AMONG THE FARMERS.

Wakanui this year can cry “Io triumphe,” the wish of a certain plains farmer for a shower of rain every day, and shower of muck on Sunday, having been gratified as nearly as Dame Nature would permit. The old woman who pre sides over natural arrangements, such as rain and caterpillars, has been particularly kind this season, pouring forth plenty of the former and giving the latter to New South Wales, as a sort of addition to its particularly payable Exhibition, which we understand is likely to be a loss to that colony of something approaching a quar ter of a million of money. We, in this economical country, can’t afford that kind of extravagance,' as all the energies of our fanners are exercised in the direction of making both ends meet, and it is gratify ing to us to observe that farming opera tions for the present year are likely to return something to the agriculturist. Having taken a round turn about the country, we are able to report on several of the farms, and will select * WAKANUI, to begin with. The portions of this dis trict we are at present able to describe from personal observations are confined to the Dromore, Chertsey, and portions of the Wakanui Creek districts, but by next Saturday’s issue a full account of all the other farms in the district will be sup plied, by this journal. To go into particu lars of the various holdings, we will com mence as near town as possible, and that out and out good old soul Joseph Hunt is the first we drop in on. He don’t farm to any great extent, but what he does, he does well, and lie is appealed to by ali the country side when any difficulties occur in the way of agricultural pursuits. He is always in the front rank when anything in the shape of a plough ing match or a reaper and binder contest is on : but when a meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association is held, why, then, Joseph Hent is indis pensable. When he takes it in his head to “shuffle off this mortal coil,” —may the day be far distant, —we do not know where to look for his successor in public exhibitions appertaining to agricultural avocations. However, talking about crops, Mr. Hart and his sons have no great extent in grain, but what they have is good, as all crops are where knowledge and experience are brought to bear on good land. This “ family clique,” in this instance, seem to have rubbed through the preliminaries of colonisation tolerably well on what is now considered a very small block of agricultural land, and the example shown by this “ clique ” is worthy of imitation by all the successors of the pioneer farmer of the Wakanui. To use an old Scotch saying, he is as “weel kent an respeckit,” and we can say nore no more better of him.

After a long gossip with the old man, we journeyed onwards. The portly pro portions of Mr. Thomas Prendergast met our eye on the road, and when he neared us he kindly informed us that he felt ver well, but owing to the sultry stat of th weather he was particularly thirst . We condoled with him, having the same com plaint ourselves, but did not, unfortun ately, possess the wherewithal to quench it. Mr. Prendergast gave us an ad libi tum ticket to investigate his crops, and after a careful inspection on arrival at his place it was unanimously decided by all the visitors that he was a particularly well-off farmer, and that it was his duty to his family to start a carriage and pair forth with on the strength of his present pros pects. He has 135 acres wheat which would cause any grain buyer to speculate at the rate 'of 45 bushels to the acre ; and a paddock of oats of some 36 acres looks all a farmer could wish. But the owner will very likely be selfish enough to keep the lot for his own use. He has also some grass and it is grass of such a kind that the land on the banks of the creek can grow, and no other land in the district can match for quality and quantity. Just on the opposite side of the road is the Elgin farm, the property of Mr. J. Stanley Bruce, but, with the exception of about 20 acres, laid out in plantation and lawn, leased to 0. P. Cox, Esq., who has about 35 acres in oats, which look equal to threshing out 60 bushels per acre. His barley is not so good as it ought to have been, considering the amount of trouble t aken over the preparation of the land; but I suppose Mr. Cox knows by this time, as well as we can tell him, that the most unreliable crop both for yield and price that a farmer can go into is barley. In fact barley-growing is about equal, as a moneymaking pursuit, to “Yankee grab” or “ blind hookey. ” Some 320 acres on this farm are in permanent English grass, and some good looking stacks of hay seem as if the cattle on the farm will not starve during the coming winter. Following the Wakanui creek from this point towards the sea is a journey of some magnitude. Tlie distance in a straight line from the township to the ocean is about ten miles ; but if a pedestrian of ordinary travelling powers undertook to follow the windings of this erratic water course, we are prepared to give him a week to do the journey in. Anyhow, by following its sinuosities, we get in the long run to the best guide post in the whole district—Moffat’s mill—and here we found plenty of inqirovements to in vestigate and report on. As this report is purely an agricultural one, and the mill having been previously described in these columns, it must be left in the lurch on this occasion ; but Mr. Moffat kindly in vited us to visit a farm of his some five miles lower down the creek, if we took the road, but about five thousand miles away if the creek route was adopted. We took the road, and found one of those kind of fields which make a man, especially a farming man, feel on good terms with himself and all his neighbors. Mr. Mof fat paid a long figure for this block about two years ago, when Mr. G. H. Moore sold all the land on the Wakanui run, and the purchaser of this farm was not far wrong when he bid so high a figure as LlB 10s. an acre for this land. His judgment has .proved to be as good regarding the quality of land as it is known to be in his better known capacity as a buyer of grain. Mr. Moffat’s next neighbor, Mr. P. Innes, don’t believe in neighbors. He has fenced himself in on a sort of peninsula, to which no one can gain access except through a gate and roadway sacred to him self. °But Peter is a comfortable sort of a man. If he and the creek fence people off, he is none the less ready to make visitors welcome when they give him a look in, and the look of his crop and the substantial concrete house, is a sufficient evidence .that this farmer is, or ought to be satisfied with his lot. A new school

just here, now nearly finished, is a feature of the district, and the manner in which the residents turned up at the annual meeting the other evening, is a very good criterion of their ability to raise a crop of scholars for the new institution. Mr. J. Stanley Bruce has, we understand, been the moving spirit in the matter, and he de serves the thanks of all possessors of olive plants for his exertions.

Still further down the creek we arrive at the comfortable homestead of Messrs. Earle Bros., who have a block of first class land fronting on the Beach road, and extending northwards across and including the creek. They have a small paddock in wheat, which ought to give a return of 45 bushels, and perhaps a handful over ; 130 acres of oats with a promise of, we should say, 50 bushels. Notwithstanding that there is a considerable quantity of self-sown crop among it, their barley has been a miss this year, and will not return more than 14 or 15 bushels at the outside. There are about 100 acres of pasture w'hich is equal to anything in the shape of a paddock to be exhibited anywhere, that is, if a paddock can be exhibited. But my experience of the w T hole of the country teaches me that the best pasture land in it is on the banks of the creek or river. There is no deny ing the assertion. To take all the farms in detail would occupy too much space in the present issue, but we may mention the pasture crops, beyond those mentioned, of Messrs. J. Jamieson, M. Miller, Brown Bros., John Black, Mrs. Gibson, and Meredith Wilson, as being specially noticeable for the extreme growth of grass and clover this year. Weregret that our space will not allow of our describing the farms we visited, and as a matter of course our readers must wait for further news till Tuesday’s issue.

Irish Relief.

The Irish famine question seems to have had the effect of establishing a feel ing of brotherly love among ali English speaking nations. From all parts of the known world we are daily receiving cable and telegrams to the effect that large sums are being subscribed for the relief of our impecunious Irish cousins, and the unani mity of feeling in all the colonies is not to be wondered at. Colonists know and appreciate Irishmen as being possessed of the bone and sinew as laborers for any thing in the shape of arduous labor, for we can say of our own personal knowledge that the thousand and odd miles of rail ways constructed in this colony have been made by laborers of whom fully 90 per cent. hailed from the Green Island, While Pat is at work he is one of the best fellows extant, but when he starts to play he is apt to be a trifle too demonstrative, and we very much regret his playfulnesss should have got the better of his judgment in the “sport” which lately led some of his countrymen to have free lodgings at her Majesty’s expense. The relief subscrip tion fund has now assumed a definite form, and is in the hands of a reliable com mittee, who will use every endeavor to show such a record from this district for so humane an object as will reflect ci-edit on its denizens at a time when they are, as a rule, straitened in circumstances by two consecutive bad harvests, and the drain on their pockets for the incoming one.

On this point we would, if not intrud ing on the prerogative of the Committee, make a suggestion, the idea of which was suggested to us by a remark of his Wor ship the Mayor : that is, that where |a farmer does not feel that his means jus tify him in paying a cash subscription he should donate a portion of the proceeds of his farm, whether it was in the shape of a few bags of oats or wheat, a pig or so, or even a few dozen of eggs, if no other subscription was forthcoming. “ Every mickle makes a muckle,” as the old Scotch proverb says, and none of our farmers can plead poverty to such an extent as to say “No ” to an appeal for starving fellow countrymen, and all who read this paper cannot help claiming the suffering population as countrymen,

We do not for one moment doubt but that the appeal made will be nobly responded to. One sug gestion we would like to make on the subject is, that as all the residents in the county cannot subscribe grain as their quota, those who give cash should have their amounts placed to a “ freight fund account,” and so send the Ashburton County subscription Home in the shape of grain, delivered free in some Irish port. A free cargo of Ashburton grain, sent as a testimonial of the sym pathy felt for the distress in Ireland by a place almost unknown to the bulk of the Irish population, would do more to adver tise its capabilities and advantages as a place to emigrate to than all the Captain Barry’s ever paid to lecture on the sub ject.

IHE ASHBURTON HERALD.

( Monday, February 2, 1880.



Auction Sales. SATURDAY, 7tli FEBRUARY, At 1 o’clock. By Order of the Mortgagee. LFRED HARRISON has received instructions from the Mortgagee to sell by Public Auction, at his rooms, on above date, TOWN SECTION No. 467, Havelock street. Comment upon this valuable property is unnecessary. Situated in the centre of the town, and well adapted for a business site or private dwelling. For absolute sale. Terms very liberal. SATURDAY, 7th FEBRUARY, 1 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON, 453a-995a Auctioneer.



Auction Sales. TUESDAY, 3rd FEBRUARY, TIN WALD YARDS. BY ORDER OF THE BAILIFF OF R.M. COURT. Messrs, edmiston bros., and GUNDRY, have received instruc tions from the Bailiff, of tlie R.M. Court to sell at the Timvald Yards, on Tuesday, 3rd February— -1 DRAUGHT HORSE. Sale at 2 o’clock. EDMISTON BROS., A GUNDRY, 1003 a Auctioneers. Public Notice. TURNIP SEEDS. SALE by the undersigned— Green Top Yellow Aberdeen Purple „ „ Devonshire Grey Stone Mammoth Purple Top White Stone Stubble Grass and Clover Seeds. White Clover Red ~ Timothy Alsike Lucerne Gorse Italian Rye Cocksfoot Perennial Trefoil Ac., Ac., Ac. Building Material. 100,000 FEET OF ASSORTED TIMBER White A Black Pine Black Birch T. and G. Flooring Y.D.L. T. and G. Lining Totara Kauri, Ac., Ac. 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 15s. per acre. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street. To Let and for Sale. THE undersigned has the following PROPERTIES to LET with a pur chasing clause, or FOR SALE on liberal terms of payment— ACRES good WHEAT LAND, all ploughed and ready for cross ploughing for wheat ; situated about three miles from the township. 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. 7 ACRES, fenced and planted ; situated near the East Town Belt, good site for private residence. TOWN PROPERTIES. "Y 7 ALU ABLE 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 Others.—FOß SALE, cheap, Lot 78, situated on East Town Belt. Terms, £5 cash ; balance by monthly or quarterly payments. T. BULLOCK FOR SALE—Cheap, GO acres growing crop of OATS. Terms liberal. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, and really first-class land of about 200 acres, situated on Lone-beach Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. TO Persons desirous of renting GRASS LAND near town, 120 ACRES to Let, situated close to the Racecourse. Rent low. T. BULLOCK. TO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TWO SHOPS in East Street; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK



Public Notices. SPECIAL NOTICE. pROFESSOR WALLENBURG, Oculist. Aurist, and Specialist (From Eui'ops.) May be consulted upon all Diseases of the Eye, Ear, and Throat, Deafness, Noises in the Head, Defective Sight, Cataracts, Amaurosis, Opthalmia, Gutta- Serena, Loss of the Eyelashes, Inflamma tion, and all Diseases of the Eye, Ear, and Throat, treated upon new and scien tific principles. . PROFESSOR WALLENBERG. HAS ARRIVED IN ASHBURTON, And may be Consulted at his Consulting Rooms at MR. THOS. QUILL’S COMMERCIAL HOTEL, FOR A LIMITED PERIOD. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. Blindness and Deafness. (“ Oamaru Mail,” Dec. 15.) Professor Wallenburg- is still kept busy with patients. We on Saturday received a visit from two persons upon whom he had operated. Their names are Mr. Nicholas Power and Mr. James McGrath, both of Waimate. The first-mentioned had been deaf in one ear for 14 years. On Wednesday last he visited the doctor, and obtained some relief. On Thursday he was perfectly cured, a grass seed and an accumulation of skin which had gat thered around it having been extracted. Ho told us that he could hear better with the ear that had been operated upon than he could with the other. The last men tioned visited the doctor at the same time. He was slightly deaf in the left and totally deaf in the right ear. A growth having been extracted from the right ear, he entirely recovered his hearing. He told us that he could hear his own voice— a thing that he had not done for 16 years. The case of Mr. Alexander Aitehison is worth chronicling. He had been totally deaf in one ear for four years and slightly affected in the other. He is now perfectly restored, and was so gratified that he to day introduced a suffering friend to the doctor. Mr. Aitehison tells us that he could only hear his watch ticking by means of the diseased ear by pressing it tightly to it. Now, he can hear it at a distance of a foot, although his ear is stopped with wadding. (“ Oamaru Mail,” Dec. 10.) To the Editor.



Sir, —About Professor Wallenburg and his cures. lam glad that in previous issues 'you have called attention to the work and remarkable success of the Pro fessor in a few days of his residence in this town. I only just wish to say that I can confirm the truthfulness of several of the cases mentioned by you, for I have seen the patients myself. I would like to urge upon the people of Oamaru and neighborhood the importance of having any affection of those parts of the body which he specially treats attended to at once, or when he has gone they will regret that they did not avail themselves of his skill. Such men as lie are a blessing to humanity. Hoping this may lead to the relief of some sufferer or sufferers, I am, &C., Ohas. E. Barley.



(“ Oamaru Mail,” Dec. 22.) Mr. James Gibson, a shepherd employed at Station Peak, called upon us this morn ing, and requested us to bear testimony to the fact that he has been cured of almost total deafness by Professor Wallenburg. He had been more or less deaf for 30 years, but for the last 20 yeai’s his hearing had been getting gradually worse. Ten clays ago Mr. Gibson 'placed himself under the treatment of the Professor, and has so far recovered that he experiences no diffi culty in hearing ordinary conversation. At the same time Professor Wallenburg introduced to us Mr. William McKenzie, of Kakanui. He had been so deaf for 13 years that he had been unable to hear ordinary sounds. On Saturday last he became a patient of the Professor’s, and obtained immediate relief. His hearing is now as perfect as could be desired. £ (“ Oamaru Mail,” Dec. 29.) To the Editor.



Sir, —Permit me through your paper to direct the attention of the public to the following. At the request of a member of my con gregation, unable to pay, and suffering with eyes nearly blind and inflamed many years, I applied to Professor Wallenburg for advice and treatment gratis. He, wifb generosity and kindness readily granted the favor. I made the applica tion because I had learned from other clergymen that the professor is ever ready to give his services to the poor when asked to do so by any person on whose honesty he can rely on being assured that no deception is being practised on him. This person was under the care of several medical men, but without any beneficial result. Professor Wallenburg has had the case under treatment for about ten days, and now the eyes are perfectly well, and the person is likely to be able to earn his livelihood, to the great delight of all his friends, whose lasting gratitude Pro fessor Wallenburg has earned. I know of my knowledge three others who bene fittecl very much by the treatment of the worthy Professor. I write this letter without the request of any one; but I consider it a duty owing to the Professor’s kindnesss ; and I recommend those suffering in eye or ear to apply to him whilst they have the present favorable opportunity. I hereby tender my best thanks to Professor Wallenburg for his charity to the poor.—l am, &c., Wm. Coleman, Roman Catholic Clergyman. The Eye and Ear.—Professor Wallen burg is effecting some marmellous cures in cases of blindness and deafness. At his invitation we visited the consulting rooms at the Albion Hotel, yesterday morning, when we conversed with two or three out of a total of about thirty patients present. The first case brought under notice was that of James Robertson, of Morton Mains, who was suffering from heavy films in both eyes. He assured us that for the past six years he had suffered acutely, and during for years of that period he had been under medical treat ment without receiving any benefit —in fact lie went from bad to worse. Placing himself under Professor Wallenburg’s treatment he speedly came reund, and



Public Notices. yesterday could distinctly see a hair at the ordinary reading distance. Richard At kinson, of Invercargill, who had been treated in Dunedin and Melbourne for impaired eye-sight, als bore testimony to the Professor’s skill. lie had been totally blind of one eye, the other being consider ably affected, but could now distinguish the time on a clock a couple of chains off. Mrs. W. Jerrett, of Riverton, was the next patient introduced. She stated that she had been suffering from deafness for the last six years, and during that time her husband had expended something like LIGO in endeavoring to effect a cure. Under Professor Wallenburg’s treatment she had so far recovered her hearing that she could without difficulty hear a watch ticking. H. IST Bates was the next patient consulted ; he had been totally deaf of one ear for fourteen years, the deafness arising from an attack of scarlet fever. In England his case was regarded as a hopeless one, and this was the more serious since the remaining ear was com mencing to sympathise with the affected one. He had only been under the Profes sor’s treatment a few days, and could now hear perfectly well. Constable Buchanan also states that the occulist has succeeded id curing him of partial deafnes. These are a few patients indiscriminately singled out from the patients in the consulting room, and they certainly go to show that the Professor is thoroughly up to his busi ness. At present he has 75 patients under treatment. We would strongly urge all who are afflicted with blindness or deafness to pay this oculist a visit, and at once, since his stay here is limited. “ Southland Times,” Nov. 25, 1879. (From “ North Otago Times,” Oamaru, ' Dec. IS, 1879.) There would seem to be some founda tion for the merits claimed for Professor W T allenburg’s treatment of diseases of the eye and car, if we may judge by the re sults of several cases that have fallen under our notice. These are the days of discoveries, and possibly the Professor ay have come across some sjeecial remedy for the disease of the eye and ear, or he may only be an intelligent, sharp sighted man, better able than the generality of his fellows to see where the evil he would cure is best to be grappled with. At any rate, several long-standing cases which have only been under his treatment for a week are already be ginning to show good signs of total cure, j and are really worthy of some notice by an impartial observer. The first of these is that of James Beale, who was formerly of the Cape Mom. ted Rides, and lost the sight of one eye II years ago in Africa, and who was treated in vain by several army doctors when there, and by some medical practitioners in Weymouth, Eng land. About a week ago he came to the Professor totally blind with one eye, and partially so with the other, which had begun to sutler in sympathy. He is now able to read small print with either eye, and in a few days, judging faom ap pearances, will be completely cured. Another case is that of a son of Andrew Mel drum, a baker, of Oamaru. This boy, who has been partially blind for several years, and has been operated upon and treated without any beneficial effect by several New Zealand professional men, applied to the Professor about a week ago, and can now begin to see again very fairly, and is to all intents and purposes perfectly cured. Mrs. Kenahan’s case is an interesting one, both for the rapidity and the completeness of the cure of a most painful and seemingly hojieless malady. This ladjy when she applied to the Professor, was afflicted by the most violent inflammation of the right eye, which was swollen as big as an egg, and continually discharging an offensive mat ter. She was in great agony, and had not slept for more than a week. The sight was completely gone, and worse than all, the other eye beginning to show signs of suffering from a like disorder. Sage medicos, who had attended her from the commencement of the com plaint with a slight inflammation caused by a cold, began to beg her to make up her mind to lose both eyes, as no cure could be found. However, she is doing well now, at all events, wilh the swelling reduced, and the sight partially restored in the one eye, and the other as well as ever it was. George Gordon, a man of 79 years of age, who was almost entirely deaf but a few days ago, can now hear words spoken in a low voice from the other side of the room, while the two children of Mr. Townsend, who have suffered from deaf ness for a long time, can now hear the tick of a watch. These cases are cer tainly interesting, as effectual cures of old standing diseases, after some of them have defied all the skill of the general practitioner, and whether the cure is due to the remedy or the matter of treat ment it is equally worthy 'of praise.



Timaru has contributed its quota of tes timonials to the skill in eye and ear cases of Professor Wallenburg. Since his ar rival here, a few days ago, his consulting rooms at the Grosvenor Hotel have been beseiged with patients. An idea of the number of cases treated may be formed when we mention that on visiting his apartments about 9 o’clock this morning we found them thronged. From. 6 a.m. he had been busily at work, and during the three hours upwards of fifty cases had been treated. The best guarantee of the specialist’s success is that the living wit nesses are both numerous and well known. During our visit, which only lasted a few minutes, several cases of restored vision were introduced to our notice. One was the son of the landlord of the Masonic hotel, at St. Andrews, whose right eye, through the stab of a penknife, was rendered totally blind about three weeks ago. Medical advice was sought, and the lad was ordered to be confined in a dark room ; but the Professor, without subject ing him to any ordeal of the kind, or any painful operation restored his sight in the short space of twenty-four hours. The lad can now read the finest type with his injured organ. Another boy named Edgier, from Temuka, has his sight in process of perfect restoration, after groping his way in the dark and suffering from cataract for the last three years. He received the attention of several surgeons, but after one or two consultations he isnowsofarrecoveredthat he can read with but slight •difficulty, and the Professor assures us that in a few days he will be able to see perfectly. Chiarini’s Circus has contributed two cases, the patients, one of whom is one of the most accomplished of the lady performers, re maining behind for the purpose of under'



Public Notices. going Professor Wallenburg’s treatment. Henry Kent, a young man who tells us lie lias been nearly blind from his infancy, after a six months’ sojourn in the St. George’s Hospital, London, without ob taining relief, demonstrated the efficacy of the Professor’s treatment, by reading an extract from tlie “ Otago Daily Times ” in our presence. Lastly two or three cases of chronic deafness were brought under our attention which by dint of steaming, syringing, and operating, had been effectually overcome. The sceptical who are apt to run away with the idea that every specialist is a charlatan, need only pay a visit to the Professor’s consult ing rooms, and their impressions will be at once removed.—“ South Canterbury Times,” Saturday, January 10th, 1880. 932a—376 Tenders. V. R. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. KAWAKAWA RAILWAY. TATJMARERE CONTRACT—FORMA TION ONLY. LENGTH ABOUT ONE MILE. Public Works Office, Wellington, 15th January, 1880. yTTTRITTEN TENDERS will be received * * at this office, until NOON on WEDNESDAY the 25th February, 1880, for the above contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside “ Tender for Taumarere Contract.” Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Wellington, after the 21st instant, and at Auckland, Grahamstown, KawaKawa, Christchurch, and Dunedin on arrival of first mail after that date. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any telegraph office by YOON of the same date, pro vided that written tenders in due form are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer’s Office by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in favor of the Receiver-General’s Deposit Account onty, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, JOHN BLACKETT, 439 g Engineer in Charge, North Island.



Business Notices. TINWALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. C. HAWICINS. CH. begs to inform the inhabitants of , Tinwald and surrounding districts that he has taken the Boot and Shoe Shop adjoining Mr. S. Stephens’, saddler, and hopes by strict attention to business to obtain a share of public patronage. 742 a 937 a m SEm. NEW BUSINESS. CO-OPERATIVE BREAD AND BIS CUIT FACTORY. TRIANGLE, ASHBURTQN, WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2. All orders, town or country, punctually attended to. Wedding Cakes made to order. Dinner, Ball, and Pic-nic Parties sup plied on reasonable terms. All other Confectionery made to order. A. THIELE, 986 a Manager. 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 in 03 a Ph <1 o EH INK FOR BAG p ii j. SSI MBk O H > tej U2 w w m INK for Stencil Plates and Bag Marking, in quart bottles ready for use, on sale at the HERALD AND GUARDIAN OFFICE, NEAR RAILWAY STATION. RECEIPT and DELIVERY BOOKS for Threshing Machines, Grain, and Goods PRINTED on SHORTEST NOTICE. Samples can be seen at our Office; WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, General Printers, &c.



General Merchants. . NEW IRONMONGERY BUSINESS. ORR AND Go., WILL open the Premises lately occupied as their Drapery Depart ment, corner of East and Tancred Streets, on Saturday, the 13th December, with a well assorted Stock of HOUSE FURNISHING AND GENERAL IRONMONGERY. The Success attending this Depart ment of our Business has induced us to give it special attention. To do this more effectively we will devote the Premises as above to this trade only, and trust that our sedulous endeavours to meet the growing wants of this important district will in future, as in the past, be amply repaid for this addition to our Business. The following leading lines, as well as the numberless useful articles in an Iron mongers stock, will be found in value to bear favorable comparison with any other house in the colony :



McCormacks reapers and BINDERS. Harvesting Tools Bolts and Nuts Files and Rasps Lard and Castor Oil Machine Fittings Sewing Twine Weighing Machines Spring Balances Churns and Buckets Tubs and Cheese Vats Ranges and Grates Fenders and Fireirons Sash Cords and Weights Brass Foundry Hammers and Sledges Copper Rivets and Washers Spanners and Wrenches Blacksmiths Tools Carpenters Tools Bedsteads and Cots Perambulators Bolts and Springs Axes and Hatchets Gate Hinges Nails and Washers Mortice Locks Rim Lock Padlocks Augers and Boring Machines Braces and Bits Pledge Knives Rope and Ream Cord Lawn Mowers Sheet Lead and Zinc Plain Sheet Iron Galvanised Iron Bar and Rod Iron Pumps and Piping Washing Machines Wringing Machines Mangles Tin Goods, all kinds Kettles, Boilers, and Saucepans Boilers and Frames Baths and Sponges Portable Forges Guns, Breechloaders Guns, Slug and Double Barrel Powder, Shots, Caps, &c. Preserving Pans Stew Pans Plated Goods ■ Cruets Table Cutlery Spoons and Forks Scales and Weights ' American Stoves Colonial Ovens Camp Ovens Fencing Wire Ploughs and Harrows Chaffcutters Horse Gears ORR AND CO., Importers & General Merchants ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA,