The Evening Echo. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1879.

I District Court. —Judge Ward -will hold the first sitting of a district Court in Ash burton on Wednesday next. /.•; Cricket.— Canterbury v. South Mel bourne.—The Canterbury teambegan their third match yesterday. Their opponents were the South Melbourne Club, who dis posed of the invaders for a first innings of 90. Five wickets of the Australians pro duced 226. [ Hospital and Charitable Aid Con ference. —At the Conference in Christ courcli yesterday the boroughs of Ashbur ton, Sydenham, Lyttelton, Kaiapoi, and Rahgiora were represented by their re snbcfiveMayors. The Mayor of Christ- Councillor Cass were also pre sent,-and Councillor Charters, of Syden ham. The Counties were represented by the Hon. John Hall and Dr. Turnbull (Selwyn), Messrs Grigg and Saunders '(Ashburton), and Mr Higgins (Ashley). 'Mr. H. Thompson, Chairman of the Charitable Aid Board, was appointed Chairman of the Conference. The follow ing resolutions were passed (1.) “ That this meeting recognises the great advan tages of the local management of hospitals and charitable institutions, but it is of opinion thst it cannot be effectively pro vided for without legislative provision for the purpose. ” (2.) “ That pending legislation by Parliament, it is undesirable to undertake any temporary management of the hospital and charitable., aid institu- ; tions, as requested by tha 06lonial Secre tary, and this meeting' desires to express it 3 disapproval of the voluntary aid prin ciple as expressed in that letter.” (3.) “ That in the opinion of this meeting the Customs’ revenue, contributed equally by all classes of the community, is the most desirable source from which to take-the necessary funds for the support of hospi tals and charitable aid.” On the motion of Mr Grigg, it was resolved to forward the resolutions passed to the Government. A vote of thanks to the chairman con cluded the proceedings. Facetious Teacher.— “lf a man who dove for pearls should be attacked by a shark, what would happen?” Smart boy, “He probably would not survove. Tea cher says nothing, but looks up the verb dive on the sly. '• i: ‘ -V..... y

CHISPA'S LETTER.

“lam not yet so bald that you can see my brains.'’—LONGFELLOW.

At last Government have become sen sible, and at one fell swoop have cleared the “ dead heads” from the railway car riages. W. 0. Walker —-good, iionest soul —mourns the hardship inflicted upon men, who give their time to the public service, by the wholesale annihilation of value that has come over those daintily got up red tickets. Am Ito suppose that the temptation to stand for a County Council seat was a free pass over the New Zealand railways, or that all the fervid breathings of patriotism and disinterested care for their districts that make us thank God, at eiection times, for the good men and true who ask our votes, have been called forth by the red back of a free pass, ■mst as a red rag excites the valor of a three-year-old shorthorn paternal 1 Cer tainly not. You’re a bad boy, Cliisp., to think so. But if Mac. and his cronies hold on to this idea of theirs they will be able to do the railway work of the colony with fewer railway carriages, and show larger receipts when they tally up. The Pressmen, too —(I write a capital P, because I am using the slang word ; when I use a small “p" in writing “ pressman I refer to the indispensable gentleman who attends the mechanical working of the printing press, not to the man of mighty intellect who bowls his pen along over acres of paper, stringing together the widely printed articles that only one man in six of the - population reads, and only one woman in a hundred), —that profession which every second man you meet in New Zealand claims to have been an illustrious member of at some bright period or other of his history, and “ has a fixed idea m his own mind that he could write a leader himself” ; the Press, too, has been let in by the pass nullifying edict, and the registered newsmongers have hence forth to “ pay their way” fare and be re spected. Newspaper men hold that, by travelling over the colony and collecting the colony’s news, and enlightening them selves on the state of things generally a few miles away from where their papers are published, they are doing a stroke for the colony’s welfare, raising her moral and intellectual tone, and brightening the pages of her history. Just so. But are the advertisement canvasser, the sub scriber tout, and the money collector of the newspaper entitled to a free pass on the same principle 1 If they are, then the baker boy, and the blue-aproned butcher —whose good to the country is done in the “ living present, _ and is felt at every meal we enjoy are just as fully entitled to ride red-ticketed as are all and sundry connected with the business specu lation called a newspaper. Sensible JV ac andrew 1 But you should have used your “ pass” broom long, long ago.

“Charitable aid!” That’s what’s the matter now! Mr. J. 0. Wason took a step up to the high shelf, and hooked down £5,000 to build an hospital. Bight you are, my sonny ! We wanted that badly : I’ll shqw you how. Not a very loner time ago a ’cute loafer sprained his ankle He was “ tight,” but not too tTght to be unaware of°the mischief he had done himself. He hadn’t a rap to pay a 'doctor, so he hit on the happy expedient of giving himself up to the police as a “ drunk,” fancying the Government would find for him the services of a Sawbones ! He got the customary <c admonition from the Magistrate, but no order on the doc tor. The Inspector knew the loafer too well, and the dodge was seen through. If there had been no sprained ankle there would have been trouble before the “ case ” came into court—a black eye or so —and there would have been no volun tary surrender. If there had been* an hospital, the poor unfortunate would have been sent .there. A chum of mine says the hospital encourages loafers. Let’ him try, and if he is not satisfied in two, days with the purgative cure of loafing, 111 eat my hat!

My old friend George Parkin, I see, has commenced the best public service he ever undertook—building a new Post Office. We are getting along gradually, you; see ; and by-and-bye, when George has finished that job, we’ll be comfortable when we go to loaf round the mail-house. I wonder how far off the chance is for George, or any other decent man, to get ago. at a new railway station ! Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to hear tlie rattle of his hammers on the site just across the road.

Where are you going to put the 8.M. .1 I heard he was tossing up as to which of the two big hotel dining-rooms he was going to engage for the next six months. The weather is hot just now, and a walk across the street in the scorching sun is fatiguing after the toil of sitting out along dreary case. In one of those dining-rooms the journey could be saved by a simple tug at the bell-pull 1

Euroa, where the Kelly gang stuck up the Bank, is on the North-Eastern line, 102 miles from Melbourne, and about twenty miles this side of Benalla. The ranges from Mansfield extend the whole way, so that the gang would not have to go into the open country to get to Euroa. The Faithful Creek is on the western side of the railway, extending in the direction of Violet Town.

The first number of “ Cyprus, a weekly journal of Agriculture and Commerce,” was published at Larnaca on the 29th August last. It consists of four pages of four columns each, one half of the paper being in English and the remainder in Romaic, and, notwithstanding its modest dimensions, the price is Is. sd. per number. . . ?Fr-v- " : :. ; . : r

YESTERDAY'S COURT.

Before A. LeGrand Campbell, Esq., R.M,

CIVIL CASES.

Firth, Pass and Co. ; Rimer v. M‘Keig —no appearance in either case. Quill v. .Campbell; Bullock and Co. v. Compton ; Hessey v. Young—three cases adjourned till next Court day. Compton v. Cookson.—Compton, buil der, claimed £l7 of Cookson, livery stable keeper. The case was left over from last week. Mr. Ireland was counsel for plain tiff, and Mr. Branson defended. The dispute arose out of the building of Mr. Cookson’s new stables, for which Mr. Compton was contractor, at a sum of £640. The agreement set forth that deviation from the plan should be paid for, or allowed for, as the case may have been. On the completion of the work, Mr. S. W. Brown, the architect, gave the builder’s certificate, and the work was paid for, all but the £l7 sued for. G. Compton, tes tifying to the completion of the contract, said it was usual for the contractor to be paid upon production of the architect’s certificate that the work had been satisfac torily finished. S. W. Brown said the work had been done to his entire satisfac tion as an architect. Certain ; alterations had been made on the plan, considered advisable in consequence of the frequent nor’-westers. Iron-work on the roof had been replaced by wood. The alterations in the plan had been made with Mr. Cook son’s consent. C. Reed supplied ironwork to the stables to the amount of £lO ; the specifications provided for £26. Mr. Jacobson, architect, said that the building had not been put up in accordance with the specification, and should not have been passed as it now stood. Mr. Cookson, defendant, said the alterations were made without his consent, and he had objected to the architect’s certificate, because he did not consider the work had been done pro perly. Rain came in copiously in several parts of the stable. He had signed the agreement produced. His Worship gave judgment for the full amount claimed.

TELEGRAPHIC.

AUSTRALIAN

[By Submarine Cable.] Sydney, Jan. 10. Hennessy’s brandy, 33 quarters, 9s 3d ; kerosene, Is 8d ; Patna rice, £26 ; Adel aide flour at Adelaide, £l3 5s to £l3 lOd ; do wheat, 5s 3d. No New Zealand or oats here. Raven twist, Is 6d to Is 7d. Candles, 9d. The steamer Macedon, from Brisbane to . Melbourne, grounded on a shoal in Moreton Bay. She got off with a damaged' rudder and leaking considerably The passengers returned to Brisbane. The contract for the erection of the Exhibition buildings has been given to Mr. John Young. The assistance and co operation of Messrs. Hudson Bros, has been obtained.

Attempts, are being made to arrange matters between the Wollongong coal owners and the men, in reference to the Bulli lockout.

All the police stations throughout the colony have been furnished with a des cription and portrait of Angel, the de faulting secretary of the Pullman’s Palace Car Company.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

From the New Zealand Press Asso ciation to the “Echo.”

New Plymouth, Friday. “ Dead or not,” says the Patea “ Mail,” “Heroki’s wife has been buried at Wai totara, telegrams from the New Plymouth Press Agency to the contrary notwith standing.” Wellington, Friday.

Great changes are being made in the Land Transfer Department. It is trans ferred from the Ministerial Department of Justice to that of Stamps, and officers have to communicate through the Under secretary of Stamps. Each branch is required to send in immediate returns of arrears of work so far as possible. The offices of Registrar, Examiner, and Deputy Registrar of Stamps will be amalgamated. The Treasury abstract of accounts this quarter will be issued in a new form, pre pared by Mr. Ballance, which will enable every one to clearly understand the figures. ■ “ The Chronicle,” in referring to the rumours which have been in circulation regarding the stability of certain firms, says :—“ The story was a base and wicked scandal, and that not only were the houses perfectly solvent, but that trade was in every way satisfactory, and the only thing that could have warranted the statement that the firms were in difficulties was the fact that in consequence of the tightening of the money market they had to call in some of their advances, and to decline renewing bills—a very proper and busi ness-like proceeding in the face of the action of the various banking institutions of the Colony in practically stopping for the present much of the discount and open credit accommodation. ” The “Post” in a leader say 3 :—“lt 'appears to us, judging from the specimen of immigrants who arrived by the Fern glen, that judgment is not exercised in the selection, and that whoever are charged with the passing of the immi grants have been very lax in their duty. A very large number of the immigrants by this ship can only be designated as inferior—a class which, for the interests of the Colony, ought for the most part to have teen rejected in London. Of course there are numerous exceptions, but many passengers, both male and female, are stunted in figure and weak in physique, and not over cleanly in their personal ap

pearanco, Some even had a look of squalor, while in general they pre sented a stolidity of appearance and a general lack of intelligence in their faces, as if they had come from the most ignorant and half-starved quarters of the United Kingdom.” The Immigration department has re ceived information of the sailing of the following vesselsTaranaki for Port Chalmers from Glasgow, on Nov. 7, with 293 immigrants ; Boyne from Plymouth for Lyttelton, Nov. 18, with 350 immi grants. No advice has been recived of the departure of the steamer. The Melbourne “ Argus ” states that the Northam was burnt otf Bahia, and that all the crew and passengers were saved, and had arrived at Bahia, and that the cargo was largely covered by insurance in Sydney. At Tauranga a disturbance has occurred interrupting the survey of Te Puke block Ihaia, who claims further reserves for the Ngatiwhakane, had a fight with Captain Goldsmith, and in the struggle a theodo lite was broken.

Dunedin, Friday. “The Star” says that the 16th of January has been definitely fixed as the date for opening the Southern trunk line. Workmen are scarce throughout the Clutha district, and the contractors find it difficult to carry on operations. The Blueskin Show held to-day was one of the best ever held in the district. About 500 persons were present. The exhibits in cattle were :—Shorthorns, 17 ; Ayi shires, 97 ; Provincial bred, 51. In horses

there were exhibited 65 draughts, lo thoroughbred, and 21 hacks, lhe on y entries in sheep were one long-woolleu ram, and one pen of fat sheep. In pigs there were four entries, while dairy pro duce totted up 270 exhibits. The judges had much difficulty in deciding on butter, for which there were 53 entries for fresh, 54 for powdered, and 49 for salt. There were 19 samples of cheese shown. The poultry was not well represented, the entries consisting of 1 for cock and hens (Bantams), cock and hens (Game). Invercargill, Friday.

A plebiscitum was taken to-day to decide the water question. By a large majority the Town Council was empowered to bor row £IOO,OOO with which to bring the water from Dunsdale Creek. Napier, Friday.

One of the immigrants by the City of Auckland was killed yesterday afternoon. He was taking a mare out of a paddock when she bolted, and he fell. He had the tether rope twisted round his wrist, and was dragged along the ground and killed. Oamaru, Friday.

The statement of a Dunedin journal, which was telegraphed over the Colony to the effect that land had depreciated to the extent of half its former value, has met with general condemnation here. The morning paper attributes the insertion of the report to the credence given to the statements of perhaps interested parties, and says that there is no foundation in fact for the report at all.

The imperial "title is to be brought into more general use by the substitution on service envelopes of the words “ On Her Imperial Majesty’s Service ” for “On Her Majesty’s Service.”

Wife or no Wife ?—A Mormon with two wives appeared before the Third Dis trict Court of Utah, and asked for natur alisation papers for his second wife. When he answered in the affirmative the question as to whether she was living in polygamy, the District Attorney objected that she was not of good moral character. The objection was sustained. The “ Even ing News,” the Morman Church organ, advises polygamous wives hereafter, in any matter in which the law of the land is concerned, to call themselves by their maiden names, and in every Court to take the position of unmanned women. Saved by his Name. —Joseph Grim aldi, 55, of 33, Ossulston-street, Euston road, a costumier, was charged with being drunk in Regent-street. The charge was proved, and the defendant having ex pressed his thanks to the constable for having taken care of him, Mr Flowers, addressing the defendant, said : “Well, you bear a famous naine, and it is a pity that anyone bearing it should disgrace it. We most of us remember things in con nection with the celebrated man who had the same name as you have, and as you have not been here before, it is a pity you should disgrace that name by being onvicted. You can go this time. ” Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton ire often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase of Drapery, Clothing, and House-furnishing Iron mongery, and General Stores. ORR & Co. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. They !ceep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which beinp bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to ofler goods of sterling value as cannot be equalled by any other house in the trade. Every article in stock is marked at the lowest price, from which no abatement is made so that the most inexperienced buy their goods at the same piices as the best judges.—Advt Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton need not be at. any loss to find the best estab lishment to visit and purchase their drapery clothing, and general stores. Leaving the Railway Station and turning down Havelock Street, they will seethe 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 veiy large and exceedingly well assorted stock of all classes of goods, bought in the best mar kets and on the most favoi able terms, enables them —to use trade parlance —“ to do the thing well”; in fact the goods offered by them are such as cannot be excelled either in quality or price by any house in the trade and are marked at such prices that making any abatement is unecessay, and the most inexperi enced are enabled to buy their goods as favorably as the best judges.— Advt.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS

• - [special to association.] . , ■ London, Januaiy 7. General Biddulpli has advanced with out interruption to within three days’ march of Candadar, where the enemy is expected to make a stand.

Adelaide, January 10. Wheat. 4s 6d, quiet. Tasmania, Jan. 10. The Hobart Town Eighteen, in their first innings, made 82 runs ; the English Eleven, in their first innings, made 183. The Hobart Town Eighteen had two wickets down for 19 runs in their second innings Sydney, Jan. 11. One hundred men are now busy at the Exhibition buildings.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Saturday.

At the instance of Mr. Heslceth, solici tor, a writ of habeas corpus was issued to bring up the body of Thomas Rennell, charged with the murder of . Captain Moller, to test the legality of the R.M.’s commitment.

The early closing movement commenced to-day at two o’clock. Some employers are changing the pay-day to Friday. Certain school teachers having been gazetted land tax valuers, the Education Board have declined to sanction the agreement, as it would likely bring the teachers into collision with the people. Henry Nichol, son of Nichol, ship builder, was charged at the Police Court on an alleged larceny of £4O from Henry Adams, Anchor Hotel. The prosecution failed to identify the notes, and Nichol was acquitted. The Court was crowded, and: the verdict was received with ap plause, which was suppressed. Invercargill, Saturday.

The polling on the water supply at tracted little attention.. That the towns people would endorse the Council’s action was regarded as -a. certainty. An active minority, however, 4 whipped up every opponent. Most of these were propertied men, with votes in each of the four wards. The loan was carried by 155 for, and 107 against—majority, 48—21 more than was necessary under the Municipal Act. J. T. Thomson, Surveyor-General, is now here, and intends to erect a magnifi cent block of buildings in Esk and Dee streets, running parallel with Langdon’s handsome block on the other side of the latter.

Great indignation exists among a num ber of Mataura electors resident in subur ban municipalities through their Town Clerks having failed to register them by sending to Registration Officer informal lists, bad descriptions, etc. 150 have been disfranchised in this way. Wellington, Saturday. Parliament has been prorogued till 14tli of March.

Mr. D. M. Luckie, editor of “ The Evening Post,” is appointed Commissioner for Government Annuities and Insurance. Dunedin, Saturday.

The single females by the immigrant ship Oamaru, from Glasgow, were disem barked this morning, and conveyed to the Caversham Barracks, where they will be hired out early next week. They are a promising lot, and appear to have been carefully selected by the Home agents. Since the Otago University was moved from the city to the Water-of-Leith it has been found almost impossible to get a meeting of the Council. Yesterday there was no quorum, as usual, and it is now intended to hold the next meeting in the Education Board’s offices.

Mr Stout’s speech last evening is con sidered one of the best he has ever de livered in this city. He spoke for up wards of two hours, and was frequently applauded. The theatre was crowded with working men and the leading citi zens.-: ‘ J .. , ■' ‘ ' ; ; ,

An able-bodied woman named Turner ’ applied at the Police Court for the admis sion of two children into the Industrial School, when the master of the school, Fitcherney, . came into Court and protested against the school and the Police Court being made a convenience of by parents who wished to be relieved of their chil dren. -At present the school was so over crowded tl>at he had written on the sub ject to the Minister of Justice. There were 10$ children in the school under 8 years, "besides 17 infants, and at the pre sent rate of increase there. would vbe between 400 and 500 in two years. Owing to want of accommodation and inadequate provision for infants, they were dying rapidly. The last infant admitted had to. be farmed out. He suggested that the provisions of the Act should be enforced, and runaway fathers apprehended and punished. The children were sent to the . school for five and seven years respec tively. ' • ; s' v‘ James Patterson, a wealthy settler from Southland, was charged with stealing a pair of gold ear rings from a woman of bad repute, with whom he had spent his Christmas holidays in Dunedin, , Patter son,'who is alleged to have removed the > jewellery unconsciously while suffering from his debauch, was defended by a leading barrister, and discharged. ,

The Foresight of Nature- -A. writer says : “Nature is a faultless work man. She never makes a mistake. In order to give women something wherewith to occupy their minds and. hands she gave them long hair. At the same time foreseeing that circumstances might arise in which the possession of long hair would be inconvenient, she made the backhair detachable, so that it can be taken off and laid aside whenever such a course seems desirable.”



SATURDAY Jawarv U, 1879,]

the mmum echo,



Papery, KNOWN, that HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO. are Selling their Cloih ing, Boots and Shoes, &c., CHEAPER THAN ANY HOUSE .IN ASHBURTON. /) Hats, and v.• ' : ¥f f- vA _ •. _ . ■T *’■ .It. ■-‘■'c ‘ ' : ■ . ;•■■ ■ ' ■ in*,* viw,>.? si ;c. ; ; that HOOPER, AITKEN, /&; CO. are paying Particular Attention to their DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT, i which is superintended by a Lady whose Experience has been gained at some of the Best Houses in New Zealand.



■yy ANTED KNOWN, that HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO,.hay# determined, prior to remising Iheft New Premises, now in course of erection, j to reduce their present stock as much as possible, to effect-which, they are now offering all Goods at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. NOTICE Tj OR SA L E A T T. QUINN & CO’S, Drapers r ; and clothiers, MOORE-ST.>. ASHBURTON. 75 Men’s and Boys’ Suits, at 30s per .Suit v >) j/ ? '■/ 40 dok Handkerchiefs at 'is ■ each. r «;•> «■ L.: r *IV -.;, *<r •; q . ,5, ;,-rl ~ , , ■ v, Hb doz. Straw Hats, 7s per doz. - ; quVn’n & C 0 V , Moore Street, Ashburton. / liiiiiL... '' ■ ; ' Business Notice. NOT I C E. ASHBURTON, WAKANUI, AND SEA FIELD MAIL EXPRESS. Subscribers to the evening echo residing at and between the above places willj in- future, be supplied by Sandjo and Olsenls Mail Express, which, leaves Ashburton every Tuesday and will please forward their names to-any of the Agents, or our Office* as early as possible. -Siibtotiptxon : By post or express, Bs. 6d. j>er Quarter; in advance, 7s. 6d. per quarter ;or 28s. per annum. l,i : THB: Evening Echo will contain all the latest telegraphic and other news, grain and produce market reports* 4xid ; particu lar attention will be paid to the Wants: of settlers. All 'ilbtices referring ,to the BbrpiigirUo.Uncil, County Council, and the Road Boards, will be found in The EcHo. Agencies where The Echo can be ■ obtained , ; "> Wakanui School Wakanui Creek.. Setifield... K... Charing Cross ... Newland.. I McClure G. Leadley T. Jones :M. Bruce T. M. Jones G. S, Brown Ed. Watkins The Agents will supply printed forms »r new subscribers to sign. WEEKS AND DIXON, Printers and ?ÜBi.|fj§*RS, East*st, N. , Ashburton.



Special Notteas, PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Alfred harrison begs to . announce that on or about the Ist Feb., 1879,,he will open a. ? : NEW” AUCTION MART V . ; In Baring Square. ;r A. H. will make a specialty of Sales of Furniture and Effects, Sales of Stock and Merchandise. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, &c., HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON, Near-the Town Hall. 213 THE |j]QHO NEWSPAPER AND GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, 'Has Removed to new buildings, East street North, near Post Office, and next '! Quill’s Hotel. : j :) THE LARGEST STOCK OF MACHINE CASTOR OIL IN ASHBURTON !! to SANDO & OLSEN’S if you \j want to buy really good machine castor oil, and oil-feeders. 246 WE have much pleasure in intimating to our friends and the public generally that we have this day taken into Partnership Mr. Thomas Hooper, who has for some time past been connected with our Firm. The Business will in future be carried on under the name and style of “ HOOPER, AITKEN, & C 0.,” who will carry out all arrangements made by the late firm. Dated at Ashburton, this 9th day of January, IOH & TTANTED a GOOD LAUNDRESS for one or two days per week, so a HOUSEMAID. Apply T. QUILL. T E N D E. R( S . TENDERS are required for Building Butcher’s Shop, Shifting Cottage, &c. Plans and specifications to be seen at Montgomery and Co. ’s store, East-street, up to THURSDAY, 16th January. 254 G. E. PIKE. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. ■\rOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that th? following gentlemen have been appointed by the Ashburton County Coun cil, in accordance with the Rating Act of 1879, as its valuers for!B79forthe Ridings as set forth opposite their names : Ashburton Riding—John Edgar Buchanan Mount Somers Riding—John Charles Bell Upper Ashburtonßiding, John Charles Bell « j. By order, F. MAINWARING, Ashburton, Clerk..; January 11th, 1879, , ; 255