COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN REPORT

FOR WEEK ENDING ArRIL 12, 1579,

The tone of the Grain and Produce Market during the past week has not improved. Only a few orders for ship ment to outside markets are being exe cuted. The time of year has now arrived when a large export trade should be in full swing. In fact, the market presents a gimilnr aspect to what has been reported the last few weeks, namely—small trade sales, with no disposition to speculate be yond immediate requirements, on the part of the commercial community. The recent reports from the Home markets with respect to wheat and tallow have caused a corresponding reduction here in the prices of both these commodities, one effect of which has been to force Mr. W. H. Mein, who has for years carried on a large boiling-down establishment in connection with the wholesale and retail butchering business, to lay before his creditors a statement of his affairs. A meeting was held on Saturday, at the offices of Messrs. Matson and Co. The liabilities are not large compared with the magnitude of the business transacted. From a statement made, it appears that last season over 40,000 sheep besides cattle passed through the process of conversion, in the shape of potted meat or tallow, for shipment, whilst the assets, as valued by Mr. Mein, show about £ll,OO0 —leaving a balance in favor of the estate of about £2,500. Those creditors present seemed disposed to assist Mr. Mein in his endeavor to pull through. A proposal coming from that gentleman that he should receive six months to realize upon certain properties, or make arrangements to carry on with the assist ance of borrowed capital, under super vision, met with general approval; and Messrs. J. T. Matson, E. Mitchell, and John Anderson were appointed to act in that capacity. A case which considerably affects those persons in the grain trade who are in the habit of supplying farmers and others with sacks for the purpose of enabling them to thresh out their grain before selling, came under our notice recently. It arose out of a transaction where a merchant sued a bailiff to recover the value of certain corn-sacks, alleged to have been improperly seized for a debt due by the farmer, the said sacks having only been lent by the merchant in the usual way for the purpose of holding grain to be delivered. The presiding Magis trate held that the sacks, having been debited to the farmer, must be taken as his property, and were therefore liable. We mention this case, knowing that many merchants are in the habit of supplying sacks and wool-packs on similar terms, to meet which, and to protect themselves, we would suggest that if the sacks are signed for on account of the merchant, to be filled with grain or other produce, the judgment would have been reversed. QUOTATIONS. Wheat, per bushel, 3s. to 3s. sd. ; oats (feed), 2s. 6d. to 2s. Bd. ; oats (milling), 2s. 9d. to 2s. lOd. ; barley (feed), 2s. 9d. to 3s. 6d. ; barley (milling), 4s. 9d, to ss. 6d. ; maize, none ; peas, 4s. to 4s. 6d.; beans, 4s. to 4s. 3d. ; flour, per ton, £9 to £9 15s.—small bags of best brands ; sharps, £5 ss. ; bran, £5 ; barley meal, £5 10s. ; potatoes, £2 12s. 6d. to £3, kidneys, £3 10s. ; onions, £lO to £ll ; rye grass, 4s. 9d. to ss. 6d, cocksfoet 6|-d.; rye corn, 4s. 3d.; oatmeal, per ton, £2l to £22; linseed, £22; bees’-wax, lOd. per lb ; honey, 6d. ; salted hides, 3s. 5d.; green hides, 2-|d; calf-skins, 3d. ; but cher’s fat (rough) lid. to lfd ; corn-sacks, 7s. 9d. ; bacon (in cloth), 8-fd. to 9d. ; cheese (good), 6|d, ; butter, lid.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

AUCTION SALES.

To-morrow

Bullock &. Co. —Under Distraint, at their Yards, at 1.30.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1879.

That the legislation of the General Assembly last session was not a success so far as affected Ashburton is a fact now about to be realised in a manner which will be severely felt by the Borough. It will be recollected by our readers that it was then resolved, and agreed to by a majority of the Canterbury members themselves, that instead of the revenue from the land sales being returned to the districts in which the moneys were collected, -that only-20 per cent of the said funds should be given to the various counties, and bo per cent become a revenue ior central Govern ment in Wellington. So far, consider-

ing the impectmiGsity or the General Government, there was, at the time, but little choice remaining co the Assembly; as, without the Canterbury land fund, the Treasurer's Budget exhibited a very good chance of a large deficit, and it was, perhaps sound -policy - for the colony to rob the rich districts to keep the poor from collapse for want of sus tenance. Be this as it may, we, as a district, are very heavy supporters. We will show, by one solitary instance, that we have been —not to put too fine a point on it—deliberately robbed by the present Government in the matter of the land fund. When application was first made to have Ashburton declared a Borough, the law then- was that every borough was entitled to a grant of 2000 acres of land as an endowment; and Akaroa, Lyttelton, and Kaiapoi took advantage of the clause, and coolly ap propriated 6000 acres of land in the Ashburton district for their endowments. The Borough of Ashburton, of course, suffered an actual cash loss by this, as it would have received a : share of the which this land would have been sold for since. But this robbery was not enough. Ashburton itself be came a borough, and when, though the application was made for similar privileges to, those enjoyed by its older brothers, behold, the application could not be heard, and Ashburton, after enriching others at a distance, has to re main without an acre. A portion of the large block of land ■ known as the Rangitata Railway Reserve, containing a block about 18 miles long and a mile wide, was applied for and refused, and to our astonishment arid disgust we now find that this very land is to be offered for sale next week. Really • “ For ways’’that are dark, And nicks that; are vain,” commend to us the Grey Ministry. Whoever Mr. Wason’s successor may be, we trust he will make such repre sentation at the next sitting of the Assembly as will compel the powers that be to disgorge that to which we are justly entitled.

Postponement or Timber Sale. —The insufficient, supply of trucks with which the Railway Department botch through the traffic cm their lines, and the large de mands made upon the limited supply of rolling stock In* he triinsit of -grain, have so interfered with- Mr • Alpheus; Hayes’ arrangements that he .has been unable to bringdown from bis. Waimate" mills the' large stock of building timber he was to have offered for sale to-day, and in conse quence the sale lias been postponed to the 22d instant.

Meeting of Creditors. —A meeting of the creditors of the firm of Taylor and Lill, bakers, was held to-day. The lia bilities were shown to amount to £452 12s. 7d., and the assets to £243 13s. , leaving a deficit of £IOB 17s. 7d. Mr. Hugo Friedlander was appointed creditors’ trustee.

Tinwald Omnibus —To-day Mr. Mcßae started his large omnibus on the run between Tinwald and Ashburton. The ’bus is seated for a large number of passengers, and _ will be a great conve nience to residents in both townships.. We hope the venture will meet with the success Mr. Mcßae’s enterprise merits. Funeral of the late Mr. S; W. ■ Brown. —Mr. S. W. Brown, the unfortu nate gentleman who met his death on Good Friday by a buggy accident, was buried on Sunday, afternoon in the Ash burton Cemetery. The funeral procession was a large one, and comprised friends of the. deceased, of all classes. A consider able number of vehicles were iri the- line, as also horsemen, and, besides the order of Foresters (of which Mr. Brown was a valued member), a good number of friends joined the procession on foot. At the cemetery, Mr. Joseph Ward, acting for the Rev. W. E. Paige, met the cortege and conducted the Anglican Church burial service at the grave. On the conclusion of the burial service, Mr. W. H. Zouch secretary of the Court of Foresters, read the service for the dead of that order. Mr. Brown’s brother, his only relative in the colony, was chief mourner. Land on Deferred Payments. —We observe that the large railway reserve of a mile wide, extending from Tinwald to the Rangitata, is now cut up into suitably sized fanns for small holders, to be sold mostly under deferred payments. Another block on the east side of the railway, between the Hinds and the Rangitata, several thousand acres in extent, is also to be put ud to auction, cut up in larger lots, on deferred payments and for cash. The land to 1 spl-1 deferred payments is vow- su.ieriw wnoat country, and ought to command too attention of industrious agricultural settlors, with limited capital.

The District Court. —To-day is the 15th and the usual sitting of the District Court should have been held, “but Judge Ward was unable to attend.

The Mount Somers Railway.—Ten ders for the construction of the first sec tion of the Mount Somers permanent way were to have been received up to the 4th inst, and we were aware that some were sent in from this district ; but up to the present date no announcement of the Government’s choice has yet been made. Surely the Governmental mind can read the difference between the highest and the lowest tender in a shortir period than ten days.

The Stadt Haarlem. The steamer Stadt Haarlem, of 2749 tons, arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday morning. She has made the voyage in 57 days from Plymouth, and she brings 145 immigrants fSr Otago, 350 for Canterbury, and 140 for Wellington. Mr. Marsh, Immigration Officer for Canterbury, had been in wait ing for some days to bring up the Canter bury contingent. The Hon.' R. Stout is still confined to his bed, but is rapidly recovering. Fire in Christchurch. —The bonded warehouse of Messrs. Edwards, Bennett and Co., wholesale merchants, Lichfield street, Christchurch, was burned last night. The merchandise stores in the binding comprised an immense stock of spirits, sugar, tobacco, furniture, drapery, &c., an insurance of £IO,OOO was upon it, and £IOOO upon the building.

The Kaitangata Mine. —A new air shaft has been completed for this mine, and business has again commenced with a great output of excellent coal. A large number of safety lamps of an improved pattern have been received and are now in use.

Gas.— On Saturday night gas was suc cessfully introduced into Wanganui. The light was brilliant and steady.

Typhoid on the Line.— The Oamaru Mail of last Thursday says : —“The body of the late Mr. Goldammer was brought down from Waimate to-day en route for Dunedin, "where it is being taken for inter ment. In order to relieve a heavy train the covered van in which the body was being carried was removed, and the fiiends of the deceased man were in the act of transferring the coffin from that vehicle to the mail van, with the concurrence of the unsuspecting and too obliging mail van guard, when several of the passengers emphatically protested that if such a pro ceeding were permitted they would leave the train. The protest had the desired effect, and the coffin was once more restored to the covered waggon, and left behind ’ for the following train. Our readers will not be surprised at the objec tion being raised by the passengers when we state that the late Mr. Goldammer died of typhoid fever of a virulent type. Draughts Match. —ln a match at draughts played at Dunedin on Saturday between three representatives of Canter bury and three of Otago, the Canterbury men were victorious by five games out of eighteen played.

“ Ten Nights in a Bar Room.” —This popular temperance drama was produced by Messrs Hiscoclcs and Hayman, at the Dunedin Theatre on Saturday to a crowded house.

CRICKET.

County v.-Borough.

The third contest of the season between these two clubs took place yesterday, on the. new county ground. The wicket was very dead, and fast scoring was quite out of the question; but the general display of cricket was very creditable, considering the small amount of practice our local players have had. The County captain winning the toss, elected to act on the defensiye, and with Hodder, immediately went to the wickets, to oppose the attack of Ashwood and G. Andrews. S. Saun ders, with a very patient innings of 13, and Grant, with a freely hit 17, were the only players who secured double figures, E. Saunders and Buchanan being unfor tunately both run out when apparently well set, and the innings terminated for 60. It was anticipated that the Borough club would have no difficulty in exceeding this small score, but it was soon evident that the bowling was too much for them, and their total fell five short of that of their opponents. . The County then com menced a second innings, but rain shortly put a stop to play, and the game was decided in their favor on the first innings. The fielding of Fooks, Priestley, and Hoskins was particularly good. The fol lowing are the scores : County. of Hodder cA. Audrews b Ashwood ... 2 S. Saunders c Priestly b Ashwood ... 13 Barker bG. Andrews ... .... ... 1 E. Saunders, un out ... ... ... 9 Harris b Ashwood ... ... ... o Buchanan,run out 5 Grant c Priestly b Ashwood 17 Dixon c Davis bA. Andrews ... 1 Fooks, notout \ ... ... 6 Mayo, run out ... O Hoskins bA. Andrews ... ... o Extras ... ... ... ... 6 60 2ND INNINGS. Barker, bG. Andrews, o; Buchanan, (run out) 7 ; Hodder (not out) 8; Fooks (not out) extras, 2. Total, 18. Borough. • IST INNINGS. Broadbelt b Barker ... 7 Davies b Barker ... 1 Fowler bS. Saunders ... ... ... 6 G. Andrews bS. Saunders/ ... ... 5 Priestly b S. Saunders 7 Pearce bS. Saunders ... .:. ... 3 Leitch c Hodder bS. Saunders "'1 A. Andrews bE. Saunders ... ... 6 Ross c Hoskins bS. Saunders ... 7 Amos, not out ■ ... o Ashwood, run out ... ...; 3 Extras 9

NOTES FROM SEAFIELD.

[from our own correspondent.]

The threshing is now nearly all over, and we have, of course, a clear idea of what the yield is like. Well, it is not so good as we expected, for where the crops did not suffer from other causes its filling in the ear was retarded by the nor’-westers, and we are now suffering from the evil effects of those winds. But, notwithstanding all drawbacks, some farmers here have thrashed out eleven and twelve bushels to the acre, and all round the average will be about eight bushels. This is not so bad, after all, when the season is considered, and is an index of what could be done if we had even an average amount of rainfall. It is interesting to note, too, that this year the best yields have been obtained from land sown in the months of May and June. Later sown seed did very poorly. I have also noted that where the land has been ploughed say five inches deep by ten inches wide and well harrowed, it has turned out much better than parts where shallow and in different ploughing was observable.

The rain we have had since harvest has caused the stubble to look very well; and throughout the -whole district there is plenty of feed, but the modicum of stock to consume it is very small. The cause of this is simply that owing to the bad harvest, and the screw put on so tightly by the banks, farmers have no money to buy stock, and they are thus forced to let what chance is left to them in that way slip by. Things are bad just now, I can assure you, but we will do the best we can. lam sorry to see that some of my neighbors are leaving their lands and all the improve ments they have made upon them. Many of them have paid 20s. an acre on their land and another 20s. on the improvements, and are leaving all be hind; this is a farmer’s life in a dry season, you see. I can’t, understand why the County Council keep talking away about water ing the Plains, and never seem to make any progress towards doing the work. Why don’t they go in neck and heels for almost any scheme that will “ hold water,” till it can be brought to the thirsty parts. If they have not money enough to do it, they could borrow after they have spent what they have, and the farmers would be glad to pay even a stiff rate for such a boon as a water supply. Many good men on the Plains have got into difficulties this year, not from want of farming skill, not from any weakness in the land, nor from any sluggishness or dissipation on their part, but simply from want of water. 1 don’t expect the county to tackle an expensive system of irrigation, but if they bring us a supply near by our farms it is wonderful what can be done. I see some of our farmers have' com menced ploughing for this season’s sowing. This looks like life, and shows that in the general depression all heart is not crushed out, and that some ; faith in the land is left amongst others besides myself. I know it will do well yet, and so I mean to stick to it, and give it-another trial or two. I think— of course every man has a right to think —that better yields might be got from our land even in a dry. season if farmers were to plough in more of their seed instead of using the harrow. The grain would thus be covered better and the soil would not be so fine. Finely harrowed ground, it seems to me, is too great a temptation to the nor’-westers,; but the ploughed-in wheat would not be so readily reached by the “bursters.” I my add, too, that I incline to favor grazing off the young wheat, with sheep as a measure that would be beneficial, and save rolling. j v Leaving farming matters, I am glad to see that the Committee has got the school opened under a very promising teacher, who seems to take great interest in the children. Many of the scholars, however, that Seafield would have sent are clearing out with their parents, owing to the present dullness, but the master has still about 20 scholars —a number that could be considerably added to if all the farmers having children would send them, ; and thus help the master to make a good report, and. also give him a chance to show his usefulness. ;

Martial Law. —The Invercargill volun teer meeting has supplied an item with an amusing side. The Dunedin (Naval Brigade were billetted in the Melbourne Hotel, and the inevitable “ picket” wanted to force their way in in the even ing. Captain Smith wouldn’t have that, as his men had been disturbed the night previous and wanted rest. The picket went away, but returned again at one o’clock in the morning, wanting to get in. They were again refused. This' didn’t seem to them anything like proper respect shown to men carrying authority with them, and they went away for reinforce ments, relurning in double strength with a lieutenant at their head. But Captain Smith stood his ground so firmly that the representatives of offended military law chose to arrest him, and two sergeants laid hold of him. The Navals looked ugly, however, and he was < not taken away, but as it is there is likely to be some trouble over it, and the lieutenant, '‘ dressed in a little brief; authority,” who commanded the picket is coining in for a good share of blame in the matter. It seems that the Naval Brigade feel them selves insulted over the continual “ look ing-up,” and it was only the steady for bearance of Captain Smith that prevented, as the telegram puts it, “ a real fight.”

TELEGRAPHIC .

AUSTRALIA.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

The Yellow Flood. : ' : Sydney Tuesday. Arrived—Zealandia.

The steamer Bowen has arrived from Port Darwin with eighty Chinese, in cluding twenty for New Zealand. ; < / ; • Melbourne, Tuesday. Arrived—Claud Hamilton, yesterday.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, An entertainment in aid of the New town Fire Brigade passed off. satjstac r torily. A social gathering of the Amalga mated Engineers took place last night The Thames-Waikato Railway. I £; Government have called for 100,000 sleepers for the Thames-Waikato rail way, so that it,may be pushed on. A Romance. / Yelverton O’Connell, a carpenter of East Hamilton, who two years ago eloped with a woman named Martha Million, and was tried in Auckland and acquitted on the charge of giving a false declaration to the Registrar, has met a violent death at Hamilton. He was the contractor for building a store, and he fell off the roof of the structure, striking his chest and, belly on a trans verse beam. He did not feel seriously ill, and continued working, but mortifi cation (the result ■of internal injuries) set in, and he died. He leaves a widow and child at Raglan.

Mr.' McMinn addressed his Waikato constituents on Saturday. • / A publican named McCormick has been arrested for permitting gambling. After three adjournments one witness was brought by police from Tararua and kept in the lock-up till bis memory improved. The Start, cutter, is reported lost off Ngangura.

THE CRUISE OF THE SIX HUNDRED.

(From the Wo7-ld.)

“ The struggle between the labourers in Kent and the farmers who locked them out lias ended in the men’s depar ture for New Zealand. The men, it will be remembered, struck against a reduction of wages, and were then locked out till they should abandon the Dnion. The farmers believed that, under the pressure of the hard, times, they would yield; but the younger men determined to enigrate, and introduce into the colony the cultivation of Kentish hops. The Government of New Zealand, which prefers this class of imm’grants to all.others, readily offered to assist them, and on Wednesday six hundred emigrants, most of them young men, the pick'of the county-side, started from Maidstone for the Antipodes . . . The men, according to the Daily Ktws, all plead the absence of any prospect of ‘getting on.’: Spectator, Feb. 1, 1879, Half a life, half a life, Half a life plundered; . As for the wage of death Strove the six hundred. “ Seaward,” at last they said,— “ Seaward our lines are laid ! ” Out of the land of death Sailed the six hundred.

“ Doubt here and dull dismay, Yonder the dawn of day ; England has blundered ! . Ours not her'mission high, Ours not to ask her why, Ours but to toil and die. Out of the land of death Sailed the six hundred.

Home-ties in heart of them, Home-ties in love of them, Home-ties among them Several and sundered.; “ Boots not our pain to tell, Life for a doit we sell; ”

So with a long farewell Sailed the six hundred.

Bent every knee in prayer, Rose every sigh in air ; . y “ If there be plenty there,' Long have we wondered” Dream-bound their misery spoke, And with a start they woke ; So .the hard spell they broke— Broke the six hundred.

“ Have we no birthright dear ? Have we but masters here ? Ever in failing fear Trodden and plundered. Afghans may die and bleed, Slain for the Tory creed— . Ours to be free indeed ! ” „ Cried the six hundred. *

Mourn, then, our banished sons ; Man, then, our newest guns, Speed these our; gallant sons For the long sundered ; Honour their hopeful heart, Honour as they depart; God bless the seaward start Of the the six hundred !

Major Russell, of the 12th Lancers, who resigned his post as equerry to the Prince of Wales in order to join Lord Chelmsford at the Cape, has organised a regiment of mounted infitntry, which he himself commands. The men are regular soldiers from- the Line regi ments serving at the Cape, and the officers are drawn from the same source. It is not in any respect a colonial crops; therefore, as the first force pf the kind, it will be interesting to watch the result's/obtained from a hybrid arm, which it is predicted, will some day be generally employed in war. —Atlas, in the World.

the ASHBURTON HERALD.

[Tuesday, April 15, 1879



Butter, inferior to best $ lb s. 1 a. O to I 3 Eggs, i? dozen 1 6 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, $ lb 0 10 to 0 0 Bacon, prime smoked, 1? lb 0 10 to 0 0 Hams in cloth, $ lb I 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, $ ioolb 12 6 to 14 0 Oatmeal, 251b 7 0 to 0 0 Lard, 1? lb - 0 9 to 0 0



Clothing Establishment. ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. MESSRS. JJ ALLEN STEIN Jg RO S. Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH of the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. IS NOW OPEN IN THE NEW BRICK BUILDING ASHBURTON, (Nest 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 |W HOLESALE 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, worms, skin diseases, &c., are invited to try Nature’s cheap and universal remedy, “HERBS.” James Neil, importer of Herbs, and Bo tanic medicines, George street, Dunedin, has appointed MR. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, Ashburton, Agent for his highly-extolled medicines, Composition Powder for colds, Dandelion Coffee and Dandelion Pills for liver com plaints, Headache Pills, Botanic Cough Syrup „ Worm Powders „ Stomach Bitters ~ Blood Purifier, &e. Roots, Herbs, Barks, &c. of every kind. 370 CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE IS acknowledged to be the mostagreeable and efficacious Tonic Stomachic yet pro duced. It contains the valuable Tonic proper ties of Peruvian Bark (“Quinine”) with the Stomachic properties of the Bitter Seville Orange, so combined as not to be objec tionable to tbe most delicate invalid; and, as a “B ITTERS 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 b ecome 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 thcree wine-glass fuls may be tcken during the day by persons suffering from th t- above com plaints, with the greatest benefit. It is highly recommended by the medical pro fession to be taken whenev tr Cod Liver Oil is ordered. By pouring cfche required dose of the oil into half a win e-glass of the “Orange Quinine Wine” scarcely a flavour of the oil is tasted, an £ the wine materially assists the oil in its _ beneficial operations. Price, 4s. 6d. per w w.e 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 ASHBURTCXN. 360 Business Notices. EORGE L L E N, ACCOUNTANT, COLLECTOR, HOUSE, LAND, AND COMMISSION AGENT, Saunders’ New Buildings, Ashburton. 466



Wants, &c. ANTED N O W N ESPECIALLY, THAT T. R. HODDER & COMPANY HAVE OPENED THIS DAY A Large Assortment of MELBOURNE CLOTHING, . Made expressly to order for Ashburton. 57 SUITS, Superior Quality and Style. 24 OVERCOATS AND ULS t'ERS. 12 LATEST STYLE COATS. 50 PAIRS TROUSERS AND VESTS, Latest Style. 26 ALSO, CASES AND BALES (Ex Coriolanus) of WINTER DRAPERY and CLOTHING, Dress Stuffs, Blankets, Flannels, Scotch Goods, Calicoes, Sheetings, Doeskins, Hosiery, Carpets, Shirts, &c. &c., Expected to be opened in a few days. T. R HODDER & COMPANY, East Street, Ashburton. 685



NOTICE OF REMOVAL. HM. JONES begs to inform his , friends and the public generally, that after the 24th inst, he will be found at his NEW PREMISES, BARING SQUARE, (Next Post Office). Stationery, Books, Toys, Fancy Goods, Music, &c. 397 New Advertisements. GENERAL ELECTION. DIOCESAN SYNOD. DISTRICT OF LONGBEACH WITH MOUNT SOMERS. I JOHN GRIGG, Returning Officer for the electoral district of Long beach with Mount Somers, do hereby give notice that I have fixed MONDAY, April 28, 1879, for the nomination of candidates for the aforesaid district. All nominations of candidates must be in writing, and be delivered or left at my house before four o’clock p.m. on that day. JOHN GRIGG, 677 Longbeach. NOTICE. ANY persons found trespassing on the Longbeach property will be prose cuted. It is hereby notified that the whole of tl. ve land in the Ashburton River bed is freeh pkL 678 JOHN GRIGG.



ADVERTISEMENTS for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not later than 2 p.m. for the Country Edition, and 3 p.m. for the Town Edition, with the number of insertions written plainly on he copy, other wise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged accordingly. Notice to discontinue Advertisements must be left at the Office in writing, before 12 noon and alterations the day previous. Subscriptions : Quarterly— Delivered in town country In Advance. If Booked S. d. S. d 60 6 6 ... 8 0 8 6 ..80 8 6 Posted



Special Notice. Hooper, aitken and go. are prepared to make GASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE Placed in tlieir hands for sale in the Home Markets. *390 NOTICE. SANDO & OLSEN respectfully request their Customers to pay their Accounts before Saturday next, 12th inst., or they will be compelled to sue for settlement. 643 SANDO & OLSEN. WANTED, a Smart LAD as Runner. Apply HERALD OFFICE. TENDERS are invited for the Erection of. a Four-roomed COTTAGE' at Wheatstone. Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of Mr. G. M. Robinson, East Street, Ashburton, where tenders may be sent up to 12 noon on FRIDAY, 25th April. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. ' 693 St. STEPHEN’S CHURCH. THE Annual Parish Meeting will be held on WEDNESDAY, 16th April, at 7.30 p.m. A meeting of the newly-elected v cstry will be held immediately afterwards. W. E. PAIGE, M.A., i 694 Incumbent.