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, Plinds, Coldstream, I'ngitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.20 a.m, daily. For Temulca, 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. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE.

Mails close at the Chief Post ’Office for the following 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. 26. 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, Sept. 12, and will be due in London on Oct. 28.

A travelling Post Office having been estab ished on the Southern line of railway, letteis 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 having 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 ed 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 dai 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 remaincl 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 not advertised, but at the end of two months are forwarded to the Dead Letter Office, Wellington, there to be opened and re turned to the writers.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

MEMORANDA.

MEETINGS

This Evening. 1.0.G.T., Star of the East Lodge, at the Templar Hall—S o’clock.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser With which is incorporated the "Evening Echo"). SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1579.

Mr. Wright, at his meeting on Wed nesday, made a statement of his views on the liquor traffic which is not likely to clink in kindly with the advocates of teetotal principles in Coleridge—and there are a good few Templars within the bounds —nor with the hotel-keepers, a not very impotent body either. His belief that beer is a better physical stamina-giving drink than either coffee or tea, and that the Anglo-Saxon race is no better to-day because of “ tea and coffee-soaking ” than it was when the “ home-brewed ” was the drink in common use before it gave place to Cowper’s cup that cheers but not inebriates, will cause the ears of the Templar lodges to tingle. They will think twice before they trust their con fidence with a gentleman so dead against their ideas about alcoholic liquor. Mr. Wright comes a good way when he says he will strike for pure liquor, and he comes a good deal farther when he mourns the amount of drunkenness in the country and prom ises his support to any well-considered measure that will reduce it. But throughout his remarks the weeping eye of the Highlandman is manifest who mournfully said that “ drink was a bad thing—especially bad drink,” but still took another dram. Mr. Wright is prepared to agree to a mea sure that will make the license fees uniform throughout the colony, but he does not condescend upon which of the districts’ standards he is prepared to adopt—whether he will take a low one or a high one. Whether he will fix such a medium as will allow a small grog shop to live and make money, while a large and well-conducted hotel will suffer, or a medium that will tend to keep down disreputable dens, and favor the existence in respectability of superior hotels. In Otago there are cheap licenses given to houses for the retail of liquor in jug and bottle, and the trade is carried on in conjunction with general stores. The same holds in Nelson, and the evils of a system of this kind must be patent even to men who are not blinded by one idea, as rabid tetotallers are accused of being. It would be as well, just at this junc ture, for the publicans on the one side and the Templars on the other to sound both candidates on this licen sing question. Mr. Hart, we do not remember to have said anything on this subject, but his views ought to be elicted when he comes before the electors at his own meeting.

Mr. E, G. Wright will address the electors at Wakanui to-night.

Drag Hunt. —The hounds met on Thursday afternoon at the Gas Works, and a large number of gentlemen turned out to partake in and witness the sport. The run was over some very stiff country, and the first jump, a very substantial post and rail with ditch, proved too much for all except the huntsman, whip, and Mr. Crawley, mounted on Barry Lyndon, Why Not, and Faugh-a-Ballagh respec tively. These then enjoyed a very pretty run, although the two latter gentlemen came to grief in different places. Owing to our reporter being one of the “ pounded” ones, we are unable to give an exhaustive account.

Mr. Hart’s Programme, —Mr. Hart’s programme for “ stumping” the Coleridge district is not yet complete, but wo learn from members of his committee that at an early date he will commence the business of the contest in earnest, visiting each centre of population, and delivering addresses wherever an opportunity presents itself. His supporters express themselves as certain of success, with a majority of four to one.

Mr. Wright at Sheffield. —Mr. E. G. Wright addressed a meeting of the electors at Sheffield last night. Mr. D. M'Millan in the chair; there were about 80 persons present. Mr. Wright delivered a speech similar to that he gave at Ashburton, lie also made a few remarks on the Temnka- Oxford railway, and spoke unfavorably on Mr. Blair’s report on the Canterbury and West Coast railway. The following reso lution was carried—That Mr. Wright is a fit and proper person to represent Coleridge in the General Assembly.” An amendment of a vote of thanks was pro posed, hut received no support. The meeting was very orderly. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the meeting.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS

{Reuter's Telegrams. )

London, August 22

It is authoritatively announced that the report ol the court martial on Lieut- Carey exonerates him from all blame in connection with the death of the Prince Imperial. He retains field lank.

Latest news from the Cape states that Sir Garnet Wolseley arrived at Rorke’s Drift on August 3, joining the second column in command of Colonel Russell, which had previously ad vanced. Both forces were to rendez vous at Magentum. Cetcwayo had not surrendered, but was at a military kraal north of the Black Umvolozi River, with only a small following.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVIMCIAL.

Auckland, Saturday. The Lantern was issued to-day in the Grey interest. The Native Minister leaves for Wai kato this afternoon and returns on Monday. He then goes to the Thames.

Tenders for the first section of the Thames-Waikato railway at the Hamil ton end, will be called for immediately. The route is finally fixed to strike the river at the landing place, opposite to Aroha, instead of a few miles lower down.

Catherine Taylor, charged at the police court with stealing ,-£23 from the person of Thomas Connolly, has been remanded.

Wellington, Saturday.

Mr. Izard, a candidate for the Wel lington country district, addressed the electors at Ohario on Thursday night. A vote of confidence was passed.

At the police court this morning, John Brown, carpenter of the ship Halcione, was charged with stabbing the boat swain white on the high seas. He was remanded till Tuesday. Messrs. Levien and Hutcheson met the electors last night, and each received a vote of confidence.

The barque Waimea, from London, is at the Heads.

Palmerston North, Saturday.

Mr. Johnston addressed a meeting on Thursday. Mr. Dugan asked him to mention one single benefit he had been the means of conferring on Mana watu. lie made several attempts to set down Dugan, who still persisted. Mr. Johnston said he could not answer right off. His reply was received with ironical cheers. A vote of thanks was moved and a vote of confidence was proposed, but the latter found no seconder. \ / wasuKßu\ f

LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

E LPcvihP E AM.

(Renters Telegrams.)

London, August 20

Very heavy wheat shipments are taking place from America, causing a large withdrawal of gold for there.

August 21,

Three per cent consols 97 The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is At the wool sales to-day there was a good demand. 868 bales were with drawn.

] .ieutenant Carey has arrived, Pie de nies having, had charge of the recon noitreing party when the Prince Impe rial was killed.

Berlin, August 21

A bitter controversy has taken place between the German and Russian press in consequence of a letter published at St. Petersburg accusing the Prussian authorities of advocating the isolation of Russia from the rest of Europe.

St. Petersburg, August 21

The sentence of death passed on five Nihilists at Odessa has been commuted to penal servitude in the Siberian mines.

AUSTRALIAN.

( Renter's Telegrams.)

Melbourne, August 22,

In the Legislative Assembly last night, a division was taken on the first item of the Budget. Government had a majority of four. A fire broke out to-day fore and aft on board the ship Amyone, at Sand ridge, which lately arrived from Liver pool. The vessel was scuttled, but great damage has been done to the ship and cargo. Mr. Harper has been returned for West Bourke by a majority of fifteen over Mr. Deakin, the Ministerialist can didate.

Important modifications in the tariff are expected.

Brisbane, August 22

The Assembly has adjourned on ac count of obstruction. The debate will probably be resumed on Monday.

CHISPA’S LETTER.

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

Tliis has been a rare week. Ashburton, that never took any interest in politics before has been wakened up to a. sense of her cluteis, and she sent 500 of her free and enlightened to hear Mr. Wright. That was a grand meeting, and leaving out the two candidates, and substituting Teddy Saunders for the last of his three T.’s “ Telephone” might reproduce his criticism of last week’s meeting to do duty for that of Wednesday. Of the candidates I choose Mr. Hart as the best of two only very indifferent speakers ; but I am pleased with the pluck of both. Mr. Hart has been put on his mettle, and he shows game. His quiet putting down of the unballasted carpenter was neat. When the carpenter insulted him by requesting him to retire in favor of Mr. Wright, the old man gently, but with much meaning, if the chatterbox could only have seen it, replied that he was in the hands of many gentlemen. It was a request on the part of the carpenter as impudent as his nomina tion of Joseph Ivess was silly. Fancy the Grand Worthy Thingumbob of an Orange Lodge proposing a rank Romanist! Shades of William ! And to find an avowed and virulent supporter of Sir George Grey doing his very utmost to return a man who believes Sir George’s respect for truth and honor is scarcely high enough to qualify him for the Premiership. Rare consis tency ! About as well in accordance with the fitness of things as that the quondam conductor of a Fenian paper that the authorities had to suppress should ever hope to gain the confidence of an English community. But we see queer things in these colonies —queer things.

After a long delay we have seen the clearer light of the gas company. It’s an improvement; no doubt of that ; a great improvement—and people are taking to the new light hugely. It is a new thing to have two or three jots at work in one’s house of an evening, throwing their flood of mellow light over the room, penetrating every corner, and giving an air of coziness and comfort to the snuggery. But we haven’t paid the first bill yet. When that has been settled paterfamilias will give an order to douse every glim but one, have his grand terracotta batswing slit burners replaced by quieter members of the fish tail kind, and will issue a general order against full pressure. Notwithstanding tlie authoritative paragraph assorting that the batswing was the cheapest burning medium, that the slit terracotta burner was superior to the brass fish-tail, let me warn consumers against using the popular “slit” if they do not relish a big gas bill at the end of the quarter. A big light is a grand thing—is a big bill to pay for it equally grand? Cjiispa.

Trout. —Trout seem to take kindly to New Zealand Waters. A Grey Valley gentleman informs a contemporary that he saw, in the Ikamatua Creek, a number of trout averaging from 15in. to ISin. in length. The Wellington “Punch.” —Re- garding the new “ Punch,” .the “ Post ” says :—The issuing of a Wellington “ Punch,” of which we have heard so much of late, is at last to he an accom plished fact. The shop adjoining Mr. John Coogan’s, Willis-street is taken for a publishing office, and wo are informed that a good deal of the matter is already set up, and one or two sketches are on the stone. Mr Hughes has the contract for printing and lithographing. Messrs. Dwau and Cowen are the proprietors—the for mer will act in the capacity of editor, the latter as artist ; and as both are possessed of some ability it augurs well for its suc cess. We understand from the proprietors that the present political contest has not been the main cause of its appearance, as they trust this “ Punch ” will weather out many other political events.

Cow-Tiiee Milk.—The Venezuela Go vernment sent over to the Paris Exhibi tion, among the exhibits in their depart ment, a number- of bottles containing “ cow-tree milk,” or juice of thebrosinmn gfactodendron of tropical America. M. Boussingault has made a more complete analysis of the milk than has hitherto been possible. This milk, he remarks, ap proaches cow’s milk in its composition in so far that it contains fatty constituents, saccharine matter, casein and phosphate. But the relative proportion of these con stituents differs widely. The total of solicl constituents is three times as large as those of cow's milk, and this vegetable milk would be better compared with cream. Butter presents almost the same condi tions as are present in the waxy constituent in cow-tree milk. The solid constituents are almost identical. The analyst explains the nutritive properties of this milk, or rather vegetable cream. Gold News.—The Grey River “Argus ” of the 15th. Anst. has the following:— The welcome news was received in town yesterday that good, payable gold had been struck in two of the tunnel claims at the new rush, Westbrook. The ground having been now proved, all the “ gentle shep herds” are hard at work. The lead is heading in the direction of Cameron’s, and miners are complaining of the want of a track ; jt being the general opinion that a large extent of auriferous country will be opened up.—There are some good things still left in JCumara. One of the claims between Dilmans and the Larrikins has for months past divided £2O per man per -week, and they have some years work before them.

Ghixljsu Dootoiis, —ln the Celestial Country, the ghosts of the patents des patched by a physician are ip. the habit of haunting the door of his house at night till the time of his own death. One night the son of a merchant wanted a doctor for a member of his family, and went out in search of one. -He found such a number of ghosts waiting at the doors of the fashionable practitioners that he did not care to enter any of tlipm, Tlp.jp he sur veyed all the city ; and at last, in a dark alley, he alighted on a doctor’s brass plate, ancl at the door there were only two ghosts. He knocked, and was ushered into the presence ofavery young physician. “Oh,” said the applicant, “how long have you been in practice?” “ Only this morning,” was the prompt reply. The merchant’s son decided to dispense with a physician. Neakly all the temperance societies are composed of workers and grumblers. Grumblers scarcely ever work, and workers scarcely ever grumble.

SIR WILFRID LAWSON.

(From the World.)

On the undulating stretch of upland, some twelve miles broad, that slopes from the northernmost of the Cumbrian lake mountains to the sandy shores of the Solway Firth, about half way between Skiddaw and the sea, in the centre of a well-wooded park, stands Bray ton, the country seat of the most unassuming, as certainly one of the wittiest, men in Eng land. Only three miles oft' is Whitehall, the home of the late George Moore ; and many a time have the cheery laugh and strong native accent of the north-country statesman resounded in the hall at Braj 7 - ton, where the gentlemen sit, or out on the lawn at the back, whence on one side the tall church-tower of Aspatria is seen standing up over the lake, a landmark to all the country round ; whilst on the other, through a vista purposely cleared in the intervening trees, the waters of the Solway gleam in the distance, seemingly but a silver thread of division between the coast of Cumberland and yon big mountain of Cviffel that outtops the oppo site range of Scottish hills. The existing. house of Brayton was built in 1800, though the Lawsons have been settled at the place since the Res toration. In 1808 the present Sir Wil frid, having a year before succeeded his father, sometimes known, from a cele brated speech of his, as the ‘ King-killing Baronet,’ restored and improved the house, the skilful eye of Mr. Grace superintend ing the alterations and decorations. Bray ton is now a very large house, and.presents a striking as well as an unusual appear ance as the stranger drives up past the south front, with the Italian garden lying simplex mandiliis below the windows of the morning-room and library, through a projecting row of pillars, unflinchingly designated the screen, into a court, the other three sides of which are occupied by the building. Prepare yourself to laugh; for from morning till evening, indoors and out of doors, on every sub ject, at every opportunity, you will hear such an amazing number of jokes and witticisms poured forth that after a short time you will come to the conclusion, which every one else lias in turn arrived at, that the fount which supplies them is inexhaustible. There is scarcely a mail of any note in England, there is scarcely a figure in contemporaneous history, about whom Sir Wilfrid Lawson has not some amusing anecdote to relate ; there is barely a story you can tell that will not be capped by a better one on the same or a similar subject from your host. In his conversation there arc the same simplicity and absence of affectation as in bis parlia mentary speaking. Allied to this native wit is a wonderful facility for rhyming ; and the few lines, hastily scrawled on the back of an envelope and passed along the benches of the House of Commons, create as much amusement among the British senatms as do the impromptu verses (read out in the evening) which are the sequel of any contretemps that can possibly bear a ludicrous aspect, occurring among the visitors met to enjoy the unbounded hospitality of winter-tide at Brayton. A tetotaller himself, Sir Wilfrid Lawson is not the, cause of compulsory total abstinence in his guests. Five-and-twenty years ago a Lord Mayor of London —and who should be a better judge?—pro nounced the wine of Brayton to be the best he had ever drunk. For himself Sir Wilfrid drinks gingerbeer, and will occasionally produce certain extraordinary and not always very palatable beverages which arc frequently sent, 1 with the author’s compliments,’ to the president of the United Kingdom Alliance. Sir W. Lawson is not only a joker and a rhymer. He has a clear, shrewd mind, and a rare aptitude for logical discussion on any point. Nothing pleases him more than when in friendly argument he succeeds in divesting the disputed point of any mean ingless or misleading environment of verbiage, and in reducing the difference of opinion, little by little, till it is found to refer solely to the application of a prin ciple whose utility both parties cau con sistently recognise. And this sagacity of intellect is the more remarkable because it is entirely self-acquired. William Law son, bis next brother, well known in England and America for experiments in farming, says in the first chapter of his book called Ten Years of Gentleman Farming, ‘ I had the advantage of being tlie son of parents who were more anxious that their children should be happy and good than that they should be learned or great. My father had my education conducted, in a religious manner, at home, where I ac quired a little Latin and Greek, and a few other things ; and where, as is the case with many other youths, anything in the shape of lessons was not attractive to me, and I learned as little as possible, ’ The same system was adopted with tire elder brother. He never went to any school; he was at neither University. But in the first years of his manhood, before he succeeded in getting into Parliament as joint member for Carlisle with his dis tinguished uncle Sir James Graham, he read widely and usefully, and has con tinued to clq so ever since. On a table in the centre window of the library at Brayton, whence there is a grand view of the snow on the distant hills, and where Sir Wilfrid does all his work, lie a vast number of books of every kind—the speeches of Cobden being as great favourites as the works of Byron or the novels of Lord Beaconsfigld- Each in its turn is carefully road, the salient passagas are marked and perhaps com mitted to memory, and the book goes to swell the ever-increasing pile that not unfitly represents the solid stores of an active and practical mind. On other tables are piled whole hosts of papers, documents, paniphlpts, trejitiseg and essays on the great drink question—Sir Wilfrid Lawson's article on which in the (C Nine teenth Century ” is the first he ever wrote in his life. And a post never arrives with out bringing in papers containing reso lutions of support or thanks, summaries of meetings, reports of agitations, and very often adverse criticisms, which are iiowhpre SQ gqnqinely appreciated as at Brayton, and by no one so much laughed over as by the amiable man who is their object. He is also an assiduous reader of the daily newspapers, and keeps well abreast of both foreign and domestic) his tory. At the Crystal Palace a few years ago, when one of a party who had gone there for a day’s amusement, he disap peared, and was subsequently found seated on the steps peacefully perusing the “Times”; whilst in Switzerland he has been known to esteem the pleasure of remaining at his hotel with the latest

journal from England greater than that of crossing an ice-field or climbing a summit.

Next to the library at Brayton comes the morning-room, hung .round with portraits of ancestors, and fresh, with flowers and plants, deftly arranged by the tasteful hand of Lady Lawson amid quaint and proity articles of furniture or orna ment brought from Paris and Venice; In the hall, where the arms of the Law sou family and its alliances are emblazoned round the oaken cornice, stands a marble bust of Sir Wilfrid by Adams-Actonp another, and perhaps a more faithful likeness, by the same sculptur, of John Bright, long known as a personal friend, and greatly respected as an orator and a statesman, is placed in the billiard room. Sir W. Lawson is a country gen tleman as well as a politician and an eminent public character ; and there is yet another side of his versatile mind to bo studied and appreciated in the keen interest he takes in manly sports and agricultural concerns. Over twenty years ago he hunted along with the immortal John Peel in the West Cumberland dis trict, and he has since that time been more than once acting, and always actual, Master or the Cumberland Hunt. ■ Nor is the interest he takes in the farmyard inferior to that he displays in the hunting field, and the Brayton herd of shorthorns has for some years been known as one of the best in the north of England. Add to this that the coverts of Brayton and Iscl are well stocked with game, and afford several first-class days every year, when the genial host himself is not a whit behind his guests in the destruction dealt by his Ks-bore, and you have a fairly comprehensive list of the many outdoor interests and occupations in which Sir Wilfred Lawson takes an equal and an equally prominent part. In all his cheeri ness and good-nature are unfailing. In deed a better instance of tlie latter could not be given than tlie free admission to his park and grounds on two occasions during the last few years of over ten thousand Good Templars and other socie ties from the whole country round, and his delicious invitation, when the papers poked fun at the Templars, to the Licensed Victuallers to pay him a similar visit, that he might compare their, be haviour with that of the rival persuasion.

WINE MERCHANTS.

(From Vineyard to Decanter.)

It exists as an unique characteristic of the wine trade that capital and connection are considered sufficient qualificatiomwith out technical education or training. A man cannot practise at the bar without being called, or act as solicitor .without having served his articles ; he cannot practise as a doctor without walking the hospitals and passing certain examinations; he cannot become a civil engineer without passing a regular apprenticeship ; he can not take command of a ship without having worked his way up grade by grade ; and if he could do all or any of these I doubt if he would, for his ignorance would obviously

be his ruin. What proficiency is wanted, however, to qualifiy a wine merchant? No one thinks that the lack of technical education disqualifies him for his calling, hut if a favorable opportunity offers he fearlessly assumes the direction of a busi ness. A gentleman of good connection, who has money and time at command, if wishing to augment his income, would seem naturally to cast about him for a berth in the wine trade. He thinks him self qualified to cater for others, because, forsooth, he likes a glass of wine as well as any of them ; possibly he may have gained the reputation of being a firstrate judge by roundly stating at dinner that the wine he is drinking is of this or that vintage, and is worth exactly so many shillings per dozen ; which priggish opinion was perhaps arrived at when he had just eaten mullingatawny soup, cayenne pepper, or preserved ginger. A man who had spent his life in the trade would not under such circumstances hazard an opinion ; and till he had tested the wines in question by careful tasting and comparison, he would probably mis trust his judgment. Knowledge in this does not differ from any other knowledge ; for the more a man knows the more he feels he has to learn. A little reflection will show that as much time and even more arduous application are necessary in the education of a wine merchant than what is wanted in many other' trades.

Adventures of an Ex-Draper’s Clerk. —McCarthy, the recent captured chief of the Umzizi tribe, a tributary of the great Gwazi people, was a draper’s clerk in Limerick (says an exchange) in the year of the Fenian rising. He had a relative, a constable of police, who warned him that his name was on the Castle books, and that if he wished to preserve his liberty he had better leave the country. McCarthy fled to the South African diamond fields, where he prospered, making two profitable investments in London. He also contri buted some readable sketches of the diamond fields to the London “ Globe.” Somehow or other he picked up with the natives, and being of a bold, adventure some disposition, and already reduced to a half savage state by his occupation, he ended by joining the Umzizi. When the the chief of that tribe died, McCarthy was elected to the position, which he secured by killing, in a single combat, half a dozen pretenders. He made an effort to intro duce Christianity, but failed. H.o has a white wife, daughter of a rich Boer, who eloped with him some time ago. The lady’s father would be glad to receive big son-in-law, but the Irish Kaffir refused to clegerfc his adapted people, It is feared it will go hard with him on court-martial, for McCarthy, as a combination of Fenian and Zulu, cau hardly enlist the friendly admiration of his captors. An old miser having listened to a power ful discourse on charity, said, “ That ser mon so strongly proves the necessity of alms-giving that—l’ve almost a mind to beg, !!

Every Sunday in various places in Texas tlie notice is chalked up, “ This is Sun day; ” but, says the Buffalo Express, as no Texan can read, the day is observed just as if it were one of the ordinary ones. A new novel is called a “ A Lady’s Four Wishes.” An old bachelor says he hasn’t read the book, but ho kn;ws what her wishes are: First, a new bonnet; second, a new bonnet; third a new bonnet; fourth, a new bonnet From this one might sup-' pose that the old bachelor was a married man,

THE ASHBURTON HERALD

[Saturday, August 23, 1879.



s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best lb I 2 to I 6 Eggs, if? dozen I 3 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, ii? lb 0 8 to 0 10 Bacon, prime smoked, If? lb 0 9 to 0 10 Hams in cloth, if? lb I 0 to 0 0 Flour iu bags, h? ioolb 14 6 to 0 0 Oatmeal, $ 251b 6 0 to 0 0 Lard, $ lb - 0 9 to 0 0



Business Notices. N E W NDUSTRY. COFFEE, Pure and Fresh Ground Daily at ORR & CO.’S. '953 Clearing Sale ! GLASGOW HOUSE, EAST STREET. AVIN begs respectfully to , VX thank his friends and the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding district' for the esteemed patronage be stowed upon him during the past twelve months, and hopes to merit a continuance of the same. He desires to announce A CLEARING For One Month, OF Winter Goods, At Greatly Reduced Prices, TO SUIT THE TIMES. Inspection Invited. BARGAINS! BARGAINS! ! ! W. GAVIN, DRAPER, GLASGOW HOUSE, Montgomery’s Buildings, East Street, Ashburton. 218 a Qasfitters, &c. PUBLIC NOTICE. TRADESMEN and others who intend using the Ashburton Gas Company's Gas should -give their orders at once have their premises fitted with Gas Fittings, to ensure no delay when the Gas is brought into the town. J. C. DOLMAN, LICENSED GASFITTER, Plumber, Locksmith, Whitesmith, Bell hanger, Zinc and Tin-plate Worker, Hot and Cold Water Engineer, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. N.B.—Artesian Wells sunk and Pump? fitted and repaired ; O. G. Guttering fixed at Current Rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitted. Orders punctually attended to in town and country. 812 Brick Manufactory. 1 BRICKS. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED having COM. PLETED Amir KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal tc any made in the Colony, at any Station , up or down. Samples to be seen at the Company 1 * Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, and Winslow. W. MONTGOMERY & CO [Limited]; Business Announcement. SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc. , Baring Square. 473 k JUST ARRIVED. T7IINE Cream-Laid ENVELOPES, No. Jj 6 ; extra secure shape, ONLY 9s. 6d. per 1000; 500, 55.; 250, 35., NETT CASH. ALSO, — BANK NOTE AND LETTER PAPER. WEEKS & DIXON, DIRECT IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS, ASHBURTON “HERALD” OFFICE. 99*



Clothing Establishment. ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MESSRS. AITKEN, TASCOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Mr. J. H. Morrison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND Mr. John Ross, Of Sargood, Sons & Ewings Trustees. rnHE above large Clothing Manufac j 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 Yery 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 JgNVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOT E PAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Dep6t, Saunders* Buildings. 55



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