The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICUTULRAL AND SPORTING RECORDER.

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ASHBURTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1879

Price—TWOPENCE



AttctioneorsWCoiQittiasaionAge&ts ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER* COMMISSION AGENT, ; iv . i; etc. . SALES, Sales of Stock, Mer idise, Furniture and Effects, also Pigs, Fbwls, and General Produce. * WEEK-Ly” SALE Every SATURDAY at 12 o'clock. SALE YARDS ATTENDED. tttriea tfT* be made at my office or at the - ■ • : Yards. • Agent far the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. 5 EDMJSTON BROS. & GtJNDRY ASHBURTON, GfMtt); Merchants, • Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Farm Implements, &e,, will bo held at their Yards, Aahbur toa.; and, tbe jTintiald Yards, on SKnS^TUESDAYS. CASH ADVANCES Made en Stock, Produce* Ac. ; consigned 1 ■ for Positive Sale. EjIMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY.^ R. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, M AND COM .W- -MISSION AGENT, , ■ V One o <dbe« ftadQeoend Mob... F(dl luivertaaements thirdpago. j. LLOYD (CRAWLEY, i:\-y r-Avjc^sa^-.-./ WwMg ■ Cohmlssion • Atman?, '••• gMndera ? BtUfoiags.Bwtat., Ashburton. IW*:-’: '• ■=" •• ■' ■. J. E. B tCABD.] UC BAN AN & Co. Auctioneers, Land, and Estate Agents, AfS H B U R T O N 313 a FARMERS AND OTHERS. Messrs, upland, Campbell, & COvare “■ * s -«—-1 and .... Fdlj l WtiiSai' SMplesJ Standards, Ac., fit Lotreat Rate*, and of Fintt-ckss quality.; • ■ ;; , ' i ;’\AOENfi:FOB'TSB'.. RQY^fc'J^iißAiNCE; company. oafital ' ll INSURANCES EEFBOnED AT LOWEST ~,-o f!it ! oaM'Bbll & co. (5 Auctioneers. F* RED K . AVIT T , EAST (Close to thb Railway ~ 4 , V‘ijiapp'lStb-... Commission Agent. taken Drays,*. Newcastle Coßb and Mahrem (bylhc truck load); Build- Jdatenals of - all kinds. Fencing Wire,. Agricultural Implements, English and Ameri <ilt.tr I t« i '••• • » h MESSRS; POYNTZ & CO., A'jr. r D, S T A T E, A»D GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, Baits apdrDebtoCollected. MpfrT advanced on Freehold- Security.. 7 i.■ill ,ii pi W ni im . . „ Hotels. - „i.f— L >i * amTM P TEL v : '; : ,.^'^sL6w* ; ’... -T W. HARRIS requests the pub! bia;o d old friends to kne k • j thtt''kajaie gw ••tfon.;.ar ' formerly. ‘ Pnva , omnaxwlaniiliek Wines ai Mr - ..,thf ■ ’ ’Good stablu erbry attendance. ~rihvr\ijkc<vfx ;:v;, . . HARRIS, ' ■ ■’ • 7 ‘ i » i! 'PßOnU*K»*.- 31 ;• pnfviEsr'J ■■■ ...



Millers, &c. SAUNDERS BROS.. MILLERS, Grain Merchants, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mtt.t.s— GREAT SOUTH ROAD. 72 H"T% /TOFFAT begs to inform the . IVJL 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. F IRE 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. W EKS & 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 1 DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ON SALE at the “ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. r Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence. Nkatlv Bottnd in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the i hands of every Tradesman.



Timber Merchants. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEE! OF SUPERIOR BJU ILD IN G TIMBER. ' uo, 20,000 TWENTY THOUSAND SAWN TOTARA AND BLACK PINE JpENCING g TAKES NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. 12 Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED having COM PLETEB iheir KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal tc any made in the Colon}', at any Station up‘or down. Samples to be seen at the Company '• 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, QABINET 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, andflax; Beds, feather, woollen, and cotton-flock; Bolsters and Pillows, do., do.; Carpets, Ruga, 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 ]VE eeo h , PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, PAPERHANGER, &c. ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. 16 WANTED KNOWN—That Visit Cards, plain or mourning, can obtained printed in various styles, at “ Herald ” and “ Guardian ” offices, n the Railway Station



General Merchants. GREAT SALE OF THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITLEN & CO. ORR AND CO., HAVING SECURED THE ENTIRE STOCK Of the above Estate, amounting to i os. 4<i, 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. c 7mbeidoe DRUGGIST, FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMIST, Has always in Stock — SPONGES—Honeycomb and Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Circular, Cole’s, Sal mon and Ody’s, Mocmain, <Vc. 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, Mdller’s, Foxe’s, Southall Bros. PERFUMERY—Picsse and Lubin’s, Rim mel’s, Gosnell’s, Hriedenbach’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES—LeaIh and Ross's daily expected ex “ Wai tangi. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED, 0 II A S. N E A T E. m s w o MOORE STREET, a w a o o M 05 h 3 ASHBURTON. 62 General Storekeeper. A SHBURTON S TORE. 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., ENERAL STOREKEEPERS, rOBACCONISTS, NEWS AGENTS, &c,, &c., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Labor Registry Office. 35 Painter. J. R. CHAPMAN, T>AINTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER & SIGNWRITER, Importer of Paper-hangings, White Lead, Glass, &c. The trade supplied at lowert Wholesale Prices. 17 S. COLLINS & SON, TQAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and DECORATORS, Moore-steebi 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, 3a. 6d. cash; and 1000 ditto, Gs. Gd., 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.



For Sale. FOR SALE, T -» non ACRES Tussock Laud, in * »OUvJ Lots to suit purchasers. Very Liberal Terms. 74 SAUNDERS BROS. STUD SHEEP. w E have a number of Wilson’s Cele brated Merino RAMS for Sale. 177 SAUNDERS BROS. Builders. Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. 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 ou 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 (via Waterton, Ashton, Wheatstone, and Tinwald) daily, at 7 a.m., returning by the same rout© on arrival of 3 p.m, 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. Poulterer, &c. RABBITS! RABBITS!) 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 stnia attention to business, and supplying bu* articles of first class quality, hopes t merit a share ol public patronage OYSTER SALOON. Hot Fried Fish and Tea and Coffee at all hours. FARMERS ! FARMERS ! FARMERS ! R. MoKERROW AND CO., 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 Cornsacks, Wool packs, &c., for sale at lowest current prices. R. MoKERROW & CO., GRAIN MERCHANT!, RAKAIA. CO EATING AND SEED POTATOES. JUST RECEIVED —A few Tons of Good Derwent POTATOES for Sale, Cheap. GEORGE JAMESON, 97 Ashburton. BIBLES, Prayers, and Church Services Hymnals for various churches. — JI M JONES, Stationer. Baring Square FORMS PRINTED “To Let” and “ For Sale ” —can bo obtained at the Hehax.d Office. SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 k



Business Notices. H. M. Jones, Baking Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER, BOOK AND MUSIC SELLER, Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Strings, Concertinas, Ac. Magazines, English Papers, & Periodicals by each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch TTTANTED Known, that TWENTY YY Words are inserted in this Column for ONE SHILLING prepaid, and FORTY Words for TWO SHILLINGS prepaid. Advertise. If you want f to sell a Farm, to sell a Horse, to rent a Farm, to buy a Horse, to buy a House, to rent a I louse, to obtain Hoard, 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 any lung 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. Amusements. ANNUAL MEETING. SECOND DAY. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20th. 1. County Steeplechase of 30 sovs.; ove about 2 miles of fair bunting ceuntry 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 ; Imiles; open ; nomination 2 sovs. 3. Tradesmen’s Handicap of 20 sovs.; district horses only; 1% miles; nomina tion 1 sov.; acceptance 1 sov. 4. Forced Handicap of 15 sovs.; for ai. 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 stewa da, whose decision in all cases shall be finai. County horses shall be held to mean horses the bona fide property of o»ae residing in the County of Ashburton pr- • vious to Ist September, 1879. Canterbury Jockey Club rules sines adhered to unless otherwise specified No protest will be entertained tsbu £2 2s. be deposited, which shall b« for feited should the protest, in the opifcio.i of the stewards, prove frivolous. All entries and nominations to be mth« hands of the secretary, addressed to the Somerset Hotel, not later than 4 p.m ou October 31st. Weights to appear for first day’s handicaps on Friday. November 14th ; acceptances on Monday, Noveaibei I7th, in “ Lyttelton Times,” the “Prase,” and the Ashburton “Herald,” and tot second day’s racing, weights will b< declared at 7 p.m. on evening of Novem ber 19 ; acceptances at 9 p.m. same night. kll entries to be sealed and addressed to to the secretary, Ashburton, endow nf entrance fees, name and age of horse, ao< colors of the rider. Any jockey riding in any other than bit declared colors will be fined one sovereigi, JAMES WILK*®- 402 a RACING QLUB.