The Evening Echo.

Yol. 1.—146.

Ashburton, Friday, August 30, 1878.

Price One Penny



V/fESSRS BULLOCK AND CO., •*•*-*- ASHBURTON, 1 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. of every description. Fencing Material, Cement and. Lime, Coal and Firewood. MONTGOMERY & Co., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. /~pHE undersigned is a CASH BUYER of A OATS, BARLEY, GRASS SEED, WHEAT, 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. ■



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.



BUSINESS NOTICE. t L. WILSON, auctioneer, valuator, broker, Lichfield Street, Christchurch. BAILWAY FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH. SCOTT BROS., ENGINEERS, &c„ BXG 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, ASHBURTON. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. 0, G. Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric L . Bells supplied and fitteb- N,B,—Orders punctually attended to.



EAGLE’S DINING ROOMS, HAVELOCK STREET, Near to the Town Hall, Ashburton, luncheon, and dining rooms. Meals at all hours. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLATE WORKER, Begs to inform t.he 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, •gf ■ jj[ CENSED SURVEYORS' AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, Tobacconist, hairdresser, & DEALER IN FANCY. GOOTS. 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 STREE T, (opposite Royal Hotel.)



QUILL’S COMMERCIAL HOTEL, ' ASHBURTON, (One Minute’s Salk 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 considerably 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, SITTINC, AND LUNCHEON ROOMS, BATH ROOMS, &c. WINES, BEERS, & SPIRITS OF THE BEST BRANDS. SIFLEUSTIDIiD BILLIARD SALOON, 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.) w ISHES to call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which lie 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.



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 Gougb 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 bottles, 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 2b. 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, ENERAL CARRIER, Cameron St., Ashburton. Parcels delivered promptly and charges moderate. K. SAN DO, FAMILY GROCER TENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSE CLOTH MAKER, AND GENERAL STOREKEEPER, EAST STREET, ASH B URTON. FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup plied to Older and Let out on Hite. Note the address — EAST STREET,\ ASHBURTON.



GREAT SALE.



JOHN FOWLI GENERAL DRAPJ GROCER, WJNE& SPIR;| MERCHANT, "I Tantred Street, Ashburton. :. ■., T*“ JP ;- v < JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE •W lISTTJEie, STOCK, Consisting of GENTS’ 'CLOTHING, IN Paget and Sack Suits Overcoats Shirtings, Calicos,



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



GREAT SALE!!



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.] J. H. TOWNEND, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, A S?H B URTON. Excellent accommodation for Boarders,



*> M j(v *» rse (Next "BU RN ETIySTREET, Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS; % AND GENERAL SMITHS. OrdWsVfor every 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.—Ex erienced Manufacturers and 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 ingwotk 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 can be supplied any shape or size for 7s. 6d. STAMPS FOR Receipts, Labels, Societies, Books, Marking Linen, &c.



SHBURTON STEAM SAV/ MILLS, SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Budding Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms. ; r-o ' " FUNERALS FURNISHED, Plans prepared and Estimates Given on the shortest notice.. , .. • '



ORAM’S soiivcieirsiet 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 Ta - mania. 'JpHIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounced to be one of the finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. The cuisne is under the supervision o 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,



(LAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale at the office of the . “.Evening Echo ” A' SHBURTON BREWERY WOOD AND CO., ALE AND PORTER BREWERS AND . BOTTLERS. . C\ MERON ST;j ASHBURTON.