GASOLINE—THE NEW LIGHT.

Frsrri the Wellington Post, of Jnne 4,

Last evening some members of the Press accepted the invitation of Mr. J. S. Thomson to examine the appara tus for producing the new illuminating agent, gasoline, with which it is pro posed to light the trains on the Welling ton railway. On arriving at the estab lishment of Mr. Hall, plumber, where the apparatus is at work, we found the front shop lighted with the new agent. The flame is in no way distinguishable from that of ordinary coal gas in ap pearance, but it is claimed by the inventor to be superior in many respects, inasmuch as it contains no sulphur, or ammonia, or any other of the impuri ties with which gas abounds. The gas produced by the apparatus is atmos pheric air charged with the vapour of gasoline, which is a light hydro-carbon spirit, a product of petroleum, evaporat ing at ordinary temperature. The ap paratus at Mr. Hall’s, sufficient to sup ply twelve lights, only-occupies a very small space, comparatively, being 15 inches broad by 30 inches long, and 34 inches high. Although nominally a 12-light apparatus, it was supplying nineteen lights at the time of our visit, without any apparent difficulty, the question of increased supply being mainly one of increased pressure. One important feature about the new illumi nating agent is that its quality can be regulated, so as to produce gas of an inferior or superior class by merely turning a tap and admitting more or less air into the apparatus. Thus the landlord of an hotel having to keep all his jets burning, and wishing to econo mise the gas, has merely to turn a little nut and the thing is done instantly, the only difference being that the lights burn a little more dimly than before. The mechanism by which the air is tho roughly charged with vapour and forced into the supply pipes is very ingenious in its character, but a description would be of rather too technical a nature to interest our readers. Suffice it to say that several improvements have been made in the apparatus, and patented by Mr. Thomson, so as to adapt it for use on board ship and in trains. The new light has been adopted by the Government, and is to be used in their workshops at Petone. A successful trial of it has also been made of it on the Wellington Railway, and Mr. Thomson is satisfied that it will be found admirably adapted for railway purposes. The cost is about the same as that of coal gas, namely, ns. to 12s. per thousand cubic feet. The only attention which the machine requires is to fill it with gasoline about once a month,- and to wind up the motive apparatus daily. Although there is no probability, to our minds, that the new illuminating agent will ever supplant coal gas, yet there seems to be no doubt that for hotels, etc., in the country, where coal gas is not laid on, and for the special purposes to which Mr. Thomson intends to apply it —viz., for use in trains and on steamboats, &c, it will be found very valuable, and convenient. Already it is in use at hotels at the Hutt and the Wairarapa, and, we understand, has given every satisfaction.

THE SCARE AT NATAL.

An amusing account is given by the Maritzburg correspondent of the Cape town Standard and Mail of the scare of that town, just after the great opening catastrophe of the war. He says : “ Anyone coming to this city • would be surprised at its appearance. The large brick building which contains the court-house, the post-office, and the Government buildings, is being sur rounded with boarding, and shutters are being made to place over the windows, with loopholes for firing upon the enemy should he ever appear. The two days the Supreme Court sat, a curious appearance was presented with the judges in their robes on the bench, the barristers around the table, and, at the back of this calm, judicial scene, innumerable boxes containing rifles and ammunition have been deposited there to be ready in case the place has to be turned into a laager. On the opposite side of the road—that is, of Church street, the main thoroughfare in this city —is a long, low strip of buildings con taining the offices of the Colonial Secre tary and the Native High Court. Here, too, the same kind of preparations are being made, and already nearly all the windows are boarded up. Down the street a number of stores which are in the block designed to be enclosed are only half opened ; and boxes filled with earth are piled up .at weak places—in fact, it looks almost as though we were already in a state of seige in this part of the town. At first the effect on people’s • minds was somewhat depressing, but they seem to have got used to the idea now, and in some cases mild jokelets are made on the subject. Business of all kinds, except that connected with supplying waggons, stores, etc., is at a standstill—but in these particular direc tions many are working night and day. At several places dozens of men and women may be seen busily at work making tents; the waggon makers are hard at work turning out vehicles, some with the Geneva cross on them for the military ; while several of the stores here are almost at their wits’ ends to know how they can complete the con tracts they have made with the Com missariat.”

OLD LOVE LETTERS.

Do you ever re-read your old love letters ? Or have you been wise enough to destroy them ? We hope the latter is the case. It is foolish to keep old letters; they give us only pain or worse. If compromising, it is criminal to ourselves and those others ; if saddening, it is silly to loosen again a fount of tears which it is life’s best wisdom to keep closed. But some letters, on which the sun will never shine, if they could be published, would entirely vindicate the character of those on whom the world has been hard, and of whom it has only heard half-truths. All damaging secrets, trusted to letters and kept, are sure to be found out in time; and many a scandal would never see the light, many a dangerous moment be tided over if only people would not write what they do not wish others to read. Without intending to be dishonorable, many people are careless in regatd to their letters, and forget to burn them when requested. How a man who has lived in public honor and repute has been all at once confronted with old letters that have blown the whole fabric of his public character to the winds ! And how many a reputation, carried intact to the edge of the grave, has been lost for ever there, because of the letters that came to light, and proved what a sham that honorab’e citizen and faith ful husband was ! For letters are ir refragable evidence, and no skiil or counsel or defence can deny them. Therefore be careful what you write, that none of letters can confront you.—Professor Haire.

The two most precious things on this side the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other. A wise. man therefore will be more anxious to d iserve a fair name than to possess it, and this will teach him so to live as not to be afraid to die.

ASHBURTON HfekAtP.

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New Advertisements. 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 CHOIR UNION. MEMBERS are requested to ATTEND PRACTICE on WEDNESDAY Evening, at 7.30, at Miss Steane’s School room, to make final arrangements for the Concert. 991 H. J. WEEKS, Conductor. 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. O. AITKEN, Trustee. Ashburton, June 10th, 1879. 992 Tenders. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. TENDERS are invited for performing the duties of SCAVENGER fGr the Borough. Specifications of the work to be done may be seen at the office of Messrs. Fooks and Son, Borough Engineers, and tenders endorsed “ Tender for Scavenging,” and accompanied by a guarantee deposit of £5, to be delivered at the Borough Office on or before Monday. 16th June, 1879. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, May 30th, 1879. 985 THE EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTERBURY. CHERTSEY SCHOOL. TENDERS are invited for Building a Concrete TANK, and for GATES, FENCING, Etc. Plans and specifica tions can be seen on application to Mr. Markham, at Chertsey, after THURS DAY, June sth. Endorsed Tenders are to be sent in to the Chairman of the Board, at Christchurch, not later than THURSDAY, June 12th. THOMAS CANE, Architect. Christchurch, June 2nd, 1879. 975 Public Notice. Assigned Estate of A. W. WORTH INGTON, of Ashburton, Book seller, &c. (commonly known as Alfred Weston). CREDITORS in this Estate will please forward their claims on or before June 20, to my office, Ashburton, or they will not be recognised. W. H. ZOUCH, 986 Trustee. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. ADJOURNED MEETING WATER SUP PLY, SOUTH RAKAIA. ~VTOTICE is hereby given that the iM ADJOURNED MEETING of Rate payers at South Rakhia, re Water Supply, will take place at the Town Hall, South Rakaia, on WEDNESDAY, June 11th, at 2 p.m. By order. F. MAINWARING, Clerk CHAFF ! CHAFF ! ! CHAFF !! ! A BOUT TWENTY TONS of Hand tied STRAW CHAFF, at £2 175., delivered at Chertsey Railway Station for the line. Also, THIRTY TONS OATEN ‘ SHEAF, At Five Pounds per Ton. About one-half mile from Railway Station. 973 A. R. MARKHAM AND Co.



Amusements. TOWN HALL. Lessees and Managers Hiscocks, Hayman, and Co. Business Manager ... Geo. Lingard. JUNE 18 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. Q LA RA 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. Public Notices. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. "VTOTICE is hereby given that at a TV 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 (£6000) 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 (£16,000), 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 or made payable by such 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.” gALDWI N ’ S



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 30th, 1879. 946 ASHBURTON ROAD DISTRICTS. ASSESSMENT COURT, 1879. JATOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance _l_N of the provisions of the Rating Act, 1876, that Assessment Courts will be held by meat the places undermentioned, and at 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 : Rakaia Road District. Thursday, June 12, at 12 o’clock, at the Road Board Office, South Rakaia. Mount Hutt Road District. Monday, June 16, at 12 o’clock, at the Road Board Office, Mount Hutt. F. GUINNESS, Judge. May 31, 1879 956 CONCERTINAS, German Accordeons, Mouth Organs, and Violin Strings, at H. M. JONES’, Baring Square.



Business Notices.



TO MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN, AND OTHERS. STUDY ECONOMY! STUDY ECONOMY! GREAT SAVING EFFECTED BY PURCHASING YOUR STATIONERY 5 - ; at tub ’ WHOLESALE STATIONERY DEPOT. CASH PRICES: Envelopes, Cream Laid, Per iooo - 6s. 6d. Ditto Per 500 - 3s. 6d. Ditto Printed, 1,000, 10s. 6d. Notepaper, ruled, per packet of 5 Quires, from is. 6d. Large quantities at lower rates. ACCOUNT BOOKS OF ALL KINDS. TEN PER CENT. OFF FOR CASH!!! STORES LIBERALLY DEALT WITH. WEEKS & DIXON, Wholesale Stationers HERALD OFFICE.



Auction Sales. BULLOCK AND CO., AGENTS FORijTHE SOUTHfBRITISH 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 RUN HOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. fJIHE Undersigned have on Sale: — Fencing Wire No. 6 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 AND TO LET BY Messrs. Poyntz Sc Co., 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 Wakamii Township ; good stand for a Blacksmith. J-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. f3T 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. 473 b DIARIES. —A Few 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 n WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est z.nd neatest CARDS may bo had at the ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Street North.



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. > B®,Note the address— J. Y. WARD, East Street North {Saunders Bros.’ New Buildings), ASHBURTON. 440 Business Notices. EW JNDUSTRY. COFFEE, Pure and Fresh Ground Daily at ORR & CO.’S. 953



A USEFUL NOVELTY. Most Favorable OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY. Xe* ih\ H W u P 4 w Pk h\ A DISCOUNT of; SEVEN AND A HALF Per Cent, will be allowed to all CASH CUSTOMERS BX Friedlander Bros., EAST STREET. 828



GEORGE LADBROOK, (Near the Station, Winslow), HAS in Stock a Good Supply of 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. NOTICE. ALL ACCOUNTS due to the Estate vi Thomas Hicks, Ashburton, 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 .nt. SO- B. BRANSON, ] £ ustees ’



Business Notices. C. PERCY COX, L AND AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. TO LET OR SELL— GBO Acres first-class land (limestone) with good house, large stables, woolshed, sheep-yards, granaries, etc., etc., com plete ; very convenient. 320 Acres reserve, first-class land, part sub-let, sufficient to cover the whole of Government rent, etc., leaving upwards of 200 acres rent free for 2 years. Low price wanted for goodwill of lease, or Would be let to a suitable tenant. 2,500 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 o sell or let in Ashburton and Hindhope. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY. ' S Agent for . Union Insurance; 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 fake this opportunity of acknowledging the very liberal support accorded to him here tofore, 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 of Ashburton and surrour ding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inf« rn them that he has received, and to arrive ; at his place c.f business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attenbt 1 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-stkebt. 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 b«|. Sold at very reasonable prices. Note the address— M. NEALAS, NEXT TO MESSRS. ORR & CO.’S, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Educational. MUSIC TUITION, VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL. • per Lesson, on appl!» SUPERIOR LADIES’ BOARDING ANlj DAY SCHOOL, Oxford Villa, Burnett St:, Ashburton, > Conducted by Miss Steane. Private Lessons in French, German, an ( Latin, twice weekly ; Music, and Drawing i A Various Styles. . . Preparatory School for Boys. ; Inclusive Terms. Vi ; •. SCHOOL Books, Bags, Etc.— H. A , JONES, Stationer, Etc., B»rir j’> Square. 47£a SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mat*/ rials. H. M. JONES, Statipnei. Baring Square. 47‘ I.