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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1434, 17 December 1886, Page 3

Bnalnesg Notices. W. A. WOOD’S IMPROVED HARVESTER WITH IMPROVED IKON FRAME TXVINB BINDER, & NEW BUNDLE CARRIER ATTACHMENT' THE BEST HARVESTER AND BINDER IN THE WORLD. It has the following important advantages, combined in no other Hirves.er and many of them are exclusive with it. ’

1. Perfect balance of the entire machine. Try it in all t osit ions 2. Extraordinary ease of draught 5. Unequalled perfection of the gearing—economy of power—great durability 4. No side draught and no neck weight 6. Malleable ircn used wherever practicable, combining lightness and strength 6. Heels adjustable horizontally and vertically, and with changeable speed 7. Angle iron |finger-bar, strengthened with steel back plate 8. Steel faced malleable iron guards bolted t the 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 main frame, clearing obstructions and dead furrows 14. Lightest running binding mechanism ever made

! It has the only successful bundle carrier known. The carrier is a valuable i acquisition to the farmer, and 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 daje. r . ~T b . ia company has been building binders for the genera’ market for ten years, and was first m this branch of manufacture, and offers this improved and perfected machine the result of it* 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 HORSECLOTH MANUFACTURER. A LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND OF TENTS OP ALL 6IZ KS CALICO, DUCK, TWILL, AND CANVAS. Manilla Rope, Plough Lines, Fishing Linos, Clothes and Garden Lines. IRON AND WOODEN BLOCKS, Special attention is called to the well assorted

STOCK OF REAPER AND BINDER CANVASES, All made on the Premises. Battens and Canvas kept in stock, and repairs promptly executed. Tarpanlins 6x8t024 x3O always in stock. Oilskin Clothing made on the Premises. MARQUEES from 12 x 24 to 25 x 65 ON HERE, All Orders bt Letter ob leleobam Pbomptlt Attemjm to ■W- PATCHING, 10861 EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.

LONGBEAOH ROiD BOARD AM BATES UNPAID after 18ih DECbMBER will be seed for. By order. 11J139 ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. NOTICE is hereby given that the subjoined resolution was adopted by the ~ ehburton County Conno 1 at a Special Meet'ng of the C uncil held this day, end that the s»id resolution will be submitted for confirmation at a Special Meeting of the Council, which will be held on FRIDAY, the 14th day of January, 1887, at 4 o’c 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 by “ The Local Bodies Loans Act, 1886, “The Counties Act, 1876,” and the several Acts amending the same, the Coonty Council of the County of * shbur ton doth hereby adopt the provisions of “ The Local Bodies Loans Act, 1886.” Provided always that ihe operation of the said Act shall be limited to a loan of £3500, which this Council proposes to borrow from the Government under the provisions 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 ('rder shall take effect immediately upon the making thereof." Dated this 13th day of December, 1886. By order. F. MAIN WARING, 12*78 Clerk of the Council.

Ashburton A. & P. Association Show. ASHBURTON TO THE FRONT. Grand Show OF AN U if ACT U RE D TWEEDS, TARTANS BLANKETS, FLANNELS FINGERING WOOLS SHIRTINGS, DRESS TWEEDS' COLORED FLANNELS NAVY SERGES CRICKETING FLANNELS, &o. All tho 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 j o anything of the kind over offered a Ashburton, both for style, finish, and quality. Orders for suits should be given at once to secure the best patterns. ANDREW ORR