The Evening 'Eelio, Saturday, October 5r 1878.



TO JOINERS. WANTED— Two Good Joiners. Apply G. PARKIN, Ashburton Steam Sawmills. AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. Ashburton Branch. A MEETING of the Trade will be held at Shearman’s Hotel, on MONDAY Even ing, 7th October, for the purpose of forming the above. A Delegate from Christchurch will attend at 8 o’clock to set forth the objects of the Society. ASHBURTON ifeUpir Juifclmitt Jfctowrt. THE ANNIVERSARY SERVICES In connection with the above will be held in THE CAMERON STREET CHURCH TO-MORROW (SUNDAY) Oct. 6. Morning Service, 11 o’clock, by Rev. B. J. Westbrooke ; Afternoon, 3 o’clock— Children’s Service, Address by Rev. ’’’B. J; Westbrooke ; Evening Service, 6.30 o’clock, Rev. W. B. Marten. Collections in aid of the School. ON TUESDAY, Oct. 8., There will be a PUBLIC TEA MEETING in the Church commencing at SIX o’clock, after which there will be Singing by the Scholars, and Addresses by Ministers and Friends. Tickets to Tea :—Adults, Two Shillings 5 Children, One Shilling. PUBLIC MEETING Will commence at Half-tast Seven. October 24. TO MECHANICS, RAILWAY EMPLOYES, CAPI TALISTS, SPECULATORS, & OTHERS 84 VALUABLE BUILDING ALLOTMENTS. 84 MESSRS. BULLOCK & CO have re ceived instructions from Mr. F. T. Mayo to offer for sale by public auction, at their rooms, East Street, on October 24 — 84 VALUABLE BUILDING ALLOTMENTS, 84 A portion of his Freehold Property, adjoining the Township, and fronting Moore Road, being a continuation of Moore Street and Havelock Street, and will be found very suitable for Private Residences, being close to the Town ship. The land also being of really First-class'Quality, can easily be made available for Gardening Purposes. A plan can be seen and full, particulars obtained at the office of the undersigned, Terms of payment most liberal, namely, a Cash Deposit, the Balance by instalments Sale at 1.3 c p.m. BULLOCK & CO., Auctioneers,



TO STATIONERS, SHOPKEEPERS AND OTHERS* FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. MESSRS, BULLOCK & CO. have re ceived instructions to sell by public auction, at their rooms, East Street, ON MONDAY 14TH INST., Without reserve, A large and well-selected assortment of- 1 * Stationery, Ledgers, Cash Books, Jour nals, Books, Cards, Drawing Blocks, Albums, Musical Boxes, Magid Lan , terns, Mathematical Instruments, Work Boxes, Maps, Concertinas, Desks, Letter Presses, Barometers, and a large assortment of Fancy Goods. ! Sale at 2 o’clock sharp. BULLOCK & CO., Auctioneers. MATRIMONIAL. WIFE WANTED.—A settler residing within a few miles of Ashburton, With a Comfortable Home and Farm, is desirous of communicating with a lady (one who could take charge of bis house and dairy neces sary) with a view to Matrimony. The adver tiser wishes to impress upon correspondents that he is in earnest, and the above is no hoax. First communication by letter to be addressed “ Settler,” Box 42, Ashburton. As the advertiser is desirous of settling this matter as soon as possible, he requests any letters to be sent without delay. CHARLES BRADDELL, GENERAL AGENT, Agent for Press Company, Limited. Secretary Town Hall Company. Agent for National insurance Company. Removed to Montgomery’s Buildings, entrance from East and Burnett Streets; . RAILWAY NOTICE. 'J'HE TRAINS will PsUN NORTH AND SOUTH usual. JSDWARD SILKj



WANTED —A Few Young Ladies Apprentices to the Dressmaking. A. O. AITKEN & CO. as W ANTED— Apprentices for the Millinery, Mantle, and Costume Business. Apply MRS. MOREY. WANTED —An Apprentice for the Print ing Business. None but a Respectable Intelligent 0 Boy need apply. ■ ECHO Office CANARIES— Wanted to Purchase at once, Two Cock Birds, not less than two years 1J Apply ECHO Office. WANTED - A' respectable, intelligent BOY. Apply at once at ECHO Office. . WANTED, Tenders for Carting 70,000 Feet of Timber about Four Miles. W. MONTGOMERY & CO. 2nd October, 1878. A , Ashburton. FOR SALE; —One Quarter-Acre Section fronting the North Town Belt. If not sold privately within one week, it will be put up to Public Auction. For. particulars apply v ECHO Office. TO LET. A SIX-ROOMED HOUSE in Moore Street, well situated for a Tailor’s Shop or General Store; also a well-finished House at Trevorlon. Apply: to W. R. BOYLE, Plouse Agent. FOR SALE. : A QUARTER-ACRE SECTION in Have lock Street, on very easy terms. Apply ECHO Office. BOARD and Residence for a Respectable Single Gentleman at a Private House Terms, £1 is. per week. No Family. Apply Echo Office. ASTRONOMY. VIEWS of the Moon and Planets Jupiter and Saturn can be obtained through a Powerful Telescope erected in the Square beyond the Town Hall, every suitable evening. FEE—SIXPENCE. SONS OF TEMPERANCE BENEFIT SOCIETY. rHIS useful institution meets every alter nate Friday in the New Templar Hall, Vloore Street. New members invited. All nformation can be obtained from Bros. G. W. Andrews, East Town Belt; K. Sando, East Street; Thos. Williams, Timvald. Next meet ng on the 27th inst. A. J. ANDREWS, R.S. 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 debts 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 clay of Septera* ber, 1878, Witness— ) H, J. WEEKS, &G, Crisp. \ - CHAS, DIXON. English papers just arrived, an On Sale at the Echo Office : Ji J: ‘ ' U ' :A Home News European Mail Builder London Penny. Illus, Lloyd’s Weekly The Irishman Punch Reynold’s Newspaper Family Reader, Young Ladies’Journals.



NEVER Was there A BETTER OPPORTUNITY OF BUYING FOR CASH. F. DOHERTY BEGS to remind his Customers and Friends that he is Selling Every Article in Stock at the LOWEST Possible PRICE for CASH. SPRING AND SUMMER DRAPERY AND READY-MADE CLOTHING Arrived, OF THE LATEST STALES ONLY. WASHING MACHINES Just Imported, of the Latest Improvements for Saving Labor. AMERICAN TUBS, all Sizes, Iron & Wood. CAMBRIDGE ROLLERS in Stock. FARMERS’.. REQUISITES, GARDEN TOOLS, AND SEEDS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, In Stock and .-to,.Arrive. y g ** $ y. ■; F. DOHERTY, mmi OTSKEEPEB, WfITEB, WINS AND %mm\i i * o •• r* l, SfPHRiP/P



BREAD. BREAD. _ BREAD. K. SANDO, GROCER ETC., EAST STREET, Ashburton. gUPPLIES really Good BREAD at s*4d per Quartern Loaf, Cash, and 6d. Monthly Accounts. Families 'in Town and Suburbs: waited ron v- -.- J -. .» daily;'" *-•.•** "" Note the address, K. SANDO, GENERAL STOREKEEPER & BAKER, East Street. M WATCHMAKER,- JEWELLER, C-r.--. s*—© OPTICIAN, &c., &c. ALWAYS for Sale a. Large Stock of Eng lish, -American; Geneva, and other Watches; French, American, and Other Clocks; Concave and Convex Spectacles ; Reading Glasses ; Wedding and other Rings ; Barometers ; Thermometers ; Eye Protectors ; Goggles ; Pocket Knives ; Scissors and other Cutlery, by Rogers. To Arrive by “Star,” brig, from New York, 6 Cases of American Clocks —all New Styles. . J. P. PARKER, ; • WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, &c. (Two doors above Bullock & Co.’s Auction Rooms), EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



CANTERBURY DYE WORKS. (Near the Post Office)' CHRISTCHURCH. J SELLARS is still Dyeing to Live, and • Living to Dye. Ashburton Agents : WEEKS & DIXON, Where particulars may be obtained, and Orders left.



Just Published. Price 3d. THE CHRISTIAN HERALD. be obtained from the Agents in Town or Country, and Echo Office. Subscrip tion 3s. per annum, in advance.



Wood Turner and Venetian : Blind Maker. . RULE Moore Street. [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.



npHE undersigned having received a- LARGE X 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., : J ; i 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 of 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, j T ,■ ? Note the Address—' *" A. WESTON vy BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, TOBACCONIST, NEWS AGENT, BUX POSTER, AND GENERAL ADVERTISING AGENT, Easy Street and Railway Station



THE TAXES IN NEW ZEALAND WHO PAYS? WHO DOESN’T PAY? WHO OUGHT TO PAY ? A HANDBOOK 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. PI. Jones and A. Wes ton, Booksellers, East Street. Orders from the country, with Thirteenpence in ! stamps for each copy, duly attended to by post.



L 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 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. Let this be your motto— “LIVE AND LET LIVE” Signed— THOMAS HICKS. THOMAS TAYLOR. MASSON & GRANT.



JOB LOT. 9DOZ. * Ladies’ Colored Josephine KID 'GLOVES, slightly spotted, will be sold 1/- PER PAIR. . r . ;■; , ORR & CO. T. CHAMBERS, gOOT AND SHOE 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 wi(l have every attention. Boots and Shoes, sewn or pegged made to order of every description and the very best materials. Terms Cash. T . CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS (Next to Montgomery’s), * : EAST STREET. VVORNER’S EMPIRE BOARDING HOUSE 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 I/• Board per week, > ' ‘ G. WORNER, Proprietor. E MESSRS. HARRIS & IRELAND, BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS ! Will shortly commence the practice of their profession in Ashburton, W. R. BOYLE, jg STATE AND, GENERAL AGENT ; . MOORE. STREET, ASHBURTON. DR; - STEWART gJAS REMOVED to his New { r ■ ' -'Residence, CORNER OF MOORE STREET AND BEACH ROAD. ji FREDK. PAVITT, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. | (Close to the Railway Station.) Land and General Commission : "o -"Agent. '■ ' ! JAMES PORTER, PRACTICAL GARDENER, GARDENS laid out and kept in order by day or contract All kinds of Jobbing Work done , on the Shortest Notice. ftS" Please note the Address— ■ ATWORTH HOUSE, North Town Belt, near Saunders’ Mill. Orders can be left at this office. RUBBER STAMPS ! RUBBER STAMPS! RUBBER STAMPS 1 THE only Manufactory in Ashburton for these very useful Stamps, which can be made any size, shape, or design. Rubber Stamps for. Cheques Rubber Stamps for Receiptsj Rubber Stamps for Banks l . Rubber Stamps for Societies » j; ‘ Rubber Stamps for Companies Rubber Stamps for Books j Rubber Stamps for Linen ■Stamp, Ink, and Pads supplied at Modgrat : Prices at the | v ’ EVENING-FCHO OFFICEj •< 1



GRAND SHOW OF New Goods &M % Hil E are now opening up a second shipment of ZESTiETW Q-OODS, 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 FLGWEES. io boxes New Flowers . » f 5 ~ New Feathers 30 ~ New Ribbons 50 shades of Bonnet Silks'to matcb’jNew Ribbons f POPLIHS & SILKS. A large assortment oi? real Irish Poplins, direct from Pim Brothers, of Dublin, PBIHTS. An immense assortment of New Prints, French Checks, and Stripes in great variety. ••' i V; ■; ' j '/ | . t p. .| ■ A large assortment of NevriCostumes are UoW being opened upi CO BOOTS & SHOES. JUST RECEIVED, 10 TRUNKS NEW IBOOTS. . . 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. Prices Strictly Moderate. •



ANTE D K N O \V N On Hand and to Arrive A LARGE STOCK OF SADDLERY AT. T. HUDSON’S,: . Adjoining the Horse Bazaar. Wanted Known, STALLION COVERS AND GEAR ; ; ■■ may be had at : ; i : -T; DUDS ON’S, 1 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* EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. HC. cr. BBISTOi ACCOUNTANT, COLLECTOR, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, Prospect Buildings, East Street, Ashburton. Commissions of every description Executed.



DRAPERY. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!! A. O. AITKN & GO. Are [now opening up, a large and [choice assortment of NEW [SPRING AND SUMMER DRAPERY, Which will be offered at PRICES LOWER THAN; EVER, New Dresses New Fischues ? . • New Prints . . _ New Ribbons ■ New Feathers New* Flowers New-ilats ...New Bonnets • .~ r Note } the address X- * ; A. O. AITKEN and CO. The Pantechnicon, STJREET ' Ashburton. ! h;a l ) -Y B E MRS. MOREY, MX YE 'XL;' EGS to announce to the LADIES 0! ASHBURTON and Surrounding Districts that she has ‘ X OPENED A SHOW ROOM FOR MADE UP AND FULLY - TRIMMED PAPER PATTERNS . OF ALL THE LATEST FASHIONS FOR: •• • LADIES’ & CHILDREN’S WEAR. LADIES’ OWN MATERIALS CUT OUT j . '-'At Moderate Charges, ■' r ; ' 3 '■ r |Up \\ r , / MRS. MOREY, TANCRED'STREET 1| Ippll