The Ashburton Guardian.

Voh xxi. no. 5235

Ashburton ; Friday, October 15, 1900

price ;One Penny

South African Prospects.

Sir J Gordon Sprigg, in hii Budget speech in the Oape Parliament, of whfca he is Premier, took a sangniM view,«f the outlook, both in the Ootony and in Swtfa Africa generally. Ht believes the war of 1900 will figure f* history only as a episode in the progresf of the South African States—calami. tous indeed for the tine, bat implying nopaaae in their development. H» assumes, however, that South Africa is destined to complete union nnder th« British tag, bat it will be a long tiara before .real peace and race friendship are established there, It is remarkable nevertheless, that commercial pros* perity has been so little affected by recent events. The Colonial trade returns are favourable, for, though the exporta show a decline in value, the falling-off is mere than accounted for by the single article of diamonds, the staple products of the soil exhibiting a decided increase. It is much for a Finance Minister to be able to say, after nearly a year of war. that he sees no necessity for imposing he* taxation, which is Sir Gordon Rprigg'f fortunate position. Many will com* plain, however, that the bulk of tha cost of the war has to be borne »y Britain.

Young or Old Sows for Breeders.

- ♦ A writer in the Orange Judd Faumtr says:—Much has been said and written about tbe comparatire merits of young and old sows for breading purposes. I tried to breed op my herd in this aaa* ncr: If I had forty brood bows and desired to retain the same number for the next year's breeding, I would care fully watch each sow with her litter, as a mother, nurse asd stickler, and just before tbe pigs were weaned I would discard the twenty sows which had raised me the twenty poorest lit* ters, No matter how fine a show animal a sow might be, if she raised a poor litter she had to go, unless 1 specially desired her for the show ring, and then she is pretty sure to get me into trouble, as I must explain why her pigs are not with her, or, if on ex hibition, why they are no better. As ft matter of policy as well ai finance, it were better to dispose of her, paying no attention to age .■ The sow that raises the beet litter et pigs I retain, no matter if ehe is 5 or 10 years old, so long as she raises my beet litter of pigs she it my best brood bow, and I will not discard her fora green untried one. Now to replace, the twenty sows I have discarded and turned into pork, I would Uke twenty sow pigg from the best sow, being care* ful to select them from litters of six to ten and all of the pigs in tke litter good ones. If a sow had eight or ten pigs and only one or two of the litter good, I would not select breeders from each b, litter, although that one or twe> might be among the very bell speci mens in the whole herd.

VOLUNTEERS.

A Mounted Rifle Oorpa has been form* ed ab Geraldine. At the meeting c»U*d for the parpose, Colonel Bailey explained that the district over which the present South Canterbury Mounted Company wm spread was too wid» to allow men to meet with facility. Ifc was thought wUe to divide the old corps into two, one taking in Te" mak» and Geraldine from the Waahtyk* np, and feha other* TimaruandSt. Andrews districts.



SHAW, SAYILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED, FOR LONDON. JfcJL "ROYAL MAIL STEA. flj3Hßh|h J* MERS, with superior woommodatlonforall classes N<# "viSW* of passengers, calling at Monte Video or Bio, Teneriffa and Ply month. Vessel [Ten jOommander From Date. Karamea 5464 Button ... Lytb'n Sept 22 Sothio -TOOKitfiey Wel't'nJan 31 CARGO STEAMERS] Ktiniam 16000 Scotland Wel'g'n Oob 25 Tokomaru [6258 Maxwell \ Nov Maori |S3l7Moffatt Nov E. W. HANMER~ Agent. fNH E /'.iV';- I;^.-^" NEW ZEALAND 2 I SHIPPING 00,'S LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR LONDON, te VJdee, BJeneriffe A Plymouth, 4 Probable final Steamers. Tone. Forb. Data, Wakatane 8000 Wellicgton Ootobor 111 Waimate 5610 - Oot — Wakanal 5706 — Nov 1 Fakaia 5628 — Nov — Puparoa 7000 -~ To follow Wfeikato 1767 — „ Bimutftka 7700 — „ (Fekoa 4050 — „ i Fapatmi 3803 — „ Otaratna 6372 —  R&agitikei 7700 ~ ,» Ruapeha BCQO — j^ fur further partlcnlara apply to ?RIEDLANDER BROS., Ltd. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Limited STEAMERS? SAII FROMLITTELTON AS OJSDER: E'er Weebport and Greymouth—Weekly Wallingfcon— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise mont in Ohristohnroh papers Dnnedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Ptcton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursday* The above are subject to alteration; eference should therefore be made to Ohriatchnrch daily papers fox dates and hour of sailing "For farther particulars apply to F FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton (successor 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'oiock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni ture, etc,, &a per arrangement in any part of the county. Advoncea made on all goods placed iv my hands for Sale. Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit sold pivately through the week, and at Auction en SATURDYS. Agkki: Norwich Onion Fire Insurance Company & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agenoy Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay moots from JiOs per month. HENRY S?EPHENSON, AUCTIONEER. A Branch Office hasj been opened by the undereigned at Messes Niooll 8r05.,E»9 Street, where they will oarry on practice as Bftrristeri and Solicitors. MAUDE k HABMAN, Solicitota, Christrch cfa Money to Lend at Lowest Current Rates* en Freehold Security. No Procuration *cc, MAUDE & HARMAB t 12 48 Ashburton. G. JESSON, PBAOTIOAL WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, TTAS EEMOVED to temporary premises KBXT MESSRS J. SIALY & 00. East Street. NEW^IEALAND INSUEANCE COMPANY. BSTABLISHED ... ... 1859. CAPITAL—ONB MILLION THE Premier and Wealthiest Colonial Company, Noted for Promptness and Liberality Paid-up Capital and Reserves, £400,000^ ' Fire and Marine Risks, Also, — Bisks on Growing Drops. Thmhing Machines, etc, accepted at lowest current rates. E. W. Hanmer, AGENT !



SEEDS. SEEDS. SEEDS. j i 3.1© 00. - !- SEASON. - - 19 00. Nimmo and Blair's FAMOUS STANDARD SEEDS VEGETABLE SEEDS FLOWEK SEEDS 3d. PER PACKET. Id* PER PACKET.! NIMMO AND BLAIR'S SEEDS GROW. FEW EQUAL, NONE BETTER* ?ALL THOROUGHLY TESTED BEFOREJJBEING BENTf|OUT. 4 OKDEK EARL.V - - j And have yow Seeds in hand I when it is time to bow.! CATALOGUES CAN BE HAD ON APPLICATION. FLOWEE SEEDS in one hundred Varieties. This liati irclude« bhe moßb hardy Tar'eli;a as well as the showiest, and each packet; contains more thva sufficient Ssed^to plant in an ordinary garden. SOW THEM AND YOU WILL NOD HAVE ANX" DISAPPOINTMENT. SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Makkei House, Asfaburton, NOTICE TO FARMERS." •^■E AEB GASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT IN ANI QUANTITY Please take your Samples to the Mill We can supply Oornaacks at cost price. CANTERBURY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. (ROLLITT AND C 0.,) D. WOOD, Manager 17th Maroh, 1900. W. STBANGX:, Sole Partners and X, COYEKDALE PEOPEIETOBSr „—_—_,——~:x: ' THE CHEAPEST WAT, THE BEST WAY, THE MOST SATISFACTORY WAY When buying anything ia tc&PATRONISE A [LARGE ESTABLISHMENT, such aa our own. We boy ENORMOUS QUANTITIES F EVERYTHING AT A TIME, AND WE BUY FOR HARD CASH, Consequently we can offer Patronß a very wide range of gooda AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL PURSES. For up to date Drapery, Stylish Dresses and Dress Goods, Fashionable Mantles and Jackets, exquisite London and Continental Model Millinery, &c, &o. t House Furniture and Furnishings, Wire Mattresses, Pare, Sweet Bedding, First rate Venetian and other Blindß, Ready Made Clothing (all these lines being manufactured by ourselves) WE ARE UNRIVALLED IN NEW ZEALAND WE ARE ALSO BESPOKE TAILORS, This great Department of oar Business being conducted on West End of Londo lines, STYLISH. PERFECT FITTINC.SUITS FROM £33 IT MAY NOT BE CONVENIENT FOB YOU To come to Town to see Vb ; if you cannot spare the time to come, yoa can WRITEJX) US. PATTERNS, PRICES, AND PARTICULARS post free on application to any address. HUNDREDS OF LADIES NOW SHOP WITH US BY POST, THIS 8t TEM WE FIND WORKS SMOOTHLY, EASILY, and PLEASANTLY AND GIVES GENERAL SATISFACTION. STRANGE^TIiOMPANY, CHRISTCHUROH.



WOOL, WOOL. WOOL I AM now making LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, FREE OF COMMISSION, upon all Wool placed In ray hands for sale, either in ABhburton, Ohrlstoharcb, Timara, or for Shipment). This Seaßoa'e WOOL SALEB for Canterbury have been fixai anise, [vl<:— CHRISTCHUBCH—November 22, 1900, December 13, 1900. January 17,1901, February 10,1901 TlMAßU—HoTember 30,1900, January 3, 1901, February 17, 1901 I shall be represented both at OHRISTOHUROH and TIMARU. WOOLPAOKS AND ALL STATION REQUISITES SUPPLIED AT LOWEST MARKET.' RATES DAVID THOMAS, A If H BURTON. f, j _____ PURp SEEDS, I have lately etectfld, regardless |of cott, th« MOST COMPLETE FEED CLEAN ING PLANT south of the line, an* I now aek Farmers to Inspect the same at work. I AM PREPARED TO CLEAN FOR FARMERS ANY DESCRIPTION OF SEEDS OR GRAIN AND WILL GUARANTEE TO GIVE THEM SATISFACTION T I can supply besb Ryegrass and Ofecksfoofc locally grown, also beet Clovers, dressed iy my own Machines, the purity of which must be seen to be appreciated AIso—HURST & SOiS'S ENGLISH OLOVERS,jTURMPS, RAPE, LUCERNE, TREFOIL, Ac. D. THOMAS ASHBURTON ASK YOUR SHOE DEALER FOR EVEEY /Z/? # # ENOOUBAGB PAIR / COLONIAL ouAßu--. BOOTS & SHOES, • »-■»"* »*• MANUFACTURED BY S. ANDERSON, TIMARU. H. M. JONES. H. M, JONES. STATIONERY BOOKS. ACCOUNT BOOKS. OPkA AHA ENVELOPES, imported direct. Commercial Envelope* 4t/l/»VW from 3s 6d per 1000; 5000 at 3s per 1000. Boxed Stationery, latest styles, from 6d,£9d, Is, 1b 6d, 2s box, PIANOS, ORGANS. 44 payments of £1 each will purchase a splendid overstrung, fall trichord, masßive iron-frame Piano, up-to-date in every particular. Only £1 required to be paid at time of purchase. Call and see this before yon buy elsewhere. I Organs from 10s per month; Pianos froof 20a per'montb. CRICKETING AND LAWN TENNIS MATERIAL Juet arrived, ex Gothic, from Wieden and Son's, London. RACQUETS, London inlaid, Victoria, Invicta, Champion, Match Popular BALLS, Plain and Covered, Slazenger's, Silvertown, Wiaden's. CRICKET BATS, Wareopp's, Wisden'sall cain, Duke's, Union, Hearnes and others. BALLS, Hearne's, Duke's, Wisden's, Craven, Match, and Practice Balls; H, M. JONES. LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. JUST ARRIVED PER «S.S RANGAtDIRA/ AT T. H. UNDRILL & CO.'S. tA« LINOLEUM. LINOLEUM. NEW & CHOICE DESIGNS AND COLOURS. LINOLEUMS AND OILCLOTHS. The Largest Stocks to Choose from, at Prices to suit all,|at T. H. UNDRILL & CO.'S. Also, Some Remnants at greatly reduced prices; also, a Large Assortment of Oilcloth for Dados. BEDSTEADST^BEDSTEADS. We have juat opened another Large Shipment of Brass and Iron Bedsteads in tha lateeb designs, direct from the Best Manufacturer in Birmingham, which enable* as to give yon the beat possible value, BEDDING & FURNITURE of all kinda made on the premiaea from the beat material. We invite all to inapeot our Stooka. No one pressed to bay, T. H. UNDRILL & CO., CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS] & UNDERTAKERS, TANORED BIREEX.LNext Building Society b Offloo



DON'T Naturm may care yooi NE6LEOT3 wrath without kid, bstyoc COUGHS. o»ort afford to ohanc* lh A cough that isltifc to core itself itslowlj overcome *t best, md there 1« apt to be som« WMfcmw left to make the next ooagh oomi •Mler. ~ Wt half etwo tmXlj good remedie* fbi ooaght and olds. BENJAMIN GUM if specially suitable forreoeni chills. Itii pleasant to take, oures very quickly, pre ▼ante infbtnatory symptoms and allayi annoying (totting and hacking cough*. TOWNEND'S CINNAMON CURB !■ specially suitable for ohronio oonghs, though it will break op a reoenb attack aa quickly as any'other medicine made—Cinna mon has been proved inPasteues Institute to possess great destructive power over all bacilli, whilst being perfectly harmless to ■ human being*. vVe have received some 1 flattering letters as to its efficacy in con- I sumption, bronchitis, asthma, dvseatry and ■ in typhoid fever. I Betmmin Gum Is 6dl and 2s 6d. Cinna I mon Cure 2s 6d; Obtainable everywhere [ folproprietorsand m ana facturers— Lcaeby | Wahoo 61P.G- Ooy, Ltd, Dunedi. S. H. GRAVES, SHAEBBROKER AND FINANCIAL AGENT, 185 HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST CHURCH & AT GREYMOUTH. E ELI ABLE Information on Dredgln Stocks. Correspondence Invited. Codks : Bedford McNeill'e, Moreing and Ncal's, A.B.C. Code (fourth Edition. MR F MAKEIG, Ashborton Representative TblegbapHio Addkess: GRAVES Chrlstchurch.l Greymouth—Brownlie, Greymouth LLEWELLYN OWEN. MCS.M. OBRTIFIOATED TBAOHER. LOCAL Representative of the London College of Music, and of the Maeica International College, EfANOFORTE, ORGAN, VIOLIN, MAN DOLINE, SINGING, HARMONY AND COUNTERPOINT. JWEAK LUNGS^S k Can get more Comfort, X More Nourishment, \ Flesh and Blood and Strength, out pi I 9• • • Lane s Emulsion of Cod Litffr Oil' Than from the Finest Beef. j Beef strengthens only the already healthy system. Lane's Cbeaboted Emulsion soothes Lung Coughs, and heals the irritated bronchial tubes. Ifc , gives warmth, strength, and vitality to ', the whole body. Nothing equals Lane's Ceeasoted Emulsion in nourishing properties. It is the one medicine that will positively cure Consumption, and make you fit for hard every-day work. It is Good for the Baby, •£• It is Good for the Man, : * It is Good for Old Age. Ask your Chemist for LANE'S. If he tries to sell you anything else, refuse it. ... PRICE 2s. ' Manning & Go's NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTS AND PINTS, THiB BEST IN THE MABKET Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES. Agents for Ashbnrfcon—Missus Shear* sun Bros. KIRNARD & WHITI, City Fork Shop, Havelock Street, HATE jttab opeued New Business in the Pork Line. Small goods of »H descriptions always on hand. The public are specially invited to oall and inspect Pork Sausages, (fresh.) Daily cash buyers dairy fed Pork. OSBOBN COOMBE, PIANO TUNER ft EXPERT (Late of London), TTISITS Ashbnrbon and snrroundinß dis V triots every four months, viz—March July* and November*] ORDERS may be left) with MR LLEWELLYN OWEN at his Mntio I Studio, Arcade OhamberSt Ashburtoo, or at Oommsrolal Hotel.



TO STUD HORSE OWNERS TTORSE CARCS & HORSS |REOSIPT BOOKS Printed at the MAIL a*d GVARDIAh Office with Neatnen and Despatch and nb Moderate Prices. TO Stand thb Season at Wellbeck, Tin«rald, the Imported Stallion OB LI G ADO Ormonde (winner Bend Or (winner of Derby and of Derby) J „ St. Leger and LUv ABneg u v | grandßireofPly *£j£? (w E . g »« Eox> ncr of Derby) co O Shotover (winner Hermit (winner "2 of Derby and of Darby) « £ w,° Thousand Strayshot, by g Guineas Toxopholite, the fc _ , sire Musket, d Trappist (winner • of the Stewards Hermit (winner q Cup at Good* of Darby) wood and one of § the mott bril- "~-—:——-—- 3 Is ilant horses of 3 3 his day) 3 s ■ v___ pq Macaroni (win O , ncr of Derby) Frivolity (wianer of Middle Park Miss Agnes (one Plate and Alt- of the greatest horp Park mares in the Stakeß) English SJtud Book) Obligado is one of the most faßhlonab y bred horses ever imported from England. His sire, Orvllle, ia by that greatchampion Ormonde, out of Sfaotover, who won amongst other races, the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby. His sire, Hermit, also woa the Derby, whilst her dam Stray Shot is a grand-daughter of that great mare Medloant, an Oaks winner and a dam of a Derby winner. Frivolity, the maternal granddam of (Jbligado. 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 the great champion Ormonde- The pedigree oi Obllgado, back only three removes, shows six Derby winners, together with a double strain of the great Hermit and Miss Agnes families — a blend ing of fashionable blood that can Dot fall at the stud. Obllgado met with a slight acddent laat winter, which prevented him being properly trained, but h<3 ia a beauti ful mover, and before meeting wlch his accident proved beyond a doubt that he was possessed of great paoe. There Is no more promising Imported alre in Australia or New Zealand. TERMS : — Thoroughbred Mates, 10 Guineas, A 'Limited Number of Halfbreds at 5 Guineas. Apply to E GATES, 96 Wellbeck, Tlnwald. T© STAND THIS SEASON, AT MR GUDSELL'S FARM, TIN WALD, And TravbiTthe Wakanui, Tinwhd, Longbbacs, & Hinds Districts— The Thoroughbred gt&Hion MAEQUIS OF ZETLAND, (Parkin Warbeok ll—Reverla-sred by Mb E Gates, at Grove Farm) MARQUIS of Zetland is a dark bay oolt with black points. He stands 15 hands 3 inches, htm graao strength and sub stance, and during his racing career he proved himself to ha one of the fastest) horses of the many good ojea bred on Grove Farm. Fees—Season £5 3s. For farther particulars apply to • R BURNETT, Tinwald i i ii > ■ TO STA^D AT ALLENTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT i . mmmn The Beaoti^ui Bay Hobse (16Jhds) GENEBAL TRACEY. (Record 6.4.) By Berlin-Jenny Trasey.Cbeth Imported SIRE of Victory 11, General Grigg, Experience. General Standish, Tracey Belle, General Shatter, and many others too numerous to mention For further particulars, appy to THOMAS HAROLD, 9 173 Groom in charge ™~~LOOF~ ~ CHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMERS COAL. OUTFOX has Trebled during the Us twelvemonths IT. IS USEi) EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Beat and Cheapest Steam •rod Household Ooal in the market. Used ia the Woollen Factory and Owste oury Flour Mills. GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRIOES G. T,"°PARK, mouwa? someba TO THE DEAF—A rich lady, cured of Deafness and Noises in the Head by Dr Nicholson's Artificial fiar Drums, gave £500 to his Institute, so that deaf people unable i to procure the Ear Drums may nave them free. Address No. 667 d, (The Nicholson Institute^ Loopcott. Gunnersbury London |



DUN LOP'S Does not Attempt to compete with inferior brands sold at cheaper prices. - i-^=r-. ■ ■ ._...''' [ The fact that It has ft larger T""""\Tlir* I m} Lml^^X" I gale th9n my other Tobacco L 1 I |^\ I I imported into Australasia I* _*^f J*>^W A V J mT 1. sufficient evidence that Its I superb smoking qualities fcave hit the public taste .W .



The Cukfew in the Islands.— One of the peculiar institutions on Manahiki Island (Humphrey's Island), which ii amongst the islands to be annexed by New Zealand,lla the curfew A bell la rang in the villages at e'ghto'cUck every evening, and all lights ranat go ont im mediately and the people keep qaiet, under penalty of a tine. The tnrl'men, or police, then go round to detect offenders. It remains to be seen whether Mr Seddon will endorse the carfew system when the island is annexed. A New Meat Maikbt.—The following telegram from New York appeared In the late San Francisco papers to demonstrate that frozen New Zealand mutton can be shipped in good condition to the United States:— A spring lamb, killed and drees* edinNew Zealand, has been sent to an importing firm in New York. It reached here on the (steamer Majestic, after a transportation of 16,000 miles. It li good and solid, despite the long journey of 70 days. In view of the fine quality, cheapness, and abundance of lambi in New Zealand, the experiment Is regarded with interest by New York bntchera. A Keminder—We with to remind all who may require new «ui«s &o» " before the Show," thab we have already opened cub a large variety of New Goods for the Spriig and Summer seasons, comprising the mort 11 up to date " best quality werste suitings, &o, imported direct from the manufacture™. For a number of years we have always had such a " Bush " of orders juit before the holidays, that we found it impossible to execute all by the required time; We would therefore respectfully urge all our friend (both old and new) to kindly call and favour us with their eiteemed orders as early at possible to prevent disappointment, and blige Cbaighhad k Bbrryma*. the leading Sailors and Outfitters, Alhburton JUST OPENED—Fishing Tackle, Fee «.« Kamnea from London. The latest Bods, Minnows, Lines, Gaff Hooks et&ete early inepeoWon invUed.-HARDiiW BWi