The Ashburton Herald

AND BOROUGH AND COUNTY ADVERTISER

WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE “EVENING ECHO.”

VOL. 11.-— 449.

ASHBURTON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1879

Price One Penny,



Auctioneers and Commisssion Agents I7IDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, Li (late bullock AND CO.), ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. Belas -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 Tyfß.' JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, i-Vi 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. 377 a



s AUNDERS’ JgROTHERS, M I LLERS, GRAIN MERCHANTS, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, ISHBURTON. Carriers. TH. BREWER’S Royal Mail COACH . leaves Longbeach for Ashburton (vi& Waterton, 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, L 95 Proprietor. 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 8 p.m. Milliner and Dressmaker. MRS. ADAMS, -JIyTILLINER 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. v • MRS. ADAMS, Moore Street, i Opposite Mr, Boyle’s Office, 151 a



Business Notices. TO MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN, AND OTHERS. STUDY ECONOMY! STUDY ECONOMY! GREAT SAVING EFFECTED BT PURCHASING YOUR STATIONERY AT THE WHOLESALE STATIONERY DEPOT. CASH PRICES: Envelopes, Cream Laid, Per iqoo - 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.



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 now Importing from the PAPER RANGINGS, 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 Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED havir.g COM. PLETED oheir KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal U any made in the Colony, at any Station up or down. Samples to be seen at the Company'» Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, and Y. inslow W. MONTGOMERY & CO [Limited] 77a



Baker and Confectioner. OPEN THIS DAY. BREAD ! BREAD!! BREAD! CONFECTIONERY and BISCUITS. EDWARD TAYLOR begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton - and the surrounding neighborhood that h'e has commenced business as Plain and Fancy Bread and Biscuit Baker, and Confec tioner in Saunders’ New Buildings, and hopes by strict attention to business, and keeping a first-class article, to merit a fair share of public patronage. Confectionery and Biscuits always in stock. ONE TRIAL SOLICITED. Note the Address— EDWARD TAYLOR, Bread and Biscuit Baker and Confectioner, EAST STREET, Near the Railway Station. 343 a Business Notices. THE ASHBURTON HERALD. AND Borough and County Advertiser. TIHE following are AGENTS for the Sale of the “ Ashburton Herald” in Town : H. M. Jones. Stationer, East Street, next Friedlander Bros. E. A. Garnett, Perfumer, Hairdresser, Etc., Montgomery’s Buildings. K. Sando, Under the Verandah, East Street. IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North,— PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, ■ ; i FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE.



General Storekeeper. THIS is THE COLUMN THAT HAS BEEN WATCHED. dF NO SHAM SACRIFICE. K . SAN D O BEGS to announce that he lias 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. [Card.] J. E. B U C H A N A N, GENERAL AGENT, ASHBURTON. 313 a G. D. BOILEAU, ACCOUNTANT AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT. SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS. Rents and Debts collected. 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, QOLICITOR AND CONVEYANCER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street, ASII B U R T O N. 409 C. E. BOOKS AND SON, ICENSED SURVEYORS AND ' LAND BROKERS Under the Lanu Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, Triangle, Wakanui Road, near Poat-office ASHBURTON.



General Merchants. The Althouse Windmill. THE ONLY SELF-REGULATING WINDMILL. BEOS. ASHBURTON.



Bootmakers. PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! T, CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the public of Ashburton and surrour ding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inf< rn them that he has received, and to arrive ; at his place ( >f business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK or LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attenlu 1 to the Measure Department, and incites 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 will open with a Lai’ge Stock of Boots of every description. Note the address— M. NEALAS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 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 fair share of public patronage. N.B.—Repairs neatly executed. 1 " Business JNoflleA ' EIBLES, Prayers, and Church Services, Hymnals for various churches.—H. [ M, JONES, Stationer, Baring Square.



Chemists. ANTED 'AMS l i NO W N rnHAT Chilblains JL can he cured by a few applications of Cambridge's Chilblain Liniment, Is. Gd. a bottle. That Coughs and Colds speedily disap pear after a few doses of Cambridge’s Cough Syrup, Is. 6d. and 2s. Gd. 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. Gd. That Farmer’s and Horse-keepers should always have in the house a bottle of CAMBRIDGE’S COLIC DRINK for Gripe in Horses ; and a bottle of his Driffield White Oil for Sore Shoulders, Etc. ' That J. M. Cambridge Extracts Teeth carefully and skilfully for 2s. Gd. That the Public can obtain Medicines after business hours or during the night, when urgently needed, at the Dispensary, Burnett Street. CAMBRIDGE’S! Orange Quinine i TONIC WINE. I 1042 J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Medical Hall, Ashburton. Poulterer, &c. RABBITS! RABBITS!! P . HARPER, FISHMONGER AND POULTERER Near the Ashburton Hotel, East Street, BEGS to inform tire inhabitants ol Ashburton that he HAS OPENED in the above line, and trusts, by strict attention to business, and supplying but articles of first class quality, hopes to merit a share ol public patronage OYSTER SALOON. « Hot Fried Fish and Stewed Eels from to 11 every night. Builders. Ashburton steam saw mi t SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G . Proprietor, BUILDER AND C G IIR ACTIOR. Moore Every description of ißuildirg Materials in Stock on must - reasonahLperms, . Plans prepared a W j, £ bfltfegt notice, .



PHotels. RAILWAY HOTEL, WINSLOW. MR. W. HARRIS requests the public to know that. he is back at his old 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. 316 a <C. ' 4; ORAM’S SOMERSET 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 -a New Zealand, AND Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Tas mania. ’J' HIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounce i to be one of the finest in the Southern Hemi sphere. The cuisne is under the 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 f the cellar. R. W. SHEARMAN, PROPRIETOR. JOSEPH BALDWIN Begs to inform his friends and the public that lie Has Opened THE CENTRAL HOTEL, AT the JUNCTION, WILLS STREET AND WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTON,. rjRHIS commodious hotel is situated. 1 within three minutes’ walk of the- Railway Station. Table d’Hote daily at 6- p.m. Luncheon on the table from 12 to -2 p.m. The Jug and 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. BALDWIN, 540 Proprietor. Public Notices- EORGE rjJRICKETT MEANS TO DO BUSINESS j And the under given figures show Lint' lie* is in earnest. A call at his establishment, East Street, next Messrs. Orr and Co.’s,. - will give further proof. Gentlemen’s E. S. Boots, 15s. to 20s Watertights, a Superior Fashionable: , Article, 16s. Balmorals, very best, 20s. Bluchers, the “ne plus ultra,” 10s 6d.. Gent’s. Calf Shoes, 14s. 6d., used up ' be 17s. Cd. Ladies’ Boots of every description, equally' low. Slippers for all feet —1 adies’ 4s. A?. to» Gs. K«L ; Gentlemen’s, ss. 6d. to 7s. m lealtter, felt, patent, and carpet. Lffiiggin-gSy knee-high, 75..; Carters’, lha.. A large choice of Boots and Shoes fahl •pirieesj) loir the LITTLE ONES. Every description of Sewn, Pegged *rr4 ; Liyetuk 1 Boots and Shoes made to order fS®"] Repairing promptly attended to. 207& I Coal and Firewood. j CHEAP TIMBER AT HAYEY TIMBER YARDS. fj ALANCE of Timber unsold at lie Auction Sale. Also, 200,000 fro •te arrive, now lying at the Waimate S‘ hi m, will be disposed of I, at reduced prices r- AT \ HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS V i East Street, Ashburton, 102