POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close as follows: For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m daily. For Rakaia at 10.26 a.m and 4 p.m 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.m 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, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas,

Postmaster.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

The following letteis from places beyond the colony were received at the Ashburtcn Post Office during the month of July, and remained unclaimed on Ist September, 1879: Bennison, W. Bowden, W. Daly, Toseph Gerry, John Hetherington, William Horsfall, Miss O. Lafgren, P. P. Millas, Mrs. C. Perkins, George Russell, Robert Smith, John Groves Stirling, James Wilkinson, Mr. Woodman, W. D. W. St, G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE.

Mails close at the Chief Post Office for the following places (subject to the necessary alte rations) as under : The next mail foi the United Kingdom via San Francisco will be closed at Christchurch on Friday, Sept. 12, and will be due in London on Oct. 28. The next mails for the United Kingdom, via Brindisi and Southampton (for specially ad dressed letters only) will be closed at Christ church on Sept. 24. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on November 17th, and the mail via Southampton on November 24th.

A travelling Post Office jiifijlp ished on the Southern line of raiiwaj^lStfhj s bearing a late fee of 2d. may be Station in the mail carriage aitachea; to the express train, and they will be ‘included in .the mails made up in transit for offices on the main line and branches. J. j J ' Sydney J. Dick) Chief Pospprster.

NEW POSTAL REGULATION.

Letters posted within the colony haling' the names and addresses of the senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, accompanied by a request that the letters be returned if riot claimed within a stated period, will be return ed unopened. Provided, however, such letters shall have remained in the post office to which they may be addressed, at least ten days.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

On the first da] jf each, month a list is ex hibited at each Pc ,- t Office in the Colony of the addresses of all letters received from places be yond the Colony that have remaincl unclaimed for one month at such Post Office; and such of these letters as remain unclaimed at the end of a further period of two months are then for warded to the Dead Letter Office, to be return ed unopened to the countries where they origi nated. Unclaimed letters originating in the Colony are not advertised, but at the end of two months are forwarded to the Dead Letter Office, Wellington, there to be opened and re turned to the writers.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

COMMERCIAL REPORT

POE, WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 6, 1879.

(Fro7ii our Christchurch Correspondent. ) There is a want of spirit generally in business matters, and very great caution is shown by buyers. There,is no change to report in ryo grass and cocksfoot, Quotations. Wheat, per bushel, milling, brisk de mand, 4s 9d to 4s lOd ; seed Tuscan, 5s to 5s 3d ; inferior and damaged, 3s 6d ; oats, feed, market well supplied, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; milling do., demand limited, 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; for extra fine for seed purposes 2s 5d could be obtained; barley, feed, firmer, 3s to 3s 6d ; malting, do., 5s 3d to 5s 9d ; seed, do., brisk inquiry, 5s to 6s 6d; maize, very dull sale at 4s 9d to 4s lOd ; peas, grey seed, 4s Gel; feed, do., 4s 3d ; blue, do., 5s 6d ; beans, market easier, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; flour, per ton, market firmer, bakers’ parcels £l2 for limited terms ; potatoes, export demand still good, Derwents, 70s ; onions, none offering, holders ask £l2 to £l4 ; bacon, cloth, 9d ; ham, lOd ; butter, 9kl ; cheese, still dull of sale, 5M to 6d ; ox hides moving slowly at 3d; butchers’ fat, price lower, l-|d to igd.

Mr. J. L. Wilson reports as follows : Wheat is very scarce ; oats plentiful ; potatoes, market free. QUOTATIONS. Wheat, per bushel, 5s ; chick do., 3s to 4s ; oats, feed, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; barley, 3s Gd ; malting, do., 5s 6d ; beans, 3s lOd; flour, per ton, £l2 to £l3 ; potatoes, £3 10s ; onions, Id per lb.

The New Zealand and Mercantile Agency report under date London, 4th September, as follows Wool market : Superior greasy has advanced id. to Id. per lb. ; crossbreds and scoured un changed ; washing and combing firm ; washed clothing unchanged. Up to date 155,000 bales have been sold; 18,000 bales have been withdrawn during the past sales.

MEMORANDA.

MEETINGS

This Evening. Volunteer Corps Shearman’s Sample Rooms, at 7.30.

AUCTION SALES. To-Morrow. Messrs t/Acland, Campbell & Co., at Tin wJpd, at 1 o’clock —Snug Farm, &c. «iraavjr»rgw rvt lawmw

BIRTH.

Parsons —At Aldermore, Seafield, on Sunday, 7th September, the wife of Hi W. Parsons, Esq., of a son.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser With which is incorporated the "Evening Echo"). MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1879.

, Borough Council. The usual fort nightly meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council will bo held to-night, for the transaction of business.

Borough Elections. —We understand that a petition is in course of signature requesting the Mayor to call a public meet ing of the ratepayers, to hear the various candidates for municipal lioners. Lower Ashburton Road Board. — The above Board will meet for the trans action of business on Saturday next, Sept. 13, at 2 p.m.

Wesleyan. —The Rev. Mr. Keall an nounced in the Cameron street Wesleyan Church last evening, that the Sunday School anniversary services would bo hold on Sunday week, when the Rev. Mr. Baumber,from Christchurch, would preach morning and evening, and address the scholars in the afternoon. The Rev. Mr. Simmonds of Timaru will preach in tlio above Church next Sunday. Mount Somers Road Board. — This Board will hold a special meeting on Satur day next, to consider the designs and sites of the bridges over the two branches of the Ashburton, as recommended by the County Council. Wo arc glad to say Mr. James Eraser, Clerk to the Board, lias recovered liis health and returned to his duties again. Ashburton Wheat in the London Market. —We have much pleasure in pub lishing the following extract from a Lou don firm’s report on the wheat grown on the Springfield farm (Messrs. Gould and Cameron’s) : —The London brokers say as follows —The sale of some of your long berried Tuscan wheat reported to-day at 545. is the very highest price for any New Zealand sold this year. The wheat you have shipped is without exception said to be the finest that has arrived this season.” A CoNTEMFTIBLE LIE. - ‘ ‘ Ashburton, Wednesday. The Ashburton Race Club will hold their spring meeting 011 the I9th and 20th of November. The last meet ing was a failure, and this promises to bo no better, the largest event being only for £50.” The above telegram appears in the columns of the “ New Zealand Times” of the 4th instant. The authorship of it is as patent as the falsehood. Seeing that the sum of £690 was collected last year, all the old debts of the Club paid ofl', and the course fenced, ploughed and sown down, we fail to understand how the last meeting was a failure.

On the India-rubber Principle.— The following anecdote seems very ap propriate at the present time when per sonal interest overcomes conscientious scruples .-—The well-known composer Herr Suppe had occasion to visit Vienna the other day, and being fatigued went into a wine-shop for refreshment. Having done ample justice to some of the best wine in the establishment, lie called for his bill. To his surprise the waiter shook his head and smiled. “Well,” said the visitor, what is to pay?” —“ Nothing at all,” was the reply. Herr Suppe was for a moment much flattei’ed ; for he could not doubt that the proprietor liad taken this delicate way of expressing through the waiter liis admiration for his genius. “ You will really not take any money T c he asked. “Not by any means; it is strictly for bidden to take money from any visitor to-day ; the elections are going on.” When Herr Suppo indicated that he did not regard this as an agreeable state of things, the waiter cheerfully reassured him by ex plaining that the election committee would pay for everything. “ Only,” he added, “you must vote for t-lie right man : and the right man was emphatically named. “Passing Strange.” —A strange story comes from Worcester. A youth, who had loved not wisely but too well, was was summoned by the lady on an affilia tion order. While waiting in the hall of the Assize Courts it occurred to him that the best way out of the difficulty was to cut his sweetheart's and liis own throat. He performed both operations with such faint-hearted energy that nobody was much the worse. Brought up on the charge of assault and attempted suicide, he pleaded that lie was willing to many the girl. The girl was more than willing to marry him. The learned Judge bought the ring, the High Sheriff procured a special license, and this strange couple were forthwith married, the church being crowded to the full. There seems a com bined flavor of the sensation novelist, the American Court of Justice, and the mil lennium. about this. Yet it ocurred in a sober English cathedral town, and is strictly true.

“ XEgles,” in the “ Australasian,” is res ponsible for the following anecdote : “When the Earl of Mnl grave (father of the present Governor of Victoria) was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, the usual levde was held at the castle immediately after his lordship’s arrival in Dublin and liis assumption of the reins of government. The ceremony was largely attended by the nobility and others desirous of doing homage to the vice-regal representative of Great Britain, and amongst those who presented themselves on the occasion was no less a personage than the O’Gorman Mahon, who was about the same time the representative of an Irish constituency in the Imperial Parliament, and is at present the sitting member for Clare. 011 the O’Gorman Mahon presenting his card to the aide-de-camp, that officer, who, it may be remarked had not yet mastered the proper accentuation of Celtic names, announced in a loud and distinct tone. “ The Ogreman Malioon.” The man of many duels —who had probably stood up at twelve paces for a less trivial offence than that of which his Excellency’s gentle man-in-waiting liad just been guilty—drew himself up haughtily, and, pointedly con cocting the officer in a clear and somewhat peremptory stylo, ejaculated, “ r lhe O’Gorman Mahon, sir ! ” The aide-de camp’s reply was prompt and pungent— “ I thank the O’Gornian Mahon for teach ing rue to speak Irish correctly. ” It cannot be that “all flesh is grass,” Grass gets its dew, About the only thing that floes this world.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

«£, TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS,

( Reuter's Telegrams. J

The Land Laws.

London, Sept. 6.

Lord Harrington in a farewell speech at Radnor, advocated an inquiry into the land laws, and an amendment of the exist ing statutes if. found necessary. Heavy Floods in Russia. St. Petersburg, Sept 6. Disastrous floods are reported from several districts-. Another Indian Mutiny. Bombay, Sept. 6. A violent mutiny has broken out among the troops at Cabul. The mutineers, joined by the inhabitants, attacked and fired British residences. The Ameer, Yakoob Khan, who did lus utmost to quell the rebellion, was -besieged in his palace. The fate of the British Embassy is unknown. Advance of British Troops.

The British, advance force at Stuler gordon Pass, under General Roberts, will immediately advance into Cabul. General Stewart lias been ordered to hold llana dahan, and at the Kybcr Pass another force will operate on Jelialabad.

(Argus Specie//.) London, Sept. 6. The Quebec Council refused supplies, also a Conference with Assembly.

Later. After a bitter debate the Council ad journed till October 23. Owing to the dead-lock no salaries for schools or charitable grants are payable. Lord Lome has issued a proclamation applying for an Act for the prevention of crimes of violence in the city of Quebec.

Wool Market —No material alteration in prices ; biddings irregular. Home de mand still restricted to only good comb ing greasy. All other sorts Id to 2d below June closing rates. Wheel of Fortune is scratched for St. Logcr.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTER PROVINCIAL,

Expensive Harbor Works. Auckland, This Day.

Sir John Goode’s report on the improve ment of the Thames Harbor contains pro posals involving the expenditure of £132,000.

Electoral Matters,

Wellington, This Day.

The Napier election is causing great excitement, which is more interesting because it is doubtful whether it will be valid, as the polling-booth at Hastings was not open through some misunderstanding until two hours late. Where the error error cannot be ascertained. Result of polling is exciting but doubtful ; Sheelian is expected to run Ormond pretty close. A steamer was chartered to convey per sons residing in Wellington and having votes at Wairan to Blenheim, who left on Saturday night, but care was taken to exclude any but Mr Seymour’s supporters. A Distinction Without a Difference. Col. Whitmore publishes the following telegram as the correct one sent by him to Mr. Inglis, Ivaikoura :—“Will you stand on policy of Governor’s speech in opposition to Saunders’ party. Will sup port you as far as possible, and consider you to have a claim upon it. Wire if suc cessful.

ALARMING FIRE AT DUNEDIN.

TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.

WHOLE FAMILIES MISSING.

Dunedin, This Day.

At about half past two o’ciock this morning one of the most disastrous fires which have occurred in Dunedin broke in the buildings known a 3 Walter’s Cafe, situated at the corner of Ross’s Buildings, and adjoining the drapery shop of Mrs. Wilson’s, wife of the editor of the “ Otago Witness, who with her husband occupied the upper portion of these premises as a residence. The cafe and other parts of the block were also densely populated, the former alone having some 25 boarders, while the rooms over all the places of business were occupied, the computation being that over 40 persons were sleeping in the block. Of these, some dozen persons are unac counted for ; Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, with their whole family have been lost, and except two daughters, one of whom has been badly injured, are burnt. How the fire originated is at present a mystery, and with the intense excitement which at present prevails, it is impossible to ascertain anything like reliable infor mation. One man who jumped from a third-storey was killed, and Mr. Wilson’s servant girl, who also endeavoured to escape by that means, is injured. One of the men who occupied a room on the second floor of the cafe, and who escaped by lowering himself with a clothes line, supplied us with following facts : he says that the tire broke out in the second storey and that lie was awoke by the dense smoke, and endeavoured at once to make downstairs but was forced back by the smoko, lie then rushed to the front part of the building, but feeing unable £q

get on to the stairs there, he climbed on to the spouting and crawling along it got to a window which he opened, and on entering the room found a clothes line which was attached to pnllies; this he cut, drew the rope through and shouted to the men in the adjoining rooms to follow him, and slid down into the street. He says that while groping along the upstairs passage he passed over several bodies lying on the lioor apparently suffocated, he . got as far forward as Wilson’s, and heard the children crying, “ What shall we do ?” but was unable to render them any assistance. About nine other people, lie says, escaped by the same means that he did. The scene during the early part of the fire was something terrific; the screams of women and children, who could be seen through the dense smoke climbing to window sills and parapets without the possibility of getting near them was something awful, and ap ; peared to quite paralyse the crowd; for although ladders could be, and eventually were obtained at the new Town Hall building, and some three persons rescued by their means, no one at first seemed to think of them. We have also heard that only thirteen (if the persons sleeping in the cafe are accounted for.

The building was insured for £IOOO in the Standard and £2OOO in the National, of which £SOO was re-insured in the Union and £SOO in the United.

Mr. Walters, the restaurant keeper, was insured we believe for £750 in the Han seatic.

The operations of the firemen in search ing for the bodies of the victims of the conflagration were patiently watched, and definite information as to the exact extent of the disaster so far as life wa s concerned was anxiously anticipated. Meantime most vague and unreliable rumours were in circulation as to the total n umber who were originally in the house and the number saved or burnt. The remains of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, their eldest boy, and the three other children were removed from the room in which they mere found all huddled tohether near to where the bed had stood, and together with a body supposed to be that of Bowman.

From a comparison of various state mennts it would appear that while the lower flat escaped with only slight burns, about seventeen succeeded in effecting an escape from the upper storeys, ten of these let themselves down by means of the clothes line, amongst the number being Anthony Carton, Charles Ure, and John Dean. Three escaped by a ladder, two were brought down the staircase, and two fell down from the exterior of the build ing. Of the latter, one was the man, Thompson, who was killed by the fall ; the two Misses Wilson and the servant girl, Margaret M‘Car thy, all of whom escaped, were move or less burnt, one of the Misses Wilson being severely injured. It is conjectured that over twenty victims perished. The Fire Brigade are now busily en gaged searching for bodies amongst the debris. Eight are already found.

Invercargill, This Day. The Riverton election on Saturday re sulted in the return of P. McLaughlan. He promises general support to Govern ment on all points set forth in the Gover nor’s speech.

A STORMY BANKRUPTCY MEET ING.

A very stormy meeting of the creditors of C. H. Langstone, of the firm of Lang stone and Guildford, of Wellington, was held on the 29th August, at the Supreme Court, Mr. J. Hughes in the chair. The chairman, who was also the trustee, said he wished to resign his office, but the meeting would not allow him to do so. The creditors generally expressed their indignation at the way they had been treated by the bankrupt, and two or three of them examined him at some length. It transpired that a good bill for £-10, belonging to the bankrupt, was held by his solicitor as security for costs. —Mr. Carl Peters asked several questions with reference to furniture which the bankrupt had obtained from him, and sold to Mr. Bishop just before his bankruptcy, alleging, as Mr. Peters was told, that the goods had been paid for by a promissory note.—Mr. Langstone said he could not recollect saying so. Pie had not re covered payment from Mr. M'Allister for liquors he had supplied him. He was an uncertificated bankrupt.—On Mr. Peters asking Mr. Langstone if he had ol tained furniture in the same way in Christchurch, the bankrupt was very indignant and positively declined to answer, retorting that it was all very well to “bullyrag” him ; if he choose he could bring. things against some of them a good deal worse. —Mr. Coburn then examined the bank rupt with a view to showing that he had been led to part with goods by unfounded representation.—Another creditor: “Why you got your clothes from me under false pretences.—Debtor: “I did not.”—The creditor : “Oh, you brazen-face, you know you never intended to pay me.”— Mr. Stone : “ When I went for my account didn’t you tell me your clerk was out with the key of the safe ? ” —The debtor: “No.” Another creditor: “Why you told me the same when I went with my account.” —A creditor here put his hand on the bankrupt’s shoulder, on which the latter shouted, “ If you put your hands on me I’ll knock you down.” —The creditor : “ You knock me down ; you I could brain you like a bullock.” Order was at length restored, and the examination resumed, the answers being given by the bankrupt in a very excited manner, Ultimately it was agreed to adjourn the meeting for a week, to give the bankrupt an opportunity of making an offer of 10s, in the £, which he said he thought he .should be able to pay,

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

EUROPEAN.

(Reuter's Telegram.)

London, Sept 4. Three per cent consuls, 975. a . The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £20,750,000. New Zealand five per ceut loan, 101 ex div. At the wool sales to-day, 7,200 bales were catalogued. For fine a good.demand existed. Medium and inferior are neglected. Vienna, Sept. 4. Austrian troops have entered Novi Bazaar, and met with a favorable reception from the inhabitants. They made a reconnaisance before entering the town. Athens, Sept. 4. The Greek frontier negotiation is pro gressing slowly. The Porte has not ac cepted the protocol of the Congress as the basis of negotiations. Quebec, Sept. 4. A dead-lock lias occurred between the Houses of Legislature in Lower Canada.

THE ELECTIONS.

Forthcoming Elections in Canterbury. The following are the dates upon which the poll for those Canterbury constituen cies which have not yet elected their re presentatives, will take place : Heathcote—This day, Sept. Bth. Geraldine—Tuesday, Sept 9th. Christchurch —Wednesday, Sept. 10th. Ashley—Thursday, Sept. 11th. Gladstone—Friday, Sept. 12th. Coleridge—Monday, Sept. 15th.

Saturday’s Elections. The Cheviot election took place on Saturday. The following was the result

Denominationalism was made the test question. A small return has yet to come in, but this will not alter the result. Tdiaru, Saturday. Mr. Turnbull was returned for Timaru by a large majority. Dunedin, Saturday.

The Waikouati election to-day was con tested with more vigor than usual with country seats. For days prior to the election an active canvass had been made by the friends ot both candidates, and electors had been brought in some instances a considerable distance. Provision liad been made with the railway for the stop page of the express at Wailcouaiti, and by that means a large number of Dunedin residents on the Wailcouaiti roll were enabled to exercise their votes and return to town sufficiently early to transact the day’s business. (Jp till last night it was confidently expected that the old member would have a substantial majority, but it was reported to-day that to counterbalance this Mr. Arkle was bringing down from Hyde to M'Rae’s 100 miners to exercise their miners’ rights. The following is the result of the poll ing :

Holloway’s Pills.— lmportant for the Delicate. —It is difficult to determine which is the more trying to the human constitution—the damp, cold days of the autumn and winter, or the keen, dry, easterly winds of springs Throughout the seasons good health may be maintained by occasional doses of Holloway’s Pills, which purify the blood and act as whole some stimulants to the skin, stomach, liver, bowels, and kidneys. This celebrated medicine needs but a fair trial to convince the ailing and de-ponding that it will restore and cheer them without danger, pain, or inconvenience, as by a timely recourse to them the first erring func» tion maybe reclaimed, suffering may be spared, anil life saved.-^-AdyT,

EXPERIENCE OF THE PLEBISCITE IN VICTORIA.

The experiment of the “ plebiscitum ” was tried on the municipal election day, and it, • I think, miserably failed. The average elector cannot, it appears, dif ferentiate two clear propositions. The whole of the returns on the licensing vote show an immense number of informal ballot papers ; and yet, I think it did not require any extraordinary keenness of intellect to do what was required. Take one case for all. In one electorate of more than average intelligence the following is the form the ballot-paper used : “ Bono ugh on Meadowsweet. “ 1. The number of publicans’ licenses is not to be increased. “2. The number of publicans’ licenses may be increased by licenses. “ DIIIECTIONS. “ The voter is to strike out the name of the proposition for which he does not intend to vote, by drawing, a line through the same with a pencil. “He must be careful not to leave" un cancelled more than one proposition, and if lie votes in favor of the- second proposi tion he must fill in the blank with' the given number for which he wishes to vote, otherwise this ballot-paper will be void. ” Nov/, surely this is plain enough to be understood. Beyond the printed direc tions the returning officer, for whom I can answer as for myself, was careful to ex plain to every elector who looked as if he needed guidance the “modus operand!” Yet the result was, that out of 656 ballot papers issued IG9 were taken from , the ballot-box invalid through the indiffer ence or unintelligence of the voters. In other words nearly 25 per cent of those called upon to express a choice between two distinct propositions were incapable of doing so intelligibly. And mark you ! irrespective of the 196 informal votes, a number of persons refused to take ballot papers, as they didn’t, they said, care a farthing about the'matter. How'much better or more satisfactory in its results would be a ‘ ■ plebiscitum ” under Mr. Berry’s Reform Bill.—“AEgles,” in. the “ Australasian. ”

Heavy. —Alas ! for the decadence of ancient families ! This interesting obitu ary notice lately graced the columns of the ‘ ‘ Ballarat Star ”:—

O’Loghlen. —On the 7th July, 1879, at his residence, Cherrytree, Smythesdale, deeply lamented by his family, Thomas Hugh O’Loghlen, Esq., aged 76 years, grandson of Malachi O’Loghlen, son of Terence O’Loghlen, by his wife-Anne Galven, whose niece was married to Judge Fletcher, of Dublin, and nephew of the late Peter O’Loghlen, who left two daughters and one son, Hereditary Prince of Bvvymne, County Clare, Ireland, leaves a wife and two chil dren, one son, Peter Nelson O’Loghlen, and Maria Josephine Reed, relict of the late James Berryman Reed, Esq., of Ballarat,

formerly of Redruth, Cornwall, England. In referring to the announcement the well-known contribute!’ to the “Austra lasian,” “ FEgles,” lias the following : “ Two correspondents have written to me to know whether I can discover any other 1 Hereditary Princes ’ of the same name in Melbourne. I may at once say that I don’t carry an Irish Peerage in my waist coat pocket. The luck of the deceased Royal personage was decidedly bad, for he. had, I am informed, to earn a pre carious livelihood by the honest but hum ble device of jobbing in pigs, returning nightly to his castle of bark upon his 12- acre estate —a residence more remarkable for dirt than dignity, all of - which must have been depressing to the spirit of H.R.H. the Prince of Bwyrnne, although he appears to have reached a ripe old age.”

Monday, September 8, 1879.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD



j. cl. s. d. Butter, inferior to beat lb 1 6 to I 9 Eggs, dozen I 2 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, b? lb 0 S to 0 10 Bacon, prime smoked, i'? lb 0 9 to 0 10 Hams in cloth,. lb 1 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, 1? xoolb 14 6 to 0 0 Oatmeal, # 251b 6 0 to 0 0 Lard, $ K> - 0 9 to 0 0



of the polling :— Saunders. Ingles. Kaikoura ... 45 ... G3 Waiau ... 39 ... 4 Waikari ... 49 ... 3 Total ... 133 70 Mr. Saunders was therefore returned by a majority of 67. Auckland, Saturday. The poll for City West to-day resulted as follows :— Wallis ... ... 1045 Hurst ... ... 1010 Stark ... ... 132 Newman ... ~ ... 128 The first two are elected. New Plymouth, Saturday. The election for the town of New Ply- mouth was held to-day, with the following result :— Kelly ... ... 227 Fooks ... ... 100 Foxton, Saturday. The result of the Manawatu election is : Johnston ... ... 493 Halcombe ... ... 442 Snelson ... ... 214 Nelson, Saturday. The Nelson city election of two mem- bers resulted as follows :— Pitt ... ... 494 Adams ... ... 429 Curtis ... ... 221 Graham ... ... 202 Gkeymoutit, Saturday. The following is the result of the polling for the Grey Valley : — Masters ... ... 1104 Peeves ... ... 1030 Morris ... ... 443 Lahrnan ... ... 299 Drury ... ... 35



M‘ Lean 325 Arkle 2G1 In v Kite argilt., S u nclay. Tlie complete returns from Wallace re :— Hirst 106 Joyce 99 Cutlibevtson... 21 The Riverton complete returns are :— McCaughan ... 259 Balcly 108 • Hankinson ... 104 Hodgkinson ... 52 Lyon 30 McDonald ... 20



THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 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 the copy, other wise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged accordingly. Notice to discontinue Advertisements must be left at the Office in writing, before 12 noon and alterations the day previous. Subscriptions : Quarterly — Delivered in town ~ country Tosted Agencies. ASHBURTON HERALD, Published Daily. In Advance. If Booked s. d. S. d ...60 6 6 ..80 S 6 ..80 8 6 are requested to make known any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or Country, which shall be immediately remedied. Country Sub scribers along the Wakanui Road to the school, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesday and Friday, NOTEPAPER, EN YELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever, ottered in Ashburton, at the Office, Wholesale stationery Depefc, gwndfitB 1



:#Clothing Establishment. Assignment of the estate OF t • MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & 00., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Mr. J. H. Morrison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND Mr. John Ross, Of Sargoocl, Sons & Ewings TIHE above large Clothing Manufac turing Firm having had to succumb to these hard times, and assign their estate, we have been induced by the Trustees to purchase the whole of their large Manufactured Stock at a 'Very Heavy Reduction, and have resolved to sell the same again in our Branches direct to the public at prices at which we could not legitimately sell' our own Goods. In fact (without exaggeration) during the next few weeks we are in a position to offer NEW GOODS IN MEN’S AND BOYS’ ATTIRE, Of Colonial Manufacture, at from ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF THEIR USUAL COST. I-lALLENSTEIN BROS., New Zealand Clothing Factory. The assigned Stock will be for Sale in our Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28tii JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory. 12a COLERIDGE ELECTION. jsypß. GEORGE HART respectfully requests that the Electors of Willowby will meet him on WELNESDAY, Sep tember 10th, at 7.30 p.m., at Longbeach Schoolroom. w 394a COLERIDGE ELECTION. VTILLOWBY Meeting is unavoidably held over, Electors will please attend at



New Advertisements. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. SPECIAL MEETING of this Board will be held at 11 a.m. on SATUR DAY, tlie 13th instant, to consider Plans of Bridges over the Ashburton River, and Taylor’s Stream. JAMES FRASER, 398 a Clerk to the Board. Y. !* •«&> hi R. In the District Court oe Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, Amend ment Act, 187 S, and of the bank ruptcy of JOSEPH BENJAMIN ROGERS, of Winslow, Clerk out of employment, a debtor, NOTICE is hereby given that Joseph Benjamin Rogers, of Winslow, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, Clerk out of employment, has tin's day filed a statement that he is unable to meet his engagements with his creditors. The first meeiing of creditors to be held at the District Court house, Ashburton, on Saturday, the thirteenth day of September instant, at 12 o’clock in the forenoon.- Dated this eighth day of September, 1870. C. CAVENDISH lIURRELL, Clerk of the above Court. Branson & Purnell, Solicitors for the Debtor. . 399 a JTAOUND, Two GEESE. Owner can fP have the same by paying expenses. THOS. A. GATES, 401 Peter Street. r -mm m hope FAITM G. T. CLEARBROOK LODGE, WATERTON. A PUBLIC TEA & ENTERTAIN MENT Will be Held in the LONGBEACI-I MAIN SCHOOL, on FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12th, 1879. Tickets, 2s. each ; may be had from any member of the Committee ; also, at Ash burton, from Messrs. K. Sando, Poyntz and Co., S. Hardiey, and Geo. F. Henry. A Coach will leave Mr. Sando’s store, East street, for on Friday eygning next, at 2.30 sharp, 3S9t