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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1066, 5 October 1883, Page 4

Business Notices. An evil and its remedy.—Tj the Editor, —It is ahealthy sign ofthe times when our local papers are beginning to deal in a fearless manner with bankrupts and the bankruptcy laws. The time has come when something must be done either by the legislature or by business men themselves to put an end to a state of affairs which is a disgrace to our boasted civilisation. We (the undersigned) have been doing business in Ashburton about 1% years, and the money we have lost during that period by bankrupts, levanters, and blacklegs generally amounts to a great more than the margin usually allowed for bad debts. Vlf the law cannot protect us then 'we must protect ourselves, and there is only one way to do so, viz., to abolish the credit system altogether. This system has been the curse of other countries besides New Zealand, and past experience has proved it to be rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell for cash only in future. The honest man who is willing to pay his 20s in the £, and pay as he goes, will find this no disadvantage but a great gain, as he will be able to obtain a first-class article much cheaper than he would under the old system. We shall exert ourselves to the utmost as heretofore to give our customers full satisfaction, and every order will be executed in our usual first-class style —but we shall no longer run any unnecessary risk. Under the cash system we are prepared _ to offer a special line of tweeds at the, following unusually low prices : —Gentleman’s suit made to order, £2 18s 6d; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £2, All other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street.

JjJ-EW SEEDS. NEW SEEDS* We beg to intimate that we have received our SHIPMENTS of NEW SEASON’S Seeds, which on trial have proved to be of extra fine quality. Our FARM SEEDS nclude white and red clover, alskye, cow rase, trefoil, lucerne, cocksfoot, rye grass, gorse, carrots of sorts, mangolds of sorts, Including the new mammoth kinds, which have given such great satisfaction to our customers during the last two years. Our GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS are the-finest we have ever had the satisfaction of offering both in quality and variety. They contain many novelties highly spoken of in England, and offered here for the first time. Also TREE SEEDS, j comprising blue gum, red gum, weeping gum, peppermint gum, swamp gum, stringy bark, silver wattle, black wattle,, pinus insignia, pinus maritima, oupress, macrocarpa, and many others. Also SEED POTATOES, among which is the new American ruby, queen, American fiuke, and others of the earliest sorts known 5 also Bone Dust in large or small quantities. Tools of all sorts. Plain and ornamental Flower Pots. Pruning and budding Knives, etc, etc.

Sealy Bros., SEEDSMEN, ASHBURTON. 756 F. B. Shearer, or THE May bank works, tinwald, begs to thank the public for theii past support, and takes this opportunity to intimate that he is ain position to Manufacture and Repair on the shortest notice all kinds of Machinery, such as— Flour Mills, Saw Mills,' Wheels (cogged and water wheels), Combines, Engines, Hand and Foot Treshing Machines ; also, alt kinds of Spring Carts, Drays, Traps &c.

Shearer & Lewis, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, AND Veterinary Shoeing Forge, Having secured the services of a first-class Shoeing Smith, defy competition. All orders entrusted to their care will receive prompt attention at reasonable charges. Agents for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders. Note the Address — Great South road, Tinwald. 590 d

s PEO I A L NOTICE. Householders who have not given Shag Point Coal a trial are respectfully invited to do so, as it will be found to be by far the CLEANEST SAFEST §nd MOST PLEASANT Fuel in the Market. Sold by all the local Coal Merchants. Special rates for quantities of four tons and upwards. For prices apply, P.O. BOX 213, DUNEDIN. 7 149

mAKB; TIME BY THE FOREJL LOOK.” ‘ ' The circumstances of social life are widely different in these colonies from those at Home, and therefore the colonial market requires different treatment. This fact Robert Murray, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, East street, Ashburton, was not long in learning after his arrival on these shores, and ho at once set his

attention upon supplying WATCHES, which, while constructed with every regard to accuracy and reliableness in time-keeping, are also supplied with extra heavy cases, to resist the wear and tear of colonial I'fe. He has just received another supply of watches, and invites attention to prices. Celebrated Englisn levers, made expressly for R. Murray, specially suited for colonial wear, witi I extra heavy cases, all the latest improvements, at L 6, L 6 6s, L 6 IQs ; higher classes, L 7, L 8 10s, LlO 10s, and Ll2 12s; Rotherhams, L 6 10s. Printed guarantee with each watch sold. Attention is called to the Clock?, Jewellery, and English Plate in stock, and to the fact that all kinds of REPAIRING are done on the premises and GUARANTEE!}. R, MURRAY'S SHOP is CONSPICUOUS by the “ REGULATOR " of his own manufacture which occupies a place in his window, and serves as an authority on mean time to the town. Watches free and saf<* by post on receipt of P. 0.0 7SOo-9so