THE EVENING ECHO, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1878.

Printed and Published by Smith James Furness and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton, Thursday, May 30, 1878.



cox, TE AGENT, R, O N . all Sizes mproved, Rangitata Money Lent in Large or Small Sums, on Approved Security. AGENT FOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. DECLARATION OF WAR. WHEN the. first note, of prepaiation was sounded in the East, and the war cloud was no, laiger than ,a man’s-hand, and while the principal potentates of Europe, though breathing peace,- were silently girding up their loins for a struggle as fierce in the encounter and more baneful in its results; than any which has hitherto devastated the face of our mother earth—it was then that he sought every means in his power to avoid such another calamity that befel Plevna, by obtaining for- the, coming winter a very Large Assortment of Horse Cloths, Oil skin Leggings, and Sou’-westers, to enable the Inhabitants of Ashburton to stand a long Winter Siege. WHO.HAS DONE THIS? Why,, TROMAS DUDSON, SADDLER, Burnett Street, And, for further emergencies, has on hand the Largest and Best Stock’ of ’Saddlery and Saddlers’ Ironmongery ever exhibited in Ash .burton. Saunders Bros. HAVE PA nnr& t 0 lend upon town SECTIONS and othei FREEHOLD -PROPERTY. po nnn t 0 be INVESTED in FREEHOLD Security. po Q nn to be ADVANCED in Sums of £IOO and upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. nnn t 0 be advanced GROWINGfCROPS, LIVE STOCK, andoIIicrAGRICULTURAL Security. Messrs SAUNDERS BROS, have for Sale, Situated on the NORTH BANK of the RAKAIA, 4000 acres, partly improved. 690 „ unimproved 675 „ fenced 760 • „ 400 of which arc now in Turnips 72 ~ unimproved WAKANUI DISTRICT. 490 acres, 130 of which are ploughed 201 „ highly improved jk 25S 99 19 201 „ ~ House, Stable, &c. HI I. M 936 II II 300 „ >1 Sixty. Acres four miles from the Township. Several Valuable Town Sections. DRAUGHT HORSES. THE Undersigned have FOR SALE a Number of Broken and Unbroken COLTS now to be seen in their Paddocks, adjoining the Ashburton Domain. SAUNDERS BROS. NOTICE TO FARMERS, HORSE BREEDERS, AND OTHERS. THE Advertisers are prepared to Receive HORSES for Sale by Public Auction or Privately, and to make Liberal Cash Advances on same. Good PADDOCKS and Plenty of FEED for Stock, SAUNDERS BROS.



ORR AND CO. Another Large Shipment of NEW GOODS just being opened up, ex Himalaya. STRANGERS coming- to reside in Ashburton are often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase of Drapery, Clothing, and House-furnishing Ironmongery, and General Stores. ORR &> CO. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. Tney keep at all l times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which being bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled- to offer Goods of such sterling value ae cannot be equalled by any other house in the trade. Every article in stock is marked at the lowest price, from which no abatement is made, so that the most inexperienced buy their Goods at the same prices as the best judges. Particulars in future advertisement! OIR K, J^ISTJD C O



W. R. BOYLE, J? STATE AND GENERAL AGENT, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. MRS. E. PETERSON, DRESSMAKER, Lancred Street, T NFORMS the Ladies of Ashburton that she 1 has REMOVED ro TANCRED STREET (four doors from Firth, Pass, & Co’s), and trusts that- the patronage she has received in the past will be continued in the future. WILLIAM GAVIN DRAPER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, announces that he HAS CLOSED U! " cu„ r < . «« Echo ” cux..) -mere he has had a Clearing Sale for some time. From encouragement received he has re solved to Commence Business-permanently, WITH A FRESH STOCK in one of the Shops in Montgomery’s New Buildings, ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MAY. It is his intention, to confine himself exclu sively to the GENERAL DRAPERY DEPARTMENT. By strict attention to business, selling at the lowest possible price, and all due civility, he hopes to merit a share of the patronage of the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding district. HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify the Blood, correct all disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys and Bowels, and aro invaluable m all com plaints incidental to Females. THE OINTMENT is the only reliable remedy for Bad Legs, Old Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Colds, Gout, Rheumatism, and all Skin Diseases it has no equal. Sold by the Proprietor, Thokaw Holloway, 533, Oxford Street, London, and by all Medicine Venders throughout the World. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. BREAKFAST COCOA. “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills._ It is by the judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to s disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.” — The Civil Service Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO., Homoepathic Chemists, London. ON BREWERY. wood and co., ale and porter brewers AND BOTTLERS, CAMERON-ST., ASHBURTON.