The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING RECORDER

Vql. I.—No. 14

ASHBURTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1879

Price—TWOPENCE



Auctioneers and Commissfdon Agents EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDBY k (late bullock AND CO.), ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission L. Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, and the Tinwald Yards, on alternate TUESDAYS. . CASH ADVANCES Made on Stock, Produce, &c., consigned for Positive Sale. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. 19 ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, . • etc. ■ • 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. nines ean homadeat my office or at the Yards.' r Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. 6 ■ JOBS LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, STQCK, LAND, ESTATE, AND COM : MISSION AGENT, Holds Weekly Sales Even: Saturday, at On* to'chinA* of Horses, Farm Produce, ancUGeneraLMerchandiae of every descrip tion. • ' - Full advertisements third page. T.A&OYD CRAWLEY, gxoor, Land, Estate, and Commission ■ Agent, Saunders’ Buildings, East-si, Ashburton. S77f : - [Cabd.] J E. B UCHANAN & Co Auctioneers, Land, and Estate Agents, ASHBURTON. 313 a FARMERS AND OTHERS. Messrs, acland, Campbell, & CO. are prepared to supply Farmers and others with Station Stores, Fencing Wire, Fencing Staples, Standards, &c., at Lowest Bates, and of First-class quality. AGENTS FOB THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL ... ... £2,000,000 INSURANCES EFFECTED AT LOWEST RATES. ■ ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO., 65 . Auctioneers. pREDK. pAVITT, East Street (Close to the Railway StATioN) Ashburton, ; land and General Commission Agent. Orders taken for—Sydney Drays, Newcastle Coal, and, Malvern (by the truck load), Build ing Materials of all kinds, Fencing Wire, can; &c., i MESSRS. POYNTZ & CO., A N D, STATE, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. ' Bents and Debts Collected. Money advanced on Freehold Security. 7 Hotels. railway hotel WINSLOW. HR W. HARRIS requests the publ J :to know that h)e is back at his o house, and wishes hia old friends to kno that; they Will revive the same go< accommodation as formerly. Friva Suites of Booms lor families. Wines ai Beer of the beat brands. Good stablii and loose boxes, with every attendance. W. HARRIS, Proprietor. 3166



Millers, &c. SAUNDERS BROS., MILLERS, Grain Merchants, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mills— GREAT SOUTH ROAD. 72 HiyyTOFFAT begs to inform the t 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. •pIRE 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. 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 SALK CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ON SALE at the “ HERALD ’’ Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence. Neatly Bound in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the bands of every Tradesman.



Timber Merchants. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF SUPERIOR BjUILDING TIMBER. ALSO, 20,000 TWENTY THOUSAND SAWN TOTARA AND BLACK PINE Jjl ENC IN G gTAKES NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. 12 Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rjl HE UNDERSIGNED havir.g COM PLETED oheir KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal tc 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’ Iron 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, TJ ABIN 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, Chetfonniers, 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, hail-, 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, Ac. 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. ■ 'rti? r ' \ > f- r GREAT SALE OF THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITKEN & CO. ORE, AND CO., HAVING SECURED THE ENTIRE STOCK Of the above Estate, amounting to A 5,345 ios.’ 4<i, I Have decided to give the PUBLIC the » >i4 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 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 II ALL. Established 1874. ]\l OAM BRIDGE,. DRUGGIST, FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMIST, Has always in .V.tock— SPONGES—Honeycomb and Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Circular, Cole’s, Sal mon and Ody’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 OILS—De Jongh’s, Lang ton’s, Mbller’s, Foxe’s, Southall Bros. PERFUMERY—Piesse and Lubin’s, Kim mel’s, Gosnell’s, Briedenbach’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. HOMCEOPATHIC MEDICINES—Leath and Ross’s daily expected ex “ Wai tangi. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. 2 CHAS. N E A T E,. I—l s w o MOORE STREET, d Q o cc ASHBURTON. 62 General Storekeeper. 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 ROOT AND SHOE DEPOT. 14 SANDO AND CO., OENERAL STOREKEEPERS, TOBACCONISTS, NEWS AGENTS, &c,, &c., 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, J>AINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and DECORATORS, Moore-stbebu 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. 6d. 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, Cash, for fifteen words.



Builders. Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Budding Materials in Stock and supplied on must reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on tl e shortest notice. 26 Carriers. B. C. SMITH, CARRIER, ETC., Moore Street, Ashburton. 25 TH. BREWER’S Royal Mail COACH . leaves Longbeach for Ashburton (vitl Waterton, Ashton, Wheatstone, and Tinwald) daily, at 7 a.m., returning by the same route on arrival of 3 p.xn. train from Christchurch. Parcels and orders punctually attended co. T. H. BREWER, L 95 Proprietor. ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the , 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 L ost, If you want I. to sell Agricultural Implements YOU CAN DO SO, BY MAKING YOUR WANTS KNOWN IN THE ASHBURTON HERALD. OFFICE : SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street, FARMERS ! FARMERS ! FARMERS ! R. MoKERROW AND CO., RE 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 Large Stock of Curnsacks, Wool packs, &c., for sale at lowest current prices. R, McKERROW & CO., GRAIN MERCHANTS, RAKAIA. GO EATING AND SEED POTATOES. FUST RECEIVED —A few Tons of I Good Derwent POTATOES for Sale, heap. GEORGE JAMESON, r Ashburton.



For Sale. FOR SALE, T 1 rtnri ACRES Tussock Land, in *O > L»OL> Lots to suit purchasers. Very Liberal Terms. 74 SAUNDERS BROS. FOR SALE, DOUBLE SEATED BUGGY. And a quantity of Livery Stable* keeper’s effects. 76 SAUNDERS BROS. Amusements. RACING QLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ityrn and 2qth, FIRST DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race of 40 sovs; distance 2 miles, over 8 flights of about 3ft. 6in. hurdles ; nomination I sov.; acceptance 2 sovs, 2. County Hurdle Race Handicap, of 25 sovs. ; over 6 flights of about 3ft. 6 in. hurdles; nomination I sov., acceptance 2 sovs. ; 1)4 miles. District horses only. 3. Maiden Plate of 20 sovs.; distance IJ4 miles; weight for age ; entrance 2 sovs. ; district horses only, that have never won ■km advertised race. 4. Ashburton Cup Handicap of 50 sovs., added to a sweepstake af 5 sovs. for acceptors; nomination2sovs., 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 horses the bona fide property of owners residing in the County of Ashburton ; no weight under 12 stone; 1% miles; entrance 1 sov. SECOND DAY. 1. County Steeplechase of 30 sovs.; over 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 t > a sweep of 3 sovs. for acceptors ; 1)4 miles; open ; nomination 2 sovs. 3. Tradesmen’s Handicap of 20 sovs.; district horses only; 1)4 miles; nomina tion 1 sov.; acceptance I sov. 4. Forced Handicap of 15 sovs.; for all < winning horses at this meeting; entrance 2 sovs.; 1)4 miles. 5. Consolation Handicap of 15 sovs.; for beaten horses; nomination 1 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 fide property of owners residing in the County of Ashburton pre vious to Ist September, 1879. Canterbury Jockey Club rules strictly adhered to unless otherwise specified. No protest will be entertained unless £2 2s. be deposited, which shall be foi 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. on October 31st. Weights to appear for first 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 be declared at 7 p.m. on evening of Novem ber 19 ; acceptances at 9 p.m. same night. 411 entries to be sealed and addressed t< to the secretary, Ashburton, enclosing entrance fees, name and age of horse, and colors of the rider. Any jockey riding in any other than his declared colors will be fined one sovereign. JAMES WILKIE, 402 a Hon. Sec. Poulterer, &c. RABBITS! RABBITS!! P. HARPER, FISHMONGER AND POULTERER Near the Ashburton Hotel, East Street, BEGS to inform the inhabitants «■! Ashburton that he HAS OPENED in the above line, and trusts, by stnrt attention to business, and supplying b«t articles of first class quality, hopes *4 merit a share ol public patronage OYSTER SALOON. Hot Fried Fish and Tea and Coffee at all hours.