POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post'Office close as follows For Christchurch and North at 1020 a.m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m and 4 p.m daily. For Dunedin, Timvald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Gera’dine, at 10.20 a.m, daily. For Temuka. Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a. m For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays .and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas,

Postmaster.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS

The following letteis from places beyond the colony were received at the Ashbuitcn Post Office during the month of July, and remained unclaimed on Ist September, i 87 9: Bennison, W. Bowden, W. Daly, Joseph Gerry, John ITetherington, William ' Horsfall, Miss O. Lafgren, P. P. ;i Millas, Mrs. C. Perkins, George Russell, Robert Smith, John Groves Stirling, James Wilkinson, Mr. Woodman, W. D. W. St, G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE

Mails close at the Chief Post Office for the tollowing places (subject to the necessary alte rations) as under : SATURDAY, SEPT. 13. For Australian colonies, per iararua, at 1.50 p.m. The next mail fot the United Kingdom via San Francisco will be closed at Christchurch on Friday, Sept. 12, and will be che in London on Oct. 28. The next mails for the United Kingdom, via Brindisi and Southampton (for specially ad dressed letters only) will be closed at Christ church on Sept. 24. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on November 17th, and the mail via Southampton on November 24th.

A travelling Post Office having been estab ished on the Southern line of railway, letters bearing a late fee of 2d. may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached to the express train, and they will be included in the mails made up in transit for offices on the main line and branches. Note.—A post office called Mayfield has been established on the south side of the Plinds, near the forks of the river, Sydney J. Dick, Chief Postmaster.

NEW POSTAL REGULATION.

Letters posted within the colony haying the names and addresses of the senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, accompanied by a request that the letters be returned if not claimed within a stated period, will be return ed unopened. Provided, however, such letteis shall have remained in the post office to which they may be addressed, at least ten days.

UNCI AIMED LETTERS.

On the first da; A each month a list is ex hibited at each Pc. t Office in the Colony of the addresses of all letters received from places be yond the Colony that have remaind unclaimed for one month at such Post Office; and such of these letters as remain unclaimed at the end of a further period of two months are then, for warded to the Dead Letter Office, to be return ed unopened to the countries where they origi nated. Unclaimed letters originating in the Colony are not advertised, but at the end of two months are forwarded to the Dead Letter Office, Wellington, there to be opened and re turned to the writers.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser With which is incorporated the “ Evening Echo”). THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1879.

Electoral. — Mi*. Eeldwick, it is not improbable, may be a candidate for the Thames.

1.0.G.T.—A tea meeting and concert will be held at the Longbeach School, under the auspices of the Good Templars, to-morrow* night. Mr. Ede’s coach will leave town at 5.30 to convey visitors, at the low* charge of 2s. per head. The Borough Election.—The polling for the Borough to-day does not appear to have raised the ratepayers to any pitch of enthusiasm on the subject. The return of Sir G. Grey yesterday at the head of the poll in Christchurch seemed to be a more absorbing topic to most people than the possibility of the infliction of return ing some of the candidates for the Borough Council. We noticed one suppliant for the honor extremely busy, and heard that he had a number of votes promised. We imagined that if he had, his prospects of success will be found to have been built on a very sandy foundation. Squibs and cabs were the exception, all parties seem ing to be saving their energies for Mon day’s battle, which promises to be an exci ting business.

The Ashburton Borough Reserves* The following is the description of the boundaries of the grant of land to the Borough. It will be seen that as yet that only 422 acres have been granted, whereas the Corporation are entitled to 2000 acres : —Schedule—All that parcel of land in the Provincial district of Canterbury, being sections Nos. 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 and 65, of reserve No. 350, Hind’s Survey district, and containing by ad measurement 422 acres and 18 poles, more or less. Bounded towards the North by a road ; towards the East by a road ; towards the South by a road ; aud towards the West by a road and reserve No. 1984, and again by a road : as the same is de lineated on the plan deposited in the Sur vey Office, Christchurch.

Te Whiti and a Special Correspon dent. —A recent telegram from the West Coast announced that Te Whiti had been interviewed by Mr. Crombie Brown, the special of the “ Lyttelton Times.” Mr. Brown is now in Wellington. He has, as mementoes of his visit, some interesting souvenirs, including a magnificent mat, presented to him by Te Whiti, and an earring of great value, presented to him by Madam Te Whiti. Mr. Brown slept in Te Wliiti’s own whare with as perfect security as if he had been in his own house. .

More Terrorising.— Some time ago a sporting Northumbrian took his wife to Newcastle to witness a championship skiff race. The pair made for the High Level, where they took up a favorable position. “ Thor, they’re oft'! ” cried the Northum brian as a prolonged shout rose from the vast assemblage. ‘‘Ho you see thim, Jinny,” he added excitedly, turning to his better-half, “Do ye see thim?” “Yis,” enthusiastically responded Jinny, “aa see thim. >.The little steamboat,s ganning to win.” Her error was pointed out, where upon she turned upon her husband and exclaimed, “ Whaat, ye beggar, whaat! De ye mean to say that ye’veiirowt us aal the way to see a cuppil iv nalf-claithed men ridin’ on planks? Stop till aa’s get ye liyem! ”

THE COLERIDGE ELECTION.

Mr. George Hart at Water ton

Mr. Hart’s meeting was held at .Water ton last night. About 60 persons were present, and Mr. Cfrigg, who was elcctod Chairman, stated he would act as such, but would reserve to himself the right to ex.-, press his opinions, and make some remarks on the questions likely to come before the meeting, and requested a fair and patient hearing for the candidate. Mr. Hart spoke briefly, apologising for not being able to address the Willowby electors as his committee had arranged another meeting at Kowai Pass, at the other end of the district, for the same evening. Mr. Wright had said in one of his speeches that lie was iii favor of a residential 01* property qualification. That was exactly what we had at present, since any man who had a £5 qualification in the country could register his vote in the month of March. He would, howqver, support a measure to enable any person entitled to register to do so at any time of the year. As soon as a man took a house it should be his duty and in his power to at once register. The whole of the revenue derived from the land tax should be spent on the land, and be collected by local bodies and not become general revenue. Speaking of Mr. Wright’s politics he did not think lie would be a staunch supporter of either side, and he thought that if lie, (Mr. W.) was returned, that lie would appear on the list of members with a big D after his name (laughter). The meeting was aware that Mr. Wright had acted very liberally as a County Councillor, to some portions of the county, and he would leave it to themselves to say whether lie had done as much for the district in liis own neighborhood, viz., Longbeach, as for the others.

In reply to Mr. Clark—Until the whole financial statement was laid before the House it would be hard to say what taxa tion would be necessary. Taxation was a certainty, but it should be of a general character, and not confined to one class of property. To Mr. Geo. Gilmour—Only a small length of the Thames railway is con structed, less than two miles. It had been characterised by one of the Government clerks as a swindle ; portions of tlie land through which it was to run was not yet acquired from the natives, and the late attack upon the Surveyors was in conse quence of the unauthorised construction. Mr. Hart said he was in favor of indi rect taxation, as being an easy means of making miners and Maoris pay a fair share of taxation.

Mr. Gilmour was of opinion that in taking the duty off sugar and tea (which by the way had not cheapened those arti cles), the Government had to tax the land. Mr. Hart in reply to a question, said, —The payment of £2OOO to Mr. Lar nach was unnecessary as the Crown agents could have negotiated it as well without his assistance. He did not think the Premier paid anything for the use of special trains, or for the Hinemoa, to enable him to stump the country election eering. Mr. Blair’s report on the West Coast railway was a valuable one in some respects, but he thought that further sur veys should he taken, as a grade of 1 in 7 such as ruled on Arthur’s Pass was highly objectionable. No siiecial advantage should be accorded to any newspapers. Mr. John Grigg said that on the nomi nation day he had been more reticent on the question of newspaper telegrams than Mr. Ivess had been, but at the same time he could claim to have been more truthful. (Hear, hear.) Three news papers had made application for the only wire open tor press uses. The net profits of this wire had been reported by Dr. Lemon to be £4,000 per annum, and it was granted.to these Government organs for £2,000 The matter was discovered and exposed, and the Government ad mitted the fact, and promised to erect another special press wire, which they did, but not for six months, so that they had an opportunity for that period of disse minating all sorts of information to tlieir own organs, dished up in a style, to suit their own views, whilst all the other papers in the colony had to put up with what telegrams they could get. Now that the electors had heard Mr. Hart address they must feel that they could he represented by a member who understood the political parties in the House, who knew the his tory of the House and of the colony, aud who had great experience in many transac tions, his knowledge of which would be of great value to his constituents and the country at large. (Cheers). ■ Mr. Hart had in a delicate way alluded to their knowledge of Mr. Wright as one who had takes a prominent part in the local bodies, and they should not then be divided as to their opinion of. Mr. Wright. ITe would remind them of some of that gentleman’s doings with reference to local matters. The-first matter that had come under his (Mr. G.’s) notice was a circumstance which occurred during the construction of the Great South Railway. Mr. Wright then obtained the permission of the General Government to erect the Winslow station near his own gate at Windermere, opposite a part of the country where no road was made, where no crop was then grown, and very little as yet, instead of at the present site, centrally situated for.all the Longbeach traffic, and opposite the main road of of the district and two and a half miles nearer Christchurch. Fortu nately, he (Mr. G.) discovered it, and telegraphed to the Minister of Public Works, and had the work stayed, and a memorial was sent to Government, show ing the amount of grain which would be sent from Winslow, and the result was that the present site was fixed on. He had asked Mr. Wright how it was that he could recommend so unfair a situation, and got for an answer, in a very super cilious tone, that he supposed it was a case of “Pull baker, pull devil;” and he (Mr. G.) replied—“ Well, then, the baker would win.” (Cheers and laughter.) He would ask the electors not to be led away with claptrap, but to listen to honest truths. When Mr. Wright was elected to the County Council there was a sum of £57,000 due to the County for dis tribution among the Road Boards, and Mr. Wright immediately proposed that a special Act of Assembly should be passed to use this County revenue so as to make the Tinwald and Mount Somers railway. (Hisses.) But owing to the exertions of the Rakaia members and himself this ini quity had been stayed and the money apportioned to the Road Boards. Had Mr. Wright’s intention been carried out, there would have been many miles of good it ads in this district not made nor likely to be. He would also point out that the

’County Council had been granted £IO,OOO for a water scheme for the Rakaia Plains, £SOOO for a similar purpose tp the Borough of Ashburton, and were now considering a water supply scheme for the Upper Hinds. Now he would point out f hat if the County funds could bo . devoted for supplying water to dry districts,; it was equally avail *able- -for draining wot ones. k . .(Cheers.) But lie was of opinion that if the Long beach farmers wanted funds for that pur purse that they would have to tax them selves and probably get £ for £ as assis tance. Mr. Wright had been consistent in ignoring the Longbeach district, and if the electors looked to their own interests they would one and all vote for Mr. Hart. (Hear, hear.) There were very strong reasons for supporting him : one was, that he had gone to Wellington at great incon venience. when no other candidate could be found, and they were now in honor bound to support him for the consistent opposition shown by him to the Grey Ministry. They did not want to send talkei*s to the House, unfortunately there were too many of them there already, they wanted men who had a knowledge of the forces brought To bear against the in terests of this Island, knowledge of? the., past, and knowledge of the routine of the House generally, and in Mr. Hart they had a candidate possessing these qualifi cations. It was an ungraceful act on Mr. Wright’s part to come forward to oppose a candidate holding similar views; if Mr. Wright had the interests of the Country at heart, why did he not stand for another seat, and oppose one of Sir Geo. Grey’s candidates, and he would then have deserved the thanks of the community, and we could have believed that it was through patriotism he offered his services to the country. Mr. Fisher had said at the former Heatlicote election that he would sooner lose his heart’s blood than that the Canterbury land fund should be taken from them, and when he became a Minis ter lie had consented, to the spoliation, and yet the Heath cote had returned him ; he considered that that constituency should be disfranchised. (Applause.) Mr. Joseph Clark would say a few words as to the reasons he had for sup porting Mr. Hart. He would go back to a similar battle which was fought in the Colony of Victoria in 1856-7. .At that time a party raised a cry endeavoring to set class against class, and raised the same cries as are being made use of in this contest—-manhood suffrage, vote by ballot, &c., including all the blessings possible to be procured in this world—and now they had arrived at such a state of Anarchy and Berryism, that no capitalist in England would trust Victoria with a shilling. Sir George Grey was endeavour ing to do the same thing in this colony .as they had done there, and if he succeeded, we should arrive at a similar state of things here. The whole success of the colony depended upon giving encourage ment to the importation of capital. (Cheers.) Electors must vote for one side' or the other, and he would vote for Mr. Hart because he had taken so plucky a stand and shewn his determined oppo sition to the Grey. Ministry, and his past doings were a criterion of what position he would occupy in the future. Whilst there were politics, there must be parties, and Mr. Hart’s views were pronounced. Mr. Wright claimed to be an Opposi tionist, but the paper supporting him was an out-and-out Greyite organ, and they could not conscientiously support such an inconsistent cause. He had much plea sure in proposing “That.the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr. Hart for his address, and that it pledges itself to to endeavor to. secure his return as the member for the district.” Seconded by Mr. George Gilmore, and carried by 22 to 4. A vote of thanks to the chairman ter minated the proceedings.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

[Age S/ea'a!.) London, Sept. 10. - News from Afghanistan states that there is great mortality amongst the camels on the route of the. campaign, and it causes, difficulties of transport, delaying the safe renewal of hostilities. It is proposed to. co-operate .simultaneously with .Tellalabad, Candahar and Mhurran Valley columns. '■ Russian papers unanimously express the opinion that conquest of Afghanistan is an’ imperative necessity to England.

AUSTRALIAN.

( Renter's Telegrams. J Sydney, Sept. 11. Heavy gales are prevailing along the coast.

Brisbane, Sept. 11. His Excellency Sir Arthur E. Kennedy is seriously ill. • The Legislative Council have passed the Bill authorising a loan for Public Works.

Newcastle, Sept. 11,

A destructive fire occurred here yester day, and several buildings were destroyed.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, This Day,

At -the Waipa election Whittaker polled 371; Cunningham, 262; McMinn, 38; and Roche, 26. Northern Maori electoral district : Honi Nahe Tawhia is now leading ; Sydney Taiwhanga, second.

Bay of Islands : Loudon’s present ma jority is 59. There are. two returns to come in, but the result is not likely to be affected.

John Fitzgerald was charged with steal ing jewelry from Kennal, also £l9 from PraH in July. A mysterious robbery occurred at Governor Brown’s Hotel, and was never traced till on searching the pri soner now charged with stealing money a clue was found to the jewel robbery. The case has been remanded.

Later. Loudon returned, 238 ; Williams, 138.

Dunedin, This Day.

Matthew William Hawkins was charged at the police court with embezzling £52, the property of the Union Permanent Building Society, and was committed for trial. Bail was allowed, himself in £SOO and two sureties of £4OO each.'

Tliefinquest on the late fire takes place at 2 o’clock to-day, when some strange revelations are anticipated.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

EUROPEAN.

(Reuter's Telegram.)

London, Sep^S. The total quantity of wheat aflofik £cr Great Britain is l,7oo,ooQjquarters.'’ * At the wool sales to-day 0300 bales were catalogued. The tone of the market is firmer.

The bai’que Vincent, bound, from Lon don to Adelaide, has put back, having taken fire. The fire lias been extin guished. i Sir Stafford Northcote, in a speech 'sup porting the candidature of his son for Exeter, insisted upon the maintenance of unity between England and the Colonies. He deeply deplored the massacre at Cabul, and stated that Colonel Cavagnari died nobly at his post, and his death was a serious loss to the nation.

Bombay, Sept. 9.

The defence of the British Residency at Cabul was stubborn and attended with great loss to the attacking party of Ca bulese. An unsuccessful! attempt was made by the Cabulese to storm the build ing, but they finally fired the doorway, swarmed in and killed the defenders. .

The Govei’nor of Candaliar has expressed his devotion to the British. Military pre parations are being rapidly pushed for ward.

AUSTRALIAN.

{Reuter's Telegrams.)

Sydney, Sept. 10.

Heavy rains continue, and serious floods are repoi'ted from Windsor, and other towns. The settlers have been compelled to leave their houses. Fears are enter tained that a heavy loss to stock will ensue.

(Special.)

Melbourne, Sept. 10. Wheat, 6s 4d ; flour, £l2 10s.

The fish hatching experiments at Ercildoun, Ballarat, have proved remark ably successful.

THE ELECTIONS.

The following is the result of the Christ church election, which took place, yester day:— Sir G. Grey ... ... ... 1.315 Mr. Stevens ... ■' ... ... 1250 Mr. Andrews ... ... ... '1250 Mr. Richardson... ... ... 1227 Mr. Treadwell ... -548' ICaikoura, Wednesday. The declaration of the poll for Cheviot was made to-day as follows : Saunders , ... ... 147 Inglis ... ... ... ... 70- Mr Gibson addressed the electors pre sent, thanking them on behalf of Air. Saundei's. • Auckland, Wednesday. The following are the returns so- far received for the Waipa election : Whitaker... ... ... ... 255 Cunningham ... ... ... 195 M‘Minn ...' ... ... ... 34 Roche • ...17

Returns are to come in from Raglan and three other places, but are not likely jtq affect the result.

The result of the polling for Auckland city east is : Speight ... ... 371 Clarke 3 ... ... ... ... 363

There were three informal votes. Speight was carried shoulder high by his supporters. Both candidates made speeches thanking their supporters, and each called for cheers for his opponent.

•; Napier, Wednesday. The polling for Clive election resulted as follows: Ormond ... ... ... ... 5°5 Sheehan ... ... ... ... 360 Mr. Sheehan received an almost block “vote froni the natives, of whom 180 are on the Clive I roll. The polls compared with the voting ; power is probably the closest in the colony. .There are qnly about 1100 names of living •Voters, and nearly 1000 of them polled.

LIEUTENANT CAREY.

The “Home News” says that Lieute nant Carry’s soldierly character ha." thus far been;'irreproachable, his career dis tinguished, and his family antecedents are liot such as to' make one think that he is likely to play' the part of a coward. The. grandson of Sir Jahaleel Brenton, who,' on board the Csesar at Gibraltar in 1801, and at many other places afterwards, did splendid service, and the brother of a man who wears the medal of the Humane Society for. thrice saving the lives of drowning men. Lieutenant Carey was educated at a French Lyce'e and was se lected from all the officers at the front as the best qualified to accompany the Prince. He gained a free commission in 18G5, was in sole command of the Fort of Accra, on the African coast, when only 18 ’.vent to Jamaica ; volunteered for the Honduras war, in which he showed . equal' c opacity and pluck ; volunteered for the English ambulance in the Franco-German war during which he was thrice taken prisoner while engaged on duty. He left England for South Africa in March last, and has shown throughout the campaign great ability and power of rende ing m my and valuable services. He has examined roads/ marked out camping grounds, and, as d member of Lord Chelmsford's staff, sur veyed and mapped out the path to Ulundi. Even the “ Daily Telegraph” admits that the young officer who has done all this “ cannot well be a poltroon, while -his military distinctions show that lie is not a dunce.” i

“I’ll take the shine out of yon,”as the eclipse : aid to the moon.

PRINCE JEROME NAPOLEON AND HIS SON.

Tiie Paris correspondent of the “ Daily. Chronicle ” says :— -prince does not live with his wife, ;.the .Princess Clot-' hildo, who prefers a life inythe.tsliade to the garish existence of a Republican Paris, which reminds her of, days "gone by, and she elects to dwell in retirement- at Mon caiieri, near Turin. Jerome has apart? ment3 in the Avenue" Montaigne. They arc simple enough—a. billiard room, a “salon.” and a study, with the usual additions, of a Parisian residence. A morbid spirit of prying lias just led me to' visib tlieae.roonis. They are not inartistic, and;! they; have quite a Bonapartist “cadhot ’’ about them. There are busts representing Napoleon I. as a scholar at .Brienne, as a general at Marengo, as Fiyst Consul, as Emperor in his coronation robes, as the hero of many fights in the historical grey coat, and, lastly, at St. Helena;' 'ln "a'" glass case mSy be sebn a number jSlreat Napoleoii, —the sword he used at Marengo, the glass with which he watched his battles, and the. pistols of the Duke of Brunswick killed at Waterloo. There are also two paint ings by Horace Vernet, one representing the landing of the French troops in the. Crimea., tho other the battle of the Alina, The figure of the Prince is prominent in both, and in the latter especially he ds , represented as in the thick of the fight,... with shells bursting around him, and sur-. rounded by the officers of his staff. Jerome Napoleon often points laughingly to this work of art as a refutation of the report that he is not a brave soldier. From the Avenue Montaigne I took a cab to No. 13, Rue de la Cerisaie. The. youth proclaimed.by Qassagnac a,s.the sue-' cessor df-tlle Imperial i'dives there as the border of M. Blanchet, professor of -history- {it tho, sdjoining. . Charle mange. After breakfast we saw the room of Prince Victor Napoleon and the Prince himself. Of the room we can only say that it does credit to the discipline of M. Blanchet, who is evidently no tuft-hunter. There .is no difference between that cham ber- and that' -of the other lads. Even. photographs of the Bonaparte family, al£ though not forbidden, are looked upon with discouragement by the tutor; and at the class the master calls out, “ Napoleon,, go to' the black-board,” or, “Napoleon, please to make less noise,” in the same way as he would speak to youths bearing the honored but obscure names of Dupont or Dub.ois. The Prince is a dark, tall lad, with an incipient moustache, eyes with a I strange' glitter an -them, and a winning sweetness of manner. He resembles the h ousei of Savoy far more than that of Bonaparte. Saturday was a trying day but he was quite sdlf-po'ssessfed, and even dignified. ‘‘ I was coming back from the schools,” he said, “ with my ‘ camarades,’ wlien I heard my dear cousin was killed. At'first I’could' ndthring myself to believe it, and when I returned here to know the sad truth, I thought my heart would break.” The Prince was awaiting his father, and we talked on different subjects. He speaks English, which he learnt from his nurse in Geneva, and afterwards kept up. He sees his father every Thursday, and goes home every Sunday. When the holidays come Victor and Louis go to visit their mother.. at Moncalieri. Prince Jerome accompanies the hoys and generally remains about a fortnight. He always endeavors__to .persuade bis wife to return to Paris,'" but this request is always declined smilingly. “You must go, my .dear lytsband,” says the Princess; you take an interest in politics, lam only a poor little ‘ devotde:’ Your- duty is to serve France, mine to pray for that dear ■ country and keep,it in the shade. ” And so Prince Jerome annually returns to his bachelor life, his cultured pursuits, and his easy-going political.. observation.. He is a free-thinker ; hut his respectful love of the Princess is almost akin to worship. ■ He; strongly- impresses' ' this feeling of reverence for their mother upon Victor and Louis ; bittT cannot fincl out whether the religious teaching of the Princess or •file theism of* the- -Prince has - made the deeper mark upon their young minds. Our interview was suddenly brought to a close. There ivas a little bustle in the court yai’d. We guessed what it meant, and immediately took our leave of Pro fessor Blanchet and his pupil. As we decended the oldfashioned staircase, we passed a gentleman who bore upon his face the mark of that strange dynasty. It was “ Plon-Plon,” who had returned from Trouville to see liis son Prince Victor, the elected of—Oassagnac.

FATAL LEAP FROM A TRAIN.

While the 7.30 a.m. express train from Bristol to Paddington was running on 10th July ovefr. «the -section- 'of the Great Western Railway between Reading and Slough, a convict, who was being conveyed with another prisoner to London, made a desperate attempt' to escape from -the cus tody of his warders. ' Feigning sickness shortly after the train passed Maidenhead, the mail who was handcuffed to his com panion, placed his head out of the window of the carriagej and surreptitiously opened the door. The latter was seized by the warders, and the other, unable to detach ihimsgl|-from .the .manacles,,., was .dragged along* ‘the line 'for some distance and crushed and injured as the train whirled by the platform of Taplow station; his' clothes being stripped from his tody.. The occurrence was perceived by' the guard of the express, who contrived to stop the train soon after it had passed Taplow, when the injured man was res cued from his terrible position, and con veyed to slough. Here Mr. Truman, the stationmaster, obtained the assistance of a surgeon. Upon arriving in London, how ever, about eleven o’clock the convict was, found to have died from his injuries, and; the remains were, therefore, removed t'q the dead-house of St. Mary’s hospital. His feet were crushed, and his body' frightfully bruised by coming in contact with the small signal posts along the side of the line and platform at Taplow. The other prisoner was, it is said, injured about the wrist and arm by which he. was manacled to the prisoner who attempted to escape. The incident naturally treated, a considerable amount of excltbpent among the passengers of the express.

wej&;entgaxted with the hue arts ; do you mean that you are a sculp to tf'i “'No, sjr ; ,T don’t' -'sfdulpf inyself,., filth 1 furnish the'stane td’.tb® iSlhsyjwilat does. ” A clergyman, who lived on the seashore, says, fie Jikcs Ealm Sundays! is op ' "posed" to Sabbafli-bVeakeis, ’ ■’

The Reward of Gallantry. —ln con sideration of the gallantry displayed by the!non-convmissioned officers and men at Rorke’s Drift, the issue has been sanc- Yioried o'f one pair of trousers and one flannel shirt to each man who was present on the occasion, to compensate for damage to their, clothing. Poor foolish France, to glory ever partial, :Oft‘ makes a common soldier, a Field-Marshal, Great (!) Britain, from a plethora of riches, Rewards (?) her heroes with a pair of breeches.

Holloway's Pills. —lt is difficult to de termine what is the more trying to health, .intense cold or excessive heat, though every body knows, that sudden .transitions from the one to the other teem with diseate, which may in most instances be staved off by an -early r esort to these purifying, regulating, and strengthening Pills. This well - known and highly esteemed medicine affords, a safe and easy, remedy for almost every wrong. which climates,' efianges, 'or "dietetic errors can engender’ and effectually removes any weakness self-indulgent habits miy. have induced. In . all conditions.-of. th&.'j’SjsStem bordering on discease indicated by. apathy, ■'listlessless, and t'estlessneSs,' HoflchvayV, Pills will prove espicially serviceable in begetting a vivacity appreciated by both-sou'nd aiidbi.cfc-

Thursday, September ri ,

THE ASHBURTON HERALD



r. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best fit lb I 6 to 1 9 Eggs, It? dozen 1 2 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, l'? It) O 8 to 0 10 Bacon, prime smoked, If" 1 lb 0 9 to 0 10 Hams in cloth, I? lb I 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, fit xoolb Oatmeal, ft 251b 14 6 to 0 0 6 0 to 0 0 Lard, $ lb - 0 9 to 0 0



THE A SHE UR TON HERA LD. Advertisements for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not later than 2 p.m. for the Country Edition, and 3 P*m. for the Town Edition, with the number of insertions written plainly on the copy, other wise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged accordingly. Notice to discontinue Advertisements must be left at the Office in writing, before 12 noon and alterations the day previous. Subscriptions : Quarterly — Delivered in town ~ country Posted m —wmnmamMOßß In Advance. II Booked s. d. s. d ...60 6 6 ...So 8 6 ...So 86 Agencies. ASHBU RT O N HERA LD, Published Daily. qubscribers are requested to make known any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or. Country, which shall he immediately remedied. Country Sub bribers along the Wakanui Road to the school, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesda? and Friday, -ENVELOPES, NOTED APER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPADS R. —The 1 cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings.



Clothing Establishment. aSSIGNMENT'OF THE ESTATE of MESSRS. AITKEN, PASOOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Mr. J. H. Morrison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND > Trustees. Mr. John Ross, Of Sargoocl, Sons & Ewing rjnHE above large Clothing Manufac § taring Firm having had.to succumb to these hard times, and assign their estate, we have been induced by the Trustees to purchase the whole of their large Manufactured Stock at a Very Heavy Reduction, and have resolved to sell the same again in our Branches direct to the public at prices at which we could not legitimately sell our own Goods. In fact (without exaggeration) during the next few weeks we are in a position to oiler NEW GOODS IN MEN’S AND BOYS’ ATTIRE, Of Colonial Manufacture, at from ONETIT I H D TO ONE HALF THEIR USUAL COST. HALLENSTEIN BROS., New Zealand Clothing Factory. The assigned Stock will he for Sale in our Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory. 12a



New Advertisements. RIOKETING. Materials -Bulls, Stumps, Knee Pads, H. M. JONES’, v. ,/•• •* •’ • ■ 'j. Stationery-Baring SqviiiK. IJEWSPARER INVESTORS. En- JJlj q uire locally- before y oui touch any thing at Timaru. “Telegraph”. is not the paper sale. ' . 415 a V. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden -at Ashburton. IN THE MATTE R " Op’ and Creditors Act; 1576. aijd of Debtors and Creditors Act, Amend ment Act, 1878, anti of the bank ruptcy of .JO SE P Hfy' HO L - BOROUGH, : .. rpiHS IS TO_ NOTlFYj‘that Joseph i- Holborough, of A. shb iff t oh",”"^Laljorer, has this day filed' a statement" umT*Re is unable to meet his engagements with his creditors. ’"'Tile first meeting of-creditors to be held at the District Courthouse,” .Wednes day, the seventeenth day of September, 1879. Dated this eleventh' day-of, September, 1579. C. CAVENDISH lIURRELL, •Clerk of the Cowart. O’Reilly .& Ireland, , . • . Solicitors for the Debtor. _ * '4l6a



’ln the District • Court Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER.OF.Tie Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, The Debtors and .Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, IS7B, and of the bankruptcy of JAMES JOHNSTON of Roxburgh in the County, of Ashburton, farmer, a debtor. ' " • '*”**vi J NOTICE i< hereby; given - .that," JAMES JOHNSTON," of Roxburgh,*,in the County of Ashburton, farmer, has this day filed in the above Court a declaration that he is unable to meet his engagements with his creditors. The first .meeting of creditors will be held at the District Court-house, Ashburton, on Wednesday, the 17JI1 day of September instant, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon. Dated this nth day of September. 1879. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Clerk of the above Court. E. G. Crisp, ; V'V Solicitor for Debtor. 419 s For Sale. FOR SALE', Sg PRIME TUSCAN SEED WHEAT at 5/ per bushel. • ? --- , . . JOHN GRIGG, 383 a ■ Longbeach. FOR SALE, ~ A COMPACT FARM,, and really 200 acres, situated on Longbeach Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 . THOMAS BULLOCK. v l FOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 137 Acres, partly impr.oyed,.-and situated about three and a 'half miles from "the Township. Apply to 5 THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, .CHEAP, Anew American buggy. Ap ply to ■■ •• 7 THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur ton. Apply to 8—266 a THOMAS BULLOCK. To Let. r §" TO LET, a with' Scullery, Range, &c., Eaet Town Belt. Apply Sealy Bros-., Seed Shop. ....... •* , : - iLf ,;U £jjpj 412 a ffjO LET, at,a' very low. JL together with. and Shop, near the Post Office,.^^ 393 a V; mQSjSf y^CK. TO LET, AT A REB%sii) - RjNTAL ( BOARDING-HOUSE, presently occu pied by Mr. Broadbelt, near the Post Office. -Apply’to—* 2 .... . .J.vy •riYO LEII, lately B■' pccupie.d'by. f*-" j#Pa^X^CK. mO .LET, fpiv a Pur- ; ‘l""’ chasing ~elauSb^r'~^^ ! AßM of 186 : Acres,, partly: improved, and situate near i Dromore Railway Station. v -Apply to ’V- •-fi&SS&ES^t&ioCK. • ' _! - TO . : WITH A PURCriASfNG r *'ciA#SE > OR FORSALE,-CO.EA-R/;r "# ' • • ■ A' -C’ R E S , • ; %lucfe*' v would - . - arm, situated at the back bf T)igby%u [yto. ,V X ‘ homas bullock^ .'/vvVv-' •%*'■ r >- %•«*>.• #