The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol xxi. no. 5209

Ashburton : Saturday, September 15, 1900.

price : One Penny

Stealing Our Men.

South Africa, when the war is over,

wili have a keen hunger for population, and is already showing a very anxioui desire to keep as many Australians as possible, and even to tempt to it«

shores Australians who have no 1-, yet

betaken themselves thither, The Char tered Oompany, for example, is offering to members of the colonial contingent! farms in Rhodesia with a mod est equipment of stock, and.a email yearly retaining fee for military service. Sjjmlh African mining syndicates are making tempting, but somewhat vague, offers to secure miners from Australia, and talk of carrying off 10,000 worker! from this class alone. This seem? a somewhat ungrateful return for the service the colonies have rendered South Africa, Yet it is to be feared that many Australians—not in the least to their own advantage—will be tempted to betake themselves to the Transvaal. At the present moment to go there in search of work is but a form of suicide. The towns which are free from the war are crowdad with multitudes who want work and cannot find it, and many of whom have to be fed by charity. It is certain that South Africa can offer to workers nothing better than what Australia now gives. But the migratory instinct beats strongly in Australian blood, and these colonies may lose consider ably in what they most need—popula tion.

TAXIING THE INCORPOREAL.

Referring to a loading article In our last i'suo commenting on the Land and Income Investment Bill, the following from the Napier Telegraph ia interesting: —If the Governmenthave altered their views as to the property tax, and desire to ace it once mora tha law of the land, the straightforward courss to pursue would be to bring down a Bill to thateud. To attempt to revive it under the guiee of a land tax meaaure at» comprehensive as to include as taxable the very Tapu of the Maoris, the portals of the spirit world ab Te Reinga, and even the patriotic sentiments of the Opposition, doee not suggest itself as strictly fair. Ib ia possible even thab bhose who hold a good opinion of the Governmanb—and surely that) is ' incorporeal' enough—might, under the definition we object to, be called upon to 'back their fancy' by means of a money payment. We suggeat that this is going too tar. If the property tax is now regarded as necessary let us have it back by all meanß, but let us have it undisguised, and also let us draw tha line at the confines of the material world, leaving Chateaux tn Est agne and ' dwelling* not made with hands "' un voted by the taxgatherer.

RAILWAY MATTERS.

United Press Aaaooiation—By Eleotrio Telegraph

Wellington, September 14

A deputation oi Sonth Island members waited on the Premier and Mr Hall-Jones this morning. They stated thab they were not antagonistic to the prosecution of the North Island Main Trunk Line, bub they had a duty to perform to their consti tuents, and objected to that railway receiving an unfair advantage over other equally important lines in the south. The Premier siid thab it was a mistake to suppose thab he intended to give the North Island Trunk Line an excessive sum to the disadvantage of the railways in the south. Referring to the statement that had been published to the effect than he promised a vote of £350 000 to the North Island Line this season he gave the statement an emphatic denial. What he proposed to do was to give a slight preference to the North Island Line and he would test the sincerity of the North Island members who advocated the line by reducing the vote for other lines there to enable that to be done.

THE RUSSIAN ARMY.

Rusßia has more men than she c&n give a thorough training to, and out of her bountiiul supply (a writer in the "Leisure Hour" states) she only takes 275,000 for her active armies, the re mainder being sent at once to the reserve, where they get six weeks drilling twice a year, or to the second reserve in which the drill is lighter. She has three armies with different terms of service. In Eur ope her men are five 5 ears in the active army (really four, owing to the long fur loughs,) thirteen in the reserve, and five in the second reserve , in Asia they are seven years in the active army and six in the reserve ; in Caucasia they are three years in the active army and fifteen in the rtserv. All are liable to twenty one yiars of duty except the clergy, the doc tors, and the schoolmasters \



SUAW, SAVILi, AND ALBION OOMPiNY, LIMITED, FOR LONDON. jj^J. OOYAL MAtL STEA oHflfcu X* MIRS, with superior \fjslwß&x' accommodation for all classes Monte "Video 0* Rio, Teneriffe and Ply. month. Veaael Ton Commander From I Date. Gothio _ 7730 Kldley Wel't'n Sept 13 loni _ 4748 Kempson... — I CARGO STEAMERS. Detphio 8273 3owden jLyttt ton' June 2 Waiwera 6200 Stuart | Aotea 6364 Evans E. W. HANMEii. Agent. ~-^ 'Jfl.H E jSJ/NKB? new zealab™* j£HPgg»3HIPPINO OO.'S LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR LONDON, te Video, Teneriffe Si Plymenfch. Probable finaT Bteanaera. Tone. Port. Date. Wakatane 8000 Wellington October 11 Waimate 5610 — Oct — Wakanui 5706 — Nov 1 Sakaia 5628 — Nov — Paparoa 7000 — Co follow W&ikato V-4767 — „ Rimutaka 7700 — „ Tekoa 4050 — Papaaui 3803 — „ Otarama 6372 —  Raagibkei 7700 — Ruapehu 8000 — „ Per farther particulars apply to j ffRIEDLANDER 8R05.,, Led. UNION STEAMSHIP~OOMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Limited FRCMLYTTELTON AS UNDER: For Weabport and Greymouth—Weekly Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise ment in Christchurch papers Dunedin — Mondays), Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdaya Nelson and Pioton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate ,> Thursdays . The above aro subject to alteration ; eference should therefore be made to Ohrlatchurch dally papers for dates and hour of sailing J^For farther particulars apply to F FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton >li w— I—mi www win ■ pmi nn Ihiin iin ■inmnw— iiiiiii nmi mi "hBNRY'"sTBPHENBOn7" (duceessor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY BALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni ture, etc., aa per arrangement in any part of the county, Advonces made on all gooda placed in my hands for Sale. Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit sold pivately through the week, and at Auction on SATURDYS. AGES7T: Norwich Onion Fire Insurance Company k Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay mental from SSO§ per month. HEKRY STEPHENSON. AUCTIONEER. _-__-^«-—______„__________. ""■"""' A OABD. t A Branch Office been opened by the undersigned at Mbssbs Niooll Bros., Eaa Street, where they will carry on practiced Barristers and Solicitors. MAUDE & HARMAN, Solicitors, Christrch cb Money'bo Lend at Lowest Current Rates en Freehold;, Security. No Procuration *cc. ' MAUDE & HARMAN t 12 48 Ashburbon. Prank Curtis. Watchmaker, & «Te-wels©r. WEDDING PRESENTS AVERY Choice variety in Elecbro-plate and Sterling Silver, including a beau tiful lot of Doulton ware, etc., at prices to auib the times. INSPECTION INVITED As 'usual my stock of Gold Rings and Brooches, Charms, Muff Chains, Watches, etc., is the largest and beat selected in the district. SPECIAL ROOM FOR CHOOSING IF REQUIRED. Wedding rings and keepers ISct, of my own manufacture I make a apecial line of, and are well worth inspecting being far and away better finished than bhe ordinary article, ana costing no more. It will pay you to call and see them. Your old gold, rings, etc, re-made in the aame style and finish at nominal cost. Wedding rings ALTERED IN SIZE WITHOUT CUT TING WHILE WAITING, BY SPE CIAL MACHINERY. Silver watches from 30s upwards, a fu stook of Rothernms, Walthams, etc, ftlwaya on hand. Spactaoles specially fitted for reading st mghfc. Spectacle fitting by my system is nob gueas work, glasses being fitted to suit the eight perfectly in every case. a special room for testing. Glasses from 2s 6d. Test ing free. Repairs as usual, neat, prompt, and reason able. Silver charms iv great variety from la i p ward a.



NEW GOODS j FOR WINTER. NICHOLAS &' PIGKFO«D TTAVE pleasure in informing their numerous Patrons thab they have landed • ex Mamari' another shipment of 0 Boots, Shoes, Slippers, and E v eni n g Shoes FOB WIINXJSIEfc Included amongst these are Ladies' Gentlemans', and Childreos' Warm Slippers, (A splendid variety,) The whole of our Imported Goods have been purchasod direct from the Manufacturers and marked off at the very lowest margin of profit; and we confidently assert that in no other shop in the district can a better assor ted Stock, at such uniformly low prices be found. EVENING-SHOES Upwards of 20 different Styles in Laeies' Evening Shoes to choose from, prices from 3s to 18s 6d ", Gentle mens' Court Shoes in ail styles, and at wonderfully low prices. NICHOLAS "& PICKFORD, EAST STREET.



. SffiEDS. SEEDS. SEEDS. ■ 190 0!. - :- SEASON!, - - :i;9oo. Nimmo and Blair's FAMOUS STANDARD SEEDS VEGETABLE SEED 3 . FLOWER SEEDS 3d. PER PACKET. Id. PER PACKET. NIMMO AND BLAIR'S SEEDS GROW, FEW TQUAL. NONE BETTER; I ALL THOROUGHLY TESTED BEFORE BEING OUT. IIf^O&DER KaKJjY - - And have your Seeds in hand when it is time to sow." CATALOGUES CAN BE^HADION APPLICATION. FLOWER SEEDS in aa*'hundred varieties si This Hbo Includes the most hardy varieties aa well as the showiest, and each packet contains more than sufficient Seed to plant ia an ordinary garden. SOW THEM AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY DISAPPOINTMENT. _.(x) SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Makket House, Ashburton. DAVID THOMAS, AUCTIONEER, LAND, INSURNCS % BMr\r<S I*!WC VALUATOR, WOOL & GRAIft BROKER, ASHB U£R T O N. L^ana Negotiated Weekly Sales of Livestock —Tinwald and Ashburton "alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc,,;on Mondays Sales of Wool Throughout tha Season Grain Bought ana Sold on Commission Clearing Sales aa p^r arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sales held on Saturdays Horse Fairs held Monthly AGENT FOR— Matson and Co., Christchurch Booth, McDonald and Co., Christchurch White's Sheep Dip Walter A. Wood Co. Bowron Bros." Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Font Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Co, Dunedin Belfast Manures Vacuum Oil Company's Agricultural Oila PLANET JR., GARDEN AND FIELD TOOLS. ■ ■ :x-~— RARAIA DISTRICT SALES. I Have made arrangements with MESSRS HARDY & CO., Merchants, Rakaia, to act as my AGENTS for all Auctioneering Work In th*t District, and in con withthem it will be my endeavour to make the RAKAIA SAL.E A SUCCESS. DAVID THOMAS, fAshburton I have the following propertieß in my hands for Sale— 2000 ACRFS WRSTERSTELD. 600 „ CORWAR 1750  BANGITATA 1000 „ LAURISTON ALSO— A complete Suburban Property, containing &7"Acres, Graham's Road j 23 Aorea, Dromore, opposite the school, live fence, well watered, half in crop,' half in grass D. THOMAS ASHBURTON ■■—■urn ' i ' '■■r ll ■■■■■ ■ ' i



Manning & Go's NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTS AND PINTS, THE BEST IN~THE MARKET Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES. Agents for Ashburton—Messrs Shear man Bsos. LOOK OiIEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMERS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the las twelve months IT IS ÜBEO EVERYWHERE. Thia Coal is tho Best and Cheapest Steam Household Coal in the market. Used in tho Woollen Factory and Canto oury Flour Mills, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES io *' G. T, PARK, MOUNOD SOMERS. »



- 28/: OG IN USE IN THIS COLONY MBM—MM| j" II I, ■ town I I I INfMf fif-SSRrI! I J SHAdP.CerKjI || fcj jr^— *^ j j 1 !«____»l 1 Vs^j^i j_f A Riii_y__^_pj> ■•■ THEY BURN LIGNITE, TRUE GOAL OR WOOD UP TO 2ft 6in NO SETTINGIREQUIRED. W^'th Stove Pipe can be worked out in the open. SPLENDID BREAD BAKERS. With Oaat Iron or Copper Boilers. The Copper Boilers are large and Tin.lined inside REPAIRS ARE A MINIMUM. Made in 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, LTD., SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, Peikokb Street, DUNEDIN. SMO X E ON L V NE VV __ (o) __ VENUS PERFECT TOBACCO, "M"*yt —■—- *-"---—»"-^- °-—-nrrn nwi-nmrrw rrr "rinr 111 ■I\r 11 r 111 wlml"H ii n 111" \ - ii*rnr tmi-ii r t hit 1" -rr -ir ttut irr in urif 1 f HI~aMH 1 m 111 i.i'nii 11 ill ti^T^nm CT' "r. STJRArXGriS] eor.E Partners ako X, OOVE2KZ>A._,KS Pbopbietoes. THOUSANDS Will be Interested to Know that Our Monster Stock-taking Sale IS —N O W -ON = AT CHRISTCHUECH. A T thia GREAT SALE it ia our Custom, every year to SACRIFICE the ENTIRE BALANCE OF OUB WINTER STOCKS EVERYTHING HAS TO GO !-Beoause, you see, roomlbas toVbe made—somehow— 1 for SPRING AND SUMMER SHIPMENTS ALREADY BEGINNING ,TO ARRIVE. , In order to effect as complete a clearance as possible, we shall make SWEEPING REDUCTIONS in EVERY DEPARTMENT. Even plain Household Goods, such as Calicos and Cottons J generally (made and unmade) will be reduced ; also the price of Suits and Single Garments, , both to order and ready-made, Furniture, Bedding, and everything we make and sell, GOODS OF FASHION. I Jhe same remark applies to "GOODS OF FASHION," such as our Exquisite London ( and Parisian MOD XL MILLINERY, our Stylish Winter Dresses and Dress Gooda for Sveniog Wear, and our lovely Winter Jackets, Mantles, Capes and Macintoshes, all of ' which Must be Sold for what they will Bring, as wb never carry over such goods from | season to season* Ouite possibly you may exclaim,., on reading the above, «0«, I AMI HO SORRY!" But I live so far away from Christchurch I can'b get there to attend the Sale. That doesn't matter in the least, since you can do as HUNDREDS already do, SHOE* WITH U© E4Y POST if you can't shop with us in person ! GET A CATALOGUE. The first thing to be done is to get a Sale Catalogue (they have been well circulated already, but if you haven't got one we will send you one Post Free on application ) Having got your Catalogue read it carefully through (you will find it really interesting), make your selections, write down yonr requirements ph plainly as possible, enclose Stamps P. 0.0. or Postal Notes to vale of Goodß, and—drop your letter in the Post Box, and ! WE WILL DO THE REST By return Train, Poat or Coach, as the case may be, your Parcel shall be forwarded— and we will take as much care to please you at though you walked up to one of our counters and made your purchase personally. If we are Sold Out of the precise line you want ws will send the Nearest Thing to it, and if you are not satisfied then, we will return you your money DON'T MISS THE CHANCE this Sale presents to you to secure E,XTBtA.O]BI>IrNikMY BARGAINS, THE SALE WILL SOON BE OVER, AS IT POSITIVELY ENDS ON 1 Axigpust 31, 1000 < STRANGE~&~COMPANY, CHRISTCHURCH. ' I; 1



/^\l|i£t'iS SHOULD ALWAYS Si^OKK "^ I !°FjL OER RY Tobacco % man J,iJ!BM_MWa~fc~aaMWa^^ I It is a Gol4 t\'w& of gerKra.l satisfaction to all wrjo understand wb&t • . ■ a §gq<l pipe of tobacco Is ■ •



TO STAND THIS SEASON IN ASHBUBTON, Tin Well-known Trotting Stallion, PBINOB IMPEEIAL, i By Hatnbhtonian Ball Boy — Princess. 1 For further particulars app-y 8148 j. McDonnell, i TO TRAVEL THIS BEAS.ON IN THE Ashburton Gorg^, Aiford Forest, ard Methven Dis riots, THE THOROUGHBRED HOUSE CAJOLEBY, By Apremont, dam Flattery, by Traduoer, dam Misa Flat, by Peter Flat CAJOLERY is a well proportioned, hand so aae, fine quality ohestnut horse, standing 15.3 on steel bar like legs, and he left the turf sound in every respect. His performances stamp bim one of the most brilliant fat horses we have bad, and he was a c'ever fencer and a master of weight His pedigree cannot be surpassed Tebms—£4 4? wi>h guarantee; groomage fee ss; £J2 12a 6d season For further particulars apply ii. TILLET, Groom in charge ; Or, W T DOAK, Mount Somers TO TRAVEL IN THE ALFORD FOREBT, MOUNT SOMERS AND MAYFIELD DISTRICTS,; THE DRAUGHT STALLION LABOURER, (Four years o!d) LABOURER is by Workman, Dam, Lively 11. by Lord Bsaconsfield (106}; 2nd dam. Lively by Lincolnshire Traveller (imp); 3rd dam by Prince of Dsnark, and bred by Mr Scaly nf Timaru. Workman by lord Dunmore (180), Dam Annie (573), by Kilbowie (73) (imp) from Scotland—second dam, Jeannie Deans (263) ; third dam, Maggie Craig (262) (imp) from Scotland by the late Mr Walls. Terms—£3 10', guaran tee for three mares ; for larger number as per agreement. The season £2 10s ; groom age fee 5?. For further particulars apply C. Green, groom in charge, or Andrew McFarlanb, owner. TO Stand this? Season at Welibeck, Tinwald, the Imported Stallion OBLIGADO Ormonde (winner Bend Or (vinner of Derby and of Derby) St. Leger and l^Ta,, D6Bi b y S grandaireofFly. M aoimni (win . £ ing lox) nerofDerbv) co O Shotover (winne r Hermit (winner *2 of Derby and of Derby) « Two Thousand §^^ho% b~y | Guineas Toxopholite, the h aire Musket. 6 Trappist (winner - of the Stewards Hermit (winner q Cap at Good- of Derby) wood and one of O the most bril- —. "— ■ § g liant horses of oh O 3 hia day) pt, __ _ . , - . pq Macaroni (win Oner of Derby) Frivolity (winner of Middle Park Miss Agnes (one Plate and Alt- of the greatest horp Park marea in the Stakea) English Stud Book) Obligado Is one of the mosb fashionably bred horses ever imported from England. Hia sire, Orvllle, is by that greatchampion Ormonde, out of Shotover, who won amongst other races, the Two Thousand' Guineas and the Derby. Hia sire, Hermit, also won the Derby, whilst her dam Stray Shot is a grand-daughter of that great mare Medicant, an Oaks winner and a dam of a Derby winner Frivolity, the maternal granddam of Obligado. was a very brilliant mare, winning, amongst other races, the Middle Park Plate, and she is one of the great Agnes family ; in fact, Frivolity is full sister in blood to Lily Agnes, the dam of thegre3t champion Ormonde. The pedigree of Obligado, back only three removes, shows six Derby winners, together with a double strain of the great Hermit and Misa Agnes families -a blend ing of fashionable blood thab cannot tail at the stud. Obligado met with a slight accident last winter, which prevented him being properly trained, bub he is a beauti ful mover, and before meeting with his accident proved beyond a doubt that he was possessed of great pace. There is no more promising Imported sire in Australia or New Zealand. TERMS : — Thoroughbred Mares, 10 Guineas. A 'Limited Number of ' Halfbreda at 5 Guineas. Apply to •E GATES, 9 96 Welibeck, Tinwald. < TO STAND THIS SEASON. AT MR GUDSELL'S FARM, r!TN WILD, And Travel the Wakanui, Tinwald, longbeach, & hlnds districts — The Thoroughbred Stallion MABQUIS OF ZETLAND, (Perkin Warbeck ll—Reverie—(Bred by Mr E Gates, at Grove Farm) MARQUIS of Zetland is a dark bay colt with black points. He stands 15 hands 3 inches, has great strength and sub- Btance, and during his racing career he f roved himself to be one of the fastest horses of the many good ones bred on Grove Farm. Fees—Season £3 3s. For further particulars apply to RBURNETT, Tinwald mONKING'S Ltoaeed Emulsion, which I has come to stay in Ashburton is a certain cure for coughs, colds, and all cheat complaints. Sold by all local chemists and Grocera i« bottles, la 6d and 2s 6d,



SA^VIDXBK. &, wons* Buca. lypti .Extract. Under tho distinguished patronage of Hh Majesty the King of Italy, as per communica' ' bion mado by the Minister for Foreign Affair* through the Consul-General for Italy, at Melbourne, March 14, 1878. Awarded diploma at the Ams< erdam Exhibition, 1883. Acknowledged by Medical Clinics and Universities all over the Globe. There are imitationß of Eucalypti Extract jo bhe market, products of simple distillation forming crude resinous oils. In order that the# crude oils muy not be taken, OUR PURE VOLATILE EOCALYPT EXTRACT, which is recognised by the iiedical division of the Prussian Governmen to be of perfectly pure origin, as pc information forwarded to ua through th Consul at Melbourne, March 2 1873, w bate:— It isproved by testa by the Medical 0 i en of tho Universities at Bonn and Greifswald Prussia, and reported by Dr. Schulz.Professor of Parmacology, at Bon, and Professor Dre Mossier, Director »f the Medicni Clinics at Greifswald, that only products that are saturated with oxygen a j.l freed of acids, resinous and other substances, adherent lo primary distillation, will develope the sanative qualities proper to the plan, AH crude oils, orsocaliod Kucalypti Extracts are to be classed according to the named authorities, Among the turpennines, whioh ire abandoned long since as an internal medicament. These crude oils, or so called Kucalypti Extracts, are discernible :— i By their deficiency in pungent odour— which our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extract develops mosb freely through its surplus oxygen. 2 By their alooholio thin and mobilo appear ance being reduced in specific density through hue presence iff acids. 0 By their taste, the result of bhe contracting tendency of resin? and tennates. if these crude oils, so-c iled eucalypti extracts, are applied by mista :e in cases of croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, internal anfiamations, dysentery, etc., the con sequences are mosb appalling. For safeby iako ask always for SANDER & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. — Sand-urefe Victoria, Australia. SANDEH & SONS. pignßßn>aaaaßßMaaaHaMMHß"j I Silenced 6ougli I ® MANY COUGH REMEDIES I ■ RELIEVE THE SYMPTOMS j I ' AND NOT TOE DISEASE, j { They contain Opium or other I Narcotics that drug the Cough into | silence—but that is not Curing. The right way to cure a Cough is to cure it to stay cured. The right ! remedy must go to ! v 1 Mpjr* the real source of I I i\ iH H, the trouble and JUi*llJU _f remove it. @ •CREASOTELI • EMULSION. I© of Cod Liver Oil i I is such a Remedy. It stimulates the I secretions, soothes and heals the irri- Itatcd surfaces, cures the Cough, and imparts health to the whole body. I It is an Absolute Cure for Consumption i • 1 All Chemists sell I LANE'S CREASOTED EMULSION. I * . . PRICE 2s. . . I PLANTEKOA IT CURES-- — T>EAD the following Testimonials, and Judge for yourself ? "THE DOOTOB SURPRISED AT THE IMPROVE MENT.'' Richmond Straeb, Peton*, September 28,1899 The Proprietors of *' Plantekoa." Sirs,—For some time past I have been a martyr to Indigestion, Chronic Liver Trouble, and General Debility. F»,r days ab a time I used to be in agony with pain in the region of the stomach, and all the medicines 1 tried gave me no relief. I was attended by the doctor for some time, with no permanent result. Being advised bo take your Botanic Remedy, I am pleased to say I acted on this advice, and One Bottle has made a complete change in me. My friends (the doctor included) are all remark ing about the wonderful improvement in my appearance, and I c»n honestly recommend Plantekoa to all who suffer as I have done. Youra sincerely, MR3 J. SMITH. Got hia Thumb jammed in the door of the Guard's Van, but '• Plantekoa" Oint ment healed it in a Fortnight. Taita, October 15,1899 Proprietors " Plantekoa." Dear Sirs,—l am writing to inform you that I have used your Plantekoa Ointment with mo9t gratifying results. About five months ago I had the misfortune to get my hand caught in the door of the guard's van at the Lower Hutb Railway station. My thumb was badly crushed, and in a few hours ib was terribly swollen and as black as my hat. Some of my friends stated that iti would be necessary to have my thumb taken off, and I thought nryself thab I would require surgical aid. Having your Plantekoa Ointment in the House (we always keep it), 1 had my thumb bandaged with it, continu ing the application for several days. The result was astounding In a fortnight ib was completely healed, and as sound as it was before the accident. It is with pleasure I send you this note that other sufferers may be induced to try Plantekoa. Yours truly, WILLIAM WHITTINGTON Ask your Chemist or Storekeeper for it. Agents-AUSTBAL BOTANICCo., East St. JJIOR Ranges, Register Grates, and "i Mantelpieces try Habdles: Bbcs, who offer Bpeoial inducement to purchasers Large stocks now to hand,



"DON'T Nature may cure your NEGLECT cough without aid, hut you COUGHS, can't afford to ol anoe it» A cough that ia lefb to cure itself ia Blowly overcome at best, and there ia apt to be aome weakness left to make the next cough come easier. . We have two realty good remedies for coughs aud colds. L BBNJAMIN GUM is specially suitable for recent chilh. It it pleasant to take, cures very quickly, pre vents inflamatory symptoms and allaya annoying tickling and hacking coughs. TOWNEND'S CINNAMON CURE is specially suitable for chronic coughs, though it will break up a recsnt attack as quickly as any oiher medicine made—Cinna mon haa been proved iv Paateuea Institute to possess great destructive power over all bacilli, whilst being perfectly harmleaa to human beings. vVe have received soma I filtering letters aa to its efficacy in eon- I sumption, bronchitis, asthma, dvsuntry and in typhoid fever. Benj vmiu Gam Is 6d and 2% bd. China monOure 2a 6d; Obtainable everywhere ; , soleproprietoraand manufacturers— Loasby's Wahoo M.P.G. Coy, Ltd, Duocdio,