The Evening Echo.

voi. i.—no

Ashburton, Thursday, July 18, 1878.

Price One Penny.



ITESSRS bullock AND CO., ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, every alternate Thursday. CASH ADVANCES made on Stock, Produce, &c., con signed for Positive Sale. BULLOCK AND CO. ON SALE by the UNDERSIGNED. of every description. Fencing Material, Cement and Lime, Coal t- and Firewood. MONTGOMERY & Co., EAST STREET, . , % ASHBURTON. THE undersigned is a CASH BUYER of OATS, BARLEY, GRASS SEED, WHEAT, CHEESE, and OTHER FARM « PRODUCE, At highest market Rates. . 1 Cornsacks supplied at ruling prices. H. B. SORENSON. l ’ristchurch. f ORD, HUGHES, & Co, ■K' GRAIN AND PRODUCE MERCHANTS, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION AGENTS, .lake Liberal Advances on Grain or other pro* iuce .for shipment to their agents in the Aus tralian Colonies or London. Cornsacks and Woolpacks supplied at lowest current rates. Indents executed from all parts of the world. Offices —High Street, Christchurch. BUSINESS NOTICE. I _ L. WILSON, AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield Street, Christchurch. { CHRISTCHURCH. SCOTT BROS., ENGINEERS, &c., BEG8 EG to inform their customers and the public generally that they have REMOVED . To new and commodious premises in ti MANCHESTER STREET SOUTH, f• ’. f , • • Near the new Passenger Station. ir. K r— —“ c; J. C. DOLMAN, LUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL- K HANGER, C ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, 1 , ' Tancred Street, ASHBURTON. Artesian -Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and ',} ~ . 1 repaired, AG ( Guttering fixed at current rates, Electric Bells supplied and fitteb* V N*- V ' ' i punctually attended to,



GEO. ST. HILL, Builder and Contractor Burnett Street, Ashburton. PLANS PREPARED AND ESTIMATES CIVEN On the Shortest Notice For every description of Building in Town Country.



BIRTHDAY CARDS, AND FANCY STATIONERY, AT FURNESS & DIXO’N’S.



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 SIREET, 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. C. E. FOOKS AND SON, JJTCENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASPIBURTON. A. PEARCE, TOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & 1 DEALER IN FANCY GOOFS. Plaving taken over the Business of Mr. W. H. Friecllander in the above line, hopes to receive a continuance of public support. Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery, and Fancy Goods in Large Variety. BILLIARD ROOM, With one of Alcock’s Best Billiard Tables, kept on the premises. MOOR STREET, (opposite Ropsi Hotel.)



ASHBURTON, (One Minute’s walk from Railway Station and Telegraph Office.) The Proprietor begs to inform his old friends and the public that, having seen the necessity that existed for a Really First-Class Hotel at Ashburton he erected the above at a very considerable outlay, and is now m a position to offer the Best accommodation to Families and Visitors, on the most Reasonable Terms. ■ SPECIAL ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID TO THE PRIVATE, SITTING, AND LUNCHEON ROOMS, BATH ROOMS, &c. WINES, BEERS, & SPIRITS OF THE BEST BRANDS, Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard Tables. NIGHT PORTER KEPT FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRAVELLERS. _ G. W. DUCKWORTH, Wholesale and Retail General Grocer, N HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) ,c HF o call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which he is NOW SELLING ALL GOODS, which cannot be beaten by any House m the Province. WHOLESALE ORDERS DELIVERED, FREIGHT PAID, TO ANY STATION ON THE CANTERBURY RAILWAY.



DRUG, CHEMICAL, AND PHARMACEUTICAL ESTABLISHMEHT, ASHBURTON. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, ■yyiSIIES to inform his friends that the business which he has carried on for the last 4 y z years, in the shop adjoining Messrs. Fried lander Bros., IS REMOVED To No. 2, Montgomery’s Buildings.



G. F. SCOTT, qeneral carrier Cameron St., Ashburton. Parcels delivered promptly and charges moderate.



K. SANDO, FAMILY GROCER TENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSE CLOTH MAKER, AND GENERAL STOREKEEPER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup plied to Order and Let out on Hite. Note the address — EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



GREAT SALE !!!



LOOK OUT FOR A. 0. AITKEN AND CO.’S GREAT CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS. TO THEIR ANNUAL STOCK TAKING, TO BE HELD SHORTLY.



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT, Tailored Street, Ashburton. JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE WINTER STOGIE^ Consisting of GENTS’ CLOTHING, IN Paget and Sack Suits Overcoats Shirtings, Calicos, IRONMONGERY, TINWARE, IN ENDLESS VARIETY. Oats, Bran, Sharps, and Chaff, Always in Stock. WINES AND SPIRITS, ALE AND PORTER In Draught or Bottles. THE BEST BRANDS ONLY KEPT. T. CHAMBERS, gOOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash. [a card.] JQR. J. H. TOWNEND, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON-



ft GREAT SALE!!!



JQI g||glg? UNION STEAM IRON WORKS, (Next the Horse Bazaar), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee 3 ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. ' AND GENERAL SMITHS. t Orders for eveiy description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, ,and guar anteed to give satisfaction, at prices that will compare favorably with any in Canterbury. , . Important. ■—Experienced Manufacturers and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presses, &c. Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith, Wheelwright, and Shoe ing wo?k warranted to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. RUBBER STAMPS. 'JpHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and Pads, are now being Manufactured at the ECHO ” OFFICE, and car. be supplied any shape or size for 7s. 6d. STAMPS FOR Receipts, Labels, Societies, Books, Marking Lin'en, &c. ASHBURTON STEAM SAW MILLS, jti L SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, r Every discretion of Timber and Building Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms. FUNERALS FURNISHED. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on the shortest notice. ORAM’S SOZMIETRSIET COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBURTON. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF Sir George Grey, K.C.8., Premier of New Zealand. Sir James Ferguson, Bart., late Governor of New Zealand, AND Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Tas mania. 'JpHIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounced to be one of the finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. The cuisne is under the supervision of an eminent chef, and the proprietor hopes that his long experience in the trade is a sufficient guarantee as to the quality of the contents of the cellar. R. W. SHEARMAN, PROPRIETOR. pLAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale at the office of the “Evening Echo ” A SHBURTON BREWERY. WOOD AND CO., ALE AND PORTER BREWERS AMER AND BOTTLERS.