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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1704, 5 November 1887, Page 2

fPickiord and Dndrill, &*W^ FCRKTTURK X . U" AOTURERB, UPHOLSTERERS, j^"" = fl|l At; CABINETMAKERS, TTAVE Large >od Varied STOCKS OUT HAND of AUSTRIAN Xl and AMSKICAN CHAIRS, Iron and Wood Bedsteads, Pier, r*fltt Glasses, Mattresses and Falllaaseß, Conches, Ferambulators, Toilet Ware. MATS AND MINERAL FURNITUBE OF ALL SOBTS. ALL NF.W GOOD'S. Any of HOUSE FURNITURE made to order on the Premises, at Prices te o^a .he times. Note the addreba — TANORED arREBT, OPPOSITE UNION BANK MITCHELL ■& TDRNST~~~~ fTIHB old eßtablißhed Drapers, Clothiers, and Out fitter?, of Fowler's Buildings, JL Tancred etreet, have now on view and f-r Ralo nt Marvellously Low Prices, THEIR NEW STOCK OF Spring aud Summer Drapery. For Style, Quality, and Value cannot be beaten m Ashbartoß. CLOTHING" CLOTHING. COME AND SEE OUR Kainpoi and Aehl urton Suits, from 47s frl ; 100 pairs Kaiapei Trousers from 108 Od ; 1 caee Colored Moleß nt 5s lid. Boots all eorts and sizes. Bate, immense stock, Tweeds, Felt and Straw. Shirts, Underclothing, Ac. , Ac m ETery Variety and all prices. Carpcle, Linoleums, Oilcloths, and FnrtaishInpfl HOW IS THB TIME TO PURCHASE, BEFORE SHOW DAT. Mitchell and Turner, , '■} 152 TANCRED STREET? THE MONARCH OF THE HARVEST FIELD. THE HOBNSBY LIGHT-DBAUGHT STEEL SHEAF-BINDING HARVESTER! THB SIMPLEST, *THE STRONGEST, THE MOBT KELIABLE, THE EASIEST TO MANAGE, and THE LIGHTEST IN DRAUGHT of any BINDER IN THE L MABKET ! THE HORNSBY HOLD « The Three Largest Frizes ever offered m tbe World 1 And an unequalled record of Colonial Honors. R. HOBNSBY & SONS, LIMITED, eonetructed their first Sheaf Bmder m 1875, and haT© gone on eteadily improving them, profiting by every year's experience, and by the failure of other Machines, nntil they have now no hesitation m recommending their Binder as the most practical and perfect Machine m the market. GEORGEJAMEBON, « AGENT, ABHBURTON. <$*Farmers are invited to inspect carefully the Machine for the Coming Season, *«, the Show Grounds, Christchurch. ANGLO-AMERICAN STSED DRILLS. FARMERS wishing for tbe above MACHINES for uee NEXT BEASON will oblige bjr forwardiDg particulars of their OBDEBB before 80th November next, as oily a limited nomber will be imported. A good supply of FITTINGS and EXTRAS always kept m stock, GEO. JAMESON, WEST STKEET. Sole Agent ior Ashburton District. STILL AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS, AND THIS IS ENDOESEB BY THE BUYING PUBLIC. SALES FOR 1886, 45,857 MACHINES. rilH 18 record stands nnparaUed. It ia laid before the public as thn beat evldonet Jl of the merit of the WALTER A. WOOD BINDERS and BEAPKKS. This exhibit of Sales showing at once their volame and their marvellous growth, h»a always had, and ronat oontinne to have, an irremtable inflaenoe upon the judgment of the farmer m determining what make of machine it Is praotlcally and eoonomloftlly his Interest to own. The beat possible test of the merit of machinery Is comparison This is the test npon whloh we are satisfied to rest the claims of the WALTER A. WOOD HARVESTING MACHINES. Each year's addition to tbe record of sales contributes to the value of the test. It will be seen that more than 45,000 machines have been placed In the hands of the farmers daring last season, and it is everywhere known that these farmers unite m tbe Terdlot that the harvesters, bi-iders, mowera and reapers that do the beßt work In the grain field and hay field, that are most retdily understood and operated by the driver, that are most easily drawn by the team, end that last the longest, are those that bear the name of WALTER A. AT^OOD, a name which these machines have lorig made familiar m all civilised parts of the world* DURABILITY OP THE WOOD MACHINES. Sales of t repairs leas than for any other Machines. It Is a fact attested by agents who sell them, and by farmers who use them, that Wood's Machines requires far Ipss repairs than any other machines m use. No other harvesting machines are as durable and free from breakages, F. FEBBIMAy, Aahhurton, Agent. AGAIN VICTORIOUS ! ! m mflE Latest Honors— first prize— Gold Medal and 500 francs awarded to the -*- Walter A. Wood Binder, after a thiee days' Government trial, at Melun In France. McOormlck Wood-fram* 2ad, Hornsby 3rd. The " Cultivator and Country Gentleman " taya :— " The trial at M»luu was a grand success. It was attended by the Frenoh Cabinet Minister of Agrlonltnre, and tbe Department Director, as well as irany other French Government officials. M. YassUlere, lappector-General of Agriculture, having personal direction." The result has been published m the leading American dailies — east— west north and south— in tbe following cable despatch, which was clipped from the " .New York Tribune," of 11th August, 1887 :-" A Government Harvehter and Binder Contest was held near Melon, July 29, 30, 31, the most important European contest since 1885. The WALTER A. WOOD Machine received first prJze— gold medal and 600 francs. ttcCormick Wood-frame, second ; Hornsby, fcbird. MoOormlck Bteel,f»ine Machine, sad Jobpotpo'e, and AckAiorflt'^Maehlpci also oowpated In he