The Evening Echo.

Vol. 1.—139.

Ashburton, Thursday, August 22, 1878.

Price One Penny.



MESSRS BULLOCK AND CO., IVA 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. ON SALE by the UNDERSIGNED. Tea, Sugar, Soap, Candles, Coffee, .A’ Cocoa, Rice, Salt, Ale, Porter, BUILDING Port, Sherry, Claret, Champagne, . Moselle, Brandy, Rum, ■, Whisky, . Old Tom, Schnapps, Also, MATERIALS 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.



GEO. ST. HILL, Builder and Contractor Burnett Street, Ashburton. PLANS PREPARED AND ESTIMATES 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. EAG LE’S DINING ROOMS, HAVELOCK STREET, Near to the Town Hall, Ashburton. LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS. Meals at all hours. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, TDRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND i 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, £ICENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. \ PEARCE, HAIRDRESSER, & I DEALER IN FANCV GOOFS. Having taken over the Business of Mr. W. H. Friedlander in the above line, hopes* to receive a continuance of public suppurt. Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery, and Fancy Goods in Large Variety. BILLIARD ROOM, With one of Alcock’s Best Billiard Tables, kept on the premises. MO OR STREET,, (pppgsite Royal Hold?)



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—High Street, Christchurch. BUSINESS NOTICE. j L. WILSON, 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, Near the new Passenger Station". J. C. DOLMAN, PLUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, Tancred Street, A SHE U R T 0 N. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. O.G.,Gutteting : fixed at current rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitteb 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 vbry 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. « J WINES, BEERS, & SPIRITS OF THE BEST BRANDS, STPILELQ'IDIJD BILLIARD SAdLOOnST, Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard Tables. NIGHT PORTER KEPT FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRAVELLERS'. G. W. DUCKWORTH, 1 Wholesale and Retail General Grocer, HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, • j . 0 {Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.)- I WISHES to call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which l.e is NOW SELLING ALL GOODS, which cannot be beaten by any House in the Province. -3 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, cScc., is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. v. Cambridge’s Extract of Oak Bark,C 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. SANDO, 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, ASHBURTON,



GREAT SALE !!!



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



GREAT SALE!!!



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT, Tancrcd Street, Ashburton. L ■ ■ ' '}■ . ‘ . ' JUST OPENING,- AND TO ARRIVE ■WIITTBB STOCK, Consisting of ■gV GENT S’ CLOTHING, - . Uilfv ■ • Paget and Sack Suits - Overcoats Shirtings, Calicos, IRONMONGERY, TINWARE, ns, » >its ■ r r-' .■■■• : TN EN TN ENDLESS VARIETY. «. >.W -



Oats, Bran, Sharps, and Chaff, Always in Stock. WINES AND SPIRITS, ALE AND PORTER In Draught or Bottles. THE BEST BRANDS ONLY KE2PT. T. CHAMBERS,. OOT AND SHOE MAKiERj East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash. [a card.] JQR. J. H. TOWNJJHD, CONSULTING PHYSICI/ V N, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHUR'' CIL ANSTF iE’S LUNCHEON AN ,fl DINING ROOMS, EA .ST STREET,. • . Ashburton* / r accommodation for Boafdei



UNION STEAM IRON WORKS, (Next the Horse Baz r), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee 5 ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. tG E N:E R A L- SMTT H S. Orders for eveiy description of Machiner executed in a workmanlike manner, and gua anteed to give satisfaction, at prices that wi compare favorably with any in Canterbury. Important.—Ex erienced Manu acturer and Repairers , ; .of Reapers, Combines, Stra Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presse g &c. ' •' ■ A? 'Pf .f; , i . jl.; ■ { Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith, Wheelwright, and Shoe iilg ivoik warranted to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AND LEE, i *r. •' > '■ Proprietors. RUBBER STAMPS. 'JpIIESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and Pads, are now being Manufactured at the 4 ECHO ” OFFICE, and' can be supplied any shape or for 7s. 6d. > • STAMPS FOR . - * Receipts, Labels, Societies,, Books, Marking u! Xinen, &c.' ;



SHBURTON STEAM SAW MILLS, SASIi AND DOOR M A N UFA C T O R Y. G. PARKIN, - Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Building 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 F AMILY, HOT EL, 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. 'pHIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounced to be one of the.finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. The cuisne is under tire 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 ”



A S’HBURTON BREWERY. WOOD AND / CO., " ALE AND PORTER BREWERS AND I ■ : bottlers. • :c AMERON ASHBURTON.;