MEMORANDA.

MEETINGS.

This Evening. Football Club, at Baldwin’s Hotel, at 8 o’clock. .0

AUCTION SALES. » i

Monday, May 12. i ; j. Mr. Alfred Harrison, at his. rooms, at, 12.30 sharp—Consignment of- Apples;.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1879.

We learn that at a meeting to-day of the creditors of Sando and Olsen in Christ, church the. estate was sold to Orr and, Co. for 7s 6d in the pound. We are also in formed that the business, will be carried on as before. - r - - !; • ■

-Football;!—We'call attention to the fact that a meeting of the Fpotball Club will be held this evening at! thq Centra' Hotel. ;

The Rev. E. G. Wyatt. — j-This gentle man, is about to sever his connection with Ashburton, where as a member of ,the Church of England Ministry, he has been much respected. It is proposed to mark the appreciation in which his services ha ve been held by presenting hint with a sub stantial testimonial, and a committee have been appointed to collect Subscriptions.

We wish them success,'and are pretty sure that, in spite of hard times, they will meet with it, as wherever Mr. Wyatt goes he will cairy with him the best wishes of many Ashburton friends. Correction.— A notice appears in lour Advertisement columns with reference to an unauthorised and incorrect notice which appeared in the “Mail”, this morning re A. Weston •Worthington’s meeting ,of creditors on Monday next, i ; • 5 V l The Steeplechase; Meeting.—Nomi nations, for the County Handicap must be in the hands of the Secretary by 9 o’clock to-night at Baldwin’s -Hotel. / R. M. Court;— His Worship to-day sen tenced.A. M‘Guinn,,who had indulged too freely last night, "to'a fine ’of £l, or in : default 96 hours imprisonment. A Rakaia offender liras, let 0ff,,.-it > being his , first. appearance. ..•',.

The Fire Brigade Wells.-— Mr. Dol man is now sinking the 3-in. coupled pipe well for the Fire Brigade opposite the Herald office. He is down 14 feet, and calculates that 30 feet of piping will be used for each tube. The.large, boulders he has found it necessary to displace has entailed sinking a shaft of considerable depth.

Heavy Grain.— Some time ago we drew attention to a large yield of wheat from one root, upwards of 40 ears from one seed, that had been taken from a paddock belonging to Mr. Robert Miller, up the river. The yield was something like, two. thousand fold, and the individual plant •was ,not the only one of equal yield that could have been taken from the same,field. The plant lay for exhibition for some time in Messrs Williamson’s store, East-street South. We have now come across, in the Tapanui “ Courier,” reference made to an experiment made with oats upon the silt deposited by the recent floods at Inch Clutha, where one pea of oats produced 2610 grains of corn—or a “ pretty good hatful of oats ” —from 33 stalks with an average of 170 oats on each, thus proving the fertility of river silt.

Excitement.—- For some time, past an enigmatical advertisement has appeared in the first page of this paper. It occupied twt> columns and comprised these words, ‘The Cheapest House .in Town.” Many surmises have been heard as to what it all meant, and the ‘question has often been asked—“ Who is it 1” Hooper, Aitken, and Co. tell all about it; this evening.^-. a DVT.- ; ~ j . .. r 1 , ;- l :v

Filial Ingratitude.— ln Wellington, on Tuesday, the Relieving Officer Johnson sued two well-off young farmers in Porirua district, for neglecting to contribute to. the support of their parents. The father'is'a cripple, almost blind, and is 72 years old ; the mother is a decrepid old woman of 69. The poor old .people have for many years, subsisted on Oliarity.i : Mr. ■ Whitehouse,* grocer, has spent no less than £3OO on them in the last few year?, They had also got assistance from tlie Benevolent Institution. The defendants coolly told the Resident Magistrate they did not con sider; their mother, ancl. father .had- any claim upon them. Mr'.' Mansford. cha racterised the case as a scandal and a dis grace to humanity, and ordered the hard hearted young men to support their parents who had reared them. They intimated they would not be able to obey orders. The Resident Magistrate said: he would find means to compel them to pay 6s 6d a week each.

The Hatfield Bushrangers.— Hobbs, the .bushranger,- made a remarkable state ment when brought up for sentence. • It was that he had been a sailor for nineteen years, and was unfortunate. £He once narrowly escaped being burnt to death in a ship that was lost; and on another occasion fell from the topgallant mast. He thought it- would liafe been better if tlie Lord had taken him.then*.'than he .should come to the gallows at last. He admitted his presence at tlie fight before the cap ture, but did not, he said, use firearms although a rifle was close to him. He said that Beresfbrd fired at- him-after he surrendered, and when' lie hadkhis’ hands, up. Power galloped past and also fired at him. If he had to die ho hoped to be for given.

Oamaru has an ailment just now. The town is infected with a set.of thieves, who are'attracted’hither at this time: of, the year by the presence of a large number of har vesters . with big cheques.

An Artiste. —-The latest development of the “artiste” we have lighted on is a show announcement in a."Wanganui paper —“ Puncii and-Judy every fifteen minutes by a lady artiste. ”

The Result op the Jackson’s Bay Commission. —lt is estimated that the Jackson’s Bay Commission will cost about '£‘l,Boo, and the results arrived at are:— (1) 'That ''certain persons told Mr. ?Barff certain stories about some bags of rotten potatoes ; having been--sent to Jackson’s Bay; (2) that these persons forgot all about the potatoes when called on to give evidence ; (3) .that nobody can now tell whether there ever were really any'rotten potatoes anywhere: Jn; particular., and, if so, whether they went to 'Jackson’s' Bayj or whether they did not. Pract'icai/Joking ; at Timaeti.— -There is always something in the shape of prac tical joking done at Timaru after the Amateur Athletic Club’s. Annual. Sports,, and this year was no exception to the rule,.. One instance of it was discovered yesterday morning;- by the pawnbroker’s sign, viz., the three balls being exhibited over the entrance door of the Bank of hlpw;Zealand, instead of the establishment of Mr. Franhauf,' froin which they' had been removed. The joke was much appreciated by.the townspeople,: but the cause of the laugh was soon removed by the bank officials. In connection with the practical joking referred to father a good thing occurred yesterday morning. 'lt ay pears that one of the jokers went into a hairdresser’s-in town yesterday to have the down of eighteen summers removed from his chin, and during; the operation the operator began- to relate; the lojss on the previous night of his insignia'‘of trade, saying, “ I should not have cared so‘.much as I have since found the pole, but I have lost the gilt knob which was on it.” The indiscreet youth,- -who had evidently, been one' of the.marauding' party,/ immediately replied, “ The knob was not on the pole when we took it. ” The result of this reply may be imagined.. Financially, ,in addition to the shaving fee, the young athlete at’ once handed over 2s. fid. in payment of the “gilt knob.”—“Times,” Uif f si ii C k Tlf J i'i Tr> x?

THE MAN IN BLACK.

“ I know the man that! must hear me, To him my tale I teach !”— Coleridge.

When the wife goes out to a.“ mother’s meeting,” or an “ Old Woman’s Christian Association,” or to a meeting 'bf “ The Ladies’ Society for instilling piety and vaccine into the turbulent / Zulus,” and /leaves me temporary master of her. house, I give each of the cherubs a quart \ bottle of s'obthing syrup, pull iny / chair close to the!fire, putimy feet on the mantel-piece, and stumble .through a file of The Herald. h'The./ readihg jis v scarce pf " the same exhilirating type as that which garnishesthe pages of “ The Police News,” and Mr. Teague’s inevitable paint, pallet, good picture* as it is, only raises the illus trations to mediocrity. ■ I have a prefer ence for the ..commercial element of the journal; this department is well and uniquely done, and I might cpiote much to the edification of my readers. Exempli gratia— ‘ 1 Cornsacks are unsaleable; and hides and tallow a shade lower.” This makes these latter products rather far down. Again, “Shares easy.” Surely the contributor is no holder of scrip in the local Gas Company, or Templar Hall! Speaking of advertising, I should like to know if our leading draper has yet secured those improvers he pines for. The wife occasionally belabours.me with a. rolling pin or a spare chest of drawers, and says that it is “improving ” me. Now, if there is a permanent situation hanging round for a reformer of this description, I should place no obstacle in the way of my better half obtaining the appointment. I verily believe that she could efficiently discharge even a finisher’s duties !

So Mr. Hart is returned unopposed to the House of Representatives. This is a peaceful.enough sort of a way to conduct these little affairs, but a free and indepen dent elector loses many of the peculiar privileges .that,we have learnt to associate with a contested election. Drunkenness is not a favorite pastime of mine, it is one of the manly vices which I do not affect, but I am fully alive to the advantages, of free cabs and sumptuous luncheons. ' I hope that when another opportunity offers some magnanimous “imbecile” will cater to .the. public taste in these directions. By-the-way, I did a littio report of Mr.. Hart’s meeting, and in my next paper, if not previously disposed of by private treaty to some connoisseur of literary gems, I shall submit it to my readers.

< The ' Church, hand. in hand with the stage ! A pretty association ; reminding me forcibly of the ass and the lion pre dicted fpr, the millennium. May their friendship be cemented closer and closer by every honorable and ennobling tie, but let them each bear in mind the delicacy of their respective positions, and let the ass see that his familiarity maketh not his brother donkeys to offend nor leadeth them 'into undue intimacy with a quadru ped which may turn and rend them.

Some three months ago, on the occasion of a local nator airing himself in a con spicuously Boeatian manner, I ventured to compose a little hymn, copies of which I. forwarded to the different choirs in our town. I have not been fortunate enough to attend divine worship on any occasion on which it has been rendered, and now, thinking that it might be adapted for use in private families, I append the first two verses, the balance, having escaped my memory :

No, Toey, no; it is no go, Your hubbub is kicked up in vain, , Your spouting trick, more long than thick, Was slung off applause, to gain. We know your creed/ and we can’t indeed, Think so kindly : of sweet'you That you’d run about, and storm and shout, Were it not to paddle your own canoe.

Do you really wish we were such simple fish Your struggles for self to applaud ?/ If it; is so, we now fully know, Your boast of sense, a terrible fraud.,/ .q ; Nay, verily nay ; away, away ! We don’t believe that’s true ; We’d trust a raft before your craft, So just paddle your own canoe. - « ■; * * * *

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

{Renteds - Telegrams.)

Calcutta, May 8. , UV'Yakoob Khan has. arrived at the British camp. He announced 1 his ar rival to the Viceroy with an expression of hope that friendly relations would be established. ...London, May 8. The Queen visited the South Ken sington Museum, to which she lends valuable works of art. ,! The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a question, said that legisla tive measures were mot - contemplated at present to settle'whether a member could be salaried. The Colonial Agent promised to con fer with the Attorney-General. - The Under-Secretary for War,, in reply to a' question-; said' the telegram ifrom Lord-Chelmsford’asked for further reinforcements. They awaited further details before steps were taicen.’

(Argus Special.)

: ; ./ ) <, London, May g. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, in replying to 5 a question; said the Daily News' summary of his despatch was incorrect in several facts. He abstained from details.. The . despatch would have precedence as - Soon as' : possible. He also promised to confer with the law officers regarding the expediency of altering the law with a view to Enabling members of Parliament to, act as Agent- General.'- :; • ' ‘tod

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reuter's Telegrams.) Sydney, May'-g. n HNew, Zealand .wheat, ,55.; sugar, loaf, £>s9 ) crushed, £4O; brandy, kerosene, rice, candles,' and New Zealand oats, unchanged. . > ; , Advices from,, the Solomon Islands report;’the murder of a white , man and Native boy by a war party from the Gudakana Islands, who took away a boatand merchandise, y l ‘ ' y- ■ (Special.) / , Adelaide wheat, ss, firm.

TELEGRAPHIC.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS,

LATEST FROM EUROPE-

Chinese Immigration Prohibited,

London,’’May 9. An Age special telegram, dated; London, May 9, states that California prohibits Chinese immigration. Another Failure. Swann, Clough and Co.’s private-; bank at York has failed. Melbourne, May 10. The Mount Macdean State forest was thrown open for selection yester day. There was a great rush of selec tors, who are said to have been to the number of two thousand. The Governor at Geelong last night in his speech strongly urged that the people should be induced to settle on the land. He considered .it a not unmixed good for the inhabitants of a new country to be gathered together in the towns, or employed in' factories. He spoke eulogistically of representa tive institutions.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Saturday. Arrived —-barques Falcon and Wel lington from Newcastle, with coals. New Steam Launch. Messrs. Henderson and Spriggin have launched the new steamer Kopua, built 10 order of Brown and .Campbell, for Wairoa river trade, Kaipara. Burglars. Wellington, Saturday. Two recent arrivals from Scotland named Joseph Jamieson and Wm. Crighton, both believed to be old thieves have been arrested for a bur glary recently committed on Mr. George Pughley’s premises. . AC Crighton was arrested in the act of. pawning part of the stolen property, and some more was found in Jamieson’s possession. -..- Commercial. The N. Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report as follows:—'Lon don, 7th —The wool sales opened with spirit on 6th inst and will comprise about 315,000 bales; 18,000 bales have been sent to the manufacturing districts direct. Cross-breds are firmer and home buyers are purchasing freely. There is an active demand on German account, but French demand is mo derate. . .

Te Kopua, Saturday. Tawhaio has announced that the talk will be between himself and Grey, the Premier. : ' L Commercial. Timaru, Saturday. The transactions during the past week have been on a moderate scale, but, with the exception of oats, prices have been well maintained. Wheat is quoted at 3s. 3d., potatoes 10s., flour -£9, bran and sharps £4 10s. Yesterday’s Boat Accident. A subscription list has been started for the purpose of presenting a testi monial to tire persons who pluckily' rescued the occupants of the boat cap sized in the Roadstead yesterday. The South Canterbury Coursing Club. Should Government grant in time the request of Messrs. Smith and Dennis . toun, owners of Peel Forest Estate, to be allowed to course hares on their property, the first meeting of the South Canterbury Coursing Club will be held on their estate on May 20th.' Entries for the All-Aged Stakes close on Mon day next, May. 12.

Tradesmen’s Athletic Club. A newly-formed Tradesmen’s Ath letic Club holds its first sports on Queen’s Birthday. ;

Kaitangata Relief Fund. Invercargill, Saturday. The Southland, contribution to the Kaitangata Relief Fund amounts to Sporting. , ; A coursing, match takes place here on Friday next. ' '-f .: ‘ | Q.« Te Kooti won St. Leger Stakes, and Surman’s Gazelle the All Aged stakes. ■ V . . ... , Q; . Fatal Accident. At North Invercargill : a woman named Bella Chambers, fell into a well. She got out herself, but died soon after. She was suffering from heart dieease

The Napier Murder. — Roderick Hugh McLennan was brought up at the R.M. Court, Napier, on the 9th, charged with the wilful murder of his wife on March 2. Inspector Scully asked for a remand for eight days, to enable the inquest to be resumed, and it will be held on Dr. Hector’s arrival from Wellington with the result of the analysis of the stomach o f the late Mrs. M e Lennan.

A New Zealand Colonist Found Dead In Melbourne 1 Streets.— A man was picked up by the police on the night of April 21st in Lonsdale street, Melbourne, in apparently a lifeless condition. Some bystanders said he had fallen down in a fit. He was placed in a cab and taken.to the Melbourne Hospital, w'here. it was. ascertained he was dead; It 1 is believed that the name of the deceased is Benjamin Southworth, a recent arrival from New Zealand. On his clothing being searched a bank draft for £2lO, issued by a New Zealand bank, was found upon him ; also, £9 in notes, a quantity-of gold dust .and, nuggets, and a passage ticket for England, ' by the Chimbarazo, taken out in the name of Benjamin Southworth. , ;j ; ; L i The Pope has decided to establish; Vicars Apostolic in those 'parts of America where Episcopal Churches do not exist.

THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE.

The gneiss rock on which the Eddy stone Lighthouse stands having been seriously -shaken by the incessant sea strokes ;oif /the/ tbwer, and the rock being corisiderabiyi undermined at its base, it has tieen determined to erect a •new lighthouse on a spot which affords a good foundation, near low-water level, at about 127 ft .distant from the .present site. - The "focal plan of the present lighthouse.is at an elevation of 72 feet above high water; that of the new building will be 130 feet., ... : ,The actual useful range of the light, which is now about 14 nautical miles, will thus be extended to 17 J 4 miles. The new tower will be constructed entirely of granite. The height will be 138 feet above the rock to the top of the cornice, and the diameter of the tower under the cornice, will be 18ft. 6in. The towers .wilL/tie solid (with the exception of containing a water-tank) to the height of 25ft."/ 6ih. above high-water springs. At this /level will commence the side walls, with a thickness of Bft. 6in., diminishing to 2ft. 3in. at the top. The tower will contain nine compartments, each 10ft. in height, in addition to the lantern, the seven uppermost being. 14 : feet in diameter. The estimated cost is - • •

NATURAL HISTORY OF A BABY.

. “ What animal is this?” .“This is.a baby. Pie is now about three years old, and at the wickedest- point of his earthly career.” “What country does the baby most inhabit?” “He' can be found in every inhabited country on the globe, the same as ’mosquitoes and boils. ” . “ Can they be tamed ?” “ Yes, quite easily. .After a v little judicious discipline they cease;to struggle and be come subservient to the will of man.” “ Does the baby eat grass ?” ■'“’'Yes, or anything else. They swallow, .pocket knives, thimbles, buttons, spoons, or any other object a little smaller than a teacup. If offered milk they seldom refuse it.” “Do they graze through the day, or only at night?” “ They are always grazing, paying not the least heed to the hour. v ,When not eating they are generally giving utterances to a peculiar cry. Strong men often jump out of bed at midnight in the cold wea ther when hearing this cry.” “ What meaning is -attached to this cry?” “ Men of deepest, thought:/have agreed that it signifies to wake up the neigh borhood and have some fun.” “Of what benefit to mankind is a domesti-

cated baby?” “They are of no earthly acoount for the first few years, but by and:by they can slide down hill on a cellar door, and carry articles out of the house and trade them for a wooden sword, or lose them in the grass.” “ Do you know of any instance where the baby ha!s attacked the household and killed and injured anyone?” ! “ Such iustances have been related by such eminent naturalists as George Francis Train and,Texas Jack, .but we don’t put much faith in them. However, if the baby was maliciously and persistently provoked. there’s no knowing what it might do.” : “ Are they>!a-Jhealthy animal?” “No; on the contrary, no druggist could make enough to buy a pair of overshoes but for the presence of the baby in every household. There is hardly an hour in the day that the baby does not demand peppermint, paregoric, milk,'sugar; cordial, cod liver emulsion, ipecac, or something else costing money” “ What machinery is made use of to compel the baby to take a dose of castor oil?” “There are several patent machines for the purpose, but most people follow the old rule of knocking him senseless and getting the dose into his mouth before he recovers.” “Is the baldheaded baby more domes- j tic than others ?” “Not a bit. He j kicks around after the same fashion, ; and-has even. a worsejime fighting flies and mosquitoes.” “What music do j they seem to prefer ? ” “ A brass drum j is their first choice, but they have a J ‘ heavy leaning-towards; the sound of the j stove-handle, knocking the nose off the end of the pitcher with the emptyings ; in it; 'This/•'is aU . : about the baby. I Take another look at him, for. next week we shall write of some other rep tile.”—Exchange. *

How to Dispose of Sewage.;— We learn that the . Liverpool Corporation, after having tried various methods for the dis posal of the sewage of that city, has re- * solved to employ" a fleet of steamers to carry the whole of the rubbish and solid material some thirty miles to sea, and dis charge it there.. A Momentous Question.— A farmer up North lately.threatened the Municipality of his district that if he got more than a certain number of police summonses per week for stray horses, &c., he would keep all his stock in his paddocks, and “then, said he, “ how will your blessed borough do for funds, ” That is the question.,. The Medical Press states that over 100 medical men have died during the yellow fever epidemic in the Mississippi Valley, r The ,agricultural labbreis;’ In the neigh borhood of Newmarket, England," have struck against a reduction of a shilling a week in wages. In the single State of South Carolina no less.than 08,000 negroes have signed an agreement to remove to Africa, if provi sion can be' made for- their transportation at a nominal price. A Man” in Vincennes, Ind. s who plea- | ded guilty the .other day to the charge of 11 shooting another, with intent to kill, was g fined 1 dollar and costs! He would haye I preferred to be sent to the ‘ Penitentiary, | and receive a pardon from the Governor, I but the Judge unfeelingly mulcted him of I the cash. . ■

Saturday, May io, 1879.]

THU ASHBURTON HERALD.



Clothing Establishment. ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. ■ H gMESSRS. ALLENSTEIN ROS. Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH of the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING • r FACTORY. IS NOW O p EN 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 (WHOLESALE PRICE.. All goods are marked in plain figures, for net cash only. Any article purchased and not approved of will be exchanged with the same courtesy with which it was sold, or, if desired, the money will be returned. The Success which has attended the New Zealand Clothing Fac tory’s Retail Branches in Auck land, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and other towns, leads the Proprietors to believe that there exists a praiseworthy desire on the part of the public to encourage New Zealand Indus - , ■ tries, especially where superior advantages are offered, and your support is solicited on this understanding only. WILLIAM SPARROW, Manager 467 Ashburton Branch.



Chemists. HERBAL MEDICINES. PERSONS suffering from liver com plaints, coughs, colds, Avorms, skii diseases, &c., are invited to try Nature's cheap and universal remedy, “HERBS.” Janies Neil, importer of Herbs, and Bo tanic medicines, George street, Dunedin has appointed J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, Ashburton, Agent for his highly-extolled medicines Composition Powder for colds, Dandelior Coffee and Dandelion Pills for liver com plaints, Headache Pills, Botanic Cough Syrup ~ Worm Powders ■ ~ Stomach Bitters „ Blood Purifier, &c. Roots, Herbs, Barks, &c. of every kind. 37C CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE IS acknowledged-to be the mostagreeable and efficacious Tonic Stomachic yet pro duced. ItcontainsthevaluableTonic proper ties of Peruvian Bark (“Quinine”) with the Stomachic properties of the Bitter Seville Orange, so combined as not to be objec tionable to the most delicate invalid ; and, as a “BITTER S,” is far superior to all other preparations. Invaluable to all suffering from loss of appetite, indigestion, general debility, ner vous affections, tic, ague, and derange ment of the system. When the stomach has become enfeebled or disarranged by disease, excess, or irregularities, or the appetite is impaired by mental or bodily exertion, or from any cause whatever, it gives a regularity and tone which is not obtained by any other medicine. One, two, or three wine-glass fuls may be taken during the day by pers'MW suffering from the above com plaints, with the greatest benefit. It is highly 'recommended by the -medical pro fession to be taken whenever Cod Liver Oil is ordered. By pouring the required dose of the oil into half a wine-glass of the ;* Orange Quinine Wine V scarcely a flavour of the oil is tasted, and the wine materially assists the oil in, its -beneficial operations. Price, 4s. 6d. per wine bottle, and sent (carriage free) in cases containing one dozen, at 48s. Sold retail by all Chemists, and manufactured by J. M. CAMBRIDGE, MEDICAL HALL ASHBURTON. Business Notices. Q_EORGE ALLEN, ACCOUNTANT, COLLECTOR, HOUSE, LAND, AND. COMMISSION AGENT, Saunders’ New Buildings, Ashburton. gdERTIFIOATED ACCOUNTANT IN BANKRUPTCY. j 466



Business Notices. T. R H ODDER & /COMPANY’S C‘ ' Direct Shipment of Winter Drapery/ & c„, Ex Coriolanus, NOW ARRIVED, Consisting of ‘ . Dress Stuffs, Calicos, Sheetings, Quilts, Towels, Clothing, Carpets, Druggets, Etc., Etc., Etc. a DOZEN Morley’s Hosiery, con i) i sistiug of Hose, Pants, Shirts, and Socks. .Crewdson’s Calicos, No. 2 to No. 6, direct from the makers.' 90 31 PAIRS BLANKETS, from the. Best Manufactory—Witney. PIECES FLANNEL, from the Manufacturers, Rochdale. 58 DOZ. Cambric HANDKERCHIEFS from the Manufacturers, Belfast. OA PIECES -OtJ TWEED, from the Manufactory, Huddersfield. Horrocks’s Long Cloth, direct from the makers. Heavy Scotch Shirts, from the Best House in Glasgow.



;: ALSO, A large assortment of Crockery, . China, ' , Glassware, • ' : Paperhangings,’' j Hardware, Cabinet Goods, Cutlery, Electro-plate, &c., &c., &c. The whole of the above bought by their London agents, on the most advan tageous terms, with best discounts from manufacturers, will be Sold at the SMALLEST POSSIBLE PROFIT. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY purpose giving every advantage to their new and increasingly large circle of customers, : by Selling the above, Shipment of DRAPERY r Li*;j AND |general merchandise, AT WHOLESALE, OR LESS THAN WHOLESALE PRICES, . FOR CASH, ( IN ANY QUANTITIES, Especially as Another Shipment is daily expected per “ Redgauntlet,” and they would rather make a sacrifice of profit than pay too heavily on Insurance Risk. Also just added to stock TEAS AND SUGARS OF SPLENDID VALUE. BREAD, 4 per Loaf, for Cash, at the Store; if delivered for Cash or Weekly Accounts ' ' Only. Flour always"on hand in 501 b., ioolb., and 2oolb. Bags.



A LARGE. ASSORTMENT OF COLONIAL AND IMPORTED Boots and Shoes, ■ FURNISHING AND '" household ironmongery. : i. AGENTS FOR: r L-L NORWICH UNION;., Fire Insurance SOCIETY. HODDER and COMPANY ASHBURTON.; 814



Public Notice. In the District Court of Canterbury Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, the Debtors: and Creditors Act, 1576, Amendment: Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, of the Hinds, in’ the County of Ashburton,: . and Colony of New Zealand, Farmer,* _ - a debtor. o'/ 4 ; ; * | •: ; •• THIS is to notify that JOHN ORR, of Ash burton, merchant, was this day elected creditors’ trustee in the above estate, and that the said John Orr has in writing signified his acceptance of the said trusteeship. j Dated this Bth day of May, 1879. ■ ' "C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, j Clerk of the District Court, i J. E. Hyde Harris, ■' Solicitor for Debtor. 824 In the District Court of Canterbury Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors'Act, 1876, The Debtors, and Creditors Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878, and of the-bankruptcy of JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, of the - Hinds,;in the County of Ashburton, ,j v . and Colony of .New Zealand, Farmer, a debtor. '’ - -■ * ■ ’) j T HEREBY SUMMON a.General Meeting JL of the Creditors of the above named John Lloyd Crawley, to.be held at the District' Courthouse, Ashburton,'on Tuesday, the 13th day of May instant, at 11 o’clock in the fore 'nooH,! to consider the Debtor’s intended appli cation for an order of discharge. Dated this 9th day of May, 1879. JOHN ORR, Creditors’ Trustee. J. E. Hyde Harris, I Solicitor for Debtor. 823 ASHBURTON' COUNTY COUNCIL. NOTIFICATION OF ELECTORAL ROLLS: HVTOTIOE IS HEREBY GIVEN in ac cordance with Clause 46 “Counties Act, : 1876,”‘that the Electoral Rolls of the Ridings- of Ashburton, Upper Ashburton, and Mount Somers are open for public iiispectioirfrom the 20th instant to the 15th May, at the .following places Ashburton Riding—Road Board Office. Upper t U do 1 ? .’ y .J do Mt. Somers do, : r .do .. ■Copies of the above Rolls are ; also on view at the Council’s Offices, Moor-street, Ashburton. ‘ • By order. F.. MAIN WARING, . . j- . Clerk. • Ashburton, ; ~ April 18th, 1879. | 731 FOOTBALL CLUB. A MEETING will he held: THIS :..EW;E:NT ; N.G, at Baldwin’s Central Hotel, at 8 o’clock. Business : Election of officers, etc., for ensuing year. It. M, BUCHANAN, . 827 ' ' i,; Treasurer.



WESTON WORTHINGTON. OTICE is Hereby Given that the ADVERTISEMENT -which ap peared in this morning’s Ashburton Mail in reference to the above estate, IS IN CORRECT, and has been inserted therein without 'any.! authority 'whatever, either from the Solicitors, Messrs. Branson and Purnell, or from myself as Trustee in the estate. Creditors in this estate will please re member that the meeting takes place on Monday next, May 12th, at 12 o’clock noon, at the office of Messrs. Branson and Purnell as notified in the “Lyttelton Times” and “Ashburton Herald,”. ■ ga zettes on bankruptcy notices. W. H. ZOUCH, Trustee. 833



WESLEYAN CHURCH, Cameron Street.—Mr. Leadley will preach in the above Church To-morrow : morning, The Rev. W. Keall in the Evening.. 834 PRIMITIVE METHODISTCHURCni Wills-street—Service will be con ducted in the above Church To-morrow- Morning and Evening. • / . j 835' PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Have lock street. —Service will.be con ducted in the above Church To-morrow— Morning and Evening. 83G