THE ASHBURTON HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1880.



. Quill and Co. To STATION-HOLDERS, LANDED PROPRIETORS, FARMERS, CATTLE - DEALERS, AND THE RESIDENTS IN ASH BURTON AND SURROUND ING DISTRICTS. Messrs. Quill & Co., AUCTIONEERS. STOCK, LAND, & ESTATE AGENTS, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, Ashburton, BEG to announce to station-holders, landed proprietors, farmers, cattle dealers, and residents in Ashburton and the surrounding districts, that they have COMMENCED BUSINESS in the above line ; and, from their long experience in the various departments, -feel assured that all commissions en trusted to them will be conducted satis . factorily to their patrons. Sales will be held as required, at the Salerooms and Yards in Ashburton), or any part of the district. They will also hold a Regular Sale of STOCK, LAND, FARM PRODUCE, • FURNITURE, and GENERAL MERCHANDISE, at their Rooms, every Saturday,-particu lars of which will be duly advertised. The interest and the support of sellers and buyers are respectfully solicited. Cash Advances made on all classes of Goods placed in their hands for sale. For particulars of Sales please see advertisements. Quill & Co., : v AUCTIONEERS, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, Ashburton. 2380-918c*



Meetings. To-Night. at Quill’s Commercial Hotel. THE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY Concert Committee meet. Eight o’clock, Monday night, HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. THE Monthly MEETING of the above will be held at Messrs. Jacobsen and Eyton’s Offices, Burnett street, on TUESDAY, October sth, at 8 p.m., when Mr. Simmonds will read a Paper. STEPHEN E. POYNTZ, 968 c Hon. Sec. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. mHE Monthly Meeting of the above -I Society will be held in Mr. Bullock’s office TO-MORROW (Tuesday) EVEN ING, from 6.30 to 8.30. Subscriptions will be received at the Secretary’s office, Burnett street, between the hours of 9 o’clock and 4 p.m. to morrow, and at Mr. Bullock’s office, from 6.30 to 8.30 to-morrow evening. J. WARD, 965 c Secretary. Ecclesiastical. WESLEYAN CHURCH. PUBLIC SERVICES will be held in the Wesleyan Church, Ashburton, on SUNDAY, October 10, 1880, at Eleven and Half-past Six o’clock, on behalf of the Home Mission Fund. Con ducted by the Rev. J. H. Simmonds, of Timaru. Also, on WEDNESDAY Evening, October 13, at Half-past Seven o’clock, a PUBLIC MEETING will be held in the Church, for the same object, and Addresses given by the Revs. J. B. Richardson, W. Beck, and others. Collections will be taken at each' Ser vice on behalf of the Wesleyan Home Mission Fund. 954 c Lost. Reward. LOST, a Morocco PURSE, containing Money, Memos., and a Railway Pass.—Finder will be rewarded on return ing same to the Herald & Guardian Office. LOST, PROMISSORY NOTE for the sum of L 36, Drawn upon Valentine Ehrmann. Any person retaining the above P. N. after the above notice, or trying in any way to use the same will be prosecuted. ‘ Finder will kindly leave the same at Herald office. 957c-284g



Sporting. SHBURTON RACING CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, November, 17 and 18, 1880. FIRST DAY. r. Handicap Hurdle Race of 50 sovs. Distance, 2 miles, over 8 flights of about 3ft. 6in. high hurdles. Nomination 1 sov.; acceptance 2 sovs. 2. District Handicap Hurdle Race of 20 sovs. Distance, IY% mile, over 6 flights of about 3ft. 6in. high hurdles. Nomination 1 sov.; acceptance 1 sov. District horses only. 3. Ashburton Cup Handicap ©f 70 sovs., added to a sweepstake of 5 sovs. each for acceptors. domination, 2 sovs.; ac ceptance, 2 sovs. 2 miles. 4. Ladies’ Purse, of 25 sovs.; welterweights for age ; gentleman riders, who must be members of the Ashburton Racing Club. Entrance 2 sovs. \ l /z mile. District horses only. 5. Selling Hack Race, of 10 sovs. No weight under Sst. Winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race for any surplus to go to the fund. Post entry,-I sov. ; about 1 % mile. SECOND DAY.



1. County Steeplechase Handicap of 30 sovs. : over 2 miles of fair hunting country ; nomination I sov. ; acceptance 2 sovs. District horses only. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of So sovs. : nomination 2 sovs. ; acceptance 2 sovs. ; Weights to be declared at 9 p.m. on the evening of the first day’s racing : miles. 3. Farmers’ Plate of 30 sovs. : weight for age ; entrance 2 sovs. ; 1 mile. 4. Consolation Handicap of 20 sovs. : fin al! horses beaten at this meeting ; nomina tion I sov. ; acceptance 2 sovs.; 1 mile. 5. Trotting Race (Handicap), of 15 sovs.: (isthorse, 10 sovs ; 2nd horse, 5 sovs.) Catch weights ; 3 miles ; nomina tion 10s. ; acceptance 1 sov. District horses only. Rules and Regulations. Qualification fee £2 2s. ; members of the Ashburton Racing Clubfiee. "‘No entry will be received for any of the races except on the condition that all dis putes shall be decided by the Stewards, whose decisions in all cases shall be final. A district horse shall mean a horse which ha 3 been commonly resident in, and owned by a resident in the County previous to , Sept. 1, 1880. and up to the date of the I forthcoming meeting; provided always that any district horse shall not be disqualified from having run in his bona fide owner’s name in races outside the County during the above-mentioned term. Canterbury Jockey Club rules strictly adhered to unless otherwise specified. Ho protest will be entertained unless L2 2s be deposited, which will be forfeited should the protest, in the op inion of the Stewards, prove frivolous. All entries and nominations to be in the hands of the Secretary, addressed to Quill’s Commercial Hotel, not Later than nine p.m. on Tuesday, November 2nd. Weights will be published on Saturday, November 13th. Acceptances and Sweeps to be paid to the Secretary not later than nine p.m. on the night of Monday, November 15th. All entries to be sealed and addressed to the Secretary, Ashburton, enclosing entrance fees, name and age of horse, and colors of the rider. Any jockey riding in other than his declared colors will be fined one sovereign. _ Horses walking over will receive only half the stakes. JAMES WILKIE, Hon. Sec 275 g



Business Notices ft’K® CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY, ANGLE, ASHBURTON. TRI- A. Thiele, PRACTICAL BAKER AND CONFEC TIONER, (Of 21 years’ experience in Canterbury) THANKS the Public of Ashburton and surrounding Districts for their liberal support for the past eight months, and trusts by continuing to supply a good ■wholesome loaf, made from thq best flour, to merit a continuance of public support. A. Thiele guarantees his bread to keep moist and sweet, and not liable to get mildew as bread commonly made. Analysis : A. Thiele’s Bread has been analysed four times previous to the present, with most satisfactory results, and pronounced the best bread in Christchurch. The following analysis has just been received from the Colonial Analyst, which speaks much for t the genuineness of the bread made at the Co-operative Bakery by A. Thiele. . Report on the analysis of a sample ox bread received from Mr. A. Thiele, Ash burton, Sept. 23, 1880 : L.N. 639 Physical. characteristics, a well-made bread, clean and white, and of good taste ; water, 43.04 per cent; ash, ’9O per eent; alum, nil ; sulphuric acid, trace ; copper, nil; iron, nil ; tartaric acid, nil; reaction of aqueous infusion, slightly acid; re action of ash, alkaline; color of ash, white. _ The above analysis proves this sample or bread to be well-made, of good quality, and free from adulteration. A. W. Bickerton, Colonial Analyst. Study your health by using P ure Wholesome Bread made by A. THIELE, Practical Baker and Confectioner, And Sole Manufacturer of the Celebrated GERMAN RUSKS FOR INFANTS. 950 c rriORMS PRINTED “To Let ” and t) “ For Sale ’’—can be obtained at the lerald Office, 1 PROMISSORY Note Forms, in Books of 25, unstamped, f° r erald Office Price 2s. 6d. each.



Business Notices. THE SOUTHLAND TIMBER YARDS. THE UNDERSIGNED BEGS to in form his friends and the public gene rally, that he has made arrangements with the hest SAWMILLS in Southland for a constant Supply of Building Timber, including Red and White Pine FLOORING LINING SKIRTING ARCHITRAVES MOULDINGS and will open the same OCTOBER Ist, 1880, at his yards, corner of CAMERON AND WEST STREETS, Next Jameson and Roberts, ASHBURTON. JOSHUA TUCKER, 217g-884c Proprietor NEW INDUSTRY. ASPHALTING. JAMES BRADLEY is prepared to take orders for ASPHALTING at very moderate rates. All orders to be left at the. Works, Park srreet. All work kept in repair for twelve months. 695 c PICTURE BUYERS and others will do well to call at my Picture Frame Manufactory, where I keep in stock some THOUSANDS OF PICTURES, framed and unframed, from Fino Art Pictures to Cheap Lithographs. Two Hundred Patterns of MOULDINGS to select from. Frames made to order, from Is. each. . • E. BEARDSLEY, PICTURE FRAME MANUFACTURER, AND Importer of MOULDINGS, PRINTS, &c Manchester street, Christchurch, Near the Station. 889 c



“SECURE THE SHADOW BEFORE THE SUBSTANCE FADES.” THE advertiser wishes to remind the re sidents of Ashburton Town and County that his Studio is open every day for the taking of Photographs, and that his apparatus for this purpose is very . complete. Carte-de-viste, and cabinet size portraits,'views of buildings, landscapes, etc., gah•' be taken in all weathers, and an inspection of his show cases and studio' walls is invited. The advertiser is prepared to guarantee a satis factory portrait of the sitter, inasmuch as he has supplied himself with all the latest ‘improvements in' the Photographic art. He makes a specialty of COPYING Pictures also, and parties having a por trait of a friend can have it multiplied to any extent. Having secured the services of an artistic colorist, patrons’ tastes can be satisfied on this point. Prices are reduced to a minimum, and are now within the reach of all. Gr. F. Henry, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASH BURTON. 73g-702c



ASHBURTON HAIRCUTTING ROOMS. IMPORTANT NOTICE. MR. E. A. GARNETT begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has DIS POSED of his BUSINESS to Mr. F. CLARK, of Christchurch, and while thanking them for the liberal support accorded to'him during his residence here, would solicit a continuance of the same on behalf of his successor. Referring to the above, F. CLARK hopes, by strict attention to business and moderate charges, to merit a fair share of public support. F. CLARK, HAIRDRESSER, TOBACCONIST, STATIONER, AND FANCY GOODS MERCHANT, ASHBURTON. Agent for the sale of the Ashburton Guardian and Evening Herald. 725c-920 THE “ CRUSADER” is afloat for Lyttelton, with a large consignment of all kinds of Material for GENTLEMEN’S CLOTHING for ALEX. CRAIGHEAD & CO., About which we shall have some thing to say in this space when the Goods are delivered. A. Craighead & Co., Merchant Tailors, TANCRED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-4450 HORSE CARDS. JJ-ORSE CARDS of all sizes printed at the office of this paper.



Business Notices. BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS 1 To Meet the Times. G HAWKINS, the Cheap Boot and . Shoemaker, TINWALD (opposite the Post Office), has determined to CLEAR OUT his large and well-selected Stock at sweeping prices. Only one trial will convince the public of the genuine cheapness of his Stock. Eis own make equally reduced. Come and see for your selves. Note the address — C. HAWKINS, PRACTICAL BOOT & SHOEMAKER Opposite the Post Office, Tinwald. Note—No connection with any other shop. 815 c CHANGE OF PROPRIETARY. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED has much pleasure in announcing to the in habitants of Ashburton and district that he has TAKEN OYER the BUSINESS of Mr. J. S. SAVAGE, East street, Ash burton, and respectfully solicits a con tinuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed on his predecessor, trusting by keeping a choice assortment of all classes of FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, &c., to merit a fair share of the public support. T. BENNETTO, FRUITERER AND CONFECTIONER, East street, Ashburton. 814 c NEW PROPRIETOR. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Havelock Street. undersigned having taken the X above Hotel, hopes by strict atten tion to business to merit a fair share of Public patronage. Board and Lodging, LI per week; Meals and Beds, Is. GEORGE WATTS. Proprietor. 644 c Removal. CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, REMOVED TO BURNETT STREET, Opposite the Mail Office. Cheapest House in Town for New and Secondhand Furniture.



JOHN MEECH, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER PAPERHANGER, &c. Drawers from 30s. and upwards, Dressing tables and Washstands 10s. and upwards. ■>' ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. GOOD PRICE GIVEN -- - —-v-.-T"- SECONDHAND FURNITURE. 248 c Removal. G. J. F. LUBLOW, PRACTICAL TAILORING AND OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT, REMOVED TO PROSPECT BUILDINGS, EAST STREET. S' DON’T PASS THIS BY !! TOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. IF you want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. READ the following, then call and. in spect the Goods. I YARDS READY 1000 < TO f CUT. ) JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to be got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything ever yet shown in Ashburton. SOsAMPLES TO SELECT FROmBO Comprising the following : German Cloths, plain and fancy, the most fashionable Beaver Cloths, suitable for Winter Scotch Tweeds, assorted Mosgiel ~ „ Kaiapoi ~ ~ West of England Cloths Bedford Cords Irish Frieze, &c., &c., THIS IS THE MAN FOR UH MY MONEY. \\ot 1 a TO GO LU Prospect Buildings, East Street. c ALL and inspect this Splendid Assort ment before you order. [OTTO: Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms—Cash. (TYLE and Finish second to none. 700 JUST ARRIVED— YARDS of the BEST fYAA SUMMER GOODS. /UU 78<to-390c



Business Notices. T.R. HODDER& COMPANY Beg to invite an early in spection OF THEIR SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK OF NEW & FASHION ABLE GOODS SELECTED WITH GREATEST CARE, FROM THE BEST MARKETS. Dresses, Silks, &c., Mohairs, Poplins, Oatmeal Cloth, Grenadines, Lustres, Beiges, Atholls, Cashmeres, Satin Cloths’, Twilled Mil anges, Russell Cords, Persian Cords, Baratheas, Cambrics, Muslins, Galateas, Twills, &c., Black and Colored Silks. Our Dressmaking De partment Having so increased we have engaged competent hands for Cutting and Fit ting, and several good Machinists, enabling us to execute any orders w»ith despatch. Millinery and Fancy. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT of NEWEST STYLES in English and Pari sian Fashions, of Ladies’and Children’s Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats and Bon nets, White, Black, and Gold-colored Chip, Mariners’, Mourning, and Bridal Bonnets, Evening Flowers, Feathers, Cor sets, Frilling, Sewed Works, Bonnet Silk 3 in great variety, Ribbons, Scarves, Laces, Underclothing, &c., <&c. The Millinery Room under the efficient management of Miss Campbell.



A LARGE AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF HOSIERY. Clothing & Woollens. English, Scotch, Mosgiel, Kaiapoi, and Victorian Tweeds. Fancy Coatings— diagonals, Venetians, and Broads. West of England, Scotch, and Colonial Trousers and Vests ; Boys’, Youths’, and Men’s Suits (English, Victorian, and Dun edin make). TAILORING in all its branches. Suits made to order, guaranteed tit and work manship, on shortest notice —£4, £6 103. Cotton, Flannelette, and Woollen Shirts. Colonial Unders and Drawers. Longcloth, Oxford, and Regatta Dress Shirts. Scarres, Ties, Handkerchiefs, Gold Studs, Links, and Scarf Pins. Manchester Goods. Pompadours, Self - colored Prints, Sateens, French Prints, Ashton’s and Hoyle’s Fancies, Drills, Drilletts, Hol lands, Shirtings, Cotton > Longcloths, Damasks, &c.; Muslins, Quilts, Counter panes, Cretonnes, Tablecovers, &c. AGENTS for SINGER, WANZER, and WERTHKIM Sewing Machines. GROCERIES, CROCKERY, HARDWARE, &c. Lowest Cash Prices. T. R. HODDER & GOMPY. 964c—285c



Business Notices. IMMENSE ARRIVALS OF NEW GOODS AT ORE & CO.’S. We are now showing THE LARGEST STOCK OF NEW SPRING GOODS EVER OFFERED IN ASHBURTON. Ex HALCIONE, AT LYTTELTON, AND NEW LONDON, AT MELBOURNE. ALSO, PJpHE Stock in the Assigned Estate of Messrs. Edmiston, a<j aivA-Ca valued at £2,000, Which will be SOLD at about HALF-PRICE. CONSISTING OF CARPETS, MATTING I BLANKETS, GROCERIES, IRONMONGERY, CHAIRS, MATTRESSES, &c ORR AND CO. September IsOJ 1880 841c-1820



T- Bullock. M SOUTH BRITISH >'ll F I R E AND MARI N E INSURANCE COMPANY. ' CAPITAL ... £1,000,000. yr Paid-up Capital and Reserve, £170,000. MR. THOMAS BULLOCK haa been re-appointed AGENT for thi Company in the Borough and District of Ashburton. - J. DRUMMOND MACPHERSON, Manager, Canterbury Branch. Christchurch, 29th Sept., 1880. 955 c rpHE Undersigned begs to intimate to former constituents and settlers generally that he has • RETURNED TO BUSINESS Auctioneer, Estate, GEN F.RAL COMMISSION AGENT In the premises, ' EAST STREET, And at the BAZAAR, BURNETT STREET, Formerly occupied by him. Weekly Sales PROPERTIES, MERCHANDISE, ETC., Will be held as formerly, the first of which will take place on Saturday, October 2, ALSO, SALE of HORSES AT THE HORSE BAZAAR, BURNETT STREET, SAME DAY, , and intends holding periodical sales of Wool and Grain During the ensuing season. Will also attend the usual Fortnightly Stock Sales TIN WALD, AND AT THE COUNTY SALJLYARDS, When opened. T. BULLOCK FOR SALE—CHEAP. "jnOUR SECTIONS in one block—vijso 602, 5C3, 510, 511, siiuate<i'' l fi"Tiu* wsld. Small deposit cash r balance by initalments. 266 T?OR SALE OR TO LET, WITH A _T PURCHASING CLAUSE, 439 Acres, all fenced, and partly improved situated in Wakanui )> A compact Farm, all fenced, watered, and partly in English Grass. lmprove menti consist of a comfortable Five-r*omed Cottage, Stable, Stockya,d, &c., &c. ~ All fenced, partly improved and well-wateref. ~ All fenced, and a portion of it in English Grass. ~ Near the above, Till be sold very cheap. ~ About Three Miles from the Town of Ashburton. . „ Near the above, and adjoining Sir. George Aston’s ~ About Six Miles from Ash burton. 220 360 50 65 150 290 TOWN PROPERTIES. That Valuable TOWN SECTION, 159, Tancred Street, will be Sold very cheap, and on easy terms. 639, (part of) J of an acre, terms same as as above. 341, Kermode Street. 77 37, (Lot) Mayo’s Block. 78, (Lot) with Dwelling-house of Seven Rooms, near the Parsonage, East Town Belt. TO LET, A Four-roomed COTTAGE, situated on the North Town Belt, opposite the High School Site. Commodious BOARDING-HOUSE in East Street. Shop and Office in East Street. That convenient SHOP, situated in the Triangle, Wakanui Road, now in the occupation of Mr. Lublow, tailor, SHOP or BOARDING-HOUSE, situated in Burnett Street, opposite the Mail Office, and lately in the occupation of Mr. Dufrates. Apply, 571c-186g T. BULLOCK.