SHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

, CIIITECT AND CIVIL ENGINEER S. W. Brown, East-street _ S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings

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

COUNTANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings

.RRISTERS AND SOLICITORS —■ Mr. Branson, East-street Mr. E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings

.kers, Confectioners, Etc.— Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street Taylor and Lilt, East Street,

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

iarding House Keeper— J. G. Anstee, East-street

;ilders, Contractors, Etc. — James Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. Hill, Bumett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-street Thos. Williams, Timvald

>OKSF.LLERS AND STATIONERS — A. Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Furness and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East street South

JOTMAKERS — . Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East-street M. Nealas, East-street

i rewers— Wood and Co., Cameron-street

CABINETMAKERS AND UNDERTAKERS — James Baker, Havelock-street G. Parkin, Moor-street

! ARRIER— G. F. Scott, Cameron-street Chemist and Druggist— J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings

'oal and Firewood Merchants — G. Parker and Co., near Railway Station A. Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station

irapers 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

Engineers and Founders— Edwards and Lee, Engineers, Smiths, etc., Burnett-street W. J. Ilessey, Central Foundry, Peters-st

.Furniture Wardrooms — A. Spillard, Tancred Street

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

Greengrocers— W. Birtwell, East-street J. Mooar & Co., East-street

Hairdressers — E. A. Garnett, Tancred-street A. Pearse, Moore-street

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

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

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

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

Saddlers— Thomas Hudson, Burnett-street

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

Tailors— Aitken and Co,, Havelock-street

Tentmakers — K. Sando, East-street

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

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close a 3 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 Longbeaeh, 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, Rangit.ita, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.15 a.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 April, and remaining unclaimed on the Ist July, 1878 : Cadle, W. C. Dunne, William Fitzgerald, John (2) Hall, John Letters originating in New Zealand are not row advertised, but are sent to the Dead Office, after haying lain for two clear

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF LYTTELTON,

ARRIVED. July 25 —Natal Queen, barque, from Hobart Town.

SAILED. July 25 —Wild Wave, brig, for Rockhamp ton.

SHIP DUKE OF ARGYLL.

The New Zealand Shipping Company’s chartered ship Duke of Argyll, Captain David son, cleared the Customs for London yesterday. She was towed out into the stream by the p.s. Titan, and will sail to-morrow. The following is a summary of her cargo with approximate value :

Total .£67,929 4 o The Duke of Argyll takes two saloon pas sengers. — Times.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

TO-NIGHT.

1.0.0. F., M.U., Loyal Ashburton Lodge. —Fortnightly meeting this evening at the Library Flail. Wesleyan Choir—Practice at 7.30.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Evening Echo. FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1878.

1.0.0. F., M.U.—The usual fort nightly meeting of the Loyal Ashburton Lodge will be held to-night in the Library Hall. Hotel. —Tenders are to-day adver tised for by Mr S. W. Brown, architect, for the erection of additions to the Royal Hotel, Moor-st., also alterations on the building. The plans have been prepared by Mr Brown, and tenderers may examine them and the specifica tions at his office. Tenders will be re ceived up till Saturday, 10th prox. Having It Out—At the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning Ser geant Felton stated to the Bench that last Court day Mr Branson objected to his being prosecutor in a case then heard. The Sergeant was at the time unable to lay his hand on the Gazetee containing the authority under which he acted, namely, a notice signed by Mr Bathgate, Minister of Justice. Mr Branson questioned the power of Mr Bathgate to sign such a document.

Accident at Rakaia— George Kayler, going in for a little wrestling exhibition in the parlor of the Railway Hotel, South Rakaia, his feet played him a trick, and he came down. In his fall his head struck the corner of the mantelpiece and a serious wound on the temple resulted, which bled rather copiously. The loss of blood com pletely exhausted the man before the flow was stopped by the united efforts of the local chemist and the constable. The accident happened on Wednesday, and yesterday the man was taken to the Christchurch Hospital. Railway Tickets.—The commit tee of the Dunedin Chamber of Com merce has agreed to the following re solutions :—“ That the committee is of opinion that upon all railways the right to break the journey at any station and to proceed by the following trains on the same should be given to through passengers.” Also, “ That railway tickets should be procurable at any time instead of only during a few minutes before the departure of the trains, and that tradesmen should be encouraged to undertake the sale of railway tickets in the same manner as they now sell postage and other stamps.”

A Strange Story.—The Lyttelton Times of this morning tells the follow ing story : —Last evening, about nine o’clock, a girl was taken to the Police Depot by Mrs Webb, of Peterborough Street, who had found her wandering about in Madras Street North. From the child’s statement it appears that her name is Ellen Wright- that her age is eleven, and that she is an orphan. She was living with a Mrs Collins, at Lyt telton, whose husband is a carpenter, residing near Salt’s gully. On Wednes day morning Mrs Collins told her that she could not keep her any longer, and gave her ud to pay her fare to Christ church. The child further stated that her father died in Jbyttelton a fortnight

ago, her mother a week ago, and that she had no friends or relations. She added that she was known to Mr John Pope, blacksmith, of Lyttelton, from whom her parents rented a cottage. The story is an extraordinary one, and it need scarcely be said that the police authorities are causing the necessary inquiries to be made. The child has in the meantime been kindly taken charge of by Mrs Webb. Terrible Explosion in Paris.— An appaling catastrophe took place recently at the east end of the town, in the Rue Berenger, which runs parallel to the Boulevard du Temple. An explosion occurred at about 8 o’clock, and a tall six-storied house fell to the ground in a heap of ruins, from which flames burst forth, accompanied by dreadful screams of agony and terror. The explosion originated in the rooms of a manufacturer, who had a large quantity of caps prepared with fulmi nating mercury in store. Seven bodies have "Teen recovered. It is believed that the number of bodies buried under the debris is twenty-three. The Chariot of War.—The Lon don Exhibition of 1851 was held towards the close of the longest peace that mo dern nations have enjoyed. The Paris Exhibition of 1878 follows seven wars of the first magnitude—the Crimean war, 1854-6; the Italian war, 1859; the American war, 1861-5 ; the Danish war, 1863 ; the German war, 1866; the Francc-German war, 1870-1; and the Russo-Turkish war, 1877-8. _ As to small wars, revolutions, and insurrec tions, they are past computing. The Permissive Bill in Canada. —Powers have been conferred by the Temperance Act of the Dominion Go vernment of Canada, which has been introduced into the Senate, to enable any county or city to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquors, except for medi cinal, mechanical, and sacramental pur poses. '

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

TO-DAY. Before A. Le Grand Campbell, Esq., R.M

Travelling on the Railway with out a Ticket. —James Stark, who was remanded by Dr Trevor, a day or two ago, was brought up to-day charged as above, also with resisting the guard and assaulting a railway official. Evidence was led at some length, and his Wor ship fined Stark £1 for the first charge, £2 for the second, and £,\ for the third, with the alternative of fourteen days’ imprisonment. Drunk and Disorderly. —B. Bos well admitted this charge and was fined 10s.

Obscene Language. —Anna Walsh was charged with using obscene and abusive language towards a Mrs Mac- Teague, but his Worship dismissed the case as also an application by Mrs MacTeague to have Mrs Walsh bound over to keep the peace.

Civil Cases

Grigg v. Bell. Claim £66 19s. 3d. Mr. Branson appeared for Mr. Grigg, and Mr. Crisp for Mr. Bell. This was a question of accounts. It seemed that most of this money was for chaff, oats, &c., against which there were various items by way of a set-off. It resolved itself into the validity of a charge for an oilskin coat and trousers, and the board of coach-driver, and carrying a mail bag for forty-six weeks, at three pounds per week. Defendant at this time was running a coach to plaintiff’s place, at Longbeaeh. No charge was made for stabling his horses at Longbeaeh only for their forage. It was arranged that defendant should carry small parcels in consideration of Mr. Grigg giving him accommodation for his horses.

John Grigg, examined by Mr. Bran son, recollected Mr. Bell coming to his house with reference to accommoda tion for his horses, as he was starting a coach to Longbeaeh. I agreed to give him the accommodation required in consideration of his carrying small par cels for me. As to the charge for the carriage of my letter bags, I did not hear of such a charge till this morning. I assisted him to get a mail subsidy. His horses are still in my stable. My brother was present when this conversa tion took place. Mr. Bell volunteered to carry my parcels in order to establish the coach on the road. I have re ceived no part of the money due to me.

By Mr. Crisp : The agreement was I was to give him accommodation for the horses, and he was to carry my small parcels. I received two or three letters from Mr. Bell. The stable is a rough one. I remember asking Mr. Bell about two or three weeks ago for his account. Mr. Bell told me there was a difference in the accounts.

By Mr. Branson : There was no mention made of boarding the driver at

J. E. Jacombs, storekeeper in Mr- Grigg’s employment, recollected the item of : oilskin coat and trousers ; they were supplied to one of Mr. Bell’s men. Mr. Bell has not objected to the item. I made up the account of the driver’s board from the date of Bell’s having chaff from the store. I consider 12s. per week a fair charge for his board.

By Mr. Crisp : Those accounts are in my handwriting. I was only in structed to put in the first account those articles supplied from the store. I got th: items of accounts from the ledger. The e/idence of Mr. Joseph Grigg, brother to Mr. John Grigg, now at Wellington, was read, and was in all points corroborative of that given by John Grigg. This evidence was taken before Mr. Campbell prior to Mr. Grigg leaving. John C. Bell, examined by Mr. Crisp, remembered going to Mr. Grigg’s place about March, 1)876. I went to see about accommodation for horses, as I was about to start a coach. I said to Mr Grigg that if he would give me stabling for two horses and two meals for the driver, I wonld carry all his parcels under fourteen pounds’ weight. This arrangement commenced in April, 1876. The stable is in a most dilapi dated state. Previously Mr. Grigg was obliged to send a man on horseback to Winslow, 22 miles, for his letters. No thing was mentioned of the large sum in any of the accounts rendered me till the last one. I carried the mail from April to 31st December, in fact till I got the Government. I based my charge on the scale the Government a 1 lowed.

By Mr Branson —Did not put in the set-off till the day before yesterday for the reason that I was laid up with a severe attack of neuralgia. I could not make up my account for that reason. The mail item {£l26) was recently entered in my books, when I found Mr. Grigg had raised his part of the con tract. lam not prepared to swear to the day. It was made in consequence of Mr. Grigg’s charge for board of driver. I will not swear that I made the entry in my books aftei I received the summons. This is the coach ac count. It was made up by my clerk. I swear the arrangement was that the driver was to have his board. I con tinued to occupy the stable till last May. Mr. Grigg requested me to put up a stable on my own account. Pos sibly Mr. Grigg has asked me twice to build for myself. The charge lor par cels was to be made by approximate weight—for a parcel over iqlbs. and under 15lbs. the charge would be is 6d or 2s. It is not a fact that I have charged for parcels under iqlbs. By Mr. Crisp— I remember a conver sation with Mr. Grigg previous to my being summoned. I have had the coach for two years. We carry a letter with a string round it for is. Counsel on both sides having ad dressed the Bench, judgment was given for plaintiff for • 195., and solicitor’s fees, £$ 3s.

CORRESPONDENCE

“COST OF ROYALTY.”

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

To the Editor of the Evening Echo.

Sir, —I think I am right in assuming that nine-tenths of the population of any British colony have no means of education beyond newspaper articles and literature of the same authority—that is, they are dependent on newspaper editors for all they know beyond the mystic. Yesterday you published an article on the “ Cost of Royalty ” that is calcu lated to mislead, ‘however true it may be as to figures. Her Majesty is set down'to be a cost to the nation of ,£60,000 per annum for her privy purse ; the members of the Royal Family are each set down at their respective amounts, and a total summed up of ,£4,593.- c -3- I once was attacked by a political blacksmith for one sentence I casually dropped of too loyal a tint for his politics. He cursed Her Majesty pretty roundly for having a hundred thousand a year, whilst his old mother was at the wash tub. It was of no use to endeavor to pacify the man, “ there was the naked, fact" (he had read the words somewhere), the Queen had £"ico,oco a year, and his old mother was at the wash-tub. He would have placed Her Majesty at the wash-tub, and given his mother the £"100,000 a year, a proceeding which, in his estimation, would have “ met the require ments of the case.” Now, Sir, your article on the cost of royalty is likely to call up the ire of many a politician like the Chartist black smith if it is not qualified or explained. It is no use to boast of being loyal if we spread the seeds of disloyalty, and such an article is sure to do so, and leave a false impression behind. It is not tiue that royalty has cost the nation the sura mentioned, and if it had, the fault lies in the wretched system of governing by a House of Representatives. Up to the time when the kings of England were nominated by Hie Peps ef Jioraf tbs revenue of $ e

kingdom was derived irom the tithe (/ the land. You have no history of the r eign of Alfred the Great published, but there are scraps of the history of tuat reign which point to it as the most prosperous period of the history of England. The population of the kingdom was 127,000,00, included in England and Scotland (see Westminster Records), and “gold and silver articles could be publicly exposed without danger of being stolen.” No mention of this reign is made in the Saxon Chronicle, from which all published histories of England are taken, because it did not suit the policy of the monks of Abbotsford to allow of any superior government to the Monastic system. England was engaged in Coutinenta wars, and all the domestic and municipal costs of governing, including roads, highways, and a powerful fleet were maintained out of the one revenue— A TITHE of THE produce of the land. No other tax was known. As England “ progressed,” the Church appropriated the tithes, and the system of taxing the people was first introduced, and with it the sop in the pan ot “ Representatives to control the Expendi ture.” Since then England has been a lost kingdom, but the constitutional plan of Go vernment by Representatives to control the Ex penditure has been preserved, and the Church has religiously preserved the revenue of the tithes. But it was left for modern statesmen to complete the perfection of the English Con stitution, and your article, sir, shows that it has been done at a cost to the taxpayer c‘ statesmen, created and full blown at 4 p.m. at the polling booths, cried it up as a master stroke of policy when the Royal Revenues were merged into the General Revenue, the Crown robbed of every acre of hereditary pro. perty, and the monarch reduced to the position of a stipendary magistrate. Whatever sums are paid to the Royal Family are paid in lieu of Crown demesne worth eight times the amount of the stipends for which the demesne was bar tered. This is but one sample of the modern Englishman’s mania for “ doing business ” —the Crown Estate is gone, the Royal Family an nual pensioners, and the labor of the nation taxed for all time to pay a percentage on a spec that never was anything but a meddlesome folly. It is our own representatives who tax us, not the Crown, and with all the magnificent estate at the disposal of the Governments of these new British Colonies there is not found one man amongst the “ able statesmen ” chance has floated up, with brains enough to devise any plan of raising a permanent State revenue ex. cept the mendicant resource of taxation.—l am, etc.,

Wyndham

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

London, July 24. General Sir Garnet Wolseley has left for Cyprus.

Rome, July 24. The Italian Government have instructed their representative at Vienna to dis avow on the part of his Government any participation in the recent democratic meetings to demand Trieste and- the Tyrol.

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, July 25

In the Legislative Council Sir C. Sladen’s reform Bill passed its second reading. The Postmaster-General sup ported it with the following amend ments Omission of plurality of votes, and addition of the division of pro vince. He said he differed from his colleagues on the subject of reform; but if his conduct was likely to em barrass them he would resign his port folio.

In the Assembly the debate on the purchase of the Hobson Bay Railway lasted till after midnight, when the purchase was affirmed by 52 to 9. Probably a loan for the purpose will be immediately placed in the London market.

Later.

The Postmaster-General differing from his colleagues on the., -reform question, has resigned.

Mr. Stevenson and his warehouse men, and the other defendants con cerned, were arrested on warrant from the Crown and bailed out.

Sydney, July 25

The barque James Service, bound to Melbourne from Calcutta, with a cargo of castor oil, nitre, and sacks, was totally wrecked on the Murray reef, Western Australia. All the crew and passengers, seven in number, are be lieved to have been lost. The Government has decided that the new loan shall only be for a million and a half.

INTERPROVINCIAL

[Per Press Agency.]

Auckland, Thursday.

The Conference of School Com mittees proposed to petition the As sembly to define the power and privi leges of Committees, Complain is

made that the Act provides that Com mittees shall be consulted in the appointment of teachers, and that this is not done by the Education Board. Mr James Dihvorth declines the seat in the Legislative Council owing to ill health.

Napier, Thursday,

The Volunteer Fire Brigades’ demon stration took place to-day. A half holiday was proclaimed, and all places of business were closed. There was a competition between the various squads for prizes, and afterwards a competition between the Napier and Spit Brigades. The weather was very wet, and marred the affair a good deal; still there, was a large number of spectators. In the evening there was a torchlight proces sion and fireworks, the Volunteers and band taking part. The weather having cleared up, this was a great success. The dinner takes place in the Theatre Royal to-night.

Wellington, Thursday.

Captain Humphries has- been ap pointed Usher of the Black Rod for the Legislative Council.

Friday.

It is announced that Mr. Macan drew has resigned his portfolio as Secretary of Crown Lands and Mr. Stout appointed thereto, who will still retain office as Attorney-General, Mr. Macandrew remaining Minister for Pub lic Works.

Ahaura, Thursday.

The first pile of the Little Grey Junction Bridge was driven home yes terday amid great rejoicing. The Ahaura bridge is to be commenced in six Weeks. These are two of the most important public works yet undertaken in- the Grey Valley.

Dunedin, Thursday,

The office of Public Works for the Middle Island is to be located at Dune din.

The opera of “ Maritana ” was per formed at the Queen’s Theatre last night by a company of amateurs, under Signor Morley. The audience was one of the largest ever seen here, and the press speaks highly of the performance, The nomination for Roslyn took place to- day. Messrs. Driver and Ross ivere the only candidates proposed. The show of hands was largely in favor of Mr. Driver.

Mr. Watt, R.M., has compiled a roster of Justices of the Peace to take the business of the Police Court during the next three months.

(Special to the. Times.) Wellington, Thursday. Very few members are here yet. Mr. Stout is to relieve Mr. Macand rew of the portfolio of Lands. Dunedin, Thursday.

Six thousand shares in Guthrie and Larnach’s New Zealand Timber and Woodware Factories Company have been applied for in London. The shares were sold at or over the minimum pre mium of 20s. Twelve thousand of the unallotted shares have been applied for since the Company’s last balance, and only a few remain unallotted. To-night’s Star says—“ There died in the Dunedin Hospital yesterday, at the. age of 57, one of the best performers who ever appeared in the arena of a London or Colonial hippodrome. Tom Lees was one of the finest riders ever seen in Astley’s amphitheatre, and as a gymnast and somersault-thrower had no equal in his young days. In fact, he was the champion of the ring for many a long year, having from a child been connected with Cooke's Circus, and for many years travelled under the great James Cooke through the northern pro vinces of England.” (Per Wakatipu at Wellington,) Sydney, July 20.

Walker, the trance medium, who lately vished New Zealand, is creating a favorable impression in Sydney. The Herald speaks of his “fluency of speech, command of words, and the excellent comparison of which he is master.”

has been subscribed in Sydney towards the Pearce (Loch Ard) testi monial.

Melbourne, July 19.

The New Guinea Colonisation So ciety has taken steps to obtain a charter from the Netherlands Government to settle in New Guinea.

, A nugget of 187 oz. has been found at Rokewood.

Sir Arthur Gordon,'replying to a de putation from the Polynesian Society, in reference to their land claims at Fiji, said that the British Government would not recognise them as having any legal rights, but that each claim would be investigated on its own merits, and as a matter of equity alone some might be entitled to recognition. Splendid coal has been found at Colace. Ihe seam is sixteen inches.

The Evening Echo, Friday, July 26,1878.



836 bales of wool ... £ 16,720 s. 0 d. 0 536 casks tallow 7,504 0 0 X 06 casks tallow 74 2 0 0 71IX sacks wheat ... 7, 111 0 0 3123 cases meats 4,654 10 0 14 kegs honey- 35 0 0 14 pkgs sundries 250 0 0 7 boxes of gold 30,882 14 0



s. d. s. d. Sutter, inferior to best, l^lb I 4 to I 6 Eggs, $ dozen 2 o to 2 3 Bacon, prime smoked, i? lb O IO to 0 o Hams in cloth, $ lb I o to o o Cheese, prime quality, $ lb O 9 to o IO Flour in bags, 1? ioolb i5 o to o o Oatmeal, 1? ioolb 2 6 o to o o Lard, $ lb - O 9 to o 0



Thirty pure-bred bulls, the property of Mr J. A. Gardiner, have been poi soned on the Macquarrie, it is sup posed from eating a poisonous herp, The lQ5$ is gfeeut s£m9 f