The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING EECOEDEE.

ASHBURTON. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1880.

[PRICE—TWOPENCE.



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. f_All wines and spirits of vhe best brands. One of Alcock’s best billiard tables. 965a-4170 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. A con veyance meets the 11.35 a.m. train ,at Methven Station, returning at once to Al ford Forest. 5980 THE WHBATSHEAF HOTEL, Wheatstone. Q H. WILLCOCKS, the Proprietor of I the above fine Hotel can now offer Acom modation which cannot be surpassed in any house in Canterbury, and wishes to inform his friends ind the public generally that everything in his pow'er 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. Boarding Houses. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). T> E-OPENING of the above commo- XA; dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, 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—624 a Publications. NE W ZEALAND WESLE YAN Published Monthly. TUST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealand •J Wesleyan ” for April. Price Gd Sold at the Herald and Guardian Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. AGRICULTURAL PAPERS. rjIHE PUBLISHERS have much pleasure in intimating to the Farmers of the County of Ashburton, that they havejssued a reprint in pamphlet form of a selection of AGRICULTURAL PAPERS



Read before the Lincoln Farmers’ Club, compiled by J. Stanley Bkuce, Esq., Price One Shilling. Orders for the above pamphlet, ac companied by thirteen stamps, should be iddresssed to WEEKS & DIXON, Publishers, East Street. ALMANAC for 1880, printed on a neat card, with Ashburton Direc tory, Postal and Railway Guide, can be obtained gratuitously at the “ Guardian ” OUf



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 ho will cure all complaints cheaply. 4690 T. CHAMBERS, jgOOT AND SHOEMAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Boots and Shoes of all kinds Sewn or Repairs Attended To. 48



TIN WALD STORE. JAMES E S C O T T, GENERAL STOREKEEPER, IRONMONGER, DRAPER, &c., Ac., &c. 390 a FINE Cream-Laid ENYELOPES, No, 6 ; extra secure shape, ONLY 9s. 6d. per 1000; 500, 55.; 250, 35., NETT CASH. ALSO, — BANK NOTE AND LETTER PAPER WEEKS & DIXON, DIRECT IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS, ASHBURTON “HERALD” OFFICE.



T. A. GATES, AB I N E T MAKER, PICTURE FRAME MAKER, JUST ARRIVED. PAPER BAGS, PAPER BAGS. r(ONFECTIONERS, Fruiterers, l Grocers, Drapers, Seedsmen, &c., can be supplied with Paper Bags, all sizes, and Printed or Plain. WEEKS AND DIXON, O OHOOL Requisites and Artist M »te n rials. H. M. JONES, Statioier, Bari Snuare. -piNVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTE PAPER.—The ever offered in Ashbm’ton, at the Office. Wholesale Stationery AND UNDERTAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, 4 General Printers, East rtreet North.



MARBLE CHIMNEY PIECES— ALL PATTERNS AND DESIGNS. WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINES-ALL SIZES IN STOCK. Business Notices. 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., &c.; also, always on hand, a large stock of Oils, Paints, Paperhangings, Varnishes, &c, ; also, now landing, ex Elmiranda. from New York direct—Two and Three-Pronaed Hay Forks, all lengths ; Two and Three-Bow Hay Rakes ; American Scythe Snathes, Lawn Mowers, and every description of Yankee Notions. FLY TRAPS ! PLY TRAPS ! FLY TRAPS ! BANGES. banges. banges. CHEAPER THAN EVER. < 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. 3in. wide — L 7 10s. Leamington Ranges, all sizes, from 2ft. Din. 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. EUBNISHING DEBASEMENT. 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 tarifl, 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, 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'?; OP ALL DESCRIPTIONS. CARPENTERS’ TOOLS AT REDUCED PRICES.



R CULLEN, GENERAL CARRIER . and FORWARDING AGENT, Burnett street, Ashburton. Trains at tended daily, and all orders promptly at tended to. 4COg R. FRANCIS PHILIP O’REILLY, Barrister, Solicitor, & Conveyancer, TANG RED STREET, ASHBURTON, Next Messrs. Orr and Co.’s. 3G20 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 SHBURTON Q 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. the lowest rates. 11 CELEBRATED BOOT AND SHOE DEPOT. 14



MEDICAL HALL. Established 1874. AMBRIDGE, J. M. C 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, Mbller’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 BROWN PAPER, strong, and largo sheets, at s|d. per lb. WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, East street North (near the Rail wry Station), Ash burton. CHRISTMAS Number Young Ladies’ Journal, London Journal, Family Herald, Family Reader, Boys’ Standard, &c. Just arrived. H. M. Jones, Sta tioner, Baring Square. / OFFICE and Pocket, Diaries for 1880 j^y^jjLjj^M^JoNES^Stationcr, T Baring



Business Notices. J. R. CHAPMAN, JpAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER & SIGNWRITER, Importer of Paperhangings, White Lead, Glass, &c. The trade supplied at lowert Wholesale Prices. 17 Auctioneers, &c. J. E. BUCHANAN AND CO., AUCTIONEERS, LAND AND ESTATE AGENTS, ASHBURTON. PROPERTIES. THE following, amongst other PRO PERTIES, are placed in the Auction eer’s hands for LEASE and SALE:— ASHBURTON— A splendid paddock of 5 acres near Township. Six acres close to N. E. Belt. Sections near Gas Works. House and garden, Burnett St. Capital 4-Roomed House, Peter St. ASHBURTON FORKS— -190 acres with splendid Creek. 200 acres in crop, fenced and sub divided. Good house and out buildings. WAKANUI — 100 acres near Moffatt’s Mill. 150 acres in crop. SEAFIELD — 400 acres fenced and subdivided. 196 acres fenced and subdivided. DROMORE 400 acres fenced and subdivided. Good Stable and Cottage. CHERTSEY— A few Township Sections. 150 acres near Railway.



J. E. BUCHANAN & Co., 4150 Auctioneers. Public Notices. NEW ZEALAND TRUST AND LOAN COMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL £1,000,000. £3OO £20,000 READY TO BE ADVANCED UPON FREEHOLD SECURITIES. Information can be obtained upon appli cation to J. C. M‘DOWALL, Manager, 578 g Hereford street, Christchurch. SUMS OF



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. Business Notices. 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 Insurance. ■\TORTH 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—



Business Notices. ALWAYS IN STOCK, A CHOICE A S S_o RaT ME N T OF OFFICE AND HOUSEHOLD STATIONERY* PAPERJBAGS, ACCOUNT BOOKS, DIARIES, &c. To Meet the Requirements of the County of Ashburton, WEEKS & DIXON Are now Importing, direct from the makers, Every description of Commercial, Law, and General Stationery, which they are in a position to supply, wholesale or retail, at prices that will compare favorably with any house in the Colony. The Goods now being opened up include a Choice Assortment of Plain and Fancy Note Papers and Envelopes, and? some very superior kinds. 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. BOOKS (SCRAP, ALBUMS, &c., &c.) Wehave a small lot of the above, and being desirous of clearing out these articles, wo shall be glad to dispose of them at VERY LOW RATES, so as to make room for incoming consigments of General Stationery. WEEKS AND DIXON Saundeks’ Buildings, EAST STREET. ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. 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 o£ Ashbur ton that they have commenced business as above, and hope to merit a share of public support. HORSE SHOEING GUARANTEED TO SATISFACTION. 5600 GREEN STREET FORGE,” Ashburton Forks. WILLIAM REYELL, Blacksmith, Wheelright, ‘and Agricultural Machinist, HAYING 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 Q H A RL E S REID, ASHBURTON SHOEING FORGE, Corner of East and Dodson streets. A large and varied experience in the manufacture and repair of Agricultural Implements and Machinery, warrants C. R. in guaranteeing sound and satis factory material and workmanship. Horses safely on the spot. and scientifically shod 252 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 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, &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 james McDonald, PRACTICAL TAILOR, East street, Ashburton. A good Stock of Tweeds and Cloths on hai d. Summer Goods open shortly. 172 Conveyances. METHVEN TO ALFORD FOREST. JOHN TISCH begs to inform the pub. lie that his COACH LEA YES AL FORD FOREST DAILY at 9 a.m. for the Methven Railway Station, to meet the 11.25 a.m. train from Christchurch and Rakaia, and returns to Alford Forest at twelve o’clock. Parcels and orders punctually attended to. All unstamped letters taken along the road to be charged at parcel rates. JOHN TISCH, 597 g Alford Forest.



BRICKS. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED having COM. PLETED cheir KILN at Ashburton, arc prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal to any made in the Colony, at any Station up or down. s f Samples to be seen at the Company'i Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, and Y/inslow 4 W, MONTGOMERY & CO [Limited] 32 TOTARA ! TOTARA ! ! TOTARA !! NOTICE, To members of County Councils, Road Boards, Contractors, and others. THE undersigned desirea to notify that he is prepared to supply SAWN TOTARA '' (or Black Pine) for BridgCk,’’Culverts Slabbing wells, or other purposes, of any dimensions, and in large or small quanti ties to suit customers. ALPHEUS HAYES, Timber Merchant, East street, Ashburton. N.B.—Building Timber, Firewood, Stakes, &c., now on sale at the yards, East street, near Railway station, at' lowest current rates, or can be delivered, at any station along the line direcPfrom the mills. ■