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General Merchants- ORR AND 00., ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA. BANKRUPT ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITKEN & Co. £5,345 10s. id ORR AND Co., JJAYING Purchased the Whole of the above Stock from the Trustees, will offer it for SALE on SATURDAY, At the Premises Lately occupied by J. H. PASS AND Co. THE GOODS ARE ALL QUITE NEW AND IN SPLENDID CONDI TION, AND WILL BE SOLD AT Less Than Half Price FOR CASH. COME AT ONCE, AND Secure Bargains COME EARLY, ON SATURDAY, 27°?- ORR AND CO. IMPORTERS, ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA.



,• .General. Merchants. T. R. HOD D E R AND Company, GENERAL MERCHANTS, DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, AND STOREKEEPERS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, (Opposite Railway Station.) kEW SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK JUST RECEIVED. DRAPERY, MILINERY, HATS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, &c., &c., SPECIAL attention has been given to this Department in selecting the NEW STYLES in COSTUMES and DRESS MATERIALS. ill the fashionable styles of Ladies Hats (trimmed and un tritmmed), Trimmings, Fishus, ■Mantles, Gapes, Ribbons, Hoeiery, Gloves, Sunshades, and Underclothing. MILINEF.Y AND DRESSMAKING ON THE PREMISES, By Most Competent Hands. Carpets, Dniggetts, Scotch, and jr Manchester Goods. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY’S CLOTHING & MERCERY DEPART MENT. Rots' Youths’ and Men's Summee Suits, Imported and Victorian make. DUST COATS, Alpacca and Silk, HATS, New Felts, Helmets (in Rush, Leg horn, Tweed, and China Peth) SCARFS, < Tiev Collars, Gloves, Umbrellas etc., etc. TWEEDS, Scotch, Yorkshire, and Colonial, T. ROOT AND SHOE STORE. Childrens’, Boys’, and Girls’ Boots, Shoes, and Suppers, Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Booth, Shoes, and Slippers, In every variety, Colonial and Imported, from the best houses, and sold at the smallest possible profit. T. R. Hodder & Company GROCERIES, OILMEN’S STORES, AND PROVISION DEPARTMENT. New Season’s Teas, Finest Sugars, Soaps, Candles, &c., &c. t. R. H. & Co. acknow ledge the great success attending their introduction of the the Small Profits and Quick Return Busi ness, and would State it is their intention to continue Selling the Very Best Class of Goods in every department , at the At the Smallest Possible Profit. otnTT price lists Ecenished on applica tion. .' V ■ T. R. Hodder and Company, IRONMONGERY, FURNISHING, AND HARDWARE, Of Every Description, for Building and - Furnishing purposes. Produce Bought Fob Cash, ok Taken «. in Exchange. ORDERS prom ANY PART OF THE PROVINCE, Carefully and promptly attended to. DELIVERY OP GOODS DAILY IN TOWN. RODDER and ' Company, SSPSMbARS:" I GiHKRAL merchants •RABT .STREET, ASHBURTON the Railway Station.)



Public Notices. CHAMBERS, JgOOT AND SHOEMAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Boots and Shoes of all kinds Sewn or Pegged. Repairs Attended To. 48 FA mLY H ©TEL DURHAM STREET NORTH, CHRISTCHURCH. WHITE PARSONS, (Late of the Royal Hotel, Lyttelton.) This Hotel is now Renovated and fitted up as a FIRST CLASS FAMILY HOTEL. 40 SPORTING. Messrs, saunders & walker have for Sale Two Greyhound Puppies, eight months’ old, by Mr. Chat teris’ Azamat out of owners’ L'Esprit. Azamat (imported) is by Tulloch gorum, out of Cygnet, and won a 43 and 22 dog stake in England. L’Esprit (imported) is by Pell Mell out of Scrap, and won the Nelson Gold Cup in 1878. She is sister to La Rapide, L’Encore, and ether Australian celebri ties. Apply to MR. S. SAUNDERS, Ashburton, or, MR. W. G. WALKER, 98 Christchurch. FARMERS. —Do not neglect to Read the Agricultural Papers appearing in the “Ashburton Guardian.” NOTICE. IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF SANDO AND OLSEN. PERSONS having Claims on the above Estate are requested to forward same, with proofs, to Messrs Saunders Bi others, Ashburton, not later than 25th instant, after which date no claim will be admitted. A first dividend will be payable at Messrs Saunders Brothers’ offices, on Friday, October 31st. S. SAUNDERS, 1 Trustees B. HALE. / lrustees -9 J. E. Buchanan & Co., AUCTIONEERS, Land & Estate Agents, ASHBURTON. THE Proprietors wish to call attention to their LAND AND ESTATE DEPARTMENT. In this Department Farms can be Leased or Sold, and Stock, Plant, &c., valued for outgoing or incoming tenants. General Land Business carefully exe cuted. Sales of Stock, Merchandise, and Genera Effects are held every Saturday, at the Auctioneers’ Rooms, and Yards adjoining. MR. BUCHANAN Attends the Ashburton and Tinwald Yards on Sale days, for the Sale of every Description of Stock. WEEKLY SALES EVERY SATUR DAY, at 12.30. Auction Rooms and Yards Havelock Street. 37 THE ASHE UR7 ON GUARDIAN SUBSCRIBERS in the Country are particularly requested to communicate with the Publishers if their papers are not properly addressed. The number of Sub scribers has increased so rapidly that un less great care is taken in giving orders as to address and how to be sent, the papers may be left at the wrong place. All orders •vill receive our prompt attention. WEEKS AND DIXON, Proprietors. October 13, 1879.



General Merchants. MIT S T B E S TO MAKE ROOM FOR COMING OLD, SHIPMENTS. NOVELTIES! NOVELTIES! NOVELTIES! o WE ARE NOW OPENING OUR SPRING and SUMMER DRAPERY ! f.’ £ £5 O u cn (- W U £ The Newest Prints, from The Newest Brilliants, ‘Fast Colors ’ Fashionable Navy Blue Prints, choice patterns. Angira Cloth, the Latest Novelty Beat Quality Only in French Merinos Brown Hollands Dressed ~ Striped ~ Check Muslins Pique’s ~ Marcella ~ Crochet Antimacassars, from 2/11 Beautiful Lace Curtains, large variety Muslin Long Curtains ~ ~ Muslin and Lace Short Window Blinds, large variety Grey and White Sheetings, all widths Felt Carpets, spendid patterns Cocoa Mattings, in Iyd., l]yd., and liyd. widths. Leather Cloths and Table Baizes Velvet Pile Table Covers Window Hollands, all widths Flannels and Table Damasks Horrockses well-known Long Cloths Grey Calicoes White and Colored Quilts All Wool Plaids, the very best Hosiery, Corsets, Silk Scarfs, Braids, in great variety Dress Buttons, Crochet Cotton (in reels and skeins) Brooks’ 500-yd Reels Cotton, best for machine use Baldwin’s Fingering Yarns Baton & Sons’ Alloa ~ Cotton and Union Sheetings Blankets, in great variety Floor Cloths, choice patterns Cocoa Mats, various sizes. w *) n H d T n O r - ; d JO n to fIIHE Above Goods are imported Direct from the Manufacturers and will be sold I remarkably CHEAP, in order to make room for coming shipments. OUR OUTFITTING DEPARTMENT IS NOW REPLETE WITH T MOST FASHIONABLE AND SERVICEABLE GOODS. Boys’ Knickerbocker and Tunic Suits Boys’ and Youths’ Tweed Galatea Suits ~ ~ Hats, in large variety ~ ~ Trousers and Vests ~ ~ Moleskin Trousers ~ ~ Crimean Shirts Collars, Braces, Ties, Etc., Etc., Etc. (Men’s Tweed Galatea Sac and Paget Suits I ~ Waterproof Coats \ ~ Blouses and Overalls (Patented), American Duck I Shirts, Scarves, Collars (Socks and Half-Hose of every description, &c., &c. SUPERIOR BOOTS AND SHOES, OF COLONIAL MANUFACTURE. HE sga SHEARING. SHEARING. SHEARING. We are now prepared for the coming season with a LARGE and WELL SELECTED STOCK of SHEEPSHEARS, including WARD AND PAYNE’S No. 38 and 72, and numerous other Brands. WASHITA, ARKANSAS, HTNDOSTAN, and RADDLE, TURKEY STONES. STOVER AND SON’S RAW AND BOILED OILS. LAMPBLACK, INK POWDER, &c., Ac. CALCUTTA WOOLPACKS—FULL WEIGHTS. IMPLEMENTS, Etc. TO FARMERS WE CAN ESPECIALLY OFFER, AT REDUCED PRICES : Hornsby’s Ploughs, H., H.H., R. 8., and R.C., and extras for same Reid and Grey’s Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs, and extras for same Drays, 2h, 2J, and 3 axles Zigzag and Flexible Chain Harrows Cambridge and Plain Field Rollers Broidcast and Hand Sowing Machines Best Ironbark 2,3, and 4-horse Swingle Trees Cheese Presses. Bentall’s Chaff-Cutters and Corn-Crushers, all sizes Corrugated Iron, from G to 9 feet, best brands Ryland’s Best Fencing Wire, No. G to 11 Fencing Material, Consisting of Staples, Stakes, Posts, Rails, and Wire Strainers. ALSO A VERY LARGE STOCK OF Douglas’ and Goulds’ American Pumps, Force Pumps, and Piping (I|, It and 2), and Farm and Station Stores of all kinds. WE HAVE ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SADDLES, SHAFT, LEADING, AND PLOUGH HARNESS HORSE-CLOTHS IN EVERY VARIETY. WE ARE NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR REAPERS AND BINDERS FOR THE COMING SEASON. IRONMONGERY DEPARTMENT. We beg to call special attention to the above, and have determined (to meet the present depressed times) to reduce prices to the lowest remunerative rates To parties furnishing wo can offer advantages seldom met with, having just received a large and w r ell-selected stock of household requisites, comprising Single and Double English and French Iron Bedsteads, Fenders, Fireirons, Coal Vases, Scuttles, Fountains, Boilers, Kettles, Saucepans, Stew and Preserving Pans, all sizes ; Electro-plated, Nickel Silver, Britannia Metal, and Tinware, of all descriptions. To builders and contractors we offer special inducements, having a very heavy stock of Leamington Patent Ranges (2ft Gin to 4ft Gin); Cindrella, Queens, Victoria, Vesper, and Kaiser Stoves, Register Grates, Carpenters’ Rim, Mortice, and Plate Hocks, and general builders’ ironmongery. We have also on hand an extensive stock of painters’, glaziers’ and paperhangers’ materials, consisting of Red and "White Lead, Paints, and Colors, of all kinds ; Raw and Boiled Linseed Oils, Turpentine, Varnishes, Brushes, Window Glass, of all kinds; Putty, Paperhangings, etc., otc. Carpenters and joiners would do well to call and inspect our stock of Tools. We are now landing a shipment of American Goods, containing a great variety of Tools and Yankee Notions. A large stock of Rod, Bar, and Sheet Iron, also a largo and good stock of Blacksmiths and Farriers tools on hand. o GROCERY DEPARTMENT. THE ABOVE DEPARTMENT IS NOW WELL STOCKED WITH New Seaosn’s Teas, in Half-Chests and Boxes Superior Mauritius Sugars, white and brown crystals and Counters Venus Twist and Black Swan Tobacco Currants, Eleme Raisins, Sultanas, Muscatell Raisins (new fruit) Jordan and Shell Almonds. Bottled Fruit, Figs, Essences, etc., etc. A Large Stock of English and Colonial Lollies, and a full assortment of Pink’s, Morton’s, and Crosse and Blackwell’s Pickles, Jams, Jellies, Sauces, Potted and Preserved Moats, etc., otc. o CHINA AND GLASSWARE, We invite inspection of this Department in Particular, as we have just unpacked twenty-three crates of General Crockery and eight casks of Glassware, consisting of Sets of Cut and Pressed Decanters; Water-Crafts; Tumblers ; Wine, Custard, and Jelly Glasses. INSPECT OUR STOCK BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE ERIEDLANDER BROS. S Agents Colonial Fire Insurance Company.



Auction Sales. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1. ASHBURTON SALE ROOMS AND YARDS. T E, BUCHANAN & CO. will hold £,l , their usual weekly sale of Merchandise Farm Produce Potatoes, and other Effects. Sale at 12.30 sharp. J. E. BUCHANAN & Co., 152 Auctioneers. ASHBURTON. Messrs h. matson and go. have received instructions from Messrs Fnaby Bros, to SELL BY AUCTION, WITHOUT RESERVE, ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12tii, At 12 o’clock, THEIR MAGNIFICENT FREEHOLD OF iAA ACRES OF FIRST-CLASS 4tV/v/ LAND, of which 150 acres are in crop ; Also, THEIR LEASEHOLD OF O'yo ACRES ADJOINING THE / v ABOVE, of which 230 acres are in crop ; Together with their STOCK, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, Ac., Ac., Ac. These Farms, containing as they do, some of the choicest and earliest selected land in the Ashburton district; and being only three and a-half miles from Tinwald and one and a-half miles from Winslow, offer facilities for the conveyance of pro duce seldom to be met with. On the Farms there are two good Seven-roomed Houses and a good Garden. The land is thoroughly fenced, and, taken as a whole, is one of the best pro perties that has been offered to the public for some considerable time past. Inspection is invited. 151 H. MATSON AND CO. The Stud. YOUNG IVANHOE. YOUNG IVANHOE, by Old Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott, out of London Maggie—Sir Walter Scott, by Clydeboy, took first prize as best horse at Exhibition at London in 1862, gold medal at Sterling, and twice first at Glasgow, and several other first prizes. London Maggie took first prize as best three year old mare af Exhibition at London in 1802 and first prize wherever shown. Ivanhoe took first prize at Glasgow as a two year old, was bought for 1100 guineas, and imported to New Zealand. Young Ivanhoe, out of Grey Maggie (imported), out of Blossom, by Ruther glen —by Caledonian, and has taken first prize as a two year old at Timaru, and first prize when next shown as a five year old at Timaru. Young Ivanhoe will travel the South Rakaia, Chertsey, and Mount Hutt dis tricts. For further particulars see cards. ROBERT PATTON, 52 Methven. 1879. TO STAND THIS SEASON. THOROUGHBRED STALLION YOUNG TRADUCER. YOUNG TRADUCER, by Traducer, dam Kasper’s dam, imported. See “ Stud Book.” Young Traducer was bred by W. C. Webb, Esq., at Riccarton. He is a rich dark brown, standing 16 hands high, with immense bone and substance, and for make and shape has been pronounced by the best judges as hal'd to beat anywhere. Young Traducer is rising 5 years. Terms: £5 ss. per mare, payable Ist January, 1880 ; groomago foes 55., payable on first service. Also, the Grey Entire Pony, SYDNEY, Will travel, with the entire horse Young Traducer, the district of Ashburton during the season. Good paddocks 2s. per week. Every care taken, but no responsibility. ROBERT LITTLE, 39 Proprietor. m.*. STUD NOTICE. rjTHE THOROUGHBRED HORSE, TRIBUNE, ] By Traducer, dam Azucena, \ Will travel the Ashburton District \ as usual. Apply, Groom in charge. 21



The Stud. THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traduckr Blood. To Travel tills Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars S. H. FOWLER & CO„ Proprietors, 504a —20 Winslow THE IMPORTED DRAUGHT HORSIi BILLY FAIRPLAY, ’’ILL STAND at Ede’s Horse Bazaar A W: Ashburton, and Travel Wakimi and Longp.eaou Districts. Terms —£‘s 55., payable Ist January, 1880. Groomage— -55., payable first time of service. Particulars see cards.—Apply 535a—03 B. EDE Boarding Houses. PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL rjTHE undersigned having opened the Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, under the management of Me. and Mrs. Lms, begs to say he is determined to keep GOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. THOMAS CLARK, Proprietor. 333a—27 CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). I) E-OPENING of the above commo \j dioua and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board 14s. MEALS AT AI.L HOURS. Dinner on Saturday from 11.30. Beds (single), Is. 6d. Private Room for Ladies 153—82 a Business Notices. TINWALD FURNITURE DEPOT. QHARLES RADER CABINET MAKER, FURNITURE DEALER, &c. Venetian and other Blinds, Curtain Poles, Oxford and other Picture Frames made to order. Repairs Executed with Despatch. Note the Address— Great South Road, Ttnwai.d, (Next to Mr. Prettejohn’s, Shoe Makei 1 1 2 H. M. J ONES, Baring Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER, BOOK AND MUSIC SELLER Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Str'ngs, Concertinas, &c. Magazines, English Papers, & Periodical, by each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch. 15 THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Price Twopence, CAN be obtained from the following Agents, who will receive orders Intending Subscribers will please fill up forms, which can be obta nod from any of the above Agents. They will also oblige by stating on the hack of the order to which agent they pay their subscriptions. WEEKS AND DIXON, Printers and Publishers.