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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1414, 26 December 1884, Page 1

Business Notices. MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED CAPITAL £250,000. Twenty Per Cent, of Profits Divided Annually among the Pol Holders. LOWEST BATES OF PREMIUM. STACKS, BARNS, AND AGRICULTURAL RISKS GENERALLY, on most Favorable Term?. Special Notice. —As this Company has been the means ot Reducing Fire Premiums, Insurers will beat consult their own 'nterests by hw - tily supporting it, and so prevent a return to the Old Rates. Agent for Ashburton and District, Walter B. Moss, “GUARDIAN” OFFICE. CANTERBURY BRANCH. jfmm s •/ iw, Em tSTABLISHED 1859. Capital i 1.000,00: UnßiuiY of Sfffrxfffo.'.r- fpf JHh PREMIER COLONIAL COMPANY FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, ALSO RISKS ON GROWING CROPS ACCEPTED AT THE LOWEST CURRENT RATES. George Jameson. AGENT, ASHBURTON. 24 jl H E WONDER OF THE WORLD. Herman’s PORLD-BEVOWNED SHEEP WASH AND CELEBRATED VERMIN DESTROYER. This preparation is known throughout the civilised world to be far superior to any ling yet discovered for eradiotating tick, scab or lice on sheep, goats or cattle. It is sufficient to say that One Shilling Packet of the Powder dissolved in .two uckots of water will wash Eighteen Sheep. This admits the most economial, as well i the simplest plan in the world for the cure and prevention of diseases incident to irm stock. By its use the firmer can secure the health of his stock at the rate of |d ar head per annum. In al large Sheep Districts In Australia, South America, and Africa, no other probation is used. The vermin destroyer is also invaluable for the purp, of the [orticulturist; and It is most extensively used by the Flower and Kitchen Gardener i Europe, America, and the British possessions in all parts of the Globe. One acket dissolved in two buckets of water will serve for over half an acre of ground and ill effectually prevent blight and exclude all other garden pests. Asa Vermin Killer it is an unrivalled specific. Its use will speedily exterminate 11 honsehold pests, such as bugs, cockroaches, fleas on animals, moths in furs, and isecta on birds of all kinds, from the canary to the poultry. For this purpose simpl ad plain directions are given on every packet. The powder can also he used In a ry state for the destruction of rats and mice. A little sprinkled on a slice of bread ad butter, or a piece of meat or cheese is sought after greedily by those verm}'' bile the household pets such as cats and dogs will not touch it in any form, and ai; lerefore perfectly safe. The above marvellous discovery has gained for Herman Bros, and Co., London, ie silver medal at the mtercolonial Exhibition at Melbourne, 1866, besides nmeroua testimonials from Government officia and all the elite of the medical iculty in Europe. HERMAN BROS, & CO. beg to announce that they have appointed HARLES NEATE, Chemist and Druggist, East street, their sole Agent for .shburtoo and vicinity, and from him the preparation car be obtained in parcels. Price—One Shilling ;or six packets for Five Shillings. Liberal reduction flowed to the trade. Manufactory—BEAUMONT SQUARE, MILE END ROAD, LONDON. 8 28

Dressmaking. UNDERCLOTHING. MISS KINGSBURY Begs to announce 'to her numerous patrons that she has removed to Tancreif street, opposite Mr Chapman's, painters, Ashburton. List of Prices for making Dresses—Children’s, 2s 6d to 7s ; Ladies', 6s to 12s 6d. Orders promptly attended to. 3962 Reid and gray’s New Positive Feed Broadcast Seedsower, For Sowing Grain, Grass, Turnip, Rape, Mangold, etc., and the Turnip Sower can b»arranged, when ordered, to sow Lucerne or other small seeds simultaneously to the sowing of Ryegrass if desired. It is the only Sower in the Market that will sow with absolute regularity on either excessively rough or {very smooth land. It will sow any desired quantity of Grain or Grass by simply changing one wheel. Corn Drills all Sizes. Jointed Pulverising Disc Harrows.— The Best. —Over 500 in use. Improved Prize Chapecuxiers.—With cast-steel mouthpieces, when properly handled, make no long straws, consequently chaff requires no riddling. They are in use largely all over ISew Zealand, several of the large-sized machines being lately fitted up at Christchurch. Improved Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs.—The beat, and consequently the cheapest in the market. 3,4, and 5 leaf harrows. Square linked chain harrows- New design of tripod harrows. 5 and 7 tined field grubbers. Cambridge rollers, 20, 24, and 26 inches diam. Plain cylinder field rollers. Horse gears for 1, 2,3, and 4 horses. Best iron-bark swingle-trees. Ropes and pully gear for 4-horse yokes. Threshing machine fittings Belting all sizes. Iron and brass castings of all kinds to order. Fencing standards cut and punched to any length and guage. Drays made from best seasoned timber, with Gilpin axles. Gray’s patent standard for folding sheep. j Winners of the Gold Medal at the Melbourne Exhibition for their Double Furrow Plough, vide Jurors’ Report:— “ Ploughs—ln ploughs there is one exhibit to which we wish to draw special attention as being the beat, and that is the Double Furrow of Reid and Gray, of Dunedin, Kew Zealand, in finish and construction it is far superior to any other Bakaia. The New Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency Company are now representing ne m tbio district „ REII> % GRAY