J. T. Ford & Co. report 8n the *ive B foGk .market for the week ending Mb 2nd instant, as follbws : At the Yards on Wednesday, 3646 sheep, # ttle > and 26 FS B were sent to hand fc. r tnß week’s supply. In consequence’ *** s hort supply of fat sheep, there a Rrceptible advance of at least from Is. * Si . 6d. per head on fat sheep, but at th ® ame time we do ■ not quote any material c. , ln J a^ e ?{ as most probably the next, ! woe We ..„ be again fully supplied, and tJ nceß 8 C back again to previous week % of from 2Jd. to 2|d. per B>. % bee | sent forward was of very in '■lxteren. quality, and commanded but little com ' rtition from the trade generally, in is a great pity that more diacre; was not used in yarding what is call. ™ fat stock, as the delay that arises in th> 1 . different sales between fat and store often affects values and proves wearisome to the different classes of buyers. * This can only be remedied by the action of the ’yard committee, and the sooner the matter is considered the better it will* be for buyer and seller, and more especially for the convenience of the butchers, who will be enabled to lift and take delivery of their purchases earlier in the day. Store sheep and cattle were slightly in better demand, and perhaps an increase in values may be quoted. Good two-year old steers, adapted for grazing purposes, were sold at from £5 10s. to £6 15s. each, and young stock at from £3 to £3 10s. each ; springing heifers at from £4 10s. to £6 each, beef at 325. 6d. to 355. per lOOlbs, and mutton at 2|d. per lb. Our entries for the day were on account of Messrs R. and L. Tosswill, McLeod, Coward, Blake, Pannett, J. Hayden, T. Phillips, J. Hurse, S. Garforth, Dewitt, Anstiss, Pitt, Wright, Oatton, Harrison, Moore, J. Smith, T. Cheverton, S. Grieves, and others,- comprising 1520 sheep and 75 head of cattle. Mr. Hay don’s crossbreds brought 12s. 9<L each; Mr. Paonett’s 10s. 6d. ; Mr. Coward’s 10s. 9d. each; Mr. McLeod’s merino wethers, 12s. 6d. each: Mr. Phillip’s merino wethers, 9s. 3d.: Mr. James Hurse’s crossbreds, from 11s 3d. to 13s. 6d. each; and other lines in propor tion to their weight and quality. Our cattle we quitted according to our quotations, selling every line. At our wool and skin sale we had a large supply sent forward, and the usual attendance of the trade. Crossbreds sold at from 3s. 6d. to 45., and merino skins at from 3s. 4dL to 4s. 2d. each. Fat at ' from lid. to 2id. per lb., and hides at ’ 3d. per lb. At our horse sale on Saturday wo yarded about 42 animals, but owing to the parade very few sales were effected. We have inquiry for good useful draught marcs for brood • purposes, and could place several just now if of the right stamp. We are also in want of carriage horses. Must match well in color and faze, and dark bays preferred; age not over six years. DoOTonr, Oct. 3. Wheat, 4s 6<T to 4s 9d ; fowls’ wheat, 5s 3d to Sa 9d „ nuUng wheat is firm at present prices. Oats, 2s to 2s 3d; barley, os to 5s 6d.; do., 3sto 3» 6d. Pota toes, £sper ton; kidney seed do., £7 ; round see*! da., £6 ; hay, £4; chaff £4 to £4 10s; straw, 462 ss; bran, £5 ss; pol lard. £5 Iflfe • flour, large sacks, £ll 10s to £l2 ; oafrineal, £l3 ; pearl barley, £26 ; onions* I8r ; . cheese, 8d; bacon, rolled, ®id ; cattle,* 30s per lOOlbs.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

r .ails at the Ashburton Post Office; close -**' follows: — ■ __ , For Christchurch and North at IQ. 20 a-m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at x 0.20 a.m daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m and 4 p.m daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald Winslow, Hinds, Coldstreain, Rahgitata, Orari, Winchester, and Gera’dine, at 10.20 a.m, daily. For Temuka. Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m and 3 p.m daily. „ , „ „ For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.1 S p.mi daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. W, St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

Mails Close at the Chief Post Office for the tallowing - places (subject to the necessary alte rations) as under:— Saturday.

For Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Penguin, at 7 p.m.

A travelling Post Office having been estab lished on the Southern line of railway, letters bearing a late fee of 2d. may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached to the express train, and they will be included in the mails made up in transit for offices on the Inain line and branches.

SIDNEY J. Dick, Chief Postmaster.. UNCLAIMED LETTERS. The following letteis from places, . be colony were received at the As&bvrtcn i Post Office daring the month of Avgust, and I lema n :d unclaimed on Ist October nSy.gji- Allinham, J. Richard Critchley, W. S. Deacon, William Devane, Patrick Fraber, John Griffin, Moigan Maclean (or Ka«dl«rfljftfir Kennedy, Wflfimm i Kissane, IvtirfJaeL Larkin, Asdtesw Jbmess . Miciuuril Quinlan, jWaxjy Ryan, Thomas* Sharp, Same ' a Valpy, John’ Vincent* JL -'. j r Walkerj,A Woodar .rcblbald •ay. AS)? V Tv \, Tohn ‘ .ss. Michael i ’ w g T , G. Douglas, p r '- ; :‘=:- ‘ Postmaster.

/otirS&&*£ ■ ed Tetters received from places be i that have remaind unclaimed such Post Office; and such of » i unclaimed rt to «d two month, wethw for-

Colony are not advertised-, two months are forwarded t Office, Wellington, there to turned to the writers. NOT I C NEW POSTAL RE( Letters posted within the names and addresses of the : the address side of the envel by a request that the letters claimed within a stated peri ed unopened. Provided, he shall have remained in the p the 7 ma y k® addressed, at It

MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES,

This Day. ; J. E. Buchanan & Co.’s Opening Sale, at their Rooms, Havelock Street, 12.30. —lronmongery, Groceries, &c. Alfred Harrison, at his Rooms, Baring Square, at 12 noon Quantity of Household Requisites. John Lloyd Crawley, at his Rooms, Saunders’ Buildings, at' 1 o’clock— General Merchandise. Messrs, Acland, Campbell, . and Go'., at their Bazaar, Burnett street, at 1 o’clock—Horses, &c.

The Ashburton Guardian, COUNTY AGRICULTURAL & SPORTING RECORDER. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1879.

The end has come, and the struggle is over. Sir George Grey’s appeal to the country, though it succeeded by .skilfully managed elections in reducing the crush ing majority that faced him in the last Parliament, has failed to give him a majority in the House, and last night the no-contidence debate finished with a divi sion which gave the following result :

Ayes ... ••• 43 Noes •••: 41 Majority against Government 2 —a narrow majority to bo sure, but quite sufficient to show Mr. Sheehan how Vain was his boast that the country had re turned to Sir George Grey’s following a firm majority. In another column we give the division list, in which it will be seen there is nothing ‘ ‘ doubtful ” at all about Mr. Wright’s vote, but that he has been true to the district that returned’ him. The House adjourned immediately after thejlivision, to meet again on Tues day, when we expect to hear that a Minis teral change will have taken place.

When a statesman like Lord Derby tells the English farmers that, the cultivable land in England being a fixed quantity, the relations between landlord and tenant must eventually be regulated by the need they have for each other; and, there being no room in the country for any more far mers, it is as well to look outside the island if land is wanted on which to place the young men whom their parents destine for the profession of agriculture. When a man like Lord Derby talks in this strain there is sufficient reason existing for cherishing a belief that soon a tide of im migration will set in towards our shores that will be highly acceptable, and for ac cepting the instalments that have already, landed as only the pioneers of a huge bri gade of immigrating yeomen. _ Lord Derby was speaking to the Lancashire Farmers’ Club when lie made use of the language, the spirit of which we have quoted; and he further clinched his statements by add ing that, “by making a vacancy (in the old country) a man would do good instead of harm to those whom he left behind. If farmers’ numbers were kept down they would keep down their rents.” But Lord Derby’s advice is not the only reason why we may look for an influx of farmers. That class at homo have found, what with high rents, hard-and-fast landlords’ rules for cultivation, preservation of game, and other burdens with which they are handi capped against the foreign producer, that a short harvest is the brink of ruin. This year, more especially, have they cried out against the hardness of their case. In many instances the landlords have re sponded to their appeal, and lightened the rents. From 10 per cent, up to 50 per cent, have concessions been made, in view of the depression that is now weighing down the agricultural interest. And never, perhaps, in the country’s history, was the need for these concessions more impera tive. But a few years ago, to obtain a farm at all was a difficult thing, so high were the rents, and so thoroughly were the landlords masters of the situation, be cause of the demand existing for arable land. Farming was then, comparatively speaking, a profitable thing; and when honest John Bull was taking out of his land, and the market he found for his produce, a fair surplus over the_ rent he paid, ho was content, and only indulged in that inalienable right of Englishmen— a grumble. But grumbling he paid, and was willing to renew. He had then only such competition as the European continent and the cultivated part of America offered to contend with. When, however, the great railways ran through the irn.mense waste lands of the New World, and planted homesteads upon them, and the produce of those lands was poured into the English market, he began to find that the chronic grumble, which had previously been but a sort of luxury, did not meet the require ments of his case. He could not produce from Iris land anything like the quantity nor near so cheaply as his “cousins” could; and, to add to his difficulties, there occurred the great “revolt of the field” —a revolt, lot us hope, in the interests of humanity, that will never bo subdued. But while Hiawatha’s vision was being realised in America— “l beheld the westward marches Of the unknown crowded nations. All the land was full of people, Restless, struggling, toiling, striving, Speaking many tongues, yet feeling But one heartbeat in their bosoms. In the woodlands rang their axes. Smoked their towns in all the valleys ;

Over, ill the lakes and rivers - - Rushed their great canoes of thunder the vision was also being fulfilled in other and newer lands. The Australian conti nent and the, New Zealand islands were, meanwhile, turning up their virgin soils in laughing ridges to the kiss of the plough share. ‘-In the.woodlands-rang the axes truly, and the grain-field supplanted the forest. Our plains in a season or two added their quota, no light thing, to the food stock of England, and we, too, be came competitors with the English farmer. The new countries, if labour in them was costly, exacted no rack-rents, laid no re strictions on the cropping, put no tapu on the game, and thoir taxes fell lightly on the farmer. Costly manure was no item in their farmers’ expenditure* and, with every advantage of soil and climate, they could run John I3ull ji close race on his own «round, to ■which they were admitted by free trading England. So when Hodge drove his master’s grain wains to the mer chant's granary, it was to lay the sacks,

HJ-_| rrggaafj jggie mayhap,- on the same flodr wi» largei quantities frdni California,- AdoMde, or Canterbury. ■ The time was when a short Eng land meant a scarcity of bread, but nqw the crops of the whole world inustArtrght Before any very telling differenced ap parent in the British housekeeper’s ac count with the baker. But the farmer feels a short crop keenly,—to him it is a fearfully short return of his annual income. Just at the rate the land of the world has been placed under cultivation has the dif ficulties. of the English wheat-grower in croased, and now they have reached their clinfitSfAn inquiry into the causes of the agricultural depression has been demanded, and the result of that inquiry, if it is fairly made, will be full of interest to the colon ists of New Zealand.

But while politicians discuss the ques- .. .. tion, many English farms have de serted, and those in cultivation can’ only be held, as recent events have shown, at vastly reduced rents. All show that, sooner or later, an influx, of practical agriculturists, with a fair aiffbunt of capital in their pockets, must inevitably crowd into .the colonies/ It .is for. Zealand, if she cares for her own interest, . to do her best to divert the exodul oPrafS** mers from England to her shores. Hr is not now labourers but employers of, lajiojur*- tliat are needed here; ancTthe ’refor'e men| with the nest-egg of a fortune we can duce to come to us the better for our * future. .

South Rakaia Road Board.—The Board did not- hold its usual yesterday, there not being a quoi'um.of members present. Another meeting, will be held on Monday. The Dromorb Grain Shed. ■— Our readers in the Droraore district ..will]£ observe that, in reply to Mr Wrigfit, Mr ’ Macandrew said the necessity for a grain shed at Dromore had not. been made ' apparent to his Government. Possibly it * may be more apparent to the new Govern ment coining into office. '

Drunkenness in was a drunk tried by'His Worship yester day—the first for a fortnight.. Things seemi A improving as regards the good character of the town. , : i i:7A ~r Town Hall Company.— On Mondavi, evening next, a 'meeting of the-shiiiWD' j holders in the Ashburton Town Hall Com pany (Limited),- will be held in the build™' ing, to consider the enlarging of the Directors’ borrowing powers, and othei* , alterations of the memorandum of Articles* of Association.

New Auction Rooms.— The hew firm of J. E. Buchanan and Co., auctioneers, &c., hold their' first- auction day, in the largo premises lately occu pied by Hooper, Aitken and, Co., in Have lock street. - The auctioneer of 5 firm is the senior partner, Mr. Ji-E. Buchanan, and by him the sale to-morrow - will 1 be conducted.

The Weather.— Yesterday , was • ■ticularly disagreeable.’We have bew»i. treated to one of--those N. W. gales whicli exercised the farmers so greatly last,'ytajSSiv; Pedestrianism- has not been,pleasurable, and one has necessarily been compelled .to., absorb more than his usual daily shari'Af* * the peck of dirt supposed to 'be'’the 1 ’ ' allotted portion to be eat by hnmasii^yt w * So far, the nor’-wester cannot do a great? 13 deal of damage to the' crops, hutwAoauld dispense with it, and hot feel itlil^Pß/

Presbyterianism at Tinwald. —;Sinca the induction of the Rev. A. Mr Beattie, M. A., as Pastor.of the Ashburton Pres byterian Church, considerable attention . has been paid to this thriving" little town-"' ship. Just recently, a Sabbath , School was started which ‘now numbers forty" scholars. Last night, the Rev, Mr. Beattie held the first of a series of Thurs day night services. The attendance was" not so good as it is expected to be when those services are better known, as. there are many Presbyterian families in the neighborhood. The Rev. Mr. West brooke was present, and - took part in the ;- service last night. , , i , Unclaimed Letters. —The following letters were received from places beyond the Colony during the month of August, , and remained unclaimed on Ist October, ■ 1877 ;—Allinham, J. : Charles, Richard ; Chritchley, W. S. ; Deacon, William; Devane, Patrick ; Frazer, John ; .Griffin, Morgan ;• Kennedy, Wm.; Kissanef‘M. ; Larkin, Andrew; Morrison, J.; Moriarty, Michael; Quinlan, Mary ; Ryan, Thos. B. ; Shary, Jas. ; Yalpy, John N,.; Vin cent, S. ; "Walker, Archibald - ; Woodman, . W. D. ; Young, Lewis P. ; McAllister, Mrs. •; Modem (or Maclear), John. "• ; The Subsidies. —Ourreaderswill beglad ;s to hear that Government have paid over the subsidies due to the public bodies. This information was conveyed through the medium of a telegram fram E. Qi Wright, Esq., M.H.R., to the Chairman of the County Council yesterday. Tills ' payment will set a few thousand pounds afloat among the Road Boards, and be the"• means of finding employment for some - idle but willing hands.

The Unemployed. —At the meeting of the County Council on Wednesday Mr Reed, called attention to the fact that the Go*f vermnent were finding work for the employed in the construction of the Wai para section of the Northern railway, and asked whether it would not be competent for the Council to request- the Govern* ment to place the unemployed in this district on the same terms on the exten* : sion of the Mount Somers line. Mr. . Reed’s remarks were called forth in the course of a discussion- that arose on the application of his Worship the Mayor for a grant' in aid of the Borough Council, whose want of funds prevented them frorti affording-the work they would to the! unemployed. Mr Bullock had waited upon the Council at the request of many respectable men who were without em ployment.

POUNDKEEPER AX .X.SHBURTON. • —Mr W, Price, of Tinwald, will for the future take charge of, and find lodgings for, vagrant •cattle, horses, &c. As Mr Price has several years’ experience ,i& tills line, we would recommend owners of roving ani mals to watch their, cattle's movements, otherwise, said owners will have to shell, out a price to W. ;Price.

The Countv Ho.spitax, —To Vender this building complete, the architect, J. S. Brqco, Esq., recommended to the County Council on W ednesday, improvement*, in the direction of water supply, drainage and other necessary adjuncts to the erec tion. These were agreed to by the Council, and will necessarily tend towards making the Hospital one of the most per fect institutions of its class in the colony.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN;

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* ASHBUivT ON RET Battler, inferior to best 1? lb EjßPv W dozen loefitv prime quality, 1? lb g. 'asm, prime smoked, 1? lb pj a sssiu*. cloth, 1? lb pi nlI tim (hags, toolb I Oatm * Lard, . * * * .Auction Sa .THIS DAI SATUK’DA Y, 4 th : At. 1 o’cloc AT TH TS HC 'HSE B u rnett-s, L,ree * A CLAND, t '® £\. hold their u9Ual WEE. LY Sx OF HORS ES, Sale at 1 o’clot ACLAND, CAMP. 381 OPENING i LUOTION SALE RO( H LOCK STREI fi The premises lately erect ( Aitken & Co.y l JATURDAY, OCTOI At Half-past 12 s’ rB Auctioneers have re<: tions to sell at theii *ublic Auction, a quanti i rticles, comprising Bankruj ther effects, viz.— IRONMONGERY GROCERY CROCKERY WARS



Ashburtc First General Sale w announc ecL Business Annonnci FINE Cream-Laid BNY 6; extra secure shap( ONLY 9s. Sd. pe



Merchants. T. R HODDER AND Company, GENERAL MERCHANTS, DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, AND STOREKEEPERS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, (Opposite Railway Station.) NEW SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK JUST RECEIVED. DRAPERY, MILINERY, HATS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, &c., &c., Especial attention haa been given to this Department in selecting the NEW STYLES in COSTUMES and DRESS MATERIALS. All the fashionable styles of Ladies Hats and Bonnets (trimmed and un trimmed), Trimmings, Fishus, Mantles, Capes, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Sunshades, and Underclothing. MILINERY AND DRESSMAKING ON THE PREMISES, By Most Competent Hands. Carpets, Druggetts, Scotch, and Manchester Goods. . r r, HODDER & COMPANY’S NOTHING & MERCERY DEPART OAA MENT. 'Rostf YiKTC'Hs’ and Men’s Summer Suits, Imported and Victorian make. ■*T ©OATS, Alpacca and Silk, HATS Helmets (in Rush, Leg horn IT' weed > and c ß li i wl P eth ) SCARFS Call9,rs ' Gloves » Umbrellas TWEEDS S. Yorkshire, and Colonial, T. R. HODDExR & COMI-’ANY s BOOT AND SHOE stork. Childrens’, Boys’, and Girls’ Boots, Shoes, and Slippers, Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Boots, Shoe «, and Slippers, very variety, Colonial and Imported, from the beat houses, and sold at the smallest possible profat. T. R. Hodder & Company GROCERIES, OILMEN’S STORES, AND PROVISION DEPARTMENT. New Season’s Teas, Finest Sugars, Soaps, Candles. &c., &c. T. R. H. Sz 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 ylf the Smallest Possible Profit. C iSH Vx TICE LISTS FURNISHED ON APPLICA ° TION.



'p r. H odder and Company, ironmongery, furnishing, and hardware. Of Every Description, for Building and Furnishing purposes. 1 'roduce Bought* Foe Cash, or Taken in Exchange. ORDI'RS from ANY PART OF TIi.F PROVINCE, Caref\ dly and promptly attended to. DELI V?ERY OP GOODS DAILY IN TOWN. X. R. HODDER Company, GENERAL MERCHANTS EAST STRE1 T *T, ASHBURTON 'OPPOSITE TUB STATION.)



YOUNG IYANHOE. •\TOUNG I VANHOE, by Old Ivanhoe, J_ by Sir Walter Scott, out of London Maggie—Sir Walter Scott, by Clydeboy, took first prisie 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 beat 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 Blither glen—by Caledonian, and has taken first prize as a two year old at Tiniaru, 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. THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traducer Blood. To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars. S. H. FOWLER & CO„ Proprietors, 504a—20 Winslow. T TO STAND THIS SEASON, |HAT Very Powerful Heavy Draught STALLION SAMSON, ising three years old, stands 161 hands high. Samson was got by that far-famed Lincolnshire Cart Stallion Black Cham pion, imported fro m England by the late William Derham, Esq., out of the cele brated prize mare Phoebe, bred by P. risch, Esq. Black Champion was bred by Mr. John Worth, junior, of Ferryhill, Chartres. He took first prize of £lO at St. Ives, in 1873, and first prize of £lO at Huntingdon, in 1874. Black Champion’s dre is Young England’s Glory, by Volun eer and came of a very superior mare Mdongiri* to Mr. Julian by Mr. Fugles mted horse Thumper, by Mr. Servals jelebrated horse Major,—grandsire, Mr. Purrand’s Honest Tom; g. grandsire, Vlr. Goodman’s Honest Tom ; g. g. grand dre, Mr. Bingham’s England s Glory ; y» g grandsire, Old Honest Tom. Blaok Champion’s dam is asuperior Brown Mare by Heart of Oak. She took the first prize it Peterborough Agricultural Society s Show on March 29th, 1856, beating a large field. Samson’s dam , Phoebe, was got by the noted horse Sir Colin Campbell, bred by Tames Walls, Esq., sire, King Fergus; lam, Scotland’s Pride both imported From Scotland. Phoebe as a yearling, took first prize at the Canterbury Agricultural Society’s Show ; as a two-year old, was iwarded first prize and also Mr. J. Walls special prize as the best filly on the ground by Sir Colin Campbell. Her lister has also taken three first prizes. Phey have also been shown as a pair of , x -ood mares, and wherever they have lot ii exhibited they have taken first tzt- _ ~ Samson’s granddam was by the wed- Lown horse Old Wellington, imported, rose stock needs no comment ; g. grand ,m, imported, by Westminster, im neu. , Samson will stand at the owner s farm, xere good grass paddocks will be pro led at 2s. per week. All care taken, it no responsibility incurred. He will ivel the Mount iSomers and surrounding Terms —£4 per mare. Guarantee, as r agreement. Groomage fee, ss. WILLIAM T. SMITH, Proprietor, Alford Forest. B.—Samson took prize at the Agricul tural Show, Ashburton, 1878. 38



1879. TO STAND THIS SEASON. THOROUGHBRED STALLION young traduger. YOUNG TRADUCER, by Traducer, dam Kasper’s dam, imported. See “ Stud Book. ” , , , w n Young Traducer was bred by W. o. We'bb, Esq., at Riocarton. He is a rich dork brown, standing 16 hands high, with immense bone and substance, and for make and shape has been pronounced by the best judges as hard to beat anywhere. Young Traducer is rising 5 years. Terms: £5 ss. per mare, payable Ist January, 1880 ; groomage fees 55., payable on hrst service. Also, the Grey Entire Pony, SYDNEY, Will travel, with the entire horse Young Traducer, the district of Ashburton during the season. Good paddocks 2is. per week. Every care token, but no responsibility. ROBERT LITTLE, on Proprietor,



THE THOROUGHBRED ARAB ENTIRE BLUEL I G H T WILL TRAVEL the Ashburton Dis trict this season. For particulars see future advertisement. 53 WINTER & FRIEDLANDER. 1879. TO STAND THIS SEASON. THOROUGHBRED BAY COLT, CAMDEN. CAMDEN is a bay colt, 16 hands 2 inches high, with beautiful sym metry and splendid action, aged 4 years ; bred by Mr. G. H. Lee. Camden is by Traducer, dam Jeu d’Esprit, by Peter Flat, dam Jessie, by Muleyson, dam Bay Camerton, out of Arab mare Muleyson, by Muley. The Arab mare was bred by Mr. Riley, New South Wales, from an Arab mare imported by him. Camden will travel the district of Ash burton. Terms: £5 sb. per mare, payable Ist Jaanuary, 1880 ; groomage fees, ss. payable on first service. Good paddocks, 2s. per week. Every care taken but no responsibility. ROBERT LITTLE, 486 a Proprietor. M THE WELL-KNOWN THOROUGHBRED HORSE ADMIRAL WTT.Tj Travel the Ashburton District during the coming season. Terms, £4 4s; Guarantee, £6 Gs. Groomage Fee, ss. WM. 0. WEBB, 519 a Riccarton. TO STAND THIS SEASON. mHE Thoroughbred ENTIRE Horse, TAM O’SHANTER, will travel the Mount Somers and Alford Forest Districts. 23 WM. H. SMITH. STUD NOTICE. mHE THOROUGHBRED HORSE TRIBUNE, By Traducer, dam Azucena. Will Travel the Ashburton district as usual. Apply Groom in charge. 21



Business Notices. T. CHAMBERS, jgOOT AND SHOEMAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Boots and Shoes of all kinds Sewn or Pegged. Repairs Attended To. 48 FAMILY HOTEL, DURHAM STREET NORTH, CHRISTCHURCH. HITE PARSONS, (Late of the Royal Hotel, Lyttelton.) This Hotel is now Renovated and fitted up as a FIRST CLASS FAMILY HOTEL. 49 THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN' Advertisements received for the GUARDIAN up to 9 p. ni. at the scale charges, afterwards at double rates for insertion over the leader.



JUST ARRIVED — SECOND SHIPMENT OF STATIONERY, DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTORY. Wholesale and Retail. WEEKS AND DIXON, Saunders’ Buildings, East Street ASHBURTON. See Future Advertisements. s SEALY BROS., EEDSMBN AND NURSERYMEN. East Street, AS HB U RTON. farm, Garden, and Flower Seeds and Garden Requisites of every descrip tion at Lowest Rates. Street. 43