POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close 13 follows : For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. | p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m. daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m. f and 4 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine,at 10.20 a.m. daily. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m. and 3 p.m daily. For, Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m, For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.1 S p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, every Monday and Thursday, at 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE.

A travelling Post Office having been estab lished on the Southern line of railway, letters bearing a late fee of 2d. may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached to the express train, and they will be included in the mails made up in transit for offices on the main line and branches.

Sydney J. Dick, Chief Postmaster.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the "Evening Echo"). WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1879.

It will be remembered that during the Mayoral election contest much was made of the pan system in closets as an infallible means whereby our under ground water supply could be preserved from contamination from the impurities that threaten it while a system of pit closets rules. The wishes of those gentlemen who advocated the pan system are gradually being realised, and the pits are steadily disappearing. But

those residents who have adopted the pan- acea of cleanliness in the belief that they were, performing to the public and themselves a great sanitary kindness are finding to their dismay that, unless prompt action is taken by the Borough Council to appoint a., public scavanger or night-man; or some steady man whose regularity can be depended upon starts work on his own account in that capacity; there is great danger that the pan system will prove a far greater nuisance and a more prolific source of evil than the maligned and condemned pit system. The subject is by no means a savoury one, but it is just as essential to the. health of the public that it should be dealt with as are the questions of drainage and water supply, and we hope that next meeting of Council will not close before provision has been made for the speedy appointment of a man to attend to the duties of nightman for the town. ,•

R. M. Court. —Mr. LeGrand Campbell, R.M., will occupy the Bench here to morrow and Friday. Annual Parish Meetiho.— We remind those figterested of the annual meeting of parishioner? of St. Stephen’s Church, which will tak*? place this evening at half past seven. The Tinwald lucendiaeism.—Hamil ton, the incendiariat, was brought up be fore Hia Worship the Mayor to-day, on remand, bnt as there was no other Justice of the Peace to be found the case had to be again adjourned till to-morrow, when Mr. LeGrand Campbell will be on the Bench. The Late Railway Accident. —Bell, ■the assistant shunter, accused of culpable negligence in neglecting to turn certain points on the railway near the Ashburton station, will be brought before the Resi i,d«»t. Magistrate to-morrow morning.

Hw* Excellency's TftiP.—Hif? Worship the Mayor has favored with a copy of the itinerary of His Excellency the Go vernor's proposed trip to the Southern Island. Starting from Wellington in the Hinemoa on Friday, the 18th, he will reach Bluff before dark on Sunday. A special train will convey him to Kingston on Monday, where he will arrive about two o’clock ; thence per steamer to Queenstown, where ho will spend Tues day and Wednesday, the 22nd and 23rd. Friday, the 24th, he will spend in Inver cargill, whence on Saturday a special train will take him to Dunedin. He will re main in Dunedin and neighborhood till Friday, the 2nd May, on which date he will leave for Timaru, passing through Oamaru on his way, at which town/ more over, he will stop to lunch. On Saturday he will leave by train for Christchurch, stopping at Ashburton. How long the stoppage will be in our township is not stated, but doubtless it will be sufficiently long to allow the authorities of the town to pay their respects to him. From the 4th to the 7th will be spent in Christ church and neighborhood, and on Thurs day, the Bth, His Excellency will embark again in the Hinemoa. Two hours will be Bpent at Akaroa, on the voyage, and Wel lington will be torched on the forenoon of Friday, the 9th.

The Late Fire in Christchurch. —The Times says the extent of damage by the fire at Edwards, Bennett, & Co.’s, has no yet been fully calculated, and the Customs officers have taken charge of all unde stroyed dutiable stock, until the Govern ment’s claims are satisfied. In connection with the question of who gave the first alarm, it is stated that some minutes before the bells rang a cabman had noticed smoke issuing from the premises. Seeing a light in the firm’s offices at the corner of Manchester street, he knocked and called out that the bonded store was on fire, but was told by some one inside to go away.

The Malvern Railway.— The success ful tenderer for the Springfield contract of the Malvern branch extension railway, is Mr. F. Benham, Christchurch, at £10,353. f, , .

The Oamaru Hospital Committee have decided that ladies are eligible for the office of Life Governor of the institution. A Missing Yacht. —Some uneasiness was felt yesterday in Wellington, regard ing the safety of a yacht named The Brothers, which has been missing with three men named Dixon, Marriott, and Macallum. Our telegrams to-day re port her safety. ' Dysentery.— Dysentery is prevalent at Wanganui, and several deaths ■ have occurred. •; .

A Wealthy Mine. —The Moanatairi mine, which has every now and again done its shareholders good service is again looking up. The Point Russell leader has been found in the cross-cut from the deep main tunnel level, in No. 9 reef. Gold is also making, and another rich shot of gold is expected. Shares are rising fast, and to-day have been sold for £3.

Preparations for the Native Meet ing.—Rewi, has ordered a military field oven to be fixed at Kopua, to bake bread for the coming meeting. The oven was conveyed' from Auckland last Thursday. Between 4000 and 5000 will be present, included a large contingent «f the Nga timaniopotos. The Southern Cross. —A telegram from Russell yesterday states that the mission schooner, Southern Cross, put in there through stress of weather. She was bound to Norfolk Island.

DESTRUCTIVE ACCIDENT on the RAILWAY, NEAR TIMARU.

Eleven Waggons of Goods Smashed.

Abridged from the Timaru Herald.

The most destructive railway accident— as fax as property is concerned—which has ever occurred in New Zealand, happened yesterday, about four miles south of the Timaru station.

The night goods train from Oamaru, on leaving St Andrews, consisted of forty two waggons, filled with grain, timber, and stone. Everything went well .until arriv ing at the last cutting on the Kingsdown Estate, or, taking it from Timaru, the first cutting beyond Saltwater Creek. This was between 6 and 5.36 a.m., and the day not broken. Just before entering this cutting, the guard (Williams), who was moving through the van, felt a terrible shock, which knocked him down. On re covering, he saw that the train had parted in two, and that a. dozen waggons had “telescoped,” and were all sixes and sevens. In the meantime the driver had continued on his way, until he noticed by the jerking behind him that some thing was wrong. He pulled up as soon a 3 the incline down which he was running would allow him, and then made the same discovery the guard had done. Having ascertained the full extent of the injury, and that the. guard was unhurt, he un coupled his engine and made for Timaru for help. Within an hour and a half between sixty and a hundred men were at work clearing away the wreck. The cause of the accident was the break ing of one of the axles of the eighth truck behind the engine—a covered in grain laden one—which occurred when this par ticular truck was about half-way through the cutting. One wheel and half of the axle left the truck, and, after being thrown against the bank, fell back on to the line before the sixteenth truck from the engine —causing this truck to leave the rails and break away from the one before it. Those immediately behind came crashing into it and eleven of them, some grain-laden and some carrying timber, were smashed to pieces. The front part of the train con tinued on for several hundred yards, and until clear of the cutting, when the other half ofihe broken axle of the eighth truck caught the sleepers, and tore them up for about five chains, when the train was stopped. The seven trucks before the da maged one, and the engine, and the eight behind it, and the damaged one itself, had kept Bafely on the rails. The first thing to do was to remote the particular truck which was the cause of the whole mishap, from the line, and this done, the fifteen uninjured ones, forming the first half of the train, were brought into town. Then began the work of un loading the eleven injured wagons, which necessitated the hauling of the tinker and grain up twenty feet of cliff. By seven

o'oloak at night the lino wan <j}gfw«4 of debri# • the fifteen chains of bent rails and broken or shifted sleepers replaced } and the permanent way as good, as ever. The goods train which left Tiinaru between 8 and 9 p.m, passed over the line without mishap. ' ■ ■■■■■■; _ ‘ , During the day, of course, trains from north and south were unable to proceed, beyond the break, and. they therefore exchanged passengers at their respective ends of the cutting. The sight presented at the scene of the accident was anything but a pleasant one, giving, as it did, a foreshadowing of what we must look forward to and expect as traffic increases. Eight trucks were lying right across the line ; their sides smashed in; their iron-work broken or bent; and their contents scattered here, there, and everywhere. In fact, it was hard to find out which were the original parts of each. Imagine half a dozen wooden match-boxes crushed together in the hand, and a fair idea will be obtained of the picture in the cutting.

TELEGRAPHIC.

AUSTRALIAN.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

Sugar.

Melbourne, Wednesday.

Mauritius advices to March 31 report engagements during the month of 500 tons for Dunedin and 300 tons for Christchurch. The Tulsco, with a cargo for both places had put back damaged. The Volunteers.

Sydney, Wednesday.

Lieutenant - Governor Sir Alfred Stephen and Colonels Scratchley and Anderson inspected the Volunteer Camp to-day. A parade took place, and successful experiments were made with the torpedo vessel.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Wellington, Thursday. For stategical reasons the Whataca Patea Railway is to be pressed on rapidly. Inglewood to Stratford is to be completed by August. I The Governor’s Commission. The Governor’s full commission ar rived by the mail and he will be sworn in under it to-morrow or next day. The Ministry. Messrs. Macandrew and Whitmore have returned. The Hinemoa has gone for Mr. Sheehan, and Mr. Wilson is expected from Napier, so that the whole Execu tive Council, except Mr. Stout, may be here to be re-sworn. New Zealand Stock. The Government have determined to appoint Sir Julius Vogel one of the agents for the consolidation and inscrip tion of the New Zealand Stock, the state of commercial matters at home having prevented earlier action. Safety of the “ Brothers." The three men missing in the yacht Brothers are safe. The yacht ran on the rocks and the men had a most narrow escape. One was washed overboard and struck on the head by the yacht, but one .of his companions swam to his rescue at great risk and saved him. Wanganui Steeplechases. Wanganui, Wednesday. The Wanganui Steeplechase Meeting has been fixed for June 20th. The programme includes a handicap of three miles, first prize, £lO ss; a maiden steepleechase of -£75; consolation of ; and a handicap trot of 21 sovs. Nominations on May 23rd, Dr. Slade. Auckland, Wednesday. A brisk controversy is going oh the in the press over the genuineness of Dr. Slade’s spiritualistic seance while here.

A Tbacheb IK Difficulties. —Mr. J. Stewart, master of the Tamamu school (we learn from the “Waipawa Mail”), has been mulct in £27 odds, damages and costa, for thrashing a girl named Margaret McDonald too severely. . Margaret had repeatedly failed in the spelling of a word, and had eventually refused to try; hence the exercise of discipline for which the master has been “ let in*”

Me. Sheehan's “Native Policy.”— The “Bay of Plenty Times/’ *f the Ist inst., is responsible for the following - “ We remember hearing of a Native As sessor who committed an outrage on a certain R.M. Court by waving a blud geon over the Magistrate's head and telling that worthy he didn’t care a either for him or the Government or the Queen. The affair was, of course, reported to Wellington, and in a day or two the aggressor w r as sent for by the Native Minister. He travelled down first-class, and enjoyed himself immensely. On arrival at the Empire Citv, the Honorable the Native Minister interviewed him thus :—“ Well,” he commenced jocularly, “I suppose you have come to have your head broken. ” The native reflected for a minute or two, then bending down his head, he said—“ Break away. Last time I came you said you’d break my head open, but afterwards you raised my salary £6O. Do it again to-day. ” The Minister laughed, but sure enough when the Maori left Wellington his Balary was raised another £SO per annum ; and it was also noticed that he brought back enough ready cash to keep his relations drunk for a week. We may not have repeated the story quite correctly, but the main facts are true, and . consequently worth remem bering.” ! .

The Christmas Reading.— Papa (read ing from Keats’St Agnes’ Eve ” —“ The owl, for all his feathers, had » cold!” Mamma—‘lsn’t" t that wrong dear? Shouldn’t it be ‘ was a-cold ’ ? ” ■ Papa— “lt is so here, Maria, but I purposely made the improvement. How was it possible for a bird to be a cold ? A cold couldn’t be a bird.” Totty—“My cold was pa. The doctor came, and he said it was the thrush 1 ” —Funny Folks.

THE MURDERER PEACE.

A Career in t&e AmiJtJa of Crime.

On the 25th February Charles Peace, murderer and professional burglar, was executed at Armley Gaol. Not for very many years has the case of. a criminal excited such widespread interest among all classes of people as has that of Peace, a man who made the pro fession of thief , his choice, be cause he preferred it as a means of livelihood, not because he was driven to it by force of circumstances. ’ As a carver and gilder he might have settled down and been comfortable in an honest occupation, but the evil spirit within him would not let him rest satisfied with honest labor, and he turned the great natural ability which he undoubtedly possessed to a steady and systematic course of warfare against society, a warfare which fortunately has terminated —and terminated, as we have already said, upon the scaffold. From the last mail’s papers we extract some

STARTLING REVELATIONS,

that have come to light since his com mittal, of how he filled in the time between the murder of Mr. Dyson, for which he has suffered death, and the time of his apprehension, a period during which the united police and detective forces of Great Britain were at a loss to trace him.

CLEVER ESCAPE. It was believed by the police that he had left the country, and this assump tion received some confirmation from the fact that a few days after the murder he was seen in Hull, from which place he suddenly disappeared. The police' in that town received information that the murderer was among them, and set off immediately to the place described. Here they found Mrs. Peace and were told that a man, who answered the description of Peace, was with her. They however, found Mrs. Peace alone, and subsequently ascertained that while they were in the room with her Peace was escaping along the roof. All trace of him was then lost, and as all the ports had been carefully watched, it was con cluded that he had escaped from the country by means of a small boat, and got safely to the Continent, where he has spent a considerable part of his life.

HIS EXTRAORDINARY POWER OF FACIAL

CONTORTION. It now appears, however, that he never left the country, and frequently walked Sheffield streets in broad day light with such disguises as were afforded by contorted features and a pair of spectacles. To some friends, who visited him in the prison, he said “ Do you want to know how I dodged the bobbies ?” and on receiving a reply in the affirmative he said, “ Well, I will tell you.” Then he asked them to turn their backs to him a bit They did so, and were astounded to findthat Peace completely altered the expression of his face, and so protruded his chin and curled lips that under ordinary circumstances it -would have been im possible to recognise him, especially as he had by the peculiar contortion of the features forced the blood into his face until he looked like a mulatto. One of the spectators said, “No wonder you could get clear from Sheffield when you can change your face like that.” Whereupon' Peace. laUghed, and said, “I can do some dodges. I. can dodge any detective ,in existence.”

HIS COOL IMPUDENCE AND DARING. . During the trial of the detectives Meiklejohn, Druscovitch, &c., Peace declared that he would be present at the Old Bailey. But tickets for -ad mission to the court could only, be ob tained from those very high in authority, and the only course open for Peace was to make application to the police for the necessary “ pass.” To obtain a pass for one would, of course, be a great favor, but he determined on pro curing two, and, accompanied by a friend, proceeded to see a superinten dent of the Central Force. * He was dressed welL His face clean shaven, and above all his gold spectacles con tributed to his air of respectability, and the superintendent apparehtly did not doubt that he was the gentleman , of comparatively independent means he represented himself to be. He gave a reference to a highly respectable cha racter, and deceived the once more. His “ friend,” v moreover, was equally well dressed, and whilst the granting the order was being considered the two walked round the room adjacent to that of the police superintendent— and read the police notices which 1 were hung around on the walls. He and h is friend on reading the notices of rewards for the apprehension of offenders came across that relating/o himself: he even had one in his pocket then which he had begged at a public-house in Hull. But even this did not cause him for a minute to lose his self-possession. He calmly turned to another which hung about a yard from it and read it aloud, for the edification apparently of himself and his companion; .then heread about that which offered a Government reward of oo for his own apprehension, and afterwards one or two more. But he observed to his companion, after read ing that which referred to himself, “ Have they ever caught that man, I wonder ?” and his friend, who seemed to think this going beyond a joke, re plied, “I don’t remember what it’s about.” In a few minutes more

QMes TjatJhim We Uttta required.- fllS ROBBERIES. , Peace’s name is associated with end less robberies. At Melton Mowbray he is said to have committed a burglary at a nobleman’s residence,- and ;to have stolen therefrom nearly worth of booty, chiefly jewellery. : Another great jewel-robbery. which the police failed to trace he perpetrated at a rail way station. On another occasion, in London; lie got into a house and was disturbed by a footman. The latter at once disappeared, and so. did Peace, through the- window; but the footman had informed his master who jet loose . a bulldog at Peace. , The latter pulled out a revolver arid shot the dog dead. One night at Portsmouth he. broke into a counting ..house, .but failed to force the safe . In--. retaliation he made his way to the house of the : owner , of . the safe, and, entering the bedroom, .took from the trousers pocket a bunchpf keys, on which he found .. the. , safe key. He returned to the .counting-house and opening the safe* was disgusted to find only and some he took all the . papers home and ex amined them. One/df jchese proved to be a will, and finding... the,_prdperty (as he thought) equitably ..divided, Peace broke into that counting-house again, re-opened the "’•safe, arid, restored the . will. At Armson’s York Hbuse, Shef field,. a grgat of sealskins, and embroidery, took place.' Pearie was‘the robber, ,and his booty, " to . .. He carried' jt yiff brqad, day light, to Darnali in a sacj:, apd after wards hid -it. iii a corrifi*eld; ' S.ubse quently it was placed, on,a fenced' At •Manchester:„.and. Hull',Pef,ce:isays he <was three ; ti,mps> within touching distance -of the detectives who wgre; after . him, and on one t occasion he . watched the •police officer who was superintending the posting of the bills offering a reward for his apprehension, and exchanged some remarks with him on the subject of the murder. his creed. .; " .* 4 Peace insisted, on his .children going to Sunday School, and’ in every way professed to be a model father and citizen. He was not,, however, a churchgoer himself, and to'a clergyman he summed, up. his ; religious creed in these words i believe there’s a God, and I believe there’s a devilbut I don’t fear either.” Peace’s neighbours at Hull thought ’- him'a-very quiet, respectable man, and.the. announcement of the murder came upon them as a great surprise. THE HIDDEN SPOIL. ■ : i A remarkable discovery. was made on February 7, on the London, .Chat ham, and Dover Railway,; pear Nun headland between forty and fifty yards from the house '<■until lately occupied •hy the convict- Peace. While some platelayers were engaged on the . line one of theicnumber noticed a peculiar formation of the earth at the foot of the embankment ,which prevented Jhe rain water from the embankment finding its way into the sewer, and at once com menced removing • the , obstruction. They had beeri* engaged only a few minutes when; ..they came ; upon a large trunk embedded,..Un the -soil of the trench. Their curiosity caused them to force the lid of the box, when they found it full: .of -plate, watches, jewel lery and miscellaneous articles;pf various kinds. Information' of the discovery was at once forwarded to the police, and from a. subsequent examination of the contends,: there is no dbUbtj that the articles form ;she proceeds of extensive robberies. * Among the; articles is a quantity- o'g plate-bear i ng. the crest of an . earl,.and^tbie-initials “;H. W,T. ” There are- likewise,-.upwards of 450 ..gold and silver -watchee,; some of, of con siderable value, and several with names or initiate .6f*‘the owners jiigraved upon them. '- Qne of these; a- valuable gold hunter, has.-the name “ C. de Lisle” en graved oo the outer .. - Another, a lady’s gsd' repeater', blue,, enamelled ,

backhand- set with diamonds. There are many, others with initials only. In the b.ox .wercvalso found .some curious old-fashioned vase's, and .a pair of minia ture qil-paintirtgs. These were care fully: wrapped up in waterproof canvass, and had. on - their back;'labejs of Mr. Arthur Tooth, Fine Art Galleries, Hay* market. As the discovery; was made within a few yards of the house in which the convict: Peace was-residing at the time of his: -capture, the supposition is that the articles-fbrta a portion of the spoil acquired - by- the criminal during his burglarious, raids, • ... '

DESIGNS UPON CAMDEN PLACE, c4»SLE ; HURST. . . K The Sheffield Telegraph sir®:— “Among the papers .seized by the police at Peace’s house when arrested for the Blackheath burglaries was found a complete plan of Camden Place, Chislehurst, the residence of the Em press EtSgdnie and the Prince Imperial. This he had obtained by his marvellous impudence. He wrote last autumn to the proprietor of CaindemPlace to beg permission- to inspect"'it f with his architect/ as he represented that he was about tor build a large villa, and under stood that Camden place was admirably designed. ‘He would mot have taken this liberty, but he knew that the Empress and Prince were abroad, and therefore- presumed to -trespass on the the kindnetfr op- the . proprietor.’ The favor was.at once accorded, and Peace and his ‘ ’ion driving over, and pf esehtihg? ; the* proprietor’s permissipp was allowed-to view- the premises, ppd take a plah..Df this, no doubt,: the ingenious. burglar would have speedily availed himself, had nofchis careef bens cut short by’his arrest”

/WEPNfc&pAV, • APRIL Id,

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.



• v Clothing Establishment, ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND ' INDUSTRIES. TO THE PEOPLE OP THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. H MESSRS. ALLENSTEIN B It OS. Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH of the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. IS NOW OPEN IN THE 'NEW BRICK BUILDING ASHBURTON, (Next Bullock & Go. ’s Rooms) To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article they have decided to sell a SINGLE GARMENT AT THE [WHOLESALE PRICE. All goods are marked in plain figures, for net cash only. Any article purchased and not approved of will be exchanged with the same courtesy with r which it was sold, or, if desired, the money will be returned. The Success which has attended the New Zealand Clothing Fac tory’s Retail Branches in Auck land, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and other towns, leads the Proprietors to believe that (there exists a praiseworthy desire ©n the part of the public to encourage. New Zealand Indus tries, especially where superior advantages are offered, and your support is solicited on this understanding only. WILLIAM SPARROW, Manager 7 Ashburton Branch.



t themists. HERBAL* MEDICINES. PERSONS suffi sriimg from liver com plaints, coug fee, colds, worms, skin diseases, &c., are in viteed to try ■ . Nature’s cheap an & taniversal remedy, “HE j & B S . ” James Neil, import 'eirc'f Herbs, and Bo tanic medicines, Geoi 'ge street, Dunedin, has appointed MR. J. M. CA ME RIDGE, Chemist, Asi IBHUTON, Agent for his highly-e xtoiied medicines, Composition Powder for.; colt is, Dandelion Coffee and Dandelion Pills for liver com plaints, Headache Pills-, a Botanic Cough Syrup „ Worm Powders ~ Stonaach Bitteri ‘> ~ Blood Purifier,. &c. Roots, Herbs, Barkn, &c. of every kind. ’ . 370



CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE-QUININE TONIC W 1 'NE IS acknowledged to be the mostagree, a^e and efficacious T onic Stomachic yet j> r °- dueed. It contains tb.evaluableTonic prop*. r " ties ofPeruvianßai.'k (“Quinine”) withtlu 3 Stomachic, properties, of the Bitter Seville Orange,'so combimed as not to be objec tionable to the most delicate invalid ; and, as a . i “BITTERS,”’ t



is far superior to all other preparations. Invaluable to all suffering from loss .of appetite, indigestion, general debility, ner vous affections, tic, ague, and derange ment of the system. When the stomach has become enfeebled or disarranged by disease, excess, or irregularities, or the appetite is impaired by mental or bodily exertion, or from any cause whatever, it gives a regularity and tone which is not obtained by any other medicine. One, two, or three wine-glass fuls may be taken during the day by persons suffering from the above com plaints, with, the greatest benefit. It is highly recommended by the medical pro fession to be taken whenever Cod Liver Oil is ordered. By pouring the required dose of the oil into half a wine-glass of the “Oeange Quinine Wine” scarcely a flavour of the oil is tasted, and the wine materially assists the oil in its beneficial operations. Price, 4s. 6d. per wine bottle, and sent (carriage free) in cases containing one dozen, at 48s. Sold retail by all Chemists, and manufactured by J. M. CAMBRIDGE, ' MEDICAL HALL ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. E ° R G E L L E N, ACCOUNTANT, COLLECTOR, HOUSE, LAND, AND COMMISSION AGENT, Saunders’ New Buildings, Ashburton. 466



Business Notice*. RANTED J£ ESPECIALLY, NOWN THAT T. R. HODDER & COMPANY HAVE OPENED THIS DAY A Large Assortment of MELBOURNE CLOTHING, Made expressly to order for Ashburton. SUITS, Superior Quality and Style. 24 OVERCOATS AND ULSi'ERS. 12 LATEST STYLE COATS. 50 PAIRS TROUSERS AND VESTS, Latest Style. ALSO, CASES AND BALES (Ex Coriolanus), of WINTER DRAPERY and CLOTHING, Dress Stuffs, Blankets, Flannels, Scotch Goods, Calicoes, j Sheetings, 41.. ... Doeskins, Hosiery, Carpets, Shirts, &c. &c., Expected to be opened in a few day*. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY, East Street, Ashburtok. 685



NOTICE OF REMOVAL. HM. JONES bags to inform hi* - friend* and the public generally, vhr:o aftei" the 24fch inat. he will bo found a t his W PRE. MISES, BARING SQUARE, Post Office). Statio Bov** 8 , Tots, Faxct Goods, &c - 397



~2, JLdvaalfe# *• q.jj IBAL DIOC ES.AN ■ SYtff£>l>. iLONGBEACH WITH TSSJT SOMERS. DISTRICT t MOL I JOHN G 1 R«tuming Officer _ for the ele ***»! diatricfc of Lon S' belch with Mount f notice that I have i. AY, April 28, 1879, for the n« for the aforesaid dun »?*• nominations of candidates must bt ' **? and be delivered or left at m. before four o’clock p.m. on that di. JO 677 fcLongboach. NOT I C ANY persons found tregj Longbeach property i cuted. It is hereby notified ti of the land in the Ashburton .. freehold. W 8 JOHN isingcon ..the vs&l ibe.proae- W tihe.whole ISaveribed is 'SKiIGG.



Special Notice. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of Thomas Taylor and William Thomas Lill, lately trading at Ashburton in co-partnership as Bakers and Farmers, under the style or firm of “Taylor & Lill,” debtors—Notice is hereby given that at the adjourned first meeting of’ the creditors of the above named Thomas' Taylor and William Thomas Lill, held at the District Courthouse, Ash burton, on Tuesday the 15th day of April, instant, Hugo Friedlander of Ashburton, Merchant, was appointed Creditors’ Trus tee of the Estate of the said Debtors, and further that the said Hugo Friedlander has signified to. the Clerk of the above Court, in writing, his acceptance of the office of Creditors’ Trustee. All proofs of debts must hereafter be forwarded to the said Creditors’ Trustee. Dated at Ashburton this 15th day of April, 1879. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Clerk of the Court. Branson & Purnell, Solicitors for the Debtors. Hooper, aitken and co. are prepared to make CASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE Placed in their hands for sale in the Home Markets. *390 WANTED, a Smart LAD as Runner. Apply HERALD OFFICE.