POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close as follows :

For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m 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 3.15 p. m. daily. For- Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. |W. Sr. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE.

Mails close at the Chief Post Office for the tallowing places (subject to the necessary alte rations) as under: — The mext mails for the United Kingdom via Brindisi and Southampton (for specially ad dressed letters only) will be closed at Christ church on Aug. 25. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on .Oct. 20, and the mail via Southampton on Oct. 27. The next mail foi the United Kingdom via San Francisco will be closed at Christchurch on Friday, August 15, and will be due in London on Sept. 30.

A travelling Post Office having been estab ished bn 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.

NEW POSTAL REGULATION.

Letters posted within the colony haying the names and addresses of the 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 gel unopened. Provided, however, such letters shall have remained in the post office to which they may be addressed, at least ten days.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

On the first d.u of each month a list is ex hibited at each Pc ..t Office in the Colony of the addresses of all letters received from places be yond the Colony that have remaind unclaimed for one month at 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 the Dead Letter Office, to be return ed unopened to the countries where they origi nated. Unclaimed letters originating in the Colony are ppf advertised, but at the encl of tvyp Vnonths are forwarded to the Dead Letter Office,' Wellington,' there to be opened and re turned tp the writprs.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1879.

In the House of Representatives yesterday the Premier promised to get an estimate of the cost of maintaining agricultural chemists throughout the colony, with a view to the instruction of agriculturists generally as to the best methods of using the manures usually supplied. Sir George said he would probably recommend the appointment of such officers to the next Parliament.

In the House last night, Mr. Swanson asked the Commissioner for Telegraphs if he would cause an enquiry to be made into the “ expediency of reducing the charges on telegrams for short dis tances,” and as to the-probability of any such reduction being given effect to. Mr. Fisher replied that- enquiries had been already commenced, and that a reduction in telegraphic charges would be made.

With a . view to ascertaining what publicity had been given in the timber districts to Government’s want of rail way sleepers, Sir Wm. Fox last night asked for information as to what news papers circulating in timber districts had been favored with advertisements on the subject. Mr. Macandrew pro mised to supply the information next day.

The following address of condolence with her Majesty on the death of Prin cess Alice was adopted by Parliament last night :—“ We, your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects of the liouse of Representatives of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, take thefirstop yuut ivjCajcsty uYc cApressioh ui' our sin cere condolence for the loss which your Majesty has sustained by the death of her Royal Highness Princess Alice. We humbly beg to assure your Majesty that our feelings of devoted loyalty to your Majesty’s throne, and of affectionate attachment to your Majesty’s person bid us to feel deep interest in all that concerns your Majesty’s domestic rela tions and pray earnestly for the happi ness of your Majesty and your Majesty’s family.”

New Flour Mill. —An advertisement in another column notifies the opening of a new grist mill at Wakanui by Mr. Henry Moffatt, and the fact is worthy the notice of farmers.

The Doa Nuisance. —The police are making a hearty raid on the unlicensed dogs, and we learn that quite a long list of owners have got upon the official note book. Next week there will be quite a field day, and we would advise those gentlemen who are in for it not to kill their pets, as the death of the dog does not relieve the owner from paying when the policeman gets the matter in hand, and it is hard lines to have to pay and lose the dog too.

Constabulary Movements. —lt lias been rumored to-day that some disturb ances between the whites and the natives at Waitaki have taken place, and that the latter have taken possession of two stations. Our telegrams contain no intimation of anything of the kind, but the afternoon train south took with it several men of the mounted constabulary from Christchurch, Rakaia, and Ashburton, as well as horses and full equipments of arms &c. Their destination is Oamaru, It has also been said that Otekaike, the property of the Hon. Robert Campbell, is the scene of the difficulty, but as yet there is only the fact known that the troopers have gone south.

Landlords Beware ! —lt will be seen from the roport of a case heard in the R.M. Court yesterday, that Mr. Guinness has decided that if the .value of a man’s goods is not sufficient to satisfy his rent and the amount due to a creditor who has seized them in execution, the poor land lord must go without, notwithstanding any rights the law gives him. However, as in future it will be a case of “first come, first served,” we would suggest to land lords that in addition to an agent to col lect their rent they should employ a special bailiff to hang about the Court, and the moment he gets wind of an execution having been issued against any tenant of his employer, to enter into possession at once for rent. The decision we refer to will certainly bring about an amendment of a law which has existed for perhaps hundreds of years.

Christchurch Presbytery. —At a “pro re nata ” meeting of the Christ church Presbytery, held in St Andrew’s Church, on Thursday, a call from the Ashburton congregation to Mr. Beattie, signed by 58 members and 52 adherents, was laid on the table ty the Rey, J.

Elmslie, Mode rater, who stated that there was not one dissentient. The minimum salary was stated to bo £3OO, tc be in creased when monetary circumstances per mitted. The call was sustained, and placed in the hands of Mr. Beattie, who intimated that lie accepted it as the guid ance of Divine Providence. The induc tion ceremony will take place at Ashbur ton on Tuesday, August 20, at 11 a. in.

Parliamentary. —I he Committee's re port on the Waikato Railway map affair was adopted by the House yesterday and ordered to be printed. The Loan Bill was reported from the Legislative Council without amendment. Regarding the dis solution, Sir George Grey read memos that had passed between His Excellency an 1 himself. In the first memo., from Sir Hercules, His Excellency said it was his bounden duty to take every possible pre caution to be in a position to recur to the advice of a new Parliament at the earliest date allowed by law. The circumstances of Government and the condition of Native affairs rendered this imperative and he would therefore request an assur ance from the Premier as to the date upon which the issue of the writs would be advised and the date upon which they may be made returnable. To this Sir George replied, giving a written assurance that he would advise the issue of the writs within two days after the dissolution, returnable within thirty days after issue. This correspondence fixed no date for the dissolution, and Sir Wm. Fox demanded an assurance from the Premier as to the date of the dissolution itself. After some parley the Premier said it was in tended that the new Parliament should meet on the 20th September, so that the difference could only be a few days. The subject was further discussed and then it dropped. The House in Committee of Supply discussed the items of the Appro priation Bill, which was passed all but the final stages, and the House adjourned to resume to-day at 11, when is was expected the prorogation would take place. Fourpenny Drinks. Recently the publicans of Wellington held a meeting at which they resolved to keep the price of drinks at sixpence, and denounced a “ traitor to the trade ” who saw fit to re tail his mouthfuls at foui-pence. Speak ing of another meeting the Wellington “ Post ” says :—We cannot vouch for the truth of the rumor, but a report was cur rent this morning that a meeting was to be called immediately, in opposition to the recent meeting of publicans, the object being to advocate a movement in the di rection of reducing the price oi beer. For ourselves, we have not the slightest objec tion to seeing beer reduced even lower than fourpence ; at the same time, the working men of Wellington can afford to let the knotty point, as well as the bever age, settle itself. Trade competition is bound to do more in their favor than any agitation on their part.

The Folly of Litigation. —At a sit ting of the Supreme Court in Wellington some days ago, Mr. Travers, one of the leading members of the bar there, expatiated at some length upon the folly of litigation. He assured the jury that he was in the habit of pursuadiilg his regular— ao"—rattier tlian bnng their troubles into Court. A contemporary re marks :—We wonder how Mr. Travers and other magnanimous lawyers like him would enjoy seeing their disinterested ad vice generally taken. Far from imputing any misrepresentation, it appears to us that such advice is intended to convey a meaning nearly analogous to that con tained in a sudden invitation to stay to dinner after the host has taken care to escort his visitor to the door ; or perhaps it more nearly resembles a doctor’s saluta tion, “I hope you are well this morning.”

THE MAORI PRISONERS AT DUNEDIN.

After we went to press last night the following telegram reached us from the Association’s agent as Dunedin. A personal interview with the Maori prisoners at present in the Dunedin gaol for trespassing on the land of Europeans in Taranaki has revealed curious facts concerning their new religion, and the foundation of the authority of the prophets to whom they yield such unquestionable obedience. The Maori prisoners who arrived on Saturdty are of all ages, from youths of about 16 years to grey bearded men, but the greater number of them are men of middle age, powerfully-built, intelligent, and well conducted, and several are exception ally well-educated. Their conduct here has been so far excellent, and their patient demeanour and willingness to submit to prison discipline would seem to indicate that they are under powerful moral influence, and their assertions support this assumption. From their own statements it would appear that they regard themselves as suffering in the cause of their religion, but as their imprisonment has been foretold by Te Whiti, it only strengthens their belief in him, and they are pre pared to submit uncomplainingly until they are delivered, which has also been prophesied. This fanaticism has an exceedingly strong hold upon them, and seems to be engrafted upon the religious instruction they had received from missionaries of Christian Churches. Among the followers of Te Whiti now in Dunedin gaol are Maoris who have belonged to the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Wesleyans, and all of them yielded to the new religion. The Bible is taken as the text book of their religion, and indeed, it is claimed that God lias revealed the true meaning of the Bible through their prophet, Te Whiti; that Te Whiti is one. of the promised prophets,'and that his power and his j historv are foretold in the Bible. Te 1

Whiti, it appear;;, has taken into part nership in the prophet business another Maori named Tohu, in order to make his pretensions fit in with ceitain prophecies contained in the Scriptures, which lie has convinced his followers refer to himself and to Tohu.

CHISPA’S LETTER.

“I am not yet so bald that you can see my brains.”- —Longfellow.

Sergeant Felton lias mixed his .war paint, and his li brave blues” are out on the war path. By and by they will run in the quarry they have been hunt ing, and we will hear of their visits to the kennels. lam told that one good looking and soft-hearted constable has gathered quite a list of unlicensed ones, and next week he will go into the box and tell how he came across- the dogs that didn’t have any collars, and thepet fore were not dogs in the eye of the law. lie fancies he has got hold of pretty well all the “ bad eggs,” and that the righteous mind of the Mayor may no more vex itself about the pets that pay not. But when he gets into the box he will not tell how that lie called at one house and a pretty blue-eyed maiden smiled bashfully upon him and sweetly inquired his business ; how that he felt a strange, indefinable feeling all over him that seemed to knock all the sense out of his head; how that he blushed from the roots of his hair down to his hob-nails ; lost all idea of what to do with his hands, and tried to seem awfully dignified, but couldn’t. He won’t tell that when the blue-eyed maiden asked again what was his will he apologetically told her that it was a dis agreeable business, but had she a dog ? and that the blue-eyed maiden became radiant with smiles and said site had—- oh, such a beautiful dog, too. He will not add that he inquired if that dog had a collar, and that the lady just hinted at the insinuation against her ideas of the conventional that was con tained in the question, and in a gently offended tone said her pet had a collar. He will not tell how he blushngly begged her pardon for troubling her with such questions, and turned away not knowing whether he walked on his hands or his feet, nor yet knowing whe ther that dog was registered or not. He will not tell, because he does not know, that that dog’s collar was only a blue ribbon , and that it is not the first time a pair of blue eyes have been worth ten shilllings to their fair owner.

So the Mayor has been requested to call a public meeting, which shall have for its object the “ selection” of a suit able candidate to represent the interests of the district in Parliament. There is nothing like energy and perseverance, and I must compliment the tri-weekly leader and exponent of public opinion on the wrinkle he has put me up to. He comes out one morning with an an nouncement that certain gentlemen are to get up a requisition to the Mayor to call a public meeting the object of which meeting shall be to “ select” a suitable tors'bf uoiencige nave'in their bestowal. The next we hear of the affair is that said leader and exponent of public opinion has drafted the requisition him self, and himself carried it round for signature. It would not astonish me to hear that he himself is one of the “ suitable” candidates to be offered for “ selection” to the electors of Cole ridge.

We want a new station badly. A farmer coming down from the Rangitata this week laid a basket he had brought with him down by the wall, while he “ pitched a yarn” with a friend. A rush of passengers to catch the departing train just then came along, and the friend was jostled off his equilibrium— into the basket, which was eggs! The glaire is an excellent gum, as every chair that gentleman sat on that day can testify, for he lifted his chair fully six inches every time he rose.

A Disagreeable Wife. —A woman named Gipton came with a most plau sible tale before the Wellington R.M. recently in regard to the cruel usage of her husband. Inspector Johnston said that he was of the opinion that there were faults on both sides. The woman summoned her husband for deserting her; she made out that he was a drunk ard, could get work if he liked, but pre ferred loafing about the public-houses. He had left her for nearly three years, and had given her scarcely any money. Her tale appeared plausible enough until the other side of the picture was brought to light. Several respectable witnesses gave evidence to the effect that Gipton was a hard-working man,, and left his wife through her habits. It was proved to the entire satisfaction of his Worship that if any one was to blame it was the woman. Every penny she got went in drink ; she had constantly been seen rolling about the streets drunk, and yet the woman had audacity to come to the Court and try and injure and imprison an innocent man. It is almost needless to say the case was dismissed.— Chronicle.

The Good Scholar. —- Dean Stan ley says : —Two things together are the very model of a good scholar. First, you must listen ; you must hear; you must be silent ; you must be attentive. We can never hope to gain leal wisdom or knowledge unless we arc willing to he taught, unless we look out for in struction, unless we fix our minds. He who is always talking without listening to what others say ; he who is always asking questions without waiting for an answer ; he who allows his mind to wander from one thing to another ; he who thinks he is wiser than his teachers and cleverer than his companions; he who does not look up to what is above himself, whether old or young, is not learning. We must be good askers of >■ uestions.” ■

HANSARD CREAM.

THE ENGLISH SERF. I am laughed at for using the word “ serfs.” I say the people of England are serfs to all intents and purposes. I say also that the misery of the agricul tural poor of Great Britain is beyond description. The people there have endured these wrongs for centuries. It was their sons \v:io fought and gained every battle by sea or by land which Great Britain has won. They were the conquerers of India, of Southern Africa ; it was they who freed Spain and Portugal and other nations from foreign foes ; it is they who have made England what it is. In every part of the world their bones are whitening. Their forefathers, by their patient labor, continued through many generations, made England the fertile and beautiful country which it is. Yet, in all those generations they have been left in want and misery, themselves and children leading lives of semi-starvation and of hopeless indigence—without education, without representation, without a voice in their taxation. Yet they have made those noble estates and palaces, and given to Britain that cultivation which has glorified it and made it the wonder of other nations. And this state of things is to be repeated here, and the progeny of the present race are here after to be left as beggars in this coun try.— Sir G. Grey.

“GLUTTONOUS gorges and indecent ORGIES.”

I cannot conceive, with the know ledge we get from the newspapers, of a course of proceeding more calculated to lower us in the estimation of the natives, and more humiliating to us as a people, than that which has been adopted at the meetings held with the natives. The newspapers have been full of what I may term the bounce and insults of the natives to the Native Minister, and of the most extraordinary proceedings that have ever taken place in regard to the natives. I am quite sure that the good sense of the people will enable them to see that dealing with such a race as the natives in the mannerdescribed cannot be satisfactory, and that such treatment of them can have no good effect —that the great feasts, followed up by gluttonous gorges and indecent orgies, in which Ministers of the Crown have taken a part, are not calculated to raise us in the eyes of the civilised world, or to command the respect of the Maoris. — -Mr. Rolles ton.

DR. WALLIS ON “ ADDLED EGGS.” Again, there are a large number of nondescript politicians here, of whom it would be impossible to give any reasonable account ; and besides them, U.YcG ; M1 iYEuIMI'Tnd orn MYd d ft'lrSftfh We heard of it before. The Middle Party consists of trimmers. They always wait until there is a struggle between the two parties, and then they say, “ The Opposition have a chance of getting in ; we will go in with them, and benefit ourselves and our consti tuents.” Sir, the curse of all our con stitutional Legislatures has been the existence of a middle party of trimmers, who always go to one side or the other in order to suit themselves, or to serve some purpose which is not right. It would be well for us if we could put an end to this Middle Party. Can any thing be so obnoxious as middle men between Tories on the one hand and Radicals on the other. Why, a real Tory to me is a respectable man ; a real Radical is a respectable man • but one half-way between Radical and Tory reminds me of a passage in a play,—-

An egg Is good for breakfast; and a chicken is good ; But something half-way ’twixt an egg and chicken Is vilely bad. The middle men are all addled eggs.

Better in the Dark.—An old bachelor, who particularly hated lit erary women asked an authoress if she could throw any light on kissing ‘I could,’ said she, looking archly at him, ‘but I think it’s better in the dark.’ A Believer in the Millenium. —A case was tried at Clonmel Assizes, involving the meaning of the following words :“I bequeath to my steward, Pat Coran, the sum of and also certain lands, “ until the time when I shall live and enjoy them myself.” The time, it was contended, was the mii lenium, and evidence having been given that the testator believed in the millenium, his Lordship directed a ver dict for Doran. The question was raised on an action for ejectment.

May (iOod Digestion wait on Appetite. —-The National of France publishes the details of a wonderful "astronomical feat performed by two Hayti negroes, who were passing through Paris., They bet one thousand francs that they would cat without stopping for six hours, and won easily, sitting down to the table at noon and not rising before half-past six. In die long interval they succeeded in con suming eight soles an giatin , twelve lamb cutlets, a joint of roast veal weighing eight pounds, three kilo grammes of asparagus, and an ome lette of twelve eggs, besides a Dutch cheese, twelve pounds of bread, and fifteen bottles of wine. At the con clusion of the performance: the two negroes lelt the house with a wry satisfied- expression of countenance, div.ding between them the fifty louis which they had thus pleasurably earned.

YESTERDAY’S COURT.

lie tore Mr. Frank Guinness. . E.M. interpleader. A Edmiston Bros, and Gundrv; zjoGates —re claim by S. Saunders, as landlord. | Mr. Harris appeared lbr Mr.'Saunders,' who claimed ,-£3B 10s. as rentgUnd; jyfr. ; O’Reilly for the execution . creditors./ It appeared that the plaintiffs'- inHhe' above action had seized the defendant’s goods under fa _ warrant, and Mr. Saunders, as landlord, desiring to avail himself of the provisions of section 69 of.the Magistrate’s,. Act .had the., proper notice required by the Act on the bailiff' then in possession. Mr. O’Reilly raised.jm rf qbjecjJqnMhaJ. iV the, notice was not sufficient. . Mr. Hairis having replied. His Worship asked if there could be an appeal from his decision, and on being answered in the negative, said it would be.necessary for him to carefully consider the provisions of the Act. After hearing Counsel fur ther on both sides, His Worship held the opinion that the words “ in addition thereto shall distrain for the rent so claimed,” precluded the landlord in this particular case from recovering his rent notwithstanding Ids common law rights and notwithstanding the latter part of section 69, which says that “ The bailiff shall afterwards sell such of the goods under the. execution and distress as shall first satisfy the costs of and incident to the sale • next the claim of such landlord . . -. and lastly, the amount for which the warrant issued.” He must therefore come to the conclusion that the claim of the judgment creditor must take precedence of that of the. landlord, as the-goods, seized were not sufficient to pay both claims, and the landlord must lose his rent. Landlord’s claim disallowed with costs. . • - : '

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

( Renter's Telegrams.)

London, August 6. Three per cent. Consuls, 97j/8.- A new loan of gJioo,ooo for the city of Wellington has been issued. The markets are unchanged. August 7.

A despatch from Sir Garnett Wol seley states that the prospects of peace are good, but quiet and security are ■ impossible while Cetewayo is at large. He will therefore re-occupy Ulundi. News from Capetown, under date July 22, states that Sir Garnet Wolseley told the submitting chiefs not to regard Cetewayo as King. The country would be governed and the people protected by the British Government. Generals Clark and Wolseley are about to proceed to Ulundi. General Newdegatc will advance simultaneously

Lord Beaconsfield reiterated Lord Cranbrook’s views in alluding to the distressed condition of agriculture, and upheld the English system. The House of Commons passed through Committee the Bill for the Irish University. All the amendments were rejected.

Berlin, August 7. The Emperor of Austria' is visiting the Emperor of Germany. ■'

AUSTRALIAN.

( Special).

(Reuter s 7'degrams.)

SVDNEV, August S

Hcnnessy’s case brandy, 325. 6cl. to 325. qd. ; quarter-casks, 9s. to 9s. 3d. ; New Zealand oats, 2s. 2d. ; maize, 2s. 6d. to as. yd. ; candles, D.R.J., Bd. per lb. Sir George Innes has been appointed Attornev-General.

The Hoods are increasing. A heavy fall of snow has taken place, and thousands of sheep are reported to be drowned in the country districts. There was a heavy gale on the coast last night.

Adelaide, August 8. Wheat is ss. 3d. to ss. qd. per bushel.

Melbourne, August 8.

The Merchants’ Shipping and Under writers’ Association reports, under date London, August 5, the following arri vals : —Carrie Humphrey, from Ade laide ; Andaman, from Port Wakefield : Arelhusa, from Lyttelton ; Wm. Wilson, from Oamaru. The Euterpe, which left London for Port Chalmers, has put back to repair a slight damage received in a collision with the steamer Telford. The Pericles, from London to Sydney, which went ashore and got off again, lias put into Plymouth, and will have to discharge and go into dock.

The Druids have decided to open a Lodge at Wellington.

Albany, August 8. Arrived—Assam, at King George’s Sound.

Holloway's Ointment and Pills. Multitudes suffering under a complication of disorders might obtain relief through these healing and purifying remedies, which should be employed without a day’s delay. When 'he weather is variaule and colds and influenzas aie prevalent, this Ointment, .well,rubbed upoii tlie tin oat and chest, gives the greatest case, am.l checks all tendency to infiamation in tire lungs and other organs/. The Pills asdsl the curative action o! Lie Ointment, inasmuch as they p in y the blontLantj .so quicken its circu lation that congestion is rendered almost im possib’e. ! I (bioway’s treatment deals most success!ally, 100, with that very troublesome and oC.cn tedious e.lnncnt, indigestion, which is the bane of thousmds from overwork and fast living in the present day. A DVT,

TELEGRAPHIC.

-:-t ■ • t W TO-DAY’S- TELEGRAMS.

inter provincial. J k u The New Britain Affair. ' \ Auckland, Saturday. UUlt is understood the Rev. George 'Brown proceeds to Fiji to attend a court of enquiry, to be instituted by Sir Arthur Gordon on his arrival, into the recent events in New Britain. Constabulary Reinforced- The Constabulary at Kihikihi have been strengthened. Major Minnet; late -of the 18th Royal Irish, commands the post. 'Guy,.-:- - .t-.-uuYi MfL'-‘Al'ir.-Al Electoral. ; : A r-Yup; Gisborne, Saturday. Messrs. Woodlin, Johnston, A. F. Hardy, and Captain Torris, have- an nounced themselves candidates for the East Coast. At. a meeting last night it was resolved to select the best - man, and run him only for the Poverty Bay part of the

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ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO.. CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Mr. J. H. Morrison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND Mr. John Ross, Of Sargood, Sons & Ewing > Trustees. rpHE above large Clotliing Manufac | turing Firm having 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 next few weeks we are in a position to offer NEW GOODS IN MEN’S AND BOYS’ ATTIRE, Of Colonial Manufacture, at from ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF THEIR USUAL COST. HALLENSTEIN BROS., New Zealand Clothing Factory. The assigned Stock will be for Sale in our Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory. 12a CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ON SALE at the “ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. PRICE FIVE SHILLINGS,! Neatly Bound in Cloth. i The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the hands of every Tradesman. ,



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New Advertisements. WESLEYAN CHURCH, Cameron Street. —Service will be conducted in the above Church To-morrow Morning and Evening by the Rev. W. Keall. 244 a 13 RTMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, g Wills-street —Service will be con ducted iu the above Church To-morrow Morning and Evening. 245 a PRESET TERIAN. CHURCH—Divine Service will be conducted in the above Church To-morrow -morning and evening by the Rev. James Hill, of Lyttelton. 246 a THISTLE LODGE, ASHBURTON . No. G2B, S.C. MEETING of the Committee of the , . above Lodge, to Revise the By- Laws, is convened for TUESDAY Even ing, August 12tli, in the Ante-Room of the Lodge, at 7-30 sharp. By order of the W. M. JAMES MUTCH, 247 a Hon. Secretary. O lIIS WOE SHIP THE MAYOR OF ASHBURTON. IR, —We; the undersigned residents of Ashburton, 1 request that you will convene a/Meeting.of- the Electors for the General Assembly, to consider what steps should be taken* in view of the forthcoming election, to secure an efficient and energetic representative for Cole- J ridge. -—--- ■. - ■ -■ yosmia I uckeF John Rogers W. Collins Ernest A. Garnclt K. Sando T Ward M. Nealas \V. Birtwell John Fowler George 11. St. Hill W. Anderson John G. Anstee A, Orr G. W. Robinson Joseph Ivess Gerald D. Branson Thos. rlicks B. Metcalfe Thomas Taylor Donald Williamson Chatles W. Purnell Thomas Williams. In compliance with, the above requisi tion, I hereby convene a Meeting of Electors to be held at the TOWN HALL, on WEDNESDAY Evening, 13th inst., at 7.30 p.m. THOMAS BULLOCK, Mayor. Ashburton, August 8, 1879. 250 a mO LET, a. Four-roomed HOUSE on; § East Town Belt. Apply » JOHN COUTTS, 251 a Mr. Sealy’s, Nurseryman. V. R. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF. The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, Amend ment Act, 1878, and of the bank ruptcy of GEORGE HELENS, of Ashburton Forks, Farmer, a debtor. HP lIIS IS TO NOTIFY that the creditors A of the above-named debtor having failed to elect a trustee, I have this day appointed Frederick Pavitt, of Ashburton, aforesaid, a certificated accountant in bankruptcy, to be the trustee of the estate-of the said debtor, and that the said Frederick Pavitt has this day, by writing under his hand, signified to me his acceptance of, the said office. Dated this ninth day of August, 1579. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Clerk of the above Court. Branson & Purnell, : Solicitors for the Debtor. 252 a V. R. In the District Court of Canterbury, 1 Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER-OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1576, The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of JACOB MOOAR, of Ashburton, ' Fruiterer and Fishmonger. -* : • T HIS IS TO NOTIFY that the creditors of ihe above-named- debtor having failed to elect a trustee,-. I have this clay, appointed Frederick Pavitt, of Ashburton aforesaid,- a certificated accountant- in .'bankruptcy, 16 'be the trustee of the estate of the said debtor, and that the said Frederick Pavitt has this day, by writing under his hand, signified to me his acceptance of the said office, b- y : •: ■ Dated this ninth day of August, 1879. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, , Clerk of the above Court. . ? .ANsox & Purnell, Solicitors for the Debtor. 224 a "jpJST ARRIVED Young Ladies’ Journal, London Journal, Family Herald, and Bow Bells, at H. M. Jones’ Baring Square.