THE BATTLE OF WATERSHOE!

From Childish Herbert’s Pilgrimage : an un published Epic by one of the Great Unem ployed.

There was a sound of argument by night, And the Ashburton Nine had gatheied ('.! then; ; it To chatter and to argufy ; and bright Chay Braddell’s lamp shone o’er the Council men. Their prosy tongues went drearily, and when Joe’s voice rose high with consequential swell, Left eyes were closed to eyes that winked again— And all went clapper, like the Mayor s bell When he announces land, or spuds, or so, to sell.

Have you not heard him ? No ? Then quickly find Your pebbly way—clamp-soled—adown the street, To where his stirring eloquence is uncon confined On auction morn, when bargain-waiters meet To hang the tedious day on weary feet. Bat hark ! a warning sound breaks in once more ! A twice-told tale old Cambridge doth re peat — A tip far straighter than he gave before, (t Two-’n-twenty quid to make our squirt ing engine pour.” ; At Parkin’s corner in that honored hall Sat the Western “ Worthy Chief and he did hear Old Cambridge yam, so twenty-two-quid tall, i, ,* 'i ... ! And caught its tone with long and eager ear, : . • . , And when they smiled at what he deemed severe Down stretched he to the bottom of Truth’s well And reached up a suggestion to insure All properties that now the clubs do tell Up premiums on—the scurvy companies were a “ sell!” - And then with stammering tongue he maundered to and fro From one .theme to another in extreme deatress, Until the Mayor would not have it so, And jerked him up to time most merci less, With such a jerking too as ought to press The blush up to the face, and “star” the eyes Of men of any sense, but then “ I guess” He had to deal with one who’d made a “ rise,” Who, if he doesn’t talk—no matter what— he dies. The Chief then jabbered in hot haste and speed, .. And had his say ’twixt every pair of spouters— Just like the mustard comes at tea fight feed In sandwich, ham-stocked, for the jaws of eaters— Or like a refrain in old Maori meties. He wants the “ stretch” to keep long on •' the stump, Because, his thinking tackle is in tatters —So fierce he tackled Fook’s centrifugal pump ■■ And clumsy at the Fire Brigade’s door made it dump. And wild and high his scream rose ’gainst totara, His scintillators spotted “ stacking” tainted . . ,• With style to which the ne’er the like or marrow Saw he in all the years that he’d been sainted. ’Twa3 time of such gross sin the powers repented, And since he deigned to join them they should sorrow For past misdeeds, and ne’er let one to morrow Dawn on their hearts still obdurate and hard, But sell at once that stacked totara from their yard.

Then stooping down to his own proper level, “Dewy with Nature’s dewdrops,” he assailed The school ditch where do innocently revel “Drunks,” schoolboys, and blades of grass curtailed By wandering cows (by Foreman Brown detailed Off to the pound) and thus he made his mark! ’Twas what the west side wanted, for they wailed Their streets and pathways, ankle-deep in mud, They’ve found a cackling scavenger in the St. Thud.

A Stranded SHIP Found on the Sierra Nevada MOUNTAINS!

fFrom the Visalia Delta.)

A report comes from the Sierra Ne vada Mountains of the discovery of the ■„ ... timbers of . a stranded vessel, resemb ling those of a Chinese junk, high up. in the mountains between Mineral King -. and the . head waters of King’s River. The sound portion of the timber re sembles camphor wood, and, it is said, still retains a, faint smell. The fasten ings are of copper; the rigging, etc., is of course, all gone. A number of bones, supposed to be human, were also found in the vicinity, and upon the adjacent slopes there is abundant evidence of the previous occupation of the water in shape of shells, as well as the. occasional finding of petrified fish. That this valley has at one time been an , tl -inland seat is admitted by geologists, but that these waters were navigated by Celestial seamen one or two thousand years ago, has never been claimed even by the Chinese themselves. But these ’' ‘ same people do claim to have been the < original discoverers of this country, • and this find seems to give color to the claim. It has also been claimed by them that vessels of theirs have been wrecked on this coast, and that portions of “the crews have returned to China. *','d But that the wreck itself should be located, and that the location should prove in Tulare County, is surely an interesting fact, inviting the inspection of the curious and the solution of the scientific.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

{Reuter's Telegrams.) London, June 5. Lord Loftus starts for San Francisco on June 19.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reuter's Telegrams.)

Melbourne, June 6. There is no excitement to-day, as it is believed that the crisis is passed. The action of the Associated Banks has created confidence. Intense excite ment prevailed yesterday in the Provin cial towns.

The shareholders of the Australian and European Bank have resolved to call up £1 per share, in order to enable the Bank to re-open on a re-constructed basis at an early date. A meeting between the depositors and directors has been called to arrange a settlement of the former’s claims. The bank will probably re-open soon, but most of the branches will be dis continued. Confidence is manifested in the directors.

The National Reform League pro pose to bold a monster Bazaar to raise funds for the acclimatisation of Califor nian salmon, as English salmon have proved a failure in Victoria. Government has been requested to send vaccine matter to Fiji, as a ship with small-pox on board has arrived at the Islands. At present the disease is confined to the ship. The City of Melbourne Bank paid 30,000 sovereigns from its own re sources on Thursday. The Australian and European B,ank will re-open if depositors continue their support. Mr. M'Gregor, a Government whip, is insolvent. Sydney, June 6. Hennessy’s brandy, case, 335. 6d.; quarters, 95.; kerosene, is. 7d.; rice, £2l) New Zealand wheat, 4s. 4d.; oats, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. ; tobacco, is. 7d.; candles, Bj£d offered. No alteration in sugar. The intercolonial coast trade has seriously declined. The A.S.N. Com pany have laid up seven of their largest steamers, and those now running are hardly paying. A revival is expected with the wool season. The company] have reduced the salaries fifteen per cent., and discharged a number of officers. Adelaide, June 6. Flour, £lO 10s. ss. 2d. Arrived—Aconcagua.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[Saturday June 1879,



Just So. —lt’s funny when you ask a man to advertise he generally declines] with the statement that nobody will see it. But if you advertise some little caper of his in the news columns gratis, he gets in dignant over the certainty that everyone will see it. A Rough Road. —The road between Grey mouth and Reefton, the coach-driver says, is so rough as to shake the sealing I wax off the mail bags with the jolting. Hard road to travel that. Holloway’s Pills.— Let the Sick take heed. —The stomach is the commissariat of the physical system. It furnishes the material sus tenance of every organ. If disordered, the whole body languishes ; but however severely it may be affected, its tone and vigor may always be restored by a course of these irresis tible Pills; biliousness, indigestion, liver com plaints, and other disorders of the stomach can easily be cured by the use of Holloway's Pills. Thousands attest this assertion, and no sufferer who has ever ttied them will deny their su preme efficacy. In every case of stomach dis ease, from the mildest case of dispepsia to the disorder of both liver and stomach, from the nausea of the free liver to the vomiting accom panying ulcerated stomachs, these Pills imme diately relieve, and by perseverance effectually cure.— Advt.



Tenders. THE EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTERBURY. CHERTSEY SCHOOL. TENDERS are invited for Building a Concrete TANK, and for GATES, FENCING, Etc. Plans and specifida tions can be seen on application to Mr. Markham, at' Chertsey, after THURS DAY, June sth. Endorsed Tenders are to be sent in to the Chairman of the Board, at Christchurch, not later than THURSDAY, June 12tli. THOMAS CANE, Architect. Christchurch, June 2nd, 1870. 975 Public Notice. IN BANKRUPTCY. In the Estate of TAYLOR & LIDL, Bakers, Ashburton. A LL Proofs of Debt in the above r\ Estate to be sent in to me on or before Tuesday, the 10th June next, or they will not be recognised. Dated this 4th day of June, 1879. HUGO FRIEDLANDER, 971 Ashburton. CHAFF ! CHAFF ! ! CHAFF !! ! ABOUT TWENTY TONS of Hand tied STRAW CHAFF, at £2 175., delivered at Chertsey Railway Station for the line. Also, THIRTY TONS OATEN SHEAF, At Five Pounds per Ton. About one-half mile from Railway Station. 973 A. R. MARKHAM AND Co. IN BANKRUPTCY. jy^OTICE —The “ Ashburton Herald” is a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. 60



Auction Sales. IMPORTANT SALE OF MACHINERY. THRESHING MACHINES. TH RES lIIN GM AC HINES. BLACKSMITHS’ TOOLS. MILLWRIGHTS’ TOOLS. MR. J. L. WILSON has received in structions from G. Simpson & Co., consequent on their Dissolution of Part nership, to SELL WITHOUT RESERVE, ON TUESDAY, the 10th of JUNE, At 11 o’clock, On the Premises, Tuarn Street, Christ church, all their VERY LARGE STOCK AND PLANT, Consisting of Several STEAM THRESHING PLANTS by different makers, in good condi tion and complete. Also, — Several portions of others. Also, — Contractor’s plant, trolleys for moving houses, screw jacks, blocks, &c., &e. Also, — Blacksmiths’ and millwrights’ tools. Also,- , Large quantity of stock in bolts, nuts, screws, nails, iron, &c., &c. Also, — Large quantity of flour mill machinery. Also, — Sundries too numerous to particularise. 970



ASHBURTON ROAD DISTRICTS. ASSESSMENT COURT, 1879. IVTOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of the provisions of the Sating Act, 1876, that Assessment Courts will be held by meat the places undermentioned,andat the times hereinafter specified, for the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the respective Valuation Lists of the various Road Districts within the County of Ashburton for the now current year, when all clerks, valuators, and others duly appointed on behalf of the local bodies— are requested to attend the sittings of the said Courts : Rakaia Road District. Thursday, June 12, at 12 o’clock, at the Road Board Office, South Rakaia. Mount Hutt Road District. Monday, June 16, at 12 o’clock, at the Road Board Office, Mount Hutt. F. GUINNESS, ! Judge. 956 May 31, 1879.



Business Notices.



TO MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN, AND OTHERS. STUDY ECONOMY! STUDY ECONOMY! GREAT SAYING EFFECTED -f \ BY . p PURCHASING YOUR STATIONERY ' AT THE WHOLESALE STATIONERY DEPOT. CASH PRICES: Envelopes, Cream Laid, Per 1000 - 6s. 6d. Ditto Per .>SOO !' - 3s. 6d. Ditto Printed, 1,000, 10s. 6d. Notepaper, ruled, per packet of 5 Quires, from is. 6d, Large quantities at lowbr rates. ACCOUNT BOOKS OF ALL KINDS. TEN PER CENT. OFF FOR CAS H ! !! STORES LIBERALLY DEALT WITH. WEEKS & DIXON, Wholesale Stationers HERALD OFFICE.



Auction Sales. BULLOCK AND CO., AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINETNSURANCE 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. J. DRUMMOND McPHERSON, Manager, Christchurch. TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. Undersigned have on Sale:— Fencing Wire No. 6 to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds— White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, &c., &c. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Stores of Every Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. . BULLOCK AND CO., East Street. Business Notice. Properties for sale AND TO LET BY Messrs. Poyntz & Co., ASHBURTON. FOR SALE. 800 Acres Unimproved Land, near Chert sey. 150 Acres, three miles from Ashburton, 70 acres in English Grass. 150 Acres at Longbeach; Good House and Outbuildings. 10 Acres near Wakanui Township ; good stand for a Blacksmith. £-Acre in South Rakaia Township. The Central Temperance Hotel, Baring Square, Ashburton. TO LET. 40 Acres of Good Land, two miles from Tinwald. 350 Acres Good Land, Coldstream Run, Rangitata—purchasing clause. Several Houses in Ashburton, various sizes. A House and Shop in East Street. A House and Shop in the Triangle. A House, Shop, and Bakery, in the Tri angle. A House and Shop in Burnett Street. also, — SEVERAL HOUSES IN ASHBURTON FOR SALE, ON EASY TERMS. Apply POYNTZ & CO., East Street, 928 Ashburton.



Public Notices -"•fCJd IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North, — BANKRUPTCY ACTS, PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE. BIBLES, Prayers, and Church Services, Hymnals for various churches.—H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 47^b DIARIES. —A Few Commercial and Scribbling Diaries on Sale, Cheap, at the “ Herald ” Stationery Depot, East Street North, near Railway Station. SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 f. WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est and neatest CARDS may bo had at the ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Street North.



Booksellers, &c. NEW BUSINESS. J . Y. WA RD , BOOKSELLER, COMMERCIAL AND FANCY STATIONER, HAS much pleasure in announcing to the inhabitants of the Borough of Ashbur ton and County, that he COMMENCED BUSINESS ON SATURDAY MARCH i, 1879, in Messrs. Saunders Bros.’ Buildings, EAST STREET, NORTH, With A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Professional Stationery, Commmercial Stationery, Household Stationery, Fancy Stationery, &c., &c., &c. LITERATURE— (In Assorted Bindings) COMPRISING ALL THE MOST POPULAR AUTHORS Also, — PRESENTATION BOOKS. SCHOOL REQUISITES IN STOCK. Colonial, English, and Foreign Papers and Magazines supplied to order. WORK-BOXES, WRITING-DESKS, and OTHER FANCY GOODS, AT REASONABLE PRICES. Hamilton’s Library Books on Deferred Payment. the address— J. Y. W A R D, East Street North . (Saunders Bros.’ New Buildings), ASHBURTON. 440 Business Notices. N“ EW JNDUSTRY. COFFEE, Pure and Fresh Ground Daily at ORR & CO.’S. 953



A USEFUL NOVELTY. M OST F AVORABLE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY. E-i ■J? W u £>* Ph H m\ £>• A DISCOUNT of SEVEN AND A HALF Per Cent, will be allowed to all CASH CUSTOMERS BY Friedlander Bros., EAST STREET. 828



GEORGE LADBROOK, (Near the Station, Winslow), HAS in Stock a Good Supply of Gene ral Stores, which he can supply Wholesale and Retail at the lowest current rates. Public Notices. N O T I C E. ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ALL Accounts due to the above estate must be paid forthwith to Mr. Doherty, or they will be sued for without further notice. By order of the Trustees, D. CARO. 927 W. BROWNE. NOTICE. ALL ACCOUNTS due to the Estate of Thomas Hicks, Ashburton, must be Paid at Once to the undersigned, at Messrs Pass and Co’s, or at the Road Board Office, Ashburton. Accounts re maining unpaid will be sued for withoffi further notice. J. H. PASS, > rn 454 C. B. BRANSON, ] itni3tees *



Business Notices. C. PERCY COX, AND AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. TO LET OR SELL— CBO Acres first-class land (limestone) with good house, large stables, woolshed, sheep-yards, granaries, etc.', etc., com plete ; very convenient. C 320 Acres reserve, first-class land, part sub-let, sufficient to cover the whole of Government rent, etc., leaving upwards of 200 acres rent free for 2 years. Low price wanted for goodwill of lease, cr would be let to a suitable tenant. 2,500 Acres ring-fenced, to be let in one block for grazing, or in blocks to suit purchasers for cropping, with or with* out purchasing clause. Town and Suburban Sections sell or let in Ashburton and Hindhope. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY. Agent for Un ion Insurance .COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. v. ! . 717 Tailors. ' : NOTICE OF REMOVAL/ S. STOKES, TAILOR AND CLOTHIER. BEGS to remind his friends and the public that he has removed his busi ness to new shop near Baldwin’s Central Hotel, Wakanui Road, and would take this opportunity of acknowledging the very liberal support accorded to him here tofore, and solicits a continuance of patronage at his new shop—Wakanui Road, near Baldwin’s Central Hotel. ; S. STOKE S, TAILOR AND CLOTHIER. 794 Bootmakers. PUBLIC NOTICE. ' • BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS. WHILE THANKING the public of Ashburton and surrour ding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inf, rn them that he has received, and to arrive, at his place of business, East-street, a • WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attenln i. to the Measure Department, and incites the gentlemen of Ashburton to ifltpect th® superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes he is now making, . Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and Shoes, and Running Shoes. WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Next to Montgomery’s, East-street.



, M. *NEALAS, ; ; BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, AND IMPORTER, $ HAS now on sale a Splendid Assortment of BOOTS and SHOES for Winter, which are of th& Best Quality, and will be Sold at very reasonable prices. • . . Note the address— -• M. NE A LAS,.. NEXT TO MESSRS. ORR & CO.’S, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Educational. MUSI C T U I T I O N, VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL. Terms, per Quarter or per Lesson, on appli cation to the Principal. SUPERIOR LADIES’ BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL, Oxford Villa, Burnett St., Ashburton, Conducted by Miss Steane. Private Lessons in French, Gennan, and Latin, twice weekly $ Music, and Drawing in Various Styles. „ '■■■ - ; -f Preparatory School for Boys. Inclusive Terms. SCHOOL Boohs, Bags, Etc.—H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. ' , ; 473 a SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate rials. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 47§a