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 10.20 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 Teniuka. Timaru, and South at r 0.20 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, Joseph 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 du« 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 Chiist church on Sept. 24. Ihe mail via Brindisi will be due in London on November 17th, and the mail via Southampton on Novembei 24th.

A travelling Post Office having been eslab ished 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 offices on the main line and branches. Note. —A post office called Mayfield has been established on the south side of the Hinds, near the forks of the river,

Sydney J. Dick, Chief Postmaster.

NEW POSTAL REGULATION.

Letters posted within the colony having 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 not 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’ J 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.

FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMU ill L'J, 1879. (From our Christchurch Comsfo/i.Eit. j Shipments of Adelaide flour are daily expected. Maize is out of the market, the low price of oats prevents its use. Quotations. Wheat, per bushel, prime milling, 4s 8d to 4s IQd ; inferior do. and fowl feed, 8s 4d to 3s 8d ; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 5d ; seed, do., 2s 8d to 2s 10d ; milling, do., 2s 6d to 2s Bd, with dull market ; barley, feed, 3s to 4s, little offering ; do., malting, brisk demand, 5s 3d to 6s ; peas, for seed, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; beans, much lower values ruling, 4s 3d ; rye grass, offering freely with few buyers, 4s Od ; flour, market easier, £l2 to £l2 10s ; potatoes show an advance : Denvents, 75s ; seed do., 60s ; onions, market firmer, £l2 to £34; Fac tor’s bacon, cloth mixed, 9ird; hams, lOjd ; cheese, 5-kl to 6d ; potted butter, lid ; ox hides, complete drug, 2|d ; fat, ljd ; meadow hay, £4 10s ; straw, £2 15s.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1879.

The Election Special. A specia 1 train, consisting of three large carriages and the new American car, crowded with electors, left Christchurch this morning for Rakaia. Both sides claimed to have a majority jamongst the passengers, but it was generally allowed the Hart contingent preponderated. I O.G.T.—A tea meeting and enter tainment under the auspices of the Good Templars of Waterton, took place in the Longbeach Schoolroom, on Friday eve ning last. About 250 persons, many of whom went from Ashburton and Tinwald, sat down to an excellent tea. There were four tables bountifully supplied with deli cacies, and the ladies who presided over them deserve great credit for the hearty manner in which they worked. Tea over, the tables were cleared away, and the entertainment commenced, Joseph Clark, Esq. kindly consenting to take the chair. The programme, which consisted of songs, recitations, supernatural vision, &e., ap peared to be thoroughly appreciated by the audience, and a very pleasant evening was brought to a close at 10.45 by the choir singing the National anthem. We must not omit to mention that the room was very tastefully decorated with flowers and evergreens. Mr. Wright at the Town Hall.— The meeting held on Saturday night was worthy of the cause in which it was called. The first intimation the public had of the intention of Mr. E. G. Wright to hold a meeting was by means of a dilapidated individual who acts as bellringer occa sionally. This supporter of Mr. Wright had evidently got his instructions from the genius of Mr. Wright’s committee ; but unfortunately he had also received in structions about a sale of land, and another concerning an auction of horses, and the bellman after having paid his devotions to Bacchus started his bell and his vocal powers, but the three events were too much for him altogether. His utterances got so mixed that the author of the in structions would not be able to recognise them. For instance, he gave out as fol lows, as an auction “ lot ” :—“ Mr. John Lloyd Crawley will sell by public auction, this day, at 12 o’clock, without the slightest reserve, a lot of grand draught horses by E. G. Wright, at the Town Hall, at 7.39 p.m. ; don’t forget, as they will be sold without the slightest reserve. Roll up ! Roll up !” Whether it was the eloquence of Mr. Crawley, or the chance of a cheap horse, or the slightly vague allusion to Mr. E. G. Wright I can’t say, but your reporter happened to drop in to hear a few of the pearls which dropped from the lips of the conveners of the meeting. Mr. Wright’s speech was a denial of tlie charges made against him respecting the drainage of Longbeach, Archibald Clark’s case, and other matters which had occupied the at tention of the electors, and he made an “ ad misericordium” appeal to theaudience for justification of the acts he could not deny. He made Clark’s case to be actually worse than Clark himself had made it, and gave his hearers a description of the art of “ land sharking,” how the land was bought at £2 per acre and immediately mortgaged for 395. ; and he would now, seeing so much noise had been made about it, let Clark have it back, house and all, at the £2 per acre, with interest added. He went on to represent what a fatherly care he had taken of Saunders Brothers, as when he could have sold up a farm belong ing to Mr. Shepherd, he had not done so, and Saunders Brothers were actually cropping this land. He read a copy of a letter he had sent to the Christchurch papers, denying he was a Greyite. He had heard that he had been accused of discharging a servant because she was a Roman Catholic. In refutation of that, he would say that his present cook was one of that creed. He had subscribed liber ally to liis own church, and to the Wes leyans, and if he had been asked would do so for the catholics. He would say in reply to Mr. Wilkie’s statement at Shef field, “all His colleagues in the County Council were opposed to him,” that it was not because they could not work with him, but because they were all in the squatting interest, and their sympathies were with the Bank of New Zealand, and he had opposed that interest for a long time because it used its influence in all elections to have their own customers re turned and obtain the banking account of all public bodies. Mr. J. E. Buchanan, whose name does not appear on the roll, proposed, and Mr. Joseph Ivess seconded, a resolution in favor of Mr. Wright’s candidature, which was carried by a large majority of the audience. Mr. Wilkie explained the words he had used at Shef field in reference to Mr. Wright’s inability to work in unison with his fellow Coun cillors, and challenged Mr. Wright’s com mittee to produce a single case where pressure had been brought to bear on any elector, either by the Bank or by Mr. Hart’s committee. The meeting, which was a crowded one, then dispersed.

Football. —The "Wellington and hfel son foot-ball match which was contested at Wellington on Saturday was won by Wellington by four tries to nothing. .Nelson played well and pluckily, but it WAS an uphill game from the first, the

Wellington team being heavier in the aggregate and more uniform in size, with considerable activity in running and col laring, while in the scrimmages the}' gen erally managed to force the other team before them, thus coming close to the goal. Askew of Nelson, when being col lared, met with a nasty accident, which stopped further play on his part, and caused him considerable pain, but the accident was not serious.

Th e Volunteers’ Uniform. —Captain Thompson, of the Kaiwarra ( Wellington) rifles, has received a letter from tiie Under Secretary for Defence, requesting him to consult the officers of his company as to the advisability of adopting a uniform dress and color throughout the Rifle Volunteer Force of the colony. The let ter states that Government will be pre pared to obtain the cloth, etc., required, and that a sufficient quantity will be kept in stock to meet all requirements. A Suspicious Case. —Shortly after 11 o’clock yesterday morning a young man named Kay and two others reported to the police the finding of on infant in the river. The body, which they took to the depot, was that of an apparently still-born child. It was found not far from the bank on the north side of the river, in the neighborhood of the cemetry, in a sugar bag, stones having been placed in the bag to make it sink.—“ Press.”

COLERIDGE ELECTION.

Polling Day.

To-day was the great culminating point of the most exciting electoral contest of which Ashburton has yet been the scene. The weather was of the most delightful character all day, the bright sunshine making out of doors enjoyable to all whose bile .was undisturbed by the chance of their favorite candidate being defeated ; and disagreeably hot to the energetic sup porters of both Mr. Hart and Mr. Wright. Voters were beaten up from all quarters by agents of either election committee, and from the first opening of the polling booths to their closing, every vehicle that could be made available as a conveyance for passengers was made use of to drive voters to the poll. At the Town Hall where the Ashburton voters recorded, Mr. Wright’s committee rooms t%e two ante-rooms on either side of the main entrance to the Hall, and in these a few of the more energetic supporters of that candidate were located. The supporters of Mr. Hart finding that this “ coign of vantage ” possessed by the opposition gave the latter an unfair advantage, by putting them in a position to button-hole the voters as they entered the hall, pro tested against any further occupancy of the rooms, and the Returning Officer de cided that the Wrightites must shift their camp, and the camp was shifted accord ingly. While these rooms wore occupied by Mr. Wright’s committee, tickets for lun cheon were now and then issued to sup posed “Wright” voters, and as this conduct in the eyes of Mr. Hart’s sup porters had just the faintest colour of bribery, they very naturally objected, with the result we have noted above.

Skits were as usual plentiful. Pro minent amongst these was an old election eering veteran in the shape of Mr. Shear man’s dog, who trotted majestically about dressed fantastically in various colours, and bearing one of Mr. Wright’s bills upon liis back. There were others of the usual character from the charcoal of some local artist, but none of them showed any very great amount of smartness. Several bogus “states of the poll” were also issued.

On the result of the poll being an nounced at the various polling places, carrier pigeons will convey the result to our publishing office, East-street, North. As intelligence arrives, the figures will be posted up outside the Herald Office. On the Retimling Officer making the official declaration to-morrow at noon, an “ extra” will be published and circulated from this office, announcing the correct returns. We have also been requested to state tliat the local telegraph office will be kept open this evening in order that the result of the poll may be telegraphed by those who wish to do so.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

To the Editor of The Ashburton Herald,

Sir, —We note that the “Mail” elec tioneering special reports remarks made by Mr. Wright at his Saturday evening’s meeting, into which our name is most un necessarily dragged. We certainly never purchased land from Mr. Wright, but simply acted as agents between the two parties in the transaction referred to. We received a commission from Mr. Wright, and we think that our connection with the matter was in every way satisfactory to that gentleman. Latter dealings with the property were not through us, but we are fully assured that the existing arrange ments are not prejudicial to Mr. Wright’s interests.

Members of our firm have long enjoyed the most friendly intercourse with Mr. Wright, and, on our side at least, we have no intention of allowing political opposi tion and interested misrepresentation to disturb that relation. —We are, Ac.,

Saunders Bros.

Ashburton, Sept. 15th

THE HON. PETERS IN REPLY.

To the Editor of the Ashburton Herald. Sir, — -It seems I have raised a storm in a teapot by giving up the “Ashburton Mail.” No doubt it is part of a dark con spiracy to crush the great advocate of Grey ism and Yankee-Fenianism, but being only an ignorant squatter instead of a printer’s devil I may perhaps be excused. I beg to apologise to the worthy pro prietor for depriving myself of the plea sure of reading his valuable paper, but I fear my mind is too small to appreciate the elegant style of writing generally to be found in that interesting publication.

W. S. Peters.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

( Reuter's Telegrams.)

London, Sept. 14. Later news from the Cape states that Sir Garnet Wolseley in an interview with the principal chiefs, declared that Zulu land was in a hopeless condition under an independent chief, and that the non capture of Cehewayo was the only obstacle to the conclusion of peace.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

iNTERPROVINCIAL. Giiah vmstown, This Day. The judgment of the tribes of Hauraki was a most elaborate one, justifying the crime from a Maori point of view, but showing that the peace of Hauraki would be at stake if the offenders did not sur render to be tided by European law. A formal demand was made for the offenders, and refused. The tribes then separated ; but yesterday, two of the leading chiefs— Tukenino and Pineaha—talked the matter over, and arrived at the conclusion to see that the men were given up to European law.

A pigeon message, received at the “ Ad vestiser” office late last night, says : “With the exception of Pineaha, the Ngatikatos left for their home at 7 o’clock on Saturday night.

Sunday, 5 p.m,

The people of the Thames will be glad to learn that wise counsels have pi-e vailed since yesterday, and that within a week the police court will be graced with the presence of Messrs. Buckley and Web ster. Through the exertions of Govern ment old Tukukino induced Pineaha to remain behind for a day or two for the purpose of talking the matter over pri vately. They were engaged all day in doing this, and the result lias been that the road obstructionist has persuaded Pineaha to allow Pakora and Ephia to be given up to justice, lest the peace of the dis trict should be disturbed, but it will be four or five days before the matter is finally settled. Tipoau, a young chief at the Nuranda, and Tukino, will bring the culprits to justice.

Wellington, This Day

The Collingwood Returning Officer, acting on legal advice, has declared Gibbs duly elected.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

EUROPEAN.

(Reuter's Telegram.)

London, Sept. 10. The Doncaster St. Leger was run to-day and resulted as follows : Count Lagrange’s Rayon d’Or ... i Mr. Holdswoith’s Ruperra 2 Mr. Planton’s Exeter 3 Sept. 11. At the wool sales to-day 9,200 bales were catalogued. The tone of the market is improving. Sept.. 12. The directors of the West of England Bank have been committed for trial for the publication of balances with fictitious statements. Constantinople, Sept. 10. The Turkish Commandant of the army at Novi Bazar has formally protested against the Austrian occupation, though he abstained from the use of forcible measures. Calcutta, Sept. 11. The conflicting rumors that are current with reference to Burmah are unreliable. It is certain that British relations are critical, that diplomatic relations have been broken off, and orders have been given for the -withdrawal of the staff mission from Mandalay. {Special to the Sydney Herald. ) London, Sept. 12. It is reported in Simla that Yakoob Khan has been assassinated by the fanati. cal murderers of Colonel Cavagnari. The Ameer was besieged for several days in his palace. He resolutely repudiated the treachery of the rebels. Cabul is completely in the hands of the mutinous soldiers, who have locked the city, and are committing revolting outrages on the inhabitants. The British troops are advancing by forced marches on Cabul, hitherto without encountering any resistance. The Imperial Government contemplate adopting measures to limit the borrowing powers of the colonies.

AUSTRALIAN.

( Reuter's Telegrams. )

Newcastle, Sept. 13.

It is reported that a band of 100 men attacked and maltreated three new arri vals at the Waratah mine, and compelled them to go to Newcastle.

London, Sept. 11.

A meeting of Home Rulers has been held at Dublin at which a resolution was adopted to found a convention of 300 delegates, who shall constitute an unofficial Irish Parliament.

The proportion of bullion and coin in

the Bank of England to liabilities is 59 per cent. Total reserve, in notes and bullion, £21,500,000. Bank rate of dis count not quoted.

THE ADULTERATION OF TEA.

M. Husson, a chemist at Toul, has been investigating this matter, and has laid the result of his researches before the French Academy of sciences. The leaf of the tea tree from its great commercial value has long exercised the ingenuity of fraudulent traders, and they seem to have attained a degree of perfection in counterfeiting the natural product which is really remarkable". A few figures will show the interest they have in thus falsifying the precious leaf. France imports on an ' average 270,000 kilos, a year, a consumption of eight grammes per head. But England takes nearly 200 times as much, as she consumes 1,000 grammes (more than 21b.) a head, the whole amounting to a value of many millions of francs annually ; consequently no ingenious proceeding is omitted in the Celestial Empire to palm on the outer bar barian inferior or damaged merchandise, or even a simple imitation. Add to this that the European merchants, or many of them, are by no means behind their Chinese brethren in the arts of imitation. The Celestials, in order to give the inferior or false leaf the aroma of tea, frequently mix a quantity of it with certain flowers, especially those of the olea fragrans (a species of olive), the gardinia florida (a tropical plant), the jasminum sambac, &c. Among the leaves of other plants found mixed with tea are those of the prunus (plum tree), the camelia sasanigua (Ja panese camelia), &c. It seems even that in some parts of China a special cultiva tion is carried on for this express purpose, where the vegetable productions most in favor are willow leaves, plucked in Api’il and May, which are subjected to a slight fermentation, then dried and rolled and mixed with real tea to the extent of 10 or 20 par cent. This practice, as ingenious as profitable, was inaugurated in Shanghai about fifteen years ago, and is continually extending. The Chinese carry it on openly, and seem to think that they need not trouble themselves about their customers, as they manage to sell all their merchan dise. However the fact must be added that, in the principal tea-growing districts, the Government has an efficient staff of inspectors, so that the goods are despatched in a pure state. But this precaution is of little avail, for as soon as tlio boxes reach the shipping ports the merchants or brokers commence their malpractices, as they are not under official surveillance. Glut the very perfection of Chinese mani pulation is the manufacture of green tea, nearly all the varieties of which are more or less colored artificially. With a few simple substances—some of them however, are of a poisonous nature—such as graphite (plumbago), Prussian blue, indigo, cur cuma (turmeric root), kaolin,' &c;, they can produce a tea of any desired tint, with or without the true leaf of the shrub. Europeans with their superior chemical knowledge, have surpassed the Asiatics in their fraud in the use of still more deadly drugs, the chromate of lead, arseniate of copper, without speaking of the compara tively innocuous substances, sulphate of iron, stealite, the carbonates of lime, magnesia, &c., so that the cup which cheers, but not inebriates, may still be one it would be wise to avoid without a pre liminary investigation.

A NEW YORK SENSATION.

A “ Times ” correspondent writes : “ The city of New York has for ten days past been, greatly excited about a mysteri ous murder, which thoroughly baffled all police investigation, and which -was not explained until yesterday, 23rd June, when a Boston newspaper reporter was the means of capturing the murderer. Mrs. Jane L. De Forrest Hull, a well-known lady, residing at 14, West Forty-second street, and the wife of Dr. Hull, was found murdered in her bed on the morning of the 11th June. A trunk alongside her bed had been rifled of its contents, and valuable rings torn from her fingers. There was not the least clue to the mur derer, but many -were suspected, even the lady’s husband, who slept in another part of the house. The crime and the failure of the police to find the murderer strongly agitated New York. The newspapers every day published pages on the subject, giving theory after theory, which worked out with no result, and there was quite a hue and cry raised about the inefficiency of the police, when chance led to the detection of the murderer in a man not before suspected. It appears that last week a negro in Boston disposed of a set of cameo jewellery to a pawnbroker. This was subsequently identified as part of Mrs Hull’s jewellery, and the negro’s description being posted at police head quarters, Mr. W. L. Balch, a newspaper reporter, while walking along Shawmut Avenue last night, thought he saw the man walking in front of him. He went up and, accosting the negro, asked a direction. The negro replied that he could not give it as he was a stranger there from New York. This confirmed the im pression, and following the negro until he entered a negro chui'ch, the reporter in formed the police, who arrested him. He submitted without resistance, and Mrs. Hull’s watch being found in his possession he at once confessed his crime. Chastine Cox, the negro, said he had lived a long time opposite Mrs Hull’s house in New York, and conceived the idea of robbing her, but had no intention of killing her. He entered the house throng i a window about ten p.m., taking a candle with him. Ascending the stairs, he heard someone snoring in a bedroom, and thought it was a man. He blew out the light, entered, and stepped to the bedside. Mrs. Hull asked, ‘ Who is it 1 ’ He replied, 1 The doctor. ’ She put her hand up and touched his face, whereupon he threw her back and pressed his hand heavily upon her mouth. She struggled, when ho got liold of a Cologne bottle and dashed it over her face, after which he got on the bed and managed to gag lier with the bedclothes. By this time she was exhausted, and he tied her to the bed in the manner in which she was found. Cox then relighted the candle, and holding it close to her face to ascertain her condition the Cologne ignited, singeing her eyebrows and burning her face —injuries which at the time added to the mystery of the murder. He then robbed the trunk and took her rings ; and leaving the house soon after wards, went to Boston. The negro has been brought to New York for trial. This arrest ends one of the greatest of recent criminal sensations. - ’

Results or the Elections. -We “ Tiimru Herald ” are perfectly convinced that, throwing out all doubtful men, the Opposition are at this moment in an actual majority, which will be increased before the general election is over. Even if they were to be slightly in a minority, however, they would still be the superior party for two reasons. Firstly, they are united, while the Government party are divided into Greyites and Independent “Liber als.” Secondly, they include nearly all the debating power and most of the poli tical character and experience of the House. A really strong Ministry might well dread an Opposition comprising the Hon. John Hall, Mr. Ormond, Mr. Stevens, Major Atkinson, Mr. Moorhouse, Mr. Bryce, Mr. Rolleston, Mr. Bowen, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Wakefield, Mr. Dick, Mr. Oliver, Mr. Johnston, Mr. McLean, and—by no means the least formidable pair—Mr. Whitaker, junior, and Mr. Vincent Pyke. We may have omitted many others who may prove to be as powerful, in one way or another, as any of these ; but these are quite sufficient by themselves to form the nucleus of a party capable of holding almost any Govern ment in check. A Government which cannot possibly—excepting their own most sanguine calculations—have a ma jority of more than three or four, and who have not half a dozen really able men among them, could no more face them with any hope of success, than a party of Zulus could stand against an equal num ber of Grenadier Guards.

Holloway’s Pills.—lmportant for the Delicate.—lt 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 desponding 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, and life saved.—Advt.

Monday, September 15, 1879.]

iHE ASHBURTON HERALD



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THE A SHE UR TON HERA LD. Advertisements for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not later than a 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 Posted In Advance. If Booked s. d. s. d ..60 6 6 ..80 8 6 ..80 8 6 Agencies. ASHBURTON HERALD, Published Daily. gUBSCRIBERS are requested to make known any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or Country, which shall be immediately remedied. Country Sub iribers along the Wakanui Road to the ichool, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesday and Friday NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Saunders’ Buildings.



Clothing Establish--*! * rt ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Mr. J. H. Morrison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND > Trustees. Mr. John Ross, Of Sargoocl, Sons & Ewings fjnHE above large Clothing Manufac jj_ turing Firm having had to succumb to these hard times, and assign then 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. HALLENSTEIN BROS., New Zealand Clothing Factory. The assigned Stock will be for Sale in our Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory. 12a Boarding Houses. ECHO DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET SOUTH, Next door to Messrs. Sando& Olsen, Ashburton. A DUPUIS begs to inform the inhabi . tants of the County of Ashburton and visitors that he has opened the above. Every attention has been paid to making this establishment all that can be desired. Very Reasonable Charges. Tea and Coffee All Hours. Breakfast for early train ; Table d’Hote from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Tea from stoßp. m. A Chef de Cuisine of considerable experi ence has been specially engaged for this establishment, and all that the proprietor asks is one trial. 54 A. DUPUIS, Proprietor.



PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL LjpHE undersigned having opened the Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, under the management of Mb. and Mbs. Lucas, begs to say he is destermined to keep GOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. THOMAS CLAR K, Pbopbietob. 333 a ASHBURTON CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Babing Squabe (Near Town Hall). , E-OPENING of the above commo- dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, PBOPBIETOB, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board ... ... ... 14s. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Beds (single), Is. 6d. Pkivate Room fob Ladies. 334 a Business Notices. ItTEWSPAPSR INVESTORS. En- JJ* quire locally before you touch any thing at Timaru. “Telegraph” is not the paper for sale. 415»



New Advertisements. ASHBURTON ~ TOWN HALL COMPANY [Limited]. "AT OTIGE is hereby given that the 131 REGISTER BOOK of the above Company is CLOSED for three weeks from date, and will be again open for inspection on 4th October next. By order of the Directors, CHARLES BRADDELL, Secretary. Ashburton, September 12th, 1879. 440 a THE EDUCATION. BOARD* LL OF THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTERBURY. CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT. TENDERS are invited for the erection of school and master’s house at Cambridge, near Ashburton. Those desirous of tendering can see conditions and specifications, and drawings at Mr. W. Gavin’s store. Endorsed tenders are to be sent to the Chairman of the Board not later than 3 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, the 17th Septem ber. The Board does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. T. S. LAMBERT, Architect:' Hereford street, Christchurch. 6th September, 1879. 441 a THE EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTERBURY. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF FLEMINGTON. mHE Education Board of the District § of North Canterbury proposes that the locality comprising all that part of the district lying between the school districts of Willowby and Longbeach, bounded towards the east by the River Ashburton ; towards the north and north-west by the boundary of the school district of Willow by ; towards the south by the boundary of the school district of Longbeach ; and towards the west by the road forming the eastern boundary of sections 8402 and 10855, shall be erected into a separate school district, to be called the school district of Flemington, pursuant to the Education Act, 1877. And the Board hereby calls a PUBLIC MEETING of the householders of such locality, to be held at the WHEATSTONE HOTEL, on TUESDAY, the 23rd of September, 1879, at 7 p.m., for the pur pose of Electing a Committee and consider ing the boundaries of the said proposed school district. J. V. COLBORNE VEEL, Secretary. Christchurch, September ioth, 1879. 442 a TO LET, a Two-roomed COTTAGE, with Scullery, Range, &c., East Town Belt. Apply Sealy Bnos., Seed Shop. 443 a MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD. WEST COAST ROAD. rjIENDERS are invited either separately A or together for the carrying out of the following works for the Mount Hutt Road Board : No. 10. Cairnbrae, from Backtrack to boundary, 15 inches crown. No. 11. Lyndhurst to boundary, about 3f miles of forming. No. 12. Winchmcre to Thomson's Track, about 1 mile of forming. No. 13. Forming from Urrall to Back track, about 4 miles. No. 14. Forming Barr Hill from main road to cutting, about 30 chains. No. 15. Forming from main road to section 23631. No. 16. Shingling from store to boun dary line. No. 17. Forming and cutting road from Blackford to Cascade, about 10 miles. No. 18. Repairing road from Patton’* to Harkett’s shop, full width. Tenders, addressed to the Chairman, will be received at the Road Board Office, up to 10 a.m. on THURSDAY, 9th October. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. B. COMPTON, 446 a Overseer to the Board. WANTED, A Man to drive a baker’* cart. References required. Apply, after six this evening, to E. TAYLOR, 445 a launders’ Buildings.