The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. 2.—No. 165. J

[published every evening.]

ASHBURTON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1880.

LPBICE—ONE PENNY.



Auctioneers and Commission Agents- ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, ETC. SALES, Sales of Stock, Mer chandise, Furniture and Effects, also Pigs, Fowls, and General Produce. WEEKLY SALE Every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock. SALE ATTENDED. Entries can be made at my office or at the Yards. Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. sg-252c 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 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. W. H. BRISTOW, AUTHORISED GOVERNMENT SURVEYOR, Licensed. Under Land Transfer Act. Ford and Newton’s Buildings, (next County Council offices, Hereford street, Christchurch. 104 g Hotels. PORT TTT IN E or t Wine FOR INVALIDS. N V A L I D S. 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 bis 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, Proprietor, Alford Forest Hotel. 5980 Boarding House, &c. JTH RAKAIA BOARDING HOUSE. Ji NDREWS begs to inform • xjl the inhabitants of Eakaia Surrounding District that he has ;n the premises adjoining McKerrow Co.’s Grain Store, and has opened n as a Restaurant and Boarding House, id accommodation for Travellers. MEALS Is. BEDS Is. A. J. ANDREWS, Proprietor. 113 g Conveyances. THE LONGBEACH 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 Willcocks, and hopes for a continuance of the support hitherto accorded to his pre decessor. The fares by Cotton’s coach are exactly 3d. per mile ordinary fares, and l|d. per mile for Saturday return. They are as ider — Longbeach to Ashburton, ordinary os., turn Bs. Waterton to Ashburton, 3s. 6d. ordi iry, 6s. return. Ashton to Ashburton, 3s. ordinary, ss. return. . ~ , „ Wheatstone to Ashburton, 2s. 6d. ordinary, 4s. return. The coach leaves Longbeach daily at 7.30 a.m., arriving at Ashburton at 10 a.m.; and returns, leaving the Booking Office, Baldwin’s Central Hotel, each day at 4.30 p.m, ; Post Office, 4.45 p.m. 4o ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the , MATT. COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alforc Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 8 p.m



Saunders Bros. SAUNDERS BROS., MTLUEBS, GRAIN MERCHANTS, AND COMMISSION AGENTS, ASHBURTON. AGENTS FOB THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE fire insurance COMPANY, AND THE NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION AUSTRALASIA (LIMITED).



Business Notices. Parker and McDonald, CANTERBURY LABOR EXCHANGE, Registry Office for Mare and Female Servants, MANCHESTER STREET SOUTH, CHRISTCHURCH. (Established 1858.) PRIVATE ENQUIRY OFFICE FOR DISCOVERY OF MISSING FRIENDS. NEXT OF KIN, HEIRS AT LAW, LEGATEES, Etc. N.B. Beat and Cheapest Office in Town for the Sale or Purchase of Freehold Properties. Houses and Land Let or Sold. Certificates of Births, Deaths, and Marriages obtained and forwarded. Rents and Debts collected. ORDERS PER POST OR WIRE PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 107 C. W. DUCKWORTH, GROCER, HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH] (Near Strange’s Buildings.) Goods Delivered at Christchurch Railway Station. Furnished Houses To Let at Sumner 42g Thomas Crompton, WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF GALVANISED IRON SPOUTING, RIDGE CAP, DOWN PIPING, COLONIAL OVENS KITCHEN RANGES, PORTABLE WASHING FURNACES, CLOSET PANS, LEAD WASHERS, &c. T- 0- HAS the pleasure of informing __ o his numerous Friends that having Re , w 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. lOGo



STODDARD’S Temperance Family and Commercial H O T E L, MANCHESTER STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, Near Railway Station. rriHE EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS to the above Hotel will shortly be com -I- pleted. Visitors will find all the accommodation of a Eirst-class Hotel, on moderate terms. STODDARD AND PARSONSON, 110g-764c Proprietors. 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. 1110 WINES AND BEERS OP BEST BRANDS. EDWARDS AND GALBRAITH, 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, 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 108 g TO 'BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, CITY AND COUNTY COUNCILS, MUNCIPALITIES, &c. Ford and Ogdon, FIREBRICK AND DRAIN PIPE MANUFACTURERS SOUTH MALVERN AND CHRISTCHURCH. rfIHE superior quality of our Glazed Stoneware DRAIN PIPES is now well estab- Jl lished, andlre highly commended by engineers, architects, and contractors in ill parts of the Provincial District of Canterbury. Our Fire Bricks, Fire Tiles, Ac we can warrant to be equal, if not superior, to the best imported, and w e are pie pared to execute orders at 20per cent, less than the So ttVZlv?rn 3f our Goods is respectfully invited, and can be seen at the Works, South Malvern, 3 r the Christchurch Depot, opposite Railway Station. PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. FORD a n“d OGDON, CHRISTCHURCH DEPOT, OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION. Orders for Messrs Soanes and Summerhays, licensees to put in pipe connections under the Christchurch Drainage Board, can be left at our Depot, South Belt, and will be punctually attended to. STATIONERY, SURVEYORS’ AND ARCHITECTS’ REQUISITES Etc., Etc., Etc., 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, Woikboxes, and Albums-Notepaper cheap— &C ” m “nce-Sabbath School Requisites supplied at ENGLISH PRICES. B. Binstead, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, CASHEL STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, 109 g Hudson, Ridley, & Co., GENERAL IMPORTERS, HARDWARE, STATIONERY, &C., &C., Wholesale and Retail, MANCHESTER STREET, CHRISTCHURCH 1280



Business Notices.



KING BROTHERS, MANCHESTER STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, STORES—ST. ASAPH STREET, Importers of General Ironmongery. American Stoves, Colonial Ovens, Rat as and Registers (all sizes). Farming and Gardening 100 and Dairy Requisites of all kinds. 1 Hay Knives Grindstones Hoes ( merican) Milk-warmers Scythes Gorse Knives Axes, jc. Milk Pans Scythe Handles Hedge Trimmers Churn; Cheese Presses BUILDERS’ MATERIA iS Paints, Oils, and Colors, Carpenters’ Tools (all 1 n Is), American and English Makes, Boring Machines, Sawsets, Hammers, &c Cramps, Spirit Bevels, American Drills. ■ " Wheelwright and Coachbuilders’ Tools and Materials of every description. Shafts P. M. Axles American Buggy Handles Spokes i ditto Axles Axles Steps Rims Collinges’ ditto Bolts and Nuts Leather Bows. Longbed ditto Buckles &c. &c. KING BROS., MANCHESTER STREET,, CHRISTCHURCH.



MEDICAL HALL. Established 1874. J JVt Q AMBR ll>1 I>G 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 Cap.; Wristlets, and Anklets Abdom ini 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 fJIHE UNDERSIGNED are now selling THE BEST SCREENED OLD LAMBTON NEWCASTLE COAL, AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. W. MONTGOMERY & CO., [Limited], ASH BU’RT O N 32 REDUCTION. CHEAP! CHEAP!! CHEAP!!! AN unlimited supply of every size of BUILDING TIMBER now on Sale by the undersigned, at 12s. per 100 ft. and upwards. Always in stock; —Stakes, Posts and Rails, Firewood, &0., at cheap rates. ALPHEUS HAYES. Timber Merchant, East street, Ashburton. N.B.—Orders for Bridging and Culvert Timber supplied on the shortest notice. 738 g j^SHBURTON 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 CELEBRATED BOOT AND SHOE DEPOT. 14 SCOTT BROS. (RAILWAY FOUNDRY),: ARE the manufacturers of the following among other specialities : The celebrated “EXCELSIOR” WIND MILL. This Mill got the FIRST PRIZE at the November Metropolitan Show. It is Perfectly reliable and self-regulating. FIRST PRIZE PATENT GRASS SEED STRIPPER. As only a limited quantity of these Machines, which took the FIRST PRIZE at the recent competition of the Agricul tural and Pastoral Association, can be supplied, orders for next season must be given early, or they cannot be executed. LEAMINGTON COOKING RANGES. These Stoves have been shown for years in competition with other makers, and have always received first honors, having NEVER BEEN BEATEN. We can confidently recommend them as the best Stoves in New Zealand. CAMBRIDGE ROLLERS, jecimens of our Prices for this season — Bft. by 24in.... ... £l7 0 0 Bft. by 26in IB 10 0 Oft. by 24in 18 15 0 Oft. by 26in 20 15 0 Other prices equally low. 48«



DAVIS’S Cheap FURNITURE AND BEDDING MANUFACTORY, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. EVERY article Sold at Christchurch Prices and guaranteed best of material and workmanship. FUNERALS CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED W DAVIS. MOORE SI BEET, ASHBURTON. 259 c Removal. G. J. F. LUBLOW, PRACTICAL TAILORING AND OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT, REMOVED TO PROSPECT BUILDINGS, EAST STREET. 'S' DON’T PASS THIS BY !! TOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. "F you want Style, Fit, try the Undersigned. and Quality, READ the following, then call and in spect the Goods. I YARDS READY! 1000 \ to |IOOO ( CUT. ) JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of. Winter Cloths to be got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything ever yet shown in Ashburton. SOsAMPLES TO SELECT FROmBO 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 j Irish Frieze, Ac., &c., THIS IS THE MAN FOR MY MONEY. HOT TO GO b'°T Buildings Prospect East Street \LL and inspect this Splendid Assort ment before you order, "OTTO: Small Profits and L Returns. Terms—Cash. Quick S' TYLE and Finish second to none. JUST ARRIVED— IV A A YARDS of the BEST VAA /UU SUMMER GOODS. /UU 7800-390 c BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL i STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFIELD. LA WRY AND SON, Norton Seafipld, 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— 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 keepers, Grain and Seed Merchants. AGENTS I*o R THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.



Business Notices. CONTINUATION OF THE Great Sale AT ORR AND CO.’S., W E Have made still further reduc tions in various lines of Goods, as we desire to clear out all our old Stock FOR GASH In preference to carrying it over to another season. Our motto is SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RE TURNS, and we are glad to find the public ap preciate our efforts to serve them ; hence the EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH OP OUR BUSINESS since coming to Ash burton. Prices of Goods at Home are greatly advanced, but we having purchased largely previously, our Customers will get the full benefit.



Drapery. Lot of Japan Silks, at Is. per yard. worth 2s. 6d. Dress Goods, as low as 6d, per yard. Winceys, at from sd. to 9d. Black Goods, at all prices. Stays, at 2s. to 7s. 6d. Wool Shawls, at 7s. 6d. to 12s. 6d. Flannel, heavy, at lOd. to Is. 3d. Colonial made Flannel, from Is. 2s, to Is. 6d. A Job Lot of Ladies’ Jackets. Collars and Cuffs, from 6d. per pair. Beal Welsh Homespun, at Is. lOd. ; all wool. 25 Costumes, dark colors, at 20s. each. 1 Lot of Childrens’ Costumes, at 4e. to 7s. 6d., to clear out. Millinery. 6 doz. Straw Hats, at 6d. each. 2 ~ ~ ~ at Is. ~ Trimmed Hats, at half usual prices. Trimmed Bonnets very low. Blankets, Etc. Blue Blankets, at 10s. 6d to 15s. 6d, Superior Blue Blankets at 17s. 6d. Kaiapoi Blankets, at 20s. Towels, at 6d. each. Turkish Towels, at Is. to Is. 6d.



Boots. A few dozen Children’s Boots left, at Is. per pair. Boys’ Heavy Lace-ups—a Bargain—at 4s. Ladies’ Kid Boots, from ss. per pair. Gents’ Boots, at our usual low prices Clothing, Etc. Men’s Overcoats, from 85s. to 555. Men’s Waterproof Coats, as low as Bs. 6d. Men’s Heavy and Leather Bound, from 16s. to 255. Men’s Suits, from 395. 6d. to 675. 6d. Mens’ Tweed Pants, from 10s. Cd. to 15s. 6d. Men Hats, at 4s. 9<L, ss. Gd., to 7s 6d. Carpets. A great variety of Brussels Carpets, at 2s. under usual prices. Best Tapestry Carpets, at 3s. 6d. Best Kidder. Carpets, very cheap. Felt Carpets, from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per yard. Floor Cloths, in great variety. Oocoanut Matting, all widths, very low. China Matting, unusually Cheap. Dressmaking. Dresses and Costumes made to order promptly. Prices moderate, and perfect fit guaranteed. OER AND CO. ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA. 915 g



Business Notices. ASHBURTON COPPER, ZINC, IRON, & TIN PLATE MANUFACTORY. ! JOSEPH HYDE (Late Foreman at the Malvern Works England, and the Canterbury Works, Christchurch, New Zealand) - BEGS to thank his friends of Ashbur ton and surrounding districts for the liberal support accorded him during the past two years, and to intimate that he has opened NEW BUSINESS PRE MISES in Moore street (next Mr. Neate’S chemist shop) where he is prepared to execute every description of Plain and Japanned Tinware, Lamps, Gas Reflec tors, Chimney Tops, Portable; Washing Boilers, Baths, Cheese "Vats, etc: LOCKSMITH, BELLHANGER, GAS ' FIT TER Artesian Wells, Beer Engines, Pumps, &c. Steam Kettles, Hot Closets, made on the premises. Estimates given for Spouting All work done under J, H.’s persona Superintendence, and guaranteed. J. HYDE, Moore Street Ashburton. 102 e CHERTSEY. A. R. MARKHAM (Next Montgomery’s, Chertsey), GENERAL STOREKEEPER HAYING taken over the store of Messrs. Orr and Co., and increased the stock, is prepared to supply first-class articles in Grocery, Drapery, Ironmongery, etc. Agent for THE ASHBURTON HERALD. RABBITS! RABBITS!! P. HARPER, FISHMONGER AND POULTERER N ear the Ashburton Hotel, East Street, BEGS to inform the inhabitants c£ Ashburton that he HAS OPENED In the above line, and trusts, by strict attention to business, and supplying but articles of first class quality, hopes to merit a share of public patronage OYSTER SALOON. Hot Fried Fish and Tea and Coffee al all hours. 807 NEW INDUSTRY. ASPHALTING. JAMES BRADLEY is prepared to take orders for ASPHALTING at very moderate rates. All orders to be left at the Works, Park srreet. All work kept in repair for twelve months. 695 c



PICTURE BUYERS and others will do well to call at my Picture Frame Manufactory, where I keep in stock some THOUSANDS OF PICTURES, framed and unframed, from Fine Art Pictures to Cheap Lithographs. Two Hundred Patterns of MOULDINGS to select from. Frames made to order, from Is. each. E. BEARDSLEY, PICTURE FRAME MANUFACTURER, AND Importer of MOULDINGS, PRINTS, &C Manchester street, Christchurch, Near the Station. 889 c PRACTICAL WATCH & CLOCK MAKER, JEWELLER, &c. BOBT. MUBBAY, MOORE STREET, BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON. RM. guarantees all work entrusted to him to be turned out thoroughly satisfactory and in good working order. A well-assorted stock of Watches, Clocks Jewellery, Spectacles, &c. Watch Glasses and Keys,- of the best quality, fitted. All Watch and’ Clock Work and Jewel lery repairs executed on the Premises. MOORE STREET (Next Door to the Road Board Office), BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON. FURNITURE I FURNITURE ! I Made to Order by qharles PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, FURNITURE DEARER, &C. Chests of Drawers, 3ft. 6in. x 3ft. 6in., with five drawers, Price 70s. Scotch Chest of Drawers, with six drawers, ’’rice £5 10s. Kitchen Cupboard, from 30s. Do. with Dresser, from 40s. Yenetian and other Blinds, Curtain Poles, Oxford and other Picture Frames made to order. Furniture repaired and renovated. GREAT SOUTH ROAD, TINWALD, Beyond Clark’s Grain Stores. For Sale, a Light Waggon, nearly new, in good order, Price £22. A good chance for anyone requiring a useful conveyance cheap. 346 c /"SASH RECEIPTS, in Books of 103 each, on .SALE at the “ Guardian office. RADER,