ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

K AND COMMISSION AGENTS— Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings H. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. &X.CHITECT AND CIVIL ENGINEER S. W. Brown, East-street S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings B. Mouiitfort, East Street

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

Barristers and Solicitors — Mr. Branson, East-street Mr. E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings Bakers, Confectioners, Etc.-t- Thomas Hicks, Tancred-street Taylor and Lill, East-street,

Banks— • v f-i- . Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street

B lARDING PIOUSE KEEPERS— , ' ' ' J. 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-stieet Thos. Williams, Tinwald Booksellers and Stationers— A; Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Furness and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East* ’ street South Bootmakers — E 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 inwalcl 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. Hessey, 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. Bircwell, 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., EasCstreet

Aitken and Co., Havelock-street S. Hardley, East-street Ladies’ Clothing Establishment— Mrs. Morey, Tancred Street. Painter, & c.-r- 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-street. Saddlers— Thomas Hudson, Burnett-street Surveyors— C. El' Fpoks 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 a 5 follows :

For Christchurch and North at 10 a.m,, 4 p.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, Waterton, 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. Mails for the United Kingdom, via “San Francisco, close in Christchurch at 1 p.m on Friday next.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

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

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

ARRIVED. August 14 —Hawea, s.s., from South SAILED. August 14 —Hawea, s.s., for North.

Bluff, Tuesday.

Arrived— Taiarua, from Melbourne via Ho bartown. Left Melbourne on August 7. She leaves for Dunedin to-morrow. Brings 400 tons of cargo and 18 passengers for all ports.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Evening Echo. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1878.

Letters of naturalisation are gazetted as having been issued amongst others to Mr Knud Sando of Ashburton. The Gazette is dated 6th August.

The Mayoralty.— A meeting of Mr. Williamson’s supporters was held in the Commercial Hotel last evening, at which a large number of the electors attended. A working committee, was duly appointed, and all necessary ar rangements made to ensure his return.

Mr Knud Sando sent our staff to day a huge square of a new brand of tobacco, which he calls “ Waterlily Golden Block.” The inveterates in the chumship, pronounce the Block to be consolidated perfection and its donor a brick,

Parliamentary.— Yesterday, the House of Representatives went into, Committee on the Estimates which oc cupied the greater part of-the sitting., In the evening the Electoral Bill was under debate. The speakers were Sir George Grey, Mr Gisborne, Mr Saun ders, Mr HodginsOn, Mr Bowen, Mr Sutton, and Mr Woolcock. The debate was adjourned till to-day, the House rising at 11.50.

Ashton. —Last evening an enter tertainment was held in the school at Ashton in aid of the Wesleyan Missions and Aged Ministers Fund. The Rev. Mr Marten was Chairman, and explained ■the purpose of the meeting, making a few remarks relative to the missionary work of the Society and how it was sup ported. The fund at present was very much overdrawn, but they had resolved to make great efforts this year in sup port of the work and to reduce the debt. The entertainment consisted of readings and songs, given principally by gentlemen from Ashburton. The attend ance was good, and the audience seemed highly pleased with the bill of fare.

Licensed. Victuallers. —A meet ing’of the licensed victuallers in this district was held yesterday in the Somer set Hotel. The meeting was called by circular, and Messrs Power, Bryant, Shearman, Scott, M‘Kenzie, Qurll, and Butler were-present. Mr Shearman was called to the chair, and stated the object -of the meeting. which was to secure as far as possible the co-opera tion of the licensed victuallers in the district to oppose the granting of any further licenses. It was suggested that the services of a solicitor should be se cured generally to watch over the. inte rests of the licensed victuallers in the district, and the Chairman was em powered to wait upon Mr G. D. Branson, solicitor, with this view. A letter was read from Mr George Harper, solicitor, Christchurch, stating that he would ap pear at the next Licensing Court on be half of the Licensed Victuallers’ Asso ciation. A resolution was passed to oppose the granting in this county of any license likely to affect any present holder of a license, unless sufficient cause were shown that such license was necessary. The Chairman was -re quested to write to those gentlemen who had not responded to the circular, to ascertain their willingness or' other wise to join with those present |n pro tecting ’their interests. . The meeting then adjourned till the 26th inst.

For some time it has been the custom .to kill the chrysalis of the silkworm by the application of heat, which destroys the albumen of the silk and impairs its value. It has been recently discovered that the worm can be suffocated by gases, which leaves the silk unimpaired.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The ordinary meeting of the com mittee was held last night. Present:— Dr. Stewart (chairman), and Messrs. Williamson, Parkin, and .Shury. „ There was also a good attendance of the public. The minutes read, the Chairman said before passing them he wished to state, referring to clauses in them, that he was not responsible for the classifi cation of the candidates for the master ship, and he had read out the grades of the candidates correctly. He Would not sign the.mmutes as tlrey were. Mr. Shury —Do you mean to say the minutes are incorrect ? Do you dispute that .when I was writing down the names of the eight persons you read them out from my list • • - * The Chairman said that he did not ; but what he read he read correctly. Mr. Shury had made a public state ment to the contrary.

’ 'Mr. Shury moved that the minutes be confirmed. Mr. Parkin would not second, being ignorant as to whether they were cor rect or not.

Mr. Shury (to chairman) —Do you deny that this is the list you read from ? I move again that the minutes be con firmed. "The chairman read this iden tical list, and afterwards. used the same paper to record the votes on. I will ask Mr. Williamson if he : knows any thing of this paper ? Mr. Williamson said when that list was made out it was not contemplated that it would be required again. He could not speak for it's accuracy or otherwise.

The Chairman would sign.the mi nutes if the classifications were struck out. He could not sign them when they contained an unfounded aspersion on his, veracity. Mr. Shury had said lie read out incorrect information. The minutes were signed subject to a reservation as to the classification of the candidates. Mr. Shury objected to such signing of the minutes. They should be signed, or amended and then confirmed. Minutes of a special meeting were read. These were objected to by Messrs. Parkin and Williamson on the ground that Mr. Shury did not ask to have his .protest sent to the Board of Education along with the chairman’s letter reaffirming the committee’s deci sion.

The minutes were signed ultimately, subject to the expunging of Mr. Shury’s protest. Mr. Parkin objected to minutes being taken on slipsjjof papery it jeopardised the accuracy and fullness of the record. If Mr. Shury had asked to have his protest forwarded, liberty to -do so would have beed granted. A discussion then took place re the incompleteness of the committee by Mr. Winter’s resignation. Ultimately Mr. Doheny was elected to fill the vacancy, Mr. Parkin, who proposed him,. adducing the religious denomina tion to which Mr. Doherty belonged, and which was not represented at the committee, as a claim to election. Mr. Williamson seconded Mr. Doherty’s nomination.

f Mr. Shury then read out several reso lutions he desired to .move, correcting alleged errors in the minuted classifica tion of the candidates, and producing the actual certificates, to prove the accuracy of the amendments he de sired to make. These were not se conded.

After the first resolution had been read, Messrs. Williamson and Parkin rose to go, complaining that the busi ness was not being done, and they had no time to devote to trifling of this nature. Mr. Williamson, however, re turned. !

Mr. Shury pointed..out..that Mr. Stott was guilty of a grammatical error in a letter written by him to the committee, in which he wrote “ I have forgot the address,” instead of forgotten, . The Chairman said, referring to Mr. Shury’s resolutions, those matters had all been settled, the whole question was now in the hands of the Education Board, and the committee were not going back on their work, The wisest course would be to allow matters to rest as they were. The ordinary monthly business of the committee was then taken up.

Letters were read from the Board of Education, one of which enclosed the Government circular we recently pub lished offering facilities to public school pupils in obtaining civil service appoint ments.

From the Canterbury Domain Board, stating that orders for trees had been posted on the 21st June. Mr, Shury said he had received about 1000 trees, which he would advise should be heeled down in .the master's garden for the present. Agreed to. •. ■ r : r . ■ Telegram from Mr Stott accepting con ditional appointment j from same, stat*

ing readiness to commence duties on the 19th August. Letter from Mr. Cave, architect, en closing plans of Tinwald school. All the correspondence with the -Board of Education re Mr. Stott’s.nomi nation and- certificates; the.gist of which has already been.published; Mr. Shury said he had vvritten to Mr. Stott, asking him not to resign his school untiihisappointmenthadbeen confirmed as applicati ms from four gentlemen of higher, qualification were to be sent to the Board of Education. The committee decided not to nomi nate anyone for the vacancy in-the Education Board.

.Af er passing several- accounts the business terminated.

Mr. Shury 'said that, before they parted he wished them to know he should send his own ideas to the Board t,of-Education since they would not pass \he minutes. < . , *• 0 ... •.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

London, August, r.2

Mr. Forster’s refusal to pledge him self to accept the decision of the •Liberal Committee of Bradford at next election,is, causing much comment' as affecting the attempted establishment of the caucus system in England. It is believed the Bosnian insurgents number 100,000 fighting men. ' English and French Assyrian Railway schemes have been submitted to the Porte. They include one through the Euphrates Valley. The Chimborazo arrived at Plymouth in 39 days from Adelaide thus antici pating Suez mails. The Canadian papers exhibit enthu siam at the appointment of the Marquis of Lome and the presence among them of the Princess Louise. They say this policy has sealed the union of the Colo nies to the Empire. A portion of the Indian contingent has embarked for India. • > There have been serious riots at Odessa.

Democratic meetings are being held in; Italy for .the annexation of Tyrol. / The Irish Sunday Closing Bill has passed the the House of Commons. The Bank.of England has raised the official minimum to 5 per cent.

The British aiid -Australasian Trust Copipany’s (capital Two millions) first issue of one million was subscribed two fold. r \

• • • Constantinople, August 12. The Mahomedan population of-the Province of Batoum assembles to re sist Russian occupation. London, August 13. ' The Chancellor of the Exchequor, in reply to a question, said that the British ironclad ■ squadron would quit the Sea of Marmora when the Russians had evacuated Turkey. Bombay, August 13. The Indian Government despatches missions to Cabul, where a Russian mission has arrived. ■ : London, Undated. The Australians played against Dud ley, their first innings closing for 57; the first, innings of their opponents closed for' 33. The bowling of the Australians was very effective; Boyle took 12 wickets for 19, and Garrett 5 for 12. The Australians in their se cond innings have 3 out for 23. The Wicket is dead.

AUSTRALIAN.

Arrived—Wakatipu. .George Alfred Lloyd and Co. have stopped payment.■

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per. Press Agency.]

Auckland, Tuesday.

The brewers and publicans are twit ting each other with the amount of profits made by each. It is expected that the amount of duty will be equally divided between them, with no increase to the consumer. The beer tax and the: reductions in tea and sugar are generally very favorably received. The complaint made by the publicans is more against brewers for raising the price above the tax than against the tax itself. Three meetings of licensed victuallers have been held, but the only resolutions' carried at them were in. favor of a meeting with the brewers, which has been . arranged for to-morrow.

Wellington, Tuesday.

At the Couiity Conference to-day, it was resolved “ That auctioneers’ and other license fees should belong to the county in which they are collected, but if the license is used in more than one county or borough, the license fees shall be divided among such bodies,”

“ That when Road Boards shall fail to elect trustees and governing body, then such road district shall merge into,the county.” “ That whenever an owner of land cannot be found, all retes overdue shall be charged against the land rates.” A committee was appointed to draw up q final-report. Dunedin, Tuesday.

In a small parcel of minerals lately forwarded to Professor Ulrich from the Mount Stewart district, he found three true Oriental rubies and a sapphire. These gems were small, but it. is ex pected that larger ones exist’ in the' same- locality.

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

[By Telegraph.] . (Per Tararua , via Bluff.) The mail news is to July 6 : A Roman priest who-won 2,780,000 lire in the State lottery, on being be trayed by a confederate, has been com pelled fo escape to Switzerland. ‘ ' In consequence of the factious oppo sition of the Jesuits, the Pope has threatened, through the General of the the Order, the expulsion of certain Jesuits from Italy. ; Leo XIII. is endeavoring to turn out the nest of parasites established at the Vatican, while they are plotring to oust Father Pecci. the Pope’s brother. The Pope has written a strong letter to Car dinal Monacola Valetta, censuring the suppression of religious instruction in schools and the abstention of Catholics in the administration elections.

Steps are being taken, through Car dinal Cullen, towards establishing rela tions between the Vatican' and English Government.

The Municipal Council of Berlin has voted 60,006 marks fora painting by Herr Von Werner, of a picture com memorating the Congress. -- ' ; \l,j The King of Dahomey having refused to pay the balance of the fine of 200 puncheons of palm oil, has been in formed that the bombardment of Why dah will be renewed. It is expected/ however, that the fine will be paid by French traders. Sir Wilfrid Lawson’s Permissive Bill has again been debated, and lost by a majority of 194 votes. Action is being taken in London to press upon the Home Government the necessity of at once annexing New Guinea.

Retired Bishops have not- been in vited to take part in the Pan-Anglican Conference. Dr Jenner, late Bishop of Dunedin, strongly protested against this in a letter to the Times. ■ Eighty Bishops attending the Synod were entertained by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House. • •

has already been paid in as the result of last Sunday’s Hospital Fund from the metropolitan churches.

At the Royal Counties Agricultural Show, Southampton, the Queen took first prize in the Hereford class.

Petroleum has been found to greatly deteriorate if placed in lead tanks. Zinc, ordinary tin solder and galvanised iron, all spoil oil. Stoneware or. slate is recomended as superior to metal for tanks. A Considerate Hotel. —ln no city in the United States is the travel stained, weary traveller taken as good I care of as he is in a San Antonio hotel. The manners and customs of the guest are carefully studied. A young man from the frontier, stopping at one of the said hotels, told the clerk the other evening that he was going •to be out late. “Just wait a minute,” replied the accommodating clerk as he rushed , off, soon re-appearing with a large en velope, which he piaced in the guest’s breast pocket with the remark —“ That is a bond, properly signed for your appearance before the Recorder... As soon as you are arrested for beingin ;capable and disorderly, just give the bond to the policeman, mention my name to him, and he will bring you home in a hack. Goodnight.”. - Education in China. John Chinaman always has been a human puzzle. Judging from various accounts, he is now awaking to the advantages of fuller and more complete communica tions than he at present enjoys 'With the “ Western barbarians ” —otherwise, English and American people, In Hong Kong, evening schools ar§ to be forthwith started, at which the English language is to be taught to the Chinese scholars, “ to the exclusion of all other kinds of teachingthe intention therein being, we are told, that the pupils shall be thus educated to fit them “ for be coming servants, shop-people, and arti sans for the Australian aud American fields of labor.” Whilst from another source we also learn that in the city of Hartford, in America, the Chinese Go vernment - is maintaining at an expense of 100,000 dollars a year a school whereat “ more than a hundred Chinese boys are going through an educational, course that is to last fifteen years," I

AN OLD MAN’S MELANCHOLY.

We--were impressed not long since with a brief experience of a.good old man who was slightly intoxicated for one night only, as related by himself. ' ‘.I went home angry and ashamed/ he said, £and half; gone with horror in anticipation of what my wife Sarah would 'say about it. I took off my shoes and hung them on the gatepost in .the excess of my caution and timidity. I got into the house with marvellous dex terity, and into the bed-room without making the- islightest’ noiser— SaTah„:alr ways -slept in front.:;-? t Th.e foot-board was unusually high' and I was-never, -much of a gymnast, but my success thus far had t impressed me so that-1 felt . equal to almost anything.’ ' ; A His sadness was such that his hearers were sad, too, and one youug person was so much agitated at his long pause and his deep sighs that he burst-forth, ‘ I see how it is, you probably fell - and broke your neck.’ , \ ‘No, my young friend/ replied tHe old man, ‘it wasn’t that.Jf'Lclimbed, that foot-board slowly, painfully,- and with the utmost caution and secrecy. You have heard, perhaps, how exces sively large and threatening every noise is in the stillness of a. dark night, par- • ticularly when you are trying to keep, ; still yourself, and occasionally straining your ears in fear of some sound that is nevertheless expected and pretty, sure to come. ‘ That was what ailed me. My heart beat like a drum, and the clock in the room ticked as if it would have liked to arouse the entire neigh borhood. I got safely down into that bed and under ..the clothes. I laughed to myself till the bed shook. My. fear had given place to an unnatural hilar ity. ; I grinned and chuckled, and r was exceedingly absurd. I can never think of that time without shuddering and wishing that somebody, .would hand me a sponge Wherewith *to wipe f itv out It struck me suddenly that Sarah was unnaturally still. I put my hand over to her side of the bed. and, merci ful heavens— — T’ ‘ . ~ >• ’

‘ Was she dead ?’ inquired the young person, his jaw’falling, and his eyes standing out with intense anxiety/ - .' ‘ No, young feller,’ replied the good old man; ‘she-was not there,She had gone to a neigbour’s to pass the night, and,'insufferable idiot that I was ! I had forgotten al\-about it.’' He bowed his head in his trembling hands, and the: team trickled . through his fingers and ran down his long grey ; beard. ‘ , ''Av

The Evening Echo, Wednesday, August 14, 1878.



ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST. d. d. Butter, inferior to best,1? lb i 4 to I 6 Eggs, I? dozen r - 1 6 to 0 0 Bacon, prime smoked, $ lb 0 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, 4? roolb 13 6 tb 15 0 Oatmerh $ ioolb - 26 0 to 0 0 Lard, $ lb - - - 0 9 to 0 0



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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,:. .anda General' Stores., OrR & offer special advantages to the public thatcan be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. Th'ey keep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which befcn bought entirely upon cash terms,theyare 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 buy their goods at the same prices as the best judges.—Advt



SONS OF. TEMPERANCE. THE usual fortnightly-Meeting will be held on This WEDNESDAY Evening, at 7.30 p.m., at Mr. ThoS. Andrews*. A full attendance is requested. - Business—Election of Trustees. . A. J./ANDREWS, R. S. ASHBURTON BOROUGH ELECTION. A MEETING of DONALD '.WILLIAM- A SON* Esqlf, -Working: Committee, will be held at the Commercial Hotel, : on THURS* DAY EVENING at 8 o’clock.. W. R.' BOYLE, '• Secretaiy. PUBLIC NOTICE. Licensing Act, .1873, Licensing Act Amend* * - > • J mint Actj. 1874. * ’ , - PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the next Quarterly Meeting of the Licensing Commissioners of the Ashburton and Mount Somers Districts, will be held at the Court House, Ashburton, on TUESDAY the third day of September next, at noon, for the pur pose of considering such applications as are authorised by the above Acts. JOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN, Clerk of the Court* Ashburton,. Augnst 3rd, 1878. TEN SHILLINGS REWARD, •T, OST in Ashburton, gt| Monday night, a -Lv Black apd Silvery Tan SHEEP DOG, with registered collar on. Answers to the name of Bob.” Reward will be paid by. .2 ; W...R,: BOYLE,. Moore-st; . EVENING CLASSES. MR. G. D. BOILEAU, Ashburton, is pre pared to give instruction in the various ranches of learning on Tuesdays and Fridays rom 7 to 9 p.m;. For terms and further p?> iculars, apply at the ECHO Office* .. “pENDERS are invited for the Erection bf 1 Shops and Offices, &c.', to be erected at rshburton for Messrs, a Saunders Bros., Plans, nd specifications may be seen at my office in it. Aaaph street, where tenders will be re* eived up till TUESDAY, the 20th inst. The jwcst-or any tender not necessarily accepted, J, S, M, JACOBSEN, - .