The Ashburton Guardian.

VOL. Ill—No. 058.1

ASHBURTON, FRIDAY. JUNE 8. 1883.

[PRICE—ONE PENNY.



Auctioneers, Commission Agents, &c. Alfred Harrison, A UCTIONEER, VALUER, COM MISSION AGENT, &c. Land Sales, Sales of Stock, Merchandise, Furniture and Effects, Pigs, Poultry, and General Produce. WEEKLY SALE every SATURDAY, at 13 o’clock sharp, commencing in the Yards with HORSES. AND SALES, IN THE ROOMS, AS I REQUIRED. Town and Farm Properties entered on the hooks. No charge unless sold. IGENT for THE TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Every class of Risks taken at lowest rates. 87a ALFRED HARRISON. The central freehold land, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENCY, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF William Smith, VALUATOR, &c. i



FOR SALE— The rhovo Agency has the following Farms for Sale : 200 acres, 78 acres, 250 acres, 400 acres, 163 acres, 79 acres, and 230 acres, at prices and terms to suit buyers ; full particulars at our offices. TOWNSHIP PROPERTIES. Two four-roomed cottages in Peter street. A five-roomed cottage in Cox street. A five-roomed cottage in Cameron street. Two three-roomed cottages on East Belt A six-roomed cottage in Havelock street. A seven-roomed cottage on East Belt. A two-roomed cottage in Tancred street.



TOWN SECTIONS. T. S. 855, 856, in Grey street. Three sections in Burnett street. Two sections in Wakanui road. Three sections in Peter street. One section in Wakanui road. T. S. 783, Peter street. Two sections facing Old Men’s Home. T.S. 1142, Wills street. Two sections in Cox street. SUBURBAN SECTIONS. We have over 40 lots to choose from, ranging from 1 rood to 16 acres, situated on the Belts, Alford Forest road, Walsh’s paddock, Mayo’s paddock, McLean’s paddock, Tail ored and Allan’s land, etc., etc. MONEY. £5,000 to lend on freehold property, at current rate of interest, in sums of £IOO and upwarls. Apply to WILLIAM SMITH, Manager, East street Ashburton.



LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. FlreEeserve— £l,ooo,ooo. Annual 1nc0me— £1,564,000. Invested Fund5£6,221,965. £6,221,965. Claims Paid— £16,800,152. INSURANCES EFFECTED ON Buildings, Furniture, Stocks, Wool (in shed or stations). Crops (growing or stacked), &c., &c> Agent for Ashburton— WILLIAM SMITH, East street, Ashburton. SUN FOUNDRY. FOR SALE— Ranges (any size) with copper, cast, or wrought iron boilers; registers, verandah brackets, fretwork, trmb railings, &c. Patterns of the above can be seen, and orders taken by the undersigned. WILLIAM SMITH, Agent for Ashburton.



COALS & FIREWOOD. All orders left at our offices, or for warded by post, will be delivered?; to any part of tbe town or suburbs, at the lowest possible price. WILLIAM SMITH, Manager, 220 e East street, Ashburton. Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. AE. INGRAM, M.E.L.C.M., , Abchitect and Engineer. Bridges, Water and other Engineering Work superintended in town or country. Villas, etc., etc., Planned on improved principles. No extra charge for Clerk of Works. Reduced Rates. Address : BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON, Next Mail Office. 949 d



a R FOOKS AND SONS, Architects, Civil Engineers, Valuators, Licensed SURVEYORS, AND LAND BROKERS, THE TRIANGLE, WAKANUI ROAD, Ashburton. W. H. BRISTOW, Authorised and licensed SURVEYOR, Ford and Newton’s Buildings, next Selwyn County Council Office, HE Rfe FORD STREET. 87 id



HE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. PRICE— ONE PENNY. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Advertisers are reminded that Thb Ashburton Guardian is the ONLX DAILY PAPER published between Christchurch and Timaru, and com mands a LARGER CIRCULATION throughout tbo County of Ashburton than any other Journal. Thb Ashburton Guardian circulates largely in the Town and Suburbs, and also in Rakaia, Chertsey, Sealiekl, Mcth ven, Alford Forest, Mount Somers, Wakanuij Longbeaeh, Ashburton Forks, Tinwald, Winslow, Waterloo, and every part of the County of Ashburton within the reach of. postal communication, thus being the best gcneial as well as local medium for Advertising. Thb Ashburton Guardian will be to any address in the colony for 24a oer annum (paid in advance), or sr, postage extra.



Note the Address— Gbeat South road, TrNWALn.SOOd E R. T H HOUSE. 1882—WINTER MILLINERY—IBB2. MISS DDNCAN has just received a large and varied assortment of Goods in the latest style, to which she particularly draws the attention of her friends and the public in general. Among the articles which she desires specially to enumerate will be found the following, all of which are we worth inspection : Bonnets, Feathers, Corsets, Baby Linen, Hats, Flowers, Underclothing, Pinafores. Miss Duncan is prepared to undertake Dressmaking in all its branches, and Mil linery in the newest and most approved styles. Ladies’ own material made up. Mourning within the shortest notice.



Note the address— PERTH HOUSE, COLOMBO STREET, Opposite E. Reece, Ironmonger. 2f)4e ■y IN CENT & CO.’S Light Family BITTER ALE. First Prize at the Christchurch Show, 1881. This ALE is brewed from the Choicest Malt and Hops, and is guaranteed to keep in eny climate. It has been subjected to the severest tests, and is now acknowledged to be the most wholesome end palatable drink offered to the public. We supply it in hogsheads, barrels, half-hogsheads, and kilderkins, and de liver free in Christchurch and suburbs, or to any railway station in the Canterbury Provincial District. ASHBURTON AGENTS— -621d JAMESON & ROBERTS.



SUFFOLK BUTCHERY Havelock steeet, Ashburton. Gv -J. Martin, BUTCHER, Begs to inform the Public of Ashburton Borough and County, that he is Supplying the Primest Meat at CHEAPEST RATES, for CASH. Roast Beef from ... 3d. to sd, Corned Beef from ... 2id. to 4d. Mutton l|d. to 3d. Sausages sd. to Cd. Contractors, Threshing Machine Pro prietors, and Harvesters, supplied with very requisite 912 c



iHE NEW GROCERY ESTABLISH MENT, ASHBURTON. MONEY SAVED IS MONEY GAINED. Andrew Orr Has much pleasure in informing the pub lic that he has OPENED those premises lately occupied by Mr John Fowler, Tancred street, as a GROCERY ESTABLISHMENT. A.O. would state that his object in starting this New Branch of Business, is to enable his Drapery Customers to have every article required for a household rom oiio establishment, without the necessity of opening several accounts. Families waited upon weekly for orders. It is needless to quote prices, as every article will be of the best quality, and at CASH PRICES. A tnal respectfully solicited. Good BUTTER and EGGS purchased in any quantity. ANDREW ORR, East street, Ashburton. The Cheap Drapery Sale still going on, at the premises. East street, (next Union Bank). 957 c



fJIHE LATE FIRE. The undersigned begs to notify that Messrs Acland Campbell and Co, have kindly placed their Grain Store at his disposal, and that the same will be opened as a temporary LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES on and after this date. Customers will find that they will receive the same attention, and their horses, etc., the same care as formerly. Note the Address— Edward Cookson, ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO’S . STORES, Petek steeet, neak Quill’s Hotel, Asbetjkton. Dec. 1881.



Photography.— Portraits are now being talon by the New Instan taneous Gelatine Emulsion Process at HEllNY’fcj PORTRAIT ROOMS, laun ders’ Buildings, East Street, Ashburton. ■ SLi BURT OIT COACH FACTORY, UAVfTOC'K STKBET, The undersigned Firm wish to inform thc-ir numerous Customers that their Commodious Brick Premises being now completed, they are prepared to Ezecut all Orders entrusted to their care in first-class manner, and with despatch. Baker & Brown.



Business Notices. F. S. Shearer, OF THE Mat bank works, tinwalb, begs to thank the public for theii past support, and takes this opportunity to intimate that he is ain position to Manufacture and Repair on the shortest notice all kinds of Machinery, such as— Flour Mills, Saw Mills, Wheels (cogged and water wheels), Combines, Engines, Hand and Foot Treshing Machines ; also, all kinds of Spring Carts, Brays, Traps, &c. Shearer & Lewis, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, AND Veterinary Shoeing Forge, Having secured the services of a first-class Shoeing Smith, defy competitidh. All orders entrusted to their care will receive prompt attention at reasonable charges. Agents for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders.



Business Notices. ERLIN WOOL DEPOT. MRS KINGSTON has COMMENCED BUSINESS in Crowd and Berlin Work, in TancreJ street West, late N. Dull’s Victorian Boarding House, near the Eng lish Church. Crewel Wools, Silks, Oat meal Cloth,Crash,Canvass. Brigg’s Patent Patterns in great variety. Ladies’ own I materials worked or traced. 32(!c gOAP, SOAP. SOAP. Now on Sale, at the Works in Moore Street, Ashburton, Soap and Candles, by Bar or Box, at Wholesale Prices ; also, pure Potash Soft Soap for washing Woollen Goods, at 6d per lb. By its use no shrinking or discoloring takes place, as is the case with ordinary soaps. Tallow, Eat, and Grease bought, or taken in exchange for Soap, etc. Gandies, 5d per lb. A good bar of Soap for Gd. JOHN SMITHSON. Leeston, March 3, 1882. 039 e



HAYING purchased Messrs T. E. Hodder and Co.’s STOCK OF IRONMONGERY, GLASSWARE, EARTHENWARE, AND GROCERIES, I will continue the business in the same premises, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, and by keeping the very best quality of Goods, and selling at the very Lowest possible Price, everyone will find it to their advantage to deal with me. Now Landed, a line of Strong and Well - flavored TEAS, which will be sold at 19s (guaran teed). Tea by the lb, 2a, 2s Cd, and 3s. There has never been anything like the 3s Tea in Ashburton before. I bought the Ironmongery, Glassware, etc., at a large discount under Cost Price, md will give my Customers the advan tage. Orders left at the Shop will be delivered with despatch, and Families leaving their address will be waited upon regu larly. Prime BUTTER and FRESH EGGS bought in any quantities. Robert Alcorn. 5S9d



N ° IO E . . Clark, GRAIN M E RCHA NT, OPPOSITE BANK OF AUSTRALIA. HIGHEST CASH PRICE FOR GRAIN. 192 c



A. W. It an dell EGS to draw the particular attention of the Ashburton Public to the fact that he has got GROWING in his Own Gardens about 20,000 BROCCOLI and CABBAGES; 20,000 CABBAGE PLANTS, and 2,000 FINE HEADS of CELLERY, which can be obtained retail at the Shop in the Town Hall. Splendid Samples of Onions at Low Prices, in large or small quantities. Good Blue Derwent Pota toes. N. B. —Gardens, Belt Road, corner of N.E. and N.W. Belts, next Sports Ground, Ashburton. 112 d Also, about



nMIJE CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY, X TRIANGLE, ASHBURTON. A. Thiele Wishes to intimate to his many friends and the public of Ashburton generally, that he has now TW 0 CARTS running throughout the District, and all orders entrusted to him for Bread, Biscuits, and Confectionery of every de scription, will be promptly attended to. A. Thiele tenders his thanks for past favors, and requests a continuance of public support. First award of merit at the Exhibition A. THIELE. 204 c



RE A T REDUCTION IN WATCHES. J. S. QUINN, Watchmaker, East street, Ashb t jkton, having received a large stock of English gold and silver Watches, will offer the same at the follow ng Reduced Prices, viz :—Rotherham’s gold hunting Levers from £lB ; Rotherham’s silver Levers from £6 iOs ; Ehrhardt’a silver English Lever from £5 10s ; gold Genevas (ladies' watches) rom £3 10s ; Waltham watches, in English cases, from £4; American watches from £2 os ; two years’ guarantee given. Also, a choice selection of Colonial-made Jewel lery, Brooches, Eanings, Dress Rings, set with Australian rubies, at corre spondingly low prices. Particular attention paid to the repairing of every description of Watch, Clock, and Jewellery. Guaran teed for 12 months. Pebble and other Spectacles to suit all sights. COe



T. E. Proctor, QCULISTS’ OPTICIAN Office — Over Cuff and Graham’s, next door to Suckling’s Leather Warehouse, COPSE LI OP LICHFIELD AND MAN. CHESTER CHRISTCHURCH. fi37c



Cofiee Palace, No, 1, OLD POST OFFICE, CIIIIIST CRURGH. OD. FISH O D . STEAKS and CHOPS trom the GRILL Every Night. Open always from 7 a.in., till Midnight, fid. MEALS fid. Cup of Tea ov Coffee ... 3 Cafe au lait ... ... ... G B4r.



Business Notices. rp ENT NEW 'William Patching, TARPAULIN AND HORSECLOTH MAKER HAS REMOVED xo ms PREMISES BP LOW ERIEDLANDER BROS., EAST STREET. N.B.—Horse Cloths end Oileldns can be obtained at the New Premises at the usual LOW PRICES. 530 e



rjl 0 BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. ASHBURTON COUNTY RIDGING AND SPOUTING FACTORY. TIN, IRON, AND ZINC WORKS, S. Hardley, Last street, ash burton, Having made arrangements for regular shipments of Galvanised Iron from the English Markets, is prepared to supply Galvanised Spouting and Ridging at the undermen tioned rates .—O.G. Spouting, found and fixed, 4in, 4xl ; 4iin, 18in Galvanised Iron Ridging, per foot. PS” First Award of Merit, Ashburton Industrial Exhibition Workmanship guaranteed. Quality unsurpassed, 551 d CANTERBURY BRANCH. V "4 Established „ WUI Pi- p-' - 1,000,000 • :-:7:r£D L'.KBlUTYOFShareholders rjpHE PREMIER COLONIAL CO FIRE AND MARINE RISKS TAKEN Af~TflE' CURRENT RATES. M P A N Y. LOWEST



ASHBURTON AGENTS— Jameson and Boberts. 240 d Thomas Crompton, WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF GALVANISED IRON SPOUTING, RIDGE CAP DOWN PIPING, COLONIAL OVENS KITCHEN RANGES' PORTABLE WASHING FURNACES, CLOSET PANS, LEAD WASHERS, &c. m n HAS the pleasure of informing his numerous Friends that having Re i • \J» 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. 283



James Heseltine, Ql ADDLER, Tiswald, begs to call the attention of the Public to his well selected Stock of SADDLERY; also, HORSE HOVERS for the coming season, whi-li ■will bo found to be of the best quality, and at lowest possible prices. N.B.—Every description of HORSE COLLARS made to order on the pre mises. 1c ** f'B'MIIS isn t a menagerie,” sharply 8 observed an irascible deacon to a man who was trying to force a passage through the crowd at Mr Mayo’s Green grocery Shop, next to the Royal Hotel. “ No, I presume not,” returned the stranger, “ or they wouldn’t leave any of the animals to block up the entrance. ” Fresh Fruit and Vegetables can be ob tained at the above shop daily. 912 d Donald Williamson GENERAL STOREKEEPER, East street, Ashburton, AS. always for sale a large and varied stock, which will be sold at lowest paying prices. Groceries, Wines and Spirits, Iron mongery, Ploughshares, and Drapery, in cluding all requisites of the trade. Men’s and Boys’ Clothing in great va rioty, made up toD. W.’sown order, from Kaiapoi, Mosgiel, and Roelyn Tweeds ; also, Colonial-made Flannels, Serges, and Blankets. D. W. would call special attention to his TEAS, so long and favorably known, and now reduced to 2s, 2s Go, and 3s per lb. Families waited on for orders weekly. Cash purchasers supplied at wholesale prices. A heavy stock of Boots and Shoes in cluding old celebrated make. 79d



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A gricultural machine shop, Ashburton. C. B, ay, ENGINEER, MILLWRIGHT, REAPER AND BINDER EXPERT. Ihe M-'Cormick, Deering, Osborne, Harvester King, and Wood’s Machines Repaired and Adjusted in Town or Country. Canvas Elevators fitted to Wood’s and Harvester King. Mire and Oil of the best brands. Engines, Combines, Pumps, &c., Re paired at very reasonable terms. All work guaranteed. Practical Sewing Machinist. Estimates given. C. RA Y, Oi-roHin: Central Hotel, Wakanui Rd. Authorised AGENT for SCOTT BROS.’ celebrated Leamington Cooking Ranges, Excelsior Windmills, Tomb Rail ings, and other Castings. Price Lists on Afelicatiok. 83



E W INDUSTRY. JAMES BRADLEY is prepared to take orders for ASPHALTING at very moderate rates. All orders to be left at the Works, Park srreot. All work kept in repair for twelve Felt Chest and lung Protectors Respirators American Chest Expanders American Elastic Stockings and Knee caps American Elastic Belts and Trusses American Enemas Allen and Banbury's Perfected Cod Liver Oil E;ui do Suez Leslie's Mill: Food Ou .Larry’s, Bard’s, Leave’s Ridge’s, and Liebig’s Infants’ Foods Pear’s Transparent Glycerine Soap. STRYCHNINE, £OO ounces now in Port Lyttelton. ASPBALITNG. months. libOc N S ALE. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, PiiAiiMAO BMiOAi Chemist. :«7d



Business Notice.



We have been appointed SOLE AGENTS for the Celebrated Me Sherry Grain Drills, For the Ashburton County, and have them now on vie;? in front of our establishment. These Machines have been FURTHER IMPROVED for this Season, and besides the capability for drilling peas, they are fitted with an improved GRASS SEED AMD TURNIP SOWING APPARATUS.



Business Notices. OWSHO W I K G~ XAI FOURTEEN OASES o N E Vv D R A P E R Y. K. GaMtes, Being a LIRECT IMPORTER from Manufacturers, and selling for CASH ONLY, enables him to offer goods TWENTY-FIVE TER CENT. CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN ASHBURTON. Note the following Prices : Ladies’ Tweed Costumes. 15s Od ; worth 25s ; 17s 9d, worth 30s. Wool Shawls, from Is lid ; Ladies’ Black Cloth Jackots, 8s lid to 60s. Other materials in all the leading fabrics. Twill Tweed Cloth, 7|d ; Satin Cloth, Is ; worth la 6d. Costume Cloth, is id; worth la Cd, Navy Blue Serge, Old ; worth la 3d. Flannels, Yery Cheap, from per yard. 72-inch White Sheeting from Hid ; Brown Holland, from 51 d. Boys’ and Men’s Clothing.



R. GABITES, EASTST R E E T. In That Shop Lately Occupied By Ready-Money Richards. 191 e J. FOWLER, Manager. ■XV Messrs EJz Bros,, HILE thanking the public for their V V liberal support, beg to intimate to their friends and customers that they have greatly enlarged their premises, and wish to notify that they are now in a position to do all kinds of work-—from building new to repairing carriages of all descrip tions. A large and choice stock always on hand, which their friends are invited to inspect. All work is under the super vision of Messrs Elz Bros, themselves. Charges strictly moderate. Note the Address— WILLS STREET (Next Cookson’s Stables), Ashburt on. Sose



I>OBINSON AND having entered SHIP, are prepared to CASH PRICES for TOWNSHEND, into PARTNER givc the highest WHEAT OATS BARLEY GRASS SEED And have for tale—Flour, Sharps, Bran, Chaff, Tea, Sugar*, Ac., Ac. Sachs at lowest rates. Agents for A. MOORE & CO., Christchurch ROBINSON & TOWNSHEND, UOGc Havelock street, Ashburton. JOHN MOISON, Practical Boot and Shoe Maker, Fowler’s Buildings, Tancrcd street. All kinds and descrip tions of Boots and Shoes, pegged and sewn, made on the premises. Extra attention paid to repairing. Moderate charges. fl 'Vrjj S'R.HURRAY'^ w. xs



Owing to the great demand for these Machines, we would advise intending pur chasers to make early application, as only a limited quantity was imported. A GREAT REDUCTION in the price has been made this season, and farmers would do well to enquire before purchas ing elsewhere. EXT It AS FOR THE ABOVE KEPT IN STOCK. Friedlaiider Bros., GENERAL MERCHANTS, AGENTS FOR THE COLONIAL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COM PANY OF NT-YV ZEALAND,



“ mAKE TIME BY THE FORE ± LOCK.” The circumstances of social life are widely different in these colonics from those at Home, and therefore the colonial market requires different treatment. This fact Robert Murray, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, East street, Ashburton, was not long in learning after his arrival on these shores, and he at once set his attention upon supplying WATCHES, which, while constructed with every regard to accuracy and reliableness in time-keeping, are also supplied with extra heavy cases, to resist the wear and tear of colonial l.fe. J received aa attention to prices. Celebrated Englisn levers, made expressly for R. Murray, specially suited for colonial wear, with extra heavy cases, all the latest improvements, at LG, L 6 Os, LG 10s ; higher classes, L*7, L 8 10s, LlO 10s, and Ll2 12s; Rotheihams, L(! 10s. Printed guarantee with each watch sold. Attention is called to the Clocks, Jewellery, and English Plato in stock, and to iho fact that all kinds of REP AIRING arc done on the premises and C UARANTEED. R. MURRAY’S S HOP is CON SPICUOUS by (he “ REGULATOR” of his own manufacture which occupies a place in his window, and serves as an authority on moan time to the town. Watches free and safe by post on re other supply and invites ceip* of P. 0.0. 720c-96a



bAKtR DUOS., COKTRACTORS AN UNDERTAKERS Wakanui i caO; mul CVas t-l.i A f>h 1 LANS I'JsEi’AKED & J-MJW



Business Notices. Westt: 7 old Mill Y S Eo \V IN ! ■ ' ' WORK. Farmers JL bringing th; ir (irist to mill can be accommodated oil night, and have their Grist ready to ti-iiun the following morn ing. A A V. : icr 3;ept. Cask iA-Yi-.u os Cuais. Apply to JAMBA CL A BE, 678 d Proprietor Wcstcriield Mill.



■ riiomas Taylor JS now quoting a FEESH SUPPLY of



Dunedin Oatmeal, Somerville’s, the best at 4s per 251bs Dunedin Biscuits, 3d per lb Pure Lemon Juice (certified by the Board of Trade) quarts, Is 9d Vitadone non alcoholic Champagne, 9d per bottle, 8s Gd per dozen Smoked Cods’ Poes, Is per tin Spiced Herrings, Is per tin Pi'esh Herrings, 8d per tin Very Choice Lings Gd per tin Sugars, yellow, 3£d per lb V, hite Crystals, 4d to 4|d per lb Snowdrop Crystals, 5d Raw Brown, 3id Teas. —ln this connection we do no t nauseate the public by “protesting too much.” Our teas and prices speak for themselves. Pure Assam Tea, 2s and 2s Gd per lb Best Pekoe or Green, 3s. Mixtures of Indian and China Teas, best, 2s lOd per lb ; other qualities, 2s Bd, 2s 6d,’2s 4d, 2s, and Is Cd ; boxes, 28s, 265, 245, 225, 20s, 18s Gd, 16s Gd, and 13s Gd The latter, a pure tea with good leaf, strong and fine flavor, unequalled, at less than 3s a box advance. Strong caddies, containing 201 b of the famous Assam Mixture, 38s; Half chests fit iOibs, L 3 to 1.5 Coffee, Sib tins, best, 3s Maravilla Cocoa Essence, Ss Gd per lb Van Houtc-iip.’, 4a 8d Fry’s, 1b Gd Kcw Currants, Gd per lb Mixed Peels, la Gd per ib St Albans Cakes, currant, citron, or seed, 9d each Rest Mixed Biscuits, 9d per ib Caudles, Battersea Was, lOid per lb Sperm (full weight). Cd per Ib Mould Candles, ad per lb. Kerosene, 9e, Da Go, and 10s Cd, per tin Fire Kindlcra. 4-J. per racket. Nabob IWI \ i ' i v'ttlo Captain lv bite's ~ ;;ri Crosse and Blachwc-ti’s, Ib 3d McLean’s Colonial, 10u Lucca Oil, G. p.iui uurarls), 2s 4d Nabob Sauce, ICrl Yorkshire Relish, 10.1. Mellor’s Sauce, fid and Is Cd C. and E. Currie l’uv.;Ua, Is Gd and ls 9d



Keilict’.s Mannalaxtc, ' : <i per tin Swiss Milk, ICvrci. 10s tU-acn Honey, £ii> tins, 10J Sago, 4xi per lb, the best Tapioca, 5d and cd Farina, 5d per lb packet Maizeua and Oswego, t>el pci lb Columbus Corn Fit air, Gil Rice, 8d ; Sib for 3 a Cu ; best, 4d ground, 4xl Tobacco—best brands only, Venus Nail red, Gs Venus Twist, 5s Cd Aromatic, mild. (>. io;- }h v: c, < x GOODS DELIVERED DAILY. AI»Di!KSS : ST. ALBANS’ STOLE AND BAKER i (Late Say well). COLOMBO STREET— Christchurch— One door city side of Tuan, street. LICIT STREET— One door city tide of St. Atoph street 284



ORIi A Co., Ironmongers, beg to inform the Ashburton public that they have been appointed AGEISTS for the under mentioned Machines, and trust that all who are thinking of buying a Sowing or Killing Machine will call and see these before deciding on any other make. THE LIOHT-RUHNINO Standard SEWING MACHINE K 8 THE BEST IN THE WORLD. T-sS mm m A JlOVf KIND YOU pON’T FORGET ft



‘Oi.JC , t - The HOME CO7.It’ANION (hand treadle) by the same makers as ‘‘ Standard,” is a perfectly reliable Am can-made Machine, and has given equivocal satisfaction wherever in duced, and deserves the attention of th public. The “ Standard ” KILTER.— Th Machine will be found a great boon to Dressmakers and others, and wo antici pate a largo and ready sale for this. It can be worked by hand, treadle, or steam power, and will Make Amy Kims or Kilt Desired. Can be altered to dif ferent styles and widths immediately, and n a most simple manner 63e