The Ashburton Herald

AND BOROUGH AND COUNTY ADVERTISER

VOL. 111. — 635.

ASHBURTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1880.

Price One Pennv.



Auctioneers and Commission Agents. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, ' . ETC. y AND SALES, Sales of Stock, Mer rf chandise, ‘ Furniture and Effects, also Pigß, Fowls, and General Produce. WEEKLY SALE Every SATURDAY at 12 O’clock. SALE YA~DS ATTENDED. ntries can he made at my office or at the Yards. Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. 5



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. etc. Agentfor THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 423 NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OP 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. GARRICK, Manager, HEREFORD STREET, CHRIST CHURCH. This Company covers risk of explosion of gas. 975 a PHOTOGRAPHY. ~|3 ORTRAITS taken in any weather, at MARTIN’S PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton. 19c Great Reduction in Prises. 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’, Stationci, 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. Advertise. If you want to 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, sell Agricultural Implements If you want YOU CAN DO SO, BY MAKING YOUR WANTS KNOWN in THE ASHBURTON HERALD. OFFICE : SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street,



[Card.] J. E. B UO HAN AN <fc Co. Auctioneers, Land, and Estate Agents, ASHBU R T O N> 313 a gAUNDE ’ JgROTHERS, millers, GRAIN MERCHANTS, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, ASHBURTON. AGENTS FOR THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE CO And THE WALLSEND COLLLIERY. 250 c Business Notices.



McSHERRY drills. A SHIPMENT of these celebrated Drills is expected shortly to arrive. They will range in width from 6 feet 6 inches (12 Hoppers) to 10 feet (17 Hoppers). Orders taken by the undersigned, FREDK. PAYITT, Ashburton, Jor the SOLE . AGENT, ' JOHN ANDERSON, 460.240 c , . Canterbury Foundry. NEW PRINTING MACHINERY, FOR PRINTING LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S VISIT IN G CARDS RROJiI COPPER PLATE. ASHBURTON. Specimens and prices on application at the EVENING HERALD AND GUARDIAN OFFICES, ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. BIS DAT, QUI OITO DAT. EVERETT BROS. & CO., CHEAP DRAPERS, HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON, AVE now opened their SHOW ROOM, containing all the Novelties in LADIES’ MANTLES, BONNETS, UNTRIMMED FELT and STRAW HATS, UNDERCLOTHING, 'SKIRTS, &c., all of which are Marked at very LOW PRICES for CASH only. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! CLOTHING! We are paying special attention to the above Department. Our Stock now is replete with every Style and Quality, marked at such Prices that must give satisfaction to Buyers. NEW OVERCOATS, NEW SHIRTS, NEW HATS, From 20s. to 60s. From 6s. to 10s. From ss. 6d. to 12s. NEW SUITS, NEW HOSIERY, NEW SCARFS AND COLLARS, AT EVERETT BROS. & CO., HAVELOCK STREET. SHEDS TO LET. The New Improved Altliouse Vaneiess Windmill £S NOW OF EXHIBITION ERECTED IN FRONT OF OUR STORE m m a; I! Prices are lowered and fare within the reach of everybody, we therefore invite the public to examine the same. For [full particulars address or call "on FRIEDLANDER BROS., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



Hotels. BUTLER’S FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBURTON. J. F. BUTLER (Late of Arahura, West Coast) to inform liis 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 ilie best brands. One of t Alcoclv’s best billiard tables. 965a-417g



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 2p. 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. S4O J . BALDWIN, Proprietor.



Business Notices. TIN WALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. BOOTS! BOOTS!! THE Undersigned begs to draw the at tention of the public to his well as sorted stock of Ladies’, Gents’, and Chil dren’s Boots, which lie has just received, j and will dispose of CHEAP. Motto— let Small profits and quick returns.” All kinds of Boots made and repaired on the the shortest possible notice. 382c.-937a C. HAWKINS, Bootmaker. ~M. MoCALLUM, AND JEWELLER Every description of Jewellery made to order and repaired. Electro-plating and Gilding. Hair plaits and Devices done. Watches and Clocks accurately Repaired. Diamonds and every description of Stones substantially Set. Clocks from 7s. 6d. each. Do., with alarm, 15s. CASHEL STREET, Next Bank of 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 be 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' PAINTER, PAPERHxVNGEP 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, BRUSHWAP £, 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. 251 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, sjd. EDWARD TAYLOR, Saunders’ Buildings, 119 c ASHBURTON. 02 H S Ph O EH it li m mimm m m INK FOR BAG | MARKIN m Wm E 3 O W <1 tel 02 H tel W 02 apßspi iilll INK for Stencil Plates and Bag Marking, in quart bottles ready for use, on sale at the HERALD 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, Stationers, General Printfrs, &c.



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, 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.



9 Wholesale Stationers HERALD OFFICE.



Business Notices. MONEY. .£SO £lO0 ' £^£25 °- £SOO 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 feet OF SUPERIOR BUILDING TIMBER Also, 20,000 SAWN STAKES, Now on Sale at Hayes’ Timber Yards, East Street, Ashburton, at reduced nrices. 657 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, JF 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 e e c h, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER PAPERHANGER, Ac. ALL KINDS OP REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. 963 a ASHBURTON HERALD, Published Daily. ÜBSCRIBERS are requested to make mown any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or Country, which shall be immediately remedied. Country Sub eribers along the Wakanui Road to the ichool, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Rowland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesday and Friday, \AT- ANTED Known, the 4 ‘Ashburton v v _ Herald ” circulates throughout the Provincial District of Canterbury. HOUSEMAIDS. -The Herald asks a Housemaid for you in 20 words for "ITTANTED. —The Herald tells f T Wants in 20 words, for i/-.