THE ASHBURTON HERALD

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To Letr TO LET, by TENDER, on LEASE, for one or more years, — RURAL SECTION 23511 Hinds District, Containing 74 Acres Good Land, well fenced, and half of .it laid down in grass. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For particulars, apply 0,1 A J. LLOYD'CRAWLEY, j / Auctioneer, &c., or, J. E. H. HARRIS, 166 a " : Solicitor. ; FOR CROPPING. 1O0"Q' ACRES of Good Stubble Land, in the Lagmhori District/ For particulars apply to 138 a DONALD McLEAN. For Sale. SADDLE FOR SALE. FOR SALE, a Strong SADDLE, quite new. Price—£3lss. ; worth £5. ALFRED HARRISON, 122 a J/.JT.T7'.' v Auctioneer. ...PIANO FOR SALE, S lj !-j »-| f : sL_ :| ■ j ' 10R SALE, a First-class Trichord ~. .PIANOFORTEa. Bargain. Gua ranteed. ‘ ;Apply {jno'mrrl H. J- WEEKS, 168 a “ Herald ” Office. ' PER ACRE: & Hr: •. ' Messrs; saunders brothers .have had placed in their hands for sale 993 Acrbs of fair Agricultural Land, within 5 miles .of the Dunsandel Railway Station, rj The adjoins, ar railway Viid^wafer can be obtained within twenty feet of the surface. To effect an immediate sale," the proprietor will accept £2 ss. per acre. Full particulars on application'to ~ BROTHERS, "29a ri / *'' ‘ :r - - 1 Ashburton. \V A N T E D, Tenders for ploughing Thirty Acres; also, Fifty Chains FENCING (more or less) ditch and bank three sod and three wire—for Chertsey Recrea tion Ground. Separate tenders will be received until noon, WEDNESDAY, July 30th instant. For further particulars, apply to W. A. BROWN, Chairman. -THeloivest or any tender not necessarily accepted. . , 161 a UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. jENDERS are invited by the Board for the following works No. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. : T,*’ —Shingling ,r 120 chains (mope or less) of roads leading from W. Green’s farm to the Alford Forks School J. and the Alford Forest Road, Green street’s, including repairs on the former road. -Re-formation of portion of road below Digby’s, Winchmore Road. —Forming 80 chains (more or less) of road through sections 28497,27051, 28496, Hinds River. }, .1 ’ —Forming Road, North-East and West Town Belt to the Racecourse. —Ploughing about 1 5 miles of Furrows on Road from Winchmore to Pass more’s. —Forming 150 chains, more or less, Cross Road from Winchmore Road, opposite Bland’s, towards Rakaia Road. Tenders, addressed to the Chairman, must be sent in not later than noon, of TUESDAY, sth August. For specifications, &c. , apply to ROBT. D PULLAR, Clerk to the Board. Westerfield, July 24, 1879. 175 a TO BE LET BY TENDER, for 14 Years, | a . Capital FARM of 128 Acres, First-class land, with river front age, being Educational Reserve 1123. 5 partieu&rs, apply to G. Cox, Esq. Tenders tq be sent to the undersigned to Ist August. JAMES E. TRIYQR, Chairman, Ashburton High School, 46a ~~ TENDERS. ~~ ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. OUILDERS desirous of Tendering for . the! ERECTION of, the Ashburton COUNTY OFFICES, in faring Square, Ashburton, are requested to send in Sealed Tenders, duly endorsed, and ad dressed to the Architect, on or before TUESDAY ,dhe„SthAUGUST. The drawings arid’ Specifications may be seen at the Architect’s office, Ashbur ton, iaipr ( tor. Thursday,/! 24th July, and after that date at the City Council Cham bers, Christchurch. 116 a Architect. ASHBURTON COUNTY OOUNOIIT are invited from competent I persons for the compilation of Valu ation Lists for the Road Districts within the County of Ashburton for the Year 183(4, in aeow’dftnee with fchc btoymuww. of “The Rating Act, 1876,” and H Rating Act Amendment Act, 1878.” Valuation Lists of each Road District to f. be supplied in- duplicate, and to be in the ‘hdhdri'of the 'Clerk to the'Couricil on or hgfopg December 31, 1878. ;iinderta]fqstq appear before the Judge of the Assessment Court .to defend valuations objected to. .{■ i Ji * Teiidrii'ers to deposit amount equivalent to 5 per cent on amount of tender. ! r ,v. oTheflnryestj prrapy tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders, in sealed envelopes, endorsed “ Tender for Valuation List,” to be sent to the Council’s offices, Ashburton, on nr -the *oth J -day 1879; j i ;• > ; i 1 V ".’By 1 Order, : ; F. MAINWARING, Clerk. Ashhrillfin, 10th July, 1879. 85a



Public Hoticas R. In the Bankrupt Estate of JAMES PORTER, a Debtor. A MEETING of Creditors in the above Estate will be held on Tuesday next, the 29th inst., at 11 a.in., at Messrs. Friedlander Bros.’ offices, to consider bankrupt’s application for his discharge. RUDOLPH FRIEDLANDER, T7on Trustee. In the Bankrupt Estate of DANIEL EVANS, a Debtor. A MEETING of Creditors in tne above r\ Estate will be held on Wednesday, the 30th inst., at 11 a. in., at the office of the undersigned, to consider bankrupt’s application for his discharge. FREDK. PAVITT, 179 a Trustee. ESTATE OF J. H. PASS & CO. THE Undersigned begs to notify that the UNPAID ACCOUNTS in the above Estate are in process of recovery by law; those who desire to save extra expense, should pay at once. J. H. TWENTYMAN ) L. E. NATHAN ) Per W. Stringer. Trustees. N.B.—Office removed from Old Bank Store to premises next Messrs. Fried lander Brothers, East Street. 177 a ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. NOTICE TO TENDERERS. THE Tender of Messrs. P. Williams and Co. has been accepted for the Council’s Offices. .. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Ashburton, 25th July, 1879. 176 a ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. PUBLIC NOTICE. JWTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that jS a SPECIAL MEETING of the Ashburton County Council will be held at the office of the Council on WEDNES DAY, the 6th day of AUGUST, 1879, immediately after the ordinary meeting, for the pilrpose of confirming or otherwise the following resolution adopted at a special meeting of the Council held on the 2nd day cf July, 1879. W. C. WALKER, Chairman. Ashburton, July 4th, 1879. COPY OF RESOLUTION. Resolved —“ That the fees and charges at the proposed Hinds and Mount Somers Pounds be the same as those charged at the Ashburton Pound. CHARGES. FOR DRIVING CATTLE. For any number of cattle of any sort whatso ever not exceeding twenty-five in number, one shilling for every mile or fractional part of a mile from the residence ot the person driving such cattle, to the residence of the owner of the same, or to the pound. For any number exceeding twenty-five, two shillings per mile. 'or giving notice of de'ention of cattle ; —For every mile or part of a mile exceeding one furlong from the residence of the owner cf the cattle, one shilling, provided that in no case shall the charge for so driving or for giving notice exceed the sum of two pounds. POUND FEES. s. d. For each Entire Horse above the age of twelve months ... ... ... 2 6 For each Mare, Gelding, Colt, Filly, Foal, Mule, Ass, Goat, and Pig ... 1 o For each Bull above the age of twelve months ... ..... .... ..■ 2 6 For- each Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer, or Calf (first ten) ... o 6 For each Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer or Calf (above ten) ... ... ~, Q 4. For each Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer, or Calf (above thirty),,, ... o 3 For each Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer or Calf (above fifty) ... o 2 For each Ram above the age of nine months ... ... ... o 6 For each Ewe, Wether, or Lamb (first twenty) ... ... ... ... o 2 For every Ewe, Wether, or L.affih (abovg twenty) ... ... Q I For eyery Ewe, Wether, or Lamb (above one hundred) o The above fees to be paid for each clay or part of a day during which the animal is kept in the pound. CHARGES FOR FOOD, Fpr every Bptse, Harp, Celding, Mule A§sj Cplt, Fil]y, Foal or Bui Cow, Steer, Heifer, or Calf For every Sheep or Lamb For every Goat For every Boar, Sow, or Pig ... I o o 1 o 2 o 6 The above charges (9 bp paid for each day or part of ft day diu-ing which the animal is sup plied with food and water b y the poundkeeper pounokeeper’s fees for giving notice OF CATTLE IMPOUNDED. For giving notice to any owner, agent, or bailiff wHhlh twenty nffips of the Pound; For gvery mile or part of a mile, exceeding one furlong from the Pound to the residence of the owner of the cattle, is. For posting a notice where the owner may be ; r not known or lives at a greater distance than twenty miles from the Pouud, and has no agent or bailiff within that dis tance, is. ITT ANTED KNOWN, that Envelc V-V- and Notepaper can be obtaii wholesale or retail, at unusually low r; at the “ Herald ” Office. ~ North.



Billie -Notices, 1.0. ■S>. lIW G. x. DAWN OF PEACE LODGE. nnHE Members of this Lodge .are par § ticularly requested to attend a SPE CIAL MEETING on MONDAY Evening next, at 8 o’clock. Business of importance. JAMES ASHWOOD, 160 a W. Secretary. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. -VJOTICE is hereby given, that at a |\ meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council, held on Monday, the 30th June, a BATE of ONE SHILLING in the pound on the rateable property in the Borough, for 1879-80, was struck, which Rate is payable to Me. Harry Fried lander on demand, or at his house, Tail ored Street, Ashburton, on or before the 31st July, 1879. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Ashburton, 15th July, 1879. 113 a IN THE MATTER OF A BILL INTITULED AN ACT to Enable the Ashburton County Council to Supply the Rate payers of that Part of the County of Ashburton between the Ash burton and Rakaia Rivers with Water. NOTICE is hereby given, that application is intended to be made at the next session of the General Assembly of New Zealand, to introduce a Bill to enable the Ashburton County Council to supply the ratepayers and residents of that part of the County of Ashburton be tween Ashburton and Rakaia Rivers with wa ter, for Domestic, Agricultural, and Pastoral purposes and for such purposes to take water from the said rivers to the extent of one half the volume thereof or from the tributary of the Ashburton River, known as “ Pudding Hill Stream,” to the ex tent of three-fourths of the volume thereof, and to purchase and hold all lands necessary for such purposes, and to make and construct all the necessary works, and borrow the necessary money to enable the said County Council to do so, and making provision for the payment of the interest upon any loans and providing a sinking fund for the payment of the principal money. A Iso defining the boundaries of any district within or in respect of which any water supply is to be provided. Also empowering the Council to enter upon any land within any district for the purpose of making the necessary surveys. Also enabling the Council to obtain the con sent of the ratepayers within any district and defining the mode by which such consent is to be obtained. Also enabling the Council to provide for and regulate the supply of water to ratepayers and the charge to be paid therefor, and to make all necessary By-laws affecting such object, and to make all regulations necessary for the guidance of the Council in carrying out the provisions of the Act, and to fix penalties for the breach of any by-law or regulation, or for the wilful or malicious injury to, or trespass upon any work, er for taking or abstracting water therefrom, and for the recovery of such rates and penal ties. Notice is hereby further given, that copies of the proposed Bill may be obtained at the offices of Messrs. Garrick and Cowlishaw, Solicitors, Christchurch, and the following places : The offices of the County Council, Town of Ashburton. Road Board Office, Town of Ashburton. W, C. WALKER, Chairman, Ashburton County Council. Garrick and Cowlishaw, Solicitors for the Bill, 89a Christchurch. Business Notice. . Messrs. Poyntz Sc Co., ~ HAVE ON SALE AND TO LET, SEVERAL ELIGIBLE FARMS, Improved and Unimproved. AJjSOj= HOUSES AND SECTIONS IN . ASHBURTON, TINWALD AND RAKAIA, A Country Hotel, doing a trade, for sale. Rents and Debts promptly collected, and General Commission Agency b.usb ness transacted with despatoh. i Order’s taken for Posts and Rails, j Stakes, Firewood, Etc., and supplied at lowest remunerative rates. OFFICE’. STREET, ASHBURTON (Opposite Town Hall). 54a



Auction Sales, MR, JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY will have a VERY PRIME LOT : of F A- T S H E E P to offer at the Ashburton Sale yards on Saturday, sth August, 1879. 149 a Bottlers. ASHBURTON BOTTLING STORES. In connection with the ASHBURTON BREWERY, WOOD and CO Have on hand a Larg. 1 cck of ALE and STOUT, in Bulk and Bottle. Business Notices. SANDO AND OLSEN’S ASSIGNED ESTATE. DEBTS due to this Estate must be paid to Mr. G. D. Boileau, Ac countant, Saunders’ Buildings, without delay. S. SAUNDERS B. HALE Trustees. Ashburton, 9th July, 1879. BGa JN OTIC E ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ALL Accounts due to the above estate must be paid forthwith to Mr. Doherty, or they will be sued for without further notice. By order of the Trustees, D. CARO. 927 W. BROWNE. C. PERCY COX, L AND AND ESTATE AGENT ANT VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. TO LET OR SELL -680 Acres first-class land (limestone) with good house, large stables, woolshed, sheep-yards, granaries, etc., etc., com plete ; very convenient. 320 Acres reserve, first-class land, part sub-let, sufficient to cover the whole of Government rent, etc., leaving upwards of 200 acres rent free for 2 years. Low price wanted for goodwill of lease, or would be let to a suitable tenant. 2,500 Acres ring-fenced, to be let in one block for grazing, or in blocks to suit purchasers for cropping, with or with* out purchasing clause. Town and Suburban Sections sell or let in Ashburton and Hindhopo. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 T. R. H ODDER & QOMPANY’S, TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT Is now under the management of Mr. E. W. Tomkins (from West End, London), Cutter, Practical Tailor, Breeches, and Riding Pants’Maker. • Orders promptly attended to. Exact fit Guaranteed. J2S2-A Large Assortment of Tweeds, * Doeskins, and Coatings on hand. 150 a SEALY BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET, A RE now offering their Stock of Trees j\_ at prices that will compare favorably with those ruling anywhere in the Pro vince. OUR FRUIT TREES Are all budded and grafted in the most approved manner, and are perfectly clean and true to name. Prices ranging from 15s. to 18s. per doz. THE FOREST TREES And Shrubs of all sorts have been REPEATEDLY TRANSPLANTED, which secures to them Fineg Roots, so essential to their SAFE REMOVAL. Prices from ss. per 100. Persons about to plant on the Plains would consult their own interest by pro curing trees locally grown, as they will withstand the drought much better than those grown like reeds on the swampy land about Christchurch and Papanui, which perish in the first nor’-wester after removal. Isgußefore you buy elsewhere, compare prices. SEALY BROS., ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, One Minute’s Walk from' the Belt. 107 a I ENVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN <j VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. 55



Auction Sabjs, NOTICE. BULLOCK & CO. beg to intiiiiate that the Business Y?' carried on by us for the past twelve months under the style of BULLOCK & Co. Will in future be conducted under our own names as EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. C. J. EDMISTON. P. A. EDMISTON. W. H. GUNDRY. Ashburton, July 1,. 1579. 82a



EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRV. AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack.



TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. f|IHE Undersigned have on Sale : Fencing Wire No. 6 to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds— White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass . Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, &c., &c. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Stores of Every Description. . We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. East Street.



Fruiterers, &c. A V ISO N, W. T. ' j GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, HAS ON SALE Onions, Good Potatoes, Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips, Herbs. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, (Next to Fowler, Grocer) TANCRED STREET. ASHBURTON. 79a Tailors. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. S. STOKES, TAILOR AND CLOTHIER. BEGS to remind his friends and the public that he has removed his busi ness to new shop near Baldwin’s Central Hotel, Wakanui Road, and would take this opportunity of acknowledging the very liberal support accorded to him heir Wore, and solicits a continuance patronage at his new shop—Wakanui Road, near Baldwin’s Central Hotel. S. STOKES, TAILOR AND CLOTHIER. 794 Public Notice. V. R. IN BANKRUPTCY. ■j^j"OTIOE —The “ Ashburton Herald” is a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. GO FUST ARRIVED, Albums, Desks, Workhoxes, &c. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 473 a



Business Notion, bank r upt Stoc k OF J. H. Pass & Co. , .- ■ • >'AV.jIA • i .P•j \,A A . - •• : ' ' ''si v I/.■- ■' i \)l uhi GREAT SALE / OF DRAPERY/ B O OTS . AND SHOES . A £3,000 Worth TO BE SOLD AT HALF PRICE.



ORR & HAYING SECURED THE STOCK OF Jr H. PASS & GO., Will RE:OPEN the Premises lately occupied by them on SATURDAY, JULY 26, And will Continue the Sale until the Whol of the Stock is Cleared Offi AS THIS IS; A GENUINE . GHEAP SALE, THE GOODS WILL BE SOLD AT . SUCH PRICES AS WILL ENSURE A SPEEDY CLEARANCE. Intending Purchasers should therefore CALL AT ONCE. PREMISES OPEN DAILY DURING THE SALE FroY 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. AND



plying CANTERBURY DINING ROOMS (Late Anste.u’s Private Hotel), / TANCRED STREET, ASH J! U R T O N. v M. O’SULLIVAN BEGS to inform thy inhabitants of the County of Ashburton, and the Tra velling Public, that he lias RE-OPENED TIIE ABOVE ROOMS, And is prepared to afford Good Accommo dation at reasonable charges. THE BEOROOMS Will be found clean and comfortable. Breakfast in time for early trains. Dinner from 12 till 2 p.m. Tea from 5 to 7,pirn. . ALL MEALS AND BEDS, is. Board and Lodging, £1 per week. M. O’SULLIVAN, - . " . Proprietor. ' ’ 123 a Tentmaker. NOTICE. RE-OPENING. WM. patching; BEGS to inform the. inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding dis tricts, that, having purchased the busi ness lately carried on by Sando and Olsen, he will continue the MANUFACTURING of. TENTS, TARPAULINS, HORSECLOTHS, WAGGON TILTS, &c. LARGE STOCK ON HAND, ,. A T / i Druggets, assorted paf terns Tents, all sizes , ' - .; • Indiarubber and Canvas Hose ing “ Canvas, Calico. American Diick, Drill,' &c. Clothes, Garden, and Plough Lines Headstalls . ’ \ ' Flax and Hemp Halters ON SALE, AT UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES. : The following : Ut -i Tarpaulins and Horsecloths ! Oilskin Suits, Men’s and Boys’ ■ Macintoshes,-Leggings . .T Flax and Manilla Rqpe Blocks, double and single - FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS. - > the address— - ; ;:aT WM. PATC HI N G ' (Late. San do & Olsen),-fx East Street, Ashburton. AoSa Public Notices. SCHOOL Books, Bags, Etc.—H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 a JUST . ARRIVED. ... ■; FINE Cream-Laid ENVELOPES, No 6 ; extra secure shape, ' ONLY/9s. 6d. per lOOO; - s°°, 5 S G~ 2 5°> 3 S > '■NET t CASH." U I ; ALSO,— ..'/ -/ ; BANK NOTE AND LETTER PAPER. > .WEEKS;& DIXON, : : - DIRECT : IM P O RTE R S', ' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL -. STATIONERS, ASHBURTON HERALD ” OFFICE. 2oa -■ Q_ EOR G E ALLEN, COLLECTOR, HOUSE, LAND,: ; AND COMMISSION AGENT, , Sounders’ New Buildings, Ashburton. CERTIFICATED ACCOUNTANT IN A . ; BANKRUPTCY. ’.h i :,;t jti IN BANKRUPTCY. ' WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North,-- PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS' OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FORgSALE. IBBfflHTBI! 1f | ———|E|BIi^ijBaiBg3MMgKIBBaMMBBgHBP - Coal and f CHEAP TIMBER HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS. • BALANCE of Timber unsold at.- th Auction Sale. Also, 200,000 fee* l to arrive, now lying at tlie Waimate Sta tion, will be disposed of AT REDUCED PRICES AT HA YE S’ TIM BE R' Y IID S, East Street, Ashburton. : • --' 1027