The Evening Echo.

Vol. 1.—133.

Ashburton, Thnrsday, August 15, 1878.

Price One Penny.



TV/TESSRS BULLOCK AND CO., ASHBURTON, ; ‘ - Genial'Merctfan'ts, Auctioneers,.Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. ’ Sales of Stock, Farm Implements,'&c., will be held at their Yaj-ds, Ashbur ton, every alternate Thursday. . CASH ADVANCES made on Stocky Produce, * &c., con signed for Positive Sale. B ULLOCK AND CO. ON SALE by the UNDERSIGNED. 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. Comsacks 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.



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. t Comsacks and Woolpacks supplied at lowest current rates. Indents executed from all parts of the world. Offices—High Street, Christchurch. BUSINESS NOTICE. L. WILS ON, AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield Street, Christchurch. RAILWAY FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH.



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



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, CENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, Tobacconist, hairdresser, & DEALER IN FANCY GOODS. 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, M Q.,0 R, STRE ET, ' (opposite Royal Hotel.)



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, ASHBURTON. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and (ttl-'h Ja-ir 'r?. -^repaired. O,G; Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric j I? j • .Bells- supplied and- fitteb* Iv.-’i' punctually attended to,



/;' QUILL’S Commercial hotel, .jr-/ - ; v ASHBURTON, ■©Bs'%ne 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, «arp=>-r IBIIjXjI-A.IE2,X) S-A-Ij O O 3ST 3 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 m the Province. WHOLESALE ORDERS DELIVERED, FREIGHT PAID, TO ANY STATION ON THE CANTERBURY RAILWAY.



DRUG, CHEMICAL, AND PHARMACEUTICAL ESTABLISHMENT, ASHBURJON. J. M.' CAMBRIDGE, to inform his friends that the business which he has carried on for the last years, in the shop adjoining Messrs. Fried lander Bros., IS REMOVED To No. 2, Montgomery’s Buildings. G. F. SCOTT, QENERAL 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 Otder and Let out on Hite. Note the address— t; ■; EAST'STREET, ASHBURTON.



GREAT SALE!!!



JOHN FOWLER, . GENERAL DRAPER, ' GROCER, WIN E & SPIRIT merchant; Ta ncred Street,'Ashburton. JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE ■WI3STTER STOOZKI, Consisting of GENTS’ CLOTHING, = IN Paget and Sack Suits Overcoats Shirtings, i 1 - Calicos,



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



IRONMONGERY, , .TINWARE, IN ENDLESS VARIETY. Oats, Bran, Sharps, and Chaff, Alwpys in Stock. WINES AND SPIRITS, ALE AND PORTER In Draught or Bottles. THE BEST BRANDS ONLY KEPT.



GREAT SALE



T. CHAMBERS, jg DOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash. [a card.] OR. J. H.' TOWN END, ' CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,! CHRISTCHURCH; - , . ANSTEE’S - LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET**; ; ; - ASH B U RTO N- Excellent accommodation for Boarders.



""-ijV&.jajpf STEAM ' (Next.the Horse Bazv r),- BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. AND GENERAL SMITHS. Orders for eveiy description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar an teed to give satisfaction, at prices that vvil compare favorably with any in Canterbury. Important.— Ex erienced Maiiu acturers 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 work warranted forgive satisfaction. EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. RUBBER STAMPS. 'pHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and Pads, are' now being Manufactured at the 1 ECHO ” OFFICE, and can be supplied any shape or size for 7s. 6d. STAMPS FOR ' ' Receipts, Labels, Societies, Books, Marking Linen,- &c. ■ A SHBURTON STEM SAW jr\ ■ 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 ' SOMERSET 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 be .one of the finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. 'The cuisne is under the supervision of an eminent, cJief, 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. . J . r• w; sLieArman, •• ; ' - >- --■PROPRIETOR. OH.-Saie at.the : ; qffice.oj the, ‘/-EyBNJtNGi jEcho ” ' ■ ‘ A J SH B U R’TON BREWERY. WOOD, ,AND CO., ALE AND PORTER BREWERS AND BOTTLERS. AMERON ST., ASHBURTON.