GREAT FIRE IN ASHBURTON.

£3OOO WORTH OF PROPERTY DES TROYED.

On Saturday night the first fire of any

consequence that haa occurred in As '.bur ton took place, resulting in the total de struction of a block of tuildings in Tancred street. The block destroyed was separated by a narrow right : of-way, on the west, from a dwelling-house at the rear of Messrs. Orr and Co.’s, temporarily used by that firm as a lumber warehouse. This building was again detached by a pretty wide yard from Orr and Oo’s. main store that- fronts East street, and forms the corner of the line of shops terminating to the south in Messrs. Friedlander Brothers store. On the east of the shops destroyed a large two-storey building stands, separa ted by a vacant building Bite from the 'scene of the fire, and occupied by Mr. J. R. Chapman, as a paint-shop, and by Mr. W. T. Davidson as a fruiterer and green grocer’s shop, both of these gentlemen using the upper rooms as dwelling-houses. There were three establishments in the block destroyed—Mr. Hicks’ bakery being in Ihe western end, Mr. Joseph Hyde’s tinsmith-shop on the eastern, while the centre was the store of Mr. John Fowler.

The fire originated, as far as yet can be ascertained, in Mr Fowler’s store, in the upper portion, to the back. He and his son and employees had closed the estab lishment at ten o’clock, having made their customary inspection of the premises be fore finally leaving. At that time, no sign of any danger was visible. They had not been gone more than a quarter of an hour, however,, before a.messenger in hot haste overtook them as they were entering Mr. Fowler’s house, in Moore street, with the intelligence that the store was on fire, and by half-past ten the alarm bell had brought a large crowd to the scene. Be tween the ringing of the fire bell, however, and the arrival of the fire engine, the flames had time to take a good hold upon the building. Not that any delay occurred in the arrival of the brigade or their plant, but the flames travelled very rapidly and the many willing hands who tendered aid were only able to save a very few articles of Mr. Fowler’s stock. . , .

- ' Regarding the alarm, we would here remark that the new bell tower for the fire brigade has not been erected a moment too soon, and the bell that we learn is to be hung this week will not be hung any too early. For there are many people in Ashburton, and some members of the brigade, too, who never heard the bell at all. Fortunately, the discovery of the fire was made at a time in the evening before all the shops were closed, and when most of the tradespeople were about their premises, and this fact accounts for the rapid gathering of a crowd of helpers on the spot. As soon as the fire engine was brought upon the ground it was attached to the double pipe well recently sunk by the Corporation just by the large boarding house opposite Mr Chapman’s establish ment, and it is satisfactory to state that for fully tw:o hours the pump was kept hard at work without any sign being given of the water failing. A constant stream was kept up by the 'pump through two lingsVof hose, and. for a short time the brigade tried to extinguish the flames in the burning building. It was soon ap parent, however, that efforts in that direction were useless, and attention was at once turned to saving the adjoining buildings. In this the brigade were valiantly aided by many of the citizens, and displays of courage and gallantry were made in not a few instances. A number of men got upon the roof of Mr Chapman’s house, and, despite the intense heat, kept the western portion of the roof and the gable drenched with water supplied in buckets from below. Amongst these we recognised the features of Mr George Vincent perched in a position of danger on the very ridge of the roof ; and though the heat was great he stuck nobly to the place he had chosen for himself. There were many others We;saw equally hard working on the same building, though we did not recognise them. On Messrs. Orr and Co.’s building quite a little knot of plucky fellows took post, and kept the wall covered with wet blankets, and a supply of water continually to renew soaking them. Amongst these gentlemen we observed Messts. George Jameson, James Scott, Fred. Duncan, A. Grant and Guy, as well as others whom we could not recognise in the smoke. The pumps were manned by volunteers and after about an hour’s work the brigade and those who had assisted them had the satisfaction -of seeing the fire spend itself on the building it first seized, without spreading across either right-of way. For some time, however, owing to the intense heat, the houses to east and west were in great danger, and well as Mr Spillard’s shop on. the other side of the street, the old A 1 restaurant, and the new establishment further east, recently entered upon by Mr. ■’ Truckle. In fact the A 1 two or three times did catch fire to some extent, butthe flames were soon extinguished. With such appliances as the firemen Miad they, and those who helped them, did noble work, and the township has every reason to be proud of them. They were unable to save the buildings in which the fire arose, but they prevented the fire from spreading beyond them, and for that they deserve the thanks of the com munity ; for had the flames extended to some of the adjoining blocks there was great danger that East street might have been swept away. ; As it is, damage to the £3,000 has been done, and the painful feature of the case is that Mr. Joseph Hyde’s insurance policy only lapsed a few weeks ago, and being unable to renew it, he is now penniless: His whole stock and furniture, and all his belongings, have been swept away by the file, and he and his wife and family of eight have been left with only what they stand up in. Mr. Fowler is. we believe, insured in the Standard for £7OO on his stock, which he values at about £1,200; and for £4OO on the building in the South British, and £209 in the London "and Lancashire. Mr. Hicks was also insured for £l5O on his stock, and £IOO oh’ his furniture m the London and Lancashire. Mr. Amos; pro prietor of Mr Hyde’s shop, was insured for £l5O in the Standard. Amongst the other aids given to the fire brigade was that of the private hose of the bank which Mr. Shury got into posi , tion. This was lengthened by a stretch or hose procured from Mr. Quill’s hotel, and . the jet thus thrown, even though the two hose were of different sizes and joined badly, was not without its value in keeping the blankets wet on Orr and Co’s, building.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE EARTH’S INTERNAL HEAT. No. 2.

To the Editor.

Sir, —ln my last communication I hinted that I would send you a few lines re the question “Is the interior of the earth molten or rigid ? ” I regret that I have been so long in doing so ; the long interval is caused by my absence from home, and a pressure of ministerial duties.

It must be conceded that the earth was once in a molten state. Its shape (oblate spheriod) has been deemed suffi cient proof of this. The notion that the earth is a perfect sphere, with the excep tion of a slight polar compression, is not quite correct ; for while it is oblate at the poles it is also prolate at the equator, the same law causing both the equatorial pro tuberance and the polar compression. Although this bulging at the equator is almost inappreciable in diagrams yet con sidered physiographically it is of much greater importance than is commonly supposed. Perhaps few men can speak with greater authority upon this subject than Sydney B. J. Skertchley, F.G.S., of H.M. Geological Survey. He says, speaking of this equatorial protuber ance —“ I have estimated that it ex ceeds the volume of the entire land (measured from sea-level) as much as 18,000 times. ” The same writer remarks : ‘ ‘ Suppose the earth to be a sphere at rest and to be covered with an uniform ocean. Then let a quantity of solid matter be taken from the Polar regions and piled about the equator, so as to bring the earth’s shape into its present form. This would be clearly equivalent to building a mountain over the equator 13|- miles high, or about 70,000 feet [69,960] and whose base is equal to the surface of the original sphere.” It is believed that molten matter rotating in space at the rate of the earth’s pi esent rotation would take precisely the form just described. The following experiment was made by M. Plateau ; —A mass of oil was placed in a transparent liquid exactly of the same density as the oil, and it was found as long as the oil was at rest it took the form of a perfect sphere floating in the middle of the fluid like the earth in space, but when a motion of rotation was given to the oil the spherical form changed into a spheroidal form like the earth. The shape of the earth, together with several of geology and physical geography, is held conclusive evidence of the earth having been at some time mol ten.

It is also conceded that the interior of the earth is at the present time intensely hot; so hot that “taking the increment of heat at 1° Fah, for every 60 feet, it is apparent that, other things being the same, a temperature will be attained at a moderate depth sufficiently high to melt every known rock. Thus, at about 35 miles from the surface, the heat would be sufficient to melt platinum the most re fractory of metals. ” I find that Professor Loomis, LL.D., reckons the average increment of heat in Europe to be 1° for every 52 feet. In Louisville, Kentucky, in a boring 2086 feet deep, 1° for every 76 feet. In Colum bus, Ohio, in a boring 2575 feet deep, 1° for every 71 feet. The mean of these American localities being 1° for every 73 feet. Beete Jukes, F.R.S., and Sydney B. J. Skertchley, F.G.S., both reckon a general average of 1° for 60 feet, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., F.R.A.S., &c., 1° (centigrade) for every 90 feet. From the above it has been assumed that the interior of the earth must be molten. In the “Museum of Science and Art,” in one of the chapters upon popular geology, may be found a diagram showing a section through the earth, a thin black line mark ing the thickness of the criist of the earth, upon which insignificant film w r e are supposed to be living. Well may one writer speak of it as a “perilous bomb.’ - I shall in my next give a few reasons for thinking this “molten bomb” theory a mistake.

I am, &c., B. J. Westbrooke

P.S.'—Since I wrote the above I have observed Mr Oliver’s letter. I thank him for his criticism, and shall, with your per mission, have something to say to him in an early issue.

Cheesemaking.

[concluded.]

(From the Chester Courant, March 11, 1868. ) Lecture Delivered under the Auspices of the Taporley Agricultural Society by Mr J. Harding, the Celebrated Cheddar Cheese Maker. BAD TEXTURE.

Of such is “soft and soapy, porous, and hard, dry cheese. Cheese of bad texture may generally be detected by an experienced eye, as being unshapely, bulged out at the side, upon which the bandages have left deep indentations, frequently sunk on the top, and still soft to the touch, throwing out a thick damp coating, and is larger in bulk than it ought to be, and more or less out of shape. There are two causes, one of which, or both, have contributed to the production of such a cheese, viz., weak rennet, or an insufficient quantity, or subsequent neglect. The power of the rennet must be according to the tempera ture of the milk. Thus milk at 80 will require more coagulatory power when given time than milk at 90, and if rennet too weak be employed the cheese will be cold, tender, and soft, and will baffle the most skilful hand to make it into a first class cheese. The cream will rise to the surface and much of it pass off in the whey, injuring the quality as well as the texture, and will sooner or later acquire a rank flavour and tallowy complexion. To account for the faults of such a cheese, the anatto frequently becomes a scape-* goat. When the whey is not properly extracted, the best anatto (which 1 am bound to acknowledge is Nichol’s) will lose its brightness when it comes in contact with whey in a state of ferment. Bad texture is caused also by neglect in the subsequent process, in not giving the required attention to the curd in its various changes, allowing it to lose its temperature and checking the free escape of the whey. Both regularity and attention are indispensable to the production of good cheese. The cause of a soft soapy cheese is un doubtedly due to the presence of whey, either from an imperfect separation from the other of the milk at the

commencement, or from subsequent neg lect or ignorance. Porous cheese from the Cheddar and Cheshire methods of making are quite distinct in their charac ter. The former, if made porous, will never acquire that closeness which charac terises its superiority of texture, but the latter, though porous for the first two or three months, will ultimately become solid and good. As a rule, a porous Cheddar cheese will be inferior in flavour, fermentation in a greater or lesser degree being the immediate cause —a/cause which must be again placed to the.credit of the presence of whey. Another cause of porous cheese is using too much running, or over heating the milk. The coagulum becomes so hard that it is almost impos sible to break it as fine as it should be ; besides a loss of cream, a bad texture is the result. The inexperienced dairymaid will stir too fast, without judgment, till the curd becomes brittle. A cheese with a hard dry texture will seldom improve ; the factor often mistakes it for a skimmed milk cheese.

flavor. Now if we carefully analyse the smell that generally prevails in ill-flavored cheese, I think you will agree with me, that it is very nearly related to that found in strong butter. If this hypothesis be correct then we have a clue to the cause of much of our bad-flavored cheese. It points also, at least, to a suggestive remedy, viz., that as soon as the coagulation is properly formed and broken, there should be no delay in drawing off the whey. There is another kind of flavor which we frequently meet with in cheese, which is much worse than that I have described, and requires no uncommon olfactory powers to detect its origin. It is so distinctly foreign to milk—it has evidently been imported by some one of the causes I have named under the head of sour cheese. It is a striking fact, that this class of ill-flavoured cheese is rarely found where there is good dairy accommodation, although it is not an uncommon occurrence that we find a cheese somewhat out of flavour in our best and finest dairies, but not from tainted milk. I have never learnt that a difference exists in common pasturage of different localities to materi ally affect the flavour of cheese. Some persons spoil the flavour of their cheese in their vain attempt to improve nature, as for instance, making rennet with sweet briar, the flavour of which they think is imparted to the cheese* but that is not the fact. Nature needs little improve ment, only assistance. Neither the milk nor the rennet needs to be artificially flavored. The quality is of course due to the presence of cream in the first instance —that is we cannot make cheese of good quality without the cream; but not a little depends on the skill of the operator in carefully manipulating the first stages of the process, so as to secure and amal gamate the caseine and butter. But some thing depends on the quality of the land. It is true that some land is richer in butter than others, while some is richer in cheese. I could give instances of this, but perhaps you. can supply them from your own neighborhood, where f or even lib of butter per cow may be made per week, and still the cheese be as rich as on some land where all the cream is retained. In general, the clay and oolite, where there is a depth of soil, are the most pro ductive of cheese, whilst the limestone drifts and lias produce the largest quanti ties of butter. But to make a cheese of good quality does not entirely depend upon the presence of large quantities of butter. In the “ Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society” of 1861 (part 1), Dr. Volecker gives the analyses of several cheeses which showed varying quantities of butter. Of . three of those specimens, that which showed the smallest amount of butter was the richest cheese, and worth a penny per pound more than either of the others. This result was due to the superior manufacture. A cheese carelessly broken, either too fast or too slow, will tend to produce a cheese of inferior quality ; in the one the butter will be lost in the whey, in the other it will be bound up and hidden in the curd (I am speaking now of scalded curd) both producing similar effects. There is just one other kind of cheese which 1 should like to name, if I had a name for it. I have said little of the dairy-room or the storing of the cheese, partly for want of time. Per haps a brief description of my own dairy room and furniture, &e., will suffice for the present. My dairy is by no means a good one—inadequate to the requirements of the milk of 70 cows, and not at all favorable to the making of fine cheese, but in the absence of better I make the best of it. It is 18ft long, 12ft wide, and 7ft high. It would astonish some cheese makers to see how few utensils, and what a small amount of labour is emploj r ed in the production of good Cheddar cheese. The tub is placed nearly in one corner of the room, to which is connected Cockey’s heating apparatus. The milk is poured into it from without. The evening milk remains in the tub during night, to which that of the morning is added. During the summer nights a stream of cold water is admitted, and after filling the cavity beneath the tub, continues to run off, cooling the milk in its passage through. The whey escapes from the tub by means of pipes to the piggery. The press, which is a treble one, presses all the cheese. There are no leads to wash, no dipping of milk or whey, and no slops on the floor. The cheese tub is of copper, and all other utensils of tin. One of my daughters, or their mother, makes the cheeses, and a man handles them after they are made.

A Frozen July in England. —Ameri cans in England will not fail to remember the English 4th of July, 1879. Such weather at this period of the year was never before known. During the whole week it has been blowing a hurricane and raining in torrents, hailing occasionally, and occasionally reproducing our Novem ber fogs. The weather has been simply abominable, and has been playing all sorts of pranks. In Derbyshire, a little north of London, hundreds of lambs have this week been literally frozen to death. Imagine, if you can, such a degree frost in July. In another locality one o the frequent showers deposited on th e streets and on the houses masses of littl e worms. The scientists are trying to per suade us that these had been picked up by a water-spout or hurricane, and that there is nothing alarming in the occur rence. Dr. Gumming, however, does not believe this, and lots of his followers talk mysteriously about the opening of ono of the seven vials.—“ Chicago Journal.’

The Election Telegrams.

The Opposition are now finding out that the ways of the transgressors are hard, and that punishment usually fol lows upon evil doing, During the last election it was notorious that an e xtensive use was made of the telegraph wires to in fluence the various contests in which Sir George’s side fancied they could do a stroke of business in their own favor. We don’t know that, so long as telegrams sent regarding electioneering matters are paid for they are much out of the way. The Grey Government were in office, they were passionately fond of office, there was every chance that they would be turned out of office, and being desperate and not very particular men they were not. quite choice as to what means they resorted to to maintain their position. Rapid com munication with the various districts where the contests were going on that were to decide the Greyites’ fate was in dispensable, and having the Hinemoa at command, and the public purse under their control, and the telegraph system at their beck and call, it is nothing to be as tonished at that men who have not been famous for sticking at trifles should be found turning the first sod of a railway in a district where an election was about to take place ; nor rising up above the ar rangements of the steam shipping com panies, and landing where and when they would from the Hinemoa ; nor flashing their messages by the telegraph all over the country. Of course the telegraph is a public in stitution, and was as free to be used by Sir George Grey or other member of the Cabinet as it was to any other indi vidual in the colony. Only, when the telegraph came to be used by a Cabinet Minister for purposes other than those of the Department he conducted, that is of the public business of the colony, then this freedom required to be purchased. For instance, we can understand the Hon. John Sheehan telegraphing to a Maori man regarding the purchase of a tract of native land for Govornment. That would be a perfectly legitimate telegram to bear the frank of the Native Minister ; but a telegram to a Maori lady, that embodied a tender “ sonnet to her eyebrow ” would not be a legitimate missive for free trans mission. We do not suppose that the Hon. John Sheehan could possibly be guilty of any such telegram to any such native lady, and we only use the illustra tion to show how the franking power of Ministers can be used, and how it cannot. The election of a supporter of of Sir George Grey to the exclusion of a supporter of the Hon J. Hall may be a public question, but it can scarcely be called public business in the sense im plied in a Minister’s power to frank tele grams ; and when the hon gentlemen who lately occupied the Government benches stepped aside from their proper powers and scattered telegrams over the colony, trying to influence this contest and the next, the very least they could have done was to pay for them. That such telegrams have been plentiful we are just now learn ing from the proceedings of Parliament, and that they have not been paid for is the additional item we glean.

Quite a stir was caused in the House over a batch of “ free” telegrams sent by the ex-Premier to the electors in Collingwood during the recent struggle between the former and present holder of the Colling wood seat, Mr Gibbs, and two nominees of the Grey side. These missives were not paid for, and Sir George hitches the blame on to his Private Secretary. That able officer has too much to account for we fear, but he did not charter the Hinemoa, and he had nothing to do with the Thames railway requring to have a demonstration just at the commencement of the election. We fear the Private Secretary is too indigestible an argument for the House to swallow, and results will doubtless show this. The telegrams are not the only instances in which charges of malversation of office can be brought against the Opposition, and it is well for the country that an opportunity has been given to the present Government to show that the threats they held out of making ugly exposures if they could once get hold of the departmental keys were not with out foundation.

Practical Judges.

The colony has not yet, in her brief history, contributed much to the new in ventions of the machinery of the world, and exhibits of machines and implements at any of our Shows are, in the case of New Zealand manufactures, more an ex hibition of the good handicraft of the workman than the genius of the contriver or designer. The excellence, for instance, of New Zealand made drays, waggons, buggies, and other specimens of the cart wright and coachbuilders’ handiwork is to be looked for lessdii the design,—though any novelty in design tha' will add to the comfort of a conveyance or the handiness of a dray will undoubtedly be noticed and appreciated—than in the material used and the skill displayed by the journeymen who have actually made the article. There are not many large manufacturing firms in the colony of such implements as ploughs, harrows, &c., and nearly every local blacksmith if applied to could and does turn out drays, and other wheeled ware for the farmer. We remember, at last show at Tinwald, hearing many com plaints against the judges’ decisions re garding the drays shown on tl at occasion. The judges, of course, gave their awards according to their ability, and were pro bably able to give sound reasons for their disposition of the prizes. But their desposition did not give the satisfaction we should have liked to see. The chief objection raised was that the workmanship, from a workman’s point of view, had not been considered ; and as a consequence, exception was taken to the judges themselves, who were not practical men. On the face of it this seems a valid objection, that is worth the trouble of any Association trying to meet. Not long ago a case occurred, and was brought under ournotice. A prize was given to a dray because the price was £1 below that marked upon its neighbor. In every other respect, to the eye of the man who was not a practical builder of drays, the two seemed to be equally good. But it was pointed out by a practical man that on the shafts alone there was a difference in value of more than the difference in price between the two drays. The shafts

o: the one were of stringy bark, and that o: the other iron bark, and for shafting purposes the iron bark is vast-1 v superior to the other. There are many little points of excellence that only a practical man is able to adjudge upon, and much labor and skill may be expended by the ex hibitor upon the article he shows, that would be lost upon a novice and never taken into account at all. It stands to reason, then, that as far as possible the judges of colonial made im plements should be selected from men themselves able to make the articles shown, and whose knowledge of the craft is such as to command the respect of their fellow - tradesmen. We / hope that in. choosing judges for this class of exhibits at the Tinwald Show the Association will be able to secure the services of men who are able to bring a practical tradesman’s knowledge to the aid of their judgment.

The Pound Advertisements. —ln a late issue of the “Mail” there appeared a jubilate over the fact that the Hon. W. 'S. Peters had been unfortunate enough to lose a horse, which had been impounded and sold to Mr Digby before Mr Peters manager became aware of the animal’s whereabouts. The “Mail ” crowed out a cock-a-doodle-doo that was the adver tising medium of the pound, and had Mr Peters been a reader of the “Mail” he wouldn’t have lost his horse. The fact nobody knew anything about what was impounded, simply because of the limited publicity given, was made apparent by this “ crow,” but henceforth country resi dents will not be at any disadvantage, as the poundkeeper, Mr Price, tells us the advertisements not appearing in the other Ashburtons papers was an overlook he will remedy in future.

Holloway’s Ointment and Pills. Diseases of the skin, ringworm, scurvy, jaundice, scrofula or king’s evil,sore heads, and the most Inveterate skin disease to which the human frame is subject, cannot be treated with a more safe and certain remedy than Holloway’s Ointment and Pills, which act so perculiarly on the constitution and so purify the blood, that these diseases are at once eradicated from the system, and a lasting cure obtained. They are equally efficacious in the cure of tumors, bums, scalds, glandular swellings, ulcerous wounds, rheumatism, contracted and stiff joints. These medicines operate mildly and surely. The cures effected by them are not temporary or apparent only, but complete and permanent.

THE. ASHBURTON HERALD.

f Monday, N ovembers i 1 879.



For Sale. TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. lOR SALE, at an early date, — One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, &c., complete. We are replacing this machine by a Double Royal Wharfedale, which necessitates removal of the Double Demy Machine now psed for printing the “Herald” and “Guardian,” for hand or steampower. Can be seen and all par ticulars obtained at our office. WEEKS & DIXON. Ashburton, October 14, 1879. 5G5a



Business Notices. TINWALD. OTHEARER AND GALLOWAY, MILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Road, Tinwald, 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, Reap 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, Tinwald. 1G5—641a NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealand Wesleyan” for November. Price 6d Sold at the Herald Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. 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, Ashburtop CRICKETING Materials —Bats, Balls, Stumps, Knee Pads, &c., at H. M. JONES’, Stationei, Haring Square TV TINTED. —The Herald tells your Y\ Wants in 20 words, for 1/-. HAVE you Lost Anything ?—Tell the finder through the Herald for a Shilling. If he is honest he will bring it to you without a reward, but you can bait a finder of shaky morals by a tempting offer of remuneration for his trouble. All for a Shilling.



Auction Sales. JT ARRIS ON; AUCTIONEER, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENT, ASHBURTON. Farms, Town Sections, and House Pro perties on the Books for Sale or to Let. AGENT FOR THE TRANSATLANTIC FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Chief Office— -Christchurch. * MR JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, lias 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, &c., Saunders’ Buiildings, Ashburton. To Let and for Sale. TO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO SHOPS in East Street ; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK. rno LET, at a very low rental—Bakery, a together with Dwelling-house and Shop, near the Post Office. THOS. BULLOCK.



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WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, 453 ACRES, Which would make a very compact farm, situated at the back of Mr. Digby s. . Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK.



FOR SALE, A GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur ton. Apply to •' 2—866 a THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and realiy first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Lonjrbeach Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. EOR 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 5 ■ THOMAS BULLOCK. Business Notices. NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ashburton. J. R. CHAPMAN, PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN-WRITER, Etc., Has much pleasure in stating that, owinjr to the large increase of Business, he is now Importing from the Manufacturers-- PAPER HANGINGS, WHITE LEAD, LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSH WARE. And all the necessaries of the Trade, and is therefore in a position to compete with any house in Canterbury for price and quality. Every description of work in the trade executed under personal auperia tendence. Competent workmen sent to all parts of the country. ESTIMATES GIVEN. 41 The Stud. THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traducer Blood. To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUi Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars. S. H. FOWLER & CO„ Proprietors, tf<J4a—2o Winslow



Auction Sales, WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. To Farmers, Wool-growers, and others. WE beg to inform Sheep Fanners and others that our FIRST WOOL AND SKIN SALE this season will take place at our Auction Rooms, East'strect, 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. f EDMISTON BROS. AND GRUNDY, Auctioneers. EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRY. 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 RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. rpHE Undersigned have on Sale:— Fencing Wire No. 6 to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds— White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, &c., Ac. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Stores of Every Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash; -■ - EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. East Street. ASHBURTON Boarding Houses. PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL undersigned having taken the Prince Albert Bo irding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, beg* 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 Squa.be (Near Town Hall). BE -OPENING of the above commo . dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. k 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 ... 14a. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Dinner on Saturday from 11.30. Beds (single), Is. Cd. Private Room for Ladies. 153—82 a NOTICE. MISS HODDER, lately arrived from London, begs to'announce that she lias commenced business as DRESS MAKER in Moore street, Ashburton, near Dr Steward's residence. Prices strictly moderate, and no effort will be spared to give satisfaction. MISS HODDER, 'j Drrssmaker, Moore street. 169- 651 a fI^ALE. —The Herald publishes ap<>r ! X tion of a readable story ever Satuv I day. Read it. ;