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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1069, 9 October 1883, Page 4

Easiness Noti< An evil and its i the Editor, —It is a health] when our local papers are b in a fearless manner with b«i bankruptcy laws. The time something must be done eith< ture or by business men then end to a state of affairs whict our boasted civilisation. \ signed) have been doing busi ton about years, and the lost during that period by bi ters, and blacklegs general!; great deal more than the allowed for bad debts. If the tect us then we must protei there is only one way to do sc the credit system altogether, been the curse of other count Zealand, and past experience be rotten to the core. Owin losses we have resolvet cash only in future. T 1 who is willing to pajr hi and pay as he goes, will find 1 age but a great gain, as he will a first-class article much chea under the old system. We selves to the utmost as heretc customers full satisfaction, an be executed in our usual first we shall no longer run any u Under the cash system we ; offer a special line of tweeds a unusually low prices :—Genth to order, £2 18s fid; ladi ulster, £2. All other goods ii cash only. CRAIGHEAD & TAILORS AND CLC Tancred Stub W SEEDS. N

SEED POTATOES, among which is the new American ruby, queen, American fluke, and others of the earliest aorta known ; 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. S. Shearer, or THE May bank works, tinwald, bogs to thank the public for theii past support, and takes this opportunity to intimate that he ia 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, all 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

gPECIAL 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 and M' >BT 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

riIAKE TIME BY THE FOREX 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 he 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 life. 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, wit extra heavy cases, all the latest improvements, at L 6, L 6 6s, L 6 10s ; 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 Clocks, Jewellery, and English Plate in stock, and to the fact that all kinds of REPAIRING are done on the premises and GUARANTEED. 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. I Watches free and saf« by post on re- i ceip< of P. 0.0 7SOc-96a <