A YEAR’S FOOD IMPORTATION FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

(From a Scotch Paper.}

During the past year the importation of food to this country from the United States and Canada has been conducted on a large increased scale, particularly as regards live stock. At the close of the third quarter of the year it was expected that the importation of live cattle would very shortly cease, owing to the adverse weather experinced by the steamers dur ing the winter months. Contrary to this conjecture, however, shippers have been found in the United States and Canada who are willing to risk their cattle across the Atlantic even up to the present time. In many instances steamers have arrived with large numbers of animals on board, the mortality during the passage being very small, while in other cases the death rate amongst the cattle has been some thing enormous. In one particular instance a steamer left the American shores with the'valuable consignment of 151 head of cattle, but having encountered the full fury of the inclement weather not a single animal was brought to Liverpool, wliile another lost some 300 sheep and a number of cattle. So great indeed are the risks' attached to the conveyance of live stock in the winter season, from October too March, that the rates of insurance are .almost doubled. Already arrangements have been made for next spring for the shipment of live stock from America and Canada into this country in such numbers that it is stated •in some quarters the English market will be glutted if they are carried out in their entirety Several new steamers forming a line specially inaugurated for the conveyance of live stock from America have made their maiden voyages, but the adverse weather has so far prevented them bring ing over cattle in any great number. It is believed, however, that contracts entered into by the owners are too extensive to be completed, and it remains to be seen whether this will prove to be the case. As regards fresh meat, the importation last year has also been exceedingly large, showing a steady increase on previous periods. ■ ■ The termination of 18/7 left the demand very good for fresh meat, with very fair prices. • Since then, however, being no doubt influenced by the large influx of iive American animals, the price of the fresh meat has declined. The keen competition between the two imports has had the good effect of introducing great improvements, both in the accommodation for live stock in transit, and also for the better preservation of the fresh meat dur ing the voyage. In this latter respect an important saving has been effected by the adoption of an ingenious process for keep ing the meat cool, without the necessity of using ice. As week by week advances there is an increase in the arrivals of fresh meat, and when the new process is generally introduced on board the steamers in the spring, a stilllarger supply may fairly be anticipated. During the quarter ending December -31 there arrived 60,234 quarters of fresh beef, 14,874 car casses of mutton, 3052 dead pigs, 3345 packages of fresh butter, 2630 tubs of fresh butter, *11,308 live cattle, 25,837 live sheep, 2049 live pigs, and 18 calves. The following are the figures in the previous quarter, ending September, and show the considerable fluctuations in the imports : —29,512 quarters of fresh beef, 1427 car casses of mutton, 22,199 live cattle, 25,277 live sheep, 5696 live pigs, and 3246 pack ages and 1884 tubs of fresh butter ; while for the preceding six months the: totals were; —165,422 quarters of beef, 25,730 carcasses of mutton, 13,268 live cattle, 3264 sheep, 6512 pigs, and 200 packages and 5067 tubs of fresh butter. The grand total, therefore, for the year is: — 255,168 quarters of fresh beef, 41,031 car casses of mutton, 3052 carcases of pigs, 6791 packages and 9590 tubs of fresh butter, 46,704 head of live cattle, 54,378 live sheep, 14,257 live pigs, and 18 live calves. In the course of the ' Christmas season a large number of turkeys, geese, and ducks were landed at Liverpool, prin cipally from Canada.

Railway Accident. —The “ Sydney Mail,” of the 15th ult., has the following : —“ A shocking accident took place on the Waratah Coal Company’s railway line on Monday morning, which resulted in the instantaneous death of a young man named Charles Harrison, aged 18 years, employed as clerk to the Waratah Company. Har rison, who Was somewhat hard of hearing, was proceeding along the company’s line towards the Raspberry Gully tunnels, at about 6 o’clock in the morning, when he was overtaken by the engine drawing a trolly, which runs the men to work every morning. It appears that the engine was running rapidly along a decline at the time and, as it approached deceased he appeared quite unaware of its presence, every effort was made by the driver and the men on the trolly by blowing the whistle and shouting frantically to warn him of his danger, but to no purpose, as before the poor fellow could realise his position, the engine dashed into him and killed him instantly. The nature of the accident caused the deepest regret at the colliery, the men out of respect leaving off work for the day. Deceased’s father is at present at Poverty Bay, N.Z., whether he proceeded a few months since with Mr. R. W. Moody, formerly manager of the Waratah Company.” Deathbed forgiveness seems as unreli able as deathbed penitence. One Miller was shot by Hugh Wells at North Man chester, Ind., and when Miller thought he was dying he freely forgave the man who shot him. The dying man recovered however,- and now has begun a vigorous prosecution against Wells, and intends also to bring a suit for damages sustained.

The director of the French opera receives, besides a magnificent theatre for which he has no rent to pay, a yearly grant of from £30,000 to £40,000. A Virginia wonian chopped off her husband’s head, and then, as a tribute to womanly refinement and a superior aesthe tic sense, promptly fainted. A species of Colorado beetle has made its appearance in South Russia, and during the last few weeks has destroyed more than five million roubles’ worth of corn. ’■ ■ ■ ' •;

Filial Pie Ty. —A resident of Cook county, Texas, has a set of furniture made from the tree on which his father was hanged 10 years ago. The Athenaeum states that Miss Harriet Hosmer, the sculptor, professes to have discovered an entirely novel mode of employing the permanent magnet so as to cause it to produce motive power.

A CATHOLIC MANIFESTO.

The following handbill was distributed at St. Joseph’s Church Dunedin, on Sunday ; “ For God and St. Patrick. —Catholics of Dunedin, —Now that the approach of •the anniversary of St. Patrick brings before you, whatever land you belong to, the labors of great men of old did not shrink from incurring in the service of the Church, and you Irish Catholics especially, who must feel your spirits stirred by the recollection of how bravely your fathers vindicated their love of the Faith of Patrick, and how nobly sustained in their glorious resistance they were by that in estimable faith, remember that in your measure, far removed indeed from that of the Saint, or of the men of whom we speak, but still all-important to you, you are called upon to do your utmost in defence of the Catholic Church, ever menaced by a myriad enemies. Your powers are limi ted, but you are bound to employ them to their fullest extent; and remember, it is not always that which appears enormous that proves the most potent force: God often gives the victory to feebleness rely ing on His aid, and not negligent of such efforts as He has enabled it naturally to make. Prepare yourselves, then, to de fend the children God has given you from the attempts upon their faith, now strenuously undertaken by men who mis judge, or who are unhappily the sworn foes of Christianity. Your only force, be it strong or be it weak, lies in the Block Vote. Make yourselves ready, then, take advantage of it in the elections that now cannot be long deferred. Register ! re gister ! register ! one and all, who are entitled to the franchise ; you who, have children, in their defence ; you who have not, in 'defence of your friends ; and all united in defence of the Catholic Faith. • N.B.—The time allowed Tor registration expires bn the last day of the present month. If further information be con sidered desirable, it will be furnished on the application at the office of the New Zealand Tablet, Octagon, Dunedin.— John F. Pekrin, Secretary.”

A new sort of social, scandal has turned up in England. A lady of rank in London undertook to pay a tradesman s bill by presenting his wife at Court, an honour of which she was ambitious. The Lord Chamberlain found out at the eleventh hour who she was and refused to receive, her. The lady says she performed her part of the condition. The tradesman has sued for his bill.

William Scott, an ancient Baltimore darky, claims to have seen 149 years, and say that he is so old that the papers which would prove his antiquity have long since crumbled to dust. According to his story he was a prisoner among the Indians before the Declaration ,of Independence, and he knew George Washington when his father was in the cherry-tree business. When a Nebraska man calls another a liar there is a duel over it. The liar gulps it down and waits his chance to shoot the other man’s hogs.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

iTi'i&uV, March .i<>,



New Advertisements. JOSEPH BALDWIN Begs to inform his friends ancl the public that he will- Open- THE CENTRAL HOTEL, AT THE JUNCTION, WILLS STREET - AND WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTON, ON THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH, 1879. THIS commodious hotel is situated within three minutes’ walk of the Railway Station. Table d’Hote daily at 6 p.m. Luncheon on the table from 12 to 2 p.m. The Jug and Bottle Department will be made a special feature, single bottles and small quantities being supplied at the lowest remunerative rates. Only the best quality of Wines, Beers, and Spirits procurable will be kept. J. BALDWIN, 540 - Proprietor.



TOWN HALL. THEY ARE COMING! MR AND MRS. HART’S COMIC OPERETTA COMPANY. 535 TO be RAFFLED on WEDNESDAY NIGHT, at Smith’s Herse Reposi tory, a splendid Black MARE, stands 15 hands, rising four years, broken to saddle, and thoroughly quiet. Raffle to come off at 7 ‘3O p.m. sharp. 537 Educational. THE EDUCATION BOARD OF. THE DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTERBURY. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CAMBRIDGE. PIIE EDUCATION BOARD of the dis . trict of North Canterbury proposes that the locality comprising all that part of the district lying between the school districts of Chertsey, Seafield, Ashburton, and Walqmui, bounded towards the north-west by the Great Southern Railway; towaids the east by the boundary of the school district cf Chertsey, the road from the south-east corner of section 26,434 to the northernmost corner of section 26,624, and the boundary of the school district of Seafield ; and towards the south-west by the boundaries of the school districts of Ash burton and Wakanui, shall be erected into a separate school district, to be called f ‘Tae School District of Cambridge,” pursuant to “ The Education Act, 1877.” And the Board hereby calls a PUBLIC MEETING of the householders of such locality, to be held at the house of Mr. Joseph Megsom on MONDAY, the 17th day of March, 1879, at 7 o’clock in the evening, for the pur pose of electing a committee, and considering the boundaries of the said proposed schoo district. J. V. COLBORNE-VEEL, Christchurch, Secretary. March sth, 1879. 475



Auction Sales. GREAT CLEARING SALE AT CIIERT S E Y . Messrs, w. j. g. bluett&co. have received instructions from Mr. William Ford, who is leaving for the North Island, to sell by public auction, on his farm at Chertsey, ON TUESDAY, APRIL i NEXT, the whole of his live and dead stock, Consisting of— -9 Useful draught horses i Hack, quiet in saddle 3 Drays Hornsby’s reaper and mower Double and single furrow ploughs Harrows American waggon Quantity of new and second-hand hai ness McCormick’s reaper and binder Half-ton 9ft. Gospel Oak iron Grass seed Flour, etc., etc. 2 Tarpaulins, 15 x T2 A portable whare One and a half acres of potatoes Household furniture A large quantity: of sundries Also, at the same time and place— The goodwill of the farm of 300 acres, held on purchasing clause at per acre, on very liberal terms. The land, which is situated'oh the main road (four miles from the Chertsey railway station), is of excellent quality. It has 110 chains frontage, and is divided into five paddocks,- with good sod and wiie fences, all of which are in good order 100 Acres are broken up ready for cropping ijß}4 ~ in stubble 'l)4 ~ potatoes 20 ~ English grass. A large quantity of blue gums have been planted, and are looking well and. healthy. There is a 12-stallad stable and good 2-roomed cottage on the property. The above are for absolute sale, and will be sold without any reserve. A CONVEYANCE will meet the morning trains to convey persons to the sale; Luncheon provided; 533 Public Notice; ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. IN accordance with sub-section 10 of Section 93 «f “The Public Works Act, 1876,” the Council directs it. to be notified that a special meeting immedi ately after the ordinary one on April 2nd will be held to consider the question of closing road between Sections 26,905, 26,905, &c., at South Rakaia district, and any objections that may be received thereto by.persons likely to suffer thereby. , By order, F. MAIN WARING,' ' ; ' : Ashburton, Clerk. March 16,1879; • 539



To Let. T 0 L ET , TWO Good SHOPS, ' with Dwelling Houses of four rooms attached. Centrally situated. Apply to CHAS. BRADDELL, 515 Montgomery’s Buildings. , T O LE T , 1 • POUR-ROOMED COTTAGE, with l\ J-acre of land, near the East Town Belt; rent, 12s. per week, or it would be sold for £230. Apply to FRED. PAYITT, 523 Ashburton. Tenders. TO BUILDERS. TENDERS are invited for the erection of a FOUR-ROOMED COTTAGE, in Cameron street. Plans and specifications to be seen at Milson and Co. ’s, Aerated Water Manufacturers, Cameron street, Ashburton. Tenders to close at 4 p.m. on March 25th. 538; T E N D E R S. BUILDERS desirous of tendering for Additions to the Upper Ashburton Road Board Office are requested to send in sealed tenders duly endorsed, and addressed to the Chairman at Westerfield, on or before TUESDAY, March 18. The drawings and specifications may be seen at the office of the Architect, Ashburton. J. STANLEY BRUCE, C.E. Ashburton, March 10. ; , \r 494 Business Notice. ' SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate rials; H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 473 c GEORGE LADBROOK, (Near the Station, Winslow), HAS in Stock a Good Supply of Gene ral Stores,- which he can supply Wholesale and Retail at the lowest current rates. 1 . N 0 T I C E. A LL Accounts due to the late firm of A. FIRTH, PASS & CQ. are re quested to be paid to the undersigned by the 11th instant. : ' : J. H. PASS & CO., East Street, March 4, 1879. - 463 NOTICE.. . <a ' ALL ACCOUNTS due to the Estate of Thomas Hicks, Ashburton, must te Paid at Once to the undersigned, at Messrs Pass and Co’s, or. at the Road Board Office,. Ashburton. Accounts . re maining unpaid will be sued for without further notice. J. H. PASS, '1 . 454 C. B. BRANSON, } Trustees - RUBBER STAMPS. ,rj?HESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink and Pads, are now being Manufactured at the HERALD OFFICE, East Street North andi can be supplied any shape or size, from 7s. 6d.



Auction Sales. "J^JESSRS. J)ULLOUK & 00. (C. J. Edmistok, P. A. Edmiston, and W. H. G undry). TIN WALD STORE. Messrs, bullock and co. beg to notify that, for the convenience of their customers and friends on the south side of the Ashburton River, they have OPENED a New STORE at Tinwald, and draw attention to their stock, com prising— STATION AND FARM STORES, GRASS SEEDS for AUTUMN SOWING, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, HARDWARE', FURNITURE, BUILDING MATERIALS, ' • a. At their' . •• » T I N W A L D ST ORE. Stock Sales conducted ; at the Tinwald Yards vyill be settled for at the Tinwald office if'required. ; ;r :: :



BULLOCIv AND CO., Ashburton and Tinwald; 1 BULLOCK AND CO.’S ABSTRA CT OF S A'L E S'. M A R C II 19. Wakanui —Clearing Sa,le of Horses, Cattle, Implements. ~ _, MARCH 21.. Hekeau Farm Hinds Clearing Sale of Stock, Horses,* Implements, Grain. ' MAR C H ; 24. Sale of the Waterton Flour Mills, and Valu able Landed Property. .. M A R C II 26. = Clearing Sale of Horses, Cattle, Farm Imple ments, and. the Lease of Mr. Jno. Smart’s ' Farm, on the farm.at Longbeach. MARCH 27. Sale of. Engineers’ and Blacksmiths’ Plant, at Messrs. Edwards and. Lee’s. APRIL 3. Unimproved Farms and Tussock Land. BULLOCK ANJ^CO., 416 •■ 1 ■' Auctioneers. Booksellers, &c. NEW BUSINESS. : / : J. Y. wK RD, . BOOKSELLER, COMMERCIAL AND FANCY STATIONER, HAS much pleasure in announcing to the ! inhabitants of the Borough of Ashbur ;on and County, that, he • COMMENCED BUSINESS. ' ON SATURDAY MARCH 1, 1879, 5 in 1 ■ Messrs. Saunders Bros.’ Buildings, EAST STREET, NORTHj : ' * ‘ J With ■ ■- & b A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF T. > Sessional Stationery, ommmercial Stationery, , i,r Household Stationery, • Fancy Stationery, j &c., &c., ’ : &c. . ,/ J : - ; LITE RAT U RE— (In Assorted Bindings) COMPRISING ALL THE MOST P.OPU LAR AUTHORS Also, u". PRESENTATION BOOKS. ' SCHOOL REQUISITES IN STOCK. • Colonial, English, ■ and Foreign Papers aid Magazines supplied to order. WORK-BOXES, WRITING-DESKS, ; and I OTHER FANCY. GOODS, ; , AT: REASONABLE PRICES. Hamilton’s Library Books on Deferred Payment. ■■• * • :; : , v t T:. : .1 , the address— -1 J . Y. W A R D , ! ; East Street North ! (Saunders Bros.’ New Buildings), j ASHBURTON. ; ; ; ] 440 PROCLAMATION. REWARD. THE ABOVE REWARD will be paid to any person or persons giving sucli information as will lead to the discovery of the party who, on Saturday night last, the . 22nd of February, did Enter the Premises of A. Wrstqn, American Novelty Depot, East-street, Ashburton, and left an order for 1000 dollars’ worth of New American Novelties, just arrived from America; also had his hair cut, bought lib of IXL in Tobacco, several Pipes, Matches, Cigars,-' and Colonial Newspapers,* a parcel of New Novels, etc. , ‘and. left thoroughly satisfied, with his investments. t . j > 429



General Stores. NEW GOODS, FRESH STOCK, JUST OPENED. SPLENDID ASSORTMENT. Sando\ & Olsen, . GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, , East Street, Ashburton, WHILE returning their Sincere Thanks fo'i the liberal support given them in the past, beg respectfully to call the attention of the public to their Well-assorted Stock of the follow ing Goods : FURNISHING IRON MONGERY OF ALL K I N D S. , Fenders, Fireirons. Cutlery, Plated Goods. Teapots, Cruet Stands. Butter Dishes. Tea and Coffee Sets, &c., &c. All goods sold at the very Lowest payable Prices.



CARPENTERS’ TOOLS.; Hay Forks, Rakes. Spades, Shovels. Ploughshares, &c. THE LARGEST STOCK OF FELT CARPETING IN ASHBURTON. ! ■ Cocoanut. Matting, , , • ... '• China’Matting, ' ■ Etc., Etc., Etc. CROCKERY. Affine'assortment of Crockery of the. Latest Patterns.' •: e ' T. GROCERIES Lju: i of the PUREST AND BEST KINDS Sold and delivered in Town and Couiv try within a radius of fifteen miles. Machines and Contractors supplied regularly. L ’ ' SAILMAKING. This branch is carried on oh the premises by Two Practical Hands, and. .under the .manage ment of our MR. SANDO, whose long experiencedn : the Trade is-a guarantee of L GOOD PIT f;. , • ~ itt- . ; H ORSE-CLOT HS i• 1 . . ' : : and ; • : ■. ■ ■ . FIRST-CLASS WORKMANSHIP IN tents; ' : ’ ' TARPAULINS, ; RICK CLOTHS, - &C-, ' &C. FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS Supplied to Order, and LET OUT ON HIKE:'" - BAKERY. This is carried on by a First-class Trades man. People can rely upon getting a • GOOD AND WHOLESOME LOAF, / at from sd. to 6)4 d. per Quartern. NEWS AGENCIES. SANDO & OLSEN have been appointed Agents for .the "following papers Evening ECHO, “Canterbury Weelcly Times,” and “Christian Record,” all of which can be deliverer 1 in Town and Country by our Carts and Mail Express ; also, by the. following Agents : Wakanui ... J. W. McClure. Wakanui Creek G. Ledley: Seafield ... T. Jones. ~ ... ... M. Bruce. : Charing Cross G.'S. Brown. Newland ... Edwin'Watkins. > Goods and parcels delivered every Tues ■ ■ day and Friday. . . . : SAN DO A OLSEN, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.;



Auction Sales. WEDNESDAY, March 19th, At 2 o’clock. UNDER DISTRAINT FOR RENT. R. ALFRED HARRISON Ims re ceived instructions from Mr. T. Quill to sell by public auction at the Hinds, on the property occupied by Mr. George Thompson, | 3 Stacks of Oats * ; i Stack of Barley. WEDNESDAY, March' 19, at 2 o’clock. 35G ALFRED HARRISON, Auctioneer, etc. LFR ED XIAR RISON, 1 AUCTIONEER, ASHBURTON, , . S open to conduct Sales by Auction, at his; Robins, or elsewhere ;• .also Sales by Private Treaty of any description upon the lowest possible terms. . .-A . SEND IN YOUR.PRODUCE, ;;•; such as :::a pigs; ! ;..FOWLS, . j ; CHEESE, . : ''2i ! EGGS,:. /'I,::') . &c., &c., &c., Also, FURNITURE, EFFECTS, and ' ' GENERAL; MERC HAND • . for . : SATURDAY’S WEEKLY SALE, At 12 o’clock. m m The following are upon my books, besides many others ‘ - Farms from 200 to 1000 acres,, on easy terms. City and Suburban Sections. Sections at Tinwald. Two-roomed Cottages and handsome resi dences, on easy terms. , ; j SHARES FOR SALE— The Ashburton Gas Company. The Ashburton Templar Hall Company. Properties entered for sale free of > , charge. SALE WARDS attended every TUESDAY. New; Sacks—Very Cheap. Old Sacks, any quantity. Fencing Wire, all sizes. r : jfcTDON’T FORGET SATURDAY’S SALE, at 12 o’clock. AGENT FOR THE Manchester Fire f ‘ ASSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, —Lowest Rates:. i.'V Established 1824. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, STOCK, ESTATE, AND;* COMMISSION; AGENT, . BARING SQUARE, ASHBURTON. V ' ; 282



| - ‘-Partnership Notices. ■ l! - " j %TICE. THE -PARTNERSHIP lately existing between us, as Barristers and Solicitors, in Ashburton, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. J. E. HYDE HARRIS. : , . , , , 0. W, IRELAND. .... • Ashburton, February 19th, 1879. 408 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. IROM and after this date. the partner- ' ship hitherto subsisting between'H. Firth, J., H- Pass,- an d .W. Stringer, (trading under the name of " cc Firth, Pass and Co.”) is DISSOLVED by mutual consent. The business will in future be carried on by;J. H. ; Pass and W. Stringer, trading in the name of J. , H. Pass and Co. " H. FIRTH, : 'VbiTeH G; J. H. PASS, ' •- •Witness— .... AY. STRINGER. C. W. PURNELL,' Barrister, Ashburton. In’ reference to the above, persons indebted to'the late firm of Firth, Pass and ;Co. .are requested to pay their re spective accounts to J. H.' Pass and Co. , whose .signature alone , will be sufficient discharge. ' 3201 ... PASS &.CO.. Business Notices. MRS. MOREY’S : NEW YEAR.’Sj GIFTS; AND CHRISTMAS TREE HI YTTILL. positively be drawn on the 20th W March next; drawing to take place at 2 o’clock. Tickets, Is. each. All prices and no blanks. VALUABLE PRIZES: - 1st —Sewing Machine, value £8 Bs. 2nd—Rocking Horse, value £5 ss. • 3rd—Silver .Hunting Watch, value : £3 12s. Gd. 4th—Gold' Necklet and Locket, v; due £llss. ; Also, — | FIFTY GOOD PICTURES. Tickets on sale at,, the shop of Mrs. Morey, Tancred-street. Orders from the country accompanied by P.O. O. or stamps will be received up to the 19th inst, 458



Wants, &c. ANTED, immediately, a nu viber of APPRENTICES to the Dress making. Apply at once to "MISS THOMAS, Hooper, Aitken, and Co., 528 Victoria House. TANTED—A MARRIED COUPLE without encumbrance, or a Ge neral Servant who can Milk. Applv 500 MRS. F. MACBEAN STEWART. WANTED. A KITCHEN BOY, about 12 or 14 years old. Apply Anstee’s Private Hotel. 481 WANTED KNOWN—Three Cases Bronze Waiters, superior article, Bd. and Is. each. T. R. lIODDER AND COMPANY. WANTED KNOWN Magnificent assortment of Crockery of every description. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. XT TANTED KNOWN—We are Sole V¥. Agents for Home Treasure and Wilson’s Sewing Machines—Simplest and strongest machines made. ’ T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. yy ANTED Known —Grey Calicos, 2ld. v £ .V V p er y arc i. White do., 4s. 6d. doz.; orrocks’ Longcloth, 43. 9d. doz. T. R. HODDER AND CO. WANTED Known—Ladies’Silk Scarfs, Ggd., 101-d., Is 4|d.; Fancy Prints, 3|d. T. R. HODDER AND CO. yyANTED Knowm—Ladies’ Mantles '' * and Jackets from 4s. Cd.; Real Welsh Home-spuns, all wool, Is. Id. and Is. 6d. T. R. lIODDER AND CO. yy ANTED Known—Tailoring on the * premises by a first-class cutter. Scotch, English, and Colonial Tweeds, Serges, and Fancy Coatings in great variety. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. yy ANTED Known—We are opening ’ * out a nice lot of Ladies’ Costumes and really handsoms? Winter Jackets. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. yy ANTED Known—Trimmed and Un * » trimmed Hats and Bonnets, all the newest styles. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. WANTED KNOWN—Our Stock of Men’s Colonial and English Cloth ing is not to be surpassed in the Colony for quality and value. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. WANTED Knoivn—That parties visit ing Ashburton will find our stock as well assorted and as reasonable in price as any in the Colony. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. 1 y ANTED Knowm—Our Dressmaking V V Department will be open on Mon day, 17th, under the charge of one of the best dressmakers in the Province. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY.



WANTED Specially Known—72 Kero sene Lamps, at ss. ; splendid lot. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY. WANTED Known Groceries and Oilmens’ Stores of every descrip tion, not to be surpassed in price and quality in the Colony delivered any where. ■ T. R. HODDER & COMPANY. \\T ANTED Known, Ladies’, Children’s, V » and Men’s Boots and Shoes ; splen did stock. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY. WANTED Known every description. T. R. HODDER & COMPANY. WANTED Known —1 Case of Fancy Ribbons, Collars and Cuffs, and Ladies’ Gloves just opened. T. R. HODDER AND COMPANY. PANTED Known—Shirtings, 6fd. . VV Fancy Dress Stuffs, good Flannel, Is. 4d. T. R. HODDER AND CO. 5i9 FOUND. STRAYED on to my Farm one Bay Cob, with off fore leg and off hind leg white. Owner can have same by Pay ing expenses on applying to BENJAMIN EDE, Ashburton. 487 NOTICE OF REMOVAL. HM. JONES begs to inform his . friends and the public generally, that after the 24th inst. he will be found at his NEW PREMISES, BARING SQUARE, (Next Post Office). Stationery, Books, Toys, Fancy Goods, Music, &c. 397 WANTED KNOWN—That the cheap est and neatest CARDS may be •had at the ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE, East Street North.