The Ashburton Guardian.

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING RECORDER.

V YOL. 1— No. 45.]

ASHBURTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1880.

[PRICE—TW OPEN CE.



Auctioneers and Comm: ALFRED HAI auctioneer, commis ETC. SALES, Sales chandise, Furniture anc Pigs, Fowls, and General WEEKLY S Every SATURDAY ai SALE ATI ntries can be made at my Yards. Agent for the Transat Insurance Com; E DMISTON BROS. (X.ATE BUX/LOCK j. ASHBTJRT General Merchants, Auct Station, Estate, an Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Im will be held at their ton, and the Tinwt alternate TUESDAYS CASH AD VAN' Made on Stock, Produce, for Positive S EDMISTON BROS. & [Card,] j E gccTis ctioneers, Land, and 1 ASHB U R T FARMERS AND O Messrs, acland, c, CO. are prepared to s and others with Station S Wire, Fencing Staples, Sta Lowest Rates, and of First AGENTS FOR ' ROYAL INSURANCE CAPITAL NSURANCES EFFECTEI KATES. 65 CAMPBEL pRE DK . p A Street (Ci.osE fo Station) Aslibur Land and General Comini Orders taken for—Sydney IJ Coal, and Malvern (by the tn mg Materials of all kinds. Agricultural Implements, Eng can, &Ci, &c. MESSRS. POYNTZ AND, Jg E AND GENERAL COMMISSIC Rents and Debts Co Money advanced on Freelu Insurance. THE LONDON & IJ FIRE INSURANCE



Millers, &c. SAUNDERS BROS-, MILLERS, Grain Merchants, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mills— GREAT SOUTH ROAD. 72 HA/TOFFAT begs to inform tlie , IVi inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that his NEW FLOUR MILL AT WAKANUI HAS COMMENCED WORK, And hopes, by strict attention to busi ness, and turning out a First-class article, to merit a share of public support. Special attention paid to Gristing, and Farmers from a distance can have their Grist ground by return. 31 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 shortest notice. t! e 2G TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF SUPERIOR B'UILDING TIMBER. ALSO, 20 t OOO TWENTY THOUSAND SAWN TOT AHA AND BLACK PINE F NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, ENCING g TAKES EAST STREET, ASIIHUKTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. 12 BRICKS. pjnHE UNDERSIGNED having COM PLETEB dieir KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal tc any made in the Colonjq at any Station up or down. Samples to be seen at the Company'* Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, and V, iuslow, W. MONTGOMERY & CO f] JMITEUI 32 Boarding Houses. ]\l RS . Set) TT ’ S IMPERIAL BOARDING HOUSE, Durham Street South, CHRISTCHURCH. Board and Lodging, 20s. Beds and Meals, Is. each. 500 a CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, B ' r. ( -r o S o ,- , t; . (Nc:u T..WI. H;..il). I)K-< »I’KNIN»: Hie .d. L .lions mkl centrally -ituMcd Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, PKOXTIIETOIt, 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 HOURS. Dinner on Saturday from 11. 00. Beds (single), Is. Gd. Private Room foii Ladies. 153—024 a FORMS PRINTED “To Lot ” and “ For Sale ” —can be obtained at th« Herald Office.



c Business Notices. T. A. G A TBS, ABIN E T MAKER, PICTURE FRAME MAKER, AND UNDERTAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, 4 SPILLARD’S CABINET MAKING AND UPHOL STERY Manufactory, and Ware house, next to the Union Bank, Tailored street, Ashburton. Sitting Room and Bedroom Tables, Couches, Oheffonniers, Chairs, Chests of Drawers, Washstands, Commodes, Chim ney Glasses, Toilet do. , Whatnots, Dress ing Tables, Cradles, Children’s Cots, Bassi nettes, Basket Ware, Bedsteads—double, sin Me, iron, and wood ; Mattresses, spring, hair, wool, and flax; Beds, feather, woollen, and cotton-flock; Bolsters and Pillows, do., do.; Carpets, Rugs, Floorcloth ; Mats and Matting Fibre, Cocoa and China; Fenders, Fire Irons and Japanned Ware ; Galvanised Baths and Buckets ; Kitchen Tables ; .and English and American Chairs. Blinds —Venetian, Wire Gauze, Common Roller, and Spring ; Curtain Poles, &c. Orders promptly attended to. 13 CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, East Street (next Echo Dining Rooms), ASHBURTON. John Mee ch , PHACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, , PAPERHANGER, Ac. ALL KINDS OF EKPAIES. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. P J. R. CHAPMAN, AINTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER & SIGN WRITER, Importer Lead, Glass, The trade Prices. of Paporhangings, White Ac. supplied at lowcrt Wholesale 17 P S. COLLINS A SON, AINTERS, PAPERH ANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and DECORATORS, Mooek-streel Ashburton. Country orders promptly attended to, and the quality of Work and Materials Guaranteed, SHBU R T O N g T ORE. 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 SANDO AND CO., /N ENERAL STOREKEEPERS, TBACCONISTS, NEWS AGENTS, A'bi Ac., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Laugh Ekcistev Office. 3d MEDICAL HALL. Established 1874. J. M. C AMB R I D G E, DRUGGIST, FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMIST, Has always in Stock—■ SPONGES—Honeycomb and Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Circular, Co e’s, Sal mon and Ocly’s, Mocmain, &c. ELASTIC STOCKINGS Knee Caps, Wristlets, and Anklets ; Abdominal Belts in Silk and Thread. FEEDING BOTTLES—Mather’s, Maw’s, IMoA, A.,’, T-: i-yimi. .md Smm- I MAVIS' F« »Ol >S I .i< i>i vf-• Hard’s. \ , ;i V. A. i\j'j LIVER OILS--De jongli’s, l.ang ton’s. Holler's, Eoxe’s, Southall Bros. PERFUMERY—Picsse and Lilian's, Rim mel’s, Gosncll’s, Briedenhach’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. HOMOEOPATH 1C MEDICINES—Death and Ross’s daily e.vpecled ex “ Wai tangi. 'TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. TAMESMo D O N A L D, PRACTICAL TAILOR, East stub kt, Ashbu hto n. A good Stock of Tweeds and Cloths on ml. Summer Goods opcnshortly. 172



Business Notices.



JUST ARRIVED— SECOND SHIPMENT OF gTATIONERY, STATIONERY, DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTORY. Now Opening Up. A CHOICE [ASSORTMENT OF Commercial AND Household STATIONERY. THE Largest and Finest Lot ever opened up in Ashburton, AND Equal to any exhibited in the Colony. WEEKS & DIXON, Printers, Publishers, AND COM M ERG I ATL AW, AND General Stationers, Guardian Offiok, FA S T STR EE T ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. RAKAIA ANNOUNCEMENT. G. A. VINCENT, PRACTICAL PAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPERHANGER, Ac., Near Bank New Zealand, RAKAIA, BEGS to announce that he has com m cnced Business in Rakaia, and all orders entrusted to him will receive prompt attention. 294 FARMERS ! FARMERS ! FARMERS R. McKERROW AND CO., RE Cash Purchasers of Wool, Grain, and all kinds of Farm Produce, and arc 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, Ac., for sale at lowest current prices. R. MoKERBOW A CO., G RA I N M E RC II ANT I, RAKAIA. 60 ~ WE ANDERSON, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, Ashburton, HAS always in STOCK a complete assortment of every description of Saddlery, Harness, Whips, Saddlers’ Iron mongery, Ac., imported direct from Eng land. Goods to order manufactured on the premises of the best Materials, and at the lowest rates. 11 H. M. J ONES, Baring Square, LAW A COMMERCIAL STATIONER BOOK -AND MUSIC SELLER. Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Strings, Concertinas, Ac. Magazines, English Papers, A Periodicals by each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch 15 T. CHAMBERS, JgOOT AND SHOEMAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Boots and Shoes of all kinds Sewn or Pegged. Repairs Attendee To. 48 INK for Marking Pack'ages, Sten cilling, Ac. Large bottles, 2s. each. WEEKS A DIXON, Stationers, Ac., East street. B. C. SMITH, QENERAL CARRIER, ETC., Moore Street, Ashburton. 25 TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. 171 OR SALE, at an early date, — * One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, Ac., complete. We are replacing this machine by a Double Royal Wharfedale, which necessitates removal of the Double Demy Machine now used for printing the “Herald’’and “Guardian,” for hand or steampower. Can be seen and all par ticulars obtained at our office. WEEKS A DIXON. Ashburton, October 14, 1879. 50 NOTICE. MISS HODDER, lately arrived from London, begs to announce that she has commenced business as DRESS MAKER in Moore street, Ashburton, near Dr Stewart’s residence. Prices strictly moderate, and no ollort will be spared to give satisfaction. MISS HODDER, Drrssmaker, Moo K E SXRE BT. IG9—Gsla DIARIES ! DIARIES ! ! DIARIES ! ! 1 W E have just received a splendid assortment of LETTS’ DIARIES for 1880, an inspection of which is invited. OFFICE DIARIES, ROCKET DIARIES, SCRIBBLING DIARIES, DJAI.I ES OP evekv description WKF, K S A- lIIX oN , ■■ llr.iiii.i' ' ,o. " < !i-., >:>•!,> v " ilwrrs, Near the Railway Station. REAPERS AND BINDERS. fnHE Undersigned having been a.-- 8 pointed agent for the sale »,f McCORMICK’S A W. A. WOOD’S REAPERS AND BINDERS is now prepared to treat with those v ho will want them for the coining season. FREDK. PAVITT, 555a —88 East Street, Ashburton FOE 18 8 0. rnHE PRESS ALMANAC And Diary Can he obtained from the undersigned. Price —One Shilling. WEEKS AND DIXON, He KALB Office, Near Railway Station.



Business Notices. BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFIELD. JONES AND CO., Norton Farm, Sea field, 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. Jones and Co. 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. JONES AND CO., NORTON FARM, Seafield. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keei’ers, Grain and Seed Merchants. AGENTS FOR TUB ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN. G79a Sk TINWALD. AND GALLOWAY MILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Road, Tinwald, Beg to thank the public generally for their very liberal support during the past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all its branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove. COACHBUILDING. Orders received fer making or repairing all kinds of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the best materials used. AGRICULTURAL. Implements of all kinds made or re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Reap ers and Binders, Chaffcutters, Bruisers, &c. BUILDING. Estimates given for all kinds of Build ing and general carpentering. Cocksfoot Grass Seed Threshing Ma chines, for hand or foot, made to order, great saving of labor. SHEARER AND GALLOWAY, Tinwald. 1G5—641a JUST ARRIVED. PAPER BAGS, PAPER BAGS. rfONFECTIONERS, Fruiterers, ; Grocers, Drapers, Seedsmen, Ac., can be supplied with Paper Bags, all sizes, and Printed or Plain. WEEKS AND DIXON, General Printers, East street North. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, BEG to thank their friends and the public of Ashburton for the liberal support accorded them during the past five years, and to intimate that they HAVE OPENED new business premises in East Street near the Bank of New Zealand, where they will be prepared to supply Agricul tural and. Garden Seeds of every descrip tion. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, EAST STREET. The facilities we possess for testing the quality of all Seeds offered by us, and our desire to extend this branch of our busi ness, will he a sufficient guarantee that all Seeds offered by ns will be such as will give the utmost satisfaction. SEAIaT~BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET. 306 a PUBLIC NOTICE. f'I'IRADESMEN and others who intend } using the Ashbmtuu G«s Cmupaiu. A Gas .-ilu.ii.M give r.livir m-dui-s at "iiv. have their |.reini.sus titled with Gas Fittings, I" ensure It" del;. y when the Gas is brought iitt> i the t< >w u. ,J. C. UOLiVI AN, LICENSED GASPIU'EK, Plumber, Locksmith, Whitesmith, Bell hanger, Zinc and Tin-plate Worker, Hot and Cold Water Engineer, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. N.B.—-Artesian Wells sunk and Pumj. ! fitted and repaired ; 0. G. Guttering fixer t Current Ratos. Electric Bells supplied and fitted. Orders punctually attended to in town and country. 812 JjINYBLOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.— The cheapest over offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings.



Public Notices. FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, &c., &c. NOW OPEN. F. FURNESS BEGS to inform the public of Ash burton that he has just opened a NEW STOCK OF FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY IN THE SHOP NEXT TO HOLDER & CO.’S, Saunders’ New Buildings, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Dates, Nuts, Almonds, Confectionery, Biscuits, Ac., Ac., Ac. G7Ba PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the public of Ashburton and surrour ding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inft in them that he has received, and to arrive,- at his place of business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attenlh i to the Measure Department, and in'ites the gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect the superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes he is now making. Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and Shoes, and Running Shoes. WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Next to Montgomery’s, East-street. PAPERHANGING~WAREHOUSE, TANORED STREET, Ashburton. J. R. CHAPMAN PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN-WRITER, Etc., Has much pleasure in stating that, owing to the large increase of Business, he is now Impoktikg from the Manufacturers— ■ PAPERMANGINGS, WHITE LEAD LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH WARE, And all the necessaries of the Trade, and is therefore in a position to compete with any house in Canterbury for price and quality. Every description of work in the trade executed under personal superin tendence. Competent workmen sent lo all parts of the country. ESTIMATES GIVEN. Advertise. YOU WANT /"to sell a Farm, > to sell a Horse, [ to rent a Farm, 1 to buy a Horse, j to buy a House, to rent a House, to obtain Board, to sell Groceries, to sell Furniture, to sell Hardware, to hire a Servant, to borrow Money, If you want to sell Dry Goods to sell a Carriage, to sell Real Estate, to seek a Situation, to obtain a Servant, to engage a Salesman, to sell Millinery Goods, to sell a House or Section, to find a Strayed Animal, to find any one’s Address, to sell a piece of Furniture, to find an owner for Anything, lo buy a second-hand Carriage., to find anything yon have L ost, U you want I. to sell Agricultural Implements YOU CAN DO SO, MAKING YOUR WANTS KNOW, IN T ll !■', ASH IU:K It I\; 11 Ell A 1 ,1 > ort'D.'K ; SAU NDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street. Milliner and Dressmaker. MRS. ADAMS, jyjTLLINER AND DRESSMAKER. Ladies’ and Children’s Dresses made up iu tlie newest styles, at Lowest Charges. Wedding and Mourning Orders promptly attended to. Mrs Adams devotes special attention to Millinery. MR S . ADA MS , Moore Street, Opposite Mr. Boyle’s Office, 151 a



For Sale. FOR SALE, to ACRES Tussock Land, in I O > Lots to suit purchasers. Very Liberal Terms. 74 SAUNDERS BROS. STUD SHEEP. have a number of "Wilson’s Cele brated Merino RAMS for Sale. 177 SAUNDERS BROS. POYNTZ AND CO. FARMS FOR SALE. ON EASY TERMS OF PAYMENT. Messrs poyntz & Co. have the following properties for sale ; Several eligible Town Properties in Ashburton, Tinwald, Rakaia, and Wins low, both for sale and to let. Apply, POYNTZ AND CO. 107 Ashburton. SPORTING. Messrs, saunders & walker have for Sale Two Greyhound Puppies, eight months’ old, by Mr. Chat teris’ Azamat out of owners’ L’Esprit. Azamat (imported) is by Tulloch gorum, out of Cygnet, and won a 43 and 22 dog stake in England. L’Esprit (imported) is by Pell Mell out of Scrap, and won the Nelson Gold Cup in 1878. She is sister to La Rapide, L’Encore, and other Australian celebri ties. Apply to MR. S. SAUNDERS, Ashburton, or, MR. W. G. WALKER, 98 Christchurch. Conveyances. ROYAL MAIL COACH. ASHBURTON TO LONGBEACH. Great Reductions in Fares. NEW ARRANGEMENTS, JANUARY Ist, 1880. GEORGE WILLCOCKS begs respect fully to announce that he will com mence running the Royal Mail Coach, from January Ist, 1880, between Ash burton, Tinwald, Wheatstone, Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, carrying Pas sengers and Parcels at considerably re duced rates. Having engaged an experi enced coachman, thoroughly acquainted with the district, the public can rely on all orders for parcels receiving careful and prompt attention. Passengers will be carried at prices within the means of everyone, and by so doing the proprietor trusts to receive a larger amount of patronage from the Town and Country. Booking Offices —For Passengers, at Quill’s Commercial Hotel, Ashburton; for Parcels, at the “ Guardian ” and “Herald” Office, Ashburton; and Post Office, Longbeach. 82Ga GEORGE WILCOCKS. OPPOSITION THE SOUL OP TRADE., REDUCTION IN FARES. np H. BREWER, in thanking the public I , of Ashburton, Longbeach, and Water ton, for their liberal support in the past, begs to announce to his numerous customers and friends, that he intends running Ms Coach DAILY as usual ; and he now in tends making considerable Reductions in the Fares. T. H. B. relies on the support of his hitherto numerous patrons to enable him to carry out the above motto. T. H. BREWER, Proprietor. 895a —333 NOTICE. HI H. BREWER’S COACH leaves I , Longbeach for Ashburton DAILY at 8 a.m. via Waterton, 8.40 a.m., Ashton, 9 a.m., Wheatstone, 9.15 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10 o’clock trains. The Coach returns by the same route, on arrival of the 3 p.m. train from Christchurch. Booking Office—Cox street. All orders, parcels, and telegrams punctually attended to. T. 11. BREWER, Proprietor. 896a—347 TT COOKSON, Wills Street, runs the Jnl. MAIL CMACH from Ashburton I’.aii'vr.v Station Green Street., Alford Emvst. and Mount Somers, every Tuesday . : and End ay, returning Wednesday .and ■ Sa.t.m day ;U A o. m. W ASTE I ’APE LI for Sale, 3d. per 10. at the H f.iia lt> Office. Apply early. 590 I)ALL PROGRAMME CARDS in y very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station. Drawing-paper, ail sizes, just opened at WEEKS AND DIXON, East street. Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. C E. LOOKS AND SON, j-Jt CENSED afTVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act* Government Contract Surveyors, Triangle, Wakanui Road, near Post-office ASHBURTON. £3