POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close a,; follows : For Christchurch and North at io a.in. 1 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chcrtscy at 10 a. in. daily. For Rakaia at 10 a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10,15 a.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at x 0.15 a.m. daily.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

The following letters are advertised at the Post Office, as having been received from places beyond the Colony, during the month of July, and remaining unclaimed on the Ist September 1878 : Anderson, James Clough, Robinson Doherty, Henry James Fergusson, J. H. (2) Gooch, W. Kelly, Cornelius Moyna, Joseph O’Donnell, Patrick • Palmer, William Rilly, James Sweetman, Michael (2) Spencer, W. Wallace, John Letters originating in New Zealand are not now advertised, but are sent to the Dead Letter Office, after having lain for two clear months.

ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

:COUNTANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS— Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings H. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. W. R. Boyle, Moore-street. tCHITECT AND CIVIL ENGINEER— S. W. Brown, East-street S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings B. Mountfort, East Street

. JCTIONEERS — Bullock and Co., East-street Saunders Bros., Ashburton VRRISTERS AND SOLICITORS— Mr. Branson, East-street Mr. E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings iKers, Confectioners, Etc.— Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street Thomas Taylor, East-street, \nks — Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street darding House Keepers— J. G. Anstee, East-street Eagle’s Djning Rooms, Havelock Street •jilders, Contractors, Etc.— James Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. Hill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street I Matthew Smith, Moor-street Thos. Williams, Tinwald G. Compton, Builder, Moore-street. 10ICSELLERS AND STATIONERS— A. Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Furr-ess and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East street South

30TMAKERS— Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East-street M. Nealas, East-street iewers— Wood and Co., Cameron-street VBINETMAKERS AND UNDERTAKERS— James Baker, Havelock-street G. Parkin, Moor-street Thomas Williams, 1 inwald IRRIER — G. F. Scott, Cameron-street iemist and Druggist— g r. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings al and Firewood Merchants— Parker and Co., near Railway Station L Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station ?. P. Leßreton, Bumett-street. apers and Clothiers— Vitken and Co., Havelock-street )rr arc Co., East-street ohn Fowler, Tancred-street r irth, Pass, and Co., Old Bank Store, East street

I. Gavin, East-street '. Quinn & Co., Moor-street jineers and Founders— dwards and Lee, Engineers, Smiths, etc., Bumett-street J. Hessey, Central Foundry, Peters-st tNITURE WAREROOMS— .. Spillard, Tancred Street >cers, General Dealers, Etc.— iitken and Co., Havelock-street Irr and Co,, East-street irth, Pass, and Co., East-street [hn Fowler, Tancred-street L Sando, East-street

(ENGROCERS — L Birtwell, East-street Mooar & Co., East-street

RDRESSERS — A. Garnett, East-street Pearse, Moore-street ELS— pill’s Commercial Hotel, near Railway Station earman’s Somerset Hotel, East-street (MONGERS— |r and Co., East-street pken and Co., Havelock-street lHardley, East-street les’ Clothing Establishment— Is. Morey, Tancred Street. Iter, &c. — |R. Chapman, Tancred-street iters and Publishers— I necs and Dixon, East-street Ibers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc. — t. Dolman, Tancred-street fcph Hyde, Tarcred-street ■Hardley, East-stieet Ilers— tfmas Dudson, Bumett-street

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London Crusader, Lutterworth, Waimate, Waimea, Waitangi, Langstone, Pal ala. From New York Star, Southminster, Olmstee. From Foo Chow—Rio Lodge. From Calcutta—Aries.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Evening Echo. SATURTDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1878.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt here about 5 o’clock this morning. Our telegrams show the shock to have been pretty generally felt northwards and westward of the Straits.

The Triumphal Arch. —Mr Bowers has photographed a capital picture of the triumphal arch erected on the occasion of his Excellency the Governor and M.H.R’s passing through Ashburton on the completion of the line through to Dunedin. The picture is 10 inches, by 7 and worthy of a good frame. The importance of the photo ought to command a good sale, and we believe Mr Bowers is prepared with a few copies already. A specimen is on view at the window of Messrs Furness and Dixon, stationers, East street.

Congregational Meeting. —The members and adherents of the Presby terian Church are reminded of the con gregational meeting on Monday evening, te elect a new fin ncial committee and to transact other business.

The Templar Hall. —The Dawn of Peace Lodge will hold its next meet ing in the new Templar Hall on Mon day evening. This handy little build ing will in future be the meeting place of both the Templar lodges, the Odd fellows Lodge, the Court of Foresters, the Thistle Lodge of Freemasons, and the Loyal Orange Lodge, and the fact of this great demand upon its accom modation proves the wisdom of its pro moters in undertaking its erection. 1.0.G.T. —A new Lodge was consti tuted at Waterton on Thursday evening. The instituting officer' was Mr G. W. Andrews, District Deputy assisted by about 40 Ashburton members of the order, among whom were the leading officers of the the lodges in this town.' Previous to the institution of the new lodge the visitors gave a miscellaneous entertainment in the Library Hall to a crowded audience. The institution ceremony being performed, and the Lodge christened “The Clearbrook,” 18 new members were initiated and placed upon its roll, officers for the current quarter were elected and installed, and, addresses were delivered by several of the visitors. The proceedings closed about eleven o’clock and the visitors started for home. The officers of the “ Clearbrook ” are as under : —W.C.T., Bro. W. H. Wake; W.Y.T., Bro. R. S. Webb; W.C., Sister M. A. Norrish; W.S., Bro. Robert Wake; W.F.S. W.M. Bro W. T. Norrish ; W.T., Bro. Newberry; W D.M., Sister C. Bysh; W.A.S., Bro S. Norrish; Supporters Bros. J. Ashton and Green ; P.W.C.T., Sister Munroe.

The Telephone. —Telephonic com munication has now been established between the' Lyttelton pilot station and Look-out House, and has been found to answer well. The 'Australian Cricketers. The Australian team who have during the English cricket season been the heroes of the time, leave London on the 19th.

Ducks.—lt is stated in the Gar dener's Chronicle that the frequency and persistency of the attacks of slugs have nearly driven gardeners crazy, and that ducks are found to be the best helps against them. Potatoes. —A British farmer, by the name of McKinley, has this year per formed the Herculean task of collecting and planting 600 varieties of potatoes, and it is thought this great assortment excellent opportunity to of the existing potato

CHISPA’S LETTER.

I am not yet so bald that you can see my

brains. ” —Longfellow.

I am not sure at this moment whether the words are those of Sir George or A. Le Grand Camp bell, or the first Mayor of Ashburton, or Mr. W. E. Gladstone, but it must have been some man with a mind as great as that of either of these, or they would never have taken the strong hold of my memory that the have : —“ The colonists of New Zealand have too long been unable to look beyond their own garden fences, and consequently the colony as a whole lags behind.” The greatness of this remark lies in its truth, I dare say, and when a patriotic man thinks of the limited foresight of his fellow colonists, his patriotic bosom is filled with pain, and he weeps for his country’s woes. But if the fences of colonists in the mass are too high to be seen over (I follow the figure, of course, of the great man I have just quoted) those of the Rakaia people are an exception to the rule. These long sighted colonists saw all the way to Wakanui Creek, and felt sure they would do themselves and the couutry a service if they could but include within their district all the land up to that picturesque and “ floury ” rill. But the flash of light that illumined their eyes spread farther than they calculated, and the men of the Upper and Lower Ashburtons, and the dwellers by the Creek were also startled by the flash, and, standing on tiptoe, looked over their fences and saw Rakaia in the distancebut the service to themselves and the country by their annexation to the district to which that little town ship gives its name—they “ didn’t see.” They would none of Rakaia’s kind offices, they refused her mofherly care, and with stiff-necks and arched backs withheld their birthright from the smooth-tongued petitioners. The cho sen one of the Rakaia sought to woo the County Fathers to the Rakaia doctrine of annexation, but when the great engineer let loose his petition machinery, the countenance of the Rakaia champion fell, and he retired, crestfallen, sad, and, let me hope, wiser than he came —less full of Rakaian greatness, and having a higher respect for the dwellers by the Creek. Roll on, then, mighty Rakaian river. Call if thou mayest from thy shingly bed, but the Wakanui Creek will npt come to thee.

Hail Muse ! &c. Fifty miles, fifty miles, Fifty miles onward, Into our railway shed Rattled three hundred. “Welcome our colony’s head,” Sauvely old Braddell said, And his obeisance made To the three hundred. “ Onward, ye proud brigade— See where the cloth is laid. Having done fifty miles, Sure ye are hungered. Wait not to make reply, Wait not to reason why, But forward, and have a shy At Shearman’s tucker, spread For your three hundred.” Coffee to right of them ! Congou to left of them ! Cold meat in front of them Already sundered. With whetted appetite— No grub since previous night— Quick went vice-regal jaws— Filled soon plebian maws Of the three hundred. Flashed their meat sabres bare, Flashed as they turned in air, Sabring the good things there— Routing the hunger, while Ashburton wondered. Oft now with hurried march, Past the triumphal arch Jolly old Roberts Had built with a master stroke, And ne’er had blundered. Away then they went again, More than three hundred. Music to right of them, Music to left of them— Ashburton behind them Gaped wide and wondered. Stormed at with hearty cheer And an occasional jeer, * They who without a fear Tackled the dreary ride Dunedin from Avon’s side, Left to be cleared away The mess of three hundred. When can the glory fade Of the quick run they made O’er miles many hundred. What if some big-wigs bold En route were tricked and sold And left out in the cold By the train of three hundred.

So I hear the most genial-souled ma gistrate that ever looked smashed tumblers at a “ drunk,” is to be shunted on to another lay, and become the ter ror of evil-doers in some other part of Her Britannic Majesty’s New Zealand dominions. There is not a loyal sub ject of Victoria who will more heartily congratulate him upon his promotion than will your humble servant, and when he goes he will carry with him my most ardent wishes for his success in what ever judicig.l sphere the wisdom of Jojbnny fliay m fit Jto pljjte* J?inj j,

ard my most earnest whisperings are that the measure of success that has attended his services to the colony here will attend him there a thousandfold increased. The colony could stand it all, and so could he. May. his shadow never grow less ! Farewell, A. Le Grand Campbell, we may not look upon thy like again!

We want a common seal for the borough, and the Fathers call for de signs. If I had the pencil of an artist, I would limn for them a historical pic ture. I would blazon on that design a Bullock couchant, and a Shearman passant, to represent the pastoral coun try of which we are the centre \ a Brad awl rampant, to show that we can stand up for our rights; and to show the whole world that there are more things between heaven and eardi than are dreamt of in its philosophy, I’d make the motto

Chispa’s f

t For which see top,

PARLIAMENTARY.

[from our own correspondent.]

Wellington, Friday night,

On Thursday evening, after a very dull speech, of nearly two hours’ dura tion, from Mr De Latour on the wrongs of Mr Barton and the dangerous powers of Judges, the Llouse got into a lively debate on the Triennial Parliament Bill, which was only saved from destruc tion about two o’clock on Friday morn ing by the casting vote of the Speaker, and on two subsequent divisions its friends hrd a majority of only one.

This afternoon, the Government tried to go into committee on the Estimates, but the whole afternoon was spent in a debate, on the motion of Mr Woolcock, to seize the remaining 20 per cent, of the Canterbury and Otago Land Fund. His speech, unattractive and ungram matical as usual, was followed by some lively sparring, in which Major Atkinson and Mr John Sheehan were conspicuous, both giving and taking some good home thrusts. Mr Sheehan, as usual, was clever, profanely abusive, and not very logical. Mr Ormond re plied weil to Mr Sheehan, and roughly handled the Premier.

[Per Press Agency.] The debate on Mr Woolcock’s amend ment was finally concluded about half past ten, by the amendment being re jected by 45 against n. The House then went into committee of supply and passed a number of votes without alteration ; the electoral vote of was withdrawn until the Electoral Bill was committed. A long discussion en sued on the Charitable vote of but it was passed on an assurance from Government that assistance rendered to hospitals and other charitable institu tions, would be guided by a general principle. The House adjourned at 2 p.m.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

London, Sept. 12

Roumania hesitates to occupy the Dobrudscha, apprehending resistance from the inhabitants. Some strongly worded despatches have been sent to St. Petersburg by the British Government regarding the action of the Russian Government to wards Afghanistan. A conspiracy of a serious nature has been discovered at Seville, Spain, the object being the overthrow of the Mon archy. Russia has advised Servia not to dis arm, and continues the payment of the subsidy. London, Sept. 11. Jannette won the St. Leger easily. The Turco-Grecian difficulty is in tensified by the refusal of Turkey to listen to the Greek proposals. Greece asks the immediate interven tion of the Powers. September 13. A disastrous fire at Blackburn has destroyed property valued at half a million sterling. The return match Australians v. Players resulted in a draw; first innings of the Australians 236; first innings Players 170.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.]

Auckland, Friday.

Robert Eccles, a passenger by the Lady Jocelyn, was fined and the property forfeited, for smuggling 18 watches and 30 razors ashore. Bishop Selwyn, of Melanesia, beard of hig father’s death casually from a Jn •%' Jjttendf. ' j#£

for Sydney on the first opportunity, thence goes to Norfolk Island, and comes on to Auckland en route for England. A meeting of Volunteers resolved to support the proposal for a National Rifle Association.

Westport, Saturday. A smart shock of earthquake was felt here this morning at about 4*40. The direction was apparently north-east. Houses were shaken and clocks stopped by the shock. . .„ t Kaikoura, Saturday. A smart shock of earthquake was felt here at 4.45 this morning. At Nel son the shock was slight. Dunedin, Friday. Seven candidates intend presenting themselves at the half-yearly examina tion under the Law Practitioners’ Act on Monday next. At Kaihuku, when a settler named Almond was within a mile of his house on a very bad part of the road, his horse stumbled and fell over an embankment about fifteen feet high. He does not remember anything until about 3 a.m. the following day, when he recovered consciousness, and found himself lying in a ditch unable to move. Almond remained in the ditch all that day, the snow falling heavily at times. He shouted until he gave up all hopes of being found alive. At six that evening he was descried by a passer-b'y. •He is recovering slowly.

The contractors for the Clinton sec tion say they are proceeding at the rate of a mile a week, and if the weather holds good, will have no difficulty in completing within eight weeks. Dr Coughtrey, who is attending the girl Hamilton, writes to the papers that the state in which he found her, and her strong statements against her mistress, pointed to its being a proper case to bring before the police, and there his duty ended. On Monday he was sent for, being told that she was dying. That night she rallied, but her progress since has been fluctuationg, and he regards her condition as critical. It was never insinuated by the girl that she was star ved. Her complaint was being greatly over-worked, seeing how ill she was with 1 chronic wasting disease. The case is to be brought under the notice of the Minister of Justice.

SABBATH OBSERVANCE.

The Edinburgh correspondent of the Christian Record writes : “ Whatever the cause —whether it be the labors of Dr. M‘All, Miss De Broen, and other noble workers, or not —the fact seems to be there are signs of an improvement in the matter of Sabbath keeping in Paris. Some twenty of the French exhibits in the Exhibition are now covered over on the Sabbath, like those of the English and Americans, and the Paris Jockey Club has resolved to run its great races no more on that day. A grand military review, also, which had been fixed for the Lord’s Day, was postponed to a week-day. At the same time the holding of the national fete in connection with the Exhibition on Sabbath, June 30, shews that the leaven has only begun to work as yet.

“In England things seem to be work ing too plainly the other .way, and the Sabbath is now with great numbers— even of the upper classes, who cannot complain of being stewed in close alleys all week —a mere holiday. A short time ago the Christian drew attention to the fact that in Belgravia dinner parties are a v least as numerous on the Sabbath as on any other day, and from a paragraph published about the same time in the Examiner —an avowed enemy of the Christian Sabbath—l take the following which speaks for itself:— ‘We ourselves have seen on various Sundays a bishop at the Zoological Gardens, a rural dean on the pier at Brighton, a Lord Chancellor at the Botanical Gardens, a Secretary of State in a white hat fishing in a punt at Lit ton, a Lord Chief Justice smoking a, cigar on the deck of his own yacht as she ran before the wind down the Sole at, an Archbishop sipping coffee at a private view on ‘ Show Sunday.’

“ Even in Scotland the decline in this matter is painfully obvious, espe cially in the evenings, and would greatly shock Christians who had been out of the country for even a few years. “ The matter is one of deep and sad concern, for this persistent and increas ing dishonor of God’s holy day cannot but have ruinous results.”

BROOM PARK.

Broom Park ! it is a pretty place, Could I but half its beauties trace: For want of time, and learning too, Broom Park, for me, still wants its due. Yet one shall come who will expound The grandeur of this verdant ground ; Who’ll sing from morning’s light till dark Of nought alone save sweet Broom Park. J The stream rolls on; whoe’er shalbdrink—- j The fountain flows e’en to the brink. Perhaps the cradle lulls the child Who’ll sip the torrent, young, and wild ; Who’ll drink of nature’s living fire, With heart and soul and pure desire ; And with that clear immortal spark Shall sing the praises of Broom Park.

Her spreading valleys rich and rare ; Her flowing meads and fragrant air; Pier winding streams and flashing rills Like crystal flowing from the hills, Through brake and fen, through flax and broom, Where pinks and daisies sweetly bloom ; Where sweetly sings the sprightly lark Through all the vales of fair Broom Park,

Where by the morning’s -light is seen The rabbit scamping o’er the green, Where nought abounds but truth and love— Rich treasures given from above. And sweetly all this dwells beneath The castle walls of Mcllraith : No lovelier scene could mortal mark, Or fairer, brighter, than Broom Park. 8.0.8.

Yankee Advertising. —The shirt collar has at length been utilised for advertising purposes in New York. An American contemporary informs us that colored men with very high shirt collars, bearing the name of a house in the soap trade, walk up and down Broad way, and excite considerable attention. Cowardly.—At Capetown, a volun teer, named Jackson, has been senten ced to 15 years’ hard labor for shoot ing a kaffir while asleep. The Judge said : It was your duty with your super ior force, to have captured him; to shoot him while lying asleep was cow ardly and unmanly. Diabolical Deed. —At Wilming ton, Delaware, on July Ist, Harley Brown, who was arrested on suspicion of having wilfully Avrecked an express train near Cloymont, Delaware, by Avhich four lives were lost, has confessed to the act. He accompanied the cor oner’s jury to the scene of the disaster and illustrated to them the manner in which he arranged the tiles so as to throw the train off. He was then re manded to the jail at NeAvcastle. Brown was formerly employed on the road, but was discharged. He claims that he did not intend to wreck the train, but after < building the obstruction it was his in tention to signal and stop whatever train might come along, and so obtain a situation on ‘the road for himself for .what would appear to be a great service. He says he did not know that the ex press was coming, and had calculated only on stopping an accomodation train which followed it. The Fashions. —It is delightful to read that water-cresses are fashionable wear in bonnets in New York, and that they are made into wreaths with a large water forget-me-not. What a contrast with the following, for which “Argus” in Land and Water is responsible :—“I saw a startling object the other day—a lady in a hansom, Avith her dress trimmed in quite military style, with quantities pf gold braid in gorgeous pattern down the front and on the shoulders like epau lettes. An American girl wore a bodice entirely of gold color over a white silk skirt at a ball in Paris. At this ball the rooms Avere illuminated by the electric light, Avhich proved immensely becom ing to the dresses, but very trying to £ made-up ’ complexions.” Beard Changes.—Prince Bis marck has been cultivating a fringe of Avhitish-gray beard, which is said to considerably enhance the normal grim ness of his remarkable countenance. The Emperor William has been com pelled to part Avith his handsome gray Avhiskers, one of A\ r hich was reluctantly condemned by his body snrgeons, as it interfered with the dressing of the A\‘ounds in his left cheek. Thus the two most familiar faces in the Father land have been altered “ out of know ledge.” The Price of a Kiss.—A French girl, at a store, being solicited to allow a kiss, declined, except at the price of a little bag Avhich lay on the enamored cavalier’s counter, and Avhich, as he said, Avas filled Avith cents. The bar gain AA r as struck ; but to the surprise of the Dulcinea as to her satisfaction, on opening the bag it was found to con tain, in the place of cents, good full weight florins. The gentleman claimed the bag;.but the girl was unyielding. Thereupon resort was had to the tri bunal, the plaintiff alleging that there Avas evidently a mistake, and that a simple kiss ccuM not, by far, be ap praised at such a sum. The tribunal, hoAvever, gave the case to the girl—lst, because what is given is given } gpd, feieaufi yulif? pi a nsgpfl

The Evening Echo, Saturday, September 14 1878



ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST. s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best, $ lb I 6 to I 8 Eggs, $ dozen - - I 0 to I 3 Bacon, prime smoked, lb o 10 to 0 0 Hams in cloth, Ij? lb - i 0 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, lb o 9 to 0 10 Flour in bags, ioolb 12 6 to 14 0 Oatmeal. I? 1 ioolb - 26 0 to 0 0 Lard, $ lb - - . - 0 9 to 0 0



NOTICE



ADVERTISEMENTS for the Evening Echo must be sent in not later than 3 p.m. with the number of insertions written plainly on the copy, or they will be inserted till counter manded, and charged accordingly. Special notices can be received up to 3.30 p.m. for insertion over the Leader, but will be charged double scale.



New Zealand wheat is now fetch ing 49s in the London market and Adelaide 50s. Natural. One of those Sunday school teachers who are always desi rous of drawing out the ideas of children asked her class what they supposed Daniel said when he was placed in the lions’ den. One of her scholars, who has a practical turn of mind, answered;