SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE .

PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVALS.

February 18.—-The s.s. Ringarooma, from Wellington, With passengers ancl cargo. The Government steamer Hinemoa, from Port GhalmersV , . : t:c~. ; if .SAILED. barque Signjil, 492 tons, Captain Whit ney, for Kaipara Jlalso the schooner Onward, for same place. • The baique Florence cleared with 810 tons of cargo for London, under Capt. Houston. The s.s. Ringarooma for Melbourne via the South.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close it follows :

For Christchurch and North at 10 a.m. <. pirn., and 7.30 p.m., daily. . . . For Chertsey at 10 a.m. daily. For Rakaia at 10 a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. ,’r ■ For Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine,, at 16. 15 a.m. -daily. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at-to. 13 p.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, a 3.15 p.m. daily.

The next mail for the United Kingdom, via San Francisco, will close at Ashburton on Fri day, 28th inst., and will bedue in. London on the 15th of April. The next mails for the United Kingdom via Brindisi and Southampton will, close at Ash burton on the 11 th of March. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on the sth of I May, and that via Southampton on the 12th ol May. ‘ The mails for the Australian Colonies and Tasmania per Ringarooma will close at the Bluff on Thursday, the 20th ins 1 .

W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

CHRISTCHURCH NOTICES.

February. 22. For Northern Ports, per s.s. Wanaka. 1 For Otago, per Taupo.

DEATH.

Gray.— On the' Bth December, 1878, at his late residence, Cambridge Villa, Truro Hoad, Woodgreen, London, Abra ham Booth Gray, Esq. (formerly of Northampton), aged 71. ™

The Evening Echo. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1879.

! The year 1878 has a direful calendar, full of black lines of mourning for calami ties as heavy as they were painful, and reaching in their effects the hearts and homes of every class of people. Many of those calamities arose from causes beyond the control of the British people, and, therefore, beyond either their responsi bility or that of their statesmen. But the last national calamity of 1878 was one for which the Government of Great Britain are responsible, and the disgrace of it will rest with them. Not to speak of the causes or the pretexts for an Afghan war, who are those engaging in it ? On one side a power assuming and boasting that it is the greatest on the face of the earth—greatest in respect to its warlike and commercial resources, foremost',in morality, civilisa tion, and religion : on the other hand a power so inconsiderable as not to be named in the ordinary reference books in regard to Asiatic powers and tribes, and their population and resources. The Ameer and his people, according to a British standard, are poor and indigent bar barians, ignorant as were the Highlanders of Scotland two centuries ago, starving as many days of the year as they are fed, turbulent and warlike, according to that notion of war which carries off the food and clothes of the beaten foe as the tro phies of the victor. It is thus a war of the strong against the weak—like too many wars our ,country has waged. China, Abyssinia, Ashantee, and Southern Africa are a melancholy list of names reminding us of contests we have fought with foes unworthy of us, whom it is equally dis graceful to us to yield to or to conquer. Then comes the question—who began the war 1 It was the British Government; and worse, they provoked it; No one has ever ventured to allege that the Ameer eyer meant to invade India, and if he had any such foolish intentions, who will ever say that India stood in danger from such as he. The Ameer , is thus waging a defensive war, and we are the aggressors waging ah unprovoked war against a chief who has given us no cause for the invasion apd conquest of his territory. Thpugh,

there can bo no doubt of Russia’s influ ence in ‘Afghanistan acting in a sense against the interests or rather the temper of England, there is no sufficient, reason why we should have, engaged in a war .against the Afghans while the real foe was permitted to look on. When we have beaten and conquered the Apacer and his clansmen, we.ffiiall J 4^aye % <me nrpre to our list' oj-- jg|t&ve| bullied arid taught ifo ovgr niigh^'and hold us ihlcorifemp'|fo|#uitMea|y.if Sight, and, donefvwitli- hirily- affecting bur position with regard to Rus sia, we shall .have finished a practically resultless wai\ Our contest .with tiie Zulus bears from one point of view a re semblance to the Afghan war. but from another point it is totally - different.- -The Ameer was no dependant of ours, no vassal, no colonist. , .He owds 'ris Inbithep suit nor service, tribute nor obedience. Within his own boundary lines.... he. _is supreme so far as - we .have; any .concern with him, and it is not much to the pur posie that he is said twenty years ago to have promised to he the friend of our friends, and the foe of our foes. Such promises as that are of little value in the highly civilised West, as history has often proved, and we can scarcely expect them to he more highly respected in the East. The Ameer’s geographical position did not endanger our Indian Empire, and he might have lived on in his mountain passes without a hostile visit from; us, and:we should have suffered no hapnif The Zulus border upon and mingle with the population of a British colony, and their hostility, burst ing out into open war, jeopardises the hold we have taken of a territory colo nised by our own countrymen —and the lives of the colonists. Whatever cause we may have given the Zulus for taking up arms against us, we are in duty, bound to protect the men of our kindred and blood, and put them, .as .far.as.the arms of our troops will put them, beyond the possibility. of annoyance .or danger , from the horde of savages whom again, as with the Afghans, w r e shall have no honor in defeating, and shall suffer disgrace if we are defeated by them. This war must be undertaken, because the lives of our fellow countrymen are more valuable than what we call the national honor, but surely it adds not to the nation’s honor that Great Britain should only j have in her bestowal upon the heroes who bear her arms, “honors” won from untaught bar barians who know only savage warfare.

A Habitual Drunkard. — Dr. Trevor, and Mr. James Campbell, J.J.P., to-day, sent Mrs. Walsh to gaol for three months for habitual drunkenness. Ashburton Police. —For some time past Sergeant Felton has been ill from low fever, and his continued indisposition has necessitated the temporary charge of the station being placed in the hands of Sergeant Pratt, of Rangiora, until Ser geant fFelton’s recovery enables him to resume duty. Saturday’s Cricket Match.— The .fol lowing gentlemen comprise the team selected to represent Ashburton against Timaru in the cricket match to be played on Saturday, and referred-to in our issue of yesterday : —G. Andrews, A. Andrews, Denshire, Grant, Field, Barker, Ashwood, Priestly, Pearce, Westenra, and Saunders. As there is a probability of business engagements preventing either of the Messrs. Saunders sparing the necessary time to take part in the match, Messrs. Harris and Broadbelt have been selected as emergencies.

Racing Club Meeting. —A meeting of gentlemen interested in holding the Ashburton Annual Steeplechase on the Queen’s Birthday took place at the Somerset Hotel last evening. There were about a dozen gentlemen present, Mr. M. Friedlander in the chair. The Chairman, having briefly explained the obj ect of the meeting,' Mr. "Hay proposed, and ,Mr. Grant seconded, “ That the Steeplechase beheld, arid that a committee-now be appointed to make necessary arrangements, for carrying the same out.” This was carried unanimously, and a long discus sion of details followed, terminating in the appointment of the following gentlemen as a committee Messrs., Crisp, ' Calvert, Campbell, Fooks, Ireland, Harrison, Wil son, and Harris.' : T TY'Y'uT . :

The Impounded Land Fund.—Yester day morning Messrs Montgomery and Stevens, M.H.R.’s, interviewed the Hon. John Ballance on the subject of the Im pounded Land Fund, desiring to be in formed of the actual position of the fund, and how soon it was probable the money would be paid. It was. important that no further delay should, take place as the season for public works being carried on was rapidly passing away, and many Road Boards in Canterbury were wating to com mence these. Mr. Ballance said that Go vernment recognised their position, viz., that they would have to pay themouey, and there would be no difficulty on that head, but difficulty had arisen in placing the Lyttelton Harbor Deb«ntures in the market, the state of which rendered it inad visable that these debentures, should be put upon it at present. The Government he belivedxvould be in a p»stion; to. pay the money by May next. He was of opinion that £34,000 would cover the, whole arrears of survey. / .

Cheap Travel ling.— Through opposi tion in coaching between - Hokitika . and Christchurch,’ the fares are reduced to 20s; inclusive of train from Malvern to Christ church. . . , , No Arms. —The Government refuses to accept the services ofthe proposed Otago Yeomanry Cavalry on. account of the scarcity of carbines. Auckland College. —Out of 46 appli cations, Mr. Alex. M’Arthur, of the Mel bourne University, was the : successful candidate for the English Mastership of the Auckland College, ,/ -j,, >

The Wellington Athenaeum is to be opened on Sundays. A Maori Monument. —A Wellington sculptor is executing to the order of the Hon. Mr. Sheehan, a bust in Carrara marble of thg;i-.£aniaus friendly chief Hapuku. .The ' of the finest quality. .-$-he sojj p£]|Tap ! ulj:u called at the . t studjq?*n|h a de ; Ifje trutlifiimes3y-oif the likeness, sispj|yediin a plaster cast !of his father’s iwhichi-dhe sculptor is (copying;'/' "TVS-V*' Tragic Occurrence. —A Hew Ply mouth telegram says : Two German step brothers, named Ferdinand Paul and Cai-1 Grumgall, living at Normanby, had a quarrel., on. Sunday, Jan. 26. Paul, who is said to have been under the influence pf drink, passed from;words to blows, and ; finally drew his knife on Grumgall, who’ seized a post and struck Paul several severe blows on the head, inflicting such injuries that the latter diedyesterday/ An nqiiest will be held to-morrow. Sheep lovement South. —Up to Sa turday morning, 4,400 cross-bred sheep, transported by rail from the Levels, near Timaru, Canterbury, had been received at Edendale, Southland. Twenty-five trucks were employed, bringing about 1,100 each trip. Only eight or ten were lost by smothering, which speaks well for the railway management. On arrival they were .turned l into a magnificent field ,of English grass and clover, whore they will |be allowed to luxuriate for ‘ six"’ m'onths, ..when they will be shorn, snd then fat tened off for market.—“ 0. D. Times.” Painful Situation.— A settler ajt 'jVild Bush, says the’ Riverton 1 “ Star,” named Diigald Macdonald, jwps felling ; a .tree re cently, when it lodged, and he had to fell the other. In coming down one of them fell across his right le<*, burying.it in the ground. He dug his leg .clear with his knife, but the tree canted and buried it again, burying nearly is body, -with i t.. He cfit a stick to bring his axe within his reach and cut his way, and dug himself out again. He then crawled out of the bush before he could obtain assistance. By the time a doctor was brought his leg was so fearfully swollen that more particulars . could not be ascertained than the fact that the bones were broken, and soft parts dis colored, and the : skin . torn.;: He r was re moved to the Wallace. Hospital, Queer Affair.— The u Wanganui Herald” says:—“On Tuesday the 7th distant, a native found the dead body of a newly-born male child,>yrapped in a copy of the “.Wanganui Herald*” floating in the mouth of the small creek just above Mr. Reid’s Red Lion Hotel. The body was shown to a large number of natives, and eventually buried by them in a kind of natural hole in the river bank below, the stockyard at Campbelltown. This information only reached Sub-Inspector Goodall oh 'Saturday last, who at ohce made search,-but found the, body of the child had been removed from its place of burial and cannot now be found, although a reward lias been offered for its recovery! There is - great-doubt r among- the. natives as to whether, it was. a European, or native child. - Strange rumors are afloat concern ing it. . In the. meantime the. police are trying to fathom tho mystery. The Sydney ' Exhibition.—Wo hear that Dr. Hector is exercising his influence in Auckland with regard to Sydney Exhi bition matters, and 1 is meeting with ready responses on all sides; • Auckland and the Horth will contribute largely in produce, but wotfl must come from places further south, as the' best grown up there has found-its way out of the colony.—“ H. Z. Times.” . Effects of Perfume on Heaeth.—We learn .that an, Italian professor has recently made some very agreeable medicinal researches resulting in the discovery that vegetable" perfume exercises a positively healthy influence on the atmosphere, con verting; its oxygen into ozone, and thus increasing ' its oxidising 1 influence. . The essences found to develop the largest quantity of ozone are those of cherry, laurel, clover, lavender, mint, juniper, lemon,-fennel, and bergamot ; those that ■give it in smaller quantity are anise, nut meg," and thyme.- The flowers -of-• the narcissus, hyacinth, mignonette, helio trope, and lily of the valley develop ozone, in closed vessels. Elpwers destitute of perfume do not develop it, and those which have but slight perfume develop it in small, quantities. Reasoning from these facts, the professor recommends the cultivation of flowers in marshy districts, ’and in all places infested with animal emanations, on’ account' of 'the powerful ' oxidising-" influence, of ozone.—Medical Press and Circular. ’’ ’U-" ’• The Crisis in Trade at Home.—Re garding the crisis, the' “Bullionist "'’ has no fear of the result, in spite of croakers and evil if only. Englishmen will but practice the old virtures that formerly gave them their, supremacy, and see that English-made goods hear the palm for ex cellence as well as cheapness—for excel lence, indeed, we should say, 1 more than for cheapness. We have a time of trial before us still, .and it may-: last longer oi’ shorter ; but it depends upon ourselves whether we shall emerge from it con querors or conquered. Even the loss of her supplies of cheap coal, severe as the trial would be, would not necessarily over throw English industry ; but the practice : of adulteration and the decay 0f.., truthful ness and honesty of dealing assuredly will. There is a moral root to the commercial supremacy of nations ; and that, we may hope, has hoHnPOiecastTof‘Gi’efttr-Britain been yet ootefl up, ; - ; 1 V "¥■■?[ Porphyry lias been discovered in the mountains between Cannes and Toulon j by a contractor of public works at Cannes, and- as'porphyry sells for 2,500 francs the cubic metre, this discovery will be a veri table source of wealth to. that charming region. .. u v ■'

CORREPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed.by our correspondents.

WHICH MAN OF WAR?

To the Editor Evening Echo.

SIR, —The telegrrm published by you gives; the name of the ship in .-which the. new Go/?; vernor,' Sir Hercules Robinson, is cohii ng to; New Zealand, as. “Herald.”"bTeleii.! grams in other papers give; i t as the “ Emerald. ”; Which is it ? I happen to have by me a list of “Naval Stations for September,” cut out of an English paper of that date. There is no “ Herald” mentioned as in commission at all; but Emerald is described as “ passage to Aus: tralia.” In a Hampshire Advertiser I find the following; under the head, Davenport, July 25th, 1878: —“ The Emerald, 12, new com posite screw corvette, Captain Maxwell, went outside the breakwater on Monday for trial pf her machinery. She was inspected to-day by Rear-Admiral Willes.” This is, then, pro bably the ship .which is to.bring. His Excellency from Australia to New Zealand accompanied by ;the Commodore, in ,-H.M.S., Wplyerinc.— I am, &c., R. N.

TELEGRAPHIC.

AUSTRALIAN • [By Submarine Carle.] j•‘I•;v • ! ’■ ’: . - Melbourne, Feb. A “ Gazette ” extraordinary issued, to-, day. offers a reward ; of• £IOOO each for the Kelly gang. Hew South Wales offers a <similar:reward. ■:'■■■■■ ; •. -M 0 Sailed: Tararua, for the Bluff. * Mr. Doaken, the Government coudi date, has virtually been returned for 'West Burke, but the returns are in complete. Sydney, Feb. 18. :Over. GOO workmen are employed in erecting the Exhibition Buildings. Rapid progress is being made. : —: N A show of wool will be held at the Exhi bition. Exhibits will be received up to December. : : ■ > • ; I The rewards for the capture of the Kellys,- between the two Colonies, amount to £B>ooo. ..... .. Sailed —Rotorua and Zamboanza for Hew Zealand. j The London Commission of the Exhibi tion suggest 110,000 ft. for Great Britain, 64,000 for France, and 100,000 'for "Other European countries. It will bedifiicultto find the space. An Outlawry Bill will probably be passed here against the Kellys. Brisbane, Feb. 18.

At a meeting of squatters held yester day it was resolved to subscribe .the capital necessary to float a Conipressed Meat Company. ; • ■;

Brisbene, Feb. 18. The- re-constructed Ministry are—Mr. Thompson, Mines ; Mr. Pring, Attorney ; Mr. Macßasson, Public Works. A buglary has been committed at Go varment House, with the result that a bottle of claret and a' box of cigars were stolen." Burglaries are frequent. ;■ -■ -

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Wednesday.

- The Associated Insurance tariff, has burst. The Hew Zealand Co. now announces that xt will take risks from Is. 6d. percent, upwards. -Roberts, a clerk in the Bank of Hew Zealand—formerly at the Tauranga branch —has disappeared. He is supposed to have gone by the mail steamer. .'He was not embarrassed, .nor charged with, de falcations ; but the course of true love not running smooth with him, he ended the difficulty by leaving Auckland; |. Myas is at last got rid of. He returns by" the Sapphire to England, where he will be court-martialecl for desertion and breach of arrest.

; A cowardly assault has been committed by two seamen of the sapphire on A. B. Donald and W. Pritchard, who interfered with them in their horse play towards a little lad who had made some remark respecting them in Upper Vincent street. Donald was severely cut about the face, and the Rev. Mr. Dutton, Primitive Me thodist minister, who was passing, ap- ; pealed to the sailors, but they turned, took his stick, and struck him on the face, and hurt him severely. The police sub sequently traced the offenders, Hay and Huxable, .who were.arrested. I . THE WRECK OF THE TAUPO. ; f Wellington, . Wednesday. The following official telegram was re ceived from Tauranga last night “ The Taupo would not float at high i water. The cargo is still being discharged, and another effort will be mad© next tide. If the weather keeps fine she may be got ioff, hut it' is very doubtful. There are ; several holes in the steamer’s bottom, and she is now full of water. The least swell would probably break her back. The Hawea returns South oil Friday; the ! Hapier mails will be sent overland; those i for the South will go by the Hawea.”

At the Rechabite Annual District Meet ing yesterday, the election of officers for the ensuing year was proceeded with, and resulted as follows D.C.R., Bro; W. Hislop D.D.R,, Bro. T. Sidey ; District Sec., Bro.‘ F. ' H. Fraser 1 (re-elected) ; auditors, Bros. Brown and, Bennett. Bro. the. Rev. j. W. Inglis, from Victoria, visited the Council, and conveyed' to the assembled delegates the good wishes of the brotherhood in Victoria. Mr. Frankland, Government Actuary, attended, and gave information regarding the Government contribution tables for Friendly Societies. On the question of admitting female mem bers, it was resolved'that any Tent having admitted ten. or more" than ten female members should be requested to form tfyem

at once into a separate branch, and that any Tent having a less number than ten*, should berequesied to obtain that number as soon as possible, with a view to the formation of a separate branch. It was further resolved that the district take no Steps in making laws for mixed Tents until such time as the proposed Southern Board of Directors be formed, or until such time as provision be made for mixed Tents by ■ tiie Board of Directors in England. The enquiry into the recent collision between the steamers Huia and the Go-a head has terminated. The judgment blames both captains equally, warns them to be careful, and adjudges them to pay costs equally. Their certificates are re turned. 1 The Typographical Society recently de manded an increase of ~6sTa Wekiirday* - work, and one penny per thousand on . night papers, with a corresponding iii-V crease for overtime. The masters have remonstrated and several conferences have taken place’,--but .the- society, insists on the increase from next Saturday. The whole of the matters,- including the >Go-;r ' vemment' Printer, have agreed not to|'j igrant the demands/ and a- general strike -is,, therefore probable.' r.d •«. n; ; ; ' sis -''b | S IC ,DpNs:piN, .4 His .Excellency jthe. Governor arrivlej.at'”' Port Chalmers by the Ringaroonia at 10 o’clock this-, anornipg, .He.wa,s Received r by| the L : Mayor;..^nd-..Cpuncillors, . The 0 " Haval Brigade presented arms, and 'the , school children sang tfle JJa-tibnal Anthem. All address was presented by tlie’Co’fpo ‘ ration, to which ’ His Eicellfeiicy replied,, stating that' he ,regretted -leaving Hewy- Zealand. He idturhecP oh " board the steamer, which arrived at Dunedin at two. Two addresses were- presented’ to ! him, one by the Corporation, congratu lating him on .the- completion of the rail way to Southland, and the other by three friendly societies, setting forth theiivnum bers and financial strength,.and intimating that they are banded together to make .man the brother of man,! regardless -i of rank, class, creed, or. condition. Fred J. Dooder, of Timaru, .charged, . with kicking in the doors of the demir } monde on Hew Year’s niorning, bad lijs t case remanded for a month,.. as the sum mbns charged him with insultinglanguage, instead of malicious.damage,to property. • The time of the Beiicli lias for some ; time past been principally occupied "Tvith’fd the punishment of disorderly women. The charge against a deplorable-looking old woman, recently exported from Hoki tika, was withdrawn in order that she might apply, for admission to the Benevo lent Asylum. The police stated she wjls u unable to work ana 'Would be no use in ' gaol.

EXECUTION OF THE MURDERER WALSH.

Invercargill, Wednesday. :.‘ :v The execution of Whlshj "Who murdered; i>‘ his wife at Wakatipu, . took place this morning within the precincts of the gaol;' The,proceedings were private, thqugh the attendance of officials and spectatora num" !* bered between 25 and 30. Walsh was a Catholic, and Father Higgins' Shortly after seven, Walsh was pinioned in the reception room by the executioner, a little under-sized Je)v, who went ab.out his work in a. thoroughly business-like manner, and displayed great coolness. Walsh made no statement,- but the even- ' jpg before he said he had no complaint to make, no message to ,give, nor .last request to prefer. He had been treated with, great kindness - ancb r e.very . : ,- ;i by the Government and gaol officials.' The • pinioning completed, the condemned .man walked slowly but without trepidation to the scaffold steps, without aid, and accom panied by the usual officials.. The cus tomary/ service of the? Catholic Church was performed, and Walsh made the responses audibly, though in ainuffledtone. Presently the white cap was put on, and the executioner having adjusted the halter went below. Prayers were continued till at the Sheriff’s signal the bolt was drawn. The 'executioner sprangpn to the legs of the suspended body like a cat, and swung for Half a minute., .-.Death, however, must have resulted at the fall- of the drop, as only a few convulsive inovements followed.

An Ingenious/- Invent!on 1 .. . -A : new bracelet, outwardly Of "a most’ chaste, in nocent and beautiful design, but inwardly a ravening wolf, has. just been invented and throw’ll oil the [market, r It lias a wicked little secret spi'ing that reaches out... and nips a fellow by . the. puff the moment he touches it, and, 'holds liitn thfere uiiti “ pa” can come into th,e parlor, and gazing 1 sternly upon the affectionate and per:. turbed tableau, demands of the young man what are his intentions, ./ ;

Shoemaking Machinery. —An Ameri can paper says :—Machinery for shoe making produces marvellous results.. Ono class of machines, .sewed last y ear 40,000,000 pairs of shoes, while pegged 55,000,000 pairs, in: that year. Teh 1 men can make 600 pairs of'shoes per day; In Hew England 460 bushels of shoe pegs are'made in a day, and one cent’s worth of pegs will make four pairs, of . shoes. - There are 576 .patents on shoe pegs “and peggers ; and* 2000 on shoe machinery. Machinery turned out two millions shoe lasts’in the United States last year. _. Hew Maori Papee. —A new; paper, called “ The Arawa. ” \yhich' is : to consist" of half Maori, and,; English, will shortly be published at Rotorua under the auspices of Mr. Robert 'Graham. We (“Bay of Plenty Times ”) are informed that the Maori portion will be contributed by Mr. C. O. Davis, and the , English by Mr. W. B. Langbridgc, who is also to be the nomiual editor./ The printing will probably be done in Auckland. With the exception of “ Te Wananga,” hybrid journals have not hitherto been remark ably successful. V ? : :

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General Storekeepers. T. R. HODDER-& Co| JgEG to inform the 'lnhabitants jsf Ashburton and Surrounding" Districts that they intend ;• OPENING THEIR NEW AND EXTENSIVE PREMISES - ' IN-Yv saunders bros?' ‘^Uildings, wo h e uv\A ii f ON SATURDAY, MARCH: .ist, '[/[ With a Large and Carefully-selected Stock, in the/following Distinct De partments : .?• if! t j« ' im '’lt: \ GENERAL DRAPERY, /1 MILLINERY AND SHOW ROOMp’'""L BOYS’, YOUTHS’, & MEN’S CLOTHING, TAILORING DEPARTMENT under the CHARGE OF A FIRST-CLASS CUTTER FROM MELBOURNE), . BOOTS, * SHOES, AND MENS’ HATS,. GROCERY & PROVISION WAREHOUSE CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, & FANCY GOODS. T. R. H. & .C0.,._ in respectfully soliciting a share of the business in the rapidly-increasing district of Ashburton, intimate that they can offer many advantages, having had extensive busi ness experience in every branch, being DIRECT IMPORTERS, and welt . established in the Home, American, and Colonial Markets,' and having purchased largely from an over stocked market, especially in Cotton Goods, which will be Sold much under ordinary List Prices.: They have se cured''- ./dHC <•(■■■. rf(r! u COMPETENT HANDS for each Department, and with these Superior Facilities for carrying on busi ness, they trust to give their customers' the ... UTMOST SATISFACTION. WOOL, GRAIN, <fc DAIRY PRODUCE BOUGHT FOR CASH, AND ' TAKEN IN ACCOUNT. Indents received for every description of Agricultural Machinery, or any other commission promptly attended to by their, LONDON AGENTS. USUtMT GY;-rn -v-r........ ... j T. R. HODDER & Co., • ' ■ r-f -r r: , , ••• •- r/l ; ; :■WHOLESALE ANEj RETAIL 1



Special Notice. Hooper, aitken and go. are prepared to make CASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE Placed in their hands for sale in the Home Markets. *390 SATURDAY NEXT, February 22, At 12 o’clock. Messrs, acland, Campbell & CO. will sell by public auotion, on SATURDAY NEXT, the well-known steeplechase horse, “BLACK EAGLE.” Black Eagle, the property of Messrs Saunders Bros., is eight years old, per fectly sound, a capital hack, and one of the r best jumpers in the Colony. Winner of several races. ’ 402