ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY

§IZCOUNTANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buddings H. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. ) RCHITECT AND CIVIL ENGINEER S. W. Brown, East-street S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings

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

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

akers, Confectioners, Etc. — Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street Taylor and Lill, East-street,

)ANKS— Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street

Joarding House Keepers— T. G. Anstee; East-street 'Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Plavelock Street

luilders, Contractors, Etc. — James Baker, Havclock-street Geo. St. Hill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-street Thos. Williams, Tinwakl

*OOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS— A. Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Furr.ess and Dixon, Stationers’ Flail, East street South

Bootmakers — r. Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East-street M. Nealas, East-street

Irewers — Wood and Co., Cameron-street

Cabinetmakers and Undertakers — James Baker, Havelock-street G. Parkin, Moor-street

Carrier— G. F. Scott, Cameron-street

Chemist and Druggist— j, M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings Coal and Firewood Merchants— G. Parker and Co., near Railway Station A. Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station

Drapers and Clothiers— Aiftken and Co., Plavelock-street <Orrard 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. F- Flessey, Central Foundry, Peters-st Furniture Warerooms — A. Spillard, Tancred Street

Grocers, General Dealers, Etc.— Aitken and Co., Plavelock-street Orr and Co,, East-street Firth, Pass, ancl 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, East-street A, Peacse, Moore-street

Hotels— Quill’s Commercial Hotel, neat’ Railway Station Shearman’s Somerset Hotel, East-StWefc

Ironmongers— Orr and Co., East-street Aitken and Co., Havelock-street S. Hardley, East-street Ladies’ Clothing Establishment- Mis. Morey, Tancred 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-stieet

Saddlers— Thomas Dudson, Burnett-street

Surveyors— C. E. Books and Son, East-street 'Tailors— Aitken and Co.) Haveiock-street

'Tent.makers— iK. Sando, East-street

Tobacconists—^ A. Ttearse, MooT-§fre'et 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 -IG -a.m 0 -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, Watcrton, 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 r a.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, ißangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, •'■at <10.15 a.m. daily.

The Evening Echo. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1878.

Ashburton Industry. To-day Mr. Hessey, of the Central Foundry, had taken through the streets to the saleyards a splendid specimen of the Cambridge roller, or “ clod crusher. It is the first machine of the kind cast in Ashburton, weighs 22 cwt., is excel lently finished, and altogether an imple ment the production of which reflects great credit on the establishment of which Mr. Hessey is the proprietor. Young Men’s Christian Asso ciation. —The inaugural meeting of the Ashburton Young Men’s Christian Association is to be held this evening in the Town Hall; Mr. C. E. Fooks is expected to preside, and we understand that several gentlemen from Christchurch, including the Rev. FI. C. M. Watson, have been invited to take part in the proceedings. The Associa tion is, of course, unconnected with any denomination, and should secure a full attendance.

The Elder Troupe.— On Thurs day evening the Elder Brothers will give one of their entertainments in the Library Hall. The performances of the troupe are highly spoken of by the press, those of the one-legged trapezist being specially commended. A boy of six years plays a most important part in the amusements the troupe supply—his singing and dancing being spoken of as something extraordinary. Doubtless the fame of the Elder Brothers will bring them a large patronage to-morrow night. American Enterprise.— We have been called upon by the representative of an American publishing firm who contemplate establishing a branch of their business in New Zealand as soon as satisfactory arrangements can be made. While such arrangements are being made, an introductory publica tion is being shown, which is entitled, “Our First Century.” The author describes one hundred of the principal events which have originated in America up ±0 the present date, many of which are of interest to the whole world. Each subject is treated in a separate chapter briefly, but in a descriptive manner. The work has been shown in the leading places in Canterbury, and the nature of it is such as to have commanded a large measure of patron age. The establishing of such a branch of business in this colony will have a tendency to diminish the price of cer tain classes of books which hitherto have been almost unobtainable, and we therefore wish them success in the undertaking.

Novel Ball.—Last Wednesday mgh.t, after the usual performance at the T.’heatre Royal, Wellington, a novelty was introduced in the shape of a fancy iball upo.’i the stage. The admission •was by tic'ket, and pains were taken to make the assembly select. Those of the ipublic wiho had patronised the even ing’s theatrical performance were per mitted to remain and witness the (dancing from their seats. There was a respectable turn out, and the affair was ;a success.

A Rat, A Rat! Empty pickle bottles make excellent rat-traps that at least is (the opinion of Mr. Valentine, of the Criterion Hotel, Wellington. Mr. Valentine ihas a capital rat-dog. The ratter the other <Jay unearthed a rodent, and chased it ab'out the kitchen for some time. At Has t die rat ran into a cupboard, closely pu. rsued by the terrier. On the same principle which leads the ostrich to imagine himself invisible when he has buried J2}S head in the sand/we suppose, the Ta’t inserted his head <in the neck of .-a pickle-bottle. When .he found the dog atd ac^’n S his hind-quarters he concluded tha t he was not so safe as he at first suppose'd, he tried to pull his head out CS The dog materially assisted the ).‘ ats efforts, but without result, for fife de parted from the body of the rodent before he -could 'get .his head free.- Post.

Interesting to Sporting Men. —ln deciding a case in which the question was whether money lent to pay a bet which had been lost ivas or was not a debt for an illegal considera tion, the Master of the Rolls in the Court of Appeal, London, said : — ,£ If a number of men were round a gaming table, and one asked another to lend him money to game with, and he lent it, that would be lent for gaming. And so, too, in the case of betting. But in the present case the evil had been carried out. The money was advanced to enable the man to pay his debt of honor, which was quite a different thing. The law, therefore, resolves itself into this: that money lent to make a bet is not recoverable, but that money lent to pay a bet which has been made is,”

The Bible in the House.— Mr. Fox rose in wrath last night, and warmly attacked Dr. Wallis for his habit of dragging Scriptural quotations into his speeches. The rebuke was fatherly and dignified. But Mr. Fox unhappily let out a reference to Noah and the ark, and incidentally touched upon Job’s life. Mr. Wakefield,. in solemn accents, mimicking the great Apostle of Temperance to a nicety, asked Mr. Fox to refrain in future from these Scriptural quotations, as these refer ences were very distasteful to other members of the House. Mr. Sheehan confessed to sinning in this way him self, but thought these Scriptural les sons were of considerable benefit to certain honorary members who did not study their Bibles so much as they ought to do. Mr. Takamoana did not object to Mr. Fox quoting Scripture, but privately confided to the House his belief that the honorable member for Wanganui was “a very wicked man.” Mr. Takamoana, however, hardly brought forward sufficient evidence in support of his expressed opinion, and it seemed from what followed that the head and front of Mr. Fox’s offending was that he had advised the natives not to give in their allegiance to King Tawhiao. — Post.

Wheelbarrow Pedestrianism. —The American correspondent of the Otago Daily Times states that Sergeant Bates, the pedestrian who carried “ the star-spangled banner” from John O’Groat’s to Land’s End, to the im mense amusement of decorous Britons, is being out-done by R. Lyman Potter, the wheelbarrow pedestrian, who passed through Chicago the other day en route for San Francisco. The wheelbarrow, which he trundles before him, the handles resting in the hollows of his arms, is a small box painted drab, with red trimmings. It weighs 401 b., and bears this inscription, “ From Albany, New York, to San Francisco in 250 days. Sundays out, 215 days. Started 10th April, 1878.” He had averaged 27 miles daily, was nine days ahead of time in Chicago, and gaining flesh. He is to receive a thousand dollars on arrival in California.

Very Close. —There is a man in New York so close that when he attends church he occupies the pew furthest from the pulpit, to save the interest on his money while the collec tors are passing the plates for contribu tion.

The Register states that a subscrip tion list has been opened for the pur pose of offering a substantial reward for the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons who poisoned the racehorses Ivakapo and Ouida. An Eye-opener. The Chief Justice of Victoria has ruled that it is illegal for tradesmen to combine to increase the price of any article of con sumption, as such a combination is cal culated to injure the public.

CEMETERY BOARD.

A meeting of this Board was held on the sth inst. There was a full meeting of members, and Mr. Ward was chair man. Mr. Ward recounted the Board’s work since last meeting, laid the ac counts and correspondence on the table also a tracing of the ground for the new cemetery granted by Government from the Railway Reserve, and added that had been paid by the County Council to the Board’s credit. It was resolved to apply the Council’s vote to obtaining a plan of the new cemetery, showing the walks, graves, &c., and to plant a belt of trees, half a chain wide all round the grounds. Mr. Fooks was requested to prepare such a plan in accordance with the resolution. It was also resolved that not more than nine acres be used at present for burial plots, and that the ground be divided into three equal portions, separated by two roads, each half a chain wide—one por tion for the use of the English Church, t ~>ne for the Roman Catholics, and one * other denominations, the fence roun'd it to be a post and top rail, with three or f° ur w i res > an d an eighteen inch fbA n k to be gorse-planted as the work 'proceeds. Tenders were resolved to be called f° r forthwith for the fenc ing, and Messrs. Ward and Bullock were appointed a sub-committee to ac cept the* most suitable and superintend the work. It was decided to leave a chain width fronting the railway for road purposes, and that the £>ld ceme tery be closed as soon as the nt'Y one is ready for use, the ground of the latter intended for purposes of sepulture to be sown with English grass at once; also that two large gates with “ kissing gates ” to each be erected opposite to or leading into the two roads. The meeting was adjourned till the 30th September, to be summoned per adver tisement by the chairman.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

THE HEAD MASTERSHIP.

To the Editor of the Evening Echo.

S i r, — One thing Mr Shury has clearly shown in his letter of August 6, with reference to the e’ection of a schoolmaster —that this appoint ment, like kissing, goes by favor, and not, as an ingenuous public had supposed, to the best man/ His simple statement that other.can didates possessed superior certificates and superior personal qualifications is worth a good deal of notice. Mr Shury urged with equal reason aid humor, that it would have saved some tr ,üble if the School Committee had in the fir.t instance appended to their advertise ment the words —“No English or Irish need a PP l y* ” _ „ I am, ccc., One of the Public. Ashburton, August 7.

To the Editor of the Evening Echo. Sir, — Herewith I hand you for publication a copy of a letter sent by me to the Board of -Education. I posted it by the same mail as fook down the recommendation forwarded by the Chairman of the Committee —“That the original nomination be adhered to,” —in which he refused to allow me to enter “ that I pro tested against the decision.” On reading over your report I find the reason for calling a special meeting given by the Chairman thus “Mr Shury had said, in his usual impetuous way, that Mr Stott was much deformed, and that he had no Privy Council certificate.” Now, I knew nothing of the de formity of Mr Stott, except what Dr Stewart told me : in fact it was from him the informa tion was received. When he brought me the letter from the Board, asking if Mr Stott held a certificate, I said I knew nothing of it, and all his certificates were forwarded to the Board : if it was not amongst them I should consider he had none, but would wire and see. Dr Stewart himself signed the letter stating this to the Board. I quite agree with some of Mr Parkin s re marks, and I think that in which he told me “the Committee was composed of a different lot this year,” is one of the truest he ever made in his life.

Mr reason for proposing Mr John Orr as a member of Committee was that besides being an excellent man of business, he is an Irishman and a Wesleyan, both of which communities are unrepresented on the Committee, hence my remark at which Mr Williamson took such umbrage. I am, &c., A. H. Shury, Member of School Committee. Ashburton, 6th August, 1878.

Copy. Ashburton, 6th August, 1878, The Chairman of the Board of Education,

Christchurch

Sir, —A special meeting of the Ashburton School Committee was held last evening to elect a Committeeman in the place of Mr Winter, resigned, and nominate a master, as requested in your letter of the 29th ult. I enclose reports of the meeting as published in the Ashburton Mail and Evening Echo , from which your honorable Board will be able to form a fair opinion of the meeting. I protested against the motion affirming the nomination of Mr Stott without due enquiry ; but as no one on the Committee would second it, I appeal to your honorable Board to protect the interests of the householders and parents of families who elected me, to make a searching enquiry into the nomination on the following grounds : 1. The Committee was incomplete, and the nomination informal; the members present refusing to fill up the vacancy, as provided by the Act, due notice of the business of the evening having been posted to each member of Committee. (Copy enclosed). 2. The nomination was made without due consideration. 3. That the 35 applications were opened, read, and Mr Stott nominated within two hours. 4. That the Chairman misled the Committee by reading out incorrect information as to the status of the candidates, several candidates having excellent testimonials thus not being considered at all. 5. That in the case of one candidate who held excellent testimonials, his papers were returned to him unopened, and the Committee was not informed of his status. 6. That the nomination of Mr Stott was obtained unfairly—l and three members of Committee being ignorant of the fact that we were voting for the actual nomination. 7. The nomination of Mr Stott was thus gained. Principally from the Chairman’s sug gestion eight names were selected from which to choose a master. It was proposed that each member should name a candidate, and the testimonials could then be examined. I pro posed the names should be written on slips of paper instead, and all names but that of the one suggested struck out. This being agreed to, the members received their slips, and the names being deleted, the slips were handed to the Chairman, who having opened them an nounced! that MrJ .Stott had four votes, and Messrs Baldwin and Reddin one each. The Chairman then declared Mr Stott duly nomi nated. Thus, as I before stated, without any applicants’ testimonials having been properly examined, the nomination was made, and the 35 applications were opened and read over in a space of time under two hours. At the instance of the Committee, I was re quested to make enquiries respecting sundry teachers, and although the replies were read over to the Committee, they refused to listen, the Chairman insisting the testimonials were no better than Mr Stott’s. I trust this Board will make proper enquiry into the matter, and take the nomination into their own hands, re questing all applications and testimonials in the hands of the Committee to be forwarded them, from which to select the best man, so that the Ashburton school may have a master appointed by merit, and not by clique. Should the position of head-master be awarded Mr Stott by his possessing the best testimonials and highest Matus, should I have the honor to be again elected a member of the Committee, I will do my besf to promote his interests in the school. I may state lam requested to adopt this course by many' members of the com munity. Yours faithfully) A. H, Shury.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

London, August 5. The Berlin Treaty ratifications have been exchanged. A Russian attack on the Rhodope insurgents is imminent. The Treaty was ratified at Berlin .on Saturday. The Turkish ratification was exchanged by letters. The Ministers, when entertained at a banquet, expressed the hope that the Eastern question was now closed. There are disorders in the Herzego vina. The Austrians are advancing, and the armed resistance to Austria is increasing. Seven men were lost by an ambuscade at Manglaki.

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, August 6. The mail steamer Siam has arrived at King George’s Sound.

[Per Albion, via Bluff.]

Melbourne, July 31.

The purchase of the Hobson’s Bay railway has been ratified by a large majority—s 3to 9 —and the main diffi culty having been cleared away, the Bill authorising the construction of a line connecting the Gippsland line with Melbourne has been passed, so that work will be commenced as soon as possible. The loss of the barque Jas. Service, with all aboard, on the West Australian Coast, created some sensation, as the vessel, a regular trader, was bound for this port. Two or three bodies have been found, but no survivors. A large quantity of passengers’ luggage and cargo was washed ashore. There were several members of the theatrical pro fession aboard.

The French barque Sussex was wrecked 50 miles from Russell Island, off Northern Queensland. Four of the crew were drowned in getting out of the boat. The survivors landed on the island, after being some time at sea. They were reduced to the verge of star vation, having only a dozen biscuits left when found. They had previously lived on a biscuit a day. The weather has been extremely cold with heavy falls of snow in various parts of the country. On Wood’s Point road several drays were snowed up. The winter generally is the severest felt for sometime.

Money Wigrams are building a new steamer for the Australian passenger trade larger than those of the present fleet.

The Melbourne Cup is beginning to attract attention. Melita has been backed for a very large sum at 100 to 10. She is now first favorite. Wal ker’s New Zealanders are under the care of Dakin. They are splendid ani mals, but doubt is expressed whether they can be got ready in time for the Cup. Adelaide, July 31. The Treasurer delivered his budget speech last night. He announced a new loan for railways and public works, and an income tax of 6d. in the pound to meet the deficiency in the revenue. The Gentlemen team of cricketers play their first match in Adelaide in the middle of December. It is said they will be accompanied by Shaw and Mor ley, professional bowlers. Tbe Government will arrange with the Victorian Government for the ex tension to 1880 of the P. and O. Com pany’s contract.

(Per Rotorua, via Auckland.) Sydney, August 1. The prevalence of typhoid fever here is attracting much attention. Melbourne, August 1.

A deputation from the Manufacturers’ Exhibition Association, waited on Mr. Berry, offering cordial* support to the proposal to hold an International Exhi bition at Melbourne. Brisbane, August 1.

A great rush has set in to a place 45 miles below Palmersville. A thousand Chinese have got there already. The Southesk arrived with 363 immi grants.

Re outrage at Solomon Islands, the Sydney News says : —Advices by the schooner Isabella report the murder of a whaler at the Island of Ugi, situated near the southern end of San Christobel; that H.M. schooner Beagle shelled the native village. For years past Captain Fergusson of Sydney has always had-a man on the island and has traded with the natives peaceably and lived in per fect security. Latterly Captain Swartz stationed a man named Townsend and a boy on the weather side of the island, but there was no native village near his place. It is unlikely, therefore, that the victims are connected with Swartz’s enterprise, Wright, connected with

a New Zealand firm, was also stationed bn the island. The only other resident was John Stevens of Sydney, who has Been engaged for years trading for Cap tain Fergusson. It appears that the murdered man was landed on the Island of Ugi by Captain McLeod, who has charge of a New Zealand vessel. An other man, who was ill and was landed at the same time, had been badly speared, and is now on board the Beagle. McLeod is master of the bri gantine Ada.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.]

Wellington, Tuesday. At the Municipal Conference to-day it was carried that the powers of Borough Councils should be extended, so as to include the sale of streets no longer required for public use, proper provision being made for private rights ; also, that Councils should have powfer to purchase land with the view of con structing new streets. Reefton, Tuesday. A miner named William Leonard, was killed in his tent near Victoria mine, Murray Creek, this morning, by a tree falling on him. Dunedin, Tuesday. From the annual report of the Female Refuge Committee, it appears that their efforts to reclaim fallen women have been attended with a minimum amount of success. Caroline Young, charged with con cealment of birth, was discharged to day. Professor Ulrich gives it as his opinion that the Hendon district pre sents a favorable field for quartz mining enterprise. Oamaru, Wednesday. The body of the missing man Cun ningham has been found on a bank of the Waitaki river. At a quarry, near the breakwater, while a man named Matthew Black was this morning at work, a large stone, weighing about two hundred weight, rolled down and struck him on the chest, inflicting fearful injuries. Death was almost instantaneous. He leaves a wife and family.

The Evening Echo, Wednesday, August 7, 1878,



• Strangers coming to reside ,in Ashburton - lire often at a loss to know which is the best to visit for the purchase of i Drapery, Clothing, and House-furnishing Iron r-lnongery, and General Stores. Orr & Co. •'offer-special advantages to the public that can Ibe met-with nowhere else in Ashburton. They kkeep at all times the largest and best-assorted ■ Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct ffrnmi the leading manufacturers at home, which i beinp bought.entirely upon cash terms, they are ‘ enabled to offer goods of such sterling value as ‘ cannot be--equalled by any other house in the t'trade. Every article/ in stock is marked at the price, from which no abatement is made •■so' that the most inexperienced _ buy their goods Ihe S&me prices-as the. best judges,—Advh



LIBRARY HALL, ASHBURTON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8. INFANT WONDERS ! INFANT WONDERS 1 ! HE ELDER BROS. MR. J. ELDER, the great One-legged Horizontal Bar and Trapeze Performer, also Champion One-legged Clog Dancer of the World. MASTER H. ELDER (nine years old)* Champion Horizontal Bar and Trapeze Performer, also Champion Clog Bancer. MAST ER A. ELDER, the Infant Wonder, Infant Wonder (six years old), acknow* [edged by the Press to be the greatest Negro Song and Dance Artist ever in troduced to the Colonies, who will ap pear in his Album of Songs, Dances, and Negro Sketches. Also, ~" * MR. J. McGUINNESS, 7 the Greatest Violinist of the day, in his great imitations. PRIZES ! PRIZES ! ! PRIZES !11 TO BE Given Away Each Evening, Consisting of Watches, Sovereigns, E.P. Coffee and Tea Services, Oil Paintings, E.P. Cruets, * Clocks, Meerschaum Pipes, Albums, Cutlery; etc. " * ' * 1 ' Admission : Front seats, 3s, with three envelopes ; second seats, 2s, with two envelopes.



TOWN HALL. THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING.' \ Commencing at 7.30. ASHBURTON YOUNG MEN’S CHRIS* TIAN ASSOCIATION. Inaugural Meeting. Addresses by Ministers, Mr. Black, Mr. Hargreaves, and other gentlemen. Sacred Songs by the United Choir. All are invited.



ALTERATIONS TO ASHBURTON LIBRARY. TENDERS are required for Alterations and Additions to the Ashburton Library. Specifications can be seen at the Schoolbouse until Tuesday, 13th instant, when all tenders must .be sent in addressed to the Librarian, on or before 12 o’clock of that date. - J. WARD, Librarian. WANTED, a Christian Lady for two hours daily to assist another in Teaching the Pupils in a Private School.- Apply by letter addressed “ Q.,” ECHO office, r - j >, WANTED, a Tidy GIRL, as Nursemaid, and to make herself generally useful. Apply Echo Office. 1 TOWN SECTION. WANTED, to purchase, in or near East, street, a Quarter*acre SECTION. Apply, by letter, statingj’price, A. 8., efiice of this paper, _