The Ashburton Herald

AXI) BOROUGH AND COUNTY ADVERTISER

WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE “ EVENING ECHO.”

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ASHBURTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1879.

Price One Penny.-



Auctioneers andCommisasion Agents A£^R!EO:::HARRIiSO&v.;', AUctr6NfeEß, f CWMMISSION AGENT, T A^rsilJSS,':lvies'of' SWck, Mer- iC. chandise, . Furniture • arid Effects, also o'P ” oVr:- 'fail- i-L ' f at X2 a’clock. , :SALE < -YARDS*ATTENDED.. ntries can be made at my office or. at the , •dliwib -o b-Yards;;? Agent; fot-the .-Transatlantic Fire r no ;insurance r Company.. . , 5 BROiS, & GUNDRY Y 0 (lam bullock v;Y‘ cA«vH B'FR-'T-O N r Gonerai- Stock, “ : ai atiorii r-iEstaid,' and /Commission Sides ton. aria 1 the' Tiriwalldv Yards, on ' cji^K^pvANCEs ; Made On jStpek,-Produce, .Ajc.;, consigned 1 i-;va Positive,Sale. . : EDMjSTON BROS. & GUN'ORY. u ; " . 19\



Bootmakers. PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! ■;: , T. CHAMBERS TtTHILE THANKING the public of , Ashburton: and surrpui ding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inf« rn them that he has received, and to arrive . at his plaice of business, East-street, a 1 WELL-ASSORTED STOCK j OP LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL : | DREN’S BOOTS?AND SHOES ' - | Of all descriptions. jr. C. also calls special attenLi i to the Measure Department, and inc ites the gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect the superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes frq is now making. * [Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes,-Cricketing Boots and Sljoes, 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, IS CLEARING OUT the whole of his . 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 Boots of every description. Note the address— MY NEAL AS, EAST' STREET, : ASHBURTON. Hotels. JOSEPH BALDWIN Begs to inform his friends and the public that he Has Opened THE CENTRAL HOTEL, AT TUB , JUNCTION, WILLS STREET WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTON, HIS commodious hotel is situated within' three minutes’ walk of the Railway Station. Table d’Hote daily at 6 t. Luncheon oh the table from 12 to p.m. 2p. m. The Jug aiid Bottle Department will be made a special feature, single bottles and small quantities being supplied at. the lowest remunerative rates. Only the ; best ’ quality Of Wines, Beers, and Spirits procurable will be kept. J, BA L D WIN, 540 ; Proprietor. BILLIARDS! BILLIARDS!! IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE M. RYAN iEGS to announce that he has leased the large and commodious Billiard Room (the best in the district), and has erected TWO ALCOCK’S BEST FULL-SIZED BILLIARD TABLES, And hopes to receive a fair share of 469 a patronage. RAILWAY HOTEL WINSLOW.



J * - & c °* A ctioneers, Land, and Estate-Agents, . *A S HBUR TON. 313 a



\ S MILLERS, GRAIN MERCHANTS, i , i a;:u. AND ;> S,:»> av.(i'iiij c; <?; GENERAL COMMISSION ,; ; AGENTS,';:_;;; ASHBU R T O N.



Poulterer; &c. RAB BI TS! 0 RABBIT S! ! •;r\s <;c .Py'vß-ARP EB;, VISHMONGERrANDPOULTEREii -Near-the Ashburton Hotel, East Street,.. . >EGS to. informTthe inhabitants . >-i _ > Aihhu i rt6li n that ! iro I .HAS'iOPEBEp. to' the' ''eboVo'Tine; - , $kT Itriisrt^ : by atirii.it • ettentipii; ttt-^bhjrines^/ahd-s^pplyihg. 'toil orfiSoii';' , t ftfifcdtti.' ; hopes t oierit 1 at share ot public patronage', OYSTER SALOON., “ ■Hot Fried Fish atod Tea and Coffee _ out of Employ incut to advertise 1 !or Situations in Only <sna Shilling, for Casli, fifteen .Words. finHE ft Herald” ..is.;npubhshpd every rJL evening, thus giving every day’s news. This i» better than buying a Six penny weekly. ■ f PENNY made the postal system • of England a success. So has it made tbp, Herald. Everybody buys the Hekaxp.



•ITII. W. HARRIS requests the public to know that he is back at his old i house,.and wishes his old friends to know 'that they will receive the same good accommodation as formerly. Private : Suites of Rooms for families. Wines and Beer of the best brands. Good stabling and loose boxes, with every attendance. W HARRIS Proprietor 3166 Tinsmiths. &c. 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 (air share of public patronage. N.B. —Repairs neatly executed.



Business Notices. TO MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN, AND OTHERS. STUDY ECONOMY! GREAT SAVING EFFECTED BY PURCHASING YOUR STATIONERY AT THE WHOLESALE STATIONERY DEPOT.



Cards. BRANSON & PURNELL, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, EAST STREET, A S H B.;iJ R T O N “ THE ASHBURTON HERALD,” PUBLISHED EVERY' EVENING. Price—ONE PENNY. A DYERTISERS are reminded that the iX “Evening Herald ” commands the largest circulation in the Borough and Suburbs daily, and the prices for adver tisements are very reasonable. Casual Advertisements —2s. per inch, cash. Wants—2o words for Is. Quarterly Advertisements, as per ar rangement.



EINE Cream-Laid ENVELOPES, No. G ; extra secure shape, ONLY 9s. 6d. per 1000; s°°, 55.; 250, 35., N E T T C A S H. ALSO, BANK NOTE AND LETTER PAPER WEEKS & DIXON, DIRECT IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS, ASHBURTON “HERALD”. OFFICE.



CASH PRICES : ENVELOPES, Cream Laid, I-/ Per iooo - 6s. 6d. Ditto Per 500 - 3s. 6d. Ditto Printed, 1,000, ns. 6d. Notepaper, ruled, per packet of 5 Quires, from is. 6d. Large quantities at lower rates. ACCOUNT BOOKS OF ALL KINDS. TEN PER CENT. OFF FOR CASH ! !! STORES LIBERALLY DEALT WITH.



WEEKS & DIXON, Wholesale Stationers HERALD OFFICE.



Chemists. •'summer Leverages. Wi! lr-r.S -sa fe | CAMBRIDGE’S te; Orange Quinine | TONIC WINE, [gj A SHILLING Packet of CAMBRIDGE’S GINGER BEER POWDER will make Two Gal lons of Sparkling Gin ger Beer. Pull directions given. JUST RECEIVED, a supply of 5 pints and 3 pints GASOGENES. Lemon Syrup, Raspberry Vinegar Fijian Lime Juice Persian Sherbet Effervescing Lemonade Powder. Fruit Essences of all kinds. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, MEDICAL HALL. 1042 Ashbvrton. Milliner and Dressmaker. MRS. ADAMS, ILLLNER AND DRESSMAKER. Ladies’ and Children’s Dresses made up in the newest styles, at Lowest Charges. Wedding and Mourning Orders promptly attended to. Mrs Adams devotes special attention to Millinery. MRS. ADAMS, Moore Street, Opposite Mr. Bovle’s Office. mia Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. C E. FOOKS AND SON, CENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Lana Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, Triangle, Wakanui Road, near Post-office ASHBURTON. 33 TO FRUITERERS, CONFECTIONERS, AND OTHERS. FANCY Show' Cards, neatly printed— “ Finest Lemonade and Cordials” —on Sale at the Hkraxd Office. SCHOOL Requisites and Artist M de rials. H. M. JONES, Statio ler, Baring Square. » V-i>



General Merchants. LARGE SHIPMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF MERCHANDISE, Ex “ Lurline,” “ Orari, “ Adelaide,” and “ Glenloref.” M E R C H A N D I SE. r i IHE undersigned having made extensive alterations, and having just received “ Lurline,”“ Orari,” “ Adelaide,” and “ Glenora,” A LARGE AND SUPERIOR ASSORTMENT OF ALL KINDS OF MERCHANDISE, now beg to intimate to their customers and the public at large, that they are enabled to OFFER THESE GOODS AT UNPRECEDENTEDLY LOW PRICES. They particularly request them to inspect their newly-opened Stock of CROCKERY, HOLLO W WARE, ;v &IRONMONGER Y. AGRICULTURAL. THE FARMERS’ attention is invited to the well-assorted Stock Of CLOVERS, consisting of Carter’s selected White and Red Clover, Cow Grass, Alsyke, Rape, Turnip, and Gorse Seeds, and having determined to REDUCE THE PRESENT STOCK, ■ • • ’ * j.CiSP . Purchasers may rely upon obtaining a First-class Article at lowest possible figures. FRIEDLAKTDEB BEOS. ASHBURTON.



THIS IS THE COLUMN THAT HAS BEEN WATCHED. SHAM SACRIFICE. Sando & Co. BEG to announce that they have i 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 T obacconist. SANDO & CO. trust by strict atten tion to business, combined with civility and moderate charges, to ensure a con tinuance of the liberal support that has been accorded during the past two years. LABOR REGISTRY OFFICE. Several female servants! open to engage ment. Please note the address— SANDO & CO. PROSPECT BUILDINGS, (Late A. Weston’s). Timber, &c. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 FEET 0F [SUPERIOR BUILDING TIMBER. Also l , 20,000 SAWN. STAKES, Now on Sale at Hayes’ Timber Yards, East Street, Ashburton, at reduce | prices. 557 a



Business Notices, * B. C; 'SMITH,' QJENBRAL' GABBIER, ETC., Moore Street, Ashburton. 26 TH. BREWER’S Royal Mail COACH . leaves Longheach for Ashburton (via Watertdn, Ashton, Wheatstone, and Tinwald) daily, at 7 a.m., returning by the same route on arrival of 3 p.m. train from Christchurch. Parcels and orders punctually attended co. T. H. BREWER, 195 Proprietor. ECOOKSON, Wills 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.m. ■ Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, . Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Evei'y description of Timber and Budding Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on shortest notice. tl e 26 Mrs. Scott’S IMPERIAL BOARDING HOUSE, Durham Street South, CHRIS TCHURCH. Board and Lodging, 20s. Beds and Meals, 2®. each. Y>o9a THE ASHBURTON HERAT /D. AND Borouoh and Counts’ A over’ oiske. T IHE following are AGENT' Sale of the ‘ ‘ Ashburto.' 1 for the i Herald”



in Town : H. M. Jones, Stationer, E; , s t Street, next Friedlander Bros. E. A. Garnett, Perfumer, Hairdresser, Etc., Montgomery’s Buildi 4l gs. X. Sando, Under the Vei andah, East Street.



WASTED KNOWS, 1 „hat Envelopes and Notepaper cai ( be obtained, •wholesale or retail, at unir dually low rates at the “ Herald ” Ofii* e , East-Btreet North. / i>42



Business Notices. - TTm~J^7 Bar'ino Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER B 0 AND MUSIC SELLER. Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Strings, Concertinas, &c. Magazines, English Papers, & Periodicals : .i . hy.each Mail. - ; Bookbinding Executed with Despatch



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



Advertise. F YOU WANT ' to sell a Farm, to sell a Horse, to rent a Farm, to buy a Horse, to buy a House, J to rent a House, to obtain Board, to sell Groceries, to sell Furniture, to sell Hardware, to hire a Servant, to borrow Money, If you want.*! to.sell Dry, Goods , to sell a Carriage, to sell Real Estate, to seek a Situation, to obtain a Servant, to engage a Salesman, to sell Millinery to sell a House or Section, to find a Strayed Animal, to find any one’s Address, to sell a piece of Furniture, to find *ari owner for Any tbinjj to buy a-second-hand I to find anything you have Lost, If you want Uo sell Agricultural Implements YOU CAN DO SO, BY STAKING YOUR WANTS KNOW* IN THE ASHBURTON HERALD. OFFICE : SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street, HAVE you Lost Anything I—Tell the finder through'the Herald for a Shilling. If he is honest he will bring it to you without a reward, but you can bait a finder of shaky morals by a tempting offer of remuneration for his trouble. All or a Shilling. HAVE you Found Anythin'* that don’t belong to you, and wish to act en the square I—Bring ai. ' Shilling to the Herald’s Advertising Clerk. He’ll pat your qualms of conscience a,t rest, and tiqd the owner through the Twenty-Worde-WT a-Shilling-Column. BIBLES, Prayers, and Church Servicoo Hymnals tor various churches.— H M. JONES, Stationer. Baring Square FORMS PRINTED “To Let" and ■ “ For Sale ” —can be obtained at the Herald Office. EWING Machines andjjier Requi sites. H. M. JONffisT Stationer. E c., Baring Square. 47? h