NICKNAMES TO BRITISH REGI MENTS.

The regular name of the “ Slashers ’ has been given to the Twenty-eighth. Some say that the regiment earned it by dashing and slashing heroism at the battle of White Plains during the American war, and that the men hold themselves ready to go anywhere, and do anything, in virtue of their connec tion with this corps. But another story is more specific and sensational, to the effect that during the war just named a Canada merchant, in a severe winter, refused to give comfortable billets or quarters to the women of the regiment, wives of some of the men, whereby many of the poor creatures perished with cold. The officers, exasperated at this brutality and its result, took a revenge which the merchant never forgot for the remainder of his life. They dressed themselves like savages, burst into his sitting-room one evening, and slashed off his ears : lynchlaw in good sooth ! The Thirtieth are the “ Treble XV' (XXX). The Thirty-first, the “ Young Buffs,” once earned the good opinion of a general under whom they were serving. He cried out, “Well done, old Buffs !” “We are not the Buffs, sir,” was the reply. “Then well done, young Buffs,” was the final response, and the “ Young Buffs,” they became. The Thirty-third foot wished to become known as the “ Duke of Wellington’s Regiment,” and he con sented, but stipulated for a postpone ment of the naming until after his decease ; the assumption of the title, therefore, did not take place till 1853. The history of the regiment tells, how ever, of an older and more familiar ap pellation, the “ Havercake Lads,” due to the fact that when first raised their recuiting sergeant was wont to march with an oat cake impaled on his sword. The Thirty-fifth are the “ Orange Lillies” from the colour of their facings. The Thirty-eighth are proud of the incident which has earned for them the privilege of wearing the regimental number-badge back as well as front of their caps and shakos. It was a bit of prompt tactics during the campaign in Egypt. Being drawn up in an extended line only two deep, they were suddenly attacked by the enemy’s cavalry both in front and rear. The commanding officer gave the word, “ Rear rank, right about face; fire They did so, and repelled both attacks at once. The light company of the Forty-sixth, it appears, are privileged to wear a red ball in their caps. When engaged at the battle of Brandywine, during the great American war, the company greatly annoyed the enemy, who threatened to give them nc quarter .if the opportunity arose. Nothing daunted, the men of the Fortysixth resolved that there should be no mis take ; they dyed the ball red, instead of the green worn by the rest of the regi ment ; and many years afterwards the War Office sanctioned this peculiar dis tinction. The Fiftieth are the “ Devil’s Royals,” and, more politely, the “ Gal lant Fiftieth,” in recognition of their prowess at the battle of Vimiera. They are, or were, also the “ Blind Half HunJ dredths,” from having been nearly blinded by ophthalmia during the campaign in Egypt; and when, on one occasion, they wiped their perspiring faces with their dark cuffs, they became for the nonce the “ Dirty Half Hund redth.” —London Society.

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The Kaitangata Fund. —Up to the present time between £6OOO and £7OOO has been received by the Central Com mittee for the Kaitangata sufferers. £IO,OOO or £12,000 is expected to be eventually totalled. Kicked by a Horse.—A little boy of four years, while playing in Castle-street, Dunedin, on Saturday, had his skull frac tured by the kick of a horse. He had been playing too near the animal.. 47 Bushels to the Acre. —One wheat grower at least (says the North Otago Times) has not been a great sufferer this year. Mr. A. M'Master, of Waikaura, lias secured the very satisfactory yield of 47 bushels per acre from four paddocks, amounting altogether to about 140 acres. Good as it is, however, the yield would have been much heavier but for the high winds. So far as can be ascertained, this i 3 the best crop in the Omaru district this year. A Leprous Chinaman in Diwedin. Councilor Carroll stated last Tuesday to the Dunedin City Council that whilst walking along the streets the other day he saw a Chinaman whose appearance favored the supposition that he was suffering from leprosy. He urged that inquiries be made, and this will immediately be done. Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton are often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase of Drapery, Clothing, and House-furnishing Iron mongery, and General Stores. Orr & Co. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. They keep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which beinp bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to ofler goods of suf-h sterling value as cannot be equalled by any other house in the trade. Every article in stock is marked at the lowest price, from which no abatement is made so that the most inexperienced buy their goods at the same piices as the best judges.-^-Advt



Business Notice. THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES ALMANAC, DIRECTORY, YEAR BOOK, Sc DIARY FOR 18 79. Sold by WEEKS & DIXON.



New Advertisements. Y. R. RE JAMES DALY. CREDITORS in the above Estate are hereby notified that a meeting will be held at my office, East Street, Ashbur ton, on FRIDAY, 18th inst., at 11 o’clock Important Business. FREDK. PAYITT, Creditors’ Trustee. April 15, 1879. 692 TO-M O R RO W, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, '1879. UNDER DISTRAINT. By order of the Bailiff of the R. M. Court. Messrs bullock and Co. will sell, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th inst. at 1.30 o’clock p.m., at their yards in rear of their premises, East-street, 2 Cows 1 Chaff-Cutter 1 Single Furrow Plough 64 Empty Bags. BULLOCK & CO., 566—690 Auctioneers.



ASHBURTON ROAD DISTRICT. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that all OUTSTANDING RATES, for the period ending March 31st, 1873, will be SUED for on and after the Ist of May next, without further notice. Rates received at the Road Board Offices, daily, between the hours of 10 a.ra. and 4 p.m. By order J. E. BUCHANAN. Collector to the Board. Ashburton, April Bth, 1879. 688 IN THE ESTATE OF TAYLOR AND LILL. A : LL ACCOUNTS in the above Estate must be paid at once to HUGO FRIEDLANDER, Trustee. April sth, 1879. 691 ASHBURTON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. A GENERAL MEETING of the j\ above will be held in Baldwin’s Hotel, Ashburton, on Saturday, 19th April, at 8 o’clock. Business: Election of Officers. To Consider Rules. J. E. HYDE HARRIS. 689 Honorary Secretary. BOARD and RESIDENCE for two Single Gentlemen, in private family. Apply— Herald Office. 681 To Let. A TO LET, FIVE-ROOMED HOUSE on the North-East Town Belt. THOMAS CLARK, 684 Burnett-street. TO. LET, TWO Good SHOPS, ’ with Dwelling Houses of four rooms attached. Centrally situated. Apply to CHAS. BRADDELL, 515 Montgomery’s Buildings. Tenders. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. TENDERS will be received up to 10 a.m. on Friday, the 18th April, ad dressed to the Chairman, for the follow ing works : No. 11. Forming A namaDowns Road. No. 16. Picking Stones on Road to Rangatata. Specifications may be seen at the Board’s office, Mount Somers. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. JAMES FRASER, 668 Clerk. TO LET BY TENDER. AN IMPROVED FARM of 600 Acres. For particulars apply to 587 SAUNDERS BROS. WANTED. CHERTSEY SCHOOL. TENDERS are invited for the making of a CONCRETE TANK, 10 feet square, together with Pump and Piping. Also FENCE for dividing School Grounds, partly Palings, rest Post, Rail, and four Wires ; and Screens for Closets, etc. Plans and specifications can be seen at A. R. Markham and Co.’s store, Chertsey. Marked tenders to be sent in on or before 12 noon ’on MONDAY, 21st inst. The lowest or any other tender not necessarily accepted. W. A. BROWN, 604 Chairman. Miscellanuous. WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est xnd neatest CARDS may bo had at the ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Street North. ANTED KNOWN, that EnveffipTs and Notepaper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “Herald” Office, East-street North. 648 Envelopes, notepaper, en velopes, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. 552 SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 e



Auction Sales. 150,000 FEET 150,000 ASSORTED TIMBER, JONAS, HART & WILDIE have been instructed by Mr. Alpheus Hayes, Waimate, to sell by public auction at his Timber Yards, Ashburton, on TUESDAY, 22ND April, 40,000 4 X 2 Totara white and black pine, lb,ooo <3 x 2 ~ 10,000 4x3 „ ~ >» 15,000 6x6 „ and black pine. 10,000 6x2 „ white and black pine. 5,000 5x 5 ~ and black pine. 25,000 8 x f Boards, Totara & white pine. 5,000 6 x 1 T. and G. flooring. 5,000 8 x 1 Totara and white pine. 5,000 6 x | T and G. lining. 10,000 8 x 1A Totara white & black pine. 5,000 8x 2 ~ ~ ~ Also,— A Large Quantity of Stakes, Posts, Stable Props, and Firewood. NO RESERVE. —Sale at n o’clock. 657 JONAS, HART & WILDIE, Auctioneers. Partnership Notices. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. THE Partnership lately existing be tween us as Engineers, Millwrights, &c., has this day been DISSOLVED by mutual consent. All claims on the above business must be sent in by the sth of April. All accounts owing must be paid by the same date. Signed ( H. J. EDWARDS, t \ HENRY LEE, Ashburton, March 22, 1879. 572 Fruiterers, &c. LONDON PIE HOUSE (Opposite Baring Square), Havelock Street, Ashburton. RICHARD MADIGAN, PASTRYCOOK, CONFECTIONER, AND FRUITERER, BEGS to announce to the inhabitants of Ashburton and county that the London Pie House was OPENED ON SATURDAY, 22nd February. COFFEE ROOMS. Tea, Coffee, or Cocoa, with Pie or Pastry, 6d. always ready from io a.m to II p.m. Pastry supplied lor Parties or Soirees on the Shortest Notice. TRADE SUPPLIED. COME AT LAST. NEW FRUIT. FRESH FRUIT. From Geraldine. j. mooYr & CO., HAYING purchased a Fine Orchard at Geraldine, are now in a position to supply Fresh Fruit and Vegetables every day. PLUMS, per lb., only ... sd, APRICOTS „ ... sd. GREENGAGES, per lb., only Sd. HONEY PLUMS „ sd. APPLES, per lb., only 3d. and 4d. POTATOES. s33* DEFY COMPETITION W. T. DAVISON, GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, IS PREPARED to supply fruit and vegetables of every description, fresh from the gardens, Wholesale and Retail, at Christchurch Prices. NOW ON SALE BLUE DIAMOND PLUMS, per lb., sd. ORLEAN „ „ 6d. PURPLEGAGE,, „ 4d. For quantities per lb. The cheapest house for fruit for jam-making. COOKING APPLES per lb., 3d. and 4d. GOOD EATING Do. „ 6d. ONIONS. NEW POTATOES, At reduced prices for Quantity. Fresh vegetables, salads, herbs, etc. Orders Delivered Regularly. W. T. DAVISON, Wholesale and Retail Greengrocer and Fruiterer, Moore Street, Ashburton. 31*5 Business Notices. TO MEET A WANT Long Felt in Ashburton, S. COLLINS AND SON HAVE opened a shop in Compton’s Buildings, Moore-street, next to Neate’s, chemist, for the sale of NEW & SECOND-HAND FURNITURE Of every description. Curtain Poles and Rings, Venetian, Spris.g and Roller Blinds made to order. Highest price given for Second-hand Furniture of all kinds. PAINTING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES carried on as usual in town or country. Paperhangings, Paints, Oil Colors, Var nishes, Window-glass, and every trade requisite on sale. Guttering, and Piping found and fixed. S. COLLINS AND SON, PRACTICAL PAINTERS, PLUMBERS, AND HOUSE DECORATORS Moore-street, Ashburton. 588



Auction Sales. lyj-ESSRS. jgULLOUK & 00. (0. J. Edmiston, P. A. Edmiston, and W: H. GuNimy). TINWALD STORE. Messrs, bullock and co. beg to notify that, for the convenience of their customers and friends on the south side of the Ashburton River, they have OPENED a New STORE at Tinwald, and draw attention to their stock, com prising— STATION AND FARM STORES, GRASS SEEDS for AUTUMN SOWING, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, HARDWARE, FURNITURE, BUILDING MATERIALS, At their TINWALD STORE. Stock Sales conducted at the Tinwald Yards will be settled for at the Tinwald office if required. BULLOCK AND CO., Ashburton and Tinwald. BULLOCK AND CO.’S ABSTRACT OF SALES. APRIL 12, SATURDAY, At Hugh Mcllraith’s, Esq., Methven. APRIL 15, TUESDAY, At Ashburton Yards—Cattle. BULLOCK AND CO., 416 Auctioneers.



Booksellers, &c. NEW BUSINESS. J . Y. WARD, BOOKSELLER, COMMERCIAL AND FANCY STATIONER, HAS much pleasure in announcing to the inhabitants of the Borough of Ashbur ton and County, that he COMMENCED BUSINESS ON SATURDAY MARCH i, 1879, in Messrs. Saunders Bros.’ Buildings, EAST STREET, NORTH, With A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Professional Stationery, Commmercial Stationery, Household Stationery, Fancy Stationery, &c., &c., &c. LITERATURE— (In Assorted Bindings) COMPRISING ALL THE MOST POPULAR AUTHORS Also, — PRESENTATION BOOKS. SCHOOL REQUISITES IN STOCK. Colonial, English, and Foreign Papers and Magazines supplied to order. WORK-BOXES, WRITING-DESKS, and OTHER FANCY GOODS, AT REASONABLE PRICES. Hamilton’s Library Books on Deferred Payment. SguNote the address — J. Y. WARD, East Street North (Saunders Bros. 5 New Buildings), ASHBURTON. 440 Business Notices. mHE UNDERSIGNED have for SALE and to ' rrive : Calcutta Cornsacks, 4bushels ; expressly manufactured for shipping Wheat. Woolpacks —Seaming Twine best quality. Fencing Wire, No. 6 to 10. 20 Tons Galvanised Iron, & to 9 feet. 400 Casks Cement. 300 Dozen Ploughshares. Etc., Etc., Etc. FRIEDLANDER BROTHERS.



Drapery. ORR AND CO.’S



THE BEST THING GOING FOR ASHBURTON. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT THE GREAT SACRIFICING SALE OF DRAPSET", HOSISET", CLOTHIIN Gr 3 BOOTS -AJsTID SHOES, Now going on for a Short Time, to make room for Very Heavy at O R R A N D C O.’ S, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. T, : W~fhe Greatest Bargains ever offered.



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Auction Sales. PRELIMINARY. STATIONERY, BOOKS. FANCY GOODS, SCHOOL REQUI SITES, &c. MR, ALFRED HARRISON lias been favored with instructions to soil at an early date, about 101 Yds Superior New Boohs—- Prayer Books, Hymnals, Bibles, •School Boohs, Ac. Note Paper, Envelopes, Ac. Quantity Fancy Goods. ALFRED HARRISON, 591 Auctioneer, etc. . Al FRED Jn[ ARRI SO N , , AUCTIONEER, AS HI! U RT ON, IS open to conduct Sales by Auction, at : his Rooms, or elsewhere ; also Sales by Private Treaty of any description upon the lowest possible terms. SEND IN YOUR PRODUCE, such as PIGS, FOWLS, . CHEESE, : EGGS, ; &e., &c\, Ac., Also, FURNITURE, EFFECTS, and GENERAL MERCHANDISE, for [SATURDAY’S WEEKLY SALE, At 12 o’clock. The following are upon my books, besides many others : Farms from 200 to 1000 acres, on easy terms. City arid Suburban Sections. Sections at Tinwald. Two-roomed Cottages and handsome resi dences, on easy terms. SHARES FOR SALE— The Ashburton Gas Company. The Ashburton Templar Hall Company. Properties entered for sale free of charge. SALE YARDS attended every TUESDAY. New Sacks —Very Cheap. Old Sacks, any quantity. Fencing Wire, all sizes. JSSTDON’T FORGET SATURDAY’S'SALE, at 12 o’clock. AGENT FOR THE Manchester Fire ASSURANCE COMPANY, i Capital, £i, 000,000. —Lowest Rates, Established 1824. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, STOCK, ESTATE, /i# i AND COMMISSION AGENT, BARING SQUARE, ASHBURTON. . 282 Business Notices. BREAD! BREAD, BREAD! ON and after TUESDAY, April Ist, T. K, HODDER & COMPANY, Grocers and General Provision, Hardware and Soft Goods Merchants, selL FULL WEIGHT QUARTERN LOAF of BEST BREAD at PROMPT CASH, delivered any part of the town daily. 614 HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, •EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. A LPHEUS HAYES wishes to inform r\ his customers and the public gene rally that he has EltM JPENED the above yards with a fresh su ,pply of first-class SAWN TIMBEI i, all sizes ; SAWN STAKE'S & PICKETS ; " BLACK PINE ft MIXED FIREWOOD. Also, that, having the Waimate Mills now in full operation, orders for Totara and l Black Pine for 1 ,ridge and other purposes can be supplied of any dimensions. 453 W. h. COLLINS, Manager.. ' SPECIAL NOTICE. TtTE ARE NOW LANDING— yV Es p.s. “ Tongariro, ’ ’ § x Totara for Wells Ex “ Clifton,” from Invercargill, 24.0,000 feet first-class Boards and Scantling Ex “ Drover,” from Bh<o Q ' V 120,000 ditto ditto Ex “ Wave of Life,” from Tfc.ames, :i 50,000 feet Flooring, Lima g, &c. ■ Ex “ Flora.” from Kaipara, A splendid assortment *of 95,000 feet Kauri Timber . J; f,l MONTGOMERY & CO. (Limited) CHRISTCIIUR.WH, And EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.'



IN BANKRUPTCY. it a OTICE— The “ Asiibuiitc >n Hkrald”. Gazette for all notices . under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. GO



Entertainments. RAND VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, To bo followed by a Drama, on . M A Y 1 b x , IX THE ASHBURTON TOWN HALL, To pay for the .TE MPORARY TO WE R FOR ST. STEPHEN’S BELLS. C7l Public Notices. FOR SALE, 4-Acre of LAND near North-west Belt, on Terms. Wanted, 4-Acre near the Town. 5 Templar Hall SHARES for sale. . Mr. ALLEN, House, Land, and Commission Agent, 650 Saunders’ New Buildings. /. THE CHRISTIAN HERALD. . S Now Published, containing ‘ the Preachers’ Plan for the current quarter, : and other Church news. Price Three pence ; obtainable at the Herald Office, Hooper, Aitken, & Co.’s, and B. M. Jones’. 673 REMOVAL NOTICE. Ja /F-RS. MANHIRE, Dressmaker, bogs, JLvJL to inform her numerous friends and the public generally that slip.' has removed to premises behind Mr. Boyle’s Office, Moore Street.. NI G II T SCHOOL on Monday Tuesday, Thursday, ■ and Friday Evenings. 634 PUBLIC NOTICE. rjpHE Wakanui Road is Stopped for Traffic (opposite Moffatt’s Mill) uiitil fur ther notice. • 610 NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the under signed will oblige by settling same before the Bth instant, to prevent un pleasantness. JAMES McRAE, •• 651 Cab Proprietor. FOR SALE. SECTION 670, Cameron .Street,; with well-built 4-roomed COTTAGE there on. Apply on the premises. ; ; 641 W. K. HURST. : NOTICE. T T : ACCOUNTS due to the Estate of Thomas Hicks, Ashburton,w must be Paid at Once to the undersigned, at Messrs Pass and Co’s, or at the Road Board Office, Ashburton. Accounts re maining unpaid will be sued for without further notice. J. H. PASS, 454 C. B. BRANSON, Trustees. SLAUGHTERHOUSES ACT,. 1577. I HEREBY give notice that i intend, at the Ashburton County Council’s sit ting on the 7th May, to apply; for a Slaughtering License, for large and small cattle, on Reserve 3,128, near Ashburton. JAMES SMITH. Ashburton, . April Bth, 1879. . 'W 600 SLAUGHTERHOUSE LICENSES. ■ . -,b I HEREBY give notice that I intend to apply for a Slaughterhouse License at the County Council’s nest sitting j for the slaughter of large and small cattle, on. Section No 25,535, Ashburton. ,■ GEORGE PIKE. ' Ashburton, ; April Ist, 1879. 627 ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. EXTRAORDINARY ELECTION FOR A MEMBER FOR THE UOI'NTHUTT RIDING. :/• TYTOTICE is hereby given, in accordance TV with Clause 46 of the “ Regulations of Local Elections Act, 1876,'’ that au ex traordinary vacancy has occurred in the Ashburton County Council, for the Riding of Mount Hutt, and nominations, in the form prescribed by the above Act, will be received by me at Edgington House, Barr hillj before the hour of 12 noon, on Wed nesday, April 16th next; and I further give notice that a poll, if necessary, will be taken at the*undermentioned places on Wednesday, April 23rd next, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Polling places— .Edgington House, Barr hill ; Woolshed, Drayton. CHARLES BRADDELL, Returning Officer. Ashburton, April sth, 1879. ; 663



ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL ' NOTIFICATION OF VALUATION uK3 T. [AEB NOTICE—The Valuation List „ for the Borough of Ashburton is now open for INSPECTION at the Office of the Council, Montgomery’s Buildings, between the'hours of 1.0 and 12 forenoon, and 3 and C afternoon. All objections thereto must be left at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Ashburton, on or before the 30th day of April, addressed to. the Assess ment Court, and a copy of every sue a objection must be left at the Town Clerk’s Office not less than seven days before the next sitting of the said Conrt. •►Forms f r r objection can be obtained at the Town Clerk’s Office. CIIAS. BRABDELL, Ashburton, Town Clerk. "March 31st, 1379. 617



MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD f HE-NEXT MEETING of the Mount Somers Hoad Board will be held at the Office, Mount Somers, on Avpril iS'/atll alni. . By order, ' ' ‘ TAMES FRASER, V 667 '.. i Clerk**/.