ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

Accountants and Commission Agents— Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings 11. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. W. R. Boyle, Moore-street. Architect and Civil Engineer— S. W. Brown, East-street S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings K. Mounlfort, East Street — . 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— V J, G. Anstee, East-street Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Havelock Street Builders, Contractors, Etc.— .James Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. Hill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-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 I j'G. Parkin, Moor-street 'Thomas Williams, J imvaid

Carrier — ' G. F, Scott, Cameron-street Chemist and Druggist— J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings Goal and Firewood Merchants— G. Parker and Co., near Railway Station A. Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station F. P. Leßreton, Burnett-street. Drapers and Clothiers— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr and Co., East-street John Fowler, Tancred-street Firth, Pass, and Co., Old. Bank Store, East street

W. Gavin, East-street T. Quinn & Co., Moor-street Engineers and Founders— Edwards and Lee, Engineers, Smiths, etc., Burnett-street ,W. J. Hessty, 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-sireet 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 Ironmongf.rs * Orr and Co., East-street Aitken and Co., Havelock-street V S. Hardley, East-street Ladies’ Clothing Establishment— Mrs. Morey, Tancred Street. Painter, &c.— J.. R. Chapman, Tancred-street Printers and Publishers— Weeks and Dixon, East-street Plumbers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc.— J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street S. Hardley, East-stieet Saddlers— Thomas Dudson, Burnett-street Surveyors— C. E. Fooks and Son, Fv/.-street Tailors— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Tf.ntmakers— K. Sando, East-street a'obacconists— 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 }Io a.m. j. p. in., 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, Oran, Winchester, and Geraldine, at. 10.15 a.m. daily.

The Evening Echo. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1878.

R. M. Court. —On resuming after lunch yesterday, a case of alleged iibei was heard against Spencer Stephens, saddler, Tinwald, at. the instance of Allred Weston, tobacconist, &c., East Street. The defamation charged against Stephens was contained in the follow ing letter written by him to complainant, who rec eived it at his shopon Saturday Jast: find you no man of your word, and regret having anything to do with such, but am pleased to be able to pay more than twenty shillings in the pound without keeping a brothel.” The case had arisen out of a dif ference between the two parties over the de livery, by Mr. Weston of some newspapers for which he was agent, and which he was in the habit of supplying to Mr. Stephens. The latter was dissatisfied with the system of de livery and nastiness had arisen between the parlies. Mr. Weston wrote asking the amount of his bill, which, after the interchange of some letters, was sent inclosed in the docu ment containing the alleged libel. A lad named Raynor brought the letter. In evi dence the boy said it had been given to him by Mr. Stephens to take to Mr. Weston. The accused reserved his defence, and was com mitted for trial, bad being allowed, himself in Z,soand two sureties of each. To-day, His Worship A. Le Grand Campbell, Esq., R.M., sat again to dispose of the balance of business left over. Richard Dicks was fined ios. for being drunk, and then the case of Cochrane v. M ‘Lean was heard. Mr. Crisp appeared for plaintiff and Mr. Branson for defendant. The claim was for ,£2O damages, said to have been suffered in this way:—Deten dant was fencing a paddock on the Laghmor Station, and had pitched his tent on Mr. Allan M •Lean’.-land, whose manager the de fendant, Donald M‘Lean, was. Plaintiff had neither asked nor received liberty to encamp on the ground ; and while working at his fencing, somewhere about a mile away from his camp, Mr. D. M'Lean had fired 1 he tussocks with a view to clearing 1200 acres for cropping. The fire spread to plaintiff’s tent, and wholly consumed it an.l all its contents. Plaintiff saw the fire lit, and was fully aware that the tussock was burning, but never ihought there would be any danger, believing that li any existed Mr. M'f.ean would look to i:. Mr. M‘Lean said he took every precaution, and saw no danger likely to come to the tent while he was about. Knowing that plaintiff was aware of the fire he went away. Mr. Branson held that no leave having been given to encamp, plaintiff was trespassing, and, therefore, pitched his tent at all risks, lie was thus in no way entitled to claim damages for any loss he might suffer from a legimate fire raised on his own land by Mr. M‘Lean. Mis Worship could not see that Cochrane had any claim on defendant, and non-suited the plaintiff. Cochrane said it was a case affecting every swagsman who under took work in the country, and refused to pay any Court expenses. Digbyv. Mooar. —Claim, for balance of price of" a ton of potatoes. De fendant averred the price was Z 4 ios. Plaintiff said the sum fixed was ,£5 ios. Z 3 ios. had been paid into court. Judgment for full amount and costs. Extension of Premisess. Messrs. Firth, Pass, and Co., who recently removed from their old premises in Tancred Street (where their operations were cramped because because of the limited accommodation) into the building vacated by the Union Bank for the new house recently erected for that institution, were unable to complete the alterations they intended to make on the old bank stores when they first took possession, because of the non arrival of a shipment of plate glass, This want having been supplied, the plans are now in course of completion, and will greatly enhance the appearance of their premises and beautify the street. The small windows of the old building have been removed and are nqw being

replaced by two spacious ones of 9 feet by 9 feet, in three panes each of 9 feet by 3 feet. The large entrance door will a'ro have a s'm - lar plate glass pane on either side. Those alterations have been delayed even longer than was intended, so that the work might be car ried on at the same time as the erection of a large verandah in front of the shop, and an extensive brick building at the back. The latter will have a concrete floor in the part devoted to general grocery business, while the floor of a spacious ladies’ show room will be ol timber. The addition to the whole premises thus made will entail a remodelling of the pre si it internal arrangements of the store. On the ;ite now occupied by the staircase leading to th ■ upper showrooms will stand a counting house, well fitted, and enclosed in glass frame work, the staircase being taken to the rear. The w iole inside fittings of the shop will be re-arra >gedto take advantage of the additional conve lienee given by the new building, which will extend thirty feet back, and altogether the “ Old Bank Stores ” will be as commodious a place of business as could well be wished for, and gives another proof of the progress of the district.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

EARLY CLOSING.

To the Editor of the EVENING ECHO

Sir, —The hours for closing of the majority of the places of business in this town, are a little later than necessity requires. ■ I under stand that there is a movement on foot to lessen the hours, and the small concession asked for on tine part of the employees is not at all unreasonable, viz., to make the hour for closing 6 o’clock p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays. Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays, instead of 7 o’clock as at present. As one interested I appeal to the business men of this town to grant the small concession asked for. 1 remain, &c\, One Interested. October iS, 1878.

CHISPA'S LETTER.

“ I am not yet so bald that you can see my brains. ” —Longfellow.

9s. 6d. That’s just exactly as I copied the sum from a Dunedin paper. That sum has been raised by the people of Dunedin in a few days, and represents the rate at which the most money-making, go-a-head com munity in the colony can secrete in its bosom the milk of human kindness. It’s all very well to fish for motives prompting good and kind actions; it’s all very well to point to the force of example, and the love that every man has for being “ upsides” with his neigh bor ; but when a fellow digs his hand into his pocket and pulls out the sugar to hand over to a chap with his “ back at the wall,” I don’t seek for any motive, but take it for granted the giver’s heart beats human. 9s. 6d., gathered for the sufferers by the floods ! It hasn’t taken long to get together, and it still keeps gathering.. How much it may become I don’t know —the bigger the better, of course—but for -what the city of the “ old identities” has already done, I don’t mind saying “ Biavo Dunedin.” When I come across a case of “hard-up,”—where circumstances have been rough on a man, or a lot of men, or a family, or a crowd of them, I estimate my love foi the human race by what I could give if I tried all I knew how, and what I did give when I struck upon the case requiring help. Dean Swift preached the best charity sermon any practical Christian ever heard or read of, when he chose for his text —“ He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord,” and simply added—“ It you beiieve in the security, down with the dust.” Dunedin is evi dently believing in the security. No man tamest in the business of life will set a low value upon money. It “ makes the mare to go,” and is just as essential to the smooth running of the world’s wheels as oil to the cogs of machinery. Whether, then, a man with his head set evenly between his shoulders, gives his money to a sacred or a secular purpose, a charitable or any other institution, after he has dune his allotted share of sweating for the hoot, is no matter for my opinion of the genuineness of his belief in that purpose or lhat institution. It is one of the characteristics of the men of the Three Kingdoms that they must have what they believe to be their money’s worth, whether it be in goods, in the gratification of a passion, in the fulfil ment of a duty, or in the pleasure that comes to them after having given to a cause they believe in—but not a doit w.ll come above their pocket slits with out that belief entertained. Hum in nature is human nature, no doubt; bad at the best, we are often told ; but with Dunedin’s hand held out to help its flood-wrecked fellows, and hundreds of other equally bright instances of how the men of New Zealand have Helped a poor and weaiy brother Pulling hard against the stream, I begin again to pick up my belief in human nature, shaken a little as it always is, more or less, after the sitting ; of the Supreme Courts. I

A paragraph in your paper of yester day, on the subject of the Christy Min

sire! entertainment of the previous night set me “ a-thinking,” while I was giving my supper time to digest. In small owns, where every chap knows every one else in the pla,e, you find people who don’t, as a rule, roll up to enter tainments, but come out occasionally, and in stood numbers, too, when their townsmen, for the time being, “go into the show business.” I was at that Christy affair, and, after reading your paragraph, I closed my eyes and

harked back’’ over the show of the night previous. lam not going to say anything about it. I enjoyed a hearty laugh at what was laughable, and that’s all I will say. But I reckoned up the three local shows of the last six weeks or so, with their crowded houses, and have come to the conclusion that the people of Ashburton are on for the en couragement of native talent. Now, I’ll give the n. t. a tip. Keep away from your show everything that could not be said or sung before the most innocent, and in the midst of the best regulated family; get the mass of the people to believe that your entertain ment is sure to be a pure one and void of all vulgarity, and people who never have, never do, and never wid patro nise an itinerant company will rally round their own townsmen when they give a show, sure that the self-respect of the performers is sufficient guerdon of the character of their entertainment. Those three crowded houses are suffi cient proof of the soundness of my “ thinking.”

Chispa.

TELEGRAPHIC.

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, Oct. 18

Arrived —Easby, from Newcastle. Parliament will be asked to approve the contract for duplication next week. New Zealand wheat finds no buyers at 4s 2d. Oats, 4s. Other quotations are unchanged. Melbourne, Oct. 18.

Forty-three made the final payment for the Cup. There is little more ani mation in the betting, . principally on stable account. The general entries are very good.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.]

Auckland, Friday,

The 13th of November is to be pro claimed a public holiday instead of the 9th, the former being that fixed for the Agricultural Show and Friendly Societies demonstration.

Mr. Northcroft has assumed the duties of Resident Magistrate at Waikato.

Dunedin, Friday. Subscriptions to the floods relief fund now amount to The mode of electing a Volunteer team to compete against Canterbury will be determined to-night. Balclutha, Friday.

The Post Office here was broken into last night. A cashbox and between and pgyo were stolen. The cashbox had not been left in the safe.

At a special meeting of the County Council to-day, the- resolution of a previous meeting altering the boundaries and representation of r.dings were con firmed.

The inhabitants are now gradually returning. The river rose a few inches hist night hut no serious flood is feared In the meantime Inch Clutha is still covered with water. The settlers are boating off their stock to prevent death by starvation. ' New Plymouth, Friday. A man named kobers, engaged at the Sugar Loaves on a contract going on there in connection with the harbor works, was buried this afternoon by a fall of earth. He was immediately dug out, and found to be alive, but expired about ten minutes afterwards. He was one of the immigrants by the Hurunui and was unmarried. Foxton, Friday. Yesterday a meeting was held of the Foxton-Sandon railway promoters. It was decided to form a company to construct the line with a capital of in 6oco shares of each. The necessary instructions for constitut ing a company were given, and the pros pectus will be issued in a tew days, 'i’he company wdl form about thirteen miles of line from Sandon to Carnarvon Junction,* where it joins the Govern ment line. The line will have an im portant influence upon both districts, and the matter has been warmly taken up. Wellington, Friday. The telegraph department have re ceived the following report this evening. Tiie Port Darw 11 an«j Java cable is interrupted since last n ght by the re pairing vessel havmg cut the cable to take out the last fault. Probably com munication with Banjoewangie will be restored to-night.

It is reported as certain that Hiroki, the murderer, has died from a gun-shot wound received at his atempted capture near Opunake. Oamaru, Friday. The Chamber of Commerce, after the occurrence of the accident on the railway between Palmerston and Oamaru, passed the following resolution :—“ That the Commissioner of Railways be writ ten to asking that a public inquiry be held into the circumstances connected with the late railway accident.” At a meeting of the Chamber to-day, a letter was read from Mr. Conyers, stating that he was conducting an inquiry, and that the result would be forwarded to the Minister in due course. Membeiplfer pressed dissatisfaction, and passed ttfP solution that the Chamber cpjlp&ers the reply from, the Commissioner of Railways unsatisfactory. It was re solved that a copy of the correspon dence be forwarded to the Premier, and also to the Chambers of Commerce at Timaru, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington, asking them to take such steps as they may deem necessary. \Spccial to the PressC\ Auckland, Friday. The timber trade is very brisk. Ves sels at various mills are loading up an aggregate of four million feet, three fourths of which is for seuthern ports, and the balance for Australia and China.

W. Johnston, for forgery and utter ing, got three months’ hard labor. At a meeting of the Education to-day, a letter was read from Mr. Tyler, solicitor, notifying that was paid to Captain Cholmondeley Smith, school teacher, for wrongful dismissal, legal action would be taken. The school committee, it appears, had not been consulted, as required by the Act, and they warned the Board that its action was illegal. A general meeting of the Board is called to consider the whole question of the power to dismiss teachers, before defending the action. In the case of Bryett, master tailor, v. Andrew M‘l)onnell, absconding ap prentice, the magistrate (Mr. Barstow) dismissed tha case with costs, on the ground that, according to the Master and Apprentice Act, 1875, a boy could not be bound .apprentice for a longer term than five years, ending at the age of nineteen.

Very general- ! satisfactien is felt here at the. defeat of Mr. Curtis’ Education Bill.

A NOVEL ADVERTISING TRICK.

(From the N.Y. Clothier and Hatter.)

Some years ago we obtained from Mr John N. Genin a sketch of his suc cesses in advertising. Tie would have as soon believed that man could live without air, that fish could live without water, that a bird could fly without wings, as a hatter could live without placing his business properly before the public. With him advertising was a science, and he carried it out upon scientific principles. When John N. Genin put his name in the papers, or his goods in the market, people read it. Sometimes the intelligence to be given to the world was done up in a poetical effusion, at other times in plain prose, but the principal feature was—John N. Genin. It is the same principle that h is been so successfully carried out by B.irnum and other men who have made colossal fortunes. “ Come and see me, and then I'll show you my goods.” There is the whole thing in a nutshell. Mr. Genin said this was just the argu ment he used when Barnuin brought Jenny Lind to this country. The first choice of seats in the house was to be so d at public auction. Genin ran to sec Barnum and said—“ Barn urn, I warn the first seat , sold, and I want to pay a good price, for it. How shall I manage ?” “ send down a couple of your clerks with instructions to bid against each other,” was the reply. Hastening back to. his store,* he called his confidential clerk to one side, and said, “ How much do you think the first choice of seats to. the Jenny Lind concerts will sell for ?” “About rodol. or i5d0!.,” was the reply.- “Well, I want you to attend the sale with an other clerk, and bid until it has ran up between soodol. and goodol.” The programme was carried out, and the ticket was knocked down to the clerk at 225 dol. “What name?” inquired the auctioneer. “ John N. Genin,” was the-answer. Meanwhile the. exuberant crowd seized the supposititious Genin, and lifting him upon their shoulders, bore him in triumph to Genin’s store. The news had pieceded the crowd, however, and before they had reached the store it was filled with a shouting, excited mass of congratulating .friends. Genin was the hero ot the hour. The telegraph flashed the news over the country that “ the first choice of seats had been sold to John N. Genin, for the sum of 2500 dollars” (a mistake of

The Evening Echo, Saturday, October 19, 1878.



COMMERCIAL PRINTING, NEW MACHINERY JUST ERECTED. HE Proprietors of the Evening Echo i- have much pleasure in announcing that their New Jobbing Printing Machine, by Connisbee, is now in full working order, and that they a/e prepared to Execute Orders Superior and Cheaper to anything ever yet turned out in Ashburton, and, in future, can Guarantee Despatch in all orders entrusted to them. WEEKS & DIXON, Printers and Publishers. Evening Echo Office, Bfast Street, Oct. 8, 1878.



NEW DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT GLASGOW HOUSE, MONTGOMERYS BUILDINGS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. GAVIN HAS great pleasure in announcing to the inhabitants of the Ashburton County that he is now offering, at the LOWEST PRICES, New Spring and Summer Goods. Millinery, Prints, Hosiery, Children’s Frocks, Toilets Horrockses’ and-American Long Cloths Muslin and Lace Window Curtains Marseilles and Ploney Comb Counterpanes Haberdashery and Gloves Men’s Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing Shirts, Hats, Ties, etc. Goods marked in Plain Figures. One Shilling Off Every Pound Purchased for Cash. Motto— “ Small Profits and Quick Returns.”



TEA. TEA. 100 BOXES 50 KALF-CHESTS The above will be found Pitre, combined with strength and Fine Flavour. ORIENTAL TEA COM PANY’S, in lib and packets. We are Agents for this Tea, and would advise the public to give it a fair trial, as it is highly spoken of. ORE & OO NOTICE ! NOTICE !! NOTICE !!! REMOVAL, Firth, Pass, & Co. Beg to inform the Inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that they have REMOVED TO THEIR NEW PREMISES Next the Union Bank of Australia EAST STREET. jP'IRTH, PASS, & CO. take this oppor tunity of thanking their numeious customers who have so liberally supported them hithert< , and to solicit a continuance of their pat,->nag< at the NEW PREMISES, TO BE CALLED The Old Bank Stores (late union bank). Orders entrusted to our care will re ceive prompt attention. Families waited on for orders weekly. FIRTH, PASS, AND CO., Grocers, Drapers, Ironmongers, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, &c. East Street.



NOTICE. A DVERTISEMENTS for the Evening l A. 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. Special notices can be received up to 3.30 p. in. for insertion over the Leader, but will be charged double scale. 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 tilt town, and at any of the Railway Stations,



MESSRS. HOBBS & CO., MERCHANT TAILORS, Christchurch HAVE much pleasure in informing the Gentlemen of the Ashburton District that, in response to the invitation of several influential residents, Mr. F. Hobbs will, on Saturday next, be piepared to take orders from their New Spring and Summer Patterns at Quill’s Hotel, Ashburton. Arrange ments will be made to fit on all coats, and a Perfect Fit will be guaranteed. HOBBS & CO. ENCOURAGE 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, I-lavelock Street, Ashburton. CALISTHENIC CLASS EVERY alternate Wednesday and Saturday Afternoon. Terms, per Quarter —Five Shillings each Pupil. SUPERIOR LADIES’ BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL, Oxford Villa, Burnett St., Ashburton, Conducted by Miss Sleane. Private Lessons in French, German, and Latin, twice weekly ; Music, and Drawing in Various Styles. * Preparatory School for Boys. Inclusive Terms. TH E REV. W. B. MARTEN will JL Preach in the PRES BYTER IA N CHU RG H I o-morrow morning.