The Evening Echo.

Yol. 1.—131.

Ashburton, Tuesday, August 13, 1878.

Price One Penny.



Messrs bullock and co., ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm lihplements, &c., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, every alternate Thursday. CASH ADVANCES made on Stock, Produce, &c., . con signed for Positive Sale. BU L LO C K "A N D CO. ON SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. of every description. . Fencing Material, Cement and Lime, Coal and Firewood. MONTGOMERY & Co., VAST STREET, ASHBURTON. r i~' HE undersigned, is a CASH BUYER of 1 OATS, BARLEY, GRASS SEED, WHEAT, CHEESE, and OTHER FARM PRODUCE, At highest market Rates. Cornsacks supplied at ruling prices. H. B. SORENSON. Christchurch. t~O~RIU HUGHES, & Co., -L' GRAIN AND PRODUCE MERCHANTS, SHIPPING AND COMMISSION AGENIS, Make Liberal Advances on Grain or other pro duce for shipment to their agents in the Aus tralian Colonies or London. Cornsacks and Woolsacks supplied at lowest current rates. , , Indents executed from all parts of the world. Offices— High Street, Christchurch. ~~ BUSINESS NOTICE. t L. WI L SON, 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 and Country.



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



" 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, iLUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL r HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, ■ Tancred Street, ASHBURTON, Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and - 1 repaired. O,G. Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric ’ ; V- Bells, supplied and fitteb- punctually attended to,



PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, ttractical coppersmith and P BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLATE WORKER, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding distncts that he has com menced business m TANCRED STREET, where he hopes by strict attention to business, combined with moderate charges, -to ment a fair share of public patronage. N.B. —Repairs neatly executed. L C. E. FOOKS AND SON, ICENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, EAST-STREET, ASHBURTON. A. PEARCE, 'TOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, & a DEALER IN FANCY GOOFS. 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, M O O R Tt R E E T, (opposite Royal 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 m a position to offei 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, 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.) w r TTSHES to call attention to the PARTICULARLY LOW PRICKS at which he is NOW SJ ‘FivLLING ALL GOODS, which cannot be beaten by any House m the 1 io\mct. WHOLESALE ORDERS DELIVERED, FREIGHT .PAID, 10 ANY STATION ON THE CAN lERBURY 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 years, in the shop adjoining Messrs. Fried lander Bros., IS REMOVED To No. 2, Montgomery’s Buildings.



G. F. SCOTT, QENE RA L CARR ITC R • Cameron St., AsHßtrftToN. Parcels delivered promptly and charges . moderate.



K. SANDO, FAMILY GROCER TENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSE CLOTH MAKER, AND GENERAL STOREKEEPER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. FLAGS of ALL NATLONS Sup plied to Of der and Let out on Hife. Note the address— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON,



GREAT SALE



LOOK OUT GREAT CLEARING SALE PREVIOUS TO THEIR ANNUAL STOCK TAKING, TO BE HELD SHORTLY.



JOHN FOWLER, GENERAL DRAPER, GROCER, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT, Tancrcd Street, Ashburton. JUST OPENING, AND TO ARRIVE “W IITTEEr 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.



GREAT SALE!!!



T. CHAMBERS, jgOOT AND SHOE MAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Terms Cash. I [A CARD,] H. TOWNEND, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, yt (Late of Guy’s Hospital, London,) CHRISTCHURCH. AN STEVE’S LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ASHBU R T O N- Excellent accommodation for Boarders.



(Next the Horse Baz.v r), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Edwards & Lee, ENGINEERS., MILLWRIGHTS. ' AND GENERAL SMITHS. Orders for every • description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar anteecl to give satisfaction, at prices that \vil compare favorably with any in Canterbury. Important.—Ex erienced Manufacturers and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presses &c. 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. . ’ qpl-lESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and 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. A SHBURTON STEAM SAW MILLS, SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY, G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Budding 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 OP Sir George Grey, E.C.8., Premier of New Zealand. Sir James Ferguson, Bart., late Governor of New Zealand, : : , AND Sir .’Charles' Ducane, late Governor of Tas mania. 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 the cellar. R. W. SHEAR MA N, PROPRIETOR. pLAN of ASHBURTON, on Sale at the office of the “Evening Echo ” SH BURTON BREWERY. WOOD AND. CO., ALE AND PORTER BREWERS AND BOTTLERS. AMERON ST., ASHBURTON,