Tiie Evening Echo, Saturday, July I?, 1898 i



Saunders Bros. £4. HAVE : to LEND upon TOWN VjKJKJ'U SECTIONS and othei FREEHOLD PROPERTY - . P 9 nnn to be invested in JjAjUUU FREEHOLD Security. J? 0 find t 0 be ADVANCED in Sums of and upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. jf> Or\ t 0 be ADVANCED 30^50 jOUU on GROWING CROPS, LIVE STOCK, and other AGRICULTURAL Security. Messrs SAUNDERS BROS, have for Sale, Situated on the NORTH BANK of the RAKAIA, 4.000 acres, partly improved. 690 675 760 72 400 unimproved fenced 400 of which are now in Turnips unimproved WAICANUI DISTRICT. 490 acres, 130 of which are ploughed 201 2 55 201 111 936 200 highly improved House, Stable, &c. 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 seen in their Paddocks, adjoining the Ashburton Domain. SAUNDERS BROS. lOTICE TO FARMERS, HORSE BREEDERS, AND OTHERS. <£' rPIE Advertisers are prepared to Receive HORSES for Sale by Public Auction r Privately, and to make Liberal Cash edvances on same. Good PADDOCKS and Plenty of FEED lrSto ' Jc - SAUNDERS BROS. C. PERCY COX, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, AND VALUATOR, ASHBURTON ARMS to LET and SELL, of all Sizes id Descriptions, Improved and Unimproved, mated near Ckertsey Dromore Wakanui Wlachmore Gould & Cameron’s WesteV'Wd Hinds Harig’^ta 4oney Lent in Large? Small ns, on Approved Security. AGENT FOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. declaration of war. [,7 HEN the first note of p'repaiatlon was V sounded in the East, and the war cloud i no huger than a man’s hand, and while the icipal potentates of Europe, though breathing ce, were silently girding up their loins foi a iggle as fierce in the encounter and more ielul in its results than any which has hitherto astated ihe face of our mother earth —it was 11 that he sought every means in his power avoid such another calamity that befel vna, by obtaining for the coming winter a y Large Assortment of Horse Cloths, Oil i Leggings, and Sou’-westers, to enable the abitants of Ashburton to stand a long nter Siege. WPIO HAS DONE THIS? tiy, THOMAS DUDSON, SADDLER, Burnett Street, % lor further emergencies, has on hand the gest and Best Stock of Saddlery and idlers’ Ironmongery ever exhibited in Ash- PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, TACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLATE WORKER, > -to Inform the inhabitants of Ashburton surrounding districts that he has com ced business in TANCRED. STREET, re he hopes by strict attention to business, bined with moderate charges, to merit a share of public patronage, Repairs neatly eluted,



B Xj IB SPIPIAL AT ORR AND GO’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, 8d per yard I case of Tartan Plaid, reduced to l s 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 iod 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-fitting goods I case of Ladies’ Silk Scarfs, frilled edges, etc I case of Josephine Kid Gloves 4 cases Fancy Hosiery 1 case Diess Buttons, Fringes, etc 2 cases of Gents’ Overcoats i case of Boys’ Overcoats 4 cases of Clothing, best goods 8 cases of Colonial-made Goods just to hand Special attention is called to our LARGE STOCK OF LADIES’ AMD CENTS.’ BOOTS, in Colonial and English make. CHILDREN’S BOOTS IN GREAT VARIETY. The above 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-furnis 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. TO TD A.



Advance Ashburton ■=■ 6* m rHE ZE3'V'E3lsrX3SrGr ECHO NEWSPAPER D GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, East Street, Ashburton. ——m— 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 ihroughout 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) o 8 6 „ - 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 £ T U cilMfl 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. THE ADDRESS— THE “EVENING ECHO” OFFICE FUBITBSS <Sc DIX PROPRIETORS,



CHARLES BRADDELL GO UN TAN T & GENERAL AGENT! Agent for Press Company, Limited. Secretary Town Hall Company. Agent for National Insurance Company. Removed to Montgomery’s Buildings, entrain | from East and Burnett Streets. CANTERBURY DYE WORKS. (Near the Post Office) CHRISTCHURCH. J SELLARS is still Dyeing to Live, and • Living to Dye. Ashburton Agents: FURNESS & DIXON,. Where particulars may be obtained, and Orders left. m sSSsffs-i&W IV] . NEAL AS , Boot & Shoe Importer EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, 5 i Wishes the public to know that he has just j completed improvements in his shop, and is in 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 tc be the best in the district. | Repairs attended to. 1 U'pHE EVENING ECHO.’ Town Agent, MR. A. WESTON, 1 East Street. NOTICE. THOMAS WILLIAMS, Tinwald, BUILDER, UNDERTAKER, CABINET MAKER, WHEELWRIGHT, &c., WISHES to notify to the public that he 3. prepared to execute all orders entruste:- to his care in any of the above branches. Eveiy description of Furniture made an repaired at Christchurch prices. One trial iii| this respect will satisfy* : Funerals furnished and conducted at reduced! prices. As each department is under the charge il practical men, and as T. W. employs only first*- class hands, customers may rely on havi; \ their orders executed in a thoroughly workma .: like manner. Plans Prepared and Estimates Given. Note the Address— THOMAS WILLIAMS, (Near Railway Station) Tinwald. STATUARY! STATUARY A GRAND Display of some of tr a Finest Models extant. Oasts,.from, the works of the Be? Masters. A Rare Chance for the Adornment of the Drawing-room, Portico, or th« Garden* FURNESS and DIXON, STATIONERS’ HALL, EAST STREET, GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. JgPPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA, “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestki and nutrition, and by a careful application the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with : delicately-flavoured beverage which may sa. A us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the juf cious use of such articles of diet, that a constit :.Q tion may be gradually built up until strov A enough to resist every tendency to disease;-’ Plundreds of subtle maladies are floating arou, us, ready to attack wherever there is a wesk point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure bio.;T and a properly nourished frame.”— The Civii Service Gazette. T SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO Homcepathic Chemists, London. HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify the Blood, correct all disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys and Bowels, and are invaluable in all com, plaints incidental to Females. THE OINTMENT is the only reKabli remedy for Bad Lags, Old Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Colds, Gout, Rheumatism, «4 all Skin Diseases it has no equal. Sold by tbs Proprietor, Teo Hollo wat, 553, Oxford Street, Lorn and by all Medicine Vendors throng! the World* Printed and Published by Smith Tib! Furness and "Charles Dixon. a n? Printing East Street, "* •- ■