The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol xxi, no. 5451

Ashburton .* Wednesday, August 21, 1901.

Pbice : One Penny



SHIPPING ~~^ ffIHS jSS/_Wt NEW ZEALAND wß^3^ BH3:PFIHg ocw LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR LONDON, via Monte Video, ffianerlfto & Plymouth, Probable final Steamers. Tons. Fort. .Data. Waikato 4767 Bluff Aug 28 Wakatane 5715 Wellington Mepb 19 Otarama 3808 — To follow Wakanui 5706 — f „ Waimate 5610 — I  Rakaia 5628 | n Tekoa 4050 I Papauul 6372 J Rlmutaka* 7765 |



*Twln Screws. For further particular!! apply to FRIKDLANDIR BROS., Lid, By":.'■■"■■■■■■■■T—— .—rsgg SHAW, SAVILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED, FOR LONDON. -iJsWX "DOYAL MAIL STBA jfIHM^. ** MERS, with superior JbWIPSHb sooommodation for all classes uwB&SMSBm 0 f . passengers, calling at onfce Video or Rio, Tenerlffe and Ply. outh. Vessel Ton jGommanderj From Date. Karamea 5563 Burton Sepb Kumara 6034i8cobland I 'Sepb CARGO "STEAMER'S. ~ Walwera 6257 Stuart JWeirn Aug 8 Pakehaf 4331 Proaseb f Aug 29 Aotaa '6364iEvans | (Aug 31 _- f Via South Africa For further particulars, apply NICOLL BROS.



UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS SAIL FROMLYTTELTON ASUNDER: F©r Wesbport and Grey mouth—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 Saturdays Nelson and Picton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration; eference should therefore be made to Christchurch daily papers for dates and hour of sailing For further particulars apply to F FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton



BUSINESS NOTICES  ,n.. i HIIICTIi i "ff""rlfy|J|Jliul jf;ij|iii Of ni. ijlQi' 'Ll i'|l if"' ||"^f la"f' ■, ■ QM" 1» ' ft ■"■■ ■ ~mHk-~®»±— V f—~*->—, r" —» — *~ ■»■■ ——-" S.. H, GRAVES, SHABEBROKER AND FINANCIAL AGENT, 185 HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST iOHURCH & AT GREYMOUTH. T> ELIAiSLE Information on Dredgle J_\ Stocks. Correspondence Invited. Oodes : Bedford McNeill's, Moreing and Neat's, A.B.C. Co (fourth Edition.



MR F HAKEIG, Ashburton Representative Telegraphio Address ; GRAVES Christchurch. Greymonth—Brownlie, Greymouth Q} H Ukdrix& E Usdbiil T -H UNDRILL & CO FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS QJANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished Coffins a Specialty A Choice Assortment of Artificial Wreath in Stock. —— Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hali j also care ef Mr T. Andrews, last Belt, 2



BAKER BROS., FURNISHING TTNDERTAKIRB ÜB.NISHING U NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Best and Latest Designs In FUNERAL FURNISHINGS* FUNERALS conducted with the greatest care and satisfaction, *it most reasonable charges, Corner of Wakanul Road and Case streets, and Baker and brown's Coach factory. HENRY SmffiENSON, (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'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni ture, etc., as per arrangement in any part of the county. Advances made on all goods placed la my muds for Sale. Ecgular Consignments of Colonial Grown snd Island Fruit sold privately through the week, and at Auction on SATURDAYS. Aoent: Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company ft Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agenoy Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay merits from &50«§» per month. HENRY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER.



\ BUSINESS NOTICES . I „ «_ . , ___—. , —.—. _ are CASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS—SampIes received at Stores, West Street." Oilier days—Samples received at the Mill OORNSAOKS SUPPLIED ■CTPTCHPTIVIY^ »one on farmers' \JXiXO J Xil U ACCOUNT. CANTERBURY HOLLER FLOUR MILLS COMPANY {RQLLITT AND C 0.,) D. WOOD, Manager NIRVANA mHIS CELEBRATED CEYLON TEA HAS NOW ARRIVED, AND CAN BE HAD ONLY FROM JOHN T. COOCH, GROCER AND IRONMONGER, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, Who has been Appointed Sole Agent for Ashburton District, CALL FOR SAMPLES;



MITCHELL AND TURNER JIJR»AJI Jlsxik) [AMD CLOTHIERS.



CORE BILIOUS ATTACKS, FITS OF DEPRESSION, HEADACHE, NAUSEA. GIDDINESS, Ac. They possess three grand qualities, being SPEEDY, SAFE AND CERTAIN. The Schoolmistress, St. Anna's School, Wandswortn, writes as follows. KMy mother and eldest sister have taken your Pills for years for bilious attacks and sick headache?, and have always found them most beneficial.'" * . <9 manufactured only at 78, New Oxford Street;, London. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendor*



BELFAST AND FAIRFIELD FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST TTIOR TURNIP, RAPE, WHEAT, AND ANY' OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be mad? for any kind of Soil, or description of crop, SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON, MANURE OAN BE SUPPLIED IN 1 Gwt. or g Cwt. SACKS] Orders received by FXUXXDTL-ANJyJEIWL BROS,, lAmit©«S.»! DAtID THOMAH, OR TMJ& Jtf.Z. FARMERS CO-OPKRATIVE A SSOCIATION GW OANTBBBURY, Limited., CANTERBURY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY. LIMITED. j F. WAYMOU23H Secretary, j



BUSINESS NOTICES j /^^^^^ ""mm—- 30,000 .-, \§ OEM Ip Cooking* Banges / y /"rj'SJpi^i i imi^**^*^ !ihe * ")HrH nltc» rae Coal, or Wood op X.I g^t"*^! '■OST^ F* With Stove Pipe can be worked out In the "fsi aßsfs^B i -^O^^' M °Pen' Splendid Bread Bakers 911 flr?*??^ k l^w^^sJft 1 With cast iron or copper boilers. The I ■'••■ IIHSiiH T '^^?*J j copper boilers are targe and tin lined inside. I ■'■ JUjHjfigl ' *$Et?»** M Repairs are a Minimum. 111 til MSSSS, I .. Ha Mans in all sizes, single or double .[■■ | f^jj IjSiiiiiiig] [j High or low pressure boilers BrTMsßsViwinrirr'ni ('i' i \ fl Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom §^*^^™^^^" B**,siaßi,,ssssg{gJ Catalogues can be obtained, or from the r ' ' makers H. E. SHACKLOCK. LTD SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, Princes Street, DUNEDIN



SMOKE ONLY NEW VENUS. A PEBFECT TOBACCO.



DAVID THOMAS, AUCTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE & ESTATE AGENT* VALUATOR, WOOL & GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON Loana Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashburton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skinß, Fats, Hides, etc, on Mondays Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Clearing Sales as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sale beld'on Saturdays Horse Fairs Held Monthly AGENT FOR Matson and 00, Christchurch' Booth, McDonald and 00, Chnstchtirch White's Sheep Dip Walter A Wood Oo Bowring Bros' Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Co, Dnnedin Belfast Manures Vacuum Oil Company's Agricultural Oils Planet Jr, Garden and Field Tools LAND FOR SALE • I have For Sale the following Blocks of Land, in tussock, in the Hinds District i 2000 Acres Plains Land in tussock 1500 „ i»ou „ „ if ( 6CO *„ Reclaimed Swamp Land Also First Class Farms in Blocks of 160 Acres and upwards to 5600 acres ' Several "Farms, various sizes, thoroughly improved, for sale; well wortb^the money



D. THOMAS, ASHBURTON WILLIAM PATCHING. EAST & BURNETT STREETS, ASHBURTON* SADDLER & HARNESS MAKER, Tiff V COMPETENT STAFF now includes FIRST-CLASS COLLAR AND SADDLE MAKERS. Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed, Repairs Executed Promptly and at Moderate Rates



BUSINESS NOTICES HOW TO BE XXjc\_X Jl Jl THOUGH Married. This is a representation of a contented and happy wife, who uses only BOOK GIFT TEA, This lady obtained 61bs of that famous tea at 2s, and with it she was given FREE, a copy of Mrs Beeton'e work on Cookery and Household Management, By the aid of this Book she was enabled to place such dishes before her husband thab he was always in a good temper. Consequently hers is now a happy home, and she enjoys her leisure and her oup of tea and improves her mind by reading the good books that are giveo away with BOOK GIFU TEA. do thou and do likewise, and be also happy. A larger Cookery Book may be had with lOlbeo Tea. Ask for Catalogue of Books. John Orr and Co.j Agents, Ashburton I



NICOLL BROS. H F NiooLL. E F Nicom., L A NiootL. Merchants & General Agents, BUYERS OF FAT SHEEP & LAMBB. 4GINTS FOR— Christohuroh Meat Coi, Ltd Islington Fertilisers Little's Sheep Dip Ooean, Accident and Guarantee Corpora tion, Ltd New Zealand Insurance Company GRAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COM MISSION We shall be pleased to receive samples rom farmers who have parcels for disposal. Station Books Kept and Audited. We bave received sums of Trust Monies. ranging from £100 to £10,000, to lend on Freehold Securities at 4£ and 5 per cent.



FRUIT. We receive regular Consignments from Auckland, Sydney, and the Islands ,and have in stock Apples, Pears, and Fruit In season all the year round. SEEDS. We stock Clovers, Ryegrass, Bape, and Turnip Seed of reliable quality. THE OHRISTCHURCa MEAT CO, Limited. ISLINGTON MANURES Especially prepared for WHEAT, TURNIPS, RAPE and any f ther crop, and to suit any desciiption of soil Greatly increased production wherevei used. Satisfaction given everywhere* Nid/ll Bros, store five varieties of this celebrated fertiliser. Price on application, Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention. NCOLL BROS, District Agents.



COOKING RANGES. T3 ARNINGHAM AND CO. 8 IMPROVED ZEALANDIA, NEW PATENTI Needs no Setting. Can be used as Open Fire* ASK POR IHB IMPROVED ZEALANDIA. A CARD. MESSRS STRINGER & GRESSWELL BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS OHRISTOHDROH, HAVE OPENED A BRANCH OFFICE at Mb Davison's. West Street Ashburton, where they will attend every THURSDAY and on other days when necessary. They will be represented in Ashburton by Mr J. Davison, who is authorised to receive Instructions on their behalf, and to whom communications may be addressed.



We have various sums of money awaiting nvestment at lowest current rates, STRINGER & ORESSWELL, SOLICITORS, CHRISTCHURCH & ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. T OANS GRANTED FAOM, «£25 and upwards, at current rates Full Particulars on application. 1 WORKING EXPANSES on all Share* are now due and payable Office —Tancred Streeti Office Hours—9.3o a m till 4p nt Fireb Tuesday ia Month—9,so am till pm } and 7 till 9pm ALBERT ROBERTS, Manager



BUSINESS NOTICES THEJ Event of the Year! THE Sensation of the Season I TJESIDENTS OF ASHBURTON & SURROUNDING DISTRICTS will be Interested to learn that OUB GBEAT ANNUAL Willi Mil (OCR PRINCIPAL SALE OF THE fYEARK IS NOW ON. And will continue from day to day, until SATURDAY, 31st AUGUST,



This Sale will constitute a COLOSSAL CLEARANCE AT HALE PRICES of Existing Stocks, Including— FASHIONABLE WINTER GOODS & SEASONABLE NOVELTIES,. ' Also— Furniture and Furnishings, Crockery and Glass, Beddbg, Wire Mattresses and Stretchers, Etc. The Sale Reductions will even extend te OUR BESPOKE TAILORING DE PARTMENT, j Nearly EVERYTHING WE M\KE AND SELL will be HANDSOMELY REDUCED IN PBICE during this Bale it wiliTpay you To rnn np to Chrlstohuroh for this Great Sale, but if unable to attend it, consult your CATALOGUE AND DO YOUR SHOPPING BY POST.



Mil & HI, CHRISTCHURCH Manning & Go's NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, m QUARTS AND PINTS, THB BEST IN"THB MARKBT Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES. j Agents for Ashbnrton—Messrs Skxab mix Bros



NEW ZEALAND^ 'INSURANCE COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1869 CAPITAL—ONE MILLION THE Premier and Wealthiest, Colonial Company, , Noted for Promptness and Liberality Paid-up Capital and Reserves, £409,000; Fire and Marine Risks,) Also,— Risks on Growing Crops, Threshing Machines, etc, accepted at lowest current rates nicollTbros., Agentr



A CHRONIC COUGHf QUICKLY CURED, BENJAMIN GUM SCORES* Mr Laurol Hoode, of Christehuroh, writes a BbWamin Gum had a marvellous effect on _ I my cough and cold, whloh I contracted eanv I last winter. I tried various advertised ' remedies but got no relief. A lady friend advised me to try your Benjamin Gum, and a very few doses gave me relief, and it i quickly oared i BENJAMIN GUM always arts like thls- It is pleasant to take—Children like it— Suitable for yoong or old Benjamin Gum, price Is 6d and 2s od, from all Chemists and Grocers, or posb free, ' from LOASBY'S WAHOO MANUFAOTUR I ING CO., Lt», Dunedin; < I Wholesale from ail Merchants «



; The Doctor and Bis Two ! Patients »... - An actress of some celebrity wm getting very thin indeed, almost scraggy. She went to a doctor who bad the reputation of having discovered a mineral water which was effioacioww



" Doctor," she said,« what ahall I do to get fat " " Take my watera." 11 And shall I get fat " " Immediately." The thin act teas plunged into th« doctor's baths, and drank the wateri early and late. Three month* pasted away, but she grew no fatter; At list she called the doctor and laid ;—



" Doctor I don't grow fat. " " Wait a little while, "said the doc. tor. "Will it belongs" j " Fifteen days at the farthest, Yoi see that big, fat, woman, walking in the garden. When she first came hen she was, perhaps, thinner than yon. " "What II may hope!" "> " Fifteen days at moat,* 1 said the"



doctor. Two months more passed, the actren grew thinner and thinner. One day ai she was taking her usual warm mineral bath, she heard a dispute going on in the bathing room next to her own. " Decidedly, doctor," said the big j fat woman, above introduced," de cidedly, doctor, I dont get a bit thin ner ' . " Have patience, madam," said the doctor ; " you see that very thin lady who sometimes walks in the garden ? " "Yes"



"Well, she is an actress from Lon - don, whose excessive fat forced her to absent herself from the stage j she came to me—you see the result. Before fifteen days I promise yon shall be thinner than she is." At the words the thin actress rose from her warm bath, dressed herself, and with a heart divided by grief and indignation, silently left the boose, hoping however, to keep her misfor unes a secret. But she confided tbe story to her dearest friend, and some how or other the story got out.



A Nursery Man's Oosfiiot



Mr John J. Head, aged seventy, a nursery man of, Bayne Street>Ter*ng(Vlc) has given a reporter particulars of some peculiar disabilities he has had to battle against.



* For thirty four years,' said he, *I have resided in this town, and mist of the citi* zens can corroborate the facts I am about to tell you. Whilst gardening tne wet day, nine years ago, I caught a severe chilli I took little notice of it thinking it would pass away, but I get worse instead of better. I lost nearly all power in my arms and could not raise them above my head. At times I was unable to dress myself and felt utterly helpless. My clothes had to be made very large so that they could be slipped on easily If I sat down on a couch I required assistance



leave ir. The muscles in my back and limbs seemed to have shrunk, for each movement pained me. I had to have a large stuffed pad made for my knees and in this way I could do a little work- potting and such like. Medical treatment benefited me somewhat, but as time went on a cure seemed out of the question. Ope day, about two years ago, an acquaintance whose wife bad been cured by Dr William's pink pills, advised me to try tbem. I did so. A week after beginning to take them I felt better and as I continued with the treatment my improvement was very noticeable. Before long I was able to move freely about and my work once more became a real pleasure. Ten 'boxes ohan ged me from a cripple to a strong healthy man as supple and active as most men many years my j unlor. Dr Williams' pink pills always have a firm friend in me.' Mr Head's very severe Illness, and Incapacity to work was caused In the first place by a chill. Dr Williams' pink pills not only care the effect of chills bat they enrich the blood and tone np the nerves so as to enable the system to withstand the cold and wet of winter! They bave cured thousands of cases of rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, lumbago, bronchitis, coughs and colds, effects of influent* and fevers, St. Vitus' dance, ekin diseases eto. Sold by chemists and storekeepers and by the Dr Willisms' Medicine Co.» Old Custom House Street, Wellington, three shillings per box, six boxes sixteen and six, post free. Ladles will find regular health restored by their use.



Wades Teething Powders for Babies are soothing, reduce fever and prevent Uotches ; price, Is



COUGHS, BwßrtWl| * 1 COLDS* Consumption, | And all other Lung Trouble* I \ Steadily give way to Perfeofe M Health when LANE'S +* * Mtteasotg Emulsion * * + of M Liver Oil Is taken. This Emulsion improves j the whole body by way of the stomach first, and then through the blood, making it red, rich, and pure. In blood of the pure sort I the deadly germs of Consumption cannot live. Doctors call LANE h CREASOTED EMULSION amedicine food-medicine, because it cures 1 disease; a food, because it builds up the body. All Chemists and Stores sell It. B^^WSSBWS^S^B^S^SS"»Isa^ ,^S^SSISISBWM ""wash's Worm Figs are most effective and not unpleasant 5 children thrive alter taking them P«°«i *■