The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol. xxi.. no. 5459

Ashburton : Friday, August 30, 1901,

Pbice ; One Penny

The Journalist.

vV'hen you're wr pt io my clumber is yovr oomfortable Qrib, He ie scratching, scratching, scratching with a furious driven sib, , He is listening, he 38 listening with A hot tad aohing head, To the clicking of the cables from the ooean'i quiet bed; And the pt inter s buzzing devil* posh and bang hie yielding d«or, Snatch his eoribbie, fling the proof shttt, kuoak hi« coffee on the floor, While the words, vpords t wordi art written* swift at HgbtDing, sharp and oteaoi ■ To the loud, harsh, o!»Dgiag thunder of tht linotype machine. « ' Common Heroep/ By Harold Begbltt, author of ' The Handy Mao, 1 in tbt Juuenaiiberof the' Pall Mall Mag* 1 zne,'

Fashion's Latest Vagary.

" THE SUN " ON SOCIETY SECRETS

The latest vagary of Fashion, says the London Sun, is the boom in patent mcdl* cine?. Good Society, which a few years a#o would not have dreamed of using them now uiqnestienably does so, * Pink Pill" taking ia a fashionable craze stimulated. no doubi-, by the fact that the product of Dr WiUiams gained high approval in a foreign Royal family. A traart reporter of the Sun vent boldly to make inqoirict. The Manager of theDr Williasna* Mwtf' oine Company admitted that there fc« society bcom in medicines. * Society looks with different eyes upon advertised remedies to what it did/ e&td he, * though we have always had liberal support from Society and professional people, but never before to the extent we have now." •What do you mean by professional people?' saidtheftm man. You don' 6 mean doctors ?' I The Manager smiled* 'If you knew,' he said. ' what doctors have said in favour of Dr Wili}amss' pink pills you would be astonished. But I refer particularly to I members of the Church and St^ge* Clergymen have always been oar good friends, and quite a number of cctors and actreaees have let us know what they think of as.' * I suppose it wonld be useless to Mk you whether you think the boom a good thing or not,' said the Sun. * The recognition we are obtaining If doe, frankly, to the merit of rhe pills,' replied the Manager. Dr Williams, who h a qualified physician, with a high Edinburgh University degree, gave the exact art of preparation to a chemist ta his own city, because the pills cannot bs prepared by any ordinary chemist with* out a knowledge of the peculiar method of coropoundingdiscovered by DrWilllami For a long time Dr Williams pink pilli had only [a local reputation, spreading from patient to patient. What has really attracted wide spread attention to them, however, was.the case of a man in a leading benefiit society-the Koyal Templars— fho had been stricken with an incurable isease, had been examined by the ten best doctors available, and pronounced absolutely incurable —and the benefit society paid his death dues exactly as If he had already been dead. Titis practi' sally dead man was subsequently seen to be going about quite hale and hearty. Its transpired that Dr Williams' pink piite had cured him. Then the boom started. This happened ten years ago, and the feme of the pills has now spread ali orer the world. Then again there was the saee in Victoria of Mr W F Byrnes, of Toolern, near Melton. He was crippled with consumption of the lungs and hip, operated upon at the Melbourne Hospital in the presence of four distinguished surgeons and subsequently declared hope leesly incurable, On one occasion h9 WM so low that the last ritea ot the Church were Administered. Bub Dr WiUlftMt 1 pink pills raised, him from whab seemed his heathbed, and made a strong, aetift man of him. 1 Well, but/ suggested the Sun mtn» 'the fashionable people who are so largely consuming your pills presumably take them as a tonic, or something of that kind?* *As a tonic, certainly, the Manage* replied, ' the pills are not a purgative. As they are proved beyond all question to have cored a large number of cases of really serious disorders — paralysis, locomotor ataxia, sciatica, consumption* rheumatism, rheumatic fever, neuralgia, and so forth. It Is obvious that) in milder disorders they will ace all the more sorely. ' But, look here,* said the .S«»msn, * how can you pretend that one medicine can cure such differing complaints as you have named * Yes, the symptoms are different, bob Dr Williams* pink pills cure the under* lying oaase. There is the Becret; this ia what makes them different from other medicines. They incre»se the blood supply and tone up the nerves, particu larly the spinal cord. To the former quality is due the" unequalled effioacy in afitemia, consumption, and all wasting diseases ; to the latter the cares they have effected in paralysis, sciatica, nervous exhaustion, hysteria, and the ike 1 They make healthy flesh, and warm rich blood, and they give new life to the nerves and spins. The spoken recommen* dation of the people is the best advertise* aient we have, for we know that people who take our pilte speak well of them* You call the fashion for Dr Williams' pink pills a feociety Graze. I claim that It )• nob a craze, but merely ft recognition of their real usefulness. Society ladles who ate ar.wmic, sallow and lied, take them for the sake of their beauty and healtJt. Men who are nervooi, worried, and tired out, take them for the nerves. Both manhood and womanhood are Immediately and obviously bettered by them. £do no&Cfcl that acraz3.



SHIPPING ?s t H E f*—*St£sW HEW ZIALANB ,' SHIPPING OO.'S LIKE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR LONDON, via Mont» Vide©, fflenariffa & Plymenfcn. Probablefina! Steamers. Tena. Port. Date. Waikato 4767 Bluff 4ug 28 Wakatane 6715 Wellington f >epfc 19 Otarama 3808 — To follow Wakanul 5706 — „ Waimate s#lo —  Rakaift 5628 „ Tekoa 4050 Papauni 6372 Bimutaka* 7765 *Twin Screws. for fntfchosr particulars apply to FBIEDLANDER BROS., lao. SHAW, SAVILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED, FOR LONDON. Al "OOYAL MAIL STKA-, IJHhH^"" MBB3, wifch Btspaplof JliiiflSlijßf soeommodablon feral! classes ■•*§*3ssis*«s o t passengers, calling »t Monte Video os> Bio, Tenesiffe and Ply. month. "Vessel ■ Ton (Commander "From Data. Karamea 5563 Burton I Sepb Kutnara 6034 Scotland I Oot Oobbio 7730 Kidiey WeH'gbon No? 7 OARGO STEAMERS. Aotea 6364 Evans Lyfctl'n S?pt 5 Pakeh&t [4331 Prosscr Sept Waiwera '6257 Stuart f Via South Africa For further particulars, apply NICOLL BROS. UKION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited £TEAMERBSAII FRCMLITTELTON AS UNDER: Fob Westport and Groymouth—Weekly Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise ment in Ohristohurch 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 fco alteration ; eference alioald therefore be made to Ohrlstohurch daily papers fos; dates and hour of sailing For further particulars apply to F FBRRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton BUSINESS NOTICES sTh. GEAVES, ■SHAKBBEOZER AND FINANCIAL AGENT, 185 HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST .CHURCH & AT GREYMOUTH. T) ELIAiSLE Information on Dredgit? J\> Stocks. OorreEpoDdence Invited, Oodss : Bedford McKeiH'e, MoreJng and Weal's, A.8.0. Co (fourth Edition. MR F MAEEIO, A«hbnrton Representative TfiLEOBAPHio Address ; GKAVES Chriatchurch. Oreymouth—Brownlie, Greymouth W H Undeill E Undbiix T H UNDBILL & 00 FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS' TANORED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Polished Coffins a Specialty A Choice Assortment of Artificial Wreath to Stock• —— Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfeliowa' Hall; also care ef Mr T. Andrews, East) Belt, 2 BAKER BROS.,' pURNISHING TTNDERTAKBSRB *■ URNISHIKG U NDERTAKERB DIRECT Importers of Best and Latei t Peelgno in FUNERAL FURNISHIBGV* FUNERALS condootsd with the greatest care and satisfaction, -st most reasonable charges. Corner of Wakanui Road and Oast streets, and Baker and brown's Coach factory. HENEY STEPHJENBON, (ouoeessor to Alfred Harritfon.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stook Produce, Furniture, ©to., EVERY SATURDAY, ab 12 o'clock. Clearing Bales of Stock, Household Furni ture, etc., as per arrangement) in any part of the county. Advances made on all goods placed in my nanda for Sale. Eegular Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit) Bold privately through the week, and at Auction on SATURDAYS. A.OKI7T ! Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company ft Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agenoy Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay ments from SO® per month. JSENRY STEPHENSON. AUCTIONEER.



BUSINESS NOTICES ABE CASH BUYERS OP PRIME MILLING WHEAT TUESDAYS & SATUKDAIS—SampIes received at Stores, West Street. Other days—Samples received at the Mill. CORNSAOKS SUPPLIED GRISTING- J^. 2^™™ - OAHTBKBUBY KOLLER FLOUR MILLS COMPANY (ROLLITT AND 00.,) D. WOOD, Manager T. H. -UNDRILL & C 0.,; CABINETMAKERS & UPHOLSTERERS. FURNITURE AND BEDDING OF A£• X* MJCNI3® MADE ON THE PREMISES. WE ARE STILL MAKING our Famous Drawing Room Snitea in Plash and Tapestry, which beat Christchurch for price and quality. Call and see them, JUST LANDED—A large assortment of Austrian, American, and Canadian Chairs. These Goods were bought before the recent rise in prices, which enables us to sell at lowest prices. Bedsteads and Toilet Ware—Largest stock in town j at all prices; < lINOLIUMS, I>UGS, rVLOLOTHS, LINOLEUMS, XiUGS, In New and Chaste Designs ; at all prices. DOOR MATS—AII sorts, all sizes. We manufacture all oar own Goods on the premises, of the best material and workmanship, so buy from ub and encourage Local Industry ; besides, you may go further and fare worse than at T. H. UNDRILL & CO.'S. CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS, AHU UNDERTAKERS, • TANORED STREET, Next to the Building Society's Office, and opposite' Arcade.)



rj^HIS OELEBRATED OBYLON* TEA HAS NOW ARRIVED, AND CAN BE HAD ONLY FROM JOHN T. CQOCH, GROCEK AND IRGNMONGEB, SAUiSDEBS' BUILDINGS, Who has been Appointed Sole Agent for Ashburton District, GALL FOR SAMPLES. -mm2M^9.w&mmsliwmmmmmmmmmm t.i vAmnummmiummmm 1111 mimiw mmimmtmmmmmßmmummmm BELFAST AND FAIRFIELD FREEZING WORKS MAISUHEIS, ARE THE BEST T^OR fEURNXPS, KAPE, WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER OROP. SPECIAL MANURES are mad 3 to euit any kind of Soil or description of Crop. Samples of SOIL ANALYSED free of cost to Farmers using our Manure For the present season an all round reductien in price of 7s 6& pw Ton been made. SATISFACTION GIVEN ivBBYWHEBE LAST SEASON. If there ia no agent in your district, send to the Office for Price Lfiti and Testimonials OAHTEEBUBY FBQZINIffiAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. #. WAYMOUTH SeorebaiF' 139 Hereford Street Cbristohuroh



FITS OF DEPRESSION, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, GIDDINESS, &c. They possess three grand qualities, being HPhHf W £%)Wwr*ir Jr\ t^-^nij SP^jj |>_^«» j*^ ffi SAFE AND CERTAIN. The Schoolmistress, St. Anne's Schocl, Waudsworcn, writes as follows. "My mother and eldest sister have taken 7,0m 1 Pills for years for bilious attacks and sick headaches, and have always found them most beneficial.'" > KBmfacturod only at 76, New Oxford Street, Londoa. Sold by all Ctjcmiste and Modlcino Venaoxft



BUSINESS NOTICES _ J Lfver, Kidney and • || ■ | Stomach Complaints *^F °^F H I B s : a full] stop] : 1 I By the timely us* of w 1 "^tnpeifs Jtfcty Jfpple" I 1 This SrHllantly Successful Remedy Is fj& HIV HONEST MEDSaiNB-Not a My«t«rlou« eoncoetlon. |8 . ' "T CAN SE TAKEN WITH CONFIDENCK. H & " Impov's May npPl*« "Ss made rom tbe Prescription of Mr. Matthew wm S Impcy, the eminent lecturer and botahilit. Its principal constituents are frankly m fa ackno'wlodßed to be those old-fasbioned but s&ffUng vegetable extracts:— Vjh i May Kpple, Oandeiion, easearaAQa Turkey Rhubarb, W s& compounded in a scientific up-to-date fashion. There if.no better restor»tive in th M world for derangement of the Digestive Organs or Sluggis* Liver. Hi P a 2/» <a». CHEMISTS *AND STORES. ,^ 2/* jfc . m^m^ SO)OOO . I OEM llß)iiitii ip Cooking 1 Banges W^l /gS^sn "^^i 1° Use in the Oolotiy \ im^imf^Tri^L-^TT^r ' 'A'he/ burn Lignite, True Coal, or Wood ap "■"JjT"" ip- y<mq : ~^~~ ==m£mi ' to 2ft 6ln ! t?**A^B (fSl"'" -^^ N0 SETTING REQOIRED. HI '^3S>idK?: With Stove Pipe can be worked out In the * 5 SJMJgjgI J{4i>^^^v^|}pi open. Splendid Bread Bakers j ' ' fcDLJS^^S*l!i With oast iron or copper boilers. The! "JJJ[**H T||* V'^^^*j|j{ copper boilere are forgo and tin lined iniide. ill *^~^olfe Repaire are a Minimum, > | (jSSSwQ. Ili«^wi«w3jrl Mafto in all sfzes, single or double iSa^ s^ {JHHwSlBii I Eigh or low pressure boller« | fUl'il'il"' '■*™rrrtma ' ''" R'l IfnmoDgari, from whom ". ' "^B^^"*s^s«aMß«saigJ| Cat»log«es can be obtained, or from *he f makers H. E. SHACKLOCK. LTD SSOUTHEND FOUNDRY, Fbinobs Stbbet, DUNHDIN



SMOKE ONLY ■ NEW VENUS. A PERFECT TOBACCO.



DAVID THOMAS, | AUCTIONEEB, LAND, INSURANCE & ESTATE AGINT> YALUATOB, WOOL & GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON .Loancs Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashburton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc, ou Moodaji Sales of Wool Throughout the Season | Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Olfftriog Sales as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sale beld'oo Satardayi Horse Fairs Held Monthly AGENT FOB j Matson and 00, Obdstcharcb* '■ Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohmtcbnrch White's Sheep Dip Walter A Wood Oo Bowring Bros' Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and 00, Bnnedin Belfast Manures Yacnam Oi! Company's Agricnltaral Oils Planet <Fr, Garden and Field Tools LAND FOR SALE 1 1 I have For Sale the following Blocks of Laud, in tussock, m^tbe Hindi District { 2000 Acres Plains Land in tussock 1500 „' 1900 „ » " », 6CO " n Reclaimed Swamp Land Also First Class Farms in Blocks of 100 Acres and upwards to 5600 acres | Several Farms, various sizes, thoroughly improved, for sale j well worth the money D. THOMAS, ASHBURTON



WILLIAM PATCHING. EAST & BURNETT STREETS, ASHBURTON, SADDLER & HARNESS MAKER. imaaiarliai 111 IUHY COMPETENT STAFF bow includes FIRST-CLASS COLLAR AND SADDLE MAKERS. 3?i6 and Workmanship Guaranteed. Repairs Executed Promptly and at Moderate Bates



BUSINESS NOTICES HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED. This is a representation of a contented and happy wife, who uses ooly BOOK GIFT i TEA, This lady obtained 6lba of th»6 famous tea at 2s, and with it) she wai given FREE, a copy of Mra Beebou't work on Cookery and Household Management, By the Rid of this Book the was enabled to plaet inch dishes before her hushahd that he iru Always its a good temper. Gonieqtiently he?s is dow a happy home, and she enjoys her leisure and her cup of tea and Improves her mind by reading the good books that are given away with BOOK GIFID TEA. 0a thou and do likewise, and bo also happy* A larger Cookery Book may be had with lOlba o Tea. Ask for Catalogue of Books, John Orr and Co, Agents. Ashburton tEEMANINT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. T OANS GRANTEDFiiOM €26 and upwards, at current rates Full Particulars on application. WORKING EXPENSES on all Shares are now duo and payable Office —Tanored Street* Office Houre—9.3o am till4pra Firßo Tuesday in Month—9,3o am till p in ; and 7 till 9pm ALBERT ROBERTS, Manager tWKIHG EANGEB. "DARNINGHAM AND 00. S. IMPBOVED ZEALAEDIA, NEW PATENT; Needs no Setting. Cau be used aa Open Fire, ASK FOB THH IMPROVED ZEALANPIA.



A CARD, MESSRS STRINGER & GRESSWELL BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS CHRISTOHURCH, HAVB OPENED A BRANCH OFFIOB at Mr Davisom's, West Street ABhburfcem, where they will Rfcfcead every THURSDAY and on other days when nseessary, They will be represented ia Aubbufbon by Mr J. Davison, who ia authorised to receive instructions on their behalf, and to whom communications may be addressed, We have various auma of money awaiting nveetment at lowest current rates. STRINGER &"~OR!SSWELI\ SOLICITORS, OHRISTOHUROH & ASHBURTON NOTICE OF REMOVAL. SECOND-HAND BUSINESS. MRS ROBINSON has removed to new j premises at the Triangle. Thank lag the public for support received daring the past three years, and hoping by strict attention to business to merit a continuance. Ladies waited on at their residences. All letters punctually attended to; furniture bought, sold, or exchanged TRIAD iPrisEie Competition. m THE " TRIAD " haa in the preii, and shortly to he published, a I>ook entitled " What to see and Where to Stay in New Zealand." A prize of Three Guineas ia offered for the moat interesting and amusing article of about 2000 words, entitled " What to see and Where to Stay in New Zealand." do close 20th b'EPTEM BERt For Puzzle Competition for children under 14, see TRIAD CONDITIONS.' } All that is necessary to enter for this competition is to post your artiole (enclosing a receipt for ss, or more, from any Triad advertiser) to •• The Manager of the Tbud, Duoedin. 1 Alax Washing Powdera Anglo N.Z. Cycle Co. Auckland Forwarding and Parcels Deliver Agency Bermallne Bread "-ell Bakers Brlnsiey and Co.'a Ranges Bing, Harris & Co, Arrow Brand Boot! Commercial Hotel, T N Grange Cope's Cigarettes and Tobacco Curtis, F, Jeweller Dunlop Tyres Gawne'e Sauces, Pickles, Vinegar, etc Gates, H A, Music seller Gregg and Co, W, Coffee, Starch, etc i Hayward's Pickles and Sauces Jones, H M, Triad Agent Kirkpatrick, S, and Co, X Jams i Khaiki Cigarettes, Eagle Co's Kozie Teas, all Grocers* Lane's Creoaoted Emulsion Loasby's Wahoo, Koolibah, Benjamin Gnm, and Cinnamon Cure] Meddine, G., Ironmonger N.Z. Clothing Factory Nelson • aloate and Co's To- Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corpora tion, Ltd. Orr, A, Draper Sanderson's Sootch Whisky Spring Blossom Tea Suraiura Te Teed and Co 0 orn Cure Tonking's Li seed Emulsion "Tut" Extra of Soap Waltke's Soa Wills Three Castles Cigarettes and Tobacco Woodrows' Hats, Gollin & Co., Agents



BUSINESS NOTIOKP I THE Event of the Year I THE Sensation of the Season I T^ESIDENTS OP ASHBUPTON A SURROUNDING DISTRICTS irill£be intsrei«od to lewn that OUR GEEAT ANNUAL (OUR PRINCIPAL SALE^OF THE YEAR), IS NOW ON. And will continue from d»y to day, until SATURDAY, 81 st AUGUST. Tola Sale will constitute a \ COLOSSAL CLEARANCE AT {SALE PRICES of Existing Stocks, including,—• FASHIONABLE WINTER GfrODS & SEASONABLE NOVELTIES/, A!eo— Furniture and Furnishings, Crockery and GlasH, Bedding, V/ite Mattresses and Stretchers, Etc« The Sale Redactions will even extend te OUR BESPOKE TAILORING DE PARTMENT. Nearly EVERYTHING^ WE M4KE AND SELL will be HANDSOMELY REDUCED lIS PRICE during this e»ie it wiliTpay you To ran op to Chrlstcbarch for this Great Sale, but if unable to attend It, consult your CATALOGUE AND DO YOUR SHOPPING BY POST.



Hi i : 11, QHRISTOHUROH Manning & Oo's NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTS AND PINTS, THE BESTIn"tHE MARKET Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES. Agents for Ashbnrton—Msssaa Shbar Mix Bsoa NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1859 CAPITAL—ONE MILLION nnHE Premier »nd Wealthiest, colonial JL Company, Noted for Promptness and Liberality Paid-tip Capital and Reserves, $400)000; Fire and Marine Risks,) Also,—- Risks on Growing Crops, Tbresbiag Machines, etc, accepted at lowest current rates NICOLL~BEOS», Agentr A OHEONIO COUGH QUICKLY CURED. BENJAMIN GUM SCORES, Mr Laurel Koode, of Chrißtohuroh, write*:. Benjamin Gum had r marvellous effeob on my cough und cold, whiob I oontraoted aatly laßfc winter. I tried various advertised remedies bad gob no relief. A lady friend : advised me to try your Benjamin Gum, and a very few doaea gave me relief, and it quickly cured BENJAMIN GUM always acts like this— It 3b pleasant to take—Children kike It- Suitable for yoong or old Benjamin Gym, price le 6d and 2s 6d, from all Chemists and Grocers, or poab free, from LOASBY'S WAHOO MANUFAOTUR ING CO., Ltd, Danedinj Wholeeale from all Merchant!



1 AH that glitters is nob gold, A {rover fo old aud true, Neither ie a ciugh or cold, What it appears to you. Do not treat 16 lightly, lot 'lis better to be Bare, That you suffer never more, isofc Woods' Great Pei'MUMINE CtJEfc CONSULTING OPTICIAN Mr Ernest M Sandstein, DB 0 Ai, F X MO, who has lately returned aft*r its years' special study in England and Oon ' tincnt, may bo ccoeohed on all c»«««ol defective eyesight, Daylight Botnccemrf artificial light being uesd, JDoctorß' pr« scriptions pn-parei. Fees moderate. Vm ultiug-rooms, Oftshel Street W., over M Saßdetoin, jeweller, Chrißtcharc* Bte 11 2 t,o 4 d»iiv Aa their half aonual balance is now taking place m Oimslchurob, tbe loe*l manager of the D.I.G* ioforms us that snyonp purchasing a piano or or organ ibis week, whether for cash or time payment, will I reoeive a handsome pair of piano lamps and Btoot to match the Instrument as a preienti. We need hardly remind oar readers ts»6 this splendid gift is for this week oo!y»|