nothing for the thieves to take. Last Thursday an alarm was given that a gang of rebels in full retreat from Drogheda, were under the French stan dard ; but they had no cofors nor any drums except bagpipes. Immediately every man in the place, including women and children, ran out to meet them. We soon found our force a great deal too little, and were far too near to think of retreat ing. Death was in every face ; and to it we went By the time half out party were to he all alive. Fortu- rebels had no guns except and pikes ; and we had plenty.,! muskets and ammunition. We put them all to the sword, and not a soul of them escaped, except some that were droy'ffjdin an adjoining bog. In fact, in a short time nothing was heard but silence. Their uniforms were all different—-chiefly green. After the action was over, we went to rummage their camp. All we found was a few pikes without heads, a parcel of empty bottles filled with water, and a bundle of blank French commissions filled up with Irish names. Troops are now now stationed round, which exactly squares with my ideas of security.—Adieu; I have only time to add that I am yours in haste, B. R. P.S. —If you do not receive this, of course it must have miscarried ; therefore I beg you write and let me know. To the above we may add a bull Sir Boyle is credited with. He met a friend one day whom he upraided for not visit ing him. The friend replied tliat Sir Bojde had never invited him. Sir Boyle answered promptly “Why then, the next time you come within half-a-mile of the house, I beg you stay there. ” It was Sir Boyle, who, speaking of the immo rality of his age, said children who could neither walk nor talk were to be seen running about cursing and swearing.

RAKAIA AND ASHBURTON FORKS RAILWAY COMPANY (LIMITED.)

The annual general meeting of share holders in the Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Railway Company (Limited) was held at two o’clock on Friday afternoon, at the office of Mr. C. F. Barker, Here ford street, Christchurch, Mr. George Hart in the chair.

The Secretary having read the advertise ment convening the meeting, the minutes of the last annual meeting were read and confirmed.

The following report was then presented and adopted as read : The directors, in submitting their second annual report, have much pleasure in congratulating the shareholders on the opening of their line for traffic. The arrangements with the Government are not yet completed, and there are minor portions of the contract unfinished. Your directors, however, being anxious to facilitate the carriage of grain this season, thought it undesirable to wait for the completion of the contract before open ing.

The Company’s engineer has certified that the railway is safe for the conveyance of passengers and goods and the line has also been inspected by the Government Engineer. During the past year, your directors have found it absolutely necessary to make two calls, amounting to 30s. per share ; the first, of 10s. per share, payable on first August, 1879, and the second of 20s. per share, payable on the Ist January, 1880. They have, however, good reason to believe that it will be unnecessary for them to make any further calls on existing shareholders. For the Board of Directors.

'jeqrcf. Hart, Chairman. The Chfiirni®®inoved, and Mr. Cuff seconded, the repbrt and balance sheet, the motion being unanimously agreed to. Messrs- j. Hart, J. L. Coster, and J. E. TayiJT, the retiring directors, were re elected for the ensuing year, no other gentlemen having been nominated. Mr. John Ollivier, on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Passmore, was elected as auditor.

The sum of LSO having been voted to the directors as remuneration for their services during the past year, a vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the pro ceedings.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

THE PASTOR'S RECEIPTS.

To the Editor.

Sik, —Bmnour hath it that a certain self constituted inquisitor made eager and unauthorised enquiries as to how the “ Chiniquy JV.ission ” fared at the hands of the church officials where the Pastor preached the other Sunday, and after an oblique and velvetty style, suggested the probability of their getting a little per quisite on the occasion. How far this may be true is beyond the power of yours respectfully to say ; but as the officers of one of the churches took evident pains to early anticipate and allay feverish minds, I suggest what a kind act it would be if the responsible parties would make a clean breast of their accounts in reference to the Pastor’s visit, lecture, Ac. ; as from want of such full information some highly esteemed though occasionally “ illogical ” citizen may be in a state of ferment. The statement in the “ Mail,” though sufficient for most persons, would be altogether too sparse for those who have the bump of f inquisitiveness so largely developed that they can no more be still than one can who suffers from St. Vitus’ Dance.

THE FARMER.

PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. Pleuro pneumonia is prevalent in Aus tralia, and Mr. C. J. Valentine, Chief In spector of Sheep for South Australia, gives the following directions for inoculating cattle as a preventative to their becoming infected with pleuro-pneumonia, a system which is worthy of attention in this colony: —“ Inoculation has been practiced with success in the colonies, in South Africa, and other places. Care being taken in obtaining the virus or lymph, and also in the operation, it will be found a preventa tive to the spread of pleuro-pneumonia amongst healthy animals. It must be thoroughly understood that inoculation will not cure diseased animals. Medical treatment is useless, and the disease can only be successfully eradicated by the adoption of stringent preventative measures, early isolation of suspected animals, destroying and burning the car cases of diseased ones, and inoculating all animals exposed to contagion. Animals once attacked are liable to relapse, acting as centres of contagion, and perpetuating the disease. Modes of Operating.—At present cattle are usually inoculated on the outside of the tail, about one to one and a half inches from the tip, in one of the two following ways :—l. With a lancet or knife dipped into the lymph. 2. With a needle like an elongated speying one, and a thread saturated with lymph. A portion of,tJw?jyrf?ad may be left in the wound of the lymph. Care mvtet taken not to wound the nerves and muscles of the tail, as it is apt to unfavorable swelling. If all gcnSSwvell the inoculation ought to take well before the week is out. Unfavorable symptoms set in sometimes between the fifteenth and twentieth day after inocula tion, and show a swelling spreading from the wound up the tail in the body ; the glands at either side of the root swelling up and stopping the passages—the beast either dies from that or from maggots in

the sore. As soon as you see the swelling cut and scarify just above it, avoiding the artery that runs down the middle of tiro tail; this will stop it. Some use oint ment, but it is not generally found neces sary. How to obtain inoculating lymph. —Having selected r.a animal suffering from plouro, slaughter in the usual way. The carcase being properly bled, open the chest, and if the disease has reached the proper stage (second stage) the lymph will be found round the consolidated lung, frequently enclosed in cells like a honey comb of coagulated fibrino. Lymph may also occasionally bo obtained from tire substance of the lung—in that portion only of a salmon colour. The proper in oculating lymph is recognised by being of a sherry wine colour. It coagulates, on cooling, into a transparent jelly, has no offensive smell, and feels sticky when rubbed between the finger and thumb. Mistakes are* frequently made by using the watery effusion or scrum found in the chest and substance of the lung, and the efficacy of inoculation is frequently con demned in consequence. Such mistakes must therefore bo carefully avoided, as the success of the operation depends upon using the proper lymph, which should be strained before beirg used, and a supply for future use be placed in small phials and preserved by adding an eighth part of pure glycerine, and kept in a cool place or underground.”

HOW FAR APART SHALL WE PLANT FRUIT TREES ?

This subject of the best distance at which to put fruit trees is one on which there is undoubtedly a great difference of opinion, and we cannot hope to give uni versal satisfaction. A consideration of the varying circumstances bf soil and climate will aid one in arriving at a just conclusion. On poor soil trees need more room than if on rich soil. Ihe heaviest forests grow where the soil is richest. In planting an orchard, which will, it is to be hoped, last for many years, and give pleasure to successive generations, it is best to do the work well. When properly cultivated the tree-tops in a twenty-year old orchard will spread twenty feet or more from the base. Sometimes men have planted as close as fifteen feet each way, because it “saved room,” or seemed to do so. The trees would grow well for a few years, till they shaded the ground, and then would begin to run up in search of more air and light. They ceased to bear, and were only good to make stove-wood of. Too close plant ing is the one irredeemable error of many orchardists. To cite a case in point. A gentleman of our acquaintance desired some years ago to plant out an orchard. Having an opportunity, be rented a field to a neighboring nurseryman to plant some small trees on, with the understanding that when, on the ensuing year the trees were removed, there should be sufficient for an orchard left standing in the rows. When the time came, trees were selected and marked so as to stand eight feet apart each way, and the remaining trees were dug out. Al though the trees thus left for an orchard were of unusual size and health, yet in less than five years the orchard seemed past its prime. It yielded one or two crops, and then the fruit was inferior. Half the trees were cut out in alternate rows, and the improvement was at once perceptible. A second cutting out a few years later left them so that they now stand 24 feet by 1G feet, and it is a pro ductive orchard at the present time. In ordinary loam soil, the roots of a twelve-year-old fruit tree will extend 25ft. in all directions. This statement is much within bounds. We have seen roots of much greater length uncovered while dig ging to lay irrigation pipes, or washed out by the ravages of floods. In one memo rable instance, in Alameda county, the light and rich surface soil of an orchard was swept off by a violent freshet, and the surface roots of an apple tree were ex posed to view. We were able to trace them some sixty feet from the base of the tree, although the tree itself was but 15 years old. Such instances as this make it evident that the roots of the trees in an orchard must lock and interlock in a perfect underground network. It is an unending struggle for existence. Bota nists say that the feeders of the roots— the root hairs—are renewed every few weeks through the growing season. The small roots die and others grow, so that the roots feed on new ground continually. In view of these facts, it seems desir able that trees of long-lived kinds of fruit, such as the apple, pear, fig, walnut and almond, should not be planted nearer than forty feet apart each way. There is then room for light and air and, as we have seen, the roots will utilize all the soil. Peach trees, or any oilier shorter lived fruit tree, or temporary crops, may well be planted in the space between the more permanent varieties, to grow as long as is deemed desirable. A surface crop which requires thorough cultivation and responds to good treatment, docs no harm in a young orchard, if the soil is good, but fertilizers should bo used for the young crop. Corn and beans are usually chosen to plant between the trees for the first few years. A Hartford man’s excuse for stealing a pair of chickens was that while at work he hung his coat near the coop, and on going for it he found the chickens roosted on the same. He hadn’t the heart to wake them up he said, so lie wound his coat around them without waking them and carried them off. His defence was ingen ious, but he was sent up for three months all the same. For continuation of reading matter see fourth f a S e -

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1880.



■Wanted. XITANTED, a good SMART BOY for » » the shop. Apply Herald and Guardian office. SHEEP. WANTED— To PURCHASE 5000 Sound Mouthed Merinos or Cross breds, in lots. Apply to SAUNDERS BROS. 313 Ashburton. ANTED- EMPLOYMENT by an experienced hand, to drive or feed a threshing machine. Apply, Guardian Office. 5580 T. Bullock. THE undersigned has the following PROPERTIES to LET with a pur chasing clause, or FOR SALE on liberal terms of payment— ACRES good WHEAT LAND, all ploughed and ready for cross ploughing for wheat ; situated about three miles from the township. QT7 ACRES, near the above ; also good » WHEAT LAND, ploughed once] and ready for cross-ploughing. K£\ ACRES,partly improved, ncarWins low. This will be sold very cheap, and on very liberal terms. TOWN PROPERTIES. T7ALUABLE BUSINESS SITE i » nett Street, being T.S. 177, m “ Mail” office. PART of T.S. 139, Peter Street. This will be sold cheap, and on liberal terms. TO Railway Employes, Mechanics, and J- Others. —FOR SALE, cheap, Lot 78, situated on East Town Bolt. Terms, £5 cash ; balance by monthly or quarterly payments. T. BULLOCK. in Bur next the



Alfred Harrison. CONTINUATION ON SALE OP BANKRUPT STOCK. THURSDAY, 4ni M ARCH. 12.30 Sharp. ALFRED HARRISON has received instructions from the Trustee to Sell by Public Auction in the estate of K. Sando, a bankrupt, THE REMAINDER OF THE STOCK, &C. Comprising : Tin* of Sweets, Biscuits, Churn, Saucepans, and miscellaneous Hardware, Shop Fittings, Sets of Scales, A large quantity of Useful Crockery and Glassware, Largo Looking glass, abo sundries too numerous to particularise. ALSO THE BOOK DEBTS, Full particulars of which can be obtained at the office of the Auctioneer. Sale at 12.30 sharp. NO RESERVE. ALFRED HARRISON, 5650 Auctioneer. J. E. Buchanan and Co. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. IMPORTANT SALE OP GRAIN, STOCK, FARM IMPLEMENTS, &c., &d, &c. Messrs j. e. buchanan and Co. have been favored with instructions to sell BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ON TUESDAY, 9 tii MARCH, At the well known Farm of Mr. James Ward, Waterton, The whole of bis FARMING STOCK and GENERAL EFFECTS, Comprising:— Horses Cattle Pigs Working Plant &c., Ac., &c. Also, The GRAIN CROP, Viz.— 50 Acres Oats 20 Acres Barley 10 Acres Wheat The Auctioneers call SPECIAL AT TENTION to this announcement. SALE WITHOUT RESERVE. For further particulars see advertise ment in next issue. J. E. BUCHANAN * CO., 567 a Auctioneers Tenders. NOIL. ASHBURTON COUNTY C the follow TENDERS are invited ft ing WORKS 1. Approaches to Ncjph Ashburton River Bridge, nipr Digby’s. 2. Main Drain nearslVlicatstono. 3. Main Drain Bell’s Roads. Plans and snecifi at Council's offices, to the Chairman |o 11 o’clock, a.m. |m MARCH next. % By order, | WIL Ashburton, 23rdi r Dawson’s and ions to bo seen I tenders addressed sent not later than EDNESDAY; 3rd AM BAXTER, County Engineer, ebruarj', 1880. 53Gg-92c CARTING. TENDERS are invited for Carting 100,000 bushels grain. Particulars can be obtained from MR. E. SAUNDERS, Dundas ; MR. H. W. PARSON, Scafiukl; Or 4610 SAUNDERS BROS. v - IMS. “■ COURT HOUSE, ASHBURTON. Public Works Office, Christchurch, February 10th, 1880. JTnENDERP are invited for the Erection J_ of a Court House at Ashburton. General conditions, specifications and drawings may be seen at the Public Works Office, Christchurch, and Post Office, Ashburton. Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside “ Tender for Court House, Ash burton,” will be received at this office up to noon on TUESDAY, March 2nd, 1880. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command, A. D. AUSTIN, 53c-503g District Engineer, P.W. THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. gUBSGRIBERS 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 be left at the wrong place. AH orders will receive our prompt attention. WEEKS AND DIXON, Proprietors. Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station, PIANOFORTES, Harmoniums, and American Organs for sale on de ferred payments, at the rate of 10s. per week. H. M. Jones, Stationer, Baring square.



Edmiston Bros. & Gundry. THURSDAY, 4th MARCH. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE. TO FARMERS, INVESTORS, AND OTHERS. Messrs, edmiston bros. & GUNDRY have received instruc n tions from the Mortgagee to sell, BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At their rooms, on THURSDAY, 4th MARCH, ■ 210 AOREa 210 R.S. 27452, 27453, 27454. ,r These sections have been well selected, ' and we can recommend them to the atten -3 tion of farmers looking out for a really good piece of land at a low figure. The greater part of the purchase money can remain on mortgage on the property. I Terms at sale. Sale at 1.30 p. m. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, 5G30 Auctioneers. f- THURSDAY, 4tu MARCH. VALUABLE TOWN PROPERTY. In the Estate of FRANCIS DOHERTY. Messrs edmiston bros. and GUNDRY have received instruc tions from the trustee in the estate of Francis Doherty, to Sell BY PUBLIC AUCTION, T.S. 535, PETER STREET, With Buildings thereon, consisting of LARGE SHOP AND SIX DWELLING ROOMS, Finished in first-class style. Store-house with concrete floor Stables, out-buildings Ac., Ac. This property is situated close to the mil way station, and in a position that should command a good business. Sale at 1.30. EDMISTON BROS. A GUNDRY, 5G2a Auctioneers. THURSDAY, 25th MARCH. 598 ACRES OF GOOD PLAIN LAND. Sub-divided into 0 Farms. Four miles from Ashburton. VERY EASY TERMS. Messrs, edmiston bros. a GUNDRY have received instruc tions from W. N. Milton, Esq., to offer for sale BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ON THURSDAY", 25th March, The following U N I M P R 0 YE D FARMS. 100 a e o\TL ioo 100 A B o s R TI’. 100 100 A K -c s ß Ti’. 100 OQ R.S. 28219. QQ ACRES. 180 r 0 s P Ti 180 108 fg'iTs. 108 These farms are adjoining the Akaroa and Kaiapoi Borough Council Reserves, about four miles from Ashburton. They will be sold on exceedingly liberal terms, viz., 10s. per acre cash, the balance for a term of years at a small rate of interest. This is really first-rate plain land, and wo would draw special attention to the magnificent crops this season on the ad joining land. Sale at 1.30 p. m. EDMISTON BROS., A GUNDRY, 5G4g Auctioneers. THURSDAY, 4th MARCH. HOUSE AND SECTION IN BURNETT STREET. A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR SPECU LATORS AND OTHERS. Messrs, edmiston bros. and GUNDRY, have received instruc tions to sell at their rooms, East street, on THURSDAY", 4th MARCH, T.S. 459, Burnett street, together with a good four-roomed Cottage erected thereon, lately in the occupation of Mr. O. Powell. Very liberal terms will be given. Sale at 1.30 p. m. EDMISTON BROS. AND GUNDRY, 111 c Auctioneers. Gazette in Bankruptcy. v - mm* *■ THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN (County Agricultural and Sporting Recorder) is a GAZETTE for all Notices under The Debtors and Creditors Acts. V. R. In the District Court of Christchurch, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors 3 and Creditors Act, 1876, The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1576, Amendment t Act, 1878, The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1576, Amendment Act, 1879, and of the bankruptcy of HANNAH WELSH, of Ashburton, lodging house, keeper, a debtor. s npHIS IS TO NOTIFY that Hannah X Welsh, of Ashburton, in the Provincial g District of Canterbury and Colony of New Zea land, lodging-house keeper, has this day filed in s the above-named honorable Court a statement that she is unable to meet her engagements with her creditors. The first meeting of creditors will be held at the District Court house, at Ashburton, on WEDNESDAY, the loth day of March instant, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon Dated this Ist day of March, 1880. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Clerk of the above Court. A Branson and Purnell, Solicitors for the debtor. 557° THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, i ADVERTISEMENTS received for the GUARDIAN up to 9 p.m. at the g scale charges, afterwards at double rates or insertion over the leader



For Sale. FOR IMMEDIATE SALE. A GOOD Four-roomed HOUSE, on quarter acre land, Centrally situated. Well finished and found in every particular. Terms unusually reason aide. Apply 5520 POYNTZ & GO. POYNTZ AND CO. FARMS FOR SALE. ON EASY TERMS OF PAY'MENT. MESSRS POYNTZ & Co. have the following properties for sale : Also, Several eligible Town Properties in Ashburton, Timvald, Eakaia, and Wins low, both for sale and to let. Apptyj POYNTZ AND CO. 197 Ashburton. FOR SALE, T o nnrs ACRES Tussock Land, in *0 > 000 Lots to suit purchasers. Very Liberal Terras. 74 SAUNDERS BROS. Lost and Found. CtTRAYED from my paddock, on the 27th instant, thirty (30) Fat Cross bred SHEEP, branded H.S , with black dot on rump. Anyone giving information that will lead to their recovery will be re warded. 5410 H. T. WINTER. LOST. T7IROM Ashburton, a Riding SADDLE. IP Finder will please return same to Mr. Hill, Barman, Quill’s Hotel, or to War. Dalgety, Graham’s Road, Timvald. 114c —55G0 Public Notices. TO FARMERS. THE UNDERSIGNED arc CASH PURCHASERS of WHEAT, OATS, and BARLEY, and are prepared to SHIP WHEAT to the English markets on farmers’ account at the lowest possible P. CUNNINGHAM & CO., 561 g Ashburton and Christchurch. CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL. NOTICE TO PARENTS. THE above school WILL BE OPENED on MONDAY, March Bth, 1880. JOSEPH MEGSON, 559 g Chairman. H/f R FRANCIS PHILIP O’REILLY, Barrister, Solicitor, & Conveyancer, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, Next Messrs. Orr and Co.’s. 3G2g NOTICE. RATING ACT, 1876. TTTHEREAS, at a sitting of the Assess- VV ment Court for the Road District of WAKANUI hold this nineteenth day of February, at Ashburton, before me, F. Guinness, Judge of the said Court, it was proved that no Valuation List had been prepared as required by the s.od Act. Now, therefore, under the provisions of Clause 23 of the said Act, I order that a Valuation List be made, and I hereby appoint Francis George Parry Leach to be the Valuer for the said District, and I do further fix THURSDAY, the eleventh day of MARCH next, the day for the completion and inspection of such List, and that the last day for delivering objec tions tbei-eto shall be the twenty-fifth day of March next. The Court will sit at ton o’clock in the forenoon on the third day of April next for tho purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the Valuation List for the said District. FRANK GUINNESS, 79c Judge. NOTICE. RATING ACT, 187 G. WT HEREAS at a sitting of the Assess ment Court for the District of I South Rakaia, held this twenty-first day I of February, 1880, at South Rakaia, be- | fore me, Frank Guinness, Judge, it having been proved that no valuation list had been prepared as required by the said Act, 1, therefore, under the provisions of clause 28 of the said Act, order that a valuation list be prepared, and I appoint FRANCIS GEORGE PARRY LEACH to be the valuer for the said district. I do fix THURSDAY, the 11th day of March next, the day for the completion and inspection of the said list, and the last day for delivering objections thereto shall be MONDAY, the 29th day of March next. The Court will sit at two o’clock p.m. on Monday, the sth day of April next, for the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the valuation list for the said district, FRANK GUINNESS, 551g-108c Judge. NOTICE. RATING ACT, 1876. "VS7HEREAS at a sitting of the Assess- V V ment Court for the Road District of Mount Somers, held this 23rd day of February at Mount Somers, before mo, F. Guinness, Judge of the said Court, it was proved that no valuation list had been prepared as required by the said Act. Now, therefore, under the provisions of clause 28 of the said Act, I order that a valuation list be made, and I hereby appoint FRANCIS GEORGE PARRY LEACH to be the valuer fur the said dis trict, and I do further fix SATURDAY, the 13th day of March next, the day for the completion and inspection of such list, and that the last day for delivering objec tions thereto shall be tho 3rd day of April next. The Court will sit at 10 o’clock in the forenoon on Monday, the 19th day of April next, for the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the valuation list for the said district. FRANK GUINNESS, 98« Judge.



Public Notices. BOROUGH OF ASHBURTON. GENERAL BOROUGH RATE. I’T pursuance of the Hating Auk, 1376, JL public notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Ashburton Borough Council at its next ordinary meeting, to be held on Monday, the Bth day of March next, or at an adjournment thereof, to strike a RATE of ONE SHILLING IN THE POUND on all rateable property within the said Borough, for the period commencing on the Ist day of January, 1880, and ending on the 31st day of December, 1880, to bo payable in ONE' SUM on the 15th day of March, 1880, and that the rate book is now open for inspection at the Borough Council offices, Burnett street, Ashburton. HUGO FRIEDLANDER, Mayor. Borough Council Offices, Ashburton, 24th Feb., 1860. 29—91c-5180 ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. THE Ashburton County Council in tending at the next Session of the General Assembly TO APPLY for BOR ROWING POWERS, to enable it to pro vide a WATER SUPPLY for the plains between the Rakaia and Ashburton rivers, notice is hereby given, that the following list contains the numbers of all the sections which are within the boun daries of the district now proposed to he brought within the operation of the Act. Tire Council will be willing as far as practicable to include any other land, on application by the owner or occupier being made to it for that purpose. The Council calls the attention of the settlers on the Acton Run and in the Sea field district to the fact that their land is not included within the district above alluded to, but the Council will amend the plan should application to that effect be made by a sufficient majority of the settlers in those districts. Plan of the district is on view at the Council Chambers. By order, OTICE is hereby given that after this date the Resident Magistrate’s Court at South Rakaia will OPEN at 2 O’CLOCK p. m. on the days appointed for holding Court. By order, A. MAKEIG, 549 a Clerk of Court.



Public Notices, TO THE REGISTRAR OF THE DIS TRICT COURT, TRUSTEES IN BANKRUPTCY, AND OTHERS. jf HEREBY beg to give notice that His Honor Judge Ward has appointed me a Certificated ACCOUNTANT IN BANK RUPTCY. 553 a J. E. BUCHANAN. "WHEAT. THE undersigned are Cash Purchasers of Wheat in any quantity. Farmers can arrange to ship Wheat through us to the English Market, on terms, and re ceive liberal cash advances thereon. P. CUNNINGHAM & CO., Ashburton. OATS. The undersigned are Purchasers of Oats for Cash in any quantity. P. CUNNINGHAM & CO., Ashburton. BARLEY. The undersigned are Cash Purchasers of Prime Malting Samples, good color. P. CUNNINGHAM & CO., Per G. M. ROBINSON, 5390 Ashburton. GRAIN. M ESSRS. ROYSE, STEAD, & CO. are prepared to PURCHASE GRAIN or to make ADVANCES ON GRAIN consigned to them for sale or ship ment. C. PERCY COX, Agents for ROYSE, STEAD, & CO., 493 g Ashburton. R. DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION, SUMNER, CANTERBURY. THE Government having secured suit able accommodation at Sumner, Canterbury, for the proposed Institution for the Education and Training of Deaf mutes, Mr. and Mrs. Van; Asch will he prepared to receive pupil boarders at the Institution on the Ist March, 1880. Full information may be obtained on applica tion to the undersigned, or to the Secre taries of the several Education Boards. By order, JOHN HISLOP, Secretary. Education Department, Wellington, 2nd February, 18S0. 485 a Business Notices. CE ?TRAL SHOEING FORGE, Tancred street, Railway crossing, (Opposite Orr and Co.’s.) ROBB and BURNS, Agricultural Im plement Makers, General Black smiths, Wheelwrights, Machinists, &c., beg to announce to the public of Ashbur ton that they have commenced business as above, and hope to merit a share of public support. HORSE SHOEING GUARANTEED TO SATISFACTION. 660 s GREENSTREET FORGE, Ashburton Forks, WILLIAM REVELL, 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 REID, ASHBURTON SHOEING FORGE, Corner of East and Dodson streets. A large and varied experience in the manufacture and repair of Agricultural Implements and Machinery, warrants O. R, in guaranteeing sound and satis factory material and workmanship. Horses safely and scientifically shod on the spot. 252 TO FARMERS, LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, SPORTING MEN, AND OTHERS OWNING HORSES. GEORGE KIDD, Moore Street, BEGS to announce the fact that the PRICE for SHOEING hacks and lightdraught HORSES is now REDUCED to 7s. per set, and that all horses of this description will be specially attended to by himself. - Horses liable to cut are shod on a prin ciple of George Kidd’s own invention, which has proved an effectual cure for brushing. All kinds of blacksmith’s work, and repairs to agricultural machinery of any description done on the shortest notice. GEORGE KIDD, 75c-52Gg Moore street, Ashburton. R CULLEN, GENERAL CARRIER i. and FORWARDING AGENT, Burnett street, Ashburton. Trains at tended daily, and all orders promptly at tended to. 4COq WM. ANDERSON, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, Asheurton, HAS always in STOCK a complete assortment of every description of Saddlery, Harness, Whips, Saddlers’ Iron mongery, &c., imported direct from Eng land. Goods to order manufactured on the premises of the best Materials, and at . the lowest rates.. 11



Eussines Notices. TO FARMERS. fJIHE undersigned are CASH BUYERS Of Wheat and other Grain, or will make LIBERAL ADVANCES On shipments to London on grower’s account. DEERING’S TWINE BINDER. NOTICE TO FARMERS. have this day APPOINTED MESSRS. FRIEDLANDER BROS. SOLE AGENTS for the DEERING TWINE BINDER for the county of Ashburton. MASON STRUTHERS & CO. Christchurch 10th. February, 1880. The Deering Twine Binder AWARDED GOLD MEDAL At Ashburton, six machines competing. THE DEERING TWINE BINDER took the SPECIAL PRIZE at the Oamaru trial etc. JJAYING been appointed sole agents for the above machines, we are now prepared to TAKE ORDERS for the coming season. As only a LIMITED NUMBER can be supplied, all who wish to make certain of securing those favorite machines for next season should order before the depar ture of next San Francisco Mail. FRIEDLANDER B R ?. S AGENTS FOR THE COLONIAL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND SOLE AGENTS FOB THE CELEBRATED ALTHOUSE SELF - REGULATING WINDMILLS.