The Evening Echo.

; a Yol. 1.—107.

Ashburton, Saturday, July 13, 1878.

Price One Penny.



yTESSRS BULLOCK AND CO., * ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, * Station, Estate, and Commission l - 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. and 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. Cornsacks supplied at ruling prices. H. B. SORENSON. Christchurch.- - 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. Cornsacks and Woolpacks supplied at lowest current rates. Indents executed from all parts of the world. Offices—-High Street, Christchurch. BUSINESS NOTICE. J . L. WILSON, AUCTIONEER, VALUATOR, BROKER, Lichfield 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 & DIXO’N’S.



RAILWAY FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH. SCOTT BROS., ENGINEERS, &c„ 3 EG 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, (LUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL T HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, Tancred Street, ASHBURTON. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. O,G. Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitteb- punctually attended to,



[a card.] E. A. GARNETT, Hairdresser, Perfumer, AND TOBACCONIST, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. Fancy Goods of ali Descriptions at Lowest Prices. C. E. FOOKS AND SON, S.URVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, [EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, 'T'OBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & A DEALER IN FANCY GOODS. Having 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, {opposite Royal Hotel,)



COMMERaA^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 erected 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, SITTINC, AND LUNCHEON ROOMS, BATH ROOMS, &c. WINES, BEERS, & SPIRITS OF THE BEST BRANDS. SIPLIEIsriDIID ZBILLI-AJRID SALOOW, Fitted with one of Alcock’s Prize Billiard Tables. 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 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, to inform his friends that the business which he has carried on for the last 4/£ years, in the shop adjoining Messrs. Fried* lander Bros., IS REMOVED To No. 2, Montgomery’s Buildings.



G. F. SCOTT, G ENERAL 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 Older and Let out on Hite, Note the address— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON,



JOHN FOWLER, \ GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT, Tancrcd Street, Ashburton. JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE ■WI3STTEK 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. 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 [A CARD.] R, J, H. TOWNEND CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, (Late ob 1 Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, lASHBURTON. Excellent accommodation for Boarders.



GREAT SALE!!! LOOK OUT FOR A. 0. AITKEN AND CO. S GREAT CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR ANNUAL STOCK TAKING, TO BE HELD SHORTLY.



GREAT SAEE !!!



UNION STEAM IRON WORKS, (Next the Horse Bazaar), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS. AND GENERAL SMITHS. Orders for every description of Machiner executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar give satisfaction, at prices that wil compare favorably with any in Canterbury. Important.—Experienced Manufacturer and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Strav Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presses Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith, Wheelwright , and Shoe ing woik warranted to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. RUBBER STAMPS. 'JpHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink ’and Pads, are now being Manufactured at the 1 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, SASH AND DOORI MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, Every discretion 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 SOMERSET COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY 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. 'pHIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronouncgcT” to be one of the finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. The cuisne is under the supervision of an eminent chef t 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, ofi Sale at the office of the “Evening Echo ” A' SHBURTON BREWERY. WOOD AND CO., ALE AND PORTER BREWERS AND . ' BOTTLERS. CAMERON ST., ASHBURTON,