The Evening Echo, Saturday, August 3,1878.

Prinf«f ; &d Published by SMITH JAM*I ; .fvj&tfEM and



FIREWOOD. FIREWOOD. gLACK PINE FIREWOOD '• On Sale at Hayes’ Timber Yard. J. R. CHAPMAN, PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN WRITER, GENERAL HOUSE DECORATOR, ETC., , TANCRED ST., ASHBURTON, (Nearly opposite the Union Bank). A CHOICE selection of Paperhangings, at Christchurch prices. Genuine White Lead Linseed Oil, raw and boiled Brushes of the best American and English manufacture A large stock of Glass, of various sizes and quality Kerosene, Putty, and Glue Copal, Carriage, Oak, & Paper Varnishes PAINTS Of every description prepared and supplied on . the shortest notice. WATER COLORS, from is 3d to 255. Drawing and Tracing paper, Paper Binders, File Clips, Date Cases, Ink and Pencil Erasers, Black and Colored Pencils, Colored Inks, Quill, Steel, and Magnum Bonum Pens, Pocket Books, and Purses, in immense variety, at FURNESS AND DIXON’S, Stationers’ Hall, Ashburton. MATTHEW SMITH. Builder and Contractor, MOORE STREET, A S H BURTON,. . Plans and Specifications carefully pre pared for all branches of the trade. Jobbing carefully executed. All kinds of Building Material on Sale at Wholesale Prices. M. S. being appointed Agent for the Victoria Steam Joinery Works, all kinds of Xoinery Work can be procured for the Trade. RUBBER STAMPS! RUBBER STAMPS 1 RUBBER STAMPS ! 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 Receipts - Rubber Stamps for Banks Rubber Stamps for Societies Rubber Stamps for Companies Rubber Stamps for Books Rubber Stamps for Linen Stamp, Ink, and Pads supplied at Moderate Prices at the EVENING ECHO OFFICE, East Street.



PIONEER BAKERY, (Next to Fowler’s) Tancred Street, Ashburton. ' Thomas" hicks, FANCY BREAD & BISCUIT BAKED, PASTRYCOOK, AND CONFECTIONER. Pastry and Biscuits of tha best quality always In stock. Teh Meetings and patties liberally dealt With. Wedding Cakes wade to order on the shortest notice. - Families supplied daily in all parts of the town. ASHBURTON j sheet iron'/ Tin, & zinc works,; WHOLESA'ifi and RETAIL.' SAMUEL HARDLEY, j TINSMITH, IRONMONGER, &c.,j Having commenced business In Ashburton,! begs to notify that he has jt'tst received his first! consignment of Selected GooJsfronl Melbourne,! consisting of • IRONMONGERY, LAMPS;- RANGE'S, j TINWARE, ETC, To be continually supplemented by flew Ship-1 wents from the best markets, which places him! in a position to supply the public and trade at; prices equal to any in the colony, and xespect-l fully invites the residents of Ashburton, and! surrounding dstricts to give him one trial,; Which will be a sufficient guarantee as to w T ork-j inanship and price. ~ I Suitable Workships are being erected to carry on the business in all its branches. i VKater Tanks manufactured at £i per tool gallons, fitted with Brass Tap. Scouting supplied at Christchurch prices. Don’t forget the Address— SAMUEL HARDLEY, xxt ok o asr g- DE3 :rJ Tin j Irony and Zinc Wotket, «AST STREET, NEAR ECHO OFFICE,; ■ *\ j



_A.TT GhTT ST, 1878. EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS BIN • PREMISES, OR R AN D C O Beg to announce that they have completed extensive al terations in their premises with a view to facilitate-their greatly increased trade, and as they are now importing all classes of goods direct from the Home manufacturers, the public may rely on getting every class of goods at extremely moderate prices. • JUST O P ENING UP (Ex Columbus) 49 CASES NEW DRAPERY GOODS



120 pieces New Dress Goods from 8d to 2s per yard- ; Colored French Merino at 2s I id, 3s 3d, 3s 6d Black Alpacas at is, Is 3d, to 2s 9d Black Russel Cords at Is to 2s. " Prints at all prices, from 5d to 9d per yard White Calicos at 5d to iod per yard 10 doz. Ladies .Skirts at 3s 6d, 4s 6d, 53 9d, 7s 3d, to lOS <sd _ 20 doz. Ladies’ Straw Hats at is, fs 3d, to 5s 6d ) 24 doz. Ladies’ Cambric Handkerchiefs, hemmed, fis per doz. 1 doz. Paris Trimmed Bonnets as patterns - 60 gross New Dress Buttons, all prices 30 doz. Ladies Silk Ties with tassel and floss edge 25 pieces Brown Holland at 8d to Is <4 doz. Children’s Pinafores, new style 25 cases Ladies Costumes at 22s 6d to 45s t■. > A large assortment of Hosiery 31 doz. Ladies Josephine Kid Gbves 4 doz. Ladies’ New Cashmere Dresses ' - . 4 * .. 2 doz. Ladies’ Lace Capes and Curiasses T ; ’ V 3 boxes New Flowers ■ j- ■\u<:. 2 boxes Evening Flowers 2 doz. White Counterpanes id doz. Bath Towels' Antimacassars in great variety S&Viral Trunks of . Ladies’ Kid Boots, very much under former prices. 2 TRUNKS CHILDREN’S BOOTS •1 caste 'of Children’s Toys.,.:: ■}. ' • > *'■ '-—'■ '- ' ...» •;> I » » . Dolls j.l -■ • * : ' :••. _ Ladies’’Bags Gents.’Leather Portmanteaus Gents.’ H&s and Caps Gents.’Ties in great variety ' ;i •Black Velveteen at 3s 6d to 7s 6d; . ■. i •Black. Silk Velvet-i<B;ip. and 22 in. ‘‘Carpets in Brussels, Kidder, Felt and Tapestry The above will be opened up and on view in a few days, Tf, ,‘r'. a 3JT 33 OO t T 5



Advance Ashburton TZB-IE ZE'VIEIN'IIsrO- ECHO NEWSPAPER- ' . AND GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, East Street, Asliburton, — ■ - ''’JP'PIE proprietors of the Evening Echo have much pleasure in presenting their numerous customers with an enlarged edition of this paper, and in thank 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. C TL'



TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : In advance per quarter o 6 o „ (posted) 086 per annum ' _ 10 o Or, delivered to all parts of the Town, 6d. per week. Commercial and General Printing. HIST CLASS PUHTIHG Of every description, and for Style, Design, and Cheapness, J Cannot be equalled in Ashburton or surpassed in the] Colony,^ Billheads of any size or pattern, .'irty; ’t i Memorandum Forms Receipt and Order Books > * "■/;}!: C> r Circulars and Envelopes Plain and Fancy Cards Fancy Labels, any size Ball Programmes and Tickets Vellum Address Catalogues ’ " Societies’. Rules, Forms, etc., Pamphlets, : ; v: Handbills, Posters of any size, Colored Inks or Paper. Mourning Cards. *. j. the .Address--- a THE “ EVENING ECHO ’’ OFFICE. ice- ITJBiraSS & 3DI3CO2ST, J : "o: PROPRIETORS, r EAST STREET, ASHBURTON



CHARLES BRADDELL, 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. CANTERBURY DYE WORKS. (Near the Post Office) CHRISTCHURCH. J SELLARS is still Dyeing to Live, and • Living to Dye. r Ashburton Agents : ! FUR HESS & D1X0N,,., Where, particulars may ibe and Orders left. M . NEALAS, , . Boot & Shoe Importer EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, Wishes the public to know that he has jusn completed improvements in his shop, and is it 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 to be the best in the district.' >■' ‘ ' Repairs attended to. H E EVENING EC H O.’ “T Town Agent, MR; A.-- WESTON, - East Street.



NOTICE. THOMAS^WILLIAMS, Tinwald, BUILDER, UNDERTAKER, CABINET MAKER, WHEELWRIGHT, &c.; / WISHES to notify to the public that he is prepared to execute all orders entrusted to his care in any of the above branches. V ?? Every description of Furniture made and repaired at Christchurch prices. One trial in this respect will satisfy. Funerals furnished and conducted at reduced prices. Aaeach department is underi;the.;charge"*f 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. - . Plans Prepared and. Estimates Given. • Note the Address—. \g' J . THOM; A S WIL 11 A M S,, (Near Railway Station) Tinwald. STATUARY ! . STATUARY.! GRAND Display of "some ot tht Finest Models extant” Casts from , the. works ,6f the Beit Masters. ’ V 1 .7 ‘ A Rare Chance for the -Adornment of the Drawing-room,. Portico, Garden.----; _7 FURNESS and. DIXON, ; . r , STATIONERS’ HALL,: EAST,. ATREfeT. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. PPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. “By a thorough knowledge, of the 1 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 "yith a delicately-flavoured beverage which may say# heavy doctors’ bills. .It is by th« judi cious use of such articles of diet; ‘that a constitu tion may be gradually” built up until strong enough to resist • eVdiy tehdertCy < to l disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating4rbtmd us, ready-to attack wherever; thereiis-a- weak point. We may escapemany a fatal, shafts by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blooa and a properly nourished' frame;. ’’—The Civil Strvice Gazette. 1 Y V SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS; LABELLED JAM ES. E P P.S IN'D C 0., \ Homcfipathic.Chemists, Lohdorti . . W HEALTH FOR Alt. S" HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify th# Blood, eorreet all disorder* of the Liver, Stomach, Kidney* and Bowels, and are invaluable in all eem, 6 r plaints incidental' to-.Jeinilefc/.,;,'-^ THE OnraMEHTi*tke enly raliaW# remedy for Bad-Leg*, Old Wounde, Scree, and Uleers. For Bronchiti*, Diphtheria, Coughs, Colds, Gout, Rheufnatiim^ : j«(| all Skin Diseases it has no equal • : Sbld Iby ; - ; fliA ; ‘Vpi(opri«<W,- ; Thoiu® Eollowat, 533, Oxford Street, London, and by aii Medicine Ywtor* Umwghoal tb# World- .i:;;-;j.;i " ' ■ $