Grahamstown, Friday. A bushman named Thomas Scrim geour has been lost in the bush tor a fortnight. Search parbes have been out in vain. Fifteen of the unemployed have been taken on at one of the mines to-day. Others are to be employed by the har bor authorities in reclamation works. The Advertiser , which gives general support to the Government', is opposed to the increase of facility for Maori dual representation from experience in the district, and says—“We have heard a great deal from time to time, owing to the public utterances of the head ot the Ministry, concerning pocket boroughs, and their manipulation to the injury of the masses as examples to be shunned ■by New Zealand statesmen, but we shall next hear of pocket electorates sanc tioned by the people’s Parliament, and within the control of Pakeha-Maoris, if the Bay of Islands roll stuffing will in future be made easy in all electoral di visions where the Natives reside.”

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close a; follows : For Christchurch and North at 10 a.m. ij. p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. \ For Chertsey at 10 a.m. daily. For Rakaia at 10 a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For Greenstreet,-Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. For Termika, Timaru, and South at 10.15 a.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Tinwakl, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at xo. 15 a.m. daily.

the Evening Echo, Saturday, September 28, 1878.



ASHBURTON COUNTY CRICKET CLUB.- A MEETING will be held at Quill’s Hotel, on TUESDAY evening, October Ist, 1878, at 7.30 p.m.' Business : Election of Committees for forth coming season; consideration of challenge from M.C.C.C., and other important business. Full attendance requested. JAMES WILKIE, Hon. Sec .'pro tern. TOWN HALL. J, P. HYDES’ BURLESQUE GEMS. MISS ALICE JOHNS, . AMY JOHNS, . MARIE WILTON. ]. P. HYDES, To-Night ! j JAMES WILKINSON, Primq Buffo. NOTICE. THE Sunbeam Juvenile Temple will (D.V.) Re-open on Monday, September 30, in the Templar Hall, at 6.o’clock. All members of the order are invited to attend. W.' C. DAVIS. SONS OF TEMPERANCE BENEFIT SOCIETY. rIHS useful institution meets every alter nate Friday in the New Templar Hall, Moore Street. New members invited. All information can be obtained from Bros. G. W. Andrews, East Town Belt; K. Sando, East Street; Thos. Williams, Tinwald. Next meet ing on the 27th insl. A. J. ANDREWS, R.S. ONE POUND REWARD. LOST, from my place, Ashburton Forks, on Tuesday, September 24, TWO COWS, one Red and White and one Strawberry, and one Strawberry CALF. Anyone returning same to Mr. George Harris, Ashburton Forks, will receive the above Reward. Anyone detaining the. same after this date will be prose cuted. JOB LO T. 9DOZ. Ladies’ Colored Josephine KID GLOVES, slightly spotted, will be sold . 1/- PER PAIR. ORR & CO. PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the Business of Stationers, Printers, and Newspaper Proprietors hitherto carried on in East Street, Ashburton,. by Smith James Furness and Charles Dixon will, in future; be conducted on the same premises by Horace John Weeks and CHARLES. Dixon under the style and firm of WEEKS, & .DIXON, All i-jbts due by the late firm of Furness and Dixon will be settled by the new firm of Weeks and Dixon, to whom all debts due to the late firm must be paid. Dated at Ashburton this 18th day of Septem ber, 1878. Witness- ) P; <J. GWh j H. J. WEEKS, q&As, mxoN,



WANTED — Apprentices for the Millinery Mantle, and Costume Business. / Apply MRS. MOREY. WANTED —An Apprentice for the Print ing Business. None but a Respectable "IHtellipcnt Boy need apply.* h ECHO Office CANARIES— Wanted to Purchase at once, Two Cock Birds, not less than two years ° ld ' Apply ECHO Office. WANTED - A respectable, intelligent BOY. Apply at once at ECHO Office. WANTED— Four Young Ladies, as Ap prentices to the Dressmaking. ORR & CO. BOARD and Residence for a Respectable Single Gentleman at a Private House. No Family. Apply Echo OFFICE. ~~ T O LE T. A SIX-ROOMED HOUSE- in Moore t i. Street, well situated for a Tailor’s Shop or General Store ; also a well-finished Blouse at Trevorton. Apply to W. R. BOYLE, House Agent. FOR SALE. A QUARTER-ACRE SECTION in Have lock Street, on very easy terms. Apply ECHO Office. TO BUILDERS. TENDERS are invited for the Erection of a STORE at Tinwald, near Ashburton — for labor only. Plans and Specifications may be seen at my office, East Street, up to 5 p.m. on Monday, 30th September, when tenders will be received. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. S. W. BROWN, Architect and Engineer, Ashburton. T. CHAMBERS, gO O T AND SPI O E MAKER East Street, Begs to notify to the public of Ashburton that he has now in Stock a Splendid Assortment of Boots and Shoes from the Best Makers, and all orders entrusted to him will have every attention. Boots and Shoes, sewn or pegged made to oi'der of every description and the very best materials. Terms Cash. T . CHAMB ER S , PROSPECT BUILDINGS (Next to Montgomery’s),. EAST STREET. TPIE undersigned having received a LARGE ASSORTMENT of the undermentioned Goods, wishes to inform his numerous patrons and the public generally, that the same is just opened up and marked off:— If you want Cheap and Good Stationery, GO TO A. WESTON’S, . the Cheapest Retail House in the trade. - If you want Account Books, Day Books, Pocket Books, Surveyors’, and every kind of Office Requisite, GO TO A. WESTON’S. If you want a Good Novel in Boards or Cloth, Magazines, Journals, Song Books, &c., GO TO A. WESTON’S. If you want Fancy Goods, Cheap Jewellery, Perfumery, Cards, Draughts, Chess, Walking and Single Sticks, GO TO A. WESTON’S. If you want any of the leading Daily and Weekly Newspapers or Illustrated Papers published in New Zealand, Australia, England, or America, GO TO A. WESTON’S. If you Smoke, and are fond of Good Tobacco, go to a Tobacconist, Pay a Little More, and get genuine American Tobacco, Cut and Uncut ;; also, the Best Brands only kept in Havanna and Manilla Cigars AT A. WESTON’S A. W. has also a Large assortment o Wooden Pipts in G.8.D., L.H.E., F.H.S., and other Brands. Meerschaum and Clay Pipes, Ambers, Ferrules, Match Boxes, Pouches, Pocket Knives, and all the requisites for smoking. Note the Address— A. WESTON,,’ ’ bookseller and stationer, TOBACCONIST, NEWS AGENT, BILL POSTER, AND GENERAL ADVERTISING AGENT, ' i - - East Street and Railway Station Ashburton. THE TAXES IN NEW ZEALAND WHO PAYS? WHO DOESN’T PAY? WHO OUGHT TO PAY? APIANDBOOK of Taxation Reform, by E. Jerningham Wakefield. Price One Shilling. Sold at the “ Echo ” Office, by Mr. Doherty, near. Quill’s Commercial Hotel, and by Messrs. 11. Jones and A. Wes ton, Booksellers, East Street. Orders from-the country, with Thirteenpence in stamps for each copy, duly attended to by post. PI ABET CARDS and Boxes, Mavors Spelling, - Royal Readers, . Slates, Pencils, Copy Books,” Drawing Books, arid other school : Requisites to be obtain ed at our premises East-street, Ashburton, • '• A ' » •'» W’D ■A' '■ WEEKS AND DIXON, '" VT i / • SLatiQncrg' .HijlL



BREAD. BREAD: 'BREAD. K. SAN DO, GROCER ETC., EAST STREET, Ashburton. gUPPLIES really Good BREAD at per Quartern Loaf, Cash, and 6d. Monthly Accounts. Families in Town and Suburbs waited on ■ u*j - daily.- >- r «, : Note the address, VK. S ANDO, GENERAL STOREKEEPER & BAKER, . ‘ East Street. ? ; BAKERS’ NOTICE WE the undersigned Bakers of Ashbur ton, beg to inform the Public that on and after the 26th August, we will reduce the price of the Quartern Loaf to 7d delivered and 6)4d over the counter for cash. We trust that the public will still continue to support us, and take into consideration that we are not Millers, but Bakers, and are paying a LONG PRICE for GOOD. FLOUR, so .that we may satisfy the public by supplying; a good article, free from all adulteration. I ,! Let this be your motto— “LIVE AND LET.LIVE” Signed— THOMAS HICKS. > THOMAS TAYLOR. MASSON & GRANT. CANTERBURY DYE WORKS. - ; (Near the Post Office) CHRISTCHURCH. J SELLARS is still Dyeing to Live, and • Living to ‘Dye. .'v " •’i > Ashburton Agents: WEEKS & DIXON, Where particulars may be obtained, and Orders left. Wood Turner and Venetian Blind Maker. JOSEPH RULE S prepared to execute all orders for Wood Turning, Venetian Blinds, Bedsteads, Tables, and every class of Furniture. Window Poles on hand, or made to any sixe. Orders to be left at A. O. Aitken & Co’s, Havelock Street. MESSRS. HARRIS & IRELAND, BARRISTERS h and SOLICITORS Will shortly commence the practice of their profession in Ashburton. CHARLES BRADDELL, Sc GENERAL AGENT. Agent for Press Company, Limited. - > A- Secretary Town Hall Company. Agent for National Insurance Company. Removed to Montgomery’s Buildings, entrance from East and Burnett Streets. W. 1 R. boVle, ! jgSTATE AND GENERAL AGENT MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. .. .:■{ J DR. ,- STEWART : ' AS REMOVED to his New Residence, CORNER OF MOORE - STREET AND BEACH ROAD. $ i . FREDK. PAVITT, : ■.* : ;' i . ' ; ' ' r .' y; EAST STREET, ASPIBURTON. - (Ci.ose to the Railway Station.) Land, and General Commission • Agent. ; JAMES PORTER,; .PRACTICAL GARDENER, GARDENS laid out and kept in order by day or contract . { .... N . . All kinds of Jobbing Work done on the Shortest] Notice. JBST Please note the Address— ! ATWORTH HOUSE,j _y ~ By North; Town Belt, near Saunders’ Mill. Orders can be left at this office. RUBBER STAMPS ! RUBBER STAMPS! RUBBER STAMPS! THE only Manufactory in Ashburton .for ' - these very useful Stamps, which can be made any size, shape, or design. Rubber Stamps for Cheques j - Rubber Stamps for Receipts, J U = / .Rubber, Stamps for Banks | ) Rubber Stamps for Societies f . Rubber Stamps for Companies .Rubber Stamps for Books i. i_» j-'RAbbef ’Staihps for Linen ■ ,■■■■, { >.! y> j Q 4 s tamp, Ink, and Pads supplied!at Moderat Prices at the j EVENING ECHO OFFICE, East Street, j €j A a



NOTICE ! NOTICE !! NOTICE.!!! REMOVAL. Firth, Pass, & Co. Beg to inform the Inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that they have REMOVED TO THEIR NEW PREMISES Next the Union Bank of Australia, EAST STREET. pIRTH, PASS, & CO. take this oppor tunity of thanking their numeious custemers who have so liberally supported them hitherto, and to solicit a continuance of their pationage at the new premises, TO BE CALLED The Old Bank Stores (LATE UNION jBANK). Orders entrusted to our care will re ceive prompt attention. Families waited, on for orders weekly. FIRTH, PASS, AND CO., Grocers, Drapers, Ironmongers, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, &c. East Street. WORNER’S EMPIRE BOARDING HOUSE (Opposite Parkins’s Steam Saw Mills). MR. G. WORNER begs to intimate to the public of Ashburton that he has pur chased the Boarding-house recently kep by Mr. T. Bradford, and having made extensive alterations, he is now prepared to supply first class accommodation to boarders, and others visiting Ashburton. Meals i /-, Beer given with dinner; Beds l/* Board per week, £i. G. WORNER, Proprietor. STATIONERY, BOOKS, STATUARY, FANCY GOODS, &c., &c., JMPORTED direct from’the best Markets, and Sold cheaper than any house in Town, f M A large stock of ACCOUNT BOOKS, CASKETS OF STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, PENS, PENCILS, &c., Just opened from London, marked off ? at prices never before heard of in Ashburton. Inkstands, Stationery Cases, Date Cases, Pen Racks, Writing Desks,, Paper Weights, Office Bells, String Cases, Invoice Files, Letter Balances, and every Office requisite at very low prices for cash. Writing Papers, Envelopes, Pens, Inks, Blot ting Papers, &c., &c. Photograph AiDums, Scrap Books, Purses, Ladies’ Bags, and a large number of Prize Books and Cards. Church Services and Hymnals, Wesleyan and Presbyterian New Hymnals. Bibles, in various bindings, Color Boxes, Mathematical Instruments, Rulers, Drawing Pencils and Pins. Drawing Papers, / Tracing Paper and Cloth, Indian Ink and Colors. Hair Brushes. Combs, Oil, Perfumery, Scent Bottles, Hair Pins, Brooches, Earrings, : i Bracelets, and numerous ' other useful articles. . All to be sold very cheap,, at THE : STATIONERS’ HALL, Evening Echo Office, EAST STREET, SOUTH. ■ i •



GRAND SHOW ... ; OP New Goods AT E are now opening up a second shipment of 3STS*W GOODS, Consisting of Gents.’ Black Satin Hats Gents.’ White Shirts Gents. ’ Black Cloth Suits Gents.’ double and Single Breasted Suits Gents.’ Felt Hats Gents.’ Kid Gloves Gents.’ Colored Shirts FLOWERS. io boxes New Flowers 5 ~ New Feathers 30 . ~ New Ribbons 50 shades of Bonnet Silks to match |New Ribbons POPLJHH & SILKS. A large assortment of real Irish Poplins, direct from Pim Brothers, of Dublin. . FEIHTB. : An immense assortment of New Prints, French Checks, and Stripes in great variety. COSTUMES. A large assprtment of New Costumes are now being bpcned up. BOOTS & SHOES, JUST RECEIVED, 10 TRUNKS NEW BOOTS. Men’s Watertights, pegged and riveted. Ladies’ Kid Boots in great variety. Children’s Boots of every make. DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. ■ This department is managed by a First-class Dressmaker, with competent assistants. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. . ;f Prices Strictly Moderate. .......... . ... A3 7j ORR ANDOO.



Wanted Known, ‘ * ■' On Hand and to Arrive a. large Stock of saddlery ; ; AT T. DUDSON’S, Adjoining the Horse Bazaar. Wanted Known, STALLION COVERS AND GEAR may be had at. T. DUDSON’S,' U: ; Opposite the Somerset Hotel. ■ ' Wanted Known, A Large Assortment of ENGLISH AND COLONIAL SADDLES Just Arrived at THOS. DUDSON, SADDLER. , Wanted Known, THOMAS DUDSON supplies ENGLISH SADDLES from £2 10s., and Bridles from 7s. 6d. S. W. BROWN, AND CIVIL ENGINEER, HQ’ EAST STREET, / Ashburton. TB. jr. BEISTO ACCOUNTANT, COLLECTOR, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGJENT, Prospect Buildings. East Street, Ashburton, Commissions of every description Executed. DRAPERY. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!! • ', 1j / A. 0. AITKEN & GO. Are now opening up, a large and choice assortment of NEW SPRING AND SUMMER h.’" 1 DRAPERY, S jy: Which will be offered at —j PRICES LOWER THAN EVER. New Dresses New Fischues New Prints New Ribbons New Feathers New Flowers New Hats New Bonnets Note the address A. O. AITKEN and CO. 11;; v The Pantechnicon, .HAVELOCK STREET, Ashburton. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. NEW FIRST-CLASS .BOARDING-HOUSE. MR THOMAS CLARKE has much pleas ure in announcing that his-large Private Boarding House is now in course of erection and is situated in Wills-street, next the Prim itive Methodist Church, and close to the Rail way Station—being one of the most healthy and pleasantly situated sections in the township. The accommodation will be second to none in Ashburton, and the House is let, and will be onducted by an experienced person from hristchurch. FIRST AND SECOND CLASS DININC n r / ROOMS. . SMOKING AND READING ROOMS. r: /. r". j ; •: ■ . .. WELL VENTILATED, LARGE, AND : L: LOFTY BEDROOMS. PRIVATE ROOMS FOR FAMILIES. r {Every attention will be given to customtf«, with modern