THE ASHBURTON HERALD,

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Tenders. WANTED, TENDERS for Ploughing 1150 Acres Stubble Land on the Lagmhor Es tate. Tenders to be sent in on Saturday, the 9th August. For particulars, apply to DONALD MoLEAN, 223 a Lagmhor. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. SEPARATE Tenders are invited for FIVE CHAINS of ROAD FOR MATION and LEVELLING South-East side of Baring Square ; also, for Fourteen Chains of Wrought Timber FENCING round same. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of Messrs. Fooks and and Son, Borough Engineers. Tenders, accompanied by a guarantee deposit of £5 (either cash or a marked cheque), and endorsed respectively “ Tender for For mation and Levelling,” and “ Tender for Fencing.” to be sent in to the Council’s Office, before noon, on THURSDAY, the 7th August. CIIAS. BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Ashburton, Ist August, 1879. 201a—1 Public Notices. ASHBURTON COUNTV COUNCIL. Applications are invited from competent persons willing to act as FERRYMAN at Lower Rangitata for one year, on a subsidy of £BO per annum, together with all fees paid according to the Schedule, as hereinafter mentioned. Applications, with references, endorsed “ Ferryman, Lower Rangitata,” will be received at the Council’s offices, Ash burton, up to 10 a. m. on WEDNESDAY, 3rd day of September, 1879. Schedule of Fees proposed xo be Charged. Cattle or Horses driven or led in a mob ... fid. per head Passengers forded on horseback ... ... 2s. each Horses forded (including horse and rider) ... 3s. ~ Vehicles ... ... ... ss. ~ By Order, F. MAINWARING, Clerk. Ashburton, July 31, 1879. 220 a LOWER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. APPLICATIONS are invited for the Situation of CLERK, COLLECTOR, and SURVEYOR for the above Board, at a salary of £250 per annum. A four roomed house, and a nine-acre paddock will also be provided. Applications, addressed to the under signed, at Winslow, will be received till FRIDAY, August 15th, 1879. The successful applicant to find guaran tees in the sum of £SOO. JOHN GRIGG, 217 a Chairman. V. R. IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF GEORGE PARKIN, OF ASHBURTON. ALL proofs of claims against the above Estate are required to be sent in to the undersigned on or before the Bth instant. FREDK. PAVITT ( T . J. TUCKER j nusu.es. Ashburton, August Ist, 1879. 209 a Clearing Sale ! GLASGOW HOUSE, EAST STREET. w. GAVIN begs respectfully to thank his friends and the habitants of Ashburton and surrounding strict for the esteemed patronage be owed upon him during the past twelve onths, and hopes to merit a continuance f the same. He desires to announce



A CLEARING SALE, For One Month, OF Winter Goods, At Greatly Reduced Prices, TO SUIT THE TIMES. Inspection Invited. BARGAINS ! BARGAINS!!! W. GAVIN, DRAPER, GLASGOW HOUSE, Montgomery’s Buildings, East Street, Ashburton. 218 a JUST ARRIVED, Albums, Desks, Workboxes, &c. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 473 a WANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes and rNotepaper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “Herald” Office, East-street North.- 642 WANTED KNOWN—That the clieau est *md neitest CARDS may br> had at the ASHBURTON HERALD OFEICE East Street North.



To Let. TO LET, FOR CROPPING. 1000 ACRES of Good Stubble Land, in the Lagmlior District. For particulars apply to 13tJu DONALD MoLEAN. For Sale. SADDLE FOR SALE. FOR SALE, a Strong SADDLE, quite new. Price —£3 15s. ; worth £5. ALFRED HARRISON, 122 a Auctioneer. £2 ss. PER ACRE. Messrs, saunders brothers have had placed in their hands for sale 993 Acres of fair Agricultural Land, within 5 miles of the Dunsandel Railway Station. The property adjoins a railway reserve, aud water can be obtained within twenty feet of the surface. To effect an immediate sale, the proprietor will accept £2 ss. per acre. Full particulars on application to SAUNDERS BROTHERS, 20 a Ashburton. Public Notices. Q_EORGE rjl R I C XJ T T MEANS TO DO BUSINESS And the under given figures show that he is in earnest. A call at his establishment, Saunders’ Buildings, East Street North, will give further proof. Gentlemen’s E.S. Boots, 15s. to 20s. Watertights, a Superior Fashionable Article, 16s. Balmorals, very best, 20s. Bluchers, the “tie plus ultra,” 10s. 6d. Gent’s. Calf Shoes, 11s. 6d., used to be 17s. 6d. Ladies’ Boots of every description, equally low. Slippers for all feet —1 adies’ 4s. 9d. to 6s. 6d. ; Gentlemen’s, ss. Gd. to 7s. —in leather, felt, patent, and carpet. Leggings, knee-high, 7s. ; Carters’, 15s. A large choice of Boots and Shoes (all prices) for the LITTLE ONES. Every description of Sewn, Pegged, and Rivetted Boots and Shoes made to order. promptly attended to. 207 a



IN THE MATTER OF A BILL INTITULED AN ACT to Enable the Ashburton County Council to Supply the Rate payers of that Part of the County of Ashburton between the Ash burton and Rakaia Rivers with Water. NOTICE is hereby given, that application is intended to be made at the next session of the General Assembly of New Zealand, to introduce a Bill to enable the Ashburton County Council to supply the ratepayers and residents of that part of the County of Ashburton be tween Ashburton and Rakaia Rivers with wa ter, for Domestic, Agricultural, and Pastoral purposes and for such purposes to take water . from the said rivers to the extent of one half the volume thereof or from the tributary of the Ashburton River, known as “ Pudding Hill Stream,” to the ex ent of three-fourths of the volume thereof, and to purchase and hold all lands necessary for such purposes, and to make and construct all the necessary works, and borrow the necessary money to enable the said County Council to do so, and making provision for the payment of the interest upon any loans and providing a sinking fund for the payment of the principal money. A. Iso defining the boundaries of any district within or in respect of which any water supply is to be provided. Also empowering the Council to enter upon any land within any district for the purpose of making the necessary surveys. Also enabling the Council to obtain the con sent of the ratepayers within any district and defining the mode by which such consent is to be obtained. Also enabling the Council to provide for and regulate the supply of water to ratepayers and the charge to be paid therefor, and to make all necessary By-laws affecting such object, and to make all regulations necessary for the guidance of the Council in carrying out the provisions of the Act, and to fix penalties for the breach of any by-law or regulation, or for the wilful or malicious injury to, or trespass upon any wenk, or for taking or abstracting water therefrom, and for the recovery of such rates and penal ties. Notice is hereby further given, that copies of the proposed Bill may be obtained at the offices of Messrs. Garrick and Covvlishaw, Solicitors, Christchurch, and the following places The offices of the County Council, Town of Ashburton. Road Board Office, Town of Ashburton. Garrick and Cowlisuaw, Solicitors for the Bill, £ga Cluistclmrch.



Fruiterers, &c, W. T. D Av 18 0N ’ GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, HAS ON SALE Onions, Good Potatoes, Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips, Herbs. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, (Next to Fowler, Grocer) TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. 79a



Bottlers. ASHBURTON BOTTLING STORES. In connecticsn with the ASHBURTON BREWERY, WOOD and CO Have on hand a Largi i. <.ck of ALE and STOUT, in Bulk and Bottle. Business Notice. SEALY BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET, ARE now offering their Stock of Trees at prices that will compare favorably with those ruling anywhere in the Pro vince. OUR FRUIT TREES Are all budded and grafted in the most approved manner, and are perfectly clean and true to name. Prices ranging from 15s. to 18s. per doz. THE FOREST TREES And Shrubs of all sorts have been REPEATEDLY TRANSPLANTED, which secures to them Finej Roots, so essential to their SAFE REMOVAL. Prices from ss. per 100. Persons about to plant on the Plains would consult their own interest by pro curing trees locally grown, as they will withstand the drought much better than those grown like reeds on the swampy land about Christchurch and Papanui, which perish in the first nor’-wester after removal. Arg.Beforc you buy elsewhere, compare prices. SEALY BROS., ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, One Minute’s Walk from the Belt. 167 a NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN , Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “New Zealano Wesleyan ” for August. Price 6d. Sold at the Herald Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. 35a SANDO AND OLSEN’S ESTATE. DEBTS due to this Estate must be paid to Mr. G. D. Boileau, Ac countant, Saunders’ Buildings, without delay. S. SAUNDERS B. HALE | Trustees. Ashburton, 9th July, 1879. 86a NOTICE. ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ALL Accounts due to the above estate must be paid forthwith to Mr. Doherty, or they will be sued for without further notice. By order of the Trustees, D. CARO. 927 W. BROWNE. ESTATE OF J. H. PASS & CO. THE Undersigned begs to notify that the UNPAID ACCOUNTS in the above Estate are in process of recovery by law ; those who desire to save extra expense, should pay at once. J. H. TWENTYMAN L. E. NATHAN Trustees. Per W. Stringer. N.B. —Office removed from Old Bank Store to premises next Messrs. Fried lander Brothers, East Street. 177 a Public Notices NORTH ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. Applications are invited from persons competent to discharge the duties of CLERK and OVERSEER to the above Board. Applicants to state Salary required. House free. Applica tions will be received up to noon on Saturday, 9th August, addressed to the Chairman of the Board. H. T. WINTER, Chairman. Ashburton, July 28th, 1879. 188 a WASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. peril. at the Herald Office. Apply arly. 590



Auction Sales, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 th. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY will liolcl his USUAS SALE OF MERCHANDISE ON SATURDAY NEXT, Particulars in Future Advertisements. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, Auctioneer, &c. 195 a



Business Notices. C. PERCY COX, AND AND ESTATE AGENT AN 1 VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. TO LET OR SELL -680 Acres first-class land (limestone) with good house, large stables, woolshed, sheep-yards, granaries, etc., etc., com plete ; very convenient. 320 Acres reserve, first-class land, part sub-let, sufficient to cover the whole of Government rent, etc., leaving upwards of 200 acres rent free for 2 years. Low price wanted for goodwill of lease, or would be let to a suitable tenant. 2,500 Acres ring-fenced, to be let in one block for grazing, or in blocks to suit purchasers for cropping, with or with out purchasing clause. Town and Suburban Sections sell or let in Ashburton and Hindhope. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 IN BANKRUPTCY. OTICE—The “ Ashburton Herald” is a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. 60 T.R. H odder & TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT Is now under the management of Mr. E. W. Tomkins (from West End, London), Cutter, Practical Tailor, Breeches, and Riding Pants’ Maker. Orders promptly attended to. Exact fit Guaranteed. Large Assortment of Tweeds, Doeskins, and Coatings on hand. 150 a 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. SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate rials. 11. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 473,' I ENVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN u YELOPES, NOTEPAPER.— The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. ' 55 Coal and Firewood. CHEAP TIMBER AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS. BALANCE of Timber unsold at th Auction Sale. Also, 200,000 fee to arrive, now lying at the Waimate Sta tion, will be disposed of AT REDUCED PRICES AT HAYES’ T I M B E R YARD S, East Street, Ashburton. 1027



Auction Sales. NOTICE. BULLOCK & CO. beg to intimate that the Business carried on by us for the past twelve months under the style of BULLOCK & Co. Will in future bo conducted under our own names as EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRY. C. J. EDMISTON. P. A. EDMISTON. W. H. GUNDRY. Ashburton, July 1, 1879. 82a



EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRY. AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £1,000,000. Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack.



TO RUN HOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. f jpHE Undersigned have on Sale : Fencing Wire No. G to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds— White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, &c., &c. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Stores of Every Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. East Street. Tentmaker. NOTICE. RE-OPENING. WM. PAT CHING BEGS to inform the 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 Indiarubbef 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. Nole the address — WM. P ATCHING (Late Sando & Olsen), East Street, Ashburton. 108 a Public Notices. SCHOOL Books, Bags, Etc.—ll. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 a



Business Notice, ORE AND CO. BANKRUPT Stock J. H. Pass & Co. GREAT SALE OF DRAPERY, BOOTS AND SHOES. £3,000 Worth TO BE SOLD AT HALF PRICE. ORR & CO. HAVING SECURED THE STOCK OF J. H. PASS & CO., Will RE:OPEN the Premises lately occupied by them on SATURDAY, JULY 26, And will Continue the Sale until the Whol of the Stock is Cleared Off,



AS THIS IS A GENUINE CHEAP SALE, THE GOODS WILL BE SOLD AT SUCH PRICES AS WILL ENSURE A SPEEDY CLEARANCE. . Intending Purchasers should therefore CALL AT ONCE. PREMISES OPEN DAILY DURING THE SALE Prom 10 a.m. to G p.m.



Hotels, ' ORAM’S SO ME RS E T 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 oi New Zealand, AND Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Tas mania. 'JpHIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronouncei to be one of the finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. The cuisne is under ‘.he 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) TT AS been Re-erected and considerably Enlarged, and now offers to Tra vellers and the General Public Accommo dation of a Superior Class, no expense having been spared in making it second to none in the Ashburton for comfort and convenience. SUITES OF PRIVATE ROOMS FOR FAMILIES. LIQUORS OF THE BEST QUALITY ONLY IN STOCK. , The Proprietors trust, by strict atten tion to business, combined with ; MODERATE CHARGES, to meet with a fair share of public patronage. mutch & mckenzie, Proprietors. 427 JOSEPH BALDWIN Begs to inform his friends and the public that he Has Opened THE CENTRAL HOTEL, at the * JUNCTION, WILLS STREET AND WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTON, THIS commodious hotel is situated within three minutes’ walk of the Railway Station. Table d’Hote daily at 6 p.m. Luncheon on the table from 12 to 2p. m. The Jug and Bottle Department will be made a special feature, single bottles and snjjjjl quantities being supplied at the lowest .remunerative rates. Only the best quality of Wines, Beers, and Spirits procurable will be kept. J. BALDWIN, 540 Proprietor. THE PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE AND DINING ROOMS, Wills Street, Near Railway Station (Late, Clark’s). Is now open for the convenience of Boai • ders, Commercial Travellers, and the Public. THE House is entirely new, andbeautii fully fitted up with All Comforts Every attention will be paid to patrons. FIRST-CLASS TABLE, AND TERMS LIBERAL Families accommodated with privaterooms Breakfast, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. ; Dinnei t 12 (noon) to 2 p.m.; Tea, 5.30 to 7 p.m. M E A L S-- Breakfast or Tea, Is. ; Dinner, Is. Gd Board and Lodging, 255., 205., and. 27s . SERVANTS REGISTRY OFFICE. No Charge. FRANK BROWNE Proprietor. BajaMtBMBBiBPtgagMBSaSKaaHBBBBaaBSBaBaBS3B>WKBMBBM"" I HMMMW Poulterer, &c. RABBITS! RABBITS!! P . HARPER, FISHMONGER AND POULTERER Near the Ashburton Hotel, East Street, BEGS to inform the inhabitants ot Ashburton that he HAS OPEKED in the above line, and trusts, by strict attention to business, and supplying but articles of first class quality, hopes to merit a share ot public patronage OYSTER SALOON. Hot Fried Fisli and Stewed Eels from <r to 1.1 every night, •- ;