The Ashburton Herald

BOEQUGH AND COUNTY ABVEBTISEK.

Vol. 111.—745

ASHBURTON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1880

Price One Penny.



Hotels. OO R T t OR T I IST E I N S FOR T* N Y A L I D S'.' J_ N Y A L IHS. pjpHOS. QUILL begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and district that he can supply them with PORT WINE OP THE FINEST QHALITE (suitable for Invalids), as shipped direct by War re Brothers, of -London, one of the oldest houses in the Oporto Trade.., ' • - - •7 ’*• ■■ - ' ' Noth Aodsess— ...-va 'A-A-.briyb; !fr - ;,iV ’ Q U I L L 5 S i WHOLESALE "BOTTLING STORES, CoaiMEE'JIAL Boxer,. , „ (Near I 'Railway . Station), Ashburton. 751c-33Gc SOUTH RAKAIA MOTEL. TOM DALZELL MA N AGEE (Laie Partrldgo.) T\ BEOS to inform the public „ AJs 6 -that the South .Rakaia Hotel is now complete with every con venience and comfort for travellers, and trusts by supplj ing first-class liquors and giving,every attention to patrons, to merit, a continuance of the - liberal support hitherto accorded to this house. A new Coffee Room for Boarders has j ust been added. v Private Rooms for Families. Good Billiard Room, with Alcock’s best full-size Table. Dinner from one o’clock. Good Stabling accommodation. 583 c Bus.-.’oss Notice. . -B AVIS’S - Olieap F B R N ITU RE ' , AND BEDDING M A N UFACTORY, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. 171 VERY article Sold at Christchurch Prices and guaranteed best of material arid workmanship.



Auctioneers and Commisssion 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 YA-DS ATTENDED. Entries can, be made at my office or at tlie y ' ' Yards. Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. sg-252c



i Business Notices. BABBITS! RA B B ITS! 5 ' P . HARPER, FISHMONGER AND -FOULTEREL Near 1 the Ashburton. Hotel,. East Street.- BEGS, to inform the inhabitants Yf ' ■Ashburton that-, he HAS ■ OPEbi MB In the above lake, 'amd/'tfusts'Hby' stfii.4 attention to/busiuessy 'and supplying but articles"'classuqualiiy, hopes-Ho* meritJa share'trfitpublic-patro.hagn r oJiu'c.i-AV -OYSTER S AL.O-O N.• ! Hot Fried Fish, and Tea’ and Coffee at all hours. 807 CHERTSEY A. R M A REE AM ’. (Next Montgomery’s,. Chertsey),. GE;NERAL iSIOREEEEPEE HAVING taken , over the . store of .Messrs. Orr and Co., and increased the stock,, is prepared to supAy first-class articles in Grocery , Hrapery, ironmongery, etc. ' A . Agent for THE ASHBURTON HERALD. : 423 BUTCHERS,.- BAKERS. GENERAL 'STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED. MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEA FIELD. TT AWRY AND SON, 'Norton Farm B A Seafield, return thanks to their patrons for the hearty support accorded to them since Norton Farm was opened as a Butchery, Bakery,, .and -'General Store, and solicit a continuance 01 past favors, assuring customers that their-interest will always .'have -first consideration at the hands oftbe advertisers; La wry and Son beg to inform their - friends ‘and the public in the Seafield and neighboring districts, that their Bread bleat, and Store Carts travel the following routes, on the days given below : Seafield- to -Kyle, and Acton— Wednes days. Seafield to Wakanui Homestead, Waka nui School, and Creek, back by Christie’s Road — Thursdays, h ' Seafield to North Seafield, Charing Cross, D.undas, Cambridge,'returning by Pioneer Road— Fridays. In view of the Harvest, orders for at tendance of the Cart may be left at the Store, Norton' Farm, Seafield ; Wakanui School, .with Mr. Ginuey ; with Mr. Lambie,-at Kyle ; and with Mr Brown ■ blacksmith, Clontarf. LAWRY AND FARM ■ ... Sea field. ,-. ~ ; _' Butchers,/ ' Bakers, Gene rat, Store keepers, Grain and Seed Merchants. A G E'N T S " ' • FOR THE ASHBURTON HERALD " ' H -AND - ' GUARDIAN. . INK for Marking Packages. Sten cilling, &c. Large bottles, 2s. each WEEKS & DIXON, . Stationers, &c., East street. TO FRUITERERS, CONFECTIONERS < AND OTHERS. - EANCY Show Cards, neatly printed— .'"“Finest Lemonade and Cordials” —on Sale at the Herald Office, THE ASHBURTON HERALD. C : AND Borough and Bounty Advertiser,. ' f| THE following are AGENTS for the !_ Sale of the. “Ashburton Herald” n Town:—. . H. M. Jones,. Stationer, Baring square. E. A.- Garnett, Perfumer, Hairdresser, Etc., Montgomery’s Buildings.



F XT 11 SEALS CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED W DAVIS .. MOORE SI PEET, ASHBURTON. 259 c NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN Q ÜBSCRTBERS to the Wesleyan are kj respectfully requested to pay their subscriptions now clue to Messrs. Weeks' and Dixon, Ashburton. . J. T. SMITH, Manager. Christchurch, June 15th, ISSO. 50Ge IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on hale a their Cilice, East Street North,-- PROOFS OF DEPT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, ■ Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR cjALE. ES, NOTEPA PER, EN VELOPES, NO TEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. Ball programme cards very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons 9 printed at the Herald Office East street, near Railway Station, /NASH RECEIPTS, in Books of 103 \J each, on SALE at the “Herald and Guardian ” office. 8



Business Notices. &, S sm 111 i JHM jrsi r/p ciTTV Zj In ojn At the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879-805 after a contest extending over Six Months, and the severest tests yet applied to Sewing Machines in the World, The Judges have Endorsed the Verdict of the People AND AWARDED THE ONLY FIRST PRIZE ...... . . FOB, SEWING MACHINES TO 'FT P „ tats T%m 4 ■s 1 o. E N 017 A V I / Vo ON EVERY POINT, AND OVER ALL OTHER MACHINES. m ’ i SLU ißiiW f€M .vfjp !|ws,!i!»? A WITH TREADLE, Ml m i S@B 1 . SEs Volumes could express no more than this award, won by SHEER MERIT in competition the opportunity being fully availed of. Samples of Work and Illustrated CcVa l ogues forwarded pest free to any, part of the Colony of New Zealand. Full instructions gratis, and a liberal time payment system. Every Machine guaranteed We will show the Machine in operation, making up samples of the following list of work, which the “ Davis ” does WITHOUT EASTING. C! f AN ID GET SAMPLES PJain and Scallop binding. B’ud dress goods with tbs same material, cither scallops, paints, square, 0; ov straight. Bind folds without showing the stiocbes. Bind folds without showing the stitches, and sew on at the same time time. It will put on shirt braid and sew on facing at one - ■ operation, without showing the stitches. Make French folds. | Make French folds and sew on at the same time. N Make Milliners’ folds with different colors and pieces of goods at one operat’d), and sew on at same time. It will gather between- two pieces and sew on at the same time. 1 , It will cover the cord ..and sew it in between edges at . the same time. It will do felling, bias or straight, either on cotton or wooden goods. It sews, from lace to leather without changing stitch or tension. For iuck’Bg, cording, braiding, quilting, ruffling, fringing, embroidering, shoe fitting, tailoring, dressmaking, and family use, L has no eqnal. It will make wide and narrow hems, hems all manner of bias wolJen goods, as soft merino, crape, or goods difficult to hem on other machines. It will "old hems with cords enclosed, and stitch them down at one operation. It will cover the cord and sew the sleeve in at owe operation. It makes a more clastic stitch than any other machine. It will sew over uneven surfaces as well as plain. It will gather without' sewing on. It will gather and sew on at the same time. It will gather between two bands, showing the stitches on the right side at one operation. It will fed across seams on any goods. It does non charge length, of stitch on scroll work.. Ij will make plaited, trimming. Iu will make plaited trimming and serf on at the same time. Jo w.dl make plaited trimnvng, either scalloped or straight- It ■will turn a hem and stitch onytrimming at one operation. . PURCHASERS WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO DO ALL THE ABOVE WORK. A fii s'sfk® fid?! 1 dL a m Fit ® <p) SOL AGENTS FOR A S H BURTON



Business Notices. STODDARD’S Temperance Family ' -and Commercial HOTEL, MANCHESTER STREET,. CHRISTCHURCH, Near Railway Station. 1 HP HE EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS to the above Hotel will shortly be com -1L pleted. Visitors will find all the accommodation of a First-class Hotel, on moderate terms. < . STODDARD AND PARSONSON, Proprietors. 110g-7G4c



PRACTICAL WATCH & CLOCKS MAKER, JEWELLER, &c. Q EOBT. MUEEAY, MOORE STREET, BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON. RM. guarantees all work entrusted to j„ him to he tumed oat thoroughly satisfactory and in good wori.iug order. A \veli-ass<~.r!ed stock of Watches. Clocks .3 erredery,- Spectacles, Ac. U Watch Glasses and Keys, of the best . quality, fitced. All Watch and Cock Work and Jewel', lery repoks executed on ; the. Premises. MOORE STREET '(Nedt. .Door to the Road Board' < i lice), BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON. • 7COc-9'C<> 1 A dd ... - i • NEW PRINTING MACHINERY, FOR RINTING LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S .. .j. V I S IT ING'CARDS FROM GOITER I'L/.TE. I WEEKS &* DIXON, ;uul gufrifebtt* ASHBURTON. Specimens and prices on application at the EVENING HERALD GUAR DI A N OFFICES, , ASHBURTON. M E D I C A L HAL L-. 3, Mo C AMBBXD G-E, *. DRUGGIST, DISPENSING & FAMILY CHEMIST, Receives regular consignments of Drugs from Barron, Harveys, and Co., London. V \ ' *’l DENTISTRY. Extractions carefully and skilfully per formed, 2s. (id. Children, Is. Painless Extractions when required. ■ 752 c ASHBURTON COPPER, C.INC, IRON, A TJ N PLATE MA N UFA CTOR Y •• JO SETH HYDE (Late Foreman ai the Yaj vern Works Enghind, and the Urn erbflty Works, Christchurch, New Zealand) EEC 8 to drank h.'s Wends of Ashbur ton and surrounding districts fee the liberal support accorded him dsr'ng the past on yearn. and to intimate that he has opened NEW BUSINESS PRE MISES in Moors street (next Mir. Neats’s chemist shop) where he is prepared to execute every description of P.- ajx and Jj* vanned Tinware, Lamps, Gas Rejec tor:., Chimney Tops, * Pen table ’Washing Boilers, Baths, Cheese Vacs, etc. LOCKSMITH, Bell HANGER, GAS ’ Fill TER. Artesian Wei's, Beer Engines, Pumps, Ac. 5 Steam LerU.es, Lot Closetx, made on the premises. Estimates given for Spouting All work done under J. H.’s persona Superintendence; and guaranteed. : J. HYDE, Moorf Street. * Ashburton. 102 c



BRANSON & PURNELL, barrister's and solicitors, EAST STREET, 334 FURNITURE! FURNITURE!! Made to Order by QIARLES “jT> RADER, PRACTICAL' CABINETMAKER, DUUNTILRE DEALER, A’C. Chests of Drawers, 3ffc. Gin..x 3ffc. Gin., with five drawers, Price 70s. . Scotch Cheat of Drawers, with six drawers, ’rice £5 jOs. . 7/ Kitchen Clipboard, from 3.05. Do. with Dresser, from 4 Os. - r Venetian and other- Blinds, Curtain Poles, OVord and other Pieture Frames made to order. • n ~ ' Furniture repaired and renovated. GREAT SOUTH: ROAD, TINWALD, Beyond Clark’s Grain. Stores. Foi' Sale, a Light Waggon, nearly new. in good order, Price £23. A good chance Mr anyone requiring a useful conveyance cheap. * i' ,346 c CABINETMAKING A UPHOLSTERING R • " E S.-.T ABLIS H MEN T, - " : REMOVED TO BURN ET T STREE T, Opposite the Mail Office. Cheapest House in Town for New and Secondhand Furniture. JOPIN MEECH, FBACVJOAL •./. CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER PA PERU ANGER, &c. Drawers from 30t. and upwards, Dressing tables and Washs'ards 10s. and upwards. ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS. -Furniture Renovated and. Repolished, or Exchanged. GOOD PRICE GIVEN FOR . . SECONDHAND FURNITURE. . 248 c JIiST ARRIVED. TAPER BAGS. BAGS. /Pj ONFECTIONERS, F r uiterers, \ i. Grocers, Drapers, Seedsmen, &c. , can bo supplied with Paper Bags, all and Printed or Plain. V EFIvS AND DTXON, Ggnitil Printek:!, • East, rtrect North Conveyances. THE LONG BEACH COACH ! THOM A S COTTON wishes to inform the travelling prTic between Ash burtoh. and Longbeach that lie has taken over the Coach. Business from Air. George TvTff cocks, and.hopes for a continuance of ‘ho supperr hitherto accorded to his pre decessor. The fares by Cotton’s coach are exactly 3d. per mile ordinary fares, and lid. per mile for Saturday .return. They are as under— Long beach to Ashburton, ordinary 55., return Cs. Wafer ion to Ashburton, 3s. 6d. ordi nary, Cs. return. Ashton to Aeiiburton, 3s. ordinary, 5s return. :• Wheatstone to Ashburton, 2s. Gd. ordinary, 4s. return. The coach leaves the Booking Office, Baldwin’s Central Hotel, each day at 3.15 : Post Office, 3.80. 4s Tit COOXSuN, I'/ills Street, runs the SL, MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway. Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers,'every Tuesday and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at Span .