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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 2, Issue 393, 12 July 1881, Page 1

I Meetings. fbc. L. O THE ANNUAL DINNER, to commemorate the Festival of July 12th, will be held at Shearman’s Hotel on that date. Dinner on the table at 8 p.m. Tickets, 8s 6s each. 77c Amusements. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. THIS Celebrated Drama will be per* formed in the TOWN HALL, ASHBURTON, ON JULY I4TH, 15TH, and i6th, BT THE .GEORGIA MINSTRELS, Assisted by members of the AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY. UNCLE TOM - MR HOSEA EASTON, A character which he played for 100 consecutive nights in Melbourne. 248 c J>HRE N OLOGY. DELINEATION of CHARACTER. PROFESSOR SIMON, ON TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, 19th and 20th Inst. _____ i At the TOWN HALL. Verbal Readings from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. LECTURES IN THE EVENING. Admission to Lecture, front seats—2s ; back seats, Is. See Opinions of the Press. 246 c Ashburton county ploughing match. THURSDAY, aisr JULY, iBBr. A Farmer’s Ball Will be held in the Town Hall on the above date, under the auspices of the Ploughing Match Committee. Dancing to commence at half-past eight. Liberal Refreshments provided. Gentlemen’s single tickets ... 7s 6d. Ladies ... ... 5s Double tickets 10s 6d. May be obtained at Shearman’s Hotel or from the Secretary. 234 c Lost. LOST —Yesterday, in the shop of Mr A. W. Randall, Town Hall, a plain gold buckled RING. Supposed to have dropped into a parcel Anyone returning same to Mr Randall will be rewarded. 247 c To Let. TO LET—A Fire Roomed HOUSE, in Princes street, with £an Acre Garden Ground. Rent 10a a week. Apply, Office of this Paper. 237 c Tenders. fpO WIRE FENCERS. TENDERS will be received for the ERECTION of about 12 miles Wire Fencing, more or less, labor only, until SATURDAY, the 16th July. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. Specifications of work can be seen at offices of P. Cunningham and Co., Ashburton. 225 c

Railway NoticeslH#jß E - ZEALAND RAILWAYS. (Christchurch Section.) ALTERATION INTIME TABLE OF TRAINS. A new Time Table will come into force on the 11th inst, The following are the alterations in Trains to and from Ashburton:— Christchurch to Ashburton, 1.5 p.m. to 1.20 p.m.; Ashburton to Christchurch, 6 a.m. to 7.6 a.m., 10.30 a.m., to 11 a.m. Ashburton to Timaru, 7 a.m. to 6.66 a.m.; Timaru to Ashburton, 7 a.m. to 7.86 a.m. For alterations in times at intermediate stations, and on other parts of the line, see posters. fredkTeack, 320 Traffic Manager. Publications. “ A RE WE TO STAY HERE I”—A J\_ paper on the New Zealand Public Works Policy of 1870, considered specially with reference to the question of the Crown Lands and the Incidence of Taxation, by a Colonist of 22 years standing, price Is, can bo obtained at Office of this Paper. THE TRADE PROTECTION SOCIETY’S PRIVATE CIRCULAR gcstituted 1873) gives a weekly list of ills of Sale, Mortgages of Stock, Liens, Bankruptcies, etc., throughout New Zealand. On Monday an “ extra” is printed for Canterbury, containing information up to 12 o’clock on the preceding Saturday. For particulars apply at the Office, Hobbs’ Buildings, High street, Christchurch.— T. B. Ckaio, Agent for Canterbury. CASH RECEIPTS Printed at “The Guardian office. P. and D. Duncan BEG to call the attention of Farmers and others to their Single, Double, ; and Three - furrow Ploughs, which have taken the following prizes and awards at this season’s Shows and Exhibitions : At Timaru—First Prize for Single At Rangiora— ~ „ Single and Double At Christchurch— ~ ~ Single, Doubls and ThreeFurrow At Ashburton—First Prize for Single, Double-Furrow, Double* Furrow Sub-soiler, and Three-Furrow BEATING ALL COLONIAL AND IMPORTED PLOUGHS. ALSO, FIRST AND SECOND AWARDS OF MERIT AT THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION, FIRST AWARD, ASHBURTON INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. P. AND D. .DUNCAN, 646 a Ohristohuwh.