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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1012, 29 November 1883, Page 3

Tenders. SOMERS ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited for the following:— No. 27 —Shingling CO chains Gough’s road ~ 28—Suppling 200 yards of Shingle on Swamp road ~ 29—Repairing faces in cutting near Alford Forest Hotel ~ 30—Forming 66 chains Mount Somers Downs road ~ 31—Protective Works on Taylor’s stream ~ 32 —Supplying 200 yards Shingle on Mount Somers station road Specifications can be seen at the Mount Somers and Alford Forest Hotels Tenders to be sect in by NOON on 4th December, 1833. A. E. PEACHE, 11 939 Chairman. r’ ONGBEACH ROAD BOARD. J T NDERS are invited for the following works : No. s—Longbeach road, 3,000 yards of metal ~ 6—Graham’s road, 3,000 yards of metal ~ 7 —Great South road (Tinwald) 600 yards of n.etal ~ B—Winslow8 —Winslow road, 500 yards of metal ~ 9 Furd’s road, filling ruts, etc., 590 chains ~ 10—Osborne’s road, filling ruts, etc, 140 chains „ 11—V aterton road, metalling 125 chains ~ 12—Surveyor’s road, metalling 20 chains ~ 13 —Great South road, Hinds, 25 chains, formation and metalling from aide drains and two fords opposite Chatmoss ~ 14—Poplar;road, forming and metaling 15 chains ~ 15—Graham’s road re-formation, i 138 chains

Specifications, etc., can be seen at our office, Ashburton, whare tenders endorsed with No of contract, will be received till 10 a m. on FRIDAY, Dec. 7, or at Longbeach Board Office, till 2 p.m. FOOKS & SON, 11 932 District Surveyors. M 600 Auctions. TIN WALD, DEO. 4th. R J. T. FORD will offer For Sale A line of Good-conditioned EWES in the wool, with a large percentage of lambs by Mr Grigg’s rams 11 962 SATURDAY, Ist DEO. SPECIAL ENTRY. MR T. BULLOCK has received instructions from Mr John Maskell to bell by Public Auction, at the Arcade, on the above date, A Three-year-old DRAUGHT COLTS and FILLIES, good stamp Three-year-old HACKS, unbroken. Sale at 1 o’clock. 11 9PiO T. BOLLOCK, Auctioneer. SPECIAL ENTRY. SATURDAY, Ist DEC. -I A A PAIRS BOOTS, Men’s, -Ll/l/ Womens’ and Childrens. Aboslute sale. LFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer. 11 966

SPECIAL ENTRY. SATURDAY, DEO. Ist, 12 o’clock. 1 Fawn GREYHOUND BITCH, 20 months old, by Tiger out of Red Rose. Very fast working bitch. Close worker LFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer. 11 965

TO MESSRS ECOLES AND OTHERS, OR Whom it may Concern. MONDAY, 31st DEC. 2 o’clock. Alfred Harrison, instructed by Mi John Beecher, will Sell by Public Auction at the CENTRAL HOTEL, On the above date, The Marionettes. A complete performance in itself, comprising Figures, Scenery, Dresses, Flags, and all the connections of a perfect entertainment. The whole is packed in travelling cases, securely bolted, and may be seen by applying at the Hotel. For absolute sale. ALFRED HARRISON, 11 967 Auctioneer,

Business Notices N EVIL AND ITS REMEDY.—T> the Editor, —It is ahealthy sign ofthc 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 2>% years, and the money we have lost during that period by bankrupts, levanters, and blacklegs generally amounts to a great deal more than the margin usually allowed for bad debts. If 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 oe rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell for cash only n 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 fid; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £ 2. All other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street. Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Guardian Office, street,