The Ashburton Guardian

VOL XXI. NO, 5017

Ashburton : Ffi-'ajj Jaau^rj 19. 1900,

pkice : One Penny

IMPERIAL PRO- VISIOV FOR SOL- DIERS' DEPEN- DENTS.

Much uncertainty exis's in Victorian military circles (says the Melbourne Age) as to the exact ' ■ j i I > j I I ! ,

provision made by the Imperial Go vernment for the wives or dependent relatives of British

soldiers killed in action. When the first contingent was about to be de spatched from Victoria a cable message *as received by the Premier from the Secretary of State for the colonies, intimating that the compassionate allowances, etc., common to tbe British army, would be extended to the colonial troops wbile on active service in South Afdca, and the Minister for Defence has now written to the Agent-General, requesting him to obtain full particu lars a& to the effect of this promise. He has aleo reqaested Sir Andrew OUrb to forward tho schedule of rates of compensrtion issued by the Britis! War Office, and to obtain full iofor uiation as to the persons entitled to receive the allowance granted in casee where a soldier is killed. Tbe Royal Warrant provides that if a soldier on the married establishment is killed in action, or dies of his wounds within twelve months of having been wounded, and leaves a widow, she shall b' granted a gratuity of one year's, pay at the rate received by him, or a gratuity of oue-third of a year's pay, " shall be iesued to each orphan chili; whose mother is dead," Theee gratui ties, however, are issuable, " only in cases where it has beeu ascertained that our commissioners of the patriotic fund cannot award compensation or compassionate allowance," and the Agent General bas been instructed to furnish full particulars as to the pay ments made out of this patriotic fund, which is a permanent one. The ques tion of insuring the men of the Vic torian contingents is still under the consideration of the Cabinet.



Shipping SB A :& % SAYtLL \ND ALBION OOMPAN*. LIMITED. FOR LONDON. A^ T»OY4h MAIL BTKA- MKRB, with superior J?^^^^hf aooonamod»tlon f oralloiaaaea ■».-.«„>, o j p aaßan2BrH| calling at Monte Video or Rio, Tenerlffe and Ply mouth Vessel Ton Oommaadet From Date, lonio — 4748 Kempaon ... Wel't'n Marohl Gothic _|7730Kidley — Aprit26 CARGO STEAMERS. ~"~ Mamari _ 13583 Banks Weli'ton Dec 23 Matatua.j3322 Holmes Pb Ohal. Deo 30 Dalphio  8273Sowden Wei/ton Jan. 9 Waiwara J6500 — — — E. W. HANMEft. _ Agent. jf^affUKP NEW ZEALAND <PH^g^^fe!HIPPING OO.'S LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, FOR LONDON, Via Mont* Yldw, fflenerlffe ft Plynwnfch. . Best Aooommodatlon for all alaawNi ef Passengers at Lowest Ratea. " Fort of Steamers, T«nu Departnrc. D»ta. Rakaia 5628 Welliogtoa Jan 2 Waikato 4767 „ J 2 P»p»ro* 6572 „ J 25 Otarnma 3808 „ J — Wakaoui 6600 — To follow K« farther particular* apply t* FBIEDLANDEB BROS., Lxs. Ageotxit A>hlmrtcn. UnYo n ~steamship~"c6mpany OF NEW ZEALAND. Lxmitbd s-TEAMERi? S 411 FRCMLITTELTON AS ONUER: For We»bport »nd Groymonth—Weekly. Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Than' day and Saturday! NOTE—For extra sailings ees advertise men* in Chriatohurch papers Dnnedin ■— Mondays, Fridays and alternate Taegdays and Saturdays -Nelson and Piotoo, via Wellington— Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration; eference ahould therefore be made to Ohrlfltchurch daily papers for dates and hoar of sailing For farther particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Aehborton "henry" stephensonT" (auooossor to Alfred Harrison.) Eatabliahed 20 yeara, AUOTIONKER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, eto. t EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Bales of Stock,' Re uaehold Furni are, etc., as per arrangement, in any part the county. Advances made on Goods placed In my bands for Sale. Beeular Consignments of Colonial Grown ttnd Island Fruit aold privately through the week, and at Auction on SATURDAYS. Agejtt : Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company Is Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company, PIANOS and ORGANS ob time pay ments from S»Os per month. HENRY STiPHENSON, AUCTIONEER THE DAINTIEST LITTLE WHEEL TEAT EVER WAS"! " The Rambler." HAVING sold oat of my old stock of theEe superior Bicycles, I have jaso opened ap a fresh consignment of the LATEST PATTERN " RAMBLER" SPECIAL LIGHT RICERS, ROAD BAOER3, & ROADSTERS n all sizes and all'fitted with the ever satin g G & J detachable Tyre. " THE XCA.MB^e3IX.' ALU'.AJJiD INSPEOI THE STOCK. Price Easy. Hiding Easy. Machines the Strongest on Earth. ACCESSORIES IN STOCK. OTHER MAKES FITTED WITH G & J TYRES* D. THOMAS. MONEY TO LEND PRIVATELY. tCANCRED STREET, Next IGas^Comfant's.iOwiobs j^oneyTx) lend I t-o Arrangement fr Jgg AND UPWARDS, Upon any Security. TRADE BILLS Privately Discounted. Weekly or Monthly Payments can ba arranged. All Business Sibiotly Confidential. DAVID ZANDER, COMMISSION & FINANCE AGENT. A ENT FOR—Sun Fire Insurance Office and Canton rine rnßurance Office. ' REMOVAL NOTIOK ~"~— MR 0. SMITHELL, Carpentor, wbhes to notify to the Public that he as removed from hia late premises to the hop ad joining Mes Taskeb's Refreshment Rooms. All kinds of woodwork executed in very best manner. All communications addressed fcoJ^G. Smithell, East t. 12 58



g acres; 5 Good Land, all in grass, well situated on Winter's Road. A nice site for a house. Exceptionally easy terms of Payment. T BULLOCK. ■ tcTfarmmsrs. FOR SALS, fJO'V ACBEB mostly First-class Land, && § suitable for all round farming. Further particulars furnished on applica tion. T BULLOCK. """ T~O LE~T. SMALL Shop, with two rooms attached, in Burnett Street. Rental 7s 6d per T. BULLOCK FOR HAJbljl. ~ CAPITAL BUILDING SITE — Being \J Town Section 1169, containing more than J acre, corner of West Town Belt and Havelock Street, {having over three chains fronUßge' T. BULLOCK, Agent. Smoke Kew Venus



WOOL SEASON 1899-1900. T AM now making* LIBERAL ;OASH ADVANCES, FREE OP fCOMMISBION, upon all IV OOL placed in my hands for Sale either in Ashburton, Timaru, or for Shipment). ■ ■ . NOTICE TO MY CLIENTS WHO}WISH TO FORWARD^DIREOT TO PL\OE j OF SALE. Third £ale TIMAKU, takes place there on February 7,1900 Consign—N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE SIDING, TIMARU, Account P. TBOMAF. Fourth Mq CHBISTCHUKCH takes place there on 9th February Oonßigu-SEED COMPANY'S SIDING, ADDINGTON, Account D. THOMAS. IN BOTH OASES ADVISE ME JL PARTICULARS PROMPrLY TO ASHBURTON. DAVID THOMAS, ASHBURTON.



BELFAST AND FAIRFIELD FREEZING WORKS 'MANURES, ARE THE BEST "KIOR TURNIP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be mado for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. MANURE CAN BE SUPPLIED IN 1 Owt. or 2 Owt. SACKS. Orders received b/ FRIEDLANDKK Bit OH., XAmlte<W< DAVID THOMAS, OR JTHB N.Z,. FAJEfcMLEKS CO-t»PJBRATIVE J> 8!»OCIATION OF CA.JNXJKJKBUK.Y, limited., CANTERBURY FROZEN RO3AT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY. LIMITED. 8 B0 F. WAYMOUTH Secretary.



- 25,000 — COOKING UlllUll RANGES IN USE IN THIS COLON* THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE GOAL OR WOOD UP TO 24m no settingTrequired. Wifch Stove Pipe can be worked oat n the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Oast Iron or Cop er Boilers, The Copper Boilers are large and Tl >; eaai REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made in all sizes, Bingle or doable ovens. High or low pressure boilerg Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom Oatalogties can be obtained, or from the maker, I H. E. SHACKLOCK. SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, DUNEDIN,



Bicycle Harvest. I UNDELLS & SON, 1 ENGINEERS & BICYCLE MAKERS BURBETT STREET. Next the Club. TO the Farmers and Jeneral Ptlblio of Ashburton, —We beg to state that we have reaped a harvest in Bicycles, h&vir just landed a big consignment of first-class jiggers at £14 10s. We are the oldest bicycle firm in Ashburtoa and intend to uphold our reputation. Agents for White Flyers, Radge-Whit-, worth, Waverleys, Cyclops, The Parrot, eto Repairs by experts. All work guaraa eed FORJSALE Oi\(\ PKIOE required for town seotion 3Q&yJ 818, containing £ acre fronting Aitken Street), East. T. BULLOCK /^HBRTSEY— This is a new advertise \J ment, remicdiDg you thab if you have not yet tried M'Kenzie's Hondai-LankaTtto, you're behind the times. Go to Mb John son's Store tad get it?,



ESTABLISHED ' 1 13 5 9 capital-^o'ne"million. THE FEIMIKB AMdItIaL-THIEST 00L0NU'.- COMPANY, NOTED FOB PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY, PAIP-UP CAPITAL AND RESERVES— FIRM AND MARINE RISKS. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, rHRBKHItfG MACHINES, Ac, ACCEPTED AT LOWEST TORRENT RATES X W. HANM.ER



recoil Bros. Nicoil Brothers, i H. F. Nicoil.) ( v L. A. Kicoll. AUCTIONEERS, ACCOUNTANTS, SHABEBROKKRS, VALUATOKS, LAND, ESTATE, & GENERA A&B.ISTS. CENTRAL A OOTION ROOMS EAST STREET, ASHBURTON WEEKLY SALES OF MERCHAViMSE, FURNITURE. & PRODUCE, in oar Rooms every 8 \TURDAY, commencing at 12 30 p.m. CLEARING SALES conducted in any part of the district at lowest current rates. ADVANCES made on goods placed in our hands for absolute sale. FRUIT.— We receive regular consign ments from Auckland, Sydney, and the ands. NEW SEEDS always in stock, including Clovers, Ryegrass, Rape, end Turnip Seed 3RAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION. We shall be pleased to receive samples roc farme-a who have parcels fur ieposal. Station Books kept and audited We have various sums of Trust Monies, ranging from £300 to £50C0, to lend on Freehold Securities, at 4& *nd 5 per oenb Farms, House Properties, and Building Section* for Sale. Particulars on application. We invite those wishing to dispose of tr.eir properties to communicate with us SKINS & PELTS.-Ye are buyers at highest market rat™, aa agpnts for Messrs Murgatroyd Bros, Woolsoourers and Fell mongers, Chriutchurch T¥TE ARE CASH BUYERS OF j FAT SHEEP AND I/VMBS AT HIGHEST MARKEf RATES. NICOLL BROS., East Street, Ashburton. FREEZERS FREEZEKS. TjIARMERS wishing to consign Sheep on | their own account can book epaoe at any time to suit tneir own convenience, by com municating with us. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS, CHKISTCHURCH MEAT COMPANY. Limited. niHE OHRISTCHURCH MEAT CO X Limited ISLINGTON MANURES Especially prepared for Wheat, Turnips, Rape, and any other crop, and to suib any description of soil. 3REATLY INCREASED PRODUCTION WHEREVER USED. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE Niooll Bbos. store five varieties of this celebrated fertiliser. Price on application. Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt* attention. NICOLL BROS., DISTRICT AGENTS PHOTOGKAPHY. - HALMA & Co., PHOTOGRAPHERS] HAVE TAKEN OVER Ma Coopeb's Studio, Saunders' Buildings, Ash burton, and will execute all branches of Photography at popular pricee. Look at This ! For the month of January we will do 3 enamelled Cabinets for 4s, 6 for 6s, 12 for 10s. We Bhow proofs and guarantee satisfaction. AH Photoa delivered iv a fortnight from the time of sitting. STUDIO: SAUNDERS 1 BUILDINGS. Note the address and do nob be misled 13 LEGAL. I BEG to announce thab I HAVE COMMENCED THE PRACTICE OF MY PROFESSION at Ashburton. Temporary Office: Arcade Chambers, Burnett Street, Trust and other moneys to lend. G, MARRIOTT WATSON, 14 Solioitor. \ \ SHBURTON — A'body kens that J\. Scotchmen drink M'Kenzie's Hondai- Lanka Tea, because ib savtia the quid siller, aa' gangs faur Messrs Shearman Bros, ceommend it ' Smoke New Venus



- THINGS - WORTH KNO W I NIC rpHAT You can SAVE MONEY (if ?you Buy your Boots from NICHOLAS & PICKFORD, MANUFACTURERS ft IMPORTERS OF BOOTS AND SHOES, East Street, Aahburtom BOOTS & SHOES Of Every Description Made to Measure Ease and Comfort Studied, Skill and Judgment" being'exeroised of the Formation of the Feet. Workmanship and Materials 5 CHARGES MODERATE. Bring ¥our Repairs *a — NICHOLAS & PIOKFiFD Late McDonald & McDiarmid. E. W. HANMEB. NOTICE OF REMOVAL TO NEW PREMISES. HAVING sro'ianged premises with the Farmers' Co-operaoiva Association, have much pleasure in stating that in future I shall carry on my business ab the offices and store lately occupied by the above As relation at the corner of West Street an*i Havoloek etreet (the Loan and Meroantile old premises* STORAGE AT LOWEST RATES. CORNSACKS AT CURRENT PRICEB. 152 W. HANME BUSINESS CHANGE. T HAVE orach pleasure in announcing that I have purchased the SADDLERY BUSINESS Lately conducted by Mr J. H. Jamieso^, And respectfully solicit a continuance of the liberal support accorded to my pre* deoesaor. ALL 'promptly executed, and all work GUARANTEED. Robert Anderson, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON 1110? ~GL MEDDINS7 TiiE PEOPLE'S lEONM'ONGEB. BURNETT STREET, Opposite Arcade /CORDIALLY invites inspection of the k^J following Seasonable Goods, without being pressed to buy : — I PHESEBTINGr PANS, BRASS ASiD ENAMELLED. Enamelled Goods, Gardening Tools, Knives, Forks, and Spoonfl, Ranges and Register Grates Enamelled Mantelpieces A.I. ! HAEYESTING^MATEBIAL, j INCLUDING Hay Forks Hay Rakes Scythes and Handles, Machinery Oils at Low Prices. MASfeEY-HARBIS REAPEK SECTIONS, English make ; Low Price | Agent for the Celebrated ROTER AND CLEVELAND CYCLES. Cash or Terms. Smoke JNew Yenuv I



_. .. DUNLOP'S Does not atteniPlt t0 compete with inferior * * * * - brands sold at cheaper prices. i=^_—,. ===-----——-— ==]| xhe fact that it has a larger T""""^ XZH^ TH3 L.^ **^^f sale than any other Tobacco I I|^ p^^ I^J | ■ imported into Australasia is Mm —/ JL——^ L Vi ■/ m sufficient evidence that its =~~1 " "~"~ superb smoking qualities have . . TOBACCO • . hit the public taste •. .



THR Newest Designs in Stamped Moun 1 Mollick, Moldavian, Countess, Ceylon I Ribbon, Brooklyn, and Lace Work now in I stock. Linen Goods, Colored Linen ; Canvas, . Giant, Reliable, Butterfly, and Berlin Wool?. Crewel, Leviathan, Embroidery and Knit ting Silks. Floss, Arasene, Perline, Zanzi bar, and Congress Cottons, and all the etcs necessary for Art Needlework to be had at | MBS ALOORK's. , ANTED KNOWN—6OODoz3n Tamb , lers Jusfc Arrived per s.s. Gothic Good strong Tumblers 2s 6i per dozen. Jelly and Jam Jara from 2s 6d per dozan at Flitcher Bros. Ashburton and Christ- | churoh. j A SHBURTON—We can afford to spend J\. money in advert isiug, so much Honda • ! Lanka Tea is selling, everybody like* ib. i Sold by BHB4BMAN Bbos, in packets ; 5 and 101b boxes packed in Ceylon. | I~MPORTANT to Caiib Buyers of Drapery, , Clothing, Bootß, &o. Early Summer j Clearance Sale ot Seasonable and Reliable Goods. Cash discount ab the rate of one I shilling in the pound to every Buyer of i ninepence worth and over. Inspection in- < vited,— H. C. Babbett, late Barrett Bros. - The Halt, East Street. 11 200 LOOK ■ CHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMEKS ! \ COAL. i i Lnm i OUTPUT has Trebled during the la ] twelve months. j IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. I ' This Coal is the Best and Cheapest Sfceans i \nd Household Coal in the market. < | Used in the Woollen Faobory and Canfcfl ! wry Flour Mills. ' GIVES SPLENDID REBULTB WHITE FOR PRICES «o G. T. PARK, MOUNT ERB Established 1880 Telephone 69 ( IMKEB BROS., E^RNTSHING TfNDKRTftKF-HR t URNISHING U NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Best and L»t«?s Designs In FUNERAL FURMSHING>- FUjSERALS conducted wifch the greatest caro and satisfaction, at most reasonable charges. Corner of Wakanul Road and CaBS Streets, and Baker and Brown's Coach Factory. BOOTS. BOOTS Gigantic Sale Now On TUST arrived and opened up' a^grand assortment) of up-to-date BOOTS AND SHOES FOR THE; HOLIDAY AND SUMMER SEASON Special Lines Women's Button Shoes 7s 6d Women's Kid Lace Shoes, only 6s lid TAN GOODS IN 3REAT VARIETY. itrong School Boots from 5a 6dj Good Bluchers, nailed, sa^6d, largest stock in town to choose from. REPAIRS done Promptly and at Moderate Charges. FEED NOKES. CASH BOOT SHOP, Next Doorlßank of New Zealand, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. A CARD.] j A Branch Office" has fcoen opened by the \ undesigned at Messrs Nicoli, Bros., Eaafc Street, where they will carry on : practice as Barristers and Solioitor MAUDE & HAEMAN, Solicitors, Christchurch, Money to Lend at Lowest Currenb Rates on Freehold Security. No Procuration Fee. MAUDE & HARMAN, Hi 48 Ashburton. _ ____- j WJS can afford to spend money in adver > tising, so muoh Hondai-Lanka [Tea j is eelliyg everybody likes it, /



31u» Glory of Man The crown ana gtuiy of manhood is strength - power. All human conquests have Ijeen w> nby it.; iudividual and col- L o ive. Tlio earliest fcigu of decay in man is n-'b übu-illy paiu, but weaktU'se of some khid of nand or body, or both. This may ba (hu insvi atle S quenca of ad' tfancQii years, cr it may, as wo all kaow, jhow itself s»t awy pariod of lifa. Bat it -.Iways means that ibe sources of Btriiioph ac (ailing, as the lessening ot ihe water ia a river means a drying up of the springs and streams which feed i>. I taid " sources 'of strength, uiino; the plural word. I *houliili&ve said * source f bfcrengih for ii human beings tho;e i« bat one. Whit i^ i ? Perhaps :hs ex parianceot Mr. David Jones will help Ua 10 an answer. " In the summer of 1881," he siys, •' 1 I began to feel ill i.nd ouc of sorts. I wa 1* weak and tired, and qa ta worn out with > little exertion. I had a poor appetite, and after eating had pain and weight at the chest. My secretions were scanty and j thick. My back felt stiff, and gave me ! much pain as I moved about. For three years I Buffered like this, being at times better and then worse. I consulted a doctor, who gave me medicines a ,d recom mended Tarklahjbaths ; but I got no better for any kind of treatment. " My brother then told me about Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, bufc I had no faith in advertised medicines. H«, however, urged aae to take it, and afrer takir g a few doses 1 experienced so much relief that 11 continued with it, and was soon strong and well as ever. >Mnce that time I take a dose of this remedy ffheu I feel at all ailing, and it pe's me right. I have praised Mother Seigel's i^yrup to all my friends, many of whom h:*ve tried it acd been benefited by It. You can publish this statement as you hko. (Signed) Daviol Jones, 1 Dunluce Street, VYaltcn, Liverpool, July Slot, 1896 " We have loom for one more short letter before we try to come at the answer to the question with which we set out. It is ex actly in the earae line, &nl ought to make the results of our inquiry all the more clear and plaia. " In the spring of 1888," proceeds the writer, "my health beg-m to fail me. I felt languid and heavy, as if something had come over me, 1 had a bad taste in the mouth, my sppeti'e was poor, and the little fo<d 1 took gave me pain across the chest and between the shoulders. My food lay like lead on my stomach. I was constantly spitting up a thick phlegm, and when in bed heavy sieeats came over me I gob weaker and weaker, and from time to time was C3fifined to bed. Often 1 was co bad I could not af ess or undress myself. "Now betterj now worse, but never well, I suffered for over five yeara. I took differenb kinds of medicines, and had a doctor, but gas no real benefit from aty.hing. •% In July, 1893, a bcok was lefb at my house in which 1 read of oases like mine having b*en cured by Mother Seigel's Syrup. I got a bottle from the Inter national Tea Company, Yeovil, aad began taking it. In a short time I felt much benefit, and, by continuing with it, gained strength. I coold eat better, food agreed with me, and by-and-by I WiS strong and ivell. Bufc for Mother Seigel's Syrup I believe I should not now be alive. You are at liberty to publish this state ment. (Signed) (Mrs.) Jane Crouch, 82, Huish, Yeovi!, November 29.h, 1895." A hat, then, do ih^se cases show to be the source of strength 1 The answer is, Digested Food. That and nothing elaa. All strength, of body or of mmd, comes from that, and that only. What, then, is the great enemy of strength, the fountain of weaknesu ? Indigestion —• dyspepsia. You see why and how. A child could not miss the argument. What-, then, restores strength ? Mother Seigel'a Syrup. In what way ? By setting the digestive machinery tn healthy operation. That is 1 what it did for our correspondents and does daily for multitudes. Dee ib if you (need it, and pa&a the news to other weak , ones.



fcfc TT IT ADATIO THE GREAT HERBAL REMEDY. ANOTHER GREAT TRIUMPH OVE " HYDATIDS." & grateful Patient gives unsolicited and | valuable testimony to the efficacy of ihia ptoat Herbal k*»m«Hv. Read carefully and investigate for yourself. 29 PaokingsLou et., St. kilda. Mr S A Palmer, Vitadatio Jr^iifcnte, Bourke tfe. Sir,— Ah I consider Webbers' Ureat Herbal Remedy, *• Vitadstio," has been the told means of saving my life I think the least I' cm do is to h*rd you thi« testimonial, co that others suffering the same as myself nosy know ■:,hat there is v certain reliable cure for them a •♦ Webber's Vitadatio," if it is only given % fair trial. The s rnpie fact? of my cane ire as follows:—For the past 10 years I hare een under thetreaHtoentof doctors in Fitgroy i.nd S*-, Kiida, as well as some of the best in Coliina B'reeS Some wore of opinion that I vas suffering from consumption, whilst triers stated it was pleurisy. At any rat* hey could give me no relief, tat alone cure <ie. You can easily imagine that I had little iope of ever being cured. But one day I icoticed an R<iv rtised cure by "Webber't 1 Vitadatio," and the symptoms of the patient 'ieiDg somewhat similar to my own, I thought i would give it tx trial, with the result 'that) nuch taking only two large bottlex, I felt ifter better, and continued the modicine. {y the time I had taken eight bottles I was -vonderfully recovered, but one day took very ill, and vomited up a lot of slimy matter, which was afterwards examined by vie doctor, and pronounced to be Hyriatids, I continued to vomit theee "Hydatids" for some time, but at last it died away Thit I naturally left me we*k, but I continued with | the " Vitadatio," and gradually my strength « returned, until to-day I can houeaiiy stats I have never felt bettor in the who"c of my life. I coocider " Webber's Vitadatio" a miracle worker. I am well-known in Fitxroy, &aA tiicre ate many others just as much astonished at my cure as I am. I thai! be pleasid to speak to anyone and give them my own experience of the worth of " Webber's Vitadatio." You are at perfecb liberty to make what u*e you like of this tnstimonial. 1 may add I am now;able to da al my own household work ; a thing I have b jen unable to do for years.—Yours very gratefully, Mr ß ) CARRIE HOCKING WRneas-G X Hichard»ob, 19/9/99 VITADATI* Is a TRU;.y vs ONDER^ FUI. MHJUIUINR. Vitftdaiin S'litl i v«ijMvh(-.rn, 5-» 6d and 3s 6d Head Office fir NZ -39 Mauness Street, Wellington. Ask your Chemist, or Grocer for t. '!., 1. J. !i"J"LS."g;gi SHEKP COUMTRY ASHBUBTOH GORGE 3018 ACHES 801$ B*iog R.S. 31832, 31833, 31834, «* tbers. 1 his property nob having been sold by auction, cfilus are iavited for the par chase of tame. T. BULLCQg, TO Ji X T AT A LOW RENTAL, Brick Prrmi^es, convamoutly situated IB Taucred Wtrect, next to McConuell and Compton'e Scablef. Apply to !E BULLOOK j CHEAP MONEY I CHEAP MONfiY ORISAP MONET ;in sums jf €100 ™ £10,000, ON COUNTRY, CITY, AND SUBURBAN FREEHOLD, At Qi per cent. Terms of repayment of the most liberal character, which can be ascertained on enquiry. T7IOR FORMS OF APPLICATION AND *2 FULL INFORMATION' Apply to the DISTRICT MANAGER, Chriatcburoh. J. H. RICHARDSON, Government Insurances Commissions. CHftKTBIAS, 1899. WE HAVE NOW IN STOOK AND ARRIVING FOR OUR CHRISTMAS TRADE - LARGE SUPPLIES New Currants and Raisins, new Sttt tanas and Candid Pee'e, new Muscatels and Almonds, new Dnssicated Cocoanut and Silk-drcs3fd Icelng Sugar, new klnd« Fruits, including Aprico's, Pears, Peachefl, Pine Apple, and Table Plums, The Finest] TEAS and SUGARS in Town. NOW LANDING. A SHIPMENT of high-class Inglish China direct from iha Potteries. Ail^the latest Pa terns. al o — A SHIPMENT ot CHOICE CEBISIMAS NOTPLTIBS. Direct from Japan. Please send your Ordera early *n<l lige We are Agents for COLUMBIA, B.S.A. and LOV EL L DIA MOND, BICYCLES. CARSON & Co., TEA MERCHANTS AND BLENDERS GROCERS, AND IRONMONGBRB. Importers of Bicycles, Ironmongery 1, Glas and China. Takcbbd Stbbet, Ashburton, Smoks New Veuui