POST OFFICE NOTICES

Mails at the Ashburton Ppst Office close as follows

For Christchurch and North at 10.30 a. m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m and 4 p.m dady.

For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rah'gitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.20 a.m, daily. For Temuka. Timaru, and- South at 10.20 a.m and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.ni. daily. For Wakanui and Scafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. |W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE.

: Mails.close at the Chief Post ‘Office for the following places (subject to the necessary alte rations) as under The mext mails for the United Kingdom via Brindisi and Southampton (for specially ad dressed letters/only) will be closed at Christ church on Aug. 25* The mail via Brindisi will he due in London on Oct. 20, and the mail via Southampton on Oct. 27. The next mail foi the United Kingdom via San Francisco will be closed at Christchurch on Friday, August 15, and will be due in London on Sept: 30. A travelling Post Office having been estab lished on the Southern line of railway, letteis bearing a late fee of 2d. may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached to the express train, and they will be included in the mails made up in transit for offices on the main line and branches. Sydney J. Dick, Chief Postmaster.

NEW POSTAL REGULATION.

Letters posted within the colony having the names and addresses of the senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, accompanied by a request that the letters be returned if not claimed within a stated period, will be return ed unopened. Provided, however, such letters shall have remained in the post office to which they may be addressed, at least ten days.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

On the first dar jf each month • a list is ex * hibited at each Pc A Office in the Colony of the addresses of all letters received from places be -1 yond the Colony that have remaind unclaimed for one month at such Post Office; and such of these letters as remain unclaimed at the end of a further period of two months are then for warded to the Dead Letter Office, to be return ed unopened to the countries where they origi nated. Unclaimed letters originating in the Colony are not advertised, but at the end of two months are forwarded to the Dead Letter Office, Wellington, there to be opened and re turned to the writers.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1879.

The approaching elections are, after all, to be fought out upon a very small question, and one that need not have been referred to the country through the medium of a premature election had the prime mover in the matter pos sessed more common sense, less egotism, and been liberal enough in his estima tion of human nature to believe that he was not the only man in Parliament who loved his country and sought her good. If Sir George Grey had had the good sense to see that Parliament ob jected to be treated as a simple quorum of men sent up to Wellington to give assent to his doings whether these may be right or wrong—and Parliament’s opposition to him resolves itself into this, with a rvell-grounded assertion added, that many of his doings were wrong—he would have accepted the inevitable and retired into Opposition with a good grace. But Sir George does not admit that he is fallible, and cannot realise the possibility of ever becoming unpopular with the country. So he finds it necessary to give the con stituencies an opportunity to tell him that the mighty majority in the House —who have told him with parliamentary politeness, but without the least ambi guity, that his Ministerial career has been a failure, which is worse than a crime,—are but the reflex of public opinion, and their adverse votes but the earnest of the country’s decision at the polling booths. The question for the country’s decision, we have said, is a small one, and is easily decided—it is simply “ Shall Sir George Grey rule or shall he not ?” We have no hesitation in foretelling the answer—a “ No,” as direct and emphatic in its meaning as that rolled out upon him in Parliament by a powerful Opposition. His creatures and toadies, who have flattered and lauded his doings, as to Tam O’Shanter

“ The landlord’s laugh was ready chorus,’’ and for the same reason, may still pile abuse and slander upon his opponents, but they cannot change the country’s opinion nor alter its decision. Like the Limerick beggar, their blessings are as cheap as their curses, both are over done, and are as harmless as they are exaggerated—their praise as fulsome as their curses are coarse—and a small figure will purchase either. To-day the fate of the Premier is undecided, and it is still within the region of hope that some divinity, may shape the rough hewn ends of fate and bring Sir George back to popular favor ; while it is so he has his creatures’ full-blown blessing, and no language is too vile for his political foes. When the die is cast, and the country’s seal has been set to the vote of Parlia ment, those same flatterers will crawl at the feet of the men they have traduced, and curse the fallen one as heartily as they gave him their blessing while he basked in the smiles of popular favor. There is no question of policy at issue—the whole country is at this moment as Liberal, as regards real reform in the direction of progress, as it well can be; and it is Conservative only of the rights of that great' “ human race ” of to-day which inhabits New Zealand. To Sir George’s seeming the country is not sufficiently. Conservative of the rights of the “ human race ” which will inhabit the whole world an indefinite number of centuries hence —perhaps when Macaulay’s New Zealander has paidhis much-quoted visit to theold land, and been relegated to the history of the past as he is now in the history of the future. But New Zealand has to do now with the living present,, not with the unborn future; and she is called upon to say 'whether she will sit down under therule of a man who, considering his lights, is as great a visionary as Te Whiti, or have the administration of the colony carried on by men who know how to respect the voice of a Parlia ment elected by the people.

Erratum. —111 Mr. S. Saunders’letter to the editor yesterday, the writer’s meaning is inverted by a misprint. He is made to say that Mr. Sando’s “ corrections ” are accurate, instead of “ inaccurate.'’

To-Night’s Meeting. —Wo would re mind our readers of the meeting to-night to select an “ energetic and efficient repre sentative for the district.” Electoral. —The Christchurch papers contain the addresses of the Hon. E. Richardson to the City of Christchurch electors ; the Hon. J. T. Fisher to those of Heailicote ; C. C. Bowen to the Kaia poi constituency, and Mr. Montgomery to the Akaroa electors. Sir George Grey telegraphs his gratitude to the “ Canter bury Liberal Reform Association,” and accepts its invitation to stand for Christ church.

Tip Usi employed: —Wo am sorry to learn that the Borough’s funds arc again getting towards low water, and a re duction of the number of laborers em ployed by the Corporation is imminent. Ashburton School Committee. The School Committee met last night. Pre sent : Messrs. Parkin (presiding), St. Hill, and Gollins. Correspondence was read as follows :—From the Board of Education, enclosing a circular, enjoining upon Committees, &e., the necessity ot accuracy in keeping the school register’s. From the Board, authorising a picket fence in front of the new house for the master. Frt mM\ A. Besmarest, offering to open a French class in tire school at a guinea per quarter per pupil.—The master reported that the* attendance for the month had been 140 boys and 134 girls, the number on the roll being 38G. He urged the necessity of having more pupil teachers, and trusted the Committee would take steps to supply the needed help. Several minor repairs, &c., were also referred to by the master. The Sec retary was instructed to have the school spouting repaired as cheaply as possible, and to see to other necessary repairs. Messrs. Parkin and St. Hill were ap pointed a Visiting Committee for the month, and the Secretory was instructed to inform the members, by circular, that a member-of Committee would require to be elected at next meeting in room of Mr. Calvert. Mr. Ward was appointed to examine the school register occasion ally, and report to the Committee. Re garding Mr. Desmarest’s application for permission to open a French class in lire school, the Committee resolved not to entertain the application. The Loan Bill. —Government cabled to the Agent-General and Crown Agents the news that the Loan Bill had passed, and a reply has been received that there will be no difficulty in floating the loan, also that any amount of money wanted in anticipation of the loan being regularly placed upon the market could be readily obtained.

Native Movements. —Tire natives are again making their way to Paribakato hold the usual monthly meeting on August 18. New Plymouth was quite thronged -with them on Tuesday as they were proceeding en route for To Whiti’s settlement. —The natives on the Omaramara run at tire Waitaki will depart to-morrow. A Good Example.— An Auckland tele gram says : —Mr. Hobbs has divided £IOO of his honorarium .amongst the following charities :—Parnell Orphan Home £25, St. Mary’s Home £25, Children’s Home £25, Ladies’ Benevolent Society £25. Mr. Tole is said; to bo contemplating somewhat similar steps.

The Storm Water Channel Question. —The County Council at its last meeting had under discussion a project suggested by the South Rakaia Road Board—vis., the appointment of three engineers to inquire and report as to the best means of conveying accumulations of storm water on the Plains to the Rakaia river. On that occasion Mr. Baxter, the County, engineer was instructed to co-operate with, probably, the Government Engineer and ono appointed by the Road Boards. At the last meeting of the Upper Ash burton Board it was resolved to reply to a communication from the Rakaia Board 011 the same subject that tho ward interested will be willing to bear its fair acreage pro portion of the expense of an engineer, but pointing out that channels ought to lead to the Ashburton as well as to the Rakaia. The Mount Somers Road Board has also expressed its willingness to co-operate. The Avalanche. —An English contem porary states that the Avalanche memo rial church, just completed at Portland, was to have been consecrated early last month. The sacred edifice is intended as a memorial to those who perished in that ill-fated vessel, in which many in Wanganui had friends and relatives who met a watery grave. The Lambing Season. Lambing is pretty general all over the Rangitikei district, and in one run it began three months ago. These early lambs, accord ing to the local journal, are now very healthy, having fortunately had a very favorable season at their birth. A Ghost in Difficulties. —An un rehearsed scene took place at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday evening. While tho interview between Hamlet and his father’s ghost was taking place, in the last scene of the first act, one of a party of sailors interrupted the performance by the most absurd gesticulations, at the same time passing a running commentary on the actors in a manner that was most annoying. It was impossible for the scene to go on, and Mr. Darrell stepped to the'front and stated that the play should not proceed until the man was removed. And then the melancholy Prince and the ghost of. his father stood looking at each other for several seconds without saying a word, no one in the meantime attempting to re move the offender. But even ghostly pa tience has its limits, and when the sailor, addressing the restless spirit, sang out’ “ Go on, old man,” it was too much. The ghost made the signal for the curtain to be lowered, which it immediately was, and soon afterwards tho intoxicated sailor was seized by three or four of liis mates and forcibly ejected from tho building. The curtain was then again rung up, and the tragedy—which for a time had been something like a comedy—was allowed to proceed. A general cry was raised “ Where are the police 1 ” during the fore going scene.- —-N. Z. Times.

The War atipu Member. —Mr Handers, M.H.R. for the Lakes, has set a good ex ample to other lion, members. He stated in the course of his speech the other even ing that he for one was not afraid to go to his constituents “ on principle,” and that if they chose to reject him he would bo quite content, in pursuance of that prin ciple, to direct his attention to some other pursuit; and the lion, gentleman even went so far as to inform his admiring au dience that he would be prepared to shoulder pick and shovel if nothing better turned up. We have heard that, but one step separates the sublime from the lidi culous, but this is the first time we ever thoroughly appreciated the narrowness of the chasm which separates the .Parlia mentary honorarium from those wages which are the reward of honest and per spiring toil.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

( Reuter s Telegrams.) London, August 11. The English wheat'crop is expected to be 25 per cent, lower than last year. Colonial debentures rule lower. Adelaide wheat is quoted at 495. per qcjolbs. ex warehouse. The estimated quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,560,000 quarters. Adelaide flour, 355.

The House of Commons has read the Irish University Bill a third time. In the House of Commons last night the Chancellor of the Exchequer made a statement defending the policy of the Government with respect to Egypt, .which aimed at stopping previous mis government. The prorogation of Par liament is fixed to take place on Fri da) 7 .

AUSTRALIAN.

( Reuter’s Tdeguwis.)

Melbourne, August 13

Sir Arthur Gordon is not a passenger per the Assam as previously reported. Fie comes via San Francisco.

In the Legislative Assembly last night the Opposition commenced a stone-wall proceeding against the Government. The I Louse was still sitting at one o’clock this moiiline.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPRQVINOIAL

Au c k land, T uesda y

Mr. ■ Swanson, for Newton, repeats his old electoral address and will give the Ministry his sincere support. Mr. Hobbs, for Franklyn, requests the electors who approve of the Govern ment’s administration not to vote for him.

The Thames Harbor Board has issued debentures for £ 12,000, and is to endeavor to get an advance for £6,000. John Smith is commencing the erection of an extension of his stabling at Ellerslie for his racing stud.

“ H.M.S. Pinafore.”

Dunedin, Wedensday,

After a thoroughly successful season, Messrs Harding and Cairns’ “ Pina fore ” company proceed northwards on Monday. They will appear in Oamaru on Tuesday evening, and subsequently in Timaru for four nights.

The Proposed Through Line. —From Mr. Blair’s report on trie proposed rail ways in the north of this island wo take the following calculations, showing the distances and times of the two routes suggested : —Between Christchurch and Wellington, via Grey Valley and Nelson, —-315 miles of‘railway, at 17 miles per hour, 181 hours ; 120 miles by sea, at 13 miles per hour, 94 hours; totals, 435 miles and 28 hours. Via Picton : 207 miles of railway, at 21 miles per hour, l)| hours ; GO miles by sea, at 13 miles per hour, hours ; totals, 265 miles and 141- hours. By sqa direct: 8 miles of railway to Lyttelton, -4 hour ; 202 .miles by sea, ah 13 miles per hour, 154 hours ; totals, 210 miles and 16 hours, it will thus be seen that tiio difference in tho line via Picton as compared with the Lyttelton route, would he only an hour and a half, assuming Mr. Blair’s calculation to be correct.

Curious i Case. The Wellington “Post” of Wednesday says A curious complication came to light at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Some weeks ago Morton Quin, formerly secre tary of the District Court of Foresters, was arrested on a charge of embezzlement and released on bail. On his departure from the court he was arrested on a judgment order and lodged in gaol, where he at present remains. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Mr. Stafford applied to Mr. Hansford to call on the bondsmen to produce Quin at the court on Tuesday next, and in the event of their failing so to do, to estreat the bail. Mr. Mansford complied with the request. It appears therefore, that the unhappy sureties will either have to pay Quin’s debt in order to get him out of gaol for the purpose of producing him at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, or they will have to submit to their recognisances being estreated. New Zealand Timber. —A long and important report on the timbers of New Zealand and Australia appears in one of the last numbers of the Engineer. The relative powers of tlio various timbers to resist the attacks of the teredo as tested by experiment, are elaborately set forth and the results are very interesting. The only timbers that have come out at all favorably from the trial are the totara and kauri of New Zealand. Iron bark, blue gum, and jarrali are speedily riddled by the marine insect pests. The worst results of all, however, were given by another New ‘Zealand timber, matai or black pine, which, while possessing considerable dura bility cither in land or water if spared by insects, is generally attacked by grubs on laud and teredines in the sea so vigorously that piles have been, known to be com pletely destroyed in six months. Good Advice.—“. Keep your patients alive," said an old doctor to a graduating class of students; “dead men pay no bills.”

MR ALFRED SAUNDERS AND SIR GEORGE GREY.

TO THE EDITOR OF - TILS .‘ ‘ NEW ZEALAND TlMEij. ” Sir, —As Air. Rees thinks my obliga tions to Sir George Grey, and the cir cumstances connected with the Cheviot election, sufficiently interesting to the Wellington public to justify him in giving them his version of it twice every

week, you may perhaps think the

sufficient public interest to justify you in giving me sufficient space to make your readers acquainted with the real facts, more especially as those facts are not without an instructive moral lor any patronised candidate in the forthcoming election.

I need not tell you, sir, or the Wel lington public, that Mr. ilccs is Sir George’s intimate friend and chosen mouthpiece, and that, therefore, I am justified in treating accusations of perfidy and ingratitude brought against me so frequently by Mr. Rees in.. ins presence, as practically emanating from him, and therefore justifying me in giving publicity to ail the transactions I have ever had with Sir George Grey, and all the facts that could he construed as laying me under a debt of gratitude to him.

When Sir George Grey came to Canterbury on his electioneering tour, at his request I made all the necessary arrangements for him to hold two public meetings at Ashburton, and one at Christchurch. In each case he did me the honor to express liimsClt highly pleased with my arrangements, and to leave me to pay all expenses iron! my own pocket. At the Christchurch meeting Mr. Montgomery proposed and carried a vote of confidence in Sir George Grey, I proposed, as an amendment,—-That this, meeting thanks Sir George Grey for his address, and hopes that the im portant public questions brought before this meeting by him will receive the earnest attention of the representatives of this city. After I had made my first address to the Cheviot electors, I received the following characteristic telegram from Sir George Grey : —■“ It you would rather not contest the Cheviot seat, Mr. Joseph Ward will now do so. Like yourself, he does not want the seat, bjit would come forward from a sense of duty.” I did not reply to the telegram, but forwarded it to my proposer, Mr. H. Parsons, who returned it to me with these words, —“ Sir George evident iy does not like your address. I-.sup} any he thought you were going to swear uy him. Don’t show the telegram to any one else,-as. nothing would injure you so much with the Cheviot electors as. the idea that you were in communica tion with Grey, or were going to put yourself under his wing.” \ I need make no comment on these facts, or mix them up with any opinions of my own. Your readers will judge how far they justify Mr. .Rees’s weekly charges against myself ie Cheviot elec tion.- —I am, &c.,

Alfred Saunders. Wellington, August 6.

Dramatic Success. —Mr. W. S. Gilbert is a lucky fellow. He is mak ing nearly jQ 2,000 a year by fees for those of his dramatic works that are running in the United Stale.;. 1 bis falls far short of Mr H. J. Byron’s in come from fees and royalties, whose income from that source cannot be much under a year.

Young Thieves. —At Auckland on Tuesday Patrick O’Brien and George Head, two boys scarcely ten years old, were charged at the Police Court with breaking into and entering a dwelling and stealing therefrom. Sub-Inspector Partly, stated that the prisoners stole a workbox from the house, and, having pawned it spent the money in beer and became drunk. The boys were remanded, as the Magistrate was puzzled what to do with them.

New Railway' Engines.—The enor mous increase of traffic on the Canterbury and Otago railways is demonstrated by the fact that even the very.large and power ful “Mogul” goods engines (class J, with 14ft. cylinders, 22in. stroke, six coupled 3ft. 9in. driving wheels, leading bogie, and six-wheeled tender) prove not strong enough for the very heavy traffic. Orders therefore have been sent home for some still larger and more powerful loco motives of the so called “ Consolidation pattern, with eight coupled driving wheels, 3ft. in diameter —the two middle pairs without flanges:,, so as to be easier cm curves—ls in. cylinders, and leaning Bissel bogie. These engines arc expected to arrive in time for the next grain season. They would not be suitable of course for a. line with numerous curves of only a few chains radius, but for the straighter lines of the South Island it is anticipated that they will prove very advantage'' is.

A Historical Plough.—in the i v.l imports by the steamer Nelson liom : 'me land (says the Melbourne “ Argus ’) turn is an item not likely to attract the notice of the reader, but to which, nevertheless, some interest belongs. The import in question appears in the list as“ 1 plough ,” and as such might be passed Over without notice. It appears, however, that this is a historic implement, being the plough with which the late Mr, Edward ilenty practically “ turned the first sod” in Vic toria, at Portland, in the latter part of the year 1834. Idle. Dollars.—lt is said that the Gov ernment have rendered the colony liable to no less a sum than £BOO,OOO on account •of railway material, etc., which will not bo required for at least eighteen months.

FOLDED AWAY.

Cl' FIDELIA. ' ; r i Cf- Day by clay, wo fold away A Some treasure that our heart holds dear, • Some cherished thing to which' wc cling And bless with many a;kiss and tear. A shred of lace may hold a place; That jewels rare could cVer win : YviSh love untold a ribbon old o I:- laid our dearest shrine within.. A lo.ik* tress we fondly press . only a heart that.-aches with pain, Tin.-Ujovinh a sigh for days gone by, V, • fed it'from our sight again. Auujs there, not a. hallo wed-spot,- -- - ■ in memory’s casket lying low, Where day by day wo fold away Our Imai-i-tnoughts lest the world should • know ? 1: ''' Many a one, now lost and gone,"'" In sweet day dreamings wo-behold, Who, in our sleep, come back to keep With us their vigils as of old.- And yet, alas ! such dreams must pass, Life’s sterner duties must bo met ! Quickly wo turn, and strive to learn That creel lesson—to forget! When from the gleam of love’s sweet dream Our hearts awake in sad surprise, How dimly burn, where'er we turn, The lessor lights that moot our eyes !

When o’er the dead our tears are shod, While on the silent lips wo press The last fond kiss.- —oh, is not this ~ .- The summit of life’s loneliness l 1 :

And yet we know, though all jio low Whom wc have ever loved or known, Still wo must live and learn to give To earth the claims it calls its own.

0 grief untold 1 with hearts grown old, Like flowers blighted, in a day, . How fondly theh/rem sight of men Y/e fold bur dear dead Loves - away ! : --Albany A; nut ay I’n-ss,

i A T>run K i N T:i e Gallery. —On the last ? sifting night in the Rouse of Representatives,' a stranger in the Speaker’s gallery behaved himself in a very unseemly manner. lie was labor ing under the influence of liquor, and sat muttering to himself in a corner so as to be audibly heard over a portion of the House. The patience, of the constable on duty, soon got taxed to the utmost, and that individual soon collared him, and tried to remove him yi et arm/s. He proved, however, un equal to the occasion, and thereupon called upon one of the other visitors to this part of the House to assist him in the Queen’s name. But the efforts of the two united were unavailing, for the intoxicated one stuck to his seat like a leech, incoherently threatening all sports of vengeance. By this time the attention of the House generally kva*? attracted to the very irreverent proceedings- that were going on, and ike. speaker’s attention was directed to

'a. disturbance in "the gallery.” The Sergeant-at-Arms at once prepared for the assault, -but fortunately his -services were nor required,, for a second con stable corning to the assistance of his folio v.’,- the noisy individual was,inconti nently' dragged from the gallery, and sent dying along the passage,, and down the stairs a little quicker -than he had ascended them.

- ■ John 'Chinaman on Oath.— The N'Z. Times has the following “In a case of'false pretences at the Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon, the principle witness was a “ heathen Chinee,” who went through the form of being" sworn by the ceremony of blowing out a lighted match. His evidence was given by the aid of an interpreter, and as the latter gentleman appeared to know very little of the English language, the testimony was interpreted into “ pidgin-English,” to the immense be wilderment of those in Court. In the House of Commons, in an swer to Sir W. j awson, Colonel Stan ley stated that according to the latest figures received from South Africa the number of troops, British and colonial, killed in the campaign was 1,186, and the number of deaths by disease 86.

A Fellow-feeling makes us Won drous Kind. —A drunken man suc ceeded in entering ;r tramway car -in Glasgow,' causing considerable annoy ance to the other passengers. At length they proposed to eject him, when a kind-hearted clergyman, who was also a passenger, interposed in his favor, and soothed the roused inebriate into good behaviour. Before leaving, however, the inebriate scowled upon the other occupants of the car, and muttered some words ot contempt, but shook hands warmly with the rev. doc tor, saying, “ Good day my friend ; I see you ken what it is to be drunk.” Talk of practical joking, we learn from an exchange that an old gentle man was recently killed in America, by some boys, who got him on the rack of a waggon, and drove so fast as to shake him off and kill him. The friends of the deceased gentleman valu- I his life at j£i6o, which the parents of the boys r<r ; d.

Holloway’s Pills. —These Pills are more

.: ~.'.i':.!ous in strengthening a debilitated con vention than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a nervous habit of body, and all who arc suffering from weak digestive organs, or whose health has become deranged by bilious affection, disordered stomach, or liver complaints, should lose no lime in giving these admirable Pills' a fair trial. Coughs, colds, asthma, or shortness of breath are also within tlie range of the sanalivc'-’poWe'iVro'f this very remarkable medicine. The cures effected, by these Pills arc nql superficial or temporary,' 1 >ui complete any permanent. They arenas.mild at they arc efficacious, aud may be given with confidence to delicate, females and young chil dren.. Their action on the liver, stomach, and bowels is immediate,, beneficial, and lasting, restoring order and health in •every case.— Advt.. '

Bare Feet.-—A question has been q-aisedTifeLonruixion •■with"' one of the Barge provincial schools, whether the children might not, with advantage, be allowed to adopt the practice prevalent in Scotland, Ireland, and many large districts.on.the Continent and in the colonies,Ao.f going bare-footed. As against', the custom of wearing bad shoes that will let in. water and are soaked in wet weather, and stockings which are rarely changed, there can, we think, be no ground to doubt the ex pediency- of abandoning foot-coverings altogether. Nature will be her own shoemaker in. the .tnatter«:o£aßEQteotiote the cuticle being hardened just where a pad is needed and nowhere else, and she will fence of tire extremities against cold,by establishing a more abundant supply of blood to the extremities. As a matter of fact, the heat of the body depends, on the vital processes carried on within 'it, and these are amply sufficient to’ meet every-want. TTretr,'■ again 1 , true, as the medical officer has, in the case to which, we allude, reported, that;, if the loot is encasedd ,in aipharcl frame or box \yhich; iiupedes.The, .action ' of the muscles and-:Joints,' that' organ will be capable of better work- in walk ing and jumping, and it will be more fully nourished, in obedience to the law that makes the nutrition of, every, part and member of the body dependent on exercise for efficiency. To these con siderations must be added, that when the extremities are habitually exposed there is less danger of cold-catching than when they are 5 On hygienic grounds,'bare feet are certainly admissable, and the fact that foot-cover ings are not employed by the .inhabk-r* ants of regions with climates colder and more variable than our own is evidence i that they are not indispensable, or," as ; we believe, conducive to health .in England. Habit and fashion'alone erf-;, join the wearing, of shoes, and to those ‘ who in early life are-accustomed to go ' without these articles of dress" there'' is not only no hardship, but an immunity from many troubles—chilblains, eprng, - cramped toes, and tender- feet promim ■ ently among the n\imbei\—£'a>ifet. A Money. —The following.. is a,.para graph from the New Zealand letter of,, the Insurance and Banking Record for . July “On the soundest' authority ! " am in a position to say that; very large. .. sums are on the way to the loan com.-.-. panies, and are, of course, anxiously looked for. One company gets 1 i YJBo,ooo by the July mail, and another • gets Most of this is engaged. ‘ to arrive,’ and all the ingenuity of borrowers is exerted to 'make sure of money still on. the way and to arrive in, v August. The truth is that the banks-’ were far too liberal in their fashion of lending last year,- and: are now as ex-'Q treme in their desire to get their money in. It is impossible to conceal that the . commercial position is one of peril, and though I think I am justified in saying that things have already got a little better, and are likely still to improve, the next two months will be trying ones for all. Any courageous in dividual on your side, who would bring some money for investment with him, might easily get io' |ier ceiii. ; on first- L, class freehold security, fop...th.e, next - seven years.” .

Avmny *B^3

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s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best $ B> I 0 to I 4 Eggs, dozen - - 2 2 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, w lb o 8 to 0 10 Bacon, prime smoked, lb o 9 to 0 10 Hams in cloth, $lb - i 0 to 0 0 Flour iii bass, 1? ioolb 12 6 [to 0 0 Oatmeal, $ 25ft • 6 6 to 0 0 Lard, lb - - - 0 9 to 0 0



Clothing Establishment. ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Me. J. H. Morrison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND ■; Mr. John Ross, Of Sargood, Sons & Ewing J ■Trustees. THE above large Clothing Manufac turing Firm h a ving -h ad to succumb to these hard . times, and assign their estate, we have been induced by the Trustees to purchase the whole of then* large Manufactured Stock at a Very Heavy Reduction; and have resolved to sell the same again in our Branches direct .to the public at prices at which we could fxiot legitimately sell our own. Goods. In fact (without exaggeration) during the next few weeks we are in a position to offer ■ NEW GOODS - ' ■ - -• 1 - - IN' ; ” ' MiN’S .AND ROYS’ ATTIRE, - ’ Of Colonial Manufacture, at from O N E T H IRD TO ONE HALF THEIR USUAL COST. HALLENSTEIN BROS., New Zealand Clothing Factory. The assigned Stock will be ; for Sale in our Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory.



CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ON SALE at the £ ‘ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. PRICE FIVE SHILLINGS, ATT.V. BOTjyi) ik Cxoth. , The above Volume contains a : lot of valuable-information, and should be in the hands of every .Tradesman.



Advertisements for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not later than z p.m. for the Country Edition, and 3 Pdlh for the Town Edition, with the number of insertions written plainly on the copy, other wise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged accordingly. Notice to discontinue must be left at the Office in writing, before 12 noon and alterations the day previous. Subscriptions : In Advance. If Booked Quarterly — Delivered in town Posted country s. d. s. d 60 6 6 80 8 6 80 8 6



Mew Advertisements. ]A IjIOUND. —A Sum of MOMEY; owner jP cun have same by paying for this advertisement. .. <, 263 a. > 1 ,/ /. j CHARLES' NEATE.' > i SPECIAL N O.T ICE TO RAKAIA CUSTOMERS. ARRANGEMENTS have been made with Messrs. Oiur & Co., Rakaia, to keep on sale a supply of all my well-known Medicines and Preparations ; also, a well assorted supply of simple Drugs, in bottles ready for use, and Horse and Cattle Medicines. This, I trust, will avoid the delay and expense of sending to a distance for them when required. -J P ll- A I also take the present opportunity of thanking the Residents of Rakaia and District for the very large patronage hitherto accorded to me, and they may rely on all orders sent me meeting with prompt attention. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, MEDICAL HALL, ASHBURTON. 264 a TWO Gentlemen require Board and Residence in or near towii. Apply G.. D.“ BOILEAU, P , 265 a . . * : . Ashburton!A. Tenders. •. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. F'jnENDERS are invited by the Board | for the following works Keeping in repair for twelve months Roads near Mount Somers. Keeping in repair for twelve months Roads near Spread Eagle. Specifications to be seen at the Road Board Office, and tenders to bo sent in on or before noon on the 15th instant.'’'"”"” ... JAMES FRASERy-NAM Clerk.'"’ Mount Somers Road Board Office, .Augu5t.6,,1879. . ~ 249 a;. Public Notice. ' Y. •a, «* t# ,A wi) b RA IN BANKRUPTCY. 'SxT OTTCE— I The “ Asiibukton Hjsrald” M ■ 5 -V/ K is Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. . 63