FRIDAY, December 6, 1878.]

THE EVENING ECHO,

Printed and Published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Streep Afhburtrii ftDiwmbfir fclW ; ;c



Ashburton Trade Directory. Accountants and Commission Agents— Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings 11. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. W R. Boyle, Moore-street. F. Pavitt, East-st. Architect and Civil Engineer— S. W. Brown, East-street S Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings B. Mountfort, East Street A 1C fIONEERS Bullock and Co., East-street P YRRISTERS AND SOLICITORS— ! Mr. Branson, East-street Mr. E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings Messrs. Harris and Ireland, Montgomery s Buildings. Mr. C. W. Purnell, Montgomerys Build ings Bikers, Confectioners, Etc. — Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street Thomas Taylor, East-street, Sando and Olsen, Eass-street Banks— Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street Boarding House Keepers— J. G. Anstee, East-street Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Havelock Street Guilders, Contractors, Etc.— G. Parkin. Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Tfoos. Williams, Tinwald G. Compton, Builder, Moore-street. Booksellers and Stationers— Ati Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Weeks and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East street South Bootmakers— J. Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East-street M. Nealas, East-street Brewers and Bottlers— Wood and Co., Cameron-street Quinton Bros., Mount Somers Road Cabinetmaker — Joseph Rule, Moore-street. Cabinetmakers and Undertakers— T. A. Gates, Peter-street, near Quill’s G. Parkin, Moor-street Thomas Williams, 1 inwald Carrier— G. F. Scott, Cameron-street B. C. Smith, Moore-street Chemist and Druggist— J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings Charles Neate, Moore Street. Coal and Firewood Merchants— F. Doherty, Peter-street A. Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station F. P. Leßreton, Burnctt-street. Drapers and Clothiers— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr ard Co., East-street Firth, Pass, and Co., Old Bank Store, East street T. Quinn & Co., Moor-street Engineers and Founders— Edwards and Lee, Engineers, Smiths, etc., Burnett-street W. f. Hessey, Central Foundry, Peters-st Furniture Warerooms— A. Spillard, Tancred Street Grocers, General Dealers, Etc.— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr and Co„ East-street Firth, Pass, and Co., East-street Friedlander Bros., East-street Sando and Olsen, East-street F. Doherty, Peter-street Greengrocers— W. T. Davison, Moore-street T. Mooar & Co., East-street W. Birtwell, East Street Hotels— Quill’s Commercial Hotel, near Railway Station Shearman’s Somerset Hotel, East-street Central Temperance Hotel, Havelock Street Ironmongers— . Orr and Co., East-street Aitken and Co., Havelock-street S. Hardley, East-street Ladies’ Clothing Establishment— Mrs. Morey, Tancred Street. Painter, Ac.— J. R. Chapman, Tancred-street Teague and Sons, Burnett-street Photographer— E. Teague, Tancred-street Printers and Publishers— Weeks and Dixon, East-street Plumbers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc.— J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street S. Hardley, East-street Saddlers — Thomas Dudson, Burnett-street Surveyors— C. E. Fooks and Son, E'j.t-street Tailors — Aitken and Co., Havelock-street ’entmakers— Sando and Olsen, East-street OBACCONISTS — A. Weston, East-street r ATCHMAKER — J. P. Parker, East-street, near Bullock’s in this Directory, £1 per annum. ITVIMERCIAL PRINTING, NEW MA C HIN ER Y JUST ERECTED. rITE Proprietors of the Evening Echo have much pleasure in announcing that . neir New Jobbing Printing Machine, by Conniilxie, is now in full working order, and .hat they a'e prepared to Execute Orders Sujverior and Cheaper to anything ever yet turned out in A>h burton, and, in future, can Guarantee Despatch in all orders entrusted to WEEKS & DIXON, Printers and Publishers. Evening Echo Office, Street, Oct, 8, *B7B,



Business Notice. GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, EAST STRE ET, AS MB l* ETON. Proprietors beg to intimate that they have imported an “ATLAS” TREADLE Printing Machine, FOR JOB WORK ONLY, CAPABLE OF THROWING OFF 2000 IMPRESSIONS AN HOUR, Unrivalled and unequalled in the estima tion of Printers. It is capable of executing the finest work in Colors & Ornamental Printing ■ •*' And the cost of production will, by means of this labor-saving Machinery, be GREATLY REDUCED. BILLHEADS, RECEIPTS, NOTE HEADINGS, ENVELOPES, BUSINESS CARDS, ADDRESS LABELS, CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES. EVERY DESCRIPTION OF PRINTING in the BEST STYLE, and at Prices which cannot fail to GIVE SATISFACTION. ' ' ' ' ' i WEEKS AND DIXON, ; ■ "" ' - PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, THE EVENING ECHO OFFICE, East Street, Ashburton.



GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. p-PPS’S BREAKFAST-COCOA “By a thorough knowledge of the natura laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application,ol the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may savt us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating arcund us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fata shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure bicod and a properly nourished frame.” —The Chi Service Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO., Homcepathic Chemists, London. HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify t’nc'Lioo 1, correct all disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kidncya and Bowels, and are invaluable iu all corn* plaints incidental to Females. THE OIUTMENT is iho only reliable remedy for Bad Legs O.d VV’ounda, Sores, and Ulcers. For Bronchi'is, Diphtheiia, Cough 3, C< Ids, Oout, Itln urn itiam, and all Skin Di leases it has no equal. Sold \sj the Proprietor, Thoma«s Hollo wav, $33, Oxford Street, Loi.don, and by all t&sdiow* Vendor# tht&w^houfc ft* Wwl4?



Irooncngery. LEAMINGTON RANGEL AMERICAN STOVES. REGISTERED GRATES COLONIAL OVENS. A fine assortment of the abor'. Builders should inspect ou> stock. GARDEN TOOLS. Steel Rakes „ Spades „ Forks Rakes and Hoes Combined Weeders Orr & Co., IMPORTERS OF HARDWARE. Bakers’ Notices. BAKER’S NOTICE. TAYLOR AND LILL BEG to inform their numerous cus tomers, and the public generally, that on and after the first day of Novem ber, and until further notice, they will supply BREAD at 6d. per 41b LOAF, Made from the Best Flour in Canterbury, and by a First-class Practical Baker. invited. TAYLOR LILL, Bakers, Confectioners, & Pastrycooks, East Street, Ashburton. BREAD. BREAD. BREAD. 6d. per 4.1 b. I.oaf. THOMAS HICKS, Baker and Con fectioner, Tattered Street, is now supplying First-class Bread, at 6d. per 4fb Loaf, delivered, to* all parts of the District, or at the Shop. note— THOMAS HICKS, THE PIONEER BAKERY, Tancrei) Street, Ashburton .



Business Notice. CALISTHENIC CLASS EVERY alternate Wednesday and Saturday Afternoon. Terms, per Quarter—Five Shillings each Pupil. ! SUPERIOR LADIES’ BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL, Oxford Villa, Burnett St., Ashburton, Conducted by Miss Steanjs.c Private Lessons in French, German,' and Latin, twice weekly ; Music, and Drawing ip. Various Styles. Preparatory School for Boys. * Inclusive Terms. MRS. MOREY, to announce to the LADIES OF ASHBURTON and Surrounding Districts hat she has OPENED A SHOW ROOM FOR MADE UP AND FULLY - TRIMMED PAPER PATTERNS . OF all the LATEST FASHIONS LADIES’ & CHILDREN’S WEAR LADIES’ OWN MATERIALS CUT OUT At Moderate Charges. M RS. MOREY, TANCRED STREET (Next to Mr. Chapman’s, House Decorator.) Carriers. ~ B. C. SMITH, GENERAL CARRIER, Moore St., Ashburton. Ty XPRESS to meet every. Train. Par cels delivered promptly, at moderate charges. G 6 G. F. SCOTT, ,Q ENE RA L CARRIER, Cameron St., Ashburton. Parcels delivered promptly and charges moderate. in attendance to meet every Train,



Engineers and Foundries. JOHN ANDERSOnT” CANTERBURY FOUNDRY CHRISTCHURCH, BEGS to notify that he has been appointed SOLE AGENT for New Zealand for MESSRS AVELING & PORTER, ROCHESTER, Whose Traction Engines, Ploughing Machines, Steam Reaping Machines, and Road Rollers have gained for them a world-wide reputation. An early exhi bition will be made of an 8 h.p. Agricul tural Locomotive Engine, which can be used either for Steam Cultivation, Thresh ing, Sawing, or Removing Agricultural Produce. Catalogues and prices can be had on application. The following Machinery and Goods are now ON SALE at the Canterbury Foundry for the season : McCORMICK’S REAPER & BINDER WOOD’S do. do. OSBORNE do. - do. Extras and wire for each of the above. McSHERRY GRAIN DRILLS. English and American Mowers, by Samuelson, Hornsby, Howard, Wood, McCormick, and Osborne; Clayton and Shuttleworth Thresh ing Machines, Elevators, Hay Loaders, Pacific Hay Cutters, Seed Strippers. , ALSO, FOR SALE, Fencing Standards, Best Fencing Wire, Cambridge, Crosskill, and Mixed Rollers, Broad-cast Seed Sowers, Millstones, Grindstones, Flour-dress ing Silk, Leather and India-rubber Belting and Hose, Reaper Sections, Plough Fittings, Machine Oils, Field Gates, &c., &c. Estimates and Drawings for any kind of Machinery furnished on application. ! D. MIDDLETON, Agent, Ashburton. 63 U N 1 O N STEAM IRON WORKS (Next the Horse Bazaar), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. E D WARDS AND E E ENGINEERS, ' MILLWRIGHTS, AND GENERAL SMITHS. 'l. Orders, for every, description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar anteed to give yitisfactton, at prices that wi 1 compare favorably w'itß any in Canterbury. Important.—Ex erieneed Manufacturers 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, lyheclw right, and Shut ing woi k liiafreriked to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AKp LEE, Proprietors.



THE CENTRAL FOUNDRY, PETER STREET, ASHBUR T O N . . W. J. HESSEY, j > EGS respectfully to inform the public of X.* Ashburton and surrounding districts that' he has ON HAND and FOR SALE, Working Men’s Kitchen Ranges, east < or sheet iron ovens. Cambridge Rollers, at Christchurch Prices. Wire Strainers. Repairs of Castings in Iron or Brass of every description. R AIL.WAY FOUNDRY CHRISTCHURCH. gCOTT Jg R OTHERS, ENGINEERS, Etc.. 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. Manufacturers of Railway Contractors’ Plant, Flax Dressing Machines and Presses, Wool Presses, Agricultural and all descriptions ot Machinery. Plain and Ornamental Railing, Gates, and Tomb Fencing. Stoves and Cooking Apparatus. Drawings prepared and estimates given for all kinds of Engineering ; and Machinery. Repairing done with expedition.



Drapery. GRAND SHOW OF New Goods AT w. shipment of E are now opening up a seconc NE'W GOODS Consisting of ft ■' ' Gents.’ Black Satin Hats Gents.’ White Shirts Gents.’ Black Cloth Suits Gents. * 1 'ouble and Single Breasted Suits Gents.’ Felt Hats Gents.’ Kid Gloves Gents.’ Coloied Shirts : I FLOWERS. IO boxes New Flowers] 5 ~ New Feathers, 30 ~ New Ribbons 50 shades of Bonnet Silks to match New Ribbons POPLINS & SILKS. A large assortment of real Irish Poplins, direct from Pim Brothers, of Dublin. PRINTS. An immense assortment of New Prints, French Checks, and Stripes in great variety. COSTUMES. A large assortment of New Costumes are now beiug opened up. BOOTS & SHOES. JUST RECEIVED, 10 TRUNKS NEW _ BOOTS. Men’s Watertights, pegged and riveted. Ladies’Kid Boots in great variety. Children’s Boots of every make.



DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. This department is managed by a First-class Dressmaker, with competent assistants. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. Prices Strictly Moderate. ORR AND CO



Business Notice. PHOTOGRAPHY. JUST OPEN. E. TEAGUE, PHOTO G RAP H E R, Begs to intimate that he has opened a Temporary Portrait Gallery hext to Mr. J. G. Anstee’s Boarding-house, Tancred Street. . Carte de visite, 12s. 6d. per dozen ; Cabinets, 30s. per dozen ; Home steads and Views, as per agreement, jSß'Photos. finished in oil up to life size. • ' - 4& Watchmaker. WATCHMAKER JEWELLER, optician,, etc;, ETC. . ALWAYS on Sale a Large Stock of Enghsl, America Geneva, and other Wa'ches ; rrench, American, ami other Clocks; Con cave and Convex Spectacles ; Reading Glasses; Wedding and other Rings ; Barometers, Ther* nometert, Eye Protectors, Goggles,. Pocket Knives, Scissors and other Cutlery, by Rogers, Arrived per Star, brig, from New York, six cases of American Clocks—all new styles. J. P. PARKER, WATCHMAKER,'JEWELLER, &c. Two doors above Bullock &.Co.’s Auction Rooms), • ■ •* EAST STEIT, ASHBURTGN. ENGLISH & AMERICAN WATCHES, By the best makers, guaranteed ■ for 2 years. - , H ROBERTS, MANCHESTER-ST.,, CHRISTCHURCH. Watches and Clocks cleaned and repaired on the shortest notice. 106 Bootmakers. M. NEAL AS, BOOT & SHOE IMPORTER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, (Next to Orr & Co.) HAS just received a New Stock, per ship “Lutterworth” from England, of the best Imported Goods and Latest Fashions. A LARGE STOCK of Colonial Goods from the Best Makers, in consequence of Large Consignments, will be SOLD AT VERY REASONABE PRICES. B ffSTOur own make, sewn or pegged, of;every :srription to order, , .-v Repairs attended to. T. CHAMBERS, - O O T A N D S HO E : MAKE R, ' East Street, ' “ Begs ti notify to the public ot Ashburton that he has now in Stock a Splendid Assortment of Boots arid Shoes from the Best Makers, and ill orders entrusted to him will have every attention. . . . t/ Boots arid Shoes, sewn or pegged, made to order, of every description and the very best materials Terms Cash. T CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BU-I LDIKGS (Next to Montgomery's), • EAST STREET* : Painters.



TEAGUE & SONS, PAINTERS, GLAZIERS, PAPER HANGERS, AND GENERAL DECORATORS, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON (OPPOSITE' MAIL OFFICE.) JBST SIGN WRITERS TO THE TRADE. ‘ ' 20



J. R. CHAPMAN, PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN WRITER, GENERAL HOUSE DECO RATOR, Etc., Etc. r ANCRED ST., ASHBURTON, (Nearly opposite the Union Bank). A CHOICE selection of -Paperhangings, at Cx Christchurch prices. Vi r Genuine White Lead Linseed Oil, raw and boiled . ... Brushes of the best American and English manufacture • , A large stock of Glass, of various sizes and quality " i Kerosene, Putty, and Glue Copal, Carriage, Oak, & Paper Varnishes ' P A I NTS' Of every description prepared and supplied- on the shortest notice.