The Evening Echo.

Yol. 1.—120

Ashburton, Tuesday, July 30, 1878.

Price One Penny.



yESSRS 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. ■ :t' BULLOCK AND CO. ON SALE by UNDERSIGNED. Also, building materials ' of every description. Fencing Material, Cement and Lime, Coal and Firewood. MONTGOMERY & Co., EAST STREET, 9 ASHBURTON. THE undersigned is a CASH BUYER of OATS, BARLEY, GRASS SEED, WHEAT, CHEESE, and OTHER FARM PRODUCE, At highest market Rates. Cornsacks supplied at ruling prices. H. B. SORENSON. Christchurch. T ORD, HUGHES, & Co, -L' 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. Cornsacks and Woolpacks supplied at lowest current rates. Indents executed from all parts of the world. Offices—High Street,. Christchurch. BUSINESS NOTICE. J L. WILSON, AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield Street, Christchurch.



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



BIRTHDAY CARDS, AND FANCY STATIONERY, AT FURNESS & DIXO’N’S.



RAILWAY FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH. SCOTT BROS., ENGINEERS, &c„ >EG to inform their customers and the public generally that they have REMOVED i jl ' ' ■' * ■ ■ • 4 " ’ ' To new and commodious premises in lAHCHESTER STREET SOUTH, Near the new Passenger Station. J. G DOLMAN, ) LUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, Tancred Street, ASH B U R T O N. N' |rtesian AVclls sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. ,G. Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric Bells supplied and fittcb- N,B,T-Orders punctually attended to.



PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLATE WORKER, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has com menced business in TANCRED STREEI, where he hopes by strict attention to business, combined with moderate charges, to merit a {air share of public patronage. N.B.—Repairs neatly executed. C. E. FOOKS AND SON, SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. V A. PEARCE, TOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & A DEALER IN FANCY GOOFS. Having taken over the Business of Mr. W. PI. Friedlander in the above line, hopes'to receive a continuance of public support. Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery, and Fancy Goods in Large Variety. BILLIARD ROOM, With, one of Alcock’s Best Billiard Tables, kept on the premises. MOOR STREET, (opposite Royal Hotel,)



Q, TT ILL’S COMMERCIAL HOTEL, ASHBURTON, , (One Minute’s walk from Railway Station and Telegraph Office.) The Proprietor begs to inform his old friends and the public that, having seen the necessity that existed for a Really First-Class Hotel at Ashburto% he erecte the..above.at a very considerable outlay, and is now in a position to offer the Best accommodation to Families and Visitors , on the most Reasonable Terms. SPECIAL ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID TO THE PRIVATE, SITTING, AND LUNCHEON ROOMS, BATH ROOMS, &c. WINES, BEERS, & SPIRITS OF THE BEST BRANDS. gIH?T ■‘mTsTT*)TTD BILLIARD 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 3 HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) * t x t IS HES to call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which he is NOW W SELLING ALL GOODS, which cannot be beaten by any House in the Province. WHOLESALE ORDERS DELIVERED, FREIGHT PAID, TO ANY STATION ON THE CANTERBURY RAILWAY.



DRUG, CHEMICAL, AND PHARMACEUTICAL ESTABLISHMENT, ASHBURTON. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, to inform his friends that the business which he has carried on for the last 4 y z years, in the shop adjoining Messrs. Fried lander Bros., IS REMOVED To No. 2, Montgomery’s Buildings.



. G. F. SCOTT, QENER'AL CARRIER Cameron St., Ashburton. Parcels delivered promptly and charges . moderate.



K. SANDO, FAMILY GROCER TENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSE CLOTH MAKER, AND GENERAL STOREKEEPER, EAST STREET, ASH B URTON FLAGS of ALL NATLONS Sup plied to Older and Let out on Hue. Note the address— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON,



GREAT SALE !! I LOOK O*OT A. 0. AITKEN AND CO.’S GREAT CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR ANNUAL



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, 0 ' - GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT, - To-ncrcd Street, Ashburton. JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE & •WINTER STOCK, Consisting of GENT S’ CLOTHIN G, IN Paget and Sack Suits Overcoats Shirtings, Calicos, IRONMONGERY, ; TINWARE, IN ENDLESS VARIETY. Oats, Bran, Sharps, and Chaff,



STOCK TAKING, .# • TO BE HELD SHORTLY. GREAT SALE !!!



Always in Stock. WINES AND SPIRITS, ALT AND PORTER In. Draught or Bottles. THE BEST BRANDS ONLY KEPT. T. CHAMBERS, gOOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash. [a card.] J. H. TOWNEND, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, {Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Excellent accommodation for Boarders,



UNION STEAM IRON WORKS, (Next the Horse Bazaar), 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 will compare favorably with any in Canterbury. Important. —Experienced Manufacturer and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presses, &c. r ' Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General S?nith, Wheelwright , and Shoe ing wotk warranted to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. RUBBER STAMPS. rpHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and 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.



MILLS, A SHBURTON STEAM SAW jC\ sash and door M A N U-F A C T O R Y,' G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER ; AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, Every discription of Timber and Building Materials iu Stock and supplied on most .. ' ' , reasonable terms.. FUNERALS FURNISHED. Plans prepared and Estimates. Given on the shortest notice. ORAM'S SOIMIEIRSIET 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, _■ and ...... Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Tas mania. 'pHIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounced to be one of the finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. The cuisne 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. R. W. SHEARMAN, PROPRIETOR. pLAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale at the office of the “Evening Echo ” A ; SHBURTCN BREWERY. WOOD AND CO., • ALE AND PORTER BREWERS 1 - IxtR AND . .BOTTLERS. CAMERON STU ASHBURTON, :