CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD BOARD.

To the Editor. Sin,—Will you kindly spare me a few lines in your paper to ask a few questions as to the manner in which the South Rakaia Road Board have performed their duties-.for. the past year I We all know they with a big balance, and bo did all the other Road Boards in the County. South Rakair had a matter of L 22,000 to its credit, and it seems they aro inclined to keep it at their credit, for by the Chairman’s statement they have only spent- L 2,715 on new roads during the year, and during that time it is only too well known that work was slack and would have been only too welcome to a number of residents in the district who would have tendered for road contracts at low prices to keep themselves and their horses at work. The South Rakaia Road Board, however, seem t» consider that they are doing better service by leaving the money in the hands of the bank, and getting a return in the shape of interest. I think, Sir, if the voice of the ratepayers were taken, that they would one and all say, “ spend the money in necessary works and don’t keep it locked up for the sake of the paltry in terest allowed us by the Bank.” Another point I notice in which tins jßoard differs from all others in the Comity is the fact they do not strike any rate. Now this is a great loss to the district, because they lose the Government subsidy of ,£ for £ ; and as it has been a rule with all other Road Boards to strike a, rate with the object of getting ns much as possible from Government I think ihe Board have neglected their duties in not col lecting their dues from the land owners. No doubt this had a good deal to do with the division of the district. ’The details of the expenditure were of the baldest possible description ; general ex penses were said to bo L 435, I think; well that is a big sum to put down in a balance-sheet without any details, and ought to be explained somehow. Rakaia township had a hundred and something against it, and I would like to know if the crooked hit of work in the township which in honored by the name of kerbing is in cluded in this cost, as if it is, the sooner the Rakaia township gets a man to lay kerbing down who can see a straight line the bettor. In conclusion I don’t think the ratepayers will growl if the Board spend the money as soon as harvest is over in those parts of the district requir ing work to he done, and it will do all parties good to let their L 12,000 slide.— I am &c, A hard up Contractor. Rakaia, Jan. o, 1878.

A QUERY.

To the Editor. Sir, —On reading your Saturday’s issue I found the following report of a decision given by our local Magistrate in a case of Fuller v. Brown, which in my opinion calls for some comment. The judgment as reported runs as follows “His Worship said that any deduction to be made for damages sustained by de fendant would have to be brought before the Court in the form of an action for damages ; but he had no other coarse be fore him than to give judgment for plain tiff’with costs. He, however, authorised the impounding of the money to enable Mr. Brown, to bring a cross action for his damages. ” I shtadd feel much obliged if you or any could answer the fol : 1. Has a Magistrate the right to pre judge a case or invito limitation ? 2. Has a Magistrate any statutory or other power enabling him to impound money in Court pending the result of the limitation invited by him ? Answers to the above would be very useful to residents and business men as a general impression prevails that the only person entitled to impound or seize money in Court is the bailiff', who is supposed to act under a proper warrant.—l am, Ac.,

An Enquirer and One Interested.

WILLOWBY SCHOOL TREAT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

A treat and distribution of prizes took place in connection with the above school on Tuesday, the 23rd Dec. There was a large attendance of parents and friends. The children began to muster about 2 p. m., when racing became the order of the day, interspersed with jumping, swinging, Ac. About 4 o’clock the ladies served a sump tuous tea to the children and friends, con siderably over 100 altogether. After tea, fun and frolic continued till about 7, when all wore called in the schoolroom, which was crowded ; and Mr. Stephen Chapman, Chairman of Committee, distributed a very handsome lot of prizes, after making suitable remarks thereon. Congratula tions were expressed upon the amount col lected, showing the interest taken in the school by parents and friends, as after spending about LlO, there was a balance of about L 3 to the good." The prizes were awarded according to marks in the Inspec tor’s (Mr. Edge’s) report, which was read, and commented upon at some length by the Chairman saying “ how proud he was to place before them such accounts, year after year, of the school’s progress, and he believed the results would compare favorably with those of any school under the Board of Education, being 100 per cent, of passes the first year, 93 the second, and 94 the third or present year ; the total number of failures for tne three years being only three girls and one boy, which boy had attended the school ten days only. He considered the Inspector’s remark, “the general results arc highly satisfactory,” was certainly very appli cable. Yotes of thanks Avere unanimously Eissed to the teachers, Mr. and Mrs. B. ovr, which Avere supplemented by an address from the ladies (read by the Chair man) to Mrs. Loav, and Avas folloAved by his presenting to her a very handsome Avorkbox, as a mark of the ladies’ appre ciation of her A r ery great success in teach ing needle- Avork. This Avas responded to by" Mr. Loav, expressing the great satisfac tion it gaA T e Mrs. Loav that her services Avere so highly esteemed, and hoped that the friendships formed in the district Avould be cemented and lasting. Mr. Martin commented upon the testimony given by masters and scholars to the good conduct of the boy and girl who took good be * baviour prizes, thinking that the scholar Avho had not required chastising for two years really deserved a prize, and hoped that others would folloAV their good ex ample. Ta-o regular attendance certi ficates were given to those deserving fhem. During the evening several pieces Ayerp sung, and recitations given in a A r ery creditable manner. Votes of thanks * were given to the ladies and Chairman, ami responded to, and notice Avas given that the school would he re-opened on Monday, sth Jan. .The following is the prize list IV.— Isabel Caimcross 1 ; S®eph Hawkins, 2 ; Moses HaAvkins, 3. Sycanlore, 3 ; Thomas Wilson, 3. Standard 11. Emily Hayrnan, 1 ; Sarah Hayrnan, 2 : James Walker and Janet Morris, 3. Standard I. —Alice HaAvkins, 1 ; Ernest Elliott, 2; Sarah Heasley and Thomas Drennan, 3. Regular attendance prizes.—Margaret Mary Loav, Robert Erisbey. For perseverance under difficulties. — Mary E. Grice. For best behavior. —Joseph HaAvkins and Annie Caimcross. pof coipposilion.—Einjna Sysamgrp.

Eor greatest progress since opening of pchnol. —Benjamin Low. All below Standard I. received a present. SOWING PRIZES. Standard IV.—Mary J. Hayman, 1 ; Susanna Low, 2. Standard Hl.—Mary E. Grice, 1 ; Annie Cairnsross, 2. Standard 11 - —Annie Grice, 1 ; Rebecca Frisbey, 2. Standard I.—Sarah Hensley, 1; Sarah Cairncross, 2.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT

v ASHBURTON —Saturday, Jan. 3. (Before Mr. F. Guinness, R.M.) DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. C. Sweeny and George Rower wore fined 10s. each with the alternative of 24 hours for having indulged too freely.

THE TIMARU ORANGE TROUBLE.

(from OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Timaru, Jan. 3. Nino of the Boxing Day rioters ap peared this morning before a full Bench and a crowded Court. Their names were Jeremiah Holly, Lawrence Towers, Patrick O’Shea, Pat O’Conor, Pat O’Keefe, Jas. Watson, John Donihy, Thos Moyna han, and Thos. O’Driscoll. Mr. Stout appeared for the defence. Mr. White, Crown Prosecutor, prosecuted, and the Orange Lodge was represented by Mr. Ilamcrslcy. Several witnesses,"principally members of the pol-'cc, were examined. The most important evidence was that of George Kimber, bootmaker, who stated that before the row sixty men left O’Driscoll’s hotel, shouting, yelling, and gesticulating : and that when the Orange man were assembled O’Driscoll was in the thick of the mob, inciting them to teat down the Orange banner, and offering a hundred pounds to those that would stop them marching. It was proved that throe of ihe crowd wore pistol pockets. Two Orangemen proved having had their scarves torn off, and one said he was tripped and thrown down. The whole of the accused were committed for trial before the Supreme Court in March. Bail was allowed, O’Driscoll in LSOO and two sureties of L 250, the others LIOO and two sureties of LSO each.

A NEW FEMININE CRAZE.

A correspondent writes : —A new craze has taken possession of American woman kind, and that is the fashion of intoning the limbs, breast, or shoulders in Indian ink. Of all places the Quaker city of Philadelphia is the most given to it. The operators, mostly female, but not always so, have their hands full of business. Monograms, devices, the names of friends, lovers, or relatives, are pricked into the skin, until one is puzzled to think how they bear the torture. A reporter was admitted to one of those operating rooms, and saw it all through a screen. One woman had no less than eight devices, in cluding monograms, crosses, half-moons, &c., tabooed from the knee down. Lately the women have become almost crazy about it. The charges range from sdol. to 50doh, according to design. All Eastern and Southern cities are possessed with this craze, which has extended to Chicago, St. Louis, and this coast. I suppose you have not yet got to this pitch of fashionable disfiguration in New Zea land, although it was an open secret there a quarter of a century ago that tabooing was not unknown to the families of the earliest white inhabitants, especially in the far north. It may have gone out of fashion, however, and it would be well not to revive it.

THE CLAIMANT IN PRISON.

{Manchester News. )

A correspondent writes: —The Claimant is still in Her Majesty’s convict prison in Portsmouth, and is employed on the dock yard extension removing and stacking timber. Ho has just completed one out of the two terms of seven years’ penal servitude to which he was sentenced, although in reality he has served but five years and six months, a remission of the remaining eighteen months having been earned by him as a “reward for conduct, willing industry, and full performance of his allotted task.” The Claimant has now commenced the second term of sentence, which, like the first term, is seven years of penal servitude, but to which are attached the like privileges of eighteen months’ remission. During the last few weeks his health and spirits have wonderfully improved, and this is attributed 'to the good tidings that have reached him from outside (not officially) that the unwearied efforts of his friends to obtain his release are soon to he crowned with success, and at the next general election he will not only he a free man, but will bo standing on the hustings_ sur- I’oundcd by friends and admirers, soliciting the suffrages of the Hotting ham electors. These' tidings have nearly turned the poor man’s brain with joy. The sad thought that they may not he realised does apparently sometimes flash across his mind, for he speaks to his fellow prisoners of the time (last March) when he petitioned the Home Secretary that his two sentences of seven years might run concurrently, and of the de cided answer that was given to that petition. “ The governor was instructed to inform Arthur Orton, alias Thomas Castro, alias Roger Tichhorne, that his petition had been carefully considered, and that Her Majesty’s Principal Secre tary of State could not see sufficient grounds to justify him in advising Her Majesty tc comply with the prayer there of.” This answer took from the Claimant the last remnant of hope, and lie re signed himself to the stern fact that ho must serve out both sentences without remission, except what might bo earned by good conduct and industry. There fore he resolved to work witn a will, never dreaming of release till the last mark had been earned. How such a change in his circumstances comes the Claimant cannot understand; but ho believes and trusts in bis friends, who, be says, would never elate him with such hopes if there was the remotest chance of their not being realised. He tells bis fellow prisoners all that lie will do for them should he be returned for Nottingham. He will, he says, take up their cause, and do all he can to ameliorate their con dition. He will try to get for them more bread, greater remission, and a bettor system of discipline. In anticipation of his Parliamentary duties the Claimant is reading and “cramming” himself with the best works qn political economy that he can obtain from the prison library ; he is improving himself in his knowledge of the English language, and sometimes studios elocution. At "the exercises on Sunday when the prisoners are allowed to converse together, he picks out the best educated men in the yard to talk with them and elicit informa tion with a view to his Parliamentary career. Although the Claimant is confi dent of a speedy release, yet no official communication on the subject has been made to him. Pie is not even in “orders. ” Some short time before a prisoner’s dis charge ho is put into what is called “orders,” that is, he is allowed to grow Iris hair and beard and whiskers to any length and fashion he pleases. The Claimant, we are informed, has not yet been placed in these “orders.” And altogether, taking one thing with another, the ° Claimant’s speedy release may be deemed to be somewhat apocryphal.

THE VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT. The Victorian Parliament is not a very decorous assembly, as the following from the Melbourne “Argus” will prove:— “ Mr. Mason, who had his hands full last night, made his first plunge into trouble by commencing to read a letter from Mr. Dwyer. T.iat gentleman wrote with re gard to the statement made by Mr. Gillies that his vote had been offered to the Opposition ; that ‘ it is a malicious slander made for the purpose of hounding me out of the House. ’ Mr. Mason was proceed ing to read the letter, when Mr. Gillies rose to a point of order, and the Speaker ruled that it was not permissible to read documents directly contradicting hon. members. Mr. Mason challenged this ruling, and Mr, Longmore and Sir Bryan O’Loghlen followed suit, and the Attorney- General remarked that Mr. Dwyer ‘ had been forced out of the House by an Oppo sition institution—an institution which had the springs of its action on the Oppo sition side. ’ ‘ That,’ said Mr. Service, ‘is not true. An endeavor was made to make it a political action, but not from this side of the House, and the Chief Secretary admitted that Mr. Dwyer had failed to connect the action with politics. For my part, when I was approached on the sub ject, I said, “ I never mix up politics with banking, and my experience of the banks is that none of them do.’” Mr. Mason accepted the Speaker’s ruling with reluc tance, and directly afterwards ho was still in more serious collision with the chair. He interrupted Mr. Munro, and was met by the rejoinder that he had no right to a seat in that House, because he had com pounded with his creditors. ‘ That,’ said Mr. Mason, ‘is a lying, insolent false hood.’ And the Speaker felt called upon to interpose. Ho requested lion, members not to disgrace themselves, and not per mit the House to descend below the level of the pot-house. Mr. Mason persisted in stating ‘lt is a lie,’ and it was in vain that the Speaker protested against the language as grossly offensive. Mr. Munro also adhered to his statement that Mr. Mason had compounded with his credi tors, which he said he had made deli berately, and which he would stand by. Mr. Mason suggested that the leader of the House should ask for a select Com mittee on his behalf, but Mr. Deny did not show any inclination to respond to the invitation, and the subject dropped.”

DISAPPEARANCE OF A LAKE OF LAVA.

■ —— One feature of the last eruption of the remarkable volcano in the Sandwich Is lands is the fact that the great molten lake of lava, occupying a huge caldron nearly a mile in length, and known as the “ South Lake,” was drawn off subterrane ously, giving no visible indication of its pathway or the place of its final deposit. “ Other eruptions,” writes Dr. Coan to Professor Dana in a letter dated June 20, “have blazed their way on the surface to the sea, or while on their subterranean way have rent the superincumbent beds, throwing out jets of steam or of sulphur ous gases, with here and there small patches or broad areas of lava. But as yet no surface marks of this kind reveal the silent, solemn, course of ibis burning river. One theory is that it flowed deep in subterranean fissures, and finally disem bogued far out at sea. Our ocean was much disturbed during those days, and we had what might be called a tidal-wave of moderate magnitude.” The old pro cess of replenishment which had gone on since the last eruption in 18C8 is reported to have begun again, and after another decade another disgorgement may take place.

NEW CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.

♦ The “ New York Sun ” has printed a report of a conversation in a horso-car be tween the Hon. Ellis B. Schnabel and a consumptive. Schnabel toldti.o coughing man that rock candy and rye whisky would euro any pulmonary complaint, and referred him to several well-known per sons who hare regained their health by the use of the mixture. His theory was that the direct cause of hereditary con sumption was a chronic ulceration of the lungs. It was a scrofulous affection, and came down from father to son the same

as scrofula. A chronic inflammation would not heal ; but if it could be turned into an acute inflammation, it might bo cured. “In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred,” said Mi*. Schnabel, “if you could get into the lungs with a stick of caustic, by cauterization you might pro duce the necessary acute inflammation, and the patient wovdd recover. ” He claimed that a cordial of rock candy and rye whisky takes the place of the caustic. Its use produces a semi-acute inflamma tion of the surface of the lung, thus put ting that organ in a curable condition. The moment alcohol touches the stomach, it flashes into circulation by opening and expanding the capillary vessels or pores of the stomach. As the saccharine matter combines with the .alcohol, both arc trans mitted into the blood and sent to the lungs. When the air you breathe strikes tho'blood in the lungs the alcohol pro duces the acute inflammation, and is the only thing that will produce it. The acute inflammation draws the blood to the weak point, and the saccharine matter, taking advantage of the inflammation, builds up and strengthens the weakened organ. The membrane is thickened and healed, and after a few weeks can bear all changes of weather with impunity. Such was Mr. Schnabel’s theory. His recipe was five pounds of pure white rock candy dissolved in a gallon of old iyo whisky—■ the older the better. The whisky must he distilled in the old-fashioned way with a copper worm. Steam distillation de velops the latent poison of the berry, and fills the system with fusil and other deadly oils. Colored rock candy is poisonous. The yellow tinge shows the presence of an insoluble earth, deleterious to the stomach and dangerous. The clear white rock is pure crystallized sugar, the most nourishing of all substances, The five pounds of candy should ho put into a gallon of whisky. The demijohn should ho well shaken throe or four times a day, and the mixture is not to be used until the candy is dissolved. The patient may take a sherry wineglass full on going (o bed, and two-thirds as much on an empty stomach in the morning.' He can carry a flask in his pocket, and take a spoonful half a dozen times :v day. Night sweats will disappear, and the patient will get a long refreshing sleep. Lung fever will go, amf he will feel no more pain in his chest. While taking this cordial the patient must limit his diet. He must keep his stomach employed in taking up rich and nourishing matter. All vinegars, pickles, sour wines, malt drinks, and salt provisions must be avoided. Touch no fresh pork, for it pro motes ulceration. Do away with coffee, for it fevers the blond. Drink bh\-ck tea- Eat roast beef rare, broiled steaks, mutton chops well done, toasted bread, and .all kinds of vegetables. The great object is to enrich the blood. One of the best articles of food is a rum omelette made exclusively of the yolk of eggs. In the Southern States, rock candy and corn whisky has been a favorite drink for years, taking the place of the old Georgia poach brandy and honey. The Southerners say that corn-whisky is as good for con sumptives as rye, but this is denied by Mr. Schnabel.

MURDER WILL OUT.

A tragedy lias been brought to light in Paris. A woman named Levy, in walk ing along the Bonvclard de la Chapelh, observed a man in a blouse, with waxen moustaches, emptying out of a basket pieces of what appeared to her to be fresh meat, and kicking them into a sewer. When lie observed that her curiosity was aroused, he took to flight throwing down the basket. She approached the sower’s mouth, when, perceiving a human arm, she fainted. A crowd immediately gathered, and a commissary of police was fetched. The pieces were collected and put together by a surgeon, who pronounced the contents of the basket to be a human corpse. The head alone of all the mem bers was missing. An enquiry was set on foot, and the woman Levy was sent for by the commissary. On entering his office she knocked against an agent in uniform, which led her to turn round to look at him in order to apologise. She suddenly cried out, “ There’s the as sassin.” The poi sons who were with her thought her mad from emotion, but were astounded when .she repeated the ac cusation, to see the policeman gr-nv pale, tremble, and rush out of the room. Ho was arrested on the stairs and brought back, when, falling on his knees, he avowed the crime. The murdered man was a traveller for a Paris jeweller, and had several boxes of jewels which he was to have taken to the provinces as speci mens. The murderer, one Provost, in veigled him, under pretext of wanting to buy a watch chain, to his lodging. There lie offered him a glass of wine, and while the two were hobnobbing, suddenly struck him with a hammer on the fore head, and killed him instantaneously. He proceeded to cut up the body on the spot, and next morning he went to the La Chapelle sewer to hide the evidences of the murder. It was his by boiling the head, to render identification impossible.

AN EPISODE OF BUTCHERY IN AMERICA.

£, Particulars are given in the American papers of an extraordinary duel which occurred near Kansas between James Dobbins and Michael Burns, resulting in the death of both men. Burns and Dobbins were farmers and neighbors, and lived in the Kansas river bottom, six and ahalf miles from the city, and two miles from th<? south end of the county bridge that spans the Kansas river. Four years ago Dobbins got married, and at that time Burns lent him 80 dols. The money was never paid back by Dobbins, and on this account there was a feeling of enmity be tween the men. Towards the latter end of last mouth Burns came to town. Dobbins was at work on the road. On his way home Burns passed the place where Dobbins and others were working. The men did not have any conversation. To go to his house Dobbins had to pass by that of Burns. Whoa Dobbins arrived in front of Burns’ bouse, lie found Burns standing before the door, revolver in hand. Burns said, “ Jim, I want that money you owe me.” Dobbins made a reply winch incensed Burns, but, disregarding bis anger, Dobbins said, “ Throw down that revolver and I can whip you.” Burns throw down the revolver on the ground by his side, when Bobbins said, "You have the drop on mo now, but if yon wait till I come back I will be heeled to meet you.” Dobbins then drove his horses into his yard, and leaving them unhitched, ran into the house. Here lie got two re volvers and started towards Burns’ place. Burns was sitting on the doorstep as Dobbins came up, and before he had time to move, and without a word of warn ing to Burns, Dobbins presented a re volver in each hand and opened tire. The balls from both revolvers bulged in the side of the house, Burns then ran into tire house, got his pistol, and rushed out upon Dobbins. The men advanced to within two feet of each other before a shot was fired Il3' either. Dobbins fired first, the shot hitting Burns; in the right fore arm. Burns returned the fire, and sent two bullets through Dobbins’s chest. Although wounded desperately, and fast becoming weak from loss of blood, Dob bins summoned strength enough to lire again, his return shot tearing into Burns’ abdomen and passing through his body. Full of rage, Burns managed to raise his revolver and discharge it once more. His last shot struck Dobbins under bis left ear, and passed clear through Ins bead. Ensiling together, the men clinched each other, and fell to the ground, Dobbins underneath. Burns then boat Dobbins on the head and face with the butt end of his revolver. Supposing that Dobbins was dead, Burns was about to leave him, but with a desperate effort Dobbins turned, and in a moment had again thrown Burns to the ground. One of the neighbors, a Mrs. Kalfton. appeared at this time, and pulled Dobbins away from Burns. Two young men coming up, the men wore separated. Burns was then carried by the men to his own house, and they went back to the scene of the fight to carry Dobbins away. Lilting the man to bis feet, they walked on each side of him, supporting him between them. They had hardly gone five yards when Dobbins sank down on his knees, and died in the wiods. He died without saying a word. Burns lingered for t.vo days, when lie died. Burns was an unmarried man. Dobbins loaves a wife and. child.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1880.



The Glasgow Bank.— lb is hoped and believed that no further call will be made on the unfortunate shareholders of the City of Glasgow Bank. The third divi dend, 13s. 4d. in the £ in all, has just been paid out of the money in hand. It is hoped that a rise in the value of securh ties held will enable the liquidators by axid-bye tq ipcet all claims.



Public Notices MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. CO NTRACTORS and others having CLAIMS against the Mount Somers Road Board are requested to FORWARD THEM before MONDAY, January 19th, By order, JAMBS FRASER, 352 g Clerk, MOUNT SOMERS ROAD DISTRICT. TN LECTION of MEMBERS to serve JSJJ ou the Mount Somers Road Board, for the year 1880. Messrs Duncan Cameron, No. 1 Ward ; and William Campbell Walker, No. 5 Ward; being the only persons nominated for these Wards respectively, are hereby declared duly elected. For No. 2 Ward a poll will bo taken between the hours of 9 a.m. and (J p.m., on TUESDAY, Jan. (ith, 1880, at the School House, Alford Forest, for one member to serve on the Mount Somers Road Board for the ensuing twelve months. The following candidates have been duly nominated : William Taylor Chatman, Altrbu Eiiwak',) Prache. PiiiLi.n* Tiscii. JOHN CHAS. BELL. Returning Ollicer. Mount Somers Road District. Mount Somers, Jan. 2nd, 1880. 345 Educational. -jayrlSS STEANE’S CLASSES in M General English Studies, compris ing History, Geography, Grammar, Com position, Paraphrasing, Dictation, General Science, Arithmetic, and Writing, will be resumed on WEDNESDAY, 7th, and MONDAY, 12tli January, 1880. Private lessons in any of these subjects, and in Music, French, or Drawing. Terms moderate. The Pupil is encouraged to lean on her self and to persevere. OXFORD " VILLA, BURttRiT Street. 887a—337



Borough Council Notices. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. EXTRAORDINARY VACANCY. I HEREBY give notice, in pursuance of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, and the Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1376, that an ELECTION rail he held on THURSDAY, the 22nd day of January, 1880, at the Borough Council Offices, Ashburton, for the purpose of Electing one Councillor to fill the Extra ordinary Vacancy caused by the resigna tion of Councillor Campbell. All nominations for the office must be made in the form prescribed by the Regu lations of Local Elections'Act, 1876, and delivered at the Town Clerk’s office before noon on Thursday, the Bth day of January, 1880 Forms of Nomination may bo obtained at the Town Clerk’s office. CHARLES BRADDELL, Returning Officer. Borough Council Office, 31st December, 1870. No. 23 -885a —335



Publications. AGRICULTURAL PAPERS. rpHE PUBLISHERS have much pleasure in intimating to the Fanners of the County of Ashburton, that they intend to issue on SATURDAY, Jan. 10th, a reprint in pamphlet form of a selection of AGRICULTURAL PAPERS Read before the Lin ;oln Farmers’ Club, compiled by J. Stanley Bhuoe, Esq.. Price One Shilling. Orders for tire above pamphlet, ac companied by thirteen stamps, should bo addresssed to WEEKS & DIXON, Publishers, East Street. Tenders. TENDERS. WANTED, TENDERS for STOCKING W and STACKING 300 ACRES, comprising 175 acres Wheat, 45 Barley, 75 Oats. Forty acres of the oats to be tied by hand. Tenders will be received by the undersigned until 4 p.m. of SATURDAY, 10th inst., from ’/.bom any further particulars can be obtained. h. Hampton, 34Sg Chcrtsey. HARVESTING. WANTED, TENDERS for Stocking, Loading, Carting, 100 acres of oats, and 500 to GOO acres of wheat ; 40 acres of the oats to be hand-tied. All sheaves missed by the machine to be hand-tied, and the work to be carefully done. Tenders, addressed to the undersigned, to bo sent in not later than JANUARY 10th, 1880. W. AITKEN, 341 Chcrtsey. SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD DISTRICT. TENDERS. TENDERS will bo received up to WED NESDAY, January 7th, For forming about one mile of the road from the Railway Station, Chert -303’, to tire ci’ossing of the Great South Road. Specifications to be seen at the Board’s Office, South Rakaia. A. MAKEIG, 3490 Clerk to the Board. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD TENDERS are invited for the following Works : No. 35 —Shingling Fergus Road Nos. 30 and 37 Re-forming Alford School and Spread Eagle Roads Tenders to be sent in on or before noon of the 7tb JA.N. By order, JAS. FRASER, 302 Clerk. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. TENDERS. nnENDERS are invited from persons X competent to conduct the Mount Somers Pound. Applications to state place of residence, and for what term of months they are willing to conduct the same. Tenders to be sent in on or before noon on January 8, 1880. For particulars, .apply at Road Board Office, Mount Somers. By order, JAMES FRASER, 344 Clerk, MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD. TENDERS. rpENDERS will bo received up till 12 o’clock noon on THURSDAY, Bth January, at Methvon, and addressed to the Chairman, for the following works, viz. : Four (4) Open Fords, same as in crock roar of John Stories’, on West Coast Road. Formation and tilling in ruts on road through Broom Park, also straightening creek. Plan and specifications can be seen at the office, Methven, on and after Ist January. W. B. COMPTON, 342 Overseer’. To Let, TO LET. SIX-ROOMED COTTAGE near the North Town Belt. Apply, 170 SAUNDERS BROS. [E Undersigned has the following Properties TO LET, with a pnrehas clause, or for sale on Liberal Terms of merit : ACRES unimproved Land, about 2.V miles north of the Ashburton Township. Acres improved Farm, first-class laud and well watered, situated on Longbeaclr. ACRES partly improved and situated about three miles from the township. ACRES near the above, unim proved, ACRES partly improved, near Winslow. THOMAS BULLOCK.



Wanted. W SHEEP. ANTED—To PUB CHASE 5000 Sound Mouthed Merinos or Cross breds, in lots. Apply to SAUNDERS BROS. 313 Ashburton. WANTED-STOCK for GRAZING. Good stream of water running through the paddock. Terms liberal. Full particulars on application to G. COX, 3510 Wakanui. WANTED— A MAN COOK. Apply, John Gbigg, Longbeach. 3500 (T ANTED Known, thU TWENTY Words are inserted in this Column for ONE SHILLING prepaid, and FORTY Words for TWO SHILLINGS prepaid. WANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes and Notcpaper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “ Herald ” Office, East-street North. G 42 WANTED KNOWN—That Money ran be saved by purchasing your Sta tionery and Account Books, for cash, at the “"Herald”’and “Guardian” Whole sale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Build ngs, near Station. ITT ANTED KNOWN—That Visiting \ V Cards, plain or mourning, can be obtained printed in various styles, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” offices, near the Rai "-\y Station WANTED KNOWN—That we are now Selling 250 Cream Laid Commercial Envelopes for 25., cash ; 500 ditto, 3s. Gd. cash ; and 1000 ditto, Gs. Gd., for prompt cash only. Weeks & Dixon. WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est :,nd neatest CARDS may ha had at Uve “GUARDIAN OFFICE.” Gazette in Bankruptcy, V. R. mHE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN § (County Agricultural and Sporting Recorder) is a G AZETTE for all Notices under The Debtors and Creditors Acts. Meetings. ASHBURTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. A GENERAL MEETING will be held at Shearman’s Hotel on THURS DAY, the Bth JANUARY, 1880, at 2 p. m. Business — To consider the advisability of alter ing Rule VI. To settle date and place of holding a Reaper and Binder contest, and other important business. GEORGS JAMESON, Secretary. Persons willing to offer ground for hold ing the Reaper and Binder contest will please communicate with the Secretary at an earty date. 317 UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the IM ANNUAL MEETING of thcßate payers of the above district will be held at the Road Board Office, Westorfiold, on TUESDAY, January Gtb, at Noon, to elect two members to serve in the room of Messrs Charles Reed and Isaac Sar gent (Members Nos. 2 and 4. Wards), who retire by rotation, but who are eligible for re-election. A poll, if necessary, will be bold at once, and will close at 4 o’clock p.m. CHARLES REED, 291 Chairman. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. MEETING. mHE ADJOURNED MEETING of |_ Ratepayers will be held in the Schoolroom, Mount Somers, on MON DAY, 19 th inst., at 12 o’clock noon. By order, JAMES FRASER, 858 g Clerk.



Conveyances. ROYAL MAIL COACH. ASHBURTON TO LONGBEACH. Great Reductions in Fares. NEW ARRANGEMENTS, JANUARY Ist, 1880. GEORGE YvILLCOCICS begs respect fully to announce that he will com mence running the Royal Mail Coach, from January Ist, 1860, between Ash burton, Tiuwahl, Wheatstone, Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, carrying Pas sengers and Parcels at considerably re duced rates. Having engaged an experi enced coachman, acquainted with the district, the public can rely on all orders for parcels receiving careful and prompt attention. Passengers will be carried at prices within the means of everyone, and by so doing the proprietor trusts to receive a larger amount of patronage from the Town and Country. Booking * Offices —For Passengers, at Quill’s Commercial Hotel, Ashburton; for Parcels, at the “ Guardian ” and “ Herald ” Office, Ashburton ; and Post Office, Longbeach. 82Ga GEORGE WILCOCKS. OPPOSITION THE SOUL OF TRADE. REDUCTION IN FARES. TH. BREWER, in thanking the public , of Ashburton, Longbeach, and Water ton, for their liberal support in the past, begs to announce to his numerous customers and friends, that he intends running his Coach DAILY as usual ; and he now in tends making considerable Reductions in the Fares. T. H. B, relies on the support of his hitherto numerous patrons to enable him to carry out the above motto. T. H. BREWER, Proprietor. 895a—333 NOTICE. m H. BREWER’S COACH leaves § , Longbeach for Ashburton DAILY at 8 a.m. via Waterton, 8.40 a. m., Ashton, 9 a.m., Wheatstone, 9.15 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10 o’clock trains. The Coach returns by the same route, on arrival of the 3 p.m. train from Christchurch. Booking Office —Cox street. All orders, parcels, and telegrams punctually attended to. T. H. BREWER, Proprietor. 896a—317 ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the , MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday, and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.m. WASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. at the Herald Office. Apply early. 500



Easiness Notices. NLW IRONMONGERY BUSINESS. ORR AND Co., WILL open the Premises lately occupied as their Drapery Depart ment, corner of East and Tancred Streets, on Saturday, the 13th December, with a well assorted Stock of HOUSE FURNISHING AND GENERAL IRONMONGERY. The Success attending this Depart ment of our Business has induced us to give it special attention. To do this more effectively we will devote the Premises as above to this trade only, and trust 'that our sedulous endeavour's to meet the growing wants of this important district will in future, as in the past, he amply repaid for this addition to our Business. The following leading lines, as well as the numberless useful articles in an Iron mongers stock, will be found in value to bear favorable comparison with any other house in the colony : McCORMACKS REAPERS AND BINDERS. Harvesting Tools Bolts and Nuts Files and Rasps Lard and Castor Oil Machine Fittings Sewing Twine Weighing Machines Spring Balances Churns and Buckets Tubs and Cheese Vats Ranges and Grates Fenders and Fircirons Sash Cords and Weights Brass Foundry Hammers and Sledges Copper Rivets and Washers Spanners and Wrenches Blacksmiths Tools Carpenters Tools Bedsteads and Cols Perambulators Bolts" and Springs Axes and Hatchets Gate Hinges Nails and Washers Mortice Locks Rim Locks Padlocks Augers and Boring Machines Braces and Bits Hedge Knives Rope and Ream Cord Lawn Mowcvs Sheet Lead and Zinc Plain Sheet Iron Galvanised Iron Bar and Rod Ivon Pumps and Piping Washing Machines Wringing Machines Mangles Tin Goods, all kinds Kettles, Boilers, and Saucepan* Boilers and Frames Baths and Sponges



Portable Forges Guns, Breechloaders Guns, Slug and Double Barrel Powder, Sluts, Caps, &c. Preserving Pans Stew Pans Plated Goods Cruets Table Cutlery Spocns and Forks Scales and Weigh.ts American Stoves Colonial Ovens Camp Ovens Fencing Wite Ploughs and Harrows ChafTculters Horse Gears ORR AND 00., Importers & General Merchants ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA.



Business Notices. JUST ARRIVED, A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF OFFICE AND HOUSEHOLD STATIONERY, PAPER BAGS, ACCOUNT BOOKS, DIARIES, Ac. To Meet the Requirements of the Countv o? Ashburton, WEEKS & DIXON Arc now Importing, direct from the makers, Every description of Commercial, Law, and General Stationery, which they are in a position to supply, wholesale or retail, at prices that will compare favorably with any house in the Colony. The Goods now being opened up include a Choice Assortment of Plain and Fancy Note Papers and Envelopes, and some very superior kinds. 10 2 CASES STATIONERY BALES PAPER 10 2 Commercial and Law Stationery Notepapers in great variety Envelopes of the newest styles Inkstands and Bottles Pens and Penholders Pencils and Pencil Cases Account and Pocket Books, Etc.



Biscuit Bags Flour Milliners’ Bogs. Wholesale and Retail. LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH. BOOKS (SCRAP, ALBUMS, Ac., &c.) Wo have a small lot of the above, and being desirous of clearing out these articles, we shall be glad to dispose of them at VERY LOW RATES, so as to make room for incoming consigments of General Stationery. WEEKS AND DIXON Saunders’ Buildings, . EAST STREET, > FIHBURTON. Lost. £3 REWARD. LOST from the Coldstream Estate in November last, THREE unbroken HACKS, viz. 1 Brown Filly branded 29 do do 10 Chesnut Gelding branded A white face 6, ‘ and legs. Any one delivering the same at the oldstrenm Station, wil receive the above jward, or any one detaining same after lisdato will be prosecuted. 40 C. H. DOWDING. THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN SUBSCRIBERS in the Country are particularly requested to communicate with the Publishers if their papers are not properly addressed. The number of Sub scribers has increased so rapidly that un less great care is taken in giving orders as to address and how to be sent, the papers may bo left at the wrong place. All orders will receive our prompt attention. WEEKS AND DIXON, Proprietors. • October 13,1879.