CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not bold"ourselves responsible for tin opinions expressed by our correspondents.

To the Editor.

Sir, —The matter of which I write is of such public importance as to require no apology for asking your permission to ventilatp it in the columns of your journal. I have often wondered at the long silence respecting the 'Borough bye-laws, and whether, on account of their inoperative character, the private and public wrongs I wish to allude to are prevalent. It may be a comparatively small annoy ance that cattle -keepers can. coolly allow their cows, Ac. /to thrive at the expense of their neighbor’s, hedges and plants, or let their horses’ tether stretch right across the street to- the danger of the. .pedestrian after dark; but when men and women cannot pass along a public street in broad daylight, or night either, without being jostled, rudely stared at,..made the subject of impertinent remarks, and sickened by the filthy funies of drink and tobacco smoke, and the belchings of the nasty stomachs of a crowd of idlers who cooly monopolise the pathway—a glaring public wrong is committed, for which somebody is to blame.

It is not long since that a woman bad to push her way through such a crowd in East street, and, as she did so, a filthy fellow spat upon her dress, and gave a glance at his comrades, intimating he had done that which was worthy of their ap proval. Only this morning, a gentleman informed me, it was not without an impro per amount of trouble he had to make his way through such a mob ; and I saw some females who.had to turn into the middle of the street and risk themselves among the horses and conveyances which were getting off for the racecourse, because they could not face the crowd without great annoyance. Even the presence of three policemen did . not move that blockade of men. I thought surely the men in blue are' powerless in the mat ter because of the absence of the bye -laws, or they would not allow such a gathering. And it is to be noted that only institu tions, iarid sports, and associations of a certain kind, attract and shelter nuisances of such a character ; and that some men whoso education and standing in society bespeak for them at' least a proper self respect, show they have it not, by the various ways in which they countenance the moral degradation of the town in which they live. Feeling that it is the duty of every resident to seek the good of the town in which he lives, tho’ not by trespassing on the rights of others, 1 write, and am, Ac.,

W. Keall.

Ashburton, 20th Nov., 1879.

Fasting Forty Days.

The Reading (P.) Record” says: — Miss Sallie Root’s, attempted fast of 40 days and her absolute refusal to partake i of any food or water, has attracted univer sal attention in this section of Pennsyl vania*, and the most reputable physicians of this city pronounce it certainly one of the most extraordinary cases on record. Miss Root is about 28 years of age, and resides with her widowed mother at No. 314, South Sixth street, Reading. Her two sisters are fashionable mantua makers, and Miss Sallie at times was em ployed at the establishment. Her father and mother were of sound mind and of excellent standing, and, until the present alarming state of affairs, nothing of moment .ever occurred in their household. About one year ago, it was observed that the nature of Miss Root had undergone a considerable change. She had lost her buoyancy and much of her cheerfulness. Her step was not so elastic and her car riage not erect as it had been before she suddenly became very devout. She had at times been an attendant at church and Sunday school, but never manifested a more than ordinary interest in religious affairs. She was a member of the Sfc. James’s Lutheran congregation, worship ing in one of the leading churches of Read ing, and the Rev. Dr. Shmucker was her pastor. Miss Root became very ardent in church affairs, and took a deep interest in the Sunday school. She not only attended hei own church, but went wherever she could hear preaching when her own church was closed. About the sth of last month the idea took possession of her to fast 40' days. She became deeply in terested in the subject of fasting, and slie read of Christ’s fast of 40 days in the wilderness with considerable interest. She then became possessed with the idea that to become more like Christ she too must fast for the same length of time. The first week after the 4th of July she ate no thing but a few berries and a cracker or two. The week following her mother in formed the family physician that Miss Sallie had eaten absolutely nothing and that she had not swallowed a drop of water. Mrs. Root and her other daughters became alarmed, and endeavored to pur suade Sallie to cease her imitation ‘ ‘ of the fast of our. blessed Lord. ” She paid no heed whatever to their protests. Through out all the heated term they positively aver that she drank no water at all. The bright sparkle left her eyes, and the roses faded from her cheeks. She became pale and thin, and she remained indoors en .. tirely. Her ablutions were very frequent. As many as a dozen basins of water would be used by her in simply bathing her hands. First she would fill a basin with pure water and wash her hands ; and then she would empty the basin and fill it again and wash her hands as before. This she continued as often as 10 or 12 times in succession. It was her belief that she must do this to be clean and pure. Her bathing of the body was also frequent. On the 17th of July her condition became alarming. Her tongue was heavily coated, her skin parched and dry, and her flesh • fast wasting away. , Dr. Shmucker, the - family physician, was called in for the first time, when Miss Root became very indignant, and said she had no need for ’ r his services. She was not confined to her room, but walked slowly about the lower ,r ■ part of the house. She turned her hack upon the doctor and requested him to leave, as her case was not of a character that required worldly medicine. Despite a great deal of entreaty she still refused to take food. She was then told that food would have to be forced into her stomach if she did not take it in a natural manner. Her breath was becoming sickening, and the ,membraneous lining of her stomach was becoming inflamed. On July 18 she ate a cracker, in order to avert having food ejected The very small quantity of food taken was just sufficient to keep her from

t-rVU- '-*5 •**•*'’ r? nctijfti ’itij/uvatimv, •ss. • paying visits because he"|l)ought nothing was to be accomplished. Dr. Martin Luther, one of the leading physicians of the town, was then called in. He was told that Miss Root was eating nothing at all. She was weak, pale, emaciated, and verging on to actual starvation. She positively refused to eat or drink any thing. Her case was assuming an alarm ing phase. She was known to have been on her knees five hours at a time reading her Bible and praying. Her devotional exercises were almost constant. Nearly all her strength was being consumed by this. Dr. Luther immediately ordered this to he stopped. Miss Root was dying slowly for the want of nourishment. She

refused to obey Dr. Luther’s order to eat or drink, saying that eating and drinking was not necessary. The physician reasoned with her, and demonstrated the folly of her attempted 40 days fast, and told her explicitly that she was slowly killing her self ; but she paid no heed to him. An attendant was.then summoned to hold her hands, and a spoon was forced between her teeth, but Miss Root refused to swal low the food. A tube was then inserted in her nostril, and a small quantity of gruel was forced into her stomach. It was necessary 7. to hold her hands during

this operation. Finally Miss Root told Dr. Luther she would make no resistance to him, and that he need not hold her hands down any more Her doctor en treated her to take the food in the regular manner, but she firmly refused. A small quantity of gruel and milk was again in jected through the nostril into the gullet and thence into the stomach. Miss Root made no resistance, but refused to eat or drink in a natural way. Only small quan tities of food are given to her, and her life is being prolonged by injecting the fluid matter through her nostrils. She is quite obstinate, despite her weakness, and it is impossible to conjecture how long her life can be prolonged.

The New York Diamond Gang.

No doubt you have lately noticed a good deal in the papers about a gang of swindlers who have been playing the diamond game pretty freely. There are supposed to be about a dozen persons in the gang, and the half of them women —regular confi dence women, of course. The modus operandi is very simple. It is necessary, to begin -with,- to have a couple of pawn brokers and two or three diamond biokers in the gang.' When the gang is ready for business, one of its members, “ a lady in distress,” perhaps, puts an advertisement in the “ Herald ” asking some capitalist to realise her diamonds from pawn, as they are in great danger of- being sold. The capitalist appears and has a talk with the afflicted woman, who is usually very handsome, and exceedingly talented in the tongue. She tells him all about her imagi nary troubles, works vigorously on his sympathy, and occasionally goes so far as to make some demonstrations of affection. He agrees to visit the pawnbroker next day and see about the diamonds. Ten to one he knows nothing about diamonds, but he means to be wide awake in this affair, and is dead sure that no one can get ahead of him. He calls on the pawn broker next day with the interesting and distressed creature, probably a pretended widow who has excited his sympathy. He asks what sum has been lent on them, and is told SISOO. But are they worth that 1 Oh, yes, and much more. The capitalist wants to know how he can find out. The distressed widow then takes her cue. Perhaps the pawnbroker will be so kind as to let his clerk take the dia monds to an expert, who can tell the gentleman what they are worth. Certainly; so the clerk takes the diamonds, and he and the lady and gentleman go’ off to find an expert. The capitalist does not know where to look for one. The clerk finally remembers one, a well-known diamond broker in the neighborhood. He is one of the gang, but when the parties enter his shop, of course he does not know any of them. The diamonds are shown, and his opinion as an expert is ■ asked as to their value. He looks them over carefully, arid thinks they are worth from $2500 to S3OOO. The woman had said they had cost her husband S3OOO. They return to the pawnbroker’s and matters are arranged. The capitalist (we may as well call him that, though perhaps he is worth SIO,OOO all told) hands over the SISOO and receives the diamonds. He is to receive ten per cent, interest until the diamonds are re deemed, and perhaps a bonus as well. The transaction is over and the parties separate. The capitalist tells some friend the next day. The friend suggests that it might be well to look into things a little deeper. A reputable jeweller, perhaps Tiffany, is con sulted. He says the diamonds are probably worth S2OO. Off goes the capitalist in a rage to find the woman who had swindled him. She had folded her tent in the night time and had silently gone away. The pawnbroker is visited, but he does not know the woman, and be is not lend ing money upon diamonds at present. The expert is called upon, and he sticks to it that the diamonds are worth from 2500d015. to SOOOdols. Will he buy them for 1500dols ? No, he is not buying diamonds just now. The market is dull and he has a large stock on hand. It is clear to the capitalist that it is a first-class swindle, and he thinks all the parties are in it. But the chief swindler is gone and he can get no trace of her. The game lias been played over and over again in twenty different ways. The police lately caught a woman who has been identified by several persons as one of the chief opera tors. She denies it flatly, and it may not be easy to convict her. —“ Hartford Times.” 1

Education. —Contrasting the education system of New South Wales with that of New Zealand, the “Sydney Morning Herald ” says that New Zealand has got rid of the diffiulties which have frightened our legislators for years, and has already far outstrippedus in theextentof her educa tional provisions. She has 100 children at school where we have 76 every day of the year, and to reach her standard we must add at once 20,000 to our average attendance. . . . . It is time for

the State, if only for its own salvation, to put an end to this scramble for public money, and while securing for every child the means of instruction, leave the con tending sects to settle quarrels out of school hours and out of school days. 1 •

AGRICULTURAL PAPERS No. 6.

By H, W. Peryjian, Esq.

“ The desirability of establishing an agricultural training school in this pro vince. ”

My reasons for reading a paper on this subject are that I have long thought that the advantages to be derived by establishing such an institution in this province would be great. I think most of you will agree with me that there is plenty of room for improvement in farming our lands in this province, for, travel the country north or south, you will see slovenly farming. Some may say it is for the want .of means ; I think it might be justly added, for the want of knowing how to farm properly, for had the farmers with their small means been better acquainted with agriculture, there would not have been such unprofitable farming and disastrous results. Some few years back it was thought that anybody could farm ; it was only to get the land, and their fortunes were made. Scores of such adventurous farmers have left their farms and returned, to some more congenial occupation, wiser but poorer men ; others have stuck man fully to their farms, who started without any previous knowledge of farming, and what knowledge they now possess has been dearly bought in the school of ex perience, and they might have realised larger incomes in the time, or as large in a shorter time, had they brought a more intimate acquaintance of the best system of husbandry known to bear upon the favorable position they occupied. Mi- Martin Doyle, in his ‘ * Hints on Farm ing,” has said, “ There is perhaps no oc cupation except that of a legislator so frequently entered upon by persons de ficient in the necessary information as farming. To this cause much more than to vicissitudes of seasons, which affect all farmers alike, are to be assigned the dis appointment and failures that not un frequently dishearten and disgust many who engag* in agricultural pursuits. ” Mr Stephens, in his “ Book of the Farm,” has stated that agriculture in the colonies differs little from the English system ; wherever the same kind of crops are raised the same practice must be ad apted, and wherever the same kimd of stock is reared for the same purposes, the same mode of treatment (to some extent) must be pursued. Superior fertility of soil, amenity of climate, nourishment in the food of animals but slightly affect principles, and only modify practice ; want of efficient implements may at first induce settlers to try extraordinary ex pedients to accomplish their end, but as those means improve, and the ground is brought into proper tillage, our peculiar colonial practices will gradually yield to the more matured ones of the old country, eventually the colonies will most probably exhibit splendid samples of British agri culture under the fostering encouragement of a fine climate. The sooner they attain that perfection, the sooner will the pros perity of the settlers be secured. It will not be denied, gentlemen, that according as agriculture prospers in this province, so will every other trade and profession ; as agriculture declines, so will commerce decline. Some of our legislators have (I am afraid, sometimes from sinister motives) patted the farmers on the back, and said they were the baclc-bone of the country. ” It is to be hoped they will always consider them so, and not make laws that will break their backs by taxing them too heavily. Canterbury is at present a great agricultural country, but I believe that it is destined to become still greater, and one of the finest countries in the world for carrying on agricultural pursuits. It is, therefore, desirable, and in fact necessary, that the best method of farming should be. adopt ed. The most important step to take in that direction would be to teach our young men the best way to farm on the most modern and approved principles. The question may be asked, which way would be the best to attain this end Some might advocate Racing them for one, two, or three years with good, thorough, practical farmers. Well and good, but I think they are a numerous class in this province ; and those that are competent to teach farming in all its branches would not care to be bothered with pupils. Others may advo cate establishing an experimental farm, where all the field operations and experi ments should he conducted by the pupils ; but ail experimental farm would be a most unsuitable place on which to learn farming; for were experiments to be conducted by inexperienced pupils their results would inspire no confidence in farmers. But this much I may say : now that education is the order of the day, and is occupying the thoughts and time of our legislators, and certain reserves of land have been made for educational purposes, it may not be ill-timed to ask the Government to reserve a few hundred acres to be devoted to an agricultural training institution, where our young men may learn the theory and application of agriculture, practical land surveying and levelling, system of thorough drainage, the management of cattle, sheep, Ac., Ac., the veterinary science, treatment of the various diseases which cattle and sheep are subject to, the analysation of the different soils and plants of New Zealand, the best method of de scribing farm business, how to record the same and describe the operations as they actually occur. A young man desirous of learning a profession or trade must identify himself with and give his mind entirely for a certain number of years io acquire or become master of that par ticular profession or trade. So it should . be with agriculture—a young man having decided to become a farmer should not be contented with merely knowing how to plough or sow, how to reap or mow, but should be able to describe the why and the wherefore of everything done on a farm, so that when he becomes owner or master of a farm he would be able to manage it well with ease and profit to himself. Farmers shsuld feel it their duty to put it in the power of their sons to acquire an agricul tural education. Neither the . time nor expense of acquiring an educa tion should deter any farmer’s son from attempting it who desires to occupy a position above that of a farm steward. A good education is the best legacy a father can leave his child. Agricultural training scools have been established in Scotland, England, and Ireland for years, likewise on the Continent th schools have

been cayrikH p,\) fqjf la/.cc^as-- hd!y ; in' i&ern.e;’Switzerland Moeglin, near Frankfort *pn the Oder. The estate of Moeglin consists of 1200 acres, where an experienced agriculturist is en gaged, whose office it is to point out to the pupils the mode of applying the sciences to the practical business of hus bandry. In France, as far back as 1820, an agricultural training school was estab lished near Versailles, in the Valley of Gaily, where the principles of culture in the special application to the art of pro ducing and using produce ; the mathema tics applied to mechanics ; mineralogy and geology applied to agriculture, are taught. An agricultural seminary has existed at Temple Moyle, in the county of London derry, for some years, where the pupils arc educated so as to lit them for land stewards, directing agents, and practical fanners, for the tiffing sum of £lO each per annum. An agricultural training school was established at Aoddesden in Hertfordshire a few years ago. The course of education embraced mathema tics, mechanics, chemistry, botany, mineralogy, geology, practical land sur veying, book-keeping, practical agricul ture, and the management and disease of cattle, and all this is taught at a cost of £25 each pupil per annum. I might also mention the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester, founded in 1845. The col lege is situated in the middle of a farm 400 acres, where an improved system of tillage is carried out, practical agriculture taught, as well as the varied sciences con nected with it. The college fee is £SO per annum for resident, and £3O per annum for non-resident pupils. In Scotland, at least four of these schools ex ist where, besides undertaking the chemi cal department, one of these societies— the Highland and Agricultural Society— propose to issue diplomas to young men whose aim it is to become the managers of farms and estates and who have acquired a knowledge of practical agriculture, and have followed such a course of education at any institution which have taught the branches of science having more immediate relation to agriculture. In concluding this paper, I would express a cherished hope that the time will soon come when an agricutural training school will become one of the many educational institutions of New Zealand, and that the fanners generally will hail the day when it is in augurated, and show how they appreciate the same by sending their sons to support and carry it on successfully.

A Tip for Protectionists and Workmen.

The Toronto “ Globe ” states some plain facts showing how the introduction of ? protective tariff in Canada has brought down the rates of wages :— ‘ ‘ The latest reductions have been made by the Canada South Railway Company. Not only has the Company lowered the pay of its employees 10 per cent., but the work ing staff has also been considerably re duced. The manager has stated that the reduction of expenses in this way has been rendered necessary by the increased cost of running since the introduction of the protective policy. Coal costs the Com pany 50 cents per ton more than it ought to cost, iron is taxed from 17 b to 35 per cent., locomotives and cars pay 25 per cent., bridges 25 per cent., and hardware 30 per cent. On the other hand the receipts have been dimin ished by the same cause. The increased cost of living tends to lessen the passenger traffic, and, according to the returns of the port of Montreal, the shipments of grain have fallen off, the quantity exported from January 1 to May 14 this year being 1,473,700 bushels, ' against 1,898,836 bushels during the corresponding period of last year—a decrease of nearly 24 per cent. Meanwhile, as the working man’s wages are reduced, his expenses are increased. Flour, which three months ago cost him 3.60d0l per barrel wholesale, now costs him 4.15d01.; sugar is 1 cent, per lb. dearer ; oatmeal has gone up 15 per cent.; bacon is 10 per cent, dearer, and beef is also higher. Clothing has likewise ad vanced in price.

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Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— Multitudes suffering under a complication of disorders might obtain relief through these healing and purifying remedies, which should lie employed without a day’s delay. When the weather is variaule and colds and influenzas are prevalent, this Ointment, well rubbed upon the throat and chest, gives the greatest ease, and checks all tendency to inflamation in the lungs and other organs. The Pills assist the curative action of the Ointment, inasmuch as they purify the blood and so quicken its circu lation that congestion is rendered almost im possible. Holloway’s treatment deals most successfully, too, with that very troublesome and often tedious aliment, indigestion, which is the bane of thousands from overwork and fast living in the present day.— Advt.



To Let and for Sale. TO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO SHOPS in East Street ; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK. TO LET, at a very low rental—Bakery, together with Dwelling-house and Shop, near the Post Office. 393 a TVOS. BULLOCK.



TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, ACRES, Which would make a very compact farm, .situated at the back of Mr. Digby’a. Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK.



A FOR SALE, GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur ton. Apply to 866 a THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and really first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on LonFbeaeh Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. ■j!OR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 137 Acres, partly improved, and situated about three and a half miles from the Township. Apply to c - THOMAS BULLOCK.



SATpEDAY, NOVEMBER 22, At 12 o’clock? 4 HARRISON will sell by Publiq Y‘jL. Auction at his Rooms, on above date — 20 Cases-—APPLES—2O Cases 18 Doz.—Cocoa Nuts—lß Doz 200—Bushels Oats—2oo Bushels 2 Tons—Potatoes—2 tons Also, Merchandise., 12 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer. SATURDAY 22iul NOVEMBER, 2 o’clock. SALE OF LEASE, SHOP and DWEL LING, PETER STREET. ALFRED HARRISON has received instructions from Mr G. E. Pike, to sell by public auction at his rooms on above date : The lease of his premises on Peter street, being part of section number 529, having 9 years to run, on which there is a good, substantial house and shop. The above is a splendid business stand, and offers a capital investment. Terms very liberal at sale. 2 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON, 099 a Auctioneer. MR JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, has FOR SALE some valuable TOWN and SUBURBAN SECTIONS in Ashburton. Also, Quarter-acre Section, Tinwald, with a good Four-roomed House, lined throughout, and a Garden securely fenced ; also, several other well-situated Sections in the above Township. Some of the above being low in price and terms easy, offer a first-class opportu nity to investors. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, Auctioneer, Ac., Saunders’ Buiildings, Ashburton.



Boarding Houses. PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL fJIHE undersigned having taken the Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, begs to say he is determined to keep GOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. S. LUCAS, PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE Wills Street, Ashburton. 333a—27 CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). E-OPENING of the above commo dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commei’cial Hotel. T. BROAD BELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board 14s. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Dinner on Saturday from 11.30. Beds (single), Is. 6d. Private Room for Ladies. 153—82 a Business Notices. NOTICE. MISS HODDER, lately arrived from London,begs to announce that she has commenced business as DRESS MAKER in Moore street, Ashburton, near Dr Stewart’s residence. Prices strictly moderate, and no effort will t>e spared to give satisfaction. MISS H O D D E R, Dressmaker, Moore street. IG9—osla IMPORTANT NOTICE. OWING to the Increase of Customs Duties on Tobacco, all TOBACCOS will be RAISED ONE SHILLING PER POUND from this date 19th November. E.. A. GARNETT, Montgomery’s Buildincs, 207 —708 a East street. IHE Cheap Advertiser—the Ashburton Herald with its 20-words tariff.



IT is only a Penny, is to be g where in Town, along the line, and of the Country Agents; ot every- Pailway



FIRE! FIRE!! FIRE!!! TO-MORROW, SATURDAY, 22 nd NOVEMBER. At 12 o’clock. BY PUBLIC AUCTION, CLOTHING, DRAPERY, GROCERIES, Ac., Saved from the late Fire at (Mr. J. Fowler’s.) NO RESERVE. Messrs edmiston bros. and GUNDRY have received instruc tions oo sell by Public Auction, at their Sale Rooms, East street, on SATURDAY, 22nd NOVEMBER, all the Stock (more or less damaged), saved from the late Fire at Mr. J. Fowler’s, Tancred street, con sisting of $ Clothing, Linen Boots and Shoes Matting, Carpets Blankets Crockery, Glassware Ironmongery Dress Pieces Sugar, Tea Soap, Candles Tobacco Pickles, Sauce, Ac., Ac., Ac. On account of the number of Lots the Sale will take place at 12 o’clock sharp. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, 707 a Auctioneers. SALVAGE STOCK. Slightly Damaged by Water. BLANKETS, BUCKETS, &c., &c. TO-MORROW, BY PUBLIC AUCTION. ;



Messes edmiston beos. and GUNDKY have received instruc tions from Messrs Orr and Go. to Sell by Public Auction, at their Rooms, East street, To-morrow, a Quantity of BLANKETS, BUCKETS, &c. Slightly damaged by water at the late fire in Tancred street. Sale at 12 o’clock. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. 1121-71oa Auctioneers. WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. To Farmers, Wool-growers, and others. w E beg to inform Sheep Farmers and others that our FIRST WOOL AND SKIN SALE this season will take place at our Auction Rooms, East street, on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27. Farmers and others wishing to make entries are requested to send in particu lars at an early date, so that we can class and catalogue the same before the day of sale. EDMISTON BROS. AND GRUNDY, Auctioneers. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE'COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL ... £1,000,000. Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack.



TO RUN HOLDERS, FARMERS. AND OTHERS. fjjTHE Undersigned have on Sale: — Fencing Wire No. 6 to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds — White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, &c. , &c. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Storks of Every Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRY. East Street. ASHBURTON NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealand Wesleyan” for November. Price (id Sold at the Herald Ofijce, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. DO you Want the News of the Day Read the Ashburton Herald. ' -



FRUIT, CONIECTIONERY, Ac. , &e. NOW OPEN. r .\ > . -V-> * i - F. FURNESS BEGS to inform the public of Ash burton that he has just opened a NEW STOCK OF FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY IN THE ’ & SHOP NEXT TO HODDER A CO.’S, Saunders’ New Buildings; EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Oranges, Lemons, - ; i-. Apples, , ( Dates, . Nuts, Almonds, Confectionery, Biscuits, Ac., Ac., Ac. 678 a TINWALD. AND GALLOWAY, MILLWRIGHTS, AG RICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Road, Tixwald, Beg to thank the public generally for their very liberal support during the past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all its branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove.



COACHBUILDING. Orders received fcr making or repairing all kinds of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the best materials used. AGRICULTURAL. Implements of all kinds made or re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Help ers and Binders, Cliaffcutters, Bruisers, &c. BUILDING. Estimates given for all kinds of Build ing and general carpentering. * Cocksfoot Grass Seed Threshing Ma chines, for hand or foot, made to order, great saving of labor. SHEARER AND GALLOWAY, Tin wald. 105 —641 a BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFIELD. JONES AND CO., Norton Farm, Sea field, return thanks to their patrons for the hearty support accorded to them since Norton Farm was opened as a Butchery, Bakery, and General Store, and solicit a continuance of past favors, assuring customers that their interest will always have first consideration at the hands of the advertisers. Jones and Co. beg to inform their friends and the public in the Seafield and neighboring districts, that their Bread, Meat, and Store Carts travel the following routes on the days given below : Seafield to Kyle, and Acton—-Wednes days.! Seafield to Wakanui Homestead, Waka nui School, and Creek, back by Christie’s Road — Thrsdays. Seafield to North Seafield, Charing Cross, Dun das, Cambridge, returning by Pioneer Road— Fridays. In view of the Harvest, orders for at tendance of the Cart may be left at the Store, Norton Farm, Seafield ; Wakanui School, with Mr. Ginney; with Mr. Lambie, at Kyle ; and with Mr Brown, Clontarf blacksmith. JONES AND CO., NORTON FARM, Seaeleld. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keepers, Grain and seed Merchants. AGENTS FOR the ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN. 679 a



REAPERS AND BINDERS. THE Undersigned having been ap pointed agent for the sale u* McCORMICK’S & W. A. WOOD'S REAPERS AND BINDERS, is now prepared to treat with those who will want them for the coming season. FREDK. PAVITT, 555a —88 East Street, Ashburton. NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The oheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationer Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. fTIALE. —The Herald publishes apor- JL tion of a readable story ever Satur day. Read it. The Stud. THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traduces, Blood. To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements/for Particulars. oU4a- S. H. FOWLER & CO„ Proprietors, -20 Winslow