The Ashburton Guardian.

Yol xxi, .No. 5804

AsJiburtou : Monday, November 3, 1902

Price - One Penny

The Profits of Dairying.

The Taieri & Peninsula. Milk Supply Com pany was chiefly exercised at its 18th aa uual meeting with the consideration of what to do with its large surplus. The ba lanoe-sheet showed a profit, including the balance brought forward, of over iJ14,000. The directors recoinineuded the payment of a dividend of 8 per cent., but this would only al'sorb £1025, and thfi question was, what was to be done with the remaining .£13,000. Some suggested paying a 25 per cent dividend straight off, but eventually it was agreed to call a special meeting to discuss the matter. The milk purchased during the year was 0,715,934 gallons, and cream from an outside source, producing 116,517 gallons of butter fafc, was also bought. The quantity of butter manufacture led during the year was 1404 tons. The chairman, in his address, said :—" Our but ter in the Home market has given great satisfaction, and is greatly sought; after by Home buyers. The prices realised are the highest in the London market, equall ing Danish, in price, and in some ship manta have been 25 per cent, higher, and the expense of shipping to London, is more than supplieis calculate on, being 20s a ton after the butter has been packed in our factory to put onboard ship in New Zea land, and 153 a ton to English, charges after arriving in London, which makes a total of 35s a ton at least. The prospect for the present season are of the brightest, and we have decided to stand by the mar ket and sell the whole of the butter on its ; merit." "■■



SHIPPING. nnHE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING X COMPANY'S LINE Eoyal Mail Steamers for London. Via Monte Video, Teneriffe, and Plymouth. Best accommodation for all classes of Passengers. * " ~ Probable To Sail Steamer. Tons Final Port, about Uimutaka 7765 Wellington Oct. 30 Tongariro 7661 — Nov. 27 Wakanui 5706 — To follow Ruapehu* 7705 -■- „ Paparoa* 6563 — » * Twin Screw. For further particulars apply to FEIEDLANDER BEOS., Ltd. SHAW, SAVTLL AND ALBION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOE LONDON. ROYAL Mail Steamers, with superior accommodation for all classes of pas sengers, calling at Monte Video or Eio, Teneriffe and Plymouth. Vessel. Tons. Comm'nd'r From Date. Karamea 6563 J. Burton Well'nNov.l3 •Athenic 12230 C Kempson Well'n Deo. 11 Kumara 6034 Scotland Well'n To fol. Maori 5317 Moffafr — „ *<Jothio 7755 W. Kidley — „ * Twin Screw, fNo passengers carried Full particulars as to rates of Freight end Passage Money, etc., from. NICOLL BEOS.



BUSINESS NOTICES. WILLIAM WOOD & CO , MERCHANTS, 189 HEREFORD STREET CHRISTOnURCH. CASH Buyers of SHEEP and LAMBS for Freezing. Agents for John Fowler and Co, (Leeds) Limited, Traction Engines, Etc, Ruston & Proctor, Ltd), Threshing Machines, Etc. ASHBURTON OFFICE, The Arcade. Representative in attendance every TUESDAY and SATURDAY. | Insure your life in the Australian Mutual Provident Society. Funds Exceed £17,000*000. Most liberal Policy Conditions, Most economical Management, Most Stringent Reserves. Bonuses declared every year. Travelling Agent Ashburton District— James Pipe: Address letters—Post Office, Ashburton.



UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Ltd. Steamers sail from Lyttelton as I under :■ — For Westport and Greymouth—Weekly Wellington — Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. ; NOTE—For extra sailings see advertise-' meat in Christchurch papers. I Dunedin — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays and Saturdays. Nelson and Pieton via Wellington- Tuesday and Saturday. Sydney, via Auckland — Alternate Thursdays. The above are subject to alteration; reference ehould therefore be made to Christchurch daily papers for dates and boar of sailing. For furtther particulars apply to F. FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton,



ASHBURTON HOTEL. J. MULLAN. Proprietor. /CENTRALLY situated. Good accomoda \j tion for travellers. . ', Wines Spirits and Ales of the best brands only. Free Stabling. 8 287 CENTRAL HOTEL, , ASHBURTON. . W. H. DARDIS Proprietor. BEST Brands only of Wines, Spirits, and Ales kept. Ward's XXXX on Tap. Free Stabling. 8 246 ROYAL HOTEL, ASHBURTON. \l R A. WHITAKER, late manager of JII Ashburton Club, has entered into possession of the above Hotel. Every comfort and convenience. Fishing Hut at Mouth of Ashburton River ! Mount Somers Hotel. W J A; CLAY, Proprietor HAVING Purchased this well known Hotel, lam now prepared to receive Visitors and the General Public. Best Accommodation. Every attention given. x Only the Best Brands of Wines, Spirits, and Ales kept. 8 57 Somerset Hotel, ASHBURTON.



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BUSINESS NOTICES. New Zealand Insurance Com pany Established, 1859. \ Capital—Ono Million. THE Premier and Wealthiest Colonial Company. Noted for Promptness and Liberality. Paid up Capital and Reserves, .£400,000 Fire and Marine Risks, • Also, Risks on G rowing Crops. Threshing Machines, &c, accepted at Lowest Current Kates.. NICOLL BROS, Agents. C. PANNELL, TAILOR AND MERCER, 127 Manchester Street, Christchurch, HAS a Choice Assortment of Suitings suitable for the season. Chesterfields and Covert Coats a specialty. Samples sent to any Address. Gentlemen's Mercery of every description, and the LATEST FASHIONS IN STOCK. WARD AND CO.'S



BUSINESS NOTICES. HENRY STEPHENSON. j IN response to appeals from a number of my Clients to include the Sale of Farms, Town Properties, Suburban Properties, Sections, etc., in my business, I have de cided to do so, and am prepared to receive particulars of such, and my terms will be exceptionally easy— NO SALE, NO CHARGE. j I have several Town and Suburban Pro-. perties on my books, which I will be pleased to receive oilers for, and all business in this direction will receive my ptompt and best attention. My Weekly Sale of Poultry, Pigs, Cattle, Furniture, etc., as usual, EVERT SATURDAY at 12 o'clock. Clearing Sales of Stock, Household Fur niture, etc., as per arrangement in any part of the county. Advances made on all goods placed in my hands for Sale. MONEY.—-I have several sums awaiting investment. Colonial Grown and Island Fruit sold privately during the week, and all kinds of Produce. Agent : Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, Limited Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company. | Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. Pianos and Organs on time payments from 20s per month. I have also several second hand Instru ments on hand, cheap. HENRY STEPHENSON, Auctioneer, Land, Estate, and Commission Agent and Valuer, ASHBURTON.



f r HE first part of the above Hotel is now X completed and ready to receive visitors. It is fitted up with all the latest improve ments. Every Bedroom has a Patent Ventilator. Hot and cold water to Baths and Lava tories. Hot and cold Shower Baths. Visitors can rely on receiving every comfort. JAMES LANE, Proprietor. , 8277 DINEEN'S Railway Refreshment Rooms. I BEG to thank all my friends for their kind patronage accorded to me during the past six months, and I hope by strict attention to business to still receive a fair share in the future. Nothing but the best wines and spirits kept. N.B.—Dunedin prize Ales always on ** J. DINEEN, LESSEE. 10 WHERE TO STAY IN CHRIST CHURCH. Send a Post Card or Telegram to STOREY'S TERMINUS HOTEL. (opposite Christchurch Railway Station.) 3?. W. MILLWARD, ... Licensee. rrjHIS popular Hotel is now under new JL management as above, and offers special inducement to families and visitors desiring the comforts of a home in Christ church. The building is of brick and stone, and the rooms are lofty and spacious. Night and day porters in attendance. Speight's Prize Ales on Draught. All Telegrams and Letters receive prompt attention. Telephone 795. Terms 8s per day; £2 2s per week. 230 i Cafe De Paris Hotel, Cashel Street, CHRISTCHURCH. THIS First-class Hotel, after undergoing extensive alterations and refurnishing on most modern lines, is NOW ©PEN TO RECEIVE VISITORS and TOURISTS, who will find Every Comfort and Con- j venience. j Hot and Cold Shower Baths. Electric Light. Wines, Spirits, Beers, and Cigars of the Be3t Quality. Terms : 5s 6d per day; 35s per week. 9 142 E. W. SOFIELD, Proprietor. PATTY Pan baking powder wants on trial without prejudice, two patty pans or nothing.



Notice of Removal. MR J. *X BUN, nURGEON DENTIST, Has Removed to Warden's Buildings, Cashel Street, Christchurch. Telephone 956. CEOWK BREWERY CO., Ltd Antigua Street, Christchurch. CELEBRATED SPARKLING ALES AND STOUT. Fokty Prize Medals. In Bulk and Bottle at all the principal Hotels and Clubs in New Zealand. Private Families Supplied. 7 134 S. McBRIDE, Monumental Sculptor, 60 Stafford Street. Timaru. A A LWATS in Stock.—A first V -I7 J\. class selection of Marble st—3 L-4- and Granite Monuments. v-^H* ■ — I j Designs and estimates may be II inspected at the establishment &i> of Mr John Wilson, Painter, * Burnett Street, Ashburton. Letter Cutting in any style. COOKING RANGES. T> ARNINGHAM and CO.'S IMPROVED ZEALANDIA, New Patent. Needs no setting,



Can be used as "pen fire. Ask Fob The IMPROVED ZEALANDIA. IT is a well-known fact that Jab. Mellob can give much better value in Boots and Shoes than any other Shop in Ashburton. ■



When you get inside the Polling 1 Booth, sco that the Returning Officer gives you two 'papers. READ THE LOCAL OPTION PAPER VERY CAREFULLY, so that you thoroughly understand it. Now look at it. Don't hurry! Never mind the lines at the very top of the paper. The only lines that concern you are the three which begin with the words, Run your pencil through the FIRST of these three lines ONLY, the line which ends with the word " CONTINUE." You don't want the licenses to continue, so Strike Out that line— and thaH; line only. Score every word of it out plainly, AND BE SURE THAT YOUR PENCIL DOES NOT TOUCH ANY OTHER LINE ON THE PAPER. Your Paper will then look like this:— I Vote tfiat the Number of Licenses existing in the District be Reduced i Vote that No Licenses be Granted in the District Don't put another mark on your paper. In tho meantime, find out from the Registrar if your Name is on the Roll. All claims to vote flo not reach the proper quarter, so make quite sure by personal enquiry.



______ BUSINESS NOTICES SHEEP SHEARING SEASON. THA V E JUST LANDED IT SEASON'S SUPPLY OP 3s 6d. SHEEP SHEARS. 3s 6d including T.U.S. and 8.8.A., N.Z., with plain and perforated grips, Turkey OilfSfcones, a splendid sample. Sweet Oil. Branding Oils~"Red, Black, and Blue,!,in 1 and 5 gallon drums; Baddle, Lamp Bl'ick, Etc. LAWN MOWEES in great variety, from 22s 6d to 55s each. GARDENING TOOLS of every description at reduced prices. BOWLS! BOWLS! BOWLS! As the season has just opened, I cordially invite inspection of my stock—Taylor's first quality only kept. SEWING MACHINES. I am sole agent for the celebrnted " Davey " Machine ; 7 years' guarantee ; Hand £3 10s j Treadle from MKsto £g H's. Call and inspect. They are worth lookinggat. ■» M pj I) & i iS o, The Peoples' Ironmonge , Burnett Street, ouijosite Arcade.



■ONBIVAI.I.ED ALES AND STOUT. Superior to English; INSURE NOW WITH THE Government Life Insurance Department. £1,600,000 BAS already been added to Policies in the Department. This is the Bonus Year And everyone now taking out a participa ting Policy will receive a substantial bonus at the end of the year. J. H. BICHAEDS9N, Commissioner. f XTfTANTBD KNOWN — Farmers' Good ' W Shooter Boots only 10s 6d. Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store.



„, 30 000 VmGJPjsptJua^ ':j;(*^. ' In Use in the Colony. They burn Lignite '(pSSHSpjJjSSsjS True Coal, or Wood, xip to 2ft 6in. \j ' 'ff'l \'i' t^^^^r Set^n § < Reauirecl. ■ JS Jhiflnl i JiaS^* >TSfi^ With Stove Pipe can be worked out in he  v HMHPnnlvai^fwm'; open. Splendid Bread Bakers. With ', l liw»?i?*4l»irV^r-tifß cast iron or copper boilers. The copper ' ImSSwI II boilers are large and tin lined inside. \i y^Sww^il li^MMMmllr' Bepairs are a minimum. Made in all ■""■ ibBHBHBw" sizes, single or double. High or low pres- B^^^^^^^J*L'^ MB^^ai Sold by all Ironmongers from whom Wfl^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*N*m Catalogues can be obtained or from the makers, H. E. SHACKLOCK, LTD. Southend Foundry, Princess Street, Dunedin



BELFAST AND FAIKFIELD FREEZING WORKS ARE THE BEST -pOE TURNIPS, KAPE, WHEAT, AND ANY OTHEE CEOP, j SPECIAL MANURES j are made to suit any kind of Soil or description of Crop. j Samples ot soil analysed free of cost to Farmers using our Manure. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVERYWHERE LAST SEASON. j i If there is"no agent in your district, send to the Office for Price List and Testimonials. Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Export Company, Limited. F. WAYMOUTH, Secretary, 139 Hereford Street, Christchurch. SMOKE ONLY N X W" VEND 8. A PftUFLCT TU8..u.,0.



1 There's NeT Place Like - - - STRANGE'S - For FURNITURE. "QOSSESSING the Completest and most up-to-date Steam Furniture JL Factory in New Zealand, we are in a position to execute all orders for Furniture entrusted to us in the moat satisfactory style. The Cheapest and the Best way to furnish is to patronise the actual Manufacturers, and obtain your Furniture from the Factory Direct. We furnish all kinds of Dwellings from basement to attic in auy style » desired, from the plain and homely to the costly and luxurious, and we are now constantly executing commissions for Furniture received from all parts of the colony. Estimates and full particulars post free on application to any address. :o For Carpets, Carpet Squares, Floorcloths, Linoleums. Mats, Mattings, Curtains, Crockery, and Glass, &c, &c. We are unrivalled in New Zealand. All prices—and a practically unlimited j choice of goods. We own Venetian Blind, Bedding, and Wire-Mattress Factories, and supply all these goods of the very first quality at very reasonable prices. If you reside too far from Christehurch to come and see us, you j should "Drop us a Line," and transact your business with us by; letter. <



STRANGE & COMPANY, COMPLETE BOUSE FCBNISHEBS, CHEISTCHUECF. I TftL NEW &!§. THI«TYRIT wHI prove a 9 m DUAILOP a fi* I tindct a hydraulic pressure of J2OO I i *-r***^fc* • if f I lbs. to the square inch, rendering | 9 *|*y|sp MMfiM 1 parting of rubber and fabric an | i * / Impossibility, and thus saving fully 1 ffl yO^m^J /X 50 per cent, of the troubles associated | H } "^ * '^i in— W P wit" Pneumatic tyres. Ask your | m /!r^ %£wL^m A? cnt to stlow you a sam Ple* 1 1 yijiM. JMI The Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. g 1 / 128 LICHKIELD ST., OHIUSTCHtmCH, N.Z. H MI c S%Zoo^%> %m/fei gm An(i at Melbollrnc' Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, || ■: ':l!f.a i'^'sr I Mil Ita^™! M



TRY AUSLEBROOK AND COS MILK KISSES. A Delicious Confection. The Original and Only True Kiss is made by Aulsebrook & Co, *. ' t see that their name is on every wrapper, fIADEFRON THE PURE, JUICE OFJHE APPLE ***'CATHEDRAL SQUARE. CHRISTCfWRCH.



An Ashburton Lady | 4 OFFERS SOME VALUABLE, ADVICE TO EVERY KEADEBINTEBESTED. Perhaps the reader is a " Doubting j Thoma3,' for Ashburton is full of them. Doubt, as a rule, leads to investigation, and as ' Doubting Thomas ' will not accept as facts a long statement giving particulars of some incredible cure on the other side of the world, he is asked to investigate tha following testimony of a local citizen:—: Mrs E. M. McK6e, storekeeper, Beach. Boad, this town, says: —' I have been troubled with a p:iin in the vicinity of the kidneys for a long time, besides having giddiness and headaches at the same time. ; i used several sorts of inediciues s but none of bhetn proved effective, and then I gave Doan's Backache Kidney Pills a trial. These pills proved marvellous. Before I had taken I them long I had quite lost the backache and also the headaches and giddiness. They also acted splendidly for a run down feeling, making me feel quite strong and energetic. They are splendid pills and should be used by everybody who is at all troubled with I the kidneys. | Do not ho satisfied with any imitation of Doan's Pills. Eetnwnber it was Doan's Backache Kidney L'ills which cured Mrs McE>e, and you want the same remedy. .... Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are sold by all chemists and storekeepers at 3s per box (six boxes iGs 6d), or will be pcssj"d on receipt of prico by tr.o proprietors, Fester, ifcCtunnan Co., 73 Pitt Street, Sydney NXW. " • ■ But ba euro they ara Doan's.



A Profitable Dsal Thoid was ones a provision dealer who was iirimlir:;.' h<3 shop while his assistant was away at dnner. ' ! A uici'-Jocking boy came in with a, basket ou hi? !(G.;d ami sail, "I saw a boy snatch iii> ti.is'ore ba.'-fciit from tho door and van away, bub I ran nffcer him and made him giveY up. Ker« it is." "My ]ad, you sire un honest boy." ''Yes, sir." "And you look Kke a good loy," " Ye?, tir." And good boys should be encouraged. In a box in tha back room theiM are eight doz en eggs, you may tale them home■,"_ to your mother, and keep the basket." The shopkeeper had been saving those eggs, one at a time for weeks nnd monlhs, to reward some one. In rewarding a good , boy, be also got eight dozen bad eggs car [ riiid out, of the neighbourhood free of cost, ! and ho chuckled a little chuckle as ■he walked home to dinner. The morning after, as he returned, wear . iug a'vfuy complacent smile, in addition to ( his clothes, his eye caught a basket.of eight ! do::eii clean, fresh-looking eggs. " Beau ! buying e#ys ?" ho said to the shopman, I " th«y look nice." ■ " Tes," the shopman re j>!ied," " I got them from a farmer's boy." "' A lame boy, with a blue cap ?" said tlie . ui'oprietor. " Yes," answered his-assistant. ;" Two front teeth cut ?" "Yes," said the man. The shopkeeper sat down and examined the eggs. The «shells had been .washed clean, but they were the same eggs the boy i had carried home to his mother the day be fore, and now his shopman had bought them for cash. .



( EUROPEAN," AGENCY; (Establislied 1814.) \ WE wish to open accounts with;allbona fide Colonial Bnyers who are not I already on our books, and on receiving precise details of their exact requirements, we shall be pleased to forward quotations | for any European or American goods. Qur | reference books contain several million ! names, and our extensive connection | enables us to make special terms with the i most suitable wholesale manufacturers of ! each class of goods, so that even after add < ing our shipping commission of 1^ to 5 per j ceiit. (according to amount) our prioes still ' compare favourably with those of the I manufacturers. We supply goods made specially to any style, quality or price; and on receipt of indent, with full and clear instructions, 1 and remittance of cash, or produce to cover, j our knowledge of the trade enables us to ( place the order at once in the best hands* ; and the goods are promptly forwarded. I We make up sample cases of most goods i from £5 upwards ; and as we 'utilise our ' long experience in choosing such goods as are most likely to suit the market for which they are intended, we confidently recom- I mend buyers to order these sample'eases, I for by doing so they will obtain the latest S and most taking novelties. Consignments of produce receive careful attention, and we give advances to any extent. , ..... Prompt and painstaking attention to the ' interests of correspondents, together with exceedingly moderate charges, and plain and straightforward dealings, have enabled , us to maintain for the greater "part of a century, a reputation which we value too much 'to allow it to be tarnished by: the unsatisfactory execution of a: single trans action. Address:— . ; ;



i William "Wilson;and Sons, i Merchants & Manufacturers' Agents, I 25, Abchurch Lane, London, E.C. Correspondence invited. 10 206 The Peerless Incubators are the Greatest moneymakers for the poor man, rich man farmer, housewife, or anyone else. Ducks, chicks, geese or turkeys, find a. ready sale, ' and each. v.ne means a pro&t with hardly any work. Send for our catalogue . We sell on cash or time payments, and can give yoa real assistance when you need it. The advice and help of our expert always at your service. We keep the best of every, thing for the poultry yard.—Advt " -*•