PRIVATE LIFE IN RUSSIA.

A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette , in describing the peculiar as pect of affairs in Russia, says : —“ No body talks of liberalism in drawing rooms, for there are so many con spiracies afoot. There is so much espionage, arresting, and exiling to Siberia that the most dangerous rebels are those who use the most fulsome adulation in speaking of the Court. An imprudent word might cost too dear at a moment when assassins are

believed to be lurking everywhere, and

when the official journals are screaming "in a panic to the police that they are not active nor watchful enough. Here is a little example of what the police

are expected to do : After the attack on General Drenteln it was ascertained that the young man who shot at him had for some weeks previously been taking riding lessons, with a view, it now seems, of escaping readily after his crime. So the Golos writes : —“ It is astonishing that the owner of the riding school did not feel his suspicions excited by the young man’s coming daily to take lessons. He should have have made enquiries, and had him watched.’ Watch a man because he takes riding lessons ! Why not, then, set detectives upon persons who dine daily at the same restaurant ? As a fact, it seems that the police do watch

so much and so annoyingly that a pru dent man will not stop to stare at the Imperial palace, nor ask audience of a Minister, nor purchase cartridges for his sporting guns, lest he should be sus pected of sinister designs. Foreigners who come into Russia have always been looked closely after by the police ; but now Russians travel ling within their own country are pes tered quite as much as foreigners. A boyard from the provinces comes up to St. Petersburg on business, and alights at a great hotel, like Demuth’s. He must exhibit his passport, vised by all the authorities of towns where he has spent a night during his journey; and this done he must obtain a p'ermis de sejour from the police of the capital. While he has gone to one of the offices of the Third Section on this errand de tectives who have requested him to give up his keys proceed to his hotel room and overhaul every article in his lug gage, confiscating his private letters at the same time for leisurely perusal at their convenience. Our tourist returns to table-d’hote dinner and enters into conversation with a fellow countryman by his side, or he goes off to spend an evening at the Winter Garden and falls in with some strangers whom he has known in Paris. Next day he is ar-

rested and brought to book for having been seen chatting with people who '< turn out to be conspirators. It may be said that a man can avoid talking to strangers at table-d’hote; but the pro vincial Russian may chance to be arrested simply because he has attended a party at the house of some great lady who has been collared by the police be cause she is a friend of a prince of the blood who has suddenly fallen into dis grace. When one hears of the Czare witch being a prisoner in his own house,

of another Grand Duke being exiled to his estates, and of dozens of noblemen, ladies, and even young girls being ar rested for supposed complicity with the Nihilists, it becomes obvious that the

moral atmosphere in which Russian society is now living must be one of freezing terror. People who have spent the last win ter season at St. Petersburg describe it as having been funereally dull; though this city was never so crowded with wealthy families, because most of the landowners have grown afraid to live on their estates, not only because they dread Nihilist risings among the peasantry, but because they fear to have enemies at Court who might accuse them of having fomented such This miserable state of uneasiness cannot last long. The Russians are an impulsive people, who love to talk and enjoy themselves. They had enough compression under j Nicholas; and'the present revival of this regijne can only result in convert ing all of them into conspirators. In fact, they are all conspirators as it is ; for everybody is more or less exercised in devising means of extrication from the quandary, and it must needs be that many incline to means which are deprecated by the authorities. As to the Czar’s intentions, nothing is known. But he is supposed to be brooding in the helpless bewilderment of a man who is afraid to touch a single brick in a cranky fabric lest the whole of it should tumble down.

THE ASHBU&TdW HERALd

[Friday June 15, 1879



New Advertisements. £IOO Reward, STRAYED from Longbeach, about a Fortnight back, a Chestnut GELD ING; white face, and branded G on shoulder. The above Reward will be paid for information leading to his recovery. 1004 JOHN GRIGG. v. LL Debts due to the Estates of THOMAS HICKS, J. MCLAUGHLIN, CHARLES SMITI-lEL, and JOHN JONES, Ashton, will be sued for if not paid immediately. W. R. BOYLE, 1013 Trustee.



Auction Sales. Messrs, a gland, Campbell & CO., have received instructions to sell the GOOD-WILL OF LEASE OF 260 acres 260 OF LAND AT WINCHMORE, With House and Stable thereon. Full particulars at our offices. ACL.AND, CAMPBELL, & Co., 1014 Auctioneers. Tenders. PLOUGHING AND FENCING. TENDERS are invited for DOUBLE SOD FENCING round portions of the Plantation Reserves near Chertsey, Dromore, Wakanui, Tinwald, and Winder mere. Also, for PLOUGHING 30 acres at each of the places named. Further particulars may be obtained at the County Council Office, and tenders must be left there by noon on WEDNES DAY, the 18th. EDWARD G. WRIGHT, 1015 (For the Plantation Board). ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. North Ashburton River Bridge, near Mount Somers Road Crossing. FRESH TENDERS are invited for Bridge reduced to 600 feet in length, and spans to be 20 feet. Plan and specifi cation can be seen at Council offices, Moore-street, Ashburton, and Tenders addressed to the Chairman, with a deposit equal to five per cent of the amount of tender, to be lodged .not later than 10 a,in., Wednesday, 2nd July next. By order. Wm. BAXTER, Ashburton, County Engineer. June 14th, 1879. 1018



Public Notice. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. is hereby given that at a J\l Special Meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council, held on Tuesday, the 27th day of May, 1879, the following re solution was adopted : “ That under and in pursuance of the provisions and powers contained in part X of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, and other provisions and powers contained in the said Act, the Ashburton Borough Council do borrow and take up at interest on the security or credit of a rate of one shilling in the pound, authorised to be made and levied by the said Council, under section 112 of the said Municipal Corpora tions Act, 1876, the sum of fifteen thou sand pounds, to be expended as follows : Seven thousand pounds (£7000) in supple menting the sum of Five thousand pounds (£5000) received from the County Council of Ashburton for the purpose of paying, satisfying, and defraying the cost, charges, and expenses of making, erecting and pro viding a system of water supply for the Borough of Ashburton, and for the pur pose of purchasing, or paying for any land which may be required for intakes, reser voirs, or otherwise in connection with the said undertaking or work, or which may be thereby injuriously affected : and for the purpose of laying down pipes, erecting floodgates, and all other necessary works connected with such water supply, the balance of the said sum of fifteen thousand pounds, to wit —Eight thousand pounds (£8000), for the purpose of defraying all outlay incurred in and expenses of, and incidental to the construction, and erection of all buildings, erections, constructions, protective works, pipes, gutters, channels, sewers, drains, bridges, crossings, and all other works, and operations necessary, and requisite for providing underground and surface drainage for the said. Borough. That for the purpose of securing the repayment of the said sum of fifteen thousand pounds (£15,000), together with interest thereon, the said Council do issue seven hundred and fifty debentures for twenty pounds (£2O) each in the form contained in the ninth schedule of Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, or to the effect thereof to the person or persons by or on behalf of whom such sum or por tion or part thereof be advanced. “ That the said principal sum of fifteen thousand pounds (£15,000) be borrowed for a term or period of ten (10) years, from the making of such debentures and that the rate of interest to be named therein ormade payable bysuch debentures be at the rate of six pounds ten shillings (£6 10s) per centum per annum, and pay able half yearly, and that coupons for each sum so payable in the form in the tenth schedule to the said Act of 1876, or to the effect thereof, be attached to such deben tures for payment of such interest. That such debentures be forthwith issued under the seal of this said Council, and offered for sale by the Bank of New Zealand as agents for the said Council in London or New Zealand.”



Notice is hereby giveu that a Special Meeting will be held on MONDAY, the 30th day of June next, at 6.30 p.m., for the purpose of confirming the above resolu tion. By order, CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, May 30fch, 1879. 94.6 ASHBURTON ROAD DISTRICTS. ASSESSMENT COURT, 1879. ~VTOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance IX of the provisions of the Rating Act, 1876, that Assessment Courts will be held by meat the places undermentioned, andat the times hereinafter specified, for the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the respective Valuation Lists of the various Road Districts within the County of Ashburton for the now current year, when all clerks, valuators, and others duly appointed on behalf of the local bodies— are requested to attend the sittings of the said Courts:— Mount Hutt Road District. Monday, June 16, at 12 o’clock, at the Road Board Office, Mount Hutt. F. GUI AN ESS, Judge. '956 May 31,1879



Amusements. TOWN HALL. Lessees end Managers Hiscocks, Hay man, and Co. Business Maniger ... Geo. Lingard. JUNE IS AND 19. The Idols of Two Continents, PROFESSOR S. S. and CLARA BALDWIN, EXPOSERS OF SPIRITUALISM, In their Original and EXTRAORDINARY LIGHT SEANCE, Performing by Human Agency all the Mar vellous, Physical and Mental Tests of the Most Celebrated Spirit Mediums. Endorsed by upwards of- 1,000 prominent Divines, Editors, Literati, and Notables, as being the Most Crushing Blow yet aimed against the performances of Mediums, being all the more overwhelming in that the Banner of Light the leading Spiritualistic paper (U.S.A.), claims that Professor Baldwin is a Medium. QLARA -gALD WIN’S RENOWNED SPIRIT SEANCE MATERIALISATION. Ths Melbourne Argus says:—“You can actually see and recognise the faces and farms of the dead as they appear in a bright light on the open stage during Clara Baldwin’s spirit xride reception.” Doors open 7.30 ; commence 8 sharp. Ad mission, 35., 25. , is. 987 W. C. CONKLING, Agent. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CON CERT IN THE TEMPLAR HALL. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25™, 1879 An Entertainment will be given on the above date in aid of the WESLEYAN CHURCH BUILDING FUND. GLEES, PART SONGS, DUETS, AND SOLOS. Admission, Is 6d. Tickets can be obtained from Messrs. Jones, Aitl en, Weeks, Orr, Ashwood, Andrews, and others. 994 Public Notices. NORTH ASHBURTON AND LOWER ASHBURTON ROAD DISTRICTS CONSTITUTED. [l.s] Hercules Robinson, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. BY virtue of the powers vested in me by the seventh section of the Ordin ance of the Province of Canterbury, in tituled “ The Canterbury Roads Ordin ance, 1872,” and of the powers vested in me by “ The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,” and “ The Canterbury Roads Or dinance Amendment Act, 1877,” I Her cules George Robert Robinson, the Gover nor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that, from and after the date h jreof, the portion of the Lower Ashburton Road District des cribed in the First Schedule hereto shall be severed from the said road district, and shall be and is hereby constituted a new district under the name of the “North Ashburton Road District,” and that the remaining portion of the said Lower Ash burton Road District described in the Second Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be a new district under the name of the “ Lower Ashburton Road District.”



FIRST SCHEDULE. Description of the North Ashburton Road District. The North Ashburton Road District comprises all that portion of the Provincial District of Canterbury, bounded towards the North-east by the South Rakaia Road District; towards the North-west by the Great Southern Railway and by the Town of Ashburton'; towards the South-west by a line running along the Middle of the Ashburton River ; and toward the South east by the South Pacific Ocean; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the Survey Office, Christchurch. SECOND SCHEDULE. Description of the Lower Ashburton Road District. The Lower Ashburton Road District comprises all that portion of the Provin cial District of Canterbury bounded to wards the North-east by a line running along the middle of the Ashburton River ; towards the North-west by the Great Southern Railway; towards the South west by the Rangitata River ; and towards the South-east by the South Pacific Ocean ; as the same is delineated on the plans deposited in the Survey Office, Christchurch. Given under the hand of His Excel lency Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Com mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. G. S. WHITMORE. God Save the Queen. 1001 SLAUGHTERING LICENSE. WE HEREBY give notice that we in intend, at the Council’s sitting on the 2nd July, to apply for a license to kill small and large cattle on R.S. 26598. ROBERTS & WINTER. Selma, June 9, 1879. 990 ESTATE OF F. P. LeBRETON. ALL Claims against the above Estate must be sent in to the undersigned by TUESDAY, 17th June, otherwise they will not be recognised. A. 0. AITKEN, Trustee. 992 Ashburton, June 10th, 1879.



Auction Sales. MONDAY, JUNE i6th, At 11 o’clock. MR. ALFRED HARRISON has re ceived instructions from Robert Macfarlane, Esq., of Burnett Sti’eet (be hind the English Church), to offer for sale by public auction, on the premises, the greater part of his HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, On the above date, comprising— -f VERV HANDSOME -i 1 TRICHORD PIANO, 1 By Aucher & Sons, Paris (To be on view any day between 4 and 5 o’clock, p.m.) —AL S O Bedsteads, Spring Mattresses, Chest Drawers, Dining Tables, Toilet Sets, Looking Glasses, Arm Chairs, Bookcase, Sofa, Cheffoniers, Whatnot, Washing Machine, Perambulator, Dining Service, Kitchen Utensils, Etc., Etc., Etc. Sale at 11 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON, 997 Auctioneer. UNDER DISTRAINT FOR RENT. WEDNESDAY, ißth JUNE, At i o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON has received in structions to sell by Public Auction at Waterton, on the above date, — 1 Horse Power, with intermediate motion 1 Single Furrow Plough I Double Furrow Plough 1 Set (4 leaves) Iron Harrows 1 Movable Hut 1 Spring Cart 1 Harvest Frame for dray 1 Roadmaker’s Scoop And a Quantity of Wheat Oats V ' ' . Barley and Flour. Sale at 1 o’clock, AT WATERTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE ißth. Ejctra stock may be entered up to day of sale with Mr. H. Hudson, Waterton. ALFRED HARRISON, 1002 Auctioneer.



Public Notices. TAILORING, AT MOST REASONABLE RATES, TO MEET THE TIMES. W. LEE (Formerly Tailor to G. Fletcher, of Christ church), BEGS to announce to the Gentlemen of the County of Ashburton that he has commenced the business of Tailoring and Habit Maker, in all its branches, and can guarantee a Good Fit and Superior Workmanship in all orders entrusted to him. Gentlemen’s materials supplied made up in the best style, on the shortest notice. Clothes cleaned and repaired, and made to look equal to new. ALL ORDERS EXECUTED AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES FOR CASH. Address— W. LEE, TAILOR, &c. , Havelock Street, Ashburton. at Hooper, Aitken & Co.’s. 1012



gA L E Gr HEAT OF DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, AT THE TRIANGLE, ASHBURTON, • FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. Early purchasers will have the opportunity of making good selections. 1008 GABITES & PLANTE. 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 Envelopes, notepaper, en velopes, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. 55 WANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes and Notepaper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “Herald” Office,( East-street North. G4B



Auction Sales. BULLOCK AND CO., AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £1,000,000. Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack. J. DRUMMOND McPHERSON, Manager, Christchurch. TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. Undersigned have on Sale:— Fencing Wire No. G to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds— White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, &c., &c. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Stores of Every Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. BULLOCK AND CO., East Street. Business Notice. PROPERTIES FOR SALE andJ TO LET BY Messrs. Pqyntz 8c Go., ASHBURTON. FOR SALE. 800 Acres Unimproved Land, near Chert sey. 150 Acres,; three miles from Ashburton, 70 acres in English Grass. 150 Acres at Longbeach; Good House and Outbuildings. 10 Acres near Wakanui Township ; good stand for a Blacksmith. £-Acre in South Rakaia Township. The Central Temperance Hotel, Baring Square, Ashburton. ' TO LET. 40 Acres of Good Land, two miles from Tinwald. 350 Acres Good Land, Coldstream Run, Rangitata—purchasing clause. Several Houses in Ashburton, various sizes. A House and Shop in East Street. A House and Shop in the Triangle. A House, Shop, and Bakery, in. the Tri angle. A House and Shop in Burnett Street. also, — SEVERAL HOUSES IN ASHBURTON FOR SALE, ON EASY TERMS. Apply POYNTZ & CO., East Street, 928 Ashburton.



Public Notices. IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North, — BANKRUPTCY ACTS, PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE. BIBLES, Prayers, and Church Services, Hymnals for various churches.—H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. DIARIES. —A Pew Commercial and Scribbling Diaries on Sale, Cheap, at the “ Herald ” Stationery Depot, East Street North, near Railway Station. SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 f, WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est *nd neatest CARDS may bt> had at the ASHBURTON. HERALD OFFICE East Si-beet Noetii.



Booksellers, &c. NEW BUSINESS. J . Y. WA R D, 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. &a,Note the address— J . Y. WARD, East Street North (Saunders Bros.’ New Buildings), ASHBURTON. 440 Business Notices. E W I NDUSTEY. COFFEE, Pure and Fresh Ground Daily at ORR & CO.’S. . 953 A USEFUL NOVELTY. Most Favorable OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY. <£>■» . 2 W O W P-t h\ £>• DISCOUNT of SEVEN AND A HALF Per Cent, will be allowed to all CASH CUSTOMERS BY Friedlander Bros., EAST STREET. 828



GEORGE LADBROOK, (Near the Station, Winslow), Has in Stock a Good Supply off Gene ral Stores, which he can supply Wholesale and Retail at the lowest current rates. Public Notices. N O T I C E. ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ALL Accounts due to the above estate must be paid forthwith to Mr. Doherty, or they will be sued for without further notice. By order of the Trustees, D. CARO. 927 W. BROWNE. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. BY Deed of Assignment, dated 21st day of May, 1879, filed in the Supreme Court of New Zealand on 22nd May, 1879, and assented to by the Creditors in Meeting held at Christchurch on 10th of June, 1879, the partnership existing be tween Messrs. SANDO & OLSEN is hereby dissolved. Dated June 11, 1879. 995 /a . j KNUD SANDO. (Signed) ] JOHN OLSEJL



Business Notices. C. PERCY COX, AND AND ESTATE AGENT AND-f ’ VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. V TO LET OR SELL— GBO Acres first-class land (limestone) with. ; good house, large stables, woolshed, sheep-yards, granaries, etc., etc., com- I 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. 2,500 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 sell or let in Ashburton and Hindhope. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union I nsurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 Tailors. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. S. STOKES, TAILOR AND CLOTHIER. BEGS to remind his friends and the, public that he has removed his busi-. ness to new shop near Baldwin’s Central Hotel, Wakanui Road, and would take this opportunity of acknowledging the' very liberal support accorded to him here- ‘ Wore, and solicits a continuance of patronage at his new shop—-"Wakanui Road, near Baldwin’s Central Hotel. S . STOKES, TAILOR AND CLOTHIER. 794 Bootmakers. ' PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the public ot Ashburton and surrourding dis-.' triets for past favors, begs to infi rn them, that he has received, and to arrive, at his\ place of business, East-street, a . WELL-ASSORTED STOCK or LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL-‘ DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES ’’ Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attentfi l to the Measure Department, and incites the gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect the superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes he is now making. Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and,; Shoes, and Running Shoes. WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. T. CHAMBERS, ' PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Next to Montgomery’s, East-street. M. NEALAS, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, AND IMPORTER, HAS now on sale a Splendid Assortment; of BOOTS and SHOES for Winter, which are of the Best Quality, and will be Sold at very reasonable prices. Note the address— M. NEALA ' NEXT TO MESSRS. ORR & CO.’S, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Educational. MUSIC TUITION, VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL. Terms, per Quarter or per Lesson, on appli-j cation to the Principal. ' ' SUPERIOR LADIES’ BOARDING AND* day School, j ; Oxford Villa, Burnett St., Conducted by Miss Steane. Private Lessons in French, German, anc) Latin, twice weekly ; Music, and Drawing mV Various Styles. Preparatory - School for Boys. Inclusive Terms. SCHOOL Books, Bags, Etc.—H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473aJ SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate ( rials. H. M. JONES, Stationer. Bujiflnikuiare. 473/.