The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1879.

The “Herald.” —There will be no pub lication of this journal to-morrow (New Year’s Day), in order to allow the staff the usual holiday. Masonic Banquet. —The banquet un der the auspices of the Somerset Lodge of Freemasons, in honor of laying the foun dation stone of the new Masonic Hall and also of the installation of officers for the ensuing year, was held last night in the Lodge-room. The purveyor was Brother Shearman, of the Somerset Hotel, and 120 brethren did honor to his good things. Representatives were present from Lodges all over the district between Ashley and the Waitaki, and after the cloth had been removed the usual Masonic toasts were duly honored. Amongst these were the D.8.G.W.M., Bro. Thompson, who ‘suit ably replied ; and the officers past and pre sent of the Somerset Lodge, to whom high tributes were paid. The evening was spent with the usual conviviality, toast, spng, and sentiment being the order of the night, till fialLpast eleven, when the brethren obeyed the stern summons of respectability and retired to the bosoms of their families.

A Moving Obstruction. —A house, drawn by seven horses and eight bullocks, was the cause of some discomfort to travellers in East street to-day. It was being shifted from the railway reserve, near the engine shed, on a trip north wards- We understand that its final destination is Mr, Quigley’s farm, about two miles north of Dromore, At the rate of progress it made to-day it will, we reckon, reach there about the middle of March next, having about eight miles to travel, The appearance of draught bullocks In Ashburton is nearly a thing of the past, and their advent was a source of delight to the juveniles. This particular team arrived in town yesterday with a load of wool from the Upper Rangitata, where they are found to be more suitable in the rough country than horse 3. Tub Fire Brigade. —The usual fort nightly practice of the Fire Brigade will be held at seven this evening. We are informed the well in Havelock street will be put to a crucial test, in presence of a Committee of the Borough Council ap pointed to inspect it. Police for Timaru. — The railway station this morning presented quite a military appearance { for, independent of our customary blue-coated protectory of the peace, a contingent of 50 of the Armed Constabulary passed through by the 10.45 train en route for Timaru, to keep law and order there tp.-iporiw. We imagine that the arrival and parade of these, in addi tion to the force already there will haye a deterrent effect on any attempt at rowdyism. It was found unnecessary to detain any of this force in Christchurch, the police there having been augmented by contingents from various country districts. ""Dear Mutton. - -One of those small debt cases which become more expensive to the parties concerned on both sides than if amicably settled out of court cropped up the other day. A butcher sued a customer for the small sum of LI 3s, Id. Besides the plaintiff and de fendant there were three witnesses pre sent, and it was found necessary for the plaintiff's case to produce another, and he was allowed the privilege, on payment of 12s. cost, of adjournment. At the next sitting of the court they were all in attendance again, and the butcher got his judgment, with costs, 375., so that the arithmetic of the thing stands something like this—Butcher— Cr. : Muttton sold, LI 3b. Id. ■; costs recovered, LI 17s. ; total, L 3 Id. Dr. ; Costs paid, L2 9s. ; loss of time for witnesses, five days at 55., LI ss. ; total, L 3 14s ; thus losing his mutton and 13s. lid. The customers’s debit is judgment as above, L 3 id., and his own time and his witnesses as above, 255. ; total, L 4 6s. Id, ) against which he has 235. worth of mutton, and a lh£l§ more knowledge of law than he previously had

Arrest.— Sergeant Pratt made cap tive - yesterday, atßakaia a young man named Michael O’Leary, supposed to be one of the ringleaders of the riot in Christchurch on Boxing Day. The Ser geant captured him in one of the tents occupied by the workmen on the Rakaia and Alford Forest railway, and brought his prisoner on to Ashburton Art night, and forwarded him to Christen crch this morning.

New Buildings. —Mr. John Fowler intends building on the site on which the premises stood that were lately destroyed by fire. The new erection is to be of brick, and considerably larger and more ornamental than the building destroyed. Tenders for the work will be invited early next week.

Stone Throwing.— On Tuesday, as Mr. Bowen, a commercial traveller, was riding on the main road near the Spread Eagle, a man picked up a few of the many boulders with which that road is metalled, and opened lire on the rider, who, after dodging several of the missiles, was glad to avail himself of his horse’s speed and escape. The police are inquiring for the assailant.

Extending i he Service of Summonses. —His Worship laid down a rule on Tues day bearing upon the service of sum monses. It happens in a widely scattered district such as this, and one in which the population is to acertain extent migratory, that the bailiff finds a difficulty in effect ing the service of a summons on a defen dant in time for the date of hearing ; it then becomes necessary to “ enlarge ” the document, that is to extend the date of bearing till a later Court day. It is usual® in Resident Magistrate’s Courts to havQ| this done in open Court and thereby give all parties connected with the case due notice of the adjournment. Some in stances have happened in the Ashburton Court in which the enlargement has been made by the Clerk of the Court, and •parties to suits have attended Court on the day for which they were first warned, and have in some instances travelled long dis tances, and found on arrival that the case has been postponed to some future date. His at Tuesday’s sitting ruled that it was competent for the Clerk to ex tend the date of hearing of cases. We very much question the wisdom, if not the legality of such a rule, as it is not only likely to leadto confusion but also to throw an undue power in the bands of a subor dinate officer of the Court, and does not give publicity to enable the public to take due advantage of the protection the Court is supposed to provide them with. Moreover it is not customary to invest the Clerks of Court with such privileges in other districts, and we think his Worship has delegated his powers in a direction which will not be for the good of the public. . i

New Hotel.— Mr. J. F. Butler’s new hotel, being now completed, will be opened to-morrow. We gave a full description of the bouse a few at eeks ago, and it is only necessary to state that no expense has been spared in completing all the internal and external fittings in a most elaborate manner. Bath rooms, electric bells, and all modern improvements have been pro vided in a manner to suit the most fasti dious. The house will be known as “ Butler’s Family Hotel.”

TELEGRAPHIC.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

AMERICAN NEWS

(A Special.)

New York, Dec. 29.

A fire in Boston destroyed many public and private buildings, occasioning much distress.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reuter's Telegram. )

Sydney, Dec. 31

News has been received from Noumea that 16 convicts, who recently over powered the guard, seized a schooner, and escaped from New Caledonia, were re captured on the 12th by the French trans port, Dives, which went in pursuit.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

TO-D AY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Dec. 31

Superintendant Thomson, in accordance with instructions from Wellington, inter viewed the Chiniquy Reception Com mittee, for the purpose of pointing out the responsibility they undertake in adopting any steps likely to disturb the public peace. He also acquainted them that he was charged with a similar mission to the leaders of the opposite party. Captain Dal dy, Chairman of the Committee, replied to Superintendent Thomson that they were well aware of thp responsibility they in curred, and were perfectly prepared to accept the consequences. The question was put to Thomson as to whether he anticipated any disturbances, and he re plied that so far as his information at present extended, he had no reason to think there would be any, A son of Mr. William Robinson, “ Herald” reporter, four years of age, fell off the parapet of a garden wall and died in a few hum's from suffusion of blood on the brain.

Sir, Abraham Tovey, Mahurangi Mis sionary, is believed to be drowned, as his b jat and hat have been found. Invercargill, Dec. 31.

At the Police Court yesterday,. Lachlan Reynolds, a boy of 16 years, was com mitted for trial for setting fire to a barn. He was admitted to bail. At a meeting of the Tqwn Council attention was drawn to the insufficient number of railway carriages, and enquiries were ordered with a view to a remedy.

AUSTRALIAN.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS

[Special.) Melbourne, Dec. 30.

For the Champion Race betting is three to one on the field, The St. Alban’s stable has not declared to win with First King, Petrea, or Avernus, consequently there is little speculation. Melbourne imports and exports for last year sfiqw an aggregate falling oft’of over three millions, compared with previous years.

(Age Special. ) Sydney, Dec. 30. Thp s.s, Bowen has arrived at Cook town,

It hys : '(transpired ' rit'Hong "Kong that; the' police,have’ been in . the habit of ship ping criminals to Australia at the rate of 40atatime. Small-pox is increasing at Hong Kong. ". It is reported that. Eng lish officers are training Chinese troops for service on the Russian frontier.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

LAST NIGHT’S TEL EG! SAMS,

Auckland, Dec. 29.

The Hon. J. Sheehan, it is stated, comes here this week to settle and prac tise at the Cambridge and Native Lands Court, probably in partnership with an other legal gentleman. The Lincolnshire deputation left here to-day by train for the Waikato. The party will proceed, in the first place, to Raglan, visiting the adjacent country, afterwards examining the Waikato frontier settlements, and spending some time in Piako country. It is expected that the party will be absent from town about ten days. 'The Rev. Mr. Edger preached a thought fill discourse yesterday on the good in fluence of the Sunday afternoon Messiah concert for the people. He held the announcement of this sacred concert as an initiatory step towards providing the public with rational and healthful amuse ment on the weekly day of rest, fore shadowing the opening of a new era of progress for Auckland. December 20.

A woman named Robinson, living at Pokeno, tried to dash a child’s brains out yesterday by hitting it against the bed post. The child is not expected to live. Constable Walker took the woman to the Asylum to-day. Her husband was away South at the time.

A fire broke out at the parsonage‘of the Rev. Mr. Calder, Hamilton, but was sup pressed through the presence of mind of a girl fifteen years old. A fearful hurricane passed over the Fijian group am Dec. 12, causing immense destruction of property. Levuka, the capital, through a fortunate change in the direction of the cyclone, suffered little in comparison with other parts. Not a banana or cocoanut tree is left standing, and the sugar crop is partially destroyed. The Sydney brig Shannon and the schooner Ariel are on shore, and several smaller cutters and crews have been lost. The brigantine Meg Merrilies, which left Auckland on Dec. 4, with passengers and cargo, would be in the vicinity of Levuka on the day in question, and she had not arrived on Dec. 21, so that fears are enter tained for her safety. Grahamstown, Dec. 30.

The Alburnia’s clearing up for the month will give nearly 4000ozs, and a dividend of 20s on 800 shares, making LI 17s 6d per share in two months. The mine is looking splendid. Shares are at L 5 10s.

Hawera Plains, Dec. 30.

Colonel Roberts, Commander-in-Chief, with Captain Wilson, visited Titokowavu’s settlement incog, yesterday, and was most graciously received by his old antagonist. Colonel Roberts’ little army is in a thorough state of organisation. There is not the slightest probability, however, of war services being required. Wellington, Dec. 30.

There is nothing new in politics. Mr. Bryce is very confident that the settle ment of the Waimate Plains difficulty will bo proceeded with quietly. - In expectation of further riots at Christchurch and Timaru on New Year’s Day, 50 Armed Constabu ary left for the South this morning by the Wakatipu. Strong feeling o:i both sides has been ex pressed in Wellington, ;nd if any oc caion for a gathering offered, stringent precautions would have to bo taken to pre vent a collision. The arrival here of Pastor Chiniquy is looked forward to with anxiety by all the peace-loving portion of the population. It is generally under stood that, as a matter of expediency, the local press will take ,no notice of him whatever. A rumor is prevalent here that both sides are rolling up men at Timaru, and it is causing much excite ment.

The Hinemoa left for Manukau at 10.40 this evening, with His Excellency and Ladv Robinson on board.

Owing to the illness of Mrs Wheeler at Nelson, Captain Wheeler, of the steamer Wakatipu, goes there by steamer to-night. Captain Cameron, ship’s husband of the Union Steamship Company, takes the Wakatipu South. An extraordinary meeting of share holders of the “ New Zealand Times ” Company will be held on Monday. The business is in connection with the winding up of the Company, in consequence of the recent purchase. The entries for the Caledonian Sports are very numerous, and a good day’s sport is expected.

A man named James Dodds was drowned in the Tauheru river at Carterton yesterday. It is believed that while crossing the river in a heavy fresh, he was washed off hi 3 horse. The body was recovered.

It was rumoured yesterday that another old settler had been drowned in the Ruamahanga river. Mr. Smith, who fell dead on the road at Carterton yesterday, is brother-in-law to Superintendent Scully, of the Napier Police.

The “ Chronicle ” states that a number of Auckland and Wellington Orangemen have gone south to take part in a demon stration on New Year’s Day. Oamaru, Dec. 30.

The cricket match between Invercargill and Oamaru was won by the former, the scores being—Oamaru, 108 ; Invercargill, 129.

Heavy rain fell to-day, and it is re ported that in several places the crops have been laid. Very little damage can, however, have been clone, as the rainfall was of short duration and there are signs of line weather,§ Dunedin, Dec. 30.

Close on 6000 persons booked at the Dunedin central station during the Christmas holidays. About 50 special constables are to be sworn in to assist the police, if necessary, in preserving order on New Year’s Day. Up to the present only three men have entered from Otago for the National Rifle Association’s meeting to be held at Nelson in February next.

Two men, named James Midgley and Tnomas Barren were arrested early this morning on a charge of stabbing one Elisha Harris. The depositions of the wounded man were taken as follows-: “At 3.45 a.m. on Tuesday, Pec. 30, 1879, the men now present knocked at

the door.- My wife called “Harry.” I jumpedjmt'of bed and went to the door, and weijt t.i hit the tall mail, that one now hei'e. He scabbed me here. I went in. He went away. They both went away. f I told my- wife 1 was- stabbed.. That’s all about it, and I make this de claration believing lam dying. I can’t." ask him any questions. —Elisha Harris. ” . The wound was immediately over the heart, and had evidently been inflicted with a penknife. Harris is now in a critical state. The affair took place out side his house in Maclaggan street.

THE BATTLE OF THE ORANGE AND GREEN.

Latest from the “ Seat of War.”

A Publican Threatening Slaughter.

(from our own correspondent.) Timaru, Dec. 31

Warrants have been issued for the ap prehension of fourteen rioters. Up to the present six have been arrested. Yes terday a letter was found oil the person of one of the arrested, bearing the signa ture of T. O’Driscoll, a.well known publi can. The contents were to the following effect.

“ Come in, boys ; come in at once. The Orange dogs are going to march. We must stop it, boj's. I will spend five hundred pounds to stop them. We will cut them up in inches first. am “ T. O’Driscoll. “ Excuse tiliS'scrawl.”'

■ The letter" was laid before Commis sioner Weldon, a warrant was ordered to issue, and at midnight the valiant O’Driscoll was conducted from his bar to the lock-up. He had been sworn in as a special constable a few hours previously. The w T cather shows no signs of clearing up. Later.

The six rioters, including O’Driscoll, were brought before the Bench to-day, and at the request of Inspector Pender ■were remanded till Saturday, when it is expected others will be in custody. Bail was refused. The Court was crowded, and there was a full Bench.

The following letter was read : —• “Timaru, Dec. 24th

“ Mr Moynahan;—Dear sir, I am in formed on the very best authority that the Orangemen are going to march on St. Stephen’s Day in Timaru, so, if you will tell some of your friends to come to help to obstruct the ruffians we Tfmaru people would be greatly obliged, as there need be no fighting, only 1 o stop their progress, as I expect they are only pre paring for Chiniquy. I amsendingaccounts everywhere I can. They are going to march under the protection of the Foresters and Oddfellows—so Mr. Harney was telling me this day. So you shall see that they will march if they are not stopped. That you and your Fiends are enjoying good health, and wishing you a merry Christ mas, I remain, Thomas O’Drisoull. P.S. Excuse this spelling.” This is the letter referred to in the former telegram.

A Telephonic Exchange.

“ There seems no reason to doubt,” the “ Pall Mall Gazette ” says, “ that London will shortly be supplied with a telephonic exchange, and that people will be able to communicate with each other by their voices as easily over a distance of some miles as if they were in the same Room. A ,.n wire, with a receiver and a transmitter in • iric house signifies liis wish to the central office to be pufcjn. communication with another subscriber. Immediately the two wires are connected, and a conversation can be carried on with out the slightest difficulty. A complete exhibition of the apparatus was given the other day, and the convenience which the invention will be to men of business was made abundantly clear. Directions could be given without the slightest possibility of error, and the tones of the voice were conveyed with complete accuracy. Many a man who would not be troubled to work or watch an ordinary telegraph apparatus, will at once make use of the telphone for the ordinary purpose of his daily business. Still more remarkable, however, than the communication thus established was the; experiment made with a telephone upon a' mechanical type-setter. By means of speaking through the telephone a complete series of sentences was set up in type in a composing stick. The only drawback to the telephone exchange itself appears to be that we are threatened with a number more wires running from house to house.: These are dangerous, not so much to the householders as to passers-by ; and although the Dean and chapter of St. Paul’s have, it seems, made no objection to the use of the, cathedral as a station, somd steps ought to be taken to see that the wires are securely fastened.

The Agricultural Commission.

The work of the Agricultural Commis sion (says the London “Spectator”) bids fair to be alr onster affair. Authority is given in the Commission to any “ five or more ” of the Commission to call before them such persons as they may judge necessary to give evidence, and also to call for such books and documents as may give needful information. Moreover, any five or more may report to the Queen' as soon as they please their opinions on the sub jects inquired into. And these bodies of five or more arc to have power to continue their inquiry without formal adjourn ments. Hence it is clear that the Com mission is really to do its principal work as a number of sub-commissions, for we are told that they.have already had a preliminary meeting and broken them selves up into smaller distinct bodies of inquiry; lvhile Mr. C. S. Read,. M.P., and Mr. Pell, M. P., are to proceed to the United States, to enquire into the bearing of American agriculture on the depression here, and will take their depar ture at the end of next week. Further, Mr. Cross said at Bootle that there are to he a number of Assistant-Commis sioners. to help the Commission, and ;to collect information from the Continent iof Europe. We may expect, then, a num ber of very divergent reports from the quinary commiss ; on!ets into which the larger organisation will break up ; and probably no joint report from the whole Commission, or none of any substantial value, at all. We see with pleasure that the E.irl of Suffolk and Colonel Kingscote, M.P. j the latter of whom is a member of the Commission, warned the Kingscote Agricultural Association lately that no return to protection was possible and that all that could be expected from the labors of the Commission was a large stock of valuable information.

THE NEW MEMBERS MENT.

(From the bwn^K? rr^ s P9pclent Now that sec qn‘d session of and the first one new has come to ah era£> you will hay jfl’ more thrilling speeches and grams to lay before may be. possible , to sustain interest of your readers a I send you a short description material that was this -year into our House of Representati^UUßß9H| It may seem strange to notice of the new members old veteran both in ProvuHNHHHH Colonial politics as the lion. Yet for this session he is one HHHHHHH members, and being one lie head the list. He looks years old. He is rather stature, with small feminine shoulders. large, prominent, high, wi equal development, the }rJ, being rather small. Hi watchful, patient, and brain power is evidently'- in nutritive apparatus, the mentfIHHHHHH for the vital nerves, and does not give at all the idea man with a hard heart stomach. He is a good^^K^myivtlF® speaker, nothing very brilliantjHßHHHß bit better on the greatest smallest occasion. His most ■ speeches are never the result of tion or effort, but depend upon favpffV .-!■ circumstances, aud enough without .v , ■ much excitement. But. whilst he rises very high, he never sinks lovr> £ speaker, but shows a -wonderful knowledge, the. result of a powerful P closely concentrated on his official dalKjjhHj You could never imagine him novel, extolling the qualify of port JtTrSMI or playing lawn tennis. But the clerk in the. Telegraph office,, is, neyjfcH sure that his work will not be personally H inspected by:the Premier. -'.His voicef T J clear and pleasant \Vheh‘ riot strained) but ■ does not ,reach very far.. Those who® know him best trust hini. most.. one really doubts' his 1 his opponent's often amuse tPlnselv-es by ' trying to make him resent t'/mir -expres sions of suspicion. His Weasf pbiiit is that he has hot- enough 'contempt for.- suclt>f attacks, and condescends to ah swer what he ought .not to condescend even to hear. He wants a -more comfortable assurance of his own powers ; and unassailable" reputation,- -and—-of-i his immeasurable superiority over the little fry that try to annoy liim, or of the arch deceivers that want to put him appa rently on their own -level. : .His present*, position must soon harden him-,: if ildoesjU not kill him. He is not Fox’s equal for*'" slashing, cutting reply. He is by no means Vogel’s equal for plausible pro posals. ' He' is not Stafford’s eipial- in talking constitutional new Acts. But whilst he is than his predecessors on particular he is free from their special weaknesses, *- and is more reliable, because his powers ! are more general, and he is free from their most dangerous defects. He stands far *.' above Fox in his power of calculation,-has none of Vogel’s daring dashing impru dence, and can give a confidence to his colleagues, to his supporters and his friends which Stafford never inspired. Perhaps the next new member who should claim our notice is another old public jf the" choice strangers’ galleries, that he would be chosen speeches are generally far more diverting than Mr. Hall’s. He vsbaffihU abbutisjjc, feet high, with no , great weight of body) and a large proportion of “ legs and -. wings. ” His head is high and narrow, ) with an irregular forehead, and prominent s shaggy eyebrows. He looks-; ..to be ap- ) proaching sixty years of age ; has a rather 1 wiry beard and a large Roman nose. In if, a political sense only, he has the appear- j ance of a gentleman wliq has seen*better |, days ; arid after discharging ' the bnerotts' k duties of Colonial Treasurer, the light amusements of a member of the House are evidently not sufficiently exciting to rouse his energies, so that he is not re- f markable for zeal in the discharge of his f; present duties. When he first entered f the House, nearly twenty years . ago, he ! was just as fluent as lie is flow. But then! his manner was quite clerical; whereas it; is now quite theatrical.' /He speaks very little, and though that little is always to the point it is always amusing. He looks down with almost.equal contempt on both ; partiesin the present House arid fewond' yjfl fully indifferent to praise r~ -

The next in imports, really new member, is i> who lias taken Mr. Curtii City of Nelson. He is not equal predecessor, as a neat, plausible, s\u~ ful speaker, but he suvpasSeS~hwn most attentive scrutineer of all the busied ness that comes before the House, «4i|H naturally possesses that impartial judic : mind which Mr. Curtis could always ao successfully assume. He can express him self clearly in good voice and in good •English upon any; subject, = and never talks for the mere 'purpose)•''fi|firiiig Vi/ in “Hansard.” ‘ Although I ’a lawyer he is transparently honest, and never descends to special pleading. Ho looks.abopt.forty years of age, lias an open ! frank 1 face; 7 and nothing in the House has ever ruffled his temper, and that is saying a good deal. ■ The tall, white-headed Dunedin comes next. He TooS he y had nevers aid an .idle word.n.-his life. He speaks but seldom, and long, but is always listened to. • - Thouf usQlpbin.&nd ponderous, there is.-a slight,Dider ciiHent of humor, and just a little ...ndication yhat he lias originally came fpm tha' .NQrth. The listener also' .-.feels -/bat .hejbeliQyes what ho’ is sayingA- HedookS; very-care fully before lie follows the present Go vernment in anything] but .he would cer tainly put on a dust coat if ever he had to go into the same lobby as Sir George Grey. The “ whips ” ort' bot-k'sides keep as clear of him as if he were a bomb-shell about to explode, and no one ever tells him how he J had better vote, or which lobby to go into. J I don’t mean that there is anything m choleric or explosive about him, but he looks as if tie would- not value unasked. advice.'

No far from Mr.- Dick sits atiocher "mem ber of the same build, and armost'tne'' same age, but with a much less , serious countenance, Colonel Trimble. 'He speaks a little too often, ail'd makes it his mission to correct Sir "George Grey’s misrepresen tations, which would give l any member an active life. His speaking is - faultless enough, but rarely goes beyond that, and

"'ITHE XSHBURTON



_ j^ycoSst -re invited for the 4iiff : vv o±cKSi viz— . 7 "i. Bridge, of thhber, iover North Ash-; burton River, near Pudding Hill, 23 spans, 40 feet each. . v 2. South approaches to Rakaia Gorges Bridge. 3. Pound, South Rakaia. Plans and specifications are now on view at Council office, Ashburton, and those for Nos. 2 and 3 can be seen at Road Board office, South Rakaia, after 20th instant. _ Separate tender’s to be sent in addressed to the Chairman of County Council, not ater than. 11 o’clock a. m., WEDNESDAY, 7th January, 1880. By order, WILLIAM BAXTER, 280—32 La County Engineer. y. me r. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. WINSLOW SPORTS. NE W YEAR’S D A Y r . IN addition to the Ordinary Trains, a Special Train will leave Ashburton for Winslow at 12.30 p. m., returning from Winslow for Ashburton at 5.30 p.m. SINGLE FARES FOR RETURN JOURNEY. 883 a F. BACK, General Manager. y. R. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Christchurch Section. NEW YEAR’S DAY, 1880. TRAIN ARRAN GEMENTS. LYTTELTON LINE. nnHE ordinary Time Table will be sus pended and trains will leave as



unaer : , „ o.n From Christchurcli —7 '3o a.m., bU a,.m. 9'o a. m., and at short intervals commencing at 10'0 a.m., until 2‘40 p. m. > and at short intervals from 4-0 p.m. until 8•0 p.m. „ n _ From Lyttelton —6‘50 a.m., B*6 a.m., 8 -30 a. m., 9 '3O a. ni., and at short intervals commencing at 10.30 a.m. until 2-0 p. m., and also from 3-20 p.m. until 8;30 p.m A late train will leave Christchurch at 11-15 p.m., returning from Lyttelton at 11-45 p.m. North Line and Branches—Ordinary trains. , T . South Line and Malvern and White cliffs Branches— Ordinary trains, with the following exceptions :—-The 3-25 p.m. Afsliburcpn to Tiniaru will leave at 4 Jo p.m., and the 4 - 15 p.m. Timaru to Ashbur ton will leave at 5-15 p.m., and both will lie one hour later than usual at all stations to destination, i " - Sonthbridge Branch—Ordinary 'trains except that the 3-30 p.ro, Christchurch to Southbridge will leave at 5’15 p.m/, and be one hour and twenty-five minutes later than usual at all stations to destination, GOODS TRAFFIC WILL BE EN TIRELY SUSPENDED. Fares— Ordinary single fare tickets issued from any station to any station on Deceinbei 20th and following days lip to January 3rd, will be available for return up to and including January sth, 1880. FREDIL BACK, General Manager. General Manager’s Office, Christchurch, Dee. 25, 1879. 88Ga v. R NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. FARES— CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. /ORDINARY Single Fare Tickets from \ / any station to any station issued on SATURDAY, 20th DECEMBER, 1879, and following days up to SATURDAY, 3rd JANUARY, 1880, inclusive, will be available for the return journey any day up to, and including MONDAY, sth JANUARY. , WM. CONYERS, Commissioner of Railways. , Commissioner’s Office, Christchurch, Dec. 13, 1879. 84Ga



V. IN BANKRUPTCY. “j^TOTICE —The “ Ashburton Herald’ is a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. Y. R. In the District Court ok Christchurch. Holden at Ashburton. m IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, The Debtors A iand Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment i Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of JAMES M‘KEN 7-I E, of the Hinds, Farmer, a debtor. ir'T'HIS IS TO NOTIFY that John Orr, of fife L Asi * " " ' Mi- xishburton, merchant, was at the first IWineeting of the creditors of the above-named : lMdebtor,° held this day at the District Court ■S’hpuse Ashburton, duly elected creditors’ Trustee of the estate of the said debtor, and SjpjMlffisrtVie said John Orr has this day duly to me in writing his acceptance of the ’Tslicboffice. this 31st day of Dec. 1879. c . CAVENi-ISH HURRELL, Clerk of the above Court. JrAnson and Purnell, for the debtor. 891 a ASHBURTON FIRE BRIGADE. m 5 ••• YE r PRACTICE THIS EVENING 7 p.m. Sharp, y order, J. 1.1. CAMBRIDGE, Hon. Sec. -v-.



tii ewA VW •, dm %jJiJll. jftWTf iJBFpI »n~_- ~ i ; -•-*: .:.v- EDUCATION board ofthe dis trict OF NORTH CANTERBURY. SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF FLEMING ’ TON AND LONGBEACH. mHE Education Board of the District of r *X -iNorth Canterbury, in pursuance of the power in that behalf conferred by the Education Act, 1877 (section 35), has re solved to alter the boundaries of the School Districts of Flemington and Longbeach, so that all that part of the present district of Longbeach bounded towards the south west by the Longbeach Road, towards the south-east by the road forming the south east boundary of section 17379, known a 3 Dawson’s Road, and by the south-eastern boundaries of sections 6800, 6889, and 6789, and towards the north-east by sec tion 16851 and the road to the south-west of section 16858, known as Graham’s Road, may be included in the School Dis trict of Flemington. This resolution will take etfect on the first day of January, 1880, from and after which date the boun daries of the districts of Flemington and Longbeach respectively will be as fol lows :



Boundaries of the School District of Flemihgton.—Bounded towards the north-west by the boundary of the School District of Willowby ; to wards the north-east by the road running through sections 6777, 6782, also by sections 16851 and 23704 ; towards the south-east by sections 17175,16851, 23704,16852, 6799, and 21563, also by the road forming the south-eastern boundary of sections 21693 and 17379 ; to wards the south-west by the road forming the south-western boundary of the block of sections numbered from 8371 to 8390 inclusive. Boundaries of the School District of Longbeach.—Bounded towards the south-east by the sea ; towards the north-east by the River Ashburton ; towards the north-west by the boun dary of the School District of Fle mingtou as hereinbefore defined, also by the road running through sections 8781, 8452, by the road north-east of section 21580, and by the north-eastern boundary of sec -7201 and a line in continuation thereof to the river, being also bounded on the north-westward by the road to the north-west of sec tions 14289 and 16769 ; towards the south-west by the road north east of section 18535. J. V. COLBORNE YEEL, Secretary. Christchurch, Dec. 30, 1879. 884 a ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. EXTRAORDINARY VACANCY. I HEREBY give notice, in pursuance of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, and the Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876, that an ELECTION will be held on THURSDAY, the 22nd day of January, 1880, at the Borough Council Offices, Ashburton, for the purpose of Electing one Councillor to fill the Extra ordinary Vacancy caused by the resigna tion of Councillor Campbell. All nominations for the office must be made in the form prescribed by the Regu lations of ? Local ElectionslAct; 1876, and delivered at the Town Clerk’s office before Boon on Thursday, the Bth day of January, 1886 Forms of Nomination may be obtained at the Town Clerk’s office, CHARLES BRADDELL, Returning Officer, Borough Council Office, 31st December, 1879. No. 23 -885 a



MISS SIEANE’S CLASSES in General English Studies, compris ing History, Geography, Grammar, Com position, Dictation, General Science, Arithmetic, and Writing, will be resumed on WEDNESDAY, 7th, and MONDAY, 10th January, 1880, Private lessons in any of these subjects, and in Music, French, or Drawing. Terms moderate. The Pupil i 3 encouraged to lean on her self and to persevere. OXFORD VILLA, Burnett Strhet. 887 a NOTICE. (CREDITORS of the late Christopher j Taylor, of Buccleuch Station, de ceased, are requested to send in particu lars of their claims to the undersigned by the 15th JANUARY, 3880. All debts owing to the deceased, which remain unpaid on that date, will be sued for without further notice. BRANSON & PURNELL, Solicitors for the Administrator. 889 a



~|"F you want a CHEAP SUIT OF CLOTHES go to G. J. F. LUBLOW, TAILORING DEPOT. Triangle, Ashburton, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. G. J. F. Lublow, importing his own goods, is enabled thereby to make as Cheap a Suit of Clothes as any tailor in. New Zealand, and a First-class FIT is Guaranteed. Terms—Strictly Cash. 5 per cent. Discount off all Orders Paid IN ADVANCE. 813 a mO TAILORS WANTED, JOUR- I NEYMEN, also a Good COAT HAND. Apply to Mr. Roxton, T. R, Holder and Company. 880 a PROMISSORY Note Forms, in Books of 20, unstamped, for sale at the Herald Office. Price 2s. 6d. each,



m 'S' m New Advertisements, WAKANUI ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited for the following works :—No. 14, Seaside road, Wakanui, Cutting; No. 15, Outfall Drain, between Wilson and Fitzgerald’s property, Wakanui. ; Plans and specifications can be seen at the Board’s Office, and tenders addressed to the Chairman will be received till 10 a.m. on WEDNESDAY, January 7th, 1880, accompanied with a deposit equal to 5 per cent, on the value of the works. FOQKS & SON, - 320—864 a Surveyors to the Board. A MEETING' of the Committee of Ashburton Cricket Association will beheld on SATURDAY 3rd JANUARY, 1880, at Messrs Saunders’ Office, at 8 p. m., to fix dates for matches for the rest of the season, and to consider any other business that may require at tention. (By order.) F. MAINWARING, Hon. Sec., 877 a Ashburton Cricket Association. WANTED a competent HOUSE MAID. Reference required. Ap ply Ashburton Hotel. 876 a WANTED— COOK and NURSE MAID. Apply to Mrs. Bran son, Aitken street, Ashburton. 890 a



MEMORANDA. MEETINGS, &c. January I—Winslow sports. January 2—Nominations Mount Somers Road Board. January 2 —Annual Meeting Soutli Rakaia Road Board. January s—Annual Meeting Mount Somers Road Board. January 6 Annual Meeting Upper Ash burton Road Board. January 6—Annual Meeting Mount Hutt Road Board. January 7 —Annual Meeting Wakanui Road Board. January 7 —Annual Meeting Longbeach Road Board. January 7 —Monthly Meeting Ashburton County Council. January B—General Meeting Ashburton A. and P. Association.