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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 834, 5 January 1883, Page 1

Business Notices. A USTBALIAN MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE (LIMITED), CAPITAL £250,000. COMPANY Twenty Per Cent, of Profits Divided Annually among the Policy Holders. LOWEST RATES OF PREMIUM. STACKS, BARNS, AND AGRICULTURAL RISKS GENERALLY, on most Favorable Terms. Special Notice.— As this Company has been the means of Reducing Fire Premiums, Insurers will best consult their own interests by heartily supporting it, and so prevent a return to the Old Rites. Agents for Ashburton .and District, ORR & CO. 13n

Thomas Crompton, WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF GALVANISED IRON SPOUTING, RIDGE CAP DOWN PIPING, COLONIAL OVENS, KITCHEN RANGES, PORTABLE WASHING FURNACES, CLOSET PANS, LEAD WASHERS, &c. T. 0. has the pleasure of informing his numerous Friends that having REMOVED into his newly-erected and extensive Manufacturing Premises in Armagh street (exactly opposite his old Workshops), which have been fitted up with the most modern appliances for the production of work in the various branches of his Business, he is now prepared to execute any order entrusted to him with despatch and of the best quality of material, and the Lowest Price which it is possible for Steam Power and Machinery to effect. , Note the Address— ARMAGH STREET, Near Manchester Street, Christchurch. 06

William Patching, rjIENT, TARPAULIN, & HOBS E CL'O T H MANUFACTURER. W. P. has always on hand a large stock of Tents, Tarpaulins and Horsecovers, Waggon and Trap Tilts, etc., Men’s and Boys’ Oilskin Suits, Canvas, Calico, American Buck, Drill, etc.; Clothes, Garden, and Plough Lines ; Flax, Manilla, and Hemp Rope, of all sizes. \ Wood and Iron Blocks always in Stock. REAPER & BINDER CANVASES CHEAPER THAN THE IMPORTED ONES. N.E —Reaper and Binder Canvases Repaired at Low Rates. Flags of all Nations Made to order or Lent on Hire. the Address— WILLIAM PATCHING, t East Sxheet; Ashbueton. 530 e CANTERBURY BRANCH. & m £ & m? SHI® 1 lorn n Established 1859. m h e Capital t1,0.0(1,003 • .UMTSO imBILITTOF SHfIREh'OLDFRS PREMIER COLONIAL COMP A NT. IFIRE AND MARINE RISKS TAKEN AT THE LOWEST CURRENT RATES ASHBURTON 1 AGENTS— Jameson and Roberts. 240

•gACON ! BACON ! BACON ! The undersigned has for sale a splendid lot of Home-cured Bacon, which he will dispose of at G£d per lb., larce or small quantities. T. M. JONES, Dealer, Thompson’s Farm, sjl Ashburton. MR THOMAS MUTTER BEGS to announce that, having sold his General Store Business, he has NOW OPENED IN THE SADDLERY LINE. Mr T. M.’s 24 years experience in that line is a sufficient guarantee that all work entrusted to him will be executed in a workmanlike manner. Workmen sent out. Christchurch Prices Guaranteed. MR THOS. MUTTER, Mackay street, 180 South Rakaia.

SUFFOLK BUTCHERY, Corner of Burnett street and East STREET. G. J. Martin, Begs to inform his numerous. Customers and the public generally that the NEW SHOP will be OPEN TO-NIGHT, and respectfully invites the to inspect his SHOW of MEAT, which, for quality, he confidently asserts cannot be beaten south of the Equator. N. B.—Small Goods of all descriptions. o!3

Craighead and Co., rpAILORS AND CLOTHIERS. In again returning our sincere thanks to our many friends and patrons for the very liberal support which has been accorded to ua since we commenced business in Ashburton, we have much pleasure in announcing that our arrangements for the coming season are now complete. We have just been favored with several consignments of the best materials which can be obtained COLONIAL and EUROPEAN including Fancy Coatings, Serges, Bedford Cords, and Tweeds of every description. Our method of Cutting and Fitting being based on the most advanced ideas known to the Cutting Profession, combined with ideas of our own, which aro not generally known, a PERFECT FIT can always be relied on. Where any abnormal peculiarity exists it can easily bo concealed, and when the figure is perfect it will, by our method be shown to the best advantage. Prices moderate, as usual. : CRAIGHEAD * CO., TAILORS & CLOTHIERS, Takcred street. 200 HAYING taken over the CITY COMPANY BUTCHERY I am now prepared to supply my -friends and the public with the Best Quality of MKAT. Having a long experience in Ashburton, and knowing the' requirements of the trade, customers can rely that nothing but tha best will be kept. Small Goods of all descriptions. D. MACPHERSON. N. B.—No connection with any other in the trade. Prices to defy conlpetition, dG

Great reduction in WATCHES. J, S. QUINN, Watchmaker, East street, Ashburton, having received a large stock of English' gold and silver Watches, will offer the same at the followng Reduced Prices, viz : —Rotherham’s gold hunting Levers from £lB ; Rotherham’s silver Levers from £6 lOs ; Ehrhardt’s silver English Lever from £5 10s ; gold Genevas (ladies' watches) rom £3 10s; Waltham watches, in English cases, from £4 ; American watches from £2 5s ; two years’ guarantee given. Also, a choice selection of Colonial-made J vellery, Brooches, Earrings, Dross Rings, &c., set with Australian rubies, at correspondingly low prices. Particular attention paid to the repairing of every description of Watch, Clock, and Jewellery. Guaranteed for 12 months. Pebble arid other Spectacles to suit all sights. OOe