The Ashburton Herald

AND BOROUGH AND COUNTY ADVERTISER

VOL. 11. — 575.

ASHBURTON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1880.

Price One Penny.



Auctioneers and Commisssidn Agents I7IDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY Li (ijA-TR bullock AND 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. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, ETC. y 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. ntries can be made at my office or at the Yards. Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. 6



Hotels. BUTLER’S FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBURTON. J. F. BUTLER (Late of Arahura, West Coast) ~|3>EGS to inform his friends and the public generally that he has opened the above large and commodious hotel, which is situated at the CORNER OF CASS 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 of Alcock’s best billiard tables. 065 a 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, mHIS commodious hotel is situated I 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.



[Gaud.] J. E. B UOHA N A N & Co. Auctioneers, Land, and Estate Agents, ASHBU R T O N. 313 a



Conveyances. THE LONGBEACH COACH ! ! GEORGE WILLCOCKS respectfully acknowledges the libex-al support which he has received during the short time his Coach has been running, and soiicits a continuance of the same. The fares by Willcocks’ coach are exactly 3d. per mile ordinary fares, and lid. per mile for Saturday return. They are as under— Longbeach to Ashburton, ordinary 55., return Bs. Waterton to Ashburton, 3s. Gd. ordi nary, 6s. return. Ashton to Ashburton, 3s. ordinary, ss. return. Wheatstone to Ashburton, 2s. 6d. ordinary, 4s. return. SINGLE FARE RETURN ON SATURDAYS. The coach leaves the Booking Office, Quill’s Commercial Hotel, each day at 3.15 ; Post Office, 3.30. 408 g ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the , MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday I and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.m. For Sale. TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. For sale.— One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, &c., complete. This machine has been replaced by a Double Royal Wharfedale, which necessitates removal of the Double Demy Machine formerly used for printing the “Herald ” and “ Guardian,” for hand or steampower. Can be seen and all par ticulars obtained at our office. For a Country Office this Machine suits admirably, as it can easily be turned by hand, for which we have fitted a fly wheel and handle. PRICE £7O. WEEKS & DIXON. Ashburton, January 14, 1879 HAVE you Found Anything that don't belong to you, and wish to act on the square ?—Bring a Shilling to the Herald's Advertising Clerk. He’ll put your qualms of conscience at rest, and find the owner through the Twenty-Words 4V a-Shilling-Column, cash. THE PENNY made the postal system of England a success. So has it made the Herald. Everybody buys the Herald. COOKS. —You can advertise for a Cook in 20 words in the Herald for 1/-, cash. THE “Herald” is published everj evening, thus giving every day’s news. This is better than buying a Six penny weekly.



gAUNDERS’ jgROTHERS, MILLERS, GRAIN MERCHANTS, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, ASHBURTON. AGENTS FOR THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE CO] And THE WALLSEND COLLLIERY. “THE ASHBURTON HERALD,” PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Price—ONE PENNY. ADVERTISERS are reminded tliat the “ 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. Quarterly Advertisements, as per ar rangement. f' pHE “ Herald ” is on every Tea Table I in Ashburton DO you Want the News of the Day ? Read the Ashburton Herald. IT is only a Penny, is to be got every where in Town, along the Railway ine, and of tJ*a Country Agents. Archery material.—Bows from ss. each. Arrows from ss. doz. H M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square.



Public Notice. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital £1,000,000. Paid up £50,000. Reserve Fund:£Bs,ooo. A LOCAL INSTITUTION. FIRE 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. ’A. CARR IC K , Manager, HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST CHURCH. This Company covers risk of explosion of gas. 975 a PHOTOGRAPHY. JpORTRAITS taken in any weather, at MARTIN’S PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton. 19c Great Reduction in Prices. CIIERTSEY. A. R. MARKHAM (Next Montgomery’s, Chertsey), GENERAL STOREKEEPER, HAVING taken over the store of Messrs. Orr and Co., and increased the stock, is prepared to supply first-class articles in Grocery, Drapery, Ironmongery. etc. Agentfor THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 423 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 Sale at their Office, East Street North,- - PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE.



THIS IS THE COLUMN THAT HAS BEEN WATCHED. ®§TNO SHAM SACRIFICE. Sando & Co. BEG to announce that they have 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. SANDO & CO. trust by strict atten tion to business, combined with civility and moderate charges, to ensure a con tinuance of the liberal support that has been accorded during the past two yeai’s. LABOR REGISTRY OFFICE. Several female servants open to engage ment. Please note the address— SANDO & CO. PROSPECT BUILDINGS, (Late A. Weston’s). Timber, &c. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 feet OF SUPERIOR BUILDING TIMBER. Also, 20,000 SAWN STAKES, Now on Sale at Hayes’ Timber Yards, East Street, Ashburton, "at reduce prices. 507 a



Advertise sell a Farm, sell a Horse, rent a Farm, buy a Horse, buy a House, rent a House, obtain Board, sell Groceries, sell Furniture, sell Hardware, hire a Servant, borrow Money, sell Dry Goods sell a Carriage, sell Real Estate, seek a Situation, obtain a Servant, engage a Salesman, sell Millinery Goods, sell a House or Section, find a Strayed Animal, find any one’s Address, sell a piece of Furniture, find an owner for Anything, buy a second-hand Carriage, find anything you have Lost, sell Agricultural Implement* CAN DO SO, BY MAKING YOUR WANTS KNOW, IN THE ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE : SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street. If you want fto to to to to to to to to to to to If you want to to to to to to to to to to to to to !, to If you want Uo YOU



General Merchants. The New Improved Althouse Yaneless *'' • . Windmill [ S NOW Oh EXHIBITION ERECTED IN FRONT OF OUR STORE. u m m ■; AA m m m mm m Prices are lowered and are within the reach of everybody, we therefore invite the public to examine the same. For full particulars address or call on FRIED! ANDER BROS., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. 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 01? LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attenlh 1 to the Measure Department, and imites 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. PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE, TA.NCRED 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 Ma nupacxurers- PAPER HANGINGS, WHITE LEAD LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH WARE, And all the necessaries of the Trade, and is therefore in a position to compete witl. any house in Canterbury for price and quality. Every description of work in the trade executed under personal superir. tendence. Competent workmen sent to all parts of the country. ESTIMATES GIYEN. 41a



Business Notices. TO MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN, AND OTHERS. STUDY ECONOMY! STUDY ECONOMY! GREAT SAYING EFFECTED BY PURCHASING YOUR STATIONERY AT TIIE WHOLESALE STATIONERY DEPOT.



CASH PRICES: ENVELOPES, Cream Laid, 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.



Business Notices. TO THE LADIES. WANTED KNOWN That MRS, CARSTENS has always on hand trimmings and lining, and dresses made on the shortest notice. A MRS. CARSTENS, Tancred street, . ' ! ‘ 933 a Ashburton. ’ SUMMER BEVERAGES. CAMBIID Oran Quinine TONIC WINE. A SHI LLIN.XJ Packet of CAMBRIDGE’S . GINGER BEER POWDER will make Two Gal lons of Sparkling Gin ger Beer. Ful directions given. JUST RECEIVED, a supply of 5 pint and 3 pints GASOGENES. Lemon Syrup, Raspberry Vinegar Fijian Lime Juice Persian Sherbet v Effervescing Lemonade Powder. Fruit Essences of all kinds. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, MEDICAL HALL. 1042 Ashbfrtoh. "|~F you want a CHEAP SUIT OF CLOTHES go to G. J. F. LUBLOW, TAILORING DEPO TV - 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 i» Guaranteed. Terms—Strictly Cash. « 5 per cent. Discount off all Orders Paid IN ADVANCE. 813 a



ACCOUNT BOOKS OF ALL KINDS. TEN PER CENT. OFF FOR CASH!!! STORES LIBERALLY DEALT WITH.



WEEKS & DIXON, Wholesale Stationers HERALD OFFICE.



CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, East Street (next Echo Dining Rooms), ASHBURTON. John Mee ch, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, PAPERHANGER, &c. ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. 963 a ASHBURTON HERALD, j Published Daily. are requested to make mown any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or Country, which shall be immediately remedied. Country Sub cribers along the Wakanui Road to the school, tlience to Seafield, Cambridge, and Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart - every Tuesday und Friday, \AT ANTED Known, the “Ashburton * ' Herald ” circulates throughout the Provincial District of Canterbury. Housemaids.— The herald asks a Housemaid for you in 20 words for 1/- ~Y\r ANTED. —The Herald tells you* V Y Wants in 20 words, for 1/-. 4 „•