Tiie Evening Echo, Wednesday, July 31, 1878.



WANTED, a Christian Lady for two hours daily to assist another in Teaching the Pupils in a ,Private School.- Apply by letter addressed “ Q.,” Echo office. WANTED, a HUNDRED Good Lay ing FOWLS. Highest Price for really good ones. Apply to K. Sando, East Street. WANTED, a Tidy GIRL, as Nursemaid, and to make herself generally useful. Apply Echo Office. TOWN SECTION. WANTED, to purchase, in or near East street, a Quarter-acre SECTION. Apply, by letter, stating price, &c., A. 8., office of this paper. RAFFLE, an Excellent MUSICAL BOX, by Nicholson, new and in good order. It Plays ten beautiful airs. Thirty Members at Ten Shillings each.—A. Weston’s Q.C.E. Cigar Divan, East-street. PROSPECTUS OF THE ASHBURTON GAS, COAL AND COKE COMPANY, LIMITED. Incorporated under the Joint Stock Companie Act. CAPITAL: £i o,ooo, in 2,000 Shares b( £$ each, Ten Shillings deposit per Share on application, Ten Shillings on allotment, and the re mainder in Calls of Ten Shillings per Share at intervals of not less than three months. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS : Chairman, Thomas Bullock. R. W. Shearman F. Macbean Stewart A. O. Aitken J. Ivess T. Quill A. Orr E. G. Wright F. Doherty R. Friedlander J. M. Cambridge BANKERS: Union Bank of Australia. Engineer. Treasurer. v Solicitor : G. D. BRANSON. Secretary: J. IVESS, ProTem. TIIE ASHBURTON GAS COMPANY is to be formed for the purpose of supply ing the Town of Ashburton with Gas at a reasonable rate.



It is Estimated that £SOOO will suffice to establish the works upon a suitable scale, and it is not intended to call up more than £2 per share during the first twelve months. It is intended to send to England for the necessary Plant and Street Mains by the August Mail. # The Provisional Directors desire to call atten tion to the fact that Gas Companies have been invariably found to pay handsome dividends on the paid-up capita'l. Ashburton is growing very rapidly, and there can be no doubt that there will be sufficient consumers to make the undertaking re munerative. The Branches of the Union Bank of Aus tralia at Ashburton, Christchurch, and Timaru are now prepared to receive applications for shcir6S« The Share list will close on Saturday, August 3rd, 1878. EAGLE'S DINING ROOMS, HAVELOCK STREET, Near to the Town Hall, Ashburton. LUNCHEON AND. DINING ROOMS. Meals at all hours. H.- O'. BRISTO, ACCOUNTANT, COLLECTOR, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGEIST, Prospect Buildings, East Street, Ashburton, Commissions of every description Executed. MRS. MOREY, jgEGS to announce to the LADIES OF ASHBURTON and Surrounding Districts that she will OPEN A SHOW ROOM TOR 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,. • TANCREDstreet (Next to Mr. Chapman’s, House Decorator). : . C j. ; | j Open -Saturday Next.



TO BUILDERS. TENDERS are invited for the Erection of ADDITIONS and ALTERATIONS to the ROYAL HOTEL, Moor-street, Ash burton’, for Mr. Thomas Toppin. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the undersigned, East-street, where Tenders will be received up to 5 P ,rn- on Saturday, August ioth. _ The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted. - S. W. BROWN, Architect, Ashburton.



E. A. GARNETT, HAIRDRESSER, • PERFUMER, TOBACCONIST, AND GENERAL FANCY GOODS DEALER, BEGS to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and District that he has removed to No. i, Montgomery’s New Buildings, East street, and has in Stock a GOOD ASSORTMENT OF TOBACCO, CIGARS, PIPES, Perfumery, Frizzets, .Plaits, Etc., Etc. \ Note the Address, — E. A. GARNETT, No. i, Montgomery’s Buildings, East Street.



) m~ COME AT LAST. HEW DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT, GLASGOW HOUSE, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. W. GAVIN HAS great pleasure in announcing that he will Commence Business, after much unavoidable delay, in his new paemises, at MONTGOMERY’S BUILDINGS, ON SATURDAY NEXT, 27TH JULY, With a New Stock of GENERAL 1 * DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, Which owing to the advancement of the winter Season he will offer at extremely Low Prices with a view to speedy clearance. Goods marked in Plain Figures. One Shilling Off Every Pound Purchased for Cash. BARGAINS IN all the DEPARTMENTS. ENCOURAGE LOCAL ENTERPRISE ! AND MAKE YOUR PURCHASES where you get Value for Your Money and a LARGE ASSORTMENT To choose from. To make room for more New Novelties from America and other novelty markets, the Undersigned is OFFERING to the’ public AT GREAT REDUCTIONS his present STOCK, comprising— ABOUT. 900 NOVELS FROM 6d. UPWARDS Books on Gardening, Cookery, Farming, Bird-keeping, Etc., Etc., Dictionaries and Ready' Reckoners, Journals, Magazines, Song Books, Stationary, and FANCY GOODS of every DESCRIPTION. Novelties in Enless Variety, including CARDS, DRAUGHTS, CHESS, DOMINOES, LOTTO, and other Games. ' j®3T Note the Address— A. WESTON, BOOKSELLER AND AMERICAN TOBACCONIST, DEALER IN FANCY GOODS, General Advertising Agent and Bill Poster, Agent for the Sale of the renowned Weston’s Wizard Oil, • Q.C.E. CISAR DIVAN, Strssfc, near IHtUqck’s Auction Mart,



. '■""'■"S'. W. BROWN, AND CIVIL ENGINEER, EAST STREET, Ashburton. SCHOOL BOOKS Just Arrived—Royal Primers, Victoria Exercise Books, &c. —Echo Office, Stationers’ Hall, East-street. PAPERS by the San Francisco Mail now on Sale at the Echo Office, Stationers’ Hall, East Street:— Lloyd’s Weekly Pictorial World The Farmer Home News The Field Reynold’s Newspaper Illustrated London News Penny Illustrated News Police News Punch NOTICE. . g C. FARR, ARCHITECT, &c., can be consulted at Messrs. W. Montgomery and Co. ’s Buildings, Ashburton, EVERY SATURDAY or any communications left at Mr. Charles Brapdell’s Office, will be promptly attended to. Ashburton, July 12, IS7B. FOR SALE, A Second-Hand American CABINET ORGAN, by Mason and Hamlin. It has five stops and a knee swell. Elegant case. Suitable for Parlor or Church. Price cash. Apply, Echo office.



CHEAP FUEL. SPRINGFIELD COAL, NEWCASTLE COAL, AND FIREWOOD. SPRINGFIELD Coal can be highly recom mended for every purpose, and the fact of its being used on the Railway must be a suffi cient guarantee of its quality. G. PARKER & Co., Near Railway Station, Ashburton. W. R. BOYLE, STATE AND GENERAL AGENT, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON.



PRELIMINARY NOTICE. NEW FIRST-CLASS BOARDING-HOUSE. MR THOMAS CLARKE has to announce that he will commence immediately the erection of a FIRST-CLASS BOARDING HOUSE, to supply a felfc want in Ashburton. The House will occupy a site within One Minute’s walk of the Railway Station, and will afford the following accommodation : FIRST AND SECOND CLASS DINING ROOMS. SMOKING AND READING ROOMS. WELL VENTILATED, LARGE, AND if : LOFTY BEDROOMS. PRIVATE ROOMS FOR FAMILIES. The work has been contracted for at the price of £ISOO, and the House will be under the supervision of an experienced manager from Christchurch.



FRCJIT IMPORTED DIRECT FROM SYDNEY. J. MOOAR & CO., Wholesale & Retail GREENGROCERS AND FRUITERERS, REMOVED to EAST STREET, (Shop lately occupied by Mr. Cambridge.) TUST ARRIVED A LARGE STOCK J 0F Oranges, Pine Apples Lemons, Bananas Apples, Vegetables Confectionery &c., &c. Delivered to all paits of Ashburton.



MR. BRANSON, BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, East Street, ASHBURTON. E. G. CRISP, jgARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, Has removed his Offices to MONTGOMERY’S BUILDINGS (istFloor), BURNETT STREET, A S H B U RTON. JAMES BAKER, Builder, contractor, and UNDERTAKER, HAVELOCK STREET, Ashburton. FUNERALS FURNISHED # QN i THE SHORTEST NOTICE, s



Saunders Bros. HAVE £A non to LEND u P° n TOWN SF.GTTnNrs and othei FREEHOLD SECTIONS PROPERTY.. £2,000 to be INVESTED in FREEHOLD Security. O nn to be ADVANCED in g ums 0 f and upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. rO A nAA to' be ADVANCED on GROWING CROPS, LIVE STOCK, and other AGRICULTURAL Security. Messrs SAUNDERS BROS, have for Sale, Situated on the NORTH BANK of the RAKAIA, 4000 acres, partly improved. 690 ~ unimproved 675 ~ fenced 760 ~ 400 of which are nowin Turnips 72 ~ unimproved 400 ~ ~ WAKANUI DISTRICT. 490 ■ acres, 130 of which are ploughed 201 „ highly improved 255 jj yy 20X „ „ House, Stable, &c. hi „ » 936 ,» )> 200 ~ yy Sixty Acres four miles from the Township. Several Valuable Town Sections. DRAUGHT HORSES. THE Undersigned have FOR SALE a Number df 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 of FEED ]or Stock . SAUNDERS BROS.



C. PERCY COX, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, AND VALUATOR, ASHBU R T O N to LET and SELL, of all Sizes and Descriptions, Improved and Unimproved, situated near in all parts of the District. 2000 Acres FREEHOLD )To be Let for 5000 » LEASEHOLD >• a term of 5 5000 SHEEP ) or 7 Years. 3197 Acres FREEHOLD ) To be Sold on 3085 ~ leasehold terms . with Purchasing Clause. ) J Fear OPAWA Railway Terminus. 1445 Acres FREEHOLD, very rich land, * with Seven-roomed HOUSE, Improve ments, Orchard, etc., etc., Within one mile of MAKIKI Railway Station. 900 Acres near the KAKAHU, within six . miles of Winchester. LAND of all descriptions, or of any size, between the Rakaia, Rangatata, Ashburton Forks, etc., etc. Money Lent in Large or Small Sums, on Approved Security. AGENT FOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY.



DECLARATION OF WAR. WHEN the first note of preparation 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 peace, were silently girding up their loins for a struggle as fierce in the encounter and more baneful in its results than any which has hitherto devastated ihe 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 nhabitants of Ashburton to stand a long Winter Siege. ■ WHO HAS DONE THIS? Why, THOMAS HUDSON, SADDLER, Burnett Street, And, for further emergencies, has on hand the Largest and Best Stock of Saddlery and Saddlers’ Ironmongery ever exhibited in Ash burton. LPHABET CARDS and Boxes, Mavor’s Spelling, Royal Readers, Slates, Pencils, Copy Books, Drawing Books, and other school Requisites to be obtained at our premises, East-street, Ashburton. FURNESS AND DIXON, Stationers’Hall,



STATIONERY, BOOKS ' '«i STATUARY, FANCY QOCDS School Requsitls, “ &C., &C., 1 J IMPORTED direct from thejbest_.Ma :kets, and Sold cheaper'than any house in Town. A large’stock of * % ACCOUNT BOOKS, CASKETS OF STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, • PENS, PENCILS, &c., Just opened from London, marked off 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 for cash. Writing Papers, Envelopes,fPens, Inks, Blot ting Papers, &c., &c.



Photograph Albums, .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, 9 Color Boxes, Mathematical Instruments, Rulers, Drawipg Pencils and Pins ; Drawing Papers, Tracing Paper and Cloth, Indian Ink and Colors. Hair Brashes, 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, EA&T STREET, SOU.TH, •s . ASHBURTON,



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. piRTH, PASS, & CO. take this opporb tunity of thanking their numeious customers who have so liberally supported them hitherto, and to solicit a continuance of their pationage at the NEW PREMISES ,T 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 GO., Grocers, Drapers, Ironmongers, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, &C. East Street.



NOTICE OF REMOVAL. VICTORIA FRUIT DEPOT, East Street, near Orr & Co.’s, WILLIAM BIRTWELL PROPRIETOR, BEGS to inform the inhabitants of Ashbur ton and surrounding districts that, having removed to more central premises, is now pre pared to supply, at the lowest price fof cash,— • Fruit of all descriptions Confectionery of best quality Vegetables & Herbs, all kinds ; Potatoes, not to be excelled Poultry, regularly supplied Cheese, &c., &c. Pastry of the best quality, kept in stock. The Central Foundry, PETER STREET, ASHBURTON. W. J. HESSEY, BEGS respectfully to inform the public of Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has now completed his foundry in Petei 1 Street, where Castings of eveiy description in Iron, Brass, and other metals, will be carried on- under his own superintend ence, and from the many years of practical experience he has had in America, England, and the Colonies, can guarantee to turn out work satisfactorily. Highest prices given for old cast metals and brass. ' ’ Orders can be left at the Foundry. ' k « W. J. HESSEY, Proprietor. FURNESS and DIXON have on Sale a Choice Assortment of Interesting and Popular Works, including the following;— Saved from the Sea, by Kingston. Robinson Crusoe, ioo Illustrations. Swiss Family Robinson, 300 Illustrations.,, Boys Book of Sports. Every Boys Annual. Ethel Clinton. Little Hazel. Polly and Jack. Nannette Dampier. Prince Übbely Bubble. Told in the Twilight. Aunt Martha’s Corner Cupboard. By Hesba Stretton, — v Fern’s Hollow. Cassy. Max Kromer. Little Meg’s Children. _ Fairy Frisket. The Silver Casket. Aunt Jane’s Hero. Richard Hunne. With the Tide. * The Fairy Spinner. General Beckwith. Barriers Burned Away. The Teacher’s Handbook of Questioliii* on the Gospels. Men Who Have Made Themselves. The Sword and Garment. Grace for Grace. Lite of D. L. Moody. Church Life in Australia. Recreations of a Country Parson. The Land of the Sun. . Military Heroes of England. Enquire Within. The Revolt ov the Field; a Sketf of the Rise and Progress of the Mov ment among the Agricultural Laboui‘(P~ of England. Martyr Graves of S Gotland, j A Cloud of Witnesses, i Tales o^QMQcep,