POST OFFICE NOTICES.

For Rakaia at 10 a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Tinvvald, 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. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10.15 p.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstrcet, Ashburton Forksf Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Evening Echo. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1878.

To Correspondents. Jewellers” on Monday. Messrs. Orr and Co’s Business.— This firm’s business is in such a healthy condi tion that they have seen their way to em bark in a very plucky enterprise. They have bought out the business of Messrs. M £ Kerrow and Co., Rakaia, and having at a bargain secured the freehold of the land on which M ! Kerrow and Co’s large store stands, as also the store itself, they have commenced alterations upon the latter, which will greatly add to. their business accommodation and convenience. The business they mean to carry on will be the same as that they follow in Ash burton, and as Messrs M‘Kerrow and Co. followed at Rakaia, namely, general store keepers, and the well known push of the Messrs. Orr will doubtless make the undertaking a success. At Chertsey, where a new store was only recently com pleted by Mr. Stunning for Messrs. M'Kerrow and Co., the Messrs. Orr have also made a purchase, and will replace Messrs. M‘Kerrow and Co. in the pro prietorship of this new store, so that the whole extent of business ground covered will command a wide field for trade. In Ashburton, their increased country con nections require a large addition to their storehouse accommodation, and tc-day an advertisement appears in our paper calling for tenders to build a large warehouse for the firm. The building will be of iron, CO feet by 30 feet, with 14 feet studs, erected on the railway reserve in West street, almost opposite their present store, to plans prepared by Mr. &. W. Brown, architect.

Fine Arts. —Mr. Stott, head master of the Ashburton school, has already made a name for himself as a painter, and he has kindly consented to allow the picture he means this year to hang at the Otago Fine Arts Exhibition to be on view in Messrs. Orr and Co.’s drapery window, where it may be seen for the next few days. The subject of the work is Ohinemutu in the Hot Springs district of the North Island, and those whose steps have ever turned in that direction will, at once recognise the spot Mr. Stott has so faithfully limned. The picture has been admirably treated, and ought to command the favor of con noisseurs. It is mounted in an excellent Alhambra frame, the handiwork of Mr. T. A. Gates, Peter street. Burton’s Circus. — Feats of daring are always sure to draw the attention of the crowd ; and, in a country place more espe cially, where every man you meet more or less prides himself on his equestrianism, feats of daring horsemanship must inevi tably be considered to possess high inte rest. Last night we had a proof of this in the fact that, coming on the heels of a host of agencies for extracting holiday money from the Ashburton public, the “Australian Circus” drew such a very respectable house. It is not expected that a travelling company, leaving the train at 4 o’clock, raising their_ marquee, and putting things in working order against a performance at eight should be able to lay before the public a bill of fare as attractive as the one they would lay out for an audience in a large town where they sit clowo for a season ; yet Burton’s Company last night came well up to time, and showed that they had pot bgep unduly -flattered. The equestrianism wag re markably good—that of the lad “ Young Australia” being especially so —and this department was very well represented, th.erg being no less than five clever riders jit ppe being a lady. The acrobats

of the company do some very extraordi nary business, while their vaulting feats are wonderful. The horse 3 are very well up to their work, and two small ponies give evidence of much and careful train ing. It is not every day that we come across a horse that will lie down, rise, walk, trot, gallop, stand on its hind legs, and walk upon these alone, at the bidding of its owner, but Mr. Burton shows two such, and their performances considerably astonish the onlookers. A change of pro gramme is announced for this evening.

y. M.C.A. — Course of Lectures. —On Wednesday next the first of a course 0. lectures, under the auspices of the Young Men’s Christian Association, will be de livered in the Town flail, by J. H. Twentyman, Esquire, President of the •Christchurch Association. The subject chosen is Some Features of Modern Civilization,” and from the well-known ability of Mr. Twentyman, something superior may bo expected.

School Committee Incidental Expen ses. —At Wednesday’s meeting of the Board of Education at Christchurch, it was re solved to inform the various school com mittees in the district that they' must send in an estimate of their incidental expenses for the ensuing twelve months without delay. Teachers’ Examinations. —The follow ing circular from the Education Depart ment has been received by the Christ church Education Board :—“With refer ence to the regulations of Sept. 24, for the examination, classification, and certifica tion of teachers, I am directed by the Minister of Education to inform you that whatever reasonable claims to exemption from examination in science are involved in teachers’ replies to the circular of the Inspector-General dated April last, will be considered in a liberal sense before teach ers are advised what classification is to be granted in each case, and that, on their receiving advice on that point, an oppor tunity will occur for them to put in any fresh claims, which also will receive full consideration. — E. O. Gibbes, for the Secretary. ”

Bricklayers’ Wages in Dunedin.— At a meeting of the Bricklayers’ Associa tion, held in Dunedin on Tuesday, it was decided to increase the rate of wages from ,14s. to lbs. a-day. Councillor Gore, at a meeting of the City Council, strongly urged the advisability of delaying con tracts for sewers, &c., until both labor and material became cheaper. He said it was impossible to get a bricklayer for a day or two’s job under £1 a day; and Coun cillor Thomson, in addition, made the statement that bricks are just now from 7s. to 10s. per thousand dearer than they should be at this season of the year. The Balclutha Protective Works.— We learn from the “ Clutha Times ” that Mr. Marchbank, an officer of the Public Works Department, who was in Balclutha last week in connection with the river banks protection, was fortunate to discover on Mr. Harvey’s ground a quarry of stone, that will answer the purpose it is desired to effect for the protection of the river banks. Operations have already been commenced. American Farms. —The Kansas “ Far mer” has a notice of some of the notable farms in Harvey county. From it we learn that on the farm of David M£Phee ters, near Peabody, is a young thrifty forest consisting of 25,000 trees of the following varieties : —6500 black walnut, 600 each coffee-bean and oak, 200 each hackberry and box-elder, the remainder cotton wood. Four miles east of Hall steacl, on the farm of Mi - . Hardaker, are 20,000 forest trees, a large proportion of them six years old. Among them 1000 ailanthus and 500 catalpa. The remainder of the forest trees consist of Lombardy poplars, black walnut, and cottonwood. On Allis farm there are also 2500 peach trees, which this year, produced 7500 bushels of fruit. Z. L. Spare, near this place, has a forest of 25,000 trees and a large area in fruit. If these are to be taken as an index of forestry in Kansas, the people of that State would seem to be in a fair way to test the utility of forests in the settlement of a country. Postal Peculiarities. During the year 1878 no fewer than 69,953 letters were disposed of in the Dead Letter Office at Wellington : 52,607 being opened and returned to the writers, 9835 returned unopenened to other countries, 94 re issued, and 3417 destroyed, there being no trace of the writers in the last men tioned case. The carelessness of a por tion of the public in regard to valuables is shown by the following list of articles which were enclosed in letters dealt with during the year in the Dead Letter office : —B6 money orders for £342 ss. 7d ;68 bank drafts, £3550 16s. 2d. ; 55 cheques, £1049 4s. Bd. ; 4 promissory notes, £414 3s. 5c1.; postage stamps, £2 2s. 2d. ; duty stamps, ss. ; bank notes, £7B ; gold, £5 ; silver and copper, 3s. 9d. ; representing a total amount of £5442 os. 9d. In addi tion to the above 7 gold rings, 2 pairs gold earrings,. 1 gold chain, 1 cornelian gold mounted pendant, 1 silver watch, 1 silver toothpick, and 1 parcel gold dust, were also received in the Dead Letter office. As many as 43 letters were ac tually posted without any addresses, two of which contained valuable enclosures to the amount of £IOO 18s. 3d. The condi tion of mind in which the writers of the two-last mentioned must have been is by no means an enviable one. Besides these eight letters were detained for having obscene and libellous addresses, and eight persons had attempted to defraud the Post Office by palming off .previously used stamps as the genuine article. Out of 404 letters detained for postage, only 16 wgre subsequently prepaid and forwarded to their respective addresses ; and an im mense pile of 666 newspapers and 285 books were unaddressed, and could not’be delivered.

CHISPA’S LETTER.

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

Backed out! No fun! No fighting. Mr. Bullock caved in, and let old Alfred walk over with his arm through John Grigg’s. Now, I feel very much dissatis fied with Mr. Bullock for this proceeding. “ There’s a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to for tune,” are the words of the wise man of 3tratford-on-the-Avon. - “ When things come to the worst, they mend” are the words of some other wise man. Whether the affairs of our Worship the Mayor reached their flood-tide, or their worst, when he took that joyous journey South I cannot tell,.but certain it is his Wor shipful is not equal to an electioneering contest so soon after his return. Sensible man ! It was one of the Mosaic laws that when a man consummated the bliss of his life by the one act which makes or un makes him for ever, he should stay at home for a year and do no fighting. Having respect to this Mosaic law the good men of Ashburton allowed their Mayor to enjoy a triumphantly grand second elevation to the Mayoral chair, and with the same law in view he will not fight the veterans of Longbeach and the Mill. He did a sensible and a gallant thing perhaps when, in his circumstances, he chose the joys of peace and quiet to the turmoil of battle ; but he has no dis crimination in him when he declines to trot out and give us the pleasure of an electioneering fight. Never mind, the year required by the law aforesaid will run out in time, and Thomas will then perhaps sharpen his cutlass for a renewal of the fray.

It’s all very well to talk of New Zea- Zealand’s prosperity, and to rise in exul tation as we point to industrious, perse vering men that know no deterrent power in their struggle with difficulties. There are plenty of splendid fellows of that sort in Canterbury, no doubt;. men who,. as Nelson in the wars knew not what fear was, so they, before the difficulties that beset a good colonist’s way, know not the meaning of fear. But courage only would not have won Nelson’s battles for him without guns and ammunition, neither will the best man that ever stuck gamely to his plough, win the battle of life in those plains, plough he ever so gamely, if year after year, just at the time when he wants rain for his crops, he sees over head a sky of burnished steel, and a cloud of fine dust, flying before a never-ceasing wind that dries up everything before it. We want all our perseverance, and indus try, and grit in such times as these ; but it has a tendency to take the stiffness out of a bold man’s lipl when he sees his best efforts to do well blasted by a power over which he has no control, and there are many, many acres of land near by us that will not this year yield the seed that was sown in spring, unless a change comes within a very few hours.

Those farmers’ dinners are jolly affairs usually. There is no lack of heartiness amongst them when they sit down to be happy. When I made one of the crowd that put their feet under Host Shearman’s table the night of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s dinner, and looked round upon the faces of the company, noting the men who were there assembled, I could easily undei’stand why one of the speakei’3 should burst out into a rhapsody over the “go ’ of our men of the plains. And the same speaker paid a neat compli ment to two men in connection with the Society who deserved as much at the hands of its members as any in the crowd. They are men, those two, without any fuss, who assume nothing, hut when work is to be done for the public that they can take a hand in, buckle to at once as though ’twas their own, and there is. no one who knows jolly, hearty old Joseph Hunt, or his neighbor pawky Hay T. Smith, who will not agree with me that the compli ment was well deserved. May tlieir shadows never grow less.

The last time I took notice of Itakaia in my “ Letter” it was to remark upon the number of “ ornamented” faces that village sent up to his Worship Le Grand Camp bell to look at from the Magisterial Bench. I was down at the place this week helping them to open that bit of railway of theirs. I would strongly advise any visitor to that district, unless he feasts at a private table, to carry luncheon in bis satchel. I assign no reason; if he does not follow my advice he will lind out the reason for himself. Chispa.

A Sign-Board. —“ There must be some thing wit-inspiring in teetotallers. We all know how expectantly the members of the Commons watch for the jests, somewhat well-worn though they be, which season Sir Wilfred’s advocacy of the Permissive Bill. A correspondent happened to be on Peckham Rye Common the other day when a temperance advocate was holding forth. He described himself as ‘ the funny cabman,’ and a ‘ rough customer. ’ After an attack on the ‘ Government pets ’ (as he styled the publicans), he said, ‘ A short time ago I was coming from Ald ridge’s, where I had to buy a horse for my cab. I saw a woman lying dead drunk on the cellar-flap of one of the neighbouring public-houses ; so I walked into the bar, and said to the landlord, “One of your sign-boards has tumbled down.” The gouty old publican and his pot-boy, who was rather older than his master, came outside, exclaiming “ Where !” “There,” I said, pointing to a heap of rags on the flag. “ Why don’t you take it inside, and put it in your window, like other respect able tradesmen do with their goods, and label it, ‘ Our own Manufacture,’ instead of leaving it here, as if you was ashamed of it?”

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.] Calcutta, 20. The Ameer of Afghanistan left the ulti matum of England unanswered. London, Nov. 21. At the Cabinet Council held yesterday it was resolved to transmit orders to India to advance the troops. The Bank of England reduced the rate of discount to 5 per cent. A despatch of the Secretary of State for the Home Department reviews the rela tions between England and Afghanistan. It appears that a difficulty .arose in 1873, Mr. Gladstone’s Cabinet overruling Lord Northbrook’s proposal to assure the Ameer of Afghanistan of protection from Russian attack.

London, undated.

Owing to the stoppage of Potter, Wilson, James Morton, and the Glasgow Bank, Holmes White, of Melbourne, have put their affairs in liquidation.

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, Nov. 22.

Adelaide wheat, 53 Id ; December deli very, 4s 3d to 4s 5d ; candles, B£d ; other quotations unchanged. • The A.S.N. Company are laying up all their steamers, and closing their engineer ing works. It is stated that fifteen hun dred men will thus be unemployed. The anti-Chinese strike has extended from the company’s seamen to the laborers at Brisbane.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.] Auckland, Friday.

A telegram from Mr. Sheehan to Mr. Swanson, M. H. R., expresses pleasure that Auckland rendered due honor to the pluck and ability of the Australian cricketers. The Marion, from New Caledonia, brings intelligence that fighting still con tinues. The Prospectus from Newcastle to Hellensville, with coal, went ashore at Kaipara. After being lightened, she got off. Wellington, Friday. The body of a man, name unknown at present, who cut his throat in a paddock at Silver Stream, has just been brought into town by the police. It is stated that a movement is now on foot for the establishment of a new land and investment company on a similar basis to the Wellington Trust, Loan, and Invest ment Company. The proposed capital is £IOO,OOO. The operations of the associa tion would be confined chiefly to the Wel lington provincial district. Of sixty immigrants who arrived from Melbourne by the Edwin Fox, about half have been sent to Wanganui. The remainder, with two or three exceptions, remain at Wellington. The “ Chronicle ” says regarding the construction of the Hutt-Foxton railway, that it is the intention of the Minister for Public Works to commence it at once, and action in that direction will be taken be fore the end of the year. It is said the Government will make known in a day or two what they intend to do in regard to the petitions some time ago presented in favor of O’Connor, sen tenced for attempted poisoning. Westport, Friday.

An extensive limestone cave has been discovei’ed near White Cliffs, between Westport and Reef ton. The explorer des cribes it as a magnificent sight when illu minated. A creek traverses the cave, yielding good payable gold prospects. Private information from Lyell says all the Reefton quartz miners are on their way to Wangapeka, where a rich reef has been discovered; Dunedin, Friday. A writ for £2OOO damages has been served upon Mr. J. Malaghan, Queenstown, at the instance of Mclntyre, of Inverear gill. A site for a Sailor’s Home will shortly be granted to the committee by the Harbour Board. Mr. G. M. Reed has resigned his posi tion as one of the governors of Dunedin High school. One hundred and fifty persons took ad vantage of the cheap rates to visit the Oamaru Agricultural show. In consequence of the Otago Rowing and Sailing Association having lapsed, the Otago Rowing Club have decided to hold a regatta at Hurley, on the Taieri river, at a date not fixed yet. The General entries and acceptances for the races are not obtainable, as the secre tary of the Jockey Club will give no facilities in that direction.

At a meeting of the Otago Cricket Asso ciation last night, the interprovincial match with Canterbury was fixed to take place on the 10th, 11th, and 12th of Feb. A letter was also received from the Can terbury Association, saying that the team to be sent to Yictoria would, if time per mitted on their return, play a match in Dunedin.

Tommy came home from school, and handed to his father the teacher’s report on his progress during the month. “ This is very unsatisfactory, Tom ; you’ve a very small number of marks : I’m not at all pleased with it.” Tom replied, “I told the teacher you wouldn’t be, but he. wouldn’t alter it.” A Forbidden Language. —A Catholic priest at Warsaw has been sent to Siberia for a curious offence. As was his duty, he read the Qzar’s declaration of war to his flock, and, not being able to speak Russian, read it in Polish. This was against the law, and hence his transporta tion,

TD-PAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

Affairs, in Afghanistan—The Advance of British Troops—• No Resistance Offered by Ameer. —— London, Nov. 21. The British have crossed the Afghanis tan frontier, and the military authorities have interdicted the Press from telegraph ing their movements. The Viceroy has announced < -that ‘the chief cause of England’s quarrel with the Ameer was the question of frontier and his repeated insults and unfriendly acts towards the Empire.,. The. Empress has no grievances against the Afghans. , The British forces intend' to disperse ' any armed resistance and occupy all stra tegic positions. •• A, The Viceroy has promised to the'-' chiefs that their privileges would- be. con tinued, but any attempt, to impede the advance of the British would be severely punished. The chiefs are satisfied, and have promised assistance. •• A despatch from Cranbrook justifies tfio policy of Government, and shows the In dian Government is in complete accord with the Cabinet. ‘ •

, Calcutta,.Nov> 2Q. : The British troops have adyanced as ‘fair as the foot of Kapion, beyond-the town of Thull, and have occupied that position. Everywhere they have been allowed 'to advance unresisted. * :

Australian Politics.

London, Nov. 21,

The “Times,” reviewing .the policy .of, Mr. Berry, regarding his intended visit to England, advocates the Norwegian plan and condemns the plebiscite. It says it is not improbable that Sir M. Hicks-Beach will propose such a plan. It adds its belief that a majority of both parties in Victoria will accept the compromise suggested by impartial judges in England. Twelve thousand has been placed on the French estimates for the Sydney Exhibition. . . . Joubert and Coombes have received the Cross of the Legion of Honor.

NOVEL IDEAS.

[From the Sydney Mail.]

The latest novelty in agricultural machinery is Hornsby’s, hedge trimmer. In its general principles of construction and action it somewhat resembles a mow ing machine, but in detail it differs widely. The horses walk along the side of the hedge and the machine cuts both sides, so that the trimming of the hedges on >a farm or estate will not take up much time. The implement was shown at work near the showyard of the Royal Agricultural Society at Bristol, and did some capital hedge trimming at a very rapid fate..,. The various capabilities of tlie implement, the power of the man who is handling it to lift the whole cutting apparatus, to alter the position of the cutter, to cut the top on either side of the fence at will, it is said are very surprising. The second idea is one that’may be carried out anywhere in this colony. It is the manufacture of superior mill belting and everlasting rope from sheep’s entrails. ; This at present forms an industry which proves remuner ative in California. The, process of the manufacture is as follows The -entrails, which will average about 55 feet in lehigth, are thoroughly cleaned, and then-placed in vats of brine, where they remain some days. When thus prepared they are not much thicker than a piece of common twine, and will sustain a weight of about lOlbs. The; next stage in process of manufacture is to wind the prepared material on bobbins, after which the pro cess is the same as in common rope. This method is used to produce a round belt; but where a wide flat belt. is to be made, a loom is employed and the five strands are woven together as in ribbon manufacture. The flat belts are made of .any size,, the round of sizes varying from l-16th inch up to 1A inch in diameter. . The round belts are made either in'the form of a smooth cord, or as ropes, with from three to five large strands. The. f-incli rope is said to stand a strain of 7 tons, and is guaranteed to last ten years. Hemp rope will last on an average not over three years. Three-eighths round cord, contain ing 150 strands,- will endure a strain of about four tons.

SATURDAY, November 23, 1878.]

THE EVENING ECHO.



s. d. s. d. Gutter, inferior to best, l 1 ? lb o 0 to 0 0 Eggs, dozen - - x 2 to I 0 Racon, piime smoked, t> lb o 10 to 0 0 Hams in cloth, $ lb x 0 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, If 1 ' lb o 9 to 0 10 Flour in bags, joolb 12 6 to 14 0 Oatmeal, H? ioolb - 26 0 to 0 0 Lard, $ lb - - - 0 9 to 0 0



Engineers and Foundries. JOHN ANDERSON, CANTERBURY FOUNDRY, CHRISTCHURCH, BEGS to notify that he has been appointed SOLE AGENT for New Zealand for MESSRS AVELING & PORTER, ROCHESTER, Whose Traction Engines, Ploughing Machines, Steam Reaping Machines, and Road Rollers have gained for them a world-wide reputation. An early exhi bition will be made of an 8 h. p. Agricul tural Locomotive Engiile, which can be used either for Steam Cultivation, Thresh ing, Sawing, or Removing Agricultural Produce. Catalogues and prices can be had on application. The following Machinery and Goods are now ON SALE at the Canterbury Foundry for the season : McCORMICK’S REAPER & BINDER WOOD’S do. . do. OSBORNE do. do. Extras and wire for each of the above. McSHERRY GRAIN DRILLS. English and American Mowers, by Samuelson, Hornsby, Howard, Wood,- McCormick, and Osborne; Clayton and Shuttleworth Thresh ing Machines, Elevators, Hay Loaders, Pacific Hay Cutters, Seed Strippers. ALSO, FOR SALE, Fencing Standards, Best Fencing Wire, Cambridge, Crosskill, and Mixed Rollers, Broad-cast Seed Sowers, Millstones, Grindstones, Flour-dress ing Silk, Leather and India-rubber Belting and Hose; Reaper Sections, Plough Fittings, Machine Oils, Field Gates, &c., &c. Estimates and Drawings for any kind of Machinery furnished on application. D. MIDDLETON, Agent, Ashburton. 63



STE A M I R. 0 N WORKS (Next the Horse Bazaar), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. -pi DW ARDS AN ENGINEERS,- MILLWRIGHTS, AND GENERAL SMITHS. Orders for every description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar anteed to give satisfaction, at prices that will compare favorably with any in Canterbury. Important.—Ex erienced Manufacturers and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presses, ike. Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith, Wheelwright, and Shut ing wotk warranted to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. D E E THE CENTRAL FOUNDRY, PETER STREET, ASHBURTON. W. J. HESSEY, . EGS respectfully to inform the public ol O Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has ON HAND and FOR SALE, Working Men’s Kitchen Ranges, cast or sheet iron ovens. Cambridge Rollers, at Christchurch Prices. Wire Strainers. Repairs of Castings in Iron or Brass of every description. RAILWAY FOUNDRY CHRISTCHURCH. gCOTT JgROTHERS, ENGINEERS, Etc.. Beg to inform their customers and the public generally that they have REMOVED To new and commodious premises in MANCHESTER STREET SOUTH, Near the new Passenger Station. Manufacturers of Railway Contractors’ Plant, Flax Dressing Machines and Presses. Wool Presses, Agricultural and /ill descriptions of Machinery, jAMn and Ornamental Railing, Gates, and T,c?*ub Fencing. Stoves .and Cooking Apparatus. Drawings prepared .and estimates given for all hinds of Engineering and Machinery, Repairing d<?ne with expedition,



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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,



Her Majesty’s Titles. —At a dinner given by tlie Farriers’ Company, at the Albion Tavern, London, the Queen’s health was proposed as follows:—“Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and the Colonies, Protectress of. Turkey, Ad ministratrix of Cyprus, and the Empress of India. ” Telephonic. —A Home paper says:— “ There are few persons who have taken more lively interest in the development of telephones than the Queen. .They are now in use at Windsor and Osborne, and are about to be fitted at Balmoral.” . • Strangers coming to. .reside, . in. Ashburton ire often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase of Drapery, Clothing,.and Ilouse-furnishing lion nongery, and General Stores. ORR & Co. offer special advantages to the pub' c tliat can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton, iliey keep at aU limes the largesfand best-assoited Slock of every class of Goods, imported direct from tlie leading manufacturers at home, which beim* bought entirely upo/i cash terms, they are enabled to offer goods of sterling value as gannot be equalled by any other house in the trade. Every article in stock* is marked at the lowest price, from which no abatement is made so that the most inexperienced buy their goods at the same prices as the best judges,-yAdvt