The Evening Echo.

Vol. 1.—106.

Ashburton, Friday, July 12, 1878.

Price One Penny.



(WTESSRS BULLOCK. AND CO., . ASHBURTON, : General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, | - Station,' Estate, and Commission Agents. Sajes of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., r - will be held at their Yards, Ashbur / ton, every alternate .Thursday. CASH, ADVANCES niady oil Stock, Produce, &c., con ' signed for Positive Sale. - A BU L LO C K AN D 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, BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. Fencing Material. Cement and Lime, Coal and Firewood. MONTGOMERY & Co., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 1 J ~F'HE undersigned is a CASH BUYER of . A OATS, BARLEY, GRASS SEED, 4 WHEAT; CHEESE, and OTHER FARM PRODUCE, l At highest market Rates. A Cornsacks supplied at ruling prices. T, Christchurch. PI. B. SORENSON. 7 T OR-D, HUGHES, & Co., V GRAIN AND PRODUCE < MERCHANTS, J SHIPPING AND COMMISSION AGENTS, \ Make. Liberal Advances on Grain or other pro duce for shipment to their agents in the Aus traliah Colonies or London. . Cornsacks and Woolpacks supplied at lowest A current rates. Indents executed from all parts of the world. fP Offices—High Street, Christchurch. "'"" A .. BUSINESS NOTICE. J L. WILSON, j AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield' Street, Christchurch. CHRISTCHURCH. S 3; .UOT .U SCOTT BROS, ENGINEERS, &c„ »EG 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, LOCKSMITH, BELL IIANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, ' Tancred Street, ASHBURTON. .Artesian Wells sunk and Bumps fitted and \:' : K • • . repaired, P,G,' Guttering fixed at current rates. Electijc . Bells suppliedand fitteb- Orders punctually attended 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 Country.



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



[a card.] E. A. GARNETT, Hairdresser, Perfumer^ AND TOBACCONIST, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. Fancy Goods of all. Descriptions a£ Lowest Prices,



C. E. FOOKS AND SON, CENSED SURVEYORS AND • LAND BROKERS Under the Lard Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, {EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON.



' A. PEARCE, npOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & 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, Perfumary, and Fancy Goods in Large Variety. LLI ARD, ROOM, With one of Alcock’s Best Billiard Tables, kept on the premises, M 0.0 K ~T REE T, (opposite Royal Hcid.J



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 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 Termsr SPECIAL ATTENTION HAS BEENi PAID TO THE PRIVATE, SITTING, AND LUNCHEON ROOMS, BATH ROOMS, &c. WINES, BEERS, : k SPIPITS OF THE BEST BRANDS, SIPLETSTIDIID BILLIAED 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 Euildings.) WISHES to call attention to .the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES at which he 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, - to inform his friends that the business which he has carried on for the last years,’ in the shop adjoining Messrs. Fried lander Bros., will be REMOVED ... to No. 2, Montgomery’s,Buildings, on or about MONDAY, 15th JULY.



G. F. SCOTT, G E N E R A L CARRIER Cameron St,, Ashburton. Parcels delivered promptly and charges moderate.



K. SANDO, FAMILY GROCER TENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSE CLOTH MAKER, AND GENERAL STOREKEEPER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. FLAGS of ALL NATLONS •Sup plied to Order and Let out on Hire. Note the address—- - ' EAST STREET, ASHBURTON,



GREAT SALE!!! ■. ' - f ■ . ■ , LOOK OUT ' FOR A. 0. AITKEN AND CO.’S GREAT :' "• V• . r -"* ! .. •’ \' CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR ANNUAL STOCK-TAKING, TO BE HELD SHORTLY. j



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT,. Tancrcd Street , Ashburton. JUST OPENING, ** - ,’V \ AND TO ARRIVE WIINTTEE STOCK., Consisting of GENTS’ CLOTHING, 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. . , t THE BEST BRANDS ONLY KEPT. B T. CHAMBERS, OOT AND’ SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash. D [a card.] R. J. H. TOWNEND, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNGHEOH AND DSNIHG ROOSVIS, EAST STREET, % ASHBURTON. accommodation for Boarders.



GREAT SATE !J!



UNION STEAM. IRON WQRKSj (Next the Horse Bazaar), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTONJ Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. AND GENERAL SMITHS'! Orders for every description, of Machine] executed in a workmanlike manner, and gur anteed to give satisfaction, at priees that vvj compare favorably with any in ..Canterbury. Important.—Experienc ed Manufa and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straj Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presseij &c. Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, • and Tables, made to order. General Smith, Wheelwright, and Shoe ing wotk warranted to give satisfaction. Edward's nnd lee, Proprietors. RUBBER STAMPS. 'J'HHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and] Pads, are now being Manufactured at the] * ECHO ” OFFICE, auk can be supplied any| shape or size for 7s. 6d. STAMPS FOR Receipts, Labels, Societies, Books, Marking Linen, &c. A SHBURTON STEAM SAVMM A' SASH AND DOOR MANUFA C T O R Y. G. PARKIN] Proprietor, BUILDER AED 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 f 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 Tas* mania. 'jpIIIS 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,; PROPRIEROR, • ■ - . ! -C'- v / . pLAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale at'the ■ office of the “Evening Echo ” V M SHBUrRTON BREWERY. WOOD' AND . CO O ALE ANDIPORTER BREWERS ■A ■■■ ; i‘L and • : BOTTLERS. CAMERON ST., ASHBURTON,"