ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

A X’OUNTANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS — Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings H. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. W. R. Boyle, Moore-street. A tCHITECT AND Cl VIE ENGINEER — S. W. Brown, East-street •S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings B. Mountfort, East Street

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

B iRRISTERS AND SOLICITORS— Mr. Branson, East-street ;Mr. E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings BTkers, Confectioners, Etc.— Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street •Thomas Taylor, East-street,

B\nks— Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street

Bearding 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. B ''oxsellers and Stationers— A. Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street street South Weeks and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East- Bootji akers— 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 and 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 Warerooms— 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. vSando, East-street

Greengrocers— W. Birtwell, East-street J. Mooar & Co., East-street Hairdressers— • E. A. Garnett, East-street A. Pcarse, 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, <Sjc.— 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. Hardley, East-sheet

IAI'JDLTCRS — Thomas Dnelson, Burnett-street

Purveyors— C. E. Fooks and Son, East-street

Tailors— Aitlcen and Co., Havelock-street

r ENTMAKERS —■ SC. Sando, East-street

I’OI! ACCQN f STS — A. Pearse, Moor-street E. A. Garnett, East-street A. Weston, East-street

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close 5.5 follows :

For Christchurch and North at IO a.m. « p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10 a.m. daily. For Rakaia at to a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. 'For Ashton, Waterloo, 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 Tinvvald, 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. Sept. 25 —Waimate. ship, from London. Sept. 26—Claud Hamilton, s.s., from North. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London —Crusader, Waimea, Hydas pcs, 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. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1878.

It seems to us the present Govern ment are not finding things as smooth as they would wish, and do not hold their supporters so well in hand as they would like to. On Thursday morning, we learn, some of the restive colts in the Government team were invited to Sir George Grey’s room, in the hope that they would promise to kick over the traces less in future; but they were very intractable, and demanded con cessions from the Premier. All of them wanted the Companies Tax Bill with drawn ; Messrs. Wakefield and Mont gomery held out for the taxation of buildings, while Mr. Saunders, well known to be the arch enemy of the run-holding interest, insisted upon the withdrawal of all the clauses in the Land Bill that sit so unfairly upon the runholders. He particularly objected to the minimum limit of 205., urging that there were many thousands of acres in the Cheviot District, and more in Marlborough and Nelson, not worth half-a-crown an acre, and pointed out the gross unfairness of taxing such land at the same rate as freehold land worth 20s. an acre. Of course, Sir George promised to give his most careful atten tion to the valuable suggestions of his kind friends, and apprise them of his decision soon.

The adherence of Government to the 20s. minimum limit in the Land Tax, will, we fear, bring about an awkward contretemps, should the Bill become law. A large area of land, both in Nelson and Marlborough, is leased for nominal rents, ranging from 3d. per acreupwards, and affords runningground for sheep, but little, more. In the event of such land being taxed at the same rate as land worth 20s. an acre, Govern ment will be left with a wide range of hill tops upon their hands. In addi tion to losing even the small revenue those barren lands now yield, the duty will devolve upon them of keeping such land clear of scabby sheep, and this could only be done at a greater outlay than what the lands now bring. By all means make those contribute to the taxation of the country who have en riched themselves through the supine ness of her rulers in the matter of land, but do not lay down a hard and fast rule under which owners of almost worthless land are to be made to pay taxes equal in amount to those paid on land really worth the minimum limit of 20s. proposed by Government. Messrs. Wakefield and Montgomery’s request is reasonable as a matter of principle, for if a man invests his money in building dwelling-houses or shops, induced to do so by the demand and the consequent high rents given for them, we fail to see that his investment is other than a “ speculation,” or that on any principle of taxation according to value of pro perty he jqan ejaim exemption,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Gale. —The gale of yesterday seems to have been pretty generally felt over central Canterbury. It was keenly felt at. Lyttelton, though no shipping casualties are yet reported. The northern rivers are all in flood, and those '.o the south are in a similar state. At Oxford three churches have been wrecked, the Wes leyan two being demolished, and the Anglican so injured as to be next to a ruin. The lock-up at East Oxford lias fairly gone away and cannot be found. Churches seem to have suffered considerably all round, for the Malvern Bap tist Church was blown to pieces, and at Lees ton the Presbyterian Church, nearly com pleted, has been so shaken and knocked about as to require rebuilding. At Southbridge. the items of damage were of a similar character with those of Ashburton, and will entail a loss of about All along to Timaru the power of the wind has been severely felt. In addition to the mischief done which we noticed yesterday, Mr. Joseph Hunt informs us that his land has been severely torn about by the gale, a large paddock of newly-sown wheat having been rifted to the depth of between two and three feet, and the soil piled up like a snow drift. Mr. Brown’s land on the Wakanui road was similarly dealt with, and on several homesteads in the district, buildings were dis placed. At Tinwald, Messrs. Begg and Thom son’s smithy was somewhat injured, and was only saved from destruction by great exertions in propping. Two chimneys, however, were completely destroyed. The fine shops recently erected by Mr. Stephens, sa’ddler, were un roofed and very much shaken. In Mr. Scott’s Tinwald Hotel many windows were smashed, and the large cast iron lamp broken. Mr. Es cott’s store had its porch blown away, and there has been a wholesale levelling of fences. The cricket ground in the Ashburton Domain has been damaged in a similar manner to the land of Messrs. Brown and Hunt. The wind has been blowing fiercely to-day, but with', a, modification of force on that of yesterday. Railway Obstruction. —The gale has thrown the trains out of time. The piles of the Rangitata bridge having been affected by the freshet in the river, neither trains nor passengers are allowed to cross, consequently communica tion by rail with the South is stopped. The express did not go down to-day, and the ordi nary returned about two o’clock with her pas sengers. Parliamentary.—A motion in the House yesterday, by Mr. Sutton, to circulate amongst the Maoris translations of Hansard reports of matters affecting the Native race, and another by Mr. Russell to translate and circulate the whole of Hansard\ were referred, after some discussion, to the Reporting Debates Commit tee. The debate on the question of Readjust ment of Representation was resumed. Mr. Rolleston urged the introduction of a Repre sentation Bill at once, so that the House might go immediately to the country. Mr. Stout thought the House was now agreed that the basis of representation should be population only ; and said the Government would proceed upon that principle if the resolution then before the House were carried. The resolution was adopted as follows : —“ That the House con siders it desirable that the Government should bring down a Bill for the readjustment of re presentation during the session if time permits, &c.” The police pay increase debate was ad journed for a fortnight, to receive the Commit tee’s report. An attempt to extend the tele graph line from Motueka to Collingwood, over a distance of sixty-nine miles, through a stretch of thinly populated and outlying countiy, was lost by 30 to 37 votes. Mr. Stevens introduced the Bank Holiday Bill, the object of which is to increase the bank holidays by four, and make them the same as in Victoria. The Bill was read a second time. After io o’clock the House was occupied until its rising with private Bills of only local interest. It adjourned at 12.45 a.m.

The Moa.—A splendid skeleton of a moa, found in Shag Valley, says the N. Z. Herald , has been lately presented to the Museum by Mr. A. W. Bell. It is nearly perfect, and, mounted in an easy attitude, the head is 9ft. 6in., from the ground. It belongs to the species named by Professor Owen, Dinornis robnstns.

Wool Exports. —There has been an in crease in the wool exports of the colony for the financial year ending 30th June, 1878, over the same period of 1877 of £345,562 in value. In 1877 the export was 55,22i,2781b5, valued at .£3,138,395 ; and in 1878,61,945,455 lbs, valued at £3,483,957. Dunedin heads the list with 19,013,8071b5, valued at £1,063,592; Lyttelton comes next with 17,571,874163, valued at £990,570; Wellington third, with 11,743,844163, valued at £672,150. Disagreeable Luggage.—The Welling ton Chronicle objects to tramway passengers being allowed to carry with them into the cars such luggage as kits of cheap oysters that drop brine to the ruin of silk dresses, and strings of Picton herrings, very nice in their place, but not in a crowded tram-car. By the Bucketful.—During the discus sion on the question of closing public-houses on election days, Mr. Barff prophesied a curious result if the clause prohibiting the sale of spirituous liquors by retail were passed. It would, he said, lead to spirits being sold by the bucketful instead of the glassful, on elec tion days. “No,” came from Mr. Stout. “But if pressure is brought to bear on your committee and you can’t get a glassful, you’ll have to get two gallons,” argued the honorable member for Hokitika. “ Oh, no,” responded Mr. Stout, at this outrage to his temperance principles. “Yes, you will,” went on the irrepressible Mr. Barff. “ It’s all very well to talk about not treating, but voters must have refreshments. They’re human.” Telegraphing Extraordinary.—Ac cording to the New York Tribune, Mr. Loring Pickering, an editor and newspaper proprietor in San Francisco, has obtained a patent for a “ machine to telegraph a page at once.” It is stated that an entire page of a newspaper may be transmitted in from fifteen to thirty minutes, the copy delivered being ready for use. Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton ire often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase of Drapery, Clothing, and House-furnishing Iron mongery, and General Stores. Orr & Co. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. They keep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which beinp r bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to offer goods of su<-h sterling value as cannot be equalled by-any other house in the trade. Every article in stock is marked at the lowest price, from which no abatement is made so that the most inexperienced buy their goods at the same prices as the best judges. ~rAdyt,

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.] Constantinople, Sept. 23. The Russians. evacuated, and the Turks occupied San Stefano. London, Sept. 24. London papers generally agree that the behaviour of the Ameer of Afghan istan demands prompt punishment, without dragging Russia into the con flict. Singapore, Sept. 23. Th2 Siam arrived at Galle. The Tanjore left Galle for Australia on the 19th. London, Sept. 23. The British mission to Cabul left Peshawur on Saturday. The Ameer’s commanding officer at the Kyber Pass forcibly prevented the mission proceed ing, and it returned to Peshawur. The situation is considered serious. Popular feeling supports the Govern ment. The Austrians officially report great success in Bosnia. The insurgents are collapsing. Riots have occurred at Tangiers. The rioters have attacked the British Consulate. War preparations are being made in India. The Times hopes that war may be averted, and considers that opera tions are impossible before the spring. : Sept. 24. The troops are massing on the Afghan frontier. The refusal of the Ameer to receive the English mission is assigned to Rus sian manoeuvring. A portion of the garrison at Cyprus is withdrawn owing to sickness.

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, Sept. 25. Sailed —Rotorua Two thousand sacks of New Zealand wheat have changed hands at 4s 4d. The Eastern Extension Company are willing to reduce the rates 75 per cent, over their own lines, making the tariff 5s id between London and Port Dar win. Messrs Burns and Berry agree that it is advisable to accept the offer. An agreement with the company will probably be jnade. [.Spceial to the Globe. ] Sept. 25. Reports state that gold has been dis covered near Moresby. The diggers are all inland. Fever and ague are very prevalent. At the Solomon Islands, of Euro peans and natives ten per cent, are dying. The New Zealand trading stations are abandoned.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.] Auckland, Wednesday. Daniel McSvveeny was committed for trial charged with rape on a married woman. A daughter of Freney, station master at Remurea, was knocked down by a horse, and her thigh fractured. The natives of the Chatham Islands caught and cured about fifteen hundred albatrosses which they intend to send to Taranaki per Omaha, for a great native meeting to be held next March. When the Nymphe was anchored at Hicks’ Bay on Monday last, it was re ported that the natives at* Waipa had quarrelled and formed in hostile parties, each taking possession of a pah and maintaining a warlike attitude.

The chief William Barton has deter mined to go to Wellington, to aid Sir G. Grey in native matters. He has used all his influence with his tribe to secure the capture of the murderer, Hikori, if he should turn up in their vicinity.

Patea, Wednesday. Hikori, the Momahaki murderer, was seen on Sunday, and is believed to be hovering around Waitotara, hoping to get his wife away. A strong armed party of natives and Europeans started this morning to scour the ' bush on Okutuku and Momanaki blocks. The Government offers a reward to any per son materially aiding the capture of Hikori. No efforts are being spared by the Government officers or settlers, and the Waitotara natives are showing them selves willing to help. Hone Pihama was at Waitotara to-day, assisting the search, and organising a party in con junction with Captain Wray. Hokitika, Wednesday. A terrific storm occurred during the night, and there is a heavy flood in the river this morning. Wellington, Thursday. The Corporation of Wellington have decided to provide a site upon which to erect a Sailors’ Home. Government will contribute five hundred pounds towards erection.

Oamaru, Wednesday. A special meeting of the North Otago Turf Club was held to-night, and it was unanimously resolved—“ That it is ex pedient that the race-meeting for 1878-9 be held on the nth and 12th Decem ber, and that Messrs. O’Meagher, Sher win, Grant, and Steward wait on the lessees of the race-course with a view to definitely fix the date. Notice to be at once advertised, whether the change of date is agreed to, or whether the meet ing will be held as heretofore.” The programme was submitted and adop fcid. Dunedin, Wednesday. The 6.10 a.m. train to-day from Pal merston, on arriving in the neighbor hood of Rowley’s bridge, near Coal Point, and on going round the curve and down a heavy gradient there, ran into an engine and truck on their way to Palmerston, conveying Oamaru stone. The truck had got off the line, and it is stated that no warning was given to the approaching train from Palmerston. Jenkins, the fireman of the latter train, sustained a simple fracture, four or five inches below the knee. He was at tended by Dr. Brown of Palmerston, and was afterwards conveyed to the Oamaru hospital. It appears that the goods train from Oamaru was late, and that one of the waggons breaking down caused a further detention. The sta tionmaster at Palmerston, without await ing the arrival of this train, started the passenger train for Oamaru at the usual hour, thinking the goods train would run on to a siding, and the accident happened five minutes after the depar ture of the passenger train. The noon train from Oamaru did not arrive till 3 p.m. in consequence of the accident.- The damage to the engine is not so great as Svas at first expected. The' breaking of the buffer of one of the en gines and damaging of the buffers of two of the waggons were the only inju ries sustained by the plant. Andrew Reid was to-day fined for sly grog selling.

THE REVOLT IN NEW CALE DONIA.

DETAILS OF THE CONFLICTS. The Sydney Morning Herald’s resi dent correspondent at Noumea sends some interesting particulars regarding this outbreak, and carries the news down to a comparatively recent date. He writes

It appears that on the 24th the Kanakas, to the number of about 500, made an attack upon the military post at the Foa, which is defended by thirty-five soldiers, under command of captain Lafout. With much intelli gence the natives adopted the tactics of the Europeans, making a sham at tack on the one side in order to draw attention from the other, against which they came in great numbers. Their ruse did not succeed, and they were speedily beaten off, leaving between thirty and forty dead and wounded, whilst all the harm done by them re sulted in a few slight wounds from sling stones hurled against their oppo nents. The troops, it is said, behaved very well. Another engagement is said to have taken place some miles distant from the town of Foa, which resulted in the blacks leaving ten dead on the field. No casualty to the whites. A few shots were fired by the natives when fighting against the post at the Foa. This report was vaguely rumored just as the mail was leaving, but not sub stantiated until some hours later. So many groundless statements have been made, that little credence was at first placed in this.

2nd September.

The news has just been telegraphed, and published by the Government in the form of placards, posted in the town, to the effect that the natives of the Canala tribes, led by Monsieur Servau, attacked the rebels under Atai, on the Foa river, near the scene of Colonel Gaily Pass bose’s death, and completely defeated them, killing Atai, his son, eleven of his men, and taking fifty-six prisoners, men, women, and children. The attacking forces consisted of 300 of Servau’s natives and a small number of soldiers and sailors, from 50 to 60. Divided into three columns, it was planned to surround the hill upon which the natives were known to be camped. Early morn w r as the time, whilst a heavy mist shrouded the move , ments of the attacking party. As is their wont, the natives who were to make the attack were asking the one of the other “ if they should go a-head.” Lieut. Servau, taking five sailors with him, led the way.; and when a little in * ad vance gave the Kanakas’ war-cry. He was immediately followed by the friendly natives, who dashed after him, surrrounded the hill, and cut off the retreat of Atai, driving him in the opposite direction, to where they knew he would fall into the arsis (lite

rally) of another column, which proved the case; Atai, his son, and eleven men were killed ; fifty-six men, women, and children' were captured. Nina, Atai’s war chief, was heard to cry out to his men, “ The whites are upon us, follow me.” Dashing through the scrub, he and a considerable band of the rebels escaped, though everything possible was done to prevent them. His cry to his followers having been translated to Monsieur Servau by one of the friendly blacks, the pursuit was kept up till mid day, when the victors returned to camp. After a short rest, the rejoicing Canala men started away and burnt to ashes the encampment of Atai’s tribe, com pletely routing out that nest of rebels. The colonel’s death is avenged almost within sight of the place where he fell. The same day, at Moindau, fifteen miles distant, the chief, Baptiste, was surprised by a party of thirty soldiers, headed by Lieut. Marechel. Baptiste, his daughter, and one of his men were killed, and the rest completely routed. They had come for the purpose of de stroying the telegraph, and were warmly welcomed.

This is the most gratifying news since the outbreak commenced, and is looked upon as the beginning of the end. The moral effect upon the other natives will be very great. The Canala tribes have at last done sufficient to remove doubts of their faithfulness, and to make them certain allies for all the future.

Sagou is the name of the native who was fortunate enough to secure Atai’s head, for which he will receive 500 francs (£2O). On all sides the rebels are now losing ground. On the 26th, two days after the attack on Foa post, a few volunteers under the lead of Monsieur Gallet, Government surveyor, searched through the bush, and eventually fell upon a band of the blacks, four of whom they killed with the bayonet, thus preventing their comrades from carrying off the bodies; five others were seriously wounded. It has been a great pleasure to record such acts of courageous de votion as have marked the line of con duct pursued from the commencement of this sad revolt by Monsieur Servau and others. Had the same faithfulness had no exception, there is little doubt, from facts now well known throughout the colony, that many of the massacres at Boularpari would have been pre vented. There was one lamentable ex ception in which fear usurped the place of duty. A man’s tender regard for his own skin prevented such a lesson being given to the rebels at the very outset that, it is not saying too much, but for this one exception the revolt might have been nipped in the bud. In justice to the infantry and marine forces, both officers and men, it must be said that they have been ever ready and walling in the performance of their duty like brave men.

4th September. All continues quiet in the country districts. The rebels have made no show since their drubbing. No bad news from any part of the colony comes by the Wolverene, which leaves early to-morrow morning for Sydney.

Nevada’s sure-footed Pianist.— Hark ! from Gold Hill in the Common wealth of Nevada, comes the glad tid ings of the debut of the most remarkable lady pianist of this or of any other age, clime, race, or previous condition of servitude. She plays equally as well with her feet as with her hands. As the local editor very delicately remarks, her “ pedal extremities ” are developed in the most marvellous manner, the toes greatly resembling fingers in length and style of action. * The advantage gained by this lady in her pedal performances is, that the reach is greater than with hands—covering fully three octaves of the key-board. In the rendition of mili tary compositions the effect is terribly, striking and life-like—especially where the tramp of soldiers is imitated. The rising young artiste, it seems, is ex tremely solicitous that her peculiar modus operandi cum pedibus shall not be made public, and it was only upon pledges of the strictest secrecy with re gard to the name that the local editor was allowed to witness the display al ready mentioned. If the fair artiste were in a less prominent position soci ally, the public might have -an oppor tunity of seeing the greatest curiosity of the world. Of course the length, breadth and thickness of the lady’s understanding would be looked upon with astonishment outside of Nevada, but such things are so common there that they are not noticed. Reform Wanted. — A telegram from Ahaura, on the West Coast shows a lively state of things in judicial matters in that district. The Warden has been absent for a fortnight, arid Court busi ness is suspended, It is also that the clerk and bailiff are acting as mining agents, whij§ the business pi th* ijf negJicted.

The Evening Echo, Thursday, September 26, 1878.



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