The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol xxi. no. 5336

Ashburton ; Mondldy, April 1, 1901

Price ; One Penny

FIRE IN CHRISTCHURCH

FIVE HORSES BURNED TO DEATH

A five minute* before 11 bd Friday night a fire broke oafe m fome partially detached buildings near the corner of Oashel and Durham streets; Sooaa delay was caused m Bounding the alarm and when the Fire Brigades armed on the scene the fire had a hold of the pre -1 mi see, which included a cottage tiled ■■ , a laboratory and store belonging to the | Health Supplies Company, and the Ghristchurch Meat Company's stables. Both of the building s were gutted and five of the thirteen horses m the stablai were burned to death, Mr I? Smith trainer for Mr H Mace, did good wr vice m liberating the animals, and got - rather severely knocked about m per forming the task. The cottage wm ineurprf m the South British Company for £50.

Interprovincial.

United Presa Association—By Hlectrle Talegraph Chbrtchurch. M*reh £0 Owing to representations made persona -locally interested m the o»» ---meaanres cf Canterbury the Coal Cotnmts ulon intend vltiting the Maivem distrl a on Monday Dukedin, March 30 An agreement has been filed between c local typographical association »»d wo newspaper (fficee, piscework oa linotypes as agreed to. The agreement lasti for three years Wellington, March 30 It is understood the Trent ham Gamp of the Seventh Contingent will break up on Tuesday Fowler of Nelson who wa c ii jered at the camp is progressing well In the Wellington Hospital There are 8 6 men m the contingent who have already seen service m South Africa, ]7 are holding active commissions A Conference of underwriters willai m Wellington on 19 April, and finall decide to increase the fire rateelor the North Island The fourth New Zealanders were en* gaged under Genl FaMngtonuaar Ventera* d«»rp !n several fights, Colonel Davtea cables " ali wall" Dunedin, March 30 The, Premier wires that instruction! hay« been given to Government rfficeia to pte* pare a design and plane for the section of an, arch, and Mayor ie asked to Sx a aiU. Mr HpddoQ eaggoats that the design for the local Government arch should be the entraooe to Balmoral Castle or something on similar lines which would be familiar to thfir High* nesses and be pleasing to the people of Otag» generally. Gisborkb," March 30 The County Council haa resolved to iar« mit to the ratepayers a proposal to borrow £25,000 for improvements to roads, arid also making enquiries as to the purchase of a road roller and traction engine. £tsatfoed March 30 The Minister for public works left Stratford this morning for Eitbam, going t» icspoct the proposed Eltham Opaiiake litte. He expressed himself highly pleated wifch Mount Egmost and stone; He returei to Wellington on Monday or Tuesday:

Burdens are many

Burdens of life are many. Borne people have more than their ah art , Pretty hard to bear the but dens of ft bad back. Its aches and pains make you miserable. Learn the cause and remove the burden; Most backache pains come from tick kidneys,' Must cure the kidneys to cure the back. Dban's Bickiohe Eid neys J?il|s will do it, Lots of Ashburton proof that this Up io. Mrs H Dtlley of Wills and Cambridge streets, Httupstead,of this town lays: •For a number of years I've had „ • severe trial of sickness. The doctor told me that it all came from internal female trouble. I have found out since that this w«b a mistake. The tronble that made itself most felt was paini m tide small of the back. Whfn I stoeptd down I could not get up wilh this. Then all my left side w*s partly paralysed, and my left eye was affected. This almost crippled me alone,and I bad giddiness so bad I would be ashamed out walking as I would stagger, feeling overwhelmed with it. The secretions would be thick as could be. Often I would be laid up for a week or a fort night with all thtw troubles and no tongue csn tell all the medicines I've swallowed, but none of them gave me relief worth speaking abottt until 1 got Doan's Backache Kid ney Pills at the Ashburton Drug Cojni pany Esst Street, and was very bad when I took this medicine, but after I had taken the pills awhile I cannot tell I you how much they did for me. Back* ache is gone, giddiness and headaches never trouble me and the paralysis !• nearly cured, and I can get about splendidly. I can't speak enough of this remedy.' Take no substitute. It i was Doan's Backache Kidney Pille Mrs Dalley used; See you get the remedy, It is for sale by all chemiita and storekeepers at 3* per box (six boxes 16s 6d) or wili be posted on receipt of price by the proprietor! Foster McClelian, Go, Sydney, Bufc be sure they are Doan's,



! CONSULTING OPIIOIAN | Mr Ernest M Sandstein, DBOA!,FR MO, who has lately returned after aiz years' special study m England and Cos tinent, may be oerssalted on all cum of defective eyesight, Daylight cob neowwa tf artificial light being used. Dooton'pr* geriptiona prepared. Feet moderate. Oem suiting rooms, Cashe! Street W.i, over M B&ndetein, jeweller, ChristohuK*. 9to IX 1 to 6 daily You can depend on ridding your eblldwn of worms wiih Wade'i Worm Figs, tts wonderful Worm Wwrlwi



PRBPfcBEJ} ONLY BT XHOHAI JBJEKCHikM.ST. HELEN'S,£ Sold everywhere in tries—9Jd, Is 1 IJ, Is 9d each ' cheap, for dash—Several ha" V dred pain of Boats and Shoes. Appl to Msmor's Zoalandia Boob Stow



BEECHAM'S PILLS, taken aa directed, will quickly restore Females to complete health They promptly remove any obliruc tion or irregularity m thef system Fora WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, They act like magic—a few doses wsl work wonders upon the Vital Organs strengthening the Muscular System, renter ing the longlost complexion, bringing back the best of appetite, and arousing with the robust health the whole physical energy of the human frame For throwing off fevers j m kob climates they are specially renowned j These are ' facts' admitted by thousands, ih all classes of Society, and ons of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that BEECHAM'S PILLS have the Largest) Sale of any Patent Medicine m tab World BBJBOHAM'B FII^JUS Have for many years been the popula amity medicine throughout the Brifcis Colonies, and they now stand WITHOUT A RIVAL.



KAYE & CARTER, OB RISTCHURCB . 1 woUrinFiii; «¥»!««> mi BEEGHAM'S PILLS For Billioui and Nervous Disorders, such as Wind and Pain m the Stomach, Sick Headache, Giddiness, Fulness and Swelling after Meals, Dizziness and Drowsiness, Cold, Chilis, Flashings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Ccstiveness, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling Sensation*, etc. The First Dcsb will site Relief m Twenty Minutbs. This is no Fiction, Kvery Bufferer is earaestiy invited to try one Box of these Pills, and they will be acknowledged to be Wortli A «VTI.i«KA a JB«X



KAYE & GAfITFR ARE CASH BUYERS, btgheab current rates, all FARM PBODUOB. Agents tor Sdwon's and Lawsoh's Unrivalled Seeds, New Season's Supplies of RAPE, TURNIP, MANGEL CLOVERS. & &O, JUST LANDED, LARGE STORES aft LYITELTON EXTENSIVE CLBANIN& MAOBINERY. CORNSAUKB alwayß on hand j



THOMAS WEST-PROPRIETOR (tATB, OF HOROBATA HOTEL) Df SIRES to intimate to Oommeroift Represeatativee and the Travelling Public that the new addition* to this Hotel are now complete, and good accommodation can be relied upon. ALES, WIHES, SPIBITS Etc ,from the Best Cellars. AMPLE STABLING ACCOMODATION AND GRABB PADDOCKS.



Is your hair long enough to suit you ? Does the color exactly please you ? In a word, are you perfectly satisfied with your hair ? If not, give it a good hair food. Give it Ayer's Hair Vigor 'Twill make you have long, rich, abun dant hair, and it will stop falling of the hair, too, Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color. You can depend upon it every time. It brings back all the rich, dark color you had when you were young. If you are 30, there is no need of looking as if you were 50 Just because your hair is gray. And you will like our, Hair Vigor, also, as a hair dressing; while it forms a valuable addition to any toilet table because of the elegant way ih which it is put up. _____ Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aysr Co., Lowell, Mass.,U. S. A. MOUNT SOMERS HOTEL. MOUNT SOMBBS.



"I M PEY'S The New etable Medicine is an «xtra. ..L, i 11 m "'-i- ■ ordinary success. In Liver, Kidney and m»'T*'«r Stomach Complaints, people experience I^l** * * 3 f prompt relief or complete cure. Moreover, ■ they help to sell it, for they write letters J\ P PL* H»'' of grateful acknowledgment so that othvrs 1 may benefit THO'jSjS who report dn " Irnpey's May Apple" are indis putably honest m their opinions, are not afraid to sign their names, and from their position m the community are absolutely independent, and are not disposed to indiscriminately eulogise every new medicine they" try. Here are two brief extracts: — " After using ' Impey's MA.V APPLE' for nearly two years, ;it affords me " great pleasure to testify to its great value. For Flatulency and Indigestion, "it is a specific, and for Constipation I cannot speak too highly of it. I " would not be without a bottle m the house for any consideration. Please "send six more bottles.-— GEO. CHUKCHES, Farmer." #'* * % * " I have suffered from dyspepsia for nine ycais, and have been treated by "bi li ] n !i h an 1 Aii.fucan d i"tors v ithoui lcvilt I have aKo trltd " ii * i> t nt iicdirnus but got no relief till I was indnctd to test MAY "Al 11 < 3 \cii the firsL Ijottle had a good effect' lam so convinced o 1 ••- t i ii' t'nl I shall \\e six bo«les with mt on my vov igc - ' mil Ol 1 U (Mis rt Golden Gate ') " CHEMISTS AND STORES. 21 ---'•■) i~-1 i iTi *i • ] ii »j^T^*yr»Ti*7'»T»'i •„!



vv i hout a peer m all the World. • Unrivalled, Unexcelled. j)uqlops I 3 !t"H r^ JT*^ Zobacco ;: L ""^^o I—__" " ' "—-p^' " ■ ■- w I __Z~~~lL____ m . _'* I' " "..'' "." " !|, 'i r> - '.'.Strives to ExceJ," and comes m "Easily First." f£



S. H. GKAVES, SHAREBKOKER AND FINANCIAL AGEKT, 186 HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST CHURCH & AT GREYMOUTH. T> ELI ABLE Information on Dredglu XI) Stocks. Correspondence Invited. Codks : Bedford MoNeill's, Moreing and Neal'B, A.B.C, Oode (fourth Edition. VLB F M AKEIG, Ashbarion Bepresentative Telegbaphio' Address : GSAVIS Ohrlsfcchnroh. Greymouth—Browulie, Greymoath



A FTSR Two Years.— The "Seem J\. The case of Mr Herbert of Euglandt England, Petone. 11l for veara Seven Weeks m the Greaines Wellington Hospital. Un able to work for one year *nd eleven months. Borne Pf AMTT- Jl ctors Sis<* ib was ®oaty tin 4 Kidneys, others Bright's liO A Disease, but all agreed it was i Serions Kioney Trouble. Fried every known remedy Our la tie without relief. PLANTE KOA Effects a Cure. Mr loved and 11. England has been working for soma time now at manual 1v s trl on t 'abour, that of a butcher at he Gear Meat Preserving Qaeen wae Works, Petone. Kindly read Mr England's latter, once asked, which was received just before Christmas : — ♦ What is the Beach Street, Petone, December 22, 1900 source of Eng Sir— It is with the greatest I pleasure I send you these land's great' few lines, testifying fco the grreat cure effected In my ' ness and In aase through taking your Herbal Remedy, PLANTS*. reply well and KOA. I have been a sufferer for years with Kidney truly said, Trouble, and have not been *ble t© work for a year and nointinK to eleven months, bnt thanks V m oPLAM E KOA lam the Bible, tgain able to 1 follow my usual employment. During this that Is the ong period I have tried various kinds of Medicines, secret. but none gave me relief like PLANTEKOA Any person wishing to know anything tn he case further about my late illness, md the good that Plantekoa trader review did for me, if they will call on me, or write, I ahall only PtANTBKOA be too happy to give them ill the information I can; plays aa 1m *nd again I nay it is with the greatest pleasure I send you portant part, bhese few lines, sincerely hoping that other sufferers from Kidney disease will be If you want induced to try Plantekoa — Yours truly, farthsr parti Hekbert England, Beach Street, Petone oulars, wrltej Wishing you the Campli cnents of the eeason—H E but don't for* We need scarcely add that get to enclose these kind wishes we heartily reciprocate, and wish for Mr stamped ad England.hls wife and family, prosperity, health and happi dressed c n ness, In the truest sense of ohe term, for many long velope for years to come ; more eepeci illy after the long period reply. of sickness, suffering, and mxlety they have been called apon to pass through. . PLANTEKOA OINTMENT, PLANTEKOA HE&B SOAP, | For the Toilet and Bath> Obtainable from Jackson, Herbalist; Carson and Co, Grooers; and Chemists and Grocers everywhere.



KEENABD & WBITK, City Pork Shop, Havelook Street, HAVE just opeued New Business m 'he Pork Line. Small goods of all descriptions always on band. The public J are specially invited to call nd inspect Pork Sausages, (fresh. Daily cash fouyere of dary fed Pork. "TwjwiliWW***l ——W*lfl'■■ i » IiIIHMII nil illhJWiil linn iff Old Harness Machine Belting, Etc: SET with a Hammer. From all Ir«n mm gers and Storekeepers. WFUKOATED RIVKT CO., Ltd., London, England. Fall par'Jculare from Harri?on A Webb, Auckland. (Cut this out and show your Ironmonger, "



J. BALLANTYNE & CO. AEE NOW MAKING AN EXTENSIVE DISPLAY OF Fashions Latest for Autumn Wear Hew Blouse [Materials' New Millinery New Mantles New Jackets '■ Hew Autumn Dress Materials New Tweeds Hew Uoatnmes New*Frlewi -Hi* OEDEES BY ?POST EECEIVE PEOMPT ATTENTION. PAITEENS;'.SBN(T POST FEEB 0N APPLICAtriOK^OCO J. BALLANTYNE & COMPANY OASHIL STREET CHRISTOHIJfIOH.



DAVID THOMAS, AUCTIONEER, XAND, I^SDRANCE & ESTATE AGENT, VALUATOR, WQOL & GBAIfI BROKBB, ASHBTJRTOJNI Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Xinwaid and'Ashbnrtou alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc, on Mondayi? Sales of Woo! Throughout the Saßecn Grain Bought and Sold on Oommissiou Olrarisg Saleß as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sate held on Saturdays Horse Fairs Held Monthly AQINT FOR Mateon and 00, Christchurcbj Booth, McDouald and Oo, t Ohristcburch White's Sheep Dip Walter A Wood Oo Bowring Bros' Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stepbeneon and 00, Dunedin Belfast Manures Vacuum Oil Company's Agricultural Cile JPlanet£Jr£Garden and Field Tools LAND FOR SA!E I have For Sale the following Blocks of Land, m tussock, m the Hinds istrict: 2000 Acres Flai nd m tussock i 1500 „ „ . i 1900 „ „ 600 „ Reclaimed Swamp Lan I Also First Class Farms m Blocks of 190 Acres and upwards to 5500 acrei Several Farms, various sizes, thoroughly improved, for sale : well worth the money D. THOMAS, A 8 H B D R,T OIN.



I .] ASK" YOUK^SHOEfiDEiIiER : fob: E:VEIB|Y /\A? m # [ENCOURAGE PAIB / ICOIiOSJAL MANU/AOTURBD |BY S. ANDEKSON, TTMARU.



WILLIAM PATCHING. I lAST & BURNETT STREETS, APHBURTON | -T-r -r- .(X)— ——- ' TARPAULINS, GBBIN' STACK, & DRAT COVERS* STACK COVERS, well roped at 378 JM. : ■ BELFAST AND FAIRFIELD FREEZING WORKS MANURES,' ARE THE REST TjIOR 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 j MANURE CAN BE SUPPLIED IN 1 Cwt. or g Cw<. 8/CKB Orders received by FBIIGOLANDUR BUOSS., LtunttcA.,' OATID THOMAS, OR TMLJB- W.Z.. ■ FARMERS 00-t.ifJiJK.A/I'IVE ASSOCIATION OJS" CANTKRBURY, Limited., OANTB&BURY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, LIMITED. 8 80 #. WAYMOU Secr°t«y. i i COMBINED LIFE AND AOCID£ NT TABLES THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA OFFERS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE TWENTIETH (CENTURY SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY NEW. Ordinary Life Policies do not cover Accidents unless they result i« Death Ordinary Accident Polic'e3 do not cover Death unlesa caused by Accident; THE COMBINED LIFE AND ACCIDENT POLICIES Cover both, »nd at Specially Low Rates. THEY ARE ISSUED IN THE THREE FOLLOWING FORMS:— TABLE AC—ASSURANCE PAYABLE Combined in each ease with Compensation AT DEATH- for— Premiums payable during Life of the Assured. PERMANENT TOTAL DISABLE TABLE CO. — ASSURANCE PAYABLE MENT AT DEATH- PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABLE Premiums payable during epeeified MENT, or term of years. TEMPORARY TOTAL DIBARLE TABLE EC » ENDOWMENT ASSUR- MENT, ANCil'— if resulting from Acoidenb during currency Payable at md of term of years, or of the Policy, and while Premiums are being previous deaths paid thereom For Tableß of Rates and full particulars apply at any Office of the Association, or to HUGO FRIEDLANDER, District Agent. JOHM TOTTY, Representative for New Business, Ashbnrton. Branch Office r ISO Hereford Street, Chriatohurch. 2 177 we ABE CASH BUYERS OP PRIME MILLING WHEAT CANADIAN OATS, TARTAR OATS. TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS—FampIes received at Stores, West Street. Other clays—-Samples received at the Mill. CORN SACKS SUPPLIED. GRISTING DONE ON FARMERS' ACCOUNT. CANTERBURY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. (ROLLITT AND C 0.,) D. "WOOD, Manager T. H. 'UNDRILL & CO., CABINETMAKERS & UPHOLSTERERS. FURNITURE AND BEDDING OF ALL KXCT I> S MADE ON THE PREMISES. WE ARE" STILL MAKING our Famous Drawing Room Suites in Plush and Tapestry, which beat Christchurch for price and quality. Call and see them. JUST LANDED—A large assortment of Austrian, American, and Canadian Chairs. Tfaeße 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 \ at all prices; LINOLEUMS, T> UG,, f\ ILCLOTHS, INOLEUMS, XiUGS, \J ILCLOTHS, In New and Chaste Designs; at all prices. DOOR MATS—AII sorts, all sizes. We* manufacture all our own Goods on the premises, of the best material and workmanship, bo buy from us and encourage Local Industry ; besides, yon i may go further and fare worse than at T. H. UNDRILL & CO.'S. CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS, AKl»] UNDERTAKERS, TANCRED STREET, J I Nexfc|to"th6 Buildiog Society's Office,fetnd opposite Arcade,)" \



, jm^ m\B. "E jWMmKfifr NEW ZEALAND 'JHg^StfS BjHil P PIN 0■ 0 o.'B LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR,, LONDON, via Monte Tide*, G-'enerifife & Plymouth. • f Pretaablefin&l Stamen, ferns. ■■ Port. Date, Rimotaka* 7765 Wellington March 28 Wakafcame 5715 — April — Wafeanitt 5706 '„ April 25 Waimate 5610 — April Paparoa - f 563 —- May 23 tFoDgarlro*-7700 ■ ■— To follow Papauui" ,,§372 ... — „ Raapeba* 8000 ■■ — „ I *Twin Screws. F»r farther particulars apply be PRIBDLANDER BROS., Lm>. Shaw, savill and albion Company, limited, for london. J J| M |L TIOTAXi MAIL STBA «fii|w^ fc |( MERS, with superior JWh /-^\»;^,.^ accommodation for all elaases of passengers, calling -at onto Video or Rio, Teneriffe and Ply. oaffh. Vessel ITon Oomraiandei From I Date. Gobble «.i773oKidley WeH'Jjan ~—" OAR6O"~STEAMBRS, "' Delphio jß273fSow.d'en fwel'g'n Jan ~17 Walwera 6237 Stuart jWellg'n Feb 14 Aotea 63641 Evans  Feb — UNION STEAMSHIP, COMPANY Of NEW ZEALAND. Limited tTEAMER? PAII FRCMLITTELTON AS UNDER: Fer Westopor* and Qreymonth—Weokly Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and^ Saturdays • NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise meat in Christcrraroh papers Dnnedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Pioton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, ■■ via Aaokland — Alternate - Thursdays The-above are subject to alteration; eference should therefore be made to Obrletdhurch daily papers for datee and l M^p'y to (RRIM AN, ;eni, ABhburton jumsu. raw ii 11 iiiki iimmw : :: ■' BT3NBON, 1 Harrison.) years. ■ ESTATE AND ! AND VALUER ""f"I l: :"F, ;-'•<. ■.''' • of Live Stock \ V '■"' ■,',' .. are, etc, 'VV'uW ;'■:■'■ r. at 12 o'clock. fliciari.^ t-ys :k, Household Furoi fs';:.;,, et:>. , »„•? -,; -> igoment in any parb &3<r*av?n p.i;<'..-> <;■'■ 1 goods placed in my TUi-rnih 1- o)i.-i./ii nts of Colonial Grown *»r» U\- '«.::" F/v';:.-, privately through the *■ 54k, at s i3 i ...-; <on BA3UBPAYB. . ./: ..•■■IT: i'lSirvfioh I'i-ie-- Fir a y isuranee Company l>: Ik^-';^ Ti.r:,-,fi*f-r*,i3 Manufacturing and „:,.r-'r::,«:;> Company. n'AKiOo ■•»vr! o>;'*.;,'iNS on time pay y-ij'h 4't.i;.., *,-'; j>s per month. HIMBY STEPHENSON, ■ AUCTIONEER. A. A(jER ARCHITECT. ARCADE CHAMBERS ASHBURTON. T» yon waDb i NEW HOUSE, o. Alter tlono, or Newest Style of Decorations, CONSULT MR AGES. Call and see the HEW FIBBOSE BLIND Imitation of Venetian, at half the price G. JESSON, PRACTICAL WA!KB&n&>'tiAND JBWELLER : TT AVlNGfltaken al lease of one of the *<ew shops in Davis's corner, i am now showing a large and varied stock of Watcheß Clocks, and Jewellery Eleotro.plate, Eb suitable for Cfarletmas and Wedding Pr aents'ab prices vfr?on defy competition. Note the Address—Davis's Corner "~ "~piIZE~MFOKS, "~^ FOR SALE — Purebred While Pekin Ducks, from first prize stock, 5s eaoh Apply H 6 Bebkyman, Ashburton 2 218 SPORT; SPORT. PPORT GTJNB, GUNS GUNS. HARDIFy BROS EAST STREET, HAVE TO HAND, direct from the Manufacturers, a large Consignment of the Famous NEW ■ RIVAL CARTRIDGES. Large supplies also arriving of Bley's, Atnbettte, Blue Shulze, Kynock's Nobels, etc* Special clearance oi Wire Cartridges, ! ©wing to being overstocked. j Q'-V: NS, GUNS. ■ | For First-class Guns, at a low price, give j m a trial j our prides defy competition, GUNS of all makes' REPAIRED and pub j in fi»B*qlMs order by a Practical Gunsmith, j Address— ' HABDLEY BEOS-