The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICUTULRAL AND SPORTING RECORDER.

Vol. I.—No. 23.

ASHBURTON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1879.

Price—TWOPENCE



Auctioneer's and Commlassion Agents, HARDISON, AUCTIONEER, commission agent, ETC. T AND SALES,SaIes of Stock, Mer chandise, Furniture and Effects, also Figs, Fowls, and General Produce. ; WEEKLY SALE Every; SATURDAY at 12 o’clock. SALE YARDS ATTENDED. ntries can be made at my office or at the Yards. Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. - 5 EDBQSTON BEGS. & GUNDRY (IiTB BUIiLOCK AMD CO.), ! Merchants, 'Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission SalesolStOck. / Farm Implements, &c., mill* Held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, shd the Tinwald Yards, on dte^tb'.dfUESDAYS. , CASH ADVANCES , on .Stock, :Produce, &c., consigned j ; . for Positive Sale. EDJ&STO# BROS. ; &, GUN DRY. ■ .. 19 MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, ).! AUCTIONEER, STOCK, LAND, ESTATE, AND COM t ; MISSION. AGENT, Holds Weekly Sales Bvery : Saturday, at One 'o’clock, of Horses, Farm Produce, aad General Merchandise of everydescrip tion.‘ ‘ : ; Full advertisements third page. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Stock, Land, Eotatb, and Coioossion ■ -Aobnt, Swmdera* Buildings, East-St , Ashburton. #770 ' J. E. B [OSJtD.] UOHANAN & Co. Auctioneers, Land, and Estate Agents, H B U R T O N. 313 a FARMERS AND OTHERS. CAMPBELL, & ‘ to supply Farmers h Stores, Fencing Staples, Standards, &c., at - Quality. : AGENTS FOR THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL £2,000,000 INSURANCES EFFECTED AT LOWRST ■■ : RATES. ■ ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO;, 65 ■ ■ Auctioneers. RED K • p. AVI TT , East , Stieet (CLosk to the Raiiavav ‘ 1 M Station) Ashburton, General .Commission . Agent. Orders taken fpr—Sydney Prays, Newcastl Coal, and Malvern (by the truck load), build mg., .Matensds of all kinds. Fencing Wire Agricultural Implements, English and Ameri can, Ac., Ac.*; V'.'-j r "..'.Vr> . ' MESSRS. POYNTZ & CO., ■JV A N D, STATE AND '■ GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS 1 | Bents and Debts Collected. Money advaneedpn Freehold Security, Hotels. RAILWAY HOTEL WINSLOW. ' MR W. HARRIS requests the ] . . ti> know; , that he is back at 1 »nd wishes his old friends to receive thesame ...a* . formerly., P forfamilks. Wjni }m bsst brtnds. Good sti lliWPi lEk every ittandai



Millers, &c. SAUNDERS BROS., MILLERS, Grain Merchants, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mills— GREAT SOUTH ROAD. 72 H"lt yTOFFAT begs to inform the , IVI 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 but 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 Cafttal —Fully Subscribed, £1,500,000. JpORE 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. WEEKS & 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. TriCC I Two Shillings and Sixpence. Njunv Bourn) pr Cwt». Th QVO eflßtoin* f lot of lion, and jftouldPS I?gii iipty r ' ■■■■' ••*



Timber Merchants. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF SUPERIOR BJUILDING TIMBER. ALSO, 20,000 TWENTY THOUSAND SAWN TOTARA AND BLACK PINE JIENCING gTAKES NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED having COM. PLETED their KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal t« any made in the Colony, at any Station up or down. Samples to be seen at the Company's 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 order manufactured on the premises of the best Materials, and at the lowest rates. - H Cabinetmakers. T. A. GATES, QABINET 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, Chetfonniers, Chairs, Chests of Drawers, Washstands, Commodes, Chim ney Glasses, Toilet do.. Whatnots, Dress ing Tables, Cradles, Children’s Cots, Bassi 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, Co:oa 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 jM e b oh, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, PAPERHANGER, Ac. ALL KINDS OP REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. 1G WANTED KNOWN—That Visiting Cwd», plain or mourning, omi b» in various styles, %t the . •! and "Guardian II offiota. ncaa



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. 4±, Have decided to give the PUBLIC the advantage of their Purchase by SELLING the whole of the DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS and SHOES, IRONMONGERY, FURNITURE, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE AT ABOUT HALF THE USUAL PPJCE for CASH. SALE OP THE DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, AT THE PREMISES LATELY OCCUPIED BY J, H. PASS AND CO. SALE OP THE IRONMONGERY, FURNITURE, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE, AT THE NEW PREMISES OP HOOPER, AITKEN AND CO. BOTH SALES WILL COMMENCE ON SATURDAY, 27th SEPT. ORR AND CO., ASHBURON AND RAKAIA. 10



Chemist. MEDICAL HALL. Established 1874. J ]\£ QAM BRIDGE, DRUGGIST, FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMIST, Has always in Stock — SPONGES—Honeycomb and Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Circular, Cole’s, Sal mon and Ody’s, Mocmain, &c. ELASTIC STOCKINGS Knee Caps, 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 OILS—De Jongh’s, Lang ton’s, Moller’s, Foxe’s, Southall Bros. PERFUMERY—Piesse and Lubin’s, Rim mel’s, Gosnell’s, P.riedenbach’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. HOMCEOPATHIC MEDICINES—Death and Ross’s daily enrpected ex “ Wai tangi. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. C H A S. NEATE. H in M S w W o MOORE STREET, w fed o o o I—l co H 3 ASHBURTON. 62 General Storekeeper. A SHBURTON s TORE. 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 BOOT AND SHOE DEPOT. 14 SANDO AND CO., ENERAL STOREKEEPERS, (XBACCONISTS, NEWS AGENTS, &c,, &c., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Labor Registry Office. 35 Painter. J. H. CHAPM AN , T>AINTER. GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER & SIGNWRITER, Importer of Paperhangings, White Lead, Glass, &c. The trade supplied at lowert Wholesale Prices. 17 S. COLLINS & SON, pAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and DECORATORS, Moobe-strem Ashburton. Country orders promptly attended to, and the quality of Work and Materials Guaranteed. Public Notices. WANTED KNOWN —That we are now Selling 260 Cream Laid Commercial Envelopes for 25., cash ; 500 ditto, 3s, 6d. cash ; and 1000 ditto, 6s. 6d., for prompt cash only. Weeks & Dixon. TTTANTED—Servant* out of Employ



For Sale. FOR SALE, I 2 non ACRES Tussock Land, in O Lota to suit purchasers. Very Liberal Terms. 74 SAUNDERS BROS. STUD SHEEP. have a number of Wilson’s Cele brated Merino RAMS for Sale. 177 SAUNDERS EROS. Builders. Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Budding Materials in Stock and supplied on must reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given oi, the shortest notice. 26 Carriers. B. C. SMITH, CARRIER, ETC., Moobb Street, Ashburton. 25 TH. BREWER’S Royal Mail COACH , leaves Longbeach for Ashburton (viH Waterton, Ashton, Wheatstone, and Tinwald) daily, at 7 a.m., returning by the same route on arrival of 3 p.m. train from Christchurch.- Parcels and orders punctually attended co. T. H. BREWER, 195 Proprietor. ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the , MAIL COACH from. Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, . Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday, and Friday, returning Wednesday and. Saturday at 3 p.ml , Poulterer, &c. RABBITS! RABBITS!! P. HARPER, FISHMONGER AND POULTERER Near the Ashburton Hotel, East Street, BEGS to inform the inhabitants . 1 Ashburton that he HAS OPENED in the above line, and trusts, by strii-i attention to business, and supplying Eiii articles of first class quality, hopes t. merit a share oi public patronage OYSTER SALOON. Hot Fried Fish and Tea and Coffee at all hours. FARMERS ! FARMERS ! FARMERS ! R. MoKERROW AND CO., ARB Cash Purchasers of Wool, Grain, and all kinds of Farm Produce, and are also prepared to make Liberal CASH ADVANCES on the above placed in their hands either for sale or shipment to the English or Colonial Markets. A Large Stock of Cornsacks, Wool packs, Ac., fur sale at lowest current prices. R. MoKERROW & CO., GRAIN MERCHANT!, RAKAIA. 60 EATING AND SEED POTATOES. JUST RECEIVED —A few Tons of Good Derwent POTATOES for Sale, Cheap. GEORGE JAMESON, 97 Ashburton. BIBLES, Prayers, and Church Services Hymnals for various churches.— H M JONES, Stationer, Baring Square T7IORMS PRINTED —“To Let” w Jj “ For Sale " —can be obtained at t Herald Office, 2 EWING Machines and other Requl 5 ejtM. H, M. JONES. Stationer



Business Notices. Advertise. Ik you want fto sell a Farm, to sell a Horse, ,to rent a Farm, to buy a Horse, to buy a House, to lent a House, to ol>tain Board, to sell Groceries, to sell Furniture, to sell Hardware, to hire a Servant, to borrow Money, If you want -[ to sell Dry Goods, to sell a Carriage, to sell Real Estate, to seek a Situation, to obtain a Servant, to. engage a Salesman, to sell Millinery Goods, to sell a House or Section, to find a Strayed Animal, to find any one’s Address, . to sell a piece of Furniture, to find an owner for Anything, to buy a second-hand Carriage, j to find anything you have Lost, 0 If you want I, to sell Agricultural Implements YOU CAN DO SO, BY MAKING YOUR WANTS KNOWN IN THE ASHBURTON HERALD. OFFICE : SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street. Amusements. annual Meeting. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOVEMBER jgrn and 20TH. FIRST DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race of 40 so vs; distance 2 miles, over 8 flights of about 3ft. 6in. hurdles; nomination I sov., acceptance 2 sovs. 2. County Hurdle Race Handicap ol 25 sovs.; over 6 flights of about 3ft. 6 in. hurdles;nomination 1 sov., acceptance 2 sovs. t}6 miles. District horses only. 3. Mai dun Plate of 20 sovs.; distance. 1 je nnies ; 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. Ladies’ 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.; 1 miles. 6. Farmers’ Plate of 10 sovs.; for horse the bona fide property of owners r*«idin 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 hunting country' weight for age ; for district horses only entrance 2 sovs. 2. Racing Club Handicap of 40 sovs., added to a sweep of 3 sovs. for acceptors ; miles ; open ; nomination 2 sovs, 3. Tradesmen's Handicap of 20 sovs.; district horses-only; l)± miles; nomina tion I sov.; acceptance I sov. 4. Forced Handicap of 15 sovs.; for ai, winning horses at this meeting ; entrance 2 sovs.; 1 % miles. 5. Consolation Handicap of 15 sovs.; for beaten horses ; nomination 1 sov., acceptance I sov. RULES AND REGULATIONS : Qualification fee, £2 2b. ; 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 shall be decided by the stewa ds„ whose decision in all cases shall be final. County horses shall be held to meant horses the bona fide property of owns m residing in the County of Ashburton pre vious to Ist September,' 1879. Canterbury Jockey Club rules sit ct adhered to unless otherwise specified No protest will be entertained vision* £2 2s. be deposited, which shall be tei feited should the protest, iu the ofiaioa of the stewards, prove frivolous. All entries and nominations to hie iulks hands of the secretary, addressed to the Somerset Hotel, not later than 4 p.ia. on. October 31at. Weights to appear fur first; day's handicaps on Friday. November: 14th ; acceptances on Monday, November 17th, in “ Lyttelton Times,” the “Press,"’ and the Ashburton “Herald,” and far second day's raising, weights will b* declared at 7 p.m. on evening of Novels**- bor 19 ; acceptances at 9 p.m. same night. U 1 entries to be sealed and addressed to to the secretary, Ashburton, «nclafli«tf entrance fees, name and ago of hors*, colors of tbf rider. »y Mwy ndtof inuw cdbll tynlilf l«r§d wm w lari on? mmj|i; JAwM mixn: ' '