SATURDAY, November 30, 1878.]

THE EVENING ECHO.

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Tinsmiths, &c. J. C. DOLMAN, PLUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, Tancred Street, ASHBU R T O N. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. O.G. Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitteb- N.B.—Orders punctually attended to. STTARDLEY, in tendering his . JUL Sincere Thanks to the In habitants of Ashburton and' Surrounding Districts for their past patronage, begs to announce that he is now SELLING OFF HIS PRESENT STOCK AT COST PRICE, to make room for a Fresh Shipment daily expected from Melbourne. Note the Address— S. HARDLEY, PLUMBER AND TINSMITH, EAST STREET. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLATE WORKER, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and 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.



Business Notices. Tea! Tea! Tea! ioo BOXES 50 HALF-CHESTS The above will be found Pure, combined with strength and Fine Flavour. ORIENTAL TEA COMPANY’S In lib. and packets. We are Agents for this Tea, and would advise the public to give it a fair trial, as it is highly spoken of.' Orr & Co.



SPECIAL NOTICE. WE ARE NOW LANDING— Exp.s. “Tongariro,” Totara for Wells Ex “ Clifton/’ from Invercargill, 240,000 feet first-class Boards and Scantling Ex “Drover,” from Bluff, 120,000 ditto ditto Ex “ Wave of Life,” from Thames, 50,000 feet Flooring, Lining, &c. Ex “ Flora,” from Kaipara, A splendid assortment of 95,000 feet Kauri Timber MONTGOMERY & CO. (Limited), CHRISTCHURCH, And EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



H. BUDDEN, SEED MERCHANT, Etc., Etc., NELSON, N.Z. .... | Fruit and Forest Trees, Ornamental Shrubs, Roses, Seeds, Plants, etc. —Packed to any part of New Zealand. QHEISTMAS CARDS, Eic., For transmission to Friends in England and Elsewhere via outgoing ’Frisco : and Suez Mail, at : A. W ESTO N ; S



Ironlongery. LEAMINGTON RANGED AMERICAN STOVES.. REGISTERED GRATES COLONIAL OVENS. A fine assortment of the abor'. Builders should inspect ouv : stock. GARDEN TOOLS.! Steel Rakes „ Spades „ Forks Rakes and Hoes Combined Weeders Orr & Co., IMPORTERS OF HARDWARE.



Fruiterers. FRCJIT IMPORTED DIRECT FROM SYDNEY. M OOAR AND CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GREENGROCERS & FRUITERERS, REMOVED to EAST STREET, (Shop lately occupied by Mr. Cambridge. J UST ARRIVED A LARGE STOCK OF Oranges, Pine Apples Lemons, Bananas Apples, Vegetables Confectionery &c., &c. Delivered to all paits of Ashburton. W.-T. DAVISON, GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, Wholesale and Retail. Fresh from Christ church daily, from one of the Largest Growers. MOORE STEET, Ashburton. 47 Bakers’ Notices. BAKER’S NOTICE. TAYLOR AND LILL EG to inform their numerous cus- tomers, and the public generally, that on and after the first day of Novem ber, and until further notice, they will supply BREAD at 6d. per 41b LOAF, Made from the Best Flour in Canterbury, and by a First-class Practical Baker. jzsrTnspection invited. TAYLOR & LILL, Bakers, Confectioners, & Pastrycooks, East Street, Ashburton. BREAD. BREAD. BREAD. 6d. per 41b. Loaf. THOMAS HICKS, Baker and Con fectioner, Tancred Street, is now supplying First-class Bread, at 6d. per 4Tb Loaf, delivered to all parts of the District, or at the Shop. Js@*vPlease note— THOMAS HICKS, THE PIONEER BAKERY, Tancred Street, Ashburton Business Notice.



CALISTHENIC CLASS EVERY alternate Wednesday and Saturday Afternoon. Terms, per Quarter —Five Shillings each Pupil. SUPERIOR LADIES’ BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL, Oxford Villa, Burnett St., Ashburton, Conducted by Miss Steane. Private Lessons in French, German, and Latin, twice weekly ; Music, and Drawing in Various Styles. Preparatory School for Boys, Inclusive Terms. Musical. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Tuned and Repaired. J. C. HUGHES, 'EACHER of Pianoforte and Harmonium, Cox Street, Ashburton. Qiders can be Jeft.jit the Offtcty



Drapery. GRAND SHOW OF Ne w Goods AT ® are now> °P en i n S U P a second shipment of USTIETW G-OODS, 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, 10 boxes New Flowers 5 ~ : New Feathers 30 „ New Ribbons 50 shades of Bonnet Silks to match New Ribbons PGPLIHS & SILKS. A large assortment of real Irish Poplins, direct from Pim Brothers, of Dublin. PHIHTS, 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, 10 TRUNKS NEW BOOTS. Men’s Watertights, pegged and riveted. Ladies’ Kid Boots in great variety. j 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. ORR AND CO.



General Stores. COAL AN D FIREWOOD, OATS AND CHAFF, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. F. DOHERTY/ BEGS toJ remind his Customers and Friends that he is Selling. Every Article in Stock at the LOWEST Possible PRICE for CASH. SPRING & SUMMERD RAPERY . AND, W READY-MAEE CLOTHING, . Just Arrived, OF THE LATEST STiLES 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. g A NDO AN D QL SEN, FAMILY GROCERS, TENT, TARPAULIN, AND ' •' i " l’ HORSE CLOTH MAKERS, AND . 5 GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, /: : EAST STREET, . ASHBURTON. Orders Delivered to alPParts of the Town. FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup plied to Otder and Let out on Hite. Note the address— SANDO & OLSEN, EAST SI FEET, ASHBURTON.



NOTICE ! NOTICE !! NOTICE II! REMOVAL, c o> 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. JpIRTH, JpASS AND PASS, & CO. take this oppor> tunity of thanking their numerous customers who have so liberally supported them hitherto, and to solicit a continuance of their patronage at the NEW P REMISES, TO BE CALLED THE OLD BANK STORES (late union bank). Orders entrusted to our care will re ceive prompt attention. Families waited 071 for ordets weekly. FIRTH, PASS, AND CO., ' Grocers,. Drapers, Ironmongers, j WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, : -nr‘ %m SWWT



Business Notice. ' GENERAL . PRINTING OFFICE, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. fjpHE Proprietors beg to intimate that they have imported an “ATLAS” TREADLE Printing Machine, FOR JOB WORK ONLY, -N CAPABLE OF THROWING OFF 2000 IMPRESSIONS AN HOUR, Unrivalled and unequalled in the estima tion of Printers. It is capable of executing the finest work in Colors Cf Ornamental Printing And the cost of production will, by means of this labor-saving Machinery, be f •' i GREATLY REDUCED.' BILLHEADS, RECEIPTS, NOTE HEADINGS, ENVELOPES, BUSINESS CARDS, . ; , i ADDRESS LABEX.S,.. CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES. EVERY ; DESCRIPTION OF PRINTING in the BEST STYLE, / and at Prices which cannot fail to GIVE SATISFACTION. WEEKS AND DIXON, PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, THE EVENING ECHO OFFICE, East Street, Ashburton.



GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. JgPPS’S BREAKFAST . COCOA “By a thorough knowledge of the natural, laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application ol the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast .tables .with s delicately-flavoured beverage whicfi r iftt£y 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: bv keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.” —The Civil Service Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED, JAMES EPPS AND GO., " v Homcepathic Chemists,^London. HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S 1 PILLS AND OINTMENT THE FILLS Purify th* Blood, eorreet all ; disorders of the Liver,. Stomach, Kidney* and Bowels, and are invaluable in all corns plaints incidental to Females. THE OINTMENT I® the only reliable remedy for Bad Legs, Old Wounds, Sores,, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Colds, Gout, Rheumatism,, and] all Skin Diseases it has no equal. out ■ > >, t{ \ ! >-•' 1 ; .~'i . Sold by tiie - proprietor, ms* mmm mJfcSi wd by tikummmm $



Drapery. JgEGS to atiriounce to the X*AI3IES OE ( ASHBURTON,, and Surrounding ; District ll ! that she has? :f-fT ;«««!<•' *• '*• • : opened as ; how £oom; f * ; ... . f f*. • FOR *' *'•' -’ ?» MAt>E„ ui» and FULLY TRIMMED*' n PATTERNS • ;«tr 4 -’ :-«r ’ \ ’ ’ OF ALL THE vi r« SlVfi/f .•»«. -i LATEST FASHIONS^ FOR LADIES’ & CHILDREN^‘ WEAR £ LADIES’ OWN MATERIALS "GUT OUT * V'" .At Moderate Charges.^ . MRS; MOREY,' ‘ TANCRED STREET > ■lu (Next to ?Mf..Chapm H use Decorator.-* •‘ • Watchmaker. WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER-^; a* OPTICIAN* ETC, ETC ALWAYS on. Sale a Large Stock of Englisl, American, Geneva, and other Watches j, French, American, and other Clocks (},.Con cave and Convex Spectacles; Reading .Glasses; Wedding and other Rings ; Barometers', Ther»; mometers, Eye Protectors, Goggles, Pocket Knives, Scissors and-other Cutlery, by Rogers,, , Arriyed., per. Star, brig, from New York, six cases of American Clocks—all hew styles^ J. P: PARKER, WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, &c. ' Two doors above Bullock & Co.’s Auction Rooms), EAST STEET, ASHBURTON--



Bootmakers. ‘J^ZZS Si i-:i ■ •; -J .a a ■JL _ tSA ' > t■: £.f. m < .-vi ■ * M. NEAL AS, BOOT & SHOE IMPORTER EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, • ."(Next to Orr & Co.) '• HAS juSt'.ireceived a New i;S|ock, per ship “ Lutterworth/’ front' England, of the best Imported Goods and Latest: Fashions. A LARGE STOCK ; ■ • of Colonial Goods from the v Best Makers, in consequence of Large Consignments,' will be SOLD AT VERY REASONABE PRICES,. fSTOur own make, sewn or pegged, of every description to order, ' " y". : ; l :R.pai^,itodtdt l sV, ' Li T. CHAMBERS, BO O T A N D SHOE MAK ER, East Street,* ‘ -- \- Begs to notify to the public, of Ashburton that he has now'in Stock a Splendid Assortment of Boots and Shoes from the Best Makers, and all orders entrusted';to him will have every attention. I-™ Boots.and . Shoes, sewn or pegged, made to order, of every description and the'very best materials Terms Cash. L t T CH AM B ERS, .tx PROSP EG. .T. B U;I LD I N;G S . (Next to Montgomery’s), i ' . ... ... E.AST STREET*.



General Grocer. ;;i ; . G. W. DUCKWORTH, Wholesale and Retail General Grocer, high; street, christcHurch* ; 'i (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings;) \ X TISHES to call attention to the; PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which he NOW V V SELLING .ALL GOOOS, Avhich cannot be beaten by any;Hoiise in: the Province. ? WHOLESALE- ORDERS 'DELIVERED, FREIGHT PAID, TO ANY I STATION ON THE CANTERBURY RAILWAY.