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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1431, 14 December 1886, Page 3

Bnainess Notices. W. A. WOOD’S IMPROVED HARVESTER WITH IMPROVED lEON FRAME, TWINE BINDER,* NEW BUNDLE CARRIER ATTACH THE BEST HARVESTER AND BINDER IN THE WORLD. It has the following important advantages, combined in no other Haivcs .er, and many of them are exclusive with it. 1. Perfect balance of the entire machine. Try it in all rositions 2. Extraordinary ease of draught 3. Un* quailed perfection of the gearing—economy of power—great durability 4. No side draught and no neck weight 6.'Malle-.ible iron used wherever practicable, combining lightness and strength 6. Reels adjustable horizontally and vertically, and with changeable speed 7. Angle iron (finger-bar, strengthened with steel back elate 8. Steel faced malleable iron guards bolted t -he finger-bar 9. Trussed platform and gear frame, keeping the journals in line 10. Simple and reliable raising and lowering device for both wheels 11. Adjustable grain fender at back of platform 12. Perfect tilting apparatus effective in saving lodged and tangled grain 18. Raised mam frame, clearing obstructions and dead furrows 14. Lightest rnnning binding mechanism ever made 15. Binder open at lack, r {fording passage for the longest r e or wheat 16. Vibrating bnttiag board of irdn and woof durable, and working tn perfection 17. Packer firge s, acting in pain, rtnifllQ ing the grain instead of tangling It 18. Reliable binder trip, seising the bradbg with precision 19. Stationary twine knife, cutting bat Mi string, and remaining sharp a hmg time 20. Twine holder which never loses tbs sad SI the twine 21. Absolute certaintv of tying mechanism. Mi only when new, but after long we. 22. Unequalled simplicity, nerfeetion and daM bility of entire knotting apparatus 23. Snot tied close to bundle-* unequalled economy of twice 24. Fewer parts than anp other binder ever da the market 25. Highest quality of materials, of construction, and of finish It hns the only successful bundle carrier known. The carrier is a valuable acquisition to the farmer, snd is adding to the already unequalled popularity of the Walter A. Wood binder. Thousands have been sold, and every purchaser is delighted with its operation. It saves labor, time and grain, and pays for itself in a few days. This company has been building binders for tbe genera' market for ten years, and was in this branch of manufacture, and offers this improved and perfected machine, the remit of its unequalled experience and facilities, as the most complete, most practical, and most satisfactory binder yet produced.

F. FERRIMAN, AGENT FOR W. A. WOOD STEEL WHEEL BINDER W- PATCHING, TENT, TARPAULIN, FLAG, AND ROESECLOTH MANUFACTURER. A LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND OF TENTS OP ALL SIZES CALICO, DOCK, TWILL, AND CANVAS. Manilla Hope, Plough Lines, Fishing Lines, Clothes and Garden T.in«mI RON AND WOODEN BLOCKS. Special attention is called to the well assorted STOCK OP REAPER AND BINDER CANVASES, All made on the Premises. Battens and Canvas kept in stock, and repairs promptly executed. Tarpaulins frost 6i8t024 x3O always in stock. Oilskin Clothing made on the Premises. MARQUEES from 12 x 24 to 25 x 65 ON HIRE. All Orders bt Lktteb or Telegram Promptly Attended to. W- PATCHING, 10861 EAST STREET, ASHBURTON,

LONGBEAOH ROiD BOARD A IL RATES UNPAID after 18 h DECEMBER will be sued for. By order. 11J139 ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the subjoined resolution was adopted by the fhbarton County Counc lat a Special Meet ng of the C uncil held this day, and that the said resolution will W submitted for confirmation at a Special Meeting of the Council, which wiil be held on FRIDAY, the 14th day of January, 1887, at 4 o’o'ock in the afternoon. [Resolution.] “ Resolved —That this Council do make a Special Order adopting “ The Local Bodies Loans Act, 1886,” and that such Special Order be as follows, that is to say:— SPECIAL ORDER. In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it bj T “The Local Bodies Loans £ct, 1886, “The Counties Act, 1876,” and the several Acts amending the same, the County Council of the County of 4 shbur ton doth hereby adopt the provisions of “ The Local Bod ; es Loans Act, 1886.” Provided always that rhe operation of the said Act shall be limited to a loan of £3500, which this Council proposes to borrow from the Government under the provsioi a of “ The Government Loans to Local Bodie» Act, 1886,” for the purpose of constructing a Tramway from the Mount Somers Railway Station to the Mount Somers Coal Pit, near the mouth of the River Stour. Resolved further, that this Special Order shall take effect immediately upon the making thereof.” Dated this 13th day of December, 1886. By order. F. MAINWARING, 12*78 Clerk of the Council.

Ashburton A. & P. Association Show. ASHBURTON TO THE FRONT. Grand Show OF j^JANUrACTURED TWEEDS, TARTANS BLANKETS, FLANNELS FINGERING WOOLS SHIRTINGS, DRESS TWEEDS COLORED FLANNELS NAVY SERGES CRICKETING FLANNEL?, &c. All the above Goods have been PURCHASED BY ANDREW ORR And will be offered for sale immediately after the Christchurch Show (where they will be exhibited,). These Goods are admitted to be superior jo anything of the kind ever offered a Ashburton, both for style, finish, and quality. Orders for suits should be given at once to secure the best patterns. ANDREW ORR