STEAMER STOPPED BY JELLY FISH.

London Telegraph. A correspondent of the “ Western Morning News ” gives an interesting des cription of the voyage of the Crocodile. In the course of his observations he says : —“ On September 20th the ship crossed the equator early in the morning. On the following night a most envious circum stance occurred, which would hardly be credited. The ship was stopped by jelly fish, w ifeh shortly after one o’clock ap- myraids as far as the eye could roach, and thousands of luminous bodies floating upon the water gave the appear ance of a scene from fairyland. Some of the fish gotinto the strainers of the condensers and blocked the holes, so that the water could not enter, and the result was that the vacuum went down and then disappeared entirely. The condensers afterwards be came so heated that we had to stop steam ing altogether, take off the strainers, and clean them. Three attempts were made to steam, and each failed from the same cause. In this way we were delayed no less than five hours, but at daybreak the fish sank, and the vessel was able to pro ceed. The same thing occurred again the following night, the ship being delayed four hours.

THE PUBLICANS AND THE TEM PERANCE QUESTION.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer having at the recent annual, dinner of the Exeter Licensed Victuallers pointed out the im portance of temperance, and advised them to show by their conduct that they were not insensible to the existence of the evil, the representatives of the trade have held a conference in the city, at which several speakers admitted the importance of making their houses victualling establish ments in fact as well in name. It was re marked that public-houses possessed every facility for providing whatever refresh ments customers might jtrefer. On Jan. Ist the following resolution was unani mously passed : —“ That in the opinion of this conference it is highly desirable that licensed victuallers should be impressed with the necessity of making the sale of victuals and non-intoxicating liquors, such as milk, tea, and coffee, a leading feature of their business.” It is understood that a resolution in this spirit will be proposed at the annual conference of the licensed victuallers next month.

“ABRAINIAL SUPPER.”

An eminent physician at New York, one Dr. Lambert, is as great an enthusiast in connection with what may be called “ the intellectual theory ” as Dr. Richard son is in matters hygienic. He recently gave what he called “ a brainial supper” to a party of friends. The feast was made up of seven courses, and among the deli cacies mentioned in the long menu were toasted cheese, cold cabbage, cold fish and cream, lobster salad, stewed tripe, calves’ brains on toast, and ‘“wheaten grits in cream.’j We are not told what effect was produced on the intellects of the guests by partaking of these dainties. Perhaps their -wits may have been amazingly sharpened, and genius brought out where only dulness had previously shown itself. Be that as it may, it would seem verj' certain that, unless the digestive appara tus of the Yankee servants is vastly differ ent from that of the human race, the com pany must have suffered severely from nightmare.

HINTS TO UNMARRIED LADIES.

A certair has made out a table showa very fraction, what a •woman’s chafices of marrying are for every year of her life. This most precious docu ment should be posted, I think, on the doors of all our churches, and if, after such pointed admonition, young girls trifle away their time, the blame is entirely their own. The calculations were made, I understand, upon 876 cases, but for the sake of greater perspicuity let us enlarge the denominator to 1000. Of 1000 mar ried women, taken with our selection, it is found that the number married at each age is as below. Or if (by an arithmetical licence) we call a woman’ chances of mar riage in the whole course of her life 1000, her chances in each two years will be shown in the table : AGE. CHANCES. AGE. CHANCES. 14-15 16-17 18-19 20-21 22-23 24-25 26-27 3000 Now this table, it will be seen, tells us that one half of a woman’s chances of marriage are gone when she has completed her twentieth year ; and mind you what the consequence of this is. She must, as seamen say, “ carry less sail,” and shoot at a lower mark. At 23 she ought to be “ very reasonable,” for three-fourths of the golden opportunities are gone, never to return. At 26 you will see at a glance that sauciness is out of the question, for your hopes, if the case should be yours, fair reader, will be shrunk to the- small fraction of an eighth. Possibly you may think the poor fellows you once despised fine “ catches.” At 31, despair should begin to wrinkle your brow, for when that age comes, and finds you single, pray re member that if you have in the circle of you acquaintance forty marrying men (a rare contingency) you have just one solitary chance among them all. When you stand on the dread verge of 36, it is “quite too awfully terrible” to reflect that of the thousand chances with which you started, three only remain—a miserable remnant of three. It is now high time to bespeak lodgings for a single lady, and to procure a couple of cats. Therefore, t( carpe diem,” or in plain English, im prove your time. There are plenty of Parkises about. —Ccehebs. Thames, 17th Feb., 1880.

NOISELESS CROCKERY.

Noiseless crockeryware is the latest novelty in Paris. You may lay down your washing basin an the marble slab of the toilette table, and not a sound will be heard; a careless servant may carry her tea-tray sloping at an angle of 45 degs., and not a cup will slide off. The invention has the great advantage of being simple. It consists in inserting a rim of vulcanised indiarubber into a groove round the bottom of each object. In the case of a cup and saucer, for in stance, there is a band of vulcanite round the cup and round the bottom of the saucer, so that the cup stands as firmly on the saucer as the whole cup and saucer does on the table. Whatever the object, whether it be a washing basin, a clock, or a candlestick, the system is the same—-it is the insertion of a band of vulcanised indiarubber. In making use of the ob jects, you do not perceive anything ; it is only when you lay them down that you are astonished to hear no clattering or grating. _The advantage of this noiseless ware forjfcyrvous people is obvious. A dining jdßf laid out with a complete dinner JR?? vice can be tilted suddenly at an ang“ of 45 degs., and not a plate will move. 'Such an angle is rarely obtained in the most violent storm. The British Admiralty, and several passenger steam ship lines, are rapidly adopting this ware, and most of the English yachtsmen have taken advantage of it.

A New Use of Tobacco.

The uses of tobacco (says the “ Globe ”) after having long been supposed by an ignorant world to be limited to the prac tice of smoking, chewing, and snuffing, have of late years been found much more extensive and various. No one ought any longer to be unaware of the value of a cigar end, which, in the hands of a skilful gardiner, will help to wash or fumigate a whole nursery of rare plants, and prove destructive to a host of winged and creep ing devastators. The art of fumigating with tobacco seems, indeed, to be still in its infancy, and very possibly at some future time may be capable of effecting wonders in the animal as well as the vegetable world. Unfortunately, the gentleman who is most confident as to the merits of the weed, and who lives at Clamart, in France, has gone a little too fast in his anxiety to turn it to advantage. He has developed a theory that the inhal ation of tobacco smoke by fowls causes their flesh to assume a wonderfully white color and to become very tender at the same time. He accordingls shut up a chicken in his fowl-house, and sot fire to a store of “ caporal,” which he left burning in the place. The young fowl, so far from being averse to the odour of the narcotic, was inclined to try its taste as well as its smell, and had in a few days’ time consumed so much “caporal” that its flesh was not only whitened, but abso lutely “ nicotinised ” with poison. To it as it stood —probably in rather a stupid state—upon its perch entered one night an adventurer named Carouge, who, after belonging to a confraternity of profes sional chicken-stealers, had started a business of his own at Clamart. The precious bird was carried off, plucked, cooked, and eaten, and a short time after breakfast the thief was seized with violent and intolerable pains. He rushed to the doc tor, heedless of the necessity which would arise of disclosing his nocturnal escajmdc. He was found to have been poisoned by the nicotine contained in the flesh of the fowl, and was with some difficulty saved from death. He will be tried for thieving, while the owner of the stolen bird runs some chance of being prosecuted by the Society for the Protection of Animals. This latter gentleman may, however, on the whole, congratulate himself on the ill-success of his intended experiment. Had he been allowed by fate and the thief to carry it to conclusion, he might have eaten the fowl when it had been still more completely nicotinised, and when no doctor could have saved him from the effect of his imprudent meal.

Invention of Bank-Notes.

According to the “Nineteenth Cen tury,” not only did the Chinese possess coins at a very early 7 period, but they were also the inventors of bank-notes. Some writers regard bank-notes to have origin ated about 119 b.c. , in the reign of Ou-ti. At this time the Court was in want of money, and to raise it Klaproth tells us that the Prime Minister hit upon the fol lowing device. When any 7 princes or courtiers entored the imperial presence, it was customary to cover the face with a piece of skin. It was first decreed then, that for this purpose the skin of a certain white deer kept in one of the roy 7 al parks should alone be permitted, and then these pieces of skin were sold for a high price. But, although they appear to have passed from one noble to another, they do not seem ever to have entered into general circulation. It was therefore very differ ent from The Russian skin money. In this case the notes were “ used instead of the skins from which they were cut, the skins themselves being too bulky and heavy to be constantly carried backward and forward. Only a small piece was cut off to figure as a token of possession of the whole skin. The ownership was proved when the piece fitted into the hole.” True bank-notes are said to have been invented about 800 A.D., in the reign of Hian-tsoung, of the dyniasty of Thang, and were called “ feytsien,” or flying money. It is curious, however, though not surprisng, to find that the temptation to over-issue led to the same result in China as in the West. The value of notes fell, until it took 11,000 min, or £3,000, to buy a cake, of rice, and the use of notes appears to have been abandoned. Subse quently this issue w 7 as revived, and Te hang-yang (960-990 A.n.,) seems to have been the first private person who issued notes. Somewhat later, under the Em peror Tching tsong (997-1022), this inven tion was largely extended. Sixteen of the richest firms united to form a bank of issue, which emitted paper money in series, some payable every three y 7 ears.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1880.



Amusements. mOW HALL, ASHBURTON. THIS (Tuesday) EVENING. Grand Entertainments by the GAEANDIN I Operatic and Ballad Company. SLENDID PROGRAMME— English, Irish, and Scotch Songs ! Scenes from Grand and Comic Operas, Comic Duets, Trios, Instrumental Solos, and Charming Ballads. Farewell performance, TO-MORROW (Tuesday) EVENING. Admission—First seats, 45.; second, 2s. Commence at 8 o’clock. 17Sc-Go3o H. Matson and Co. ASHBURTON. GRAEAT CLEARING SALE OF TWO FIRST-CLASS FARMS AND FARM STOCK. MESSRS H. MATSON & Co. have received instructions from Mr. Benjamin Ede to Sell by Public Auction at his Farm, lh miles from Ashburton, ON FRIDAY, APRIL 9th, 1880, 15 draught mares and geldings, in cluding prize-takers; draught stallion Heather Jock, good stock getter and excellent worker ; several farm drays, Yankee wagon, a very large quantity of first-class chicken wheat, 100 well-bred pigs (extra good), 75 head of cattle, including milch cows, springers, and fat and store young cattle ; 1,100 sheep, store ewes and wethers, and a large number of sundries, too numerous toparticu larise ; harrows, ploughs, harness, etc., etc. Also, at the same time and place, Seafield Farm, containing 234 acres of very good agricultural tural land, situated in the Waka nui district, sub-divided into two paddocks, securely fenced, well watered, and all in stubble. Terms easy at sale. Also, under instructions from Messrs. Clark and Ede, they are autho rised to sell that splendid farm lately the property of Mr. James Johnstone, and known as Rox burgh, and situated on the Ash burton Forks, and containing 230 acres. Roxburgh Farm, if well looked after and tilled pro perly, is the best 230 acres in the Upper Ashburton. Terms easy at sale. Land sale takes place at 1 o’clock. Lun cheon at 11 o’clock. Clearing sale at 12 o’clock sharp. H. MATSON & CO., 636 g Auctioneers.



H. Matson and Co. THE GREAT Fairfield Estate. CLOSE TO THE TOWN OF ASHBURTON. THE GRANARY AND STOCK DEPOT OF CANTERBURY. TOWN SECTIONS, DAIRY FARMS, AND FARMS. SPLENDID POSITION. MARKETS CLOSE AT HAND. CERTAIN INCREASING VALUE. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, TWO O’CLOCK. Messrs, h. matson & co. have received instructions from the Free holders (in conjunction with MESSRS. ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO.), TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT THEIR LAND SALEROOMS, CASHEL STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. ON THURSDAY, 22ND APRIL, ISSO. At 2 o’clock p. m., ALL THAT PORTION OF THE FAIRFIELD ESTATE, Situated in the immediate neighborhood of the Town of Ashburton, COMPRISING 2000 ACRES 2000 Subdivided into— -Ist—CONVENIENT ASHBURTON SU BURBAN SECTION FORBUILD ING PURPOSES, VILLA RESI DENCES, &c., &c. 2nd—PROFITABLE DAIRY FARMS FROM FIVE TO TEN ACRES. 3rd—BEAUTIFUL FARMS OF FROM FORTY ACRES UPWARDS, Thus bringing this highly favoured dis trict within the reach of all classes of purchasers. The enormous yield of grain from lands in this immediate neighborhood, and its favourable gives this property an unusual high-class value. The Ashburton is rapidly becoming the great central depot for grain and stock, and a large active population is settled there. Buildings, warehouses, and gja naries and erected, and extending in all directions. Any special water supply adapted for the Town of Ashburton could easily be applied to this estate, and an abundant supply can readily be obtained from sink ing wells at a very small depth. This property is situated in close con tiguity to the Town of Ashburton, and very near to the Great Southern Railway. The soil is rich alluvial. It has, there fore, the immense advantages of certain increasing value, markets for its produce close at hand, with railway facilities for taking advantage of every market, home or foreign. It is expected that the return of the Lincolnshire Delegates to England will have the effect of sending large numbers of settlers with means to this province and district. A large Government reserve has been made adjoining this property, for Govern ment railway workshops, which will neces sitate, when established, a large working population being settled there. Arrangements will be made for the con veyance of intending purchasers by rail way at greatly reduced rates, upon the day of sale. The terms are made easy to suit all classes.



TITLE : CROWN GRANT. THURSDAY, APRIL 22. 2 o’clock. Luncheon at 1 o’clock. For further particulars, plans, &c., apply to the AUCTIONEERS, MESSRS. MILES, HASSAL&CO.; And MESSRS. ACLAND & CAMPBELL, (544 g Christchurch. CLEARING SALE. MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1880. ASHBURTON SALE YARDS. Horses, Cattle, Reapers and Binders, Drays, Harrows, Horse-power Chaff-cutter, etc., etc. Double - furrow (Reid and Gray's) Plough, Harness, etc. Messrs, h. matson & co. (in conjunction with Messrs. Friedlander Bros.) have received instructions from the Administrator of the Estate of the late Mr. John Joyce, TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ON MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1880, At 12 o’clock sharp, At the Ashburton Yards (Removed for convenience of sale), 11 draught mares and geldings, guaranteed staunch ; 2 two-year colts, 9 yearling fillies by Glen roy, 1 yearling colt by Glenroy, 2 draught foals by Prince Royal, 2 hacks, C dairy cows, 2 calves and 1 bull, 2 reapers and binders by McCormick, in good order ; 1 reaper, 6 fans by Hornby, 3 drays, 2 sets harrows, 1 wooden roller, shaft and leading harness, 1 horse-power and chaff-cutter, nearly new; 2 double-furrow ploughs, Reid and Gray , plough harness, etc., etc.; 74 head of fat and store cattle, mostly three year old steers ; and other articles too numerous too par ticularise. The Auctioneers would draw the atten tion of farmers and others to tho above sale, as the horses, cattle, and implements are really very good. Remember day of sale— MONDAY, APRIL S, ISSO. Luncheon at half-past eleven. Terms easy, at sale. Sale at 12 sharp. Without reserve. H. MATSON & CO., 638 a Auctioneers.



H. Matson and Co- TATTERSALL’S. ALTERATION OF DATE OF SPECIAL SALE FROM TUESDAY, APRIL G, TO THURSDAY, APRIL 8. Messrs h. matson & co. beg to announce their intention (at the request of numerous constituents) of hold ing a SPECIAL SALE OF COUNTRY HORSES AT TATTERSALL’S, on THURSDAY, APRIL 8 NEXT. The following are entries and particulars already received : Account G. H. Moore, Esq., A draft of A A Mixed Horses, from the Glen- Ov/ mark Station. Detailed particulars next week. Account D. H. Potts, Esq., Q A 3-year old Unbroken Colts and Fillies, by the celebrated horse Dick. This line comprises a really splendid lot of young horses. They are well grown, and calculated for hack or carriage purposes, presenting an opportunity that seldom offers. Account John O’Neil, Esq., -j Q Mostly Unbroken, 2 and 3-year /y old Colts and Fillies, by Mar mion, Blueboy, Barbarian, and Young Peer. Also a-number of first-class Draught Colts. Account James Fisher, Esq., 3,4, 5, and C-year-old Light Draught, Cab, or Spring-Cart Horses, all thoroughly broken and good workers. Account R. Dawber, Esq., German Bay, 6 Broken and Unbroken Draught and Light Harness Horses, all young. 40 Account other ow r ners, Mixed Horses. 120 Hors “' Particulars in future advertisements. THURSDAY, APRIL 8. Entries confined to country lots. 6350 H. MATSON & CO. Auctioneers. WITHOUT RESERVE.



SPLENDID INVESTMENT in LEESTON DISTICT, WAKANUI DISRICT, UPPER ASHBURTON DISTRICT TUTESSRS. H. MATSON & CO., in conjunction with Messrs. Fried lander, Bros., have received instructions from the administrator of the Estate of the late John Joyce, TO SEEL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At their Land Sale Rooms, on SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1880, At 2 o’clock p.m., The following really magnificent Free holds and households. Lot I.—Freehold, consisting of 75 acres of very rich agricultural land, situate in Leeston district, being rural sections 5951 and 5952. The land is thoroughly fenced with live fences into convenient sized paddocks. These sections are both now in wheat stubble, being the first crop .after having been laid down for a very long time in grass. Lot 2.—The goodwill of the lease of an educational reserve No , consisting of 159 acres of first class land, having about seven years to run, at the absurdly low rental of ss. per acre. This land is situated close to Kil linchy. All laid down in Eng lish grass, securely fenced with gorse, water in every paddock, and is admitted to be some of the finest grazing land in the pro vince. Lot 3.—200 acres really good agricul tural land (freehold) situated on the Wakanui, securely fenced, and sub-divided into four pad docks, with live fences, good dwelling house, stock yards, and all needful accessories for pro perly working a first-class farm Lot 4.—346 acres of good freehold agricultural land, adjoining the well known property of Messrs. Gould and Cameron. The land is well fenced, and sub-divided into six paddocks. Upon it there is a new four-roomed house, and 8-stallcd stable, with chaff house attached ; also 2 acres of garden planted with fruit trees. 140 acres of this farm is laid down with English grass. The balance is in stubble after a first crop. Lot 5. —293 acres of freehold land similar to the above, and im mediately adjoining it. The land is fenced and divided into 2 pad docks, 100 acres is in wheat stubble after the first crop, the balance is in turnips. Remember the date, SATURDAY, April 3rd, 1880. Terms easy at sale —Luncheon at 1 o’clock. Sale at 2 o’clock sharp. H. MATSON & GO., 6370 Auctioneers. J. E. Buchanan and Co. SALE OF BANKRUPT STOCK, AND PREMISES. ALFORD FOREST. -ESSRS. J. E. BUCHANAN & CO. have received instructions from the Trustee in the Estate of James Stevens, Alford Forest, to sell by Public Auction, on THURSDAY, APRIL ist, At the premises of the above, the whole of the Stock-in-Trade and General Effects, 1 etc., etc., etc. Also, THE STORE late in the occupation of the above, AND O ACRES O First-class Land, being part of R.S. 9119. Sale at eleven a.ni. A first, class opportunity for 'an energetic man. J. E. BUCHANAN & CO., 639 g Auctioneers.



Acland, Campbell, and Co. SATURDAY, MARCH 27. At 12 o’clock. SALE OF VALUABLE STOCK. Messrs, acland, Campbell, & CO. will offer for sale, on the above date, at the Ashburton Horse Bazaar, A LARGE NUMBER OF DRAUGHT HORSES, HACKS, DRAYS, &c. The attention of Farmers _in the dis trict is specially drawn to this sale, as a number of really good farm horses have already been entered, and will be sold if any reasonable price is offered for them. Present entries, 30 Draught, broken and unbroken, all good sound farm horses. Entries for this Sale will be received by W. R. Boyle, Moore street, Ash burton. Sale to commence at 12 o’clock, sharp. G2og ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO. Saunders Bros, RANGITATA. ITiOR SALE, in convenient sized farms, about 3,500 ACRES of the best Land in the North Rangitata District being rural sections Nos. 32311, 82312, 32264, 32265, 30788, 30789, and 30790. The land is all fenced, and ready for immediate occupation; water can bo ob tained within fifty feet ©f the surface, and excellent crops have been grown in the neighborhood this season. For small capitalists this is a rare op portunity to obtain good land at a very slight advance on the Government price. Portion of the property is not more than three minutes’ walk from the Ealing Railway Station, TERMS EXCEPTIONALLY EASY. EDUCATION RESERVE 1999. THIS reserve will shortly be offered for cropping, in lots of convenient size. Well adapted for growing barley, a portion (110 acres) in crop this year yielding up wards of 33 bushels per acre. KAIAPOI BOROUGH RESERVES, Nos. 2184, 2185, 2180, 2187. THE whole of these reserves will shortly bo offered in lots, for one crop or a longer period. Excellent crops of wheat, oats, and barley have been grown on the properties this season. SAUNDERS BROS, MILLERS, GRAIN MERCHANTS, AND COMMISSION AGENTS. ASHBURTON. AGENTS FOB THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THE WALLSEND COLLIERY. 692 g Business Notices. BREAD!BREAD! Co-operative Bread and Biscuit Factory. Triangle, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. A. THIELE, BEGS to inform the public that he is now in a position to SUPPLY BEST BREAD, 6d. per 41b. loaf, unsur passed. Delivered daily to all parts of the Borough, also, Confectionery, &c. Mixed Biscuits reduced from Is. to Bd. per lb. Wedding Cakes made to Order. 986a-5700 Surveyor, Civil Engineers, &c. C E. FOOKS AND SON, CENSED SURVEYORS AND LAND BROKERS Under the Land Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors/ Triangle, Wakanui Road, near Post-office ASHBURTON. 33 Public Notices. / ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. TENDERS are invited for the supply of Furniture, &c., for the Ashburton County Hospital, ,1 Samples and specifications are on view at the Council’s offices, Ashburton, where tenders, “Tender for Hospital Furniture ” addressed to the Chairman, will be received up to II a.m. on Wed: nesday, April 7, next. By order, F. MAIN WARING, Clerk. Ashburton, March 18, 1880. 6400



NOTICE. IMPOUNDED at the Mount Somera Pound, on the 16th day of March, 1880, as undermentioned. If not claimed on or before the 31st day of March, 1880, ■w ill be sold to defray expenses :—Prom W. S. Peters, Anama Station, one Dark Bay HACK MARE and Foal. No brand visible. Foal with small star in forehead. B. CLARK, Poundkeeper. Mount Somers, March 17th, 1880. 642 g NOTICE. IMPOUNDED at the Mount Somers Pound on the 16th day of March, 1880, as undermentioned. If not claimed on or before the 31st day of March, 1880, will be sold to defray expenses : —From W. S. Peters, Anama Station, one Dark Brown MARE HACK, both hind feet white, hoof split on off fore foot. No Brand visible. Also, one Bay MARE, Heavy Hack, white blaze down face, both front feet white, and near hind leg white, and white spots on back. Branded like 3, not distinct. B. CLARK, Poundkeeper. Mount Somers, March 17 th, 1880. 643 a IMPOUNDED, at South Rakaia, March 10th, from Acton and Rokeby Sta tions, 130 SHEEP, various brands and ear-marke. If not released by March 25 they will be sold. GEO. SHELLOCK, 197c-G3oa Poundkeeper.



Public Notices. RE JAMES STEVENS’ BANKRUPT ESTATE, ALFORD FOREST. i LL persons indebted to the above jti estate will require to pay their ac counts at once to Mr. John McDonald, at the Store, Alford Forest, whose receipt will be sufficient. All accounts not paid on or before the 12th April will be sued for without further notice. ANDREW ORR, / 6240 Trusted ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. "jVTOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed by the Ashburton County Council to-' COL LECT the SEPARATE RATE for that portion of the Upper Ashburton Riding, lying between the branches of the river Ashburton, the said rate being payable on 29th March. i The Council requests the ratepayers liable to pay to do so on demand,-as after the 31st March the subsidy of £ for £ for rates received will not be recoverable from Government. By order, F. MAIN WARING, Clerk. Ashburton, March 19th, 1880 G26q PUBLIC NOTICE. MR. GEORGE WILCOCKS, pro prietor of the Longbeach Mail Coach, begs to inform the public that from this date his Coach will only run from Ashburton to the Waterton Hotel, and the letters only will be conveyed to Long beach station on horseback. GEORGE WILLCOCKS. Wheatsheaf Hotel, 20th March, 1880. 630 a V. R. OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF ELECTORS. Ashburton, March 19th, 1880. "jTjIORMS of application to be placed on the Electoral of the Coleridge District can be obtained at this Office. C. PERCY COX, 627 g Registrar of Electors, ■" SLAUGHTER LICENSE. ~/" I HEREBY give notice that Lintond to apply for a SLAUGHTERING LICENSE for R.S. 23i83 tso large and small cattle at the Council's meeting on the 7th day of April next;' 1 A. JACKSON, Ealing, March G, 1880. 150c-Glog MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD. IVTOTICE is hereby given, that a l>j SPECIAL MEETING of this Board will be held at NOON on (THURS DAY), 25th inst., to consider the report of the Overseer on works requiring to be done in the district. Notice is further given that a MEET ING OP RATEPAYERS is hereby called for 3 p.m., on the above date, wdien the accounts for the past year, duly audited, will be laid before them. A full Board is desired. EDWARD CHAPMAN, 62Sg Chairman. To Let and for Sale. FARM TO LET. TO LET, for a term of years, a FARM of 1,800 ACRES of good Wheat Land, 60 acres in turnips, the rest in tussocks, fenced, and snb-divided ; good House, 8-stalled Stable, Chaff-house, Well, etc. Exceptionally favorable terms to a good tenant. Apply to FREDK. PAVITT, 607 g Ashburton. FARMS FOR SALE. IMPROVED FARM of 5G4 Acres, near Dromore. IMPROVED FARM of 400 Acres, Sea&eld. 544-Acre Block of UNIMPROVED LAND, adjoining Winchmore Railway Station. Easy terms. Apply to 590 g CUFF & GRAHAM. LAND. LAND. ?jyj- ESS RS. POY NT Z & CO. have received instructions to OFFER FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY, AN UNIMPROVED FARM of 400 Acres, in one or two lots. The land is of fair quality and situated within four miles of a Railway Station on the main lino. 197 a



FOR SALE, ACRES Tussock Land, in 3 ? 000 Lots to suit purchasers. Very Liberal Terms. 74 SAUNDERS BROS. Business Notices. FARMERS ! FARMERS ! FARMERS ! R. McKERROW AND CO., RE Cash Purchasers of Wool, Grain, and all kinds of Farm Produce, and are also prepared to make Liberal CASH ADVANCES on the above placed in their hands either for sale or shipment to the English or Colonial Markets. A Large Stock of Cornsacks, Wool packs, &c., for sale at lowest current prices. R. McKERROW & CO., GRAIN MERCHANT?, RAKAIA. GO



Business Notices. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. T. R. RODDER & GOMPy’S * GREAT CLEARING SALE OF Drapery , O Xj O T H i iet g- 3 MILLINERY, BOOTS, Sso.f AT THE Liberal Discount TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE IN THE POUND, CONTINUES UNTIL SATURDAY, MARCH 27. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY.



Business Notices. VALUE EXTRAORDINARY. THE Great Bargains OF THE SEASON. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE FOR THIRTY DAYS, OER AKD CO. HAYING resolved to clear out the Balance of the Bankrupt Stocks purchased by them during the Season (amounting to over ten thousand pounds) regardless of cost so that they may commence the Autumn Season with en irely a new Stock, ORR AND CO. Will also offer several cheap lots pur chased by them during the late depression. Special Bargains, 90 Pair Twilled Kaiapoi Blankets at 4s. under the usual price. Kaiapoi Flannel at Is. 4d., Is. 6d. to 2s. English Flannel at Is., Is. 2d., Is. 6d., to Is. 9d. Prints at sd. and 6d., worth 9d. Brown Hollands, 7d. to Is. COSTUMES. 56 Costumes at 215., worth -355. 6d., a Baigain. 64 Print Costumes at 7s. 6d. to 12s. 6d., worth 20s. 1700 yards Dress Goods, Alpaccas, at Bd., lOd., and Is. MILLINERY. Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats at half price. 2 Boxes Flowers, sold at 6d, per spray. Ladies’ Underclothing at very much under usual prices. 20 Dozen Stays at 3s. 6d., 45., 4s. 9d., to ss. 6d. CLOTHING. Men’s Suits at 15s. under usual prices. Boys’ Suits at 15s. 6d. to 355. Youth’s Suits at a little over half-price. Braces, Ties, Collars, Socks, and Shirts, unusually cheap. 20 Dozen Harvest Shirts at Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. BOOTS Men’s Boots still sold at Bankrupt prices. Youth’s Boots in great variety. Ladies’ Kid Boots at old prices. 1 Case Children’s Boots at Is. and Is. 6d., a bargain. TAILORING DEARTMENT. WE HAVE MUCH PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO THE PUBLIC THAT A Tailoring Branch HAS BEEN OPENED IN CON NECTION WITH OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT, HAVING MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH MESSRS. CRAIGHEAD AND CO. (LATE OF EDINBURGH AND SAN FRANCISCO), PRACTICAL TAILORS, TO M.VKE UP ALL ORDERS EN TRUSTED TO US IN THE VERY BEST STYLE. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. SCOTCH, ENGLISH, and COLONIAL TWEEDS IN GREAT VARIETY. THE CELEBRATED BLARNEY TWEED (CORK) KEPT IN STOCK. FANCY COATINGS IN GREAT VARIETY. SUITS from £I 4s. DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. Dresses, Costumes, and Jackets made up to order, under the superintendence of a first-class Dressmaker. WEDDING & MOURNING ORDERS PUNCTUALLY ATTENDED TO. OER AND CO. IMPORTERS ASHBURTCN AND RAKAIA.