SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

POUT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. Nov. I—Hma, from North. Nov. 2—Clio, from Waitapu. Nov. I—Hawea, from Dunedin. Nov. I—Jane Douglas, from Kaikoura. Nov. I —Magellan Cloud, from Kaipara Nov. I—Rotomahana, from Sydney, via the North. Nov. 2—Wanaka, from Wellington. Nov. 3—Elizabeth Castle, from Picton. Nov. 3 —Saucy Lass, from Picton. MAILED. Nov. I—Hawea, for Wellington. • Nov. I—*Kotqmahana, for Port Chal mers. Nov. 2—Jmw Douglas, for Timaru. Nov. 2—Prosperity, for Kaipara. Nov. 2—Maud Graham, for Picton. Nov. 3—Wanaka, for Dunedin. Nov. 3—Wave of Life, for Kaipara. Nov. 3—Huia, for Kaikoura and Wel lington. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London —Lady Jocelyn, Euterpe, Knowsley Hall (M.K.J.R.), Huruuui, Hereford Southesk. and Waitara. From Newcastle—Surprise, Australian Sovereign, and Tasso. From New V**rk via Wellington—Her mes. From New Y«*rk—Annabel. From Mauritius—Jasper. From New York, via Port Chalmers —Esmeralda. From the Sounds—Esther. From Glasgow—Remonstrant. From Calcutta —Bruce. STEAMERS LEAVE LYTTELTON AS UNDER. For Wellington —Wellington, This Day (Tuesday). Passengers from Christ church to Port by the 2.40 p.m. train. To be followed by the Tararua on Thursday, 6th November. For Napier and Auokiand—Rotoma hana, on Saturday, Tlh November. Passengers from Christchurch to Port by the 4 p.m. train. To be followed by the Wanaka, on Saturday, Bth November. For Port Chalmers —Wakatipu, Wed nesday, November slh. For Melbourne, via Bluff—Tararua, Tuesday, 11th Nov. Fob Sydney —Rotomahana, Friday, 7th November. Passengers from Christ church to Port by the 4 p.m. train. To be followed by the Wakatipu, on Nov. 13. . FobAkaboa —Penguin, Saturday, Nov. 8. Fob Hobart Town —Tararua, Nov. 11. For Picton, Nelson, &c. —Wellington, This day, 4th Nov. Passengers by the 2.40 p.ra. train from Christ church to Port, Cargo till noon. All berths to be secured at the Shipping Office. [By Telegraph.} Hokitika, Nov. 3. Sailed Claud Hamilton, for Mel bourne, taking 34 oza. of gold, the pro duce of the district.

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs J. T. Ford and Co. report on the live stock market for the week ending Friday, the 31st inst, as follows : The Addington Yards on Wednesday were fully supplied with fat and store cat tle, and, for trade requirements over sup plied with fat sheep. In fact we might say that it was with difficulty, and at con siderable reduction in prices, that fat sheep were quitted at all. The trade were full up from outside and previous week’s purchases, .and declined to operate to any extent, and a drop of from Is to Is 6d per head on sheep was the con sequence. Fat cattle sold freely at from 25s to 30s per lOOlbs, and store stock of all descrip tions were in capital demand. In fact, store cattle have taken a decided rise, and as the feed is still bound to increase, we can Jook forward to some briskness in the store stock business for some months to come.

Stove sheep are also in good demand, especially half-breed Leicesters of mixed sexes. Good ewes, with a fair average per cenfc of lambs at foot, are also in good de mand, and sell freely at from 8s Cd to 9s 6d the couple. Our entries were on account of Messrs Studholme, Coldstream, George Green, Holmes, R. Gibson, W. C. Webb, T. Sutherland, Thomas Sutton, J. Morgan, 1,. E. Corsbie, F. Tooth, Ingram, R B. Coward, J. L. Patrick, Linton, Linney, and others, quitting all our lines, except in one instance, at quotations equal to 2hd per lb for unshorn sheep, and lid per lb for shorn, and beef at from 25s to 30s per 100 lbs.

Mr Studholme’s cross-breds brought I's 3d. each ; Mr Morgan’s, at from 7s 3d n > to 134 each ", Mr Corabie's, at 11s each ; fat lambs, at 6s 01 each. A line of store cattle, on ac-mnt of Mr W. C. Webb, brought £4 each. A line on account of Mr Green, at £6 10s each. A line of young stock, on account of Mr James Holmes, brought £3 6s each, and springers brought from £6 to £8 10s each. During the week we have placed pri vately several mobs of store cattle, and in quiries fro -n the country are active both for cattle and sheep. At our wool and skin sale yesterday we had the usual attendance of buyers, and biddings were remarkably brisk through out, best cross-bred skins bringing up to 4s 6d and 4s 7d, and best merino skins as high as 4s 8d each ; medium, for both tinman, from 3s 3d to 3s lOd each. Wool, in bag lots, sold at from s|d, and up to 6d per lb. ■ We sold during the week our hides— -147 I—for1 —for shipment, at 3d per lb all round. Bough fat brought 2|d per lb, and tallow 2|d per lb. At our horse. Bale on Saturday we of ■feted a good many lots, but the demand is by no means brisk, in fact it is a mystery to us how so many useless animals are live and cost their owners the weekly tolls of 2s 6d per head in the hope of quitting them, Good useful lam horses find havers, s* do f\ so good carriage stock, few

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

j. j. d. luUcr, inferior to iie.it If* If* 12 In 1 O iiggs, P' dozen - ■ I 2 to O O Cheese, prime quality, Plb o 8 to oio Bacon, prime smoked, Plb 09 to 010 Hams in cloth, IMb - 10 to O O Flour in bags, ft? loolb 146 to 00 Oatmeal. {? 25th - 6 o to 3/4 Lard, iff tb - - - o o to o o

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

The next mail for the United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, &c, via San Francisco, will be closed at Christ church on Saturday, Bth November. This mail is due in London on 23rd December. The next mails for the United Kingdom, &c, via Brindisi and Southampton (for correspondence addressed by either of these routes only) will be closed at Christ church on November 10. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on the 12th of January, 1880, and the mail via South ampton on 19th January, 1880.

Mails leave the Ashburton Post Office, as follows ; For Christchurch and North at io 20 a. m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Cl ert ey at 10.20 a.m daily. F' r Rakaia at 10.20 a.m and 4 p.m daily. F-r Dunedin, Tinwald Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Kangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Gera'dinc, at 10.20 a.m, daily. For Temuka. Titnaru, and South at 10.20 a.m and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstreel, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m For Ashton, Waterloo, and Longbeach, at .15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Scalield, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. Svd.mky J. Dick, Chief Postmaster. UNCLAIMED LETTERS. The following letteis from places beyond the colony were received at the Ashburton Post Office during the month of September, and lemamed unclaimed on the Ist Novem ber, 1879 : Alec, Alfred Brooks, Joseph Bunton, W. Corcoran, Michael Daly. John (2) Daly, Joseph (2) O’Connell, F. C, Mulcahv Pat Smith, John (brickmakcr) Walsh, Roger Wetherill, Mrs G. H. Wetherill. Miss M. E. Woodley, Charles W. Sr, G. Douglas, Postmaster.

On the first da’ / each month a list is ex hibited at each Pc t Office in the Colony of the addresses of all letters received from places be yond the Colony that have remaind unclaimed for one month at such Post Office; and such of these letters as remain unclaimed at the end of a further period of two months are then for warded to the Dead Letter Office, to be return ed unopened to the countries where they origi nated. Unclaimed letters originating in the Colony are not advertised, but at the end o two months are forwarded to the Dead Letter Office, Wellington, there to be opened and re turned to the writers.

A travelling Post Office having been estab lished on the Southern line o I railway, letters hearing a late fee of 2d. may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached to the express train, and they will be included in the mails made up in transit for offices on the main line and branches. NOTICE. NEW POSTAL REGULATION. Letters posted within the colony having the names and addresses of the senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, accompanied by a request that the letters be returned if not claimed'within a stated period, will be return ed unopened. Provided, however, such letters shall have remained in the post office to which they may he addressed, at least ten days.

BIRTH.

Frisky.— On October 25tb, the wife of William Frisby (second daughter of Edward and Isabella Corbett, Ashbur ton Forks) of a daughter.

The Ashburton Guardian, COUNTY AGRCULTURAL & SPORTING RECORDER. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1879.

On the 27th of August there was severed one more Jink between the pre sent and past of England’s later history, by the death of Sir Rowland Hill, the mention of whose name calls up at once the whole panorama of the penny pos tage system of Great Briatain and its unparalleled success. Sir Rowland had reached the advanced ago of 83, and his death came on after a warning of several months, during which time he had been unable to leave his room. The old man died, not from any disease that could bo fairly specified, but from the decay ox vital energy which inevitably occurs as old age draws on. The postal reformer was born in 1795 at Kidderminster, and was liras one of the now few public celebrities in the old country, whose memories could connect the last century with the present. Up till tlm ago of 33 the now deceased gentleman occupied no very prominent position in toe. out plodded on as a mathematical teacher U' a Birmingham school under the sopor.n tendency of his father. 11l health com pelled him to relinquish scholastic duties, and shortly .after he became Secretary to the Royal Commission for the Coloniza tion of South Australia. For some time after this he devoted himself to many useful works, and while in connection with the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, his attention was turned to the great question of postal reform, with the solution of which his name has been so closely associated, and which has immortalised him in the his tory of his country’s progress. Like all reformers, Mr Hill had to meet a strong opposition in his endeavours to introduce a cheaper and more extensive system of postal communication in the country, and for daring to find fault with the English Post Office' he was un hesitatingly set down as a meddler in other people’s matters, and a man whose meddling could not arise out of anything but crass ignorance and overweening self conceit. But this condemnation came from those who were connected with the postal department, and not from the great body of the people whose interests the reforms aimed at were calculated to servo. When Sir Rowland set himself the task of bringing about what has resulted in the present penny postal system, the cost of letter communication was something formidable. The postage on a letter from England to Scotland was the now fashionable patent medicine figure Is l|d, and every separate sheet, or part of a sheet, no matter what its nature, had to pay another thirteenpence halfpenny. The high price of postage, however, was not so much the evil Sir Rowland, then Mr, Hill aimed at re moving. During two decades the revenue from the Post Office had not risen, and Rowland Hill was quite satisfied that ho knew a plan not only for increasing the revenue from the legitimate business of the Post Office, but also for drawing revenue from a class of people who had never hitherto used the Post Office at all, simply because of the exorbitant chaiges made. Perhaps the most objectionable because grossly unjust feature of the old postal regime was the system of franking a privilege enjoyed by the members of | Parliament and the Government officers, ! ami tills* privilege was greatly abused and i not uufruquonMy traded on, with a view j to making profit. Those of our readers | who are acquainted with the writings ofj Sir Walter Scott will remember one in- j stance at least in which the greatest romancer of his time —and in fact of any | time —makes one of his characters remind I

a correspondent of the v-i-dom of “saving the frank” with a vie.v to its doing duty another time, p.nd this system of petty fraud was in full swing when Mr Rowland Hill begun his form. Regarding .Sir Walter (Pcott’s writing, two, wo may mouth *n by the way that he attributes his terribly small manuscript to the necessity that existed for crowding as much matter as possible upon a single sheet; to sve the high postage that would accrue upon a “ double letter.” Letters were 'dre.i scut, too, in parcels by the hands ul travellers, and by merchants' conveyances, so that seldom indeed could the poor man, unable to aiibrd the postal charge, have an oppor tunity of communicating with a distant relative.

What wo have above roughly outlined was the state of allairs when Mr Howland Hill initiated the successful movement which lias made him famous. Looking into the working of the then postal system, he found the smallest cost in the whole working was in the transit of the mail bags from place to place—and that, too, i the days of mail coaches. It was the collection and delivery of letters that piled up the excessive costs. The reformer had great difficulty in inducing Govern ment to take his schemes into considera tion but when they did so they found that this was what ho meant to do. He would discard altogether the idea of payment enclosures, and substitute the system oow in use- charging for weight only, ■ad irrespective of distance carried, thus •diving a uniform fee for letters of a uniform weight. Prepayment was en forced, so that it was no longer possible for a correspondent to post a letter with a few hieroglyphics written outside, under stood only by the person to whom the letter was addressed, have the letter for warded, the hieroglyphics read by the proper person, and then the letter rejected by the latter and thrown back upon the hands of the Post Office officials. This was a very common occurrence while the deliverers continued to collect the postal tees. Franking was abolished, except on Government service.

The first reduction effected was from the high sums charged to a uniform price of fourpence. With the fourpenny post age came in also the adhesive stamp, relieving the officers of the duty of col lecting fees. This great reduction took place in 1839, and so marked was the suc cess attending it, so wide the increase of of business done during the short time the fee was at fourpence, that in 1840 the final fall to a penny was accomplished, and one of the grandest institutions of modern times was for ever established. Almost throughout the civilised and cor responding world, Sir ilowland Hill’s cheap system of inland postage has been adopted, but the figures before us show the real change it brought about in England. In 1838, 70,000,000 letters upon which a price could be charged were delivered in Great Britain. In 1878 the number was 1,028,000,000. The differ ence tells its own tale. The revenue fell somewhat after Sir Rowland’s first reduo-: tion, but it rapidly rose, and in 1878 it is double what was obtained in 1838. But the benefits secured are far more than a money value. These are of a social and moral nature, and the whole world has hared in them.

Sir Rowland Hill, we have said, had opposition to contend ’fWHttiut he triumphed over it all, and he is mie of the few public benefactors who have reaped a well-earned reward for labors done in the public interest. We quote from an article now going the round of the papers the following account of how he fared at the hands of his country : —“ To overlook the working of the new arrangements he had received the appointment of Postal Super intendent from the Liberal Government. In 1841 Sir Robert Peel and the Tories came into power, and in the following year Mr Hill was informed that his; services would no longer be required. The public, however, resolved that the author of the penny postage should not suffer from official ingratitude, and pre sented him in 1846 with a magnificent testimonial of the value of £13,360. In the same year he was appointed Secretary to the Postmaster-General. In 1854 he was promoted to the Secretaryship of the Post Office, which he retained until 1864, when ho retired, having been decorated four years previously with the order of Knight Commander of the Bath. On his retirement he was awarded for life £2OOO per annum, a Parliamentary grant of £20,000, and various honors of a high class.”

Mails. —The next mails for the United Kingdom, &c, via San Francisco will close at Ashburton on Friday. The Chinese. —The Chinese Immigra tion Bill of the Grey Government is to be introduced by the Hall Ministry. Sale of Race Privileges. —Messrs Aclaad, Campbell, and Co, announce that they will dispose of the privileges apper taining to the Agricultural and Pastoral Show, and the races. These latter last year were keenly contested for, and as the business done on such occasions are for prompt cash, wo imagine that they should realize quite as much this year. The sale takes place on Thursday next, November t Otli, at (he Horse Bazaar at noon, dilions attached to the various items may be learned from Mr George Jameson or from Mr James Wilkie. The Preservation of Butter. —Our cablegrams announce from London the in vention of a chemical mixture, the use of which will enable exporters to land butter in London fresh, without any salt in the butter keg. Details of course are not yet to hand, and the above is all the cablegram tolls us of the matter, or rather it is a conclusion jumped at from the tele gram. If, however, the hint given should turn out correct and a means is supplied to the farmers of this colony of sending butter Home with a certainty that it be landed without mishap, a spurt will at once bo given to dairy fanning, and anew source of revenue will immediately spring up for the dwellers on the plains. The abundance of feed this year has already turned the attention of farmers and mer chants to the possibility of exporting but ter, as was evidenced by a letter to the editor that recently appeared in our columns. The invention referred ■toin . the cablegram would effectually settle the question by the opening up of a butter trade with the mother country. We hope the cablegram is the harbinger of a valu able discovery, and if so we only regret that the discovery has not been made ewjjfi, enough to ba useful this year.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

[TUESDAV, NOVEMBER 4, I §79-

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New Advertisements. WANTED— A good General SER VANT. Apply, Harry Fried lander, Tancred street. 161 V. R mHE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN j (County Agricultural and Sporting Recorder) is a GAZETTE for all Notices under The Debtors and Creditors Acts. October 6, 1879. V. R. In the District Court of Christchurch, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of THOMAS HUDSON, in the County of Ashburton, Saddler, a debtor. AN Application for an order of discharge of *he abovenamed debtor will be made to this Court on the fifteenth day of Novem her instant, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon. Dated the third day of November. 1579. O’KEiLLY & IRELAND, 154 Solicitors for the said debtor. TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. FOR SALE, about the end of October, One Second-hand Doable Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, &c,, complete. We are replacing this machine by a Double Royal Wharfedale, which necessitates removal of the Double Demy Machine now used for printing the “ Herald ” and “ Guardian,” for hand or steampower. Can be seen and all par ticulars obtained at our office. WEEKS & DIXON. Ashburton, October 14, 1879. 665 a TO LET, STATIONERS’ SHOP, recently occu pied by Mr. J. Y. Ward. This Shop is fitted up in a very com plete manner, and four comfortable dwel ling rooms are attached. 70 SAUNDERS BROS. WANTED KNOWN —That Money can be saved by purchasing your Sta tionery and Account Books, for cash, At the “ Herald” and “Guardian” Whole sale Stationery Depdt, Saunders' Build* ings, new Station.



New Advert.semeuts. MOUNT HUfl' HOAD BOARD. TENDERS FOR BUILDINGS. OFFICE, COTTAGE, STABLES, AND CONCRETE TANK. TENDERS are invited for the Erection of Office, Cottage, Stables, and a Concrete Tank for the Mount Hutt Road Board, according to plans and specifica tions to be seen at Messrs. Friedlander Bros.’ Stores, Ashburton. Tenders, if posted, will be received up to the 4'h of November; if de livered, up till 12 o’clock on the 6th at Corwar, addressed to the Chairman, Cor war, Mount Hutt, and endorsed, “ Ten ders for Building. ” The lowest or any tender not neces sarily accepted. Plans and specifications to be seen at Messrs. Friedlander Bros.’Ashburton, up till 4th November. W. B. COMPTON, 591a—124 Overseer. SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD DISTRICT. TENDERS will be received up to Thursday, November 6, for the fol lowing WORKS ; 1. Forming about 310 chains of the road near Irishtown 2. Metalling about 155 chains of the same 3. Metalling about 70 chains of Dun can’s road Specifications to be seen, and tender forms had, at the Road Board Office, South Kakaia. Tenders to be endorsed and addressed to the Chairman. A. MAKEIG, 630a—150 Clerk to the Board. WAKANUI ROAD BOARD. fIIENDERS are invited for the follow -1 ing WORKS ; 7. Beach Road —Re-forming and Metal ling and making Footpath from Township to Quee r’s Road, &c. 8. Beach Road—Supply and spreading of 3,000 yards (more or leas) be tween Queen’s Road and Mill Race. 9. Leadley’s Road and Butterick’s Road—Making Drain. Ac., from Junction with Christie’s Road to sea. No. 1 section, about 258 chains ; No. 2 section, about 154 chains. 20. Denshire Road—Metalling about 120 chains. 11. Rule’s Road —Metalling about Si miles. 12. Butterick’s Road—Metalling. No. 1 section, about 198 chains ; No. 2 section, about 115 chains. The lowest or any tender not neces sarily accepted. Plana and specifications'can be seen at the Board’s Office, Moore Street, and tenders, endorsed with the No. of the Contract, will be received till 10 a.m. on THURSDAY, November Cth. FOOKS AND SON, 128—598 a Surveyors to the Board. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. TENDERS are invited for a POUND at Waterton. Plan and Specifica tion can be seen at Council Office, Moore street, Ashburton. Tenders, accompanied with marked cheque equal to 5 per cent of amount, to be sent in addressed to Chairman, not later than 10 o’clock a.m., Wednesday, sth November next. By order, WILLIAM BAXTER, County Engineer. Ashburton, Oct. 15, 1879. 572a—111 THE WHEATSHEAF HOTEL, Wheatstone.



Q H. WILLCOCKS, the Proprietor of the above fine Hotel can now offer Acom modatiuu which cannot be surpassed in any house in Canterbury, and wishes to inform his friends and the public generally that everything in his power will be done to make his patrons comfortable. The rooms are splendidly furnished and well ventilated. First-class Stabling and Paddocks in connection with the Hotel. Wines and Spirits of the Best Brands. G. H. WILLCOCKS, Proprietor, 138 Wheatsheaf Hotel. O. I c. THE VICTORIAN LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES ARE OPENED, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, Next St. Stephen’s Church. S. STEEL BEGS to announce to the public that he has taken the above Stables (late Bell’s Western Repository), which have been thoroughly renovated, and can now afford extensive accommodation for farmers and travellers. Good attendance guaranteed, and mode rate charges. Saddle Horses and carriages on hire. U. 0.



He w Advertisements. ASHBURTON RACING CLUB. MEMBERS are reminded that their SUBSCRIPTIONS are now DUE, and Pmust be paid before the Spring Meeting to entitle to free access to Course and Stand. S SAUNDERS, 635a—163 Hon. Treaa. A.R. Club. A CARD. Mr. CATTLIN, SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST. Will attend Patients until Tuesday next, 4th Nov., at Quill’s Hotel, Ashburton’. 162 REAPERS AND BINDERS. Undersigned having been a.- JL pointed agent for the sale u : McGORMICK’S & W. A. WOOD’S REAPERS AND BINDERS, is now prepared to treat with those who will want them for the coining season. FREDK. PAVITT, 555a —88 East Street, Ashburton THE Undersigned has the following Properties TO JET, with a purchas ing clause, or for sale on Liberal Terms of Payment: — i p*() ACRES unimproved Land, about -pf)#) 2!; miles north of the Ashburton Township. Acres improved Farm, first-class land and well watered, situated on Longhead). -f Qiy ACRES on the Ashburton Forks, i fenced and improved, also well watered. -J Qiy ACRES partly improved and Jl O I situated about three miles from the township. fcry ACRES near the above, unim proved. ACRES partly improved, near Winslow. 137 THOMAS BULLOCK. 50 ASHBURTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. THE Second ANNUAL EXHIBITION of Stock, Produce, Farm Implements, and Manufactures will be held at TIN WALD on TUESDAY, 18th November, 1879. In addition to the prizes offered by the Association, the following Special Prizes have been offered : M. Scott, £2 2s —For the best milch cow in full profit. J. Tucker, £2 2s—For the best mare or gelding suitable for a carriers’ spring cart. Friedlander Bros., £2 2s—For the best yearling colt or filly by Bluelight. A Late Friend, £3 3s—For the best yearling draught colt or filly. James Scott, £2 2s—For the best weight carrying roadster or hack, mare or gelding. M. .Stitt, £2 2s—For the best high jump, to clear not less than 4ft 6in, three entries or no prize to be given. Orr and Co , £1 Is—For the best collec tion of vegetables, to be grown by an amateur. W. Anderson, a Ladies’ Bridle—For the best ladies’ hack. Edmiston Bros, and Gundry, £2 2s For the best sain [tie of hams and bacon cured by farmers. P. Cunningham and Co., £3 3s—For the best collection of farm seeds. R. W. Shearman, £2 2s—For the best round of cured corned beef, and £1 Is for the second best, if there are at least three exhibits, and 10s fid for the third best, if there are five exhibits ; the round not to be under 201 b, nor over 501 b weight, and to be fixed at a price per lb to be mentioned at the time of entry. The judges to take into consideration quality of beef and form of rounds. Sealey Bros., 10s 6d—For the best col lection of pot plants. Joseph Clark, £2 2s—For the best col lection of New Zealand manufac tured woollen goods. W. Montgomery and Co., Limited, £2 2s —For the best dray manufactured in the Ashburton County, suitable for farmers’ purposes.



In addition to those already advertised, The President offers— £3 for the best two-year-old draught gelding ; £2 in addition to the Association’s prize for the best manure and seed drill for sowing green crops. Lewis E. Corsbie, £2 2s—For the best yearling colt or filly by Tribune. Entries close Tuesday, 11th November. TINWALD FURNITURE DEPOT. CABINET MAKER, FURNITURE DEALER, &c. Venetian and other Blinds, Curtain Poles, Oxford and other Picture Frames made to order. Repairs Executed with Despatch. Note the Address — Great South Road, .'Next to Mr. Pretteiohn’s, Shoe Makei 112 Baring Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER, BOOK AND MUSIC SELLER. Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Strings, Concertinas, Ac. Magazines, English Papers, & Periodicals, by each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch And 157 GEORGE JAMESON, Secretary. 15



New Advertisements. TENDERS FOR INLAND MAIL SER VICES FOR 1880. General Post Office, Wellington, 20th October, 1879. C\ BALED TENDERS will be received at the Chief Post Office. Christ church, until Saturday, the 15th Novem ber proximo, for the conveyance of mails between the under-mentioned places for a period of one year from the Ist January to the 31st December, 1880, both days inclusively. Postal District of Christchurch. 1. Ashburton and Longbeach, daily. 3. Barr Hill Post Office and nearest Rail way Station, daily. 4. Rakaia and Barr Hdl, thrice weekly. 5. Methven Railway Station and Post Office, Alford I’orest, daily'. Contractors whoso tenders may be accepted, must be prepared to carry out the services for which they tender accord ing to the time-taVles framed by the department, and which may be seen at the Post Offices from which the services start. Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of contract, may be procured at any Post Office. No tender will be considered unless made on the printed form. Tenders are to be indorsed “ Tender for Mail Service No. and addressed to the Postmaster-General, Wellington, and enclosed to the Chief Postmaster of the district to which the tender may specially refer. By order, W. GRAY, 155 Secretary. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. LOWER RANGITATA FERRY. "T^T" OTICE is hereby given that Mk. David Jackson has been appointed Ferryman by the Council, and any other person acting in that capacity does so on his own responsibility. By order, F. MAINWARING, Clerk. Ashburton, October 28, 1879. 145 —637 a TO HUGO FRTEDLANDER, ESQ., ASHBURTON. DEAR SIR, We, the undersigned Electors of the Borough of Ash burton, request that you will allow your self to be nominated for the Mayoralty of the Borough, and we pledge ourselves to use our interest in securing your return. Donald Williamson James Campbell Weymouth Roberts George Parkin G. M. Robinson Andrew Orr R. Friedlander G. D. Branson John Orr W. H. Gundry T. Riches Hodder John H. Pass 0. E. Fooks & Son Edw. G. Crisp Alfred Curtis J. M. Cambridge Thos. Chambers William Anderson Robert Anderson James McDonald George Kidd W. Mitchell H. Turner James Bradley Robert Cullen J. S. Savage H. J. Weeks Chas. Dixon James Wilkie C. B. M. Branson G. Compton M. J. Robinson C. W. Ireland Chas Reid. Harry Friedlander J. P. Butler Daniel Henderson H. T. Winter T. Toppin Alfred Harrison Samuel Hardley To Donald Williamson, Esq., and the other Ratepayers signing the above Requisition. GENTLEMEN, Your most influen tial Requisition cannot otherwise but make me accede to your request, and I have therefore much pleasure in allow ing myself to be nominated for the posi tion of Mayor of our rising Borough. Should Ibe returned, I will use my best endeavors to merit the confidence placed in me.



I shall take an early opportunity to make known to you my views on munici pal matters. I am, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, 149—626 a HUGO FRIEDLANDER. TO KNUD SANDO ESQ., ASHBUR TON. SIR. —We, the undersigned Burgesses of the Borough of Ashburton, res pectfully request you will allow yourself to be nominated for the office of Mayor of Ashburton for the coming year. We recognize in your zealous attempts to further the interests of the Borough, and the prominent part you take in promoting the welfare of your fellow citizens, quali fications which we hold necessary for the proper fulfilment of the Mayoral office. We are, Sir, Your Obedient Servants, Benjamin William- J. E. H. Harris H. C. Turner William Sparrow James Gardiner Ernest Alfred Garnett J. R. Chapman George Compton M. J. Robertson H. J. H. Gilchrist C. Reid J. M. Cambridge Andrew Young Alfred Harrison John G. Anstee son Frederick Ferri man Thomas Bradford J oseph Miles H. Howard Thomas Scott Thomas Gollins R. Minnis G. Scott John Hefford J. C. Dolman George Parkin Ashburton, October 9th, 1870. TO THE GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE SIGNED THE ABOVE REQUISI TION. GENTLEMEN,— I regret that my business engagements will not per mit me to comply with your request. Thanking you for the honor you have done me, and apologising for not answering before, I am, Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant, 104 KNUD SANDO. THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. Advertisements received for the GUARDIAN up to 9 p.m. at the scale charges, afterwards at double rates jor insertion over the leader. WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est ind neatest CARDS may ba had at * he “GUARDIAN OFFICE."



New Advertisements. jr/ u,i;- fei L TINWALD. Q HEARER AND GALLOWAY, MILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Road, Tusavald, Beg to thunk the public generally for their very liberal support during tiie past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all i i branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove. 0-UOrir.UILDING. . Order.- rorcKt d for making or repairing all kinds of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the beat materials uv-il. AGRICULTURAL. , Implements of all kinds repaired. Also ! Combines, Engines, Helpers and B'n.-l.ir;;. | Challcuttcrs, Bruisers, Ac. BUILDING. Estimates given for all kinds of Build ing and general carpentering. Cocksfoot Grass Seed Threshing Ma chines, for hand or foot, made to order, great saving of labor. SHEARER AND GALLOWAY, Tinwald. 165 SEALY BROS., SEEDSMEN AND NURSERYMEN, East Street, ASHBURTON. Farm, Garden, and Flower Seeds and Garden Requisites of every descrip tion at Lowest Rates. Nursery —Moore Street. 43