The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING RECORDER.

VOL. I—No. 119. J

ASHBURTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1880.

(.PRICE—TWOPENCE.



Auctioneers and Commission Agents ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENI ETC. SALES, Sales of Stock, Mei chandise, Furniture and Effects, als Pigs, Fowls, and General Produce. WEEKLY SALE Every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock. SALE YA'-DS ATTENDED. Entries can be made at my office or at tin Yards. Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. sg-252< IjIDMISTON BROS. & GUNDEY (late bullock and co.), ASHBURTON, General Merchants Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., will he 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 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 t& 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 L MESSRS. POYNTZ & CO., AN D, jg S T ATE, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Rents and Debts Collected. Money advanced on Freehold Security. 7 W. R. BOYLE, OOEE 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 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 — 3800 POYNTZ & CO. Building Materials. Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Building Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on tlx shortest notice. 26g—392c Conveyances. THE LONGBEACH COACH ! GEORGE WILLCOCKS respectfully acknowledges the liberal support which he has received during the short time his Coach has been running, and solicits a continuance of the same. The fares by Willcocks’ coach are exactly 3d. per mile ordinary fares, and l£d. 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. 6<L ordinary, 4s. return. The coach leaves the Booking Office, Quill’s Commercial Hotel, each day at 3.15; Post Office, 3.30. 292 g 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.mj



Saunders Bros. r, r -30 RANGITATA. ie FOR 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. 1 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 ! Eailway Station. TERMS EXCEPTIONALLY EASY. EDUCATION RESERVE 1999. THIS reserve will shortly be 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. TIHE whole of these reserves will -L shortly bo offered in lots, for one rop or a longer period. Excellent crops wheat, oats, and barley have been rown on the properties this season. SAUNDERS BROS, MILLERS, GRAIN MERCHANTS, AND COMMISSION AGENTS. ASHBURTON. AGENTS FOR THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE WALLSEND COLLIERY, 692 g



Hotels. BUTLER’S FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBURTON. J. P. 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 the best brands. One of Alcock’s best billiard tables. 965a-417g 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, I 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 friend? 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. Hllf OFFAT begs to inform the , IVB 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. IjIHE 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 ] i Gristing, and farmers from a distance can i have grist done immediately after de livery. Applyjto'the Miller, HENRY BOWERS. Grain stored on liberal terms. 389c-796g 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 per lb. Wedding Cakes made to Order. , 986a-5700 Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. C E. FOOKS AND SON, j-J[ CENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, Triangle, Wakanui Road, near Post-office ASHBURTON. 53



Business Notices. iX OS' I SAY! I SAY! I SAY!—HOY! HOY! HOY! w HERE ARE YOU OFF? WHERE ARE YOU OFF? CANNOT WAIT ! CANNOT WAIT ! GOING TO Q XT X L ILi 3 3 Port, Sherry, Whiskey, Brandy. Pronounced by the MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS the ONLY ESTABLISHMENT in Canterbury WHERE THEY CAN BE OBTAINED GENUINE. A Guarantee as to Genuineness with every Article purchased from QUILL’S. QUALITY UNSURPASSED 1 CHARGES MODERATE ! 527c-925a IRONMONGERY. IRONMONGERY. CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CHRISTCHURCH F. CROSS & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRONMONGERS, Corner 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, BRUSH WARE, &c., Ac.; also, always on hand, a large stock of .Oils, Paints, Paperhangings, Varnishes, &c, ; also, now landing, ex Elmirancla, 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. FG|ROSS & CO. have now on hand one of the Largest , 'Ey 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 above, with oven and side boiler, and bright bands and mould, 3ft. Sin. wide— L 7 10s. Leamington Ranges, all sizes, from 2ft. 9in. to Oft., 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. FURNISHINGS 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., &c. Also, to arrive per Hereford, Pleiades, and other vessels—White Lead, Oils, Varnishes, and Colors of every description. i-3 All Goods delivered Free within One Mile of Post Office. Country orders carefully packed, and every attention given. 452 q 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 T. CHAMBERS, jgOOT AND SHOEMAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Boots and Shoes of all kinds Sewn or Pegged. Repairs Attended To. 48 Medical. MEDICAL HALL. Established 1874. J ~Mi C AMBR IDG E ’ 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, Mdller’s, Foxe’s, Southall Bros. , PERFUMERY—Piesse and Lubin’s, Rim mel’s, Gosnell’s, Briedenbach’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumeiy Company’s HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. HOMOEOPATHIC 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 g T. A. GATES, QABINET MAKER, &c., SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON. All kinds of Furniture, Picture Frames, &c., on Sale and made to order. FUNERALS FURNISHED. 4g rjIHE UNDERSIGNED are now selling THE BEST SCREENED OLD LAMBTON NEWCASTLE COAL, AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. W. MONTGOMERY" & CO., [Limited], ASHBURTON. 32



Business Notices. BEST NEWCASTLE COALS LAMBTON COLLIERY. 50s. fasRTON -1 A PER CENT. DISCOUNT for CASH. ( SPRINGFIELD COALS • 40s. PER TON. 10 Per Cent. Discount for Cash. t To be delivered in my yard. Accounts to be paid monthly. 359C-773G C. PERCY COX. GRAIN. ■JJESSRS. ROYSE, STEAD, & CO. are prepared to ■ ' PURCHASE GRAIN or to make ADVANCES ON GRAIN consigned to them for sale or ship ment. 0. PERCY COX, Agents for ROYSE, STEAD, & CO., 493 g Ashburton. Tailors. james McDonald, PRACTICAL TAILOR, East street, Ashburton A good Stock of Tweeds - and Cloths on hai d. Summer Goods open shortly. 172 DON’T PASS THIS BY I! STOP 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. ! YARDS READY TO cut. ; JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to be got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything ever yet shown in Ashburton. 7OsAMPLES TO SELECT FROm7O Comprising 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 UN MY MONEY. GO TO bW Triangle Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. CALL and inspect this Splendid Assort ment before you order. OTTO: Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms—Cash. TYLE and Finish second to none. E( £1 Is. Cash for a Pair CONOMYI of Trousers ) £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed ( Suit. 780g-390c Stationers H. ~Miu 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 g



Business Notices. EW GOODS. IST EW GOODS NEW GOODS, Stationery. NEW GOODS, Letter Balances. NEW GOODS, Damping Brushes. 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, t 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 1 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 Oases Account and Pocket Books, Etc. Biscuit Bags Flour Bags Milliners’ Bags. Wholesale and Retail. LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH. WEEKS AND DIXON Saundwps’ Buildings, EAST STREET, ■ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. NEW SHOP. JU ST "OPENED, TO MEET REQUIRE- S. " MENTS. 0 0 AUSTENS & 00., 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-366c Blacksmiths, &c. CE STEAL SHOEING FORGE, Tancred street, Railway orossinjg, (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 a GREENSTREET FORGE Ashburton Forks. WILLIAM RETELL, Blacksmith, Wheelright, and Agricultural Machinist, TTAYING considerably extended his -H-X Business Premises, can guarantee all work entrusted to him to be executed in a thoroughly competent manner, and with despatch. 359 g JOHN 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 McCormick 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, plat© and bar iron,, steel, and every requisite for smiths’ work, all kinds of engine and boiler mountings, boiler and gas lubes, &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 Storekeepers, &c. jgTORE 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 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, ■■ t assuring customers that their interest will always have first consideration at the hands of the advertisers. Lawby and Son beg to inform their friends and the public in the Seafield and neighboring districts, that their Bread Meat, and Store Carta 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 Ohristie’a Road-—Thursdays. Seafield to North Seafield, Charing Cross, Dundas, Cambridge, returning by Pioneer Road—Fkidats, 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* Seapieid. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keepers, Grain and Seed Merchants, A GEN T S ' POK THE , .* «!i! ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN.^