POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close 1; follows

For Christchurch and North at 10 a.m. I p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at io 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. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.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 September, and remaining unclaimed on the Ist November 1878 : Anderson, James (2) Collins, Fred. Finnerty, John Fansen, Emil Ford William Inkster, Christopher Kelleher, John Reilly, James Welsh, William. Letters originating in New Zealand are not now advertised, but are sent to the Dead Letter Office, after having Jain for two clear months. J. W. E. Douglas, Postmaster.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Evening Echo. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1878.

Temperance Sermon.— The Rev. B. J. Westbrooke will deliveer a sermon on Tem perance in the Primitive Methodist Church to morrow evening. Captain Barry.—We would remind our readers and the public of Captain Barry’s lec ture in the Town Hall to-night. His accounts of early colonial life, before civilisation had fairly got hold of New Zealand, are very interesting, and his lectures altogether are of a kind well calculated to repay those who form his audience.

Ashburton Road Board. —Monday is meeting day of this Board, and 11 o’clock the hour for commencing business.

Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Rail way.—The first sod of this railway will be turned on the 19th inst., we understand. A Lark.—The other evening some un kindly disposed person tied a piece of beef to the knocker of the door at the residence of the hon. member for Geraldine. The consequence was that he was aroused several times from his happy slumbers, and he only discovered the intruder by watching from behind the curtain. There were two dogs and a cat, striving to col lar the prize.— Chronicle. Railway Drawing-room Gars. —We learn that the Government despatched an order to New York by the last 'Frisco mail for three drawing-room cars. They are to be lined with plush velvet, and fitted with all the latest appointments. Their construction will be on the double-bogie principle, the carriages altered in the Colony to work on that principle haying been found admirably adapted for our light rail roads. The carriages will contain accom modation for 25 to 40 passengers. It is intend ed to employ them on the through trip from Christchurch to Invercargill, and they will be useful as patterns for the construction of similar carriages in the colony. —Otago Daily Times.,, Death from a Fly Bite.—At Westward Ho, Devon, Mrs. Williams, a lady who was on a visit from London, while on the rebble Ridge, was bitten in the throat by what was supposed to be a common fly. She felt a soreness at the time; in a few hours the pain increased, and there was a slight swelling of the glands. A medical man was called in, but the lady got much worse, and further advice was sought, but further efforts proved useless, and she died from the injury. Newspaper Libel in China.—China bids lair to outrival even New Zealand in the matter of actions for newspaper libel. Mr. A. A. Marcal, proprietor of the Amoy Ship ping Report, has been condemned to three days’ imprisonment (in his own house), the payment of a fine of two dollars a day for three calendar .months, and the costs of the action, for publishing the following advertise ment in his paper:—“Wanted to Purchase, an old, rusty Gun, and a China Poodle Dog, by a Youth who has accepted an appointment as Assistant Gamekeeper lor the Molucca Islands. Highest prices paid for bird feathers for decorating a Taxidermist’s pfoup wjpdow,”

CHISPA’S LETTER.

I am not yet so bald that you can see my brains. ” —Longfellow. It is often complained by some Ashbur tonians that Sunday afternoon is the “ slowest” time of the week, and that to ‘ 1 kill” it is one of the most laborious under takings. It’s an easy matter to kill time —because, seeing that “Time speeds away, away, Like torrent in a stormy day,” if we sit calmly still, and simply take no note of time, it will kill itself. There are various ways of killing time, and those fellows who believe in the strong tenacity of life they attribute to Sunday, now and again strike out a new engine. t death for the holy hours. The lates; I have yet come across was exhibited on Sunday last, when a band of intellectual “ loungers” “killed” the afternoon by proxy—that is, they deprived a cat of all of its nine lives, during the slow hours of the afternoon. But it took no less than five dogs to “wipe out” pussy—at least that number “ assisted” at the death of the unfortunate feline. The poor animal, I dare say, went to its death feeling satisfied that it was deprived of life in a perfectly “ legal” manner.

I don’t belong to Rakaia, and I have no intention of settling there. If I did belong to Rakaia I am inclined to think that in view of what the R.M. and other men of weight and standing say of it, I should be very backward in owning the connection. If I had any intention of settling there the same consideration would weigh with me in changing my purpose. _ The R.M. says Rakaia is becoming notorious for bad behaviour. It is a fact that it contributes materially to the “ drunk” business of his Court, and one of the wags who, having some time on his hands, lolls it at the R.M. Court, says you can always know the Rakaia cases by the number and size of the “ cuts” that embellish the frontis pieces of those concerned in them. _ Illus tration is a forcible means of clinching an argument, and a book illustrated with cuts usually adds to the reader’s power to com prehend the author. But when one comes across a “cut” drawn upon a human head with the “back-chain” of a horse it is time to conclude that there ought to be a limit to “illustration with cuts.” Not long ago the Rakaians wanted to bring the boundary of their road district down to the Wakanui Creek, and thus become, in a sense, near neighbors of the peaceful dwellers in the Ashburton township. That matter has been shelved for a time— without any “illustration with cuts,” thank goodness—but if it is customary amongst Rakaians to “wipe” a man’s head with the back-chain of a _dray horse, the sooner Wakanui Creek is rendered uncrossable the better for the peace of mind of the peaceful dwellers aforesaid. I have long advocated a Resident Magis trate for, or rather a magistrate resident in, Ashburton, because of the amount of business His Temukan Worship Campbell is required to do; but now, with Rakaia’s “cutting” testimony to the urgency of the want, my case, I am sorry to say, is ever so much more “ illustrated. ” Really, Rakaia must behave better or soon it will bear the soundly title of “ black eyed Rakaia,” and want a colleague for Constable Smart, so that a more complete register of “cuts” may be kept for his Worship’s guidance.

It’s about all over now—they’ll be down by the dozen from Wellington along that trunk line to Dunedin, “The next session is to be held in Christchurch.” Just so ! Land and property falling already in Wellington and rising in Christ church—all in view of the great rempyal. Meet in Christchurch ! Don’t you believe it! When the minds legislative go on the wallaby for fresh fields and pastures new, they will come to just such a place as Ash burton. A new district, a new township, a new borough—with a new Mayor, new Council, new by-laws : everything new— even the drinking water, which is so new that it has not had time to drop its dross, and tastes accordingly. A new Town TTflll—with new lamps coming to it some time ; the collective wisdom of New Zea land will not sit in Christchurch. They must come to Ashburton—we’d give them a rare feed in our hall—they know it cad be done. They’d find a new railway sta tion—they know there’s room. We’d get a new post office—the old shanty wouldn’t do then, though it looks likely'to have to do till then. But - newspaper pro prietors cannot sit in Parliament, so there would be no new papers, and those we have might change hands for a seat. When the great change comes —when Christ church gets to hear the noise of a Parlia mentary debate—the “ Clang, and clash, gnd roar, And the horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air”— when Wellington is deserted and Ashbur ton’s undeniable claim to be the Seat of Government is overlooked, you just tell me..

Chispa.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.] London, Oct. 24.

The Prince of Wales, in receiving a deputation at the Colonial Museum, said that he was convinced the success of the institution was undoubted, and he assured the deputation of his warm interest in every proposal tending to bind the Colo nies to the Empire. It is annouuced to be the intention of Her Majesty to confer the Companionship of St. Michael and St. George upon the following gentlemen : —Messrs. Pelleter and Keeper, of Canada ; Casey and Levy, of Victoria ; Coombes and Boothby, of Adelaide ; and Hodgson, of Queensland. The Russian Press advocates indirect aid being given to the Ameer of Afghanis tan. The Directors of the Glasgow Bank have made an immediate call of £6OO per share.

In a terrific gale at Philadelphia nume rous edifices, 23 churches, and hundreds of dwellings were damaged. Much injury has been done to shipping, and a great number of people have been killed and injured. Paris, Oct. 24.

The Prince of Wales received a deputa tion at the British Embassy, who pre sented an address from the Colonial Com missioners at the Exhibition, thanking his Royal Highness for suggesting the open ing of a Colonial museum in London under the patronage of the Princess of Wales. The Prince promised to assist the move ment if the desire of the Colonial Govern ments was communicated to him. Constantinople, Oct. 27.

An insurrectionary movement is on foot in Roumelia and Macedonia, with the object of obtaining union with new Bul garia.

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, Nov. 1. First King has been scratched for all his engagements ; Jasper Woodland (?), and Bordeaux for the Cup; Roo’dee, Jasper, and Soothsayer for the Derby. Sydney, Nov. 1. The Siam, with the Suez mails, arrived at King George’s Sound on Tuesday. The Assembly approved of the contract for a duplicate cale. The clause giving the colonies power to purchase was with drawn.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.] Napier, Friday. At the inquest last evening on the body of William, late cook of the Result, a ver dict of “ Found drowned ” was returned. Ahaura, Friday. Owing to the late continuous heavy rain the Ahaura river is as high as when the Protective Works (£900) were swept away. Several waggoners at each side of the punt are waiting for the river to fall. Palmerston North, Friday. The Collector of Custom,s found an illicit still near here this morning, on the premises of Slater and Buck, who were arrested. Wellington Friday. Monday, Nov. 11, is to be observed as an official holiday throughout the Colony in honor of the Prince of Wales’ birthday. The post and telegraph office will participate. The “ Gazette ” notifies, by a despatch from the Secretary of State, that Mr. 0. F. Bennett, M.P. for Stainsford, offers a prize of £IOO for an essay on Hydro phobia, to be awarded by the Royal Col lege of Physicians, of London. Dunedin, Friday.

The land revenue collected in Otago for the mouth of October, exclusive of South land, was £2610, The total collection in aid of the floods relief fund amounts to £2200.

A telegram from the manager of the “Lady Fay re” quartz reef, Mace town, says—“ Gold struck, to the dish/’ At a quarter past one o’clock this after noon William Tunnell discovered, in a barrel sunk in the yard of Mr. John York’s premises, Anderson’s Bay, the dead body of a child years of age. The body has been identified as that of Mr. York’s child, but how it came to be drowned is a mystery; as the barrel con tained only two' feet of wafer and slush. An inquest will probably b ( e held.

STRANGE STORY OF A HAIR.

In looking o-ver a hotel register in Chi cago, a reporter saw the naipe of a pro minent Southern physician whom he had formerly quite well Known, In conversa tion with him he had the following story : “It was. five years since that I was called up to attend a bright mulatto wo man, said to be suffering from cancer. I gave li'er my yery best attention, and as the awful destroyer but in the inci piency of its force, I cut it but and f3&ved the woman’s life. The wound healed, and to all appearance was uninterfered with. Two years later the woman was one day seized with yiolent contortions, when she was apparently in the enjoyment of the very best Of health, and fell to the floor, crying out that a needle was piercing her heart. In a short time the pain sub sided aijd she w«fs immediately restored to her normal .condition, experiencing no unpleasant results from the incident. But the fits became more frequent, and two months from that day they were of daily occurrence. I had been summoned, but I could not discover the peculiar disorder. I found it was foreign to anything of the kind that had ever come under my notice as a practitioner. I called in some brother professionals, aqd wp held a long consul tation, attempting to diagnose the case, All our efforts were in vain,

“ Finally, to make a long story short, the girl died in the midst of one of her paroxysms. It was decided to hold a post-mortem examination of the body, as it was believed that there would be some interesting revelations. The girl had always complained of a .pain in the heart,, though there were no evidences of heart disease. At the time of the first attack she said a needle was penetrating her heart. We concluded, naturally enough, that the heart was in some manner the seat of the ailment. We accordingly cut it out/ and here is the remarkable part of the story. Running transversely through the upper right comer of the heart was a fili form something, which upon close exami nation, proved to be a coarse black hair. Tracing this with the utmost care, we found that one end led into the lung of the un fortunate girl, while the other led up to wards the armpit of the left side. What prompted me I do not know, but I looked to the old cancer wound, which was left of the left breast, nearly under the arm. I there found a hair growing into the wound. It had grown out an inch above the place where the cancer had been, and in attending to that affitction the hair had been inducted into the wound. It had, by some almost impossible process of nature, gone on growing towards the vitals of the woman until it pierced her heat, and began coiling in her lungs pro ducing a hemorrhage of the latter. We took the hair out in three parts, and upon a measurement it proved to be twenty three feet in length. I have written this astonishing case up, and design publish ing it shortly, with several medical dis quisitions upon it from some of the ablest pens in the South. ”

THE END OF THE WORLD.

(From an Americon paper.)

There is a strong probability that there will be a great scare in 1886. An old French prophecy declares that the world will come to an end when Easter Sunday falls on St. Mark’s day. This will take place in the year before mentioned. Ever since the introduction of Christianity ner vous multitudes have been shocked by such prophetic nonsense. When a man dies, that is the end of the world to him ; and our planet swings through space as if he never existed at all. Science demon strates indestructability of matter ; science demonstrates that our earth is very ancient, and that its forces, far from being spent, are in the infancy of their being. Man himself is just beginning to evolve into a higher life of mentality and physical beauty, and it is sheer nonsense to ima gine that Divine Wisdom will suddenly stop that progression of which He is the author. If anything was needed to prove the mental progression of man, and a ne cessity for it, we have only to look to the inventions which have been made in the present century. The human race has not yet had a fair start in life, and the com paratively recent date of the inventions of the greatest utility, prove it. The word invention is used in its popular sense ; the proper one would be discovery, for a man but invents a machine to which is applied a natural law always in existence, and which he has simply discovered. The nineteenth century has given us wonder ful insight into the laws of health, of geo logy, of medicine, of astronomy, of steam, of electricity, and a hundred other things of inferior importance. The coming cen tury will astonish those young beings who are now rocked in their cradles, and shall have grown to be old men. No doubt many thousands of the French people still believe that the world will come to an end in the year 1886. be no scarcity of fools to help them to such credulity, and when the year passes away these will be astonished at their exceeding gullibility. For Paris will still stand the most beauti ful city in Europe ; the placid waters of the Seine will be spanned by many arches ; the gleam of steel will still flash in the sunlight} the trygt and the marriage feast still occupy the attention and the souls of the gay sexes j £nd the gouriuand will stiff eat in the restaurant, whilst the priest talks, and the organ sends out anthemnal sounds from the Madeline and Notre Dame. And, if anyone now thinks that the end of the world is at hand to us of the western hemisphere, could he live to a not very patriarchal age, he would see our own metropolis overlapping the Harlem River, and pushing its gigantic body far into Winchester. In that day, as in this, our business men would be bent on the pursuit of commerce; our masons busy with the trowel; and each citizen, asking proudly, as the cockney asks as he sees London expanding, “ Where will New York stop ?” The end of the world ! Non sense ; there is n.p encj. that any human being can' prophecy.' '/ijyian has just set up housekeeping, and has no idea of a mau soleum in store for him- Undertakers may cart the individual man to Greenwood Cemetry, but universal man will stretch in a continuous racial line from to-day to the “ crack of doom !”

A USE FOR RABBITS.

The Western Meat Preserving Company which, under the management of Mr. C. M. Farrington, has been carrying on busi ness at Colac for the last six years (says the “Melbourne Argus”), has of late greatly reduced its operations, and con templates suspending work altogether for a year or 18 months, unless the home market for preserved meats improve. The company has principally turned its atten tion to the preservation of game, rabbits, &c., and in good seasons as many as 160,000 couples of rabbits have been tinned and sent Home. For a time a ready and profitable sale was found, but during the last year the price of preserved meats of all descriptions has declined so much, that the preserved rabbits hay® not

realised more than sfd. per lb., from which the company has to deduct' the expenses of manufacture, tins, freight, shipping charges, and commission, leaving itself working at a loss. Owing to the vigorous efforts of the Messrs. Robertson Brothers, A. and H. Murray, Dr. Stod dart, and other landowners, who it is esti mated have spent £50,000 in destroying rabbits, the estates in the vicinity of Colac have been for some years nearly free from the ravages of these pests, but some 50)000 acres in the Stony Rises, about nine miles from the town, are said to be little less than a complete rabbit warren. The rabbits, too, are spreading fast to the westward, northward, and southward, and more slowly to the eastward also. The Western Company think that, rather than permit the preserving operations to cease, the Government might be induced to grant them a subsidy of Id. or* 2d. for every couple preserved, and we are in formed that Mr. Longmore has consented to take the opinion of the Cabinet on the subject.

A “STRANGER AND SHE TOOK HIM IN.”

The following paragraph appears in the London “Daily Telegraph” of August 27th:— • ■ •-*. ‘

“ Estelle Godfrey, of 17, Lamont road, Chelsea, -was charged with stealing £l2O in gold and notes, the moneys of Thomas Harrison, of 22, Cambridge Street, Pim lico. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor came to England from New Zealand three months ago, and took the prisoner to live with him at various places, and a week ago to Cambridge Street. He had in a drawer two £lO notes and £IOO in gold, besides securities value £IOOO, and on Friday last they were quite safe. She went out, and he went to South Ken sington to meet her in the evening, but she failed to keep the appointment, and on his return home he missed her and the money. The prisoner said she had the notes and not the gold. She left the pro secutor because he was a married man, with a wife and son in New Zealand, and had come over here to marry another lady at Roland Gardens, South Kensington. The prosecutor admitted, in answer to the magistrate, that he was married, but re pudiated the intention of committing bigamy. He had friends in England, and that was all. Evidence having been given that the prisoner had gone to a house of bad reputation in King’s road on Friday, and spent a large sum of money on Satur day, besides changing a £lO note, she was remanded for a weeks.”

A PLAY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

(From the Com hill Magazine.)

The chief attraction of this period of the evening, and one to which even supper and dancing, roast pig and polka must yield in Malay estimation, is to be found out of doors, on the village square, not far from the church and the captain’s own house. It is a spacious booth, the frame work of bamboo, gaily draped and fes tooned with cloth white and red, and sur mounted by flags ; within is a raised stage, side-scenes, and curtains, the whole bril liantly lighted up, and open in front to the admiring crowd that will stand here and gaze for hours ; on either side, reaching to some distance, rows of improvised boxes and seats, tier above tier, theatre fashion, and hung with bright colors, give the more “ fashionable” spectators view on the central stage. But boxes, seats, stand ing room, all are gratis to-night, when the village itself defrays the expenses of the common amusement. The drama is a Malay one, and the characters numerous : kings, queens,. chieftains, damsels, grave counsellors, nobles, soldiers, and so forth, all in the gayest dresses of Malayan type. The plot is generally an adaptation of some Biblical story, that of £)avid and Jonathan, being the most often selected, sometimes it is Taken frqmthe Hagiology; occasionally" from semi-historical ’records of wars and reigns, The dialogue is com monly in verse ; the acting more energetic than Hamlet might have approved ; the music, abundantly bestowed as accompa niment, tolerable. But whatever the theme, two charac ters, peculiar in their mode of adaptation to the Malay drama, are never wanting. One is a quaintly attired buffoon, who the whole play throughout, and in the midst of the hiost serious or pathetic scenes, suddenly cuts in from time to time, now addresing the actors and actresses—the latter are most often, as on the old Eng lish stage, lads in female dress—with some absurd couterfeit of their own speeches and gestures, no\y mimicking them in a sort of stage-aside for the benefit of the audience ; and thus, in a rude fashion, supplying that side current of the comedy of human life, keeping pace with its tra gedy, which the skill of Shakespeare never fails to present personified in the Stepha nos and Pompeys, the nurses and clowns of his noblest dramas, I should add that the Malay buffoon ig yery rarely coarso ? never indecent, 1 in his 3 license, The other character is the prompter, riot studiously unseen and unheard by the audience, as with us, but patent to all on the mid-stage, and recjtipg in a loud voice every sen tence of the play, to be repeated after hhq with appropriate action ‘by the'oharaoters themselves.' The length of the perform ance, never under three houny sometimes extends ovpr mahy nights, nor seems to tire the spectators, •

SATURDAY, November a, 1878.]

THE EVENING ECHO.



s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best, $ lb I 6 to 0 0 Eggs, ff? dozen 10 to X 0 Bacon, prime smoked, # lb o 10 to 0 0 Hams in cloth, $ lb i 0 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, $ lb o 9 to 0 10 Flour in bags, ioolb 12 6 to 14 0 Oatmeal, $ ioolb - 26 0 to 0 0 Lard, # lb - - - 0 9 to 0 0



MONDAY, 4th NOVEMBER, 1878. TO FARMERS, CONTRACTORS, DEALERS AND OTHERS. Clearing Sale of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Farming Implements, &c. MESSRS BULLOCK & CO. have re ceived instructions from Mr. Isaac Sargent, in consequence of his having sold part of his Farm, to hold a Clearing Sale at the Homestead, situate about 4 miles from the Ashburton Township on the Alford Forest road, on Monday, 4th November, 1878, of the following useful collection of Horses, Sheep, Cattle, &c., comprising— -14 HORSES Amongst which will be found some firs class Draught Mares and Geldings, Light Harness Horses, Hacks, &c. Ewes and lambs in wool Hoggets in wool 200 Several Head of Mixed Cattle 1 Double Furrow Plough by Blyth 1 do do do by Reid and Gray 1 Furze Wrest Plough 2 Single Ploughs t Harrows Horse Gear,with intermediate motion, and Chaff Cutter Dobie’s Sowing Machine, with cart complete Wood’s American Binder and Reaper nearly new having been used o dy one season. And Miscellaneous Effects Terms Liberal at Sale. Sale at 1 p.m. BULLOCK & CO, Auctioneers.



BOABDING HOUSE FOB SALE IN THE BEST PABT OF ASHBUBTON. MESSBS. BULLOCK & CO. have received instructions from the pro prietor, to offer for Sale by . PUBLIC AUCTION, At their Booms, East street, ON SATUBDAY, 16th NOVEMBER, That newly-erected substantial and well built House containing— -35 It OOM S, Situate in Wills street, a few yards from , the Bailway Station This two-storyed House is built upon ■solid concrete foundations, having an im posing frontage on the Wakanui road, the timbers used being of the best, heavy and well seasoned. The frontage is covered with rusticated boards finished in a su perior manner. The internal fittings have also been carefully attended to, and space has been so economised as to give rooms ■of all dimensions, suited either to single •gentleman or members of families. On ■the ground floor are several comfortable fitting and reading rooms and large dining ■room most conveniently placed. That .'greatest of desiderata, a good kitchen with darge and convenient range, has not been 'overlooked, and no pains have been spared ito make it equal to any similar building iin the colony both for convenience and ’{The house is erected upon a £ acre _ sec tion and that in itself from its position •offers an additional inducement to intend ing purchasers. Upon it is erected a com modious cooperage with bench, and chim ,ney, at present let to a good tenant. Further particulars can be had from the .Auctioneers. Terms liberal, at Sale, v Sale at 1:30. BULLOCK & CO., v '• '* ■ . Auctioneers.



COUNTY OF ASHBURTON. JSECONB GENERAL ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS. I HEREBY give notice that, in accord ance with the provisions of “The Countiea Act, 1876,” and “ The Regu lations of Local Elections Act, 1876/ NOMINATIONS for Two Gentlemen .to serve as Councillors for the County of -Ashburton, for the Riding of Mount (Somers, and Two for the Riding of Upper' Ashburton, for the said County, will be (received at the following places up till Noon, on Tuesday, the sth November:— j Riding of Mount Somers. Mount Somers Road Board Office. , Riding of Upper Ashburton. Upper Ashburton Road Board Office. Forms of Nomination, as prescribed by The Regulation of Local Elections Act,. 1876,” can be obtained from the follow ing Substitute Returning Officers, at the above-named places, before the hour of 12 Noon, on the day of Nomination above igtated:— For Mount Somers Riding. Robert Harvey Pratt, Substitute Re ifcuming Officer. For Upper Ashburton Riding. William Hall Zouch, Substitute Return ing Officer. ' A Poll (if necessary) will be held on Wednesday, 13th November, at the fol lowing places:— Riding of Mount Somers. Mount Somers Road Board Office. Riding of Upper Ashburton. Upper Ashburton Road Board Office, CHARLES BRADDELL, Returning Officer. , jfrfWwyten, 83th Qotefcy, J. 87&



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. Subscriptions—Quarterly, in advance, 6s. ; posted, Bs. 6d. ; per annum, in advance, 225. 6d. ; posted, 355. 6d. ; weekly, paid to ruuners, 6d. Delivered to any part of the town, and at any of the Railway Station?,



EKOOUBAGE LOCAL INDUSTRIES AO. AITICEN & 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. _ _ O A. O. AITKEN & CO., TAILORS, Havelock Street, Ashburton.



Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton, need not be at any loss to .find the best estab lishment to yisit and purchase their drapery, clothing, and general stores, JLftaying the Railway Station and turning down Hayelock Street, they will see the establishment of A. O. Aitken & Co., who are now offering special advantages, which exceed any before offered to the public. Keeping at all times a very large and exceedingly well assorted stock of all classes of goods, bought in the best mar kets apd on the most favorable terms, enables them—to use trade parlance—“to do the thing wellin fact the goods offered by them are such as cannot be excelled either in quality or price by any house in the trade, and are marked at such prices that making any abatement is unnecessary, and the most inexperienced at? enabled to buy their goods as favorably as the bsst judges,—A»VT.



A Beerhouse-keeper at Greenwich took his three young children for a walk.in a ‘ wood, cut their throats, and then killed himself. How TO PROCURE AN ECLIPSE OP TH* Son.—Gut him off with «shilling,—