COMMERCIAL REPORT

(From our Christchurch Correspondent.) FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 21si'j; 1879. Wheat per bushel, milling,. 3s. 7d. to 3s. 9d.; feed, 2s. 9d. to 35.; choice, for seed, 45.; rye corn, 4s. 6d.; buckwheat, 12s ; feed oatsj 2s. sd. to 2s. 7d. ; nulhng do. , 2s 7d to 2s. 9d. for very prime; malt, Bs. 6d. to Js 6d.; linseed 4d. per®).; rape, 6d.: barley, feed 2s. 6d. to 3s. complete drug, malting do., ss. 3d. to 6s. 6d, fair inquiry; maize, none in the market : peas, grey, for-seed, 4s. 3d. to 4s 6d.; s!ue ss. 1 3d. , beans, feed and broken, 5s 9d. t 0 4s. whole, new, 4s. 6d. ; oU do., ss. 3d., flour, per ton, known good brandsbrisk demand, £lO ; inferior, £8 to £8 10s. od., potatoes, firmer, kidneys, £7 J, Derwent , fit for shipment, 70s. ; onions, £lO to £l2, no demand ; potted butter, 10d. to 11., hams /cloth, 9id.; bacon, cloth, Bd., cheese, good, 6|d.; salted hides, none scflin?, nominal 3d.; butchers fat, lgd sheepskins firmer ; business generally very

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close 13 follows : For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. * 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, Tinwa’d, 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 Fridavs at 10.30 a.m. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdavs, at 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE. Mails close at the Chief Post Office for the following places (subject to the necessary alte rations) as under : Wednesday, June 25. For Otago and Australian Colonies, per express train to Port Chalmers, to connect with •he s.s. Rotorua, at-7.30 a.m.

The mext mails for the United Kingdom via Brindisi and Southampton (for specially ad dressed letters only) will, be closed at Christ church on June 30. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on Aug, 25, and the mail via Southampton on Sept. 1.

A travelling Post Office having been estab ished on the Southern line oi railway, letters bearing a late fee of 2d. ; may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached to the express tram, and they will be ioc’uded in the mails made up in transit for offices on the ma ; n line and branches.

Sydney J. Dick, , Chief Postmaster.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “ Evening Echo”). MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1879.

Some months ago in these columns we advocated the formation of a Volun teer Corps in Ashburton, and steps were taken to initiate the movement. These, however, fell through ;• not from any lack of enthusiasm on the part'of those who took, them, but because circumstances were not then propitious. Government had given as an excuse for declining the services of proposed in land corps that they had no arms in stock, but whether this excuse was made only to cover the more important one of the annual expense attending the support of companies of Volunteers' we can only conjecture. Meanwhile our fellow-New. Zealanders, the Maoris up North, have “turned rusty,” and the promoters of the Volunteer movement in Ashburton naturally think that now the Minister of Defence, may ;feel in clined to let the martial ardor of the Ashburton youth have vent, and con sent to the formation of a corps. With this idea, we presume, a meeting was summoned for Saturday evening, and a hearty response was made to the call. During the week lists of young men willing to enrol had been collected; and,- hurriedly as. the work was done, it has been successful in a marked degree, for over eighty names have now been secured. This number, wej helieve } does not represent all who are likely to enrol when the movement has taken permanent shape; and if we may judge from the enthusiasm displayed at the meeting on Saturday, and the appear ance of those'who were present at it, Government has in its offer from Ash burton the elements of as fine a corps as the colony could produce, j On the advantages of drill to young men we need-not expatiate, but we

remember once (hearing an old Water loo veteran say that volunteering, if it did nothing else; would take the round ness off young men’s shoulder:? and put it pn; their breasts, and would supplant slovenly habits by smartness and ac_ tivity. There can be.no doubt that a volunteer corps .would absorb : a con siderable amount: ofijtime that is now spent in an /idle, and, perhaps, a! far more questionable manner. We hope the citizens will give the movement their heartiest support; it is one which deserves it. The arrangements now made have been- made hurriedly, and without fuss ; but the movement is of sufficient importance to claim the at tention of our leading citizens, and we trust they will not allow it to fall through. A public meeting will be called within the next fortnight, when the .Ashburton, people will have an opportunity of expressing their sympa thy with, and giving their countenance to, those who desire to form the new company.

Early Closing. —The leading merchants of the town have initiated a very excellent movement, and in its carrying out we are sure they will be supported by the “ shop ping ” public. Henceforth the places of business of Messrs: On? and Co., Hooper, Aitkeu, and Co., Friedlander Bros., T. 11. Hodder and Co., Hallenstein Bros, and Co., and D. Williamson and Co , will be closed in the, evening, :at; six, Saturday being the only exception in the week. By a printer’s error the name of Hodder and Co. was omitted from the advertisement in our issue on Saturday, and .we rectify it to-day. It would be a pity if this ar rangement for early closing should ever require to be broken in upon, and vve trust the ; housewives of Ashburton, will make “ shop early ” their' motto, ‘ and .do their purchases in the afternoon at least. . J

Native Affairs. —At Hawera the set tlers have taken a practical.-step in the matter of the Maori aggression. The ploughing we reported as going on in front of Mr. Livingstone’s house has been sud denly stopped and the teams, ploughs; and natives removed in exactly the same way as the Maoris removed the surveyors’ from the plains, and without much trouble either,, for the aboriginal ploughmen made little 'or no -resistance.^ ; Telegrams from the “front” state that the natives who have returned from the Parihaka meeting are more , than ever infatuated with the supernatural-pretensions of Te. Whiti, and. intend pushing on ploughing'operations in the Hawera district. What effect the. op position shown- by the settlers at'Living stone’s may have upon them it is difficult to say, but we should think the deter mined action of the whites in resisting the ploughing ought todiave a salutary effect.:

Marbles as Maori Bullets.— lt is said that within the past: few weeks tens of thousands of marbles have been pur chased privately in Dunedin and shipped to the North, the inference being that they are intended to be sold by the con signees among the disaffected natives, and used by them as bullets in the event of hostilities breaking put. . v- ; . A Weak IB and., jr- Mitchell’s Opera Company performed at Nelson. The local ‘ Mail ” thus alights on_a sore place : “The orchestra was the same as on the previous evening, excepting in appear ance, the services-of the ..two or three dummies, who then, occupied, placesjin it, being dispensed with. The honesty of the conductor in admitting that he had but three sound-producing instruments at his disposal was far better appreciated than the attempt to mislead;’’ r

PROPOSED VOLUNTEER CORPS.

On' Saturday night a meeting of Ashburr. ton residents favorable to the formation of a volunteer corps in the township, was held hi; the .samples. rooms: adjoining the Somerset Hotel.' Though at no time during the meeting could more than thirty persons be counted in the. room probably IO persons attended during the evening, many coming and simply leaving their names. . ...... • . • -

' Or. St. Hill was called to the chair, and addressed those present 011 the advantages that followed joining a volunteer corps and attending drill. He had no idea that any necessity for active service by the pro posed, corps, or by any other, would arise out of the present ■ complications with the; aboriginals of the North Island, but that was no reason why young and active colo nists should not ; band themselves together and obtain military training, as not only did that course if followed generally over the country give the population a know ledge of arms and military, duties, but the drill that was necessary to be learned was fine physical exercise, and one that would largely benefit ;the young men who might choose to learn it. He had been quite un expectedly called upon to discharge the duties- of chairman to the meeting ; but doubtless those who called it would give full information.-,. In the course of his : speech Mix St. • Hill said lie could speak with experience on' volunteer matters, as lie had been sixt sen years in the volunteer ranks, and two of those years liad been spent in active service. (Applause.) , • Mr. E. A. Garnett said that steps had been taken some months ago by Mr. C. A. Calvert to form a corps of Volunteers in Ashburton. Mr. Calvert was in Christ church that night, unfortunately, but would certainly have been present had he: been in Ashburton. Had Mr. Calvert been present- he would have explained better than lie (the speaker)' could do what had already been done, and wliat was necessary to do., He would tell them, however, that the Defence Minister had replied to communications to the effect that if sixty men tendered their services to the Government a company would be formed, and that was about all the routine that , had to- be followed. There was ho one could doubt the value : of military training to a population. . He referred to the strong force of Volunteers under arms in the .old country ; to the perfect Volunteer system in Canada ; and added that had the South African colonists

been ns careful to cultivate Volunteering in their midst ns the Canadians had been the native outbreak would have lost a good deal of its terror to them. There were very few men in Great Britain who ii'fCd not helped to make the history of ’Volunteering in the Old',Country, and the result was that Englaiid possessed a popu lation ~ that was to a’ great extent a .military one, inasmuch as; nearly every man under fifty had been at some time or other a Volunteer, and knew, more or less, something of .military movements • and arms, fi He hoped that a f ; corps, would be formed, and lie had ho do'ubt that all old Volunteers like Mijiself would turn out, as well as every young active man in the township. , . Mr. W. Adams, a Volunteer of fourteen years’ standing, also addressed the meet ing. / After,. some talk, Mr. F. A. Vaughan was appointed Secretary :c pro tern,” and a Committee consisting of Messrs. Calvert, Garnett, Adams,. Andrews, St. Hill, Morshead, and Vaughan, with power to add ■: to : their number, was appointed to obtain all needful information regarding the course to be followed in forming the corps, &c., to collect the names of men willing to enrollj and to report at a meet, mg to be called by them at an early datej over which His Worship the Mayor would be asked to preside. Mr. Albert Andrews stated in the'course of the evening that three lists had been in circulation, and the names upon them of probable volunteers numbered over 80. Mr. Savage, bandmaster, said that the gentleman who advertised the meeting for.that night had no authority, to state that'tlie band had promised' to. 1 join the corps ; and the consent of the band mem bers ought to have been obtained before such an announcement was made. He believed, however, that if the corps be came a fact it could count upon the band joining. (Applause). , After a considerable number of names had: been added to’ the ‘roll, and a vote of thanks had been passed to Cr. St. Hill for presiding and' to Mr. Shearman for the use of his sample rooms, the meeting adjourned.

THE MAORI DIFFICULTY.

The Ploughing Affair at Hawera.

{Special Telegram to the Herald.)

Hawera, June 22.

Government having failed to answer the telegram of last night, affirming tho ultimatum of : them or us taking action, a small; .body, which, soon increased, com menced f the work; pf breaking Te Whi.ti’s mana. The Ploughing Was Stopped

by our fellows, the bullocks were yoked in the drays, and the ploughs placed in the carts y during which-time.the Maoris tried in vain to obstruct by simply push ing and wrestling. We, too, pushed and wrestled, until the ploughs and bullocics were secured. Then, when driving the teams the Maoris again obstructed —wrest- ling'and; gentle treatment being, repeated on our part. When once under way the Maoris proceeded along quietly with us. Every Settler There was in Favor of Action, although some would have liked to give Goverement another day to think ; over the blunt offer made to them by : the settlers ; others have no , faith in the Go vernment’s promises.; The opinion of those acquainted with Maori character is This was the Only Chance of Staying Hostilities. J.

The fanatics had made up their minds to : go on from step to step until j they turned us out of house and home, and so things were drifting. Those beautiful districts would have been a deserted wilderness. , ...To coolly look upon a set of fanatics hacking a. Settler’s barn was more than the blood of Hawera could stand', and the settlers are exasperated—and well they may be—and are determined to make any sacrifice to assert their nation ality and stay the fanatics. We will

J Hold Our Own '' : < ' h! - on this side the river now. The Maoris say they will come back again. If they do they will again be removed. . Every thing was done in good humor by the settlers.' No arms were taken out. -or s hown, although, if it comes to fighting, surely the Southerners will send us their Sniders. If Government is short of arms they should send to Melbourne,; where there : are ' plenty of Martini- Henry rifles which could be brought:, over in a few days.

Bills of Sale. —For the better pro tection of, the -mercantile -community the “ Wanganui Herald ” advocates the publi cation of alb bills of -sale in the local papers, where such bills are given.

The Revenue. —lt is understood'that in the face of the present state of the revenue, and falling off of land returns, Government will not propose. further reductions'll! Customs’ duties this year. ■ Aisr Essex farmer is obliged to chalk his nose every time he takes a walk round his farm, to save himself from an old bull which has strong antipathy to red. An old Quaker, in passing near a rade cours3 on a. field day stopped and asked; a spectator : “ Why .this great concourse, my friend 1 ” —“ It isn’t a concourse,” claimed the man, “ it’s a racecourse.” ■ Holloway’s Pills. —These Pills are more efficacious in strengthening 1 a debilitated con stitution than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a nervous habit of body, and all who are suffering from weak digestive organs, or whose health lias become deranged by bilious affection, disordered stomach, or liver complaints, should lose.no time in giving these admirable . Pills a fair .trial. Coughs, colds, asthma,' of shortness : of breath are ialso within the range of the sanative powers of this very remarkable medicine. The cures 'effected by these Pills are not superficial or temporary, but complete:any pefm'iuient. They are as inijcl as they are ’ efficacious, aud may be given with confidence to delicate females and; young chil dren. Their action on the liver, stomach, arid bowels is immediate, beneficial,- and restoring order and 7 health inf every case.— Advt. : - T;.:} :>

INQUEST

An inquest was held to-day in the Central Hotel on the body of James Joyce, farmer, who met his deathjast Friday in a well on his farm atqfhe Springfield Run. Mr. T. R. Hodder was chosen’ fore man of the jury, and Dr.,Jirdybr, Coroner, conducted the inquest./; A man named Macdonald,' who was fQund to be intoxicated, was' rejected k£|a juryman. , William Ullyat, farmer, residing, near the Springfield run, was brothef-in-law of the deceased, and was in partnership with him as a farmer. Deceased, wit ness, and William Burke were engaged clearing out the well at the farm last Friday about one o’clock. Deceased' was down the well, which was 140 feet deep, and had boarded some part of it. The well was about fifteen yards away from the dwelling-house. Deceased was being hoisted up from the well, when one of the ends of the windlass) barrel slipped , out .of. the-notch; in the upright. Deceased was then within 26 feet of the well, arid he Fell to the bottom) the barrel of the windlass falling upon him. Five minutes afterward witness shouted down the well, and about ten minutes afterwards shouted again. On' both occasions. Mr. Joyce’ responded i;, but to repeated calls after that he made no reply. Another, windlass, was. pro cured from a distance of a mile away,; and the body was ' got up about two hours after the accident. If there had been any catch over the axle of; the windlass the accident would not have occurred. . Deceased made .the,,barrel of the windlass himself, and put in the axles. Mr. Joyce was a single man and 50 years of age 3 he was very temperate: Sent for a,doctor immediately the acci dent happened, on the chances of de ceased being alive: The doctor came about nine hours afterwards.

William Burke, farm laborer in Mr. Ullyat’s employ, corroborated , the evi dence of the previous . Ullyat, and witness had hoisted Joyceto within eighteen or -tiventy feet of the mouth of the well, when .the riding turn of. the rope on the windlass, jerked, and one end of the windlass barrel jumped out of the upright on which it rested. There was no catch over the slit on which the windlass axle worked, but witness did not think it was dangerous, and would be perfectly ready to go dowri the well if the windlass were as firm as it was at the time the accident happened. Brought up Joyce from the well. Could not say if lie was alive when found, but he was qiiite dead when he came to the top. - : \ a R.: li '•' Dr. Trevor said he had himself, been called to see the deceased. In addition to. both legs and arms being broken, and the ribs smashed, there were; im mense internal injuries.,. ( ; The Coroner pointed out to the jury that the. case was one of those, to which parties who used sunk wells were always liable. He hoped that as this was the second case of death that had occurred within the last six months under similar circumstances, it would be taken as an additional evidence of the neces sity of a water supply for the plains. To accidents of, this kind; settlers on the plains always would be liable until every well was closed:. ;,; • >: | '/••

The jury returned a verdict of “acci dental death,” adding. a rider that no windlass ought to be used that was not properly, capped and guarded ; against an accident of this kind.

TELEGRAPHIC.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS. ;

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

( Special io ike Melbourne Age.)

The Prince. Imperial’s Death—lntense Grief of the Empress.' - i London, June 20. The Empress Eugenie was long in sensible after receiving the news of the death of her son. When; restored to consciousness, her -grief was extreme, and she refused all food. Letters of condolence have been addressed to her from all the European Courts, and the most profound sympathy is. .expressed in England."' A .:•! ' Lord Loffcus “On the Wing.” Lord Loftus reached New York on the 19th, and left again for San Fran cisco on the 20th. He leaves there on July 7-’ ; " : Garibaldi’s Matrimonial Troubles. Garibaldi is seeking to have his mar riage annulled. ■ ; ' (jßeuteSp Telegrams;.) A. The Victorian Constitutional Difficulty - London, June 20. . k In the House of Commons last night, in compliance with a-request from, the Secretary' of State for the Colonies, Mill’s motion respecting the Victorian Constitutional difficulty was. postponed.

Sir Michael Hicks Beach, acting in corporation with Mills, introduced, a motion condemning any intervention of the Imperial’ Legislature unless requested by;both Houses in Victoria. :

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

' ' k . : "A. " . Wanganui, Monday. * • The. steamer Patea got off the Spit, on Sunday night and came up. to the wharf this-morning all safe, ahd.’no thing damaged. a/; v | ... ,; ‘L

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

(Reuter’s Telegrams.) Death of the Prince Imperial. London, June 20. S,: : news to June Ist, states tfiat jp'Prince Imperial of France is deadi ' Jpje was, out with a reconnoitring party 6n : Juhe'Tst, when the party was surprised, and before they were able to withdraw the Prince Imperial was assagai|(j;

" The>British troops have crossed the Buffalo River, and reached Capullene. They,continued their advance on June 2nd. ~

(Special to the Globe.) London, June 20. Lord Loftus has reached New York. leave San Fancisco on July 7th.-

Tallow is firm, with every prospect of an early advance. Australian wheat is neglected...... ~ -■: Id the wool market there is a brisk Business at full rates. At to-day’s sales :385c, bales were disposed of. , The. >vool auctions closed to-day. The total quantity sold was 280,000 bales. The number of bales held over was 30,000. The bidding was. ani mated. Colonial wool one. half penny to one penny advance. The British Government have joined the trench - Government in demanding the abdication 'of the Kedhive of Egypt. . ... ' -The total reserves in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is Bbst Australian beef tallow, 41s. 6d. per^ewt; best Australian mutton tallow, 335. per cwt. ....

NEWS AND NOTES.

The entire cost of the Suez canal is pany consists, of 400,000 shares of. 500 francs each. . These have sold asf low as 100 francs each. :At the opening of the canal they had- advanced to. only 300 francs. They are now quoted at 717 francs, and • are probably’’ worth more. The revenue of the canal in creased from 5,000,000 francs in 1870 to over 30,000,000. francs =, iri f c 1877. The expenses, including iriterest' bn the sinking fund-and) land,'Jhave been a little over 17,000,000 francs per year. While the revenues steadily increase, the expenses are. decreasing or stationary. The saving of distance to British ships going to India is nearly 5000 miles. Two-thirds of the vessels passing through the carial carry the English flag-RA jrXSiA I I aJ HuJ A . The largest merchant vessel in the world, with the exception of the Great Eastern, was launched from the yard of Messrs. Elder, at Glasgow, on March 10th. She had been built for the Guion Line of Atlantic steamers. Her length is 445 feet, breadth 46 feet, depth 37 j 4 feet, tonnage 5,500, and horse power 6,000. She was named by Lady Alexander the “ Arizona” in the pre sence of thousands of spectators, \ A new species of tea shrub, 'resem bling that which grows in China, has been discovered in Armenia, near Tre bizond. ~The peasants pick the leaves and dry them in the sun; and large quantities have been sent to Persia, where the new product is highly ap preciated)/.: J]■ /;' ifx }

Painted dresses are the latest novelty introduced into the fashionable world in Paris. .Bands of black velvet are adorned with gorgeous birds or insects in tropical colors, all painted by hand, and the buttons which fasten the dresses each bear a device of similar character. Painted buttons are not worn simply for use, but are: .stitched on velvet at intervals, to be used as necklets and bracelets, and are attached to ear-rings and .hair-pins. The idea of painting dresses is said to have been imported from America; but there is no doubt the Americans took the notion from the English ladies,’ many of whom painted their dresses a few years back.

An excellent specimen of the very rare species of whale, ueobolcicnci wcif ginatus, has recently been caught by Mr. Quail!, - of - Stewart Island, who purposes . sending it to the Paris scien tific authorities'. Dr. Hector holds the 'opinion -that- further; south:,-these whales would be found in great numbers: If they could be got at, no doubt a very profitable field of speculation . would be open .to ship-owners, and the colonial whaling industry would soon become an important factor in colonial progress. A new process 'of glazing has just been invented by, which that hitherto useful material;putty,” has been dispensed with, Vulcanite is the substance that, is to take the place of the old material. The window sashes under the new system are to be so arranged that the glass may be fixed into the grooves prepared for it, and, coming into contact with "a strip of vulcanite attached; to the frame, the glazing is perfect andcomplete. Any unskilled workman-can fix the glass, arid; when fixed, there is no putty to perish under the action of the atmos phere. Broketi squares may be easily replaced by sound ones, and even painting is unnecessary, as galvanised iron frames''can be used instead of the -more, perishable wood. ; j For. large sur faces, such as the . roofs j: of railway stations, and for conservatories and 'green houses, the invention should be one of gfeaf value, and; : we / have little dqut# that it will be very generally em ployed by railway companies, engineers, and "architects, who will most heartily welcome “Shelly’s patent-; system of glazing,” which will enable them to be rid of putty and all its attendant incon veniences'. ';' • ? •’ / 1 ; ■• ; A:..

Monday, June 23,1879.]

THE ASHBURTt>N HERALD



Public Notices. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. -VfOTICE is hereby given-that at a l\ Special Meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council, held on Tuesday, the 27th day of May, 1879, the following re solution was adopted . ~ “ That under and in pursuance ot the provisions and powers contained m part X of the Municipal Corporations Act, lb/0, and other provisions and powers contained, in the said Act, the Ashburton Borough Council do borrow and take up at interest on the security or credit of a rate of one shilling in the pound, authorised to be made and levied by the said Council, under section 112 of the said Municipal Corpora tions Act,' 1876, the sum of fifteen thou sand pounds, to be expended as follows : Seven thousand pounds (£7000) in supple menting the sum of Five thousand pounds (£5000) received from the County Council of Ashburton for the purpose of paying, satisfying, and defraying the cost, charges, and expenses of making, erecting and pro: viding a system of water sapply .for the Borough of Ashburton, and for the pu pose of purchasing, or paying for any land which may be required for intakes, rese voirs, or otherwise in connection with tfe said undertaking or work, or which my thereby injuriously afiected ; and down pipes, ereejng and all other necessary ?orks "’"connected with such water supply the balance of the said sum of fifteen thusand pounds, to wit—Eight thousand ounds (£8000), for the purpose of defining all outlay incurred in and expenses >f, and incidental to the construction, and rection of all buildings, erections, constuctions, protective works, pipes, gutters, aannels, sewers, drains,. bridges, crossings' and all other works, and operations necessry, and requisite for providing undergro nd and surface drainage for the said lorough. . That for the purpose of ecuring the repayment of the sail sum of fifteen thousand pounds (£.5,000), together with interest thereon, he said Council do issue seven hundred aid fifty debentures for twenty pounds (£SO) each in the form contained, in the ninth schedule of Municipal Corporations Act, 18 r G, or to the effect thereof to the person or persons by or on behalf of whom such sum or por tion or part thereof be advanced. “ That the said principal sum o; fifteen thousand pounds (£15,000) be borrowed for a term or period of ten (10) years, from the making of such debentures and that the rate of interest to be named therein or made payable bysuch debentures be at the rate of six pounds ten shillings (£6 10s) per centum per annum, and pay able half yearly, and that coupons for each sum so payable in the form in the tenth schedule to the said Act of 1876, or to the effect thereof, be attached to such deben tures for payment of such interest. That such debentures he forthwith issued under the seal of this said Council, and offered for sale by the Bank of New Zealand as agents for the said Council in London or New Zealand.” Notice is hereby giveu that a Special Meeting will be held on MONDAY, the 30th day of June next, at 6.30 p.m., for the purpose of confirming the above resolu tion. By order, CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, May 30th, 1879. 946



NORTH ASHBURTON AND LOWER ASHBURTON ROAD DISTRICTS CONSTITUTED. [l.s] Hercules Robinson, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. BY virtue of the powers vested in me by the seventh section of the Ordin ance of the Province of Canterbury, in tituled. “ The Canterbury Roads Ordin ance, 1872,” and of the powers vested in me by “ The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,” and “ The Canterbury Roads Or dinance Amendment Act, 1877,” I Her cules George Robert Robinson, the Gover nor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date hereof, the portion of the Lower Ashburton Road District des cribed in the First Schedule. hereto shall be severed from the said road district, and shall be and i 3 hereby constituted a new district under the name of the “North Ashburton Road District,” and that the remaining portion of the said Lower Ash burton Road District described in the . Second Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be a new district under the name of the “ Lower Ashburton Road District.” FIRST SCHEDULE. Description op the North Ashburton Road District. The North Ashburton Road District comprises all that portion of the Provincial District of Canterbury, bounded towards the North-east by the South Ralcaia Road District; towards the North-west by the Great Southern Railway and by the Town of Ashburton ; towards the South-west, by a line running along the Middle of the Ashburton River ; and toward the South east by the South Pacific Ocean ; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the Survey Office, Christchurch. SECOND SCHEDULE. Description op the Lower Ashburton Road District. The Lower Ashburton Road. District comprises all that portion of the Provin cial District of Canterbury bounded to wards the North-east by a line running along the middle of the Ashburton River ; towards the North-west by the Great Southern Railway; towards the South west by the Rangitata River ; and towards the South-east by the South Pacific Ocean ; as the. same is delineated on the plans deposited in the Survey Office, Christchurch. Given under the hand of His Excel lency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Com inander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same ; and issued under the Seal of the Baid Colony, at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. G. S. WHITMORE. God Save the Queen. 1001



DVERTISEMENTS for the Ashburton ri 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 he copy, other wise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged accordingly. ..y. ■ • Notice to discontinue Advertisements must be left at the Office in-writing, before 12 noon and alterations the day previous. Subscriptions : In Advance. If Booked Quarterly— Delivered in town Posted count iy s. d. s. d 60 6 6 80 8 6 80 8 6



Clothing Establishment. ENCOURAGE NEW,ZEALAND INDUSTRIES. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. MESSRS. JJ ALLEN STEIN jg RO S. Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH of the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, IS NOW OPEN IN THE , ' NEW BRICK BUILDING ASHBURTON, (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 • ' 1 ■ WHOLESALE PRICE. All goods are marked in plain : figures, for net cash only. Any article purchased and not approved of will be exchanged with tho same courtesy with which it was sold, or, if desired, the money will 1 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 ; Ashburton branch. 437



NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ES TATE OF THOMAS MADDOX, BUILDER, TIN WALD, A BANK RUPT. ■vrOTICE is hereby given, that all debts J3I not proved and sent to me before the Ist of July nest will not be recogr nised. K. SANDO, 10G4 Trustee. NOTICE Assigned Estate of Hoofed, Aitken, and Co. A LL ACCOUNTS Due to the above /\ mentioned Estate must be settled forthwith, otherwise legal proceedings will be instituted for their recovery. 0. W. TURNER ) Trustees in the 1063 W. GILL \ above Estate. SANDO AND OLSEN’S ASSIGNED ESTATE. ALL Debts owing to this Estate must at once be paid to Messrs. Saunders Brothers, or they will be sued for without further notice. S. SAUNDERS B. HALE Trustees. 1016



N OTIC E. : WE, the undersigned, do hereby agree to . CLOSE our respective places of business at the hour of SIX O’CLOCK Every Evening (EXCEPT SATURDAYS),. for the benefit, of our employees, on and after MONDAY, 23rd JUNE, 1879. ORR & CO. ■ HODDER & Co. HOOPER, AITKEN, & CO. FRIEDLANDER BROS. FI ALLENSTEIN BROS. & CO. (Per W. Sparrow). D. WILLIAMSON & CO. 1053



SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473rc SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate rials. H. M. JONES, Stationer Baring Square. 473i> SLAUGHTERING LICENSE. WE HEREBY give notice that we in intend, at the Council’s sitting on the 2nd July, to apply for a license to kill small and large cattlei on R.S. 26598. ROBERTS & WINTER. Selma, June 9, 1879., , 990 mO BE SOLD, CHEAP—Nine f’-acre X Sections of Magnificent LAND, fonting on Allen and Middle Roads, North Town Belt. Apply to R. ELSTON, j 1038 South-East Belt. TO LET. 5 -ROOMED HOUSE, Princes street, near North Town Belt. Apply MR. BOZZENBERG, 1055 Burnett Street. w ANTED, a Smart BOY, for the Printing : Business. —Apply * HERALD OFFICE. CHOIR UNION. T7UNAL' REHEARSAL on TUESDAY Jj ... Evening, at 7 o’clock sharp, in the Templar Hall. Every member is particu larly requested to attend. 1061 H. J. WEEKS, Conductor.