fHEASHBURTON HtiRALD

[Wednesday, SeeTemdeU 3*-1879



For Sale. FOR SALE, A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, J\ and really first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Lonsbeacli Estate. For full particulars, apply to THOMAS BULLOCK. TTIOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with 't' a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 1.37 Acres, partly improved, and situated .about three and a half miles from the Township. Apply to 5' - THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, CHEAP, NEW AMERICAN BUGGY. Ap ply to THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur ton. Apply to 8—266 a THOMAS BULLOCK. To Let. TO LET, AT A REDUCED RENTAL, QOARDING-HOUSE, presently occu j> pied by Mr. Broadbelt, situated near the Post Office. Apply to 2 THOMAS BULLOCK. TO LET, Shop in East-street, lately occupied by Sando and Olsen. Ap ply to 3 THOMAS BULLOCK. TO LET, for Cropping, or with a Pur chasing clause, a FARM of IS6 Acres, partly improved, and situate near Dromore Railway Station. Apply to 4 THOMAS BULLOCK. T O "LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, 453 AORES ’ 453 Which would make a very compact farm, situated at the back of Mr. Digby’s. Apply to I THOMAS BULLOCK. Tenders. WANTED, rjIENDERS for ROLLING 600 Acres Barley at Dromore, in lots of 200 acres or more ; work to be finished not later than 21sfc September. Apply JOHN GRIGG, 363 a Longbeach. LOWER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited for the following works : No. 6—Shingling about 30 chains of Footpaths in Tinwald. No. 7—-Drain on Osborne’s Road. No. B—Drain on Longbeach Road. Tenders endorsed with the number of the work, and addressed to the Chairman, will be received till 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 6th, at the Schoolhouse, Wil iowby; all tenders to be accompanied with a deposit equal to 5 per cent, on the amount of the tender. By order. JAMES WILKIE, 340 a * Surveyor to the Board. Public Notices. NOTICE. LICENSING COURT. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the Sitting of the above Court is Ad journed until SATURDAY Next, 6th September. 1 C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Clerk, Licensing Court. Resident Magistrate’s Court, Ashburton, 2nd Sept., 1879. 365 a A CARD. Mr. CATTLIN, SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, Will attend Patients on Monday next, Bth inst., at Quill’s Hotel, Ashburton. 355 a HINDS POUND. Applications are invited for the Situation of POUNDKEEPER for the Hinds Pound. Applicants to state the terms on which they will undertake j the duties for a period of twelve months. Duties—as per Act. Applications will be received at the Road Board Office, Ashburton, till Thurs day, September 3rd, at 11 a.m., endorsed “ Tender for Hinds Pound,” and ad dressed to the undersigned. JOHN GRIGG, 341 a Chairman Ashburton Road Board. V. R. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, Amend ment Act, 1878, and of the bank ‘ ruptcy of JAMES DALY, a debtor. THIS IS 10 NOTIFY that the creditors of ■ the above-named debtor having failed to elect a trustee, I : have this day appointed Frederick Pavitt, of Ashburton aforesaid, a certificated accountant in bankruptcy, to be the trustee of the estate of the said debtor, and that/tbe said Frederick Pavitt has this day, by writing undei his hand, signified to me his acceptance of the said office. Dated this twenty-sixth day of August, 1879. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, 372 a Clerk of the District Court. y IN JAMES DALY’S ESTATE. A MEETING of Creditors in tne above Estate will be held on Saturday, the 6th inst., at 11 a.m., at the office of the undersigned, to consider bankrupt’s application for his discharge. FREDK. PAVITT, 07a a Trustee.



Electoral. IN pursuance of “The Regulations of Elections Act, 1870,”1, George Leslie Lee, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Coleridge, do hereby give notice that in virtue of a writ bearing date the eighteenth daj 7 of August, 1879, under the public seal of the Colony, an election will bo held for the return of one qualified person to serve as a Member of the House of Representatives for the said Electoral District, and that the nomination of Can didates will take place at the Town Hall, Ashburion, at noon on the Second day of September, 1879, and that the POLL, if necessary, will be taken on the Fifteenth day of September, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p.m. GEO. LESLIE LEE^ Returning Officer. Christchurch, August 23, 1879. The following are POLLING places for the Electoral District of COLERIDGE : The Town Hall, Ashburton The Town Hall, South Rakaia The Road Board Office, Mount Somers The Schoolhouso, Mount Somers The Schoolhouse, Alford Forest The Schoolhouse, Waterton The Schoolhouse, Wakanui The Schoolhouse, Chertsey The Post-office, Methven The Public Library, Malvern The Schoolhouse, Hororata The Selwyn Schoolhouse, near Dun sandel. GEO. LESLIE LEE, 315 a Returning Officer. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COLERIDGE DISTRICT —I have the honor to inform you that it is my intention to offer myself for Re-election as your Representative in the next Parliament. I have the honor to remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, GEORGE HART. Christchurch, 13th August, 1879. 275 a TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COLERIDGE DISTRICT. GEORGE HART requests the Electors of the above district to meet him at the following places : Wakanui Schoolhouse —Wednesday, 3rd September, at 7.30. South Rakaia, Town Hall—Thursday, 4th September, at 7.30. Dunsandel, Schoolhouse —Friday, sth September at 7.30. Chertsey, Schoolhouse—Monday, Bth September, at 7.30. Seafield, Schoolhouse —Tuesday, 9th September, at 7.30. Waterton, Schoolhouse —Wednesday, 10th September, at 7.30. Willowby, Schoolhouse—Thursday, 11th September, at 7.30. 348 a Glentunnel—Friday, 12th September, at 7.30. Public Notices THE ASHBURTON HERALD And Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) ASHBURTON, WAKANUI, AND SEA FIELD “ HERALD ” DELIVERY. SUBSCRIBERS to The Ashburton Herald, residing at and between the above places will, in future, be supplied by the Boy, at their residences, every Tues day and Friday. GREENSTREET, WESTERFIELD, UPPER ASHBURTON, AND MOUNT SOMERS. Subscribers residing in the above dis tricts will be supplied by Cookson’s coach. Orders received by Messrs. Tisch and R. Morgan. ITew Subscribers will please forward their names to any of tho Agents, or our Office, as early as possible. Subscription : By post or Boy, Ss. Gd. per quarter ; in advance, 7s. Gd. per quarter ; or 28s. per annum. The Ashburton Herald Avill contain all the latest telegraphic and other news, grain and produce market reports, and particu lar attention will be paid to the wants of settlors. All notices referring to the Borough Council, County Council, and the Road Boards, will be found in the Herald. Agencies where The Herald can bo obtained : Wakanui School Wakanui Creek.. Seafield... ~ Newlands Spread Eagle ... Mount Somers Mr. Ginney G. Leadley Mr. Atkinson T. M. Jones Ed Watkins Mr. Tisch R. Morgan. The Agents will supply primed forms for new subscribers to sign. SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 v UtCHOOL Books, Bags, Etc.—H. IvJ L 3 JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 17 3 a WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est And neatest CARDS may bt> had at the ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Street North.



Auction Sales. SATURDAY' NEXT, Gtii Instant, AT OUR HORSE BAZAAR. ESSRS. ACL AND, CAMPBELL & CO., have received instructions from Mr. W. H. Smith to sell by Public Auction the well-known Clydesdale Horse, PRETENDER. Sale to commence at 1 o’clock sharp. For full particulars apply to ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO., 3G9a Auctioneers. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, BAZAAR, BURNETT STREET. ESSRS ACLAND, CAMPBELL and Co. have been instructed by the owner to sell by public auction, on Saturday, September Gth, at the Bazaar, the following Valuable Live and Dead Stock : 1 b.g., “ Captain ” 1 b.m., “ Maggie.” 1 bay g. “Prince” lbaym. “ Gipsy.’. 1 ~ “Charlie” 1 ch. m. “ Nellie.” 1 ~ “ Jack ” 1 roan Pony. All the above horses can be recommended as being staunch and sound. AiLSOj — Drays, Ploughs, 1 Spring Cart, Har ness, Tanks, Tarpaulins (new), 1 Tent, 1 Cow, Goats, Fowls, Har ness, &c., &c. Sale to commence at 1 sliarp>. ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO., a Auctioneers UNDER BILL OF SALE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. "ESSRS. ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO., have received instructions to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, THE LEASE OF A SNUG FARM, Situated ONE MILE FROM TINWALD, Being part of R.S. 16716. and containing L2O Acres, at a low rental, the highest not reing more than 10s. per acre. Five Acres in Wheat, the balance well laid lown in English Grass, with permanent running stream through property ; well :enced and subdivided, with house and stable. LIVE STOCK, &c. 1 grey colt, “Prince” 1 chestnut gelding, “Punch” L bay mare, “Jess ” lbaymare, “Nell” 1 brown Plack Sow and Pigs. 1 Dray, 1 Tip Cart, Double and Single Furrow Ploughs, 1 Scoop, Shaft and Leading Harness, Tools, Swingletrees, Sundries, Etc., Etc. Sale to take place on the farm. For full particulars apply to ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO., r6aa Auctioneers.



LFRED HARRISON has JUST 4 RECEIVED TONS of VERY FINE CARROTS. FOR SALE, In large or small quantities. 4 ALFRED HARRISON, 349 a : Auctioneer. Business Notice. SANDO AND OLSEN’S ASSIGNED ESTATE. DEBTS clue to this Estate must be paid to Mr. G. D. Boileau, Ac countant, Saunders’ Buildings, without delay. S. SAUNDERS B. HALE | Trustees. Ashburton, 9th July, 1879. 86a notice. ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ALL Accounts due to the above estate must be paid forthwith to Mr. Doherty, or they will be sued for without further notice. By order of the Trustees, D. CARO. 927 W. BROWNE. CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ON SALE at the “ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence. Neatly Bound in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the hands of every Tradesman. IN BANKRUPTCY. J^TOTICE —The “ Ashburton Herald” is a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. 60 TIT ANTED Known, that FIFTEEN Y y Words are inserted in this Column for ONE SHILLING; if booked, Scale Charge. ipUST ARRIVED Young Ladies’ Journal, London Journal, Family Herald, and Bow Bells, at 11. M. Jones’ Baring Square.



Auction Sales, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th. Mr. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY will sell At his Rooms, Saunders’ Buildings, ON SATURDAY NEXT, 1 Treadle Sowing Machine (complete) in first-class working order 2 Iron Bedsteads (complete) 3 first-class Stretchers 3 Mattrasses 1 Pillow 3 Chairs Lot of Cart Harness (new) 1 Oval Table A few Tools Lot of Sundries Sale at 1 o’clock sharp. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY has for Sale some VALUABLE TOWN SECTIONS in Ashburton and Tinwald ; also, some Farms to Let and for Sale. also, — 1 Good Double-seated BUGGY 1 ~ Single-seated ~ J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, 195 a Auctioneer, &c. Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED having COM. PLETED cheir KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal t< any made in the Colony, at any Station; up or down. Samples to be seen at the Company'* Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, and V inslow. W. MONTGOMERY & CO [Limited] 7 Public Notice. IN THE MATTER OF A BILL INTITULED AN ACT to Enable the Ashburton County Council to Supply the Rate payers of that Part op the County of Ashburton between the Ash burton and Rakaia Rivers with Water. "VT OTICE is hereby given, that application is intended to be made at the next session of the General Assembly of New Zealand, to introduce a Bill to enable the Ashburton County Council to supply the ratepayers and residents of that part of the County of Ashburton be tween Ashburton and Rakaia Rivers with wa ter, for Domestic, Agricultural, and Pastoral purposes and for such purposes to take water from the said rivers to the extent of one half the volume thereof or from the tributary of the Ashburton River, known as “ Pudding Hill Stream,” to the ex tent of three-fourths of the volume thereof, and to purchase and hold all lands necessary for such purposes, and to make and construct all the necessary works, and borrow the necessary money to enable the said County Council to do so, and making provision for the payment of the interest upon any loans and providing a sinking fund for the payment of the principal money. /Iso defining the boundaries of any district within or in respect of which any water supply is to be provided. Also empowering the Council to enter upon any land within any district for the purpose of making the necessary surveys. Also enabling the Council to obtain the con sent of the ratepayers within any district and defining the mode by which such consent is to be obtained. Also enabling the Council to provide for and regulate the supply of water to ratepayers and the charge to be paid therefor, and to make all necessary By-laws affecting such object, and to make all regulations necessary for the guidance of the Council in carrying out the provisions of the Act, and to fix penalties for the breach of any by-law or regulation, or for the wilful or malicious injury to, or trespass upon any work, or for taking or abstracting water therefrom, and for the recovery of such rates and penal ties. Notice is hereby further given, that copies of the proposed Bill may be obtained at the offices of Messrs. Garrick and Cowlishaw, Solicitors, Christchurch, and the following places : The offices of the County Council, Town of Ashburton. Road Board Office, Town of Ashburton. W. 0. WALKER, Chairman, Ashburton County Council. Garrick and Cowlishaw, Solicitors for the Bill, 344 a Christchurch.



Auction Sales. TO-MORROW, PATENT MANGLE. KNIFE MACHINE, &c., &C. Messrs. eDxMlston bros. and GUNDRY have received instruc tions to sell at the Canterbury Dining Rooms (late Anstee’s), Tailored street, without reserve, T O-M CRR OW, 4 th SEPTEMBER Excellent Patent Mangle Knife Machine Oilcloth (covering hall and 2 room) 8 pairs Blankets Mattresses, Bedding, and sundries. Sale at 12 o’clock, EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY 373-626 Auctioneers. NOTICE. BULLOCK & CO. TT7E beg to intimate that the Business YV carried on by us for the past twelve months under the style of BULLOCK & Co. Will in future be conducted under our own names as EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. C. J. EDMISTON. P. A. EDMISTON. W. H. GUNDRY. Ashburton, July 1, 1879. S2a GAS ENGINES. Messrs, edmiston bros. and GUNDRY, are Agents in Ashbur ton for CROSSLEY BROTHERS’ “ OTTO” GAS ENGINES. These Engines can be obtained from up to 16-horse power. For particulars, apply to EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £1,000,000. Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack. TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS AND OTHERS. rjpllE Undersigned have on Sale:— Fencing Wire No. 6 to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds— White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, &c., &c. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Stores of Every Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. East Street. Business Notices.



C. PERCY COX ; L AND AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 JUST ARRIVED, Albums, Desks, Workboxes, &c. H. M. JONES’ Stationer, Baring Square. 473 a



Business Notice. ORE, & GO’S. REVISED PRICE LIST. T, ~g" AVING secured Large Stocks of tlie following, we have decided to give the Public the advantage of our purchases, and beg to submit quotations as under, — FOR CASH. SUGAR. JAMS. Per dozen ... ... ... 8 o MARMALADE. s. d. Per dozen 9 o CANDLES. Sperm, per lb. per box ... o 9 Colonial „ „ ... 05 CURRANTS. Per dozen lbs. ... ... 4 6 RAISINS. Per dozen lbs 6 6 SALMON and LOBSTER. Per dozen ... ... ... 9 6 FRESH HERRINGS. s. d. Per dozen 8 o PICKLES. Per dozen ... ... 9 o OATMEAL. Per lb. per bag ... ... o 2 PATNA RICE. Per dozen lbs. ... ... 2 6 SAGO. Per lb o 5 TART FRUITS. Per dozen ... ... 8 o ORR AND CO. IMPORTERS, ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA.



Business Notices. OPEN THIS DAY. BREAD! BREAD!! BREAD!!! CONFECTIONERY and . BISCUITS.’ EDWARD TAYLOR begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and the surrounding neighborhood that he has commenced business as Plain and Fancy Bread and Biscuit Baker, and Confec tioner in Saunders’ New Buildings, and hopes by strict attention to business, and keeping a first-class article, to merit a fair share of public patronage. Confectionery and Biscuits always in stock. ONE TRIAL SOLICITED. Note the Address— TAYLOR, Bread and Biscuit Baker and Confectioner, EAST STREET, Near the Railway Station. 343 a PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL r|YHE undersigned having openod the Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills ■ ■ y Street, near the Railway Station, under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, begs to say he is destermined to keep a HOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. THOMAS CLARK, * Proprietor. 333 a ASHBURTON CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). RE-OPENING of the above commo dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board ...14s. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Beds (single), Is. fid. Private Room for Ladies. 334 a Clearing Sale ! GLASGOW HOUSE, EAST STREET. AVTN begs respectfully to . \JT thank his friends and the inhabitants of Ashburton and surround ing district for the esteemed patronage be stowed upon him during the past twelve months, and hopes to merit a continuance of the same. He desires to announce ING sale, For One Month, OF Winter Goods, At Greatly Reduced Prices, TO SUIT THE TIMES. Inspection Invited. BARGAINS ! BARGAINS! ! ! W. GAVIN, DRAPER, GLASGOW HOUSE, Montgomery’s Buildings, East Street, Ashburton. 2181 JNDUSTRY. COFFEE, Pure and Fresh Ground Daily at ORR & CO.’S. 953