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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 959, 2 June 1883, Page 1

Business Notices. MERCANTILE * UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL £250,000. Twenty Per Cent, of Profits Divided Annually among the Policy Holders. LOWEST BATES 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 Rates. Agents for Ashburton and District, ORR & GO. I3n William Patching, T ENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSECLOTH 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 Duck, 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.P —Reaper and Binder Canvases Repaired at Low Rates. Flags of all Nations Made to order or Lent on Hire. Note the Address— WILLIAM PATCHING, East Street, Ashburton. ra 530 e CANTERBURY BRANCH* mm met i tmifl ml-m Established 1859. Capital t 1,000,000 'rp.n UffBfUTY OF SHAREHOLDER* EJIHE PREMIER COLONIAL COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS TAKEN AT THE LOWEST CURRENT RATES. ASHBURTON AGENT— George Jameson. 24

DMcF ARLA N e • (Late Guard N.Z. Railways), Begs to inform his numerous friends that he has taken over the GROCERY BUSINESS lately carried on by Mr James Baker, and hopes to merit a fair share of the patronage hitherto accorded to his predecessor. All goods will be of the Best Quality, and will be sold CHEAP for CASH. Cash Purchaser of Fresh Butter and Eggs. Note the Address— D. McFarlane (Late James Bake ), HAVELOCK STREET. [286

George Lea, jgUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Estimates and Plana furnished for all kinds of Brick, Stone, or Timber Buildings, Funerals furnished at moderate prices. Workshops—Cameron st west. 812

Monuments, headstones, & CHURCHYARD CROSSES, Made from e handsome and enduring Stone of 1 • District, either Red or White. Designs submitted. Prices moderate. Inscription accurate and neat. All Goods carefully packed and put on the Railway at Anama Station. A. Pollock, ARCHITECTURAL STONE CARTER, Mount Somers. 382

Geo. Booth & Sons, Manufacturers and importers of AGRICULTURAL implements. CARLYLE IMPLEMENT WORKS, Sydenham (near Christchurch). Makers of Carlyle Iron Windmills Carlyle Seed Strippers Carlyle Improved Disc Harrows • Carlyle Drays, Tip Carts, Spring Traps, &c. Ploughs, Harrows, Cultivators, Broadcast Sowers, &c. Sole. Agents for RANSOME’S STEAM THRESHING MACHINERY. Offices and Stores—--213 Tuam street, Christchurch. Postal Address—P.O. Box 89, Christchurch. 473 e rjl H E HARVEST. OWNERS of THRESHING MACHINES are reminded that Receipt and Delivery Books for Machines are printed expeditiously and cheaply at the Office of this Paper, next Tattersall’s, West stree'', Ashburton. 83