ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

Accountants and Commission Agents Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings H, J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. W. R. Boyle, Moore-street. Architect and Civil Engineer S. W. Brown, Easl-street S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings

B. Mountfort, East Street Auctioneers— Bullock and Co., East-street Saunders Bros., Ashburton R-uiristers and Solicitors — Mr. Branson, East-street . E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings , Messrs. Harris and Ireland, Montgomery s Buildings. Bikers, Confectioners, Etc. — Thomas Hicks, Tancred : street Thomas Taylor, East-street, Banks — Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union 'Bank of Australia, East-street Hoarding House Keeper's— " J. G.'Anstee, East-street Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Havelock Street . G. Worner, Moore Street. Guilders, Contractors, Etc.— James Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. Hill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-Street Matthew Smith, Moor-stieet 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 G. Parkin, Moor-street Thomas Williams, Jimvald Carrier— G. E. Scott, Cameron-street Chemist, and Druggist— J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings Charles Neate, Moore Street. Coal 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 arc 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. Hessey, 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-street 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 Ironmongers- Orr and Co., East-street Aitken and Co., Havelock-street S. Hardley, East-street Ladies’ Clothing Establishment— 'Mrs. Morey, Tancred Street. - Painter, <&x.— J. R. Chapman, Tancred-street Printers and Publishers— Weeks and Dixon, East-street Plumbers, Gaseitters, Tinsmiths, Etc.— J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street S.'Hardley,’East-sheet Saddlers— Thomas Diidson, Burnett-street Surveyors— C. E. Fooks and Son, Fv»‘.-street Tailors— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Tentmakers— K, Sando, East-street Tobacconists— A. Pearse, Moor-street E. A. Garnett, East-street A.' Weston, East-street

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close 3l> follows : For Christchurch and North at 10 a.m. 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 Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10.15 a.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.15 a - m - daily.

The Evening Echo. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1878.

Mr. Barton’s month in gaol for con tempt of Court has not in any way ele vated the opinion he entertains of the Judges who sent him thither, and who felt that his coming between the wind and their judicial dignity required the imprisonment of the offender as sola tium for the affront. As a barrister in the Wellington Court, he did not hesi tate to occasionally speak his mind regarding' the Judges before whom he pleaded, and now that the suffrages of the Wellington people have given him a coign of vantage from which he can review the doings of the Judges, he does not hang fire over taking advantage of that position. In his place in the House, in reply to Judge R'chmona’s letter questioning the accu racy of the Jurist's report of cases on which Mr. Barton was engaged, Mr. Barton made charges against Judge Richmond which have put the Go vernment in a difficulty to know how to deal with. He laid to Mr. Justice Richmond’s charge that of “ corruptly favoring my opponents, and with refus ing and delaying justice to clients in my hands: ” with “ falsification by placing on record, under the Seal of the Court, the statement that I have consented to an order to which I never consented; ” with “ violating the truth from the Bench with “ misdi recting a jury so as to defeat the mani fest right;” with other charges of less importance, but all sufficiently strong to destroy a Judge’s character for impar tiality if by any means they can be sub stantiated. This Mr. Barton declares himself able to do, and challenges an investigation. The honorable member for Wellington City made his speech containing those aspersions on Judge Richmond’s character in the House of Representatives, and challenged inves tigation before the representatives of the people, and now the knowledge of the charges made is broadcast over the country.

Mr. Barton may be a man with “ a bee in his bonnet ” —a man with a dar ling grievance ; every man has a weak ness, and this may be his; but the representative of the electors of one of the first cities in the colony is entitled to be listened to when in the General Assembly of the colony he impugns the judicial honesty and justice of a Judge of the Supreme Court. The charges may be unfounded, but they ought to be proved so, and whatever Mr. Barton may be, the dignity of the law demands an investigation. Of the result we have no fear; but in justice, both to the barrister and member of the House who impeaches, and the Judge who is impeached, an opportunity should be given to the country to know the truth or otherwise of what has been laid to the Judge’s charge. The Go vernment have taken time to consider what is to lie done, and as yet have made no decision.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bank of New Zealand. —Since Mr. Macfarlane assumed the management of the Ashburton branch of this Bank, it has been found necessary, owing to the increased busi ness, to extend the accommodation afforded by the Bank premises. This has been done to the designs of Mr. S. W. f Brown, architect, the contractors being Messrs. Nelson and Waddell. It will be remembered that formerly part of the building was occupied by the Bank agent as a dwelling-house, a small crib of a room being all that was used for the pur poses of bank business/ The whole ot the dwelling-house space has now been utilised and thrown into banking premises, with the result that the former small room, where all the work was done, has become a spacious office of over 20 feet long by 16 broad. The counter, instead of running north and south of the building, now runs east and west, leaving a large vacant space for the use of the public doing business with the Bank. An arch of eight feet width has been cut in the south-east corner, to communicate with a room at the track where accommodation is found for the clerks, and this room again communicates with the manager’s private room behind the front office. F ormerly the public door fronted East Street, but to avoid the discomfort attending its use during the frequent north-west gales, the public entrance has been transferred to the south side, over the door in which a neat porch has been built, through which ingress can be obtained to the Bank from either east or west, as the direction of the wind may require. The convenience and comfort thus secured to both customers of the Bank and its officers were greatly wanted, and it is to the credit of the institution that even in view of a new Bank being erected on the site recently purchased in Wakanui road, steps should have been taken towards the present alterations and improvements on a building which at best must .be poly a temporary place of business. District! Court. —Mr. Judge Ward, who yesterday visited .Ashburton, and was inter viewed by members of the bar, expressed him self in fayor of sittings of a District Court in Ashburton, and approved of the Town Hall as a Court

FIRE BRIGADE AND POLICE.

A general meeting of the members of the Ashburton Fire Brigade and Fire Police was held last night in the Town Clerk’s Office. Mr. Max Fried lander occupied the chair, and twenty five of the following members of the two forces were present:

Fire Brigade:—

John Simmonds Geo. Compton j. Gardiner G. Eagle M. Digby W. Anderson T. Quill R. Minnis John Fowler Hy. Fowler J. \V. Bluer Jas. W. Baker Geo, H. St. Hill Sam. Thorne Sptnce Compton Geo. Miller Thoma; Sealey James M ‘Donald A. J. A idrews J. C. Dolman Max Friedlander K. Sando G. Gapes W. C. Davis Roger Tucker T. Priestley H. Meant J. Wilk.e R. Friedlander H. Zanker T. Dudson. Fire Police:— J. M. Cambridge T. Bullock C. C. Fooks J. E. Buchanan J. S. Savage W. Mitchell H. Barratt Geo. Parkin Ed. Cookson 11. Quinton C. Braddell H. J. Bristo W. H. Zouch A. O. Aitken. Mr. J. Wilkie pointed out that the cheapness 'and feasibility of the water supply scheme handed by the Brigade to the County Council about a year ago had been proved by nature a fortnight since, when an overflow of the river brought the water down to the very doors of the townspeople. The Trea surer’s report showed a balance at the. Bank to the Brigade’s credit. The expenditure had been a trifling amount for painting the engine-house and some small items. Mr. Sando moved that a Committee be appointed to w r ait on the Borough Council with the view of ascertaining what that body were willing to do for them. Ulti mately, it was passed, on the motion of Mr. Dudson, to tender the Brigade’s services to the Borough Council. Mr. Compton tendered his resignation as Superintendent and Inspector, but the Brigade did not see its way to accept it. Mr. Smdo thought it would be useful to have practice even without water. It would be advantageous to the members and the town generally if the members knew their stations. At the recent fire there seemed to be no discipline. He had unrolled the hose himself, and he heard that some gentle man had ‘ planted ’ the nozzle, which he screwed on when the hose was laid, and commenced playing on the fire. The Chairman having offered the Brigade a tank of water once a month or once a fortnight if the Brigade would turn out to practice, it was resolved to ask the superintendent to call a meeting for practice on that night week. Mr. Miller drew attention to the tact that the engine-shed had shifted off its piles, and suggested its removal to Baring Square, where the bell would be better heard when an alarm was rung. It was decided to ask the Counci to furnish the Brigade with uniforms simi lar to the Christchurch Brigade, after which the meeting adjourned for a fort night.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

London, October 22,

The First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for War have started for Cyprus. Constantinople, October 21.

The Sultan has informed the British Ambassador to Turkey that he will never conclude an alliance with Russia. October, 22.

A reply has been received by the Sultan from the Ameer of Afghanistan couched in unfriendly terms. Conse quently the present aspect of affairs is unchanged. The Siam with the Suez mails, left Galle on October 17th.

[ Special to the Globe. ]

London, October.

The Ameer of Gabul signifies his willingness to accept the terms offered by England, and has despatched an envoy to negotiate with the Viceroy.

AUSTRALIAN.

[By Submarine Cable.] Sydney, Oct. 23

The Assembly decided to go into Committee next Wednesday to con sider the resolution approving of the agreement respecting the duplication'of the cable.

The Newcastle coal masters decided that the selling price of coal next year should remain as now. New Guinea news is discouraging. Trouble is anticipated between the whites and natives. 150 warriors have gone to the interior. There is no news of the Goldie river prospectors, and fears are entertained for their safety. Sailed Rotorua.

( Special to the Globe. ] Sydney, Oct. 23.* The total failure of the New Guinea expedition is reported. The parties have suffered from destitution and fever, but nothing has been discovered. A number are in a wretched condition at Port Moresby, unable to return. It is proposed to send a rescuing vessel. There is a set against Chester for the Melbourne Cup, hundreds to seven are offered. Janitor is coming into favor.

The Newcastle miners are preparing a great strike. It was resolved that there should be a uniform output of coals, reducing that of the Wallsend Collery from five to three thousand tons, so as to be on a level with others. This is regarded as the essence ot trade unionism, and will never be tolerated.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.] Auckland, Wednesday.

Mr. Northcroft, R.M., discovered last night, on the banks of, the Waikato river, a white macintosh overcoat and gentleman’s hat. Attached to the over-’ coat there was a piece of paper on which was written, Good bye 1 God bless you all.” A mounted constable has been riding all day searching in vain for a trace of the owner of the articles. The New Zealand Insurance Co. has risks of over Zf 3000 on the cargo ot the City of Auckland, a censideral le portion of which is for, Auckland. The South British also loses heavily. The Acclimatisation Society liberated five hundred Californian trout in the Lake and Waikato. Reid, a vocalist, who travelled the colony with his wife, Miss Leaf, died to day. Timaru, Wedbesday. A committee meeting of the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society was held yesterday to take into considera tion the allocation of 3000 young trout, presented by the Chrischurch Society. 21 was reso ved that they be distributed as follows: —G. Mellish, 50c; Cook and Raine, Sherwood Downs, 250 ; A. Smith, Rollesby, 250 ; Postletbwaite, Rankapuka, 250; F. Archer, 600; J. A. Young, Winchester,. soo ; A. Cox, Orari, 250; a. A. Bristol, 250 ; A. Turnbull, Pareora, 25Q. A vote of thanks was passed to the’ Christchurch Society for their handsome present. Dunedin, Wednesday.

At this morning’s meeting of the Waste Lands Board, applications were received from settlers at Tuapeka Mouth and Moa Flat, asking permission to be allowed to shift their dwellings, so as to be out of reach of future floods.

The body of Samuel Okane, landlord of the Commercial Hotel Mosgiel, was found in the Waikouaiti river @ to-day. Deceased mysteriously disappeared on Friday last from his brother’s hotel at Waikouaiti. An inquest will be held. Otaki (Wellington Province), Thursday.

All lives have been saved from the wreck of the City of Auckland. The people are short of provisions which have not yet been landed from the ship. The vessel is not likely to break up. Patea. Thursday.

News was received here last night that Hiroki had arrived at Parihaka, but that Te Whiti requested that no one should attempt his capture, as he (Te Whiti) desired to see the Native Minister before anything further was done -

Parliamentary..—Last night four hours of the House’s time were spent in Committee on the “Towns on Private Lands” Bill, winch was ultimately shelved, on a motion by Mr. Shrimski that the Chairman leave the chair, the motion being carried by 35 to 34. A Skunk. —A dastardly trick practised in Hokitika is thus alluded to by the local Times: pieces of knavery that has ever taken place in this or any other part of the colony, was per petrated at an auction sale in this town very recently. Amongst the effects of a family sell ing off was a sewing machine in perfect order. The owners were by no means on the credit side of the world’s ledger, and every penny was of material consequence. Notwithstand ing this, an individual here inspected the machine prior to the sale, and coolly put the shuttle in his pocket, thus making the machine appear to he useless, a.nd vPith little mote than old iron. Ihe consequence was that when it was offered for sale it was sold for a few shillings, the purchaser being the person who had previously appropriated the shuttle. It was worth about as many pounds as he ga\e shillings, and, as a matter of course, on the missirm piece being reinserted, worked as well as ever, and a ‘ bargain’ was obtained, or a robbery achieved, in accordance with the light in which different people .regard the same •transaction.” . Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton ire often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase ol Drapery, Clothing, and House-furmshing Iron mongery, and General Stoics. O.UR & CO. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. I hey | keep at all times the largest and best-assorted yjtock of every class ol Guocte, imported duecl liom the leading manufacturers at home, w hid* bftinp bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to ctier goods 01 sir'll sterling vaiue as camu'l be equalled by any other house m the untie. Even article in stock is marked at t! p lowest price,"iro.n which no abatement is made •-o lhal Hie most, inexperienced buy their good • at the samp piices as the best judges,— * Ad vt,

STANLEY’S LOVE ADVENTURES.

The New York Graphic describes Mr. H. H. Stanley as the hero of two touch ing episodes. The first syren who be guiled the heart of this modern Ulysses was a young Greek maiden whom the traveller met in Crete. He saw the young lady trom his window one morn ing walking in the garden, and from that moment he felt that his fate was sealed ; she was about fifteen years old ; and Mr. Stanley lias since declared that never before or since has he beheld so sweet and beautiful a creature. He at once sought out the American Consul, and revealed to him the state of his heart. The Consul, who had himself married a Greek lady, bade him not despair; look him forthwith to the house of his inamorata, and presented him to her mother, who was a widow. Stanley could speak no Greek, the mother no English ; the Consul was the interpreter. He did his work so well that at the end of half an hour the young lady was sent for. Stanley was forbidden even to touch her hand, blit he conversed with her by his eyes ; they soon understood each other well. At the end of a week he was an accepted lover; at the end of a fortnight the day for the wedding arrived. All this while he had seen the young lady once a day, always in the presence of her mother. One day before the wedding he had been permitted for the first time to take her hand and to impiint upon it a chaste salute. The morning of the wedding arrived. Stanley was dressed for the ceremony, and was awaiting the happy moment. There entered to him three Greeks, whom he had never seen be fore, and an interpreter. They were introduced as brothers of the bride, and they produced a parchment, which the interpreter explained. It is a deed of settlement which binds Stanley to pay so much a year to his mother, so much to each brother, and so much to his wife, and to plank down the first instal ments on the spot. In vain Stanley explains that he has nothing and cannot pay ; the brothers look daggers, the in terpreter frowns, and the scene closes by the arrival of the Consul, who with difficulty gets Stanley out of the clutches of his tormentors and ships him off to Athens. He never saw his beautiful Grecian maiden again. The distin guished explorer’s next love affair hap pened just before his second expedition to Africa. He met, and fell madly in love with a charming young lady, the daughter of a wealthy citizen of Jewish extraction, whose name is perhaps best known in connection with an extensive but unfortunate opera house.- Mr. Stanley’s passion was deep and violent, but he was told that at least he must wait, and that an immediate marriage was out of . the question. He was anxious to win even a greater fame and fortune and lay them at the feet of his beloved. It was at tin's moment that the second African expedition was pro posed to him. In it he saw the coveted opportunit-’ for the distinction and re ward, and he eagerly embraced the perilous commission. Throughout the whole of that terrible journey, through the jungles of Africa, amidst all his toils, dangers, sickness, and disappoint ments, he was sustained by the thought of his love, and by the confident hope of receiving the reward which was dearer to him than the applause of the world, or the riches of Golconda. He gave the name of the young lady to the most beautiful lake which he discovered, as he gave it afterwards to the handsome boat in which he made a portion of his exploration—the Lady Alice. At length the source of the Congo was found, the great deed was accomplished, and Stanley returned with a proud and beat ing heart to the coast. At Zanzibar a packet of letters was awaiting him, and he hastened to open them, hoping to find some messages of love and affec tion from the mistress of his soul. A fatal blow struck him. One of the letters contained the intelligence that Miss Alice, had been married several months.

A ißisJiop with a “Down” on the Ladies. —Bishop Moran, of Dunedin, is at times somewhat outspoken, as exampled by the following from .an exchange:—“When the hats called Gainsborough were all the rage aniong the Dunedin ladies, the Bishop one day electrified his female hearers, nearly every one of whom wore a Gainsborough, by raging most strongly against what he considered the out rageous head-dress, and tjierpfore brought as pretty and universal a lot of blushes to the forg as has ever been seen among an audience. The hats were of a quieter shape next Sunday. Then he gave the males a dressing clown one morning in very yigorons language about a habit they had contracted of standing round the gates and entrances before service, loung ing, smoking, and staring. But he appears to have a particular “uowri ” on the ladies for, returning again to the charge, he recentl3 told them that tiny came mme fittingly d res jed for a puppet show than fm a 1 hutch, and read them a scathing lecture upon gaudy apparel. While he does his best to clothe thplr sou’s jn righteousness, lie stpmgly objects tp any clcth ing the body in raiments'ton bi ght and extra.’ vagaut. Vet the Gainsborough hat is the moa modest and quietest hat W9IV

The Evening Echo, Thursday, October 24, 1878.



COMMERCIAL PRINTING, NEW MACHINERY JUST ERECTED. rHE Proprietors of the Evening Echo have much pleasure in announcing that their New Jobbing Printing Machine, by Connisbee, is now in full .working order, and vhat they -aie 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 tjwm. WEEKS & DIXON, Printers and Publishers. ■Evening Echo Office, Eflusi Street, Oct, 8, 1878.



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