The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICUTULRAL AND SPORTING RECORDER.

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ASHBURTON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1879

Price—TWOPENCE



Anctiocnni -and- Commissaion Agents ALFRED HARRISON. AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, . . -cdr wßf' V-. r'r!T nr AND'SALES, -Saleh of Stock, Mer chandi«,Farhiture and Effects, also Figs, Fowls* and General Produce. WEEKLY: SALE - Every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock. SALE YAROS^ATTENDED. ntries «an bemade at my office or at the .vi \’,ti i 'Yards.'.,.-' Agent fin: thei. Transatlantic Fire Insuiance Coinpany. 6 EDMIBTON BROS. & GtJNDRY (L ATE BULLOCK AND CO.), ® RPON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate,..and. Commission Salea Farm Implements, &c., at- their Yards, Ashbur lto»,;7and . tha Tinwald Yards, on ■ ■ ■ ,CASH ADVANCES ' •.... ■; Made on Stock, Produce, &c., consigned , Positive Sale. GJJNDRY. iff. M f^(M r LL^YI). CRAWLEY, ...AJJCTIONEER, ' IiAND» . ESTATE,- AND COM Holds -,^6i^y : Saturday, at’ One). Hbraesi' Farm Produce^ tion,;: •■•ol i-tmtyyJjk-riT •> ■ ■ • Full third page. 3 ; ; j. LLOYD CRAWLEY, - . AUCTIONEER, Stock, Land, ; EWSiiWj and Commission '• ; v ‘ *' AdDHT,' / Saunders' East-st., Ashburton. 277 a, ’ o [Oabd.] EL B AN & Co. Land, and Estate Agents, A S H B UiR T O N. liii. 313 a ! ; * FARMERS AND CIPHERS. ACLANt); CAMPBELL, & iKt tbsaiiply Parttiera' iuaqtherS with station.Stores’, Fencing’ Staples, Standards, &c.,at f 'FOR' THE ■ ! ■ f company. . £2,000,000 EEFFdTED AT LOWEST iaiiT !' - CRATES. & CO;, ,~, ' Auctioneers. f ; - ’p R' ED K . A V ITT, J^st; ; StakEf (Close to the Railway -Ard' ’< STATION).-AskBUIITON, and- General Commission Agent. •* r \&defr'takfewf6rkj.Sydney Drays, Newcastle 'ifM, hid r MalvefU (l>y the’ trUck load),: Ruild- Materials of all kinds; Eencing- Wire, •Agri English and Amefi 'can, &c., &c. ... .- X Messrs, pqyntz & eo., j'jt? jf#,' ‘ ’jg S T' A T E, ■ ;■ ...... .AND 1 fiBNERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. ! r i Rents and- Debts Collected Money advanced on Freehold. Security. 7 SSL HotelA .'R AI L WAY HOTE L , WINSLOW. . : W. HARRIS requests the public tboY that he is back at.his old ' J ' Wishes Ids old friends to know °* »h»l! receive > the. same good !tißtt> “«i 'formerly. Private lifor families. : Wines and i brendi Good stabling djWith ayeryattendanca. iWnJ ‘ . '!**%*’ . ’HQpgIRTpB J|l« <il7.



Millers, &c. SAUNDERS BROS., MILLERS. Grain Merchants, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mills — GREAT SOUTH ROAD. 72 HTtrOFFAT 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 out a First-class article, to merit a share of public support. Special attention paid to Gristing, and Farmers from a distance can have their Grist ground by return. 31 Insurance. THE LONDON & LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital —Fully Subscribed, £1,500,000. JpiIRE 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 " 1 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. W FETCH & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North,- - 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. 1 Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence, ’ Nuatlv Bound in Cloth. The above Volume coptauw a lot of valuable infbrmatipu, and sbqulab* W the I Mjdsof every Trartpsnpvn.



Timber Merchants. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OP SUPERIOR BjUILDING TIMBER. ALSO, 20 t OOO TWENTY THOUSAND SAWN TOTARA AND BLACK PINE Jjl EN C I N,G gT AKES NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. 12 Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rpHE UNDERSIGNED having COM. PLETED .heir KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal to 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 f 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’lron mongery, &c., imported direct from Eng land. Goods to order manufactured on the premises of the best Materials, and at the lowest rates. 11 Cabinetmakers. T. A. GATES, ABINET MAKER, PICTURE FRAME MAKER, AND UNDERTAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON. 4 SPILL ARD’ S CABINET MAKING AND UPHOL STERY Manufactory, and Ware house, next to the Union Bank, Tancred street, Ashburton. Sitting Room and Bedroom Tables, Couches, Chotfonniers, 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,, 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 Mee ch, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, PAPERHANGER, &c. all kinds of repairs. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged, 16 WANTED KNOWN—That Visiting Cards, plain or mourning, can be obtained printed in various styles, at the “Herald" and '■ Guardian " offices, near Railway Station



General Merchants. GREAT SALE OP THE ASSIGNED ESTATE op «•' HOOPER, AITKEN & CO. ORR AKD CO., HAVING SECURED THE . . ENTIRE STOCK Of the above Estate, amounting to £5.345 ios - 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 PRICE pob 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 RAKAIA. 10



! Chemist. ' M E D I C A Ji i -■ H A L L. Established 1874. J. M. c 7 * IDr ‘ ,DaM ’ DRUGGIST, FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMIST, Has always in Slock— SPONGES—Honeycomb and Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Circular, Cole’s, Sal mon and Ocly’s, Mocmain, &c. ELASTIC STOCKINGS Knee Caps, Wristlets, and Anklets ; Abdominal Belts 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. Holler’s, Foxe’s, Southall Bros. PERFUMERY—Piesse and Lubiu’s, Rim mel’s, Gosnell’s, P.riedenbach’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CA TTLE MEDICINES. HOMCEOPATHIC MEDICINES—Leath and Ross’s daily expected ex’ “ VVai tangi. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. 2 CHAS. NE ATE, H JO M a w o MOORE STREET, o » cl O O m (-3 ASHBURTON. 62 General Storekeeper. .A. SHBURTON STORE. 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, rOBACCONISTS, NEWS AGENTS, &c,, &c., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Labor Registry Office. 35 Painter. J. R. CHAPMAN, JpATNTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER & SIGNWRITER, Importer of Paperhangings, White Lead, Glass, &c. The trade supplied at lowert Wholesale Prices. 17 S. COLLINS & SON, JOINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and DECORATORS, Moore-streui Ashburton. Country orders promptly attended to, and the quality of Work and Materials Guaranteed. iwuum vsLifjm awfgan Public Notices. WANTED KNOWN—That we are now Selling 250 Cream Laid Commercial Envelopes for 25., cash ; 500 ditto, 3s. Cd. cash ; and 1000 ditto, 6s. 6d., for prompt epjah only. Weeks & Dixon. TTT ANTED —Servants out of Emplo; ' V meat to advertise for Situations i na f* Hereld” and Oh One Shilling, far Cash,' fifteen word*.



For Sale I 3,000 FOR SA ACRES Tu Lots to sui Very Liberal 'I 74 SAUNI STUD SHE w E have a number o brated Merino RAMS for 177 SAUNI Builders. Ashburton steai SASH AND D MANU F A C 1 G. PARK Proprieto: BUILDER AND CO! Moore Stre Every description of Timt Materials in Stock and su] reasonable terr Plans prepared and Estimat shortest notic Carriers. B. C. SMI' CARR Moore Street,. As: 25 m H. BREWER’S Roys I , leaves Longbeach (vlfti Waterton, Ashton, W Tinwald) daily, at 7 a. in. the same route on arrival from Christchurch. Parcels and orders punt co. T. H. BR 195 TA COOKSON, Wills ! Hi., MAIL COACH fr Railway Station to Green Forest, and Mount Somers, and Friday, returning \ Saturday at 8 p.m. Poulterer, & RABBITS! RA P. HARP FISHMONGER AND Near the Ashburton Hnte BEGS to inform the Ashburton that he 1 in the above line, and t attention to business, anc articles of first class qu: merit a share ol public pat OYSTER SAL I xr.j x,..: .1 m.



Business Notices. 11. M. J ONES, Baring Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER, BOOK AND MUSIC SELLER, Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Strings, Concertinas, &c. Magazines, English Papers, & Periodicals by each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch 15 O.I^C. THE VICTORIAN LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES ARE OPENED, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, Next St. Stephen’s Church, S. S T E E L BEGS to announce to the public that he has taken the above Stables (late Bell’s Western Repository), which, have been thoroughly renovated, and can now afford extensive accommodation for farmers and travellers. Good attendance guaranteed, and mode rate charges. Saddle Horses and carriages on hire. ' U.~c. or PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE; TANCRED STREET,' AshburtojC ” ' J. R CHAPMAN, PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN-WRITER, Etc., Has much pleasure in stating that, owing to the large increase of Business, he is now Importing from the Manufacturers-- PAPERHANGINGS, WHITE LEAD, LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH WAP £, And all the necessaries of the Trade, and. is therefore in a position to compete with any house in Canterbury for price and quality. Every description of work in (In* trade executed under personal superiu tendence. Competent workmen sent i'i all parts of the country. ESTIMATES GIVEN. 41 Advertise. Ip you want (to sell a Farm, to sell a Horse, to rent a Farm, to buy a Horse, to buy a House, to rent a House, to obtain Board, to sell Groceries, to sell Furniture, to sell Hardware}* to hire a Servant, to borrow Money, - "' If you want {to sell Dry 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 Anitnal, to find any one’s Address, to sell a piece of Furniture, to find an owner for Anything;, to buy a second-hand Carriage,, to find anything you have Lost,, U If you want (to sell Agricultural Implement* YOU CAN DO SO, BY MAKING YOUR WANTS KNOWN IN THE ASHBURTON HERALD, OFFICE ; SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Strpet,