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M General Merchants. T. R. HODOER 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 lias 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. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY’S CLOTHING & MERCERY DEPART MENT. Boys’ Tooths’ and. Men’s Summer Suits, Imported and Victorian make. DUST COATS, Alpacca and Silk, HATS, New Felts, Helmets (in Rush, Leg horn, Tweed, and China Peth) SCARFS, Ties, Collars, Gloves, Umbrellas etc, etc. ■ TWEEDS, Scotch, Yorkshire, and Colonial, T. R. HODDER & COMPANY’S BOOT AND SHOE STORE. Childrens’, Boys’, and Boots, ShoJS; and Suppers, Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s- Boots, Shoes, and Suppers, In every variety, Colonial and Imported, from the best houses, and sold at the smallest possible profit. T. R. H odder &Company GROCERIES, OILMEN’S STORES, AND PROVISION DEPARTMENT. New Season’s-Teas, Finest Sugars, Soaps, Candles, &c, &c. T. R. H. & Co . acknow- 1 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. sash price lists furnished on applica tion. T. R. Hodder and Company, IRONMONGERY, FURNISHING, AND HARDWARE, Of Every Description, for Building and Furnishing purposes. Produce Bought For Cash, or Taken in Exchange. ORDERS from ANY PART OF THE PROVINCE, Carefully and promptly attended to. DELIVERY OF GOODS DAILY IN TOWN. i T. R. HODDER ■f | AND '' .* . qmpany, • GENERAL MERCHANTS • ' -dSAST STREET, ASHBURTON Railway Station.)



General Merchants. ORR AND CO., ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA. BANKRUPT ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITKEN & Co. £5,345 10s. id ORR AND Co., J~ jpAViNG 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. IMPQRTBBS, ASHBURTON AMD BABAW.



Public Notices. 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. 1 WHITE ~PARSONS, (Late of the Royal Hotel, Lyttelton.) This Hotel is row Renovated and fitted up as a FIRST CLASS FAMILY HOTEL. 49 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’Eneore, and other 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 Brothers, 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. I. S DEES ' } ~ 99—562 a 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 ASHB UR 2 OH G UARDIAN 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. Oetober 18,1679.



General Merchants, MUST BE S TO MAKE ROOM FOR COMING NOVELTIES! NOVELTIES! OLD, SHIPMENTS. NOVELTIES! o WE ARE NOW OPENING OUR SPRING AND SUMMER DRAPERY IT. < u o' £ £ P O o v> 5 f w U a a Ph tv. The Newest Prints, from 6|d per yd. The Newest Brilliants, ‘Fast Colors ’ Fashionable Navy Blue Prints, choice patterns. Angira Cloth, the Latest Novelty Best 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 l£yd. 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 Quills 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 Patou & Sons’ Alloa ~ Cotton and Union Sheetings Blankets, in great variety Floor Cloths, choice patterns Cocoa Mats, various sizes. mHE 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 THE MOST FASHIONABLE AND SERVICEABLE GOODS. f Boys’ Knickerbocker and Tunic Suits S 3 Boys’ and Youths’ Tweed Galatea Suits 3 ~ )> Hats, in largo variety P ~ ~ Trousers and Vests H pci *| ~ ~ Moleskin Trousers p* -"1 I ~ ~ Crimean Shirts fe I Collars, Braces, Ties, p ( Etc., Etc., Etc. gn /Men’s Tweed Galatea Sac and Paget Suits ~ Waterproof Coats “i ~ Blouses and Overalls (Patented), American Duck I Shirts, Scarves, Collars P (Socks and Half-Hose of every description, &c., &c. SUPERIOR BOOTS AND SHOES, OF COLONIAL MANUFACTURE. 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 79, and numerous other Brands. WASHITA, ARKANSAS, HINDOSTAN, and TURKEY STONES. STOYER AND SON’S RAW AND BOILED OILS. RADDLE, LAMPBLACK, INK POWDER, Ac., 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, 2|, and 3 axles Zigzag and Flexible Chain Harrows Cambridge and Plain Field Rollers Broadcast 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 6 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£, 1£ 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 we can offer advantages seldom met with, having just received a large and well-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 stpok 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., ate. 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 large 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, Mnscatell 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 Meats, etc., etc. 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. 8 Agents Cplonial Fire Insurance Company.



j Auction Sa ASHBURTON RAC SALE OF PRIV Messrs, acland AND CO. have j tions froiti the Ashburtoi soli by Public Auction, Bazaar, Burnett Street, A THURSDAY, Cm N The following Privilege clays’ racing on 19th and 1. The Publican’s Be Grand Stand. 2. The Publican’s Boot by the Purchaser. 3. Confectioner’s Booth 4. Confectioner's Boo'h 5. Right of Sports. 6. Right of Selling Car 7. Gate Money. 8. Grand Stand and Sa< 9. Right of Erecting Hi Particulars and conditions from the Secretary of the THE AUC Sale to commence at 12 ASHBURTON AGRIGUI PASTORAL ASSO< ANNUAL SHOW, 18m Messrs acland, AND CO. have r( tions to sell by public Horse Bazaar, Burnett str ON THURSDAY, Cm ; The following PRIV 1. Publican’s Booth, 2. do. do. 3. Confectioner’s 800 4. Right of Sports. Particulars and conditi tained from the Secretary ciation, or THE AUC Sale to commence at 12 i GREAT SALE OF SATURDAY, 22nd NOV Messrs acland, AND CO. will 1 Horses at the Bazaar, Ashburton, on the Saturdi Annual Show of the Agric toral Association and the ] Several entries of Thoroughbred Horses ha l made, and it is expected I large attendance of buyers Persons wishing to m please do so at an early da ACLAND, CAMPBEL Auctioneers Entries can be made at M son’s Office ASHBURTO Messrs h. mats* have received ini Messrs Fnsby Bros, to SELL BY AUC without r: ON WEDNESDAY, NOVE At 12 o’cloc THEIR MAGNIFICENT OF 400 in crop ; ACRES OF I LAND, of whic Also, THEIR LEASE OF 272 ACRES AD JO ABOVE, of whL



| : THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE OULT i Of the Traducer Blood, i To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON | AND WAKANUI Districts, Sec future Advertisements for Particulars S. H. FOWLER & CO„ Proprietors, 504a—20 Winslow i I 1870. TO STAND THIS SEASON. THOROUGHBRED STALLION YOUNG TRADUCER. TRADUCER, by Traducer, _l. dam Kasper’s dam, imported. See “ Stud Boole.” Young Traducer was bred by W. C. • Webb, Esq., at Riccarton. He is a rich dark brown, standing 1(» hands high, with I immense bone and aubs-'ance, and for make I and shape has been nronounced by the best judges as hard to beat anywhere. I Young Traducer is rising 5 years. j Terms: £5 ss. per mare, payable Ist January, 1880 ; groomage fees os., 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. Eveiy care taken, but no responsibility. ROBERT LITTLE, 39 Proprietor. Boarding Houses. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). RE-OPENTNG of the above commo dious and c mtrally 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 ALL HOURS. Dinner on Saturday from 11.30. Beds (single), Is. Gd. Private Room for Ladies 153—82 a PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE - HOTEL fjAHE undersigned having ope.ied. ti e Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, begs to say he is determined to keep GOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. THOMAS CLARK, Proprietor. 333a<— 27 NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN, , Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealand Wesleyan ” for October. Price 6d, Sold at the Herald Oflice, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXONT, Agents. THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Price Twopence, CAN be obtained from the following Agents, who will receive orders t Intending Subscribers will please fill up forms, which can be obtained from any of the above Agents. They will also oblige by stating on the back of the order to which agent they pay their subscriptions. WEEKS AND DIXON, Printers and Pu^li^rbb,