The Evening Echo.

Vol. 1.—149

Ashburton, Tuesday, September 3, 1878.

Price One Pennj



[V/fESSRS BULLOCK I YI ASHBURTON, AND (JU., eneral Merchants, Auct j * [Station, Estate, and Agents. . es of Stock, Farm Ini}] Will be held at then Y] .on, every alternate Thil CASH ADVANCj ~de on Stock, Product signed for Positive leers, Stock, ’ommissiipn iments, &C-, [ds, Ashbur -5 day. IS &c., con lale. . BULLOCK A CO. )N SALE BY THE UNDESIGNED. Tea, Sugar, Soap, Candles, Coffee, Cocoa, Rice, Salt, Ale, Porter, Sherry, Cl ire jt, Champagne, Moselle, Brandy, Rulm, Whjisky, 01c» Tom, Schnapps, Also, hUILDING MATERIALS of every descriptioi [•Fencing Material, Cement and Coal and Firewood. MONTGOMERY I it EAST STREET, ASHBUt )N. rHE undersigned is a CASH OATS, BARLEY, GRASS (so „. -j TER of CED, I FARM Cornsacks supplied at ruling B . IL B. SORIJ '^ N ' liristchurch. 1



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.



OR D, HUGHES, GRAIN AND PRODUCI MERCHANTS, AND COMMISSION J ake Liberal Advances on Grain or Ti ce for shipment to their agents ii lian Colonies or London. iCo., Ki P R'lts, r. 1 er pro- Aus- TT -®ks and Woolpacks supplie roles. at lowest 5q OC” ? xecu J ed fr° m ad parts of n •s~*High Street, Christchurc 1, he world. BUSINESS NOTICE. WIL S 0 N J . |L •J | J , Auctioneer, valuator, b p oker ’ J l . Street, Christchu rch ’ V CHRISTCHURCH. r SCOTT BRO\ • v. , v.r,-;- ENGINEERS, &c„ T3EG -to inform their customers nl -*■? public generally that they have ■f: ■ REMOVED A To new and commodious premises NGHESTER STREET SO ; Near the new Passenger Station. m-'T. ' 'J. C. DOLMAN, . i T) LUMBER, LOCKSMITH, pj • PI ANGER, 1 <y- ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKE * A Tancred Street, ., C A SH BURTON. OM* ,r Artesian V r ells sunk and Pumps fitter ’ ' repaired. fixed at current rates, Eld • 3. “ ■ Bells supplied and fitteb- l N.B, —Orders punctually attended tol



SPRINGFIELD . COAL. Cash price, 345. per ton, for 5 cwt and over, at depot. Monthly Payments as before. Newcastle Coal and Firewood at current tcs. G. PARKER & Co., Near Railway Station, Ashburton. EAGLE’S dining rooms, HAVELOCK STREET, Near to the Town Hall, Ashburton. LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS. Meals at all hours. 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 SIREET, 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, SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, Tobacconist, hairdresser, DEALER IN FANCY GOOFS. & Having taken over the Business of Mr. W. FI. FriJfdlander in the above line, hopes to receive ;ii continuance of public support. Tobacco ', Cigars, Perfumery, and Fancy Goods in Large Variety. With o: BILLIARD ROOM, of Alcock’s Best Billiard Tables, kept on the premises. OOR STREET losite Rovtl /Hotel,)



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 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. SIPLIEItSriDIID tBILLLI-A-IRID SALOOIST, Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard Tables. NIGHT PORTER KEPT FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRAVELLERS. _ G. W. DUCKWORTH, Wholesale and Retail General Grocer, 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 in 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 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, QENE RA L 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 NATLONS Sup plied to Otdcr and Let out on Hite. Note the address— EAST STREET,



A. 0. AITKF.N AND GO HAVE ON SALE— American Thermometer Churns „ Rakes • „ Handsaws Shovels, long and short handled Spades of all kinds Forks, Garden and Stable American Axes HOLLOWARE OF ALL KINDS. Saucepans Boilers Kettles, etc., etc. FENDERS and FI REIRONS. A. O. Aitken & Co. Havelock-street, usr.



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. pTRTH, PASS, & CO. take this oppor* tunity of thanking their numeious customers who have so liberally supported them hitherto, and to solicit a continuance of their patronage at the NEW PREMISES, TO BE CALLED The Old Bank Stores (late union bank). Orders entrusted to our care will re ceivejfprompt attention. Families waited on for orders weekly, FIRTH, PASS, AND CO., Grocers, Drapers, Ironmongers, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, &C. East Street.



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT, Tancred Street, Ashburton. JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE •WIHTBE STOCK., ; I■■ 1 ■■ j ' Consisting of GENTS’ [CLOTHING, Paget and Sack Suits Overcoats Shirtings, Calicos,



IRONMONGERY, TINWARE, IN ENDLESS VARIETY. Oats, Bran, Sharps, and Chaff, Always in. Stock. . . ! ; WINES AND SPIRITS, ALE AND PORTER In Draught or Bottles. THE BEST BRANDS ONLY KEPT. T. CHAMBERS, JgOOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash. — [A CARD.] jQR. J. H. TOWN-END, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, ' (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, A SIH B U R T 0 N • Excellent accommo



UNION STEAM IRON WORKS, (Next the Horse Bazrr), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. AND GENERAL SMITHS. Orders for every description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and-guar anteed to give satisfaction, at prices that will compare favorably with any in Canterbury. :f Important.—Ex erienced Manufacturers and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Stra Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presse &c. Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made, to order. . General Smith, Wheelwright, and Shot mg wo?k warranted to give satisfactioji. EDWARDS AND LEE, i Proprietors. .



RUBBER STAMPS. 'JpHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and Pads, are now being Manufactured at the • ECHO ” OFFICE, and can be supplied any shape or size for 7s. 6d. STAMPS FOR —e®*® Receipts, Labels, Societies, Books, Marking Linen, &c. A SHBURTON STEAM SAWIfIILLS, J-\ SASH AND DOOR .MANUFACTORY. G. parkTnT Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR; * Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Budding Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms.- FUNERALS FURNISHED."’ Plans prepared and Estimates Given on the ' ‘ shortest’notice- ... .



ORAM’S SODVHE3HSZET . COMMERCIAL^. AND FAMILY HOTE • r ' ASHBURTON. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF Sir George Grey, K.C.8., Premier of Ne V 1 Zealand. • ' Sir James Ferguson, Bait., late Goveipo* New Zealand, AND Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Ti 'jpHIS centrally is pronoun to be one of the finest in the Southern Her sphere. The cuisne is' under the supervision an eminent chef, and the proprietor hopes th his long experience in the trade is a sufficie guarantee as to the quality of the contents the cellar. R. W. SHEARMAJ PROPRIETOR, LAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale P office of the “Evening Echo ” S HBURTON BRE A c WOOD AND ALE AND PORTER B] AND \ BOTTLERS. CAMERON ST.,