Double Entendre.—The follow ing conversation occurred in a West end music establishment between a junior pirtner in the firm, a handsome young man, and a pretty girl who de sired to purchase some music : —“ Will you have the goodness to name some of the newest songs to me?” —“ Do you know ‘ Love’s Longing ?’ ” —“ That I know.”—r“ Have you had ‘ The First Kiss ?’ ” —“ Yes, I have already had that.”—“‘Fly with me and be my Wife”’—“That would suit me very well.”

Mr. Spurgeon.— This being the twenty fifth year of Mr. Spurgeon’s ministry, it is proposed to present hitn with , a testimonial. Mr. Spurgeon has expressed his desire that the whole amount raised should be devoted to the purposes of his congregation, and especially to the providing a permanent maintenance lor the aged inmates of the alms houses in connection with the Metropolitan Tabernacle.

The wheat crop in the United States is estimated to yield 400,000,00x3 bushels, or ten bushels each for every man, woman, and child in the country, if the population be forty mil lions. The potato crop in most of the States will be of “immense magnitude,” though it has been damaged in some districts by exces sive rains. The grass crop is the heaviest that has been known for many years. The severe frosts that occurred duiing the setting of the fruit-buds were injurious, and so the ciop of peaches in California this season will, it is esti mated, not be more than half the usual quan tity, and the quality of the fruit also promises to be indifferent. There will, however, it is calculated, be an abundance of all other kinds of fruit in this State, the strawberry crop being especially reported as abundant and excellent.

“Sooner Dig Holes.” —The district of Sandhurst in Victoria rejoices in the possession ot a large-hearted capitalist (Mr. Lansell), who gives ,£IOOO a-year to a local charity. A writer in the Australasian remarks “Mr. Lansell is one of those rare men who display persistent loyalty to the place and to the business which have enriched them. Mr. L. spends a king s ransom annually in prospecting in the Sand hurst district. ‘ What does it matter ? he says, *if one in ten turns up trumps, that will re pay me.’ A very tempting squatting property was once offered to Mr. Lansell. He declined it, adding as his reason, ‘ I’d sooner dig holes. And he has dug holes to some purpose. What think you of ,£200,000 out of two of them ?

Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton are often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase of Drapery, Clothing, and House-furnishing Iron mongery, and General Stores. O.RR & Co. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. 1 hey keep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which beinf bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to offer goods of su<di sterling value as cannot be equalled by any other house in the trade. Every article in stock is marked at the lowest price, ’from which no abatements made so that the most inexperienced buy their goods at the same prices as the best judges. —Advt.

The Evening Echo, Tuesday, October i, 1878.



TEMPLAR HALL COMPANY. A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Directors of the above Company will be held at the Company’s Office on Tuesday, Evening, Ist October, 1878. Business —Special and Important. GEO. ST. HILL, Chairman of Directors. ASHBURTON COUNTY CRICKET CLUB. A MEETING will be held at Quill’s Hotel, on TUESDAY evening, October Ist, 1878, at 7.30 p.m. ...... Business : Election of Committees for forth coming season; consideration of challenge from M.C.C.C., and other important business. Full attendance requested. JAMES WILKIE, Hon. Sec. pro tern. PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that I have this day taken into PARTNERSHIP with me Mr. JOHN OLSEN, of Seafield, and that in future the business will be conducted on the same premises under the style and firm of “ SANDO AND OLSEN.” ■ Dated at Ashburton, this Ist day of October, j 1878. ' KNUD SANDO. Witness —H. J. Weeks, Printer and Publisher, Ashburton. ASHBURTON BRASS BAND ANNIVERSARY. <3-:i=iJOsrr> VOCAL. AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT IN THE TOWN HALL, ASHBURTON, P - A '"ON f'V ; THURSDAY NEXT, 3RD OCT., • Under the Distinguished Patronage of His Worship the Mayor and Corporation of Ashburton, the Worshipful Masters and Brethren of the Somerset and Thistle Lodges of Freemasons, &c., &c.- High-class Programme of Songs (Comic arid :; Sentimental), Duets, dribs, and Glees; Instrumental Music; Violin Solos, &c., by Mr. A; Corrick, of Christchurch ; Recitations, &c' by the best local talent, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. A. Corrick, of Christchurch, and others, • Mts Paige has kindly consentedgto preside at the Piano, - Admission-—Front seats, (numbered and eserved), 3s. j Frpnt seats, ?s,; Back seajs, is,; Gallery, gs. P<?9W f* p I Qwtwtt ** 8



WANTED — Apprentices for the Millinery Mantle, and Costume Business. Apply MRS. MOREY. WANTED— An Apprentice for the Print ing Business. None but a Respectable Intelligent Boy need apply. office CANARIES— Wanted to Purchase at once, Two Cock Birds, not less than two years Apply ECHO Office. W ANTED - A respectable, intelligent BOY. Apply at once at ECHO Office. W ANTED—Four Young Ladies, as Ap prentices to the Dressmaking. ORR & CO. FOR SALE—One Quarter-Acre Section fronting the North Town Belt. If not sold privately within one week, it will be put uo to Public Auction. For particulars apply 1 ECHO Office. ( TO LET. A SIX-ROOMED HOUSE in Moore Street, well situated for a Tailor’s Shop or General Store; also a well-finished House at Trevorlon. Apply tO R House Agent. FOR SALE. A QUARTER-ACRE SECTION in Have lock Street, on very easy terms. Apply ECHO Office. SONS OF TEMPERANCE BENEFIT SOCIETY. rHIS useful institution meets every alter nate Friday in the New Templar Hall, Moore Street. New members invited. All information can be obtained from Bros. G. W. Andrews, East Town Belt; K. Sando, East Street; Thos. Williams, Tinwald. Next meet ing on the 27th inst. A. J. ANDREWS, R.S. T. CHAMBERS, jgO OT AND SHOE MAKER East Street, Begs to notify to the public of Ashburton that he has now in Stock a Splendid Assortment of Boots and Shoes from the Best Makers, and all orders entrusted to him will have* every attention. Boots and Shoes, sewn or pegged made to order of every description and the very best materials. Terms Cash. T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS (Next to Montgomery’s), EAST STREET. BAKERS’ NOTICE WE the undersigned Bakers of Ashbur ton, beg to inform the Public that on and after the 26th August, we will reduce, the price of the Quartern Loaf to 7 C V delivered and 6j£d over the counter for cash. We trust that the public will still continue to support us, and take into consideration that we are not Millers, but Bakers, and are paying a LONG PRICE for GOOD FLOUR, so that we may satisfy the public by supplying a good article, free from all adulteration. Let. this be your motto— “LIVE AND LET LIVE” Signed— TPIOMAS HICKS. THOMAS TAYLOR. MASSON & GRANT. JOB LOT. DOZ. Ladies’ Colored Josephine KID GLOVES, slightly spotted, will be sold 1/- PER PAIR. ORR & CO. THE TAXES IN NEW ZEALAND WHO PAYS ? WHO DOESN’T PAY ? WHO OUGHT TO PAY? A HANDBOOK of Taxation Reform, by E. JERNINGHAM Wakefield. Price One Shilling. Sold at the “ Echo ” Office, by Mr. Doherty, near Quill’s Commercial Hotel, and by Messrs. H. Jones and A. Wes ton, Booksellers, East Street. Orders from the country, with Thirteenpence in stamps for each copy, duly attended to by post. PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the Business of Stationers, Printers, and Newspaper Proprietors hitherto carried on in East Street, Ashburton, by Smith James Furness and Charles Dixon will, in future, be conducted on the same premises by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon under the style and firm of WEEKS & DIXON, All debts due by the late firm of Furness and Dixon will be settled by the new firm of Weeks and Dixon, to whom all debts due to the late film must be paid. Incited Jit Ashburton this iSth d<iy of Septeni bar, 1878. Witness — ) E. G. Crisp. \ H. J. WEEKS, CHAS. DIXON. *P*NGLISH Papers JUST ARRIVED, an On Sale at the Echo Office : Home News European Mail Builder London Penny Illus. Lloyd’s Weekly - The Irishman J’ppH Reynold Newspaper



BREAD. BREAD. BREAD. K./SAN DO, GROCER ETC., EAST STREET, Ashburton. gUPPLIES really Good BREAD at sj4d per Quartern Loaf, Cash, and 6d. Monthly Accounts. Families in Town and Suburbs waited on daily. Note the address, K. SAN D O , : ;; r Jr'-T GENERAL STOREKEEPER & BAKER, East Street. WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, OPTICIAN, &c., &c. X fi ALWAYS for Sale a Large Stock of Eng lish, American, Geneva, and other Watches; French, American, and Other blocks; Concave 'and Convex Spectacles; Reading Glasses ; Wedding and other Rings ; Barometers ; Thermometers ; Eye Protectors ; joggles ; Pocket Knives ; Scissors and other Cutlery, by Rogers. To Arrive by “Star,” brig, from New fork, 6 Cases of American Clocks—all New styles. J. P. PARKER, f , WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, &C. Two doors above Bullock & Co.’s Auction Rooms), EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. CANTERBURY DYE WORKS. (Near the Post Office) CHRISTCHURCH. T SELLARS is still Dyeing to Live, and j • Living to Dye. Ashburton Agents: WEEKS & DIXON, Where particulars may be obtained, and Orders left. IRID ZM-EdyCIBE IR. I THURSDAY NICHTI AT THE TOWN HALL.; Wood Turner and Venetian Blind Maker. JOSEPH RULE [S prepared to execute all orders for Wood Turning, Venetian Blinds, | Bedsteads, Tables, and every class of Furniture. Window Poles on hand, or made to any sixe. Orders to be left at A. 0, Aitken & Co’s, Havelock Street. THE undersigned having received a LARGE ASSORTMENT of the undermentioned Goods, wishes to inform his numerous patrons and the public generally, that the same is just opened up and marked off:— If you want Cheap and Good Stationery, GO TO A. WESTON’S,' the Cheapest Retail House in the trade. If you want Account Books, Day Books, Pocket Books, Surveyors’, and every kind of Office Requisite, GO TO A. WESTON’S. ] If you want a Good Novel in Boards or Cloth, Magazines, Journals, Song Books, &c., GO TO A. WESTON’S. If you want Fancy Goods, Cheap Jewellery, Perfumery, Cards, Draughts, Chess, Walking and Single Sticks, A > f r GO TO A. WESTON’S. If you want any of the leading Daily and Weekly Newspapers or Illustrated Papers published in New Zealand, Australia, England, or America, GO TO A. WESTON’S. If you Smoke, and are fond of Good Tobacco, go to a Tobacconist, Pay a Little More, and get genuine American Tobacco, Cut and Uncut j also, the Best Brands only kept in liavanna and Manilla Cigars j AT A. WESTON’S A. W. has also a Large assortment o Wooden Pipts in G.8.D., L.H.E., F.H.S., and other Brands. Meerschaum and Clay Pipes, Ambers, Ferrules, Match Boxes, Pouches, Pocket Knives, and all the requisites for smoking. Note the Address— A. WESTON,; BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, TOBACCONIST, A NEWS AGENT, BILL POSTER, AND GENERAL ADVERTISING AGENT, Street anp'Railway Station



NOTICE ! NOTICE !! NOTICE !!! REMOVAL. Firth, Pass, & Co. I3eg to inform the Inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that they have REMOVED TO THEIR HEW PREMISES Next the Union Bank of Australia, EAST STREET. piRTH, PASS, & CO. take this oppor tunity of thanking their numeious cust®mers who have so liberally supported them hitherto, and to solicit a continuance of their patronage at the j NEW PREMISES, TO BE CALLED The Old Bahic Stores (late union bank). Orders entrusted to our care will re ,ceive. prompt attention. Families waited on for orders n Wjß§fc£fc':: U ;-v. FIRTH, P D CO., Grocers, Drapers, Ironmongers, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, &C. East Street. VVORNER’S EMPIRE BOARDING HOUSE |(Oppositc Parkins’s Steam Saw Mills). V MR. G. WORNER begs to intimate to the public of Ashburton that he has pur chased the Boarding-house recently kep by Mr. T. Bradford, and having made extensive alterations, he is now prepared to supply first class accommodation to boarders, and others visiting Ashburton. Meals i/-, Beer given with dinner; Beds i/- Board per week, £i. G. WORNER, Proprietor. MESSRS. HARRIS & IRELAND, BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS Will shortly commence the practice of their profession in Ashburton, CHARLES BRADDELL, Agent for Press Company, Limited. Secretary Town Hall Company. . /Agent for National Insurance Company. Removed to Montgomery’s Buildings, entrance from East and Burnett Streets. W. R. liu YLE, AND GENERAL AGENT MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. DR. STEWART JJAS REMOVED to his New Residence, CORNER OF MOORE STREET AND BEACH ROAD. FREDK. PAVITT, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. (Close to the Railway Station.) Land and General Commission Agent. JAMES PORTER, PRACTICAL GARDENER, GARDENS laid out and kept in order by day or contract All kinds of Jobbing Work done on the Shortest Notice. ' fiST Please note the Address — ATWORTH HOUSE, North Town Belt, near Saunders’ Mill. Orders can be left at this office. • • a -.. ■ RUBBER STAMPS ! RUBBER STAMPS ! RUBBER STAMPS I 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 Modcrat Prices at the EVENING ECHO OFFICE, East (Street.



GRAND SHOW OF New Goods AT E are now opening up a second shipment of NEW GOODS, Consisting of Gents.’ Black Satin Hats Gents.’ White Shirts Gents.’ Black Cloth Suits Gents.’ Double ancl Single Breasted Suits Gents.’ Felt Hats Gents.’ Kid Gloves Gents.’Colored Shirts FLOWERS. io boxes New Flowers 5 „ New Feathers) 30 ~ New Ribbons 50 shades of. Bonnet Silks to match! New Ribbons g POPLINS &SBILKS. A large assortment of real Irish Poplins, direct from Pirn Brothers, of Dublin. PRINTS. A An immense assortment of New Prints, French Checks, and Stripes in great variety.] ICOSTHMES. i - / A large assortment of N ew now being opened up. ROOTS & SHOES. JUST RECEIVED, 10 TRUNKS NEW BOOTS. Men’s Watertights, pegged and riveted. Ladies’ Kid Boots in great variety. Children’s Boots of every make. ■ DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. This department is managed by a First-class Dressmaker, with competent assistants. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. Prices Strictly Moderate. ORR AND CO



WANTED KNOWN On Hand and to Arrive A LARGE STOCK OF SADDLERY AT T. DUDSON’S, Adjoining the Horse Bazaar. Wanted Known, STALLION COVERS AND GEAR may be had at T. DUDSON’S, Opposite the Somerset Hotel. Wanted Known, A Large Assortment of ENGLISH AND COLONIAL SADDLES Just Arrived at THOS. DUDSON, SADDLER. Wanted Known, < THOMAS DUDSON supplies ENGLISH SADDLES from £z ios., and Bridles from 7s. 6d. • V S. W. BROWN, AND CIVIL ENGINEER, EAST STREET, Ashburton. rmpmmmrnmm P'f— "■y—% « < "H * < HI- CT. BEISTO^ ACCOUNTANT, COLLECTOR, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, Prospect Buildings. East Street, Ashburton. Commissions of every description Executed. DRAPERY. NEW GOODS! HEW GOODS!! A. O. AITKEN & CO. Are now opening up, a large and choice assortment of NEW SPRING AND SUMMER DRAPERY, Which will be offered at PRICES LOWER THAN EVER. New Dresses New Fischues New Prints New Ribbons New Feathers New Flowers New Hats New Bonnets Note the address A. O. AITKEN and CO. The Pantechnicon, HAVELOCK STREET, Ashburton. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. * ' *'■ • V I . . i , • • NEW FIRST-CLASS BOARDING-HOUSE. MR THOMAS CLARKE has much pleas ure in announcing that his large Private Boarding House is now in course of erection and is situated in Wills-street, next the Prim itive Methodist Church, and close to the Rail way Station—being one of the most healthy and pleasantly situated sections in the township. The accommodation will be second to none in Ashburton, and the House is let, and will be onducted by an experienced person from hristchurch. FIRST AND SECOND CLASS DINING ROOMS. SMOKING AND READING ROOMS. WELL VENTILATED, LARGE, AND LOFTY BEDROOMS, PRIVATE ROOMS FOR FAMILIES* Every attention will H -cvH *.-3 custpnw?/ with numerate j&sisw#