POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close it follows :

For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a,m. \ p.mV, and’/.30 p.m., daily. For Chercsey at 10.20 a.m. daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m., and 4 pan. 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.ni. 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.

The following letteis from places beyond the colony were received at the Ashburton Post Office during the month of February, and remained unclaimed on Ist April: Flanigan, Daniel. Howard, Frederick. ' Norman, C. Pirie, Thos. Reen, Timothy. Smith, John Groves (2). 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 othces on the main line and branches.

Sydney T. Dick, ChLf Postmaster.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1879.

As a rule, when some catastrophe happens, a great out-cry is made, an inquiry is held, and the thing results in finding nobody to blame, unless perhaps, as in the Kaitangata explosion, some unfortunate underling, who before the accident happened, was looked upon as one of the least important personages:in the working of the whole concern in connection with which the calamitous [occurrence; took Jplace. A modification of this we fear, is about to happen in the matter of the recent collision at the Ashburton station be tween the express train drawn by the engine “ Washington ” and a goods train, that - had been shunted off the main line to.make room.for the passage up to the platform of the express.' It appears that on the occasion of that collision, the railway points were in charge of a man named Bell, and through his alleged negligence the points'in the fnain line had been left open, thus diverting the course of the express train from the main line, on which it should have continued safely to run, to the service line on which the goods train stood; hence the accident. With the' guilt or innocence of Bell in this matter-we have nothing to do —the Magistrate will be perfectly able to de cide that matter. But the working of the points through which the accident was brought' about is a matter that effects every ■ unit of the travelling public, and an accident resulting from a fault of that working is a fair theme for public discussion. Nobody was hurt, to be sure, by the collision we refer to, but the passengers’ safety was perhaps more an accident than the col lision itself, : and does not in any way point to the matter : as being trivial. The working of the points at Ashburton station, and in fact all the small stations on the-line, is-Mntrusted to the points man,, who has usually to fulfil various duties 'about - the station. The points guiding the trains .from the main line into the station are placed necessarily at such a distance from the . railway platform (where the station: master’s duties compel him to be) and the handles made use of in working those points, (or “ switches ” aswe believe they are also called) are just small enough to hide in the dimness of distance any in dication by their position as to(whether they are.open or closed. They are so small also as not to afford'to the engine driver, any very clear evidence as to their position until he is almost upon them, so that, if he doubts the careful ness or clear-headedness of the points man, he must keep a good outlook if he would escape'getting into difficulties. In an. altogether too great measure, then, the safety .of the -trains depends upon. the care and attention of the pointsman. With such a responsibility upon him, the man in charge of the points ought to be a person worthy of the trust reposed in him. But we con tend that, however excellent a person a pointsman may be, the safety of rail way travellers ought not to be wholly in his hands. It is so at present; for, if by any possibility he should omit to change his points and give the driver the signal to proceed, there is no one, except a chance railway servant who may be' about the spot and observe tire dahger, to : call his attention or that of the driver to the road to accident that has been left open. Should any fatal harm result to the passengers in a train wrecked through a mistake of this kind, the pointsman is held to be guilty of manslaughter. But we contend that, while a means exists of avoiding com plete dependence upon- the carefulness, sobriety,- and general trustworthi ness, of any railway servant such means should be at once adopted; and in regard to the Ashburton points, the simple and inexpen sive system of “ indicators” should be at once introduced. The indicator” is almost universally used on the single lines, of America, and in Great Britain where single lines are now more common than they used to be. We understand that this; contrivance has also been in troduced at some of the stations on the island already, and the sooner it is common to them all the sooner will “points” accidents be reduced ,to a minimum. The indicator we have in view, is a rod of iron connected with and moved by the points themselves in working. It is upright, and, about Three or four feet above the rails, it is sur

mounted by an oval-shaped vod-CQ! rived board. .If the points, are open pro perly for the sate passage of a train, the board will stand longitudinally with the line 'of' rails, and show its edge, to tile driver of the approaching train/on the one hand, and the station-master, and all who may be on the platform, on the other, ff the points are in proper posi tion, the broad red front of, the board, with the.A/jr pointing across the line, will be displayed to the approaching driver and to those on the- platform. For the night-time a white lamp is attached to either edge , and a red one. hung.in the centre. By such a contriv ance, which may be seen distinctly half a mile away, a hundred pairs of eyes may at once be put in a position to dis cover a pointsman’s error; but the most important advantage gained by it is that the driver would be apprised of a hitch long before he came up to the points, and would slacken speed as a precaution. We arc thoroughly satisfied that, until some such system is: intro duced, u points’” accidents will occur, and for those that have already occurred, though we in no way palliate the negligence of either pointsmen or drivers, we hold the responsibility of their occurrence lies as much with' the Department of Railways -itself as with the servants who have been remiss. For, while a system that could be intro duced,-at certainly less than the cost of the damage done'by the recent collision, is neglected, and no power of super vision over the pointsman’s fulfilment of his duty is at the command of either driver or stationmaster, while such might be obtained and the responsibility of accident shared by more than one official, we-contend that the blame : of those accidents lies as much with head quarters as it does with the more humble servants. The public ought not to be at the mercy 'of any 1 clodhopper whom the not very liberal wages hang ing to a pointsman’s position -may attract; and if anything can ; be done to remove the danger of a recurrence of the collision of two or three weeks , ago it ought to be done at once, ,

Goon Friday.—There will be no publi cation of The Herald to-morrow.

The Rev. W. Iyeall.—The new Wes leyan pastor, the Itev. W. Keall, has arrived in Ashburton,’ and will conduct service in the Wesleyan.. Church on Sun day evening." - v. i_„i. C-. i “To Arms !” To-day the express from the north was a lively train. It carried a large contingent of Volunteers en route for the Easter review at Inver cargill, and bn the stoppage of the train at the platform such a tush to Quill’s Hotel for a “drink” took ..place las Ashburton lias seldom seen. Our gallant defenders careered along 100 strong front the station to the bar, as though they had been peds. in desperate contest for a heavy race ; and it is to be hoped the barman was equal to the task of supplying; in the short time at his disposal, the - drouth ’of, ; th 3 many patriots who this morning thirsted so violently after a 50-mile ride.

Cricket Borough v. County. A cricket match will be played on Easter Monday between the Borough and County Clubs; play to commence at 11 a. m., on the new cricket ground. The following players .have been . selected to represent’ the respective clubs : —Borough.-—Messrs. Pearce, Priestley, Broadbelt, Ashwood, •Leiicliy Bass, Tuckoii, I. Davis, •. Bowler,,G.. Andrew, and A. Andrew; emergencies, ( Amos and Grooves. .. County Messrs.', Field, Harris, Barker,’Grant,'E. Saunders,' S. Saunders, Books, Hodder, Dixon; Graeme, and Buchanan!; emergencies— Zouch and Pratt. . .• ..

Supreme CotriiT,. Christchurch. For fraudulent insolvency, His Honor Justice Johnston sentenced John Johnson to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour. Prisoner had,held back fronp his creditors goods to'the walue.of £3O. Mr. Joyce, for the creditors, said a heavy sentence was not desired by his clients, as they thought. Johnson more a ; -, fobbthan ; a rogue. Bassingthwaite—whose case caused some sensation last December, when it will be remembered £Bl2 odd was discovered hid in the clothing of Mrs. Bassingthwaite —was sentenced to 12 months’ imprison ment. Samuel Hoey, for stealing £l3 from the person of. "William Wood, a sea captain, on March 5,- in the .Mitre Hotel; at Lyttelton, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour. Wood believed that some soup he partook of with prisoner had been drugged. Wm. Allen, or Belgravej got four years for a like,crime committed on-March 20,- when! he relieved John Eldridge of £7. Bor the larceny of a watch and chain, worth £4O, George Skaites arid 1 George Stevings were tried. The offence was committed at Lyttelton in January. Stevings . was acquitted, but Skaites got 15 months’-Hard labor. I John Manders, who committed an indecent assault upon a married woman in Christ church on - the 13th of ■ last month, was found guilty, and His Honor, in a severe reprimand, said that, when men had so far: lost all self-respect and forgotten their better nature as to be guilty of such a crime as was laid to prisoner’s charge, there was nothing left for cure a but the lash. His Honor, therefore, sentenced Manders to be whipped with the cat-oT nine-tails ten days after a three months’ incarceration had commenced, and ten days before it expired—2s lashes each time. • The arson , case L against Isidor Schwartz, tobacconist, was adjourned till next Wednesday, owing to the absence of a witness.

The “Next Session” Agitation.— The Dunedin City Corporation have decided to co-operate with the Christ church body in endeavoring to get the next session of Parliament held in the last named city. The Governor. —There is a chance offered for the Ashburton people to see and do , honor to the new Governor. He leaves Wellington in the Hinemoa on the 18th inst. for the Bluff, whence he will proceed overland through Otago, South land, and Canterbury, spending about three months on the tour.

o, 0, T, —4 yory Bufjoegsjful ftpon Jug of Jim Will n,n<:l;tlio Wjiy .fcodge wjy» helcMast liight at Tinwaicl, Tliere wag a full liquse and a fair sprinkling ot the publio. vV4di'pssß3, readings, songs, and recitations were given. . ~ ;> Anniversary Tea and Entertainment. —The anniversary tea meeting and enter tainment of the Primitive Methodist. Sun day .School, will be held to-morrow even ing (Good Friday) in the Town Hall.' Grand Concert. —For the Ist of May .a grand concert,{to be followed by a drama, is being arranged, for, and is to-day ad vertised. The proceeds are to be devoted to defraying the expense of erecting the temporary tower in which St. Stephens’s bells are hnng. Presbyterian Church Meeting. —Last night a meeting of the Presbyterian con gregation was held in the church. The Rev. Mr. Elmslie, of Christchurch, was Moderator, and addressed the meeting, advising them in the matter of choosing a pastor. Financial statements were read by the present and ; past treasurers —Mr. W. Gavin and Dr. Stewart—from which it appeared that a debt of £260, in addition to mortgages on the church property , existed at the termination of the Rev. Mr. Burnett’s pastorate. A considerable portion of this sum would soon .be wiped off from ordinary income, but a special effort had been made by the individual members of the Finance Committee, and their subscriptions, combined with those raised'in the meeting that night, amounted to over £65. Dr. Stewart’s statement of his intromissions for the eighteen months during which he had been treasurer was read. It showed that over £6OO had been received from all sources, including loans to meet, the pastor’s stipend.. The current expenses of the church had been met as far as possible,, and on, the 31st January, when the hew committee took office, the pastor’s stipend had been fully paid. The statement, was considered perfectly satis factory by the meeting. Arrangements were made for : the supply of the pulpit, until - the appointment of the new pastor. Messrs. David and W. J! Wilson, for the, Wakanui district, and Messrs. Taylor and Gilmore, for the Waterton dis trict, were’added’to the Pulpit Supply Committee. .-'doiM/L

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

NEWS PROM THE CAPE. , . . {./ . { A ' • r~’ : Another Reverse for the British Arms. ■ A Convoy Attacked by 4000 Zulus. 60 Men Killed and Missing. ’ ’ ■ ' , r '' "London, April 9. The latest Gape advices are to the 24th March. i b A convoy with supplies, while pro ceeding to Luneberg, escorted by a de tachment of 104—officers and men—of the 80th Regiment, was attacked by 4000 Zulus on the 12th March. The convoy had been previously forewarned of a probable attack. Although every preparation had been made, the Zulus overwhelmed them, and the Captain- Commandant of the escort and 40 men were killed ; 20 are missing ; 40 reached Luneberg. The British guns and ammu nition were afterwards recovered, and the-dead buried. • --- i~* v j.

A relieving force for Ekowe starts on MarCll. 26.

The majority of the British reinforce ments have arrived at the Cape. j '

AUSTRALIAN.

T.S : SYDNEY, April ioi ' s: ‘ :! ■ Fiji, news .state the Levuka Chamber of Commerce has transmitted a petition to their agent against the present native taxation and condemning the policy of Sir Arthur Gordon.^ ‘i 4 3 i!

INTERPROVINCIAL.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS

Misfeion Vessel. Auckland, Thursday. The Southern Cross, Melanesian, mission schooner, sailed with the Rev. and Mrs. - Palmer Penny,, and Mr. and Mrs.-Lingard. X Cv V../ 1 I The “ Albatross.” ‘The Albatross, GermanKvar ship, sails for the islands next week to be relieved shortly .by the .war ship Wolf. j, . The Auckland Electoral Rolls. .. A : . committee. has : be,en -enrolled to purge the' electoral‘ roll 1 of the" Pro vince. ! ' Y >{| The, Waikato Meeting. ~ Chief Paul has returned from Wai kato. He states Tawhiao and, his allies are 1 in good spirits at the prospect of the meeting. Insurance Losses in California by New Zealand Offices. Californian papers, contain accounts of a fire at Streno, Nevada. The losses of insurance companies known here are —Royal, Norwich Union, and Lanca shire i2,000d015.; Liverpool jand London, and Globe, pooodols. ; Stan dard, New Zealand, South British and National, 4oooddls.; :New Zealand, 4200d015. £IOO,OOO Street Improvement Loan. Wellington, Thursday. A meeting of ratepayers, convened under the statute, held last night, resolved Ty a considerable majority in favoir of a loan for street improvements. A poll will be taken. A Defaulting Forester.

Insurance Losses in _ California by

Thomas Williams, treasurer of the Court of-Foresters, convicted of stealing funds, has had his judgment reserved till next session, to allow the Court of Appeal to consider some points of law raised for prisoner.

Two man Cannelj ana Shaw, syere acquitted of a charge of robbery;,with volence. . Illness of Mr. Stout. Mr. Stout is seriously unwell. ' The whole of the Ministry visited him to-day at the Empire Hotel. Iu accordance with m'edical advice, he is to return home to Dunedin immediately. The Hinemoa sailed with him for Lyttelton, at one o’clock. She will return imme diately to take - Mr: Sheehan to Opunake.

Later news from Waimate is highly satisfactory.

The Governor’s Middle Island Tour.

Lady Robinson and Mrs. St. John will accompany the Governor on‘his Middle Island tour.

ARRIVAL of the SAN FRANCISCO MAIL at AUCKLAND.

Telegraphic Summary of English and Foreign Intelligence.

By Wire from the Association’s Correspondent at Auckland.

Sir A. H. Layarcl has left Constanti nople' for London. An address was pre sented, with a bouquet, to Lady Layard, in name of the Turkish refugees, who thanked her for her efforts to relieve their distress. ’ " A marriage has been arranged between the Right Hon. Hugh E. Childers, M.P. , and the Hon. Mrs Elliott. ".... ; Lord Napier, of Magdala, is conferring with the Government as to the future frontier of Afghanistan. Official papers relating’to South Africa have been published, from which it appears that Government have been of opinion that the dispute between the Colonial Government and Cetowayo might have been settled without appeal to arms, and were confident that amicable arrangements would be come to. : : , ; I , ; ; , ; It is understood that shares in the New Zealand Agricultural Land Company have all been subscribed for, and ; debenture bonds, bearing ! interest at 5J and 6 per cent, are now being taken up. Other Scotch banks have. agreed to allow the Caledonian Banking Company to resume business on the shareholders sub scribing £150,000, to secure them against any loss which they may sustain by pay ment of Caledonian bank notes and drafts. A great part of the required amount has been subscribed. . -■ • Robert Templeton, jeweller, Ayr, has bequeathed an estate of £1,000,000, sub ject to a life interest for his three sisters, to re-build an old bridge popularly known as the Auld Brig of Ayr, and rendered famous by Burns’ Poems. - 1 Gardiner, of Westbourne Terrace, has died, bequeathing £330,000 to various blind institutions. His daughter, to whom he leaves a large fortune, intends disputing the validity of the bequest. ■ • In the Divorce Court, Colonel Noon, serving in the Ottoman Gend’armes under Baker Pasha, obtained a decree nisi, on account of his wife’s misconduct with Lord Grantley, petitioner’s first cousin. Broadhead, .the noted Trades Union leader at Sheffield, is dead. lu the House of Commons on March 15 a scene occurred, in consequence of a statement by Government that they did not intend to remove Lord Chelmsford from his command. Mr. Jenkins, despite repeated interruptions by the Speaker, attacked Lord Chelmsford, declaring his advancement was due to occult influence.

Tlie situation in Upper Burmah is regarded as serious for European residents. It is stated that the recent massacre, at the instance of the king, only amounted to 40 persons, . hut the killing was attended by every possible atrocity. The women were shockingly' and shamefully abused. The royal princes were reserved to the last, and made to witness the torture and death of their families.

v i , Madame LaChapilleit, of com-- pleted her task of walking 2,700 quarter , miles in as many consecutive, quarter hours. She im .ediately started out to walk 300 additional quarter miles in ten minute stretches. She was in very bad condition, and her feet have been re peatedly lanced. .: The widow of Chas. Dickens is danger ously ill. ' Li ; ' ‘ ;Bret Harte has been elected an honorary member of the Reform Club, London, j

Tke French Government have chartered a 'steamer to 1 fetch 600 amnestied Com munists from New Caledonia.

Terrible Floods' in Hungary, f 1 A great calamity has befallen Hun gary, owing to. the heavy rain and snow about the sources of the Theiss and Maros. The Theiss River overflowed, submerging the city of Szegedin, at 'the confluence, and many populous towns and villages, u The final catastrophe was anticipated some but; on March ioth it became certain. Three dams'protecting Szegedin from the oyer-, flow of the Theiss burst, and 5000 men worked at the remaining dyke to strengthen it. Martial law was pro claimed and every one was summoned to work- under pain of death. The water broke. through with immense, force at 3 a.m. on March nth, carrying away part of the railway station em bankment and the rolling stock. In three hours the town was many feet deep in water, and terrible sufferings commenced. Shrieks and cries from the thousands went * up, houses went crushing into the. flood by the score, in many cases carrying the inmates with them. There was no gas, the works being 15 Ft under water. A boat was going to a house full of people, when the latter fell with a'fearful 1 crash, and carried with it the whole living freight. The scene was simply heartrending, and 80,000 people are out of house and home. Such was the state of affairs early on the morning of March 12th, the large dykes at the back of the town having given way. -I

The London Daily News publishes the following telegram of the condition of the town on the evening of March 12 “ Since our last telegram the water has risen in the town sft, and the situa tion is becoming worse. 60,000 persons are without cover over them. It is

toad the !p,siq 0f life h&£j jjggu very gr.silh and-Wi4 ipcreasejjimng this terrjbje' night, \f.-The eruption of the ' water was s'6;,sudden' that the workmen hjad<i bekrely -\ tinotejT to escape. The Hungarian Government sent 200,000 florins for the relief of the sufferers. On March 13 relief parties were actively, working to succour the survivors.” The following bulletin was received from the doomed city on, the evening of March 15 “The danger- in Szegedin is increasing. The rescuing boats con tinually strike the ruins so that in many cases the rescue of survivors is impos sible. One boat _ capsized, by which 7 women were drowned. A violent" storm is raging, and the water is continually rising, and is now 2 ft. above the level of the Theiss. The submerged has been reduced by 600 square metres, which is continually decreasing. At the first eruption 35 soldiers were drowned. The State railway carried 10,000 fugitives yesterday. . It is im possible to estimate the loss of life,, as the number buried, under; the ruins cannot be ascertained. Thehouseswere built of sun-dried • bricks, and collapsed soon after the first inrush of the flood. The work of feeding and,removing the sufferers is proceedihgwithgfeat ardour. At noon on Thursday there were still people dn ; th'e.rpbfs,of*,th'4 f ;febiis^s‘*Sttd.. in trees. Some persons'died from the. exposures '/AA number; pf} r incendiaries have been arrested. ’ A Vienna telegram of March 6 .says, thousands .qf, persons are Stilly surroundedbybythe -water, at Szegedin... Six- steamers and 24 tugs . . have left Pesth for Szegedin. -;; -jj ■ On March ..14th. -thp Government. Commissioner at Szegedin reported that, he rowed throughthe submerged streets and found three-quarters of the to,Wn in ruins. If the water remains a: clays longer scarcely 20,o„ houses . wifi,be left standing. The Burgomaster, .estimates, that several thousands , ,;had '’been drowned, and attributes the disaster!to the indolence of the inhabi tants, and to the fact that the Government Commis sioners concentrated theiir efforts on . strengthening’the darri, and not on pre paring for saving life. ' ’ On March 15 the Lord Mayor of London, at the request of the' Austrian Ambassador, opened subscriptions for the relief of Szegedin. A correspon dent at Szegedin telegraphed on Thurs day that thousands of people were starving.- The conresponderit ' passed in one of the relief boats 400 persons who• had• taken' Tefuge in La church. The boat was unable of afford them any help, and hardly any serviceable boats were available. In the school house 1500 - people'"had taken: refuge,b and were without food. A large number of boats, which were proceeding to aid the submerged city have been stopped by a storm, which had ait off communica tion by.river. A late telegram says that a fearful storm is 7 still raging. The vast lake found the - city remains, tossing like a seg.. The inhabitants, who .have not yet tbeen taken'away, are crowded in the citadel, and in the upper stories' of a few houses arid in railway waggohs. These people are - fairly provided' with provisions, but jhpusanris are encamped 'on the dykes. With' those it is impossible to Communicate. Four ■ hundred corpses, were recovered yesterday. “A despatch from Szegedin on. March. 14, reports the River Manos rising rapidly, and threatening the town. Numerous -villages in the vicinity-are-crowded; with refugees, and- reigns'; here, . •and in the surrounding country, because o f the insufficient' dumber of troops. Several ;; incendiaries,have., been sUnjmafily executed, y The’ .aufhofitieS v at .'Szentes, Vasarhcly,and- Gzofigixd— •' Which ‘ towns ‘ Contain Lan r aggregate population pf Bb,pop, have telegraphed to'Pesth for aid, vi as4he dykbs protect ing them from the water are threatened Sickness has broken, out among refugees camped on the dykes at Szegedin.,- A later telegram --says the. . .Whole country; below, ,Szegedin and Tamesvar is. strewed with caravans., The villages and boroughs ’ have fios'pitablyl opened their houses findstofes tdWhe refugees. The railway r )train ; s fook to Temesvar 400 /ffigitiy^j^il4^qd^.pec^)le r went by steamerto Szentes. The- official state ment shows that out of 9,700 houses in Szegedin,' all ’except 261 have beendes itroyedj and in,, mpst ijases,-belonged to • the lower of population.T.-A'By a despatch > IromScyieatifflf .jit-?isj thought -6000 persons are; drowhed. The latest telegram as-'from Szegedin' on March 16th, and it - fixes., the "number of drowned at '2OOO. ‘ „

Many persons, it is believed 4,000, perished,; as the. gale; ‘ prevented the majority oi the inhabitants from hear ing thefirstaiarm. SomeQfthe largeAi houses fell on Saturday. One it'is'ShHl to have bve'rwhelmed : ...eighty ana another ; fifty-six person's. /Many people are still on the ruins of the houses and trees. Sixteen thousand horses and cattle and ninety thousand sheep were lost The water fells very slowly, and only receded three 1 miles ph Saturday. Frost is . causing great “SuffeVihg, and fearful tales are told ofiridividual distress. Women, on board the rescuing steamers are refusing to part with the corpses of their. children. The refugees on the embankments are eating corn seed, and accouchements occur ih boats and on railway trains. The damage at Szege din is estimated at

The Two Cities.— Messrs .Oliver, Dri ver, and Bastings have sent by telegram a strong remonstance to the. Minister of Public Works against '.the acceptance of tenders' for the erection 'of: extensive rail way workshops at Addington,/hear Christ church, and urging .that Dunedin is the proper centre for railway,management fotf the Middle Island. ‘

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Clothing Ebta'olisjhtment, ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES. TO THE PEOPLE OF TPIE ' ASHBURTON DISTRICT. MESSRS. 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 ■ SINGLEGARMENT AT THE LW HOLESALE PRICE. Si ... - : .. ,; i ;,,> All goods are marked in plain figures, for net cash only. Any article purchased and not approved of will he exchanged Avithi the same courtesy with which it was sold, or, if desired, /,the money will be .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 nn.. .the., part of the public to .. encourage. New, Zealand Indus- L tries, especially where superior advantages are offered, and your support is solicited on this understanding only. LLENSTEIN RO S. 467 WILLIAM SPARROW, Manager 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, 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 y/ '' j Woria Po wders v 5 : ~< v Stomach Bitters ~ -Blood Purifier, &e. Roots, Herbs, Barks; &c. of every kind. ... r t' ■ 370 CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE IS acknowledged to be the most agreeable and efficacious Tonic Stomachic yet pro duced.-It contains the valuahleTonic proper ties ofPeruviahßark (“ 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 ' ’ *' ■ ■ •k . ;•::«< B IXT ERS,” 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 riot obtained by any other medicine. One, two, or three wir■e-glass fuls may he teken during the day by persons" suffering from the abovt* com plaints, with the greatest benefit. It is highly recommended by the medical pro fession’to be taken whenever Cod LTver Oil is ordered. By pouring the requi red 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 serit (carriage free) in cases containir tg one dozen, at 48s. Sold retail by all Chemists, and manufactured by J. M. CAMBRIDGE, MEDICAL HALL ASHBURTON. V. - ; o ■■■: : • ■ ■ ■ 300. 1 V /" Business Notices. n EORGE L L E N, accountant, collector, HOUSE,. LAND, AND COMMISSION. AGENT, • ZOkiCI A Ki j ■Saunders’ New Buildings, Ashburton. £,fS



ADVERTISEMENTS for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not later than 2 p.m. for the Country Edition, and 3 p.m. for the Town Edition, with the number of insertions written plainly on he copy, other wise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged accordingly. . I Notice to discontinue Advertisements must be left at the Office in writing, before 12 noon and alterations the day previous. Subscriptions : In Advance. If Booked Quarterly— s. d. s. d Delivered in town ...60 6 6 ~ country ...80 8 6 Posted ... 8 0 8 6



Special Notice. Hooper, aitken and go. are prepared to make CASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE Placed in their hands for sale in the Home Markets. *390 NOTICE. SANDO & OLSEN respectfully request their Customers .to pay their Accounts before Saturday next, 12th inst., or they will he compelled to sue for settlement.. 643 SANDO & OLSEN. IN BANKRUPTCY. j^OTICE —The “ Ashburton Herald” it a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. 608 ■ ANNIVERSARY TEA. THE ANNIVERSARY TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT OF THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL Will be held in the TOWN H A L L ON GOOD FRIDAY EVENING. Tea on the Tables at 5‘30 p.m. Addresses will be delivered by several gentlemen J. E. BUCHANAN, ESQ. IN THE CHAIR. 670 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. A MEETING of Creditors in the estate of Thomas . Maddox, builder, of Tinwald, a bankrupt, will be held at my office. East-street, on SATURDAY, the 12th inst., at 2 p.m. 669 Iv. SANDO, Trustee. TIIE CHRISTIAN HERALD. IS 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 H. M. Jones’. 673 WESLEYAN CHURCH, Cameron Street. —The Rev. W. Keall will preach on Sunday Evening next at 6.30. Sacrament at the close of the Service. 672 REMOVAL NOTICE. MRS. MANHIRE, Dressmaker, begs to inform her numerous friends and the public generally that she has removed to premises behind Mr. Boyle’s Office, Moore Street. \ NIGHT SCHOOL on Monday Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday lEvenings. 634 JUST ARRIVED, Albums, Desks, Workboxes, &c. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 473 a



FASTER HOLIDAYS, the undersigned, hereby give notice to the public that our respective places of business will be fully closed on FRIDAY and MONDAY, 11th and 14tli J. 11. PASS & CO. ORR & CO. SANDO & OLSEN. JOHN FOWLER.' WILLIAM SPARROW. THOS. CHAMBERS. E. A. GARNETT. WILLIAM GAVIN. T. R. HODDER & CO. HOOPER, AITKEN C- Co F. DOHERTY inst. 676 tmsm