The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING RECORDER.

Vol. 1.-—No. 19.

ASHBURTON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1879

Price—TWOPENCE.



Auctioneers and Commiaseion Agentf EDMIBTON . BROS. & GUNDRY J ‘j (pik* BWXOCK jup CO.), ABHBURTGN, Ganem! Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, A- Station,. - .Estate, and Commission ■ Agents. ' Sates of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, and the TinwaW Yards, on alternate TUESDAYS. CASH ADVANCES _ Mads on Stock, Produce, &c., consigned for Positive Sale. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. 19 ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION agent, ;.vr:-.:.V STC. ; T AND SALES, Sales of Stock, Mer etitediae, Furniture and Effects, also Pigs, Fowls, and General Produce. weekly” SALE Brsry SATURDAY at 12 o’clock. SALE YARdFaTTENDED. ntrieaaan fie made at my office or at the : Yards. Agent for the Transatlantic Fire ■f* Insurance .Company. MU. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, STOCK, LAND, EStATE, AND COM AGENT, Holds Sales Eveiy Saturday, at One' o’clock, of Horsee, Farm Produce, andOeneral Merchandise ofeyery descrip tion. Full advertisements third page. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Stock, -Laii» r Estate, an» Comnsaiox ■ " ■ ■ Aoknt, ' ■ Saunders’ Buildings, Kast-at., Ashburton. 177 a J; E. B [Card.] U 0 H A NAN & Co. Aucstyi|(srs, Land, and Estate Agents, ASH BUR T O N. 313 a FARMERS AND OTHERS. -» CAMPBELL, & ixLCO.:mre pteparedto supplyFsbners and SistiOfi Stores, Fencing Wirej FancingiStaples, Standards, Sc., at Loiyset Rates, j^^.FifstH^^uahty.. BOTAL- INSOrANCECOMPANY. CAPITAL ...' •... £2,000,000 INSURANCES EFFECTED AT LOWEST ' RATES. ACLAND, CAMPBELL A CO., SS;;:’j Auctioneers. pR ED K. pA V IXT, ' ’ I ymtendGencral Commission Agent. tlttUal Implements, English aodAmeri caD,' Ac. I MESSB& POYNTZ & CO., -j^ r X IT D, « TATE, ASD 1 . GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. • Rants and Debts Collected. , ■.-fi’ 1 ■ > : . ] j ftmmmrnft * Mcney advanced on Freehold Security. 7 sfefe Hotels. AILWAY HOTEL . 3 WINSLOW. W.H ARBIS 1 reqtiesta the public ■icpknow that he is back at bis. old. i-aa&vuhewJuK eld friends to know ive the -same good formerly. ;,, Private ■ families. Wines and Good stabling t every attendance. , RR IS, >TOB, 3166



Millers, &c. SAUNDERS BROS., MILLERS, Grain Merchants, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mills— GREAT SOUTH ROAD. 72 HI\yTOFFAT begs to inform the , JYI inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that his NEW FLOUR MILL AT WAKANUI HAS COMMENCED WORK, And hopes, by strict attention to busi ness, and turning out a First-class article, to merit a share of public support. Special attention paid to Gristing, and Fanners from a distance can have their Grist ground by return. 31 Insurance. THE LONDON & LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. I Capital —Fully Subscribed, £1,500,000. ■JURE INSURANCES of all kinds taken at lowest rates, special attention being given to Stack, Farm, Building, and other Agricultural Risks. Applications by letter for insurance will be promptly attended to. The London and Lancashire being purely a Fire Company, the whole of its resources are available to meet Fire claims and this feature will at once commend itself to the public, for the resources of the Company can never be applied to the settlement of Life Claims or Marine Losses, but every penny of its Capital (the whole of which could be called up at any time), together with its reserves, are available for Losses by Fire, and offer a complete guarantee that all engagements will be fully carried out. Claims are met with promptitude and liberality. Agents for Ashburton — SAUNDERS BROS. 6 Business Notice. IN BANKRUPTCY. rEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street Nerth,- - PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT. Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE. CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ON SALE at the “HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence. Neatly Bound in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the hands of every Tradesman.



Timber Merchants. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF SUPERIOR BjU ILDING TIMBER. ALSO, 20 t OOO TWENTY THOUSAND SAWN TOTARA AND BLACK PINE ENC IN G gTAKES NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED having COM PLETED cheir KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal tc any made in the Colony, at any Station up or down. Samples to be seen at the Company'! Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, and V.inslow W. MONTGOMERY & CO [Limited] 32 Saddler. WM. ANDERSON, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, Ashburton, HAS always in STOCK a complete assortment of every description of Saddlery, Harness, Whips, Saddlers’ Iron mongery, &c., imported direct from Eng land. Goods to oi’der manufactured on the premises of the best Materials, and at the lowest rates. 11 Cabinetmakers. T. A. GATES, MAKER, PICTURE FRAME MAKER, AND UNDERTAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON. 4 SPILLARD’S CABINET MAKING AND UPHOL STERY Manufactory, and Ware house, next to the Union Bank, Tancred street, Ashburton. Sitting Room and Bedroom Tables, Couches, Cheffonniers, Chairs, Chests of Drawers, Washstands, Commodes, Chim ney Glasses, Toilet do., Whatnots, Dress ing Tables, Cradles, Children’s Cots, Basalt nettes, Basket Ware, Bedsteads—double, single, iron, and wood; Mattresses, spring, hair, wool, and flax; Beds, feather, woollen, and cotton-flock; Bolsters and Pillows, do., do.; Carpets, Rugs, Floorcloth ; Mats and Matting Fibre, Cocoa and China; Fenders, Fire Irons and Japanned Ware ; Galvanised Baths and Buckets ; Kitchen Tables ; and English and American Chairs. Blinds—Venetian, Wire Gauze, Common Roller, and Spring ; Curtain Poles, &c. Orders promptly attended to. 13 CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, East Street (next Echo Dining Rooms), ASHBURTON. John ]\l eech, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, PAPERHANGER, &c. ALL KINDS OP REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. WANTED KNOWN—That Visiting Cards, plain or mourning, can be obtained printed in various styles, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” offices, near the Railway Station.



General Merchants. GREAT SALE OF THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITKEN & CO. ORR AND CO., HAVING SECURED THE ENTIRE STOCK Of the above Estate, amounting to i os. 4cL, Have decided to give the PUBLIC the 3 advantage of their Purchase by SELLING the whole of the DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS and SHOES, IRONMONGERY, FURNITURE, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE AT ABOUT HALF THE USUAL PRICE for CASH. SALE OF THE DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, AT THE PREMISES LATELY OCCUPIED BY J, H. PASS AND CO. SALE OF THE IRONMONGERY, FURNITURE, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE, AT THE NEW PREMISES OF HOOPER, AITKEN AND CO. BOTH SALES WILL COMMENCE ON SATURDAY, 27th SEPT. ORR AND CO., ASHBURON AND R AKA lA, 10



Chemist. MEDICAL HALL. Established 1874. J. M. C AM BRIDGE, DRUGGIST, FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMIST, Has always in V.tock— SPONGES—Honeycomb.and Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Circular, Cole’s, Sal mon and Ody’s, Mocmain, &c. ftLAS nc STOCKINGS Knee Ca|>s, Wristlets, and Anklets ; Abdominal Pelts in Silk and Thread. FEEDING BOTTLES—Mather’s, Maw’s, Dean’s, Stocker’s, Ayrton and Saun ders’, O’Connell’s. INFANTS’ FOODS—Liebig’s, Hard’s, Neave’s, Ridge’s, Nestle’s. COD LIVER OlLS—Dejongh’s, Lang ton’s, Moller’s, Foxe’s, Southall Bros. PERFUMERY—Piesse and Lubin’s, Rim mel’s, Gosnell’s, Briedenbach’s, bow’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES—Leath and Ross’s daily expected ex “ VVai tangi. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. 2 CHAS. NEATE, H CQ M S 13 W o MOORE STREET, o » d o o M CO t-3 ASHBURTON. 62 General Storekeeper. jgTORE. The Oldest Established Business in the County of Ashburton. D. WILLIAMSON AND CO., DRAPERS, GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, TEA, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. The Best House in Town for MEN’S, BOYS’, AND YOUTHS’ READY-MADE CLOTHING. CELEBRATED ROOT AND SHOE DEPOT. 14 SANDO AND CO., ~' STOREKEEPERS, TOBACCONISTS, NEWS AGENTS, &c,, &c., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Labor Registry Office. 35 Painter. J. R. CHAPMAN, JpAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER & SIGNWRITER, Importer of Paperhanginga, White Lead, Glass, &c. The trade supplied at lowert Wholesale Prices. 17 S. COLLINS & SON, JpAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and DECORATORS, Moore-streiu Ashburton. Country orders promptly attended to, and the quality of Work and Materials Guaranteed. Public Notices. WANTED KNOWN—That we are now Selling 250 Cream Laid Commercial Envelopes for 25., cash ; 500 ditto, 3s. 6d. cash ; and 1000 ditto, Gs. 6d., for prompt cash only. Weeks & Dixon. WANTED —Servants out of Employ ment to advertise for Situations in the “Herald” and “Guardian.” Only One Shilling, for Cash, fifteen words.



Builder A SHBURTON ■JA. SASH AND ; MANU F A C G. PAR* Propriety BUILDER AND CC Moore Str Every description of Tiro Materials in Slock and si reasonable lei Plans prepared and Estinu shortest noti Carriers, B. c. sm; CARI Moore Street, Ai 25 TH. BREWER’S Roj . leaves Longteach (vi& Waterton, Ashton, 1 Tinwald) daily, at 7 a.m the same route on arrival from Christchurch. Parcels and orders pur co. T. H. B 1 195 ECOOKSON, Wills . MAIL COACH f Railway Station to Greer Forest, and Mount Somers and Friday, returning Saturday at 3 p.m. Business Not Advert If you want If you want If you want ' to sell a Fan to sell a Hot to rent a Fai to buy a Hoi to buy a Hoi to rent a Ho ,io obtain Bo to sell Groce to sell Fumi to sell Hard' to hire a Ser to borrow M to sell Dry C to sell a Car: to sell Real ! to seek a Sit to obtain a S to engage a to sell Millir to sell a Hoi to find a Stn to find any o to sell a piec to find an ov to buy a seco to find anyih .to sellAgrici YOU CAN DC BY nr * VTVTA VATTD WA Xl



For Sale. S FOR SALE, r o r\r\r\ ACRES Tussock Land, in 1 O ,UL)U L o t ß to suit purchasers. | Very Liberal. Terms, j 74 SAUNDERS EROS. j ■ I FOR SALE, . | J DOUBLE SEATED BUGGY. And a quantity of Livery Stable keeper’s effects. 76 SAUNDERS BROS. Poulterer, &c. RABBITS! RABBITS ! I P. HARPER, FISHMONGER AND POULTERKU Near the Ashburton Hotel, East Stieet. BEGS to inform the inhabitants t Ashburton that he HAS OPENED in the above line, and trusts, by st~i«* attention to business, and supplying bnl articles of first class quality, hopes W merit a share oi public patronage OYSTER SALOON. Hot Fried Fish and Tea and Coffee al all hours. Amusements. SHBURTON T)AGING /TLUB. RAGING 01 ANNUAL MEETING. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 m and 20TH. FIRST DAY. 1. Handicap Hurui.e Race of 40 sovs; distance 2 miles, over 8 flights of about 3ft. 6in. hurdles; nomination 1 sov., acceptance 2 sovs, 2. County Hurdle Race Handicap oi 25'sovs.; over 6 flights of abcut 3ft. 6 in. hurdles; nomination 1 sov., acceptance 2 sovs. ; l'/z miles. District horses only. 3. Maiden Plate of 20 sovs. ; distance l'X miles; weight for age ; entrance 2 sovs. ; district horses only, that have never won an advertised race, - . 4. Ashburton Cup Handicap of 50 sovs., added to a sweepstake of 5 sovs. for acceptors; nomination2sovs., acceptance 2 sovs ; 2 miles. 5. Lvdies’ Purse of 25 sovs.; district horses only ; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders, who must be members of the Ash burton Racing Club; entrance 2 sovs.} i'/i miles. 6. Farmers’ Place of 10 sovs.; for horse the bona fide property of owners residin in the County of Ashburton ; no weigh under 12 stone; miles; entrance sov. SECOND DAY. 1. County Steeplechase of 30 sovs.; ove about 2 miles of fair bunting country weight for age; for district horses only entrance 2 sovs. 2. Racing Club Handicap of 40 sov».j added to a sweep of 3 sovs. for acceptors; 1 X miles ; open ; nomination 2 sovs. 3. Tradesmen’s Handicap of 20 sovs.; district horses only; iX miles; nomina tion 1 sov.; acceptance I sov. 4. Forced Handicap of 15 sovs.; for au winning horses at this meeting; entrance 2 sovs.; 1X miles. 5. Consolation Handicap of 15 sovs.; for beaten horses; nomination 1 sot.; acceptance 1 sov. RULES AND REGULATIONS ; Qualification fee, £2 25.; members of the Ashburton Racing Club free. No entry will be received for any of the races except on the condition that all dis putes'shftUbe decided by the stewards, whose decision in all cases shall be final., County horses shall be held to mean horses the bona fide property of owners residing in the County of Ashburton pre vious to Ist September, 1879. Canterbury Jockey Club rules strictly adhered to unless otherwise specified No protest will be entertained unleas £2 2s. be deposited, which shall be foi feited should the protest, in the opinion of the stewards, prove frivolous. All entries and nominations to be in the hands of jthe secretary, addressed to the Somerset Hotel, not later than 4 p.m. on October 31st. Weights to appear for first day’s handicaps on Friday. November 14th ; acceptances on Monday, Novemb, t 17th, in “ Lyttelton Times,” the “Press/* and the Ashburton “Herald,” and lot second day’s racing, weights wi.l h< declared at 7 p.m. on evening of Novem ber 19 ; acceptances at 9 p.m. samenigl t. \ll entries to be sealed and addressed t*. to the secretary, Ashburton, enclosing entrance fees, name and age Of horse, at t. colors of the rider. . Any jockey riding in any other than h a declared cokrs will be fined one soverei; I. JAMES WILKIE, 402 a Hon. Sec BIBLES, Prayers, and Church Services, • Hytunala for various churches.—H. M, JONES, Stationer, Baring Square,