COMMERCIAL.

Mr.- J. T.-. Wilson, of Christchurch, reports as follows : Wheat, per bushel, Os 4cl to 3s Gd; oats (feed), 2s 3d to 2s Gd ; barley, (feed), 5s to 5s Gd ; peas, none offerin'";.; beams) 4s 3d ; flour, per ton, £0 best brands; potatoes, £3, ready sale. liye grass moves slowly, sells at from 4s Gd io 5s Gd. Oats are drooping, there be mg little no outside demand.

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

The following letteis from places beyond the colony were received at the Ashburton Post Office during the month of March* and remained unclaimed on Ist May: Brown, William, Brown, 'Mrs. Wm, Callaghan, Michael (3). Foreman, S., care; of W. Bennison. Jackson, Wm., Warlease Farm. Joyce, John, (2). Knight, W. McCardy, Archibald. Maguire, Miss Maggie. Maclean, John. McNevin, Mrs. James. Rowlands, J. Smith, John Groves. Smith, W., Wakeman’s Road. ,■ . W. St. G. Dooglas, Postmaster. NOTICE. A. travelling Pn'-. Office having been estab lished 01. -e ou.be "i 'me o' ■a ; .vry, 'e.ters UeaHog are eeo’s.'. may .>e 00. eb at any station in l:e nr : l ccou ge a ached o the e:ijive?s adj arc!'' they w'U be ’uc'.u’cd • 1 the mails made uo ~n iitn/i >o omees 0.1 the ma a line and branches. T. 1 1 ck. C 'e.' Po ttjas.'e".

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the "Evening Echo"). TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1879.

The Ashburton. Road Board has shown its good sense by the course it foil wed yesterday regarding works. At its last monthly meeting Mr. Joseph Clark got the Board to instruct Mr. Wilkie to prepare a list of all works in the district that could Ire undertaken at once, and which, as works,.would be permanently beneficial. The permanent advantage was, however, less Mr. Clark’s object than affording work for and laboring men during the winter, so that the depression prevailing may not be felt so keenly as it might other wise have been, and that many small farmers who have suffered through a light harvest may have an opportunity by taking road, contracts of. meeting their difficulties. Tire'result has been satisfactory. The Surveyor produced a long list of road works, that could with advantage be undertaken this winter—roads that will in many cases open up good land from which as yet not a single seed of grain has been taken, as well as extensions and com pletions that will put the district in a position, as regards road communica tion, that few places of even older standing enjoy. But the great advan

toge is the;ntore immediate one that mustyre'siilt.- .-;; Nearly 700 o,• willr>.be spent!;m what; \ve ! :m'hy callspeciEalvwdrk; 4— : jhdtfjis, .work have beep: undertakeh 'more leisurely - but - present stateifof affairs—uAcl ,with;;c|ua-| tracts )bo.wAm given; but fh theP ordinary' . -£BOOO upwards will be open for competition'amongst contractors. All this money- let loose- among working men cannot fail to/have ,a-. direct ..-.effect upon the people’s purse) and it will not be long before that effect is’apparent. It is better, too, that-the money should be, -put... in.circulation through the medium of works, for* thus’ benefit is conferred upon the district by the works themselves, and these are con structed at a reasonable figure. The demand for work is manifest in the changed appearance the vicinity of the Road Board Office presents on Board days, in the figu'res at which, contractors now tender, "and the huge pile _ of official envelopes the Chaiiman requires to get .through before a contract is given. A few months ago only half-a dozen contractors, if so many, could be seen hanging about the Road Board Office waiting for the Board’s decision on the tenders, and the work of adjudi cation was not a difficult one, owing to the limited competition. But now all this is changed, and cmite a crowd of candidates roll up for the Board’s work, and of course tenders are far lower than they used to be. We hope that all the Road Boards round about will follow the Ashburton Road Board’s example and put as many works in hand as they possibly can. Labour is now plentiful and cheap, and now is the time to get work executed expeditiously and at a reasonable cost; and also, by throwing work into the hands of con tractors, to keep men in the district against more prosperous times, who might otherwise be forced ; or tempted to seek fresh fields and pastures new. The County’*Council,- too,-is moving in a similar direction, and to-day we pub lish an advertisement by that body calling fur tenders for two large bridges and protective works on the river, the value of which must total up no mean sum, and set going again the tools of many a carpenter, which have been un profitably idle.

1 ‘ Lawmakers should not be law breakers ’ ’ is an old adage containing the very essence of consistency, and a principle the observance of which is bound to uphold the majesty of the law and the people’s belief in their rulers’ appreciation of justice.-- Some members of our Borough Council, however, have yet to learn to discriminate on this point, as an incident in last night’s doings of the Borough Council bears witness. Our much-talked of by-laws provide that no interference witlb the.- streets' can take place without the sanction of the Council having first been given. But, of course, it could never be supposed that the law could refer to any but little peddling shopkeepers, carters, and laborers, who might find it necessary to cut a drain, through the public footpaths for the passage of flood, and waste water to the street glitter in front of their premises or dwellings. It could never be imagined to refer to the mighty Directors of the Gas Company, on whose august.bench sits the heart’s core of Ashburton civic- wisdomiiv the person of His Worship the Mayor, and other, but meaner lights, who reflect his greatness at the Council table. In this belief, we assume, the Gas Company acted when they set their’workmen to cut open East street fo'r'tho reception of main pipes before leave bad either been asked of, or given' by, the Borough Council. When the Mayor and those of the Council who are Gas Directors can thus laugh at and set up at defiance the by-laws they bad framed,how can they expect that Tom, Dick, and Harry will accord to those statutes of the borough the respect they deserve 1 It was a small tiling indeed for the Directors to do to ask long ago for the liberty they last- night craved in their Secretary’s letter, but that small thing they were too high and mighty to stoop to ; and now they put their Secretary into the very undignified position of asking permis sion to do what had already been done ! “ Jeddart justice ” was to bang a man and try him afterwards, and Ashburton respect for the Borough by-laws seems to partake of the same nature—-at least so far as their treatment by the Gas Company goes. We are sorry to see an exhibition, by the man whom the town delights to honour, of such a low opinion held by him of the laws he himself has helped to form, and how readily he can with a laugh and joke ride a coach and horses through them.

Mn Hart and the Curtis Bill. —ln to-day’s paper Mr George Hart announces tint, after a careful perusal of Hansard, lie cannot support the educational theory propounded by Mr Oswald Curtis, the M.ILR. for Nelson City. Fires. —The Be 1 cast boiling down estab lishment took lire last night and was almost completely destroyed. A .four roomed cottage at . Waimate shared the same fate, while another but less important outbreak occurred in Dune din. ... At Lawrence a fire broke out in the large general store of Messrs Meyer and Co., thence spreading to the Colonial bank building and an adjoining shoe shop. By the Lawrence fire damage to the extent of about £3OOO has been sustained while the others will also entail heavy loss.

Romeo and Juliet has been transalted into Hebrew.

Two hundred rioters were recently pub licly' flogged in St. Petersburg.

Si • tract, withi/the exception of that part of the footpath on which the Government of " and) kerh : wer&:,, p"febared / to’/ Advertise |directly j soiine)/ necessary foetails f|yjbre |afranged : | by; .'the j Works aspbtfrtirig should ne held b'ver filLthe ; supply of - coal-tar could be obtained from the Gasworks, .and the branch mains had been laid across-the foot paths. HC-HVV KTIW , On .the Engineer’s report, Mr. Ivess thought it most essential .that East-street should be proceeded with at once, and he was sorry that the Engineer had recommended waiting for the completion of the Gasworks to obtain gas tar. He hoped the Works Committee would see the necessity of going to Christchnrch for the necessary coal tar. Mr. Saunders said it was not a mat ter of coal tar but a matter of funds.

The cost would be while the Council had a credit balance of only £i°-

Mr. Campbell was fully alive to the necessity of the work, but the Works Committee, seeing the cost of the work and the smallness of the funds, had thought it better to have the Council’s opinion on the matter. The Mayor thought it advisable to consider whether they were able to meet this outlay. He was as fully alive to the necessity of the work as the other gentlemen, but it would be an awkward thing to have their cheques dishonored at the bank.

Mr. Ivess said the works were very necessary, and if they backed out of necessary works like the construction of footpaths the sooner they dropped a veil over their self-government the better. It was very discouraging to have to hang up public works like this, for their officers were drawing salaries, and, if works were not undertaken those officers would have nothing to do. He advised undertaking the work piecemeal, and, if necessary, to obtain an overdraft. Mr. Saunders said it was unfortunate they were unable to ascertain what was their actual position in regard to mone); but he was quite sure that when they were able to ascertain it they would find it was a very promising one. He hoped the Clerk would press the Road Board for an understanding, and lie fancied it would not be an unsafe thing to go outside for a loan to help them selves over the present difficulty. The Mayor had seen the Chairman of the Board, who had said the Bor ough’s share of the Land Fund and the rents of the Road Board cottages would be paid to them at once, and also the share of rates collected would be paid as soon as possible. In-the matter of footbaths he suggested that they'might befohinglbd. : Mr. Campbell was of opinion that shingling was simply throwing away money, and that if anything were done it should be the fulfilment of the Council’s original intention in regard to asphalting.;- Before they proceeded with the asphalting they should com plete the Concrete channelling, and to do this the Council ought to lay in a stock of cement, and thus obtain it at the reduced price which a large order got. He now asked the Council whether the Works., Committee should call for ►tenders . for channelling, the contractor supplying the whole materials, or the Council to supply timber and cement.

Mr. Ivess moved—“ That the Works Committee be authorised to advertise for tenders for the formation ot the side streets’ footpaths set forth in the resolu tion authorising the construction ot the same ; and that it be a recommendation to the Works Committee to proceed with the concrete channelling along East-street.” Mr. Saunders moved—“ That the Council call for tenders for cement in the following quantities:— 100, 200, and 500 casks, delivered at Ashburton, Christchurch, or Lyttelton.” These motions were passed. CEMETERY.

On the matter of the cemetery, the Mayor said, as soon as the proper formalities had been gone through, the new cemetery would be opened and the old one closed. . £

Several accounts ' were passed for payment, and the Council adjourned.

Forgery. —A man named Blankern has been active here of late with forged cheques.. He had only recently .arrived in Ashburton, and had prevailed upon Mr. Mainwaring, Clerk to the . County Council, to interest himself in finding em ployment for him. This Mr. Mainwaring did, and the obliged one showed his esteem for his benefactor and how far he deserved the good offices performed for him, by forging Mr. Mainwaring’s name to several cheques. One of these he ten dered to Mr. Browne, of the Prince Albert Hotel, in payment of board and lodging. The cheque was for £4 10s and his hotel bill amounted to £2. The want of change was a difficulty which the forger met by asking Mr. Browne to take a week’s board money in advance while the surplus £1 10s was given to the forger in cash. The cheque was on the Union Bank where Mr. Mainwaring has no account, so that the offence was soon found out. Detec tive Benjamin picked up the delinquent at the railway station, just as he was about to take flight, and it is now found that other communities have ‘ similar ac counts to settle with him, Dunedin scoring a valueless cheque against him, so Oamaru, and so Christchurch. . :

France has opened the Sorbonne to women, and Russia its highest schools of medicines and surgery.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

At the usual fortnightly meeting of the Council last night there were pre sent —the Mayor, and Messrs. Wey-: mouth, Roberts, Saunders, Friedlander, and Ivess. The Mayor summarised the business tp come before the Council, and the correspondence was proceeded with. THE BY-LAWS. A telegram, received by the Clerk from the Attorney-General in answer to an inquiry, stated that it was Mr. Stout’s opinion that by-laws published on the 19th of March and coming into force on the 26th were not legal under the Act, in that seven clear days were required to elapse between publication and coining into force. After some discussion, in the course of which reference was made to the action of Mr. Branson (whom some Councillors looked upon as the Borough’s solicitor), in appearing at Court as the agent of a defendant in a case under the by-laws, a reference was made to the minute bearing on Mr. Branson’s supposed appointment. It appeared from the minute that the Council had resolved simply to pay Mr. Branson fees for work actually per formed by him—not any fixed salary. He was thus in no way bound to con sider himself the Borough’s solicitor. The Council being satisfied of the by laws’ illegality on the technicality treated of in Mr. Stout’s telegram,

Mr. Friedlander moved—That ten ders be asked for for advertising the by-laws —to be sent in by 4 o’clock this afternoon. Mr. Saunders seconded the motion which was carried. The Mayor and Mr. Friedlander to open and accept any tender.

KEROSENE STORE. A letter from the Town Clerk of Christchurch, in reply to an inquiry by the Borough Council, said the Christ church. Corporation did not provide a kerosene store.; but that storekeeoers and others dealing in the article restricted the stock on their premises to ten cases, storing the .balance on vacant land outside the city. All who dealt in it were required to take out a license costing -jQi, their premises being re ported upon as to suitableness by the Borough Surveyor. The matter was held over, until the by-laws came finally into force. ASSESSMENT COURT. Letter read from Mr. E. S. Lee, stating that he had put himself in com munication with the Colonial Secretary regarding the Judgeship of the Assess ment Court, vacant by the transfer of Mr. A. Le Grand Campbell to another district, but had received no reply, and was not therefore in a position to undertake the duty. At the Mayor’s suggestion Mr. Saun ders moved that the Government be asked to appoint Mr. Lee Judge of the Assessment Court, and the motion, having been seconded by Mr. Camp bell, was put and carried.

" GAS MAINS. From Mr. J. Ward, Secretary to the Gas Company, asking liberty to open trenches in the principal streets for the purpose of laying down mains.' . Mr. Campbell remarked that the per mission of the Council had been antici pated—the Company had gone on with the work and asked permission after wards. Mr. Saunders was astonished that gentlemen who, like the Mayor and others had taken a part in drawing up the-Borough by-laws, and held a, place on the Directorate of the Gas Company, should have permitted a violation of those laws to take place. It was not a good example to set to others. Permission was granted—the trenches to be filled up every night by the work men before they left, so that all danger to the lieges might be avoided. THE VALUATION ROLL. A progress payment of was sanctioned to Mr. Mutch on his account for furnishing the valuation roll. Baldwin’s hotel. Mr. J. E. Hyde Harris, for Mr. Baldwin, of the Central Hotel, wrote complaining of the state of the gutter opposite that establishment. There was a very limited fall, and a stagnation of water and refuse occurred in conse quence of this and want of attention to the gutter by the Council’s workmen. Mr. Baldwin was willing to construct a concrete tank underground on his premises to remedy the evil, and he asked the Council to bear part of the expense. The tank would be kept in proper condition by Mr. Baldwin. The matter was held over till next meeting. OFFENCES UNDER THE BY-LAWS. Resolved to withdraw all charges under the by-laws, now pending in the R.M. Court. INSPECTOR OF CABS. The Town Clerk was appointed In sp actor of Cabs for the current twelve months. " v LAMP-POSTS. Scott Brothers, Christchurch, ’ having stated in a letter to the Council that their quotations referred to orders of twenty lamp postsj and that a smaller order would entail an increase of ss. per post, it was resolved to increase the Council’s order from twelve to twenty lamp posts. ENGINEERS’ REPORT. The Engineers reported on the work of the labor gang on the streets and the experimental well; and also on the completion of the Mona Square con-

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j , TliQ Prince of Wales. | ij.'C London, May 5. i The Daily News has reason to believe that'the Prince of Wales will visit Aus tralia during the Exhibition, though he will not be present at the opening. The Victorian Difficulty. Sir M. H. Beach, in a despatch in reply to Mr. Berry, examines the- old reform schemes, and suggests the readiest way out of the difficulty would be to make the Council dissoluble equally, and at the same time as the Assembly, and recommends, in the conduct of business that both Blouses act as in England —that is, when popular feeling repeatedly approves of particular measures the Council should yield.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Tuesday. A Foundling. A female infant six weeks old, wrap ped in flannel, with feeding bottle, in which the milk was quite warm, was found last night at the garden gate of a Mr. Vaile, Wellington-street. The police were informed, and enquiries led to the arrest of Rose Hart. This morning Sub-Inspector Pardy informed the Bench' that prisoner was only three months married, and trouble between her and her husband had led to the deed. She was remanded. The Recent Parsonage Burglary. The police have got a clue to the robbery and entry of St. Matthews Parsonage. A well-known loafer named Wilson has been arrested and remanded. Sly Grog-Selling. Timaru, Tuesday. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court to-day Thomas Keenan was fined or, in default, to.be imprisoned for one month for sly grog-selling. Another. Mr. J. King, auctioneer, filed his schedule yesterday. His liabilities are reported to be 5,000.

REMARKABLE ESCAPE OF TWO GIRLS.

In the early part of this week, says the Grafton Argus of nth April, three young females (two of them employed in Mr. E. Creer’s Freemason’s Hotel, the third a daughter of Mr. Ventator, of Grafton) proceeded to the Corporation Baths. One of the number got out of her depth, there being, a fresh in the river, and had sunk the second time, when the second girl (a Miss Coulter) plunged in to rescue the drowning girl, who immediately grasped her round the waist, thus preventing Miss Coulter assisting the girl, and imperilling the ives of both of them. Mr. Ventator’s daughter then, with remarkable presence of mind for one so young, who was standing on a dressing board at the side of the bath-house, immediately divested herself of her bathing-gown, and watch ing her opportunity, seized the hair of one of the drowning girls (both of whom were rendered helpless by Miss Coulter being held in an almost fatal embrace), and by superhuman efforts managed to drag the girls on to the board, and thus saved their lives. Mr. Ventator’s daughter retained a wonderful coolness, never even calling for help. Having succeeded in getting the girls out of the water, she then commenced to restore circulation of the blood by beating them on the back with her open hands; and although both were insensible, this had the desired effect Naturally, the girls speak in the most grateful terms of the noble conduct of their young com panion, who is- only about thirteen years of age. i

The Stadt Haarlem. —The Sfcadt Haarlem sailed from Lyttelton yesterday. She took with her a large crowd of pas sengers, 135 in number, a mail expected to reach England some days in advance of that which left via Suez, and cargo valued at £52,878. “ Smoking His Pipe.”— The easy times some of the less faithful of the Road Board’s servants have hitherto enjoyed, seem to have reached a . term. Mr. Joseph Hunt complained that some of the day laborers were of the most easy-going temperaments, beginning -work at 9 o’clock in the morning and knocking off at three. It was impossible, he said, that the Surveyor could oversee the men when they were scattered over such a large dis trict, but a working foreman might be appointed to look after them. Mr. Wilkie said the difficulty of lookiug after fellows with a love for the easy side of life was great, and it was only recently that one of them, when the Surveyors buggy drew up, was discovered lying on liis back in a grassy ditch, 1 “ smoking his pipe. ” * ' Meat in Wellington.— lt is sweet that the butchers of Wellington intend to raise the price of meat. The prices to be charged to large custemers, such as hotel keepers, &c., will in future be—mutton, 4d per lb; other meats 6d per lb. ihe general public will not be cal.ed upon to pay any more than they are now paying, and the increase will only affect those persons who,'l the; butchers tlunk, have been getting meat at greatly reduced According to “The Democrat,” San Francisco is to be the first city whose streets are to be lighted entirely by the electric light. It is ; proposed to divide the city into districts, varying in extent from one to three miles, each of which will be fed by a sufficiently powerful Gramme machine. The machines have already arrived at New York, and arrangements have been made for adopting two or three * different patents.

Tuesday, May 6, 1879.]

THE ASHBURTON fIERALD.



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Clothing Establishment. ENCOURAGE NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES. TO THE PEOTLE OF THE ASHBURTON DISTRICT. MESSRS. H Desire to inform you that a RETAIL BRANCH of the NEW ZEALAND . CLOTHING FACTORY, IS NOW OPEN IN THE NEW BRICK BUILDING ASHBURTON, (Next Bullock & Co.’s Rooms) To effectually introduce their Goods and drive out the imported article they have decided to sell a SINGLE GARMENT AT THE PRICE. All goods are marked in plain figures, for net cash only. Any article purchased and not approved of will be exchanged with the same courtesy with which it was sold, or, if desired, the money will be returned. The Success which has attended the New Zealand Clothing Fac tory’s Retail Branches in Auck land, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and other towns, leads the Proprietors to, believe that there exists a praiseworthy desire on the part of the public to encourage New Zealand Indus tries, especially where superior advantages are offered, and your support is solicited on this understanding only. WILLIAM SPARROW, |Manager 4G7 Ashburton Branch. ALLENSTEIN ROS.



Chemists. HERBAL MEDICINES. PERSONS suffering from liver com plaints, coughs, colds, worms, skin diseases, &c., are invited to try Nature’s cheap and universal remedy, “HERBS.” James Neil, importer of Herbs, and Bo tanic medicines, George street, Dunedin, has appointed MR. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, Ashburton, Agent for his highly-extolled medicines, Composition Powder for colds, Dandelion - Coffee and Dandelion Pills for liver com plaints, Headache Pills; Botanic Cough Syrup ~ Worm Powders ~ Stomach Bitters Blood Purifier, &c. Roots, Herbs, Barks, &c. of every kind. 370 CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE-QUININE TONIC WINE T S ackhowledged-to be the mostagreeable and efficacious Tonic Stomachic yet pro duced. ItcontainsthevaluableTonicproper ties of Peruvian Bark (“Quinine”) with the Stomachic properties of the Bitter Seville Orange, so combined as not to be objec tionable to the most delicate invalid ; and, as a “ BITTER S,” is far superior to all other preparations. Invaluable to all suffering from loss of appetite, indigestion, general debility, ner-. vo us affections, tic, ague, and derange ment of the system. When the stomach has become enfeebled or disarranged by disease, excess, or irregularities, or the appetite is impaired by mental or bodily exertion, or from any cause whatever, it gives a regularity and tone which is not obtained by any other medicine. One, two, or three wine-glass fuls may, be token during the day by persons suffering from the above com plaints, with the greatest benefit. It is highly recommended by the medical pro fession to be taken whenever Cod Liver Oil is ordered. By pouring the required dose of the oil. into half a wine-glass of the “Orange Quinine Wine” scarcely a flavour of the oil is tasted, and the wine materially assists the oil in its beneficial operations. Price, 4s. Gd. per wine bottle, and sent (carriage free) in cases containing one dozen, at 48s. Sold retail by all Chemists, and manufactured by J. M. CAMBRIDGE, MEDICAL HALL ASHBURTON. 360 Business Notices. /GEORGE ALLEN, COLLECTOR, HOUSE, LAND, AND AGENT, Saunders’ New Buildings, Ashburton. . CERTIFICATED ACCOUNTANT IN *" • bankruptcy.



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V . XV. notic e. ALL CIVIL CASES now pending in the Resident Magistrate’s Court are adjourned to Thursday, the 15th inst. By Order C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, 791 Cleric to the Bench. LICENSING ACT, 1873. .LICENSING ACT, 1873, amendment : ACT, 1874. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that a Quarterly Meeting of the Licen sing Commissioners for the Licensing District of Ashburton and Mount Somers, will be held at the Court House, Ashbur ton, on TUESDAY, the 3rd day of JUNE next, at noon, for the purpose of con sidering all Applications under the provi sions of the aforesaid Acts. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Cleric of the Court. Resident Magistrate’s Court, Ashburton, Ist May, 1879. 813 COLERIDGE ELECTION. ■ I. .-- -.. . . / To the Editor of The Ashburton- Herald. Christchurch, May sth, 1379. SIR,— -I have taken the earliest oppor tunity of referring to “ Hansard” to ascertain the exact nature of Mr. Curtis Resolutions on Education, to which refer ence was made at the public meeting of electors on Friday last, and I find that I could not have supported them,; as they would have given an opening for a revival of denominational education, to, which I am utterly opposed.—l am, &c., ; 809 GEORGE HART.