The Evening Echo, Friday, July 5, 1878.



Saunders Bros, HAVE JPA LEND upon TOWN SECTIONS and othei FREEHOLD PROPERTY. to be INVESTED in |OUU FREEHOLD Security. OO O nn to’be ADVANCED in ? OUU Sums of and upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. to be ADVANCED }DUU on GROWING CROPS, LIVE STOCK, andotherAGRICULTURAL Security. £2 £2o Messrs SAUNDERS BROS, have for Saie, Situated on the NORTH BANK of the RAKAIA, 4000 acres, partly improved. 690 ~ unimproved 675 ~ fenced 760 ~ 400 of which are now in Turnips 72 ~ unimproved 400 ~ ~ jWAKANUI DISTRICT. 490 acres, 130 of which are ploughed 201 ~ highly improved 201 ” ” House, Stable, &c. in „ v 936 ~ » 200 ~ ~ Sixty Acres four miles from the Township. Several Valuable Town Sections. DRAUGHT HORSES. THE Undersigned have FOR SALE a Number of Broken and Unbroken COLTS now to be seen-in their Paddocks, adjoining the Ashburton Domain. SAUNDERS BROS. NOTICE TO FARMERS, HORSE BREEDERS, AND OTHERS. THE Advertisers are prepared to Receive HORSES for Sale by Public Auction or Privately, and to make Liberal Cash Advances on same. Good PADDOCKS and Plenty oj FEED lor Stock. SAUNDERS BROS. C. PERCY COX, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, AND ~ - VALUATOR, ASHBURTON pARMS to LET and SELL, of all Sizes and Descriptions, Improved and Unimproved, situated near Chertsey Dromore Wakanui Winchmore Gould & Cameron’s Westerfield Hinds Rangitata Money Lent in Large or Small Sums, on Approved Security. AGENT FOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. DECLARATION OF WAR. WHEN the first bote @F prepaiation was sounded in the East, and the war cloud Was no laigerthan a man’s hand, and while the principal potentates of Europe, though breathing were silently girding up their loins for a Struggle as fierce in the encounter and more baneful in its results thanany which has hitherto devastated the face of our mother earth—it was then that he sought every means in his power to avoid such another calamity that befel Plevna, by obtaining for the coming winter a very Large Assortment of Horse Cloths, Oil skin Leggings, and Sou’-westers, to enable the inhabitants of Ashburton to stand a long Winter Siege. WHO HAS DONE THIS? Why, THOMAS HUDSON, ’ SADDLER, Burnett Street, -.And, for further emergencies, has o.u hand the -Largest and Best Stock of Saddlery and • Saddlers’ Ironmongery ever exhibited in Ash burton. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, TpRACTICAL coppersmith and 41T BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLATE WORKER, Jife&s to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton iVtd surrounding districts that he has com mfliei’d business in TANCRED STREET, wlafire ’he hopes by strict attention to business, co ttiilm -d with moderate charges, to merit a faf ;r shan i of public'patronage. -Repairs mtty , k



S A Hi J±i S DP DBXO X -A. Xj AT ORR AND GO’S. We beg to announce the arrival of a Large Shipment of Goods, ex Himalaya, from London, and have resolved to clear a great portion of our very EXTENSIVE STOCK AT A SWEEPING REDUCTION to make room for an Immense Lot of Goods to arrive by the Columbus, now due. 4 cases of Ladies’ Costumes will be sold at 17s 6d to 30s 2 cases of Knicker Winceys, reduced to 6d per yard 2 cases of Twilled Tweed Wincey, very wide, 8d per yard 1 caseAf Tartan Plaid, reduced to is v 6d per yard 4 cases of Flannels, reduced to is 2d per yard 2 cases of Fingering Wool will be sold during this sale at 3s iodperlb 4 bales of Blankets, at 14s 6d, 16s 6d, up to 45s 1 case of French Merinos in new shades, brown, green, etc 3 cases at Bd, iod, is, up to is 6d per yard 2 cases All Wool Shirtings at reduced prices 2 cases Ladies’ Jackets, good shapes and nicely trimmed I cases of Ladies’ Stays, nice-fitting goods I case of Ladies’ Silk Scarfs, frilled edges, etc •i case of Josephine Kid Gloves 4 cases Fancy Hosiery 1 case Diess Buttons, Fringes, etc 5 cases of Gents’ Overcoats 1 case'of Boys’ Overcoats 4 cases of Clothing, best goods 8 caseß of Colonial-made Goods just to hand Special attention is called to our LARGE STOCK OF LADIES’ AND GENUS.’. BOOTS, in Colonial and English make. CHILDREN’S BOOTS IN GREAT VARIETY. The above goods ars'-now opened up, and as will be seen from prices quoted, will be sold at the smallest remunerative profit, our chief object being to keep the LARUES T AND BEST STOCK IN ASHBURTON, So that the public map get all classes of Drapery, Clothing, House-furnishing Ironmongery, and' General Stores within easy reach, and at prices which cannot be beaten by any; house in the Ccdony, as we believe the public would prefer pur chasing in Ashburton to sending th»eir orders elsewhere. OMM OQI



Advance Ashburton fe) £ ftATi; THE ECHO NEWSPAPER AND GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, East Street, Ashburton. — rjp'HE proprietors of the Evening Echo have much pleasure in presenting their numerous customers with an enlarged edition of this paper, and in thank t , ing the public for their very liberal support hitherto, beg to solicit a continuance. The Echo is circulated daily throughout the County and district, and offers special advantages to advertisers. Advertisements can be taken for three, six, or twelve months, on very Reasonable Terms. Auctioneers and Commission Agents liberally dealt with. Casual advertisements as per scale. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: In advance - - per quarter . o 6 o „ „ (posted) 086 „ - - per annum 100 Or, delivered to all parts of the Town, 6d. per week. Commercial and General Printing. This department is supplied with every requisite for FIHST GLASS PHIHTIHG Of every description, and for Style, Design, and Cheapness, Cannot be equalled in Ashburton or surpassed in the Colony. Billheads of any size or pattern Memorndum Forms Receipt and Order Books Circulars and Envelopes Plain and Fancy Cards Fancy Labels, any size Ball Programmes and Tickets Vellum Address Labels, Catalogues Societies’ Rules, Forms, etc., Pamphlets, Plandbills, Posters of any size, Colored Inks' or Paper Mourning Cards. jjarNOTE THE ADDRESS— THE “EVENING ECHO ifttiriltiEjSS &s mizxzoisr, PROPRIETORS, ’ / iAST STBgET. ASHBURTQN s ' ■ ~"1



CHARLES BRADDELL, ? Agent for Press Company, Limited. J Secretary Town Hall Company, Agent for National Insurance Company. 4 Removed to Montgomery’s Buildings, entrance' from East and Burnett Streets. CANTERBURY DYE WORKS. (Near the Post Office) CHRISTCHURCH. ii J SELLARS is still Dyeing to Live, andjj • Living to Dye. Ashburton Agents: FURNESS & DIXON, Where particulars may be obtained, and Orders left. M. NEALAS, Boot & Shoe Importer, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, Wishes the public to know that he has just completed improvements in his shop, and is in receipt of a Large Winter Stock of Boots and Shoes, of every description, which can be guaranteed as the best in the market, and will be SOLD at CHRISTCHURCH PRICES. His or dered work, sewn or pegged, is well-known t r be the best in the district. $ Repairs attended to. U'J'H E EVENING EC H o.’’ Town Agent, MR. A. WESTON, East Street. NOTICE. THOMAS WILLIAMS, Tinwald, BUILDER, UNDERTAKER, CABINET MAKER, WHEELWRIGHT, &c., 1 WISHES to notify to the public that he is i prepared to execute all orders entrusted I to his care in any of the above branches. $ Every description of Furniture made and] repaired at Christchurch prices. One trial it this respect will satisfy. Funerals furnished and conducted at reduced prices. As each department is under the charge c! practical men, and as T.W. employs only first' class hands, customers may rely on having their orders executed in a thoroughly workman like manner. (f (Plans Prepared and Estimates Givens Note the Address— THOMAS WILLIAMS, (Near Railway Station) Tinwald. STATUARY! STATUARY! A GRAND Display of some of tht Finest Models extant. Casts from the works of the Best Masters. A Rare Chance for the Adornment ] of the Drawing-room, Portico, or the 1 Garden. i FURNESS and "DIXON, STATIONERS’ HALL, EA'A^TREET. GRATEFUL—COMFb* T 7 PPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. iL “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestioi and nutrition, and by a careful application o the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr.: Epps has provided our breakfast tables with delicately-flavoured beverage which may saw us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.”— The Civil Service Gazette. . . SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO., Homoepathic Chemists, London. J HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify *h« Blood, correct >ll disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kidney* and Bowels, and are invaluable in all cem, plaint* incidental to Females. TEE OIKTMENT fa the only reliibl* remedy for Bad Legs, Old Wounds, Seres, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Colds,. Gout, Rheumatism, and all Skin Diseases it has no equal Sold by tho Proprietor, Thomi. Holloway, 533, Oxford Street, London,l and by all Medicine Vendor* throughout the World. Printed and Published by Smjth Jak? Furness end Charles Dixon, tt t Priniing Office, Past ArttyM