THE “TIGHT LITTLE ISLAND.”

( Queenslander.)

In answer to a supposed question from a visitor from Saturn, who asks why the hand of Russia should be im potent in the Afghan crisis, the Queens lander says :—To this we can only answer by putting our finger, with a smile of- grateful complacency on the dot on the map that we have already indicated as the centre and focus of the habitable globe, and telling him that there exists most of the wealth, most of the political honesty, a fair share of the intelligence, and the truest conception of liberty that the world knows. Power we presume is the natural pro duct of such forces. But power, as brute force, we should explain, was not our only boast. We had with our pro ducts, manufactures, and fine arts, made the biggest display at the Paris Exhibition; and, after fighting a most terrible famine in India, had subscribed more than any other nation in the world to the relief of a people suffering from a still more awful visitation of a similar character in China. We should then probably remark airily that we had accepted the protectorate of Asia Minor, with its enormous respon sibilities; had a considerable war on hand in South Africa; had just exacted a few millions from the United States as penalty for the invasion of certain fishery rights in British American waters ; had protected the Portuguese at Dalagoa Bay; assisted in suppressing a negro revolt in the Danish isle of Santa Croix; and though not very sure when the' inevitable European conflict would take place that should tax our resources to the utmost, were ready to assist France in putting down the New Caledonian insurrection, to suppress the slave trade in any part of the world, punish piracy in the China seas or elsewhere, and, by jingo, generally act as constable to the uni verse. At this modest peroration our visitor would in all likelihood spread his pinions and wing away to blow the fame of the “ tight little island” amongst the farthest stars. He has our permission. Let him blow !

DEATH OF THE DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN COOK.

The Daily Telegraph of September 26, 1867, thus alludes to this occur rence :—Fifty thousand golu-diggers are working to-day in the New Zealand gullies. Sydney is a splendid capital, with palaces and railways. Victoria and Queensland have so many sheep that they boil whole flocks down for tallow. At the Society Islands the newspapers are anxious about the health of His Majesty the King—an ally of ours and an highly enlightened person. Some body died last week who could recollect -when New Zealand, Austral asia, and Otaheite had no more existence for the world than the “undiscovered islands.” A little old woman, Mistress Ann Rumsey, of Col chester, was a few days back positively •older than the very earliest records of civilisation in any one of these rich young states. When she quavered out the words “in the days when I was a girl,” she spoke the first sentence in the history of all these robust new thrones and nations ; for “ in the days when she was a girl,” he who was her father wrote the names of them all for the first time on the map. Mistress Ann Rumsey was the daughter of Captain Cook, and she died last week at the age of 104. Absent colonies will please take notice; there about ten millions of Anglo-Saxons and others, besides the thirty millions at home, who owe the flower of a reverent thought to this good old lady’s resting-place.

Japanese Silk. —The finest silk in the world is grown in Japan. They have few power looms, as the silk is nearly all manufactured by hand. The advent of American machinery would completely revolutionise the trade.

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Public Notices. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. riIHE Ashburton County Council hereby I notifies that His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson has kindly consented to Turn the First Sod of the Ashburton Branch Railway, at Tinwald, on the 3rd May (Saturday). The Ceremony will take place about 11 a.m. By order, F. MAIN WARING, Clerk. Ashburton, April 29, 1879. 778 TO CARTERS, GARDENERS, AND OTHERS. TO LET, 4 Acres of GOOD LAND with a new THREE-ROOMED HOUSE, on Wakanui Road, within two minutes’ walk of East Town Belt. Rent Low.—Apply G. W. ANDREWS, 786 East Belt. ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH. TEN DERS are required for the con struction of Six NEW PEWS. For particulars apply at the {office of Mr. J. Ward, Burnett-street. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders received up to 4 p.in. on MONDAY, the sth of May. 773 NOTICE. ANY persons found trespassing in pur suit of game on the Longbeach property will be prosecuted. It is hereby notified that the whole of the land in the Ashburton River bed is freehold. 678 JOHN GRIGG.



Public Notices. ASHBURTON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. A GENERAL MEETING will be held at Quill’s Hotel on WEDNES DAY, 7th May, at 8 o’clock p.m. Business : Election of Office Bearers. A full attendance is requested. J. E. HYDE HARRIS. 785 Honorary Secretary. MONDAY, May sth, At 12 o’clock. MR. ALFRED HARRISON has re ceived instructions from Mr. Geo. Tricket, bootmaker, Saunders’ Block, to sell by public auction on the premises, Furniture and Effects, comprising— Chest of Drawers, Wash stands. Couch, Tables, Bedsteads, Crockery. Knife-cleaning Machine. Blankets and Quilts. 20-gallon Copper Boiler. Iron Boilers, Chairs, etc., etc., etc. At Twelve o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON, 784 Auctioneer. rjTHIRTY-FIFTH EPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND TO THE HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS, HELD AT THE BANKING HOUSE, AUCKLAND, ON THURSDAY, the 24th APRIL, 1879. The Directors have the satisfaction of again submitting to Shareholders the result of a successful half-year’s opera tions. The Net Profit at 31st March, £ s. d. after making very full appro priations for every bad or doubtful dependency, and the usual reductions in Bank pre mises and Furniture accounts, amounts to ... ... ... 80,240 2 S To which has to he added — Balance of Undivided Pro fit at 30th Sept., 1878 ... B,SBB 9 o Making a total available for division of ... ... ... 89,128 11 8 Which it is now recommended should >e appropriated as follows :- To Payment of Dividend at the rate of 10 per cent per annum To Bonus of ss. per share equal to 5 per cent, per annum ... 'o Proposed in crease to Re serve Fund ... ’o Balance car ried to Profit and Loss New Account £ s. d. £ 36,250 o o 18,125 25,000 o 9.753 11 S 59,12 Sll 8 The Dividend and Bonus will be pay able at Head Office, Auckland, on Friday, April 25, and at Branches, on receipt of advice. For the Board of Directors, J. LOGAN CAMPBELL, President. Aggregate Balance Sheet of The Bank of New Zealand, At 31st March, 1879, including London Office Audited- 5 R TONKS > audited J SAML. BROWNING. 787 WANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes and Notepaper can he obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the ‘ ‘ Herald ” Office, East-street North. C4B *



Public Notices. rsr SB FREDERICK PAVITT, COMMISSION AGENT, Etc., East Street, Ashburton, BEGS to notify to the Public that he has received the following appointment : I HEREBY appoint FREDERICK PAVITT, of Ashburton, a Certifi cated Accountant in Bankruptcy. C. D. R. WARD, District Judge. April 25, 1879. 766 TO GEORGE HART, ESQ., ASHBURTON. DEAR SIR, —We have much pleasure in asking you to allow yourself to be nominated as a Candidate for the seat in the House of Representatives, about to be vacated by Mr. Wason, and we pledge ourselves to use our best endeavors to secure your return, C. N. MACKIE D. G. HOLMES E. S. COSTER, and others. Hereford-street West, Christchurch, April 14th, 1879. To C. N. Mackie, Esq., and other gentle men signing the requisition. [ Gentlemen, — Having been, requested by so many of the electors of coleridge to come forward to fill the vacancy in the represen tation of the District, caused by the retirement of Mr. Wason, I feel bound to place myself at their disposal. If I should be honored with your confi dence on this occasion, I would endeavor to give my best exertions to promote the interests of the District, with which my own have for so many years been identi fied. I think, in the present disorganised state of parties in the Assembly, no large measures of general importance should be carried until there has been a thorough re-adjustment of the representation, as it is manifest from the increase of population and progress of settlement that the Pro vincial District of Canterbury, and more particularly the Coleridge District, have not their share of representatives. I cannot come forward as a supporter of the present Government, as I think they have disappointed the hopes and expecta tions of their warmest supporters, as much by what they have done as by what they have left undone, but whatever measures they may introduce I would give them my earnest consideration and trust that I shall always be able to give satisfactory reasons to the electors for the course I may pursue. I shall endeavor to meet the Electors at such places as may be most convenient to them. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, 760 (Signed) GEORGE-HART.



ASHBURTON ROAD DISTRICT. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that all OUTSTANDING RATES, for the period ending March 31st, 1879, will he SUED for on and after the Ist of May next, without further notice. Rates received at the Road Board Offices, daily, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. By order J. E. BUCHANAN. Collector to the Board. Ashburton, April Bth, 1879. 688 SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate rials. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 473 c OTICE—The “ Ashburton Herald ” it a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. 60 Fruiterers, &c. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. W. T. DAVISON, GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, T>EGS to inform his customers and the public that he has REMOVED to the Shop lately occupied by Mrs. Morey, next to J. R. Chapman’s, Tancred Street. Fresh vegetables, salads, herbs, §tc. Orders Delivered Regularly. W. T. DAVISON, Wholesale and Retail . Greengrocer and Fruiterer, Tancred Street, Ashburton. 315 LONDON PIE HOUSE (Opposite Baring Square), Havelock Street, Ashburton. RICHARD MADIGAN, PASTRYCOOK, CONFECTIONER, AND FRUITERER, BEGS to announce to the inhabitants of Ashburton and county that the London Pie House was OPENED on SATURDAY, 22nd February. COFFEE ROOMS. Tea, Coffee, or Cocoa, with Pie or Pastry, 6d always ready from io a.m to 11 p.m. Pastry supplied lor Parties or Soirees on the Shortest Notice. TRADE SUPPLIED. 40



Auction Sales. BULLOCK AND CO., AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £1,000,000. Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack. J. DRUMMOND McPHERSON, Manager, Christchurch.



BULLOCK AND CO.’S ABSTRACT OF SALES. M AY 3 , At our Store Gully’s Chromos., Coach, Waggon, and 15 Sets Harness, &c., &c. MAY 5. At Water ten, under Bill of Sale Horses, Machinery, &c. At Waterton, the whole of the Stock and Implements belonging to Mr. D. Evans. MAY 6, At Tinwald Yards, Live Stock, etc. ; also, under Bill of Sale, 10 Horses, Farm Implements, &°c. MAY 8, At our Rooms, sale of valuable Sections in and around Ashburton. MAY 14. Freenold Farm, Stock, and Implements be longing to Mr. M. Wren, N. Rangitata. BULLOCK AND CO., Auctioneers.



Booksellers, &c. NEW BUSINESS. J . Y. WARD, BOOKSELLER, COMMERCIAL AND FANCY STATIONER, HAS much pleasure in announcing to the inhabitants of the Borough of Ashbur ton and County, that he COMMENCED BUSINESS ON SATURDAY MARCH i, 1879, in Messrs. Saunders Bros.’ Buildings, EAST STREET, NORTH, With A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Professional Stationery, Commmercial Stationery, Household Stationery, Fancy Stationery, &c., &c., &c. LITERATURE— (In Assorted Bindings) COMPRISING ALL THE MOST POPULAR AUTHORS Also, — PRESENTATION BOOKS. SCHOOL REQUISITES IN STOCK. Colonial, English, and Foreign Papers and Magazines supplied to order. WORK-BOXES, WRITING-DESKS, and OTHER FANCY GOODS, AT REASONABLE' PRICES. Hamilton’s Library Books on Deferred Payment. Note the address— J . Y. WARD, East Street North (Saunders Bros.’ New Buildings), ASHBURTON. ' 440 Business Notices.



rjIHE UNDERSIGNED'have for SALE and to \ rrive Calcutta Cornsacks, tbushels ; expressly manufactured for shipping Wheat. : Woolpacks— Seaming Twine best quality. Fencing Wire, No. 6 to 10. 20 Tons Galvanised Iron, 6 to 9 feet. 400 Casks Cement. j 300 Dozen Ploughshares. Etc., Etc., Etc.’ . j FRIEDLANDER BROTHERS.



Drapery. ORR AMD CO.’S



BARGAINS!! BARGAINS!! 150 Pairs Ladies’ Sewn Kid Boots, at 6s. 6d.; former price 12s. 6d. 230 Pairs Children’s Boots, at 2s. 6d. per-pair ; former price 6s. 6d. THE ABOVE ARE SLIGHTLY STAINED Through bad Packing. Sale at ORR AND CO.’S



763 OKR AND CO., IMPORTERS.



Educational. MUSIC TUITION, VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL. Terms, per Quarter or per Lesson, on appli cation to the Principal. SUPERIOR LADIES’ BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL, Oxford Villa, Burnett St., Ashburton, Conducted by Miss Steane. Private Lessons in French, German, and Latin, twice weekly ; Music, and Drawing in Various Styles. Preparatory School for Boys. Inclusive Terms. ASHBURTON BOROUGH SCHOOL. JgIVENING CLASSES will be continued on Tuesday and Friday ; Fees. 2s. 6d. per week. 775 Business Notices. REMOVAL NOTICE. MRS. MANHIRE, Dressmaker, begs to inform her numerous friends and the public generally that she has removed to premises behind Mr. Boyle’s Office, Moore Street. NIGHT SCHOOL on Monday Tuesday. Thursday, and Friday Evenings. 034 SPRINGFIELD COAL DEPOT, East Street, Ashburton, Near the Railway Station. JO. ANSTEE begs to announce that . he has purchased the above Agency, and has commenced to supply a really first-class Coal from the Springfield Mine, suitable for every use, at a much cheaper rate than imported coal. PRICES: io Cwt. and under- 20 „ „ -—4 o —4o s Per Truck of 5 Tons— -10 per cent, discount for cash. One trial will be sufficient. It burns free, and gives a better heat than New castle Coal. 769 HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. ALPHEUS HAYES wishes to inform his customers and the public gene rally that he has RE-OPENED the above yards with a fresh supply of first-class SAWN TIMBER, all sizes ; SAWN STAKES & PICKETS ; BLACK PINE & MIXED FIREWOOD. Also, that, having the Waimate Mills now in full operation, orders for Totara and Black Pine for bridge and other purposes can be supplied of any dimensions. 453 W. H. COLLINS, Manager.



SPECIAL NOTICE. WE ARE NOW LANDING— Ex p.s. “ Tongariro,” Bxij( Totara for Wells Ex “ Clifton,” from Invercargill, 240,000 feet first-class Boards and Scantling Ex “ Drover,” from Bluff, 120,000 ditto ditto Ex “ Wave of Life,” from Thames, 50,000 feet Flooring, Lining, &c. Ex “ Flora,” from Kaipara, A splendid assortment of 95,000 feet Kauri Timber MONTGOMERY & CO. (Limited) CHRISTCHURCH, And EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. TO MEET A WANT Long Felt in Ashburton, S. COLLINS AND SON HAVE opened a shop in Compton’s Buildings, Moore-street, next to Neate’s, chemist, for the sale of NEW & SECOND-HAND FURNITURE Of every description. Curtain Poles and Rings, Venetian, Spring and Roller Blinds made to order. Highest price given for Second-hand Furniture of all lands. PAINTING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES carried on as usual in town or country. Paperhangings, Paints, Oil Colors, Var nishes, Window-glass, and every trade requisite on sale. Guttering, and Piping found and fixed. S. COLLINS AND SON, PRACTICAL PAINTERS, PLUMBERS, AND HOUSE DECORATORS Moore-street, Ashburton. SSB arly. ASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. at the Herald Office. Apply 590 WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est and neatest CARDS may ba had at the ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Street North. SCHOOL Books, Bags, Etc.—H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 d SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 k



Wants, &c. WANTED, Apprentices and Improv ers for the Dressmaking. Apply to MISS CAUSEY, at T. It. Hodcler and Company’s. 776 WANTED immediately, Tenders for PLOUGHING 500 acres of land at Seafield. For particulars apply to HOOPER, AITKEN & CO., 754 Havelock-street. FOUND, A PARCEL, containing some Black Lustre. Owner can have same by paying for this advertisement. Apply 768 HERALD OFFICE. To Let. TO LET, A FOUR-ROOMED COTTAGE. Ap ply to 724 CHARLES BRADDELL. TO LET, A COMFORTABLE FOUR-ROOMED COTTAGE, with Yerandah, within two minutes walk of the Railway Station. Apply 711 HERALD OFFICE. Public Notices. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. HM. JONES begs to inform hif . friends and the public generally that after the 24th inst. he will be fount at his NEW PREMISES, BARING SQUARE (Next Post Office). Stationery, Books, Toys, Fancy Goods Music, &c. 39! NOTICE. ALL ACCOUNTS due to the Estate o Thomas Hicks, Ashburton, mus be Paid at Once to the undersigned, a Messrs Pass and Co’s, or at the Roa< Board Office, Ashburton. Accounts re maining unpaid will be sued for withou further notice. J. H. PASS, ) „ 454 C. B. BRANSON, } irU3tees ' PUBLIC NOTICE. rgIHE Wakanui Road is Stopped fo Traffic (opposite Moffatt’s Mill) until fui ther notice. 31 CHEAP TIMBER. AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS. BALANCE of Timber unsold at th auction sale. Also, 200,000 feet i arrive, now lying at the Waimate Statioi will be disposed of at reduced prices ; HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, East Street, Ashburton. 7J Business Notice. EA. GARNETT begs to inform tl . Inhabitants of Ashburton and di trict that, in consequence of Depression ; Trade, ALL GOODS will be offered GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, consisting of Tobacconist, Perfumery, ai Fancy Goods. HAIR-CUTTING IN THE LATEST STYLES. E. A. GARNETT, MONTGOMERY’S BUILDINGS, Ashburton. j



C. PERCY COX : Land and estate agent ai VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. TO LET OR SELL -680 Acres first-class land (limestone) w good house, large stables, woolshi sheep-yards, granaries, etc., etc., eo plete ; very convenient. 320 Acres reserve, first-class land, p sub-let, sufficient to cover the -whole Government rent, etc., leaving upwa of 200 acres rent free for 2 years. I price wanted for goodwill of lease, would be let to a suitable tenant. 2,500 Acres ring-fenced, to be let in ( block for grazing, or in blocks to s purchasers for cropping, with or wi out purchasing clause. Town and Suburban Sections to sell or! in Ashburton and Hindhope. MONEY TO LEND APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURU Agent for Union Insuranci COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. .ENVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, 1 VELOPES, NOTEPAPER—' cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at Herald Office, Wholesale Station Depot, Saunders’ Buildings.