THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1880.



Matson, Cox, and Co. Matson, Cox & Co, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENTS, LAND & MONEY BROKERS, AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION . AGENTS, ASHBURTON. ■ Their business will include'the manage ment of Estates, Investment and Pro curation of Money, Valuation of Pro perties, Stock, &c., and General Agency. They will hold throughout the District Public Auction Sales of Land, Live and Dead Stock; also on Market Days at Ashburton and Tinwald, Fat and Store Stock. They are also prepared to make Liberal.; Cash Advances on Properties, Stock, Wool, &c., placed in their hands for sale. ■ ’ MATSON, COX* & 00., Agents for Robey & Co.’s CELEBRATED THRESHING MACHINES 440



T. Bullock. SA TURDAY, 4TH DECEMBER. MR. T. BULLOCK has received in structions from the Trustees in Thomas Clarke’s Estate to sell, Without the Slightest Reserve, BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT HIS ROOMS, EAST STREET, On the above date, LOT 28, Situated in the Township of TREVORTON, Containing 1 rood 32 perches, on which is erected a THREE-ROOMED DWEL LING-HOUSE. This Property is now mortgaged for fc small sum to the Permanent Investment and Loan Association of Canterbury, which can remain if the purchaser desires. Sale at Two o’clock. T. BULLOCK, C 46 Auctioneer. THURSDAY, 7TH DECEMBER. IMPORTANT SALE OF FURNITURE, AT THE PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE. MR. T. BULLOCK has received in structions from the Trustees in Thomas Clarke’s Estate to sell, 1 WITHOUT RESERVE, ON THE PREMISES, IN WILLS STREET, The whole of the FURNITURE, Consisting of Dining room, Sitting-room, Bedroom and Kitchen Furniture, comprising Tables, Chairs, Fenders and Fire irons, Double and Single Bed steads, Washstands, Dressing Tables, Looking-glasses, Blankets, Mattrasses, &c., &c. Sale at 12 o'clock. T. BULLOCK, 345 Auctioneer.



Money. jgg 850 on a pp r ° vei Security, at Current Rates, in sums to sui Borrowers. 511 POYNTZ&CO. " MONEY TO LEND. " Trust moneys—£2,ooo, £4OO, ant £250. These sums are now read] for investment on real security, at'current rates of interest. F. P. O REILLY, 890c-2260 Solicitor, Tancred street. Hotels. A I LW A Y HOT JE L, South Rakaia. FIRST-CLASS for BOARDERS and TRAVELLERS. Good Stable and Paddocks. "Wines and Spirits of Best Brands. J. S. COMPTON, 647 . Proprietor. PORT TT TI N E OR T VV IN E ' KOR INVAL I D S. N V A L I D S. QUILL begs to inform ; the inhabitants of Ashburton and -j district that ho 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 — QUIL L * S WHOLESALE BOTTLING STORES, Commercial Hotel, . : (Near Railway Station), Ashburton. 7510-336 c



THE Undersigned begs to intimate to former constituents and settlers generally that he lias RETURNED TO BUSINESS AS Auctioneer, Estate, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT In the premises, EAST STREET, And at the BAZAAR,. BURNETT STREET, Formerly occupied by him.



JgAJZAAR, BURNETT STREET. Saturday Horse Sale For the future the Sale of Horses will commence at One o’clock. T. BULLOCK, Auctioneer OR SALE, CHEAP A Sherriff Broadcast Seed-sower. Quite new. j T. BULLOCK. F FOR SALE-Farm of 284 acres, near Dromore, fenced, and all broken up, ready for spring crop. Price low. A bargain. Terms easy. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE, CHEAP—-Four Sections in one block—viz., 502, 5C3, 510, 511, situated in Tinwald. Small deposit cash : balance by instalments. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE, CHEAP —a Quarter acre of good land, on which is erected a comfortable Cottage of four rooms. Terms liberal. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE, CHEAP—Section No. 12, Trevorton, on which is erected i a well-built four-roomed Cottage. It is j securely fenced. The Garden is well stocked with fruit trees. This is a de sirable property, and will be sold cheap, and on liberal terms of payment. T. BULLOCK. SECTIONS FOR SALE at SMITH FIED, opposite the Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s Grounds and County Saleyards. Terms —Small de posit Cash ; balance by instalments. 1 T. BULLOCK. I7IOR SALE OR TO LET, WITH A ' PURCHASING CLAUSE, 439 Acres, all fenced, and partly improved situated in Wakanui 266 ~ A compact Farm, all fenced, well-watered, and partly in English Grass. Improve ments consis S of a comfortable Five-roomed Cottage, Stable, Stockyard, &c., &c. !0 „ All fenced, partly improved and well-watered.



Boarding House, &c. B OARD AND LODGING, 17s. per week, at S. Corrigan’s, Tinwald. 446 BRINGS ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE, close to the Railway Station, (next to Copkson’s Stables). This commodious house contains 40 rooms, with every convenience. Good Tabic kept. Every comfort of a home. Moderate charges. S. LUCAS, 525 Proprietor. NEW PROPRIETOR. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL Havelock Street. THE undersigned having taken the above Hotel, hopes by strict atten tion to business to merit a fair share o Public patronage. : Board and Lodging, LI per week Meals and Beds, Is. GEORGE WATTS. Proprietor. 644



TOWN PROPERTIES. . That valuable TOWN SECTION, 159, Tancred Street, will be Sold very cheap, and on easy terms. Section 539 (part of), £ of an acre. Terms same as above. Section 341, Kermode street. Lot Mayo’s Block, with Dwelling house of seven rooms, near the j Parsonage, East Town Belt. TO LET, DWELLING-HOUSE, in Burnett street, opposite the Mail Office, now in the occupation of Mr. 0. Carstens. Possession can be given on December 2nd. T. BULLOCK. TO LET, that convenient SHOP, situ ated in the Triangle, Wakanui road. T. BULLOCK. TO LET, SHOP or BOARDING HOUSE, situated in Burnett street, opposite the Mail office. T. BULLOCK. TO BUTCHERS. —TO LET—Butchers’ Shop and Dwelling House attached, situate in Havelock street, late in the occupation of Geo.. Worner. There is a three-stalled, stable* and other necessary buildings on the premises. Apply to . T. BULLOCK. M 0 N E Y TO L E,N D. £1,200, on Freehold Security, in sums to suit Borrowers. T. BULLOCK. MR. CAYGILL, of Walker street, Christchurch, is AUTHORISED to CANVASS for Advertisements for The Ashburton Guardian.



; NOTICE OF REMOVAL, ROM the A 1 Besttjrant to the ECHO DINING ROOMS, Butchery, Where a good Table will be kept, and the proprietor will be glad to welcome his old friends and customers. Meals at all Hours of the Day, at Is. each. Beds, Is. Good accommodation for -Boarders and Travellers. Conducted by Mbs Truckib. 528 SOHTH RAKAIA BOARDING HOUSE. and Surrounding District that he has taken the premises adjoining McKerrow and ?Go.?a Grain Store, and has opened them asn Restaurant and Boarding House. Good accommodation for Travellers. NEW DINING AND LUNCHEON ROOMS & LIVERY STABLES. PETER GOOD begs to announce that he has opend a • new DINING and LUNCHEON ROOMS, on Seafield Road, the new. Show Grounds and Sale ■fardK'at which he. will supply;. Luncheon akalphoufs.of ; the day, at Is. 6d. Livery S4bk.—Stella and Loose Boxes.—Stalls, Is; r! Boies as per agreement* ?Goo» Pabbocks, as per agreement. 607 /NASH RECEIPTS; printed’at “ The Vy. Guardian”, office; East Street, close to Lancaster’s NDREWS begs to inform the inhabitants of Rakaia MEALS Is. BEDS;Is. A. J. ANDREWS, Proprietor. 113 g rpHE GUARDIAN 1 f is on every Tea Table in Ashburton.



To STATION-HOLDERS, LANDED PROPRIETORS, FARMERS, CATTLE - DEALERS, AND THE RESIDENTS IN ASH ED RTON AND SURROUND ING DISTRICTS. Messrs. Quill & Co., AUCTIONEERS, STOCK, LAND, & ESTATE AGENTS SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, Ashburton. BEG to announce to station-holders, landed proprietors, farmers, cattle dealers, and residents in Ashburton and the surrounding districts, that they have COMMENCED BUSINESS in the above line ; and, from their long jxperience in the various departments, feel assured that all commissions en trusted to them will be conducted satis factorily to their patrons.



Sales -will be held as required, at the Salerooms and Yards in Ashburton, or any part of the district. They will also hold a Regular Sale of STOCK, LAND, FARM PRODUCE, FURNITURE, and GENERAL MERCHANDISE, at their Rooms, every Saturday, particu lars of which will be duly advertised. The interest and the support of sellers and buyers are respectfully solicited. Cash Advances made on all classes of Goods placed in their hands for sale. For particulars of Sales please see advertisements. A NUMBER of FIRST-CLASS TOWN and SUBURBAN SECTIONS on hand for private treaty, on VERY EASY TERMS. Colonial - made Sauces. QUILL & CO. are the Ashburton Agents for Carew & Co. ’s Dunedin-made WORCESTERSHIRE and TOMATO SAUCES—articles that are superior to anything that can be imported from any part of the world, and are sold in New Zealand, the site of their manufacture, at a price with which no foreign maker or colonial importer can compete. Wholesale —Tomato Sauce, 265. per case of two dozen pints. Worcestershire Sauce, 80s. per case of two dozen pints, and 325. per case of four dozen half-pints



Quill & Co., auctioneers, SAUNDERS BUILDINGS, Ashburton. 833a*995c



Sporting. agßg?is^v.vis TROTTING CLUB. PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME (Subject to alterations.) DECEMBER 16th, 1880. List .of Officers : Starter, N. M'Lean, Esq.; Judge, M. Stitt, Esq.; Hon. Treasurer, 0. Digby, Esq.; Hon. Sec., H. C. Jacobson, Esq.; Handicappers, Messrs. Clerk of the Course, S. Saunders, Esq. First Race to start at 1 p. m. 1. Maiden Trot, in saddle, of sova; for all horses which have never won £5 in public. Three miles. No weight less than 10 stone. Entrance 15s. 2. Maiden Harness Trotting Race, of sovs. Four miles. To be run in two-wheeled vehicles of any descrip tion. Entrance 15s. 3. Ashburton Champion Handicap Trotting Race, in saddle, of sovs. Entry 1 sov.; acceptance 1 sov. Four miles. Weights 12 stone 4 pound. 4. The Buggy Tournament Handicap, of four miles, for sovs. Entry 1 sov.; acceptance 1 sov. Any four wheeled vehicle owned by a member of the Club allowed to enter. 5. Welter Handicap Race, of sovs. Three miles. Entry 15s. To be ridden by members of the Club. No weight less than 15 stone. RULES AND REGULATIONS. Entries for Nos. 1,2, and sto be made by 5 p.m. on Monday 13th December, 1880. Nominations for Nos. 3 and 4 will be received up till same time. Handicaps will be declared on the ground, and acceptances to be made within fifteen minutes after the posting of the handicaps. No horse will be allowed to compete at this meeting unless owned and commonly resident in the- district previous to No vember Ist. In any race three horses must start to qualify the first horse to claim the full stake. If only two start, one-half of the stake will be given, and no money will be awarded for a walk-over. k . v Five per cent, deducted from all prizes for expenses. Full programme will be published in the issue of the Ashburton Guardian oh Tuesday, December 7th. ■ H. 0. JACOBSON, (549 * Hon, Sec. ;



The kellys i the kellys ! i THE KELLYS !! 1 Coming, Coming, Coming 1 Glorious success in Christchurch ! Over 100 Life-size Views of the Kelly Outlaws. Hundreds of other Views of the principal Cities of the World* including the Glasgow Riots. Admission—One Shilling ; and a Pre sent to every Visitor. 494



Amusements. PIKE ONLY ELECTRIC-LIGHTED SUN-ECLIPSING BIG SHOW THAT L EVER CROSSED THE BRINY DEEP. THE LARGES' 1 ? AND BEST CIRCUS EVER IN NEW ZEALAND. ! Friday, December 17. REPRODUCING AND REFLECTING ALL EARTH’S GRANDEST MARVELS. Under the resplendent glare of the Brush, Dynamo, Exeoibio Light, used exclusively with W. W. Cole’s New and Massive Shows.



A GRAND CON-CORPORATION OF CIRCUS, MENAGERIE, AQUARIUM AND CONGRESS OF LIVING WONDERS. THE ONLY SHOW THAT FAITHFULLY KEEPS ITS WORD, PRESENTING EVERY FEATURE AND PERMITTING NO “ PEDDLING ” OR ANNOYANCE TO ITS PATRONS. First appearance on this Continent of the World’s Champion Circus Artiste MDLLE. LINDA JEAL, The Heroine Hurdle Rider —By all nations crowned Queen of the “ Blazing Zone ” —in her daring flights on a hare-back horse, leap through hoops of fire, and fearless ventures which require phenomenal courage and skill. First appearance of the Adonis of the Arena, WILLIAM O’DALE, The only Seven-Horse Rider Living. First apearance of the Peerless Horsemen,- MR. WOODA COOKE, England’s Famous Celebrity. First appearance of The Greatest of all Lady Riders, MDLLE. ADELAIDE, First Appearance of The Equestrian Queen, MISS FANNY MORGAN. First Appearance of i biotmidin The Beautiful and Dashing Empress of the Air— MDLLE. TOUOUISE. Earth’s Greatest Character Rider — MR. FRED. BARCLAY. The Only and Original Aerial Bicycle Riders— THREE IN NUMBER. The Champion Acrobats of Every Clime— THE FOUR LIVINGSTONS. The Great Horizontal Bar Team— DUNBAR AND RENO. The Most Comical of all Clowns— The Laugh-Provoking “PICO.” The Great Shakespearian Jester— TOM McINTYRE. The Great Leaping Corps— CAMPBELL, MURTZ, RICHARDSON, and KENNEDY. LA REGIMENT of ARTISTES and AUXILIARIES, whose Names are Famous throughout the World, including the Acrobatic Marvel, O’DALE STEPHENS, in Feats of Equapoise. First Appearance of A TROUPE OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS, Chief, Squaw, and Braves, in their War Songs, Dances, and Sensational Pastimes. First Appearance of The £IO,OOO Troupe of Trained Stallions, Whose WONDERFUL FEATS ASTOUND EVERY BEHOLDER. First Appearance of First Appearance of First Appearance of First Appearance of First Appearance of First Appearance of First Appearance of THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS IN THE RING AT ONCE! ALL THEY SIT IN CHAIRS, MARCH LIKE SOLDIERS, FORM TABLEAUX, &c. YOU NEVER SAW THEIR LIKE BEFORE 1 _ ■ VERITABLE ANIMAL ACTORS. “ Every promise Faithfully Kept, which is saying that it is the Best Show on Earth.”— St. Louis Glohe-Democrat. CSO FEET OF CRAWLING REPTILES. A drove of Camels—The Baboon Family—A herd of huge Elephants—An immense Menagerie—And the Giant Mandrill Monkeys. ALL WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE. 1,000 THRILLING NOVELTIES ! ! THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BURNING DAY AND NIGHT ADMISSION —35.; Dress Circle, ss. Children (under 9 years) Half-price. Only one ticket required to all advertised Shows. 1,200 Reserved Opera Chairs. Doors open at 1 o’clock and 7 o’clock p.m. Circus performance one hour later. 660



Sports. Winslow Sports and Eaces. Ist JANUARY, 1881. ROGRA M M E. HOUSE EACES. 1. Hurdle Race 2. Winslow Cup 3. Trotting Race 4. Hack Race 5. Consolation Race ATHLETICS. 1. 100 Yards Race 2. Standing High Jump 3. Three-legged Race 4. 440 Yards Hurdle Race 5. Running High Jump 6. One Mile Race 7. Vaulting with Pole. . 8. 220 Yards Race 9. Single Women’s Race 10. Running Long Jump 11. Men’s (over 40 years) Race 12. Consolation Race To Commence at 11.30 a.m. The Committee will meet at the Winslow Hotel, at 8 p.m., on the follow ing days December 11th, 18th and 28th. J. B. ROGERS, 639 Hon. Sec. Barristers, Solicitors, &c. C. W. Ireland, B ARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton. 393 Branson & Purnell, ARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, B EAST STREET. 394 DO i you Want the News, of the Day Read the Ashburton Guaedian, Price, One Penny.



Business IvoS-.ces. GREAT REDUCTIONS IN THE PRICE OF DRAPERY GOODS AT ORR & CO.’S HAVING received a large stock of NEW GOODS ex Crusader a month later than expected, we will offer for the next TWO MONTHS, at SWEEPING REDUCTIONS, our entire Stock, so that we may effect a complete clearance. Established now nearly five years on the system of selling all our Goods at Net Gash Prices without discount, we still continue to adhere to that principle, believing it to be the best adapted to pro tect the interests of our customers, small profits and quick sales being our motto. We make it a point to please our custo mers, no matter at what trouble, believing that every customer well served will not only come again but recommend their friends. We would also impress on the public the many advantages to be derived from purchasing from houses who remain per manent in the district, as they cannot expect to be so well treated by parties who come only for a few months or weeks and then clear out for pastures new. Drapers come and drapers go, but we plod on.



THE STOCK CONSISTS OP Millinery. We hold a large stock of English Trimmed Bonnets and Hats. Untrimmed Hats in great variety, at 9d, Is 3d, to 6s 6d. Ostrich Feathers in every variety and shade, French and English Flowers at all prices. Evening Flowers for balls, Ac. Several hundred pieces Ribbons, every color and shade, at reduced prices. Silks. Bonnet Silks, Satins, and Velvets. All the new shades in Silks and Satins for Millinery purposes. Pompadour and Brochd Silks and Satins for combinations. Dress Silks in many shades, at reduced prices. Black Dress Silks, at 4s Cd, 5s 9d, to 9s 6d. Washing Dress Material. Pompadour Satins, Cambrics, Oatmeals, Striped and Ghebked Galateas. A large assortment of Prints, at 4d, sd, and 6d. Colored Dress Material. Colored Alpacas, at 6d, Bd, lOd, and Is, worth 4d per yard more. Colored Cords, Costume Twills, Wool Beiges, Poplins. Athol Lustres, Alpaca and new Mixtures, lOd to Is 6d per yard. Black Dress Material. Black Merino, Black Satins, Black Poplins. Black Russel Cords, Black Persian Cords, in great variety, at very moderate prices. U nderskirts, U mbrellas. White Tucked Skirts, at 3s, 3s 9d, 4s 6d, to 9s 6d. Black Satin Skirts, Black Quilted Satin Skirts, &c. Several dozen new Sunshades at reduced prices. Black Satin Sunshades, Pompadour and others. Boots and Shoes. We are at present showing an immense assortment of Ladies’ Kid Boots, from 6s 6d to 14s 6d. Splendid value, well made, and guaranteed. Ladies’ Shoes in great variety. Children’s English and Colonial - made Boots, under former prices, commenc ing at Is per pair. One trunk of Girls’ Elastic-side Kid Boots, slightly stained, will be given away at 4s 6d per pair. Men’s Boots at our usual low prices in every variety.



Business Notices. REDUCTION. CHEAPER THAN EVER. . ‘) A A AAA FEET of BOARDS and OUUIUUU SCANTLINGS, must be sold ; also, a large quantity of Floor ing, Match Lining, Rusticated Archi traves, Skirtings, superior Totara Shingles, Firewood, Stakes, Posts, Rails, &c. Apply at HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, East street, Ashburton. N.B.—Orders can be delivered at any railway station on the main or branch hues, direct from the Mills, of any size, length, or quantity, 738 a ASHBURTON WOOL - SCOURING WORKS. JpLEECE WOOL, LOOKS, and Pieces scoured at. lowest current rates. 316 CYRUS HOMERSHAM. FARMERS ! FARMERS! FARMERS!- R. McKERROW AND CO., Cash Purchasers of Wool, Grain, and all kinds of Farm- Produce, and are also prepared to make Liberal CASH ADVANCES on the above placed in their hands either for sale or shipment to the English or Colonial Markets. A Large Stock of Cornsacks, Wool packs, &c., for sale at lowest current prices. R. McKERROW & CO., QR A I N M E RCH AN T S, RAKAIA, , 36 Anderson, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, Ashburton. HAS always in STOCK a complete assortment of every description of Saddlery, Harness, Whips, Saddlers’Trori mongery. Goods manufactured to order on the premises of the best Materials and at the lowest rates . 324



NOTICE to FARMERS and OTHERS. ■VTTHEN you want any Copper, Zinc, VV 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. Every description of Dairy Work made. Estimates for Spouting given. 345



Thos. Dudson, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER. Burnett Street, Ashburton. PERSONS visiting this Establishment can be supplied with every article of the trade at Lowest Prices. 308 THOMAS DUDSON.



E. H. Butler &Co. ? WESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, to inform the inhabitants of the surrounding country that they have started a General BLACKSMITH and SHOEING ESTABLISHMENT, where they hope by civility and attention to business, combined with moderate charges, to merit and obtain a share of their patronage. 344 EDWARD H, BUTLER.'



Carpets and Oilcloths. A splendid variety of Brussels, Tapestry, and Kidder Carpets, 2s under last year’s prices, to clear out a heavy stock. Oilcloths in every width, Is per yard under usual prices. Dressmaking. We pay special attention to this depart ment, believing that no matter how cheap goods are sold unless properly made up, with a perfect fit, there can be no satisfac tion. Wedding and Mourning orders made up on the shortest notice, and a splendid fit guaranteed. Clothing and T ailoring. Men’s Suits from 45s to 85s. Men’s Pants at 12s fid to 22s fid. Men’s Ballarat and Paget Coats. Boy’s Clothing in great variety. Men’s Hats, from 3s fid upwards. Men’s and Boys’ Straw Hats. Men’s Helmet Hats. Tailoring. Suits made to order from 755. Men’s Trousers made to measure. Evening dress and clerical suits receive special attention. V ’ We hold an immense stock of -Kaiapoi and Mosgiel Tweeds to * select from. : English and. Scotch Tweeds in great variety, also the celebrated Blarney, Cork, and Killarney Tweeds in a great many patterns. Bla,nkets and Flannels. Kaiapoi Flannels at Is 4dto 2s fid. Kaikoura Flannel, Is 3d to 2s. Kaiapoi Blankets, at 17s fid upwards. ; ■ Wools in every shade, very cheap. ; QBE AND CO., ; IMPORTERS. Ashburton, Dec. Ist, 1880.



Westerfield Store. E. H. BUTLER HAS much pleasure in informing the Public generally that he intends Opening a GENERAL STORE in the township of Westerfield, when he will be prepared to Supply first-class articles in Grocery, Men’s Clothing, and General Farm Stores. E.H.B. will be prepared to execute orders entrusted to him with Punctuality and Dispatch. Carts will run round the district for orders periodically. Agent for the Ashburton Guardian. 343 EDWARD H. BUTLER.



CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY ASHBURTON. A. TMele/ THANKS the Public for their liberal Support during the time he has been in business, and hopes for a continuance of their favors. By supplying only the very best goods, and, paying unremitting attention to his patrons, he hopes to deserve the patronage "he solicits. All orders for Pastry, &c., punctually attended to. , Picnic Parties, Balls, and Soirees, supplied on reasonable terms. A. THIELH, COOPERATIVE BAKERY. 500



E. Galloway, TIN WALD, TTTHEELWBIGHT, and GENERAL V V AGRICULT URAL IM PL E - MENT MAKER. • All repairs neatly executed with promp titude and despatch, and at reasonable prices. 370



Business Notices NOTICE. SALE & TRANSFER OF BUSINESS. Everett bros. & Co., before transferring their business, will hold a Great Clearing Sale Probably lasting Two Months. THE TEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT Will be Continued. The Sale Commences WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Ist. EVERETT BROS. & CO. 659 STOCK! NEW STOCK!! ”GREAT SUCCESS ALREADY ACHEIVED. : WANTED KNOWN, that the CHEAP BOOT and SHOE MAKER continues to Supply First-Class Boots arid Shoes at CHRISTCHURCH PRICES, as an ap preciative public is constantly testifying.: ■ Note the Address— C. HAWKINS, Practical Boot and Shoe Maker, . (Opposite the Post Office, Timvald). Note-—No ponnection with any other shop. 656 Thomas Williams, TINWALD, jgUILDER, UNDERTAKER, - &c. All kinds of Joinery and Jobbing work done on the Premises. 654 JUST ARRIVED FROM EUROPE, per “ Crusader,’. A LARGE consignment of SUMMER GOODS for GENTLEMEN’S , CLOTHING, embracing Fancy. Cloths and Tweeds of every description. Having been carefully selected by our selves, we can confiently recommend them, both for quality and elegance of design. A. Craighead & Co., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancbed Street (Next Orr Oo.( The extraordinary success which we have experienced since we commenced business m Ashburton, while gratifying to ourselves, is a sure indication that our ,' efforts to please have been fully appre ciated 1$ the Inhabitants of the district. - Our method of Fitting being based on' scientific principles, deduced from ar: life long study of the human form in] all its various proportions, onr Patrons may rely upon being . . FITTED TO PERFECTION. Ladies’ Jackets, . Ulsters, &c. , ‘ Madb ‘ to Order. . All Orders promptly attended to. 982a-446a



Marsh & Groves. . •pANOY BREAD AND BISCUIT BAKERS, ; PASTRYCOOKS AND CONFEC TIONERS. FAMILIES WAITED ON DAILY. Wedding and School Cakes always on hand. Tancred Street, Ashburton. 312 Horse Bazaar Stables, Burnett Street. H. MUIR, PROPRIETOR, HAS much , pleasure in informing the public generally that every atten tion and civility will be paid to custo mers. ■ Saddle Horses and Buggies on hire at Lowest Rates. ; Commodious Loose Boxes for Entires. Oats, Chaff, and Hay on Sale. N.B. —Parcels and telegrams received here will command immediate attention. : 310 HUGH MUIR. CHANGE OF PROPRIETARY. FTIHE UNDERSIGNED has much -®- pleasure in announcing to the in habitants of Ashburton and district that he has TAKEN OYER the BUSINESS of Mr. J. S. SAVAGE, East street, Ash burton, and respectfully solicits a con tinuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed on his predecessor, trusting by keeping a choice assortment of all classes of FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, &c., to merit a fair share of the public support. T. : ■ BENNETTO, , FRUITERER AND CONFECTIONER,' East street, Ashburton. 8140 Removal. CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, REMOVED TO f BURNETT STREET, Opposite the Mail Office.. . Cheapest House in Town foriNewand •Secondhand Furniture. . . JOHN MEECH; PRACTICAL..- r , CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER PAPERHANGER,' &c. : . Drawers from 80s. 1 and .upwards,. Dressing- 1 tables and Washstands 10s. and. upwards; AIL KINDS OP REPAIRS. • ! Furniture "Renovated and Repolished, 5 . or Exchanged, - Y : GOOD;PRICE GIVEN, FOR . SECONDHAND FURNITURE. .. ’ " 2450