The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol xxi 9 no« 5452

Ashbuhton : Thursday, August S2 f 1901.

PftiCE : One Penny

The New Match.

(From the Daily Ettptess.

A combination of American capitalist h»g opened np a new branch of m»tcl* manufacturein this county, producing » neafc. handy, and a* tractive wooden match, which is nob only beating otlr clumsy olf fashioned article onfc of the field, bofc If proving a formidable rival t» the w»» vesta, The newcomers have secured » monopoly of making these matches, becwase thef own the English right of the machine thgb fcorns them oob ; thsy can produce already over a hundred million matches pet working day. «,*».• The matches are made In England, bf British labour; the wood comes frem Canada, and the boxes and printed wrap* pers are produced In Liverpool. Shall w* j quarrel with Americans because they I Invest their money In an English faotoi-y, giving employment t3 our coanfcrymem, i asing the raw material of a British Colon* —and aapplylDg the Brltißh pabHe with a good article which our own maker! ■ cannot; prodnce t Why should we ? America i» always glad to have British money > Invested la her railways and other Industrial enter* prfseei We can do with American capital as we have done with the ingenious resultf of American inventiveness In toola ana machinery,



SHIPPING _»-, fi'i H E dso^£ NSW ZEALAND v--3IfiSHIPPIHS oO.'fi LINE ROYAL MAIL STE4MIRS . FOB LONDON, via Moot® Video, CDenerlffa & Plymenth. Probabielna" ~ ' Steamers. Tone, Port. Data. Walkato 4767 Bluff 4ug 28 Wakataae 5715 Wellington 19 Otaratna 3808 — , To follow Wakarmi 5706 — „ Waimafce 5610 —■ „ Rakaia 5628 „ [Tekoa 4050 Papaaul 6372 Rimutaka* 7765 *Xwlb Screws. Far farther partioEl&rs apply t© FRIBDLANDBB BROS., Lid. SHAW, SAVILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED, FOR LONDON. jJIJL T>O7AL MAIL STEA fSsBRb^ ■"' MERS, wifch snperlor J^SSHH^ accommodation for all classes swfeKSsJss o f paßsengerß, calling at onba Video or Rio, Teneiriffa and Ply. ooth, Vessel Ton Commander Prom D&fce. Karamea 5563 Burton j Sepb Kcmara 6034i8ootland I Sspt cargo" steamers. ' Walwera 6.257 Stuarb jWell'n Aug 8 Pakehaf 4331 Proeaefj I Aug 29 Aotsa '6364 Evans j Aug 31 ___^ t Via South Africa Jfor further particulars, apply ~* NIGOLL BROS. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Limited STEAMERS SAll FROMLITTELTON AS UN DEE: Wet Wesbport and Greymonth-—Weekly Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise meat in Ckristchurch papers Danedla — 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 Obrtetchnrch daily papers foi dates and hour of sailing For further particulars apply to F FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton BUSINESS NOTICES sThTgraves, BHAEIBBOKEI AND FINANCIAL AGENT,' 185 HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST [CHURCH & AT GREYMOUTH. RELIAjSLE Information on Dredgto Stocks. Correspondence Invited, Oobes : Bedford McNeill'e, Morelng and Weal's, A.B.C. 06 (fourth Edition. MR F MAKEIO, Ashbarton Representative Tbleoeaphio Address : GRAVES Ohrlstchnrch. Greymouth—Brownlie, Greymoath GD H Undbilli E Undrilli T H UNDRILL & CO FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS OJANORED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished Coffins a Spsoialty A Oholoe Assortment of Artificial Wreath in Shock. — Private Address, Peter Bbreet, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; also care ef Mr T. Andrews, East Belt, $ BAKER BROS.^ fTIURNISHING TTNDERTAKBRB E URNISHING U NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Best and Latest Designs In FUNERAL FURNISHING? i FUNERALS condnoLed with the greatest cere and satisfaction, %b most reasonable charges. Corner of Wakannl Road and Case streets, and Bake? and brown's Coach factory. HENEY STIb.ffiJBiMSON, Ceuccaesor 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 Furnl tnre, etc., aa per arrangement in any part of the county. Advances made on all goods placed In my cauds for Sale. Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit sold privately through the week, and at Auotion on SATURDAYS. A.GEJ73!: Hosfwich Union Fire Insurance Company & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay raenta from 3Os per month, HEHBY BTBPHBNSON, AUCTIONEER,



„_______ BUSINESS NOTICES ' are CASH BUYERS op PRIME MILLING WHEAT TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS—SampIe* received at Stores, West Street. Other days—Samples received at the Mill. CORNSAOKS SUPPLIED j GRISTING j^_ 2oVu AJf ER3> CANTERBURY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS COMPANY (ROLLITT AND 00.,) D. WOOD, Manager fIIBYOA fIIHIS CELEBRATED CEYLON* TEA HAS NOW ARRIVED, AND CAN BE HAD ONLY FROM JOHN T. COOCH, GROCER AND IRONMONGER, SAUJSDERS* BUILDINGS, Who has beea Appointed Sole Agenc for Ashbortcm District, CALL FOR SAMPLES; MITCHELL AND TURNER DRAPERS AND CLOTHIERS. CURE BILIOUS ATTACKS, FITS OF DEPRESSION, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, GIDDINESS* Ac. They possess three grand qualities, being SAFE AND _C_ERTAIN. The Schoolmistress, St. Anne's School, Wandsworcn, writes as follows. uMy mother and eldest sister have taken your Pills for years.for bilious attacks and sick headaches, and have ;uway-, found them most beneficial.'* ' Mtotrfactured only at 78, New Oxford Siroet : London. Bold by all Chemists and Medicine Venaora BELFAST AND FAIBFIELD FREEZING WORKS MANURES, ARE THE BEST T7K)R (BURNIP, KAPE, WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be mad? for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE BAST SEASON. MANURE CAN BE SUPPLIED IN 1 Owfc. or 2 Owt. SACKS Orders received bjr OTEtIIBI>]LiAJNX>E2R BRO».« limited., 1 OR THE JN.Z.. FABMEBS CO-OFBRATIVE iISbOCIATION OF CANTERBURY, limited., OAITEBBUBY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY. LIMITED. f. WAYMOUtCH Secretary*



BUSINESS NOTICES I v The Man **B/^b I I with I I d. B~*i IVVI WOULO NOf HAVB HitN HIAUb OPt* B \"Jmpei/s Jtfqjf jTpple"M M Had reached him in fimft! H THR NEW VEGETABLE REMEDY* H Cures Liver, Kidney, §nd stomach Complaints. *tM H , •<%> CHEMISTS and STORES. *** a/« B p : 3O>OOO . m oem _ G3 Cooking* Ranges ffl/rsn "raajfea^i '>* *^""^^l n sen the Colony W~~ im n^^^^3 TIP U!he> burn Lignite, True Coal, or Wood op | n lU= s^^^=±^^"?7^g^ , to 2ft 6in I f\ Est2i (^===^^^ i No SETTING REQUIRED. I ffl ' 'A>T^S 3 With Stove Pipe can be worked ont in the I 3 B^g *>n5^ S>"!'i open. Splendid Bread Bakers 1 <* BH^^ r With cast iron or copper boilers. The I iw*c>,i.oct-| t "v^SV'Tjj copper boilers are l<«rge and tin lined inside. I i |^SBg| <S^?»j|ct Repairs are a Minimam. I \ iKwaMH^^jir- Mads in all sizes, single or double I I Ird vP "^;^ /^jt|yj»L^a| High or low pressure boilers Bli ■■' iiH „,—, , .QT^T"^^^^ kv all Ironmongers, from whom jiMiu«ui m i ■ "gjjg Catologues can be obtained, or from the r mikera H. E. SHACKLOCK. LTD SOUTHEND FOUNDRY, Prinoes Street, DUF^JDIN SMOKE ONLY NEW VENUS. A PERFECT TOBACCO. DAVID THOMAS, AUCTIONEER, LAND, INSURANCE k ESTATE AGENT* VALUATOB, WOOL & GEAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald atid Aahburton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, 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 held'on Saturdays Horse Fairs Held Monthly AGENT FOR Matson and Go, Ohristchurch Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip Walter A Wood Oo Bowring Bros' Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stepheason and Ooj Danedin 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 „ 1900 „ „ it 6CO %, Reclaimed Swamp Land Also First Class Farms in Blocks of 100 Acres and upwards to 5000 acres Several Farms, various sizes, thoroughly improved, for sale; well wortb'the money D. THOMAS, ASHBURTON i WILLIAM PATCHING. i EAST & BURNETT STREETS, ASHBURTON, SADDLER 8s HARNESS MAKER. "jl/rpy 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 HAPPY THOUGH MARBIED. This is a representation of a contented j and happy wife, who men only BOOK GIFT TEA, This lady obtained 61bs of that famous tea at 2e, and with 1b she Was Riven FREE, a copy of Mrs Beaton's work on Cookery and Household Management, By the aid of this Book she was enabled to place such dishes before her husband that ha was alwaya 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 given away with BOOK GIF! TEA. Go thoa and do likewise, and be also happy. A larger Cookery Book may be had with lOibso Tea. Ask for Catalogue of Books. John Orr and Co. ; Agents, Aehbarton NICOLL BEOS. H F Niooll. E F Nicoll, L A Nicoll, Merchants & General Agents, BUYEBS OF FAT SHEEP & LAMBS. 4GENTS FOR— Chrletchurch Meat Cot, Ltd Islington Fertilisers Little's Sheep Dip- Ocean, Accident and Guarantee Corpora tion, Ltd Now Zealand Insurance Company GIsAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COM MISSION We shall be pleased to receive samples rom farmers who have p&rceis ion disposal. Ssation Books Kept and Audited. We have received sums of Trust MonSaj. ranging from £100 to £10,000, to lend on Freehold Securities at 4£ and ft per cent* F R U~I T. We receive regular Consignments from Auckland, Sydney, and the Islands ,and have in stock Apples, Pears, and Fruit in aU the yeai roundi SEEDS. We stock Clovers, Ryegrasu, Rape, and Turnip Seed of reliable quality, mHE OHRISTUHUROfI MEAT CO, J Limited. ISLINGTON MANURES. Especially prepared for WHEAT, TOBNIP3, BAPE and any ether crop, and to suit any desci iption of soil. Greatly increased production wherevei used. Satisfaction given everywhere! NiotLL Beds, store five varieties of this celebrated fertiliser. Price on application, Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention, NCOLL BEOS, District Agents. COOKING BANGES. TDARNINGHAM AND 00. S IMPBOYED ZEALANDIA, NEW PATENT! Needs no Setting. Can be used as Open Fire* ASK FOU THH IMPROVED ZEALANPIA. A CARD. | MESSRS STRINFft & CRESBWELL j BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS CHRISTCHDROH, HAVE OPENED A BRANCH OFFICE afo Mb Davison's, Wesb Street Aehburton, where they will attend every THURSDAY and on other days when necessary. They will be represented In Ashbarton by Mr J. Davison, who Is authorised to receive instructions on their behalf, and bo whom communications may be addressed. We havo various sums of money awaiting nveßtment at lowest current rates. STRINGER &""~ORESSWELL, SOLICITORS, CHRISTCHDRCF & ASHBURTON 3?ERMANEN3! BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. T OANB GRANQDED FjROM £25 and upwards, at current rates Full Particulars on application. WORKING EXPANSES on all Sh*reH ara now duo and payable Office —Tauored Streeti Office Hours—9.3o a m till 4pm Firsb Tuesday in Month—9,3o a m till pm } and 7 till 9pm ALBERT ROBERTS, Man*g



f BUSINESS NOTICES THE Event of the Year I THE Sensation of MSeasont TJESIDENTS OF ASHBURTON & SURROUNDING DISTRICTS will be Interested to learn that OUR GEEAT ANNUAL miinun MIL (OUR PRINCIPAL SALE OF THE *YEAR), IS NOW ON. And will continue from day to day, antll SATURDAY, 31st AUGUST. This Sale will constitute » COLOSSAL CLEARANCE AT HALE PRICES of Existing Stocks, including— FASHIONABLE WINTER GOODS & SEASONABLE NOVELTIES, Also— Farnltnre and Farnishlngs, Orcokery and Glass, Bedding, Wire MattreEßes and Stretchers, Etc* The Sale Redactions will even extend h OUR BESPOKE TAILORING DE PARTMENT, Nearly EVERYTHING WE MAKE AND SELL will be HANDSOMELY REDUCED IN PRICE during this sale it willTpay you To run op to Chrlatchnrch for this Great Sale, but if unable to attend it, consult yon* CATALOGUE AND DO YOUR SHOPPING BY POST. STMIGI i SO. j OHRISTOHUROH Manning & Go's NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, m QUARTS AND PINTS, THB B!STIn"tHE MARKET Equal to the Leading Brands of INGUSH ALES. Agente for Ashburton—MEsass Shear hjk Bbos NEW ZEALAND: *INS^RANOIS COMPANY ESTABLISHED ... «> 1859 CAPITAL—ONE MILLION mHB Premier and Wealthiest, Colonial X, Company, Noted for Promptness and Liberality Paid-up Capital and Reserves, £400,000; Fire and Marine Eisks,J Also,—• Hieke on Growing Crops, Threshing Machines, etc, accepted at lowest current rates nicoll""beos,, Agent? A OHRONIO COUGH! QUICKLY CURED. BENJAMIN GUM SCOEES. Mr Laurel Hoode, of Ohrletohurob, writes; Benjamin Gum had a marvellous effect on my oough and cold, which I oontmoted early last winter. I tried various Advertised Temediea bat gob no relief. A lady friend advised me to try foeir Benjamin Gam, and a very few dose* gave me relief, and it quickly cured BENJAMIN GUM always acts like this- It is pleasant to tabs—Children like it- Suitable for young or old Benjamik Gum, prio* Is 6d and 2s 6<J, from all Chemists and Otfoeera, or poet free, from LOASBY'S WAHOO MANUFAOTUR ING CO., Ltd, iDanedin; Wholeeale from »H J**rch»nt«



k Hard Day's Work. »— —- WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE—A CHANGE IN THE LIFE OF MAMY AN ASHBURTON CITIZEN. . The prospect of a hard day a work glvig a man a shudder when he is 6lck. H« would not mind if he was well. Have you not often had your deepest sympathies 1 aroused by the face of an invalid at» winl dow t Perhaps the day may ba exception* ally pleasant to you with your abundance of health, bub if the slightest breeze »#ok« the trees it would be too much for the free at the window. And there diseases futfl as exasperating, where one is as tmdh aft I lnvft'id as the one pictured above. Klaneffr complaint has ita miseries nnknowili except to those who have suffered tnerii> We are glad to say there Is moch lese of il In Ashlbnrton now that Doan'e Backaohg Kidney Pills are so well known. Reatt how one citizen was benefited. Mrs Jag. Parker, Beach Rd, Trefotto% this town, says:-'! could nob do «*• housework or wwshlng because of back ache not long ago. As soon as ever J started the pains became so very sgo&lslnt that I would have to lie down. This w» a veiy nasty statß of affairs for mis* and ft would probably have continued only* procured a box of Doan's Bsdcscha Kidney Pills at the Ashbnrton Drug Oofr in East Street. lam now perfectly fred of the pains and fib for anything In the wat of housework. I only took one coarse df th« pills and the cure was permanent* They are splendid as a tonic and agreab!» to take.' , Success has brought np manSrlmitatiofta of Doan's Pills, but there is co'hing 'J^si as good' as the remedy W"lcn T ett^6^^™ Parker, therefore atk for Doftn'a Bawmw X dney Pills They are sold by all chemists aim storekeepers at 3s per box (six bcxaa Bs 6d) or will be posted on receipt of prjcs by the proprietors, Foster, McLellSß OOj 76 Pitt St. , Sydney, N. S. W. Bet be sore they are Doan's



As their half annual balanos !a ie# taking ptasse in Chrlstchurob, the !ons manager of the D.I.C informs us that aayosft purchasing & piano or or organ fehia We*]** whether for cash or time payment, #» receive a b&ndsome pair of piano lamps fc«« stool to match the instrument as a present. We need hardiy remind onr reader* thai tbia splendid gift ie for this week only* Pander & Sous Eucalypti Extbaoi,-* Under the distinguished patronage of Hit Majesty the King of Italy, awarded Blplomk at the International Exhibition, Atneterdatfc, a eknowledged by Medioal Clinics and U« Tereitien all over the globs, That the orndfe rsßinoui oils, which are now foisted osMt the rublio under the name of Snoftln Extraots, may not be mistaken for Sander 1 Sons' Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extraoi, w* state :—l6 is proved by teais aiad» by th» Medioal Clinics of the Universities at Bon* and Oriefawald (Prussia), that only prodttJ* that are saturated with oxygen ana freed «f acids, resinons and other substances adherett* to primary distillation, will develop tni curative properties possessed by the planli To avoid the appalling conßequencee teioll ing from the application of substitutes^ ettt) in croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, dysentery internal Inflammation, etc., insht In getting SAMDBK AHD SOISB 1 POEB YOIIIMSB EVQk lypii Exibaot. and be safe With Woods Great Pskpbrmis* Ctnsi New Zealand was nob going to let Old Ecgland oail in v»in, Together they the fosmen met, Ami side by side were slaia. *Tia eaid * disease killa more than War,' And nothing can be truer. When coughs and colds knock aft the doo?, Take Woods' Great Pepperhm* Ctra*»



THAT PECULIAR EXCELLENCE > • J i .-'-. Which has always distinguishedl \ y Clod Liver Oil Emulsions in t&§ I curing of. Lung Diseases is fatfclj* ■ raora prominent in s " Lane's-— : fre&sofed \ Emulsion , of Cod Wtfer Oil- Lane's Orbasoted Emulsion la a distinctly original Emulsion. Ii con tains the finest Beechwood Greasot&j an ingredient always prescribed by doctors for Consumption. This Or©** sote, with the Cod Liver Oil ana Hypophosphites of Lime and Sola, arg peffeotly and permanently omaMfiea with Eresh eggs. In all other I&mtilstonJr gum is used in iplace of eggt. Bot gum only clogs and blocks tfea systeab and has no medicinal value. IiAIOf ff Obkaboshb Emulsion has » stFesgtlk giving, Consumption outing vatafli wMcw no other Emulsion oan apprason* Ail Cliemlsts and Stores Sell CREABOTBD EMCUISif. PRICE 28, "^Waiie's Wokm Fiss are most affective and not UDpleasant 5 children thrive after taking them prioe, la Smoke New Yeans