The Evening Echo.

Price One Penny.

Vol. 1.—141.

Ashburton, Saturday, August 24, 1878.



M ESSRS BULLOCK AND CO., ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., ' will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, every alternate Thursday. CASH ADVANCES made on-Stock, Produce, &c., signed for Positive Sale. con- BU L L OCK AND CO. ON SALE by the UNDERSIGNED. of every description. Fencing Material, Cement and Lime, Coal and Firewood. MONTGOMERY & Co., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. THE undersigned is a CASH BUYER of ■ OATS, BARLEY, GRASS SEED, WHEA!t, CHEESE, and OTHER FARM PRODUCE, At highest market Rates. Comsacks supplied at ruling prices. H; B. SORENSON,... Christchurch. T ORD, HUGHES, & Co., •L# GRAIN AND PRODUCE MERCHANTS, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION AGENTS, Make Liberal Advances on Grain or other pro duce for shipment to their agents in the Aus tralian Colonies or London. Comsacks and Woolpacks supplied at lowest current rates. Indents executed from all parts of the world. Offices—High Street, Christchurch. BUSINESS NOTICE. J L. wT LSO N , AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield Street, Christchurch.



GEO. ST. HILL, Builder and. Contractor Burnett Street, Ashburton. PLANS PREPARED AND ESTIMATES GIVEN —On-the Shortest Notice- For every description of Building in Town and Country. - 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. EAGLE’S DINING ROOMS, HAVELOCK STREET, Near to the Town Hall, Ashburton. LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS. Meals at all hours.



RAILWAY FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH. SCOTT BROS., ENGINEERS, &c., BEG to inform their customers and the public generally that they have REMOVED To new and commodious premises in MANCHESTER STREET SOUTH, Near the new Passenger Station. J. C. DOLMAN, PLUMBER, LOC KS MIT H, BELL HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, Tancred Street, ASH B U R T 0 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.



PUBLIC NOTICE. JO S EPH 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. C. E. FOOKS AND SON, SURVEYORS] AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, Tobacconist, hairdresser,' & DEALER IN FANCY GOOES. Having taken over the Business of Mr. W. H. Friedlander 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 SIR EE T, (opposite Royal. Hotel.)



QUILL’S COMMERCIAL 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 in 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. SDE>H.DE33SriDI3D BILLIARD SALOOIT, Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard Tables. NIGHT PORTER KEPT FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRAVELLERS. G. W. DUCKWORTH, Wholesale and Retail General Grocer, HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) t t TTSHFS tb call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which he is NOW W 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.



Cambridge’s Quinine Wine, a Pure Solution of Quinine, in the finest Orange Wine, has no equal as a Strengthening Tonic. Large bottles, 4s. 6d. Cambridge’s Cough Syrup, for Coughs, Colds, &c., is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. Cambridge’s Extract of Oak Bark, for the Prevention and Cure of Sore or Cracked Nipples, in bottled is. 6d. each. Cambridge’s Compound Essence of Senna is the Best and Safest Aperient Medicine , for Children. They take.it readily, and will ask for more. is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per bottle. Cambridge’s Ringworm Paint—Three or four applications will Effect a Cure ; in is. bottles. Cambridge’s Glycerine Jelly, for Chap ped Hands and Face ; in bottles 2s. each. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, DISPENSING AND FAMILY CHEMIST, Ashburton.



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



K. SANDO, FAMILY GROCER TENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSE CLOTH MAKER, AND CEHERAL STOREKEEPER, EAST STREET, ASH BURTON. „ . M. I ■■ "■ . FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup plied to Otder 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 6 ' * • ANNUAL STOCK TAKING, * TO BE HELD SHORTLY.



GREAT SALE!!!



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT, •\ Tancred Street , Ashburton. • v •' JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE -WIHSTTIEIIR STOCK, 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. B T. CHAMBERS, OOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash.



[A CARD.] JQR. J. H. TOWN END, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON t* • ' Excellent accommodation for Boarders.



UNION STEAM IRON WORKS, (Next the Horse Baz • r), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. AND GENERAL, SMITHS. Orders for .every description of Machiner executed in a workmanlike manner, and gua mteed to give satisfaction, at prices that wi favorably with any in Canterbury. Important. —Ex erienced Manu actur r md Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Stra •Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presse &c. Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith, Wheelwright, and Shot ihg wotk warranted to give satisfaction. E D W A RDS AND LEE, - Proprietors.



RUBBER STAMPS. 'JpHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and Pads, are now being Manufactured at the ‘ ECHO ” OFFICE, and can be supplied any shape or size for 7s. 6d. . ■ STAMPS FOR V Receipts, Labels, Societies, Books, Marking Linen, &c.



ASHBURTON STEAM SAW MILLS, SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY." G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, Every description 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 ' SOMEESET . COMMERCIAL AN D FA MIL Y HOTE L, 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. rpHIS 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. A !



3LAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale at the office of the‘.‘Evening Echo” A SHBURTON BREWERY. WOOD AND CO., ALE AND PORTER BREWERS ■' v ' ' AND BOTTLERS. CAMERON ST.v ASHBURTON.