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Printed and Published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton, Tuesday, February,* 18, 1879.



Hotels. THE QUEEN’S HOTEL, Comer of Cashel and Manchester Streets, CHRISTCHURCH. W. R. Tm It h, BEGS to inform the public that the above Hotel, has lately been renewed, and fitted up in the Best Home Style, with every attention to comfort and convenience. Water laid on in every room, with excellent bath. Private Suites of Rooms. Commercial and Sitting Rooms. Liquors of the very best brands. i Terms Moderate. R. SMITH, Proprietor. Comer of Cashel and Manchester Streets, CHRISTCHURCH. 11l Under Distinguished Patronage. QUILL’S HOTEL. (Opposite Railway Station, and adjoining Post and Telegraph Departments, Ashburton.) THE Proprietor of the aboVe Magnifi cent Hotel begs to announce to Commercial Travellers, Families, and Visitors to this prosperous district, that this establishment is acknowledged to be the finest in New Zealand, both as regards its extent of accommodation, and the general perfection, of its appointments. The private suites of apartments are specially designed to suit the convenience and privacy of families. The. sitting rooms are cheerful and pleasant. Splen did Commercial Room, and a Reading Room with .one of the Best Libraries in the colony. Large Sample Rooms to meet the requirements of Commercial Travellers.. Bath Rooms, and a First class Billiard Saloon furnished with one of Alcock’s Prize Tables. T. Q. having completed arrangements with the best wholesale houses in Aus tralia for the supply of Wines and Spirits, is in a position to offer nothing but a genuine article to the public, and strongly recommends invalids, and those who enjoy good Port and Sherry, to purchase from the above Hotel. T.Q. guarantees everything in stock of the. purest descrip »tion. The Trade Supplied. QUILL’S COMMERCIAL HOTEL AND WINE VAULTS. H WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SPIRIT MERCHANT & IMPORTER. Railway Station, Ashburton. 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 o* New Zealand, m AND Sir Charles Ducane, late Governor of Tas mania. '"JpHIS centrally-situated Hotel is pronounced 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 sufficier.! guarantee as to the quality of the contents o* the cellar. R. W. SHEARMAN, , PROPRIETOR. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, HAVELOCK STREET, Ashburton. '"pIIIS well-situated and Commodious Hote I S NOW OPEN, jeer Boarders and the Travelling Public will find the i est of Accommodation, combined with liberal Charges, Strict Civility, and the Best Attention. Rehrshments at all hours, and Breakfast for early trains. Breakfast or Tea, 1/; Dinner, 1/6. Private Rooms, extra. E.eakfast, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. ; Dinner, 12 noon to 2 p.m. ; Tea, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The manager is now prepared to receive Ciders (or Wedding Breakfasts, Wedding C &es, Private Parties, Suppers, Etc. Remember the Address— HAVELOCK STREET, NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION. JOHN BROOM, Manager.



Hotels, “ the WIIEATSHEAF HOTEL,” WHEATSTONE. G. H. WILLCOCKS tt)EGS to announce that he has just COMPLETED THE ABOVE HOTEL, which is NOW OPEN to the Public. EVERY*t!OMFORT & ATTENTION Will be found for TRAVELLERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. LIQUORS OF THE BEST QUALITY. 299 Boarding Houses. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. SPANISH RESTAURANT (Late Eagle’s Boarding House), HAVELOCK STREET, Ashburton, Near Town Hall, and Two Minutes’ walkfrom Railway Station. THTS well-situatecl and commodious House has just been thoroughly renovated, and is being refurnished and supplied with every comfort. Boarders and the Travelling Public will find a Good Table, Superior Accommoda tion, and Best Attention, combined with VERY LIBERAL CHARGES. Meals : Tea or Breakfast, Is. ; Dinner, Is. 6d. ; Beds, Is. and Is. 6d. J . COTTON, Proprietor. 359 ANSTEE’S PRIVATE HOTEL AND BOARDING HOUSE. TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, J. G. ANSTEE 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. / The Table will be found all that can be .desired. First-class accommodation for Boarders. FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR BOARDERS. WARWICK HOUSE, Cox-street, Ashburton. SLUG AS begs to intimate to the . Public that he has opened the above Boarding-house. Persons requiring lodg ings can rely on shearing all the comforts of a home. 302 TEMPERANCE BOARDING HOUSE, Moore-street, Ashburton. (Late Womer’s.) PROPRIETOR JOHN CANDISH. rp|HE above Boarding House is r.ow Open for the accommodation, of Boarders, Travellers, and others. Private Rooms for Families. Breakfast... ... 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Dinner 12 to 2. Tea ... ... sto 7. Board and Lodging, £1 per week. MEALS & 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 Comforts. Every attention will be paid to patrons. FIRST-CLASS TABLE, AND ERMS LIBERAL. Families accommodated with privaterooms. 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. FRANK BROWNE, Manager. 230'



Ironmongers. IRONMONGERY Ex “ Times” and “ Mennock ” from London. ORR & CO. ARE NOW LANDING the following GOODS from the above-named Ships : CHAFF CUTTERS, . Small to Extra Large. HORSE GEARS, One, Two, and Three Horse. Fencing Wire, Nos. 8,9, and 10. Blue Stone, in t cwt. kegs. Fencing Staples. Hay Forks, 2 and 3 prong. 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. Bolts and Nuts, all sizes. Bar and 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, 25 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. Brushware, of all descriptions. Fenders, superior quality. Tinware, a fine lot. Cash Boxes, with Chubb’s Locks. OR R & CO.



Engineers and Foundries. UNION IRONWORKS. JgDWARDS AND J^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 Zealandfor MESSRS AYELING & PORTER, ROCHESTER, Whose Traction Engines, Ploughing Machines, Steam Reaping Machines, and Road Rollers hare 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 Goods 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 GRAIN 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 of Machinery furnished on application. Agent, Ashburton. 63 Cabinetmakers. T. A. GATES, CABINET-MAKER, UPHOLSTERER, AND PICTURE-FRAME MAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS & PETER STREET, ASHBURTON, Near the Railway Station. Carpets, Rugs, Oilcloth, Bedsteads, Chairs, Mattrasse3, 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. [S prepared to execute all orders for Wood Turning, Venetian Blinds, Bedsteads, Tables, and every class of Furniture. Window Poles on hand, or made to any sixe. TINWALD FURNITURE DEPOT. Q HAR L E S Jg RADER, 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. rpHE UNDERSIGNED are prepared to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Grain for shipment to England or to the Australian Colonies. FRIEDLANDER BROTHER^.



General Stores NEW GOODS, FRESH STOCK, JUST ' OPENED. SPLENDID ASSORTMENT. Sando & Olsen, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS,- East Street, Ashburton, WHILE returning their Sincere Thanks for 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 Coun try within a radius of fifteen miles. Machines and Contractors supplied regularly.



SAILMAKING. This branch is carried on on the premises by Two Practical Hands, and under the manage ment of our MR. SANDO, whose long experience in the Trade is a guarantee of GOOD FIT in HORSE-CLOTHS and FIRST-CLASS WORKMANSHIP IN TENTS, TARPAULINS, RICK CLOTHS, &c., &c., &c. FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS 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% d. 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 : Wakanui ... J. W. McClure. Wakanui Creek G. Ledley. Seafield ... T. Jones. ~ M. Bruce. Charing Cross G. S. Brown. Newland ... Edwin Watkins. Goods and parcels delivered every Tues day and Friday. SANDO & OLSEN, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



Builders. ' - Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR M A-N?tLF A C TORY. 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 tbc shortest notice. IMPORTANT TO PARTIES ABOUT TO BUILD. THE undersigned Las now on hand an extensive assortment of everything appertaining to the Building Trade, in cluding— • , Timber of all kinds. Galvanised Iron. Ridging and Spouting. Doors. Sashes. Mouldings. Nails. Locks. Hinges. &c., &c., &C., Which he is offering for Sale at Tinwald at the lowest current rates. The Inhabitants on the South side of the River will find it to their advantage to give him a call. THOMAS WILLIAMS, BUILDER, UNDERTAKER, CABINET MAKER, WHEELWRIGHT, &c., (Near Railway Station) Tinwald. Bottlers. ASHBURTON BOTTLING STORES. In connection with the ASHBURTON BREWERY, WOOD and CO. Have on hand a Large Stock 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. Bottlers of the Best Brands of Vle and Stout. , 91 Tinsmiths, &c. LICENSED GASFITTER. J. C. DOLMAN, . T") LUMBER, LOC KS MIT H, BELL -1 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. STT ARDLEY, in tendering . his . XX Sincere Thanks to the In habitants of Ashburton anil 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 the Address— S. HARD LEY, PLUMBER AND TINSMITH, EAST STREET. ->■ - f 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, t6' merit a fair share of public patronage. N.B.—Repairs neatly executed. Business Notices. LEAD. BREAD. BREAD 6d. per 41b. Loaf. IHOMAS HICKS, Baker and Con fectioner, Tancred Street,- is now )plying First-class Bread, at 6d. per Loaf, delivered to all parts of the strict, or at the Shop. note — THOMAS HICKS, THE PIONEER BAKERY, Tancred Street, Ashburton