THE EVENING ECHO, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1878

Printed and Published by Smith James Furness and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton, Saturday, April 13, IS7S.



GREAT REDUCTIONS IN THE PRICE OF DRAPERY GOODS. OER YY 'IST JD GO. Beg to announce that owing to the Great Depression in the various manufacturing districts in England, their buyer has been enabled to secure some EXTRAORDINARY CHEAP GOODS. The following is a copy of a letter just received last mail, and • the goods are being now opened up this week ex Loch Cree. London, November 22, 1878. MESSRS. ORR & Co., Dear Sirs —l have shipped the balance of your September order by the Lurline and Loch Cree, and I assure you that I have never seen such value in drapery goods. But that is owing to the general depression all over the manufacturing districts. In some cases I have doubled your order on account of meeting with such unusual good value. The dress goods are sixpence per yard below the usual prices ; flannels, blankets, and winceys are extra good value. I met with some very nice goods in Ladies’ jackets, and have made a careful selection, which I think should sell well with you. Indeed, I am sure you will be well satisfied with my present purchases. Wishing you a very prosperous season, I a m, &c., J. CALDWELL.



Dress and Costumes. 46 Pieces all Wool Serges, is. 6cl. to 2s. 30 Pieces Coloured Russel Cords, is. per yard. 15 Pieces Black Russel Cords. 10 Black Alpacas, is., is. 6d., 25., 2s. 6d. 63 Costumes in all makes and styles. UNDERCLOTHING. Ladies’ Chemises, Frilled and Trimmed. Ladies’ Night Dresses, Plain, Frilled, and Trimmed. Ladies’ Drawers, Tucked, Frilled, and Trimmed Ladies’ Skirts, Tucked, and Fancy Tucks. Children’s Underclothing, all sizes and makes. Skirting and Skirts. Black Satin Quilted Skirts in great variety Black Skirts in- Lustre and Italian Cloths 30 dozen of Felt Skirts, in all the newest shades, at 4s. 6d., ss, gd., 7s. 6d. to 12s. 6d., very cheap Striped Wincey Skirting at various prices Hosiery and Gloves. Children’s Lamlrswool Socks Children’s Cashmere Socks, in fancy ribb, scarlet and tartan Youths’ 1\ nicker Ilose, Scotch, in fancy, mixed rib, and heather Children’s Lambswool Hose, in stripe, scarlet, and heather Women’s Stockings in great variety, 6d., gd., is., is. 4L, is. gd., up to 3s. 6d. Men’s Socks in stripe heather and plain colors Men’s Undershirts in great variety Men’s Pants in flannel Cricket Flannel, merino and knitted Gloves. Ladies’ Josephine Kid Gloves in all shades Berlin Gloves Lisle Thread Gloves Cloth Gloves, &c. Shawls. Queensland Wool Shawls Breakfast Shawls Carriage Shawls Crossovers and Scarborough Ladies’ Vests Ladies’ Wool Jackets, &c. Floor Oilcloths, different patterns • Boots and Shoes, Mens’ clastic Kid Boots, English and Colonial make. Mens’ Colonial make. Watertight*, Pegged and Sewn. Mens’ Shoot ing Boots, riveted and pegged. Mens’ Slippers in great variety. ‘Mens’ Carpet Shoes. Men’s Blucher Boots. LADIES’ BOOTS. Ladies’ Elastic Side Boots. Ladies Kid Elas" tic Side Boots. Ladies Colonial made Boots and Shoes in all varieties. Ladies’ Slippers. Childrens’ Boots and Shoes, 30 different sorts. Boys’ and youths’ Boots, nailed and peg ged, Colonial and English make. WE have the largest assortment of Gents’ and Ladies’ Boots in Ashburton. Pur chasers would do -.veil to inspect the stock be fore purchasing elsewhere. Haberdashery. Sewing Cottons, in 50, 200 and 400 yards; Clarke’s and Coates's Darning Cotton, Crochet Cotton, Mendinv Cottons. Knitting Cottons. Sewing Thread. Tailor’s Silk and Twist. Tailor’s Buttons and Trimmings. Capes, all widths. Sewing Silk on reels, at 4d., is., and is. gd. Carpet Bindings, Blind Tassels. Bullion Fringe in Green, Crimson and Scarlet. Toilet Fringes, Silk Braids, Russia Bindings, Black Mohair Braids, Black and Colored Alpacca Braids. Pins in Sheets and in Packages. Mixed Pins in red and blue Packages. Ilooks and Eyes, Hooks only.



BUTTONS. Linen Huttons Dress Buttons Polished Bone Buttons Florentine Buttons Round Silk Laces Leather Laces Elastic, all widths Whalebone for Dresses Waddings, White Gray, and Black MEN’S HATS & TIES. io dozen Men’s Black Felt, at ss. 6d., 6s. 96., and Bs. 6d. 10 dozen Still Felt Mats, new shapes Men’s Tics in great variety of styles and makes, including Tom Thumb, Regents, Beauforts, shaped, Napoleons, Pall Mall, and King ston Grey Calicos, Sheetings, Etc. Plain and Twilled Sheetings Finlay’s Sheetings, all widths Twilled Cotton Sheetings Plain Grey Calicos, from 4d. per yard upwards SILKS. We hold a large stock of Black and Colored Silks, at greatly reduced prices Checked Silks in great variety Wedding Silks in new colours CLOTHING DEPART MENT. We pay particular attention to this Depart ment, and keep a large stock of Colonial made Goods, in Geelong, Mosgiel, and Nelson Tweeds Boys’ Clothing in great variety Youths’ Overcoats Gents’ Overcoats Gents Ulster Coats, just to hand, excellent value JACKETS. 6 dozen Ladies’ Jackets Lature Cloths Plain Cloth Jackets Seal Jackets, trimmed Fancy Cloth Jackets Worsted Cloth Jackets German-made Jackets Children’s Jackets, all sizes Ladies’ Waterproof Ulstets in plain cloth and fancy tweeds. All prices, in great variety FLANNELS. Lancashire Flannels 'Welsh Flannels Real Welsh Flannels Medium Flannels Scarlet Flannels, from is. 3d. upwards Kaiapoi Flannels, is. 4d. per yard Kaikottra Flannels Fancy Flannels in Blue, Pink, etc Shirting Flannels BLANKETS, 100 pair White Blankets, 245. and 255. 6d., very cheap 130 pair Blue Blankets at 16s. 6d. and 225. 6d. SHIRTS 30 dozen Men’s White Shirts from ss. to Ss. 6d 10 dozen Men’s While Shirts, open at back, well-made military fronts So dozen Crimean Shirts in great variety, very much reduced Oxford Shirts at all prices Men's Strong Working Shirts at 25., 2s. 6d.. and 3s. 6d. each CARPETS. Brussel Carpets ' Tapestry Carpets Kidder Carpets Felt Carpets Cocoa Matting China Matting Cocoa Binding Carpet Binding, all colors



BOOKS ! BOOKS ! BOOKS ! FURNESS and DIXON have on Sale a Choice Assortment of Interesting and Popular Works, including the following:— Sunday at Home for 1877. Leisure Hour for 1877. Child’s Companion for 1877. Little Wide Awake tor 1877. Saved from the Sea, by Kingston. Robinson Crusoe, 100 Illustrations. Swiss Family Robinson, 300 Illustrations. Boys Book of Sports. Every Boys Annual. Ethel Clinton. Little Hazel. Polly and Jack. Nannette Dampier. Prince Übbely Bubble. Told in the Twilight. Aunt Martha’s Comer Cupboard. By Ilesba Stretton, — Fern’s Hollow. Cassy. Max Kromer. Little Meg’s Children. Friends till Death. Kardoo, the Hindoo Girl. Trot’s Letters to her Doll. Our New House. Melbourne House. Uncle Tom’s Story of his Life. Turnaside Cottage. The Twins of Saint Marcel. The Lost Father. Christmas at Annesley. By A. L. O.E., — Miracles of Heavenly Love. Fairy Frisket. The Silver Casket. Aunt Jane’s I lero. Richard Hunne. With the Tide. The Fairy Spinner. General Beckwith. Barriers Burned Away. The Teacher’s Handbook of Questioning on the Gospels. Men Who Have Made Themselves. 'fire Sword and Garment. Grace for Grace. Life of D. L. Moody. Church Life in Australia. Recreations of a Country Parson. The Land of the Sun. Military Heroes of England. Enquire Within.



Tiie Revolt of the Field; a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Move ment among the Agricultural Labourers of England. Martyr Graves of S cotland. A Cloud of Witnesses. Tales of Old Ocean. Oliver Wyndham ; a Tale of the Great Plague, by the author of “ Naomi.” Beecher’s Lectures to Young Men. Beecher’s Lectures on Preaching. The Markham’s of Ollerton. Eldergowan. Sketches of Indian Life and Travel. Earth and its Treasures. The Home and Synagogue of the Modern Jew. Homes Made and Marred. Sceptre and Crowns. Nettie’s Mission. The Little Camp on Eagle Hill. Cross and Crown. Sons of God. Marco Visconti. The Way of the World. Nails Driven Home. Quiet Talks with my Young Friends. Wanderings of a Pilgrim. The Little Head of the Family. Robert and Harold, the Young Marooners Mary 13 run ton. Helen’s Victory. Bertram Noel. Life of Dr. Livingstone. Mary Bunyan. Betty’s Bright Idea, by Mrs. Stowe. Vicar of Wakefield. One Summer. Davie Blake, the Sailor, by Mrs. Sewell. Prudence Palfrey. The Flower of the Family. The Sunny Side. The Shady Side. Nanny’s Treasure. Homer’s Iliad. Longfellow’s Poetical Works. Scott s ~ ~ Goldsmith’s ~ ~ Cowper’s ~ ~ The Argonaut. Once a Week. East Lynne. Miss or Mrs. Sapphire Cross, 3 vols.



The Poultry Book, by Tegetmeier; with numerous colored plates, by Har rison Weir.



Cheap—lllustrated covers:— From the Earth to the Moon. Around the Moon. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Popular Tales and Romances. Citizen Bonaparte. The Polish Jew. The Illustrious Dr. Matheus. Family Theatricals. Book of Riddles, &c. The Barton Experiment, by the author of ** Helen’s Babies.” The Jericho Road, by ditto. Lost and Found. What Will He Do With It, 2 vols. Lucretia. Rienzi. Joshua Haggard. Harold. The Girl He Married. Letty Hyde’s Lover's. Second to None. Queen’s Cadet.



FURNESS AND DIXON’S LIST OF 800 KS— continued . Three Muskateers. Foul Play. Hard Cash. Love me Little Love me Long. Never to Late to Mend. Flitch of Bacon. Lancashire Witches. Two Midshipmen. Tom Cringle’s Log. Running the Gauntlet. Will lie Marry Her. Albert Lunel, by Lord Brougham. The Bivouac. The Hussar. A Wife to Order. The Light Dragoon. Captain Blake. The Log of the Waterlily. Ocean Waifs. Only an Ensign. Rifle Rangers. Sir Plarry Hotspur. Christie Johnson. Afloat in the Forest. The Cliff Climbers. Nights at Sea. The Maroon. Giraffe Hunters. The White Gauntlet. Autobiography of a Thief. Peg Woffington. David Chantrey. The Jumping Frog, by Mark Twain. Innocents at Home, by ditto. The White Chief. Hunter’s Feast. The Sylvesters. The Ceaguer of Lathom. The Wild liuntiess. Roughing It. Tancred, by the Hon. B. Disraeli. Sybil, by ditto. Gardenhurst. The Armourer’s Daughter. The Half Blood. My Love She’s but a Lassie. The Half Brothers. The Parson’s Daughter. I he Life of a Sailor. Gervase Skinner. Tales of the Coastguards. Chetwynd Calverley. Leonard Lindsay. The Wood Rangers. The Girl he Left Behind Him. Tiger Hunter. Condoned. Flood and Field. The Ex-Wife. Hearths and Watch Fires. Peter Simple. Sea Lions. Midshipman Easy. Newton Foster. Japhet in Search of a Father Jacob Faithful. Out of the Hurly Burly. Dot and Dime. Theo ; a Love Story. Hans Breitman’s Ball. Elbow Room. The Four Irrepressibles. Holiday Camp. That Dreadful Boy Trotty. My Mother-in-Law. &c., & c., &c., &c.



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