POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close as follows :

For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m and 4 p.m dady. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitataj Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.20 a.m, daily. For Temuka. Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. , For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. JW. 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 Aug. 25. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on Oct. 20, and the mail via Southampton on Oct. 27.

A travelling Post Office having been estab- KsUetl 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, 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 l >»f each month a list is ex 4 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 countx-ies where they origi mated. 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.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES.

To-morrow.

Messrs. Edmiston Brothers and Gundry, at the Road Board Yards, at 12 noon —Timber, Etc.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1879.

The return of either Mr. Hart or Mr. Wright to Parliament will not affect in any way the position of parties in the House. From neither one nor other can the Premier expect the least sympathy with his administration, so that so far as party politics at the present juncture are concerned there is absolutely nothing at stake, and unless no at present dark horse is entered for the race at the last moment —and notwithstanding assurances that all are in the field who mean to come forward, there are those who believe that another candidate will enter the lists—other considerations than party politics must influence the electors. For ourselves we believe that in either candidate the district will obtain a good representative, one who will look after its interests as well as those of the colony at large, and therefore we have no strong feelings for or against either candidate. Mr. Hart, as we have said before, has had no oppor tunity of showing his paces, and he came forward to represent us when the seat for Coleridge was going a begging, and nobody seemed to have either time or inclination to place their services at the disposal of the country. In his conduct there has been nothing to praise nor to blame because he has not had an opportunity to deserve the one or to incur the other.

Mr. Wright is a man who will not disgrace the choice of any constituency. He has had a long experience of the public business of the district, knows its wants, and may be expected to do his best for it, while we hope that his meet ing on Wednesday will show that his politics are even more Liberal than what the list of “ short titles” given in his published address now shadows forth. In fact the electors are put in a position in which they can say— “ How happy could I be with either, Were t’other dear charmer away,”

and there is every prospect that though the election will be energetically con tested it will be done in the very best of spirits and the highest good humor always provided that no third party comes in to share the attention of the constituency.

Telegraphic. —A telegraph station has this day been opened at Newton, in the County of Eden. Drunk and Disorderly.— A drunkard named Burke was to-day sent to gaol for three months by the Resident Magistrate. St. Stephen’s Church. —lt was an nounced in church on Sunday that a meeting of parishioners of St. Stephen’s would be held on the evening of this day week, in the Templar Hall, for the pur pose of electing churchwardens and vestry men in lieu of those recently resigned, or of re-electing those officers, and also to take into consideration the financial posi tion of the parish. The Ashburton Riple Corps. —The Secretary to the proposed Rifle Company / ATv B A Vaughan) has received a letter

from the Defence Minister stating "that the services of the Ashburton Rifles would be accepted, but only muzzle-loading rifles could be supplied. A meeting of the corps will be held on Thursday next at 7.30 p.m. at the sample rooms of the Somerset Hotel, when all interested are expected to attend. Adjourned Cases. —At the Court to day His Worship decided that in future applications for adjournments by defen dants could only be entertained on pay ment into Court of the amount sued for with costs.

Mr. Fowler’s Old Mare. —The case of alleged larceny of a lioise cropped up again in Court to-day. His Worship decided that the costs of the case would be defrayed by the Crown, seeing that Mr. Fowler, though named in the warrant as the prosecutor, was in reality only the informant, and the case was instituted by the Crown. It was one of those cases in which the Crown had to be at the expense, in the interests of justice, of eliciting the facts.

Lunacy from Drink.—A man named Fahey was remanded to-day till Friday by the R. M. He was charged with lunacy from drink.

TELEGRAPHIC.

AUSTRALIAN.

{Renter's Telegrams. )

CAPTURE of the BANK ROBBERS. Melbourne, August 19.

The robbers of the Commercial Bank at Lancefield, were captured last night at Sandhurst. They are named Grey and Lowe. The latter recently committed a murderous assault on his master.

Riots. Sydney, August 19. Detachments of artillery and police, fully armed, have proceeded to New castle, to quell, if necessary, expected riots among the miners. The Melanesian Mission. Bishop Selwyn will deliver an address to-night on the Melanesian mission. Liberal contributions are being made to the funds.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

The Exhibition,

Wellington, Tuesday.

Mr. R. B. Gore, acting-secretary to the New Zealand Exhibition Commis sioners, has received the following tele gram from the Exhibition Commissioner in Sydney :—“ The following addition to the prize list was adjoined yesterday by the Exhibition Commissioners, — Sub-Class 33d, for the best bale of coming wool, in grease, skirted, and not weighing less than 300 lbs., the number of fleeces and weight to be stated.”

TO-DAY’S COURT.

Before Mr. Frank Guinness, R.M. Pass and Co. v. Quarterman, claim, is. gd.; same v. Norman, claim, £2 17s. ; same v. Dolman, claim, ■£2 is, sd. ; Weeks and Dixon v. Moore, claim, ss. ; Orr and Co. v. Fitzgerald, claim, 8s. —Judg- ments for amounts in each case, with costs.

Taylor v. Bossenburg, claim, £4 17s. Case adjourned till Friday, on payment by defendant of costs, including pro fessional fees up to date.

Pass and Co. v. McClure, claim, Hn is. Judgment for X 5, with costs. O'Neil v. Green, £7 iSs. 5<3. full satisfaction of the claim, the de fendants claiming a set-off of £.4 ss. for shingles supplied. After a very lengthened hearing, in which it came out that the shingle debt had been incurred previous to the plaintiff’s bankruptcy, and the defendant alleged that he had given plaintiff the work, the price of which he now sued for, in order to obtain payment for the shin gles, his Worship found for plaintiff in the full amount. Mr. Branson for plaintiff, Mr. Crisp for defendant. Hodgson v. Steele. Claim £2O, damages for wrongful detention of five horses. The horses had been in a stable rented of Steele by one Cotton, whose property had been seized by Steele for rent. The horses were the property of Hodgson, who had thus been deprived of their use, and His Worship decided in favor of defendant and nonsuited the plaintiff with costs. Mr. Harris for plaintiff, Mr. Branson for defendant. Cotton v. Steele. —A similar case was disposed of by a nonsuit. The claim was and costs were allowed.

Smith v. Cates. —Claim ios. for carrying done. Judgment for plain tiff with costs.

Preliminary Objections. —ln a case heard before the Court this morning, Mr. Crisp raised an objection to the summons as informal after Mr. Branson’s caso for the plaintiff had been closed. His Wor ship stated that it was his intention to build up a set of precedents on matters of this and similar kinds, and that henceforth all preliminary objections in cases would have to be taken at the beginning of the hearing. Mr. Bunny’s Creed. —Mr. Bunny’s address to the Wairarapa electors has been published. His profession of political faith is brief and to the point. He says : ' ' I intend to -giva mb eavTy support to tile programme of the Liberal party, including the repeal of the Land Tax, the imposition of a Property and Income Tax, the reduc tion of the taxation on the necessaries of life, libetal Land Laws, Triennial Parlia ments, the vigorous prosecution of the Public Works, and other Liberal mea sures, which are indicated in the Gover nor’s speech at the opening of Parlia ment.”

A recent speech of Mr. Gladstone’s in the House of Commons was liseened to in the laboratory of the Royal Institution, the sound being conveyed by telephone.

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 tire 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.

LAST NIGHT'S CABLEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Telegrams.)

London, August r 6. Three per cent. Consuls, 97 ; New Zealand 5 per cents. 104-103 Best Australian tallow, beef, 325. 6d. per cwt. ; mutton, 345. 6d. per cwt. At the wool auctions during the past week 44,600 bales have been catalogued. There is a fair demand for scoured wool, in favor of buyers.

Washington, August 16. The American harvest prospects are favorable.

Quebec, August 17

Serious riots have occurred between the French and Irish ship laborers. Several were killed and wounded. The artillery and militia were called out.

{Special to the Melbourne Argus.)

London, August 16.

The wool sales continue firm. 37,770 bales were catalogued during four days, and 3,000 were withdrawn. Messrs. Jacomb and Sons report that the prices of merino are equal to the average of the June sales. Sydney greasy brought full rates, but all scoured is a trifle lower. Faulty and especially lambs’ wool, are neglected and a penny ower. Cross and half-breds are de pressed by the low values of domestic wools.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reuter's Telegrams.)

Melbourne, August 18,

The Merchants Shipping and Under writer’s Association report, under date London, August 15, the arrival of the Firth of Tay from Sydney. Sydney, August 18. Owing to the action of the miners a the Lambton Colliery in refusing to abide by the vend system, a large body of the other miners seized the Lambton works, and a disturbance ensued. Shots were fired, and one man was injured slightly. On the police arriving the the police dispersed a monster open air meeting. Thirty-five miners have airived from Adelaide for the Waratah Colliery, where the miners are locked out.

A Surgery in the Knapsack.— The Pall Mall Gazette says : —“ Every man of the reinforcements last despatched to South Africa was provided with a bandage for binding up wounds, and a large number of bandages have, it is stated, been ordered for future issue. 'Hie idea of thus supplying each soldier with the means of roughly dressing or binding his own wounds, or those of a comrade, was, we believe, first put into practice in the Austrian army. During the late operations in Bosnia and Her zegovina, however, it was found that it was of comparative little use to provide materials unless the men have been previously instructed how to use them. In the campaign in the occupied pro vinces men on several occasions bled to death because no one on the spot knew how to apply a bandage as a tourniquet; and equal ignorance was displayed when other dressings might have been applied, to the great comfort of the wounded men. Although, there fore, providing men with the materials necessary for bandaging wounds is un doubtedly an admirable precaution, it would be well to supplement it by giving every soldier some instruction in their use. The English line soldier has abundance of spare time ; some of it might be profitably employed in learn ing how to apply such simple dressing as can be given in the field to different kinds ol injuries.” A Curious Story.— The following romance is going the round :—Four years ago a tailor married the daughter of an artillery colonel, and lived happily with her for a twelvemonth, at the end of which period he went for a few days to Belgium on business. On his return his wife was nowhere to be found ; but a month later the tailor and his friends recognised her (as they imagined) in the corpse of a young woman who had been picked up at Auteuil. Unable to continue any longer in Paris, the tailor went to New York, where two years afterwards he married again. In the month of January the new couple came to Paris, and rented an apartment in the Avenue Friedland. Recently as the tailor was walking in the Champs Elysees, he saw a lady who looked marvellously like his first wife, driving in a handsome equipage, and, hiring a cab, he followed her to an hotel in the Avenue D’Eylau. There an explana tion took place. It was indeed his first wife, who declared that she had been kidnapped and that she had been kept in ignoble seclusion for three months by a man whose name she had never been able to ascertain. When free she had learned to her sorrow that her husband had gone to America, and not daring to return to her relatives, she had entered a dressmaker’s estab lishment, and so on. Inquiries are now being set on foot to discover, if possible, who the kidnapper was.

LOWER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD

A meeting of this Board was held on Saturday. Present Messrs. Grigg (chairman), E. G. Wright, T. Taylor, J. Clark, A. Dawson. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. OFFICES. It was resolved to apply to the Com missioner of Crown Lands for a Crown grant of Reserve 1429 as a site for the election of offices, and, if secured, to exchange acre for acre with Mr. Grigg on the same reserve, Mr. Grigg’s land being considered more convenient, and better adapted for the buildings. Cer tain alterations were made in the plans for offices submitted by Mr. Bruce, and the erection of. a six-stalled stable ordered. ADJUSTMENT OF ACCOUNTS Messrs. Winter and H. Friedlander —as a deputation from the North Ash burton Road Board—waited on the Board ie the adjustment of accounts between the Boards, and submitted a statement showing that the North Ash burton Road Board was still entitled to a payment of 15s 4b. After some discussion, it was agreed that the North Board had an equitable claim to the amount. PUBLIC WORKS. The Surveyor’s report was read, and it was resolved that a drain should be cut on Longbeach road, near the home stead, to relieve the flood water ; also, that the footpaths leading to the Tin wald school be shingled. The Sur veyor was authorised to take out a culvert on the Ashton Road by Mr. Taylors, and make a ford at the same place. An extension of time to December Ist was granted to Mr. S. Anderson, for formation of Ford’s road. Mr. R. Matthews wrote complaining of a culvert on the road between his property and Mr. Grey’s, causing him damage. It was decided to take steps to abate the cause of complaint. ALTERATION OF NAME OF DISTRICT. Mr. Dawson proposed and Mr. Clark seconded that the County Coun cil be asked to take the necessary steps for having the name of the district altered to the Longbeach Road Board. Carried. CLERK, ETC. Twenty-two applications were re ceived for the situation of clerk, surveyor, and collector, and Mr. Win. Cuthbert, of Sydenham, was appoiuted. POUND. A letter was read from the County Council, approving of R.S. 8416 as a site for a pound in the Longbeach dis trict ; also asking the Board to recom mend a pound keeper at the Hinds. The Board then adjourned.

All about an Oak.— Two men were charged before the R. M. at Wellington last Tuesday with larceny of an oar. They were dismissed, but the “Post” thus describes the adventures in Court of the piece of boat furniture in question : The oar, a substantial specimen, was brought into Court as evidence, by a policeman, who held it much as he would have handled a powder magazine—very gingerly. On entering the Court he ran the end of io into an old gentleman’s back and on hastily drawing it away the blade chipped a large piece out of the wall be hind him. Slewing round to see what in jury had been done, the handle swept the sergeant’s hat off the table and upset the ink. The constable instantly raised the end that had done this, whereupon the sharp e:lge of the blade almost cut off the toe of a brother constable. His cry of anguish brought the oar round again quicker than before, and this time the witness in the box received a sharp blow in the stomach that almost knocked him out of time. Had the constable’s misad ventures ended here, we should have con sidered the whole affair a capital joke ; tut unhappily for us they did not. The howl of the witness and the roar of laughter from the lookers-on fairly lashed the un fortunate officer’s feelings into acute mis ery, and as the only way out of his diffi culties, he dropped the obnoxious pro peller just as its heaviest part was exactly over the head of our representative at the reporters’ table. “ Fracture of the skull,” is the verdict anticipated. Cowardly.— The Rangitikei Advocate says :—Several attempts have been made of late to throw the engine off the line at Turakina, by inserting pieces of stick in the points, so that they can with difficulty be properly closed. More than once re cently, at night, this has been done, very nearly resulting in accident thereby. The perpetrators are being waited for, and se vere punishment will certainly follow de tection.

Work. —There appears to be no scarcity of employment for labor in Taranaki. From the report of the Harbor Engineer we learn that over a hundred and fifty men are now employed on the works at the Sugar Loaves, who are paid from 6s. to 7s. a day.—N. Z. Times. A Narrow Escape. —What might have been a fatal case of “ lost in the bush,” happened at Otaki a few days ago. It appears (says the “ Manawatu Herald”) that last Saturday week a man named Campbell was lost in the bush, between Otaki and Waikawa. As considerable anxiety was felt for his safety, a search party was organised, and lie was on the following Wednesday discovered by Mr. Winterburn. At the time he was found, Campbell had lost his reason, and was very much exhausted. A day later, he would probably have succumbed. He was taken to Otaki, and carefully attended to, and is now, we are glad to hear, consider ably improved. He was working with a party of the natives who are constructing the inland road. Madame asked her husband for a new outfit. ,£ My darling,” he replied, “ that would make the third in two months, and times are so bad that—” “ You kill me !” exclaimed the lady, bursting into tears ; “ and my funeral expenses will cost you more than a new dress.” “ Ah, but I should have to bury you only once,” was the comforting rejoinder,

THE INSPIRATION OF EXAMPLE.

A remarkable instance of the extent to which a man’s life may be shaped and moulded by the teaching or con duct of a friend is furnished by the biography of Paley, the moralist and theologian. When a student at Christ’s College, Cambridge,' he was equally' well known for his clumsiness and cleverness, and his fellow students made him at once their favorite and their butt. Possessed of a strong clear intellect, he wasted his time on unprofit able pleasures and pursuits, so that at the end of two years his progress was very trivial. One morning a friend came to his bedside before tne idler had risen, and addressed him in grave and earnest tones. “ Paley,” he said, “ I have not been aide to sleep for thinking about you. 1 have been thinking what a fool you are ! I have the means of dissipation, and can afford to be idle ; you are poor, and cannot afford it. / could do nothing, probably, even were I to try ; you are cabable of doing any thing. I have lain awake all night thinking about your folly, and have now come solemnly to warn you. Indeed, if you persist in your indolence, and go on in this way, I must renounce your society altogether.” This emphatic warning had such an effect upon Paley that he abandoned his idle course, resolved upon a new plan of life, and carried ic out with dilligence and energy. His after career of success, well deserved, was due to a friend’s candor.

FOREIGN POLITENESS.

Among the pretty manifestations of courtesy that I have experienced in wandering about in Flanders is that the moment you put up at an inn you are made a member of the family, as it were. Every one, high and low, greets you in some friendly way as they pass from within the house, even if they have never seen you before; and as often as they come near you afterwards, again and again, there will be some pleasant little word. Directly you set foot inside these hospitable doors you seem to see in action one of Erckmann- Chatrian’s romances, with the simple pastoral ways of the people, all belong ing, as it were, to one household. In Ypres this kind of gentilezza extends it self to the city generally.. At the risk of making the reader laugh at me I will mention an instance or two. A young woman going on her errands along the street will make a gentle bow to you. Sauntering home along the dark street about half-past nine p.m.—there are no street lamps in Ypres—you will be greeted with a “ Bon so/), monsieur.” It is from the porter at the gate of an hospital. And, taking a stroll in the beautiful public gardens which crown the old ramparts, I have received, a little to my astonishment, a bow from a lady walking with her child. These little courtesies arise probably out of a very simple state of things, where people don’t go from home much, and therefore strangers are more noticed, in accordance with the almost southern stvle of tire citizens. This is carried out in other matters. It is almost worth while going to Ypres for the sake of a shave. No brush is used, but a ewer or basin is held under you chin while the artist’s fingers travel softly over your face, first with the water then with the soap. Then comes a high bred foreign razor, which chirps briskly as it travels round, leaving jou almost radiant from the cleanness with which the job is done. Price one penny, the et ceteras and many bows included. As yet happily no bold Britain appears to have come this way, disdainfully almost “ chucking” twopence at the operator, whose scrupulous politeness is ftoisee by the brutal English manner, and humble travellers who are willing to pay what is proper (but no more) are ever after made to look small. You find the curious creatures I am speaking of, who spend in a day what would make a poor walking traveller happy for a week, never ceasing in their public and private com plaints of ill usage when abroad.

A Ship Canal through the Peninsula of Florida, from Mantanzas Inlet to the head of navigation on the Suwanee River, to unite the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico, is proposed. The length of the cut is 75 miles The distance by this route is about 1,000 miles less from New York to New Orleans than the route now sailed.

Interesting to All. Gentlemen, — I am yet alive, thanks to Holloway’s Pills. Not wishing to become one of the resi dents of the Professor’s intended Lunatic Asylum now being erected in England, I lately bought a box of Holloway’s Pills, took them at intervals, and refrained from the “ flowing bowl,” and Richard’s himself again. Holloway’s Pills and Ointment are largely used in Bermuda, and that accounts, in my opinion, for the longevity of its inhabitants. I feel quite assured, however, that Professor Hollo way is and has been one of the greatest benefactors to the human race that has ever lived, and that his name will be handed down to posterity when the names of our bravest manslayers are forgotten. Strange to say that we, in different ways, strive to acquire the art of killing, but our own preservation we take little heed of. I have lived in Bermuda twenty-six years, and in that time have inquired of soldiers how they have preserved their health so well; the answer has generally been, “ By not going to the Army Doctor, but by using the Pills and Ointment.” By using the above, I am now found at my Hermitage to be looking much younger and more healthy than you have seen me for years.—Yours, J. W. Oddy, Tucker Town, Bermuda, (formerly Secretary to the Duke of Brunswick). “The Ber muda Times,” 10th May, 1879. — Advt.

A Horse Dentist. —Among “hor sey ” men there has been much talk during the past few days of an operator lately come amongst us who is exceed ingly clever in his treatment of defective teeth. Let me explain that it is to the mouths of horses that he devotes his skill. It stands to reason that, as in the case of man, the digestion and health of those animals must suffer when they are unable properly to .masticate, their food. The newly arrived dentist undertakes to put the feeding apparatus of his patients in perfect repair, and has already shown to the satisfaction of more than one well-known trainer that the promise is no idle one. A curious point in con nection with his operations is the docility with which vicious and in tractable horses submit to his handling. Most of us know to our sorrow that the treatment of even an experienced dentist exposes the hapless victim in the armchair to a certain amount of pain and discomfort. Some folks have sufficient resolution to bear his opera tions with equanimity ; an animal can not be expected to remain quiet under similar handling. Strange to say, how ever, the horses treated by the person alluded to rarely fail to submit patiently to his researches in their jaws, and great surprise was recently ceated in an Epsom stable when one or two notori ously evil-tempered old horses behaved as amiably as the most philosophic of human beings at a time when lookers on expected to see the horse dentist “ chawed up.” Amongst other horses that have been successfully treated is the steeplechaser, Shifnal ; and Pro logue, winner of the Newmarket Spring Handicap last week, was also “put to rights” by this benefactor to the noble animal.—Turf Correspondent. Fur v. Leathers. —The old saying that cats have nine lives, has had re cently another exemplification. In the news received from China by the Press Agency the fact is recorded of an eagle swooping down and taking possession of a “ pussy,” and carrying it away into the air. When, however, a consider able distance in its aerial passage had been reached, the cat gave a strong ex pression of its disapproval by sticking its claws with great vigor into the breast of the eagle. The result was that the latter came to grief and to earth simul taneously, whilst “ pussy” went on its way rejoicing, as if nothing very serious had occurred.

Tuesday, August 19, 1879.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD



Butter, inferior to best $ lb s. I d. 0 to s. I d. 4 Eggs, l? dozen 2 2 to 0 p Cheese, prime quality, t? lb 0 8 to 0 IO Bacon, prime smoked, $ lb 0 9 to 0 IO Hams iD cloth, 1? lb 1 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, 1? ioolb 12 6 .to 0 6 Oatmeal, $ 25ft) 6 6 to 0 0 Lard, $ lb - 0 9 to 0 0



Clothing Establishment.



ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Mr. J. H. Morrison, 1 Manager Mosgiel Woolen | Factory, l Trustees. AND Mr. John Ross, Of Sargood, Sons & Ewing, 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 and have resolved to sell the same again in our Branches direct to the public at prices at which we could not legitimately sell our own Goods. In fact (without exaggeration) during the next few weeks we are in a position to offer NEW GOODS IN MEN’S AND BOYS’ ATTIRE, Of Colonial Manufacture, at from ONE THIRD to ONE HALF JL-L-A.T CLQISIX 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. 12a CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ON SALE at the “ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. PRICE FIVE SHILLINGS, Neatly Bound in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the hands of every Tradesman.



Advertisements for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not later than z p.m. for the Country Edition, and 3 p.m. for the Town Edition, with the number of insertions written plainly on the 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 Posted In Advance. If Booked s. d. s. d ...60 6 6 ...80 8 6 ...80 8 6



New Advertisements. I. O. O. R, M. U. LOYAL ASHBURTON LODGE. MEMBERS are hereby duly Sum moned to attend the Lodge on FRIDAY Next, at 7.30. p.m. Every member not present when the roll is called, will be fined according to law. By order of the Lodge, THOMAS WILLIAMS, 288 a Permanent Secretary. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. FRESH TENDERS. BUILDERS desirous of Tendering for the Erection of a DWELLING HOUSE in Baring Square, Ashburton, are requested to send in Sealed Tenders, duly endorsed, and addressed to the Architect, on or before MONDAY, the Ist September*. Altered Drawings and Specifications may be seen at the Architect’s Office, Ashburton, up to Saturday, the 23rd August, and after that date at the City Council Chambers, Christchurch. J. STANLEY BRUCE, C.E., 289 a Architect. WANTED, mENDERS for FENCING the Tinvvald 1 Domain Ground, close to Tinwald. Particulars to be seen at Mr. Cox’s office, Ashburton. JOHN CARTER, 291 a Chairman. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. mHE BRIDGE at W. T. Smith’s, JL Alford Forest, is CLOSED for traffic until further notice. By order, JAMES FRASER, 292 a Clerk. 294 a 'ANTED, a Man to drive a baker’s cart. —Apply W. TAYLOR, At Messrs. Saunders Bros. V. R. ASHBURTON VOLUNTEER CORPS. A MEETING will be held at Mr. XX Shearman’s Sample Rooms, on THURSDAY EVENING NEXT, at 7.30 sharp. Business: Important, Persons wishing to join who have not sent in their names are requested to attend. A Full Muster is expected, F. A. VAUGHAN, 293 a Secretary pro tem. w ANTED, a Respectable GIRL, about 14. Apply MRS. WESTBROOKE, 295 a Cox Street. WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est and neatest CARDS may b» had at the ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Siheet Nobth. CONCERTINAS, German Accordiaits," Violins, etc. Concertinas, 20 keys, from 10/6. H. M. JONES, Stationer.