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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1443, 29 December 1886, Page 3

Business notices. W. A. WOOFS IMPROVED HARVESTER - WITH IMPROVED IRON FRAME. TWINE BINDER, ANEW BUNDLE CARRIER ATTACHMKRT THE BEST HARVESTER AND BINDER IN THE WORLD. It has the following important advantages, combined in no other Harvester, and many cf them are exclusive with it. 1. Perfect balance of the entire machine. Try it in all rositions 2 Extraordinary case of draught 8. Umqnalled perfection of the gearing—ec.'.ncmy of power—great durability 4. No side draught and no neck weight 8. Malleable iren used wherever practicable, combining lightness and strength 6. Seels adjustable horizontally and vertically, and with changeable sneed 7. Angle iron finger-bar, strengthened with steel back rlate 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 gram 13. Raised main frame, clearing obstructions and dead furrows 14. Lightest running binding mechanism ever made 15 Binder open at hock, r.Hording passage ot the longest r e or wheat IC. Vibrating butting board of iron and wood durable, ard working to perfection 17. Packer fr ge s, acting m pairs, straighten* in" the grain instead of tangling it IS. Reliable hinder trip, seizing the bundles with precision 19. Stationary twine knife, cutting but 080 string, and remaining sharp a long tiraa 20, Twine bolder which never loses the ead of the twine 31. Absolute certaintv of tying mechanises, not . only when new, but after long use. , 22. Uuequal’ed simplicity, perfection and dun* bility of entire knotting apparatus 28. Knot tied close to bundle-*unequalled economy of twine 24. Fewer parts than anp other binder ever eo the market 25. Highest quality of materials, of mnrhaim construction, and of finish It has the only successful bundle carrier known. The carrier is a valuable 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 days. This company has been building binders for the genera 1 market for ten years, and was first n thi branch of manufacture, and offers this improved and perfected machine, the result of lt» nneqalled experience and facilities, as the most complete, most practical, and most satisfactory binder yet produced. ¥. FEE, RIM AIV, AGENT FOR W. A. WOOD STEEL WHEEL BINDER. w. PATCHING,

TENT, TARPAULIN, FLAG, AND HORSECLOTH MANUFACTURER. A LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND OF TENTS OF ALL SIZES CALICO, DUCK, TWILL, AND CANYAS. Manilla Rope, Plongh Lines, Fishing Lines, 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 froas 6x8t024 x3O always in stock. Oilskin Clothing made on the Premises. MARQUEES from 12 x 24 to 25 x 65 ON HIRE. All Orders *t Letter or Telegram Promptly Attended to. W- PATCHING, 10861 EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.

MUSIC. MRS A. C. CLARIDGE is prepared to . receive PUPILS for PIANOFORTE and ORGAN Terms on Application. Cox street, Ashburton. 9668 ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. NOTICE is hereby given that the subjoined resolution was adopted by the Ashburton County Councd at a Special Meeting cf the C uncil held this day, and that the said resolution will be submitted for confirmation at a t-’prcial Meeting of the Council, which will be held on P KID AY, 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 a 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 Bodies 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 ordev. F, MAINWABING, 12*78 Clerk of the Council. Ashburton A. & P. Association Show. ASHBURTON TO THE FRONT. Grand Show

or JJANUfACTURED TWEEDS, TARTANS BLANKETS, FLANNELS FINGERING WOOLS SHIRTINGS, DRESS TWEEDS COLORED FLANNELS NAVY SERGES CRICKETING FLANNELS, Ac. All the above Goods hava 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 } o anything of the kind o?er offered a Ashburton, both for style, finish, and quality. Orders for suits should be given at once to secure the best patterns. ANDREW ORR