POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails !at the Ashburton. Post Office close 1; follows : For Christchurch and; North at 10 a.m. p.rn., and 7.30 p.m,,-daily. For Fpr Rakaia at 10 a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.15 a.m. daily. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10.15 p.m, and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. F,or Ashton, Waterloo,, and .Longbeach, a 3.15 p.m. daily. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST

The Evening Echo. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1879.

“ We are a great people in Ashburton County, and a greater in the township,” said a local wit some time ago ; “ though Kaiapoi may claim to be the Liverpool of of the South, Ashburton is, or is to be, the Chicago of New Zealand.” But, however our facetious friend may set down the Ashburtonians’ estimate of themselves, either as a county or as a borough, we do not seem to be successful in convincing Government that our esti mate of our own greatness is correct. We may be New Zealand's future Chicago— let us hope at least we come not through Chicago’s fire on the way to Chicago’s greatness—but the men who hold New Zealand’s public purse strings persist in looking upon our county as but an un developed tract of waste land, and our town as a dot of houses of mushroom growth, possessing about as much claim to a great and permanent future as did Jonha’s gourd. Reluctantly they al lowed themselves to see that our Post office was too small for the work expected of it. As though every pound they gave was a drop of their hearts’ blood, they consented to spend £3OO upon a new Magistrate’s Court - house—a sum that might build a decent cottage—and even now the R.M., bundled out, bag and baggage, from the B-oad Board Office, is seeking a pedestal for the scales of justice in the Templar Hall, fit place in which to doom the wretched inebriates who so often’come through his hands, and whose number, if all official statements are true, give Ashburton an unenviable “great ness” in the manufacture of dipsomaniacs. The great ones in New Zealand railway matters, when they laid down the line through Ashburton, must have done so in the belief that the country had reached its maximum development. They seem to have been cpxite annoyed that their error had been demonstrated to them, and—like all conceited blunderers—did not care to

acknowledge their mistake, and own it in a manly and straightforward way. Since the original so-called completion of the Ashburton Railway Station there has been a regularly-recurring series of alterations, additions, removals, patchwork, and blun dering. Scarcely a siding occupies the actual position or level it first enjoyed, and almost everything about the place, except the miserable shanty for the accom modation of the public, has been subjected to some real or fancied improvement. Ashburton is one of the stopping-places of the through expresses, and, since those fast trains began to run, the crowd upon the narrow platform of the station upon their arrival and departure has greatly outgrown the room that the platform affords. ' The business done by the station master and his assistants has long ago out grown the space they have to do it in, while the arrangements of the station itself are such as might suit the necessities of a very small roadside village, but are a disgrace to the authorities who allow them longer to be considered suitable for a place whence so much traffic arises as at the Ashburton Station. • We hear that at last the station-master’s office is to be con nected by wire directly with the line of telegraph, so that by-and-bye he will be relieved of the necessity of darting across the road to the Post Office with, or for, the frequent telegrams passing between him and other railway officials ; but there is as yet no indication that the powers that be mean to give him an inch more room in the box where all his business is transacted. The railway engineer was a gallant man, but he was not humane as well. He built a crib of a room opening from the verandah (the only shelter free to the male public), and called it the ladies’ waiting room, but he ignored the fact that gentlemen have to wait too —very often—and in bad weather the waiting traveller must shelter himself as best he can ; the station sup plies none. In marked contrast with the station platform at Ashburton is the one at Christchurch, which it is intended to still further improve by an extension of the verandah the whole length of the building. At one miserably small hole in the wall of our office passengers are supplied with tickets, and the crush at that solitary aperature before the de parture of a train is smething extraor dinary, 'while on the occasion of a holiday it is absolutely dangerous to risk one’s person in the wild scramble for the needful passports. Some time ago we heard that in the near future we should see an intention carried out to build a new station and sheds about 500 yards farther south a station that would be at least equal to the requirements of business done at the present one, and affording decent accommodation to the travelling public, but whether it has yet taken even an embryo shape from the pencil of the Go vernment architect we are not in a position to say. Meanwhile we can only exercise the Englishman’s right to grumble in the hope that our frequent grumbling may call the attention of the railway authorities to the fact that the present shed is altogether out of keeping with the wants of the great district of which Ashburton is the centre.

Police Court. —Yesterday the Mayor sent John Sullivan (an old man of over 70) to jail for drunkennes. Sullivan knows the lock-up geography well. Joseph Burns, paid 30s for drunkenness, &c., and Patrick Harnet, having no money expiated his drunken spree in the lock-up. Joe Mulligan got off. Today, the Mayor and Mr. Campbell, fined William Sharkey 10s. for indecency and drunkenness. The other case disposed of was that of Michiel Darcy, who on Sa turday was ordered by the Court _to pay £l3 towards the expense of his wife and children’s passage to Wellington, and was now up in default. He paid £9 into Court to-day, and was ordered to find the balance within 14 days, or go to prison with hard labor for a month. The Valuation Roll. A Com mittee of the Council has been appointed to report upon the new valuation roll, from which a large number of omissions have been made. Some thirty names were mentioned by the Town Clerk at the Council’s meeting last night as not being on the roll at all, besides other inaccura cies. Amongst the absentees are the large properties of Orr and Co., and Wood and Co’s brewery.

The Reaper Trial. —The trial of rea pers and binders, under the auspices of the Ashburton Association, begins to morrow, in Mr. Carter’s paddock, at Tinwald, at 10 o’clock. The M‘Cormack, the Osborne, the Woods, and the Marsh will be represented, and one of the most interesting exhibitions possible to make on a harvest field will be witnessed.. The judges will be practical men who know their work, and will number some twenty or thereby, so that a fair estimate may be expected to come before the public of the respective merits of each machine. The Christchurch rules will be followed, and, as the field is in excellent condition for a fair trial, it only wants good weather for a successful day. The Rakaia Drowning Case.— Notrace of the body of the man supposed to have been drowned in the Rakaia on Saturday night has yet been found. The man, who is supposed to have been a cook to the surveyors at Burnham, was about 50 years of age, sft. Sin. or so in height, had dark hair, and a long, dark beard tinged with grey, was of stout build, and wore a dark suit—sac coat and billy-cock hat. The mare he rode was a bay of 15 hands, black points, hind fetlocks white, with full tail and mane, and an indistinct mark like an “R” on the near shoulder. The Rakaia blacksmiths are unable to identify her as having been shod at any time by them.

Death of a Journalist.— We have to record with regret the death yesterday of Mr. Henry Manning Moor, editor of the Christchurch “Globe.” His death was the result of severe rheumatic fever. He had not been long ill, nor was a fatal result feared till Sunday, when his death took place. Mr. Moor had been for some time connected with the pi’ess in New Zealand, having edited the now defunct “ Nelson Daily Times,” the “ New Zealander,” and the “ Greymoutli Star.” He came originally from Melbourne.

The Railway Demonstration. —The mid-day express South to-day was a train of ten carriages drawn by one of the new powerful engines. There was a lai’ge number of passengers, comprising some of the leading people of the island—both ladies and gentlemen—and a fair number of press representatives.

The Immigrants by the Waikato.— The people of Timaru arc sadly annoyed at the slight cast upon their beautiful harbour by the captain of the Waikato, who declined to call at Timaru. To-day the Timaru contingent of the Waikato’s immigrants, numbering nearly 100, passed through Ashburton en route for Timaru.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A special meeting of the Borough Council was held last night to consider the Borough Engineers’ report on the proposed outfall drain, and for other purposes. Present : the Mayor (presiding) Messrs. Saunders, Ivess, Roberts, Parkin, and Friedlander. _ An apology for absence was sent by Mr. Campbell. After stating the business of the meet ing, which would also enclose the con sideration of what was to be done in regard to the valuation roll prepared by Mr. Mutch ; many omissions had oc curred in it, and there w r ere not a few inaccuracies, the Mayor asked the Clerk to read the engineers’ report on the outfall DRAIN. The report said that in preparing a design and estimates for the work, it was absolutely necessary to consider a system of drainage for the town, in order to ob tain the necessary data of requirements as a foundation for calculations; but there were some questions, the Engineers felt, ought not to be taken for granted by them, but should be considered and decided by the Council. As far as they (the Engineers) understood the opinions of the Council, provision was to be made for surface drainage only, not for the removal of excretse, and the work was to be of a permanent character. It was, however, a matter for argument whether, in the face of a heavy expenditure for work at present exceeding the town’s wants, it was not advisable to con struct works of a cheaper and more temporary character, sufficient to last say ten years. They made the suggestion, not as a positive re commendation, but as a matter that deserved full consideration by the Coun cil before active steps were taken to carry out the work. Another question arose as to whether the proposed drain should be of a size capable of carrying the drainage of the north-west portion of the town (above the railway), or that that part of the drainage should be cut off at West-street and taken into the river at the railway bridge. This plan might be sufficient and and preferable for the present, but it was questionable if it would answer, when the town became more thickly populated, to deliver the drainage so close to the popu lation and near to a frequented highway. Pending decision on these points, they had taken certain data on which to base calculations for capacity of the outfall drain. The chief item w r as the amount of rainfall to be carried away. The area of the south-eastern portion of the town, exclusive of the low ground between the river and the high terrace running by the cemetery, was about 258 acres; of the north-western portion, exclusive of the Domain and the low ground south-west of Tancred-street, about 150 acres. Cal culating the rainfall at one inch in 24 hours, there would be in the south western part of the town 937,266 cubic feet : in the north-western, 544,500 cubic feet—in all, 1,481,766 cubic feet, exclu sive of ordinary drainage from water eapply, wells, etc., and also supposing that the drainage from the Upper Ash burton District was cut off at the north west Town Belt. A large proportion of this rainfall would not require carriage at the present time, owing to soakage on unoccupied. land and gardens, but the carrying capacity of the drain ought to be considerably in excess of the average requirements, especially as in a heavy rainfall the above measurement of one inch in 24 hours is occasionally exceeded, or attained in a few hours. The smallest size of outfall drain they recommend would carry 2,000,000 cubic feet in 24 hours running three-quarters full —suffi- cient for both sides of the railway if extra provision were made at a future time to carry off a portion of the storm water only. Cost of the drain proposed.in dif ferent materials :

The length proposed to be executed first, as most urgently required, from Burnett street to the river, is about 42J chains, or 935 yards. The total cost of the present length proposed would be, according to the several materials :

A long discussion followed the reading of the report. The cost of the work stag gered the Mayor, who said that if it were undertaken it would swallow up all they could possibly allow at present for chan nelling, etc., and it would he necessary to borrow money to do it.

Mr. Ivess counselled borrowing, say, £B,OOO to £IO,OOO, to enable them to go on with a permanent work. Tlie security of the rates could be given. Mr. Roberts pointed out that not more than £I,OOO could bo raised on ordinary rates. Government did not give subsidies to special rates, and a sixpenny rate would scarcely raise the interest on the borrowed money.

Ultimately, after a long sitting, it was passed that, in the event of the County Council allowing them to use a fourth part of the £5,000 voted for a water supply, they should proceed with a part of the permanent scheme proposed by the Engi neers, as far as from Burnett-street to the high terrace at Dobson-street, thence to the river by some temporary system, such as an open drain, or a wooden-box drain, the permanent portion to be in concrete. The motion was proposed by Mr. Parkin, and seconded by Mr. Saunders. The Mayor and Mr. Ivess opposed it. On its being carried, the Mayor said he felt sure the work, in face of the absence of funds, could not be carried out.

Both Mr Ivess and the Mayor said the work intended by the motion would favor one portion of the town at the expense of the others, who would not be benefited. Messrs Parkin and Saunders pointed out that there was no injustice in what was proposed, and it was unfair to say that one part of the town would be advan taged at the expense of another. It was impossible at the present moment to go into an expensive scheme that would effi ciently drain all the town, and therefore the only course to follow was to adopt such part of Messrs Fooks’ scheme as would benefit the greater portion of the town. They proposed to drain the more low-lying portions, into which the upper portions drained themselves. THE VALUATION BOLL. Mr. Ivess moved that a Committee— consisting of Messrs. Saunders, Fried lander, and the Mayor—be appointed to report upon the Valuation Roll now before the Council. Mr. Parkin seconded.— Carried.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[special to association.]

London, Jan. 18.

The depression in wheat continues, owing to large Californian arrivals. Ade laide, 48s. to 495. per 49Glbs. ; New Zea land, 40s. to 453. Arrived Cliasca, from Wellington ; Waimate, from Lyttelton ; Aliwal, from Oamaru.

There was a partial run on the London and County Bank on Friday. It was quite causeless. The Directors announce a dividend of nine per cent, for the half year. A French Ministerial crisis is believed to be inevitable.

Tallow, 6d. lower. New Zealand fives one higher

AUSTRALIAN

[By Submarine Cable.]

Melbourne, Jan. 20.

An extraordinary sticking-up case oc curred near Sandhurst at midnight on Saturday. A cab with seven passengers was bailed up by a man in a white gown, who presented a revolver. He only got sixteen shillings. No resistance was offered. The police have a clue to the offender. The Yictorian Government have deci ded to co-operate with the Sydney Exhibi tion, and will vote £2OOO towards it.

The Rev. A. R. Fitchett was ordained yesterday in St. Andrew’s Church, Brigh ton, by the Bishop of Melbourne. The Yictorian Government will shortly prepare a programme for next session. Adelaide, Jan. 20.

Large parcels of wheat are offering for forward delivery to the outports at re duced rates. The market is weaker.

Brisbane, Jan. 20. Mr Palmer’s joining the Ministry is doubtful; the other names are correct.

On the new rush at the Laura River there are three hundred Europeans, who are averaging half a pennyweight to the dish.

Arrived The German ship Fritz- Retiter. There were 30 deaths on the voyage, seven from typhoid fever. Sydney, Jan. 20.

Several destructive fires have occurred in Melbourne and this Colony, involving serious loss. Three children were burned at Collingwood.

, A tremendous hurricane has been rag ing at Norfolk Island, which has entailed serious damage on the plantations. It was expected to reach Samoa.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

From the New Zealand Press Asso ciation to the “Echo.”

Napier, Monday.

The funeral of the late Mr. Jas. Watt took place to-day, and was very largely attended, all the principal people in the place taking part in it. Gisborne, Monday.

Captain Porter interviewed the Native claims in the disputed land of the late Captain Read, and feels assured that the difficulties may be settled amicably by mutual concessions.

Auckland, Monday. Captain Deabome, of the San Fran cisco mail steamer, has paid a visit of inspection to the Bay of Islands coal mine. The Taranaki Jockey Club hold an autumn meeting on March 31. The Waiwokaiho bridge was set fire to to-day by sparks from the engine of the train, which ignited the grass in the neighborhood. Not much damage was done.

Captain Marshead, formerly of the GOth Regiment of Bengal Native Indus try, and connected with one of the first Iron-sand Companies, died to-day, aged 78.

Railway contractors offer 12s. a day for platelayers without response. All com plain or scarcity of labor impeding public works.

Dunedin, Mondoy. Additional railway accommodation is to be made at once here. Sixteen hundred feet of siding at the south end of the station will be laid, and it is expected this will meet the requirements of the in creased traffic until the new station is built. The new station is not expected this year, and people are in no wise con fident that it will be finished next year. Invercargill, Monday.

At a meeting of the Railway Demon stration Committee to-day telegrams were read indicating that a large attendance might be expected at the banquet on Wednesday. It was resolved that the dress circle of the theatre should be reserved for ladies, and also for gentle men holding banquet tickets. The Mayor has declared Wednesday next a holiday in celebration of the opening of through communication. A Commission has been appointed to examine Welsh, the Waikawa murderer, and decide as to his mental condition. The gentlemen appointed are Dr. Skae, Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, Professor M’Gregor, Medical Adviser at the Dune din Lunatic Asylum, Dr. Kemp, of Wellington, and Dr. Cecil Jackson of Invercargill.

Wellington, Monday.

The Committee of the New Zealand Rifle Association to-night fixed the date of the firing at Nelson for Monday, March 3. Subscriptions received .after Feb. 18 will not be ta,ken into consideration in fixing the prizes. A seaman on board of the Manawatu, named John Davis, has been arrested on a charge of neglecting to support his family at Lyttelton. He offered to pay £1 per week, but the Magistrate adjourned the case for further information. The news of the death in Christchurch of Mr. H. M. Moor, late of “The New Zealander,” caused general regret to-day. “ The Post ” points out that by a happy coincidence the opening of the Invercargill- Dunedin railway is fixed for the 39th anniversary of the settlement of the co lony, by the arrival of the first immigrants in Wellington. At the annual Primitive Methodist dis trict meeting a resolution was passed advocating the formation of an Australian Conference. The examiners—the Rev. Mr. Dutton, F.R.A.S., and Rev. J. Dum bell—reported the result of the recent examination to have been as follows : Third year, Rev. W. S. Potter, 82, Rev. P. W. Potter, 89 ; fourth year, Rev. Mr. Jenynes, 90, Rev. J. Guy, 96. The maxi mum number of marks obtainable is 100, and the average of 89j is highly credi table to the candidates. Oamaru, Monday. A sad case of drowning occurred in the Kakanui river, near Teschemaker’s. A young man named O’Connell, in company with three others, were in the act of bath ing in a deep pool, when he was suddenly seized with cramp and sank. One of his companions made an unsuccessful effort to save him, and then gave'information to the police, by whom the river was di’agged and the body recovered. Deceased was unmarried, and has no relatives in the Colony, but had only a short time ago nominated two of his brothers as immi grants. A young man in the employ of Messrs Spence and Bee, grocers, had a very narrow escape from being run over by the Christchurch express train. He was driving his cart across the railway line at the town belt crossing, and did not observe the near approach of the train. The driver of the train shut off steam and put on the brake, but too late to avoid an accident, the engine running into the back part of the cart and completely smashing it. The driver and horse escaped by a miracle. The cause of the accident is ascribed to the fact that the engine driver neglected to give the usual warning signal of the approach of the train—a very dangerous piece of carelessness. To-day has been showery, and the harvesting operations will consequently be retarded.

TO-DAY'S CABLEGRAMS.

London, Jan. 20. Advices from the Cape say that Cete way has assented to some demands, but has asked time to consider others, which Government positively refuses to give, and is massing troops on the frontier. Melbourne, Jan. 21. After being feted by the Melbourne and East Melbourne clubs, the Canter bury cricketers returned to New Zealand to-day. Melbourne, January 20. A memorial to Government is being prepared by the unemployed, representing the severe distress existing, and praying Government to take steps to ameliorate New rich quartz reefs are reported to have been discovered in Gippsland. Fire Signals. The locality of fire ill the City of Wellington will henceforth be indicated b} r a code of lamp signals hung from a projecting arm at the lookout station,

TUESDAY January 21, 1879.]

THE EVENING ECHO.



s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best IP" lb i O to I 2 Eggs, $ dozen i 3 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, lb o 10 to I 0 Bacon, prime smoked, 1? lb o 10 to 0 0 Hams in cloth, $ lb I 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, ioolb 12 6 to 14 0 Oatmeal, ioolb 26 0 to 0 0 Lard, $ lb - O 9 to 0 0



Brickwork in cement, with concrete floor, at per chain £ s. d. 77 0 0 Concrete alone, at per chain 46 0 0 Timber —3in, totara, 2ft. 6in. x 3ft. at per chain 37 0 0 Excavation (average) 3 10 0



£ s. d. Brickwork, chains, at £j 7 3272 10 0 Concrete, ,, ,, ,£46 195s 9 6 Timber, „ ,, £37 1571 10 0 Excavation ,, at ,43 10s. 148 15 0



Engineers and Foundries. JOHN ANDERSON, CANTERBURY FOUNDRY CHRISTCHURCH, BEGS to notify that he has been appointed SOLE AGENT for New Zealand for MESSRS AYELING & PORTER, ROCHESTER, Whose Traction Engines, Ploughing Machines, Steam Reaping Machines, and Road Rollers have gained for them a world-wide reputation. An early;exhi bition will be made of an 8 h.p. Agricul tural Locomotive Engine, which can be used either for Steam Cultivation, Thresh ing, Sawing, or Removing Agricultural Produce. Catalogues and prices can be had on application. The following Machinery and' Goods are now ON SALE at the Canterbury Foundry for the season t McCORMICK’S REAPER & BINDER WOOD’S do. do. OSBORNE do. do. Extras and wire for each of the above. McSHERRY GRAIN DRILLS. English and American Mowers, by . Samuelsoii, Hornsby, Howard, Wood, McCormick, and Osborne; Clayton and Shuttleworth Thresh ing Machines, Elevators, Hay Loaders, Pacific Hay Cutters, Seed Strippers. ALSO, FOR SALE, Fencing Standards, Best Fencing Wire, Cambridge, Crosskill, and Mixed Rollers, Broad-cast Seed Sowers, Millstones, Grindstones, Flour-dress ing Silk, Leather and India-rubber Belting and Hose, Reaper Sections, Plough Fittings, Machine Oils, Field Gates, &c., &c. Estimates and Drawings for any kind of Machinery furnished on application. D. MIDDLETON, Agent, Ashburton. 63 UNION STEAM I RO N WORKS (Next the Horse Bazaar), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. JgD WARDS AND E E ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS, AND GENERAL SMITHS. Orders for every description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar anteed to give satisfaction, at prices that wil compare favorably with any in Canterbury. Important.—Ex erienced Manufacturers and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presses, &c. Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General S?nith, Wheelwright, and Shot ing woik warranted to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. THE CENTRAL FOUNDRY, PETER STREET, ASHBURTON. W. J. HisSEY, BEGS respectfully to inform the public of Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has ON HAND and FOR SALE, Working Men’s Kitchen Ranges, cast or sheet iron ovens. Cambridge Rollers, at Christchurch Prices. Wire Strainers. Plough Shears on hand to suit Hornsby’s Ploughs. Kitchen Ranges from £3 10s. Repairs of Castings in Iron or Brass of every description. Business Notice. SPECIAL NOTICE. WE ARE NOW LANDING— Exp.s. “ Tongariro,” Totara for Wells Ex “Clifton,” from Invercargill, 240,000 feet first-class Boards and Scantling Ex “ Drover,” from Bluff, 120,000 ditto ditto Ex.“ Wave of Life,” from Thames, 56,060 feet Flooring, Lining, &c. Ex “Flora,” from Kaipara, A splendid assortment of 95,000 feet Kauri Timber MONTGOMERY & CO. (Limited), CHRISTCHURCH, And EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. ~ RUBBER STAMPS 'THESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and Pads, are now being Manufactured at the ‘ ECHO ” OFFICE and can be supplied any shape from 7s. 6d.



Advertisements for the evening Echo must be sent in not,later than 3 p.m. with the number of insertions written plainly on the copy, otherwise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged accordingly. Subscriptions —Quarterly in advance, 6s. ; posted, Bs. 6d. ; per annum, in advance, 225. 6d. ; posted, 355. d. ; weekly, paid to collector, 6d. Delivered to any part of the town, and at any of the Railway Stations Special notices can be received up to 3-3° p.m. for insertion over the Leader, but will be charged double scale.



Special Notices. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Alfred harrison begs to announce that on or about the Ist Feb., 1879, he will open a NEW AUCTION MART In Baring Square. A. H. will make a specialty of Sales of Furniture and Effects, Sales of Stock and Merchandise. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, &c., HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTOH, Near the Town Hall. 213



THE |]CHO NEWSPAPER AND GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, Has Removed to new buildings, East street North, near Post Office, and next Quill’s Hotel. THE LARGEST STOCK OF MACHINE CASTOR OIL IN ASHBURTON !! COME to SANDO & OLSEN’S if you want to buy really good machine castor oil, and oil-feeders. 246 WE have much pleasure in intimating to our friends and the public generally that we have this day taken into Partnership Mr. Thomas Hooper, who has for some time past been connected with our Firm. The Business will in future be carried on under the name and style of “ HOOPER, AITKEN, & C 0.,” who will carry out all arrangements made by the late firm. Dated at . Ashburton, this 9th day of January, 1879. A. O. AITKEN & CO.