The Ashburton Guardian.

Tol xxie no, 5449

Ashburton : Monday, August 19, 1901.

Pbice ; One Penny



SHIPPING „- ffi H E .<f^_fip_____ -"^ Ste--- -^SHIPPING 00.'S LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS FOR LONDON, via Monte Vide©, ffiemoslie & Plymouth. "" Probable final Steamers. Tod a. Port. Date. Waikato 4767 Wellington 4ug 20 Wakatane 5715 ,_, Hep. 12 Otarama 3808 — To follow Wakauul 5706 — „ Waimate 5610 — .. Rakaia 5628 n Tekoa 4050 Papaaal 6372 Rimutaka* 7765 *Iwin Screws. j For further particulars apply. te fRIEDLANDER BSOS.. Ltn>. kSHAW, SAVILL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED, FOR LONDON. t_Wk____ "JDfOYAL MAIL STEA |lHp||||||. -*-v MERS, witb superior JiPlßwHir accommodation for all classes ™™SB* of passengers, calling at onto Video or Rio, Tensslffe and Ply. ooth. Vessel Ton Commander! From I Date. Karamea 5563 Burton j Sepb Kumara 6034 Scotland I 'Sept *■ CARGO ' STEAMERS. ' Waiwera 6257 Stuart (Well'- Aug 8 Pakeh&f 14331 Proeaeb Aug 29 Aotea '6364 Evans j lAug 31 t Via South Africa . For farther particulars, apply NICOLL BROS.



UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY 01? NEW ZEALAND, Limited fcTEAMIRySAII FRCMLITTFXTON AS UNDER: For Westport and Greymouth—Weekly Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurß» day and Saturdays NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise ment in Christohurch papers Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdayß and Saturdays Nelsoa and Pioton, via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays The above are snbjecb to alteration; eference ehoald therefore be madei to Ohrlatcburch daily papers foi dates and boar of sailing For farther particulars apply to F FERRIMAN, Agent, ABhburton



BUSINESS NOTICES SHARBBROKER AND FINANCIAL AGENT, 185 HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST .CHURCH & AT GREYMOUTH. RELIABLE Information on Dredglo Stocks. Correspondence Invited, Codes : Bedford McNeill's, Moreing and Neal's, A.8.0. Co (fourth Edition. MR F MAKEIG, Ashburton Representative Telegraphic Address. GRAVES Christchurch. Greymouth—Brownlie, Greymouth W H Ukdeill E Undeill T H UNDRILL & 00 FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS QDANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON EVERY REQUISITE ON.HAND. Pohshed Coffins a Specialty A Choice Assortment of Artificial Wreath in Stook. —— Private Addrese, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows" Hall ; also care ef Mr T. Andrews, Last Belt. 2



BAKER BROS., FURNISHING TrftDERTAKKRS LRNISHING U NDERTAKERS DIRECT Importers of Best and Latest Designs in FUNERAL FURNISHINGS* FUNERALS conducted with the greatest care and satisfaction, -ib most reasonable charges. Cornel? of Wakanui Road and Oast streets, and Baker and brown's Coach factory. HBNBY STEPHENSON, ' {successor bo Alfred Harrison.) Established 20 yeara. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND 30-IMISSION AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY SALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc.. EVERY SATURDAY, ab 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Furni ture,, etc, aa per arrangement In any part of bhe county. Advances made oa all goods placed in my rands for Sale. Regular Consignments of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit sold privately through bhe week, and at Auction on SATURDAYS. AaEKa.-. Norwich Onion Fire Insurance Company & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PIANOS and ORGANS on blme pay meats from @Og pcs month. BENBY STEPHENSON, AUCTIONEER. S



I BUSINESS NOTICES ABE CASH BUYERS of PRIME MILLING WHEAT TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS—SampIes received at Stores, West Street. Other days—Samples received at the Mill. CORNSAOK3 SUPPLIED r^DTOTTMP DONE ON FARMERS' vjrJUlo I Hi It account. CANTEKBURY BOLLEfTfLOUR MILLS COMPANY (EOLLITT AND C 0,.) D. WOOD, Manager HIWWMMIIIHIIIB■■—■IIIIHMIHIII-lU■— 1111IHMIIHIHIIIIIIIIII—I ■ I H ■_■»-«.-«-—■'llllllll l» lllW tlUl'l—_■l-Ml—..T~l ITI T. H. UNDRILL & CO., CABINETMAKERS & UPHOLSTERERS. FURNITURE AND BEDDING OF ALL KINDS 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-—_. large assortment of Austrian, American, and Canadian Chairs. These Goods were bought before the recent rise in prices, which enables ua to sell at lowest prices. Bedsteads and Toilet Ware—Largest stock id town ; at all prices; LINOLEUMS, T>UGS, /^ILCLGTHS, SINOLEUMS, JXUGS, HJiLOLOTHS, 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.ns and encourage Local Industry 5 besides, you may go further and fare worse than at T. H. UNDEILL & CO.'S. CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS, ANI» UNDERTAKERS, TANORED STREET, Next to the Building Society's Office, aud opposite'^Arcade.) j



FITS OF DEPRESSION, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, GSDDINESSp Ac. They possess three grand qualities, being cpppiw SAFE AND CERTAIN, Thb Schoolmistress, St. Anne's School, Wandsworcn, writes as follows. 86 My mother and eldest sister have taken your Pills for years for bilious attacks and sick headaches, and have always found them most beneficial.'" i BtDUfactured only at 73, Now Oxford Street. London. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors*



NIRVANA fTIHIS CELEBRATED CEYLON TEA HAS NOW ARRIVED, AND CAN BE HAD ONLY PROM - , JOHN T. CQOCH, GROCER AND IRONMONGER, SAUNDERS' BUILDINGS, Who has been Appointed Sole Agent for Aehbarton District. CALL FOR SAMPLES;



BELFAST AND FAIRFIELD FREEZING WORKS MAN ORES, ARE THE BEST TTTOR TURNIP, RAPE, WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be mad 3 for any kind of Soil, or description of crop, SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. MANURE CAN BE SUPPLIED IN 1 Cwt. or _\ Cwt. SACKS Orders received by jFRI-SDKiAINIX-aifi BROS*., _L._mlt©<X„. DAVID THOMASI, 3R TMJEi JN.Z. JBVIIRMEKS CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF C AWXJSKI3CJJEfcY, limited., CANTERBURY FROZEN MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY. LIMITED. F. WAYMOUTH Secretary.



BUSINESS KOTIOEB fk I IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? j A f WELL» I (©) fIIIATDEPENDS UPON THE LIVER j \qJ ? t UPON § -...-- © piMPJY:SMAYAPPiE''j JL Indigestion, Biliousness, Flatulency, Constipation, and all IB) Liver, Kidney, and Stomach Complaints, are Cured IqJ ®^s New Vegetable Remedy. II * Sis. O dhwanailsta sj.2_.cl Stores © S2s.



I-*-.' 30,000 . §1 OEM £|I Cooking* Ranges %^_^_s/_^S^3 "' =s:^»~_fl *n ac "n *ke Colony j^ 1 M^^^^n 'K*~^-*> " Ts* ll'he/ burn Lignite, True Coal, or Wood up ■f^ fCEI (t^^-T^STi N0 SETTING REQUIRED. '■ ■ j&SP^jf IfJ *SsS_«_d. c 5 With Stove Pipe can be worked out In tbe *I_9l ra__._^i!^^J_*t?i->_^>>^B F* open. Splendid Bread Bakers II nP^Sfl Ill_!j©^__&f I ith cnsb ,rOD or 61" boilers. The I I I teiwra!"! Tj| k~^^*J^l I copper boilers are targe and tin lined inside. fill ________>! If *Sr^*_f Repairs are a Minimum, I Br-I A ||'TTw__i\m^n P^ MaAa Id all Bizes, single or double I vsat RT ' £ "" rij |j|j§j||fiw&p|| H!^b or low pressure boilers Bui'' rT^T7" Nii-.-'-fi .'"i" ''11 _"""""^TM ®o'^ B" Ironmongers, from whom Vr" ■ l """** T ™li—*hSH Catalogues can be obtained, or from the r mikers £!• Hi. feJlLAOJ_^_Liool\ c JLJXJD SOUTHEND FOUNDRY Peincks Street, DTJHIDIN



SMOKE ONLY NEW VENUS. A PEBFECT TOBAOOO. DAVID THOMAS, AUCTIONEER LAND, INSURANCE & ESTATE AGENT* VALUATOR, WOOL & GBAIN BKOKEK, ASHBURTON Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Live Stock—Tinwald and Ashburton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fate, 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 heldjon Saturdays Horse Fairs Held Monthly AGENT FOR Matson and 00, Christchurch; Booth, McDonald and Co, Christchurch White's Sheep Dip Walter A Wood Oo Bowring Bros' Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Co, Dunedin 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 H « « - 1900 „ ss „ 6CO J" H Reclaimed Swamp Land Also First; Class Farms in Blocks o£ 100 Acres and upwards to 6600 acres Several Farms, various sizee, thoroughly improved, for sale; well worth^the money



D. THOMAS, ASHBURTON WILLIAM PATCHING. EAST & BURNETT STREETS, ASHBURTON, SADDLER & HARNESS MAKER. TifF? COMPETENT STAFF now includes FIRST-CLASS COLLAR AND SADDLE MAKERS, Fit and Workmanship Gaaranteed- Repairs [Executed and at Moderate Ratea •,



BUSINESS NOTICES HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED.



I This is a representation of a contented and happy wife, who uses only BOOK GIFT TEA, This lady obtained 61bs of that famous tea at 2s, and with it sHe was Riven FREE, a copy of Mrs Beeboi). a work on Cookery and Household Management. By the aid of thia Book she was enabled to plaoa euch dishes before her husband that he was always in a good temper. Consequently hers Is now a happy home, and she enjoys her leisure and her cup of tea and Improves her 1 mind by reading the good books that are given away with BOOK GIFU TEA. Go thou and do likewise, and be also happy." A larger Cookery Book may be had with lOlbao Tea. Ask for Catalogue of Books. Jolm Orr and Co. Agents. Ashburton



NICOLL BROS. H F Nioo-L. E F Niooix, L A Nioouh Merchants & General AgentS| BUYERS OP PAT SHEEP & LAMBS. 4GINTB FOR— Christchurch Meat Cot, Ltd Islington Fertilisers Little's Sheep Dip Ocean, Accident and Guarantee Corpora tion. Ltd New Zealand Insurance Oon.pa»y GRAIN BOOGHT AND SOLD ON COM MISSION We shall be pleased to receive samples rom farmers who have parcels for disposal. Siamon Books Kept and Avdit-d. Wo have received sums of Trust Moni«_. ranging from £100 to £10,000, to lend on Freehold Securities at 4£ and b per cent. F R VI T. We receive regular Consignments from Auckland, Sydney, and the Islands .and have in stock Apples, Pears, and Fruit in season all the yea. round.



SEEDS. We stock Clovers, Ryegrass, Eape, and Turnip Seed of reliable quality. THE OHRISTOHURGfI MEAT CO, Limited. ISLINGTON MANURES Especially prepared for WHEAT, TORNIPS, RAPE and any ether crop, and to suit any desoiption of soil. Greatly increased production wherevei used. Satisfaction given everywhere* NiocLL Bbos. store five varieties of this celebrated fertiliser. Price on application. Allowance made for quantities. Letters will receive prompt attention. NCOLL BEOS, District Agents.



J BUSINESS NOTICES I THE 2 Event of the Year I I THE Sensation of the Season! RESIDENTS OF ASHBURTON & SURROUNDING DISTRICTS u w«l be interested to learn that .OUR GKEAI ANNUAL un (OUR PRINCIPAL SALE OP THE fYEARJ, IS NOW ON.



And will continue from day to day, until SATUBDAY, 31st AUGUST. This Sale will constitute a COLOSSAL CLEABANCE AT HALE PBICES of Existing Stocks, including— FASHIONABLE WINTER GOODS & SEASONABLE) NOVELTIES, j Also— Furniture and Farnishlngs, Crockery and Glass, Boddhg, Wire Mattresses and Stretchers, Etc. The Sale Reductions will even extend to OUR BESPOKE TAILORING DE PARTMENT. Nearly EVERYTHING WE M4KE AND SELL will be HANDSOMELY REDUCED IK PBICE during this sale it willTpay you To ran up to Christchurch for this Great Sale, but if unable to attend It, consult your CATALOGUE AND DO YOUR SHOPPING BY POST. Sf Mil & fi CHRISTCHURCH



COOKING BANGES. "DARNINGHAM AND 00. S IMPBOYED ZEALANDIA, | NEW PATENT. Needs no Setting, Can be used as Open Firei ASK FOB THE IMPBOVED ZEALANDIA. A CARD, MESSRS STRINGER &CRESBWELL BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS OHRISTOHOROH, HAVE OPENED A BRANCH OFFICE ab Mr Davison's, West Streeb Aehburton, where they will abbend every THURSDAY and on other days when necessary. They will be represented in Ashburton by Mr J. Davison, who is authorised bo receive Instructions on their behalf, and bo whom communications may be addressed.



Manning & Go's NEW SEASON'S BOTTLES ALES AMD STOUT, m QUARTS AND PINTS, THB BESTin"tHE MARKET Equal to tlie Leading Brands ©f ENGLISH ALES. Agents for Ashburton—Messss Skkar | MAN BbOS



We have various sums of money awaiting -.vestment ab lowest current rates. STRINGER &~~ORESSWELL, SOLICITORS, CHRISTCHURCH & ASHBURTON PiERMANENffI BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. T OANS GRANTED FrtOM aO2S and upwards, at current rates Full Particulars on application. WORKING EXPENSES on all Shares are now due and payable Office —Tancred Street* Office Hourß—9,3o am till 4pm \ Firsb Tuesday in Month—9,3o a m till ■ p m j and 7 bill 9pm ALBERT ROBERTS, J. Maaagoi" *



NEW ZEALAND; "INSURANCE COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1859 CAPITAL-ONE MILLION THE Premier and Wealthiest, Colonial Company, Noted for Promptness and Liberality Paid-up Capital and Reserves, £400,000, Eire and Marine Risks,' Also,— Risks on Growing Orops, Threshing Machines, etc, accepted at lowest current rates nicoliTbros., Agentr



A CHRONIC COUGH QUICKLY [ CURED. BENJAMIN GUM SCORES. Mr Laurel Hoode, of Christcbarob, writes. Benjamin Gum had a marvellous effeob oo i my cough and oold, whioh I oonbraoted early last winter. I tried various advertised remedies bub gob no relief. A lady friend advised me to try your Benjamin Gum, and a very few doses gave me relief, and it quickly cured j BENJAMIN GUM always acts like this— It is pleasant to take—Children like it- Suitable for young or old Benjamin Gum, price la 6d and 2s 6d, from all Chemists and Grocers, or po_b free, from LOASBY'S WAHOO MANUFAOTUR ING CO., L_D, Danedinj Wholesale from all Merchant! '



I lie Trcatmpiic of-lioer Itefupei ♦—- • Mr Burnett Bnrlelgh wlni| to the Daily Telegraph says :—Waa ever war so made . And yet yoa hear of the brawl British! Bah! I walked through several of the refugee camps at Middleburg. When our soldiers have anything better than blanket shelters they are still left to sleep upon the bare ground. The sub stantial tents and marquees provided and erected by us for these Boerees had wooden boarded floors, upon which were closely disposed their household goods—bedeteadt chairs, tables, even to wardrobes and grand pianos. Wifchout,in little enclosures, stoves and open fires burned cheerfully, the fuel supplied by the aforesaid 'brotiak Briton.' Favourite cows, sheep, and dogi were tethered near. 'Condensed' waa good enough for sick Tommies, but Boera f-ipped coffee diluted with cow-milk. Eternal youth, joyous ever, was playing all manner of games, whilst the adult mala Boer sprawled, spat, and idled. Black boys did chores for Dutch women, and I saw, in one instance, two natives pounding 'mealies' into flour in the plugged hub of an old spokeless waggon wheel. Others did their grinding in more approved Oriental fashion, by rubbing the grain in hollow stones, The meal thus being prepared was for porridge for the nativeß, and possibly the mealie meal loving Boera themselvep. But there was abundance of more refin9d cuisine, fowls by the thonsi ands, fresh meat, and the savoury smell of pastry dishes from frizzling ovena. And as I pursued my ramble there came Btrains of songs from many a tent and outsiae group, the singing led by harmonl' uma of the American type or twanging pianos. Ncr was the busy vrouw onfc of evidence altogether, for the swift thrum of sewing: machines making ekirfca and breeks followed from tent to tent. There was not a bedraggled, unfurnished canvaa homestead from*one end of the camp to the other. And besides schoolrooms for fche children and places of worship for their seniors, there were excellently well fitted up reading and recreation rooms for men and women. It was a paradise ot healthy homes, with no work and abundanoe to eat for old and young, which slum London wonld be wild to share.



A Hard Days Work. «■ . WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE—A CHANGE IN THS LIFE OF MANY AN ASHBURTON CITIZEN. The prospecb of a hard day s work gives a man a shudder when he ia t-Lk. He would not mind if he was well. Have you not often had your deepest sympathies aroused by the face of an invalid at a win dow. Ptrhaps the day may be exception* ally pleasant to you with your abundance of hea'tb, but if the jtl;gbtest brefze awoke the tne3 it would be too much for the face »fc the window. And there diseases just as exasperating where one is as much an it'iva id as the one pkfcured above. Kidney complah t has its miseries unknown, except to those who have suffered them. We are glad to say ihtre ia much lesa of ib in Ashlunon now that Doan's Backache Kidnty Pills are so well known. Read how cnecit _an was benefited. Mrs Jas. Parker, Beach Rd, Irevorton. this town, says:—'l could not do ncy housework or washing because of back ache not long ago. As soon as ever I started the pains became so very sgonising that I would have Jo lie down. This was a very nasty state of affairs for me, and Ib would probably have continued only I procured a box of Doan's Backache K'dDey Pills at tha Ashburton Drug Co's in East Street. lam now perfectly free of the pains and fit for anything in the way of housework. I only took one course of the pills and the cure was permanent. They are splendid as a tonic and agreabla to take-' Success has brought op many imitations of Doan's Pills, but there is nothing •jasb as good' as the remedy which cured Mrs Parker, therefore ask for Doan's Backache K'dney Pills They are sold by all chemists and, storekeepers at 3s per box (six boxes I6a 6d) or will be posted on receipt of price by tbe proprietors, Foster, McLeilan Co, 76 Pitt St. , Sydney, N. S. W. Bub be sure they are Doan's



As their half annual balance is now taking place fit Christchurcb, tbe Icoft! manager of the D.l.C* in forms us that anyone purchasing a piano or or organ thia week, whether for cash or time payment, Will reoeive a handsome pair of piano lamps and stool to match bhe instrument ac a present, We need hardly remind our readers that this splendid gift is for this week only* MB WHBEI.BB GOT BID OF BIS KHEOMATISH. "During the winter of 1898 I was so lam in my joints, in fact all over my body, that I could hardly hobble around, when I bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. From the fire, application I began to get well, and was cured and have worked steadily all bhe i year. For sale by Ashburton Drug Co.



_~% rii- i_ ■hiiiiiiil^—^— — ■-- *""W^_wi p-.*»i ll __i CTtA'_"_ J_t [WEAK LUNGS^g ! Can get more Comfort, & , More Nourishment, Flesh and Blood and Strength out of ' ■ J . •• • iL&nc 5 Crc&soifd ; Emulsion of Cocl M^ r Oil Than from the Finest Beef. Beef strengthens only the already healthy system, Lank's CrSasoted Emulsion soothes Lung Coughs, and heals tho irritated bronchial tubes. It gives warmth, strength, and vitality tc the whole body. Nothing equals Lams'! Cbeasoted EMUTiSiosr in nourishing properties. It is the one medicine that will positively cure Consumption, and make you fit for bard every-day work, It is Good for the Baby, •&• It is Good for the Man, * It Is Good for Old Age. Ask your Chemist for LANE'S. If be tries to sell you anything elso ; atefuse it. —_._«. _ • * . . « PRICE 2«.



SHE KKOOMMBKDS OH&MBBBI.AIN _ COUGH BEMSSDT. "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a number of years and have no hesitancy In saying thab ib ia the besb remedy for coughs, oolds and croup I have ever used in my family. I have not words to express my confidence ia this Remedy! For sale by Aehburton 'Drug Co.