The Evening Echo.

Yol. I—l 4 3.

Ashburton, Tuesday, August 27, 1878.

Price One Penny.



A/TESSRS 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. -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. Cornsacks 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. Cornsacks and Woolpacks supplied at lowest current rates. Indents, executed from all parts of the world. Offices—Pligh Street, Christchurch.



GEO. ST. HiLL, Builder and Contractor Burnett Street, Ashburton. FLANS PREPARED AND ESTIPiIATES GIVEN On the Shortest Notice For every description of Building in Town and Country.



CHEAP FUEL. SPRINGFIELD COAL, NEWCASTLE COAL, AND FIREWOOD. - SPRINGFIELD Coal can be highly recom mended for every purpose, and the fact of its being used on the Railway must be a suffi cient guarantee of its quality. G. PARKER & Co., Near Railway Station, Ashburton. EAGLE’S DINING ROOMS, HAVELOCK STREET, Near to the Town Hall, Ashburton. LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS. Meals at all hours. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, ■DRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND 1 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 SI REEF, 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. FOOICS AND SON, TI CENSED SURVEYORS] AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, 'T' OBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & -L 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. BILLIARD ROOM, With one of Alcock’s Best Billiard Tables, kept on the premises. MOOR STREET, (opposite Rani Hotel,)



BUSINESS NOTICE. J L. WILSON, AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield Street, Christchurch. RAILWAY FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH. SCOTT BROS., 4b ENGINEERS, &c„ Beg to inform their customers and the public generally that they have REMOVED To new and commodious premises in MANCHESTER STREET SOUTH, Near the new Passenger Station. J. C. DOLMAN, T>LUMBER, LOC KS MIT H, BELL r I-lANGER, 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 fitteb- Orders punctually attended to,



QUILL’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 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, SIPLIEHSTIDIID 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, W HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) 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 Piovince. WHOLESALE ORDERS DELIVERED, FREIGHT PAID, TO ANY STATION ON THE CANTERBURY RAILWAY.



Cambridge’s Quinine Wine, a Pure Solution of Quinine, in the finest Orange Wine, has no equal as a Strengthening Tonic. Large bottles, 4s. 6d. Cambridge’s Cough Syrup, for Coughs, Colds, &c., is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. Cambridge’s Extract of Oak. Bark, for the Prevention and Cure of Sore or Cracked Nipples, in bottles, is. 6d. each. Cambridge’s Compound Essence of Senna is the Best and Safest Aperient Medicine for Children. They take it readily, and will ask for more. is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per bottle. Cambridge’s Ringworm Paint —Three or four applications will Effect a Cure ; in is. bottles. Cambridge’s Glycerine Jelly, for Chap ped Hands and Face ; in bottles 2s. each. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, DISPENSING AND FAMILY CHEMIST, Ashburton. G. F. SCOTT, ENERAL 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 Order and Let out on Hire. Note the address — EAST STREET, ASHE UR TON,



GREAT SALE !!!



LOOK OUT FOR A.O. AITKEN AID CO.’S GREAT CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR ANNUAL STOCK TAKING., TO BE HELD SHORTLY.



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT, Tancred Street, Ashburton. JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE WINTEB 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.



GREAT SALE!!!



T. CHAMBERS, JgOOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash. [a card.] U, J. H. TOWNEND, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ': . . ■ • .... AlS£H r B LLR TO N - Excellent accommodation for Boarders,



UNION 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 will compare favorably with any in Canterbury. Important.—Ex erienced Manufacturers and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Stra Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presse &c. Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith, Wheelwright , and Shot ing wofk warranted to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. RUBBER STAMPS. 'J'HESE 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. !A SHBURTON STEAM SAW MILLS, Jf\ SASIi 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. • - f



ORAM’S im soiloilbsie 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. 'J'HIS 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. J)LAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale at the office of the “Evening Echo . ASHBURTON BREWERY. \vosd and co„ i isLE;;AND PORTER'BREWERS; ? BOTTLERS. CAMERON ST., ASHBtTRTON.