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 10.26; a.m daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m and 4 p.m daily. For Dunedin, TinwaUl, 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 16.30 a.m For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

N O T I C E.

Mails close at the Chief Post ]Office for the tollowing places (subject to the necessary alte rations) as under : 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. " _ . The next mail foi the United Kingdom via San Francisco will be closed at Christchurch on. .Friday, August 15, and will be due in London on Sept. ,30.

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 haying 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, wilt 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"). WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1879.

It is satisfactory to observe that there is one member of the Borough Council who has never lost sight of the import ance and absolute necessity for a second bridge over the Ashburton river. Mr. Williamson has agitated this question before to-day, and while a member of the Road Board did his best to keep it on the surface. We should, however, have much preferred that he had brought it forward on the occasion of the public meeting in the Town Hall, when the questions of public works in town and county were under discussion, and when* notwithstanding its importance, the bridge question was thrust aside at the instance of members of the County Council. So, at least, we con clude from what fell from the Major on Monday night, when he said he had been advised by certain members of the County Council not to raise the ques. tion, as the County meant to do something by and by. We have every faith in the County Council. At least three influential members of it are directly interested in having the river spanned by another bridge, and we know they will leave nothing undone that can be done to secure its erection. But still, when we find a public meeting called together to urge upon Govern ment our wants, it is natural’ to sup pose that one of our greatest wants will not "be overlooked. Hence, we say, we should have preferred Mr. Wil liamson —who so well knows the bridge’s history, and from the position of his place of business has so many opportu nities of seeing its working—to have been present at the meeting to propose a resolution on the matter, to be in cluded in the list of wants. The Mount Somers Railway will be without doubt an important contributor to the progress of the county; a new railway station has been a long-felt want; the absence of a suitable court-house is a hindrance to legal business, an inconvenience to to the public, and derogatory to the dignity of the law—but none of these are of greater moment than a bridge wholly devoted to foot and wheeled traffic over the river. While existing arrangements continue, and the present bridge is the only means of crossing the stream, the traffic between the northern and southern districts is seriously impeded, and much inconvenience results as well as danger. Mr. Williamson’s evidence as to the number of teams he has seen waiting their opportunity to cross the bridge, and the time they have lost while so waiting, is sufficient evidence that the time has come when something should be done towards building a new bridge. Such an undertaking will be a costly affair, start when it may, but its necessity is not lessened by its costliness, nor in view of the advantages to be gained should its costliness be allowed to frighten off an endeavor to have it built. What the County Council mean to do we know not, but whatever they may intend to do we hope they will set about quickly, even if they have to build a bridge under their own auspices and raise the needful to do it by a loan, as they purpose doing for their water scheme.

Parliamentary 'Papers. —We have to acknowledge receipt from the Government Printer of a first budget of Parliamentary Papers, and a copy of the first number of “ Hansard ” for this session.

Racing Club. —A meeting of the mem bers of the Racing Club will be held on Thursday evening Aug. 7in the Roadßoard Office to make arrangements for the Spring Meeting. A full attendance is wanted. Lecture. —About three weeks ago a lecture was to have been delivered in the Primitive Methodist Chapel by Mr Johns on Life in America. The weather was fearfully bad and the lecture was post poned. It will be given to-night, as an nounced in an advertisement elsewhere. Presentation. —On Monday evening a few friends of Mr. Horace A. Gates, who left yesterday for Sydney, met in the Prince Albert Private Hotel, and pre sented him with a handsome sum as a rtestimonial of his townsmen’s esteem. Mr. ‘Gates suitably replied.

Repairs to the Bridge, —ln conse quence of necessary repairs to the Bridge, it will be closed to traffic on tho nights of Thursday, 31st July, and Friday/. Ist August, from 7.30 p.m. to 6.30 a.m. .on each occasion. Gates v. Bullock & Co. —Our report of this case, which was heard yesterday afternoon at the R.M. Court, is held over until to-morrow. * •• . ,' . The Swearing Bible.— We have in Ashburton a Bible for swearing by, when the worthy R.M. or other judge requires us to take an oath. It has borne silent witness to so many solemn oaths, and suf fered the osculatory adoration of so many Christian lips that to a man of fastidious feelings the dirty, greasy old book is as objectionable an object to kiss as the PoDe’s toe would be to an ultra-Protestant. This “book” that has been so much kissed would be all the better of a little attention from the book binder, too ; its sacred leaves are beginning to show through the back, and altogether the volume is about used up. A penny sub scription to present the Court with a well bound Bible would be a delicate way of showing how highly the public value the services rendered by the old tome that has done duty since A. Le Grand Campbell, the dear departed, first adorned the Ash burton bench.

Baring Square. —We are glad .that the Borough Council have decided to improve Baring Square. It lies, as all Ashhurton knows, right in the centre of the town, and is the first part seen by a stranger on alighting from the station. If by any unfortunate .chance he should require to cross it on a rainy day, his first impression of our township would not be flattering to the taste either of the inhabitants or the gentlemen whom they have elected to guide their local affairs. But the Coun cillors, now that the tide of finance has somewhat risen with them, are to remove the repi’oach from Baring Square by tidy ing it up a little. They have dec'ded to level it, plant it judiciously with trees, and fence it in with a neat fence—posts, wires, and a top handrail, the whole to be painted white. When this is done, and the East Street footpaths properly seen to, the appearance of this part of the town, from the Post Office southwards, will be materially improved.

Parliamentary. —The division on the no confidence motion took place yesterday afternoon with the result telegraphed to us by our Wellington correspondent—namely, that Government was defeated by a ma jority of 47 to 33. The division list is as follows :

Ayes ; Montgomery | Noes : M ‘Lean Not content with the overwhelming defeat as an expression of the House’s opinion, an endeavour was made by Mr. Hislop to lighten the severity of the criticism, by the following amendment, proposed by Mr. Hislop:—“That the House also thinks it right to add that the foregoing opinion has been arrived at in the absence of official papers or information on the several subjects in regard to which your advisers are alleged to have been guilty of maladministration and neglect.” This, however, was lost without a division, then Messrs. Wakefield, Stevens, and Green, with Sir Wm. Fox, the mover, were elected a committee to draft and present an address to His Excellency in accordance with the spirit of the no-confidence motion. This address was brought up, read, and adopted, and the House ad journed.

The Altered Map. —The report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the charge made by the Hon. Mr. Richardson against the Government of tampering with Railway Works Map, was laid before the house of Representatives yesterday. The report states that as the map was originally prepared it contained no portion of the railway line between Te Arolia and Grahamstown. This portion, which appears in a different tint from the line between Te Aroha and Hamilton, was added under instructions from the Hon. the Minister for Public Works. The map in question was not, therefore, what was asked for by the Hon, Mr. Richardson, and what in the Government note upon the map it purposed to be, viz., a distinctly colored copy of the map attached to the Public Works statement.

The Tables Turned. — During the very heavy weather which the Hinemoa expe rienced on her voyage down -with the Maori prisoners, one of the latter asked a passenger whflt made the weather so bad. The reply was, “ Because God is very angry with you and your people for ploughing up the land.’* u Not so,” re plied the Maori, with the readiness of his race; “God is not angry with us, but with you, for bringing us prisoners in the Hinemoa, and He is trying to break her up.” The pakeha was silenced, and hear ing that a portion of the steering gear had been carried away, began seriously to think of his latter end.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TODAY’S CABLEGRAMS

•/ . Constantinople,; July 28. V: The office of , Gratid Vizier has been abolished. i iih- :/ \

South America. _• ; London, July 28. b Advices from South America report that the Peruvian man-of-war Huascar, ironclad, had forced the blockade of Iquiqui. She claims'to halve disabled two Chilian vessels. ........

AUSTRALIAN.

{Renteds Telegrams. ) The Victorian Budget. Melbourne, July 29.

The Treasurer has introduced his financial statement. He estimates the revenue for the current year at ,£5,396,000 ; expenditure, .£5,237,000- The deficiency, including £137,541 from 1878, was ,£268,522, for which he proposes to provide by an increased land tax, of £70,000 ; new duties, .£216,444 ; increased duties, .£192,050 —total, new taxes, ,£308,194. These include 25 per cent, ad valorem on apparel, manufactured metals, and china ware; wine, 6s. per gallon; rice, 6s. per ioolbs.; barley, 2s. per roolbs 1 malt, 3d. per bushel; hops, 6d per lb. The Exhibition. Sydney, July 30. The Exhibition opens about the 15 th September.

Catholics and the Public Schools.

The Roman Catholic Archbishop has issued a pastoral letter affecting the attendance of Catholic children at the public schools. . ' * J

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, Wednesday. A 40-ton fore-and-aft schooner has been launched for the use of the boy

the Kokimarama Training School, for cruising in the gulf and on the coast. Sixty lads were-present with the band. Captain Button’s daughter christened the vessel the “ Kokimarama.”

Pumping operations were resumed on the Thames goldfields on Monday. Rewi, it is alleged, says that as the present Ministry is likely to go out of office shortly, he will leave for; Te Kuiti, to be out of the way of any wrangling that may. succeed. He is suffering from ague.

A new Lodge has been opened at' Newton of the order of Oddfellows (American Constitution).

New Police Magistrate. Wellington, Wednesday. It is understood that Mr. E. Baker, for many years clerk to the R. M. CourL has been appointed Police Magistrate for Wellington.

Ti-ie Nihilists’ Medal.— The Nihil ists have just had a medal struck, bear ing on the one side the effigy of the Czar with a revolver pointed at him and the inscription, “ Death to Despotism ;” and on the other the statue of Liberty distributing bread ■ and salt to, the people, with the legend, “Everything for Liberty.” The medal is executed with great care; and the grodovi, 01- police subalterns, who for the most part do not know how r to read, themselves distributed a large' number to ■ the public, believing t-hat it was to com memorate the attack of April 14th,. and that it was struck by order of the Go vernment.. It was' not until some, time had elapsed before the blunder was dis covered.

Death from Toothache.—A Miss Stevens, of Walton, Delaware County, died on the ist-May, of toothache. Although- this is a rare occurrence, this is an und’Sputed case ot death result ing from an excruciating toothache. The victim, who was a young American woman employed in a family at Wal ton, had suffered some days with a terrible toothache, which accompanied an ulcerated jaw. ■ An attempt : was made to extract the troublesome mem bers, but her teeth were broken off, and her face -was too sore to permit their removal by the painful process of cutting away the gunis. The girl suffered an entire nervous prostration from the extreme pain, and gradually sank under it until death ended' her sufferings. An army surgeon, who attended her, pronounced her symptoms the same as those following the ampu tation of a limb.

. A,young lady in Paris accepted an engagement at a small theatre, and was cast for a soubt ette part, where it was her business to run to the window, and, clapping her hands gleefully, turn round and exclaim, “Ah 1 the carriage has just driven into the yard 1” Night and day for six weeks she conscientiously studied her part, so as to be perfect in her lines. At last the night of her debut came; her artless appearance charmed everyone ; the cue was given, and, tripping with bewitching grace to the window,, she looked out, clapped her hands, and cried, “Ah, the yard has just driven into the carriage !”"

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

(Reuter s Telegrams),

Constantinople, July 28,

The Sultan refuses to accede to the demand of Khareddin Pasha for the latter to nominate a Minister. % The Grand Vizier'has .resigned, and Aariffi Pasha has been appointed Grand Vizier. \ jf f

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reuters Telegram's.) >■ • > l 7 Sydney, July 29. v,. The Government is arranging to ex pend a portion of the seven million.vote to absorb the floating unemployed. A number of Catholic children have been., .withdrawn . from ..t the..: public schools. . .. Newcastle, July 29. All the miners of the South Waratah colliery are locked out through adhering to the Union and vend scheme.

SIR BARTLE FRERE.

High Commissioner Sir Bar tie Frere, who. is said to be directly responsible for the Zulu war, has a clever,daughter. She has written a memorandum in’ sup port of her father’s Zulu .policy,: ana the document is being circulated in influential quarters. Sir Bartle Frere is a Welshman, who had the advantage of being closely related to the well-known Hookham Frere, who obtained for his young nephew a nomination in the Indian Civil Service, with subsequent' rapid promotion. Frere distinguished himself during the Indian mutiny; he afterwards accompanied the Prince of Wales to India, and was, at the Prince’s personal request, made a baronet.; Personally Sir Bartle Frere is a favorite. I!e has a quick, sharp manner, and is apt to be dogmatic, but he’ is' full of varied information, and is ralkative. His hair is quite, white and a thick grey moustache, cut closely T round his firmly-set; lips, gives added • proof of advancing years. But' he ■: dresses youthfully ; and as his face is smoothly shaven, with the exception of his moustache, he really looks young, j- Me might pass in a crowd for a man of fifty-eight, though he was born in the Waterloo year. It does not seem to be generally known that Lady Frere is a Tasmanian, being a daughter of Go vernor Arthur, and born while he was in that colony.

THE REPEATING RIFLE.

(Army and Navy Gazelle.)

.At length a fair ;trial .is .to be made in England of the ' maga zine or repeating rifle. It has been already demonstrated, during a very exhaustive series of experiments carried out on the Continent, the Hotchkiss and ICropatschek magazine rifles are just as accurate as any other rifle; that when , used as ordinary breech-loaders they "can. be fired as rapidly as the regulation arms in use in the European armies; while, when the magazine arrangements are made use of, they can fire twice, as many rounds as can be dis charged in the same time from Jan ordinary breech-loader. Perhaps, how ever, one. of the greatest advantages .\yhich would be derived from the adop tion of .these magazine rifles wouldjbe the moral support they would afford to a body of troops armed with them, and standing on the defensive. It has been conclusively proved over and over again during-recent camgaigns that a line of men of adequate strength, armed with breech-loaders, can, if they keep cool and fire steadily; definitely;/check by their fire the advance of the most for midable attack that can be ( developed against 41 them. The assailants may succeed in pushing forward to within a very short distance of .the defensive line, but they will never be ablefto pass the last few score paces separating: them from this, if the * defenders only remain steady, with the: knowledge that ith.ey .„haye. in the magazines of their rifles a number of cartridges which, if necessary, they can, when the crisis arrives, pour out in an almost contin uous stream. The feeling-that they have this reserve, which they can use with deadly effect at a decisive moment, will do more than anything, else to prevent men losing their heads, as they are otherwise but too likely to do when they see an assailant continuing to ad vance despite the fire poured upon them. '

HORSE FLESH AS FOOD.

From the London The committee for the of horseflesh as .an article oFifodd’has' /p l SgF .'y ,5 i ; issued a returnZiHdwingffthaiF'the num-; ber of horses, a^sesj;|an^ifnfifes slaugh tered in Paris was 11,319, or 70or mbfe ujTtffe’- previous year. The cohtihuqdJncrease.; in the use of horse' flesh ‘in the public alimentation is a proof that the preju : ’ dice against.tiiat meat is being gradually overcome. The committee are ren dering a public service in utilising a cheap, wholesome, and palatable food, which would be otherwise wasted. A prize, of 12oofi was awarded by M pe, ; cfotx‘to th.ff founder of the first shop for the sale of Jibrse flesh .in London, opened in May last. That venture during the four months it wars carried on, did not, however, meet with all the desired success, the chief reason for which was that the director was quite ignorant of the English language. The committee now offer a medal of honor to any English butcher aaJio shall .take up the trade and continue it for three, months at least.

Wednesday, July

THE .ASHBURTON., HERALD



Ayes, 47 : Mr. Adams Messrs. Morris Major Atkinson Murray-Ayns- Messrs. Baigent ley Barff Oliver Beetham Ormond Bowen Pyke Bran'don Richardson Bryce Richmond Curtis Rolleston Cutten Rowe Sir R. Douglas Russell Mr. Fitzroy Saunders Sir W. Fox (teller) Seymour Messrs. Gibbs Stevens Green Stewart Hart Studholme Henry Sutton Hobbs Tariti Hunter Wakefield Hursthouse (teller) Johnston Kelly Whitaker Williams Kenny Woolcock Macfarlane Moorhouse Takamoana Noes > 33 = Messrs. Ballance Messrs. Joyce Barton Macandrew Brovvn (Tua- Manders peka) Moss Bunny Nahi Carrington Rees De Latour Reeves Feld wick Seaton Fisher Shanks George Sheehan Gisborne Shrimski Sir G. Grey Swanson Messrs. Goldie Tainui Hamlin Thompson Hit-lop Tole Hodgkinson Turnbull Jackson Wallis Pairs :



ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.



Buitter, inferior to best I o to Eggs, 8? dozen - -2 2 to Cheese, prime quality, lb o 8 to Bacon, prime smoked, lb o 9 to Hams Id cloth, t? lb - 10 to Flour in bags, 8? ioolb 12 6 [to Oatmeal. 0 25ft) . 6 6 to Lar<M£lb ; - ) - : . ° 9 to . d. 1 4 o o o 10 o 10 o o o o o o o o



Clothing Establishment. ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MESSES. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, Mb. J. H. Mobbison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND Mb. John Ross, j Of Sargood, Sons & Ewing J * 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 Very Heavy Reduction, and have resolved to •sell the same again in our Branches direct ito the public at prices at which we could mot legitimately sell our own Goods. Tel 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 T H I R D - - : TO j ■ ONE HALF THILIR USUAL COST. HALLENSTEIN BROS., New Zealand Clothing Factory. ■ ■ The reassigned Stock will be for Sale in our Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory. 12a -CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. . • _ ' ON SALE at the “ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street ;P-RIG E FIVE SHILLINGS, •L Neatly Borne® in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of ' valuable information, and -should be in. the dtauds of every Tradesman.



A DVERTISKMENTS for the Ashburton £x Herald must he 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 : In Advance. If Booked Quarterly— Delivered in town Posted country s. d. s. d 60 6 6 80 8 6 80 8 6



“Meddler 5 ’ on the Maori Plough ing.—Touching the threatened hostilities in New Zealand (writes the “ Meddlei’,” in the Sydney “ Mail ”), it strikes me the proceedings there are something irregular. Hitherto: it has been the custom to consider ploughshares emblems of peace, just as the SAvords Avere supposed to have some connection Avith Avar. Now, all tlmbother in Now Zealand is through the natives’ extraordinary love for Avork. They Avant to do ! a little free ploughing, and the haughty “ pale faces ” object. If I had a farm, pny friend could come and do a day’s ploughing; indeed, for that matter, I Avouldn’t object to bee meetings iioav and then. My friends could have a full share of the plough ; but as to the crops, of course that Avould be, as my friend-Sir E. would say, “ a matter for mature consider ation. V ■



He Found the Bottom.— At the Wel lington Supreme Court shortly since an Irish prosecutor, who alleged that he was robbed while lying drunk in a stable, stated that, on coming to his senses, -he* put his hand in his pocket. • “ And what did you find V’ inq\ired the Crown Prose-, cqtor. “si found n-. tilin’, sorr, only thebot-f tom,” replied the witness, amidst a roar of laughter. -The same man was asked? if' he recollected getting on a horse and fall ing off. The witness replied that he re membered “getting on ” the horse, but here bis recollection failed him.



, Last Wednesday no less than five cart loads.of provisions of various kinds arrived in Wellington for the Maori prisoners. Thb food was sent by the natives of the Hlltt; district; \ t-f v-f y/f f\



Destitution. —A Napier telegram says ; the,last..month a,.shocking case of ‘destitfflioh has 'been ''discovered at. Makeretu Bush settlement. In a miser able whare, without a floor and with; the roof letting in the water, were found in an advanced stage of disease a child dying find the mother and half a dozen other children literally starving. | Steps are?- being taken to relieve their necessities. 1 -* A- L l - ■ ' jj, . A Maori Trick. —Says the Wairarapa Daily : —“ Some Maoris at the Taueru have done a foolish thing thiswveek. ~:In ibf the 'gentleman who has charge of the estate of. the late Mr. Grilli gan they drove off the land all the horses,, and impounded them. We believe that' they ivere put up to this little trick, but we feel sorry for the putter-up, for the natives, and for the pounplceeper who re ceived the horses Avhen Are remember that the trustee for' the estate is the ‘ Angry Travers'. ’ ”



‘Holloway's Ointment And Fills.— Rheumatism or Neuralgic Affections. —-No diseases are more frequent, painful, or difficult to cure. than, these. .From...their, attack no tissue bf’ the human' body is exempt,' 'no,age, sex, or calling secure. It is a blessing, how ever, to know that all these sufferings maybe completely and expeditiously subdued by Hoi-' lotvay’s remedies. The Pills much assist in banishing the tendency to rheumatism and similar painful disorders ; -whilst the Ointment cures the local ailments, the Pills reniove the constitutional disturbance, and regulate the m paired functions of every organ throughout the human body. The cure is neither tempo ary nor superficial, but permanent and; com plete, and the disease rarely recurs, so perfect has been the purification by these searching preparations. —Apvx, „.



17ew Advertisements. NORTH ASHBURTON RO AD BOARD. A PPLIGATIONS are invited jfrom r\ persons competent to discharge the •duties of CLERK and OVERSEER to the above Board. Applicants to state .Salary-.required. House; free. : Applica tions - will 'bo received up to noon on Saturday, 9th August, addressed to the. Chairman of. the Board; i ' iP;'; '/■ ■ 1 H. T. WINTER, i HiO'V ■ ,aiTlluO . ? •• Chairman. Ashburton, July 28th, 1879. j 188 a SATURDAY, 2nd AUGUST. UNDER DISTRESS WARRANT. R. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY will sell by Public Auction, at the Western Repository, Burnett Street, : — 1 Black Marc (aged 5 years), broken to harness ! 1 Chestnut Gelding (aged 5 broken to harness 1 Set Cab Harness 1 Saddle .andtßri.die,. andi p) Sundries. years), Sale at 12 o’clock sharp. NO RESERVE. 189 a J. LLOYD. GRYWLEYj O V v! 'Auctioneer. J. SATURDAY, AUGUST 2.1 -R. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY will . sell by public auction at his rooms, Saunders' Buildings, on Saturday next,— Household Ironmongery, Tools, Gro ff TJAclfies(.&feA'i-itila hiiflOTEj., ; . r- Sale at 2 o’clock sharp, r J LLOYD Yu? 190 a Auctioneer. V. R. i NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.! ASHBURTON BRIDGE. THE Ashburton Bridge (Road arid Rail) will be Blocked against ■ all Traffic on the Nights of the 31st July arid Ist August, from 7.30 p.m. to 6.30 a.m, , for repairs. FREDK. BACK, \ 191 a - General Manager. ASHBURTON RACING CLUB, MEETING of the Members of the above Club will be held on THURS-r DAY Evening, 7th August, at 7.30 p.m., at the Road Board Office. - | Thb Eusiness'V- ' Consideration of Appoint % ) /in|nt;of Gfficers f§r ; •spAng|Meeting, '‘ hud other Important Business. ) * ‘ ' A Full Meeting requested? 4 | 185 a X JAMES WILKIE, 3 Hon. Sec.



To Let. by TENDER, on LEASE, one or more years.— . iT ®RAL SECTION 23511 > : Hinds District,- '■ i • • Containing 74 Acres Good Land,,well ffcuc'ed, and; half of it laid down in grass. .|:lLciwest or any .tender not necessarily ' accepted. For particulars, apply H/ * J. LLOYD, CRAWLEY, • . £3§bv , Auctioneer, &c., or, - -J. E H. HARRIS, > 166 a .. v • ..Solicitor. TO LET, FOR CROPPING. ACRES. Stumble Land, in the Lagmlior District. For particulars 138 aV. • DONALD McLEAN. f For Sale. : N SADDLE FOR SALE. [OR SALE, ,a Strong; SADDLE, quite new. Price—£3lss. ;■ worth £5. ALFRED HARRISON, 122 a Auctioneer. PIANO FOR SALE. EOR SALT, a First-class Trichord PIANOFORTE ; a Bargain* Gua ranteed:.. Apple.to ~ "H. j. WEEKS, 168 a ■“ Herald ” Office. £2 - ss. PER ACRE. ESSRS. SAUNDERS BROTHERS iYi have had placed in their hands for sale 993 Acres of fair. Agricultural Land, witliin 5 miles of the Duhsaridel Railway Station. The property adjoins a railway reserve, aucl water can be obtained within .twenty feet. of -the surface. To effect an immediate' sale, the. J proprietor will accept £2 ss. per acre. -.hs %■ - Full particulars on application to SAUNDERS BROTHERS, 2 ° a .. v -i Ashburton.,



Tenders. iFEEESBI.} AS H BtfRTONOROXIit BOARD. riIENDIERS are invited ily the Board M for the following-works No. J ;■ 36.—Shingling 120 chains (more or leas) . roads leading from W. .Green’s > • '' farm to the -Alford. Forks School v , and the Alford. Forest Road, -Green* : street’s, including .repairs jon the -. former road. - " st >7*7 7 37- -Re-formation of.portion of road below ..Digby’s,. .Winchmofe’ll^ad.r^ 38. —-Forming 80 chains (more-or less) of , • road through sections 28497, 27051, 28496, Hinds River. . ; 39. Forming Road; North-East and West , - Town Belt to the Racecourse. 40. Ploughing about 5 miles of Furrows on Road from-Winchmore to Pass ; ... more’s. , T; . r ,. -of. 41. —Forming 150 chains, more or less, r i•: c r oss Road from Winchmore Road, opposite Bland’s, towards Rakaia Rodd. £ i'- Tenders, addressed to the Chairman, must be sent in not later than noon, of TUESDAY, sth August.. For specifications, &c., apply to ROBT. D PULLAR, Clerk to the Board. Westerfield, July 24, 1879. 175 a TO BE LET BY TENDER, for 14 Years, a Capital FARM of 128 Acres, First-class land,; with riverfront age, being-Educational Reserve 1123. For further particulars, apply to C. P. Cox, Esq. Tenders to be sent to the undersignedlto, IstlAugUst. JAMES E. TREVOR, Chairman, Ashburton High School. ri - “'-T'ENPERS: '*' ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. BUILDERS desirous of Tendering for the ERECTION of the Ashburton COUNTY OFFICES, in Baring Square, -Ashburton, tare requested!»to send in Sealed Tenders, duly endorsed, and ad dressed to the, Architect, on or before TUESDAY, the sth AUGUST. The drawings and specifications may be seen at the Architect’s office, Ashbur ton,;/ up to ; Thursday,- 24th July, and after that date at the City Council Cham bers, Christchurch. J. STANLEY BRUCE, C.E., 116 a Architect. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. TENDERS are invited from competent. persons for the compilation of Valu ation Lists for the Road Districts within .the vCounty . of-Ashburton .for - the Year 1880, in accordance with the provisions of “The- Rating Act, 1876,” and “Rating Act Amendment;Act! 18781” - - T|l Valuation Lists of each Road District to | be-stipplied in duplicate; and to be'in the handfe of the - Clerk to the Council on or before December 31, 1878. The Valuer tR; undertake . appear before the Judge of the Assessment Court to defend valuations objected to. Tenderers to deposit amount equivalent to 5 per cent on amount of tender. The lowest, or any tender not necessarily *?>*-v*’Vn; if* iHt Tenders'; in sealed envelopes; "endorsed “ Tender for Valuation List,” to be sent to the Council’s offices; Ashburton, on-nr before 10 o’clock on Wednesday, the 6th day .of August, _ " ' „By Order,- ' ...: Clerk. Ashburton, lOth Public Notices ESTATE OF J. H; PASS & : CO. THE Undersigned, begs .to. notify that the UNPAID- ACCOUNTS in the above Estate are in process of recovery by • law ; those who /‘desire ito - save extra expense, should pay at once. -;: ip . . Trustees. J. H. TWENTYMAN ■ | L. E. NATHAN 7 , . . Per W. Stkinger. .B.—Office removed from Old Bank ■e to premises next Messrs. Fried ler Brothers, East Street.