The Evening Echo.

Yol. 1.—126.

Ashburton, Wednesday, August 7, 1878.

Price One Penny.



Messrs 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. BU L LOCK AND CO. ON SALE by the UNDERSIGNED. ..Also, , BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. Fencing Material, Cement and Lime, Coal and Firewood. ' MONTGOMERY & Co., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



THE undersigned is a CASH BUYER of j OATS, BARLEY, GRASS SEED, WHEAT, CHEESE, and OTHER FARM PRODUCE, At highest market Rates. Comsacks supplied at ruling prices. H. B. SORENSON. Christchurch. T ORD, HUGHES, & Co., 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. 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 and Country.



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



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 MAMGHESTERiSTREET SOUTH, Near the new Passenger Station. J. C. DOLMAN, PLUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL HANGER, 2INC, and TINPLATE WORKER, -i" Tancred Street, ASHBURTON. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and * repaired. O.G. .Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric ; Bells supplied and fitteb* Nrß. 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 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, J IC EN SED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, TOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & -*• DEALER IN FANCY GOOTS. 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. BILLIARD ROOM, With one of Alcock’s Best Billiard Tables, kept on the premises. MOOR STREET, (opposite Royal Hotel,)



s HOTEL, quill COMMERCIAL 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 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, SITTINC, AND LUNCHEON ROOMS, BATH ROOMS, &c. WINES, BEERS, & SPIRITS OF THE BEST BRANDS. SPLENDID 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, HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) W ISHES to call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which he is NOW 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, ■yyTSHES 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 Tq No. 2, Montgomery’s Buildings. _____ —— G. F. SCOTT, QENE RA L 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 NATLONS Sup plied to Order and Let out on Hite. Note the address— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON,



GREAT SALE !!!



LOOK OUT FOR A. 0. AITKEH AND CO.’S GREAT CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR, ANNUAL STOCK TAKING, TO BE HELD SHORTLY.



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE& SPIRIT MERCHANT, - ~ Tailored Street, Ashburton.. ’ ’ JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE ~W TINT TIE IR, 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. T. CHAMBERS, gOOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash.



GREAT SALE



[A CABO.] J. H. TOWNEND, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON ft. Excellent accommodation for Boarders,



(Next the Horse Baz -r), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. AND GENERAL SMITHS. Orders for every description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar an teed 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. General Smith, Wheelwright, and Shoe ing wo? k wa?rantcd to give satisfacimi. ’EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors.



RUBBER STAMPS. 'JpHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink fand 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 MILLS, SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Building Materials in Stock and supplied on must reasonable terms. FUNERALS FURNISHED. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on the shortest notice.



ORAM’S SOIJVCEIRSIET 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 l>e one of the finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. The cuisne is under the supervision of an eminent chef, and the proprietoFhopes 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 SH BURTON BREWERY. 'XVOOD AND CO., ALE AND PORTER BREWERS AND BOTTLERS. CAMERON ST., ASHBURTON.