The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SPORTING RECORDER.

YOL. 1— No. 46.]

ASHBURTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1880.

[PRICE—TWOPENCE. *JLZ



Auctioneers and Commisssion Agents ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, ETC. jrwAND 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. ntries can be made at my office or at the Yards. Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. 5 IpDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY (late bullock AND CO.), ASHBURTON, General Merchants, 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 Made on Stock, Produce, &c., consigned for Positive Sale. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. 19 [Card.] jgUCHANAN & Co. J. E. ctioneers, Land, and Estate Agents, ASHBURTON. 313 a FARMERS AND OTHERS. 'ESSRS. ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & <YL 00. are prepared to supply Farmers others with Station Stores, Fencing VViru, Fencing Staples, Standards, Ac. , at Lowest Rates, and of First-class quality. AGENTS FOR THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL £2,000,000 NSURANCES EFFECTED AT LOWEST RATES. ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO., C 5 Auctioneers. pREDK. p AVITT, 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, Agricultural Implements, English and Ameri can, &c., &C. I MESSRS. POYNTZ & CO., L AND, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Rents and Debts Collected. Money advanced on Freehold Security. 7 ~pi STATE, 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, arc 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 PICKETING Materials -Bats, Balls, Stumps, Knee Pads, &c., at H, M. JONES’, Stationei, Baring Square.



Millers, &c.



SAUNDERS BROS-, MILLERS, Grain M erchants, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mills— GREAT SOUTH ROAD. 72 Ml\/T OFFAT begs to inform the , IVB 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 Building Materials. 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 ou tie shortest notice. 26 TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 | THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET j OF SUPERIOR BjU ILDING TIMBER. ALSO, 20 t OOO TWENTY THOUSAND SAWN TOTARA AND BLACK PINE ENOING T A K E S NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. 12 BRICKS. rpHE UNDERSIGNED having 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 Con pany’* Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, and Y. inslow, W. MONTGOMERY & CO [Limited] 32 Boarding Houses. ]VI RS. S 0 O T T’S IMPERIAL BOARDING HOUSE, Durham Street South, CHRISTCHURCH. Board and Lodging, 20s. Beds and Meals, Is. each. 509 a CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, B a n i :sr g Square (Near Town Hall). n E-OPENING of the above commo dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commei’cial Hotel. T.'^SROADBELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board ... ... ... 14s. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Dinner on Saturday from 11.30. Beds (single), Is. 6d. Private Room for Ladies. 153—G24a OBMS PRINTED f ‘ To Lot” and “ For Sale ” —can be obtained at tho Herald Office.



Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c.



C E. FOOKS AND SON, CENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, Triangle, Wakanui Road, near Post-office ASHBURTON. 33 Business Notices. FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, &c., &o. NOW OPEN. F. FURNESS BEGS to inform the public of Ash burton that he has just opened a NEW STOCK OF FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY IN THE SHOP NEXT TO HODDER & CO.’S, Saunders’ New Buildings, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Dates, Nuts, Almonds, Confectionery, Biscuits, &c., Ac., Ac. 678 a DIARIES ! DIARIES ! ! DIARIES ! ! ! have just received a splendid assortment of LETTS’ DIARIES for 1880, an inspection of which is invited. OFFICE DIARIES, POCKET DIARIES, SCRIBBLING DIARIES, DIARIES of every description WEEKS & DIXON, “Herald” and “Guardian” Offices, Near the Railway Station. REAPERS AND BINDERS. THE Undersigned having been ap pointed agent for the sale v.f McCORMICK’S & W. A. WOOD’S REAPERS AND BINDERS is now prepared to treat with those vho will -want them for the coming season. FREDK. PAYITT, 555a—88 East Street, Ashburton, BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFIELD. JONES AND CO., Norton Farm, Sea field, return thanks to their patrons for the hearty support accorded to them since Norton Farm was opened. as a Butchery, Bakery, and General Store, and solicit a continuance of past favors, assuring customers that their interest will always have first consideration at the hands of the advertisers. Jones and Co. beg to inform their friends and the public in the Seafield and neighboring districts, that their Bread Meat, and Store Carts travel the following routes on the days given below : Seafield to Kyle, and Acton—Wednes bays. Seafield to Wakanui Homestead, Waka nui School, and Creek, back by Christie’s Road — Thursdays. Seafield to North Seafield, Charing Cross, Dundas, Cambridge, returning by Pioneer Road —Fridays. In view of the Harvest, orders for at tendance of the Cart may be left at the Store, Norton Farm, Seafield ; Wakanui School, with Mr. Ginnoy ; with Mr. Lambic, at Kyle ; and with Mr Brown, blacksmith, Clontarf. JONES AND CO., NORTON FARM, Seafield. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keerers, Grain and Seed Merchants. AGENTS FOR THE ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN. G79a TINWALD. HEARER AND GALLOWAY MILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Road, Tjnwald, Beg to thank the public generally for their very liberal support during the past twelve months, and to amicunco that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all its branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove. COACHBUILDING. Orders received fer making or repairing all kinds of convejamces by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the best materials used. AGRICULTURAL. Implements of all kinds made or re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Reap ers and Binders, Chaft'cutters, Bruisers, &c. BUILDING. Estimates given for all kinds of Build ing and general carpentering. Cocksfoot Grass Seed Threshing 'Ma chines, for hand or foot, made to order, great saving of labor. SHEARER AND GALLOWAY", Tinwald. 165—641 a INK for Marking Packages, Sten cilling, &c. Large bottles, 2s. each. WEEKS & DIXON, Stationers, &c., East street.



Business Notices,



T. A. G A TBS, 11' AB I N E T MAKE R;, PICTURE FRAME MAKER, I AND UNDERTAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, | ASHBURTON. 4 SPILLARD’S . CABINET MAKING AND UPHOL STERY Manufactory, and Warei house, next to the Union Bank, Tancrec| street, Ashburton. Ti Sitting Room and Bedroom Tables] Couches, Cheifonniers, Chairs, Chests of Drawers, Waslxstands, Commodes, Chim T ney Glasses, Toilet do,, Whatnots, Dress A ing Tables, Cradles, Children’s Cots, Bassi-V., nettes, Basket Ware, Bedsteads—double, single, iron, and wood; Mattresses, spring, l hair, wool, andflax; 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, Ac. Orders promptly attended to. 13 CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, East Street (next Echo Dining Rooms), . ASHBURTON. John M! eec h , : PRACTICAL i cabinetmaker, upholsterer] PAPERHANGER, Ac. I f. ALL ‘ KINDS OF REPAIRS, ■ Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. 16 J. R. CHAPMAN, JpAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER A SIGNWRITEB, Importer of Paper-hangings, White Lead, Glass, Ac. The trade supplied at lowert Wholesale Prices. if S. COLLINS A SON, TpAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and DECORATORS, Moore-streei Ashburton. Country orders promptly attended to, and the quality of Work and Materials Guaranteed. A 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 SHBURTON HTOR SANDO AND CO., STOREKEEPERS, TOBACCONISTS, NEWS AGENTS, Ac,, &c., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Labor Registry Office. 35 MEDICAL HALL, Established 1874. J. M. C AMBEID DRUGGIST, G E, FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMIST, Has always in Stock— SPONGES—Honeycomb and Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Circular, Co e’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—Dc Jongh’s, Lang ton’s, Holler’s, Foxe’s, Southall Bros. PERFUMERY —Piesse and Lubin’s, Rim mel’s, Gosnell’s, Briedenbach’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES—Death and Ross’s daily expected ex “ Wai tangi. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. 2 james McDonald, PRACTICAL TAILOR, East st r e e t, A s h b u r t o n. A good Stock of Tweeds and Cloths on hand. Summer Goods open shortly. 172



Business Not JUST ABB] A Choice assc OF AND HOUSEHOLD £ PAPER BAGS, ACCOUNT BO' To Meet the Require? County of Ashe WEEKS &I Are now Importing, direct Every description of Commc General Stationery, which position to supply, wholesale ( that will compare favorably w the Colony. The Goods now being op a Choice Assortment of P Note Papers and Envelopes, superior kinds. cases static: BALES PAP 10 2 Commercial and Law f Notcpapers in great vi Envelopes of the newt Inkstands and Bottles Pens and Penholders Pencils and Pencil Oa Account and Pocket I Biscuit Bags Flour Bags



Business Notices. JOHNND E R S O N , CANTERBURY FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH, Sole Agent for the M'SHERRY GRAIN DRILLS, Will have on sale for next season a full assortment of these machines, varying from 10 to 17 hoes. Hoes, spring and peg, six to seven inches apart. Reapers and Binders by M'Cormick and Wood. Wire and extras for same. All kinds of plough fittings, shares, &c., kept on hand or cast at short notice. Fencing standards and wire, millstones, grindstones, flour dressing silk, leather and indiarubber belting and hose, reaper sections, machine oils, field gates, horse shoes and nails, rivets, bolts, nuts, plate and bar iron, steel, and every requisite for smiths’ work, all kinds of engine and boiler mountings, boiler and gas tubes, &c., Ac. Machinery of every description made on the most modern principles and design. Estimates and drawings furnished on application. Indents to Great Britain or America executed on favourable terms. Sole agent for Aveling and Porter, Rochester, England. 6 and 8-h.p. Trac tion Engines by them on sale. Sole agent for John Wallace and Co., of London and Dundee, manufactures of Rolled Joists, &c. Sizes, prices, and cata logues on application. 312 O. I c. THE VICTORIAN LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES ARE OPENED, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, Next St, Stephen’s Church. S. STEEL BEGS to announce to the public that he has taken the above Stables (late Bell’s Western Repository), which have been thoroughly renovated, and can now afford extensive accommodation for farmers and travellers. Good attendance guaranteed, and mode rate charges. Saddle Horses and carriages on hire. u. c. PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the pvblio of Ashburton and surrour ding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inf, rn them tharirhc has received, and to arrive, at his place (.f business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK or LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attenl,, i to the Measure Department, and unites the gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect the superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes he is now making. Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and Shoes, and Running Shoes. WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED, A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Next to Montgomery's, East-street. PUBLIC NOTICE. TRADESMEN and others who intend using the Ashburton Gas Company r s Gas should give their orders at once have their premises fitted with Gas Fittings, to ensure no delay when the Gas is brought into the town. J. C. DOLMAN, LICENSED GASEITSER, Plumber, Locksmith, Whitesmith, Bell hanger, Zinc and Tin-plate Worker, Hot and Cold Water Engineer, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. N.B. —Artesian Wells sunk and Pump fitted and repaired ; O. G. Guttering fixed t Current Rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitted. Orders punctually attended to in town and country. 812 SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, BEG to thank their friends and the public of Ashburton for the libsral support accorded them during the past five years, and to intimate that they HAVE OPENED new business premises in East Street near the Bank of New Zealand, where they will be prepared to supply Agricul tural and Garden Seeds of every descrip tion. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, EAST STREET. The facilities we possess for testing the quality of all Seeds offered by us, and our desire to extend this branch of our busi ness, will be a sufficient guarantee that all Seeds offered by us will be such as will give the utmost satisfaction. SEALY BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET. 306 a TT7ASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. V ? "-at the Herald Office. Apply early. 590 Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station.



Business Notices. RAKAIA ANNOUNCEMENT. G. A. VINCENT, PRACTICAL PAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPERHANGER, &c., Near Bank New Zealand, RAKAIA, BEGS to announce that he has com m enced Business in Rakaia, and all orders entrusted to him will receive prompt attention. 294 FARMERS ! FARMERS ! FARMERS R. McKERROAV AND CO., RE Cash Purchasers of Wool, Grain, arid 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., fur sale at lowest current prices. R. McKERROW & CO., GRAIN MERCHANTS, RAKAIA. GO 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 H. M. J ONES, Baring Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER BOOK AND MUSIC SELLER. Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Strings, Concertinas, &c. Magazines, English Papers, & Periodicals by each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch 15 T. CHAMBERS, JgOOT AND SHOEMAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Boots and Shoes of all kinds Sewn or Pegged. Repairs Attended To. 48 NOTICE. MISS HODDER, lately arrived from London, begs to announce that she has commenced business as DRESS MAKER in Moore street, Ashburton, near Dr Stewart’s residence. Prices strictly moderate, and no effort will be spared to give satisfaction. MISS HODDER, Dressmaker, Moore street. 1G9 —651 a JUST ARRIVED. PAPER BAGS, PAPER BAGS. r(ONFECTIONERS, Fruiterers, / Grocers, Drapers, Seedsmen, Ac., can be supplied with Paper Bags, all sizes, and Printed or Plain. WEEKS AND DIXON, General Printers, East f treet North. D RAWING PAPER, all sizes, just opened at WEEKS AND DIXON, East street. MRS. ADAMS, AND DRESSMAKER. Ladies’ and Children’s Dresses made up the newest styles, at Lowest Charges. Wedding and Mourning Orders promptly attended to. Mrs Adams devotes special attention to Millinery. MRS. ADAMS, Moore Street, Opposite Mr. Boyle’s Office. JpiNVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER-The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. B. C. SMITH, QENERAL CARRIER, ETC., Moore Street, Ashburton. 25 JOSEPH AV A R D, FAMILYBUTCHER, PETER STPEBT, (Opposite Journeau’s Smithy) BEGS to inform the Public of Ash burton that he will Open the Shop lately occupied by G. Pike, on JANU ARY 3rd, as Family Butcher, and trusts by supplying none but a good article, to merit a share of public support. Families waited op daily for orders, which will receive prompt attention. JOSEPH AVARD, 892 a Butcher. CROQUET full size—2ls. per set. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. \TTANTED—Servants out of Bmploy ' V ment to advertise for Situations in pe “ Herald ” and “ Guardian. ” Only One Shilling, for Cash, fifteen words.



Hotels. THE WHEATSHEAF HOTEL, Wheatstonk. Q H. WILLCOCKS; the Proprietor of the above fine Hotel can now offer Acom nxodation which cannot be surpassed in any house in Canterbury, and wishes to inform his friends and the public generally that everything in Ms power will be done to make his patrons comfortable. The rooms are splendidly furnished and well ventilated. First-class Stabling and Paddocks in connection with the Hotel. Wines and Spirits of the Best Brands. G. H. \VILLCOCKS, Pkopbietok, 138 Wheatsheaf Hotel. JOSEPH BALDWIN Begs to inform his friends and the public that he Has Opened THE CENTRAL HOTEL, AT THE JUNCTION, WILLS STREET AND WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTON, THIS commodious hotel is situated within three minutes’ walk of the'« Railway Station. Table d’Hote daily at 6, p.m. Luncheon on the table from 12 to 2 p.m. The Jug and Bottle Department will be made a special feature, single bottles and small quantities being supplied at the lowest remunerative rates. Only the best quality of Wines, Beers, and Spirits procurable will be kept. J. BALDWIN, 540 Proprietor. FAMILY HOTEL DURHAM STREET NORTH, CHRISTCHURCH. WHITE PARSONS, (Late of the Royal Hotel, Lyttelton.) This Hotel is now Renovated and fitted up as a FIRST -CLASS FAMILY HOTEL. 49 COMMERCIAL 1 NOTICE TO INVALIDS. jgUY PORT AND SHERRY WINES AT QUILL’S COMMERCIAL HOTEL. FINE OLD JAMAOIA RUM • BRANDIES and WHISKEY Of the best Brands. Competition defied. Charges moderate, and every article purchased at the above Hotel guaranteed. the above imported direct by T. QUILL, 213, Proprietor. For Sale. FOR SALE, ACRES Tussock Land, in I 3,000 L o t s to suit purchasers. Very Liberal Terms. 74 SAUNDERS BROS. STUD SHEEP. ■ have a number of Wilson’s Cele brated Merino RAMS for Sale. 177 SAUNDERS BROS. POYNTZ AND CO. FARMS FOR SALE. ON EASY TERMS OF PAYMENT. MESSRS POYNTZ & Co. have the following properties for sale : Several eligible Town Properties in Ashburton, Tinwald, Rakaia, and Wins low, both for sale and to let. Apply, POYNTZ AND CO. 107 Ashburton. . CHRISTMAS CARDS—Tops and Pre sents. 11. M. JONES, Stationer. Raring Square