MEMORANDUM.

This Evening. Meeting of the Caledonian Society at . Baldwin’s Central Hotel, at 8 o’clock. AUCTION SALES. Monday. Mr. Alfred Harrison, at his rooms at 12 neon—Books, Stationery, and Fancy Goods. Tuesday. Messrs. Jonas, Hart, and Wildie, at Alpheus Hayes’ Yards, at 11 o’clock, 150,000 feet timber, stakes, posts, &c.

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

When Mr. Macandrew made his sug gestion to Parliament of a direct steam service between England and this colony -—for it was only a suggestion, and Par liament treated it as such—the New Zealand press, though pleased with the main idea of a line of steamers running monthly direct passages, was not san guine that such a line would speedily become an accomplished fact, and cer tainly it was far from their expectations that, notwithstanding Parliament's nega tive of the whole thing for a session, the first vessel of a line, the outcome of -Mr/ Macandrew’s suggestion, should land and sail before Parliament met. But Mr. Macandrew is a courageous man, and does not sit down and mope over obstacles in the way. To those who know him, the direct line, when first proposed by him appeared just the sort of scheme he would not rest until he had accomplished, and we were satisfied that if the hon. gentleman held office for any length of time he would manage to initiate the direct commu nication he seemed so much to desire. But few were prepared to learn that he had taken the. high-handed step of con cluding negotiations involving a large cost to the colony, and opening the scheme he set his mind upon, without first obtaining the sanction of Parlia ment. That he has made his arrange ments hurriedly is evident from the humbug with Port Chalmers. He would have large steamers, and of course they would call at Port Chalmers, but Mr. Macandrew, in his haste, has miscalculated the Port’s capabilities as a harbor, and the Stadt Haarlem has not been able to enter, so that the part of the scheme that would most commend itself to the Otagon mind must be abandoned, and the chances are that, disappointed in not seeing the large steamers of the line berthed at Port Chalmers, the bitterest opposition to the whole thing will come from Otagan Members of the House. It was feared at the outset that provincial jealousy would interfere with the success of the line, but it was not expected that clear headed Mr. Macandrew would have ar ranged for vessels with a draught beyond the bav of Port Chalmers harbor.

No one wili for a moment deny that a (direct line would be an advantage,

but it ought to be run by steamers with in the water of every port of the Colony of any note, and if this is not done,- so that these ports can be entered when occasibn requires, local jealousy will do its very utmost to obstruct the success of the undertaking. The Stadt Haar lem is a pioneer vessel, and-her failure to make the Port Chalmers bar points to the mistake of using steamers of a -ton-- nage like 3000. But there is no. abso lute necessity for the steamers to be able to take any important harbor in the colony, though it is desirable that they should—and local, jealousy apart, there is no reason in the World why the Stadt and her sisters should not'make Wellington, or any other safe harbor their only port of call. But while five or six ports are included in the list of call points, and several of these are unable to admit the steamers, it stands to reason that smaller vessels must be used if the ports are to be entered—if the steamers used are not to be of smaller size, then the ports they visit must be limited to those only with water sufficient for their accommodation.

The R.M.—Mr. A. Le Grand Campbell held his last sitting in Ashburton yester day. A farewell dinner is spoken of, which, should it take place, will doubtless be well attended, for, whatever Mr. Camp bell may be as a magistrate, as a man he is one of the most genial-hearted that ever breathed, and his kind nature has made him exceedingly well liked.

Caledonian Society.— Wc would re mind members of the Caledonian Society meeting to-night in Baldwin’s Central Hotel.

Auction Sale of Books, &c. We are requested to remind our readers of Mr. Alfred Harrison’s auction sale of books, stationery, Ac., which takes place at his rooms, Baring Square, on Monday next, at 12 o’clock. Business men re quiring office stationery and the like will have an opportunity of replenishing their stock ; whilst managers of Sunday schools and others desirous of obtaining a supply of pure literature, will find their wants met in the list of books Mi-. Harrison ad vertises in our third page.

The Seat for Coleridge. —Mr. Wason’s resignation of his seat in the House of Representatives for the Coleridge district is gazetted.

Ashburton Pupil Teachers. From the tables appended to the reports by the examiners, submitted to the Board of Education, we learn that the Ashburton pupil teachers made a creditable appear ance during their recent visit to Christ church for examination. In the first year’s , pupil teachers’ list, Miss Kate McDonnell stands fourteenth in the order of merit out of a list of 38, gaining that position with 420 marks out of a possible 650. Her best subject was arithmetic, for which out of 100 marks: she gained 90. There are no second year teachers at Ash burton, and the next in order is Mr. Fred. Wake, a third year’s man. Out of a pos sible 750 marks he gained the highest number secured in his class—s9s. He shows well in arithmetic—94 out of 100 ; but in writing he gains 48 marks out of 50 possible ; the same for English history ; 85 for geography out of 100 ; and 70 out of 100 for school management—altogether a creditable examination. The Misses Hen derson are both fourth year students, and have passed good examinations of a “ stiffer” character of course than those set for three years’ teachers. Miss C. K. Henderson gained 509 marks out of a pos sible 800 ; and Miss Alice, 445. Commercial. —Yesterday the “Lyttel ton Times ” hinted at the embavassment of Mr. J. L. Wilson, grain merchant, of Christchurch. To-day the.-• Times” with draws its statements as incdrrect, : :.,and apologises for having made them.

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry:— ln addition to the resignation of the Christ church contingent of the above corps, the band and Hangiora contingents have, also forwarded their resignations to the officer commanding the district. A telegram has been received from Ashburton, saying that contingent will resign to a man, and the resignation of the Ellesmere contin gent is also expected to arrive daily.— “ Times.” The Demand for Single Girls. —The Immigration authorities in Dunedin are constantly receiving applications for the employment of single girls, and as soon as a ship arrives the depot is at once rushed. The Westland, which may shortly be expected, has no less than 82 single women on board, and these should satisfy the market for a time at least. Financial. —ln Dunedin financial circles there is a feeling that to restore confidence a loan is absolutely recessary.

The Bank of New' Zealand.— An Auckland telegi-am of yesterday says : In the case of Woolcoclc v. Butt, heard at the Supreme Court, plaintiff claimed £IOOO damages for breach of agreement by the Bank of New Zealand, which agreed to give him cash and credit with the Bank of California to £IOO on a timber speculation. £SO damages were aivarded. In the case of Issac Mills Lowen v. the Bank of New Zealand, plaintiff claimed £1341 for money paid on behalf of the Bank, with interest. Judgment was given for £1340 and costs. Copper.— A discovery of copper ore, of “unlimited quantity,” near Masterton, is reported. It is said that two settlers, who spent their Easter holiday on the ranges, made the discovery, and steps w r ill be taken to have the ore tested. Middle Island Native Lands Commis sion.—The Middle Island Native . Land Purchases Commission will sit in Christ church on April 28, and afterwards in Dunedin and other places. Mr Commissioner Kemp, who made the original purchases, will be examined amongst the other witnesses.

Very Like a Whale.” —A Mar ton bankrupt name W. Whale, jun , appeared before his creditors in an advanced state of intoxication, and gave such defiant and unsatisfactory answers to the questions put to him that the trustee was requested to take what steps he could to punish the man. This is hardly fair. A Whale must be expected to “ drink like a fish.”

THE MAN IN BLACK.

“ I know the man that must hear me, To him my tale I teach '"—Coleridge

I am under the impression that it was Franklin, but,, to be absolutely beyond the implication of suggcstio falsi (which, in the plainest Anglo-Saxon, means something like audacious lying) I .will only venture to say; that someone, in writing Hints to travellers, made a pro minent axiom of the following:—“Be prepared with a little money in your pocket. You will find it useful.” 1 am not going to call in question the insinuated advantages derivable from an intimacy with our circulating medium —-in fact, I readily admit that licensed wittlers,' women, absolution,'' and many ■other sweets of this existence, are all more or less influenced by a solid offering in the standard currency, but I wish to remark, promiscuous like, that some travellers find it inconvenient — “ not to put too fine a point upon it ” —to provide themselves with this trifling accompaniment. I remember some ten years ago, away on the West Coast, when we had times painfully similar to those which now shade our island roost, I entered one of those odoriferous restaurants, peculiar to the locality, where bloated blue-bottles slept contentedly through the long summer days on ceiling, walls, and floor, only waking at intervals to dodge round the knife and fork of a bon-vivant coal-heaver, or to plunge headlong into the seething soup, and thence find a resting place' in the interior of some miner. I took a seat by one of the half dozen grimy tables which garnished the room, and my order being executed I proceeded deliberately—and a man is deliberate in eating one of his last shil lings—to get outside the oleaginous pork and cabbage and lonely potato put before me. Other men came in intent on the same deglutitionary business, but none interested me until a tall spare man twok the seat opposite mine, drew his ragged coat-sleeve across his capacious mouth, in that peculiar crapu lence which I have only noticed in . a weak man about to kiss, and a strong man about to feed—and from the be thumbed bill of fare, ordered a dish similar to that in which I was regaling myself. He ate voraciously of the plain fare, and all finished, beckoned the host to him with apparent hesitancy, and signified in explicit but respectful language, that, impelled by hunger, he had consumed a meal for which he had not the wherewithal to pay. The host, probably embittered by previous freaks of the same description, rushed from the room and in a few minutes returned with a revolver which he pointed at the delinquent and demanded immediate payment. The man looked at him for a moment with abject fear, then as he more fully comprehended the nature of the instrument held close to his head, he exclaimed with evident relief, “ Only a revolver? Why, hang it, I thought it was a stomach pump.”

My readers will have heard sufficient of Temperance Alliances to satisfy them for some time. Mr. Fox about ex hausted the subject in his entertaining address last week, and it may appear as unsedmly presumption on my part to make a suggestion to the eloquent pump-orator; but Ido think that the great water-party he proposes forming at Wellington, to deluge the Govern ment with motions and petitions, might also-.ensure-some stringent legislation making the oc'casionaLoutward applica tion of water compulsory. The subject is too delicate for my unscholared ' pen, but I think soap might be introduced hand in hand with water, and compul sory -cleanliness lee. -advocated. .concur rently with compulsory sobriety. The cultivation of barley (except for barley water) should be made a penal offence, and the manufacture of beer be attacked with bitter hostility; soda should be restricted to washing pur poses, and the sober orange should never be contaminated by association with dissolute bitters. Rum-shrub, Old Tom, gin-sling, brandy-cocktail, sherry-cobbler, toddy, London stout, and all the other abominations which are hastening millions to the sulphurous hereafter should be stamped out of our trade lists ; but, as humanity must run a certain risk, I would respectfully state that scientific men are of opinion that a well-soaped man is less combustible than an olfactory offender.

When I was a very small boy, before I was weighed down with the responsi bility of fixing my own suspenders, or was forced into the trammels of pantaloons, I frequently amused myself by writing sermons. My theology was not perhaps of the soundest; and, as most of my texts were taken from an early edition of Jack and the Bean stalk,” or “ Aunt Louisa’s Nursery Rhymes,” Scriptural references were a little vague, and not very plentiful. This strange taste left me soon after I had weekly opportunities of enjoying the ministrations of our village priest, and I have not since dogmatised; but I should now like permission to say a few serious words on matters spiritual— alcoholic 1 A minister of religion has publicly defended the temperate use of alcoholic drinks—has told us that their use is permissible. I suppose he must mean that their use is edifying towards good works, glorifying to God, and alto gether consistent with Christian practice. Who shall point out the beautifully defined line where temperance ends, and excess begins? On Easter Sunday some of us that are incapable of believing in the orthodox grave dug by the highly pious Court ol 156? were

not over delidately informed that our ordinary thermometer would hardly register the prevailing temperature of the abode we were all irrevocably con-; demned to. I suppose that abler minds than mine have reasoned the very grave subject out; but so long as men who set a stumbling-block in their weaker brothers’ way, by moderate tippling, look sanguinely for a favorable elevation, I shall not despair of a lenient Judge, dealing at least with no more than human severity with a poor mortal who petitions with the same fervency towards the West and South and North, as towards the sacred East.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

The Home Wool Market.

London, April 17.

Wool auctions commence onthe 6th May. Arrivals to date, 250,060 bales; total, probably 330,000. The number to be offered will be restricted to 300,000.

Melbourne, April 19 Sailed—Claud Hamilton.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Saturday.

The barques Bonita and Aberdeen will, in all probability, be engaged to assist in raising the Taupo. If negotia tions for a charter are successful they will be sent to Tauranga immediately. An action has been commenced by the Improvement Commissioners in the Supreme Court to upset the reserve made for the Auckland Grammar School on the ground of encroaching on their property. The writ has been served upon the secretary of the Gram mar School Board. It declares that the reserve was not made in accordance with a resolution to that effect by the Provincial Council, and, therefore, is bad at law.

Wellington, Saturday. The Hinemoa, with the Governor and party on board, is just leaving the wharf (9.29).

Opunake, Saturday.

Mr. Mackay had two days’ talk with Te Whiti. Te Whiti says he is a man of peace : he will have no fighting. His weapon is the tongue, not the sword; but he sticks up for the right of his action, and his words are divinely inspired. Mr. Mackay proposed a commission to hear and determine all disputed claims. Te Whiti several times tried to interrupt Mr. Mackay. A chief named Tohio made a bounce able speech against the Government. The korero is still proceeding.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

[By Submarine Cable.] London, April 17. Lord Derby has seceded from the Conservative party. April 18. The Times pronounces Sir Brian O’Loughlen’s Gazette notice re the Atgus as extraordinary. The Oriental Bank meeting adopted the report unanimously, and the action of the Directors was approved. St. Petersburg, April 17.

The name of the would-be assassin of the Emperor of Russia is ascertained to be Betrim Soleriff a schoolmaster. The Emperor, in replying to the con gratulations of the people, announced that extraordinary repressive measures had been taken to prevent a recurrence of the offence.

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, April 18, Sailed —Hero, for Auckland, Sydney, April 18.

Flour, jQ r 1 ; wheat, 4s ; New Zea land wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 6d; oats, 3s 6d to 3s 9d.

A PLUCKY ACT.

One, of the pluckiest acts we (Horsham Times) have heard of for some time was performed on th,e 15th March by a little boy 12 years of age, son of Mr. Charles Smith, of Horsham. The youngster was out rabbiting, arid having run, as he thought, a rabbit to earth, put Iris hand in the whole in which he supposed the animal to be, and immediately received a severe bite from a snake on the finger of the left hand. Having satisfied himself that the bite was from a snake, the youngster, who had a small and by no means sharp tomahawk with him, deliberately placed his finger in the sand and hacked it off after several strokes by the first joint. He then tore a piece off his shirt, and bound up his hand in profes sional style, using a bit of stick by way of torniquet, and, being some three miles from Horsham, made the best of his way into town, when, without call ing upon his parents, he sought the service of Dr Davidson, who speedily improved upon the amateur surgery he was called upon to inspect. During the second operation the little fellow never flinched, and is, we are happy to to say, progressing very well.. It seems he learnt the trick of bandaging in such cases from lessons given by Mr. Trevan at the State school, but it may be considered doubtful whether such rough and ready surgery was inculcated" at the same establishment. At any rate, whatever harm and inconvenience the youngster has sustained from the loss, of his finger, it is gratifying to know that the snake-bite produced no ill-effects.

CONFEDATION OF THE COLONIES.

The tc Pall Mall Gazette” thus refers to the question of confederation : “If the confederation of the Australian Colonies is not brought about in our time, it will not be for want of constant discussion. Mr. Alderman M'Arthur, who is taking a tour through Australia, has again spoken on the subject at Sydney,. and expressed his regret that ‘ the communities of Australia, which were ethnologically and physically one, should be divided into separate govern ments, and not confined into one mag nificent dominion.’ It is certainly very absurd that hostile tariffs, breaks of gauge, and internal jealousies should divide those colonies. But, as Sir John Robertson truly pointed out, the exist ing divisions are entirely the work of the Imperial Government, which did its best to split up the continent without maintaining any central authority—an authority which might have been made perfectly compatible with the free plajr of the particular colonies. From the Imperial Government, therefore, as it seems to us, ought' to come a proposal for the remedy of this initial mistake. Of course ilpvould be impossible to ar range all the details at once, but circum stances just at present favor an attempt in this direction. The speech of Sir Hercules Robinson at Albury some time ago, and more recently that of Sir George Bowen on taking leave of Vic toria seem to show that the idea has not been To force such a pro ject would, of course be a grave mis take ; but many opportunities will arise for favoring the efforts of those who', are working in this direction in private, and these ought not to.be neglected, if only that amends may be made for previous indifference.” "...

FATAL ANTIDOTE.

Mr. Carttar held an inquest at the Shakespeare Tavern, Woolwich, re cently, relative to the, death of Edward aged 24, a'chemist’s assistant Mr. F. T. Atkins, chemist, of Aowis street, Woolwich, said the deceased had been in his employrnentonly one day, and appeared to be a very respectable young , man. On; Thursday afternoon, soon after returning from an hour’s walk, he appeared confused, and, after several times leaving the shop, he exhibited signs of decided intoxication. Witness induced him to sit down in an adjourning room, where he went to sleep until seven o’clock, and then went upstairs to his bedroom. At half past nine a man was sent up to see if he wanted anything, and found him dead. Mr. Atkins, surgeon, son of the last witness, said he saw the deceased almost as soon as he was discovered, and considered that he had been dead about an hour. He was lying upon his bed, and at the foot were placed a bottle containing brandy. His lips smelt of prussic acid, but the features did not indicate a violent death, and the position of the bottles, properly corked, was inconsistent with the supposition that a suicidal dose had been taken. It was well known among chemists’ assistants that-prussic acid in small doses was an antidote for drunken ness, but it was a most dangerous remedy. Four or five drops or minims were as large a dose as could be taken with safety, but there was ho measure in the room, and deceased had pro bably taken about 20 drops, which would cause death in somewhat under half-an-hour.. The bottle containing the acid did not come out of the shop, and the deceased probably .brought it with him. Mr. W. H. Kebble, land lord of the Castle Inn, Woolwich, said that the deceased purchased a quartern of brandy of him on Thursday after noon, and it was contained in one of the bottles produced. Sergeant Brenchly, the coroner’s officer, said that another bottle containing brandy was found in the bedroom. The deceased was not in needy circum stances, for he had in his pockets, and'a;watch and chain, .and his parents were in good circumstances at Spalding, in Lincolnshire. The jury returned a verdict of, “ Death; from an overdose of prussic acid.” "* ’' ' \ ; j

Jack Ashore. —The man-of-war’s men of the Emerald, lying at Wellington went in for a lark some days ago., i Early in the morning their spirits found vent in various pranks and practical jokes. After secur ing a butcher’s cart, some of them seized the shafts and. proceeded to drag others of their comrades through the streets in a kind of triumphal progress. they assembled round the figure of a sailor ex hibited outside a tobacconist’s shop and held a kind of lcSvfee, presenting each othefr , to the wooden mariner aforesaid wr2*F much gravity and mock ceremony. Oik of the men fell from the . cart and re ceived a cut on the head. He was subse quently taken, into custody on a charge of desertion when he resisted the constable, and received another wound on the fore head, either Rom the constable’s trun cheon or from a fall. *

An 111-Tempered Man. —The Man awatu Herald has the following :—Mr. Patrick Kelly appeared at the R.M. Court on Wednesday last as plaintiff. When the case was called on he got into the witness-box, and directly the defendant disputed a few items, Mr. Kelly at once said, ‘‘Well, strike them out. I only want my money. ” Turning to the Court, he said, “ Your Honor, this is the first time in my life I entered a Court; in fact, lam not fit to‘ speak to gentlemen, because I fly into a passion' directly a 1 mail says a crooked word to. me.”

Saturday,'April 19, 1897.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD



Clothing Establishment. ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. MESSRS. JJ ALLEN STEIN JgROS. Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH of the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. IS NOW OPEN IN THE NEW BRICK BUILDING ASHBURTON, (Next Bullock & Co.’s Rooms) To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article they have decided to sell a SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE. All goods are marked in plain figures, for net cash only. Any article purchased and not approved of will he exchanged with the same courtesy with which it was sold, or, if desired, the money will he returned. The Success which has attended the New Zealand Clothing Fac tory’s Retail Branches in Auck land, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and other towns, leads • the Proprietors to believe that there exists a praiseworthy desire on the part of the public to .. -.encourage New Zealand Indus tries, especially where superior advantages are offered, and your support is solicited on this understanding only. WILLIAM SPARROW, •' ■' "• Manager 467 u Ashburton Branch.



Chemists. HERBAL MEDICINES. PERSONS suffering from liver com plaints, coughs, colds, worms, skin diseases, &c., are invited to try Nature’s cheap and universal remedy, “HERBS.” James Neil, importer of Herbs, and Bo tanic medicines, George street, Dunedin, has appointed j MR. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, j Chemist, Ashburton, Agent for his highly-extolled medicines, Composition Powder for colds, Dandelion Coffee and Dandelion Pills for liver com-! plaints, Headache Pills, Botanic Cough Syrup ~ Worm Powders „ Stomach Bitters ~ Blood Purifier, &c. Roots, Herbs, Barks, &c. of every kind. 370 CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE IS acknowledged to be the most agreeable and efficacious Tonic Stomachic yet pro . duced. It contains the valuable Tonic proper ties ofPeruvianßark (“ Quinine”) with the Stomachic properties of the Bitter Seville Orange, so combined as not to be objec tionable to the most delicate invalid; and, as a “BETTERS,” is far superior to all other preparations. Invaluable to all suffering from loss of appetite, indigestion, general debility, ner vous affections, tic, ague, and derange ment of the system. Wien the stomach lias become enfeebled or disarranged by disease,' excess, or irregularities, or the appetite is impaired by mental or bodily exertion, or from any cause whatever, it gives a regularity and tone which is not. obtained by any other medicine. One, two, or three wine-glass fuls may be taken during the day by persons suffering from the above com plaints, with the greatest benefit. It is highly recommended by the medical pro- '\ fession to be taken whenever k Cod Liver j Oil is ordered. By pouring the required., dose of the oil into half a wine-glass of the “ Orange Quinine Wine ” scarcely a flavour of the oil is tasted, and the wine materially assists the oil in its beneficial operations. Price, 4s. 6d. per wine bottle, and sent (carriage free) in cases containing one dozen, at 48s. Sold retail by all Chemists, and manufactured by J. M. CAMBRIDGE, MEDICAL HALL ASHBURTON. 360 Business Notices. EOEGE L L E N ACCOUNTANT, COLLECTOR, HOUSE, LAND, f AND COMMISSION AGENT, \ Saunders’ New Buildings, Ashburton. 466



Business Notices. A N' TED N 0 W N ESPECIALLY, THAT T. R. HODDER & COMPANY HAVE OPENED THIS DAY A Large Assortment of MELBOURNE CLOTHING, Made expressly to order for Ashburton. 57 SUITS, Superior Quality and Style. 24 OVERCOATS AND ULSiERS. 12 LATEST STYLE COATS. 50 PAIRS TROUSERS AND VESTS, Latest Style. ALSO, 26 CASES AND BALES (Ex Coriolanus) of WINTER DRAPERY and CLOTHING, Dress Stuffs, Blankets, Flannels, Scotch Goods, Calicoes, Sheetings, Doeskin!!, Hosiery, Carpets, Shirts, &c. &c., - &., Expected to be opened in a few days. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY, East Street, Ashburton-. 685



NOTICE OF REMOVAL. ' HM. JONES begs to inform his . friends and the public generally, that after the 24th inst. he will be found at his NEW PREMISES, BARING SQUARE, (Next Post Office). Stationery, Books, Toys, Fancy Goods, Music, &c. 397 New Advertisements. GENERAL ELECTION. DIOCESAN SYNOD. DISTRICT OF LONGBEACH WITH MOUNT SOMERS. I JOHN GRIGG, Returning Officer. j for the electoral district of Long beach with Mount Somers, do hereby give notice that I have fixed MONDAY, April 28, 1879, for the nomination of candidates for the aforesaid district. All nominations of candidates must be in writing, and be delivered or left at my house before four o’clock p.m. on that day. JOHN GRIGG, 677 Longbeaeh.; NOTICE. ANY persons found trespassing in pur suit of game on the Longbeaeh property will be prosecuted. It is hereby notified that the whole of the land in the Ashburton River bed is freehold. : [ 678 JOHN GRIGG.



Special Notice. Hooper, aitken and co. are prepared to make CASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE C PERCY COX, LAND & ESTATE AG ENT & VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. TO LET OR SELL -680 Acres first-class land (limestone) with good house, large stables, woolshed, sheep-yards, granaries, etc., etc., com plete ; very convenient. 320 Acres reserve, first-class land, part sub-let, sufficient to cover the whole of Government rent, etc., leaving upwards of 200 acres rent free for 2 years. Low price wanted for goodwill of lease, or would be let to a suitable tenant. 2,600 Acres ring-fenced, to be let in one block for grazing, or in blocks to suit purchasers for cropping, with or with out purchasing clause. Town and Suburban Sections to sell or let in Ashburton and Hindhope. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY. Agent for Union Insurance Company of New Zealand. 717 T)RIMITIVE METHODIST ■ | CHURCH, Wills Street.—Ser vice will be conducted To-morrow —Morn- ing and Evening. 714 ESLEYAN CHURCH, Cameron Street. —The Rev. W. Keall will preach To-morrow —Morning and Even ing 715 T)RESBYTEPJAN CHURCH. The 8~ Rev. Wm. Douglas, of Akaroa, will preach in the above Church To-morrow Morning at 11 o'clock, and in the Evening at 6.45 ; also at Waterton at 3 p.m. 716