>he*ven, saying, “ Come-lip hither.^ o .serve the frloVv of my bouse. Andto the servanis A—. «.«*!, ••Take / an d undress him from his robes of flesh; cleanse his vision, and put a new breath into his nostrils, only touch not with any change his human heart —the heart that weeps and trembles.” ft was done ; and with a mighty angel for his guide the man stood ready for his infinite voyage; and from the terraces of heaven, without sound or farewell, at once they wheeled away into endless'space. Sometimes with the solemn flight of angel-wing they fled /through Zaarrahs of darkness-r-through deserts j of'death' that divided 1 the-worlds of life ;*• some- 1 times they swept over frontiers where new worlds were being formed from chaotic matter. Then, from a distance which could be counted only in heaven, light dawned for a time through .‘hSlslehpjr'ftlinlf'iby.unutterable pace, the light swept to them, they by unutterable pace fo the lightsf j Ijx- a 1 mopient the rushing of worlds was upon them ; in a moment the blazing of suns was around them; >OH ,■, \r 11 Then caine eternities of twilight that re vealed but were not revealed. On the right hand and on the left towered mighty constel lations. . . ' Without measure were the architraves, past number were the archways, beyond memory the—gates. Within were stairs that scaled the eternities below ; above

•was below, below was above, to the man ( stripped of gravitating body; depth was swallowed up in height insurmountable, height was swallowed up in depth unfathomable. Suddenly as they rode from infinite to infinite suddenly, as they, tilted.oyer abyssmal worlds —a miglny cry-arose l that systems more mysterious, that .worlds more billowy, other heights rand- other depths , were coining, were nearing, were at-hand.. ... i i , : . . ; “ Then the man sighed, stopped, shuddered, - .and ,wept.,., .* Angel,’ .said he, as his overladen heart uttered' itself in tears, ‘ I will go no farther, for;thejSpirit of man acheth with this infinity! Insufferable is the glory of God. Let me lie down in the narrow grave, and hide the persecution of the infinite ; for end 1 see there is none/ And from all the listening stars that shohe around issued a; choral voice, ‘ The man speaks truly ; end there is- none that ever/yet';W.e-;heard of/ <-End is there none ?’ the anger solemnly demanded ; *is there i,ndeed no end !—and is this the sorrow thatrkflsjyou? ’ ./But no, voice- answered, that he '’might answer. 1 ‘ Then the angel threw up his glorious hands to the heaven of heavens;-skying,1/‘'End there.;is none to the universe of God. Lo ! also there is no begin ing.’” «y. i v,- o:i ■: -.-• o- z. ■■ j. '■ Those who have even only a slight ae ! quaiiitanbb'with;these studies will be will ing to forgive this digression. i.But ; tp jreturn.% ;i to. the- argument from precession and nutation. As the sun, moon, and. -planets,, in; ; their apparent movements round the earth, do not circle the earth in the plain of her equator, they obtain a kind of purchase upon the equatorial protubei’ance—already described at length in No. ll.—the effect of which is, by their sideway, or angular attraction, to tilt it slightly, and so cause the axis of the earth to rotate about the pole of the ecliptic with a circular motion. This is very; siiriply described by Norman Lockyer in his elementary lessons in astronomy. I will give hisiWolrds. ‘.‘ Let the equatorial protuberance of the

• m earth be represented by a ring, supported * by two points at the exlremities of a dia - meter, and inclined to its support as the earth’s equator is inclined to the eliptic. Let a long, string be attached to the highest portion of the ring, and let the string be pulled horizontally, at right t angles to the: two points of suspension, and away from the centre of the ring. • This pull will represent the sun’s attrac tion on the protuberance. The effect on the ring will he that it will at once take up a horizontal position ; the highest part . of the ring will fall as if it were pulled from below, the lowest part will rise as if pulled from above. “ The sun’s attraction on the equatorial protuberance in certain parts of the orbit is exactly similar to the action of the string on the ring, but the problem is complicated by the two motions of the earth.”" " J

The north end of the earth’s axis is at present directed very nearly towards the pole star; the,south end,of course, to that point of the heavens known as the southern point. If the earth’s axis were stationary,, the above points would con tinue to lie in the direction of a continua-

tion of her axis. But, owing to the force of gravity exerted by the other members of this system,. the pole of the heavens describes a circle which it would take 25,868 years to complete. Besides this circular motion of the earth’s axis, caused by the sun, moon, and planets, as a whole there is superadded another movement, the effect of the attraction of the moon ;H LaTppe/-l and making the line, which describes the rotation of the earth’s axis about the pole of the eliptic, an undulatory one. This undulatary oscillation is called nutation. So long ago_as_lß39, Hopkins showed that a shell of 100 miles in thickness would not permit these motions to take place as they do. And Sir William Thomson has so developed the theory of Hopkins, that it is now thought by many to be absolutely set at rest. Thomson's argument is, that Iv> ,,. if the earth were not rigid it would modify V its shape, instead,of, showing these varia tions in its axial revolutions. He points put that if the crust were of solid steel, 500 miles thick, it would yield to the attractions of sun and moon almost as readily as if it were indiarubber. The earth-would rtKW be distorted in figure. It would heap up under the moon like the

of the. sea, which it would carry with it, and thus nullify the tides by pre yaptipg any relative change of level be tween land arid ftiid water,l V, He also shows that the f< equilibrium of the crust would be unstable. Tlie secular cooling causes upheavals and depressions, and any portion of the crust rent from its continuity with the rest would behave }jke a ship that has been rammed, one ppftjftp Bp, another would sink clown, amt then all tumid m flnwfi to gether. Thus, the crust would not main tain its integrity, but would inevitably shatter and sink piecemeal through the lighter lava,to build up a solid framework from below. ”- A . T -. .. - . ' i \,J ,Jh~ JL *..1 ■mmmmmmmmammHtmmmmammmmmmrnmm

)-. Hollqvvay- ; s Oinimknt anp Bills. — 4e ‘ Rliedmatic ‘pains, Tic-Doloreaux.—These dis cases are unfortunately very prevalent in this •)! q, ';coiuKiy,\;htl4 [are. frequently most distressing, sometimes for years bathing all medical skdl to alleviate the sufferings of the victim. Inno case have Holloway’s Ointment and Pills failed to produce a cure. The Ointment produces a peculiar, and QR&ing influgiigg RY6T ft® Rff-yps and muscles; relaxing spasms apd subduing pain. The attack soon becomes milder and the intervals between the paroxysms longer; until they cease altogether. Ihe Pills restore ;‘rfc£::the .body from a weak and debilitated condition to a state of health and strength. Persons . . bedridden for months with rheumatic pains and dwellings, after using the Ointment have been cured in an incredible short period, —Advt.

A TRIP UP THE SOUTH BRANCH.

[by our special reporter.]

With a view to looking at the progress of tilings on the Tinwald side of the river, I took. la. drive up, the south bank a few days ago ; and as I don’t want to reiterate the. fact, so well known to all your readei-s, that crops are looking as well ‘ ‘ as can be expected ” under the singularly auspicious circumstances, I might as well skip over all that portion of the country already described, which is on the Lagmohr road to Westei’field. I found Mr Reed at home, and the most important work of the year—shearing—was in full swing ; but as all the work here seems to run in a very, smooth groove, nobodywas put out >of the way by the fact that the best crop oh the station was at the time being

harvested. In fact, I should not have known it had it not been that I called in at the wool shed, and heard the familiar cry of “tar,” and knew that the purchasers of New Zealand wool next year would be paying for mutton at wool prices. , Mr. Reecl does not do much in the agricul tural line ; but as a forester —I don’t mean one of the friendly society sort—he is “ facile princeps and as a gardener—l can only wish I had an invitation to Westerfield when the gooseberries are ripe. Mr Reed’s homestead has many things about it that would make anyone but a misanthrope satisfied with this world of woe. The first thing which takes one’s eye on entering the private gate into the garden is the almost tropical growth of the fruit trees, and one is bewildered with the variety of flowers, vegetables, fruit, and forest trees—an ashphalte footpath being', the only indication that the garden - was not entirely a profusion of trees planted there by Nature’s own hand. A few yards brings us to a neat quickset hedge, where about twenty hives of bees are busily engaged, like every other living creature at Westerfield, in making the best of every “shining hour.”

The orchard, which is about 3/ acres in extent, is stocked with every variety of fruit trees that will grow in this climate, and is well protected from wind by a well grown hedge. A beautifully pellucid creek, bordered by tall willows and pop lars, forms the northern boundary of the garden, pne noticeable feature in which is that, when theorchard was laid out, the gardener must have had a notion that the trees would grow, and he left room for them to expand their branches, not as some of.-qur G amateuj:s do in the township and suburbs, who plant enough trees on a quax’.ter acre to stock an area of ten times th’e- , size. ! ' :: Betweeh : tlie' l’ows of trees, vegetables in abundance are growing. Rhubarb of enormous size is one of the vegetable ti’iumphs. I was sorry to see that the American'blight had made sad

havoc among- the apple trees, although they showed signs of curative appliances I having been used. About a mile from the homestead is a plantation of forest trees, unequalled in the county for variety and healthiness. The gurns, wattles and pines look better than in their native forests. Leaving Mr. Heed’s, and finding my way through home splendid paddocks, the Yaletta road was reached, and for a dis tance of about four miles the tract of land on the right hand side of the road is all in crop —mostly spring wheat, and looking healthy. At Valetta—one of Mr. W. C. Walker’s properties—some effort has been made at planting, and the few trees about. the' place show that further labour in that direction would meet with success. From here, looking towards the hills, and to the south, the whole country is as 'yet, in tussock ; and anyone travel ling over this and other parts cf the country is impressed with the thought of what an important county Ashburton will be when all the now tussock land is cut

up into farms, and have human beings settled on them, in lieu of “ one sheep to the acre,” which is at present the standard population. The crossing at the south branch of the river near Valletta is not one of the best, the pebbles in the bed of the stream being very well grown ones, and I think the Mount Somers Road Board would do well to spend some of their wealth in milking good fords over this branch. About three miles up from here, Buc cleuclij the residence of Mr. I. Taylor, is reached. The homestead is Very cosily situated under the terrace of the river, and is well sheltered

from nor’-westers. A stay of an hour to feed the horses and ourselves was indulged in, and after admiring the

neat garden, and thanking our hostess for the hospitality we received, the horses’ heads were turned homewards. After a drive of a few miles, we reached Alford station, where we met with a warm wel come from Mr. Corsbie, who was busily engaged in superintending the construc tion of a water race, intended to do duty in conveying a creek to turn a water wheel, which will be the motive power for chaff cutting, corn crushing, and other operations now performed by means of horse power. Mr. Corsbie is one of the best judges of blood stock in the county, and we naturally expected to find some horses worth looking at. We were not disappointed. Tribune and Mars were both in fine fettle, The former is well

enough known ns travelling the district, but Mars is in clover this year, and his owner is thinking of turning him into a hack. If he does so, he will be ,the best mounted man in the county. There are some grand brood mares in the paddocks near the house, and we regretted to hear that a thoroughbred mivro Jpyd tUfid in foaling. The paddocks about here make it the beau ideal of a steeplechase.country. . Stiff gorse fences, with no wire in them, varied by posts and rails at intervals, with a fine stretch of English grass paddocks between, and a good three miles in a straight fine, all yjsible from the homestead, woifid delight [ typy sportsman tQ tyavel over. The woll [ grown trees enclosing the garden and resi-

deuce ; the fine lawn; flowers in full bloom making the air fragrant; and the large and comfortable homestead, all pom bine to make Alford a most desirable pro-. T>ertp to spend pup’s life op.

o*Afj.pr qipousaipg the merits of ' Mr. Cprsbie’s cellar, we again made a move, and a mile or so brought us to the Spread Eagle, where Mr. Philip Tisch warmly welcomed us, and looked as jolly a host as ever ; and we can vouch for the quality of his cheer. r ! hence to Ashburton, Yye duly admired the crops op hot h sides' of the road, and reached lyptpy highly pleased with our trip.

Newspaper Enterprise in Paris.

The ingenuity of civilised thieves is ex traordinary.-; A capital story is .tuld by a correspondent' of the- doings of • one. of these rascals iii Paris. He started a paper called “ Le Scandale.- ’• The name of course tickled the Parsians, and jj; wa3 placarded •verywhere. Robert Morel’s paper was the talk of a certain quartier. Sub-editors, readers, managers, and printers were wanted,-and “ printers’devils ” were not despised. A number of workmen and people from the country, servants who had put by a little money, and did not wish to remain idle, forwarded their claims for. places, and Robert obliged them all. They were all engaged right off, without a question being asked. Now comes the swindle. Just to show their bona ikies the applicants were requested to hand in 300 or 500 francs as a deposit. The piquant newspaper appeared for two days, but on the third a scandal of a very different nature appeared. Robert had levanted, and had taken with him all the deposit accounts. The office was of coiirse closed, and there was a general rush of the printers and the enormous staff engaged to the nearest police-station. Robert was ultimately' caught, after a .fierce struggle, in which he nearly murdered his captors. In the dock he was bland and mild-man nered. He knew the Code Criminal by heart, and corrected the judge when he erred. When asked to state his means of subsistence, be replied that he had many friends, that lie had gambled on the Bourse, that lie negotiated with the Turkish Khan, and that he was a sculptor. When asked to account for the wounds which he inflicted on a policeman, he said that the man was hui’t by thrusting him self against him (Robert), and he added, “lam very strong, sir ; I have that repu tation. The mail wished to do a brilliant stroke of business when he laid hands on me ; but if I had really attacked him he would be a dead man now.” “ But,” ob served the judge, “Dr. Bergeron has stated ” Robert : “ Dr. Bergeron has not studied legal medicine as I have.” It seems almost a pity that so much in genuity should lie idle in a prison for twelve months, the period to which Robert was sentenced.

Varieties.

Last year the taxes 011 armorial bearings amounted to .£81,854. Mr. John Holliday, a Waterloo veteran, has died at Woolwich, in his ninety-second year.

“Void Money Orders.”—The amount of void money orders in Great Britain in the year ended the 31st of March last was £5,997 ns. yd.

A Big Whale.—A dead whale, 30ft. in length,has been stranded at Kirkcaldy, Scotland, having been killed, in is supposed, by a steamer.

Carriages and Male Servants.—ln the year ended the 31st of March the British Excise duty on carriages amounted to .£555*749 25., and on male servants to£i 46,061 15s.

Foolhardiness.—A young man, living at Serain, in the Aisne, has just fallen a victim to a lamentable piece of imprudence. He threw a lighted cigarette into a small cask which had contained petroleum, and, not content with this folly, applied his eye to the bung-hole. A terrible explosion was the result, and his face, which was in close proximity to the cask, was awfully cut and burnt, so badly, indeed, that he expired in agony two hours after.

An Unpleasant Affair. —At Villeman oche, in the arrondisement of Sens, a priest, while celebrating mass, put the chalice to his lips, but the flavour of the wine was so abomin able that he was forced to reject it. He con tinued the service, but was soon taken ill and obliged to leave the altar ere it was concluded. A subsequent examination showed the pre sence of a poisonous substance, and an inquiry has been set on foot in consequence,

Curious Coincidence in a Church.— On a lecent Sunday evening the Rev. C. W. Bingham, of Melcombe Bingham, Dorset, was reading the 37th Psalm in the parish church, when his attention was suddenly drawn from tlie Bible. When he turned his eyes on the page again he could not find or remember the place where he left off. After an awful pause the clerk proceeded with the next verse, and a neighbour pointed out to the clergyman where he should go on. It was noticed that the clause which the clergyman omitted, and where he lost himself, formed the latter part of the 37th verse, which reads, “ his place could nowhere be found !,,

Mysterious Affair. —A mysterious death at Montmartre has just been investigated by the Paris police. Emile Pingeon, a medical student, and a young woman named Alphon-

sine Tardibel, had been living at No. 54, Rue Ramey. The latter not having been seen ior several days, the young man having also disap peared, the door of their room was forced on Saturday. The body of the woman was found dressed in clean linen and sewn up in a shroud, death having apparently taken place five days pteviously. There was nothing to indicate the cause of death. On Monday afternoon an individual, who had been drinking at a wine shop in the Rue Aboukir, suddenly rose from his seat, and pioducing a revolver pointed it at his heart and fired twice. II is corpse was born to the police station, where it was soon indenti fied as that of Emile Pingeon, of the Rue Ramey.

Scene on A Tory. —List month an inquest was held touching the death of a woman named Margaret Collier, at Hereford. The jury con sulted a short time, and then asked to be allowed to retire. The Coroner granted • the request, and ordered the sergeant-at-mace to keep them without “meat, drink, or fire.’ 4 A Juryman: Do I understand that we are to stop there without meat, . drink, or fire?. The Coroner : Yes. The Juryman : Then I think we are agreed (laughter). The jury were then locked up, and in half an hour one of the number said eleven were agreed, but the other was not The Coroner : You must carry |the other one. At 9.40 p.m. the same juryman carne to the coroner and asked if there were any beds (laughter). He said the dissentient said he would not alter his opinion if lie stopped there a month, so It was no good stopping there all night, The eleven wished to bring in a verdict condemnatory of the husband o( the deceased, but Mr, Hart, the dissentient juryman, would not agree to it. The jury were brought in, and the coroner went through the evidence again, Mr, Mills ; What do you think of it now, Mr, Hart ?- Mr, Hurt: lam of the same opinion as before. The Coroner threatened to bind them over to appear at the assizes. Mr. Mills : We have decided by a majority in this room before. Mr. Hart : Ii has been done by tossing (laughter). The jury attempted tp. win. over their dissentient brother, bpt be was firm. They then abused him, wliyn, he. said “there were eleven dogs and ype.bope, J ’At 10.1 q p.m., the prospect csbeing,further locked up having becotpe. unendurable, the eleven, gave way to the one, and- brought in a verdict that the .deceased died from “ spinal apoplexy, caused by excitement buj the eleven added a rider to thg. verdict that the excitement to cause the spinal apoplexy was caused by the husband.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD. "

Friday*, December 5, 1879.



Auction Sales. - L F E ED. : J_J"A RRISO N, AUCTIONEER, ... ; STOCK, AND ; ESTATE• AGENT,: . ■ ASHBURTON.. Farm's, Town Sections, and House Pro perties on the Books for Sale or to Let. AGENT FOR THE TRANSATLANTIC FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Chief Office- —Christchurch.



Business Notice. PAPER BAGS, PAPER RAGS. fy ONFECTIONERS , Fruiterers, \ > Grocers, Drapers, Seedsmen, &c. , can be supplied with Paper Bags, shortly to arrive, all sizes, and Printed or Plain. WEEKS AND DIXON, General Printers, East rtreet North. NIC IV ZEALAND WESLEYAN PuiiUsiiEn Monthly. JUST ARRIYED, the “New Zealand Wesleyan” for November. Price Cd, Sold at the Herald Ofiice, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. NOTICE. MISS HODDER, lately arrived from London,begs to announce that she has commenced business as DRESS MAKER in Moore street, Ashburton, near Dr Stewart’s residence. Prices strictly moderate, and no effort will t>e spared to give satisfaction. MISS HODDER, Drrssmaker, Moo r e STRe kt, 3 69—Gala Boarding Houses. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). E ] dious and centrally situated vate and Commercial Hotel. Pri- 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 ... ... ... 14s. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Dinner on Saturday from 11.90. Beds (single), Is. 6d. Private Room for Ladies. 153—624 a Sports. AS HB U ETON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. PROGRAMME OF SPORTS, To be held on BOXING DAY, FRIDAY, 26th DECEMBER, 1879.



1. Music—Bagpipes, Pibrochs, 1 prize, Marches, Strathspeys, 1 prize. 2. Quoits —Ist and 2nd prizes. 3. Men’s Open Handicap Hurdle Race —440 yards, 6 hurdles ; Ist and 2nd prizes. 4. Handicap Hurdle Race—For boys not over 16 years of age —440 yards ; Ist and 2nd prizes. 5. Running Hich Jump—Men and boys, Ist and 2nd prizes. 6. Tossing the Oarer—lst and 2nd prizes. 7. Standing High Jump—Men and boys, Ist and 2nd prizes. 8. Handicap Race—loo yards, men, 1 prize. 0. Running High J ump —For boys under 16 years of age, 1 prize. 10. Highland Reel—lst and 2nd prizes. 11. Highland Fling—lst and 2nd prizes. 12. Irish Jig—Men, Ist and 2nd prize. 13. Irish Jig—Ladies, Ist and 2nd prizes. 14. Sword Dance—lst and 2nd prizes. 15. Grand Handicap Flat Races Men, 200 yards, 300 yards, 440 yards, Ist, 2nd, and 3rd prizes. 16. Vaulting with Pole—Men, Ist and 2nd prizes. 17. Vaulting with Pole—Boys under 16 years, Ist and 2nd prizes.' 18. Flat Race—Men, h mile, Ist and 2nd prizes. 19. Walking Match—Men, 2 miles, Ist and 2nd prizes. 20. Putting the Stone—l 6 lbs, Ist and 2nd prizes. 21. Throwing the Hammer—l 6 lbs, Ist ! and 2nd prizes. 22. Wrestling—Cumberland Style, 1 prize ;• Collar and Elbow, 1 prize. 23. Flat Race—Men, 1 mile, Ist and 2nd prizes. 24. Three Legged Race—loo yards, 1 prize. 25. Running Hop, Step, and Jump— 3st and 2nd prizes. 26. Running Long Jump—lst and 2nd prizes. 27. Best Dressed Highlander—l prize. 28. Gymnastics on Horizontal Bar—i prize. 20. Old Men’s Race—Over 40 years, 100 yards, Ist and 2nd prizes. ' ’ 3A. Handicap Consolation Race—For boys and men „ 200 yards, Ist and 2nd prize. 31. SiNGLEs;ricK.—l prize.



■i'h'e entrance leas ami amount of prizes will he advertised, during the month of December. By order of the Directors. J. E. HYDE HARRIS, Secretary. Nov. 24, 1879, 239—760 a



Auction Sales. ST O L SALE OUR NEXT WOOL, SKIN, AND TALLOW SALE ~ ‘ WILL TAKE PLACE OH ' . : THURSDAY, lltii DECEMBER, At 1.30 p.m. When we have a Large number of ots to offer, and shall he glad to take entries up to 13 o’clock bn Thursday the 11th December. EDMTSTON BROS. & G UNDRY, ' ' Auctioneers.



OUR NEXT PROPERTY SALE WILL TAKE PLACE OK THURSDAY, 11th DECEMBER, At 1.30 p.m. When we shall offer— Several Sections at Tinwald with Cottages thereon. The Akaroa Borough Council Reserve' containing 2000 Acres, in Farms of 250 Acres each, on a 14 Years’ Lease. • 1 Several sections in Ashburton and Suburbs, together with Cottages erected ihereon. ( Sale at 1.30 p.m. EDMISTON BROS. &GUNDRY. Auctioneers. SALE by the ' undersigned— -50 Bags Potatoes Grain Strippers ' R. and G. D F Ploughs 60 Bales Wool Packs 100 Bales Corn Sacks And all kinds of stores, &e. r ; <&. Agents for the Marsh Reaper and Binding Machine. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY. Auctioneer, Stock, Land, and Commission Agent. Farms, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Oi '■FicKS, Saunders’ Buildings, . ;: AsHr.ur.TON. 737 a



To Let and. for Sale. TO Persons desirous of renting GRASS LAND near town, 120 ACRES to Let, situated close to the Racecourse. Rent low. T. BULLOCK. TO LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. [OR SALE, 50 Acres GRASS, suitable for Seed or Hay. T. BULLOCK. mO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO X SHOPS in East Street ; also, one in Burnett Street. 'l'. BULLOCK. mO LET, at a very low rental—Bak >vy, together with Dwelling-house ; UI! J Sliop, near the Post Office. 393 a THOS. BULLOck. TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLA USE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP', 453 ACRES ’ 45T Which would make a very compact farm, situated at the oaek 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, COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and rea r ly first-class land of a^ont 200 acres, situated on Longbeacli E jtaie. For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULL ,OGK.



IT'OR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with JL 1 Purchasing Clause, .FARM, oi 150 Acres, partly improved.., and situate/1 about three and a half nnl’es from t\ie Township. Apply to 5 TIIQAIAS BULLOCK. -rTOUSEMAIpS.-Tlie Herald asks a JL_!L Housemaid for you in 20 "words for r|IHE “ Herald ” is on every Tea Table ft, in Ashburton*.



Business Notices. FRUIT, 'CONFECTIONERY, &u., &c. NOW OPEN. F. : • FUitN ES S BEOS to inform the public ; of Ash , burton, that lie has just opened a rz ..NEW STOCK . • • OK FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY IK THE SHOP NEXT TO HODDER & CO.’S, Saunders’ New Buildings, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Oranges, : ‘■■■'l.' Lemons, Apples, Dates, Nuts, Almonds, 1 Confectionery, Biscuits, &c. , , Ac., Ac. 678 a



TIN WALD. Q HEARER AND GALLOWAY, MILLWRIGHTS, AG RICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Roar,, Tinwald, Reg to thank the public generally for their very liberal sup port during the past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business iri all its branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove. COACHBUILDING. Orders'received fcr making or repairing all kind?; of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the best materials used. AGRICULTURAL. L.nplements of all kinds made or Re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Reap ers and Binders, Chaff-cutters, Bruisers, A'tx 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 GALLGWA.Y, Tinwald. 165-—64 la BUTCHERS, BAKERS,' GEI'sTERAL .STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFJ.ELD. JONES AND CO., Norton I, ’arm, \Ses . field, return thanks to th /eir patrcw . s for the hearty support accord e d to the ;U1 since Norton Farm was < jpened jif a Butchery, Bakery, and Ge -neral St' > re and solicit a continuance of past fa* ors ’ assuring customers that the : .r interea' will always have first ■ coiisidt ration "at the hands of the advertisers.



Jones and Co. beg to inborn i their friends and the public m the S eafid Id and neighboring districts >' chat ffceir Bread, Meat, and Store Carts travel the f o'llowino routes on the days giv e n be', io w : Seafield to Kyle, a ,nd —V Wednes days. Seafield to Wakar Ju i p toni estead , Waka mu School, and Ci, e ek , bac kby Oliristie’s Road — Thrsdays. , Seafield to N ortl t s e ai ield, ■ Charing a oss, Dundas, oar abridge, returning by Pioneer Koad— Fr IDAYS In view of the Harvest, orders :for at tendance of the Cart may lie left -it the lNorVL’ni Farm, Seaf ield ; Wakanui School, mtlh . Mr. Ginn with Mr. ah & y i e ; and w iili Mr Bi own, Clontwtf bay cksmith. I ‘ .JOfIjTES AND CO., NC /ETON FARM, f, v> Seaeiel : bUTOinr as, Bakers, General Stor.e ---keee-j .jrs, Grain and p ,ked MeEOHants- A G- E I ( T S EOK ,tf(K ASTIBUETOJ '[ HERALD A’ jj)j GUAJ ,&)lAN. C>7oa REAPERS A .R'D BINDERS. miTE Unciersign having been a;- -8-. pointed age at for the sale »f McCORMICK’LS <S \Y. A. WOOD S REAPERS A IS’ D BINDERS is now prepared., f© treat with those who will want them 'ion? - the coming season. FR-T/DrL PAYITT, 555a—88 IS? at Street, Ashburton PES r . NOTEPAPER, EN- NC ITEPAPER.-The cheapest -ever l in Ashburton, at the Herau> Officey. * Wholesale Stationery Dei _iot, ‘Saunder p'B uildings. TANVELO. Ih



Tke Stud. THOilOl JGHBRED ENTIRE COLT < 3f the Tr ajdd orb Blood. Tr > Trav el this Season the ASHBURTON A .ND WAKANI JI Districts, See fn<\ are Advert!seme: utsfor Particulars o»J4a- S. H. FOWL! SR & CO„ Proprietors, _2O Winslow



is only a Penny, is to be got every where in Town, ale >ng tlie Railway and of the Country i Vgents. (ALB.—The Herald publishes apor- J tion of a readable sti »ry ever Satur ,y. Read it. /



General Merchants. JUST RECEIVED Per S.S. Durham and other late arrivals, • '•EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS ■ • 'TO STOCK OF GOODS SUITABLE FOR THE PRESENT SEASON, HOLIDAYS AND CHRISTMAS. ON SALE AT T, R. HODDER AND



Company's, THE NEW STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON (opposite railwa y station). A large assortment of Rich Dress Fabrics, chiefly Jmstres, Silk Mixed Mohairs, Orient 'Cloths, Satin Cloths, Grenadines, Galaboas, Pompadours, Mus lins, and Prints. Newest designs in Hats, Bonnets, Cos tumes, Cablets , Fisclius, Jackets, Ac. A SPTJTNDID ASSORTMENT OF French. Flowers, Ostrich Feathers, Ri rsjons, Scarves, Gloves, Ties in the New Tints. The 7 Figure and other new shapes in Corsets.



GREAT BARGAINS IN UNDERCLOTHING, BABY LINEN, CAMBRIC Handkerchiefs and Shirts. ."MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING By Competent Artistes. Hosiery, Calicpes, Sheeting, Towels, Druggets, - ■ and Tweeds, To reduce heavy stock will bo sold REGARDLESS OF COST PRICE. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT Well fitted up with everything suitable • for everybody. TAILORING IN \IL ITS BRANCHES BY EFFI CIENT HANDS. Orders promptly and correctly attended to. Boy’s, Youth’s, and Men’s Straw, Leg horn, Tuscan, Rush, Tweed, and Cloth Hats and Helr iets. A Lot of Good Tuscans at 1* fid each. A Lot of Good Felts at Is 9d each.



BOOTS AND SHOES Best Imported and Colonial Makes at the MOST SEASONABLE PRICES. GROCERY, CROCKERY, AND ITARD \VARK DEPARTMENTS. Well fitted up.



NEW SEASONS’ TEAS. Spli wild quality, not to be surpassed for prices. SUG-t YES—Brown, Soft, White, Yarra vii la, Crushed Loaf, and Chopped. Chris tmas Fruits, Currants, Raisin a Almond Nuts, Jams, Tart Fruits, &c. PRIME HAMS and OLD CHEESE with i vrery necessary and luxury.



WANTED 5000 DOZEN OF EGGS T. R. HODDER AND GO MPA NY, MERCHANT 1 STOREKEEPERS Agents for The 'Oflioii Insura Society*