t Tuesday, December .■■■■23, 1879.1

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

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Auction Sales. Messrs, acland, Campbell, & CO. havereceived instructions from the Trustees in the Estate of the late V. Buchlay, to Sell by Public .Auction, the Equity of redemption IN ■jg g ‘RICH AGRICULTURAL LAND" Being Rural Sections Nos. 8371 ana 8390, Sale to take place at Tint BAZAAR, a ASHBURTON, . On SATURDAY, JANUARY 3rd, 1880, At 12 o’clock. Th© above is avery Valuable. Property, and is situated about three miles from WINSLOW RAILWAY STATION, And Is one of the Finest Sections in the LONGBEAOH ESTATE. About 80 acres are under cultivation. Crops to be sold by auction or taken at a valuation, at the option of the purchasers. The- land is all fenced and sub-divided. There is a Two-roemed Cottage on the Farm. For full particulars apply to AOLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO., 395 Auctioneers. Public Notice. J. E. Buchanan & Co., AUCTIONEERS, Land*& Estate Agents, ASH BURT ON. THE Proprietors wish to call attention to their LAND AND ESTATE DEPARTMENT. In Department Farms can be Leased or Sold, and Stock, Plant, &c., valued for outgoing or incoming tenants. General Laud Business carefully exe cuted. Sales of Stock, Merchandise, and Genera Effects are held every Saturday, at the Auctioneers 1 Booms, and Yards "adjoining. BUCHANAN Attend the Ashburton and Tinwald Yards on Sale days, for the Sale of every Description of Stock. WEEKLY sales every satue- DAV,~at 12.30. Junction Rooms and Yards Havelock Street. , 37 j; • THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN gUBSCEIBERS 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 #ill rfedeive our prompt attention. WEEKS AND DIXON, Proprietors. October 13,1879. THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Fares Twopence, C AN be obtained from the following its, who will receive orders - H. M. Jones E. A. Garnett K. Sando D, W illiamson M. Gmoney ... M. Atkinson G. Leadley T. M. Jones & Co. J. Lambie Wn Cox W. C. Morgan W 1 Harris J, Davison J. Stephens T, E. Tomlinson ... P. Tisch A. B. Markham & Co. M. Hudson W, H. Wake J 5 Bowick Intending Subscribers will please fill up {opus, which can be obtained from any of aboveAgentS* wrill also obliye >y Stating? on taa-hock.. of .the order 'to hitch, agent they pay their Subecriptioßl The Triangle East Street East Street East Street Wakanui Seafield Wakanui Cn>l Seafield Kyle Rakaia Alford Forest Winslow Westerfield Alford Forest Mount Somers Spread Eagle Chertsey Waterton Ashton Mayfield. WEEKS AND DIXON, PIUFWRB" AND PtlßtrsßßßS



General Merchants. NEW IRONMONGERY BUSINESS. ORR AND Co., WILL, open the Premises lately occupied as their Drapery Depart ment, corner of East and Tancred Streets, on Saturday, the 13th December, with a well assorted Stock of HOUSE FURNISHING AND GENERAL IRONMONGERY. The Success attending this Depart ment of our Business has induced us to give it special attention. To do this more effectively we will devote the Premises as above to this trade only, and trust that our sedulous endeavours to meet the growing wants of this important district will in future, as in the past, be amply repaid for this addition to our Business. The following leading lines, as well as the numberless useful articles in an Iron mongers stock, will be found in value to bear favorable comparison with any other house in the colony : McCORMACK’S REAPERS AND BINDERS. Harvesting Tools Bolts and Nuts Files and Rasps Lard hnd Castor Oil Machine Fittings Sewing Twine Weighing Machines Spring Balances Chums and Buckets Tubs and Cheese Vats Ranges and Grates Fenders and Fireirons Sash Cords and Weights Brass Foundry Hammers and Sledges Copper Rivets and Washers Spanners and Wrenches Blacksmiths Tools Carpenters Tools J Bedsteads and Cots Perambulators Bolts* and Springs j Axes and Hatchets Gate Hinges Nails and Washers Mortice Locks Rim Locks Padlocks Augers and Boring Machines Braces and Bits Hedge Knives Rope and Ream Cord Lawn Mowers Sheet Lead and Zinc Plain Sheet Iron Galvanised Iron Bar and Rod Iron Pumps and Piping Washing Machines Wringing Machines Mangles Tin Goods, all kinds Kettles, Boilers, and Saucepans Boilers and Frames Baths and Sponges Portable Forges Guns, Breechloaders Guns, Slug and Double Barrel Powder, Shots, Caps, &c. Preserving Pans Stew Pans Plated Goods Cruets Table Cutlery Spoons and Forks Scales and Weights American Stoves Colonial Ovens Camp Ovens Fencing Wiie Ploughs and Harrows Chaffcutters Horse Gears ORR AND 00., t I mporters Sc General Merchants ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA.



Entertainment. C O M I N O RAIL- A SPECIAL TRAIN OF 28 CARS TO CONVEY CHIARINI’S ROYAL ITALIAN CIRCUS AND PERFORMING ANIMALS. ik ASHBURTON—FOR ONE DAY ONLY. AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MONDAY, JANUARY THE stii. SIGNOR G. CHIARINI’S ADMIRABLY TRAINED HORSES, a la haute ecole, are the models of perfection, evincing in their performance the nea r approach of brute instinct to human reason. Attractive, Interesting, Instructive. A GRAND CONGRESS OF ARENIC STARS. THE BEST RIDERS! CHAMPION LEAPERS ! NEW PERFORMANCES! NEW ACTS ! NEW FACES! Comprising a Cluster of the most Talented Artistes in the Profession. °A GRAND CONSOLIDATION OF GENIUS. THE BEST ORGANISATION TRAVELLING, mong the Wild Animals—the finest and freshest ever submitted for the public ap- ROYAL BENGAL TIGERS I Which will be introduced to the audience by CHARLES WARNER, he intrepid Tiger Tamer, who handles these ferocious beasts without the slightest lar. THE PERFORMING BISON! he colossal beast is from the Rocky Mountains of North America, and will be ridden in the character of a WILD COMANCHE INDIAN. THE PERFORMING HUANACOS From the Pampas of Patagonia. THE EDUCATED ZEBRAS 1 From South America, will be introduced by Mb. Fred. Sylvester. hese intractable species of the animal kingdom are the only ones ever known to perform free in the arena, A SCHOOL OP PERFORMING DOGS, Exhibiting the most wonderful canine sagacity—performing acts incredible if not seen. A R EVERYTHING NEW AND BEAUTIFUL ! A World of Foreign Features. The whole forming the GEST CIRCUS EXHIBITION Ever seen under one management. Superb Display of Prowess by the Great ROYAL ITALIAN CIRCUS! This Powerful and Mammoth Combination offers the Finest Exhibition on record. PRICES OF ADMISSION : Dress Circle (chairs) ... ... ... ... ss. Stalls (carpeted seats) ... ... ... •• ■ 3s. Pit 2s. Children under nine years of ago half price. SPECIAL RATES FOR SCHOOLS WHEN COMING IN A BODY. AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE AT 2 O’CLOCK. Notice. —Signor Chiarini advertises no special feature that he does not exhibit— and has no rival worthy the name in the profession. The old reliable, “Always good, now better than ever.” DO NOT FORGET THE DATE—MONDAY, JAN. 5. 304



General Merchants. MUST BE SOLD, TO MAKE ROOM FOR COMING SHIPMENTS. NOVELTIES'! :MELTESI" NOVELTIES! WE ARE NOW OPENING GUR SPRING and SUMMER DRAPERY S 3 ■j: < U at O 2 o u t v. i- D w The Newest Prints, from 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 Pelt Carpets, apondid patterns Cocoa Mattings, in Jyd., Ijyd., and i liyd. widths. j 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 groat variety Dress Buttons, Crochet Cotton (in reels and skeins) Brooks’ 500-yd Reels Colton; best for machine use Baldwin’s Fingering Yarns Paton & Sons’ Alloa ~ Cotton and Union Sheetings Blankets, in grout .variety Floor Cloths, choice patterns i Cocoa Mats, various sizes. O 5s n O ct 55 H n > w. 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. cA f Boys’Knickerbocker and Tunic Suits m Boys’ and Youths’ Tweed Galatea Suits i_s 3 » i! Hats, in large variety fp J ~ ~ Trousers and Vests p 3 | ~ ~ Moleskin Trousers if - ■ <1 I ~ ~ Crimean Shirts ff j- Collars, Braces, Ties, Q L , Etc., Etc., Etc. H . f Men’s Tweed Galatea Sac and Paget Suits ~ Waterproof Coats ~ t ~ Blouses and Overalls (Patented), American Duck g jij g j Shirts, Scarves, Collars Q Socks and Half-Hose of every description, Ac., Ac.- 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 7!*, and numerous other Brands. WASHITA, ARKANSAS, rtINDOSTAN, and TURKEY STONES. STOVER AND SONS RAW AND BOILED OILS. RADDLE, . " ’ LAMPBLACK, INK POWDER, Ac., &c. CALCUTTA WOOLPACKS—FULL WEIGHTS. IMPLEMENTS, Etc. TO FARMERS WE CAN ESPECIALLY OFFER, AT REDUCED PRICES; ' Hornsby’s Ploughs, H., 11. 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-i, 2f, and 3 axles Zigzag and Flexible Chain Harrows . . - Cambridge and Plain Field Hollers 1 Broadcast and Hand Sowing’Machines Best Tronbark 2,3, and 4-horso 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. 6 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|-, 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-GLOTTIS IN EVERY. VARIETY. WE ARE NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR REAPERS AND BINDERS FOR THE COMING SEASON. I i IRONMONGERY DEPARTMENT. We beg to call special attention to tbe above, and have determined (to meet the present depressed times), to reduce prices to the lowest remunerative rates To parties furnishing wo car offer advantages seldom niet with, having* just received a large and well-selected stuck 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 wo offer special inducenxentg, haying a very heavy stock of Leamington Patent Ranges (3ft Gin to 4ft Gin); Cindrella, Queens, Victoria, Vesper, and Kaiser Stoves, Register Grates, Carpenters’ Rim, Mortice, and Plate Hocks, and general builders’ ironmongery. Wc have also on hand an extensive stock of painters’, glaziers’ and paperhangers’ materials, consisting of Hod’and White Lead, Paints, and Colors, of all kinds ; Raw and Boiled Linseed Oils, Turpentine,qv,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. Wo arc 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.-- .....V . .. .% "... .. 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,' Elaine Raisins, Sultanas, Muscatoll Raisins (n§w fruit) Jordan and Shell Almonds. •‘.’■'.m. -. L ... Bottled Fruit, Figs, Essences, etc., etc. A Large Stock of English and Colonial Lollies, and a full assortment of i Pink’s, Morton’s, and Crosse and Blackwell’s Pickles, dams. Jellies, j Sauces, Potted and Preserved Meats, etc.., etc.,, 1 L '""' CHINA AND GLASSWARE, We invite inspectionof this Department in Particular, as we have just unpacked twenty-three crates of General Crockery and eight casks of Glassware consisting of Sots of Cut and Pressed Decanters; Water-Crafts; Tumblers; Wine, Custard, and Jelly Glasses. ‘ INSPECT OUR STOCK BEFORE PURCBASfNGEELSEWHERE. ERIEDLANDER BROS. 8 Agents Colonial Fire Insurance Company.



General Merchants. JUST RECEIVED Per S.S. Durham and other late arrivals, EXPENSIVE ADDITIONS ’ TO STOCK OF GOODS SUITABLE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON, HOLIDAYS AND CHRISTMAS. ON SALE AT T. R. HODDER AND Company’s, THE NEW STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON (opposite railway station). A large assortment of Rich Dresa Fabrics, chiefly Lustres, Silk Mixed Mohairs, Orient Cloths, Satin Clotha, Grenadines, Galateas, Pompadours, Mus lins, and Prints. Newest designs in Hats, Bonnots, Cos tumes, Capelets, Fischus, Jackets, &c. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF French Flowers, Ostrich Feathers, Ribbons, Scarves, Gloves, Ties in the New Tints. The La Figure and other new shapes in Corsets. GREAT BARGAINS IN Underclothing, Baby Linen, Cambric Handkerchiefs and Shirts. MILLINERY . AND DRESSMAKING By Competent Artistes. Hosiery, Calicoes, Sheeting, Towels, Druggets, , and Tweeds, To reduce heavy stock Will be sold regardless of cost prick. CLOTHING' DEPARTMENT Well fitted up with everything suitable for everybody. TAILORING IN AIL ITS BRANCHES BY EFFI CIENx HANDS. Orders promptly and correbtly attended to. Boy’s, Youth’s, and Men’s Straw, Leg horn, Tuscan, Rush, Tweed, and Cloth Hats and Heir lets. A Lot of Good Tuscans at Is Gd each. A Lot of Good Felts at Is 9d each. BOOTS AND SHOES Best Imported and Colonial Makes at the MOST REASONABLE FRIGES. GROCERY, CROCKERY, AND HARD WARE DEPARTMENTS. Well fitted up. NEW SEASONS’ TEAS. Splendid quality, riot to be surpassed for prices. SUGARS—Brown, Soft, White, Yarra villa, Crushed Loaf, and Chopped. Christmas Fruits, Currants, Raisins,, Almonds, Nuts, Jams, Tart Fruits, &c. PRIME HAMS and OLD CHEESE! with every necessary and luxury. WANTED 5000 DOZEN OF EGGS* T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY, MERCHANT STOREKEEPER?. Agents for The NorWicß Union Fua Insurance Society,