SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

FORT OF LYTTELTON

ARRIVED. Nov. I—Huia, from North. Nov. 2—Clio, from Waitapu. Nov. I—Hawea, from Dunedin. Nov. I—Jane Douglas, from Kaikoura. Nov. I—Magellan Cloud, from Kaipara Nov* I— Rotomahana, from Sydney, via the North. Nov 2—Wanaka, from Wellington. Nov. 3—Elizabeth Castle, from Picton. Nov. 3—Saucy Lass, from Picton. SAILED. Nov. I—Hawea, for Wellington. Nov. I—Rotomahana, for Port Olial m Nov. 2 —Jane Douglas, .for Timaru. Nov. 2 —Prosperity, for Kaipara. Nov. 2 —Maud Graham, for Picton. Nov. 3 —Wanaka, for Dunedin. Nov. 3—Wave of Life, for Kaipara. Nov. 3—Huia, for Kaikoura and Wel lington. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London—Lady Jocelyn, Euterpe, Knowsley Hall (M.K.J.R.), Hurunui, Hereford Southesk, and Waitara. From Newcastle—Surprise, Australian Sovereign, and Tasso. From New York via Wellington—Her mes. , , , From New York —Annabel. From Mauritius— nwWrß From Glasgow—Remonstrant. From Calcutta—Bruce.

[By Telegraph.] ■ij’ Hokitika, Nov. 3. Sailed Claud?; Hamilton, for Mel bourne, taking 34 ozs. of gold, the pro duce of the district.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

. The next mail for the United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, &c, via San Francisco, will be closed at Christ church on Saturday, Bth November. This mail is due in London on 23rd December. The next mails for the United Kingdom, &c, via Brindisi and Southampton (for CA .Tespondence addressed by either of these routes only) will be closed at Christ church on November 19. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on the 12th of January, 1880, and the mail via South ampton on 19th January, 1880.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1879.

Ashburton Gas Company. —A meeting of the Ashburton Gas Company was held yesterday afternoon at the Secretary’s office, Burnett street, Thos. Bullock, Esq., in the chair. The annual accounts were submitted to the meeting, and the sub ject of appointing auditors was discussed, and eventually postponed to an extra ordinary meeting to be held on the first Monday in December. It was resolved that the Manager be instructed to collect all amounts due, and any persons not pay ing their arrears after the prescribed time should have notice that the gas would be cut off their premises forthwith. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminaated the meeting.

Wesleyan Home Mission Meeting. —The annual public meeting of the Ash burton auxiliary branch of the Wesleyan Home Mission was held in the Cameron Stieet Church last evening, and was well attended. The Rev. W. Keall presided, and stated that the money obtained for the fund was not, as some thought, de voted to the assistance of Church work outside the colony. The designation “ Home ” mission did not apply in this instance to England, but solely to the colony. Mr Keall then introduced the Rev. Alex. Reid, who spoke to a consider able length on the objects of the Associa tion. To help forward Christian work amongst the Maori and Scandinavian population ; to provide college training for ministerial students ; to help weak and struggling circuits ; and to provide occas ional services tc sparsely-populated locali ties ; were the objects for which the money was obtained and spent. During Mr Reid’s address, which was listened to by an attentive and appreciative audience, he related some very interesting remini scences of his work among the North Island Maoris in the early days of the colony’s history. Mr Reid paid a passing tribute to the interest which the Govern ment and people of New Zealand had always taken in educating the native race, and thought that by so doing it was a feather in the colony’s cap. The amount taken up last evening amounted to £3 odd, and the total sum which the Ashburton circuit contributes this year will amount to nearly £7.

His Excellency. —Sir Hercules Robin son will probably visit Chrischurch for the Metropolitan Meeting.

Typhoid in Christchurch. —Dr. Ned will, who has been appointed permanent health officer of Christchurch, made his report to the Board of Health yesterday. Dr. Ned will succeeds Dr. Powell. The report presented yesterday gave two cases of typhoid fever in one family. These were of children who had been employed in sweeping out one of the public schools, where the drainage was in a terribly bad state. Dr. Nedwill was inclined to attri bute the origin of the disease to this fact, but happened to think of visiting the dairy from which the family obtained their milk. There he found that there was no artesian wells within forty yards of the place, but that a stinking creek ran through the ground. He said in his re port it was quite possible infected milk was the cause of the outbreak. His re marks on the state of the schools were par ticularly strong, and he advised the Board to have the school shut up till proper ar rangements were made, but the school authorities have in the meantime had the evil complained of remedied. The Board of Health having no power over dairies, simply regretted they could do nothing in the matter. An Awkward Yawn. —The Rev. C Dallaston, we learn from Christchurch, while dressing himself on Sunday morn ing, indulged himself in a yawn, and im mediately thereafter discovered that his lower jaw was a fixture. Medical assis tance was procured, and it was found that the case was one of mild lockjaw. Though no permanent inconvenience need be feared, the result for the day was that the rev. gentlemen was unable to preach on Sunday, and will probably be incapacitated from delivering lectures.

Lunar Rainbow. — The sky tins morn ing between 1 and 2 a.m. had a peculiar appearance. The moon was encircled with a series of rings, showing the pris matic colors, similar to a rainbow, whilst on the opposite side of the heavens was the rare phenomenon of a lunar rainbow, very bright at first, but gradually growing more dim. The night was clear and mild, and the sky slightly foggy.

Vagaries oe Councillors. The usually quiet proceedings at the Boiougi Council meetings -were last night diversi fied when the consideration of tenders 101 valuing the Municipality came to be con-

sidered, and as there was a considerable range in the opinions of the would-be valuers as to the value of the work, the tenders being from £ls to £55, a some what lively discussion took place ; Mr ot Hill constituting himself champion or low prices and the Mayor of efficient work. For an hour or so there was a perfect de lude of resolutions and amendments, and during the proceedings Mr St Hill rode his hobby horse against the Town Clerk m his usual artistic style, the discussion culmin-

ating when one of the four reporters pre sent handed to the councillor tlie follow ing as a joke. “ Propose that the Town Clerk perform the valuator s duties 111 Ins spare time.” The sapient legislator at once saw an opening to make himsel famous, and fired tlie motion off at the Mayor as his sixth resolution on the valuation tenders and lost it; he then proposed that Mr Fnedlander s a uiiJ- THOtlon was car-

ried, this being the very point he had en-

deavored to oppose all through the de bate. The Council have, we think, made a good selection, as the valuer appointed by the Council is well acquainted with the work he has to do.

The Church Loan. —The £50,000 loan for the Church of England has been floated by the Union Bank at an average of £lO5 Bs.

Embezzlement. —The pseudo reporter Robertson, who recently figured before our R.M. Court, and ultimately got run to earth by the Christchurch Magistrates for passing valueless cheques, has just finished his six weeks imprisonment, was arrested at the prison gate yesterday on seven or eight different charges of whole sale swindling. The man Valpy was also remanded yesterday by the Christchurch R.M. Valpy has been hiding in the bush a few miles from Christchurch for some months, and was arrested on Saturday.

1.0 G.T.—A meeting of the Sunbeam Juvenile Temple was held last night, under superintendent Bro. J. Ashwood, S. J.T. Sixty members were present, 113 members being on the roll ; three new members were initiated. In the Secre tary’s report for the quarter, Sister C. Andrews had introduced eight new candi dates ; Bro. G. Kidd being second with five proposals. The installation of officers was proceeded with, the following being the result :—Bro. E. Felton, C.T.; Sister A. Andrews, V.T.; Bro. D. Leitch, R.S.; Bro. G. Savage, F. S.; Bro. D. Ross, T.; Sister E. Savage, C.; Bro. G. Kidd, 1.G.; Bro. C. Wood, S.; Bro. W. Pickford, M.; Sister Constanee Andrews, D.M.; Sister M. Hepburn, R.H.S.; Bro. Lewis Mac : donald, L.H.S.; Bro. Weymouth Roberts, A.S. The Temperance Service of Song was rendered, under the able guidance of Sister Taylor, assisted by Sister Hardly, whose teaching had evidently improved the vocal powers of the juveniles. Several adult brothers amused the children with songs and recitations, and the Temple closed in the usual form.—The weekly meeting of the Dawn of Peace Lodge was held in the Templar Hall last night, and the Lodge opened in the uaual form. Two new members were proposed, and Bro. Albert Andrews was recommended to the Grand Lodge as Lodge Deputy. Bros. K. Sando, G. Andrews, and S. Poyniz were elected as Trustees. The installation of officers for the ensuing quarter was then proceeded with, and the following were installed by D.D.G.W.C.T. K. Sando, assisted by Bro. Bradley as G.W.M., and Bro. Isaac Scott as G.W.S.: —W.C.T., Bro. Ashwood; W.V.T., Bro Jessop; W. S., Bro. J. Hardley ;W. A. S., Bro. J. Leitch ; W. F. S., Bro. S. Poyntz ; W. T., Bro. T. Andrews; W. C. Bro. Quarterman; W.M., Bro. Bowling; W.D.M., Mayo ; W.1.G., Bro. J. Baylis ; W.0.G., Bro. J. Knight; W.R.H.S., Bro. Sims; W.L.H.S., Sister E. James. The appointment of Standing Committees was postponed till next Lodge night. The Lodge closed in usual form.

The Rotomahana. This splendid vessel made the run down from Wel ington to Lyttelton in 12 hours —consider- ably below the best time made by any steamer that ever sailed on the coast. The Preservation of Butter. —Our cablegrams announce from London the in vention of a chemical mixture, the use of which will enable exporters to land butter in London fresh, without any salt in the butter keg. Details of course are not yet to hand, and the above is all the cablegram tells us of the matter, or rather it is a conclusion jumped at from the tele gram. If, however, the hint given should turn out correct and a means is supplied to the farmers of this colony of sending butter Home with a certainty that it will be landed without mishap, a spurt will at once be given to dairy farming, and anew source of revenue will immediately spring up for the dwellers on the plains. The abundance of feed this year has already turned the attention of fanners and mer chants to the possibility of exporting but ter, as was evidenced by a letter to the editor that recently appeared in our columns. The invention referred to in the cablegram would effectually settle the question by the opening up of a butter trade with the mother country. We hope the cablegram is the harbinger of a valu able discovery, and if so we only regret that the discovery has not been made early enough to be useful this year.

The Rabbit. —The Premier stated in the House last week that Government in tended to establish a phosphorous manu factory for the colony, with a view to the extermination of bunny.

An Old Beginner. —An old woman of 70 made her appearance before a Magis trate last week in Wellington. She had never been in Court in her life before, and this appearance was for having been found helplessly drunk in the public street. She was fined 5s and costs, but she “ took on ” so, that no fewer than four kind hearted gentlemen offered to pay her fine, she having no money.

County Council. —The usual monthly meeting of the County Council will be held .to-morrow.

Thk Prince of Wales’ Birthday.— Sunday hours will be observed at all Tele graph stations on Monday next in honor of H.R. H. the Prince of Wales’ Birthday. All Post offices will be closed. San Francisco Mail Extension of Time. —The outward mails for the United Kingdom, America, &c., via San Fran cisco, will close at the Ashburton Post office on Saturday morning, at twenty minutes past ten o’clock. The Domain Grass.— The attention of owners of horses and cows is directed to the Domain-keeper’s advertisement for tenders re the luxuriant crop of feed now growing on the Domain. Dentistry. —Mr Cattlin may be seen at Quill’s Hotel up till Tuesday afternoon, 11th inst.

Borough Cricket Club. —An impor tant meeting of the members of the Borough Cricket Club will be held at the Central Temperance Hotel, on Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock.

An Example Worth Following.— Mr B. Smith, of Wellington, took a walk round amongst her friends, and the ladies of Wellington generally. After she had done she was able to write out a cheque for £29 5s for the Captain of the Fire Police for behoof of the fire-escape fund. The Smith family is a very large one—we hope it has many members of it The Town’s Scavenger. —Mr Hughes having asked to be relieved from his con tract with, the Borough Council, new tenders are called for the performance of the work he has hitherto performed. The new contractor will have to collect his own fees. Comedy and Burlesque Company.— On Thursday and Friday evening Ashbur ton pleasure-seekers will have an oppor tunity of witnessing the performances of Messrs Hiscocks and Hayman and Co’s. Comedy and Burlesque Company. The firft evening’s programme includes H. J. Byron’s comedy “ £100,000,” and the burlesque of the “Bride of Abydos.” On Friday evening the excellent comedy, “ The Two Barmaids,” will be given, con cluding with the “Oriental Diorama.” Miss Ada’Lester is the moving spirit of the Company—sufficient guarantee for superi ority.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

(Age Special.)

London, Nov. 3.

Yakoob Khan, assisted by a number of his followers, attempted to escape from Cabul. It is believed he had an intention to head the opposition to the British possession. The plot was frustrated.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Nov. 4.

Mr John Holmes, instructed by the insurance agents, proceeded to Waitara, with lifting gear, &c., to raise the Hannah Mokau. The annual festival of the Diocesan Choral Association was attended by 800 people. Dempsey, the contractor, has consented to pay his men fortnightly, as required by the new clause of the Public Works con tracts.

A fire broke out in the large iron mongery warehouse of Porter and Co. It originated in a packing cellar amongst crates and straw. The clerks were in the counting house, employed at the books at the time, and they attempted to suppress the fire, but Avere driven back by the smoke. The firemen succeeded in confin ing the fire to the cellar. Several firemen and one of Porter’s cleiks were carried out of the building half suffocated. The damage done Avas principally by water, and is covered by insurance. The brigade Avere fortunate in suppressing the fire. Stock is valued at about £2,000.

BRITISH & FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS

(Reuter's Telegrams.)

London, Oct. 30. Arrived —Tt e Alastor, from Auckland. She sailed on July 4. Three per cent consols are 97§. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £17,750,000.

The avool market is active. Sales were opened to. day at Id to l|d advance on previous rates. The arrivals amount to 710,000 bales. Nov. 1. The Somersetshire’s mail via Brindisi, Avas delivered to-day. The Huascar made a gallant defence be fore she surrendered. The admiral com manding, two lieutenants, and many of the creAV were killed.

Quebec, Oct. 30.

The Ministry have resigned in con sequence of the Governor refusing a dis solution.

Nov. 1. The difficulty Avith the Ministry has been compromised. Madrid, Oct. 30.

The iron and silver mines in Almeria are flooded, and a great qnantity of ore has been lost.

An extraordinary waterspout burst over Malaga, damaging several towns. Constantinople, Nov. 1.

An offensive and defensive alliance has been concluded between Servia and Bul garia. Berdin, Nov. 1. The Prussian deficit amounts to fifty million thalers.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reuter's Telegp-am. )

Melbourne, Nov. 3.

The latest betting on the Melbourne Cup is SuAvarroAv 10 to 3, Secundus, 100 to 16, Savanaka, 100 to 13, Wellington 10 to 1, Le Loup 100 to 4.

(Special. ) Cup betting—Suwarrow 100 to 30, Se cunuus 100 to 25, Savanaka 100 to 20, Wellington, Lord Harry, and Sweetmeat 100 to 10.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

LAST NIGHT'S TELEGEAMS.

Grahamstown. Nov. 3.

The Mining Inspector has summoned the manager of a mine for a breach of the Goldfields Regulations for using an unsafe winding rope in the shaft after it had been condemned. This is the first case of the kind here. Wellington, Nov. 3. A deputation from Licensed Y ictuallers Conference waited on the Premier to-day, making several suggestion regarding the Licensing Bill, now before Parliament, and urging the desirability of consolidat ing all existing Provincial Ordinances into one compound •workable Act. The Premier replied that Government in tended to give the whole question careful consideration during the recess, with a view of introducing a comprehensive measure next session. He thanked the deputation for the suggestions, which would receive due weight in preparing new Bills. Should the weather continue favorable the work of repairing the cable will be finished to-morrow evening. Mr J. Saunders’ tender of £667,000, for the first section of the West Coast Rail way, has been accepted. This will alleviate the distress at present prevalent in the city. Timaru, Nov. 3.

The first vessel will be brought along side the Breakwater tomorrow . whcir sJie will be uiseiiargecv and loaded. A vessel without danger in ordinary weather. Pre parations-are oa -foot- for- holding a grand festival in a day or two, in honor of the successful completion of the first con tract.

At a meeting of the South Canterbury Jockey Club, it was resolved that the annual race meeting be held about a fort night after the Chrirstchurch Metro politan meeting. The stakes to be given at next meeting were fixed at £630. Two inquests were held to-day. The first was on John Magie, injured last week at Albury railway works, and the verdict given was accidental death. The second was on the body of Moses Bolgan, in which a verdict of died from excessive drinking was returned. Doctor Rayner, one of the oldest resi dents in South Canterbury, and who was for years a member of the Provincial Council, died yesterday.

The new Roman Catholic school was opened this morning. It will hold over 200 pupils. Oamaru, Nov. 3.

The weather for the past few days has been very changeable, but the crops are looking splendid. A man named Thompson, alias Gregor, has been sent to gaol for six weeks for vagrancy. He has for some weeks been assiduously following the occupation of beggar, the proceeds of which have been previously spent in drink. Sailed—Eliza May, for Auckland.

The Late Sir Rowland Hill.

On the 27tli of August there was severed one more link between the pre sent and past of England’s later history, by the death of Sir Rowland Hill, the mention of whose name calls up at once the whole panorama of the penny pos tage system of Great Briafcain and its unparalleled success. Sir Rowland had reached the advanced age of 83, and his death came on after a warning of several months, during which time he had been unable to leave his room. The old man died, not from any disease that could be fairly specified, but from the decay of vital energy which inevitably occurs as old age draws on. The postal reformer was born in 1795 at Kidderminster, and was thus one of the now few public celebrities in the old country, whose memories could connect the last century with the present. Up till the age of 38 the now deceased gentleman occupied no very prominent position in life, but plodded on as a mathematical teacher in a Birmingham school under the superin tendency of his father. 11l health com pelled him to relinquish scholastic duties, and shortly after he became Secretary to the Royal Commission for the Coloniza tion of South Australia. For some time after this he devoted himself to many useful works, and while in connection with the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, his attention was turned to the great question of posfal reform, with the solution of which his name has been so closely associated, and which has immortalised him in the his tory of his country’s progress. Like all reformers, Mr Hill had to meet a strong opposition in his endeavours to introduce a cheaper and more extensive system of postal communication in the country, and for daring to find fault with the English Post Office he was un hesitatingly set down as a meddler in other people’s matters, and a man whose meddling could not arise out of anything but crass ignorance and overweening self conceit. But this condemnation came from those who were connected with the postal department, and not from the great body of the people whose interests the reforms aimed at were calculated to serve. When Sir Rowland set himself the task of bringing about what has resulted in the present penny postal system, the cost of letter communication was something formidable. The postage on a letter from England to Scotland was the now fashionable patent medicine figure Is l.kl, and every separate sheet, or part of a sheet, no matter what its nature, had to pay another thirteenpence halfpenny. The high price of postage, however, was not so much the evil Sir Rowland, then Mr, Hill aimed at re moving. During two decades the revenue from the Post Office had not risen, and Bowland Hill was quite satisfied that he knew a plan not only for increasing the revenue from the legitimate business of the Post Office, but also for drawing revenue from a class of people who had never hitherto used the Post Office at all, simply because of the exorbitant charges made. Perhaps the most objectionable because grossly unjust feature of the old postal rdgime was the system of franking —a privilege enjoyed by the members of Parliament and the Government officers, and this privilege was greatly abused and not unfrequently traded on, with a view to making profit. Those of our readers who are acquainted with the writings of Sir Walter Scott will remember one in stance at least in which the greatest romancer of his time —and in fact of any time—makes one of his characters remind

a correspondent of the wisdom of “ saving the frank ” with a view to its do ing duty another time, and this system of jpetty fraud was in full swing when Mr Rowland Hill began his crusade of re form - Regarding Sir Walter Scott’s

writing, too, we may mention by the way that he attributes his terribly small manuscript to the necessity that existed for crowding as much matter as possible upon a single sheet, to save the high postage vfehat. would accrue upon a ‘ 1 double letter.” Letters were often sent, too, in parcels by the hands of travellers, and by merchant!;' conveyances, so that seldom indeed could the poor man, unable to afford th<; postal charge, have an oppor tunity of communicating with a distant relative. \ ,

What, we have above roughly outlined was the state of affairs when Mr Rowland Hill initiated the successful movement which has made him famous. Looking into the working of the then postal system, lie found the smallest cost in the whole working Avas in the transit of the mail bags from place to place —and that, too, in the days of mail coaches. . It was the collection and delivery of letters that piled up the excessive costs. The reformer had great difficulty in inducing Govern ment to take his schemes into considera tion but Avhen they did so they found that this was what he meant to do. He would discard altogether the idea of payment by enclosures, and substitute the system noiv in use-charging for weight only,. J—rLA i o-Umeo _earried, thus giving a uniform fee for letters of a uniform weight. Prepayment was en forced, so that it was no longer possible for a correspondent to post a letter with a few hieroglyphics written outside, under stood only by the person to whom the letter was addressed, have the letter for- Avarded, the hieroglyphics read by the proper person, and then the letter rejected by the latter and thrown back upon the hands of the Post Office officials. This Avas a very common occurrence Avhile the deliverers continued to collect the postal fees. Pranking was abolished, except on Government service. The first reduction effected Avasfrom the high sums charged to a uniform .price of fourpence. With the fourpenny post age came in also the adhesive stamp, relieving the officers of the duty of col lecting fees. This great reduction took place in 1839, and so marked was the suc cess attending it, so wide the increase of of business done during the short time the fee Avas at fourpence, that in 1840 the final fall to a penny was accomplished, and one of the grandest institutions of modern times was for ever established. Almost throughout the civilised and cor responding world. Sir Rowland Hill’s cheap system of inland postage has been adopted, but the figures before us shoAv the real change it brought about in England. In 1838, 76,000,000 letters upon Avhieh a price could be charged were delivered in Great Britain. In 1878 the number was 1,528,000,000. The differ ence tells its own tale. The revenue fell somewhat after Sir Rowland’s first reduc tion, but it rapidly rose, and in 1878 it is double what was obtained in 1838. But the benefits secured are far more than a money value. These are of a social and moral nature, and the Avhole world has hared in them.

Sir Rowland Hill, we have said, had opposition to contend with, but he triumphed over it all, and he is one of the few public benefactors who have reaped a Avell-earned reward for labors' done in the public interest. We quote from an article now going the round of the papers the following account of liow he fared at the hands of his country :—“To overlook the working of the new arrangements he had received the appointment of Postal Super intendent from the Liberal Government. In 1841 Sir Robert Peel and the Tories came into power, and in the folloAving year Mr Hill Avas informed that his services would no longer be required. The public, however, resolved that the author of the penny postage should not suffer from official ingratitude, and pre sented him in 1846 Avith a magnificent testimonial of the value of £13,360. In the same year lie was appointed Secretary to the Postmaster-General. In 1854 he was promoted to the Secretaryship of the Post Office, which he retained until 1864, Avhen he retired, having been decorated four years previously with the order of Knight Commander of the Bath. On his retirement he was awarded for life £2OOO per annum, a Parliamentary grant of £20,000, and various honors'of a high class.”

A Remarkable Pyramid of Cheese.

At the recent dairy fair in New York the most conspicuous objects Avere two immense pyramids of cheese, one on either side of - the hall. That on the right contained. ten tons of Vermont and Western cheese ; that on the left Avas still larger ; it was decorated with flags, ivy, evergreens, and upon its summit a fine Jersey cow, —dead of course, but hand somely mounted and quite life-like This pyramid was constructed and exhibited by the Messrs H. K. and F. B. Thurber, of New York. It comprised many varieties of home and foreign make. The lower course Avas a row of great cheeses, each weighing about SOOlbs, and ornamented with cards, bearing appropriate inscrip tions, among which were : “And carry these ten cheeses, Avith the captains of their thousand, and look how their breth ren fare.”—l Samuel, xvii, 18 ; “A last course at dinner without cheese, is like a pretty Avoraen Avith only one eye. ” “ Brillat Savarin. ” Above these were arranged smaller American, and the peculiar shaped and fancy foreign cheeses. On one side was a Gruyere cheese, Avith the inscription from Hudibras : “ And prove that she is not made of green cheese,” and a jolly face representing “ the man in the moon.” The Messrs Thurber contributed largely to the interest and success of the fair. At one end of the pryamid was a table, containing a large variety of foreign cheeses, including oddly shaped ones from Italy, made of goats’ milk, and put up in bladders ; the famous English Stilton and Cheddar varieties, Irish cheese, French and Swiss cheese, Avhieh the firm procured abroad and brought over especially for this exhibition.

T]ie reports issued by the Treasury Department show that for the year ending June 30 the exports from the United States readied the value of $710,000,000, and the imports $445,000,000.

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TINWALD. QHEARER AND GALLOWAY, ° MILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Road, Tinwald, 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. COACHBUILDING. 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 repaired. A Iso Combines, Engines, Reapers and Binders, Chaffcutters, Bruisers, &c. 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



In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ajhburton. IN BANKRUPTCY. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, The Debtors and Creditors Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of JOHN YOUNG WARD, of Ash burton, in the-Colony of New Zea land, bookseller, a debtor. NOTICE is hereby given that an application will be made to the above Court, at its next .sitting on behalf of the above-named bankrupt for his order of discharge. Dated this third day of November, 1879. J E. Hyde Harris, Solicitor for the debtor. 642 a THE ASHBURTON TOWN HALL COMPANY, [LIMITED]. A MEETING of the Shareholders of the above Company will be held in the Town Hall, Ashburton, on Tuesday, the 17th day of November, instant, at 8 o’clock in the evening, for the purpose of confirming the following resolutions passed at an Extraordinary General Meet ing of Shareholders held in the Town Hall on the 13th day of October last past. 1. That Rule No. 22 in the Memoran ■ dum and Articles of Association be 2. rescinded. , ~ That Rule 22 now be—That the directors of the Company may from time t? time raise upon the security of the property of the Company, by f , way of mortgage or otherwise, any aiirn. of money not exceeding £2OOO. 3. Tha&Jke capital of the Company be increased. Dated this 3rd day of November 1879. * - ■ - THOMAS BULLOCK, 38a Chairman. -T is only a Penny, is to be got every where in Town, along the Railway ie, and of the Country Agents.



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, At 12 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON has received instructions from the Trustee in Bankruptcy to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, On the Premises, COTTON’S SPANISH RESTAURANT, Baring Square. THE WHOLE OF THE FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, Comprising— Carpets Tables, Chairs Clock, Crockery Pictures Portable Boiler Oilcloth Double Bedsteads Single do Children’s Cot Blankets, Sheets Mattrasses, Palliasses, &c, &c, Kitchen Utensil, &c, &c. Sale at 12 o’clock.



ALFRED HARRISON, 040 a Auctioneer. TENDERS are invited for tlie crop of GRASS now growing in Domain. Tenders to be sent to the undersigned by noon, Saturday, Nov. 8. _ Tnri _. W. CHARLTON, 039 a Domain Cottage. TENDERS are invited for performing the duties of SCAVENGER for the Borough. Specifications of work to be done may be seen at the offices of Messrs Fooks and Son, Borough Engineers. The Scavenger to collect his own fees. Tenders endorsed “ Tender for Scaven gering,” and accompanied by a guarantee deposit of £5, to be left at the Council’s offices on or before Saturday, the 15th November, instant. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Offices, 4th Nov., 1879. 647a-15 fJpOWN HALL, ASHBURTON. Lessees ... Messrs Hiscocks, Hayman &Co The greatest event of the season is the COMEDY AND BURLESQUE COMPANY, Who will give two of their Grandest Per formances in the above Hall, Commencing on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6th, and FRIDAY 7th, When will be produced the Comedy by H. J. Byron, entitled £IOO,OOO, To conclude with the Burlesque of BRIDE OF ABYDOS. FRIDAY EVENING— THE TWO BARMAIDS. To conclude with the ORIENTAL DIORAMA. J. GARDNER, 644 Manager. A CARD. Mr. CATTLIN, SURGEON DENTIST, Will remain in Ashburton to attend patients, at Mr. Quill’s Hotel, until Tuesday Afternoon, the 11th inst. 643 a



I THOMAS CLARK, do hereby give notice that I will not be RE SPONSIBLE for any DEBTS contracted in connection with the Prince Albert Boarding House, from October 22nd, 1879. (Signed), 645 THOMAS CLARK. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that Mr. Harry Friedlander has been appointed Valuer for the Borough of Ashburton, for the purposes of The Rating Act, 3 876. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Offices, 4th Nov., 1879. 646a—16 NOTICE, A MEETING of the Borough Cricket Club Members will be held at the Central Temperance Hotel, on WEDNES DAY, NOVEMBER sth, at 8 p.m. 648 a Business of Importance. NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN , Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “New Zealand Wesleyan ” for October. Price 6d, Sold at the Herald Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE.



FOR SALE, about the end of October, One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, &c., complete. We are replacing this machine by a Double Royal Wliarfedale, which necessitates removal of the Double Demy Machine now used for printing the “Herald’’and “Guardian,” for hand or steampower. Can be seen and all par ticulars obtained at our office. WEEKS & DIXON. Ashburton, October 14, 1879. 565 a NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. Housemaids. —The herald asks a Housemaid for you in 20 words for I/- •T'T'jrANTED. —The Herald tells your W Wants in 20 words, for 1/-.



ITT ANTED, a NURSEGIRL, about 17 TT years old, to take charge of Two Children. Apply TIN WALD HOTEL, G2oa Tinwzld. TTTANTED Known, that TWENTY Y\ Words are inserted in this Column for ONE SHILLING prepaid, and FORTY Words for TWO SHILLINGS , prepaid.



DO you Want the News of the Day Read the Ashburton Herald. THE Cheap Advertiser —the Ashburton Herald with its 20-words tariff. HAVE you Lost Anything 'l—' Tell the finder through the Herald for a



Shilling. If he is honest he will bring it to you without a reward, but you can bait a finder of shaky morals by a tempting otter of remuneration for his trouble. All for a Shilling. • HAVE you Found Anything that don’t belong to you, and wish to act on the square ?—Bring a Shilling to the Hkkald’s Advertising Clerk, rle 11 put



your qualms of conscience at rest, and and the owner through the Twenty-Words-foi a-Shilling-Column.



ULL of Reading Matter is the Herald Every Evening. HE PENNY made the postal system of England a success. So has it made



L XT T.T SHALE.—The Herald publishes a por -3 tion of a readable story ever Satur day. Read it.



WANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes and Notepaper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “ Herald ” Office, East-street North.



CONCERTINAS, German Accordians, Yiolins, etc Concertinas, 20 keys, from 10/6 H. M. JONES, Stationer.



SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Raring Square. 473 w