The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICUTULRAL AND SPORTING RECORDER

VoL. I. No. 20.

ASHBURTON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ir, 1879

Price—TWOPENCE



Auctioneers and Commisssion Agents ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, ETC. JVAND SALES, Sales of Stock, Mer chandise, Furniture and Effects, also Pigs, Fowls, and General Produce. WEEKLY SALE Every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock. SALE YARDS ATTENDED, ntriea can be made at my office or at the Yards. I* Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. 5 EDMISTON BROS. A GUNDRY (LATH BULLOCK AND CO.), ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Farm Implements, &c., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, and .the Tinwald Yards, on alternate TUESDAYS. - GASH ADVANCES Made oh Stock, Produce, Ac., consigned v for Positive Sale. EDMISTON 1r.O& & GUNDRY. 19 %rR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, JxLv AUCTIONEER, STOCK, LAND, ESTATE, AND COM ’■ MISSION AGENT, Holds Weekly Sales Every Saturday, at One o’clock, of Horses, Farm Produce, and General Merchandise of every descrip tion,- Fuß advertisements third page. J. CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Stock, Lahd, Estate, and Commission Agent, Saunders’ Buildings, East-st., Ashburton. 277 a J. £ B .[Gaud.] UOHANAN & Co. Auctioneers, Land, and Estate Agents, ASHBURTON. 313 a FARMERS AND OTHERS. Messrs, aclanp, Campbell, a 1001. ai». prepared to imppij Farmers with Station Stores, Fencing Wihsl 1 Fencing Staples, Standards, Ac., at Lourest Rstes, and of First-class quality. AGENTS FOR THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL £2,000,000 INSURANCES EFFECTED AT LOWEST RATES. AOLAND, CAMPBELL A C.P., (5 . Auctioneers. pREDK. pAVI TT , EAfi»iSTjiwßX (Close to the Railway Station) Ashburton, Xand-andGeiicral Commission Agent. Orders taken for—Sydney Drays, Newcastle and Malvern (by the truck load), Build ing • Materials of ail kinds, Felicing Wire, Agricultural Implements, English and Ameri can, &c., &c. I ' MESSRS. POYNTZ & CO., |V A. ND, JJ.S TATE, GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Rents and Debts Collected. Money advanced on Freehold Security. 7 Sotela. RAILWAY HOTEL WINSLOW. YNTR. W. HARRIS requests the pul IyL to know that he is back at his hjpuse, and wishes his old friends to kt that they will receive the same g< jhct£umodation us formerly. Pri\ Suite* of Rooms for families. Wines i Bteer of the lestbrands. Good stab! afffi ltxifie ; boxes, with every attendance W HARRIS, Proprietor. 3*6s



Millers, &c. SAUNDERS BROS., MILLERS, Grain Merchants, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices— BAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mins— GREAT SOUTH ROAD, 72 HTITOFFAT begs to inform the , jVI 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 Gnat ground by return. 31 Insurance. THE LONDON & LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital —Fully Subscribed, £1,500,000. ■JURE 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 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. I Claims are met with promptitude and liberality. Agents for Ashburton— SAUNDERS BROS. 6 Business Notice. IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & 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. Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence. Neatlt Bound in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the hands of every Tradesman.



Timber Merchants. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF SUPERIOR BJUILDING TIMBER. ALSO, 20 t OOO TWENTY TUOI.'SAND SAWN TOTARA AND REACH FINE Jjl ENC IN G gTAKES NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. 12 Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rpHE UNDERSIGNED having COM. PLETED oheir KILN at Ashburton, ar« prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal tr any made in the Colony, at any Station up or down. Samples to be seen at the Con.pany'» Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, and V, inslow W. MONTGOMERY & CO [Limited] Saddler. WML ANDERSON, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, Ashburton, HAS always in STOCK a complete assortment of every description of Saddlery, Harness, Whips, Saddlers’ Iron mongery, «fec., imported direct from Eng land. Goods to order manufactured on the premises of the best Materials, and at the lowest rates. 11 Cabinetmakers. c T. A. GATES, AB I N E T MAKER PICTURE FRAME MAKER, AND UNDERTAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON. 4 SPILLARD’S CABINET MAKING AND UPHOL STERY Manufactory, and Ware house, next to the Union Bank, Tancred street, Ashburton. Sitting Room and Bedroom Tables, Couches, Cheffonniers, 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, andcotton-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 the Railway Station



General Merchants. GREAT SALE OF THE t ASSIGNED ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITKEN & CO. OK K AND CO., HAVING SECURED THE ENTIRE STOCK Of the above Estate, amounting to ,£5.345 '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 foe CASH. SALE OF THE DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, AT THE PREMISES LATELY OCCUPIED BT J, H. PASS AND CO. SALE OF THE IRONMONGERY, FURNITURF, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE, AT THE NEW PREMISES OF HOOPER, AITKEN AND CO. BOTH SALES WILL COMMENCE SATURDAY, 27th SEPT. ORR AND CO., ASHBURON AND RAKAIA. 10



Chemist. MEDICAL HALL. Established 1874. J. M. cAMEEIDGE DRUGGIST, FAMILY AND DISPENSING LI I KM IST, Has always in N'toi’k— SPONGES—I loneycomband Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Circular, Cole’s, Sal mon and Ody’s, Mocmain, Nr. ELASTIC STOCKINGS Knee Caps, Wristlets, ami Anklets ; Abdominal Pells 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 OILS—De Jongh’s, Lang ton’s, Mbller’s, Foxe’s, Southall Bros. PERFUMERY —Piesse and Lubin’s, Rim inel’s, Gosnell’s, P.riedenbach’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. lIOMCEOPATHIC MEDICINES—LeaIh and Ross’s daily expected ex “ Wai tangi. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. CHAS. SEATE. Eh’ MJ h-1 a H a o MOORE STREET, o w a o Q 1/2 H 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., /GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, TOBACCONISTS, NEWS AGENTS, &c,, «fec., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Labor Registry Office. 35 Painter. J. R. CHAPMAN, -pAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER & SIGNWRITER, Importer of Paperhangings, White Lead, Glass, &c. The trade supplied at lowert Wholesale Prices. 17 S. COLLINS & SON, JpAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and DECORATORS, Moore-streei Ashburton. Country orders promptly attended to, and the quality of Work and Materials Guaranteed. 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 cash only. Weeks & Dixon. WANTED —Servants out of Employ ment to advertise for Situations in the “Herald” and “Guardian.” Only One Shilling, for Cash, fifteen words.



Builders. Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Every description of Timber and HuHilir g Materials in Stock and supplied on most, reasonable Unm->. Plaits prepared and Estimates Given on t ! e shortest notice. 26 Carriers. B. C. SMITH, CARRIER, ETC., Moore Street, Ashburton. TIT H. BREWER’S Royal Mail COACH I , leaves Longbeach for Ashburton (viS Waterton, Ashton, Wheatstone, and Tinwald) daily, at 7 a.m., returning by the same route on arrival of 3 p.m. train from Christchurch. Parcels and orders punctually attended co. T. H. BREWER, 105 Proprietor. I' 71 COOKSON, Wills Street, runs the li, MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway .Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday, and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Business Notices. Advertise. If you want fto 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 Goods, 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 Animal, 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, If you want Ito sell Agricultural Implements YOU CAN DO SO, ..... BY , __ ; MAKING YOUR WANTS KNOWN IN THE ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE : SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street. FARMERS ! FARMERS ! FAFMEES R. McKERROW AND CO., ARE Cash Purchasers of Wool, Grain, and all kinds of Farm Produce, and are also prepared to make Liberal CASH ADVANCES on the above placed in their hands either for sale or shipment to the English or Colonial Markets. A Largo Stock of Cornsacks, Wool packs, &c., for sale at lowest current prices. R. McKERROW & CO., GRA IN MERCHANTS, RAKAIA. 60 EATING AND SEED POTATOES. rUST RECEIVED — A few Tons of Good Derwent POTATOES for Sale, 16Sp« GEORGE JAMESON, Ashburton.



For Sale. FOR SALE, T ? rvrirt ACRES Tussock Land, in A 0 >OUU Lots to suit purchaserr. Very Liberal Terms. 74 SAUNDERS BROS. STITH SHF,!P. \\ \7 E have a number of Wilson’s Cele ( brared Merino RAMS for Side, ! SAUNDERS BROS. Poulterer, &c. RABBITS! RABBITS!! P. HARPER, ; FISHMONGER AND I'OULTERI.»; Nesr the Ashburton Hotel, East Stieet, I>EGS to iiifortn tlie inhabitants f ) Ashburton that he HAS OPENED I in the above line, and trusts, by stnn I attention to business, and supplying V«‘ articles of first chuss ((uality, hope* t merit a share ot public patronage OYSTER SALOON. Hot Fried Fish and Tea and Coffee at all hours. Amusements. fes’ss \-rJi »“ RACING £JLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19m and 20TH. | FIRST DAY. I 1. Handicap Hurdle Race of 40 sovs; j distance 2 miles, over S flights of about 3ft. 6tn. hurdles; nomination 1 sov., I acceptance 2 sovs, 2. County Hurdi.e Race Handicap of 25 sovs. ; over 6 flights of about 3ft. 6 in. hurdles; nomination I sov., acceptance 2 sovs. ; IYi miles. District horses only. 3. Maiden Plate of 20 sovs. ; distance 1% miles; weight for age ; entrance 2 sovs. ; district horses only, that have never won an advertised race. 4. Ashburton Cup Handicap of 50 sovs., added to a sweepstake of 5 sovs. fur acceptors; nomination 2 sovs., acceptance 2 sovs ; 2 miles. 5. Ladies’ Purse of 25 sovs.; district horses only ; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders, who must be members of the Ash burton Racing Club; entrance 2 sovs.; 1)4 miles. . 6. Farmers’ Plate of 10 sovs.; for horse the bona fide property of owners red din in die Comity of Ashburton ; no weigh under 12 stone; 1)4. miles; entrance sov. SECOND DAY. 1. County Steeplechase of 30 sovs.; ove about 2 miles of fair hunting country weight for age; for district horses only entrance 2 sovs. 2. Racing Club Handicap of 40 sovs., added- to a sweep of 3 sovs. for acceptors ; 1 Y miles ; open ; nomination 2 sovs, 3. Tradesmen’s Handicap of 20 sevs.; district horses only; 1% miles; nomina tion 1 sov.; acceptance I sov. 4. Forced Handicap of 15 sovs.; for au winning horses at this meeting; entrance 2. sovs.; 1 % miles. 5. Consolation Handicap of 15 sovs.; for beaten horses; nomination I sov.; acceptance 1 sov. RULES AND REGULATIONS : Qualification fee, £2 25.; members of the Ashburton Racing,Club free. No entry will;be received for any of the races except on the condition that all dis putes shall be decided by the stewards, whose decision in all cases shall be final. County horses shall be held to mean horses the bona tide property of owners residing in the County of Ashburton pro vioua to Ist September, 1879. Canterbury Jockey Club rules strictly adhered to unless otherwise specified No protest will be entertained unltsH £2 2s. be deposited, which shall be for feited should the protest, in the opinion of the stewards, prove frivolous. All entries and nominations to be in the hands of the secretary, addressed to the Somerset Hotel, not later than 4 p,m. o* October 31st, Weights to appear for fiifet day’s handicaps on Friday,. November 14th ; acceptances on Monday, November 17th, in “ Lyttelton Times,” the “Press,” and the Ashburton “Herald,” and for second day’s racing, weights will declared at 7 p.m. on evening of Novem her 19 ; acceptances at 9 p.m. same night Ml entries to be sealed and addressed t« to the secretary, Ashburton, enclosing entrance fees, name and age of horse, am colors of the rider. Any jockey riding in any other than bD declared colors will be fined one suvereigi JAMES WILKIE, 402 a Hon. Sec BIBLES, Prayers, and Church Services, Hymnals for various churches.—H M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square