The Evening Echo.

Vol. 1.—122.

Ashburton, Friday, August 2, 1878.

Price L>^



IyESSRS BULLOCK AND CO., General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission .Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur r ton, every alternate Thursday. CASH ADVANCES; made on Stock, Produce, &c., con signed for Positive Sale. ■r BUTL OC K -AN D C o._ ON SALE by the UNDERSIGNED. ' Tea, , Port, ■Sugar, , -. Sherry, 1 • Soap, Claret, Candles, Champagne, "Coffee, Moselle, ’ :r: CocdS/ Brandy, Rice, Kuna, Salt, Whisky, Ale, . . Old Tom, .Porter, Schnapps, Also, ■. BUILDING MATERIALS of every description. Fencing Material, Cement and Lime, Coal j., wid Firewood. MONTGOMERY & Co., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. . THE undersigned is a CASH BUYER of OATS, BARLEY, GRASS SEED, WHEAT, CHEESE, and OTHER FARM PRODUCE, At highest market Rates, Comsacks supplied at ruling prices. H. B. SORENSON, 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. BIRTHDAY CARDS, AND FAN C Y S TAT IG N E RY, AT FURNESS & DIXON’S. 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, J^I CENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, TOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & DEALER IN FANCY GOOFS. - Haying 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, Jd|3pgsite Rpynl Hotel,-



T ORD, HUGHES, & Co., J-' GRAIN AND PRODUCE '"■ V 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 part s of the world. Offices—High Street, Christchurch. BUSINESS NOTICE. J L. WI L S ON, AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield Street, Christchurch. RAILWAY FOUNDRY, ;V CHRISTCHURCH, SCOTT BROS., ENGINEERS, &c., 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. J. C DOLMAN, T>LUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL- JtTjfi;? • -HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, >. : Tancred Street, • vA SH BURTON. Artesian;Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. 0,0. j Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric -Bellssupplied and fitteb* |f,|l,*«-Or|ers puhskaily attended ft,



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-Glass Hotel at Ashburton, he erecte 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, SnjIE33SriDI3I) BH-tULiI-A-ZEIID salooh, Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard Tables. NIGHT PORTER KEPT FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRAVELLERS. G. W. DUCKWORTH, Wholesale and Retail General Grocer, W HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) ISHES 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, 1 to inform his friends that the business which he has carried on for the last 4/4 years, in the shop adjoining Messrs. Fried* lander Bros., IS REMOVED To No. 2, •Montgomery’s Buildings.



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, ASH B URTON. FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup • plied to Older and Let out on Hite. Note the address — EAST STREET, ASHBURTON



LOOK OUT FOR Jt a AITKEN AND GO/S GREAT \ CLEARING SALE



PREVIOUS TO THEIR ANNUAL STOCK TAKING, TO BE HELD SHORTLY. ..." :\t< ■■■ V'': ? ' "S' GREAT SALE!!!



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE& Sllßjt MERCHANT, Tattered Street, Ashburton . ‘ ’. ' .',T . JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE *WX3STTJES, STOCK, Consisting of GENTS’ CLOTHING, IN ' Paget and Sack Suits Overcoats Shirtings, Calicos, IRONMONGERY, . # TINWARE, IN ENDLESS VARIETY,



Oats, Bran, Sharps, and Chaff, * * Always in Stock. i WHS ABB SPIRITS, AIE'ABB POiiTEii In Draught or Bottles. THE BEST BRANDS ONLY KEPT. B T. CHAMBERS, OOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton.- Terms Cash, [a card.] TOWNEND, jQR. J. H, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Excellent accommodation for Boarders.



UNION STEAM IRON WORKS, (Next the Horse Bazaar), 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 wil compare favorably with any in Canterbury. Important.—Experienced Manufa and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presses, &c. - Wind Pumps,. Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith , IVheelwrighi, and Shoe ing work warranted to give satisfaction . EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. RUBBER STAMPS. Useful STAMPS, with Ink 'and | * Pads, are now Hieing 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. A SHBURTON STEAM SAW MILLS, TIL SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY.



G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, Ever.’ de«criptids>. of 'ilivife'.- arid ’Buil'din? i' . iVi&terials- in oiock ui.u >.v;ppiieU cyt. jijygt,; < >bara:)al-;e.LS'nwv; | . i’’ 0 s'? Jiiiy i jLS >: URN - | Plans prepared and Estimates Given on Llie shortest notice. ORAM’S SOMERSET COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBURTON. • UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF Sir George Grey, K.C.8.,' Premier of New . j . Zealand. Sir James Ferguson, Bart., late Governor of New Zealand, . AND , ' Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Tas» mania. 'JpHIS 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, PROPRIETOR, pLAN of ASHBURTON, ,on Sale at the office of the “Evening Echo ” A SHE UR TON BREWERY. WOOD AND CO., ALE AND PORTER BREWERS': AND v BOTTLERS.* C \MERON ST., ASHBURTON.