The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING RECORDER.

YOL. I.—No. 114.1

ASHBURTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 1 T 80.

[PRICE—TW OPENCE.



Auctioneers and Commission Agent ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGEN' ETC. J- AND SALES, Sales of Stock, Me: chandise, furniture and Effects, ah Pigs, Fowls, and General Produce. WEEKLY SALE Every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock. SALE ATTENDED. Entries ean.be made at my office or at th Yards. Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. sg-252 171 DMISTON BROS. & GUNDRI 'J (late bullock AND CO.), ASHBURTON, General Merchants Auctioneers, Stock Station, Estate, and Commissior 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 EROS, & GUNDRY. 19 FARMERS AND OTHERS. Messrs, 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 pREDK. p AVITT, 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, Agricultural Implements, English and Ameri can, &c., &c. I MESSRS. POYNTZ & CO., N D AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Rents and Debts Collected. Money advanced on Freehold Security. 7 W r . 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. 4580 , piSTATE, Insurance. North British and mercan tile INSURANCE COMPANY. Established, a.d. 1809. Capital £2,000,000 Losses already indemnified... £5,000,000 Reserve ... ... ... £1,156,000 Ashburton Agents— 880g POYNTZ & CO. Building Materials. A SHBURTON STEAM SAW MILLS SASH AND DOOR M ANUFACTORY. 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 the shortest notice. 260—392 c Conveyances. THE LONGBEACH COACH! WILLCOOKS respectfully acknowledges the liberal support which he has received during the short time his Coach has been running, and soiicits a continuance of the same. The fares by Willcocks’ coach are exactly 3d. per mile ordinary fares, and IJd. per mile for Saturday return. They are as under— Longbeach to Ashburton, ordinary 55., return Bs, Waterton to Ashburton, 3s. 6d. ordi nary, 6s. return. Ashton to Ashburton, 3s. ordinary, ss. return. Wheatstone to Ashburton, 2s. 6cL ordinary, 4s. return. The coach leaves the Booking Office, Quill’s Commercial Hotel, each day at 3.15 ; Post Office, 3.30. ; 292 g EOOOKSON, 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 3 p.m



Saunders Bros. T, 3r [so le RANGITATA. 2c SALE, in convenient sized farms, ° J- about 3,500 ACRES of the best Land in the North Rangitata District, 5” being rural sections Nos, 32311, 32312, 32264, 32265, 30788, 30789, and 30790. The land is all fenced, and ready for c > immediate occupation ; water can be ob tained within fifty feet of the surface, and excellent crops have been grown in the •- neighborhood this season. 11 For small capitalists this is a rare op portunity to obtain good land at a very j slight advance on the Government price. Portion of the property is not more than three minutes’ walk from the Ealing ( Railway Station. TERMS EXCEPTIONALLY EASY. EDUCATION RESERVE 1999. mHIS reserve will shortly be offered for -A 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. THE 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, < 1 1 AGENTS FOR THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE < INSURANCE COMPANY, AND ] ! i THE WALLSEND COLLIERY. 6920



Hotels. BUTLER’S FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBO ETON. J. F. BUTLER (Late of Arahnra, West Coast) ■gEGS to inform his friends and tl public generally that he has opened tl above large and commodious hotel, whit is situated at the CORKER OF GASS AND HAYELOC' STREETS, b it And is convenient to the Railway Statioi Excellent accommodation for traveller! I; families, and boarders. r All wines and spirits of the best brands. One of A dock’s best billiard tables. 1 965a-417> TOHN TISCH begs to inform his friend tl and the public that he has TAKEh THE ALFORD FOREST HOTEL, Alford Forest. First-class accommodation at moderate charges. Wines, ales, and spirits ofbesl 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. HI /jTOFFAT begs to inform the . IVJL 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. fJVHE Westerfield Mill is now in full work, and the public can be supplied with FIRST-CLASS FLOUR on most reason : OBAHOIB't able terms. Every attention will be given to’Public Gristing, and farmers from a distance can have grist done immediately after de livery. Applyjto'the Miller, HENRY BOWERS. Grain stored on liberal terms. 389c-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. i per lb. Wedding Cakes made to Order. 986a-5700 Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. C E. FOOKS AND SON, JJL CENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, Triangle, Wakanui Road, near Post-office ASHBURTON. 53



Business Notices. ;he ,hc ich JK ms I SAY ! I SAY ! I SAY I—HOY ! HOY! HC Y w HERE ARE YOU OFF? WHERE ARE YOU CFF CANNOT WAIT ! CANNOT WAIT ! GOING TO Fo Q XT I L 1L 3 JB FOE Port, Sherry, Whiskey, Brandy. Pronounced by the MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS the ONLY ESTABLISHMENT ;e in Canterbury WHERE THEY CAN BE OBTAINED GENUINE, it ’* A Guarantee as to Genuineness with every Article purchased from QUILL’S. QUALITY UNSURPASSED ! CHARGES MODERATE ! 527c-925 g IRONMONGERY. IRONMONGERY, E CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CHRISTCHURCH Q 3 dT £ M 0 & 1 O £ So m Mm 5 09 Om SN Hffl h 6 <3 4 I oo S -es.S, go <l3 P-l iJg ►OZi ■53 ig MS M tH Sz3 s M w o H i-5 W P 3 F. CROSS & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRONMONGERS, Cokner of Colombo and Hereford Streets, opposite Bank of New Zealand, CHRISTCHURCH, 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, Yarnishes, &c, ; also, now landing, ex Elmiranda, from New York direct—Two and Three-Pronged Hay Forks, all lengths ; Two and Three-Bow Hay Rakes ; American Scythe Snathes, Lawn Mowers, and every description of Yankee Notions. FLY 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 wouldjpall the attention of Architects, Builders, and the public generally to an inspection. j RANGES—Watson and Gow’s “Etna,!.!.-with cast-iron oven and boiler, 3ft wide—£s. Ditto-as above, with oven and side boiler, and bright bands and mould, 3ft. 3in. wide— L 7 10s. Leamington Ranges, all sizes, from 2ft. Din. to Gft., and all prices from £4 each. REGISTER GRATES—Fine cast front with brick back—7d. per inch. Ground front and brick back—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 to make 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, Yarnishes, and Colors of every description. •=1 a W SzJ co w 5 Q O o o t) m O *4 go All Goods delivered Free within One Mile of Post Office. Country orders carefully packed, and every attention given. 4620 WM. ANDERSON, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, Ashbueton, 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 T. CHAMBERS, jgOOT AND SHOEMAKER, East Steebt, Ashbueton. Boots and Shoes of all kinds Sewn or Pegged. Repaies Attended To. 48 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. Medical. MEDICAL HALL. Established 1874. J OAMB;RI:DGE,0 AMB;RI:DGE, 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 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, 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. HOMCEOPATHIC MEDICINES—LeaIh and Ross’s, Turner’s, and Martin’s. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED 2 T. A. GATES, QABINET MAKER, .fee., SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON. All kinds of Furniture, Picture Frames, &c., on Sale and made to order. FUNERALS FURNISHED. 4g f |1 HE UNDERSIGNED are now selling THE BEST SCREENED OLD LAMBTON NEWCASTLE COAL, AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. W. MONTGOMERY & CO., [Limited], ASHBURTON, 32



Business Notices. i GOODS, j^JT EW GOODS NEW GOODS, Stationery, •••r;-';. NEW GOODS,* Letter Balances, NEW GOODS, Damping Brushes. NEW GOODS, Water-wells. ' t’ NEW GOODS, Carbonic Paper. NEW GOODS, Account Books. NEW GOODS. Small Morocco Ledgers NEW GOODS, Vellum 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. &c. &c. &c. WEEKS AND DIXON, Wholesale and Retail Stationers, Opposite Railway Station, Ashburton. OFFICE AND HOUSEHOLD STATIONERY 9 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' Saundves’ Buildings, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. BEST NEWCASTLE COALS LAMBTON COLLIERY. 50s. f ' ERTOK 1 A PER CENT. DISCOUNT A for CASH. ( SPRINGFIELD COALS ’ 40s. PER TON. 10 Per Cent Discount for Cash. ? To be delivered in my yard. Accounts tc be paid monthly. 3S9C-773G C. PERCY COX. GRAIN. jyj-ESSRS. ROYSE, STEAD, & CO. are prepared to PURCHASE GRAIN or to make ADVANCES ON GRAIN consigned to them for sale or ship ment. C. PERCY COX, Agents for ROYSE, STEAD, & CO., 493 g Ashburton. Tailors. james McDonald, PRACTICAL TAILOR, East street, Ashbustos A good Stock of Tweeds and Cloths on hai d. Summer Goods open shortly. 172 DON’T! PLEASE! DON’T! S' STOP ! DO STOP ! TOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. IF you want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. READ the following, then call and in spect the Goods. f YARDS READY 1 350 « 350 ( CUT. ) JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to be got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything eve yet shown in Ashburton. £ SAMPLES ] < TO (SELECT FROM Comprising the following : 70 C 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. ALL and inspect this Splendid Assort ment before you order. OTTO; Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms—Cash. S' TYLE and Finish second to none. EC £1 la. Cash for a Pair CONOMY) of Trousers j £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed f Suit. The Address is— G. J. F. LUBLOW, THE TAILORING DEPOT, Triangle, Ashburton, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. 782g-390c Stationers 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 15g Butchers JOSEPH WARD, FAMILY BUTCHER, Wakanui Road, near Post Office, is A CASH PURCHASER of POULTRY and NATIVE GAME, which will be sold at Reasonable Prices, at his Shop, near Post Office. 672 a



Business Notices. NEW SHOP. JUST£OPENED, TO MEET KEQUIRE MENTS. ARS TEN TOBACCONISTS, Fancy Goods and Stationery Depot, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, East street, Shop formerly occupied by Weston. Good Stock of Cigars, Tobacco, and Pipes of every description. HAIR - CUTTING, SHAVING, AND SHAMPOOING on the premises. Licensed to sell Postage Stamps. 766g-3660 Blacksmiths, &c. CENTRAL SHOEING FORGE, Tancred street, Railway crossing, (Opposite Orr and Co.’s.) ROBB and BURNS, Agricultural Im plement Makers, General Black smiths, Wheelwrights, Machinists, &c., beg to announce to the public of Ashbur ton that they have commenced business as above, and hope to merit a share of public support. HORSE SHOEING GUARANTEED TO SATISFACTION. 560 g . GREENSTREET FORGE ' - ‘ Ashburton Forks. WILLIAM REYELL, Blacksmith, Wheelright, and Agricultural Machinist, TTAVING 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 0 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., &c. 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 S & Storekeepers, &c. 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. .0.-jf;: CELEBRATED BOOT AND SHOE DEPOT. ' U BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFIELD. 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 Bread Meat, and Store Carts travel the following routes on the days given below Seafield to Kyle, and Acton— WePnes ■ DAYS. 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. 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. AGENTS FOR THE ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN. 6790