r Saturday, October ji, [K79,

iHE ASHBURTON HERALD,

Printed and published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office East Street, Ashburton. Saturday, October, n, 1897.



General Merchants. T. R. H ODD E R AND Company, GENERAL MERCHANTS, DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, AND STOREKEEPERS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, (Opposite Railway Station.) NEW SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK JUST RECEIVED. DRAPERY, MILINERY, HATS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, &c. j j ESPECIAL attention has been given to this Department in selecting the NEW STYLES in COSTUMES and DRESS MATERIALS. All the fashionable styles of Ladies Hats and Bonnets (trimmed and un trimmed), Trimmings, Fishus, Mantles, Capes, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Sunshades, and Underclothing. MILINERY AND DRESSMAKING ON THE PREMISES, By Most Competent Hands. Carpets, Druggetts, Scotch, and Manchester Goods. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY’S CLOTHING & MERCERY DEPART MENT. Boys’ Youths’ and Men’s Summer Suits, Imported and Victorian make. DUST COATS, Alpacca and Silk, HATS, New Felts, Helmets (in Rush, Leg horn, Tweed, and China Peth) SCARFS, Ties, Collars, Gloves, Umbrellas etc., etc. TWEEDS, Scotch, Yorkshire, and Colonial, T. R. HODDER & COMPANY’S BOOT AND SHOE STORE. Childrens’, Boys’, and Girls’ Boots, Shoes, and Slippers, Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Boots, Shoes, and Slippers, In every variety, Colonial and Imported, from the best houses, and sold at the smallest possible profit. T. R. Hodder & Company GROCERIES, OILMEN’S STORES, AND PROVISION DEPARTMENT. New Season’s Teas, Finest Sugars, Soaps, Candles, &c., &e. T. R. H. & Co. acknow ledge the great success attending their introduction of the the Small Profits and Quick Return Busi ness, and would State it is their intention to contimie Selling the Very Best Class of Goods in every department , at the At the Smallest Possible Profit. CASH PRICE LISTS FURNISHED ON APPLICA TION. T. R. Hodder and Company, IRONMONGERY, FURNISHING, AND HARDWARE, Of Every Description, for Building and Furnishing purposes. Produce Bought For Cash, or Taken in Exchange. ORDERS from ANY PART OF THE PROVINCE, Carefully and promptly attended to. DELIVERY OF GOODS DAILY IN TOWN. T. R. HODDER AND Company, general merchants ■L east STREET, ASHBURTON 'Opposite the Railway Station.) ' 33



General Merchants. ORR AND CO., ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA.



BANKRUPT ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITKEN & Co. £5,345 10s. ORR AND Co., j~~|~AYING Purchased the Whole of the above Stock from the Trustees, will offer it for SALE on SATURDAY, At the Premises Lately occupied by J. H. PASS AND Co. THE GOODS ARE ALL QUITE NEW AND IN SPLENDID CONDI TION, AND WILL BE SOLD AT Dess Than Half Price FOR CASH. COME AT ONCE, AND Secure Bargains COME EARLY, ON SATURDAY, 27*- wmmmmmammmamaammmmammmmammmmmmmmmmaammsa ORR AND CO., IMPORTERS, ASHEURTON AND RAKAIA.



Business Notices- SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, I)EG to thank their friends and the ) public of Ashburton for the liberal support accorded them during the past five years, and to intimate that they HAVE OPENED new business premises in East Street near the Bank of New Zealand, where they will be prepared to supply Agricul tural and Garden Seeds of every descrip tion. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, EAST STREET. The facilities we possess for testing the quality of all Seeds offered by us, and our desire to extend this branch of our busi ness, will be a sufficient guarantee that all Seeds offered by us will be such as will give the utmost satisfaction. SEALY BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET. 306 a NEW TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT, THE TRIANGLE, Wakanui Road, near H. M. Jones’. G. J. F. LUBLOW, PRACTICAL TAILOR AND HABIT MAKER, Begs to announce to the public of Ashbur ton and the surrounding district that he HAS COMMENCED BUSINESS, and is prepared to execute orders equal to anything in the Colony. One trial will be sufficient as to Fit, Style, and Workmanship. Dress Suits, in various styles, and latest fashions. I weed Suits of every kind in latest styles. Fancy Coatings and Vest ings. Cord Pants; Trousers strapped and cuffed. A good assortment of Tweeds and Cloth m Stock. Reasonable Prices will be charged, and satisfaction guaranteed. >ffi£uNote the address— G. J. F. LUBLOW, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. 283 a Gasfitters, &c. PUBLIC NOTICE. TRADESMEN and others who intend using the Ashburton Gas Company ! s Gas should give their orders at once have their premises fitted with Gas Fittings, to ensure no delay when the Gas is brought into the town. J. C. DOLMAN, LICENSED GASFITTER, Plumber, Locksmith, Whitesmith, Bell hanger, Zinc and Tin-plate Worker, Hot and Cold Water Engineer, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. N.B.—Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired ; O. G. Guttering fixed at Current Rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitted. Orders punctually attended to in town and country. 812



The Little Camp on Eagle Hill, 3s. 6cl. Sceptres and Crowns, 3s. 6d. Fairy Stories with a Purpose, 2s. Marco Yisconte, 2s. lOd. Sydney Stuart, 2s. 4d. Aunt Martha’s Corner Cupboard, 3s. Gd. In India, 3s. Gd. Little Mercy, an Australian Temperance Tale, 3s. Gd. Favorite Fairy, Tales, 2s. Bd. The Fairy Spinner, 3s. Hall’s Vineyard, a Temperance Tale, 3/6 Too Good for Anything, 2s. 4d. Prince Übbeley Bubble, 3s. The Lost Father, 4s. Miss Roberts’ Fortune, 25.. Little Hazel, 3s. Gd. Washed Ashore, 2s. 4d. Turnaside Cottage, 3s. Trot’s Letters to her Doll, 3s. Gd. Told in the Twilight, 2s. 4d. Penelope, 2s. lOd. Tract Magazine, Is. Gd. On the Eve, 2s. lOd. The Silver Casket, 4s. Swiss Family Robinson, 4s. Gd. Recreations of a Country Parson, 4s. A Cloud of Witnesses, Gs. Moody, and his Work, 6s. The Argonaut (2), 3s. 9d. each Church Life in Australia (2), 2s. each The Home and the Synagogue, 4s. Christmas at Annesley, 3s. Richard Hunne, 4s. Sword and Garment, 2s. 9d. The Land of the Sun, ss. Lectures on Preaching, 4s. 3d. Tales of Old Ocean, 3s. Gd. Military Heroes of England, 4s. Earth and. its Treasures, 4s. General Beckwith, 3s. 6d. The Diary of Dampier, 3s. Gd.



Fruiterers, &c. W T D AVISON> GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, HAS ON SALE- Onions, Good Potatoes, Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips, Herbs. WHOLESALE AND DETAIL, (Next to Fowler, Grocer) TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON 79a Cabinetmakers. TINWALD FURNITURE DEPOT. QHARLES jgRADER CABINET MAKER, FURNITURE DEALER, &c. Venetian and other Blinds, Curtain Poles, Oxford and other Picture Frames made to order. Repairs Executed with Despatch, Note the Address— Great South Road, Tinwald, (Next to Mr. Prettejolin’s, Shoe Makei 286 Public Notices. IN BANKRUPTCY. OTICE—The “ Ashburton Herald ” is a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. 60 IT^ARMERS. —Do not neglect to Read J the Agricultural Papers appearing in the “Ashburton Guardian.”



Wholesale and Retail Stationer, fee. BOOKS! BOOKS! CLEARING OUT SALE Reduction of ss. in the Pound. AND DIXON to call special attention, to their Clearing-Out Sale of tlxe undermentioned Books, at a Great Reduction on former prices, in order to effect a Speedy Clearance, as they intend giving up the Book Trade, and carry on the Stationery and Account Book Business on a more extensive scale. Particular attention is invited to their Large and Varied Assortment of Church Services, Wesleyan and Presbyterian Hymn Books, some of which are in Very Elegant Bindings, all to be Sold Out at 25 per cent, reduction. REDUCED PRICE LIST.



Scott’s Poems, 3s. Lyric Gems of Scotland (2), ss. each. ~ ~ morocco binding, 6s. 6d, Goldsmith’s Poems, 4s. 6d. Sunday School Speaker, Is. 2d. Sabbath School Reciter, Is. 2d. Temperance Speaker (4), Is. 2d. each. Excelsior Reciter, Is. lOd. Afloat and Ashore, 2s. 3d. Sons of the Cross and Crown Is. 6d. Under the Microscope, Is. 9d. Humming Birds, 2s. 3d. City Sparrows, 2s. 3d. Conrad and Columbine, 2s. 9d. The Children and the Robin, 2s. Stories of the Apostles, Is. lOd. Diversions at Holycoti, 2s. 3d. The New Year’s Bargain, 2s. Child’s Corner Book, 2s. 9d. The Absentee, 2s. Children of the Line, Is. lOd. Philip and his Garden, 2s. The Boy’s Book of Recreation, 4s. 6d. The Boy’s Prize Book, 4s. 6d. The Boy’s Book, 4s. 6d. Every Boy’s Annual, 6s. Once a Week (2;, 3s. 9d. each. Nails Driven Home, 2s. 3d. Nettie’s Mission, 3s. 6d. Revolt of the Field, 2s. Kate Brunton, 2s. Homely Proverbs, 2s. Phrenological Works (2), 4s. 6d. each. Ball Room Companion, 7d. Ready Reckaners, 6d. each Mercantile Letter Writers, Is. each Carpenters Spelling, 7d. Comprehensive Letter Writer, Is. 2d. Advice to a Mother, 2s. British History, 2s. Royal Readers, 2s. 3d. Grammar and Analysis, 2s. lOd.



REMEMBER— The Sale will be held for a limited period, to make room for Consignments of Stationery, Account Books, &c,, SOLD AT THE ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE WEEKS AND DIXON, PROPRIETORS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



Public Notice. NEW TRI-WEEKLY MORNING PAPER. PRICE—TWOPENCE ! PUBLISHED ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SATURDAYS. The size of the Guardian will be Six pages demy for the present, pending the arrival of suitable machinery, when it will take the same size permanently as the Christchurch Press. The Guardian is intended to meet the want in the County of Ashburton of a paper specially devoted to the agricultural and pastoral interests. It comes into existence in response to the expressed desire of a numerous section of the influen tial farmers, merchants, and other settlers in the country dristricts, and it purposes to supply an excellent compendium of the news of the day, derived from the most trustworthy sources. Arrangements have been made with able correspondents in every district in the County to supply intelligence of all events of interest oc curing in their locality, while advantage will also be taken of the great facilities now given by the telegraph for securing the latest news from all parts of the colony, and, through Reuter’s Agency, of sum maries of intelligence from all parts of the world. Special attention will be given in the Guardian’s columns of matters of interest to agriculturalists, and no pains will be spared to make the Paper an indispensable item in the economy of the Ashburton farmer’s household and a welcome guest at every fireside. Travelling reporters have been retained, who will personally visit the various dis tricts ; and arrangements have been made whereby reports upon the condition and progress of the crops, Ac., written by men with a practical knowledge of the subjects on which they write, will be secured. • On this point it may be mentioned that papers have been secured written by some of the ablest and most practical pens in the colony on subjects of moment to the farmer ; and these will appear in regular succession. The Guardian will be thoroughly inde pendent, and appears with its hands untied, and in no way trammelled by the influence of any party, its aim being, while the progress of the farming interest in the County has first place in its desires, to secure the greatest good for the greatest number. In politics it will give an honest support to thoroughly Liberal measures, and will be loyal to any Government, who, having the country’s confidence, is prepared to legislate upon a wise and liberal platform, and is capable of administering public affairs with prudence, honesty, and ability. i The price of the Ashburton Guardian will be Single Copy : 2d. Terms to subscribers : In advance. Booked. Quarterly Gs. ... 7s. Half-yearly 12s. ... ,14s. Yearly 245. ... 28s. Advertising terms on application at the Office. j£B*Tntending Subscribers should order the “Guardian” at once, as the quarter commenced on the Ist October. WEEKS AND DIXON, PROPRIETORS. Publishing Office, East Street, Ashburton.



Printers and Publishers, THE ASHBURTON HERALD AND BOROUGH & COUNTY ADVERTISER (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE EAST STREET NORTH, ASHBURTON (Near the Railway Station.) T I IHE Proprietors beg t® intimate that they have imported a first-class “ATLAS” TREADLE Printing Machine, FOR JOB WORK ONLY, CAPABLE OF THROWING OF 2000 IMPRESSIONS AN HOUR Unrivalled and unequalled in the estima tion of Printers. It is capable of executing the finest work in Colors & Ornamental Printing And the cost of production will, by means of this labor-saving Machinery, be GREATLY REDUCED. BILLHEADS, RECEIPTS, NOTE HEADINGS, ENVELOPES, BUSINESS CARDS, ADDRESS LABELS, CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES EVERY DESCRIPTION OF PRINTING in the BEST S TILE, and at Prices which cannot fail to GIVE SATISFACTION WEEKS AND DIXON PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, THE ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Street N@rth Ashburton.