The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING RECORDER.

YOL. I.—No. 127.1

ASHBURTON, SATURDAY, JULY ;17, 1880.

[PRICE-TWOPENCE.



Auctioneers and Commission Agents- INDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY 'j (late bullock AND CO.) ASHBURTON, General Merchants Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &e. , 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. 1 FARMERS AND OTHERS. 'ESSES. ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO. are prepared to supply Farmers and others 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 NSURANCES EFFECTED AT LOWEST RATES. ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO., Auctioneers. W. R. BOYLE, Agent, Ashburton. 65 RE D K AVI T T E/st 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, Agri cultural Implements, English and Ameri can, &c., &c. I W T . R. BOYLE, CORE STREET, ASHBURTON, Accountant, land, estate, and GENERAL AGENT. Loans negotiated. Absentees represented. Agent for the Victorian Insurance Com . pany. Certificated Accountant in Bank ruptcy. 458 g Tailors. ames McDonald, PRACTICAL TAILOR, East street, Ashburton J A good Stock of Tweeds and Cloths on ai d. Summer Goods open shortly. 72 . DON’T PASS THIS BY !! TOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. TF you want Style, Fit, and Quality, L try the Undersigned. |3 EAD the following, then call and in- L\i spect the Goods. ( YARDS READY 1 500 T 0 500 ( CUT. 3 JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to be got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything ever 3 yet shown in Ashburton. 0 'SAMPLES TO SELECT FROM unprising the following : German Cloths, plain and fancy, the most fashionable Beaver Cloths, suitable for Winter Scotch Tweeds, assorted Mosgiel „ „ Kaiapoi ~ ~ West of England Cloths Bedford Cords Irish Frieze, &c., &c., &c. THIS IS THE MAN FOR MY MONEY. _ 'f a\ GO TO I , _ ij> \ ( l Triangle, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. NALL and inspect this Splendid Assort j ment before you order. 1/fOTTO: Small Profits and Quick YX Returns. Terms—Cash. ■>( TYLE and Finish second to none, ( £1 Is. Cash for a Pair ECONOMY ) of Tiousers ) £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed f Suit. 780g-390c Conveyances. THE LONGBEACH COACH ! THOMAS COTTON wishes to inform the travelling public between Ash rton and Longheach that he has taken sr the Coach Business from Mr. George illcocks, and hopes for a continuance of ? support hitherto accorded to his pre- Che fares by Cotton’s coach are exactly , per mile ordinary fares, and Ijd. per le for Saturday return. They are as der — Longheach to Ashburton, ordinary os., um Bs. Waterton to Ashburton, 3s. 6d, ordi ry, 6s. return. Ashton to Ashburton, 3s. ordinary, ss. ;um. Wheatstone to Ashburton, 2s. 6d. iinary, 4s. return. The coach leaves the Booking Office, Idwin’s Central Hotel, each day at L 5 ; Post Office, 3.30. 4g XKXKSON, Wills Street, runs the MATT. COACH from Ashburton .y Station to Green Street, Alford , and Mount Somers, every Tuesday riday, returning Wednesday and >.xn]



Saunders Bros. RANGITATA. FOE SALE, in convenient sized farms, about 3,500 AGEES of the best Land in the North Eangitata District, being rural sections Nos. 32311, 32312, 32264, 32265, 30788, 30789, and 30790. The land is all fenced, and ready for [ immediate occupation; water can be ob tained within fifty feet of the surface, and excellent crops have been grown in the neighborhood this season. For small capitalists this is a rare op portunity to obtain good land at a very slight advance on the Government price. Portion of the property is not more than three minutes’ walk from the Ealing Railway Station. TEEMS EXCEPTIONALLY EASY. EDUCATION EESEEYE 1999. HIS reserve will shortly bo offered for cropping, in lots of convenient size. Well adapted for growing barley, a portion (110 acres) in crop this year yielding up wards of 33 bushels per acre. KAIAPOI BOROUGH RESERVES, Nos. 2184, 2185, 2186, 2187. HE whole of these reserves will shortly be offered in lots, for one crop or a longer period. Excellent crops of wheat, oats, and barley have been grown on the properties this season.



SAUNDERS BROS, MILLERS, GRAIN MERCHANTS, AND COMMISSION AGENTS. ASHBURTON. AGENTS FOE THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THE WALLSEND COLLIERY. 6920



Butchers J OSEPH WARD, FAMILY BUTCHER, Wakanxji Road, near Post Office, is A CASH PURCHASER of POULTRY and NATIVE GAME, which will he sold at Reasonable Prices, at his Shop, near Post Office. 672 a Blacksmiths, &c. GREENSTREET FORGE Ashburton Forks. WILLIAM REYELL. Blacksmith, Wheelright, and Agricultural Machinist, HAVING considerably extended his Business Premises, can guarantee all work entrusted to him to be executed in a thoroughly competent manner, and with despatch. 359 g JOHN N D E R S O N , CANTERBURY FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH, Sole Agent for the M'SHERRY GRAIIn 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 lubes, e , ilc. Machinery of every description made 1 on the most modern principles and design. Estimates and drawings furnished on application. _ 1 Indents to Great Britain or America executed on favourable terms. o Sole agent for Aveling and Porter, a Rochester, England. 6 and 8-h.p. Trac- h tion Engines by them on sale. t' Sole agent for John Wallace and Co., p of London and Dundee, manufactures of S Rolled Joists, &c. Sizes, prices, and cata logues on application. 312



TO HOTELKEEPERS AND OTHERS. WE have been supplied by the Go vernment Printer with a Stock of BILLS now before Parliament, with a view to supplying those who desire intelligently to follow the debates in the House. The first instfftment com prises the ■ batch submitted by the Statutes Revision Commissioners and THE NEW LICENSING BILL. Price—2s. Each. WEEKS AND DIXON. Medical. MEDICAL HALL. Established 1874. J. M. C AMBEIEGE ’ 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, &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 dera’, O’Connell’s. INFANTS’ FOODS—Liebig’s, Hard’s, Neave's, Ridge’s, Nestle’s, COD LIVER OILS—De Jongh’s, Lang* ton’s, Moller’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. HOMCEOPATHIC MEDICINES—Leath and Ross’s, Turner’s, and Martin’s. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED 2 TO FARMERS. THE UNDERSIGNED are CASH PURCHASERS of WHEAT, OATS, and BARLEY, and are prepared to SHIP WHEAT to the English markets on farmers’ account at the lowest possible cost. P. CUNNINGHAM & CO., 561 g Ashburton and Christchurch. NOTICE TO FARMERS AND OTHERS. WHEN you want any Copper, Zinc, Iron, or Tinware made or re paired, it will be to your interest to con sult JOSEPH HYDE, Moore street, Ashburton, And he will cure all complaints cheaply. 469 a pjpHE UNDERSIGNED are now selling THE BEST SCREENED OLD LAMBTON NEWCASTLE COAL, AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. W. MONTGOMERY’& CO., [Limited], ASHBURTON.



Storekeepers, &c. A SHBURTON 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, U BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAPIELD. LAWRY AND SON, Norton Farm Seafield, 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. Lawry and Son beg to inform their friends and the public in the Seafield and neighboring districts, that their Breadfj Meat, and Store Carts travel the following routes on the days given below : Seafield to Kyle, and Acton—Wednes days. Seafield to Wakanui Homestead, Waka nui School, and Creek, back by Christie’s Road — Thuksdays. 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. Ginney; with Mr. Lambie, at Kyle ; and with Mr Brown blacksmith, Clontarf. LAWRY AND SON, NORTON FARM* Seafield. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keepers, Grain and Seed Merchants. A GENT S FOR THE ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN. Stationers H. M. J ONES, Baring Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER, BOOK AND MUSIC SELLER. Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Strings, Concertinas, &c. Magazines, English Papers, & Periodical if by each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch. 15a



MARBLE CHIMNEY PIECES—ALL PATTERNS AND DESIGNS. WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINES— ALL SIZES IN STOCK. Business Notices. IRONMONGERY. IRONMONGERY CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CHRISTCHURCH 5 F. CROSS & 0 0., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRONMON G-;E R S , Corner of Colombo and Hereford Streets, opposite Bank of New Zealand, CHRISTCH UR 0 H, BEG to call the attention of their Customers and the public generally to their varied and well-assorted stock of every description of BUILDERS’ AND GENERAL IRONMONGERY, BRUSHWARE, &c., &c.; also, always on hand, a large stock of Oils, Paints, Paperhangings, Varnishes, &c, ; also, now landing,, ex Elmiranda. from New York direct—Two - Tliree-X^ronsred Hay Forks, all lengths ; Two and Three-Bow Hay Rakes ; American Scythe Snathes, Lawn Mowers, and every description of Yankee Notions. _ ELY TRAPS ! FLY TRAPS ! FLY TRAPS ! RANGES. RANGES. RANGES. CHEAPER THAN EVER.' , \j Stocks of Scotch and Leamington Ranges in _ the Colonies, and are now offering them at considerably reduced prices, and would call the attention of Architects, Builders, and the public generally to an inspection. RANGES—Watson and Gow’s “Etna,”, with cast-iron oven and boiler, 3ft wide—£s. Ditto as aboye, with oven and side boiler, and bright bands and mould,- 3ft. Sin. wide — L 7 10s. Leamington Ranges, all sizes, from 2ft. 9in.. to 6ft., and all prices from £4 each. REGISTER GRATES —Fine cast front with brick back—7d. per inch. Ground front and brick hack—lOd. per inch. Wright’s Patent Bivalve, with steel and ormolu bead, all sizes and patterns, from 60s. each. FURNISHING DEPARTMENT. Being overstocked in this Department we are determined to sell at a little over cost, and give our Customers the benefit of the in creased tariff, also toonake room for shipments now landing, and to arrive, we invite recent arrivals and others to an inspection. We have also now landing ex Hurunui—OlL CLOTHS, all Widths ; CARPETS of every description ; HEARTH RUGS ; Hessians, striped for Cabinet makers ; Scrim, &c., Ac. Also, to arrive per Hereford, Pleiades, and other vessels—White Lead, Oils, Varnishes, and Colors of every description. All Goods delivered Free within One Mile of Post Office. Country orders carefully packed, and every attention given, 4520 FURNISHING GOODS OF. ALL DESCRIPTIONS. CARPENTERS’ TOOLS AT REDUCED \ > PRICES.



GRAIX. i ' “ STEAD, & CO. are prepared to PUBCIIASE GBAIN or to make ADVANCES ON GRAIN consigned to them for sale or ship ment. C. PERCY COX, Agents for IROYSE, STEAD, & CO., 493 g Ashburton.



T. A. GATES, 0 ABINET MAKER, &0., SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON. All kinds of Furniture, Picture Frames, &c., on Sale and made to order. FUNERALS FURNISHED. 4a REDUCTION. CHEAP! CHEAP !! CHEAP !! ! AN unlimited supply of every size of BUILDING TIMBER now on Sale by the undersigned, at 12s. per 100 ft, and upwards. Always in stock;—Stakes, Posts and. Rails, Firewood, &c., at cheap rates. ALPHEUS HAYES, Timber Merchant, East street, Ashburton. N.B.—Orders for Bridging and Culvert Timber supplied on the shortest notice. 738 a Saddlers and Harnessmakers 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 NEW SADDLERY. &c„ &c. J. TAIT, & CO., PRACTICAL SADDLERS & HAR NESS MAKERS, Wills Si?reet, Ashburton, (Next to Cookson’s Stables), HAVE recently opened up a Choice Assortment of First-Class Goods, comprising— Double and Single Harness Shaft and Leading Harness Saddles, English and Colonial Horse and Saddle Cloths Rugs and Waterproofs Bridles, Bits, Martingales Whips, Spurs, Gloves Brushes, Combs, &c., &e. From the best makers, which will be t*' sold at most reasonable prices. Harness of every description made to order, or repaired on the shortest notice, J. TAIT AND CO., (Next Cookson’s Stables), Opposite Railway Station Ashburton.



Business Notices. Dissolution ; OF Partnership. - O' ORR AND CO., gEG to announce that they intend to DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP on Ist SEPTEMBER They will therefore, on Saturday, May Ist, offer the whole of their superior stock, amounting to over £20,000 worth of DRAPERY, IRONMONGERY, AND GROCERIES, AT COST PRICE. The reductions in price extends to every Department in our Business, And we trust our Customers will pay PROMPT CASH DURING SALE. All Goods will be marked in plain figures with Red Ink. fT f f All outstanding accounts must be paid at once so that partnership accounts .may be adjusted. k k k ORE & CO., ASHBURTON & RAKAIA April 24th, 1880. P.S.—A Large Shipment of Drapery Goods just opened up ex Pallala.



Guns! Guns! Guns! POWDER. SHOT. CAPS. OEE AND CO. JJ-AVE now on hand a very fine assortment of BREECHLOADING DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL GUNS, And as these have been imported direct from the manufacturers, we are prepared to Sell at the most Reasonable Prices— From £2 10s to £25. OR R AND CO, IS9c-9g



Hotels. BUTLER’S FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBURTON. J. F. BUTLER (Late of Arahura, West Coast) to inform his friends and the public generally that he has opened the above large and commodious hotel, which is situated at the CORNER OF CASS AND HAVELOCK; STREETS, And is convenient to the Railway Station. Excellent accommodation for travellers, families, and boarders. All wines and spirits of vhe best brands. One of Alcock’s best billiard tables. 965 a Al7g JOHN TISCH begs to inform his friends and the public that he has TAKEN THE ALFORD FOREST HOTEL, Alford Forest. First-class accommodation at moderate charges. Wines, ales, and spirits of best quality. Good stabling and paddocks. Horses and buggies on hire. JOHN TISCH, Ptoprietor, Alford Forest Hotel. 598 g THE WHEATSHEAF HOTEL, Wheatstone. Q H. WILLCOCKS, the Proprietor of the above fine Hotel can now offer Acom modation which cannot be surpassed in any house in Canterbury, and wishes to inform his friends and the public generally that everything in his 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. WILLCOCKS, Proprietor, 138 Wheatsheaf Hotel. Millers and Bakers. NEW FLOUR. Hll/rOFFAT begs to inform the , IVi inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that his NEW FLOUR MILL AT WAKANUI IS NOW IN FULL WORK, And is turning out a really First-class Flour. Bakers and the Public can rely on all orders being promptly attended to on the most reasonable terms. Cash Buyers of Wheat and Oats. Special attention paid to Gristing, and Farmers from a distance can have their Grist ground by return 31



NOTICE. WESTERFIELD MILL. TO FARMERS, BAKERS, & OTHERS. rjIHE Westerfield Mill is now in full work, and the public can be supplied with FIRST-CLASS FLOUR on most reason able terms. Every attention will be given to Public Gristing, and farmers from a distance can have grist done immediately after de livery. Apply to'the Miller, HENRY BOWERS. Grain stored on liberal terms. 3890-7960 BREAD ! BREAD! Co-operative Bread and Biscuit Factory. Triangle, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. A. THIELE, BEGS to inform the public that he is now in a position to SUPPLY BEST BREAD, 6d. per 41b. loaf, unsur passed. Delivered daily to all parts of the Borough, also, Confectionery, &c. Mixed Biscuits reduced from Is. to Bd. per lb. Wedding Cakes made to Order. 986a-5700 Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. C E. FOOKS AND SON, SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, Triangle, Wakanui Road, near Post-office ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. N NEW' -GOODS, Stationery. r- NEW GOODS, Letter Balances. NEW GOODS, Damping Brushes. y NEW GOODS, Water-wells. NEW GOODS, Carbonic Paper, NEW GOODS, Account Books. NEW GOODS. Small Morocco Ledgers. NEW GOODS, Yellum Address Labels, NEW GOODS, Thick Commercial Envelopes. NEW GOODS, Pocket Pen & Pencil-holder, 1/- NEW GOODS, Foolscap from 16/6 per ream. NEW GOODS, Lead Pencils. NEW GOODS, Ink Bottles. NEW GOODS, Drawing Papers. NEW GOODS, Strongest Liquid Gum. NEW GOODS, Memo. Account Books. NEW GOODS, Gum Tickets, Ac. &c, &c. '• • 7'*‘* •• - > ■ WEEKS AND DIXON, Wholesale and Retail Stationers, Opposite Railway Station, Ashburton. EW GOODS. EW GOODS. OFFICE AND HOUSEHOLD STATIONERY PAPER BAGS, ACCOUNT BOOKS, &c. Commercial and Law Stationery Notepapers in great variety Envelopes of the newest styles Inkstands and Bottles Pens and Penholders Pencils and Pencil Cases Account and Pocket Books, Etc. Biscuit Bags Flour Bags Milliners’ Bags. Wholesale and Retail.. LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH. WEEKS AND DIXON Saundwb’ Buildings, EAST S X BEET ASHBURTON.