POST OFFICE NOTICES.

' Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close ti follows : For Christchurch and North at 10.20 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. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine,at x0.20a.1n. 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.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, at 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster. NOTICE. The next mail for the United Kingdom via San Francisco, will be closed at Christchurch on; June 20, and will be due in London on Aug. 5. The mext mails for the United Kingdom via Brindisi and Southampton (for specially ad dressed letters only) will be closed at Christ church on June 30. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on Aug. 25, and the mail via Southampton on Sept. 1.

A travelling Post Office having been estab ished on the Southern line of railway, letters 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.

MEMORANDA.

MEETINGS. This Evening. Ashburton Volunteers, —meeting- to form a Corps. At Shearman’s Hotel at 7.30.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With Which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1879.

The decision of the County Council in regard to the water rate for the plains is a significant one, and amounts to a direct negative by the district of the principle of rating property, and an affirmative of that of acreage rating. So far as the Plains Water Supply is concerned, it seems to us that the Council in resiling from their intention to levy a tax on property according to its ratable value, .as well as one on acreage, have done a wise thing in itself, while it is also a sensible sub mission to public opinion. The meet ings of ratepayers, itwill be remembered, had tor their refrain a growl against the property principle, and some gentlemen spoke with considerable warmth against

the recognition by the Council of that principle. As the supply of water is calculated per acre, and just according to the acreage possessed will the water be required and used, so acreage naturally comes up as the proper chan nel through which the reimbursing rates should flow.

We are not sure, —and were space at our disposal we might more fully enter into the question,—that a kindred sys tem ought not to be followed in borough rating, leaving out buildings altogether, and taking as the standard of rating only town sections and their position. Ratepayers in back streets complain that, while they are taxed according to the value of their property, the efforts of the Borough Council are all directed to the improvement of more central streets, and in those; streets sections of land, unoccupied and only held by speculators till the “ un earned increment ” is sufficiently large to make those sections attractive in the market, lie useless and idle. Yet those sections will benefit amongst the earliest by improved streets and footpaths. The Assessment Courts recognise that a trade carried on in a building can not be taxed, only the building it self while the fact (as in the case of Councillor St. Hill) that a graceful belt of trees around one’s property, yielding nothing to the owner except shelter from the winds of our sometimes surly climate, and in no way indicative of wealth unless such wealth as a taste for the beautiful represents, is made to pay toll to the local funds. A man for his own comfort chooses to build for himself a brick, stone, or concrete house. It is less liable to fire, and thus reduces its chances of hurting its neighbors. It does not draw as a dwelling-house any higher rent than a neat and attractively built wooden house, but because of the extra cost in building, it is a fair mark for the valuer, and the unfortunate owner has to pay for his mineral luxury. It seems to us that the taxation of property in this way is a bar to improvement that ought not to exist; but that every in ducement ought to be given to town residents to build neat and comfortable dwellings and safe and commodious places of business. Position, we fancy, could always be made a standard for rating town sections, as it is in the market a regulation of price.

In our leading article of yesterday, on banking matters we had occasion to refer to seven firms. Those seven were purely Ashburton establishments, and with the question as it related to Ashburton firms only we chose to deal. Christchurch firms with Ashburton agencies, were not referred to by us, as such reference was unnecessary. We give this explanation as it has been shown to us to be necessary.

Presbyterian Cuubch. —The Rev. A. M. Beattie, who has recently arrived in New Zealand, will preach in the Presby terian Church to-morrow, forenoon and evening, and at Wakanui in the after noon.

Brilliant Meteor. Recently in America an old farmer was found literally smashed to atoms one morning after a meteor of extaordinary brilliancy had illuminated the heavens, and underneath the farmer’s bed was found, buried five feet in the earth, the large meteoric stone that had fallen through the roof of his homestead and thus in a moment deprived him of life and mutilated his body. It was only, as we have said, the morning after the meteor had fallen that the mischief it had done was discovered. The papers recording the event expatiated on the surpassing brilliance of the me teoric visitant, as something rarely if ever seen ; but last night it was the luck of those Ashburtonians who were abroad to witness such an illumination of the heavens as could scarcely have been ex celled b.y the American event. Just ever the town, and taking an eastern dip a meteor of dazzling brilliance burst. The night was very dark and a heavy rain was falling ; the sky was thickly clouded, and offered the most slender hope to any meteorologist of witnessing such a pheno menon as occured, and this loads us to the belief that the meteor was not only of unusual size but very near, not only to the earth, but to Ashburton. It is just possible that it reached the earth short of the sea, and in that case we may yet hear of it. The meteor shone out with the brilliance of the noonday sun, lighting up the whole eastern sky, and for a second lifting the darkness that enveloped the town.

Plantation Reserves, —Messrs. W. C. Walker and E. G. Wright yesterday opened the tenders received for ploughing and fencing the plantation reserves within the county, and apportioned the. work as follows : Fencing. Chertsey ... ... J. Henderson. Dromore ... ... Wright and Currie. Saundeis’Mill ... Postponed. Jinwa!d A, Murray. Windermere ... ... T. O’Korku. Ploughing, Chertsey ... ... P. Murphy. Dromore ... ... P. Murphy. Saunders’ Mill ... Postponed. Tinwald S. Findlay. Windermere Wade & Rolleston.

• The Ashburton Rifles.—We would remind intending members of the proposed Ashburton Volunteer Corps of the meet ing to take .place this evening in the sample rooms of the Somerset Hotel at half past seven o’clock. The Mammoth Minstrels. —This troupe —one of .the superior companies engaged by Messrs Hiscocks, Hay mail, &Co.—will perform liexe next Saturday.

The “Wearing of the Green.” —At the Com t house to-day quite a crowd of fine looking Irish gentlemen appeared, to be present at the hearing of Mr. Butler’s application for a license. Green ribbons, similar to those worn in a recent Sunday procession through Ashburton, were worn in plenty, and gave token of the respect in which Mr. and Mrs. Butler are held by their countrymen in this district. The Court, however, did not sit, only the Resident Magistrate being present, so that the colors will have to be worn again next Friday. Fatal Accident. —Yesterday a fatal accident occurred on Messrs. Gould and Cameron’s run. It appears from what we can gather, that Messrs. J oyce and Ullyatj farmers, were engaged at [a deep well on their land. Mr. Joyce had been lowered down the well, which is 140 feet deep, and was being hoisted up when, at about 20 feet from the top the windlass shifted, and Mr. Joyce fell to the bottom, dragging the windlass with him, which also fell upon him. Mr. Ullyatt at the mouth of the well shouted down and was answered by Mr. Joyce. Ten minutes afterwards he was again answered, but no further reply was given. Two hours elapsed .before Joyce’s body was brought to the surface. Mr. Ullyatt fancies that Mr. Joyce was alive when got at, hut was dead before brought to the mouth of the well. The deceased was well known and much res pected. Colonial Industry. —About two years ago a manufactory was established in Auckland for the manufacture of brushes of every kind. Samples of the goods pro-, duced have been shown to us by the traveller for the house, and certainly they appear to be equal in every, respect to those imported from England and else where. Importers also inform us thatthe brashes are cheaper and better value than the imported article. The factory, which is owned by Mr. Thomas J. Ilarbutt, is becoming quite an extensive concern, and has had added to it recently a considerable number of new machines to supply the demand that has sprung up for Auckland brushes. Mr. E. F. Munster has been appointed wholesale agent in Christchurch. The trade list includes every description of brushes.

The County Council and the Plains Water Supply. —At a special meeting of the County Council yesterday, to recon sider the rating system of the district in cluded in the Plains Waterworks Bill, it was resolved to substitute a purely acreage rate for those previously fixed on by the Council—viz., acreage, and property ac cording to rateable value. The draft Bill was amended to provide for the foregoing alteration. ,

Contempt of Court.— lt is high trea son to think evil of the sovereign, much more so to give expression to the thought. In regard to the expression evidence may be forthcoming, but it would require some more tangible proof than Clara Baldwin’s brain reading could afford to prove that some person with republican leanings had thought within himself that we would be better without a sovereign. An almost equally absurd law exists in regard to the hearing of the public towards Courts of Justice, and though these should be able at all times to command public re spect it seems scarcely reasonable that a man should be held liable to a penalty for contempt of Court merely because he characterised’ a long ’ and dull case as dragging its weary ; length along. Yet this was how Judge Johnston ruled in reference to the Timpu Herald’s applica tion of the words we have mentioned to a case arising out of the Waimate bush fire.

A 33 Days’ Mail Service.— Under this heading a correspondent, writing to the “ New Zealand Times,” points out how the time taken by the mails on their journey from London to Auckland can be reduced from 40 days to 33. No improvement could bo made upon the time between London and New York on the Atlantic steamers which take eight or nine days, but, he says, between New York and San Francisco eight or nine days are taken, while the distance could be covered in 54. Instead of a fast train being used, one that stops at each station carries the mail. In crossing the Pacific Ocean, the writer thinks a great reduction might take place on. the time taken, as the Pacific steam boats rate of speed is far slower than that of the Atlantic steamers—the latter make a speed of 144 to 10 knots an hour, and the former, if they made the same knot tage, should cross the Pacific to Auckland in 1G days instead of 22. The distance between San Francisco and Auckland is first 200 miles more than double that between London and New York. The total time with these reductions would thus be 33 days. The Atlantic steamers carry the mails for the simple freightage on the weight of the mail bags—the Pacific steamers are subsided with £72,000 and for this sum, the writer holds, we ought to get the very best service obtain able.

Free Library for Auckland, —The Auckland ratepayers have given their vote in favor of a free public library as follows :—For, 728 ; against, 91.

Holloway’s Pills.—Pure Blood. —As this vital fluid, when .in a healthy. state, sustains and renovates every part of the living system, so, when it becomes impoverished or impure it exerts a precisely contrary effect. It is abundantly manifest that any medicine which does not reach the circulation cn..n never exter minate the disease ; but any preparation capa ble of exercising a salutary influence over the blood, must with it lie carried to every living fibre of the frame. The lungs, heart, live*, kidneys, and skin, all receive benefits from its more wholesome condition. Holloway’s puri fying Pills operate directly, powerfully, and beneficially, upon the whole mass of blood, whether venous or arterial. They strengthen the stomach, excite the liver and kidneys, expel disease, and prolong existence,

ASHBURTON TO DUNEDIN.

Land Notes by the Way

(by AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.) The following notes of a trip to Dunedin have been contributed by an occasional correspondent. Press of business prevented their extension, and and we give them as they were taken during the journey : Leaving Ashburton by the morning express, and travelling southwards, there is little beyond the familiar sights of our own plains —tussocks and tele graph posts—for the first few miles to attract the attention. However, at Winslow, and even in the Rangitata district, occupation is gradually reduc ing to fruitfulness what I remember in ’72 as a most uninviting wilderness. I noticed that the Hinds River, or rather the bed which once carried an ample stream of water, is quite dry. As a number of farmers in this neighbor hood are to a great extent dependent on this source for their supply, and are consequently most seriously inconve nienced by its failure, it is to be hoped that the County Council will give some attention tp the petition recently pre sented to them, praying that a portion of the Ashburton river might be di verted into the Hinds course. I under stand that the engineering difficulties in the way are neither numerous nor for midable ; and although alarmists may tell us that, what with the plains supply and this new' scheme, we shall not retain sufficient for our own require ments, 1 think the danger of a defi ciency a remote one. The Rangilata, too, when I crossed, was divided into a dozen innocent-looking, little streams, seeming to render ridiculous the strength of the mighty bridge by which they are spanned. But numbers of the travelling public have seen this struc ture tried to its utmost, indeed beyond its utmost, and have acquired a whole sorae respect for the torrent. Shortly after crossing the Rangitata, and some miles before reaching Temuka —the first station at which the train halts after leaving Ashburton—the line passes through beautiful grazing land, the little villages of Orari and Winches ter presenting a very prosperous and pleasing aspect. Away to the west, the Geraldine bush shows up, and at the foot of undulating downs .in the same direction the pretty little town of Geraldine is seen. Farmers in this dis trict appear to have either suffered more by the late disastrous season or to have less vitality than - those in our own im mediate neighborhood. The number of farms presenting an impoverished and neglected appearance was unfortu nately too large to be other than note worthy. Where cultivation was in pro gress, the passing glance I obtained of the soil conveyed to me an idea ofjts richness and adaptability for agricultural purposes. I am told that the grain produced around Temuka and Timaru is of high quality, the wheat being spe cially valued for milling purposes, and the average yield has always compared favorably with other parts. I noticed very little grain in stacks, and all down the line farmers report having disposed of their produce. I think, from this, holders of grain may anticipate satisfac tory issues from their ventures. Autumn grass has been sown in large quantities, and several very promising swards at tracted my attention on both sides of the line. Between Temuka and Timaru low-lying swamps of great richness, drained by Tommy’s Creek, are carrying quantities of stock. Occasionally patches of stony, barren land present themselves ; these appear to be left quite untilled, but the greater part of. the soil is a rich, productive loom. The Washdyke struck me as an ex tremely pretty ne’gtiborhood, the exten sive grass paddocks and neatly-trimmed fences presenting quite a homely and very pleasing prospect as the train hurries past along the sea shore.

The Tiraaru station, as usual, was occupied by a busy crowd, intent on business probably, but these station crowds always appear to me to be an objectless obstruction. It being close on one o’clock, the majority of my fellow-travellers hurried away to the ample refreshment rooms, and returned to their seats apparently ihore contented mortals. Unfortunately, business in the town prevented me becoming per sonally acquainted with the good things provided ; but I think my com pelled abstemiousness will not appear to have' prejudiced me against the country that * followed. A large quantity of sacked grain is now heaped up around the railway station and different mercantile (fibres in Timaru, and I noticed eight fesels in the road stead, doubtless waiting to transport this produce to its destination. The country between Timaru and Makikihi is not cultivated with the same attention as that immediately north of the former town, but the country looked rich, and a considerable acreage is being prepared for next season’s crops. I observed that several attempts had been made to crop the hill-sides in this neighbor hood. but only with partial success, I presume, as I saw no ploughing of similar land in progress, and the stubbles appear light, with very little herbage making way amongst them.? The country from Makikihi pleased me more, and here a large nmmber of farming operations are in active course. Leaving Waihao one gets a glimpse of the little town of Waimate nestling beside wooded hills away to the west. The country on each side of the Wai taki river is yet only cultivated'in small quantities, and is very similar in appear

ance to that lying between Ashburton and Rakaia. The approach to Oamaru is extremely picturesque, and must bb seen to be appreciated. Leaving Oamaru the line passes over the lime stone country, where beautiful rich farms and stone quarries appear in every direction. This neighborhood presents a more truly English appear ance than any through which I have yet travelled in New Zealand. The cultivated downs, and old-fashioned stone walls, and here and there a good solid homestead, built of the same material, are treats for any native of the down counties to witness. Coun try of this description follows until Palmerston is reached, the scenery being very beautiful. From Palmerston, the hillsides are generally wooded; and magnificent views of the sea coast and inland hills and dales, require more than ordinary descriptive powers to do them justice, and the fascination of the whole trip culminates in the grand spectacle of Port Chalmers and Dunedin as they are approached from the hillside.

TELEGRAPHIC.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

{Reuter's Telegrams). The Wool Sales. London, June 18. The wool sales were continued to day, and prices were firmly maintained* 291,900 bales have been sold since the opening.

Probable Successful Early Termination

of the Zulu War.

London, June 19.

At a Conservative meeting last night, Sir Stafford Northcote made a state ment to the effect that he anticipated the Zulu campaign would be brought to a successful conclusion before the pro rogation of Parliament in August.

AUSTRALIAN.

Brisbane, June 20.

A large public meeting was held last night at which resolutions were adopted condemning the policy of the Govern ment.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVINGIAL.

{Special Telegrams to the Herald. )

Shipping Casualties. Wanganui, Saturday.

The cutter Annie, from Auckland, went on shore on the North Spit, Wan ganui Heads.r A heavy sea is running and she is likely to become a complete wreck. She is loaded with drain pipes. The captain of the St. Kilda reports that when entering the river last night about eleven o’clock he saw a two masted steamer bumping heavily on the bar, with a sea breaking over her. He could not say definitely what steamer it was—possibly it was the Tui. The Manawatu has gone to her assistance. The Gale. . ■ Wellington, Saturday. A heavy gale sprang up this morning and the barque Australian Sovereign, which put in for shelter,. was driven ashore on Petone Beach. It is impossi ble to communicate with her, but she is not likely to be damaged much as it is a sandy beach. The steamer Wanganui, on passage from Lyttelton, had her yard and fore sail carried away by the heavy gale. Government Intentions. Government have prepared a Bill on Chinese immigration. ■ Mr Stout will almost certainly resign. Government do not meditate intro ducing any measure to amend the existing bankruptcy laws. A repeal of the bonus of a half penny on rabbit skins is proposed. Native Affairs. Hawera, Saturday. Tvvo teams. with ploughs are on Livingstone’s land, guarded by fifteen Maoris. They are ploughing up the land in front of the house.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

(Reuter’s Telegrams.)

Paris, June 19,

A Congress of the Senate and Cham ber of Deputies at Versailles to-day re : solved to amend the Constitution, trans ferring the French Chambers to Paris, as was recently proposed by Govern ment.

AUSTRALIAN.

[Special to Association .]

Melbourne, June 20.

Sir George Stephen, who was the, Government agent for collecting evi dence against Queen Caroline, died to-day.

BISHOP COLENSO ON THE ZULU WAR.

A sermon was preached at; Mari tz burg by Bishop Colenso on the day of Fast and Humiliation. The text was Micah vi.,- Bth verse:—“He hath showed thee, O man, what is good. And what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ? ” • The Bishop then denounced the Govern ment as having broken all these Di

vine commandments. What colonist 'doubted that the origin of the war and the disaster/was the annexation of the Transvaal, when, as the Boers com plained, we came by stealth as a thief in the night and deprived them of their rights? The Nemesis of that act was the Zulu difficulty. Where in our in vasion of Zululand did we show that we were men who “ love mercy ? ” Did we not immediately we crossed the border lay upon the Zulus* the terrible scourge of war ? Had we not already killed 5000 human beings and plun dered 10,000 head of cattle ? We had lost many precious lives j* but were there no griefs, no relatives mourning their dead in Zululand ? Had we not heard the wail that had gone up in all parts of the country for those who had bravely and nobly died in repelling, the invader and fighting for .their king and fatherland ? Should we kill 10,000 more to avenge the losses of Isandhl wana? Would that please God, who required of us that we should “do justly” and “ love mercy ? ” We were bound to meet the Zulu King when he came with a prayer of peace,, to propose for our higher and stronger position such terms as it would be within’ his power to accept, and having done this to leave the rest to God.

NEWS AND NOTES

The “ murderer’s den ” at Parihaka must be broken up. Te Whiti has ever said that he is a man of peace. He must be made to give proof of the sincerity of his professions. It is estimated that there arc now as many as 2000 well-armed fighting men at Parihaka, a large number of whom are reckless dare-devils, who would like nothing better than a brush with the pakeha.. It is very clear that .such a menace to the peace of the district cannot be allowed to continue. The settlers should insist upon it, that, whatever happens, whether Te. Whiti definitely pronounces for peace- or war, Parihaka, as it now exists, must be broken up.— Wanganui Choronicle. The chief of the Chinese Legation in the United States was .asked where his countrymen would go who desired to live and work out of China if the United States Government decided to exclude Celestial immigrants. He re plied : “ They will go to Ireland. That is the only country where the Irish do not rule.”

The excitement on the electric light has quite died away in London, but it has not been without wholesome and permanent effects. It has stirred up the gas companies, and induced them to show how much better they can do their work than they have hitherto been accustomed to do it.. London is al ready distinctly improved in lighting, and progress in the same direction is daily being made. The crossing at the end on the Embankment near the House of Commons is brilliantly illu minated with gas burned through four handsome lamps.. All the principal railway stations avail themselves of the improved lighting, and at least one parish —that of Lambeth—has under taken to light its principal street cross ings after the manner of the experiments in Waterloo Road and Waterloo Place. The impetus given to gas manufac turers has taken another and interesting turn. Experiments are now being made by the Great Northern Railway Com pany with the object of lighting the trains with gas, and results have already been obtained which promise perfect success. The trains on the Under ground Railway are lighted with gas, the stock being replenished at the end of each journey. But nothing has yet been attempted in this direction on long journeys over trunk lines. Mr. Edison, by the way, is coming over to England. He has been working very hard, and proposes to take two years’ rest, and visit the principal shrines of Americans in Europe. —London Cor respondent. A terrible murder with robbery has been lately reported from Ekaterinoslav. A soldier just returned from the theatre of war had gonej v to the village of Karnauchowka. While there he was asked to be godfather to a child about to be baptized. The priest who per formed the rite was a man of about 60 years of age, and the soldier presented him with a gold piece. Ascertaining that the soldier had more gold pieces, which he carried with him, the priest-and-his-.deacon waylaid the soldier in a wood, felled him to the earth, and literally gnawed his throat in the absence of weapons sufficiently homicidal. Having robbed him, they left him by the wayside, convinced that he was dead, or dying, and could tell no tales, but some peasants coming up shortly afterwards, found the unfor tunate man still living, and he was able before his death to indicate clearly who were his assassins. They are now in the hands of the police. An Australian gold-digger has arrived at Gibraltar in search of a valuable treasure buried on the rock some thirty years ago by a convict lately, deceased, from whom he has obtained undoubted proofs of the existence v and where abouts of this hidden spoiL An Italian recently smashed thirteen of the Court House windows at Wan ganui, and caused some stir amongst the officials. He explained that the act was done in the hope of being sent to jail so that he would obtain food and shelter. A bit of bread per day, he said, was enough for him, but the English people jeered him when he asked for it. The excellent laws of the land provided him with bread, clothing, and shelter as soon as he became amenable to “justice.”

Saturday, June gi,

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Advertisements for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not later than 2 p.m. for the Country Edition, and 3 p.m. for the Town Edition, with the number of insertions written plainly on he copy, other wise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged accordingly. Notice to discontinue Advertisements must be left at the Office in writing, before 12 noon and alterations the day previous. Subscriptions: In Advance. If Booked Quarterly — s. d. s. d Delivered in town ...60 6 6 „ country ...80 8 6 Posted ... ...80 8 6 Clothing Establishment. ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES. TO THE 'PEOPLE OF THE gASHBURTON DISTRICT. H IMESSRS. ALLENSTEIN JJROS. Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH of the EW 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 the WHOLESALE 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 riioney will 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 jjravw 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. Public Notices. THE ASHBURTON HERALD, Published Daily. Country Edition. ... 3p. m. Town Edition ... 4.30p.m. are requested to make known any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or Country, which shall be immediately remedied. Country Sub scribers along the Wakanui Road to the school, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesday and Friday.



TOWN HALL. o io3 Lessees —Messrs. liiscocks, Hayman, and Co. THE MAMMOTH MINSTRELS. The Coming Event of 1879. Grand opening levee, SATURDAY, JUNE 28th. Further particulars in future issue. See Day Bills and Posters. THOS. KENNEDY, Business Manager. 1050 J. GARDINER, Advance Agent. R. ASHBURTON VOLUNTEER CORPS. A MEETING will be held at Mr. Shearman’s Somerset Hotel (in the Sample Rooms) on SATURDAY, 21st inst. , to endeavor to enrol sufficient mem-, bers to form a Volunteer Rifle Corps in Ashburton. We have already sixty volun teered, and hope as many will attend the meeting as possible. The Ashburton Brass Band has agreed to join. 1041 M. MORSHEAD. SANDO A ND OLSEN’S ASSIGNED ESTATE. ALL Debts owing to this Estate must at once be paid to Messrs. Saunders Brothers, or they will be sued for without further notice. S. SAUNDERS ) T t B. HALE J -trustees. 1016 ESTATE OF F. P. LeBRETON. ALL Claims against the above Estate must be sent in to the undersigned by TUESDAY, 17th June, otherwise they ■will not be recognised. A. 0. AITKEN, Trustee. Ashburton, June 10th, 1879. 992 NOTICE. WE, the undersigned, do hereby agree to CLOSE our respective places of business at the hour of SIX O’CLOCK Every Evening (EXCEPT SATURDAYS), for the benefit of our employees, on and after MONDAY, 23rd JUNE, 1879. ORR & CO. HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO. FRIEDLANDER BROS. HALLENSTEIN BROS. & CO. (Per W. Sparrow). D. WILLIAMSON & CO. 1053



WESLEYAN CHURCH, Cameron Street. —Service will be conducted in the above Church To-morrow Morning by Mr. Leadley, and Evening by the Rev. W. Keall. 1054 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH., Wills-street —Service will be con ducted in the above Church To-morrow Morning and Evening. 1055 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Have lock street. —Service will be con ducted in the above Church To-morrow Morning and Evening by the Rev. A. M. Beattie, recently arrived from England ; also at Wakanui at two o’clock. 1054 SLAUGHTERING LICENSE. WE HEREBY give notice that we in intend, at the Council’s sitting on the 2nd July, to apply for a license to kill small and large cattle on R. S. 26598. ROBERTS & WINTER. Selma, June 9, 1879. 990 TO BE SOLD, CHEAP—Nine j-acre Sections of Magnificent LAND, fonting on Allen and Middle Roads, North Town Belt. Apply to R. ELSTON, 1038 South-East Belt. TO LET. 5 -ROOMED HOUSE, Princes street, near North Town Belt. Apply MR. BOZZENBERG, 1055 Burnett Street. WANTED —A Three or Four-roomed HOUSE near Baldwin’s Hotel preferred. Apply Office. 1054 WANTED, a Smart BOY. Apply HERALD OFFICE.