The Ashburton Herald

AND BOROUGH AND COUNTY ADVERTISER

with which is incorporated the “evening echo.”

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ASHBURTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1879

Price One Penny.



Auctioneers and Ciiltairisssioji -‘Agents EDMISTON BROS. & (LATE BULLOCK Alto 60;^,'*'' ASHBUSfqt^ General Merchants, Auctioneers 1 , Stock, Station, Estate, •' and* * -Gommiss ion Agents. - • DAL ; •-/ Sales of Stock, Farm Implements,, &c.., will be held at ' their Ashbur ton, and the ,Yards, on alternate TUESDAYS;.- *C . . CASH ADVANCES •» '< Made on Stock, ■ Proddce ; V>&e^v.‘6onsigned for Positive Sale; 1 ;/ • EDMISTON BROS. SUNDRY. ' ALFRED HARRieON; ■. . BAPANG SQUARE, : As-H.BUvRTON, AUCTIONEER, ‘ STOCK, RESTATE,' & COMMISSION AO'eßt.. . ■T-YTEEKLY SALE r f V twelve o’clock, of. Horses, Pigs, Fowls, Fish, and* : General Produce ; also, Furniture and' General ,U o ® c ts. _ Please read full advertisements on the third page. , .-A,-:*; 213 MR. JOHN’. ’LLOYD * CRAWLEY, A ■ '; AUGTIO-NEERj • STOCK, LAND, ESTATE, ' AND COM ' . .MISSION AGENT, ( . Holds Weekly Sales- Every-Saturday, at One o’clock, of HofsesLFarm -Produce, and General Merchandise of every descrip tion. - • •- ”t - - Full.advertisements third page. ■ -J. LLOYD CRAWLEY,’* , auctioneer, ?* 7 ? Stock, Land, -Estate, and ComaAssion Agßnt, Saunders’ Buildings, East-st., Ashburton. ,277 a. . ' L.-. 7 '



Business Notices.



s AUNDERS’ -DRaT-HERS, • i *■ i miller!'*? GRAIN MERCHANTS, AND ’ • * ■ ' • ,j> • - GENERAL • COMMISSION • AGENTS': ' : A S H R U It T O N.. —SB’S g =g=S= —g ' 1 = ■ Carriers. • T-H. BREWER’S Royal Mail COACH , leaves;- Longbeach lor Ashburton (via Watertoii, Asliton, Wheatstone, and Tinwald) daily, at 7 a.in., returning, by. the same route on arrival of 3 p. m. train from Christchurch. Parcels and orders punctually attended to. ■ •/ * ~, . ,/T. H. BREWER, (95 . • r v - - Proprietor. ECOORSON, Willis Street, runs the . MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station-to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday, and Friday,- returning Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.ih. ;; / . Milliner and Dressmaker. AIRS. ADAMS, •- AND DRESSMAKER. Ladies’ and Children’s Dresses made up in the newest styles, at Lowest Charges.' Wedding and Mourning Orders promptly attendedto/* Mrs Adams devotes special attention to Millinery. . U M RS. ADAMS, Moore Street, / . V Opposite Mr.. Boyle’- Office. 151 a



TO MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN,; AND OTHERS. STUDY ECONOMY! STUDY ECONOMY! GREAT SAYING EFFECTED BY PURCHASING YOUR STATIONERY AT THE WHOLESALE STATIONERY DEPOT. CASH PRICES: T'NVELOPES, Cream Laid, 1-j Per iqoo - 6s. 6d. Ditto Per 500 - '3s. 6d. Ditto Printed, 1,000, 11s. 6d. Notepaper, ruled, per packet of 5 Quires, from is. 6d. Large quantities at lower rates. ACCOUNT BOORS OF ALL KINDS. TEN PER CENT. OFF ■ FOR CASH!!! STORES LIBERALLY DEALT WITH.



WEEKS & DIXON, Wholesale Stationers HERALD OFFICE.



Painters. PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ashburton. J. R. CHAPMAN, PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN-WRITER, Etc., Has much pleasure in stating that, owing to the large increase of Business, he is now Importing from the Manupa( PAPERHANGINGS, - WHITE LEAD, LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH WARE, And all the necessaries of the Trade, and is therefore in a position to compete with any house in Canterbury for price and quality. Every description of work in the trade executed under personal superin tendence. Competent workmen sent to all parts of the country. ESTIMATES GIVEN. 41



T. S, TUCKER, pAINTE'R, Q_LAZIER, J)APER HANGER, AND GENERAL HOUSE DECORATOR, SIGN AND TICKET WRITER, Moore Street, near Templar Hall. Estimates given. 244 Builders. a STTTi rJJM'o:NLa r ran'ks,3: £kvvr-Mixflj& SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Building Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on tl:e shortest notice.



TINWALD BUILDING AND UNDERTAKING ESTABLISH MENT, /T . WILLIAMS, Proprietor, 'ISHES to call special attention to the fact tliat he is still prepared to furnish and conduct FUNERALS in his well-known Superior Style, a VERY LOWEST RATES.. Every description of Joinery Work done on the premises. BUILDINGS, ERECTED ANYWHERE. All kinds of Building Materials on. Sale. T. WILLIAMS,



IINWALD. Poulterer, &c. RABBITS! RABBITS!! . . P . HARPER, * . FISHMONGER AND POULTERER Near the Ashburton Hotel, East Street, T>EGS to inform the inhabitants oi Ashburton that he HAS OPERED in the above line, and trusts, by strict attention to business, and supplying but articles of first class quality, hopes to merit a share oi public patronage OYSTER SALOON. Hot Fried Fish and Stewed Eels from to 1.1 every night. Business Notices. IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North,- - PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE.



General Storekeeper. THIS IS THE COLUMN THAT HAS BEEN WATCHED. NO SHAM SACRIFICE. K. S ANDO BEGS to announce that he has NOW OPENED in A. Weston’s late pre mises, Prospect Buildings, with a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK in the following Branches : Grocery, Crockery, Stationery, Perfumery, News Agency, and Tobacconist K. SANDO trusts that by strict atten tion to his business, combined with civility and moderate charges, to ensure the same liberal support that has been accorded to him during the past two years. LABOR REGISTRY OFFICE. Please note the address— IC . S AfcN.D O, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, (Late A. Weston tij.



Cards. G. D. BOILEAU, ACCOUNTANT AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT. SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS. Rents and Debts collected. 103 a WE, the undersigned, have this day entered into PARTNERSHIP as BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, AND CONVEYANCERS, And will practice at our Offices, MONT GOMERY’S BUILDINGS, Ashburton, under the firm of . O’REILLY & IRELAND. Dated the Ist day of July, 1879. : FRANCIS PHILIP O’REILLY. • CHARLES WARISURTON IRELAND. 112 a ~~ BRANSON 7 & PURNELL, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON



MR. HARRIS, QOLICITOR AND CONVEYANCER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street, . A S II B U R T 0 N. 409 L C. E. FO'OICS AND SON, ICENSED oUKVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, Triangle, Walcanui Road, near Post-oflice ASHBURTON. Coal and Firewood. CHEAP TIMBER AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS. BALANCE of Timber unsold at tit Auction Sale. Also, 200,000 fee to arrive, now lying at the Waimate S* tion, will be disposed of AT REDUCED PRICES AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, East Street, Ashburton. 1027



General Merchants. The Alt house Windmill THE ONLY SELF-REGULATING WINDMILL. bros. ASHBURTON.



‘Rnn+.rn olrare^ PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the pvblic of Ashburton ancl surrour ding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inb rn them that he has received, and to arrive ; at his place of business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK 03? LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attenth x to the Measure Department, and incites the gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect the superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes he is now making. Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and Shoes, and Running Shoes. WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Next to Montgomery’s, East-street.



M. NEALAS, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, AND IMPORTER, yS CLEARING OUT the whole of his 1 Present Stock at REDUCED PRICES, previous to Removal to New Premises, next to Taylor’s Bakery, where he will open with a Large Stock of Roots of every description. Note the address — M . NEALAS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Tinsmiths, &c. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, DRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND Jl 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.B.—Repairs neatly executed. aßßapgsg3B3aaaa3am^^«B^^raigggraMMW>iiMjigM^ggaßacwgg» Business Notices. BIBLES, Prayers, and Church Services, Hymnals for various churches. —H. M t JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 473 b



Hotels. 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 o! New Zealand, ? ' AND . Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Tas mania. ■ : *: centrally-situated Hotel is pronounce? to be one of the finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. The cuisne is under the supervision or 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 o the cellar. R. W. SHEARMAN, PROPRIETOR. THE ASHBURTON HOTEL (THE oldest established in the district) HAS been Re-erected and considerably Enlarged, and now offers to Tra vellers and tlie General Public Accommo dation of a Superior Class, mo expense having been spared in making! it second to none in the Ashburton for comfort and convenience. SUITES OF PRIVATE ROOMS FOR ' FAMILIES. ■ • -7 LIQUORS OF THE BEST QUALITY j 'T* The Proprietors trust, by strict atten tion to business, combined with MODERATE CHARGES, to meet with a fair share of public patronage. Q mutch & mckenzie, Proprietors. 427 JOSEPH BALDWIN Begs to inform his friends and the public that lie Has Opened THE CENTRAL HOTEL, AT THE JUNCTION, WILLS STREET AND WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTON THIS commodious hotel is situate) within three minutes’- walk of th Railway Station. ' Table cVHote daily at p.m. Luncheon on the table from 12 t 2p. m. The Jug and Bottle Depax-tmen will be made a special feature, sing] bottles and small quantities being supplie at the lowest remunerative rates. Onl the best quality of Wines, Beers, an Spirits procurable will be kept. J. BALDWIN, 540 Proprietor.



ANTED g" N O W N , Chilblains 1 can be cured by a few applications of Cambridge’s Chilblain Liniment, Is. (sd. a bottle. That Coughs and Colds speedily disap pear after a few doses of Cambridge’s Cough Syrup, Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. a bottle. That Cambridge’s ORANGE - QUININE TONIC WINE is the best Strengthening Medicine known ; nu merous Testimonials can be seen in its favour ; wine bottles, 4s. 6d. That Farmer’s and Horse-keepers should always have in the house a bottle of CAMBRIDGE’S COLIC DRINK for Gripe in Horses ; and a bottle of his Driffield White Oil for Sore Shoulders, Etc. That J. M. Cambridge Extracts Teeth carefully and skilfully for 2s. 6d. That the Public can obtain Medicines after business hours or during the night, when urgently needed, at the Dispensary, Burnett Street. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Medical Hall, Ashburton. m mm m | CAMBRIDGE’S I! Orange >■l Quinine m TONIC WINE. S| tl 1042



Saddlers. SADDLERY! SADDLERY!



J, TAIT & Co. (Late of Wood Bros.), Ashburton Opposite Railway Station and next Coolc son’s Livery Stables), ECt to inform the public that they j have purchased the above business, lately carried on by Wood Bros., and hope, by strict attention to business, com bined with moderate charges, to still fur ther merit a share of public patronage. Always on hand a Large Assortment of ENGLISH & COLONIAL SADDLES. COACH, GIG, and BUGGY HARNESS. SHAFT, LEADING, AND PLOUGH HARNESS. II O R S E-C L O T II S In every variety, at lowest possible prices, IMPORTERS. 1049



Public Notices. G EORGE rj\ R I C K ET MEANS TO DO BUS I‘N ESS And the under given figures show that is in earnest. A call at liis establislime: Eass Street, next Messrs. Orr ajra|||3o. will give further proof. Gentlemen’s E.S. Boots, 155.-to 20s Watcrtights, a Superior Fashion a Article, 16s. Balmorals, very best, 20s. Bluchers, the “ ne plus ultra,” 10s. Gent’s. Calf Shoes, 14s. Gd., used be 17s. Gd. Ladies’ Boots of every description, equ: low. Slippers for all feet—ladies’ 4s. 9d Gs. Gd. ; Gentlemen’s, ss. Gd. to 7s. leather, felt, patent, and carpet. Loggings, knee-high, 7s. ; Carters’, A largo choice of Boots and Shoe; prices) for the LITTLE ONES. Every description of Sewn, Pegge 1 Rivetted Boots and- Shoes made to oj jZS/"Repairing promptly attended i