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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1038, 31 December 1883, Page 4

Hop Sitters. REMEMBER THIS. IF YOU ARE-^SICK. If you are sick, HOP BITTERS will surely aid Nature in making you well again when all else fails. If you are comparatively well, but feel the need of a grand ton : c and stimulant, never rest easy till you are made a new being by the use of HOP BITTERS If you are costive or dyspeptic, or are suffering from any other of the numerous diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is your own fault if you remain ill, lor HOP BITTERS are a sovereign remedy in all such complaints. If you are wasting away with any form of Kidney Disease, stop tempting Death this moment, and turn for a cure to HOP BITTERS. If Jyou are sick with that terrible sickness Nervousness, you will find a “Balm in Gilead ” in the use of HOP BITTERS. If you are a frequenter, or a resident of a miasmatic district, barricade your system against the scourge of all countries —malarial, epidemic, bilious and intermittent fevers—by the use of HOP BITTERS. If you have rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and feel miserable generally, HOP BITTERS will give you fair skin, rich blood, the sweetest breath, health and comfort. In short they cure ALL Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels, Blocd, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys, etc., and will be paid for a case they will not cure or help, or for anything impure or injurious found in them. That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister, mother or daughter, can be made the picture of health by a few bottles of Hop Bitters, costing but a trifle. Will you let them suffer ? Cleanse, Purify and Enrich, the Blood with Hop Bitters, And you will have no sickness or suffering or doctors’ biils to pay. Racing. Winslow annual sports and races. NEW YEAR’S DAY. President—E. G. Wright, M.H.R. "Vice-President —John Garter. Judge—M. Stitt. Starter—M. Simpson. Clerk of the Scales—C. Jephson. Clerk of the Course—H. Jf'owler. Handicappers—M. Stitt and S. Saunders. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 12 sova ; ov©r six flights of hurdles, 3ft 6in high; nomination, 10s ; acceptance, 10s. Distance, miles. 2. Winslow Cup (Handicap), valued at 5 guineas, with 20 sovs. added : second - horse to save his stakes ; nomination, Llacceptance, LI. Distance,. - miles. 3. Trotting Race (Handicap), of 5 sovs ; . nomination, ss; acceptance, ss. Two miles. 4. Maiden Plate, o f 5 sovs ; weight for age ; entrance, 10a. One mile. 5. Consolation Race (Handicap), of 5 sovs ; nomination, 5a ; acceptance, ss. One mile. RULES : No one will be allowed to enter a horse unless a subscriber of half a guinea to the fund, or when the prize is L2O or over, one guinea. All horses to have been owned in the County three months prior to the races. Three horses t > start or no race.

No protest will be entertained unless LI be deposited with the Secretary within bO minutes after the race is rim, which will be forfeited should the same, in the opinion of the Committee, prove frivilous. So one allowed to train a horse on the course one week before the races, under penalty of being disqualified. The acceptances for the Cup, Hurdles and Trot close on Thursday, December 27tb, at 8 p.m. ENTRANCE AT GATtS—Men on foot, Is; Women a'-d Children, Free.; Horsemen, 2s; Traps and Expresses 2s 6d. THOS. HICKS, Secretary. . Business Notice. 1 N W A L D. Boots, Boots, Boots In consequence of the scarcity of money, 0. HAWKINS, who has just replenished his STOCK with all kinds of boots and sno:s For this season of the year, is prepared to SELL at alarming Low Prices for CASH. All kinds of Boots Made. Repairs done on the shortest notice. 12 1087

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. Hayes & Co. Have a few Special Lines to offer this Christmas, with a P T TO ALL PURCHASERS of 10a and upwards. The fol owing are a few of the many BARGAINS they are about to offer : 2.000 Madras Muslins, 6d per yard, worth la 9d 1,500 Pompadour Prints, 4|d, worth 8d 20 pieces India Long-cloth, 3s 9d per piece 40 pieces splendid Dress Material at startling prices 2.000 Straw’Hats, new shapes, from 6d 89 Beautiful Dolmans and Capes at half price 160 Tweed Trousers and Tests at 10s 6d A few more Serge Suits at 14s 6d Lot of Ladies Cashmere Boots, 3s 6d Also Kid, Levant, Buttoned and Lace, very cheap Men’s and Boys’ Boots of every variety at prices to suit the times And a Present to please Everybody, Observe the Address— ARCADE, ASHBURTON.