMAS, ASHBUBTGN. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. T AM now making liberal OASH ADVANCES FREE OF COM MISSION upon all WOOL placed m my hands for SALE either m Ashburton or elsewhere. CORNSACKS. LARGEST SIZE AND BEST QUALITY 4s 7£d PER DOZEN". DONAGHYS BEST TWINES, 3|d, 4£d. and 4f d per lb, less 2£ net cash. WOOLPAOKS, TWINE, OIL, AND BRANDING MATERIAL The best quality on Sale. JJA VID "THOMAS, ASHBURTON. WHEAT. WHEAT. CT7B ARE PROMPT OASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLIM G WHEAT AT HIGHEST MARKPT BATES, We are al«o prepared to Store GraiD on Fermere account m our Hew Grain Stores West Street, Ashburton, on very favourable terms Fnl steed Oornaacka and Twine Supplied at. LOWES I 1 CURRENT RATES ROLLITT & CO., CANTERBURY FLOUR MILLS. OFFIOEB AND STOAEb', WEST STREET, !



Shipping. LM|| riiHE J&kmKlr NEW ZEALAND *j|jjggj|gJS HIPP ING OO.S LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Monte Video, Tenerlffe & Plymouth. Beat Accommodation for all olassei of Passengers at Lowest Bates. ,/. Port of Steamers. Tons. Departure. Date. Tongarlro 4163 Wellington Feb 17 Ruahic* 6127 — March 17 . Runutaka 4515 — April 14 ; Kalkbura 4507 — May 12 We are now prepared to, book through panacea to the West Coast of South AmerToa ani Bahia, Pernambaoo, and the Falkland Islands. Ratei and other par tleulari on application. For farther particulars apply to FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. Agents, Ashburton, SHAW, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. . FOR LONDON. •■.•■•-yßyi- TJOYAL MAIL STKA- MBJRS, with superior ' *' j|^H|^^S aoooinmo dA^ on forall classes l^^^^^™ > of passengers, calling at Monte Video or Rio, Tenerlffe and Ply. mouth. Tons Commander From ( Date. Aotea ... 6346 Scotland ._ Wel'tn Mar. 3. Tokomara 6238 Maxwell ... — Mar. 24 lonic ... 4753 Kempson.., — Mar. 31 Gothio ... 7730 Kidley ... — May 26 Delphio ... 8355 Sowden ... — — ""' CARGO STEAMERS. "" Maori ... 5200 Moffatt ... Wel'to Feb. 3 ■■• Pakeha ... 4351 Prosser ... — Feb. 14 >Matatpa... 3583 Burton ... — • Bangitira 4045 Levaok ... — Mamari ... 3320 Evans .. — i . Aotea and Tokomara carry saloon passengers only. For freight and. passage apply to HANMER AND GRAVES, Agents. NIOS- STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS SAIL FROM LYTTELTON ASUNDER: For W,esfcport and. Greymouth — Weekly. Wellington — Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE— For extra sailings see advertise- ment m Christcbdrch papers Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Pioton, via Wellington — Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays . The above are subject to alteration ; reference should therefore be made to Chriatchurch daily papers for dates and hour of sailing For further particulars apply to P. FERRIMAN, -..-. . ' Agent, Ashburton. MUSICAL, MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS, E2AOHER OF THE VIOLIN & VIOLA, TTT'ILL Besume Teaching on TUESDAY, VV February 1. At Home to Pupils after FRIDAY, January 28. Saunders' Buildings and Allenton. Llewellyn Owen, :: pianofokte, singing, haemony,and MANDOUNE. - - She new; term will commence on MONDAY, the 24th iust. ;:mr :;osborn coombe, PIANO TUNER & EXPEBT, (Late of London), "T7JSITS . Ashburton and surrounding V Districts every four months — viz., March, July, and November . ORDERS may be left with MB LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Music Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton. A OABD MRS 4 fl I^ILARIDaE iL. \Ji I^LARIDGHfI TEAOHEB OF PIANOFORTE, OBGAN, and SINGXKG OOX STBEET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. PIANOFOBTE, SINGING, OBGAN, AND THEOBY OF MUSIO. TIT BBTDOWMAN XflOX Member of the Canterbury Sooiety of Professional Musicians, Havklook Street, Asbbubton. BAKALi— TUESDAYS. Pupils prepared for Trinity College examinations. .' Ti/r ISS LARSON MUSIO TEACHER, Corner Wills and William Streets, Near Wakanui Road. Pupils taken for Piano and Organ. M R H. B R¥ANI K ING , (Kneller Hall, London.) ORGAN, PIANO, and THEORY. For particulars apply Mb H. M. Jones, Stationer, Aahburton. ,- Methven once a week. 11 150 A oabd. MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS, fIIEAOHER OF THE VIOLIN BAUNDERS 1 Buildings, Aibborkpo.