POST OFFICE NOTICES.

as foUows •— l6 Aa '‘ burto " Office dose For Christchurch and North at 1020 am 4 P.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. ' ° a * m ’ jZ p h f rtSey at lO ‘ 2 ° a.m daily. For fwv at r 2oa,lll i“ 4.P-m daily. Coldstream C v ’ V Winslow, Hindis and rS Ran e itata . Oran, Winchester,-!: and Geraldme, at 10.20 a.m. 7 a m Lf? Uka ' J 1 aa M|p' l fih fe0.20 a.m and 3 p.m daily. //<&'. Gree ? st r eet » Ashbi^tljdrkslpoui# fnd Frirla nd shburton Tfesd^yl and Fridays at 10.30 a.m %% g |gg ftf 3.-S p-n, daV rt °“‘ R IfHll 1 § and °Th Wa ] tanai Sea#, ft AiM and Thursdays, 7.30 p m . M Ij jW. St. > Postmaster.

NOTICE.

Mails close at tfae-Chief ;Post-Office for the lojlqrymg places (subject to. the necessary alte ns) q The meXFmails fpr : flie. United Kin°-dom via • Bnndisi and SouthamptoiT '(forVspectally ad- i . diressed letters only) vyill, Jfeft, closed-ait Christ- ’ , be. due in, London, m o x&. 2%-nhd - Via oQnfhapiptdn, Qip OQfe 2lh. nextjtinhht, && ttqk .a *> ■„ §ap,i|.rpppi ? c« ; i«i]jl/beW" • Wl }| ffffi Avsgys* A A 'j' 7. U ■ the mail 4<y?(ipA Sen' : t • .xed Kingdom via A 1 ; .iOsed- at. Christchurch » SI'VI&.UJ’-.. .pie* Land 'will 'be due in '.. p v ; 30. .: .. * ' ■ 7

. cravelling Post Office having been, estab ished on the Southern line of .railway, letters bearing V late-' fee --of 2di .may- be posted at any station iffi .the^Jiiaii- carriage attached to the express'-train j and they, will be included in the mails made up in. transit for offices on the main line and braiy;hcs. : ’ : 7': Sydney J. Dick, ■ iU * Chief Postmaster.

NEW POSTAL REGULATION.

Letters posted Within the' colony - having the names and addresses ofthe: senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, accompanied by a request that the letters be returned if not claimed within a stated period, will be return ed unopened.- Provided, however, such letters shall have remained in the post office to which they maybe addressed, at least ten days..•-

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

On the first da; of each month a list is ex hibited at each Pt ..t Office in the Colony of the addresses of all letters received from places be yond the Colony that have remaind unclaimed for one moniKat-such Post Office; and such of these letters as remain unclaimed at the end of a further period of two months are then for warded to 1 .tlie Dead Letter Office, to be return ed unopened to the countries where they origi nated. Unclaimed letters; originating in the Colony are not advertised, but at the end of two mopths are forwarded-to the Dead Letter Office, Wellington, there to be opened and re turned to the writers. , I*> j. ■ •.-••• p ;

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

DEATH.

; K . --At ‘Waterton, on August 2nd, S .an Ernest, twin son of Henry and Mary Collins.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “ Evening Echo”). TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1879.

There are few men who have taken any share in politics, and have had any experience in electioneering, who do not know the value of an attractive “cry” —some high-sounding phrase to put into the lips of the less thinking multitude —a phrase that is supposed to embody in its meaning a great good to'the public to be given by the party whose triumph is sought to be achieved; and to be withheld by the opposite side should it be the successful one. The Greyite party are to go to the country with such a cry. From the one end of New Zealand to the other we will hear re-echoed the angry scream of the dis appointed pettifoggers, whom a Parlia ment, impatient of their drivelling, has with • no uncertain sound pronounced incapable; and that scream will bear to our ears the election cry -of the Grey party —“ a great liberal policy.”

No one will doubt the Liberalism of the policy Sir George Grey’s party have enunciated. It is one that a sweeping majority in the House of Representa tives—and none more gladly than the best men of the Opposition—would like to see carried out. But the question the country is called upon to decide is not the Liberalism of the policy—not the good such a policy carried out would confer ; that has all been settled long ago : but whether it will or will not homologate tbe decision of its represen tatives when, by a large majority, they told the men now guiding the affairs of the colony, that they were incompetent to discharge the. duties of their posi tions.; The country- is not now asked to decide on but on men- The grand principles of Liberalism are shared as largely by the members of the Opposition as they are by the Govern ment supporters, and whether a so-called Libera!! Government or a so-called Conservative Government holds the helm, the great Liberal policy, so grandly * orated upon by Sir George Grey, and echoed by his followers, will most assuredly be carried out. But the votes of the electors must decide whe ther they will entrust the destinies of their country to. one man whose insin. cerity has been proved, whose incapacity is apparent, and who, in the mad en deavor to force into practice his own untried theories, cares not, in his blind egotism and suspicious animosity to all who dare to ; differ from him, whether the best interests' of the colony are served,; her present safety and future prosperity secured or imperilled. So that he may hold on to office, and dabble in and muddle the business of the country, it is nought if a heavy ex. penditure be entailed' upon us by a premature general election —an election which, but for his mad notion of giving a double vote to the Maori population, to swamp the white settlers of the North Island, ;woul,d have been taken part in by the 70,000 of the “ pith and marrow” of the colony, whose disfranchisement he now so dolefully bemoans. Excessively Liberal is Sir George Grey ! He came into power with a small majority, oust ing a very indifferent Ministry, to be sure. He “stumped” the country in his first recess, charming men with his powerful oratory ; and from every plat form he showered golden promises, on the faith of which and his own pcstigc the rank and file of the country were ready to conjure by his name, Every constituency appealed to —and circum stances, fortunately for him, made those appeals unwontedly frequent—returned a man glamored, as the electors them, selves Fere, with the future held out by the Siren-voiced charmer. He opened his second session with what had been a bare majority transformed to a strong .one, * He had every opportunity in that second session, if he had been half the political Goliath he made himself out

to be, to have passed almost every item of the “great Libera! policy” his sup, porters now vaunt.

But did he do it ? No. Parliament was prorogued after a ITansard-f ull of talk, but scarcely a measure worth the name. His manh oq übk- Maori suffrage has yef t q Up v ~- thanfes fo his Q\yq ill ten-- „ n — Triennial Parliaments e r. ' The u ftfl faiqt praise ’ was “damned t.Q death and allowed to pine meP in the hands of a private .joer. We have yet to wait for his

redistribution of seats, and paltry con stituencies that could, if they wished, do all their voting with one poll-clerk in a single hour, will again return 0 member, and in some cases two, while the great centres of population, trade, and industry must be content with the provisions made for their representation when the colony was in its swaddling bands. The revenue to-day shows how well the financial policy of his Govern ment succeeded, and struggling farmers owe him their blessing for the thorn he has fixed in their sides in the land tax. The last Governor was made to shake hands with himself and the country be cause “at last” from Maori troubles “ the empire was peace.” How solid were His Excellency’s grounds for con gratulations let the hundred native pri soners in Wellington bear witness ! Yet these are the doings of the men, led by Sir George Grey, who are to carry out for us “the great Liberal policy.” These are the men, who voted against each other throughout the session, and strove with each other in the recess, who ask the country to return them again to office, and to set its seal of confidence upon their work! Sir George Grey Jcnows well how to play upon the feelings of the working men, and will doubtless make another effort to galvanise their enthusiasm in his cause into life. But the working men of New Zealand are chips of. the old block, and John Bull is an animal with an instinct that teaches him a sound lesson, if an old one, and it is this— “ once bit, twice shy.”

County Council. The Ashburton County Council meets to-morrow at eleven o’clock.

Wesleyan Sunday School. —We have been requested to remind teachers in the above school that tlie usual monthly meeting will be held this evening in the Cameron Street vestry at half-past eight.

The Missing Man. —The hat found on Sunday is not Gordon’s. It was taken to his wife for identification, but she says it is not her husband’s. Sunday School Teachers’ Union.— The Sunday School Teachers’ Union in connection with the Presbyterian Church met last night, when a very able paper, entitled, “ Number One,” was read by the Chairman, Mr. Stott. Tlie paper was full of valuable Christian lessons, and was much appreciated, eliciting some very hearty discussion. At the close Mr. Stott was thanked for his paper. At the next monthly meeting the essayist will be Mr. George Caird. The Dunedin Case. —The trial of Cummock, the defaulting librarian took place at Dunedin yesterday. The -jury, at 10 o’clock in the evening,'brought in a verdict of guilty of arson. Cummock pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny. He was sentenced to one year for larceny, and eight years for arson, the sentences to be cumulative.

Mr. Fowler’s Old Mare.— l he case of alleged larceny against Watkins, who had been entrusted by Mix John Fowler to shoot an old worn out mare, but who instead had sold her, was heard to-day. After a long hearing, in which it was con tended for the prosecution by Mr. Crisp that the case was on a level with that of a man who had been entrusted to take an animal to a pound or bad otherwise been entrusted with it for a special purpose and then had sold the animal, appropriating the proceeds —that was larceny and so was the case in question ; and for the defence that no larceny had been committed, but that a civil action for wrongful conversion was open to Mr. Fowler. The bench dis missed the case, remarking that the man had acted imprudently and had narrowly escaped a committal for larceny. He was stilll open to he proceeded against for wrongful conversion. What is a “ Cockatoo ? ” —ln Court to-day, while Watkins was being examined in the case ?<? the old mare, he was asked to state wliat he was, to which he replied —“l’m a cockatoo.” His Worship held a cockatoo to he a bird, and accused not being a bird could not be a “cockatoo.” The witness then explained that he was a small farmer, and Jus counsel, Mr. Bran son, said •“ cockatoo ” was a term that passed current for “ a small farmer. ”

Inquest,' —An inquest was held to-day by the coroner and a jury, of whom Mr. MacFarlane was foreman, at the Tinwald Hotel, on the body of the youngest infant twin son of Mr, Henry Collins, of the Longbeach school. From the evi dence of the father it appeared tlio child had bom;, teething, and was only ailing in the way incidental to its condition until Saturday last at ncqn when a change set in, and eyery available remedy within the parent's knowledge was made use of, but the infant died in till hour and a half afterwards. By direction of the foreman of the jury the coroner conveyed to Mix Coffins the jury’s opinion that every available means had been used by him. Dr, Stewart made a pogt mortem examina tion, from which he was of opinion tlie child had died from congestion of the brain The verdict was in accordance with the medical evidence.

I. O. GT. The Sunbeam Juvguile j Temple held their usual fflggiP last evening, there being . ? , attendance, Mi?%« very large from Tin gu. - siting members wjffy jtgn ■' -.e children were regaled .id cake, after which a large b T ' m of very handsome prizes, provided j benevolent. members of the adult lodges were distributed to . the various winners. A very pleasant meeting was concluded with a recitation and a few songs. This Temple is one of the largest in New Zealand, numbering 10!) members,- and promises to do exceedingly well. After the above the Dawn of Peace Lodge held their meeting, when the following officers were duly installed for the ensuing quarter :—W.C.T., Bro. J. J. Ash wood ; W.V.T., Bro. J. Hardlpy; W.S., Bro. Bowling; W.F.S., Bro. Poyntz ; W.T. Bro. T. Andrews ; W.C., Bro. Quarter main ; W.M. , Bro. Jessop ; W.1.G., Bro. Knight; W.0.G., Bro. G. Andrews; W.R.H.S., Bro. Johns: W.L.H.S., Sis. C. Andrews; W.A.S., Bro. Bratton; W.D.M., Sis. James.—P.W.C.T, Bro. A. J. Andrews. Two candidates were initiated. Tea and coffee were served, and a pleasant evening was spent. Interesting Exhibit.— A Wellington confectioner intends forwarding a monster wedding cake to the Sydney exhibition. The Loan Bill.— Last night the Premier introduced the £5,000,000 Loan Bill, which was read a first time and passed a second reading before the House adjourned. All the speakers recognised that the circumstances of the colony demanded a loan, and those of them who were opposed to borrowing as a rule felt obliged to swallow their objections. The schedule of the Bill is as follows :—- For carrying on Public Works and Immigration authorised by any Act of the General Assembly now in force, or that hereafter may be in force, and for defray ing the costs charges and ex penses of raising loan authorised by this Act Y3>49 0 - 000 For purchase of Native Lunds ... 250,000 For Lyttelton Harbor works (in

lieu of amounts authorised to be raised under “ The Lyttelton Harbor Works Loan Act, 1872,” as amended by the Financial Arrangements Act, 1878 ” ... 100,000 For defraying such costs, charges, and expenses (including liabilities) for colonial defence, as shall be authorised by the General Assembly for the year ending June 30th, 18S0 lSo,o:o For defraying such costs, charges, and expenses, (including liabili ties) for colonial defence as shall be authorised by the. Assembly for the year ending June 30th, 1881 ~ 180,000 For redeeming guaranteed deben tures 800,000 Ys> ooo >° oo

The Coming Elections. —The consti tuencies are already on the move, and ac tion has been taken by some in the matter of securing candidates. Mr. Seymour George, now sitting for Hokitika finds his seat too hot, and will probably respond to a requisition from Marsden, where he will he opposed by Mr. Allan MacDonald. Four candidates are in the field for Mas terton, each running a different ticket. Mr. Henderson, a new hand, is to try con clusions with Mr. Seymour at Blenheim. Mr. Saunders will again stand for Cheviot, where his seat is certain.

A Sad State of Matters. —The New Zealand “ Tablet,” the Catholic organ, writes the following :—“ France is a thoroughly Catholic country, bub, to judge by its rulers, one might imagine something very different. The recon struction of the Ministry, since the accession of President Grevy to the Presidental chair, has placed the entire government of France in the hands of Protestants and Freemasons. Thus, the Premier, M. Waddington, is an English Protestant, M. de Royer (the Minister of Justice), M. Tirard (the Secretary of Commerce) and M. Leon Say (the Minister of Finance), are all Protestants and Free masons ; Admiral Jaureguibevy, the Naval Secretary, is a Protestant, whilst M. Jules Ferry, Minister of Education, and Gen eral Gresley, the War Secretary, are both Freemasons, although they profess to he Catholics. In the same way all the leading members of the' Republican ma jority of the Chamber belong to the ‘ craft. ’ ”

A Quakeress, jealous of her husband, watched his movements, and actually one morning discovered the truant kissing and hugging the servant girl. Broadbrim was not long in discovering the face of his wife as she peeped through the half-open door, and rising with all tire coolness of a gene ral, thus addressed her : “ Betsy, thee liaa better quit peeping, or else thee will cause a disturbance in the family,” Her Majesty’s Reign. —On May 24 Her Majesty attained her sixtieth year; this is an age which has been exceeded by eleven only of the sovereigns of England (dating from the Norman Conquest), namely, Henry 1., who lived to the age of sixty-seven years ; Henry 111., who lived sixty-five years ; Edward 1., who lived sixty-seven"years ; Edward 111,, six ty-five years ; Queen Elizabeth, who reach ed sixty-nine years ; James 11., sixty-eight years ; George 1., sixty-seven years ; George 11., seventy-seven years ; George 111., eighty-two years ; GeorgelY., sixty eight years j and William IV., seventy two years. Her Majesty will have reign=- ed forty-two years on the 20th of June next, a period which has been exceeded by four of our English sovereigns only, namely—Henry 111., who reigned fifty six years ; Edward 111., who reigned, fifty years ; Queen Elizabeth, who reigned forty-five years ; and George 111., whose reign extended over the long time of sixty years. Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.- During lire late autumn, when the atmospheric changes are alike sudden and extreme, it is a subject for grave and serious consideration how the health can be best preserved. An occasional alternative, like these Pills, will be the surest preventative pf disease because it overcomes all derangements of the system, purifies and regulates the circulation, and gives that needful energy to the nervous structures which carries die I'iuiiu: ■ j- ; 111IP-.:11 >dv through trials to which •he weak and .-,'ekly would sueeurnb. Neuralgic pains and rheumatic agonies derive present and permanent relief from dibgent friction with Holloway's Ointment, which, acring as a derivative, releases the gorged and irritated l>!o.)dvessels from conge-don, and the nerves fiom pressure, — Am"J.,

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS

(Special to the Melbourne Age.) The Zulu War. London, Undated. The latest news from the Cape con tains the preliminary proposals of Sir Garnet Wolseley. He has ordered the gradual disbandment of the colonial auxilliary forces. To prevent future danger it has been determined to sub divide Zululand into different native principalities. Teirific Storms in England. There have been terrible storms in England, with immense destruction of propel ty. The Russian army has evacuated Roumelin.

AUSTRALIAN.

( Renter's Telegrams. )

Graham Berry Threatened with a No-

Confidence Motion.

Melbourne, August 5

Sir John O’Shaugnessy intends moving in the House a vote of want of confi. dence in the Berry Ministry, on the ground of extravagant administration of the business of the country.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROViNGiAL.

Wellington, Tuesday. A New Masonic Lodge. A Masonic Lodge under the Scottish constitution is being formed at Mas terton. N. Z. Rifle Association. At a meeting of the New Zealand Rifle Association, last night, the balance sheet showed a satisfactory financial position. It was agreed that the pro gramme for the next firing at Nelson be published three months before the meeting. Earthquake. A smart shock ot earthquake was felt here at 7.45 this morning. The shock was a double one, and a few seconds elapsed before the second shock. Blenheim, Tuesday. A slight shock of earthquake was felt here this morning about 7.45. The Doherty Case. Recently a schoolmaster named Do herty, made some gross charges at a public meeting against a man named Earll. Doherty was second master of the public school, and had paid his ad. dresses to jiarll’s neice against Earll’s will. A criminal action for libel will now be brought against Doherty at the next sitting of the Supreme Court.

The Champion of the Fore castle. —A Home paper says the oper ation of the removal of the right eye has been successfully performed on Mr. Plimsoll, M.P. and lie is progressing as favorably as might be expected.

A Hint to Church Committees. Owing to the cold weather at Westport having a marked effect upon the size of the congregation at St John’s Church morning service, it has been decided to, in future, light the lamps for a short time before the commencement of service.

Arms for the Front.— ln a day or two the Government will send .five hun dred stands of arms and twenty thousand rounds of ammunition to Patea.

A Fraudulent Bankrupt. Judge Ward made an order, at Timaru yesterday morning directing the prosecution of Charles Wallcden Wood for fraudulent insolvency. Wood absconded lately, was brought back from Wellington, and is now in custody.

Prospects op the English Harvest.— The reports from all parts of the country are to the effect that the continuous rains have greatly improved the pastures, pulse, and green crops ; but the owners of mea dows on the b inks of rivers in many in stances complain that their fields are flooded, and that the sand and mud de posited will spoil the hay crops. As re gards corn there is a consensus of testi mony that much injuiy has been done on the stiff soils, but on the lighter soils in good condition a satisfactory harvest is not yet impossible. Really favourable weather from this time forth would repair most of the damage that has been done. A late harvest, however, is regarded as in evitable. Upon the whole, prospects are not so bad as they seemed a little while ago—especially marked is the iipprove ment in the grazing districts.—Home Hews.”

A Certain Sign. —When a boy walks with a girl as though lie were afraid some one would see him,' the girl is his sister. If he walks so close to her as to nearly crowd her against the fence, she is the sifter of some one else, A Brave Girl. —-A young girl named Susan Johnson, of Uniontown, Ky., who is addicted to reading novels, dressed herself' in boy’s clothes, and armed with two pis tols and a dagger, took the steamboat for Evansville, intending to lead a life that would be a great terror to the foe. On the boat some dock lycro moving freight and a big rat ran out in the direction of our hero. Miss Johnson jumped <>u a bale of tobacco and spyeained. They car ried her to the ladies cabin, where she re mained the round trip, and now she is at home with no desire for a b’fe of adven ture.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

Melbourne, August 4,

A Mauritius telegram states that during July 750 tons of sugar were cleared or loading for Melbourne. No new sugars from the Mauritius market can be expected before Sep tember which news has improved the Melbourne market.

A cablegram states that Continental hops have been damaged by the weather.

The Merchants’ Shipping and Under writers’ Association report under date London. August 1 Arrived : Alice Pratt, from Port Pine (South Austra lia) ; Loch Urr, from Port Minlacowie (South Australia) ; Oamaru, from Port Chalmers.

A WELLINGTON EARTHQUAKE THIRTY YEARS AGO.

(From the J Veiling'on Rost.)

A correspondent sends the following extract from a lecture on “ New Zea land,” delivered recently by W. Lee, Esq., member of the Geographical Society, London, being the personal experience of the lecturer in New Zea land some thirty yea r s ago. After telling his audience that at the time the forests of New Zealand abounded with wild pig, oxen, and wild beasts,” he goes on to describe an earthquake which he declares took place in Wel lington, as follows : —-

“. . . About four o’clock in the morning I was aroused from my slum bers by a violent shaking of the bed on which I lay. . . Put my head over the side of my bunk, and looking down into the room below, I could perceive that there was some motion. In a few seconds, down came the chimney with a crash. I was instantly down my ladder and outside the door, and was soon joined by my shivering and half naked companions. I shall never for get the feeling of that moment as I gazed on those grand old mountains, with all their magnificent forests, rolling to and fro like drunken men. My mind was completely crushed under the sense of my own nothingness, and I lay like a worm on the ground, stunned by the awful display of the omnipotence of Him who could thus cause the foundations of the earth to shake. The tremulous motion of the earth con tinued for twenty-four hours. It was sometimes so slight as to need care to discover it; but now and then was heard underground a growl like a roar of thunder, and then the motion would be so violent as to compel us to lie down on the ground, or hold by some tree or post. Presently we took refuge in our schooner. Strange to say, we felt the shocks as much on the sea as on the land. The force of the earth quake did not seem to be deadened by the water, and our little vessel trembled like a leaf. At Wellington we found the whole town in confusion. One wall of the brick barracks had been shaken down, and several houses in the place were more or less dilapidated, while there was hardly a chimney stand ing. A solemn fast had been pro claimed, and the people were as sober as if just escaped from some fearful fire. The Colonial Government feared that the country would be depopulated, and they laid an embargo on the vessels in port. But the terrors of the earth quakes exceeded the terrors of the law, and a number of men chartered a vessel to carry them from a place appa rently doomed to destruction. For several weeks scarcely a day passed without an occasional shock. We returned to our home, and took up our dwelling in one of the cowsheds, the walls of which, being. composed of large, piles of timber driven into the ground, could not be shaken down. We soon became accustomed to tin's awful phenomenon, and then at length began to turn the shocks to account" in the duties oi our business. Thus, in felling timber, it was our custom to cut away into the tree on the side we wanted it to fall, and then with axes chop away the wood above this slit, till we had made a large sloping gash, called a scar ; the support being to a great extent withdrawn from this side, we had but to saw a little way behind, when it would come tum bling down at the first shock of an earthquake. I have seen as many as fiLy or sixty giants of the forest stand ing thus, half-sawn through, waiting to be shaken down 3 and exhibited one of the most extraordinary instances of the force of habit in weakening impressions of terror that I have ever experienced.”

A Statue to Tyndale.—A site has been granted on the Thames embank ment for a memorial statue of William Tyndale, the reformer, martyr, and first translator of the Bible into English. In Gloucester, Iris native county, a monument was set up twelve years ago, but in London, where he preached and where he began his translations, there is none. It is well to recall to her that Tyndale studied under Erasmus and devoted his whole life to the translation of the Bible—in those days attended by no little peril. He was at last com pelled to leave England and to print his first edition of the New Testament in . English at. Worms (1526). Fresh editions of his book were issued for ten years afterwards, c-r until his martyrdom at Yhorde, in Belgium, Uetober Oth, 153 A *he Committee having the me uioria! in charge intend to devote to it Be 4,°°o ■or 5,000, and to raise the money in all parts of Great Britain.

“•Dearly” Beloved in Luck.—- A local preacher had been preaching in the afternoon at a village not far from Newcastle, and having accompanied one of the chapel members to bis house, was of course introduced to his wife, who appeared very glad to see him, and warmly pressed him —for a full quarter of an hour—to stay to tea. He at last consented. While all this pressing was going on, the husband was quietly standing by, preparing to wash his, hands and face. The good lady then went to get tea ready, and it was not long before both the tea and her tem per were brewing; for, hearing, as 5he.......... thought, her dearly beloved washing, she made for the little window which communicated between the kitchen and the pantry where she was and taking advantage of his position, more quickly '"R than one could say “ Jack Robinson,” r she administered two or three hard raps ' -g on his bald pate, accompanied with the exclamation, “ Aa’Jl larn ye te bring them hungry preachers here te tea ivery time they come to preach?” As soon as the unfortunate individual could get the soapsuds out of his eyes he began to think what it all meant, but could . come to no other conclusion than that S the old lady had made a sad mistake, which she also soon found out, for, : upon returning to the parlor, there she saw her husband patiently waiting his turn to wash !

Agricultural Appliances in Spain. —The farming implements now in use in Spain are precisely the same as left by the Moors when they turned their backs with regret upon the country. Ploughs are conspicuous by their ab sence. Sowing and reaping machines are unknown, and grain is trodden out by mules and oxen (just as it was in Scripture times) and cleaned by women, who toss it into the air to scatter the chaff. Spain is the garden of Europe, but it is allowed to go uncultivated, or only in the most primitive fashion. Gnce it was the industrial and com mercial emporium of the World, but it lias sunk into insignificance through the indolence and indifference of its people.

-m ASHliUimiN HERALD



- * V * s.' d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best # lb I o to I 4 Kcas, 1? dozen . - - - 2 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, lb o 8 to 0 10 Bacon, prime smoked, l? lb c 9, to 6 10 Hams in cloth, $ lb 10 to 0 O Flour in bags,- Is? ioolb 12 6 ,to 0 0 Oatmeal, 25ft. 6 6 to- 0 0 Lard, li? lb - - - 09 to 0 0



Clothing Establishment. ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF v'v; ■ MESSRS. AITKEN, .PASCOE & CO. , CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, : xo Mb. J. H. Morrison,- I Manager Mosgiel Woolen j Factory, - £--- - • -- *x. I-Trustees; / AND . Mr. John Ross, - : i. Of Sargoody Sons & Ewing J •_ THE above large Clothing Manufac turing 1 Firm haying had. to succumb to these* hard, .times, - and assign their estate, we-have -.been induced by the Trustees to. purchase the . whole of their large Manufactured. Stock at a Very Heavy Reduction, and have resolved to • sell the. same again, in our Branches direct to the public at prices at which we could not legitimately sell our own Goods. In fact (without exaggeration) during the nextrdW weeks we are in a position to offer A’ *: NEW. GOODS . iin ME&VaND.BOYSLATTIRE, Manufacture, at from ON E T HI R D :v v TO ONE HALF THE I R US UAL COST. HALEENSTEIN. BROS., N.ew’’Zealand Clothing Factory. AA ~ ■' ; ■ The assigned Stock will be for Sale in our Ashburton ' Branch from and on SATURDAY. NEXT, 28th JUNE. 12a AD; r ■' ■ . WA:* CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1871). ON SALE at the “ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. PRICE FI V E S HI L L I-N GS, Neatly Bounm. in Cloth. . The ab^se ?< ‘ y Olitmte contains a lot of valuable infoiTnationj -aud slioulcl be in the of byery Tnidesman.



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ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. Applications are invited from competent persons willing to act as FERRYMAN at Lower Raiigitata for one year, on a subskty of £BO per annum, together with all fees paid according to the Schedule, as hereinafter mentioned. Applications, with references, endorsed “ Perryman, Lower Rangitata,” will be received at the Council’s offices, Ash burton, up to 10 a.m. on WEDNESDAY, 3rd day of September. 1879. Schedule of Fees proposed to be Charged. Cattle or Horses driven or led in a mob ... Gd. per head Passengers forded on horseback ... ... 2s. each Horses forded (including horse and rider) ... 3s. ~ Yehicles ... ... ... ss. ~ By Order, P. MAINWABING, Clerk. Ashburton, July 31, 1879. 220 a V. E, In the District Court of Canterbury, Hodden at Ashburton. In the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Act, and re THOMAS ROUNDTREE, a debtor. JUT OTICE is hereby given that a Gene- J 3, ral Meeting of the creditors of the above-named debtor will be held at my office, East Street, Ashburton, on WED NESDAY Next, the 6th inst., at 12.30, to consider an application by the debtor for an order of discharge. Dated at Ashburton, this 4th day of August, 1879. FREDK. PAVITT, 22i a Trustee. WANTED, rpENDERS for Ploughing 1150 Acres Stubble Land on the Lagmhor Es tate. Tenders to be sent in on Saturday the 9th August. For particulars, apply to DONALD McLEAN, 223 a Lagmhor. LOST,. FOX-TERRIER PUP (white, with black and tan head). The finder will oe rewarded on returning the same to A. SMITH, 225 a Saundeis Bros’. TO LET, NE Five-Roomed House; Rent —11s. per week for term. Also, one Four- Roomed House, term. Apply 22Ga Reut —10s. per week for THOS. CLARK, Burnett Street. NOTICE, A LL Accounts against the undersigned must be sent in by Saturday next, for settlement, on account of giving up business in Ashburton. J. C. HUGHES, Music Teacher. August 4, 1879. 216 a LOWER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. A PPLICATIONS are invited for the XI. Situation of CLERK. COLLECTOR, and SURVEYOR for the above Board, at a salary of £250 per annum. A four roorncd house, and a nine-acre paddock will also be provided. Applications, addressed to the under signed, at Winslow, vv ill be received till P KIDaY, August 15th, 1879. The successful applicant tj find guaran tees in the sum of £SOO. JOHN GRIGG, 217 a Chairman.