Mr. Fooks would point out that it would be necessary to provide the needful crossings on Winter’s road to private pro perty. Mr. Saunders would propose that the engineer be requested to prepare working plans and specifications for the work, and the clerk be instructed tn call for tenders to be sent in by Monday, March 22nd. He thought the work done by the Council in discussing the water scheme last year had been well spent, as it had led to a speculation on the part of the Council which would prove a most profitable one. The LSOOO invested in pipes was spent when iron was at its cheapest, and iron had since risen in value 50 per cent. The Council did not want these pipes, and they could sell them and do without taxes for some years. Mr. St. Hill seconded, and the motion was carried. SIGNING THE KATE BOOK. The Mayor, and Messrs. Saunders and Orr were appointed to sign the rate book. THE LATE COLLECTOR. Mr. Harry Friedlander wished to know his locus standi, as his term of office had now expired, and summonses had been issued for overdue rates. Mr. Bullock said he considered the late collector had done his work well, and de served every credit for the manner he had ■worked. Only L 73 remained uncollected, the major portions of which was for rates due on sections charged twice over, and for reserves wrongly placed on the roll. He moved a vote of thanks to the late col lector for the energy he had displayed in collecting the rates. —Carried. THE PAY SHEET. Sundry small amounts were passed for payment, and the Council adjourned.

THE MAORI AND THE MOA.

By Mr. C. IV. Purnell, Ashburton, in the Victorian Review. ” ,:: i[ f CONCLUDED. Is it reasonable to suppose that in a mild and moist climate like that of New Zealand they could have lain there with out decomposition from a period antece dent to the Maori immigration ? Points like these can be weighed without the aid of scientific training. Every intelligent man is entitled to form his own opinion upon them, and that opinion is pretty sure to be adverse to the pre-historic theory. The balance of testimony deci dedly inclines to the view that the Maori hunted the moa, although it would seem that the bird had got extremely scarce long before the Europeans had visited the country. Cook was above 350 days on the coast of New Zealand, and made diligent enquiries about the indigenous fauna, but he heard nothing of the moa ; and the other early navigators have left no record of their knowledge of such a bird. This, of course, is negative evi dence, but strong of its kind, for had the moa then been common in New Zealand, it is incredible that Cook should not have heard of it. The South Island Maoris possess an obscure tradition to the effect that, about five hundred years ago, a great fire, which they call “ the fire of Tamatea,” devastated the Canterbury plains, and nearly exterminated the moa ; and a tradition also prevails amongst the North Island Maoris that a great fire once played havoc with the moa. Collat ing all the information we possess, it is not an unfair inference to draw that the moa was plentiful when the Maoris first arrived, but that from their over-zealous ohase of it, their extravagant consumption of its eggs and the destruction caused by large fires, it soon became scarce, and ultimately extinct, although a few indi viduals may have lingered up till a very recent date. It would appear that the moa disappeared from the North Island before it did from the South. The fact of its having existed contemporaneously ip the two islands is noticeable, because, at first sight, Cook’s Straits, which is as broad as the English Channel, and stormy enough, would seem to be an insuperable barrier to the passage of wingless birds from one island to the other ; but, inas much as the fossil remains of the moa have been exhumed from post-pliocene formations, when the islands were prob ably united, the difficulty vanishes on re flection. We do not think it possible that any living moas will now be disco vered. The hope survived so long as large tracts of country remained unex plored, but most parts have now been traversed by surveyors, gold prospectors, and others, and the unknown regions are of two limited an extent to justify the expectation that they constitute the last refuge of these gigantic birds. It is likely that “moa” was not the name given to the bird when it was the common food of the natives. We cannot pretend to say how the aboriginals desig nated it; but as to the Maoris, “ moa ” seems to be the generic name amongst the Polynesians for a large bird, and while the Maoris, if the moa co-existed on the ‘islands with them, may have styled it “ the moa ” par excellence, the chances are that they gave it some other name, and possibly bestowed distinctive appellations upon the different species, which vary much in size. These things, however, we can never hope to know, and they are really of little consequence. The ornithologists have got hold of the unfortunate bird, and are quarrelling, as usual, over its nomenclature. Strange tales are afloat about skulls being put on the wrong necks, and individual skeletons constructed into a variety of remains ; but why wony ourselves about such trifles 1 ' The moa is gone to his long home; the Maori will soon follow him ; and so far as human advancement is con cerned, each will have been about as useful as the other. The philo-barbarian has extolled the Maori as the perfection of the savage, and he is a noble being, as savages go ; but during all the ages of his existence he has never contributed one jot to human knowledge in art, science literature, or the principles of govern ment ; he has placed on record no dis tinguished examples of human virtue, whether displayed in the discharge of pub lic or of private duties ; and when he dies, his fellow man will have no more reason to regret his disappearance from the earth than the washing away of a grain of sand from the seashore, 0, W. Purnell.

Oatmeal fob England.— Messrs. J. and T. Meek, Oamaru, intend to make an experimental shipment of oatmeal to tlie Old Qonntry, This will afford additional (scope for an industry which will.be of great benefit to the colony in relieving the excess of oats.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[Tuesday, March 9, 18S0.



Educational. ~ISS GOODGER has much pleasure in informing the Ladies of Ash burton that she is about to open a PRIVATE SCHOOL, and solicits their patronage. SUBJECTS : English, French, Music, Plain and Orna mental Needle Work. Referees : The Very Revd. Dean of Christchurch, and J. P. Restell, Esq. Terms on application to MISS GOOD GER at the Somerset Hotel, Ashburton. For address, see future Advertisement. 124c-569g T. Bullock. THE undersigned has the following PROPERTIES to LET with a pur chasing clause, or FOR SALE on liberal terms of payment — -g ACRES good WHEAT LAND, xOU all ploughed and ready for cross ploughing for wheat ; situated about three miles from the township. A!"V ACRES, near the above ; also good * WHEAT LAND, ploughed once and ready for cross-ploughing. ACRES, partly improved, near Wins low. This will be sold very cheap, and'on very liberal terms. TOWN PROPERTIES. T7ALUABLE BUSINESS SITE in Bur ▼ nett Street, being T. S. 177, next the “ Mail” office. PART of T.S. 139, Peter Street. This will be sold cheap, and on liberal terms. mO Railway Employes, Mechanics, and J- Others. —FOR SALE, cheap, Lot 78, situated on East Town Belt. Terms, £5 cash ; balance by monthly or quarterly payments. T. BULLOCK. Conveyances. THE LONGBEACH COACH ! aEORGE WILLCOCKS respectfully acknowledges the liberal support which he has received, during the short time his Coach has been running, and soiicits a continuance of the same. The fares by Willcocks’ coach are exactly 3d. per mile ordinary fares, and l|d. per mile for Saturday return. They are as under— Longbeach to Ashburton, ordinary 55., return Bs. Waterton to Ashburton, 3s. 6d. ordi nary, Gs. return. Ashton to Ashburton, 3s. ordinary, ss. return. Wheatstone to Ashburton, 2s. Gd. ordinary, 4s. return. SINGLE FARE RETURN ON SATURDAYS. The coach leaves the Booking Office, Quill’s Commercial Hotel, each day at 3.15 ; Post Office, 3.30. 0g ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the , MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.m. Publications. NE W ZEALAND WESLE VAN Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealand Wesleyan” for March. Price 6d Sold at the Herald and Guardian Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. AGRICULTURAL PAPERS. rjIHE PUBLISHERS have much pleasure in intimating to the Farmers of the Couuty of Ashburton, that they havejssued a reprint in pamphlet form of a selection of AGRICULTURAL PAPERS Read before the Lincoln Farmers’ Club, compiled by J. Stanley Bruce, Esq., Price One Shilling. Orders for the above pamphlet, ac companied by thirteen stamps, should be addresssed to WEEKS & DIXON, Publishers, East Street. ALMANAC for 1880, printed on a neat card, with Ashburton Direc tory, Postal and Railway Guide, can be obtained gratuitiously at the “ Guardian ” Office. R. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, Auctioneer, ’ock, Land, and Commission Agent. arms, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Offices, Saunders Buildings, Ashburton. 737 a FORMS PRINTED “To Let ” and “ For Sale ”•—can be obtained at th« Herald Office,



Edmiston Bros. & Ghmdry. FRIDAY, 12th MARCH. ' SALE OF Furniture & Bflects AT TINWALD. Messrs, edmiston bros. & GUNDRY have been favored with instructions from 0. P. Cox, Esq., to sell by public auction at his residence, Timvald on FRIDAY, 12th MARCH, the whole of his HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE consisting of— Tables, Chairs, Bedsteads, Carpet, Matting, Bedding, Waslistands, Toilet Sets, Crockery, Cooking Utensils, Tools, etc., etc. Also— A FIRST-CLASS CHOKEBORE BREECHLOADER, nearly new. Sale at 12 o’clock. LUNCHEON PROVIDED. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, 144c—1161 Auctioneers. ,



TURNIP SEEDS SALE by the undersigned— Green Top Yellow Aberdeen Purple ~ ~ Devonshire Grey Stone Mammoth Purple Top White Stone Stubble Grass and Glover Seeds. White Clover Red ~ Timothy Alsike . Lucerne Gorse Italian Rye Cocksfoot Perennial Trefoil &c., &c., &c. Building Material. 100,000 FEET OF ASSORTED TIMBER White & Black Pine Black Birch T. and G. Flooring Y.D.L. T. and G. Lining Totara Kauri, &c., <&c, COALS AND FIREWOOD IN ANY QUANTITY. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street. Agents for the SOUTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Machines. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street. FARMS FOR SALE in blocks of 50 to 100 acres. Price from £2 lbs. per acre. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, 10Gc Bast Street. Public Notices. CAUTION. k NY PERSON BATHING in our V Mill Race without our written per ission, will be PROSEC CTED. 2c SAUNDERS BROTHERS. NOTICE. RATING ACT, 1876. ny HERE AS at a sitting of the Assess- V ? mailt ment Court for the Road District f Lon "beach, held this 28th day of 'EBRUARY, at Longbeach, before me, '. Guinness, Judge of the said Court, it r a s proved that no Valuation List had een prepared as required by the said Let. Now, therefore, under the provisions f Clause 28 of the said Act, I order that Valuation List be made, and I hereby ppoint FRANCIS GEORGE PARRY ‘EACH to be the Valuer for the said dis cict, and I do further iix SATURDAY, he 20th day of MARC H next, the day or the completion and inspection of such ist and that the last day for delivering Ejections thereto shall be SATURDAY, he 10th day of APRIL next. The Court will sit at 10 o’clock in the orenoon on Saturday, the 17th day of q )r il next, for the purpose of hearing and Letermining all objections to the Valua ion List for the said district, FRANK GUINNESS, >Bsg 14.8 c Judge.



Business Notices. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. IT) DWARD TAYLOR Ims reduced the ’j Price of his best Bread to sd. Cash at shop, and if delivered by cart, s|d. EDWARD TAYLOR, Saunders’ Buildings, 119 c ASHBURTON. C. PERCY COX, AND AND ESTATE AGENT ANT VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance: COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 ANSTEE’S DINING ROOMS, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. THE Proprietor begs to inform visitors to Ashburton, and the travelling public generally, that the best accommo dation for Boarders in Ashburton is to be had at the above establishment. A LIBERAL TABLE & MODERATE CHARGES. MEALS AT ALL HOURS ... Is. BEDS Is. BOARD & LODGING ... 18s. & 20s. PRIVATE REFRESHMENT ROOMS FOR LADIES. PROPRIETOR, J. G. ANSTEE. 985 a PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ashburton. J. R. CHAPMAN PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN-WRITER, Ext., Has much pleasure in stating that, owing to the large increase of Business, he is now Importing from the Manufacturers- • PAPERIIANGINGS, WHITE LEAD LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSHWABE, And all the necessaries of the Trade, and is therefore in a position to compete with any house in Canterbury for price and quality. Every description of work in the trade executed under personal superin tendence. Competent -workmen sent io all parts of the country.



ESTIMATES GIVEN. 41a TINWALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. BOOTS! BOOTS!! THE Undersigned begs to draw the at tention of the public to his well as sorted stock of Ladies’, Gents’, and Chil dren’s Boots, which he has just received, and will dispose of CHEAP. Motto — “Small profits and quick returns.” All kinds of Boots made and repaired on the the shortest possible notice. 591 g C. HAWKINS, Bootmaker. REMOVED TO WAKANUI ROAD, Next to Post Office. JOSEPH WARD, FAMILYBUTCHER, BEGS to inform the Public of Ash burton that he will Open as .above on Saturday next, and intends selling for cash at a REDUCTION in PRICES. First-class Beef, 3d. to sd. per lb. First-class Mutton, 2d. to 3d. per lb. Legs, 3id per lb. JOSEPH WARD, 892a* Butcher. Drawing paper, ail sizes, just opened at WEEKS AND DIXON, East street. Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station, CHINIQUY’S LECTURES. —Just Ar rived, New Edition. H. M. Jones, Baring Square.



Business Notices. TO FARMERS, LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, SPORTING MEN, AND OTHERS OWNING HORSES. GEORGE KIDD, Moore Street, BEGS t,o announce the fact that the PRICE for SHOEING hacks and light draught HORSES is now REDUCED to 7s. per set, and that all horses of this description will be specially attended to by himself. Horses liable to cut are shod on a prin ciple of George Kidd’s own invention, which has proved an effectual cure for brushing. All kinds of blacksmith’s work, and repairs to agricultural machinery of any description done on the shortest notice. GEORGE KIDD, 7oc-52G0 Moore street, Ashburton. ASHBURTON COPPER, ZINC, IRON, & TIN PLATE MANUFACTORY. JOSEPH HYDE (Late Foreman at the Malvern Works England, and the Canterbury Works, Christchurch, New Zealand) BEGS to thank his friends of Ashbur ton and surrounding districts for the liberal support accorded him during the past two years, and to intimate that he has opened NEW BUSINESS PRE MISES in Moore street (next Mr. Neate’s chemist shop) where he is prepared to execute every description of Plain and Japanned Tinware, Lamps, Ga 3 Reflec tors, Chimney Tops, Portable Washing Boilers, Baths, Cheese Vats, etc. LOCKSMITH, BELLHANGER, GAS FIT TER. . Artesian Wells, Beer Engines, Pumps, &c. Steam Kettles, Hot Closets, made on the premises. Estimates given for Spouting. All work done under J. H.’s personal Superintendence, and guaranteed. J. HYDE, Moore Street, Ashburton. PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the ptblic of Ashburton and surrour ding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inf> rn them that he has received, and to arrive, at his place ri business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OR LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attenlu 1 to the Measure Department, and incites the gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect the superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes he is now making. Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and Shoes, and Running Shoes. WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Next to Montgomery’s, East-street. MEDICINE. QAMBRIDGE’S ASTRINGENT, a certain cure for Diarrhoea in Children or Adults, Is. Gd. and 2s. 6d a Bottle. CAMBRIDGE’S BLACK CUR RANT COUGH ELIXIR, Is. Gd. and 2s Gd. a Bottle. CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE QUIN INE TONIC WINE, 2s. Gd. and 4s. Gd. a Bottle. CAMBRIDGE’S EXTRACT OF BARK, CURES SORE, TENDER, and CRACKED NIPPLES. CAMBRIDGE’S ESSENCE of RENNET, 3 Drops will turn a pint of milk into delicious sweet curds, Is. and 2s. Gd. a Bottle. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, MEDICAL HALL. N.B.—Teeth carefully Extracted. 2s. Gd. BREAD!BREAD! Co-operative Bread and Biscuit Factory. Triangle, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. A. THIELE, BEGS to inform the public that he is now in a position to SUPPLY BEST BREAD, Gd. per 41b. loaf, unsur passed. Delivered daily to all parts of the Borough, also, Confectionery, &c. Mixed Biscuits reduced from Is. to Sd. per lb. Wedding Cakes made to Order. 122c-5700 JUST ARRIVED —English Papers and Magazines, Young Ladies’ Journal, Bow Bells, London Journal, Ac., &c. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Squai'e. LABOURERS requiring work can secure first opening by applying early at Herald Registry Office, on pay ment of Is. 'OTANTED, those in search of emplcy- Vv ment, to call and enter their names at Herald Registry Office, on pay ment of Is. QERVANTS requiring situations, call and get your names entered in the Herald Registry, Is.



Business Notices. VALUE EXTRAORDINARY. THE Great Bargains OF THE SEASON. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE FOR THIRTY DAYS. ORE, ART) CO. HAVING resolved to clear out the Balance of the Bankrupt Stocks purchased by them during the Season (amounting to over ten thousand pounds) regardless of cost so that they may commence the Autumn Season with en tirely a new Stock, ORR AND CO. Will also offer several cheap lots pur chased by them during the late depression. Special Bargains. 90 Pair Twilled Kaiapoi Blankets at 4s. under the usual price. Kaiapoi Flannel at Is. 4d., Is. 6d. to 2s. English Flannel at Is., Is. 2d., Is. 6d., to Is. 9d. Prints at sd. and 6d., worth 9d. Brown Hollands, 7d. to Is. COSTUMES. 56 Costumes at 215., worth 355. 6d., a Bai gain. 64 Print Costumes at 7s. 6d. to 12s. 6d., worth 20s. 1700 yards Dress Goods, Alpaccas, at Bd., lOd., and Is. MILLINERY. Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats at half price. 2 Boxes Flowers, sold at 6d. per spray. Ladies’ Underclothing at very much under usual prices. 20 Dozen Stays at 3s. 6d., 45., 4s. 9d., to ss. 6d. CLOTHING. Men’s Suits at 15s. under usual prices. Boys’ Suits at 15s. 6d. to 355. Youth’s Suits at a little over half-price. Braces, Ties, Collars, Socks, and Shirts, unusually cheap. 20 Dozen Harvest Shirts at Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. BOOTS. Men’s Boots still sold at Bankrupt prices. Youth’s Boots in great variety. Ladies’ Kid Boots at old prices. 1 Case Children’s Boots at Is. and Is. 6d., a bargain. TAILORING. DEARTMENT.



WE HAVE MUCH PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO THE PUBLIC THAT A Tailoring Branch HAS BEEN OPENED IN CON NECTION WITH OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT, PIAVING MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH MESSRS. CRAIGHEAD AND CO. (LATE OF EDINBURGH AND SAN FRANCISCO), PRACTICAL TAILORS, TO MAKE UP ALL ORDERS EN TRUSTED TO US IN THE VERY BEST STYLE. A PEKFECT FIT GUARANTEED. SCOTCH, ENGLISH, and COLONIAL TWEEDS IN GREAT VARIETY. THE CELEBRATED BLARNEY TWEED (CORK) KEPT IN STOCK. FANCY COATINGS IN GREAT VARIETY. SUITS from £4 4s. DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. Dresses, Costumes, and Jackets made up to order, under the superintendence of a first-class Dressmaker. WEDDING & MOURNING ORDERS PUNCTUALLY ATTENDED TO. ORE AND CO., IMPORTERS ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA,



Business Notices. JUST ARRIVED, A ; CHOICE ASSORTME N T op OFFICE -_r .-duH AND HOUSEHOLD STATIONERY PAPER BAGS, ACCOUNT BOOKS, DIARIES, &c. . \ • -fvT ■ To Meet the Requirements of the County of Ashburton, WEEKS & DIXON Are now Importing, direct from the makers, Every description of Commercial, Law, and General Stationery, which they are in a position to supply, wholesale or retail, at prices that will compare favorably with any house in the Colony. The Goods now being opened up include a Choice Assortment of Plain and Fancy Note Papers and Envelopes, and some very superior kinds. 10 2 CASES STATIONERY BALES PAPER 10 2 Commercial and Law Stationery Notepapers in great variety Envelopes of the newest styles Inkstands and Bottles Pens and Penholders Pencils and Pencil Cases Account and Pocket Books, Etc. Biscuit Bags Flour Bags Milliners’ Bags. Wholesale and Retail. LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH. BOOKS (SCRAP, ALBUMS, &c.,T&c.) We have a small lot of the above, and being desirous of clearing out these articles, we shall he glad to dispose of them at VERY LOW RATES, so as to make room for incoming consigments of General Stationery. WEEKS AND DIXON? Saunders’ Buildings, E A STS T R E E Tf ASHBURTON*