SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

POUT OF* LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. \Yrn.v:.'i, from Auckland, ‘ .. j) e 0.14 Bq?;.!., n.vque, from Nowaastfo. nailed. Dec. 13— Hawea, s.s., for Wellington and north. Dec. 13— Wanaka, s.a., for Dunedin. Dec. 13 —Wanganui, s.s. for Grey mouth, via Wellington, Wanganui, Nelson, and Westport. Dec. 15. -r-Mary King, schooner, for Pic °Dec. 15— Forest Queen, ketch, for Wel ngton. STEAMERS LEAVE LYTTELTON AS'UNDER. - ■ Fob ~Day, December I’6. “Passengers by 8 p.m. train; 'l'') 1 / .'V r -f f ,'Ji ' Fob Napibb, Gisborne, and Tau v»^»aM^s^lMi»jpp^aT«Ba } .aßh.n-r.BdayjtD-ec.;- CtfESteSs 4 Estonia, This Day, December 16. _ , Fob Melbourne -fßotorua, . This Day, A To be followed, by .Arawiita, on Tues day, December 23. ' Foe. SrbSß?^Rmgarooma, : bn Thursday, Decembr 18. , , 4 To bo'fbllbwed by Albion, on Wednes day, December 31.. Fob Hobart Town—Arawata, on Tues , day, December 23. Fob Picton,, . Nelson, Taranaki, and Wellington, This Day, December 1C; "Passengers by 2.40 p.m. train. Fob Nelson,' Westport, Gbbtmouth, and Hokitika —Maori, on Saturday, December 20. All berths to bo Secured at the

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

The next r maiiif for United .Kingdom, Sontihent dip Europe, via Brindisi and Couthampton ~ (for correspondence.. ad dressed 'per cither of these routes only), will bo closed: at'Christchurch on Decem ber 17th. The mail via Brindisi will be due .in .London on February 9th and the mail'’via Southampton oh February 16th, 188§U|j,J. [if rjrf vi," *-* - >■’ . " ; h Noip^E.—Qn u/iod after Ist December,; the j?oat,dfEce, Duyaohelle, at the head of will be ppen for, the transaction r p£ ; money-order- and savings bank business. :. : < : . ? r SYDNEY J. DICK, ...,, 5 Chief Postmaster. Mails leave the Ashburton Post Office, as follows’:— ’ For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p,m;, daily. 1 Foi; Chertsey at 10.20 a.m daily. For Rakaia a» 10.20 a.m and 4 p.m daily. For. Dunedin, Tinwald Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine at-10.20 a.in, daily. FouTemhka; Tiihairu, and South at 10.20 a.m and 3 p. m datiy: o For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at ■ .15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui, aijd Seafield,' on Mondays and Thursdays, &3b|pjta|-f : ;. \ 1 Sydney J. Dick; Chief Postmaster. ***UNCLAIMED LETTERS. The following, letteis from places - beyond the colony p were’ received, at the Ashburton Post Office during the month of October, on the Ist Decem ber, isn't—. B&mAt,‘Trank" Bunton/W. Clucas, E. Hill, Walter (2) l/ockey. John Hampton ’ M' Carthy, Jeremiah ! . . .. Murray, William. ■ : r.: .Sheppherd, Elizabeth Slush,' John. 1 -'' " ' ' Sornsscn,fT« r "■ Walpy; -John N. John , , * Onffta .ufiCach;month a list is ex nibttcdat .each. Pf, ft Office .in the Colony of the addressed of aft letters received from places be voivPtlfeHJdlcrtiy reniaina unclaimed for oneimonth afciSuchPpst Office; and such' of' ‘ these, letters, unclaimed, ,at the end of a farther of two months are then for warded to the Dead Letted 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 of two months are forwarded te the Dead Lei ter Office; WelKngtoh.Ttfrere tobeopened and re turnedAo the writers. NOTICE. A travelling Post Office having been estab lished on the Southern line of railway, letteis bearing a late fee of 2d. may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached .to the express train, aig 1 ihcffided in the mails made up* m transit for offices on fheWin line and branches. ,tr :r, i - ■ NEW POSTAL REGULATION. Letters posted within the colony having the araes and addresses of the senders printed on the address side of thfe accompanied by a request that the letters be returned if not claimed within a statedpefiod, will be return d unopened. Provided,'however, ’such letters shall have remained in't^ppstoffice to which they may be addressed, 1 at least teu days.

The Ashburton Guardian, COUNTY AGRICULTURAL & SPORTING RECORDER TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1879. THE VICTORIAN REVIEW.

SECOND NOTICE. Since our first notice of the “ Victorian Review” a few issues since, the second number of the magazine is to hand, and we are happy to admit that ’its appearance has considerably dispelled sojne .. .mis givings we had of the future success of the magazine. Victoria was the of song in the first number, for six of the ten articles in it dealt directly yit|i , Vic torian politics, and two others bore in directly upon Victorian interests.. JPp,, a certain extent, perhaps, the first "number may be itself an apology .for : thlf. Victoria in its pages, seeing that as a rule all f< fiyst numbers ” have to be made up rather hurriedly from usually a limited •number . of ; sources. But the second launches out into wider fields, and though it has'not wholly left the realm of ViC torian politics, the articles on these sub jects are of a kind that may "be .read wit ) interest by readers outside. In the .first number'f-thdi |fir6b ‘article w'as headed “The Plebiscite,” and was an onslaught simply ! - bn-' mob-rule/ ■ The f writer holds that in a country like, Yjc-, toria, where the administration" Of lAhds, of railways, mineral deposits,' .education, postal system, State forests, and tele graphs, is in the hands,of thp Executive, . and** where dissentient ’ newspapers can be punished for non-servility by the with drawal of the Government advertise ments, a Cabinet could control a plebis cite just as effectually as liouis JfapoJeon did when be caused 7,439,216 votes to be cast in condonation of the infamous massacres connected with, the copp ,d’dtat of 1851.” The' writer contends that, both local arid general experience in Vic toria warrants the assumption that the conduct of public affairs may fflll into the hands of unscrupulous Ministers, r.pt only occasionally hut perhaps' frequently, and wherever the supreme powpr is lodged in the hands qf the majority of the people, that majority wiU he composed of men who are murp likely to be led captive by the plausible dap-trap of the unprincipled and self-seeking demagogue, than to listen to the careful statements of the patriotic and high-minded statesman, who has too much self-respect and too. genuine an affection for the masses to fawn upon and flatter them. A pretty clear idea of what the writer would he at may be. obtained from the following extract; — f( It is no disparagement to the masses to assert that, in general, they have not the leisure, nor have they received the mental training and discipline, which would qualify them to, look at public, questions in a judicial spirit; and, in soliciting their suffrages, the political

pliilosoplicr would stand no chance rg iins the fluent stump orator who could play upon their passions, appeal to their class sympathies, .arouse their national, credal, or social prejudices, and convince them that they are, down-trodden or oppressed, andthattheir own misfortunes and sufl'er ings are notkthe result of personal conduct, hut'jjre attSbutable to political causes ex clusively. f||Even in countries where a Unified suffrage prevails, we have seen a greats statesman like Peel, a famous historiatifUke Macaulay, and a true noble infttt Jjke'Lord Carlisle set aside in favor of altogether inferior men ; and there was a time when an impudent imposter like “ the Claimant ” could have beaten—if he had been free to contest a seat in the House of Commons—the best man who could have been brought against him in any one of at least a score of English constituencies.”

Blair entitled “ A Last Word on the- Education has [brought oUtj in the second, replies'' in. two articles by . •: clergymem« , iDhwthpße^ider-oMhe‘edws*i«» tion cate of secular education nas Jus say, the-.. Catholic view of public instruction is pre sented, tie (Bibledn&koOli side ‘ml / iadvocate, and all the papers are feirlv,,, written'. ’•'The ‘ <l ßerryiim' : ‘ pajjer' ire l J quoted from somewhat copiously- in our last notice, isreplied ; to. !by M.L.A., in the second number, and did , i our space afford it we: might give an piihii tract or two to show how staunchly Mr. Dow defends Ju«.eatfte{.cbat rltbaKciriae»Jt ,a hiewspaper notice,_ we must content our selves with only a passing notice 2dfW very freshly written, ,paper.Y *. Ay paper .on “ Finance and Ein^i%,’tby-Heard";' another by Mr., R. Murrey. Smith* on the “Victorian Tariff;” and a. third by J. S. Horsfall, on the!&S<lUetting,l i, Leases,” concluded the Victorian political articles in the .first number. Am anony mous paper ibh-thaijnestifllf, d&iWill - tbeA Anglo-Australian Race Degenerate 1 ” is a very readable .one. The writer travels.... over a large portion of the earth’s surface % for instances to show thht- the .med riß[Ci i animals livinjg up'(hi' v of i soil, take their rentala^physh^jph^ B ®* teristics from the geological formations upon which they dwell. ■TOatf'mi the hutnan’ body ! 'is ; built' ‘to siderable, extent o,ut of the vegetStihn . of the earth}/direMjf froffiVegei and indirectly iir. turn on vegetation 1 ; aii’d j as largely affected by tne -r sou, l ?ahd ! thh r Sttu® ‘ again by its geological ;foi?iniati<Mfbthß geo- . logical formation of.a .countryt qnbwhich;auL race resides is bound to-dontrfbnte certain characteristics to it. By quite a&tnug of instances-thfe. writer « residents upon the earlier formations do not develope high civilization nor powers for such, while the more recent formations , bear people of an altogCther A superior class, both physically and intellectually. ;Tfom these instances he deduces ing.: it^Ke sique, intelligence, and are determined by the tions of the country it inhabits, we ; are brought, face.to facef with that we, the members of a branch' of the ’ human family which has been settled for ages in regions belonging to the quar r ternary formation} ‘ ! most in the ranks of time,” have trans ferred ourselves to a part of tlie world, - in , which a greater part of the soil. consistsi Of paheozoic wbiJe t ' belongs to ’ the mesozoic * anoiferxlary strata ; and. f that,, ,hxySijg~ -dw® must W : 'cere believers seriously';/trdnbled number of persons whey if not frankly hostile to - <«* i atoininant jQfeed J&TM&C civilised world, are at leash indifferent to its teachih'gh.” A a-n;;XMia ZTJZAiim A paper full of useful! information on • the “ Wool and Woollen Industries of the .united statS}”^ and well repays perusal, while a novelette, “ A Bad Bargain,” by Francillon, brings _ up the rearofthe magazine. y .. „ „ rr( . The sebona number o{ thO Iftagannd i»| altogether a better piece of reading* and gives a mbre f hojieftil '■ i ‘ wish to see the- drily; iirejprOseMattre of Australianniagazine - literature .make headway: aMnk^ r . with ®i*i2aN|w ,ts Dicey .(iUadfcOk;v : with a strong advocacy of free trade $n a* 1 well-written paper entitled “ The iSSssr from a- journal of exploration in Western , Australia, - which will hef very aCtepable t<? ah classes of SDavid Blair con» k tributes a most readable sketch of Edmond About:, and -h» afterwards we find ourselves reading a ae• . scription of ! Cup from 18C1 up to that, m the present wh&t roughly hanaled mtny igaue^to; of the magazine, arid w^fdtt«y ,; thfe has tbehest of it;‘'> the.mb&& plflCe at just before the second i ;K, Frphcillon’s-interestingmoveletteyJwfe Aho~-» paper he writes is eminently practical, on “ the Victorian Railways and MapagemgnW ’ wifM t h s. ‘ Review " ‘ eveby suotreaV 1 and' hop® 48al sufficient i vriil r secure in thebe colonies a magazipe_worthy of.their importdhcfe.* Thh now .before usHgive.Hintrbisih 9# literary talent exists pjj this side of the . sea suffleiept tp give.to,thp f world.an. Aus tralasian magazine fo diknig affiigh rank with contemporaries of older stand ing and .published (Under . tages in the northern hemisphere.

for fine weather were ofiered in several of the CbriatchnrcJvf 'btalrohe* arO»' {Sabbath last. Cnibsrr; -£Wb m ■ infbrthi3^£ESfc : p following gentlemen have been selected to M ■epresent the Eleven v. Twenty-two, to be % played to day, vis, MesJfrs:’ : D. Atnos ‘ ,^eaptai(ftfM * s '' A. 1 Andrews, JS. G,- Crisp, F. Shury, P.. Hoakyns, B. Mayo, J. ®’ f H. Wright, J. Lusk, G. Guy, H. Fowler,. T. Brbadbelt,’M. Gfminejr, Fooks, G. Bowling,; A, Groves, C. Dixon. P iW. H. Zouch, ’J, Wilkie, J.

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New ’Advertisements. QHA RX, ® S R E ID, FORGE, .. $ • ■ ~!sa:rj/i •: flara iAJTD Dodsok STREETS. /('A ’fti i: , ■ .-ay-tv^yUr-. v:. ■*., ■ I !,!>,*{ •/>',■.■ ,■■•.: •, A iaarge ank varied experience in the manufacture Repair of Agricultural Implements and Machinery, warrants -C. R. in guaranteeing sound and satis factory material and workmanship. .7/0* a y.i- -v :j )= ■ -• Horses safely and scientifically shod on die spot 252 ..O.IArt'.TM /f.XTtf'“llf.*.*. —ri TALE.— The ftnuinrpublishes a por tion of a readayOiStery everSatur-



New Advertisements. THE WHEATSHEAF HOTEL, "Wheatstone. H. WILLCOCKS, the Proprietor of the* above line Hotel can now offer Acom modation which cannot be surpassed in any house in Canterbury, and wishes to inform his friend? Hid the public generally that everything in his power will be done to make his patrons comfortable. The rooms are splendidly furnished and well ventilated. Stabling and Paddocks in connection with the Hotel. Wines and Spirits of the Best Brands. G. H. WILLCOCKS, Proprietor, 138 Wheatsheaf Hotel. FAMILY HOTEL DURHAM STREET NORTH, CHRISTCHURCH. WHITE PARSONS, (Late of the Royal Hotel, Lyttelton.) This Hotel is now Renovated and fitted up as a FIRST CLASS FAMILY HOTEL. 49 NOTICE TO INVALIDS. jgUY PORT AND SHERRY WINES AT QUILL’S COMMERCIAL HOTEL. FINE OLD JAMACIA RUM BRANDIES and WHISKEY Of the best Brands. Competition defiled. Charges moderate, and every article purchased at the above Hotel guaranteed. a®-AU the above imported direct by T. QUILL, 213 Proprietor. THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traduce® Blood. To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars. S. H. FOWLER & CO„ Proprietors, 004a—20 Winslow STUD NOTICE. IT HE THOROUGHBRED HORSE. TRIBUNE, By Traducer, dam Azucena, Will travel the Ashburton District as usual Apply, Groom in charge 21



TO STAND THIS SEASON. THOROUGHBRED STALLION YOUNG TRADUCER. YOUNG TRADUCER, by Traducer, dam Kasper’s dam, imported. See “Stud Book.” Young Traducer was bred by W. 0. Webb, Esq., at Riccarton. He is a rich dark brown, standing 16 hands high, with immense bone and substance, and for make and shape has been pronounced by the best judges as hard to beat anywhere. Young Traducer is rising 5 years. Terms: £5 ss. per mare, payable Ist January, 1880 ; groomage fees 55., payable on first service. Also, the Grey Entire Pony, S Y D'N EY, Will travel, with the entire horse Young raducer, toe district of Ashburton during he season. Good paddocks 2s. per weak. Every care taken, but no responsibility. ROBERT LITTLE, 39 Proprietor.



Now Advertisements. LOST—REWARD. STRAYED from Seafield, TWO BAY DRAUGHT HOUSES, unbranded, and ONE BAY HACK, branded on near ruinp. The finder, on communi cating with Mr. E. A. Field, Seafield, will be rewarded. E. A FIELD. Seafield. Brand is meant to represent a three leaved clover without a stem. 273 NK for Marking Packages, Sten cilling Ac. Large bottles, 2s. each. WEEKS & DIXON, Stationers, &c., East street. TINWALD FURNITURE DEPOT. QHARLES Jg Tv A I) E R CABINET MAILER, 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, Tinwai.d, .'Next to Mr. Prettejohn’s, Shoe Makei ) NOTICE. MISS HODDER, lately arrived from London, begs to announce that she has commenced business as DRESS MAKER in Moore street, Ashburton, near Dr Stewart’s residence. Prices strictly moderate, and no effort will ne spared to give satisfaction. MISS HODDER, Dressmaker, Moore street. 169 651 a TAMES MCDONALD, PRACTICAL TAILOR, East street, Ashburton. A good Stock of Tweeds and Cloths on hand. Summer Goods openshortly. 172 TO LET. SIX-ROOMED COTTAGE near the North Town Belt. Apply, 176 SAUNDERS BROS. THE Undersigned has the following Properties TO LET, with a purchas ing clause, or for sale on Liberal Terms of Payment:— ACRES unimproved Land, about 2£ miles north of the Ashburton Township. Acres improved Farm, first-class land and well watered, situated on Longbeach. -t (\ty ACRES on the Ashburton Forks, , fenced and improved, also well watered. ACRES partly improved and situated about three nr lea from the township. nty ACRES near the above, unim -0 * proved. ACRES partly improved, near Winslow. 137 THOMAS BULLOCK. For sale A THRESHING MACHINE COMBINE, with 5 feetdrum, by Hornsby and Sons ; Engine, by Clayton and Shuttle worth, with Elevator, Tank, &c., complete. All in good working order. 279 POYNTZ & CO. For s a l e Wood’s REAPER AND BINDER, also a Samuelaon Reaper * nearly new. Cheap. Apply to 278 POYNTZ & CO. 453 203 150 50 POYNTZ AND CO. FARMS FOB SALE. ON EASY TERMS OF PAYMENT. ESSRS POYNTZ & Co, have the following properties for sale ; [SO Acres,, near Ashburton 350 „ at Rangitata 400 „ „ Hinds 236 „ „ Ohertsey >OO 260 ~ » » 1100 „ 400 „ >OO „ 243 „ 40 „ 56 „ 148 „ 122 ~ 143 „ 200 „ , Kyle Seafield Wakanui Creek Ashburton Forks » Longbeach Also, veral eligible Town Properties in >urton, Tinwald, Bakaia, and Wins both for sale and to let, >ply, ’ POYNTZ AND CO. Ashburton. TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. TjlOR SALE, at an early date,— p One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, &c., complete. We are replacing this machine by a Double Royal WharfedaJe, 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



New Advertisements, SP RTING. Messrs, saunders & walker have for S-ie Tin) O-.E-yhound Puppies, eight rnontl s’ old, by Air. Chat teris’ Azamat out of owners’ L’Espri A Azamat (imported) is by- Tulloch gorum, out of Cvgm-t, and won a 43 uud 22 dog stake in England. L’Esprit (imported) is by Pell Mell out' of Scrap, and won the Nelson Gold Cup. in 1878. She is sister to La Rapide, L’Encore, and other Australian celebri ties. Apply to MR. S. SAUNDERS, Ashburton, or, MR. W. G. WALKER, ; 98 ! ' Christchurch. ; BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFIELD. JONES AND CO., Norton Farm, Sea field, return thanks to' their patrons for the hearty support accorded to them since Norton Farm was opened as a Butchery, Bakery, and General Store, and solicit a continuance of past favors, assuring customers that their, interest will j always have first consideration at the hands of the advertisers. Jones AND Co. beg to inform their i friends and the public in the Seafield and neighboring districts, that their Bread, Meat, and Store Carts travel the following routes on the days given below : Seafield to Kyle, and Acton — Wednes days. Seafield to Wakanui Homestead, Waka nui School, and Creek, back by Christie’s Road — Thursdays. Seafield to North Seafield, Charing Cross, Dundas, Cambridge, returning by Pioneer Road — Fridays. In view of the Harvest, orders for at tendance of the Cart may be left at the Store, Norton Farm, Seafield ; Wakanui School!, with Mr. Ginney ; with Mr. Lambie, at Kyle ; and with Mr Brown, Clontarf blacksmith. JONES AND CO., NORTON FARM, Seafield. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keepers, Grain and Seed Merchants. AGENTS FOR THE ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN. G79a TINWALD. Qi HEARER AND GALLOWAY MILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Road, Tinwald, Beg to thank the public generally for their very liberal support during thd past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all its branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove. COACHBUILDING. > ) Orders received fer making pK repairing all kinds of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the best materials used, , .• f AGRICULTURAL. Implements of all kinds made or re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Reap ers and Binders, Chaftcuttera, Bruisers, <ftc. 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 GtALLOWAY, Tinwald. 165—641 a REAPERS AND BINDERS. THE Undersigned having been ap pointed agent for the sale *.f McCORMICK’S & W. A. WOOD’S REAPERS AND BINDERS is now prepared to treat with those who will want them for the coming season. FREDK. PAVITT, 555a —88 ■ East Street, Ashburton. pi NYELOPES, NOTBPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPBR.—The cheapest ever offered in,. Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. COAL f ARD. Messrs. Cunningham & co., beg to announce : to the Public that they have opened ft COAL YARD (next Poyntz & Co-’s Office), for the supply of Newcastle Coal in Ashburton. G. M. ROBINSON, 798a—269 Agent. IF O B 18 S O - The press almanac And Diary Can be obtained from the- undersigned. Price—One Shilling. WEEKS AND DIXON, Herald Office, Near Railway Station. T. CHAMBERS, JgOOT AND SHOEMAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Boots and Shoes of ail kinds Sewn or Pegged. Repairs Attended To. 48



New Advertisements- Ball programme cards in very neat styles, witb Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station. BROWN PAPER, strong, and large sheets, at per lb. WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, East street North (near the Railwry Station), Ash burton. JUST ARRIVED. PAPER BAGS, PAPER BAGS. r(ONFECT lONERS, Fruiterers, / "Grocers, Drapers, Seedsmen, &c., can be supplied with Paper Bags, all sizes,; and Printed or Plain. WEEKS AND DIXON, General Printers, East rtreet North. NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealand Wesleyan” for December. Price 6d. Sold at the Herald Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. Ashburton Caledonian SOCIETY. PROGRAMME OF SPORTS, To be held on BOXING DAY, FRIDAY, 26th DECEMBER, 1879. 1. Music —Bagpipes, Pibrochs ; Ist prize, L 5; 2nd, L2 10s. Marches, and Strathspeys, Ist prize, L 5 ; 2nd, L2 10s. 2. Quoits — Ist prize, LI ; 2nd, 10s. 3. Men’s Open Handicap Hurdle Race —440 yards, 6 hurdles ; Ist prize L 3 ; 2nd, 30s. 4. Handicap Hurdle Race—For boys not over 16 years of age—44o yards ; Ist prize, LI-; 2nd, 10s. 5. Running High Jump —Men and boys ; Ist prize, LI; 2nd, 10s. 6. Tossing the Caber—lst prize, L2; 2nd, LI. 7. Standing High Jump—Men and boys ; Ist prize, LI ; 2nd, 10s. 8. Handicap Race —100 yards, men ; prize, L 3. 9. Running High Jump—For hoys under 16 years of age ; prize, 10s. 10. Highland Reel —lst prize, L 3 ; 2nd, 30s. 11. Highland Fling— lst prize, L 3; 2nd, 30s. 12. Irish Jig—Men ; Ist prize, L 3 ; 2nd, 30s. 13. Irish Jig—Ladies ; Ist prize, L 3 : 2nd, 30s. 14. Sword Dance —lst prize, L 3 ; 2nd, 30s. 15. Grand Handicap Flat Races— Men, 200 yards, 300 yards, 440 yards, Ist prize, L 6 ;■ 2nd, L 3 ; 3rd, LI. 16. Vaulting with Pole —Men ; Ist prize, L2 ; 2nd, LI. 17. Vaulting with Pole—Boys' under 16 years ; Ist prize, LI ; 2nd, 10s. 18. Flat Race— Men, i mile ; Ist prize, L 3; 2nd, 30s. 19. Walking Match—Men, 2 miles ; Ist prize, L 3 ; 2nd, 30s. 20. Putting the Stone —161 b.; Ist prize, L2 ; 2nd, LI. 21. Throwing the Hammer—l6lb.; Ist prize, L2 ; 2nd, LI. 22. Wrestling— Cumberland Style, prize, L 5. Collar.. and. E1b0w,... prigs*. h s* Entrance money to go to ,2nd prize. 23. Flat Race— Men, 1 mile - ; Ist prize, L 6 ; 2nd, L2.. 24. Three Legged Race— loo yards ; prize, 30s; I 25. Running Hop, Step, and Jump— -Ist prize, 30s ; 2nd, 15s. 26. Running Long Jump— lst prize, 30s ; 2nd, 15s. 27. Best Dressed Highlander—prize, L 5. 28. Old Men’s Race—Over 40 years ; 10Q yards ; Ist prize LI; 2nd, 10a. 29. Handicap Consolation Race —For boys and men, 200 yards ; Ist prize, L2 ; 2nd, LI; . . - - 30. Singlestick. —Prize, LI. 31. Tilting in the Ring—Prize, L 5. Entrance-money, 5 per cent, on amount of Ist prize. Entries can be made with the Secretary up to 11 o’clock on day of Sports. Entries for events numbered' 3, 15, 18, and 23 must be lodged with the Secretary on or before the 23rd inst., and the ac ceptances for those events must be made before 11 o’clock on day of Sports. J. E. HYDE 286 . ; ' ■ • Secretary.. V. R. SUPPLIES—ASHBURTON HOME. rHE Hospital and Charitable Aid Board invite TENDERS for the upply of Rations, Extras,. Medical Com mits, Fuel, and Burials, to the Ashbur on Home for twelve months, commencing January Ist,, and terminating Dec. Slat, 880. Full particulars can be obtained n application,to the Master af the Tenders addressed ;to the Chairman of he Board, and marked pvitside “ Tenders, ishburton Home,”, will be. received by he undersigned up to noon of MOND AY, he 22nd inst. • J. E. MARCH. Charitable Aid Office, Christchurch, Dec. 8, 1879. . 804 a - 272 ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. TENDERS are invited for the follow ing WORKS, viz— 1. Bridge, of timber, over North Ash* burton River, hear Pudding Hill, 23 spans, 40 feet each. 2. South approaches to Rakaia.Gorge Bridge. 3, Pound, South Rakaia. , Plans and specifications are now on view at Council office, Afhburton, and those for Nos. 2 and 3 can tie seep at Road Board office, South Rakaia, aßef 20fh instant. Separate tenders to be aertt m addressed to the Chairman of County Council, not ater than 11 o’clock a.m., WEDNESDAY, 7th January, 1880. By order, WILLIAM BAXTER, 280—82 U Cpunty Engineer.



New Advertisements. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. NOTICE. . i LL ACCOUNTS against';the Above A Board must be; rendered at the,office, Mount Somers, on or ~ before] .WEDNES DAY,December 31,1879’. . v By order,'" >" ' v JAMES FRASER, Clerk to the Board. 284 IMPOUNDED, FROM Winslow, on December sth, 1 Black Cob GELDING, no brand visible. If not released on or before De cember 22nd, will be sold to defray ex penses. WILLIAM PRICE, 814 a Poundkeeper. TEACHERS can obtain the; MULTI PLICATION TABLES, printed on gummed paper, in any quantity at the Herald Office, , East. street, near the Railway Station, i ; TO CONTRACTORS. WANTED— 150 acres of Native Land PLOUGHED. Price—lsa. per acre. Apply at once. 97a —268 POYP TZ & GO THRESHING MACHINE HAND. WANTED EMPLOYMENT by a competent man to feed a Thresh ing Machine. Apply, J. 0., office of this paper. 815a—281 WANTED— A HOUSEKEEPER. Apply to J. G. Dolman, Tancred Street. 587 V. R. DISTRICT COURT AD J OURNMENT. THE DISTRICT COURT is AD JOURNED to Wednesday, Decem ber 17th inst.,:at ; ll a.m. ■ By order, C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, 287 . . Clerk District Court. FOUND,“n ButTclT of KEYS.' Owner, can have the same by paying for this advertisement on application toMr.Ford, Shearman's Hotel. 288 WESLEYAN CHURCH ANNI VERSARY, SEAFIELD. Anniversary services in con nectionwith the above church will be held on SUNDAY, Dec. 21, and oh CHRISTMAS DAY. , s ' A TEA AND PUBLIC MEETING will take place. Tickets, Is. 6d. ■ each. Tea at 5 p.m. 254 SEALY 8R05.,.. Seedsmen and nurserymen, <■'. Eksi Street, i i i AS II BURTON. ' Farm, Garden,, and Flower Seeds, and Garden Requisites of every descrip tion at Lowest Rates. Nursery —Moore Street. 43*