ASHBURTON AND MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY.

The works on this line are in full swing, and the contractors, Messrs J. Frazer and

Co., are leaving no stone unturned to do the work in an efficient style. The Mount Somers Railway branches off a few chains south of the Tinwald Station, and extends in a westerly direction for a distance of about 11 miles. It crosses Black’s road near Lagmohr station, at the junction of the Yaletta road, and then, for the last two ■ miles, the present contract wends its way through a dreary waste of tussocks until it reaches a point definitely marked on the plans, but, except for the pegs, not distinguishable from the monotonous desert of tussocks on the land which is to be benefited by the railway. Of course the construction of the line will tend to en courage, if not compel, the owners of these waste lands to cultivate them, and by this means assist to gradually convert what is now sheep runs into smiling farms, sup porting human beings instead of sheep. The country through which the Mount Somers Railway runs has few engineering difficulties to contend with, in fact an easier job could hardly be imagined in the shape of railway construction ; there is not a single cutting on it, and the embank ments are rarely over a couple of feet or so in height. When the extension to Mount Somers is taken in hand, some rougher country will have to be dealt with before the iron horse can make his snort heard at Mount Somers, a distance of fourteen miles from the end of the present contract, and the south branch of the River Ashbur ton will have to be spanned to allow rail way communication being established. In the meantime Messrs Frazer and Co. have completed the formation to the end of their engagement, the ballast is on the line throughout and the plate-laying is finished for about five miles, and the sub-

contractor for this latter portion of the work is now busily engaged in putting the , polishing touch on the metals to enable the engine to start to work next week ; and as Mr Dan Leech, who has under taken this work, is an old hand at plate laying, having been Inspector on the North line for some years, the railway will have the various grades, curves, and cants put on in the right places and in the right way. The quality of the material being used is of a far superior nature to that used on most of the lines in the colony. The rails are of steel, weighing 401bs to the yards, and the sleepers are of a superior quality. They are all of New Zealand timber, and owing to the great demand existing just now for sleepers all over the colony considerable difficulty is experienced in getting them from the saw-mills fast enough to keep the work going. Messrs Frazer and Co, n consequence have had to distribute their orders in all directions, Waimate and Peel Forest supplying some really first-class black pine and totara timber. Picton the same, and Oxford black birch. Some of these latter are of a very inferior nature, and have consequently been re jected as unfit for the work. The fish i plates for connecting the lengths of rails together are a new patent, and the best of the kind we have seen, and far superior to the Ibbotsons clip fish joint used on the great South line ; another new feature is a new style of fancy bolt and flange, but it is certainly no improvement on the old style, being both weaker and less effec tive. Notwithstanding the hard times the contractors are still paying full rates of wages, the prices being 8s 6d per day to ballast fillers and 8s to surface men, and even at these rates the men created a little difficulty a week or so back by de manding 9s, but were eventually persuaded that they were getting full market value for their labor at the above-mentioned rates. All hands are “ tuckered ”on the work at a fair price per week, and are a very good sample of long handled shovel slingers. The contractors are full handed at present, but anticipate being able to find room for a few more in the course of a fortnight or so. Mr M‘Farlane is the engineer in charge of the work, ancl spares no trouble to see that everything is done efficiently and according to the strict letter of the specifications. It is expected that the work will be completed by the middle of February, which will be considerably within contract time, when allowance is made .for ddlays caused by extra work done.

That Russian Prison Ship.

Hitherto I have only forwarded to you reports of the voyage of the Nigua Nov gorod as they appeared in the Russian

press from time to time. I could not guarantee the accuracy of any of the statements published, and, indeed, the minimum amount of sickness mentioned by the captain seemed remarkably small— something like the “ one man wounded ” in the reports of war skirmishes. In any case these repevts were utterly irreconcil-

able with the astounding statements pub lished in England. I stated that I was endeavoring to gain further, information to help to elucidate the question in the absence of information from the Foreign Office from English sources. I have not yet obtained the information desired, but I have seen letters of an entirely unofficial character written by an officer of a ship to his family in all the freedom of unrestrained intercourse. Two, which bear internal evidence that they were never intended for publication, satisfy me that the entire statement respecting the mortality on board the vessel is a fabrication, without any foundation whatever to sustain it.

The letters are in the form of a diary. They narrate that shortly after leaving Odessa the fetters were removed from all the prisoners. Each day’s incidents and

cases of illness which occurred are also •narrated. At or near Alexandria one case ’of mortal sickness is mentioned. It is not stated subsequently whether the prisoner died. Several suffered from sunstroke in the Red Sea, and a large number from tropical rash, not one case as stated by the * • captain. A contemporary converts 34degs. heat, Reaumur, into 79 Fahrenheit. A hi ore correct calculation /would be 110 Fahrenheit. If it be asked bow could persons endure and survive such heat in

the hold of a vessel, anyone knowing the habits of the Russians, sleeping huddled together by their stoves in winter, or in summer enjoying their mid-day sleep by

the road-side under the blazing sun, or in the unwholesome atmosphere of the habited houses, would find it possible to believe in their great power, of enduring heat and close air. From the frank 1 and detailed narrative alread entioned, it is

quite clear that, except in the case of mortal sickness, angina pectoris and a few cases of sunstroke, there had been no sesious amount of illness up to the arrival at Aden after passing through the Red Sea—the worst part of the voyage. Yet it has been circumstantially narrated in England, and too readily believed, that 250 persons died on board, and that 150 were landed in a dying condition where no English agent could report such an occur rence. As to the number and character of the prisoners, I have information from an equally reliable source which leads me to believe that there was not a single woman prisoner on board, much less any woman of education. The male prisoner’s were criminals convicted by the ordinary tribunals. lam informed from indepen dent sources that it is extremely impro bable a single political prisoner was on board the ship. I believe, also, that there is no foundation whatever for the state ment that there were 250 deaths and 150 persons landed in a dying state, except the prophecy of some person said to have boarded the vessel at the Bosphorus, who appears to have ascertained somehow that not one third could reach their destination, and forthwith telegrams were fabricated to meet this statement, quickly disposing of 400 out of the GOO on board.—>St. Petersburg cox-respondent of the London “ Daily News,” August 6th.

Shocking Tragedy at Plymouth.

Plymouth has been the scene of a mur der and a suicide of a peculiarly startling and hori’ible character. The facts for some hours remained obscure, but the coroner’s inquest held the same evening elicited them. They are these : —Harriet Marker, the daughter of a Plymouth

lithographer, 12 years ago—being 18— married a naval petty officer named Law rence. He went to sea for several years, allowing her no maintenance. After the first few months she lived as a dressmaker

at Manchester, Liverpool, and latterly at Chester. She had two children, one by the officer ; the other is called by her maiden name. For a few years past she had lived at Chester, at a Mr M‘Clean’s, passing as Mrs Gregory, of the Mews, Queen’s Hotel, Chester. Lately her husband returned, came to Plymouth, and was reconciled to his wife at her father’s house, promising to support her. Last week he returned to Portsmouth, his wife remaining at her father’s, engaged by day at a draper’s. On Vw i -A -- r*- - R m

Sunday morning Gregory, who lett Ches ter on the previous night, arrived at Ply mouth, went to her house, and she went out with him for the day. The morning of the tragedy she started for business as usual, but was met by Gregory, 'who per suaded her to go with him to an hotel, and there, he cut her throat and his own. The noise of her falling elicited help, when Gregoi’y was seen cutting his own throat, which he succeeded in doing after a struggle with a porter, who had rushed into the room. The coroner’s jury re turned a verdict of wilful murder against Gregoi’y finding also that he committed suicide -while of unsound mind.

The West Coast Demands.

Among the many channels in which it is contemplated to divert the proposed loan,-there is one which we consider to be a sinful waste of public funds. That is

the expenditure of a sum of £600,000 on the improvement of the Grey river. At the present time, and for some six years past, works have been in progress in this river with a view to rendering it at all times navigable for vessels, and judging from the frequency of news to the effect that the bar is unworkable, the success of tlie engineering efforts to control this uncivilised stream cannot be deemed a success.

Sir John Coode inspected and reported on the matter, and works in accordance with tlie advice given by him were com menced and are still in progress, but they appear so far to have been more de trimental than useful to the pur pose intended, and at a public meeting held in Greymouth a few weeks ago reso lutions were passed condemning the works as being the cause of rendering the bar unworkable. The river is a tidal one, the average tide at high-water springs being

about seven feet, and when in good work ing order vessels drawing 12 feet of water can enter the river, but as a rule the traders to the port; have about 8 to 9 feet draught. It was contemplated that the construction of these improvements would have the effect of so deepening the channel

that a very much larger class of si ipping would be able to trade to the port, but the result as yet has been to cause the bar to silt up and become unnavigable on more frequent occasions than previously. This work was initiated, and the ex pense incurred by Government, because tlie question of utilising the port for the conveyance of coal from the mines on the

Grey River to the ocean was looked upon as a work of a national character, and the prosecution of the protective works was believed to be the one thing needful to enable the West Coast to supply all the coal required for the colony and to export largely to other countries. With this ob ject in view a lenth of seven miles of the

most expensive railway yet constructed in New Zealand was la ; u down, but there has been very little increase in the export since the days when boats were the means of conveyance from the mines to the port. The West Coast people themselves are now beginning to find out that Greymouth is never likely to become a port, and are clamouring for a railway to connect them with this side of the mountains at an es timated cost of a million of money. Now, although it is desirable that we should burn native coal, and that better communication should be established be tween the East and West Coasts, there is just such a thing as paying too dear for our whistle. We know and regret that for many years the gold-mining industry has not paid those engaged in the prose cution of it ; wages which our “ unem ployed ” would scorn to take their coats

off for now rule ; the report of Mr McKerrow just to hand shows that the average earnings of miners for the past twelve months have been 5s per day. It must be evident that such wages, com bined with the high cost of living on the West Coast will never make it become a popular field for investment, unless some new discoveries of gold are made, and although we occasionally hear of small “patches” being struck, it is a melan choly fact that no successful “rush” of any magnitude has happened for many years.

Nor can we see how the expenditure of a million of money can help the West Coast, much, since tlie necessarily heavy grades j on any of the proposed routes will render] the cost of transport on timber and coal so expensive as almost to shut those articles out of competition with countries more ac cessible to conveyance by sea. There is one method by which we be-

lieve the Grey coal mines could be made useful and profitable to the colony. Some thirteen years ago Lieutenant Woods, then engaged in making a national survey in the Government steamer “ St Hilda visited Point Elizabeth with a view of re porting on the practicability of making a harbor there, and his _ report was very favorable on the question. Point Eliza beth is situated about 4 miles north of the Grey River, and is a steep bluff partially enclosing a semi natural harbor, a few

hundred yards father out to sea a rocky island affords still protection, and from this latter rock seaward, a reef runs out for a distance of about three quarters of a mile. Now, all that is required to make a pei’fectly safe harbor here, is to connect these rocks with the bluff on the main land, and a harbor will be found capable

of finding shelter and wharfage accommo dation for large sea going ships. This re port however never seems to have got be yond the incipient period of its existence, but we feel convinced, from our know ledge of the locality, that it is the only method by which the coal measures of the Grey will ever be utilised, and tlie ex pense would be trifling in comparison with the immense benefits to be gained, as no more suitable site for a penal settle ment exists in the colony, and the cost of the work would not be felt to any extent when done by prison labor. We do not suppose for one moment that the in habitants of Greymouth would like the idea of the coal trade being diverted from the river, but if ever that industry be comes an important one, Point Elizabeth is bound to become the Newcastle of New Zealand.

Amusing Irish Breach of Promise Case.

At Limerick Assizes, before Judge Barry, the case of Alice Normilev. James Cagney has just been heard. Mr Atkin son, in opening the pleadings, said this was an action to recover £BOO from the de fendant for breach of promise of marriage. Plaintiff, a handsome young woman, is the daughter of a farmer residing in Ballina kilbeg, County Limerick. Defendant is also a farmer, and resides in Balinakilli cassy, and is a neighbor of the plaintiff. He is a widower, his wife having died recently. The defendant pleaded that he never agreed to marry plaintiff ; or that if he did they agreed to dissolve the contract by mutual consent. But there were two rather moi’e frolicsome defences —one was that he was to receive a marriage portion of £3OO, payable before the marriage ; but, moi’e extraordinary still, that the

promise to marry was consequent on his receiving the consent of his father-in-law, the father of his deceased wife. (Great laughter.) There was a defence !—one of the most romantic ever made by a widower with two children. (Laughter.) The wedding had been arranged by the two families. Alice (tlie plaintiff) was to re ceive £3OO as a fortune, the defendant de claring that he could get another girl with £6OO, but he preferred his “darling Alice,” and showed her his keys which, he said, would make her mistress of his house. They arranged to be married at Shrovetide. They went to confession to prepare for the solemn ceremony ; but on the day for tlie performance of the mar riage Cagney failed to make his appearance, ancl Miss Normilej has since been pointed out as “The girl I left behind me.” (Laughter.) The plaintiff’s brother went on the Monday of Shrovetide to defen-

dant, and asked Cagney why lie did not fulfil his promise, and come up to his (Normile’s) house. He said he was not able to go, his wife was so lately dead, and made other lame excuses, during which a man named Riordan said to Cagney, “ Faith, you were not able to go to°Normile’s because you were up at Liston’s arranging a marriage with his daughter, and you are to get £6OO. ” And so it turned out to be, he married Miss Liston and got this £6OO. The defendant in course of his evidence, said My eldest daughter, by my first wife, is 15 years of age. I never spoke to plaintiff until the 2nd November last, when I went with her brother to her home. I drank too much liquor there, but don't remember anything about making the match. In the follovy ino- February, in Newcastle, the plaintiffs brother offered me £3OO if I would marry her. I said £3OO would not do me. I wanted £350. I drank a great deal, and recollect nothing more. When I awoke I was in bed with my clothes on in Normile s

house. When young Normile came to me to marry his sister, I told him I could not as iny father-in-law would not give liis

consent. (Laughter.) The Judge : And you mailed another women the next day 1 (Laughter.) Witness : Yes. (Great laughter.) The Judge: And while you were bargaining for tlie plaintiff you were already engaged to your present wife ? The witness shook his heac’ and said, Yes, my lord. (Laughter.) I got no fortune with my wife Ellen Liston, nor a promise. To Mr Atkinson—lf Miss Normile’s father had come down with £4OO I would have

thrown up Miss Liston. (Great laughter.) I would not have married them both. (Renewed laughter.) I was engaged to Miss Liston while I was proposing for the plaintiff. (Laughter.) Tlie Nor miles said I would get £3OO with the plaintiff, but they did not produce the money. I told them I could not marry without my father-in-law’s consent. (Laughter.)—The Judge : And yet you married next day without his consent? —Witness: Yes. (Great laughter.)—The Jury found for the plaintiff, £6O damages and costs.

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

Atmospheric Phenomenon.

(From the London Times.)

Our Geneva correspondent writes, under date August 22 “On the evening of August 5, six persons who were standing in the gallery of a chalet in the Jura, above St Cergues, witnessed an atmos pheric phenomenon equally rare and curi ous. The aspect of the sky was dark aiU stormy. The air was thick with clouds, out of which darted at interva's bright flashes of lightning. At length one of these clouds, seeming to break loose from the mountains between Nyon and the Dole, advanced in tlie direction of a storm which had, meanwhile, broken out over Moges. The sun was hidden and the country covered with thick darkness. At this moment the pine forest round St Cergues was suddenly illuminated and shone with a light bearing a striking resemblance to tlie phosphorescence of the sea as seen in the tropics. The light disappeared with every clap of thunder, but only to appear again with increased intensity until the subsidence of the tempest. M. Raoul Pictet, the eminent chemist, who was one of the witnesses of the phenomenon, thus explains it in the last number of tlie ‘Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles ’:—‘Before the appearance of this fire of St. Elmo, which covered the whole of the forest, it had rained several minutes during the first part of the storm. The rain had converted the trees into con ductors of electricity. Then, when the cloud, strongly charged with tlie electric fluid, passed over this mullitucle of points, tlie discharges were sufficiently vivid to give rise to tlie luminous appearance. The effect was produced by the action of the electricity of the atmosphere on the elec tricity of the earth, an effect which, on the occasion in question, was considerably increased by tlie height of the locality, the proximity of a storm-cloud, and the action of the rain, which turned all the trees of of the forest into conductors.’ ”

Another Spiritualistic Swindle.

Mrs Hatch has for many years been a conspicuous spiritual medium in Boston. Her specialty is the production of flowers from spirit sources. She gave a seance a few evenings ago at a private residence. The lights were extinguished, as usual, and the persons in the circle were enjoined to hold fast to each other’s hands. All the gas burners in the room had been con nected with an electric lighting apparatus, and suddenly the apartment was brightly illuminated. Tlie medium was completely exposed. In her lap was a pile of flowers, and she was caught in the act of tossing them into the air.

Military Pocket Handkerchiefs.

From Iron ,

Geography is a weak point with the French nation. The Germans, when they invaded France, were found to know tli e country better and to possess better map s of it than the natives themselves. Cul ture in France, indeed, seems t> be the possession of the few, and that probably

is one cause of the dangerous instability of the Government. The men in power appear to have discovered this, and are evidently doing all they can, despite priestly opposition and intrigue, to strengthen themselves and the country by

educating the masses. One of the ex pedients adopted for popularising science in the army partakes of the ludicrous, suggesting as it does the “ moral pocket handkerchiefs” for the elevation of the little niggers which Dickens has made famous. The French soldiers, we are told, have for some time had pocket handkerchiefs served out to them, on each of which is printed a map of France and its principal colonies ; and now others are being distributed bearing impressed on them the leading directions in reference to arms, equipments, harness, drill, Ac, of the infantry and cavalry.

Ploughing by electricity, the latest no velty in tlie agricultural world, is, accord ing to a French correspondent of the “ Mark Lane Express,” now tin accom plished fact. The motion is conveyed to a drum from the electric machine, and thence by a coil of wire to the plough.

The Canadian Government is inaugu rating a new policy in regard to the Indians of the north west. Fourteen schools of farming are to be established there for the purpose of instructing the Red man in agricultural puruits, and duly qualified persons are already appointed to carry out the scheme. Mr F. W. Broarey, the hon. secretary of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, recently stated, in a paper on “ The Present State of tlie Science of Aeronautics,” that tlie conditions of flight by means of aerial machines were pretty well understood ; there now remained only the mechanical difficulties, and how a r those difficulties could he minimised could only bo determined by experiment. Great Grimsby, which has just been honored by a visit from the Prince of Wales, is a place worth knowing of, especially now when a general election is at hand. Its burgesses are freemen, and these freemen are great men in their way, with rights inalienable. They have the franchise for ever. No Act of Parliament could, or rather would, deprive them of that; and, not only has every freeman a vote, but so has the happy man who marries a freeman’s daughter. The story goes that in one close-run election a mar riage was made in hot haste to turn the scale. A bride-groom, whether an im promptu or a long-engaged lover is not known, was brought over from Boston in a coach and four, was married to a Grimsby girl, and voted on the same side the same afternoon. Freemen’s children have also the right to free education in the borough schools —more, they are paid to attend.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD

1 Friday, October 31, 1879.



JpiNVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest evei’ ofFei'ed in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. VAORMS PRINTED — “To Let” and j_ “ For Sale ” —can be obtained at the Herald Office.



Auction Sales. MR JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, lias FOR SALE some valuable TOWN and SUBURBAN SECTIONS in Ashburton. Also, Quarter-acre Section, Timvald, with a good Four-roomed House, lined throughout, and a Carden securely fenced ; also, several other well-situated Sections in the above Township. Some of the above being low in price and terms easy, offer a first-class opportu nity to investors. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, Auctioneer, Ac. , Saunders’ Buiildings, Ashburton.



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. Public Notices. REAPERS AND BINDERS. nnHE Undersigned having been a - I pointed agent for the sale 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. PAYITT, 555a—88 East Street, Ashburton. Ml RS. ScOTT’S IMPERIAL BOARDING HOUSE, Durham Street South, CHRISTCHURCH. Board and Lodging, 20s. Beds and Meals, Is. each. 509 a



early. PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. at the Herald Office. Apply 590 PENNY made the 'postal system 8 of England a success. So has it made the Herald. Everybody buys the Herald. m ALE.—The Herald publishes apor -1 tion of a readable story ever Satur day. Read it. ITT ANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes VV and Notepaper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “ Herald ” Office, East-street North. 042 CONCERTINAS, German Accordians, Violins, etc. Concertinas, 20 keys, from 10/6. H. M. JONES, Stationer. SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. PI. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 f THE “ Herald’' is published every evening, thus giving every day’s news. This is better than buying a Six penny weekly. IT is only a Penny, is to be got every where in Town, along the Railway line, and of the Country Agents. WANTED KNOWN—That Money can be saved by purchasing your Sta tionery and Account Books, for cash, at the “Herald” and “ Guardian ” Whole sale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Build ings, near Station. w ANTED.— The Herald tells Wants in 20 words, for 1/-. your 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, Winslow 504a—20



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



Auction Sales. SATURDAY, Ist NOVEMBER. To Fanners, Capitalists, Speculators, and others. THRESHING MACH INE. BY PUBLIC AUCTION. Messrs edmiston bros. and GUN DRY have received instruc tions from Henry Hunt, Esq., to sell by public auction, at their Land Auction Rooms, East street, on Saturday, the Ist November, at 1.30 p.m., Threshing Machine, by Clayton and Shuttleworth, comprising 8 h.p. Engine, Combine, Straw Eleva tors, Scales, Ac. This Machine is in thorough working order, and equal to new, and can be seen at Mr Hunt’s residence, Wakanui road. TERMS EASY. Sale at I’3o p.m. EDMISTON BROS. AND GUNDRY, Auctioneers. 1110—010 a EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY Have on Sale 1000 BUSHELS TARTARIAN O ATS. 1000 CAPITAL QUALITY AND PRICE LOW. V. D. L. PALINGS, P-ALINGS, PALINGS, f pHE Undersigned have on sale 5 and 6 FEET V.D.L. PALINGS, Of the very best quality for roofing, being perfectly straight and free from twists, which they are now offering at a very low rate. . EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY.



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 RUN HOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. gpHE Undersigned have on Sale:— Fencing Wire No. 6 to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds — White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsilce Trefoil Lucerne, Ac., 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 ,4 CLAND, CAMPBELL, AND CO., Auctioneers, Land, Stock, and General Agents. WOOL AND GRAIN BROKERS. Christchurch, Ashburton, and South bridge. We beg to inform our constituents and the public that we have made arrangements with Mr George Jameson to take charge of our Ashburton Branch, and to act as our Agent there. Mr Jameson will make arrangements for Sales of Stock, Farms, Ac., and is authorised to receive and pay all moneys on our behalf. The Sale of Horses at the Bazaar will be held Fortnightly, from the Ist Nov., commencing at 12 o’clock sharp. The Fortnightly Sales of Stock, Ac., at Ashburton and Tinwald, will be held as heretofore. Account Sales rendered with care and promptitude. ACLAND, CAMPBELL, A CO. GEO. JAMESON. 6<>oa Public Notices. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. mHE ORDINARY MEETING of this | Board will be held on MONDAY, the 3rd November, instead of Friday, the 7 th. By order, JAMES FRASER, Clerk. 24th Ocb, 1879. W3a NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN, Published Monthly. TUST ARRIVED, the “New Zealand P J Wesleyan ” for October. Price Gd Sold at the Herald Otice, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents.



To Let and for Sale. TO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO SHOPS in East Street; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK. f rV) LET, at a very low rental—Bakery, together with Dwelling-house and Shop, near the Post Office. 393 a THOS. BULLOCK. TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, r O ACRES, 453 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, x\_ and ready first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Lom/beach Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. f TtOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with I ' a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 187 Acres, partly improved, and situated about three and a half miles from the Township. Apply to c I HOM \S BULLOCK. Tenders. TO CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. nnENDERS are invited for a COTTAGE X id Ashburton. Plans and Specifica tions may be seen at the offices of Messrs Orr and Co., Ashburton, and at the office of the undersigned until noon of Monday, November 3rd, where tenders are to be delivered. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. F. HUBBARD, C.E., Architect and Surveyor. Hereford Chambers, Hereford street, Christchurch. 121—587



TENDERS. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited for the under mentioned WORKS : No. 27. Forming, near Springfield. No. 28. Forming and Shingling portion of Mount Somers and Mount Hut Boundary Road. No. 29. Repairs to Mount Somers Downs Road. Specifications to be seen at Hood’s. Hotel or Road Board Office. Tenders to be sent in before noon of the 3rd November. JAMES FR VSER, Clerk, 612 a Mount Somers Road Board. Boarding Houses. PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL rjpHE undersigned having opened th»* Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Lur«s, begs to say he is determined to keep GOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. THOMAS CLARK, Proprietor. 333a—27 CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). RE-OPENING of the above commo dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board 148- MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Dinner on Saturday from 11.80. Beds (single), Is. 6d. Private Room for Lames 334—82;v ECHO DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET SOU TH* Next door to Messrs. Saswlo& Olsen, Ashbuntrmra. A DUPUIS Legs to inform the inliaM • tants of the County of Ashburton and visitors that he lias opened tho above. Every attention has been paid to making this establishment all that, can be desired. Very Reasonable. Charges. Tea and Coffee All Hours. Breakfa.t for early train ; Table d’Jßote from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Tea from stoßp. m. A Chef de Cuisine of considerable experi ence has been specially engaged for this, establishment, and all that the proprietor asks is one trial. 64 A.. DUPUIS, Proprietor,



,TANTED Known, -Unit TWENTY Words are inserted in this Cnlumtu for ONE SHILLING prepaid, audl FORTY Words for TWO SHILLINGS prepaid.



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