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Printed and Published by Horace Weeks and Charles Dixon, ,Anting Office, ■br.day, February, 21, ; ,



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«BtiSisf • IPWTnE ABOVE HOTEL, x„ Ai mfmt pw OPEN to the Public. '§Jmm — & Will be found for r £&* TRAVELLERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. LIQUORS OF THE BEST QUALITY. 299



Boarding Houses. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. SPANISH RESTAURANT j|jL '.ate Eagle’s Boarding House), Hi HAVELOCK STREET, Ashburton, fefiar Town Hall, and Two Minutes’ walk from # • Railway Station. m(S mi ■_ ■,T"'HIS well-situated and commodious |_ House has just been thoroughly itSiovated, and is being refurnished and ||rpplied with every comfort. Boarders and the Travelling Public will i|fid a Good Table, Superior Accommoda tion, and Best Attention, combined with VERY LIBERAL CHARGES. Meals Tea or BreakfasUAsrV Dinner, Is. 6d. ; .""Beds, Is. and Is. 6d. J . COTTON, Proprietor. 359 ANSTEE’S private hotel and BOARDING HOUSE. TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, J. G. ANST.EE BEGS to intimate to the public that he has opened the above Superior and Comfortable Hotel. Sitting and Smoking Rooms, Large Dining Rooms, '■Ladies’ Private Dining Rooms, and Suites of rooms for Families. The Bedrooms are well ventilated, and every attention paid to cleanliness. Breakfast or Tea, Is. ; Dinner, Is. 6d. ; Board and Lodging, 20s. to 225. 6d. per week. Private rooms and Baths, extra.



FIRST-GLASS \ ACCOMMODATION ~FO]fr - JbOAKL»A.Avo. •• - WARWICK II 6US E,/ Cox-street, Ashburton. S LUCAS begs to intimate / . Public that- he has opened th /a ~ ove Boarding-house. Persons requires lodg ings can rely on securing all th/ coni^or l s of a home. / 302 TEMPERANCE BOARDI/G HOUSE, Moore-street, AsiF’ a:RTON (Late Wornet's.) PROPRxFTOR /JOHN CANDISPI. above Boarding House is now Open for the accommodation of Boarders, Travellers, and ethers.



Private Rooms for Families. Breakfast... Dinner Tea 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. 12 to 2. 5 to 7. Board and Lodging, £1 per week. ______ PVMEALS & BEDS—ONE SHILLING. 300 THE PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE AND DINING ROOMS, Wills Street, Near Railway Station, Proprietor ... ... Thos. Clark, Is now open for the convenience of Boar ders, Commercial Travellers, and the Public. THE House is entirely new, and beauti fully fitted up with All Comports. Every attention will be paid to patrons, FIRST-CLASS TABLE, AivD . E R M S LIBERAL. Families accommodated with private rooms. Breakfast, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. ; Dinner, 12 (noon) to 2 p.m.; Tea, 5.30 to 7 p.m. MEALS— Breakfast or Tea, Is. ; Dinner, Is. 6d. . SERVANTS REGISTRY OFFICE. £;( No Charge. H FRANK BROWNE, WM. Manager. 230 feATi. -



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IRONMONGERY Ex “ Times ” and “lennock ” from London. ORE & CO. ARE NOW LANDIIG the following GOODS from ti» above-named Ships : \ ■\ CHAFF CUTTERS, Small to Extra Lar,;e. HORSE GEARS, One, Two, and Three Horse. Fencing Wire, Nos. 8,9, and rl>. - Blue Stone., in 1 cwt. kegs. 4 Fencing Staples. Hay Forks, 2 and 3 pronp Park's Spades. Lindon’s Spades. Potato Forks.



Ploughs: RANSOM & SIMS’, 2 and 3 Furrow. HORNSBY’S, Single Furrow. Skeith Blades and Plough Fittings. Harrows, Howard’s. Ransom and Sims’ Ploughshares. Hornsby’s ditto.



Boiled and Raw Oil. Lard Oil. .Knits and all 'Sizes. Bar ad." Rod Iron. Locks and Hinges. Brass Foundry. Carpenters’ Tools. Blacksmiths’ Tools. Portable Forge. Blacksmiths’ Bellows. Files and Rasps. Sewing Twine. Plough and Trace Chain. Coil Chain. Rope, all sizes.



Avery’s Weighing Machines, 4 to 8 cwt. Spring Balances, 2 5 to 400 lbs. Steelyards, 150 to 500 lbs. Scales and Weights. 1 case Table Cutlery, a fine assortment 1 case Plated Spoons and Forks. 1 case Tea and Coffee Pots, Plated. House and Cattle Bells. Plasterers’ Sieves and Trowels. Wire, Brass, and Hair Sieves. Butchers’ Choppers and Cleavers. Hollow-ware, all sizes, Tinned and Enamelled. Furnace Pans, Cast and Galvanized Iron. Ditto, Copper, 12 to 25 gallons. Pumps and piping. Stoves, Cooking and Office. Ranges and Grates. Horse Shoes, Nails, all sizes. Sash and Floor Cramps. Floor Brads. Bfushware, of all descriptions. P'enders, superior quality. Tinware, a fine lot. Cash Boxes, with Chubb’s Locks.



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Engineers and Foundries. UNION J|3l IRONWORKS. Bails "p\DWARDS AND ~|~^EE, ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS, MACHINISTS, Etc., BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. 316 JOHN ANDERSON, CANTERBURY FOUNDRY BEGS to notify that he has been appointed SOLE AGENT for New Zealand for MESSRS AYELING & PORTER,



ROCHESTER, Whose Traction Engines, Ploughing Machines, Steam Reaping Machines, and Road Rollers have gained for them a world-wide reputation. An early exhi bition will be made of an 8 h.p. Agricul tural Locomotive Engine, which can be used either for Steam Cultivation, Thresh ing, Sawing, or Removing Agricultural- Produce. Catalogues and prices can be had on application. The following Machinery and Hoods are now ON SALE at the Canterbury Foundry for the season MCCORMICK’S REAPER & BINDER WOOD’S do. do. OSBORNE do. do. Extras and'wire for each of the above. McSHERRY GRATN DRILLS. English and American Mowers, by Samuelson, Hornsby, Howard, Wood, McCormick, and Osborne; Clayton and Shuttleworth Thresh ing Machines, Elevators, Hay Loaders, Pacific Hay Cutters, Seed Strippers.



ALSO, FOR SALE, Fencing Standards, Best Fencing Wire, Cambridge, Crosskill, and Mixed Rollers, Broad-cast Seed Sowers, Millstones, Grindstones, Flour-dress ing Silk, Leather and India-rubber Belting and Hose, Reaper Sections, Plough Fittings, Machine Oils, Field , Gates, &c., &c. _ . ■Estimates and Drawings for any kind ot Mac ;hinery furnished on application. \ \ Agent, Ashburton. G 3



Cabinetmakers. T\ A- GATES, CABINE\p_ MAKER> UPHOLSTERER, AND PIC TU EL k-M V- ALA^n'i? SAUNDEEjiS’ BUILDINGS & PETER STIftEET, ASHBURTON, Near the Railway Station. Carpets, Rugs, Oilcloth, Bedsteads, Chairs, Mattrasses, Tables, etc., always on hand at Christchurch prices. All kinds of Furniture, Shop Fittings, Picture Frames, and Household Re quisites made to order. FUNERALS FURNISHED.



WOOD TURNER AND VENETIAN BLIND MAKER. JOSEPH RULE Moore Street. IS prepared to execute all orders for Wood Turning, Venetian Blinds, Bedsteads. Tables, and every class of Furniture. Windov Poles on hand, or made to any sixe.



TINWALD FURNITURE DEPOT. 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. Prettejohn’s, Shoe Maker.) 286 Business Notices. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED are prepared to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Grain for shipment to England or to the Australian Colonies. FRIEDLANDER BROTHERS.



General Stores, NEW GOODS, FRESH STOCK, JUST OPENED. SPLENDID ASSORTMENT. San do & Olsen, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, East Street, Ashburton, WHILE returning their Sincere ■ Thanks foi the liberal support given them in the past, beg respectfully to call the attention of the public to their Well-assorted Stock of the follow ing Goods : FURNISHING IRON MONGERY OF ALL KINDS. Fenders, Fireirons. Cutlery, Plated Goods. Teapots, Cruet Stands. Butter Dishes. Tea and Coffee Sets, &c., &c.



All goods sold at the very Lowest payable Prices. CARPENTERS’ TOOLS. Hay Forks, Rakes. Spades, Shovels. Ploughshares, &c. THE LARGEST STOCK OF FELT CARPETING IN ASHBURTON. Cocoanut Matting, China Matting, Etc., Etc., Etc.



CROCKERY. A fine assortment of Crockery of the Latest Patterns. GROCERIES of the PUREST AND BEST KINDS Sold and delivered in Town and Co.un- r ~~- or Titteen miles. Machines and Contractors supplied regularly. SAILMAKING. ’ This branch is carried on on the premises by Two Practical Hands, arid under the manage ment of our MR. SANDO, whose long experience in the Trade is a guarantee of GOOD FIT in H OR SE-CLO T H S and , FIRST-CLASS WORKMANSHIP IN TENTS, TARPAULINS, RICK CLOTHS, &c., &c., &c.



FLAGS OF ALL NATLONS Supplied to Order, and LET OUT ON HIRE. BAKERY. This is carried on by a First-class Trades man. People can rely upon getting a GOOD AND WHOLESOME LOAF, at from 5& to 6}4d. per Quartern. NEWS AGENCIES. SANDO & OLSEN have been appointed Agents for the following papers :— Evening Echo, “Canterbury Weekly Times,” and “Christian Record,” all of which can be delivered in Town and Country by our Carts and Mail Express ; also, by the following Agents : Wakanttt ... J. W. McClure. Wakanui Creek G. Ledley. Seafield ... T. Jones. ~ M. Bruce. Charing Cross G. S. Brown. Newland ... Edwin Watkins. Goods and parcels' delivered Avery Tues day and Friday. ;<* . ' Ss) Cor-' L ", SANDO A OLSEN,



'J ' " v . ’U," M ¥. G. I* A' • , ■' ■' . j j PROPRIEff BUII j®' Every desertion of Timber and Materials ikStock and supplied on Vasonable terms. 1 Hi Plans prepared nid Estimates Given on-.c - \ shortest notice. IMPORTANT TO PARTIES ABOUT TO BUII'D-a THE undersigned has now on hand an* extensive assortment of everything appertaining to the Building Trade, mf cluding- Timber of all kinds. Galvanised Iron. to give him a call. ■ wmv Nails. Locks. m &c Which he is offering at the lowest current The Inhabitants on the River will find it td*|| THOMAS WILLI BUILDER, UNDERTAKER, MAKER, WHEELWRIGH'IffMSgJgS?;, • (Near Railway Station) j, — _ ..1 Z ~ Bottlers. -sMS&fM — ASHBURTON BOTTLING STORE.%g^:|



In connection with the ASHBURTON BREWER wood and ce r Have on hand a Larg; £. cck of ■ ALE and STOUT, in Bulk and Bottle. ASHBURTON BOTTLING STORES. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD, Ashburton. QUINTON BROS, BEG to inform the inhabitants of Ash burton and surrounding districts that .hey have COMMENCED BUSINESS in the above place, and trust by attention to business, to merit a share of patronage- BoTTXEitK. on-Tiwi-Tiwfyi 1 !3i —'and Stout.



Tinsmiths, &c. LICENSED GASFITTER. J. C. DOLMAN, T3LUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL- Jl HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, Tancred Street, ASHBURTON. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. O.G. Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitteb- N.B.—Orders punctually attended to. STTARDLEY, in. tendering his # Sincere Thanks to the In habitants of Ashburton and Surrounding Districts for their past patronage, begs to announce that he is now SELLING OFF HIS PRESENT STOCK AT COST PRICE, to make room for a Fresh Shipment daily expected from Melbourne. Note tke Address— S. HARDLEY, PLUMBER AND TINSMITH, EAST STREET. 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 conn* 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.



Business Notices. BREAD. BREAD. BREAD 6d. per 41b. Loaf. THOMAS HICKS, Baker and Con fectioner, Tancred Street, is now supplying First-class Bread, at 6d. per 4ft> Loaf, delivered to all parts of the District, or at the Shop. note— THOMAS HICKS, THE PIONEER BAKERY, . Tancred Street, Ashburton