The Evening Echo. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1879.

In resuming every day life after the New Year holidays, we take the opportu nity of informing our readers that hence forth the line “ from the Press Agency ” will he absent from the heading of our telegrams. Its place, as will be seen, has been taken by that of “ Prom the New Zealand Pres 3 Association,” of which union of newspapers the Evening Echo is one. Under the new regime we shall receive all our telegrams at first hand from the places where the news take their rise, instead of through a central estab lishment in Wellington, and shall thus be able to give every day a larger instahnent of telegrams than we have hitherto been able to furnish to our readers. The fact that every item received by us had first to be telegraphed to the Agency in Welling ton prevented us and other evening papers from publishing anything like a complete snmmary of the day’s news, as before intelligence could be forwarded to Wellington, and then re-sent to the; various papers dealing with the Agency, much time was lost, and we have often gone to press without a budget of tele o-rams that our readers might have been the wiser of, had we been favored with the telegraphic copy in anything like decent time. The humbug of such a system induced some of the leading papers in the Colony to form themselves into an association for their own mutual supply of telegrams, with the result that each paper within the Association’s circle of -membership will enjoy the' benefit of the organisation. for collecting news of some thirty-five news papers. Every part of the colony •is represented by the members of the Asso ciation, and, so far as New Zealand intelligence is concerned, the associated papers possess an advantage worth securing. The monopoly of Reuter’s telegrams, enjoyed by the Press Agency so long, has now ceased, and each newspaper may, if it please,' deal specially with Reuter’s Agency, and receive their English and foreign telegrams direct. We have always given the English telegrams when they could be received, without delaying the publication of our paper: We shall con tinue to give them as extensively as pos sible, and hope to be able to publish them to a greater extent than heretofore under the new arrangements. We have seen fit to join this- union because we felt that we were under a dis advantage in not being-able to-give a full supply of telegrams of the same date as that of the issue of our paper. We believe that the new arrangement will put us in a position to supply a comprehensive tele graphic summary of the leading items of interest occurring in the Colony and else where during the day, while we shall also publish the Association’s telegrams of importance that have been transmitted over-night. ■ ' f •'

Ourselves. —The Echo plant has now been removed to the new office in East street North. The transit was safely and expeditiously done by the printing staff, to whose energy and care we owe the fact that no accident of any kind occurred, and that we have been enabled to publish our usual afternoon edition for the country.; The carpenters have not left the premises, but they will have finished in a day. or two, and then the premises of The. Echo will be all that can be desired for comfort, convenience, and appearance. We may also add that the general printing and stationery business, carried on by Messrs. Weeks and Dixon, proprietors, will be conducted as formerly.

The Foresters’ Ball.—Tho calico ball on New Year’s eve was not a success, so far as numbers went, but the prepara tions made were of tho most thorough description, and the hall was handsomely (Ipcprated.

The Wesleyan Tea MeetiNGiias'beem postponed to the 18th instant, 1 .owing tp a Presbyterian meeting-, of the same .kind coming off in the Town Hall on the Bth (Monday next).

The. New Year.— The advent of the' New Year was a stirring time in Ash burton. The Brass Band was out, and paraded the streets for an hour before midnight, and some time after j a display of fireworks was made from the balcony, of the Somerset Hotel; .the bells of'St.-' Stephen’s Church, aided' by a canrpano-- logical chorus,-recruited from every divi sion of.E. A. Poe’s category, and many kinds that Poe never dreamt of, kept ringing lustily for a sufficiently long time' to be disagreeable ; the diabolical yells of .the Yankee engines were pressed into service to make a beautiful moonlight night hideous ; fog-horns were sounded ; and, to finish up, some Alister Macalister or other went “ To his pipes and blew wi’ viiT. ” It seemed to be a settled question that neither man nor bpa?t should rest quietly in tho arms of Morpheus until 1879 had been ushered in “ on the trailing garments of the night. ” We only know of one man who was able to sleep while the row was on—he had a fearful headache in the morning, but doesn’t know, whether to blame the noise ,he ’ didn’t hear or the liquor he did drink. We should think all within a five mile radius of Ashburton knew that the young borough had got 'hold of its first New Year. May it enjoy many of them. - Wesleyan Watch Service.. —On New Year’s’ eve a watch, service was held in Caineron-street Wesleyan Church, in accordance with the usual custom. The service commenced a little before eleven o’clock, and. closed when the New Year had entered. The Rev Mr Marten con ducted the service, and a good congrega tion assembled.

Embezzlement.— F. H. Valpy, of the accountant’s department of the New Zea land Railway, and Secretary to the Railway Employees Sick Fund, was yesterday morning, at the Christchurch R.M., Court, committed for trial on eight charges of embezzlement of the funds of the Association. Bail was accepted— himself in £4OO, and two sureties of. £2OO each.

The Railway Traffic. —lt is ex pected that the ordinary through traffic to Dunedin will be resumed on Monday next. The opening of the through line to Invercargill will take .place in about a fortnight. Cricket.— The return match between the Ashburton and the Mount Soiners Clubs will be played on Saturday next, in ja paddock kindly lent for the occasion by |Mr. Hay T. Smith. The following gen itlemen have been selected to represent ■the Ashburton Club—Messrs. Andrews, :R. Buchanan, J. Buchanan, Denshire, fField, Fooks, Grant, Pearce, Priestly, tE. Saunders and S. Saunders. Emer gencies—Messrs. Harris, Main waring and Crisp. Pic-nic at Longbeach. Yesterday the .parents and friends of the children attending the Main and Side Schools were entertained by . the Chairman (J. Grigg, Esq.) of the School Committee. There was enough and to spare of every requisite, and no efforts of Mr. Grigg or any member of his family were spared to make all present enjoy -themselves; ; ■ The members of the. School Committee also exerted themselves to the utmost to keep the juveniles amused, sports of every land being provided for all. A Christinas tree, abundantly supplied with attractive articles,proved irresistible to the.young people, and kept Mr. and the Misses Grigg occupied for some time, after which the prizes were distributed by Mr: .Grigg, assisted by the Revs. Paige and Penny. A special prize for boys and girls at each school was given, two splendid work boxes being provided for the girls, and two sets of bats, balls, and wickets for the boys. Cheers were given at intervals for the principal, contributors to the day’s enjoyment. It is almost impossible. to enumerate the various prizes and presents, and the children appeared highly delighted with their portion of the day’s proceedings. Dunedin.— Our Dunedin correspondent telegraphed yesterday :—On New Year’s Day the streets in Dunedin were crowded, and at night a riot on a small scale,took place. Certain houses of ill-fame near the Octagon were sacked, and a Chinese toy shop in tho Arcade was laid in ruins. A seaman who carried off a musical box from the wreck received a month’s im prisonment, and some more of the rioters wil be prosecuted this afternoon. The Caledonian games, were patronized by ten thousand spectators. The weather was cloudy but fine, and the sports were very successful. Wnj. Claxton, a dark horse among our pedestrians, who got a long start at the three mile walking match, astonished everyone by doubling his dis tances and running away from the crack Watkins, winning with the utmost ease in twenty-five and a-half minutes. D. Scott won the aggregates in. the Cale donian Handicap, Henderson second. Allen won the prize for wrestling by light weights. The other match lias been narrowed down to Thomas the Victorian Champion; Ogg, and Campbell. The one mile handicap was won by Burk in four minutes thirty-nine seconds, the quickest time ever made in Dunedin. Large num bers travelled out of town by the railway. R.M. Court. —At the Court to-day, before the R.M. and Mr James Campbell, J.P., the criminal business was light, only two drunks and an assault case. The drunks were fined 5s each and costs. Michael Darcy was charged with having assaulted his wife. The case was a re mand from last Court-day, and in reply to the Bench Mr Crisp, for Darcy, said he was prepared to enter into recog nisances for keeping the peace ..towards his wife for twelve months. Darcy was bound over accordingly. ' "tf-K <;

NEW YEAR’S DAY SPORTS AT WINSLOW.

On New Year’s Day the annual sports at Winslow were held, and were, as sports go, a marked success. The Ashburton people -got-.-the clerk;of the weather in Xmas humor, and the nor’-westers were tied up for the day, so that what wind there’was .was not annoyjng-.to any, very great extent—that is, of course, qpmpara tively speaking. A spark-frpm trie-engine had 'burnt a large area of the tussocks within the racecourse at Winslow, and the burnt, stumps loacled the .breeze with as much black as the best 'perspiring coun tenance'could take on, and the great crowd' of people moving about helped the gentle zephyr considerably in its sooty work of dissemination.

V- The' arrangements for the . day’s work had been made by an efficient committee, and tho programme was carriexl through in a very creditable manner. The first part of it consisted of horse-racing, and the five events were, of course, the leading attrac tion of the day.' The first was a

Hurdle Race of 10 sovs. ; T| miles, over six flights of hurdles, 9ft. 6in. high. Entrance 1 sov. . . . j Mr. Wilkie’s, b g Black Eagle (Fried- . lander) 1 Mr. A. Herrick’s br g Merlin (Ranger) 2 Lonehand, Raven, and Little Arthur also ran. • • • "

Merlin was most fancied-for this event, the .veteran Lonehand' being considered his ’ most' dangerous.' opponent, . -while Black Eagle, a nice hunter from Messrs. Saunders Bros’, .-stable, was thought to have an outside show on account of his perfect fencing powers. At the first attempt Mr. Willcocks despatched them to an indifferent start, Black Eagle im mediately rushing to the front and negotiating the first obstacle two lengths clear of everything. Raven here came to grief, and Merlin and' Lonehand, the latter under the whip, raced up to. the black. Black Eagle cleared the second flight beautifully, but the rest of the field between falling and baulking, stopped here for some minutes, and Mr. Wilkie’s representative cantered in alone, the easiest of winners by any number of lengths. Winslow Cup of 20 sovs. ; If miles. Entrance, 2 sovs.; second horse to save his stake. Mr Ede’s b g Steamer ... (Smith) 1 Mr Husband’s br g Raven ... ... 2 Mr A. Herrick’s Merlin 3 Little Arthur, Little Fie, Boarding- School-Miss, Maid of the Mill, and Lone hand also ran. After one false start, in which Steamer, Merlin, and two others ran nearly a mile, they were sent away to a very nice start. Little Fie forced the running at a great pace tor half a mile, Maid of the Mill and Steamer waiting next, and Lonehand already outpaced. After tho first half mile Maicl of the Mill took charge of affairs, and Merlin ran into second place, Smith very judiciously keeping Steamer back, and the others, except Raven, being quite done with. Quarter of a mile from home Steamer went up to the little mare, and after-a splendid race was only beaten by a bare length. A: protest entered against Maid of the Mill for running inside a post was subsequently'allowed, and the stakes awarded to Steamer.

Trotting- 1 Match of 5 sovs.; two miles. Weights, listentrance, 10’s. Mr Willeock’s Wallaby (Wasnie) 1 Mr Willcock’s Possum ... 2

Mr Compton's Tommy..'.. .... 3 There were eight entries for this event, and it produced one of the best contested races of the day. The three placed horses led alternately throughout, and finished within a few lengths of each other. Mr YYillcock’s’ pair are the best we have seen at this business for some time, and when it is known that Mr Wilkie’s Donald was beaten by forty lengths, the quality of the performance will be understood. Ladies’ Purse of 10 sovs.; 11 miles. • Gentlemen riders ; -entrance, 1 sov. Mr Edo’s Steamer (Owner) 1 Mr Corbett’s Maid of the Mill • ... 2 Mr Godsell’s Wildfire ... ‘. 3 Little Arthur also ran.

Wildfire jumped away with the lead, and kept it for half a mile/ when Steamer and Maid of the Mill went to the front, the gelding winning rather easily at the finish.

Consolation Race, of 5 sovs. Distance, one mile ; entrance, 10s. Mr Husband’s Raven 1

Three others ran, and after a very good race, Raven won by some five lengths. This concluded the horse racing, and we have only to add that the sport shown was exceptionally good, although one would passingly observe that the weigh ing arrangements were not perfect. Seve ral riders dismounted after a race without the official permission, strolled around the adjoining booths, and seemingly as an after thought, dropped in to weigh some ten minutes subsequent to the con clusion of the race. We hope the cleric of the course will attend to this matter in future.

Then followed the athletics. The first event was a 100 yards race—-prizes, £3 and £l—-won by Murphy, with Risely second. Oughten and Pat O’Connor were the other contestants. In the standing high jump trial, Murphy and Walker were first and second prizemen, at 4ft. and 3ft. llin. respectively. Risely and Anderson won the three-legged race, with William son and Prior second. The 440 yards hurdle race was won by Murphy, who was chased well home by Risely. Three entered for the sack race. Davidson was first and Powrie second. Then the running high jump contest came on. Bert, Mayo, Pat O’Connor, and R. _ Anderson entered the-list, and worked well together up to 4ft. 9in., when Anderson fell out; Mayo and Pat tied'two inches higher. In the

egg and spoon race Gr. James and W. Elz took the honors. The Married Women’s Race brought out a large crowd to witness the spin, and Mrs. Griffin carried off Mrs. Pye’s dress pieces, and many congratula tions. There were five competitors for the Walking Race—Pat O’Connor, J. Smith, R. Smith, R. Minnis, and Charles Pierce. R. Smith and O’Connor came in first, but their style of walking was pro tested-against by Pierce, who covered his •ground fair heel and toe with square shoulders, and naturally objected to being out-distanced by men getting along at a half trot. His protest was alloAved, and he got first honors, O’Connor being placed second. The pole vaulting was very nearly a repetiton of the Ashburton Sports event, Fowler, Bert, Mayo, and J. Hunt being the leading features. Fowler, who is a very safe vaulter, got over the bar at 3ft. Sin. The two youngsters tied at the shift before, but both of them are clever vaul ters, and a season’s praetice and develop ment of muscle will tell in their favor when, they next tackle, the “old ’un.” Murphy and Risely -were first and second for the 220 yards race, and when they had pulled off the money, a Girls’ Race was run, M. Hepburn and Carry Cowan win ning the prizes. A pair of pants was the trophy competed for by male runners over 40, and T. Haymand’s legs proved best fitted to wear the honors. A Consolation Race for £2 was won by Oughten. Alto gether, the Winslow Sports were a suc cess, and the committee who carried them through did their work splendidly. A feature of the meeting which must not be overlooked was the fact that a number of prizes were given for boys’ and girls’ races, and these events attracted as much, if not more, attention than the performances of the older athletes. Mr. Bryant, of the Longbeach Hotel, had the beer booth', and Mr. Jacob Mhoar, of Ashburton, was on the ground with a very commodious marquee, in which he dispensed eatables to the hungry, and he received a full share of patronage both for the good things he supplied, and the shelter his large tent afforded from the sun. Mrs. Pye, of the Winslow Store, opened her house for the occasion, and laid out a splendid lunch, over which her daughters —Eliza, Mary Ann, Honor, and Ellen— presided. Whether the fair waitresses or the well-supplied table formed the greater attraction-we cannot say, but the many masculine hands who wielded Mrs. Pye’s forks and knives on New Year’s Day will he glad to have another go in when the “ sports day ” comes round again. Mr. Ladbrook, too, did yeomanly service in the way of purveying, and met a roaring trade. The large crowd of people , who were at the sports thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and the successful efforts made by. the store-keepers above-men tioned to satisfy the public’s demand for “something to eat,” tended greatly to the general enjoyment of the Winslow Sports.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[By Submarine Cable.]

London-, Dec. 28. The Khedive’s palace has been partially destroyed by fire. A destructive fire at Hong Kong lasted' two days. There was great destruction of property. . .. The Nortliam, from London for Sydney, was completely burned, and is supposed to have been lost with all hands off the Snares.

- A message from the Governor of the Cape requires Cetewayo to disarm ;• to disband his army; to cede St. Lucia Bay, and to receive a resident at his Court.

The Greek Commissioners have been appointed for ratifying the frontier. : Yakoob Khan has arrived at Jellalabad, and has been required to sign his sub mission.

The San Francisco mails were delivered yesterday. January 2. Yakoob Khan, the new Ameer of Af ghanistan, arrived at Jellalabad, and has submitted himself to the British Power.

AUSTRALIAN

Melbourne, Jan. 2.

The match between the Australian and English Elevens was commenced to-day, on the Melbourne Ground, at 12 o’clock. In their first innings, the English Eleven made 113. The Australians have made 95 for the los3 of three wickets. The match, East Melbourne v. Canter bury (N.Z.) Eleven, has been fixed to begin on the ground of the former on January 7th. Sydney, Jan. 1. The French Government have placed 115,000 francs on the Budget, to assist exhibitors at the Sydney Exhibition. . A large number of German and Austrian exhibitors have applied for space at the Exhibition.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

From the Hew Zealand Press Asso ciation to the “Echo.”

Auckland, Thursday. The contractors for the Asylum addi tion successfully exploded a mine for get ting out stone for building purposes at Wliau. 2,000 tons were lifted by elec tricity. £6,000 to £6O has been taken against the colt Omega for the Dunedin Cup, Wellington, Thursday.

The police stopped all games of chance at the Caledonian Sports yesterday. The post-mortem examination to-day showed that an old man, who died suddenly on Tuesday while mowing in the Hon. J. Martin’s paddock, died from sunstroke.

Two Chinamen were discharging some fireworks on the wharf last night, when the cry of “ down with the Chinese ” was raised. A rush was made at tho Chinamen, who were roughly handled .before they got shelter in the Pier Hotel, the doors of which' were then locked. Inspector Atcheson was sent for and several' times dispersed the ■ crowd, hut when the Chinamen left they were again assaulted, and had to take refuge in the Empire Hotel and remain there till early this morning. Moffat, the Pakelia-Maori who was con* •victed of making powder for the Maoris, is now in Wellington to prosecute claims to a large portion of the city, based on recorded grants dated in 1841 to his father, .and which he asserts he can pro duce. These deeds, he says, were duly registered in New South Wales,, and subsequently allowed on inquiry,*-and he is the rightful owner of six acres, back from Pipitea - street, as laid but on the plan of tho city in 1841; that is from Pipitea Corner back"to Murphy - street, thence to continuation of Tinakori-strcdt, including Hobson and Plpitea-streets. Ho further claims an. area of 23 acres, which runs, in a line north from Pipitea Corner to Pah Kawa, a point on the city side of ihe Waterloo Hotel at Kaiwarra, by deed, which were drawn up and registered in .New South Wales at the same time as his own. He claims that the area upon which Government House and Parlia ment Houses are built belongs to Natives .a 3 a reserve which was never purchased by Government, and further, he claims that the foreshore from Pipitea Point north, to the Waterloo Hotel, Kaiwarra, is his property, and consequently the site of the railway line and the hill from which the reclamation stuff has been removed. Ho also claims a part of Watt’s Peninsula, and 19,000 acres in the Wairau Valley, Marlborough. He has retained counsel.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

Sir. R. H. Leary, ex-Mayor, lias been elected unopposed for the representation of the High Ward in the City Council. At the Police Court this morning, Henry Lion Metz was committed for trial on a charge of forging a bill of exchange for £33. The father of prisoner stated the prosecutor had been pledged not to prosecute his son, but the . Bench said there was no alternative but to commit. Metz is respectably related amongst the Jewish fraternity.

Wellington, Friday.

The Fernglen is to come here imme diately from Nelson -with most of her immigrants, as labor is not' so much re quired in Nelson.

A Soldier, about to be sent on an ex pedition, said to the officer directing the drafts, “ Sir, I cannot go, because I—l— stutter.” “Stutter?” says the officer “you don’t go there to talk, but to fight.” “Ay but they’ll p-p-put me on g-g-guard, and a man may go ha-ha-half a mile, be fore I can say, Wh-wh-who goes there ?” “ Oh, that is no objection, for there will be another sentry placed along with you, and lie can challenge, if you can fire.” “Well, b-b-but I may be taken, and run through the st-st-stomach, before I can cry, Qu-qu-quarter !”

Very Familiar. At an Oddfellows’ hall the other day, rekites a contemporary a young medical student came suddenly face to face with a dear kind old fatherly looking gentleman with white hair and of highly respectable appearance. They both stood transfixed. The same idea flashed across both of them, “ Your,, face is familiar to me, very familiar ; hut I can’t remember where we have met., so often.” However, the friendly .impulse was carried out; they shook hands warmly, partook of a friendly glass, and departed, still ignorant of each other’s name and occupation. But the .young man was determined to solve the, problem, and he seized on a waiter, and said to him, “Tell me, waiter, is that dis tinguished stranger with the long white hair?” And the waiter whispered lowly, “Please, sir/that’s the pawnbroker.” Why She Couldn’t. —He had returned with liis wife from a summer vacation at the seaside, and he stood in front of the house giving a friend a graphic account of the season’s pleasures, f ‘ Went in bathing every day,” he exclaimed enthusiastically. “ Ah?” responded the friend. “ Wife go in too?” “ Oh, ye 3 : every day,” said the returned vacationist. • • “ Can she swim ?’ 1 queried the friend with interest, “ Ho-o, she can’t,” was the reply. “She tried and tried to learn, hut somehow she didn’t get the hang of it.. She said she couldn’t get the right kick, and I let her think that was the reason ; hut the fact was and here he looked up at the house, and sunk his voice to a hoarse inspiration— “ the fact was, she couldn’t keep her mouth shut long enough to take four strokes, before she’d have some silly remark to make, when 1 kerswash ’-—she’d swallow a whole wave, and go plump to the bottom,” and the husband winked rapidly as the scene was recalled to mind, and went into the house chuckling with plea sure. But he hadn’t noticed, a woman’s face peering out of the curtains of a raised window. The acquaintance saw the front door open quickly,* saw a hand reach out and grasp the seaside boarder by .the ool lar, saw the hejelg of that individual crack his back as he shot through the door, which slammed behind his vanishing back, heard a wild and stifled noise of of a human body being hauled .over a hat-rack and banged against a wall, and heard a muffled voice like that of an enraged woman say—“ Take that back and I’ll let you up, you wall-eyed yahoo!” And the acquain tance, with a countenance of wonder and alarm, passed on, rubbing his head in a bewildered manner. Courier.”



Fruiterers. . .. . Oranges. Oranges, Ex “ Rotorua,” Just Arrived. 70 CASE'S" ORANGES 70 • ... in FIRST-CLASS CONDITION, .. and SPLENDID FLAVOR. W. BIRTWELL, WHOLESALE & RETAIL FRUITERER/ AND DIRECT IMPORTER FROM THE AND TASMANIAN - ORCHARDS. 7 104. FRUIT IMPORTED DIRECT FROM: SYDNEY. T Tl/f 001 R- AND C 0., PJ , M v... WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GREENGROCERS & FRUITERERS, REMO VED To EAST STREET, Shop lately" occupied .by Mr. • Cambridge. T UST ARRWEDV At LARGE.■ STOCK' , ) 'OF .g.:- . . i ... < Oranges, Pi.r.p-Apples , ’ .; . , Lemons, Bananis s CoiFectforier) ,L. ; , • ! &c 7, &c. ’ Delivered-to all- pa'its of Ashburton. ■'w:^kßis6n; ; : - r ' : 'V.- GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, Wholesale and Retail. TyTEGETABLES „Fresh from Christ church daily, from one of the Largest Growers. MOQ.-RE STEET, Ashburton. ,47 Business Notices. NOTICE. HAYES'’ TIMBER YARDS, ASHBURTON. TT'N consequence of the WAIMATE ■! MILLS having been BURNED, the above. Yards will he Closed for about Six Wcolcii; until Re-Erection of same. Mr. 11.I 1 . Pavitt is authorised to collect all outstanding accounts until further notice. ALPIIEUS .HAYES, per W. H. COLLINS, Manager. Ashburton, Nov. 23, 1878. 67 COALS. COALS. COALS. A LL kinds'of COALS & FIREWOOD £-\ L delivered at the shortest notice in any quantities and at reasonable rates. GEORGE PARKER & CO., Springfield Coal Depot, 133 Ashburton. “HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY,” (As the man said when he returned . the . Stolen Sheep), . , A ND, as wo wish .to PAY. our BILLS, must respectfully urge that all Accounts due .to the undersigned,-be paid by the Gth of the month.-,.. ;. Shout Reckonings- and Long F-riends. • •TAYLOR & LILL, •r Bakers and Confectioners. East Street, Ashburton,." ' • 88 . ,-.q notice.. ; A • rpHE undersigned b.egs.';to give notice _|_ that in-' future. all accounts must be settled monthly, and requests that no money be paid to any of the men in charge of the carts/ but settled direct with him or at the shop! All accounts. ! overdue must be paid within one month from date, or they may be liable to proceedings without further notice. . THOMAS HICKS, Baker, 6d. per, 41b. Loaf. mHOMASr HICKS, Baker and Con- Jl fectioner, ‘ -Tancred Street, is now supplying First-class Bread, at 6d. per 4ib Loaf, delivered to' all parts of the District, or at the, Shop. ■ . note— HICKS,'- THE -PIONEER BAKERY, Tancred 'Street, Ashburton Winslow. GEORGE LADBROOK, GENERAL STOREKEEPER AND PRODUCE DEALER, "jT> EG S to; announce that he has JUST fj) OPENED a General Store at Wins low, near the Railway Station, and hopes to merit a share of public support. A cart.will wait upon families for orders regularly. - jA; - , / / Goods supplied at Lowest Current rates. Note the address— G EOR G E LADBROO K, GENERAL STOREKEEPER, . . WINSLOW. December



Special Notices. FENCING WIRE. TONS Just Received and on Sale at LOWEST PRICES. A. O. AI T KEN <£f-CO., • 'y Havelock Street. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. A LFRED HARRISON begs to 'jLjL announce that on. or about the Ist Feb., 1879, lie will open a • NEW AUCTION MART In Baring Square. A. H. will make a specialty of Sales of Furniture and Effects, Sales of Stock and Merchandise. ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION ■ AGENT, &c., HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON, j y '. Near the Town Hall. 213 7 E;SLE Y A iff OHUBCH . A N NIVERSART. . SERMONS on SUNDAY, Jan. 5. TEA-MEETING POSTPONED TILL CHURSDAY, January 16th. Particulars in future advertisement. 199