The Ashburton Guardian.

Voh xx. no. 4549

iSHBURTOft : Tuesday, July 19, 1898.

price : OnePe^ny

HIGHBANK.

Postal Arrangements The following correspondence will interest oar Highbank readerß: — General Post Office, Wellington, July 15 1898. Messrs W. O. Davis, W. F. Hardley, and other petitioners, Highbank, Christ church. Gentlemen,—l am directed to refer to your petition of 4th May last, for in* creased frequenoy of the mail service to Bighbank, and, is reply, to inform you that arrangements have now been made to estab lish a daily service from Birr Hill to High* bank, and to abolish the existing service from Methven, The new arrangement will oome into forca on the Ist prox.—(Signed), W. Gray, Secretary. Chief Post Office, Christohurch, July 15. W. C. Davis, Etq., Maisemon Farm, High« bank. Sir,—l beg to inform you that Mr Hood's ofler to convey a daily mail between Barr Hill and Highbank ac from Ist proximo, has been aooepted.—(Signed), R. KIETOU, Chief Postmaster.

SPORTING.

Ohristohuboh, July 18 Cannonshot has been scratched for the Grand National Hurdle Race.

CRRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible for tin opinions expressed by our correspondent*)

DIPHTHERIA.

»O IHK EDITOR. Sir,—A New Zealand newspap~r some years ago stated that an outbreak of the above complaint occurred m France, that after losing a considerable number of cases the medical gentleman of the town used kerosene to paint the part affected with complete success, no additional deaths taking place. Having proved a remedy on three or four occasions m my own family, I consider it my duty to draw attention to the above, as I read that diphtheria is prevalent m Aahburton ju tDow. Recipe— Print the parts affected every hour, and directly ihe fungus shows sigDS of becoming^ detached administer a purgative, still using the kerosene until the throat ib thoroughly clean.—l am, etc., Paver. Oamaru, July 18.



PHASES OF THE MOON. July. t> h m Full moon 4 3 42 am Last quarter .... ... 11 4 13 am New moon ... .„ 19 717 am First quarter ... ._ 27 110 am easiness Notice. ~~h7a. flower, FRUITERER, COSFECTfONER Etc., HAVING REMOVED to more com- . modious premises m East Street, situated next to Drug Company, has now on I !>and A CHOICE STOCK OF CON- FECTIONEJRY, Including— Fry's and Oadbury'a English Chocolates- over 30 varieties. Fancy Chocolate Boxes m endless variety. Hay Biob' Scotch Confectionery. Murray's, Dorothy, and Cream Caramels, etc. A choice variety of Fresh Tcffees, Candied and Boiled goods always on hand. Choice Fruits m Etock at Christchurch prices. For a Cap of good Tea, etc , and light Refreshments, try my Refreshment Rooms. H. A. FLOWER EAST STREET, 7 93 Islington Fertiliser. ISLINGTON No. 1 FERTILISER, ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR SOWING WITH GRAIN. THE COMPANY can Recommend Farmors m Sowing Wheat to USE ISLIK G TON No. 1 Fertiliser. f^rr YER TON ON TRUCKS AT aUO SMITH PrsL-D. SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR QUANTITIES. THE CHUI&TCfITJBGH Meat Company, Ltd., 7 89 TIMARU. rTkirk, PRAOTIO AL BOOTH £ KBR, BFG3 to Notify that he has COM- MENCED BUSINESS m Shop next Hotel, Graham's Road, Tinwali?. Q H JROUGHLY BXPEWBN*. EX Boots made to Order ; Any Style. Repairs Promptly and Neatly Exeouted while you wait. Satisfaction guaranteed, Charges moderate. 6 83$



Holloway's Pills and OiNTME>nc. — & great injustice is very of' en done because some self -assertive people imagine it is next) to impossible to make an error. Shake- speare must have made an analytical study of the human heart before he uttered those warning words " Man know thyself, then others learn to know." This is a lesson we should all try and perfect ourselves m, and when this has been done we have to face the significant fact that unless we cultivate good health, prosperity and happiness cannot abide with us. Holloway's Pills will ■iid us to do this. The most cmii eat medical men agree that for the preservation of good health and cure of disease there is nothing to tq tal them.



WANTED. WANTED -Beauty of Hebron and Beauty of Bath Seed Potatoes, must be good sample.— Apply Fletcher Bbos. ANTED Known— Ladieß' Pretty Walking Shoes m great variety at Mbllob's Zealandia Boot Store. ANTED KNOWN.— Ladies' Cycling Knickers, Combinations, All Wool Veßts^ m greab variety. Speoial priceß. — W. H. Collier, «• The Corner." mENDERS wanted to wear out 1000 A. pairs of Mellob's Indestructible Boots. Wear like brass. WANTED— A dozen smart Ladies to try our new kangaroo calf Shoe. — Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. FOUND— In Tanored Btreet. the cheapest and mosb reliable Boot Shop.— Mellob's Zealandia Boob Store. mENDERS wanted for the sale of 5000 J_ paira of boots. — Apply to Mellob' Zealandia Boob More. WANTED Known— Good value for little money ab Mbllob's, Zealandia Boob Store. ANTED KNO WN.-Ladies' Fur Top Lined Kid Gloves 2s lid, 3s 6d, 4s 6d per pair. Worth double.— W. H. Collide, "The Corner." FOR Sale, Cheap— Six Dozen Pairs of Children's ankle straps. — Mellor's Zealandia Boob Store. T^TOTICE— We defy competition ; you get ll wonderful value at Mhllob's, lanored Street. WANTJiD-W ise Mothers to try our Indestructible School Boot. — ■ Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. \ WANTED— Sixty strong men to try I the new Kronio (Blucher).— Mellob's ] Zealandia Boob Store. ( WANTED Kuown— Bed Chaff, Freah I and Cieau, Sd per bag; Highest < j Test Kerosene, lowest price m town, at I Fletcher Bbos., Cash Supply Stores. j IF you want quality, comfort and dura- t bihty, combined with cheapness, go to a McDonald and McDiabmid. t WANTED Known— That we have ust ° received, ex Delphic, a really choice lot of Laces, Valeuciennes and real and imitaUjn Torchon. Also one case Fur Collars, Boas, and Ladies' Macintoshes. — MITCHEL * TURNEB. , WANTED Known— That we are offer- 1 ing the following Bpecial lines : — l Colored and black Velveteens, Is 4.1 per * yard. Ladieß' Macintoshes ao 12* 6d, ' Jackets at 63 6d and a grand line of 32-inch ( striped Flannelette, ab 3£d.— Mitchell & f TUBNEB. ' » — ■ : j WANTED Known-A line of Cheap £ Iweeds, just opened, together vrith c I full ra»ges of Men's and Juveniles' Olothiug " and Boots of all descriptions at Mitchell A r Turner's. 0 FOR Sale, Cheap— sooo pairs of Ladies and Men's Boots and Shoes. — Apply 10 Mellob, Tancred Street. MRS ALCORN ia offering the balance of her Trimmed Millinery at abou half price. Nineteen ChiMiiVa Tunics, just bought at a large discount, at and belo*v Wholesale Price, from 4a lid to 18 j. Also a nice lot of Capes from 12. to 60s. ' 6 WANTED Kuown— That J. Wilson, Painter, &-?, coruer of Arcade and Burnett street, has bought a large amount of Artist Materials from a Bankrupt Firm at a very low price, and intends giving the Public the benefit of the purchase by giving a big Discount for Cash. Call and inspect. Opal Glues cut to any sizs. Canvas stretchers, I Academy Boards, Oils, Colors, &o. Both Water and Oil Colors kept m stock. 6 207 I IV/THS ALCORN is selling Tweed, Berge, ' IYJ. and Fancy Dress Goods, Flan- nellettes, Ladies' Macintoshes, Jackets, Kaia- poi Capes, Furs, Knitted Combinations, etc., all at Great Reduction?, previous to stock- taking. Under Clothiug (own make) a specialty. Dressmaking as usual. 6 209 FOR Sale, Cheap— A lot of Men's Bluchers only 4s lid* — Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. "The Wife's Welfare- Ineatise posted free. It will teach you more than all the jeiiTß you've lived. Every woman should read it. Write Professor Hermann, Frenoh Speoialiit, i Collins-place, Melbourne. YOUNG MEN, Write to me for valuable free Book ooncernlnr your* ■elves. Professor Hermann, Speoialiit, 4 Collii* Vlane, Melbourne. ■ ? ■< 1 = TTTTTrr ITi HT M. V^ fa • )? \ j CO l« Be*»t



F. FERBIMAM. A CHEMICAL LABATORT, COLONIAL MUTUAL BUILDINGS, Princess Street. Dunedin, June 11, 1898. F. FERRIMAN, Ashburton. Sib,— J have the honor to report on Sample of Ground Manure forwarded to me for analysis. I have made analysis with the following result :— Moisture   .. 6 80 Organic Matter 36 60 containing Nitrogen equal to 5 4 per cent, of Ammonia Silica . . . . . . . . 340 Iron Alumina  . .  q'4o Phosphate of Lime as Bone Phos- phate 48-16 Carbonate of Lime   4*64 100 00 These results show the Sample to be of ABSOLUTE PURITY, the large percentage both of Phosphate of Lime and Ammonia showing this, In fact the Composition can be classed aH a Typical Sample, which can- not be excelled. Your obedient servant, (Bigned) A. G. KIDSTOK HUNTER, M.P.S., City Analyst, Dunedio. After reading the abcre the main points to bear m mind are, the quality is Al, the quantity is limited, and that orders will be executed promptly, to enable farmera to sow with their spring wheat. It is a well known fact that Bone Dust obtained from green bones is the most valuable and lasting manure that can be applied to the soil. Of I this fact both science and practice afford abundant proof. f. feiTkiman. FOR _SALE. LOT 3, fronting the Alford Forest Road, containing a Quarter of an Acre. The land is the property of Mr Eoegeb Tucker, who ia determined to soil. F. FEKRIMAN. ~F O H SALE. House and 1 Acre Lard, Beach Road. I HA YE received instructions from Mr F. Johnß to sell his veiy desirable residence fronting on the Beach Road, containing four Rooms and a good Shop, together with a good three stalled Stable. The land is well stocked with very choice fruit treeß, and is of first-class quality. Reasonable terms can be arranged if required. F. PERRIMAN. SEED WHEATS I Have for Sale some Prime Pearl, Tus* oan and Hunters. Grown on heavy Land. F. FERRIMIN. FOR SALE. COMPLETE THRESHING PLANT. I HAVE for private Sale a Complete Threshing Plant, m splendid order, consisting of — 1 Eight horse-power Aveling and Porter Engine, 1201bs certificate, worked three seasoEß ; Combine, by Hornsby, sft drum, with all the latest improvements, including Oliver's Patent Feeder ; Elevators, by P. and D. Duncan, 26fb long ; four-wheeled Whare, Scales, and all necessary Belting m perfect order. Full particulars can be obtained on appli- cation. F. FERRIMAN FOR SALE. I HAVE FOR SALE that rery desirable block of land containing about Seven Acres, situatei on the N.E. Town Bolt and adjoin- ing Mr W. H. Collins. For anyone m search or a property on which to build thia one ia well worthy of an inspection. ; F. FEittUMAN. f ~ " SHEEP FEED. OFFERS are invited for the grazing of 250 acres of good sheep feed a^ the Hinds for three ;.ionths, from the 15th inst. The property is subdivided into two paddocks, well sheltered, and watered. F. FERRIMAN. CLARKE'S 841 PILLS warranted to cure Gravel, Pains m the back and all kindred complaints. Free from Mercury. Established upwards of 30 years In boxes 4b 6d each, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendore throughout the world. Proprietors, The Linooln »nd Mid and Counties Drug Company, Linooln England. KOZSE TEA. aiost Reliable



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HENRY STEPHENSON. HENRY STEPHENSON, (successor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stook Produce, Furnibure, etc, EVERY SATURDAY, ab 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stook, Household Furni- ture, etc., as per arrangement, m any part o bhe county. Advances made on Goods plaoed m my hands for Sale. FOR SALE — Second-Hand Bicycle nearly new. CHAFF, OATS,~WHEAT, FLOUR, SHARPS, BRAN, ONIONS, POTATOES SEEDS, etc., Sold Daily m Large or Small Quantities. Agent : I Norwioh Union Fire Insurance Company & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agenoy Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay ments from £2Os per month. HENRY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER,



//. W. BARRETT j "OEMOVED to Office opposite, next "Press" Company, Arcade. AGENT— Manchester Fire Company. Live Stook Insurance Company Accident Insurance Company. FOR SALE. TTTE Have on hand several NEW AND SEOOND.HAND GIGS, & OTHER VEHICLES, Which we oan dispose of at reasonable prioeß. F. & HT'STEEL, Victorian Steam Carriage and Iron Worki 7 96 Weib Sbreeb, Aihburton, &Mto Aw Vmm



TIMBER ! TIMBER ! TIMBER ! TTTE ARE NOW LANDING EX GIBBORNE FROM THAMES 40,000 FKET OP BEASONED FLOORING, MATOHLINING, AND SHELVING OF BPLENDID QUALITY, AND READY FOR USE. COAL. COAL. COAL. SHAG POINT COAL. THERE has been a great rash for this Coal, ajd without doubt it la the Best and Cheapest Coal m the Market. W. H COLLINS & CO. IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, COAL ft TIMBER MERCHANTS. Agents For— Royal Insurance Company Ltd. „ Shag Point Coal Company, „ Westport Coal Company, EXTRAORDINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. SPECIAL CASH PURCHASE. BLACK and Navy Serges and Fanoy Costume Cloths, Is 9d, 2s 3d, 2s 9J, bought to sell at Is, Is 3d, Is 9d. Black and Colored Melton Cloths, 2a 3d, 2j lid, bought to sell at Is 6d, Is lid Black Cashmeres, Is 9d, bought to sell at — ... . Is 3d Black and Colored Velveteens, Is 9d, bought to sell at Is 4d Ladieß' Macintoshes, all sizes, 22a 6d, 23s 6d, 25s 6d, bought to sell at 12s 6d Ladies' Jackets, all sizes, 14s 6d, 15s 6d, 163 6d, bought to sell at ... 8s 6 1 32in Striped Flanelette, s^d, bought to sell at M 3£d Striped Turkish Towels, 10& d, bought to sell at M ... 6£d Union Shirtings, Is, bought to sell at 7£d Boxes of 2 dozen Safety Pins, 4£d, bought to sell at 3J m • y • m^^ m IN Conjunction with the above Special Prices we offer to make (m our best etyle and finish) Costumes from Cloth specially designed for Coat and Skirt, for 3O§ complete. MITCHELL & TURNER. T. H. UNDRILL & CO V S. FURNIIURE WAHEHOUSE. FANOY OHAIRS CARPETS IN li NOLEUMS ' GREAT VARIETY __ aa(^^^^l]^^^^ RUGS, ETC. Wicker Chairs with loP^^lS^^^^^ and Without ift^^^^^^ff Bedsteads and Bedding Cushions. Furniture of all kinds Jaat the thing for made on the Winter Evenings. j ImMQMifflWffl iiSsiiEgi^^' i!!m!^ Premises 1 T. H. UNDRILL & CO.. CABINET-MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, & UNDERTAKERS. New Shop, Opposite Arcade, and Next Building Society's Office,



= PURE SEEDS. = T HAVE lately erected, regardless of cost, the most COMPLETE S SEED-CLEANING PLANT south of the Line, and I now ask intelligent Farmers to inspect the game at work. lam now prepared TO CLEAN for Farmera any description of SEEDS AND GBAIN, I and will guarantee to give them satisfaction. I can supply best RYEGRASS, weighing from 261bs to 441bs to :the bushel ; and COCKSFOOT, locally grown, U£lbs to 16ilbs to the bushel also, beat CLOVERS, dressed by my own machines, the purity of whioh ■ must be seen to be appreciated. ALSO— HURST AND SONS BEST ENGLISt CLOVERS TURNIPS) RAPE, LUCERNE, TRtkOiu, Em V. THOMAS, ASHBURTON. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. T AM now making liberal CASH ADVANCES EREE OB 1 COMJ MISSION upon all WOOL placed m my handa for SALE either m Ashburton or elsewhere. CORNSACKS. LARGEST SIZE AND BEST QUALITY 4fl 7£d PER DOZEN. WOOLPAOKS, TWINE, OIL, AND BRANDING MATERIAL} ALSO- FENCING WIRE, BARB WIRE, & STAPLES. The best quality on Sale. DAVID ~THOMAS, ASHBURTON. DAVID THOMAS. Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate Agent, Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBURTON » . — — __ Loans Negotiated 1 Weekly Sales of Live Stock — Tinwald and Aahburton Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Mondays Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission OleariuK Sales as per arrangements AGENT FOR— Mateon and Co, Ohristchurch Booth, McDonald and Co, Ohristchurch 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 Tools Belfast Manures RAKAIA DISTRICT SALES, ]HAVB made arrangements with MESSRS HARDY & CO., Merchants, Rakaia. to act as my AGENT for all Auctioneering Work m that District, and m conjunction with them ib will be my endeavour to make the RAKAIA SALE A SUCCESS. DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JE. TOOLS. DAVID THOMAS. ASHBURTON q R, MURRAY, HLoi^SI 1 ) 1 //!sCwiinßßAv>^% ASHBURTON. lm (E*or the last 18 years the only practical t^^^Syif'S^^Sv^^ if v^y Horologist m the Distnot.) XNVITES the publio to lnspeob his magnificent stock WATCHES, J * OLOOES, H JJKIWESLjI-iEIIY, 0 |4 \Sc PJLtA/XJQJD GOODS. q OPTICAL AND OTHER LINES. rj. w *Wa.tclne& oi all gradea from the loweab price to the higheib quality — non-magnetio London hand-made goods. ~ jk W W Oloctcs m Ormolu Marble, Wood, Niokel, and Fanoy Oases, the a higher grades being manufactured on the premises. m A Jewellery and Plated Goods- Newest designs, P beßb qnality, loweßt prices. <J Q Holding the mosb perfeob plant, the largesb sbook of materials, and the mosb skilfnl staff of workmen, Robert Murray can offer exceptional advantages m the exeoubien of Repairs. m 50 7e&XS Experience m the trade. THOS. E. KILWOBTH & SON ENGINEERS, BRIDGE WORKS, ASHBURTON, TTNDERTAKE all k'nda of Engine Work, all kinds of Millwright's Work, General Engineering 1 , Woodworking, & Blacksmithing. - KIL WORTH <fc SON. • ASHBURTON.



Shipping. "" i_*t. nriH e J^nSf\K NEW ZEALAND jjjjj|||||jpßHlPPlNG OO.'S LINK ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Monte Video, Teneriffe ft Plymouth. Best Accommodation for all daises of Fauengers at Lowest Rates. Fort of Steamers. Tons. Departure. Date. D. of Ptl'd 3822 Ft. Chalmers July 16 Ruahine 6127 Wellington August 4 Bimutaka 4515 — Sept. 1 Waimate 6688 — Sept. — Kaikoura * 4507 — Oot. 27 CARGO STEAMERS. 'tarama 3808 August Rakaia 5628 — August Duke of — Devonshire 3257 -— Sept Fer further particulars apply te IFRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. Agents, Ashburton. SHAW, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR LONDON. Jki "DOYAL MAIL STEA- •JKffik MERS, with superior J^HK^ aooommodatlon for all olasses l^^^^^™* of passengers, calling at Monte Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply* month. Tons Commander From Date. Aotea ... 6340 Scotland _ Lyttl'n July 30 lonio ...4753 Kempson_ — Aug. 4 Maori .. 5200 Moffatt ... Lyttl'n Sept. 1 Gothic .„ 7730 Kidley ... — Sept. — Dolphio >M 8355 Sowden ... Lyttl'n Oot. 27 CARGO STEAMERS. * Pakeha ... 4331 Prossor ... Lyttl'on Aug 25 Tokomaru 6238 vi ax well Lybtl'oß Sept 19 Mamari ... 3583 Levack — Matataa... 4045 Burton ... — angitira 3320 Moßougall — i E, W. HANMEB, Agent. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Limited STEAMERS? S All FRCMLITTELTON AS UNDER: i For Wesfcpon and Grey mouth — Weekly. Wellington — Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE— For extra sailings see advertise- ment m Christchurch 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 Ohristchurch daily papers for dates and hour of sailing For further particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton. MUSICAL. Llewellyn Owen, PIANOFOKTE, SINGING, HARMONY, AND ] MANDOLINE. * PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIO. Tyr r s ■nowiAN tji o x Member of the Canterbury Society of Professional Musicians, Havelook Street, Ajshbubton. RAKAIA— TUESDAYS. Pupils prepared for Trinity College , examinations. A CARD MRS A fl fiLARIDGE A^m yj» V^LARIDGE TEACHER CF PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, and SINGING COX STREET, ASHBURTON. Terms on Application. M B H. B B¥AN1) K ING , (Kneller Hall, London.) ORGAN, PIANO, and THEORY. For particulars apply Mb H. M. Jones, Stationer, Ashburton. Methven once a week. 11. 150 MR OSBORN COOMBE, PIANO TUNER & EXPERT, (Late of London), VISITS Ashburton and surrounding Districts every four months— viz., March, July, and November. ORDERS may be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Musio Studio, Arcade Chambers, Ashburton. LOOK CHEAP WINTER FIRING. * NEW MOUNT SOMERS COAIj. OUTPUT has Trebled during the las twelve monthß. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Best and Cheapest Steam and Household Coal m the market. Used io the 'Woollen Factory and Canter bury Flour Millß, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES so G. T, PARK, MOUNT S.O MER S. iSICTURE-FRAMING.-W. Adams, Jr Arcade, Practical Framer, does the work himself ; therefore guarantees it. Prices and quality right. Choice mouldings m .took. Trial solicited. Country owtomer.' ff o|k complied d»y of order, 0 Vft