POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close as follows : For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m. daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine,at jo. 20 a.m. daily. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at T 0.30. 30 a.m. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For VVakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m.

W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE.

The next mail foi the United Kingdom via San Francisco will be closed at Christchurch on Saturday, July 19, and will be due in London on Sept. 2. The mext mails for the United Kingdom via Brindisi and Southampton (for specially ad dressed 'letters only) will be closed at Christ church on July 28. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on Sept. 22, and the mail via Southampton on Sept. 29. A travelling Post Office having been estab ished on the Southern line of railway, letters bearing a late fee of 2d. may be posted at any Station in the mail carriage attached to the express train, and they will be included in the mails made up in transit for offices on the main line and branches.

Sydney J. Dick, 'Chief Postmaster.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “ Evening Echo "). SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1879.

The ’cuteness of the Yankee is pro verbial. There is not, we believe, another nationality under the sun likely to produce the man who would hit upon the plan adopted by the New York Times for feeling the pulse of the coun try upon the question of who was likely to be the next President of the United States. The Presidential, election takes place in 1880, and of course, any in formation at all pointing to the probable result is of importance to United States politicians. This information the Times has set about supplying, and, as we have said, in a manner that none but a ’cute Yankee would have dreamed of. The President, being elected by all the people of the United States* and not by the people of one State only, the feeling of any average crowd in any particular part of the country may safely be taken as an index to the feeling of that locality, and so by thus taking the mind of many localities over the States a fair indica tion of the country’s leanings is ob tained on the matter of the next Presi dent. The Times has, therefore, made inquiries through 170 correspondents in every Statfe of the Union, at 1,000 localities of well-informed persons of various classes and conditions, as to the candidates most in favor for the next Presidency in the Republican and De mocratic parties respectively. From 157 points of inquiry 130 replies came in favor of General Grant’s re-election as the Republican favorite j and 98 replies out of the 157 point to Tilden as the Democratic favorite—the other competitors are nowhere. The Tvnes is satisfied with the result of its plan for feeling the public pulse as a plan, but the result of the feeling itself is not hailed by the Times “ with any particu lar satisfaction,” and it accepts the politico-barometrical reading with resig nation. The Times is of opinion that, “were the Republican National Con vention to be held at once, General Grant would receive the vote of every State except Maine, Nevada, and Oregon, and possibly California. The grounds of his popularity are partly the settled determination on the part of the North not to lose by political revolution the results gained at such cost by the war, partly a desire for a strong man to meet the possible dangers from Com munism ; and partly a desire for a strong re-action against the scare of Imperialism, and the cry of third termism.”

But while the Yankees are ’cute, ’cuteness is not ..the only matter in which they excel, as witness the follow ing choice piece of vituperation against the Grant party, from the New York Nation ,

“While it is true that there is a large .body of respectable Republicans amongst them, it is also true that there is no Re publican whiskey-thief or corruptionist of any discription, defrauder of the revenue, bribe-taker or bribe-giver, worthless or lazy-custom-house or other officer, rascally blackmail editor, knavish contractor or ring-master; no jobber in offices or per quisites; no drunken loafer or gambler! no enemy of improvement in any branch of the Govern . ent, who is not a hearty and vociferous “Grant man,” and who is not now rubbing his his hands over the chance of seeing “the old man” back in the White House. This is an undeniable fact, proofs of which could be readily collected at 200 ‘ points ’ and by 200 cor respondents at least.”

The Hill Concert. — Arrangements for this entertainment are now all but completed, and the programme will appear in our Monday’s issue. The performers comprise some gentlemen who have never yet appeared on an Ashburton platform, and some who have already won laurels here. In addition to songs, duets, &c. there Will be a bit of fun by the Amateur .Christy’s ; a wonderful conjuring feat by a.local wizard, and a most extraordinary performance by an Ashburton “medium”—one, we believe, who is totally independent of the glorious uncer tainty hinted at in the phrase “ Sometimes the spirits work, sometimes they don’t. ”

Change.— The familiar name of Bullock and Co. is no more and Messrs. Edmiston Bros, and Gundry, who purchased the busi ness some twelve months since, will in future carry it on under their own names.

Local Industry. —We have much pleasure in again noticing our local brick manufactory, on the North Belt, erected at considerable cost by the very enter prising merchants, Montgomery and Com pany. In another column an advertise ment states that they are now prepared to supply bricks in any quantity and equal to any made in the colony, and it only requires a visit to the large kiln to prove this. Mr. Potter, the manager, of many years experience, kindly shewed us through the yards and kiln. He states that the works are now capable of turning out 7,000 bricks per day, and the kiln, which is on the German principle, will burn 70,000 at a time. Just to give an idea of the size of this kiln we may say that it took 120,000 bricks to build it and the chimney stalk. There are six drying sheds, each 150 feet long, on the east and west sides of the kiln, and on the north is the machinery-and clay pit, where they are now digging out clay to resume moulding in a few weeks. The clay, we informed, is very good indeed, in fact it could be used for making pots and pipes. There are 14 acres connected with the works calculated to turn out 4 000,000 bricks per acre, which will no doubt meet all demands for some time, even though Ashburton should grow to be a very largely populated place, as ere long it most assuredly will be. It is pleasing also to note that Montgomery and Com pany are using our native coal, and as soon as the railway is completed t>» Mount Somers, this coal will be more generally used, as it is found to answer well and is much cheaper than imported. The brick manufactory at present can supply bricks as cheaply as any other in the colony, so that when the railway is completed the means of transit will be less expensive and thus another advantage will be added to the industry, which we sincerely hope will meet with that support such an enter prise deserves.

THE MAN IN BLACK.

“ I know the man that must hear me, To him my tale I teach !”— Coleridge.

The utility of the gentleman recently exalted to civic dignity is in no way curtailed by pauciloquy. From his repeated displays of what a sagacious Frenchman would daintily term flux de bouche , I think that he either does not account silence as golden, or he is able from his position to disregard the popu lar estimation of this virtue. Oratory, such as we find in a Demosthenes, a Cicero, or a St. Hill, is a heaven-born talent, and that distinguishing the lat ter celebrity, at least, will not be buried in a napkin, even though it waste its sweetness on the desert air. At the. last Council meeting he betrayed an all too apparent aversion to. the monetary institution at present holding the bo rough accounts. He vaguely hinted, and subsequently broadly asserted, that undue partiality was being exhibited in borrowing the from the Bank of New Zealand. Now, I wonder if investments at 7 per cent, are so really scarce that this acute financier should pine to give this lift to his championed purveyors. Entre nous —you and I austere legislator—l think that there would be a considerable display of polite abundance of precedence if pro vision for this matter was left to the two banks for arrangement.

“ Eagles do not bring forth pigeons,” nor can the leopard change its spots, and it is very difficult for a man who has habitually associated with the less fastidious sections of society, to ab ruptly conform his manner to the ways and whims of a puritanical household. One evening last week, accompanied by three friends, all men of average morals, but not “ too fond of the right to pur sue the expedient,” I visited the home of a very estimable but somewhat exact ing acquaintance —a man emphatically moral. I had previously suggested to my companions the propriety of sup pressing during the evening any refer ence to cards, horses, and diggings; and, to do them justice, they sustained their assumed piety most admirably until late in the evening, when an excellent supper had lubricated their conversational powers and ■ they ran trippingly on the tongue. Then a little contretemps occurred, electryifying the previously pensive assembly in a man ner which would have considerably astonished those unacquainted with the tender susceptibilities of those un tarnished by the world. We had man fully done the prettiest hymns, one of my young friends who has an unfortu nate proclivity for “ right bowers,” and whose every day appearance much resembles that of an ex-pugilist or a retired butcher, having taken the lead ing solos, when the well-known mathe matical game of “Buz” was intro duced by one of the most sportive and least regenerate of the household. This melancholy pastime is probably familiar to most of my readers, and to the un initiated I will preserve a generous reticence. We sat around in a circle and counted, omitting sevens. An

eminent divine—one that Hood would have described as “ piety personified ” —ran the score up to “ nine I fol lowed with “ ten,” and before I could sink into the earth, or melt my all too solid flesh into nothingness, my friends, in quick succession, followed with

“ knave,” “ queen,” “ king.” . If that maleficent being, familiarly known as “ Oid Harry,” had dropped in to take a lpmd, the consternation could not have been more complete, and the festivities closed with an abruptness which did not augur well for further opportunities of enjoying the same hos pitality. ;

It is not often that I stoop to utility, such lowness is deservedly driven out of good company, and it is radically bad in me ; but I cannot restrain a bub bling of philanthropy which prompts me to reveal to the public the nature of these recently innovated “ delayed tele grams.” I need not enter into the de tails of the annoyance I suffered in a recent attempt to save a nimble six pense by availing myself of this chime rical economy, but I may briefly say that “‘delay” in this department means twenty-four hours, or otherwise a te!e : gram of this description takes about twice the time an active r pedestrian would to traverse the distance.

A friend of mine, always bristling in sweet metaphor, likened a recently re tired Councillor unto a “ steam engine in breeches.” If my memory serves me rightly it was the immortal Sydney that first gave utterance to this characteristic simile, but the citation well expressed the laudable energy displayed by this individual and others, his colleagues, during the first week of their elevation. How different now; one by one these patricians are eschewing politics and again frequenting the paths of ordinary mortals. No more can I with filial exultation, wave my hand towards the paternal nine, and exclaim “ See there stability !” They are dribbling off, and soon, I fear, we shall sing over the solitary survivor- -probably. Councillor St. Hill— “ The last rose of summer Left blooming alone, All its lovely companions

Are fated and gone. ” And then a new .order of men will arise, adding to this affecting ditty, as they kick the forlorn Councillor out of office, — “ We’ll not have thee, thou lone one To pine on the stem ; Since the lovely are sleeping Go, sleep thou with them.”

TELEGRAPHIC.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS. AUSTRALIAN (Reuter's Telegrams.) Sydney, July 11. The Legislative Assembly has passed the Loan Bill. Inthe'Estimates, the items providing for the extension of the rail way into Sydney were omitted.

Melbourne, July u.

Mr. Berry, in replying to a deputa tion, declined to repeal the Stock Tax, though favorable to granting some con cession.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

{Special Telegram to the Herald .)

Another Fire.

Auckland, Saturday.

At two o’clock this morning fire broke out in a two-storey building at the corner' of Hobson and Victoria streets. The block of building .was owned by a Mrs. Hobson'and rented by W.* Long, a laborer. The house consisted of 12 rooms. Mrs., Long carried on business as a milliner and had occupied fpr a week past the whole front part of the building. For a week the back rooms of Long’s house have been without tenants and in these empty rooms the fire began. The family went to bed at 10'o’clock, and were awakened by a sound of breaking glass. On getting up and looking through a glass door in the ,passage it was discovered that the back part of the building was a mass of flame. With difficulty they escaped, with the children, in their nightdresses. The stock and furniture were insured for ;£ioo in the Colonial Insurance. From the house at the rear of the burned build ing Lucas, a fisherman, had a narrow escape. Had it ‘ not been for the exertions of constables McGilpan and McDonald,, who carried him out, he would have been suffocated if not burned. All th eir.furniture is destroyed as well as dresses, clothes, &c. Mrs. Long had a shop adjoining this shop at the corner of Victoria street, occu pied by W. H. Dampier. The wind blew flames on to it and the upper part was gutted. The stock was insured for and in the Standard, but haffi reinsured for in the Union. The policy expires in a few. days. In the course of twenty minutes the fire was fully under contral. A large por tion of Dampier’s stock is saved but some of it is damaged by water. Samoa. Arrived —-Schooner Ovalan from Sa moa. The American war-ship Locarno

arrived there from Callao. A civil war between Maetoo and the Government party seems imminent, it being reported that the Government party were osten sibly going to pay visits to Noumea, but really to retake Mulinee. In a short space of time they had 4,000 armed men on the point, as a guard to the King. If possession is attempted operations will take place at once.

Wellington, Saturday.

At two o’clock this morning the Supreme Court jury returned a verdict of “ not guilty” in the case of arson against Mrs. Phillips. The charge of perjury against Alphonso Rush, arising out of the above case, was withdrawn. The Court adjourned until Monday.

Theft of a Bullock,

Dunedin, Saturday.

Alexander Rocard was to-day com mitted for trial on the charge of killing a bullock and making away with the carcase.

The accession of Mr. O’Rorke to the Speakership is received favorably here.

CHISPA’S LETTER.

“ I am not yet so baht that you can see my bra ; as. ’’ —Longfei. low.

“ Shakespeare looks abroad from some high: cliff superior, and enjoys with raptured eyes, the elemental war.” I don’t know who said this. I don’t care. He was a fool, anyhow, because you can enjoy the elemental war far better looking through the window of a warm room, as I did yesterday, than you can on some “ high .cliff-superior.” I fancy if any man, no matter how poetical his soul, was to stand on some “ high cliff superior ” while such a snow laden gale nagged at him as nagged at me yesterday afternoon, he’d jolly quick make tracks out of that same “ elemental war.” It’s always best to view a fight from the distance—unless you are sure of getting the very best of the tussle; that is, tumbling your foe without getting a scratch yourself. That’s Disraeli’s “peace with honor” policy. Russia would have tumbled England somewhat—so it was better not to fight : that time. But who was ever to think a set of black savages like the Zulus would have stood two shots from an English Martini-Henry. It was quite right to fight them, of course; and so Diz. went for them. I daresay if you could/ ransack the old , man’s mental memorandum book,. you’d find an entry like this against the Zulu war —“ Hit one o’ your own size, or less, in future; and be sure of it first.” Sir George’s lot were great on the peace with honor lay till they found that the poor Maoris had got a bee in their bon net, and then it was a case of souls in arms and burning for the fray. But there are,some times when people can’t help getting into the very thick of a fight, and getting hard knocks, too. It may be a fight with foes to the death, like the Zulus, or it may be against hard times and evil fortune. Poor Wren is just now fighting a battle of the latter kind, and he knows what it is to get hard knocks. Fancy a man having to buffet the world with his hands full of a month old child, —and two other toddlers clinging to his coat skirts—with out a place to lay it down either, while he tried to earn their bread and his own. That’s a war one can’t very well view with raptured eyes, but its one poor Wren has to fight, notwithstanding, Until the authorities' come, down from their “ height superior ” and relieve him of his burden, or until private generosity steps in, and by lightening his load for the time set-free his hands for labor.

Its'an' excellent word to live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in But to beg, or to borrow, or to ask for one’s own, ’Tis the very worst world that ever was known. I have a vague recollection of having once heard Sault, the clown, repeat this scrap of rhyme in the ring. It don’t matter a rap where it came from, I’m only afraid there are too many in Ash burton and other parts of New. Zealand .who have , bitterly, realised the vast amount of truth that can be wrapped up in four lines of the language. The Bankruptcy Court, which has been so very busy for the past three or four months, could, I doubt not,,give fearful verification to those-four lines,' besides many men -who are fortunate enough to look upon that Court from some “ high cliff superior,”—the cliff of a big bank balance. But there is a body of men who,: I. am much afraid, will find -the truth of my clown’s quartette when they come to count heads on that £15,000 loan : It will be a mistake made by the people if they say “No ” with a strong voice; but I am not sanguine that most votes will go with the Aye ticket. The raven. is a bird of evil onien, and he seems to have' alighted over the chamber doors of some of our ratepayers, and in answer to their query regarding the return of prosperity to Ashburton has croaked out to them “ Nevermore.” I’d advise such as have heard the croak of the bird to at once sell out, at any sacrifice, and go 1 where glory or anything else awaits them—for they have not learned with Longfellow to “labor, and to wait;” and when they have' been -visited by./the- rav/n somewhere else they’ll come back here and growl over their own tom-foolery in having let go the hold of what was their ends ol Dame Fortune’s leading strings. Chi spa.

The “Post,” commenting upon present Native complications, says:—“ln any lease the Parihaka nest must be entirely and fi nally bi’oken up, the disaffected Natives completely dispersed, and tlieir ringleaders prosecuted with exemplary severity. It also recommends the arrest at all hazards of Te Whiti and Hiroki, the murderer. A Native of Cologne arrived; at Paris on a visit to the Exhibition. At the Sta tion lie put himself under the guidance of a person who was looking out for visitors. He was soon installed in private lodgings in the Rue de . As soon as his lug gage was brought up he wrote a letter to his wife, informing her of his safe arrival, and giving her his address. The wife had scarcely read the the letter when a tele gram was handed to her from her husband, asking her as quickly as possible to send his address in the French capital, as he had lost himself, and had no recollection of where his lodgings were—not even the street.

, JS79.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD



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Clothing Establishment. ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OP MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Me. J. H. Morrison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND Mr. John- Ross, Of Sargood, Sons & Ewings - Trustees. THE above large Clothing Manufac turing Firm having had to succumb to these hard-times, and assign their estate, we have been induced by the Trustees to purchase the whole of their large Manufactured Stock at a Very Heavy Reduction, and have resolved to sell the same again in our Branches direct to the public at prices at which we could not legitimately sell our own Goods. In fact (without exaggeration) during the next few weeks we are in a position to offer NEW GOODS IN MEN’S AND BOYS’ ATTIRE, Of Colonial Manufacture, at from 'ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF THEIR USUAL COST. HALLENSTEIN BROS., New Zealand Clothing Factory. The assigned Stock will be for Sale in our Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory.



ASHBURTON HERALD, Published Daily. Country Edition ... 3 p.m. Town Edition ... 4.30 p. m. are requested to make known any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or Country, which shall be immediately remedied. Country Sub scribers along the Wakanui Road to the school, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Newland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesday and Friday. Holloway’s Pills. Pure Blood. —As tlii s Vital fluid, when in a healthy state, sustain , 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-S ' hlks' of exercising a salutary influence-over bloid must with it be carried to eve*y living fibre of the frame. The lungs, heart, live*! kidneys, and skin, all receive benefits from more wholesome condition. Holloway’s-gjrejf fling PiUs operate directly, powerfully, and* beatfictiuly, upon the whole mass of blood, whether venous or arterial. They strengthen the stomach, excite the liver and kidneys, -e-cpel disease, and prolong existence.



Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED having COM PLETED their KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal to - * ; any made in the Colony, at any Station, up or down. Samples to be seen at the Company s Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, and Winslow. W. MONTGOMERY & CO. [Limited]. 77a



Public Notices. CHAINMAN— Wanted, an experienced Chainman. Wages, Bs. Apply at once. W. G. HAYWARD, 105 a Survey Camp, Southbridge. IN BANKRUPTCY. ~ T’N consequence of Mr. Alexander JL Oswald Aitken having.surrendered to me the Trusteeship of the estates of Messrs. Francis Phillip Leßreton and John Broom, I have appointed Air. Frederick Pavitt, certificated accountant in Bankruptcy to he Creditors’ Trustee, and the said Frederick Pavitt has signified in writing his acceptance of said trustee ship. By. order. C. CAVENDI ill HURRELL, 104 a Clerk of the Court.



ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. LOAN OF ,£15,000. IN pursuance of the Municipal: Cor porations Act, 1570,” and “ Regula tion of Local Elections Act, 1876,” I hereby give notice that a Poll will be taken on the above question on Thursday, the 17th July, at the Town Hall Ashburton, commencing at 9 a.m. a,nd closing at 6 p. in. CHARLES BRADDELL, Returning Officer. AshbaHou, July 10th, 1879 91a ELECTION OF MEMBERS. NORTH ASHBURTON ROAD DIS TRICT. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that an Election of- Five Members to constitute the first Board of the new Road District Of North Ashburton, will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd day of July instant. The NOMINATION of Can didates will take place at 10 a. m. on the above date, at the Gasworks, near'Asii burton, and a POLL, if necessary, will be proceeded with immediately afier the nomination, and close at 4 p. in. of the same day. ' ’ ' JOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN, Returning Officer. Ashburton, July 3, 1879. 51a ELECTION OF MEMBERS. LOWER ASHBURTON ROAD DIS DISTRICT. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that an Election of Five Members, to constitute the first Board of the new Road District of Lower Ashburton, will be held on FRIDAY, the 25th day of J ULY instant. The NOMINATION of Candidates will take place atMOfa. in. on the above date, at the Schoolhohse, Wil lowhy, and a POLL, if necessary, will be proceeded with immediately after the nomination, and close at 4 p.lll. the same day. JAMES WILKIE, i Returning Officer. Ashburton, July 3. 1879. 50a ’ GD. BOILEAU, ACCOUN T A N T .. AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS. Rents and Debts collected. . ■ • 103 a The Pulpit.; SPECIAL REVIVAL SERVICES Will commence in the PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, WiLj'jS teWy ON . * Cl UN DAY, JULY 13 th, fe And continue throughout the week. Preaching each evening to commence at 7 p.lll All are affectionately invited. : ! ' ' 74a WESLEYAN CHURCH, Cameron Street.—Service will be conducted in the above Church To-morrow Morning by Mr. G. Silvester, and in the Evening by the Rev. W. Keall. Afternoon—Sun day School Address by Mr. G. Silvester. 98a RESBY TERIAN CHURCH—Divine Service will be conducted in the above Church To-morrow morning and evening by the Rev. A. M. Beatty, M.A. 100 a PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH; Wills-street—Service will be con ducted in the above Church To-morrow Morning and Evening.. . 99a Meetings. TAB r|T —NOTICE is hereby given 1.U.11.1. that a DISTRICT CONVENTION of Good Templars will be held oil the 15th July, 1579, ; in the I :gm?*, ar Haui, Moore Street, Ashburton.. All Good. Templars in the District of ivl hi- Canterbury are requested to attend, and especially officers and past officers. The 2nd ami 3rd De gree will be conferred oil all eligible candi dates. 70a K. SAN Dr), District Deputy, G.W.C.T.



Meetings. I# IN BANKRUPTCY. R. A MEETING of the Creditorsof CPI ARLES SMITH EL, of Ashburton, Contractor, will be held at the offices of E. G. Crisp, solicitor, Montgomery’s Buildings, Ashburton, on Saturday next, the 19th inst. at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to consider an application by the said Charles Smithel for his discharge. Dated this 12th day of July, 1879. W. R. BOYLE,. Trustee. E. G. Crisp, Solicitor for Debtor. ' 95 a R. V. IN BANKRUPTCY. j A MEETING of the Creditors of WIL LIAM DeBLAQUERE COMPTON, of Ashburton, Poundkeeper, will be held at the offices of E. G. Crisp, solicitor, Montgomery’s Buildings, Ashburton, on Friday next, the 18th inst., at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to consider an application by the said William Oeßlaquere Compton for his discharge. ■ W. R. BOYLE, Creditors’ Trustee. E. G. Crisp, Solicitor for Debtor. 96a R. IN BANKRUPTCY. A MEETING of the Creditors of HENRY McCUTCHEON, of Ashburton, Con tractor, will be held at the office of E. : G. Crisp, solicitor, Montgomery’s Buildings, Ash burton, on Thursday next, the 17th inst., at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to consider an applica tion by the said Henry McCutcheon for his discharge. . y • ’ Dated this I2th day of July,. ,1879. ; JOHN ORR, : ]- trustee- HENRY DUDSON, \ iulstee - E. G. Crisp, ; . . 1 Solicitor for Debtor. , 97a Public Notice. : J HEREBY CERTIFY'that Mr. Lan caster’s 'children are not suffering from Diphtheria. F. MACBEAN STEWART. Ashburton, July 11, 1879. 90a ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. PUBLIC NOTICE. IATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that J3j a SPECIAL MEETING of the Ashburton County Council will be held at the office of the Council on WEDNES DAY, the 6th day of AUGUST, 1879, immediately after the ordinary meeting, for the purpose of confirming or otherwise the following resolution adopted at a special meeting of the Council held on the 2nd day cf July, 1879. . ;» / /> w. c. walker, Chairman. Ashburton, July 4th, 1879. COPY OF RESOLUTION. Resolved— “ That the fees and charges at the ■ proposed Hinds and Mount Somers : J ' Pounds be the same as'those charged at the Ashburton Pound. CHARGES FOR DRIVING CATTLE. For any number of cattle of any sort whatso* ever not exceeding twenty-five in number, one shilling for every mile or fractional part of a mile from the residence. of the person driving such cattle, to the residence of the owner of the same, or to the pound. For any number exceeding twenty-five, two shillings per mile. For giving notice - of detention, of.cattle :—For every mile or part of a mile exceeding one furlong from the residence of the owner cf the cattle, one shilling, provided that in no case shall the charge for so driving or for giving notice exceed the sum of two pounds. POUND FEES. • s. For each Entire Horse above the age of twelve months • . . __ ••• ,2 For each Mare, Gelding, Colt, Filly, Foal, Mule, AsS, Goat, and Pig ... 1 For each Bull above the age of twelve:' i:, months ... .... 2 d. 6 o 6 For each Ox, Cow, Steer, .Heifer, or .jCalf.(first ten) ... , ... - r . : o ,6 For each Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer or Calf (above ten).: ... ' 0 4 For each Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer, or Calf (above thirty)...... ... , ... 0 3 For each Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer or Calf (above fifty) ... .;. O 2 For each’Raiii above the age of nine months .ujfV... ..... ° 6 For each Ewe, Wether,.,or Lamb (first twenty) ... 0 2 For. every Ewe, Wether, or Lamb (above twenty) ... 0 1 For every Ewe, Wether, or Lamb (above one hundred) ... ••• 9/4 The above fees to be p aid for , each da 7 or part of a day during which the animal is kept in the pound. ■ i , CHARGES FOR FOOD. For every Horse,. Mare, Gelding, Mule, Ass, Colt, Filly, Foal or Bull, Cow, Steer, Heifer, or Calf ... 1 0 For every Sheep or Lamb ... ... o 1 For every Goat o 2 For every Boar; Sow, or Pig ... ...,/p; 6 The above charges to be paid for each day or part of a day during which' the animal is sup plied with food and water by the poundkeeper POUNDKEEPER’s FEES FOR GIVING NOTICE . OF CATTLE IMPOUNDED. For giving notice to any owner, agent, or bailiff within twenty miles of the Pound : For every mile or part of a mile, exceeding one n: v: .furlong from.the 1 Pound : to the residence of the owner of the cattle, is. .' . '> For posting a notice where the owner may b‘e . not known dr lives at a- greater distance than twenty miles from the Touud, and has no agent or bailifl' within that dis tance, is.