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 3.15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

NOTICE.

Mails close at the Chief Post 'Office for the following 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 Aug. 26. The mail via Brindisi will be due in London on Oct. 20, and the mail via Southampton on Oct. 27.

The next mail foi the United Kingdom via San Francisco will be closed at Christchurch on Friday, Sept. 12, and will be due in London on Oct. 28.

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 of 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 for warded to the Dead Letter Office, to be return 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.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES.

To-Morrow

Mr. J. L. Crawley, at 1 o’clock, at his Sale-rooms, Saunders’ Buildings—Con signment of jewellery, cutlery, &c., in bankrupt estate, also general merchan dise.

Mr. A Harrison, at 1 o’clock at his rooms, Baring Square suburban sections, poultry, furniture, lamps, &c.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser With which is incorporated the "Evening Echo "). FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1879.

We have already pointed out the danger in which the true Liberal cause is placed by the presence of two candidates of almost identical views contesting the Coleridge electorate. It is true that no Greyite has yet definitely offered his ser vices to the constituency, but a divided field of such importance will be fortunate indeed if it escape the notice of the “ Liberal Association,” and at the eleventh hour we may find some “patriot” under the direction of the Premier seek ing an opportunity to raise us from “ serf' dom ” in that Premier’s own peculiar manner. Should a Government supporter of ordinary ability now enter the lists, we should, considering the unfortunate divi. sion of the Opposition rotes, he compelled to regard his chances of election good. This position, and the possibility of a calamity of the magnitude we have just indicated, we must, with a continued respect for that gentleman’s many excel, lent qualities, attribute to Mr. E. G. Wright; and we think that he has made a fatal mistake in choosing for his first contest for Parliamentary honors, a field in which he fights not an enemy but an ally. A public man may sometimes be very selfish and yet successful, but lie must hide that selfishness to some degree —he must at least, appear to care some thing for political principles and the interests of his party, and must not show every one that he is ready to split up his own party, to risk the defeat of the principles that he professes to believe in, and the continuance of a Government he knows to be dangerous, for no higher object than a desire to fill an honorable position already sought by at least as good a man on his own side in the present political struggle. When Crabbe describes his successful man of the world, Sir Richard Monday, he makes him careless and selfish enough of everyone else’s interest, but that is only hi 3 real, not his apparent character, and although

“ He’d but one cave, and that he strove to hide, Hew best for Richard Monday to provide.” He describes him as so obliging that “ His were the legs that ran at all commands, They used on all occasions Richard’s hands,” and if Mr. Wright had at least appeared to consult the interests of his party as well as his. own, we are sure that his success would have been much more probable and whether successful or not, his reputation as a consistent public man, willing to take his place in his own team, would at least have suffered no injury.

When Mr. Wriglit decided to come for ward for Coleridge, and to fight for a seat held by one of his own party, and by a man who had proved himself in the House to be as bright and witty as he was known to be retiring and reliable, there were at least two seats in want of a candidate of his own views, and likely to be lost to his party for want of a suitable man to contest them, and both of them districts in which Mr. Wright was not unknown as a public man. The City of Christchurch runs a great risk of returning not only Sir George Grey but also one of his satellites, for want of a third candidate on the Opposition side ; and the large, half-represented dis trict of Heathcote is likely to have no choice of representatives, and to actually again send back the man who alone among the Canterbury representatives was found willing to betray Canterbury ty joining a Government which took our land fund as Mr. Sheehan said, “ like a bold highwayman a mau who defended the defended the Government for taking £227,000 from the Canterbury Hoad Boards, and voted with Sir George Grey even in support of the Tapanui and Thames railway jobs, which not only set all Parliamentary control at defiance, but diverted nearly half a million of money from Canterbury to the Otago and Auck land provincial districts, and left our authorised railways unfinished and unpro ceeded with. Those would have been subjects upon which Mr. Wright was specially adapted to enlighten the Heath cote electors, and in doing so he would have deserved and received the gratitude not only of Heathcote but of Canterbury. To have opened the eyes of those somno lent or deluded Heathcote electors, and to have shown them their suicidal folly, would have been a work worthy of all his energy, one that would have served his party and his country, and would have caused him to be welcomed to the seat he had deservedly won by a party to whom he had proved a worthy ally. We have no idea that Mr. Wright has any chance of success in this present con test ; it is easy to take voters enough to each small meeting to get a show of hands, but they can only be taken to the poll once. He will, however, never be a cypher amongst us ; he has more than his share of good, natural ability, and although he lacks taste, judgment, and

patience, he abounds and superabounds in that energy which, after all, does more than anything else to make a man felt as a real power amongst his neighbors. His defeat is sure to do such a man good, and we hope that it will convince him that, however little he may care about his own party, or his own politics, and however little he may believe in the existence of any sentiments of philanthrophy or patriotism in the electors, he will never attain to any permanent or elevated posi tion as a public man unless he can learn to occasionally soar beyond Sir Richard Monday’s “ one care,” and to devote his great energies to subjects not exclusively connected with the interests of E. G. Wright.

Held Over.—A letter from our Dune din correspondent is held over, but will appear in to-morrow’s issue. Erratum. —By a misprint we stated in our Tuesday’s issue that the members of the Presbytery took luncheon in the Central Hotel. It should have been the Somerset. As our paragraph was made a lay figure of by the Ashburton “ Mail ” that enterprising journal made the same mistake.

The San Francisco Mail.— The Post master informs us that the Ashburton por tion of the inward ’Frisco mail is expected in town by the express train to-morrow morning.

Resident Magistrate’s Court. —Mr. Guinness being occupied to-day with the sitting of the Assessment Court, the ordi nary business of the R. M. Court was ad journed until Tuesday next.

Coleridge Election.— We call the at tention of our readers to a notification in our advertising columns fixing the dates and places at the various centres of popu lation in the district, of the meetings Mr. Hart intends holding. Electoral. —Yesterday, at noon, Mr. W. Rolleston was elected, without opposi tion, member for the Avon district. The proceedings were of a very quiet character, there being scarcely a dozen persons present. Hinds Pound. —By reference to an advertisement in another column, it will be seen that applications are invited for the situation of poundkeeper at the Hinds.

The Weather and the Crops.— A pleasant change has taken place in the weather, and yesterday was to pedestrians uncomfortably warm, andjwill, we imagine, be a welcome change to our agricultural friends. If the season only proves as favorable up to harvest time as it has already done, the district will turn out such a quantity of grain next season as will put the railway authorities to their wits end how to get it away. The only drawback at present is that in some of the low-lying lands farmers are unable to get in their seed on account of the large amount of wet weather. This is especially noticeable in the rich land in the vicinity of the Wakanui homestead, more particu larly on Messrs. Walsh, Corbetts, and Leadley’s farms ; however, a few days of drying weather such as we are now having will soon render the land fit for the neces sary work. The farms in the Longbeach district, although of >a more swampy nature have not suffered from the wet weather so much on account of the pro vision made there for drainage, and every farm we have visited looked remarkably well. Football. —A series of football matches played in Christchurch under the auspices of the recently formed Rugby Football Union were completed yesterday. On the 23rd instant, the Otago and Canterbury representatives opposed one another, and a well contested match resulted in a draw. On the 25th, Wellington tried conclusions ■with Otago, and after a thoroughly well played and exciting game the team from the Empire City was victorious. Yester day Wellington and Canterbury were op posed to one another, and some magnifi cent play was exhibited, victory eventually resting with the northern team. Electoral. —The following names of Mr. Gorge Hart’s committee have been handed to us for publication :—Messrs. Cox, John Orr, A. Orr, R. Friedlander, H. Friedlander, Robinson, Fooks, E. Saunders, Bruce, Parsons, Thomas Walsh, Hodder, John Grigg. C. Reed, Harris, Crawley, Joseph Clark, Leggatt, Moffatt, James Scott; It. Wilkin, Coster, Corsbie, Peters, Macfarlane, Mcllraith, Duncan Cameron, D. Cameron, P Tisch, Taylor, Mcßae, Porter, Morgan, Forbes, Miller, Stitt, Mann, McKerrow, Holmes, Aitken, Winter, Mackie. Bruce, Sharpe, McMil lan, Allen, N. McLean, Lawrie, Jackson, Dicken, Lambie, Dearden, Partridge, Allen and Passmore.

The Escaped Prisoner. —A New Ply mouth telegram says : —The prisoner Orr, alias Hall, who ww captured yesterday, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at the District Court to-day. He was captured by a Native at Stonoy river 011 his way to Parihaka.

Another Candidate for Christ church —Mr. Treadwell last night, at tlie conclusion of his lecture upon the Land Laws, announced that he was a candidate for Christchurch in the Liberal interest.— <c Times.” Accident at Waimate. A Mrs. Archer was riding on a two-horse timber dray in the bush yesterday when one of the horses bolted, and in passing a stump crushed both legs of the unfortunate woman. Mrs. Archer was taken to the Hospital, where she was found to have sustained a compound fracture in both legs. —“ Times.” Serious Charge. —At a meeting of the creditors of S. Guildford’s estate in Wel lington, it was' resolved that legal pro ceedings be taken against Mr. Berry, the Trustee, for an alleged misappropriation of monies. Holloway’s Ointment /nd Pills. During the late autumn, when the atmospheric changes are alike sudden and extreme, it is a subject for grave and serious consideration how the health can behest preserved. An occasional alternative, like these Pills, will be the surest preventative of disease because it overcomes all derangements ot the system, purifies and regulates the circulation, and gives that needful energy to the nervous structures which carries the frame triumphantly through trials to which the weak and sickly would succumb. Neuralgic pains and rheumatic agonies derive present and permanent relief from diligent friction with Holloway’s Ointment, which, acting as a derivative, releases the gorged and irritated bloodvessels from congestion, and the nerves lom pressure, —Arvt.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS,

( Special). London August 28. The relations are becoming exceed ingly strained between Russia and Ger many. These animosities are much exasperated by quarrels between Bis marck and Gortschakoff. Angry articles in the official press will probably result in closer alliance between Germany and Austria.

Heavy rains have fallen in England, ruining the crops. Eighty Yorkshire farmers have abandoned their farms. London. Undated. 3 per cent, consols New Zea land 10-40 five per cent. 103*4. At wool sales to-day 9400 bales were catalogued ; tone of market quieter; good demand for fine wools ; inferior and medium neglected.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Special to the Association.)

Sydney, Friday. Heavy rains all over colony. Serious floods in the Darling district.

TO-DAY’ S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROViNCiAL.

Auckland, Friday,

Sir George Grey has telegraphed that he will arrive here on the 3rd. prox. The Theatre Royal has been secured, and a Committee met to-day to arrange details of the reception. In addressing the Newton consti tuency, Mr. Swanson, in referring to the cry for land to settle on, said he would give to any man fifty acres of fair land within easy distance of Auck land by road or water —for twenty years rent free, to live on and improve it. Lie held in his hand an offer, from William Aitken, a land agent, to supply Govern ment with 75,000 acres in a month at half the upset Government price.

Hurunui, Friday.

At Waikari, last night, Mr. Alfred Saunders received a unanimous vote of confidence ; he will address the electors at Waiau this evening.

Kaikoura, Friday,

Mr. H. Inglis addressed the electors here last evening. A vote of confidence was proposed, and an amendment to the contrary; fifteen hands being held up on each side. At the nomination to-day the show of hands was as follows : —lngles, 15 ; Saunders, 13.

EUROPEAN.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

{Reuter's Telegrams.)

Vienna, August 27. A successor to Count Andrassy has not yet been appointed.

Berlin, August 27

Count Andrassy is on a visit to Prince Bismarck, who proposes to return the visit at Vienna. These interviews are interpreted as meaning a close alliance between Germany and Austria.

London, August 26,

Three per Cent Consols, Zealand 10.40 five per cent loan, 103^. Best Australian beef tallow, 33s ; best Australian mutton tallow, 355. At the wool sales to-day, 9,000 bales were catalogued. The market is

quieter. Lord Chelmsford his arrived in London, and has visited the'Prince of Wales. In a letter from the Duke of Cam bridge, releasing Lieut. Carey from his arrest, his Royal Highness censures trooper Harrison, who was the last of the party who saw the Prince Imperial alive running beside his horse, and witnessed his inability to mount. Obituary —Sir Rowland Hill, K.C.B.

Panama, August 27

President Grant has accepted the Chairmanship of the canal through Nicaragua. The Haytian revolution has been suppressed.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reuter's Telegram.)

Melbourne, August 28.

At a caucus meeting it was resolved to remit Customs duties to the extent of £00,003, and impose a stamp duty to the same extent.

Mr Berry, in the Assembly, proposed that the stamp duty should be £70,000. He also proposed to rescind 10 per cent, on hardware, and forego the duty on drugs, and revise the soft goods duties to the extent of £25,000. At the sales of stud sheep to-day, the prices realised were very low. Only a few merinos were offered,

Sydney, August 28, For the champion sculling race to-mor'-j row Trickett is still the favorite. ‘U:

[Special to Association. ]

Sydney. August 28.

A circumstantial telegram from Sand hurst, to the Melbourne “ Argus,” states that a man representing himself to be Byrne, bailed up the residence of a farmer living at Strathmore, and compelled the inmates to prepare a meal for him. He then attempted to outrage the daughter in the presence of the mother, but seeing some men approaching he bailed them up, after which he departed. A man named Morrow, a farmer, apprised a police con stable, who pursued him. ' A man named Taylor supplied a fresh horse and also joined in the pursuit. After crossing the Murray they were joined by five New South Wales troopers, who overtook the mau and he was then lodged in the Shipton gaol on August 12. It is believed that the

police suppressed publicity of the capture. The English machinery exhibitors are complaining of the delay in allotting the space for “their exhibits.

MR. HART AT SHEFFIELD.

[by telegraph.] Malvern, August 28.

Mr. George Hart addressed a well attended meeting of electors in the Wad dington schoolhouse, Sheffield, last even ing. Mr. McMillan occupied the chair, and introduced the candidate.

Mr. Hart spoke of the right of the Coleridge electoral district to greater re presentation, the unsatisfactory state of the present Government, chiefly arising from the unconstitutional and dictatorial policy of Sir George Grey, the disorganisa tion of the civil service, public works abuses, native difficulties, and the general maladministration of the Ministry. Mr. Hart declared himself strongly in favor of triennial Parliaments, and would support manhood suffrage with a residential quali fication.

In reply to questions, Mr. Hart said that he did not think that Sir William Fox would again take office, but that the Hon. John Hall would be the next Pre mier. He approved of the Local Option Bill, but thought holders of licenses should receive compensation. Would favor limited immigration. The remission of the duty on tea and sugar was simply a hundred thousand pounds thrown away. On the motion of Mr. Taylor seconded by Mr. Mathias, a vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to the candidate.

LONDON CABMEN’S HONESTY.

A London paper (Bell’s Life) gives a very interesting article descriptive of the working of the Lost Property Department in Scotland Yard in that city, from which we glean the following particulars : Last year close upon 17,000 articles, varying from jewellery to old boots, were handed in, and this year the numbers promise, if anything, to be larger. In 1870 there were 3258 items carried by drivers to the office. In 1871, the numbers, in consequence of some new ar rangements, rose to 7709. In 1872 the figures were 12,950, and in 1873 they rose to 14,136. From this point they have steadily increased, the totals slowly creep ing up by thousands until they now reach the large average already given. From information supplied us at Scotland Yard, it appears that every driver is called upon to deposit any property left in his vehicle by those he drives at some police station ; thence it is forwarded the same day to Scotland Yard. If no owner can be found for the property within three months it is returned to the man by whom it was de posited ; he thereby obtains it with a legal title for its being in his possession. Should the owner be found, he is charged 2s Gd or 3s in the £, which is given to the cabman as a reward for his honesty. If the “left behind” exceeds the value of £lO, the Police Commissioners award a lump sum according to the circumstances of the case, the amount in some instances ranging as high as £IOO. The records of the Lost Property De partment are interesting as a series of romances. They touch both edges of high and low life, and are as frequently connected with title as not. One day a young Brazilian hearty elopes with his sweetheart and comes to London. They have no money He takes her jewels, value £IOOO, to go and do —well we will not enquire too curiously what. Of course, he takes a cab, but “ the sweet intoxica tion of love ” i 3 upon him, for he carelessly gets out and leaves the precious valuables behind him. But Jehu is honest, and drives the jewels to a police station. Thence they are despatched to the Lost Property Office, and in due Cuiirse deli vered to their anxious owners. Cabby re ceived a douceur of £SO. In another case a dainty darling of the foot-lights w T as being driven home “ with a friend”—we will not mention whom, although v 7 e could—when she left a valuable set of diamonds behind her. Hero again cabby was honest, and the beauty of the green room received her gems intact. In another case two gentlemen —it must be supposed they had been out to supper— quarrelled over a pearl necklace valued at a trifling £IOOO. Neither, in their anger, would touch the necklace, so it was, by common consent, pitched into the cab they had just vacated. Cabby, in per plexity, drove the embarrassing trinket off to the police station, and a compulsory £SO paid him next day by one of the gentlemen was an example of the old pro verb that “Joyful nights make sorrowful mornings.” One day a wealthy member of the wealthiest mercantile syndicate in the world chartered a cab and dropped a £SOO bank-note on the straw at the bot tom. Cabby here got £25. Last year a careless traveller left a parcel of jewels and watches worth about £6OO in a cab. In this case the plunder could easily have been made away with, but Cabby, who is still driving, and whose number is 3661, took them to the Lost Property Depart ment, and was suitably rewarded. Cab man 11,499 was equally honest. Finding 476 American gold eagles in his vehicle, he successfully resisted what may have been a strong temptation to appropriate so rich a prize, and received £25 as an acknowledgment for his honesty. Within the last nine months a cabman, whose fare had been a lady well-known in the gayest court of Europe, found a tiara of pearls worth several thousand pounds in his cab, and restored them through Inspector Parker fo the owner. Another cabman, j

No. 3512, made a haul of £3500 in notes and £4OOO in bonds. He received £IOO as an acknowledgment of his honesty. These records, most of which relate to incidents which happened within the last twelve months, could be indefinitely ex tended, but enough have been quoted to show what an immense mass of property passes through the hands of the Lost Pro perty Department, and how more honest Cabby is than his many detractors would give him credit for. Besides Inspector Parker there are only four other officials in this department of Scotland-yard, an economy in management which reflects considerable credit upon the judicious organisation of the Chief Commissioner of Police. The annual value of the “ lefts behind ” may he summarised as follows : —Umbrellas, £4000; bags and shawls, £4OOO ; other articles, £5000; making a' total of about £14,000 for l the* twelve months. . .. . .. a

Friday, August 29, 1879.]

THE ASHBURTON HERALD



s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best $ tt> 1 2 to 1 6 Eggs, V? dozen I 3 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, li? Ih 0 & to 0 10 Bacon, prime smoked, lb 0 9 to 0 10 Hams in cloth, 1? lb I 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, ioolb 14 6 to 0 0 Oatmeal, U? 25ft 6 0 to 0 0 Lard, lb - 0 9 to 0 0



New Advertisements. OPEN THIS DAY. BREAD! BREAD! 1 BREAD!!! CONFECTIONERY and BISCUITS. 171 DWARD TAYLOR begs to inform If the inhabitants of Ashburton and the surrounding neighborhood that he has commenced business as Plain and Fancy Bread and Biscuit Baker, and Confec tioner in Saunders’ New Buildings, and hopes by strict attention to business, and keeping a first-class article, to merit a fair share of public patronage. Confectionery and Biscuits always in stock. ONE TRIAL SOLICITED. Note the Address — TAYLOR, Bread and Biscuit Baker and Confectioner, EAST STREET, Near the Railway Station. 343^ PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL rjIHE undersigned having opened the Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, begs to say he is destermined to keep a GOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. THOMAS CLARK, Proprietor. 333 a ASHBURTON CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). RE-OPENING of the above commo dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel.



T. BROADBELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public on REASONABLE TERMS. Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board 14s. MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Beds (single), Is. Cd. 334 a RAILWAY HOTEL, WINSLOW. Mb. W. HARRIS requests the public to know that he is back at his old house, and wishes his old friends to know that they will receive the same good accommodation as formerly. Private Suites of Rooms for families. Wines and Beer of the best brands. Good stabling and loose boxes, with every attendance. W. HARRIS, Proprietor. 3 r< sa Clearing Sale! GLASGOW HOUSE, EAST STREET. A YIN begs respectfully to vTT thank his friends and the inhabitants of Ashburton and surround ing district for the esteemed patronage be stowed upon him during the past twelve months, and hopes to merit a continuance of the same. He desires to announce A CLEARING SALE, For One Month, OF Winter Goods, At Greatly Reduced Prices, TO SUIT THE TIMES. Inspection Invited. BARGAINS! BARGAINS ! ! ! W. GAVIN, DRAPER, GLASGOW HOUSE, Montgomery’s Buildings, East Street, Ashburton. 2iSa



Clothing Establishment. ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Mr. J. H. Morrison, Manager Mosgiel Woolen Factory, AND >- Trustees. Mr. John Ross, Of Sargood, Sons & Ewing, FHHE above large Clothing Manufac- X 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 w;e 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 Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory. 12a JgNVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER. —The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depfit, Saunders' Buildings, *?fl



Advertisements for the Ashburton 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 the copy, other wise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged accordingly. Notice to discontinue Advertisements must be left at the Office in writing, before 12 noon and alterations the day previous. Subscriptions : In Advance. If Booked Quarterly — s. d. s. d Delivered in town ...60 6 6 ~ country ...80 8 6 80 8 6 Posted



New Advertisements. ■ ,j r | IN THE MATTER OK A BILL INTITULED ' AN ACT to Enable the Ashburton County Council to Supply the Rate payers ok that Part of the County ok Ashburton between the Ash burton and Rakaia Rivers with Water. "TVT OTICE is hereby given, that application is intended to be made at the next session of th e General: Assembly of New Zealand, to introduce a Bill to enable the Ashburton County Council to supply the ratepayers and residents of that part of the County of Ashburton be tween Ashburton and Rakaia Rivers with wa ter, for Domestic, Agricultural, and Pastoral purposes and for such purposes to take water from the said rivers to the extent of one half the volume thereof or from the tributary of the Ashburton River, known as “ Pudding Hill Stream,” to the ex tent of three-fourths of the volume thereof, and to purchase and hold all lands necessary for such purposes, and to make and construct all th# necessary works, and borrow the necessary money to enable the said County Council to do so, and making provision for the payment of the interest upon any loans and providing a sinking fund for the payment of the principal money. A Iso defining the boundaries of any district within or in respect of which any wate r supply is to be provided. Also empowering the Council to enter upon any land within any district for the purpose of making the necessary surveys. Also enabling the Council to obtain the con sent of the ratepayers within any district and defining the mode by which such consent is to Ire obtained. Also enabling the Council to provide for and regulate the supply of water to ratepayers arid the charge to be paid therefor, and to make alj necessary By-laws affecting such object, and to make all regulations necessary for the guidance of the Council in carrying out the provisions of the Act, and to fix penalties for the breach of any by-law or regulation, or for the wilful or malicious injury to, or trespass upon any work, or for taking or abstracting water therefrom, and for the recovery of such rates and penal ties. Notice is hereby further given, that copies of the proposed Bill may be obtained at the offices of Messrs. Garrick and Cowlishaw, Solicitors, Christchurch, and the following places : The offices of the County Council, Town of Ashburton. t J Road Board Office, Town of Ashburton. W. C. WALKER, Chairman, Ashburton County Council. Garrick and Cowlishaw, Solicitors for the Bill, 344 a - Christchurch. Public Notices. THE SPARROW NUISANCE. NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS. VTOW is the time for destroying these I_\| pests. I have imported large quali fies of STRYCHNINE AND PHOSPHORUS, in anticipation of this season’s demand, and am prepared to supply them at very low prices, with full directions. Special quotations for large quantities. 331 a J. M. CAMBRIDGE. JUST ARRIVED, Albums, Desks, Workboxes, &c. H. M. JONES’ Stationer, Baring Square. 473 a LICENSING ACT, 1873. AND LICENS ING ACT 1873 AMENDMENT ACT, 1874. IWTOTICE is hereby given that, in pur- J3l suance of the above Acts, the Quarterly Meeting of the Licensing Com missioners for the Districts of Ashburton, Rakaia, and Mount Somers, will be held on THURSDAY, the 4tli day of Septem ber next, at the hour of 13 noon, in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Ashburton, for the purpose of considering Applica tions under the said Acts. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Clerk, Licensing Court. Resident Magistrate’s Court, Ashburton, Ist August, 1879. 256 a CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ON SALE at the “ HERALD ” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence. Neatly Bound in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in tjaqi bands of every Tradesman. JUST ARRIVED Young Journal, London Journal, Family Herald, and Bow Belle, at H. M. Baring Square,