SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORI 1 OF LYTTELTON.

. ARRIVALS. Jan. 22—Albion, s.s., from Melbourne, with passengers and general cargo.

SAILED. - Jan. 22 —John Knox, barque, for Sydney. Albion, s.s., for Wellington-

POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close a,3 follows :—•- For Christchurch and North at 10 a. m. \ p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. _ For Chertsey at 10 a. nr. daily. For Rakaia at to a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. . • For Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitataj Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at ro. 1 5 a. m. daily. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10.15 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, Waterton, and Longbeach, a 3.15 p.m. daily. W. St. G.'Douglas, Postmaster.

CHRISTCHURCH NOTICES.

Mails close at the Chief Post Office, Christ church, for the following places as under, sub ject to the necessary alterations : For Northern Ports, per Hawea, Jan. 25, at 6.30 p.m. For Otago, per Wafiaka, Jan. 25. ~ - ■ For. United Kingdom, via San Francisco, on Feb. Ist; due in London on March 18th.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST

The Evening Echo. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1879.

Kelly and Leon’s Troupe. —This cele brated troupe will favour the public of Ashburton with a performance in the Town Hall on Thursday evening, Jan. 30. Their advertisement appears in another column, from which we learn that “ the only Leon” will take the part of “Louise Cherington ” in “.His Grace the Duke.”

The Reaper and Binder Trial. —We have received a letter from Messrs. Wil liam Fraser and Hay T. Smith, two of the judges in the reaper trial yesterday, claiming that, by the actual votes of the farmer judges, the Osborne machine was the winner in the trial. The engineers, though placed upon the list as judges, apparently on a second thought, had no .right to be there, when the understanding was that the award was to be made by twenty practical farmers.

Cricket. —The return match between the Borough and County Clubs will be played in Mr. Hay Smith’s paddock on Saturday next, commencing at 11 a.m. The foliowing are the selected teams : Borough —G. Andrews, A. Andrews, Priestley, Ash wood, Leach, Davis, Broad belt, Groves, Pearce, Dudson, and Wright. County—J. Buchanan, Denshire, Grant, Field, Fooks, Crisp, Main waring, Dunn, Graeme, E. Saunders, and S. Saunders. Emergencies: Messrs. Harris, Fowler, and Richardson.

The London Art Union. —Ashburton is fortunate in possessing a gentleman of Mr. J. Stanley Bruce’s public spirit. He performs a labour of love in the interest of art by acting as honorary agent in Ash burton for the London Art Union, and he is now distributing amongst subscribers to that institution the engravings chosen by them. The engravings for distribution amongst this season’s subscribers are Birch’s illustrations of Byron’s “Lara,” twenty in number. We are glad to learn that Mr. Bruce is fairly successful in his efforts to promote the interests of the fine arts in Ashburton, and we would give our recom mendations to those who admire high class work to invest in a subscription to the Art Union. •

Accident to the Commissioner of Railways.— Late last night we received from our correspondent at Gore a tele- stating that Mr. Conyers, the Com missioner of Railways, fell from the engine of the special train and received a bad scalp wound. . This morning’s papers give telegrams from various sources re garding the accident, from which we gather that while the opening train of the Invercargill line was between Clinton and Gore stations, Mr Conyers, who was on the engine, struck his head against a water tank erected on a temporary platform o sleepers, and fell insensible to the ground. He is seriously injured—so seri ously as to be set down by many as past hope of recovery—but the latest tele grams say his case is more hopeful, though still critical. He is suffering from con cussion of the brain, and lies at Green’s Hotel, Gore. A telegram at 10.50 last night reports Mr Conyers no worse, but better if anything. A special train con taining Mrs Conyers, and her son, and Mr Back, the General Manager, passed through Ashburton en route for Gore last night shortly after 8 o’clock.

Opening of the Invercargill Line. —Yesterday the Invercargill line of rail way was formally opened, and, so far as the opening ceremony and display were concerned, was a great success. The sad accident to Mr Conyers, however, had the effect of damping the enthusiasm of all, and deprived the event of the pleasure it would otherwise have given to those who took, part in it.

Bad Money. —A man was arrested in Christchurch yesterday on a charge of endeavoring to pass counterfeit gold coins. A Lottery of Land. —The “Otago

Daily Times ” calls the attention of the

police to a certain plan of an estate at Waihqla, which has been issued with the invitation to 1260 “ consultationists ” to pay a “ trial fee ”of £1 each. ‘ '

Direct Steam Communication with Great Britain. —Carrying out Mr. Stout’s idea, at least in part, we are given to un derstand a steamer has been chartered in England by'the New Zealand Government to make a direct passage from the Old Country to New. Zealand. Of her leaving we have not yet heard, but from other sources we learn she may be expected at a

■New Zealand port early in March, and calling at several of the leading ports of this colony, she will finally leave Lyttelton for London about the Ist of April. Her Homeward route will be by Magellan’s Straits, and it is expected the voyage will be accomplished in 42 days. The institu tion of this line will put New Zealand on an equality with the sister colonies, as she will by It have a fleet of fast steamers of heavy tonnage running direct from Eng land to her own shores. New Discovery in Photography.— Mrs. J. H. Hume, of Melbourne, claims to have discovered a new process whereby photographs can be taken in colors. By this process pictures can be taken from nature with wonderful fidelity, and oil paintings copied with exactness, at a small cost.. If the process becomes the success it promises, photographs will then show every tint and hue of life and nature, instead of, as now, a uniform tone.

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 Hou'se-fu'rni'shing 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 beinp bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to ofler goods of such sterling value as cannot be equalled by any other house in the trade. Every article in stock is marked at the lowest price, from which no abatement is made so that the most inexperienced buy their goods at the same pi ices as the best judges.—Advt Strangers coming- to reside in Ashburton need not be at any loss to find the best estab lishment to visit and purchase their drapery clothing, and general stores. Leaving the Railway Station and turning down Havelock Street, they will see the establishment of A. O. Aitken & Co., who are now offering special advantages, which exceed any before offered to the public. Keeping at all times a veiy large and exceedingly well assorted stock of all classes of goods, bought in the best mar kets and on the most favoiable terms, enables them—to use trade parlance—■“ te do the thing well”; in fact the goods offered by them are such as cannot be excelled either in quality or price by any house in the trade and are marked at such prices that making any abatement is unecessay, and the most inexperi enced are enabled to buy their goods as favorably as the best judges.—Advt.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[special to association.]

London, Jan. 21

A compromise has been effected by the Ministry, which necessitates the altera tion of the French Government officials. The trial of the Glasgow Bank Direc tors has been commenced. A vote of censure was unexpectedly carried against the Government in the French Assembly. The Ministerial statement was considered insincere. The majority was 102.

AUSTRALIAN

[By Submarine Cable.]

Melbourne, Jan. 22.

The police have renewed their activity against the Kellys. It is believed that some of their abettors who were arrested have turned informants, and definite results are expected. Brisbane, Jan. 22.

Missionary Macfarlane visited the scene of Mr. Ingram’s massacre, and learned that three whites, three Kanakas, and one Chinaman were killed. The son of Canon Irons,, of London, was one of the victims.

Sydney, Jan. 22,

News from Few Guinea state that Mr. Ingram, the Queensland Government resident on Thursday Island, and the crew of the Oura, have been murdered by the Natives. The Easby arrived at Newcastle on Monday.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

From the New Zealand Press AssO' ciation to the “Echo.”

Auckland, Wednesday. The grocers’ Saturday half-holiday has burst up. Thomas Williamson Brown has been committed for trial on the charge of at tempted rape on Mis Ewinson, the land lady of the Scotia Hotel. At the Wesleyan Conference to-day it was determined to remove the deficiency in the Home Mission Fund, of £660, at at once, and the Conference subscribed £l2O. The following sums were allocated to the districts :—Auckland, £l3O ; Tara naki, £6O; Wellington, £75 ; Nelson, £35; Canterbury, £l9O ; Otago, £7O. This will remove the Church extension debt.

The Hon. J. Sheehan has returned from the Thames, where he has cleared a vast amount of work with the Natives, and arranged with them for land for the purpose of the Thames Valley and Wai kato Railway. -

Moanatairi and Kuranui shares are rapidly rising. There is every indication at present that each of these mines has come upon an outside rich patch of gold bearing country. A tailor named Parker has been pre tending to clean and renovate clothes, and those left with him he has sold and pawned, the proceeds being spent in drink. Proceedings have at last been taken, and the detectives are after him. Mr Justice Gillies to-day gave judgment in the case of the man Rennell, who shot Captain Moller, of the Bautaritari Island, in the Gilbert Group. By a legislative defect, His Honor had no jurisdiction, so that the prisoner must be discharged, a manifest failure of justice. But His Honor trusted the Government of the Colony would take such measures as would prevent a recurrence of such an event.

About seven o’clock this evening a child named Geo. Jones, 20 months old, re siding with his parents in Nelson-street, was playing in the yard, and stepped on the cover of the well, which having a broken lid, gave way, and the child fell in and was drowned. The well is 40 feet deep. The body was rescued by a man named Stockley. Timaru, Jan. 22.

A special meeting '• of the Chamber of Commerce was held to-day to consider the reports brought up re railway rates and alterations to the station. The report shows that under the new tariff the storage for a ton of goods at Timaru would be £9 odd, while at Lyttelton, it would be only ss. The report also contained re commendations in regard to the new rail way station, so that the plan should not clash with the harbour works. A copy of the report was ordered to be sent to. the Government.

Dunedin, Wednesday.

A sample of silver ore has been obtained from a well-defined vein four miles from Queenstown. The ore resembles that from the Rangitoto mine on the West Coast. The use of Knox Church has been granted for the evangelistic services. Mr Varley is expected here on Friday even ing.

The “ Age” is threatened with a libel action for a facetious paragraph describing the departure of the Kelly and Leon Minstrels, which appeared in last night’s paper. The ladies referred to as crying at the station feel much aggrieved, and the action is threatened on their behalf.

Gisborne, Wednesday. Captain Morris addressed his constitu ents last night, the Mayor in the chair. There were 300 persons present. He reviewed the session and strongly condemned the Ministry, but eulogised Mr. Sheehan, though he thought he was overawed by Sir- G. Grey’s prestige, and was pursuing a policy he did not believe in. He should follow the 'example of Lord Derby and resign. Four millions acres on this coast had been closed up

through proclamations of the Government. He believed in free trade in Native lands to induce capital to come. The land tax was sufficient to prevent too large estates. He spoke bitterly of Mr. Ballance; and sneered at Sir G. Grey. A vote of confi dence was proposed and negatived by 23 to 16. A motion to the effect to express no opinion was carried by 28.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Thursday. Fifty navvies have left by the Welling ton for the Taranaki railway works. Wellington, Thursday.

The United Methodist Free Church Conference has elected the Rev. E. Boaden to represent it at the annual meeting in England. The next district meeting is to be held in Auckland. The following is the numerical statement for the year : Ministers, 12 ; supernumerary, 1 ; loca.l preachers, 30 ; probationers, 75 ; with drawals, 26 ; deaths, 3 ; chapels, 16 ; other preaching places, 15 ; chapels built during the year and enlarged, 2 ; Sunday-schools, 20 ; scholars, 1,967 ; teachers, 211. Inspector James took charge of the Wellington Police Force to-day. New Plymouth, Thursday. George Outfield, Esq., one of the founders of the New Plymouth settle ment, who arrived here in the ship Oriental on November 19, 1841, died this morning at the age of 79 years. This is the third old settler that has died within the month at the advanced age of three score and ten.

MR. CONYERS’ ACCIDENT. Dunedin, Thursday. 11.40. a.m. The following telegram was received from Dr. Smith, at midnight last night. It was despatched at half past ten from Gore. :

Mr. Conyers was on the engine coming into East Gore when he had occasion to lean over the side, something having attracted his attention. His head came in contact with a water tank, which, it appears, is dangerously near the line. He was stunned, but held on for some fifty yards, when he tumbled off, and when picked up was insensible, suffering from severe wounds on the right temple, which caused concussion of the brain. He is still unconscious, but is progressing as favorably as can be expected. J. Gibson Smith.

The latest information concerning Mr. Conyers is contained in a telegram given by the Hon. Mr. Ballance and sent, from Gore at 10.40. p.m. It is as follows “ Conyers certainly not worse, if any thing a little better. ” At half past ten this morning, informa tion was received that Mr. Conyers still remained unconscious.

Invercargill, Thursday, 11.50.

From what can be gathered concerning the melancholy circumstance, it appears that Mr Conyers was riding on the second engine with Mr Smith, of the Engineer Department. When the train approached East Gore it had slackened speed. Near the bridge, just beyond" East Gore, on this side the line, are several feed-water tanks, resting on a number of railway sleepers built up in a pile. Mr Conyers was leaning over the side of the engine looking ahead. As the train reached the tank he turned his head for a moment — then, still leaning over, turned to look forward again at the moment when the engine passed the tank. Mr Conyers came in contact with one of the sleepers. The latter struck him on the right temple, inflicting a severe wound of a triangular shape. For. a minute the unfortunate gentleman retained his hold of the engine, and then fell off. It is singular that Mr Smith, on the engine with Mr Conyers, never saw either the hurt or the fall, and the engine was stopped at the instigation of some of the passengers, who observed some one lying on the ground. A number of passengers at once jumped down to render assistance, never imagining, the mishap had occurred to the Commissioner of Railways. Great distress and sorrow were manifested on the discovery being made. Mr Conyers bled profusely from a wound on the temple, and from the nos trils and ear, and his breathing was sterterous. Water was fetched to bathe his face and head. Professor Macgregor and Drs Murphy and Smith were passen-' gers by the train, and rendered assistance. Seeing the case was serious, they had the still. insensible gentleman lifted into the train, which proceeded to Gore, where he was removed to the hotel and placed in bed. The train was detained an hour ; when it left Drs Smith of Balclutha and M‘Arthur of Gore, were in attendance on Mr. Conyers. During the evening telegrams were read from time to time announcing the wounded gentleman’s state, but now at 11.50 a.m. the latest intelligence is that he is sensible and has been joined by Mrs. Conyers from Christchurch who came in a special train overnight. Wellington, Thursday.

. An official telegram re Conyers says there are favorable symptoms, but he is still in a very precarious state. Dr. Skae and two others are attending. The Association’s own correspondent says that although still unconscious he is progressing as favorably as can be ex pected.

Gore, Thursday, 12.45. Change for the better coming over Mr. Conyers. He is gradually recovering con sciousness.

A later telegram says : — u The Com missioner is out of danger. ”

The Burns Anniversary. —The anni versary of the poet Bums will be cele brated in Dunedin by a lecture in the Queen’s Theatre on “ Burns —the Poet and the Man,” delivered by the Rev. J. W. Inglis, the lecturer from Victoria. It will be-given under the auspices of the Caledonian Society.

ONE VIEW OF MATRIMONY.

From the Court Circular

There is one portion of our Church service which is of peculiar interest even to the non-religious portion of the community, particularly to marriageable maidens and to some of the few young men who aspire to wed in these celibate days. This interesting service is that for tire. ‘ ‘ solemnization of matrimony. ” What married woman does not remember a shy, secret perusal of that part of her Prayer- Book previous to the happy day ? And how many maidens of advanced age can truthfully disclaim a similar recollection, although the need for knowledge on the subject has never come ? The,wonder is, that, even amongst religious people, as a rule, the service, with its vows and adju rations, passes from the memory and from the thoughts, and is only , remem bered when it is again heard, as performed over friends; or, when, as too often happens, its vows are broken. In listening to the solemn words, after years of matrimony, regrets must arise in the minds even of the best. Where people have loved and cherished,, and kept faitli with one another, has it been possible always to “ honour ” each other? Has the wife always obeyed ? Has the' husband allowed himself to be honoured ? Good wives are generally scrupulously obedient, even when the husband’s requests or commands are unreasonable, or even wrong. But when a woman can satisfy her conscience on that point, can she as fairly assert that she has always honoured her lord and master? It is a common custom to justify a husband’s fretfulness or irritability by the' excuse that he has much in business, or politics, or whatever his occupation may be, to harass him when from home, and that when he comes home he should have peace, and every possible tenderness and attention from his wife. He may swear at his servants, and even at his wife in their hearing he may (if his ways are very petty) show his annoyance by knocking the furniture and domestic animals about and by slamming the doors in the style of a scullerymaid after a passage of arms with' the cook ; but in spite of all this contemptible conduct, the wife must not only, keep her own temper and patience, but she has vowed to “honour” this superior being, and she sins if she fails to do so. How easy it seems before marriage, when the glamour of love is cast over the desired object, to promise to “honour ” the lover, but how pitiable is the disappointment when this same in dividual proves himself unworthy of anything but contempt. We are told in the marriage service that marriage “was ordained for the mutual society, help, and comfort that the one ought to have of the other, both in pros perity and adversity. ” Is the help and comfort to be only on one side ? Many husbands seem to think so, and society seems to ignore the wife’s cares in fram ing laws for the man’s benefit. A woman’s duties are by no means light in any class of life. The proper superintendence of children and servants, and the arrange ments for the husband’s comfort, leave little time in the day for pleasure ; and when a wife is oppressed by constant ill humour and irritability from her hus band, neither mind nor body can possess much elasticity, so that she has no chance to rise above her cares. The husband goes out to his friends, or his work, after an indulgence of temper, which he forgets as soon as he' leaves the house, and ex pects to receive a cheerful welcome on his return. The wife, if she be an affec tionate one, drags a weary spirit through work that has no pleasure in it; and, no matter' what worries arise from it, she receives her husband as if he were a hero, and, as Thackeray describes with bitter cynicism in some of his works, licks the hand that causes her pain. Of course, this view of matrimony is one-sided ; and space does not permit of a criticism of some wives’ misdemeanours. The ideal state of union, when each blends with the other in perfect accord, and sympathy, under every annoyance and every trial provocative of discord, is not sufficiently common to have presented itself for con sideration.

Education. —ln an article on education, the Melbourne “ Imperial Review” says : —“ The primal object of education is to teach everyone to procure sufficient food and clothes. It is almost superfluous to remark that this is the great point in which education fails, because most people are behindhand in their food and clothes. Tne art of securing these things includes many ingredients, which it is the duty of the educators to be able to teach. First, there must be a rational, which takes, as it were, a proper slice out of the roast beef and cabbages of the world. Then the young aspirant for honest tucker wants to have his, or her, mind instructed by precept, example, and habit, to run in that moderate grove wherein alone hap piness and usefulness are possible. Human creatures are most plastic. They are born to be moulded right—not wrong.” Clutha River Protective Works. — The temporary protective works on the Clutha River, are now almost completed, and the permanent works are to be com menced without delay. Novel Application of thf Telephone. —This wonderful instrument has been long used in the warehouses of Dunedin for business purposes, but recently wires have been stretched between two or three private houses, ond the correspondence kept up. Besides being very convenient, it is also productive of much amusement.

Sinking of a Dock. The Singapore Times of 3rd September gives an accouni of the sinking of the dry dock wnicn was being completed by a Glasgow contractor at Amster dam Island, near Batavia. It has sunk in deep water, owing, it is said, to defective materials

THURSDAY, Januarv 33, 1879.]

THE EVENING ECHO,



s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best lb I 0 to I 2 Eggs, dozen - . i 3 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, $ lb o 10 to I 0 Bacon, prime smoked, fib o 10 to 0 0 Hams in cloth, $ lb I 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, $ ioolb 12 6 to 14 0 Oatmeal, # ioolb - 26 0 to 0 0 Lard, $ lb - - - 0 9 to 0 0



Engineers and Foundries. ~JOHN ANDERSON^ CANTERBURY FOUNDRY CHRISTCHURCH, BEGS to notify that he has been appointed SOLE AGENT for New Zealand for MESSRS AVELING & PORTER, ROCHESTER, Whose Traction Engines, Ploughing Machines, Steam Reaping Machines, and Road Rollers have gained for them a world-wide reputation. An early exhi bition will be made of an 8 h. p. Agricul tural Locomotive Engine, which can be used either for Steam Cultivation, Thresh ing, Sawing, or Removing Agricultural Produce. Catalogues and prices can be had on application. The following Machinery and Goods ar® now ON SALE at the Canterbury Foundry for the season c MCCORMICK’S REAPER & BINDER WOOD’S do. do. OSBORNE do. do. Extras and wire for each of the above. McSHERRY GRAIN DRILLS. English and American Mowers, by Samuelson, Hornsby, Howard, Wood, McCormick, and Osborne; Clayton and Shuttleworth Thresh ing Machines, Elevators, Hay Loaders, Pacific Hay Cutters, Seed Strippers. ALSO,-' FOR SALE, . Fencing Standards, Best Fencing Wire, Cambridge, Crosskill, and Mixed Rollers, Broad-cast Seed Sowers, Millstones, Grindstones, Flour-dress ing Silk, Leather and India-rubber Belting and Hose, Reaper Sections, Plough Fittings, Machine Oils, Field Gates, &c., &c. Estimates and Drawings for any kind of Machinery furnished on application. D. MIDDLETON, Agent, Ashburton. 63 UNION IRON STEAM WORKS (Next the Horse Bazaar), BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. E D WARDS AND E E ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS, AND GENERAL SMITHS. Orders for every description of Machinery executed in a workmanlike manner, and guar anteed to give satisfaction, at prices that wil compare favorably with any in Canterbury. Important. —Ex erienced Manufacturers and Repairers of Reapers, Combines, Straw Elevators, Portable Engines, Wool Presses, &c. Wind Pumps, Circular Saw Spindles, and Tables, made to order. General Smith , Wheelwright , and Shot ing wo?k warranted to give satisfaction. EDWARDS AND LEE, Proprietors. THE CENTRAL FOUNDRY, PETER STREET, ASHBURTON. W. J. HESSEY; BEGS respectfully to inform the public of Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has . ■ . ON HAND and FOR SALE, Working Men’s Kitchen .Ranges, cast or sheet iron ovens. Cambridge Rollers, at Christchurch' Prices. ' Wire Strainers. Plough Shears on hand to suit Hornsby’s Ploughs. Kitchen Ranges from £3 10s. Repairs of Castings in Iron or Brass ®f every description. Business Notice. SPECIAL NOTICE. WE ARE NOW LANDING— Exp.s. “Tongariro,” 8 x 1% Totara for Wells Ex “ Clifton,” from Invercargill, 240,000 feet first-class Boards and Scantling Ex “Drover,” from Bluff, 120,000 ditto ditto Ex “ Wave of Life,” from Thames, 50,000 feet Flooring, Lining, &c. Ex “ Flora. ” from Kaipara, A splendid assortment of 95,000 feet Kauri Timber MONTGOMERY & CO. (Limited), CHRISTCHURCH, And EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. RUBBER STAMPS. 'JpHESE Useful STAMPS, with Ink a Pads, are now being Manufactured at t ‘ ECHO ” OFFICE and can be supplied a shape from 7s. 6d.



NOTICE.



A travelling. Post Office having been estab lished 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.



Advertisements for the evening Echo must beiscnt in not later than 3 p.m. with the number of insertions written plainly on the copy, otherwise they will be inserted till countermanded, and charged'accordingly. Subscriptions—Quarterly in advance, 6s. ; posted, Bs. 6d. ; per annum, in advance, 225. 6d. ; posted, 355. d. ; weekly, paid to collector, 6d. Delivered to any part of the town, and at any of the Railway Stations. Special notices can be received up to 3.30 p.m. for insertion over the Leader, but will be charged double scale. •



Special Notices. THE J]VENING ~p]oHo NEWSPAPER AND GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, Has Removed to new buildings, East street North, near Post Office, and next Quill’s Hotel. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Alfred harrison begs to announce that on or about the Ist Feb., 1879, he 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, : Near the Town Hall. 213 ASHBURTON GAS COMPANY. TENDERS are required for CARTING .200 yards of Gravel from the River Bed to the Gas Company’s Works. Tenders to be sent in to my office, Burnett Street, where necessary informa tion can be obtained, not later than 6 p.m. on Monday next, January-27, 1879. The lqwest. or any tender not neces sarily accepted. J. WARD, January 23, 1879. Secretary. 294 ' -