INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.]

Auckland, Wednesday.

Mr. Sheehan and party received a hearty welcome from the Natives at Tamahere. Tawhiao’s son and forty volunteer cavalry accompanied the party. The Maoris cheered the cavalry. The laud question between Ngatiraukawa and Ngatihaus is to be referred to the Land Court, which will sit on the 22nd inst.

Alexandra, Wednesday,

Now that the excitement of the Pre miers and Mr. Sheehan’s visit is over, the settlers are seriously considering the results, and are asking what returns the Kingites will give to Sir George Grey’s propositions. With regard to Rewi’s meeting with Ministers on Sunday, the result is not very clear. Rewi simply said he would not interfere. This, by his own people, is meant to say he had nothing to do with Tawhiao’s meeting, and felt himself free to pursue his own course of action.

Wellington, Wednesday,

Mr. Clark, the hydraulic engineer, has submitted to the Council an elaborate plan for the drainage of Wellington. He proposes the drainage of the lower part of the town by one drain, and the higher portion by another. The sewage from the lower drain to be lifted 20ft. above high water. The drainage of both sew ers to be afterwards received into a tunnel a mile and a quarter in length, and conveyed on to the sandy isthmus between Evans’ and Lyell’s. bay, which will be reached at a le\el of 22ft. above high water. Mr. Clark estimates that 40 miles of sewers will require to be constructed immediately. Of these a large proportion will be only 6in. in dia meter. He recommends the acquisition of 400 acres at Lyell’s Bay. He esti mates the total cost of the works at exclusive of the cost of land to be used as a depot. The total annual working charges are estimated at 10 , 1 54-

Hokitika, Wednesday. Unprecedehted weather has prevailed here for some weeks. For the last four days there has been a perfect hurricane with heavy rain, and there is no sign of abatement yet. The steamer Waipara broke her shaft at Okarito. A new shaft is being sent overland.

Shipping and other business is sus pended owing to the weather.

Dunedin, Wednesday. At a meeting of the Otago Institute last night, Mr. C. W. Purnell read a paper advocating that New Zealand and Australian Colonies should co-operate to fit out an Antarctic exploring expe dition. It scarcely led to any discus sion, and it was pointed out that while but little advantage could be expected from such an undertaking, there were several difficulties to prevent its suc cess.

A house belonging to Wilson of the Well park Brewery was destroyed by fire this morning. In a letter to the Daily Times this morning, Messrs. Proudfoot and M‘Kay attribute the delay in the Clinton con tract to the Government not having supplied locomotives and trucks ac cording to specifications. They have written to the Minister of Public Works informing him that they will suspend work on the contract in a week from the 7th instanl, unless the conditions be complied with.

Invercargill, Wednesday. At a meeting held last night to con sider the question of harbor defence, it was resolved that the Government be requested to provide a suitable number ot guns for the defence of Bluff Harbor and Waihopai Estuary.

( Special to the Press.)

Timaru, Wednesday. The owners of Pakeha, Brunette, and Shillelagh sent their horses to the Wai mate Steeplechase post on Tuesday, being the day originally advertised for the race meeting. They will now demand the stakes for the races for which they entered, and, failing payment, will take legal proceedings.

A man named Mullin was found dead in his bed at Fairlie Creek this morning. An inquest will be held.

The best thing in this world.—Take things as they come—take them easy— and take a good many of them. A Philadelphia convict has been granted a new trial because—in the language of the judge—“ his reason had been torn up by the roots and judgment jostled from her throne.”

Now, verily, the Ulster creepeth out of its summer coffin, and shaketh off the chips and cayenne pepper, and rouseth itself to a sense of its importance. An important personage has lately died in Siam in the shape of one of the King’s white elephants, and according to custom it was buried with the highest funeral honor. One hundred Buddhist priests officiated at the ceremony, and the body was conveyed to its last rest ing place accompanied by a procession of thirty state barges.

Most young people know the legend of Rip Van Winkle. The Japanese have one very much like it. A young man fishing in his boat on the ocean was invited by the goddess of the sea to her home beneath the waves. After three days he desired to see his old father and mother. On parting she gave him a golden casket and a key, but begged him never to open it. At the village where he lived all was changed, and he could get no trace of his parents, until an aged woman recollected having he: .d of their names, lie found their graves a hundred years old. Thinking that three days could not have made such a change, and that he was under a spell, he opened the casket. A white vapor rose, and under its influence the young man fell to the ground. lifs hair turned grey, his foim lost its youth, and in a few moments he died of old age. ’

THE EVENING ECFIO, THURSDAY, MAY 16, IS7S.



ASHBURTON SCHOOL COM MITTEE. NOTICE is hereby given the Compulsory Clauses of the Education Act, 1877, have been adopted by the Committee, and will now be ENFORCED against Parents and Guardians of all Children between the ages of 7 (seven) and 13 (thirteen) years neglecting to attend the school. F. MAC BEAN STEWART, Chairman. May 15, IS7B. ONE POUND RLWARH STRAYED from Ashburton, about the 9111 May, one BLACK HACK MARE, with white blaze down face, brand X on shoulder. Any person who will infoun Mr. E. Cookson of her whereabouts will receive the above reward. TO BOOTMAKERS. WANTED a good GENERAL HAND. Best wages given. Apply to T. Cham bers, East street. A TEMPERANCE SERMON will be Ti. Preached in the PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH on Sunday Evening next, by the Rev. W. B. Westbrooke. Subject—“ A Successful Total Abstinence Society 24 Centuries Ago.” K. SANDO. WANTED, a few Respectable YOUNG LADIES as Appteniices to the DRESS MAKING. • A. O. AITKEN & CO. FOR SALE. A FOUR Roomed Cottage on a Comer sec tion in Cox Street, Price moderate. Terms easy. Apply to W. R. BOYLE, . Moore Street. Food for the Mind and Refreshment for THE BODY. A WESTON’S COFFEE and PUBLIC • READING ROOMS, will be opened on Saturday, 11 th May. Pies and Coffee alv ays ready. GRATEFUL -COM PORTING. BREAKFAST COCOA. “ By a thorough knowledge of th« natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judi cious use of such articles o.’diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever theie is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.” —The Civil Service Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO., Homeopathic Chemists, London. < 1 'J‘I-1 E EVENING ECU O.” Town Agent, MR. A. WEST ON , Tancred-street.



MR. BRANSON, BARRISTER and SOLICITOR, HAS COMMENCED PRACTICE in ASHBURTON, and can be consulted at the SOMERSET HOTEL until he can obtain suitable Offices. LOST on Sunday in Ashburton, a CALICO BAG, containing a Cheque for j£B ios. and three £i notes. Reward on returning to Echo office. THE Public are Cautioned against Cashiag a lost N.Z. Bank Cheque, numbered 9462, as payment has been stopped. May 6th. WANTED Immediately, SEVERAL first class CARPENTERS and JOINERS. Highest wages given to really good hands.— TIIOS. WILLIAMS, Builder, Tin wild. WANTED, about the beginning of June a 3 or 4 roomed Cottage, to rent. Ad dress, W. “Echo” Office. WAN'I’ED —Three or Pour Intelligent MEN to circulate the “EVENING ECHO ” throughout the County. Apply at once. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MOTHERS. d °n ’T trouble yourself to make any Clothes for your little ones this Winter, as you WILL GET all you want Well-made and .Elegantly Finished at the ASHBURTON PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH GIFT AUCTION, which will be held shortly. Ashburton county STEEPLECHASE MEETING. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1878. PROGRAMME : I.—ASHBURTON COUNTY STEEPLE CHASE—Hand’cap of 30 sovs. added to a sweepstake of 2 sovs. for acceptors. Nominations i sov., over abou; 3 miles of fair hunting country. To siart : 1 noon. 2.—ASHBURTON HUNT CUP—For Sil ver Cup, value 15 sovs., with sdver mounted whip for rider, we’ght for age. About 2 miles. Gentlemen riders o he approved of by the committee ; entrance 1 sov. ; winner of theA.C.S.H. to carry iqlbs pena'ty. 3—THE FARMER’S PLATE of 15 sovs. We’ght for age—aboi. 1 1 /> miles; entrance I sov ; hoses to be ihe bona file property and ridden by Fanners or Farmer’s sons resident in the County, winner of the previous races to be excluded. 4.— MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE —of 10 sovs—Weight for age. Entrance, I sov ; 1 mile ; for horses that have not competed at this meeting. 5 HACK RACE of 5 sovs—About 1 mile; post entry, ios. catch weight.



BYE-LAWS. All races to be run under the New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase Rules, unless otherwise specified. No hor»e shall be qualified to run at this meeting, unless such horse was the bona fide property of a resident in the Ashburton County on ist April. Nominations for the handicap, enclosing i sov., to be sent to the lion. Sec. by 8 p.m. on Saturday, May the nth. Weights will be pub lished in the Evening Echo on May 18th. Acceptances enclosing 2 sovs will be received on njght of general entry, Saturday, May 25th, at 9 p.m., at Somerset Hotel. Entries for Hunt Cup, Farmer’s Plate, and Maiden Steeplechase, enclosing 1 sov, to be sent to Hon. Sec., May 25th, at 9 p.m. N.B.—Scale of weight-for-age— 4yrs old list ; syrs old, list 1 albs; 6yrs and aged, I2st 3 lbs. All colors must be declared to Secretary, May 25th, at 9 p.m., and a fine of £1 will be enforced for running in colors other than those declared. JAMES WILKIE, Hon Sec. LOTTO, Draughts and Draught Boards, Dominoes, Cards qnd Cribbage Boards, &c., at FURNESS AND DIXON’S, East-street, Ashburton. [A Card.] PRIVATE LESSONS TO YOUNG T LADIES, Four times a Week in Music, French, German, and Drawing, at MISS STEANE’S, Oxford Villa Burnett Street. TO STATIONERS, DRAPERS, AND STOREKEEPERS. TO land ex Waikato, and for Sale in original packages:—Few cases Envelopes, white and blue office, No. 7, each containing 100,000, also foolscap and demy; 9 casks Ink, black, blue-black, copying and red, all sizes; 2 cases Blotting paper, Tracing paper and Cloth, Co ventry Book marks, great variety; 12 bales Paper, brown, printing, drapeis’, small hand, single and double foolscap, tissue papers, all colors; 1 Harmonium. R. BINSTEAD, Stationer, Christchurch.



Saunders Bros. HAVE £4,00o t 0 S, N T"J°r FREEHOLD PROPERTY. P2 oaa to be INVESTED in FREEHOLD Security. 40 2 Ron t 0 be ADVANCED in eN-1 Sums of j£ioo and upwards. Preference given to town sections and house securities. P Prt nnn to be ADVANCED on GROWING CROPS, LIVE STOCK, and other AGRICULTU PAL Security. Messrs SAUNDERS BROS, have for Sale, Situated on the NORTH BANK of the RAKAIA, 4000 acres, partly improved. 690 „ unimproved 675 ~ fenced 7f d ~ 400 of which are now in Turnips 72 „ unimproved 4°° »> » WAKANUI DISTRICT. 490 acres, 130 of which are ploughed 201 ~ highly improved 255 „ 201 „ ill „ 936 „ 200 „ Sixty Acres four miles from the Township. Several Valuable Town Sections. ~ House, Stable, &c. ft ft ft DRAUGHT HORSES. THE Undersigned have FOR SALE a Number of Broken and Unbroken COLTS now to he seen in their Paddocks, adjoining the Ashburton Domain. SAUNDERS BROS. NOTICE TO FARMERS, HORSE BREEDERS, AND OTHERS. THE Advertisers are prepared to Receive HORSES for Sale by Public Auction or Privately, and to make Liberal Cash Advances on same. Good PADDOCKS and Plenty oj FEED for Stock. SAUNDERS BROS. WEST COAST LUNCHEON & DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. J. G. ANSTEE, BEGS to intimate to the public that he has. just OPENED those spacious buildings, situate in East Street, as LUNCHEON AND I DINING ROOMS. Persons pationising this establishment can rely on securing all the com forts of a home. The bedrooms are well ventilated, every attention being paid to cleanliness. The irble will be found all that can hf desired. First-class accommodation for Boarders. N.B.—The proprietor trusts by strict atten tion to the comfort of his patrons, combined with moderate charges, to merit a share of public custom. EXCELLENCE,



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