The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1879.

The Otago Daily Times, in a very able article, yesterday morning advo cated the claims of life assurance upon its readers and the cultivation of a spirit of providence. It holds that the life assurance agent in preaching the gospel of independence is teaching a lesson that will compare in importance with the lesson taught in the churches. The special cause prompting a reference to the subject was the Kaitangata Relief Fund, now rapidly rising in magnitude, indicative of the warm benevolent spirit that actuates the people of the colony. The article, while disclaiming any desire to carp at the improvidence of the victims of the disaster —whose high wages put it in their power to protect their wives and children against such possible bereave ment as has eventuated—points out that most artisans earn higher wages than clerks and other white-handed wage-earning men, higher even than many professional men ; and yet, while the clerk and the professional man in sure their lives and meet death with a provision made against poverty for those who depended upon them in life for support, the artisan in too many in stances dies with no such provision made. Specially is the necessity for as surance urged upon those who follow avo cations of a dangerous character —such as miners, railway employees, and sailors, whose lives are every day exposed to the chance of accident —and complaint is made that the advantages offered by the Government Insurance Office and others of a kindred nature are not taken advantage of as they ought by the class for which they were more specially called into existence. A suggestion is thrown out, and inculcated as a duty upon owners of coal mines and other large employers of labour to almost compel their employees to insure, and to aid them in so doing by retaining a certain amount of their weekly earnings to meet insurance premiums. With coercion of this kind probably the majority of the public will not sympathise, but we fancy the reason why so few working men insure is not an improvident spirit, but because most of them have failed to thoroughly comprehend the principles and advantages of a system that would place their families in a position of comparative affluence when the bread winners died, did they but take advan tage of it in life. Working men possess just as much general intelligence as those of the classes that claim to be above them, and we would add our own pleading to that of our Southern con temporary, and urge upon wage-earning men of every class the great advantages of life assurance. However they may doubt the stability of companies, or the integrity of agents, and we know many do look askance upon both, there can be no doubt of the genuineness of an office started and worked by the Go vernment of the colony in which they live; and the long and successful history of both home and colonial institutions for purposes of life assurance ought to give them confidence in a principle, the working of which has placed many widows and orphans out of the reach of poverty, who, but for the life policy of the deceased father, would have had to battle penniless against the world. We advocate the claims of no office in particular, but we do hold that men of every class will only do their duty to themselves and their posterity by recog nising and adopting the principles of life assurance.

“Happy Hours.” —We remind those who enjoy and patronise a pleasant enter tainment, that Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hart give the first of their two performances with which they intend to favor Ash burton, to-night, in the Town Hall.

Testimonial to the Rev. Mr. Bur nett. —At themeeling ofthoseinterestedin a proposed testimonial to the Rev. Mr. Burnett, it was resolved that a subscription list be commenced and an opportunity be given to 'riends in the town to contribute. An adjourned meeting is to be held in the church on Friday evening, the 28th inst., to report progress. All present at the meeting contributed, and there is fair prospect of a handsome testimonial being presented to the rev. gentleman as a mark of good will on his departure.

Temperance Lecture. —Mr. J. Hard ing, of Hawkes Bay, delivers his temper ance lecture to-night, in' the Primitive Methodist Chapel. Farewell Sermons. —The Rev. H. B. Burnett will preach his farewell sermons on Sunday—in the Ashburton Church at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., and to the Waterton congregation at 3 p. m. Racing Club Meeting. —A meeting of the Racing Club was held last night in Baldwin’s Hotel, to consider the expendi of the present balance. There was a fair attendance of members, and Mr. E. G. Crisp occupied the chair. It was de termined that the present course should be ploughed and sown in grass, the sum of £25 being voted for that purpose, and further that if the Steeplechase Com mittee did not realise sufficient revenue at their coming meeting to meet expenditure, the Racing Club would assist these funds to the extent of £25. A sum of 15 guineas was voted, as honorarium to Mr. James Wilkie for his services in connec tion with the Club ; after which the meet ing adjourned.

New Telegraph Station. —The new Telegraph Station at Chertsey has been opened.

Mb, Wasgn, M.H.R.— On Thursday next, as advertised in our issue Vto-day, J, G. Wason, Esq., M.H.R. '..for this electoral district, will address 'his con stituents in the Town Hail.

Tenders. —Tenders for the ploughing of 320 acres at the Shepherd’s Bush 1 Run, are advertised for to-day. /A'A \ \ . v

Proposed Caledonian - Society for Ashburton.— The formation of a Cale donian Society has been a moot subject in Ashburton for some time past. It is satisfactory to notice that definite steps are now to be taken, and that to-morrow evening a public meeting will be held in the Somerset Hotel to consider the matter. All interested are invited to attend. The Insurance Societies and Incen diarism. —The numerous fires which have occurred of late, many of them un doubtedly the work of incendiaries, have induced Insurance Companies to offer a reward of £2OO for the conviction of any one setting fire to premises in Otago or Southland.

A Scene. —At a sale of runs at the Otago Waste Lands office yesterday, a slight scene occurred through ex-M. H. R. running up some of the land to a high price, and refusing to take a block that was knocked down to him. An M.H.R. offered to kick him for half-a-crown, and anM.L.C. threatened to throw him down stairs. No damage was done.

Shipping Casualty. The schooner Cynthia, of Wellington, Capt. Swede,from Wanganui to The Grey, in ballast, was beached yesterday afternoon, about two miles south of Ross. The Cynthia sprung a leak on Sunday, and the pumps had been kept going constantly since, but the water gained on her fast to-day, owing to the breeze freshening. Four feet of water were in her when she was beached. She will probably break upas she lies broad side on to the sea, with a heavy surf running. The crew are all safe.

Birth in a Railway Train. —When the express train last night had completed half the journey, a gentleman passenger interviewed the guard to ascertain if there was any possibility of the train reaching town before the ordinary time. The guard said that it could not be done, and the gentleman then explained his reason, which was the decliate state of his wife. The carriage in which the lady was, was then cleared, and while passing Seacliff she presented her spouse with another olive branch. When the train arrived both mother and child were doing well. Wreckage. —The captain of the s.s. Albion reports passing a portion of a wreck (the whole side of a ship, with three deck beams standing over end) eight miles to the southward of Cape Campbell, and about the same distance off shore. She will probably be a portion of the South minster. Larrikjnism.— On several occasions during the last few'days the points on the Hutt railway have been found displaced after being left safe. Last night a pas senger train run into some trucks on a siding at the Upper Hutt, through points being 0- ran which had been only closed shortly l efore. No great damage was done. The windows of a station were also broken by some miscreants.

Another District Railway. —At an influential meeting yesterday at Greytown it was decided to take immediate steps under the District Railways Act to con struct a railway from Greytown to Wahenga. The.preliminary survey will be commenced next week. The project is taken up warmly by the Hon J. Martin and other leading settlers. 72 Years a Soldier. —lt was twenty two years exactly on New Year’s Day since the present German Emperor received his first commission in the Prus sian Army. There is only one case of equally long service on the part of a mem ber of the royal family of Prussia on record in modern history. Prince Ferdinand of Prussia, the youngest brother of King Frederick the Great, who died in 1813, had served about the same period. King Frederick William 111., the present Emperor’s father, could boast sixty-three years’ service, but he was raised to the throne at a comparatively early time hold ing the rank of major-general.

Terrible Railway Accident. A terrible accident occurred on the railway not far from Adrianople on Jan. 11. A train was precipitated into the River Arda by the giving way of a bridge. A Russian general, several officers, and about 200 men, all first and second class passengers, were drowned. The engine driver and and the third-class carriage escaped. Communications with Constantinople have been interrupted for some days in con sequence. Gambling in a Court of Justice. —lt is related that in a gambling trial in one of the Western States of America it was thought best that, the jury should be instructed in the practical working of a faro table, and the judge ordered the necessary apparatus to be brought in, and directed the defendants to give an exhibi tion. All hands became so interested in the game that the sheriff, seeing how things were going, went outside, summoned a posse, and arrested the whole room full, including the Court itself. Qualifications of a New Zealand Schoolmaster. —“ A Schoolmaster,” writ ing to the “ Times ” this morning, con cludes thus : I would give the following ad vice to applicants for employment under the various Education Boards of the Colony : Be an Episcopalian in Nelson, a Presbyterian in Otago, a. Wesleyan in Canterbury, sit on a rail in Wellington, and it will matter not if you be an ass in all.

A version of the real Solomontic story is to be found in China. As in the He brew tale, two women had each of them an infant, one of which died by misad venture, the bereaved mother claiming the surviving child. The official before whom they came did not suggest so cruel a measure as division of the infant, but simply ordered that it should be handed to a domestic in his yamen, to be brought up for official life. He rightly surmised that the real mother would gladly accept so good a chance for her offspring, while the pretended mother, who only wanted the child in order to dispose of it, would demur. Judgement was accordingly given in favor of the tearful acceptor of the pro position, and the story, which is alleged to be historical, is widely believed. Rabbi Joshua once met a boy who carried something in a covered vessel. “ My boy,” said the rabbi, “what have you in your covered vessel 1 ” “If it was intended for you to know,” replied the boy,” it would not be covered.”

TO-DAY'S COURT.

Before A. Le Grand Campbell, Esq., R.M.

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. D. Courteney, charged with this offence, pleaded guilty. It being his first appear ance before His Worship, he was dismissed with a caution. Archibald Smart had been behaving himself in a similar manner, and not being able to plead a like extenuating circum stance, was fined ten shillings or go to prison for 24 hours. breach of railway bye-laws. John Bell was fined 10s for allowing cattle to stray on the line of railway at Winslow. A charge against Hemingway Firth for illegally jumping on a railway carriage at Tinwald, contrary to the railway By-laws of the colony, was dismissed, there being no evidence for the prosecution. STRAYED CATTLE. : John Walsh, for allowing cattle to wander on the Wakanui Road was fined 10s. CIVIL CASES. Friedlander v. Scott. Claim £lO. Mr. Branson for plaintiff. This was an action for breach of contract. The plain tiff had been appointed sole agent for Pro fessor Scott’s “ King of Pain,” in Ashbur ton, but had evidence to prove that the medicine had been sold by others in the township. Profess'or Scott had paid into Court £5, and Mr. [Branson applied now for costs. Jndgment for amount paid into Court £5, and £2 14s. costs. Ryan v. Thompson.—Claim for wages £2l Bs. Mr. Ireland for plaintiff. Judg ment for amount and costs.

Saunders Bros. v. Thompson.—Claim £27 Gs. 2d. Mr. Harris for plaintiff. Judgment for amount and costs. Brown v. Thompson.—Claim for wages, £ls 3s. 6d. Mr. Ireland for plaintiff. Judgment for amount and costs. Caughan v. Corsbie.—Claim, £7 10s. for wages. Plaintiff admitted having received £1 10s. of the amount, and after hearing some conflicting evidence His Worship gave judgment for £4 10s. Leggett v. Wilkins and Bristo —Claim, £lO 15s. Mr. Branson for plaintiff, and Mr. Ireland for defendants. £6 was paid into Court. The claim was for a table for drawing purposes, supplied by plaintiff to defendants, avlio are surveyors. The de fendants pled that the table, though well enough made, was not of sufficiently seasoned wood, and had thus become so warped and uneven as to be useless for drawing. After lengthy evidence had been given on both sides, the magistrate decided for plaintiff—£2 10s over the amount paid into court, with costs. The Court then adjourned, to resume at two o’cock.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

London, March 19. Colonial debentures are in great de mand. Capitalists are turning their atten tion to Australian investments generally. -King Alplionso of Spain has been be trothed to the sister of his late Queen Mercedes! ■ ; The Sultan entertained the officers of the British fleet at a grand banquet. Tenders will be opened-.on March 26tli forthe'4'pUr 'cenl Queensland loan.

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne. March 20.

Notwithstanding the efforts of the police, the fight between Hicken and Foley came off to-day. Hicken was beaten. There are no passengers by the mail steamer for New Zealand. " Sydney, March 20. Sir Alfred Stephens was to-day sworn in as acting Governor. A clause has been introduced into the Chinese Immigration Regulation Bill dis qualifying Chinese from holding land in this colony. Adelaide, March 20. The Garonne is still aground.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Dr Wallis and the Bible Question. Auckland, Friday.

Dr. Wallis, M.H.R., met the Auckland City West electors last night. Being asked whether he would vote for Curtis’ Bill, if brought on next session, he de clined to give an explicit or satisfactory answer. A vote of thanks was proposed as an amendment to a vote of confidence. The show of hands was about equal, but the chairman, without counting or putting the original motion, declared the vote of confidence carried.

The inquest on Sergeant-Major Frazer, Cavalry Drill Instructor at Te Awamutu, resulted in the jury unanimously finding deceased shot himself in a fit of temporary insanity through excessive drinking. The Premier leaves Kawau for Whan garei, to turn the first sod for the Kaipara railway. The Tararua arrived from Sydney to day. She brings five saloon passengers. [A summary of her news is being tele graphed while we go to press.] The Native Meeting. The date of the native meeting appears to recede rather than to come on. Taw hiao has gone to Kawhia on some business or other. The Otago Harbor Board. Dunedin, Friday. A deputation from the Otago Harbor Board waited on Messrs. Macandrew and Stout this morning in reference to several matters. It was promised the Government would be asked to do everything possible in the way of assisting the Board to improve the entrance to Otago Heads. The Ministers were invited to inspect the harbor for themselves, but Mr. Macandrew said he was quite satisfied with the report on the condition of the harbor furnished by the Board’s engineer. A deputation from Oamaru also attended, but the busi ness was strictly private. Forgery.

A carpenter named William Salmon w r as committed for trial this morning for forg ing the name of a contractor to a cheque for £2O. The cheque was after a good deal of trouble endorsed by a publican and cashed by a grocer.

‘ Ideas and Thoughts. —To have ideas is to gather flowers ; to think is to weave them into garlands.

PASTOR AND BAND.

In England the “ siqgjqg gallery" is not unconnected with traditions the reverse of harmonious, bub it has been left for Ain erica to show how a “ church” can bo brought to grief, and its pastor to trouble by a brass band. It seems that the Rev. Mr. Switser, of the First Lutheran Church, Saddle River, began badly with his ■‘ people,” having engaged in a lawsuit with a “ prayerful elder ” about a trian gular bit of land, one hundred feet long by seventeen inches wide at the base. This led to ill-feeling, which was increased when the unlucky minister interfered with the brass band. The Saddle River Church had reason to be proud of its band, for did not the fourteen members play . “ Whoa Emma,” and other favorite' pieces with zeal, and wear a handsome uniform of • ■ blue with crimson and gold trimmj^igs,, beaver hats, gilded ornaments, andg|r«;d feathers? The band, it appears. enjoyed., the privilege, in return for their musical services, of selling ginger-beer and con- *■ fectionery to the Sunday school. Not content with this, they added Havanas at “three for a quarter,” and then the pastor thought the time had come to pro test. But the measure of iniquity was not filled up. The band played at a dance in a hotel, Garry-Ackerman, the leader, actu ally remained in a place where liquor was sold until after 10 p. m., while rumour de clared that E flat alto had been seen to drink a glass of beer, and the big drum r heard to order a claret punch. Inquisi tion followed, and the E flat alto was ex communicated, the big drum, about whose guilt a doubt existed, being left to his own - conscience. Following this a number of “ members ’’.seceded from the Church, and charges were brought against Mr. Switser, which “a dozen clergymen in white ties ” came from New York and. Newark to in vestigate. The trial took place in the sacred edifice, around which were fifty farmers’ teams, their buxom wives and daughters filling the pews. Mr. Switser' sat at a marble-topped table, and the judges, a “terrible show,” were on the platform ; but they were not grim judges. l From time to time they “laughed heaitily ” at the evidence, and even the accused “ smole audibly.” PQnly.the band were serious, the first cornet beginning his evidence with “When we hired* Switser. ” This was more than the clerical gentlemen could stand, and the first cornet was told that ministers were “engaged’’ not “hired.” , “Well,’.’ bluntly responded the first cornet, “J ,» call it hire ; I don’t know what you call it down your way and Saddle River ap plauded the answer. The first cornet de clared further that Mr. Switser had called, the seceding members hypocrites; the-. third cornet swore to hearing him accuse the Church of “disgraceful sprees and frolics and the cymbals had heard him ' aver that “the whole-Ackerman family were going to the devil.” So the trial went on, and, we are sorry to say, had not terminated when the report left, the re porter telling us that “ at a late, hour the lights in the church were still burning, and the war between brass band and pastor was at its fiercest,” We commend the incident to any philosopher who may be collecting materials for a work on the manners and customs of the nineteenth, century.—“ Telegraph,”

PRINCESS ALICE BY HER FA THER’S DEATHBED.

We cull the following from a Bfcmre, paper by the last mailA correspondent sends us the following extract, from the “Northern Whig” of several years back. “ There has reached us,” our contem porary wrote, “from abroad, a most in teresting extract from a letter which was written by a member of the Queen’s house hold shortly after the death of Prince Albert. The extremely confidential posi tion which the writer held at the time not only gives the assurance of perfect re liability, but invests the following lines with a very special interest :— ‘ The last) Sunday he passed on earth was a very blessed one for the Princess Alice to look: back upon. He was very ill and very weak, and she spent the. afternoon alone; noth him, while tin others were at church.. He begged to have his sofa drawn to the; window, that he mightfsee the sky, and the; clouds sailing past. He then asked her to> play to him, and she went through several! of his favorite hymns arid chorals. After' she had played some time she looked! round and saw him lying back,- his hands: folded as if in prayer, and his eyes shut/- He lay so. long without moving -that she thought he had fallen asleep. Presently he looked up and smiled. She said, “Were you asleep, dear papa ?” “Oh no,” he answered, “ only I have suck sweet thoughts.” During his illness his hands were often folded in prayer; and when he did not speak, his serene face showed that the “ happy thoughts” were with him to the end. The Princess.- Alice’s fortitude has amazed us all. She ;saw from the first that both }her father’s: and mother’s firmness depended upon her firmness, and she set herself to the dutyi He loved to speak openly of his condition, and had many washes to express. HA loved to, hear hymns and prayers. He could not speak to the Queen of himself, for she could not bear to listen, and shut her eyes to the danger. His daughter saw that she must act differenly, and she never let her voice falter, or shed a single tear in his presence. She sat by him, lis tened to all he said, repeated hymns,-'and then, when she could bear it no longer, would walk calmly to the door, and then rush away to her room, returning soon with the same calm and pale face without any appearance of the agitation she had gone through. ’ ”

Mr. Bassinghall (city merchant): “ Most convenient! I can converse with Mrs B. just as if I were in my own draw ing room. I’ll tell her you’re here.*' (Speaks through telephone.) “Dawdles is here—just come from Paris—looking so well—desires to be,” &c., “ Now you take it up, and you’ll hear her voice dis tinctly.” Dawdles : “Weally! ” (Takes it, and does hear her voice distinctly.) The Voice : “ For goodness sake, dear, don’t bring that insufferable noodle home to dinner ! ”

A Brakemen’s Joke. —A facetious , brakeman on the Central Pacific Railroad cried out as the train was entering a tunnel “ This tunnel is one mile long and the train will be four minutes passing through it. ” The train dashes through it into day light in four seconds, and the scene with in the car was a fit subject for a painter. Seven young ladies were .closely pressed by seven pairs of masculine arms ; fourteen pairs of !ip>s were glued together ; and two dozen inverted . whisky flasks flashed in in the air.—Exchange.

Friday, M/rch 21, 1879.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD,



Clothing Establishment. :v ‘it '■'j ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND i'l INDUSTRIES. RETAIL BRANCH > - • Vof the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, IS NOW OPEN IN THE NEW BRICK BUILDING ASHBURTON r . (Next Bullock & Co.’s Rooms) To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported - • article they have decided to sell a - SINGLE GARMENT AT THE W II- O LESALE PRICE. All goods are marked in plain figures, for net cash only. ;Any article purchased and not approved of will be exchanged . -with the same courtesy with which it was sold, or, if desired, the money will be returned. . The Success which has attended the New Zealand Clothing Fac ;'tory/s Retail Branches in Auck land, Wellington, Christchurch, 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 407, Ashburton Branch. Chemists. ( v HERBAL MEDICINES. “P3ERSONS suffering from liver com- I plaints, coughs, colds, worms, skin to try •" Nature A cheap and universal remedy, “HERBS.” • Janies Neil, importer of Herbs, and Bo tanic medicines, George street, Dunedin, has annoihted J. M. CAMBRIDGE, ,'fc A WChejiist, Ashbtjeton-, Agent for his highly-extolled medicines, " Composition Powder for colds, Dandelion Colke and Dandelion Pills for liver com plaints,-Headache Pills, Botanic Cough Syrup ~ Worm Powders ~,, Stomach Bitters Blood Purifyer, &c. Roots, Herbs, Barks, &c. of every kind. • 370 CAMBRIDGE’S . ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE IP> acknowledged to be the mostagreeable jL 'fine! efficacious Tonic Stomachic yet pro dliceiiHtcontainsthevaluableTonicproper- ties of Peinv ian B ark (“Quinine”) with the Stomachic properties of the Bitter Seville Orange, so combined as not to be objec iiofisCble to the most delicate invalid ; and, aSa - “BITTERS,” is far superior to all other Invaluable. to all suffering from loss o£ r appetite, indigestion, general debility, near vous affections, tic, ague, and deranggr , ahenfc of the system. When t he stomach lias become enfeebled! or disarranged by disease, excess, ©c ■.iri-eghlarities, or the appetite is’ impaired! •byTffe'rrtal or bodily exertion, or'from any cause whatever, it gives a regularity- andL 'tone which is not obtained by any otheir filediciiVe.' One, two, or three winei-glhsu fuhi .may bo' taken during the day by persons suffering. from the above* aom>- plainta, with the greatest benefit.. Ifcik .IWjhlj? recommended by the medical pro fession to be taken whenever Codi Liver aQEJs; prdered. By pouring the xequimdl of the oil into half a wine-glass, of trims ,r“ Oiavi-.'ou Quinine Wine ” scarcely/ ai flavour of tlie oil is tasted, and. the wihie materially assists the oil in its BeneficiaiD operations. Price, 4s. Gd. per wiii&s and sent (carriage free) in cases containing* ' dozen, at 48s. Sold retail by/ ail Chemists, ’and manufactured by hiLWvL J. M. CAMBRIDGE, MEDICAL HALL ASHBURTON!. t Business Notices. ' Fjp RE Uln DERSIGNED are prej/itnodl i o Amike.LIBERAL CASH ADVAMPE! I on Grain for shipment to England! c *r ...- to the Australian Colonies.. . , • i.i>.».>';.... ~,:. FRIEDLANDER BROTHERS;-



Drapery. GREAT ANNUAL SALE AT ORE AND CO.’S FOR ONE MONTH, COMMENCING FRIDAY, FEB. 28 th. In order to make room for large ship ments now landing ex 1 >K ock ” and “ Orthes,” we will sell the LaL.»ice of our Summer Stock at SWEEPING RED • 1 lONS. A Case of Girls’ Straw Hats will be sold at 3d. each. One Case of Ladies’ Trimmed Hats will be sold at 55., Bs., and ios. Dress Goods at 6d., Bd., iod., and is. per yard, worth 6d. per yard more. French Merinos at unusually low prices. One Case of Prints will be sold at yd., worth 9d. per yard. Fine, White, Long Cloth, at 4d., 5d., and 6d. per yard. Brown Holland at Bd., iod., and is. ; much under usual prices. One Lot of Ladies’ Summer Skirts at half price. One Lot of Remnants of Dress Goods at half price. Splendid Flannel (our own importing) at is. 2d., is. 4d., is. 6d., is. Sd., and 2s. Kaiapoi Flannel, at is. 4d. to Is. 6d. per yard; Summer Finish. BOOTS AND SHOES. In this Department we have reduced all classes of Ladies’ and Gents’ Boots and Shoes. We hold a very large stock of thesa goods in all varieties, and different MASERS’ GOODS. HOSIERY. Ladies’ Gloves and Stockings. Ladies’ Kid Gloves fo all shades. Ladies’ Balbriggan Hose. Ladies’ Merino Hose. Ladies’ Ulster Cloaks in great variety. Ladies’ New Jackets, beautifully trimmed. Ladies’ Stays, all colors. DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. Dresses made to order in the best style, and a splendid fit. Ladies’ Riding Habits made to order. Wedding and Mourning orders made up in the shortest possible time. CLOTHING. We pay particular attention to this in which will be found the best assorted stock in Ashburton. Colonial Clothing of all descriptions. Boy’s Clothing in great variety. Gent’s Overcoats in various shapes. Gent’s Waterproof Coats. Gent’s Suits of the best Colonial manufacture. Gent’s Ties and Scarfs. Gent’s Braces. Gent’s White and Oxford Shirts. Gent’s Crimean Shirts, etc. AGENT FOR THE SINGER AND HOUSEHOLD ' SEWING MACHINES. ORR AND CO., IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE & RETAIL DRAPERS & IRONMONGERS.



New Advertisements. WANTED, Two MEN to do some Sod Fencing ; must be good hands. Apply to HENRY HONOUR, 557 . Hinds River. WANTED— A Good LAUNDRESS, two days a week. Apply— Quill’s Hotel. 562 W ANTED—A RUNNER. Herald Office. Apply— -561 THE Rev. H. B. BURNETT will preach his FAREWELL SERMONS to the Ashburton and Waterton congrega tions on SUNDAY FIRST, March 23. Services in the Ashburton Church — Morning at 11, and evening at 7. Service in Waterton Library Hall at 3 in after noon. Mr. Burnett earnestly requests a full attendance of: all his people—both from town and country. H. B. BURNETT, 563 Minister. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held TO-MORROW EVENING, 22nd March, at Shearman’s Somerset Hotel, at 8 o’clock. All interested are invited to attend. 559 TENDERS FOR PLOUGHING, &c. TENDERS are required for PLOUGH ING about 320 Acres on the Shep herd’s Bush Run ; also for CARTING a few tons of Fencing Material to same place. Specifications may be seen at J. H. PASS & Co.’s, East-street, Ashburton. 560 THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. TO ENGINEERS, BLACKSMITHS, AND OTHERS. STATIONARY AND PORTABLE EN GINES, VALUABLE LATHE. Messrs, bullock & co. have received instructions from Messrs. Edwards and Lee, who are dissolving partnership, to Sell on the Premises, Burnett Street, on THURSDAY, 27th INSTANT, AT 12 o’clock. THE WHOLE OF THEIR ENGINEER’S AND BLACKSMITH’S PLANT, Comprising One Two-and-a-aalf Horse-power Station ary Engine and Vertical Boiler, with Governors complete, by Russell. Portable Engine of 4-horse power, by Ran some and Sims. Eight-inch centre self-acting screw-cutting Lathe, 12-foot Bed, with Tools. Powerful self-acting Drilling Machine. Three Bellows. Three Anvils. Tire-bending Machine and Tire Plate. Swage Block. Quantity of Screwing Tackle. I Circular Saw and Table. Grindstone. Two Large Vyces. New Single-furrow Ploughs. Smith’s Tools. Paints and Oils. Several dozen Drayand 8 dozen Cart Spokes. Wheelwright’s and other Timber. Bolts. Horse-shoes. Scrap Iron, and a quantity of other wheel wright’s and blacksmith’s requisites. THREE TONS BAR AND ROD IRON. BULLOCK & CO., 652—558 : / Auctioneers, N O T: I C E . THE Undersigned, having succeeded the firm of “ Taylor and Lill,” Bakers and Confectioners, begs to return sincere thanks for the very liberal support accorded to the late firm, and hopes to merit a continuance by supplying none but the very best article that can be produced. It having been found that the best bread cannot be supplied at less than 6d. per 4ll>. loaf if credit is given, in future the pr»’"ce will be 6d. for Monthly accounts, and sd. for Cash or Weekly accounts. Pasi' ry of the best quality as usual. THOM.-AS TAYLOR, * Bakor and Confectioner. East-street, AshbOrton, March 21st, Special Notice. jyj-R. WASON’ REQUESTS the ELECTORS of Coleridge k o meet him at the Town Hall, Ashburton, on Thursday, the 27th inst., at 8 p.m. 574* Hooper, aitken amd co. are prepared to make CASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE Placed in their hands for sale in the R ome Markets. *VS9O WHEAT. WHEAT. WHEAT. THE Undersigned require a few thou sand Sacks of Very Prime Wheat for Immediate Shipment, and are prepared to Pay the Very Highest Price for same. Apply at once to ■ ROYSE, STEAD, & CO., 541 ‘ 1 Ashburton. WHEAT TO LONDON. THE Undersigned are making Liberal Cash Advances on Whkat placed in their hands for Shipment to England, free of Commission, Interest, or Ex change. Freight, 30s. per ton, in first class iron ships. 634 ROYSE, STEAD, & CO., Per J. E. Heaver. Accounts books aii skes and Bindings ; j SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, I Etc. , Baring Square. 473 e