CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN REPORT.

Eor Week Ending May 3, 1879.

The anticipated arrival of Sir Hercules and Lady Robinson on this their first visit to Christchurch has done something, towards making appearances more cheer ful, and has assisted in a measure to dispel the gloom depicted on the countenances of most business men during the past week. We can only hope that His Excellency’s arrival in our midst at the present critical time may tend to a speedy return of the prosperity we have experienced in the past, and that the lesson we are now learning will bear fruit by teaching us to put in practice that economy which alone can lead to success. Now is the time when a wise forbearance is required on the part of Government, public companies, and indi viduals. We may mention amongst other matters affected by the present dearth of capital the disappointment bound, to be felt by a certain class of holders of insurance and banking stock—persons who consider it only necessary to become pro prietors to insure at once the receipt of large dividends upon capital invested. We can only hope no false delicacy or senti ment will induce directors to risk success in the future tor fancied present pros perous appearances. Shareholders should not lose sight of the fact that every pound now placed to the reserve fund, instead of being distributed, means pi’ofitable invest ment, if they have only the patience to wait until the money market is easier and the rate of interest reduced. We note that shares in really first-class Insurance Com panies are without animation, and for no apparent reason than the fear of further calls without a chance of a dividend during the present financial yeax-. Transactions in Grain have only been very limited, there is an entire absence of any disposition to purchase beyond im mediate requirements. The still further decline in the English market in the price of wool, wheat, and tallow has for the time being a most depressing effect. Inferior Barley and Oats are almost without buyers at any price, and all other feeding grains suffer in consequence'. The different forced sales now boing carried through, do not tend to improve matters. Sound Potatoes are firmer, with a good export demand which we expect to see maintained. Corn Sacks, we may say, are almost unsaleable, while Hides and Tallow are a shade lower. The lookout is not pleasant for holders of Grass Seeds, the local and export demand having fallen off quicker than anticipated, with no pre sent prospect of any chauge. QUOTATIONS. Wheat per bushel, 3s. 2d. to 3s. 4d.; inferior and feed, 2s. 9d. to 2s. lid. ; feed oats, 2s. 4cl. to 2s. 7d. ; milling do., 2s. Sd. to 2s. 9d.; feed barley, 2s. 9d. to 3s. ; malting do., 4s. 6d. to ss. 3d.; maize, none in the market; peas, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; beans, 3s. 10s. to 4s. 3d. ; flour per ton, best brands, £9 to £9 10s. ; grist, £8 to £8 10s.; potatoes, £3 to £3 2s. Od. ; onions, £9 to £lO ; rye grass, 4s. 6cl to 4s. 9d.; good rye corn, 4s. 3d. ; cheese, 6d. ; butter, lOd. to lid. ; salted hides, 3|d. ; green, 2kl. ; butchers’ fat, lkl. ; calf-skins, 3kl.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “ Evening Echo”). MONDAY, MAY 5, 1879.

Whoever gains the Coleridge Seat at this juncture will have once more to woo the electors’ good-will between the ensuing session and the next, for it is a generally accepted fact that, the session over, a general election will eventuate. It is possible, also, that the candidates will have to appeal to the constituents under a new Electoral Act, and that a marked change will take place in the distribution of seats. The extension of franchise, as is well known, is one of

Sir George Grey’s pet ideas, and the unction with which lie -dwelt

upon that question in his last speeches, and in his doing his famous “ stumping tour”, will doubtless be well renfembefed, sfo that he may be safely trusted to steps to have an Electoral BilKiplfced' before the House early in the ensuing session. As the franchise extension is a theme Upon which both Sir George's friends and his opponents are prepared to be liberal, we may rest assured - that’ some Bill will become''law thatpif it does not place a vote within the; reach of all who deserve to have one and care to use it, will at least' simplify the process of registration. It does not seem a very difficult thing to become a voter now, if the necessary qualifications are possessed, but it is a fact, notwith standing, that a very large number of names that this year found their way to the Registrar as those of claimants to votes, will be objected to, and for apparently trifling reasons. For in stance, numbers of men whose claims are undeniable—who are householders, and have every prospect of remaining in Ashburton —filled up for the Regis tration Officer the formal schedule of their claims, but unfortunately omitted to enter the number of the section on which their houses stand, and this omission will be fatal to their appear ance on the roll, unless they are pre pared to comply with the idiotic ar rangement which compels them, if they care to answer this objection and supply the- omission, to go down to Christ church where my Eord Revisor sits in electoral judgment. There are not five men in Ashburton so politically righteous as to spend in a journey to Chiistchurch for any such purpose, and my Lord Revisor, so far as Ashburton objections are concerned, might just as well have announced that he would hold his Appeal Court in a bath chair in the moom It would have been a huge evil to ask the Revising Officer to sit in Ashburton, but it is no matter if a crowd of Ashburtonians be come disfranchised because they do not see their way to a journey of 50 miles to rectify an omission like that we have pointed out. Doubtless, Sir George’s Electoral Bill will aim at the removal of tomfoolery of this kind from the ma chinery of registration. A redistribution of seats, too, seems an exceedingly likely occurrence. A large increase by immigration has taken place in the population of the colony, and many places that five years ago were of comparatively little account have risen into importance, and demand a' more direct voice in the House. Some of the larger centres, too, have gone ahead hugely, while others have remained stagnant, and the disparity between the proportion of population and commercial interests to Parlia mentary ■ representation vis so .marked that it has become necessary to'readjust the seats, that the towns and districts which have increased may be repre sented in proportion to their increase, and those that have remained much as they were twenty years ago may be levelled down in representation in pro portion to their positions Wellington papers claim for their city and suburbs' a fourth Member, and propose to take him from Nelson city, which, with only 5,000 .or 6,000 inhabitants, has two. There are other cases of very unequal representation, notably that 'of Cole ridge, a district covering a large extent of tilled country, and dotted over with substantial villages and numerous home steads, and surely it is entitled to have more than one mouthpiece in the House of Representatives. Mr. Hart’s idea of dividing the district into two and giving each division a Member is a wise one, for, as it at present stands, its dimen 'sions are too great to be other than cumbersome, and its interests are not in any way uniform. With the almost certainty before them of a dissolution at the end of the session, it is perhaps wise on the part of our local public men, who might be able to command support in a contest for the, vacant seat, to hold themselves in reserve for the general election, and probably in the present state of the colony, since Mr. Hart is in the field, .it is better to allow him to walk over. If, however, another candidate is to come forward he must make up his mind speedily, for the nomination takes place on Thursday first, and there is but scant time left for any new man to destroy the good opinion Mr. Hart undoubtedly ’’ created, notwithstanding that there are some points of his political creed on which he is not wholly at one with the majority of the electors.

TfiE Lunch at Tinwald. —The demon stration at Tinwald did not terminate on Saturday with the Governor’s departure for Ashburton, though of course a large number of those who saw His Excellency turn the first sod of the railway left as soon as the ceremony was over, either by road or by the special train provided for the public. As is known, the contractors for the Mount Somers Railway entertained the Governor and suite to a sumptuous luncheon in Mr. Mossman’s store, and, along with His Excellency and party, about 100 persons sat down. Immediately on His Excellency’s departure a second luncheon was given by the contractors, at which Mr. Campbell Walker, Chairman of the County Council, presided. Mr. Walker, in a complimentary speech, proposed the health of the contractors, and Mr. Fraser replied. Amongst other toasts given were those of “ Mr. Baldwin, of the Central Hotel,” “Mr. Mossman,” in whose grain store the luncheon was laid, and “The Press.” ■ In proposing Mr. Baldwin’s health, Mr. Fraser spoke in high terms of the repast they had that day partaken of, and expressed his entire satisfaction, and

that of those: interested with him, with Baldwin’s etfoi’ts as a caterer: , Mr. Bald win suitably acknowledged the. com pliment.. Mr. Mossman’s ( kindness in plaeingliis ample store at their disposal for use ias the temporary dming-room was also aphtiowledgedg and? notice- was-likewise, taken of the success secured by. the builders aiid decorators’of the, arch. lln our notice oc the at Timvald time did'not permit us to give more, than a passing notice of the triumphal arch, and this was far less than its merits entitled it to. It was a most imposing structure, tastefully designed and beautifully decorated, and it undoubtedly met the admiration of all who had the:pleasure of looking at it. To whom the merit of the design belongs we do r not know, but the.artificial decoration was the-work of Mr. J. R. Chapman, and was, of course, in his customary taste. Mr. T. S. Williams, builder, erected the framework, and arranged the evergreens and flowers, of which there was quite a profusion, round the mottoes surmounting the whole —“ God save the Queen,” and “ Success to Ashburton Branch Line.” Of the arch in East-street, Ashburton, we have only to add to what we have already said regarding it—that the County Council is foi tunate in possessing a member like ‘Mr. Weymouth Roberts, for into no better hands than tlidse of Mr. Roberts and his men could the duty have fallen of building the triumphal arch, as its handsome appearance abundantly showed.

R.M. Court.—A Court will be held on Thursday, 15th May, to be presided over by the new R.M., Mr. Frank Guinness. Building Society.—The monthly meet ing of the Ashburton Building Society will be held in Mr. Bullock’s office to morrow evening. Subscriptions will be received at the Secretary’s office, Burnett street, between o’clock and 4 o’clock, and from 6.30 to 8.30 evening—to morrow.

Illuminated Address.—A beautifully executed piece of illuminated letterpress, handsomely framed by Mr. T. A. Gates, is now on view in Messrs. On* and Co’s, window.

The Home Mails via Brindisi and San Francisco.—Mails for the United King dom, etc., via Brindisi and Southampton (for specially addressed letters only) will close at the Ashburton Post Office to-day (Monday) at 7*30 p.m. A supplementary mail will close on Wednesday at 10*20 a.m. for despatch per express, to catch the Arawata at the Bluff. The mail via Brin disi will be due in London on June 30 ; and that via Southampton on July 7. The next mail for the United Kingdom via Sau Francisco will close at the Ashburton Post Office on Thursday, May 22, and will be due in London on J uly 8. New Telegraph Station. —A telegraph station is now open at Wakefield, in the County of Waimea. Fatal Result. Daniel Braane, the man who was so seriously injured by a fall from a straw-laden dray at the Alford Forest Station, a fortnight ago,. died in the Christchurch Hospital .on Saturday last.

In Uniform.—An old Music Hall song used to run, taking , off the gentlemen in blue, “It’s a difficult course to get into the foi’ce—but a mighty man’s the hobby.” However high an opinion the myrmidons of the lav/ may have of themselves and the office they hold, there are few of them would care to be under the condem nation of having to wear their uniform every time they appear outside—in fact, to wear only, the regulation clothes, and no other. Were this a general law all over the colony, we should very soon be left minus our best men in the police force, and such an exodus will probably result from the order we hear has been issued,to the constables., in Hawke’s Bay, where (says the •• Hawke’s Bay Herald a circular sent to the members of the force requires them for the future to limit their wardrobe to the regulation garments of their profession.

. Cruelty to a Horse. —From a recent “ Post ” we extract the following descrip tion of a goad made use of by a young Jehu in Wellington : —A day or two ago Mr. Lett, a bootmaker in Cuba-street, saw a youth cruelly ill-treating a horse. He called the attention of a policemau to the fact, and on an examination being made it was found that a long nail had been driven into the flanks and sides of the poor animal, and that the wounds were bleeding freely. The nail was fas tened to a piece of wood about a foot long, and the instrument was used as if it were a riding whip. We are assured by a gentleman who witnessed the occurrence that on one occasion the nail was jammed so firmly into the sides of the horse that a vigorous pull had to be given before it could be got out. Wise.—The Government have evidently determined to take the fullest advantage of the low price of iron in the home mar ket to lay in a large stock of railway material. On Saturday last there was no less than 19,000 tons of railway iron on board various vessels at the Wellington wharf in course of discharging.

Perilous Travelling. —The perils of travelling on the Reefton road, which is cut in the most part along the face of rocks, and precipitous siclelings, over hanging the Buller river, were shown by an accident, which occurred a few days since : —“ A carter named Aaron Carne, when going down the Buller road with his four horse team got jolted off the box seat of the waggon, and fell a distance of thirty feet down the embankment, lying there insensible, until daylight next morn ing, when he was rescued. The horses stood the whole of night in the same place where their driver left them, the waggon wheels being only an inch from the edge of the precipice, thus the slightest stir might have thrown the team over the bank, and crushed the man to death.” The first thing a man takes to in his life is his milk ; the last is his bier. illE Ladies will be glad to hear of some thing that is really woith knowing, seeing that the winter is fast coming round and the foot paths will soon be cold and damp. It is also very important to keep the feet dry in order to enjoy good health ; and in order to do this T. Chambers is making sewn boots for ladies, of good strong calf, with thick soles, which are guaranteed to fit and wear quite as comfortably as thin boots, in consequence of their being sewn instead of pegged.—[Advt.]

ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD.

Monday, May sth,

. The usual monthly meeting of the Ashburton Road Board was held to day— Mr. John Grigg, Chairman. There were also present Messrs. David Wilson, Joseph Hunt, and E. G. -Wright. On the reading of the minutes, Mr. David Wilson asked for a reconsidera tion of the Board’s decision regarding the several wards’ liability te the Great South Road. Resolved —to be recon sidered at next meeting. CORRESPONDENCE. A letter was read from the laborers employed by Henry M‘Cutcheon, on a contract of the Board, asking that the Board keep back sufficient of the money due to him on the contract to meet the wages owing to them; M'Cutcheon having become a bankrupt. The Surveyor said Mr. M‘Cutcheon had paid no wages to the men in ques tion, and when their claim had been satisfied there would still be going to M‘Cutcheon. It was resolved to ascertain the Board’s powers in the matter before paying the money. Meanwhile the men had been employed to finish the contract.

From Mr. R. Anderson, complaining of injury likely to be done to his land by the drainage of Ford’s Road into Ford’s Creek. Referred to the Sur veyor to report.

From Mr. E., H. Dobson, Lowcliff, complaining of the manner in which M'Cutcheon’s contract at Lowcliff was being done. It was stated that the ivork complained of would be completed satisfactorily. From Mr. John H. Baker, Chief Surveyor, complaining that two pieces of road formed by the Board and run ning diagonally through the • township of Dromore, recently laid out by appli cant, destroyed the symmetry of the township blocks; and stating that these roads could not be retained. He now advised the Board on the subject, so that the roads be not gravelled. The following resolution was passed : “The Members of the Board are unanimously of opinion that the division of the roads leading to Dromore station in the manner indicated on the plan submitted by the Chief Surveyor is not conducive to the public convenience, and this Board hopes the Chief Surveyor will re-arrange the streets on the proposed township, and maintain the direct line of access to the railway station, as laid down on the map of the district.” From Mr. John Carter, asking a cheque for 12s 2d for shingle taken out of reserve 1120 for Jones road. Resolved to fallow only for sur face damage. On the subject of the Ashburton Bridge, the clerk read correspondence that had passed between him and the Colonial Secretary re the road proportion of the Ashburton Bridge, and was instructed to ascertaisHviiether or not any restrictions existed as to the imposition of tolls. From the Town Clerk asking for the Borough’sshareoffundsin the possession of the Board. The Clerk was instructed to reply that the borough’s share of the Land Fund would be paid at. the next meeting of the Road Board, as also’the rent of the Road Board cottages. The Clerk was further instructed to make arrangements with the borough regard ing the collection of rates. The Surveyor reported on the works requiring to be done in the district, and a large number were ordered to be put up to tender. The estimated cost of

the work to be done was-

TENDERS ACCEPTED. No. 140. Formation and bridges on Great South Road.—Dennis McLauch lin; Bs. sd. per chain, and jQi Ss. per chain; concrete, £2 ; timber 13s. per 100 feet.

No. T 54. Shingling Leadley’s Road —Edwin Thomas, is. 2d. per yard. No. 155. Formation Leadley’s Road —James Croy, 6s. 6d. per chain. No. 156. Formation Wakanui Road —James Croy, 10s. 6d. per chain. No. 157. Formation Gibson’s Road —Scott and Ross, 7s. per chain. No. 158. Shingling Bell’s Road Samuel. Brown, 2s. 3 %&. per yard. No. 159. Formation Bell’s Road — G. Cavanagh, is. 3 per yard. The pay-sheet was then passed, and the Board adjourned.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

[Argus' Special. ]

Home Markets. London, May 3. . Money rather easier. Reserve lower, owing to withdrawal of gold for Paris. . Australian securities are temporarily weakened by the new loan. Consols reduced per cent.

Prospects of the wheat harvest at home are unfavorable. Wheat un changed.

[Renter's Telegrams .] London, May 2. Arrived—Somersetshire, at Graves end.

The New South Wales Loan. Tenders for the New South Wales Loan amounted to at 96^. Mr Berry’s Mission. Mr. Berry declares his speech was in correctly: reported. -The. mission was altogether a success, the object being to obtain the influence of the British Government in. order to avert a renewal of complications. He desires to con tinue the present friendly, relations be tween Victoria and the Home Govern ment.

Affairs in Afghan. Calcutta, May 3,

Yakoob Khan is proceeding to the British <camp to interview the Indian authorities. A large retinue will ac company him. ' ’ s l 4 - The aspect of affairs at Mandalay is reassuring.

AUSTRALIAN.

Wreck of a Schooner. Sydney, May 5. A heavy southerly gale has been blow ing since Saturday. The schooner Margaret Chessel has been wrecked at Newcastle. All the crew saved, but Capt. Townsend was drovvned.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Arrival of a French Man-of-War. Auckland, Monday. Arrived—The Piquet, French war ship, from Noumea, New Caledonia. She called for coals and provisions, en ■toute to Tahiti. H.M.S. Cormorant' was at Noumea when she left. Pedestrianism. A match has been arranged between O’Connor, of Canterbury, and Brown, of Auckland, for a-side. Both men have gone into severe training. The Stud. Two of Ferguson’s imported brood racing mares, Tyra and Locket, have returned from Napier after visiting the sire Patriarch, and have been sent on to Waikato. Shooting Licenses. The number of' shooting licenses taken out is 161. £6,000 Damage. In the cyclone at Tonga a valuable collection of instruments, books, etc., belonging to the Wesleyan College, was destroyed; * Sudden Death. Mr. J. F. Gardiner, a well-known resident dropped down dead. He opened a large dining establishment to day, prepared for. 400 people, and it is supposed the excitement of the affair and heart disease caused his death. Resignation of the Mayor of Welling ton. Wellington, Monday. Mr. Dransfield has resigned his office as Mayor. s The Timaru Catholic School. Timaru, Monday. John Delaney, the successful ten derer for the Catholic School, has com menced his work. The school is to be built of brick on a concrete founda tion. Commercial. Business is very dull here, and money scarce. No less than seven new bank rupts filed during the week ending April 30th. The Native Meeting. Alexandra, Monday. The. northern natives are angry at the reception given to Ministers. A few natives round the king prevent his action. It is said that last night Sir George Grey sent for Rewi, who declined to come, saying he did not wish any private conference.

A GREAT CRIME.

(New. York Tribune.)

A small .town may be the scene of a great crime, while poisoning seems to be coming into alarming frequency of use. Clarence Hollow is a quiet and pretty village about 20 miles east of Buffalo. John and Henrietta Taft resided there, with five children. He carried the mail between Clarence Hollow and Buffalo. Annie Cox lived there also, the daughter of a laborer. Annie Cox admired John Taft, and forced her society upon him whenever she could. The other day, John Taft received a letter purporting to have been : written by “ Dr. J. Benton,” and stating that his sister was dying, and wished to see him at Looneyville. He went accord ingly. On the next Sunday night. Annie Cox left a letter, at his house. _ It professed to have been written by him, contained six packets of medicine, in formed his wife that lie had been ex posed to small pox, and that as a pre tive of contagion, she must take the powder herself and give it to her chil dren. She acted accordingly, giving the medicine to only three of her children, the two youngest being asleep. She herself took a dose ; the result was that all four were taken violently ill, with the usual symptoms of arsenical poisoning. A neighbor going to the house, and obtaining admission, found the mother and children in a prostrate condition. When the husband returned home, he pronounced the letter signed with his name a fabrication,;arid also declared that he found his sister at Looneyville in good health. She knew no such person as Dr. J. Benton. As Annie Cox certainly delivered the letter with the medicine, it is regarded as a fiendish plot on her part to get Mrs. Taft out of the way, in order that she might, marry John. She has been arrested; none of the poisoned have yet died.

Monday, May 5, 1879.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD,



£ In No. 1 Ward 1,422 In No. 2 Ward 1,336 In No. 3 Ward 1,787 In No. 4 Ward 1.678 In No. 5 Ward 615 Total ... £6,838



Clothing Establishment. ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. MESSRS. ALLENST E I N R 0 S. Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH 't ■ ’' ' of the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, IS NOW- OPEN IN THE NEW BRICK BUILDING ASHBURTON, (Next Bullock & Co.’s Rooms) To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article they have decided to sell a SINGLE GARMENT AT TIIE II OLESALE PRICE. All goods are marked in plain figures, for net cash only. Any article purchased and not approved of will be exchanged with the same courtesy with which it was sold, or, if desired, the money wi 11 . be returned. The Success which has attended ' the New Zealand Clothing Fac tory’s Retail Branches in Auck land, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and other towns, leads the Proprietors to believe that there exists a praiseworthy desire on the part of the public to encourage New Zealand Indus tries, especially where superior advantages are offered, and your support is solicited on this understanding only. WILLIAM SPARROW, [Manager 467 Ashburton Branch.



Chemists. HERBAL MEDICINES. T)ERSONS suffering from liver com g plaints, coughs, colds, worms, skin diseases, - &c., are invited to try Nature’s cheap and universal remedy, H E SBS. ” James Neil, importer of Herbs, and Bo tanic medicines, George street, Dunedin, lias apnointed MR. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, Ashburton, Agent for Ids Highly-extolled medicines, Composition Powder for colds, Dandelion Coffee and Dandelion Pills for liver com plaints, Headache Pills, Botanic Cough Syrup ~ Worm Powders ~ Stomach Bitters „ . Blood Purifier, &c. Roots, Herbs, Barks, &c. of every kind. 370 CAMBRIDGE’S , ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE IS acknowledged to be the mostagreeable andefficacious Tonic Stomachic yet pro duced. It contains the valuable Tonic proper ties of Peruvian Bark' (“Quinine”) with the Stomachic properties of the Bitter Seville Orange, so coin lined as doc co be objec tionable to the most delicate invalid ; and, as a “BIT T E R S is far superior to all other preparations. Invaluable to all suffering from loss of appetite, indigestion, general debility, ner vous affection,s ; tic, ague, and derange ment of the system. When the scomach has become enfeebled or disarranged by disease, excess,. or irregularities, or the appetite is impaired by mental or bodily exertion, or from any cause whatever, it gives a regularity, and tone which is not obtained by any other medicine. One, two, or three wine-glass fuls may be taken during the day by persons suffering from the above com plaints, with the greatest benefit. It is highly recommended by the medical pro fession to be taken whenever Cod Liver Oil is ordered. By pouring the required dose of the oil into half a wine-glass of the “Orange Quinine Wine” scarcely, a flavour of the oil is tasted, and the wine materially assists the oil in its beneficial operations. Price, 4s. Gd. per wine bottle, and sent (carriage free) in cases containing one dozen, at 48s. Sold retail by all Chemists, and manufactured by J. M. CAMBRIDGE, MEDICAL HALL ASHBURTON. 360 Business Notices. p 'EORGE ALLEN, 'accountant, collector, HOUSE, LAND, AND COMMISSION AGENT, Saunders’ New Buildings, Ashburton. CERTIFICATED ACCOUNTANT IN BANKRUPTCY.



Business Notices. HODDER AND COMPANY



w anted k ESPECIALLY, NO W N THAT T. R. HODDER & COMPANY HAVE . OPENED THIS DAY A Large Assortment of MELBOURNE CLOTHING, Made expressly to order for Ashburton, 24 OVERCOATS AND ULSTERS. 12 LATEST STYLE COATS. 50 PAIRS TROUSERS AND VESTS, Latest Style. ALSO,



CASES AND BALES (Ex Coriolanus) of. WINTER DRAPERY and CLOTHING, Dress Stuffs, Blankets, Flannels, Scotch Goods, Calicoes, Sheetings Doeskins, Hosiery, Carpets, Shirts, * &c. &c., &., Expected to be opened in a few days.. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY, East Street, Ashburton - . 685



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Y. B, In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF. The Debtors and Creditors Act, 187 b, The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act,TB7B, and of the bankruptcy of William de Blaguiere Compton, of Ashburton, Poirndkeeper, a debtor. NOTICE is hereby given that the above named William de Blaguiere Compton has this day filed in the above Court a declara tion that he is unable to meet his engagements with his creditors The first meeting of creditors will be held at the District Court, Ashburton, on MONDAY, the 12th day of May instant, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon. Dated this sth day of May, 1879. C. CAVENDISH lIURRELL, E. G. Crisp, Clerk of the Court. Solicitor for Debtor. 805



ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. TENDERS are invited for tile following works : Ist. Timber bridge over North. Ashbur ton River (3 miles from township) consisting of 21 spans, 40 feet each, and 2 spans 11 feet each. 2nd. Timber bridge for Surveyors’ Road, Hinds—one span 40 feet, and 2 spans of 11 feet. 3rd. Protective works for North Ash burton River, near Mount Somers Road Crossing. Sealed tenders, addressed to the Chairman and endorsed with the number of the work tendered for, will be received till 4 o’clock on TUESDAY,'27th inst., with.a deposit equal to 5 per cent of the work tendered for. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the Council, Moore street, Ashburton. WILLIAM BANTER, Ashburton, County Engineer. May sth, 1879.’ j*o4 Hooper, aitken and co. are prepared to make CASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE