r Saturday, October 18. 1879.

JHE ASHBURTON HERALD.

Printed and published by HORACE JOHJf Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton, Saturday, October, 18, 1879.



Tentmaker. NOTICE. RE-OPENING. WM. PATCHING BEGS to inform tlxe inhabitants of : Ashburton and surrounding dis tricts; that, having purchased the busi ness lately carried on by Sando and Olsen, he will continue the MANUFACTURING of TENTS, TARPAULINS, HORSECLOTHS, WAGGON TILTS, &c. LARGE STOCK ON HAND, Including— Druggets, assorted patterns Tents, all sizes Indiarubber and Canvas Hose ing Canvas, Calico, American Duck, Drill, &c. Clothes, Garden, and Plough Lines Headstalls Flax and Hemp Halters ON SALE, AT UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES. The following:— Tarpaulins and Horsecloths Oilskin Suits, Men’s and Boys’ Macintoshes, Leggings Flax and Manilla Rope Blocks, double and single FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS the address— WM. PATCHING (Late Sando & Olsen), East Street, Ashburton. 108 a Public Notices.



Business Notices. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN,. BEG to thank their fiimds and the public of Ashburton Or the liberal support accorded them cu ing 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 wo 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 rjIAILORING gSTABLISHMENT, 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. Tweed 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 in Stock. Reasonable Prices will be charged, and satisfaction guaranteed. 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 Pump* fitted and repaired ; O. G. Guttering fixec at Current Rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitted. Orders punctually attended to in town and country. 812 Fruiterers, &c. W. T. DAVISON, QREENGBOCER & FRUITERER, Has on Sale— Good Oranges Lemons Dates Rhubarb, in any quantity Cocoanuts Good Potatoes Onions Cabbages Turnips Garden Seeds Thyme and Sage All kinds of Herbs Orders delivered in any part of Ashburton. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, (HEXT TO FOWLER’S, GROCER), TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. 563 a



C. PERCY COX, L AND AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 THE ASHBURTON HERALD An© Borough an© County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) ASHBURTON, WAKANUI, AND SEA FIELD “HERALD” DELIVERY. Subscribers to the ashburtoi» Herat©, residing at and between the above places will, in future, be supplied by the Boy, at their residences, every Tues day and Friday. GREENSTREET, WESTERFIELB, UPPER ASHBURTON, AND MOUNT SOMERS. Subscribers residing in the above Its tricts will be supplied by Cookson’" coach.. Orders received by Messrs. Tisch and R. Morgan. New Subscribers will please orward their names to any of the Agents, or eur Office, as early as possible. Subscription : By post or Boy, Bs. 6d. per quarter; in advance, 7s. 6d. per quarter ; or 28s. per annum. The Ashburton Herald will contain all the latest telegraphic and other news, grain and produce market reports, and particu lar attention will be paid to the wants of settled. All notices referring to the Borough Council, County Council, and the Road Boards, will be found in the Heart© Agencies where The Herald can be obtained : Wakanui School Wakanui Creek.. Seifield... ~ ... ... Newlands ... Spread Eagle ... Mount Somers ... Mr. Ginney ... G. Leadley ... Mr. Atkinson ... T. M. Jones ... Ed Watkins ... Mr. Tisch ... It. Morgan. The Agents will supply primed forms for new subscriber* to sign.



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, Tinwai.o, (Next to Mr. Prettejohn’s, Shoe Make*. 38ft Public Notices. IN BANKRUPTCY. IS OTICE—The “ Ashburton Herald” is a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. 60 FARMERS. —Do not neglect to Read the Agricultural Papers appealing in the “Ashburton Guardian.”



General Merchants. ORR AND CO., ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA. BANKRUPT ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITKEN & Co. £5,345 44. ORR AND Co., "JJAVING 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 Bess Than Half Price FOR CASH.



Public Notices. JUST ARRIVED— SECOND SHIPMENT or gTATIONERY, STATIONERY, DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTORY. Now Opening Up. To Meet the Requirements of the County of Ashburton, WEEKS AND DIXON Are now Importing, direct from the makers, Every description of Commercial, Law, and General Stationery, which they are in a position to supply, wholesale or retail, at prices that will compare favorably with any house in the Colony. The Goods now being opened up include a Choice Assortment of Plain and Fancy Note Papers and Envelopes, and some very superior kinds. CASES STATIONERY BALES PAPER 2 Full particulars in Printed Lists. 2



COME AT ONCE, AND Secure Bargains COME EARLY, ON SATURDAY, 27 l Y ORR AND CO. IMPORTERS, ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA.



Commercial and Law Stationery Notepapers in great variety Envelopes of the newest styles Inkstands and Bottles Pens and Penholders Pencils and Pencilcases Account and Pocket Books, Etc. Wholesale and Betail. WEEKS AND DIXON, Saunders’-* Building?, East Street ASHBURTON.



Wholesale and Eetail Stationers, &c. BOOKS! BOOKS! CLEARING OUT SALE Reduction of ss. in the Pound. AND DIXON to call special attention to their Clearing-Out Sale of the 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,



The Little Camp on Eagle Hill, 3s. Gd. Sceptres and Crowns, 3s. 6d. Fairy Stories with a Purpose, 2s. Marco Visconte, 2s. lOd. Sydney Stuart, 2s. 4d. Aunt Martha’s Corner Cupboard, 3s. Gd. In India, 3s. 6d. 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, 2s. 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. 6d. Recreations of a Country Parson, 4s. A Cloud of Witnesses, 6s. 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. Gd. The Diary of Dampier, 3s. Gd.



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 Holycott, 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. Cd. 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. e ch. 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 THEj ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE WEEKS AND DIXON, PROPRIETORS, 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.) rjIHE Proprietors beg to intimate th&i 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, CATALOGUE EVERY DESCRIPTION OF PRINTING in the BEST STYLE, and at Prices which cannot fail t* GIVE SATISFACTION WEEKS AND DIXON PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, THE ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Street N«rth Ashburton.