The Ashburton Guardian.

Voh xxi. no. 4951

Ashbuhton : Thursday, October 26, 1899.

price : One Pennyj



Frank Curtis. THE LEADING Watchmaker, & EA.ST STREET, HAS juat opened up FRESH LIKES nearly every department. New stock OS Rotherflm'N Watotteai to hand. Jewelled ia six holes, oompeti;t> ;. ion ballances, heavy oases, , hunting and i open faced, latest movements, keyless, and key winding. Also a new line of WALTH4M WATCHE», which are well worth inspection. Best* value m Nickel and other Watches m Aihbnrton. I Bwsisis«MSU|-j—^^^-—m ■ i Largest) and best stook of feSGAGEMEKIJ I and GkM Rings* :■_ ' \ I give especial value m this line,] making , it a speciality, GOLD & SILVER BROOCHES. (Novdtie]] Neat charms and Greenstone Pendant! in},, every variety. ISPICTAOLES & EYE GLASSES^ fitted with latest sight testing apparatus. I —^ : ■ :.,■'; NOTE.—AII my Spectacles are of English Manufacture. Beware of cheap French and foreign goods. |— — - . . Did Jewellery re-made into latest design at moderate charges. Watches and Clocks repaired] with accuracy and promptitude. FRANK CURTIS, THE LEADING WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER. f^ ENTLEMEN, try "The CJorner" for , vJT an up-to-date Suit and all your Mercery rtquirements.—NoETHCOTl AND



Don't keep a grudge over a little thing lik« that. I haven't seen him si nee, and next time Ido I'll be very cool to him. Will that do Gome over and see me coon ; my new wheel has arrived It's a beauty* I toldj'you I was going to get a STERLING, and J have. The more I hear and see of is the gladder I am Not a word against it and all the girls who have ridden one say it is too perfectly lovely. No trouble with repairs. Strong as ao ironclad and so dainty m 'appearance. It ia a darling. Just call on the agents and they will tell you all about the chain and bearing! and things better than I can. But Ido hep* you'll get one. I'm sure I'll like your look best on a STERLING. Yours lovingly,— Neixii.



j"Y I I AD A I 10 , THE GREAT HERBAL REMEDIf. ANOTHER GREAT TRIUMPH OVER " HYDATIDS." A grateful Patient gives unsolicited and valuable testimony to the efficacy ol» this great Herbal Kemedy. Read carefully and investigate for yourself. 29 Packingston st., Sb. Kilda. Mr S A Palmer, Vitadatio Institute, Bourke it. ' Sir,—As I consider Webbers' Ureat Herbal Remedy, '* Vitadatio," has been the sola 1 means of saving my life I think the least I can do it to hand you this testimonial, so that ethers suffering the same as myself may know that there is a certain reliable cure for them m " Webber's Vitadatio," if it is only given a fair trial. The simple facts of my case are as follows:—For the past 10 years I havt been under thetreatmentof doctors m Fileroy and Sl-. Kilda, as well as some of the best m Collins street. Some were of opinion that I was Buffering from consumption, whilst others stated it was pleurisy. At any rat* j they could give me no relief, let alone curt I me. You can easily imagine that I had little ' hope of ever being cured. Bub one day I noticed an advertised cure by "Webber's Vitadatio," and the symptoms of the patient being somewhat similar to my own, I thought I would give it a trial, with the resulii thatr— much taking only two large bottles, I felt after better, and continued the medicine. By the time I had taken eight bottles I wai wonderfully recovered, bub one day took very ill, and vomited ap a lob of slimy matter, which was afterwards examined by the doctor, and pronounced to be Hydatids. I continued to vomit these "Hydatida" for some time, bub at last it died away. This naturally left me weak, but I continued with the "Vitadatio," and gradually my strength returned, until to-day I can honestly state I have never felt better m the whole of my life. I consider " Webber's Vitadafcib" a miracle-worker. I am well-known ia Fitzroy, and there are many others jusr, as much astonished at my cure as I am. I shall be pleased to speak to anyone and give them my own experience of the worth o " Webber's Vitadatio." You are at perfeo liberty to make what use you like of this testimonial, 1 may add I am new able to do all my own household work; a thing I have been uraab'e to do for years.—Youra very gratefully, Mrs) OARTtIB^HOGKIfiia W Kichardron, 19/9/99 VITADATIOIS A TRULY WONDER FUL MEDICINE. - Vitadatio sold everywhere, 5s 6d and 3s 6d Head Office for N.Z - 39 Manneeß Street, Wellington. Aek jour Chemist or Grocer for itt i Dear Boy,-— X^OUgrfab b»by;i Are you fclill ma t abou the tiff we had the other night



Smoke New Venm mIFeyTo lend PBIVATELY. TANCRED STREET, Next .Offices. |y[ONEY OK) LEND According to Arrangement^ from Jgg AND UPWARDS, Upon any Security. TRADE BILLS Privately fDisoounted, Weekly or Monthly Payments _c»n be arranged. Alii Business Stbiotly Oohwdential, DAVID ZANDER/ COMMISSION & FINANCE AGENT. AGENT FOR—Sun Fire Insurance Office ' and C»BtOQ-M»rine rn9«rance Office,



was the hand of my eirild, Nada the My. Now I understood, and bending down ; I felt the heart of Umslopogaas and laid the down of an eagle on his lips. His heart still stirred, and the down was lifted faintly. ! I bade those with me drag aside the stone, and they did so with toil. Now the light flowed into the cave and by it we saw the shape of Nada, my daugh ter. She was somewhat wasted, but still very beautiful m her death. I felt her heart also. It was still and her breast grew cold. , Then I spoke. "The dead to the dead, j Let us tend the living." ■ So we bore m Umslopogaas and I caused broth to be made and poured it down his throat; also I cleansed his great wound and bound healing herbs upon it, plying all my skill. And there m the hole I set Nada, my daughter, and we heaped lily blooms upon her to keep the earth from her and then closed m her grave, for I was not minded that Umslopogaas should look upon her dead lest he also should die of the sight and of his desire to follow her. I also buried Galazi the Wolf m the cave and set the Watcher- m his hand, and there they both sleep, who are friends at last, the Lily and the Wolf, together. Ah, when shall there be such another man and such another maid! At last, on the third day Umslopogaas spoke, asking for Nada. I pointed to the earth and he remembered and under stood, -^hereafter the strength of Um slopogaas carryback to him slowly, and the hole m his skull skinned over. But now his hair was grizzled and he scarce ly smiled again, but grew even more grim and stern than he had been before. Soon we learned all the truth as to Zinita, for the women and the children came back to the town of thejPeople of the Ax, only Zinita and the cnildren of Umsiopogaas did not come back. Also a spy came to me from the Mahlabatine and told me of the end of Zinita and the flight of Dingaan before the Boers. Now when Umslopogaas was recov ered I asked him what he would do, and whether or no I should pursue my plots to make him king of the land. But Umslopogaas shook his head, saying that he had no heart that way. He would destroy a king indeed, but now he sought no more to be a king. He sought revenge alone. 2 said that it was well; I also sought revenge, and seeking together we would find it. This came into my mmd—to play off Panda against Dingaan. It was for such an hour of need that I had saved Panda alive. After the battle of the Blood river Dingaan summoned Panda to a hunt. Then it was that I came to the kraal of Panda, on the Lower Ttigela, and with me Umslopogaas. I warned Panda that he should not go to this hunt, for he was the game himself, but that he should rather fly into Natal with all his people. He did so, and then I opened talk with the Boers, and more especially with that Boer who was named Ungalunkulu, or Great Arm. 1 showed the Boer that Dingaan was wicked and not to be believed, but Panda was faithful and good. The end of it was that the Boers and Umpanda made war together on Dingaan. That finished it, my father, for they feared to stand against us both, the white and the black together. They fled and we followed and slew, and Din gaan ceased to be a king. He ceased to be a king, but he yet | lived, and while he lived our vengeance was hungry. So we went to the Boer captain and to Panda and spoke to them nicely, saying: "We have served you well; we have fought for you and so or dered things that victory is yours. Now grant us this request—that we may fol low Dingaan, who has fled into hiding, and slay him wherever we find him, for he has worked us wrong and we would avenge it." Then the white captain and Panda smiled and said: "Go, children, and prosper m your search. No one thing shall please us more than to know that Dingaan is dead." And they gave us men to go with us. Then we hunted him week by week, as men hunt a wounded buffalo. We lay hid m the bush watching. At last our chance came. Dingaan walked m , the bush, and with him two men only, We slew the men and seized him. Now Dingaan prayed for mercy. "Mercy? Thou hyena!" ,1 answered. •'Thou prayest for mercy who showed none to any. Give me back my daugh ter. Give this man back his wife and children. Then we will talk of mercy. (Dome forth, coward, and die the death of cowards." So, my father, we dragged him forth groaning, to the cleft that is above m the breast of the old Stone Witch, that cleft where Galazi had found the bones. There we stood waiting for the moment of the dawn, that moment when Nada had died. Then we cried her name into his ears and the names of the children of Umslopogaas and cast him into the cleft. That is the tale of Nada the Lily, my father, and how we avenged her. THS END.



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BURNISHING TTNDERTAKERS C URNISBING U NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Best and Lates FUNERALS conducted with the greatest care and satisfaction, at most reasonable charges. Corner of Wakanui Road and Oass Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coach Factory. WANTED Knowo—That the arrival of the lonic completes oar Beaton's importations, which are fully doable those of previous seasons. Each department ready for big business.—Mitchell & Turner. For Children's Hacking Cough take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure—ls 6d and 2s 6d WANTED Known—That J. Moison has received a large supply of Winter Boots and Shoes. They are all of the best brands and makers, and never equalled m Ashburton. J.M. being the only practical and experienced Bootmaker m the town, thus gives him superiority and facility to know best what to get, There fore the public have no need to wonder where to go for reliable Boots and Shoes. Discount for cash as usual. Repairs done at onoe. Best Sole Leather used and work manship, at The Hall, East Street, Ash burton. WANTED Known—That now is the time to make selections of Costumes for the Summer. Full ranges of choice materials m Novelty Colorings. Sea ours first.—Mitchell & Turner fTIHE Newest Designs m Stamped Mount JL Mellick, Moldavian, Countess, Ceylon, ftibbon, Brooklyn, and Lace Work now m stock. Linen Goods, Colored Linen; Canvas, Giant, Reliable, Butterfly, and Berlin Wools. Crewel, Leviathan, Embroidery and Knit ting Silks. Floss, Araseue, Perline, Zanzi bar, and Congress Cottons, and all the etos. necessary for Art Needlework to be had at ■ Mrs Alcorm's.



VXTE are making ADVANCES on GRAIN, etc., for Shipment on growers account, and, having a thoroughly efficien Staff ie London, can ensure client interests at that end having the best possible attention, while selling and ship ping charges are kept at the lowest possible scale. We are also m a position toj'secure freight to London at the very lowest current rate by Direafc Steamer. Grain received at our Warehouses, Addlngton, and advanced upon if required ; also Grass Seed and Clovers, our machinery for cleaning the latter being of the latest and bestsjAmerican patterns. FROZEN MEAT, we handle m large quantities m both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, employing a special Salesman m London, who has been In our service for some 15 years, andgives special attention to the disposal of consign ments without the intervention of outside i Brokers. WOOL CONSIGNMENTS, either for local tale or shipment, will always have our usual care, which has earned its own reputation from our position m the list of Wool Exporters for New Zealand, while our local salesmen are Messrs Pyne and Co., whoso care and attention to the Wool Business is fully recognised by Canterbury Producers. ADVANCES. — We are prepared to make these on Produce placed m our hands for Sale, or pending ultimate ship ment a* Five per centJlntbrest Free of Advance Commission. G. F. MABTIN. MANAGER. | — m connectlon|wlth;the above|wejteg|to intimate that Mr Ebward Saundbis has been appointed to act as our Sub-A gent m the Ashburtoa County, and will afford all Information a^ to charges, etc., on produce placed m the Company's hands for Sale or Shipment, also for the sale of Woolpacks, Corn Sacks, Seeds, etc., all of which we import, or supply. 9 59 Established 1880 "" Telephone 69 BAKER BROS.,



TO MY CLIENTS. T AM PREPARED TO [DISPOSE OB 1 ANY SHEEP AND LAMB SKINS SENTTQ FAIRFIELB FREEZING WORKS, TO BEST^POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE. It wo«ldjbe well to give me particulars prior to sheepUbeing'forwarded. JUAVID THOMAS, ASHBX7BTON



OUR S P.B|O IA L / JUOT I OF \ JUST ] fel SPUING & SUMMER GOODS « * Including the Very Latest Novelties m MILLINERY, DRESS GOODS, j MANTLES, GLOVES, COSTUMES, HOSIERY,' DRESSES, SUNSHADES, MEN'S AND BO*S'. CLOTHING, SERGES. WORSTEDS, Etc. (for made-to-order Suits and Single -Qa^ments) have justjbeen^opened up, and we can assure you that Latest Novelties RftPflialltf Attractive Latest Novelties Newest Styles QfJGUlallf MilldUllVG Newest Styles; Are this Season's Consignment ot New, Beautiful, and Useful Things, specially Shipped to m by our London House, (139141 Wool Exchange, E. 0.) JF'SS I OUR ILLUBTBATBD MAGAZINE I JKS. SPRING AND HUMMER GOODS, Is now m course of preparation, and Jwill be ready on or about SEPTEMBER 21* Write for one. It will|be sent post freej on application, to any address m theJColoay! IN THE XMEANTIME- Our" Goods are J LADIES 1 008 Qo° s AM Cheaper, Fresher, I Oheapee, Freshes, and more Stylish I SHOULD WRITE FOR f? ™ !£S!? ihan those Obtain- J than those Obtain- ABLBIIN .THB COUN- _, _. _. _ . ABLE IN THE CoU» iby. V PATI IKNo 1 *r*. W. STRANGE & CO. merojants,;manofaoturers, & family drapers, ohristqhuboh. 66



Ashburton Furniture Warehouse. — WICKER AND"" FANCY OHAIBS — t With>nd wibhaat la,New[ and Choice] JMlMrw Obsbiovs, Designs>b "W^^^ At Prices to mit: Bbdtjcjid Prio_B. ®^^^^ffl[ MMm&b from 5/6 each. Linoleums, Carpets, f'_^\^^^_^^S_BP^B^ choice assortment Cretonnes, Mats, ~% ' -x^l^mm iwßlbimim Toilet Ware, etC. f?'^ =f_S^iE^S^3ai^isl PiißKinna fn nknnaa 9 Qij-^^y:^?^iff?l^— rjj*^__jal__g||jH \-'Usiiionß| co v_ooso _rtT£fc_VrxXJ£ll_: o »U "kinds made: on _th« :Pretnisfl« Large Stooks of BEDSTEADS always on hand and arrirln^ direct fromf;Makers. T. H. UNDmLL & CO., CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, & UNDERTAKERS, TANCRED STREET, opposite ;Aboa_H. " God made th_ « God madb th_ Country, Man madr [|f£ ||| |fj£ COUNTRY Country, Man madb _hb T»wN."-Cowper _hk Towh."—Cowper IS Plekianter, as well »s Healthier,' than Life_in Town—but 16 comes more expensive, chiefly— (CHE REASON "> Beoauee—Prices are so much Higher im _hk ( THE REASON WHY? j COUNTBY THAN THEY ARE IS THE TOWK. { WHY? This is just why so many Ladies shop with as, for by doing so they nob only; nd MUCH / OUR FBICES ARE INFINITELY CHEAPER THAN \ MUCH OHKAPER ! \ THOSE RULING IN THE COUNTRY, / CHEAPER Bub, also, that they get better quality and a much widkr choich LOTS of Ladies resident m the Country visit Town bub seldom, yet shop regnlarly with us— Bhohpiko by Post ( ) Shopfing by Post Costs Nothing but-{ XV HI I S I " } Costs Nothing but A2d STAMP. ( A A UK ' ) A2d STAMP. All that Ladies residing m places distant from Chriatchurch, and who do not want to incur the bother and expense of a trip to town, need do iB to write down require* ments us fully and plainly a» possible, enclose stamps, postal noteß, or P. 0.0., and forward at once to us. £?%% I COMMISSIOHS RECEIVED BY POST I TE_ W, Are as faithfully and _ealoußly attended to as if the customer oame inJpereon to onr establishment and did herJ}uying^ at the counter.-



THESE Papers have all been selected [by Mr Collins, who is atflpreaent England, and therefore intending Customers can rely on getting something illy GOOD at W. H. COLLINS & GO'S., PAINTING & PAPEBHANGING WAREHOUSE, EAST STKEET, ASHBURTON, Tei.bphon -14 & j5. P.O. 80x— 35, OWING TO THE UNEXPECTED AKRIVAL OF 30 CASES 30 OF, New Goods per s.s. lonic, Tjrr HIGH were intended for oar Nqw Building, we'^have taken PEMPORARY PREMISES, (BELOW MR BURNARD'S) WHERE WE INTEND MAKING 'A GRAND DISPLAY£OF Oilcloths, Linoleums, & Curtains, MITCHELL & TURNER.



SHEEP SHEAKS SHEEP SHEAES. The Celebrated 'X.J.I.S and 0.J8.A. TURKEY OIL STONES .—Real Beauties. LAWN MOWERS ! LAWN MOWERS ! "New Easy," '* Orescent," ••Philadelphia," and "Carbine." " JAPANNED TRUNKS." For the Million, Colonial Made. Good and etiong. BURNETT STREET, Opposite Arcade. ' W. H. COLLINS & CO.. A RE now landing ex "BUAHINE, 1' [at Lyttelton, a very; Choice Selection of £ rfcistic Wall Papers just m time for the SPRING CLEANING.



BAST WXJKLEE-X H. M. JONES. Cricketing & Lawn Tenniß:!Material. IMPORTED dire.b from the bast London makers. Bata, youths and men's, "Bpooially selected." The excellenb Union Driver Champion, and obhera. Balls, Stumps, Gloves, Pads, Shields, etc. RACQUETS.—The London, The Popular, The Champion s Victoria., Sampson, and others. i TENNIS BALLS Slaymjera, Wisdens, and The Silverton. -—-SEWING MACHINES. AGENT FOR MILNER AND THOMPSON. THE HAAKE PIANOS Are the BEST YALFE obtainable for the" Money, and are EXCELLED BY NONE. f May be had with or without our Patent Tuning Attachment. We have one of the Largest and Best Selected Stocks of PIANOS »nd ORGANS m the Colony, from the leading English, German, French, and American Manufacturers. ORGAN 8 From -. ... ... ._ .« 1O» per month PIAINOB , ._ ... .„ J3OS „ „ H. M. JONES. G. MEDDINS, (LATE W. CO NGRBVE'S. THE PEOPLE'S IKONMO;NGER\ —— CONSEQUENTLY THE CHEAPEST— ■] HAS the following New Seasonable Goods ust opened at prices that defy legitimate competition :—



HONDAI LANKA TEA. Agents : MESSRS SHEARMAN BRCH., Aahburtoa, and GUDBELL,.TinwaId. Mb Charles Hakdy, Rakaia Messrs Hibbs Bros., Methven Mrs Mary Johnson, Chertaey Packed and sealed ia Ceylon* Prices : X, Is lOd ; XX, 2s ; XXX, 2s 2d ; XXXX, . __ 2s 6d. HENRY STBPHBNSONT" ( (successor to Alfred Harrisoa.) 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 gales of Stock, Household Furni ore, etc., as pec arrangement, m any part the county. Advances made on Gooda plaoed m my bands for Sale. j Begular Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit sold privately through the week, and at Auction on SATURDAYS. AaEST: Norwich Onion Fire Insurance Company & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PJANOS and ORGANS on tima pay mente from 3Og per month. HENKY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. rpHE SOCIETY is now taking MONEY JL ON DEPOSIT Fixed Twelve Months %'yat cent. Full^partioulars on application. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager. Offica ; Tanored Street THI DAINTIEST LITTLE WHEEL THAT EVER WAS " ! 11 The Eambler.') HAVING sold oat of my old stock of these superior Bicycles, I have jusc opened np a fresh consignment of the LATEST PATTERN " RAMBLER/ SPECIAL LIGHT lUCERS, ROAD RACERS, & ROADSTERS n all elzes'and allotted with the eve? asting G Sr J detachable Tyre. " THE JaA.MCBJL.EJK.', CALL A&D INSPECT THE STOCK. Price Easy. Riding Easy. ' Machines the Strongest on Earth. ACCESSORIES IN STOCK. OTHER MAKES FITTED WITH G & J TYRES* D. THOMAS.



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