The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING RECORDER.

VOL. I.—No. MO.j

ASHBURTON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, ISBO.

[PRICE—TWOPEN CE.



Auctioneers and Commission Agents. f I7IDMESTON BROS. & GUNDRY (late bullock AND CO.) ASHBURTON, General Merchants Auctioneers, otock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &0., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, and the Tinwald Yards, on alternate TUESDAYS. CASH ADVANCES Made en Stock, Produce, &c., consigned for Positive Sale. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. 1 pREDK. pAVITT, 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. 1 TO FARMERS. r GEO. MATJLE, GRAIN, SEED, & PRODUCE BROKER, LAND, ESTATE, & GENERAL COM MISSION AGENT, Cashel Street East, Christchurch, "OARMERS having GRAIN and PRO 1J DUCE for SALE, would kindly send Samples stating Prices and quan tities, per Post, will receive every atten tion. BUYERS OF FIRST-CLASS WHEAT, BARLEY, and OATS. Prices and Samples of Seed sent Free by Post. 1000 s Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. C E. FOOKS AND SON, £J[ CENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, Triangle, Wakanui Road, near Post-office ASHBURTON. 5 Storekeepers, &c. 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 BOOT AND SHOE DEPOT. 14 BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON. FARM, SEAFIELD. LAWRY AND SON, Norton Faring 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. Lawet 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 — Wednes 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, beepers, Grain and Seed Merchants. AGENT S FOR THE ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN. Conveyances. THE LONGBEAOH COACH ! THOMAS COTTON wishes to inform the travelling public between Ash burton and Longbeach that he has taken over the Coach Business from Mr. George Willcocka, and hopes for a continuance of the support hitherto accorded to his pre decessor. The fares by Cotton’s coach are exactly Bd. 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. fid. ordi nary, 6s. return. Ashton to Ashburton, 3s. ordinary, ss. return. Wheatstone to Ashburton, 2s. fid. ordinary, 4a. return. The coach leaves the Booking Office, Baldwin’s Central Hotel, each day at 3.15; Post Office, 3.30. 4a ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the . MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday and Fnday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.m



Saunders Bros. RANGITATA. FOR SALE, in convenient sized farms, about 3,500 ACRES of the best Land in the North Rangitata 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. TERMS EXCEPTIONALLY EASY. EDUCATION RESERVE 1999. THIS reserve will shortly be offered fo cropping, in lots of convenient size. Well adapted for growing barley, a portion (110 acres) in crop this year yielding up wards of 83 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. AGENTS TOR THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, fAND 'iHE WALLSEND COLLIERY. 692 a



Hotels. WMERCIAL asm mm PORT ITT INE ort Wine FOR INVALIDS. NVALIDS. rjIHOS. QUILL begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and district that he can supply them with PORT WINE OF THE FINEST QUALITY (suitable for Invalids), as, shipped direct by Warre Brothers, of London, one of the oldest houses in the Oporto Trade. Note Address — QUILL’S WHOLESALE BOTTLING- STORES, Commercial Hotel, (Near Railway Station), Ashburton, 751g-336c 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, Ptopbiexor, Alford Forest Hotel. 5980 Millers and Bakers. NEW FLOUR. HIirOFFAT begs to inform the , 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. •SB9c-7960 Medical. MEDICAL HALL. Established 1874 j Q AMBRIDGE, 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, 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. HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES—Leath and Ross’s, Turner’s, and Martin’s. TTEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED



Business Notices. \ Thomas Crompton, WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF GALVANISED IRON SPOUTING, RIDGE CAP, DOWN PIPING, COLONIAL OVENS KITCHEN RANGES, PORTABLE WASHING FUKNACES, CLOSET PANS, LEAD WASHERS, &c. TO HAS the pleasure of informing his numerous Friends that having Re • moved into his newly-erected and extensive Manufacturing Premises in Armagh Street (Exactly Opposite his old Workshops), which have been fitted up with the most modern appliances for the production of work in the various branches of his Business, he is now prepared to execute any order entrusted to him with despatch and and of the best quality of material, and the Lowest Price which it is possible for Steam Power and Machinery to effect. Note the Address— ARMAGH STREET, Near Manchester Street, Christchurch. loo q French Cafe, TRIANGLE, CASHEL STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. Hot Breakfast, Luncheon, Tea, and Supper, Is. Each. LUNCHEON FROM ELEVEN O’CLOCK ON SATURDAYS. Visitors to Christchurch will find every Accommodation at the above Establish ment. Beds Is. '{ { WINES AND BEERS OF BEST BRANDS. EDWARDS AND GALBRAITH, 1110 Proprietor, Aitken and Roberts, FURNISHING AND GENERAL IRONMONGERS, CASHEL STREET WEST, CHRISTCHURCH. DIRECT SHIPMENTS RECEIVED EVERY MONTH. PRICES VERY REASONABLE. GOODS FORWARDED PER RAIL SAME DAY AS ORDER RECEIVED. WE are now opening ex Helen Denny, Otago, Hudson, Abermyte, &c., A LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT OF FURNISHING AND GENERAL IRONMONGERY, to which we invite your special attention. Particularly : Cheese Presses, Single and Double —Churns—Calf Weaners —Weighing, Chopping, Washing, and Knife Machines—Vowel and Home Washers—Mangles—Ranges— Grates—Mantelpieces Fenders Bedsteads Lawn Mowers—Oils and Paints- Pumps —Wire Netting—Picks, Shovels, Garden Tools—Builders’ and Contractors’ Ironmongery—Electro-Plated and Britannia Metal Goods—Table and Pocket Cutlery. AITKEN & ROBERTS, Cashel Street West, 1080 ON SALE AT THE Birmingham and Sheffield Warehouse, COLOMBO STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. CHAFF-CUTTERS, Horse-gears, Grist Mills, Ploughs, Sand 4-h.p. vertical Engine (portable and stationary, by best makers), Oat Bruisers, Harrows, &c., Pumps and piping of every description, Wind Pumps, Oils, Paints, and Colors, Plough and Cart Traces, Back-chains, Hames, &c. Anvils, Bellows, Vices, Bar, Rod, and Sheet Iron, and all materials required by Engineers and Smiths, Rope Packing, Plough Reins, &c., &c., “ Cotterill’s ” Patent Fireproof Safes, Unpickable Locks, Kitchen Ranges, American Stoves, Register Grates, ■ Marble Mantel-pieces, choice assortment of Gas Fittings Chandeliers, &e. Electro-Pneumatic House-bells, splendid assortment of English and American Plated Ware, consisting of Cruets, E. P. and B. M. Teapots, &c., &c. Forks and Spoons, Cutlery of all kinds, Fenders and Fire-Irons,.Coal Vases, Travelling Trunks and Bags, Baths, and a very large stock of Builders General and Furnishing Hardware. Intending purchasers are invited to inspect the stock. Prices will be found con sderably reduced, although the quality is the same for which this establishment has been noted for the last twenty-four years. EDWARD REECE, PROPRIETOR. 58a STATIONERY, SURVEYORS’ AND ARCHITECTS’ REQUISITES, Em, Em, Em, AT NEAR COST PRICE FOR CASH, FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY. Surveyors’ and Architects’ Instruments—Parallel Rulers, brass and ebony— Plotting Scales, ivory and boxwood—Set Squares, vulcanite and peartree—Boxes Mathematical Instruments—Spring Bow Pens, sets and singly—large assortment of Oil and Water Colors, boxes and loose—great variety Sable-hair Brushes—splendid lot of Account Books, large and small—Desks, Workboxes, and Albums—Notepaper and Envelopes, cheap—Prize Books, School Books, &c , in abundance—Sabbath School Requisites supplied at ENGLISH PRICES. E. Binstead, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, CASHEL STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. 109 a Parker and McDonald, CANTERBURY LABOR EXCHANGE, MANCHESTER STREET SOUTH, (Near’the Railway Station.) Also, IN 0 A S|H E L STREET, OPPOSITE HOBDAY AND CO.’S, CHRISTCHURCH. 1070 STODDARD’S Temperance Family and Commercial HOTEL, MANCHESTER STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, Near Railway Station. (THHE EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS to the above Hotel will shortly he com- X pleted. Visitors will find all the accommodation of a First-class Hotel, on moderate terms. _ STODDARD AND PARSONSON, HOg Proprietors. C. W. DUCKWORTH, Goods Delivered at Christchurch Railway Station. Furnished Houses To Let a Sumner. 42g



Notices. Dissolution OF Partnership. o ORR AND CO., B EG to announce that they intend to DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP on Ist SEPTEMBER, They will therefore, on Saturday, Mat 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, f And we trust our Customers will pay PROMPT CASH DURING SALE. All Goods will he marked in plain figures with Red Ink. jt jr ■ jf All outstanding accounts must be paid at once so that partnership accounts may bo adjusted. I ORR & CO., ASHBURTON & RAKAIA April i _24th, 1880. p.g._A Large Shipment of Drapery Goods just- opened up ex Pallala. Guns IjGuns! Guns! POWDER. SHOT. CAPS. OEE AND CO. JJAYE now on hand a ;ery 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 ORR AND CO 1£ 9c-9o



Business Notices. W. WHITE, CONFECTIONER AND BAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS,. ASHBURTON, BEGS to announce that he has taken the business lately carried on by Edward Taylor, Baker, &c., Saunders’ Buildings, and trusts by supplying a first class article at a moderate price, to merit a continuance of public support. Best Bread, 41b. Loaf, 6d. Cash. W. WHITE, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS. 928g-550c rjpHE UNDERSIGNED are now selling THE BEST SCREENED OLD LAMBTON NEWCASTLE COAL, AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. W. MONTGOMERY & CO., [Limited], ASHBURTON. 82 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., B6lg 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 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 !! STOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. IP you want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. READ the following, then call and in spect the Goods. ! YARDS READY) 'SOO CUT. ) JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to be got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything ever yet shown in Ashburton. 7 OsAMPLES TO SELECT FROM? 0 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., &0., THIS IS THE MAN FOR MY MONEY. GO TO Li» 6. Triangle, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. LL and inspect this Splendid Assort ment before you order. )TTO: Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms—Cash. i TYLE and Finish second to none. £1 Is. Cash for a Pair ECONOMY) of Trousers 'J j £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed f Suit. ; 7800-390 c Butchers FOSEPH W A R D, 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 Stationers EL, M. J ONES, Baring Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER, BOOK AND MUSIC. SELLER. Toys, Fancy Goods,' Violins, Strings, Concertinas, &c. Magazines, English Papers, & Periodical t by each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch. 15g



i Business Notices. EW GOODS. IVfEW 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, .Strongest Liquid Gum. NEW GOODS, Memo. Account Books. NEW GOODS, Gum Tickets. Ac. &c. Ac. WEEKS AND DIXON, Wholesale and Retail Stationers, Opposite Railway Station, Ashburton. OFFICE 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 Oases Account and Pocket Books, Etc. Biscuit Baps Flour, Bags Milliners’ Bags. Wholesale and Retail. s LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH. WEEKS AND DIXONJ? Saukdevs Buildings, E AS T S T B EE T .ASHBURTON.