The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL xxi. NO. 5455

Ashbuhton ; Monday, August 26, 1901.

Price : One Penny



SHIPPING fVi H % J^m^t NSW SBALANB 3^£Sl"!l- BHIPPIN© 00,'jg LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR LONDON, via Monte Vide®, ODeiierlffe & Plymouth. "Probable final Steamers. Tens. Port. Date* Waikato 4767 Bluff 4ug 28 Wakafcane 5715 Wellington 19 Ofarama 3808 — To follow Wakanul 5706 — „ Waimate 5610 — „ Rakaia 5628 n Tekoa 4050 I Papauui 6372 Rimufcaka* 7765



•Twin Screws. Fo? farther particulars apply to JTRIEDLANDBR BROS., I/dd. SHAW, SAVILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED, FOR LONDON. Aj. ■ 13QYAL MAIL STSA 49ga£3Rh. JL*; MKRS, wifeh superior 3§Smwg3f AQOomzcodationforaHolasseß Monta Video on Rio, Teiaertffe ftnd Ply. month. Vessel Ton Ooiamandsr From Date. Karamea .|5563 Burton Sept Kumara j 6054 Scotland SepS OARGO STEAMERS. ~ Waiwera 6257Stuarfc Well'n Ang 8 Pftkebat |4331 Prosset I Aug 29 Aotaa '6364 Evans | Aug 31 ___^ f Via South Africa #or farther particularß, apply NIOOLL BROS.



UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited STEAMERS SAII FRCMLITTELTON AS UNDER: Fer Wesbport and Greymeuth—Weekly Wellington— Monday, Tuesday 8 Thacs day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailinga see advertise meat in Christchurch papers Daaedin — Mondayß, Fridays and alternate (Tuesdays and Saturdays Nelson and Pioton, via Welliagton— Tneeday and Saturday Sydney, via Auokland — Alternate Thursdays The above are subject to alteration; eference should therefore be made to Ohrlatohnrch daily papers fos dates and boar of sailing For further particulars apply to F PERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton



BUSINESS NOTICES sT^Tgraves", SHABEBKOKER AND FINANCIAL AGENT, 185 HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST L OHURCH & AT GREYMOUTH, RELIABLE Information on Dredgit? Stocks. Correspondence Invited, Codes ; Bedford McNeiH'e, Moreing and Neat's, A.8.0, Co (fourth Edition. MR P MAKBIG, Ashbnrton HepreeoGtative Teieoraphio Address : GRAVES Chrlstchnrch. Greymottth—Brownlie, Greymouth



Q) H Undeill E Uhdbikd T H UNDRILL & CO j f URNISHING UNDERTAKERS HJANORED STREET, ASHBURTOK EVERY REQUISITE ON HAND. Pohuhed Coffins a Specialty ; A Choice Assortment of Artificial Wreath !n Stock • —— Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows* Hall j also care ef Mr T. Andrews, East Belt. 2 BAKER ~BRo£, J7IURNISHIM3 TTNDERTAKBRS * DRNISHIKG *J NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Best and Latest Designs in FUNERAL FURNISHING"^ FUNERALS condnoced with the greatest care and satisfaction, -*t most reasonable charges. Corner of Wakann! Road and Cast streets, and Baker and "^rown'a Coach factory.



HENEY STEfBIfiNSON, (oucceissoi' bo Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 yeans. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY BALES of Live Stock Produce, Furnibnre, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni ture, etc, as pec arrangement in any part of She county, Advances made on all goods placed In my naiida for Sals. Kegular Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island! Emit sold privately through the week, and afe Auction on SATURDAYS. Ageee : Norwich Onion Fire Insurance Company & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on time pay menta from ££O@ per month. HENRY STBPHENSON, AUCTIONEER.



BUSINESS NOTICES abb GASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS—SampIes received at Stores, West Street. Other days—Samples received at the Mill. CORNSAOKS SUPPLIED r3-"PTG rTTTVri^ DONE 0N farmers' IJT JtilO J Hi VX ACCOUNT. CANTERBURY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS COMPANY (ROLLITT AND C 0.,) D. WOOD, Manager



NIEVAITA fjIHIS OBLEBRATBD CEYLON* TEA. HAS NOW ARRIVED, AND CAN BK HAD ONLY FROM JOHN T. COOCH, GROCER AND IRONMONGER, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, Who has been Appointed Sole Agent for Aehborton District. CALL FOR SAMPLES.



T. H.. UWDRILL & CO., CABINETMAKERS & UPHOLSTERERS. FURNITURE AND BEDDING OF ALL JK lIX X> S MADE ON THE PBEMISBB. WE ARE STILL MAKING our Famous Drawing Room Suites In Plush and Tapestry, which beat Ohristchurch 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 as to sell at lowest prices. Bedsteads and Toilet Ware—Largest stock io town ; at all prices; j x inoleums, liugs, .f^ilcloths, JDjnoleums, Zvugs, v/iloloths, 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 bay frcm us and encourage Local Industry ; besides, you may go farther and fare worse than at T. H. UNDEILL &■ CO.'S. CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS, AND . UNDERTAKERS, TANOBBD STRIET, Nexb to the Building Sooietsy'a Office^ nnd opposite^ Arcade,)



KEEP YOUR ROOMS WARM OIL STOVES. OIL STOVES JUST LANDED 144 Oil Stovea, which must be sold from gg @4 each Will warm ycmr Bedroom in ten minutes at a cost of less than 2d Dont Fail to take advantage of this offer. WESTPORT COAL. Always in Stock. Also Newcastle Goal of very best quality. Shag Point, the most economical in the market. SHORT FIREWOOD IN ANY QUANTITY Orders left: at orar East Street Office will receive prompt attention W. H. COLLINS & CO,, IRONMONGERS, PAINTERS, TIMBER & OOAL MERCHANTS. Agents Royal Insurance Company Telephone No 64



FITS OF DEPRESSION, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, GIDDINESS* &c. They possess three grand qualities, being SAFE AND CERTAIN. The Schoolmistress, St, Anne's School, Wandsworcn, writes as follows. KMy mother and eldest sister have taken your Pills for years for bilious attacks and sick headaches, and have always found them most beneficial. 1* ♦ . . # Mtafaeturod only at 78, Now Oxford Street, London. Sold by all Ohejpalsts and. Medicine Vonaorai | ■ ■:



BUSINESS KOTICEB



p^ 30000 . Ifil OEM ||f Cooking* Ban^eß W/rWI G3SS*SS!D J£ass^-~^~igi| In Use in the Colony 'K^^mt^^^_ J*^~7 mJ^L tl'he^ bum Lignite, True ;Coftl, or Wood ap I f% CissJ /f^^lF^ - "NO SETTING REQUIRED. I I *S§J'^ib With Stove Pipe can be worked out 1b the I Ir \ tggjiggZ j H With oaeb iron or copper boilers. The I MueMuieM £ *V-<^* HrjII copper boilers are large and tin lined inside. I ' 3 Ropftirs are a Minfroam, I \ imiiMiwrrrCtr*" Mftia !e all Bizea, single or doable | ibb^ 1^ (jg^aeggggsgSfe m%h or low PreßßMe boiler» tttWJijLLm» T X'l, ',' " ~J^l B'^ Ir.PDn'oDge!rls» 'rom whoso SB^^Bt'""" *wjfi CaUlognes can be obtained, or from the mikera H. E. SHAGKLOCK. LTD aOUTMEKD FOUNDRY, Pbinoks Street, DUNIDIN



SMOKE ONLY NEW VENUa ■ mwHM MSB 9 «WHIIHMr A PBRFECT TOBAOCO. DAVID THOMAS, * AXJCTIONIIB, LAND, INSURANCE k ESTATE AGENT VALUATOR* WOOL & GRAIN BROKER, ASHBURTON



Loan« Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Aefaburton alternately Fortnightly Bales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc* oa Mondays^ Sales of Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Ooramission Clearing Sales as per arrangements Arcade Horse and Furniture Sale held'on Saturdays Horse Fairs "Held Monthly AGENT I?OR Matson and 00, Ohristchnrch Booth, McDonald and 00, Ohristchurch White's Sheep Bip Walter A Wood Oo Bowring Bros' Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Co, Dnnedin Belfast Manures Vacunm Oil Company's Agricultural Gils Planet Jr, Garden and Field Tools LAND FOR SALE - I have For Sale the following Blocks of Land, in tussock, in the Hinds District: ; 2000 Acres Plain® Land in tassock 1500 „ 1900 „ „ it 6CO ;,, Beclaimed Swamp Land Also First Class Farms in Blocks of 100 Acres and upwards to 5500 acres' Several Farms, various sizes, thoroughly improved, for sale; well worth the money



D. THOMAS, iSHBURTOH WILLIAM PATCHING. BAST & BUBNBIT STREETS, ASHBUETO^ SADBLEB & HARNESS MAKER. TyiFY .COMPETENT STAFF cow Includes FIRST-GLASS COLLAR AND SADDLE MAKERS. Mfc and Workmanship Guaranteed. Repairs Executed Promptly and at Moderate Rates



BUSINESS NOTICES HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED. Thia is s representation of a contented and happy wife, wbp sees only BOOK GIFT TEA, This lady obtained 6li» of th&b famous tea at) 2e, and with it she wac Riven FREE, a copy of Mrs Beetoa's work on Cookory and Household Management, By the aid of this Book she was aaabled to pl&oe SB oh dishes before her huabaad that ho was always in a good temper. Consequently hen Is new a happy home, tmd «he cofoyi her leisure and her oup of tea and improves her mind by reading the good books that are given away with BOOK GIFf TEA. Go thon and do likewise, and be also happy. A larger Cookery Book may be had with lOlbao Tea. Ask for Catalogue of Books, John Orr and Co. Agents, Ashbnrton



FISRMANEK2 BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. LOANS GRANTED FK. 0 M and upwards, at cctrrenb rates Full Particulars on application. WORKING EXPENSES on all Share! are now duo and payable Office —Tanored Stireeti Office Hours—9.so a m till 4p a Fireb Tuesday in Month—9.3o a m till pm; and 7 till 9pm ALBERT ROBERTS, Manager



COOKING RANGES. "OARNINGHAM AND CO. 8 IMPROVED ZEALANDIA, KEW PATENTi Needs no Setting. Can be used as Open Firei ASK FOB THE IMPROVED ZEALANPIA.



A CARD. MESSRS STRINGER &GRESSWELL BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS CHBIBTOHURCH, HAVE OPENED A BRANCH OFFICI ab Ma Davisqn's, West Street Ashburtoo, where Ihey will afcteßd every THURSDAY and oa other days when aeoessary. They will be represented In Aahburtion by Mr J. Davison, who is authorised bo receive Instructions on their behalf, and to whom communications may be addressed. We have various suma of money awaiting n vestment at lowest current rabea. STRINGER & CRESS WELL, SOLICITORS, CHRISTCHURCH & ASHBURTON __— . . Frlase Competition. rfIHE " TRIAD " has In the press, and X shortly to he published, a book entitled «• What to Bee and Where to Stay in New Zealand." A prize of Three Guineas is offered for the most interesting and amusing article of aboub 2000 words, entitled ♦« What to ace and Where to* Stay in New Zealand." OCo close 20th SEPIKM BERs For Puzzle Competition for children under 14, nee TRIAD CONDITIONS.' All that ia necessary bo enter for this competition is to post your article (enclosing a receipt for 6s, or mpre, from aay Triad advertiser* to " The Manager of the Tbiad, Dunedin.' Alasc Washing Powderu Anglo N.Z. Cycle Co. Auckland Forwarding and Parcels Deliver Agency Bermaline Bread—a 11 Bakers Brinsley and Co.'s Ranges Bing, Harris & Co, Arrow Brand Boots Commercial Hotel, T N Grange Cope's Cigarettes and Tobacco Curtis, F, Jeweller Dunlop Tyres Gawne'a Sauces, Pickles, Vinegar, eto Gates, H A, Music seller Gregg and Co, W, Coffee, Starch, eto Hayward'e Pickles and Sauoea Jones, H M, Triad Agent Kirkpatriok, S, and Co, X Jama Kharki Cigarettes, Eagle Go's Kozie Teas, all Grocers" Lane's Creosoted Emulsion Loftsby'a Wahoo, Koolibah, Benjamin Gum, and Cinnamon Curoj Meddins, G. 9 Ironmonger N.Z. Clothing Factory



6EBAT ANNUAL m (OCR PRINCIPAL SALE OF THE YEAR), IS NOW ON. And will continue from d»y to day, until SATUEDAY, 31 st AUGUST. ! This Sale will constitute a COLOSSAL OLBAEAKOE



I BUSINESS KOTIOEP ( — — THE^ Event of the Year I THE Sensation of the Season! PRESIDENTS OP ABHBURTON & SURROUNDING DISTRICTS will be j interested to learn that OUR !



Nelson i <*ioate and Oo'a Te\ Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corpora tion, Ltd. Orr, A, Draper Sanderson's Scotch Whisky Spring Blossom Tea Suratura Te , Teed and Oo 0 orn Cure Tonking's Liseed Emulsion "Tui" Extra of Soap Waltke's Soa Wills Three Oaatleß Cigarettes and Tobacco Woodrows' Hat8 8 Gollinß & Co,, Agenta PIANOFOKTE, THEORY & HARMONY Ernest Empson, C. Ti A. B. fiERTIFICATKD Teacher of the Associ VJ ted Board of the Royal College of Muai and the Poyal Academy of Music, London, is prepn ad to reoeiva pupila for ths above. Booms above Mr H M JoneaEaeti Street



AT HALE PEIOES of Existing Stocks, including— FASHIONABLE WINTER GOODS & SEASON ABLE NOVELTIES, Also— Furniture and Furnishings, Crockery and Glass, Bedding, Wire Mattresses and Stretchers, Etc The Sale Redactions will even extend te OUR BESPOKE TAILORING DE PARTMENT. Nearly EVERYTHING WE MAKE AND SELL will bo HANDSOMELY REDUCED m PBIOE during this eale it willTpay you To ran op to Cbrietchoreh fofc this Great Sale, but If anable to attend It, consult your OATALDGUE AND DO TOUR SHOPPING BY POST.



OHBIBTOHTJKOH 111 fT-i.ii«n.nn-i..i- 1 .11 i... "i -i-gan.. Manning & Go's NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTS AND PINTS, THE BEST IN THE MARKET Equal to the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALES. i Agents for Ashburton—Messss Shsab sian Baos



NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY ESTABLISHED .*» ... 1859 CAPITAL—ONE) MILLION mHK Premier and Wealthiest), Colon!*! J, Company, Kofced for Protnpiaeßi and Liberality Paid-op Capital and Reserves, £400,000; Fire and Marine Risks,' Also, — Risks on Growing Crops, Threshing Machines, etc, accepted At lowest current rates NICOLL~BRO&, Agentr



A CHRONIC COUGH QUICKLY CUBED. BENJAMIN GUM SCORES. Mr Laurol Hoode, of Christohuroh, writes j; Benjamin Gdm had a marvellous effect on my cough and oold, which I contracted early 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 ib quickly cured BENJ AMIN GUM always acts like this— It is pleasant to take—Children like it- Suitable for young or old Benjamin Gum, price la 6d and 2a 6d, from alt Chernistja and Grooera, or posb free, from LOASBY'S WAHOO MANUFACTURE { ING CO., Ltd, Danedin^ Wholesale from nil Merchant!



Poisonous St;e2£isg3. Dr Andrew Wilson, in Health Notes, in the Scotsman Bays ;■— Last week in a medical contemporary Drs Tunnioliffe and Roses he Jm (to wbost researches on arsenio *nd selenium in beet I made reference some time ago) direct attention to the presence of the former poison in black woellen stockings, the result being the development of skin trouble of a very definite kind. It seems that aniline colours, so largely used in dyeing fabrics, at first contained arsenic; and in Germany a law was passed forbidding the use of any die in which arsenic could be detected. I can remember a bill to prohibit; the use of arsenio in paperhaeglnga being introduced into Par liament, but it ehated the fate of a good ' many other useful measures, and WM strangled In the toils of Parliamentary procedure* Two oases of skin afieotioa 1 were traced to the übq ot etockings con* talning arsenio, and it became of interest, 1 therefore, to determine whether this substance was commonly represented in those articles, : I shall allow the authors to tail their story ia their own words—''We fimb examined three samples of bWk woollen stocking? purchased as vaticfta prices at) riffurent parts of London, nil emanating from the same wholesale firm and from the one which supplied the original stock* Ings worn by the patient in case 1. They all contain arsenic, but apparently In smaller amounts than the stockings pro' duotive of the dermatitis or skin trouble We next obtained one sample trow each of four other makers, and we found tint arsenic .was present in each o»ee to a larger or a smaller degree. Three ec.mplea of 'tan' mixed wool and silk socks wert contaminated as well. ** We examined also a pair of ordinary ! woollen gloVcß. and found them to be j arsenicated, This had a special interest !in view of the case quoted by Sell, iio which a severe dermatitis of the hands was produced by the wearing of a pair of marine blue gloves. A sample of black loose wool was found to be free from arsenic. Upon inquiring into the tource of the arsenio ■we found that arsenic in various forms is used in the process of ryeing. In the standard woik on dyeing Iby Knecht and Raweon it is stated that 1 a solution of white arsenic iv acetic acid I to which some glyceiine has been added i is used and called * purple fixing colour.' , " The authors also say that ' sodium arseniate is extensively need as a fixing agent for mordants. In yarn dyeing U« affects the hands of the workmen owing fo its poisonous properties, As it Is ao dangerous . . . its use is objectionable.' Another possible source, although more unlikely, would be the use of highly arsenicatfd sulphuric acid In the preparation }ation of the chromic acid mordant bath." |It is added that the proportion of the j arsenic which can affect the body in such articles is excessive, and that Each soluble as seme should not ba permitted to be used. Black nik *ocks &uA yellow stock* ings made in Germany were fcund to be free from &r etrc. This fac; wculd seem |to llustrate the ta'isfactory woik!ng of theGenran U-w.



Spread the News- a> ■ ASHBURTON CIIIZEKS ASSISOT& m THE GOOD WORK. Day by day and hoar by hour the •' Little Corqueror " becomes . better known by the public. Nothing in modem times has reached the high pinnacle o! popular fame in co short a lime 3 people (alk abut it am! thay have gor<d reason to. They tell thei? expedeece for the good t-f fellow beings and through gratl ttsdo. To publish theif txpret-alona il bat to thaw yon that; the gatue experlecei a,waits yoUi Here Is the espseg&ion of &ii Aah burton resident s Mrs Oiaytsn, Tailored St., West Ashburton, saya - "My ago has had a good deal of trouble with pains in thi back above the loins. He had to wear a flannel belt in fact, that giving him the most relief until he tried Dean's Backache Kidney Pills. We got these at the Ash' burton Drug Go's in laat St. - t eOuie months ago. When he had used these 1 for a while he lost the pains entirely. I fancy they were caused by cold in the kidneys, contracted through camping out with the volunteers. Everybody should know about this valuable medicine* There is no need to suffer with pains la I the back when one can get Doan's Back ache Kidney Pills." Beware of imitations or substitutes. They are worthless. You want the genuine Doan's Backache Kidney Pille, which Mrs Clayton recommendp. Doan'a Backache Kidney Pills are sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 3s per box (six boxes 16s 6d) or will ba posted on receipt of price by proprietors, Foster McOlellan Co., 76 Pitt Bb., Sydney. N. S. W. But be sore they are Doan's.



A'Silenced Gough 11 : «j« t\* q» . ' MANY COUGH REMEDIES j RELIEVE THE SYMPTOMS j AND NOT THE DISEASE. | < They contain Opium or othei Narcotios that drug the Oough into silence—but that is not Curing. .1 The right way to oum a Cough is te cure it to stay oured, The Mght remedy must go tfl * A VTTMr* the seal source of I ANr/N *• trouble and CREASOTED •EMULSIONJ of Cod Liver Oil is such a Remedy. It stimulates the ( secretions, soothes and heals the irri tated surfaces, cures the Cough, and imparts health to the whole body, .' It is an Absolute Cure for Conmmptloi All Chemists sell ! LANE'S CREASOTED EMULSION, j . . PRICE 23, .. ' Wade's Worm Figs are most effective and not unpleasant ; ohildxeu thrive after takiug them price, 1b Sncoke New Venus