Accounts referred to : LIABILITIES £ s. d. pay ... 50 0 0 ~ Outstanding creditors ... 51 « J £lOl 6 9 ASSETS. £ s. d. By Balance at Bank, £lO9 3s. 9d. less £79 11s. 2d. cheques not presented ... oa t By Outstanding accounts ... 5 18 8 By Balance deficit ° 15 b £lOl 6 9 The Chairman said that the item of L 5 18s. Bd. was for the railway charges paid on consignments of produce to the Corn Exchange for sale, which were still held. Mr. Charles Bourne moved, and Sir Cracroft Wilson seconded—“ That the re port be received and adopted. ” Carried nera. con. The next business was the appointment of the directors. Mr. M'Beath expressed himself as being in favor of the re-election of the old com mittee. The chairman could no doubt testify to their ability, and perhaps better men could not be got. The Chairman, in reply, stated that he would sooner leave that point for the members present to settle. [Laughter.] Mr. Allan said he thought that before the directors were re-elected, the rules had better be framed and adopted. He understood that it had been left an open question at the last meeting. Mr. Bruce thought the matter of the rules had better for the present be left to the directors. After such had been duly considered, they could be submitted to the subscribers for approval. After a little further discussion, Mr. Charles Bourne proposed, and Sir Cracroft Wilson seconded —“ That twenty one members constitute the board of management. ” Mr. Peryman asked the chairman whether the number of the old committee was twenty-one or twenty-four. The Chairman stated that the number was twenty-one, although a larger one would more generally, ho thought, repre sent the interests of the various districts. After suggestions from several of the members relative to the number of the committee, The Chairman continuing, said that the Corn Exchange would also become better known to the outsiders by having a large and mixed committee, it would he well for each district to he well represented, so that their views might have weight in political circles, and make themselves heard and known as farmers, who were sturdy men and were not to be worked about as the Government of the day might think fit. The motion on being put to the meet ing was carried. Mr. M'Beath proposed, and Mr. George King seconded—“ That the old Committee be re-elected, and that the names of Messrs. Hancock and H. Overton take the place of Messrs. E. Amyes and Merton.” Mr. Sawle moved as an amendment, seconded by Mr. Banks—“ That the mem bers be elected seriatim. ” The amendment was carried. Mr. Banks asked the Chairman whether all the R -j&Lci's who had been proposed were sufe^^Bks The Chairman replied in the affirmative. The following gentlemen were then elected a Committee of Management for the current year ;—Messrs. Bruce, John Overton, G. King, E. H. Banks, W. Hy. ’Peryman, W. Henderson, Charles Bourne, J. J. Herrick, Jas. Gammack, Laidley, TT J. Mathias, Toosey, Attwood, Hy. Overton, Alex. Paterson, G. B. Wood man, David Dick, Robert Patton, Rev. O’Callaghan, Samuel Bailey, and H. Allington. Mr. Chari osßourne. stated that although the Committee of Management only con sisted of twenty-one members, he felt sure the feeling of those elected was that the views of any of the subscribers would be gladly entertained at any time when the Board was sitting, as the object of all concerned was to pull together. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. H. Peryman proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman (Mr. Thomas Bruce) for the unremitting attention ho had bestowed on the cause of the Corn Exchange. He (Mr. Peryman) felt sure that the farmers of Canterbury had de rived considerable advantages from the establishment of the Corn Exchange. Mr. Sawle stated that if the mover would kindly include the directors as well in the resolution, he would have much pleasure in seconding it. Mr. Peryman thought as he was one of the directors it would scarcely be con sistent for him to move a resolution in their favor. Mr. Sawle therefore moved a hearty vote of thanks to the Chairman and retiring directors for the voluntary atten tion which they had, for the past twelve months, given to the management of the Corn Exchange. To obtain the great advantages derivable from such an insti tution, it was necessary that the members should do all they could to gain converts to their cause. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Jenkins seconded the vote of thanks, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Bruce, on behalf of his co-directors and himself, returned thanks. He hoped the directors for the present year would be more assiduous than some of their predecessors, as it was very hard for the willing ones to be regular in attendance, and have besides to hunt about for others to form a quorum. (Great cheering.) The meeting then terminated. THE TWINE BINDER. The reaper and binder is one of the greatest achievements of the decade just ■ closed, a decade remarkable as it has been for many great triumphs of engineering skill and mechanical invention. When the Americans first gave us the self-bind ing reaper a grand feat was accom plished, and the economy of the harvest field ; revolutionised from its primitive arrangements and institutions hy the in troduction years before of the simple reap in'* machine that left the sheaves to be hound after it by a gang of laborers—was ■revolutionised to a still greater extent, and many laboring men who built their hopes on the annual receipt of a big cheque for harvest work, found that like Othello s their occupation was gone. But the reaper and binder while it did remarkably well the work it undertook to do with the materials it made use of, had serious drawbacks that prevented it from being so generally popular as the absence of these would undoubtedly have made it. The old harvester of the by-gone days tied his sheaves with bands of twisted corn stalks, and a sheaf so tied found its way to and passedAluwugh the thrasher innocently, leaving aSp*that was all straw, and that carried Ixlcl amongst its stalks no danger to man or beast. But the new harvester of science that supplanted the merry “ band ster ” carried with it a hidden danger. The corn-stalk hand was discarded, and to suit the iron fingers of the machine a band of wire was introduced. With the re gularity of a ploughed field, the binder of {science cut its lengths of the wire, as it gathered its sheaf, and dropped it upon the field. But this length of wire was the snake in the grass against which the gorge of the farmer rose. No matter how care ful the manipulation, or how keenly the work was watched from thrashing mill to chaff-cutter, it was impossible to get rid of the wire from the feed, and its effect told terribly amongst the horses, R ip just as difficult for a horse to digest iron wire as it is for a man to digest the proverbial “ horse-nail,” and as a consequence many a noble beast suffered for “taking an

enemy into his mouth to steal away ” not his brains but his life. The man who takes the “ enemy ” of Cassio into his month does so with his eyes open to what it is composed of, but poor Dobbin knew no thing of the presence amongst his fodder of the little iron curses that worked his ruin. To obviate this difficulty, and to get rid of the dangerous and costly wire the ingenuity of ’cute Yankee has again been successfully at work, and while we have to thank the iron thread for the aid it lent science by becoming a stepping stone to perfection in harvesting, we have reached the time for bidding it good bye, and welcoming with the New Year the new sheaf binding agent that is to sup plant it, as it supplanted the cornstalk band or the band of flax knotted by the labourer. The promised heavy and abun dant crop of 1880, must, however, we are afraid, be cut by the old wire machine, seeing that it will all he in the stackyard before importers can sufficiently introduce the new idea. But the difficulty that has so long stood..in the way of string bind iii" is undoubtedly overcome, and the deed of°banishment of the wire band is already sealed in popular opinion. Nor has the triumph been achieved by only one maker of harvesters, but nearly every one of the old candidates for favor is in the field with a string binder. Last week two of them had a trial near the City of the Plains, and they worked very satisfactorily, while we glean from the “Melbourne Argus” a description of Walter A. Wood’s machines’ work in a trial that took place on Janefield Farm in Victoria on the 29th of last month. It will doubtless be remembered that last year, though the Marsh harvester did not secure the popularity, nor come into such common use as some of its rivals did, it made no mean appearance in the field amongst them. At the trial on Mr. Carter’s farm at Tinwald it was left out in the cold by an accident, and the farmers in this district were deprived of an opportunity of seeing its paces along side the M'Cormick, the Wood, and the Osborne. This year, however, it makes amends for the ground it lost, by being first in the field with a Deering string binder attached, and a public exhibition of its work was made on .Jan. 5 on Mr. Overton’s farm, at Prebbleton. We pub lished at the time a telegraphic an nouncement of its success, and our own correspondent spoke highly of the work it did, but we fancy a more detailed notice of the exhibition will not come amiss to such of our readers as this column of our journal is specially in teresting to. The machine set to work in a field well calculated to try its mettle. The crop was of uneven height, in some places reaching barely to one’s knee, in others almost to one’s neck, while here and there the feathered pest had left its irritating marks upon the corn, ns had also the gale. But notwithstanding the sparrow-broken straws (and these wore many) the wind laid patches, and the un eveness of height in the crop, the machine left a stubble clean, even, and uniform, over the five feet wide bites that the machine takes in its journey along the paddock. Uniformity in everything is a characteristic of the Marsh. The sheaves fall from it all of the same bulk, and each has consequently the same amount of strain put upon it when the knot is made that gives tightness to the binding, and no one will accuse the Deering binder of being a sloven. The sheaf is compact, and securely tied. You could lift it and throw it from you in perfect security; the knot would not yield, and the tightness of the binding would not slacken. So securely is the knot tied, that were you to pull until the binding gave way, you would find that it was the string that broke, and not the knot that came adrift. Long ago wo witnessed a competition in a. harvest field in the old country. The reaper had not yet found its now universal favor ; the idea of the self binder had still to be conceived in the womb of necessity, the great mother of invention. The six scythe-men were the cracks of the district, and were working at a fancy figure ; the binders were also men and women, noted for their smart ness, and the mixed multitude who built the stocks and drew the rakes were the best of the moving crowd that then floated from one farm to another as the crops were worked off. The scythemen started in the usual “ echelon ” of four or five yards behind each other. When they had all entered the wheat you could see their sharp scythes moving together in measured time. “ Regular as rolling water. Not a step was out of tune As the tides obey the moon. ”

When the last stretch of the field was reached, the last man finished in just the time he had necessarily been behind the others in starting, and not one man was a stroke behind his fellow in time or in quantity cut. But the great test was the height of the stubble. You could dis tinctly see if you looked for it where each man had been cutting, by his slightly different stubble from the others, but his own was pex-fect in height, and only the critical eye would notice the slight differ ence of the men’s work. The farmer was delighted, and gave a prize to all six. The same plan had to be followed with the binders. The stubble left by the Marsh recalled this old memory, which was freshened again by the uniform lightness of the sheaf. But the shape of the string-bound sheaf ruthlessly dismissed this picture ofthe past. The hand-bound sheaf was a hearty, jolly-looking affair, round and buxom as some of the lasses who tied it ; the Marsh sheaf was a flat sided looking concern, all head and bottom and no waist, like a scandalously tight laced girl. But though the flat sides of the sheaf may jar with our old ideas of the harvest field as it lies upon the stubble, it is somewhat of a help to the stooker in building, as the flat sides come together handy, and do not look badly once set up. The machine gives the uniformity of size to the sheaves, rioted above, by a very clever arrangement. A spring, after re ceiving a certain amount of pressure, yields, stopping the gatherers, and setting the binder to work. It makes but one revolution, and the sheaf is complete. The apparatus that ties the knot is in its action not unlike the motion of a finger and thumb, receiving the two ends of the string immediately the knife has divided it, and holding cn to them till they are drawn through the loop and the knot is made. Wind cannot interfere with the working, as the sheaf is completely sheltered, from its first clutch by the machine till its last gentle fall of a foot from the harvester to the stubble. There is no humbug, no con fusion, no bound sheaves here and un bound or half-bound ones there, and no hashing of the corn, but everything is complete and satisfactory—a “ thrifty ” machine, that can do, it is said, fifteen acres a-day. At Prebbleton it worked without a single hitch of any"liind, and for its success it got the following testi monial on the ground, signed by over 50 practical men who saw it at work (out of 200 or more who were there during the day) some of them as good judges of harvest work as are to be found in Can terbury : January, sth, 1880. Tp Messrs. Mason, Struthers, and Co., Christchurch, Dear Sirs, —We, the undersigned far mers in the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand, have this day witnessed a trial of the Marsh Harvester with Deering’s Twine Binder in a heavy crop of oats be longing to Jphn Overton, Esq., Prebble ton, and are desirous of testifying to the excellence of the work done, and have no hesitation in saying that it is a most perfect machine, and does the best work of any we have seen in New Zealand* and

consider it will be a great acquisition to this colony, and elsewhere. We also desire to thank Mr. Ellithorpe, the maker’s representative, for his lucid, ex planations of the machine, and attention to all inquiries. The Johnston string binder had a trial the same day at Irwell. Of its success the “Press” said :—“ The paddock chosen for operations was a field of barley, which was very long in the straw, and from its condition, the grain being very much tangled, was considered likely to tax the power of the machine, and give a good idea of its ability to cope with crops under any disadvantage. Mr. Wilson, the manufacturer’s agent, was ir attendance, and explained the working of the machine. Those present expressed them selves well satisfied with the wo iking of the machine, and the way in which it dropped the sheaf, which falls on its butt, also with the closeness of the cut to the ground. ” To show that the farmers are pleased with the string binders both Messrs. Mason, Struthers, and Co., and Messrs. Morrow Bassett, and Co. have already received orders for their respective machines. We take the following'account of a trial of the Wood string hinder from the Mel bourne Argus : Though numerous attempts were made to use string in place of wire, none have stood the test of actual work till the Wood’s harvester and self-acting string binder appeared on the scene. This machine is the most perfect piece of agri cultural machinery that has yet been con structed even by the skillful inventors of America. In construction it is much more simple than the wire binders we have seen at work, and the draught is much lighter. One of these machines was shown at work on the farm of Mr. Allen Cameron, of Janefield, on Dec. 29, in the presence of a number of farmers residing in the district. It was tried on a small piece of wheat estimated to yield about 35 bushels to the acre. The patch was about three quarters of an acre in extent, and though much time was lost in turning so fre quently, the whole was cut down in 25 minutes. The work was done admirably, the sheaves being tied firmly and well, and those present satisfied themselves hy actual experiment that they could bo thrown about without any danger of the string becoming untied. A pair of ordi nary farm horses walked along at the rate of about three and a half miles an hour when cutting the crop, and at that rate did not seem to be unduly exerting them selves. The machine used was taken from America to England a few months ago, and exhibited at work at Cheshire, where it cut about GO acres of grain in October last. The work was very difficult owing to the great growth of weeds in the crop occasioned by the extreme wet ness of the season. The corn was cut in a highly satisfactory manner, and without the slightest accident happening to the machine. It was then packed up and shipped to Melbourne by the s. s. Orient. The expressions of admiration by those on the ground on the occasion of the present trial were unanimous. It was admitted that at last the problem had been solved, and that a reaper and binder had been produced entirely free from the drawbacks attending those which have preceded it. The mechanism is so arranged that each sheaf is made exactly the same size, no matter how much the crop may vary, and the size of the sheaf may be regulated by a very simple contrivance. In delivery the sheaf is thrown on the butt end, so that in very ripe grain as little shock as possible is given, in order that no loss of grain may occur. The sheaves are all laid the same way, and the land has thus a very neat appearance when the grain is cut. The corn on being cut falls on a revolving apron, which carries it to the elevator, whence it it is conveyed to the binding table. Here it is caught by revolving rake fingers, which bring it down the table against a compressor, which acts as an automatic trip to thixnv the .binder in gear. As soon as a sufficient quantity of grain is thus brought together, the pressure throws the trip forward so as to put the binder in gear. The binding arm then comes forward from beneath the table, carrying the string round the sheaf ; at the same time the automatic trip, which has just acted to put the binding machi nery in gear, is now moved hack to act as a compressor, to give the desired compres sion on the sheaf. After the knot is securely tied, the binding arm recedes under the table, and a forked arm, work ing on a crank, thrusts the now securely bound sheaf off the table, and recedes till another sheaf has been formed. The machine for tying the sheaf is situated above the grain, and consists of three pieces. It is as simple in construction as that for fastening with wire, and as little likely to get out of order. The string for binding is carried on a small wooden case at the rear of the binding-table, about half a day’s work being put in at a time. The cost of the string is about one-third loss than that of binding-wire. In shape the sheaves are somewhat flatter than it is usual to make them. There is no strain on the string till the sheaf is set free, and thus such a thing as a break in the string never occurs. The new machine has been extensively tried in the United States and Canada, and has always given great satis faction. The advantages claimed for this machine arc, that no matter in what shape the grain comes up the elevatar, it is straightened out by the rake-fingers so as to make a good-shaped sheave. The grain is protected from high winds_ from the time it enters the elevator till it is bound in a sheaf. The whole of the machine is protected by a strong wooden frame, which projects beyond it, and preserves it from injury. The new reaper and binder is manufactured by Mr. Walter A. Woods, of Hoosick Falls, N.Y.. The cost of the new reaper and binder is said to he about the same as those already in use, in which the sheaves are bound with wire.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1880.



GRAND DISTRIBUTION of PRIZES will take place on FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, Jan. 1G and 17, in the Building adjoining Messrs. J. E. Buchanan and Co.’s Auction Mart, Have lock street. TICKETS ONE SHILLING EACH, to he obtained at the Shop, Baring Square, and other agents. EACH TICKET OBTAINS A PRIZE. Prizes vary in value from £3 3s. to 6d, and include a Great Variety of articles, Useful, Ornamental, and Comical. Handsome Dressed Doll ... £3 3s. ~ Ladies’ Japanese Cabinet 1 5 ~ Writing Desk ... 115 ~ Croquet Set ... 110 ~ Album 2 10 &c., dc., Ac., idc., dc. Doors open from 11 to 5, and from 7 till 9. 363a—913a TINWALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. 0. HAWKINS. CH. begs to inform the inhabitants of , Tinwald and surrounding districts that he has taken the Boot and Shoe Shop adjoining Mr. S. Stephens’, saddler, and hopes by strict attention to business to obtain a share of public patronage. 742 g Public Notices.



Meetings. THE HEY. J. G. TURNER, Special Agent of THE AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PRO VIDENT SOCIETY, WILL DELIVER In tlie GOOD TEMPLAR HALL, ON THURSDAY EVENING Next, at Eight O’clock. Doors open at 7.30. The lecture will be “A Brief Explanation of the Working and Benefits of Life Assurance.” Admission free. 744 G ASHBURTON RACING CLUB. GENERAL MEETING. A GENERAL MEETING of the Ash burton Racinct Club will be held at Quill’s Hotel on SATURDAY EVENING, at 8 p.m. sharp. Business : Ist. To consider the Treasurer’s balance-sheet. 2nd. To take into consideration the leasing of the course. JAMES WILKIE, 929a-736g Hon. Sec. LONGBEACH ROAD DISTRICtT” IN consequence of the Annual Meeting of the Longbeach ratepayers, adver tised to have- been held on WEDNESDAY, the 7th iust., having lapsed through non attendance at 12 o’clock noon, I HEREBY CALL A MEETING of the Ratepayers of the Longbeach Road District to be held at the Road Board office on FRIDAY, the 23rd inst., at the hour of 12 o’clock noon, when nominations will be received of per sons duly qualified to fill the Three extra ordinary vacancies on the Board, in the room of Messrs. Clark, Taylor, and Wright. A poll, if required, will be taken after the nomination, closing at 4 o’clock p.m. This meeting will now supersede the adjourned Annual Meeting called for Wednesday, the 14th inst. JOHN GRIGG, Chairman. Longbeach, Bth January, 1880. 917 a—37 1g MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. MEETING. mHB ADJOURNED MEETING of J- Ratepayers will be held in the Schoolroom, Mount Somers, on MON DAY, 19th inst., at 12 o’clock noon. By order, JAMES FRASER, 353 g Clerk. THE EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTER BURY. ELECTION OF COMMITTEE. THE Board, in pursuance of power in that behalf conferred by “The Education Act, 1877,” (section 63) hereby directs that a Public Meeting of the house holders in every school district through out the Education District of North Can terbury to be held on MONDAY, the twenty-sixth day of January, one thou sand eight hundred and eighty, at seven o’clock in the evening, for the election in each district of seven householders (sec tion 63) to form the Committee for such district for the year ending with the fourth Monday in January next year. The place of meeting shall be the schoolhouse in each district which is pro vided with a schoolhouse, and this is understood to mean the main schoolhouse in any district which has more than one school. In the districts in which schools are not yet built, the places of meeting shall be as follows : Aylesbury—House of Mr. AVilliam Blackler. Cambridge—House of Mr. Joseph Megson. Flemington—Wheatstone Hotel. Kirwee—Kirweo Hotel. Loburn North—House of Mr. J. A. Cunningham. The Board further directs that the first meeting of each School Committee bo held in the place appointed for the elec tion, and immediately after the election upon the same evening. The Board requests the Chairman of each public meeting to make to the Board, immediately after the election, a return of the names of the several householders elected to form the Committee, and re commends that each Chairman of Com mittee report his own election as soon as possible. J. V. COLBORNE VEEL, Secretary. Christchurch, 9th Jan., 1880. 737 g Public Notices. MOUNTJIUTT ROAD DISTRICT. THE following is the RESULT of the ELECTION for TWO MEMBERS to fill the vacancies caused by Edward Chapman and John Pannett retiring by lot: — Methven Barrhill Tl. elected to servo on the Mount Hutt Road Board for the year 1880. W. B. COMPTON, Returning Officer, Mount Hutt Road District. Methven, Jan. 9, 1880. 367 g MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. /NONTRACTORS and others having \_j CLAIMS against the Mount Somers Road Board are requested to FORWARD THEM before MONDAY, January 19th. By order, JAMES FRASER, 3520 Clerk. CAUTION. ANY Person found removing Timber from the swamps in the Hinds, part of the Laghmor Estate, or trespassing thereon, after this date, will be PRO SECUTED. DONALD M'LEAJST. January 10th, 1880. 741 g "[WORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN ]>j TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established, a.d. 1809. Capital ... ... ... £2,000,000 Losses already indemnified... £500,000 Reserve ... ... ... £1,156,000 Ashburton Agents— -740g POYNTZ & CO. M R FRANCIS PHILIP O’REILLY, Barrister, Solicitor, & Conveyancer, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 862 g PROMISSORY Note Forms, in Books of 25, unstamped, for sale at the Herald Office. Price 2s. 6d. each.



Auction Sales. UNDER BILL OF SALE. TUESDAY, JANUARY 13th. Messrs edmiston bros. and GUNDRY have received instruc tions to sell under Bill of Sale, at Mr. George Thompson’s farm, near Messrs. Gould and Cameron’s homestead — BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 13th, 3 Draught Mares, heavy in foal 1 Draught Gelding 1 Hack Mare 4 Horses Unbroken 1 Samudson Reaper 2 D. F. Ploughs 1 Set Harrows, Dray and Frame, Harness, Saddles, &c., &c. Sale at 1 o’clock. EDMISTON BROS., & GUNDRY, 3G1g—1136 Auctioneers. THURSDAY, 15th JANUARY. FARM 3 ! FARMS ! FARMS ! AT CHERTSEY Of good Wheat-growing land, BY PUBLIC AUCTION. MESSRS EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY have received instruc tions from the Freeholder, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION , At their Rooms, East street, on THURSDAY, 15th JANUARY, 128 ACRE FAB M, 128 Adjoining the township of Chertsey all securely fenced and laid down in Turnips. Also, 274 ACRE FARM, 247 Situated immediately opposite the above, -and fenced with live fences, and a plantation of 50 chains of Blue Gum Trees. On the south-west side the land has all been ploughed, and sown with Turnips. These farms being in close proximity to Chertsey, will no doubt before long be eagerly sought after for building allot ments. Terms Liberal.. Sale at 1.30. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, 3660 Auctioneers. EXPIRATION OF LEASE. ALFORD FOREST HOTEL. CLEARING SALE. Without Reserve. WEDNESDAY, 14th JANUARY. 12 o’clock sharp. ALFRED HARRISON has received instructions from Mr. W, C. Morgan, of the Alford Forest Hotel, to sell by Public Auction on the premises on the above date the whole of his STOCK-IN-TRADE, FURNITURE, AND EFFECTS, &c., Ac., Comprising— A quantity of Wines, Spirits, Beer, Ac. Also— Sitting Room, Dining Room, and Bedroom Furniture, being the contents of 20 rooms. Also — Bar Fittings, and quantity of sun dries. For Absolute Sale. 12 o’clock sharp. ALFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer. 364 n Ashburton. Tenders. TENDERS. Tenders wanted for stock ing, LOADING, and STACKING 800 acres crop on Hart’s Run, and 500 acres on Longboach, also TYING about 280 acres oats. Tenders to be sent to the undersigned not later than TUESDAY, January 20th. Contractors will have the privilege of going with the threshing machines. JOSEPH CLARK, 743 g Tinwald. THRESHING. TENDERS are invited for’ THRESH ING 5000 acres of Grain. Specification can be seen at the office of 360 g SAUNDERS BROTHERS. V. R. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF UNI FORMS. Commissioner of Railways Office, M. 1., Christchurch, Jan. 6, 1880. WRITTEN TENDERS will be re ceived at this office until noon on WEDNESDAY, the twenty-first day of January, 1880, for the supply and de livery of Uniforms for the Amberley- Kingston Line, New Zealand Railways, from the Ist day of February, 1880, to the 31st December, 1882. Specifications and sample suits can be seen at the Stores, Manager’s Office, Christchurch. Tenders to be addressed to the Com missioner of Railways, M. 1., Christ church, and to be marked outside “Tender for Uniforms.” The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. WM. CONYERS, 3GSa Commissioner of Railways. Business Notices. GREENSTREET FORGE, Ashburton Forks. WILLIAM REYELL, Blacksmith, Wheelright, and Agricultural Machinist, HAYING considerably extended his Business Premises, can guarantee all work entrusted to him to be executed in a thoroughly competent manner, and with despatch. 359 g TEACHERS can obtain the MULTI PLICATION TABLES, printed on gummed paper, in any quantity at the HnuALn Office, East street, near the Railway Station.



Wanted. SHEEP. 'ANTED—To PUR Sound Mouthed M breds, in lots. Apply to SAUNDEI 313 TI T ANTED— STOCK f VV Good stream of through the paddock. Full particulars on applicai 351 a WANTED —By Messrs Winter, TENDERS four hundred (400) acres let in one or more lots, sent in by the 15th Janu: tions on application to 9J 4a—3730 H. 1 WANTED KNOWN, and Notepapor ca wholesale or retail, at unu at the “ Herald ” Ofiic North. Lost and Fern FOUND, at the Ashburi the Spread Eagle, a MARE ; white streak dow branded (kJ on the off sh claimed within seven da; pounded. Apply office of Jan. 10, 1880. To Let. TO LET. SIX-ROOMED CC the North Town Belt. Apply, 176 SAUNE THE Undersigned has Properties TO LjET, ng clause, or for sale on L Payment : 'f) ACRES unimprov< ' 2£ miles north of Township. Acres improved F land and well wa on Longbeach. ACRES partly situated about tli the township. 6iy ACRES near the i proved. ACRES partly i: Winslow. THOMAS 150 50 Public Notic SPECIAL NOT pROFESSOR Wi Oculist. Auklst, and (From Europe May be consulted upon the Eye, Ear, and Tin Noises in the Head, Di Cataracts, Amaurosis, Op Serena, Loss of the Eyelaa tion, and all Diseases of and Throat, treated upon tific principles. PROFESSOR WALL Will shortly arrive in Ashl be consulted at his Consr at Quill’s Hotel for a fe\ OPINIONS OF THI Blindness and Di (“ Oamaru Mail,” 1 Professor Wallenburg is with patients. We on Sa a visit from two persons had operated. Their n Nicholas Power and Mr- J both of Waimate. The had been deaf in one eai On Wednesday last he vis: and obtained some relief, he was perfectly cured, a an accumulation of skin thered around it having He told us that he could h the ear that had been oper he could with the other, tioned visited the doctor at He was slightly deaf i totally deaf in the right having been extracted fron he entirely recovered his told us that he could hear j a thing that he had not do: The case of Mr. Alexanc worth chronicling. He 1: deaf in one ear for four ye affected in the other. He i restored, and was so grat; day introduced a sufferin; doctor. Mr. Aitchison t could only hear his wa



Public Notices. a livelihood, to the great de’ight of all his friends, whose lasting gratitude Pro fessor Wallenburg lias earned. I know of my knowledge three others who bene fitted very much by the treatment of the worthy Professor. I write this letter without the request of any one ; but I consider it a duty owing to the Professor’s kindnesss ; and I recommend those suffering in eye or ear to apply to him whilst they have the present favorable opportunity. I hereby tender my best thanks to Professor Wallenburg for his charity to the poor. —I am, &c., Wm. Coleman, Roman Catholic Clergyman. The Eye and Ear.—Professor Wallcu burg is effecting some marmellous cures in cases of blindness and deafness. At his invitation we visited the consulting rooms at the Albion Hotel, yesterday morning, when we conversed with two or three out of a total of about thirty patients present. The first case brought under notice was that of James Robertson, of Morton Mains, who was suffering from heavy films in both eyes. He assured us that for the past six years he had suffered acutely, and during for years of that period he had been under medical treat ment without receiving any benefit—in fact he went from bad to worse. Placing himself under Professor Wallenburg’s treatment he speedly came round, and yesterday could distinctly see a hair at the ordinary reading distance. Richard At kinson, of Invercargill, who had been treated in Dunedin and Melbourne for impaired eye-sight, als bore testimony to the Professor’s skill. He had been totally blind of one eye, the other being consider ably affected, but could now distinguish the time on a clock a couple of chains off. Mrs. W. Jer-rett, of Riverton, was the next patient introduced. She stated that she had been suffering from deafness for the last six years, and during that time her husband had expended something like Ll6O in endeavoring to effect a cure. Under Professor Wallenburg’s treatment she had so far recovered her hearing that she could without difficulty hear a watch ticking. H. N Bates was the next patient consulted ; he had been totally deaf of one ear for fourteen years, the deafness arising from an attack of scarlet fever. In England his case was regarded as a hopeless one, and this was the more serious since the remaining oar was com mencing to sympathise'with the affected one. He had only been under the Profes sor’s treatment a few days, and could now hear perfectly well. Constable Buchanan also states that the occulist has succeeded id curing him of partial deafnes. These are a few patients indiscriminately singled out from the patients in the consulting room, and they certainly go to show that the Professor is thoroughly up to his busi ness. At present he has 75 patients under treatment. We would strongly urge all who are afflicted with blindness or deafness to pay this oculist a visit, and at once, since his stay here is limited, - “ Southland Times,” Nov. 25, 1879. (From “ North Otago Times,” Oamaru, Dec. IS, 1879.) There would seem to be some founda tion for the merits claimed for Professor Wallenburg’s treatment of diseases of the eye and ear, if we may judge by the re sults of several eases that have fallen under our notice. These are the days of discoveries, and possibly the Professor may have come across some special remedy for the disease of the eye and ear, or he may only be an intelligent, sharp sighted man, better able than the generality of his fellows to see where the evil he would cui’c is best to be grappled with. At any rate, several long-standing cases which have only been under his treatment for a week are already be ginning to show good signs of total cure, and are really worthy of some notice by an impartial observer. The first of these is that of James Beale, who was formerly of the Cape Mounted Rifles, and lost the sight of one eye 14 years ago in Africa, and who was treated in vain by several army doctors when there, and by some medical practitioners in Weymouth, Eng land. About a week ago he came to the Professor totally blind with one eye, and partially so with the other, which had begun to suffer in sympathy. He is now able to read small print with either eye, and in a few days, judging faom ap pearances, will be completely cured. Another case is that of a son of Andrew Meldrum, a baker, of Oamaru. This boy, who has been partially blind for several years, andlias been operated upon and treated without any beneficial effect by several New Zealand professional men, applied to the Professor about a week ago, and can now begin to see again very fairly, and is to all intents and purposes perfectly cured. Mrs. Kenahan’s case is an interesting one, both for the rapidity and the completeness of the cure of a most painful and seemingly hopeless malady. This lady, when she applied to the Professor, was afflicted by the most violent inflammation of the right eye, which was swollen as big as an egg, and continually discharging an offensive mat ter. She was in great agony, and had not slept for more than a week. The sight was completely gone, and worse than all, the other eye beginning to show signs of suffering from a like disorder. Sage medicos, who had attended her from the commencement of the com plaint with a slight inflammation caused by a cold, began to beg her to make up her mind to lose both eyes, as no cure could be found. However, she is doing well now, at all events, wi h the swelling reduced, and the sight partially restored in the one eye, and the other as well as over it was. George Gordon, a man of 79 years of age, who was almost entirely de.if but a few days ago, can now hear words spoken in a low voice from the other side of the room, while the two children of Mr. Townsend, who have suffered from deaf ness for a long time, can now hear the tick of a watch. These cases are cer tainly interesting, as effectual cures of old standing diseases, after some of them have defied all the skill of the general practitioner, and whether the cure is due to the remedy or the matter of treat ment it is equally worthy of praise. 7360 Publications. 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