COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN REPORT.

Mr. J. L. Wilson reports as follows: wheat per bushel, 3s. to 3s. 4c1., market firm, with upward tendency ; oats (feed), 2s. Bd. to 2s. lOd., rather dull; barley ss. to 65., selling freely ; beans, 45.; flour per ton, £8 to _£9 ready market; potatoes, nothing doing, £3 per ton ; onions, £lO ; grass seed, no market.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close is follows :

For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a. m. \ 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. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, 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, Waterton, and Longbeach,, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, every Monday and Thursday, at 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE

A travelling Post Office having been estab lished 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.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1879.

When Sir George Grey went round the colony last year, he honored Ash burton with a visit, and electrified the people with his eloquence. It will be remembered that in the old Library Hall he spoke of the electoral reforms he desired to introduce, and referred to the many thousands of men in the colony whom his Reform Bill would add to the electoral rolls. We should certainly be exceedingly glad to see every man, capable of exercising the franchise deserving of the honor of being a votei, and occupying a line on the voters’ roll of his district. But we feel certain that the 70,000 names Sir George Grey calculated upon putting on the rolls will dwindle down to a very small number unless he can devise a means of putting those names on the voters’ lists without requiring the voters themselves to enter claims for the fran chise. A very liberal proportion of the population are at this moment entitled under the law to a vote in the elections of members for the House of Represen tatives, but it is astonishing how few of those actually on the electoral rolls care, or at least make any effort, to record their votes —the privilege of the ballot and the labors of the electioneering agents notwithstanding; and how many, possessing the needful qualifications, allow the day of registration grace to pass witnout sending in their claims. We are thoroughly assured that were some means adopted whereby all en titled to a vote would be placed upon the roll without going through the for mula of claiming their right, the rolls of the country would register an extraor dinary increase. We do not, under present circumstances, advocate any such system, for if a vote is not worth claiming within the proper time —and ample time is now given—it is not worth having, and the negligent one is not worthy of the honor We make these remarks with the object of again calling the attention of those who are entitled to votes and have not sent in their claims, that the registrations must be made by the 31st March, and that those who desire to register—-a desire which every good colonist ought to have —must go through the necessary form as soon as possible. Blank schedules may be had at our office lor the simple asking, and, filled up and attested by a vsffer, must be lodged with the Clerk of the Magistrates Court, as we said before, by the 31st of March.. With all the jogging given by the Press to the memories of qualified settlers, advantage is not taken of the registra tion time; and when an election comes on suddenly—aye, even with five years’ knowledge that the House must dis solve at the end of a certain future time in the natural course of events — men will be found hovering round the

polling booth mourning their. own apathy in that they dilly-dallied till the time had gone by when they might have placed their names upon the roll like other people, and thus been able to give substantial help to the candidate they favored, and real opposition to the one they opposed. Affairs point now to an almost inevitable dissolution of-Parliament this year. There are questions of-great im portance to be decided —such, for in stance, as decided the elections of Nelson and Auckland, —and it would be well that men who care anything at all for the colony’s good guidance, should- be prepared to take their part in the decision of those questions, by being in a position to give their votes to those whose opinions on the ques tions of the day are at one with their own.

A correspondent, in another column, suggests a very feasible means of pro viding a fund, available at all times, for those"left helpless and destitute, or even only poor, by such accidents as the Kaitangata explosion. A life and limb assurance fund contributed by a penny or twopenny tax on every ton of coal raised and imported, would indeed lie a novel way of avoiding the necessity of appealing to public and private benevolence"; but tiie idea is certainly worthy of consideration, and we com mend it to the notice of members of the House of Representatives when con sidering the question of the Regulation of Mines.

Lecture. —An .attentive and apparently interested audience assembled in the Town Hall last evening, to listen to the benefits and advantages of life assurance, as set forth by Mr. Bowron, the canvassing agent of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. His Worship the Mayor occupied the chair, and introducing the lecturer, spoke forcibly of .the necessity of heads of families especially making provision for their wives and children in case of death. The subject of life assurance it essentially a dry one, but in the hands of Mr. Bow ron, it assumed very interesting features. Commencing with a sketch of the Society’s rise and progress, the lectuerer went into detail on the practical working of the scheme, concluding with some racy anec dotes of life assurance, which had come under his own immediate notice.

Presbyterianism. —We observe from a report of yesterday’s meeting of the Christchurch Presbytery that the Presby terians at Rakaia are prepared to receive the Rev. Mr. Burnett, and also to raise a proportion of his stipend. Also, that a motion was agreed to by the Presbytery “ That the Rev. H. B. Burnett be sent to Halkett and Kimberley, to commence duty on the first Sabbath in April.” The Ashburton charge will be declared vacant on the 30th of March by the Rev. Mr. Hauxwell, and Rev. Mr. Elmslie will be Moderator of the Session. The Town Hall Acoustics. —At the lecture delivered last evening by Mr. M. Bowron, on the subject of Life Assurance, a marked improvement in the acoustic pro perties of the Town Hall was observed, the opening remarks of the Chairman (Mr. Bullock) and the address of the lecturer being distinctly heard in every part of the hall. On making enquiries as to the cause of this, we learned that Mr. Elston, the caretaker, had stretched very light wires along the hall from the stage to the gallery, and by this simple means the vibration and echo were stopped, and the words of the speakers rendered audible.

“ Crossing the Line.” —At the Court to-day, His Worship Mr. Campbell fined a man 10s. for driving his dray across the railway line when a train was approach ing. The man pleaded that, this being his first offence, he should be leniently dealt with. In reply to this His Worship said that, though the offence was accused’s first, it was not the first by many times the offence had been committed by others, and future cases would he smartly punished. Hard-up. —The “ Grey River Argus” says:—We understand that in consequence of the financial muddle of the Westland Education Board, it is the intention of some of our best teachers to resign. No salaries have been paid since the beginning of the year, and in some cases money due to teachers,, as far back as November, re main yet unpaid. This state of affairs may be unavoidable, hut we think some courtesy might have been shown to teachers by informing them when there is a pros pect of their obtaining the amounts due. Instead of this, however, we learn that letters to the secretary on the subject have not even been acknowledged. Wellington Stinks. —Wellington is not a very easy place for a stranger to find his way about in (says the writer of “ Notes ” in the “ Timaru Herald ”), for when he is once off u the Beach ” he readily loses himself among the narrow lanes, alleys, and slums into which the newer parts of the town have been cut up by speculators, and which will one day render the city all but uninhabitable. We heard of a plan of describing the where abouts of a particular house, though the other day, which is rather good. A visitor from abroad, passing through, the Empire City, asked a person whom he met in the street, where a well-known resident lived. The answer he received was something like this :—“Go on straight till you come to the next stink hut one. Then turn to your left, and keep on that side of the road seventeen stinks, when you wjlj find another turning. Cross over there, and your friend’s house i 3 just beyond the eighth Mink on the right hand side. It has an open drain and a dead dog in front of it. You can’t misi? it. The slops of the whole sfcroet meet just there, The visitor sent his card by post, and got on hoard his steamer as fast as possible. The Railway “ Block” System.— -With a view to extending the block system to all the important points of the railway lines as soon as possible, 50 sets of instru ments, possessing all the latest improve ments for train signalling purposes, have been ordered from England. Instructions have been given to forward the instrm meats without delay.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

AN “ EXPLOSION” TAX.

To the Editor of The Ashburton Herald

Sis,— I The profiters by, and the users of, the coal raised in and imported into New Zealand, ought, I think, to bear the burden of supporting the widows and orphans of men killed in colliery explo sions. This, of course, is only my opinion, and may be taken for what it is worth. The people of New Zealand do not neces sarily hold this opinion because they are now digging deeply into their pockets in aid of the bereaved by the Kaitangata dis aster. The subscriptions may be made from motives of pure humanity—let us be thankful that we live amongst people with the kindness of heart New Zealand colonists possess, never backward with their help when humanity calls—but I hold that men working for the colony’s good at so dangerous work as coal-mining, and under the especially dangerous cir cumstances shown by the Coroner’s inquest at Kaitangata, ought to have special pro vision .made for them. Would it be an un fair thing to place an “ Explosion Tax ” of say Id, 2d, or 3d per ton—according to insurance calculations, perhaps upon every ton of coal brought to bank in New Zealand ; and, to give native coalmasters a fair chance against foreigners, a similar tax upon coal imported from colonies and countries where no such tax is imposed 1 Were such an impost upon the coal raised and imported ; carefully funded for the use of sufferers by explosions in this colony ; and fairly dispensed when oc casion required, it would not be neccessary to appeal to public benevolence when an accident occurred and ,we have no guarantee that accidents will not be frequent occurrences, now that we see what can be done in that way by the colony’s mines. I would not be one to limit nor in any,way check public benevol ence, but men would work with more lightness of heart if they knew for certain that, out of a fund’provided in some such manner as this (on the principle inculcated by the sage who forbade muzzling the ox that trod out the corn) Government would indemnify their widows and orphans for their own martyrdom to the dangerous calling they are following. Kilt.

TO-DAY'S COURT.

Before A. Le Grand Campbell, Esq., R.M. CATTLE TRESPASS. J. F. Butler, J. M. Smith, Wm. Innes, and Joseph Holborough were fined in various amounts for allowing cattle to stray on the roads. CROSSING, THE LINE. Angus Rutherford was fined 10s. for crossing the railway line with a horse and cart at a place other than a proper cross ing, and when a train was approaching. Accused had had a narrow escape from an accident. The Magistrate said that carelessness of this kind had been too frequent of late, and it was necessary that drivers of horses should be taught they could not cross the line miscellaneously without any ; attention to the crossings, and regardless of the trains. Offenders would in, future be severely dealt with. civil cases. . Pyß v. Scott.—Claim, £l3 14s 10d. Judgment for plaintiff by default. Friedlander v. Scott. —This was the case against the King'of Pain ; but owing to the summons not having been served upon the Professor, the summons was en larged to admit of the case being tried next Court day. The dispute is as to the sole agency in Ashburton for the sale of the Professor’s compound. H. Friedlander v. Seymour. Claim, £lB 11s. Judgment for plaintiff; amount to be paid within a week. Firth, Pass, & Co. v. Wyatt.—Claim, £ls 17s. Case adjourned. The Court was not occupied more than half an hour.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

Adelaide, March 13. The steamer John Elder has arrived from London with a little latex news . It is suspected that the Left Party in the French Chamber of Deputies had resolved to impeach the Broglie-Fourton Ministry before Marshal MacMahon re signed. All the Cape news are anticipated, ex cept that the Transvaal people demand their independence. It appears that the destruction of the camp at Isandala was caused by the ab sence of cavalry and mismanagement of the forces. There were 800 Europeans, and they had plenty of ammunition and artillery, and should have been entrenched when the 20,000 Zulus attacked. The natives are now agitated, and a decisive success is necessary to establish white superiority. London-, March 12.

Floods have utterly destroyed Szegedm, in Hungary. The mortality was appal ling. An orphanage was laid in ruins and the inmates buried.

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, March 12. At the Marquis of Normanby’s levee yesterday, 1,300 people were presented. Arrived —Rotorua. Sydney, March 12. The Legislative Assembly has passed a Bill imposing a poll-tax on the Chinese. The steamer Brisbane has arrived at Port Darwin with Chinese. She imports another 1,000 now on the way, to arrive in about ten days.

Landlord, nee Cook. —An exchaxige says—Mr John Brent, until recently cook at the .Red Lion Hotel, Westport, held the ticket which drew Mata in Tonks’ Dunedin Cup Sweep. Mr Brent has since purchased the Hotel, and will be enrolled in the noble army of Licensed Victuallers/’ '* H ••

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

The New Governor.

Sydney, Friday.

The Legislative Assembly last night, by 41 to 2, passed a farewell address to the Governor, expressing approval of his administration of the Government of New South Wales.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Additional European Intelligence by the San Francisco Mail.

The Zulu War.

London, February 14,

Majors-General Orewlock, Newdegate, and Marshall have been ordered to the Cape.

THE PLAGUE IN RUSSIA: Great Alarm of Continental Nations— Active Measures Taken to Prevent the Spread of the Pestilence. Vienna, January 24.

At the Conference of the International Sanitary Commissioners, at which Ger many, Austria, and Hungary were repre sented, measures were in substance adopted (as proposed by the German and Austrian delegates) to prevent the spread of the plague. The regulations relative to im ports from Russia are slightly less stringent than the programme reported provides, but the Commission resolved, in event of a spread of the epidemic, to entirely close the frontier. St. Petersburg, January 28. The plague is reported near Moscow. The Press here oppose the proposed Inter national Medical Commission, declaring that the matter concerns humanity at large. Special health commissioners are being appointed. Military pickets invest the towns affected. Russia alleges that the Austrian and German measures to prevent the spread of the disease are unne cessary, and threaten materially to cripple Russian commerce. London, January 25. Russian and German medical journals state that Eastern Europe is in a state of great alarm at the rapid progress of the plague towards North and East Russia from the Caspian Sea along the course of the River Volga. One difficulty in pre venting the spread of the plague is the want of physicians. About one-third of the Russian doctors have died either dur ing the war or from the typhoid fever which followed, and large' numbers of young students have been summoned from the hospitals and medical schools to take their places. “The Medical Journal” insists that it is important in the interest of all Europe that Russia should be pro vided with doctors, and be helped to keep down the plague. ■ ‘ The Origin of the Plague. London, February 3.

The origin of the plague is thus given : —“ A Cossack returning from the war to Withanka brought his lady a shawl, which she wore three days, and then sickened, with all the plague symptoms, and died. In the following four days the other mem bers of her family died. The disease spread rapidly, through the local authorities not paying attention to it till half the inhabi tants bad died, and the remainder were unable to bury the victims. Thereupon the epidemic assumed serious dimensions, and urgent measures had to be taken to prevent it from spreading. Strict quaran tine was established, first by towns and villages shutting off 1 streets where the plague raged from the rest of the place ; and secondly, by surrounding the villages with troops, so that nobody was allowed to pass in or out. ” The panic in Russia is almost incredible. Every class and station in life have petitioned for the entire ces sation of all intercourse, and even postal communication between the West of Russia and the Volga. Letters sent from Astrakhan and Zaritgen are not received by the persons to whom they are ad dressed, and some people even refuse to take paper money, fearing a germ of the infection might be'communicated through it. It is almost impossible to describe the terror that has taken possession of the people. Isolation of the Volga District.

The Russian Sanitary Commission pro posed to shut off the Volga line from all intercourse with Western Russia, and to permit communication only under quaran tine. Russian railway cars are not ad mitted into German territory, and the export of grain from. Poland will suffer severely from this restriction. The Roumanian Government is discussing the expediency of prohibition of the transit of Russian provisions sent to victual the Balkan army. St. Petersburg, Feb. 4.

Two regiments of Cossacks and one of Infantry are marching to reinforce the military Cordon which is a thousand miles long around the district infected by the plague. Berlin, Feb. 5. According to investigations made by the German Board of Health, the plague has existed in Astrachan since May, 1877. Even paper money in the district has been ordered to be burned.

Additional Mail Hews. Five hundred, Kent laborers and 200 other immigrants leave Plymouth for New Zealand in the steamer Stad Haai’lem, charted by the New Zealand Government. Joseph Arch has threatened to resign connection with the Agricultural Union unless its affairs are differently managed. Spurgeon visited Canada for his health. Cardinal Manning goes to Rome. The Pope congratulates him on the spread of English Catholicism. A monument is to be erected to Cob bett. The winner of the first prize in . the French Lottery, £SOOO, is a workingman. Clergymen’s salaries are being reduced owing to the depression of trade. Captain Cook of the sth Ghoorkas is re commended for the Victoria Cross, for his conduct at Peawai Kotal. At the meeting o? the creditors of the Cornish Bank, ids in the £ was accepted. Government intend to introduce to Parliament a Copyright Bill based on the recommendation of the Copyright Com mission.

The Marquis of Lome says he will press the vigorous prosecution of the Canadian- Pacific Railway.

Lieutenant Wills, assassinated by a fanatic at Cundahar died of his wounds. A Russian steamer penetrated up the Oxus„ beyond the Afghan frontier, \

Regarding the proposed lottery in aid of the shareholders in the City of Glasgow Bank, the Crown Agents warn the parties concerned that the law against lotteries will be enforced. £12,000 has been raised by subscription toward rebuilding the Birmingham Free Public Library recently burnt down. Delbecque, one of the Directors of the Mint at Bordeaux, has beeu sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for embezzling 1,400,000 f. in bullion, lodged by Roths child. He subtsituted. copper bar for the bullion embezzled.

INTERPROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

The Native Meeting at Te Kuiti. New Plymouth, Friday. The Herald hears that Rewi, with 500 followers besides his usual retinue, was to leave Taupo this afternoon for Te Kuiti, where the meeting is to be held "oil the 21st. After the,meeting Rewi'. will come direct on to Mokau, to be in readiness for the Waitara meeting, which it is supposed will take place about the middle of April. The natives are passing through the town in large numbers on their way to Pau haka, where one of the largest meetings yet held there is expepted to take place. Natives from all parts of the colony will he present. Te Whiti has announced that Christ will appear at the meeting, and the natives are anxious to see if his words are verified.

Auckland,. Friday. Mr. Reader Wood returned-by the mail steamer City of New York. 2,6560z5. of gold have been shipped to Sydney by the Bank of New Zealand. The Re v. J. J. Hill has been nominated to the incumbency of St. Matthew’s. At the inquest on the late Miss Turner, it transpired that she had purchased the laudanum or chloroform at J. P.. King’s,, chemist, and that no entry regarding the sale appeared in his books. He is to be proceeded against under- ...“ The Sale of Poisons Act.”.- ■ . f >- ■ ; ; ■.->. - - The. organ recital at St. Matthew’s / yielded £23 for the Kaitangata Relief Fund. At the meeting of the Ladies’ Benevo lent Society, the report stated, the expen diture for the year to be £424 ; balance in hand, £IOO. . Wellington, Friday. An Association telegram of 936 words of mail news entered at Auckland yester day at 11.30 a.m., was not delivered here till 9.45 p.m. Shortly after eight last night the shop )', of B. Cohen, jeweller) between “ Evening Post ” office and the Empire Hotel, was found to be found on fire. The shop had only been closed a few minutes, and there had been no fire in the place. during the day. The flames ' seemed’ coming from below the counter. The stock and fittings were a good deal scorched and damaged, but the brigades prevented the fire getting hold of the buliding. The damage done is estimated at about £2OO. Dunedin, Friday. A man named William Beath was fined £5, or in default one month’s imprison ment, for knocking the teeth down the throat of a laborer at the cemetery on Sunday last. At a cricketers’ meeting yesterday, it was resolved to invite Lord Harris and his friends to take part in a match at Dunedin in aid of the Kaitangata fundi. A resolution was carried at the Univer sity Senate yesterday to the -effect that it is undesirable that the power of con ferring degrees should be held by more than one institution in the colony. Invercargill, Friday. Hopes are entertained here tliat at least one representation troop of the Can terbury Yeomanry Cavalry will be induced to attend the Middle Island Volunteer Demonstration at Easter. No difficulty is anticipated re transport of horses.

WANGANUI RACES.

Wanganui, Friday.

Wanganui Stakes, 100 sovs., 2 miles, Pinfire, 1;, Resolution, 2 ; Expectation, 3. Rata .and Merlin also ran. Magnifi cent race between the first two, Pinfire winning by a head. Time 2min. 52secs. Ladies’ Purse, 30 sovs, welter weights for age—Merlin, 1; Grey Mourns, 2 ; Gladys 4. Another grand race the leaders being locked together all up the straight, Merlin making a final effort just opposite the stand, winning by half a head. Time 2mins. 56secs. Flying Handicap, 50 sovs. , one mile, —Otawa, • 1 ; Peep o’ Day, 2 ; Lady Ellen, 3. Won by half a length. Time Imin 48secs. Otawa made favorite for big handicap.

THE CHAMPION RIFLE BELT WINNER.

(From Wellington A' Post.) It will be gratifying to Wellingtonians in general, and our volunteers in particular, to notice that Private W. Ballinger, of the City Rifles, has carried off the Champion Rifle Belt at the New Zealand Rifle Association Meeting, at Nelson,‘with a score of 191 points. Mr.' Ballinger is a son of Mr. J. Ballinger of Waring-Taylor street, and was bom at Emerald Hill , on the Queen’s Birthday, 24th May, 1859, and he is therefore under 30 years of age. Fifteen or sixteen years ago Mr Ballinger, senior, removed with his family to Wellington, where he has since resided. Several of his sons are ardent volunteers, and William commenced his career as a volunteer when at the Te 'Aro School, He joined the Cadet Corps connected with that school, and his good conduct and efficiency in drill won for him the position of Lieutenant. Under the direction of Captain Holmes he became very proficient in the rifle, and won several district prizes, the Cadet champion Medal on one occasion nearly falling to his share. When he. left the school, about three years since, he joined the the City Rifles, and steadily advanced until he became the premier shot in the. corps, holding the medal for the highest scorer at the j annual competition.’ He has now made for himself a colonial reputation by wresting the Champion Belt from Paynter, th@ previous holder. It should be explained that though the meeting at Nelson is the first under the auspices of the New Zealand Rifle Associa tion, the Champion Belt has for several years been fired for at the meeting held to compete for colonial prizes given by the - Government. We believe that had Paynter again won it, it would have become his absolute' property. The conditions are that it must be won by the same voluuteer two years in succession, or three years at intervals. In addition to the belt Mr. Ballinger has won a considerable sum of money. • i

Blessed is he- that advertiseth, for he shall inherit much greenbax, and:men will.rise up and call him bulleeboi; for by this name do the multitudes know him. who scrabbleth toge ther greenbax—which being interpreted, mean eth spondulix.—y<w/z. Billings.

Friday, March 14, 1879.]

THE AS 11 BURTON HFRAUD



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General Stores. NEW GOODS, FRESH STOCK, JUST OPENED. SPLENDID ASSORTMENT. San do & Olsen, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, East Street, Ashburton, WHILE returning their Sincere Thanks foi the liberal support given them in the past, beg respectfully to call the attention of the public to their Well-assorted Stock of the follow ing Goods : FURNISHING IRON MONGERY OF ALL KINDS. Fenders, Fireirons. Cutlery, Plated Goods. Teapots, Cruet Stands. Butter Dishes. Tea and Coffee Sets, &c., &c. All goods sold at the very Lowest payable Prices. CARPENTERS’ TOOLS. Hay Forks, Rakes. Spades, Shovels. Ploughshares, &c.



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Special Notice. Hooper, aitken and 00. are prepai’ed to make CASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE Placed in their hands for sale in the Home Markets. *390 AUCTION SALES. Saturday, March 15. Messrs Bullock & Co , at their Roc ms, -at 2 o’clock —Pictures. Mr. Alfred Harrison, at 12 o’clock, at his Rooms, Baring Square, Produce, Merchan dise, Pony; also, under distress, Farm Im plements, Horses, etc. Messrs. Acland, Campbell ■& Co., at 12 o’clock, at the Bazaar, Burnett-street, harm Implements, Horses, Farm Section, etc.