The Ashburton Guardian.

Vo'L xxi. no. 4962

Ashbdrton : F«Jay» November. 11, 1899.

price : One Penny

CORRESPONDENCE

(W« do not hold ourselves responsible for tbt opinions sxptweed \>f our ootrwpondent*)

THE RECENT SHOW.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—As no outsider ha* taken ad vantage of the columns of your paper to say a word in praise of the President and Committee of the A. and P. Association, for the excellent and tasteful manner in which all arrangement! in connection with the shew this season have been carried out, you must allow me to say a word or two on the subject. I have been at many shows, in stveral countries, but I was never before so much captivated with any show as I was with the late Ashburton one. And I am I sure, when I say this in regard to myaelf, I speak the mind of every individual of the four thousand persons who met on the grounds on that beautiful and auspicious day. The new site, which ia cf ample dimensions, embowered among, and sheltered on all sides by, evergreen trees, is everything thr.t could be desired, and reflects great credit on those who were instrumental in securing it for the purpose it has now been put to. No one who attended the show will find fault with me for saying that the thanks of every settler in the county is due to the President, Secretary, and Committee of the Association for the pleasant, health-giving, and instructive treat accorded to them on the red letter show day of 1899- lam sure a better looking, or better clothed, multitude of mixed people never met before on any show ground in this hemisphere. To my unsophisticated notions, tents atid flags are more pioturefque, and consequently more in keeping with a one day in the year meeting than the most elaborate permanent building* would be. Those who lunched under the canvas of Mr Ousaok's marquee could not have baen better accommodated or attended to if they had been Eeated within the marble walls we read of. Allow me to any, in conclusion, that : another circumstance, altogether distinct ' from the above, has taken my fancy lately, and is a credit to your town. It is said that flattery is a vu'gar thing. Well, let " evil be to him who evil thinks*" I take the risk of saying your Mayor's reply to the Mayor of Wellington, when invited to witness the departure of the New Zealand Cont ngent for the seat of war was manly, loyal, and otherwise ao good, Hint few but a Laurier or a Milner could have expressed himself co well and so much to the point with so few words.—l am, etc , ! D. Clivbb.



Shipping, SH&W, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LTMITJSD. FOR LONDON. «£KL OOYAL MAIL STEA rf^^Sfc*. ■*-*' M'ERS, wlbhsnperior 1 mj&&Jka%mt 0 { paaaeagerß, calling at Monte Video ob R!o, Taneriffa and Ply month. _ Yeuel Ton Commander From Date. Got Wo"'"-. 7730 Kidley Wel't'u Deo 7 lonio _ 4748 Kempson... Marobi CARGO STEAMERS. Kumara .„ 6500 Scotland Well'ton Nov 26] Tokomaru 6232 Maxwell WaH'bon Deo Mamari ...3583 — Dec M»t»tua.«|3322 I — , E. W. HANMEB. Agent. nriH js JM$JKfc NEW ZEALAND jjJIIPIggtB.HippiNQ qo.'Bi ' LINB ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Vl* Meats Video, Teneriffe & Plymouth. But Aooommodation for all olaaws of Pawengera at Loweat Rates, •" ' Fort c! Steamers. Cons. Departure. Date. tV*kanui 5706 Wefl'ngton NFov 30 R&kaia 5628 — Deo 28 Paparoa 6372 — Jan 25 Waikato 4067 ~ I'o follow Otarama 3803 —• For farther particulars apply oa FRIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. Agante, Agbbqrtoa. "^whioh "will,"yocT take j A RTIFICIALLY Coloured and adul jHL terated Teas from China and Japan— OR BRITISH GROWN . . . . DIAMOND JUBILEE. a IIIAWATTKfiARDEH^ » I I piAMQHDJubilee! c 2 § W J »s ir^ **J EvS 1* ''two *. OS ''^ "M'KENZIE'S" HONDAI LANKA TEA. Agents : MESSRS SHEARMAN B^OS., Aehburton, »nd GUDSELL, Tinwald. Me Ciiaklks Mabdv, Rakaia Messrs Hibbs Bros., Methven Mrs Mary Johnson, Chertaey Packed and sealed in Ceylon. Prices : X, la lOd ; XX. 2*; XXX, 2a 2d ; XXXX, ___ 2j 6d. fifiNEY STEPfIENSON, (oaeoeesor 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'olock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furnl ure, etc., as per arrangement, in any part the county. Advances made en Goods placed In my naaada for Sale* Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit sold privately through the week, and at Auction on SATURDAYS. Agent: Norwich Outon Fire Insurance Company 4 Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agenoy Company. PJANOS and ORGANS on time pay ments from JiOs per month. HENBY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER ( ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. mHE SOCIETY is now taking MONEY JL ON DEPOSIT Fixed Twelve Months 4£! per cent, FuU'particulara on application. EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager. Office: Tanored Street THE DAINTIEST LITTLE WHEEL THAT EVER WAS"! " The Rambler."* HAVING sold out of my old stock of these superior Bicycles, I have Jqsc opened np a fresh consignment of the LATEST PATTERN " RAMBLE A/ SPECIAL LIGHT R.ICERS, ROAD RACERS, & ROADSTERS n all efzes'and all'fifcted with [the eve^ acting G & J detachable Tyre. " XJEIE! B,A.MLBJL,EXKt t * ALL. AiNU INSPEOI THE STOCK. Price Easy. Riding Easy. Machines the Strongest on Earth. ACCESSORIES IN STOCK. OTHER MARES FITTED WITH G & J TYRESi v D. THOMAS.



WANTED Known—That Mitchell & Turner have taken Temporary Premises below Mr Burnard'e, there to make a display of the largest! range of Oilcloths and Linoleums ever shown in Ashburfcon. /CHINESE Laundry Glaze gives a Beatibi \J ful Enamelled and Gluzy appearance to Linen, for *vh«sh the Chinese ar© acted Price —7d and Is.— Flbtcheb Bros. Wholesale and Retail Agents for Canterbury



BA.BT BTREET H. M. JONES. Cricketing & Lawn Tennis Material. TMPORTED direab rom thebasbLondon makers. Bats, youths and men's, "specially X selected." The excellent! Union Driver Champion, and others. Balls, Stumps, Gloves, Pads, Shields, etc RACQUETS.—Tho London, The Popular, The Champion, Victoria,; S»mp«on t ;»nd others. TENNIS BALLS.—Siaymjew, Wiadens, and The Silvorton. SEWING MAOHIKJHSS.- AGENT FOR- MILNER AND THOMPSON. THE HAAKE PIANOS Are [the BEST VALUE obtainable for the Money, and are EXCELLED BY NONE. May be had with or without our Patent Tuning Attachment. We have one of tho Lirgesfc and Best Selected Stocks of PIANOS »nd ORGANS in the Colony, from the leading English, German, French, and American Manufacturers. OB6AINB Fkom .. .„ ... ._ .„ lOs per month I?IiUNO» „ ... ... ,_ ... ... 208  „ H. M. JONES. New Zealand tamnce Company. ISTABLIS hITd *' 1, „ 18 5 9 CAPI TAL^ONITMILLION. THEFEEMIKR AND WEALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTID FOE PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY, PAID-UP CAPITAL AND RESERVES-.^00,000. FIRE AND 'MARINE RISKS, ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, rHRB^HUNG MACBItf£S, &c, ACOKFTEO AT LOWEST CURRENT RaTSS 1L- VV , lZl.J\.±% Jyl.su.€\ AGENT ""TTiEALY AND CO. NEW SEEDS! NEW SEEDS! NEW SEEDS! FOR THE FARM-—Eluding Clovers, Ryegrass, Cocksfoot, Turnips, Eape and Peas. »EW SEEDS FOR THE VEGETABLE GARDEN Id any Quantity Required, or in 3d aokets NEW FLOWER SEEDS IN Id PACKETS OR @& PER DOZEN PACKETS ASSORTED. NEW GARDEN REQUISITES IN ENDLESS VARIETY. WHEELBAND'S BLIGHT SPECIFIC. —One dreasing according to direct!©""i|wtll thoroughly eradicate Bcftla Blight from froit treea. TKEB LUCERNE. "SST J. SEALY AND CO. 8 52 v OWING TO THE UNEXPSCTED ARRIVAL OF 30 CASES 30 OF New Goods per s.s. lon ic f TTTHIOH were intended for our New Building, we have taken TEMPORARY PREMISES. (BELOW, MR BURNARD'S) WHERE WE INTEND MAKING A GRAND DISPLAY OF Oilcloths, Linoleums, & Curtains, MITCHELL & TURNER.



MISS GRAHAM, ARGADE CHAMBERS. I S^ ENKRAL and Legal Copying, Test? 1 \JC moniala, Circulars, Specifications, and Documents of all descriptions promptly and accurately copied on the Typewriter. Agent for Typewriter and supplies. Pupils by special arrangement. ■ 3 298 Licenied to sell Stwnpi* ;



ECONOMY IN SHEEP SHEARS THE UNRIVALLED T.U.S. SHEEP JSHEABS. WONDERFUL RESULTS, \ UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY* 3,540 SHEEP SHORN WITH ONE PAIR T U.S. SHEARS. Good Tools give good work. Well-snorn fleeces briDg higher price*, and no man can do good work with bad Shears* i BICYCLES. BICYCLES.I TTTE have been appointed Agents for Ashburton by the Goold Bioyole Co., 'Ltd.,Kfor the Sale of their famous y RED BIRD BICYCLES. Throughout the World to-day the Bed|Bird is recognised as the highest development in Cycle Construction. The One Mile Championship of Ausmulu on October 10 was won by Wm. MARTIN, on hi* JRWO BIRJD SPECIAL, Daring his racing career he has won <©1O»OOO, which he considers ia mainly due to riding a RED BIRDj, [7RTHEK PARTICULARS 0 N APPLICATION. GROCERIES GROCERIES. ALL GOODS SOLD AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE CASH PRICES. None but the best Brands of Goods in Stock. Give us a Trial and we guarantee to give you Satisfaction. CHEAPEST AKD BEST HOUSE IN ASHBURTON. EXCEPTIONAL |VALUE JGIVEN IN TEAS. SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. MARKET-HOUSE, BUBNETT STKEET, ASHBUBTON Telephone No 53 Ashburtcm Furniture Warehouse. — WICKGK AND*"' FANCY OHAIRS — Jjf^fls^M^ySs^Py iH With and without In New and Choice Cushions, Deeigna ab At Vrwcs t0 euib Ekduoed Prices *rom 5^6 each" Liooleums, Carpets, fwl^.^^^^^W A choice assortment Rugs, Tapeßtries, H^^~^^^^^~^^W sBW of Cretonnes, foe Cretonne?, Mats, yj ' Toilet Ware, etc. @I^S^^^^^^^|^^^ Cusbioosj'tochoosa . f rcm . iFtTJEfcNITTJJEt.IiS o all kinds made* on the Premises* Large Stocks of BEDSTEADS always on hand and arriving direct from^Makers. T. H. UN DRILL & CO., CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, & UNDERTAKERS* TANCRED: STREET, opposite 'Aboadb.



(T.U.S. 8.8.A. T.U.Sa SHEEP SHEARS SHEEP SHEARS GARDEN TOOLS GARDEN TOOLS At prices that eannoti be surpassed at HARDLEY Bros. .ENAMEL GOODS | ENAMEL GOODS j In Great Variety Enamel Milk Buckets, Baths, Sinks, Ba?ioa t etc, WINDMILLS eupplied and fixed from £11 10a. ALL KINDS OP PLUMBING WORK done at the shortest notice BPOUTING, RIDGING, & TANKS, mauu factured on the Premises HARDLEY BROS. E. W. HAHMER, NOTICE OF REMOVAL TO NEW PREMISES. HAVING exchanged premises with the Farmers' Co-operaoive Association, have much pleasure in stating that in future I sbali carry on my business at the offices and store lately occupied by the above As soclation at the corner of West Street and Havelock street (the Loan and Mercantile old premises. STORAGE AT LOWEST RATES. CORNSACKS AT CURRENT PRICES. 132 £. W, HANMER. :



THE PRIZE CLYDESDALE DRAUGHT STALLIONS PRINCE ALEXANDER AND CRAIGIELEE Will Travel the Aehbnrton and surround ing Districts this season. For terras apply to R. CLARKE, 10 66 or Man in charge.' JoTey to~TeJd PRIVATELY. ; TANCRED STREET, Next Gas , Compant's .Offices J^ONEY "TO LEND According to ArrangemenbJ^from Jgg AND UPWARDS, ..Upon any Security.| (TRADE BILLS Privately Discounted. Weekly or Monthly Payments ..can be arranged. All Business Stkictly Confidential, DAVID ZANDER, COMMISSION & FINANCE AGENT. AGENT FOR—Sun Fire Insurance Office and Canton-Marine insurance Office. MISS"OARSON. npEACHER of Pianoforte and OrgaD, JL For terms, etc., apply at Residence Corner of Wills and William Streets near Wakanui Eoad East, Ig3 HOW IS IT the Alcobn's can sell so cheap ? Easy, when you know that their rent is less than one-third it would be in East Street, and that they do most of the work themselves. If you want a nioe Suit for youraelf or your boys, or Boots or Shoes for wife or daughter, come to Robert Auboks's, Havalock Street, where you will 'get them good as well as cheap. 1 WoodB 1 Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs a\nd Colds never fails—ls 6d and 2a 6d 1 Smoke New Venui



Dear Boy,— XfOFgreat baby ! Are you* still ma abou the tiff we had the other eight Don'b keep a grudge over a little'thing flike that. IJhftven'b seen him siace,aad next time Ida I'lljbe very 000 lto him. Will that do Come over and see me soon ; tny'new wheel has arrived It's a beauty. I told'fyou I was going to get a STERLING,'and |I have, ] The more I hear and see of h the gladder am Not a word against ib, and ah the girl* who have ridden one say it is too perfectly lovely. No trouble with repairs. Strong as an 'ironclad and so dainty in 'appearance" It is a darling. Just call on the agents and they will tel you all about the chain* and bearing! and things better than I can. Bub Ido hope you'll get one. I'm sure I'll like your look' best on a STERLING. Yours Jovingly,—- Nellie. .NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY OP NEW:;ZEALAND.I (Limited.) Capital ... ... J81.Q00.000 £200,000 PAID HE London;Officf 8, Great Winchester Street NOTICE TO FARMERS T¥TB 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 In a position to secure freight to London at the very lowesb current rate by Direct Steamer. Grain received at our Warehouses, Addington, and advanced upon if required ; also Grass Seed and* Clovers, our machinery for cleaning the latter being ofj the latest land bestejAmerlcan i patterns. FROZEN MEAT, we handle in large quantities In both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, employing a special Salesman lv London, who has been in our service for some 15 years, and gives I special attention to the disposal of consign ments without the intervention of outside Brokers. WOOL CONSIGNMENTS, either for local sale or shipment, will always have our usual care, which has earned its own reputation from our position in the list of Wool Exporters for New Zealand, while our local salesmen are Messrs Pyne and Co., whose care and attention to the I Wool Business is fully recognised by Canteibary Producers. ADVANCES. —We are prepared to make these on Produce placed in our hands for Sale, or pending ultimate ship ment ad Five per cent Interest Free or Advance Commission. g. f. maetin: MANAGER. in connectionlwith^the above|we teg to Intimate that Mr 1 dward Saundejss has been appointed to act as our Sub-Agent in the Ashburton County, and will afford all information as to chargws, etc , on produce placed in 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 69 OSBOBN COOMBE, PIANO TUNER & EXPERT (Late of London), VISITS Ashburton and surrounding Distriots every four months—vis. March, July, and November. ORDERS may be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN afc his Mnsio Studio, Arcade Chambers. Ashburton. or at Commercial Hotel PIANOFORTE, SINGING, ORGAN, AND THEORY OF MUSIC. JLT RS T3OWMAN JIOX Member of the Canterbury Society of » Professional Musicians,



Drank Himself to Death.—John Ferry, dog registrar and gun liceuse rangor for the ! Hobson County Council, was found dead iv ] bed at Tekopuru, Auckland. The cvideDCO ! ab the inquest on Wednesday showed he had been drinking heavily lately. He used to drink methylated epirits of wine, and twenty empty bottles were found in a shed ne*r his home. The jury returned a verdict of death from serous apoplexy, brought on ly chronic alcoholism.—Press Association telegram A Police Fpy, who had the hardihood to make his way into a thieves' kitchen in one of the worst districts of South London was somewhat roughly handled a week or two ago. It appears that he happened to be kuowu to one of the kabllucs of the place, and the result was that he narrowly esoapsd with his life. Still more recently a man in South London was attacked by indigestion. Headaobe, loss of appetite, and low spirits all joined in the attack, and the poor feliow thought he could not escape with hi* life, when some true friend came to his rescue and recommended him to take Holloway's Pills. He took the advice and the Pills with the result that he ia now a happy and healthy man, Smoke New Venus



7 "^^B^SsSSSmgSttm^ 7T\O STAND THE SEASON AT LONGBEAOH. ALEXANDER'S HEIR, By Sb Alexander imn, dam Pearl, full sister to Mr Matthew Holmes's Crown Prinoe HARVESTER, Bay Horse, 4yrs, standing 17 hands, by Workman, dam Blobs, by Lord Beuconsfield, etc., will travel the districts of Lowcliffe, Coldstream, Hinds, WHlowby, Eiffelton, and Longbeaca, CONQUEROR, Thoroughbred Horse by Medallion, dam Siesta, by Traducer, granddam Hamock imp. For terms, apply to the Owner, or man in charge. JON GRIGG, 9 233 Longbeach rilO Stand This Season At Ashburton LINKSHOT, By Chainshot—dam La Diva; by^ Bun dora, out of Minille, by Tsaduoer—Opera. Apply to E. HEALY, k Groom in Charge, Mr Cookaon's Stables. 8 280 "MIDbjiEBI<3G"JPJUNOBT" i rpEIS well bred Clydesdale Draught Stallion will travel the Wakanui Road District this season. For terms and full particulars app!y to j T. MILLAR. Groom in charge, .Or P. STEWART, 10 1 Proprietor, Seaview.



i^I^IERS SHOULD ALWAYS snOKE Duolop's I H jx fa^L \r Tobacco It is a 6ol<l t\iti&*of general satisfaction to all wt)o understand wb^t . . ■ • ... a good pipe of tobacco is. . • • . •. |



<*"TTITADATIO THE GREAT HERbII REMEDY. ANOTHER GREAT TRItikPH OTBR " EYDaTIDS." A grateful Patient gives unsolicited and valuable testimony to the efficacy of ■ . ' ..this K*«*fc Herb»i iUmsdy, : -~r~~- #^-i Bead carefully and investigate for yourself. 29 Packingston «t., St. Kilda. Mr S A Palmer, Vitadatio Institute, Bourke at. Sir,—As I consider Webbers' Great Herbal Bemedy, *• Vitadatio." has been the sole means of saving- my life I think the least I can do is to haud you this testimonial, so that others suffering the same as myself may knew that there is » certain reliable cure fur them jn " Webber's Vitadatio," if it is only given _____ a fair trial. The s mp!e facts of my oast """ are as follows:—For the past 10 years I have been under i he trea'roentof doctors in Fitiroy and St. Kilda, as well as some of the best iv Collins street. Some were of opinion that I was suffering from consumption, whilst others stated it was pleurisy. At any rats they could give me no relief, let alone cure me. You oan easily imagine that I had littfo hops of ever being cured. But 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 result 'that much taking only two large bottles*, I felt after better, and continued the medicine. By the time I had taken eight bottles I wit wonderfully recovered, but one day took very il'» »nd vomited op a lot of slimy matter, which was afterwards examined by the doctor, and pronounced to be Hydatids, I continued to vomit these " Hydatid* " for some time, but at last it died away. This naturally left t? weak, butl continued with the " Vitadatio," and gradually my strength returned, until to-day I can honestly state I have never felt better in the whole of my life. I consider " Webbers Vitadati|" a miracle-worker. I am well-known iaFitzroy, and there are many others just as much astonished at niv euro as I am. I shall be pleased to speak to anyone and give them my own experience of the worth o II Webber's Vitadaiio." You are at perfe liberty to make what u?e you like of thi testimonial. 1 may add I am now able to do all my own household work i a thing I have been unable to da for years.—-Yours very gratefully, I Mrs) CARRIE HOCKING



Wituess-G E RichardsoD, 19/9/991 VITADATI"II a TRULY WONDER FUL MEDICINE. Vitadatio sold evptywhere, 5* 6d and 5^ 6d Hoftd Office for NZ -39 Wanness Street, Wellington. Ask your Chemist or Grocer for it. Established 1880 Telephone 69 BAKER BROS., |7!URNTSnfNG TrNDRRTAKERS C DRNISHING ti NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importera of Best and Lates Designs in FDJSERAL FQR»ISHINGS FUNERALS conducted with the greatest care and satisfaction, at most reasonable charges. Corner of Wak»nni Road and Casa Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coach Factory. - THINGS — ~ WORTH KNOWING nnHAT You can SAVE MONEY if you Buy your Boots from NICHOLAS & PiCKFORO, MANUFACTUREBS;&] IMPORTERS O BOOT 5 AND SHOES, East Street, Ashburton.] BOOTS & SHOEB Of Every Description Made to Mstimrt Ease and Conttort^Studied. Skill and Judgment being "exercised as .Formation of the Feet. Workmamhip and Material* Guaranteed CHARGES MODERATE. Bring Your Repairs to— NICHOLAS & PICKFOKU ■ Late MoPoNAiiD fc MoDiabsOP. JUST LANDED. A OHOIOE SELEOTION, OF THE MOST J?ABHIQNABLE it JEWELLERY, Also, WAICfIES AND CLOCKS By all the Leading Makers. PECTACLES TO SUI ? ALL SIGHTS. GEORGE~~JESSON, WATCHMAKER, (East Street, Ashburton,