ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

\ JCOUNTANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings H. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st.. ARCHITECT AND CIVIL ENGINEER S. W. Brown, East-street S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings B. Mountfort, East Street .

Auctioneers— Bullock and Co., East-street Saunders Bros., Ashburton

Barristers and Solicitors — Mr. Branson, East-street Mr. E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings Bakers, Confectioners, Etc.— Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street Taylor and Lill, East-street,

Banks — Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street

Boarding House Keepers— T. G. Anstee, East-street 'Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Havelock Street Builders, Contractors, Etc.— James Baker, Havelock-street . Geo. St. Hill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-street • Thos. Williams, Tinwald

Booksellers and Stationers — A, Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Furness and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East/ street South

Bootmakers — r. 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

Drapers and Clothiers— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr ard 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. Hessty, 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, &c.— J. R. Chapman, Tancred-street Printers and Publishers— Furness and Dixon, East-street Plumbers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc. J. G. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street S. Hardley, East-stieet Saddlers— Thomas Hudson, Bumett-street Surveyors— C. El Fooks and Son, East-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 au follows :

For Christchurch and North at io a.m., 4ip.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, Water-ton, 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, 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-

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

The following letters are advertised at the Post Office, as having been received w from places beyond the Colony, during the month of June, and remaining unclaimed on the Ist August, 1878 : Ahrenfeld, Henry Curry, Peter (c/o Michael-Sweetman) Kennedy, Hugh King, A. J. McDowell, John M. Mcßrien, Thos. Sevres, T. Wallace, John Letters originating in New Zealand are not now advertised, but are sent to the Dead Letter Office, after haying lain for two clear

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. August io—Rotorua, s.s.; from North, SAILED.

August io—Rotorua, s.s., for South.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

“A. PI. SIIURY.”—Your letter will appear on Monday.

The Evening Echo. SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1878.

The Mayoralty. A meeting of ratepayers favorable to the return of Mr. Williamson to the office of Mayor is called for Tuesday evening, in the Commercial Hotel. The third number of the Christian Herald is published to-day, and con tains the usual amount of interesting reading matter. New Branch Railway.—Messrs. Miles, Hassal, and Co., as agents for the proprietors of the Chatmoss, Isle worth, and Lowcliff estates, on the banks of the River Hinds, have, with a view to cutting up these estates into farms, ordered the rails and other re quisite planf from home, for the pur pose of constructing a branch line from the Hinds railway station to the Low cliff estate, a distance of about six miles. The land required for the line has already been purchased, the survey is in progress, and not being con nected with either County Council or General Government, and also having a strong firm to carry the work through, there is little doubt that in twelve months a train will run through a coun try which is now a wilderness.

• The Cricket Ground. —We have much pleasure in noticing that that part of the domain (about'seven acres) reserved for a cricket ground, has, under the supervision of the committee appointed for that-’ purpose, assumed a more level appearance, and bids fair, from present appearances, to compete with any cricket ground in the colony. A superior kind of grass seed has been secured for the purpose of laying it down in turf, and Mr. Hessey, of the Central foundry, has received an order to cast a roller of sufficient weight to put the ground in playing condition for the ensuing season. The Impounded Land Fund. — A petition is now being numerously signed .throughout the Road Board district, requesting the General Assem.- bly not to pass any measure to divert to the County Council’s funds any part of the impounded land fund due to the Road Board. All the Road Boards in Canterbury have had their share of the fund handed over with the exception of those in the Ashburton County, and on the strength of their share coming to them, our Board have undertaken several contracts, which they will be unable to pay for if their portion of the fund is withheld.

Cubbing the other day with the Pytchley, pretty Mrs. came to grief in a brook, from which she emer ged dripping from hat to boots. “ What am I to do ? ” she said piteously to Captain R., who, seeing the fall, had ridden to her assistance. The gallant captain was a lady killer and an Irish man. “ I think I must squeese you,” he said in his happiest manner. “ Thanks,” said the little woman, rising to the occasion; “ but I see my husband coming, and I think he would do that better than you.”

It is estimated that at the end of 1877 the municipalities in the colony were indebted to debenture holders and the banks to the amount of ;£H7s>33°-

Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton are 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. Okr & Co. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. They keep at all times tha largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which bein? bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to offer goods of such 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 goods at the same prices as the best judges,—Advt,

CHISPA’S LETTER.

‘I am not yet so bald that you can see my brains. ’’—Longfellow.

. In a city, let us say, in the North of Italy, religious enthusiasm rose to such, a.pitch that one party was not able'to contain it. It was found that such re ligion could not exist, without having something to vent itself upon, and show the genuiness -of its profession to the inhabitants of this city, divided into two parties. The adherents of either party, when they met, considered their religion iWas. but vanity if they did not make some parade of it. In outer, to do this, expressions of the deepest reli gious character, and charity, were made use of, and hurled by one party against the other, insomuch that in the excite ment of the moment religion was for gotten and blows were exchanged. In fact, the people took to killing each other for the love of God. To put a stop to this, the authorities made a law that anyone who sho.uld make .use of. any expression calculated to wound the feelings of his neighbor should be fined the sum of 40s. and= costs. Now it chanced that a gentleman who con sidered his allegiance due to one of these parties, and who.had been gazing long and earnestly at the moon through the bottom of a tumbler, sallied forth and aired his religion at the expense of his opponents, but seeing a member of the R.I.C. in close proximity, he thought to please botteparties and ejaculated— “ 'Down with the Pope , and the rest of the’Protestant clergy !” That Irishman’s difficulty is just exactly mine about the storm in a teapot which has raged this week over the schoolmastership. .If I say “ Stott’s the man, and the Doctor’s right,” I’ve got to weigh Up and fight a host of Churchmen, who tell me I ought to have been about when the “ different lot” had .the reins, and then I would have known all the history of the little game. If I say,.“ Do it over again, in Christchurch; and go it, Shury, my trump,” then a host of Northern men, both from the land of St. Andrew and that of St. Patrick, come down on me, and I would as soon do a night in a ■Scotch mist with an East wind blowing, as encounter either a Scotch or a North Irish Presbyterian when his blood is boiling in the matter of Church. Last week I mourned the failure of our “password” societies to carry their high principles into daily life; what a pity it is also in my power to point to the words, “ Behold these Christians, how they love each other.” Tdo not think an Ashburton crowd cares a great deal about the dividing fences of sects —Avitness the meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association—why then should an element of sectarian discord which did not exist previously be intro duced amongst us by guardians of the educators of youth ? Poor Mr. Stott; come when you may—if you come .at all—your dwelling will be pleasant in deed in the tents of God’s Israel in Ashburton. A plague o’ both your houses.

The Premier objects to Judges being styled “ Honorable ” when they are laid on the shelf. If Sir George only knew. Why, give every Judge, no matter how humble,, a chance to stick a handle like that to his name, and Bob Stout’s re form will be the easiest thing imagin able. They’d retire (Judges would) by the dozen to nibble such a bait I have heard, of one R.M. who signs his name with an “esquire” after it, when he has any document to sign, and writes “ Resident Magistrate ” in great half-text, as if it were an office to be proud of. It would be if such as he didn’t adorn it These are the Magis terial trash who would nibble the “ Honorable ” bait like a trout does worms, and many a judicial nightmare would be lifted from districts I know of in this colony.

I halloed before I was out of the wood. My neighbor Miles had. an attack of cows upon his property this week, and he suffered to a considerable extent He can’t better it That pound of ours ain’t finished, or some thing, and we are likely to be “trod upon ” for several weeks yet Seems as if there was humbugging somewhere.

That day the news came I marked down as a red letter day. I lay on my oars, and devoted the quiet hours to genuine joy that our town had reached its majority (so to speak), and put on the toga virilis. of municipal manhood. I was an Ashburtonian of the true stamp, trained in all its orthodox tradi tions. I knew it’s history from the levelling of the first tussock to 'the killing of Lancaster’s last pig. I had been taught to look upon Mr. Thomas Bullock as the deus,ex machina of the town, and looked up to; him , at his giddy height of superiority with refined admiration. But when Tom Quill rushed me with that petition, and

offered to lay 10 to 1 on' Donald Williamson, I fancied I had got to learn my historical knowledge over again. I didn’t know whether my head or my heels occupied the superior position in my attitude. My ideas of men and things had got such a shock over the new light that rushed in upon my mind, that I resolved to go to bed and think: I have. been thinking ever since, or trying to, but the intensity of a situa tion so altogether new to me, has quite flab irgasted your humble servant, 1 Chispa.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We d ) not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE ASHBURTON CEMETERY BOARD.

To the Editor of the Evening Echo.

Sir,—Your paper is fast rising into high repute : will you kindly permit me to use its columns for the expression of my wonder as to who are the eminently wise men that form our Cemetery Board. ■ I have been anchored in Ashburton for three years, and have not yet been able to find out who they are or when they were elected. .

•' They seem to hold things with a high hand whoever they are, and their manner of arrang ing matters re burial points to their religious views as wholly Anglican or wholly Popish. A part of the cemetery is set aside for the con secrated dust of those who die good Church men ; another is reserved for the remains of His Holiness’ children ; while the third part has to find accommodation for the rabble of humanity who shake off the rags of Popery, and. will none of the rites and ceremonies of the Church which is High, and Low, and Broad.

Ye gods, look down on us poor Dissenting Protestants ! What have we done that no special place is found for our bodjes in the common resting-place, when it is necessary that holy ground should be laid off for the ashes of the burnt out humanity of those who run with the Vicar of St. Peter and those who use the Book of Common Prayer? Does it matter one jot or'tittle where they lay a man’s ashes, so long as the spirit leaving them has fulfilled its mission ? Why these divisions at all in God’s acre ? or, if they must be, why not lay out a Wesleyan part and a Presbyterian part. Take a poll of the community, and you will find that the Dissenters are the most numerous body ; why should they then be thus all massed together and in “one red burial blent,” while a charmed circle is drawn round the graves of Holy Church. Truly, we have sectarian differences enough in life, without having them broadly marked out to us in the very graveyard where our bodies are to lie. This unChristian division of the burial ground is, I hold, a nursing of those sectarian dif ferences which ought to be avoided as much as possible—especially in a cemetery, which is the property of a people and not of a Church.

There ought, sir, to be four divisons if there are to be any at all —one for Roman Catholics, One for Anglicans, one for Wesleyans, and one for Presbyterians, and the ground should be appointee! by lot, This would avoid all trouble and remove all cause for offence. I am, etc., A DISSEN.TER.

PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

[Per Press Agency.]

Friday, August 9. The House met at 2.30 p.m. HONORARIUM. The Hon. J. Sheehan laid on the table a return relating to members who had not drawn the full honorarium. QUESTIONS. Mr. Reeves asked if the Government intended to appoint an Inspector of Mines for Nelson south-west goldfields. No fewer than 75 accidents had hap pened in one year, some of them fatal, and many of the victims were maimed for life. . ‘ The Horn R. Stout said the matter would require serious consideration.

Mr. Reeves asked if the Government intended to introduce a Bill this ses sion to restrict the immigration of Chi nese. ‘

The Hon. R. Stout said that so far the subject had not obtained the mag nitude it had done in California. When the. question really became of import ance, it would be time to deal with it. Mr. Bowen asked why prison work in the. gaols at -Lyttelton and Adding ton had been repeatedly stopped for the want of material during the past year, and whether the delays would be prevented. The Hon. J. Sheehan said they in tended to prosecute the work in a satis factory manner. Mr. Russell asked whether any steps had been taken to introduce a system of parcel post between- this colony and England, such as existed between India and England. The Hon. J. T. Fisher said it had not been lost sight of, and such a service would be established in a few days.

FRAUDULENT DEBTORS* BILL. (In Committee.)

Mr. Macfarlane tried to clause authorising 12 month’s imprison ment for any trader who. had not kept his books properly. The Hon. R. Stout introduced an amended clause which provided that the Cpurt might suspend a bankrupt's

certificate on finding' that he had not kept his books and accounts in a proper manner.

This was agreed to by the House and added to the Bill. ELECTORAL BILL. . ' The . Hon. R. Stout ‘ moved 'the second reading of this Bill. He said it was necessarily a consolidating mea sure, and brought into a focus the electoral legislation of the colony, by repealing a number of Acts dealing with the various descriptions of fran chise. The honorable gentleman pro ceeded to explain the provisions of the Act in detail.. At present there was only one roll made up in the year, and they'intended .to improve the present law by causing two roils to be made up. The present system of ballot was preserved, but an important alteration was made in regard to the mode of nomination. He also proposed, to pro hibit the use of cabs and carriages, and close public-houses, because on an elec tion day above all others, men should not have their brains muddled with drink. The question of', bribery lie would' refer to. .when the Bribery .Bill' came on. / As., to re-distribution. : of' seats,- Government- were of- opinion, if they brought in' a measure dealing with that question at once, it must lead to a dissolution, and the elections - would have to be conducted by means of the present system. He did not think it would be wise to deal hurriedly with so important a question. From informa tion obtained from the Registrar-Gene ral, he felt certain that two-thirds of the people of the colony were not on the present roll, but could be placed upon the roll which was part of the present Bill. He failed altogether to understand the force of the expression ■“ a stake in the colony,” used by those in tavor of restricting the franchise If a man earned only .his living in the colony, though he was without land of household property, he had a Stake in the colony, because its prosperity would be his also. Why should clerks, assis tants in shops, settlers’ son?, and other similar colonists be unrepresented ? He contended for the present Bill that it would have the effect of politically educating the people, and unless that was done it would be impossible to achieve any great political reform. No doubt, the work of Education would be slow, but he dreaded those clean sweep reforms : they were rarely lasting. Some people said the Bill did not go far enough, that it did not grant man hood suffrage pure and simple, but he would ask them, what class of man was unable to obtain the franchise ? None, except the newly-arrived immigrant. He believed . that no measure, emanat ing from any Parliament, dealt with the franchise in so wide a manner, whether as regarded men or women. All the latter who were ratepayers would have a vote in the same way as they had under municipal laws. If the Bill be came law, it would be found to work well and give satisfaction, at any rate until such time as the question of enfran chising women became a burning ques tion. As to Maori representation, it would be wise to retain for the present the special Maori vote. Probably they might increase the number of Maori representatives.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

London, August 8.

• Mr. O’Gorman apologised to the Speaker to-day. £23,000 has been voted towards the administration of Cyprus under the Foreign.office. . • Messrs.■ Drummond and Woolff have been appointed British members of the Commission to organise Eastern Rou melia.

The Australians played a one day’s match with 18 of Burnley, who made 102 in their first innings. The Austra lians have nine out for 46. There was a large attendance. Before replying to the memorial of the Colonial Institute, the Government intend to consult Sir A. Gordon on- his arrival in England relative to New Guinea. In the meantime they have instructed the Commodore to dispatch a war ship to Port Moresby to watch the British interests.

(Special to the Wellington Post.)

London, August 9. Great, interest is felt in the Continent as to the course England will adopt with respect to Cyprus. It is announced that England will not fortify the garri son, and that the two battalions of In dian troops return home immediately. It is stated that an attempt has been made to assassinate Bismarck, *

AUSTRALIAN.

v * .. Melbourne, August 9. Sa i 1 ed-i- A 1 h arhbra.

The tender of Topham Angus and Smith, of New Zealand, is declared the lowest for the Queenscliffe railway, cepted. Messrs. Burns, Morgan, and Berry meet on Tuesday to finally settle the details of tKe. cable "contract/ At a meeting of the Hobson’s Bay Company to-day it was decided to sell -the property vto Government. A Bill* will be passed through Parliament at r once. The railway is now considered to belong to. Government , ~ Sidney, August 9,

' Kerosene, is. 9& to is. iod.; rice, to ; New Zealand oats, 4s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ’ New Zealand whhat, 4s. 9d. to ss. Other quotations unchanged. Adelaide, August 9. Elour £iv ,i is. ; to £ll 155.; wheat, ss. 2d. to'ss.'3d

INTERPROVINCIAL.

..k /i‘{‘PxßvPress Agency.] //; Auckland, Friday. The Licensed Victualler’s meeting to-day discussed the action of . the brewers in raising the price of beer above the tariff.. Members present said that they could hot subdivide the new impost, there being no farthings, and if they put on people would call them dishonest. The brewers’ action was generally condemned, but another meeting will be called to discuss the whole subject. / “ - i New Plymouth, Friday. A fire broke out at one o’clock this morning in the back room of the Tem perance billiard room, over a shop near the town bridge. It whs discovered before the fire had a hold on the premises and extinguished. Wellington, Friday.

The railway from Wellington to FeatherSton will be opened fer traffic to-morrow, when a special train will run. '//. //’

Hokitika, Friday.

The Christchurch coach, due oh Saturday night, only reached town, yesterday evening. The road is in an almost impassable condition. Ava lanches of snow have fallen over por tions of the route, and filled the.lower gullies. Cassidy, driving from this end, got nearly to the middle peg, between : - Westland and Canterbury, when the coach and horses got bogged in the snow. He sent the horses back, and shouldered* the. mails, attempting to get through on foot. He managed 1 to get five miles, wading through waist high in places, keeping the road by means of the telegraph poles. The snow then became too deep, and he was obliged to return, mails and all, to the Otira Hotel for shelter. Four additional road men were obtained next day, and worked at cutting the. snow from Sunday till Wednesday, when a track for the horses was opened. Those who can ride can go through now easily enough, but vehicle commu nication is entirel; cut off. Numbers of sheep died last week while trying to get through, and others are so famished and footsore that they had to be lifted out of the way to allow the horses to pass. The sheep and cattle on the way have had no food for six days. The mails started again .this; morning, the Weather; haying improved. J \ j&Jt

The Evening Echo, Saturdays Aiighsi id, 1878.



ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST. . ,, s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best, r 4 to I 6 Eggs, $ dozen - - I 6 to O 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 13 6 to 15 0 Oatmeal, $ ioolb - 26 0 to O 0 Lard, $ lb - - - 0 9 to 0 0



The rev. w.Jjß.vmarten will Preach in the WESLEYAN CHURCH To-morrow. Subject : Morning—" The Love of God.” Evening-- 4 * God’s Latest Invita tion.” A Lodge of Instruction-in connection with the Somerset Lodge, will be held at the Lodge Rooms, bn MONDAY, I2lh instant, at 7‘3op.m. L' • CHARLES BRADDELL, ;H £ . ; ' 'HOII. SeC. . LATEST WAR NE W S i GREAT FALL IN BEEF ! NO PRICE OFFERED FOR BULLOCK! i ; IHI THE Public VACCINATOR hereby gives Notice that the Vaccination Station will be for the future at Drs. Trevor & Keste ven’s Surgery, in Moore Street, and that his Hours of Attendance will be from 12 to 2 o’clock every Wednesday. ASHBURTON- BOROUGH ELECTION. A MEETING will be held on TUESDAY EVENING NEXT, at 8 o’clock, in the Commercial Hotel, to which all Ratepayers in favor of the return of DONALD WILLIANiSON, Esq., First Mayor of Ashburton are particularly. .invite! to attend. 3y order* W. R* ROYLJE, Sccrihuft