ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close as follows For Christchurch and North at 10.20 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, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, 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 3.1 s p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seaheld, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster. NOTICE. 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 m the mails made up in transit for offices on the main line and branches.

Sydney J. Dick, Chief Postmaster.

COMMERCIAL REPORT

FOB WEEK ENDING JULY 5tH, 1879.

(From our Christchurch Correspondent.) We understand the 4th passed over fairly well, in fact better than was anticipated.

Y QUOTATIONS. Wheat per bushel, milling, 3s. Bd. to 3s. lOd., demand good for seed purposes, 45.; feed and fowl wheat, 35.; rye corn, 4s. 9d, wanted; feed oats, slight demand2s. 4d. to 2s. 5d.; inferior, 2s. 3d ; milling do., 2s. 7d. to 2s. Bd. for heavy, bright samples; linseed, demand exceeds supply, 4d. per lb. for clean ; barley, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d, complete drug; malting, do., for really good samples, buyers at ss. 6d; maize, market well stocked at 4s. 6d.; peas, broken for feed, 3s. 9d to 45.; seed, 4s. 6d. to ss. 65.; beans, 4s. 4d. for new to ss. 3d. for old ; tares, local demand only, 155.; flour, per ton, best known brands, £ll, brisk trade both for export and liome consumption ; potatoes, market easier, outside market shows downward tendency, 655. to 705.; onions, £10.; carrots, heavy stocks held, 30s. to 355.; potted butter, 10d. to lid.; lard, 5d.; cheese, 6d. to 64d; Factor’s bacon in cloth, 7fd.; ham, 9§d.; salted hides, 3d., dull; butchers’ fat, l|d.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “ Evening Echo”). MONDAY, JULY 6, 1879.

The somewhat tardy action of the Government, in dealing firmly with the natives has had its effect, in tending greatly to allay the scare that the “ bounceableness” of Te Whiti and his followers had raised. There are now sufficient armed Europeans in the dis affected districts to exercise awholesome .discipline over the spirits of the more turbulent Maoris, and as soon as a ploughing or other trespass is made upon a settler’s land, the intruders are immediately whipped off to gaol. About 100 men are now in the hands of the police, awaiting trial, and the prompt apprehensions seem to be gradually undermining Te Whiti’s influence. There is little doubt, with the other na tives’ determination not to take any part in hostilities, and the fact ascer. tained that the disaffection does not ex. tend beyond Te Whiti’s people, that the disturbances, if they after all can be called so, will very soon be calmed. Regarding the trial of the Maoris, a telegram in this morning’s paper says it is most likely they will be tried in batches, - according to the particular illegal acts for which they were arrested. The thirty-three who -were arrested for one specific ploughing, will all be tried in one lot, and the evidence given against the whole number touching that one affair. The course will be similar with the other parties of nine, fifteen, etc., who committed distinct acts of trespass and damage to property. The evidence for the prosecution will be confined to that of two or three wit nesses, ’that for the defence may be somdwhat voluminous if, as is rumored, the natives raise by counsel the whole question of title. Dr. Buller intends objecting to the trial of the natives being postponed till September next } and will move that they be tried forth with in the ordinary course of law, or else get a special sitting granted, on the ground that their retention for thre e months without trial infringes on the liberty of the subject, and is a great injustice. The charges against the men are laid under sections si;and 52 of the Malicious Injuries to Property Act ? under which the punishment is light.

Congregational Meeting. To-night the Presbyterian congregations in the district meet to make arrangements for filling the vacancy in the pastorate. The San Francisco Mail.— The Lady bird arrived at Lyttelton on Saturday night, bringing the English and American mails. A special train left Christchurch for Dunedin at one o’clock yesterday morning, taking the more southerly por tion of the mail-bags. One would have thought that time might have been found to make up the Ashburton portion at the same time, but a bucolic district like this was not considered to possess a population who would care anything about having their home letters a day earlier, so the Ashburton mail was held over till this morning.

Drunk. —A drunk, who was a very quiet drunk, was dismissed by the Mayor with a caution this morning, seeing he had been locked up since Saturday. 1.0.G.T. —A meeting of the Dawn of Peace Lodge, 1.0.G.T., open to the pub lic, will be held to-night in the Templar Hall. The public will be admitted at a quarter past eight, and all are invited, admission being free. “The Warfare Between Science and Religion.” —The Rev. Mr. Elmslie, of Christchurch, delivers to-night, in the Ashburton Presbyterian Church, his pro mised lecture on the above subject. The rev. gentleman is one of the foremost men of the Presbyterian Church in the colony, and his lectures on the same subject in other parts of Canterbury have always been well attended, and highly spoken of. Doubtless a good audience will listen to him to-night.

The Road Board and the Unemployed. —At the meeting of the Road Board to day, Mr. Grigg, the Chairman, stated for the information of the public that the Board had endeavored to find work for the unemployed, by inviting as many tenders as possible. When the tenders came, however, it was found that they were from thirty to forty per cent above last year’s for work of a similar description. While the Board was anxious to afford work to those out of employment they were not prepared to waste public money, and con sequently had called for fresh tenders, in the hope that lower figures would be secured.

£15,000 Loan.— The meeting of rate payers, to authorise the Borough Council to raise a loan of £15,000 for Water Sup ply and Drainage of the Borough, will he held to-morrow evening.

The £IOO,OOO. —At the Road Board meeting to-day, the subject of the £IOO,OOO land fund due to the Canterbury Road Boards by Government was discussed. It was suggested that the Boards in the dis trict should take action in the matter of approaching Government on the sub ject, in conjunction with the County Council, hut it was ultimately decided to wait until the Board’s present funds had been expended. Thf County Hospital. Work has been proceeding at the County Hospital, notwithstanding the unpropitious weather. The concrete foundations have been laid to an extent sufficient to enable the visit or to trace the ground plan of the hos pital. It is expected that by next meet ing of the County Council, the work will be sufficiently far advanced to enable that body to make arrangements for the cere mony of laying the foundation stone of the hospital. The County Offices. —The designs for the County offices prepared by Mr. J. Stanley Bruce were adopted by the County Council at their last sitting. The Cham bers will consist of a one-storey building probably of brick, faced with Kakanui or Mount Somers stone. It is in Roman Doric with pilasters and entablature and pediment over a porch in the centre of the front elevation towards Baring Square. The offices will consist of a Council Cham ber, 29ft. x 18ft., approached from a spa cious hall 12ft wide, which is entered by an outer porch. Opposite the Council Chamber are the secretary’s room 18ft. x 14ft., and the engineer’s room, 18ft. x 15ft. At the back of the hall is a strong-room which has easy access from the offices named. A lavatory and convenient acces sories complete a very compact building. The whole of the rooms are 14ft. in height in the clear and are well lighted. Kaka nui or Mount Somers stone is specified because of the great expense incurred in the cartage of the latter stone which is said to be a far preferable material, but the cost of carriage almost excludes it from the market. On the same site will be situated the secretary’s residence, which will have two sitting-rooms with bay win dows in the the front elevation, four com fortable-sized bedrooms, a kitchen and scullery. In front, between the bays, will be a spacious verandah 9ft. wide, forming a convenient shelter for the main entrance. This building will be erected in wood, the style being Italian,. and in keeping with the chambers as far as it possible. Excess Tickets. —Mr. Conyers was a passenger to Wellington by the Hawea. He was sent for to consult with his depart ment relative to this session’s railway policy. It is said that the decision to stop the excess tickets on railways is due to the fact that last year £40,000 passed through the hands of guards in this way, and that it is impossible to provide an absolute check on dishonesty. By collu sion between a passenger and the guard wholesale fraud might be carried on. In future excess tickets will be issued only to the next station, at which passengers can procure tickets in the ordinary way.

Holloway’s Pills.— The extraordinary range of temperature prevailing in our climate is extremely trying to the delicate-chested, the weak and nervous. All troubled by these afflictions should resolve to resort to this strengthening and legulating medicine immedi ately they perceive in themselves discomfort or that feeling of restlessness which betokens dis ordered digestion and defective secretion of bile. One of Holloway’s Pills taken about noon and followed at bed-time by a dose suffi ciently large to act apperiently will speedily recruit the faulty functions, and restore order throughout the whole system. A treatment so safe in operation and so successful in result should be known and practised when, from cold and sundry other causes, disease is at tempting to gain a vexatious footings— Advt.

ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of the Road Board was held to-day. Present: Messrs. Grigg (Chairman), Wilson, Hunt, Wright, and Clark. THE NEW BOARDS. A letter from the Colonial Secretary fixed the polling places for the election of members to form the new Boards, as follows : —Upper Ashburton Road Board—the Gasworks, on 23rd July ; Lower Ashburton Road Board the Schoolhouse, Willowby, on the 25 th. SOUTH-EAST TOWN BELT. A petition was read from 34 rate payers, calling attention to the state of the drains on the South-East Town Belt. About nine monts ago a peti tion was presented to the Board com plaining of the then state of the drain, and in response to that petition a tem porary drain was made and channels

cut on each side of the road. Ihe petition set forth that this had increased and not relieved the difficulty, as the drain was much too small to carry off the water converging to this point, and the drain was now stopped. The re sult was that the petif'oners were com pletely flooded, and their properties were considerably damaged. The pe titioners asked for a remedy. The matter was referred to the Borough Council for explanation. CHATAIOSS ROAD. A petition was read from John Wil liams and others, asking that a portion of Chatmoss Road, alongside of section 16,691, be opened up. The matter was referred to the Engineer. ASHTON ROAD. . A letter from Mr. Wake, school master at Ashton, asking that the cul vert near the school house be enlarged, the ditch widened, and the crown of the road raised was also referred to the Engineer. A letter from Mr. W. H. Smith, Tin wald, regarding the state of a culvert on his property, was referred to the new Board. ALTERATIONS IN ROADS. Mr. J. W. Davis, for Mr. G. H. Moore, wrote, suggesting certain altera tions in the roads on R.S. 4,484. The matter was referred to the new Board. RE-SHINGLING. Mr. James Brake, for Mesers Hooper and Dodson, applied for the re-shingling of a road between sections 25,229 and 25,092. The matter was referred to the En gineer. ENGINEER’S REPORT. The Engineer reported at great length on the state of the roads, the works in progress, and work reqniring to be done. He said the damage done to the roads, bridges, and drains in the district had been more in the direction of stopping work than of any large amount of destruction. The principal damage had .been done to cuttings on the terraces of the Wakanui creek. The report made some suggestions as to guarding against furure inroads by the floods' on these cuttings and re ported on the state of work in the district which had been much retarded by the recent floods. The report men tioned all the culverts, bridges, &c., damaged. The report was received, adopted, and the Engineer- was in structed to call for fresh tenders for M‘Lellan’s drain, Giddings outfall, those received already being considered too high. He was further instructed to make fords on the Isleworth road aud to request the Railway authorities to cut a drain on the upper side of the line to direct water from -Tinwald. It was determined to call for tenders for picking stones from four miles of the Islesworth road.

The pay-sheet was passed and the Board adjourned.

TELEGRAPHIC.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Supreme Court: Sitting. Dunedin, Monday.

The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court commenced this morning. With reference to McCummock’s case, Mr Justice Williams doubted whether, as a life member of the Athenseinn, he cou Id try the prisoner, and pass sen tence on him. Finally it was decided to let the case go to the grand jury ? and if a true bill were returned the whole proceedings should stand over till Mr. Justice Johnston could attend in Dunedin to try the case. Jane Reid, convicted of perjury over a sly grog-selling case at the last .criminal session, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment'with hard labor.

Whipped for Rape. Invercargill, Monday. Patrick Kenny, who was convicted at last sittings of the Supreme Court for attempted rape, received the first of tvvo floggings this morning. Twenty-five lashes were administered. Kenny did not seem to suffer much. . Heavier Rails. The light rails on the Riverton line are to be replaced by rails of forty pounds. .

NATIVE AFFAIRS.

Hawera, Monday.

At a public meeting held on Saturday the following resolusions were unani mous ly adopted:—

“That the thanks of the Hawera settlers be tendered to the public and the press for the moral support received during the recent action of the settlers against the native aggressors.”

“ That the meeting regrets to express its disappoiniment at the Premier’s non fulfilment of his promise to send suffi cient reinforcements to the district, which is totally at the Natives’ mercy with so small a force; and urgently begs for an additional 200 men.” “ That the Government be urged to call out the defence forces of Hawera and Normanby, as many good men are leaving the district in search of work

and it is impossible for working men to do military duty without pay, if they have no employment.” Settlers are willing to undertake their part of the duty by defending the im portant. outpost and protecting their homes, but request Government to recognise this duty to the colony by proceeding with public works to mitigate the hardships that must fall upon the settlers until theMoari difficulty is over.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

AUSTRALIAN (Reuter's Telegrams). , Melbourne, July 5. The Age this morning publishes an article recommending Government to meet the deficiency by the following additional taxation : spirits, on tobacco and cigars, p£5,000 on colonial and foreign beer, on luxuries, and £140,000 on stamps. July 6. Sailed —Tararua, yesterday.

Cooktown, July 6,

Arrived -- Bowen, from Singapore, with Torres Straits mails. Advices are unimportant.

Latest Cape News. [by cable]. Melbourne, July. 6.

The Lusiiana arrived to-day from Aden with Capetown news to June xoth. Conflicting accounts are afloat re garding the Prince Imperial's death. The official statement is that the Prince, who was in command of a reconnoitring party, dismounted during a melee in a field, and being surprised a general fight ensued. After the enemy had dispersed, the Prince rode into a deep ravine, where the Zulus were concealed, and was assegaied with two others. Another report is that the Prince’s charger was restive, and being unable to mount, he was killed on the spot. The body was recovered, with several stabs in it, and stripped of clothing, but not mutilated. At the funeral service Lord Chelmsford was chief mourner. The remains were conveyed to Maritz burg, where the troops paraded and the body lay in state. It was then taken to Simons Bay, whence the Orontes con. veys it to England. Cetewayo’s overtures of peace are be lieved to be insincere.

POLITICAL ITEMS.

Wellington, Saturday.

The Times this morning had a vicious article against Mr. Gisborne, and another against Mr. Bunny. It is evident that the Opposition regard both as deserters. Mr. Rolleston has written to his political friends desiring not to be put in nomination for the Speakership against Mr. O’Rorke, and the latter’s election will probably be unopposed, but Mr, Seymour will be put up against Mr. Bunny for the Chairmanship of Committees, and a very close run is anticipated. The election of an Otago member to fill Mr. Stout’s position in the Cabinet has been practically left in the hands of Mr. Macandrew, but nothing decisive is likely to be done for a few days. Mr. De Latour would have stood an excellent chance of the seat had he been resident in Otago, but his living in the North is held to be an insuper able obstacle although he represents an Otago constituency. ] Members are beginning to arrive here in anticipation of the session. Messrs. O’Rorke, Willis, and Feldwick arrived in the Hawea this afternoon.

. .. The general impression is that the session will, open stormily, but when it comes to the test the present Ministry will hold their own. Mr. Gisborne’s accession to .office is regarded . from both personal and political points of view as wise and politic. Mr. o’R.orke’s election to the Speakership is con sidered a certainty. Sir W. Fitzher bert’s appointment will, on the earliest opportunity form the subject of anim adversion by the Opposition in the Upper House. It is understood that either the Hon. W. H. Reynolds o r Captain Fraser will move the House into Committee as soon as an oppor tunity presents itself or can be made, and will lead, the attack against the Government for making the appoint ment. On the whole the political baro meter indicates temporary stormy weather.

In California it has been enacted that nothing but the English language shall be taught in the primary, grammar, and common schools, and also that no public money shall be granted to sec tarian schools.

TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION THE DISAPPOINTED.

The folly of leaving the loved one be hind, while we seek at the Antipodes a position of independence, in the hopes of securing a home worthy of the object of our affection (says a writer in the Auckland Herald. ), has been fraught with so many disastrous circumstances that, as a warning to those who hesitate to gather the roses rs they go, I will relate one of the many circumstances that took place during my residence in one of the southern settlements of the North Island. Some time in the year 1865 a respectable young mechanic from the north of Scotland arrived in New Zealand, whose industry proved to the observant that he had some other object in view besides self that kept him continually plodding on. And though for some considerable time his gains were small, yet, by continued in dustry, he was enabled by the end of the sixth year, to send home a sufficient sum of money to bring out to the country of his adoption the young girl he had toiled for so long. And, during the next six months he was seen build ing and rendering comfortable the house he was preparing for his expectant bride. When the letter arrived it was re ceived with joy, but circumstances had arisen which rendered his request diffi cult to be complied with, for, in the meantime her father had died, and she was now the sole support of her aged mother ; and much as she longed to go, her duties as a child and love for her parent rose superior to her affections for her lover, and she wrote back to ‘ say that she could not leave her mother while alive, and, as she might yet live many years, she called upon him to forget her, although her love for him was as undying as ever. When he received her answer, all hope of ever seeing her again fled, and considering her reply final, he, having prepared everything to make home comfortable, soon after proposed to and married a respectable colonial girl, resident in the township. Within a few weeks of dis patching her letter, her mother took ill and died, and she took her passage out to New Zealand by the next vessel, placing herself under the protection ol a Presbyterian minister and his family who were leaving for the same settle ment. The voyage was unusually short and prosperous. And I can conceive the happiness of such a one, satisfied in having done her duty to her parent, now about to be rewarded with the love and protection of the only one she cared for on earth. When the vessel touched the shores of New Zealand she was a bright, handsome- girl, with joy depicted in every feature, but ere the sun had gone down she had learned the truth, and a despair, such as I had never seen, had settled upon her. She she continued for a time with the minister’s family, but nothing he could say or do could rally or remove the melancholy that beset her, and, think ing that a change would help to cast off the gloom that was blighting her exis tance, he advised her get a situation, and try to forget her great disappoint ment. Following his advice she left his house that evening and took lodg ings in the township, and when the sun rose again next morning, she was found to have cast off the cares, anxieties, and disappointments of this world —and let us hope and pray —for a better and a happier, for during the night, in her great dispair, she had taken the life God had given her.

NEWS AND NOTES.

Steel nails, manufactured by 'ma chinery, are rapidly replacing cut and wrought iron nails. . The patent of W. H. Balmain in volves the novel idea of mixing paints and varnishes with phosphorescent salt (a mixture of lime and sulphur). This composition will store up daylight and give it out by night. Practically Mr. Balmain applies it to clock faces, but his patent claims its use for all kinds of lighting purposes. Rooms may be painted with it, and streets coated so as to become self luminous, also ships’ buoys and all manner of things. ■ The year of jubilee has come ! The Erie Railway has reduced its oiling expenses to one-fifth the former cost by using paraffin in passenger car journals. .It is now used in the winter months without the addition of any other oil, but in summer it becomes so limped that it is hard to keep it in the axle boxes.

The Japanese make a very curious and handsome kind of copper by cast ing it under water, the metal being highly heated and the water also hot. The result is a beautiful rose-colored tint which is not affected by exposure to the atmosphere. The Empress of Russia is a con firmed invalid.

France is to have an Academy of Tailors ! The academy’s chief func tion, it seems, will be to save the public from the unskilled hands of makers of clothes who unfairly assume the title of tailor.

The value of the exports of the Vic torian manufactured goods has in creased from in 1870, to in 1878. There has been a considerable decrease in the exporta tion of Victorian candles.

The novelty for the ensuing season will be “ colored dances which, being translated, means dances at which ladies must appear in green, red, or whatever color of the rainbow the hostess chooses to appoint.

Monday, July

THE ASHBURTON HERALD*



■ v :. • i s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best lb I 0 to I 2 Eees, dozen 2 2 . to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, $ lb 0 8 I to 0 10 Bacon, prime smoked, lb 0 9 to e 10 Hams in cloth, $ lb * I 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, $5 ioolb 11 6 to 0 .0 Oatmeal. $ 251b - 6 6 to 0 0 Lard, & lb » • • 0 9 to 0 O



Advertisements for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not later than. Z p.m. for the Country Edition, and 3 p.m. for the Town Edition, with the number of insertions wrtten plainly on he 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 : In Advance.'.lf Booked Quarterly— Delivered in town ... 80 8 6 ...So 8 6 s. d. s. d 60 6 6 country Posted Clothing Establishment.



ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO., - CLOTHING MANUFACTU RERS, TO Me. J. H. Morrison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND Mr. John Ross, Of Sargood, Sons & Ewing -Trustees. THE above large Clothing Manufac turing 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 exaggeiation) during the next few weeks we are in a position ter offer NEW GOODS ’ IN _ MEN’S AND BOYS’ ATTIRE, Pf Colonial Manufacture, at from ON E THIRD to ONE HALF THEIR USUAL COST. HALLENSTEIN BROS., New Zealand Clothing Factory. The assigned Stock will be for Sale in our ; Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory. 12a ASHBURTON HERALD, . Published Daily. Country Edition ... 3p.m. Town Edition ... 430 p.m. gUBSCREBERS are requested to make known any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or Country, which shall be immediately remedied. Country Sub scribers along the Wakanui Road to the school, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and , Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesday and Friday. ... 1 .... , i



Meetings. T An m —AN OPEN MEETING of X. v/. UT. X . the Dawn of Peace Lodge of Good Templars will be held TO-NIGHT in the Templar Hall. Doors open to the Public at a quarter past Eight. Ad mission Free. Excellent programme. JAMES ASHWOOD, 59a W. Secretary. A MEETING of the Congregations of Ashburton, Waterton, and Waka nui will be held in the Ashburton Presby terian Church, on MONDAY EVENING, 7th July, to take such steps as shall be necessary to fill up the present vacancy. Dev. J. Elmslie, M. A., Moderator, Christchurch, will preside. 30a



Entertainments. ASHBURTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. E C T UR E Will be delivered IX THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BY THE REV. JOHN ELMSLIE, M.A., OF CHRISTCHURCH, ON MONDAY EVENING, 7TH JULY. Subject : “ The Warfare between Science and Religion.” To commence at 8 o’clock. Admission, : One Shilling. 31a A Public Notices. V. R. CANTERBURY DISTRICT. 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 JOHN R. AITKEN, a debtor. ■ ' i ; : NOTICE is hereby given that a general meeting of the creditors of the above named debtor will be held at my office, East Street, Ashburton, on the 12th day of July, at 11.30 o’clock in the iorenoon, to consider an application dy the debtor for his discharge. FREDK. PAVITT, 63a . Trustee. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. PROPOSED LOAN OF ■ £15,000 FOR WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE. lATOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance J3| of Clause 141 of the “.Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” that a meeting of the Burgesses of the Borough of Ash burton will be held on Tuesday next, the Sth July at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall, Ashburton, for the purpose of considering the proposal published in the Ashburton ) newspapers during the last month, to raise a load of £15,000 for the purpose of Water Supply and Drainage of the Borough of Ashburton, passed at a special meeting of tlie Ashburton Borough Council, held on the 27th May, 1879, and confirmed at a duly convened subsequent special meeting held on the 28th June, 1879. : ; r Vf / ; A CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, July 2, 1879. 41a ELECTION OF MEMBERS. NORTH ASHBURTON ROAD DIS TRICT. PUBLIC NOTICE is' hereby given, that an Election of Five Members o constitute the first Board of the new load District of North Ashburton,' will be leld on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd day of fuly instant. The NOMINATION of Uan lidates will take place at 10 a.m. on the ibove date, at the Gasworks, near Ash rarton, and a POLL, if necessary, will be proceeded with immediately after the lominat.ion, and close at 4 p.m. of the ame day.. JOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN, Returning Officer. isbburton, July 3, 1879. 51a ELECTION OF MEMBERS. LOWER ASHBURTON ROAD DIS DISTRICT. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that an Election of Five Members, to constitute the first Board of the new Road, District of Lower Ashburton, will be held on FRIDAY, the 25th day of JULY instant. The NOMINATION of Candidates will take place at 10 a.m; on the above date, at the Schoolhouse, WTil lowby, and a POLL, if necessa.y, will be proceeded with immediately after the nomination, and close at 4 p.m. the same day. ~ JAMES WILKIE, Returning Officer. Ashburton, July 3, 1879. 60a JUST ARRIVED Young Ladies’ Journal, London Journal, Family Herald, and Bow Bells, at H. M. Jones Baring Square. -ASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. at the Herald Office. Apply arly. 59q BCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate* ■ rials. H. M. JONES, Stationer Baring Square. ' IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North, -~ : PROOFS OF DEBT. FORMS, - : FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT. Also,— FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE. SCHOOL Books, Bags, Etc.—H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 a