The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol. xxl no. 5244

Ashburton/ Thursday, October 25, 1900

price : One Penny

The Nev Frisco Mail Service.

United Prcn Aeioolation-By Elwtrlo Telegraph

(PerMoanaat Auckland.) Saw Fbaitcisoo, October 3 Some delay has bi»n experienced ia gebMng the three new steamships now building for the Oceanic Company, for tfct run to Australia, completed, The Sierra was expected here on November 3rd, bisl it is now announced that she will not b« ready to leave here for her first trip till November 21st. The Sanoma will b« ready for the trip on December 12th, and the Ventura's firet sailing from this port will be January 2nd. After November ls% the steamers on the Sydney ran wilt call at Pango Pango, instead of Apia,, The steamers Alameda and Mariposa will be overhauled and lengthened by an addition cf a forty foots sections amidships. One of them will then be put on the ran to Tahiti, and the Alameda will resume her Honolulu rnn.

The Australia, till now on the Honolulu run, wlil be used to open a monthly service between San Fr&nckco and Tahiti* in accordance wi h a contract made hy the Oceanic Cimpacy with the Frensh Governmenl; for carrying the mails.

BOOK NOTES.

Mrs Craigie's new novel will have the title, " Love and the Soul Hunters. " Among the announcements of Messrs Methuen and Co are cheaper editions of Stevenson's ,' Letters, " Bven Hedins " Through Asia, " and " Millais' L:!« and Letters. "

Richelieu and the Growth of the , French Power " will be the next book in 1 Messrs Futnam's " Heroes of tbe Nations" Beries. The author if Dr James Breck Perkins. A book that will b» awaited with in* tercet is the forthcoming work by Pro* fessor R%s on " Welsh and Manx Folk lore. " The book will be published by the Oxford University Press.

Mr A B Wylde, who has the repu tation of being very well acquainted with Abyssinia, is about to publish a book on that country, under the title of Modern Abyssinia." Under the title of " Twice Captured " Messrs William Blackwood and Sons will publish itemediatelj Lord Rosslynt account of his adventures during the war in South Africa.

Funniosities.

Professor (to students) : Gentle men, I cannot supply a better defini tion of mixed feelings than by giving an illustration. Suppose your tailor and the postman with a registered letter containing your monthly remittance knocked at the door at one and the same time!

Book keeper,? Your young son hat | just eaten Borne of that chemical ferti liser, sir, that no one will buy, Employer: For goodness' iakt I hope it hasn't hurt him ! Bookkeeper : Not in the least air. Employer: Well, then, if we can't / sell it as a fertiliser, we'll sell it at a food for infanta* Master (to coachman): John,, jail go down to the well and draw tone water fqr,.Mary. John: I was engaged to drire the horses, and not to draw water, sir. Master: On, well, just get tha horses and carriage, and take Mary to the well, then. She: Tell me, when you were In the Army were you cool in the hoar of danger? He: Cool ? Why I shivered ! Last autumn I cycled through the country lanes in search of inspiration for my new great poem, entitled "The Yellow Corn". At length I beheld a magnificent sheaf of corn, intermingled with poppies, nodding at me, an if in greeting over a low hedge. Ohjjoy! That was the inspiration giving sight for which my soul thirsted ! Spontaneously, as the brook fiowe from the mountain, so the worki of poesy iiowed from my fountain-pea thusly; I see the poppies and com a-wariogf, All waving io the evening sun, For them both at once I felt iooh a graving, That I said I bhould like to have one ! Pretty good, eb % Well, imagine my horror when irom underneath the hedge arose these words : " Strike me silly, Lisa, if that ere long 'aired bloke ain't a skitcbin' of yet 'at i" My dear sir, I got on my cycle and fled. The poem still remains ineoa> plete.



SB AW, SAVILL AWD ALBION ' OOMPaNY. LI^ITfiO, - FOR LONDON. :X£ ROYAL MAIL BTIA- MIRS, wibhaaperioe ffflgßgHHr Accommodation for all oloasee ■«*BmMfm o j nftsßengera, calling at Monte Video or Bio, Tenedffe and Ply mouth. Venet Ton Commander From Date. Karamea 546* Burtoa ... Lytb'n Sept 22 Sothio _ 775C!Kidley Wei't'nJan 21 CARGO STEAMERS. j Kamata ioOO Scotland Wellg'n Oob 25 ETokomaru [6258 Maxwell Nov Maori S3l7Moffafcb Nov E. W. HANMEft! ' • . Agenfc. , ■ Mri| rfV.H E ■ NEW ZEALAND fH»B HIPP ING OO.'S LINE JLtQYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR LONDON, t« Video, Tenerlffe & Plymeath. ! Probable final Steamers. Tons. Port). Dato. Waimate 5610 Wellington Nov 8 Wakaani 5706 Aackkn-H Nov 15 Faparoa 7000 — December 6 Baksia, 6628 — December Wiifkatd 4767 - To follow Tekoa 4050 . — •• Papanni ' 6372 — »» Otarama 3803 — >• Rimutaka 7700 —  Wakatsane 6716 — »» Fangltikei 7700 — .» Bnapeha BCOQ — I n Far-further particulars apply t« FRIEDLANDER BROS., Lid. O^NION STEAMSHIP COMPANY U Off NEW ZEALAND. Limited .-TEAMERS BAIL IRCMOTTELTON AS UN DEB: For We»6porfc and Greymouth-—Weekly Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise meat in Cbrisfccharch papers Dcnedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Ndaoa and Pioton, via Wellington— Tuesday and Saturday (Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration; eferenoe should therefore be made to Jhrietchurch dally papers fox dates and hoar of sailing "* For. farther particulars apply to F FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashborton^ "^Sit~sraraßNßON7" (successor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND F^TATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc, EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni tare, cfca., as per arrangement in any part of the csuaty, /dvoncee made on all gooda placed in my hands for Sale. Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown *ni Island Fruit sold pivately through the tieek, and at Auction on SATUBDYB. A6E171: Norwich Ouion Fire Insurance Company • Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay mento from JSSOs per month. HEKRY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER. A CASK. A Branch Qffioe has been opened by the undersigned *fc Mjbssbb Niooll Bros , Eas Street, where they will carry on practice as Barristers and Solicitors. MAUDE & EARMAN, Solicitors, Chris trch ofa Money to Lend at Lowest Current Rates on Freehold Security. Mo Procuration tee, , MAUDE & HARMA^i 12 43 Ashburbon. G. JJESSON,. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER & JEWELLEB, TT'AS REMOVED to temporary premises NEXT MESSRS J, SEALY & 00, East Street. Manning & Go's NEW SEASON'S BOTIUD ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTB AND PINTS, THE BIST IN THE MARKET Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES. -Agents for Ashbarfcon—MbssksPhbae mam Bros.



1900. - -SEASON. - - 1900. II I lIIU 111 I g —V- W« Nimmo and Blair's FAMOUS STANDARD SEEDS VEGETABLE SEEDB FLOWIB SEEDS .3d. PER PACKET. ID/PBR?PACKET. NIMMO AND BLAIR'S SEEDS GROW. FEW JFQUAL. NONE BETTER* ALL THOROUGHLY TESTED BEFORfi) BEING SENT OUT. (S»<OJftDER EARJL.Y - - .And have your Seede in hand when it ia time to sow. CATALOGUES CAN BE HAD ON APPLICATION. FLUWER SEEDS in one hundred varieties, This iisc includes the moat hardy varieties I as well as the showiest--, and eanh packet i contains more than BufSoient Seed'to p'anb in an ordinary garden. SOW^THEM AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE AN? DISAPPOINTMENT. SHEARMAN BROS,/ GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS Makkst House, ABhbartoru _—-. 30,000 $Lams 3 cS% Cooking: Rang-es X, J7^^^~) | »^\ In Use in the Colony DI. ■^■■■■■^ "^-^~ _^_nMg»i«aE| m\ iej burn Lignite, True Co*l. or Wood up jQj^ff <^3Jra NO SETTING REQUIRED. * 5 aJJiiMgJ «/**N^jv*Ll n Stove Pipe can be worked out id the 'K r ii:*'- 1 k >^®>r>^*||] open. Splendid Bread Baker?. t«***"s 1 With caat iron or copper boilers. The VSB? I *^*^i*flfS copper boilers ara large end tin lined inside. ot \ «■"«_■> I Pimiim ,„, i i t\p- Repairs ate a Minimum. ■»' '■" A~®, r\ ' 38585898 Mad Bin »H B'*aes, single or doubl ovens w $ '""' " 'wi« gold by afl Ir«nm«ngßre, from whom »* logues can be obtained, or from the maker, H. E. SHAGKLOGK, LTD., SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, Princes Street, DUNLIN. NOTICE TO FARMERS. ake CASH BUYERS of PRIME Mil LING WHEAT IN km QUANTITY Please take your Samples to the Mill We can supply Oornaacka at cost price, CANTERBURY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. (ROLLITT AND C 0.,) D. WOODj Manager I7fch Maiuh, 1900.



WOOL, WOOL, WOOL I AM now snaking LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, FREE OF COMMISSION, L upan all Wool placed in my hands for sale, either In Aehburton, Chrlstchcrch, Tirnara, or for Shipment. This Season's WOOL SALES for Canterbury have been fixed as under, viz :— CHRISTCHURCH—November 22, .1900, December 13, 1900. January 17, 1901, February 19, 1901 TlMAßU—November 30, 1900, January 8, 1901, February^?, 1901 I shall be represented both ab OHRISTCHUReH and TIMARU. WOOLPACKS AND ALL STATION REQUISITES SUPPLIED AT LOWEST MARKET KATES DAVID THOMAS, ASHBURTON. PURE SEEDS, I have lately emoted, regardless of cost, the MOST COMPLETE FEED CLEAN ING PLANT south of the line, and I now ask Farmers to inspect the same »t work. I AM PREPARED TO CLEAN FOR FARMERS ANY DESCRIPTION OF SEEDS OR GRAIN AND WILL GUARANTEE TO GIVE THEM SATISFACTION I can supply best liyegrase and Cocksfoot locally grown, also best Clovers, dressed Sy my own Machines, the parity of which must be seen to be appreciated OMHSMOMBHM** IS. ■•mmi^K^^^D Also-HURST & SON'S ENGLISH CLOVERS, TURNIPS, RAPE 8 LUCERNE, TREFOIL, &c, D. THOMAS ASHBURTON



NEW PREMISES. TO OUR GLIENTS AND THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE REMOVED TO OUR NEW PREMISES. IN EAST STREET, FROBI THIS BATJS, W. H. COLLINS & CO,. ■ lEO^MONGERS, PAINTERS, TIMBER AND... COAL MERCHANTS. OCTOBER 18, 1900, ____, NEWS BY FRISCO MAIL. fIRS T PRIZE PARIS EXHiBITIOi AWARDED TO CEYHC JV TEA. O V Hl^JN^ OOIMUPAfW MAHARAJAH TEA SOLE AtHNTS-Moudai-Lanliii Ten. Company, Dunedtu, N.B.—Thii is one of the Ceylon Packed Teas tho Tea Blenderß petitioned.Parliatnent to Tax an extra twopence per ib. *' It i$ not blended for c-x^ra profit at your expense,'



ASK YOUR SHOE DEALER FOR EVERY fVp ENCOURAGE FAI& '-/ COLONIAL GUABANTEED. ROOTS & SHOES, 1 I""««»?-; 8. ANDERSON, TIMARU. „ ,  ' , ,"„,', ■' !„„„ '„. , ' j H. M. JONES. H. M. JONES. STATIONERY BOOKS. ACCOUNT BOOKS. fi)prr\ AAA ENVELOPES, imported direct. Commercial Enveloped &O\J% \J \J\J from 3s 6d per 1000; 5000 at 3s per 1000. Boxed Stationery, latest styles, from 6d, 9d, Is, la 6d, 2s box, PIANOS. ORGANS. 44 payments of £1 each will purchase a splendid overstrung, fall trichord, massive iron-frame Piano, up-to-date in every particular. Only £1 required to be paid at time of purchase, Call and Bee this before you boy elsewhere. Organs from 10a per month; Pianos from^Os perjmontb. CRICKETING.AND LAWN TENNIS MATERIAL Just arrived, ex Gothic, from Wisden and Son's, London. RACQUETS, London inlaid, Victoria, Invicta, Champion, Match Popular BALLS, Plain and Covered, Slazenger's, Silvertown, Wisden's. CRICKET BATS, Waraopp's, Wisden's all caira, Duke's, Union, Hearnea and othera. BALLS, Hearne'sj Duke's, Wisden's, Craven, Match, and Practice Ballsi H. M. J ONE S . LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. JOST ARRIVED PER •■.S.B RANGATIRA,' AT T. H. UNDRILL & CO.'S. LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. NEW & CHOICE DESIGNS' AND COLOURS. LINOLEUMS MB OILCLOTHS. The Largeßt Stocks to Choose from, at Prices to euit al!,'at T. H. UNDRIIi & GO:B. Also, Some Remnants at greatly reduced prices; also, a Large Assortment of Oilcloth for Dados. bedsteadsTbedsteads. We have juat opened another Large Shipment of Brass and Iron Bedsteads in the latest designs, direct from the Best Ma^ufacturera in Birmingham, which enables ne to give you the best possible value. BEDDING & FURNITURE of *H kindejmade on the premises from the best material. We iuvlte all to inspect) our Stocks. No one pressed to bay. T. H. UNDRILL & CO., CABINETMAKER. UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS & UNDERTAKERS, TANORitJ STRF.KT, Nexfc Building Society b Office



pipe - J ,-^77 r -^— - ■■■■ to match, even if \ *" you search the World - -~—— •



TO STUD HORSE OWNERS TTORBE CARfIS & HORSE RECEIPT BOORS Printed at the MAIL aed GUARDIAN Office with Neatness and Despatch and at Moderate Prices. j TO Stand thn Season at Wellbeck, Tin^ald, the Imported Stallion OBIiIGADQ Ormonde (winner Bend Or (vinnor of Derby and of Derby) « St. Leger and LM & ■ $ srandnreofFly Mac«oni (win- gj *°g-go») ncr of Derby) a O Shotover (winne r Hermit {winner ""* of Derby and of Derby) § Two Thousand gtrayshot, by: | Gaineas Doxopholite, the Po _ we Musket, . o Trappist (winner of the Stewards Hermib (winner 2 Cap ab Good-, of Darby) wood and one of O tbe most bril- — —-— 5 § H»nt horses of (j g his day) .3 h <— ——— _ .. Ks Macaroni - (win Oner of Derby) Frivolity (winner of Middle' Park Miss Agnes (one Plate and? Alt- of the greatest horp Park- mures in the Stakes) English Stud Book)



Obligado is one of the taost fashlonab y bred horses ever imported from England. Hla sire, Orvllle, Is by that greatchampion Ormonde, out of Shotover, who won amongst other races, the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby. His sire, Hermit, ?also won the Darby, whilst her dam Stray ilhob is a granddaughter of that* great marp Medioant, an Oaks winner and a dam of a Derby winner Frivolity, the maternal granddam of Uhli^ado. wag a very brilliant mare, winning, amongst other races, the Middle Park Plate, and she is one of the great Agnes family ; in fict, Frivolity is full sister in blood to Lily Agnes, the dam of the great champion Ormonde. The pedigree of Obligado, back only three removes, shows six Derby winners, together with a double strain of the great Hermit and Miss Agnea families —a blend ing of fashionable blood that cannot tail at the stud. Obligado met with a slight accident last winter, which p-evented him being properly trained, but hgis a beauti ful mover, and before meeting with his accident proved beyond a donbt that he was possessed of great pace. There is no more promising imported sire In Australia or New Zealand. TERMS : — Thorooghbred Mates, 1Q Guineas. A Limited Number of Halfbredß at 5 Guineas. Apply to E GATES, 96 Wellbeck, Tinwald.



TO STAND AT ALLENTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT Thb Beautifui, Bay Horse (16&hds) GENEBAL TRACEY. (Record 5.4.) By|Berlln- Jenny Traoey (beth imported SIRE of Victory 11, General Qrlgg, Experience, General Standish, Traoey Belle, General Shatter, and many others too numerous to mention For further particulars, appy to THOMAB HAROLD, 9 173 Groom in charge J. V. DE BEEB WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER TTASjast received:a Large Sblpmen OP WATCHES. WATCHES 6 Dozen Nickel Levers at 27s 64 Specially made to order, Strongly built tq suit hard wear. 2 Years Guarantee. 3 Dozen NICKEL WATCHES at 20s^ The best value in the Colony, 1 year a Guarantee, . j A New and Full Stock of Gent'a and Ladies Gold and Silver Watches to hand. .SPECTACLES New Frames and Lenses on the i Interchangeable System. j To meet the requirements of those using the famous "LAZARUS' Spectacles a special importation of his Frames and Lenses to hand. gIGHT TESTING A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED* J. V.DE~BEEK WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, Aehburton



hHHgesnon No Appetite, General Weakness. I If your food is only partly digested, then the body is only partly nourished. The blood rapidly becomes thin and filled with impurities, the nerves are 1 easily exhausted, there is headache, restlessness, and the whole system ia greatly debilitated. Mr. A. Chauffourier, of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, sends us his photo* graph and the following testimonial -h "While reporting for the local and metro politan press in Rh-erina, 1 contracted a serere chill which developed into'a general weakness of my digestive organs. A snort course of Sarsaparna enabled me to continue my work" all right My appetite improved, my taste for food cams back, and my general health v/as greatly im proved in every way." . , When taking the Sarsaparilla, it is best to use Aye-s Pills also. Take just enough each night to produce one good free movement of the. bowels daily. r>rcw<! v- Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., U.S.A.



T H UNDRIU.  B UNDBILL T H UNDBILt & CO FURNISHING UNDERTAKESS TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Pokshad Coffins a Specialty. A Choice Assortment of Artificial Wreathi in Stock. Private Address, Peter Btreet, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; #.Ifo care of Mr T. Andrews, East Bolt. 2 IUWfILYN- OWES, M»C.S.M. OERTIFIOATED TEACHER. LOCAL Representative of the London Collets of Music, and (f the Muuca Internatiot i\ College. PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, VIOLIN, MAN DOLINE, SINGING. HARMONY AND COUNTERPOINT. WANTED KNOWN—That we are clearing ont all odd lengths of Oilcloths and Linoleums, to make room for new Goods, now landing ex 5.6 Gothic—Mitcheli. & Turner. Coughing Yet? si It is unwise to let a Cough /^ run on. Frequent coughing TM^ increases the irritation in the ■■ - bronohial tubes, and is the *J| forerunner to serious lung disease—CONSUMPTION. oj Co& £urn Q'\l Positively cures Coughs of any kind. Not by drying up the Cough, but by cutting the pilegtrl and healing_the irritated passages; LANE'S EMULSION is so perfectly blended that it is pleasant to the taste, and so easy | to digest that young babies and most delicate invalids take it regularly. . Physician* Recommend it. rour Ohwmltt or Store will supply you. , , PRICE 2s, . . OSBOBN COOMBE, PIANO TUNER 4 EXPERT (Late of London), VISITS Ashburtonand turronnding di tricta every four months, viz—Marob July* and November* ORDERS may be left with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at hi« Moslo Studio, Arcade Chambers, Aahbnrton, or at Commercial Hotel • KERNARD & WHITE, City Pork Shop, Havelock Street, HAVE just opened New Business incite Pork Line. Small goods of all descriptions always on band. The public are specially invited to call and inspect Pork Sausages, (freih.), Daily cash buyers of dairy fed Pork. __ PUKERRED PRIZE POULTRY mGGfS. MINORCAS, Brown Leghorns, Andalu. oianß, Langahans, and Dockings, from 5b to 21s per sitting. 187 H. G. BKRRYMAN.



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!\ CETYLENE GAS—Without doubb tht jtjL Light of the nineteenth century Harpleyßros are prepared togiveettl* mates to Hghb up private residence* and boaiosM premliei, withthii moiteoooomi bwnttifuHigofc