The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING RECORDER','.

Vol I. N 0.29

ASHBURTON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1879

Price—TWOPENCE.



Aiutloimnrn stt6 Oommisagion-Agents ALf; : HARRISON * AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION agent, • ■■! -• i -1 T SAfiBS, Sales of Stock, Mer inaadiae, Furniture and Effects, aho Figa, Fowb, Every SATURDAY at 12 o’olock L.i.’.'i •■•■ ~■ > , • SALE YA* 1 DS: ATTENDED. ntriff if »y office or at the i Aifeht.foir Transatlantic - Fire 6 -GinmiiWffii: # s^b n r»* '' , > ; Stock, kicj, j find Commission fflalfl fee h« ~ _ird» T Ashbur- Yards, on TOB&DAY& io iM'.m’iiii"" ' "" . g .i i' ( (Oj#-i ■••• X3> ; : 15. d rUOHANAK & Co. apdEstate Agents, ,■ ■ A S H B UR T O N. uM 313 a ■*■> FASMBRS ANI) OTHERS; Campbell, & are nenarei# toauppij'Farmaife; Stores, -Fencing WiM»fiV«aeim; Stifles, Standards, A6.',at and of First-class qnality. - »«** Tim* ■<■■[■ GOMpAl^y., flfMlgpniin->va.. : v.“J.-l ii £2,000,000 tfill lv» swaifto :■«—.'■••■• : INSURANCES EFFECTED AT LOWEST hVtti ",t>i fii'.-/ RATESi Auctioneers. ■ Jr.af. I»,v -^.4»1»-D ! *-.'';:-T> r A-'V' 1 T T , 45a Mil -aua .'V:;:;JF;!. IjEibss ‘iicr "tti* 'RattwXv & ■ TWNifrfrrlWrtr riiwtfnlifrirfifr 1 "-- - ■ tfiogi 'Syifae|t D»ay«,.'Nwr(ia»tte! Mini Build*: n't- jJTBJHTrtTiW" K tH Wire. ■ ■; Anwri _ dyiii.’XOiiA .wo JiijdO fjtti sfd ftfi;-;:;i. r . uu:'. r ;." -. T "#?e ■ »ST Sltil /liil r TAT E, fi? (j£)V,;:i ?.fv. r eOMUMfIiON AOBaiTS. lo’,ieeh-vi. iftlA / >Pf j ,BeotSfu&d Deb^CfoUected. '■f.4 -n'Jl V) •; - boss TwtficM Security. 7. ; : iitAmdmmmrnitm mm <wJ i-n jl -hacit oi . i.. . jtdjlgthl--; i/i» -. ..iat ,i ■ WINSLOW. •iU'J'ii v'-lO it*/ , ' ' '‘i'Tnrtjr-. 1 itJ ! • {Mrti the public e fiack «t l>ia;oId! Wiiee-and ■- c!; - i-j , 3»t—"J;i—.; r kf j’j'ji i r3&fi6t! 9* •Stf 1 :• . -.a ; kji %> yxti Bntld- ISOHOUSE; gyLA '*,!) JjJ i-i i:. ii,n.Oi!:i o; wijVr ;■-• / tohi- 'W* 1 Uro^vWßVi f vn;;. {liir bn



Millers, &c



SAUNDERS BROS., MILLERS, Grain Merchants, AND QENERAL COMMISSION : AGENTS. j: Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mnas- GREAT SOUTH ROAD. 72 QPIAT begs to inform the , 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. . Specialattention paid to Gristing, and Farmeri from a 'distance can have their Grist ground by return. , 31 Insurance. THE LONDON & LANCASHIRE FERE INSURANCE COMPANY. Cavjtjj. —rFully Subscribed, £1,500,000. jjttßE INSURANCES of all kinds taken at lowest rates, special attention being given to Stack, Farm, Building, and I other Agricultural Bisks. Applications by letter for insurance will be promptly attended to. ■ The London .and Lancashire being purely k Fire Company, the whole of its irefduroes are available to meet Fire claims snid thls feature will at once commend itself to the public, for the resources of Cdiupany can never be applied to the settlement of Life Claims or Marine LoisseSj but every penny of its Capital (thevjrhojeof which could be called up at .together .with its reserves, are aviulable for Losses by Fire, and offer a complete guarantee that all engagements will be fully carried out. Claims met with promptitude and liberality. L; , Agents for Ashburton— U : SAUND ER S BROS. V THE ASHBURTON HERALD. AND ; , r A Borough. and County Advertises, 31SE following. are AGENTS for the the ** Ashburton'Herald” 'Sawn HI XM Jones, Stationer, East Street, ; , next Ffiediahder Bros. Ei . Perfumer,' Hairdresser, n Buildings., . “ *C. - • Sando,. Under the. Verandah, East T ANTED KNOWN, that. Envelopes O'' and Notebaner can' be obtained, [efoln or' retail, at unusually low rates the ‘ “ Herald ” Office, Bast-street ft. 7; ■ «*2 Jr ANTED known, the twenty ■Words are inserted in this Column ‘ONE' SHILLING prepaid, and KBTT Words for TWO SHILLINGS



Timber Merchants. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF SUPERIOR B|U ILD IN G TIMBER. ALSO, 20 t OOO TWENTY THOUSAND SAWN TOTARA AND BLACK PINE JpENCING g TAKES NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. 12 Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED having' COM ■ PLETED iheir KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal tr 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’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 SPILLARD’S CABINET MAKING AND UPHOL STERY Manufactoiy, and Ware house, next to the Union' Bank, Tancred street, Ashburton. . Sitting Room and Bedroom Tables, Couches, Chotfonniers, Chairs, Chests of j 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; hail’, wool, andflax; 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 eeoh, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, PAPERHANGER, &c. ALL KINDS OF RP.PAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. I<> IJfTANTED KNOWN—That Visiting VV Cards, plain or mourning, can be obtained printed in various styles, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” offices, near the Rai'”"iy 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 £5,34S i os. 4d. 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 for CASH. SALE OP 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. MEDICAL HALL. Established 1874. J. M. c' rMBIIIDGE ' DRUGGIST, FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMIST, Has always in Stock— SPONGES—Honeycomb awl Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Circular, Co e’s, Sal mon and Ody’s, Mocmain, ike. 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—Lehigh’s, Hard’s, Neave’s, Ridge’s, Nes.'e’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, Priedenbach’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES—Leath and Ross's daily e.rpected ex “ Wai tangi. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. 2 H cc a w o CHAS. N E A T E. MOORE STREET, o CTj P P cc 1-3 ASHBURTON. 62 General Storekeeper. A SHBURTON gTORE. 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., QENERAL STOREKEEPERS, TOBACCONISTS, NEWS AGENTS, &c,, &c, , EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Labor Registry Office. 35 Painter. j. R. CHAPMAN, A INTER, HANGER GLAZIER, PAPEPv & SIGN WRITER, Importer of Paperhangings, White Lead, Glass, &e. The trade supplied at lowert Wholesale Prices. 17 S. COLLINS & SON, pAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and DECORATORS* Moore-, street Ashburton. Country orders promptly attended und the quality of Work and MtxiiutflaX's G uaranteed. Public Notices. WANTED KNOWN —That we. are now Selling 250 Cream Laid Commercial Envelopes for 25., cash ; 500 ditto, 3s. t>d. cash; and 1000 ditto, (is. (id., for prompt cash only. Weeks <fc Dixon. ANTED Known, the “Ashbui Herald ” circulates throughout Provincial District of Canterbury.



For Sale. • FOR SALE, I 7 000 Tussock Land, in ' Lota to suit purchasers. Vqry liberal Terms, SAUNDERS BROS. STUD SHEEP. E have a number of Wilson’s Cele w brated Merino RAMS for Sale. 177 SAUNDERS-BROS. I Builders. Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR .MANUFACTOR Y. G . PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Every description of -Timber and Budding Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given ou tile shortest notice. 20 Carriers. B. C. SMITH, CARRIER, E'rC., Moore Street, Ashburton, 25 ■. ■ TH. BREWER’S Royal Ma - j OOACI I . leaves Longbeach fe¥ As nburtt .11 (viAWaterton, Ashton; ! Wheatstone, ai id Tinwald) daily; at 7 a.m., 'fetfimingby the same route on arrival op 3 n m tr ,un from Christchurch. . . * Parcels.; and orders puuctu*'.Uy attended 195 T. H. BRR.WBR, - Propri jto r. Wills- Street, i mas. tl: '■4f. MAIL COACH from As jibarto Railway Station to Given Street , Alfox Forest, and Mount Scar .ers, every’ fu/ssda 1 and Friday, returner.g Wednes d-av aii S aturday at 3 p.m. _ Poulte.rer, &6. R ABB ITS! 1 RAB B 1 ,"ir S! i P . H A RPE I f, FISHMONGER AND PC UL.TKRKU Near the Ashburton'Hotet 1 fast Street. BEGS to inform . the ii Aabjtanda *-f Ashburton that he H #3 OPENlfip -a the aljove line,. and tr- -jßfcs, by stfi/a attention to business, and. supplying bid articles of first class qor- fflty, hope* A merit a share bi public pa' OVS TER SALOON., Hot Fried Fish and . Tea, and Coffee’ at all 1 romrs. FARMERS ! FAR MERS ! FARMERS ! R. McKERROW AND CO., RE Cask Purchas'jrs of Wool, Grain, and all kiuda. of Far uv Produce, and are also prepa - ,-ed to make Liberal CASH AD’\ ANC ES on. the above placed in their bauds eit’ner for sale or .shipment to the English or Color dal Markets. A L arge Stock of Cornsacks, Wool packs,, Ac., Tor sale at lowest current prices. R. McKERROW A CO., GRAIN MERCHANT•'* RAKAIA. CO EATING- AND SEED POTATOES. JUST RECEIVED A f. w Tons of Good .Derwent POTATO E.S for Sale, | Cheap. GEORGE JAME SON, I -*• A ihburton. j B TELES, Prayers, and Church Service* j Hymmals.tor various cl lurches.— j 11 M, JONES, Stationer. Bn ring Squai « ; ITiORMS PRINTED —“ T o Let ” mM j “For Sale”—can be objtained at tae ; U kka u< Office. j SEWING Machines and other Requi" I sites.- M. JONE-5, Stationer, E c., liarifa’g’Square. 47t~y j



Business Notices. , IL M, JONE S, Baring Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER BOOK AND TVIUSIC SELLER. !: Toys, Pancy Goods, Violins, Strings, 11 Ci huj orfcinaa, &c. , E nglish Papers, & Periodicals by each Mail. Bookbincli) ig Executed with Despatch Ij I Magazines O. I c. THE LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES ARE OPENED, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, Next St. Stephen’s Church. S. STEEL T iSS3S to announce to the publi? that J Jt lie has taken the above Stables (- she Bell’s , Western Repository), which 1 jatwe been, thoroughly renovated, and can Hfiivr afford extensive accommodation for tmxaura and travellers. .Good attendance guaranteed, and mode rate charges. F addle Horses and carriages ,on hire. U.”’c. m PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ashburtok. j. % chapman; PAINTER, PAPERiiANGER, SIGN-WRITER, Etc., \ Has much pleasure in stating that, owing to the large increase of Business, he is now Importing from the Manufacturers—- PAPER-HANGINGS, WHITE LEAD, LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSHWAPI, 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 ofworkin.ih* trade executed under personal tendence. Competent workmen sent to all parts of the country. ESTIMATES GIVEN. VO'j w.\nt f to sell a Farm, to sell a Horse, 1 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, J to borrow Money, I you ’wanti-t! to sell Dry Goods, , to sell a Carnage, \ no sell Real Estate, 1 to seek a Situation, i o obtain a Servant, I to* engage a Salesman, (to seU Millinery Goods, to s ell -a House or. Section, to finvl a Strayed Anidxal, to find any one’s Address, to sell *■ piece of Furniture, to find an owner for Anything, to buy a second-hand Carriage, . to find anything you have lost, yfltt Wtu A Vto sell Agricultural Implement* OU CAN DO SO, | MAYING Y OUR WANTS KNOWN THE A»HB\ URTON HERALD. mcE: ■' :f ’’ BUILDINGS, Street.