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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1408, 18 December 1884, Page 3

Meetings. SB BURTON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY Annual Sports. The Sixth Annual Sports Meeting of the Ashburton Caledonian Society will be held on BOXING DAY, DEC. 26, 1884, on the Society’s new Sports Ground, North-west Belt, when valuable prizes will be given for quoits, hurdle laces, flat races, jumping, pipe music, Scotch dancing, Irish jig, tossing the caber, pole I vaulting, putting the stone, throwing the hammer, etc, etc, etc. For full particulars see posters. A first-class Band will be on the ground. Sports to commence at II am. K rtTT 1 TIT -no UTI-Tn TENDERS wanted for STRIPPING 400 Acres of grass seed at Urrall, on shares. Apply to Mb, Holmes, Hereford F . . « in oooq j2 2239 CHARLES REID, Secretary. Tenders. street, Christchurch. 12 2328

T o tenderers. TENDERS wanted for STRIPPING 160 Acres (more or less) of grass seed, with not leas than two strippers, on the Coldstream run, for Robert Gilling. Tenders to close on the 23rd in at. Apply ROBT. GILLING, 30 Lichfield street east, Christchurch. 12 2329 T E N D E R S. TENDERS are invited till FRIDAY, at Noon, for the GRASS in the Cemetery. Particulars from the undersigned, to whom tenders are to be forwarded, J. WARD, 12 2330 Chairman Cemetery Board. JJANGITATA ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited for METALLING 70 chains of the Boundary Road, between the Mount Somers and Rangitata road districts. The specifications can be seen at the Guakdian Office, Ashburton, where tenders must be lodged by 10 a. m. on 24th December. EDWARD G. WRIGHT, 12 2316 Chairman. COUNTY COUNCIL. X Fresh TENDERS are invited for Wakanui Creek IMPROVEMENT near Corbett’s. Plans and specification can be seen at Council Office, and tenders addressed to the Chairman to be sent in not later than 11 o’clock a. m, SATURDAY, 20 th December. By ordor. WILLIAM BAXTER, 12 2306 County Engineer. Ashburton county stock AND SALEYARDS CO., LIMITED. TENDERS will be received up to the 31st DECEMBER, for the privilege of SUPPLYING REFRESHMENTS on Sale Days at the Ashburton and Tinwald Yards. GEO, JAMESON, 12 2334 Chairman. Auctions. FRIDAY, 19th DEO. IMPORTANT CLEARING SALE OF New Furniture. irR T. BULLOCK has received inJl structions from Mr William Davis, 0 hold tho Second series of Clearing 1 ales of New Furniture by Public auction at bis premises, East street, on he above date, consisting of—--2 Wardrobes, 12 chests orawers, all kinds; 4 cheffloniers, 4 kitchen tables, 1 extension dining table, 4 pairs washstands and tables, 1 oval 100 table, I round 100 table, 9 double and single wood and ircn bedsteads, 2 double and single child’s cots, 2 commodes, 1 draw-ing-room suite in damask, 1 draw-ing-room suite in sateen, 1 draw-ing-room suite in cretonne, 1 draw-ing-room suite in leather, 1 sitting room suite in cretonne, 3 ladies’ and gents’ easy chairs in cretonne, 4 dozen cane-seat chairs, 2 dozen folding chairs, 2 dozen child’s chairs, 2 kitchen cupboards, perambulators, palliasses and mattrcssofl mm Persons about to furnish or replenish ure invited to attend this sale. Terms liberal. Sale at 12.30 o’clock. T. BULLOCK, L2 2299 Auctioneer,

ORR & CO. 00 RRR ERR AND CO O OR RRR AND C 0 O 0 RRR RRR AND 0 00 O O K R R R AND 0 0 0 0 00 R RR R AND CO 00 BEG to inform the ladies of Ashburton that they have now opened an extensive shipment of New Drapery Ex ss. DORIC, direct from LONDON comprising Newest Styles in Checked and striped zephyr cloth, new patterns in sateens and prints, the new repp print (the latest novelty), new Galatea stripes and Harvard shirtings, a choice selection of ladies’ and children’s straw hats, an exquisite lot of new flowers and feathers, white, cream, black and colored laces, broche capes, four in hand, mantles and dust cloaks. < ( An immense variety of ladies, and childrens hosiery, lace curtains, toilet and maisella quilts, and a complete assortment of domestic drapery, sheetings, towels bleached and unbleached, damask tabling, white and grey calicoes, twilled and plain, etc. THIS SHIPMENT COMING DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURERS and having been marked off at exceptionally LOW PRICES we have the utmost confidence in recommending them to the attention of purchasers. An early call is respectfully solicited. Special notice is requested to our OLOTHJNG DEPARTMENT, in which we have just opened out immense variety of boys’ Norfolk suits, si?ea to 11, youths' and men’s suits from the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory, bought at job prices, to be sold at corresponding reductions. Orr and Co., IMPORTERS AND GENERAL MERCHANTS, 5 HAST STREET,