AN INCIDENT OF THE MAORI WAR.

The Taranaki .Herald contains an obituary notice of the late Captain Everett, brother of Mr. E. Everett, ex- Mayor of Nelson. The following extract mentions an interesting incident in con nection with the Maori war :

In 1865 the deceased was appointed Captain, and retained the commission till he died. During the war he was present in several engagements with the Natives, for which he received the New Zealand War Medal. In IS6I he had a narrow escape of his life. He was then stationed at Beil Block, and thinking that he might with safety trim his furze hedge, he proceeded to his farm and commenced work. He had not been long there when, on looking round, he saw he was surrounded by rebels, with their guns all lull cock. He expected instant death, but his life was spared by a generous foe, in the person of a Waikato chief, whose name, we regret has been forgotten. The chief walked up to him, took Captain Everett’s necktie off, and told him to go. This was an unprecedented act, for up to that time no European’s life had been spared ; but it shows that the Maoris are not all of that treacherous uature which it is common to attribute to the race. In 1866 he was gazetted a Justice of the Peace, and was a Com missioner of the Bell Block Road Board for many years. Ihe Nelson Mail , referring to the subject, says : Mr. Everett, who went to see his brother before his death, was anxious to learn the name of the chief who had spared his life, and went out to Waitara to see Rew-i. The great chief’s niece acted as interpreter,-and, after a little conversation, Rewi said that he remem bered all about the affair, and gave the name, but said to Mr. Everest : You must not give him all the credit, for he was only acting under my orders, which were that all settlers who were pursuing their ordinary peaceful avocations were to.be spared, but the moment they at tempted to use their arms they were to be killed. It was a comforter that was taken from your brother, and I re member it well.

The Evening Echo, Friday, July 26, 1878.'



S. W. BROWN, AND CIVIL ENGINEER, EAST STREET, Ashburton. SCHOOL BOOKS Just Arrived —Royal Primers, Victoria Exercise Books, &c. —Echo Office, Stationers’ Plali, East-street. PROSPECTUS OF THE ASHBURTON GAS, COAL AND COKE COMPANY, LIMITED. Incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies Act. CAPITAL: in 2,000 Shares of each, Ten Shillings deposit per Share on application, Ten Shillings on allotment, and the re mainder in Calls of Ten Shillings per Share at intervals of not less than three months. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS : Chairman, Thomas Bullock. R. W. Shearman F. Macbean Stewart A. 0. Aitken ,J. Ivess T. Quill A. Orr E. G. Wright F. Doherty R. Friedlander J. M. Cambridge , BANKERS: Union Bank of Australia. Engineer. Treasurer. Solicitor : G. D. BRANSON. Secretary: J. IVESS, ProTem. The ASHBURTON GAS COMPANY is to be formed for the purpose of supply ing the Town of Ashburton with Gas at a reasonable rate. It is estimated that will suffice to establish the works upon a suitable scale, and it is not intended to call up more than £2 per share during the first twelve months. It is intended to send to England for the necessary Plant and Street Mains by the August Mail. The Provisional Directors desire to call atten tion to the fact that Gas Companies have been invariably found to pay handsome dividends on the paid-up capital. Ashburton is growing very rapidly, and there can be no doubt that there will be sufficient consumers to make the undertaking re munerative. The Branches of the Union Bank of Aus tralia at Ashburton, Christchurch,-and Timura are now prepared to receive applications for shares, The Share list will close'on Saturday, August -grd, 1878*



TO BUILDERS. TENDERS are invited for the Erection of ADDITIONS and ALTERATIONS to the ROYAL HOTEL, Moor-street, Ash burton, for Mr. Thomas Toppin. plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the undersigned, East-street, where Tenders will be leceived up to 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 10th. The lowest or any render will not necessarily be accepted. V S. W. liROWN, Architect, Ashburton. BOY WANTED, to learn Printing. Good wa (r es given to one accustomed to the Business. Apply at once Echo Office. rANTED, a Tidy GIRL, as Nursemaid, and to make herself generally useful. Apply Echo Office. W WANTED, an Active BOY for the Print ing Business. Apply Echo Office. TOWN SECTION. WANTED, to purchase, in or near East street, a Quarter-acre SECTION. Apply, by letter, stating price, &c., A. 8., office of this paper. WANTED, a HUNDRED Good Lay ing FOWLS. Highest Price for really good ones. Apply to K. Sando, East Street. FOR SALE, A Second-Hand American CABINET ORGAN, by Mason and Hamlin. It has five stops and a knee swell. Elegant case. Suitable for Parlor or Church. Price £35 cash. Apply, Echo office. COME AT LAST. NEW DRAPERY ESTABLISHMENT, GLASGOW HOUSE, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. W. GAVIN HAS great pleasure in announcing that he will Commence Business, after much unavoidable delay, in his new paemises, at MONTGOMERY’S BUILDINGS, ON SATURDAY NEXT, 27TH JULY, With a New Stock of GENERAL DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, Which owing to the advancement of the winter Season he will offer at extremely Low Prices with a view to speedy clearance.



Goods marked in Plain Figures. One Shilling Off Every Pound Purchased for Cash. BARGAINS in ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. ENCOURAGE LOCAL ENTERPRISE ! AND MAKE YOUR PURCHASES where you get Value for Your Money and a LARGE ASSORTMENT To choose from. To make room for more New Novelties from America and other novelty markets, the Undersigned is OFFERING to the public AT GREAT REDUCTIONS his present STOCK, comprising— ABOUT 900 HOVELS FROM Gd. UPWARDS Books on Gardening, Cookery, Farming, Bird-keeping, Etc., Etc., Dictionaries and Ready Reckoners, Journals, Magazines, Song Books, Stationary, and FANCY GOODS of every DESCRIPTION. Novelties in Enless Variety, including CARDS, DRAUGHTS, CHESS, DOMINOES, LOTTO, and other Games. m" Note the Address — A. WESTON, BOOKSELLER AND AMERICAN TOBACCONIST, DEALER IN FANCY GOODS, General Advertising Agent and Bill Poster. Agent for the Sale of the renowned Weston’s Wizard Oil. Q.G.E. CIGAR DIVAN, East Street, near .Bullock's Auction Mart,



1.0.0. F., M.U. LOYAL ASHBURTON LODGE. THE usual Fortnightly MEETING will be held on FRIDAY EVENING, July 26, at the Library Hall. By order, WILLIAM PRICE, P.S.



PAPERS by the San Francisco Mail now on Sale at the Echo Office, Stationers’ Hall, East Street: — Lloyd’s Weekly Pictorial World The Farmer Home News The Field Reynold’s Newspaper Illustrated London News Penny Illustrated News Police News Punch NOTICE. O C. FARR, ARCHITECT, &c., can be consulted at Messrs. W. Montgomery and Co.’s Buildings, Ashburton, EVERY SATURDAY or any communications left at Mr. Charles Braddell’s Office, will be promptly attended to. Ashburton, July 12, 1878. [A Card.] T3RIVATE LESSONS TO YOUNG Jr LADIES, Four times a Week in Music, French, German, and Drawing, at MISS STEANE’S, Oxford Villa, Burnett treet. CHEAP FUEL. SPRINGFIELD COAL, NEWCASTLE COAL, AND FIREWOOD. SPRINGFIELD Coal can be highly recom mended for every purpose, and the fact of its being used on the Railway must be a suffi cient guarantee of its quality. G. PARKER & Co., Near Railway Station, Ashburton. YV. R. BOYLE, STATE AND GENERAL AGENT, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON.



PRELIMINARY NOTICE. NEW FIRST-CLASS BOARDING-HOUSE. MR THOMAS CLARKE has to announce that he will commence immediately the erection of a FIRST-CLASS BOARDING HOUSE, to supply a felt want in Ashburton. The House will occupy a site within One Minute’s walk of the Railway Station, and will afford the following accommodation : FIRST AND SECOND CLASS DINING ROOMS. SMOKING AND READING ROOMS. WELL VENTILATED, LARGE, AND LOFTY BEDROOMS. PRIVATE ROOMS FOR FAMILIES. The work has been contracted for at the price of and the House will be under the supervision of an experienced manager from Christchurch.



FRUIT IMPORTED DIRECT FROM SYDNEY. J. MOOAR & CO., Wholesale & Retail GREENGROCERS AND FRUITERERS, REMOVED to EAST STREET, (Shop lately occupied by Mr. Cambridge.) TUST ARRIVED A LARGE STOCK OF Oranges, Pine Apples Lemons, Bananas Apples, Vegetables Confeclioneiy &c., &c. Delivered to all paits of Ashburton.



MR. BRANSON, BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, East Street, ASHBURTON. E. G. CRISP, TDARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, Has removed his Offices to MONTGOMERY’S BUILDINGS (ist Floor), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. B JAMES BAKER r UILDER, CONTRACTOR, AND UNDERTAKER, HAVELOCK STREET, Asudurton. FUNERALS FURNISHED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE,



Saunders Bros. HAVE 4? A. r\r\r\ to LEND upon TOWN STATIONS and otliei FREEHOLD SECTIONS PROPERTY. £2,000 to be INVESTED in FREEHOLD Security. £2,800 to be ADVANCED in Sums of £ioo and upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. £2o, to be ADVANCED ► 3 OOO on growing crops, LIVE STOCK, and other AGRICULTURAL Security. Messrs SAUNDERS BROS, have for Sale, Situated on the NORTH BANK of the RAKAIA, <y -) acres, partly improved. 690 ~ unimproved 675 ~ fenced 760 ~ 400 of which are now in Turnips 72 ~ unimproved 4' * 33 >j WAKANUI DISTRICT. 490 acres, 130 of which are ploughed 201 ~ highly improved 201 ~ Flouse, Stable, &c. 11l „ ,3 33 33 200 „ ~ Sixty Acres four miles from the Township. Several Valuable Town Sections. DRAUGHT HORSES. THE Undersigned have FOR SALE a Number of Broken and Unbroken COLTS now to be seen in their Taddocks, adjoining the Ashburton Domain. SAUNDERS BROS. NOTICE TO FARMERS, HORSE BREEDERS, AND OTHERS. THE Advertisers are prepared to Receive HORSES for Sale by Public Auction or Privately, and to make Liberal Cash Advances on same. Good PADDOCKS and Plenty 0/ FEED lor Stock. SAUNDERS BROS. C. PERCY COX, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, AND VALUATOR, ASHBURTON pARMS to LET and SELL, of all Sizes and Descriptions, Improved and Unimproved,



situated near in all parts of the District. 2000 Acres FREEHOLD )To be Let for 5000 „ LEASEHOLD [ a term of 5 5000 SHEEP } or 7 Years. 3197 Acres FREEHOLD 3085 „ LEASEHOLD with Purchasing Clause, To be Sold on easy terms. Year OPAWA Railway Terminus. 1445 Acres FREEHOLD, veiy rich land, with Seven-roomed HOUSE, Improve ments, Orchard, etc., etc., Within one mile of MAKIKI Railway Station. 900 Acres near the KAKAHU, within six miles of Winchester. LAND of all descriptions, or of any size, between the Rakaia, Rangatata, Ashburton Forks, etc., etc. Money Lent in Large or Small Sums, on Approved Security. AGENT FOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY. DECLARATION OF WAR. WHEN the first note of preparation was sounded in the East, and the war cloud was no laiger than a man’s hand, and while the principal potentates of Europe, though breathing peace, were silently girding up their loins for a struggle as fierce in the encounter and more baneful in its results thanany which has hitherto devastated the face of our mother earth—it was then that he sought every means in his power to avoid such another calamity that befel Plevna, by obtaining for the coming winter a very Large Assortment of Horse Cloths, Oil skin Leggings, and Sou’-westers, to enable the nhabitants of Ashburton to stand a long Winter Siege. WHO HAS DONE THIS? Why, THOMAS DUDSON, SADDLER, Burnett Street, And, for further emergencies, has on hand the Largest and Best Stock of Saddlery and Saddlers’ Ironmongery ever exhibited in Ash burton. CARDS and Boxes, Mayor’s Spelling, Royal Readers, Slates, Pencils, Copy Books, Drawing Books, and other school Requisites to be obtained at our premises, East-street, Ashburton, FURNESS AND DIXON, Stationers’ Hall,



STATIONERY, BOOKS STATUARY, FANCY GOL DS School Requsitiis, &C., & C., I MPORTED direct from lliejbest Ma rkets, and Sold cheaper than any house in Town. A large stock of ACCOUNT BOOKS, CASKETS OF STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, PENS, PENCILS, &c., Just opened from London, marked off at prices never before heard of in Ashburton. Inkstands, Stationery Cases, Date Cases, Pen Racks, Writing Desks, Paper Weights, Office Bells, String Cases, Invoice Files, Letter Balances, and every Office requisite at very low prices for cash. Writing Papers, Envelopes, Pens, Inks, Blot ting Papers, &c., &c.



Photograph Albums, Scrap Books, Purses, Ladies’ Bags, and a large number of Prize Books and Cards. Church Services and Hymnals, Wesleyan and Presbyterian New Hymnals, Bibles, in various bindings, Color Boxes, Mathematical Instruments, Rulers, Drawing Pencils and Pins Drawing Papers, Tracing Paper and Cloth, Indian Ink and Colors. Hair Brushes. Combs, Oil, Perfumery, Scent Bottles, Hair Pins, Brooches, Earrings, Bracelets, and numerous other useful articles. All to be sold very cheap, at THE STATIONERS’ HALL t Evening Echo Office, EAST STREET, SOUTH, ASHBURTON,



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. piRTII, PASS, & CO. take this oppor* tunity of thanking their numeious customers who have so liberally supported them hitherto, and to solicit a continuance of their pationage 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 OF REMOVAL. VICTORIA FRUIT DEPOT, East Street, near Orr & Co.’s, WILLIAM BIRT WELL, PROPRIETOR, BEGS to inform the inhabitants of Ashbur ton and surrounding districts that, having removed to more central premises, is now pre* pared to supply, at the lowest price for cash,— Fruit of all descriptions Confectionery of best quality Vegetables & Herbs, all kinds Potatoes, not to be excelled Poultry, regularly supplied Cheese, &c., &c. Pastry of the best quality kept in stock. The Central Foundry, PETER STREET, ASHBURTON. W. J. HESSEY, BEGS respectfully to inform the public of Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has now completed his foundry in Petei Street, where Castings of every description in Iron, Brass, and other metals, will be carried on under his own superintend ence, and from the many years of practical experience he has had in America, England, and the Colonies, can guarantee to turn out work satisfactorily. Highest prices given for old cast metals and brass. Orders can be left at the Foundry. W. J. HESSEY, Proprietor.



FURNESS and DIXON have on Sale a Choice Assortment of Interesting and Popular Works, including the following:— Saved from the Sea, by Kingston. Robinson Crusoe, ioo Illustrations. Swiss Family Robinson, 300 Illustration?. Boys Book of Sports. Every Boys Annual. Ethel Clinton. Little Hazel. Polly and Jack. Nannette Dampier. Prince Übbeiy Bubble. Told in the TwTht. Aunt Martha s Comer Cupboard. By Hesba Strecto 1 Fern’s Hollow. Cassy. Max Kromer. Little Meg s Children. Fa ; ry Frisked The Silver Casket. Aunt Jane s Ii;ro. Richard Hunre. With the Tide. The Fairy Spmner. General Beckwith. Barriers Burned Away. The Teachers Handbook of Questionin on the Gospels. Men Who Have M de Themselves. The Sword and Garment. Grace for Grace. Lile of D. L. Moody. Church L ; fe in Ausralia. Recreations of a Countiy Parson. The Land of the Sun. Military Pleroes of England. Enquire Wi.lrn. The Revolt of the Field 5 a Sket: of the Rise a.id Progress of the Mo* ment among the Agricultural Labour* • of England. Martyr Graves of Scotland. A Cloud of Witnesses. ' Tjdg§ ef Old Ocean,