TapXnui, Wednesday.

A man named Henry Close was killed at Waikaia by a tree falling on him. It is not known whether he has any friends in the colony.

'* • Wellington, Wednesday. It is reported here'that in the event of war being declared, the Government will call out the militia.

Mr. Cleland, of the Bank of New Zealand, who was thrown out of his buggy last Sunday at Featherston and severely injured about the head, is still unconscious, though he is said to be slightly better.

O amaru, Wednesday. Messrs. Hislop, M.H.R.,andShrimski, M.H,R., for Waiaki, addressed the elec tors at Oamaru to-night. There was a large attendance, the mayor in the chair. Mr. Hislop gave an able address, be ing a resume of his actions since he was first elected to oppose abolition down to the conclusion of last session. He said after the provinces were abolished the conduct of the Atkinson Ministry in giving billets to the leading political opponents, and assisting large capitalists to acquire land in the North Island at ridiculously low figures was such as he could not support. Therefore he had used his best endeavours to oust them. He then proceeded to refer to the finan cial state of the colony at the time the Grey Ministry took office..' He said he 1 would support that. Ministry if they ful filled the promises made to bring in a Bill, taxing the ;land, and to reduce the taxes on imports. He concluded his speech by hoping that the efforts of himself, and. .colleague to carry out the wishes of‘the constituency would be looked upon as disinterested, as neither of them were place-seekers. - He Avals-applauded several tithes dur ing his speech, and, at the conclusion,

Mr. Shrimski said that after the ex haustive address of Mr. Hislop there was scarcely anything left for him to say, but to refer to one or two things which that gentleman had not alluded to. He spoke of the Waka Maori libel case, the Piako Swamp purchase, the Educa tion Act, and on other subjects.

Dunedin, Wednesday.

A Commission, consisting of Messrs. Charles Knight' ( Auditor - General ) Strode, Bradshaw, W. H. Reynolds, and J. Fulton,-'is sitting’to inquire into the working of the Employment of Females Act. ./The; meetings are con ducted in private. The Caledonian Society’s classes this year promise to be even more suc cessful than in former years. A num ber of. last year’s students are now at the University. The first meeting of shareholders in Guthrie and Larnach's woodware fac tory, was held this afternoon. The net profits realised on seven months’ working amounts to which is to be appropriated as follows:—Divi dend of 10 per cent, ,£7287 ; 2 y z per cent bonus, ; carried to reserve fund, ,£5,000 ; balance, ,£lO7l. Dr. Somerville’s services continue to fill the theatre twice daily. Invercargill, Wednesday. The opening meeting of the coursing season took place to-day, and was very successful. Hares were plentiful. For the All-aged 'Stakes nineteen dogs entered. -Two courses were run, but the event was not decided. Gyp, the winner of last yeah was put- out by Clarence, i For the Puppy Stakes there were ten entries, and only- one course was run.

Palmerston, Thursday. A fire occurred this morning, by which Phillips’s store .was totally con sumed. If there had been an engine in the township much property would have been saved. The store, stable, and stock were destroyed, besides the adjoining building used as a dwelling house. The total loss is estimated at £3OOO. The buildings were insured in the Victoria for half re-in sured stock, amounting to ;£Boo, in the United, of which was re-in sured in the New Zealand Company.

People often - complain of hard times from' a ' mere natural tendency to grawl, but a Rome darkey, the other day, said, ; “ Nebber seed sich times since I been born. Work all day and steal all night and blest if I can hardly make a livin’.”

A baker in Paris having used, for he ding his oven, painted wood from old houses which had been ,torn down in opening a new street, many persons who ate the bread were seized with violent symptoms of lead poisoning. The heat converted the paint in pul verulent oxide of lead, which adhered to the moist surface of the loaves. The men who brushed these loaves were the first to suffer, and then all who ate the crust experienced with more or less in tensity the agony of “ painters’ colic.” A police regulation has been issued, forbidding the use by bakers of wood from old houses.

A farm hand for harvesting is paid in Italy threepence half-penny a day, and considers himself a lucky man to find employment at that rate. Mr. A Barber, in the American Naturalist, notes a singular rites for merly practised by the Seminoles at the ‘christening’ of their male children. At the age of fourteen, the boy was incised with a sharp flint six times in each arm and leg, the length of the incisions being about a foot. If the lad flinched or cried out, he received an insignificant name; but if he bore the pain manfully, he received a high sounding title, and was destined to. become a great mart in the tribe. The newly instituted Nelson Young Men’s Christian Association are to rent the disused Criterion Hotel in that city, turning it to use as a meeting-house, reading-room, boarding house, etc. The internal fittings are to be done by a “working-bee” of the members.

THE EVENING ECHO, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1878



SONS OF-TEMPERANCE. MEETING at the Library Hall TO MORROW EVENING, at 7.30. A. J. ANDREWS, Secretary. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO 1 MOTHERS. D °n' T trouble yourself to make any Clothes for your little ones this Winter, as you WILL GET all you want Well-made and Elegantly Finished at the ASHBURTON PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH GIFT AUCTION, which will be held shortly. TO ARON LIEBIG on INFANTS’ FOOD. “Many preparations called Infants’ Food are absolutely destitute of nourishment, and rely solely for any good effect upon the milk used in conjunction with them, of these Corn Flours are the Worst, whether made from Maize, Rice, or Wheat, andjt is notorious that children fed on, it would be improper to say nourished by such Foods must inevitably grow up Rickety and Idiotic.” J . M . CAMBRIDGE, CHEMIST, ASHBURTON, Keeps the following INFANTS’ FOODS in Stock : Neave’s Farinaceous Food Dr. Ridge’s Patent P'ood Baron Liebig’s Food (Savory and Moore) Neslle’s Milk Food Hard’s Farinaceous Food Real Bermuda Arrowroot WATER COLORS, from is 3d to 255. Drawing and Tracing paper, Paper Binders, File Clips, Date Cases, Ink and Pencil Erasers', Black and Colored Pencils, Colored Inks, Quill, Steel, and Magnum Bonum Pens, Pocket Books, and Purses, in immense variety, at FURNESS AND DIXON’S, Stationers’ Hall, Ashburton. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. jgPPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. “ By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctor’ bills. It is by the judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever there is a wea® point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.”— The Civil Sendee Gazette, SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO., Homcepathic Chemists, London.



MR. BRANSON, BARRISTER and SOLICITOR, HAS COMMENCED PRACTICE in ASHBURTON, and can be consulted at the SOMERSET HOI EL until he can obtain suitable Offices. LOST on Sunday in Ashburton, a CALICO BAG, containing a Cheque for ios. and three £ i notes. Reward on returning to Echo office. ' I 'HE Public are Cautioned against Cashing a lost N. Z. Bank Cheque, numbered 9462, as payment has been stopped. May 6th. WANTED Immediately, SEVERAL first class CARPENTERS and JOINERS. Highest wages given to really good hands. — I IIOS. WILLIAMS, Builder, Tinwakl. WANTED, about the beginning of June a 3or 4 roomed Cottage, to rent. Ad dress, W. “ Echo” Office. WANTED— Three or Four Intelligent MEN to circulate the “ EVENING ECHO ” throughout the County. Apply at once. WANTED— Tenders for Building a Four roomed HOUSE. To be sent in not later than 12 o’clock on SATURDAY, May litli. Plans and Specifications to be seen at A. O. AITKEN & CO’S., Havelock Street. Ihe lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Ashburton county STEEPLECHASE MEETING. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1878. PROGRAMME : I.—ASHBURTON COUNTY STEEPLE CHASE—Handicap of 30 sovs. added to a sweepstake of 2 sovs. for acceptors. Nominations 1 sov., over about 3 miles of fair hunting country. To start at noon. 2.—ASHBURTON HUNT CUT—For Sil ver Cup, value 15 sovs., with silver mounted whip for rider, weight for age. About 2 miles. Gentlemen riders to be approved of by the committee; entrance I sov. ; winner of the A.C.S.H. to carry I4lhs penalty. 3—THE FARMER’S PLATE of 15 sovs. Weight for age—about 1 )A miles; entrance 1 sov ; hoses to be the bona Jidc property and ridden by Farmers or Farmer’s sons resident in the County, winner of the previous races to be excluded. 4.—MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE —of 10 sovs—Weight for age. Entrance, 1 sov ; r mile ; for horses that have not competed at this meeting. 5 HACK RACE of 5 sovs—About I mile; post entry, ios. catch weight. BYE-LAWS. All races to be run under the New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase Rules, unless otherwise specified. No horse shall be qualified to run at this meeting, unless such horse was the bona fide property of a resident in the Ashburton County on Ist April. Nominations for the handicap, enclosing 1 sov., to be sent to the Hon. Sec. by 8 p.m. on Saturday, May the nth. Weights will be pub lished in the Evening Echo on May iSth. Acceptances enclosing 2 sovs will be received on night of general entry, Saturday, May 25th, at 9 p.m., at Somerset Hotel. Entries for Hunt Cup, Farmer’s Plate, and Maiden Steeplechase, enclosing 1 sov, to be sent to Hon. Sec., May 25th, at 9 p.m. N.B.—Scale of weight-for-age — 4yrs old, list j syrs old, list I2lbs; 6yrs and aged, I2st 3lbs. All colors must be declared to Secretary, May 25th, at 9 p.m., and a fine of £1 will be enforced for running in colors other than those declared. JAMES WILKIE, Hon Sec. TENDERS are invited for ADDITIONS and ALTERATIONS of private house, for Mr. J. M. Cambridge, Ashburton. Plans and specification may be seen at my office, where tenders will be received up to May nth, at noon. The lowest or any tender not neces sarily accepted. J. W. BROWN, Engineer and Architect, &c., Tancred Street. Ashburton. T OTTO, Draughts and Draught Boards, ' Dominoes, Cards and Cribbage Boards. &c., at FURNESS AND DIXON’S, East-street, Ashburton. FOR SALE. *7 ACRES of the finest Agricultura LAND in Canterbury. Apply, A. O. AITKEN & CO. [A Card.] TDRIVATE LESSONS TO YOUi J- LADIES, Four times a Week in Mus French, German, and Drawing, at MISS STEANE’S, Oxford Villa, Burnett Sires



COUNTY OF ASHBURTON, j |j 'T'IIE undersigned being convinced that room •“ exists in this County for the} development of a Business specially suited for the wants of Stockowners, tanners, &c., have-determined upon . , v. EXTENDING heir present connection as Grain 1 Buyers Millers, &c, by •_ OPENING AN ESTABLISHMENT, 1 ** 1 lor the purpose of 1 ' '• •* ’ ■»' 11»f i: > BUYING & SELLING 'STOCK, STATIONS, ETC, ' and with a view of giving every facility fdrj' Stockowneis obtaining full value for their pro ducts, have engaged the services of '\ ’ ■i J MR. NEIL MACLEAN, (late Manager of the Acton Station), .as .j r AUCTIONEER. , whose long experience and admitted' ability jn . that line cannot be questioned. 1 ‘‘' i - tn The Firm have constantly on hand Improved*' and Unimproved FARMS FOR SALE on the 1 f most favorable terms. c .. . i Advances made on Wool, Grain, etc.,.' cob- * signed for shipment to England, Australia, ■ or- America. Advances made on Crops. .( , ; : AGENTS FOR Osborne’s Reapers and Binders kansome and Sims’ and Head’s Agvicitf tural Implements. Properties of ai.l Descriptions Valued, i SAUNDERS BROS., Ashburton. —Uj ; 1 Messrs SAUNDERS BROS, have forr Sale, Situated on the NORTH BANK of the RAKAIA,, ! 4c do acres, partly improved. ~ j 690 ~ unimproved . 675 >, fenced , , 760 ~ 400 of which arc now in Turnips 72 ~ unimproved 400 „ ~ ‘ ; WAKANUI DISTRICT. 49° ucres, 130 of which are ploughed. improved < 99 ~ House, Stable, &c.. 99 99 99 25S 201 111 936 200 Sixty Acres four miles from the Township.. Several Valuable Town Sections.. Saunders Bros. HAVE £-4< 000 to upon TOWN SECTIONS and othei FREEHOLD PROPERTY. £2 non t 0 be invested in cFREEHOLD Security. £2,800 ‘° ADVANCED in * Sums of £ too and upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. £2o non t 0 be advanced cL6U,UUU on GROWING CROPS, LIVE STOCK, and other jAG KICULTU R‘AL Security. DRAUGHT HORSES. THE Undersigned have FOR SALE a Number of Broken and Unbroken ■ COLTS now to be seen in their Paddocks, 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 PADD>OCKS and Plenty of FEED* for Stock.. SAUNDERS BROS. WEST COAST LUNCHEON & DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. J. G. ANSTEE, BEGS to intimate to the public that he has just OPENED those spacious buildings situate in East Street, as LUNCHEON AND DINING ROOMS. Persons pationising this establishment can rely on securing all the com forts of a home. ihe bedrooms are well ventilated,, every - attention being paid to cleanliness. Ihe table will be found all that can be desired. hirst-class accommodation for Boarders. - N.B.—The proprietor trusts by strict atten- ,■ tion to the comfort of his patrons, combined > with moderate charges, to merit a share of public custom. 1 ‘ 'JUI E EVENING ECU O.” Town Agent, MR. A.. W,ESTON, Tancred-street.