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 3.13 p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seaheld, on Mondays and Thursdays, 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 The next mail for the United Kingdom via San Francisco will be closed at Christchurch on Saturday, July 19, and will be due in London on .Sept. 2. The mext mails for the United Kingdom via Brindisi and Southampton (for specially ad dressed letters only) will be closed at Christ church on July 28. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on Sept. 22, and the mail via Southampton on Sept. 29.

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

Sydney J. Dick, Chief Postmaster.

NEW POSTAL REGULATION.

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

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

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “ Evening Echo"). MONDAY, JULY 21, 1579.

When an election has been lost and won, the supporters of the defeated cause often find their penetration and their ingenuity sorely taxed to discover or invent a reason for their defeat* They never will allow that any un soundness in the cause itself is the true reason, and so it happens that the necessity that arises for finding a reason, under which to cover the inherent weakness of the cause they have fought fought for, becomes the proverbial mother of invention, and something very specious is frequently turned up to be pointed to as the obstacle to success. Sometimes the right thing is discovered, sometimes only one of several things, that militated against success j but just as often a cause for failure is adduced that has nothing whatever to do with the failure, and the supporters of the negative side in the recent poll te the j£is>°°° l® an f° r borough water supply and drainage who have taken refuge in the plurality of votes to property as the reason for their failure are in this category. The win ning side can well afford, with the sweeping majority they had out of the small number who voted, to allow the minority to hold any opinion they choose as to what brought about the result of the poll, but there can be no doubt whatever about the popularity of the proposal. Still, the question of plurality of votes is worth considering, and we observe Government in declaring their policy through the Governor’s speech, have given notice to the country that they intend to introduce a measure restrict ing voting powers to one voice per head in the election of members of bodies whose funds are subscribed from the colonial purse. This is a step in the right direction, and one that should have been taken long ago. It has been prophesied that this session will see the end of the pound for pound subsidy, and in the event of that prophecy’s fulfilment, the operation of the proposed measure will be limited indeed if it ever becomes law, but the fact that such a measure has been proposed by Govern ment is sufficient evidence (their earnestness always guaranteed) that they have no intention of making a movement towards a discontinuance of the subsidies.

We have always .held that, as it is a man’s own reasoning powers that ought to guide his vote, and as he cannot come to any more than one conclusion in its bestowal, one vote is sufficient for him; unless indeed some guage can be imported from Utopia according to which you can apportion votes in proportion to the amount of wisdom and judgment possessed by the individual members of a constituency. In the absence of such a guage we must be content with one vote to each intellect as a sufficiently full expression of that intellect’s opinion. We fail to see that the possession of property gives a man any clearer intellectual vision, any greater force of character, or any greater power of discrimination, and Government recognised that it did not when they sought to give each man a voice in the elections of the Colony. Every man has a stake in the colony if he lives in it, and every man living in a town has a stake in that town as great in proportion, if he pays a small weekly rent for a two-roomed cottage, as the man who is his landlord and owns half the sections in the town. Every man more or less is a rent paying individual, and though, by an arrangement with hisilandlord, he may not be actually on the rate list, and consequently has no voice in municipal elections, he is nevertheless indirectly a ratepayer. Let the rates rise to a more than ordinarily

high proportion, and where is the land- will not, if ho can, do his utmost to make the rent he receives lap over the increased rates ? Every man who pays a rent indirectly pays the town’s rates, and he has a perfect right to a voice in the borough’s government —a right as strong as that of his landlord. It was the recognition of this principle in the state that impelled Sir George Grey to make an endeavour to extend the franchise amongst men, and to limit it amongst property , and any future government we may have, knowing the feeling of the country on this point, must adopt the same principle if they would be popular. We have no doubt whatever that the measure mooted by the Grey Government to limit voting to one vote per head will become law; not, perhaps, under the Grey Ministry, but certainly sooner or later, and the sooner the better if every man who ought to be heard in the meal and general government of his country is to be fairly heard.

TREES. —Saturday’s sale of fruit and other trees at Edmiston and Gundry’s auction rooms resulted in a thorough clearance at fair prices, and the demand for trees shown is a satisfactory proof that public opinion now favors planting, and that settlers are fully alive to the benefits to be derived from it.

The Gas Works.— We learn that a leak in the concrete tank at the gas works will delay progress for a short time, and that it will be necessary to pump the tank empty before the leak can be discovered and properly stopped. There is nothing very serious wrong, but the leak is of sufficient importance to cause some delay. We hear the fire engine will be used to pump the water from the tank. New Auctioneer. —We notice that Mr* J. Lloyd Crawley has taken premises in Saunders’ buildings and commenced busi ness as auctioneer and commission agent. Mr. Crawley’s intimate knowledge of stock and farming operations should have well qualified him for this class of business and we wish him every success in his new undertaking.

A Rowdy Passenger. —To-day a man named Henry Williamson was fined 20s. for obstructing a railway official, another 20s. for creating a disturbance, and £5 for assaulting a Chinaman named Ah Fong. It appears that Williamson, while travel ling on the express from Timaru on Satur day had annoyed and obstructed the guard while collecting the tickets, and had sadly abused the Chinaman Ah Fong, whose face was much torn and cut with the knife prisoner flourished about. Pri soner admitted his guilt all but using the knife, and pled hard to be let off as he had only enough money left to carry him to Wellington.

New Business. —We observe that the tentmaking business, and the manufacture of horse covers, tarpaulins, &c., recently carried on by Messrs. Sando and Olson lias been bought over by Mr. Patching, who had for some time previously acted as manager of this department to the firm. In an agricultural district like our own an industry of the kind carried on by Mr. Patching is indispensable, and in the charge of a competent man like himself, cannot fail to succeed.

Furniture Sale. —Messrs Edmiston Bros, and Gundry on Saturday held an extensive sale of superior furniture at their rooms in East Street. The atten dance was very large—indeed we have not seen so many people at a sale since the land craze of last summer subsided. Fair prices were obtained for the fi rniture, as some of the following will show : Drawing-room suite, £23 10s. ; book case and cheffonier, £8 55.; gilt mirror, £3 17s. 6d.; carpet, 3s. Gd. per yard ; curtains, 17s. and 21s. ; dining table, £6 ss. ; couch, £2 2s. Gd. ; chest of drawers, £6; iron bedstead, £2 ; spring mattress, £4 2s. Gd.; hair mattress, £3 ; blankets, 295. per pair; toilet table, £2 17s. Gd.; and other items in proportion. A single barrelled gun brought £2 14s.

An Oracle. —Some weakling who doesn’t have much to do and little brains to do it with has the following to say in the Marlboro “Express” of the “New Zealand limes,” one of the most readable papers in the Colony:—The “New Zea land Times” is losing ground everyday. It is the great mouthpiece of the Opposi tion and never fails to abuse the Govern ment on even the most trivial questions. Why it is allowed to exist is a wonder ; very few read it. The “ New Zealander ” is the other morning paper, and is working its way fast. He’d Better Visit XJs. —ln the House of Lords, recently, Lord Bateman brought forward a motion condemnatory of Free Trade, one statement in his speech being that, “In New Zealand there were hun dreds of thousands of quarters of wheat annually used as manure or thrown into the sea, simply because California being nearer to this country (England) than New Zealand, the New Zealander found it impossible to send his wheat to us under present circumstances at a profit.” Truly the old saying is confirmed, “ that we must go from home to get news.”

Preserving Grain. —ln Algeria the Arabs preserve their grain in hermetically closed furrows in the soil. The late M. Doyere introduced the principle into France by employing oblong cases of iron, placed in the soil, but in a position to allow of the grain having a fall to run out. In these longitudinal cisterns, there are two “ man holes,” to fill .and empty re spectively. The grain must b.e matured and dry before being stored, and it will keep for years, unaltered by evaporation or insects, if the external air be excluded, M. Velter, of the Central School of Arts and Manufactures, estimates at 5 per cent, the material loss resulting per year from grain as ordinarily magazined. M. Bella extends the plan to fitting up ground floors and cellars of out-offices, and thus quadruples the capacity of granaries, while securing the grain from atmos pheric and other injuries.

Engineering, —The New York corres pondent of the “Sydney Morning Herald” writes :—“ We are now promise,d some thing that will eclipse the ‘ Thames Tun nel’ absolutely. This is a tunnel under the North River, thus uniting the shores of New York and Jersey, and enabling the railroads to discharge their freights within the [precincts of the City of New York. A bill authorising its construction has already passed the Legislature, and the engineering difficulties are of course easily overcome - Capitalists stand ready to fur nish the necessary cash, and thus the only real obstacle to the scheme is surmounted. The North River is, however, a mile and a half wide, and when it is tunnelled in this way, we can pride ourselves upon the possession of the most costly subterranean passage-in the world, as well as the biggest lakes, and the biggest waterfalls, etc., etc.”

A Novelty. —The electric light, it is reported, has been tried by M. Albaret, in the cornfields of Monnant, near Paris and Petit Bourg. He attached a Gramme machine to the engine employed for cutting the corn, and mounted on a mast an electric light; by this means the cutting process was carried on with facility during the night. A Hair from the Beard of Mahomet. —A dispute described as “tremendous” is raging in Madras over a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mahomet. The relic is enclosed in a case guarded by an official, who receives a pension from Gov ernment, and six fanatical Mussulmans are disputing for its possession. The High Court of Madras has been appealed to.

A Rich’ Claim. —The almost unparal lelled richness of Mr Holverson’s claim, near Hyde, is a theme of frequent remark. The farther he gets into his claim the greater the amount of treasure it yields. Last week, when the first day’s operations were commenced, 30oz. was the result, the second day (Friday) 90oz. and on Saturday last 1200 z., working from five to six hours each day. —‘ l Mount Ida Chron icle.” Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— None except the uncommonly hardy can hope to escape continued, unsettled, and unusually wet weather. without some bodily discomfort or actual disease. Holloway’s remedies have won a name and fame previously unknown in medical science for their ability of successfully contesting with colds, coughs, quinseys, rheum atism, and neuralgia. This formidable list o dangerous and painful affections is completely under the control of these inestimable specifics ; which, used according to their accompanying directions, will soon ■ mitigate the tortures, suppress all inflammatory tendencies, andsecui'e the soundest health. The very moderate price charged for these never-failing remedies, places them within the reach of the most humble suf ferer, whose ill-health in producing poverty ex aggerates his personal pangs. —Advt.

TELEGRAPHIC.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

AUSTRALIAN (Reuter's Telegrams.) The Sculling Mateh. Melbourne, July 19. W. Hearn, of Wellington, won the Intercolonial Sculling Match on. the Yarra; beating George Wing, of Vic toria. The race was won easily by one length. Telegraphic Communication. July 21.

Cablegrams are expected to-morrow. A steamer left Port Darwin on Friday morning.

Great Walking Match.

Sydney, July 21.

The forty-eight hours’ walking match between Edwards, of London, and Taylor, of Victoria, was won by the former. He covered 160 miles.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wreck of a Schooner in the Straits— Danger of the Crew. New Plymouth, Monday.

The Arthur Wakefield, from Lyttel ton, with wheat for this port, foundered n the Straits on Saturday night, and he captain and crew in an open boat made for New Plymouth, arriving in the roadstead at 8.30 last night, having been twelve hours in an open boat.

Accidental Death.

Dunedin, Monday.

An inquest was held to-day on the body of William Cross, one of the em ployes of the railway, who was killed yesterday while working one of the railway cranes. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

POLITICAL GOSSIP.

Wellington, Saturday.

The House broke up at 12.35 this morning, when it adjourned till Tues day. Sir W. Fox wished for a sitting on Monday, but would not dic tate the time to men placed on their trial.

Messrs Rolleston and Moss spoke after Sir G. Grey. The former never speaks so well as after listening to the Premier’s wild declamations on the Canterbury squatters and their grid irons. Mr. Moss speaks clearly and easily and in a voice that is heard in every corner, but there is never any thing in what, he says. The debate is likely to last a week.

It is stated that the Minister of Public Works had an interwiew with the leader of the Opposition in refer ence to passing an Imprest Supply Bill, and arrangements were come to that no obstruction should be offered to its

passage through all stages early P§xt week,

Mr. Bryce leads off the debate on Tuesday. Mr. Ballance will vote with the Go vernment, but will not speak. There is a perfect absence of political rumors to-day, as if parties had hardened and there were no waverers.

It is stated that the Opposition majority has increased to twenty, but it is doubtful if it be more than fourteen.

Mr. Sheehan, who is expected to speak on Tuesday, is to be followed by Mr. Wakefield, who is taking notes industriously. The statement that the Governor, under present circumstances, will not press his objections to an assent to a Loan Bill before the Address in Reply is agreed to, turns out to be entirely incorrect.

The following is an extract from the Premier’s letter to Major Richmond re the Speakership : —“ I will recollect old cimes and your services to the State in days gone by. This, however is a case in which one cannot give way to mere personal feelings, however strong these may be. There is a necessity in such an appointment to give assurance to the public that the Government intend to carry measures of a certain character, and to secure, if possible,' existing laws to which they stand pledged, from being repealed or in any way altered, so that their force or main characteristics might be destroyed. In fact this is a case in which public interest alone must be consulted, and I am in fact but a trustee of those interests, and must make my own feelings give way to them. Acting upon these principles I fear that the choice of President must fall upon another person than yourself.” —-Press Correspondent.

People who have any experience of family quarrels about money must sympathise with the wives and offspring of Mr. Brigham Young. Mr. Young had about 28 wives, who bore him an average of five children. Say he had 140 infants, and that brings him near the 167 of Rameses 11., which Mr. Glad stone thinks too many, though it falls far below the total of August the Strong of Saxony. Many of these children in turn were very much married, so. that Young is quite a common name in Utah. When Mr. Young died he left most of his property, and how much that was nobody knows, to the church, and only provided for a few of his offspring. The “ rank and file ”of his family are unprovided for, and his thousands of heirs are expected to contest his will. The case will be one of the most colossal on record. There is an original pre-Mormon Mrs. Young still surviving. There are all manner of favorite wives, of beloved grand children, of descendants married “in and out and roundabout ” in the most complicated way. The whole Bar will be exhausted in providing council, and no mortal Judge can expect to hear more than a small part of the case, which will increase in difficulty at the rate of compound interest, as the value of Young’s investments and the num ber of right heirs go on multiplying. America is likely to outvie with the utmost ease our petty Tichborne trial, and will be able to boast the largest lawsuit as well as the biggest waterfall in the universe. The religious compli cations of course will be numerous, and the contemplative mind is overwhelmed —as in the attempt to conceive of in finity —by the prodigiousness of the affair. —Daily News. Royal Blood in a Cobbler.— A bootmaker, who boasts of having quarts and gallons of blue blood in his veins, has been ignominiously locked up in an English gaol on a charge of drunken ness and disorderly conduct. . His name is John Rust, but he asserts that his mother was a great granddaughter of George 11., and that his father was the only son of George 111. He pro fesses to have a thorough knowledge of science'and talks glibly about electricity, the telephone, the microphone, and the phonograph. The only Royal trait which is conspicuous in this bootmaker is a capacity for becoming as mellow and hilarious as any old-time monarch.

A Pugilistic Priest. —A Catholic priest ' of American birth recently gave an Italian gentleman a sound thrashing in a fashionable beer-shop in Rome. The priest, who had sat in his place very quietly and apparently was indif ferent to the people about him, was addressed by the Italian in impertinent terms. He wore the dress of his order, and remained quiet for some time under the sarcasm of his neighbor, but at last roused himself, and an altercation ensued, beginning in words but ending in hard knocks. In a short time the assailant found he had caught a Tartar, for the priest was skillful with his fists, and used them where they did him the most good. Both men were' arrested and taken before a police magistrate, but after being reprimanded were dis charged. Fattening Cattle. —M. Stuff, a German farmer, desiring to test the various fattening qualities of rice and maize, tied up eighteen bullocks in November, in three lots of seven, six, and five beasts respectively, and as nearly as possible under the same con ditions as to age, weight, &c. The feeding was the same, save that the rations of grain, daily, and in die form of flour, consisted of maize, oats, and rice. He found that Sslbs. of the latter exercised the same nutri tive effects as ioolbs. of maize. He recommends great care to be taken in purchasing the rice-meal, as it is exten sively falsified.

THU MOORISH SERPENT CHARMER.

(Ftom the Friends' Quarterly Examiner.)

At Tangier' we were delighted to find a serpent charmer. We witnessed this peformance many times whilst in this country, but never so well as on this first occasion ; and even at the risk of introducing a subject already thread bare, I am tempted to describe what we saw—the more so as the Moorish exhibition differs considerably from that common in India. When we joined the crowd, two old men were sitting in front of a fire of sticks, warming their drums; a sluggish dark-colored snake ■was lying in the centre of the area, and a wild-looking Moor one of the Aissowa, of course—with long, tangled black hair at the back of his head, and wearing but little clothing, was moving about the ring. He called in two children —demure little fellows with shaven heads —and commenced talking to them as though giving serious in structions. They were made to repeat after him various exclamations, often to the amusement of the bystanders ; he sucked their fingers, he licked their heads, and then there was further pan tomime, and their hands were thrust forward, with two fingers spread out like aV, the movement being accompanied by Some- exclamations we could not follow. The performer meanwhile was dancing about the ring in a strange, mad way, pulling snakes out of a lea thern bag which was lying on the ground, and catching them by the tail when they showed a disposition to glide off into the crowd. The two old men con tinued beating their unmelodious drums. Then there was a sort of incantation, the man occasionally prayed, kneeling on one knee, and throwing his head back, holding his hands together like a cup, to catch the blessing as it fell from heaven, and the people responded in the end in much the same way. It was a sort of invocation, in which the only words we could catch were the oft-re peated call to Sidi Mohammed and Muley Abu Hassan. The snakes mean while were getting excited; a tambour was handed round from time to time for coppers, and the contributions were laid out in a line an the ground before being consigned to the bag. The man then followed the snakes about the ring, seized one of them about a foot from its head, held it up before his face, and allowed it to dart at him till it was furious; it bit him badly in the arm, and then he put out his tongue, and it fixed its fangs into that; he even pressed his jaws together till the fangs met. His tongue turned purple, and swelled rapidly. He threw the snake on the ground, and made one of the children hold it by the tail, to which it submitted quietly. The man con tinued dancing about as though mad with pain ; he put a stout pin into the wounds, right through his tongue; he took some dust from the ground and rubbed it into the bleeding place, spit much blood and frothy mucus, threw himself down on the ground, rolling and grovelling about, and by degrees ap peared to become entirely relieved. The children all this time had been holding by their tails a couple of snakes, which every now and then stretched themselves towards the crowd and kept the ring clear. The performer then took two more serpents, very lively fellows, twisted them round his arms and neck, allowed them to bite him on his hands and arms till the blood came freely, and then was another excited scene of dancing, drumming, singing, praying, jumping,, and rolling about as if in frenzy. He was gradually recover ing from this condition when two drunken men rushed into the ring and the performance was stopped. So much for what We saw. You will ask for an explanation, and I can give you no satisfactory one. In the exhibition there is, no doubt, a good deal of stage effect and trickery, but it is not imposture. _____

The Chinaman. —Concerning the allegation that Californians “ loathe the Chinese,” William Lloyd Garrison writes to a friend in New York that, if that is so, it is very odd that they insist upon employing 120,000 of them, and using them in occupations where loathe someness is particularly not desirable, as those of cooks and chambermaids, and paying them from $25 to S4O a month —more than whites would get for doing the same work. The Oldest Clergyman. —ln the Church of England the oldest clergy man is the Rev. Canon Beadon, re siding at Wells, who was born Decem ber 6th, 1777, and - is therefore in his 102nd year. His health is still good, he reads without using spectacles, and has never, it is said, worn a greatcoat. His father before him enjoyed the living of Stoneham, near Southampton, and when he died, in 1810, the son suc ceeded to it, and has held it until the present time. Canon Beadon’s son, now 75 years old, has been for a long time his curate.

Monday, Julv so,

THE ASHBURTON HERALD



Clothing Establishment. ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE [of MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Mb. J. H. Mokkison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND Me. 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 Yery Heavy Reduction, and have resolved to sell the same again in our Branches direct to the public at prices at which we could not legitimately sell our own Goods. In fact (without exaggeration) during the next few weeks we are in a position to offer NEW GOODS IN MEN’S AND BOYS’ ATTIRE, Of Colonial Manufacture, at from ONE THIRD to ONE HALF THEIR USUAL COST. HALLENSTEIN BROS., New Zealand Clothing Factory. The assigned Stock wall be for Sale in our Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory. •r . . - ■ 12a * DIARIES. —A Few Commercial and Scribbling Diaries on Sale, Cheap, at the “Herald” Stationery Depot, East Street North, near Railway Station. ASHBURTON HERALD, Published Daily. Country Edition ... 3 p.m. Town Edition ... 4.30p.m. gUBSCRIBERS are requested to make known T'any irregularity in the delivery, •whether in Town or Country, which shall be immediately remedied. Country Sub scribers along the Whkanui Road to the school, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesday and Friday,



Advertisements for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not later than 1 p,ip. for the Country Edition, and 3 P-ni 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. 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 ~ country s. d. s. d 60 6 6 80 8 6 80 8 6 Posted



ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.



s. d. s Butter, inferior to best I® I o to Eggs, dozen - -2 2 to Cheese, prime quality, $K> o 8 to Bacon, prime smoked, If? lb o 9 to Hams iu cloth, 1? lb - 10 to Flour in bags, 1? ioolb 12 6 jto Oatmeal, 1? 25th - 6 6 to Lard, lb - - • o 9 to . d. 1 4 o o o 10 0 10 o o o o o o o o



New Advertisements. T.R.H ODDER & QQMFANY’S, TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT Is now under the management of Mr. E. W. Tomkins (from West End, London), Cutter, Practical Tailor, Breeches, and Riding Pants’ Maker. Orders promptly attended to. Exact fit Guaranteed. 7ZS.F-K Large Assortment of Tweeds, Doeskins, and Coatings on hand. 150 a



' ' ' New Advertisements, TO LET, A 144 a COTTAGE of 4 Rooms, situated in Cox Street. Apply to t . C. PERCY COX, East Street. SPECIAL NOTICE. TREES! ! TREES!!! SEALY BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET, ARE now offering, at lowest remunera tive rates, their Stock of Trees, including : AAA Apples, Pears, Plums, (JjUUU Peaches, Cherries, Necta rines. A AAA Gooseberry, Currants—Black Tj UUU White, and Red Rasp berry. A A AAA Pinis Insignis, Pinus Muri- OUjUUU cata, Pinu3Maritima, Pi iius Tuberculata, Pinus Laricio, Pinus Ponderoaa, Cupres Macrocarpa. 000 ScotchSpruceandAußtriaß Also,— Several thousand Laurel, Holly, Laures tinus, Rhododendron, Thuga, Welling tonia Gigantea, Roses, and® numerous other useful Trees'and Shrubs. Also, — Walnuts, Grape Vines, Quicks, Rhu barb, Strawberry, i&c., And 100,000■‘ESsifiL 0 "* Price List on appiication. SEALY BROS., BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON. 145 a MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY Having commenced business as AUCTIONEER, LAND, ESTATE, AND COMMISSION AGENT, BEGS to solicit a share of patronage from his friends and the general public. His knowledge of Stock and connection with Farming operations, en ables him to make a specialty of this class of business, and he hopes by energetic attention to the interests of his clients, to merit their support. 146 a UNDER BILL OF SALE. W. De B. Compton, to Saundebs Bros. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY has received instructions to sell by public auction at his yards (between Post Office and Saunders’ Buildinea, East street), on Saturday next, at 2 p.m., the following horses and plant:— 1 Bay Gelding 1 jj » • 1 » >» 1 »> j> 1 Brown ~ 1 Double Seated Buggy 1 Single „ „ 1 Break Gig 2 Sets Buggy Harness 2 Riding Saddles The horses are all broken to saddle and harness. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY. 147 a Auctioneer. SATURDAY, JULY a 6. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY Kill sell at his yards on Saturday next, July 26th, at 2 p.m.— 1 Bay Filly by Sputter the Dew out of a well-bred mare; broken to saddle, and a good hack. 10 Ashburton Templar Hall shares 10 Tons Potatoes • J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, 148 a Auctioneer. R. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY will have a very prime lot of Fat Sheep to offer at the Ashburton Sale yards on day, sth August, 1879. 149 a To Let,, TO LET, FOR CROPPING. 1000 stubble Land, in the Lagmhor District. For particulars apply to 138 a DONALD McLEAN. HOUSE TO LET. TO LET, a Very Comfortable 4-roomed Cottage in Wakanui Road, within three minutes’ walk of the Post Office,- well-finished, with fireplace in each room, and section fenced round. Apply to £. SANDO, on the premises, or at the Shop, East Street, late Weston’s. 131 a For Sale. SADDLE FOR SALE. EOR SALE, a Strong SADDLE, quite new. Price—£3lss. j WfiFth ALFRED HARRISON, 122 a Auctioneer. £2 ss. PER ACRE. Messrs, saundebs brothers have had placed in their hand* for sale 993 Acres of fair Agricultural Land, within 5 miles of the Dunsandel Railway Station. The property adjoins a railway reserve, aud water can be obtained within twenty feet of the surface. To effect an immediate sale, the proprietor will accept £2 ss. per acre. Full particulars on application to SAUNDERS BROTHERS, 29a Ashburton.