, -•.- , , . • \ Monday, August iB, 1879.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

Printed and Published by Ho RACK J Weeks and Charles Dixon, at : Printing Office, East Street, Ashbuj Monday, August 18, 1879.



Ashburton Trade Directroy. * Ariktckct and Civil Engineer B. Mountfort, East-street Auctioneers— Bullock and Co., East-street Alfred Harrison, Baring Square J. Lloyd Crawley, Saunders’ Buildings Barristers and Solicitors—^ Messrs. Branson and Purnell, East-street Mr. Harris, Saunders’ Buildings. Mr. Ireland, Montgomery’s Buildings. Bakers, Confectioners, Etc. — Thos. Taylor, East-street Banks — Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street Boarding House Keepers— John Candish, Moore-st. Prince Albert Boarding-house, Wills-st. J. Cotton, Spanish Restaurant, Havelock - street. Builders, Contractors, Etc.- G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Thos. Williams, Tinwald G. Compton, Builder, Moore-street. Booksellers and Stationers — H. M. Jones, Baring Square. Weeks and Dixon, East-street North (next to Quill’s Hotel.) Bootmakers — T. Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East-st. M. Nealas, East-street Brewers and Bottlers— Wood and Co., Cameron-street Quinton Bros., Mount Somers Road Cabinetmakers — C. Bradei, Tinwald Cabinetmakers and Undertakers — T. A. Gates, Peter-street, near Quill’s Thomas Williams, 1 inwald Chemists and Druggists— J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings Coal and Firewood Merchants — A. Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station Drapers and Clothiers — D. Williamson and Co , East-street- Orr arc Co., East-street Hodder & Co., Saunhers’ Buildings. Furniture Warerooms— A. Spillard, Tancred Street Collins and Son, Moore Street Grocers, .General Dealers, Etc. — Orr and Co„ East-street Friedlander Bros., East-street Hodder and Co., Saunders’ Buildings. D. Williamson and Co., East-steeet. Greengrocers, &c. — W. T. Davison, Moore-street R. Madigan, Havelock Street. Hotels — Shearman’s Somerset Hotel, East-street Quill’s Commercial Hotel, East Street North near Railway Station Mutch and McKenzie, Ashburton Hotel, . 1 East Street. Ironmongers— Orr and Co., East-street Hodder and Co., Saunders’ Buildings. ] Milliner and Dressmaker— Mrs. Adams, Cox-street Painter, &c. — J. R. Chapman, Tancred-street T. S. Tucker, Moore-street. Printers and Publishers — Weeks and Dixon, East-street Plumbers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc.— S. Hardley, East Street. J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street Surveyors— C. E. Fooks and Son, Triangle, Wakanui Road Tailors— Aitken and Co,, Havelock-street Tentmakers— Wm. Patching, East-street. *3“Notices in this Directory, £ 1 P er annum. Agencies.



THE ASHBURTON HERALD jfu Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) ASHBURTON, WAKANUI, AND SEA, FIELD MAIL EXPRESS. SUBSCRIBERS to The Ashburton Herald, residing at and between tlio ;above places will, in future, be supplied by Sando and Olsen’s Mail Express, which leaves Ashburton every Tuesday anr A Friday. New Subscribers will please fomrnrd -their names to any of the Agents, or our Office, as early as possible. Subscription : By post or express, Bs. 'Cd. per quarter ; in advance, 7». 6d. per quarter ; or 28s. per annum. The Ashburton Herald will contain all the latest telegraphic and other news, grain •and produce market reports, and particu lar attention will be paid to the wants of settlers. All notices ref coring to the ißorough Council, County Council, and the (Road Boards, will be found bathe Herald. Agencies where The Hei iald can be obtained : W&fomui School Wakanui Creek.. Seafield JJ ••• Charing Cross ... Newland.. McClure O. Leadley M. Bruce T. M. Jones G. S. Brown Ed Watkir .s The Agents will supply printed for. ms for new subscribers to sign. ASHBURTON HERALD, Published Daily. Country Edition ... 3 p.m. Town Edition ... 4.30p.m. are requested to make known any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or Country, which shall he immediately remedied. Country Sub scribers along the Wakanui Road to the school, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesday and Friday,



Dining Rooms. CANTERBURY DINING ROOMS (Late Anstee’s Private Hotel) TANCRED STREET, A S II B U R T O N. M. O’SULLIVAN BEGS to inform the inhabitants of the County of Ashburton, and the Tra velling Public, that he has RE-OPENED THE ABOVE ROOMS, And is prepared to afford Good Accomtno lation at reasonable charges. THE BEDROOMS Will be found clean and comfortable. Breakfast in time for early trains. Dinner from 12 till 2 p.m. Tea from 5 to 7 p.m. ALL MEALS AND BEDS, is. Board and Lodging, £1 per week. M. O’SULLIVAN, i Proprietor. 123 a Boarding Houses. ECHO DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET SOUTH, Next door to Messrs. Sando& Olsen, Ashburton. A DUPUIS begs to inform the inhabi tants of the County of Ashburton and 'visitors that he has opened the above. Every attention has been paid to making this establishment all that can be desired. Very Reasonable Charges. Tea and Coffee All Hours. Breakfast for early tra in ; Treble d Hote from 12 noon to 2 p.m.» Tea from sto 8 p.m. A Chef de Cuis.ine of considerable experi ence lias been specially engaged for this establishment, a aid Ml that the proprietor asks is one trial. 54 A. DUPUIS, Proprietor. TEMPERANCE BOA.RDING HOUSE, MOORE-STRE. ST, As, IHBURTON. (Late A Vornei ’’s.) PROPRIETOR ...JOH.N CANDISH. fJIHE above Board ling Hops® I,OvV Open for the acconnn odatioil of Boarders; Travellers, and others.* Private Rooms fotr Families’- Breakfast... ... ©sum. to 9 a.in. Dinner ... ... 12 to 2. Tea ... ... 5 tc> 7. Board and Lodgings, £l per week. MEALS & BEDS—ONT® . SHILLING. 300 PRELIMINARY" ? NOTICE. SPANISH RES' T AURA NT (Late Eagle’s B’otaidl® g House), HAVELOCK Sun LEET, ASElßßjft.'llOtN , Near Town Hall, aitdi Tw@ M mutes’ walk from Railway Statliia a. THIS weMbsiibuatedi jam d commodious Horn®', lias; jjust lhfs n thoroughly renovated, aiad is fteing; na furnished and supplied with every ©ornferl -. Boarders ar M the TravelM: ng Public will find a Good Table, Superb® - Accommoda tion, and 'Rest Attention. ..combined with Wry liberal ciia roes. M eals : Tea, or Breakfast, Is. ; Ditliior, Beds, Is. and Is. Gd, Is. Gd. J. COTTON',- Propr ietoiv 359 Cabineti aakers. TINWALD FURN ITURK DEPOLL lIAR LE S BLADE R’ c CABINET MAKE R, FI JRNITURE DEALE R, &i 3. Venetian and othc sr Blir ids, Curtain Poles, Oxford a nd otl ter Picture Frames nia> ie to order. Repairs Execute d wit h Despatch. Note the A ddvess Great South Road, xt to Mr. Prett .ejohn’s TiNWax.o, , Shoe Makei 38b ? bailors. NOTICE OF RE] vIOVAL. S. stories, I'AILOR- AND OTHIER. EGS to remind ilia fii Iluls 1 ; u . lfl , tlle B pub] ic that lie has lemt ‘Y e f U a ess to new r sllbp near Baldw, 111 s p. cl ) tl ,’ a totel, Wat Vanui Rotttl, nnd w ,°“ ld iis opportunity of acknowle* P 3ry liberal s uppol't accorded to. lUIU Ilß ' fore, and solicits a couth™ itronage at net shop-y, T t , i Road, near 1 CJentiM- ' s. s' f oe:es; TAILOR/ iND CL- OTHIIvR' 7U 4 Bus iness Not ices. THE ASH .BURTON HERALD. AND Sorougir a .sfp County Advertiser. HE follov ring are A( lENTS for the Sale of the “Ash burton Herald'’ 'own : M. Jon es, Stationer , East Street, sxt Fried lander Bi*ob. L Garn ext, Perfumor , Hairdresser, :e., Mor itgomery’s Built lings. Sando, Under tlie Ve randah, East Street. .



The Little Camp on Eagle Hill, 3s. Oil. Sceptres and Crowns, 3s. Gd. Fairy Stories with a Purpose, 2s. Marco "Visconte, 2s. lOd. Sydney Stuart, 2s. 4d. Aunt Martha’s Corner Clipboard, os. Gd. In India, 3s. Gd. Little Mercy, an Australian Temperance Tale, 3s. Gd. Favorite Fairy, Tales, 2s. Sd. 'Tire Fairy Spinner, 3s. Mail’s Vineyard, a Temperance Tale, 3/G •To© Good for Anything, 2s. 4d. Prince Übbeley Bubble, 3s. The Lost Father, 4s. Miss Roberta Fortune, 2s. Little Hazel, ss. Gd. Washed Ashore, 2s. 4d. Turnaside Cottage, 3s. Trot’s Letters to her Doll, 3s. Gd. Told in the Twilight, 2s. 4d. Penelope, 2s. lOd. Tract Magazine, Is. Gd. On the Eve, 2s. lOd. The Silver Casket, 4s. Swiss Family Robinson, 4s. Gd. Recreations of a Country Parson, 4s, A Cloud of Witnesses, 6s. Moody, and his Work, Gs. The Argonaut (2),. 3s. 9d. each Church Life in Australia (2), 2s. each The Home and the Synagogue, 4s. | Christmas at Annesley, 3s. Richard Hunns, 4s. Sword and Garment, 2s. 9d. The Land of the Sun, ss. Lectures on Preaching, 4s. 3d. Tales of Old Ocean, 3s. Gd. Military Heroes of England, 4s. Earth and its Treasures, 4s. , Q’eneral Beckwith, 3s. Gd. Thv e Diary of Dampier, 3s. Gd.



Wholesale and Retail Stationers, &c. BOOK S! B O OKS! CLEARING OUT SALE Reduction of ss. in the Pound. WEEKS AND DIXON JujEG to call special attention to their Clearing-Out Sale of the undermentioned Books, at a Great Reduction on former prices, in order to effect a Speedy Clearance, as they intend giving up the Book Trade, and carry on the Stationery and Account Book Business on a more extensive scale. Particular attention is invited to their Large and Varied Assortment of Church Services, Wesleyan and Presbyterian Hymn Books, some of which are in Very Elegant Bindings, all to be Sold Out at 25 per cent, reduction. REDUCED P LICE LIST.



Scott's Poems, 3s. Lyric Gems of Scotland (2), ss. eacli. ~ ~ morocco binding, 6s. Gd, Goldsmith's Poems, 4s. 6d. Sunday School Speaker, Is. 2d. Sabbath School Itociter, Is. 2d. Temperance Speaker (4), Is. 2d. each. Excelsior Reciter, Is. lOd. Afloat and Ashore, 2s. 3d. Sons of the Cross and Crown Is. Cd. Under the Microscope, Is. 9d. Humming Birds, 2s. 3d. City Sparrows, 2s. 3d. Conrad and Columbine, 2s. 9d. The Children and the Robin, 2s. Stories of the Apostles, Is. lOd. Diversions at Holycott, 2s. 3d. The New Year’s Bargain, 2s. Child’s Corner Book, 2s. 9d. The Absentee, 2s. Children of the Line, Is. lOd. Philip and his Garden, 2s. Tire Boy’s Book of Recreation, 4s. 6d. The Boy’s Prize Boole, 4s. Gd. The Boy’s Book, 4s. Gd. Every Boy’s Annual, 6s. Once a Week (2), 3s. 9d. each. Nails Driven Home, 2s. 3d. Nettie’s Mission, 3s. Gd. Revolt of the Field, 2s. JCate Brunton, 2s. Homedy Proverbs, 2s. Phrenological Works (2), 4s. Gd. each. Ball Room Companion, 7d. Ready Reekaners, Gd. each Mercantile Letter Writers, Is. each Carpenters Spelling, 7d. Comprehensive Letter Writer, Is. 2d. Advice to a Mother, 2s. British History, 2s. Royal Readers, 2s. 3d. Grammar and Analysis, 2s. lOd.



—REMEMBER— The Sale will be held for a limited period, to make room for Consignments of Stationery. Account Books, &c., SOLD AT THE ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE 'W EE K S AND DIXON, PROPRIETORS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. B L I G H’S CANTERBURY RESTAU RANT, Papanui Road, near Post Office, Christchurch. M EARS AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. Board and Lodging, 175., 18s., £1 a v/cok. BEDS & MEALS—Is. Back. 452 CHERTSEY. A. R. M A. R Iv II A M (Next Montgomery’s, Chertsey), GENERAL STOREKEEPER, HAVING taken over the store of Messrs. On* and Co., and increased the stock, is prepared to supply first-class articles in Grocery, Drapery, Ironmongery. Agent for THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 423 Medicinal. STEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS FO R CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHA SER S. The value of this well-known Family Medi cine has been largely tested in all parts of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMIIA TIONS, some of which in OUTWaRI) APPEARANCE so closely resemble the ori ginal as to Lave deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due to the public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none are genuine : —- Ist —ln every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to eacli packet. 2nd —Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words, John Steedman, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd —The name, Steedman, is always spelt with two EE’s. 4th —The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medi cine Vendors. Sold by Kemftmorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland. 49°



Medicinal. Testimonials. Tup.m Street, Christchurch, April 28, 1879. To Professor Guscott. Sin,—l have been troubled with Livei Complain these last six years, many times not being able to attend to work. 1 have tried everything in the shape of patent medicines. I have been an outdoor patient in the Hospi tal ; I got at times temporary relief. I could not sleep on my left side; I kept rolling about backwards and forwards in bed. When T got lip in the morning. I would rather lie in bed but work I had to attend to. Wheal had eaten a light meal 1 found it always lodged in my stomach. Always costive, a great palpi tation, pains across the chest, more particu larly under the left breast, always a violent pain between the'shoulders, felt just the same as if any one was pouring water down my back - , feet always cold. Happened to get one of your bills when you came to St. Asaph street, which.-explained to me the symptoms I was laboring under. When I applied to you, you told me all my symptoms, and guaranteed me a perfect cure, which, I am happy to say, you have done through your herbal treatment. [ should recommend those troubled with Liver Complaint ta place themselves under your treatment. I am, Sir, Truly thankful, WILLIAM MANSON. Colombo Street, April 2i, 1879. To Professor Guscott. Sir,-—I have been troubled with Dysentery for the last three months, so much SO that I was perfectly exhausted, the linings of my intestines peeled away in flakes. I tried every remedy that I could hear of, but to no purpose. Hearing that you were in Christchurch, and seeing the many wonderful cures, was induced •to place myself under your treatment, and I am happy to say in one week I am free from the diarrhoea, and gaining strength from your herbal treatment. I. am, yours respectfully, Ellen Brown. I give you this testimonial for the benefit o others, as I know there arc. a great many others suffering from the same complaint in Christchurch. Borough Hotel, Manchester Street, Christchurch, April 21, XS7 9- To Professor Guscott. Sir,-—I have been troubled with Rciataca and Rh-Uinatism since the commencement cf the West Coast diggings in 1564, where I had ■ to leave through medical advice, and went to Melbourne, and thence to Sydney, and then J thought 1 would try the tropical climate of Queensland, and only found temporary relief. 1 came to Christchurch, and tried doctors of , the best medical repute, and got no better. Thinking that it v'as useless to go any further 1 gave up all hopes of being restored ; .1 could scarcely walk, and staying at an old friend’s, he advised me to consult you, and I am happy to say I am in as perfect health as I was in 1864, when I crossed the ranges of the "West Coast, and was only ten days under your treatment. John O’Brien. To Professor Guscott.



HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS I hirify the Lioo.l, correct all disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kulnevs and Bowels, and are invaluable in all oonit plaints incidental to Females. THE OINTMENT is the only reliable remedy for Bad lags O.d Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Cc ids, Gout, Jlh, mn-itUin, and j all Skin Di teases it has no equal. Sold by the Proprietor, Thomas llolloway, r>33, Oxford Street, London, and by all 'Medicine Vendors throughout the World. GRATEFUL—COM FORTIN G. -jpypPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. “ By a thorough knowledge of tlie natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tallies with r delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by tne judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever there is a weal point. We may escape many a fata .shaft A keeping ourselves well fortified with pare bleed and a properly nourished frame.” —l he Liz?. So viet Gazelle. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELI/EU JAM E S EP P S AN D C O Ilomcepathic Chemists, London. KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES. COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGM. Composed of the purest articles. 'I hese Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate can take them with perfect confidence. 1 heir beneficial effect is speedy and certain. This old unfail ing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent physicians. In use nearly 60 years. MEDICAL TESTIMONY. 22, Cold Harbour L.ane, London, July 25th, 1577. Sir, —Your Lozenges are excellent, and their beneficial effect most rename. I strongly recommend them in cases oKougli and asthma. You are at liberty t© state this as my opinion, formed from many years experience. J. Bringloe, M.E.C.S.L., L.S.A., L.M. dr. T. Keating, Indian Medical Service. _ Dear Sir, Having fried your Lozenges in ndia I have much pleasure in testifying to heir beneficial effects in cases of Incipient Consumption, Asthma and Bronchial AJlec ions, 1 have prescribed them largely with the test results. NY. B. G , Apothecary, H.M.S. Keating’s Cough Lozenges are sold by all Chemists, in tins of various sizes, each having the words “ Keating’s Cough Lozenges engraven on the Government stamp. KEATING’S WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTES TIN A L or THREADWORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted for childicn. Sold in tins by all chemists. Proprietor, TITOS. KEATING, London, Export Chemist and Druggist. 637



Sir, Having been troubled with asthma for the last seven years, on several occasions I have been propped up in bed, and many times I had to gel up and walk to get a breath of air, and had become so bad that 1 was not able to attend to my business ; in f;.ct, I had become a burden to myself and the people with whom I was stopping. When I came to you you told me all my symptoms, which gave me confidence to place myself under your treatment, and, being a believer in herbs, and seeing the large assortment in your establishment, and also the references from other sufferers the same as myself, in looking back to the time of my sufiering so long, and spending so much money without receiving any benefit from the treat ment until I applied to you.—l remain, yours ever thankful, Donald Smith. Great King-street, Dunedin, May 30. To Professor Guscott. Sir,—l have to inform you that I am able to return home after your treatment of 4 weeks’ duration, having been troubled with dropsy this last 4 years.' I have been tapped twice j I have been under the doctors in Oamaru, and also in Dunedin, and never received any bene fit from their treatment. When my sister called on you last April you told her if I would c >me to St. Kilda and stop with her you would treat me for a fortnight free of charge, and after that time, if I were no better, you would require no payment ; but I am happy to inform you that 1 feel as well as ever I felt, and free of dropsv, ancl can cat and sleep well. I trust that your days nay be long in Dunedin. You may be assured that I will speak of the cure you have effected in me on my return home, as I leave my 'fistei to-morrow. —I remain yoars ever grateful, Mrs.-Isabella Fraser. St. Kilda, June 10, IS7S. Manchester Street, Christchurch, April 29th, IS79* To Professor Guscott, Sir, —I have been troubled with Neuralgia for a length of time, and have suffered the most excruciating pains; tried c'erylhing that I could hear of, 1 then saw your testimonials in the papers, and the u Star.” I was advised to give you a trial, but I have this to say that I am perfectly free from pain. I can eat and sleep well, and am not disturbed at nights or meal times as 1 have been lor a length ol time. I have told seveial the pain I suffered, and the wonderful relief I have iiad, and I would ad vise anyone troubled with Neuralgia to apply to you, as they can depend on a perfect cure. Yours ever grateful, H. B. Williams, Tuam street, Christchurch.



To Professor Guscott, Sir, —Having for the last four years suffered from bad eyes, being totally blind in one, and from using a solution of nitrate of silver as a lotion, which had penetrated my whole system, causing me the most acute pains, which, added to rheumatism, prevented my sleeping at night, and rendered my life absolutely burdensome to me, I have consulted and been treated by doc tors in different parts of Canterbury, as also in the Christchurch Hospital, but without obtain ing the slightest relief. Determined to leave no stone unturned while the smallest chance remained of an abatement of my sufferings. I applied to you immediately I heard of your arrival, and the cure which you have effected would seem to many inciedible, but as I am still here a living proof of the success of your treatment, as can only be testified by hundreds in Christchurch, who knowing what f was like for so long up to a week ago, look with astonishment at the change which you have wrought. Wishing you many years of happi ness and prosperity in pursuing your useful career, I am, dear Sir, yours respectfully, Patrick Burns. Sexton’s Allenton House, St. Asaph-street, Christchurch.



Printers and Publishers. A T H E ASHBURTON HERALD BOROUGH & COUNTY ADVERTISER (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE EAST STREET NORTH, ASHBURTON (Near the Railway Station.) r|THE Proprietors beg to intimate that they have imported a first-class “ATLAS” TREADLE Printing Machine, FOR JOB . WORK ONLY, C A'P AB L E O F T lIROWING OF 2000 IMPRESSIONS AN HOUR Unrivalled and unequalled in the estima tion of Printers. It is capable of executing the finest work in Colors & Ornamental Printing And the cost of production will, by means of this labor-saving Machinery, be



GREATLY REDUCED. BILLHEADS, RECEIPTS, NOTE HEADINGS, ENVELOPES; BUSINESS CARDS, ADDRESS LABELS, CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUE EVERY DESCRIPTION OF PRINTING in the BE ST STYLE, and at Prices which cannot fail to GIVE SATISFACTION WEEKS AND DIXOI PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, THE ASHBURTON HERALD OFFI East Street North Ashburton.