POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close 1; follows :

For Christchurch', and North at x 0.20 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, , Tinvvakl, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.20 a.m. daily. For Temuka, Timafu, and South at 10.20 p.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, Waterloo, and Longbcach, at 3.15 p. m. daily. , x : : For Wakanui and; Seafield, every Monday and Thursday, at 7.30 p.m.

The next mail for the United Kingdom, via San Francisco, will'close at Ashburton on Fri day, 28th inst., and will be due in London on the 15th of April,...-.: . The next mails for the United Kingdom via Brindisi and Southampton will close at Ash burton on the nth of March. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on the °f May, and that via Southampton on the 12th ol May. ' W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

N O,T ICE

A travelling Post Office having been estab lished on the Southern line ol railway, letters bearing a late fee of'acL 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.. f Sydney J. Dick, ‘ ■' Chief Postmaster.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1879.

When Mr : Macandrew mooted in last session : of Parliament his idea of securing the establishment of direct steam service between Great Britain and this colony, he received warm sym pathy from every section of the Govern ment press, and not a few Opposition papers showed a partiality for the no tion. But perhaps what made the idea most attractive was the suggestion forming part of it to receive and des patch steamers from the larger .ports of the colony in • rotation, to use such steamers as by their only moderate size, would be iable. to berth themselves in harbors not. possessing a great depth of water, and to have the service a monthly one; Direct steam communi cation with the colony and Plorne was too great a luxury,,to say no more, to allow any suggestion of its possibility to pass without some expression of sym pathy with it, hence the great amount of favor with.' which it was received ; but it must not be forgotten the sympa thy was given to the simple idea of a monthly steam service, not to any and every arrangement for the establish ment of such that might be made by Government. There can be no doubt that a monthly service of moderately sized s:eamers, within the water draught of the principal harbors of the colony, and not run at a too exorbitant cost to Government' for subsidies, would be a very popular one throughout New Zea land, and Mr. Macandrew knew per fectly well what he was doing when he dropped the hook of a monthly service, baited with the attractions he held out. He isnotaman readilyto give up an idea because difficulty lies in the way of carrying it out, and, notwithstanding the opposition he met with in parlia ment, he has prosecuted his labors during the recess, for the consumma tion he so devoutly wished of his steam service idea, and as a result ot his per severance, an offer is made to the colony by a British shipping company to run a bi-monthly service with 4000

ton steamers, to be subsidised, however, to the extent of -/'So,OOO a-year ! New Zealand has a large eye for money, and Sir Julius Vogel’s did not fill it to aching; but then the returns promised from incurring those millions were something tangible, and held out a hope of certainty of realisation. A bi monthly steam service would be worth having, to be sure, though not the highest height of Mr. Macandrew’s am bition ; but a bi-monthly service, cost ing a-year is a costly luxury the colony is scarcely yet so extrava gant as to indulge in. Otago looked longingly towards a happy consummation of Mr. Macan drew’s scheme when it was first mooted, but the offer now made has filled that enterprising provincial district with alarm. Of course every possible objec tion is raised to the proposal, and all the objections raised are good ones ; but most of these doughty, Otago would unhesitatingly override if .the only o iq really affecting herself were removed] viz., the size of the steamers. The Dunedinites could never hope to feast their eyes upon a steamer of 4000 tons in their shallow water, so that the great south would have to be left out-of the list of call ports. This, there can be no doubt, is the main southern objection to the bi-monthly large steamer service. But, apart from Provincial jealousy, the objection is a sound one, for there is no reason whatever why' any port of sufficient commercial importance and harbor accommodation should be left out of the round ; and therefore steamers ought to be used . that could with no difficulty be moored in an ordinarily deep harbor. Besides, the subsidising of a line of the heaviest tonnage steamers would have - a bad effect on the carrying trade to the old country. At present that is. done, in sailing vessels, and the freights pro cured are sufficiently high to pay the vessels in the trade ; but if we introduce a fleet of six steamers of 4000 tons difficulty will be felt in freighting their large hulls at ruling rates, and a reduc tion would of necessity follow—a reduc tion it is scarcely fair the colony should psy Yjßo,ooo to bring about. It would be a necessity of the line being a payable venture that the steamers should be quickly discharged and rapidly filled up, and this implies no waiting for cargo, so that to secure all cargo imhe market a reduction of freight would have to be made, and this reduction would be loss, against which, of course, the colony’s subsidy would have to stand.

The length of the voyage, and the speed at which it'-'is necessary to accom plish it compels, it is contended, the use of heavy tonnage steamers; but, without going into tedious details, it could be easily shown that steamers of little more than half the tonnage pro. posed would be equal J to a speedy voyage between New Zealand and the old country, and at the same time be able to enter any harbor in New Zea land the trade of which would entitle it to a place among the call ports, while the short time required to collect a cargo would be a safeguard against de lay, give a hope for an almost self-sup porting line, and honest competition with sailing vessels. Besides, we feel that unless a monthly service can be instituted nothing short of that ought to content us, and if it cannot be obtained, let us be satisfied with our present fa cilities for communication until we are in a position to secure a monthly service without, difficulty, and without paying a subsidy of ransom magnitude.

The London Pie House.— Such is the name given by Messrs Broom & Madigan to their new coffee-house in a part of the building formerly occupied by Mr George Eagle as a boarding-house. That the establishment will bo a useful one to the public there can be no doubt,and, carried on by the proprietors in conjunction with their well-organised and popular Central Temperance Hotel, the proprietorship of which they last week assumed, certainly lays well founded claim to public patronage.

Ashbuutox Steeplechases. —A meet ing of the Ashburton Steeplechase Com mittee was held in the Somerset Hotel last evening. Present —Messrs Fooks (in the chair), Wilson, Harris, Calvert, Ire land, and Harrison. It was proposed by Mr Wilson, seconded by Mr Harris, and, after a brief discussion, carried —That the steeplechases he held on the 24th May, and that the races be confined to horses the bona fide property of residents in the Ashburton County. A desultory conversa tion followed in reference to tlie prepara tion of a course and the collection of funds; and it was eventually proposed by Mr Harris, seconded by Mr Wilson, and car ried unanimously—That before deciding upon holding the meeting upon any par ticular ground, the members of Commit tee canvass for subscriptions, and report the result to a meeting to be hold on the 25th March. Mr Harrison was elected Honorary Secretary and Ti easuvev, and the formal business of the meeting then terminated. From the tone of the meet ing we think there is every prospect of this year’s steeplechases being carried opt with, the same energy and success that characterised last year’s meetings.

I.Q.R. —“Sons of Reohab.” — The mombeis of the recently-established Tent of Reehabites .will meet to-morrow night in the Young Men’s Christian Association Rooms.

CmuiTSEY.—The public meeting adver tised for the election of a School Com mittee for this district, was well attended, and keen interest was taken in the selec tion of members of.the now body. The following gentlemen were declared duly elected to serve for the ensuing term : Messrs. W. A. Drown, L. Mangham, li. Childs, J. Fowler, J. W. Wilkinson, A. It. Markham, and J. Campbell. At the sub sequent meeting of the Committee, Mr. W. A. Drown was elected Chairman, and Mr. A. It. Markham, Secretary. It was decided that the opening of the school should he celebrated by a tea-meeting and entertainment on Wednesday, Bth March. The Committee then adjourned till Thurs day, 27th March. Rakaia.— The township is taking long strides ahead, and some new buildings have recently been added, while several others arc projected. Messrs. M‘Kerrow are about to build a large structure for the purpose of grain storage. It will occupy a position contiguous to the establishment of Messrs. Orr and Co., and the concrete foundation is now being laid. A new boarding-house has just been completed for Mr. Cox, near the Bank of Mow Zea land, and this establishment; will supply a want in the township that has been long and keenly felt. Messrs. Orr and Co.’s store, some time ago purchased by that firm from Messrs. M’Kerrow and Co., has been completely reorganized, and is now a large, commodious, and well-stocked centre iof merchandise. In the thick of the grain season just now, the town is busy, and large quantities keep coming in to the railway. Already about GO,OOO bushels have keen sent away from South Eakaia, and this does not represent any thing like what has yet to come, even though the general average throughout the district is low. The Kaitangata Relief Fund. Throughout the colony sympathy is every where expressed with the bereaved ones in Kaitangata, and every village, town, and city is taking steps to raise a rolief fund. The men killed by the explosion were' all workers in the strictest sense of the word-—producers of the colony’s real wealth, and their widows and orphans have thus a greater claim upon public sympathy than that of humanity alone, which, however, ought to be strong enough of itself to raise a fund sufficient to secure to the widows and orphans aid that will place their future beyond the reach of want.

Private Railway Sidings. —We un derstand that a deputation from the locaj grain merchants and others is being or ganised to wait upon the Acting Commis sioner of Railways, to bring under his notice the .existing arrangements in refer-

ence to private railway sidings. Some weeks ago a new tariff came into opera tion by which the remission of 9d per ton for loading, previously allowed to owners of private sidings, was abolished, and they now pay the railway for work actually per formed by themselves. As the injustice of. -ike present system is evident,-bth! mot only buyers blit growers of grain are con siderably affected by the new arrange ment, we hope to see a return made to the old practice of allowances.

Secular- v. Religious Education. The question of religious and secular education is evidently going to 15e a burn ing question. It decided the election for the City of Nelson, and returned a supporter of purely secular education from State funds, and now the seat for Auck land City West will be awarded on the same test.

Suspicious. —The bodies of a number of apparently still-born children have been found buried in the footpaths and graves in the Tiinaru Cemetery having been placed there by stealth in the night time. Inquiries are being instigated into the matter.

Invercargill Property. —Yesterday a quarter-acre section in Tay Street, Inver cargill was sold to a drapery firm for £2,000.

THE FRESH AIR.

‘ ‘ It’s indoors, sir, as killed half the people ; being indoors three parts of the day, and nest to that taking too much drink and vittals. Eating’s as bad as drinking ; and there ain’t nothing like fresh air and the smell of the woods. You should come out here in the spring, when the oak timber is tlirowed (because, you see, the sap be rising, and the hark strips then), and just sit down on a stick fresh peeled—l means a trunk, you know —and sniff up the scent of that there oak bark. It goes right down your throat, and preserves your lungs, as the tan do leather. And I’ve heard say as folk who work in the tan-yards never have no illness. There’s always a smell from trees, dead or living—l could tell what wood a log was in the dark by my nose, and the air is better where the woods be. The ladies up in tlio great houses sometimes goes out into the fir plantations —the turpentine scents strong, you sec—and they say it’s good for the chest ; but you you must live in it. People go abroad, I’m told, to live in the pine forests to cure ’em : I say these here oaks have got every bit as much in that way. I never eat but two meals a day—breakfast and supper: what you would call dinner— and maybe in the middle of the day a hunch of dry dread and an apple. I take a deal ’for breakfast, and I’m rather lear (hungry) at supper; but you may lay your oath that’s why I’m what I am in the way of health. People stuffs themselves, and by consequence it breaks out you see. Its the same with cattle ; they’re overfed, tied up in stalls and stuffed, and never no exercise, and mostly oily food too. It stands to reason they must get bad ; and that’s the real cause of these here rinder pests and pleuro-pneumoniaand what-nots. At least that’s my notion. I’m in the woods all day, and never comes home till supper—•’ cept, of course, in breeding time, to fetch the meal and stuff for the birds—-so I gets the fresh air, you see ; and tiie fresh air is the life, sir. There’s the smell of the earth, too—’specially just as the plough turns it up—which is a line thing ; and the hedges and the grass are as sweet as sugar after a shower. Anything with a green leaf is the thing, depend upon it, if you want to live healthy. ’ ’ —Gamekeeper at Home,

A NEW WATER-SUPPLY SCHEME FOR THE BOROUGH.

On Monday night at the Borough Coun cil meeting the following letter from Mr. James Wilkie, Surveyor to the Road Board, was read to the Council :

To the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Ashburton,

Gentlemen, —I beg to submit to you the following proposed scheme for supply ing the township of Ashburton with a Water Supply. As I have not had time to elaborate the idea, I respectfully offer it to the Council in a crude form ; but I think it is worth the Council’s considera tion :

I propose to bring in a head of water from the gully at the first bridge on Winter’s Road on Mr. B. Ede’s farm, who will give permission to erect a dam there,to follow down the same road to the north-east corner of the Domain, and to follow tlie high ground to the centre of the Domain at the upper corner of the Cricket Ground, to erect there a turbine wheel of say 12-horse power (there being a perpendicular fall of 10ft Sin at this point) ; the turbine is to be used for driving a pair of powerful force pumps which are to be attached to a pipe or cylinder sunk to the level of the under ground current of pure water known to exist there.

In place of erecting an expensive reser voir at a great elevation, I propose to dis charge the water from the pumps into a large air-tight chamber, which will act as an accumulator (an ordinary dome-shaped steam boiler, fitted with a safety valve and pressure guage will answer), and discharge the water into a 9-inch main, and lead the same to East street. The compressed air in the accumulator will act as an elastic cushion, and will effectually utilise the power of the turbine for supplying water at a sufficiently high pressure to command any building in the township. _ The waste water, after leaving the tur bine, could then at a trifling expense be used for flushing the streets in the town ship, and for forming an ornamental pond in the Domain. I claim for this scheme the following advantages:— 1. Its economy. The total cost I es timate at less than £ISOO. 2. Its practicability ; the simplicity of it being patent. 3. Its economy in working, as after being completed, it will require no atten tion. 4. The short time necessary for its con struction ; the whole of the work could be completed in say four months. 5. The ease and rapidity with which it could be started or stopped in case it was found necessary. 6. The certainty of having a never-fail ing supply of the purest water for do mestic purposes capable of being delivered at any required elevation. 7. The ornamentation of the Domain by converting the present unsightly gully into ail ornamental pond, and the sub sequent use of the same water for flushing the side channels. I have, &c., James Wilkie.

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

Two miners were examined at the inquest before it was adjourned till Mon day next. Ifc was elicited from one of them, William Wilson, that fire-damp was present in the mine to his knowledge in October last, but not before, and men had been stopped from working by it. The men, this witness said, had no fear from fire-damp in the new workings, but were not so confident about the old. Wilson did not consider that using naked lights was a safe proceeding, though the Kai tangata miners were accustomed to work with naked lights. Only the foreman in the Kaitangata used a Davy light, but at Home every miner did. Such old work ings as existed in the Kaitangata mine would, in the old country, have been bricked up with a 3ft. wall, and the walls backed with clay; but though many of the Kaitangata miners were men of experience in the old country they expressed no dis satisfaction with the old workings not being bricked up, and before the explosion the old workings were seldom mentioned. He .had no doubt the explosion originated in the old workings. Archie Hodge’s body was the only one found in the old workings. The evidence of the other man, John Irving, was as follows : —I have been employed at Kaitangata a long time, work ing under-ground up to September, 1877, when I left for 8 months. The air was pretty good. It was also very good when I returned. I was engaged in the old workings for two months. After that, when I was put into the new workings about August last, I saw indications of fire-damp in the headings going up the rise. A month later a man named A. Jar vie, who was working at the end of the new workings, was burnt by an explosion of fire-damp. Since then I have observed indications of fire-damp in differ ent parts of the new workings, but heard of no serious accidents. On Thursday last I went to where a miner named Love was working, and saw more indications of fire-damp. This was in the new workings. I said, ‘ ‘ You had better be cautious, or something serious might happen. ” He told me lie would he as cautious as he could. I could detect fire-damp ' by holding the lamp up to it when it came down from the roof about a foot. I was a miner at Home II years, and about 12 years at Clyde. Fire-damp is found in very small quanti ties in lignite pits. In extensive mines like that of Kaitangata I have invariably seen safety-lamps used. I always con sidered the old workings ought to have been bricked up to prevent persons going into them, This is a practice at Home. I think the new workings thoroughly well ventilated as far as they extended. I have not been in the old workings lately. I went about 10 yards in about three months ago. ' There were partitions across, consisting of bags. We had lights with us, but found no fire-damp. We were not allowed to go into old workings but occasionally the miners went in for certain purposes. We' used to tell each other it was better not to go there, as it was dangerous. For myself, I feel satisfied that the fire damp has driven from the new workings by means of air passages, and accumulated in the old Forkings, where it has been set fire to. I would never have dreamt of going into the old workings with a naked light. I believe Archie Hodge was a careful man. I think he had his full wists about him. I can’t tell what took him into these

workings except that it might be to hunt for rails. I don’t, think he was capable of acting as fireman, but I can’t say why I hold this opinion. He was not the man I should have trusted to go into these workings, even with a safety-lamp.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

London, Feb. 22.

The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is eighteen million pounds. Australian tallow, best beef, 6d lower ; best mutton, Is lower. The Victorian Embassy have appointed to meet Sir M. Hicks-Beach on Wednes day.

The Bank reserve is stronger. The stock markets present no new feature. Government debentures are quiet. Vic torian stocks are lower. The wool market shows symptoms of weakness. Prices are ten per cent, lower than last February’s sales. The corn market is unchanged. The Queen sympathises with the sufferers by the Cape disaster, and applauds the valour of the troops. Feb. 23. Colonel Stanley, Under Secretary for War, has been authorised to express to General Lord Chelmsford, Commander-in- Chief, Natal, the sympathy and confience of the Queen. The amry estimates are £15,625,000 being a decrease of £2,156,250. Feb, 24. The death of the Duke of Newcastle is announced. Undated. The Greek Archbishop has been murdered in the streets of Adrianople by Bulgarian refugees. Isaac Butt, the member of parliament, is dangerously ill. Shere Ali is reported to be dying of gangrene, arising from an old wound. Vienna, Feb. 22. The report of a Committee of the Lower House of the Austro-Hungarian Empire approves the proposals to apportion amongst Austrian firms the Government grant of 100,000 florins for Austrian representation at the Sydney Exhibition. Bombay, Feb. 23. At a large meeting of Mollahs, held at Cabul, it was declared that Shere Ali had sought Russian help, and that therefore a religious demonstration in his favour was unlawful. St. Petersburg, Feb. 23. The Russian Governor-General of the Province of Kharker has been shot by an assassin, and is severely wounded. Berlin, Feb. 23. The death of Field-Marshal . Von Roon is announed to-day. Constantinople. Feb, 23. The Bulgarian Legislative Assembly has been opened at Tirnova. Capetown, Feb. 24. The British forces are acting on the defensive, but the Zulus are not attacking Pierson’s Britih column is entrenched at Ekope. The Commander-in-chief and staff' are going to join him there. The Native Contingent was to be disbanded on Feb. 20.

AUSTRALIAN.

[Bv Submarine Cable.]

Sydney, Eeb. 25. A public holiday was held to-day in con sequence of the ceremony of unveiling the statue of Captain Cook in Hyde Park. The Governor performed the ceremony in the presence of a muster of the military and naval forces, and the various public bodies. Upwards of 20,000 spectators were present.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Wednesday. At the Government Land Sale yesterday, for 44 lots, of from 50 to 260 acres at Holiianga, not a single bid was given. The cause is alleged, to be a dread of the new land tax. No Northern -Land was sold.

Messrs. Jones and Ware were the lowest tenderers for the section of the railway from Whangarei to Kama. The Auckland Institute has received from Mr. A. Goldie, the New Guinea explorer, a large collection of bird-skins, native implements, and canoes. The whole collection represents species not possessed by the Institute. A fine collection of the ornamental woods of the Province has been forwarded to the Sydney Exhibition, including five varieties of mottled kauri.

Wellington, Wednesday. The Zamboanza was detained yesterday, and sails to-day.

The Attorney-General has given his opinion to the Corporation that the con struction of new streets is a work -within the meaning of the term “ public works ” in the Municipal Corporation Act, and for which a special loan may be raised with the approval of the ratepayers. The City Solicitor has advised differently. ~ Invercargill, Wednesday. A trial between four kinds of reapers and binders is going on to-day at Walla ie town, 7 miles from Invercargill. A Kaitangata Relief Fund meeting has been called by the Mayor. \ A large number of fat cattle and sheep are going from here by train to the Diuk edin market. This is in consequencdjH the new railway. y. (

A Paisley Publican was complaining of his servant maid that she could never be found when required. “ She’if gang oot o’ the house,” said he, “ twenty times for once she’ll come in. ” Cautious. — A reporter, in speaking of a man whose two legs had been cut off by a railway train says, “He will probably be a cripple for life. ” Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton ire often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase of Drapery, Clothing, and House-furnishing Iron mongery, and General Stores. Orr & Co. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. They keep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which beinc bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to ofier goods of suNi sterling value as cannot be equalled by any other house in the trade. Every article ip stock is marked at the lowest price, from which no abatement is made so that the most inexperienced buy’their goods at the saipe piices as the best judges,—Adyt

Wednesday, February 26, 1579/I

TH E ASH B U RTO N HERA LD,



Butter, inferior to best $ lb r. I d. 0 to I 2 Eggs, dozen ' -: . I 6 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, $ R> Bacon, prime smoked, 1? lb O 10 to 0 0 O 10 to , p 0 Hams in cloth, 11> ■ ■ - I 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, ioolb Oatmeal, 251b • . •- 12 6 to 14 0 7 0 to 0 0 Lard, lb - - 0 9 to 0 0



Ashburton Trado Directory. __ Architect and Civil Engineer— S. W. Brown, East-street S. Farr, Montgomery’s Buildings B. Mountfort, East Street Auctioneers — Bullock and Co., East-street Alfred Harrison, Baring Square Barristers and Solicitors — Messrs. Branson and Purnell, East-street Mr. Harris, Saunders’ Buildings. Bakers, Confectioners, Etc.— Taylor and Lill, East-street, Sando and Olsen, East-street 3? ANKS — Bank of New Zealand, East-street Union Bank of Australia, East-street Boarding House Keepers— John Candish, Moore-st. S. Lucas, Cox-street J. G. Anstee, East-street Prince Albert Boarding-house, Wills-st. T. Cotton, Spanish Restaurant, Havelock street. Builders, ■ Contractors, Etc.— G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moor-street Thos. Williams, Tinwald G. Compton, Builder, Moore-street. Booksellers and Stationers — H. M. Jones, East-street. E. A. Garnett, East-street. ,A- Weston, Prospect Buildings, East-street Weeks and Dixon, East-street North (next to Quill’s Hotel.) Bootmakers — T. Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East-st. M. Nealas, East-street J. Campbell, Moore-street Brewers and Bottlers— Wood and Co., Cameron-street Quinton Bros., Mount Somers Road Cabinetmakers— Joseph Rule, Moore-street. C. Bradei, Tinwald Cabinetmakers and Undertakers — T. A. Gates, Peter-street, near Quill’s Thomas Williams, 1 inwaid Carriers — Thomas Bradford, Forest Road G. F. Scott, Cameron-street B. C. Smith, Moore-street Chemists and Druggists— J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings Charles Neate, Moore Street. Coal and Firewood Merchants— F. Doherty, Peter-street A. Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Rail way Station F. P. Leßreton, Bumett-street. Drapers and Clothiers— D. Williamson and Co , East-street. Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr and Co., East-street Firth, Pass, and Co., Old Bank Store, East street T. Quinn & Co., Moor-street Engineers and Founders— Edwards and Lee, Engineers, Smiths, etc., Burnett-street W. J. Hessty, Central Foundry, Peters-st Furniture Warerooms—



A. Spillard, Tancred Street Grocers, General Dealers, Etc.— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Orr and Co,, East-street Firth, Pass, and Co., East-street Friedlander Bros., East-street Sando and Olsen, East-street F. Doherty, Peter-street D. Williamson and Co., East-steeet. Greengrocers, &c. — W. T. Davison, Moore-street J. MooaXjfc Co., East-street W. BirtweU, East Street Broom and Madigan, Havelock Street. Hairdresser —- ~ :: E. A. Garnett, East Street. A. Weston, East Street Hotels— Quill’s Commercial Hotel, near Railway Station Shearman’s Somerset Hotel, East-street Central Temperance Hotel, Havelock Street Willcocks’ vVheatsheaf Hotel, Wheatstone Mutch and McKenzie, Ashburton Hotel, East Street. Ironmongers— Orr and Co., East-street Aitken and Co., Havelock-street S. Plardley, East-street - ■ Ladies’ Clothing. Establishment— Mrs. Morey, Tancred Street. Milliner and Dressmaker— Mrs. Adams, Cox-street Painter, See. — f. R. Chapman, Tancred-street Teague and Sons, Burnett-street T. S. Tucker, Moore-street. Photographer— E. Teague, Tancred-street Printers and Publishers— Weeks and Dixon, East-street Plumbers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Etc.— J. C. Dolman, Tancred-street Joseph Hyde, Tancred-street S. Plardley, East-street Saddlers— Thomas Dudson, Burnett-street Surveyors— C. E. Fooks and Son, Triangle, Wakanui Road Tailors— Aitken and Co., Havelock-street Tentmakers— Sando and Olsen, East-street tobacconists— A. Weston, East-street E. A. Garnett, East-street. Watchmaker— J. P. Parker, East-street, near Bullock’s Csj Notices in this Directory, £1 per annum.



Public Notice. THE ASHBURTON HERALD Ani> Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) ASHBURTON, WAKANUI, AND SEA, FIELD MAIL EXPRESS. (SUBSCRIBERS to The Ashburton k 3 Herald, residing at and between the above places will, in future, he supplied by Sando and Olsen’s Mail Express, which leaves Ashburton eveiy Tuesday and Friday. New Subscribers will please forward their names to any of the Agents, or our Office, as early as possible. Subscription : By post or express, Bs. Gd. per quarter; in advance, 7s. 6d. per quarter ; or 28s. per annum. The Ashburton Herald will contain all the latest telegraphic and other news, grain and produce market reports, and particu lar attention will be paid to the wants of settlers. All notices referring to the Borough Council, County Council, and the Road Boards, will be found in the Herald. Agencies where The Herald can be obtained Wakanui School Wakanui Creek.. Seafield Charing Cross ... Newland.. McClure Gr. Leadley T. Jones M. Bruce T. M. Jones (I. S. Brown Ed. Watkins The Agents will supply printed forms |or new subscribers to sign.



General Storekeepers. T. R. HODDER & CO., JgEG to inform the Inhabitants of Ashburton and Surrounding Districts that they intend OPENING THEIR NEW AND EXTENSIVE PREMISES IN i SAUNDERS BROS.’ BUILDINGS, ON SATURDAY, MARCH ist, With a Large and Carefully-selected Stock, in the following Distinct De partments : GENERAL DRAPERY, MILLINERY AND SHOW ROOM, BOYS’, YOUTHS’, & MEN’S CLOTHING, TAILORING DEPARTMENT under the CHARGE OF A FIRST-CLASS CUTTER FROM MELBOURNE), BOOTS, SHOES, AND MENS’ HATS, GROCERY & PROVISION WAREHOUSE CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, & FANCY ' GOODS. IRONMONGERY of Every Description. T. R. H. & Co., in respectfully soliciting a share of the business in the rapidly-increasing district of Ashburton, intimate that they can offer many advantages, having had extensive busi ness experience in every branch, being DIRECT IMPORTERS, and well established in the Home, American, and Colonial Markets, and having purchased largely from an over stocked market, especially in Cotton Goods, which will be Sold much under ordinary j.List Prices. They have se cured Tf? ; COMPETENT HANDS for each Department, and with these Superior Facilities for carrying on busi ness, they trust to give their customers the UTMOST SATISFACTION.



WOOL, GRAIN, & DAIRY PRODUCE BOUGHT FOR CASH, AND TAKEN IN ACCOUNT. Indents received for every description of Agricultural Machinery, or any other commission promptly attended to by their LONDON AGENTS. T. R. HODDER & Co. 3 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GENERAL MERCHANTS.



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Special Notice. Hooper, .; aitken and are prepared to make CASH ADVANCES CO. GRAIN, OR OTHER PRODUCE Placed in their hands for sale in the Home Markets. '*39o TO LET. —-A Four-roomed HOUSE in Tancred Street Apply MISS CALLAGHAN, 445 .■ , Tancred Street.