ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

Accountants and Commission Agents— Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings H. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. VV. 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 . 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, Ere.— James Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. Hill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-stieet Thos. Williams, Tinwald G. Compton, Builder, Moore-street. Booksellers and Stationers— A, 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, I inwaid Carrier—

G. F. Scott, Cameroh-st'reet 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 ard 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— Edwarcts 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. 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— VV eeks and Dixon, East-street Plumbers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc.— J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street S. Hardley, East-stieet Saddlers— Thomas Hudson, Burnett-street Surveyors— C. E. Fooks and Son, Ft.*: -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 a; follows : For Christchurch and North at 10 a.m. 4 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 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 10.15 a.m. daily.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

ARRIVALS. October 20 —Ladybird, s.s., from North. October 20 —Taupo, s.s., from South. SAILED. October 19—Waratah, barque for Hobart Town. October 19 Town. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. • From London liydaspes and Rangitikei. From New York—Olmstee, Helen Angler, Alexander M’Neill. From Newcassle—Fawn. Fi-'m Calcutta —Chusan, Lurline. From Melbourne —Ringarouma, s.s., Oct. 28.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Evening Echo. MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1878.

We are at a loss to know what has come over the usually long-headed Dunedin. The city has long held the credit of being made up of a population with a keen eye to the main chance, an eye that is well acquainted with the appearance both sides of a shilling should present, and that can line out the course a shilling ought to take to find its way to the pocket- of No. 1. Possessed of solid business heads, we were quite willing to believe they were not wanting in benevolent hearts, and the prompt formation of a Com mittee to raise subscriptions for relief of sufferets by the recent floods is cre ditable to them indeed. No less credit able is the amount of money that has already flowed into the committee’s coffers from the Otagan settlers; and no one, we take it, will presume to say the maximum amount has been reached. But when that maximum has been reached, we have no hesitation in say ing it will not be in anything like propor tion to the many thousand pounds’ worth of damage done by the floods. Yet, however creditaole the amount raised by the settlers of Otago, and however proud the committee may be of the contributing powers of their fellow-co’onists, they have no right whatever to dam up by their churlish ness the fountain of charity in the bo som of a stranger —more especially when that stranger is a lady. It is not to be wondered at that the more sensible and practical of the Dunedin residents should growl at the snobbish ness of the committee, when the full effect of the committee’s conduct, as well as its rudeness, makes itself ap parent to them. It appears tha.t Ma dame Tasca, the talented pianiste, who is just now commencing a tour through New Zealand offered to ffrego her own “ benefit” and give one for the flood distressed. Her offer was the... half of “the house” in any case. £bo being the amount fixed as necessary to cover expenses, that was the maximum sum to be retained by her business manager. e\en if “the house” represented bun dreds of pounds. Considering that she is amongst the first in her profession— that her fame has preceded her to New Zealand, and that she was certain, if any performer ever was certain, by her own merit, to draw as great a crowd as Dunedin could get together ; and con sidering, too, that the cause for which she was to play was the popular one of the day, th re could be no doubt what ever that Madame Tasca’s offer was a munificent one. We cannot, we say, think what has come the usually long headed Dunedin when a committee of its leading men were so far left to them selves as snobbishly to refuse the aid of Madame Tasca. Does the old anti pathy to “ strolling players”) so rampant at one time in the country which gave fcirth to najuiy of those whose namcf

are on the committee) still rankle in their bosoms, and burning there raise their feelings even in a case of Chris tian benevolence against the accursed thing? By what right do they take upon themselves the power to prevent any one, and especially a kind-hearted stranger, from doing what she can for the cause of the distressed ? But those •Dunedin aristocrats know better than their fellow-townsmen of the common herd »vhat the sufferers by the flood require, and how to raise it. Let us ho >e that the cause in whose favor the com nittee claim tb work will not suffer by the churlishness and rudeness of men who ought to have known better, and that those in whose interest they were appointed to act will have no rea son in the end to say —“Save us from our friends.”

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New Church at Waterton. —The Presbyterians resident in Waterton district have resolved to erect a church, and steps have been taken to collect subscriptions towards that object. A meeting was recently held, at which a considerable sum was raised, and since then the amounts promised have brought the total sum up to over £lco. A site for the. church has been kindly granted by Mr. Robert Anderson, in the comer of a paddock in Dawson’s Road. The situation is con sidered to be the most central for those residing in the dis'r ct. ' rv '“ '~-

j. F. Court.—Before Dr. Trevor, J.P., this morning, William Montgomery, for using obscene and profane language on the public street, was dismissed with a caution, having been locked up since Saturday. Patrick Arnot was remanded to Lyttelton for medical treatment, being lunatic through drink. : /j Ashburton Road Board.—A. special meeting of the'Ashburton Road Board was held to-day, to consider the question of appor tioning the share of Road Board funds belonging to the Municipality of Ashburton, and lor the opening of tenders for works. Amongst other business it was resolved to write again to the Government, reminding them that the time had expired up to which the R.M. Court could use the Road Board Office as a Court-room, urging the inconve nience to the Road Baard of the Court sitting in the office. The lenders for work were then opened and accepted as follow: Shingling— VVakanui Station Road Thos. Trevurza, is. 3j£d. per yard ; Wilson’s Road—J. Wil son & Co., is. 2d. per yard; VVakanui School Road—John Doak, is. 1 j£d. per yard ; Pio neer Road—Samuel Brown, is. 2d. per yard ; Jones’ Road —William Fraser (to find shingle), is. 6d. per yard; Rule’s Road—Wm. Johns, 7s. 9d. per chain. Formation—Stanley Road, Murdoch Bruce, 6s. 9d. per chain. Forma tion of Fairfield Road—-James Croy—7 s - P e !’ chain. Coldstream Swamp Rout —J. R. Leask, £i 15s. per chain. The Mayor of Ashburton attended as a deputation on behalf of the Borough Council, and asked for information a.s to the amount the Board had decided to pay over to the municipality as its share of Road Board funds. The Chairman stated, in reply to Mr. Bullock, that the sum coming to the borough was £s°° bad already been paid to the borough’s account, thus making the total sum £,1140. The cottages belonging to the Board within the borough would also become town property. The Mayor thanked the Board for the manner in which they had received the Board’s claims, and withdrew. Some offier unimportant busi ness was transacted and the Board adjourned. More Wives wanted. —The following advertisement appears in the Nelson Evening Mail: —Wanted, for Ashburton, an unlimited number of Marriageable Young Ladies. Any information required will be promptly rendered on application to “Excelsior,” Post Office, Ashburton.

Relief of Flood Sufferers.—Several of the districts from which the Dunedin Flood Relief Committee expected subscriptions, have returned answers to the committee’s circular to the effect that, having themselves suffered, they are not in a position to subscribe. The Otago papers, therefore urge upon the un scathed districts to subscribe more largely. The Balclutha Flood. Saturday’s Otago Daily Times says :—Yesterday at Bal clutha the water fell considerably, and the coach is now able to proceed from the Crown Hotel along. the main road. The work of rendering the railway bridge available for foot traffic is fast being accomplished. Messrs. Low, of the Public Works, and Armstrong, of the Railway Department, returned from thither last evening.. - ■j•;1 .> 1 > Youthful Litigants.—Some days ago in Dunedin a boy often years assaulted a girl of about the same age. The case came before the Police Court, and the girl had her young foe bound over in £5 to keep the peace for six months. A suggestion to kiss arid make friends was rejected with scorn by the juvenile parties, and so the law had to take its course. The Rangitoto Silver Mine.—The correspondent of the Sun, writing from the Rangitoto Silver Mines, says I. may in form you that we are now busy raising ore at the mine, some of which is very good, with a view of getting it crushed and dressed for ship ment. The test will be a fair average of the veins proved, so as to determine the value of the mine. Now that the weather is quite settled, we hope to get the battery at work in about eight weeks.or so. When the shipment takes place the staff of men will be reduced to only one or two until the result is obtained, in order to cut down all the expenses in the meantime. The Directors are very anxious to push the woik ahead, and avoid making more calls than are absolutely necessary.” Professor Bickerton’s Analysis.— The report of Professor Bickercon on his" analysis of the twelve samples of Christchurch bread, supplied to him by the police, contains the following paragraph :—“ The general cha racter and make of these samples of bread, taken as a whole, are very satisfactory, and the analysis points to the fact that, with the excep tion of two, they are unadulterated. There is strong evidence that potatoes have been used in all cases, but in none of them in quantities suf ficient to be considered as an adulteration; Those two samples have been adulterated wiih alum, one to a consideiable extent. A sample of powder, found on the premises of one ot the bakers, having been submitted to Professor Bickerton, he certifies as follows :— ‘ Having examined the powder received from the police, I Und it to consist of commpn slum.’ M

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

Vienna, Oct. 16.

The Austrian garrison in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been reduced to 100,000. Count Andrassy refutes the Porte’s charges of cruelties.

AUSTRALIAN.

Adelaide, Oct. 19.

The Governor, in opening the North- West Bend Railway, referred to the growing importance of the Murray trade, and expressed a hope of early connec tion between South Australia and New South Wales.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.] Napier, Saturday.

The boating season opened this after noon with a procession of boats on the Tutackuri River, in which the boats of three Clubs, the Telegraph operators and vessels in port took part. There were several scratch matches afterward?. The weather was fine, and the attend ance was large. | l A case, supposed to be small pox, at the Spit, has been exciting some alarm during the last few days. The child afflicted with the disorder is under medical treatment for small pox, but it is considered by the medical attendants to be of a . mild ,type. One medical man, however says it is not small pox at alky The boy wa,s vaccinated ,in 1875. O i. ?. 0 81 i chi yv The IVananga to-day contains an apology in Maori to Mr. Mair for libel against him in a letter published in that paper. The IVananga does not give the English version of the apology, blit the following is a correct translation : “ Notice to all the world. This is a notice to all tribes and people of the world. It is all false and slanderous words of a letter of Te Arawa Katoa which were published in IVananga, vol. 5, No. 57, } page. 349, speaking of Mr. Mair and his family, whom we have known for over 30 years, and have never seen, known, or heard anythingwrong of them all in those years down to the present time. The words of that letter of ‘ Te Arawa Kato’ are perfectly false and without any foundation, for we know that they (the Mairs) are de scended from respectable people, and have been holding high positions all the days and years they have been in the Island. They cannot be accused by anyone of having done any wrong what ever—vVe are very sorry indeed that those lying accusations should have been published in IVananga by mistake. —Editor JVananga” The Cheevers and Bent Minstrels are drawing splendid houses here. Madame Charbonette opens on Tues day night. •

Wellington, Saturday.

It is currently rumored here that Government has made a concession by which, certain parties are to have the exclusive right to a special wire for Press telegrams from Auckland to In vercargill, for a period of . two years, at a fixed annual payment in lieu of the present Press rates. The special wire, to beat the set vice of the lessees from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Ministers decline to give any definite information but pro mise to lay the papers before the House. Monday, It is understood that the proroga tion of Parliament will take place next Monday. Dunedin, Saturday. Final arrangements re the water sup ply for the city and suburbs have been deferred till the close of the session. The annual torchlight procession of the Dunedin Fire Brigade took place last night, and was a great success. A new club, called the Union Club, is to be added to the many institutions of a like nature in the city. Its pro moters are recruiting for members amongst the existing clubs.

It is' estimate 1 that- the. Tttapeks County Council will show a deficit pi at the close of the year. Two cottages, one owned by William Burns and the other by S. Mewhinj’, at Kensington, were burned down last night. ■. ■' j" A large number of cattle have died in the country districts from eating ‘utu. .

Shearing is very backward, and the severe weather will have a bad effect on this year’s clips. ' _

It is stated that the snow is far from being melted in the country dis tricts, and that further floods may be looked for.

A young man named John M‘Rae, while assisting in shunting trucks laden with coal this morning, got jammed in between them, and when picked up was found to be very much mangled. His thigh and several ribs were broken* and he is not expected to recover,

Greymouth, Saturday.

.An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Greymouth Coal Company (Limited) was held last night to empower the Directors to sell the Company’s property and plant by auc tion. There was a large number of shareholders present, and Mr. James Kerr was voted to the chair. - The fol lowing resolutions were carried unani mously :—“ That the directors be in structed to sell the mine and property by public auction.” “ That the directors, be empowered to pay the debts of the. Cdmpany, and d vide the balance, if any, arriong the shareholders/ and thereafter take the necessary legal steps to wind up the company.” “That offers’ be taken from the different auctioneers in Greymouth as to the terms on which they will sell the Company’s property, and that the Company’s property be sold on Nov. 15.”

NEW ZEALAND MARBLE QUARRIES

From the Otago Daily Times

j We have had the pleasure of inspect ing spec’mens of the marble quarries which have been recently discovered at Caswell Sound on the west coast of this Province. They have been brought in the last trip of the Maori, together with some large blocks of the same material, by Mr. Jack, one of the proprietors, who had gone down from Hokitika to examine and report on the value of the discovery. The blocks have been placed in. the hands of Mr. Munro, who informs us that they are “ as fine marble as ever lie had his hands on.” The specimens which we have seen are of two kinds—one a pure white, as white as snow, which we were enabled, to compare side by side wi.h a piece of the Carrara marble from whicl) the bust of Dr. Featherston has been carved. Ours is but a lav opinion; but the Caswell Sound marble is ih all respects by appearance as close-grained, as purely white, and as beautiful as the marble which has won for itself renown all the world over. And this opinion is con firmed by the assertion of Mr. Munro, who, being an expert, is entitled to speak as ex cathedra. He informs us that the b’ock of white marble which he has worked has taken as fine a polish as any in the world. The second specimen, which is described as “ dove marble,” is of bluish tint, beautifully veined, and a block of it is at the present time under the hands of Mr. Munro, who will have great pleasure in showing results to anyone interested in the matter. Mr. Jack is not round here, as had been erroneously stated by our Invercargill contemporary, for the pur-; pose of floating a company/ - On the' contrary, we learn that, in common with his co-p.oprietors, he is at present too much “ taken ” with the value of his property to entertain any anxiety for; parting with it, whatever they may ulti mately do when the gigantic field for their operations is sufficiently realised by them. Mr. Jack, who, together with Hon/ J. A. Bonar, Mr. Learmonth, Mayor of Hokitika, Mr. James-Holmes, and a few others, owns the valuable find, has merely come deputed to have the character of the product defined, and returns cgain by the first trip .of the Maori, taking with him, in all proba bility/Mr. Munro, toV further, examine tiie nature arid extent of the marble fields. Enough, however,-is now known to convince us that marble of the very finest kind arid of practically unlimited' extent exists within our borders, and'so situated, so easily wrought, and so con venient for shipment, that it is im possible to overate the effect it "will have on building operations. •;? p ; yp #. t/ We learn that in a perfectly land locked harbor, of only a mile wide, a vessel in fifty fathoiris of water can lay her bulwarks against the quarry. The white marble.is on the southern side of Caswell Sound, about half-a-niile from the entrance. The seam is two chains wide, lan l it has been traced to the height of a thousand feet, and, from ••inrisr'ips it has been seen cropping out * thu very top of the,mountain—Mount Pauline —\\h ch is 3000 feet high. - The iVtotinlviiVt- Is, in fact, a mountain of pure white marble, arid it> is considered that this extends right through it to the dis-

lance of two miles above the head of Charles’ Sound. The “dove marble” is on the other side of Caswell Sound, which is herein mile in width. This seam has a breadth of about three chains, and has. been traced to a height of six. hundred teet, coming to the sur face ail the way up. Where it abuts on the harbor there will be required a jetty of a chain or a chain and a-balf in length, and in die Sound the fleets of England could lie in safety in any state of jyind •md weather. As the proprietors h ive .secured 960 acres, one half containing .he white and the other the dove mar ble, they have abundant field for their operations, and we venture to’ think that the products of this hitherto silent and lonely fiord will yet have a name in the Colemef'

The Evening Echo, Monday, October 21,%1878*



s. d. s. d. Gutter, inferior to best, $lb i 6 to 0 0 Eggs, $ dozen 10 to I 0 Bacon, prime smoked, $ lb o 10 to 0 0 Hams in cloth, $ lb I 0 to 0 0 Oheese, prime quality, $ R> o 9 to 0 10 Flour in bags, ioolb 12 6 to 14 0 Oatmeal, $ ioolb - 26 0 to 0 0 Lard, lb - - - O 9 to 0 0



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ENCOURAGE LO_CAL INDUSTRIES. AO. AITKEN & CO. have much plea • sure in informing the Gentlemen of Ashburton that they are prepared to take orders for New Spring and Summer Suits. A Perfect Fit Guaranteed, and at Christchurch Prices. A. O. AITKEN & CO., TAILORS, Havelock Street, Ashburton.