THE ATTEMPT TO UPSET A TRAIN AT NORMANBY.

Before Mr Beetham, at Timaru, on Saturday morning, Edward Jeffrey was charged with unlawfully placing timber and stones on the railway. Detective Kirby : From information I received, I went out to llie place of ac cused on the 16th at Kormanby. Mr Cragie’s house is the nearest house to the station —about half a mile distant. 1 went to Cragie’s, and x’ecollect seeing the accused there. He was driving some cows in the yard A conversation took place between us. I asked him where lie had been at work. He replied he had been working in the swamp at the back of the house all the day. I then asked him if he had been on the railway on that day. He said he had been along the railway, and pointed to Normanbv township, to fetch the cows home to milk. He said “ I hope I didn’t do any harm.” I asked him what he meant. He made no reply. I then asked him if he would come along the railway with me and show me the way he had gone the pre vious afternoon. We went along the railway, and during the journey along I told him I was a police officer. Just before we got to the Kormanby platform he said again “ I hope I did not do any harm.” I said “What did you do?” He replied “I threw a piece of board

across the rails,” and pointed to a place near the goods platform- He then went some few.hundred yards from the plat form, and showed me where he had fetched the cows from. We then re turned to Mr Oragie’s homestead. Con sidering the serious statement he had made to me, I asked him to come to Timaru and see Inspector Pender. He did so, and then went away home again. On the following day I went out to Nor nianby in company with Inspector Pender, and saw two men there, a ganger and another employee. There are two plat forms there, one a goods, and the other a passenger platform, about 150 yards apart. There was something noticed on the goods platform, which is south of the others on the goods platform. There was a mark similar to what the piece of wood produced would make close to the edge of the platform. There were foot prints close to the mark coming from the south, and leading up to the place where this timber had been lying. Further up to the passengers’ platform the tracks came back again to the railway metals, and went back close to the goods platform, and were lost in the ballast of the line. There was clay leading up to where the piece of wood was lying and the marks were very plain. I then went to Cragie’s and asked accused for all his boots, and he handed me the boots produced. The nails in the boots are English, with square heads. Some nails are wanting in the centre and side. I compared the marks

with the hoots, in company with two men. The tracks made by these boots exactly correspond. Prisoner was present and saw them compared. The impression made yesterday was more distinct than the former ones. When the accused saw the first prints he said he had been that way three weeks before to go off by train. Afterwards he said to me that he had been up and down that way the previous even ing with me. He did not go up that way ; he went on the other side with me. I produce some grass that was growing near where the timber was, which has marks on it as if they had been done by nailed boots. After that I arrested the prisoner, and charged him with wilfully and mali ciously putting a piece of wood across the railway metals at Normanby on that even ing. Previous to being charged he said that he had seen two men galloping under the terrace near the station, when he was returning witli the cows —to the best of my belief he said returning—on the 15th inst. I got the stones and piece of wood produced from the railway authorities. The country about Normanby is very open, and the railway platforms are visi ble for some distance

Prisoner : Did you tell me that there were two men at the sand bank who would come forward and swear on their oath they saw me do it ?

Witness : No. " Prisoner : You did, sir. Did you not tell me when you came there on the night of the 15th that you were a railway official from Albury, had hurt your arm, and were sent to enquire as you could do no thing else ? Witness : No. Prisoner : You did, sir. Did you not threaten to shoot me if I moved ? Witness : No.

Prisoner : You did, sir. Did I tell you that I threw a piece of timber on the line ?

Witness : Yes. Prisoner : I did not, sir. The case was remanded till to-day.

A Wrinkle. —Those newspaper editors who are too obstinate to retract any unjust or improper language which they have admitted to their columns, should re member this :—“ If any subscriber finds a line in his paper that he does not like and cannot agree with, if he will bring his paper to the office and point out the offending line, the editor will take his scissors and cut it out for him. ” How is it Hone ?—lt would certainly be edifying to know how many after the process of whitewashing, seem suddenly to burst into a state of conspicuous comfort, if not luxury, says a Timaru correspon dent to a Southern paper. One of the great “whitewashed” is charged with laying out fine grounds and building a big house, another with employing too many gardeners, besides committing the heinous sin of using a toothpick ; a third is said to be revelling in every comfort, and his estate is not expected to realise over a shilling in the pound. The most interest ing of these unholy doings is the fact that the bankrupts are boldly taking up the cudgels in their own defence. One of them thinks it is hard to be written about in such a cruel manner, when lie is trying “to be good, and to do good.” O ye shades of Chatband and Stiggins, hide your diminished heads ! The cheek of some bankrupts is certainly immense. One of the “ unfortunates,” after filing for his few paltry thousands, attended the auction sale of his assets, and before he had received his discharge unblushingly made a sporting offer of £SOO for assets amounting to over £3OOO. After compet ing up to £1,400, a fit of modesty came over him, and lie suddenly collapsed, ex claiming, “ I’m done!” The question ©till remains unanswered—Efow is it done ? n

POLITICAL.

The equality of parties in Parliament this session is almost a calamity to the colony. While one or two votes sway, so to speak, the destinies of New Zealand, and place power so near to the hand of either party, it is evident that no-confi dence motions will occupy the attention and time of members more than good legislation, and the many new members whose political careers took birth in the

last election will have passed through a not very edifying training in party warfare before they begin their political

apprenticeship of legislating for the colony’s welfjire. Just now everything is, I so to speak, at a standstill, and no real I progress can he made with public business | until it has been decided who is to rule. And we would not be surprised to find that, when the time for prorogation comes, this difficult question has not been satis factorily settled. Believing that the Ministry, of Sir George Grey was mark edly incompetent for the duty of ad ministering public affairs, as has been amply shown since Sir George’s party went into Opposition, it is not likely the Constitutionalists will care to allow them, if they can possibly prevent it, to return to power. The reconstructed probable Ministry under Mr Macandrew, or Colonel Whitmore, with Messrs Shepherd and Pyke included therein, will be even less likely to secure their confidence, so that an accession to office of the so-called “ Liberals ” will not in any way help to allay the feeling of their opponents against them. With Sir George Grey’s well known and openly avowed belief that the present Ministry are the repre-

sentatives of the land-sharking section of the colony, and the Premier the catspaw of the Canterbury squatters —that all large owners of property are dishonest and ever ready to compass their own en richment at the expense of the working men, —that Liberal measures can never be hoped for from a Govei’nment made up of such selfish politicians ; with this belief shared in, or at least apparently shared in by his supporters, it is not to be hoped they will readily care to dis abuse their minds of the bitter impres sion Sir George’s bitterness against his opponents has left. And so the fight will go on, and while it does go on, time that

should be .devoted to practical business is wasted, and the colony, in return for the ] cost of maintaining a Parliament, re ceives—talk, and talk alone. So far as business is concerned, Sir George’s costly appeal to the country has ended in making tilings worse than before the first vote that showed so heavy a majority against him. Yet his party has now a majority in the House, and that majority is being used mightily to stop business. The evening sitting of the House goes on till the bed-time of ordinary mortals, and then an adjournment is carried by the Greyite majority, after a flood of pur poseless talk has hindered everything. There are this session numbers of private Bills, the progress of which is being delayed by party tactics blocking the way. The waterworks Bill of the Ash burton County Council is one of these, and there are many other districts of the colony similarly situated in regard .to their private Bills before the House. There are measures of reform, the pass ing of which have been laid upon this Parliament as a duty; and the question of the colony’s finance lies on the floor of the House waiting to be grappled with. But all these matters must stand aside until it is settled which is to be the dominant part. The Ministry have already showed by the Financial State meat they have brought down that the party they ousted had but a very in different care of the public funds, and ought never to have been trusted with

their control, while Mr Bryce’s statement of Native affairs is sufficiently exponent of what the Colony might have become under the free and easy administration of its Native Department by the Hon. John Sheehan. Though we cannot hope that the Statements now before the House will have the effect of staying the desire of a party to obtain office, when it has a ma jority of the House—nor would we see a minority rule—yet we cannot but hope that the laying bare of the position of the colony will exercise a wholesome check on the extravagance that has been rampant, and bring about a satisfactory understand ing—whichever side is in power —to allow business to proceed.

A New Use for Red Cabbage.

MM. Savigny and Colineau have just made an original discovery of considerable practical importance. They have suc ceeded in extracting from red cabbage or brocoli a coloring matter which is abso lutely inoffensive, and capable of applica tion in all the ordinary operations of painting, printing, and dyeing. To this they have given the name “ Cauline,” from the Latin “ Caulis,” a cabbage. The leaves of the plant are cut into small pieces, thrown into boiling water in the proportion of 31bs. of tlie leaf to three litres of water, and there left to macerate for twenty-four hours ; at the end of this time, they 7 are withdrawn and subjected to strong pressure, and the juices thus expressed are added to the liquor of infusion. As thus obtained the “ cauline ” is of a blue-violet colour, and forms the base of a series of derivatives constituting precipitate of various colors. For exam ple, Baracauline, obtained by introducing two grammes of baryta into 500 grammes of cauline, affords a light green dye. A fine blue green, “ chlorocalcicauline,” may be obtained by mixing 100 grammes of anhydrous chloride of lime with 500 grammes of cauline ; or an artificial bronze by adding 100 grains of chloride of manga nese and 5 grammes of baryta to 500 grammes of cauline, the resulting coloring matter being called “ mango-cauline. ” Lastly, an ultramarine blue, “ zineocarbo cauline,” is obtained by mixing forty grammes of chloride of zinc and twenty five grammes of carbonate of soda with 500 grammes of the infusion liquid.

Holloway’s Pills. Pure Blood. —As the vital fluid, when in a healthy state, sustaint and renovates every part of the living system, so, when it becomes impoverished or impure it exerts a precisely contrary effect. It is abundantly manifest that any medicine which does not reach the circulation can never exter minate the disease ; but any preparation capa ble of exercising a salutary influence over the blood, must with it be carried to every living fibre of the frame. The lungs, heart, livei, kidneys, and skin, all receive benefits from its more wholesome condition. Holloway’s puri fying Pills operate directly, powerfully, and beneficially, upon the whole mass of blood, whether venous or arterial. They strengthen the stOfnach, excite the liver and kidneys, expel disease, and prolong existence.

“MAORI WAR SCARE” IN ENG LAND.

The London correspondent of the Otago “ Daily Times,” under date 14th August, writes : —The threatened war in the colony excites considerable alarm amongst many good people, with the Zulu scare and the remembrance of former sanguinary struggles with the Maoris upon them. It is next to, impossible to persuade these people that the summary extinguishing of Te Whiti and his Parihaka followers would

affect the rest of the colony, and especially the South Island, as little as an outbreak among the convicts at Dartmoor would affect the inhabitants of London. The fixed idea of the average Englishman, much more the average Englishwoman, who has never been to the colonies, and has no relatives therein to send enlighten ing letters, is, that New Zealand is a little place where everybody knows everybody else, where a war means imminent danger of being killed and eaten by overwhelming hordes of “Maoris,” from which the only escape is by fleeing over the mountains to Tasmania, or Brisbane, or Sydney or some other place contigious to the main land * * * The cablegrams and letters of correspondents in New Zea land have, however, threatened a Taranaki outbreak as more than possible, and a few days ago Mr <T. P. Smyth asked the Secretary of State if he could give any information, and “ If it was true that pre parations were being made ‘ to settle at once and for ever the native difficulty,’ in accordance with the ideas of the settlers.’ ” Sir M. Ilicks-Beaeh said:—“l have re ceived no communication on the subject.

From that I infer that in the opinion of the New Zealand Government there was nothing very serious in the state of affairs, nor any apprehensions of disturbances.” Colonists at .Home, who had received letters and newspapers early in the week by the San Francisco mail, were considerably surprised at the Colonial Secretary’s

reply, as it was manifest that the New Zealand Government did think the mat ter serious, and that there were appre hensions of disturbances. The general belief is that Sir George Grey wished further to mark his sense of independence of the Imperial Government, and that he has not thought it'worth while to trouble the Secretary with details or even cursory mention of so trivial a matter as a Maori outbreak. It is not so easily intelligible, however, why Sir Hercules Robinson has not apparently advised his official chief in despatches. If Sir George Grey really did not wish the Government to be officially informed, and the Marquis of Normanby had still been Governor, we may be pretty sure there would have been a despatch

How the Zulu King was Captured.

The following are the particulars of the capture of the Zulu King, on the 29th August, in the heart of the Ngome Forest. After his crushing defeat at Ulundi, Cete wayo retreated with his followers to the north of the Black Umvolosi River. He was accompanied by the chiefs Alsirago, Manyanya, and Matlishana, and, though many of the tribes adandoned him, he was still attended by several thousand men, who, it was reported, intended to fight to the last. The pursuit was, how ever, kept up with unremitting energy ; and on August 13 a strong cavalry patrol, under the command of Major Borrow and and Lord Gift'ord left Ulundi with three days’ provisions, to capture Cetewayo, who, it was stated, had only GO followers with him, so completely had the defeat at Ulundi and the constant pursuit dis heartened his adherents. Another ex pedition at the same time succeeded in capturing Cetewayo’s Prime Minister, Umnyamare, also Ishingwayo, Umgaclsh lane, and Twkane, brothers of the King, with other leading chi els. On the 12th August the King’s magazine, about ten miles from Ulundi, was discovered, and the powder it contained bio war up. Major Barrow’s patrol was for some days close to Cetewayo’s track, but the King suc ceeded in escaping to Inkanhla Forest, though his servants and horses were cap tured. A reward was offered for his ap prehension, and the natives were informed that any kraal that was known to have sheltered him would be burnt. At length intelligence was received that Cetewayo had doubled back, and was hiding near the Black Umvolosi, a few miles from Ulundi. Major Marter and Lord Gifford, with a detachment of dragoons, started in pursuit on August 23. Lord Gifford, by means of threats, elicited from the natives the situation of a kraal, where it was re ported the King was being supplied with provisions, and by narrowly watching this retreat for some days the capture which will bring the war to a close was effected. Lord Gifford, it appears, intended to make an effort to seize Cetewayo at nightfall on the 2Sth August, but he was deprived of this gratification by his colleague, Major Marter, who surrounded the kraal from an opposite direction, and obtained the surrender of the King without resistance. It is said that when first discovered Cete wayo was unable to ride or walk, Avhether from his excessive corpulence or from weakness, the result of the hardships he had undergone, is not stated. The King arrived at the camp at Ulundi, in a cart, on Sunday, within one day of the sixth anniversary of his coronation, and at the same place. During the inarch some of his followers attempted to escape, six suc ceeded, but five perished in the attempt.

Mrs Newman Hall’s Cross-Examina tion.

Regarding Mrs Newman Hall’s cross examination, a Home correspondent of a contemporary says : “ Prominent, in the lengthy proceedings in the Rev. Newman Hall’s suit for a divorce stands out the cross-examination of Mrs Hall by Sir LI. James. The lady appeared calm and self-possessed, but the natural instability of her temper could not endure the severe and bitter questions of the learned counsel. She became very ex cited, inveighed against “ Newman Hall,” as she invariably called her husband, in language more forcible than complimen tary ; tears at once and defiance, hysterics and gesticulations combined to make her the liveliest witness didl Westminster Hall lias ever seen. Sir H. James was told, “ You shall get nothing out of me, though you are a very clever little man, I know,” to the intense amusement of the bar. I must insist on an answer,” said Sir Henry. “ When you are quite calm, I’ll tell you,” was the cool reply. . “ Now, madam —“I know what you’re going to say. J cpuld make your speech

for you.”—' “ Surely you can remember ij you had any brandy?”—“Can you re. member, Sir Henry, what you drank ou any particular night ten years ago ?” “ Did you kiss any other man ?”— <£ Can you remember every girl you ever kissed, Sir Henry ?” And so on. Sir H. James needing all his skill and temper to deal with this extraordinary witness, who raised the laugh against him at every point. Finally she went into hysterics,

and had to be taken out of Court, but she returned shortly afterwards as lively as ever. But Sir Henry wisely cut his cross examination as short as possible, the lady remarking she hoped he had met his match for once. The case lasted a week, and the London dailies had every morn-

ing five or six columns of highly-spiced evidence served up, so attractive to the pure and moral British public, that the Metropolitan Railway bookstalls were cleared twice over, and the newsboys think of getting up a testimonial to Mrs Hall.”

Antiquity of Glovese

From the 800 l and Shoe Maker

As Xenophon, in his “ Cvropmdia,”

mentions that on oneoccasion Cyprus went without his gloves, there are good grounds for believing that the ancient Persians were not ignorant of their use, and it is

known that both Greeks and Romans sometimes wore them. The period when gloves were first used in England, how ever, is likely to bo of more interest to our readers, and this could not have been much before the time of Ethelred 11., when five pairs made a considerable part of the duty paid by some German mer chants to that king for the protection of their trade. In the reign of Richard and John gloves were worn by the higher classes, sometimes short and sometimes to the elbow, jewelled on the backs and embroidered at the tops. Our ancestors closely connected gloves with chivalry, both in love and war ; and the custom of throwing down the glove was equiva lent to a challenge, the person defied signifying his acceptance of it by taking up his opponent’s glove and throwing down his own. Biting the gloves meant, on the Border, a pledge of mortal revnege, and a story is told of a gentleman of Teviotdale who, after a hard drinking bout, observing in the morning that he had bitten his glove, inquired with whom he had quarrelled, and finding that he had had words with one of his companions, insisted on satisfaction, saying that al though he remembered nothing of the dispute, he would never have bitten his glove unless he had received unpardonable insult. ITc fell in the duel, which was fought near Selkirk. The following lines from “ Marmion” show that the sending of a glove by a lady to her knight was a token of love, and a command to do her bidding—

For the fair Queen of France Sent him a turquoise ring and glove,

And charged him, as her knight and love, For her to break a lance. In these practical days our chivalry has quite died out, and gloves are now for the most part merely regarded as a covering for the hands. One important use made of them in modern society is in the form of bets between the two sexes on such occasions as the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, Royal Ascot, and other races. There is yet one old custom connected with gloves which has lived' down to our times, but is seldom called into practice. I allude to “gloves in law.” At an assize, when no prisoners are to be tried, the sheriff presents the judge with a pair of white gloves, and this custom is also observed in Scotland.

A Large American Dairy.

At the Lebanon creamery, Madison. Co., the Hairy Company comprises 24 factories or creameries and some 10,000 to 11,000 cows. The creamery at Lebanon Hollow is managed by Captain Hatch, who over sees twelve of the twenty-four factories above named. This factory has the milk from about 500 cows, but has the cream from from several other factories, as this is a churning and butter as well as a cheese factor^ 7 . They churn from 800 to 1,2001 b of butter daily, and make 20 and 21 cheeses of 401 b each. Their help is five clean men, quick and handy—three for he cheese and two for the butter—with the help of a patient, strong horse at the treadmill. Four band chums with dashers work like a pair of scales, churning about 501 b each at a time. When the butter comes it is rolled out, and the butter taken out with a ladle. The churn is then emptied of buttermilk, filled again, and put back, the horse not stopping but going a little faster, as there are only three churns till the other is replaced. A young man, dressed for the work, with arms bare to tlie shoulders, as are all the men when at work, puts this butter with a ladle upon a flat, inclined table with narrow sides, and runs a fluted roller with a crank over it and under it, pouring on water and working lightly, quickly, and with skill. He salts it and rolls it in, in masses of 35 to 401 b at a time, and with a small ladle tosses it into a large tub, with scarce a touch of tlie hand. It waits there till the day after, when it goes to the packing room, is put upon a triangular shaped inclined table, with a roller fast at one end, and working sideways, where it is worked and finished for packing, when it is placed in firkins and tubs, in beautiful golden masses, all exactly alike and of the same flavor —10001 b of butter all alike, and all just right ; and the day after the same, and so on through the whole season. Be fore these cream earns weroused you would hardly find ten packages of butter, the best that was made, but what there would bo ten different flavors, if not half as many different qualities. The cheeses are worked up by hand mostly, and when pressed are about 14in. across and Tin. thick, and as nearly alike as two or more tilings can be, every one perfect. To tlie consumers, who have an opinion that butter and cheese made in factories, and particularly by men, is not clean, I want to say—Go and see. I think the butter and cheese made in this factor} 7 are cleaner than the neatest woman in Lebanon can possibly make it.— Hem. Republican, Hamilton, Madison Co., New' York.

A Chinese Crew. —The cable steamer Agnes, now employed on the Cook Straits Cable, has a crew entirely of Chinamen, b oth sailors engine stokers,

THE ASHBURTON HERALD

[Monday, October 20, 1879.



Auction Sales.



0H ±N LLOYD CRAW LE 1 AUCTIONEER, &a, Saun debs’ Buhldings, Ash burton.



A LFRED JJ A II RISON ; 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. * Tenders. BRIDGE OVER SOUTH ASHBURTON RIVER—HOOD’S CROSSING, MOUNT SOMERS. nnENDERS are invited for a BRIDGE, JL entirely of Timber, in 21 spans of 40 feet each; or alternativey for a BRIDGE of same dimensions, with tim ber superstructure on iron piles (the lat ter now lying at Winslow Station). Plans and specifications can be seen at the County Council’s Office, Moore street, Ashburton, and Tenders with marked cheque, equal to 5 percent, of amount, addressed to the Chairman, to be sent in not later than 10 o’clock, a.m., sth November next. By Order— WILLIAM BAXTER, County Engineer. Ashburton, October 9, 1879. 545a—93 Public Notices. TO SHEARERS. HEARING will Commence at Anama Station on the Ist November. 87 W. S. PETER.



REAPERS AND BINDERS. THE Undersigned having been ap pointed agent for the sale o : McCormick’s and W. A. Wood’s Reapers and Binders, is now prepared to treat with those who will want them for the coming season. FREDK. PAVITT, 555a—88 East Street, Ashburton. NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN , Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealand Wesleyan ” for October. Price Gd Sold at the Herald Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at th Herald Office, Wholesale Stationei'y Depot, Saunders’ Buildings. FARMERS. —Do not neglect to Read the Agricultural Papers appearing in the “Ashburton Guardian.” “THE ASHBURTON HERALD,” PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Price—ONE PENNY. ADVERTISERS 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.



FARMERS ! FARMERS ! FARMERS ! R. McIvERROW & Co. RE Caslx Purchasers of Wool, Grain, iJI. 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, &c., for Sale, at lowest current prices. R. McKERROW & CO., GRAIN MERCIIAN T k RAKAIA. GO CONCERTINAS, German Accordians, Violins, etc Concertinas, 20 keys, from 10/6, JL M. JQNES, Stationer,



Auction Sales. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY Have on Sale 1000 T ART ARIANO A TS. 1000 CAPITAL QUALITY AND PRICE LOW. V. 1). L. PALINGS, PALINGS, PALINGS, rplE Undersigned have on sale 5 and G FEET Y.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. 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 RUN HOLDERS, FARMERS AND OTHERS. rpHE Undersigned have on Sale : Fencing Wire No. 6 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 Description. We are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. East Street. ASHBURTON Boarding Houses. PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL rpHE 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 CLARK, Proprietor. 333a—27 ECHO DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET SOUTH, Next cloor to Messrs. Sando& Olsen, Ashburton. A DUPUIS begs to inform the inhabi , tants of the County of Ashburton and visitors that lie 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 sto 8 p.m. A Chef de Cuisine of considerable experi ence lias been specially engaged for this establishment, and all that the proprietor asks is one trial. 54 A. DUPUIS, Proprietor.



CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baking Square (Near Town PIall). E-OPENING of the above commo dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepai'ed to give Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board ... ... ... 14s. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Beds (single), Is. 6d. Private Room for Ladies. 334a~~28



Wants, &c. rjIALE. — The Hekalb publishes a por -1 tion of a readable story every Satur day. Head it.



WANTED Known, an Elementary SINGING GLASS, on the Tonic Sol Fa principle, is to be established. First Lesson WEDNESDAY, October 25, at Quill's Commercial Sample Rooni6, Saunders’ Buildings, at Half-past Seven o’clock. Ladies and Gentlemen wishing to join will please be in attendance on Wednesday October 22. Terms—los. 6d. per Quarter. —J. S. SAVAGE, Con ductor. 100—566 a YTVANTED. —The Herald tells your V \ Wants in 20 words, for 1/-.



Housemaids.— The herald asks a Housemaid for you in 20 words.for 11 «' ■* * TO PRINTERS. WANTED— A Smart Hand, to make up the “Ashburton Herald” and “Ashburton Guardian.” Sobriety indis pensable. WEEKS & DIXON. 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 Depot, Saunders’ Build ings, near Station. DO you Want the News of the Day ? Read the Ashburton Herald. mHE PENNY made the postal system X of England a success. So has it mado the Herald. Everybody buys the Herald. COOKS. —‘You can advertise for a Cook in 20 words in the Herald for 1/-. ITT ANTED Known, that TWENTY vv for Words are inserted in this Column ONE SHILLING prepaid, and FORTY Words for TWO SHILLINGS prepaid. early. ASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. at the Herald Office. Apply 590 WANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes and Notepaper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “ Herald ” Office, East-street North. • 642 TO LET, SHOP 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 I jnO LET, at a very low rental—Bakery, together with Dwelling-house and Shop, near the Post Office. 393 a TUOS. BULLOCK. TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR • ’ FOB SALE, CHEAP, ACRES, WHich 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 -S66a THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and ready first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Lontrbeach Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 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 5 THOMAS BULLOCK. TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. EOR SALE, about the end of October, One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, &c., complete. We are replacing this machine by a Double Royal Wliarfedale, 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 The Stud. ifhJ THE IMPORTED DRAUGHT HORSE, BILLY FAIRPLAY, WILL STAND at Ede’s Horse Bazaat, Ashburton, and Travel Wakajsti and Lougbeach Districts. Terms— £5 55., payable Ist January, 1880. Groomage -55., payable first time of service. Particulars see cards. - 535a—03 Apply B. EDE. THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COL r Of the Traducek Blood. To Travel this Season the ASHBURTOI AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particular! S. H. 5Q4a_2Q FOWLERT& CO„ Proprietors, Winslow