THE ASHBURTON HERALD

[Thi/usdav, August 14, 1879;



Entertainments. TOWN HALL, T O-Nl(|fifr'T|fO J -'NrGTIT !-! LAST I,AST LAST FIRST AND FIRST AND FIRST AND Appearance of MDLLE. OLGA D.UBOIN. The Great RUSSIAN PIANISTE ‘OF MOSCOW, Who will appear in her Splendid NATIONAL COURT DRESS Prices —Reserved, 4s. ; Unreserved Seats, Cs. ; Back Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Whatever the character of the weather, Mdlle. Duboin has decided to play. 209 a To Let. rjnO LET, a Four-roomed HOUSE on B East Town Belt. Apply JOHN .COUTTS, 257 a; Mr. Scaly’s, Nurseryman. TO LET, FOR CROPPING. ACRES of Good Stubble Land, 1000 , , in,the Lagmhar District. For particulars apply to 138 a DONALD McLEAN. For Sale. FOR- SALE', f I THAT Superior Draught Entire Horse, “SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. For particulars, apply to ; poYETZ & CO. 263 a East Street, Ashburton. SALE, a few Laying FOWLS. 230 a Apply HERALD OFFICE. SADDLE FOR SALE. EOR SALE, a Strong SADDLE, quite new. Price— L £3 15s. ; worth £5. ALFRED HARRISON, 122 a Auctioneer. X 2 qs. PER ACRE. Messrs, saunders brothers have had placed in their hands for sale 993 Acres of fair Agricultural Land, within 5 miles of the Dunsandcl 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 Notice. SPE CIA L NOTICE TO RAKAIA CUSTOMERS. A RRANGEMENTS have been made y~\ with Messrs. Oku & Co., Rakaia, to keep on sale a supply of all my well-known Medicines and Preparations ; also, a well assorted supply of simple Drugs, in bottles ready for use, and Morse and Cattle Medicines. This, I trust, will avoid the delay and expense of sending to a distance for them when required. I also take the present opportunity of thanking the Residents of Rakaia and District' for the very large patronage hitherto accorded to me, and they may rely on all orders sent me meeting with prompt attention. , J. M. CAMBRIDGE, . MEDICAL HALL, A S H B U It T 0 N. 204 a LICENSING ACT, 1873. AND LICENS ING ACT: 1878 AMENDMENT ACT, 1874. is hereby given that, in pul'- ll suance of the above Acts, the Quarterly Meeting of the Licensing Com missioners for the Districts of Ashburton, Rakaia, and Mount Somers, will be held on THURSDAY, the 4tli day of Septem ber next, at the hour of 12 noon, in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Ashburton, for the purpose of considering Applica tions under the said Acts. C. CAVENDISH MURRELL, Clerk, Licensing Court. Resident Magistrate’s Court, Ashburton, Ist August, 1879. 256 a ASHBURTON COUNTY 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 he received at the Council’s offices, Ash burton, up to 10 a. m. on WEDNESDAY, 3rd day of September, 1579. Schedule ov Fees proi*osed to re Charged. Cattle or Horses driven or led in a mob ... 6d. per head Passengers forded on horseback ... 2s. each Horses forded i (including horse and rider) ... 3s. ~ Vehicles ... ••• ... ss. ~ - - By Order, F. MAINWA RING, Clerk. ’ Ashburton, July 31, 1879. 220 a V. ib, * rite c 3 Yl, AI-mCja k.Uv, R. IN BANKRUPTCY. j^TOTICE— The c £ Ashburton Herald ” s a Gazette for.' all notices under' the GO Debtors and Creditors Acts.



Wants, &c. WANTED, a Country. ‘272a HOUSEMAID for the Good Wages. Apply IIEEALD OFFICE. FOUND.— A Sum of MONEY ; owner can have same by paying for this advertisement. 283 a CHARLES NEMi'E. nnWO Gentlemen require Hoard and X Residence in or near town. Apply G. D. BOILEAU, 265 a Ashburton. WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est j.nd neatest CARDS may be had at - he ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Stiuokt Nobtu. TUST ARRIVED, Albums, Desks, Workboxes, Ac. IT. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 473 a WANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes and Notepaper can bo obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “ Herald ” Office, East-street North. 642 Public Notices. LOWER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. A PPLICATIONS are invited for the Situation of CLERK, COLLECTOR, and SURVEYOR for the above Board, at a salary of £250 per annum. A four roorned house, and a nine-acre paddock will idso 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. “ THE LAND TAX ACT, 1878.” CANTERBURY DISTRICT. COUNTY OF ASHBURTON. NOTIFICATION OF SITTING OF AS SESSMENT COURT. fipAKE NOTICE, that the sittings of the § Assessment Court, under the above named Act, for the Borough of Ashburton and the County of Ashburton, for hearing and determining all objections to the Valuation Lists of the same under the above Act, will be hold as follows, when all Valuers and other persons duly appoin ted for the said Districts shall attend the sittings of the said Courts, and shall produce all hooks and papers relating to their respective offices, which the Court may require to be produced Borough of Ashburton—Monday, 25th August, at 11 a. 111., at the Resident Magistrate’s Court. County of Ashburton—Thursday, 28th August, at 11 a.m., at the Resident Magistrate’s Court. F. GUINNESS, R.M., 235 a Judge. Notice. MOFFAT begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that his NEW FLOUR MILL AT WAKANUI HAS COMMENCED WORK, And hopes, by strict attention to busi ness, and turning out a First-class article, to merit a share of public support. Special attention paid to Gristing, and Farmers from a distance can have their Grist ground by return. 248 a



Tentmakor. N OTICE. RE-OPE N I N G. WM. PATCHING BEGS to inform tlio inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding dis tricts, that, having purchased the busi ness lately carried on by Sando and Olson, he will continue the MANUFACTURING of TENTS, TARPAULINS, HORSECLOTHS, WAGGON TILTS, &c. LARGE STOCK ON HAND, Including— Druggets, assorted patterns Tents, all sizes . Indiarubbcr and Canvas Hosc ing Canvas, Calico, American Duck, Drill, <Nc. Clothes, Carden, and Plough Lines Headstalls Flax and Hemp Halters O N SAL E , AT UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES. The following : Tarpaulins and Horsecloths Oilskin Suits, Men’s and Roys’ . Macintoshes, Leggings Flax and Manilla Rope Blocks, double and single FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS. AdANo te the address — W M. P A T C II I N G (Late Sando & Olsen), •East Street, Ashburton. 108 a



Fruiterers, &c. A V 1 8 0 N, G R E ]•; N G R O G E R ANT) FRUITERER, II A S 0 N SALE Onions. Good Potatoes, Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips, Herbs. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, (Next to Fowler, Grocer) TANGLED STREET, ASHBURTON. 79 a Bottlers. ASHBURTON BOTTLING STORES. In connection with the ASHBURTON BREW ER Y, AVOOD. and CO Have on hand a Larg; I cck of ALE and STOUT, in Bulk and Bottle. Business Notice. SEALY BROS., .TELE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET, ARE how offering their Stock of Trees at prices that will compare favorably with those ruling anywhere in the Pro vince. OUR FRUIT TREES Are all budclcd and grafted in the most approved manner, and are perfectly clean and true to name. Prices ranging from 15s. to ISs. per doz. THE EOREST TREES And Shrubs of all sorts have been REPEATEDLY TRANSPLANTED, which secures to thorn 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-i.-Bcforc you buy elsewhere, compare prices. SEALY BROS., ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, One Minute’s Walk from the Belt. lG7a NE W ZEALAND WESLE VAN, Published Monthly. yUST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealaim Wesleyan ” for August. Price 6d. Sold at the Herald Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. 35a SANDO AND OLSEN’S ASSIGNED 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. BGa NOTICE. ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ji LL Accounts due to the above estate L\ must bo 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. nnHE 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. TL TWENTYMAN) L E. NATHAN ) Trustees. Per W. Stringer. N.B.—Office removed from Old Bank Score to premises next. Messrs. Fried landcr Brothers, East Street. ' 177 a Public Notices IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North,- - PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT. Also, — FORMS ok TO LET and FOR SALE. SCHOOL Books, Bags, Etc.—H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Boring Square. 473 a LL TASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. VV at the Herald Office. Apply ally. 590



Auction Sales. SATURDAY, AUGUST i6th. Mil. JOHN LLOYD CRAY,'LEY will sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, At his Rooms, Saunders’ Buildings, ON SATURDAY NEXT, Valuable Town Sections at Tinwald 1 Splendid 20-gallon Copper Boiler Ironmongery • Tools Groceries Chairs Stretchers Bedding, &c. 2 Muzzle-loading Guns Set of Breaking Harness Ploughing Harness, Ac. Sale at 1 o’clock sharp. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, 195 a Auctioneer, Ac. SATURDAY, t6tii AUGUST. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY has received instructions to sell by pub lic auction, at his Rooms, Saunders’ Buildings, on Saturday, 16th August,— Q VALUABLE TOWN SECTIONS Q At Tinwald, Nos. 104 and 105, Fronting on Thompson Street. The Sections are centrally-situated, and offer a splendid investment. Terms, liberal, at sale. Sale at 1 o’clock sharp. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY. 240 a Auctioneer. Business Notices. C. PERCY COX, L AND AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. TO LET OR SELL— CBO Acres first-class land (limestone) with good house, large stables, woolshed, sheep-yards, granaries, etc., etc., com plete ; very convenient. 620 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 T R JJODDER & 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. A. Large Assortment of Tweeds, Doeskins, and Coatings on hand. 150 a SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate rials. 11. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 471 D I ENVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER,— I 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 tli Auction Sale. Also, 200,000 fee to arrive, now lying at the Waimate Sta tion, will be disposed of AT REDUCED PRICES AT t H AYES’ TIM BE R YARDS, East Street, Ashburton. 1027



Auction Sales, FRIDAY, 15TH AUGUST. TO BUILDERS CONTRACTORS, AND OTHERS. TIMBER. TIMBER. TsYfESSRS. EDMISTON BROS. AND .JLyJL OUNDRY have been favored with instructions from the Surveyor to the Ashburton Road Board (J. Wilkie, Esq.), to sell by public auction, at the Road Board Yards, Moore Street, FRIDAY, 15 ru AUGUST, (In consequence of the Sub-division of the Ashburton Road District), WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST RESERVE, 15,000- timber-, 15,000 Consisting of, — Black Pine, Kauri, Bii’cli, and V.D.U Timber. Also,— 250 Posts and Rails Drain Pipes, Ac., Ac. Sale at 12 o’clock. EDMISTON BROS. A GUNDRY, 2GSa —020 Auctioneers. NOTICE. BULLOCK A CO. beg to intimate that the Business carried on by us for the past twelve months under the style of BULLOCK A Co. Will in future be conducted under our own names as EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. C. J. EDMISTON. P. A. EDMISTON. W. H. GUNDRY. Ashburton, July 1, 1579. S2a EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. AGENTS FOR THE SOUTFI 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-jpHB Undersigned have on Sale : Fencing "Wire No. G to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds — White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil. Lucerne, Ac., &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. Public Notices. EORGE fjn EICKETT MEANS TO DO BUSINESS- And the under given figures show that he is in earnest. A call at his establishment, Enfet; Street, next Messrs. On* and Co.’s, will give further proof. Gentlemen’s E.S. Boots, 15s. to 20s. Watertights, a Superior Fashionable Article, IGs. Balmorals, very best, 20s. Bluchers, the <£ ne plus ultra,” 10s. Gd. Gent’s. Calf Shoes, 14s. Gd., used to be 17s. Gd. Ladies’ Boots of every description, equally low. Slippers for all feet—ladies’ 4s. 9d. to Gs. Gd. ; 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



Business Notice. ORR AUP CO. GREAT BANKRUPT SALE OF Pass & Co’s. Stock • £3,000 Worth OF CLOTHING DRAPERY, BOOTS AND S H O E S. 2 3 000 Still Remains. EXTRAORDI NA RY BARGAINS.



ORE, & CO. Have made still further reduction, in order to clear out balance of the above Stock in Three Weeks, so that they may give up the Promises. COME AT ONCE AND : T ; SECURE , THE GREAT BARGAINS. Boots, half-price Childrens’ Boots from Is. per pair Dress Goods at 4d., Bd., 10d., and Is., worth Is. to 2s. 6d. Wool Shawls at 10s., worth 21s. Gd. One Bale White Blankets at 12s. Gd., and 18s. Gd., worth 20s. to 375. Gd. 13 doz. Ladies’ Felt Skirts at 3s. 6d. to • 10s. Gd. , worth Bs. Gd. to 17s. Gd. Men’s Felt Hats, from 2s. Gd. Men’s Ulster Overcoats at 305., worth 575. Gd. Men’s Suits at 455., worth 82s. Gd. Men’s Boots at Bs. Gd. and upwards China Matting, Gd. per yard. Every Article in Stock Must he Sold. PREMISES TO BE LET ist SE.PW ORR AND IMPORTERS,. ASHBURTON AN® RA'KSIA.



Hotels. i — r ,.;— ORAM’S SOMERS E.T COMMERCIAL • ; AND FAMILY HOTEL v . ( ; . f • i i ■ ASHBURTON. v • - . : % - •\{ •• Ifj UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF« V r v ‘ Sir George Grey, K.C.8., Premier of New ' Zealand-. . Sir James Ferguson, Bart., late Governor of New Zealand, ‘ AND Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of'Tas . mania. 'THUS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounce r * ■' to be one of the finest in the Southern. Hemi sphere. The cuisnc is under the supervision or an eminent chef, and the proprietor hopes that • • . ;.r his long experience in the trade is a sufficient . guarantee as to the quality of the- contents of •' j the cellar. , :J y R. W, SHEARMAN, jt. PROPRIETOR. ’ . . ■■■-' •• • : N'-A..r' THE ASHBURTON HOTEL (the oldest established in the DISTRICT)’ • TAT AS been Re-erected and considerably Enlarged, and now offers , to. Tra-' A T .vellers and the General Public Aecomnib, : ‘ • j . , - : . ' .tij dation of a Superior Class, no expense having been spared in making it second to none in the Ashburton for comfort and ■ J convenience. . , ...... SUITES OF PRIVATE ROOMS FOR FAMILIES. . - r>] r q J LIQUORS OF THE BEST QUALITY ONLY IN STOCK. ■ The Proprietor’s trust, by strict atten--' tion to business, combined witli ~ A ■ MODERATE CHARGES, to meet witli a fair share of public.' patronage. • ... u , :*■ MUTCH & McKENZIE, ; • Proprietors. • . 4 2 7 JOSEPH BALDWIN Begs to inform I'ais friends and the public; that he Has Opened TH E CENTRAL HOTEL, AT THE JUNCTION!, WILLS STREET WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTON, rHIS commodtious hotel i 3 situated within thxejo minutes’ walk of the tail way Station. Table d’Hote daily at 6 .m. Luncheon oil the table from 12 to : p.m. The Jngaird Bottle Department rill be made a : special feature, single ri ottles and small qi; antities being supplied t the lowest reinu. lerative rates. Only lie best quality o:t Wines, Beers, and pirits procurable wild be kept. .. .. ....,| J . BA I, DWI N , Proprietor. THE PRINCE ALBERT ; HOARDING AND DINING ii ROOjMS, •'jH; liv’d Alls Street, riNEAR , Railway' Station J • (liate Clerk’s). ' i now opeu for the con venience of Bqiuf* dors, Commercial Travellers, and. . \ the Public. . ... .'..'Li hi HE House is entirely .iiew, andbeautit. , | fully fitti ;d rip with . All COMFORTS, very attention willbe paid to patrons. . ;i . TIR&T-CLAS.S TA BLE, E n M £5 and ' v i -‘- ; '- lib e r a l amilie. ? accomn lodatcd with pi rivaterooms. Broakuust, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. .5 pip l3 ? r l j J (noon) to 2 p.m.; Tea, 5.30 to 7 P- 533 - fiE E A*’.L S Breakfast:, *>r Tea, Is. ; Dinner, Ts.6.d. loard and j 255., 205., and 17a SERVA ivDS RpIGISTI VY OFFICE. No (Caarge. F R All BR O W N e Propriefcor. # ; j • n; A/, Poulterer, R/aBB rT S! R. AB B ITS ! ! P. FIARPER, FISHMONGER AND POULTERER Near the Ashburton Hotel, East Street, r. BEGS to irU orm the inhabitants of that he HAS OPENED in the a line, and trusts, by strict attcn + j IOU to business, and supplying but Athicles of first-class quality, hopes to merit a share of public patronage •’ •. : : OYSTER SALOON. Hot; Fried Fish and Stewed Eels from to 11 every night. \