The Ashburton Guardian.

Tol xxi. no, 5350

Ashburton ; Saturd iy, Ap il 20, 1001

Price ; One Penny

INCRASED INSURANCE TARIFF

doited Press Aesooiatioi—By Eleetrto iOTtlegrkph Nif JER April 19 At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce bo day, a resolution was paused protestieg again«t the increased insurance tariff, the Chamber considering thu present tariff m the North Island waa sufficiently high. It wig decided to join the projected New Zetland Associated Chambers of Commerce, provided the annual fee bo fixed within & certain limit;. Wellington. April 19 A special meeting of the Council of the Underwrites* to day, resolved tt ftb m view of the continued reverses experienced io the North Inland, the ratea of fire insurances ehnnirl bo rained to a moderate extent od •.nd after May lat. I ■ ■

The British Antarctic Expedi tion.

■, ♦ ■ INTERVIEW WITH THE COM MANDER. Lieutenant R P Scott, R, N, the leader of the British Antarctic Expedi tion, whcse ship Discovery is to be launched m a few days at Dundee, has been intfrvitw dby a representative of Renter. In r«ply to questions', Lieut Scott said : The preparations for the British Antarciic Expedition are now practically complete, and we ire now engaged m collecting provisions, equip ment, etc. The Discovery, the expedi tion s ship will be launched on the 23rd March, and, after she has been handed over by the contractors, will come round to London,- whf-re her equipment and provisions will be put aboard. The Discovery has been built on whaler lines only with greatly increased strength to wishsfsnd ice pressure. She has been built on improved lines of the Discovery which accompanied the Alert m the Nares expedition of 1876; but is larger than that vessel, She is 171 feet long, and 34^ feet beam, and has 1,500 tons displacement. Bhe will have-auxiliary steam, and is fitt<d with 450 h.p engines of the latest type. -As the Discovery will have to be prepared not only for ice pressure, bat also for the heavy eeas which are to be fxpectedin the Southern Ocean, she has been specially strengthened, not only by bulkheads, but by an arrange ment of very closely placad heavy transverse beams, In her interior arrangement there has been a consider able amount of sub-division oi» the same principle as is adopted on men-of war. In her construction the lines of the From, though carefully studied, have not been adopted, as Nat sen's ship would have been ill-adapted for the heavy seas the Discovery will have to encounter. The ship is constructed entirely of wood—greenhart, oak, and other hard woods — and a large sum has beea expended m preparing her for magnetic observations, and by freeing the vicinity of all magnetic instruments from all iron or steel. Ihe expedition will leave London m July or August, and will proceed direct to Melbourne, reaching therein Novem ber. The actual work of the expedi tion will then commerfi'the Discovery will proceed into the ice m the Rosa Quadrant, and, we hope, will follow np .the discoveries of that great explorer. The details of our subsequent plans I cannot yet tell you, but I may say that our ship will be equipped with pro visions and stores for three years. Our present funds, however, only alow for two years wages, and if work is to be extended beyond that time and success to attend the scientific operations an other £20,000 is needed. With regard to the personnel of the expedition, the naval staff, m addition to myself, con sists o? Lieutenant A R Armitage (second m command), Lieutenant Charles Royds, and two other officers yet to be appointed. The civilian staff will consist of Professor Gregory of Melbourne University (Director of the Civilian Scientific Stafl) Mr Hodgson (biologist), and Mr Sh&ckleton (physi cist). The medical staff will consist of Dr Koettlitz and Mr Wilson, both of whom will also do scientific work m their spare time,

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8 HtP P I N.jff OO.'P " LINE ■ ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOE LONDON, vift Monte Video, (FfineHffe * Plymei>*h Probable finaJ Bummers. Tens. Porfc. Da^e. Rintetaka* 7765 Wellington Vfarch" 28 Wakatana 6715 — Apf'l — Wftkartt 5706  April 25 Walnain ■ 5610 — ■ April Paparba '563 — May 23 Toostarfro* 7700 — To follow Papatitd 6372 — „ RaapsbQ* 8000 ~ „ *Twin Sorews. F»r farther partlonlan apply to fRIBBLANDER BBOS,, Ijfo. egy.j!iiii|is™gi^sj;l rrrsig'.ss^" rrr mMrr m-^mmm'^s SHAW, SAVILL AKD A LB'iON" . COMPANY, TJMITED, FOR LONDON*. sfi^L "OOYAL WAl.h STB A- MTCRS, wftb Rtipprfor aoootamodatlon ?or»ll«!agaea of paaaeriErers, cmliin? at ottbe "Video or Rio, TeDorfPe and Ply. oitiii. Faasel Tob CSommaßderj From Date. Gothto 7750;K1d?e7 Welt'n June 20 ._ —o" AE6O "gTEAMBBa ~ " Maori B3!7Jtfoffai> vvelVn May 9 Miimari (3583 Banks (Lvttl'u May 4 tTokomara'62sß Maxwell fWnllg'n June 6 UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY Of NEW ZEALAND. Limiteb -■'TBAMERP 9 AH FBCHLITTELTON IS UNDER: f»* Wesbport aod Qreymouth—Weekly Wellington— Monday 9 Taosday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise menl In Christohuroh papers Doaedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelion and Pioton, via Weilin^ton— Tnosday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration ; eference should therefore be made to Ohriatchnrch daily papers fox dates and hont of sailing 1 For farther partioulare apply to F PEKRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton ISnry~stephenson7~ (ouooeesor to Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., BVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni. tciN, etc., as per arrangement m any part of tbft oounty. Advance;! made on all goods placed m my iiftnda for Sale. Regular Conafgnmenta of Colonial Grown »ni lelacd Fruit sold privately through the week, and at Auction on 8 A TUB PA YB. Aqbct : Norwich Onion Fire Insurance Company A, Broaden Pianoforte Manufaotttrirag and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay - Bents from SOs par month. HEMBY BTBPHKNSON, _; ;; apotiohebr, A. AGKR IEOHITEOT. ARC ADB OB AMBIRS ABHBURTON. "F* yora wamt t NEW HOUSE, o. Alter isoßß, or Newest) Style of Decorations, CONSULT MR AGI.R. Call and see the NEW FIBBOSE BLIND Imtfo&ion of Venetian, at half the pr?ce G. JESSON, PBACaJCVL WAVCBBn/>A>:«jftKD JEWELLER TT AYlNGpakeu al lease of one of the mew fihopa m D&vis's corner, j am bow efaowing a large and variedjatock of Watches ObokSj m& Jewellery Electro-plate, Eb writable: fcr Cbristmaa and Wedding Pr l«»to at; prices which defy competition, Neto the Address—Davip's Corner SPOETi SPORT. SPORT GUNS. GUNS GUNS. HARDITY BROS. EAST STREET, HAVE TO HAND, direct from the Manufacturers, a large Consignment of the Wmmoxm NEW RITAL CARTRIDGES. Laig«''supplies also arriving of Eley's Afnberlfce, Blae Shalza, Kynock's Nobeis, ista. gpaolaS okaranoe of Wire Cartridges, owing 1)6 being overstocked. a'UN-S, :i . GUNS. For FireUolass Guns, aba low pHoe, give Hi a trial $ our prices defy competition. iOUNB of all makes REPAIRED and put m fif»fc"C!»«s order by a Praotloai Gunsmith. HABDEiBY BBOS. SALE - Fftiao^ ■• Woi*. Siike, Arasane Perlines, Canvafli Berlin Wools, Linen ana Stamped work generally, ail reduce flaring Mm Awobn's Sale >**——— ——■ ——— *_ fi Smoke New V«*jma



HA i I Al4/ A \JiO Bail i I Iflf fa Mm 111 I 1f If iff JJft ■ «^1 PILLS CURE BILIOUS ATTACKS, FITS OF DEPRESSION, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, GIDDINESS, *c. They possess three grand qualities, being SPEEDY, SAFE AND CERTAIN. The ScHooLMisTßEsa, St. Anne's School, Wandswortn, writes aa follows. uMy mother and eldest sister have taken your Pills for years for bilioat •Wracks and sick headaches, and have aiways found them most beneficial.* * limtfactuiwd only at 78,1f0w Oxford Street, London. r.:V * ■ f.._^' ' and Modtotae Veaoonb "'"—_*"" "^ 30000 . || ORION #"""" """ z CX, 31k Cooking* Ranges Bi '" Mini i m,a In XJae In the Colony ~^==ajuJs^ 'l'he, burn Lignite, True Goal, or Wood up No SETTING REQUIRED. n */£N**5CiH *Vit'l Stove Pipe earn be worked oat In b WASi^*|| open. Splendid Bread Bakera |j i—T^^ttJil With cast iron or copper boilers. The I oapper boilers are large and tin lined inside, jgjgjgjjjjgjyn Repairs are a Minimum, JSBKm^mmßm Made m nil tikes, single or double ovene. i tl i T7r77r*""i lit;;*!"*•*"} ■ n°* lowpreprore boiler ■■ ~'^"* Sold ball Ir"Bnigeif, frtni v > ogttee n be obtKed, or from the m H. E. SHACKLOCK, LTD. 80UTHEND PnUNDKT. Pbinoes Street DUFfIDIN WILLIAM PATCHING. EAST & BURNETT STREETS, ASBBUBTON TABPAULINB, GREEN STACK, & DKAY COYEBS. STACK COTEE.S, well roped, at 37g 6d. DAVID THOMAS, AUCTIOIiIEER, L*tND, INSOR4NOB & ESTATE" AGMT VALUATOK, WOOL & GKAINpBEOKEE, A S H R U R T OJN Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—^Tinwald and AshbnrtonJalternaSely Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, H deSj 3' , p"»aiV'ondayg* Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Glaring Sales as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sale held on Sa&ardaya I Horse Fairs Held Monthly AGENT FOR Matson and Go, Ohristohnrch [ Booth, McDonald and Go, Ohristcborch White's Sheep Dip Walter A Wood do Bowring Bros* Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Go, Dnnedin Belfast Manures Vacuum Oil Company's Agricultural GUs Planet Jr, Garden and Field Tools LAND FOR SALE | I have For Sale the following Blocks of Land, m tussock, m the Hinds I District: 2000 Acres Plains Land m tussock 1500 „ 1900 „ 6CO „ Reclaimed Swamp Land j Also Mrst Ciase Farms m Blocks of 100 Acres and upwards to 5500 acres;) Several Farms, varioos sizes, thoroughly improved, for sale j.well worth^the money D. THOMAS, ! UHBUBTON \



HOUSE T>AINTING, OUBE X AINTING,, I QIQN WRITING, Tjl TO, I OIGNWBITING, ILIC, TRY eT Tv. HIGGS, TANOBBn STBEET. "* Machine Belting, Etc. SET with ft Hammer. From all Iron imorgerb and Storekeeper*. BIFURCATED RIVET CO., Ltd, London, Englaucl. Full particulars from Harrison & Webb, f Auckland. (Out this cut and chow year Ironmonger. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY ESTABLISHED ... ... 1859 CAPITAL—ONE MILLION fPHE Premier and Wealthiest Colonial JL Company, Noted for Promptness and Liberality Paid-up Capital and Reserves, £400,000 Fire and Marine Risks, ! Also, — Bisks on Growing Crops, i Threshing Machines, etc, accepted at ' I lowest current rates I nicol_T"bbof., Agents , i ' ' " "* NEW ZEALAND I INSURANCE COMPANY. ] | ;FIRE & MARINE. TyTESSRS NIOOLL BROS, having been appointed Sole Agent for this Company for Aehburton and Sarroaading Districts,. Policy | Holder? will m future kindly Day Premiums to them. Messrs* Nicoll Bbos. will be please, supply all necessary information to intending insurers. A W PABSONS, Manager Christ ohurch, 11th March, 1901 3 12 MoBRIDE, Monumental Sculptor, 60 Stafford St, Timarn tA LWAYS m Stock—A ii. class selection of Marble and Granite Monuments, Designs and Estimates for warded on application. Letter Putting m any style NATIONAL MORTGAGE & AGENOY CO. OF N.Z, LTD TIHARU IMPROVED FARMS FOB SAIE. 530 acres Rangitata, 250 acres Claremonb 250 acres Waitotis, 200 acres Waihao, 250 acres Kingsdown, 1000 aorer Ota'o,, 500 acres Totara, And others of various size? m Sosfch Canter bury Improved Farms for lease, with right o purchase 1170 acres Fairiie, 505 acres Totara, and 265 acres Totara Also unimproved agricultural and gracing Trms of various sizes on the Raincliffe and levels Estates, apd two well improve tation properties of 7000 acres each. WEBLEY & SONS PIANOFORTE & ORGAN TUNERS, HAVING taken ove? the late Mr Osbop.n Coombes'conneotidn, will visit Ash burton and surrounding districts three times per annum, viz., March, July and November Orders may be left at the Commercial Hotel or with Mr Llewellyn Owen at his Mufllfi Studio, Arcade Chambers, AshburtOD. PIANOFORTE AND SINGING MBS JOHNSTON KE9UMED Teaching oa TUESDAY 29bh Jan. _ ram _ < ______________^^^^ Havelook Stre OH Where, oh where 2s the Best 800 Shop! Why M«lu>r!B Zealandia 800 Store, ot course.



AFTER Two Years — The case of Mr Herbert of England* England, Petone. 11l for | years Feven Weeks m the ' Greamea Wellington Hospital, Un able to woik for ono year »nd eleven months. Borne PI AMTF- said It was Gouty RU A Disease, but all agreed it was v Serious Kidney Trouble. Pried every known r<medy Ortr la*" wWiout relief. PLANTK 50A Effects a Care. Mr loved and U. England has been working for some time now at manual lust rio n > abour, th»t of a batcher at he Gear Meat Pressing Queen wat Worke, Pot one Kindly read Mr England's letter. once atked. which was received just •efore Christmas : — 4 What is th< Beach Street, Pofona. December 22, 1900 source of Ed£ Sir- It is with the greatest pleasure I fend you these land's great few lines, testifying to the " ojreat enrd effected m my nasa and ir oa^e through taking ymr flerbal Remedy, PLANTS repIy well anc KOA. I have been a sufferer for yeara with Kidney truly said, Trouble, and have not been *be t© woik for a year and pointing t< ileven months, bnt thanks o PLAJTEKOA lam the Bible. »galn able to follow my gruel! •mploymenfc. During this that is tht ong period I have tried various kinds of Medicines, eecrefc. hut none gave me relief like PLANTEKOA Anypereon wishina; to know anything Tv he ca^f farther about my hte illness, ma the good that Plantekoa ander review ildfor me, if they will cal! >n inu, or write, Ishill only Plaktekoa be too happy to $$ive them *11 the information lean; plays an im %nd again I nay it is with the greatest pleasure I send you portsnfc part, bhese few lines, sincerely I doping that other .sufferers. from Kidney disease will be If yon want induced to try Piantekca™ Yours truly, farther p»rii Herbert England, i Beach Street, Petone •alare, write; Wishing yon the O >mpli ments of the season —H X bat don't for- We need scarcely add that get to enclose these kind wishes we heartily '■eciprocate, and wish for Mr stamped ad England,his wife and family, prosperity, health and happi dressed en aess, m the truest sense of he term, for many long velope for pears to come ; more ecpeci illy after the long period reply. >i sickness, suffering, and anxiety they have been called | upon to puss through, PLANTEKOA OINTMEIST. PLANTEKOA HERB SOAP, ! For the Toilet and Bath. I Obtainable from Jackson, Herbalist! ; Cars n and Co, Grocers; and Chemists and Grocera everywhere. Health' means Happiness And Happiness means HEALTH! Anyone who is coughing, coughing, coughing, cannot be healthy, and cannot be happy. A eotfgh weakens the whole system, disorganises digestion, and leads on to ailments far worse. ' LANE'S... CREASOTED EMULSION Stimulates the appetite, induces satis factory digestion, promotes a quicker assimilation of the food, and increases strength and physioal endurance. It is «l rich m nourishment and ton!!e (Sjgjp properties. It cures cough- Jawjfc ing by healing the irritated MSsL^^ surfaces of the lungs. *$h& Jg^l finest Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, Beechwood Oreasote, Hy ra pophosphites of Lime aiid Soda, and Fresh Eggs are the ingredients need m its composition. It is agreeable to the palate, aad is tltfl best medicine for you, because it oontains all the needful strengthening and curing properties, and is Perfeotly Pure. Ask your Grocer or Chemist for LANE'S CREASOTED EMULSION. Price 2/. * PIANOFORTE, THEORY HARMONY \ Ernest Empson, C.T.A.B. /CERTIFICATED Teacher of the Asaooi* \J ted Board of the Royal College of Music and the Boyal Aoademy of Music, London), ia prepared to receive pupils for the above. Booms above Mr H M Jones, Eas &tre fcraoke New Venae



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