The Evening Echo.

Vol. 1.—121

Ashburton, Thursday, August I, 1878 .

Price One Penny.



Messrs bullock and co., ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. 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. BULLOCK AND CO. T ORD, HUGHES, & Co., ... 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. Comsacks 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 GIVEN On the Shortest Notice For every description of Building in Town Country.



BIRTHDAY CARDS, AND FANCY STATIONERY, AT FURNESS & DIXON'S.



• BUSINESS NOTICE. T L . wTI SO N , AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield Street, Christchurch. RAILWAY FOUNDRY, 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, B LUMBER, LOC KS MIT H, BELL HANGER, ; . 3HNC, and TINPLATE WORKER, Tancred Street, ASHBURTON., Arlesian Wells sunk. and Pumps fitted and repaired. . 0,0, Guttering fixed at current rates, JSkfitric JBelf* supplied and fitted



PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, "PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND X 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, JJt CENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land .Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, Tobacconist, hairdresser, & DEALER IN FANCY GOODS. Having taken over the Business of Mr. W. H. Friedlaiider in the above line, hopes to receive a continuance of public suppurt. Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery, and Goods in Large Variety. BILLIARD ROOM, With one of Alcock’s Best Billiard kept on the premises. M 0 0 R ST R E E,T# (opposite Royal Hotel)



QUILL’S _ T 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 necessity that existed for a Really First-Class Hotel at Ashburton, he-erecle 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 BOOMS, &c. / - • WINES, BEERS, & SPIRITS OF THE BEST BRANDS. p~PT ,-rmsj-nTTD IBXIjIjI-A.1E2.3D S-A-IjOOIN";, 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 winch he is NOW SELLING ALL GOODS, which cannot be beaten by any House m the Province. WHOLESALE ORDERS DELIVERED, FREIGHT PAID, TO ANY STATION ON THE CANTERBURY RAILWAY.



DRUG, CHEMICAL, AND PHARMACEUTICAL ESTABLISHMENT, ASHBURTON. J, M. CAMBRIDGE, "yyiSHES to inform his friends that the business which he has carried on for the last 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 CENERAL STOREKEEPER, EAST STREET, ASH B URTON, FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup plied to Otder and Let out on.Hite, Note the address — EAST STREET, ASHBURTON



GREAT SALE



LOOK OUT FOR A. 0. AITKEN AND CO.’S GREAT CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR ANNUAL STOCK TAKING, ■i ** ‘ TO BE HELD SHORTLY.



GREAT SALE



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE& SPIRIT MERCHANT, Tattered Street, Ashburton . JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE •WINTER STOCK, Consisting of GENTS’ CLOTHING, IN Paget and Sack Suits Overcoats Shirtings, Calicos, IRONMONGERY, f 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.



T. CHAMBERS, OOT AND SHOE MAKER, ) v ■ . - East Street, Ashburton. • Tmms Cash.



[A CARD.] J. H. TOWNEND, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, ■ (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ' ANSTEE’S luncheon and dining rooms, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Excellent accqmmoflstion fer Boarders,



UNION STEAM IRON WORKS, (Next the Horse Bazaar), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. II AND GENERAL SMITHS. Orders for every description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar anteed to give satisfaction, at prices that will compare favorably with any in'Canterbury. Important.—Experienced Manufacture and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presses, &c. ■ ■ ' v , ■ •... ; ~ - ; Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith, Wheelwright, and Shoe ing wo?k warranted to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. RUBBER STAMPS. 'J'HESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink >d 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 SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. MILLS, G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Budding : Materials in Slock and supplied oii most reasonable terms. ' FUNERALS FURNISHED. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on the shortest notice.



ORAM’S . : SOMEESET COMMERCIAL - . AND F A MILY 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, '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 • / . v ' .:..r ;j : - : the cellar. R. W. SHEARMAN, PROPRIETOR.



pLAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale at the office of the “Evening Echo” A SHBURTON BREWERY. "AND CO., ALE AND PORTER BREWERS ' : AND' ■ BOTTLERS. ' CA.MERON ST., ASHBURTON