ASHBURTON TRADEDIRECTORY.

Accountants and Commission Agents Charles Braddell, Montgomery s Buddings H. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, Bast-st. Architect and Civil Engineer S. W. Brown, East-street ■ . S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings

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 Flicks, Tancred-street Taylor arid Lill, East-street,

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

Boarding House Keepers— J. G. Anstee, East-street Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Plavelock Street Builders, Contractors, Etc.— James Baker, Havcloci-street Geo. St. Hill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-street Thos. Williams, Tinwald

Booksellers and Stationers — A, Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Furness and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East street South

Bootmakers— ■ P. 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

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

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

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. Sando, East-street

Greengrocers— 1 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— Furness and Dixon, East-street -

Plumbers, Casfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc. — J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph-Hyde, Tancred-street S. Hardley, East-sheet

Saddlers— Thomas Dudson, Burnett-street

Surveyors— C; E. Fooks and Son, East-street

Tailors— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street

Tent-makers— K. Sando, East-street

Tobacconists — ■•••'' A. Peaxse, Moor-street E. A. Garnett, East-street A. Weston, East-street

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

The following letters are advertised at the Post Office, as having been received from places beyond the Colony, during the month of Junfc, : and:. remaining unclaimed. .on the ist August, 1878 :~— . Ah'repfeld, Henry ,V ■- - Curry, Peter (c/o Michael Sweetmanj Kennedy, Hugh 11 : ; "■/ • ■ IClng, A. J. McDowell, John M. MeUrien, Thos. Sevres, T. ' "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. .

DAILY MEMORANDA.

TO-NIGHT.

Dawn of Peace Lodge,. 1.0. G.T., Anniversary Tea and Entertainment, at the Library Hall, at 6 p.m.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE .

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Evening Echo. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1878.

County Council.—After our re porter left yesterday, the Council dis cussed what instructions were advisable, to be given to their delegates to the Wellington Conference. It was decided to ask Conference to join in requesting Government to build public offices for the Council and Magistrate’s Court; also, to urge that the custody of all reserves in the county he vested in the Council, and the chairman and Mr. Reed were appointed a committee to prepare a detailed list of these reserves.' The following resolution, moved by Mr.' Wright and seconded by Mr. Coster, was carried “ That in order to secure greater uniformity in the assessment throughout the county and greater eco nomy in the work, it is desirable that the assessment * should he.. made by officers appointed for that purpose, by the Council, and that copies of the rate roll when amended by the Revising Officer shall be supplied gratuitously to the several Road Boards within the County.” Mr. Wright was empowered to act as chairman in Mr. Walker’s ab sence at the Wellington Conference. A by-law re slaughtering license fees was approved : —“ There shall be paid to the County fund in respect of every license issued by the County Council for a slaughter-house, and in respect of renewal of every such.license, a sum of ten shillings.” A contemporary states that at the Council meeting yesterday the Secretary of the Ashburton Agricultural and Pas toral Association wrote asking, payment of the recently voted to that society by the Council “ for the Secre tary’s benefit.” The mistake is palpable to any one with the least knowledge of the matter, but the paragraph is cate; lated to mislead some. Mr Metcalfe is : honorary secretary to the society and his work is of course a labor of love. Local Peds.—Yesterday afternoon quite a crowd gathered in Baring Square about five o’clock to see Messrs Comp ton and Risley settle the qusetion as to which was the swiftest of fqot over 100 yards of ground. The stakes were only nominal, but the race was run as much in earnest as though they had been for a large amount, and Mr Compton “ bested” his man by a few feet. It is said they are going to" try again, - - I.O.G.T. —The first anniversary of the Dawn of Peace Lodge Will be cele brated to-night, Proceedings open in the Library Hall at 6, and at 8 o’clock an entertainment commences over which Dr Trevor will preside. The pro gramme is a very good one, and em braces songs (comic and sentimental) ; glees, by a choir recruited for the occa sion ; recitations by local elocutionists ; and a comedy, the title of which is not given.

According to the Advocate, Mrs. Gordon Furlong has been addressing meetings, composed solely of females, at Bulls, at which the attendance and interest ..manifested have been encour aging. . ■ v

Burglary.- —ln Willis Street, Wel lington, a few nights ago, someone de liberately cut a pane of glass out of the window of Mr. Jacobwitch’s tailor shop, and abstracted a roll of cloth, valued at £l2 1 os. That such a thing should have occurred in' the main thorough fare in the city, without the; offender being detected is scandalous. It- is notorious that -some half-dozen _ men are all we have to guard the city at night, and these cannot be everywhere at once, but this robbery shows the urgerit necessity - for /increasing . our present force.— New Zealander. ’,, To “ Drnnks.”— lt may not be generally known, and is interesting to “ respectable drunks/ 5 that an order is in force in the colony, making it neces sary at the Police Stations that every person taken into custody -foi: drunken ness must find two persons to enter into recognisances for his appearance before the Resident Magistrate ere he can be released on bail. Formerly it rested with the discretion, of the watch-house, keeper; to let rich prisoners at liberty when they had recovered, on their lodging £1 as bail.

THE NEW UPPER HOUSE MEN.

(From the NZ. . Times.) Mr Patrick Buckley and Mr John Martin are, so the kites have' decreed, to sit in the Legislative Council for the future. Mr Buckley no doubt has some qualifications for the office of legislator but it was. .generally.supposed.Ahat his ambition lay m the direction, of a seat in the House of Representatives, so that he might be present where .the political fight raged hottest. It seenis that people were mistaken, and that he pre fers the -otium cum Mgnitate. which -is secured for life by being sworn in as: a member of the Legislative Council of New "Zealand: Possibly no one will find much fault with Mr Buckley’s ap pointment, unless some professional man should be impelled to do so by the reflection that the legal firm of Hart and Buckley will be rather too fully re presented in the Upper.H:>use. With respect to Mr Martin, liis appearance in public life is a novelty, for he hitherto has not shown that he had any burning desire to represent his fellow-men in a legislative body—in fact, having filled a seat at the old Town Board, he appar ently thought he had reached the top rung of his ladder: Of late lie has assumed a new role. He has become a very Timon, profuse in his hospitality, and has been pleased to number among bis associates, not courtiers —for there are none here —but politicians of a class who have something to win. . His kind and genial nature has led him to more closely imitate the ancient Athenian than he may have imagined. Now that our modern Timon has reached the highest pinnacle to which he can hope to climb, it would be well that some Apemantus should arise ..to give him good advice.. 'For. instance,'...a;- modern Apemantus might say— : j- \ ; I scorn thy meat; ’tvvould choke me, for I should •Ne’er flatter thee O, you gods f what a number Of men eat Timon, and he sees them not ! It grieves me to see so many dip their meat In one man’s blood.

We hope that the Hon. John Martin will, should he see fit .to retire into private life again, have; a; more happy career'than the open-handed Timon. ' It is hot easy to treat-this "strange Ministerial freak seriously. Surely the Premier and his colleagues must have been indulging iri a little practical joking, for no sane man . can suppose that any one member of the Cabinet believed that in advising His Excel lency to call- Mr; .Martin , to the. Legis lative -Council, he ,was -securing .an addition to that body of lone who was: more fitted than his fellows to fill so responsible and honorable an office. If Her Majesty’s. Ministers have not been jesting, they have bungled sadly, for by their action they have slighted the Legislative Council, and have neg lected many capable men, whose past career entitled them to consideration when any post of honor was to be con ferred, and whose ability and experience would cause them to be really valuable members of the Legislature. -

HOW A NEWLY-MARRIED HUS- BAND GOT WEANED FROM HIS CUPS.

A young wife in Michigan had just got settled in her new home. All seem ed fair and promising, for she did : not know that her husband was a drunkard. But one night he came home at a very late hour much the worse for liquor. When he staggered into the house, the wife, who was greatly shocked, told him he was sick and to lie down at once; and; in a moment or two he was com fortably settled in a drunken sleep. His face was a reddish purple, his breath ing was heavy and altogether he was a pitiable-looking object. The docter was sent for post haste, and mustard applied to his feet and hands. When the doc tor came,, and found that he was only 'drunk, he said— ‘ He will be all right in the morning. 5 But the wife insisted that he was very sick, and that several remedies must be used.

‘ You must shave his head and apply blisters/ she urged, ‘or I will send for some one who will. 55

The husband's head whs accordingly shaved closely and blisters applied. The patient lay all night in a drunken sleep, and notwithstanding the blisters were eating into the flesh, it was not till near morning that be began to beat about, disturbed by pain. About daylight he woke up to most uncomfortable consciousness of blis tered agonies. ‘ What does this mean ?' he said, putting his hand to his bandaged head. ‘ Hie,. Still— you ; .musn 5 t . stir/ .-. said.the wife j ‘ you have been very sick. 5

‘l am not, sick/ > . . / ‘7 / 1 Thad to' send for the doctor/ -'—' .‘Tshould think you had/ groaned the poor victim. ’' ‘ What’s the' matter with my feet ? ’ ‘ They are blistered/ <

‘Well I’m better now, take off the blisters,-do,’ he. pleaded piteously. • lie was- in a most uncomfortable state —his head covered with--sores, and his hands and feet were still'worse.

' ‘ Dear,’ he said, groaning, ‘ if I should ever get sick in this way again, don’t be alarmed or send for a doctor, and above all don’t blister me again.’ ‘ oh, iiiuood I Will—all; that saved you were the blisters,, and if ever you should. such spell! should be more j htened ■ than eyer—for the tendency 1 aSn sure- is to apoplexy, and from the next attack you would be like ly to die, unless there4-were severest measures used.”

■> He made no further defence ; suffice to say he n|ver had another attack.

PARLIAMENT.

[Per Press Agency.]

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Wednesday, July 3T.

The chief business done was the introduction of- a Sheep Scab Bill by Colonel Whitmore. : This Sheep Act, 1878, will take effect on the Ist of January,. 1879, but within Auckland, Taranaki; i Wellington, Nelson,, and Marlborough certain . sections do not come into force until 1881. Amongst these sections, section 21. enacts that if an owner has several. flocks on; the same, run, and one is infeetpd, he will not be allowed to remove any sheep from ' His : run - for a period of three months after he has obtained from the •inspector a clean certificate.' Section 23 is to the effect that all scabby sheep must be branded with, the letter S, and section 29 that no sheep may be driven through any infected district at the risk of penalties not exceeding and section.4B.inflicts the same amount as a fine for‘driving infected-sheep. The Address in reply was agreed to without a division.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Wednesday, July 31. AFTERNOON SITTING, f; The House met at 2.30. p.m., j j ■ V: ; n . ‘ NEW MEMBER. J Mr.-Reeves. took the oath and seat He was.: introduced by the Hon. R. Stout and Mr. J. C. Brown. ... PETITIONS. A large number of petitions were presented, NOTICES OF MOTION. . , Mr..Hursthouse gave notice to move fori the .production of all correspon dence in connection with the Taranaki triumphal arch; The Hon. J. Sheehan gave notice to ash leave to introduce a Licensing Bill. . . NEW BILL. In reply to' Mr. Fox/ The Hon. J. Sheehan said that a Bill for the suppression of lotteries and gambling was in print, and, in accord ance with the wishes of Mr. Fox would be introduced in the. Upper House. : h QUESTIONS. The Hon. W. Fox called the atten tion of Government to the fact of.the Japanese Commissioners in Australia interesting themselves in endeavoring to establish' a trade in wool. The Premier said they had no infor mation on the matter, but would make inquiries and communicate to the House. The Hon. J. Ballance . said, replying to Mr. Johnston; that Government had no intention of placing a sum on the estimates, as'a grant in* aid of Roman Catholic' schools; ' v ■ ‘ • . RETURNS. . The Hon: :W. Gisborne -moved for a return of the quantity and value of articles imported., into, and .exported frorh New Zealand during 1877 also, for".returns regarding ad valorem re ceipts during each year, under the dif ferent heads of spirits, tobacco, tea, sugar, and ad valorem , &c. Agreed to.

The Hon. V/. Gisborne moved for a returns showing .at; the-' end of-JVlarch,' 1878, for all Borough Councils, County Councils, Road Boards, Harbor Boards, and River Boards,, the annual income and; expenditure (distinguishing depart mental from other expenditure) of each such local body, its sources of income, rateiige leyi/efj/.ampuhl of its liabilities, overdraft and outstanding loans, and total amount of loan authorised to raise ; also; returns of extent and position of endowments of such local body, to gether with the market value'at present. Agreed to. The Speaker here announced' that his Excellency would be pleased to re-. Ogive the Address presented by the House at -3.30 p,m, to-morrow. Mr* Woolcock moved-=r>‘ For .a-retym of the amount left in the Treasury due •to-members as honorarium, from last session, together with the names of gentlemen by whom left.” The motion was agreed to. Mr. Wakefield moved—“ For a re turn showing the names ■ of public

libraries which have received subsidies under the Public Libraries’ Act,- 1877, and the amount awarded: to, each.” Agreed to. SECOND READING. • 'V"‘ The Mercantile Law Further Amend ment Bill was read a second time. It provides that bills of exchange may be validly accepted if signed by drawer. The Hon. R. Stout moved, the second recading of the Trade Unions Bill, the object of which was to place trade unions on the same looting as in England, allowing them .to. register themselves to. hold property, and to act as corporate bodies so long as they were hot guilty of any 'unlawful; act, combinations for the restraint of trade, or for regulating the wages of men to masters, or unknown workmen.- not being deemed unlawful. There was nnthing in the Act that was not in the English Act upon which the present Bill was based. . a ' The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-mor row. ■ . '• ■ ADDRESS IN REPLY. The clause of' the Address refeiring to finance was .read byj tee Speaker, and consideration postponed -till to morrow, when an Imprest Supply Bill is- expected to be brought down. The House then adjourned till 2.30 p.m. to-morrow; : .

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

: ’ - ” i -London, July 29. 1 The Australians' are playing, against I_B of-Keighley. - . Australians,. Ist innings—seven out for 175. ..

A. Bannerman : 55 ' : C. Bannerman '// 54 IToran - - - 43 There is a large, attendance at the match. ’ - v

Undated

The first innings of the Australians closed for 206, and the first innings of their opponents for =204 (104 ?). Spof forth took 12 wickets for 125. Keigh ley in their : second, innings have .6 .out;, for 38. ; . . _, /. _

July 30.

In the House of ..Lords to night, Ministers challenged ’the; Opposition to. divide oh the Eastern Question. Lords Beaconsfield and Salisbury, replying to Lords' Granville and Ripon, insisted on peace, because it was more likely from their policy that definite areas and .boundaries would be obtained. . In the House of Commons, the Marquis of Hartington blamed Govern ment for their .neglect' /of Greece, arid denied the necessity of Indian interests depending on the British protectorate of Armenia. The Convention made the British. Empire more vulnerable. Sir C. Bilke and Mr. Grant Duff cen sured the secrecy of the Anglo-Turkish Convention. Mr. Plunkett moved an amendment approving the Government policy. Mr. Bourke contended that the Treaty improved the prestige of England, reformed Asia, and opened prospects there of peace and prosperity.

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, July 31.

A reply from Lord Beaconsfield to the address states that he is touched by the sympathy: and honored by the-re membrance. .. ■

Intelligence from New Guinea/says that the gold . prospectors are ill of fever, and three deaths have occurred already. ■ THe party is stiff pushing up the Golace in the hopes of finding pay able gold, if they can only.overcome the dense scrub, The color of. gold has been found, nothing more, : ’ : : Arrived —Rotorua.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.]

Auckland, .Wednesday

It is stated that the Insurance Com panies have ' prepared figures which prove, that more than tworthirds of. the property in Auckland is uninsured. Under these circumstances it is thought probable that unless the Corporation rescipd fhg resolution recently passed the brigade will be disbanded- ■ • The Companies say they should not' be ex pected to provide a. Fire Brigade any more than light-houses to prevent wrecks, or than life -offices should provide doc tors and hospitals to prevent the spread of contagious diseases. ' Tho'; amount insured in Auckland is.less by ,£77,000 since the water supply has been.brought into the town. Wellington, Wednesday. The Hon. William Fox has, accepted the office of Grand Worthy Chief of Good] Templars for the North Island, which has been vacated by the Rev, Samuel Edger, - .

: Tenders were received f.r the Ta pariui contract of the Waitaki-Inver cargill railway—Accepted: Proudfoot and Mackay, Dunedin, rOO. • . Hokitika, Wednesday. A public meeting, was held in the Town Hall last night, the Mayor in the chair, to consider the question of rail way extension to the West Coast. It was considered that a direct, line, of railway connecting the county of West land witii the East Goasf would have been in the highest degree advantageous,, and would largely conduce to the settle ment and prosperity of the colony. On-/ the motion of Mr. Purkiss, it was re solved—“ That the line which presents the'greatest advantages .in a.-public point of view is that which, starting at Hokitika, should be extended through out the southern portions of this county via the Haast to Otago, and northward to Grey mouth.” On this motion there .was considerable discussion, .several opposing the route .'as. impracticable. An amendment as follows was proposed, but lost on a show, of hands—“ That;, this meeting, taking into consideration., the various conflicting interests, deems , it expedient; Jest Unnecessary delay occur through advocating any particu lar route, to leave the Government un biassed to adopt, that which is'found most conducive to the general geod.” Petitions to the. Legislature are now in course of signature conveying the above resolution.

THE GOVERNOR’S SPEECH.

Whoever was entrusted with the task of drafting the speech, read yesterday by the Governor, as the mouth-piece of the-Ministry, he must- be credited with/-' being a master of the; art of ...using language to conceal his thoughts. There is no affectation of mddesty;. there is no admission that one step had been taken to settle Native trou bles before Sir George Grey to ok office; <. there is a calm appropriation of all that Fox, and Vogel, and McLean accom plished, not only .as to . the Maoris, but as to public works. Their, own trum pet is sounded with a vigor that,may, J perhaps be applauded by., some, the?- whole document being, indeed, the essence ol the Premier’s stump haran- .. gues, .and as they won . ringing cheers, it is calculated that the same musical strain must continue to; charm. The , settlement of all Native trouble, is pre- . dieted, and a Bill is promised to regu late dealings with 'Maori lands without a hint being vouchsafed as to the direc tion it will take,-' The absurd. fright,, that drove His Excellency’s -advisers, to incur* a large unauthorised liability for the purchase of cannon, is dwelt upon with a complacence that may perhaps be : lessened when ..some j.economical member wants/ to know what return is. . to be;. expected from fortifications ; /•- whom they are to defend us from.; why . . Sir George Grey so suddenly changed his mind; and above all, where the money is to come from, 1 or what useful work is .to be thrown over to pay for the costly plaything. Electoral reform was the'strong feature of the Ministry. Manhood suffrage, equal electoral' dis tricts, and triennial Parliaments were declared to be the sole defence of the country against the vile machinations of wretches, who were devouring the •people’s : patrimony;,-' -On r these vme4-v sures the patriot chief would stand or fall.: He would die on:the .floor of the House, he would head the outraged colonists, if one jot was refused, by the hated aristocrats. Alas ! for his mighty words, they now shrink tep the humble fy promise ‘‘to place the franchise- s and <- the method of electing members of the House of representatives -on -a • satis factory basis,, ” 1 > J *' l ’• ‘ The daring policy of the recess is now sobered down to' the most insignificant - ■- proportions.;. The tamest; Ministry that a ever held office in New Zealand could have accepted this programme,, and the only way to comprehend it is by study ing the changes of representatives dur ing the past six.months, and then . it. will be clear; that fit is'not' necessary 'to" give: any large reforms at present to. ensUrp ; La?OOritiriuaniOei m :6m9e/J The;// stock-in-trade has been exhibited, and it is withdrawn-Jill an : .appeal, to. the people is imminent. Then the rights ap'd , wrongs q£ the human race will once more be heard of; then the wickedness of electing members for ;m;ore- ;than three! years. - will beif pro-:-. ;.< claimed ; then will pathetic descriptions of the miseries' -of the over-tayed be ■- * once more drawn ; and a majority will be expected. Now, power is safe, and as for the. most of the.present Ministers, a combination ofclianres such as Hurled ' theiff into, their seats, this time can.neyer . occur again] they /thinkit/Expedient to enjoy the .unexpected sweets, let the. people be never so impatient ; to rest and be thankful, let who will suffer.— Nelson Colonist,

The Evening Echo, Thursday, August 1,1878,



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Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton are often at a ioss. to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase of Drapery, Clothing, and House-furnishing Iron mongery, and General Stores. Orr Jk. 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 beine r bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to offer goods of such;sterling value as ■cannot be .equalled by any other house‘in'the tirade. Every article in stock is marked at the lowest price, from which no abatement is made, <> .that .the most inexperienced buy their goods it thfisame pricey as the best judges,—Advt.