The Evening Echo.

Yol. I.

132.

Ashburton, Wednesday, August 14, 1878.

Price One Penny,



tutESSRS BULLOCK AND GO., General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, ’Estate, and Cdttuttission Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &c. ? will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, every alternate Thursday. I ;■-■ • ’ ' Produce. I mwle bTirSt^E?'Produce,, to., con . : signed tor Positive c, " 1 ~ BU.L LOCK AND CO. ON SALE by the UNDERSIGNED., Tea, Sugar; Soap, Candles, Coffee, Cocoa, Rice, Salt, Ale, Porter, Port, Sherry, Claret, * Champagne, Moselle, Brandy, • Rum,<; Whisky; Old Tom, Schnapps, Also, BUI L DING MAT E RIA L S of every description. Fencing Material,' Cement ■ and Lime, Coil ‘ .and Firewood.' MONTGOMERY & Co., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



undersigned is a CASH BUYER of *; OATS, 'BARLEYi GRASS SEED, WHEAT, CHEESE, and OTHER FARM PRODUCE, At highest market Rates. Comsacks supplied at ruling prices. .H. B. SORENSON. Christchurch. • trORD, HUGHES, & Ca, GRAIN AND PRODUCE MERCHANTS, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION AGENTS, Make Liberal Advances on Grain or other pro duce fori shipment to their agents in the-Aus tralian Colonies or London. . Com&acks and Woolpacks supplied at lowest current' rates. ~ . , ~ . Indents executed from all parts of the world. Offices— -High Street, Christchurch. BUSINESS NOTICE. I L. . W I L SO N, AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield Street, Christchurch.



Builder and Contractor Burnett Street, Ashburton. PUNS PREPARED AND ESTIMATES GIVEN On the Shortest Notice . For every description of Building in Town and Country.



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



CHRISTCHURCH. SCOTT BROS., ENGINEERS, &c., BEG to. inform their customers and the public generally i that they have REMOVED To new and comritodious premises-In; j Vtimm tRiSTREET SOUTH, Near the new Passenger Station. J. G DOLMAN, K LUMBER, 1 LO CKSMIT H, BELL- HANGER, . ZJNC, and TINPLATE WORKER, 'S' '• v Tancred Street, V A S H BURT O N. Artesian: Wells ‘ sunjf..\and , Pumps fitted and v;r: --repaired. S' r o«GfiGut tering fixed at current rates. Electric Beus.aupplied and fitteb*



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 be 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, J\T CENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON.



A. PEARCE, . Tobacconist, hairdresser, & ■i DEALER IN FANCY GOODS. . 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 Ttreet/ f (opposite Royal Hotel )



QUILL’S , cO MM ERGIAL HOTEL, ASHBURTON, (One Minute’s walk from Railway Station and Telegraph Office.) The Proprietor begs to inform his old friends and the jpublic 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. siFLiEJisrxJiiD bil3ljl-a.e-3D S^LOOUST, Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard Tables. NIGHT PORTER KEPT FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRAVELLERS. w- G . W, DUCKWORTH, f v Wholesale and Retail General Grocer, ’ high STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, - ■ ■ . (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) ' * ISHES to call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which l,e is NOW SELLING ALL GOODS, which cannot be beaten by any House in the Province. WHOLESALE ORDERS DELIVERED, FREIGHT PAID, TO ANY STATION ON THE CANTERBURY RAILWAY.



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



G. F. SCOTT, GENERAL CARRIER Cameron St., Ashburton. Parcels delivered promptly and charges moderate.



K. SAN DO, FAMILY GROCER TENT, TARRAUUHi & HORSE CLOTH MAKER, AND GENERAL STOREKEEPER, EAST STREET, ASH-BUR TON. FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup plied to Otder and Let out on Hue, Note the address— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON,



GREAT SALEH!



LOOK OtJT FOR Ai 0. £8 GREAT CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR ANNUAL STOCK TAKING, TO BE HELD SHORTLY.



JOHN FOWLgR, GENERAL DRAPER, CRoeEßrWTitTsMit MERCHANT, . Tancred Street, Ashburton. JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE WIWTER STOCK, Consisting of 1 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, OOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash.



GREAT SALE !!!



[a card.] J-yR. J. H. TOWN END, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, . ASHBURTON. Excellent accommodation Tor Boarders.



(Next the Horse,Bazur), ? BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. AND GENERAL SMITHS. Orders for every description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar an teed to give satisfaction, at prices that wil compare favorably with any in Canterbury. Important. —Ex erienced Manu acturers and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presses &c. Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. ' V ' ; ~ General Smith , Wheelwright, and Shoe ing wot k warranted to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors.



RUBBER, STAMPS. 'J'HESE 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 Receipts, Labels, Societies, Books, Marking Linen, &c.



RTON 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 must reasonable terms. FUNERALS FURNISHED. Plans -prepared and Estimates Given on the shortest notice. ORAM’S SOMESET •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 V Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Tas mania. ■'jpHlS 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 S HBURTON BREWERY. WOOD AND CO., ALE.AND PORTER BREWERS AND. . . BOTTLERS. AMERON ST., ASHBURTON.