ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY

Accountants and Commission Agents— Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings H J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. W, R. Boyle, Moore-street. Architect and Civil Engineer— S. W. Brown, East-street S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings B, Mountfort, East Street A'lC PIONEERS — Bullock and Co., East-street Saunders Bros,, Ashburton, B vrristers and Solicitors — Mr. Branson, East-street Ai . E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings Messrs. Harris and Ireland, Montgomery’s Buildings. Sikxrs, Confectioners, Etc.— Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street Thomas Taylor, East-street, Banks— Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street Hoarding House Keepers— J. G. Anstee, East-street Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Havelock Street G. Womer, Moore Street. Guilders, Contractors, Etc.— James Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. Hill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-street Thos. Williams, Tinwald 1 G. Compton,. Builder, Moore-street. Booksellers and Stationers— A, Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street street South Weeks and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East- Bootmakers— J. Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East-street M. Nealas, East-street Brewers—

Wood and Co., Cameron-street Cabinetmakers and Undertakers — James Baker, Havelock-street G. Parkin, Moor-street Thomas Williams, I inwald Carrier— G. F. Scott, Cameron-street Chemist and Druggist— J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings Charles Neate, Moore Street. Coal and Firewood Merchants — G. Parker and Co., near Railway Station A. Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station F. P. Leßreton, Burnett-street. Drapers and Clothiers — Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr ard Co., East-street John Fowler, Tancred-street Firth, Pass, and Co., Old Bank Store, East street W. Gavin, East-street T. Quinn & Co., Moor-street Engineers and Founders— Edwards and Lee, Engineers, Smiths, etc., Burnett-street W. J. Hessey, Central Foundry, Peters-st Furniture Warerooms—

A. Spillard, Tancred Street Grocers, General Dealers, Etc.— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr and Co„ East-street Firth. Pass, and Co., East-street John Fowler, Tancred-street K. Sando, East-street Greengrocers— W. Birtwell, East-street J. Mooar & Co., East-street Hairdressers— E. A. Garnett, East-street A. Pearse, Moore-street / Hotels— Quill’s Commercial Hotel, neat? Railway Station Shearman's Somerset Hotel, .East-stfect Ironmongers—

Orr and Co. t East-street Aitken and Co,, Hdvelock-street S. Hardlcy, East-street Ladies’ Clothing Establishment— Mrs. Morey, Tancred Street. Painter, &c.— J. R. Chapman, Tancred-street Printers and Publishers— Weeks and Dixon, East-street Plumbers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc.' T. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-stroet S. Hardley, East-stieet Saddlers— Thomas Dudsoil, BumeU-Jtreet Surveyors— . , C. E. Fooks and Son, Bystreet Tailors— , , Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Tentmakers— K. Sando, East-street Tobacconists — A. Pearse, Moor-street & A. Garnett, East-street A. Weston, East-street

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close n follows: For Christchurch and North at 10 a.m. I p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10 a.m. daily. JFor Rakaia at 10 a. m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10.15 a m. and 3 p.m daily. For Timvald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.15 a.m. daily.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Evening Echo. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1878.

I.O.G.T.—An advertisement that the hour of meeting of the Star of the East Lodge, which assembles this evening for the election of officers, has been changed from 8 o’clock to half-past seven, appears in this evening’s issue.

The Pulpit.—'To-morrow, morning and evening, as advertised in another column, Mr. Alexander, a clergyman recently from the old courUry by the Vv'aitangi, will preach in the Presbyterian Church. The Wesleyan pulpit will t>e occupied by the Rev. Mr. Marten in the morning, and by Mr.. Olsen, in the even ing.

Accident to Councillor Roberts.— To-day, Councillor Weymouth Roberts acci dentally fell off a pile upon which he was standing, looking up at the working overhead of a (Inver. In tailing his head struck upon a piece ol rock, and he was somewhat injured. On being brought into town he was taken to the hospital, where, under the care of Dr. Stewart, he is recovering from his injuries, which, though not dangerous, are severe.

Sudden Death. —Dr. Stewart was to make a post mortem examination this afternoon on the body of Mrs. Russell, Trevorton, who died suddenly this morning. An inquest will be held on Monday. >_ The Borough Printing.—The success ful tenderers for the whole of the borough printing for the next six months are Messrs. Weeks and Dixon, printers and publishers, East Street, Ashburton.

The Pay of the Police.— ln the House of Representatives last night the Hon. John Ballance said the Government, intended to raise the police pay sixpence in the lower ranks, and a shilling in the higher from Jan. I to June 30. Next season they would bring down an Armed Constabulary Bill providing for ordinary pay, long service pay, and travel ling allowance.

The Borough By-Laws.—The tender of Messrs. WeeKs and Dixon for printing and publishing the by-laws of the borough having lieeu accepted by the Printing Committee 01 the Porwugn Council, the M. i>. of the by-laws is now in me printers’ hands, and the whole of the b)-laws will be advertised iu the Even ing Echo of Thursday, 31st inst. After con sideration, amendment (it necessary), and adop tion by the Council, and subsequent approval by His Excellency the Governor, the by-laws as passed will be again published in this paper. The draft is.a voluminous document of fifty foolscap pages of manuscript. Parliamentary.— Last night, after the Electoral Pul was in com mittce, and ail the clauses gone through, the Legislative Council’s amendments were disagreed with, by 36 to 26 votes, and the Premier, Messrs, btout, bhee han, and Pyke were appointed to draw up rea sons. In the Native Law buits Bill,: Mr. Stout moved the insertion in clause a of the names of Messrs! Higginbotham and George Cook, of Dunedin, and District Judge Maus ford, of Wellington, as the judges who shall try cases. The House adjourned at 3.15. Duties Paid by the Three King doms. —A parliamentary return has been issued, showing the proportions of duties on spirits, malt, wine, and tobacco chargeable against England, bculiamJ, and Ireland respec tively, lor 'the year ended March 31st, 1077, and also the neL produce oJ the other source., of revenue derived from taxation, divided between England, bcotlaud, and Ireland respectively. Prom the lirst-named class o. dudes the revenue obtained was : England, From the otuer sources oi levcnue the amounts obtained were : ;Eng laiiu, 421,307,449; bcouand, ,42,322,044; iidauu, 41,304,0.2.

The F loods’ Damage.—lt is estimated that over incnciutlu and neighbourhood the goods have ttone uainage to' the extent o. 470,000.

Weeds for Manure.—A writer in the Coun.ry ue.uumuu says :—“lt almost pro vokes me to see an agr.cultuust, a gardener especially, carciully gathering up the weeds and grasses, ptiiled or nued, to Keep tiiegrounu clean, ana uirownig them over the lence to perish on the public highway or elsewhere, instead of collecting into a heap in the yard, and packing to decompose. L.ei any garuene, try mis lor one year. Cathei all such leluse, including vegetauie tops oi ail kinds, into.. neap, and tnrow ail Kitchen slops, uot ttsc*.. otherwise, on this heap ; turn it over a coupn or three times beiojp me h bowing spring, u neat and thoroughly decompose. No oct.c manure can i>e appned to the vegetauie bed-. uo not tnrow a» ..y on.ous uccause Urey an. .ieiormed or small, or lotten, but keep then .Ogether where they win decompose, an. re turn this matter to your onion-beo, and 1101. ne result, i "ill gumantec that any gaidcii vi;o gives this a lair trial vviji ncy<-i agm arenv away anything that tic can dvpmipo .n mis heap, wmch i used to cab the " ga. dener’s treasure pile."

CHISPA'S LETTER.

I am not vet so bald that you can see my

brains. —-Longfellow

There is evidently no nffin tv between great minds on the Magisterial Bone ;f Ashburton-.;, A fortnight ag >, whet j ustices of the Be ice dispensed tin law, to keep an unregistered dog was :■ ixun costing a pound and other un-"* considered trifles called “ costs/’ which isually rise at something like the Go vernment subsidy rale — \ iz ~ pound lor po Im. -Wst-u-duy, when the K.M. broil yat his mighty intellect to bear on the d >g question, he tound it no offnice to ke2p an unregistered dog. So, at least, I read the fact of a man getting off siot free, because his Worship did not see his way clear to fine him while the Act stood as it was. What a good thing for the revenue his Worship didn’t sit a fortnight ago ! What an unfortunate thing for the wights who were unlucky enough to be summoned while the Justices were in power!

I like enterprise ! It is the entrance gate to success, the high mad to wealth, and the beginning of knowledge. The man who ventures nothing nothing wins. This enterprising spirit is the one which makes Brother Jonathan the go-ahead individual he is, which enables him to lick creation with inven tions and flood the. world with “ novel ties.” You find Jonathan all over the known globe—you can know him by the tall lies he tells and the cute things he does, and by the early period of vour acquaintance with him at which you find his head is screwed on the right way. But he would not be human if his enterpiise always succeeded. “To err is human,” &c. The man who tried_ to open a bairel of gun powder with a red-hot poker taught his surviving neighbors that that species of enterprise was not successful, and the marriage of his widow a month after was a keen criticism on the wisdom of his kind of enterprise. It was mistaken enterprise on the part of that other Jonathan who tried to boil a kettle all soldered up air tight. It cost him a good deal to. re-build the wall of his kitchen after the experiment. The enterprising boy, whose penetratmg mind prompted an inquiry into the internal arrangements of his mother’s kitchen bellows, became a martyr to enterprise when his maternal parent made a lapstone of him w.th that part of his person uppermost which Nature has given to small boys to receive punishment upon. All this, you.seQa goes to show that enterprise ought to be wisely directed and not rushed at unthinkingly, otherwise you may feel the sensation that friend of mine from the land of the Stars and Stripes felt when he successfully cleaned his chim ney of soot, his eyelids of their lashes, and his mind of meek-eyed peace—with a handful of No. 3 gunpowder.

We have several good men and true amongst us from the most btautitui spot in the whole of the Britain of the South namely, the city of Nelson. Irreverent people call it “Sleepy Hollow,” and say it is the place in New Zealand where men spend a “ sweet do nothing” kind of life—Where dogs lean against fence posts to bark, —where horses stop in the street to have a snooze,—where the only side of nature which means business is vegetation, where fruit trees flourish because they are let alone, and where potatoes only want to sec the soil to grow. All this may be gospel or it may be bunkum; but the Nelsonites believe in the greatness of their city, .and look upon anyone as a traitor who sees not with the same eyes. From His Lordship the Bishop, who recently soundly rated Sir George Grey, in a yard-long letter, for the Govern ment’s neglect of Nelson in the Publ c Works Statement, down to the i:td boy who believes the Maitai to be the finest eel-producing river in the world, this belief in the city’s future is an article of the Nelson faith. The natives of the “ Hollow” cling to tins faith and carry a love for their city’s good into other climes. We had an evidence o. this peculiarity some days ago. I read in your paper an advertisement copier, from a Nelson journal announcing th. fact that Ashburton had room and u.-e lor an unlimited supply of marriageable young iadies. Tins " op’ to the Nelson lasses could have been'given only by i Nelson man with the recollection fresh •ii his mind of the galaxy of young oeaulies , kept mewed up in the .hill bound thy of Blind Bar. He knev. that it could suppiy a wfe fa eve. ~ngle man in Ashburton county, .m t was a'tribute paid to both tnc i. jf tne North and the lads of the Sout .vhen he thopght they were worthy o. each other. It Nelson can find wives ur one hal. the single men in Ashburton bounty, who would be all the better ~,r bging well mated,'she will do one ; ood se»vice to a <-#>ny "hum she fancies holds her very light, -—Chisjm,

TELEGRAPHIC.

AUSTRALIAN.

[By Submarine Caulk.] Sydney, Oct. 25. Hrandy, case, 53s ; ‘rice, 26s ; New Zeaian vheat uttering at 4s 3d, hut no buyers. • • Adelaide, Oct. 2;. The Assembly and Co mcil agied to a reso lution authorising the Government to contract or a tli.eci n all service. (A edal to Globe. ) Sydney, Oct. 25. Tlie owner of the Luhra challenges the Wodonga, or any other of the company’s boats, to race 100 miles for £"10,000. Adelaide, Oct. 25. It has been decided to have an independent mail service of thirty-six days,, at a cost of £40,000. This is a complete checkmate to Victoria for her breach of faith. Melbourne, Oct. 25.

There is serious fighting with the natives of New Guinea, and at Moresby it was reported that the war schooner Conflict had some trouble on the eastern coast of New Guinea, and shelled a village. The betting is 6 to 4 against His Lordship for the Derby, 5 to 2 against Bosworth, iooto 7 against Gainsborough and Nellie for the Maribyrnong Plate, 7 to 1 against Mehta for the Cup, 12 to x against Chester. The Land Hill is of a sweeping and radical character. The dead set against sauatters is increasing. A million annually is to be im posed on squatters’ stock, instead of .£250,000 as a land tax. Squatters will lie prevented from purchasing more than a few thousand acres.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.]

Blenheim, Friday. Four hundred ounces of gold from 1 lav-.lock was brought to the Bank of New Zealand here by the police. The ilavelock correspondent of the Express has just sent the fellow ng Captain Ross, master of.the Star of the .- ea, was drowned 011 Tuesday last off Lan.bjtt H.a* . The main sail jibed when the vessel was running for Port Gore to seek shelter. The main sheet carried him oveiLoard.” Dunedin, Friday. The National Insurance profits for the past half-year was £25,469. A dividend of 10 per cent., with 6d. per share bonus added, absorbs £■sooo ; £15,000 is carried forward to reserve, which will Uren stand at £35,000 ; £5469 is carried forward to next half-year. At a meeting of the Cricket Association, held last night, it was decided to invite the Gentlemen Players, who are expected in Aus. rail a, to visit Dunedin, while it was agreed that the Canterbury Association should be requested to fix the date of the Interpro vincial match. Oamaru, Friday. Mr. Osborne having refunded the amount of the stakes won by Silverstream 011 the Maiden Steeplechase, the dispute between him and the Steeplechase Club has been settled. Ihe com plaint against Hawkins, for offering to hush the matter up if given half the stakes, will be investigated at a future meeting. “7'''“ ' 1 ISV SKCAn.OTL.'L,''?rrday At the Resident. Magistrate’s Cjurt to-day judgment was- given in the case Harris, of Dunedin, v. Osborne, a claim for the proceeds of sale of property, it was decided that there was a good equitable assignment of the pro ceeds of the sale to Mr. Eldridge for salary as clerk to plaintiff, and that defendant, an auc tioneer* being directed to so apply the proceeds plaintiff could not recover.

THE TURKS AND THEIR WATER.

Mr. Wrench, the Vice-Consul, in his commercial report on Constantinople, says that the Turks are as great con* nosdeurs of drinking water as Western Europeans are of wine. To suit par tieul ir tastes the water-sellers at Con ,tami topic supply the beverage by the names of the Scources from whence it is procured. The water of the “ bends ” or c.i chment basins of rain-water, known .ocally by the name of “■ Tax'om ” (the Pern, reservoir,) though muddy, is not unwholesome, and when allowed to settle, or is fil tered, it is held in great esteem, as is also the water from the Cara Koulak, a spring near Tokar, on the Asi .tic side of tile Bosplv irons, and that from l'cha uli Ija, near Scutari. A copious spring at lieicos, also on the Asiatic side, supplies the pi pping of Constaminople. The water of ICanli* savak spring, near Am tout Kioy., is perhaps the pa rest spr iig water m the world, fbr by c ireful analysis it has been proved to rank next in purity to list lied witer. Two sources in the valiev of R >ses, lutyo id Kuyukdere, tailed FunJulili, and Kesi.me, are in -rent deman i among the natives ; but the water most druiK by the h g.'-est class of Turks conies from two springs n Asia, called Gox-tcpd and Ta>.:- Delen.

A Mustard Jury. The marked su periorny of '.vo.oe i over him (says the Puli Mali Gazette) is o.i few p lints imre remarkable ban ia their superior powers of smeiliug aud .asling. A woman wll delect the faintest Hour of tobacco when a man, even ,tho iga a ton-smoker, <>fte i fails to discover any sylup* o.n of it. As with s.nedso with taste. Women tie in uveliously acute and th tidious in the a itier of sauces tad nil flavoring iagiedie.a .. . nis faculty has been recognised in top t •leasing m inner <>y lie comp .sitioa of a j r : vho are 10 decide in Par.s on pie merits of he mustards of various nations. The mustard ongress is to consist of twelve gentlemen and ia equal number of ladies. This arrangement, it is sta.ed, is owing to a suggestion that the palates of men are vitiated by smoking j whereas women, who do not as a rule indulge n that pernicious habit, arc Ijkely to b- Vetter iaiiii.d to form a correct opinion on tit? men its of condiment?,

MYSTERIOU S DISAPPEARANCE OF A WIFE.

On-the 21st. of September (says the Melbourne Age) it was reported at the ColhngwooU pul ce st.tion by Mrs. Grunnety, living at 94, Rokeby street, Colluigwoon, taut Imr married sister, Mis. Elizabeth Parrel, had been miss ing irom her home in Montague Street s.nce the 12. h of tnat monti , and that the circumstance? surrounding her dis appearance were of a very grave and suspicious nature. Since the 21st of oeptember the police have been en gaged in investigating the matter, but have been unable to learn anything concerning the missing woman. The husband states that his wife was a habitual drunkard, and that she was frequently absent from home for a month at a time. He says that she left home on the night of the 12th ult., leaving behind her a ch id one month old and a little girl nearly lour years of age, and that since that time lie has heard nothing of her. Mrs. G.ronnery, on the other hand, states that her sister only on one occasion left her home, and that was in consequence of a quarrel; also that her whereabouts at that time were known. It is quite apparent from the statements of neighbours that the miss ing women lived on very unhappy terms with her husband, and that she had also been subjected to ill-treatment from her husband and his brother, who lived with them. 'I he husband’s name is James Farrell, and his brother’s Patrick Farrell. A neighbor, Michael Blake, states that a few months ago the missing woman and Patrick Farrel had a quarrel.. The husband was present. It was stated that Patrick Farrell had struck Mrs. Farrell with an iron oar, and he said, ‘ when i struck you on the head with an iron bar 1 am sorry I did not kid you, but the next time I will do for you.” About five weeks ago Blake heard a quarrel between Patrick Farrell and his sister- m-law. Two tomahawks''and a hammer on that oc casion were thrown into his garden, and when he was handing ih m back to Farre.l he r.-marked that they were smeared w.th blood. Farrell simply laughed. Mrs. Blake remembers hav-- ing seen Mrs. FaiTeii about that rime hold ng on to a.fence. Patrick caught her by the hair of die head and. threw her down. He tnen beat and kicked her, and said, *• Jf 1 were your husband 1 would hang you in that tree,, cut you in pieces, ard place you where you would not be found in a hurry.” On the Ted., IrriTTr- JJ.ln.Te SAgLL MfS. FaiTell leaving her home. followed her, and said if she came' home drunk that night he would put a “ wind across ” her.

On the 12th, Mrs. Farrell called at her sister’s residence. It was raining heavily at that time and she was wet. She was poorly clad, and left to return home between lour and five o’clock p.m. She did not express any inten tion of going away from homeland Mrs. : Gronnery did not think it was her intention to run away, as she was so badly clad, and had left her. infant at home. What became of the unfor tunate woman after this is not known, Her husband did not say anything con cerning the disappearance of bin wife until the following week, although the infant child had been left on his hands to care for. He did not even tell his sister-in-law, who, hearing of her sister’s disappearance a week after, reported the mystery to the Collingwood police. Some of the neighbors state that on the night of the 15th ultimo a sickly odor, as if something was being burned, arose from Farrell’s house, and fears we.e en tertained at first that the house was on fire. On the following night Farrell and his brother were absent from home. They left the children with a neighbor, and Farrell diJ not call for his children until two o’clock on the following morn ing. 'The case lus now been given into the hands of Dett elites Lovie and Wnli mis. who, however, as yet lu\ve not been .Tie to solve the rmstery, The Hissing woman is twenty-seven years of age, stout build, low-sized, auburn hair, dark brown eyes, and when last sen, she. w..s dress..,i in a light brown dark wine y divss, black shawl, and white straw hat tnmme i with Vel vet. A week prior to h. r.disappear ance site ca’T-d at ihe Collingwood Police Si alii n mi c< m plained t at lv r husband had asi-aube 1 lie.". The 1 ro thers Farrell are-in -.God cn; uinstances, and qr..* owners of a pond.ierai fie amount of ivvava proper,v in Golling wood.

w.itiug from Barauwaohi '4* i’n? says:—ln answer to aeorrcspq.ajent about the heaviest bullock, living or deal, in the colony, in yon.i- issue of the 2tst ultimo, 1 will givc-you the size of the largest I have living. It was purchased ..by Mr, Murdoch M’Jbcan for £IZO, in Wo'lington, NVw £ealatH, It turned the scale at 39-jNT, <n- 3j|cwt iqr \ height, 6ft tint length, 1 1ft Qin girth, 9ft ioiu ; at. belly, to t tijn i I'o -ks, aft I>2in j mnl, Tt j yoke, gin {age, dght yms,

Tha Evemag Eeh©, SatuMay,. October B©,



s. d. s. d. Gutter, inferior to best, 4j?lb I 6 to 0 0 tggs, 4? dozen 10 to X 0 bacon, ptime smoked, 4? Ib 0 10 to 0 0 flams in cloth, 4? lb I 0 to 0 0 Cheese,- prime quality, IP 1 lb O 9 to 0 10 Flour in bags, $>' ioolb 12 6. to 14 0 Datmeal. (£' ioolb 26 0 to 0 0 1 .ard, li>' lb - O Q to 0 0



COMMERCIAL PRINTING. NEW MACHINERY JUST ERECTED. rHE Proprietors of the Evening Echo have much pleasure in announcing that their New Jobbing Printing Machine, by Connisbee, is now in full working order, and Jiat they a’e prepared to Execute Orders Superior and Cheaper to anything ever yet turned out in Ashburton, ancL in future, can Guarantee Despatch in all orders entrusted to WEEKS & DIXON, Printers and Publisher!, p.vuming Echo office, £** htfMt, Oil,



TEMPERANCE HOTEL, HAVELOCK STREET, ] Ashburton. 'J'HIS well-situated and Commodious Hotel WILL BE OPENED ON TO-MORROW, October 19. Boarders and the Travelling Public will find the Best of Accommodation, combined with Liberal Charges, Strict Civility, and the Best Attention. Remember the Address— HAVELOCK STREET, NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION. JOHN BROOM, Manager.



WORNER’S EMPIRE BOARDING HOUSE (Opposite Parkins's Steam Saw Mills). 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 1/ Board per week, £ I. G. WORNER, Proprietor. ANSTEE’S LUNCHEON & DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, J. G. ANSTEE BEGS to intimate to the Public that he has open those spacious buildings situate in East Street, as LUNCHEON and DINING ROOMS. Persons patronising this establish ment can rely on securing all the comforts of a home. The bedrooms are well ventilated, every attention being paid to cleanliness. The Table will be found all that can be desired. First-class accommodation for Boarders. TO LET, BY TENDER, For a Term, NEW FIRST-GLASS BOARDING-HOUSE. CONTAINING 35 ROOMS. TO LET, by Tender, for a term, that First-class and Well-built PRIVATE BOARDING-HOUSE, in Wills Street, next the Primitive Methodist Church, and close to the Railway Station. There are Thirty-five Rooms, all Well- Finished, and the Accommodation is all that could be desired. This is a Splendid Opportunity for a reliable person accustomed to the business, and a better opening could not be found. Tenders to be sent in to the Echo Office, by Saturday, November 9, 1878, addressed to < THOMAS CLARKE. October 24th, 1878.



BULLOCK AND CO. Are Sole Agents for Atkinson’s COOKING RANGES Which were awarded seven of the highest Honorary Certificates at the Agricultura Show, 1877. THESE Ranges, which are now so well known in this district, are made with or without boiler, and can be obtained any size between 2ft. 3 in. and 3ft 6 in. MR. BRANSON, BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, East Street, A S' HBURTON E. G. CRISP, gARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, Has removed his Offices to MONTGOMERY’S BUILDINGS(IstFIoor). BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. B, W. MOUNTFORT, Architect. Cathedral S pare, Christchurch, and Fooks ' and Son’s Offices, East Street, Ashburton. ~~ DR. STEWART JJAS REMOVED to his Neu Residence, CORNER OF MOORE STREET ANV BEACH ROAD,



N-Q T 1C E. DVERT[SEMENTS for the Fvf.vtng Echo inu.it be sent in ivt 1 ni• • r than 3 p.m. with the number of insertions written plainly.on the copy, or they will lie inserted till counter manded, and charged accordingly. Special notices can be received up to 3.30 p. m. for insertion over the Leader, but will be charged double scale. Subscriptions—Quarterly, in advance, 6s. ; posted, Bs. 6d. ; per annum, in advance, 225. 6d. ; posted, 355. 6d. ; weekly, paid to ruuners, 6d. Delivered to any part of the town, and at any of the Railway Station?.,



ENCOURAGE LOCAL INDUSTRIES O. AITKEN & CO. have much plea- JA. sure in informing the Gentlemen of Ashburton that they are prepared to take orders for New Spring and Summer Suits.’ A Perfect Fit Guaranteed, and at Christchurch Prices. A. O. AITKEN & CO., TAILORS, Havelock Street, Ashburton.