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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1440, 24 December 1886, Page 3

Business notices. wTa. WOOD’S IMPROVED HAEYESTER ■WITH IMPROVE D IRON FRAME. TWINE BINDER, & NEW BUNDLE CARRIER ATTACHMENT THE BEST HARVESTER AND BINDER IN THE WORLD. It has the folbwing important advantages, combined in no other Harvester, and many of them are exclusive with it. 1. Perfect balance of the entire machine. Try it m all. osltiona 2 Extraordinary ease of draught 'B, Unequalled perfection of the gearing—ec ncmy of power—great durability 4. No side draught and no neck weight b. Malleable ircn 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 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 wbee's It. Adjustable grain fender at back of platform 12. Perfect tilting apparatus f.S JCtiVt; in saving lodged and tangled grain 18 Raised ma n frame, clearing obstructions and dead farrows 14. Lightest running binding mechanism ever made 16 Binder open at back, affording paessge ot the longest r e or wheat » 16. Vibrating butting board ot iron and wood durable, ard working tz perfection 17. Packer fi ge s, acting ui pairs, straightening the grain instead of tangling it 18. Reliable binder trip, seizing the bundles with precision 19. Stationary twine knife, catting but one string, and remaining sharp a long time 20. Twine holder which never loses the end ot the twine . i 21. Absolute certaintv of tying mechanism. not only when new, bat after long an. 22. Unequalled simplicity, perfection and durability of entire knotting apparatus 23. Knot tiad dose to bundle-- nneqnalled economy of twine 24 Fewer parts than anp other binder ever on the market 25. B ghe- t quality of materials, of meohnioa construction, and of fiiii-h

It has the only successful handle carrier known. The carrier is a valuable acquisition to the farmer, and ia adding to the a!ready nneqndled popularity of the Walter A. Wood hinder. Thousands hare been sold, and every purchaser ia • 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 tfae genera' market for ten yean, and was first a thi branch of manufacture, and offers this improved and perfected machine, the result of its uneqalled experience and fact litles, as the most complete, most practical, and most satisfactory binder yet produced. V. PERRIMAN, 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 SIZES CALICO, DUCK, TWILL, AND CANVAS. Manilla Hope, Plough Lines, Fishing Lines, Clothes and Garden Lines. IRON 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. Tarpaalins from 6x8t024 x3O always in stock. Oilskin Clothing made on the Premises. MARQUEES from 12 x 24 to 25 x 65 ON HIRE. All Orders bt Letter or Telegram Promptly Attettoed to. W. PATCHING, 10861 EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.

MUSIC. MRS A. C. CLARIDGE is prepared to receire PUPILS for PIANOFORTE and ORGAN Terras on Application Cox street, Ashburton. 9668 ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. NOTICE is hereby given that the subjoined resolution was adopted by the Ashburton County Gounod at a Special Meeting of the C unci! held this day, and that the said 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 County Council of the County of *■ shbnr ton doth hereby adopt the provisions of “The Local Bodies Loans Act, 1886.” Provided always that ihe operation of the said Act shall bo 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 Bailway 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 13tb day of December, 1886 By order. F. MAINWARING, Clerk of the Council.

Ashburton A. & P. Association Show. ASHBURTON TO THE FRONT. SFBURTON MANUFACTURED TWEEDS, TARTANS BLANKETS, FLANNELS FINGERING WOOLS SHIRTINGS, DRESS TWEEDS COLORED FLANNELS NAVY SER3E3 CRICKETING FLANNELS, &o All the above Goods Lava been PURCHASED ANDREW ORR And will bo offered for sale immediately after the Christchurch Show (where they will be exhibited,). These Goods are admitted to be superior I o anything of the hind 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 Grand Show OF BY