t,# tlf: : Zf dfl e. Being Qrediped by mv friends : with being & connoisseur m regard to potatoes in all their stages of growth, l was induced to make a few inquiries rela tive to the fine ones then before me, and was told that they had been grown on the land already described. The system for planting is a very simple one, merely con sisting in setting them -after a double furrow plough, not a single thing in the way of good husbandry, being done after wards to them. ; The yield was alleged to be at the rate of twelve tons per acre, and almost free from small ones. I naturally inquired whether I might inspect the sample in bulk, and the request meeting with a ready response, I found them in all respects equal to the very. best.circular-- headed- potatoes that I - had ever seen. The samples shown were even in size, ob long shaped, smooth eyes,' and possessing all the qualities of the best petal oes of the kind I had ever examined. The sight of the sample was confirmatory as to the yield being an exceedingly heavy one. Agriculture, except on a small scale, has not till recently been carried on at Mount Linton. I saw samples of very fine oats of a heavy kind, which it would be diffi cult to beat in any part of the world. The yield could not have been less than ninety bushels an acre, and I feel confident that had samples of-these oats!, potatoes, and turnips been forwarded to the Sydney Exhibition f they would have, merited, top places-) iThe i weightj of t 'the : oats; .alone proved their quality : they arej known as th,e.Sparrowrbill. ’’ ~,The .implements.and other iftaichinery tised'ori 'the above farm are all of thq most appro.ved:type, and; are from the manufactory of the renowned,firm— Reid apd Gray, i ..<j r iX^r¥ .^ From the'junction of. the Morley and

Orawia streams the valley is splendid agri cultural land.' "* -' " - ■ Having/partaken .of the hospitality of the host and hostess of the Otahu station, I, as a stranger,. tendered my feelings of acknowledgment,/ and -with my ? friends tufheii 1 eastward. After spending, ; a.. few;.. more , days in Southland my* first impressions were con firmed, namely, that with an extension of the railway through this part of South land, it ( is certainly destined to be, at no distant period, a- great agricultural and coal producing.district. ■ „ ">6-During iny - j oiirn ey back to the “ City of the Plains ” a fellow passenger gave me the history of the cause of the introduction of the “ rabbit pest ” referred to a,bove. He assured me that it was a fact that they were protected, to the extent of £SO penalty against anyone found destroying one. The Australian Government has I notice spvnt during the last ten months’ £9106, towards the extermination of the pest, and with the most gratifying results. The following recipe has been tried with ' most marvellous effects. I commend it to the Southland land owners. J POISON FOR RABBITS.

JRTine gallons water, lib. sugar, lOOlbs. /wheat, slightly crushed, and the flour sifted out, lib. phosphorus, 1 fluid oz. of -oil of rhodium; • - Heat the water to a. boiling point, then add the sugar and wheat. Draw the fire to prevent train from burning. Dissolve the phosphorus in a saucepan, pour the boiling •■water on the wheat, and mix 11 thorougnly, then cove v close. Thirty hours afterwards add the rhodium in half a pint of-cold water, and turn it about well. I* is then fit for use. Doze : a small iron dessert-spoonful. There are 5000 doß.es in above quantity. It should be laid in their play places, and on camps and feeding grounds. The English invoice cost of . phosphorus is 2s 4d; per lbi, and" the colonial cost about 12s per lb. Rhodium, English cost, Is 6d per lb. ; Colonial, 5s 6d per lb. If you; think the . few hurried reminis censes of my tour as a stranger to South land likely to afford interest to your readers- you are at liberty to publish them. - : -

New Steamship Propeller.

Recently a number of scientific gentlemen, including Rear-Admiral George Brooker, C. 8., Capt. W.G. N. Burnev, and others connected with the Royal .Navy and Mercantile Marine, attended,"' at Gravesend for the purpose of taking a trial trip on board the steam yacht Jo lair with the object of testing the advantages of a newly-invented propeller, called “ De Bays’ Patent Direct Acting Propeller,” with which it has been-fitted. Its construction is of a very , peculiar character, and consists of two screws ' of the iame"pitch, one, the larger, with four, and th&.-other with five blades ; portions of the blades of each are cut out. The screws are fixed on. two shafts, .one tubular, the other solid and rotating within it, each screw being .made to revolve in.opposite .directions, the solid por tions of each blade of one scre w passing through the gaps' .tut in the other, and vice versa. The effect of this, in the first place, is to prevent the tremendous rush of water flying at a tangent in all directions from the ordinary screw, and drives the greatest weight of water astern in a line with the keel of the-ship, thus entirely ob viating-that waste of power which is the con sequence-of the effects', of; the ordinary -screw. The influence of one screw tending to deflect the water moving astern to the right is counteracted by the. other screw, which tends t-> send it to the left., The tesult is that the water can only be diiven direct astern by the screws, and moves very steadily in a right line parallel with the keel, thus concentrating all the force of the water on the stern of the vessel. The company were met on board the Jolair by M. de Bays, and having had the construction explained to thenv&he trial of the tests was made.. In time Hhe mile was run with tfie tide by the old pro. peller.'ln .dniin. 3ase,; whilst the time occupied by thifenew propeller was smm. 30 sec. ; against tide, gld propeller, 9 m ‘n. 57sec.; new propeller, The whole of the experiments took place passing down the river in the direc tion pOhe Nore, "and’ in making a complete time occupied was 2inin. 36sec. In order to test the powers of the new propeller, and its pffipacy in reversing and going astern, some-reed covers of wine bottle? were thrown from the stern at a moment when the yacht vyas going hr the rate of eleven knots an hour, with tide. -‘.Tire order was given to reverse the en > ginesyasmd the result was that, the . time occu ’"piediiiT reaching the floating covers 'was but 52,^9., and that straight astern, without any divergence of the head of the vessel. This is considered-a most important feature in the avoidance of collisions on rocks or other impedi ■, -men^ahead,. It .was suggested■ by Admiral ‘ Brocfkbr that the complex machinery of the screW* might cause it to be damaged by ropes or offietJiUbstances getting into it, and the test was applied by throwing out ropes, which for a long while were regulated by the screw, till at last one of the men called out that the 1 ope had caught, but there was no jerk, and m an instant it was loose, when it was discovered that the rope was completely cut by the flanges - of the screw, a result consideied most satisfac torv. Another impoitant feature connecte with the test was to show that even in the ' .' smallest rivers and canals , there was no side wash to destroy banks, &q. . .

AMONG THE FARMERS.

| (by pUR SPECIAL REPORTER), | As might be anticipated from the favor able reason we are being blessed with, the crops are eyerything that could be wished, and the farms in the neighborhood of Oliertsey ar e perhaps a greater contrast to what they were last year at this time, than elsewhere. Then, they had suffered for want of rain and from scorching nor’ westers : now, they have had all that could be desired in abundance of rain, alter nated by warm sunshine, making the ground like a hot-bed, and sending up the crops like magic ; and should the weather keep as favorable throughout, till harvest operations are complete, the yield of the Ashburton district will be such as to tax. all tli e energies and appliances of the rail way department to cope with the quantity of grain for shipment. Leaving Oliertsey, the first farm on the right-hand side of the Oliertsey road is the block being culti vated by Messrs. Miles, Hassal, and Co.

In all, 1643 acres have been operated on this season, as follows :—560 acres in wheat, 335 in oats, 203 in barley, 300 in turnips and mangels, and 263 sown down in English grass. The land is of a light nature on the surface, with a good clay subsoil, and the season has been remark ably favorable to. this description of land. The farm itself is divided into several paddocks, having live fences planted, winch are promising well, the other im-

provements being more in the direc tion of utility than elegance. A well 230 feet deep, requires some courage even to look down, the water being raised by a windmill and force pump when the gentle zephyr supplies sufficient power, and by a windlass when otherwise ; a cottage and stable are erected for the farm servants and horses, the whole being one of the

estates under the management of Mr. Janies Scott. Of the appearance of the crops themselves it is impossible to speak too highly, the wheat and oats doing splendidly, whilst the barley is a wonder, being fully two feet high ; until the shoots come out in ear I do not intend to estimate the yield, and I leave any surmises in

that direction till a later date. On the opposite side of the Oliertsey road is the farm of Mr. Aitken, who has 600 acres Of wheat and 100 of oats, looking equally as well as Miles, Hassal, and Cos. Mr. Aitken lias made a comfortable home, whereni three years ago a wilderness of tussocks was. all that could be seen by the most powerful exercise of vision, and

his large self-contained house, and exten sive stables show that the owner does not intend to neglect the comfort of either

himself or his horses. The well here is about the same depth as on his neighbors— and was the first put down in the locality. A promising plantation is a feature on the place, and altogether Mr. Aitken’s en deavors are likely to meet with the success they deserve, and having the Oliertsey Railway Station within a mile of him he possesses a great advantage in being able to get his grain readily transferred into the truck. Ad-

joining the latter farm is Mr. J. Murphy’s with 150 acres of wheat and 100 barley, and he has certainly no cause to complain of his prospects. Mr. J. Moore’s farm which is intersected by the railway line has 100 acres of oats and 190 cf wheat in a very forward state ; Messrs. Conway Bros., on the Beach road, have’2oo acres in wheat, 50 of barley and oats, and 50 laid down in permanent pasture, and can not be said to be behind any of the other crops Mr. P. Grant, near Miles, Hassals’ has 200 in wheat, and 200 in oats and barley, the latter being a remarkably forward crop, and already in ear. Close

by, Mr. A. Buckley has 122 acres in wheat, and coming towards Ashburton, Mr. Quigley has 174 in wheat .and 100 in oats, all doing first class. Mr. J. Gardiner has between 400 and 500 acres mostly in w.i eat, amongst it some pedigree ’wheat, which has a rather straggling look just now ; ' but as I saw some on the same farm last year when ripe, I can say that it has a remarkably well filled head and

large grain with thin husk and spiked like barley. I' trust this year’s experiment with it will be successful, as I have great hopes of it, [To be Continued.] _______

Rust in Wheat.

At a meeting of the Tasmanian Agricul tural and Pastoral Association held at Launceston recently, Mr Thomas Hogarth read a paper on red rust, from which we make the following extracts from the “ Tasmanian Mail,” —If we refer to the component parts of wheat straw, separated by analysis, we find silicates to the in gredient which gives the hard, lustrous surface desired ; and I think any means that can be adopted to cause the growing plant to assimilate a full complement of tbis substance is something attained. Silica is by far’the largest constituent part of wheat straw, and is one of the in organic or incombustible parts. The in organic substances are all found in the ash of plants after burning ; 10001 b. of wheat straw contains, on an average, 501 b. of ash, and of this 501 b. 60 per cent is silica. The quantity of ash left from wheat straw vaiies greatly, the extremes of 351 b. and 1551 b. *to the 1000 having been met with, and I think this variation is strong presumptive evidence in favor of this proposed preventive of rust. All analysis of rusted and clean straw would be useful, taken, of course, from crops similarly exposed to rust influences. Ex periments have proved that the lowest portion of a tall wheat straw contains less ash than the upper portion. When divided into five equal parts the propor tion has been found to be about 4,0, 7, 8 and 9 per cent. This also is evidence in ouv fftvqrs as the bottom of the straw is generally found to be the most rusted, and the leaf most of all, the leaf being less lustrous, and containing less silica than the stem. Unripe wheat straw contains less silica than when ripe, the difference being as 40 is to 55—another feature in our favor, as when the rust . attacks a partially ripe crop the destruction is well known to he greater. Feeding off in spring, which has been asserted to be partially preventive, I think, can also be passed to the credit of our position, for, when any of the graminacious plants are cut off early, they send up a harder, rougher, wiry stem in the next growth., On the other hand, feeding oft retards maturity, though only slightly, an ft early maturity has certainly much, iq its, favor, as obviating thp liability , though last year this feature was in a great measure set aside, some of the earlier crops being the worst rusted.

. £ivpi)psivroia ■.<>{' a H}' 1 rich irt silie;' v ‘ being As.preyen t|Ve, ifie question prises how are- we to pvodifcd sutih a Silica; is what flint, 1 /quart;** &c., sis, ’composed of. Some soils' are naturally rich in .available

silicates' ,-jjtp. doubt, . and comparative analysis of soils from different localities

for silica alone, would be. an easy and useful undertaking. We know that the

lighter, poorer lands of the colony, such as about Cressy, though they produce the largest wheat crops, yet are less liable to

rust than the lands to the eastward and westward, where the soils are generally considered of a better class. It has been shown that 65 per cent, of the ashes of wheat straw is silica, and it has long been my opinion that the reason Cressy and other light land localities are most free from rust is because, the long stubble ,is invariably burned on the ground, arid the silicates thereby returned and evenly distributed. The fact of the wheat being reaped high follows from these localities being unsuited for cattle, therefore the straw is not required. The other districts mentioned combine cattle with agriculture, and cut the stubble as low as possible for fodder, so low that it fails to burn, and though the little left is ploughed under,, it is years before the silica is rendered available for plant food.

In February, 1870,1 had occasion to write a few lines for a local journal on reapers ; and the following appears as illustrative of that subject, which I hope you will ex cuse me repeating here : —“ But there is another phase to the straw question —-the loss to the land where the grain is cut

short to the ground, carried home to the stock-yard, and ultimately burned in a heap, is something of more moment than is generally understood, and is specially important and applicable to the present

season, when rust is so prevalent. Every farmer of observation will have noticed that land which produces wheat with a clear, shiny, hard surface of straw is less susceptible to rust than where a soft spongy straw prevails. Silica is the ele ment which gives to the straw the rust resisting surface indicated, and by carting all the straw off a field and consuming it

we deprive the soil of a most important constituent for the production of grain ; whereas by leaving all the stubble where it grows on a field and burning there, the silicates are returned to the soil in the ashes, and so no loss of that ingredient is effected.”' • r f-r

Salt, when applied to the land, is acted upon by the carbonate of lime contained in the soil, and produces carbonate of soda, although in very small quantity. Carbonate of soda is a solvent of silica, and thus salt indirectly assists the production of the kind of straw desired. The commercial value of carbonate of soda, I presume, is too high to admit of its being used. Salt is a cheap article, and on some lands is very useful,’as it not only lias the effect indicated in producing silica, but is also a solvent for other constituents. Its affinity for moisture is also well known and of im portance to the agriculturist. This, then, gentlemen, is the proposal It commend to your judgment as a preven native of rust to a great extent, that all lands prepared for wheat have a full allow ance of silica in a state available for plant food. . . • U,. . , . . ..

Extraordinary Case of Change of Sex.

While such great interest exists in con nection with the sensational case of De Lacy Evans, the following startling state ment of alleged .fact, from a New York paper, which has taken it from the “La Crosse Democrat,” will doubtless pi-ove interesting to our,-readers :—-“A corres pondent writes us from Waterloo, lowa, asking if we know one Edgar Burnham, and of his history. We do and it is a strange true tale, known to hundreds. We give it in the “Democrat V as it is, and we may correct some errors those who speak of him have fallen into. Eight years since, when-we were engaged as city editor of a Milwaukee paper, there lived in this State an editor named Powell, now connected with a Chicargo paper, we think. In 1862 Powell was married to a Miss Ellen Burnham, of Brodliead, Wis consin, after a courtship of some months. Miss Burnham’s parents were residents of Brodhead, and of high respectability. The daughter taught musie, had a large number of pupils, and was very attractive. Powell lived with her as a husband for two years, she being all that time a good wife in all respects—presenting him with but one child. At the expiration of about two years, Mrs'. Powell’s voice was changed, she grew light whiskers and gradually changed her sex, developing into a man in all respects. The husband and wife separated when the wife became a man, and Mrs. Ellen Powell took the name of Edward Burnham, donned male -.attire sought and obtained employment as a clerk in Chicargo, and lived a single life for one year. During this time he fell in love with a neiee of Senator Morgan, of New York, hut did not marry her, for reasons not pertinent to this article. But about the end of the year he did marry a young lady of Brodhead, Wisconsin—a Miss°Gcrta Everett, who rvas a music pupil of his when he was Miss Ellen Burnham, over three years previous to the marriage. This second marriage was about two years ago. Soon after this marriage ‘Edgar.’ Bprnham. and wife removed to Waterloo,- lowa,-,-Hvhere they now reside, or did not long since. The former girl is now a man, the former wife is now a husband, -'the former mother is now a father the former young lady teacher of a young lady is now that young lady’s husband. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, and the above, simple state ment of facts borders so upon the marvel lous, we could not believe it, did we not personally know all the parties. Any one can be convinced by writing to the parties in either of the places we have named of the full and entire truth of tip* most wonderful transformation, whkfti puzzles not only the medical hut ihw whole scientific world, and which fact appears now for the first tirq a in print, though the particulars hare been loixg known to, us and to many “ther- newspapermen and prominent citizens pf this as to nealy all thq citizens. p>f Dredhead, where thp parties,so lqqg resided,” We may add -ifamesi' “Hogs, of Melbourne, wyilea To the Herald V confirming the truth of the above story. He says he know Mrs: Powell as a‘ woman and after wards as a man. .

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' ttyjteijr CONTINUATION OF SALE HARDWARE, BRUSHES, FARM AND HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES. WITHOUT RESERVE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd. At 12 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON under instruc tions from the Trustees in the Estate of Sanclo and Olsen, will continue the sale by Public Auction at MESSRS. SAUNDERS BROS., BUILDINGS. Tho balance of the above Stock com prising— Saucepans (enamelled, Ac.) Scythes and Handles Gorse Knives Bannister Brushes Iron Tinware of all descriptions Also— Forks Spades Milk Dishes Bird Cages.



The above Goods are quite new, and Avill be sold Without Reserve. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd. 12 o’clock sharp. • / ALFRED HARRISON, 238-760 a Auctioneer. Boarding Houses.



CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baking Square (Near Town Hall). EE-OPENING of the above conimo ) (lions 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. Dinner on Saturday from 11.30. Beds (single), Is. Gd. Pkivatb Room fob. Ladies. . 153—G24a Business Notice.



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 De spared to give satisfaction. MISS II O D D E R, Drrssmaker, Moore street. 169 651 a F 1 OIR 1S S O The press almanac And Diary Can be obtained from the undersigned. Price —One Shilling. WEEKS AND DIXON, Herald Office, Near Railway Station. PAPER BAGS, PAPER BAGS. C( ONFECT lONERS , Fruiterers, i 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 street North. TEACHERS can obtain the MULTI PLICATION TABLES, printed on gummed paper, in any quantity at the Herald Office, East street, near the Railway Station. BROWN PAPER, strong, and large sheets, at s|d. per lb. WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, East street North (near the Rail wry Station), Ash burton. Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station. CRICKETING Materials -Bats, Balls, Stumps, Knee Pads, Ac., at H: M. JONES’, Stationei, Baring Square. XT TASTE PAPER for Sale, Sd. peril). W at the Herald Office. Apply early. NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “New Zealand Wesleyan” for November. Price Gd, Sold at the Herald Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agf.n'D. rnHE Cheap Advertiser—the Ashburton X Herald with its 20-words tariff. TjIULL of Reading Matter is the Herald It Every Evening. WANTED KNOWN—-That the, cheap est and neatest CARDS may bo had at iha V- GUARDIAN OFFICE.”



• • JT-tv.r‘ %&|C - MR. JOBN LLOYD CRAWLEY, Auctioneer, Stock, Land, and Commission Agent. Ramis, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, - 1 . Offices, Saunders’ Buildings, ' Ashburton. 737 a



EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRY. AGENTS FOR THE • SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF _ ' NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL ... ... ... .... £1,000,000. Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all kinds' of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Crowing and in Stack.



TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS AND OTHERS. FjjlHE 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. , EDMISTON BROS. & GUN-DRY. East Street. . s, ASHBURTON To Let and for Sale. TO Persons desirous of renting GRASS LAND near town, 120 ACRES to



Let, situated close to Rent low. the Racecourse. T. BULLOCK. TO LIVELY STABLE KEEPERS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. FOR SALE, 50 Acres GRASS, suitable for Seed or Hay. T. BULLOCK.



mo LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO 1 SHOPS in East Street; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK. rno LET, at a very low rental—Bakery, jf_ together with Dwelling-house and Shop, near the Post Office. 393 a TUGS. BULLOCK. TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOB SALE, CHEAP, 453 A 0 RKS - Which would make a very compact farm, situated at the back of Mr. Digby’s. Apply to ' THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur ,/A ton. Applv to 2—S66a THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and really first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Lon "beach Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. I7IOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with . a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of



150 Acres, partly improved, and situated about’ three arid a half miles from the Township. Apply to 5 THOMAS BULLOCK. TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE.



TAQR, SALE, at an early date,— I' One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in working order, with rollers, moulds, complete. We are replacing this mass Wine by a Double Royal W which necessitates removal of the Doidhte- Demy Machine now used for pointing the “Herald ” and “ Guardian, 5 ' for hand or steampower. Can be seen and all par ticulars obtained at our office. "WEEKS & DIXON. Ashburtoy,, October 14, 1879, 5G5a TAO you Want the News of the Day JIS Head the Akhbitrton Herald. HOUSEMAIDS. —The Herald asks a Housemaid for you in 20 words for 1/-. X |HE “ Herald 55 is on every Tea Table I in Ashburton



MUIT,- NO'VYOPm F.EUR N E S S BEGS to .inform the public of Ash burton that he has just opened a . - - ;-•••<• . NEW' STOCK A. OF " ••• ■ FRUIT AND, ...CONFECTIONERY . IK THE SHOP NEXTG-TQ .lIODDER & CO.'S, Saunders’ New Buildings, I . EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Oranges, Lemons, ■ Apples, • ■ Dates, Nuts, Almonds, Confectionery, Biscuits, &c., &c., ifcc. 678 a BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, • , - GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFIELD. TONES .AND CO., Norton Farm; S<*a ej . field, retitrh 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 interest 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, .back by Christie’s Road — Tuesdays. Seafield to North Seafield, Charing Cross, Dundas, Cambridge, returning by Pioneer Road— Fridays. In view of the Harvest, orders for at tendance of the Cart may be left at the Store, Norton Farm;, Seafield ; Wakanui School, with .Mr. Ginney ; with . Mr. Lambie, at Kyle ; and with Mr Brown, Clontarf blacksmith. JONES AND CO., NORTON FARM, Seaeield. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keepers, Grain and seed Merchants. A G ENT S FOR THE ASHBURTON HERALD ■ o . ■, AND .j , guardian. /’ “ 67? a.



TINWALD. Q HEARER AND GALL,O WAY, ’' ' MILLWRIGHTS, ‘ f AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South . Road, Tihwald, . 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. ■ ■ J , . ’ COACIIBUILDING. 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, Reap ers and Binders, Chaffeutters, Bruisers, &e. 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, Tinwald. 165—641 a REAPERS AND BIN DERS. nnHE Undersigned, having been ap _f_ pointed agent for the. 'sale <if McCORMiCK’S & W. a. WOOD’S | REAPERS AND / BINDERS is-now prepared to with those who will want them for the* coining season. FREDK. KAN ITT, 555a—88 E;as® Street, Ashburton, jpi NOTEPAPERj EN VELOP E S V - NOT E PAPER.—The cheapest eve offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot,(/Saunders’ Buildings. The Stud. THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traducer Blood. To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars. ' S. IT. FOWLER & CO„ Proprietors, oU4a —20 Winslow IT is only a Penny, is to be got every where in Town, along the Railway ne, and of the Country Agents. § 1 ALE.—The Herald publishes a por tion of a readable story ever Satur day. Read it. -



General ; JUST RECEIVED Per S.S. Durham and other late arrivals, EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS TO STOCK OF GOODS SUITABLE FOR • THE PRESENT SEASON, HOLIDAYS AND CHRISTMAS. \ l ■ • ■ ON SALE AT T. R. HODDER AN© Company’s, THE NEW STORES, EAST STREET. ASHBURTON (opposite railway station). ' A large assortment of Rich Dress Fabrics, chiefly Lustres, Silk Mixed Mohairs, Orient Clothß, Satin Cloths, Grenadines, Galateas, Pompadours, Mas* lins, and Prints. . ; ;: r i' Newest designs in Hats, Bonnets, Cos tumes, Capelets, Fisohus, Jackets, Ac,. A SPLENDID. ASSORTMENT OF ' . French Flowers, Ostrich Feathers, Ribbons, Scarves, Gloves, Ties, in the New Tints. The La Figure' and other new shapes in Corsets.



GREAT BARGAINS r IN “ (JnD KRCXiOTHINO, BABY LINEN, CaTJBEIC Handkerchiefs and Shirts. , HILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING By Competent Artistes. Hosiery, Calicoes, < Sheeting, Towels, Druggets, and Tweeds,. To reduce heavy stock will be soldi REGARDLESS OF COST TRICE. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT Well fitted up with everything suitable for everybody. TAILORING IN AIL ITS BRANCHES BY EFFI CIENT HANDS. Orders promptly and correctly amended to. Boy’s, Youth’sj and Men’s Straw, Leg horn, Tuscan, Rush, Tweed, and Cloth Hats and Heir lets. A Lot of Good Tuscans at Is., fid each. A Lot of Good Felts at Is 9d each. BOOTS AND SHOES Best Imported and Colonial Makes at the MOST REASONABLE PRICES. GROCERY, CROCKERY, AND HARD WARE DEPARTMENTS. Well fitted up. NEW SEASONS’ TEAS. Splendid quality, not to be surpassed for prices. SUGARS—Brown, Soft, White, Yarra villa, Crushed Loaf, and Chopped. Christmas Fruits, Currants, Raisin s Almonds, Nuts, Jama, Tart Fruits, &c. PRIME HAMS and OLD CHEFSE with every necessary and luxury.



WANTED 5000 DOZEN OF EGGS T. R. HOPPER , . : AND ": ' , ! . CQMPAKY, MERCHANT STOREKEEPERS. Agents for The Norwich Union Fpt Insurance Society.