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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 497, 10 November 1881, Page 2

TO TOWN SUBSCRIBERS. Mb Chabi.es Boukk is authorised to COLLECT Subscription Accounts due to 6uabdi4S, and his receipt will be a sufficient discharge. T7IDUOATION Act, 1877, Debtors and Creditors Act, and Amendment Acts, Forest Trees Planting Encouragement Act, 1871, to be had at the Guabdxan Office, next Matson, Cox and Co.’s, West street. THE following ACTS, passed last Session, can be obtained at PubliahetLPrices at Office of this Paper : —. Corrupt Practices Prevention Fencing Regulation of Elections Representation Yolunteer Canterbury Rivera Amendment PubHc Reserves Property Tax Property Assessment Act Amendment Licensing. John Meech, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, &c., BURNETT STREET Opposite the Mail Office. Easy Chairs, Couches, English and American Chairs, Single and Double Iron and Wood Bedsteads. All kinds of Carpeting, Matting, and Oilcloth. A large assortment of Repps and Cretonnes at lowest prices. Suites of Furniture from Ll 3 and upwards. All kinds of furniture re-covered and repaired at the very lowest prices. All work guaranteed and completed at the shortest notice. Furniture exchanged, and highest prices given for second-hand Furniture. Note the address —Cheapest House in Ashburton, opposite Mail Office, Burnett street. 316 c PEOIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

Christmas Story. As a special attraction for Christmas, the Proprietor of the Ashburton Guardian offers a Prize of Three Guineas for the best original Christmas Story, to be written by an author resident in the Ashburton County, and published in the columns of the Guardian. The story will be published in the columns of this journal, and the Proprietor reserves to himself all right and privileges connected with its publication. A Committee of gentlemen will adjudge the M. S. S. and make the award, and due notice of their decision will appear in these columns. CONDITIONS. All competitors for the Prize will be required to comply with the following conditions : (1) The story must be written by a lona fide resident of the Ashburton County. (2) The number of words employed must not exceed 400 lines. (3) Competitors will be required to write on white paper only ; on one side of the paper only, and in a plain legible hand. No member of the staff of this journal will be allowed to compete. (4) All the MSS. must be addressed to the Editor, and may be signed with a non de phime, but the writer’s real name and address must be enclosed, not necessarily for publication. (5) No award will be made unless more than three stories are submitted. (6) Rejected MSS. cannot be returned. E W SUPPLIES Stationery, Books. MEMORANDUM AND ACCOUNT BOOKS. TOYS, FANCY GOODS, MUSIC, &o. Just received—A large assortment of Ohristmas and New Year Cards. Letts’ Australian Diaries for 1882. Pianos, Harmoniums, and American Organs, by various makers, for sale, 6n deferred payments, from 7s 6d per week. - tt M. JONES, Staxionbr and Bookrf.tj.kb, I East street and Baring Square. { 366 a I