PBHftis ■l of'Hhem Bilges would Biy.- For a Rural din- Hiisot), but Hprefer his Buaginative of them ■ twice he- Bihe never pi a neat ef- Pcessary for enough to r n d tprobaoly • s to diverge p direct ob- of I 1 Beersheba |s and con- I few ideas Rink upon Bker is the Blouse, and Bj does not Bild do it. Bud as he IL'milk one Bjis, how- sym- Bjshere is last Spinor for Hi die has Breaking, Hpry well, B* it must Hial to him Blent sup- Bevent the ■in useless B and gets Bftrict. have Hknvyer, a ||Hat least HHerson of m|fßi voice, made or BBGovern- not §H House the even Bay an ac- Btofessiooai Bite, which Banhood. ■ Hokitika, Bitor of a B, pleasant, ■talks like in H party to is an Bff, formal, Kd voice are Be, and in- Bng enough B his style

B belongs jyjL, tb.p BRrSte type. He" looks"nearly three Breand ten years old, but so far from teigworn down with his work, he is the ittest man in the House. His occupation, is essentially different from other litors, as whatever Government may be u power, he usually supports the Go prnment one month, and the Opposition fren'ext month, which must make iiis task KUch less monotonous. He dues not feem to enjoy the unlimited confidence of fay.party, though he never joins in any personal attacks. He talks like a book, if foil can imagine a book in which every Ebjrdor fourth line is a long a-a-a-lj. He b a thoughtful member, who never! trifles time or ! temper of the House, joes not t&ik too much, and will noi even

Bfetjirn railing for railing. If fhe member for Taieri, Mr. Fulton, is llitie heard hut greatly respected by both llidls of the House. The few wolds he ■does say are iaiways to the purpose. He Bi.a thoroughly judicial, i mpartial unag-

IgKMU’e man. IpMrfi-William s John Hurst, of Auckland ■City West, has been very unfortumte in Ifis first entrance upon Parliamentary life, Bind i>„ boon anfruallv sat IIDOTI bv the

ip a, manner that I never saw ■eMM ~*l t-Aanv body of men before. He active, self-conscious man, lienee and of no mean ability, ■ fit lie’is howled down in the House as if fee wereisome dangerous wild beast. If ■jyjswji ventures an ejaculation when Bafiln-ge Grey is speaking, Sir George HPHr.p.ancL tell him to mind his own .■nsfness. lie is. in fact, the scape-goat

or the sins of the four Auckland mem bers who dared to think and act for them-

selves. Mr. Reader Wood is beyona (tbeii reach.... He feela the utmost con teroit and indifference for all they can him, and he can hjt too hard ni fccetjrp.; .;hjr. Swanson hag a reputation

Ijoiioriesty and judgment that outweighs Itit of all his would-be assailants put to- H^er,'and has, besides, s^ieffittlgabits makes

[it very'dangerous'for some ot tntm lu Luratheir guns on him Mr Colbeck keeps so quiet, and once showed them lie could bite more than he barked, that lie has

gifen them the impression that they naa better let sleeping dogs alone. And, thus, the whole brunt of their disappointment and anger and revenge is centred on this sensitive, flinching, innocent victim. I Something of the same kind, but much less in degree, was tried on with the new for the Grey Valley, Mr. Rasters, -who; j»r«f very -nervous, aeli«vte4o°\mg

man/ When the vote-of no-confidenc| ,m the,Grey Government was coming oh, ,ms was plied- with telegrams from'a multitude of his constituents, '.he t'llidv /telegrams being manufactured jn .Wellington with la view to take the greatest effect on the known conditions or lUs nerveS at any given hour. He suffered ? intensely, but stood it all without; waver ing,- ainl learned to'' appreciate;the lmn who had under-estimated his character, t He 'speaks very little, and would need a, deal .of practice to give him confidence C%ffbugh;fbr a_dete|er. / -; f\ &• ; =B>fr:'~Barrdn' istnot a nervous iman, nor rj'hppardntly a one. fHe is on watch • fom-the - ludicrous' side of all House, ancliinowand ili&h contributes a sort of Punch article to Im-'-- . M-v --://,• f : 'i'. mm-. • • iv

the idea of a Bopdfting a party for n of respect.' BBBBHBBHBL;Colbeck, who has speech, after an HBKis assailants with an effect evidently not calculated on. Nothing else has ever brought him out in the same style.

A TERRIFIC TUSSLE.

THE GREATEST EVENT IN THE HISTORY OP BONANZA CITY. From the Virginia (Nevada) Chronicle and Missouri Democrat. The greatest event which has taken place in the Bonanza City since the town was born was the tight on Saturday last between a scorpion and a tarantula. An eye witness of the affair, and an enthu siastic admirer of such important contests, gave the following description of the great struggle to a “ Chronicle’' reporter yester day “ I’ve read a good many fights since I struck this section of the country, but yes terday’s lay out was the boss. For fun and excitement it equalled, in my opinion, the big prize fight down the canyon that Tom Daily- took a hand in years ago. The ring was broken up), and every feller with a six-shooter pulled and turned loose on everything in sight. “ We pint the two varmints into a wash bowl, and when they both slid down to the bottom they had a fight and no mis take. There was a little flat place in the bottom of the howl where they could stand about four inches apart. Well, as soon as they were put in they stepped back a few paces and began to pipe each other off. The tarantula, seeing the scorpion, just

reared up on its hind legs, and shook his fist at him with all his hair on end. Now there is more of the solid quintessence of kill in a tarantula to the square eighth of of an inch than in anything else on earth, and when I saw the critter rear up and give the scorp the difference, I laid five S2O pieces on him,

and a tall fellow covered ’em in a minute. I knowed I had that money dead. The scorp didn’t seem like he wanted any of

the pie at first, but after a spell of think ing, he sorter shook himself out and got ready for business. The first tiling we knowed, biff - ! went the ’tula plum into

the scorp, and then the fun began. The spider grabbed him by the back of the neck, and we ’sposed for a moment he was going to chaw his head right off. His teeth—teeth is what I said—came out of his mouth for a quarter of an inch, and grated like a buzz-saw, and I began to feel sorry for the other feller that I had bet with. I wouldn’t been in that scorp’s boots for the Siena Nevada Mine. All of a sudden, however, the scorp braced him-

self, and whack ! went bis tail into the ’tula. I tell you, the spider let go too quick, and went tumblin’ across the bowl like a mule had kicked him. I thought he was gone, but you bet he was on deck quick enough, and he came to the scratch again with blood in his eye. Then catne the big bout of the whole business ; both

of ’em sparred around a spell for an op)ening. The spider was workin’ his left nasty for a biff at the scorp’s ear, but whenever he let loose the other threw up) hfs claw and countered on his stomach, just like Hallinan and Lynn for all the world. ..--.-The spider saw there were no cMTRfes - he in rough and tumble. It would make your blood run cold to see the way them fellows chawed and clawed each other for five minutes, and the crowd round the bowl clean crazy with excite ment. I threw up another hundred on the spider, for I could see he had tire durndest grip on the scorp that- ever was. Why, he had his head in chancery in nine places, and about sixteen grapevine locks on his legs. They wrestled all styles ever heard of —Cornish, Lancashire, Grceco- Roman, and collar-and-elbow. It was a regular tournament rolled into one. The ’tula had the grip) he had been huntin’ for some time. All of a sudden, just as I was reachin’ down in my pocket for another lOOdols. to plank up) on the spider, the scorp switched his tail round and crammed it right into the spider’s belly about a quarter of an inch, held it there

awhile, and then began to turn it round like he was boring a diamond drill into a quartz ledge. The spider got pale round the gills, and looked like he wanted a doctor, and I quietly let that lOOdols. slide back where it belonged. Then the spider let go fourteen under-holds, and laid down like he wanted a rest. He rested for about a minute or so, like a little piece of wool shriveled up, and the scorp strutted round like a drum-major on a dress parade. The bets were ten to one on the scorp, and no takers. All of a sudden up jumps the spider and goes for him again. It appeared to me like the beast had only just made up his mind to fight, and the way he went for the scorp wa3 like a thousand o’ bricks tumblin’ onto a child. When I saw him get down fairly to work I bet the third hundred and felt somehow like when he heard me chink the coin it would

give him a little moral backin’. You could, hear the gcorp=sheU crack like a school boy chawin' peanuts at a church

fair. The spider had it all his own way for a spell and was gettin’ his work in fine when the frisky scorp hunted up the same hole his tail was in before and got it there

again. He’d been licked in another minute if he hadn’t, but that saved his bacon, and the spider gritted his teeth a few times and keeled ovei’ and died. This don’t shake my faith in tarantulas,

however. I’ve got a two-once spider that I’ll match agin any scorpion in Stony country next January for LSOO a-side. ” Here the man produced a box and showed a tarantula that looked as if it would be able to whip a bull dog. When he left he assured the reporter, confiden tally, that betting on the spider was “a dead sure thing,”

A Horse Poisoned by Tea.

The “Veterinary Journal” records a well-substantiated case of ahorse poisoned by tea. The journal characterises it as “ unparalleled in the annals of veterinary or even human toxicology.” A staff cook, having left some pounds of tea in a sack, a Kaffir groom filled it with corn, and 'serving out the contents to a troop of horses, /ga’ve' A; Sir William Berosford’s charger the- bulk’ of the tea, which was '‘eaten (greedily, and produced the most startling-results. The animal plunged and kicked, and ran backwards, at inter vals galloping madly around, finally fall

ing into a dpnga, where it lay, dancing ? its head on the rocks, and was despatched by an assegai thrust through the heart. The post-mortem appearance indicated extreme cerebral congestion. The occur rence as an accident is probably unique. The phenomena exhibited were, however, characteristic of the action of caffeine — namely, cerebral excitement, with partial loss of sensibility, convulsions, and death. The sensory nerves are paralysed, without any corresponding paralysis of the motor nerves, so that the muscular action which proceeds from ideation and volition remains unaffected. The reversal of limb movements which produces run ning backwards in quadrupeds, is a.com mon symptom of brain disturbance, fre quently witnessed, for example, in the case of puppies with unclosed crania. The case is one of great interest, and may help to throw light on the action of which has not been sufficiently studied, {m*d must still be classed as unexplained.” % . = ===^=

the Ashburton herald.

[W epnesday, December 31, 1879;



<fc J -iF Holloway’s Pills. —The extraordirfSry range of temperature prevailing in our climate is extremely trying to the delicate-chested,|Sie weak and nervous. All troubled by these afflictions should resolve to resort to this strengthening and tegulating medicine immedi ately they perceive'in themselves discomfortipf that feeling of restlessness which betokens dis ordered digestion and defective secretion of bile. One of Holloway’s Pills taken about noon and followed at bed-time by a dose suffi ciently large to act apperiently will speedily recruit the faulty functions, and restore order throughout the whole system. A treatment so safe in operation and so successful in result should be known and practised when, fromj, cold and sundry other causes, disease is atJ| tempting to gain a vexatious footing — Advt. l



Sports. INSLOW RACES AND SPORTS. PROGRAMME OF THE ANNUAL SPORTS, To be held at Winslow, ON THURSDAY, JAN. Ist., 1880. President— E. G. Wright, Esq., M.H.R. Yice-President—J. Carter, Esq. Judge of Horse Races—Mr. H. E. Wright. Judge of Athletics—Mr. A. Grant. Starter of Horse Races—Mr. S. Saunders Starter for Athletics—Mr M. Stitt. Clerk of the Scales—Mr. A. Frisby. Clerk of the Course—Mr. H. Rainey. Committee : —Mr. James Scott (Chairman) Mr. J. Williams (Treasurer,) Mr. S. Saunders, Mr. A. Grant, Mr. H. Rainey, Mr. J. Cavanagh, Mr. A. Frisby. Mr. T. Williams, Mr. J. Walker, Mr. 11. E. Wright, Mr. G. James, Mr. C. Martin, Mr. J. Stoddart, Mr. J. A. Hewitt, Mr. J. B. Rogers (Secretary).



PROGRAMME. 1. llurule Race (Open), mile, over six flights of hurdles, 3ft. 6in. high. En trance, 1 sov. Prize, 10 sovs. 2. Winslow Cup (Open), mile ; weight for age. Entrance, 2 sovs. Ist prize, 20 sovs.; second horse to save his stake. 3. Trotting Race, distance 2 miles, weight list. Entrance, 10s. Prize, 5 sovs. 4. Mack Race, for horses that have never —r -won public or advertised money, distance, Entrance, 10s. Prize, 5 sovs. 5. Publicans’ Purse, i ]/ z mile (for all horses owned between the Ashburton and Hinds Rivers). Entrance, 10s.; Ist prize, 6 sovs. (given by Mr. William Harris) ; 2nd prize, a bridle, value 255. (given by Mr. S. Stephens, Saddler, Tin wald). 6. Consolation Race, distance, 1 mile. En trance, 10s. Prize, 5 sovs.



RULES. 1. No one will be allowed to enter a horse for the Winslow Cup unless a subscriber of one guinea to the fund, and half a guinea in all the other horse races. 2. All horses must be owned in the dis trict three months prior to the races. 3. Three horses to start or no race. 4. No protest will be entertained un less one 'pound be deposited wit r the Secretary, which will be forfeited should the same prove frivolous. 5. No horse will be allowed to train on the course a week before the races, under penalty of being disqualified.



ATHLETIC SPORTS. 7. Men’s Race —ioo yds, entrance, as. 6d. Ist prize, £ 2; 2nd prize, 10s. 8. Standing High Jump—Entrance, 2s. 6d, Ist prize, £1 ; 2nd prize, 10s. 9. Three Legged Race—lso yds., en trance, 2s. 6d.; Ist prize, 155.; 2nd prize, ss -10. Men’s Hurdle Race— 440 yds., over 6 flights of hurdles, 3ft. high. Entrance, 2s. 6d. Ist prize, £2 ; 2nd prize, ios. 11. Sack Race —• 100 yds. Entrance, 2s. 6d. Ist prize, ios.; 2nd prize, ss. 12. Egg and Spoon Race—lso yds,, en trance, 2s. 6d. Ist prize, ios. ; 2nd prize, ss -13. Running High Jump—Entrance, 2s. 6d. Ist prize, £1 ; 2nd prize, ss. 14. Married Women’s Race Entrance free. Ist prize, 155.; 2nd prize, ss. 15. Men’s Race—One mile. Entrance, 2s, 6d. Ist prize, £2 ; 2nd prize, 15s, 16. Vaulting with Pole—Entrance, 2s. 6d. Ist prize, £1 5 2nd prize, ios. 17. Single Women’s Race—Entrance, free. Prize, a dress piece (given by Mrs. C. I’ye) value, 30s. 18. Men’s Flat Race—22o yds. Entrance, 2s. Ud. Ist prize, 305.; 2nd prize, ios. 19. Running Long Jump—Entrance, as. 6d, Ist prize, 155.; 2nd prize, §3, 20. Hop, Step, and Jump—Entrance, 2s. 6d. Ist prize, 10s. j 2nd prize, ss. 21. Race for. Men—(Over 40 years)—En trance free—Prize, a pair of trousers. 21. Consolation Race, ioo yards—En trance—; Ist prize,— ; 2nd prize— Also, a number of SPORTS for CHILDREN.



RULES FOR ATHLETIC SPORTS. 1. All Competitors to be residents in the County three months prior to the Races. 2. Three to start or no race.



Sports to commence at 11.30 a.m. sharp J. R ROGERS, 858a —300 lion. Secretary.



CHRISTMAS CARDS—Tops and Pie senfcs. H M. JONES, Stationer Baring Square



Auction Sales. SATURDAY, 3rd JANUARY, 12 o’clock. A LFRED HARRISON lias received instructions to sell by Public Auction, at his rooms, on above date— -4 Heavy draught Horses 1 Lady’s Hack by Ravensworth Also— A quantity of Harness ALFRED HARRISON, 875 a Auctioneer. --R. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, A u ctione e i?, Stock, Land, and Commission Agent. Farms, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Offices, Saunders Buildings, Ashburton. 737 a Amusement:



mHE TEMPERANCE DRAMATIC CLUB will, by desire, repeat ON THURSDAY, JANUARY Ist, ISSO, That Laughable Farce, ‘‘ WHITEBAIT AT GREEN WICH. ! ’ To be followed by the Extravaganza, “A MOTHER’S MYSTERY.” The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Fairy Tableaux, commented on by the local Press as the grandest Spectacle ever produced in Ashburton. See Handbills. 873.1



LIONS! TIGERS! West street (opposite Union Bank.) WIl D B E AST bIXO W, Consisting of the LARGEST LIVING LION Ever exhibited in the Australian colonics, measuring 10ft. from tip of tail to nose, and weighing SOOlbs. Also, THE ONLY CHEETAH TIGER Ever exhibited in the Australian colonies. One RUSSIAN BEAR : and also the M (JSKBTLLY, the only living Indian Snake-killer in the colonies, likewise other Small Animals WILL BE EXHIBITED FRIDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS, From 6 to 10 o’clock. The Show has been inspected by tto Governors of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland. Families should not let this opportunity pass without "witnessing the Show, the price of admission being to suit all classes. FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY. Admission : Adults, Is. ; children, Gd. 328—881 a



Conveyances- ROYAL MAIL COACH. ASHBURTON TO LONGBEACH. Great Reductions in Fares. NEW ARRANGEMENTS, JANUARY Ist, 1880. GEORGE WILLCOCKS begs respect fully to announce that he will com mence running the Royal Mail Coach, from January Ist, 1880, between Ash burton, Tinwald, Wheatstone, Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, carrying Pas sengers and Parcels at considerably re duced rates. Having engaged an experi enced coachman, thoroughly acquainted with the district, the public can rely on all orders for parcels receiving careful and prompt attention. Passengers will be carried at prices within the means of everyone, and by so doing the proprietor trusts to receive a larger amount of patronage from the Town and Country. Booking Offices—For Passengers, at Quill’s Commercial Hotel, Ashburton ; for Parcels, at the “Guardian” and “ Herald ” Office, Ashburton ; and Post Office, Longbeach. 826 a GEORGE WILCOCKS. Public Notices,



NOTICE. QTRAYED on my ] and at Tin Wald, Brown iO Horse, saddle marked, and branded No. 2on near Shoulder. If not claimed and expenses paid within one month from this date, will be sold. Apply— D. M'LEOD, Hear Tinwald. Gth Dec., 1879, 783 a nnEACHEBS can obtain the MTJLTI !_ PLICATION TABLES, printed on gmnncd paper, in any quantity at the Herald Office, East street, near the Hiilway Station. TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. TAHI SALE, at an early date, — I' One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough workng order, with rollers, moulds, Ac., compete. We are replacing this machine by a Double Royal Wharfedale, which necesstates removal of the Double Deniy Machiio now used for printing the “Henld ” and “ Guardian,” for hand or steamp'wer. Can be seen and all par ticularsohtained at our office. WEEKS & DIXON. Ashburbn, October Id, 1879. 505 a I HUE ; Herald ” is on in Ishlmrtoii every Tea Table



Public Notices FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY. have the following Properties VV placed in our hands for Private Treaty TIN WALD : 150 Acres improved land, R. S. 21609 situated 1} miles from Tinwald, part in crop, and a permanent stream of water running through the pro perty. 131 Acres improved land, R. S. 18997, 20307, 20866, 23368, situated i mile from Tinwald, fenced and sub divided into 3 paddocks, with two streams of water running through the land, also a nicely well-finished three-roomed cottage thereon. 300 Acres Education Reserve, in crop. HART’S RUN : 260 Acres Unimproved Land. WAKANUI : 127 Acres Improved Land. SUBURBAN BUILDING SECTIONS, ASHBURTON TOWNSHIP : Lot 93 E. Belt, with four-roomed cottage. T. S. 458, Burnett Street, with three roomed cottage. TINWALD : Lots, 182, 183, 66. WATERTON : Lots 102 103, 104, 3 Co, 106. WAKANUI : Lots 74, 75. HINDUOPE: Lots 1,2, 8, 10, 13, 15. TREVORTON: Several Sections. For further particulars apply to EDMTSTON BROS. A GUNDRY, Auctioneers and Estate Agents. SALE by the undersigned— -50 Bags Potatoes Grain Strippers R. and G, D F Ploughs 50 Bales Wool Packs 100 Bales Corn Sacks And all kinds of stores, Ac., A. Agents for the Mak.sk Reaper and Binding Machine EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY.



To Let and for Sale. mo Persons desirous of routing GRASS I LAND near town, 120 ACRES to Let, situated close to the Racecourse. Rent low. T. BULLOCK. TO LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS. CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. I7IGR SALE, 50 Acres GRASS, suitable ' for Seed or Hay. T. BULLOCK. TO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO SHOPS in East Street ; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK. y|TO LET, at a very low rental—Bakery, together with Dwelling-house and Shop, near the Post Office. 393 a TUOS. BULLOCK, TO 1, ET , WITH A BURCH A SIX G CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, ACRES, i 15? O Which would make very compact farm, situated at the hack of Air. Digby s. Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK. .4 A 2—866:1 FOR SALE, GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur ton. Apply to I)MAS BULLOCK. XI VOR SAL E , COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and ready fust-class land of about 200 a eves, situated on Lonybeacli Estate F<>r full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS' BULTDCK. TAOlt SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with Jl a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 150 Acres, partly improved, and situated about three and a half miles from the Township. Apply to 5 THOMAS BULLOCK.



DIARIES ! DIARIES ! ! DIARIES ! ! ! have just received a splendid assortment of LETTS’ DIARIES for 1880, an inspection of which is invited. OFFICE DIARIES, POCKET DIARIES, SCRII3hEIXG DIARIES, DIARIES of every description WEE K S & DIXO N , “ ITeUALI) ” AND “ G CTAIIDIAN ” OFFICES, Near the Railway Station.



Business/ Notices. FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, Ac., Au, NOW OPEN. F. FURNESS JT>EOS tc inform the public of Ash- O b urton that he has just opened a . NEW STOCK OF FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY IN THE SHOP NEXT TO HODDER & CO.’S, Saunders’ New Buildings, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Dates, Nuts, Almonds, Confectionery, Biscuits, Ac.., Ac., Ac. 078 a



BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFIELD. JONES AND CO., Norton Farm, Sea fiekl, return thanks to their patrons for the hearty support accorded to them since Norton Farm was opened as a Butchery, Bakery, and General Store, and solicit a continuance of past favors, assuring customers that their inteiest will always have first consideration at the hands of the advertisers.



Jones and Co. beg to inform their friends and the public in the Seafield and neighboring districts, that their Bread Meat, and Store Carts travel the following routes on the days given below : Seafield to Kyle, and Acton—Wednes days.



Seafield to Wakanui Homestead, Waka nui School, and Creek, hack by Christie’s Road —Th uksdays. Seafield to North Seafield, Charing Cross, Dm?das, Cambridge, returning by Pioneer Road—Fridays.



In view of fclie Harvest, orders for at tendance of the Cart may be left at the Store, Norton Farm, Sea field ; Wakanui School, with Mr. Ginney ; with Mr. Lambie, at Kyle ; and with Mr Brown, Clontai'f blacksmith.



JONES AND CO., NORTON FARM, SeAFIELD. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keepers, Grain and Seed Merchants. AGENTS FOR THE ASHBURTON HEBALD AND GUARDIAN. 679 a ON '“A TIN WALD. g HEARER AND GALLOWAY MILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Road, Tinwald, Beg to thank the public generally for their very liberal support during the past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all its branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove.



COACHBUILDING. Orders received fcr making or repairing all kinds of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the best materials used. AGRICULTURAL. Implements of all kinds made or re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Reip ers and Binders, Chaii'cutters, Bruisers, Ac. BUILDING. Estimates given for all kinds of Build ing and general carpentering. Cocksfoot Grass Seed Threshing Ma chines, for hand or foot, made to order, great saving of labor. SHEARER AND GALLOWAY, Tin \vall>. IGs—b4la REAPERS AND BINDERS. THE Undersigned having been ap pointed agent for the sale ,f McCORMICK’S & W. A. WOOD'S REAPERS AND BINDERS is now prepared to treat with those who will want them for the coming season. FREDK. PAVITT, 505a —S 3 East Street, Ashburton. TANYELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN Tj VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.— Tlie cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. The Stud. - . v-- j THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traduce r, Blood. To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars, S. IT. FOWLER. & CO„. Proprietors, ou4a —20 Winslow



T T is only a Penny, is to be got every where in Town, along the Hallway line, and of Country Agents.



WANTED KNOWN, at T. R. HODDER & COMPY.’S, East street Ashburton opposite Railway Station, just received LARGE ADDI TIONS oi STOCK to their several Departments. A Job Lot of Light and Dark Dress Stuffs. Splendid Value 6£d. to 1/lA per yard, worth from 10|d. to 2/6. Costumes, Jaokets, Scarfs, Ties, Stays, Hosiery, Gloves, Prints. Carpets from 11A per yard. Scotch and Manchester Goods, &c. WA N•T ED KNOWN, that T. R. HODDER & COMPY. have greater facilities for carrying on their DRESSMAKING, having an additional Room, increased number of Hands and Superior Cutter, with Style, Despatch, and Economy. • WANTED KNOWN, that T. R. HODDER & COMPY. have in their CLOTHING DEPART MENT— Men’s good Tweed Trousers, 9s. 9d. per pair Men’s good Tweed Suits, 395. 6d. 1 Boys’ Suits, 9s. 9d. Tweeds—English, Scotch, and Co lonial ; 92 pieces to choose from.



WANTED KNOWN, that the TAILORING DEPART MENTS is under die management of a Superior Cutter. Volunteer’s Uniforms made with dis patch. Gents’ Suits. Dress, Erock Walking and Morning Coats. Riding Suits, Pants, Gaiters, &c. Ladies’ Habits, Jackets, and Dresses cut cut by Tailor on an improved principle, also, Shirts, and Gents’ underclothing, made to order on the shortest notice. A GOOD SUIT OF TWEED Improved Cut and with Fit for Workmanship Guaranteed d£4 10s. od.



WANTED KNOWN, that BOOT AND SHOE DE PARTMENT has every Style and. quality, Imported and Colonial, at prices not to be surpassed.



I r\T ANTED KNOWN, V'V that CROCKERY and GLASS WARE DEPARTMENT has a very large and Varied Stock.



WANTED KNOWN, that the GROCERY and PRO VISION DEPARTMENT is character ised by the REST QUALITIES of TEAS SUGARS SOAPS DRIED FRUITS, &c. And Best brands of Italian Warehouseman’s Goods sold at the SMALLEST POSSIBLE PROFIT. IRONMONGERY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. T. PY.