POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Tost Office close t? follows : For Christchurch "and -North at io a.m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 pirn.,' daily." For Chertsey at 10 a.m. daily. For Rakaia at ro a.m., and 4 p.m. daily: For Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at jo. 15 a.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.

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. J. W. E. Douglas, Postmaster.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Evening Echo. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1878.

Horse Accident. —On Friday, while horse belonging to Mr. Dudson, saddler, was being ridden along the road towards Saunders’ mill, ..he stumbled and fell upon bis head breaking his neck. The rider was uninjured, but the poor horse, of course, died almost immediately. Postal Arrangements During the Holidays,— The Boat and Telegraph Offices at Ashburton were open as usual to-day t but will be closed on Monday next in honor of the Prince of Wales’ Birthday, Sunday hours being observed in the Telegraph l*aoch. Police Pay.—A Wellington telegram of yesterday’s date says: —It is understood that the increase to be made to the pay of the police by the Government, will be one shilling per day for sergeant-major, and sixpence per day for all other grades downwards, including armed constabulary.

Choir Union. —Last Monday evening a meeting was held in the Wesley?# jDhuich oi members oi toe various ciiurch choirs in town, unci otner persons, with the yie:.y oi forming a union oi the musical talent in our nuclei, lor the practice of higher class sacred music, due union aimed at was eneeted, members enrolled, and a committee appointed to transact tire pre liminary business. A meeting oi this committee will be held early, and on Wednesday evening next the iirac rehearsal by tne union will take place in the Vv ros ley au church. One of the purposes in vie w is to utiord mutual help wnon church meetings occur requiring tire performance of more than siiupiy congregational igusic, and the machinery of me choir uruon is calculated to considerably lighten the labors oi' individual chons, who have usually to practise hard for such occa sions. Jjfs~U-i/A, the membership is not jo ihiied to ciroi'.h.teis, but musical men .iio ija v* >no coiiueclm# yvitn -choirs may ,e admitted. Vv e v/ish the jinnortalciiig every success, anti hope that out of it will rise an eliicieut Ciuiai Society for Ash uurtoih

Inxeiiprovincial Rifle Match. —It has been decided that the twelve highest scorers in th,e Otago Rifle Associations matches, shall form 3 t&m to compete against a chqsen team from .Canterbury,

The Wool Clip.—The “Wairs# Free Press’’ says : —From nearly all parts oi the county we hear good accounts of the wool clip, it is anticipated that the return this season will be an excellent one.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE BOROUGH BY-LAWS.

To the Editor of the Evening Echo.

Sie, — I was greatly surprised and ashamed to see that Councillor Tvess, instead of manfully admitting that the By-Law Committee were responsible foi the ridiculous errors which appeared in the by-laws published in your paper, endeavored to impute the presence of these absurdities to the unfortunate Town Clerk, whose duty at mo3t appeared to be to transcribe the notes of .he Committee. Will Mr. Ives 3 support Ids ungenerous assertion by producing the original note 3 referred to % —Yours, &c.,

Sceva Indignatio.

CHISPA’S LETTER.

“ I am not yet so bald that you can see my brains. —Longfellow.

It’s going to happen on Monday night. They’ll all be out and about then, to put tne Ashburton statutes into ship-shape. What a weight must rest upon the respon sible shoulders of those ten good weft and true to whom the burghers of this good town have entrusted tne ordeiing of matters burghal. His Worship’s nair is growing grey already with the ten yarns of law that annoy his Worshipful brain, and he feels the momentous burden so heavy upon him that last Monday night his meek and mild eyes were wet with anxious te.ars as he besought his “ Nine to appeal to some a.ll-potent oracle 01 law to near their burden aftd e ase their pain. But the Nine” wore brave. Qeuueilior Joseph’s hair Wiay become so grey wuh the intellectual @dbrt of preparing lawg that shall stand the test 4ft d withstand a eoacii and hoises, as to require a hothead of hair-dye —but the town SHALL ft.4 >§ by laws. Councillor Edward may become sieklied oer with the paie east ot thought ’ over the gigantic undertakings— but ,aaar.cny shall not riot in Ashburton. Oh ' I needn’t say any mure about it, get out your j&doi.e aiul jday “Bonxue Dundee” to this little “HYMN TO FREEDOM. To the Niue of Ashburton ’twas Thomas who spoke— “ This law-making job is in no way a joke ! Then each Council man who’d irom trouble be free Let him vote for employing the ’cute Jerry D. .*> ThO draft of the laws meant to govern the town ... A CO.ach and four hordes myUi swiftly ride down, . The newspaper critics h.aye slashed it, y.ou sqei Then why not at once mid toy cute Jerry D. Then Joseph rose up with his eyes looking glum, And tackled the notion of Worshipful Tom— “ The By-law Committee had small help from me, So there isn’t yet use for the 'smart Jerry D. ft There’s EJjvard, and Andrew, and Rudolf, the k.een i And Donald—all men of good judgment, I ween. If the laws they have written ain't what they should lie /am able to right them without Jerry D. '* Dunedin, and Kaiapoi, and Christchurch as well Have each sent a quota our By-laws to swell! if they answered the purpose in cities like these They’ll do for Ashburton without Jerry p.’s.” He then made a dig at the pen of the Clerk, it 1 cuu;du\ speak back, so was a safe mark, ’ i was well for Jo’s nob, when he hit out so free, That the man he was hitting was not lerry D, But with all the outcry and waving of flapper, .And fault-find.ng croaks of each whipper*

The work must be done, and done it will be, E'en with 01 without frejp from ’cute Jerry D.

It was just about time for the Ilouse of Reps, to prorogue. Sir George is a “ re gular” old soldier, and Major Atkinson is an “irregular” ditto. The Major won’t sit in the House now when the regenera tor of “the whole human race”-is en trancing it with his splendid outpourings. Th§ loss is the Major’s. I wonder if, supposing Bir George had been twenty, _ or say" thirty, years" youngor, the Major would have asked him to'hght 1. It would have been an ending to the session jq&t as seemly a 3 some tilings that have been done in tne House this year.

Parson Marten has been unfortunate in possessing a horse that goes “ out on the ioose.” Ivot long ago I .read in the “ Christian Herald” a jeremiad over the death of that Dobbin of his. The writer detailed the circumstances under which the animde was supposed to have taken ieaye ,o£ jib? and gone the way of all flesh —equine or otherwise —at least it was presumed to have walked hupriedly over some high bank of the river, and termi nated both its fall and its earthly career at the bottom. The lieaits of the Wes leyan circuit were sad, and Wesleyan financiers wrote a “ bad debt” on the cir cuit accounts. This was months ago. Would you believe if, that horse has come to life again—all of ,his ajvi/ accoicl, lie walked into his rev. master’s premia jiisi week, and there was great joy in the cir cuit over the returned prodigal. His return was like the prodigal’s in some parts, to be sure, but Dobbin had fared better than the prod., for the horse was as fat as 'hutfei-, >n4 showed that his uusk-feed had not begn wftjsut its nutri ment. Parson Marten now Wimtf &lp&nei to take the weeds out of Dobbin's ch&rac

ter that' have grown .up witli its fo months’ idleness and dissipation.

I have thought over s my position as member of tne Fire Brigade, and J. a-, going to cave in. Of course, the Bngam couldn't send a deputation to the Bovoug Council without an indispensable membe like myself being one of that dep. I went of course. The Sec. read our humbk offer to them of our squirting services. The Mayor in that sweet little way of his patted us on the back, told us we were good boys, and all that, praised us pretty highly, told us we were the possessors oi a nice little engine that was no good, that some time or other we’d perhaps get ? steam squirt, and to go away like good boys and he’d tell us all about it in the momi lg. We wanted helmets and serges, the S -c. told them in his petition, and what do you think the highly economical councillors did after we had been herded out of the room —resolved to go hunting ill over the country to see how other towns did with the Fire Brigades ; as if thirty full-blooded strong men, willing to risk their lives and give their labor for nothing, in the extinction of fire, weren’t worth the honor of having at least their request for helmets granted at once. If a fire occurs before those Councillors do the handsome, you must look in vain amongst the band of patriots for the bald head of

Ghisfa,

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

f ßy Suh^iarine Carle.] jP4.Ris, Nov. 6. The French Government, ift. gpn se quence of the British occupation .of Cyprus, require assurances respecting French interests in Syria and Egypt, Lord Salisbury replying expressed a demo for co-operation between France and ling land regarding Egyptian affairs. LpivDON, Nov. 6. The Lord Mayor has been jhnighied, Fiance and Italy are jointly su'pppytjpg the (*r§§k on Turkey. Stanley has left Cyprus fgr the Suez Canal; thence to England.- The Czar’s yacht, while Gonypying General Grant and Luke Sergius from Livadia to Odessa, foundered. No li .es were lost.

Many exhibitors at Paris have applied for space ft the Sydney Exhibition. France has appointed a representative to waieii over her interest anti'wifi prqfcghly despatch her gxljibits iii a war vessel. ‘ A Committee is being jtgrmed hi Paris to establish a permanent integiiatjpmU exhibition at Sydenham,

At a meeting of the London Committees of the Australian Exhibition, Melbourne and Sydney, it transpired that many exhibitors in Paris applied for. space, and .the French Government has. appointed special representatives, NOV, Jr England and Austria hayf notified Russia that they agreed op "treaty iq oompel her to eyaepatp Turkey, in accordance with the Berlin Treaty. Russia is fortifying Schumla, Bjlistria, and Widdin instead of removing her troops.

AUSTRALIAN.

SYDNEY, No 7. 8. Bice, £2-1 ; Adelaide hour, £ll to £l2 ; wheat, ss. 2d. to ss, fid, Sailed : City of Sydney.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[Per Press Agency.] Auckland, Friday. Mr. Moss addressed a crowded meeting of hie constituents at Parnell tQ r nigh'£ He traced the progress of the session, and said that Government had nn alfernar tive but to reject the Electoral Bill, IJe reviewed the state of parties at the open ing of the session, and contended that a compact with the Opposition had existed throughout. After tracing the measures Qf jthe session, he said that the great question for future consideration would be a Government* for each t.dan 1. with a Federal Government at Wellington. He advocated a decentralised fpmi bf govern ment, and a return to some form 'pi' local government similar to Provlnoialls.il. II condemned the Hating Act as an attempt to crush Hoad Lomas and in onot. power in the hands of counties. A -.o ; c pt thanks and confidence was p ssed. Wanganui, Friday. At the annyai shoyv of the Wanganui Agricultural Assocjafwn torday. .there were 87 entries, There was a ygry large atten dance of visitors, special trains bringing in the country settlers. The first prize in thoroughbred horses was given to Painter, lately imported from Melbourne. There was a splendid allow of draught horse.- and hacks. The entries of cattle num bered GO ; in sheep, 8 ; in the dog class, (JO. Tho mastitis shown by Mr. G. N. Liffiton, are said to be the finest in’ tin Colony. There was a full exhibition o produce, agricultural implements, pigs, poultry, etc, A loping inateh tx>k plac. ■luring tho afternoon, for wnigh fpu entered. It was won by liegjs, wh cleared 5 feet 2 inches. A c mipinnent vr. dinner will be given to the judges thii evening. Wellington, Friday. The .Oify gf Sydney cleared Sydne Heads at niiie this merging. Floods on the overland route having detained the Victorian mails, it became necessary t< postpone the sailing of the 'Frisco steamer The detention, however, will not inter .ere with the steamer’s departure frou, New Zealand, as she-will be pressed or. the t ; q Auckland.

Dunedin, Friday. The TToii. the Native Minister an! J donial Secretar y will arrive in Dunedin anight bv special train. An in [dry iuto be accident to the ,’aupo vr:u com lieuced to-d-v before Mr. heavy, J. P., Registrar of the Supreme Jouvt, and Captains Thomson and Leslie, be first and second officers were the only witnesses er a mined so far, and their evi lenoe was of a contradictory < liar refer. D unedin has quite a military air this evening, and large numbers, of Yoluiiteers have arrived from n< rtli find south and country districts. The review to-morrow promises to be a success.

CAPE COLONY.

. The own correspondent to the Press Agency writes : Caps Town, Sept, 23.

Cetywayo, the Zulu chief, appears to be the wire-puller who is inciting a great many minor chiefs to rebellion. His influence over Owgiekela, leader of the Pondoo, has been clearly traced, but he is crafty enough while inciting others to overt acts of hostility towards the British, to avoid any appearance himself of direct revolt. Sir Birtle Frere has arrived in Natal, and is on his way to Transvaal. He lias met the Commmler-in-Cliief, and it is anticipated that the p Jioy of the Govern ment will be to force C.etywayo’s hand, and if hf declines to give material guaran tees for peace, to drive ]iipi °P9 n ly to revolt, and to crush him once and fQJ? a]), In the Trans-aal a great deal of desultory fighting is going on against Secoc veni and a few other petty chiefs, who are ,sufli fiigntly strong to create considerable dis turbance and ptiyato »i-Ur*u among the farmers, but nit to iqfilQjt l ; ? 3 g on our troops, who hol d them ill ch Gold in euor nous payi ig quantities and diamonds of ope cl dive sizes are said to have been discovered in P-e Trans yiyd, midway between Pofeehefsfrooin apd Bre : toxin, but the reports a-a as yet too vague to warrant a now rush from the p]<:l WOlidi On the northern border tlo Iv -ramus have been giving us trouble, and a small force has been despatched against them, hut at the sy&t r,f the late disforbance in Griqhaiand peace is prevailing, and shg Gaikis, who have "been jtgfdved' ha large purqbere across the Kei into new loch: ti'ons, are reported to be happy and con tented with their io|, The R@v, Samuel Hardy, Wesleyan Superintendent of Missions, died at Cape Town the other day at the ripe age of 75. Miss Ada Ward, who proceeds by the Chimborazo to Adelaide, has been staying here for a month with great success, and takes "'with” her yi ios}s amafO’-iFfif sjpme repute toaccompany "Her oiPheJ,’ 'tour as jedding man- Tim failures i|J London have not had the perceptible effect hers that ftuti eipafed, Some firms were indeed indicated as likely to be shaken, but as yet no extensive commercial failures have tran spired. It is in contemplation to lay a submarine cable from Natal to Mauritius, whence another will be laid to Aden. This C ffony is* to 1 pay £Rj,QSp and Natal'£sooo per annum. Mauritius also contributes a prq? poiTdoiiate share. The demand for wheat has abated. Nearly all the vessels expected with breadstuff** have arrived, The exports be tween this and the end of the year are likely to be small. Steamers continue to get full freight. Less wool is offering at Fort Elizabeth, but a larger quantity here.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Yesterday.

Before A. Le Grand Ca.mphell, Esq., R.M., and His Worship the Mayor. Wnp Power applied for a transfer of his license to booth No. 1 at the «a.e t eg fqr fhe two .days of the meeting.' Mutch and Mackenzie applied fqr a similar privilege for booth No, 2. —Both were granted. Wm. Thompson was fined IPs for being drunk and disorderly. Henry Steele had been arrested yester-. day for assaulting a boy with a knife, at the Old Men’s Home. He was now charged with being insane and was com mitted to the lunatic asylum, of wh ch be iiad prgvioi.fiy boon ;.ij inmate. John jiob'ait’ctici n-t appear to a charge of being drunk and diWrdqny at’Tdakufii. n the circumstances of thp cage the •Furge v.u3 wUiKUuv.n. hi. Wren, charged with brutally ass-.u. li ng and ill-treating ins wife, Sarah Wren. ..dr. Ireland appealed for the deitnce, and pleaded that t:ie information was informal. The charge was departed from for the tune being, to §pable the police to issue a .res'll inforujatipi}. John McCormick pleaded guilty to hav ing removed a trig, station post. No, §6, on a pieeig of land h§ had bought from Mr John Grigg. He pleaded in extenua? tion that he did not know it was a trig, post, out was in the belief that it had been erected as a rubbing post for cattle, The .dice did not ask for heavy penalty, but limply wanted a conviction to impel cave .ulness in the matter of preserving the jurVey marks. M‘Oormick was fined £l, uid was requjj-ed to supply a new post. Eficiiai’d * Bsid, % Ai'fc.f B vkafa, was •harged with, leaving the train while' it was crossing the Bakaia bridge, He had akeu a ticket for Cheitsey by the express rain, but on being told by the guard that ie would have to pay fare to Kolleston he ;ouk leave of the train at the-bridge, the carriages ihqn i’ljnping 'at 20 miles i n lour. Thgir fipefi Bsi4 % tb e mm of 10s, ? with llsl cost§, and gave Him ii hours’ grace to pay the money. Michael Wren was again charged with ssaulting 1n.3 wife, Sarah Wren, at Ran giiata, on the 31st October. Mrs. Wren

stated that oil the day named her In: sound v’antod Ilt' to 'OIT3 to Ashburton, rlo hid be - t smw laud in her name and wanted her do :*o with him to sign the deeds She* le.'uvul, but nltira teiy went, about a mi.c Vvitn him. He kuocked her-* dnvn, kiei’.ed her winlodownse\ “tore out as fine a head of liairasexer woman had,” be .1 her witn a loaded whip, destroyed lier ei fines, a d then t'-ok her babies into the dray and hut her on t-.-e •road. ..Before starting at all be had threatened to cut her taroat. Constable. Cartmiil arrested Wren, wlio admitted beating liis wife, but said an angel could not help doing the same with such a woman. John Tennant, laborer, Cold stream . Station, witnessed the assaolij charged against Wren. Saw Mrs. Wrei\ chased by her husband, and lying on the ground after having fallen. Her dress, was all torn and disordered when she got up to him. Promised to give her protec tion till Mr. Doweling, the overseer oil the Coldstream Station, should equip home. Did not know that Wren and his wife lived on bad terms. Albert Ring land, contractor at Coldstream, saw Mrs. Wren on Thursday struggling with her husband, and saw her dress all torn and disordered. Her right eye seemed to be black and her cheek cut. Mr. Ireland led evidence from aty the witnesses with a view to show that - Wren suspected Uis wife’s relations with Dowding, and re peatedly forbade her visits to him. Til opening the case for the defence counsel drew attention to tills, and said that instead of being prosecuted for assaulting His wjfe Wrcjn slijuUl have been pqiqplh men tod on lus POfiduQt asj a, warjiipg 1 tg other women. ’Michael Wren, the accused, said he bad boon married about 5 years, and had reside 1 at Coidsiream about 3 y-3a’§, Had always livel on good terms Jith bis wife, Tag oiuse of yffeneq wds her buying'a J number of tlmms $ Christchurch and refusing to tell- Inin where she got the money. Had warned his wiip pot to hold conversations'\yi|fi &£i\ iioivdihg, and qbjqeted io hgr gqirjj? to his hguge; The’ Bedch qr4qred J thf defgndapt TO b§ "bQ’dild Qver fop l §is months, himself inland sureties of £l2 103. each.

THE ASHBURTON MEETING.

The following are the weights for

(C lEgles,” the well-known contributor to the “ Australasian/’ has been.informed on excellent authority that a. true English salmon of good size has been taken in a fiesherman’s net near Port Phillip Peads, and that the fish has been submitted to Brofesgor MdCoy, who had given a satis factory c@rtifica,fe‘of charactfTi

The Badness of Trade.— Shopkeeper (to Commercial Traveller) : “ Can’t give you an order. Quite over-stocked. Traveller : “ Let me, at least, show you my gaiqplps. ” Shopkeeper: “ Spare your jfeifpf trdible." McaifitiQQk at fhppp” Traveller : ‘‘.Then will you’ all'ow niATo loq]> at them payself 1 It i§ three H&pfcg sineg 1 havg evga sgen th'pai.”—Funny Folks.

Ballooning.— \n excursion in the captive balloon is one of the most fashionable of amusement' in Paris just now. The aerial travel!uis remain awiy Irom ten to fifteen minutes. W ien tlie wind is not too high, as iiurv as 300 a:cmd in the course of the day. On *lll9 payment of one franc people ai'e admitted info the enclosure.

Strangers cgip’uig Lj reside in Ashburton, need not be at any lpss to fil'd the be§t estab lishment to visit and purchase their drapery, clothing, and geneial stores. Leaving the Railway Station and tuning down Havelock Street, they will see the establishment of A. O. AITKEN & Co., who are now offering special advantages, which exceed any before offered to the public. Keeping at all times a very large apd exceedingly well assorted stock of ad cjajjsps qf goods, bpijght in the be§f mar kets and op >»pst favorable fernis,* them— to iis.e trade jailatue—f' tq do tpg thing well 5” ip fact tjie goods offered by them are stieh a s capp'd, be. excelled efibep in quality or price by a'y house in thetliptef and are marked at sue’ prices thai making any abatement is unneu-sary, and the most inexperienced are enabled to buy their goods as favorably as the best judges. Advt. Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton ire often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment pr vfclt fur the puptyaw of dip fiery, ’ Clothing, arjcf Hquse-fiirnisfiing fjm} fibfeWfy, a)}4 ; Cfeneipjfi Stores, QHRv-fir fvwt ilfer special advantages' tQ"the public that call ie met with nowhere else in Ashburton. Ihey keep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class ol Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacture! s at home, being bought entirely upßi} cash terips. t\w m enabled tifioftey goods qf su’h sterling value d cannot be equaled by apy'biher - rn qhg trade, fever) i’nicle in’vtock i§ marked'ai the lowest price, from which in abatement is made -0 that the most inexptrien-ed buy their goods at tlie same piices as the be-t judges. —Advt.

SATURDAY. November 9. 18 7 8

THE EVENING ECHO



s. d. s. d. Gutter, inferior to best, 1? lb I 3 to 0 0 Eggs, $ dozen 10 to I 0 Bacon, ptime smoked, $ lb o 10 to 0 0 Hams in clolb, t? Ib - I 0 to 0 0 'Jheese, prime quality, {? lb o 9 to 0 10 Flour in bags, ioolb 12 6 to 14 0 Oatmeal, t? ioolb - 26 0 to 0 0 Urd. 1? lb - * • ° 9 to 0 0



IS 3 ASSUUftTON CUP, at. lb. st. lb. Maritana . 0 0 Lady Ellen . . G 0 Danebury . S 12 Tattle Arthur 6 0 Ciiancellor- . . 7 4 Eadymion . . G 0 Luna . 7 0 Prudence . 5 7 Ajcrit, .,. . . G 7 Kalulu . 5 7 Boiiviaier ■ *1 ? H ANDICAP HUilDLE liACE Sl. lb.' st. lb. A? put .12 7 Victorian .. .10 0 Te Wh.et i .. ,13 4 Jaek-obLanun 10 0 E urslyy .U 3 The Haven , ,10 0 Pakeha.,. . .10 7 COUNTY HUADLN HANDICAP. St. lb. st. lb. A?ent .12 7 Lone Hand... .12 0 Pakeha ,11 0 Billy Buttons 10 10 i&Lven .10 4 Merlin . 40 4 Nelly'Gray : :io Q ll: Q. Lancs. Handicapper.



CALISTHENIC CLASS EVERY alternate Wednesday and Saturday Afternoon. ■ Terms, per Quarter-Five Shillings each Pupil. SUPERIOR LADIES’ BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL, Oxford Villa, Burnett St., Ashburton, Conducted by Miss Steane. Private' "Lessons in* French, German,- and. Latin, twice weekly ; Music, and Drawing in Various Styles. preparatory School for Boys. IncjAjsh'E Terms. F IREWQRKS ! For Sate at F IREWORKS ! WESTON’S EAST STREET NOVELTY DEPOT. BULLOCK AND CO. Are Sole Agents for Atkinson’s COOKING RANGES Which were awarded w ' v en of the highest Honorary Certificates at the Agricultural Show, 1877. ‘ THESE Ranges, which are" now so well known in this district, are made with or without .boiler, and can be obtained any size between 2ft. 3 in. and 3ft 6 in'.' W^feISTM.AS '..C ARPS,. Elc,, For transmission to Friends in England and Elsewhere via outgoing ’Frisco and Suez Mail, at A. WESTON’S EAST STREFT, Novelty Depot. SONS OF TEMPERANCE BENEFIT SOCIETY. rIHS useful institution meets every alter nate Friday in the New Templar Hall, Moore Street. New members invited; All information can be obtained from Bros. G. W. Andrews, East Town Belt ; K. Sando, East Street; Thos. Williams, Tinwald. Next meet* ine on the 25th insl. A. J. ANDREWS, R.S.



SANDO & OLSEN Fam*ly Grocers, TENT, TARPAULIN, & HORSE CLOTH MAKERS, . AND General Storekeepers, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Orders Delivered to all Parts of the Town. FLAGS of ALL NATIONS Sup plied to Otder and Let out on Hite. Note the address— SANDO & OLSEN, EAST STREET, A SHE UR TON. A BARGAIN. FOE SALE.—A First-class Semi-grand Tri-cord PIANOFORTE, by one of the most famous makers, Brinsmead and Sons. Price £6O. Apply ECHO OFFICE.



PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH ANL BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLATE WORKER, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton ard surrounding districts that he has com menced business in TANCRED SI REE I, where he hopes by strict attention to badness, combined with moderate charges, to merit ; fair share o; public patronage. N. P. —Rer-airs neatly executed bii STEWART pjAS REMOVED to his Nev Residence, CORNER OF MOORE STREET ANL BEACH ROAD. G. F. S€OTT, QE N E RAL CARRIER, Cameron St., Ashburton. | , arcel* delivered promptly and clijurgM moderate.



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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 Prices. A. O. AITKEN & CO., TAILORS, Havelock Street, Ashburton. WESLEYAN Church, Cameron Sreet. —The Rev. W. B. Marten will preach in above Church To-morrow Even ing. Subject: “ The Woman who was a Sinner.” Mr. Carson in the morning.