The Evening Echo, Tuesday, August 13, 1878.

Pointed • aud Published, by - SMITH JAMES Frrness and ‘Charles Dixon; at - their . Printing'- East Street; Ashburton; Tuesday, August *s’



FIREWOOD. FIREWOOD. gLA C K PINE FIREWOOD On Sale at Hayes’ Timber Yard. J-, R. CHAPMAN, PAINTER, PAPERHANQER, SIGN WRITER, GENERAL HOUSE DECORATOR, ETC., TANGRED ST., ASHBURTON, (Nearly opposite the Union Bank). A CHOICE selection of Paperhangings, at Christchurch prices. 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 Kerosene, Putty, and Glue Copal, Carriage, Oak, & Paper Varnishes 0 PAINTS Of every description prepared and supplied on tire shortest notice. WATER COLORS, from is 3d to 255. Drawing and Tracing paper, Paper Binders, File Clips, Date Cases, Ink and Pencil Erasers, Black and Colored Pencils, Colored Inks, Quill, Steel, and Magnum Bonum Pens, Pocket Books, and Purses, in mmense variety, at . FURNESS AND DIXON’S, Stationers’ Hall, Ashburton. ~MATTHEW SMITH. Builder and Contractor, MOORE STREET, ; A S IT B U R TON. Plans and Specifications carefully pre pared for all branches of the trade. Jobbing carefully executed. All kinds of Building Material on Sale at Wholesale Prices. M. S. being appointed Agent lor • the Victoria Steam Joinery Works, all kinds of Joinery Work can be procured for the Trade. .



RUBBER STAMPS ! RUBBER STAMPS ! RUBBER STAMPS ! THE only Manufactory in Ashburton for these very useful Stamps,, which can be made any size,, shape, or design. Rubber Stamps for Cheques Rubber Stamps for Receipts Rubber Stamps for Banks Rubber Stamps for Societies Rubber Stamps for Companies Rubber Stamps for .Books Rubber Stamps for Linen Stamp, Ink, and Pads supplied at Moderate , Prices at the EVENING ECHO OFFICE, East Street. PIONEER BAKERY, (Next to Fowler’s) Tancred Street, Ashburton, THOMAS' HICKS, FANCY BREAD & BISCUIT BAKER, PASTRYCOOK, AND CONFECTIONER. Pastry and Biscuits of the best quality always in stock. Tea meetings and parties liberally dealt With. Wedding Cakes made to order on the shortest notice. Families supplied daily in all parts of the town. ASHBURTON SHEET IRON, TIN, & ZINC WORKS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. SAMUEL HARDLET, j TINSMITH, IRONMONGER, &c., | Having commenced business in Ashburton, | begs to notify that he has just received his first i consignment of Selected Goods from Melbourne, j consisting of IRONMONGERY, LAMPS, RANGES, : TINWARE, ETC, To be continually supplemented by new ship ments from the best markets, which places him in a position to supply the public and trade at prices equal to any in the colony, and respect fully invites the residents of Ashburton, and surrounding dstricts to give him one trial, which will be a sufficient guarantee as to work manship and price. Suitable Workships tire being erected to carry on the business in all its branches. Water Tanks manufactured at £l per too gallons, fitted with Brass Tap. Spouting supplied at'Chnstchurch prices^ Don’t forget the Address— SAMUEL HARD LEY, ; X 3R O =EsT M O 2sT G-EHR, • Tin , Iron , and Zinc Wot kef r EAST STREET, NEAR ECHO OFFICE, Ashburton,



ATJG-UST, 1878. EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS IN PREMISES. ORR AND CO Beo-to announce that they have completed extensive al terations in their premises with a view to facilitate their greatly increased trade, and as they are now importing all classes of goods direct from the Home manufacturers, the public may rely on getting every class of goods at extremely moderate prices. JUST OPENING UP (Ex -Columbus) 49 CASES NEW DRAPERY GOODS



X2O pieces New Dress Goods from Sd to 2s per yard Colored French Merino at 2s nd, 3s 3d, 3s 6d Black Alpacas at is, is 3d, to 2s 9d Black Russel Cords at Is to 2s. -Prints at all prices, from 3d to 9d per yard White Calicos at 5d to iod per yard ho doz. Ladies Skirts at 3s 6d, 4s 6d, 5s 9d, 7s 3d, to 10s 6d ¥0 doz. Ladies’ Straw Hats at is, is 3d, to 5s 6d 24 'doz. Ladies’ Cambric Handkerchiefs, hemmed, 6s per doz. 1 tW„ Paris 'Dimmed Bonnets os patterns 60 gross New -Dress Buttons, all prices 30 doz. Ladies 'Silk Ties with tassel and floss edge 25 pieces Brown Hdßand at 8d to is 4 doz. Children’s Pinafores, new style 2 cases Ladies Costumes at 22s 6d to 45s i A large assortment 0? Hosiery .31 doz. Ladies Josephine Kid Gloves 4. doz. Ladies’ New Cashmere Dresses 2 doz. Ladies’ Lace Capes and GufiasseS 3 boxes New Flowers 2 boxes Evening Flowers 2 doz. White Counterpanes 10 doz. Bath Towels Antimacassars in great variety Several Trunks of Ladies’ Kid Boots, very much under former prices, 2 TRUNKS CHILDREN’S BOOTS 1 case of Children’s Toys I ~ ~ Dolls Ladies’Bags Gents.’ Leather PoftrMhteaus Gents.’ Hats and Caps Gents.’ Ties in great variety Black Velveteen at 3s 6d to 7s 6d - Black Silk Velvet 18 in. and 22 in. Carpets in Brussels, Kidder, Felt and Tapestry atibve will be opened up and on view in a few days



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Commercial and General Printing\ This department is supplied with every requisite for Of- every description, and for Style, Design, and Cheapness, Cannot be equalled in Ashburton or surpassed in the Colony.



Billheads of any size or pattern . Memorandum Forms Receipt and Order Books Circulars and Envelopes Plain and Fancy Cards Fancy Labels, any size Bali Programmes and Tickets Vellum Address Labels, Catalogues Societies’ Rules, Forms, etc., Pamphlets,3 Handbills, Posters of any size, Colored Inks or Paper. Mourning Cards.



fISTNOTE THE ADDRESS— THECEVEKINO ECHO” OFFICE. IF'TXJR.IfcTIESS & TDIESOISr, proprietors, v.'; ' : EAST STREET, ASHBURTON



CHARLES. BRADDELL, Agent for JWss Company, limited. Secretary Town Hall Company. . . Agent for National Insurance Company. Removed to Montgomery’s Buildings, entrance from East and Burnett Streets. y-ij-'X mh r - CANTERBURY DYE WORKS. (Near the Post Office) CHRISTCHURCH. J SELLARS is still Dyeing to Live, and. • Living to I)ye. ' ; AsriHUiiTON Agents': FURN ES S & .DIX ON , • Where particulars may be obtained, and Orders left. §1 M . NEAL AS, Boot & Shoe Importer EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, Wishes the public to know' that he has jusii completed improvements in his shop, and 'is it receipt of a Large Winter Stock Of Boots and Shoes, of every description, which can be guaranteed as the best in the market, and will be SOLD at CHRISTCHURCH BRICES. His* or dered work, sewn or pegged, is well-known to be the best in the district. . Repairs attended to. il npH EEVEN IN GV E,C H O.’ Town Agent, MR. A. WESTON,' East Street. NOTICE. THOMAS WILLIAMS., Tinwald, , BUILDER, UNDERTAKER, CABINET MAKER, WHEELWRIGHT, &c\, WISHES to.notify to the public that lie is prepared to execute all orders entrusted to his care in any of the above branches. Every description of Furniture made and repaired at Christchurch prices. One trial in this respect will satisfy. .' ' Funerals furnished and conducted at reduced 1 ’ prices. As each department is under the charge ol practical men, and as T. W. employs only first class hands, customers may rely on having their orders executed in a thoroughly workman like manner. ,' • Plans Prepared And Estimates Given.., Note the Address — - , A THOMAS WILLI A M S , : • (Near Railway Station) Tinwald.



STATUARY ! ST AT UARY ! A GRAND .Display of some of the 1 Finest Models extant. Casts from the works of the Best Masters.' I " A Rare Chance for the, Adornment of the Drawing-room, Portico,, or the Garden. FURNESS and: DIXON,. STATIONERS’ HALL, EAST; STREET; '' . GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. Q, gPPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, ..Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables-with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us manyflieavy doctors’ bills. It is by the,judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built tip • until; strong ‘enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are ftoatingaround us, rehdy to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal, shaft, by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood land a properly nourished frame!’’ —The Civil Service Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED’* JAM ES EPPS A N:D C 0., Homoepathic Chemists, London. HEALTH FOR ALL. v , HOLLOWAS ? S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify the Bloody correct all disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys and Bowels, and are invaluablo in allcoro*, plaints incidental to Females;.*: • THE OINTMENT is the only rcliablt remedy for Bad Legs, Old Wounds,; Sores, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, Gout, Rheumatism, and all Skin diseases it has no equal. Sold by -the Proprietor, Thomaw Hollowat,’s33, Oxford Streep London, and by .all Medicine Vendors -throughout * ; the\Verld*r * ' J