POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close follows :

For Christchurch and North at io a,m. \ p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at io a.m. daily. For Rakaia at 10 a.m., and 4 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. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

The following letters are advertised at the Post Office, as having been received from places beyond the Colony, during the. month of September, and remaining unclaimed on the Ist November 1878 : Anderson, James (2) Collins, Fred. Finnerty, John Fansen, Emil Ford William Inkster, Christopher Kelleher, John Reilly, James Welsh, William. Letters originating in New Zealand are not now advertised, but are sent to the Dead Letter Office, after having lain for two clear months.

J. W. E. Douglas, Postmaster.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Evening Echo. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1878.

Perhaps there is no more practical head amongst the members of the Government than that of the Hon. Mr. Macandrew, and when we find him asking the House of Representatives to consider resolutions recognising the advantage of a direct monthly steam service between New Zea land and Great Britain, it is natural to expect that if he retains his position as a Minister for any length of time, the insti tution of such a service will become a cer tainty. But the general conditions laid down for agreement between Government and any probable contracting company were not such as were likely to commend themselves to the other practical heads in the House, and this, considered along with the lateness of the session, had the effect of putting the idea of a monthly steam service out of Court. The first sug gested condition was an excellent one — viz., that vessels should be of. sirth draught of water as to enable them to enter any port in the colony. This would, of course, put Government in a position to land ves sels at any port of moderate size and im portance, and prevent the deeper harbors from enjoying a monopoly of the business. We. are all the more pleased to hear Mr. Macandrew enunciate this condition, as notwithstanding his denial that in his eyes New Zealand was “bounded on the north by Otago, on the south by Otago, on the east by Otago, and on the the west by Otago,” it is a fact patent to most observers that Otago bulks more largely in the hon. gentleman’s eyes than is at all pleasing to the representatives of more northerly provinces ; and it is a well known fact that these representa tives are careful to look well at any idea brought out by Mr. Macandrew before they entertain it completely, very suspi cious that it is bound to benefit the great southern province in the end if not at the beginning. The second condition was a skeleton one for the number of days to be the contract time between port of arrival and port of departure. The third condi tion asked a guarantee from the Govern ment that 800 immigrants would be shipped per monthly steamer inwards during a period of five years. Probably this was the condition of running which had the effect of throwing out the scheme; for however pleasant it may be to know that a steam service connected the colony with its parent land, it was not a pleasant thing to be committed without -warning to the im portation of 800 head of free immigrants per month, or 48,000 in the five years during which the contract was to continue. The same condition had a skeleton clause, leaving the sum to be paid by the colony as a subsidy for the House to fill in. Mr. Macandrew said the scheme could not fail to be of immense advantage Lo the eajony fbft increase of trade and inwni*

gration, and that he had received great encouragement to bring it forward, adding that if the resolutions were received favourably by the House time would bo saved by dealing with the ques tion at once. To this immediate dealing, however, the House were not prepared to agree, and after a considerable amount of discussion, in which Mr. Murray-Aynsley said the scheme would involve an addi tional outlay for immigration, representing £150,000, the matter was quietly pushed aside, not, however, before Mr. Macandrew had promised to bring up more hopeful proposals next session. The House, though not ready at that late period of the session to act at once on the suggestions-contained in the resolution, did not show any anti pathy to the principle of a direct steam service, and this leaves us liopefnl that next year arrangements may be made for the establishment of a direct line of steamers between the Colony and Home. The benefits accruing to New Zealand from such a service would be great indeed, and we hope Mr. Macandrew’s proposals will be such as will secure an efficient service and the sanction of Parliament for its establishment.

Entertainment at Waterton. To moirow will be by a few ladies and gentlemen The object of the entertainment is to help the fund now being raised for building a new Presbyterian church in the Waterton district. A good programme has been arranged and Dr. Stewart is to take the chair. We understand nearly all the tickets have been sold.

Captain Barry delivered his lecture on Saturday evening, as advertised. There was not a large attendance. Captain Barry goes home to print a book of his travels, and he has already * secured several subscribers in Ashburton.

Prince of Wales Birthday. —This celebration will be observed on the 9th instant in Canterbury. In Auckland Provincial Dis trict the 13th will be observed —elsewhere in the colony, the nth. The Prorogation.— The House met at noon on Saturday. The Speaker read a sche dule of business transacted during the session, after which the members repaired to the Legis lative Council, where Parliament was formally prorogued by Commission to January 14 next. The Commission consisted of the Hon. Major Richmond, Sir D. Bell, and the Hon. Colonel Whitmore. Twenty-three members of the House of Representatives were present. Death from a Fly Bite.—At Westward Ho, Devon, Mrs. Williams, a lady who was on a visit from London, while on the Pebble Ridge, was bitten in the throat by what was supposed to be a common fly. She felt a soreness at the time; in a few hours the pain increased, and there was a slight swelling of the glands. A medical man was called in, but the lady got much worse, and further advice was sought, but further efforts proved useless, and she died from the injury.' A Lark. —The other evening some un kindly disposed person tied a piece of beef to the knocker of the door at the residence of the hon. member for Geraldine; The consequence was that he was aroused several times from his happy slumbers, and he only discovered the intruder by watching from behind the curtain. There were two dogs and a cat, .striving to col lar the prize. — Chronicle. Railway Drawing-room Cars.—We learn that the Government despatched an order to New York by the last ’Frisco mail for three drawing-room cars. They are to be lined with plush velvet, and fitted with all the latest appointments. Their construction will be on the double-bogie principle, the carriages altered in the Colony to work on that principle having been found admirably adapted lor our light rail roads. The carriages will contain accom modation for 25 to 40 passengers. It is intend ed to employ them on the through trip from Christchurch to Invercargill, and they will be useful as patterns for the construction of similar carriages in the colony. —Otago Daily Times . Shocking Case of Cowardice.— An inquest was held at Buxton on Sept. 18 on the body'ot a child, seven years of age, named Lucy Simmonds, who was drowned in the Wye on Wednesday previous. Evidence showed that the child fell off a plank which crosses the river into the water, and was carried away by the swollen current. There were five or six men standing on a bridge near the spot, and although the river was only at that point about two feet deep no one made any attempt to rescue the girl. In summing up the Coroner said —I can only say that I have been Coroner for fourteen years, and this is one of the most heartless —perfectly heartless—cases I have ever investigated. You can scarcely conceive that we are in a Christian and civilised country when you hear of men standing deliberately on a bridge 'watching the body being borne towards them and crying for help without making the slightest effort to render assistance in any way. It was cowardly beyond description, and one can scarcely bring his mind to the belief that beings calling themselves men should display such an absolute want of feeling and sympathy.

ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of the above Board was held to-day. Present: Messrs. John Grigg (Chairman), D. Williamson, T. Taylor, Joseph Hunt. Messrs. TTieoiander Bros., applied, on behalf of ratepayers residing in uardiner’s Road, to have tne said roaa shingled, it was decided to grant shingle for the work, as there was no shingle pit in the neigh boahood.

A letter was read from Mr. Mossman, Tinwaid, asking for liberty to take a line of rails across the road opposite his store to the railway. Granted. Mr. John Carter’s application for a few loads of gravel out of the pit near Tinwaid was granted. Mr. David Jones, of Graham’s Road, offered an acre of his ground for a gravel pit for £4O, provided it was securely xenced to prevent accidents with cattle ; or he would take £3O for the ground already used by the Board’s contractor. Resolved to offer £3O for one acre.

From residents and ratepayers at the seaside, asking that the seaside road be tormed or the Vvakanui fetation road be OOjiUilUivd iiOill Che oOuuxi cukvo ux VrdkailUi Creek to lot Vi of Moore’s estate, and for

two culverts to carry off storm water. Decided to call for tenders and communi cate with Mr. Moore.

Mr. John McCormick, Tui-Tui Flat, complained of the unsafe state of a gravel pit on his land, and asked the Board to see to it. The Surveyor was instructed to attend to the matter.

Mr. James R. Lcask wrote stating his inability to commence his contract at Coldstream until the work done on the drain was completed. Surveyor was in structed to see Mr. Downing and try to have the work done by him. It was resolved to make the footpath opposite Dr. Stewart’s property, he to pay one-half cost of same.

The following tenders were opened : No. 131—W. Silcox, 6s. Bd. per chain; 132—C. Hill, 7s. per chain ; 133 —Silcox. Bs. per chain. Relative to making valuation of the district, which cannot be undertaken by the County Council until after Ist January, it was resolved to invite tenders for the work ; tenders to be sent in by 15th inst., and to be opened by any two members of the Board.

A petition was received from several residents on the North Terrace road, praying that the Board would place more culverts on that road in order to prevent the overflow of the river. It was resolved that the matter be re ferred to the County Council. With reference to the amount of funds coming to the Borough Council, it was found that the sum of £ll3B ss. Id. was the actual sum due, which included the sum of £SOO already paid. It was resolved that the balance £633 6s. Id. be handed to the Council on receiving a letter from the Council accepting the statement. A further sum will be payable to the Borough Council from the accrued land fund. Several accounts were passed for pay ment, which concluded the business of the Board.

TELEGRAPHIC.

AUSTRALIAN.

[By Submarine Cable.] Sydney, Nov. 2.

Rush refuses to row Laycock. Latest advices from New Caledonia state that another attack has' been made on Bourail, when the hospital was burnt. The natives retired with considerable los3. The revolt is still unsuppressed, the troops being inadequate to the task. A fortnightly mail service and a cable between Noumea and Gladstone, in Queensland, are talked of.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.] Auckland, Saturday.

A fire broke out in a small house in Chapel street this afternoon, caused by a spark from a chimney falling on the shingles. It was speedily extinguished, and little damage was done. The correspondent of the “Herald,” writing from Alexandra, Waikato, says : “ Land rings are endeavoring to prevent an early settlement between Sir George Grey and Kingite natives by trying to create dissension amongst the natives themselves, and for this purpose letters have been sent and messengers employed to cause a split between Tawhaio and Rewi, but so far are not likely to have much evil results.”

Settlers at Kaipara and Wairoa are dis satisfied in consequence of the hitch that has arisen in the proposal to extend the telegraph to Wairoa River, Kaipara, where there are large shipping and timber interests. The Hobson County Council, at a meeting to consider the matter, re solved—“ That the Council hears with regret that the Government now decline to proceed with the construction of the telegraph line from Waipu to Dargaville, but fully endorse the propriety of the condition required by Mr. Dargaville. Seeing that a large amount is required from him by way of guarantee for the whole line, he should be relieved of a pro portional amount of the guarantee for each additional station opened along it.” Mr. and Mrs. Darrell open with Mr. Steele and company on Saturday next in Darrell’s new piece, “Back from the Grave. ”

Alterations made in the system of work ing the Kaipara line resulted in an in crease ef receipts by £l5O per months.

A committee has been formed at Wan garei to give the Premier a public recep tion on his expected visit.

At the Board of Education it was stated that the returns for the quarter showed a decline in the average attendance. This is the first time a decrease has ever been known. The average attendance is 8869. Father Nivand, formerly a Roman Catholic priest at the Thames, writing from China, says, “ The famine is still ravaging the west of this large province. I hope they have received my letters and got some aims for those dying of hunger. We have received a good deal of alms from parts of China, from Europe, &c., to relieve the famished, but they are so many that these are by far insufficient to afford relief. Many are dead and dying of hunger. What you say of my poor person I take as a compliment, and thank you for your good will and also for the good will of others ; but I think that my Superior General would not send me back alone, after I, with my other Franciscan brothers, have been expelled, as you know, from your shores in a way that was very far from just or right.” Gisborne, Saturday. A smart shock of earthquake was felt at half-past one this morning. The Taupo was off Tolago Bay at the time and felt a shock severely. ’1 here was great alarm amongst the passengers, who tnought the ship had struck a reef. Captain irieaie and others on board assign the earthquake

as the cause. Similar effects were'expe rienced in the vicinity by the steamer Pretty Jane while on her way for Auck land. Wellington, Saturday. The Prince of Wales’ birthday celebra tion will be observed as a bank holiday on the 11th inst. throughout the colony except in the provincial districts of Can terbury and Auckland. In the former it is to be on the 9th and in the provincial district of Auckland on the 13th, that is to say the holidays are to be proclaimed under the Bank Holiday Act for those days respectively. A Gazette notice was published this after noon that Mr. J. N. Wilson has been appointed a member of the Executive Council of New Zealand. The following additional entry for the Wellington Cup race has been received— Mr. Thomas Ray’s Diver. Monday. His Excellency the Governor left for Lyttelton in the Hinemoa last night. The Hon. Mr. Sheehan is to leave for the South to-day, but will return in a few days, when he will proceed to Wanganui and other places on the West Coast. It is understood that the Premier will leave for Auckland about Wednesday. The Governor has informed Mdlle. Charbonnet that he will arrange to remain in Christchurch so as to.be present at her opening concert on the 14th inst., and has authorised her to announce it as under his special- patronage. Balclutha, Saturday.

Mr. Higgenson, engineer, has been en gaged by the committee appointed at a public meeting He inspected the river bank behind the town this afternoon, and is to return on Tuesday to take measures to protect the township. The river bank continues to wash away with alarming rapidity. The steamer lona arrived from Dunedin to resume the traffic. She got in easily at the old entrance at the mouth of the river.

. At the annual meeting of the Clutha Agricultural and Pastoral Society last night, the treasurer’s report showed a credit balance of £6O. It was agreed to hold the annual show, to include a show of dogs on the 10th December. It was re solved to establish a weekly corn market in Balclutha on Fridays. [Special to Press.] Auckland, November 3.

Letters received in Auckland by the re latives of the Rev. George Brown state that two English ships of war have lately visited New Britain, and the captains have rigidly investigated the whole affair in which Mr. Brown was engaged. They have met the natives and traders, and made the most searching inquiries, result ing in Mr. Brown’s exoneration. He had suffered from repeated attacks of fever, but had been benefited by a cruise of three weeks in one of the men of war. During his absence his wife and three children were left in the mission station, but suffered no annoyance from the natives. Eight more native teachers of Fiji have volunteered to go to New Britain and join Mr. Brown.

THE SNARE OF THE FOULER.

From the Referee.

What is generally known as the silly season is coming on apace, and journals dependent upon Parliament and “ Society ” are almost at their wits’ end to stave off the traditional big gooseberry and shower of frogs. That is, in their old-fashioned and time honored shapes. The big gooseberry has of late taken to itself Protean quali ties, but is none the less a gooseberry when it is served up in the shape of a social or “society” question. We all know the plan adopted on some papers which have a large amount of space to spare when all London is out of town. This is a dodge of having two or three letters written by members of the staff' on “taking” sub jects ; these in a short time draw tons of others, on the decoy-duck principle. But the large daily papers are not allowed, since the advent of high-priced and eaves dropping weeklies, to have the silly time and its mild recreations all to themselves. In season and out of season pages must be filled, and for that purpose ideas must be manufactured, and first paragraphs and then argumentive articles on the subject must be written. So, in due course, the latest form of gooseberry is evolved and completed. Drunken wives have, owing to the dearth of other topics, again come prominently forward. There is just a trifling change in the old accusation, the result being that a vile scandal becomes still viler in the process of fresh handling. We are now told, and the subject is such a sound and seasonable one that it has already appeared in three or four places, that “divorcees” are invariably dipsoma niacs ; or, if not so far gone as that, certainly addicted to consoling themselves with the bottle. To us there does not seem much in the statement, although all sorts of arguments grow out of it. The confusion of cause and effect is, in some of the oracular utterances of those who knou r , far more remarkable than the fact itself— if by the way it is a fact at all. There is iittle reason to suppose that, because women who find their way in due course to the Divorce Court are given to tippling, ail English wives and mothers, no matter how virtuous and honorable, look with favor, or at all events without horror, on habits of intemperance. Yet such is the presumption of many writers, who, judg ing from their form of logic, and the way in which they asperse tlie sex generally, may fairly be accused of being women themselves. And in their case the accu sation is no light one, seeing what it involves. It is to the introduction oi iemale journalists, who within the past few yeaf-a have bem developed out of the race of lady novelists, that the present

grave charges against womankind are mainly due. We are not inclined to overrate male journalists because they are such and not women who alternate be tween venom and twaddle and know no middle course, but there can be no doubt that where the press is conducted by those naturally fitted for the work, no vile and groundless charges are allowed to be brought against the mothers, the wives, and the sisters of Englishmen. We are not aware whether drunkenness among divorced wives is considered an ex cuse for an aggravation of their primary offence. It at all events shows the state ment previously made, that female intoxi cation is one of the signs of feminine cul ture and respectability, to be an undoubted and despicable falsehood. The only advan tage, to our minds, that grows out of the present scandal is that by its means these female maligners convict themselves out of their own mouths. It' is more than likely the literary harridan who shrieks aloud when she sees a young girl drink half a glass of light champagne “ in once,” can take her toddy manfully if only provoked, and in pri vate. Our own views with regard to female drunkenness have been already .expressed. We believe the charge to be humbug com plete and undoubted, so far as regards the great bulk of the better classes. That there are some women who tipple, no. one in his senses will deny, but that the pro portion is greater now than fifty years ago, we do not for a moment believe. The very enormity of the accusation, and the feeling it rouses at once in all but feminine or sex less bosoms, best shows how unlikely the charge is to be correct. We, of course, allude to drunkeness among educated and well-nurtured women; perhaps it would be as well for those who are constantly seeking opportunities to defame their kind, if they would cast their glances lower down in the social scale, and see what drunken ness really is when practised by women— what monsters it makes of its-votaries—or rather its victims.

Drunkenness is incapable of disguise for any length of time. Anyone who has really studied the question must believe with us. So far as our experience goes, a woman, no matter how normally quiet, becomes when inflamed with drink a wretch foul mouthed, degraded, and incapable of con trol. Women who forget their marriage vows and systematically go in for harlotry may be exceptions to the rule. ; We do 'not presume to know their habits and customs, interesting as they seem to be to readers of “society” journals. We have said that fifty years ago there was as large a proportion of female drinkers as exists now, when the difference in populations is fairly considered. But then fifty years ago we were without that inestimable bless ing, the means of making private scandal public property ; nor did we then dream of allowing every vinegar-faced female of literary tastes and journalistic aspirations an opportunity of vilifying those softer and smoother than herself—and therefore “sluts’’and “strumpets”—or of syste matically exposing the “ secrets ” of her sisterhood.

THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

(From Otago Witness)

A spirit of mischief must have inspired Mr. Shrimski in proposing the removal of the seat of Government to Christchurch. Amid the whole series of possible propo sitions could he have thought of none other without rending in this fashion the tender sensitiveness of the Empire City 1 For it is now clear that there was no reality in this suggestion, which was but a trick in parliamentary practice for the purpose of adjusting the order of business. Why, then, did Mr. Shrimski trifle with the feelings, and send a thrill of anxiety through the bosom of every resident on Port Nick 1 Like wildfire, doubtless, the tidings spread, and there was.many a rest less pillow that night in Wellington. _ A few months ago, when, with political objects to serve, the “New Zealand Times” set abroad a canard that the Government was secretly scheeming to compass separa tion and restore Provincialism, and de prive the city of match-boxes of its poli tical supremacy, auction marts were de serted, and corner lots were nowhere. It required many questions and much deputationising ere in Wellington con- _ fidence was restored; and it must have been in absolute, recklessness of results, ' of heartless ""disregard to human feeling, that the member for Oamaru cast such a bombshell into the capital. But rumor has it that the hon. member had motives of a more practical • kind in making such a curious selection of a subject for combating the Order Paper. Mr. Shrimski is himself death on corner lots, and the story is. that it was to bear the market in Wellington for the speedier completion of a little pending negotiation. Whether the ruse was successful or not history has not yet revealed, but if the little panic was effectual, the honorable member has combined fun, politics, and business in a manner reflecting infinite credit on his ingenuity. .;;

MONDAY, November 4, 18/S.J

THE EVENING ECHO



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 Cheese, prime quality, # lb o 9 to 0 10 Flour in bags, $ ioolb 12 6 to 14 0 Oatmeal,ioolb - 26 0 to 0 0 Lard, $ lb - - - 0 9 to 0 0



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, AT THE BAZAAR, BURNETT STREET, ‘ At 11 o’clock sharp. IMPORTANT SALE. Messrs acland, Campbell, & CO have received instructions from J. Stanley Bruce, Esq., owing to his con templating a visit to England, to sell by public auction, on November 13, his very valuable • FREEHOLD FARM “ELGIN.” j This splendid farm contains 343 acres of excellent land, 137 acres of which is in English grass. About 180 acres are now laid down in crop, viz., wheat and oats. This is first-class rich land, and not an acre has had more than two grain crops taken out of it. . Situated towards Wakanui, and only 3f miles from the Town of Ashburton. Also, EXCELLENT 7-ROOMED HOUSE (NEW.) And most substantially'built. Five acres of Garden and Plantation, Orchard, &e. , most tastefully laid out. This is a grand opportunity to secure a most valuable property, and the Auc tioneers would desire to draw the special attention of Capitalists, Speculators, and others to this important sale, as its close-, ness to the Town and good general posi-, tion will render it of great and increasing value. Terms unusually liberal. For further particulars apply to ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO., Christchurch & Ashburton. SATURDAY, 16th NOVEMBER. TOWNSHIP OF OATLANDS SITUATED ON THE WAKANUI RUN gg ALLOTMENTS. MESSRS BULLOCK & CO have re ceived instructions from Messrs Winter and Roberts to offer for SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At their Rooms, East-street, Ashburton, on Saturday, the 16th November, 99 Allotments in the Township of Oatlands, on the Wakanui Run, being at the junction of 6 main roads, dis tance about 8 miles from Ashburton, 7 miles from Dromore, and 7£ miles from Chertsey. We would call the special attention of speculators and others to this property, as from its position in the centre of a very extensive agricultural district, and being at the junction of so many roads it must of necessity command an extensive share of the trade of the district, thus affording capital business opportunities for black smiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bakers, butchers, &c., and as it has hitherto been the case that the earliest selectors in all new townships have done exceedingly well by their purchases, there is every rea son to believe that this will do likewise. Full particulars given, and plans can be seen at the office of Bullock and Co. Terms liberal, at sale. Sale BULLOCK & CO., Auctioneers.



BOARDING HOUSE FOR SALE IN THE BEST PART OF ASHBURTON. Messrs, bullock & co. have received-instructions from the pro prietor, to offer for Sale by PUBLIC AUCTION, At their Rooms, East street, ON SATURDAY, 16th NOVEMBER, That newly-erected substantial and well built House gg ROOMS, Situate in Wills street, a few yards from the Railway Station This two-storyed House is built upon solid concrete foundations, having an im posing frontage on the Wakanui road, the timbers used being of the best, heavy and well seasoned. The frontage is covered with rusticated boards finished in a su perior manner. The internal fittings have also been carefully attended to, and space has been so economised as to give rooms of all dimensions, suited either to single gentleman or members of families. On the ground floor are several comfortable sitting and reading rooms and large dining room most conveniently placed. That greatest of desiderata, a good kitchen with large and convenient range, has not been overlooked, and no pains have been spared to make it equal to any similar building in the colony both for convenience and comfort. The house is erected upon a £ acre sec tion and that in itself from its position offers an additional inducement to intend ing purchasers. Upon it is erected a com modious cooperage with bench, and chim ney, at present let to a good tenant. Further particulars can be had from the Auctioneers. Terms liberal, at Sale. x Sale at 1.30, BULLOCK & CO.,



NOTICE. Advertisements for the evening Echo must be sent in not later than 3 p. m. with the number of insertions written plainly on the copy, or they will be inserted till counter manded, and charged accordingly. Subscriptions —-Quarterly, in advance, 6s. ; posted, Bs. 6d. ; per annum, in advance, 225. 6d; ; posted, 355. 6d. ; weekly, paid to runners, 6d. Delivered to any part of the town, and at any of the Railway Stations



ENCGURAGE LOCAL 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.



Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton, need not be at any loss to find the best estab lishment to 'visit and purchase their drapery, clothing, and general stores. Leaving, the Railway Station and turning down Havelock Street, they will see the establishment of A. O. AITKEN & Co., who are now offering special advantages, which exceed any before offered to the public. Keeping at all times a very large and exceedingly well assorted stock of all classes of goods, bought in the best mar kets and on the most favorable terms, enables them—to use trade parlaiue—“to do the thing wellin fact the goods offered by them are such as cannot be excelled either in quality or price by any house in the trade, and are marked at such prices that making any abatement is unnecessary, and the most inexperienced are enabled to buy their gpodtj favorably a? the best jlfdgef,—APVT*