ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

I XOUNTANYS AND COMMISSION AGENTS— Charles Braddcll/ Montgomery’s Buildings H. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. W. R. Boyle, Moore-street. IICHITECT 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 Makers, 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— J. G. Anstee, East-street Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Havelock Street Builders, Contractors, Etc.— James Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. liill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-street Thos. Williams, Tinwald 300KSELLERS AND STATIONERS — A. Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Furr.ess and Dixon, Stationers’ Plall, East street South

Bootmakers— T. 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. Playes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station F. P. Leßreton, Burnett-street. Drapers and Clothiers — Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr arc 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. Hessey, Central Foundry, Peters-st Furniture Warerooms— A. Spillard, Tancred Street Orocers, 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 Plairdressers 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, <S.c.— J. R. Chapman, Tancred-street Printers and Publishers— Furness and Dixon, East-street Plumbers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc. J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street S. Hardley, East-stieet

Saddlers — Thomas Dudson, Burnett-street

Surveyors— C. E. 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

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 liouse-furnishing Iron mongery, and General Stores. Orr & Co. offer special advantages to the public that can /'..be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. They iQ-'keep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which beinp 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.

The Evening Echo. MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1878. THE MAYORAL ELECTION.

MR. WILLIAMSON’S MEETING. Mr. Donald Williamson, one of the candidates for the Mayoralty, addressed a public meeting in the Town Hall on Saturday evening. At the opening of the meeting there were present perhaps about 200 persons, but as it went on the audience increased till the hall was well filled, both lower floor and gallery, and we should say the attendance amounted to between 600 and 700. The irrepressible Walsh was the first to appear on the platform, and received the same mock ovation accorded to him on the occasion of Mr Bullock’s meet ing, acknowledging the same with his peculiarly comic salaams. By a di plomatic manoeuvre of one of Mr Wil liamson’s committee, he was taken off the platform and a seat found for him in the crowd, but during the evening his enthusiasm in his own candidature occasionally burst into a short speech and many gesticulations. Dr. Stewart, and Messrs. E. Saun ders, R. Friedlander, G. Parkin, T. Quill, and others, accompanied Mr. Williamson to the platform, and on the motion of Dr. Stewart, Mr. E. Saunders was called on to preside.

Mr. Saunders said that when asked to take the chair at that meeting he had hesitated, lest, being one of Mr. Wil liamson’s warmest supporters, it might be said by some that the selection of chairman had been made with a view of influencing the meeting in the candi date’s favor. It was also, he thought, a post of more importance than his years and position entitled him to fill. But as he had accepted the post he trusted his conduct would prove that, whoever he supported, it was from a desire he had, and all ought to have in public matters, that the best man might win, setting aside all private and per sonal feelings. Mr. Williamson - had been amongst them ever since Ash burton had been a place of any conse quence, and he had always had the re putation of being a straightforward and honorable man. Pie was so well known to most of them, that he (the chairman) need say nothing in introducing him. Ashburton had long been ; celebrated for the intelligence and good behavior of its audiences, and he had every con fidence in their good sense and kindly feeling to give Mr. Williamson a fair, impartial, and attentive hearing. He would nov call on Mr. Williamson to address them.

Mr. Williamson, on rising, was re ceived with loud applause. He said he had come before the ratepayers that night at the request of a number of themselves, many of whom he did not know, even by sight. He took that fact as evidence of a desire on the . part of a large number ot the electors that the Mayor’s chair should be contested, and the selection of himself to wage the contest with an influential gentleman like Mr Bullock was flattering in a high degree. He had always been on the best of terms with Mr. Bullock, and would not say anything against him that night. He would only refer to a state ment he was reported to have made in that hall that night week, viz., that he owned two-thirds of the town. He (Mr. Williamson) had not heard the remark, but it had been reported in one of the local papers, and so far as he knew was not contradicted. He just wished to call that statement into ques tion, for if one man owned two-thirds of a town, he would be in favor of letting him have the other third on very reasonable terms. Another state ment was made by one of Mr. Bullock’s supporters—he thought Mr. Ivess—that the present flourishing position of Ash burton was mainly owing to Mr. Bul lock. This seemed equally ridiculous. He (the speaker) was in Ashburton a number of years before any one of the rivers between Timaru and Christchurch was bridged—there was then no rail way, and not a mile of metalled road in the county. Mr. Bullock had a try then, but' did not succeed in making a flourishing borough town. If any man could lay. claim to having made not only Ashburton, but New Zealand, that man was Sir Julius Vogel. Ashburton always had resources within itself which only wanted to be developed, and the railway had done that. He only men tioned this lest people at a distance should think we were ignorant of the elements of our own success. The first question of importance for the Council to consider was the WATER SUPPLY. I This was in the hands of the County Council, who, he hoped, would pro-, ceed with it soon, or hand over the needful funds to the Borough Council to enable them to carry it out. He should certainly be in favor of getting a

STEAM FIRE ENGINE and encouraging the Brigade in every reasonable way. He felt it to be the duty of the insurance companies to give the brigade a handsome; support. He He would like to see a judicious

PAN SYSTEM introduced into closets, in order to keep the wells pure. Those wells would supply plenty of good water for household purposes; certainly better than what could be got from the river.

DRAINAGE ;;; n ' , P was a very important matter "for a new place like Ashburton to set about. Extra care, ought to be .taken, first of all, to get a good comprehensive scheme, portions of which might be undertaken to meet the most pressing requirements. But whatever was done in the way ot drainage ought to form part of an effi cient scheme when complete. Surface drainage was next to no drainage at all unless with concrete channelling and plentiful flushing.

ASPHALTING the footpaths should go on as soon as the funds at the disposal of the Council would admit, and

LIGHTING THE STREETS in the same way. The lighting system should begin at the centre of the town, radiating gradually till the Belts were illuminated.

BUILDING REGULATIONS, if stringent or oppressive, would stop building to a great extent. That would not be desirable. If a system of party walls of brick could be introduced, the requirements of the case would be met lor a long time, and no one would be oppressed. RESERVES. The Council would have to deal with these reserves so as to secure as large a revenue from them as possible to carry out the projected improvements and many more not then thought of. It would, also be the aim of the Coun cil to secure the pi { )P jq I RURAL LAND ENDOWMENT which might not be an easy matter; but the longer it was delayed the worse it would be to get, and less worth having when got. CONCLUSION. He would not weary them with the recapitulation of matters they knew as well as he did. If they elected him, he would, conjointly with the Council, make the most of everything for the good of the town. A Mayor without the Council’s confidence-could not do much, because, after all, he was only the Council’s chairman, and with such a team of Councillors as Ashburton was likely to supply, he w r ould not be allowed to go far wrong. Mr. William son would be glad to answer any ques tions, but hoped they would be lenient with him for their own sakes, as he expected to see them all standing some day either for Mayor or Councillors, and in that position a man wanted all the sympathy he could secure. (Loud applause.)

QUESTIONS. Mr. Quill requested Mr. Williamson to state what he knew of the origin of the Gas Company;! and to whom the ideaa of forming it belonged. Mr. Williamson knew nothing of the matter beyond the fact that a Mr. Hutchison had some time ago applied to the Road Board (of which the speaker was member for the town) for the right to open streets for the laying down of gas mains. He had opposed that application in the belief that such a monopoly would be prejudicial to the interests of the Municipality, if it chose to form a gaswork, or should a com pany be formed. Mr. J. Bradley said the closing of streets, where they crossed the railway, was a hardship to residents on the east side. Was Mr. Williamson in favor of having these streets opened up ? Mr. Williamson was in favor of open ing all these streets, but thought Go vernment would not agree to the whole being thrown open. In answer to a question by Mr. Bradley, re the divi sion of the town into wards, Mr. Williamson said he did not think it was desirable for a year or two. Mr. Bradley thought the speeches of both candidates seemed to favor the embellishment and improvement of all the business parts of the town to the neglect of others. Mr. Williamson did not think so. If works were to be undertaken they would begin at the place where most traffic was and where the work was most wanted,, but would not neces arily end there.

Mr. Bradley wanted to know if Mr. Williamson was in favor of lighting all the town, and if it would not be advisable, without even waiting for the introduction of gas, to place lamps in the neighborhood of such places as public balls and churches ? , . Mr. Williamson., favored the idea, and promised to do his best to secure for every interest w.hatn was Jairy-arid right. ' Mr.' Bradley then asked about the establishment of a common depot

for the fulzie of the town. Mr. William son was in favor of such a depot.

Mr. Parkin asked for information as to the town’s revenue ? Mr. Williamson said' rates could be levied to the extent of is. in the ordinary rate. Government would give pound for pound of rates raised, and besides there were reserve rents, license fees within, the Municipality, dog tax, &c. They ought also to receive from Government 2000 acres of rural land which was given to each borough. Some of the new boroughs had had difficulty .in getting their 2000 acres, and the Ashburton Borough Council ought to do their best to obtain what belonged to them. Mr. Parkin said the railway reserves were let for offices and retail stores, thus competing, free of borough rates, with freehold properties. This was manifestly, unfair. Would Mr. Wil liamson state his opinion on the mat ter?' if-CP-A I/'cLI : P

Mr.. Williamson did nor know the terms on which those reserves were let, but agreed with Mr. Parkin that their lease was unfair to freeholders.

Mr. Boyle asked if the township of Ashburton owed the declaration of its Municipality to the efforts of Mr. Bullock?

Mr. Williamson said that long before any steps were taken in the matter he had called on Mr. Bullock and sug gested it. Mr. Bullock was then luke* warm on the subject, and thought it premature. He mentioned the 2000 acres grant to Municipalities to Mr. .Bullock, who had not then thought of it, and Mr. Bullock’s enthusiasm began to rise from that time. There was no question that Mr. Bullock-had labored very hard in the cause since he took it in hand; - : - .. - . -

Mr. Legget asked if Mr. Williamson would use his influence in the Council; if elected, to increase the number of hotel licenses.

Mr. Williamson. —That would depend: altogether upon the requirements of the place. Mr. Legget .would like a definition of “the requirements of the place.” In London, drinking-houses were stuck everywhere, but it was questionable if they were all required. Mr. Williamson said as yet hotels were a necessity of society Some would have to exist. It was better, then, to give only such number of licenses as would enable the holders to make a fair living without being tempted to take doubtful mea sures to increase their profits. Mr. Legget—-Would Mr. Williamson endeavor ,to establish a free reading room ?. .

Mr. Williamson was under the im pression that the Ashburton reading room was free.

Dr. Trevor said it was only free to subscribers to the Library* Mr. Legget—Would it not be better to encourage the establishment of a free reading room than to encourage drink ing? Mr. Williamson Certainly. You would be better employed reading than drinking. .i - . •r Mr. Robinson pointed out that the cemetery had undergone a sectarian division, leaving Dissenters to be “ dumped down ” with the common herd who were not either Episcopalians or Catholics—special parts having been set aside for these. Did Mr. William son agree with that division of the ground ? Mr. Williamson was not particular as to where he might be buried, so long as it was done decently, but thought there should be no inequality between the rights of denominations. In answer to Dr. Kesteven, Mr. Wil liamson thought the police . reports proved there were enough hotels in in Ashburton.

Mr. Legget had asked a question of Mr. Bullock last week which had been considered irrelevent. He did not think it was so, but the reverse. He would ask it again. Mr. Bullock had supported a policy in the past which was antagonistic to the interests of the working men; Did Mr. Williamson support such a policy ?

Mr. Williamson said his interest was with the working men. If they had not a body of thriving working men they would not have a thriving community. Working men were the rough blocks of the structure ; take them away -and the superstructure fell to pieces. Mr. Bradley asked if absentees who were not on the roll, and who, he pre sumed from that,, paid no rates, would be allowed to go free and thus to reap the benefit of increased value on their properties without paying their share of rates ? Mr. Williamson would tax such ab sentees up to the full selling value of their properties. Mr. Bartlett suggested that if hotels were reduced in number, the police would have no excuse for knocking about drunken men as they did. Mr. Williamson said, te hotels, we

must either have a number sufficient far the town’s wants as regards accom modation or we must have none.

Mr. Bradley asked if Mr. Williamson thought it advisable to spend money on the old building in the river bed to make a Court House of it, when a new one could be procured at a not much greater outlay on a better site ?' * Mr. Williamson thought they ought to have a new Court House altogether, and the old buildings referred to re moved.

Mr. Haydon asked if Mr. Williamson would use his influence as Mayor, if elected, to suppress the glaring acts of cruelty to animals every day witnessed.

Mr. Williamson would use his in fluence in any capacity to do so. Mr. Bullock then being asked to speak, said nothing had transpired since he last addressed them, and he would take an opportunity of addressing them at the nomination on Monday, if any thing did transpire. He denied ever having said he owned two-thirds of the property in town. Mr. Friedlander in a few words hav ing. proposed that Mr. Williamson was a fit and proper person to fill the office of first Mayor of Ashburton, and that the meeting had full confidence in him, and Mr. Parkin having seconded, the motion was put to the meeting and declared carried, six or seven hands being held up against the motion. . : :

~ A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the meeting.

LOCAL AND GENERAL .

Charitable Donation. —Sergeant Felton acknowledges receipt of from a gentleman in town towards the relief of the old man found starving, by the river bed last week.

Putting the Stone. —On Saturday afternoon Mr. Matthew Smith, builder,’ and Mr. Robert Frame, railway guard,: tried conclusions a-side at putting the stone. The match came’ off on Messrs. Saunders Bros.’ section opposite the railway, and resulted in. a .win by about .18 inches for Mr Frame.’. If will be remembered that Mr Smith took first prize at the last Athletic games in Ashburton.

Foot Racing—Mr W. B. Compton and Mr C. Risely, backed by friends to the extent of a-side, are to ‘ fun their promised 100 yds race this day week, (Monday 2nd Sept.) The ground will most probably. be Mr Hay T. Smith’s paddock. Probably the same ground will be selected • foj!;a 200 yds race for. stakes of a like amount between Messrs Compton and A.rther, which race will.come off on Sa urday the 7th. Municipal.—To-day at twelve o’clock the returning Officer issued the return ot nominations for the Mayoralty and Council seats, and also for the offices of Auditors; The names of those nominated are given in our advertising columns. On Friday in the Town Hall at 12 o’clock Messrs Bristo and Zouch will be declared duly elected auditors there being no other nominations. Robbery at the Rakaia. —The police have received . information of a robbery at .Rakaia. It' appears that Mr. Nicholas Welsh, saddler, Rakaia, had left his shop at half-past six on Saturday evening, but omitted to lock the door, leaving the key in the lock. At half-past seven on Sunday morning the shop was found open, and worth of saddlery, harness, brushes, and stable furniture are missing. As yet there is no clue to the thief.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

New Orleans, Auvust 23. Yellow fever is raging throughout all Louisiana.

Vienna, August 23.

The announcement of a convention between Austria and Turkey is pre mature. ’ if ‘-'-d'.? i I i

The Austrian press advocates the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Constantinople, August 23. {

The Russians attacked the Mussul man insurgents in the Rhodope moun tains, but the result was indicisive.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.]

Auckland, August 24.

Two boys went into the stable of the Scarborough, Remuera, last night, and lighted a piece of tow hanging from the roof for amusement. The tow blazed up, and they ran away. *The stable sheds, with the hay, valued in all at were destroyed. There was <no insurance. ; .

Dunedin, August 25.- Northern visitors will be entertained at a banquet on Saturday, Sep. 5.

At the inquest held on Mrs Cowan yesterday, the jury returned—“ That her death was due to disease, and to a wound inflicted by herself while in a state of temporary insanity.” Wellington, August 25. One of the leading brewers here has offered the trade to pay the beer tax equally between them, he paying half and they the other half. A meeting of brewers and publicans is called to consider this proposal,

The Evening Echo, Monday, August 26, 1878,



STAR OF ASHBURTON L.0.L., No. 23.



HTHE Monthly MEETING of the above -*• Lodge will be held in the Library Hall on TUESDAY, 27th inst., at 7.30 p.m. By order W.M. T. JORDAN, Secretary.



NOTICE.



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BOROUGH OF ASHB'URTQTST. ELECTION OF MAYOR, NINE "COUN CILLORS, AND TWO AUDITORS./!. IN pursuance of the Regulations -of the ■ “Local Elections Act, 1876,” I Hereby Give Notice that the following gentlemen have been duly Nominated as Candidates to'fill the office of MAYOR for this Borough ula?. Thomas Bullock, . r-n 1 • Donald Williamson. That the following gentlemen have been, duly Nominated to fill the office of COUNCIL LORS of said Borough. Robert William Shearman . Rudolph Friedlander -—.Andrew Orr • ... Joseph Ivess .... . ‘ ; ' 1 ' Donald Williamson ’ 1 : ! ‘ ■ James Campbell George Parkin Ji’i V Thomas Quill ■ John Fowler ■ ! , Hemmingway Firth , v, r, ' P, f ... George Millar Robinson. . Edward Saunders r-i’' -; . l,! Weymouth Roberts e^smoC) ..Joseph Leggett • Knud Sando *' John .Richard Chapman '.jOOyJ j And that the. Two following gentlemen have been 'duly nominated to fill the •' Office of AUDITORS of the said Borough,:- | Henry John Bristo, William Hall Zouch. And I further give notice that, under Sec tion 14 ofthe said Act, a : . poll,will be taken at the TOWNg HALL, .in the Borough of Ashburton, to elect a MAYOR, on MONDAY, the"2nd -September next.) t i>" yishinT To elect NINE of, the: above candidates to fill the office of Councillors, on WEDNES DAY, 4th September next. , .The poll .will, OPEN;,at ! 9'. ai nST arfdf at 6 p.m. on each day. CHARLES BRADDELL, •' Town Clerk. „ WANTED- KNOWN.. T HAT S ANDO’S: BREAD CART will be round Every Morning. 1 ‘ -‘Please leave orders at the Shop, East-stret, near the Echo Office. _ s v. 'v \ town; SECTION. "ANTED, to.purcliase, in or near East street, a Quarter-acre SECTION. ■ > .. Apply, by letter, stating price, &c., A.B. office of this paper., , , .. r BOARD AND RESIDENCE; ' COMMC Young.] A CCOMMODATION for a few .respectable Xjl Young Men. Apply at Echo Office;;



ESSRS.- SAUNDERS BROS, tiave'completed arrangements with Mr. K. Sando for Sale of their Bread, and invite all requiring a Good and Cheap Article to purchase from • •- K. SANDO 5 , i *** jiT3 r M, East Street, Ashburton.



JOB LOT. -DOZ. Ladies’ Colored; Josephine! HD y GLOVES, slightly spotted, will'he sold .. . 1/-. PER -PAIR. . " ORR & CO.



WORKER'S EIPIR|< BOARDjKC,HOUSE 1 • Parkins’s"Steam Saw lAillsJi M R. G. WpßNEß.begs,.to_ intimate to the .. - v * public"oiiAsliliurfoiiithat; fee has pur chased the Boarding-house recently kep by Mr. T. Bradford, and having made extensive ■ alterations, lie is,now ■ prepared to. supply first class accommodation - to. boarders,-. ana/others visiting Ashburton. Meals i/-;? Beer given with dinner ; Beds if- Board per week, ;£i. 1 G. WORNER, Proprietor. HOW TO PROCURE' A SEWING .MACHINE EASILY. ' ■ ■ • ' ' '■ ■■ ; ; , ' • ~ -/ GREAT ADVANTAGE OFFERED ORR and CO, By the TIME PAYMENT SYSTEM places the SINGER HOUSEHOLD' arid HOWE MACHINES' within easy reach of all;- ■ : .*< if?!'?')/ A t • Payments —-Weekly or Monthly. ORR & CO., fi-IH . ,-:ui ■w. !‘i U "i.irJJap .0.0 Sole Agents for : the 'above' Machines in .0] ::. ir. viin:'6niK| n/00 A. Ashburton,