ASHBURTON TRADE DIRECTORY.

'COUNTANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS .. Charles Braddell, Montgomery’s Buildings H. J. Bristo, Prospect Buildings, East-st. 4 RCHITECT AND CIVIL ENGINEER — . . S. W. Brown, East-street S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings

UCTIONEERS — Bullock and Co., East-street Saunders Bros., Ashburton

ARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS — Mr. Branson, East-street Mr. E. G. Crisp, Montgomery’s Buildings

'akers, Confectioners, Etc. — Thomas, Hicks, Tancred-street Taylor and Lill, East-street,

Sanks — Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street

IOARDING PIOUSE KEEPERS s T. G. Anstee, East-street Eagle’s Dining Rooms, Havelock Street Guilders, Contractors, Etc.— Tames Baker, Havelock-street Geo. St. Hill, Burnett-street West G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Matthew Smith, Moor-street Thos, Williams, Tinwald

’OOKSF.LLERS AND STATIONERS — A, Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Furness and Dixon, Stationers’ Hall, East' street South

Bootmakers— R Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East-street M. Nealas, East-street Brewers — Wood and Co., Cameron-street :ABINETMAKERS AND UNDERTAKERS— James Baker, Havelock-street G. Parkin, Moor-street . Carrier— G. F. Scott, Cameron-street Chemist and Druggist— J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings 'oal 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 arc Co., East-street John Fowler, Tancred-street Firth, Pass, and Co., Old Bank Store, East' 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. Birtwell, 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,, East-gtreet * Aitken and Co., Havelock-street S. Hardley, East-street Lames’ Clothing Establishment— Mrs, Morey, Tancred Street. Painter, &c,— J. R. Chapman, Tancred-street Printers and Publishers— Furness and Dixon, East-street

Plumbers, GasfitTers, Tinsmiths, £t&- J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street & Hardley, East-stieet Saddlers— Thomas Hudson, Burnett-street

Surveyors— C. E. Fooks and Son, East-sfreeS

Tailors— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street

Tentmakers— K» Sando, East-street

Tobacconists— • A. Pearso, Moor-street E. A. Garnett, East-street A. Weston, East-Street

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

-Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close ras follows For Christchurch ana North at io sum., -4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., For Chertsey at 10 a.nii daily. For Rakaia at 10 a. m., and 4 p.m. daily. JFor Ashton, Watertott, and Longbeach, at 3.1.5 p.m. daily. •' / - 1 For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays ranit-Fridays at 10.30 a.m. ;For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10. 15 ra.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Tbsvald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, IRangitafa, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, Kttiio.is.ajm. daily.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

'The following 'Mists are advertised at the Tost (Office, as’having been received front rplaccslbeyond the Colony, during the month /o 7 jJuns, '-and .remaining .unalaimed on the .August, 1878 Ahraufeld, Henry 'Curry, Peter' (c/o Micha<>l;SweeitMt>) Kennedy, Hugh King, A. J. ■ -McDowell, J.cJm M. ■Mcßrien, Thos. ,‘Sevres, T. ; Wallace, John . . . < Letters .are not mow advertised, but-are sent: to the Dead -Letter Office, after ihaving lam fir two clear

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

ARRIVED. August 4 —Kildonan, ship from Liverpool. August s—Taiaroa,5 —Taiaroa, s.s., from South.

SAILED. August s—Taiaroa,5 —Taiaroa, s.s.', for North. August s—Tui,5 —Tui, s.s., for Kaikoura and Noith

Onehunga, Saturday. Sailed— Taranaki for South. Port Chalmers, Saturday.

The barque Strathcathro, 90 days from Lon don, arrived last night. She experienced ter riffic weather during the latter part of the run ning down the easting, between 46 and 47 south, and lost several sails. Off Tasmania spoke the ship Medea, London to Wellington, July 24, all well. Among the passengers is Mrs. Wadsworth, survivor of the wrecked ship Strathmore. The first and third officers and an apprentice also belonged to the Strathmore.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY.

THE Monthly Paymen'-s to this Society will be received at the offices of Mr. Brown, Architect, East Street, on the Evening of TUESDAY, the 6th instant, from 6 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. BY ORDER.

The Evening Echo. MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1878. PASSING NOTES.

Ashburton has been proclaimed a borough, and the Gas Company has been successfully floated. These are the leading events of the past week inte resting to the inhabitants of Ashburton, By the proclamation of the munici pality, a want has been supplied, fo r which we h?ive reason to be thankful to the powers that be. By the success ful floating of the Gas Company, Ash burton has reason to be thankful to the enterprise of her own residents and their will to make' an effort to help themselves. But we have still room and cause for exercising the English man’s right to grumble. The Post Office is still the' shanty it used to be> and the authorities show no sign of extending it or making it more conve nient. There is no public dock about it by which a person can tell whether he is in time or otherwise for a depart ing mail. The railway authorities say they commence to sell tickets five minutes before the departure of a train, but no dial visible to The intending passengers can be consulted for mfor mation as to when that five minutes will expire, and the only means at hand, for a man who does not keep a good timekeeping watch, to regulate attendance for the catching of a train, is the friendly ; bell, which a placard announces will _ be. rung five minutes before the starting of the train. The want of a public clock of some sort is felt and frequently complained of. The fact is, there is no public clock in Ashburton, and it would be a small thing indeed for the postal or railway authorities to give us, but even that small thing they have not yet seen their way to do. Doubtless the Borough Council will put the paternal Govern ment to shame and fit one up over their offices when these are fixed upon.

The failway station is still a standing reproach Jto the Railways Department —being far too small for the traffic, and totally destitute of convenience for long-distance passengers. Rut having obtained the favor of being raised to : the dignity of a municipality, it is con sidered, we presume, that'we have, our wants sufficiently attended to for a time, and have no further claim upon the attention of-those in high places.

The water supply still"hangs fire, and while the battle of the impounded land fund is being fought, we have, to .be content with the liquid abomination our wells furnish us with.

The Resident Magistrate question, however, shows signs of solution.. Mr. Stout promises a Bill to deal with the whole system of law administration, and probably when the general turning over of the matter comes, we may be favored with not only a suitable Court house, but a suitable share of Magis terial attention. The leading papers of the colony have discussed the probable nature of Mr. Stout’s Bill, and are mostly in favor of the Magisterial Bench being occupied by men trained to the.

work. On this subject the Wellington Chronicle says : We might cite many more instances of ma gisterial weakness, but shall content ourselves with referring to the brilliant luminaries that shine in the R.M. Courts at Gisborne and Ashburton. Our readers, no doubt, remember how the Gisborne R.M. sent a highly-respected gentleman for trial to Wellington, against whom there was no charge but what would have been amply met by a small fine. Again, the distinguished A, Le Grand Campbell, R.M. at Ashburton, had a man brought before him the other day for petty theft. Instead of dealing summarily with the prisoner, he sent him for trial to Christchurch. There were more than half-a-dozen witnesses; these will have to travel 106 miles going and returning. One of. them will have to come all the way from Southland. The cost of. all will have to be paid by the - overburdened taxpayers. Surely the people of New Zaaland are a race of Jobs. But even they must feel that they have endured long enough these crying evils. If there was any necessity for such a condition of things, then there would be some excuse. But there are, plenty of men in this country well fitted to be Resident Magistrates. It is only through a gross abuse of patronage that incompetent men have been raised to the ma gisterial bench, and kept there to the utter scandal of justice.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We have to acknowledge receipt of a parcel of Parliamentary papers, &c., from the Government Printer.

The monthly payments of the Ash burton Permanent Building Society will be received at the office of Mr. Brown, architect, to-morrow evening. Before Dr. Trevor and Mr. Fish, J.J.P., on Saturday, Cox and Mulky, who were each fined on Friday for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, were again brought up on similar charges, the offences having been com mitted on Friday night. They , were sent to gaol for one month and four teen days respectively.

The School Committee. —To- night a special meeting of the School Committee will be .held to consider the question of the head-mastership. The subject, is looked upon with much interest by a considerable portion of the townspeople, and several have asked us if the Committee’s meetings are open to the public. We know of nothing in the Act to prevent the pub lic from attending, and no resolution that we are aware of has ever been passed excluding them, but whether the Committee may choose to admit the ptiblic is a matter to be settled only by a trial. . f , . .... . / ... , Tile Municipality.—By Govern* went Gazette to hand, of ist August, we obtain information of the boundaries of the new borough of Ashburton. These are given as under : —North-east by rural sections Nos. 4906 and 5800, and lines in continuation of the south west boundaries of these sections for a distance of about 89 chains. North east by rural section No. 4905,. and lines in continuation of its south eastern boundary for a distance of about 45 chains. South-east by rural sections Nos. 4904 and 4873, and con tinuation lines of their north-western boundaries for 97 chains. South-west the Ashburton"river. The town is pro claimed a borough from the 31st of July, and the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. Charles Braddell to be Town Clerk and to be also Returning Officer of the first election of. Mayor,- Councillors, and Auditors. Monday, the 2nd of September, is fixed for the Mayor’s election day; Wednesday, the 4th, for the election of Councillors; and Friday, the 7 th, of the same month, 1 for the election of Auditors. The first meeting of the new Council is fixed for Monday, the 9th of September, at noon, in the new Town Hall. A month is thus allowed for ratepayers to cast about for suitable men to fill the offices of Mayor and Councillors; for the former, we are given to understand, there will be a stiff contest. Mr. Bul lock has also received from the Colonial' Secretary’s office an official intimation of the proclamation.

The Auckland Star describes as fob lows another “ Waterloo veteran/* who has been unearthed there :—“ Thomas' Hill, the object of the visit, was’croning over the fire, apparently, deeply in terested in an iroo pot, which simmered gently on the embers. He is a very old man, of middle height, with a long and deeply wrinkled but hairless face, and a rather narrow head, which is bald save a few straggling white hairs. The Government, it seems, finds him food and shelter, and he also earns a little money occasionally in the respectable, if not very lucrative, business known as the rag and bottle trade. According to his own account he was 100 years old on. his last, birthday, the 23rd De cember,..but this statement- must ‘%e taken cum gtano satis, though rio doubt he is. a great .age. The .veteran’s fel low-lodgers state that His memory is failing fait, and certainly such appeared to be the case j but nevertheless some

facts are plainly stamped on his mind, and after talking a little he seemed to call to mind others. They were mostly, however, disconnected; in fact, no connected narrative could be got from him.”

By a fire on McCarthy's farm, in Herriot Hundred, on Saturday last, 2000 bushels of wheat and 400 bushels of oats were destroyed. The property was insured in the New Zealand office for £s°°-

ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of ,the Board was held in the Road Board Office to-day. Present: Messrs. John Grigg (chairman), Hunt, Taylor, and Williamson. CORRESPONDENCE. From the Steward of Educational Reserves, Christchurch, asking for copy of lithographed plan of the Board’s dis trict, for the use of the School Com missioners. Granted on the usual con ditions. . From Mr. Josiah Jones* complaining of the state of the creek near Mr! Tay lor’s, Waterton, which in a heavy rain was likely to flood complainant’s land. From Mr. R. Anderson, asking that the shingling contract on Ford’s Road and that past Wheeler’s should be pro ceeded with, as without these Mr. An derson and others had ho ingress or egress to ; their land. The gravel pits being presently full of water, the work could not be proceeded with. From Mr. J. Ward, asking that a culvert be made in Burnett Street opposite his section, and that.a footway be formed in front of ■ the Library. Approach granted, but footpaths re ferred to Municipality. Several applications for leases of re serves were read. It was decided that all leases of reserves terminate on the Ist of June next, after which they would be offered to public tender. From Messrs. Montgomery and Co., asking permission to take a line of rail way along the town belt to connect their new brick works with the railway station. Referred to Borough Council. From several ratepayers, asking a connection to be formed between the North Terrace and Wilson’s Roads. Granted; tenders to be called for the work.

From the Chairman of the County Council, acknowledging receipt of the Board’s suggestion in rutile require ments of cemeteries in the district, and asking for tracings of cemetery reserves near Waterton, Winslow, and Kyle, showing sites arid acreage. _ In reply to a letter asking if the' Board would entertain a petition for forming a road to give access to the proposed school at Seafield, in the event-of such road being dedicated, the Board decided to accept the road if dedicated. From the South Rakaia Road Board ?e their intention to form miles of boundary road, and asking if the Ash burton Board would accept the same tender for their miles if the con tractor were willing to accept it.

Resolved to . call for tenders for the work by next meeting. From Mr. Robert Anderson, de clining to claim compensation at per acre for land used by the Board as a shingle pit, and claiming sd, per yard for gravel removed, Resolved—“ That the Board cannot entertain a claim per yard, but will pay any reasonable price per.acre.” Mr. J. E. Buchanan was appointed Collector of Dog Tax for the district. TENDERS. •- The following tenders were accepted ;

dary road from Islesworth to Hinds. The tender of Mr. Quigley was accepted at 38s ■ per chain, and £$ for river bed.

It was resolved that, as the County Council had taken action to obtain possession of the Board’s share of the land fund, the Board protest against such action, and desires to be informed of the nature of the Council’s right to the money.: Also, that the Chairman be'instructed to write to the Colonial Secretary asking that, as the Commis sioner had neglected to apportion to eaeh Board its share of the land fund, and the Council had refused to act, the Board requests the Government to. take some other course to ascertain the sum payable to the Ashburton Road Board, and that a copy of the Caair man’s letter be forwarded to the mem ber for the district. It was also resolved “That the chairman-be authorised to call a public meeting, should such be found neces sary, to support the action of the Board.”

The surveyor’s report was read and the paysheet passed.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

London, August 2

In the course of a debate in the House of Commons yesterday, it was asserted that another secret treaty had been made between England and Tur key regarding the Russian occupation. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave an evasive reply. The Government have given notice to the Australian colonies that the pre sent postal arrangements cease at the year’s end. The Agents-General pro tested at an interview with Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, and the question is now being considered by the Colonial Office, the Treasury, and the Postal authorities. -

The city of London confers the free dom of the city on the Earl of Beacons field and the Marquis of Salisbury to morrow. A great ceremony is in pre paration, and the Australian cricketers have been invited. • The debate in Parliament was con tinued; Mr. Robert Lowe made a vigorous attack on the Government, and Lord John Manners defended. ■ August 3.

The first innings of the Australians against the Rochdale Eighteen, closed for 159. The highest score for their side was made by Bailey, 29. Roch dale have four out for 19. In the House of Commons, the Mar quis of Hartington’s motion, censuring Government for undertaking responsi bilities without the consent of Parlia ment, was negatived, without a division, by 338 votes against 195. Earl Beaconsfield and the Marquis of Salisbury had the freedom of the city of London presented-to them to-day, and a banquet was given at the Man sion House afterwards. Earl Beacons field said-he believed peace would be durable. " - ; . .; '

p Sir Stafford Northcote, in the House of Commons, denied the-existence of a .secret treaty with Turkey. Constantinople, July 3. The Russian troops are making home wards. : ' ' . . '• .

INTERPROVINCIAL

[Per Press Agency.]

Auckland, Saturday.

The Jockey Club ratified the decision of the Oamaru Club in removing tlie disqualification from Fishhook. The Hawea goes South for repairs to her rudder,, though Mr. Fraser, of Fraser, and Tinne, Phoenix. Foundry, would have effected the repairs in two days if the Harbor Board would have let her go into the dobk. An agitation is going on to-day for the purpose of pressing Government to extend the telegraph line from Gisborne to Htck’s Bay, near the East Cape. The distance would be about 130 miles. Timber for the posts would be avail able along the greater part of the route. In many places along the coast there is a considerable extent of European settlement, such as Tologa Bay, Waipu, &c. Those acquainted with the coast settlements believe that a considerable portion of the line would have sufficient trade to pay working expenses at once. Generally there is a number of vessels in all stages’ lying at Hick’s Bay wind-bound, and tele graphic communication would be a great adgantage to the shipping in terests of the whole colony. This bay is. the, only natural harbor of refuge along the coast, and, with very little outlay, might be made far more secure than it is at present. Owing to the condition of the tracks, if vessels' .are storm-stayed in Hick’s Bay, it takes three days’ hard riding to any place where 'their condition can be made known. The Tologa Bay people are willing to guarantee the working exr penses of that station when the line is extended to it. The suggestion is being favorably received by the business people here, and probably an influential request will be made to Government on the subject in the course of a few days. " Wellington, Sunday. .-

The Enterprise, . schooner, which sailed from here for Wanganui with railway iron on July 26, put back to day. She twicevreached the Wanganui bar, and was blown away each time. She tried to reach Port Underwood for shelter, but could not. During the heavy weather Captain Baiflie tried to make headway until all the sails were blown away. It was remarked that the captain was somewhat eccentric in his behaviour soon after leaving Welling ton, and thenceforward his conduct became excitable, and the crew asked that the captain might be lashed down, but Mr. 1 Day, the mate, would not hear of it. Having two new sails on board, these were bent, and the vessel

headed for Wellington. Yesterday morning, while a couple of the hands were aloft; the man at the wheel, shouted, “ the captain has jumped over board.” A life buoy was immediately thrown overboard, but Captain Baillie was soon observed to disappear. There was one case of liquor on board, but it was brought back untouched. Dunedin, Saturday. Mr. A. Lee,Smith, the employer of the girl Caroline Young, who is being prosecuted for concealment of birth, • will to-day commence a criminal prose- for' libel against the proprietors of the Saturday Advertiser for com ments published by it concerning this case. • - •

At the Dunedin School Committee’s meeting last night, the question. as to whether the Government should allow the Chairmen of school. committees, when forwarding lists of candidates for the Civil Service, Wellirigton,_to include the names of youths’ attending Roman Catholic schools was discussed. Tile Government had intimated that they would be glad to receive > names of youths attending any school , . Professor Macgregor and Mr. Fish condemned their action, while Mr. Robin said that he thought it was but an act of simple justice. At a meeting of the University;De bating Society held last night,, Pro fessor Hutton delivered a lecture prov ing that it was impossible that, life could have originated on the earth by physical causes.' •- : ’

HIS STORY.

. It happened to myself I was en gaged at the London hospital then, and my duty was to smother people that didn’t seem likely to. get better when the beds were wanted. T used to do it in the middle of the night with the pillow. It’s a regular thing in the hos pital, you know. Well,- one night I was just going to create accommodation for, one, when my hand was seized; from behind. It was one of the nurses.

‘Not him,’ said she; ‘here, I want you.’ She slipped a fiver into my hand; and led me to an open casement. With the moonlight streaming on her raven tresses she told me a fearful tale.

‘ He was in love with me once,’ she said, ‘and I don’t want him murderedr besides he has a mission to accomplish^ ; * and he’ll get better.’ ‘ What’s his mission?’ I said. She drew me from the ray of the moon beams into the dark shadows that fell upon the wall ' Z 1 * He has a torpedo in his inside.’ 1 Impossible! ’ I exclaimed, prepar ing to dive under a bed. ‘Do not be afraid,’ she exclaimed; *it is one of his own invention, He made it no bigger than a pill, and swal lowed it by mistake. It has made him very ill, but so long as he lives if will remain intact, if he dies by violence it will explode. ‘ Then he musn’t die here I ’

‘Certainly not;.he wants to utilise his invention for the benefit of society. To-morrow he will be removed in a cab to his residence. There he proposes to manufacture torpedo pills for the million.. They will regenerate society; People will be able to live unmolested and at peace. No man will dare to kick .his wife for fear of exploding her torpedo. No .cabman will' dare -tp-.ruh over a pedestrian lest he be blown to atoms. Murder will mean the imme diate execution of the assassin. War will be impossible; the killing of your foe’s soldiers will be the annihilation of your own troops. The torpedo pill will be: harmless during ankimmolpsted life and a quiet death, but deadly thek moment violence is attempted.’ ‘Ah-! what was that?? P; ;i

Terrified by the nurse’s exclamation, I listened. For a moment there was a hissing sound from one of the beds,-;and then—and then, a loiid report I 'The hospital shook to its foundation, the walls rocked, the , roof: went up in the air, and the building collapsed—a heap of crumbling ruins. The man with the torpedo 1 had gone'oflK v : ; V ■ ! THow we escaped, I don’t know ; but the nurse and; myself were Found ; senseless outside a by two -polito men. We have talked it over since, and we think: the man struck himselt on the chest accidentally. His loss was a loss to humanity,: for ho one pos sesses the secret of his torpedo pills.

It is intended to hold Saturday after* noon classes in Knox Churchy Dun edin, for the religious instruction of young people attending Government schools. ... .

The Evening Echo, Monday., August 5,1878.



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THE Public VACCINATOR: hereby give s Notice that itbe Vaccination Station will be for the future at Drs. TREVOR & Kestje* ven’s Surgery, in Moore Street, and that hi» Hours of Attendance will be from I? to f o’clock every Wednesday,