POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close i; follows :

For Christchurch and North at io a.m * p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at io a.m. daily. For Rakaia at io a.m., am! 4 p.m. daily.

ForTinwaid, Winslow, -Hinds, Coldstream,- Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.15 a.m. daily. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. _ •

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

The following letters are advertised at the Post Office, as having been received from places beyond the Colony, during the month of September, and remaining unclaimed on the Ist November 1878 : . Anderson, James (2) Collins, Fred. Finnerty, John Fansen, Emil ‘• Ford William Inkster, Christopher Kelleher, John Reilly, James - Welsh, William. r. : t J.W. E. Douglas, Postmaster.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Evening Echo. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1878.

The third session of the present Parlia ment has closed, and with it has closed many a bright hope in the breast of many an honest sanguine politician. Sir George Grey’s promises were abundant : they were not hazy, nor mysterious, and were not hedged by any oracular, double-mean ing sentences. They sounded like- the promises of a man who had left himself no safe way of retreat, but who meant to go forward or perish in the attempt. ‘•Give me,” said he to the working men of the colony, “your votes ; give me a respectable working majority in the House of Representatives, and I will give you the benefit of my experience and ability and courage and education to secure you every political privilege that a free, independent, order-loving, and intelligent people ought to enjoy. Every, man who has lived in the colony two years shall have a vote, and that vote shall not be neutralised by giving 45 votes to his richer neighbor. Your representatives shall come back to you for re-election at least every three years, and they shall be so distributed as to represent not sheep and land but people, and if I differ from your represen tatives we will both come to ; you for re election, and it shall be for you to say which of us are really seeking your welfare. You shall not pay taxes to make railways for the rich and to increase the value of their land, but your money shall be spent to educate your own children and to pro vide for your own poor, and sick, and aged ; whilst we will make the rich pay for their own railways and for the improve ment of their own properties. ” In response to these promises, and to up hold such a policy, a large majority was placed at Sir George’s bidding in the House of Representatives, and the means were given him to perform every one of his promises,—but not one of them has been fulfilled, not one of them has been even honestly attempted. With a large and at least partly servile majority in the House of Representatives, Sir George Grey has deliberately chosen to leave un touched all the measures which he described as so unjust, tyrannical, d oppressive, and, by his own statement, to leave “ seventy thousand of the pith and marrow of the colony in the position of slaves, having no voice in the Government they are compelled to obey.” Such a game can only be played cnee, and it is unfor tunate for Sir George that he was so soon placed in a position that enabled him to fulfil his promises if he had wished to do so, and deprived him of the power of blaming any other person or parties for the disappointment his supporters have suffered.

We have never had any sympathy for for the party Sir George Grey supplanted ; TT« have at all times been ready to support him through evil report or good report, in attempting to can T out tiie ob 3 ects _ he professed. °We have been ready to make allowonce for every t° find excuses fO? fWf pd W 9

benefit every doubt; but at the close of the session we are compelled to admit that his conduct throughout has been unmis takeably at variance with his professions ; that with every opportunity he had done nothing that ho promised, and if he has shown some hatred —which can benefit no .one—to his own class and his own peers, he has shown no real love and no' real desire to serve, to protect, to advance, or elevate the class he found it necessary .to conciliate, to flatter, and to cajole. Every act that he has committed since his acces sion to power, has been consistently in consistent Avith every promise that he made to the working men in his tour through the colony. Tne conduct of no professed Conservative was ever so inva riably inimical to the working classes. Wel linton turned officers out ot' their rooms to make way for liis wounded soldiers ; Peel gave us the repeal of the Corn LaAvs ; and, Disraeli alarmed Bright himself Avith the loAvness of his franchise ; but Sir George Grey, during his short reign, has been guilty of no single liberal act. To Avhat he described as that hot-bed of mere Avealth, Avithout brains or character or Avorth, —the Legislative Council—he ap pointed men, Avho, far beyond the appoint ments of any other Minister, Avere distin guished only by their Avealth. The “ Royal tours in the Government steamer” Avere never so extensive, nor so expensive, nor so exclusive as those made by Sir George and his partizans. In his Electoral Bill he was the first to propose that an educational qualification should be exacted from the poor and not from the rich, and that a poor man should also be required to reside four times -as long in the colony as a man of property before he could acquire a vote. • In his tariff he proposed to tax the poor man’s beer and to relieve the rich man’s wine. To tax the borrower of money and to give special advantages to the rich lender as compared to the man of small means Avho could only lend through a company, and Avhilst reckless in railways and railway contracts and immigration, he Avas niggardly in education, in hospi tals, asylums, and charitable aid. feix millions and a half Avere to be at once voted for railways, the same amount might be contracted for on deferred payments. A thousand immigrants Avere proposed to be introduced every month for tne next five years, at all seasons and under all circumstances and in any state of the labour market ; but for the education of our rising families and the maintenance of our suffering invalids Ave Avere told to “ exercise patience” and Avait until the working man’s Government could find leisure and means to attend to such unim portant trifles. Every reform that Avas to raise and elevate the Avorking man and remove degrading influences from his path Avas timidly Avithclrawn before the first breath of the rich-vested interests that Avished to continue to prey on his vices, and the members of the Government and their Avhips vied with each other in their efforts to conciliate the wealthy powers that were angered Avith their Licensing, their Bribeiy, and their Election Closing Bills. - •• ...) H . v

Finally, this lover of freedom and equality, this enemy of all oppression and monopoly, this martyr to. truth, who is willing to live in present obloquy in order that he may secure the “ blessings of mil lions yet unborn,” has placed a telegraph wire that would earn £SOOO a year to the colony if left open to all comers and give the public both sides of every public ques tion, at the exclusive service of three of his friends and trumpeters for £2OOO a year, or two-fiftlis of the. sum that the wire would otherwse earn for the colony, and to the entire suppression of any truth it might have circulated through the medium of independent newspapers. And this in addition to all the Government advertisements which are exclusively given as a reward for upholding the man who has upheld none of the principles he and his present followers have alike preferred. Well may such a Premier have all faith .in his own Electoral Bill and throw over the residential qualification which was to have given him seventy thousand bran new supporters from his own race, and rush into the arm 3 of his doubly-franchised Maoris who have proved so amenable to the potent influences which the colony places in the hands of a Native Minister so entirely after his own heart.

San Francisco Mail. The outward English mails, via San Francisco, will close at the Ashburton post office, on Friday next, tlie’gih instant, at io a. m.

Y.M.G.A. —The Ashburton Young Men’s Christian Association will hold their usual weekly meeting in their rooms, Montgomery’s buihimgs, this evening at 8 o’clock. Calico Ball.—At the usual meeting of the Court Star oi Ashburton, Ancient Order ol Foresters, held last night in the Teniplar Hali, it was decided that a calico ball should take place on New Year's Eve, under the auspices of the Order, and a committee ol energetic members was appointed to'complete the necessary arrangements. This being the first ball of the kind held in Ashburton, we presume the novelty of it will attract a large number of both sexes.

Next Weeks’ Holidays.—A B.otough notice requests the Burgesses to observe the afternoons of Wednesday and Thursday, and the whole of Friday, in next week, as holidays. The first-named days are the Ashburton race days, and the day following (Friday) is the date of Agiicultural show.

County Council Election.—Messrs. Charles lieed, of Westerfield, and E. G. Wright, of Windermere, are declared by the returning officer to have been returned un opposed for the Upper Ashburton Riding of the County. In the Mount Somers Riding Mr. W. C. Walker, the present Chairman ol the Council,' is not to be allowed a walk over, and a poll will be taken on the 13th of Nov. to settle conclusions between him and his oppo nents. There are two Councillors wanted for the riding, and the nomination sheet shows the names of Messrs. >V, C. Walker, Duncan Cameron, and Isaac -

WATERTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

ENTERTAINMENT AT LONGBEACH SCHOOL,

If any proof were required of the grow ing prosperity of Watsrton and surround ing district, the fact would be sufficient that the settlers find themselves in a position to supply to the services of reli gion such attendances as necessitate build ing places of worship to supply needful accommodation. It was only recently, that tho opening was celebrated of the Church of St. Philip and St. James —a neat little building, situate in the almost centre of the township—in which the services of the Anglican. Church are regu larly conducted, and good congregations are always secured. The services of the Presbyterian Church have hitherto been held in the Library Hall, Waterton, and the Asliton School—in each place monthly, thus giving a fortnightly service to the district. It has been considered by the Presbyterians in the Waterton district that they are sufficiently numerous and that the time has come for them to build a Presbyterian Church at some central point handy to the main body of the residents in the district, belonging to the denomination. Steps have therefore been taken to this end. A site has been secured in Dawson’s road, kindly given to the Church by the proprietor, and a subscription sheet is being sent round among friends of the cause. This sheet, we hear, is now well up to £2OO, and every prospect is given of harvest time finding the new church at Waterton an accomplished fact. To help the Waterton church some of the Ashburton Presbyterians suggested the idea of an entertainment at Longbeach school. The Building Committee accepted the suggestion, and their arrangements had a most satisfactory culmination last blight. A small, but certainly efficient concert company of amateurs were got together in town to give an entertainment on the evening of Guy Fawkes day, under the chairmanship of Dr. E. Macbean Stewart, who kindly undertook this posi tion in the absence of the Rev. Mr. Burnett in the Noith Island. To convey the party to Waterton Mr. Edward Cook son’s large coach used on the Mount Somers road was kindly given for a nomi nal hire, and horses were lent for the occasion by Messrs. G. F. Scott, Joseph Canning, and Andrew Orr. With Mr. G. F. Scott holding the ribbons, and liis pet “ Captain” doing duty as leader, the turn out drove off about 5 o’clock, unfortunately without Dr. Stewart, who was called away to a case of severe illness just as he was about to enter the coach. Arrived at Waterton, after being kindly entertained at Mr. Thomas Taylor's homestead, the party proceeded to the Longbeach school, where an audience of over 150 had col lected, which was considerably increased as the evening grew older. The purpose of the entertainment having been ex plained, Joseph Clarke, Esq., took the chair, and introduced the programme. This was made up of a judicious selec tion of concerted pieces, songs, &c. Miss Gates presided at a harmonium brought down from Ashburton on the coach, and during the evening sang several songs with her usual good taste; Mr. H. A. Gates was, of course, the “life” of the evening, and repeated encores rewarded his efforts to please. Mr. G. F. Scott, who was in excellent voice, also contri buted several melodies, very well sung, aud two good songs were given by Mrs. Dunn, and well received. The other parts of the programme—duets, trios, recitations, &c.—were gone through very creditably, and the entertainment closed at 10 o’cleck, with votes of thanks to the chairman, to the singers, to Mr. Cookson for his coach, and to Mr. G. F. Scott for the interest he had taken in the entertain ment throughout, and' to the gentlemen who had kindly supplied horses. The party from town, having again par taken of Mr Taylor’s hospitality, started for home, which they reached safely after a very pleasant ride in the moonlight. A sum of about £9 represents the amount to be handed over to the building fund as the financial result of the meeting.

An Extraordinary Invention. —The latest scientific story is told thus :—The “ Saturday Review" once declared. that the greatest benefactor of the human race would be he who could enable men to drink an unlimited quantity of wine with out getting drunk. Such a man has been found. l>r. Bell invented the telephone, but its wonders pale before the telegasto graph. This is ; an electrical machine by which the palate can be tickled and pleased by any flavor, and for any length of time, without fear of indigestion or of inebriety. By putting soup, or fish, or wine into a receptacle connected with a powerful battery, the taste of the daintiest viands‘can be conveyed along a telegraph wire for miles, and to an unlimited num ber of bons-yiyajits. They have only to put the wire in their mouths, and they seem to be eating and drinking. They may get drunk or. overfed; but the moment the contact is broken the evil effects pass off', and nothing remains but a ‘‘ deliglitful exhilaration. ’’ The inventor, however, keeps the modus operand! a perfect secret, and wishes to perfect his discovery before he discloses it to the world.

A Suit or a Suit(e)?— Husband : “ Why not take that dress, dear, and have done with it ?” Wife (with cutting irony) : “ Certainly, darling, if you don’t mind the expense of having the drawing-room re furnished.” Husband: “Drawing-room re-furnished?” Wife: “Well, yes ; you can hardly expect me to sit on a red sofa in a magenta dress ; and I should have thought that it was more economical to have a dress to suit the room than to have the room altered to suit the dress. But you know best— of course 1 ” Husband collapses—" Funny Folks."

CHRISTCHURCH RACE MEETING.

By Telegraph.

(from our own correspondent. )

FIRST DAY.

Canterbury Jockey Club Handicap of 500 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 20 sovs. Second horse to receive 50 sovs. from the stake ; third horse to save his stake. Two miles. Maritana 1 Chancellor ... 2 Fishhook... ... ... ... ... 3 Splendid race. Time—2min. 361 secs. Railway Plate of 100 sovs. Entrance, 5 sovs. Weight for age. Half-a-riiile. Danebury ... ... ... ... 1 York 2 Ratcatcher ... 3 Hack Race of 10 sovs. Entrance, 1 sov. Catch weights. "Post entry. Half-a niile. ” Lothaii’ ... ... 1 Robin Hood ... 2

SECOND DAY.

Maiden Plate of 100 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Second horse to save his stake. For all horses that have never won a sweepstakes ! or plate of the value of 25 sovs. previous to entry. 1 The winner of the Derby to cany 71b. penalty. Weight for age. One mile arid a half. Nemo ... ... ... •' 1 Pinfire ... ... ... ... ... 2 Dundee ... ... ... ... ... 3 Canterbury Cup of 500 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 20 sovs. ; second horse to receive 50 so vs, "from the stake ; third horse to save his stake. 10 sovs. by 9 p.m. the evening before the race. 3 yrs., 7st lib. ; 4 yrs., 9st.; 5 yrs, 9st. 71b. ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st. 9ib. Two and a quarter miles. Templeton ... ... ... ... 1 iishiiook... ... ... ... ... 2 Natator ... ... ... ... ... 3 Time 4min. llsec. Six started, and it was a splendid race. The attendance was very large.

A FEARFUL PRACTICAL JOKE.

(From the New York Herald.)

Every spot here has fits romance or its tragedy, and the fairy suspension bridge for carriages and foot passengers which was stretched in 1869 "one eighth of a mile below the American cataract revives the memory of several curious occurrences. When Blondin came in 1869 he had at first a good mind to stretch his rope across where this bridge is, but the space was too wide (the bridge itself was the longest in the world, its roadway being 1300 feet from bank to bank.) Consequently Blon din had his rope stretched about a mile below the Falls, and even there it was 1200 feet long. On both side 3of the river enclosures were built around the rope, in to which ticket buyers were admitted, and where the acrobat had his dressing rooms. He was to start on the first occasion from the Canadian side, and within the enclo sures were a number of invited guests. Among them were Henry W. Faxon, then the “ local editor ” of the Buffalo “ Repub lic ” newspaper, and writer. Faxon was a wit of more than local renown, and Blondin had for some reason taken a great liking to him. While Faxon stood—laughing and jesti'ig as was his way—on the edge of the precipice overlooking the river 150 feet below, Blondin appeared, a few feet behind. He was just about to attempt • the most daring feat upon the tight rope that had ever been performed, and what took place will show his iron nerve and reckless temper. He saw that Faxon, gazing out across the river, was uncon scious of his presence. Motioning to me for silence, by pressing his fingers to his lips, he seized Faxon under both armpits and held him out for a second or two over the verge. Faxon must have weighed 165 pounds. His coinbenance when Blondin laid hold of him was irradiated with .mirth. When Blondin drew back and dropped him on the green sward, he sank there in a heap, horror-stricken by a shock his nervous system never fully recovered. In the next instant Blondin, grasping the heavy balancing pole, danced out upon nis rope beyond the fearful precipice, aud turning to enjoy the effect of Iris manoeuvre, salute a his indignant friend with a gesture indescribably outre. He was a man with out physical fear because he was almost totally without abnormal nervous feeling of any kind. His muscles were so hard that it was difficult to indent them. When lie stood upright, and assumed a certain rigidity, Iris arms and legs seemed to the touch like steel.

Vine Blight.—The phylloxera is spread, ing both in the northern and southern provinces oi bpain.

A “ Sydney Tif.”—if the Sydney police are not effective in preventing crime they are prompt enough in detecting it, having a dozen or more thieves in their employ. Ip this way they get a deal of credit which they do not deserve. Lest and Found.—A Home paper says : —“Another curious little story comes lrom Ayr. A merchant there lost a roll of £2O in bank notes, and after a diligent search in his office it could not be found. As a last venture, a search was made in a dungheap, outside the town, where the dustcarts disgorged their un savory contents, and there ttie missing notes were discovered. They had fallen on the floor of the merchant’s office,, been swept up as waste paper, and in that ignorable capacity been relegated to the dust cart. “Insulting the Emperor” is a misde meanor that keeps the German police courts pretty busy just now. Since Dr. Noebling went gunning for William there has been. 650 arrests for indulgence in the luxury of “cussing ” the powers that be. One man called the Kaiser “ the Boss Tweed of Germany.’ 1 He is tv be hung. I

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[l3y Submarine Cable.]

[Special to Globe.] London, Oct. 29.

A resultless interview has taken place between Layard an Labanoff, relative to the Bourgas outrage. Russia garrisons Bulgaria with troops sent from Adrianople. Stores are still leaving 'Woolwich for India

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, November 30. [Per Tararua via Bluff] On Sunday night last, Melbourne was startled by the intelligence from Mansfield that two constables had been shot dead, and that a sergeant of police was missing. It appears that two parties of police had been out in order to capture some bush rangers, headed by two brothers named Kelly. Whilst the party of four police were encamped in a rather inaccessible wooded country, the bushrangers, four in number, suddenly made their appearance and bailed up two of the constables, one of whom, on attempting to draw his re volver, was shot dead. The other sur rendered. Presently tlie sergeant and the . other man came in. . One. of the constables attempted to defend. himself, and he was . shot dead also. Mclntyre, who was uh armed and had- previously surrendered saw a chance, and made his escape by jumping on horseback. Shots were fired after him, and the horse was killed, but he escaped, and'reached Mansfield, a dis tance of twenty-five, miles, on foot; after hiding away for,some hours from his pur suers. Sergeant Kelly, who was left with the ruffians, has .not since been heard of, although every search was made, and it is believed lie has been shot. The affair has created the profoundest sensation, and armed parties of police have been sent out in pursuit. The country is very wild, and the capture of the desperate gang may be a work of difficulty and danger. The bodies of Constables Scanlan and Lornar gan have been brought, into Mansfield for burial. -' '

In August, 1877, a box containing five thousand sovereigns was stolen from the inail steamer China. The L police having got a clue to the robbery have arrested Marten Wabert, formerly a carpenter aboard the China, who since his discharge from the vessel has been living.on a selec tion on Sangal River, South Gippsland. His place was searched, and a number of so vereigns found, most cleverly secreted away in a carpenter’s plane and other tools in various parts of the log hut. He has since made a confession. Another person is im plicated. ~ Tlie prisoner stands remanded.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.] • Auckland, Tuesday.

The secretary of the Acclimatisation Society reports that the 3000 brown trout received from Otago were in a very bad condition, and 80 per cent, were useless. Greytown Tuesday.

The Hon. G. M. Waterhouse has for warded a cheque for £46 to the Greytown Institute for the purchose of books, being a third of his honorarium, which fie' has always distributed in this way. ‘ • o'; Dunedin, Tuesday. Subscription lists iff aid of tlie sufferers by recent floods are closed. The total amount collected is £2168.

A company is about to* be formed to establish tramway communication along the Peninsula side of the harbor. ’ v; y ! *- At the meeting of the City Council to day, Hawkins and Norris forwarded an ac count for a hundred guineas each for in specting the corporation books, and re porting thereon. Specifications were sub mitted for saltwater baths at. Ocean Beach.

A young lady named Dunbar, resident at Palmerston, sustained concussion., of the brain through jumping off the train whilst in motion.

Something New in Labels.—An old newspaper man from Ohio has started a drug store in the city of Detroit, and a lo cal paper, commenting on his innovations, remarks that he will either be. a million aire during the next three years, or ‘‘ bust ’’ in less than six months. His store is -very cheerful. Skulls, , crutches, forceps, ehromos, bones, false teeth, almanacs, parrots, and sticks of liquorice are scattered around in delightful profusion, and there isn’t a drawer or bottle without an original label. On one drawer he has : “ Glue— She sticks right by you, ; no matter what the weather.’’ On another; “Copperas — eat slowly and chew fine. ” On another : ‘ ‘ Paris green-—Sure in its operation—last ing in its effects. ” The label on one of the bottles reads : “.Buy some of me and stop that blamed cough. ’’ On another :1m Sal. petre—who are you?” On another: “Prussic acid —Don’t fool around with a revolver. ” Hanging against a wa lis a beautiful sign, which reads : “ Iff you don’t want to , ask for a fine comb/-just point your finger at me !” At the-back end of the store is a still larger sign, and it bears the tender sentiment: “ There is no flock without its missing lamb. Some times you find him in the bedstead. I keep the stuff to make him weary of life. Don’t ask for bed-bug poison, but call it ‘The Lost Lamb restorative. I shall know what you mean. ” The front of the store bears several happy thoughts. Among them is one reading: “Walk right in here if you had buckwheat for break fast last winter. ” Another says I can cure that red nose in just fourteen days. ” A third reads : “You man with the catarrh —please step this way. Homoepathia WW” ' , e .

Wednesday, November o, 1878.].

THE EVENING ECHO.



s. d. s. d. Gutter, inferior to best, lb I 3 to 0 0 Eggs, dozen 10 to I 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, w ioolb 12 6 to 14 0 Oatmeal, $ ioolb - 26 0 to 0 0 Lard, $ lb - - - 0 9 to 0 0



SATURDAY, 16th NOVEMBER. TOWNSHIP OF OATLANDS SITUATED ON THE WAKANUI RUN ! gg allotments, gg MESSRS BULLOCK & CO have re • ceived.' instructions from Messrs Winter and Roberts to offer for SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION, At their Rooms, East-street,‘Ashbiirton, on Saturday, the 16th November, . 99 Allotments in the Township of Oatlands, on the Wakanui Run, being at the junction of 6 main roads, dis tance about 8 miles from Ashburton, 7 miles from, Dromore, and 7| miles from Chertsey. 1 ' , ■ • • ■ : j--- We would call the special attention of speculators and others to this property, as from its position in the centre of a very extensive agricultural district, and being at the junction of so many roads it must of necessity command an share of the trade of the district, thus affording capital business opportunities for black smiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bakers, butchers, Ac., and as it has hitherto been the case that the earliest selectors in all new townships have done exceedingly well by their purchases, there is every rea son to belieye that this will do likewise. Full particulars given, and plans can be seen at the office of Bullock and Co. Terms liberal,, at sale. Sale at 1 30. • BULLOCK & CO., * Auctioneers.



BOARDING HOUSE FOR SALE IN THE BEST PART OF ASHBURTON. yfESSRS. BULLOCK & CO. have received instructions from the pro prietor, to offer for Sale by t ... r u PUBLIC AUCTION, f<JSAH3ia At their Rooms, East street, ON SATURDAY, 16th NOVEMBER, That newly-erected substantial and well built House containing— QK ROOMS, Situate ’in ..Wills street, a few yards from the Railway Station This two-storyed House is built upon solid concrete foundations, having an im posing frontage on the Wakanui road, the timbers used being of the best, heavy and well seasoned. The frontage is covered with rusticated boards finished in a su perior manner. The internal fittings have also been carefully attended to, and space has been so economised as to give rooms of all dimensions, suited either to single gentleman or members of families. On the ground floor are several comfortable sitting and reading rooms and large dining room most conveniently placed. That greatest of desiderata, a good kitchen with large and convenient range, .has not been overlooked, and no pains have been spared to make it equal to any similar building in the colony both for convenience and comfort. . The house is erected upon a £ acre sec tion and that in itself trom its position offers an additional inducement to intend ing purchasers. • Upon it is erected a com modious cooperage with bench,' arid chim ney, at present let to a good tenant. f urther particulars can be had from the Auctioneers. ... Terms liberal, at Sale. Sale at 1.30. BULLOCK & CO., Auctioneers.



CHARLES NEATE, Late f Messrs. Gould & Co v Christchurch), ■BEGS TO ANNOUNCE He has commenced business as CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, IN MOORE STREET 1 , ■ u ■(Opposite Messrs. Friedlander’s Store), ASHBURTON. ASHBURTON RACES NOTICE. THE Race Course is CLOSED against all Horses until the Race Meeting on Nov. 13th and 14th. Any trainers, jockeys, or horses using the course previous to the meeting will be disqualified. - • ■ By order, JAMES WILKIE, Hon. Sec. NEW BUSINESS. COAL & FIREWOOD MERCHANT I f. P. Le Breton, In commencing business begs respectfully to solicit a share of public support. Burnett Street, near Friendlander’s Grain Store, and opposite Montgomery's Buildings. Coal and Firewood supplied in any quantity cufltajpfr?, and delivered to all parts of



NOTICE. Advertisements for the evening Echo must be sent in not later than 3 p.m. with the number of insertions written plainly on the copy, or they will be inserted till counter manded, and charged accordingly. Subscriptions—'Quarterly, in advance, 6s. ; posted, Bs. 6d. ; per annum, in advance, 225. 6d. ; posted, 355. 6.1. ; weekly, paid to miners, 6d. Delivered to any part of the town, and at any. of the Railway Stations.



ENCOURAGE LOCAL INDUSTRIES. AO. AITKEN & CO. have much plea • sure in .informing the Gentlemen of Ashburton that they are prepared to take orders for New Spring and .Summer Suits. A- Perfect Fit Guaranteed,- and at Christchurch A. O. AITKEN & CO., TAILORS, Havelock Street, Ashburton.



WANTED, a Good Shoeing Smith. Apply to ROBB & BLYTH.