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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1021, 10 December 1883, Page 1

Business Notices OF REMOVAL J HARVEY, BOOT and SHOE MAKER, has REMOVED from Tancrcd stiOtLlulao fal.o i_t in Fast street, lately occupied by Nealas ami Co. Repairs neatly exrcuted. 8 415 fjpo FARMERS AND OTHERS. The undersigned has for Sale— SOUND DERWENT POTATOES, a splendid sample, ALBERT ROBERTS, West street, Ashburton. 13th Nov., 1883. 11 880 Hamburg - Magdeburg fire INSURANCE COMPANY. Subscribed capital, £3,000,000. Mr Stephen E, Poyntz has been appointed agent for the above Company in Ashburton, and will be prepared to accept risks at lowest current rates. Prompt and liberal settlements. James Hendekson, 178, Hereford street, Christchurch, chief agent for Canterbury. 1022 JQOMESTIC PATTERN DEPOT. MRS HODel, Dressmaker, TANCRED ST. (opposite the Arcade), Begs to intimate to the Ladies of Ashburton and neighbourhood that she has Winter Dress Materials that can be disposed of exceedingly cheap. Ladies Dresses and Underclothing made at the shortest notice. Registry Office for Domestic Servants. 8 320

pHE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN PRICE ONE PENNY. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Advertisers are reminded that The Ashburton Guardian is the ONLY DAILY PAPER published, between Christchurch and Timaru, and commands a LARGER CIRCULATION throughout the County of Ashburton than any other Journal. The Ashburton Guardian will be forwarded to any address in the colony for 24s per annum (paid in advance), or 6s 6d per quarter, postage extra. The Ashburton Guardian circulates largely in the Town and Suburbs, and also in Rakaia, Chertsey, Seafield, Methven, Alford Forest, Mount Somers, Wakanui, Longbeach, Ashburton Forks, Tinwald, Winslow, Waterton, an every part of the County of Ashburton within the reach of postal communication, thus being the best general as well ° 'oca) medium for Advertising D R A P E R Y. Clearing Sale, GIVING UP BUSINESS. PREMISES TO LET. fTIHE undersigned respectfully announces that he will commence a CLEARING SALE on SATUI LAY, 3rd November, with a view to quit the whole stock as speedily as possible. WILLIAM GAVIN DRAPER, st street, Ashburton. 10 822 AN EVIL AND ITS REMEDY.—Ti 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 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 cur 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, £z ißs 6d; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £z. All other goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street.

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