The Evening Echo.

Price One Penny.

Yol. 1.—124.

Ashburton, Monday, August 5, 1878.



bullock and CO., ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, every alternate Thursday. CASH ADVANCES, made on Stock, Produce, &c., con ; signed for Positive Sale. BULLOCK- AND CO. ON SALE by the UNDERSIGNED. Tea, Port, ( Sugar,. Sherry, Soap, Claret, : Candles, Champagne, Coffee, Moselle, 1 ' Cocoa, Brandy, ' Rice, - Rum, ~ Salt,. Whisky, Ale, Old Tom, Porter, •' Schnapps, ; - Also, BUILD IN G MATERIALS of every description. Fencing Material, Cement and Lime, Coal and Firewood. MONTGOMERY & Co., . EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. THE undersigned is a CASH BUYER of . . OATS, BARLEY, GRASS SEED, WHEAT, CHEESE, and OTHER FARM PRODUCE, ; ; At highest market Rates. Comsacks supplied at ruling prices. FI, B. SORENSON. Christchurch. T. ORD, HUGHES, & Co., Lv GRAIN AND PRODUCE MERCHANTS, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION AGENTS, Make Liberal Advances on Grain or other pro duce for shipment to their agents in the. Aus tralian Colonies or London. Comsacks and Woolpacks supplied at lowest current rates. Indents executed from all parts of the world. Offices —High Street, Christchurch. V



GEO. ST. HILL, Builder and Contractor Burnett;Street, Ashburton. # PLANS PREPARED AND ESTIMATES GIVEN v On the Shortest Notice For every description of Building in Town and Country.



BIRTHDAY CARDS, AND , FANCY STATIONERY, ' ' * AT , FURNESS & DIXON’S.



BUSINESS NOTICE. IV L. WILSON, AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield Street, Christchurch. RAILWAY FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH. SCOTT BROS., ENGINEERS, &c., B EG to inform their customers and the public generally that they Have REMOVED i. To new and commodious premises in MAM Glf ESTER STREET SOUTH, .: Near the new Passenger Station, • ; J. C. DOLMAN, -;. jgLUMBE'C " L'P CKS KfTT H, BELL HANGER, rnP ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, > ,r; Tancred Street, r:ASHB U R T O N. Artesian. Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and •; ■ - ‘ repaired.'' " O.Cr, Guttering fixed at current rates, Electric ;;rc. Bells supplied and fitteb {' N.B.—-Orders punctually.attended to.



PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH. HYDE, -PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND JL BRAZIER, TIN, . IRON, AND ZINC V PLATE WORKER, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has com menced business in TANCRED STREET, where he hopes by strict attention to business, combined with moderate charges, to merit a fair share of public patronage. N.B. —Repairs neatly executed. C. E. POORS AND SON, jrT CENSED SURVEYORS AND , , LAND BROKERS Under the. Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, ■ EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. ' A. PEARCE, npOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & A DEALER IN FANCY GOODS. Having taken over the Business of Mr. W. H' Friedlander in the above line, hopes to receive a continuance of public support. Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery, and Fancy Goods f: >v in Large. Variety. : B I LLI AR D* ROO M, With one of Alcock’s Best Billiard Tables, kept on the premises. MO OR :• STRE ET, ; (opposite Royal Hotel).



ASHBURTON, (One Minute’s walk from Railway Station and Telegraph Office.) The Proprietor begs to inform his old friends and the public that, h^ n J the necessity that existed for a Really First-Class Hotel at Ashburton he erected the above at a very considerable outlay, and is now in a position to offer Best accommodation to Families and Visitors, on the most •:: :. , 0.. -■ Reasonable Terms. SPECIAL ATTEHTION HAS BEEN PAID TO THE PRIVATE, SITTIHC, AND LUNCHEON BOOMS. BATH ROOMS, &c. WINES, BEERS, & SPIRITS OF THE BEST BRANDS. SIFILIEIsriDIIO BILLI-A-iRX) SALOON, : ; Fitted With one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard Tables. NIGHT porter kept for convenience of travellers. G. W. DUCKWORTH; Wholesale and Retail General Grocer, HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) r IS HES to call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at W IS S ELLING ALL GOoil”*££££* beaten by any House in the Province. WHOLESALE ORDERS DELIVERED, FREIGHT PAID, TO ANY STATION ON THE CANTERBURY.-RAILWAY.



DRUG; CHEMICAL, ' .■4 - ' / .'AND ': ■ ; PHARMACEUTICAL ESTABLISHMENT, ' . ASHBURTON. . ' - i. J. M. CAMBRIDGE,-.. •yyiSHES to inform his friends that the business which he has carried on for the last years, in the shop adjoining Messrs. Fried lander Bros., IS REMOVED To No. 2, Montgomery’s Buildings.



G. F. SCOTT, qe-n er a l c- arr Ie r Cameron St., Ashburton. . Parcels delivered promptly and charges moderate.



K. SANDO, FAMILY GROCER TENT, TARPAIfLIH' & HORSE CLOTH MAKER, AND >; •••' : ; ; _ ■ ~ i GENERAL STOREKEEPER; EAST STREET, ASHBURTON* ; FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup plied to Otder and Let out on Hite. Note the address— . j EAST STREET, • • j ASHBURTON.



GREAT SALE !!!



LOOK OUT FOR A. 0. .MEN m m GREAT .. . * ■ ••'' CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR ANNUAL.- STOCK TAKING, TO BE HELD SHORTLY.



GREAT SALE 111



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WIHE & SPIRIT -' merchant, Tailored Street, Ashburton. , JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE STOCK., Consisting of GENTS’ CLOTHING, IN Paget and Sack Suits Overcoats Shirtings, Calicos, IRONMONGERY, : TINWARE,*. ! -•- ■" • V ■ - ' • •'■■■■ ■ ■ ■ v i .. IN ENDLESS VARIETY. ' -. . ' 1 *. Oats, Bran, Sharps, and Chaff, Always in Stock. .. :•, ... _



WINES AND SPIRITS, ALE AND PORTER: In Draught Or Bottles. THE BEST BRANDS ONLY-KEPT. B •: T. CHAMBERS, OOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. ' Terms Cash. [a card.] R. J. H. : TQWNEND, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. • J ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, . AS H B U R T O N- Excellent accommodation for Boarders.



UM STEAM IRON .WORKS, (Next the Horse Baz rr), BURNETT STREET,, ASHBURTON. .. : Edwards & Lee, . ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. AND GENERAL SMITHS. \ Orders for every description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar anteed to give satisfaction, at prices that wil compare favorably with any in Canterbury. ■ Important.—Experienced Manufacturer and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presses &c. Wind Pumps,. Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. ■ ~ i General Smith , Wheelwright , and Shoe ing work warranted to give satisfaction . {EDWARDS AND LEE, . ' Proprietors. -



RUBBER STAMPS. 'jpHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink fund Pads, are now being Manufactured at the * ECHO ” OFFICE, and can be supplied any shape or size for 7s. 6d. STAMPS FOR Receipts, Labels, Societies, Books, Marking ’’ Linen, &c. ‘ . •



A SHBURTOK STEAM SAW MILLS, jTX sash and door MANUFACT 0 R Y • G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, ' . Moore Street, Every description of Timber and'Building Materials.in Stock and supplied on must reasonable terms. : • - i FUNERALS FURNISHED. ' : g Plans prepared and Estimates Given on tfie shortest notice.



ORAM’S " ifc . COMMERCIAL AND. FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBURTON. UNDER THE- PATRONAGE OF ■ . ' Sir George Grey, K.C.8., ..premier of New Zealand* . : Sir James Ferguson, Bart., late Governor of New Zealand, Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Tas ' mania. 'jpHIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounced to" be one of the finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. The cuisrie is under the’supervision of an eminent chef, and the proprietor hopes that his long experience in the trade is a sufficient guarantee as to,the quality of the contents of the cellar. ~ ~■ ' ’ ' • 1 ;.WV-, i SH:E-A:R : M.AN^;,. proprietor.



pLAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale at the office of the ‘'Evening Echo ” HBU.R TON BREWERY. WOOD AND CO., •ALE AND PORTER BREWERS AND: •;• ;• BOTTLERS. V C AMERON ST., ASHBURTON.