The Evening Echo, Monday, July 8, 1878.



Saunders Bros. HAVE £4,000 to LEND upon TOWN SECTIONS and other FREEHOLD PROPERTY. £2,000 to be INVESTED in FREEHOLD Security. 09 Qnrk t 0 be ADVANCED in JLWjOUU Sums of £IOO an d upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. , \ £Qr\ t 0 be ADVANCED on GROWING CROPS, LIVE STOCK, andother AGRICULTURAL Security. Messrs SAUNDERS BROS, have for Sale, Situated on the NORTPI BANK of the RAKAIA, 4000 acres, partly improved. 690 ~ unimproved 675 ~ fenced _ . . 760 „ 400 of which are now in Turnips 72 ~ unimproved 400 ~ >» tWAKANUI DISTRICT. 490 acres, 130 of which are ploughed 201 „ highly improved Plouse, Stable, &c. 2 55 » 201 „ hi „ 936 „ 200 „ Sixty Acres four miles from the Township. Several Valuable Town Sections. DRAUGHT HORSES. THE Undersigned have FOR SALE a Number of Broken and Unbroken COLTS now to be seen-in their Paddocks, adjoining the Ashburton Domain. - SAUNDERS BROS. NOTICE TO FARMERS, HORSE BREEDERS, AND OTHERS. THE Advertisers are prepared to Receive PIORSES for Sale by Public Auction or Privately, and to make Liberal Cash Advances on same. Good PADDOCKS and Plenty of FEED tor Sleek. SAUNDERS BROS. c. PERCY COX, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, AND _ VALUATOR, ASHBURTON jpARMS to LET and SELL, of all Sizes and Descriptions, Improved and Unimproved, situated_near Chertsey Dromore Wakanui Winclrmore Gould & Cameron’3 Westerfl eld Hinds, Rangitata Money Lent Jn Large or Small Sums, on Approved Security. AGENT FOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. DECLARATION OF WAR. WHEN the first note of prepaiation was sounded in the East, and the war cloud was no laiger than a man’s hand, and while the principal potentates of Europe, though breathing peace, were silently girding up their loins for a struggle as fierce in the encounter and more baneful in its results than any which has hitherto devastated the face of our mother earth—it was then that he sought every means in his power to avoid such another calamity that befel Plevna, by obtaining for the coming winter a very Large Assortment of Horse Cloths, Oil skin Leggings, and Sou’-westers, to enable the nhabitants of Ashburton to stand a long Winter Siege. WHO HAS DONE THIS? Why, THOMAS DUDSON, SADDLER, Burnett Street, And, for further emergencies, has on hand the ! Largest and Best Stock of Saddlery and ! Saddlers’ Ironmongery ever exhibited in Ash burton. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND 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, Bi—Repairs neatly executed,



SPECIAL S -A- L IE AT ORR AND GO’S. We beg to announce Goods, ex Himalaya, from a great portion of our very EXTENSIVE STOCK AT A SWEEPING REDUCTION to make room for an Immense Lot of Goods to arrive by the Columbus, now due. the arrival of a Large Shipment of London, and have resolved to clear 4 cases of Ladies’ Costumes will be sold at 17s 6d to 30s 2 cases of Knicker Winceys, reduced to 6d per yard 2 cases of Twilled Tweed Wincey, very wide, 8d per yard 1 case of Tartan Plaid, reduced to is 6d per yard 4 cases of Flannels, reduced to is 2d per yard 2 cases of Fingering Wool willfbe sold during this sale at 3s iod per lb 4 bales of Blankets, at 14s 6d, 16s 6d, up to 45s 1 case of French Merinos in new shades, brown, green, etc 3 cases Brown Hollands, at Bd, iod, is, up to is 6d per yard 2jcases All Wool Shirtings at reduced prices 2 cases Ladies’ Jackets, good shapes and nicely trimmed I cases of Ladies’ Stays, nice-fitting goods] 1 case of Ladies’ Silk Scarfs, frilled edges, etc] I case of Josephine Kid Gloves 4 cases Fancy Hosiery 1 case Diess Buttons, Fringes, etc 2 cases of Gents’ Overcoats I case'of Boys’ Overcoats • 4 cases of Clothing, best goods] 8 cases of Colonial-made Goods just to hand Special’attention is called to our LARGE STOCK OF LADIES' AND GENTS.’ BOOTS, I in Colonial and English make. CHILDREN’S BOOTS IN GREAT VARIETY. The above goods are now opened up, and as will be seen from prices quoted, will be sold at the smallest remunerative profit, our chief object being to keep the LARGEST AND BEST STOCK IN ASHBURTON, So that the public may get all classes of Drapery, Clothing, House-furnishing Ironmongery, and General Stores within easy reach, and at prices which cannot be beaten by anyjhouse in the Colony, as we believe the public would prefer pur chasing in Ashburton to sending their orders elsewhere. QZR R -A- ZEsT ZD OO *



Advance Ashburton a rHB echo NEWSPAPER AND GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, East Street, Ashburton, i- ''JpHE proprietors of the Evening Echo have much pleasure in presenting their numerous customers with an enlarged edition of this paper, and in thank ing the public for their very liberal support hitherto, beg to solicit a continuance. The Echo is circulated daily ihroughout the County and district, and offers special advantages to advertisers. Advertisements can be taken for three, six, or twelve months, on very Reasonable Terms. Auctioneers and Commission Agents liberally dealt with. Casual advertisements as per scale. ; TERMS OF' SUBSCRIPTION : In advance - - per quarter 060 „ - ~ (posted) 086 „ - per annum 100 Or, delivered to all parts of the Town, 6d. per week. Commercial and General Printing. This department is supplied with every requisite for FIIST CLASS PHIBTIH6 Of every description, and for Style, Design, and Cheapness, Cannot be equalled in Ashburton or surpassed in the Colony. Billheads of any size or pattern s? Memorndum Forms Receipt and Order Books Circulars and Envelopes Plain and Fancy Cards Fancy Labels, any size Ball Programmes and Tickets' Vellum Address Labels, Catalogues • Societies’ Rules, Forms, etc., Pamphlets, \ Handbills, Posters of any size, Colored Inks or Paper Mourning Cards. jB3f"NOTE THE ADDRESS— * THE “EVENING ECHO” OFFICE iFOXIRILTIESS & to T~)T~X~OT l sr j PROPRIETORS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON?



A CHARLES BRADDELL, CCOUNTANT & GENERAL AGE Agent for Press Company, Limited. Secretary Town Hall Company. Agent for National Insurance Compar Removed to Montgomery’s Buildings, enti from East and Burnett Streets, CANTERBURY DYE WORKS. (Near the Post Office) CHRISTCHURCH. J SELLARS is still Dyeing to • Living to Dye; Ashburton Agents : FURNESS & DIXON, Where particulars may be obtained, an Orders left. M. NEAL AS, Boot & Shoe Importei EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, Wishes the public to know that he has jiti completed improvements in his shop, and is i! receipt of a Large Winter Stock of Boots 1 ? and Shoes, of every description, which can be guarantees as the best in the market, and will be SOLD at’CHRISTCHURCH PRICES. His or dered work,, sewn or pegged, is well-known to®! be the best in the district. Repairs attended to. HE EVENING ECHO.”''' • M Town Agent, - - ■ MR. A. WESTON, East Street. NOTICE. rl THOMAS WILLIAMS, | . .Tinwald, -/j BUILDER, UNDERTAKER, CABINET-** MAKER, WHEELWRIGHT, &c., WISHES to notify to the public that he iffl prepared to execute all orders entrusteibj to his care in any of the above branches. jj Eveiy description of Furniture made ancUj repaired at Christchurch prices. One trial iiT. this respect will satisfy. k; Funerals furnished and ccfnducted at prices. ‘?| As each department is under the charge oi j practical men, and as T;W. employs only first class hands, customers may rely on having their orders executed in a thoroughly workman • like manner. [Plans Prepared and Estimates Given. j Note the Address— THOMAS WILLIAMS, (Near Railway Station) Tinwald. STATUARY! STATUARY! A GRAND Display of some of the Finest Models extant. Casts from the works of the Best Masters. A Rare Chance for the Adornment ; of the Drawing-room, Portico, or the Garden. FURNESS and DIXON, STATIONERS’ HALL, EAST STRE GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. E PPS’S BREAKFAST COCO, “ By a thorough knowledge of the natural’, laws which govern the operations, of digestion * and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.”— The Civil Service Gazette. A SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED AMES EPPS AN D C 0 ., Homoepathic Chemists, London. .. HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AND OINTMENT THE PILLS Purify th. Elood, romei tU disorders of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys and Bowels, and are invaluable in all com* plaints incidental to Females. THE OINTMENT i* the only rellaMs remedy for Bad Legs, Old Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Cold 3, Gout, Rheumatism, and all Skin Diseases it has no equal. Sold by the Proprietor, Thomas Holloway, 533, Oxford Street, London, And by all Msdioine Vendors throughout the World. Printed and Published by Smith James Furness and Charles Dixon, at their i Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton, {Saturday, July §, 11873,