The Evening Echo.

Vol. 1.—136.

Ashburton, Monday, August 19, 1878.

Price One Penny.



Messrs bullock and co., ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, 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. 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. Cornsaclßupplied at ruling prices. H. B. SORENSON. 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 and Country.



T ORD, HUGHES, & Co,, JLr 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 Connies or London. Cornsacks and Woolpacks supplied at lowest current rates. Indents executed from all parts of the world. Offices—High Street, Christchurch. BUSINESS NOTICE. t L. WILSON, J 1 * AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR,' BROKER, Lichfield Street, - Christchurch. RAILWAY FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH, SCOTT BROS., ENGINEERS, &c., BEG to inform their customers and the public generally that they have REMOVED To new and commodious premises in MANCHESTER STREET SOUTH, Neat the new Passenger Station, J. C. DOLMAN, *0 LUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL- Jr HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, Tancred Street, ASHBURTON. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. O,G, Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric , ; Bells supplied and fittcb* N,8,-Orders punctually attended to,



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



PUBLIC NOTICE, JOSEPH HYDE, practical coppersmith and l 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 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. FOOKS AND SON, SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, '■“TOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & A DEALER IN FANCY GOOFS. 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 in Large Variety. BILL IA R D ROOM, With one of Alcock’s Best Billiard Tables, kept on the premises. MOOR Tt REE T, : (opposite Royal Hotel,)



QUIL-Li’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 Ashburton, he erected the above at a very considerable outlay, and is now m 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. ST 3 LIE! IST ID TIL) BILLIARD S-A.LO OUST 3 Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard 1 ables. NIGHT PORTER KEPT FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRAVELLERS. G. W. DUCKWORTH, . Wholesale and Retail General Grocer, W HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) ISHES to call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which lie is NOW SELLING ALL GOODS, which cannot be beaten by any House m 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 years, in the shop adjoining Messrs. Fried lander Bros., IS REMOVED To No. 2, Montgomery’s Buildings.



G. F. SCOTT, QENERAL CARRIER Cameron St,, Ashburton. Parcels delivered promptly and charges moderate.



K. SAN DO, FAMILY GROCER TENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSE CLOTH MAKER, AND GENERAL STOREKEEPER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup plied to Otder and Let out on Hite. Note the address —• FAST STREET, ASHBURTON



GREAT SALE !!!



LQOK OUT GREAT CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR ANNUAL STOCK TAKING, TO BE HELD SHORTLY.



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT, Tattered Street, Ashburton. JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE ■WIHTBE STOCK, Consisting of . GENTS’ CLOTHING, IN Paget and Sack Suits Overcoats Shirtings* Calicos, IRONMONGERY, TINWARE, IN ENDLESS VARIETY. 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.



GREAT SALE



[A card.] jP R. 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,



esSSsas ’ UNION STEAM IRON WORKS, (Next the Horse Baz. r), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. s§- Edwards <& Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS.- AN DGE NE RAL SMIT HS. 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.—Ex erienced Manu aclurers' and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, . Wool Presses &c. • ’ ' Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smithy Wheelwright, and Shoe ing wojJi warranted to give satisfaction. ■EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. t RUBBER STAMPS. 'jpHESE 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.



SHBURTON STEAM SAW SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY MILLS, G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, , Every description of Timber and Budding Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms. FUNERALS FURNISHED. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on the shortest notice. ‘ ORAM’S SOMERSET 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. 'jpHIS 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 ” l A SHBURTON BREWERY. AND CO., ALE AND PORTER BREWERS AND BOTTLERS. CAMERON ST., ASHBURTON.