The Evening Echo,- Saturday, July 6, 1878.



Saunders Bros. HAVE p A nnn t 0 LEND upon town SECTIONS and olhei FREEHOLD PROPERTY. £2,000 to be INVESTED in FREEHOLD Security. £2,800 t 0 be ADVANCED in Sums of £IOO and upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. PO, to be ADVANCED C on GROWING CROPS, LIVE STOCK, and other AG RIC ULT (J RAI Security jyjessrs SAUNDERS BROS, have for Sale, Situated on the NORTH BANK of the RAKAIA, 4000 acres, partly improved. 690 ~ unimproved 675 ~ fenced •. . 760 ~ 400 of which are now in turnips 72 „ unimproved jWAKANUI DISTRICT. ,'490 acres, 130 of which arc ploughed 201 highly improved 201 ” .” House, Stable, &c. hi » ’ » 936 ~ -200 5) Sixty Acres four miles from the Township. Several Valuable Town Sections. DRAUGHT HORSES. THE Undersigned have FOR SALE a Number of Broken and Unbroken COLTS now to be seen-in their Paddocks, adjoining the Ashburton Domain. • ' SAUNDERS BROS. -NOTICE TO FARMERS, H'ORSE BREEDERS, AND OTHERS. THE Advertisers are prepared to Receive HORSES for Sale by Public Auction or Privately, and to make Liberal Cash Advances on' same. Good PADDOCKS and Plenty oj FEED jor Stock. SAUNDERS BROS. c. PERCY COX, LAND-AND ESTATE AGENT, — 1 AND VALUATOR, ASHBUR T O N jpARMS to LET and SELL, of all Sizes and Descriptions, Improved and Unimproved, ~situatedjiear Chertsey Dromore Wakanui Winchmore Gould & Cameron’s W ester field % Hinds>* Raugitata Money Lent in Large or Small Sums, on Approved Security, FOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. DECLARATION OF WAR, tit7 HEN the first note of prepaiation was VV sounded in the East, and the war cloucl its no huger than a man’s hand, and while the principal potentates of Europe, though breathing peace, were silently girding up their loins for a struggle as fierce in the encounter and more baneful in its results than ariy which has hitherto devastated the face of our mother earth—it was then that he sought every means in his power to avoid such another calamity that befel Plevna, by obtaining for the coming winter a Large s Assortment of Horse Cloths, Oil skin Leggings, and Sou’-westers, to enable the inhabitants of Ashburton to stand a long Winter Siege. * - WHO HAS DONE THIS? Why, THOMAS DUDSON, SADDLER, Burnett Street, And, for further emergencies, has on hand the Largest and Best Stock of Saddlery and Saddlers’ Ironmongery ever exhibited in Ash burton. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLAIT: 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, ;r combined with moderate charges, to merit 4, Jffelr nbare of public patronage, ' *



SPECIAL SALE AT ORR AND GO’S. We beg to announce the arrival of a Large Shipment of Goods, ex Himalaya, from London, and have resolved to clear a great portion of our very EXTENSIVE STOCK AT A SWEEPING REDUCTION to make room for an Immense Lot of Goods to arrive by the Columbus, now due. 4 cases of Ladies’ Costumes will be sold at 17s 6d to 30s * 2 cases of Knicker Winceys, reduced to 6d per yard 2 cases of Twilled Tweed Wincey, very wide, 8d per yard 1 case of Tartan Plaid, reduced to is 6d per yard 4 cases ol Flannels, reduced to is 2d per yard 2 cases of Fingering Wool will-jbe sold during this sale at 3s iod per lb 4 bales of Blankets, at 14s 6d, 16s 6d, up to 45s 1 case of French Merinos in new shades, brown, green, etc . 3 cases Brown Hollands, at Bd, iod, is, up to is 6d per yard 2 casc: All Wool Shirtings at reduced prices 2 cases Ladies’ Jackets, good shapes and nicely trimmed I cases of Ladies’ Stays, nice : fitting goods, I case of Ladies’ Silk Scarfs, frilled edges, etc' I case of Josephine Kid Gloves 4 cases Fancy Hosiery 1 case Diess Buttons, Fringes, etc 2 cases of Gents’ Overcoats I case'of Boys’ Overcoats; 4 cases of Clothing, best goods’ 8 cases of Colonial-made Goods just to hand \•t* * . . SpeciaPattention i§ tailed to oitf URGE STOCK OF LADIES’ AND GENTSABOOTS, t ~ in Colonial and English make. CHILDREN’S BOOTS IN GREAT VARIETY. The above goods are now opened tip, and as will be seen from prices quoted, will be sold at the smallest remunerative profit, our chief object being to keep the LARGEST AMD BEST SIM IN ASHBURTON, So that the public may get all classes of. Drapery, Clothing, House-furnishing Ironmongery, and General Stores within easy reach, and at prices which cannot be beaten by anyTiouse in the Colony, as we believe the public would prefer pur chasing in Ashburton, to sending their orders elseyvhere.



Advance Ashburton <s>) £ A *£ ATL> the E“VH]isrnsr g- echo NEWSPAPER AND GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, East Street, Ashburton. ►j=aH4H*2^ jr^ v HE proprietors of the Evening Echo have much pleasure in presenting their numerous customers with an enlarged edition of this paper, and in thank ing the public for their very liberal support hitherto, beg to solicit a continuance. The Echo is circulated daily throughout the County and district, and offers special advantages to advertisers. Advertisements can be taken for three, six, or twelve months, on very Reasonable Terms. Auctioneers and Commission Agents liberally dealt with. Casual advertisements as per scale. v TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Til advance - » - per quarter 060 „ - „ (posted) 086 „ - per annum 1 0 0 Or, delivered to all parts of the Town, 6d. per week. F Commercial and General Printing. This department is supplied with every requisite for JEST CLASS PEHTIK 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 Memorndum Forms Receipt and Order Books Circulars and Envelopes Plain and Fancy Cards Fancy Labels, any size Ball Programmes and Tickets Vellum Address Labels, Catalogues Societies’ Rules, Forms, etc., Pamphlets, Handbills, Posters of any size, Colored Inks or Paper Mourning Cards. Jtar-NOTE THE ADDRESS— THE “EVENING ECHO" OFFICE. FTJRXTBSS <Sc ZDXZKZOUST, PROPRIETORS, HAST BTRSITI ASHBURTON



CHARLES ERADDELL, Agent for Press Company, Limited. Secretary Town Hall Company. ' Agent for National Insurance Company. Removed to Montgomery’s Buildings, entrance from East and Burnc^Streets CANTERBURY DYE WORKS. (Near the Post Office) CHRISTCHURCH. J SELLARS is still Dyeing to Live,, and • Living to Dye. Ashburton' Agents : ■v FURNESS & DIXON, :,v Where particulars may be obtained, and Orders left. M . NEALAS, Boot & Shoe Importer, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, Wishes the public to know that he has just completed improvements in his shop, and is in 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 PRICES. His or dered work, sewn or pegged, is well-known to be the best in the district. Repairs attended to. EVENING ECHO.’ Town Agent, >, ' MR. A. WESTON, East Street. NOTICE. THOMAS WILLIAMS, Tin Wald, BUILDER, UNDERTAKER, CABINET MAKER, WHEELWRIGHT, &C., VX 7ISHES to notify to the public that he is V_V. prepared to execute all orders entrusted to his care in any of the above branches. Every description of made and repaired at Christchurch prices. One trial in this respect will satisfy. y Funerals furnished/and conducted at reduced prices. As each department is under the charge of , 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. I [Plans Prepared and Estimates Given, j Note the Address — THOMAS WILLIAMS, * (Near Railway Station) Tinwald. STATUARY! STATUARY! K GRAND Display of some of the JTjL Finest Models extant. .. Casts from the works of the Best Masters. ' A Rare Chance for the Adornment of the Drawing-room, PortiGO, or the Garden. FURNESS and DIXON, STATIONERS’ HALL, EAST STREET. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. BREAKFAST COCOA. 1 "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion md nutrition, and by a careful application of :he fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a * lelicately-flavoured beverage which may. save rs many heavy doctors’ bills. It is-by the judi- - ;ious hse of such articles of diet, that a constitu :ion may be gradually built up until strong mough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around js, ready to attack wherever there is a weak joint. We may escape many a fatal shaft by seeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood md a properly nourished frame.” — The Civil Service Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED fAM E S E. PP S AN D CO., Homoepathic Chemists, London. HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify the Blood, correct all disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys and Bowels, and are invaluable in all com. plaints incidental‘to Females. THE OINTMENT is the only reliabls remedy for Bad Legs, Old Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Colds, Gout, and all Skin Diseases it has no equal. i Sold by the v Proprietor, Thomas Holloway, 533, Oxford Street, London, And by all Modioine Vendors throughout the World* printed and Published by Smith Jam ‘Furness and Charles Dixon, at the Printing Office, East Street, jSatmd&y, July ft jSjft