NEWS BY SUEZ MAIL.

(Per Arawjta at Bluff)

A Royal Commission has been appoin ted to inquire into the condition and suffi ciency of the means, both naval and military, provided for the defence of the most important seaports within the colonies, and the stations required within them for coaling—and refitting of men of-war ; and for the protection of colonial commerce with the Unitea King dom, with each other, and foreign countries. Also to determine what sta tions and ports it is desirable, owing to strategetical or commercial value, should be provided with an organised system of defence, in addition to the general de fence of the navy ; and whether such de fence should consist of permanent works manned by imperial or local troops. Fur ther, to consider by whom, and in what proportion, the expense should be de frayed. The English press consider the colonies should be more fully represented on the commission.

The fiohie press award an unqualified condemnation of the Berry Reform Bill —even the “Spectator” severely criti cises the measure.

It is proposed to construct the Pacific Railway on the land grant system, and 100,000,000 acres of land, with all the minerals thereon, have been apportuned for the purpose. It is thought scarcely probable that the Bacchante will visit the antipodes. She visits the West Indies after Maderia.

Captain J. C. Haling, is appointed Colonial Secretary of Grenada. The situa tion is worth £SOO a-year. The Hon. T. Russell purchased a num ber of Clydesdales and shorthorns at Lord Damn ore’s sales. The animals were bought for New Zealand. He also bought other valuable stock from R. Oliver, of Whittlebery. M‘Lean and Co, Auckland, have shipped per the Inglewood, a number of pedigree shorthorn bulls.

An attempt was made to upset the the train from Brindisi conveying the Aus tralian mails. The design was frustrated. The Bank of New Zealand negotiated the £200,000 6 per cent loan for the New Plymouth Harbor Board. £211,000 were applied for, the prices ranging from a minimum of £95 to £97.

A disagreeable impression was produced on the Stock Exchange by the news that the Australian and New Zealand Colonies contemplated fresh heavy loans. The leading journals point out the danger of the proposed course. Latest from Afghanistan The British troops under Col. Baker, an old New Zealand officer, gallantly stormed the high range of hills between Charisol and Cabul, which wei’e hotly de fended by the rebellious troops. After an obstinate resistance the enemy were driven back, losing 12 guns. The British loss was small and the enemy’s consider able. . General Roberts entered Cabul on Oct. 12, without any opposition. The mutineers, after being routed outside the city, fled to Turkestan.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Per Arawata at the Bluff.)

Queensland.

Local government will shortly be ex tended to the whole of the colony. A 400-ton iron dredge barge has been built for the Government—the largest yet built in the colony. The massacre of the Logan’s crew has been confirmed. The Beagle will punish the murderers.

It is reported that two bodies have been found on the Johnstone river. They ap peared to have been dead only about a fort night, and the flesh looked as if it had been washed by the blacks, who must have killed the men. Deceased are sup posed to have been two diggers attempting to make their way from Timoora to Mul grave. Kennedy Bros., timber getters, were attacked by blacks at Tam o’ Shanter Point, while driving a mob of horses from Johnston’s river to Cardwell.

The unexpired leases of forfeited runs in unsettled districts in Queensland were sold at auction. The bidding was spirited. The upset price for all was 10s per square mile. Tasmania. The Ministry propose to meet Parlia ment on the 13th May, with measures proposing reduction in expenditure, re vision of customs duties, direct taxation in a modified form. Government obtained supplies for the remainder of the current year*. South Australia. The insects in the Rosefield Vineyards are pronounced to be comparatively harm less, and not the true phylloxera. Harvest prospects are brilliant, and the yield promises to be unusually large. A wider area is under cultivation than in any previons season. It is estimated the area will yield a surplus of nearly 400,000 tons for export. Mr R. H. Smytlie comes out as the re presentative of .Cook and Sons, tourist managers, London, who purpose or ganising extensile tourist expeditions to Australia and New Zealand during the Melbourne Exhibition.

H. E. Downer, Commissioner of Insol vency, was charged with indecently as saulting the wife of Joseph Rogers in a private room in the Adelaide Court of Insolvency. The wife went to beg of the Judge the release of Rogers, who was imprisoned for fradulent insolvency. The Commissioner directed his I’elease. It is .alleged that during this interview, the Commissioner twice kissed Mrs Rogers, and sought to make another appointment. The bench dismissed the case without calling evidence for the de fence. Victoria. Three men, promoters of the Totalisator Companies were arrestedaskeepers of com mon gaming houses. The National Bank has declared 12i per cent dividend. The “ Victorian' Review,” the best periodical yet issued in Australia has ap peared. It resembles the “ Nineteenth Century.” Besides the best Australian writers, M. About, Emile Castelar, Mark Twain, Mr Stoddart, &c, have agreed to contribute.

P. Matols, Christchurch, won the £IOOO prize in Bridges art union. Government alleges that it was impos sible ftßCulloch’s splendid imported stock could have died from water drunk on the

qu:u‘4? t }ln& MltMiqs'U iaftt LTO.GfiO woiqh of stock. r Tiie Erciktonn sheep sales yielded nearly £8,009 in spite of the low pieces realised.

New South Wales. Clere, an engineering firm, have inheri ted £70,000. Returned diggers from Mekoal, near Glenflen, state that the important gold discovery reported, is a hoax. The Bank of New South Wales bonus and dividend equals 171- per cent

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Monday, Nov. 10. before Mr. Frank Guinness. R.M. LARCENY OF A SCARF PIN. Alexander Macdonald was charged with the larceny'’ of a gold breast pin, valued at £2, the property of Hector Mackenzie. The prosecutor, who is stopping at the Prince Albert Boarding House, having de posed to the loss of his pin, Constable Farmer stated that he was on duty in East street when the accused was pointed out to him by Mr Meant, of the Prince Albert Boarding House. He said accused was suspected of having stolen the pin. Took him into custody and searched him on suspicion of having the stolen property in his possession. Found the pin on him in the inside of his vest. Accused said he had picked it up at the boarding house. Accused then stated that lie stopped at the Prince Albert Boarding House on Monday night. On getting up the following morning, saw the pin lying on the floor, picked it up and slipped it in side of his vest, intending to return it to the boarding-house keeper. Went down stairs ; there was no one about. Left the house, returning to breakfast at half-past seven. Quite forgot about the pin. Was walking about town for a few hours until eleven o’clock, then left by train for Chertsey. Afterwards went to Rakaia. Returned to Ashburton on Wednesday, and met a man who asked him to go with him to the A 1 Boarding House. Did so. Quite forgot about the pin until stopped by the constable and Meant, and accused of stealing something. It was by a mere oversight the pin was not returned. The police said that nothing was known of accused. The Magistrate said the accused had, by his own showing, been keeping this pin, knowing that it was not his pro perty. He should have returned it at once. The defence that he had forgotten to do so, was not borne out by the facts. He had had ample opportunity of return ing the pin if he had been so inclined, having had it in his possession form Monday until Wednesday. He would be imprisoned for one month with hard labor. The accused was removed, still protesting that he had merely forgotten to return the pin.

The Chinese Question.

It is difficult to speak with cei'tainty of the history of Russia beyond a century or two, if we confine ourselves to the evi dence of that country’s own imperfect annals. But Chinese history is more explicit, and if we fail in getting at definite information regarding the great Northern

Power during the early period of the Christain era from Russia’s own chronicles, Ave can obtain some interesting items bear ing on the subject from the contemporane ous history of China. It is interesting to learn that the great Russia was once under the heel of the Mongolian race. In the tenth century she Avas conquered and over run by the Mongols, Avho held possession of their conquest for tAVO centuries. It was in the century folloAving, hoAvever, that the great supremacy Avas gained— that BAvarms of the Asiatics Avere hurled against the Northern PoAver, which Avent doAA'n, not before superior arms or military skill, but before sheer mass of numbers. Like an Eastern locust plague they came, and their progress Avas irresistible, so that for tAA’O centuries the great country of Russia was laid under galling tribute. It Avas only when the fifteenth century was dawning that Russia began to regain her independence, and then the Mongolian stamp had been left indelibly upon her national character. The Mongols intro duced the serfdom only recently abolished, and to Mongolian influence is to be attributed the spiritless character of a people Avho could sit passively doAvn under the officialdom of Russia—an officialdom that means oppression of the Avorst kind, that not only refuses to recognise the personal liberty 7 of the subject, but terror ises the very thoughts of the human mind. An abject social bondage of this kind seems to be congenial to the Mongolian race—and it is seldom that Avefind them re volting against it; for it is more rampant in the Chinese empire than it is even in Russia. But Avlien such fearful oppression exists in Avhat claims to be a Christian country, there is scarcely 7 ground for sur prise that Rihilism should raise its terrible head in the midst of a down trodden people, and in turn terrorise in reaction on the poAver that oppresses. It is to the Mongolian conquest that Russia oavgs its traditions. Aggrandisement is now one of the instincts of its statesmen, an instinct bequeathed to them by the re generator of their country, Peter the Great, Avhose will laid the acquisition of territory doAvn to his countrymen as a sacred duty, and at this moment the prin ciple is the end and aim of all their foreign policy. We find them casting lustful eyes upon Afghanistan as the high-road to our Indian possessions, and they have only emerged from a fifth unsuccessful effort to secure the country of the un fortunate Turk. But for the Avholesome check held upon Russia by the other European poAA 7 ers, there can be little doubt that the oAvners of the largest of the European dominions AA'ould not be slack to attempt the extension of their territory Avestward. This desire on the part of Russians for territory they have inherited from their Mon golian masters of early history, and the same desire, though it does not assume the shape of lust for ter ritory, is still manifested by the Chinese. Tho Chinese are still as numerous in population as they Avere Avlien they threAV their countless hosts against the Northern barbarian ; their natural increase has even made them more numerous than ever ; for no great series of Aval’s have thinned their ranks, and though now and again a famine has pruned some of their super fluous life, the vital principle in the

V?f*vcly .tuj&oftg mid shoals pf Chinese gw&ra off tq other hands in every' quarter of the globe. A large proportion of them return to their native country, and few indeed over settlp in the land they choose to honor with a sojourn.

Just as the}’ overran Russia so are they overrunning the other lands of the globe where an attractive foothold is offered to them : not, however,,with the sword in their hand, —-they are''no match in war for modern nations but their peculiar characteristics, the inherent principle of slavery within them, that they left as a legacy when they were driven from Russia, and the lust for wealth that consumes them, places them in antagonism to all the interests and instincts of European civilisation, and now the recently colonised divisions of the earth are in mad revolt against their influx. America, on the Chinese question, has just escaped another civil war, and the agitation will not cease until the hated race has been driven from the vast con tinent. Australia is fermenting on the same question, and we have not yet seen the end of the struggle. And now New Zealand takes her first protective step against the inroads of those parasites on civilisation who come to enter into compe tition with the toning freemen from Britain. The Chinaman’s lust for wealth is insati able —wealth is his god, yea. his very soul, and he has no enjoyment beyond its ac quisttion. For generations Ids race will toil on to achieve a purpose that will bring them gain, and they care not how much labor they expend on their designs, so these de signs are productive of a substantial re turn. Their toil is cheap in their eyes, and so they expend it. We will not go into the many greivances of the British workman against his Asia tic competitor, hut would only point to the thirst for gain, Mid the monopoly ofit, the Chinaman shows even in his own country. For generations the Chinese have been excellent customers of the manufacturing countries, and their imports of manufactured goods have shown well on the books of English pro ducers. But China has well nigh reached her last hale from England and America. British mechanics, at tempting remunera tion, have been brought over to erect machinery and teach its working to the natives, and now Chinese factories are rapidly supplying the wants of the coun try to the exclusim of every foreign fabric. English companies encircled the coast with lines of «•. earners, and did for the Chinese what they could not do for themselves opened a steam carrying trade. Opposition lines of Chinese steam ships have now driven these from the coast, because the natives could command the pa tronage of Chinese merchants. The China man preys upon every nationality. He serves himself for a time with the skill of the modern artificer and then turns him adrift. He shares his gains with no one, and when he obtains a foothold in any trade, he sweeps up the very crumbs that fall from it.

But his fighting days are not yet over either. Gradually he is acquiring a fleet. It was only the other day we read of four excellent gunboats built in England for China, and it is quite within .the bounds of possibility that as the Mongo lian adopts, as he will, European arms and European tactics, he may again assume the supremacy in the land of his old foe, and hurl against the Russian the terrible hordes that swamped her in centuries long gone by.

Drink, Degradation, and the Gallows.

The “ Times ”of August 1 say 7 s :“ A A 7 ei'y shocking case Avas brought to its in evitable conclusion yesterday at the Derby Assizes. On the 12tli of July, a young man named Gerald Main waring, the son of a clergyman, and described as being of good manners and education Avas appre hended at Derby for being drunk and dangerous to himself and others. While the charge was being made out against him at the police office, he drew a reA r olver from his pocket and discharged it at a constable named Moss. Before he could be disarmed he fired three more shots and wo aided another constable named Price. Both of the Avounded men were at once commyed to the infirmary, where Moss died on the following day. Thus the case AA r as very plain in regard to the facts and their proof, Avlxile the circumstances Avhiclx led to the commission of the crime discloses a revolting story of degradation. Mainwaring, it appears, had been living at an hotel in Derby, where .he had formed a connection Avith a prostitute. On the day of the murder he entered the bar of the hotel Avhere he ay as staying in company Avith this woman, and called for a bottle of brandy, which the two nearly emptied betAveen them in a very short time. He then Avent out for a drive, still accompanied by the Avoman ; they stopped for a shoi’t time at the house Avhere she lived, and Avhen another woman Avho kept the house refused to alloAV the girl to go out again in such a disgraceful state of drunkenness, he at once threatened to shoot her, and over came her resistance by presenting his pistol at her in such a manner as to con vince her that her life Avas really in danger. He then proceeded on his drive in com pany with the girl ; but the condition of both Avas so openly 7 disgraceful that they Avere folloAA 7 ed by the police and ultimately apprehended. What ensued Avhen they reached the lock-up Ave have already stated. None of the facts of the case were disputed by the prisoner’s counsel, aylxo only pleaded for reduction of the offence from murder to manslaughter. The plea hoAvever, Avas not counteranced by Mr Justice Lindley in his summing up, and the jury, after a long deliberation, found the prisoner guilty of murder, though they accompanied their finding Avith a strong recommenda tion to mercy. The life of an innocent man has been sacrificed to the drunken and dissolute passions of one Avhose educa tion and breeding should have saved him even in his Avildest excesses from such an abyss of degradation and crime. The case is a Avarning, written in letters of blood, to all Avho are apt to think lightly of youthful excesses, and aylio do not con sider lioav narrow is the margin which separates unbridled passion from crime.

The “ NeAY York World” skates that the United States Government, acting upon Admiral Ammon’s report, Avill appoint a commission of military and naval officers to examine the AA 7 hole question of an inter oceanic canal.

Murderous Attack On a Clergyman.

A murderous outrage waa committed on §th August, on thp Rev. J. Y. Rooker, vicar of Lower Gonial, near Wolverhamp ton in a grocer’s shop, in the presence of several witnesses. About two years ago Charles Hartlaud, a builder in a respect able position, was convicted by the bench of which Mr Rooker was chairman, of indecently exposing himself, and sen tenced to a term of imprisonment. He had since threatened to he revenged, but the vicar took but little notice, and Hart land was soon reinstated in his position as leader of the church choir. On Friday he and Mr Rooker met in the grocer’s shop, and after an interchange of some friendly remarks the prisoner was turning to leave the shop, when Hartland drew a five chambered revolver, and fired point blank at the vicar, who was only a few paces from him, the bullet entering the back of his neck, and he threw up his arms, exclaiming, “ I am shot !” Hart land fired a second and a third time, both shots taking effect, and then made off towards his house, announcing his in tention of giving himself into custody. Ilis victim’s wounds are so serious that no hopes are entertained of his recovery. Hartland was subsequently taken before the Bilston magistrates and remanded.

A Romance of the Far East

(From the A Fro York Tribune.)

There is a spook of war on the horizon just now—a threat of a disturbance of the harmonious relations between Siam and England. There is a woman in the case, and she is young and pretty. About thirty years ago there came to Siam a young officer of the English army. He had been for several years in India, in the service of the East India Company, and determined one day to seek his fortune in the land of the White Elephant, where he became drill master of the Royal troops, and was in favor with the old King and the high officers of the Royal Court. Through the influence of friends at home he was appointed to represent the British Government as Consular Agent at Bang kok, and from this position he gradually rose to his present high office of Consul General of her Britannic Majesty for the Kingdom of Siam. His name is Thomas George Knox, and he comes of one of the old families in the North of Ireland, where the name of Knox is said to be very com mon. During the time of his services with the King and before he dreamed of the honours to come to him in later years, Mr Knox contracted an alliance with a Siamese woman, after the manner prevalent among foreigners who come to the East for a so j urn of a few years. Three children were the result of this union ; and though the marriage had a spice of irregularity about it, the children were acknowledged by the father, and propei’ly cared for and educated. Miss Fanny, who is the cause of the present war speck, is a pretty and accomplished brunette, and received her education in England, where her doting father paid no end of bills for her proper training and finishing. She returned to Bangkok three years ago, with a wardrobe that made her the envy of the other women, and with a piano on which she played with grace and skill. Admirers were not wanting; the fair Fannie was half Siamese and half English in blood, and she spoke the languages of Siam and of England to per fection. It was therefore quite natural that her admirers should be of the two nationalities, and a natural consequence that, for love of her, Englishmen and Siamese should be at each others’ ears. It was the ambition of Mr Knox to marry his daughter to an Englishman ; and whenever she manifested an inclination to smile on a Siamese lover, the Consul- General of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was observed to frown. About three months ago Miss Fanny determined to remain no longer single, and planted her affection on one Phra Peccha, an influential and distin guished nobleman of Siam, and a member of one of the highest families. As the paternal Knox refused the paternal sanc tion, the daughter followed the custom of civilized lands and eloped with her lover, thereby causing much scandal in Siam and throughout the British colonies in the far East.. Four or five weeks after the elopement Phial Peccha was arrested by order of the King on a charge of high crimes and misdemeanors : he was tried by the Council of State and found guilty. The penalty for his crime is death, and that convicted nobleman has been sen tenced to be beheaded. The sentence has not yet been carried out, and there is a serious hitch in the affair. The runaway daughter of the British Consul-General is averse to the execution of her Siamese husband, and interceded most earnestly with her father to stay the action of the law of the land. Though harbouring no love for the man who eloped with his child, Mr Knox is reluctant to have a case of capital punishment in the family in addition to the other complications, and therefore demanded the release of Phra Peccha. The Siamese Government refused. Knox then threatened them with a British gunboat, and not only threatened, but sent to Singapore for one. The gunboat Foxhound came, and then the demand was renewed. The King was firm as a rock, and notified the Consul- General that under no circumstances would the condemned prisoner he sur rendered. Knox now threatened to bring the whole force of British ships to Eastern waters to bombard Bangkok, and lay the King’s palace in ashes. The King lias a goodly force of soldiers under arms at the palace, and there is a strong guard over the Phra Peccha. The Siamese blood is up, and if British mariners from the Foxhound attempt to land to rescue the husband of the Consul-General’s daughter, there will he bloodshed. The gunboat lies in the tepid waters of the Meenan and liolds no communication with the shore other than with the British Consular office.

The Queen has been pleased to confer upon Mr Walter Eugene de Souza the honour of knighthood. Mr De Souza is Avell known in Calcutta and other parts of India for the large charities provided and supported by himself and family. Venaed De Saint Anne, the originator of tlio project for bridging the English Channel, promises to begin operations Avithout delay. He estimates it Avill re quire seven months for the experiments, and a million francs Avill suffice to pay preliminary expenses.

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on. Sivic-e, P LFEED ARRISON, AUCTIONEER, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENT, ASHBURTON. Farms, Town Sections, and House Pro perties on the Books for Sale or to Let. AGENT FOR THE TRANSATLANTIC FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Chief Office— Christchurch *



MR JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, lms FOR SALE some valuable TOWN and SUBURBAN SECTIONS in Ashburton. Also, Quarter-acre Section, Tinwald, with a good Four-roomed House, lined throughout, and a Garden securely fenced ; also, several other well-situated Sections in the above Township. Some of the above being low in price and terms easy, offer a first-class opportu nity to investors. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, Auctioneer, Ac. , Saunders’ Buiildings, Ashburton. ACLAND, CAMPBELL, AND CO., Auctioneers, Land, Stock, and General Agents. WOOL AND GRAIN BROKERS. Christchurch, Ashburton, and South bridge. We beg to inform our constituents and the public that we have made arrangements with Mr George Jameson to take charge of our Ashburton Branch, and to act as our Agent there. Mr Jameson will make arrangements for Sales of Stock, Farms, &c., and is authorised to receive and pay all moneys on our behalf. The Sale of Horses at the Bazaar will be held Fortnightly, from the Ist Nov., commencing at 12 o’clock sharp. The Fortnightly Sales of Stock, &c., at Ashburton and Tinwald, will be held as heretofore. Account Sales rendered with care and promptitude. ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO. GEO. JAMESON. GOOa



Business Notices. &ss£i?®ir TINWALD. gHEARER AND GALLOWAY, MILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Great South Road, Tinwald, Beg to thank the public generally for their very liberal support during the past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all its branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove. COACHBUILDING. Orders received fcr making or repairing all kinds of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the best materials used. AGRICULTURAL. Implements of all kinds made or re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Reap ers and Binders, Chaffcutters, Bruisers, &c. BUILDING. Estimates given for all kinds of Build ing and general carpentering. Cocksfoot Grass Seed Threshing Ma chines, for hand or foot, made to order, great saving of labor. SHEARER AND GALLOWAY, Tinwald. 105—641 a PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ashburton. J. R. CHAPMAN, PAINTER, PAPERPI ANGER, SIGN-WRITER, Etc., Has much pleasure in stating that, owin* to the large increase of Business, he is now Importing from the Manufacturers - PAPER-HANGINGS, WHITE LEAD, LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSHWAP £ And all the necessaries of the Trade, and is therefore in a position to compete with any house in Canterbury for price and quality. Every description of work in the ti'ade executed under personal superin tendence. Competent workmen sent all parts of the country. ESTIMATES GIVEN.



Action gaUri WOOL. WOOL. WOOL. To Fanners, Wool-growers, and others.. J E beg to inform Sheep Farmers and ■others that our FIRST WOOL AND SKIN SALE this season Will take place at our Auction Rooms, East street, oil THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27. Farmers and .others wishing to. .make entries are requested to send in particu lars at an early date, so that we can class and catalogue the same before the day of sale; EDMISTON BROS. AND GRUNDY, Auctioneers.



RDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRY. AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £1,000,000. Insurances ejected fit the lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack.



TO RUN HOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. mUE Undersigned have on Sale Fencing Wire No. 6 to. 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds— t White Clover ' . : , Red Clover . Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, &c., Ac. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Stores of Every Description. We are prepai’ed to allow a very liberal discount for cash. EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRY. East Street. ASHBURTON Boarding Houses. PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL rjpHE undersigned having taken th*> Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, begs to say he is determined to keep GOOD TABLE,. and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. S. LUC AS, PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE Wills Street, Ashburton. 333a—27 CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). T~> E-OPENING of the above commo- Bfti dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepared to give. Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board ... ... . ... 14s. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Dinner on Saturday from 11.30. Beds (single), Is. 6d. Private Room for Ladies 153—82 a Public Notices MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD. PUBLIC NOTICE. TfnHE Road leading from tbe Back 1 Track through Section No. 20905 and Section 2G906 is CLOSED against all traffic. W. B. COMPTON, G59a—178 Overseer. ASHBURTON RACING CLUB. 11/S’ EMBERS are reminded that their I\l SUBSCRIPTIONS are now DUE, and must be paid before the Spring Meeting to entitle to free access to Course and Stand. S. SAUNDERS, 038a—163 Hon. Treas. A.R. Club.



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WANTED, a NURSEGIRL, about 17 YY years old, to take charge of Tiro Children. Apply TIN WALD HOTEL, 020 a , Tinwald. XTTANTED, Known, that TWENTY W Words are inserted in this Column for ONE SHILLING prepaid, and Words' for TWO SHILLINGS FORTY prepaid. DO you Want the News of the. Day Read the Ashburton Herald. rnHE Cheap Advertiser—the Ashburton j ■ ■■ Herald with its 20-words tariff. HAVE you Lost Anything I—Tell the finder through the Herald for a Shilling. If he is honest he will bring it '<> you without a reward, but you can bait a finder of shaky morals by a tempting offer of remuneration for his trouble. .-\ll for a Shilling. rnHE u Herald ’’ is on every Tea Table _| in Ashburton COOKS. —-You eau advertise for a Cook iu 20 words in the Herald for 1/-. A MAN is not wise if he don’t ‘udvervi.se, And Twenty Words cost a Shilling. HAVE you Found Anything that don’t belong to you, and wish to act on the square ! —Bring a Shilling to the Herald’s Advertising Clerk. In'll put your qualms of conscience at rest, and find the owner through the Twenty-Words-for a-Shilling-Column. } ULL of Reading Matter is the Herald _ Every Evening. • f 1 1HE PENNY made the postal system _L of England a success. So has it made the Herald. Everybody buys the Hera ld. r § \ALss.—The Herald publishes a por- JL tion of a readable story ever Satur day. Read it. ;



To Let and for Sale. TO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO SHOPS in East Street; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK. . f jUO LET, at a very low rental—Baker?, 1.., together with Dwelling-house an 1 Shop, uear the Post Office. 393» T'lOS' BULLOCK. WITH TO LET, A purchasing clause, or FOR SALE, CHEAP, i 403 A C R E S, "3 Which would make, a very compact farm, situated at the hack of Mr. Digby s. Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur j_ v ton. Apply to 2— S66a" THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SA LE , A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, IX and rea’iy first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on LoiurbeacL Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. TAOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with S' a Purchasing Clause, : a FARM, of 137 Acres, partly improved, aiid situated about three and a half miles from the Township. Apply to 5 THOMAS BULLOCK. Business Notices. NOTICE. MISS HODDER, lately arrived from London,begs to announce that she has commenced business as DRESS MAKER in Moore street, Ashburton, near Dr Stewart’s residence. Prices strictly moderate, and no ellort will be spared to give satisfaction. MISS HODDER, Dressmaker, Moore street. 169—651 a piNYELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever'offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. REAPERS AND BINDERS. fl IHE Undersigned having been a. •- § pointed agent for the sale McCORMICK’S & W. A. WOOD’S REAPERS AND BINDERS, is now prepared to treat .with those who will want them for the coming season. FREDK: PAVITT, 555a—88 East Street, Ashburton The Stud. •of. THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COL' Of the Traducer Blood. To Travel; this Season the ASHBURTO! AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars 504 - S. H. FOWLER & CO„ • Proprietors,. . -20 .L Winslow HOUSEMAIDS.— The Herald asks a Housemaid for you in 20 words for ih - WANTED.— Tlie Herald tells your Wants in 20 words, for 1/-.