TMfIrASHBURTON dUARDIAti-.* THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1900

Printed and published by Hbnry Wilms i f Pater Street, Ashburton, for the Propria tors, at their Printing Office, Burnett Street, Ashburton, THURSDAY, March 29, 19QQ



riIEACHER of Pianoforte and Organ. X For terms, etc., npjily at Residence Corner of With and William Streets neir ; Wakanui Road East. | ' to ba~kkr¥~"~ " TO LET, at a low Rental—Triangle Bakery and Shop, centrally situated, nrb far from the Railway Station. \ T RULLOOK j E& 8. KNIGHT are buyers of al ! I* kinds of i-econd-hand Goods. Ad- | oining Mrs Knight's Boardinghouse- . ■■ ■■ 1 WANTED— A really good quiet Cow, about four years old. Apply MAIL »nd GCARDIAK Office, TY7E ARE ALREADY PREPARING TO MEET FASHION'S DEMANDS FOB AUTUMN AND WINTER, 1900 And we take this opportunity of THANKING OUR MANY CLIENTS FOR THE VERY LIBERAL SUPPORT ACCORDED CS DURING OUR SALE SEASON, NOW CLOSED. J. Ballantyne & Co., OASHEL STREET, OHRISTCHURCH. ANTED KNOWN—Removal of the old established firm of Mitchell & Turner, from old premises in Tancred Street to New Shop in Burnett Street. ' FOB SALE^ TOWN PROPERTY IN PETER STREET, viz:— DWELLING of 4 rooms, with scullery, and % acre, opposite the Baptist Tabernacle, being Town Secbit n 782, good land, nice garden, and orohasd planted with fruib trees ; there is also a small stable at back ; the Property of Mr T. Sleeman, who purposes remosing to Tinwald. Terms and full particulars furnished by the undersigned. T. BULLOCK. E. T. CLARK, GRAIN AND PRODUCE BROKER, & GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, Tancred Street, Ashburton. SAMPLES of Wheat, Oats. Barley, Clovers, and other Seods submitted to Buyers; highest prices obtained. I have been appointed Agent in Ashburton by the Government Poultry Expert ro ship ment of Fou'tty to tha Home Market. This industry is goin;; to 1)3 a big one soon. Poultry breeders should call and get ful particular?. I am Agent for Messrs D and W Gibbs (of London) Sheep Dips. If you want your wool to Ijok well, rhear we'll, and sell well, use <3il>t>»'' s^lieep X>ip» (Established in 1?12) The cheapest, ami mo.'t effrctive Dip in the m rkot. A C.ient writes bo the Manager of the Otago Farmers' Co o.\ Company as followß :—"ln response) to your enquiries concerning tho results produced by the use of Gibbs' Dip on my sheep, which were very bid with ticks—Upon the following morning of the dipping I examined a number of the animals carefully, and could not find any live ticks. The sheep in question were fully "wool led when dipped, and as yon know were afterwards exhibited at the Manitoto A and P how, where they all secured prizes in iheir respective classes. I would have readily offered anyone £1 each for every live tick they could find. lam well satisfied with the Dip, and can confidently recommend it as a thoroughly effectual preparation, which leaves the wool in good condition.—(Signed) Edward Dow, Ranfurly, Central Otago I am Buying Agent for all classes ot Merchandise in the British, American, and Continental Market. Indents a specialty Get your goods direct from bhe manufacturers and save money. A Few Articles You Should Use :— Use Gibbs' Sheep Dip Use Richmond and Co, London, Gas Stoves Use Henry Wells Oil Co. (London) Oils for machinery UeQ J Hollis and Sons' B;cyclee, "The Hollia," easy terms Use S McCausland (Belfast) Field and Garden Seeds Use Murchison's Scrub Exterminator on Californian Thistles Use Knowles (Melbourne) Spray Pumps in the Orchard Use Knowles (Melbourne) Insecticides on American Blight Use Preservatia for preserving Butter Use Petaluma (America's best) Incubators for raising Chickens Use Kemp's Sheep Branding Liquid to brand your sheep Use Jadoo Fibro to grow Pot Plants Use Clark's Calf Feeders to rear Calves Use Normal Powder Company's Cartridges when out nooting Use Norton's Egg Preservative to preserve Eggs Use Kempthorne's Crushed Bones an Poultry Spice in the Poultry Yard Come to me for Flour, Bran. Pollard, Oats, Chick Wheat, Potatoes, Chaff. fc 16 D" LAVILLE'S (S) LIQUOR Has a world-wide reputation as being the best specific. I LITERATURE ON APPLICATION j F. COMAR & FILS, 20, Rue dcs FossSs-St-Jacques, PARIS [ AND OF ALL CHEMISTS I 528 lilil4'Ji(^llMul



: IMPORTANT NOTICE. | I DON'T FORGET | - mO Gall ard Fee our stocks of FANCY GOODS,' suitable far ( PRESENTS, and those preparing for Friends should see us for BEDSTEADS, BEDDING, AND ALL OTHER HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS PERAMBULATORS 1 PIANOS, W^SmU EWING MACHINES FANOY CHAIRS " DRAWING BOOM j^^^^^^^k DINING ROOM , WIOKER CHAIRS. FURNITURE, Etc. Carpets, Linoleums, Rugs, Mats, Etc. UST ARRIVED—A LARG EI ASSORTMENT OF BAMBO VERANDA BLINDS T. H. UN DRILL & CO., CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, & UNDERTAKERS, TANCRED STREET, opposite Akoadb. THE TOWN WAS ASTONISHED AND NORTHCOTE& HEFFOIII) Have been Congratulated on all sides on their Loyely Display of Novelties and Millinery. Their Lady Friends and any number of folks present: regular Customers) acknowledged freely that the VALUE Shown and the TASTEFUL DESIGNS of their MODELS Excal by far any* previously'exhibited in Ashburton and District, • — (*)— A free INVITATION is extended to ALL to view our GREAT SELECTION. NORTHCOTE & HEFFORD, CASH DRAPERS, MILLINERS, DRESSMAKERS, & OUTFITTERS, "THE CORNER." ■ New Zealand Insurance Company. ESTABLISHED '"""L. „ 185 9 CAPITAL^OnFMILLION. THBPBEMIEB ANd"~WSALTHIEST COLONIAL COMPANY, NOTED FOR PROMPTNESS AND LIBERALITY PAID-UP CAPITAL AND RESERVES—^OO,OOO. FIRE AND 'MARINE RISES. ALSO,— RISKS ON GROWING CROPS, TBRESBING MACHINES,&&o s ACCEPTED AT LOWEST UURRENT RaTBS E W. HANMER New Premises. New Premises, SALE ! SALE ! SALE ! THE OJL» MUST GIVE PLACE TO THE NEW. riIHE BUILDERS b&iDg ready to commence operations to build OUR NEW PREMISES, we haye decided to clear [several LINES of GOODS in lieu of removing them. For one Month we will give such rebate to our Customers that will eventuate in clearing the lot. ELECTRO-PLATED WARE.—AII Genuine Goods. BOHEMIAN GLASSWARE FENDERS & FIRE IRON S.--gplendid Value, Also—The Whole of our Stock of WALL PAPERS at present in the racks. To those who wish to decorate their homes, now^is the time. W. H. COLLINS & CO., HARDWARE EMPORIUM, EAST STBEET, ASHBURTON. Telephose—l4 and,; 15. P.O. 80x— 35, J



™ST H. !M. JONFS. STMET BICYCLES. BICYCLES , zrBICTCLK S.== HAVING EECEIVBD k SHIPMENT OF THE FAMOOB " ARENA " CYCLES, I am prepared to offer these Machines at a very Low figure to secure quick Sale and Prompt returns, THESE Cycles are Well-Made, Upto-Date, Strong, Rigid, Lighb and Easy Running, and fitted with Morgan and Wright Types, and eqaal to aoy^£2o In the market, These Bicycles are offered at the very Low Price of £16 CASH- TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED. THIS ia an opportunity to secure a well-built serviceable Machine at Bed-Rock Prices. I am prepared to indent those Cyclee, Ladies' or Gentlemen's, a a lower price. TERMS ON APPLICATION. ORDER EARLY FOR NEXT SEASON. Agent for Milner and Thompson's Organs and Pianos. H. M. JONES.



Wm. STRANGE JMe Partners and j Thos. COYERDALE { Proprietors, j .;x:—'■«—■■ ; W. STRANGE & CO. i TT¥ AYE pleasure in advising I adies resident in the country that their first shipments of Just Arrived ! Autumn Just Arrived ! Just Arrived ! &z Winter J»Bt Arrived ! Just Arrived 1 GrOOCls. Just Arrived ! Have just arrived. These useful, beautiful, novel ard tempting lines were shipped to us direct from our London House, 139-141 Wool Exohatige, E C, and comprise Fashionable, A. Host Fashionable, Useful, ot Useful, Novel, A ttraCtioilS. Novel, Ail Prices ! All Prices ! The new goods, expressly designed for Autumn and Winter wear, include not merely a grand assortment of plain, every-day sfoff, such as are in request all the year round, but The WQVJBJLTIIQS! The Latest INOVJEH^TTIJES! Latest London and WOVELTIES! London and Continental . INOVJEIjXIfCS I Continental Novelbieß ! Novelties ! i.e., Novelties in Dresses aid Drei3 G;od9, Blokes, Mantles, J.»cke!s, Costumes, Gloves, Corsets, Uodjrclothlng, finshade?! Maoin'oshes, Promenale and Evening Dresses, Opera Wrajs, and Well worth Herpg of Well worth Coming to JPreti y ComiDg to Town XllillgfS 1 Town to See ! to See ! BuY, suppose you can't come, that you 'ive fan far awft/, that you can't spare th« time for a trip to town—what then 1 We will tell you ! Good Advice ? CSret Get a Good Advice? a, Catalogue! Good Advice 1 Catalogue 1 Get a Good Advice 1 Catalogue ! They're just out, and will give yoa, in a very attractive form, some account of the new goods. Having got your Catalogue read it carefully, make your selection, write to us telling us plainly what you want, enclose remittance to value of goods, and Hundreds of Shop An Effective Ladies do! "With us Plan, Hundreds of t>y X»oSi ? An Effeotive Ladies do ! Plan. N.8.-REMITTANCE MUST ACCOMPANY ALL LETTER ORDERS. We will send you just what you want, and select the goods for you aa carefully aa you could do it for yourself i you were present at the counter.



W. STRANGE & CO. MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, k FAMILY DRAPERS, CHRIS CHURCH. DRESS AND FASHION. Grand Show of Winter Fashions and Advanced Novelties. ANDREW ORB ITS now exhibiting a Magnificent Stock of High-clasas Novelties, Winter Jackets, Capes, Costumes, Millinery, Macintoshes, Dress Fabrics, Corsets, Umbrellas, Gloves, Collars and Ties, New Dress Materials, Trimmings, Velvets Blouse Cloths, Kid Gloves, Gents' Clothing, Hats, Caps, Ties, G!oves, etc. Ladies and Gents' .*soots and Shoes in great variety. Blankets, Flannels, Carpets, Rugs, Linoleums, Floorcloths, Large purchases have been made previous to the great rise in Wool and other Materials, Customers will get the full benefit. DRESSMAKING.—TaiIor Made Coat and Skirt Costumes—beautiful fit. —:o: ANDREW ORR.



BELFAST AND FAIRFIELD ■ FREEZING WORKS 'MANURES, ARE THE BEST TjlOR TURNIP, RAPE WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be mad 3 for any kind of Soil, or description of crop, SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. MANURE CAN BE SUPPLIED IN 1 Owt. or 2 Owfc. SACKS, Orders received by £'RIE2£>X,ArVDI2Efc BROW., Limited., DAVID THOMAS, OR THE Jtf.Zv FARMEKS CO-OFERATIVE A SSSOCJIATIOI* OF GAJNTIfiRBUXre, Limited., CANTERBURY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY. LIMITED. 8 80 F. WAYMOUTH Secretary.



MELLOR'S n ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ATLASI jpjjf . THE LEADING BOOT SHOP, T8 the Moat RELIABLE House for GOOD AND CHEAP BOOTS. . 0 aim is to give you the bust value for little mokbt. HONESTY is oai We wil' not Guarantee you an article unless we know it will give you every Satis aobion. One Trial Js all we ask—Our Goods^Sell themselves. """""T-J. MELLOK, TANCRED BTFFF fiSHBUPTON



NOT EVEN ... A N ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR • < . FORGETS THAT SHEARMAN BROS.' SPECIALTY IS Pure Ceylon Teas, Or that they keep the largest SUPPLIES in all kinds and qualities GOXNG, SOUTH of the line. But they have other LITTLE THINGS BEHIND THEM, SUCH AS GROCERIES, IRONMONGERY, GLASSWARE ENAMELWARE, CROCKERY, RSUSHWARE, WINES & SPIRITS. By purchasing the above Goods from us at the lowest Cash Prices our Friends will always find it PAY PAY! PAY!



SMOKE ONLY NEW VENUS dark. . QUEEN u OHI . A PBBFBCT TOBACCO.



HOW IS IT the Alcoens can sell 80 cheap ? Easy, when yoa know thai their rent is less than one-third it would be in East Street, and that they do rm at of the work themselves. If you want, a nice Suit for yourself or your boys, or Boots of Shoes for wife or daughter, come to F.OBHM Alcorn's, Havelock Street, where you will get them good as well as cheap. WANTEb~Known— That J. Moison has received a large supply of Summer Boots and Shoes, suitable for the Holidays. They are all of the beat brands and makers, and never equalled in Ashburton. J.M. being the only .practical and experienced Bootmaker in the town, thus gives him superiority and tacmty to know best what to get. There- JTL. . pub!io have no nee<* to wonder ™.i! ? «g0 for reliable Boots and Shoes. Discount for cash as usual. Repairs done at once. Best Sole Leather used and work manship, at The Hall, East Street, Ash. urton



THE SHOW SEASON PRIZE 'POULTRY, OWING to the number of new house!' . , , 'wonWF erooted in the neighborhood |of the Pelham Poultry Yards, rendering poultry keeping there inconvenient, the Proprietor 1b prepared to sell cheap the whole stock, including Exhibition Birds, Prize Winners, Young Birds, Etc* , % jfor particulars apply the GuAßDUjtf Office, or at the PELHAM POOLTRY YAKDS PETER STREET, ASHBURTON. J. L. HIGGrS f PAINTER, PAPERHANGER. SIGNWRITER, Etc. BUSINESS PEOPLE requiring Sign writing woold find it to thd* Interest to consult J. L. HIGGS, as ht. does the work himself, therefore there la no second profit to pay. His ability is well known as formerly slgnwrlter to Mr J. Wilson, with whom he has severed all connection. ESTIMATES GIVEN FREE For all classes of painting and house decorations. ARTIST'S MATERIALS, and la ai: eaignsin WALL PAPERS, in stock. tancred"~"street.



THE ABIEL CONFECTIONERY npHE REFRESHMENT ROOMS for tht reception of Ladies are now completed. Fruit Salad, 100 Cream, Summer Drink« and all the latest Fruits In season^ab th _ Misses Pages' New Shop, lately occ lpitd by Coophb BboS! East Street, next Craighead & Berry man, I 99 j LOOK . CHEAP WINTER FIRING. NEW MOUNT SOMERS COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the' la twelvemonths. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. This Coal is the Best and Cheapest Sfeeam wd Household Coal in the market. Used in the Woollen Factory and Oante oury Flour Mills, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTB WRITE FOR PRICES so * G. T, PARK, MOUNT SOM RS. _ TO ALL MY OLD CLIENTS FARMERS, AND RESIDENT OF ASHBURTON COUNTY.



I BEG to inform you that I have severed my connection with the Canterbury Mill, which was under my management for -over seven years, and have PURCHASED from Mr Edwin Thomas the WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. The Canterbury Mill, which is tha property of the Bank of New Zealand Assets Board, is still trading under the name of Rollitb & Co., so to avoid confusion with correspondence, I would like to ask yon to address all orders to THOMAS ROLLIED' WAKANUI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS, ASHBURTON On and after October Ist, I shall be pleased to supply yon with first-class ROLLER FLOUR, WHEAT MEAL, BRAN & SHARPS, at lowest current rates. FOR (CHE CONVENIENCE OF FARMERS DOING GRISTING, I have arranged to keep a supply of Flour Bran, and Sharps at the Stores of the N.Z. Farmers' Association, West Street, whew Farmers, Shareholders or non-Shareholderr can leave their Wheat and get Flour, Bran, and Sharps in exchange, THOMAS'ROLUTT. WAKANOI ROLLER FLOUR MILLS, 9 265 ASHBURTON. I PURE CEYLON OR BLENDED ■■Mi ■MB /SB* jJHfe CLARKE'S B 4ITILLS warranted to cure Gravel, Pains in the back, and all kindred complaints, Free from Mercury. Established upwards of 30 years. In boxes 4s 6d eaoh, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors throughout the world. Proprietors, The Lincoln and Mid land Counties Drug Company, Linos] rj E gland