MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES.

To-morrow.

Mr. Alfred Harrison, at Mr. Gates’ shop, Saunders’ Buildings, at 12 o’clock — Furniture, Etc.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close i; follows : For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.ra., 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 10.20 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 10.30 a.m. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.13 p.m, daily. .. j For VVakanui and Seaheld, on Mondays and Thursdays, a 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas,

Postmaster.

NOTICE. • A travelling Post Office having been estab sshed 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”). THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1879.

Railway Communication.— There is every probability that the line will be open to-morrow as far as Timaru.

Oddfellows’ Anniversary Dinner.— We would remind Oddfellows and others of the anniversary dinner of the Loyal Ashburton Lodge which will take place to-morrow evening in the Somerset Hotel.

Leave of Absence. —At the County Council yesterday Mr. Saunders obtained leave of absence during the Parliamentary session. *

Educational. The third quarter of Mr. D. Davidson’s private school is advertised to commence on Monday next. Municipal. —Mr. Joseph Ivess has sent in his resignation as a member of the Borough Council. “The New Zealand Wesleyan”.— This monthly periodical for July has just come to hand. The issue contains a great number of interesting items from all parts of the Colony, amongst which are a full account of the destruction of the Church in Wellington and a meeting held to take steps for rebuilding, at which the sum of £B6O was promised. We take the following puzzle from this paper, doubtless it is got up to meet the times:-

I FY ouo WEFO RYOUR PAPE RPA YU P

Ashburton High School. —At a meeting of the High School Governors held yesterday, at which Dr. Trevor was chairman, and Messrs. Saunders, Walker, Cox, Grigg, and Bullock were present, Mr. F. Mainwaring was appointed Secre tary to the Governors, at an annual salary of £lO. It was decided to let by tender section No. 1123, after it had been reported upon by a valuator, tenders to be opened and disposed of by Messrs. Cox, Bullock, and the Chairman. The Chairman was requested to ask Govern ment for a site for the school. The Governors resolved to place their funds in the Ashburton Building Society till De cember, to bear interest at 8 per cent. Tree Planting. —lt is satisfactory to learn that the application of the borough to the County Council for a grant of £l5O for tree planting, though not dealt with .as the Borough Council desired, has been received in a very fair way, the county having resolved to give the borough a pound far pound subsidy up to £125. This grant will doubtless induce the borough to make a greater effort in the way of tree planting than they would have done otherwise, and instead of spend ing £l5O of the County’s money alone, they will endeavor to be in a position to 1 spend on the excellent work of planting a s um of £250.

ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

The usual monthly meeting of the County Council was held yesterday. Present: Messrs. W. C. Walker, E. G. Wright, A. Saunders, Coster, Cameron, Jackson, Grigg, and Reid. The Chairman in his statement referred as follows to the Rangitata Traffic Bridge chairman’s statement. In accordance with the resolution of the Council the Hon. the Minister for Public Works has been furnished with copies of correspondence with the Road Boards in the Geraldine County, and of resolutions passed by this Council respecting the extension of the Rangi tata Traffic Bridge, and he has also been requested to give effect to the Council’s wish to legalise the deduction from Road Boards in the Geraldine v County of a sufficient sum to pay one h alf of the proposed extension. A j ei "ter from the Mount Peel Road 80. *rd on the subject of the extension of t. he bridge ;has been received, and will be placed before you to-day. In this 1 'etter the Board states that though the Aether Board in the Geraldine Count} v seem to deny their interest in the Rax ’gitata Bridge, yet, as a matter, of fact tl amount of stock sent from the disfeit,'t across the bridge is small compared with the amounts sent from other parts of the south of Canterbury. This bears ou't the Council’s idea that all Road Boards .in the Geraldine County are more or less interested in the bridge. You no doubt ha've noticed a report in Ujhe papers of ait interview some gentle men have had with the Minister for Piitflic works in iChristchurch with reference to the route of the proposed CMoid aitid Ternuka Railway. The Hon. .Minister for Public Works is statedtto have said that he thought that taut for. this- Council the line would have been <on the original route, but that Ihowever, was using the utmost personal interest to get another bridge across die Rangitata. A member of the deputation is also reported to have said that the line which was favored by the Council \absolutely touched the

; jpiws d’f the bills. The Minister for Public Works and the deputation must 1 je laboring under some misunderstand i nvgj as you know this Council has not i sqpreesed its opinion with regard to t be route of the proposed line for the \ cry good reason that the. question has n saver Ibeen before it. The Council, as

you are aware, has only kept -itself to the extension of the Rangitata Traffic Bridge. I think the Minister for Public Works should be supplied with the facts of the case as far as the Council is concerned. In reference to the unem ployed, the Chairman said he had replied to the Borough Council’s letter and expressed the County’s desire to provide work as far as possible, and its intention to allow no delay to take place in the commencement of public works The Minister for Public Works has also been requested to treat the unemployed in this County as in Ashley and Otago by letting portions of the Mount Somers Railway line be under taken by day labor. The Bills for the Water Supply of Rakaia Pains, finally revised, had come to hand from the printers, and copies would be forwarded to the Member for the district, the Road Boards, and the newspapers. The ; engineer’s report ]. on Works was then read. In reference to a paragraph in it Mr. E. G. Wright-said great care should be exercised in diverting water form the Ashburton to the Hinds, and the Engineer’s attention should be drawn to the question as the Hinds was a river that in heavy floods rose much, and was likely to do much damage to Chatmoss, Lowcliffe, and part of Mr. Grigg’s estates. Were the water in the Hinds increased by its being con nected with the Ashburton there would probably be claims for compensation made on the Council. A discussion also took place respecting the alteration in the lines of pipes and other mattters. It was resolved that the recommenda tions in the report with regard to leaving out the Rakaia line of pipes be adopted. The expenditure of £6O for concrete blocks was also agreed to. correspondence. Correspondence was read from the Peel Road Board ?e Council letter re specting Rangitata Bridge. This letter brought up the question of the deputation that had recently waited on the Minister of Public Works at Christchurch, and, producing the report of same as reported in the Lyt telton Times of June 16th, Mr. E. G. Wright said that the re marks made by the deputation we ex traordinary and the Minister of Public Work’s reply more extraordinary still. The Council had" been misrepresented and accused of personal interest in the matter. He was not aware any mem ber of the Council had made the slightest effort to alter the direction of the Oxford and Temuka line. All that had been said was that a bridge over the upper part of the Rakaia would suffice, and this he thought had merely been a remark and had not appeared in the papers to the best of his belief. The deputation said that the line favored by the Council would cross the spurs of the mountains. The deputation showed bad taste in not coming to the Council first and ascertaining facts. They had attributed false motives to the Council, and their whole statements were fallacious. No member of the Council had to the best of his belief taken any action whatever with regard to the alteration of the route, of the Oxford and Temuka Railway. Pie would move that a memorandum be prepared and forwarded to the Minister of Public Works stating that the Council had taken no action whatever in regard to the alteration of the Oxford and Te muka line. Mr. Reed seconded the resolution.

Mr. Saunders thought that undue im portance was given to the matter by noticing it as it came before them simply from a newspaper report, jHe thought the remarks in the Chairman’s statement were ample. Mr. Grigg did not believe the report in the newspaper to be correct* at the same time he thought that notice should be taken of the incorrectness of nearly every statement of the deputation as reported. Mr. Coster agreed with Mr. Saunders’, opinion. He thought the publishing of the remark in the Chairman’s state ment would be quite sufficient refuta tion.

Mr. Walker did not believe Mr. Macandrew could have made such a statement as reported ; he was usually very careful. The motion was carried. HOSPITAL. The report of the Hospital Commit tee was adopted. It stated that the tender of Mr. Carleton, for building the proposed County Hospital, was 1 os. The Council affixed their seal to the contract, after an allowance of had been made in the con tractor’s favor to rectify an error he had made in his brickwork calculations. ASHBURTON CEMETERY. . A request by the Ashburton Ceme tery Board for towards erecting a mortuary chapel was not granted for the present. RANGITATA TRAFFIC BRIDGE. Mr. Watkins was voted for work done to the approaches at Rangi tata Traffic Bridge, on condition that he kept the approaches in repair. RIVER PROTECTIVE WORKS. The committe appointed to report on the river protective works, recommended that the land and river bank .affected be divided into four sub-districts, viz.— (1.) From the upper boundary of the Upper Ashburton Road District on the North Ashburton River to the site of proposed bridge at .Digby’s, including the land within the Forks.

(2.) From Digby’s to the eastern boundary of Town Belt.

(3.) From the eastern boundary of the Town Belt to the sea.

(4.) On the South bank of South. Ashburton river near Westerfield ak described above, and that these sub districts be dealt with as follows : Sub districts' I, 3, and 4, under the powers; conferred by the Counties Act, 1876, and sub-district: 2 by a Board of Con servators,' to be appointed under the Act referring thereto. The consideration of the report was deferred to next meeting. PLANTING RESERVES.. It was resolved to communicate with the various Road Boards, requesting them to suggest the best sites for. tree planting, and to _ place at the disposal of bach of the: Boards Tor'this purpose. TREE PLANTING. An application from the Ashburton Borough Council for a grant of £iso for planting the reservCs and belts with in the Borough with trees was con sidered. On the motion of Mr. Grigg, seconded by Mr. Wright it was, resolved to grant a subsidy of Tn for -£i on the amount expended in tree planting by the Borough Council, up 10.^125. COUNCIL OFFICES AND CLERK’S RESI DENCE. : The plans were submitted, of the pro posed offices of- the Council and the Clerk’s residence. After some discus sion the' Council resolved to invite tenders for the erection of the offices in brick with stone facings, and also for the Clerk’s residence in timber. , The following are the dimensions of the Council Chambers and offices : Council Chamber to be 29 feet by 18 feet; Clerk’s office about 18 feet by 14 feet; Engineer’s office, 18 feet by 15 feet; hall, 14 feet wide. Height of rooms not less than 14 feet from the floor to the ceiling. The residence of the Clerk will be provided in a separate building, cost not to exceed and will contain two sitting, rooms, four bed rooms, kitchen, and offices. BRIDGES OVER' THE . ASHBURTON AND vV ... - HINDS. - - ~ The Bridges Committee’s report' was adopted. It proposed:—That the bridge across the Hinds be a bridge of one span of 46 feet and two span's of 11 feet each, the Engineer of the Council to arrange with the Board’s tenderer for the three span bridge if the said tenderer be willing to make a reduction in tender, equal to reduction in work. After visiting the proposed site of the North Ashburton Bridge, the Com mittee decided to call for new tenders for a bridge 600 feet in- length- instead of S4O feet, thus leaving unbridged the ground on the south-west side, which'is rarely covered with water. Also, to require spans, not necessarily exceed ing 25 feet. ' DISTRICT VALUER. The whole of the Boards having agreed to the appointment of a district valuer, it,was resolved'to invite applica tions for the office. - ' ’ " TENDERS. Tenders were accepted for the erec tion of a pound at the Hinds, at 6s. 4d., and for a - ' bridge at Digby’s, North Ashburton, James Fletcher and F. Benham were respec tively the successful contractors. The Council adjourned at a late hour in the afternoon.' - .

THE NIHILISTS’ MYSTERIOUS NEWSPAPER.

In connection with the despatches regarding the 'terrrible condition of affairs in Russia, the- following descrip-, tion of the chief newspaper organ of the revolutionary party may prove interest ing That journal publishes the sen tences of the secret revolutionary com mittees, designates those who are to be the victims, and describes -the execu tion carried out by the Nihilist agents. Copies of the paper are to be found everywhere except where they are sought for. They appear in the most .unexpected manner in the Government offices, in factories, barracks, and restaurants ; the Privy Councillor finds them folded up with his Conservative journal and the Sergeant among his reports. The Zemlia i Svabo dais pub lished once or twice a month,'and the-' yearly subscription to it is six roubles. The subscription is stated on each paper to be payable ; at the “ known places,” where, it is added, various revolution ary pamphlets whose titles are given may also be obtained. The shape of the paper resembles that of the Allge vieine Z’itung. It is printed on coarse paper, in clear type, though the printing bears marks of haste. It is believed that each contributor has a set of types in his possession, With which he . com,- poses his article for the ‘ press, so that printing of the paper is completed with n a few hours. On the day after the murder of General Mesentzoff an illus trated paper was published, the illustra tion representing the General lying in a coffin surrounded by lighted candles. Beneath is a poem relating bow the Emperor came to see the remains and knelt, bareheaded at the foot, of the foot of the coffin. - Suddenly a thunder bolt falls, and a long procession of soft music is heard, lights go out, and mur dered men in chains, enter the room. These .victims - of despotism dance round the Emperor and' the coffin, life up their arms menacingly, and point to to the wound which. General Mesentzoff had inflicted!. They then sing in chorus : “ It is not him we mourn, but ourselves, the innocent victims; he only got what he deserved.” •■’d /. .. ■ •■: ; >’. J

TELEGRAPHIC.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

1 {Special Telegram to- Ihc Herald.)

Auckland Thursday

The mail steamer took 2608 ounces of gold,.'for die: Bank .of New. Zealand. She had a numbe r of through passengers from Stowe for the Sydney Exhibition. The. Rev.. George Brown, New Guinea missionary, is expected here by the Hero. - He is recovering from an attack of coast fever.

. There..is, great martial, spirit, among the Waikato settlers, and over one hun dred have offered for the .A. C. at Cam bridge. Col. Lyon accepted thirty-five, all men in good' employment, who en list not for pay but for love of adven ture.

Wanganui, Thursday

Mr. Bryce addressed his constituents at Wanganui. last night. There was a crowded and most enthusiastic attend ance. He said he' was not a party man in any way ; and while attacking the policy and administration of Govern ment last session would yet give them credit where such was their due. The present Ministry were entitled to credit for recognising the claims of the Wan ganui district for a fair share of expen diture on public works, and conse quently pushing on railways. Mr. Bryce then divided the declared policy of Government into four headings—re* trenchment, electoral reform,’ change in the incidence of taxation, and improved management of native affairs. Re-, trenchment had not been carried out ; electorol reform, which was considered so pressing by Govermhent was dropped because the Legislative Council very properly refused consent to a Maori dual vote ; change in the incidence of taxa tion finally consisted in taking away £IOO,OOO from the Customs, where it was easily collected and caused no hardship, and replacing it by land tax in conjunction with a companies tax and beer duty. The sell was complete when it was found that Government had surrendered the two measures and in tended going-on with the larid tax. ‘ Im proved management of native affairs had been a most miserable failure. Mr, Bryce went at great length into the question of native - management,' - and vigorously denounced the action of the Government. He then referred to the disruption in the Cabinet, and said the ■remission of timber duties in A uckland had endangered Sir George Grey’s po pularity. The Premier had managed to shift all responsibility on to the Treasurer, and was almost prepared to offer him up.as a vicarious sacrifice to. appease the wrath of Auckland. He had grossly insulted Mr. Ballarice, giving that gentleman no alternative but to resign. : .After several questions had been put a vote of confidence was carried unanimously.

Wellington, Thursday,

The Hutt election yesterday resulted as follows Jackson,' iS 3; Mason, 84 ; majority for Jackson 99.

Two men named Ewan and M‘Arthur were injured on board .the Rangatira yesterday through the ; gear carrying away while taking pile driving machinery on board. It is feared their spines are injured. The men in the iron trade , have agreed to work this week at a reduced scale, and see how it affect's them on pay day, when they meet again. The D’Urville Island Copper Com pany have shipped large quantities of ore for Newcastle, to be smelted.

NATIVE AFFAIRS.

Wellington, Thursday,

Government have received informa tion that the Maoris intend ploughing at Waihi to-day. Titolcowaru will orga nise the party. A tangi has been held, over, the appointed ploughmen, as if they' were going' to their 1 death. '; ' Opunake, Thursday. No signs of Maoris resuming plough ing,' - \ • ' ■' : : ! New Plymouth, Thursday. It is expected 34 natives will be arrested and brought to trial.. Te We terej gives unqualified support to ;Go vernment. He and his people are much angered at Te Whiti’s move ments.''The ; total number of natives a.Vested at U nite Cliffs is 33. ; - 1 < i ( Hawera, Thursday. Ploughing again postponed until to day. Titolcowaru strongly advocates, ploughing, &ut w'l'l not come himself.

12,5 s. The Maoris chose a grass plpt ~sup. rounded by bush. Three ploughsAvefe:; quickly going the rounds, j Three-' Maoris are setting potatoes, •. and : one woman is cooking potatoes.' yTe lka is superintending operation's. A- Roberts, Noakes, Brown and -a eon-' stable proceed to • Norman by 'and' Hawera. The troops have formed a covering party and everything was ready for an emergency. The natives were quietly taken' into custody. Some of Titokowaru’s men parted ploughing this morning at Finlayson’s, near Nonnanby. They are near a treacherous bush cover. Settlers are under arms ready to be despatched at five minutes’ notice.

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL ITEMS.

Stanley, the explorer, is at Zanzibar. At the latest date he was engaged in preparing for a journey into the interior on behalf of Belgium section of the. Africamlnteriiatipnal Association. ■ Dt.• Newman- has been 1 elevated to the Cardinalate by the Pope, who stated when conferring the distinction that in doing so he- had; done a signal service to the Sacred College and to society.

The proposal to re-establish capital punishment in Switzerland has been submitted to the people, and opposed by 191,197 against 177,263 votes. A cable is being laid across the Cas pian Sea. Garibaldi will reside permanently in Rome.

In Hungary the recent floods des troyed 3000 houses in the town of Kottari. The prospects .of the district are ruined.

Some English sailors had a dis-. turbance with the Russian patrol in Ismail in heaving up the anchor on the transport steamer China. Two' men were killed and 19 wounded. The British ironclad, Iron Duke, which went ashore at Shanghai, has been floated. The French Minister of War intends to - introduce a Bill reducing the term of compulsory service in the army'to three years. M. Archibald Forbes, special corres pondent of the Daily News in South Africa, says the health accounts from Girgholova are gloomy,; and there are only five doctors to four thousand men. He points out that the conflict is assuming the dimensions of the Cri mean ; war, :. ; ; . , , , ' •/- : . y: ;

Further reinforcements of 400 men are being shipped to Natal. • From Ist to 17th April the exchequer receipts amounted to £10,928,045 compared with A, 1.1)097,243 in the corresponding period.of .last..year.,.. The assassin of General Dreutlen was arrested at Kieff and sent into hospifalthere, owing :to .injury ,to his foot, sustained when- escaping ,pu,rsuit. A slight operation had beenperformed. He is only now arrested. The Agents at Liverpool have arranged to send 60 more, cotton operatives - from Stockport and Dundee cotton mills to Otario. At Stockport there were 500 applicants for 69 vacant places, and there are also many at:Dundee. •

Tire assize c‘oiirt of Florence has commenced, the trial of the individual who threw an Orsini bonib into the midst of a procession of workmen returning from a funeral service - in memory of King Victor Emanuel.

A CRIME CURIOUSLY AVENGED.

Last year there was in Rome a model girl named Gugha Setacci, who was a wonder of beauty among all the painters and sculptors. Two noted sculptors, who were brothers—Ernesto and Gabriel Bagnagetti-—fell desperately in/ love with the siren, who was as coquettish as she was beautiful, and'the result was a fierce quarrel, in which Ernesto was killed, after which the beautiful cause of the fratricide-fled with a young brigand, while the murderer escaped the law,, only to fall a victim to the most racking and maddening remorse. The image - of the dead brother re turned to him in the guise of love, as he. had been, before the beautiful Guglia. had estranged them, and his love for, the woman turned tp; bitter hate. He conceived what the Italians believe in as t a sort of superstition and duty—a vendetta ; that is : a sworn vengeance. He disguised himself, and., upon [the report of a visit , to Paris, frequented the haunts of the thieves and brigands of; Rome, where Guglia habitually went. He was not lpng in finding her, blit it took six months to persuade her into his residence, and win her confidence.; which he did, however, 1 at ; last, and under so perfect- a disguise that she never suspected who he was. In carrying out his 'vendetta he had : become poor, and was-obliged to work at wood carvirig to make a livelihood.- He carved figures of- saints', -and the Work was so beautiful that the saints never waited long for ■ purchasers. One [day Guglia disappeared suddenly,• and was found; in'- the Tiber;:. but; . who i the murderer was, nobody.could even sus pect. The- wood-carver -. disappeared ten:.days,after,yardsj;and .jn his room the landlord found the blood-stained garments 'of the beautiful. model-girl, and a keen, sculptor’s tool,- with jeyK dences on it of the crime:; . so that; it; was plain that: Guglia’s last, friend- —the- wood-carver—had done it; But where to find him, was the question which no

detective could answer. In the mean ;time.thei.scuiptopAvh.OAvas supposed to Paris, appeared in Rome ■agmA A, month ago —long after the crime ha'd : ceased to interest anybody— an artist happened to be in the police headquarters and noticed a figure in ivooS; of ~St. Sebastion, and was so much' struck by its beauty that he inquired'why and how it came in such a place. “ Why,” said an officer, “ that saint:Was made by the wood-carver who murdered the pretty model-girl. He left it when he ran off.” “ Then I can tell you who the murderer is,” exclaimed the artist ; “ for I’ll swear that figure is the. work, of Gabriel Bagnagetti, -No other sculptor in Rome could have done it.” Gabriel’s remorse had been wiped ,out „by,. the . accomplishment, ~0f... his vendetta .; but no sooner did the officers confront him with the figure of St. Sebastian and ; the Opinion of the artist, than he burst into a frantic fit of rage and confessed his crime. His artistic skill had'betrayed him through all his precautions, and by- means of his patron saint. —New York Tikes.

NEWS AND NOTES.

An American mill,; in Massachusetts, built in 1873, cost 85,000d015., exclu sive of machinery: Last- year.' it-, was valued at 5o,ooodols.; and not many weeks ago it sold for 20,500d01s. —less than a quarter of its cost after but five years of wear and tear, or not even that, as the works have been idle since July last. . , - : i :

Bass and ; Co.’s,brewery .is not a.toy. Last year, .between eight partners in its ownership, the modest sum net profits was divided.

; While iron .is ’ a drug in flic Home market steel.is coming, .more: and more into demand. . Recently the firm of Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. secured orders for not less than 35,000 tons of steel rails, 15,000 tons of-Which were for New Zealand.

A person being asked,;why he had given his daughter to a man with whom he was at enmity; answered; * 4 I did it out of pure revenge.”

All fob Love. - The 44 Wellington Times ” tells this story :—A well-known Hebe who dispensed alcoholic and other liquors in a hotel not a hundred miles from this office, became enamored of one of,the Armed Constabulary, and left a few days ago for the front. The object of her affections left a foi might ago, and it is said from that time she knew no peace. She mixed the most curious decoctions for her customers, till at length they dropped off their usual calls, not believing in the style of 44 mixed drinks.” Miss eagerly perused the telegrams in the papers referring to native affairs, and at length she thought war was imminent. Her pent-up feelings could stand the awful suspense no longer, and she made up her mind. “ to go and'join the army, a soldier for' to?be.” She has at .length departed, not; however, to soothe' the savage breast, but to attend to-the object of her affections, should he require any tender assistance.,

Pleasant. —At dinner, in a certain Otago hotel, a toothbrush was discovered at the bottom of the turreen. “ Don’t mind,” .said, the host to his guests,, 44 its an- old ione./’. lasi he. directed. Sarah to replace it on his dressing-table.

Thursday, July 3, 1879.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.



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Advertisements for the Ashburton Herald must be sent in not later than * pirn, 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— Delivered in town ~ country Posted s. d. s. d ...60 6 6 ...80 8 6 ..80 S <6 Clothing Establishment.



of the estate OF MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Me. J. H. Mobbison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND Me. John Ross, • - Of SargOod, Sons & Ewing ► Trustees. THE above large Clothing Manufjic turing Firm having had to succun rb to these hard times, and assign the ir -estate, we have been induced by tl le Trustees to purchase the whole of the ir large Manufactured Stock at a Vet y Heavy Reduction, and have resolved t o sell the same again in our Branches direc t to the public at prices at which we couh 1 hot 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 . O N E T H I R D TO - ONE HALF THEIR USUAL COST. . HALLENSTEVN BROS., j 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. 12 a



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Meetings. R. ASHBURTON' VOLUNTEER CORPS. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held . on FRIDAY; EVENING next, in the Town Hall, at 7.30 p.m.; His Worship the Mayor in the chair. All intending members are requested to attend. F. A. VAUGHAN, 34a Secretary pro tem. For Sale. ■ £2. Ss.,PER. ACRE. Messrs. SAUnders brothers : have had placed in• their hands' for sale 993 Acres of fair Agricultural Land, within 5, miles of the Dunsandel Railway Station. The property adjoins a railway reserve; aud-water can be obtained within twenty feet .of the. surface. To effect an immediate sale, the proprietor will accept £2 ss.‘per :acre. ' : --Full.particulars on application to ’ 1.. SAUNDERS BROTHERS, 29a... ; s f, ,V ■ v;Ashburton. mO BE SOLD, J-acre I Sections of Magnificent LAND, fonting on Allen and Middle Roads, North Town Belt. ' Apply to O R. ELSTON,. 1038 ■ ■ i '' : " iir 'South-East Belt. Public Notices. ESTATE .OF F. P. LeBRETON. THE Trustee in the above''Estate will be in attendance at Mr. A. Harri son’s Auction Room; to receive moneys due to the-Estatej on Thursday and Fri day, the 3rd and 4th insts. , between the hours of 10;.and. 11 a.m. Any accounts remaining unpaid after these dates will be sued for without further notice; ... ■ ■- ; ; A.TO. AITREN, 1 h , r , ; f ./V . ; ■ ....:;f.v ,y"'-Trustee. , Ashburton, July 2nd, 1879. • > 43a SEWING Machines and; other Requi- H. M. JONES; Stationer, Etc.,' Baring Square. •• 473 r NE W- ZEALAND WESLE YAN, I Published Monthly. • JUST ARRIVED, the. ~J‘i New. Zealand Wesleyan:’.’for July. Price;fid. Sold; at the Herald Office, East Street. r WEEKS AND DIXON, ■ • | Agents. ‘ - ! • 35 a l