ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

Accountants and Commission Agents— Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings 11. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. W. R. Boyle, Moore-street. Architect and Civil Engineer— S. W. Brown, East-street i>. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings B. Mountfort, East Street Auctioneers— Bullock and Co., East-street Saunders Bros., Ashburton Byrristers and Solicitors — Mr. Branson, East-street i. E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings Messrs. Harris and Ireland, Montgomery’s Buildings. B4k*rs, Confectioners, Etc.— Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street Thomas Taylor, East-street, Banks— Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-Street Boarding House Keepers— J. G. Anstee, East-street Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Havelock Street G. Womer, Moore Street. Guilders, Contractors, Etc.- James Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. Hill, Bumett-street West - G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-street Thos. Williams, Tinwald G. Compton, Builder, Moore-street. Booksellers and Stationers— A. Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street street South Weeks and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East- BOOTMAKERS— J. Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East-street M. Nealas, East-street Brewers— Wood and Co., Carneron-strcet Cabinetmakers and Undertakers— James Baker, Havelock-street G. Parkin, Moor-street Thomas Williams, 1 inwald ,

Carrier— G. F. Scott, Cameron-street Chemist and Druggist— J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings Charles Neate, Moore Street. Coal and Firewood Merchants— • G. Parker and Co., near Railway Station A. Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station F. P. Leßreton, Bumett-street. Drapers and Clothiers— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr ard Co., East-street John Fowler, Tancred-street Firth, Pass, and Co., Old Bank Store, East street W. Gavin, East-street T. Quinn & Co., Moor-street Engineers and Founders— Edwards and Lee, Engineers, Smiths, etc., Bumett-street W. J. Hessey, Central Foundry, Peters-st Furniture Warerooms — A. Spillard, Tancred Street Grocers, General Dealers, Etc.— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr and Co„ East-street Firth, Pass, and Co., East-street John Fowler, Tancred-street K. Sando, East-street greengrocers— W. Birtwell, East-street J. Mooar & Co., East-street Hairdressers— E. A. Garnett, East-street . A. Pearse, Moore-street Hotels— Y . „.. Quill’s Commercial Hotel, near Railway Station • Shearman’s Somerset Hotel,'East-street Central Temperance Hotel, Havelock Street Ironmongers— Orr and Co., East-street Aitken and Co., Havelock-street S. Hardley, East-street Ladies’ Clothing Establishment— Mrs. Morey, Tancred Street. Painter, &c.~ . j. K. Chapman, Taimfcd-street Printers and Publishers — I VVe'"ks and Dixon, East-street Plumbers Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc.— J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, TanCfcd'Street S. Hardley, East-street Saddlers— Thomas Dudson, Bumett-street Surveyors— , C. E. Fooks and Son, Er.t-street Tailors— , , Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Te.ntmakers — K. East-street Tobacconists— - A. Pearse, Moor-sffeet E. A. Garnett, East-street A. Weston, East-street -

MONDAY, Novxkkk 18, 1878,]

THE EVENING ECHO.

Printed and Published by Horace John Weeks »nd tkJMM. Dixoif, ■ at, theft ' printiog Wmiv, ts, iw



OMMERCIAL PRINTING, NEW MACHINERY JUST ERECTED. rHE Proprietors of the Evening Echo have much pleasure in announcing that their New Jobbing Printing Machine, by Connisbee, is now in full working order, and 'hat they aie prepared to Execute Orders Superior and Cheaper to anything ever yet turned out in Ashburton, and, m future, can Guarantee Despatch in all orders entrusted to WEEKS & DIXON Printers and Publishers. Evening Echo Office, East Street, Oct. 8, 1878. CANTERBURY DYE WORKS. (Near the Post Office) CHRISTCHURCH. J SELLARS i* still Dyeing to Live, • Living to Dye. Ashburton Agents ; WEEKS k DIXON, WJiWP jwticulMS maybe



General Stores. Coal and Firewood, OATS & CHAFF, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. 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, Just 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. F. DOHERTY, GENERAL STOREKEEPER, IMPORTER WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT. Peter Street, Ashburton.



SANDO & OLSEN Family Grocers, TENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSE CLOTH MAKERS, AND General Storekeepers, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Orders Delivered to all Parts of the Town. FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup plied to Otder and Let out on Hite, Note the address — SANDO & OLSEN, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



NOTICE! NOTICE!! NOTICE II! 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. T7IRTH, PASS, & CO. take this oppol< jc tunity of thanking their numerous easterners 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 ceive prompt attention. Families waited on for orders weekly. FIRTH, PASS, AND CO., 1 Grocers, Drapers, Ironmongers, i WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, lie.



Drapery. GRAND SHOW OF New Goods AT QBE & 00’S. are now opening up a second shipment of USTiEJW GOODS, 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 * FLOWERS. / io boxes New Flowers 5 „ New Feathers 30 -,, New Ribbons 50 shades of Bonnet u Silks'to[|matchj New Ribbons POPLINS & SILKS. A large assortment of real Irish Poplins, direct from Pim Brothers, of Dublin. j PRINTS, An immense assortment of New Prints, French Checks, and Stripes in great variety. COSTUMES. A large assortment of New Costumes are now being opened up. _ .



BOOTS & SHOES. JUST RECEIVED, to TRUNKS NEW BOOTS. 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.



Business. Notices. PUBLISHED DAILY. Country Edition, for the Trains and Coaches, 3 p.m., Circulated at Tinwald, Hinds, Ashton, Waterton, WiUowby, Xongheach, Green -1 • 'cWJ '*? vi-Ji ■ '; : = . . . street, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, j r Westerfield, Wakanui, Seafield, Dun sandel, Selwyn, Burnham, and the Junc tion. |Town Edition; 4 ; -p.m., Circulated.in every direction. The Bbst Medium eob' -Advertisino. : *.r'r'i j. : :•*/" <" 4 . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION \ i ' £ s. d. In advance, pei quarter * -060 „ „ (posted) .086 „ „ (coach or train) a 8 6 „ per annum - * 1 a 6 | „ „ (posted) -2 15 6 Or delivered to all parts of the Town 6d. per week. COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL PRINTING Of Every Description at the Lowest Price*. STATIONERY, BOOKS, STATUARY, FANCY GOODS, &c., &c., JMPORTED direct from the best Markets, and Sold cheaper than any house in Town. A large stock of ACCOUNT BOOKS, CASKETS OF STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, j PENS, PENCILS, &c., Just opened from London, marked 0 at prices never before heard of in Ashburton. Inkstands, Stationery Cases, Date Cases, Pen ... Racks, Writing Desks, Paper Weights, Office Bells, String Cases, Invoice Files, Letter Balances, and every Office requisite at very low prices lor cash. Writing Papers, Envelopes,'Pens, Inks, Blot ting Papers, &c., &c. Photograph Aioums, Scrap Books, Purses, Ladies’ Bags, and a large number of Prize Books and Cards. Church Services and Hymnals," Wesleyan and Presbyterian New Hymnals. Bibles, in various bindings, Color Boxes, Mathematical Instruments, Rulers, Drawing Pencils and Pins. Drawing Papers, Tracing Paper and Cloth, Indian Ink and Colors.



Hair Broshes, Combs, Oil, Perfumery, Scent Bottles, Hair Pins, Brooches, Earrings, Bracelets, and numerous other useful articles. All to be sold very cheap, at THE STATIONERS’ HALL, Evening Echo Office, EASTS TRE ET, S OUT H ASHBURTON. WBEfS^BIXON,



Drapery.



A. O. AITKEN and CO. The Pantechnicon, HAVELOCK STREET, Ashburton.



MRS. MGREY, jgEGS to announce to the LADIES OP ASHBURTON and Surrounding Districts hat she has 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 At Moderate Charges. MRS. 'MOREY, TANCRED STREET (Next to Mr. Chapman’s, House Decorator.) NOTICE. pOR S.A L E AT T. QUINN & CO’S, DRAPERS and CLOTHIERS, MOORE-ST. ASHBURTON. 75 Men’s and Boys’ Suits, at 30s per Suit 40 doz. Silk Handkerchiefs at is each. 20 doz. Straw Hats, 7s per doz. T . QUINN & CO., Moore Street, Ashburton.



Business Notices. THE HORSE BAZAAR. LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES BURNETT-STREET, ASHBURTON. W. B. COMPTON, Proprietor. First-class accommodation for Horses and Vehicles on most -.. liberal terms at these Stables, with every attention and civility.. . r ,.v- • ..C i i Saddle'Horses or on H|R»»|



ANTED KNOWN, V V 0° Hand and to Arrive A LARGE STOCK OF SADDLERY AT T. DUDSON’S, Adjoining the Horse Bazaar. Wanted Known, STALLION COVERS AND GEAR ; . may be had at. T. DUDSON’S, : Opposite the Somerset Hotel. ' r 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.. ■ . • • ‘ . .



WATCHMAKER TEWELLER, .Xi CU) u 6 t o H rid ' O o JS w o -e o V X) aO C li» H H d w 8& z o> c < u C r-- H w.f: 4J < s o < CS m“ & T» W «? . § sil-g 61 S 3 IV. an ° SftS-a f?u S > O.S ■§ O'S." " ' <U~. C 0| S p> fe« f W n .6 52 ss •*> w 1 y « g „<J S-5 'rr-j O bd)2 Ji "C J2 3 c 8 C V ej o£3 « « •*C £ O « 2 n g I s hwS s.^ 1 -t, bp S2 co U S Wp4 WS <; xs G. W. DUCKWORTH, : Wholesale and Retail General 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.



GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. , jn* PPffS, breakfast cocoa, “ By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well.selected cocoa, .Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with « delicately-flavoured, beverage ..which may save 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 arcund us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may. escape many a fata \ shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame,”— The Civil Service Gazette , ‘ •:>£>. ’..; •.';} 1' > SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAM E S EP P S A N D CO;, Homoepathic Chemists, London. _ HEALTH FOR ALU HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify the Blood, correct all disorders of the Liver, Stomach* Kidney* and Boweli, and are invaluable iiiiall com* plaint* incidental to Female*. THE OUTTMEHT i» the only reliable remedy for Bad Legs, Old Wound*, Son* and Uloer*. For Bronchiti*, Diphtheria, Cough*, Cold*, Gout, Eheumati*m, tad all Skia Diame* it ha* e< l utL Sold by the Proprietor, Thokm* Holloway, 688, Oxford Street, London, and by all Medicine Vendor* throughout the World* i.--'- <■ V- j.-,