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 For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m. daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tin wild; Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, _• Winchester,, and Geraldine, at 10.20' a. m/ daily. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. For Ashton, Waterloo, and Longbeach, at •i.is p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seaheld, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE

Mails close at the Chief Post Office for the following places (subject to the necessary alte rations) as under : > . The mext mails for the United Kingdom via Brindisi and Southampton (for specially ad dressed letters only) will be closed at Christ church on July 2S. 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 Sari Francisco will, be closed at Christchuich 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 having the names and addresses of the senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, accompanied by a request that the letters be returned if not claimed within a stated period, will be return ed unopened. Provided, however, such letters shall have remained in the post office to which they may be addressed, at least ten days.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS. • On the first da; of 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”). THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1879.

Public Works. —The public meeting called by the Mayor re works in the Ash burton County will be held to-night in the Town Hall. R.M. Court.— An inebriate was fined 10s. by James Campbell, Esq., J.P., who occupied the Bench. James Mulford, for drunkenness and illtroating his wife, was severely reprimanded and. bound oyer to keep the peace for six months in two sureties of £lO each. Borough Council Election. —Mr. G, M. Bobinson, being the only candidate proposed for the vacancy in the Council, was duly elected to-day.

The Hill Concert. The Treasurer of the Ashburton Fund for Mrs. Walter Hill’s benefit has received the following acknowledgment of the proceeds of the recent concert, transmitted by him to Mrs. Hill; church, July 23. Dear Mr. Jacobson, — I received cheque for £l4 11s., for which many thanks. Please also convey the same to all who kindly assisted at my benefit publicly or privately, as you think best. With very kindest wishes and remembrances, —I am, &c., Julia Hill.” Bull at Large. Residents on the North-east Town Belt have been annoyed fov some days by a bull which has been allowed to roam at his own sweet will to the danger of passengers, and children are prevented from attending school for fear of the annimal. The owner of the bull is not now known, but as soon as he is found he will be asked to interview Mr. Guinness.

Tree Planting. —We would remind our readers that the best time for - trans planting all kinds of shrubs, fruit, and forest trees is the present, and until the middle of next month, although the sooner in now the better, and we hope the resi dents of Ashburton County will not let the opportunity pass by without planting some trees, as trees will tend greatly to im prove the place and make the Plains more pleasing to the eye. We recoiltly paid a visit to the Ashburton nursery which has been established about five 3 ears by Soaly Bros,, and here is to be found an enor mous number of fruit, forest, and orna mental trees, all of which look well and ready for removal, and are thp better adapted for this place having been grown in the district. We understand that a large sale will be held shortly by Ediniston Bros, and Gundry from Bealy pros. ’ gardens, which will be duly announced, and we would again urge oii our residents the desirability of getting their grounds well planted without delay, Man Missing. —Some anxiety ig felt for the safety of Alexander Gordon, farmer, Seafield. He came into town on Saturday morning with a dray and three horses, and after transacting some busi ness, left Ashburton at half-past four with a half load of coal. He was known to have been drinking during the day, and to have taken a bottle of whiskey with him, Yesterday morning liis brother, James Gordon, came into town and re ported to the police that his brother had not arrived. The Sergeant B<mt out troopers Farmer and Black in search, and they returned with the information that Mr. Prendergast, at Wakanui, had found, on Tuesday, opposite his old sod hut, a dray with three horses. The animals ap.- peared to be quite mad with hunger, thirst, and cold, and he turned them adrift. There was nobody in charge of the beasts, and they had evidently boon out unfpd during the whole of the storm of Saturday and Sunday. In their strug gles they had cut Up tbg road to a great extent. Up to the time we wi'itg no fur ther trace of either horses or driver pa? been obtained by the troopers, and it is feared that as the horses were not on fi track leading to Gordon’s home, he must have missed his way in the storm, lain down, and perished.

The Debate on the Address i?<r Beim? was resumed again last night, the even ing * session being wholly occupied by Messrs. Sheehan and Wakefield. Mr. Sheehan, who spoke under the disadvan tage of a recent indisposition, said Oppo sition might have allowed the address to go .by default and brought down a no confidence motion nest day. The course

they liad adopted placed Government in an awkward position. Referring to Sir William Fox’s honors, he said he respected the honorable gentleman very much, and thought he deserved his honors for his long connection with the colony, but he objected to the backstairs way in which lie procured his knighthood. The real fight between parties was not on policy, but to get into office. Sir William Fox had saicl there was a Maori war imminent, and coming from him, the statement carried much weight : if that was true, they knew who were responsible for the war. A man was grave after, twenty-five years of political life, and they would not be astonished at Sir William’s gravity. He had been the arch-schemer of former sessions, and now he schemed to get back to the Government benches. The lion, gentleman then went into a long defence of the Government’s doings, taking each accusation made against them in detail. His defence was a very clever piece of pleading for his colleagues, and makes them appear in the very best light. Being- Native Minister he dealt mostly, as was natural, with the Maori question, and ho contended that the bulk of the Maori diffi culty did not lie at the door of his but at that of the former Government. Mr. Wakefield followed, on the Opposition side, throwing back in the Premier’s teeth the statement that the no-confidence was an attempt to crush one man by a number of Canterbury land holders and venal sup porters of the Upper House, and that the whole movemont was only a mean effort to secure office and not a criticism of the maladministration of the Government. Government had forfeited the confidence of the House. He would never alienate the Premier from the great Liberal prin ciples he professed, but the Opposition ex isted because of the mismanagement of which he had been guilty. Sir' George had asked for a trial, and was willing to stand or fall by the '• satisfaction he gave. He had failed to give satisfaction, and had lost the confidence of those who previously had supported him. A bitter reference to Sir George’s attempt to stay tlie Land Bill of last session was followed by an accusa tion of incompetency, and a statement that the House was disappointed with the measures introduced and the way Govern ment followers were treated. The Tri ennial Parliaments Bill failed through the Premier’s folly. It would have become law if it bgd been a Ministerial measure and not a private Bill. Sir George was found intriguing against the measures of his own colleagues, and the disunion of the Cabinet was common talk, while their secrets were bandied about from mouth to mouth. He denounced Sir George’s attacks on the Legislative Council, and the power Government had secured in the Land Tax Act, Sir George’s Thames speech had kept, to his own knowledge, £IOO,OOO out of the Colony, the intended investment of one man, who withdrew the money on reading that speech. Mr. Wakefield then rated the Premier for the recent row with Mr. Ballance, and for liis conduct regarding the Speakership. He charged Ministers with monopolising the' railway lines with special trains, and de laying traffic thus. The thing was becoming ruinous. Public works had pro ceeded manfully in Otago, but not a sin gle yard had been done in Canterbury, and other districts suffered as well. After some further severe criticisms of the Gov vernment’s conduct, Mr. Wakefield con cluded, and the debate was adjourned at 1.25, on the motion of Mr. Macandrew.

Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— A Cure for Abscesses, Piles, Fistula, and Sores. —The many satisfactory cures resulting from the use of this invaluable Ointment in cases where patients have been suffering from these complaints, have induced many medical practi tioners to introduce them into the hospitals and their private practice; and in many instances where the sufferer was considered incurable, Holloway’s Ointment, in conjunction with his Pills, healed the most desperate wounds. These medicaments are unequalled for the cure of scrofula and diseases of the skin, ' In all cutaneous affections incidental to children, from the simple red gum to the complicated scorbutic disease, Holloway’s Ointment exer cises a remarkably beneficial influence, cooling inflamation, relieving irritation, and giving ease to the impatient little sufferer,

TELEGRAPHIC.

TQ-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS

AUSTRALIAN. (Reuter s Telegrams.) The N. S. W. Parliament, Sydney, July 24. The Legislative Council has passed the Public Works Loan Bill. Proroga tion takes place to-day. The Opening of the Exhibition,

It is officially announced that the Exhibition will open about the middle of September.

The Renewal of the Cable. Melbourne, Thursday. It is expected that the cable wjll be restored to-day, the repairing steamer haying spoken Port Darwin.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROyiNCIAL. Relief for Samoa. Auckland, Thursday. Owing to scarcity of provisions at Samoa, the Mazeppa, Oyala, Cornet and Zael left for there with produce. Unlawful. Ip case of Government against Robt. Graham, for unlawful occupation of Native lands, Judge Gillies has sent ba cka case gs gtgted by the Magistrate for amendment, Native Land Court Decisions. The Cambridge Native Land Court js gjosed. The Native title is extin guished over 52,090 acres at cost of purchases, ; £i 5,000. The dpcjsipn of the Court in the Okaria hippie was against Ngatihina, who thereupon took armed possession, destroying the crops Ngahihanifgngj instead of fighting, is ; ,

under advice from the Courtpftaking legal proceedings for their removal. Auckland H.A.C.B Society.

The anniversary of the Auckland 1T.A.C.8. Society reports show 227 members; A IO °7 funds ; the year’s receipts, ; expenditure, New Zealand Sheep for the Exhibition. Wellington, Thursday. A telegram has been received from Sydney relative to the admission of live stock to the Sydney Exhibition, and especially to the quarantine of sheep. It runs “ The quarantine regulations are very simple, rightly used. The magnificent sheep of New Zealand ought to be represented. The sheep, in quarantine are fed for sixpence a day.”

Acquitted,

At the Supreme Court yesterday, Cooper and Brodie were acquitted on the charge of a breach of the Arms Act at Gisborne, for selling .a gun to the natives.

The False-Whiskered Sheep Stealer. Dun edtn, Thursday. Constable Briggs, of Christchurch, this morning identified the prisoner Smith, recently arrested at Palmerston, wearing false whiskers and moustache, as Barnard, the butcher, who absconded from his bail at Kaiapoi. Prisoner will be brought before the Justices to morrow, and will probably be remanded to Christchurch. ’ Rooney is entitled to the reward for arresting Barnard. The Tribune , of this morning, lias a warm leading article against the em ployment of ladies in the telegraph department.

POLITICAL GOSSIP.

From Both Sides. THE ALTERED MAP. Mr. Richardson seems to have got hold of a regular mare’s nest in regard to the alleged tampering with the Thames-Waikato Railway plan. The plan is in exactly the same condition as when it was laid on the table last session, showing the alterations made since the delivery of the Public Works Statement, - and Mr. Richardson has confounded it with the map that ac companied that Statement.— Times. The greater part of the time was spent in the House -this afternoon, dis cussing the thirty mile's of railway which Sir G. Grey was supposed to have ordered on his* own account, but in which Mr. Macandrew maintains that he has kept within what he calls the “ four corners of the law,” and that the Blouse sanctioned it without knowing it last session. He seems to think it a good joke, notwithstanding a very in dignant condemnation of such sharp practice. A committee is appointed to enquire further re the alterations to the map. —Pi ess. None of the late Atkinson Ministry desire to take office, but will cordially assist in forming a Government of new members, in which two will be from Auckland. Mr. Whitaker refuses to join any new Government, but is most willing to assist in the formation of a strong Government. —Auckland Herald. It is reported that Sir George Grey has intimated to some of his colleagues th.it he is willing to retire if the present Ministers would continue in office with out him, but the feeling of the members is decidedly against any reconstruction on any basis, but for an entirely new Cabinet, in which the North can secure justice. This alone will satisfy the great majority. The doings of the Premier and Native Minister during the year have completely ruined the reputa tion of their Government,- —Auckland Stai.

All the galleries were crammed, and eyen the Lords adjourned to hear the debate. Mr. Sheehan, in speaking, made a gallant defence of himself and colleagues. Mr. Feld wick says if the Ministry are defeated, he will stump the country himself from the North Cape to the Bluff on behalf of the great Liberal cause. In the House last night the Minister for Lands had the temerity apd folly tp assert twice that the Opposition had refused to pass an Imprest Supply Bill. This gave Sir W. Fox an opportunity to put the mat ter in its true light \yhen speaking to the adjournment of the House. Mr. Thomson’s speech was feeble in the extreme, and Mr. Gisborne’s was even more pompous and empty than usual.

P. O. Savings Bank. —Some idea of the growth of the business of the Post Office Savings’ Banks in New Zealand is afforded by the fact that whilst dur ing the year 1868 there were only 13,014 deposits, amounting in all to -6 1 94)535 n ' s ; 64-) kgst year there were 69,908 deposits, which' amounted to - : v :

The English Assegai, —There are over 3000 patients in the Natal military hospital, The Natal natives were much impressed with the appearance of the t7tli Lancers, and some of the men remarked that at last the white men were going the right way to work, as they now hqd assegais (alluding io thp lances), apt} would be able tp succeed. They were also much struck by tpe splendid horses and the soldier like bearing of the men.

PARISH MEETING.

A meeting of the parishioners of St' Stephens was held last night in the Town Hall, and some 70 or 80 mem bers of the Church of England and others attended. The Rev. W. E. Paige presided, and, after prayers had been read, and the minutes of a previous meeting confirmed — The Chairman said the meeting was called chiefly to consider the financial state of the church. It was not to be wondered at that the church, in the present state of financial depression, should suffer in funds, but the suffering would only be temporary as a good harvest next year, if they were fortunate in securing it, would bring about a better state of things in the community, and the funds of the church would im prove with the prosperity of the people. But though the meeting had been called to consider finance other matters could also be considered, and he desired to refer to a paragraph which had appeared in the Ashburton Mail of last Tuesday, which attributed the starting of an agitation regarding the cross now stand ing over the Communion Table in the Church to the Freemasons. He desired to deny that statement. .He was him self a Freemason, and he knew that that body had nothing whatever to do with the agitation. Any member of the Order present could therefore speak freely in the meeting that night, and need not feel himself in any way tram melled by the statement that had been made in the paper. (Applause).

Mr. C. E. Fooks, the Treasurer of the church, then read a statement of the financial affairs of the church which showed a debt not requiring immediate payment of ,£1,520, £1.300 of which was spread over a period of ten years, but there, were liabilities to the amount of £384 7s rod, which required to be met immediately. Mr. Gundry said it was imperative that the immediate liabilities spoken of by the Treasurer should be met as soon as possible, and to do so he would move, “ That the sum. £4OO be raised by debentures of £lO each, bearing interest at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, and redeemable in two and three years.'’ This motion, being seconded by Mr. Carlton, was carried. Mr. Reed, Westerfield, to test the feeling of the meeting, moved, “ That parishioners be asked to take shares in accordance with the last resolution.” Mr. Shury seconded. An amendment by Mr. Harris, to publish the Treasurer’s statement was not seconded. Mr. Bullock spoke urging the taking up of the debentures, and Mr. Gundry suggested that in taking them up, -£5 of their value should be paid at once, the remainder in two months. h Mr. Cox suggested that before Mr. Reed’s resolution was put to the meet ing it would be better to ascertain what gentlemen were likely to offer to take debentures. . Mr. Bullock then gave a practical turn to affairs by going round the meet ing with a sheet for names. On his return to the table he announced that three gentleman would fake shares conditionally on 20 debentures being taken.

Mr. Reed, on this announcement, withdrew his motion.

Mr. Cambridge then moved “ That in the opinion of this meeting it would greatly conduce to the harmony of the parish if the large gilt cross over the altar were, removed, and that the In cumbent be asked to have it 'removed immediately.” This was no new matter, but one that had been spoken of before. It had been said that the cross had stood in the Church ever since the Church had been built, and no objec tion had been raised to it till now, and it had been asked why after all this time had. lapsed raise an objection to it at this late hour of the.day? It was not the fact that no objection had been raised to the cross when it was first put up. He himself had objected to it strongly at the beginning, and there were others as well as he. He objected to it now more strongly than ever, not because of the thing itself so much as of the evil he knew it was doing. Some four or five members had lgft the Church because of the cross', and he knew others who had be come quite callous as to whether they attended church or not owing to its presence. To show the Romanist appearance the cross, gave to the chiirph he would mention that Roman Catholics had come into the Church and made obeisance to the cross think ing they were in a Roman Catholic Chapel, and had only discovered their mistake when a prayer book had been put into their hands. He dicj not make that remark froey any disrespect he entertained to Catholics, —he respected an honest Catholic highly, far more thin he did a Ritualist—but only to show the Romish appearance the Chprch presented with that cross, He believed the law qn the matter, as laid down by the Court of Arches, was that the cross was legal if }t was two inches off the Communion table, and if it was not off that distance it was: not 'legal. The . cross did no good, but much harm, therefore he desired that the Incijmbpnt shoujd be ashed to have it removed. If it were removed, he had no objection to subscribe as largely as lie was able towards a marble tablet' with the Lord’s Prayer and the Deca logue engraved upon it. Mr. PoynU spponcßd the motion. Mr. Cox, jn rising to speak to this resolution, was both sorry and glad that it had been brought forward. He was ■ sorry to see such a question raised in ’

the nineteenth century, and in tins colony, in coming to which they were supposed to have left behind them; all little differences about ..non-essentials:of Christianity. He did not'- think jtfre cross itself should be offensive to aniyf one, it being the symbol df theipcoml mon faith, but being a non-essential-it : could be made offensive to tvAgood Christian by being forced upon him and undue prominence given to it. He was glad the resolution had been brought forward, because it gave them an oppor tunity of showing what might happen in the event of any attempt being made to force upon them matters that were not essential to _ theiLq wprship and .the salvation of their souls. But. in all his intercourse with the Rev. Mr. Paige, and in his connection with St. Stephen’s, he had never seen what he could best designate as non-essentials forced upon the parishioners. Doubtless there were many of them who had been brought up with High Church leanings, as there doubtless were also many who had been brought up with Low Church leanings, and the Church of England gave a wide latitude to all its members in the matter of non-essentials, and seeing that these had not been forced upon anyone they could surely well afford to agree to differ upon them without raising any ill-feeling on what was really an unimportant matter, and so let the non-essentials alone. In proof of how little Mr. Paige forced his own ideas of such things upon his parishoners, he (Mr. Cox) had known him for four years, and he could not tell whether he was a High Church man or a Low Church man. He would move, “ That seeing the cross in ;ques tion has been in the church from the beginning it is inexpedient to take any steps'for its removal.” •/ / 4 * v.; . Dr. Trevor seconded 1 Mr,l Cox’s amendment. The cross was a very nice thing to have in the Church. As the previous speaker had remarked, it was the common symbol of their com mon faith. • There was an opposition to it now, but its removal and the substitution of the Ten Commandments would raise a counter-opposition and it was not expedient for the well-being of the Church to divide the parish into factions. They could not remove the cross without casting a slur upoafhe doctrines it symbolised, and they could not remove the tablets of stone with out casting a similar slur upon the moral law, yet those would be done if the cross were removed now, because it would be easy to raise a faction that would ultimately reinstate the cross. . Mr. W. C. Walker would suggest an alteration in Mr. Cox’s amendment —viz., the elimination of the first part referring to the cross being there when the church was erected. „ That- -was no reason for its remaining if the parish ioners were now opposed ,to - it., r On the question at issue lie'did not- feel very-strongly either way. - - It would'-not do much good to remove the cross— he did not think it. would do much good to remain. As an ornament he did not think it was a very great success (hear, hear), but there was not a church in Canterbury in which such ornaments were not common, so that what was most required was a spirit of forbearance amongst themselves. As to the legality of the matter Mr. .Cam bridge was correct in the bit of law he had given them. It was only a matter of inches (Laughter). i Mr. Poyntz said no sound argument had been advanced by any of the speakers in favor of the cross remaining, but if it were removed by the Incum bent, he would be doing a graceful act. Mr. Bean was of the same opinion. .

Mr. Cambridge said he would not object to the cross if its position were altered over the Communion Table. It had become fashionable among Ritualist's to turn to the east when ad ministering the Communion, and the Incumbent of St. Stephens turned in that direction, which was not according to the rubric, and it looked to him like adoration.

Mr. Paige hoped Mr. r Cambridge would withdraw the remarks he -had made. Pie did not like motives to be imputed to Ivm that he did not enter tain, and he never imputed unworthy motives to Mr. Cambridge. j Mr. Cambridge desired to know what remark was objected to. • Mr, Paige : Adoration. Mr. Cambridge: Oh, I only saiddt' looked like it. (Laughter). The amendment was then put, and the Chairman gave the decision on the: voices in favor of the amendment. On a division being taken the votes resulted —Ayes, 26 ; Noes, 20. < Mr. Paige said now that a decision on the matter had been come to he hoped both sides would work harmoni ously together. ! ? L

Mr. Gundry then called the meeting’s: attention to the prime business of the evening—the finance, Unless those fiebentures were taken up it was im possible to carry on the business of the church, and they would have to close the doon They were already in arrears with stipend, &c. He was happy Ito state that Mr. Cambridge and Mr. Reed, though parties to the opposition' had signified their willingness to tike debentures. The usual votes of thanks, .conclnHpd meeting. J *•*

The Press Telegraph.—

The question oHhe facHities’ which can be given to newspapers for the. use of the telegraph’ 'consistently 1 with ;a due regard to its use by the public, and without entailing -an lunidue lbss on ith'6' revenue, is to be considered by a Select Committee of the House of Represen tives,

Thursday, July 24, 1879.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD



ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.



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Clothing Establishment.



assignment of the estate OF . MESSES: aitken, pascoe & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Mr. J. H. Morrison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, -• AND * Trustees. Mr. John Ross, i Of Sargood, Sons & Ewing J above large Clothing Manufac- X 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 to the public at prices at which we could not legitimately sell our own Goods. In fact (without exaggeration) during the next few weeks we are in a position to offer NEW GOODS MEN’S AND BOYS’ ATTIRE, Of Colonial Manufacture, at from ONET H I R D TO : f: ONE HALF .THEIR USUAL COST HALLENSTEIN BROS., New Zealand Clothing Factory. The assigned Stock will be for Sale in our Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory.



CHRISTCHURCH -AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. rvK BALE at the ‘ ‘ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. ], ; PRICE.„F IVE SHILL IN GjS, Neatly Bound in Cloth. j - Tire al)dve Yoiume contains &, lot [of valuable information, and should be in the hands 'of. every Tradesman. . f T^wIARIES. —A Few Commercial and 1 / Scribbling Diaries on Sale, Cheap, at the “ Herald” Stationery Depot, East Street North, near Railway Station.



Advertisements for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not later than 2 p.m. for tlie 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 „ country Posted s. d. s. d 60 6 6 80 S 6 80 8 6



WANTED, Tenders for ploughing Thirty Acres; also, Fifty Chains FENCING (more "or less) ditch and bank three sod and three wire—for Chertsey Recrea tion Ground. Separate tenders will be received until noon, WEDNESDAY, July 30th instant. For further particulars, applj r to 1 W. A. BROWN, Chairman. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 161 a ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. EXTRAORDINARY VACANCY. I HEREBY declare MR. GEORGE MILLAR ROBINSON (being the only candidate nominated) duly Elected to till the Vacancy in the Ashburton Borough Council, caused by the resigna tion of Councillor Joseph Ivess. CHAS- BRADDELL, Returning Officer. Ashburton, 24th July, 1879. 165 a



Wff \Ms ew Advertisements. "TT7 ANTED,"at once, a Man to Clear a VV Apply lG4a HERALD OFFICE. 1.0. & WM G. T. DAWN OF PEACE LODGE., mHE Members of this Lodge are par f_ ticiilarly requested to attend a SPE CIAL MEETING on MONDAY Evening next, at 8 o’clock. Business of importance. JAMES ASH WOOD, v s IGOa . .. . W. , Secretary. *§ To Let. TO LET, FOR CROPPING. 1000 ACRES, of Good Stubble Land, in the Lagmhor District. For particulars apply to 138 a DONALD McLEAN. ; For Sale. SADDLE FOR SALE. ; ?' EOR SALE, a Strong SADDLE, quite new. Price—£3 15s. ; worth £5. ALFRED HARRISON, 122 a Auctioneer. £2 ss. PER ACRE. . Messrs, saunders brothers have had placed in their hands' for sale 993 Acres of fair Agricultural Ldnd, within 5 miles of the Dunsandel Railway Station. The property adjoins a railway reserve, aud water can be obtained within twenty feet of the surface. To effect an immediate sale, the proprietor will accept £2 ss. per acre. Full paidiclUarsfohrapplicatibif to SAUNDERS BROTHERS, 2°a '■ Ashburton. Public Notices. PONY FOUND. STRAYED on to my Land, Wakanui Creek, about , eight weeks ago,/one BAY PONY,' with no visißlebrands. 1 ! If not claimed within six days, and expenses paid, will be liable to be sold. ; francis cass, v ' Wakanui Creek. July 22, 1879. VA '; . 155 a GOODS seized under Distress-Warrant at James Greenaway's, Wakanui, to be sold on ! FRIDAY, 25th JULY, 1879; • i 12 O’clock, : 4 COWS 1 Calf . ' " ' 2 Horses 1 Dog-Cart 1 Spring Cart and Harness 1 Dray and Harness 37 Bags Oats 1 Bag Barley 6 Bags Beans and Peas 3 Dozen Sacks 1 Grass Stripper ■ ... ~ ... 1 lot Spare/Harness * * 1 Reaping Machine 150 Fowls



158 a JAMES DRAPER, Bailiff, Ashburton. T P TJ 0I)I>ER & HOMPANY’S, ..If. Xii, ]OT) C,| -ry },£ \J‘- T A cj -v tAILORING ESTABtISHME^T Is now under the management of Mr. E. W. Tomkins (from West End, London), Cutter, Practical Tailor, Breeches, and Riding Pants’ Maker. Orders promptly, attended to. Exact fit Guaranteed. • ' %ssr~A. Large Assortment of Tweeds, Doeskins, and Coatings on hand. 150 a. •^r ANTED, t£ Smart RUN BOY. Ap 118a HERALD OFFICE. SANDO AND OLSEN’S ASSIGNED ESTATE. DEBTS due to this "Estate must be* paid to Mr. G. D. Boileau, Ac countant, Saunders’ Buildings, without delay. : ~ 'SrSAUNDERS f trustees Bf HALE* jlrustees. Ashburton,.9th Ju1y,;1870.: n? -80 s N- b t 1 c e.; ESTATE OF. F. DOHERTY.'^ A LL Accounts due to the abore; estate must be paid forthwith to Mr. or they \yill «-be sued for without further notice. ■■■'rpi By order of the Trustees, 927 >"i JX.3 jOAEOr jr_ } :';/j •W. ; BROWNE. , ELECTION OF LOWER ASHBURTON RbAD DiS -DISTRICT. PUBLIC NOTICE' is hereby given, that an Election of Five Members, to constitute? the:first. Board pf-sthenew Road District *of Lower Aatibiirfon, will >e held "on, FRIDAY,, the. 25thfday of lULY' of Candidates will take place at 12 noon on he above datp,, atJther SchppUtpuaeyiWil owby, aiid a POLL, ,if necessity, will bo >roceeded with "immediately after the lomination, and close,atj.j £same lay ' JAMES wnpip ll i' /f '. . Returning Officer. IshburtOn, July 3, 1872. ' ‘ SQ» ttsnvelopes, notepaper, en- XLj VELOPES,'NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. 55 I