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ASHBURTON GRAIN QUOTA-

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Herald Office,; Saturday Afternoon. A 'Prices for grain are reported in Ash burton, as follows ; - v - /: -- •

Wheat, 2s 9d to 3s 2d ; Barley, no demand whatever, and very little offering ; Oats, (milling), 2s lOd ; (feed), from 2s 4d to 2s 7d, according to quality.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “ Evening Echo”). SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1579

Mrs. Morey’s Bazaar.— About half the prizes at Mrs Morey’s bazaar, are still to be drawn for, and only one or two of the more valuable have gone, so that chances may be had in the drawing still going on at the shop. Temperance Lecture. —Last night Mr. J. Harding, of Waipukurau, delivered a lecture on the temperance question in the Primitive Methodist Church to a moder ately large audience. The Rev. Mr. Westbrooke, who was chairman, explained that the church in which the lecture was delivered was not chosen by those who had made the arrangements for the lecture, but both public halls being engaged, and the Wesleyan Chapel being in use for another purpose, the Primitive was the one lying easiest to hand, and so the com-, mittee had no choice in the matter. Mr. Westbrooke introduced the lecturer, who stated that he was a veteran in the cause : had, in fact, started the first temperance society in New Zealand 37 years ago, and he was glad to meet that night with the Chairman, who, he understood, had been the pioneer of. Good Templary in this colony. He then in a very pleasing and happy manner gave details of the satis factory working in America of the Maine Liquor Law, the history of which he also traced/and bore, evidence, from his own personal experience, to the success of that Law as a prohibitory measure, and to its excellent results as a repressive of drun kenness. The usual votes of thanks were given at the close of the meeting. “Happy Hours.” —Last night, to an excellent audience both as regards number and appreciation of merit, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hart, and Le Petite Louise gave their first of two entertainments in the Town Hall. The two parts of the pro gramme—“ Diamond Cut Diamond” in the first,- and “ My Wife’s Relations” in the second —gave the clever vocalists an opportunity : to please the audience that was very successfully used, and the success of last night will doubtless assure a full house for this evening. In singing, acting, and dancing, the little company are able to put before their patrons a really enjoyable bill of fare, and the piano playing of Herr Guyger, is no unimpor tant feature in it. Farewell Sermons. —We remind Pres byterians and others of the Rev. H. B. Burnett’s farewell sermons to-morrow. The Kaitangata Relief Fund-. —ln our advertising columns to-day are given the list of subscribers in Ashburton to the Kaitangata Relief Fund. His Worship the Mayor desires subscribers .who have not already paid the sums-they have pro mised, to do so as soon as possible, so that an instalment of the money may be for warded South without delay. Caledonian Society. Scots, and others interested, are reminded of the preliminary meeting in Shearman’s hotel to-night re the formation of a Caledonian Society.: The gentleman who is acting as Hon. Secretary pro. tem. desires us to state a full meeting as can possibly be had is desirable—“shouther to shouther.”

Fire. —A fire took place last night on the farm of Mr. George Hamilton, near Tinwald, by which two stacks of wheat were burnt. We understand that it was insured.

Strange Affair. —The following is a Dunedin telegram dated yesterday:— “ At about one o’clock on Friday morning a four-roomed cottage at Saddle Hill, owned by Mrs. Steadman, and occupied by W. Bartels, shoemaker, was totally destroyed by fire. Bartels, who is a single man, and lives, alone, states that at six o’clock on Thursday night he left his house after securely locking it up, and went to Brighton, leaving there about 11 p.m. When within a quarter' of a mile of his house he met a man with his face muffled, and on horseback. He remarked that it was a fine night, and the man replied— “ Yes ; you will lose more than a little blood before you sleep,” at the same time striking him with a whip. Shortly after wards Bartles says he saw smoke issuing from his shop. The stock was insured in' the New-Zealand office for £IOO. A Fire Brigade in Distress. —The engines and appliances ,qf. the Kumara Fire Brigade have been seized under dis tress for rent. The members of the Brigade are indignant, as the insurance companies had promised an annual con tribution, which if paid would have cleared all liabilities.

Bret Hart is about to make a lecturing tour in England. The American papers say that he will draw good audiences if he only speaks sufficiently through his nose. “Bad” Tempi,arism in Canada. Wonderful are the comings and goings of the Canadian Good Templars. Last year no fewer than 8,580 joined the ranks, but against them must be put 1,358 who violated their pledge, 879 who were expelled for drinking, and 975 who were suspended. No fewer than 4,963 were expelled for non-payment of dues, and 2,707 “withdrew.” The losses exceed the gains by 2,369, so that if this process goes on, the Good Templars in Canada must disappear. The S.S, Taitpo. —Reports from the s.s. Taupo at Tauranga state that she is in a worse position than ever. The north-east gale of Thursday has much injured her. One of the leaks had been stopped up, and it was expected that they would soon be in a position to float her. The gale caused her to rock about, and broke out the stop ped-up leak, and made others much worse. It is expected that space will be found at the Sydney Exhibition for a captive balloon.

CHISPA'S LETTER.

“ I am not yet so bald that you can see my ‘ brains. ” — Lon g fei. low.

With others who wanted to see what Father Hennebery was like I trotted along to the little chapel beyond the school, and heard the great Catholic apostle of tem perance. I found the jolly Irish priest I expected, enjoyed the hearty laugh I knew he would raise by his humour, and was not disappointed in finding that the main part of his reverence’s talk was a lively “ let ”at the Protestants. I never yet heard a priest deliver a sermon in which he had no reference to make to the heretics who know not and will not know Rome; but the Father, I must allow, pours out his wrath against the Pros, very mildly, so that one of the lot for whom there is no chance—who, in the matter of purgatorial purification, are heretic enough to go fui-ther and fare worse, as an old priest says—may go and listen to the Father and come away without getting into a passion. But there was one point in the rev. Father’s discourse I admired— or I didn’t—his w r ay of asking for money ! He wouldn’t have any threepennies, that twist— it- must be all notes, gold, or crowns. “ Every man must give £l, every single man 10s., and every girl os.” Plucky Catholics of Ashburton if you stump up the hoot at that rate ; and lucky Church if you get it! An irreverent old sinner used to say of the Scotch Free Church that its constant and earnest prayer was— “ Bawbees, O Lord ! Amen ! ” and I have heard it said also that every Wesleyan meeting ends, like a mountebank’s per formance, with a collection. I have listened, too, to a very straight tip from an Episcopalian pulpit regarding the giving of money ; and I have heard a Congrega tional minister announce from his rostrum that 14s. was the sum total taken at one service out of a congregation of nigh 300, and add that, though he was perhaps neither the most gifted orator nor the most successful preacher, surely it was a poor sermon that wasn’t worth more than 14s. to a crowd of 300. I hope the rev. Father struck a satisfactory patch with his minimum of 55., for,after keeping all hands sober on St. Patrick’s Day, of all days in the year, he deserves to get a substantial return. St. Patrick’s Day was soberly observed indeed by the rev. Father’s flock, and nobly was the resolu tion of abstinence carried out, but I would not be so sure about how much “resolu tion ” was treated on Tuesday. The Father, can talk, and talk to some purpose, too. He possesses the talent of preaching on abstruse subjects in very plain and telling language, and moreover possesses the faculty (unknown apparently among the ministers of other congregations) of making his hearers pay for listening to him. The sight last night of nearly the whole of his congregation standing up and taking the pledge against intoxicating liquors was one to make a publican’s hair stand on end, and make him go into calcu lations as to whether the hogshead of beer then on tap would not go sour before being distributed in pints to the thirsty ones. If all pastors in our community had the same power over those taught by them, I reckon that the Quarterly Licensing Court would have precious few applications for new licenses. More power to ye, Father, and may your shadow never grow less !

Those bye-laws ! We’ve got them at last. They’re a good lump of print as they stand now, but I object to the law-officers of the Crown mangling about our local statutes as they have done. They have actually shortened our- local laws by two feet, and if that isn’t a cutting down, I’m a Dutchman ! Two feet of Ashburton law gone between the first draftingand the revi sion ! But I’ll go one grain of common sense to all the decisions of A. Le Grand Campbell, Esq., no one amongst the subjects of those laws, except the Town Clerk and the printers, is able to state definitely at what part of the statute roll the two feet of law have been cut out.

“Love one another.” Such was the advice given by the Great Teacher to His followers some eighteen centuries ago. His followers at the present day, however, read the words in a sense very much at variance with the intentions of the Great Master. I have great objections to re ligious matters ever being discussed in newspapers not specially published for the purpose, and I regret that such a custom occasionally occurs in certain journals, which, being hard up for items of interest legitimately within the pale of newspaper discussion, have to fall back upon the abuse of individuals and communities, the publication of which abuse shews ignorance of journalistic courtesy and cus tom not often met with, I am glad to say, outside the United States, and only mani fested in this colony on its West Coast. The bad taste shown by a local writer— the worse taste exhibited by the paper in publishing a tirade, which amounts to a libel, on a worthy and lespected citizen— and the persecution in three instances of the same individual, couched, as the effu sions are, in the coarsest language, and abounding in imputations of dishonesty, are such that the very bitterness and vul garity of the statements shew that a decided animus exists in the mind of the writer or writers. Poor Dr. Stewart, like many other philanthropists, in his endeavours to do good to that section of the Christian Church to which he belongs, has brought a hornet’s nest about his ears with a vengeance. Not but that he is to blame for the rule-of-thumb method in which he has permitted himself to keep his accounts ; but his accusers and vilifiers should at least wait until he comes down with his financial statement, and then those who wish to criticise can do so, but don’t, my friends with the cacoethes scri bendi upon you so badly, hang a man before you try him and fairly find him guilty. Chispa.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

Prince Gortschakoff, in reply to the Marquis of Salisbury’s dispatch of Jan. 26, stating that the action of the Russian officials ' in t Bulgaria and Roumelia was contary to the Treaty of Berlin, says that the interpretation and application of the principles of that Treaty are susceptible of difference of

opinion,, Uid to Bup^epfc equitable find pacific" execution’ of tho Treaty. Loss of a Steamer and 60 Lives. The Haytian” steamer Michael sank after collision with the steamer Bolivar. Sixty persons were drowned. London, March 19. Lord Loftus starts for Sydney in May. The wool market has suffered a further decline.

March 20. In the House of Commons to-day/' the Chancellor of the Exchequer, re plying to a question, said he had heard that Russian troops had crossed the Caspian Sea, but was ignorant of the--- direction they had taken. , It is stated that it is intended to' knight Mr. Berry. The Duke of Connaught will possibly visit Australia.

A Royal Commission for the Mel bourne Exhibition will probably be appointed shortly, under the presidency of the Prince of Wales.

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, March- 21. .-as The Zealandia left San Francisco on March 17.

The captain and mate of the ■ Bonnie Dundee were committed for trial by the Coroner’s jury for manslaughter in. the re cent fatal collision with the Barrabool. Patna rice, £23 ; Adelaide wheat, ss. io ss. 3d. ; New Zealand wheat, 4s. 3d. to 4s. Gd. ; Adelaide flour, imchanged ; New Zealand oats, unchanged ; candles, Bf . ; brandy, kerosene, tobacco, and sugar un changed. ■ :,, Melbourne, March 2],: f Sailed—Claud Hamilton. Brisbane, March. 21. Evidence has been obtained which has led to the conviction o* Captain Piper for the murder of Stevens at Moolloolah, 13 years ago. Adelaide, March 21. The Garonne got off Tadley shoal un injured, and returned here.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

A Snow-slip. c ’ London, March 20. Am avalanche at Elenberg, Austria, has killed fifty men.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Shipping Causualties. '- - Auckland, Saturday. The barqueQueensland from Newcastle with coals is 35 days out from the weather experienced by the brig Syren, and the disabled condition of the Glenelg, fears are entertained of her safety. Arrived—German man-of-war Albatross from the South Sea Islands. Government have just completed the purchase of several blocks of land at Hokianga. . ,<■> ...... Bankruptcy Case. Dennis Wright, debtor, made an ap plication to Justice Gillies for maintenance under the following circumstances: —He filed his schedule under the Act, and Mr. McFarlane was appointed trustee. -The bankrupt was in receipt of a Government pension, but it was not available for divi sion among is creditors. The trustee pointed out that the bankrupt received moneys from England; and a draft for £ls had been sent to the Union Bank. He went to the Bank and claimed the amount as part of bankrupt’s estate. The Judge said he had no power to grant the debtors application. Wellington, Saturday. The Commission on Higher Education resumes here on Monday next. Fall of a House. A house was being lowered, with screw jacks to the new level at Wills, yesterday, when it slipped off the props and fell to the ground. Nine men working at it had a miraculous escape. A Difficulty. : - JL The Collector of Customs has refused to allow the captain of the Hermoine to dis charge here two sailors who are incurable invalids, and have been in the .-Hospital since the ship’s arrival. Captain; Roberts threatens legal proceedings. Dunedin, Saturday.

A deputation from the St. Kilda borough waited on the Attorney-General, request ing that the revenue from licenses for re moving sand from the sand hills, be applied to the use of the borough. They were advised to take steps to form a Domain Board for the purpose of improving the Ocean Beach by tree-planting. ... Several sub-committees have been ap pointed to take charge, of exhibits for the Sydney Exhibition. ~ ' McKellar, a Tapanui settler, intends dividing his estate of fourteen thousand acres, into leasehold farms. A movement is talked of for the forma tion of a free public library ifi Dunedin. Free libraries are being organised in some of the suburbs. Dornwall,' a butcher in this city, has reared a pet Leicester sheep .which has attained a weight of 'three hundred pounds. Invercargill, -Saturday. A rape occurred at the Elbow last night on a little girl 11 years old. The man who committed the offence was before the Court to-day. • . : Mr. Fox gave a lecture last night, and gives another next week. .... V Up to date 700 definite acceptances have been received for the Easter Volunteer demonstration. ' " /'; a *

YESTERDA Y'S COURT.

Before A. Le Grand Campbell; Escj.j R-M.

On resuming yesterday, the-following cases were disposed of : Bullock and Co. v. Glasson.—-Claim, £39 18s 6d, amount of promissory note. No appearance for defendant. Judgment for amount and costs. ■ ?

Orr and Co. v. T., G. Russell.—Claim, £95 Is, value of promissory note. Judg ment for plaintiffs. ,- v - F. Hanson v. Sillcock.—Mr. Ireland for plaintiff, and Mr. Branson for defendant. Claim, £1 12s 6d for balance of wages. His Worship nonsuited the plaintiff. Peterson v. Sillcock. —Claim, £l6 17s 3d. Mr. Ireland for Plaintiff and Mr. Branson for defendant. £7 0s 3d had been paid into Court as a set-off. After hearing evidence the plaintiff was non suited.

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Clothing Establishment, ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. H MESSRS. ALLENSTEIN ROS. Desire to inform you that a J - 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 4 approved of will he exchanged with the same courtesy with which it was sold, or, if desired, the money will be returned. The Success which 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 i 3 solicited on this understanding only. WILLIAM SPARROW, Manager 467 Ashburton Branch.



Chemists. HERBAL MEDICINES. PERSONS suffering from liver com plaints, coughs, colds, worms, skin diseases, &e., are invited to try Nature’s cheap and universal remedy, “'HERBS.” James Neil, importer of Herbs, and Bo tanic medicines, George street, Dunedin, has appointed MR. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, Ashburton, 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 Purifyer, &c. Roots, Herbs, Barks, &c. of every kind. 370 CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE IS acknowledged to be the most agreeable and efficacious Tonic Stomachic yet pro duced. ItcontainsthevaluableTonic 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, “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.mental or bodily exertion, orffrom 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 taken during the day by pei’sons 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. fid. 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. " - 1 ■ - ■ 360 Business Notices. rjTHE UNDERSIGNED are prepared to make 7 LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES on Grain for shipment to England or to the Australian Colonies. FRIEDLANDER BROTHERS.



Bootmakers, PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS!! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the public of Ashburton and surrourding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inh rn them that he has received, and to arrive, at his place of business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attentu 1 to the Measure Department, and invites the gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect the superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes he is now making. Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and Shoes, and Running Shoes. WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Next to Montgomery’s, East-street.



M. NEAL AS, BOOT & SHOE IMPORTER EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, (Next to Orr & Co.) HAS just received a New Stock, per ship “Lutterworth from England, of th« best Imported Goock and Latest Fashions. A Lr.RGE STOCK of Colonial Goods from the Best Makers, in consequence of Large Consignments, will be SOLD AT VERY REASONABE PRICES. 32TOur own make, sewn or pegged, of ever] description to order, Repairs attended to. J. CAMPBELL, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, MOOKE STREET, * EGS to announce that he has just ' received a Splendid Assortment of B Colonial-made BOOTS AND SHOES of every kind, which he can guarantee to be of the very best quality, and at YFRY LOW PRICES. Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Boots and Shoes made to order on the Shortest Notice and Good quality ; also, Strong Boots, Bluchers, Watertights,, &c., all at very low prices. Deception. 210



Engineers and Foundries. IRONWORKS. JgDWARDS AND L EE> ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS, MACHINISTS, Exo., BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. * 316 JOHN ANDERSON, CANTERBURY FOUNDRY BEGS to notify that he has been appointed SOLE AGENT for New Zealand for MESSRS AYELING & PORTER, ROCHESTER, Whose Traction Engines, Ploughing Machines, Steam Reaping Machines, and Road Rollers have gained for them a world-wide reputation. An early exhi bition will be made of an 8 h.p. Agricul tural Locomotive Engine, which can be used either for Steam Cultivation, Thresh ing, Sawing, or Removing Agricultural Produce. Catalogues and prices can be had on application. The following Machinery and Goods are now ON SALE at the Canterbury Foundry for the season : MCCORMICK’S REAPER & BINDER WOOD’S do. do. OSBORNE do. do. Extras and wire for each of the above. McSHERRY GRAIN DRILLS. English and American Mowers, by Samuelson, Hornsby, . Howard, Wood, McCormick, and Osborne; Clayton and Shuttleworth Thresh ing Machines, Elevators, Hay Loaders, Pacific Hay Cutters, Seed Strippers. ALSO, FOR SALE, Fencing Standards, Best Fencing Wire, Cambridge, Crosskill, and Mixed Rollers, Broad-cast Seed Sowers, Millstones, Grindstones, Flour-dress ing Silk, Leather and India-rubber Belting and Hose, Reaper Sections, Plough Fittings, Machine Oils, Field Gates, &c., &c. Estimates and Drawings for any kind of Machinery furnished on application. Agent, Ashburton. 36 Business Notices. THE ASHBURTON HERALD. AND Borough and County Advertiser. mHE following are AGENTS for the 8 Sale of the “Ashburton Herald” in Town : A. Weston, Stationer and Tobacconist, East Street, and Book Stand, Railway Station. H. M. Jones, Stationer, East Street, next Friedlander Bros. A. O. Aitken & Co., General Store keepers, Havelock Street. Sando & Olsen, Storekeepers, East Street.



platers. PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ashburton. J. R CHAPMAN, PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN-WRITER, Etc., Has much pleasure in stating that, owing to the large increase of Business, he is now Importing from the Manufacturers — PAPER HANGINGS, WHITE LEAD, LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSHWARE, And all the necessaries of the Trade, and is therefore in a position to compete with any house in Canterbury for price and quality. Every description of work in the trade executed under personal superin tendence. Competent workmen sent to all parts of the country. ESTIMATES GIVEN. 415 T. S. TUCKER, >AINTER, QLAZIER, J)APER HANGER, AND GENERAL HOUSE DECORATOR, SIGN AND TICKET WRITER, Moore Street, near Templar Hall. Estimates given. 244



TEAGUE & SONS, PAINTERS, GLAZIERS, PAPER HANGERS, AND GENERAL a DECORATORS, BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON (opposite mail office.) SST SIGN WRITERS TO THE TRADE. 2C Tinsmiths, &c. LICENSED GASFITTER. J. C. DOLMAN, P LUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, Tancred Street, ASH B U R T O N. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. O.G. Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitteb- N.B.—Orders punctually attended to. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLATE WORKER, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has com menced business in TANCRED STREET, where he hopes by strict attention to business, combined with moderate charges, to merit a fair share of public patronage. N.B.—Repairs neatly executed. Bottlers, ASHBURTON BOTTLING STORES. In connection with the ASHBURTON BREWERY, WOOD and CO Have on hand a LargJ £. cck of ALE and STOUT, in Bulk and Bottle. ASHBURTON BOTTLING STORES; MOUNT SOMERS ROAD, Ashburton. QUINTON BROS. BEG to inform the inhabitants of Ash barton and surrounding districts that ,hey have COMMENCED BUSINESS in the above place, and trust by attention to business, to merit a share of patronage. Bottlers of the Best Brands of Ale and Stout. 9



Business Notices. HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, AST STREET, ASHBURTON. AT /PH BITS HAYES wishes to inform his customers and the public gene rally that he has RE-OPENED the above yards with a-fresh; supply of first-class SAWN- TIMBER, all sizes ; SAWN'STAKES & PICKETS ; BLACKPINE & MIXED FIREWOOD. Also, that, having the Waimate Mills now in full operation, orders for Totara and Black Pine for bridge and other purposes can he supplied of any dimensions. 463 W. H. COLLINS, Manager.



sTew Advertisements; ■iSIUSIITIYB METHODIST X OHURCH, ‘ WiijLS Street. —The Rev. B. J. Westbrook® will preach TO MORROW —Morning and Evening. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. THE Partnership lately existing be tween ns as Engineers, Millwrights, &c., has this day been DISSOLVED by mutual consent. All claims on the above business must be sent in by the sth of April. All accounts owing must be paid by the same date. Signed ( H. J. EDWARDS. ) HENRY LEE. Ashburton, March 22, 1879. 572 MRS. MOREY’S CHRISTMAS TREE AND BAZAAR. THE Drawing is still going on at Mrs. Morey’s establishment, Tancred street, Ashburton. Several of the more valuable prizes are still to be disposed of, and tickets may be obtained THIS EVENING at the shop. 574 ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. IN accordance with Clause 28 of “ The Rating Act, 1876,” I hereby notify that Francis G. P. Leach, has been ap pointed valuer for the Mount Hutt Riding. I also notify that Arthur Makeig has been appointed valuer for the South Rakaia Riding, and the valuation list of that riding is on view from March 22nd to May 3rd, at the South Rakaia Road Board office, and the County Council office, Ash burton. The day for holding the Court to hear any objections to the above will be duly advertised. A. Le G. CAMPBELL, Judge of the Assessment Court for the County of Ashburton. Ashburton, March 21st, 1879. 573 QUPSCRIPTIONS TO K AIT AN GAT A FUND. His Worship the Mayor has subscribers’ names as. follows, for the amounts ap pended to each :—T. Bullock, £3 3s. ; E. Saunders, £2 2s. ; R. Shearman, £1 Is. ; A. Orr, £1 Is. ; D. Williamson, £1 Is. ; G. Parkin, £1 Is. ; R. Friedlander, £1 Is. J. Ivess, £1 Is. ; J. Campbell, £1 Is. ; H. C. Jacobson, £1 Is. ; Fooks & Son, £1 Is. ; Mutch & McKenzie, £1 Is. ; R. Lancaster,|£l Is. ; Hooper, Aitken, & Co, £1 Is. ;J. Carter, £1 Is.; J. Tucker, £1 Is. ; Britton & Thompson, £1 Is. ; B. Metcalf, £1 Is. ; C. P. Cox, £1 Is. ; Trevor & [Ross, £1 Is. ; Sando & Olsen, £1 Is. ; T. R. Hodder, £1 Is. ; W. Patch ing, 10s. 6d. ; T. A. Gates, 10s. ; W. Anderson, 10s. ; A.8.C., 10s. ; J. Fowler, 10s. ;- J. M. Dunn, 10s. ; W. ,H. Collins, 10s. ; J. M. Cambridge, 10s. ; Employees “Mail,” £lss.; J. R. .Chapman, ss. ; L. James, ss. ; W. J. Lyons, ss. ; W. Smith, SsXD. S. Hardley, 55.; G. Kidd, 55.; E. Thamas, ss. ; T. Simpson, ss. ; A. Burns, ss. ; T. Hanson, ss. ; J. Blyth, ss. ; Friend, ss. ; F. Browne, ss. ;J. Broom, ss. ; R-. Madigan, ss. ; W., Elz, 5s.J. Bradley, ss. ;C. Reid, ss. ; W. Nicholl, ss; J. Shearman, 2s. 6d. ; A Davidson, 2s. 6d.; T. Gibson, 2s. 6d. ; D. Flanagan, 2s. 6. ; D. Collins, 2.6 d. ; Well-wisher, 2s. 6d.; Cash, 2s. 6d.



THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. TO ENGINEERS, BLACKSMITHS, AND OTHERS. STATIONARY AND PORTABLE EN GINES, VALUABLE LATHE. Messrs, bullock & co. have received instructions from Messrs. Edwards and Lee, who are dissolving partnership, to Sell on the Premises, Burnett Street, on THURSDAY, 27th INSTANT, AT 12 o’clock. THE WHOLE OF THEIR ENGINEER’S AND/ BLACKSMITH’S PLANT,. : Comprising One Two-and-a-nalf Horse-power Station ary Engine and Vertical' Boiler, with Governors complete, by Russell. Portable Engine of 4-horse power, by Ran some and Sims. Eight-inch centre self-acting screw-cutting Lathe, 12-foot Bed, with Tools. Powerful self-acting Drilling Machine. Three Bellows. ' Three Anvils, -r ■ ------ - Tire-bending Machine and Tire Plate. Swage Block. Quantity of Screwing Tackle. Circular Saw and Table. . Grindstone. Two Large Vyces. New Single-furrow Ploughs. . . :n y r Smith’s Tools. Paints and Oils. Several dozen Drayand S dozen Cart Spokes. Wheelwright’s and other Timber. Bolts. Horse-shoes. Scrap Iron, and a quantity of other wheel wright’s and blacksmith’s requisites. THREE TONS BAR AND ROD . IRON. BULLOCK & CO., 552—558 Auctioneers, Special Notice. Hooper, aitken and co. are prepared to make CASH ADVANCES ON GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE Placed in their hands for sale in the Home Markets. *390 WHEAT. WHEAT. WHEAT. THE Undersigned require a few thou sand Sacks of Vert Prime Wheat for Immediate Shipment, and are prepared to Pay the Very Highest Price for same. Apply at once to ROYSE, STEAD, & CO., 541 Ashburton. WHEAT TO LONDON.' THE Undersigned are making Liberal Cash Advances on Wheat placed in their hands for Shipment to England, free of Commission, Interest, or Ex change. Freight, 30s. per ton, in first class iron ships. 534 ROYSE, STEAD, & CO., Per J. E. Heaver.