The Ashburton Herald

AND BOROUGH AND COUNTY ADVERTISER

WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE “EVENING ECHO.”

VOL. 11. 434.

ASHBURTON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1879

Price.. One Penny.



Auctioneers and Commisssion Agents EDMISTON BROS. & GU.NDRY, (late bullock AND CO.), ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, and the Tinwald Yards, on alternate TUESDAYS. CASH ADVANCES Made on Stock, Produce, &c., consigned for Positive Sale. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. ALFRED HARRISON, Baking Square, Ashburton, AUCTIONEER, STOCK, ESTATE, & COMMISSION AGENT. WEEKLY SALE DAY, SATURDAY at twelve o’clock, of Horses, Pigs, Fowls, Fish, and General Produce ; also, Furniture and General Goods. Please read full advertisements on the third page. 213 MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, STOCK, LAND, ESTATE, AND COM MISSION AGENT, Holds Weekly Sales Every Saturday, at One o’clock, of Horses, Farm Produce, and General Merchandise of every descrip tion. Full advertisements third page. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Stock, Land, Estate, and Commission Agent, Saunders’ Buildings, East-st., Ashburton. 277 a



Business Notices.



s AUNDERS’ T> ROTHEBS, B MILLERS, GRAIN MERCHANTS, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, ASHBU RT O N.



Carriers. TH. BREWER’S Royal Mail COACH . leaves Longbeacli for Ashburton (viA, Waterton, Asliton, 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 to. T. H. BREWER, Proprietor. L 95 ECOOKSON, Willis 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. Milliner and Dressmaker. MRS. ADAMS, ILLINER AND DRESSMAKER. Ladies’ and Children’s Dresses made up in the newest styles, at Lowest Charges. Wedding and Mourning Orders promptly attended to. Mbs Adams devotes special attention to Millinery. [MRS. ADAMS, Mooee Street, ' Opposite Mr. Boyle’s Office. 151 a



TO MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN, AND OTHERS. STUDY ECONOMY! STUDY ECONOMY! GREAT SAYING EFFECTED BY PURCHASING YOUR STATIONERY AT THE WHOLESALE STATIONERY DEPOT. CASH PRICES: 'ENVELOPES, Cream Laid, Cj Per 1000 - 6s. 6d. Ditto Per 500 - 3s. 6d. Ditto Printed, 1,000, ns. 6d. Notepaper, ruled, per packel 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.



Wholesale Stationers HERALD OFFICE.



Painters. PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ashburton. J. R CHAPMAN, PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN-WRITER, Etc., Has much pleasure in stating that, owing to the large increase of Business, he is novr Impokting from the Manui< At PAPER HANGINGS, WHITE LEAD, LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSHWARE, And all the necessaries of the Trade, and is therefore in a position to compete with any house in Canterbury for price and quality. Every description of work in tho trade executed under personal superin tendence. Competent workmen sent to all parts of the country. ESTIMATES GIVEN. 41 T. S. TUCKER, J3AINTER, QLAZIER, J>APER HANGER, AND GENERAL HOUSE DECORATOR, SIGN AND TICKET WRITER, Moore Street, near Templar Hall. Estimates given. 244 Builders. ASHBURTON STEAM SAW MILLS SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Building Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on tl:e shortest notice.



TIN WALD BUILDING AND UNDERTAKING ESTABLISH MENT, T. WILLIAMS, Proprietor, WISHES to call special attention to the fact that he is still prepared to furnish and conduct I FUNERALS in his well-known Superior Style, a VERY LOWEST RATES. Every description of Joinery Work done on the premises. BUILDINGS ERECTED ANYWHERE. All kinds of Building Materials on Sale. T . WILLIAMS, 1 IN WALD. prm ***^ rT tc r r* Poulterer, &c. RABBITS! RABBITS!! P . HARPER, FISHMONGER AND POULTERER Near the Ashburton Hotel, East Street, BEGS to inform the inhabitants oi Ashburton that he HAS OPERED in the above line, and trusts, by strict attention to business, and supplying but articles of first class quality, hopes to merit a share oi public patronage OYSTER SALOON. Hot Fried Fish and Stewed Eels from to 11 every night. Business Notices. 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.



General Storekeeper. THIS IS THE COLUMN THAT HAS BEEN WATCHED, NO SHAM SACRIFICE. K . SAN D O BEGS to announce that he has NOW 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 Tobacconist. K. SANDO trusts that by strict atten tion to his business, combined with civility and moderate charges, to ensure the same liberal support that has been accorded to him during the past two years, LABOR REGISTRY OFFICE. Please note the address— K. SANDO, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, (Late A. Weston’s).



Cards. G. D. BOILEAU, ACCOUNTANT AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT.. SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS. Rents and Debts collected. 103 a WE, the undersigned, have this day entered into PARTNERSHIP as BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, AND CONVEYANCERS, And will practice at our Offices, MONT GOMERY’S BUILDINGS, Ashburton, under the firm of O’REILLY & IRELAND. Dated the Ist day of July, 1879. FRANCIS PHILIP O’REILLY. CHARLES WARBURTON IRELAND. 112 a BRANSON & PURNELL, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON MR. HARRIS, QOLIOITOR AND CONVEYANCER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street, ASHBURTON. 409 C. E. FOOKS AND SON, SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, Triangle, Wakanui Road, near Post-office ASHBURTON. Coal and Firewood. CHEAP TIMBER AT PI AYES’ TIMBER YARDS. BALANCE of Timber unsold at th Auction Sale. Also, 200,000 fee to arrive, now lying at the Waimate S + tion, will be disposed of AT REDUCED PRICES AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, East Street, Ashburton. 1027



General Merchants. The AltHodse Windmill, THE ONLY SELF-REGULATING WINDMILL. FBIBDLAITDER BBOS. ASHBURTON.



Bootmakers. PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the public of Ashburton and surrourding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inf» in them that he has received, and to arrive ; at his place r>f business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attenth 1 to the Measure Department, and imites the gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect the superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes he is now making. Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and Shoes, 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 wil open with a Large Stock of Boots of everj description. Note the address— M . NEALAS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Tinsmiths, &c. PUBLIC NOTICK JOSEPH HYDE, DRACTICAL COPPERSMITH ANI T BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZIN( PLATE WORKER, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburto: and surrounding districts that he has com rnenced business in TANCRED STREET where he hopes by strict attention to business combined with moderate charges, to merit fair share of public patronage. N.B. —Repairs neatly executed. Business Notices. BIBLES, Prayers, and Church Service? Hymnals for various churches. —B M, JONES, Stationer, Baring Squai-e.



Chemists. ANTED K N OWN, THAT Chilblains can be cured by a few applications of Cambridge’s . Chilblain Liniment, Is. 6d. a bottle. That Coughs and Colds speedily disap pear after a few doses of Cambridge’s Cough Syrup, Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. a bottle. That Cambridge’s ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE is the best Strengthening Medicine known ; nu merous Testimonials can be seen in its favour ; wine bottles, 4s. 6d. That Farmer’s and Horse-lceepers should always have in the house a bottle oi CAMBRIDGE’S COLIC DRINK foi Gripe in Horses ; and a bottle of his Driffield White Oil for Sore Shoulders, Etc. That J. M. Cambridge Extracts Teetl: carefully and skilfully for 2s. 6d. That the Public can obtain Medicines after business hours or during the night when urgently needed, at the Dispensary Burnett Street. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Medical Hall, 1042 Ashbvrton. m m CAMBRIDGE’S Orange Quinine TONIC WINE.



Saddlers. SADDLERY! SADDLERY! J . T A I T & Co. (Late of Wood Bros.), Ashburton Opposite Railway Station and next Cook son’s Livery Stables), BEG to inform the public that they have purchased the above business, lately carried on by Wood Bros., and hope, by strict attention to business, com bined with moderate charges, to still fur ther merit a share of public patronage. Always on hand a Large Assortment of ENGLISH & COLONIAL SADDLES. COACH, GIG, and BUGGY HARNESS. SHAFT, LEADING, AND PLOUGH HARNESS. . HORS E-C LOTUS In every variety, at lowest possible prices, IMPORTERS. 1049



Hotels. ORAM’S SOMERSET :u COMMERCIAL U* AND FAMILY HOTEL' ’ ’ •' -t - • . ASHBURTON.^!, J UNDER THE FATRONAGE OF . Sir George Grey, KiGB., Premier of New Zealand. Sir James Ferguson, Bart., late Governor of New Zealand, / / AND Sir Charles Du.cane, late Governor of Tas mania. 'T'HIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounce! to be one of the finest in -the Southern Hemi sphere. .The cuisne is under the supervision o: 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 l o the cellar. R. W. SHEARMAN, PROPRIETOR. THE ASHBURTON HOTEL (THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED IN THE . district) HAS 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. 11 ‘ 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 v MODERATE CHARGES, to meet with a fair share of public patronage. mutch . & McKenzie, Proprietors. s . 427] JOSEPH BALDWIN Begs to inform his friends and the public that he Has Opened THE . CENTRAL HOTEL, AT THE T JUNCTION, WILLS STREET AND WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTOI THIS commodious' hotel' is situate within three minutes’ walk of tl Railway Station. Table d’Hote daily at p.m. Luncheon oh the table from 12 2 p.m. The Jug and Bottle Departure! will be made a special feature, sina bottles and small quantities being supplil at the lowest remunerative rates. Orl the best quality of Wines, Beers, aj Spirits procurable will be kept. J. BALDWIN,' 540 Proprietor. Public Notices. a E O R G E fjl RIC K E MEANS TO DO BUSINESS And the under given figures show the is in earnest. A call at liis establishi East Street, next Messrs. Orr and will give further proof. Gentlemen’s E.S. Boots, 15s. to 20 Watertights, a Superior Fashioi Article, 16s. Balmorals, very best, 20s. Bluchers, the “ ne plus ultra,” 10a Gent’s. Calf Shoes, 14s. 6d., use be 17s. 6d. Ladies’ Boots of every description, ec low. Slippers for all feet—ladies’ 4s. 6s. 6d. ; Gentlemen’s, ss. 6d. to 7| leather, felt, patent, and carpet. Leggings, knee-high, 7s. ; Carters j A large choice of Boots and She prices) for the LITTLE ONES. Every description of Sewn, PeggJ Rivetted Boots and Shoes made tol J29"Repairing promptly attended