The Ashburton Guardian.

YOL XIX. NO. 4453

AsnBURTOJN : Friday, March 25, 1898,

PRICE : ONE PJJNISY



T. Bullock. ~ TO LET. /COTTAGE of 4 Rooms and Scullery, \J nearly new, situated in Aitken Street East, Rental 6s per week. Apply to T. BULLOCK, Agent. MONEY TO LEND ON Approved Freehold Security. £2000 and other sums at lowest current rates of interest. T. BULLOCK. ________ Hou o cf fcix roomp, aleo Stable, with two acres of laud, near the Woollen factory. App'y to T. BULLOCK, Agent. TO LET. ' /"lOTrAGE of 4 room?, Wills Street, front V_^ ing the Domain and near the Railway Station. Apply to, T. BULLOCK.. ~' TINWALD. TT\O Let at a low rental, Cottage and one JL cere of laod, fronting H_rlund Street. Good cooking range. Apply to T. BULLOCK, Agent. HAMTSTEAP. To Persona desirous • f purchasing Suburban Allotments. fTIWO sections for sa'.e, cheap :— viz £16 X 10s each, being Lots 21 and 22, front- int; Church Street, etch containing i-acre. Terms can bo arranged. Apply to T. BULLOCK. Agent. TO THOSK DESIROUS OF RENTING A SMALL UuLDING NOT. FAR FROM A SCHOOL. TO Let— l4k lr 18p, about a mile below Greenstreet School, together with two roomed cottage erected thereon, and other improvements. For farther particulars



Friedlandei Bros., Limited, rpo LET FOR CRO: PIN'G FURPOSJ 8 1 AORSS GOoD L^D» For fi U particulars apply to FRIEDLANDER BROS., LIMITED. Tff~E AKE ;B UYE K S OF HEAVY BRfGHT OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, FRIEDLANDER BROS., Limitbd] IT^E ARE OASH BUYERS OF WHEAT RYEGRASB OATS COCKSFOOT BARLEY CLOVERB CHAFF And all other Farm Produce. FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. CORNSACKS. TIT'E ARE NOW LANDING, ex Oar this Season's Supply oi 1200 BALES o FULL SIZE AND FULL WEIGHT CORNSACKS, Which we offer ex our Ashburton, Tinwald] or Lycdhursb Stores, at Farmers will no doubt appreciate our keeping prices of their require- ments down by giving as their Liberal Buppprt. FRIEDLANDER BROS. LIMITED. D. THOMAS. "Rambler" Bicycle. /CYCLISTS AND OTHERS INTEND- ING TO INVEST IN A MACHINE CALL AND INSPECT THE " RAMBLER. " TEE STRONGEST AND BEST FINISHED^MAOHINE MADE. D. THOMAS, AGENT 115



S. CLEAVER IS now SHOEING at the following | priceß : — i DRAUGHTS ... ... Ss per Bet. HACKS 4s per *et. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 1 BURNETT STREET SHOEING FORGE, i 219 ASUHURTON T . CHEAP MONEY I CHEAP MONEY ! CHEAP MONEY IN SUMS OF £100 ox ; COUNTRY, CITY, i AND SUBURBAN Fa BEHOLD, At exceptionally low rates cf interest^ FOR FORMS OF APPLICATION AND FULL INFORMATION, i\pj-ly to the DISTRICT MANAGER, Chri3tchu:ch. J. H. RICHARDSON, Government Insurance Commissioner. 2217 i£ozi_ __:a



Wanted "VVT ANTED Known— Special Delivery o T V our Spec'ol K-d Gloves, brown 2ft per pair, black 2/1 1 por pair.— \V. H Collieb, "The Corner." WANTED Known— New Jackets, Capes Macintoshes, Millinery, Dresses! Trimmings for Ladies, Misses and Girls. - VV- H. Collteb, "The Corner.' 1 "TTTANTED Known— That we are non TT showing the finest assortment oi Gents' Ties, Bowb and Scarfs, we have ever had the pleasure of submitting. Men's and Boys' Straw and Felb Hats in endless assortment. New Goods in Tennis Shi ts ju'st opened.— Mitchell & Turneb. TENANTED Known— Spectacles, Eye f T Protectors, Goggles, Folders, »n<l Everything in the optical lina »t H. Samjk'b, Optician. fTIENDERS wanted to wear out 1000 X pairs of Mellob's Indestructible Boote. Wear like brasß. WANTED— A dozen smart Ladies to try our new kangaroo calf Shoe.-— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Knowu — Two oases of Sample Hosiery for sale, Ladies' Combinations and Ve&ts, Plain and,Fanoy Stockings, Men's Socks and Vests, all at landed cost. — Mitchell & Tubneb. WANTED—Ladies to give Mitchell & Turner's Dreeses and Dress making one trial. A unique eeleclion of Blouse Goods and Tiimmings now showing FOUND— In Tancred Street, the cheapest and roost reliable Boot Shop. — Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTjfiD— Wise Mothers to try our Indestructible School Boot. — Mellob's Zealandia Boot Storo. FOR Sale, Cheap— sooo pairs of Ladiesj and Men's Boots and fchoes. — Apply to Mellob, Tanored Street. FOR Sale, Cheap— A lot of Men's Bluchers only .4j lid-— Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. The Wife's Welfare. Treatise posted free. It will teach y<m more than all the years you've lived. Every woman should read it. W nte Professor Hermann, French Specialist, i Collins-place, Melbourne. YOUNG MEN. Write to me for valuable free Book concerning ycur« ■elves. Professor Hermann, Speoialist. 4 Oollin* Vli^e, Melbourne. FOR Sale, Cheap—Six Dozen Pairs of Cliildreii'a ack r e slrap3.— Mellor's Zea'p-ndia liOot Slote. rjIENDERS wanted for the sale of 5000 JL pairs of boots.— App'y to SiEL/iOn'B Z:&!audU Boot v tore, "TTUSHING Season. — 1 am now showing a _1J great variety of fi-hing requisites in ail the latest designs, including Koclp, Minnows, Flies, Tracts, R«e]s, Gut, Liues, Waders, Rod Mountings, Hooks, etc. Fishing Licenses on shle.— J. W, Hardlby, Taht Street. WAKTED Known— That J. Moison has receh eJ a varied stock of Summer Boots and Shoes (black and tan) in strap and laco up, which lie will sell at a good Discount for Oath. R' pairs as usual done at once. Nothing but Uio best is kept at. J. Moison's Premier BoctDt>p6ti A&hbu>ton WANTED Kuown — Good value for liitle money ivfc Mellor's, Zv.atendia. Boot Store. NOTICE— We defy competition ; you get wonderful value at Mbllor's, Tanored Street. WANTED— Sixty strong men to try the new Eronio (Blucher). — Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. WANTED Known— Ladies' Pretty Walking Shoes in great variety at Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. FRUIT. Fruit. Fruit, ttioioa Bananas Italian Oranges, Lemons, Tomatoes etc— H. A. Flowisb, Fruiterer, etc., East Street. FOR Pure Nutritious Sweetß try my own manufactured Tofftcs, Caramels, Cough Drops ; boiled sugars a specialty. — H. A. Floweb, Confectioner* Ashburtou. EGGS, EGGS— Wanted 1000 d( zen Fres-h , Egga ; aleo, one ton Pure Honey.— Fletcher Bbos , Caah Supply Stores. EGGS, EGGS— Want, d 1000 dczon Freah Fggs; also, one ton Beeawax. — Fletcukr Bros., C-sli Supply Stores.



Hanmer and Graves, Dipping* Season. 1 "WT E aro P«>»»re<i to DIP SHEEP at VV our DIPPING YARDS, opposite to the Ashburton Saleyards, and shall use LITTLE'S DIP Which we are also prepared to Supply to Farmers at Lowest Possible Quotations. CORNSACKS. WE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY THESE AT LOWEST BAT£!S. TITTE ARE BUYERS OF GOOD OATEN-BHEAF CHAFF, WHEAT, O&TS, j BABLEY, RYEGfiASB, ETC. ETC. SUHON'S SEEDS. HAVING been appointed Agentß in Ashburton for Messrs Sutton and Sons, we can supply all this firm's well known BAPE & TUKNIP SEEDS, Besidss a large variety of GARDEN; VEGETABLE, FLOWER SEEDS. These Seeds are all carefully selected, and we can confidently recommend them. XTTE HAVE ALWAYS IN STOCK- RANSOM'S ANDHORNSBY'S PLOUGHS , Long and Short Feed Oat?, Priaie Oaten Sheaf Chaff, Rtyal Oil (150deg. Fire Teat), Crushed Barley" and Wheat for Pig feed, Whole & Broken Chick Wheat, Agricultural Salt, Farm & Station Requisites of all kinda, including Tea (specially packed for us and imported direct by ourselves from Ceylon), Sugar, Soap, Candles, Oatmeal, Flour, Bran, Sharps, Salt (best table), Rock Salt, Fencing Wire (plain and barbed), Staples, Galvanize.l j Sheep Netting (most suitable for fencing oQ turnips), Clover and Turnip Seed, till varie- ties ; Ryegraus' and Cocksfoot f machine dressed), Oils — Castor, Machinery, Boiled, Tattoo Oil (for branding sheep) &c, &c. 500 ACRES AT KUAPUWA. WE are instructed by the owner to offer for private Sale 500 acres situated at Ruapuna. This property is subdivided into convenient sized paddock?, with water in each paddock. The buildings consist of an eight- j roomed House, Large Stable and Wool Shed, j Terms — Small cash deposit, balance at a low j rate o interest. ; HANMER & GRAVES. Henry Stephenson. HENRY STEPHENSON, (ouccesßor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER. WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Saleß of Stock, Household Furni- ture, etc., as per arrangement, in any part o 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 : I Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company j & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and 1 Agency Company. | PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay j ments from ££Os per month. TO LET, two Shops in Jubilee Buildings Burnett street. Rent, 12 j par week HENRY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER. _ . j Baker Bros. TfTiURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, Corner cf Wakanui Road and Caaa Streets \ and at Baker and Brown's Coach Factory, Havelock Street. EVER"* REQUISITE SUPPLIED, Telephone No. 69. j LAZARUS'S SIGHT TESTING AND { SFEOJALIIB SPECTACLES. | Sole atcnt for Ashburton District, S. S A L E K - JEWELLER, EAST STREET, ASHI3UBTON. • ') ! 3" AZARUS. Patented System enanre _J comfort and oorroot Bight). Dont spoil yoar ey« by using badly fitting r Spectacles, ;



7=l 15,000 = ORION" COOKING RANGES IN USE IN THIS COLONY THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE GOAL OR WOOD UP TO 24in NO SETTING^EQUIRED. With Stove Pipe ean be worked out in the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Oast Iron or Copper Boilers. The CopperTßoilera are large and Tinned inside, REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. „ Made in 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 O£ REMOVAL. WILLIAM SPARROW T>EGS to notify that he has REMOVED to Premises lately occupied by MESSRS L. F. ABDREWES & G. J. NEILL. Friedlander's Corner, EAST STREET, •



CHEISTMAS PRESENTS. GENUINE PLATED WARE. XXTE RAVE just landed a choice selection of Plated Goods of Esquisito D.Bifcaii, Choice Patterns, and Good Quality. THEY have been marked exceptionally low of price, and persons requiring Presents for their friends will do well to call, inspect our »tcck, and make Iheir early. ! W. H. COLLINS & CO. THOS. E. KILWOETII & SON ENGINEERS, BRIDGE WORKS, | ASHBU&TOtf, TTNDERTAKG all k r nds of Engine Work, all kinds of Millwright's Work. General. Engineering, Wood working;, & Black&mithing. KIL WORTH & bOJN, ASHBUBTON.



A GIGANTIC IDE A. HAS Occurred to the Proprietors oi the New Zealand roado "ATALANTA Bioycle, whereby they are determined to Lend anybody, Lady or Gentleman, AN "ATALANTA' BICYCLE, Fitted with Dunlop Tyres, new, and equipped with all accessories necessary to render it machine absolutely ready for use FREE OF CHARGE. As the publication of the working of this absolutely new system of supplying Bicyoleß would soon exhaust the largest stock in the world, we have decided to limit its application to those who make personal or written application to the Company's Depot Managers at Christchurch, 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 in the advantages of this our latest enterprise. The Austral Cycle Agency, LIMITED. i LIOHFIELD & COLOMBO STREETS, CHRISTOHURCH; , 123, GEORGE STREET, DUNEDIN; AND 61, LAMBTON QUAY, WELLINGTON.



BICYCLES, BICYCLES, BICYCLES. LANDELLS^ND SON, EXPRESS OYOLE WORKS, BURNETT STREET (next The Club.) The oldest and largest Cycle Building and Repairing Shop in Ashburton. IMMENSE Stook of New and.Seoond-hand Bicycles on hand at prices which will defy competition. SECOND-HAND MACHINES AT £2 10s, £3 10s, £5, £6, £7, £8, £10,I£12— MUSS BE CLEARED. Large Stook of Outer Covers and Tubes. Also, Lamps, Bells, Saddles, Clips, and everything connected with the Bieyole Trade. CHEAPEST EVER OFFERED IN NEW ZEALAND] IQ 179



= PURE SEEDS. = X HAVE lately erected, regardless of cost, the most COMPLETE SEED-GLEANING PLANT south of the Line, and I now ask intelligent Farmers to inspect the same at work. I am now prepared TO CLEAN for Farinera any description o£ SEEDS AND GRAIN, and will guarantee to give them satisfaction. I can supply best RYEGRASS, weighing ftom 261bs to 441bs to the bnshel ; and COCKSFOOT, locally grown, UJlbs to 16£lbs to the bushel also, best CLOVERS, dressed by my own machines, the purity of which ! must be seen to be appreciated. ALSO— HURST AND SONS BEST ENGLISH CLOVERS TURNIPS RAPE, LUCERNE, TREFOIL, Etc, ! D. THOMAS, ASHBURTON. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. T AM now making liberal CASH ADVANCES FREE OF COM^ MISSION npon all WOOL placed in my hands for SALE either in Ashburton or elsewhere. CORNSACKS. LARGEST SIZE AND BEST QUALITY. 4s 7£d PER DOZEN'. DONAGHY'S BEST TWINES, 3Jd, 4^dj and 4|d per lb, less 2£ net cash. WOOLPAOKS, TWINE, OIL, AND BRANDING MATERIAL The best quality on Sale. DAVID "THOMAS, ASHBURTON.



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 of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Clean ast Sales as per arrangements AGENT FOR— Matson and 00, Ohristchurch Booth, McDonald and Co, Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip Walter A. Wood Oo Lightband's Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and 00, Duneiin Planet Junior Garden and Field Tools Bel?aBt Manures RAKAIA DISTRICT SALES. 1 HAVE made arrangements wilh MESSRS HARDY & CO., Merchants, Rakaia. tc ,? act as my AGENT for all Auctioneering Work in that Distrinb, and in conjunction with them it will be my endeavour to make the RAKAIA SALE A SUCCESS. DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JB. TOOLS. DAVID THOMAS. ASHBURTON



- jg ROBERT MURRAY, 3 //^^^m^ EA ST STEEET, ASHBURTON. YS^ ?f \3tff Xs|ULjjjjar (For tho last 18 years the only practical Horologist it XNVITES the public to Jnspeob his magnificent stock jg £c FJL.A/IJfcUJL> GOODS. OPTICAL AND OTHER LINES. r k 0 VP Watches of all grades fr.om the lowest price to the highest quality — non-magnetic London hand-made goods. - 0Q Clocks in Ormolu Marble, Wood, Nickel, and Fancy Oases, the *• higher grades being manufactured on the premises. W A Jewellery and Plated Goods- Neweßt designs, H beat quality, lowest prices. M Q Holding the most perfeot plant, the largest stock of materials, and J the most skilful staff of workmen, Robert Murray can offer exceptional advantages in the execution of Repairs. H 50 YOWS Experience in^the trade.



Shipping. J^h^X NBW ZEALAND 'rfM§ig||^ s HIPP ING OO.V LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Monte Video, Teneriffe & Plymouth. Beßt Accommodation for all clasßes oJ Passengers at Lowest Rates. Port of Steamers. Toss. Departure. Date. Rimutaka 4515 Wellington April 14 Waimate 6688 Wellington May 12 Kaikoura 4507 Wellington June 9 Tongarlro 4163 — July 7 Ruahine 6127 — August 4 R.M.S. Ruahine and Rimutaka will call at Bio de Janero as well as Monte Video. For further particulars apply to FRIEDLANDER BROS., Lid. Agents, Ashburton, SHAW, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. jfcJL -OOYAL MAIL STKA- rfgjScggK. - t *' MERS, with superior \ffiHmfMEfr accommodation for all classes l^^*^*^*" of passengers, calling at Monte Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply. month. Tobb Oommander From Date. lonic .„ 4755 Kempson .- Wel'tn Mar. 31 Tokomaru 6238 Maxwell ... Wel'tn April 7 Gothio .„ 7730 Kidley ... — May 26 Dfllphio ... 8355 Sowden ... — — Aotea ... 6340 Sootland .„ — — OARGO STEAMERS. * Rangitira 4045 Burton .„ Lyttlt'ofMay 7 Mamari ... 3583 Levack .„ Wellg'n May 14 Matatua.» 3320 Evans .. — Maori ,~. 6200 Moffatt ... — Fakeha ... 4331 Prosaer ... — ' HANMER AND GRAVES, Agents. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY Off NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS SAIL FROM LYTTELTON AS UNDER: For Westport and Greymouth— Weekly. Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE— For extra sailings see advertise- ment in Chris tohurch papers Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelßon and Pioton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration ; reference should therefore be made to Christchurch daily papers for dates and hour of sailing For farther particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton. MUSICAL. M R H. B RrANT K ING (Kneller Hall, London.) ORGAN, PIANO, and THEORY. For particulars apply Mb H. M. Jokes, Stationer, Ashburton. Methven once a week. 11 150 Llewellyn Owen, PIANOEOBTE, SINGING, HABMONY, AND MANDOLJNJS. The new term will commence on MONDAY, the 24th inst. PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIC. •VUT RSTDOWMAN T^OX Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havelook Street, AbHBUEToN. RAKAIA— TUESDAYS. Pupils prepared for Trinity College examinations. A CARD. MISS BESSIE SIMMONDS, npEACHER OF THE VIOLIN] Saunderß' Buildings, Ashburton. A OABD MRS A C* /"ILARIDQE iL. \J. V^LARIDGE TEACHER OF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. MR OSBOBN COOMBE, PIANO TUNER & EXPERT, (Late of London), "TTISITS Ashburton and surrounding V Districts every four months — viz., March, July, and November. ORDERS mar be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Music Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashbur ton. Pp— —— — — —^^^— To the Deaf and those troubled with Noises in the Hear* or other Aural Troubles Dr Nicholson, of uondon, the world famed aural specialist and Inventor of artificial eai drums, has just issued the 100th edition » his illustrated and descriptive book on Deaf ness and Aural Troubles. This book may be had from Mr F. Shu./, 160, Adelaide Aoad, Wellington, N.2., on receipt of stamps. Mr L'arapbell, of the same address, was greatly relieved of his deafness by Dr. Nicholson's system, and takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist in New Zealand. A littlebook on the oure of Rheumatism, Corpulence, Lumbago and Indigestion by the same author, may Je had from M Bhaw on receipt of stampi. EOZ2E lEIA. Most Reliable l