POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close at follows :

For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. 4 p.m,, ard 7.30 p.m., da : ly. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m. daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m., ard 4 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald. Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine,at 10.20 a.m. da ; ly. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton on Tuesdays and Fridays at t 0.30.30 a.m. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, at 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, .y . Postmaster. NOTICE. The mext mails for the United Kingdom via Brindisi and Southampton (for specially ad dressed letters only) will be closed at Christ church on June 30. The mail via Brindisi will be due, in London on Aug. 25, and the mail via Southampton on Sept. 1. 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, JUNE 28, 1879.

The Christy's. —We do not suppose any human being in Ashburton requires to be told the rain of to-day was heavy and continuous, though every man informs his neighbor as he spludges past him on the street that “its wet.” In conse quence of rain the Amateur Christy per formance advertised for this evening is postponed till Monday. The Mammoth Minstrels gave their entertainment last night to a fair audience. It was, as we expected, one of the best of its kind, and kept the house in a continual roar. We have no doubt that on any future appearance in Ashburton the Mam moths will be listened to by-a crowded, audience. The Larceny op a Cheque Case.— To-day His Worship committed Alfred Moray for trial on the charge of larceny,! in connection with the cheque drawn by Mr. Procter for £ls 15s. in favor of Mr. Kidd. When asked if he had any state ment to make, the prisoner was proceeding to speak when a woman in court; said loudly “ no. ” Prisoner looked round, and mechanically answered that he had no statement to make. The Best Table in Ashburton. —ln the case of J. F.. Butler, who secured a license yesterday for a house to be built to the eastward of the site of the old New Inn, which he previously occupied, Mrs. Anastasia Butler stated that her boarders complimented her upon the table she kept, which was not excelled by any hotel in the township. Immediately before her statement, her lawyer, Mr. Loughnan, in advocating the application, said the house was intended for working men who were unable to pay the high tariff of more im posing hotels. Truly, Mrs. Butler must be a public benefactor. The Bench be lieving that more accommodation was required in the town, granted the license. The teetotallers must surety have been' outpaced when they had no one at hand to point out that, for want of patronage, two large boarding-houses for 'working men have had to close within the past six months, and one was yesterday in Court applying for a holel license.

CHISPA’S LETTER

“ I am not yet so bald that you can see, my • brains. Longfellow. G-y

• ;It is some time ;sin.ee J, essayed; to wield the weapon which is mightier than the sword, arid I , would not. now resume but that 1 , my country calls j for aid in the hour of trial, - I mean to join the Ashburton Volunteers, and then when I have rubbed up my old know ledge of drill, .offer my services to Go vernment, and go to the “front.” ■ I cannot claim sixteen years'!' experience under arms, and two of them in active service,,; like my the. patriotic gentleman who presided at the Volunteer meeting last Saturday, ■ and under whose gallant leadership I should certainly fear no foe, but I daresay I shallj present just as good a mark for a Maori bullet as any other, and in a fair fight! in the open I can make a bull’s eye just as easily with a Maori for:a target as I can upon the regulation iron.: How easily—is none of your busiriess. When I listened to the soul stirring eloquence of the; ch,airman, and to the inspiring periods of Mr. Garnett, I felt that all the martial glory of the country whose

l¥fa%has hrayecl a thousand, years j ' ■The battle and tfie hfeezep - had; centered; in' Shearman’s : sample rooms, and all that was wanted was a valorous captain at our head. Give us a noble, leader —a man whose soul quaketh not for aught human —and we would face well, what Tam o’Slianter was prepared to face after a qudich of usquebagh. Since that martial meetirig the school-boys have taken to practice with lath and swords and array ing themselves in paper helmets. The Licensing Commissioners, too, • have risen to the occasion, and, knowing that from every corner of the county the, stalwart sons of Ashburton will rally to the standard raised ; behind the Somerset, they have granted another license, so that Mrs. Butler’s ability in supplying “accommodation ” may be at the service of her adopted country’s national deferiders. Bravo, Butler— may your shadow never grow less, and your light never be “ quinched.”

Whether the Ashburton unemployed have found enough work to keep their hands, heads, and digestives in work ing order, or ; whether they have become disgusted with the state of affairs and have relapsed into sullen don’t know. But they haven’t made any stir of late. I mention this because an observant friend of mine called me into the street one day during-the week’ to witness gas pipelaying, reminding me at the'Same: time that there was no say-; ing what in these times a man may have to do for his daily bread. ' “jChispa,” lie said, there’s a'wide sea and a roving tide for one’s journey through life,' arid instead of inksfinging with a quill you may perchance have to sling shingle with; a long-handled shovel. Here’s ; a lesson for you.iThose streets have all been opened and pipes laid under them. Look at how the job’s done. You pitch out the gravel first, and then the clay and dirt to the, necessary depth, then lay ; your,.pipes, then fill in. But method is everything. You began at the gravel when you started opening ; begin with the gravel when you start filling. When you have done, a fine ridge of.clay will stand up to get softened j by the wet, and take a print of every foot that crosses the Those prints will memorialise .your genius and testify to the fact that in pick and shovel work you are a self taught man.”. I noted down a debt of one drink to,:be; “stood”’ to -my frienjd when my teetotal principles are among the things,-that were—(that’s , another “ bad debt ” owing to niy friend)—and forthwith proceeded to practice on my gravel walk. My boss said nothing while the work was going oh, :: believing I was economically inclined, and was laying myiown service pipe.' But com-; ing home in the dark and the wet, the ridge of mud I so successfully raised received her: in its :slippery bosom -r-4-. Do you want a special correspondent for the Maori, war? , I’ll go, The result of that fall was’enough for rile.'

The Borough Council never made! a greater mistake in their, life than when they went in for a little bit of amateur' law making. It was. the shabbiest thing possible to chisel tli’e’wig' and gown' out of its fee for the work, and they see the result of it. .With an amateur magis trate on the behch, and the ghost of the lost fee hovering around the Court, how can the. Council expect that by-laws of their making can ever be sufficient to convict an offender ? The very seal upon the Mayor’s signature is .not ih ac cordance with law. No, gentlemen, it won’t do. Send the by-laws away to some great lawyer in Dunedin or' Wel lington, or in Christchurch and have them done properly—so that they'may resist annoying pettifogging attacks, and then you’ll get along. . But you’ll have, to spend as much on the’job as you did upon the Water Engineer “of stand ing.]’’: |

Tired of the Task. —A station band came into town lately and entering the dining-room of, an hotel, began upon the bill of fare. A fter'Keeping three waiters nearly an hour employed m bringing clf.sh.es to him, he called one of them to him, heaved a sigh, and whispered, as he spread tiie bi v V‘ of fare before him and pointed with his finger, “ Mister, I’vp pt to thar, and”—moving his finger doyn to the bottom of ; the page “ef it fain’t against the rule, I’d like to slop front that to thar.”

YESTERDAY’S COURT.

‘Before F. Guinness, EsQ| ; \fcM. ~. |* .{LARCENY OF A CHEQUE:;'-, Alfred Moray was intlr this offence. . >'£; ,•:.•/’■. \ •' . Edward( Procter: saidyd I am* a faiv ;mer living at Chertsey. I was at Ashburton.joh... June '23rd at q.gp.p.ni. I was at the "Royal '-Hotel. George* .Kidd was with me. I .gave Kidd a cheque. I wrote out 4 cheques in all. 3 at the one time. The first' cheque was blotted and I destroyed it The second I wrote was for 15s. The , cheque .produced is the one. I then told Kidd’ I had written out the cheque for £ls 155.: instead of for. ~1.55.. It should.haye been for £5 15s. I then wrote one for that amount. Ido not know what became of the £ls 15s. cheque, I tore itout of the book and left it on the table. The cheque-book produced is mine- and the-butts;in it correspond to the three cheques I drew. The. £ls 15s. cheque wasgood; . I had funds in the bank to meet it. I believe I have seen prisoner in Ashburton before. He had no authority to get the cheque. I owe him no money, and have never paid him a cheque for 1,55./ Hei sever .worked fo.r me, saw you in Ashburton before. I am not sure I ever saw you before. George Kidd, sworn, said : I am a blacksmith, living in Ashburton. I remember’the 23rd of this, month, . . ! I was ; at the-,Royal .Hotel. ; on that day with Mr. Procter, about 3.30 p.m. Mr. Procter blotted a cheque he was writing for me, and I tore it up and burned it. He then wrote another for 15s. I believe this is the cheque. I said, “ You have made another mistake, it is for £ l s instead of for £5 155.” Procter then tore it out of the cheque book and left it on the table. He then wrote out another for £$ 15s. We then both rose and went out. I did not take.ihe 15s. cheque with me, nor did I see Procter take it away. The; cheques were written in the PI all of the Ashburton-Hotel. No one else was present at. the time they 'were written. Ino not know accused, and never had any dealings with him. I never gave him a cheque for £\s 155., signed Proctor Bros. John Toppin, sworn, said: lama barman at the . Royal Hotel. I know prisoner. • He and his wife were stopping at the Royal Hotel. They came there on Monday week. I re member the 23rd inst. About 7 p.m. that day I asked prisoner to settle his account. . He. wasi them- in ''debt one - pound one shilling. He said in reply he would pay when the week was com plete, on the Wednesday night. I said unless you pay up you cannot stop. He promised to pay up on the follow ing morning. Shortly after, I again - saw him, and he pulled a piece of paper out of his watch-pocket resembling a cheque, I, think I saw, a stamp mark on it like that on cheques. He shojv'ed it to a person to whom he was speaking and said, “ I am not broke when I have this.” There was a table in the hall, close to the foot of the stairs. There are writing! materials on it for the benefit ofjthei.public. By accused—l served, you with two drinks about 8 p.m. on the 23rd. I said “ It is time you were squaring up.” I saw you again when you.pulled out a .cheque.; that was. the last, time I saw you that night; you then went to bed shortly after 8 p.m. At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. White, solicitor, applied to His Worship requesting him to hear a civil case which had .been adjourned five*.times. It was for a small amount arid necessi tated the presence of witnesses from Timaru who would be unable to return to that town that evening unless the case was at once heard. His Worship adjourned :the v case.- against Moray till 10 a.m. : TO-DAY, CASE RESUMED.

Alexander Allan Rattray, teller in the Union Bank of Australia, Ashbur ton, had seen prisoner before. He came into the bank about ten o’clock on the morning of the 23rd instant, and presented a cheque for 15 s., drawn by Proctor Bros., in favor, of Mr. 'Kidd. I did not:’cash it, but gave as an answer —-“ funds not’ cleared.” Told him to call again next morning. Prisoner was a stranger to me, and Ij used my own discretion. The cheque- ! book produced. (B) was issued to one; pf;:Ojir customers. Prisoner was asked; by the manager--where he got the' cheque. ‘ He replied' he got it off a ‘man named Johnson, in Temuka. G. J. Martin, clerk to Mr. Lancaster, butcher, Ashburton, saw prisoner be-i tween 7 and 8 o'clock p.irl. bn the ajrd. He came into the shopand said “How : are you off for cash ?” I remarked “ pretty .well,” and he then presented the .; cheque produced. . I refused to casA the‘ cheque not thinking'it genuine: I knew prisoner as cook for Messrs. Mutch and McKenzie, and that he had 1 left their employ a few days. When I refused to cash the cheque prisoner asked me where I; thought itrwas likely he. could • get the cheque ; cashed, and said he would endorse it if I was afraid it was not right. He wanted me to give him a few pounds/on . account of the .cheque'add ihte rest-another time.

Duncan MacKenzie, landlord of the Ashburton Hotel, remembered the 23rd of June,hhat' evening he)saw prisoner who asked him to 'cash the.cheque for .£jj 155., produced —he refused be cause he .was short of change—he' knew prisoner who * 'had cooked for witness 6 weeks and left on June 14th.

The real reason why witness refused to cash cheque was that he did not under stand how he had a cheque for so large an amount as when accused left he had paid him a cheque for, £z is- 6d. ££ Iff By prisoner—l had no fault, ;to find with you, your dealings with me were straightforward. Robert Hill, manager at the Com mercial Hotel—-On the 23rd of June, at about 8 o’clock, prisoner came into the hotel and asked for a bottle of brandy. Being -told - that the only brandy in the house was 10s. a bottle he said that would do, and tendered .a cheque for 15s. (produced) drawn by Procter Bros, in favor of George •Ividd, ......Not. knowing, the, .signature, witness took the cheque .to Mr. Quill, the landlord, who would not permit him to cash it. Returned the cheque to prisoner saying that it. could not be cashed. Prisoner asked for,an advance of seven or eight pounds on the cheque, saying the cheque was all right as he had .been working for “them ”—mean ing Procter Bros. Knew prisoner had been working for MacKenzie, and that the statement about working, for Procter; Bros, was’ false. ' About' 1 a week before' prisoner had been seeking employment from witness. • : :

4 *By ‘prisoner>*-Said •>. prison ef.* eoul<L have the bottle of brandy if he left the cheque until morning. This was after the previous conversation, and prisoner replied it was a large cheque to leave for 1 os.

J;. D. Penny, waiter at Somerset Hotel, said that on the 23rd of June a man came to the Somerset Hotel at half-past seven. He presented a cheque drawn by Proctor Brothers in favor of George Kidd for 15s (identified cheque produced). The -man asked for a bottle of brandy. Took. the. cheque.to.the bar to be cashed, but as there, was not enough money there it could* not be cashed’ Neither had Mr., Shearman enough money, so prisoner got the cheque again. Prisoner asked for something on account, but was re fused and referred to the bank or ano ther hotel. Believed prisoner was the man, but would not swear to his identity. This closed the evidence and His Worship committed prisoner for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court at Christchurch. THE BY-LAWS INVALID. FURIOUS RIDING. , J. W." M‘Rae, was accused of this offence in 'that he rode a horse at a‘furious rate down East street,, to, the danger of the. lieges. ; Mr. Branson for the defence alleged the illegality of the by-laws, and ques tioned the seals upon them. : Mr. Braddell, town clerk, proved the sbals of the Borough. MI; Branson pointed ouF that the copy of the by-laws on which the charge' was founded was stitchedytogether, not on .one complete sheet, and that ; the book was sealed at the, beginning and' at the , end, and; riot on "each . page consecutively. He quoted from the 3rd vol. of the N.Z.. Jurist a case that occured at Terauka m which a pro vincial,ordinance was rejected because it was not sealed; and the’rejection-was sustained in the Court of Appeal. Holding up a copy, of the supplement to the Ashburton 'Herald, on which the by-laws were printed, Mr.. Branson said, that being a single sheet, a seal upon it would have been legal, but the bound book, unsealed cri each page, was not legal. He, however, would waive that objection and proceed with the case on its merits: V He- then asked ; for an extract from the Borough Council’s minutes regarding the Council’s appro val of the by-laws. . T' ;; r Mr! Braddell.produced the minutes, and read an extract from them authoris ing the'Clerk to forward the by-laws to the Governor for assent. The by-laws ■were sent.up to Wellington and returned to witness with certain alteratiohs'made upon them. ’ '‘V/L'./Q/// By, Mr..., Branson—Can,you produce a minute.,.,showing that the,by-laws as published‘have ever been adopted by the Council ? ""

' Mr. Braddell • said' he could find no minute of any special meeting, to adopt the. by-laws. . ' Mr. Branson-—Were 'you ' present at any meeting of the Council where a resolution adopting thqse, by-laws as altered by. the law:, officers was passed ?, >iMr. .Bra'ddelb-^I;j f.must't : have ..[been: present, otherwise I could not have got; the orders: ;; : ' : . 1: 1 • 1 •• ~ I

Mr. Branson—Of your own know-! ledge can you say: that such a resolution was passed at a meeting, of the Coun cil?-

- Thd resolution was passed .at a meet ing of the By-laws Committee.

The Bench —The Committee is not the Council.

Mr. Branson —Can you produce; the original copy of the by-laws sent by you to Wellington ?. .1' . Witness produced the; Original copy as it was returned from Wellington, and with the alterations upon it. 7 i Mr. Branson said that section 342 of the Act'recognised the production of a sealed copy of the by-laws as evidence that they were adopted unless the coii • trary were proved A He could prove the contrary;'? The. '.minutes of the Borough Council showed -no special meeting having been held: to adopt the by-laws after the nth of November. } '-thd meeting onf.the.. 11 th,- November d-<d;:;any an-, nouncement-.appear in any of the;.news papers testifying that a meeting [would be held to adopt the by-laws! • \ •

Mr. Braddell could not recollect !if any such notification was put in any 1

; paper, nor could ..he recollect sum- of the Coun cil tp adopt (the by-laws, i ' Mr. Branson argued at some length in.support *6f-his contention that the by-laws were not; in force, inasmuch as, though they had been sent to Welling ton for kth'e; Governor’s sanction, and returned amended by the law officers of the crown, no special meeting of the Council • had been held to adopt the amended by-laws, and no notification of such meeting as required by law had been made. The present by-laws had never been adopted by the Council. His,., JVorship,. in dismissing , the charge said it was important that all the provisions of the- Act . should be ..complied with, in . eyery % particular, as v the Actgave the .borough; (large powers! of inflicting penalties. important omissions had been made. in.; the pro- -y i cedure in preparing . .and adopting | f those laws, and 1 those omissions were fatal to their validity. : He must therefore declare the by-laws' of sAsh-nv/ burton null, and dismiss all the’cases coming before him under them.

TELEGRAPHIC.

TO-DAY ; S CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

: (.Special to the Melbourne Age.") . : London, June, 27. Syzran, a town in Russia, has been utterly destroyed by fire.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

(Special Telegram to the Herald.) Native Affairs. ■ ■ | -Hawera;; Friday*. '; Tawhita, one of the proposed hostages of ' Monday, a leader amongst the ploughers, has been, bouncing about... town to-day,/ He was in the store of Max King, who watched him narrowly, he being a well known thief. King caught him in the act of stealing a pair of trowsers and a vest, and allowed hifti to walk but of the shop, when he stopped him and gave him into Sergeant Cahill’s charge. He is now in;the Hawera lock-tip.

Saturday.

The native Tamiti, who stole the clo thing from the shop of' Max King, has* been sentenced to six months’ imprison ment, and is at present on his way to* Wanganui gaol.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

(Reuters Telegrams.)

. | - "■ •* ' : ‘ J ' s London) -June- 26. A O 'Complying with The order of the ' Sultan the Khedive has abdicated in favor of his son, the hereditary Prince Tewfik. '" ' ' : A 1 ’ 1 ' ' "

i The abdication of the Khedive of Egypt;'is; confirmed.yjThe of the Exchequer, in reply to a question) said that misgovernment was the chief cause of his deposition, and non-com pliance with financial engagements had added to it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has promised: to produce the papers connected with the matter at an early date. Ai/vIDA

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reuter’s Telegrams)

Melbourne, June 27,

: Pastor Chiniquy’s lecture at Hobart Town was not delivered. The authori ties are swearing in special constables. The Bishop has issued an address to Catholics to abstain from attending, x Arrived—Albion from, the Bluff .

SYpNEX^Junp^jr.

Hennessy’s brandy, case 32s 6d; quarters, 9s 3 New Zealand : Wheat, un changed / oats is pd to. 25 3d .3 j sugar, tobacco unchanged.-* j

The area of, wheat in cultivation, has largely increased... It is estimated that the : yield will Be nearly a: million bushels increase coniparedwith last: year.

Adelaide, June 27.

Wheat, 4s yd.'

A Duffer Bridge. —The iiihabitaii±*[,of Nelson have the pleasure of-crossing pretty little Maitai river omwhut is in. - good weather as fine looking a Bridge as-... one may see anywhere, but the- gne-eyed architect, whoever-he- is, built it so' that in wet weather water- stands on the road* . . way an inch or more in depth,, no pto vision existing for • drainage. The ‘ ‘ Colo nist’’.suggests to .the City Council to lay,,. ■ thick planks along the footpaths of this year-old bridge, to allow pedestrians ..to cross [dry. shod. L Holloway’s Ointment and! PiLfcs. — A Cure for Abscesses, Piles, Fistula* ahiSores. —The many satisfactory, cures-respiting: fcom the use of; this invaluable Ointment,. ,in ; cases where patients have been, suffering, from these complaints, have induced many medical practi tioners to introduce them into the hospitals and their private practice j and in many instances -* where the. sufferer was' considered incurable, Holloway’s Ointment, in conjunction With his Pills, healed the most desperate wounds. These medicaments; are unequalled for thefeure of scrofula sand'; diseases -of .the. skin. all cutaneous affections incidental to : .-.children, from the simple red gum. to the complicated scorbutic disease,. Holloway’s,Ointment ; extfr-. cises a remarkably beneficial influence!, cooling inflamai ion, relieving" irritation, - and ' giving ' case to the impatient little sufferer.

Saturday, June 28,

TH E AS HB U ETC N HER Ah D



ADVERTISEMENTS for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not laler than 3 p.m. for the Country Edition, and 3 p.m. for the Town Edition, with the number of insertions written plainly on he copy, other wise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged accordingly. Notice to discontinue Advertisements must be left at the Office in writing, before 12 noon and alterations the day previous. Subscriptions : In Advance. If Booked Quarterly — s. d. s. d Delivered in town ... 6 o 6 6 ~ country ...80 8 6 Posted .... ... 8 o 8 6 Clothing Establishment.



ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO.. CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO > Trustees. Mr. J. H. Morrison, Manager Woolen Factory, AND » Mr. John Ross, Of Sargopd, Sons & Ewing above large Clothing Manufac ;.i ■ 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 Yery 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 f MEN’S AND BOYS’ ATTIRE, Of Colonial Manufacture, at from ONETHIR.D 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.



f Published Daily. Country Edition Town Edition 3 p.m. 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 E'Newlahd, are supplied by the mail-cart “ Tuesday and Friday. JEWING Machines and other Requi _ _ sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 k



Tenders. SANDO & OLSEN’S ASSIGNED ESTATE. SALE BY TENDER. TENDERS are invited for tlxe Pur chase of Stock in the following departments. Tenders to close on June 30:— 1. Groceries. 2. Ironmongery. 3. Sail making. Stock lists can be inspected at the offices of Messrs. Saunders Bros., Ashbur ton, or Mr. B. Hale, Christchurch, from whom every information can be obtained. The highest or any tender not neces sarily accepted. S. SAUNDERS ) Trustees B. HALE 1 Irustees. 1067; ' ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. | POUND AT HINDS. TENDERS are invited for erection of Pound at Hinds. Plans aud speci fications are on view at the Council’s offices up to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 2nd July, at which time and date tenders with deposit equal to five per cent, of the amount of tender will be received. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted • « ~ U v By order, ' ? WILLIAM BAXTER, County Engineer. Ashburton, June 23rd, 1879 1069 ASHBURTON DISTRICT SCHOOL. WANTED, TENDERS for Levelling, Draining, and Concrete Channelling, for PLAYGROUND ; also for Removing TREES and CLOSETS. Tenders to be sent in by Monday, June 30, not later than 4 p.m., to the Under signed. Plans and specifications may be seen at the offices of Messrs Fooks & Son, Triangle, Wakanui Road. Tenders to be classified as follows : 1. Levelling, Earthwork, and Removal of Trees. 2. Channelling, Draining, and Removal of Closets. By order, J. WARD, Ha Secretary. MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited for FORMING and METALLING about 40 chains of the Coal Pit Road ; also, for STONE PICKING near Alford Forest School to the Spread Eagle Road. Tenders to be sent in, addressed to the Chairman, on or before noon of FRIDAY, 4th proximo. For specifications and particulars, apply to JAMES FRASER, • 17a Clerk to the Board. Public Notices. NOTICE. Assigned Estate op Hooper, Aitken, AND CO. A LL ACCOUNTS Due to the above mentioned Estate must be settled forthwith, otherwise legal proceedings will be instituted for their recovery. C. W. TURNER ) Trustees in the 1063 W. GILL 5 above Estate. TO BE SOLD, CHEAP—Nine J-acre Sections of Magnificent LAND, fonting on ■ Allen and Middle Roads, North Town Belt. Apply to R. ELSTON, 1038 South-East Belt. SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate rials. H. M. JONES, Stationer Baring Square, 473j* SLAUGHTERING LICENSE. WE HEREBY give notice that we in intend, at the Council’s sitting on the 2nd July, to apply for a license to kill small and large cattle on R.S. 26598. ROBERTS & WINTER. Selma, June 9,1879. 990 JUST ARRIVED AND ON SALE, of the Joint Stock Companies’ Acts and the Bankruptcy Acts. ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE East Street North. PRESBYTERLAN CHURCH. THEREV. ALEX. M. BEATTIE, A.M., recently arrived from England, will preach (D.V.) on Sabbath First, in the Ashburton Church in the morning at 11 ; in the evening at 6.30, and at Ashton School at 3 o’clock. 9a WESLEYAN CHURCH, Cameron Street. —Service will be conducted in the above Church To-morrow Morning by Mr. J. Olsen, and Evening by the Rev. W. Keall. 15a PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, Wills-street—Service will be con ducted in the above Church To-morrow Morning and Evening. 16a



Wants, &c. RAKAIA AND ASHBURTON FORKS RAILWAY. WANTED, TWENTY or Thirty Good WORKING MEN. Apply to the Foreman on the W or ks- None but good hands need apply. 4a w ANTED, a Smart BOY, for the Printing Business.—Apply HERALD OFFICE. PIANOFORTE FOR SALE. EOR SALE, that Vew Fine PIANO FORTE, by Brinsmead, used at the Choir Union Concert. Guaranteed to be one of the very best make, with improved action. Price, £SO. Apply 7a HERALD OFFICE. arly. 'ASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. at the Herald Office. Apply 590



Public Notices. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. "VrOTICE is hereby given that at a Special Meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council, held on Tuesday, the 27th day of May, 1879, the following re solution was adopted : ; “ That under and in pursuance of the provisions and powers contained.in part N of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, and other provisions and powers contained in the said Act, the Ashburton Borough Council do borrow and take up at interest on the security or credit of a rate of one shilling in the pound, authorised to be made and levied by the said Council, under section 112 of the said Municipal Corpora tions Act, 1876, the sum of fifteen.thou- :j sand pounds, to be expended as follows : Seven thousand pounds (£7000) in supple menting the sum of Rive thousand pounds (£5000) received from the County Council of Ashburton for the purpose of paying, satisfying, and defraying the cost, charges, and expenses of making, erecting and pro viding a system of water supply for the Borough of Ashburton, and for the pur pose of purchasing, or paying for any land which may be required for intakes, reser- , voirs, or otherwise in connection with the said undertaking or work, or which may be thereby injuriously affected ; and for the purpose of laying down pipes, erecting floodgates, and all other necessary works connected with such water supply, the balance of the said sum of fifteen thousand, pounds, to wit—Eight thousand pounds (£8000), for the purpose of defraying all outlay incurred in and expenses of, and incidental to the construction, and erection of all buildings, erections, constructions, protective works, pipes, gutters, channels, sewers, drains, bridges, crossings, and all other works, and operations necessary, and requisite for providing underground and surface drainage for the said Borough. That for the purpose of securing the repayment of the said sum of fifteen thousand pounds (£15,000), together with interest thereon, the said Council do issue seven hundred and fifty debentures for twenty pounds (£2O) each in the form contained in the ninth schedule of Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, or to the effect thereof to the person or persons by or on behalf of whom such sum or por tion or part thereof be advanced. “ That the said principal sum of fifteen thousand pounds (£15,000) be borrowed for a term or period of ten (10) years, from the making of such debentures and that the rate of interest to be named therein or made payable by such debentures , be at the rate of six pounds ten shillings I (£6 10s) per centum per annum, and pay able half yearly, and that coupons for each sum so payable in the form in the tenth schedule to the said Act of 1876, or to the effect thereof, be attached to such deben tures for payment of such interest. That such debentures be forthwith issued under the seal of this said Council, and offered for sale by the Bank of New Zealand as agents for the said Council in London or New Zealand.” Notice is hereby giveu that a Special Meeting will beheld on MONDAY, the 30th day of June next, at 6.30 p.m., for the purpose of confirming the above resolu : tion. By order, CHARLES BRADDELL, 1 \Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, May 30th, 1879. 946 LOST, on Wednesday, 25th instant, a SWAG of Blankets, between Ash burton and Rakaia. Whoever will leave the same with Mr. Silcock, Ashburton, or Mr. Partridge, Rakaia, will be rewarded. 18a