The Evening Echo.

. L—III.

Ashburton, Friday, July 19, 1878.

'rice One Penny.



SRS BULLOCK AND CO., ASHBURTON, Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, im, Estate, and Commission its. j\ f Stock, Farm Implements, &c., |Abe held at their Yards, Ashbur every alternate Thursday. CASH ADVANCES /on Stock, Produce, &c., con signed for Positive Sale. L LO C K AN D CO. BALE by the UNDERSIGNED. Port, Sherry, Claret, Champagne, Moselle, • Brandy, Rum, Whisky, Old Tom, r, Schnapps, Also, ING MATERIALS [jf every description. uterial, Cement and Lime, Coal 1 and Firewood. i i 'GOMERY & Co., I EAST STREET, j ASHBURTON. 1 ersigned is a CASH BUYER - J, BARLEY, GRASS SEED, fHEESE, and OTHER FAIL PRODUCE, i market Rates. j supplied at ruling prices, H. B. SORENSON, m? niiHUGHES, & Co., L, u AND PRODUCE j i SHIPPING W- EMISSION AGENTS, I ~, . T .Bvances on Grain or other pro- j f ake Liberal* t theJr ents in the Aus . duce for ship* London> ralian Colom* Comsacks Jr Woolpacks supplied at lowest | ca SuSJk from all f rts of the world ' f. Offices—High S reet ’ chnslchl ' K:ll ' J '"TNTnI 63 NoTice ' L VILSON, AUCTIONEER, V^ LUATOR > BROKER, Lichfield STiffi Christchurch, RAILWAY FOUNDRY, CHRISTC 51 ™ 011, SCOTT BROS., &C) Bvn TV litheir customers and the EG to inform ||y that they have public general MIME«®™ EET " T "' To new an Near th pLUMBER, Ur Cl ZINC, and o. .n So CO* fo’ OVED imodious premises in ssenger Station, OLMAN, C ICS MIT H, BELL GER, PLATE WORKER, Street, H„ B R T O N . Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. fo. Guttering fixed at current rates. Bells supplied and fitteb- N.B.—Orders punctually attended to,



- uilder and Contractor Burnett Street, Ashburton, FUNS PREPARED AND ESTIMATES GIVEN On the Shortest Notice 'c-.i every description of Building in Town Country, « B IRT HDa x wxADb, AND FANCY STATIONERY, AT FURNESS & DIXO’N’S. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLATE WORKER, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton ana 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, SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, TOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & T DEALER IN FANCY GOOFS. 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. MOOR Tt REE T,v'- V (opposite Roya( Plotd.}; c. ■V. itMLSirA ■' '



QUILL’S COMMERCIAL HO TE L, 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 ATTEfffldN HAS BEEN PAID TO THE PRIVATE, SITTINC, BATH ROOMS, &c. AND LUNCHEON ROOMS, WINES, BEERS, & SPIRITS OF THE BEST BRANDS. W-iV wp gpt ,-Ri~NmiP billiard saloon, Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard Tables. NIGHT PORTER KEPT FOR eONVUNIEKCE Oi Xi"DU.EES. G. W. DUCKWORTH, Wholesale and .detail General Grocer, HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which Le is NOW attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PKJCLb at wmcn uck. xv \/y 'aV ,|.; ALL GOODS, which cannot be beaten by any House in the Province. ORDERS DELIVERED, FREIGHT PAID, TO ANY rTATION ON TUB CANTERBURY RAILWAY.



DRUG, GHEIVUGAL, AND PHASiW!AUCU l ASHBURTON. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, ■yyiSHES 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. a, Montgomery’s Buildings. G. F. SCOTT, QENERAL CARRIER, Cameron St,, Ashburton. Jr Parcels delivered promptly and charges moderate. K. SAN DO, FAMILY GROCER TENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSE CLOTH MAKER, AND GENERAL STOREKEEPER, EAST STREET, ASH BURTON. FLAGS of ALL NATLONS Sup plied to Otder and Let out on If he. Note the address— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON,



GREAT SALE !!! LOOK OUT A. 0. AITKEH AND GO/S GREAT CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR ANNUAL STOCK TAKING, TO BE HELD SHORTLY. GREAT SALE!!!



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT, Tancred Street, Ashburton. JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE •WINTTER STOCK, Consisting of GENTS’ CLOTHING, IN Paget and Sack. Sail? Overcoats Skirtings, Calicos, IRONMONGERY, TINWARE, IN ENDLESS VARIETY. Oats, Bran, Sharps, and Chaff, Ahvpys in Stock, WIHES AND SPIRITS, ALE AND PORTER In D:augi;t or BolCes. THE BEST BRANDS ONLY KEPT, T. CHAMBERS, B OOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash. D [a card.] R. J. H. TOWNEND, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Excellent accommodation for Boarders,



UNION STEAM IRON WORKS, (Next the Horse Bazaar), 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 wili compare favorably with any in Canterbury. ■ • -.. v ■ Important.—Experienced Manufacturers and Repairers of Reapers, Gorfibines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engities, Wool Presses, &c. Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith, Wheelwright, and Shoe ing wofk warranted to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AND I,EE, Proptlerors. RUBHeR stamps. 'J'HESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and Pads, are now being Manufactured at the 4 ECHO ” OFFICE, and can be supplied any shape or size for 7s. 6d, STAMPS FOR Receipts, Labels, Societies, Books, Marking Lir.cn, &o. A SHBURTOfI STEAM SAW MILLS l;\ SASH AND DOOR ~ clr oT’7. G, PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER .AND CONTRACTOR, Moors Street, 2very di scrip l , ion 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 ', ‘ SOMEESET COMMERCIAL AND .FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBURTON. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF Hr George Grey, K.C.8., Premier of New. Zealand. ir James Ferguson, Bart., late Governor of New Zealand, AND ir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Tas mania. pHIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounced i be one of the finest in the Southern Hemi— )here. The cuisne is under the supervision of 1 eminent chef, and the proprietor hopes that 's long experience in the trade is a sufficient larantee as to the quality of the contents of e cellar. R. W. SHEARMAN, PROPRIETOR. LAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale at the See of the “Evening Echo” SHBURTON BREWERY. WOOD AND CO., ,E AND PORTER BREWERS AND BOTTLERS. .HERON ST., ASHBURTON!