ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “ Evening Echo”). WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1879

, On Monday evening the Borough Council.had before them a circular from- Dr. Hector, Chairman of the New Zea land Commissioners’ for the Sydney Exhibition. The document gives lists in full of the Commissioners, and Local Committees fn each of the following places :—Auckland, Wellington, Christ church, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill. In these places, private gentlemen have been selected to form Committee's, while the Mayors and Borough Councillors are the Local Committeemen in the following places.: —Napier, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Nelson, Blenheim, Greymouth, and Hokitika. The Ashburton Council re solved to act capacity of a Local

Committee, and to receive articles from

intending exhibitors in this district. As the exhibition is one of very great importance to this Colony* and pos sibly there may be amongst our readers some who desire to forward articles for exhibition, we give below in full, the New Zealand Regulations 1. All exhibits must, unless otherwise specially arranged, be forwarded to the Commissioners at Wellington, through the local committees, before the first week in July. 2. Local committees will take steps to insure that collections from their respective districts shall reach Wellington by that time.

3. The Collectors of Customs have been directed by the Government to arrange for the transmission of the exhibits at the public expense ■ and free of charge to the exhibitors.

4. Each exhibit must be accompanied by two copies of full written descriptions, stating value ; and by the name and ad dress of the exhibitor in full; according to forms- of application for space and cata logue information that will be supplied. 5. If exhibits are not intended for com petition, it must be so stated by the ex hibitor.

6. If more than one exhibit is packed in a case, it will be advisable to distinguish each exhibit by a serial number. 7. Each package must have affixed to it a label or mark showing the place from which it comes, and the serial number of the package. Labels will be supplied by the Commissioners to local committees and exhibitors.

8. All expenses of transport, after ex hibits are received by local committees, will be undertaken by the Commissioners. 9. It is very necessary to insure that nothing is exhibited which does not excel in quality. Exhibitors should therefore be very careful in their selection of samples. 10. The Commissioners would specially urge the collection of the following articles :

(1.) Gold. (2.) Grain, pulse, grass seeds, etc. —1 measured bushel. (3.) Flour, meal, etc.—-251b. (4.) Wool.: —6 fleeces, etc. (In addi tion to the ordinary display of wool, a further exhibition will be held in. December or January, so that next sea son’s clip may be represented. (5.) Woollen goods. (6.) Coal.—Sections of seams, samples. (7.) Timber. —Series of uniform-sized samples. Sections with the bark: on aiid one face polished, the other being left in its natural state. Speciniens to be not longer that 3 feet, except in the case of samples illustrative of the extreme growth to which par • ticular trees attain. (8.) Furniture. —Manufactured from New Zealand wood. (9.) Flax.—Dressed fibre, in 501 b. "bales. ' - At Rope, and other manufactured articles. ; (10.) Kauri gum.—Ordinary market samples, showing grades of quality ; special samples, show ing size of mass or purity. (11.) Tanning barks. Leather. Dyes. Paint. (12.) Preserved meat. —Six tins of each kind, arid 101 b. samples. (13.) Cheese.—Whole - cheese of any size. 1 141 b. in the aggregate. (14.); Wine, 1 beer,. and. spirits.—ln bottle. Max., 2 gals. Beer, A . ;in wood—max., 18 gals. (15.) Tobacco leaf and cigars.—Max., . 101 b.; min., leaf, 51b.; cigars, lib. (16.) Mineral waters. —Max,, k-gal., or 1 doz. in bottles. (17.)- Minerals and ores. (18.), Works of art. —Only those illus • trative of New Zealand scenery and- natural history ; photo graphs, plans, maps, etc. ' (19.) Miscellaneous articles. —Such as illustrate the history of the country or its inhabitants. 11. The Commissioners will use every endeavour to provide against the loss or damage of the collections, which will be duly insured, but they will not hold them selves or the Government responsiblefor any damage or loss. ....... j 12. Any exhibits not absolutely given to or bought by the Commissioners (unless the owners expressly desire that they be duly disposed of at Sydney) will be returned to the, focal committees at the expense of the Commissioners. 13. Local committees will, at their. dis cretion, accept articles for exhibition, sub ject to final revision by the Commis sioners, as spaceAor exhibition is limited. 14. Local committees are recommended to appoint sub-committees to assist them in seeing that none but first-rate speci mens of raw products are forwarded to Wellington. : . r ,| < 15. The Commissioners reserve the right to alter,- amend, explain, or add to these .regulations. £ • •

Professor Scott and Company. —A large audience assembled in the Town Hall yesterday evening to witness the last performance of the talented Professor Scott and Company. The first item on the programme was an extravaganza entitled “An Exact Resemblance,” the performers keeping their audience con vulsed with laughter the whole time. Miss Daley sang in very sweet effective voice, “ Keep, one little kiss for me,” for which she was rapturously encored. A “ Man of burnt cork” then introduced his banjo, and for his first song was recalled three times. ’ Professor Scott and Miss Daley then i'sang “ The boy in blue,” having to respond twice. The “ Shadow Pantomime concluded the entertainment. The San Francisco Mail. —The out ward mail for the United Kingdom &c., via Frisco’ will close at Ashburton Post Office on Friday, 28tli jjist at 7.30 p. in., and will be due in .London on 13th May. The Brindisi, and Southampton Mail. —The next mails for the United Kingdom &c., via Brindisi and Southampton, will close at Ashburton on April (3iK. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on June 2nd, and the one via Southampton on June 9th.

Cricket Match. A match between the “ chapels’” of the “Tima.ru Herald and Christchurch “ Press” is being arranged for, for Saturday next, to be played on, Ashburton ground. I Messrs Saunders have kindly, placed their paddock at • the disposal of the players. r " Pauli ament will probably meet for the despatch of business on tlie 25th of .July.

Telegraphic. —Telegrams for the Aus tralian Colonies, per Albion, can be for warded-to the Bluff up till 11 a.m. on March 27th.

Supreme Court. —The next criminal sessions of the Christchurch Supreme Court will begin on Monday, April 7 , and the calendar appears to be heavy one.

1 The Akaroa Railway.—The line from Lake Forsyth to Akaroa is being surveyed by Mr. T. M. Hardy-Jolmstone, and that from Lincoln to Lake Forsyth is being set out for construction.

I The Governor. —lt is understood that Governor Robinson will only make a very short stay at Wellington, and proceed almost immediately after his arrival to Auckland, in a man-of-war, and from thence make a tour of the whole colony. As yet there is no sign of his arrival.

Carrying Coals to Newcastle. —It is stated that telegraph poles for the Darga ville telegraph extension line have been shipped from Wellington to the Northern Wairoa, which is one of the best wooded districts in the Colony. A Missing Actor. —Mr. J. S. Blyth, the actor, who played at Graliamstown on Saturday with his wife, is reported to the police as missing. He had been in a lo w state some time past, and expressed himself tired of life. On Sunday evening he told his wife he would take a walk round Graliamstown, and has not been seen since. It is feared that he has taken his life. -

Native Lands. —The purchase of the Middle Tanihara block of 90,000 acres in the Taupo district is completed. During the last three months, about one million acres of land on the West Coast. railway have been secured by the Government though the negotiations are not yet quite completed. It is expected that the cost of the land when surveyed • will. be about 10s. an acre. The greater part of it is valuable agricultural land, and will bring a high price when placed in the market. The proceeds will be devoted to the con struction of the West Coast railway.

The Native Meeting at Parihaka.— At Parihaka, the Native Minister had a conversation with Te Whiti on Saturday. Pressure was put on Te Whiti by his people to speak. Mr. Sheehan having addressed the meeting, demanded the surrender of Hiroki, to be tried at the Supreme Court. Te Whiti constantly interrupted Mr. Sheehan while speaking, and in half an hour’s harangue accused him of stealing the Natives’ land, and said he would not talk-to ;a : thief. •Te Whiti also said if the Supreme Court could not come there to try Hiroki'he should not go to the Supreme Court, as he had claimed :his • (Te > .Whiti’s) protection. All that could be got out of Te Whiti , was a pas sionate tirade. He would not discuss any thing. Shocking Accident near. Timaru. —An extremely painful accident occurred at the Meat Preserving Company’s Works, near Timaru, yesterday afternoon, to a work man named Edward Jeffrey.. He was at work taking tins of meat out of a large boiling cauldron, when he lost his balance and fell into it. Two workman who were near at the time pulled him out, and got their hands badly scalded in doing so. The boiling liquid in the vat was .three feet deep. Dr. MHntyre, of Timaru, was telegraphed for, and he arrived promptly. By his' orders Jeffrey, was. removed to the Hospital in an express waggon. He is frightfully scalded and he is not expected o recover the shock. A Clerical Scandal. A clerical scandal at Ponsonby- has caused a little sensation. Some time ago Miss Horne, a member of the choir of All Saints’ Anglican Church, fell ill, and was likely to die. On a Saturday afternoon several calls were made upon the incumbent to visit her. He declined, alleging that having a slight cold,-, he might become worse by going out, and thus impair his efficiency. Next day the girl died. At half-past seven that evening, Mr. Runci man, a Presbyterian, was called in to attend her in her last moments.' It is said that Mr. Bree was meanwhile com fortably amusing himself playing chess. The Vestry took the matter up and repre-- sentecl the facts to the Bishop, who de clined to interfere, but informed them what steps could be taken if they desired to carry tlie j matter further., f Formal steps were taken to proceed against Mr. Bree in the Church Courts. On Saturday last a letter * was received by ;the Vestry from the Bishop, covering one from Mr. Bree admitting the. ..charge, confessing to an error of judgment, and apologising for tlie same. At a meeting of the Vestry a resolution was passed accepting Mr. Bree’s apology and' staying further proceedings in the Church Courts.' Another resolution was passed by the .Vestry,,, asking, the Bishop to declare whether the district, having been recently formed into a parish, was vacant, and to request that a time should lie fixed for the 1 nomination -of a minister.

“ Brides of the Church.” —Two ladies took the veil yesterday, at St. Mary’s Convent, Auckland. Mr. R. J. Delias has completed ar rangements for an English Opera Compa ny to do the tour of New Zealand. They will appear in Auckland about the Ist of April. Fat.—A fat French lady despairingly said—“ lam so-fat that I pray for a dis appointment to make me thin. No sooner does the disappointment come than the mere expectation, of growing thinner gives me such joy that I become fatter than ever.” A Fat Cow.—lt was a fat cow of varied taste in whose internal economy a British butcher lately found five linen cuffs, six collars, a and portions of other garments, all carefully packed away.

The Chinese Telephone.— And now the Chinese claim that f.Jie telephone is nearly 2000 years old, having been in use about that time in-their country. Oh J pagans with the almcnd eyes, there is something that is older than the telephone. Lying. It is older than the Chinese wall. It is older than the City of Pekin. It is as old as the first Chinese historian. And about as reliable. —Hawlceye,

THE BOROUGH ENGINEER ON THE NIGHT SOIL DEPOT QUESTION.

At tließorough Council meeting on Mon day the Engineers reported as follows on a night soil depot for the town:—ln re ference to the selection of .a site for the deposit of rubbish, night soil, etc., we cannot find any reserves or unoccupied' land within a reasonable’ distance of ' the town, that are not open to the same objection as the sites first proposed, ex cept some land in the river bed to the southward of the town, of which we in close a tracing. This land is intersected by flood channels, now dry, and much of it is subject to overflow in heavy freshes. We cannot recommend it as a permanent reserve for depositing night soil, for ob vious reasons, such as its proximity to the town and the liable pollution of the river. It would, however, be available for dry rubbish, and we decidedly advise its re servation for municipal purposes, especially as we are of opinion that a considerable area might be permanently reclaimed, and would become in time a useful property. The disposal of excreta and other matter is a most important subject requiring much consideration, and we are not at present prepared to offer a definite scheme. As far as we have considered the matter, it seems to us a question between either deodorizing and desiccating the sewage matter, or else conveying it at once to the sea.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS,

Great Earthquake in Persia. A severe earthquake in Northern Per sia has caused great damage. Nearly 1,100 persons perished. Sydney Exhibition. The London Committee has requested the French Government to appoint three Committees for the Sydney Exhibition, such Committees to control the representa tion of Agriculture , Manufactures, and Science respectively. The Zulu Campaign. London, March 24. The Duke of Cambridge denies that Lord Chelmsford" complained against Sir Bartle Frere in connection with' the Cape disaster.

The Cape Cable.

(Special to the “ Melbourne Argus.”) The Eastern Company’s tender for the Cape „Cable has been accepted, utilisng the Australian Cable.

Sir John Coode’s scheme of improve ment of the' Ya'rra Dock involves a cost of over a million.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

The Bay of Islands Roll-stuffing. .. Auckland, Wednesday.

At the Bay of Islands Commission of Inquiry at Hokianga, John Lundon stated that Williams • objected to the Maori claims through fear of the political in fluence of Williams’ family being destroyed. He also said that all Catholics were objected to, notwithstanding good qualifi cations. Lundon admitted that, in every claim sent in last year, household qualifi cations were inserted, whether the claim ants possessed it or not, so as to secure a double chance of getting on the roll.

Rawira Whareharu stated" that he attested 203 claims to vote, and only saw ten of the claimants sign. The fogms were handed to him by Patrick Lundon, ready filled up. and signed. He merely attached his sig nature as attesting witness. TookLundon’s word that it was correct. Wiremu Hatene deponed that seveial names objected to were staunch friends of the Williams family. Native Affairs. Wellington, Wednesday. It is almost certain that Ihaia Tainui, of Greymouth, will be returned un opposed for the Middle Island Native Seat. Government land negotiations on the East Coast are making rapid and satisfac tory progress. Several important blocks will tie transferred direct to the Crown in the Lands Court... r The half-caste chief, Wi Pei-e, and' his people have rendered signal service to Government, in these transactions, and they will be substantially recognised. Tenders for the first section of the West Coast line—liaiwarra to Porirua —will probably be'called for in three weeks. Mr. Sheehan leaves for the West Coast •to-night. - - - " -- The title to Murimotu will be re-heard in the Native,Lands Court, but Govern ment have agreed to fulfil agreement with the original occupiers, subject to the ap proval of Parliament. Some of the Opposition in Wakato have been trying to induce natives to invite the Governor instead ,of . the Ministers, but Rewi, who is well up in constitutional practice, pooh-poohed the idea, saying the Governor could do nothing without the advice of his Ministers.

Two persons holding commissions in the Militia and of the Peace are believed to be fomenting discontent among the natives. Government will probably remonstrate. Land purchased in Wanganui and on the West Coast are | being pushed on suc cessfully with a view to giving the North Island land fund, which will be devoted to the completion of the through trunk rail way from Wellington to Auckland. A Dangerous Amusement.

Dunedin, Wednesday. Two little boys, of eight and nine res pectively, were charged to-day with ob structing the Port Chalmers railway by placing stones on the rails. The offence took place some days ago, and resulted in a train narrowly escaping getting upset. Counsel stated that the boys playfully placed pebbles on the rails to see them get ground into powder. On account of their age and absence of felonious intentions the case was dismissed, A Brothel Row.

Frederick Dudar, a carpenter from Timaru, was prosecuted for breaking into a house of ill fame on New Year’s morning, qnd damaging property. One of the women described Dudar as the leader of the larrikins. Dpfgpdant brought a prize fighter and two other witnesses to prove that he only knocked at the door and drank the health of the inmates. Dudar was consequently discharged.

Valuably Sav/mills Burnt.

Palmerston North, Wednesday. Last night the Palmerston Sawmills, owned by Ritchie, Mansted, and Go., were discovered to be on ■ fire. The flames spread quickly, and in two minutes the whole buildings and timber-stacks were a sheet of flame, without the least hope of saving any thing of the sawmills. Efforts were then directed to removing the boards and scantling along the ground leading to the adjoining flour mill,. be longing to the same proprietors, which, happily, were successful, and the fire was confined to the premises where it origi nated. The owners of the sawmills were just fixing in a new engine and setting a new boiler which cost £6OO. These were to be started going in a few days. No idea can be formed as to the cause of the fire, as, when the last man on the pre mises left a short while previous to the outbreak, all was safe, and no sign of danger apparent. The plant is insured for £2,000 —£800 in the South British, £I,OOO in the North British, and the remainder in the New Zealand, but the whole amount of insurance only half covers the loss, as the mills are the finest in the district, and an unusually large stock of valuable timber has gone in the conflagration. As might have been expected, the flames lit up the country for miles around, and continued with unabated vigor during the whole night. There are some hun dreds of tons of sawdust still on fire, which it will take a week to. extinguish. The fire has caused deep regret, for, independently of the proprietors’ loss (who are highly respected), it throws a large number of men out of employment for months.

It is rather singular that the reporter of the “ Manawatu Times” had visited the mills during the day, and had prepared a long description of the works with their new and improved machinery ; but the article was crowded out of last night’s issue, when the alarm of fire was given, and the description of the burning now takes its place.

The Hon. Mr Fox at Invercargill. INVEE.CAE.aiLL, Wednesday.

The Hon. Wm. Eox last night, de livered his lecture entitled “A Trip to America.” The attendance was thin, and the Maine Liquor Law was the prominent feature of the lecture.

A new Circulating Medium will in a day or two be in vogue in Greymouth. At the Borough Council meeting held there on Monday last it was resolved, “That the Treasurer be authorised to issue promis sory notes, under sanction of the Finance Committee, bearing interest at, 10 per cent under the seal of the Borough, for such ac • counts as they may pass for payment this way. — West Coast Times. ......, Got. —A youngster, a native of the soil, and gifted with his fair quantum of colonial precocity, “ got off” a happy flash of wit lately at the expense of a new arrival, to whose person a fragrance of lime juice forcibly clung. The new chum was gazing in at the shop window of Men dershausen upon the picture of one of Darwin’s pets, which bore the inscription, ‘The Twin Monkeys.’ He was unable to see the application of the legend, and made a remark to that effect to a bystander. The youngster overheard the observation, and with promptitude he retorted, “ The other monkey is looking at the picture.” Exit young New Zealand. Argus (Dunedin.) The Kellys— The Sydney “Echo,” re ferring to the futile attempts of the Vic torian police to capture or shoot the Kelly gang of bushrangers, says : —“Such villains must be fought, as much as possible, after their own methods. Yon Tempsky’s For est Rangers in the Maori war became the terror of the rebels; but those who have seen them will bear ready testimony to their utter destitution of pipe-clay. Un tiringly, unflinchingly, never swerving, never faltering, they tracked their foes from fastness to fastness, till they fairly hunted them down. We imagine that a band of such men would speedily give an account of the four desperadoes who con stitute the Kelly gang.”

The Counties Act at Geraldine.— At the Geraldine County Council yesterday a most' extraordinary scene happened. The Council consists of seven members, of -whom four have pledged themselves to vote against the Act being brought into force. One of these four showed signs of breaking his pledge, and consequently two of the honest members immediately re signed and left the meeting, so as to quash a quorum. After they left the resolution fe the Act was put, three voting for it and two against. The meeting by the last news was fighting over the intrepretation of the Act as to the number required to form a quorum. The fastest thing out — A conductor’s baton ; it beats time. A Prayer against Hot Dishes.— An Italian bishop, while at a large dinner party, attempted to take a silver chafing dish in his hands. It was so hot that he put it down more rapidlythan he intended, for the divorce was accompanied by ex pressions from the Athanasian creed. A guest instantly drew forth his memoran dum book and began to pencil. The Bishop asked : “ What are you writing ?” “ Your prayer against hot dishes. I myself may wish to use it one of these days.” An “ Official Mill”. —An altercation, which led to a regular stand-up fight, took place at the Hutt railway station yesserday morning, between two well-known members of the Civil Service. The parties went into one of the station rooms, an under-Secretary acting as umpire, and several rounds were fought, one of the combatants being severely punished. Legal proceedings between the parties are talked about. »

Lord Beacqnsfjeld was asked after the recent division in the House of Lords, “ How long he thought the Conservative Government would last ? ” He answered quietly—“ As long as it pleases Providence to spare Mr. W. E. Gladstone to the country.” Scalding Reply. —“ I’m a rutabaga, and here’s where I plant myself,” said a tramp, as he entered a farmhouse near Freeport, Illinois, and seated himself at the table. “We allers bile ours,” said the farmer’s wife, and soused him with a dishpanful of boiling water’.

Why ought poultry keeping to be a most profitable; business 1 Because for every grain you give a fowl it gives a peck,

MARIE DE MEDICIS.

(from “ OLD PARIS,” BY LADY JACKSON.) It was the 14th May, 1610. Workmen to the number of eight hundred, or more, were employed in decorating the old city of Paris for a grand state pageant, arranged to take place, on the 16th. Marie de Mecftcis, the second wife of Henry IV., was then to make her public entry into the capital, as the newly-crowned Queen of France. Her coronation, so .long earnestly desired, so long delayed, she had prevailed on the King, after ten years of scolding and. coaxing, threatening and entreating, to consent to. The cherished wish of her heart was obtained). and she had been crowned, with the utmost pomp and solemnity, on the previous day at St. Denis, by Cardinal Joyeuse. Little or no sympathy existed between Marie de Medicis and her husband. His .. mistresses—less by their beauty than by gaiety and good humour held an' influence over him which probably she herself might have acquired could she have curbed her violent temper. But not only did she rave, and rage, and assail . him with.angry words, it was even some-'' times necessary to restrain her from the free use of her hands. And her blows, were far from being light ones, for as Henry once justly said, she was “ terribly J robust.” From time to time whispers had reached her of the King’s intention to seek a divorce, on the ground that a promise of marriage given in years gone by to the Marquise de Verne uil invalidated any subsequent union contracted by him. Henry had not a very scrupulous con science, but these whispered reports originated solely with the intriguing Marquise. He entertained at heart, a kindly feeling towards Marie, notwith standing her attacks upon him, and publicly paid lier the respect due to the mother of the daughter of France. But her brow had cleared since it had been graced by a crown. She was radiant with delight, for she had achieved a real triumph—one especially gratifying to' the feelings of a woman of her violent and vin dictive character— the Marquise de Ver neuil, the King’s mistress, and the Princess Marguerite de France, his divorced wife, . having both been compelled • to witness that triumph, and even to enhance, it, by joining the train of ladies appointed by. . Henry to form her cortege. Her dark ( Italian eyes, which so often flashed with angry indignation on her faithless spouse, were then lighted up with a gleam of proud satisfaction that but few had observed in them before—Henry never. The. King had taken no part in the cere mony—he was present merely as a specta tor, .But when the Royal procession passed up the nave of the old cathedral, preceded by the archbishops and bishops in their richest vestments ; the Queen, surrounded by the noblest and fairest ladies of her Court, and arrayed in splendid robes , and sparkling gems that well become her florid complexion and portly figure (she was; in 37th year), and wearing with dignity the royal mantle—which, heavily embroidered in fleur-de-lis of gold and pearls, was borne by pages of honor—Her ry turning towards his Minister and friend. De Sully, exclaimed, in an animated tone—“ Ventre Saint Gris ! —Qu’elle est belie ! ”

THE PRICKLY OSTRICH.

The showman who traverses the coun- \ try with a menagerie often has a hard time of it, owing to the public craving for new animals with “ sensation’! points - about them, the supply of which is naturally limited. Nature is ever ready to oblige the deserving showman; but her ingenuity would seem to have been pretty well exhausted by incessant effort in abnormal directions.

The ingenuity of man in the way of J happy suggestions is, however, always readily complied with, and of this my friend Giggleswick has afforded me a pleasing illustration. Finding himself with his show at a village which had been overdone with zoology, as villages will be after repeated exhibitions of the ordinary kind, he saw that the time was come when he must make an- effort. The animals were eating their heads off, and, in spite of this in itself curious anatomical feat, on view daily, not a penny was coming in.' ' ~ In this dilemma a hkppy idea‘'oc curred to him. Bearing in mind the fondness of the ostrich for delicacies of a ferruginous nature, he procured from a shop in the village several dozen of nails, of the variety known as tenpenny. These tempting morsels were duly r strewn in the ostrich compartment, and the bird, with glistening eyes and ravenous appetite, set about devouring them, until not a nail remained.

Giggleswick allowed a day. or two for digestion. Then he approached the ostrich armed with several powerful magnets, of which he had obtained the loan, and, by applying these to the back and sides of the bird, he succeeded as he had anticipated, in producing a very remarkable effect. The nails, acted upon by the magnets penetrated the skin and feathers of the bird, and produced an appearance resembling that of a cross between the hedgehog and the procupine. ;

The effect was pointed in the extreme, and without hesitation Giggleswick christened his novelty the Prickly Ostrich, *!; The announcement of this wonder attracted crowds. Giggleswick had to open a special Prickly Ostrich account at the local bank, and in after days he was never tired of recounting his experience of the reluctant natives, and how he nailed’em.

Wednesday, M>rch 26, 18^9.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.



Butter, inferior to best l',lb j, 1 d. 0 to I 1 2 .Eggsj' $ :do^eii’ I 6 -to 0 . 0 ’Cheese, 'primevqiijility, l?lb 0 10 • to 0 0 Bacon/ piinie smoked, & lb 0 10 to \ 0 0 1 Hams ii> cloth, 1; ? Jb X 0 to 0 0 ; Flour in bags, loolb 12 6 to? 14 0 ,’ Oatmerd*'.4? 251b - 7 0 to 0 . 0 sLard, - * •' •- 0 9 to .0 0



Clothing Establishment;, ■ :ww— A EN uq Ah !-■; m COURAGE NE W %EA N D industries:- TO THE PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT. '"'“'Messrs: jj allenstein ~|i> EOS. DesijtQ. to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH • " ■ of the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, IS NOW .OPEN IN THE NEW BRICK BUILDING ASHBURTON, . • . (Next Bulloch & Co.’s Rooms) To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article they have decided to sell a SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE. All goods are marked in plain figures, for net cash only. - Any article purchased and not approved of will he exchanged with the same courtesy with which it was sold, or, if desired, the money will be returned. :.l The Success which has attended the New Zealand Clothing Fac tory’s Retail Branches in Auck land, Wellington, Clu-istchurch, Dunedin, and other towns, leads the Proprietors to believe that there exists a praiseworthy desire on the part of the public to ‘ encourage New Zealand Indus tries, especially where superior advantages are offered, and your support is solicited on this understanding only. ■WILLIAM SPARROW, Manager 467 „ Ashburton Branch.



Chemists. HERBAL MEDICINES. RSONS suffering from liver com- plaints, coughs, colds, worms, skin diseases, &e., are invited to try • Nature's cheap and universal remedy, “HE R B S. ” James Neil, importer of Herbs, and Bo tanic medicines, George street, Dunedin, has appointed .MR. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, ‘ ' Chemist, Ashburton, Agent for his highly-extolled medicines, Composition Powder for colds, Dandelion Coffee and Dandelion Pills for liver com plaints, Headache Pills, Botanic Cough Syrup „ Worm Powders " ~ Stomach Bitters ~ Blood Purifyer, &c. Roots, Herbs, Barks, &e. of • kind. every 370 CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE S acknowledged to be the mostagreeable and efficacious Tonic Stomachic yet pro duced: It contains the valuableTonicproper , ties of Peruvian Bark (“Quinine”) with the 'Stomachic properties of the Bitter Seville Orange, so combined as not to be objec tionable to the most delicate invalid ; and, ;u as a “BITTERS,” is far superior to all other preparations. Invaluable to all suffering from loss of appetite, indigestion, general debility, ner .oKOus affections, tic, ague, and derange ment of the system. j ..When the stomach has become enfeebled “'or disarranged by disease, excess, or irregularities, or the appetite is impaired by mental or bodily exertion, or "from any cause whatever, it gives a regularity and tone which, is not obtained by any other medicine. One, two, or three wine-glass fuls may be teken during the day by ' ''persons suffering from the above com plaints, with the 1 greatest benefit. It is ' ' highly recommended by the medical pro fession to be taken whenever Cod Liver Oil is ordered. By pouring the required dose of the oil into half a wine-glass of the “Orange Quinine Wine” scarcely a flavour :of the oil is tasted, and the wine materially assists the oil in its beneficial bperAtions. Price, 4s. 6d. per wine bottle, and sent (carriage free) in cases containing ■ : -rohe dozen, at 48s. Sold retail by all Chemists,' and manufactured by J. M. CAMBRIDGEy MEDICAL HALL ASHBURTON. I - 360 - Business Notices. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED are prepared to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Grain for shipment to England or . to the Australian Colonies: • -'./. r '! ■ ERIEDLANDER BROTHERS.



Special Notice. OOPER, AITKEN ANI) CO. are prepared, to make CASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE Placed in their hands for sale in the Home Markets. . *390 WHEAT. WHEAT. WHEAT. THE Undersigned require a few thou sand Sacks of Yery Prime Wheat for Immediate Shipment, and are prepared to Pay the Yery Highest Price for same. Apply at once to ROYSE, STEAD, & CO., 54p Ashburton. WHEAT TO LONDON.' THE Undersigned are making Liberal Cash Advances on Wheat placed in their hands for Shipment to England, free of Commission, Interest, or Ex change. Freight, 30s. per ton, in first class IRON SHIPS. 531 ROYSE, STEM?. & CO., Per J.,E. Heaver. 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 anj’- dimensions. 453 W. H. COLLINS, Manager.



y. a R. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. : IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, .The Deb tors and Creditors Act,; Amendment Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of Wllliam Allan, of Dromore, in the County of Ashburton, farmer, a debtor. Notice is hereby given that Andrew Orr, of Ashburton, Merchant, has this day been appointed Creditors’ trustee of the estate of the above-named Debtor, and further that the said Andrew Orr has this day signified to the Clerk of the above Court in writing his ac ceptance of the office of Creditors’ Trustee. All proofs of debts must hereafter be forwarded to the said Creditors’ Trustee. Dated at Ashburton this 25th day of March, IB7Q. JOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN, ; 1 Clerk of the Court. E. G. Crisp, Solicitor for the Debtor. 593 In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE, MATTER OF The Debtors and. Creditors Act, 1576, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment -Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of Thomas Maddox, a debtor. THIS is to-notify that, at a meeting of credi tors of the above-named debtor held ,on SATURDAY, the 22nd day of March, 1879, Knud Sando, of Ashburton, merchant, was appointed creditors’ trustee of the. debtor s estate, and has signified ii> writing his accept ance of the office. .... ( * Dated at Ashburton this 22nd day of March, 1879. JOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN, 594 Clerk of the Court. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of James Dayley, of South Rakaiaj in the Provincial District of Canterbury, and colony of New Zea land, farmer, a debtor. NOTICE is hereby given that James Dayley, of South Rakaia, in the Provincial Dis trict of Canterbury, and colony of New Zea land, farmer, has this day filed a declaration in the above Court that he is unable to meet his engagements with his creditors, Ihe first meeting of creditors will be held at the District Court-house, Ashburton, on the Ist day of April, 1879, at 11 a.m. Dated this 26th day of March, 1879. ; . ; JOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN, Clerk of the Court. C. W. Ireland, Solicitor for debtor. 595



Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton ire often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase of Drapery, Clothing, and House-furnishing Iron mongery, and General Stores. Orr & Co. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton, They ’seep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which beinp bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to ofler goods of siiTi sterling value as cannot be equalled by any other house in the trade. Every article in stock is marked at the lowest price, from which no abatement is made so that the most inexperienced buy their goods at the same prices as the best judges.— Advt