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 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. i 3 p. m. daily. For Wakanui and Seaheld, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE. Mails close at the Chief Post Office for the tollowing places (subject to the necessary alte rations) as under : WEDNESDAY, JULY 16. For Australian Colonies, per Express train to Port Chalmers (to connect with s.s. Ringa rooma), at 7.30 a.m. THURSDAY, JULY 17. For Northern Ports of New Zealand, Syd ney, and Brisbano, per Rotorua, at 1.50.

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.

MEMORANDA.

ENTERTAINMENTS. This Evening. Mrs. Walter Hill’s Benefit at the Town Hall.

MARRIAGE.

Smytke.—Hodder. —On July 14, by the Rev. Keall, Joseph Smythe, of Nelson, to Emily, second daughter of Mr. T. R. Hodd jr, of Ashburton, Canterbury. 126 a

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo"). THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1879.

Planting. —Messrs. Edmiston and Gun dry announce a sale of 1000 forest, orna mental, and fruit trees on Saturday. The trees are from Greenaway s nursery, Christchurch.

Drunk. —Pat Dunn was let off with a caution to-day on condition that he began work at once. Another time run in and he would have to do six months with hard labor.

Civil Cases.—Two or three small debt cases were disposed of by the sitting Jus tices to-day. “Watch this Column.” —It has be come fashionable amongst merchants who believe in extensive advertising to hire a column in a newspaper and let it run through several publications with only the words in it that head this paragraph. Of course, everybody talks about the column that wants watching, and when the excite ment is at its highest the merchant comes down with his announcement. Messrs. Orr and Co., one of whose columns has been “ watched” in our fourth page for some time now appears with an announce ment that they have bought the stock of J. H. Pass and Co., and mean “slaughter ” shortly. This stock was valued at £3OOO, and the purchasers have secured it at about half that amount. This is the third stock the Messrs.. Orr have purchased during the recent depression. The Loan Poll. —To-day the rate payers have been recording their votes for or against the proposed loan. The pro" ceedings have been very quiet, and but for a placard on the Somerset Hotel, that caused some wonderment, no casual visitor would have known a big sum like £15,000 was hanging in the balance of Aye and No, The placard was a skit by some local wit ling, and pourtrayed an infuriated bullock. “ going” for cloak upon which was written “£15,000,” the “red rag” being sus pended by a grinning figure. Under neath was written the following : The Bullock rushes for the cloak, Without a single groan. But ratepayers can drink and smoke It he can only raise (alone) Loan.

The result of the poll will be declared by Mr Braddell, the Returning Officer, at seven o’clock to-night at the Town Hall.

Parliamentary. —ln the Legislative Council yesterday, Colonel Whitmore gave notice of his intention to introduce a Bill for the control and cure of drunkards. As was to be expected Government washed their hands of the Taranaki Vigil ance Committee. Captain Baillie was appointed to the Chairmanship of the Council’s Committees, and on the motion to appoint a House Committee, Mr. Water house complained that some members were in the habit of leaving their scores unpaid after the session.—lhe house of Repre sentatives sat till 5.30 and then adjourned till to-morrow. The Premier said it was not intended by Government to fulfil their promise made last session to intro duce a Drainage Bill. Government pro mised, if the necessity arose, to issue tra vellers’ and excursion tickets over the Colony’s railway lines to facilitate visits to the Sydney Exhibition. New Bills were introduced by Sir George Grey—to make provision for the representation of the people in the General Assembly ; and to suspend the plurality of voting in cer tain cases. By Mr. Sheehan—to amend the law relating to persons qualified to vote at elections of members for the House, and to regulate the conduct of such elections. The Government de clined to nominate a candidate for the Chairmanship of Committees, and Mr. Fox, after twitting the Government on this exhibition of weakness, moved the appointment of Mr. Seymour. Sir George Grey seconded the motion and Mr. Seymour was elected unanimously. On the plea that His Excellency declined to assent to the Loan Bill until some reply to the Address had been reported to him, the Premier proposed to move that the debate on the Address in reply be taken at 7.30. If the debentures for the proposed loan did not reach Loudon in September the loan could not be floated before January, and in the interregnum public works would be greatly hindered. Sir William Fox and Major Atkinson held that if the finances of the colony were so precarious the House should be made aware of their exact position, and should have been sum moned together earlier. The House had to be unanimous on the question of put ting the Premier’s motion, and as Sir William and others put in a negative, the motion wa3 not put. Mr. Macandrew moved for a Select Committee of eleven members to consider and report as to the principle on which the distribution of Government advertising should be regu lated. Mr. M'Lean taunted Government with browbeating the House on this ques tion last year, when they felt themselves strong, but now when they were weak they turned round and asked the House to accept the responsibility of dealing with the matter. The debate was ad journed till Wednesday. Mr. Maeandrew also introduced a motion fora Select Com mittee regarding his pet scheme of a direct steam mail and passenger service between the colony and the mother coun try, but after some strongly worded op position from Messrs Wakefield, M'Lean, and Rolleston, the motion was adjourned —ayes 38, noes 28—Mr. Sheehan voting with the Opposition. Mr. Macfarlane’s motion for a Select Committee to enquire and report as to what facility could be given to newspapers for the use of the the telegraph was carried, and the House adjourned.

Public Works in Ashburton. —It has become known that the Estimates for the year do not include any sum for a Court house or a new Railway Station. As the Borough has been led to believe that it would not be longer neglected in this direction, but would have some return in public works, both within its own bound aries and the County, for the large contri bution to the land fund it yielded last year, a considerable amount of indignation is naturally felt at the slight, and a requi sition to the Mayor for a public meeting on the the subject is in course of signa ture. This meeting will doubtless be held soon, when an expression of opinion will be given by the people. Ashburton town and county has been one of the largest contributing districts to the land fund, but not a single penny has been spent on public buildings or works since the pre sent Government came into office, and now the promises made by them are to be broken.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS

(Reuters Telegrams.) Berlin, July 4. The German protectionists tariff commences on October 1.

London, July 5,

Advices frome Capetown state that Col. Newgate had cleared the country of the enemy between Edgitijoye and Speak river. It is rumored that a fortnight’s armistice -would be declared. The troop ship Orontes, with the body of the Prince Imperial on board, has sailed. The arrival of Cetewayo at British head quarters is confirmed. The House of Commons last night, without a division, agreed to the motion for an address to the Crown for a Royal Commission on the distress in the agricultural districts. Sir Arthur Gordon has sailed for Levuka. . July 7- Later Capetown news reports the advance of the troops from their pre vious positions. Col. Rowlands, now commanding Pearson’s force, is advancing on Fort Chelmsford, and has almost effected a junction with Col. Wood, who is like wise advancing. The reported armistice with the Zulus is unconfirmed,, but offensive operations are suspended pending the receipt of a reply from Cetewayo. A long and animated discussion took place in the House of Commons relat ing to the Government army discipline drill, Government ultimately yielding to the determined opposition of the Irish members. Members agreed to the abolition of flogging. The homeward mails via San Fran cisco were delivered to-day. New Zealand Five per Cent. 104 Loan, 98. Adelaide wheat, 495. per 4961b5. ex warehouse. Adelaide flour, 335. per 28olbs. ex warehouse. The estimated quantity of wheat afloat is 1,333,000 quarters. Best Australian beef tallow, 31s. 6d.; mutton, 335. 6d. The stock on hand is 10,000 casks. July 9. Another long and animated discus sion took place in the House of Com mons last night, relating to flogging in the army, resulting in a split in the the liberal party, and the motion was withdrawn on a division by 76 against 26.

It has been decided to appoint a Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, holding a seat in the Cabinet. July 10.

Capetown news to June 24 states that General Crealock reached Fort Chelmsford on June 19. On June 20 a general advance took place to the Umvolosi River, which -was bridged by our troops on the following day with but slight opposition. A report is current that another loan for New Zealand is about to be floated. The price of wheat is rising, owing to the continued excessive rain. A serious deficiency in the harvest is expected in France. Berlin, July 8. The introduction of the new tariff, which was to have commenced on October Ist, has been postponed till January. St. Petersburg, July 7. Notwithstanding the vigorous mea sures taken by the Government, the revolutionary party continue to issue propaganda to the inhabitants. July 8. Arkoteriko, a town in Siberia, has been partially destroyed by fire. It is supposed to be the work of an incen diary. Rome, July 3. The Ministry have resigned in con sequence of a defeat in the Chambers, which is considered tantamount to a vote of want of confidence. July 7. A party of Italian emigrants will sail in September for New Guinea. (Age Special .) London, July 9. The wheat crop has suffered '■con siderably in France, which will require to purchase 500,000,000 kilogrames of foreign wheat. A large section of the Liberals are dissatisfied with Lord Harungton’s cautious policy. The radicals have asked Mr. Gladstone to lead the Liberals, and several disorderly scenes have occurred in the House of Com mons.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reuter's Telegrams).

Sydney, July 16. The prorogation of Parliament has been postponed t’ll next week. The debate in the Assembly on Sir H. Parkes’ 3 resolution in favor of the reform of the Legislative Council is pro ceeding.

Melbourne, July 16. A steamer leaves Port Darwin with cablegrams on Thursday afternoon. In consequence of a strike there was no performance at the Princess Theatre last night. The Legislative Council and the Assembly-have passed a Supply Bill of Sailed —Arawata. (Special. J Sydney, July 16. On being arrested for complicity in a robbery under arms, Michel’s sisters savagely stoned the police, and his mother exhorted her sons and daughters to take to the bush and shoot the police. Died, to-day, Sir Deas-Thompson. Edgerton, the bank robber, and Cap tain Moonlight, recently released from Pentridge, have been recently lecturing on the gaol management. They have formed a fresh gang with three other convicts, and are now in the north western district bushranging, after a daring attempt to induce the prisoners temporarily employed at the Williams town Battery to overpower the guard and escape.

Melbourne, July 16.

Carlotta Patti leaves San Francisco on November 22nd for an Australian tour. She opens in Melbourne at Christmas.

Mauritius advices of June 23rd state that the sugar crop is exhausted. There is none shipping for Melbourne, but 350 tons arc leaving for Adelaide. 600 tons have left and are leaving for Ade laide and for orders. The Melbourne market is very bare of Mauritius sugar. New Zealand wheat and oats are firm.

The Merchant Shipping and Under writers’ Association, under date London, July 9th, report the following arrivals : —Eaton Hall, from Melbourne ; Loch Ryan, from Melbourne; Carmarthen Castle, from Sydney; Trafalgar, from Sydney; Rodney, from Adelaide, via Cape Town; Aramara. from Launces ton ; Auckland, from Port Chalmers; Orthes, from Lyttelton,

Brisbane, July 16,

It is understood that the Govern ment intend to disfranchise the civil servants, as they are growing a dan gerous power.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE (Reuters Telegrams,) London, July 8. The Board of Trade returns of ex ports for the past month amount to 14J4 millions, showing a decrease of half a million compared with last year. Brisbane, Wednesday. Mr. Harding has been appointed Puisne Judge.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

The Thames Foreshore. Auckland, Thursday. The Thames Harbor Board have at last, after years of agitation, got a title to the Thames foreshore, It comprises 620 acres, and the present rentals are -£6OO a year. The cost to Govern ment of extinguishing the title was £hSOO - The Inspector’s return of sheep in Waikato district is 66,qq0, The largest flock held by one person is 12,000.

The Mayoralty of Invercargill. Invercargill, Thursday,

Messrs. G. Goodwillie and J. B. Bain were proposed yesterday for the Mayoralty of Invercargill. The latter is untried in municipal affairs but the former has been a Councillor for seven years, and has worked hard for the town. The poll takes place on the 21st July.

A MODERN SERMON.

Brethren, the words of my text are,— Y Y

“ Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone ; But when she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.”

These beautiful words, dear friends, carry with them a solemn lesson. I propose this evening to analyse their meaning, and to attempt to apply it, lofty as it may be, to everyday life, “ Old Mother Hubbard she went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone.” Mother Hubbard, you see, was old ; there being no mention of others, we may presume she was alone : a widow a friendless, old, solitary widow. Yet did she despair ? Did she sit down and weep, or read a novel, or wring her hands ? No ! she went to the cupbocti-d. And here observe that she went to the cupboard. She did not hop, or skip, or run, or jump, or use any other peripatetic artifice ; she solely and merely went to the cup board.

We have seen that she was old and lonely, and we now further see that she was poor. For mark, the words are “ the cupboard.” Not “ one of the cupboards,” or “ the right-hand cup board, or the left-hand cupboard,” or the one above, or the one below, or the one under the floor, but just the cupboard. The one humble little cup board the poor widow possessed. And why did she go to the cupboard ? Was it to bring forth golden goblets or glittering precious stones, or costly apparel, or feasts, or any other attri butes of wealth ? It was to get her poor dog a hone! Not only was the widow poor, but her dog, the sole prop of her age, was poor too. We can imagine the scene. The poor dog crouching in a corner, looking wist fully at the solitary cupboard, and the widow going to that cupboard—in hope, in expectation it may be—to open it, although we are not distinctly told that it was not open or ajar, to open it for that poor dog. “ But when she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.”

“ When she got there ! ” You see, my dear brethren, what perseverance is. You see the beauty of persistence in doing right. She got thcic. There were no turnings and twistings, no slippings and slidings, no leanings to the right or falterings to the left. With glorious simplicity we are told she got there. And how was her noble effort re warded ? “ The cupboard was bare ! ” It was bare ! There were to be found neither apples, nor oranges, nor cheesecakes, nor penny buns, nor gingerbread, nor crackers, nor nuts, nor lucifer matches. The cupboard was bare ! There was but one, only one solitary cupboard in the whole of that cottage, and that one hope of the widow, and the glorious lodestar of the poor dog, was bare ! Had there been a leg of mut ton, a loin of lamb, a fillet of veal, even an ice from Gunter’s, the case would have been different —the incident would have been otherwise. But it was bare, my brethren —bare as a bald head — bare as an infant without a caul.

Many of you will probably say, with all the pride of worldly sophiAry, “ The widow, no doubt went out and bought a dogrbiscuit,” Ah, no ! Far removed from these earthly ideas, these mundane desires, poor Mother Hubbard, the widow whom many thoughtless world lings would despise, in that she owned only one cupboard, perceived—or I might even say, saw —at once the relentless Iqgic of the situation, and yielded to it with all the heroism of that nature which had enabled her without deviation to reach the barren cupboard. She did not attempt, like the stiff-necked scoffers of this genera tion, to war against the inevitable ] she she did not try, like so-called men of science, to explain what she did not understand, She did nothing. (( The poor dog had none ! ” And then at this point our informat'on ceases. But do we not know sufficient ? Are we not cognisant of enough ? Who would dare to pierce the veil that shrouds the ulterior fate of old Mother Hubbard—her poor dog—the cupboard—or the bone that was not there ? Must we imagine her still stand ing at the open cupboard door, depict to ourselves the dog still drooping his disappointed tail upon the floor, the snught-for bone still remaining some where else? Ah! no, my dear bre thren, we are not so permitted to attempt to read the future. Suffice it for us to glean from this beautiful story its many lessons; suffice it for us to apply them, to study them as far as in us lies, and bearing in mind the natural frailty of our nature, to avoid being widows ] to shun the patronymic of Hubbard ; to have, if our means afford it, more than one cupboard in the house; and to keep stores in them all. And, oh ! dear friends, keeping in re collection what we have learned this day, let us avoid keeping dogs that are fond of bones. But, brethren, if we do; if fate has ordained that we should do any of these things, let us then go, as Mother Hubbard did, straight, without curvetting or prancing, to our cup board, empty though it be —let us, like her, accept the inevitable with calm steadfastness ; and should we, like her, be left with a hungry dog and an empty cupboard, may future chroniclers be able to write also of us, in the beautiful words of our text —

“ And so the poor clog had none.”

MANNERISM IN STYLE.

Almost every man has his tricks of writing, which are apt to grow upon him unconsciously. Sometimes they are so insignificant as to be almost un objeciotnable, and yet they jar on the ear of the sensitive reader. As almost everybody most plead guilty more or less, we have the less hesitation in allud ing to these, even [at the risk of laying ourselves open to retort. They may be merely the repetition of some unneces sary conjunction which seems to lift the writer more comfortably across the rift which yawns between a couple of his periods. What strikes one more, of course, is the reiteration of some epi thet or qualifying adverb, which will in variably force itself to the front when the pen hesitates and pauses. For the use of words of the kind becomes well nigh mechanical ; actually they may serve their purpose at least as well as any other, and yet we believe that the most careless of readers come to recog nise them with a sense of irritation. What is more strange is the affection which writers, who should be excellent judges of style, and who have had an infinite variety of literary practice, take for certain phrases and turns of speech which, to say the least of them are sin gularlarly ungraceful. It would be in vain for these eminent gentlemen to make any attempt at concealing their identity] and we would undertake to draw up from memory a catalogue of words and phrases which should reveal the workmanship of any one of them— unless, indeed, they had been put on their guard, and had cut their work to pieces in the revising. For it is won derful how some favorite phrase comes to fall naturally into its place in a sen tence ; if you stop to change it you check the flow of thought, and are, after all, but indifferently satisfied with its substitute. Should any one care for illustrations on the abuse of mannerism, we cannot do better than refer him to Thackeray’s “ Novels by Eminent Hands,” or to some of the parodies and extravaganzas by the American hu morists, though these are wanting in Thackeray’s more delicate discrimina tion. — Blackwood's Miagazine.

A new tree grubbing machine has been made at Horsham, Yictoria. At a trial, trees ISin. diameter were rooted up with surprising c|iiickness, and by cutting a few of the surface roots trees 30in. through were raised.

Thursday, July ij y 1879. J

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Advertisements for the ashbukton Herald must be sent in not later than 2 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 — Delivered in town Posted country s. d. s. d 60 6 6 80 8 6 80 8 6



ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.



. S. Butter, inferior to best $ lb I Eggs, dozen - -2 Cheese, prime quality, lb o Bacon, prime smoked, lb o Hams in cloth, $ lb I Flour in bags, $ loolb 12 Oatmeal. 1? 251 b * 6 Lard, 1? lb * - - O



Clothing Establishment. ASSIGNMENT OP THE ESTATE OF MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Mb. J. H. Morrison, 'j Manager Mosgiel Woolen | Factory, [-Trustees. AND Mb. John Ross, Of Sargood, Sons & Ewing, 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 j Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory. Ui-_ >’• 12a DIARIES. —A Few Commercial and Scribbling Diaries on Sale, Cheap, at the “ Herald” Stationery Depot, East Street North, near" Railway Station.



Gold in Wellington. —According to the Wairarapa “ Daily,” alluvial gold has been found on the banks of the Waipoua, within a quarter of a mile of Masterton. A late yield from the Band and Albion Consuls mine, Ballarat, for aweek was 6540 z. 13dwt., of which the splendid re turn of 500 oz. was obtained from sixty five tons of stone, or an average of 7oz. 14dwt. per ton. A sow in the vicinity of Stawell, Vic toria, having taken to worrying sheep, has been destroyed.



Holloway’s Pills. —These Pills are more efficacious in strengthening a debilitated con stitution than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a nervous habit of body, and all who are suffering from weak digestive organs, or whose health has become deranged by bilious affection, disordered stomach, or liver complaints, should lose no time in giving these admirable Pills a fair trial, Coughs, colds, asthma, or shortness of breath are also within the range of the sanative powers of this very remarkable medicine. The cures effected by these Pills arc not superficial or temporary, but complete any permanent. '1 bey are as mild as they are efficacious, and may be given with confidence to delicate females and young chil dren. Their action on the liver,- stomach, and bowels is immediate, beneficial, and lasting, restoring order and health in every case, — Advt.



New Advertisements. I V.% 0 cfc V. R IN BANKRUPTCY. TNT OTICE —The u Ashburton Herald ” is a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. 60 Y. m R, IN BANKRUPTCY. In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, Amend ment Act, 1878, and of the bank ruptcy of WILLIAM BIRTWELL, a debtor. 'TUIIS IS TO NOTIFY that William 1 Birtwell, of Ashburton, in the said district, fruiterer, has this day filed a statement that he is unable to meet his engagements with his creditors. The first meeting of creditors to be held at District Court-house at Ashburton, on Wednesday, the 23 l 'd day of July instant, at U o’clock in the forenoon. Dated at Ashburton this 17th day of July, 1879. C. CAVENDISH MURRELL, Cleric of the District Coui’t. O’Reti.ly & Ireland, Solicitors for the Debtor. 127 a ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH. PARISH MEETING will he held on WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD, At 7. 30 p.m., in the TOWN HALL, To consider the Financial Position of the Parish. 120 a W. E. PAIGE. SADDLE FOR SALE. FOR SALE, a Strong SADDLE, quite new. Worth—£s. Apply ALFRED HARRISON, 122 a Auctioneer. CANTERBURY DINING ROOMS (Late Anstoe’s Private Hotel), TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. M. O’SULLIVAN BEGS to inform the inhabitants of the County of Ashburton, and the Tra velling Public, that he has RE-OPENED THE ABOVE ROOMS, And is prepared to afford Good Accommo dation at reasonable chai'ges. THE BEDROOMS Will he found clean and comfortable. Breakfast in time for early trains. Dinner from 12 till 2 p.m. Tea from 5 to 7 p. m. ALL-MEALS AND BEDS, is. Board and Lodging, £1 per week. M. O’SULLIVAN, Proprietor. 123 a



Meetings. I. O. S. T. ~ MEMBERS of the Helpmate Division will ■ hereby consider themselves duly summoned to attend the division on FRIDAY NEXT, the 18th inst., at half past seven o’clock, in the Templar Hall. By order, THOS. WILLIAMS, Ilia W.P. Entertainments. jg ENE FI T QONCERT TO MRS. WALTER HILL IN’ THE TOWN HALL, THIS EVENING. PROGRAMME: Overture, Mayor’s Address, Ballad, “A Father’s Love,” Mr. A. Harrison. Recitation, ... ... ... Mr. Minnis. 'Wondrous Feat, by the Ashburton Wizard (first time in the Colony) ! ! Ballad, ... “ Old Friend John, ... Mr. Pratt. Comic Song, “ Sir John Moore,’ Mr. Grant. Descriptive Song, “The Desert,” Mr. G. D. Branson. Quartette, “ Since First I Saw Your Face,” Messrs. Branson, Wilson, Pratt, and Jacobson. Song, ... ... ... ... Mr. Weeks. HALF AN HOUR ON THE DARK CONTINENT, Asburton Amateur Cliristys. INTERVAL OF FIVE MINUTES. Duet, “ Hunting Tower,” Mrs. Dunn and Mr. Jacobson. Ballad, “ The Tar’s Farewell,” Mr. Campbell. Recitation, ... “Revenge,” ... Mr. Jacobson. Song, “I Fear no Foe,” Mr. G. D. Branson. Comic Song, “ Dame Europa’s School,” Mr. J. Campbell. Ballad and Chorus, “ Willie’s Gone for Ever,” Master Bertie Gates.” Trio, “Ye Shepherds Tell Me.” Mrs. Dunn, and Messrs. Weeks and Pratt. Song, ... “The Englishman,” ... Mr. Wilson. Weird, Wild, and Wondrous Seance, by the Wandering Wizard and Winsome Witch —Marvellous Brain-reading !!! God Save the Queen. Admission—2s. and Is. 109 a For Sale. HOUSE AND LAND IN BURNETT STREET, FOR SALE CHEAP. Easy terms of payment. GEORGE JAMESON, 102 a Ashburton.,. £2 s s. 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 SAUNDERS BROTHERS, 20a Ashburton. 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. Public Notices. SCHOOL Books, Bags, Etc.—H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473 a JUST ARRIVED. FINE Cream-Laid ENVELOPES, No. 6 ; extra secure shape, ONLY 9s, 6d. per 1000; 500, 55.; 250, 35., NETT CASH. ALSO, — BANK NOTE AND LETTER PAPER. WEEKS & DIXON, DIRECT IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS, ASHBURTON “ HERALD ” OFFICE. 20a 118 a ‘ANTED, a Smart RUN BOY. Ap ply HERALD OFFICE. SANDO AND OLSEN’S ASSIGNED ESTATE. DEBTS due to this Estate must be paid to Mr. G. D. Boileau, Ac countant, Saunders’ Buildings, without delay. S. SAUNDERS B. HALE Trustees. Ashburton, 9tb July, 1879. 86a NOTICE.. ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ALL Accounts due to the above estate must be paid forthwith to Mr. Doherty, or they will be sued for without further notice. By order of the Trustees, D. CARO. 927 W. BROWNE. j HEREBY CERTIFY that Mr. Lan caster’s children are not suffering from Diphtheria. • . F. MACBEAN STEWART. Ashburton, July 11, 1879. 90