The Evening' Echo, Thursday, duly U, 1878,



Saunders Bros. HAVE t 0 LEND upon TOWN cWjUUU SECTIONS and othei FREEHOLD PROPERTY. £2,000 to be INVESTED in FREEHOLD Security. £2,800 to be ADVANCED in Sums of £IOO and upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. to be ADVANCED on GROWING CROPS, LIVE STOCK, and other AGRICULTURAL Security. Messrs SAUNDERS BROS, have for Sale, Situated on the NORTPI BANK of the RAKAIA, 4000 acres, partly improved. 690 ~ unimproved 675 ~ fenced . x 760 ~ 400 of which are now m Turnips 72 ~ unimproved 4.00 y y 9 9 WAKANUI DISTRICT. 490 acres, 130 of which are ploughed 201 ~ highly improved ” House, Stable, &c. 99 99 9 9 255 201 hi 93<5 200 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 seeii in their Paddocks, adjoining the Ashburton Domain. SAUNDERS BROS. NOTICE TO FARMERS, HORSE BREEDERS, AND OTHERS. THE 1 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 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 . Winckmore 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 note of prepaiation was sounded in the East, and the war cloud was no laiger than 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 the face of our mother earth—it was then that he sought every means in his power lo 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 DUDSON, 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. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE,- CTICAL COPPERSMITH AND RAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLATE WORKER, > inform the inhabitants of Ashburton rrounding districts that he has corn business in TANCRED STREET, le hopes by strict attention to business, ed with moderate charges, to merit a re of public patronage. --Repairs neatly executed,



SPECIAL S _A_ Xj IE AT OR R AND C O’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, Sd per yard 1 case of Tartan Plaid, reduced to is 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 lod per lb 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 Brown Hollands, 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-fi.tting goods 1 case of Ladies’ Silk Scarfs, frilled edges, etc 1 case of Josephine Kid Gloves 4 cases Fancy Hosiery 1 case Diess Buttons, Fringes, etc 2 cases of Gents’ Overcoats J case'of Boys’ Overcoats 4 cases of Clothing, best goods 8 cases of Colonial-made Goods just to hand Speciarattention is called to out LARGE STOiCK O'F LADIES’ AMD CENTS.’ BOOTS, in ColoniarandJEnglish make. CHILDREN’S BOOTS IN GREAT VARIETY. Theabove goods are 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 LARGEST AND BEST STOCK IN ASHBURTON, So that the public may get all classes of Drapery, Clothing, House-furnk ing Ironmongery, and General Stores within easy reach, and at prices which cannot be beaten by any house in the Colony, as we believe the public would prefer pur chasing in Ashburton to sending their orders elsewhere.



Advance Ashburton - O', m HUE ZE-VZSZtsTHsTGr ECHO NEWSPAPER AND GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, East Street, Ashburton, — : i 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. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:- In advance - per quarter 060 „ - • „ (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 FI EXT CUSS EMITIie , 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,, Handbills, Posters of any size, Colored Inks or Paper Mourning Cards. gr-NOTE THE ADDRESS— THE “EVENING ECHO” OFFICE &c JDTZEZOUT, PROPRIETORS, BAST STREET. ASHBURTON



CHARLES BRADDEI Agent for Press Company, Limit( Secretary Town Hall Company. Agent for National Insurance Com Removed to Montgomery’s Buildings, from East and Burnett Streets. CANTERBURY DYE WOK] (Near the Post Office) CHRISTCHURCH. T SELLARS is still Dyeing to L ; I » Living to Dye. Ashburton Agents: FURNESS & DIXON Where particulars may be obtained, Orders left. mmm M. NEAL AS, Boot & Shoe Importl EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, Wishes the public to know that he hasl completed improvements in his shop, andj receipt of a Large Winter Stock of Be] and Shoes, of every description, which can be guarai as the best in the market, and will be S 1 at CHRISTCHURCH PRICES. Ilii dered work, sewn or pegged, is well-kno be the best in the district. Repairs attended to. »THE EVENING ECHtI Town Agent, MR. A. WESTON, East Street NOTICE. THOMAS WILLIAMS, Tin wald, BUILDER, UNDERTAKER, CABIN 1 MAKER, WHEELWRIGHT, &c.,j WISHES to notify to the public that prepared to execute all orders entrj to his care in any of the above branches. Eveiy description of Furniture made 1 repaired at Christchurch prices. One this x-espect will satisfy. Funerals furnished and conducted at red! prices. As each department is under the charr| practical men, and as T.W. employs only class hands, customers may rely on hi] their orders executed in a thoroughly work] like manner. I Plans Prepared and Estimates Gr' Note, the Address— THOMAS WILLIAM (Near Railway Station) Tinwald. STATUARY! STATUARY 1 A GRAND Display of some of . Finest Models extant. Casts from the works of the I Masters. A Rare Chance for the AdormL of the Drawing-room, Portico, or ! Garden. • < FURNESS and DIXON, STATIONERS’ HALL, EAST STREI GRATEFUL—^COMFORTING. T?PPS’S BREAKFAST COCO n “By a thorough knowledge of the nati laws which govern the operations of digest and nutrition, and by a careful application the fine properties of well selected cocoa, f Epps has provided our breakfast tables wit ! delicately-flavoured beverage which may s, us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the ju< cious use of such articles of diet, that a cohstilj tion may be gradually built up until stre j enough to resist every tendency to disc? ] Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating arc us, ready to attack wherever there is a wt| point. We may escape many a fatal shaft keeping ourselves well fortified with pure bio] and a properly nourished frame.”— The Crl Service Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED , JAMES EPPS AND Cp] Homoepathic Chemists, London. HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify the Blood, corrwt.ll disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys and Bowels, and are invaluable in all com, plaints incidental to Femalei. THE -OINTMENT is the only reliable i remedy for Bad Legs, Old-Wounds, Sores, and Ulcer*. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Colds, Gout, Rheumatism, and all Skin Diseases it has no equal. Sold by the Proprietor, Thoha» Holloway, 5Z$, Oxford Street, London, and by all Medicine Vendor* throughout the World. Printed and Published by Smith Jami Furness and Charles Dixon, at thL Pricing p%, East Street, .faty 11, iS/S, •