POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close as follows; For Christchurch and North at io a.m., f. 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, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. For Temuka, Timara, 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.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

The following letters are advertised at the Post Office, as having been received from places beyond the Colony, during the month of July, and remaining unclaimed on the Ist September 1878 : Anderson, James Clough, Robinson Doherty, Henry James Fergusson, J. H. (2) Gooch, W. Kelly, Cornelius O’Donnell, Patrick Palmer, William Hilly, James Sweetman, Michael (2) Spencer, W. Wallace, John Letters originating New Zealand are not how advertised, but are sent to the Dead Letter Office, after having lain for two clear months.

ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

A :COUNTANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS—• Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings H. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. W. R. Boyle, Moore-street. A tCHITECT AND CIVIL ENGINEER— S. W. Brown, East-street S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings B. Mountfort, East Street A JCTIONEERS — Bullock and Co., East-street Saunders Bros., Ashburton B VRRISTERS AND SOLICITORS— Mr. Branson, East-street Mr. E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings B „kers, Confectioners, Etc.— Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street Thomas Taylor, East-street, B\nks— Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street ' Boarding House Keepers— J. G. Anstee, East-street Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Havelock Street Builders, Contractors, Etc.— James Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. Hiil, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-stieet Thos. Williams, Tinwald G. Conipton, Builder, Moore-street. B 'OKSELLERS AND STATIONERS— A. Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Furr.ess and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East 1 street South

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, 1 inwald 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 F. P» Leßreton, Bumett-street. Drapers and Clothiers— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr and Co., East-street John Fowler, Tancred-street Firth, Pass, and Co., Old Bank Store, East street W. Gavin, East-street T. Quinn & Co., Moor-street Engineers and Founders— Edwards and Lee, u Engineers, Smiths, etc., Burriatt-street* W. J. Hessey, Central Foundry, Peters-at 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. rJardley, East-street

Ladies’ Clothing Establishment— Mrs. Morey, Tancred Street.- IPainter, <kc. — J, R., Chapman, Tancred-street IPrjnters and Publishers— Furness and Dixon. East-street Plumbers, Gas fitters, Tinsmiths, Etc.— J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street S. Hard'.ey, East-street Saddlers— Thomas-Dudson, Bumett-street Surveyors— C. E. Fooks and Son, East-street Tailors— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Tentmakers— K. Sando, East*stre»t Tobacconists— A. Pearse, Moor-streetjj E. A. Garnett, East-street . - '4* tynteif '

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF LYTTELTON,

ARRIVED. : Sept. s—Especulador,s—Especulador, barque, from New castle. Sept. 6—Tui, s.s., from North. SAILED. Sept. 6—Luna, s.s., for North. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London Crusader, Lutterworth, Waimate, Waimea, Waitangi, Langstone, Palala. From New York Star, Southminster, Olmstee. From Foo Chow—Rio Lodge. From Calcutta—Aries, Akbar. From Sydney via Auckland —Rotorua. •

Auckland, Thursday. Sailed—Taranaki for South, via East Coast.

The Evening Echo. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1878.

For many years the Radicals of Great Britain have "placed triennial Parlia ments upon their platform, but the House of Commons has strenuously refused to see the advantages of such a measure, and still tenaciously clings to its traditionary septennate. The Austra lasian colonies are not slack to affirm that in many ways they are more ad vanced than their mother country, and lead boldly out into new paths where the legislators of Great Britain fear to follow. On more than one occasion the measures passed in these colonies have been watched carefully by poli ticians at home, and, a fair tentative period allowed them and their success assured, they have been adduced as evidence in support of similar measures laid before the old country Legislature. The adoption by the New Zealand Par liament of the Triennial Parliaments Bill will draw upon this colony the watchful eyes of the Ultra-Liberals of England, and its working will be care fully noted.

The idea of triennial Parliaments is not a new one. For perhaps twenty years back every candidate for parlia mentary honors has had to give his opinion upon the question, and the pre sent Triennial Parliaments Bill, and the probability of its adoption, are only the ripening of public opinion on the sub ject. But for the fact, as stated by Sir George Grey, that Government had enough of work on their hands already, a Government Bill dealing with the question would have been introduced this session, and the Premier advised the House not to lone the golden op portunity ; the inference from this ad vice naturally being that his Govern ment would be thereby saved the work of bringing in a similar Bill next ses sion.

It has been said that the first year of parliamentary life is spent by a new member in learning the forms of the House, and that it is only in the third year he rises, if he is to rise at all, to the position of a useful member of the Legislature. That may be, but the prosy pages of Hansard prove that if less oratory and more study were in dulged in by hon. members the learning would not be so difficult nor so length ened a task. A three years’ lease of a seat would compel a man to get up to his work as smartly as he could, —it would undoubtedly quicken his percep tion and naturally add to his earnest ness, for the near election day would stare him in the face

The passage of this Bill into law must of necessity add to the expense of the country for elections, and members under this measure will have more fre quently to incur electioneering expen diture. If it does pass, and there seems no doubt whatever of its doing so, we must not be surprised to see the ho norarium rise another ;£ioo or so, but that would be gladly borne by the country if it opened the. way to fuller representation. We bold that the ex clusion of working men from Parlia ment by the expenses entailed upon men seeking election, is a limitation of the representation of working men, for only men able to bear the pecuniary strain oia contested election cap hope to be returned. Still, legislation now tends to open the doors of Parliament more widely to working men represen tatives, and we look upon the Triennial Parliaments Bill as a further step in this direction. We hope the House will take the premier’s auvice and not neglect the gplden opportunity,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Election of Town Auditors.— At twelve o’clock to-day the Returning officer, Mr Charles Braddell declared Messrs Zouch and Bristo duly elected Auditors for the Borough. The declara tion took place in the Town Hall, in presence of several Councillors and a number of the residents, Messrs Zouch and Bristo shortly addressed those present, thanking them for their return and expressing their readiness to do all in their power for the welfare of the the Municipality. To-day’s Court— C. P. Cox, Esq, J. P., sat on the Bench to-day and dis posed of the following cases : James Smith, drunk at the Railway Station, dismissed with a caution. Henry Drewly, drunk and disorderly in Ash burton on the sth, was fined ios, the Magistrate holding that if a man could afford to get drunk he could afford to pay for the consequences of it. Wm. Ford, charged with being a lunatic through drink, was remanded for in quiry. An Electric Awakener.— Mr F. Peppard is the inventor of a curious contrivance for awakening a sleeper at any required hour. The apparatus is to be fixed to an ordinary clock; it is so arranged that when the hour-hand of the clock touches a button, an electric circuit is completed : the minute-hand passes over the button without effect. There are a series of holes for the differ ent hours, into anyone of which the button can be pushed, according to the time selected for awakening. The completion of the electric circuit may ring a bell, or sound any other of the numerous ordinary methods of alarm. But this contrivance has a yet more effective method for arousing a deaf man or any sleeper who is willing be forehand to prepare himself for a shock; A bracelet is provided which can be put on the wrist at the time of retiring ; to this flexible wires are attached, and the electric discharge will pass through it at the appointed hour. A man who could lie down to pleasant dreams with such an apparatus fastened to his wrist would naturally need the violence of an electric shock to awaken him.—Elec trician.

Land Prices. —Mr. Maysmor, of Feilding, reports an unusual activity in land sales during . the week ending 17th August. He has sold a block of 1000 acres in the Manchester Block for ss, per acre, being an advance of 255. on the original purchase very recently made. He has also sold pro perty near Feilding for £iq per acre. Quarter-acre town sections have found purchasers through his agency atpZ’ioo each, being an advance of ioo per cent, on the price lately paid for the same.

Cut —In consequence of Mr. W. G. Grace coming on to the Oval as Midwinter was going in to bat against Middlesex and insisting on his {Mid winter’s) playing for the County of Gloucestershire, the Australians decline to take part in any other match in which Mr. W. G. G r ace plays. u Nuptiation.”—This is how the Charleston Herald puts it :- —Two fatal cases of “ nuptiation ” occurred at Charleston during the occasion of Rev. Father Carew’s sojourn there. The first one which we shall speak of was that of Mr. Patrick O’Brien to Miss Tovey, which took place on Sunday morning at St. Patrick’s Church, and an old remembered resident of Charles ton, Mr. Peter Molloy, of Addison’s, who was also married on Monday to Miss Moran. We hope the next time the rev. gentleman visits this district there will be many others who will emulate the example of the pairs just spoken of. It will stop foreign immi gration.

Barmaids. —The ‘American legis lature has prohibited the employment pf girls as barmaids. The hotelkeepers are not, however, to be outdone, and they now post young ladjes in front of the bars calling them Their only duty is to walk up to male customers with a bright smile arid copious flow of small talk, pour out their tea and coffee, or sit down for a few minutes beside them, and chatter on the topics of the hour. A Relic.—-Mme. Bonaparte,; the sistgr4n-law of the “ Little Corporal,” who povv lives in Baltimore, used to hold Gladstone in her lap. She is? 96, is worth 1,000,000 dols., and says she will hot die until she has celebrated her centennial, The Old -Love.—There has been a remarkable case of constancy in Eng land, A man who separated from his wife thirty-five years ago, has just re turned and offered "to kiss apd makg it up.” A few day prior to the offer the wife had inherited a large estate,

OPENING OF CHRISTCHURCH DUNEDIN RAILWAY.

From an early hour this morning the town was astir, in expectation of the Governor’s visit to Ashburton cn route to Dunedin. The special train carrying the vice-regal party left Christ church at 6 o’clock, and arrived at the Ashburton station a few minutes after eight. Besides His Excellency and suite, it had on board, in eight first class carriages, the Attorney-General, Mr. Robert Stout; the Postmaster- General, Mr. Fisher; 60 members of the Assembly and ladies; Mr. Con yers, Commissioner of Railways; Mr. J. Mmzies, Secretary for Railways; Mr. Smith, Resident Engineer; Mr. Back, General Manager; the Mayor and Council of Christchurch ; the mem bers of the Chamber of Commerce ; the heads of the various Government departments; several civic dignitaries from various places ; and a large num ber of representatives of the press from different parts of the colony. On the arrival of the train at the platform, his Worship the Mayor of Ashburton, who had travelled in it from Christchurch, joined his colleagues of the Borough Council, who, with the Town Clerk, were in waiting on the platform, and introduced them to His Excellency, after which, Mr. Charles Braddell, Town Clerk, read the following ad dress :

“To the Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby, Governor in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of the same, —

“ May it please your Excellency : We, the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Ashburton, on behalf of the burgesses, beg to tender your Excel lency a respectful and cordial welcome on the occasion of this your first visit to this particular part of the colony. Ashburton owes much of its progress and prosperity to the railway, the com pletion of which is being to-day illus triously signalised by your Excellency’s presence in the first through train from Christchurch to Dunedin. We heartily join in the general hope that the system of public works already so plentiful in beneficial results —may be carried out, so as to further develop the re sources of the colony. As representing the community, we beg to assure your Excellency of our loyal attachment to the Throne and the traditions of Eng land. Further assuring your Excellency of our good-will lowards your own per son and of our trust in your Excel lency’s Government, and respectfully wishing your Excellency and the ladies and gentlemen who accompany you on this auspicious occasion a safe and pleasant journey, we beg to subscribe ourselves your Excellency’s obedient servants,

Thomas Bullock, Mayor. [Members of the Borough Council.] Chas. Braddell, Town Clerk.

His Excellency replied, thanking the Mayor and Council for their expres sions of goodwill, and expressing his hope for the progress of Ashburfon, adding his belief that the railway they were this day to inaugurate would con duce to the greatness of Ashburton’s future. The limited time at his dis posal would not admit of many words, and as time and tide would wait for no man, neither would the Canterbury railways. His Excellency, his aide-de camp, Lieutenant Le Patourel, and others were then accompanied by the Mayor to Mr Bossenburg’s waggonette and driven to the Town Hall, where the whole of the travellers by the special train were entertained to breakfast, pur veyed by Mr Sherman, of the Somerset. Several ladies of the party, however, remained at the refreshment rooms, where' their wants were attended to. Breakfast over, the travellers resumed their seats in the carriages and the train steamed off, the cheers of the crowd of residents following it, as they had greeted the arrival.

A notable feature of the excursion was the Railway Brass Band which en livened the special with music, while a number of members of the Dunedin Glee Club were singing in excellent style a fine flowing- concerted piece as the train rolled iptp the station. There was a very large turnout of the Ashburton public, who gave the strangers a very hearty reception. The vvay from the station to the triumphal arch at the Hall was lined with people who made the usual demonstrations of welcome. The arch, erected under the personal superintendence and to the design of Councillor Roberts, was a credit to that gentleman, no fqr ftg pronipt rising, like Jonah’s gourd, almost in one night, than for its graceful as well as gay ap pearance. It bore on one side the in scription “Welcome to the Borough of Ashburton,” and op the other Suc cess to ChristchurchrDunedin Railway.” After the departure of the train, the town resumed its wopted quieLude, r.ps returned to the even tenor of its way,

TELEGRAPHIC.

[By Submarine Cable.]

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

London, undated.

In the Sussex Match the Australians won by 7 wickets. Spofforth’s bowling was very effective. Mr Gladstone, in the Nineteenth Century , strongly condemns the pro tection policy of the Colonies. The wool market is firm and healthy, and sustained interest is shown by a good muster of the trade. Prices com pared with the last series show a slight advance. Scoured good greasy, half penny to a penny ; cross-bred, 5 un changed. The corn market is quiet. Foreign arrivals have been very large and heavy. The continuous rains have damaged the crops in the North of England. The Continental wheat harvest is generally good, France excepted. Wheat and Flour are unchanged. n The 5 per cent New Zealand Loan, 100^4. The Wool Sales continue firm. Scoured and best Sydney and Victorian fleece and greasy have advanced half penny to a penny. Sept. 3. The Eurydice has been towed to Portsmouth. A Court-Martial attributed no blame to anybody. A railway collision has occurred at Sittingbourne. Eigh persons were killed and thirty injured. A storm distroyed the town of Miser litz, in Hungary. 100 lives, were lost. Australian securities are disorganised in consequence of an anticipated new loan. It is believed that the projected Victorian loan for four millions will prove a failure. New Zealand 5 per cent consolidated, 101; New Zealand 94- A double murder of a most atrocious kind occurred at Northampton. A ser geant of militia shot the quarter-master and the pay-sergeant. A large number of prizes ■ have been awarded to Victoria by the Paris Ex hibition, including gold, silver, and bronze medals. September 4. An excursion steamer, bound for London from Sheerness, has been run down, Five hundred and fifty persons are known to have perished. The British fleet will shortly be withdrawn from the Sea of Marmora to the entrance to the Dardanelles. The Australians won the match at Kensington Oval against the Players of England by eight runs. Second innings scores—Australians 88 ; Players 76. The pleasure steamer Princess Alice collided with another steamer off Woolwich, and sank immediately. 55 people drowned.

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, Sept. 5.

The Underwriters’ Association report the arrival at London on August .30, of the ship George E. Shotten, from Lyttelton. Sailed : Arawata on Sunday. Sydney, Sept. 4. Arrived —Assam at the Sound. Rain is general throughout the Colony. The races have been postponed. j

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.] Napier, Thursday.

Inspector Scully has received a tele gram from Sergeant White, stationed at Gisborne, to the effect that to-morrow morning he will proceed to Waiapu, accompanied by Constable Ballard of the A.C., the latter to act as interpreter, to take steps for the arrest of the mur derer of the Native woman, to whom the Hon. J. Sheehan referred in the House on Wednesday afternoon. /:' Wellington, Thursday..

The Agent-General telegraphs, under date London, Sept. 3. the sailing of the undermentioned vessels : —Edwin Fox, 291 immigrants, for Nelson ; Hydaspes, 339, for Lyttelton; Timaru, 341, for Port Chalmers; Mataura, 229, for the Bluff. . . \ ! : Dunedin, Thursday. Messrs Blair and Conyers’ report re the Dunedin railway station hag beep received, and appears to favour the Harbour Board plan. It states that inasmuch as the Board’s site for a goods station is nearer the passenger station and the proposed import dock, the northern site has the advantage. Their only serious objection to the Board’s plan is that it encroaches seven pficfins op the lipe of replantation marked by Sir John Goode. Mr. Bathgate, R.M., decided to-day that the brewers cannot recover the value of beer supplied knowing that it for sly-grog seller^. A public meeting is called for to morrow night for arranging as to guitr ablq candidates to be nominated for the Qity Council j

HOW WOMEN CONCEAL MONEY.

Mrs Hansen put sodols in greenbacks in the oven of her stove one night to keep it safe. Next morning, after breakfast, the national debt had dimin ished exactly that much. A student of the curious would find it interesting to note the places in which women hide their money. One excellent and frugal dame used to tuck her little savings away under a corner of her carpet. The tiny roll of greenbacks grew fatter and fatter jin the course of a year or two, when the day after it counted 250d015. the house took fire, burned to the ground, and again the national/debt was diminished by a little roll of woman’s pin money. There was that other care ful lady, • too, who used sometimes to hide her diamond rings between tea cups in the kitchen cupboard, sometimes be hind a certain.brick in the cellar, and again under the lining of an old hat. She had divers other places of safety for her jewellery also, the only trouble be ing that she had so many hiding places she occasionally forgot where she had put her precious things, and about every three months would fancy she had been robbed, and the house would be turned inside out, and all therein made uncom fortable, until the missing gems would be found carefully tucked away in the folds of the bottom towel of the pile in the left hand corner of the lowest drawer in the clothes press, at the east end of the drawing-room. — Cincinnati Com mercial.

The Evening Echo, Friday, September 6, 1878.



NOTICE.



ADVERTISEMENTS for the Evening Echo must be sent in not later than 3 p.m. with the number of insertions written plainly on the copy, or they will be inserted till counter manded, and charged accordingly. Special notices can be received up to 3.30 p.m. for insertion over the Leader, but will be charged double scale.



When in the neighborhood of tele graph posts or wires we hear a buzzing or singing noise, this is not due to earth currents but the action of heat on the wires. The buzz is loudest during serene weather, and the currents flow dii different f directions, i following the day or night. \ _ v _ Maize.—As an instance of the de sirability: of using this cereal more generally, it is stated that the inhabi tants on one bank of the Po are pro verbial for the tranquility of their cha racter—the consequence of living on maize,—while their neighbors on the opposite bank are notorious for their quarrelsomeness. Yet the immoderate use of this (like immoderation in all other things) has its evils, it'causes cutaneous eruptions, followed by ulcera tions and nervous disorders. Kiln; drying the grain kills the fungus to which these diseases are attributed. 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 House-furnishing Iron mongery, and General Stores. ORR & Co. offer special advantages to the, public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. 1 - They keep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which beiii? bought entirely upon cash, terms, they are enabled to offer goods of su<-h sterling value as cannot 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 gqods at the same prices as the best judges.—Advt.



LOST. A GOLDEN PEN, No. 7, and Gutta Percha Penholder. Finder will be re warded by returning same to , FRIEDLANDER BROS. Grand Secular Concert, Conducted by MR. JAMES SPENSLEY, of Christchurch, in the TOWN HALL, ASHBURTON, On TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, Commencing at 8 p.m. Songs, Duets, Glees, Instrumentations, &c., &c. ' '> j- \ c*• ■ | J• $ Admission—Hall, 2s 6d ; Gallery, is 6d. The Ashburton Brass Band will give selec tions during the evening./ j ; ■ ’ ; BOROUGH OF ASHBURTON. ELECTION OF AUDITORS.' IN accordance with the “ Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876, ” I hereby de clare that' HENRY JOHN BRISTO , ■ • and , . WILLIAM HALL ZOUCH have been duly elected to fill the office of Auditors of the Borough of Ashburton." 1 CHARLES BRADDELL, Returning Officer. 1 Town Cleric’s Office, Ashburton, 6th September, 1878. AUCTIONEERS’ NOTICE, ON account of the opening pf the Railway to Dunedin on Friday, 6th inst., our Land Sale will.be Postponed until Thursday, 12th inSt 1 ’ ■ ‘ 1 ' BULLOCK & CO., 1 / i- Auctioneers. ■PHE Public. VACCINATOR hereby gives J. Notice that the Vaccination Station will e for the future at Drs. Trevor & KESTE en’s Surgery, in Moore Street, and that hi? lours of Attendance will be 18 f ’clopfe every Wfd&s&ft r