NOTES FROM SEAFIELD.

from an occasional correspondent.

I promised in my last that I would say something about the north Seafield and Cambridge districts, and I now proceed to redeem my pledge. At North Seafield I find that Messrs Saunders Bros, have a nice paddock of wheat. The seed wa s drilled in by the M £ Sherry grain drill, and the young plants look very hearty. Mr J. Bayliss senr’s 75-acre .paddock of wheat is the best I have seen, and he gives me to understand that he only sowed one bushel to the acre. I was so pleased with the appearance of the paddock that I drew up, and had a prime look at it. While doing ;so the ring of Mr G. S. Brown’s anvil near by was in my ears, and I am glad to learn he drives a good trade in the district. I find that Messrs.. Strouts and Hayward have a fine lot of crop in their land, and so have Messrs M'Lean, Smith, Williams, and Edwards. The crop is in fine promising condition, especially the wheat, and there is a fair proportion of barley and oats. Messrs Collins and Co. grew twelve bushels to the acre on their land last year, but if all goes well, this year will be a boomer with them, com paratively speaking, at any rate. Mr Daly has some very good-looking crop in, and it is doing very well indeed. He goes in for stocking too, to some extent, and I saw some fine cows in milk, and a few pigs. Not the least important farm here away is Mr Maidens’. It is a fine tidy place,, a nice garden of flowers setting it off very much. He only sowed 491bs to the acre this year, and his 140 acres pro mise very well. Mr Maidens has a steam threshing machine on his place. It is in fine working order, and I hope he will have a good run. The more work he does in that line the more will everybody be pleased. On" the neighboring farms, wheat, barley, and oats show up well, as in fact do they all round where I have yet been. I may here mention, while in the neighborhood, that Mr Parker has an ex cellent concrete tank, and 1 have no doubt he knows the value of it ere this. Down the Dromore Road everything points to a good harvest, and farmers are shaking hands with each other, on the good prospect—a prospect which we hope will not be disappointing in the end. Mr Smith has shown his sense by putting in a nice avenue of gums, right down to his house •; and I’ll go bail he don’t regret that bit of planting after a while. In passing the Cambridge school I noticed that the land adjoining it is all ploughed, and some laid down in English grass, while a belt of trees enclosed with a sod and wire fence surrounds the whole. Mr Megson, Chairman of the School Com mittee, has worked very hard in its in terests. • Messrs. Lloyd, Watkins, and Leßreton have very good looking crops, and the latter gentleman has a fair lot of clover that ought to give his land a good mame.. Grass seems to be very good this year here ; Mr Dale has also a fine sward. Taking the back track to Seafield, I had occasion to pass Mr James Bayliss’s farm, and admire his fine lot of crop also Mr Denshire’s, showing well with wheat, and blue gum 3 are also prominent. Messrs Hooper and Dodson’s also promises well to give a good account of itself in wheat, barley, and oats, and the windmill pump recently erected, sets the farm off to the best advantage. This firm has a very good short-horn bull I noticed. It is round this part of the district that plant ing trees seems to have been most gone in for, Messrs Hooper and Dodson having a very fine lot showing out well from a distance.

At a farther period of the crops’ history I will go round again, and tell you as I go along how things are progressing. If we keep getting such showers as we have been blest with for some time past, and keep getting them for a month, we may say we sh-ull have a fair harvest.

The Apple Trade.

(From the New Zealand Herald —Auckland.) A considerable quantity of fruit has been imported into this market during the last lew days, from California and Hobart on, and as both are now fairly in the hands of the trade, we have been at some trouble to elicit an expression of opinion on the relative merits of the two shipments-

With regard to the shipments from Hobar ton great dissatisfaction has been ex pressed . Similar complaint has been com mon for a long time past, on account of the inferior quality of fruit sent from Tas mania, and buyers candidly admit that the refuse is how sent from Tasmania here, while the Sydney and Melbourne markets are supplied with the choicest. Up to a recent date it was a matter of Hobson’s choice, and we were compelled to take

what we could get. But now a change has come over the scene, and a formidable rival has entered the field. This rival is California. The mail steamer brought 600 cases, and the packing of this fruit is simply perfection when placed alongside tliat of Hobarton. Each case is a neatly got up box, machine planed, and every apple is wrapped in thin tissue paper, and not a mark or flaw is to be seen on the fruit. Those from Hobarton are packed in rough cases and chafed by friction, &c., and when the case is opened many have

black scars, caused by being in contact with the lathed cases they are forwarded in. The truth of this statement can easily be ascertained by stepping into the first fruiterer’s shop, and purchasers may there judge for themselves. With regard to the quality of the fruit, out of eight houses we visited each stated that the last shipment of Californian apples was far super : or to any they had ever received from Hobar ton. The next shipment will be still bet ter, as the fruit will come from the most northern parts of California, where a little frost is experienced during the winter

months. The wholesale price of Cali fornian apples is from 3kl to 4cl, which is very little more than that paid for Hobar ton, and we should not be surprised to see the’Hobarton shippers completely beaten out of this market, unless a very superior class of fruit is sent us. Hobarton apples are reputed to keep longer than American. This remains to be proved ; but for flavor, either in dessert or cooking, the American apples are by far the best, while the purity of color, &c., is beyond comparison superior to the Hobarton. In the couise of a year of two a very large supply of

apples will be available from our own orchards. In former years the nursery men issued a large number of worthless Trees, but of late a large number of valuable fruit trees of various kinds have been introduced and widely distributed.

The Rabbit Nuisance.

In “Land and Water” there is an interesting article upon the Rabbit Nui sance at the Antipodes, in which the writer says that even from the time of the Romans we have evidence that wild rabbits have, in some instances, proved a great nuisance. In the Balearic Isles rabbits are said to have increased to such an extent that the inhabitants were obliged to implore the aid of a military force from the Emperor Augustus to exterminate them, but we are not aware however, what success attended the doughty warriors in their expedition against the enemy that was devastating the islands. Rabbits have been the cause of more bitterness i f feeling between two very important sections —landlords and tenants —of the community in England for many years than anything else within our knowledge. Indeed “rabbits” are a political question of the dajg and we have at no very remote date witnessed that the effect at the hustings of “ rabbits,” not only as an electioneering cry, but iii the flesh, has been not considerable. But the commercial importance of the rabbit withal is by no means insignificant, and on waste and sterile tracts of land, sand hills, amd uncultivable regions these animals are made to yield many hundreds of tons of wholesome flesh to the national food supply. In cultivated districts, how ever, if not kept down, the rabbit be comes a terrible nuisance and highly prejudicial to successful farming. In New Zealand and in some parts of Australia the rabbit question has assumed such proportions that the Colonial Govern ment has been applied to for pecuniary assistance to check the evil. It appears from the latest Australian files that a deputation of pastoral tenants and selec tors from the mallee district of New South Wales recently waited on the Chief Secretary and the Minister of Lands, and pointed out that so rapid was the spread of these “ pests” that the question had really to be considered whether holdings and sheep runs would have to be aban doned unless vigorous measures were taken for the suppression of the nuisance. In New Zealand, too, there seems to be “much cry” about rabbits and “little wool ” indeed, in the literal reading of the adage, for we gather that a Mr Cowan, a runholder in Southland, New Zealand, states that on his run of 29,000 acres he killed 26,000 rabbits in four months. The cost of destroying them was 3d per rabbit, while he got no more than lb per skin for the skins in winter. Their presence on his land had reduced the lambing of his flock by 20 per cent. Another gentleman recently stated in the New Zealand House of Representatives that tracts oi country had been rendered almost valueless by the rabbit nuisance. On twenty-four holdings in the South during 1870 no less than 1,059,000 rabbits were destroyed. On the same runs there were 153,000 sheep less than were shorn previously, and these runs produced 1700 bales of wool less than they did formerly, That amount of wool, taken at a moderate computation of £ls per bale would, he estimated, bring a return of £25,000, which at 10 per cent, would represent a capital of £250,000.

How to Train a Collie.

There has been much said and written about the great intelligence and sagacity of the shepherd dog, especially the Scotch Collie, and yet his merits are not over estimated in the least. We have known and have bred them for years, have sent them to almost all parts of the country, and have always received favorable re ports from the purchasers. In all reason able things the Scotch collie will give un bounded satisfaction, and no more trusty or faithful friend can be had than lie will invariably prove himself to be ; but those who expect him to do their work in their own particular way, without having first been taught how it should be done, will be disappointed, 'ihese dogs well bred, drive and tend sheep, naturally, for they have been bred for this purpose for so many years that it has become an inherent pro pensity, and they must be accustomed to the stock and the stock to them, and must

be brought to understand just how you wish your particular work done before you can expect them to prove entirely satisfac tory. This is one of the great troubles which is experienced by the purchasers of train d dogs, for they expect to have them “ start in ” the first morning they arrive, and drive the stock well, and they disap point tlieir owner, as anyone would well know they would, if he would give the subject any thought. Generally much better satisfaction is experienced by pur chasing a pup, and then gradually accus toming him to your own particular work, than in buying a well-trained dog. The very first thing to do when you get your pup is to accuston him to your voice and

command, and until you do this thoroughly you cannot commence handling your dog. The best and soonest way to do this is

to always feed him yourself, and make it a point not to permit the pup to be played with and mauled while too young. Our advice to those who want to have a first class dog is to let the pup run compara tively wild so it does not get into mischief, until he is at least eight or ten months old, by which time he will have got steadier and more easily managed, though you can in the meantime take him with you when you go for your stock.

Do not force your dog, but let him take to his work gradually, and by all means treat him kindly, for there is one peculiarity about this breed : if you break the will of the pup by harsh treatment, which is as useless as it is cruel, the dog will be use less. After he has once reached full growth with his courage unimpaired there is but little danger of having him made cowardly and sneaking. Whether a dog be a good one when full grown or not de pends a great deal on the one who handles it, for a violent-tempered man will make a cowardly dog out of his pup, while a careful, kind, considerate man will soon have an animal which will repay him for all his care, for it will be invaluable in herding, driving, and tending almost all kinds of stock ; will be invaluable as a watch-dog, carefully guarding the premises at all times, and will be a source of pleasure to the members of Lis owner’s family. Wo know of no dog which will better please the farmer, stock breeder, poultry fancier, or country gentleman, than a well-bred Scotch collie.

Free Trade and Protection.

The “American Miller,” in reply to the article which recently appeared in the • £ London Miller,” says “Wo freely acknowledge that Protection and Prohibi tion may be errors. To assert that Pro tection is the true policy of every nation would be quite as absurd as to declare Free Trade tlie only true policy of every people. Our British friends seem to lose sight of one fact in discussing the ques tion of national policy. They forget that Protection built up their own industries, and made them so strong that they needed protection no longer. Free Trade is one thing for a country with her in dustries established, and quite a different thing for a country with no industries at all. To the lirst it means commercial domination; to the second, commercial vassalage. Do our English friends be lieve that Portugal and Turkey, which practice the Free Trade doctrine in all its virgin purity, will ever have any indus tries that will compete with those of Great Britain ? We cannot credit them with so great a faith. Do they imagine t’».at the United States would now be such a manufacturing nation had it not been for eighteen years of Protection ? We can hardly believe that. We have but taken a leaf from the political history of our transatlantic brethren, We are building up our factories, forges, and mills, and protecting their produce. In a few years we can manufacture just as cheaply as any nation under the sun, and then we will take another leaf from English his tory and cry lustily for Free Trade. We intended no disparagement of English wisdom when we said a parallel for Pro tection and Prohibition could bo found in English history. It was the very height of wisdom to discard Protection when it had served its purpose. Extremes meet. Free Trade is the doctrine of barbarians, and the highest type of civilised and in dependent beings! Protection is the means of advancing to independence and Free Trade. The United States only desires to start even in the race with every other nation, and then we can echo the sentiment of Horace, ‘ The devil take the hindmost.’ We hardly think that our British friends understand the difficulties that stood, and still stand to some extent, in the way of adopting Free Trade as the national policy of this country. When we tell them that we have more and cheaper coal, iron and all other metals than they have, and far greater manufac turing facilities than ary other part of the world, it is hard for them to see why we cannot compete with Great Britain on a Free Trade platform. We can only answer that history shows that we could not compete with the artisans and the millions of capital of England. Our in dustries could not start. We had no capital, and English competitors could starve out our feeble factories in a few months’ time by underselling. Protection was necessary to give the 'impetus. We do not care to argue this after the local methods of Mill and Cairns. We only appeal to the facts of our history to prove it, and they do prove it most abundantly. We are only using protection as an in strumentality, and how perfectly it has done its work can be seen, in the changed condition of our manufacturing industries. When Protection was adopted in the United States, our people were very pool*. A great many were thoroughly imbued with the idea that “hog, hominy, and whisky ” were the only legitimate products of this country. What has been the result? To-day we are commercially in dependent of every European nation. There is scarcely an article of manufacture, from steel rails down to Dutch toys and French jewellery, that is not exported from our shops.. Fortunes of a million dollars are more numerous now than those of fifty thousand dollars were twenty years ago ; while some of our capitalists have incomes which would be magnificent for a king. We are acquiring the one thing which England has always had and which we never have had —capital. When our concerns are as financially solid as those of Great Britain (our artisan skill has already become as great) we likewise will become as enthusiastic advocates of the “ Dismal Science” as our English friends. Until that time, however, excuse us from believing Protection an error. Englishmen are naturally aggressive, and protection is our defence against them until we are strong enough to meet them. History repeats itself.' It is difficult for our British friends to understand the change that has taken place in our industrial condition. They still regard the United States as a vast cornfield, with the landscape here and there enlivened by a drove of hogs or cattle, with perchance a painted Indian in the background. They smile at tlie idea of the Yankee nation rivalling them in manufacture. They cannot believe that things are very different from what they' were twenty years ago, and cling to the delusion that Protection has given an artificial stimulus to the manufacturing industries of this country. Some day they wake to hear the same mob tliat cried for Free Trade and inaugurated riots, crying just as loudlv for the protection of English industries. We kno v that prophecy is a risky business, but we will venture this one : that so stable an institution as our contemporary will live to see the day when some of England’s manufacturing indus tries are protected, and here is where history will repeat itself. To use a little American “ buncombe,” this is “ a great and glorious country,” and no one who examines tlie elements of national great ness contained in it, can believe that an overruling Providence intended us to be “ hewers of wood and drawers of water” for other nations. The next decade will vindicate the wisdom of our present policy and demonstrate that our soil lias something in it besides food, and our people something besides £ brag. ’ ”

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 de ponding thaL it will restore and cheer them without danger, pain, or iwonvenience, as by a timely recourse to them the first erring func tion may be reclaimed, suffering may be spared nd life saved. —Advt.

TEE STORY-TELLER.

How Charlie Ran Away. “ I declare, it’s too mean for anything, mamma,” said Charlie, angrily, his fore, head knit in a thousand cross little wrinkles. “If I can’t do like other boys, I’ll run away altogether. ” His mother looked sorrowful, for Charlie was her only boy, and his naughtiness sent a sharp pain through her heart. He was only nine years old, but of late had become so headstrong and wilful that he was almost beyond her control, and his threat of running away had been oft re peated. That night she went to sleep and a sudden idea came info her minct. It was a very curious plan by which she hoped to cure Charlie of his wilful ways. The next afternoon her boy came rusli ino- in after school, dashed his books down, and was rushing off again, when his mother called him back.

“ Where are you going Charlie ?” “ Only out for a row on the pond, with Jack, mother; I’ll be back by tea time.” “ But it’s beginning to rain, and your throat is still sore, my son. Suppose you ask Jack to come in and take tea with you instead. I’m afraid to have you go while it is so damp.” Charlie’s face flushed angrily. He threw his cap down and muttered— “ No. I won’t have him come at all ! It’s a shame I’m so tied down. I’ve a mind to run away ; I have so.’ His mother did not speak for a minute ; then she said quietly but very firmly— “ You cannot go out again to-night, my son. ” Charlie went to his play very sulkily. At tea he did not say a word, and after tea lie studied his lessons gloomily, with out the usual bright questions and talks with his mother, lie rose to go to bed, but his mother called him back.

“ Charlie,” she said gravely, taking his hand in liers, “You have talked a good deal lately about running away, and now I think that as you don’t seem very happy at home perhaps you had better go. So I’ve told Charlotte to have an early break fast, so that you can start at seven, and I'll tie up some clothes in a bundle for you. You can take your father’s knotted cane, and Charlotte will give you some biscuits to put in your pocket. I’ll call you at half-past six.” Charlie could hardly believe his ears. Was his mother in earnest ? That wasn’t tlie way boys ran away. lie felt very tight and queer in the throat, but he was too proud to cry, so he only muttered in a shaky voice—“ Very well; I’ll be up in time,” and went to bed. She called Irm back to put liis school books in the book case, as he wouldn’t need them any more. This was almost too much, but the child obeyed without a word, and then went slowly upstairs. That night his mother; lay awake many hours, full of anxious fears as to the re sult of her experiment. Charlie felt very sober about the prospect for the next day ; but it was too late now to retreat, and lie determined not to give in. Never theless, he was sound asleep when his mother came to give the forgotten good night kiss. She saw tlie mark of tears on his face, and her heart grew a little lighter. Charlie was up early in the morning, long before liis mother called him. It was a cloudy, chilly day, and the warm break fast would have tasted very good if he had thought about it; but lie never could tell whathe ate that day. When it was over, liis mother said in a very commonplace way — “Nov/, my son, you had better be starting. Your best clotlies are tied up in this bundle, and I have put some of Charlotte’s biscuits in with tlieni. Good bye, and be a good boy wherever you go. ” They were on the front steps. His mother kissed him very affectionately, ex actly as if lie was going on a long journey, watching him go down the steps, and then went in and closed the door, and Charlie was left to go his way alone. He walked very slowly down the street to the corner, stopped there, and looked up and down. It was early, and nobody seemed in sight. A great feeling of lone liness and longing for liis dear, lost home came over Charlie, and he would have given worlds to be back again in the warm, cozy sitting-room, looking over liis lessons before school. He turned the corner and walked a square, then turned once more and went slowly along, his head down, and a feeling of entire forlorn ness, getting worse all the time. What was iiis mother doing now ? Washing up the glass no doubt. He hoped they would not forget to feed Billy, the little Scotch terrier. Ah ! he would probably never see Billy again. Just then Charlie came plump against a fat black woman carrying a pitcher of milk. He looked up, and exclaimed, “Why, Charlotte !” “ Why Master Charles,” said Charlotte, who stepped out of the back door just when our boy left the front steps, and had never lost sight of him for a single mo ment. “Oh Charlotte,” repeated Charlie, bursting into tears and seizing her hands, regardless of the milk pitcher, which for tunately was empty, “do you think mamma will ever take me hack again l

“ Just try, honey. I’d go and ask her right away,” said good old Charlotte, her own eyes rather misty. Charlie’s mother was sitting by her work-table when she felt two arms around her neck, a face wet with tears against her own, and a voice choked with sobs said— “ Oh, mother, if you’ll forgive me and take me back I’ll never want ’to run away again—never. ” She held her hoy close to her happy, thankful heart, and kissed him many times. Her experiment had succeeded, and that was the last that was ever heard of Charlie running away.

True Consolation. —An American, talking of railway manners, tells this story: into her seat, throws up her arms, and ex claims to her fellow passengers through a companion, ‘ Did you ever know anything so hot 1 I’m stifling. Can’t you open this window? Whew! whew! Oh, dear! It’s dreadful, isn’t it ? It’s always so in these cars. My its awful ! ’ On one occasion, when this kind of remark had been made at some length for the edification of the company, a voice was heard from the other end of the car, ‘Yes’m, its awful; but let’s try to bear up. ’Tain’t nothin’ to the sufferin’ of the early Christians ! ’ A general laugh followed, and nothing fur ther was heard from that young woman. ,

THE ASHBURTON HERALD,

[Tuesday, October ar, 1879.



Auction Sales. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, &c., Saunders’ Buhl dines, Ashburton. L E RED JT A R RIS ON, AUCTIONEER, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENT, ASHBURTON. Farms, Town Sections, and House Pro perties on the Books for Sale or to Let. AGENT FOR THE TRANSATLANTIC FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Chief Office— -Christchurch. * Public Notices. REAPERS AND BINDERS. THE Undersigned having been ap pointed agent for the sale o : McCORMICK’S & W, A. WOOD’S REAPERS AND BINDERS, is now prepared to treat with those who will want them for the coming season. FREDK. PAYITT, 55oa—S8 East Street, Ashburton. NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN , Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, tlie “New Zealand Wesleyan ” for October. Price Gd. Sold at the Herald Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. JgNVELQPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.— The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. “THE ASHBURTON HERALD,” PUBLISHED EVERY EVENINC. Price—ONE PENNY. a DVERTISERS are reminded that the “Evening Herald ” commands the largest circulation in the Borough and Suburbs daily, and the prices for adver tisements are very reasonable. Casual Advertisements—2s. per inch, cash. Wants—2o words for Is. Quarterly Advertisements, as per ar rangement.



FINE Cream-Laicl ENVELOPES, No. 6 ; extra secure shape, ONLY 9s. 6d. per IOOO; 500, 55.; 250, 35., N E T T CAS H. ALSO, BANK NOTE AND LETTER PAPER WEEKS & DIXON, DIRECT IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS, ASHBURTON “ HERALD ” OFFICE.



FARMERS ! FARMERS ! FARMERS ! R. McKERROW • & Co. A, RE Cash Purchasers of Wool, Grain, and all kinds of Farm Produce, and are also prepared to make Liberal CASH ADVANCES on the above placed in their hands either for sale or shipment to the English or Colonial Markets. A Large Stock of Corn Sacks, Wool Packs, Ac., for Sale, at lowest current prices. R. McKERROW & CO., GRAIN MERCHANT 1, RAKAIA. CO CONCERTINAS, German Accordians, Violins, etc. Concertinas, 20 keys, from 10/G, 11. M. JONES, Stationer. FARMERS; —Do not neglect to Read the Agricultural Papers appearing in the “Ashburton Guardian.” SEWING- Machines and other Requi sites. 11. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. TO SHEARERS. QHIEARING will Commence at Anama Station on the Ist November. 87 W. S. PETER. '



Auction Sales. EDMISTON BROS. & G UNDRY Have on Sale 1000 CAPITAL QUALITY AND PRICE LOW. BUSHELS TARTARIAN OATS. Y. D. L. PALINGS, PALINGS, PALINGS, rjAHE Undersigned have on sale 5 and 6 FEET V.D.L. PALINGS, Of the very best quality for roofing, being perfectly straight and free from twists, which they are now offering at a very low rate. * EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY.



EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRY. : V ; -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.



TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS AND OTHERS. PJpIIE 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 • - -v.: Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. East Street. ASHBURTON Boarding Houses. PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL undersigned having opened the Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, begs to say he is determined to keep GOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. THOMAS CLA RK, Proprietor. 333a —27



ECHO DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET SOUTH, Next door to Messrs. Sando& Olsen, Ashburton. A DUPUIS begs to inform the inliabi , 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 stoß p. in. A Chef tie 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. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). RE-OPENING of the above commo dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 | Weekly Board ... ... ... Us. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Beds (single), Is. 6d. Private Room for Ladies. / .. I U ;/i . 334—82 a



Wants, &c. rin ALE. —The Herald publishes a por- X tiou of a readable story ever Satur day. 1-Lead it. WANTED Known, an Elementary WINGING CLASS, on the Tonic Sol Fa principle, is to be established. First Lesson WEDNESDAY, October 25, at Quill’s Commercial Sample Rooms, Saunders’ Buildings, at Half-past Seven o’clock. Ladies and Gentlemen wishing to join will please be in attendance on Wednesday, October 22. Terms—-10s. Gd. per Quarter. —J. S. SAVAGE, Con ductor. 100—5GGa VV7'ANTED.—The Herald tells your \ V Wants in 20 words, for 1/-. Housemaids. —The herald asks a Housemaid for you in 20 words for v- : TO PRINTERS. TT T ANTED—A Smart Hand, to make W up the “Ashburton Herald” and “Ashburton Guardian.” Sobriety indis pensable. WEEKS & DIXON. DO you Want the News of the Day? Read the Ashburton Herald. fM RE PENNY made the postal system 1 of England a success. So has it made the Herald. Everybody buys the Herald. CROOKS. —You can advertise for a Cook j in 20 words in the Herald for 1/-. WANTED KNOWN —That Money can be saved by purchasing your Sta tionery and Account Books, for cash, at the Herald” and “Guardian” Whole sale Stationery Depfit, Saunders’ Build ings, near Station. YTTANTED Known, that TWENTY V t Words are inserted in this Column for ONE SHILLING prepaid, and FORTY Words for TWO SHILLINGS prepaid. WASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. peril). at the Herald Office. Apply early. 590 WANTED KNOWN,' that Envelopes and Notepaper can he obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the ‘ ‘ Herald ” Office, East-street North. 642 WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est mid nertest CARDS may be had at Pie “GUARDIAN OFFICE.” TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE.



FOR SALE, about the end of October, One Second-hand Doable Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, Ac., complete. We are replacing this machine by a Double Royal Wharfedale, which necessitates removal of the Double Demy Machine now used for printing the “Herald ” and “ Guardian,” for.hand or steampower. Can be seen and all par ticulars obtained at our office. WEEKS & DIXON. Ashburton, October 14, 1879. 565 a TO LET, CA HOP at present occupied by Mr. Stringer, adjoining Messrs. Fried - lander’s Store. T. BULLOCK. TO LET TO MEET THE TIMES, I am prer pared to take a very low rental fo- Shops c f mine, situated in Triangle and East street. T. BULLOCK. finO LET, at a very low rental—Bakery, I together with Dwelling-house and Shop, near the Post Office. 393 a THOS. BULLOCK. TO LE T , WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, 453 ACRES> 453 Wlich would make a very compact farm, situated at the back of Mr. Digby’s. Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur ton. Apply to 2— 866 a THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE,.-;,, A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and rea-ly first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Long-beach Estate. For full particulars, apply to 5 THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 137 Acres, partly improved, and situated about three and a half miles from the Township. Apply to c . THOMAS BULLOCK. The Stud.



THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Trad uc eh Blood. To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars S. H. FOWLER & CO,, Proprietors, 504a—20 Winslow



Public Notices. V. rnHE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN | (County Agricultural and Sporting Recorder), is a GAZETTE for all Notices under The Debtors and Creditors Acts, October C, 1879.