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Cqnstantinople, April 24,

The Bulgarians attacked eight Mussul man villages, and committed, great out rages. Severe fighting ensued between the insurgents and the Russian troops. ' April 25.

The Mussulman rising in. Roumania and Macedonia is becoming serious. It is owing to the unendurable Russo- Bulgarian reign. Negotiations for the withdrawal of the British fleet and Russian corps con tinue. St. Petersburg, 25. National subscriptions are being raised throughout Russia to form a flotilla of cruisers. London, April 24. Ministers are hopeful that Russia will yield. The strike is at an end. The em ployes are everywhere firm. April 25. The Russians announce that both officers and men will attend the Greek churches in Stamboul on Sunday. Tu mults are feared. Prince Bismarck is ill.. The Erie Railway has been purchased by the trustees for. (j, 000,000 dollars.

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, April 25.' Sailed—Arawata, s.s., to-day, with the Suez mail. \ , .'} •

Sydney, April 25. The Assembly has agreed to the modified contract for the Pacific mail service.

At the Chimborazo inquiry the third mate was severely repremanded.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Gjsborne, Thursday.' A very smart shock of earthquake was felt here at 1.3,0 this morning. Dunedin, Thursday. Bates, Sise, and Co., attorneys for Perry Davis, instituted proceedings yes terday in the • Supreme Court against one Wilcken, as manufacturer of pain killer, said to be an imitation of that of Perry Davis. other defendants, who-are -sub-agents,- a-re Hayman and Co., and Lange and Thoneman. The ex parte motion .was. waived to give defendants'art ‘“Opportunity of being heard.

“ > • Oamaru, Thursday. 'At the' Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day, James Fare, alias Jimmy the Devil, for forgery, was committed for trial at the Supreme Court, Dunedin. The committee of the Northern Agri cultural and .Pastoral Association ap proved of the 'formation of a Middle Island Agricultural Society. Auckland, Thursday. The Bank of New Zealand half-yearly meeting-was held to-day. The report showed that the nett profit on 31st May, after making all deductions, was ,£1700; total, £§4,358, disposed of thus :—Dividend and bonus, 'ls per cent., • £54,375 ; increase to reserve fund, £25.000; balance to new ac count, £4983. The dividend is paya ble at the head offices to-morrow.; The aggregate balance-sheet shows debtor and creditor accounts amounting to £ lO >ss°> ooo - ‘ : ■

Blenheim, Friday. On the Wakamarina terraces, four men are on payable gold, iin thirteen feet sinking, one grain to the dish has been obtained.

;,J ' • Wellington, Thursday. Mr. Clark is now engaged devising a scheme of drainage for Wellington. •He has also undertaken to report upon the best .means .of. bringing an ad ditional water supply for town from PakurAtahi stream, either by ditch or aqueduct.

Spurious sovereigns are being circu lated here to some extent now! '

i • Allan M‘Lean’s--'wool shed at Tuki tuki was burned to the ground to-day. Besides the shed,-about ,£3OO worth of grass was destroyed. • i .. -

Friday. Reporters for the press will not be allowed to be present at the forthcoming Native meeting at Hikurangi, but an arrangement will be made for supplying the papers with the result of trie pro" ceedings. Sixty pounds- of stone from Golden Point Reef, Queen Charlotte’s Sound, has been crushed here preparatory to being tested by Dr. Hector.

Qne of those masculine feminines belonging to the strong-minded class remarked :—“ I reject the trousers with contempt and scorn. Men cut a suffi ciently ridiculous figure in them them selves. The truth is they don’t like their own costume, and are envious of our jewellery, frills, and dresses. Trou sers, forsooth, trousers ! ” Shake not the ridiculous garment at me. Not so long as we can. have our silks, our satins, and shawls, we repudiate your absurd bi - furcated unwhisperables. Look at your swallow-tail coats, your stove-pipe hats,.and you wear your hair so short, some of you, that you look like monkeys ; and I don’t wonder that one of your number has written a book showing that animal to be the father of his race. The above was no doubt greeted with laughter and applause by her friends. If men are monkeys what was that woman ?

THE EVENING ECHO, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, IS7S



■MR. BRANSON, BARRISTER'AND SOLICITOR. H AS COMMENCED PRACTICE in ASHBURTON, and can be consulted at the SOMERSET HOTEL until he can obtain suitable Offices. ASHBURTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. TITE Rev. Mr. TOUT, Congregationalist Minisle ■, Christchurch, wifi- Preach on SUNDAY, Morning' at Eleven, Evening at Half-past Six. T OST; five weeks ago, a LIG ITT CIIEST J—' NUT HACK, branded + on near shoulder.. Finder,will be rewarded on leaving the same at ike Wksi.evan Parsonage, or with A. O. Aitken & Co. MRS. E. PETERSON, DRESSMAKER, Tancred Street, TNFORMS the Ladies of Ashburton that she 1 has REMOYEDto TANCRED STREET (four doors from Firth. Pass, & Co’s), and trusts that the patronage she has received in the past will be continued in the future. T t 7ANTED a Respectable NU RSE CIRL, V V An ply to Mrs. Bi RJ'WELE, East Street, or at the office of this paper. FOR SALE. •ACRES of the finest Agricultural a LAND in Canterbury. Apply, A. O. AITKEN & CO. [A Card.] PRIVATE LESSONS TO YOUNG LADIES, Four times a Week in Mush, French, German, and Drawing, at MISS STEANE S ' Oxford \Tla, Burnett Street. LOTTO, Draughts and' Draught Boards, Dominoes, Cards and Cribbage Boards, &c., at FURNESS AND DIXON’S, ■ East-street, Ashburton. A LPITABET CARDS r nd Boxes, Mover's -CY Spellk l ' Royal Readers, Slates. Pencils, Copy Books, Drawing Books/and other school Requisites to be obtained a. our premises, East-street, Asbbu on.. FURNESS AND DIXON, Stationers flail. T HE SAFE of Extensive Collection OF PICTURES will be Continued on SATURDAY, APRIL 27. Some Splendid Works are comprised in the Assortment, which is Large and Varied. BULLOCK & Co., Auctioneers.



COUNTY OF ASHBURTON. 'T'HE undersigned being convinced that room exists in this County for the development of a Business specially suited for the wants of Stockowneis, Farmers, &c., have determined upon .EXTENDING h>'ir present, connection as Grain Buyers, Millers, &c, by OPENING AN ESTABLISHMENT ior the purpose of BUYING & SELLING STOCK, STATIONS, ETC., and with a view of giving every facility for Stockowneis obtaining full value for their pro ducts, have engaged the services of MR. NEIL MACLEAN, (late Managei of the Acton Station), as AUCTIONEER. whose long experience and admitted ability in that line cannot be questioned. The Firm have constantly on hand Improved and Unimproved FARMS FOR SALE on the most favorable terms. Advances made on Wool, Grain, etc., con signed for shipment to England, Australia, or America. Advances made on Crops. AGENTS FOR Osborne’s Reapers and Binders Ransome and Sims’ and Head’s Agricul tural Implements. Properties oe ali. Descriptions Valued. SAUNDERS BROS., Ashburton. Messrs SAUNDERS BROS, have for Sale, Situated on the NORTH BANK of the RAKAIA, 400 acres, partly improved. 690 unimproved 675 ~ fenced 7CO ~ 4000! which are now in Turnips 72 „ unimproved 4CT „ WAKANUI DISTRICT. 490 acres, 130 of which are ploughed 201 ~ highly improved 255 „ 201 ~ 111 „ 936 „ 200 „ Sixty Acres four miles from the Township. Several Valuable Town Sections. ~ House, Stable, See. 99 9 9 9 9



Saunders Bros. HAVE ; OOO to LEND u P° n town 5 SECTIONS and other FREEHOLD PROPERTY. ■to be INVESTED in £4. FREEHOLD Security. £2,000 CO C nr . to be ADVANCED in > Sums of fioo and upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. nnn to I>e advanced 3 UUU on GROWING CROPS, LIVE STOCK, and other AG lUCULTURAL Security. DRAUGHT HORSES. 'TMIE Undersigned have FOR SALE a J- 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 •A. HORSES for Sale by Public Auction or Privately, and to make Liberal Cask Advances on same. Good PADDOCKS and Plenty of PEED for Stock. SAUNDERS BROS. '"J'MIE attention <>f -Merchants, Surveyors, Architects, Lawyers, and the Residents of Ashburton generally, is invited to our Increased Stock of Stationery and Office Materials, including Stationery Cases Copying Ink Office Paper Office Ink Paper Weights Liquid hum Letter Balances Call Bells Travellers’ Inkstands Pen Racks Mathematical Instruments, <Nc. • FURNESS & DIXON, Stationers’ Hall. 11 T II E MR. EVIf N INC EC FI O.” Town Agent, A. WESTON, Tancred-street.



W. R. BOYLE, J7STATE AND GENERAL AGENT, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. WILLIAM GAVIN, DRAPER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, announces that he HAS CLOSED his Shop [(next the “ Echo ” Office) where he has had a Clearing Sale for some time. From encouragement received he has re solved to Commence Business permanently, WITH A FRESH STOCK in one of the Shops in Montgomery’s New Buildings, ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MAY. .li lt is his intention to confine himself exclu sively to the GENERAL DRAPERY DEPARTMENT. By strict attention to business, selling at the lowest possible price, and all due civility, he hopes to merit a share of the patronage of the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding; district. XT R.ESTAU RANT. R E M~O V A L To the premises lately occupied by .. Mr. Quinton. TANCRED STREET, On the Sth April. Increased Accommodation. C. TRUCKLE, PROPRIETOR.



J. G. ANSTEE, BUILDER AND [CONTRACTOR,. EAST STREET, ASM BURTON. Every description of Carpentering, and all' kinds of Jobbing Work, Shop Fittings, &c., done on the most reasonable terms.. Pictures Mounted and> Framed !



[a card.] E. A. GARNETT, HAIRDRESSER, PERFUMER AND TOBACCONIST, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON Fancy Goods of all Descriptions at Lowest I’rices.



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