The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING RECORDER

Vol. L—No. 15

ASHBURTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1879,

Price—TWOPENCE



Auctioneers and Oommisssion Agents EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY (late bullock and co.), ASHBURTON, General Merchwiin, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton,- and the Tinwald Yards, on alternate TUESDAYS. CASH ADVANCES Hade on Stock, Produce, &c., consigned for Positive Sale. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. 19 ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, ETC. ~|~ AND SALES, Sales of Stock, Mer chandise, Furniture and Effects, also Figs, Fowls, and General Produce. WEEKLY SALE Every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock. SALE YAHDS~ATTENDED. ntries can be made at my office or at the Yards. _ Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. 5 MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, STOCK, LAND, ESTATE, AND COM MISSION AGENT, Holds Weekly Sales Every Saturday, at One o’clock, of Horses, Farm Produce, .ml General Merchandise of every descrip tion. Full advertisements third page. jjPBvD CRAWLEY, “‘ AUCTIONEER, Stock, Land, Estate, and Commission Agent, Sauhders’ Buildings, East-st., Ashburton. 877 a [Card.] J E B uOH AN A N & Co * Land, and Estate Agents, ASHBURTON. 313 a FARMERS AND OTHERS. Messrs, acland, Campbell, & ‘CO. ; are prepared to supply Fanners, and othert with Station Stores, Fencing Wire, Fencing Staples, Standards, &c., at Lowest Rates, and of First-class quality. AGENTS FOR THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL ... ... £2,000,000 insurances effected at lowest RATES. ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO., gg Auctioneers. pREDK. pAVI TT , E>st Street (Close to the Railway Station) Ashburton, Land and General Commission Agent j*- j Order? .taken for—Sydney Drays, Newcastle Coßl. and iMalvern (by the truck load), Build ing Materials of all kinds. Fencing Wire, Agricultural Implements, English and Ameri can, &u, &c. ■ i MESSRS. POYNTZ & CO., AN D, Jgl STA TE, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Renta and Debts Collected. Honey advanced on Freehold Security. 7 Hotels. RAILWAY HOTEL WINSLOW. rR. W. HARRIS requests the public ~ j ' to know that he is hack at his old house, and wishes his old Mends to know that they will, reeeive the same good accommodation as formerly. Private . Suites of Rooms for families. Wines and *rßeer of the best brands.. Good stabling and loose boxes, with every attendance. WJ HARRIS, Proprietor. 3166



Millers, &c. SAUNDERS BROS., MILLERS, Grain Merchants, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mills— GREAT SOUTH ROAD. 72 OFF AT begs to inform the , JYI 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 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. rEKS & 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. Neatly Bound in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the frauds of every Tradesman.



Timber Merchants. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF SUPERIOR BJU I L DING TIMBER. ALSO, 20 t OOO TWENTY THOUSAND SAWN TOTARA AND BLACK PINE ENCING TAKES NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. 12 F Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. fplIE UNDERSIGNED havirg COM PLETED ffieir KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal U any made in the Colony, at any Station up or down. Samples to be seen at the Company'» Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, andY.inslow \V. 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, 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, 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 eech, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, PAPERHANGER, &c. ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged, 10 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 ASSIGNED ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITKEN & CO. ORR AND CO, HAVING SECURED THE ENTIRE STOCK Of the above Estate, amounting to I os. 4 (1., 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 for 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 HALL. Established 1874. J ]M Q AMBE,IDGE » DRUGGIST, FAMILY AND DIbPENSING CHEMIST, Has always in Slock— SPONGES—Honeycomb and Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Circular, Cole’s, Sal mon and Ody’.s, Mocmain, fcc. ELASTIC STOCKINGS Knee Caps, Wristlets, and Anklets ; Abdominal Pelts in Silk and Thread. FEEDING POTTLES—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, Mdller’s, Foxe’s, Southall Bros. PERFUMERY—Piesse and Lubin’s, Rint mel’s, Gosnell’s, Priedenbach’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CA ITLE MEDICINES. I] MOORE STREET, 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 BOOT AND SHOE DEPOT. 14 SANDO AND CO., 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, pAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and DECORATORS, Moore-strem Ashburton. Country orders promptly attended to, and the quality of Work and Materials Guaranteed. Public Notices. WANTED KNOWN—That wo 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 Sliilling, 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 most, reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on t! e shortest notice. 26 B. C. SMITH, CARRIER, ETC-, Moore Street, Ashburton. Til H. BREWER’S Royal Mail COACH I . leaves Longbeach for Ashburton (via Waterton, Ashton, Wheatstone, and Tin.wald) daily, at 7 Am., returning by same route on arrival of 3 p. m. train Christchurch. ’arcels and orders punctually attended T. H. BREWER, Proprietor. COOKSON, Wills Street, runs the MAIL COACH from Ashburton vay Station to Green Street, Alford H, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday, Friday, returning - Wednesday and iay at 3 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 -J 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 any; hing 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 ! FARMERS ! R. McKERROW 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 then hands either for sale or shipment to the English or Colonial Markets. A Large Stock of Cornsacks, Wool packs, &c., for sale at lowest current prices. R. McKERROW & CO., GRAIN MERCHANT^, RAKAIA. CO EATING AND SEED POTATOES. JUST RECEIVED—A few Tons of Good Derwent POTATOES for Sale, CllGtip. GEORGE JAMESON, 97 Ashburton.



For Sale. FOR SAFE, I 7 000 Tussock Land, in * OjOOvJ Lois to suit purchasers. Very Liberal Terms. 74 SAUNDERS BROS. FOR SALE, DOUBLE SEATED BUGGY. And a quantity of Livery Stable keeper’s effects. 70 SAUNDERS BROS. Poulterer, &c. RABBITS! RABBITS ! J P . HARPER, FISHMONGER AND POULTERER Near the Ashburton Hotel, East Street, BEGS to inform the inhabitants -I Ashburton that he HAS OPENED in the above line, and trusts, by st-i* i attention to business, and supplying tint articles of first class quality, hopes t merit a share of public patronage OYSTER SALOON. Hot Fried Fish and Tea and Coffee at all hours. Amusements. JJACING QLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOVEMBER iqth and zoth. 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 abcut 3ft. 6 in. hurdles; nomination I sov., acceptance 2 sovs. ; 1)4 miles. District horses only. 3. Maidsn Plate of 20 sovs. ; distance i)4 miles ; weight for age ; entrance 2 sovs. ; district horses only, that have never won an advertised race, 4. AsniiURTON Cup Handicap of 50 sovs., added to a sweepstake of 5 sovs. for acceptors; nomination 2 sovs., acceptance 2 sovs ; 2 miles. 5. Lmjies’ 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)4 miles; entrance I 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 to a sweep of 3 sovs. for acceptors ; 1)4 miles ; open ; nomination 2 sovs. 3. Tradesmen’s Handicap of 20 sovs.; district horses only; i}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 I sov.; acceptance I sov. RULES AND REGULATIONS : Qualification fee, £2 2a.; members of the Ashburton Racing Club free. No entry will be received for any of the faces 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 unlu.'a £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 he 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. \ll entries to be sealed and addressed tc to the secretary, Ashburton, enclosing entrance fees, name and age of home, and colors of the rider. Any jockey riding in any other than hit declared colors will be fined one sovereign. JAMES WILKIE, 402 a Hon. See.