Burning of the Deadwood City.

Tlxs greater part of Dead wood, the chief town of the Black Hills mining district, U.S., was swept away on Sept 26 by a conflagration, destroying property worth several million dollars, and'leavmg several thousand people without shelter. The latitude is about 42deg.; the altitude about 3,000 ft.; and the nights at this season of the year are often severely cold ; but timber for building houses and fuel can be obtained without difficulty, and the supply of provisions is abundant. Dead wood, like the mining towns of California, in early years, was built of wood, and when a fire got a good start there was great difficulty in checking it. There have been probably a scoi’e of fires in California as destructive as that of Dead wood, but most of them occurred more than 20 years ago, and those who wit nessed them are rapidly decreasing in numbers.

A telegram descriptive ...of the disaster says :—A fire broke out in the Star Bakery, in Sherman street at 2.20 this morning, and, followingthat thoroughfare, swept everything before it on Lee, Main Gold, Wall, Patton, and William streets, ( and several residences on Central Avenue. Fanned by a light breeze, and having nothing to contend with except a very inefficient fire department, everything was at the mercy of the flames. Less' than half a score of pronounced fireproof warehouses withstood the severe test. The buildings being mostly of wood and poorly constructed, they burned like so much chaff. The fire spread with such wonderful rapidity that any attempt at saving anything would have been useless. All along its couxse terrific explosions of gunpowder, petroleum, liquor, &c, were of frequent occurrence, and buildings were blown to atoms. The hook and lad der apparatus and hose carriage were the first things to burn, leaving nothing but a few feet of worthless hose with which to battle against the devouring elements. The new water works were tried for the first time yesterday, and this morning were put to their full capacity, with little success in subduing the flames, on account of the scarcity of water 1 . The hill sides were almost a solid sheet of flame, and water from the Boulder ditch could not be had, otherwise considerable property would probably have been saved, as the ditch ran almost directly over the worst spot. The wildest excitement prevailed on account of the fearful force of the flames, and the people thought of but lit tle besides saving their own lives, hun dreds escaping with only their night clothes. Every team within miles of the city was called into service to help save what could be got out. There are pro bably 2000 persons homeless, and many are destitute. About 125 buildings, be sides 50 or 60 dwelling houses, were de stroyed ; and while it is utterly impossible to get any definite figures regarding the loss, well-posted business men place it at from 1,500,000d01s to 2,000,000d015. The fire is still burning, but all- its material is exhausted and there is no danger of its spreading, unless there should be unfavor able change in the wind. Several of the firms whose fire-proofs, were saved have posted notices that they will open up for business in them on * Saturday. Lumber is being hauled rapidly, and building will commence as soon as tlxe“debris can be 5 -cleared away, in a far mox*e substantial way than:.before. Most of the merchants who have lost their wooden stores will erect "bi'ick ones iix their stead. Labor is in great demand, and everything presents a lively appearance. A meeting was held by prominent citizens this afternoon, prompted by numerous thieving operations since the fire broke out and the many cases of lot jumping, at which Judge Moody presided. It was decided to call upon Colonel Sturgis, commanding at Fort Meade, for a company of-troops to ant as guard over the property of the unfortunate sufferers by the fire, which request was promptly complied with, and a company of cavalry was at once sent here, together with ten waggons and two ambulances to transpox-t destitute citizens to Fort Meade, where they will be fur nished with camps and rations, which kind offer was made by Colonel Sturgis. All the saloons are closed by order of the sheriff and the city presents an unusually quiet appearance. A citizens’ Committee of Safety, numbering seven, were also ap pointed at to-day’s meeting, who will assist the sheriff in preserving the peace. Evil doers, if caught, will be speedily dealt with. A proposition to organise a Vigi lance Committee 100 strong was voted down emphatically. The Post-office which was destroyed, lost 3000dol in postage stamps and stamped envelopes, but no mail was destroyed and coaches are run . ing regularly with daily mails. Numerous kindLoffers of assistance have been made by . Eastern merchants, but will hardly be--accepted, as the mer chants bear their losses with the best possible grace, and are not inclined to place themselves under any obligations, at the same time appreciating the willing offers made by Eastern houses in all branches of trade. The surviving mer chants have not taken advantage of the necessity of the hour by advanciirg prices on staple groceries, as was generally ex pected, and prices remain the same as usual. •The insurance companies who hold a majority of the risks on the destroyed / property are the Firemen’s Fund, of San Fsancisco, the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, and the London and Liverpool and Globe Insurance Company. . Another telegram sent the following day says :—The city has presented an unusually attractive appearance to-day, the flames and smoke having abated enough to allow the mass of ruins to be cleared away and the erection of tents and small wooden shanties, of which there have been from seventy-five to a hundred put up. Almost every class of business represented on Main and Sherman streets are all having an immense rush of custom. Prices have not advanced, except in a very / few instances, where the demand for some article was greater than the supply. The daily papers are issuing small sheets, being struck off at Lead City and Central. They contain little else than fire news. Lumber is being hauled in by every avail able team in this vicinity, and is bringing 46d015. per thousand. The mills are running night and day, hut not enough can be brought in to supply the enormous demand. Some had shanties erected within five hours from the outbreak of the fire. All day tele grams have been pouring in, offering stocks of goods, money, clothing food Ac. but as yet nothing but merchandise has been’accepted. No Relief Committee has been organised as yet ? and there will pro

bably be none. The people who are bankrupt and homeless do not want aid fr jin the outside world. Merchants and others are very generous, and are able and willing to stand their share of the burden. At a meeting of the members of tlio Bar this afternoon, resolutions were passed asking Judge Moody to remain here in stead of attending the October term of the Supreme Court at Yankton, so that, in case his services should be needed, they would be at hand. The Supreme Court will probably adjourn a few weeks, until the city is partially rebuilt and quiet re stored. Competent judges place the total loss at fully 3,000,000 although some time must elapse before the exact figures can be obtained. Tlie bank vaults were opened to-day and were found intact. Chrono meters on the time locks were still run ning, Both banks will open on Monday. All that was saved of the county records, books, Ac, was one set of books from the Treasurer’s office. The assessmeixt rolls were all destroyed, and at a meeting of the County Commissioners this afternoon, a new assessment was ordered to be taken as soon as possible. Strong guards are on duty at the bank vaxxlts, tlie outer doors of which were left unlocked, aixd no one was allowed to pass without being recog nised. Two men were killed and two more wounded at tlie Homestake mine, Lead City.

Aerial Navigation.

Tlie problem of aerial navigation has taken the place of the philosopher’s stone with many, and a gentleman in Paris, M. Julien Duchaud, aged 50, and formerly a brilliant pupil at the School of Arts and Sciences, may be added to the list of those who have had too much learning. Having expended his whole patrimony in expei’iments, and by invention after in vention tired the patience of friends and acquaintances, he succeeded in producing an apparatus which lie thought would successfully carry him through the air. He invited his friends to accompany him to St Germain, where he intended to try liis apparatus publicly by flying from a terrace to Paris. The invitation was ac cepted, and M. Duchaud, although he de clared he had no misgivings as to his success, thought it would be prudent to try it first and see whether it was in full working order. He waited until the streets were quite deserted, and at two in tlie morning he prepared for his aerial flight. His apparatus was something like a sentry-box, built of light wood, and armed with huge wings projecting from either side, and worked by means of pedals. Fortunately, the inventor seems at the last moment to have had some misgivings as to his success. Before casting himself off the top of the house he tied a stout rope to one of the chimney stacks. When everything was ready he clutched the rope and made his leap. He beat tlie air with his wings, but he began to sink rapidly, and, the rope burning his hands, he let go, falling er ' i a balcony and then into the street, where he was found by the police, attracted by the cries of the neighbors. His sentry-box had prevented him from being killed on the spot, but he was severely bruised and shaken.

Beer-Drinking In America.

There is, we are informed, a man in Cincinatti who has repeatedly drunk (and stands ready to drink any day) 12 glasses of beer while the fire-bells are striking 12 o’clock at noon. When allowed to save the time wasted in conveying so many glasses to and from his lips by pouring the beer into a large bowl and drinking, from it, lie has taken the contents of 17 glasses while the hour was being struck. The beer glasses hold one-tenth of a gallon each. Seventeen glasses would, there fore, make a full gallon and a half of beer, after making due allowance for foam. The time required to strike the noon hour on the fire-bells does not exceed half a minute. It remains for physiologists to explain where the gallon and a half of beer which Farbaugli is able to pour down his throat in the time named goes to. It does not make him drunk, and he claims to feel no bad effects after thus gorging himself. The discovery of this case led the reporter of the “ Cincinatti Com mercial ” to go the rounds of the breweries with a view to ascertain the possibilities of beer drinking ; and he found two in stances in which a keg of beer (eight gal lons) had been drunk by a man in two hours for a wager, and without causing in toxication. At Kauffmann’s brewery he met with a man who drinks more than 50 glasses of beer every day ; and has done this for so many years that if the firm had charged him 5 cents a glass for his beer instead of letting him have it for nothing, he would have had by this time to pay the enormous amount of 25,000 cents for it. The reporter says : —•* The men employed in the business begin work at 3 o’clock in the morning, and do not go home until 6 in the evening. Their work is much of it heavy, and many of them have been thus employed for a score of years. They are stout and hearty in spite of their weak ness for beer. Some of them are fleshy, but in many instances their parents were fleshy before them. They sleep less than most men. They are not as quick, either mentally or in tlieir bodily movements, a > those in many of tlie other walks of life.”

Arms and Ammunition.— The supply of arms and ammunition at present in New Zealand is officially reported to be as follows:—17 Armstrong guns, viz., one 40-pounder, six 12-pounders, ten 6- pounders, ten 24-pounder howitzers, eleven 7-ton guns, eleven 64-pounders, eleven mortars, and fourteen iron cannon of various patterns ; total, 74 ordnance of all classes. Small arms—Snider rifles, 6919 ; Enfield rifles, 11,430; carbines, 1771. Ammunition—Snider, 1,485,822 rounds ; Enfield, 969,165 rounds ; car bine, 131,317 rounds. Besides . these, 3,400 Snider rifles and 500,000 rounds of ammunition for them are on their way out from England.

Holloway’s Ointment and Pills. Diseases of the skin, ringworm, scurvy, jaundice, scrofula or king’s evil,sore heads, and the most inveterate skin disease to which the human frame is subject, cannot be treated with a more safe and certain remedy than Holloway’s Ointment and Pills, which act so perculiarly on the constitution and so purify the blood, that these diseases are at once eradicated from the system, and a lasting cure obtained. They are etjually efficacious in the cure of tumors, burns, scalds, glandular swellings, ulcerous wounds, rheumatism, contracted and stiff joints. These medicines operate mildly and surely. The cures effected by them are not temporary or apparent only, but complete and permanent.

French Home Life.

A writer in the “ Constitutional ” pub lishes an interesting description of past and present home life in France, or, rather of family life in Paris. He says : “ It is a characteristic trait of the con temporary Parisian that he cannot stay at home of an evening. Great or small, rich or poor, he must go out, and that in all seasons. Formerly theatres, balls, or even ing walks were exceptions for the Pari sians. After dinner they stayed at home as a rule ; they kissed the children, who said “ Good night ’ on leaving the dining room, and went to bed ; the mother some times did not think it beneath her to put them to bed herself. She would then till about ten embroider, or work tapestry. Husband and wife would converse to gether, or the husband might, perchance, read the evening paper aloud. In that way the evening passed, long or short, ac cordingto ?the “entente”-—more or less “ cordiale” —of the spouses. At eleven, at the latest, the lamp was turned out. in those days it was almost a treat, a small extra, when the family went to listen to the military bands in the public gardens, or to sit down in the chairs in the Champs Elysee. At that period very few people, even among the richest, could tell their coachman to put tlie horses to, in order to go and breathe the cool air of the summer evenings. Very few people had a coach man. Nowadays, private carriages are as common as boots or umbrellas. The quiet pleasures of home have disappeared from our manners. People now go out every evening, and cannot content themselves with cigars of a moderate price. They go out and see all the new pieces ; they are everywhere, in fact, of an evening, except at home, and that is why public establish ments sw r arrn in Paris, why tiie keepers of cafe's become millionaires, and why the great city is .the city of night par excel lence —the astonishment and joy of foreigners, who cannot help asking ‘ When do the Parisians sleep V Life in the coun try in August is generally private. Visits are made among neighbors, riding parties are.formed, and lawn tennis is played. In the villas of the Paris finan ciers the luxury displayed is unimaginable. The ladies always dine in low dresses, and the gentlemen in evening dress. Tlie cus toms of the town have been imported into the country. Visits are paid, and cards exchanged. Three toilettes daily are the rule ; and what toilettes ! The other day at Ville d’Avray the charming wife of a banker wore a costume composed of forty five silk pocket-handkerchiefs. In this society of millionaires the baby mania plays a great role. There are a pair of scales in each nursery. The mothers spend time in weighing their offspring. Baby weighing is all the rage, and fond parents lay heavy bets on the chances of their babies making other people’s babies kick the beam. Nor are the horses for gotten. The ladies have their village cart, which they drive themselves. Others have two grooms on horseback following their pony chaise. The financiers do not know how to show sufficient honor to their bank notes. Their valets bloom in breeches, they eat off silver plate, and the dinner consists of several services, exactly as in Paris. The rusticity of the country, the free and easy life it invites one to, are severely banished. There the tone of conversation is within the reach of the meanest capacity, and the song of these birds does not correspond to their feathers. The ladies like to talk the latest slang of the Boulevard, and the repertory of the cafe concerts is very much in vogue among them. Spicy jests are bandied about, and bon-mots are concocted which are more worthy of the Folies Marigny than of these lordly marble halls. After all, doubt whether this society of outrage ous luxury amuses itself very. much. But it spends a great deal of money and our millionaires show what wit they can.”

The Queen’s Prison.

The Queen’s Prison at Southwark has been denuded of its contents, prior to its demolition, it is hoped. The great masters of the pen have not failed to perceive the dramatic aspects of life in this debtor’s prison, in which those who owed much fared sumptuously, as if they feared not any man ; while pitiful wretches, whom a hundred pounds would have set at liberty, almost starved to death on the meagre pittance allowed by the country, and the reception of which stamped them as creatures’of inferior race. Dirt and idle ness reigned over all, and hunger dwelt side by side with drunkenness. In the olden time, before some slender provision was made for them, the poor debtors died by scores in severe winters of sheer cold and hunger, while the Hon. Algernon Deuceace and Captain Shandon fared sumptuously on the “ Queen’s side,” set apart for occasionally wealthy and always luxurious prisoners. All these strange features of prison life have been illumined by the greatest masters of English prose fiction from Fielding to Dickens, not a few of whom have had practical experience of them. There being no more need for the grim enclosure on the Surry side, with its excellent drainage and copious water supply, tenders are invited for the build ings and grounds, in all some three and a half acres, by Her Majesty’s Office of Works. Tlie prison has for some years past been undergoing a gradual process of denudation. Its celebrated bell has gone to the bran new prison at Wormwood Scrubs, which excites so much amazement among passengers by tlie Great Western Railway. Much of its ironwork, some of which, after being exported to Australia, was actually brought home again and built up at “The Bench,” has been utilised by the Department, and will not be tendered for by the speculative persons asked to make up their minds early in September as to the value of the building and ground. There is little hope of the building being put to any use, and they will probably, together with the lofty wall which sur rounds them, be razed to the ground. The site would then be invaluable for working men’s houses, and a hope maybe expressed that this may be its ultimate employment. Such large spaces within reach of the in dustrial centres of the Metropolis are daily becoming more rare, and it would be a matter for regret that an opportunity like the present should be missed of erecting “ Bastilles,” as the new and convenient artizans’ dwellings are playfully called, on the site of the dreary structure once devoted to a perpetuation of the atrocious spirit of ancient law against poor debtors. • — l l European Mail. ”

A Novel Wager.

L. P. Fedemeyer, a Frenchman, recently arrived in New York, wheeling a barrow, which, with its contents, weighed about 1401bs. He was followed by aMr Fuller, who had accompanied him all the way from Sau Francisco to see that he accom plished his task. A number of gentle men in that city had offered 01,500 to the man who made the best time across the continent with a wheelbarrow in front of him. M, Fedemeyer and Mr Potter en gaged in this novel race. They started together from San Francisco in December last, but separated at Battle Mountain, Nevada. Where Potter is now, is known only to himself. Fedemeyer has won the race. The route which he took in order to avoid ferries is about 4,500 miles, and was principally along the line of railroad. When Fedemeyer and Fuller left San Francisco the sun was shining brightly, the air was warm and flowers were bloom ing. They soon left all this beauty behind them. When they reached the Sierras they began to realise what a winter in the mountains is. In the wheelbarrow, which is covered over, were carried a tent for camping purposes, and such provisions as the pedestrians thought they would need before reaching the next settlement. Fuller carried a gun, with which he in tended to secure food should the provi sions in the wheelbarrow give out. The only provisions which this gun furnished were seven small birds, at a time when the two men were nearly starved. In travelling from Carlin to Moline, Nevada, Fedemeyer’s feet were frozen, the thermometer at this time registered 20 degs. below zero. The trip through Nevada, Wyoming, and Utah was made during the winter, and both Fedemeyer and Fuller underwent extreme hardships. Provisions were scarce, and one time they had to travel 100 miles before they could get anything to eat. Plenty of antelopes showed themselves upon the plains, and plenty of shot were sent to meet them ; but the antelopes and the shot did not seem to comejtogether, and the result was that Fedemeyer and Fuller often went hungry with any amount of game in sight of them. In going from Laramie to Cheyenne the two men abandoned the railroad and took to the Black Hills. A terrible snow-storm set in, and they lost their reckoning. Finally, after wandering aimlessly about for several hours, they stumbled upon an old log cabin, which was occupied by a Swede, and lie took them in and made them comfortable for the night. The trip occupied 228 days.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[TuesdaysOctober 28, 1879



Boarding Houses. PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL rpHE undersigned having opened the Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, under the management of Me. and Mbs. Luo vs, begs to say he is determined to keep GOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. TIIO MAS CLAR K, 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 ... ... ... 14s. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Beds (single), Is. Gd. Private Room for Ladies. 334—82 a ECHO DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET SOUTH, Next door to Messrs. Sando& Olsen, Ashburton. A DUPUIS begs to inform the inhabi tants of the County of Ashburton and visitors that he has opened the above. Every attention has been paid to making this establishment all that can be desired. Very Reasonable Charges. Tea and Coffee All Hours. Breakfast for early train ; Table d’Hote from 12' noon to 2 p.m. Tea from sto 8 p.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. 54 A. DUPUIS, Proprietor. NE W ZEALAND JVESLE VAN, Published Monthly.



"FUST ARRIVED, the “New Zealand Wesleyan ” for October. Price Gd Sold at the Herald Ofice, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents.



Auction Sales. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY AUCTIONEER, &c., Saunders’ Buiildings, • Ashburton. LFR E D A R R I S O N, 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 ■- JL pointed agent for the sale u : McCORMICK’S & W. A. WOOD’S REAPERS AND BINDERS, is now prepared to treat with those who will want them for the coming season. FBEDK. PAYITT, 555a—S8 East Street, Ashburton WAKANUI ROAD BOARD. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that it is the intention of the Waka nui Road Board, at a Meeting to be held on Thursday, November 6th, 1879, to strike a Rate of Ninepence in the Pound on the rateable value of all property in the District, for the year ending the 31st day of March, 1880, payable in one sum, on and after Thursday, the 13tli day of November, 1879, and that the Bate Book is open for inspection at the Board’s Office, Moore Street, Ashburton. FOOKS & SON, Surveyors, &c. , to the Board. 581a—123 ipNVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings.



as. ocott’s IMPERIAL BOARDING HOUSE, Durham Street South, CHRISTCHURCH. Board and Lodging, 20s. Beds and Meals, Is. each. 509 a



WASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. at the Herald Office. Apply early. 500 THE PENNY made the postal system of England a success. So has it made the Herald. Everybody buys the Herald. WANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes 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. 11. M. JONES, Stationer. SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. IT. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 v NnHE “ Herald ” is published every I 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, ai the “Herald” and “Guardian” Whole sale Stationery Depdt, Saunders’ Build ings, near Station. VT7" ANTED. —The Herald tells your VV Wants in 20 words, for 1/-. The Stud. COLT THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE Of the Traducer Blood. To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars S. 11. FOWLER & CO„ Proprietors, 504a —20 Winslow



Auction Sales. SATURDAY, Ist NOVEMBER. To Fanners, Capitalists, Speculators, and others. THRESHING MACHINE. 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 li.p. Engine, Combine, Straw Eleva tors, Scales, «fcc. This Machine is in thorough working order, and equal to new, and can be seen at Mr Hunt’s residence, Wakunui road. TERMS EASY. Side at 1 '3O p.m. EDMISTON BROS. AND GUNDRY, Auctioneers. 1110—Gila EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY Have on Sale 1000 BUSHELS TARTA RIAN,OATS 1000 CAPITAL QUALITY AND PRICE LOW. V. I). L. PALINGS, PALINGS, PALINGS, T HE Undersigned have on sale 5 and G FEET Y.D.L. PALINGS, Of the very best quality for roofing, being perfectly straight ami free from twists, which they are now offering at a very low rate. * EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. 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. FjpHE 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 Public Notices. WAKANUI ROAD BOARD. NOTICE TO RATEPAYERS. ALL RATES remaining UNPAID by November 6th next ensuing will be recovered by legal process. By order, FOOKS & SON, 141—C09a Surveyors. Ac, to the Board. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rakaia. A SOIREE Will be held IN THE TOWN HALL, RAKAIA, On THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th, 1879, At 6.30 o’clock. The Revs. J. Ehnslie, M.A., A. M. Beattie, M.A., and B. J. Westbrooke, will deliver Addresses, interspersed with Music. Tickets, 2s. 125-595 a TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. 171 OR SALE, about the end of October, fj 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 11 Guardian/’ for hand or steampower. Can be seen and all par ticulars obtained at our office. WEEKS A DIXON. Ashburton, October 14, 1879. 565 a



Tenders. TO CAR PE NTERS AND BUILDERS. rfRENDERSaro invited for a COTTAGE 1 at Ashburton. Plans and Specifica tions juay 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. ”\V. F. HUBBARD, C.E., Architect and Surveyor. Hereford Chambers, Hereford street, Christchurch. 121—587 MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD. TjIENDERS ate invited for the following L works : No. 19 Formation from Blackford Road to the top of Mount Hutt Homestead cutting; to be formed full width, about OOohains. No. 20 Shingling same road, 25 yards per chain : a gravel pit will be provided at each end of the contract. No. 21 For constructing Stone Crossings in various parts of the district. Specifications can be seen at Mr. John ston’s, Methven. Tenders, duly endorsed with the num ber of the work tendered for, and ad dressed to the Chairman, will lie received until November 4lh, if posted, and if de livered, till noon, on November oth, at Corwar Station. W. B. COMPTON, Clerk. October 27, 1879. 140—008 a MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD. TENDERS FOR BUILDINGS. OFFICE, COTTAGE, STABLES, AND CONCRETE TANK. mENDERS are invited for the Erection X of Office, Cottage, Stables, and a Concrete Tank for the Mount Hutt Road Board, according to plans and specifica tions to be seen at Messrs. Friedlander Bros.’ Stores, Ashburton. Tenders, if posted, will be received up to the 4fh of November; if de livered, up till 12 o’clock on the 6th at Corwar, addressed to the Chairman, Cor war, Mount Hutt, and endorsed, “Ten ders for Building.” The lowest or any tender not neces sarily accepted. Plans and specifications to be seen at Messrs. Friedlander Bros.’Ashburton, up till 4th November. W. B. COMPTON, 591a—124 Overseer. WAKANUI ROAD BOARD. r (RENDERS are invited for the follow-- § ing WORKS : 7. Beach Road—Re-forming and M •tai ling and making Footpath noni Township to Quee Ts Road, &c. 8. Beach Road—Supply and spreading of 3,009 yards (more or less) be tween Queen’s Road and Mill Race. 9. Leadley’s Road and Butterick's Road—Making Drain. &c., from Junction with Christie’s Road to sea. No. 1 section, about 258 chains ; No. 2 section, about 154 chains. 20. Denshire Road—Metalling about 120 chains. 11. Rule’s Road—Metalling about 3$ miles. 12. Butterick’s Road—Metalling. No. 1 section, about 198 chains ; No. 2 section, about 115 chains. The lowest or any tender not neces sarily accepted. Plans and specifications can be seen at the Board’s Office, Moore Street, and tenders, endorsed with the No. of the Contract, will be received till 10 a.m. on THURSDAY, November 6th. FOOKS AND SON, 128 —598 a Surveyors to the Board.



To Let and for Sale. TO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO SHOPS in East Street ; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK. TO LET, or FOR SALE, Very Cheap, a STORE, with Comfortable Dwelling House attached, situated at Winslow. Terms —£15 Cash ; balance by quarterly or half-yearly instalments, bearing in terest. Apply to T. BULLOCK. f 2',() LET, at a very low rental—Bakery, JL together with Dwelling-house and Shop, near the Post Office. 393 a T’lOS. BULLOCK. TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, ACRE S, Which would make a very compact farm, situated at the back of Mr. Digby’s. Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur ton. Apply to 2— «66a THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and rea’ly first-class laud of about 200 acres, situated on Longbeach Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. AOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with ' a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 137 Acres, partly improved, and situated about three and a half miles from the Township. Apply to 5 THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE. C< HEEP-PROOF RAILS and STRAIN- D ING POSTS. Cheap. J Apply to 120—530 a JAMES WILKIE. 0 you Want the News of the Day ? Read the Ashburton Heraid,