LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

[By Submarine Caber.]

Athens, March 22,

The Turkish Commissioners having re fuse d the proposed extension of the Greek frontier, the Grecian Commissioners have returned here. The Greek Govern ment has issued a Circular Note invoking the mediation of the Great Powers. Sydney, March 24. Dr Tyrell, Bishop of Newcastle, is dying The Exhibition wages amount to £2 <OO per week. The body of the cabin-boy of the Bonnie Dundee was found in a shark. Brisbane, March 24. Sir Maurice O’Connell, President of the Legislative Council, died yesterday. Adelaide, March 24. Flour, £lO 10s ; wheat very dull.

THE ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE

From the Daily News (London.) The difficulty experienced in securing suitable medical officers in the army has led to the appointment of a further Com mittee to consider the subject, who have just issued a report of considerable length. The conclusions arrived at are embodied in a long list of recommendations, all of which have in view the amelioration both of the pay and the position of military surgeons. There is no disguising the fact medical students at our hospitals hold army appointments very cheap, and are not particularly anxious to wear a cocked hat if there is private practice open to them. Whether the feeling is due to a prevalent idea that army medical men are snubbed by combatant officers, or to the inadequate pay offered for their services, it is very certain that misgivings do exist and are deeply rooted. At same time we must say that if the recommendations now made come to be acted on, a good deal of this prejudice ought to be removed. In the first place the retiring allowances pro posed are on an exceedingly liberal scale. After ten years’ service the army doctor may retire or not, as he chooses, and if he does’a sum of £1250 is paid by Govern ment —a-s'um ample, one would think, to purchase a practice, or to enable this young surgeon, for he is still comparatively young as a medical practitioner, to estab -• lish himself in a spot of his own choosing. If a surgeon serves 15 years in the army, he is to be presented with a retiring allow ance of £IBOO ; after 18 years he is to have £2500 ; and after 20 years, a pension of a pound a day, which pension is in creased to 255. in case of his serving 30 years. - Compare with the pensions given to captains, majors, and colonels, these allowances are exceedingly liberal. Another recommendation will be highly valued by the Army Medical Department, which is, to assign them distinct medical officers’ quarters. In the army the pre -1 sent system of permitting senior choice of quarters has been found to act hardly upon medical men, who in some instances are specified as ranking with the junior to a certain grade, in which case their privilege of selection is always Hobson’s choice. Again the Medical Department in the Army List is set down after the Commis sariat, Ordnance Store, and Army Pay Departments, and accordingly takes rank after these ; the recommendation of the Committee, however is—“ That the army departments have no precedence inter se, • but be arranged alphabetically ” a measure which is only just and right.

Severe Weather in France. —Num- bers of wolves have penetrated as far as the gates of Metz, and there is more snow on the Yosges than the oldest in habitant remembers. In Petrarch’s village (Yaucluse) numerous vvolves are prowling round the houses. In the De partment of Isere two youngmen, brothers, have perished in the snow while on their way home at night, and in other localities several deaths have occurred on the roads from cold.

“Marriage ceremonies performed free of charge” is the sign displayed by an Ohio justice. He keeps a tavern and is satisfied with the profit on what the bridal parties eat and drink. The repast is not, however, throwr in with the ceremony. The following curious advertisement appears in a provincial newspaper :—“ The Rev. can recommend a young woman of about 27 years of age, of excellent character and behavour, as parlour maid ; also can milk a cow or two. ” The Yery Worst. —Here is the worst pun we have seen in six months. In Alabama they chew the tassels of the fir trees as a substitute for tobacco, which reminds us of the adage, “ Be fir-chewers and you’ll be happy.” A labourer, while breaking stones on the roadside, having a shade over one eye as a guard, was thus accosted by a companion : “ I say Tummy, hast ’ee lost an eye?” “Why,” replied the other, “ hast ’ee found one ?”

Ji. gtranger in Fall River lately asked a resident where he could find some of the leading men of the place, who replied, “ They’ve mostly been sent to tbe State prison, air.’’—American paper.

Old lady —to tourist who is growling over his “corns:” “An’do ye not try onything for them ?” Tourist: “ Oh, yes, I’ve tried lots o’ things!” Old lady : ((Ye should gang to some o’they cornopeans ; maylm they could cure them for ye.”

A French gentleman meets a young and pretty American girl in Paris. “ What in the world are you doing here?” “I’m spending my honeymoon.” “But where is your husband?” “Oh, he’s in New York.”

Jean Paul says we should be as little ashamed of innocent joys as of black berries, although after the enjoyment they leave a black stain on the mouth, An agricultural contemporary has observed that, immediately after every high wind, farmers come into town with choice lots of fresh handpicked apples. Strangers coming to reside iu Ashburton qj-o 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 keep at all limes 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 offer goods of suHi sterling value as cannot ‘he 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 prices as the best judges,—Advt

AN EGYPTIAN MARRIAGE.

An Alexandria correspondent of a Home paper, writing on the 14th Jan. says : “ Mahmoud Handi Bay, the fifth son of the Khedive, was married last week to a daughter of Ebhami Pasha, a son of Abbas Pasha, son of Mahemet Ali, and Viceroy of Egypt from IS4B to 1854. Prince Tewlik, the heir apparent to the throne, is married to a sister of the bride, and Prince Ibrahim, now at Woolwich, is betrothed to another sister. Certainly the viceregal family are obedient to the behests of their religion, which declare marriage a positive duty. ‘ Art thou married ?’ asked the Prophet of one of his followers. ‘ No,’ replied the man. ‘And art thou sound and healthy V ‘Yes,’ said the other. ‘ Then,’ said the Prophet, ‘thou art one of the brothers of the devil. ’ But the devil has not many brothers in a Moham medan country, as every man of any posi tion has his harem. Four wives are the limit, and the facility of divorce is so great that rich men do not at all shrink from the dangers of this quadruple alliance. Alee, the companion of the Prophet, is said to have married and divorced 200 wives ; and a certain old dyer of Bagdad has come down in history as a man who had been married 900 times. Prince Mahmoud, who had been betrothed for some time was married on a Thursday—the lucky day of the week. All the old ceremonies were gone through, and Cairo took a deep interest in all the proceedings. There is no religious rite, and the principal parties do not meet until all preliminaries are over. The Zeffeh, or procession of the bride, was performed by her in due form through the streets of Cairo, which she promenaded in gorgeous attire, and care fully veiled and shut up in a brougham. Infantry and cavalry, with martial bands preceded her, and she was followed by crowds of female friends and harem slaves, by whom she was finally conducted to her husband’s palace in the Ismailieh Quarter. The bridegroom meanwhile, after dining with his father at Abdin Palace, was escorted by his male friends to the adjoining mosque, where a solemn prayer was performed. From the mosque as the sun went down, he and his party marched on foot in procession through the whole city. All the Princes, Nubar Pasha, Abdel Kader Pasha, Shahin Pasha, and crowds of other pashas and beys were of the party, and many of these stout dig natiries were exhausted by tlie fatigue of such a formidable pedestrian trip. Soldiers escorted the procession, atten dants carried numbers of lanterns, and the streets were densely crowded by na tives eager to see the sight. The crowd of friends parted with the bridegroom at the foot of the staircase of his palace, when his brother Hassan gave him the customary blow on the back which signifies farewell to bachelor life, and he was then left alone to rescue his wife from her female attendants, and see her face for the first time in his life. ”

Lord Beaconsfield’s admirers will re joice in the reflection that according to the laws of hereditary longevity, he has still many years to look forward to. His father lived to be eighty-two, and his grandfather, Benjamin Disraeli, to be eighty-six. His mother was only seventy one when she died ; but his father’s grand mother, Mrs. Seybroot, lived to the age of ninety. If Mr. Beresford-Hope had known that Isaac Disraeli was the son of a Dutch Jew he might effectively have retort ed Lord Beaconsfieid’s sneering allusion to the “Batavian grace” inherent in Dutch blood. A Riding-school Master, with no ear for music, hired a band for his perform ance. At the first rehearsal half the mu sicians stopped playing. “Hallo!” shouted the master, “ What’s the matter now ? ” “ There’s a rest,” said the leader. “A rest! rest ! ” was the reply, “I don’t pay you to rest, but to play! ” An Educated Seal. —The general in terest taken by the public in the seals trained by the late M. Leconte at the Zoological Gardens has led the naturalist of the Westminster Aquarium to try an experiment in training the youngest seal there. It now goes through a perform ance, which includes plucking the strings of a guitar, heating a tambourine, climbing a flight of steps, taking a “header,” smoking or pretending to smoke a pipe, firing a revolver, and drawing a boat to which he is harnessed. The performance, to meet public taste is made more sensa tional than anything that M. Leconte did ; but the way in which the seal enters eagerly into the fun, with a keen eye on the fish given to it now and then in its performance, is a good illustration of how these animals can be educated.

rll K AS !i R U RTO M I!HR ALp

{Tuesday, March 25, 1879.



Miscellaneous. NIGHT WATCHMAN. THE undersigned has taken upon him self the duties of Night Watchman in Ashburton, for one week, and should sufficient inducement offer, he will continue to act in that capacity. 58G FRANK GRIBBIN. SLAUGHTERING ACT, 1877. I BEG to give notice that I intend at the next sitting of the Ashburton County Council applying for a license to slaughter large and small cattle on my Section, No. 18,030, Ashburton. Ashburton, J. TASKER. •March 11th, 1879. 513 I HEREBY notify that I intend to apply, at the next sitting of the Ash burton County Council, on the 2nd of April for a Slaughter License for my pre mises, for large and small cattle. W. BLAND. Orton Green Farm, gOl Ashburton, March 10th, 1879. LOST. —-A Dark Brown FILLY, with Black Points, slightly collar marked. Fintlor rewarded on leaving same with Hooper, Aitken, and Co. Anyone detaining the above after the 21st instant will be prosecuted. 548 FOR SALE, cheap, beautifully illus trated, “ The Select Works of John Bunyan,” ini vol., handsomely bound, price 80s. ; also, “The Life of Christ,” .price 308. Apply office of this paper. IJINYELOPES, ~N O TEP A PER, EN- U YELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. ■ 552



Entertainments. TOWN HALL, ASHBURTON. Sole Proprietor & Manager ... Prof. Scott. Advance Agent ... ...J. W. Marshall MONDAY & TUESDAY, Mar. 24 and 25. PROFESSOR SCOTT’S COMIC ODDITIES and WONDERFUL SHADOW P, AN P OMIME!!! The greatest novelty of the day. An entirely new, original, legitimate and comic entertainment. A CARD. Professor Scott would most respectfully inform the public that he is the first introducer of the Shadow Pantomime to the amusement-going public of New Zealand, with all of its laugh able scenes, magical tricks, magnificent dresses, elegant properties, and complete ' parapher nalia. It is now being produced in nearly all of the principal theatres of America and Great Britain, where it is enjoying the most success ful run of any pantomime ever yet produced. It pleases both old and young —it is a novelty that suits all classes and tastes, and never fails to be greeted with roars of laughter. He assures the public that he will present it on this occasion in all its original, grand and comical style. He has engaged for its proper production the very best talent available, who will unite in making this novelty the greatest even* of the day. In order to give the proper illusions and magical effects to the comic shadows in the pantomime, Professor,: Scott has expressly imported, at an expense of £2OO, the largest and most powerful biunial Sciopti con ever introduced to the Southern Hemis phere, manufactured expressly for him _by Messrs. Stewart and Co., of London, opticians to the British and Foreign Governments ; and in order that everybody can witness this grand entertainment, Professor Scott has determined to establish prices for the million : —Front and reserved seats, 2s. ; back seats, is. Doors open at 7‘30 p.m. ;to commence sharp at 8 p.m. No postponement on account of incle ment weather. 544



Meetings. SOMERSET LODGE, E. C. A LODGE OF INSTRUCTION in con nection with the Somerset Lodge will he held in the Lodge-room THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, at 8 o’clock sharp. By order ©f the W. M., W. H. ZOUCH, 584 Secretary. ■R. WASON REQUESTS the ELECTORS of Coleridge to meet him at the Town Hall, Ashburton, on Thursday, the 27th inst., at 8 p.m. 574* To Let. TO LET, TWO Good SHOPS, with Dwelling Houses of four rooms attached. Centrally situated. Apply to CHAS. BRADDELL, 515 Montgomery’s Buildings. Tenders. TO LET BY TENDER. AN IMPROVED FARM of 600 Acres. For particulars apply to 570 SAUNDERS BROS. TENDERS are invited for. FENCING the school grounds at Kyle ; length, about 28 chains ; fence of post and rail and 4 wires; also to supply and fix the necessary gates. Particulars on applica tion. Tenders to be sent in before the 31st instant. JOHN LAMBIE, 578 Chairman, Kyle. Public Notices. WANTED at once, Board and Resi dence in a private, respectable family ; piano indispensable. Address to Nemo,” Herald Office. 577 ANTED, by a Young Lady, a .V v Situation as Saleswoman in a Dra pery Establishment. No objection to country. Apply by letter, addressed “ Saleswoman,” office of this paper. 567 ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. N accordance with Clause 28 of “ The Rating Act, 1876,” I hereby notify that Francis G. P. Leach, has been ap pointed valuer for the Mount Hutt Riding. I also notify that Arthur Makeig has been appointed valuer for the ; South Rakaia Riding, and the valuation list of that riding is on view from March 22nd to May 3rd, at the South Rakaia Road Board office, ana the County Council office, Ash burton. The day for holding the Court to hear any objections to the above will be duly advertised. A. Le G. CAMPBELL, Judge of the Assessment Court for the County of Ashburton. Ashburton, March 21st, 1879. 573 rjiHE UNDERSIGNED have for SALE and to • rrive : Calcutta Cornsacks, 4 bushels ; expressly manufactured for shipping Wheat. Woolsacks—Seaming Twine best quality. Fencing Wire, No. 6 to 10. 20 Tons Galvanised Iron, 6 to 9 feet. 400 Casks Cement. 300 Dozen Ploughshares. Etc.,* Etc., Etc. FRIEDLANDER BROTHERS:



THURSDAY, March 27. AT BAZAAR. Messrs, acland, Campbell & CO. have received instructions to sell by public auction on THU RS D \Y, M a rch 27 , without reserve, g GOOD USEFUL HORSES g .) 1 Single-furrow Plough. | 1 Double ditto, j 3 Sets Plough Chains. ‘ 1 Hay Knife, j 1 Chaffcutter. i Whipple Trees. Fencing Wire. 1 Lot of Tools. Quantity of Harness. Bobbie’s Broadcast Sowing Machine Several Empty Sacks. Flour, Bran and Pollard. 1 Horse Covers. A large quantity of Sundries. Sale to commence at 12 o’clock. ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO., 585 Auctioneers.



GREAT CLEARING SALE AT CHERTSEY. Messrs, w. j. g. bluett & co. have received instructions from Mr. William Ford, who is leaving for the North Island, to sell by public auction, on his farm at Chertsey, ON TUESDAY, APRIL i NEXT, the whole of his live and dead stock, Consisting of — 9 Useful draught horses 1 Hack, quiet in saddle 3 Drays Hornsby’s reaper and mower Double and single furrow ploughs Harrows American waggon Quantity of new and second-hand har ness McConnick’s reaper and binder Half-ton 9ft. Gospel Oak iron Grass seed Flour, etc., etc. 2 Tarpaulins, 15 x 12 , A portable whare One and a half acres of potatoes Household furniture A large quantity of sundries Also, at the same time and place— The goodwill of the farm of 300 acres, held on purchasing clause at Y 3 per acre, on very liberal terms'. The land, which is situated cn the main road (four miles from the, Chertsey railway station), is of excellent quality. It has no chains frontage, and is divided into five paddocks, with good sod and wiie fences, all of which are in good order 100 Acres are broken up ready for cropping 17 8)4 ~ in stubble 1y 2 „ potatoes 20 ~ English grass. A large quantity of blue gums have been planted, and are looking well and healthy. There is a 12-stalhd stable and good 2-roomed cottage on the property. The above are for absolute sale, and will be sold without any reserve. A CONVEYANCE will meet the morning trains to convey persons to the sale. Luncheon provided. 533 Partnership Notices. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. THE Partnership lately existing be tween its as Engineers, Millwrights, Ac., has this day been DISSOLVED by mutual consent. All claims on the above business must be sent in by the sth of April. All accounts owing must be paid by the same date. Signed ( H. J. EDWARDS. ) HENRY LEE. Ashburton, March 22, 1879. 572 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. mHE CO-PARTNERSHIP hitherto § having been carried on by TAYLOR and BILL,. as Bakers and Farmers in Ashburton and District, has this day been DISSOLVED by mutual consent. All CLAIMS must be sent in by the 31st inst. or otherwise they will not be recognised. And all ACCOUNTS OWING to the Firm must be paid by the same date. (Signed) j w T . tjt.d, Ashburton, 19tli March, 1879. 553 NOTICE. THE PARTNERSHIP lately existing between us, as Barristers and Solicitors, in Ashburton, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. J. E. HYDE HARRIS. C. W. IRELAND. Ashburton, February 19th, 1879. 408 Business Notice. GREAT AUTUMN HANDICAP. IN consequence of the Great Demand for Tickets, intending Subscribers will do well to call on the Agents as early as possible. j* ; , , Agents for Ashburton : E. Teague, Tancred Street, R. W. Shearman, Somerset Hotel. T. MeDONALD, Treasurer, 543 Lyttelton. MRS. MOREY’S ’ CHRISTMAS TREE AND BAZAAR. THE Drawing is still going on at Mrs. Morey’s establishment, Tancred street, Ashburton. Several of the more valuable prizes are still to be disposed of, and tickets may be obtained for a few more days at the shop. 574 LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S RIMMED A T S ONE CASE JUST OPENED, From 2s. lid. each MRS. MOREi Tanc rF, d Street, Next Mr. Chapman’s. 22G



Auction Sales. J^ESSRS. JgULLOOK & 00. (C. J. Edmiston, P. A. Edmiston, and W. H. Gondiiy). TIN WALD STORE. MESSES. BULLOCK AND CO. beg to notify that, for the convenience of their customers and friends on the south side of the Ashburton River, they have OPENED a New STORE at Tinwald, and draw attention to their stock, com prising— ' 7 . . STATION AND FARM STORES, GRASS SEEDS fob AUTUMN SOWING, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, HARDWARE, FURNITURE, BUILDING MATERIALS, At their TIN W A L. D S T O PTE. Stock Sales conducted at the Tinwald Yards will be settled for at the Tinwald office if required, ’ ' ’ •' * BU L L.O C K AN D . C 0., Ashburton and 7 Tinwald.- ■ b-0.,.-; BULLOCK AND CO.’S ABSTR AC T 0 F SAL ES. MAR C II 26..,, , . V Clearing Sale of Horses, Cattle, 7 Farm Imple ments, and the Lease of Mr. Jno.‘'Smart’s . Farm,- on the farm at Longbeach. MARCH 27. Sale of Engineers’ and Blacksmiths’ Plant, at j:- Messrs.. Edwards and. Lee’s., r ..., j A P R I L 3' Unimproved Farms and Tussock Land. / BULLOCK AND CO., 410 Cj Auctioneers.



, i '■ Booksellers, &c. '/ f NEW BUSINESS.; j. y. w"a CPi ;:'; BOOKSELLER, COMMERCIAL • AND FARCY STATIONER,- HAS much. pleasure in announcing to the inhabitants of the Borough of Ashbur : ton and County, that he COMMENCED BUSINESS : ON SATURDAY MARCH-h, 1579, -oi< ' in. ... ■ ! OKH Messrs. Saunders Bros.’ Buildings, , i; , EAST STREET, NORTH, | r ■ • .With-/./ , | A LARGE ASSORTMENT'OF j Professional Stationery, j Commmercial Stationeryj • Household. Stationery, Fancy Stationery, . _ &c., , &c., &c. * v'j literature- j (In Assorted Bindings), 7/ i COMPRISING ALL THE MOST P 0-;P*-U;-L AIU A,U.®,O ; RS ’ 1 ' ' ' '' ’ Also, — ■ • PRESENTATION BOOKS. SCHOOL REQUISITES ONf STOCK. Colonial, English, and' Foreign Papers and Magazines supplied to order. WORK-BOXES, WRITING-DESKS, ' . ' ; s- and. OTHER FANCY GOCDS, AT REASONABLE. ,P RIC • Hamilton’s Library Books on Deferred Payment. .; 7 -,-lf { <ll, f the address — ' r ; - J. Y. W A R,. J) , : - East Street..N-9)RIH' : y t (yj (Saunders.Bros.’ New Buildings), ASHBURTON: j ; " 44°



PROCLAMATION. ; nnHE ABOVE REWARD will be paid JL ,to any person or persons giving'such information as will lead to the discovery of the party who, on Saturday night last, the 22nd of February, did: Enter the Premises of A.- ‘Weston-}) American Novelty Depot,: East-street,. Ashburton, and left an order for 1000 dollars’ worth of New American Novelties, just arrived from America; also had his hair cut, bo’ught 1 lib- of IXLi.iri. Tobacco, several Pipes, Matches, Cigars, , ; and Colonial Newspapers, a parcel of New Novels, Ac. ,■ and left thoroughly .satisfied with his investments. 429



Auction Sales. ONIONS l 7 ONIONS !!! WEDNESDAY, March 26th, At 12 *3O sharp. CONSIGNMENT OF ONIONS' It:- ALFRED HARRISON will sell at his Rooms on the above date, ijQ S A C...K S ONION -S, Very tine Brown Spanish. WITHOUT RESERVE. 531 ALFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer, etc. ' '.WEDNESDAY, April 2nd. O/W SUB URBAN SECTIONS (CO ' ‘I tvmsuUi . ALFORD FOREST ROAD, V,; VERY EASY TERMS. j|TR,. ..ALFRED HARRISON has;re- T? 1 ceived ‘ instructions from Mr! J. Becker to rsell .by : public auction, at his’ Rooms,-on the above date, ' - '■ "■ gg' SUBURBAN; SECTIONS Very,' 'beautifully situated on the ■ Alford Forest Ttoacl, . only IT chains from the North-west Town ‘Belti ;: t The value .of these allotments must be admitted, as they are high; healthy, and but, a few minutes’ walk from the centre of the city. The terms are very easy, viz., 20 per cent, cash, the balance in 3, ; 6, 9, and 12 months, with,interest .added at , 8 per cent, per annum. ~ WEDNESDAY, April 2, at 12 o’clock sharp. •;;^';.'/' j Alfred harrison; ■ < ■ ■: 519 J ‘ Auctioneer, Ac. _A_L F RE D. JBL ARRI SO N , ....... AUCTIONEER, ■- < ; U R j * ■' . 1 .' .. ASHBURTON, IS open to conduct Sales by Auction, at his Rooms, or elsewhere ; also Sales by Private Treaty of any description upon the lowest possible terms. . > ■SEND IN YOUR PRODUCE,;) : such as • ■ :rl . .. .. PIGS, . - A - FOWLS, ■: CHEESE, ■ EGGS, ; . &c., &c., &c., Also, FURNITURE, : ' Y ~..; • , EFFECTS, and ‘ i ' GENERAL MERCHANDISE, for ■ SATURDAY’S WEEKLY SALE, At 12 o’clock. The following are upon my books, besides many others ■ l-.., ;. Farms from 200 to 1000 acres,- on, easy terms. ■— ■■ City and Suburban Sections. Sections at Tinwald. Two-roomecl Cottages' and handsome resi , . deuces, on easy terms. ;• , j SHARES FOR SALE— ' ! 3 The Ashburton Gas Company. Tlie Ashburton Templar Hall Company. 'Properties'‘entered for sale free of mc-uu/, oiioVl. i/ncharge. ’i j..i SALE YARDS attended every TUESDAY. ; Ndw Sacksw-Very Cheap,.;: ~, j Old Sacks, any quantity. Fencing Wire, all sizes, j jeSTDON’T FORGET * < SATURDA Y’S SALE, ‘■U. T> ! '■’'! at 12. o’clock., . ; ; I AGENT FOR THE Manchester . Eire ASSURANCE, COMPANY.! Capital, ..£1,000,000.— Lowest Rates. Established 1824. ALFRED HARRISON,; AUCTIONEER, STOCK," : ESTATE, .:■ 1! \ .AND. .COMMISSION AGENT; BARING :SQUARE, ASHBURTON. ,* 282



Business Notices. N .'.'O' T I C :; E. mHE Undersigned, having succeeded _f_ the firm, .of “ Taylor and Lill,” Bakers and Confectioners, hegs to • return sincere thanks for the very liberal support accorded’to; the late firm, and hopes to merit a continuance by supplying .none but the very best article that can ; be ; produced. It having been found that the best bread cannot be .supplied at less, than 7d. per 41b. loaf if credit is given, in future the price will be 7d. for .Monthly accountsy 'and'Cd. for .Cash ..or Weekly accounts. Pastry of tho best, quality as usual.- T o-.fYr>g ; l THOMAS TAYLOR, v. , ; % !.,•)'.r I- Baker and Confectioner. ,-East-street., Ashburton, ' 'March 21st, '1879.'- NOTICE. 4 LL ACCOUNTS due to the Estate of, Thomas Hicks, Ashburton, must 1 Te J Paid ■at-' Oncei to,the undersigned, at; Messrs Pass and Go’s, or at the Hoad Board 1 Office, Ashburton.;;. Accounts . re maining unpaid will bo sued .‘for without. ‘■further notice. ; . J. H. .PASS, ) , 454 'C. B. BRANSON,}' J - ustees -



Wants, &s. YYTANTED,’ Two MEN to do some Sod Fencing ; must be good hands. Apply to HENRY HONOUR, 557 Hinds River. WANTED— A two days a -H oiiii. Good week. LAUNDRESS, Apply— Quill’s 562 "ANTED—A RUNNER. Herald Office. Apply 501, WANTED, immediately, a number of APPRENTICES to the Dress making. Apply at once to •MISS THOMAS, Hooper, A liken, and Co., 52S Victoria House. ANTED—A MARRIED COUPLE V without encumbrance, or a Ge- : neral Servant who can Milk. Apply 500 MRS. F. MACBEAN STEWART.' 117 ANTED KNOWN —Three Cases Yy Bronze Waiters, superior article, Bcl. and Is. each. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. • WANTED KNOWN Magnificent assortment of Crockery of every, description. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. . TTTANTED KNOWN—We are . Sole, YV Agents for Home Treasure aiid Wilson’s Sewing Machines—Simplest and' strongest machines made. T. R. 11 ODDER AND COMPANY. - 11 /ANTED, Known—Grey Calicos, 2RI. ■ per yard ; White do., 4s. 6d. cloz.; Horrocks’ Longcloth, 4s. 9d. doz. • T. R. HODDER AND CO: WANTED Known—Ladies’ Silk Scarfs, bid., lOid., Is 4id. ; Fancy Prints, 3jdr 1 ■•'• ■• 1 • ■• - . ... T. R. HODDER AND CO. ‘ 117'ANTED Known—Ladies’ Mantles * * and Jackets from 4s. 6d.; Real* Welsh Home-spuns, all wool, Is. Id. and Is. 6d. :. • , ' : T. R. HODDER AND CO.. \AT ANTED Known —Tailoring on the y y premises by a first-class cutter. 1 Scotch, English,’and Colonial Tweeds, Serges, and Fancy Coatings in great variety. 7 ; 7 T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. 117 ANTED Known— We are opening * 1 out a nice lot of Ladies’ Costumes and really handsome Winter Jackets. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. \KT ANTED Known—Trimmed andUn * J trimmed Hats and Bonnets, all the newest styles. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. WANTED KNOWN—Our Stock of ' Men’s Colonial and English Cloth ing is not to be surpassed in the Colony for quality and value. : T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. J ANTED Known—That parties visit » * ing Ashburton will find our stock as well assorted and as reasonable in price as any in the Colony. ’ T. R. .HODDER AND COMPANY. 117 ANTED Known—Our Dressmaking » » Department will be open on Mon day, 17th, under the charge of one of the best dressmakers in the Province. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. 117 ANTED Specially Known —72 Kevo » sene Lamps, at ss. ; splendid lot. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY. WANTED Known Groceries and Oilmens’ Stores of every descrip tion, not to be surpassed in price and quality in the Colony delivered any where. " T. R. HODDER & COMPANY. WANTED Known, Ladies’, Children’s, and Men’s Boots and Shoes ; splen did stock. i T, R. HODDER & COMPANY, ?. VV ANTED Known * [[every; description. Ironmongery of ,T. R. HODDER & COMPANY. ‘ 117ANTEL Known—l Case of Fancy y * Ribbons, Collars and Cuffs, and Ladies’ Gloves just opened. 'll R. lIODDER AND COMPANY. •’ .11 7ANTED Known—Shillings, 6fd.. ' y.y. Fancy Dress Stuffs, sid. ; really good Flannel, Is. 4d. ' L " T. R. HODDER AND CO. [Si? : . ’ '



NOTICE OF REMOVAL. H M. JOKES Legs to inform hia friends and the public generally, that after the 24th inst. he \vill be found at; his .. NEW:. PREMISES, BARING SQUARE, (Next Post Office). Stationery, Books, Toys, Fancy Goons, v-i mu Music, &e. 397; WANTED KNOWN—That the chcap vW • est and neatest CARDS may b» hacT at - the - - ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE, East Street North.