MAIL NOTICES.

;. - Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office, ,as follows : ; • For Christchurch and North at 5.30 a. m. i 10 a.m., and 5 p.m v , daily. For Chertsey Rakaia, &c., at 10 a. m: and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester; and Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. ■' ' , For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. daily. V . For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, .Mount .Somers, and Ashburton Gorge, X . on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 10.30 am. For Ashton,. Waterton, and Longbeach, 'at 4.30 p.m. daily. For Wakanui, Elgin, and: Seafield, on j - Tuesdays and Fridays, at 6 a. m.

Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post Office—

From Christchurch at 10.25 a.m., 4.35 /p.m., and 7.50 p.m. From Chertsey, Rakaia, &c. at 10.25 . a,m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at 5.35 p. m. daily. Fr*m Temuka and Timaru at 10.15 a. m. and 5.35 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet, A shburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m. , From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a. m. daily. ' From Wakanui, Elgin, and Seafield bn Tuesdays and'Fridays at 2.30 p.m.

W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

The Ashburton Herald. Borough and County Advertiser (With Which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1880. The Ashburton -Magistracy.

There ha 3 bfcscri a rumor current in Ash burton that Mr. Joseph Beswick, R.M. at Lyttelton, is to be the successor of Mr; F. Guinness, v/ho at present holds the position of Resident Magistrate here. We are in a position to state that thereis no truth whatever in the statement regarding Mr, Beswick, aswe have received an authorita tive official statement to the contrary. Whoever, therefore, succeeds Mr. Guin ness,- it’ will iiot bo Mr. Beswick.

The Wakanui School Affair.

Yesterday was the day on which the usual fortnightly-service is held by the Presbyterians at the Wakanui : School. There was. no treasurer, of the church standing by .’with the needful three shillings, to mollify the outraged. School Committee,, and, consequently, there was no admission for the worshippers to the school, as the Chairman had taken away the key and locked out all and sundry. The congregation was unusually large, as was to be expected, and they therefore adjourned to ■ a neighboring gully, and held service ill the open air, the Rev. Mr. Beattie preaching. We hear that a meet ing of the local Church Committee will be held on Saturday evening to consider matters, and to take steps for having the building of a new church started at once. Meanwhile, services will be conducted a - .. Mr. David Wilson’s farmhouse. The key of the school having been carried otF on Sunday and net returned on Monday morning, there was no getting in for the master and his .scholars, so that the young one's enjoyed a holiday quite unexpectedly —no doubt to their great joy.

By-laws Prosecutions.

: . When the 'By-laws of the Borough of Ashburton were brought to light as full grown laws—-and they ought to have been •born full grown, after such a terribly lengthy and costly incubation —they were intended to help in the maintenance of peace and good order in the township. All lines recovered under them go to the funds of the Borough, and this fact may induce Councillors and patriotic citizens to have a warm-hearted fondness for those local statutes, and to be anxious to have them in full working order ; possibly, also, their money value to the Borough may be a greater incentive to their energetic en forcement than the preservation of good order in the township, which is the’ great purpose for which the By-laws exist. At all events, they are being enforced with a commendable degree of euergy—an energy that, if it doe 3 anything, shows how very near to persecution many of the pro visions of the By-laws may come. When merchants block up the footpaths with boxes and bales of goods, merchandise, &c., and leave those impedimenta lying day and night on the public way, merchants are doing a culpable thing, but when they only hang a coat or a pair of boots, or a board with all announcement on their door-posts, we feel that the offence is of the most innocent character. Yet the by laws make this an offence, and for it a considerable number of citizens will have to answer, and may probably have to con tribute 1 some silver co the municipal purse. We say that these prosecutions look very like persecutions from one point ; of view, "and there are those that say they are an unwarrantable and suicidal interference with business. We would, perhaps,’ wish po see the laws on matters of this .kind, less stringent; but, at the bailie time, justice makes no allowance for ignorance of the lau f , and the By-laws have certainly-.': obtained the fullest pub licity. The Borough Council have de cided what they consider to be offences, and have clearly laid down in their By laws what they will and what they will not permit to be clone within the Borough. However severely the By-laws may press upon residents:, fair warping has been .given of the coining into force of the local statutes, and if .they are transgressed the transgressor has only himself .to blame if he finds, even in the trifling matter of the Borough regulations, that the way of transgessors is hard.

Billiards. —We understand that a game at billiards is to come off this even ing at seven o’clock between “ mine host ” Baldwin, of the Central Hotel, and Mr. George Wilcocks. The latter gentleman is evident!}' sanguine as to the result of match, having laid LSO to Mr. Baldwin’s Ll 5 that he will be the winner. 1 The game will be 200 up, and the stakes are held by Mr. Jacobson.

New Communion Service.—A fine new communion service in silver has been procured for the Ashburton Presbyterian Church, comprising two flagons, two cups, two salvei'3, and also a baptismal font. The latter vessel has been twice in , requisi tion since its arrival, and we would be un gracious indeed if we did not express a hope that its services will be ever in request. The communion service will be used for,the first time on Sunday, the 10th October, when communion will be cele brated.

The Lyttelton Naval Government has accepted the services of the Lyttelton Naval Brigade, but will give no capitation money.

Pedestrianism. —Youpg Willis, who lias been attempting to walk at Auckland 108 miles in twenty-four hours, caved in on Saturday at eighty-five miles. In Bankrudcy. —David Stancombe, of Tinwald, laborer, has filed a declaration of inability to meet the demands of his creditors. The first meeting of creditors is called for Saturday next. The Rangatira. —The Lighter Com pany is diligently at work securing the cargo of the ill-fated Rangatira, and as the weather lias so far proved favorable, a considerable quantity has been landed. Operations, however, can only be carried on for two hours each tide, and it will take some time before the cargo is landed.

Good Templar Men-of-War’s Men. —There are several floating lodges of Good Templars in her Majesty’s navy, and nearly all the vessels on colonial stations have a lodge. The Sappho, and the Nvmphe, had each a Templar organisation amongst their crews, and now we find that the Danae has also a lodge. The members of the latter are to be entertained by the Chrishehurch Templars on Thursday.

• Whisker v. Archy. —Considerable in terest seems to attach to the facts con nected with a trotting match that took place eighteen or twenty, years ago, near Geelong, between a horse named Whisker and another named Archy. The distance was a hundred miles, and the time taken was ten houi'3. The statement as to the time has been denied, and Mr. F. Gribben, of this town, has been at pains to write to almost every living man who had anything to do with the match. The consensus of evidence he lias obtained is in favor of the statement that Archy did the distance in 9 hours 48 minutes, arid was trotting gaily about Geelong next day.

The Camera Obscura. — This novel and entertaining exhibition is to be shown in Ashburton during the present week. The camera obscura has been a source t of much attraction in other parts of the Colony, and is very highly spoken of. A southern contemporary lias described the wonderful optical instrument : —On a canvas surface being placed beneath the lense, which is in the dome of the building, the whole town, its surroundings, and the people moving about in the streets, can be seen with ‘ astonishing distinctness ; every change of the sky, on the face of the land scape, and in the streets, is accurately shown on the canvas beneath the eyes of the spectators. An Old Maori Chief.—A New Ply mouth telegram says :—The remnant of Wi Kingi’s tribe, numbering about thirty men, women, and children, arrived in town on Saturday morning on their way to Parihaka, where they intend to settle permanently. The aged chief, William King, who is infirm and bedridden, will be conveyed to Parihaka on a stretcher, where he will spend the remainder of his days under the protection of the prophet. This is the end of the brave warrior who twenty years ago defied the British flag at Waitara, and brought on the trouble between the two races. The settlement of the tribe at Ngatimaru will be abandoned.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE WAKANUI SCHOOL.

To the Editor.

Sir, —I am somewhat surprised at the tone of a letter inserted in your issue of the 7th inst., signed ‘ ‘James Brown. ” That worthy little man speaks as if the school property were his own, and had every right to do with it as he thinks fit, and that the Presbyterians and Wesleyans of the district were intruders, trespassing on his private property. I wonder if he thinks that because he is a member of the Committee he can do as he, wishes, and shut the mouths of the true representa tives of the district. Last year, when not a member of the Committee, and when he knew nothing of its financial state, he took it upon him to write to the Board of Education accusing the church, goers of destroying the’ school property.. But this letter, like a good many others he has written, was laid aside. I wonder if his motive is to promote education when he is doing his utmost to throw a stumbling block in the way of what we might term “Education in the highest sense of the word.” He says he would not even grant the use of the school to McGuire without a charge, I should say not. Charge him double. McGuire is too personal in liis remarks. When a man proposes to give a lecture on education, he has iio right to comment on the high complexion of a man’s prominent features, nor of his capa bilities as a scientist within his own family circle.

“ 1 have done more for the promotion of education in the district than any other.” What confidence, what self-esteem, what egotism ! Wakanui is not the first Com mittee Mr. Brown has been a' member of with unpleasant results. 1 will-tell you a well-known secret. Not many years ago, near the side of a brook not, fifty miles from where I now stand, on a beautiful evening, no matter what month, there was a well known little man conducted, or guided, by what you might imagine a company of friends at a distance, but on approaching near looked like, enemies. They were a mob thirsting for his blood. They were leading him like a lamb to the slaughter. Pie was clothed in sackcloth and gunp©wder, and on his breastplate was written, “ Do you recognise me as Chairman?” And seemingly they did recognise him, for when they came to the appointed place they set a light to his feet and left him, as they thought that he he would not want a path to tread upon. This was payment for his great zeal to pro mote education and carry things as he wished. I thought the people of Canter bury were more enlightened than to im pede a man on his journey in doing good. However, the fire had not the desired, effect. His mission was not yet fulfilled. The Power o.f the air could not afford to loose such a faithful servant. My man, you have over-stepped the mark, here, you must try your hand in a new place. So the little man packed up his budget and travelled into a far country, promising to fulfil his mission to the utmost of his ability, and that promise he lias most faithfully kept. Ho wonder he can speak of his payment in full so con fidently at the end of his journey, j

should say he deserves compound interest with it. It was in a school in his new place that he first took up his abode, and his object of revenge was a poor pedagogue —he ruled him with a rod of iron. This man not doing as he wished, he sent him away on his own authority 5/and in this way he has been exercising-.liis authority ever since. But the people are beginning to open their eyes to plain factsr—and it is high time. You can make but little cf a man who has no regard for the truth. Put him out, and keep him out-.' Things went quiet and smoothly when he was out, but as soon as he got in he com menced his old game again. The prin ciples, the feelings of common nature rise in rebellion against such domineering over liberty.—l am, &c.,

An Outsider,

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

(Per Reuter's Agency.) The Australian Cricketers. London, Sept. 10,

The match between the Australians and Eighteen of Clydesdale, at Glasgow, was commenced to-day. The Home team went first to the wickets, and when .the stumps were drawn for the day had lost eight wickets for 138 runs. On September 20 the Australians play against Bridport, and on the 27th against The Players of England at the Crystal Palace, which will be the final match in England. The Markets. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,490,000 qrs. Three per cent. Consols are 97f. Best Australian beef tallow, 335. Gd.; best mutton tallow, -365. Adelaide wheat, per 4961b5., 465. At the wool sale to-day, 4,800 bales were offered, making a total of 188,600 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the sale continues firm, and there is a firm demand for.crossbreds. Mr. Gladstone’s Recovery. London, Sept. 11. Mr. Gladstone has caused a letter to be published expressing his thanks for the universal sympathy with him shown during his recent illness. The Future of Rotunania. An interview has been held-' between Prince Bismarck and Baron Yon Hay merle, Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, which is expected to result in a closer alliance between Ger many and Austria. The question of the future of Roumania was discussed by Prince Bismarck and the Austrian Minister and they agreed to favor the formation of that principality into a neutral kingdom. A Nailers’ Strike. Twenty-six thousand nailers in Stafford shire and surrounding districts have struck. The Albanians and the Turks. Constantinople, Sept. 11. An announcement was made at the beginning of the week that the Albanians had agreed to the cession of Dulcigno to Montenegro. This is now proved to have been premature. The Albanians are still hostile, and frequent collisions occur with the Turk?. The cession, therefore, is still further delayed. -

AUSTRALIAN.

(Per Reuter's Agency.) Shipping. Melbourne, Sept. 11. Sailed—Rotorua for the Bluff. Sept. 12. The P. and O. Company’s steamer Assam, with the inward mail, dated London, July 30, arrived last night. Adelaide, Sept. 11.

In consequence of the heavy gale now blowing, fears. are entertained for the safety of the Sorata. Communication with her is cut off.

Sir Hercules Robinson’s Reception in Sydney. Sydney, Sept. 13.

The Rotomahina arrived this morning from Auckland. Sir Hercules Robinson was received by a guard of honor, and escorted to Government House, where he will be a guest of Lord Augustus Loftus during his stay in Sydney. An Incompetent Agent-General. Brisbane, Sept. 13.

The vote for the salary of the Agent- General in London meets with consider able opposition in the Assembly, owing to the alleged inefficiency of the gentleman filling the position.

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) Recess Speech. Gisborne, Sept. 13. Allan M'Donald, M.H.R., addressed his constituents on Friday night in the Masonic Hall. The Mayor presided. Mr. M'Donald reviewed the work of the session at considerable length. He re gretted Government had dropped all the native measures, but spoke in high terms of praise of his Honor Judge Fenton for pains he had taken and the assiduity he had shown in having really good measures passed for dealing with native lands. Had Judge Fenton’s views been carried out Mr. M'Donald had no doubt hut in a little while all land troubles and disputes along the East Coast would have ceased. He severely condemned the Land Sales Bill as introduced, and described the native policy of the Government as the worst yet enunciated. Oil the education question he was opposed to the present extravagant out lay incured by the country. He believed that persons who were able to pay for the education of their children should be com pelled to do so. He would support income and property taxes, hut was against taxing local industries. He condemned Govern ment, especially the Attorney-General, Mr. Whitaker, for the proposed Repre sentation Bill, and believed that the ques tion of re-distribution of seats would have to be decided by a Commissioner appointed for the purpose. The Financial proposals of Major Atkinson were the best that could possibly he brought, forward, as it was well known that local subsidies were to be abolished. After referring in flatter ing terms to the Premier and one or two members of Government, and dwelling on local matters, he concluded, and a tmani mous vote of confidence was passed in Mr. M‘ Donald as representative for the East 1 Coast.

Found. Wellington, Sept. 12. A woman named Jane Burgess, who has been missing since Sept. 7, was found yesterday afternoon wandering in the bush. Pedestriauism. The twenty-four hours’ pedestrian match concluded at ten o’clock last night. Croft, of Wellington, won, having covered 118 miles ; Swan, of Christchurch, second, 109 Hanson, of Wellington, third, 100 miles. Brooks, of Dunedin, gave in after going 86 miles. The Railway Employees. Wellington, Sept. 13. Mr. Conyers telegraphs to the Minister for Public Works, re railway employees, as follows : —“ Except in a few isolated cases, the opposition to the scale, of .-pay seems to have died out. The . staff as a whole has tacitly agreed to accept the arrange ment, and all chance of a strike is at' an end.” Another 'Wreck—The Sorata. Dr. Lemon has received the following cablegrams from the Superintendent of Telegraphs, Adelaide, Port Pirie : The brig Alexandra, from Melbourne, is ashore about ten miles south of Mount Young, making water. Cape America, 10 p.m. The Sorata attempted to-day to get a line ashore, but there was too strong a wind blowing. The captain’s idea was to communicate with the shore by sending and receiving telegrams. It is blowing hard from the south-west, and the spray is breaking over the Sorata, but nothing to cause any anxiety. More Immigrants. Dunedin, Sept. 13. The Immigration Department has re ceived intelligence of the sailing of the Dunedin from Glasgow for this, port, on September 3, with 214 nominated immi grants.

Cheap. The celebrated Duck claim at Clyde was auctioned for L6l.

Unsatisfactory Train Arrangements. Invercargill, Sept. 11. Great inconvenience is caused to wit nesses at Courts through the trains from beyond Winton not arriving till, ten minutes to two, leaving at five minutes past three, compelling them to stop all, night. The Court usually adjourns Hill’ their arrival. Owing to the inaction of :the Government regarding the reverting to the old time table, a memorial is about to be set on foot;- The Waimea Plains Railway Company are said r to be violating the provisions of the District Railway* Act, which provides for two trains each:, way daily, and only- one is running. A Charitable Fete. Invercargill, Sept. 13. The Friendly Societies are arranging for an open air fete in aid of the hospital funds instead of the annual’evening enter tainment. The Ten Per Cent. A correspondent of a local paper states that the locomotive cleaners’ pay on the railway is reduced from 7s. to os.' 6d. per day-—about 20 instead of 10-per cent. The Mataura’s Cargo. Included in the cargo of the New Zea land Shipping Company’s Mataura, -.which sailed to-day, for London, are the follow ing : —305 bales rabbit skins ; 100 bales wool; 1,245 sacks barley; 6,900 sacks oats ; 270 do oatmeal; 1,500 do' wheat ; 22 tanks oatmeal; 13 cases shell, and Zea landia Exhibition.

THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Further Details.

Wellington, Sept. 12. The special train returned from the scene of the accident late last night. It appears that the train left Featherston as usual, yesterday morning, their being two carriages, and a van in front of the engine, and two loaded goods waggons and a brake van behind it. The train reached half way up the Rimutaka incline in safety, hut immediately after emerging from the .

deep cutting a terrific gust caught the first carriage, with the first and second class passengers, and threw it over the em bankment. The second carriage followed, and the weight of the two drew the van over. Fortunately the couplings of the carriages and van held, and thus prevented the train from going to the bottom of the embankment, which is stated tb be nearly 200 feet in depth. Immediately the accident was noticed the brake van in rear of the train ran down the incline, and across the creek for assistance. Almost instan taneously after the first carriage left the line the body was carried away from the bed and literally smashed, the passengers being thrown to the bottom among the debris. It was at first feared that the whole of the passengers—about fifteen in number —were killed. Assistance being at hand, the work of rescuing passengers was commenced. In the second carriage, which had been thrown over on its side, it was found that out of twelve occupants, one lad named Quinn, aged three years, son of a publican at Greytown, \vas killed, it is supposed through suffocation. The other passengers, some of whom -were rather severely injured, were got out of the wrecked carriage as soon as possible, and placed in safety. Among those who were thrown from the first carriage was Miss Pharazyn, aged eleven years, daughter of Captain Pharazyn, a well known station-holder at Featherston. She was killed instantaneously, and it is thought, as she bore no marks of injury, that her neck was broken. A lad named Nicholas, aged eight years, was also killed. The remaining passengers were all more or less injured, those not seri ously injured doing all in their power to alleviate the sufferings of others. The injured passengers were removed on to the line, where a train was waiting to bring them on to Kaitoki. About an hour after this medical assistance arrived from Wellington, and the wounded were attended to. Hare and Jackson and a man, name unknown, were sent to the Greytown Hospital, their injuries being very serious. The others came on to Wel lington.

The force of the wind may be imagined when it is said that two loaded waggons in the rear of the engine were, subsequently to-the carriages, capsized, but fortunately not thrown over the. embankment. The line was cleared again at a late hour last night. •" The injured, so far as can be ascertained, are Mrs Philips, dislocated wrist and in ternal injuries ; Mesdames Hodge and Quinn, slightly bruised; Miss Pharazyn and Master Nicholas, injured ’about the

THE .ASHBtrRTONt HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1880.



Miscellaneous. £IO,OOO rate of interest. Ashburton. TO LEND, in sums to suit borrowers, & lowest F. P. O’Reilly, Solicitor 4Mc-835g "ANTED—By a Resfpectabl e Girl, a SITUATION as General Servant, age 18 years. Apply office of this • paper. • • ~ 865 c -TTfTANTED—COTTAGE; .with sis or VV seven rooms, within teh’ minutes’ -walk of Post office, of this paper. within ten' minutes’ Apply, “P,” office 873 c TTTANTED IMMEDIATELY—A good Yy, strong BOY, about 14 or 15, as Apprentice to a Blacksmith. Apply to John Paget, Hinds. 873 c TT 7"ANTED —In town or country, a » » ' situation as NURSERY GOVER NESS, understands the management of young children, and good ; references. Apply; to the office of this paper. H.A.F., No. 239. . 878 c WANTED— TENDERS for - FENCING about three miles of Sod Fence, ploughed furrows, and four wires, on 1 the Hinds. Tenders to close 23rd inst. Apply . ; ' ROBERT JEFFS, Maronaa Sfc P. S. —lf stakes or standards,, alternate tenders. ... 879 c NOTICE. I HEREBY give Notice that all Fowls Trespassing on my Garden in Have lock Street, from this - date will be DESTROYED. , THOMAS' GIBSON:t.• ..September 13, 1880. 881 c NOTICE. ESTABLISHMENT, will be VJ CLOSED on WEDNESDAY, 15th instant, on account of holiday. , 875 c FRIEDLANDER BROS. ', v ACTS |0 Provide for the Registration of persons qualified to VOTE at Elections of Members of the House of Representatives, may be had at the Herald office. TWENTY. POUNDS REWARD. THE above reward will be paid to any person who shall give such informa tion as will lead to the conviction of any one committing a breach of the Law Practitioners or other similar Acts or Odinances,. by preparing Deeds or other Legal Documents, or in any way what ever. BRANSON and PURNELL. ; . F. P. O’REILLY. . EDWD. G. CRISP. , T C. W. IRELAND. 853c-1980



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Business Notices. IMMENSE ARRIVALS f OF '■ NEW GOODS AT ORR & CO.’S. We are now showing THE LARGEST STOCK ■ •OF ; NEW SPRING GOO D S EVER OFFERED IN ASHBURTON. Ex HALCIONE, AT LYTTELTON, AND NEW LONDON, AT MELBOURNE. ALSO, rjIHE Stock in the Assigned Estate of Messrs. Edmiston, Gundky, and Co. valued at Which will bo SOLD at about"] HALF-PRICE. CONSISTING OP CARPETS, MATTING BLANKETS, GROCERIES, IRONMONGERY, CHAIRS, MATTRESSES, &a ORR AND CO. Septembeijjlst, ?0^ 841c-182«



*' Miscellaneous. TO BUILDERS.' V> , , ; ;t; : • , >. ■ ■ ;- . •...• •■ mENDERS, arp..incited fov. the erection of a" TIMBER COTTAGE at Clear-, well Farm, near the Hinds, for C. G. Hawdon, Esq. Plans and specifications may be seen at our office, and sealed tenders endorsed “ Tender for Cottage,” to be delivered on or before 10 a.m., MONDAY, September 20fch. FOOKS & SON, 882 c Architects.. GOOD NEWS FOR THE OLD AND THE YOUNG. THE GIGANTIC “ CAMERA OB SCURA.” riIHIS WONDER PRODUCING- X OPTHIC in living and Moving Pictures, and Surrounding Scenery, will be on Exhibition in Ashburton dur ing - this week, for a FEW DAYS only. This is the largest of the kind in the world. Its really power ful capabilities for the production of a Colored Picture in all its hue and grandeur, must be seen to be believed. • 876 c Y. R. In the District Court of Christchurch, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER of the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1576, and the several Acts amending the same, and iii the matter of the Bankruptcy of DAVID STAN COMBE, of Tinwald, in the County of Ashburton, laborer, a Debtor, Notice is hereby given that the abovenamed David Stancombe, of Tin wald, in the County of Ashburton, in the Pro'-, vincial District of Canterbury, and colony ofNew Zealand, laborer, has this day filed, in theabove ■ Gourty‘’a’decla-FUtioH*ffint i, he 'is-unable**# meet his engagements with his Creditors. The- first, meeting of Creditors of the above-named Debtor will be held at the District Court, Ash burton, on SATURDAY, the 18th day of September, 1880, at eleven o’clock in the fore noon. Dated this 13th day of September, 1880. C. cavendishhhurrell, Clerk of the Court. E. G. Crisp, 1 Solicitor for debtor. . 880 c KAIAPOI WOOLLEN"MANU.FACTUR • , ING COMPANY (LIMITED ) CAPITAL £IOO,OOO IN 4000 SHARES OF £25 EACH ISSUE OF NEW SHARES. %AORMS< of APPLICATION FOR Jj SHARES, with -full information, can be obtained of Mr. Weeks j_ • Ashburton Guardian 'Office, by whom application for Shares will be received. . '..Deposit-,-.205. per share ; and! 50s. per -share on allotment. V'' “"'August 23, 1880. THE -NATIONAL, MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF -AUSTRAL ASIA (LIMITED). A. Established -1869. •



Actuary and Secretary — l . J. M. -; Templeton,' F. I. A." . The MOST LIBERAL and EQUIT ABLE OFFICE for .Life Assurance in the Australasian Colonies. . /’The best "office for ".young men.-' Profits divided every threeyears. Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, ‘‘.Adelaide, Wellington, and Hobart Town. ’. The NeveZealand Branch—A LOCAL INSTITUTION, investing all moneys in the colony. Resident Secretary Thomas Swain, •Temple Chambers, Feaf.herston street, Wellington. Agent for the County;of Ashburton — S. SAUNDERS (of the. firm of Saunders Bros.), Ashburton. ■ Note the name—-Tli'e..National Mutual. ■ 1690-821 c mHE UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA X (LIMITED.) . Established 1837. .*..•*»* • 4 if- Paid-up Capital, £1,500,000 ; Reserve Funds, £810,500 ; together ... ... ... £2,310,500 Reserve Liability of Proprie tors 3,000,000 Total Capital and Reserve Funds £5,316,500 NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS. : It having been found desirable to alter the dates for the half yearly balancing of accounts to the last days in February and August in each year, the next balance will take place on 31st inst., and customers are requested to send in their pass-books to be made up to that date. > . j. f. mcmullen, Inspector and General Manager. August, 1880. 877 c WM. ANDERSON, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, Ashburton, HAS always in STOCK a complete assortment of every description of Saddlery, Harness, Whips, _ Saddlers’lron mongery, &c., imported direct from Eng land. Goods to order manufactured on the premises of the best Materials, and at the lowest rates H HORSE FEED. OATS, BARLEY, Ac., CRUSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. JOSEPH CLARK, oorr Tinwald. LABOURERS requiring work can secure first opening by applying 'early at Herald Registry Office, on pay ment of le. :



Miscellaneous. SELF-BINDING HARVESTERS. WM. R. DUNN, Reaper and Binder Expert, HAVING located permanently in Ash burton, at the corner of Peter street, and close to : Wakanui road, wishes to notify to Farmers, Contractors, Mer chants, and others that he is prepared to Adjust, Repair, and Repaint all kinds of Reapers and Binders. Extras and Duplicates, in Wood and Iron, on hand. None but the best of material used, and all work guaranteed. ’ Machines examined or repaired in town or country. . Orders may be left at Messrs. Jameson and Roberts, or at the workshop. Win. R. Dunn, Junction Peter street and Wakanui road (late Hessey’s Foundry), Ashburton. 176 a