The Evening Echo.

YoMyrr-174

Ashburton, Thursday, October 3, 1878.

Price 'One Penn'S



WeßS&' -BULLOCK AND C 0.., iVI ji^uRTON, General Mercfess ; Auctioneers, Stock, V station, Estate, . i and Commission Agents. •: •• s *‘ ; - 1 Sales of Stock,- Fatm Implements, &c., will beheld at:their Yards, Ashbur ton, every.-alteruate Thursday. ■- CASH ADVANCES i " made on Stock, Produce, &c., con signed for Positive .Sale. | * ° : . ;j k, : : 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, & jCo., GRAIN AND PRODUCE . "merchants, h; .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. ; 1 BUSINESS NOTICE. t L. WILS ON, 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 j • REMOVED’!. To new and commodious premises in MANCHESTER STREET SOUTH, Near the new Passenger,Station Manufacturers of Railway Contractors’ Plant, Flax Dressing Machines and Presses, Wool Presses, Agricultural and all descriptions of Machinery. Plain and Ornamental Railing, jGates, and Tomb Fencing. j T Stoves and Cooking Apparatus. Drawings prepared and estimates given for all kinds of Engineering and Machinery. Repairing done with expedition. J. C. DOLMAN, PLUMBER, LOC KS MIT H, BELL HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, Tancred Street, SHBUR T O N. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. O.G. Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitted •, ■ m —Orders punctually attended to.



GEO. HILL, Builder and Contractor Burnett Street, Ashburton. ' PLANS PREPARED AND ESTIMATES GIVEN On the Shortest Notice For every description of Building in ’ ; i . Town and Country. :



rll CHEAP FUEL, Springfield Coal, Newcastle 1 Goal , | • -and Firewbbd. ;, \ SPRINGFIELD Coal can be highly recoin 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, j 'Near to the Town Hall, Ashburton. : LUNCHEON. AND DINING ROOMS. ' Meals at all hours,. . ' j PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, i PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH j 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.; j . N.B. —Repairs neatly executed. j C. E. -BOOKS’AND SON, £IC.EN SED!. SURVEYORS; AND LAND BROKERS . 1 '! ’.. ' j , Under the Land Transfer Act, i Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, '“TOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & 1 DEALER-’IN FANCY GOOFS. . Having taken over the Business of Mr. W. H. • Fried lander 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 ARock’s Best Biliiard Tables, kept on the premises. MOOR ~T REET,.’ ' Y (opposite|Roval Hotel,} ;



... ggL* TJ ILL’S I - MERC I A L H O T E L, ;,l ,:-A _ t , ; , : % ■ 1 (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 ait a very considerable outlay* and is now in;a position to offer-the :‘t i. .< Best accommodation to Families and Visitor.s, on the most : . r ,., rr , f .. ••• / * ■ - ■ i .-.-A .. A ’ - SPECIAL ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID : TO THE PRIVATE, SITTING, AND LUNCKtDN: HflfeifiS, BATH ROOMS, &c. WINES, BEERS, & SPIRITS OF THE BEST BRANDS, S-A-LOOnST, Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard Tables NIGHT PORTER KEPT FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRAVELLERS. ; g. .w. : duck worth, Wholesale and Retail General HIGH STREET, 'CHRISTCHURCH, . (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) ’ ■ WISHES to call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at,which he ( NOW ■SELLING ALL GOODS, which cannot be beaten by any House iu the Province. 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 ik 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 .....beijrks.- -y 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, ENERALCA R R. I E R, ■ Cameron St., Ashburton. Parcels delivered promptly and charges moderate. ■ • •



K. SANDO, FAMILY GROCER TEHT, TARPAIiUH, & HORSE CLOTH MAKER, | AND. - ' •■ • GENERAL STOREKEEPER, EAST STREET, . - ASH B U R TON. FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup plied to Order and Let out on Hire. Note the address— EAST STREET, P / i /AX/xc : rr , o- , ASHBURTON,



A. 0. AITKF.M AMD 00. HAVE ON SALE— American Thermometer Churns , ~ Rakes „ J Handsaws Shovels, long and short handled Spades of all kinds Forks, Garden and Stable American Axes . lIOLLOWARE OF ALL KINDS. Saucepans Boilers Kettles, etc., etc. FENDERS, and FIREIRONS. n A. O. Aitken & Co., Have lock-street, .a. .©■ h: b it :r t o it-



FIREWOOD. FIREWOOD. DLACK P I N E FIREWOOD On Sale at Hayes’ Timber Yard, J. R. CHAPMAN, • PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN WRITER, ’ CENERAL HOUSE DECORATOR, ETC., TANCRED ST., ASHBURTON, (Nearly opposite the Union Bank). - A CHOICE selection of Paperhangings, at CX - Christchurch prices. , Genuine White Lead ' Linseed Oil, raw and boiled Brushes of the best American and English manufacture -- A large stock of Glass, of various sizes and . quality , :•' 1 : Kerosene,. Putty, and Glue ... Copal, Carriage, Oak, & Paper Varnishes PAINTS Of every description prepared and supplied on the shortest notice.



PIONEER BAKERY, (Next to Fowler’s) Tancred Street, Ashburton. Thom as' hicks, FANCY BREAD & BISCUIT BAKER, ; PASTRYCOOK, AND CONFECTIONER. Pastry and Biscuits of , the best quality always in stock. Tea meetings and parties liberally dealt with. Wedding Cakes made to order on the hottest notice. Families supplied daily in all parts of the town. | SCHOOL BOOKS Just Arrived— Royal Primers, Victoria Exercise Books, &c. —•Echo Office, Stationers’ Hall, EasUstreet,



FRUIT IMPORTED DIRECT FROM SYDNEY. *' J. MOOAR &.GO, . Wholesale & Retail ■ - GREENGROCERS AND FRUITERERS, REMOVED to EAST STREET, }. (Shop"lately occupied by Mr. Cambridge.) JUST ARRIVED A LARGE STOCK J OF . ■: :s. Oranges, Pine Apples Lemons, Bananas ' ' "• Apples, Vegetables ■ • - Confectioneiy &c., See. Delivered to allj paits of Ashburton.



M . NEAL AS, Boot Sc Shoe Importer EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, (Next to Orr & Co.) HAS just received a New Stock, per ship “Lutterworth” from England, of the best Imported Goods and Latest Fashions. A LARGE STOCK of Colonial Goods, , from the Best Makers, in consequence of Large Consignments, will be SOLD AT VERY. REASONABE PRICES. ■ ASTOur own make, sewn or pegged, of every description to order, Repairs attended to.



NOTICE. THOMAS WILLIAMS, Tinwald, BUILDER, UNDERTAKER, CABINET MAKE.IL WHEELWRIGHT,. &c., WISHES to notify to the public that he is prepared to execute all orders entrusted to his. care in any of the above branches. Every description of Furniture made and repaired at Christchurch prices. One trial in this respect will satisfy. Funerals furnished and conducted at reduced •' '■ ; prices.' : ~ \ As each department is under^h*i»chie&ge“ot ; : l practical men> and as T. W. employs only first class hands, customers may rely on having their orders executed in a thoroughly workman like manner 1 . Plans Prepared and Estimates Given. Note the Address— T. H 0 M A S \V I L LIAMS, (Near Railway Station) Timvald. NEW BUSINESS. COAL & FIREWOOD MERCHANT F. P. Le Breton, In commencing business begs respectfully to solicit a share of public support. Burnett Street, near Friendlander’s Grain Store, and opposite Montgomery’:. Buildings. Coal and Firewood supplied.in any quantity to suit..'customers, and delivered to all parts of the district on the shortest, notice. [a card.] . J. H. 1 TOWN END, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCPI, ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON & DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET,' ASHBURTON,, J. G. ANSTEE BEGS to intimate to the Public that he has open those spacious buildings situate in East Street, as LUNCHEON and DINING ROOMS. : Persons patronising this establish ment can rely on securing ali the comforts of a home. The bedrooms are well ventilated, every attention being paid to cleanliness. Ihe Table will be..found all that can be desired. . ; .' . U First-class aceonimodation for Boarders,'



. STEAKISAV/pm« SASK A'ND'DOORt'S K Every description of Timber and* Materials in Stock and supplied on most ■ reasonable terms. FUNERALS FURBISHED. . . ; Pians Pl =pa re d and Given 0,.,be % V LEAMINGTON RANGES, AMERICAN STOVES, REGISTERED GRATES, COLONIAL OVENS, A fine assortment of the above, Builders should inspect our stock. GARDEN TOOLS. Steel Rakes „ Spades Forks Rakes and Hoes Combined Weeders • ‘ sfoORR &. CO-, Importers of ifarcPOvare.



ORAM’S SOnVEEIRSOET COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY HOTEL, ' J 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. 'p HIS; centrally-s)£nated Hotel is pronounced to be one of the finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. The cuisne is under the supervision o _ 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 ” Ashburton brewery \VOOD AinD CO. i ALE AND PORTER BREWERS AND bottlers. CAMERON tST., .ASHBURTON.