The Evening Echo.

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Ashburton, Wednesday, September 4,1878.

Price One Pennj



BULLOCK AND CO., iSHBURTON, hants, Auctioneers, Stock, state, and Commission jc, Farm Implements, &c., :ld at their Yards, Ashbur lternate Thursday. H ADVANCES |ck, Produce., _&c., con for Positive Sale. C-K .-AN D CO.. the UNDERSIGNED. Port, Sherry, Claret, Champagne, Moselle, Brandy, Rum, Whisky, Old Tom, tj Schnapps, § 'Also, J MATERIALS m lescription. n ini n |ment and Lime, Coal I n ire wood. M— i\ERY & Co., TREET, ASHBURTON. a CASH BUYER of ,Y, GRASS SEED,, and OTHER' FARM ,IjUCE, Zates. | r fed at ruling prices. l e jL B. SORENSON. IJiG H ES, & Co., PRODUCE [ANTS, 4 Immission agents, on Grain or other pro agents in the Aus ion. Lacks supplied at lowest all parts of the world. Christchurch. NOTICE. ' Tlson, ijATOR, BROKER, H Christchurch. Foundry, idURCH. B BROS., >ERS, &c., |Vir customers and the hat they have VED ilious premises m fREET SOUTH, L inger Station. lid red. [TH, BELL WORKER, 0 N. imps fitted and rates. Electric tteb ittended to.



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. SPRINGFIELD COAL Casli price, 345. per ton, for 5 cwt and over, at depot. Monthly Payments as before. Newcastle Coal and Firewood at current tes. 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. 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 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, CENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, * EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, Tobacconist, hairdresser, & DEALER IN FANCY GOOFS. 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 STREET, (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. billiard saloon,' Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard Tables. NIGHT PORTER KEPT FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRAVELLERS. gT W. DUCKWORTH, Wholesale and Retail General Grocer, HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) WISHES to call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which he 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 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 bottles, is. 6d. each. Cambridge’s Compound Essence of Senna is the Pest 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, GENERAL 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, N c ASHBURTON. FLAGS of ALL NATLONS Sup plied to Order and Lei out on Hire. Note the address — EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



A. 0. AITKEN AND GO HAVE ON SALE— American Thermometer Churns „ Rakes „ Handsaws Shovels, long and short handled Spades of all kinds Forks, Garden and Stable American Axes HOLLO WARE OF ALL KINDS. Saucepans Boilers Kettles, etc., etc. FENDERS and FIREIRONS. A. O. Aitken & Co., Havelock-street, 3ST-



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT, Tancred Street, Ashburton. JUST *0 FEU I NO, AND TO ARRIVE ■WIITTBR STOCK, Consisting of - ■ ,• - ' ! ‘ GENTS’ [CLOTHING, \ in Paget and Sack Suits Overcoats Skirtings, 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, . jgOOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash. [a card.] J. H. TOWNEND CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Plospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S EAST STREET, ASHBURTON- Excellent accommodation for Boarders,



NOTICE! NOTICE!! NOTICE!! REMOVAL. Firth, Pass, & Co. Beg to inform the Inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that they have . REMOVED TO THEIR NEW PREMISES Next the Union Bank of Australia, EAST STREET. £ J?IRTH, PASS, & CO. take this opporv tunity of thanking their numeious customers who have so liberally supported them hitherto, and to solicit a continuance of their patronage at the NEW PREMISES, TO BE CALLED The Old Bank Stores (late union bank). Orders entrusted to our care will re- V' ceivefprompt attention. Families waited on for orders weekly. .FIRTH, PASS, AND CO., Grocers, Drapers, Ironmongers, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, &c. East Street. SCHOOL BOOKS Just Arrived—Royal Primers, Victoria Exercise Books, &c. —Echo Office, Stationers’ Hall, East-street.



UNION STEAM IRON WORKS, (Next the Horse Bazirr), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. AND GENERAL SMITHS. Orders for every description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar anteed to give satisfaction, at prices that will favorably with any in Canterbury. . Important.—Ex erienced Manufacturers and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Stra Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presse &c. ' ■ - ' - I Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith , Wheelwright, and Shot ingwoik warranted to give '. • satisfaction . " EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. ' RUBBER STAMPS. 'jpHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and Pads, are now being Manufactured at the 4 ECHO ” OFFICE, and can be supplied any ■ ■ shape or size for. 75. ; 6’d. - STAMPS FOR Receipts, Labels, Societies, Books, Marking Linen, Sec. ASHBURTON STEAM SAW 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. FUNERALS FURNISHED. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on the shortest notice-. ORAM’S SOIMIZEIRSIET COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY HOTEL, 'ASHBURTON. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF Sir George Grey, K.C.8., Premier of New Zealand. 1 Sir James Ferguson, Bart., late Governor of New Zealand, AND Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Ta ''pHIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounced to be one of the finest in the Southern Hemi- ■ sphere. The cuisne is unci] an eminent chef, and the his long.experience in thl guarantee as to the quail the cellar. R. W. S H PROER P LAN of ASHBUI office of the “E.v ASHBUR VTOOD ALE AND PO7 Al< B OT i CUh RON ,S r. IEWERY CO., BRFWFRS L RS. rtaMi-n.'i