POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the , Ashburton Post Office close 13 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. "• 't : ; For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Timvald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orafi, Winchester, and Gefaldinejat 10.20 a.m. daily. -1 j i For Temuka, Timaruq and, 1 . Sputh at 10.20 a.m. and 3 p.m daily, V W ’ ' U For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton • Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. For Ashton, Waierton, and Longbeach’, at 3.15 p.m. daily. • For Wakanui and Scafield, every Monday and Thursday, at 7.36 p.m. “ W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster. , N 0 T I C E. A travelling Post Office having been estab lished on the Southern line of railway, letters hearing a late fee of 2d. may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached to the express Irani, 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

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1879.

“The Blackbirds. - ’ This company, of which the well-known Mr. J. W. Mar shall appears to be the leading spirit, will give an entertainment in the Town Hall to-morrow evening. The programme is an excellent one.

The By-Laws. —At the Court to-day a case was adjourned until the sitting of the Resident Magistrate. It was one in which the by-laws of the j borough were concerned, and Mr.! Branson stated that he meant to question the validity of these. R.M. Business. —At the conclusion of the Court business to-day, Mr. Cox, who, with Mr. Beswick, sat on the Bench, requested the press to take notice that, in the event of the non-arrival of the new Resident Magistrate, the J. P’s. take all the cases next week „ on, the 1 roll that; involved sums under £2O, but should the R.M. be present next Court day, every case would be heard.

The Merchants’ Meeting. —To-day, the merchants’ deputation waited upon the County Council to ask that body to place the bulk of their funds at a fixed deposit in one of the banks, and to give such bank a guarantee that for a certain period the money would not be withdrawn. By this means the proposed Association hoped to be able to obtain funds from the bank for the purposes the Association had in view. The Council saw no way of assist ing the Association in the direction desired The account could not be changed from one bank to another without giving six months’ notice, and the Council were not inclined to lock up their funds for a very long period, at a time when the general depression would make employment on public works beneficial to the district, and enable the works to be carried out at a rate cheaper than they could be in more flourishing times. Should the deputation be able to prepare any practical method by which the Council could assist them in their laudable desire to tide the farmers over present difficulties, the Council would feel it its duty to give them every atten tion, and hoped the deputation would wait on them again. The Governor’s Reception. —To-day the County Council held a special meeting to consider what course it was best to follow to give the Governor a suitable re ception. All address, prepared by the Chairman, was adopted, and he along with Mr. Grigg were appointed to make arrangements, if need be, for a public lunch. It was also agreed that the Chairman make inquiries with a view to ascertaining whether the Governor cannot be prevailed upon to remain a sufficient time in Ashburton to turn the first sod of the Mount Somers railway. The Sort of Police We Want. —“ I’ve lost thirty thousand roubles,” said a very high personage to the chief of the Peters burg police. “ The notes w T ere in my pocket-book. I’d just drawn them out of the bank, and when I put my hand into the pocket of my pelisse there was nothing there.” In a couple of days a police agent calls. “ I’m sorry your excellency can’t have the pocket-book. The thief, by his own confession, destroyed it. But here is the money. The rascal had scarcely spent a dozen copeks of it.” “Clever fellows, our police,” when, a week later, he found the pocket-book, notes and all, in a pocket which, in his haste he had never searched.

Quite Too Lovely! —The following sublime paragraph is from one of the latest fashionable novels : “ With one hand he held her beautiful head above the chilling waves, and with the other called loudly for assistance. ” |

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

THE MERCHANTS’ MEETING.

To the Editor of The Ashburton Herald.

: Sir,— The meeting of yesterday, for the purpose of forming an Agricultural and Pastoral Loan Society, is worthy of more than ordinary.- notice : Firstly, because our prominent business men seem to feel the situation to be anything but blooming ; secondly, that they appear to be unani mous in agreeing upon the resolutions brought forward ; arid thirdly, because they displayed such an utter ignorance of the laws of the country in which they live that my hair stands on end at the sheer impudence of their second, . resolution, which reads as follows :

“ That a Committee, consisting of Messrs. T. Bullock, E. Saunders, Hugo Friedlander, Joseph Clark, George Jamie son, and W. H. Gundry, be appointed to interview the County Council and the various Road Boards, for the purpose of bringing before them the advisability of distributing their present credits lying in the banks, by depositing the same with the bank or banks which will advance a similar amount to the Association for the purpose of relieving the depressed state of the district.”

Now, before going any further into the question, I will quote the following clause from the Counties Act, 1876 : “ 102. All moneys to be carried to an account to be called ‘ The County Fund Account. ’ Such fund shall be applied by the Council towards the payment of all expenses incurred in carrying the Act into execution, and in doing and performing all accounts and things which the Council are, or shall be by this or any other Act, empowered or required to do or perform.” In no part of the Act can I find any power given to the Council to lend money, but their powers to borrow are of the fullest..

Of the personnel of the committee appointed, I note that Mr. Bullock is Mayor of Ashburton, and an ex-member of the County Council; Mr. E. Saunders is a borough councillor ; and Mr. Joseph Clark is a member of the Ashburton Road Board ; the other members being shrewd business men, who certainly ought to be conversant with the financial functions of public bodies. With this combination of political talent one would imagine that any resolutions passed by them would bear, at least, the stamp of legality and common sense; but I feel that one of two things must have happened to them— either that the depression in the financial state of affairs has produced a temporary softening of the brain, and hence an inability to distinguish the right of victim and tuum, or that the whole thing is a stupendous joke ! I should like to be present > when the modest proposal is made to the various public bodies, should the committee ever have the courage to be introduced with their little “request,” and can imagine the delightful wigging they will receive from the respective chairmen. One thing is certain : the moneys held by the banks for the public bodies were granted for public works, and the members of those bodies would be personally liable for the amounts if they made any eleemosynary grants in any direction, no matter how necessary or laudable the object.—Yours, 6tc# J ‘ ; ;; I b ToiVT. Ashburton, April 24, 1879.

TO-DAY’S R.M. COURT.

Before Messrs Cox and Beswick, JJ.P.

George Neave »vas charged with being drunk in charge of a horse. He had previously been under treatment for lunacy from drink. Fined £l. W. Hay, for drunkenness, was fined 1 os.

John Gilfoyle was charged with being drunk at the. Railway Station, and with using.abusive language; to the station master yesterday. Evidence by the station-master, Constable Maroney, and the Sergeant was given as to prisoner’s drunkenness and abusive language. ■Mr. Cox said, under three clauses, per sons who obstructed the railway officers in the execution of their duty were liable to a penalty of £lO, and it was necessary that, with the present limited accommodation at the station, every possible hindrance to the officers should be removed. Prisoner was fined £2 TOS. James Austin was accused of being drunk at the Railway Station, and with obstructing the railway, servants. Geo. Shann testified to prisoner’s unruly con duct, and an assault committed upon witness, whereby witness’s clothing was considerably damaged. Witness gave prisoner into custody. He was very violent. The station-master gave simi lar evidence, adding that the instruc tions to railway officials were to prevent drunken men from getting on the train. The Bench severely reprimanded prisoner, and fined him £ 2 for drunkenness, and £2 for the assault, with the alternative of 9 days’ imprison ment ; also to pay 55., damages to the railway officer’s clothing James Wilkie was accused, on the information of W. M'Cutcheon, of assaulting him on April 19, and on the 16th of the same month. Mr. Branson appeared for the informant, and Mr. Ireland for the defendant.

Mr. Branson explained that the charges had arisen out of two unpro voked assaults committed by Mr. Wilkie upon Mr. M‘Cutcheon—one committed publicly on the Railway Station plat form, and a second in the public street. Mr. Branson asked for imprisonment in the matter, and not for a fine. He did so in the interests of his client and of public justice. W. M £ Cutcheon, farmer and con tractor, Wakanui, was on the platform on the j 6th inst., talking to Mr. J. Ivess and Mr. Kiely, when Mr. Wilkie came to him and seized him by the coat, attempted to drag him off the platform, and struck him in the ear; a second blow was struck by Wilkie, and then witness pushed him off. Plaintiff gave

him no provocation whatever. Had not spoken to Mr. Wilkie for five weeks previously. Mr. Wilkie said he would do the same again the next time he met him. On the 19th inst., in Mr. Ander sdn’s shop, Mr. Wilkie struck him with a whip, and two or three times with his hands. Was in fear that he would be assaulted again, and that the threat would be put in execution. By Mr. Ireland : Had a contract with the Road Board, which was not yet finished. Had said the Road Board had detained money from him on a contract but never said so of Mr Wilkie. Complained to the Board of not getting the money. By Mr. Branson : Mr. Wilkie wanted to become a partner in one of the con tracts he had from the Road Board, but witness would not go in with him. Had said he held a dishonored cheque of Mr. Wilkie’s. Had never said Mr. Wilkie had tried to do unfairly by him. Mr. Wilkie had always been a friend to him at the Board.

Mr. Ivess was standing on the plat form of the railway station on the afternoon of the x 6th, and saw the assault. He heard. Mr. Wilkie speak of a mare and foal which he said Mr. M‘Cutcheon had of him, and also said Mr. M'Cutcheon had tried to rob him of these and his good name. Timothy Iviely, laborer, Winslow, was on the platform at the time of the first assault, and witnessed it. Wm. Anderson, saddler, "said there was a scuffle in his shop on Saturday morning between Wilkie and M‘Cut cheon. Wilkie struck M'Cutcheon with a whip, and afterwards they had a scuffle. Mr. Ireland said that there was no denial made to the assaults, but charges had been made by Mr. McCutcheon against Mr. Wilkie as were calculated to greatly injure Mr. Wilkie. Mr. Wilkie was quite able to produce evidence to refute these charges and also to prove that they had been made, and Mr. Ire wished an adjournment to produce evi dence. Mr. McCutcheon had said that Mr. Wilkie had asked to be taken in partnership with him in a contract. A charge of this nature was sufficient to deprive Mr. Wilkie of his situation as Road Board Surveyor.

James Wilkie, sworn, said that Mr, McCutcheon had made a charge against him at the Road Board, that money due to him on contracts had been detained; the Board heard the charge and dismissed it. Never asked Mr. McCutcheon to take him into partner ship, but Mr. McCutcheon had offered him commission to procure Road Board work for him.

The Bench expressed their opinion that the assault made by Mr, Wilkie upon Mr. McCutcheon at the railway station was an aggravated one, in that Mr. Wilkie was an educated man, and his example was a bad one, but at the same time imprisonment to Mr. Wilkie would be a greater punishment than to an uneducated man. The punishment would be a fine of £5 for the assault at the railway station, and ■£ 1 for the second, and to be bound over to keep the peace for six months ip the sum of for himself, and two sureties of £so each. CIVIL CASES. Bell v. Devery—Claim, £lO for goods supplied , judgment for £8 18s. qd. and costs. Subsequently Mr. Ire land entered court and explained that the case had been, adjourned sine die. He claimed that execution be stayed, and a re-hearing granted. This was done.

AN AUSTRALIAN VIEW.

(from the Australasian.)

It is only fair and just to presume that New Zealand Ministers know what t hey are about in running about from one to another great native meeting, all of which seem to end in nonsensical futility, and with no effect save a very increased sense of importance to the native stump orator who has arranged them. We sometime ago drew atten tion to the extraordinary proceedings at some of these meetings, where the Premier, Sir George Grey, was reported to have gravely made speeches which read just like pages out of the novels of Fenimore Cooper and the rhapsodical orations of Hawkeye or the Last of the Mohicans. Recent papers give ac counts of “ the great Parihaka meeting,” which, we are told, as an item of novel intelligence, “ proves a complete fiasco .” The particulars supplied indicate the shape of the fiasco this time assumed. It seems that some thousands of natives assembled to see a prophet named Te Whiti raise the dead and remedy at a stroke all of the grievances of the people. Instead, however, of doing this, Te Whiti delivered an incoherent and mystical harangue, and the meet ing was over. Regrets were expressed for the absence of the Native Minister, but Mr. Sheehan did not arrive till the meeting had ended, when he, too, had an interview with the prophet, by whom he was snubbed and insulted. Really, constantly taking part in native absurdities of this sort hardly seems the way to maintain the prestige of Govern ment in the minds of the native race. And now we are told by a later telegram that .the Governor is to be taken to another “ great King meeting” ac companied by Sir George Grey. Sir Hercules Robinson is not likely to be taken with his eyes open into a position in which he would necessarily be made to look ridiculous, but it is impossible to repose the same confidence on the discretion of his constitutional adviser, Sir George Grey.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

London, April 24.

War preparations are being made in Persia. A large force has been con centrated at the Afghan frontier, Owing to this and the presence of a number of refugees at Herat combined, possible complications may arise to in-, duee the Russians to advance towards Merv.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVINCIAL. Auckland, Friday.

George Leasy, guardian to' the infant heir of the late John George, Parnell, obtained compensation against the Mayor and Corporation of Parnell, on account of injury to property through improvements on Parnell. A youth named Edward Sargent, working a sash machine at Holdship, Newton Sawmills, had his hand drawn in and crushed to a pulp. Amputation was necessary.

The benefit given to the Opera Com pany, on account of their misfortunes resulted in a splendid house. The prima donna, Miss Wangenheim, was warmly applauded and greeted with showers of bouquets. The manager recently levanted leaving the company’s salaries unpaid.. A unique entertainment is to be given at Remura in aid of the Kaitan gata Fund. Theatrical representations and tableau characters are to be taken by ladies and gentlemen, residents of that aristocratic suburb.. At a meeting of the Ponsonby Foot ball Club, Mr. Goodfellow stated his intention to bring a football team from England next season to play throughout the colony, calling first at Auckland. An old identity, Mr. Joseph Dalton, Civil Engineer, has died. The Alexandra correspondent of the Waikat o Times says some of the flour supplied for the Kopua meetings is in his opinion far more likely to settle the native difficulty than gunpowder and bullets. Of course all the shopkeepers here repudiate having sold that particular brand. Wellington, Friday. The Higher Education Commission find that it will be impossible to con clude their labors before July and they have obtained an extension of time. A substantial interim report will, however, be prepared in time for pre sentation to parliament during the forth coming session. The Commission is now again in Wellington, after spending a month visiting Nelson and Canter bury, during which sittings have been held daily, excepting on Sunday and Good Friday, and when the Commis sioners were actually travelling. The Commissioners continue their sittings in Wellington for a; time, and at the beginning of June will visit Otago.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

London, April 23. New Zealand fives are one higher. The Hon. George Harker is danger ously ill from a stroke of paralysis. The Colonial Bank has declared a dividend for the year of eight per cent. Sydney, April 24. The strike at the Exhibition is ex tending, and now numbers 400 work men.

A Dodge. —George Walker, described as a billiard marker; of Liverpool, was charged at the Bolton Police Court, re cently, with endeavoring to obtain 7s. 6d. from George Rowland by false pretences. Prisoner was formerly in the employ of Mr Thomas Naylor, of the Church Hotel, Crook-Street Bolton. On the sth Feb. he wrote the following letter to George Row land, also a barman at the Church Hotel: —“Sir, —You will no doubt be surprised at receiving this note, but I trust to your honor not to reveal this communication. I am a chemist in Bolton, and have lately discovered a new method for making sil ver money. I have a deal of customers, generally among barmen, and I enclose you a threepenny piece as a specimen. It will stand any test that might be ap plied to it, and by my own process it can be made to look as 'though it were made three years ago, when in fact it was only made three days ago. Barmen Have good opportunities of changing the money, if you feel disposed to invest a trifle I can let you have some at the same rate as my regular customers,—£l worth for 7s. 6d. I can let you have them in all sizes—half crowns, shillings, or sixpences—and I guarantee them all as good as the speci men. If you feel disposed to _ give me a trial send, me the amount in postage stamps ; any amount at 7s. Gd. per £l, from 10s, worth to £2O worth. Address G. Walker Rowbotham, Post Office, Bolton, to be left till called for.” The threepen ny-piece enclosed in the letter was.a good one. Prisoner, who was formerly' in the Liverpool police force, and who said he had written the letter as a joke, was com mitted for trial. ; ;

Which is Best ? The “ Intelligent Vagrant” tells the following story : —At a scholarship examination in Wanganui lately, of children under ten year of age, from the State schools there, this, amongst other questions, was put —“ Name the two most spacious, secure, and accessible har bors in New Zealand.” One child is reported to have written in reply—“l herd father last nice sai theyre were ten nuspapers fiteing about this, and that the editor of the Wanganui Herald was a don kee. ” The child might have made a worse answer. It was strictly non-committal. I should like to have the question put to the editors respectively of the Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Timaru, Te muka, Oamaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill newspapers. Their settlement of the point would he simultaneous with the sounding of the last trumpet.

Friday, April 2jj, 1879.]

THE ASHBURTON HKRALI).



Butter, inferior to best $ lb 1 0 to I 2 Eggs, $ dozen 1 6 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quab'ty, F lb o 10 to 0 0 Bacon, prime smoked, F Jb 0 10 to 0 0 Hams in cloth, F lb 1 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, F xoolb ■ 2 6 to 14 0 Oatmeal, F 251b 7 0 to 0 0 Lard, F R> - 0 9 to 0 0



Clothing Establishment. ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES. V TO THE PEOPLE OF THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. MESSRS. ALLENSTEIN T> R OS. JJ ALLENSTEIN Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH Tof 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 be exchanged with the same courtesy with which it Avas sold, or, if desired, the money will be returned. The Success Avhich 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 407 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 MR. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, Ashbubton, 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 ; i 1 ~; Blood Purifier, &c. Roots, Herbs, Barks, &c., of every kind. 370 • CAMBRIDGE’S v ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE TS acknowledged-to be the most agreeable 8 and efficacious Tonic Stomachic ye t pro duced. It contains the valuable Tonie proper ties of Peruvian Bark (“ Quinine”) withthe Stomachic properties of the Bitter Seville Orange, so combined as not to be objec tionable to the most delicate invalid ; and, as a ' : tmtli .“BITTERS,” 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. When the stomach has 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 Cod Liver Oil is ordered. By pouring the required dose of the oil into half a wine-glass of the Obange ; 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 wirie 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. EORGE L L E N ACCOUNTANT, COLLECTOR, HOUSE, LAND, AND COMMISSION AGENT, funders’ New Buildings, Ashburton. 466



Business Notices. HODDER and COMPANY



w ANTED K ESPECIALLY, N OWN THAT T. R, HODDER & COMPANY HAVE OPENED THIS DAY A Large Assortment of MELBOURNE CLOTHING, Made expressly to order for Ashburton. SUITS, Superior Quality and Style. 24 OVERCOATS AND ULSiERS. 12 LATEST STYLE COATS. 50 PAIRS TROUSERS AND VESTS, Latest Style. Also, , CASES AND BALES (Ex Coriolanus) of WINTER DRAPERY and CLOTHING, Dress Stuffe, Blankets, Flannels, Scotch Goods, Calicoes, Sheetings, Doeskins, Hosiery, . Carpets, Shirts, &c. &c., Expected to be opened in a few days. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY, East Street, Ashburton. 685



HOPDER and COMPANY



Public Notices. Y. R IN BANKRUPTCY. IN the District Court of Canterbury, holden at Ashburton. —In the matter of The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 1878, and °f a certain] deed of arrangement by ALT RED j WESTON WORTHINGTON, commonly known as <£ ALFRED WESTON, of Ashburton,. Tobacconist, Bookseller and Hairdresser.—Notice is hereby given that by deed bearing date and executed on the 24th day of April, 1879, and made between the above-named Alfred Weston Worth ington, commonly known as u Alfred Weston,” and who has for some time past been and is now carrying on business under that name or style in East-street, Town of Ashburton, as a Tobacconist, Bookseller, and Hairdresser, of the first part, William Hall Zouch, of the Town of Ashburton aforesaid, Commission Agent, of the second part, and The Several Persons, Firms, and Com panies, whose names are mentioned in the First Schedule to the said deed, being creditors of the Assignor, of the third part, and duly executed by the said Alfred Weston Worthington, the said Alfred Weston Worthington assigned unto the said William Hall Zouch all the pro perty of the Assignor (except his house hold furniture, to the value of £25, the necessary wearing apparel of the Assignor, his wife and family, and also his stock-in trade as a hairdresser, valued at £5) in trust for realisation and distribution of the proceeds amongst the creditors of the said Alfred Weston Worthington rateably in proportion to the amounts of their respective debts, which said deed contains provisions regarding the release of the Assignor from , liability for his debts. And notice is also given that the said deed was duly filed in the District Court of Canterbury, holden at Ashburton, on the 24th day of April instant, and further that a meeting of the creditors of the said Alfred Weston Worthington is hereby convened for, and will be held at the offices of Messrs. Branson and Purnell, Solicitors, East-street, Ashburton, on MONDAY, the 12th day of May proximo, at 12 o’clock noon, for the purpose of passing a resolution assenting to the said Acts. —Dated this 24th day of April, 1879. BRANSON & PURNELL, 746 Solicitors for said Debtor & Trustee. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton.



IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1576, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of CHARLES SMI THEL, of the County of Ashburton, Contractor, a debtor. r HEREBY SUMMON a Meeting of the L Creditors of the above-named Debtor, to be held at the offices of E. G. Crisp, Esq., Solicitor, Montgomery’s Buildings, Ashburton, on Thursday, the Ist day of May next, at II o’clock in the forenoon, to consider an applica tion by the Debtor for his discharge. Dated this 25th day of April,^lß79^^ Trustee. E. G. Crisp, Solicitor of Debtor. 749 In the District Court of Canterbury Holden at Ashburton. IN. THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and the Debtors and Creditors Act Amend ment ; Act, 1878, and of the bank ruptcy ofThomas Hicks, of Ashburton,' Baker, a Debtor. WE HEREBY SUMMON a Meeting of the Creditors of the abovt-named Debtor to be held at the offices of E. G. Crisp, Esq., Solicitor, Montgomery’s Buildings, Ashburton, on Thursday, Ist May next, at 12 o’clock in the forenoon, to consider an applica tion by the Debtor for his discharge. Dated this 25th day of April, 1879.. C. B. M. BRANSON ) Creditors’ J. H. PASS ) Trustees. E. G. Crisp, Solicitor for Debtor. 75° IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF MR. J. S. SAVAGE, PAINTER, ASHBURTON. JVTOTICE is hereby given that all par ties indebted to the above estate are hereby requested to pay the same to Mr. J. S. Savage, of Ashburton, who is empowered tcf collect the same, and whose receipt will be a sufficient discharge ; and all accounts not paid by the 30th instant legal proceedings will be taken to recover them forthwith., 733 FRED. CROSS, Trustee. IN BANKRUPTCY. HIS HONOR Mr.. Justice Ward has this day appointed MR. WM, RICHARDSON BOYLE AND MR. GEORGE ALLEN, Both of Ashburton, to be CERTIFICATED ACCOUNTANTS IN BANKRUPTCY. Ashburton, 22nd April 1879. 736 TOWN HALL, ASHBURTON. FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!!! SATURDAY, APRIL 26th. THE Celebrated Troupe of BLACK BIRDS, late of the Georgia Minstrels, will appear as above. TWO HOURS OF MIRTH & MERRIMENT. —LOOK OUT FOR— BILLY WILSON ! CHARLIE CRUSOE ! • HO SEA EASTON ! ALFRED BOWMAN ! J. W. MARSHALL ! ! ! And all the Old Favourites !/ SEE DAY BILLS. Prices of Admission — 35., 25., Is. GEO. WARD, Agent. EEOSEA EASTON, 747 Manager.



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Special Notice. Hooper, ' aitken and co, are prepared to make CASH ADVANCES ox grain, or other produce