The Ashburton Herald

AND BOROUGH AND COUNTY ADVERTISER

VOL. 111. —629.

ASHBURTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1880.

Price One Penny.



Auctioneers and Commission Agents. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, ETC. SALES, Sales of Stock, Mer chandise, Furniture and Effects, also Pigs, Fowls, and General Produce. WEEKLY SALE Every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock. SALE ATTENDED. ntries can be made at my office or at the Yards. Agent for the Transatlantie Fire Insurance Company. 6 EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY (late bullock AJSTD 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. 19 [Card.] J. E. B UOHANAN & Co. Auctioneers, Land, and Estate Agents, ASHBURTON. 313 a gAUN DEES’ B ROTHERS, MILLERS, GRAIN MERCHANTS, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, ASHBURTON. AGENTS FOR THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE CO] And THE WALLSENDf'COLLLIERY.



Public Notice. CHERTSEY. A. R. MARKHAM (Next Montgomery’s, Chertsey), GENERAL STOREKEEPER, HAYING taken over the store of Messrs. Orr and Co., and increased the stock, is prepared to supply first-class articles in Grocery, Drapery, Ironmongery. Agent for THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 423 NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OE NEW ZEALAND. Capital £1,000,000. Paid up £50,000. Reserve Fund j£85,000. A LOCAL INSTITUTION. EIRE Department.—City, Suburban, and Country properties, Flour Mills, Mills, Breweries, Barns, Stables, &c., insured on the most favorable terms. Grain in Stook or Stack. Steam Thresh ing Machines, in yard or at work, insured at the lowest rates. MARINE RISKS of all kinds effected at current rates. r A. C A R R I C K , Manager, HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST CHURCH. This Company covers risk of explosion of gas. 975 a PHOTOGRAPHY. Jj3 ORTRAITS taken in any weather, at MARTIN’S PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton. 19c Great Reduction in Prices. INK for Marking Packages, Sten cilling, &c. Large bottles, 2s. each WEEKS & DIXON, Stationers, &c., East street. CRICKETING Materials —Bats, Balls, Stumps, Knee Pads, &c., at H. M. JONES’, Stationei, Baring Square. CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ON SALE at the “ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence. Neatly Bound in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the hands of every Tradesman. IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sals at their Office, East Street North,- - PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, —- FORMS OF TO LET and FOR SALE. Advertise. If you want fto sell a Farm, to sell a Horse, to rent a Farm, to buy a Horse, to buy a House, to rent a House, to obtain Board, to sell Groceries, to sell Furniture, to sell Hardware, to hire a Servant, to borrow Money, If you want to sell Dry Goods, to sell a Carriage, to sell Real Estate, to seek a Situation, to obtain a Servant, to engage a Salesman, to sell Millinery Goods, to sell a House or Section, to find a Strayed Animal, to find any one’s Address, to sell a piece of Furniture, to find an owner for Anything, to buy a second-hand Carriage, to find anything you have Lost, If you want bto sell Agricultural Implements YOU CAN DO SO, BY MAKING YOUR WANTS KNOWj' IN THE ASHBURTON HERALD, OFFICE : SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street,|



250 c “ THE ASHBURTON HERALD,” PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Brice—ONE PENNY. A DVERTISERS are reminded that the J\ “ Evening Herald ” commands the largest circulation in the Borough and Suburbs daily, and the prices for adver tisements are very reasonable. Casual Advertisements—2s. per inch, cash. Wants —20. words for Is., Cash. Quarterly Advertisements, as per ar rangement. rnHE “ Herald ” is on every Tea Table I in Ashburton T~\o you Want the News of the Day ? I / Read the Ashburton Herald, IT is only a Penny, is to be got every where in Town, along the Railway ine, and of tJ*«> Country Agents. WANTED KNOWN —That we are now Selling 250 Cream Laid Commercial Envelopes for 25., cash ; 500 ditto, 3s. 6d. cash j and 1000 ditto, 6s. 6d., for prompt cash only. Weeks & Dixon.



Business Notices. EVERETT BROS. & *OO., DRAPERS, &c, HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON, LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT!! FOR OUR JSTEW ADVERTISE MEHT. The New Improved Althouse Vaneless Windmill IS NOW ON EXHIBITION ERECTED IN FRONT OF OUR STORE. m mm m m. m Pi-ices are lowered and are within the reach o£ everybody, we therefore invite the public to examine the same. For 'full particulars address or call 'on FRIBDLANDEE BROS., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



Hotels. BUTLER’S FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBURTON. J. F. BUTLER (Late of Arahura, West Coast) ta inform his friends and the public generally that he has opened the above large and commodious hotel, which is situated at the CORNER OF OASS AND HAVELOCK STREETS, And is convenient to the Railway Station. Excellent accommodation for' travellers, families, and boarders. All wines and spirits of the best brands. One ofAlcock’s best billiard tables. 965 - 417 g



Hotels. 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 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. 540 J ,JB A L D,jW I N , Pioprietor,



Business Notices. TINWALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOF BOOTS 1 BOOTS!! THE Undersigned begs to draw the at tention of the public to his well as sorted stock of Laches’, Gents’, and Chil dren’s Boots, which he has just received, I and will dispose of CHEAP. Motto— “ Small profits and quick returns.” All ■kinds of Boots made and repaired on the the shortest possible notice. 382« C. HAWKINS, Bootmaker. M. McCALLUM, AND JEWELLER Every description of Jewellery made to order and repaired. Electro-plating and Gilding. Hair plaits ana Devices done. Watches and Clocks accurately Repaired. Diamonds and every description of Stones substantially Set. Clocks from 7s. 6d. each. Do., with alarm, 16s. CASHEL STREET, Next Bank op Australasia, Christ church. 221 c ANSTEE’S DINING ROOMS, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. THE Proprietor begs to inform visitors to Ashburton, and the travelling public generally, that the best accommo dation for Boarders in Ashburton is to b® had at the above establishment. A LIBERAL TABLE & MODERATE CHARGES. MEALS AT ALL HOURS ... Is. BEDS ... ... Is. BOARD & LODGING ... 18s. & 20s. PRIVATE REFRESHMENT ROOMS FOR LADIES. PROPRIETOR, J. G. ANSTEE. 985 a PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ashburton. J. R. CHAPMAN 3 PAINTER, PAPERHANGEP SIGN-WRITER, Etc,, Has much pleasure in stating that, owing to the large increase of Business, he is now Importing from the Manufacturers-- PAPER HANGINGS, WHITE LEAD LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSHWAPE, 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 the trade executed under personal superin tendence. Competent workmen sent to all parts of the country. ESTIMATES GIVEN. 261 c REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. EDWARD TAYLOR has reduced the Price of his best Bread to sd. Cash at shop, and if delivered by cart, s£d. EDWARD TAYLOR, Saunders’ Buildings,. 119 c ASHBURTON. w. PA H a < ft o INK FOR BAG MARKIN O e § x/i 8 W xn pNK for Stencil Plates and Bag Marking, L in quart bottles ready for use, on de at the IERALD AND GUARDIAN OFFICE, NEAR RAILWAY STATION. RECEIPT and DELIVERY BOOKS for Threshing Machines, Grain, and Goods PRINTED on SHORTEST NOTICE. Samples can be seen at our Office. WEEKS AND DIXON, I Stationers, General Printers, &g.



Business Notices. 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, J~> Per iooo - 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.



Wholesale Stationers HERALD OFFICE.



Business Notices. MONEY. £SO AND £IOOO. These sums are ready for immediate investment, on approved Freehold securi ties at current rates. Apply to THOMAS & BRUGES, Solicitors, 13c CHRISTCHURCH. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 OF SUPERIOR BUILDING TIMBER Also, 20,000 SAWN STAKES, Now on Sale at Hayes’ Timber Yards, East Street, Ashburton, at reduced orices. 557 a TO THE LADIES. WANTED KNOWN —That MRS. ■ CARSTENS has always on hand trimmings and lining, and dresses made on the shortest notice. MRS. CARSTENS, Burnett Street, Opposite the Mail Office, 933 a Ashburton. BRANSON & PURNELL, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, EAST STREET, . JTF you want a CHEAP SUIT OF CLOTHES go to G. J. F. LUBLOW, TAILORING DEPOT. Triangle, Ashburton, Between Post - Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. G. J. F. Lublow, importing his own goods, is enabled thereby to make as Cheap a Suit of Clothes as any tailor in New Zealand, and a First-class FIT is Guaranteed. Terms—Strictly Cash. 5 per cent. Discount off all Orders Paid IN ADVANCE. 813 a CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, East Street (next Echo Dining Rooms), ASHBURTON. John ]\J[ ee ci, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER PAPERHANGER, Ac. ALL KINDS OP REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. 963 a ASHBURTON HERALD, Published Daily. are requested to make snown any irregularity in the delivery, 'vhether in Town or Country, which shall be immediately remedied. Country Sub' cribers along the Wakanxd Road to the school, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesday and Friday, AITANTED Known, the “Ashburton v v _ Herald” circulates throughout the Provincial District of Canterbury. Housemaids. —The herald asks a Housemaid for you in 20 woi;ds for' WANTED. —The Herald tells yeti Wants ia 20 words, fer 1/*.