t'HB ABHBOKTON GUAXiDIAtf, SATURDAY, JDNE 3,1899

Printed and published by Hbnry Willis, o Peter Street, Ashburton, for the Proprie tors, »t their Printing Offioe, Burnett Street, Aahborton, SATURDAY, Jane 3, 1899.



j STRATHMORE j PRIVATE HOSPITAL. BXTKNKIVIS ADDITIONS JUST COMPLKTKD UNEQUALLED IN THE COLONIES FOR MEDICAL AND SURGICAL OABJS2&. i^iAN Accommodate upwards of FORT 10) MALB *od FEMALE PATIENT TERMS . From 2 Guinea* pel week PATIENTS CAN BE ATTENDEE BY THF'B OWN MEDICAL AWTgßft Apply to— THE MATRON, Stbathmork Pbitati Hospital, Ferry Ko»d (just over East Belt), Christ 135 church. Bicycle Harvest. LANDELLS & SON, ENGINEERS A BICYCLE MAKERS, BOEKKTT STREET. Nixx ths Club. mo the Farmers and General Public X A»hbnrton t —We beg to state tbkt •» have reaped a harvest m Bicycles, navirg just landed a big consignment of Bnt*o)Mi jigger* at £14 10s. We are the oldest bicycle m Ashburton and intrad to uphold our reputation. Agent* for White Flyers, Radge-Whit-. worth, Waverley*, Cyclops* The Parrot, eta Repairt by experts. All work gnu** teed - DRINK DELICIOUS PERFECT IN IQUAUTY, FLAVOR AND BLEND. Packed m Tins, the delicate Aroma Absolutely Preserved. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL GROGKRS ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE is oke'of thk. PERFECT; INVESTMENTS otkbbd bt'thb MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION . OF AUSTRALASIA. EXAMPLE of Non-forfeitore Cooditiona. At Age 30 next Birthday, under Table C 20, Assurance of £1000 will ooak £3110s per annum for 20 yean. In even! of discontinuance "of payments the Policy becomes Paid up for £160 AFTER 3 YEARS. £250 AFTER 5 V&ARS. £500 AFTER 10 YEARS. And so on. When the SO yens' PreminoM hare been paid, the Assurance ie not only P»id np for £1000, but is increased by to* AcpnaniUted Bonuses. WALTER BCALEB, Superintendent of N«w BoaineM* HUGO FRISDLAHDER. - DUtriOt Agent, Ashburton LOOK " CHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMBBS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the bd twelve months.' IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal Is the Best and Ohaapait Simm \nd Household Coal m the market. Used is the Woollen Factory and Canto* bury Flour Mills. GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES G. T."°PARK, MOUNT 3OMERB. J. L..HIGGS, PAINTER, SICNWRITER, CLAZIEI ETC. TF YOU WANT A BEAUTIFUL ROOM, IF YOU WANT A GOOD SIGN. IF YOU WANT A WINDOW GLAZED IF YOU WANT YOURHOUSBPAINTED Consult J. L. HIGGB, IF YOU WANT A TIN OF PAINT, IF YOU WANT A SQUARE OF GLASS, IF YOU WANT A ROLL OF PAPER, IF YOU WANT ARTISTS' MATERIAL TRY J. L. HIGGS, TANCRED STREET. POISONED! " X report coxes from the district of Wagtuyah K.8.W., of a settler and bit family exhibiting reif serious jymptoßg of poisoning after partaUag o their evening meal. In iwarching for the causa, snt* picion fell on the tea they had used. X aunpfa taken torn a one pound tin ia nae was analysßd and found to contain rtroog traces of a«»rlaitlc vMsltii tlia preeeuce of which la caiued by the me of spirit* of cults ia welding ihe part* of tin together. The tuuriytt w«rns oontumers that tea packed m mwU Una, owing to its very absorbent natnn, is very liable to become impregnated with this acid, and therefore daagetoos for human consumption, and adm» that the very mfeat package to purchase ia that juwkad m lead with an insiJe lining of vegetable parchment. This style of packet is quite impervious to ibsa'r, aodtea so packed has been known to retain al its aroma aari strength for a pexiod of five yean.' HTOTB.-KOZIB "iEA fe paotad ia laid wHn m aside lining of Tegvtabto Parchment.



J. SEALY AND CO. /»\ ______ IN compliance with the request of many Friends and valued Clients, I have decided to CONTINUE THE SEED BUSINESS m the old premises, as heretofore, where Friends and the Pnblio generally will find me ready to supply their wants, from an ENTIRELY NEW STOCK of FAKM, VEGETABLE, AND FLOWEB SEEDS, AND GABDEN REQUISITES. I shall use my best endeavours to still maintain that confidence which -the Public has reposed m me during the last twenty -four years. i —h>£—- I also beg to intimate that I have taken into Partnership G. A, I DICKINSON, my nephew, who haß been my assistant for the last six years. The business will be carried on as formerly under the style of J. 81ALY|& CO. WE ARE PURCHASERS OF PRIME SAMPLES OF PEAS, TABES, KYEGBAS3, COCKSFOOT, AND CLOVER SEEDS. J. SEALY AND CO. BELFAST FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST T^OR TURNIP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be made for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. Orders received by FRIEDLAMDISR I*l*o!*., Limited., DAVID THOMAS, THR W.SZ-. FARMJKKfts CO-t >FMiil*A/l IVIS A BSOCIATION OF 1 CANTERBURY, Limited., or ALBERT ROBEIMS-, AG^.INT, ASliburton. CAJSTEEBUBY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED 8 80 F. WAYMOUTH Secretary. INCANDESCENT GAS-LIGHT. (WELSBAOH PATENTS) (x) GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. —( X ) ( — HAVING made Special and more Atlv.mtageous Terms with the Aus tralasian Incandescent Gas Light Company, Limited., and being ap pointed Sole Agent for Ashburton, I am now able to offer you these burners at the following reduced prices:— • 0 Burners, Plain, Complete, 12* Each. 0 Burners, " Avon," with Bye-pa«i, 15s Each Mantles for above are now Reduced to 23 Each, No Householder can afford to be any longer without the Incandescent Light. The 0 Burner gives FIVE TIMES the light of an ordinary gas burner with consumption of less than TWO-THIRDS of the gas. For Full Particulars apply to W. J. ADAMS, PLUMBER AND GASFITTEK, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. SOLE AGENT FOR ASHBURTON. S 137 — 22,000 — ORION" COOKING RANGES IN USE IN THIS COLONY • i THEY BURN LIGNITE, T*~:UE COAL OR WOOD UP TO 24in no setting Required. With Stove Pipe can be worked oat m the open, SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS, With Out) 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 BEMCVAL. I ASBBUBTON K Q 2 INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SOCIETY. mHE Society has REMOVED its Office X horn The Post Office Buildings, Cameron Street To ARCADE CHAMBERS, Burnett Street, m the Old Bank Building. Office Hours: From 930 to 12, and 2 to 4 p.m., and 7 to 8,30 every pay nights FRED. MAKEIG, 5 100 Secretary. LAWES' Dips & Manures. THE Public Dips at the Ashburtou and Tinwald Sale Yards are now open for the SEASON. For terms and particulars apply to Care taker. Laves' Superphosphate — Best Turnip Manure m the world. Also poisonous and non-poisonous Sheep Dip m stock. EDWABD SAUKDjSBS, LOCAL AGENT. 11 16 81-CHLORIDE 6F GOLD CURE. DRINK HAD NEARLY DESTROYED IT T SUFFERED from an Insatiable Appe- X tito for Liquor. The Bi-Ohlobidb <•* Gold Treatment cured me permanently. It Eradicates ALL Desire for Intoxicantß. The desire will never rflurn unless you re cultivate it. No cure-—no pay. BICHLORIDE OF GOLD INBTITUTK Ashly House, Rattray Street, Dunedin. NOTICE. k NY Person or pereonß found Trespassing on the Rivendale Estate m pursuit of game or otherwise will be prosecuted. j 8 W. S. STRA GE, CHEAP MONEY! OHEAP MONEY i CHEAP MONEY IN SUMS JF £100 «» £10,000, ON COUNTRY, CITY, [AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, At exceptionally low rates of interest. FR FORMS OF~APPLICATIOIs AN FULL INFORMATION, Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER. Christchurch. J. E BIOHARDBON, Government! Insurance Commissioner. FRANK CURTIS, fTIHE Leading Practical Watchmaker^ JL Jeweller, and Optician, East Street. FULL STOCK OF RO'THMtHAJMLS ROTHERHAMS NICKEL WATCHES NICKEL WATCHES WATERBURYS . WATERBURYS NOVELTIES & JEWELLERY. THE PLACE FOR Spectacles* Spectacles. (Correct fit guaranteed.) ; BEPAIES. KEPAIRS. ! No waiting, all work done to time. WEDDING PBESENTS, Very choice assortment m Platewaie. etc WE WANTFAKMEBSTO KNOW VpHAT WE HAVE IN STOCK RaNSOMES & HORNSBY PLOUGH SHARES, all sizas. ALSO- * castor;oil, OYLINDRINE OIL, ROOT PULPERS, CORN CRUSHERS, HORSE HOES, EXCELSIOR GARDEN TOOLS, LEVER HARROWS, }: STEEL HORSE COLLARS LITTLE WONDERS, EASY CH4IRS FOR LAWN AND VERANDAH, AND THE FAMOUS DAISY OARTS, WE ARE ALSO AGENTS FOR McCormick RJESAJPJEK Sc BIIWEIfc AND BTEKLIING BICYCLES Morrow, Bassett & Co, f ASHBURTON, 1 M. PKIEST, Manager.



I ■ ■ ■ - — s—l j DUNLOP'S • • Does not attempt to compete with inferior brands sold at cheaper prices. __ M|[ -,. l-r]ll^Zr'"~^ Ml ,' "~~ —^jriiT'frr" ":'' The *at* tt*at *t a larger I \ I m,!^"^ |~J Liißntf. sa'e t'iao any other Tobacco I I I I I ~\ T imported into Australasia I*s p^^mm MB^m^i^ A Jmmmmt^ m. sufficient evidence thgjt its 1 "-~ ■■■■» ' ' ' ■•■■' ■ 11 superb smoking qualities have . . TOBACCO • • hit the public taste. . . . . . .*. . 10 - ■ ■———iMiniMllw I maßctmm' tea^i^JWMnaßiriiiwiiim ii—iuui' :



m^m CAKTBIDGES AMMUNITION and Lowest Prices JOHN ORR AND CO. LAMPS - LAMPS -LAMPS TI^E Stock More LAMPS than all the other Stores m Ashburton put together, and VY when we «ay we can give you the best value), we know what) we are talking about. OVER paa LAMPS OF VARIOUS KINDS TO SELECT FROM. Prices from NINE PENCE NINE POUNDS, Oar Table Lamps ab 2*, 28^, 3a, 3b 6d are wondbrfui value Hanging Lamps from 3a 6d to £5, Hand Lamps for next to nothing. JOHN ORR AND CO. HOKSEi CLIPPEBS WP* " PLOUGH SHAKES /I «| BABB AND PL&LK HOEBE COVKBS Jl jl VUVOa CHAINS m \|l SUF.EP NETTING We'have'iarge'Stock*lof all these Lines, and are prepared to give Special Quotations ° * f or Large or Small Quantities. JOHN ORR AND CO. SCOTT'S, SHACKLOCfc'd, & STOBRIEa'3 RANGES ALWAYS IN STOCK. OVSFIJ3O DIFFERENT PATTERNS can be shown to Intending Parch sera. REGISTER GRATES, COOKING & HEATING STOVES, Etc. Fend«n, Fire Iron», Brw« Curba, Coal Vaaas jo«t opened up. Bedsteads and B co« b • JOHN ORR AND GO. TAYLOR'S CUTLERY WITHfSS ASHBURY'S ELECTRO-PLATE WE are the only importers of these goods m Ashburfcon dealiog direob with the Manufacturers and can therefore give the very best value. WE have some specially fine goods m Cutlery and Eleotro-plate suitable for presentations of all kinds. JOHN ORR & CO. ■• SILVER KING," " AOETBLYKE," "BAHNER," "80th OKNTURF,' " PBKFEOJION," •' SE4ROHLIGHT,' and all the Lsteab and Beet m . BICYCLE LAMPS JOHN ORR & CO.. AbHBURTON,



J wide open and neighbors were bringing out the furniture, jostling each other on the steps and m the passages. Absorbed as the people were with the spectacle, there were some eyes sufficient ly disengaged to note the presence of Captain Bligh's-tall form on the ground. There were silent nudges and "Well-did you-evera" whispered behind hands. Just as the captain was pushing Ma way toward the door there was a crash of falling crockery from above. The cap tain looked up and saw it was one of those giddy Wood girls, who had lost her head and had thrown a toilet set out of the window. The crowd m front of the house .swayed back, then parted, and two young men came out bearing Miss Mayhew m her armchair well wrapped m shawls. As they neared the gate with their burden the captain, who had followed with long strides, stepped m front of them. Just then the roof of the L part fell m with a ' aoise like thunder and all eyes were Jurned that way. "Where are you going?" the captain asked m his brief, curt tones. '♦They told us to take her td Tucker's, next door." "Leave the lady to me," and the tones were again decisive. "I will see that she is safely housed. You will be needed back there at the fire." The young fellows knew Captain Bligh by sight and judged him responsible. They were only too glad to get the job off their hands and to rush away into the thick of the excitement. The captain picked up the chair as if it had been a feather and strode with it swiftly across the road, making a long slant to avoid the groups of people who were hanging over fences or thickly clus tered together under the wayside trees. "They've got it tinder control," he heard one man say, "and the main build ing isn't so much as scorched. It's a good thing to clean out the old rookery. The insurance people will have to re build." The captain strode on, with his heart going like the piston of a steam en gine and his strength redoubled, until he came to a dark clump of maples m a lonely retired part of the street, where not a cat was stirring, because every body had run to the fire. Here he set down the chair, and stooping took Miss Mayhew m his arms. She was very light, like a child of ten years. Her eyes were closed and her pale lids shone m the fitful gleams of light. He could feel no pulsation of the heart. Had she fainted or was Bhe dead—killed outright by the excitement of the fire? The thought turned him cold from head to |foot. There was only a little pale moon of a face to be seen through the shawl m j m which her head was swathed. He, carried her swiftly through the dark street to his own door, which he pushed open with his foot, then groped his Way with his burden through the un lighted passage, and turned m at the living room, where the glare of the ex- i piring flames still fitfully illuminated the windows. He laid her down on an old couch m one corner of the room, then felt for a match and a candle, and when he had kindled a light he timidly approached the place where she lay. Her eyes were still sealed, but the shawl had fallen away, showing the white: hair still m thick tresses and softly curled at the ends; the thin, delicate cheek, with its refined contour, pale as marble: the blue veining of the lids, the sunken j temples, the forehead that seemed touched with sanctity, as if a martyr's crown rested upon it; the sensitive mouth drawn slightly with pain, but' still bearing the trace of infinite sweet ness and patience. The beauty of that face so far trans cending the loveliness of the young girl of whom he had been dreaming that after noon Beemed to press George Bligh to his knees, and hard, dry sots shook his breast. It was a long time before slie opened her eyes and then they rested on bis face, apparently without seeing any thing or being conscious of where she was. He had taken one of her slender, chilly hands, and was softly chafing it between his own. "Don't you know me, Vinie?' he whispered, bending, toward her ear. Puzzled lines ran m her forehead and then suddenly the light sprang into her eyes. "Why yes, of course I know you —you are George Bligh." Then she paused, as if trying to frame a question for which the words would not come, and said at last: "Where am I, George?" "You are here m my house, Vinie; I brought you her© m my arms away from the fire." "Oh, yes," said she, growing brighter. "I remember now. I was alone m the house; Ann had gone to meeting. Then I saw the people all running and heard them calling, 'Fire I' And I don't seem to remember what happened after that." Her gaze was wistful and questioning now as it rested on the captain's face. There seemed so many things she wished to ask, but for which she could not frame sentences. "You are not afraid to trust me, Vi nie?" "Oh, no, George," with a little smile about her pale lips. "Why should Ibe afraid? I have always trusted you." ' "I guess, Vinie, I've been most crazy with love and remorse all day. Ever since your Sister Martha came here this morning; seems as though I had slipped my anchor and was going right out of my senses." "Sister Martha?" she repeated with a questful look. "I don't know what she said, but I've been thinking of you George for fifteen years, and yet I was like one paralyzed that couldn't put out a hand to beckon. They tried to make me distrust you, but I never did. They told me strange stories of perfidy and a dissolute life, but I always believed you were true to me until they came between as. I thought yoi might go wrong at times, George, because you are a quick and passionate man, but 1 knew your heart. I saw your real self. It makes me glad to tell you the simple truth at last. It is just as if we were both dead and m heaven talking over the past, and clearing up old misunderstandings with the light of eternity on our faces. lam a poor, broken winged creature, George, To be Continued, H. CHILDS. HAVING enlarged my workshop, and added to working appliances, I am now prepared to undertake REPAIRS TO AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS OF>LL DESCRIPTIONS. j Wheelwright's, Shoeing, and General ! Blacksmith's Work. H. CHILDS, WAKANUI ROAD. Agent lor—Booth, McDonald and Co., aud Andrews and Beaveu,



SAIVI>H:h? Sc Morns ISuca lypri Kxtrnct. Under the distinguished patronage of His Majjeaty t he King of Italy, an per communica tion made by the Minister for Foreigu Affairs through the Coaro'-Oeneral for li*ly, at Melbourne, Marob 14, 1878. Awarded diploma at t;>e Amß,cr.ls.m Exhibition, 1835 Acknowledged by Medioal Clinics and Universities all over the Globe. There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract m the market, products of simple diadiUtion forming crude resinous oils. In order chat these crude oils may not ha takon, OUR PURK VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, which ia reeo«ni*ed by the medical division of the PmsßianGovernment to be of perfectly pure origin, as • per iafonatfcticn forwarded to us through fctas Consul at MeUsourna, March 8. 1878, wo •fete :— ft is proved by teats by the Medici Clinic* of the Universities at Bonn and Graifawald, Prussia, and reported by Dr. S-ohulz.Profeasor : of Parm&oology, at Bon, and Profenßor Dn Mossier, Direotor sf the Medioal Clinics at GreifowaUl, that only product* that are mturaoed with oxygen aud freed of acids, reimoos and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develop* the • uaative qualities proper to the plant AUorude oils, or to called Eooalypti Extracts Are to be classed according to the named authorities, among the tarpeniiinee, which an abandoned long since aa an internal medicament. These crude oils, or so called - JCuoalypti Extracts, an discernible: — X By their deficiency m pungent odour— which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops most freely through ita surplus oxygen, 2 B? tbetr, alooboiio thin and mobile appear aaoe being reduoed ia specific density through tfle presenoe of acids. 8 By-their taffc, the result of the contracting tendency of refine and tennatw. If these crude oils, so-called eucalypti extracts, are applied by mistake m cases of group, brooohitis, diphtheria, internal ufifcraations, dysentery, etc., the con sequences are most appalling For Mftity »ke ask always for RaNDER ft SON'B EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. — Swidhuw*, Victoria, Australia. SANDEB & SONS. HENRY STEPHENSON, (successor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY BATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni> tare, etc., as per arrangement, m any part of the county, ~- Advanoea made on Goods placed In my bands for Sale. Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit sold privately through the week, and.at Auction on SATURDAYti. Agent: Norwich Uuion Fire Insurance Company h Dresden Pianoforte Muoufacturiug and Agency. Company. PIANOS and ORGANS oa time pay ments from £Sl>B per mouth. HENRY STEPKENSON, AUCTIONEER Kstabushm> ; lß3o. - Tm,kphonjs Ho 69 BA*£Ba~n£os." EVIRTSIRHJWO TT E ÜBNISHiJN'G SDKKTAKJERS DTRhIOT Importers of B-wt nnd Utes Design*- m FaWKRAL IHDIIMSHING* FUiSERAuS conducted with the greatest eire And satisfaction, at moat reasonable cH&rgtis. Curnor of Waksmai Road and Cast S»t£gm. and Baker und Brown'- Coach F*.'.-"!i-y. J. V. DE BEEB ■VTfiW LINES IN E.P. WARE, DIKEOS FROM THE CELEBRATED MASU iAOIURERS WALKER & HALL, SHEFFIELD. This ia the finest quality ENGLISH PLATE; on hard white meUl. New Designs m a big range of prices. Inspection Invited. CLOCKS^LOCKS, CLOCKS, New lines suitable^ for presentation front £lto£lO, Every time piece regualated and guaranteed. JJ&WELLERYIaWELLERY Always the largest assortment m Aehbur ton to-chooae from. New Goods by every mail. ROTHERHAM AND WATERBURY WATCHES A SPECIALTY. lam making a special feature m no u fttoturißg Jewellery to order, being the only PRACTICAL Jeweller m the district. Old Jewellery Remade. Watch repairing. Ocly ompotent workmen employed. J. V.DE BEER, (Late S. Salek) ; THE LEADING JEWELLER & WATOHMAKBR EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. THE SOCIETY is now taking MONEY ON DEPOSIT Fixed Twelve Months 4J'j»ar cent. Full particulars on application. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager. Okfioes Tanored Street NOTICE. tl/T R8 PERRIN (late of Wanganui, Nor I aand). Monthly Nurse, is prepared to a oo;nmo late Lad) Patients, Terms moderate. Address—Tinwftid, near Railway Station. 4 141 * a