POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Malls at the Ashburton Post Office close as follows : •

For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 pan., 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 Temulca, Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeacli, at 3. 13 p. m. daily. For VVakanui and Sealield, on Mondays and Thursdavs, 7.30 p.m. ...sxijsl- W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE. Mails close at the Chief Post Office for the lollowing places (subject to the necessary alte rations) as under:— 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 Biindisi will be due in London on Sept. 22, and the mail via Southampton on Sept. 29. The next mail foi the United Kingdom via San Francisco will be closed at Christchurch on Friday, August 15, and will be due in London on Sept. 30.

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.

NEW POSTAL REGULATION.

Letters posted within the colony having the names and addresses of the senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, accompanied by a request that the letters be returned if not claimed within a stated period, will be return ed unopened. Provided, however, such letters shall have remained in the post office to which they may be addressed, at least ten days. UNCLAIMED LETTERS. On the first daj ~»f each month a list is ex hibited at each Pc „t Office in the Colony of the addresses of all letters received from places be yond the Colony that have remaind unclaimed for one month at such Post Office; and such of these letters as remain unclaimed at the end of a further period of two months are then foi warded to the Dead Letter Office, to be retuin ed unopened to the countries where they origi nated. Unclaimed letters originating in the Colony are not advertised, but at the end of two months are forwarded to the Dead Letter Office, Wellington, there to be opened and re turned to the writers.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo"). FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1879.

The meeting last night in the Town Hall should have been' more largely attended than it was, not only because of the importance of the questions it was called together to discuss, but because of information regarding local matters that was given by the several speakers. The resolutions were placed for moving in the hands of men specially qualified for dealing with them, and each paiticular subject was ably handled. Regarding a new Courthouse there are very few people who have anything to do with legal business in Ashburton, who are not perfectly satisfied regard ing the insufficiency of the accommo dation afforded by the Templar Hall for the "purposes of a Court, and who are unaware of the discomfort unde r which the bar labors at the Templar Hall when attending to clients’ interests. The place, as Mr. Branson said, is as draughty as can well be imagined. When the weather is bad, r as it has been freqeently of late, and witnesses are ordered out of Court —not an un common occurrence —in the absence of any room for them to go to they have to shiver in the open air—in cold, rain, or snow —till the law has run its dreary course and brought round the time for them to give their evidence. The Town Hall’s faulty acoustics are well known, and at the District Court these are a severe trial to all connected with it. We observe that Mr. George Hart has placed the Courthouse ques tion before Parliament again and Mr. Gisborne has promised to see to it this session, so that there is a hope that if Mr. Branson’s larger ideas of what a Courthouse should be are not enter tained by Government, we have some hope of getting at least an improvement on the present miserable state of things-

There are few who have been about the railway station that are blind to its defects —it is really an eyesore t o the inhabitants and a “ heartbreak ” to all who have to make use of it. But it is not everybody who knows the extent of traffic carried on at it, and the public are under an obligation to Mr. Cox for the return he read showing what was carried out of and into Ashburton per the railway. .£33,000 is a substantial revenue to draw from one station alone, and will doubtless be a strong claim upon Government to inaugurate steps towards a new station.

The fencing of the line is a self apparent necessity, but it is the work of which we have the least hope of seeing executed at an early date, simply be cause of the dilly-dallying character of the Government. Though a small affair that would not entail the expendi ture of many pounds, the powers that be are so habituated to strain at a gnat and swallow a canal that we have more hope of seeing a new station speedily built than we have of seeing the line fenced and gates erected at the crossings. The completion of the Mount Somers line was ably shown last night to be almost a sine qua non of the district’s future. It was really refreshing to hear the gentlemen speak as they did from their own knowledge of what the dis trict to be opened up was like. The land for agricultural purposes is of the highest superiority—coal is found in abundance, and, with the new line open, can be sold in Ashburton at half the price of our now cheapest coal and the stone quarries of Mount Somers are not to be equalled in the Southern hemisphere. Last night’s meeting has set the ball rolling of an important agitation that ought not to be allowed to subside until we have obtained a cessation of the neglect by Government to which our district has hitherto been subject.

The Cable. —Telegraphic communica tion has been restored on the Port Darwin and Banjoewangi cable.

Railway Fencing.— ln regard to fen cing the line of railway in the Middle Island, Mr. Macandrew, replying to a question, said he would deal with the matter* in the Public Works Statement.

, A charge of stealing adfiorse covei’, laid against a man named Beverley, broke down to-day, and the accused was dis missed.

The Missing Farmer Gordon- —Two troopers, and Mr William Power, of the Royal Hotel, who kindly volunteered his aid, have been out to-day dragging.the Wakanui Creek for Gordon’s body, but as yet they have not been successful in find ing him.

§§}The “Liberal” Mass Meeting in Wellington was held last night, and 2,000 persons attended, but the meeting was so disorderly that nothing could he done, and Sir George Grey was able only with great difficulty to obtain a hearing for one of his characteristic speeches on the rights of man. Ashburton Court-House. —On Wed nesday, in the House of Representatives, Mr. Hart asked the Government if they intend to place a sum on the estimates for a courthouse and offices at Ashburton. Mr. Gisborne said the sum placed on the estimates last year was insufficient, but lie would see to it this year. The Debate on the Address in Reply is now in the hands of the small fry of the House, and is not of much interest. The leading speaker last night was Mr. Macandrew who, as was to be expected, gave a denial to everything that had teen alleged against the Government, and attempted to show that there was so little to reply to that his colleagues wanted no help from him in refutation of the charges brought against them. Messrs. Turnbull, Reeves, Fisher, DeLatour, and Hone Nahe spoke on the Government side, and Messrs. Adams, Woolcock, Hobbs, and Hurthouse against. The debate is going on to-day. Alleged Larceny of a Tent. —The case against George Dell, remanded from Christchurch, and from the previous sitting of the Court, was dismissed, it having been proved that no theftuous in tention existed, Dell having arranged to join the owner of the tent in a job, and had taken away the tent with the owner’s concurrence to pitch it at the work. He had not chosen to go on with the work for some reason ox* other*, and went to Christ church, where lie resided, taking the tent with him, and writing to the owner, of it to that effect, who, however, had not received the letter. Accused got an excel lent character from Inspector Pender, who had known him for seventeen years. Smart Sentence, —Robert Jamieson was charged to-day—before the R.M. and the Mayor—with brutally assaulting a woman named Morrison, with whom lie had been cohabiting. Two assaults had been committed on the woman, both of them of a peculiarly aggravated and cowardly nature. Jamieson had pulled the woman about by the hair of the head, kicked her, and knocked her senseless, blacked her eye, and mauled her head and back with a stick. He made a conceited attempt to conduct his own defence, and cross-examined the witnesses with the air of an advocate of twenty years’ standing and the assurance of a pickpocket, capping his impudence by giving tire woman a high character as his domestic servant. His Worship sentenced the old wretch to six months’ imprisonment for each assault on the woman—twelvemonths in all,

Drunkenness and Obscene Language, To-day at the R. M. Court, Messrs. Guineas, the R. M., and Bullock, the Mayor, were on the Bench, and two cases of drunkenness and using obscene language on the public streets, were disposed of. One man—Maclaggan—was let off with a fine of 10s., but the other, Ford, was fined £3. Ford had been guilty of using very bad language on the street last night while under the influence of liquor, and the R, M,, in sentencing him said a foul mouth seemed to be a possession of which many men who came before him were proud. He was determined as far as the law gave him power to protect the ears of women and children from the black guardly and disgusting language of the nature of that of which Ford had been found guilty, and future offenders would be punished by him to the utmost of the laws’ limits. Larceny of Sheepskins—Vagrancy.— The man, Murray, who made free with Mr. Lancaster’s sheepskins was tried to day, He turns out to be a thorough paced rogue, and a confirmed loafer. For the last twelvemonths ho lias only worked in dead earnest for a week, and has evi dently made a living as a “ picker-up of unconsidered trifles. ” He had been con victed of vagrancy and other offences eight times since 1875, and during the time he has been living in the wretched tent by the river side, it is suspected that certain drays waiting for the passage of trains have been lightened considerably of provisions. He will iiovv, however, devote his hitherto dormant powers to the service of Government for 18 months, amongst kindred spirits of the red jacket brigade. When sentenced he remarked that if he had known he would get so much lie would have relieved Mr. Lancaster of a sheep instead of the skins. On finding that Detective Walker knew all his character, he said it was no use asking any ques tions.

Chertsey Recreation Board. —After a considerable lapse of time and prelimi naries, this Board has at length been con stituted for the purpose of meeting the re quirements of a long-felt want and boon to the inhabitants of Chertsey and the sur rounding district in the shape of a public recreation ground, which, thanks to the untiring energetic spirit of Mr. W. A. Brown, and the kind consideration and courtesy of the Ashburton County Council, we have been enabled to procure. Thirty acres near the railway station have been obtained, which the Board intend iin mediatley to improve by ploughing and fencing, and above .all the Board are deserving of praise in their endeavors to brighten the appearance of “the dreary plains ” by the planting of about five acres with tlie choicest evergreens and trees, which will also in time servo as a glioltfji* for the township from the ravages of the dreaded “nor’wester.” All things con sidered, Ohflvtsey has great cause to be proud of the proposed undertaking, and we hope the Board wilt he successful in j making the ground not only nominally but really a “Recreation ground,” both orna mental and useful to the district. At a

meeting held in the school-room on Tries day—present : Messrs. Yv. A. Brown, Wilkinson, Campbell, and Childs-—Mr. W. A. vßrown was unanimously elected chairman. Correspondence was read: from the Ashburton County Council, granting the Board,possession of land as per plan attached for recreation purposes in Chert sey, and also sanctioning tire expenditure •of the £7O grant for improvements by ploughing, fencing, and planting the aforesaid. The Chairman was authorised to advertise for tenders for ploughing; and fencing, tenders to'be sent in by noon, July 06 th, and also to make enquiries respecting the cost and best mode of planting. The Board adjourned till Wednesday July 30, at 8 p.m. —Com.

PUBLIC MEETING.

A public meeting to urge upon the Government the claims of Ashburton for public works and buildings was held last night in the Town Hall under the presidency of His Worship the Mayor, by whom the meeting was called in response to a numerously signed peti tion presented to him. There was not so large an attendance as the impor tance of the subject would have led one to expect.

His Worship said the attendance did not speak much for the interest taken by the inhabitants in what they had met for, but that did not make the ques tion of public works of less moment. When they considered how little had been done by Government in the county he thought they would agree with him that it was time some steps should be taken to urge our claims upon them. The station was quite unsuitable for the traffic carried on through it, as a return that would be read to them would, show, and as their own observation had doubt less long ago proved to them. Three years ago Government had promised to fence the line, a work' that was every day becoming more and more necessary, and a court-house had also been pro mised, In regard to the latter they were compelled to use for an extensive legal business a building altogether in adequate for the purpose—the Templar Hall. His Worship, in referring, by the way, to the proposed income tax of percent., hoped that its opera tion wouldbe limited to incomes above Mr. C, P Cox moved the first reso lution as follows: “ That the present Railway Station at Ashburton, being inadequate for the accommodation of the passenger and goods traffic, and the comfort and safety of tlie travelling public being compro mised in consequence, this meeting re spectfully requests the Minister of Rail ways to place a sum upon the Estimates for the erection of a station suitable to traffic requirements.”

They.all knew how inadequate to the requirements of the place was the present station. He did not require to read any return in proof of that, as their own observation wqs sufficient, but to show by actual figures what was really done at the station he would read a return showing the traffic during the year ending 30th June, 1879. To and from the station there had been carried the following;—Passengers, 21,234; horses, 420; carriages, 49 ; cattle, 139; calves, 532 ; sheep, 2,523 ; pigs, 92 j wool, 2120 bales; timber, 3,356,800 feet, equal to 5,597 tons; grain, 10,790 tons;, merchandise, 5,601 tons ; min erals, 4,619 tons; parcels, to the amount for carriage of £646 us. ud.; and passenger fares to A'SbSS 13s. 6d. The total amount of revenue from the traffic at the station had been ss. nd. .Those figures showed what was.really done, and their own obser vation would tell them how limited was the accommodation both 1 for the public and the railway servants. , .He had on very many occasions seen the railway servants greatly incommoded' by the limited room, and had too : often seen the passenger station crowded to excess, but recently much more so owing to the large increase in the traffic. On the occasion of a recent accident there were five trains standing at the railway station and covering almost every yard of rails, .Those five trains all arrived within one .half homy .and. there was great difficulty with the limited accom modation, in arranging for their arrival. The rolling stock was also insufficiently accommodated, and the engines had to remain out in all weathers, and the weather recently had not been of a kind likely to preserve in good condition those costly machines. /The return he had read,'he thought, was sufficient of itself in favor of. the. resolution, without further remark from him. When a revenue of was brought to the exchequer they had strong grounds for asking the expenditure of a hundred or two on needful works where that revenue was raised. The accommoda tion to be given was more a matter for the engineer than for him; but he might suggest a station for passengers on each side of the line, so that the danger of getting into a wrong train that now existed might be removed. Three passenger trains leaving at the same time was a source of contusion and a danger of losing passages, and if trains leaving for the north departed from one platform, and those for the south from the other a great improve ment would be effected. A bridge over the line for foot-passengers would also be a great improvement. Mr. R. Friedlandep seconded the resolution, which was carried unarm mouslv.

Mi*. G. D. Branson moved the second resolution,-as follows ■ . “That, in'the opinion of this meeting, the buildings in which the District Court and Resident Magistrate’s Court are now respectively held, are altogether unfit to ho used as Court-houses, and that the

Government be respectfully urged to erect, as soon as possible, upon Reserve 770, a building specially adapted for the holding of the said Courts. ”

Mr. Branson was not aware that any one there had no acquaintance with the R.M. Court —if there was, the sooner he made that acquaintance the better. Two Courts were held in the town—the District'Court and the R. M.,Court— and they, were held in different build ings. The District Court was held in the hall in which, they were now met. The Judge sat on, the stage, the bar at a table four feet beneath him, and it was difficult indeed to hear distinctly in the building. The unfortunate suitors had to get up close to His Honor, and if he could not hear them he had a peculiar way with him-which made it extremely unpleasant for them. The absurdity of holding a Licensing Court in the Tem plai Hall was apparent, but.apart from that - the fittings of the Templar; Hall were unsuitable for a court-honse.' Be sides, it was painfully draughty, and the only man in the Court who escaped a draught was the magistrate, from the position of his chair. Witnesses had to be sent sometimes out of the hearing of the Court, and no matter what the wea ther was like they had to hang about in the open air, and could not even seek the shelter of a friendly public-house, the consolation and warming influence of a drink. Six shillings and eight-pence would not recompense the trudging a lawyer had to do across the mud and dirt to get to the hall’s out-of-the-way position. -Then, the two buildings en tailed the one set of statutes being kept in one of them, and when the District Court sat and a particular Act was wanted a messenger in blue had to be despatched to the other court-house for the required copy. Judge Ward had promised to urge upon Government the necessity of providing a second set of statutes, and a proper library. They wanted a Court, not with one room, or two rooms, but with several rooms, so that l ?the business of the district could be properly transacted. The Court busi ness of Ashburton was as large as that of many larger towns he knew, and was not inferior in extent to that of Timaru, though he had not provided him self with statistics, to prove its extent. He hoped they would soon see a proper court-house on the central site afforded by reserve 770. Mr. G. Jameson seconded the resolu tion, which was carried unanimously.

Mr. Ivess moved the third resolution as follows ;

“As the Mount Somers Railway is calculated to open up a large tract of agricultural country for settlement, and would also develop the coal and stone resources of the district, and thus act as a valuable feeder to the main line of rail way, this meeting would urge upon the attention of the Government the desira-' bility of prosecuting the work with all possible despatch, so that it may be com pleted in ample time for next harvest.”

The present meeting was convened at an opportune time, just when Parlia ment was sitting, and when their new member, Mr. Hart, had just taken his seat in the House.-A The motion might be regarded by . many as seeing that Parliament had already voted the amount, but a spur was often necessary even to a willing horse. The cost of the line was somewhat higher than what was voted, and as a conse quence two miles had been cut off its length, hut it would open up an excel ent industry in the stone that was found in the district, and uncover great wealth in the coal which it was known to possess. In view of ss. import duty on Newcastle coal, it was of moment that the Mount Somers coal should be speedily introduced as a means of reducing the price of fuel and keeping in the district about that was now paid away for other coal. The line would act as a- valuable feeder to the main line, and would induce ex tended cultivation, and bring ..many people into communication with The settled .districts,-which would add to the interchange of business. Lines had been constructed in the North Island without regard to their ultimate return, but the Mount Somers line would not be one of that description. - Mr, Cox seconded the motion, and in doing so said he had at one time had an interest in the stone quarries referred to. He had sent for samples of stone, to many quarries in New Zealand and even to Victoria,' .but : none of them were equal to Mount Somers for building purposes.. ...The .stone - chosen for- the Christchurch Cathedral, as they knew, wag Mount. Somers stone, and samples sent to Melbourne could bring a price for the article of 4s, , 6d. -or 4s. 7d. a foot, Practical men bore testimony to its high, superiority, and he was per fectly astonished at the appearance of a sample that had been prepared; and dregsed for the Sydney Exhibition. He was sure more would be heard of it. If the Mount Somers coal hunes were properly developed by the opening of this railway coal would be reduced to the half of.the price now paid for;Spring field. The superiority of the land, too, near the hills was not generally known. ! The Chairman, in apologising for the absence of the County Chairman, who was ■ well -informed in regard to that district, mentioned another product that would be added to trade by this railway’s opening—viz., firewood. He was quite sure the line would make work for itself,

■ Mr. Ward proposed the fourth resolu tion as follows ; . A. I . :

“That, for the safety of human life, and to prevent the destruction of horses and cattle, this meeting considers it highly desirable that the railway line, especially that portion within the borough, should be securely fenced, ”

While master of the District School, policemen and railway servants had; complained to him of the narrow escapes'; children had with their lives wheh; crossing the railway line. When dren went to school theyl.shoulj be able to do so without danger to life or.limb,, and a railway running through a Town should be fenced and have gates off the crossings.

Mr. Hughes seconded, arid"the' rescW lution was put and unanimously carried. Mr. Weymouth Roberts then pro posed : .A- ... .£

“ That copies of the foregoing resolu tions be forwarded .To - the of Public Works and the member for the District, with a request that the matter should be urged in Parliament.”. And this being carried a vote of thanks was passed to the' Mayor, and the meeting dispersed.

TELEGRAPHIC.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE

(Renter's Telegrams.) The Afghan War. London, July 17. At a banquet at the Crystal Palace, the Secretary of State for India eulo gised the conduct of the Afghan,war, and declared that Yakoob Khan was honestly fulfilling the treaty’s obliga tions. The friendship of Afghanistan would secure India against aggression. It was his firm belief that Russia was fulfilling the obligations of the treaty of Berlin.

The Zulu Campaign. { { l/ U July -18.

News from Capetown to July Ist state that an envoy from Cetewayo had arrived at head quarters, bringing fresh peace; proposals with a; quantity of ivory tusks as an evidence ol submission, and asking that the advance of the British army might be postponed. He received a reply that a postponement would be conditional on the acceptance by the British of the proposals for peace. Sir Garnet Wolsely, has gone to Port Durnford.

TO-DAY’ S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVINGIAL.

More Maori Ploughing—More Arrests. New Plymouth, Friday.

About fifty natives from Manutahi commenced ploughing a farm at Bell Block this morning. A large force of armed constabulary -have gone out to arrest them.

The steamer Wellington arrived this morning from Manukau, but as the boat was going off the rope broke, and the steamer "left without being communi cated with. : - A'; f 'A- liA As

The Tikorangi native prisoners were brought 1 up. .this -morning. before'/the-' R. M. and committed for trial at. Wei- ■ lihgtori. A ; A . ‘■'C-'Tv i Twenty-five natives have been arrested. at Bell Block for .ploughing .William. Hoskin’s land, and are now being marched into- town. The land they were ploughing is not any part of .the confiscated land, which makes it a new feature in the' present movement on the part of. the natives.• \ - -

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

(Reuters Telegrams )

London, July 11

Sir Garnet Wolseley arrived at Cape Town on June 23rd, and proceeded to Natal on June 24. The British columns have effected a junction and are now within twenty-five miles of Cetewayo’s kraal. July 18. Adelaide wheat, per 4801b5., ex ware house, 51s ; Adelaide flour, per 2801b5., ex warehouse, 35s ; best Australian beef tallow, A 3is per cwf.; best Australian mutton tallow, 33s per cwt. The Canadian four per cent, loan has completely, succeeded, y,; vi-IT

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, July 24. . ; -NpWj Ze.aland';whe.at,^4s 6d<to 'per bushel. - X "' x ii . u ’ In consequence of the defeat of the Ministry, Parliament is expected to be dissolved on the 26ih August.

; The Tamborazo is likely to become a total wreck.

Parliament is pr0r0gued.......... ........... Rush undertakes to meet Tnckett and ‘Laycock at the International Regatta.

Value of Dry Leaves. —Dry leaves make such admirable bedding for cattle and horses that it is strange they are not more extensively gathered. They are excellent for the floors of fowl houses. If the grain feed is dropped among them the chickens will scratch for it, and afford themselves the exer cise which is much needed in cold weather. If the leaves are gathered in large quantities store them where they will be sheltered from the wet. Even if not required for bedding purposes they make a valuable addition to the compost heap. -

Holloway’s Pills.—Let the Sick take heed.—The stomach is the commissariat of the physical system. It furnishes the material sus tenance of every organ. If disordered, the whole body languishes; but however severely it may be affected, its tone and vigor may always be restored by a course of these irresis tible Pills; biliousness, indigestion, liver com plaints, and otber disQrders'of the:stomach‘cau easily be cured by the use of Holloway’s Pills.. Thousand's attest; tips assertion, ..and fid sflffefer who has Wcf Jiledj.t helifjtwill dfeily ihdir'sil preme efficacy. In. every case of stomach dis ease, from the .mildest reuse? of dispepsiapp the: disorder of both' liver' and 'stomach,' from the' nausea of the free liver t<> the vomiting accom panying ulcerated stomachs, these Pills imme diately relieve, arid by perseverance effectually cure, —-Auvt. =• •

Friday, July 26, 18^9.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.



ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.



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Clothing Establishment. ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO.. CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, Mb. J. H. Morrison,' Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND Mb. John Ross, | Of Sargood, Sons & Ewing J >• Trustees. THE above large Clothing Manufac turing Firm having had to succumb to these hard times, and assign their estate, we have been induced by the Trustees to purchase the whole of their large Manufactured Stock at a 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 MEN’S AND BOYS’ ATTIRE, Of Colonial Manufacture, at from ONE THIRD TO : ONE HALF THEIR USUAL COST. HALLENSTEIN BROS., ...New Zealand Clothing Factory. The assigned Stock will be for Sale in our Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. : New Zealand Clothing Factory. 12a CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN • DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ON SALE at the “ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. PRI CE>F IV E SH IL LINGS, 'Y Neatly Bottnd in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the hands of every Tradesman. DIARIES. —A Few Commercial and . Scribbling Diaries on Sale, Cheap, at the “Herald” Stationery Depot, East Street North, near Railway Station.



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; PIANO .FOR SALE. BOP,' SALE;' a First-class Trichord 7 PIANOFORTE ; a Bargain. Gua ranteed. Siaipply.' to j Tvv' H. J. WEEKS, 168. a : •!{ / “ Herald ” Office. r 'v •/•.FONERAr'' NOTICE. ;.npHE Friends of Mr. Permain are 8 respectfully informed that the Funeral of his late Wife will leave his residence at half-past one o’clock on SATURDAY, July 26. THOS. A. GATES, 169 a Undertaker. mO LET, by TENDER, on LEASE, I for one or more years,— - RURAL SECTION 23511 Hinds District, . < - Containing 74 Acres Good Land, well fenced, and half of it laid down in grass. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For particulars, apply ,J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, ; . Auctioneer, &c. , or, J. E. H. HARRIS, 166 a r Solicitor. SEALY BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, ’ BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET, b ARE now offering their Stock of Trees at prices that will compare favorably with those ruling' anywhere in the Pro- OUR FRUIT TREES Are all budded and grafted in the most approved manner, and are perfectly clean ; and true to name. ; s Prices ranging from 15s. to 18s.' per doz. THE FOREST TREES And Shrubs of all sorts have been REPEATEDLY. TRANSPLANTED," - which secures to them Fine Roots, so essential to their SAFE REMOVAL. ; . Prices from ss. per IQO. Persons about " to plant ori the Plains would consult. their own interest by pro curing trees locally grown, as they will withstand the drought much better than those grown like reeds on the swampy land about Christchurch and Papanui, which perish in the first nor’-:wester after removal. you buy elsewhere, compare prices. - ..V SEALY • ' ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH R 6 A D, One Minute’s Walk from the Belt. . ■ J ‘ 7. ,167 a -r ;V. . In the Bankrupt Estate of JAMES ; PORTER, a Debtor. ” r ' 7 A MEETING of Creditors in the above Hi Estate will be held on Tuesday next, ■the 29th inst., at 11 a.m., at Messrs. Friedlander Bros. ’ offices, to consider bankrupt’s application for his discharge. RUDOLPH FRIEDLANDER, 170 a Trustee. R. Y. R. Os In the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER" J OF The'Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876. and of The Debtors and Creditors Act, Amend l ment Act, 1878, and of the bank : P’f cuptcy pf WILLIAMfBIRTW.ELL,. , * of Ashbifrton/Fruiterer, a* debtor. PURSUANT to the of the above Acts, I have this day,appointed William Richardson Boyle, of Ashburton, certificated accountant' ia bankruptcy, to be trustee of the estate of ! the above-named debtor, and he has, in writing, accepted such Trusteeship. Dated this day of July,*lß79; - ' 5 ' C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Clerk of : the'District Court. \ O’Reilly & Ireland, Solicitors for the Debtors. *73 a Y. R. IN the District Court of Canterbury, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 1878, and of the bankruptcy of ~- -r GEORGE: HELEN S, of. Ashburton - Forks, farmer^a-^ebtor. I*HIS ;; IS TO NOTIFY 7 IGeorge* 1 Helens, of Ashburton Forks,-farmer, hast, lis day filed a statement that heVis unable to;' leet his engagements \yjth his creditors. : .Thei' rst meeting of creditors to be held fat,; the - )istrict Courthouse, Ashburton,. pn : Saturday,, le second day of August, , 1879, at 12 p!clctck." Dated this twenty-fifth day of July, : 1879. . C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, ' J; *• Clerk of the' above Court,. ..> Iranson & Purnell, 7' 7' 1 Solicitors for the Debtors. . , 4,71 a V. R. P' In the District Court of 'CanterburV; —HOLDt'^f’A.SHBUR^rbIK IN THE MATTER OF the Debtors and Creditors Act, -iSj6, and of The Debtors and Creditors ? Act,'. 1876,: ' ‘Amendment Act; 1878, and of the • bankruptcy .of JACOB MQOAR, of ; Ashburton, Fruitererand fishmonger,..; a debtor. '' ‘HIS IS - TO 'NOTIFY that Jacob' Mobar, of Ashburton,-Fruiterer arid Fishmonger, this day filed a statement that he is unable meet his engagements-with his • creditors.. .. 2 first of creditors to be b itrict. Court-house, -Ashburton, on Saturday, second day of-August/ 1879> "At LI: amL Dated this twenty-fifth, day of July,‘lß79. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, ..... Clerk .of the above Court. anson & Purnell, ‘ Solicitors fo; the Debtor.. - - ijzs.