CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN REPORT

For Week Ending April 2G, 1870. The unprecedentedly dull times, to gether with a money market more stringent than we have experienced for months past, has had the usual effect, viz., to destroy confidence amongst the trading com munity. Those who looked upon the present as merely a temporary depression are serious in the thought that the worst has not arrived. During the past week there has been a few meetings of creditors, at which there appeared on the part of those present a disposition to allow a reasonable time, anticipating that, with care and economy, most of the parties would be able to pull through, and eventually pay 20s. in the £. On the other hand, we believe ■ traders generally will reap a lasting benefit as the result of-pre sent troubles, from the fact that it will tend to stop the system of almost .un limited credit. We have heard it remarked by those whose bitter experience has taught them wisdom, “There is not one man in a thousand who can properly appreciate a bank overdraft, and who does not sooner or later abuse, the privilege.” And there is a great deal of truth in the axiom ; at the same time we cannot for get that, with a plethora of cash at certain times, the banks encourage over-specula tion by positively offering money to their constituents (if they have any standing at all), simply to secure large profits. Can any person wonder that there are disap pointed men who are apt to say hard things of the institutions which were sup r posed to be of great assistance to the trader, and when trouble comes he looks upon them as a snare and a delusion. According to latest advices, the Wheat market has again receded to the extent of Gd. per quarter. This news does hot, however, appear to have affected this market to any appreciable extent. Millers are working full, and in some cases over time, and report brisk demand for both flour and offals.

As anticipated, prime samples of Barley appear to be out of first hands. Large quantities inferior and discolored offering at almost any price 'without meeting buyers 1 Oats are again easier. In fact there appears no disposition to operate even at reduced rates. The Hide and Tallow market has been affected by the spirit of the times ; and the competition at the different sales held, we may say, is almost nil. QUOTATIONS. Wheat per bushel, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 5d.; inferior arid feed, 2s. fid. to 35.; feed oats, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 7d.; milling do., 2s. Gd. to ,2s. Bd.; feed barley, 3s. to 3s. Gd.; malt ing do., 4s. fid. to ss. Gd.; maize, 4s. fid. .to 55.; peas, 4s. to 4s. Gd.; beans, 4s. 3d. to 4s. Gd.; flour per ton, best brands, £9 to £9 10s.; country brands and grist, £8 to £8 10s.; potatoes, £2lss. to £3 ; flukes, £3 55.; onions, £ll to £l2 ; rye grass, ss: to ss. Gd.; cocksfoot, G|d.; rye corn, 4s. -3d.; buck, wheat, 125.; linseed, 28s. cwt.; tares, 125.-;|cheese', 6|-d. ; butter, lid.; salted hides, 3yd. ; green, 2k1.; butchers’ .fat, l|d.

MEMORANDA.

This Evening

Entertainment, Town Hall.—“ Blackbird Troupe. ”

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the "Evening Echo"). MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1879.

“The Blackbirds.” This company mi.de their apperance on Saturday, in the Town Hall, to a good audience. Of then’ performance we cannot s'peak otherwise than in a complimentary strain, bit we are sorry we are unable to speak in equally high terms of the conduct of those who went to hear them, and we hope that on the company’s reappearance to-night,.steps will he taken to kbep in check the rowdy ism that prevailed on Saturday. What ever object men may have in attending an entertainment, they have no right to so conduct themselves as to disturb and render uncomfortable those who go to enjoy ihe performance, and should the police find it necessary to walk off to-night those whose larrikin sm preven a respect able people from hearing and .enjoying what they have paid their money for, they wiU only have themselves to blame. “ The Blackbirds ” are fortunatejin having Billy Wilson as a “corner man,” for his performances all through are exceedingly comic, and our old friend, Mr. J. W. Marshall, is a great help to the company’s success, while Billy Crusoe made himself exceedingly popular on Saturday by his singing. Two items of fun were con tributed by the whole company in “ Struck a Bonanza” and “That Boy Pete,” and these took remarkably well. To-night a complete change of programme will be given. The Borough Accounts. —In our ad vertising columns to-day we publish the official statements of borough accounts and the auditors’ (Messrs. Gundry and Zouch) report. The Goveror’ Trip. —The Mayor has received the following telegrams from the Hon. J. Fisher:—Governor will be pleased to comply with your request re tiirning sod of railway, but hopes you will excuse him from the luncheon as time will be short, and what few minutes he has he will spend in looking over the township. He may be expected to arrive at noon. —J. T. Fisher. ” “Expect to arrive about noon on Satur day, and stay an hour and a half if can manage it. ”

Tue Depression. —Scene : A Bank— Enter a merchant doing an extensive busi ness but having no mean overdraft at the bank. Banker : “ Good morning, sir. Dull times these, and money very, very tight. By the way, my instructions are to have all overdrafts paid up. You must reduce yours at once.” Merchant: “ But I can’t.” Banker: “But you must; it is imperative.” Merchant : “If Ido I must press men for money who must inevitably go through if I demand cash. ” Banker : “ Can’t help that, my instruc tions make no allowance.” Merchant: “ All right. You owe me [we do not care to give the amount] and it has been longer owing than my overdraft. If you do not pay me before to-morrow morning, I’ll take legal measures to recover !” Exit merchant leaving the banker’s face pre senting all the changing colors of the Colorado beetle. A Lost Dray. —One can understand the difficulty that attends an attempt to find a needle lost in a hay-stack, but can scarcely realise by what means a . man could suddenly lose a huge object like a dray laden full up with chaff, yet a waggoner, en route from Ashburton to a place 20 miles N.W. of the township, was unfortunate to lose the run of such a small item as that we refer to. He had, last week, started with his load, and, after pro ceeding on his journey some miles, encamped. In the morning he found his horses and harness all right, but the dray and chaff were non est. Three days lie spent in a vain search, and at last returned home to his “ boss ” with the skange story that the dray was lost. He could give no account of its disappearance, beyond stat ing that “ when he lay down it was there, when he rose it was not —only the horses and harness. ” The “ boss ” set out on the track of the lost vehicle, and anxiously covered the road his man alleged he had travelled. For a time no trace could be found of the dray. But at last, meeting a worthy settler in the near vicinity of Ashburton, he told his grief. “ Dray and chaff? It’s in my paddock,” was the reply. “ The man drove it in there at dark, and, after taking it all round the line of fencing, cleared.” And this cleared up the story. The driver had gone into the paddock in the dark, had unharnessed and gone somewhere else to camp. In the morning—from some cause not clearly explained ! —he forgot about the paddock episode of the previous night, and three weary days of fruitless search resulted. We might easily point out a moral from this little tale, but, as Mr. Fox might make use of it, we refrain! Accident at the River. —On Saturday, while Messrs. Matthew and James Lemon were driving a team along the river bank above the bridge, the waggon wheels got too near the edge, and the vehicle cap sized, taking the Messrs. Lemon with it, and falling above them. One of the gentle men was also the recipient of a severe kick from one of the horses ; but they succeeded in getting clear of the waggon with no further injury. The waggon upset in Sift. of water, and was so awkwardly situated that the work of extrication was one of very great difficulty. Larceny.— This morning Messrs. John Ollivier and James Campbell, J.P., sen tenced William A.ubrey to two months’ imprisonment with hard labor, for the larceny of a pocket-book containing £7 odd, the property of Hugh Mclntyre. Prisoner pled guilty, and in evidence it was shown that when he was accused of appropriating the money he confessed to the theft, and led the way to where the spoil was hidden—a closet at the rear of the Royal Hotel, in which the theft took place. Physiek, the man alleged to be accessory to larceny after the fact in con nection with the recent loss of £l3O on the railway by the man Porter, was dismissed with a caution, as was also a first time drunk. ; ; . ' i

No Love Lost.— There is evidently no love lost between the Wanganui Chronicle and its neighbor the Herald. The Chronicle says :—The Herald belongs to Mr. Ballance, and of course Mr. Ballance can do no wrong. The Herald has changed front with many public men—it once bitterly reviled Sir George Grey, Mr. Macandrew, and Mr. Sheehan—but it has never had but one opinion of Mr. Ballance. Judged by his own paper, he is simply immaculate —as spotless as Adam before the fall. We may erit'cise the shortcomings of any other Member of the Ministry from whom our contemporary gets its bread and butter, and it will remain dumb; but} if we put our foot upon the Timaru Herald’s “political windbag”—phew! - what a stench ! -v ;

What’s in a Name. —During the pro ceedings at the Wellington Supreme Court last Friday, Mr. Wallace, the manager of the National Insurance Company, was called upon to state his name in full, which he gave as Bruce Wallace ; upon which his Honor the Judge remarked that he possessed two celebrated Scotch names. Mr. Travers thereupon said, “ Yes, your Honor ; and ho combines the abilities of those two distinguished men. ” No "doubt Mr, Bruce Wallace felt highly flattered.

An Exhibition Insurance Society.- The workmen at the Sydney IntercoViial Exhibition are taking advantage of the opportunity to insure against accident by the payment of Is. weekly, entitling them to £2 a week in the event of injury.... Labor in the North. —Notwithstand- ing tightness in the money market, the wages of men show no diminution. We learn from the Itangitikei Advocate that men cannot be got to do such work as stacking timber in Halcombe at the wages of Bs. per day. A contractor in that town ship lately tried to get men to do such work for the remuneration stated, but they declined.

Longevity in New Zealand. One octogenarian died in New Zealand last month, a male aged 84, at Dunedin ; also five septuagenarians, two having attained the age of 79.

Diphtheria is raging in some parts of Australia to such an extent that several schools have been closed to-prevent its spread amongst the children. At Mount Noorat, near Terang, within 14 days, no less than nine individuals have died m three families, within a quarter of a mile of each other, and others are still ill. Doctors from Camperdown, Terang, and Mortlako have all attended, but the epidemic is not stayed.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROm EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

London, April 26.

A four per cent. New South Wales loan of three-quarters of a milb'on is announced; minimum, 97. Tenders are to be sent in in Majr

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, Monday. Arrived- —Barque Carmelo, New Zea land Shipping Company, from London. During the present week ballasting 5 between New Market and Whau ter mini, will be completed and locomo tives running thehvhole distance. The extension of Waikato Railway to Queen-street Wharf is not yet under taken. ; '

The Ngawheo natives who came up in the Hinemoa, left for Waikato this morning to attend the native meeting. The body- of a fisherman named Jackson, better known as Rangitoto Jack, was found floating in the Rangi toto Channel, by the schooner Christian. His dingy was found near it, containing a live goat and a loaf of bread. He must have fallen overboard. At the Artillery Company’s competi tion, Gunner Henderson carried off the Champion Belt and gold and silver medals. Wellington, Monday. Regimental colours, the gift of Mr. Brandon, M.H.R., were presented to the Kaiwarra Volunteers by Miss Brandon on Saturday. * Arrived : Thames, barque, from New York. The ship Peru, from London, is signalled. Dunedin, Monday. The Governor. In consequence of his health, His Excellency has been compelled to ask the Reception Committee to relieve him of the necessity of attending the banquet arranged to • be given in his honour to-morrow evening in the Gar rison Hall. The committee have post poned the banquet until His Excellency can, without inconvenience, partake of the hospitality of the citizens of Dunedin.

The Bluff, Monday.

Arrived: Arawata, s.s., from Mel bourne, with the Suez mail. She left Hobson’s Bay on the'23rd, cleared,Port Phillip Heads at 5 p.m., passed ' Swan Island at 11 a.m. the following day. Light N.E. winds prevailed during the passage. She passed the Solanders at 1 p.m. on the 27th. She brings 35 saloon and 40 steerage passengers, and 290 tons cargo and 4 head cattle for all ports. She sailed at ’3. p.m. for Dunedin.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

London, April 25

Sir M. Hicks-Beach has forwarded his answer to the Embassy. He proposes that Mr. Berry shall join issue with the Legislative Council on the last amended Reform Bill. If after a general election the majority of the people support the measure, and the Council remains stubborn, Sir M. Hicks-Beach will submit a Bill to amend the Victorian Constitution, to the 'lmperial Parlia ment. Mr. Berry is seriously ill and confined to his hotel.

News from Afghanistan states that Yakoob is acknowledged Ameer by the principal tribes. He invites an English mission to Cabul, and the mission will start when the roads are passable.

The British Government have recalled Mr. Rivers Wilson, who at once returns to England. Further correspondence has taken place on the Victorian difficulties. The Government promised to produce the papers at an errly date. In the House of Commons, after a long debate on constitutional techni calities, the members agreed to a motion for unseating Sir Bryan O’Loughlin by a majority of 11.

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, April z 6.

It is understood that the Cabinet have telegraphed to Mr. Berry to obtain a definite proposal for a mail service to Melbourne from the Orient^Company before returning.

It is stated that Weiberg" *has been seen at Waratah Bay, A resident of the district informed the detective that Weiberg had been seen by a mounted constable, but had effected his escape. The much-needed rain has com menced to fall.

“ April 27, An attempt has been made to shoot Monck, who assisted in recovering the bodies of the policemen murdered by the Kelly gang. Three shots were fired. The horse was wounded, and the rider narrowly escaped.

Scarcity of Water.— The accounts given of the scarcity of water around Longerenong, Mflrtoa, and Itupanyup are truly pitiable (states “The Stawell Chronicle ”). A selector from the neigh borhood speaks of there being only one or two waterholes near Longerenong ; these are almost dried up, and surrounded by the carcases of sheep which have had strength to reach-the water and lay them selves down to die. A small swamp qear Murfcoa is being described as being partially taken possession of by water carts, bullocks, and sheep, and in a few, days there will be no water to be obtained, anywhere near any of these townships.

Monday, April 28, 18/9.]

THli -ASM BURTON UiOiAi.D.



ClotMng Establishment. ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. MESSRS. H A Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH of the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. IS NOW OPEN IN THE NEW BRICK BUILDING • ASHBURTON, (Next Bullock & Co.’s Rooms) To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article they have decided to sell a SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE. All goods are marked in plain figures, for net cash only. Any article purchased and not approved of will be exchanged with the same courtesy with which it was sold, or, if desired, the money will be returned. The SucceßSwhich has attended the New Zealand Clothing Fac tory’s Retail Branches in Auck land, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and other towns, leads the Proprietors to believe that there exists a praiseworthy desire on the part of the public to encourage New Zealand Indus : tries, especially where superior advantages are offered, and your support is solicited on this understanding only. LLEN STEIN R O S. WILLIAM SPARROW, Manager 467 Ashburton Branch. Chemists. HERBAL MEDICINES. PERSONS suffering from liver com plaints, coughs, colds, worms, skin diseases, &c., are invited to try Nature’s cheap and universal remedy, « H E RBS. ” James Neil, importer of Herbs, and Bo tanic medicines, George street, Dunedin, has appointed MR. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, Ashbubton, Agent for his highly-extolled medicines, Composition Powder for colds, Dandelion Coffee and Dandelion Pills for liver com plaints, Headache Pills, Botanic Cough Syrup ~ Worm Powders ~ Stomach Bitters ~ Blood Purifier, &c. Roots, Herbs, Barks, &c. of every kind. 370 CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE IS acknowledged-to be the mostagreeable and efficacious Tonic Stomachic yet pro duced. Itcontainsthe valuable Tonic proper ties of Peruvian Bark (“Quinine”) with the Stomachic properties of the Bitter Seville Orange, so combined as not to be objec tionable to the most delicate invalid ; and, as a “BITTERS,” is far superior to all other preparations. Invaluable to all suffering from loss of appetite, indigestion, general debility, ner vous affections, tic, ague, and derange ment of the system. When the stomach has become enfeebled or disarranged by disease, excess, or irregularities, or the appetite is impaired by meutal or bodily exertion, or from any cause whatever, it gives a regularity and tone which is not obtained by any other medicine. One, two, or three wine-glass fuls may be teken. during the day by persons suffering from the above com plaints, with the greatest benefit. It is highly recommended by the medical pro fession to be taken whenever Cod Liver Oil is ordered. By pouring the required dose of the oil into half a wine-glass of the “Orange Quinine Wine” scarcely a flavour of the oil is tasted, and the wine materially assists the oil in its beneficial operations. Price, 4s. Gd. per wine bottle, and sent (carriage free) in cases containing one dozen, at 48s. Sold retail by all Chemists, and manufactured by J. M. CAMBRIDGE, MEDICAL HALL ASHBURTON. 360 Business Notices. E O R G E LLEN ACCOUNTANT, COLLECTOR, HOUSE, LAND, AND COMMISSION AGENT,



Business Notices. HODDER and COMPANY



RANTED gNOWN ESPECIALLY, THAT T. R, HODDER & COMPANY HAVE OPENED THIS DAY A Large Assortment of MELBOURNE CLOTHING, Made expressly to order for Ashburton. 27 SUITS, Superior Quality and Style. 24 OVERCOATS AND ULSiERS. 12 LATEST STYLE COATS. 50 PAIRS TROUSERS AND VESTS, Latest Style. ALSO, 26 CASES AND BALES (Ex Coriolanus) of WINTER DRAPERY and CLOTHING, Dress Stuffs, Blankets, Flannels, Scotch Goods, Calicoes, Sheetings, Doeskins, Hosiery, Carpets, Shirts, &c. &c., &., Expected to be opened in a few days. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY, East Street, Ashburton. 685 HODDERand company



Public Notice. |; t SHBUIt TO N BORO U(J H COU N C .1' Statement of Receipts and Expenditure on 31st March, 1879. EXPENDITURE. RECEIPTS. £ s. Protective Works ... ... 43 12 Bye-Laws ... ... ... 20 15 Charges—Preliminary Expenses, Office Furniture, Safe, &c.... 98 14 Printing, Advertising, &c, ... 77 9 Pipe Well ... ... ... 33 13 Water Supply —Fee, Mr Johnston 25 o Petty Cash ... ... ... 10 o Rent 13 0 Salaries ... ... ... 124 16 Wages ... ... ... 228 1 Survey and Map of Borough ... 155 o Formation of Streets ... ... 202 10 Shed • 7i 5 Timber ... ... ... 356 n Fence ... ... ••• 48 r 5 Removal of Nuisance ... ... 2 5 Fire Brigade... ... ... 50 o d. o o 2 2 6 o o o 6 4 o o o o o o o £ s. d. Ashburton Road-Board . . • . >1,138 5, 1 Ashburton County Council ... 43 12 0 Associated Companies’ Contribution - to the Fire Brigade ... 25..,0 .0 Bye-Laws ... ... ••• 0 '"I ° Interest on Bank Account ... 20 3 6 Culverts ... ... ••• 215° Licenses—Cabs, Drivers, & Hawkers 250 Amount of Expenditure over Re ceipts ... ... ••• 3 2 9 6 1 7 7 S Audited and compared with vouchers and found correct, (Signed) W. H. Gundry ) W. H. Zotjch ] 15th April, 1879. Auditors. E. & 0. E. Charles Braddell, Town Clerk. Ashburton, 15th April, 1879. Statement of Assets and Liabilities on 31st March, 1879. LIABILITIES. ASSETS. £ s. cl. W. J. Silcock on contract ... 11718 o Alpheus Hayes, timber and deposit 373 2 10 Edwards & Lee ... ... 076 Montgomery & Co., tools, &c— 7 J 7 4 £ s. d. Balance at Bank ... ... 169 II 7 Balance amount of Liabilities over Assets ... ... ... 3 2 9 6 1 Amount of Liabilities over Assets £3 2 9 6 Approximate amount receivable from the Ashburton Road Board — Rent of Cottages, _ say £3O o o Subsidy £ for £ ... 81 19 o Land Fund, proportion of expected balance due... 225 o o Rates due and in course of collection ... ... 4°° 0 0 ;£7s<> 19 o Audited and found correct, (Signed) W. H. Gundry \ W. H. Zouch ] 15 th April, 1879. E. & O.E. Auditors. Charles Braddell, Town Clerk. Ashburton, 15tli April, 1879. AUDITORS’ REPORT. Ashburton, 21st April, 1879. To the Mayor and Borough Council of Ashburton. Gentlemen, — In submitting the audited accounts we wish to bear testimony to the careful and efficient way in which they have been kept. There is very little in the accounts themselves wKicli requires special comment. The expenditure as shown in the statement is £329 6s. Id. in excess of the receipts ; the principal item causing this is the contract for timber, £338 12s. lOd., the whole of which is still on hand.. The Town Clerk has been unable to get a statement of moneys to the credit of the Borough with the Ashburton Road Board —viz., Rates, Rent, Subsidy and Appor tionment of Land Fund, &c., and the Resident Magistrate’s Court Fees, we have therefore appended an approximate estimate of the amounts to the. statement of “ Assets and Liabilities,” which shows as nearly as possible the whole financial posi tion of the Borough. ’ V. i 1 We have the honor to be, gentlemen, Your obedient servants, 765 W. H. GUNDRY ) W. H. ZOUCH ] Auditors.



New Advertisements. RAFFLE. THE RAFFLE for A. Pearce’s PONY •will take place this Evening at 8 o’clock, at the Ashburton Hotel. 764 A FOUND, PARCEL, containing some Black Lustre. Owner can have same by paying for this advertisement.'. Apply 768 HERALD OFFICE. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. SATURDAY TRAIN—ASHBURTON AND TINWALD. After Saturday, the 26th inst., the Passenger Train running from Ashburton to Tinwald, and returning in time for the 6.10 a.m. North Train from Ashburton on Saturdays, will be discon tinued. FREDK. BACK, General Manager. General Manager’s Office, Christchurch, April 25th 1879. 758 Y. R, In the District Court of Canterbury Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1576, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 187 S, and of the bankruptcy of HENRY M‘CUT CHEON, of the County of Ashbur ton, Farmer and Contractor, a debtor. NOTICE is hereby given that at the first Meeting of Creditors of the said Henry M'Cutcheon, held at the District Court House, Ashburton, on Monday, the 28th day of April, instant, at II a.m., Henry Hudson, of Water ton, Storekeeper, and John Orr, of Ashburton, Merchant, were appointed Creditors’ Trustees. And further; that the said Henry Hudson and Jno. Orr have thisday signified to the Clerk ofthe above Court, in writing their acceptance of the office of Creditors’ Trustees. All proofs of debts shall hereafter be forwarded to the said Creditors’ Trustees. Dated at Ashburton, This 28th day of April, 1579. * C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Clerk of the Court. E. G. Crisp,



New Advertisements. TO GEORGE HART, ESQ., ASHBURTON DEAR SIR, —We have much pleasure in asking you to alloAV yourself to be nominated as a Candidate for the seat in the House of Representatives, about to be vacated by Mr. Wason, and we pledge ourselves to use our best endeavors to secure your return, C. N MACKIE D. G. HOLMES E. S. COSTER, and others. Hereford-street West, Christchurch, April 14tli, 1879. To C. N Mackie, Esq., and other gentle men signing the requisition. Gentlemen, — Having been requested by so many of the electors of coleridge to come forward to fill the vacancy in the represen tation of the District, caused by the retirement of Mr. Wason, I feel bound to place myself at their disposal. If I should be honored with your confi dence on this occasion, I would endeavor to give my best exertions to promote the interests of the District, with which my own have for so many years been identi fied. I think, in the present disorganised state of parties in the Assembly, no large measures of general importance should be carried until there has been a thorough re-adjustment of the representation, as it is manifest from the increase of population and progress of settlement that the Pro vincial District of Canterbury, and more particularly the Coleridge District, have not their share of representatives. I cannot come forward as a supporter of the present Government, as I think they have disappointed the hopes and expecta tions of their warmest supporters, as much by what they have done as by what they have left undone, but whatever measures they may introduce I would give them my earnest consideration and trust that I shall always be able to give satisfactory reasons to the electors for the course I may pursue. I shall endeavor to meet the Electors at such places as may be most convenient to them. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, 760 (Signed) GEORGE HART. Hooper, alike n and co. are prepared to make CASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE



Tenders. . T' ; i;':| : ASHBURTON GAS, COAL AND COKE COY. (Limited); •THRESH TENDERS are required to JJ OPEN TRENCHES for laying Gas Pipes, particulars of which may be obtained by applying to the Manager, at the , .Gas Works. Tenders to be sent to the Chairman not later than 4 p.m. op TUESDAY, the 29th inst. The sum of £5 must he deposited with each tender. _ The lowest or any tender not.necessarily accepted. . _ By order. J. WARD, 769* Secretary.