Thursday, December 25. 1879.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

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Auction Sales. [ESSRS. 'ACL AND, CAMPBELL, & .. j* CO. hare received instructions from the Trustees in. the Estate of the late V. Buchlay, to Sell by Public Auction, , THE EQUITY OF REDEMPTION IN 113 A C R E S 113 RICH AGRICULTURAL LAND, Being Rural Sections Nos. 8371 and 8390, Sale to take place at yBBB: BAKAAR, -ASHBURTON, • On SATURDAY, JANUARY 3kd, 1880, At 12 o’clock. • The above is a very Valuable Property, and is situated about three miles from the' WINSLOW RAILWAY STATION, And is one of the Finest Sections in the LONGBEACH ESTATE. About 80 acres are under cultivation. Crops to be sold by inaction 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 ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO., 29S Auctioneers. Public Notice. J. E. Buchanan & Co., AUCTIONEERS, Lahd*& 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 df StbcK, Merchandise, and Genera Effects are held every Saturday, at the Auctioneers’ Rooms, r and Yards adjoining. rv y 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 SUBSCRIBERS 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 " leas great care is taken in giving orders as to adil&w ahd’&bw- to be sent, the papers niay be left at the wrong place. All orders jrill receive our prompt attention. ' ;! WEEKS AND DIXON, S*TV",7i > 'l*'.-, ■ - . Proprietors. October 13,1879. THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, vi-i ■' • PKICt! TwOPBSfCB, CAN be obtained from the fqlloaing Agents, who will receive orders :• - fl.'M:- Jones ‘ E. A. Garnett K. Sando D. Williamson ML Guiuney M. Atkinson G. Leadley T. M. Jones & Co. J. Lambie Wm. C0x..... W. Harris „ J. Davison •••* J. Stephens ... T. E. Tomlinson ... P. Tisch A. R. Markham & Co. M.-Hudson sSiS** l&ijßßu frying .Subscribers will please .fill up farr'i', which can be obtained from any of Uie above-Agents.; They will also oblige abating oh the' back of - the order tt iicbigentthey j»y their subscriptions * aovn Publish bus The Triangle East Street East Street East Street Wakanui Seafield Wakanui Ore .4 Seafield Kyle Rakaia Alford Forest TYinslow Westerfield Alford Forest Mount Bomeis Spread Eagle Onertsey Waterton



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 d 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 Prertiises 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, bo 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 : McCORMACKS REAPERS .AND BINDERS. Harvesting Tools Bolts and Nuts Files and Rasps Lard and 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, Bedsteads and Cots Perambulators Bolts' and Springs 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 j Guns, Slug and Double Barrel ] Powder, Shots, Cap o , &c. Preserving Pans Stew Pans Plated Goods Cruets Table Cutlery Spoons and Forks Scales and Weights American Stoves Colonial Ovens Camp Ovens Fencing Wire Ploughs and Harrows Chaffcutters Horae Gear* ~ORR AND CO., Importers & General Merchants ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA.



Business Notices. Office Requisites, STATIONERY, &c., JUST OPENED. QOPYING PRESSES, Letter and Foolscap Sizes. OOPYING BOOKS, BRUSHES, Waterwolls, Oil Paper, &c. gTEPHENS’ WRITING INKS, Blue, Black, Violet Red, &c. X EDGERS. CASH BOOKS, JOUR , NALS, DAY BOOKS, &c. T)ANK H.M. NOTE AND LETTER PAPER AND ENVELOPES. -piNVELOPES, Blue and White, Commercial and Fancy. pENS, GILLOTT’S, MITCHELL’S, Waverley and Pickwick. N' OTE AND LETTER PAPERS : Cream and Blue, Fine, Ruled. ~ ~ Superfine, Ruled. ~ ~ Extra ~ ~ ~ ~ Waterlined. Vellum Antique, Extra Superfine, plain Satin Note, Chamois, Waterlined. Foreign Note, Colored, &c. WEEKS AND DIXON, IMPORTERS OF COMMEROIiL STATIONERY Herald and Guardian OFFICES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



General Merchants. MUST BE SOL D, TO ; MAKE ROOM FOR COMING SHIPMENTS. NOVELTI.A! NOVELTIES! NOVELTIES 1 • 1 * • * ;«•' v • , O • ;• .• WE ARE NOW OPENING OUR • ; '' ’ - SPRING and SUMMER DRAPERY X A. < u u o u, H 2 X o u ■A s H £ W CJ u ■W (X! The Newest Prints, from Gid 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 Hyd. 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 Quilts All Wool Plaids, the very best Hosiery, Corsets, Silk Scarfs, Braids, in great variety Dress Buttons, Crochet Cotton (in reels and skeins) Brooks’ 500-j d Reels Cotton, best for machine use Baldwin’s Fingering Yarns Paton <fc Sons’ Alloa ~ Cotton and Union Sheetings Blankets, in great variety Floor Cloths, choice patterns Cocoa Mats, various sizes. -i B f 8 O P! 55 o A n o c; 2 O w n >. A | r |'JHE 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. „ j Boys’and Youths’Tweed Galatea Suits W f> „ Hats, in large variety g J ~ ~ Trousers and Vests m p* ] ~ ~ Moleskin Trousers ? I ~ ~ Crimean Shirts E j Collars, Braces, Ties, q ( Etc., Etc., Etc. (Men’s Tweed Galatea Sac and Paget Suits ~ Waterproof Coats i » Blouses and Overalls (Patented), American Duck gHg I Shirts, Scarves, Collars ft (Socks and Halt-Hose of every description, Ac., &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 RADDLE, TURKEY STONES. STOVER AND SON’S RAW AND BOILED OILS. ' LAMPBLACK, INK POWDER, Ac., Ac. CALCUTTA WGOLPACKS—FULL WEIGHTS. IMPLEMENTS, Et c. 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, 2s, 2f, and 3 axles Zigzag and Flexible Chain Harrows Cambridge and Plain Field Rollers Broadcast and Hand Sowing Machines Best Iroribark 2,3, and 4-horse Swingle Trees Cheese Presses. BentalTs Chaff-Cutters and Corn-Crushers, all sizes Corrugated Iron, from 6 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|, 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. : 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 stuck of household requisites, comprising Single and Double English and French Iron Bedsteads, Fenders, Fireirons, Coal Yases, 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 stock 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., otc. 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. 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, Elfeme Raisins, Sultanas, Muscatell Raisins (new fruit) Jordan and Shell Almonds. Botlled 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 invito inspection of this Department in Particular, as wo have just unpacked twenty-three crates of General Old 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 Colonial Fire Insurance Company.



General Merchants. JUST RECEIVED Per'S.S. Durham’and other late arrivals, ' EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS • x v y .* TO STOCK OF GOODS SUITABLE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON, HOLIDAYS AND CHRISTMAS. ON SALE AT T. R. HODDEK ■v ■ ■ . AND Company’s, THE NEW STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON (opposite railway station). A large assortment of Rich Dress Fabrics, chiefly Lustres, Silk Mixed Mohairs, Orient Cloths, Satin Cloths, Grenadines, Galateas, Pompadours, Mus lins, and Prints. Newest designs in. Hats, Bonnets, 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 PRICE. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT Well fitted up with everything suitable for everybody. TAILORING IN AIL ITS BRANCHES BY EFFI CIENT HANDS. Orders promptly and correctly attended to. Boy’s, Youth’s, and Men’s Straw, Leg horn, Tuscan, Rush, Tweed, and Cloth Hats and'Helnets. A Lot of Good Tuscans at Is 6d each. A Lot of Good Felts at Is 9d each. BOOTS AND SHOES’ Best Imported and Colonial Makes at the MOST REASONABLE PRICES. GROCERY, CROCKERY, AND HARD WARE DEPARTMENTS. Well fitted up. NEW SEASONS’ TEAS. Splendid quality, not. 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. W.ANTED 5000 DOZEN OF EGGS, T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY, MERCHANT STOREKEEPER?. I i i j Agents for The Norwich Union Fii* ; [ Insurance Society. i



General Merchants GREAT AND EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS OF THE GREAT BANKRUPT SALE i AT ORR AND CO.’S BANKRUPT STOCKS AMOUNTING TO £8,321 I2S. 2d. The Cheap Sale will be con tinued from day to day up to January ist, when we expect to have all the Bankrupt Stocks purchased by us cleared out. We are now selling the above Stocks at Less than Half Price, to effect a complete clearance. SEE PRICE LIST. DRAPERY DEPARTMENT. Prints at Aid, sd, and Cd per yard. Brown Holland, 7d, Bd, and 9d per yard. Dressed do., 9d and 10(1 per yard. Printed Muslins, Gd and 7d per yard- Black Alapaca, 8d to Is per yard. Coloured Alapaca, 6d to Is 4d per yard. Mixed Cords, 8d to Is per yard. 10 doz Ladies’ Straw Hats, Is each. 0 doz Lads’ do., Is 3d to Is 9d each, trimmed Hats ip great variety, 3s 6d to 7s 6d. Paris Trimmed Bonnets and Hats in great variety. Ladies’ Stockings at Gd, Bd, to Is 6d. per pair. Ladies’ Ballriggan Hose, Is 3d to 2s 6d. Children’s Socks at 2d to 6d per pair. Horrock’s Calico half price. Cotton Ticking at Gd and Bd, Linen Ticking at 8d to Is. Best Wincey, at 6d to Is. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. Boy’s Suits at 9s 6d to 255. Gent’s Suits at 40s, 47s 6d, to 60s. Gent’s Trousers at 8s Gd to 14s Gd. Gent’s Hats at 3s Gd, 4s Gd, 5a 9d, to 7s 7d. Boy’s Straw Hats, Is each. BOOTS. 1 case Children’s Boots, slightly knocked about, Is 6d per pair. Children’s Elastic Sides, 2s 6d, 3s, and 3s 6d. Children’s Lace-up, 2s 3d to 4s Gd. Ladies’ Best Kidd Boots at 7s Gd to 10* Cd. Gent’s Boots at 8s Gd to 16a Gd. CARPETS. China Matting at 8d to Is. Cocoanut Matting at Is 9d to 2s 6d. Felt Carpet, 2s, 2s Gd, and 3s Gd. Kidder Carpet at 2s Gd, 3s, and 3s 6d. Tapestry in great variety at 3s. Brussels at 2s 6d under regular prices. DRESSMAKING under the superin tendence of a most experienced dress maker. All orders executed on the shortest possible notice. Charges veiy moderate. COME AT ONCE AND SECURE BARGAINS. ORR AND CO., IMPORTERS, ASHBURTCN AND' RAKATA. 174