The Evening Echo.

Vol. 1,—127

Ashburton, ’mucay, August 8, 1878.

Price One Penny,



MESSRS BULLOCK AND CO. ±yx ASHBURTON, General. Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, : --r Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. : V Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, every alternate Thursday. CASH ADVANCES made on Stock,. Produce, &c., con signed for Positive Sale. BU L LOCK’AND CO. , ON SALE by the UNDERSIGNED. Tea, Port, Sugar, Sherry, Soap, Claret, Candles, ’ Champagne, Coffee, . Moselle, . Cocoa, Brandy, ‘Rum, Salt, . WHisky, Ale, Old Tom,. Porter, Schnapps, • Also, BUILDING materials of every description. Fencing Material,. Cement and Lime, Coal and Firewood. MONTGOMERY & Co., EAST STREET, . ASHBURTON. - HE undersigned is a CASH BUYER of A OATS, BARLEY, GRASS SEED, WHEAT, CHEESE, and OTHER FARM PRODUCE, At highest market Rates. Cornsacks supplied at ruling prices. ’ H. B. SORENSON. Christchurch. T ORD, HUGHES, & Co., j-' GRAIN AND PRODUCE 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. Cornsacks and Woolpacks supplied at lowest current rates. - . •: Indents executed from all parts of the world. Offices —High Street, Christchurch.



GEO. ST. HILL, Builder and Contractor Burnett Street, Ashburton. PLANS PREPARED AND ESTIMATES CIVEN On the Shortest Notice For every description of Building in Town and Country.



BIRTHDAY CARDS, AND FANCY STATIONERY, " : at _■ 1 , FURNESS & DIXON’S.



BUSINESS^NOTICE. J 1/ Wit SON, AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield Street, Christchurch. FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH, , SCOTT BROS., ENGINEERS, &c.,/ Be 6 to inform their customers and the public generally that they have V ; REMOVED * To'new and commodious premises in MANCHESTER STREET SOUTH, ' .;Near the new Passenger Station. 7. J, C. DOLMAN, T)LUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL- Jr. . ;; » ,hanger, .j • . ' / / * > ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER,' Tancred Street, . AS H B U R TO N. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired... .•; •• 0, fixed at current rates. Electric Bells supplied and fittcb* I punctually attended to./



PUBLIC NOTICE, JOSEPH HYDE, PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC * . PLATE WORKER, Begs to infcfm 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, 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 prenjises. Vi, MOO R STRE ET ( . i ;■ r..'' t {opposite Royal Hotel/)



QUILL’S COMMERCIAL HO TEL, 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 ■ ■ - -m&ammWiMfon to Families and Vmtmrrmi the-most Reasonable Terms. SPECIAL ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID TO THE PRIVATE, SITTING, * BATH ROOMS, &c. WINES/ BEERS, & SPIRITS OF THE BEST BRANDS, SIPIjEItTIDUD BXLXjI-A-IRID S-A-LOOUST, Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard 1 ables. NIGHT PORTER KEPT FOR CONVENIENCE OF "TRAVELLERS. G. W. DUCKWORTH, Wholesale and Retail General Grocer, HIGH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH, (Next Messrs. Strange’s Buildings.) WISHES to call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICES *t which be 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 4 ]/ z years, in the shop adjoining Messrs. Fried lander Bros., IS REMOVED To No. 2, Montgomery’s Buildings.



G. F. SCOTT, QENERAL 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 NATIONS Sup* plied to Order and Let out on Hite. ' ** Note the'address— EAST STREET, : , a ' . ASHBURTON



GREAT SALE!!!



LOOK OUT FOR A. 0. AITKEH AND CO/S GREAT CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR ; ANNUAL •. STOCK TAKING, TO BE HELD SHORTLY.



GREAT SALE



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT : MERCHANT, . Tar. end Street, Ashburton. JUST OPENING, : AND TO ARRIVE WINTEE STOCK., . ; Consisting of , . GENTS’ CLOTHING, : ■* ;v; ;-J t G • *♦- /, t : . IN '\\ Paget and Sack Suits : . Overcoats Shirtings, ■ Calicos, ■ j



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.



B T. CHAMBERS, ' OOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms CASH. D tA CARD.]. R. J. H. TOWNEND, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late of Guy’s. Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. AN STE EDS’ LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ASH BURTON Excellent accommodation for Boarders.



UNION STEAM- IRON WORKS, .(Next the Horse Baza r); BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. AND GENERAL SMITHS. ■ ' ■-• 1 ' '"7 ' Orders for eveiy 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 er' and ■ Repairers of Reapers; Combines; Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool'Presses &c. Wind Pumps,.Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith , Wheelwright, a?id Shoe ing work warranted to give / V satisfaction . EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. ■■ • -



RUBBER STAMPS. 'JpHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and Pads, are now being 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. ASHBURTON STEAM SAW MILLS, JTx. SASH AND DOOR . ;r MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, - Proprietor, BUILDER AND 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 SOMEBSET COMMERCIAL. • AND FAMILY HOTEL, V .ASHBURTON. . UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF ■t 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. ; p'HIS 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. :S HE ARM AN, PROPRIETOR, . pLAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale at the office of the “Evening Echo ” SHBURTON BREWERY. WOOD AND' CO., ALE AND PORTER BREWERS and;. . ’ - BOTTLERS, v C \MERON;- ST., ASHBURTON.