ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

Accountants and Commission Agents— Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings H. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. W, R. Boyle, Moore-street. Architect and Civil Engineer— S. W. Brown, East-street _ S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings B. Mountfort, East Street

Auctioneers — Bullock and Co., East-street ' Saunders Bros., Ashburton

Barristers and Solicitors— Mr. Branson, East-street Mr. E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings Bakers, Confectioners, Etc.— Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street Thomas Taylor, East-street,

Banks— Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street

Boarding House Keepers— J. G. Anstee, East-street Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Havelock Street

Builders, Contractors, Etc.— James Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. .Hill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-street Thos. Williams, Tinwald G. Compton, Builder, Moore-street.

Booksellers and Stationers— Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street street South Weeks and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East- Bootmakers— J. Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East-street M. Nealas, East-street Brewers— Wood and Co., Cameron-street Cabinetmakers and Undertakers — James Baker, Havelock-street G. Parkin, Moor-street Thomas Williams, '1 inwald

Carrier— G. F. Scott, Cameron-street

Chemist and Druggist— J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings’ Coal and Firewood Merchants — G.. Parker and Co., near Railway Station A. Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station F. P. Leßreton, Burnett-street.

Drapers and Clothiers— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr arc Co., East-street John Fowler, Tancred-street Firth, Pass,-and Co., Old Bank Store, East street

W. Gavin, East-street T. Quinn & Co., Moor-street Engineers and Founders— Edwards and Lee, Engineers, Smiths, etc., Burnett-street W. J. Hessey, Central Foundry, Peters-st Furniture Wardrooms— A. Spillard, Tancred Street

Grocers, General Dealers, Etc.— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr and Co,, East-street Firth, Pass, and Co., East-street John Fowler, Tancred-street K. Sando, East-street

Greengrocers— W. Birtwell, East-street J. Mooar & Co., East-street, Hairdressers— E. A. Garnett, East-street A. Pearse, Moore-street

Hotels— Quill’s Commercial Hotel, near Railway Station Shearman’s Somerset Hotel, East-street

Ironmongers- Orr and Co., East-street Aitken and Co., Havelock-street S. Hardley, East-street

Ladies’ Clothing Establishment— Mrs. Morey, Tancred Street.

Painter, &c. — J. R. Chapman, Tancred-street Printers and Publishers— Weeks and Dixon, East-street

Plumbers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc.— J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street S. liardiey, East-stieet

laddlers— 'Thomas Hudson, Burnett-street

Surveyors— C. E. Fooks and Son, East-Street

Tailors— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street

Tentmakers— K. Sando, East-street

Tobacconists— A. Pearse, Moor-street E. A. Garnett, East-street A. Weston, East-street

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close si; follows : For Christchurch and North at 10 a.m. * p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10 a.m. 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 io. 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 10.15 a - m - daily.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

ARRIVED. Oct. I —Hawea, s.s., from North.

SAILED. Oca. I—Hawea, s.s., for South,

EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

From London—Crusader, Hydaspes, and Waitangi. From New York Star, Southminster, Olmstee, Alexander M’Neill, Helen Angler. From Foo Chow—Rio Lodge. From Calcutta —Chusan. From Melbourne —s.s. Albion.

The Evening Echo. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1878. COUNTY COUNCIL.

The usual monthly meeting was held at 11 a.m. to-day. Present: Messrs. W. C. Walker (chairman), E. G. Wright, Bullock, Coster, and Reed. chairman’s statement. The Chairman stated that since last meeting he had consulted the Council’s solicitor with reference to t'he readjust ment of the Ridings’ Electoral Roll, consequent on the proclamation of Ashburton a borough, and on the pro posal to divide the Rakaia Riding. The solicitor was of opinion that the Act made no provision for such ad justment ; he (the chairman) had there fore referred the mater to Wellington, and he had reason to expect that the necessary powers would be be conferred by the Governor in time for the No vember elections. The chairman then briefly referred to the damage done by floods to the Rangitata bridge, which had been placed in the hands of the county for maintenance, subject to the repayment of half the cost by the Geral dine County Council. A serious re sponsibility devolved upon the Council in this matter, as a large body of rate payers depended almost sollely upon this bridge for their supply of building timber, and he hoped the question of repairs would be seriously considered. CORRESPONDENCE^

Letters were received from the Clerk and Surveyor to the Upper Ashburton Road Board (dated 2nd September) stating that he had examined the Ran gitata Bridge, as instructed by his Board, and found that the decking was in a rotten state, the sleepers being so far gone that in many places they would not hold a nail. He suggested carrying up the damaged groin to the small terrace on the north bank, as a safeguard to the approaches, and grouting together the loose blocks of concrete to form a solid mass.

Since the receipt of this letter the bridge has received damage from the recent floods, but no official or direct information was before the Council re garding it; the Council, therefore, left the matter over till later on in the day in the hope that further information might be received. rabMu? CEMETERIES. From Mr. J. E. Buchanan, Clerk of Ashburton Road Board, desiring to know if the Council wanted any special information more than was given in the Road Board district maps. The Chairman had written, in reply,

asking for tracings showing the proposed s'tes and acreage of cemeteries at Water ton, Winslow, and Kyle. Resolved —“To ask the Commis sioner of Waste Lands to have the pro posed sites gazetted.” REGISTRARS OF DOGS AND REGISTRA TION OFFICERS. From the Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, enclosing Gazette with Go vernor’s proclamation appointing regis trars of dogs and registration officers. - POUND FEES. From the same acknowledging receipt of by-laws and scale oi fees and chaiges for Ashburton pound. TINWALD RECREATION GROUND. From the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch, re Tinwald Recrea tion Reserve. The Chief Surveyor and he had submitted to Government some time ago joint proposals as to the dis posal of the lands known as the old rail way reserves, and steps were about to be taken to survey them for sale. Their scheme for subdivision proposed the reservation, as a domain and for recrea tion purposes, of 200 acres adjoining 1 the Agricultural Show grounds at Tin-, wald.

From the Chairman of the Upper Ashburton Road Board, thanking the Council for their offer of for fenc ing and planting reserve No. 2064, but suggesting that Mr. Beswick having ap plied for fifty acres close to this land, their fifteen acres was too small a block,, and that the ,£SO be handed over for fencing the larger block at Tinwald. UNSURVEYED SECTIONS IN THE ASH BURTON BOROUGH. From the Crown Lands office (tele gram), stating that the survey of sections still unsurveyed would be proceeded with as soon as possible. Mr. Bullock asked the Clerk for date of the first letter sent by the Council to the Lands Office asking action in this matter. The Clerk said it was dated the nth May. Mr. Bullock said five months had now elapsed since they first wrote on this subject. In the interval Ashburton had been proclaimed a Borough. The Borough Council desired to prepare a map of the town showing street levels, &c., but the work of preparation was hindered by the delay in surveying those sections. He thought they had good ground for complaint, and asked the Council to urge on the survey. At the request of Mr. Bullock the Chairman undertook to write to the Chief Surveyor on the matter.

RAILWAY STATION MASTER AT DROMORE.

From farmers and ratepayers at Dro more petitioning the Council to ask the Government to appoint a station master at Dromore. The petition set forth that 20,000 to 32,000 bushels of grain, raised in that district, found a natural outlet at Dromore sta tion, and the quantity was bound to increase.

Resolved to endorse the petition and forward it to the Commissioner of Rail ways asking him to consider the case.

THE POUNDKEEPER

From Sergeant Felton, complaining of the gross cruelty of the poundkeeper in keeping impounded animals without food or water.

Mr Wright asked for Jameson’s dis missal at the end of his month, and that Mr Branson be consulted as to the speediest means of getting rid of him, and advised proceedings being taken against him under clause 13 of the Act. He also moved the appointment of Mr W. B. Compton as his successor^ THE BOROUGH’S REQUEST FOR ;£IOOO. From the Borough Council request ing for municipal purposes. Mr Bullock hoped the Council would grant the money. The Borough had no funds, and there were many works requiring special attention just now, but drainage was specially imperative.- Mr Wright was not prepared to sup port the petition at that time, but it might be considered at next meeting, and he moved accordingly. The town had already received for water, supply. Mr Bullock saidThe_town’s popula tion bad increased so rapidly that drainage was now a necessity, and he asked the Council to settle the matter to-day. The granted by the Council would be spent entirely on water supply. Resolved to write to the Borough Council stating that the application would be considered at next meeting. NEW BRIDGE AT THE FORKS.

From Mr. Chas. Reed, Chairman of the Upper Ashburton Road Board, stating that this Board were unanimous in considering that a bridge should be constructed over the north branch of the river at the Forks, but declined undertaking the erection of the same. They were, however, willing to contri bute towards its construction, provided the Mount Somers and Ash burton Road District contribute a like sum,

The Chairman thought the best me thod of proceeding would be to have some opinion upon the matter and its cost.

Mr. Wright moved thnt this Council undertake the construction of the bridge over the north branch on Mount Somer’s Road, upon the Upper Ashburton Road Board agreeing to pay one-half of the cost of the bridge. NEW BRIDGE OVER THE RAKAIA. From several residents in the Rakaia district, praying the Council will contri bute one-half the cost of bridging the river at Dobbie’s Ford, while the Sel wyn c >unty is asked to find the balance ; proba )le cost It was resolved to reply, stating that the matter will receive consideration when in a more mature state, but tie Council would not pledge them setves in any way. NEW BRIDGES OVER THE ASHBURTON. Mr. Wright moved —■“ That the Chair man be authorised to engage the ser vices of an engineer to report upon the best sites Tor bridging the North Ash burton River near the line of the Mount Somers road ; also the best sites for bridging the several branches of the Ashburton near the line of road from the Rangitata Road Bridge to the Ra kaia Gorge Perry, arid to furnish esti mates of the cost'.”

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

County Cricket Club. —A meet ing of the Ashburton County Cricket Club was held in the Commercial Hotel last night. Mr. E. G. Crisp was elected to preside. The balance-sheet read showed a sum 9s. 6d. to the good. Mr. Wilkie reported that the cricket ground had been laid out and sown as authorized, and had been looking well and giving promise of being in excellent form for play this year, until the recent north-west gale occurred, which had partially destroyed it. The ground would require to be resown, and he suggested the appoint ment of a Ground Committee to look after the work. Messrs. Crisp, Main waring, Pearse, and Wilkie were ap pointed a Committee to see to the ground. A letter from the Hon. Sec. M.C.C.C. was read, asking the Ash burton Club to play a match with that Club in Christchurch on a date in January not a Saturday. The matter was referred to a Match Committee composed of Messrs. S. Saunders, Maimvaring, Westenra, and Pearse. Messrs. Saunders and Wilkie under took to provide conveyances for players taking part in a match with the Mount Somers Club. The following officers were then elected for the year :—Presi dent, Mr. H. T. Winter; Vice-Presi dent, Mr. Hay T. Smith; Captain, Mr. S. Saunders; Secretery, Mr. R. Westenra; Treasurer, Mr. F. Main waring.

Parlimentary.—The earlier por tion of yesterday’s sitting was occupied with the postponed clauses of the Land Tax Bill in committee, and several new clauses were introduced. Mr. Wake field gave notice of a motion to re-com mit the Bill when it came on for third reading. The Judicial Commission Bill debate was then resumed, Mr. Fox speaking at some length against the Bill, Mr. Macandrew, Dr. Hcdgkinson, and Mr. Macfarlane following in its favor. On resuming at 7.30., Sir George Grey reopened the debate, in favor of the Bill, followed by Mr. Delatour. A division was taken on the second read ing of the Bill which was negatived by 39 against 27. The Customs Tariff Bill was read a second time and the House went into Committee upon it, all the clauses passing with slight altera tions in the schedules. Several amend ments were proposed and keenly dis cussed ; but all were defeated on divi sions, or on the voices. The Colonial Treasurer added among the exemptions timber (sawn), palings, shingles, and laths. The Bill was then reported as amended, and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday next. The House adjourned at 1.30. Tired of it.—One evening our old friend, the Rev. Dr. , took tea with us. Out of politeness, I asked him to give thanks, forgetting for the moment the presence of my grand-daughter and the fact that the doctor was long-winded. The child startled us all, right in the middle of the grace, by exclaiming, in a loud voice : “ Oh ! Amen ! Hand me the biscuit ."—lndependent. That was a delicate compliment a seven-year-old boy paid his mother the other evening. The family were dis cussing at the supper table the qualities which go to make up a good wife Nobody thought the little fellow had been listening, or could understand the talk, till he leaned over the table and kissed his mother, and said: “Mamma, when X get big enough I am going to mny a lady just like you,”

TELEGRAPHIC.

AUSTRALIAN.

. [By submarine Cable.] Sydney, Oct. 1. Arrived —Benuuir, from Cooktown, with the Torres Strait mail. Brisbane, Oct. 1.

Derby. —Whisker 1 j Sir Andrew 2 ; and Napper Tandy 3. Won by three quarters of a length. Time —2 min. 49 secs.

Two escaped convicts arrived to-day in an open boat from Noumea. Four convicts left on September 4; one died on the passage, and one bushed on Whitsunday Islands, only two arriving. Lieutenant Connor left at noon in search of the missing Frenchman, accompanied by the police.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.] Auckland," Tuesday,

Baker and Farron’s company left by Rotorua, after a most successful engage ment here.

Henry Blakely, engineer of the North Shore ferry steamer is missing. He is supposed to have been drowned. The Rotorua had a rough passage across. A valuable steeplechase horse belonging to the circus died. The Suez mail per Tanjore left Galle three days before the contract time, and is expected at the Sound on Oct. 3. Greymouth, Oct. 1.

There is considerable excitement re garding the important discovery of ore at Langdon’s, about nine miles from Greymouth. Several leases have been applied for. The discovery was made some months ago, but the value was not known till Dr. Hector’s analysis of the ore was received, which is as follows: “July 19 —Ore recived per Captain Palmer is antimony sulphate, with 84 ounces of gold and 36 ounces of silver per ton. Send a larger sample for veri fication, as it is a very valuable ore if it maintains this quality, and is worth, say ,£250 per'ton.” “August 12. — The last sample of antimony ore has 81 ozs. of gold per ton, which is chiefly in the quartz part. The second sample is quite equal to the first. —J. Hector.”

The Hokitika-Christchurch coach has just arrived, after an eight days’journey. The driver reports that all the rivers are heavily flooded. The coach was upset in the river, three horses drowned, and the passengers had a narrow escape. The Chief Justice and Judge Associate, and other passengers, are still at the Cass, and will not reach here before to-morrow night. Some of the passen gers’ luggage was lost, but the mails arrived safe.

Dunedin, Tuesday.

The question of whether the Educa tion Board is liable to pay rates for schoolmasters’ residences, was consid ered in the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Judgment was reserved. A letter from the Mayor of Dunedin, offering to supply the suburban boroughs with water at the rate of sixpence per 1000 gallons, was brought under the notice of the Water Supply Conference last evening. A resolution was carried — “ That the Conference agrees to accept the proposal of the Dunedin Corpo ration, in regard to water supply, pro vided an agreement is entered into that when high suburbs require water supply they shall be permitted to get it from the Ross Creek, or be supplied by the Dunedin Corporation at a fair rate.” The Mayor of Dunedin, who was pre sent, expressed himself dissatisfied with this decision, and left the room.

The vital statistics of Dunedin last quarter were :—Births, 464’; deaths, 159 ; marriages, 94.

The Presbyterian Church trustees are said to be indignant at the action of the Attorney-General in introducing a Bill for the re-appointment of the Professors of the Otago University. They held a meeting this afternoon to consider the matter, but the result is not known. The annual horse parade took place to-day. The entries were numerous and the show was more than usually good, but it lost much of its attractive ness owing to the absence of Christ church horses, which were prevented being present in consequence of the ■ ailway interruption. The water has slightly subsided at Lovell’s Flat, but the line from there to Balclutha is still under water.

Balclutha, Tuesday.

The flood is subsiding, but very slowly. Everybody here is safe. There are now over a hundred people in the Crown Hotel [almost the only place on Balcluthea Flat inhabitable.. The floor ol the National and New South Wales Banks, the offices of the New Zea land Loan Agency and Christie’s, the commission agent, are dry. Many lives were saved by really gallant rescuers. A man and his wife in a house floated down the river and oyer part of the island for a distance of nearly seven pules, Everybody is doings his utmost

to render assistance to those in distress. The settlers on tbe ridges are very hos pitable and deserve special mention for their kindnesses. On the Island Inch clutha, so far as is known, everybody has been saved, and a good number of cattle were got on the high land. The damage done is incalculable. Kaitanga tata and Sterling suffered severely. The water was over a foot deep in the Tele graph office here, but the telegraphist stuck to his post throughout, although at one time it was apparently untenant able. The weather now is fine, but a high wind is keeping the river up. The worst is believed to be over. The Molyneux has been flooded for over six days.

THE POTTSTOWN TRAGEDY.

This terrible event is thus described by the New York Times'. —Just after the beginning of Lent, two young men came to Pottstown and announced that they were the sole owners of a new pro cess of restoring brilliancy and softness to the back hair, no matter what might be its age or condition. They began their operations by distributing to every house in the town printed circulars, setting forth their business, and naming a ridiculously low price for their ser vices. In this circular it was promised that the longest switches should be re novated for ten cents, each, while the charge for renovating curls and ‘ fronts’ was even lower. ladies of Potts town were assured that the process of renovation should be conducted with the utmost secrecy, and it would require in no case more than three days. Copies alleged letters signed by Mrs. Anthony, Mrs. Clara Morris, President Hayes, and Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, certify ing that their back hair had been reno vated to their complete satisfaction, were annexed to the circular, and there was not a woma i in ail Pottstown who did not fully believe that she was excep tionally fortunate in having the circular brought to her attention. The next day the two young men, each carrying a large covered basket, called at every house to receive orders and back hair. They had printed receipts with them, which they gave in exchange for hair, and which had an extremely genuine and business-like appearance. Before they had visited one quarter of the houses their baskets were full, and they had to return to their hotel to empty them before making a fresh start. Judg ing from the size of their baskets, a local scientific person has estimated that they collected a ton and a half of back hair in the course of two days. There was not —so we are assured— a woman in Pottstown who did not trust her hair to these audacious wretches, with the ex ception of a few ladies of African de scent ; and each one believed that within three days at the furthest she would recive back her cherished locks in a greatly improved condition. For several days after the black hair of Pottstown had thus been placed in the keeping of the pretended hair reno vators no ladies were visible on the Pottstown streets. At the same time, eveiy lady at whose house any young man ventured to make a call was either “ engaged ” or “ ill,” and declined to receive visitors. On the fifth day, the hotel at which the two scoundrels had stopped was visited by scores of excited husbands and brothers, who were horri fied to learn that the two hair renova tors had left town five days before, carrying with them seven large and heavy trunks. Over the scenes which took place when this terrible news reached the ladies of Pottstown a veil must be drawn. Much may be forgiven in a woman who has been cheated out of her back hair, but it is impossible to approve the want of judgment which several indignant wives evinced in try ing to replace their missing hair by drawing upon the short and scanty hair of their innocent husbands. There will be no parties in Pottstown for some time to come, and so far as the local young men are concerned, they will have no female society whatever. The sudden revival of the back-hair business in this city and in Philadephia, which Western statesmen are ascribing t) the passage of the Silver Bill, is due wholly to the demands of the Pottes town ladies. The two pretended hair renovatoi s have sailed for Europe with their booty, and the volume of back hair in this country will be, for some time, too small for the demand.

The Evening Echo, Wednesday, October 2,1878.



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