The Successful Housewife.

The first step towards success must be learning to love the work. If a gii-1 brought up in the city and used to the ways of city life marries a thrifty young fanner and undertakes to do the housework necessary for hpr to do, or to oversee it done, she may be astonished to find it disagreeable. Thinking, in her innocence, that she is willing to do anything for him she loves, she by degrees finds she is not. Tired, discouraged and heart tick, she longs for her old home, but knowing she has chosen her lot and must abide by her choice,, she assumes an indifference to her work, which soon becomes a reality, and she plods around as a machine might, could one be invented to do housework. Her husband knows things do not go right in the house but can devise no means to better them, and also grows indiffer ent and when children begin to add their noise to the general confusion, he flees to the field by day and the village store by night, and the poor wife has another grief to add to her catalogue of woes. By learning to love her -work the young house wife (and old ones too, perhaps) may avoid much misery of mind and body —I say of body—for we well know. that the body sympathises with the mind, and often one feels sick when one is only worried. The farmer’s wife has much work to do that the mechanic’s wife knows nothing of. It amuses me to hear women tell how much work they have to do, and when you get at the root of the matter, they hire their washing done ; hire their dresses cut, and perhaps made, and no milk to take care of !! ! I sometimes wonder what some of them would do if the care of the milk of half-a-dozen cows was added to their work. We fanners wives have one advantage. We can see nature in all its beauty. Our work re quires us to be up in the morning with the birds, and we step about skimming milk, working up butter, washing and scalding pans and pails, no one can hin der our drinking in the beauty of the morning ; but when tired (and shall I say it cross) we wilfully deny ourselves a glance out of tlie open door, and when husband comes in fresh from the dewy fields and while tracking our floor woe fully, speaks of the fineness of the morn ing, we see only the dirty boot mark, and answer accordingly, we have not learned to love our work. There is nothing that will help us so much as a hearty, genuine love for what we are doing, and I believe that love may be born, reared, and ma tured wherever we find our life work. If we consider ourselves martyrs, drudges, over-worked women etc., etc., we cannot be successful. Our work requires an ear nest, thoughtful, loving spirit, a patient but energetic pei’severing hand, and a pleasant, smiling face.—S. B. Sawyer in the “Rural New Yorker.”

Startling Invention.

Will wonders ever cease. Certain it is that marvels in scientific discovery are fol lowing one another in rapid succession. The most recent and the most wonderful appears simply incredible. A New York Cable Company has secured the exclusive right to the use of an electrical discovery wherewith at least 200, and as many as 2000 words a minute can be signalled through a submarine wire !

It is said that what could at the maxi-

mum speed to be sent through the conduct ing wire bet ween London or Paris and New York would be equal to the number of words contained in one number of the “ Times ” or “ New York Herald,” and it is also. asserted that, by this process, an entire number of either of the above named journals could be despatched through the cable from New York to Lon don to Paris, or from London to New „ York, and be produced at those points in fac simile on a stereotyped block or plate, complete and ready to be printed from in thirty minutes and at a trifling expense. Not only it is possible to do all this, we are assured, but furthermore secrecy and despatch may be obtained in this wise : The sender writes on a piece of prepared paper, places it in a box, a, handle is turned, the message leturns to the sender, and at the end of the wire a blank sheet is sent to the person addressed. When the paper is heated, the message appears on the blank sheet. To a Dublin gentleman, whose name is well-known in the scientific world—Mr. Thomas A. Dillon —belongs the credit of the invention, certain improved electric batteries controlled by the American Cable Company serving as the basis of the new discovery. With the combined use of these two inventions it is believed that the company will be enabled to reducethe tariff for cable messages between New York and the five different countries to be directly connected with its cables,. to the extent of from three to five cents per word. We have the further statement that the Anglo American Company offered to buy the invention for L 400,000, and that as that company lacked the proper electric instruments for giving effect to the new process, it would have been lost to the public world.—“ British and Colonial Re gister.”

Insect Stings.

The pain caused by the sting of a plant or insect is the result of a certain amount cf acid poison injected into the blood. The first thing to be done is to press the tube of a small key from side to side, to facilitate the expulsion of the sting and its accompanying poison. The sting, if left in the wound, should be carefully ex tracted ; otherwise it will greatly increase the local irritation. The poison pf the stings being acid, common-, sense points to the alkalies as the proper means of cure. Among the most easily piocured remedies may be mentioned soft soap, liquor of ammonia, spirits of hartshorn, smelling salts, washing soda, quicklime made into paste with water, the juice of an onion, tobacco juice, chewed to bacco, bruised dock leaves, tomato juice, wood ashes, and carbonate of soda. Jf the sting be severe, rest and coolness should be added to the other remedies, more especially in the case of nervous sub jects. Nothing is so apt to make the poison active as heat, and nothing favors its activity less than cold. Let the body be kept cool and at rest, and the activity of the poison will be reduced to a mini* mum. Any active exertion whereby the circulation is quickened will increase both pain and swelling, If the swelling be severe, the part may be rubbed with sweet oil or a drop or two of laudanum.

Stings in the eye, ear, mouth or throat sometimes lead to serious consequences ; in such cases medical advice should always be sought as soon as possible.

A Trip to the South.

The other week I journeyed to Dunedin —the Otagan metropolis. The former part of the trip was rendered especially enjoyable by the lovely sunshine and almost cloudless sky, but the latter part became wearisome on account of the heavy rain which commenced soon after the Waitaki was crossed, and continued to the end of the ride. Nevertheless, there were things to be noted in passing along contri buting not a little to the interest of the travellers. Even the acrobatic monkey at one of the stations north of the Rangitata fetched a smile from a few. The immense flocks and herds depastured in the abun dant clover appeared to have arrived at perfection of sleekness and contentment ; and the broad acres of wavy corn bespoke ample reward to the painstaking and patient husbandman, as also a bountiful supply of bread to invigorate the bodies of thousands. Though the Canterbury crops are in a more forward state than those ®f Otago, tlie latter presented a much more gratifying appearance than they did a few weeks back, for they liad well recovered from the soaked and draggled condition in which they formerly were. In spite of the wet summer which Otago has had, the grain will probably be well up at the threshing day. Sundry paddocks of oats were being kindly operated upon by the reaper, but here and there was a crop so disordered that only the scythe could make a job of it. Several farmers are wisely rotating crops and fallowing, and in one field a little beyond Deborah was a splendid crop of mangolds and potatoes ; and elsewhere a wide area of turnips. One matter af forded much amusement to the passen gers. Whenever tlie train passed a private crossing in Canterbury it noticed that on the top bar of the gates there was in scribed “ Please shut this gate but at the Otago crossings it was always “ Shut this gate.” Query, has the schoolmaster been more abroad in the Episcopalian province than in the Presbyterian one 'l On the whole the passengers were a merry ob liging company, but there were a few un pleasant exceptions, and perhaps a hint to such as may be concerned will be useful. Contrary to the notification of our guard that they were not in a smoking carriage, three or four men had “cheek” enough to assure their fellow passengers that love for their pipe had so far demoralised them that they were as selfish as hogs, were wil ful violaters of known laws when occasion appeared to serve their purpose, and were utterly indifferent to the rights of their fellow passengers. The possession of such elements in one’s character is highly dan gerous to society, and needs promptly checking. Business looked better at Port Chalmers than in the past. In addition to the wharf extension, the Bank of New Zealand is erecting a neat stone building at the corner of Grey and George street, and a vast improvement is being effected by the formation of a road around the town peninsula, just above high water mark, which will be an attractive pro menade for pleasure takers.

“So Long.”

Sly-grog Selling.

The police are to be congratulated on having obtained a verdict in the sly-grog selling case yesterday. It is a difficult matter to get at the unlicensed dispenser of alcohol, since the police are debarred by their instructions from taking any active part in procuring evidence to get a conviction, and no respectable man will visit or countenance such illegal business. It therefore becomes necessary, where a conviction is needed, for the police to descend to the employment of a profes sional informer. The individual who ap peared in the role of “ public prosecutor” yesterday, was one of more than ordinarily despicable character. Ho appeared to imagine himself a benefactor to his species, and was evidently not particularly truthful in his statements, for lie swore in his evidence that he had been employed by the publicans of the town to endeavor to obtain a conviction. We took the trouble to enquire if such was the case, and the statement was denied by the licensed victuallers. We regret that no better method of bringing offenders against the licensing laws to justice for their crimes is practicable. We call their trade a crime, because it is a well known fact that a deal of this illicit traffic is carried on in this district, and as a rule the most villainous compounds in the shape of drink are sold. Only this week the police were successful in unearthing a private still, which was probably intended to supply fusel oil to the Mount Somers peoplo, to assist them more rapidly to their death. It is hard to say how the law can be upheld, and the sly grog dealers brought to justice by satisfactory and reliable evi dence. Some years ago it was looked upon as the duty of the police force, at any rate such was the case on the West Coast, where shanties were numerous, and it was customary to get a strange policeman every few months to drop on the offenders. It was found that this system was very effec tive. Judge Richmond, however, in one n his charges to the jury, condemned the practice in very strong terms, and said that the police foi'ce was not established to do informers’ work, and that it was a degradation to that body to have such dirty work inflicted on them. Since then the illegal sale of stimulants has increased to an alarming extent in many parts of the colony, and no better remedy hasbeen adopted than the occasional employment of loafers who are willing for a considera tion to become amateur detectives. Some thing should be done in a matter of such grave importance to a district which sup ports so large a floating population as Ash burton does, and who are liable to take their lodgings in one of these dens of in famy, Public feeling execrates the avoca tion of an informer of the “ Thomas ” description ; but the calling of the regular detective is just as necessary as is that of the policeman, and both are respectable enough, and we can see no reason in the world, if the licensing laws are to be en forced, why detectives should noi be em ployed to bring punishment home to the breakers of them. With the number of licensed houses all over the colony there is no excuse whatever for men being guilty of “ shebeening.” The existence of she beens is a disgrace to any community, and & gross unfairness to men who carry on a ! legitimate trade in liquor, licensed by law, I and open to the surveillance of the police.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD

\ M ondav, February 9, 1880.



Public Notices. 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 Alsilce Lucerne &c. , &c. , Gorse Italian Rye Cocksfoot Perennial Trefoil &c. Building Material. 100,000 FEET OF ASSORTED TIMBER White & Black Pine Black Birch T. and G. Flooring V. D. L.' T. and G. Lining Totara Kauri, &c., &c. COALS AND FIREWOOD IN ANY QUANTITY. EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRY, 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. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, Auctioneer, Stock, Land, and Commission Agent. Farms, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Offices, Saunders Buildings, Ashburton. 737 a



BRANSON & PURNELL, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, 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. 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. TO 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, 60 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 Loimbeach Estate. For full particulars, apply to 6 THOMAS BULLOCK. nnO Persons desirous of renting GRASS 1 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



Business Notices. VALUE EXTRAORDINARY. THE Great Bargains OF THE SEASON. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE FOR THIRTY DAYS. ORR AND CO. HAVING resolved to clear out tlie 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. Cd. to 2s. English Flannel at Is., Is. 2d., Is. Gd., to Is. 9d. Prints at sd. and Gd., worth 9d. Brown Hollands, 7d. to Is. COSTUMES. 56 Costumes at 215., worth 355. Gd., a Baigain. 64 Print Costumes at 7s. Gd. to 12s. Gd., worth 20s. 1700 yards Dress Goods, Alpaccas, at Bd., 10d., and Is. MILLINERY. Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats at half price. 2 Boxes Flowers, sold at Gd. per spray. Ladies’ Underclothing at very much under usual prices. 20 Dozen Stays at 3s. Gd., 45., 4s. 9d., to ss. Gd. CLOTHING. Men’s Suits at 15s. under usual prices. Boys’ Suits at 15s. Gd. 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. Gd. to 2s. Gd.



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. Gd., 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, HAVING MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH MESSRS. CRAIGI-lEAD AND CO. (LATE OF EDINBURGH AND SAN FRANCISCO), PRACTICAL TAILORS, TO M \KE UP ALL ORDERS EN TRUSTED TO US IN THE VERY BEST STYLE. A PERFECT 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 £1 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 ASHBURTCN AND RAKAIa.



Business Notices. TINWALD. g HEARER AND GALLOWAY MILLWRIGHTS, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL IMPLEMENT MAKERS, Gheat South Road, Tinwald, Beg to thank the public generally for their very liberal support during the past twelve months, and to announce that they have now every facility for carrying on their business in all its branches to the entire satisfaction of customers, as a trial will prove. COACHBUILDING. Orders received fcr making or repairing all kinds of conveyances by thoroughly practical workmen, and none but the best materials used. AGRICULTURAL. Implements of all kinds made or re paired. Also, Combines, Engines, Reap ers and Binders, Chaffcutters, Bruisers, &c. BUILDING Estimates given for all kinds of Build ing and general carpentering. Cocksfoot Grass Seed Threshing Ma chines, for hand or foot, made to order, great saving of labor. SHEARER AND GALLOWAY, Tinwald. 165—641 a



JOSEPH WARD, FAMILY BUTCHER, PETER STPEET, (Opposite Journeau’s Smithy) BEGS to inform the Public of Ash burton that he will Open the Shop lately occupied by G. Pike, on JANUARY 3rd. as Family ' Butcher, and trusts by supplying none but agood article, to merit a share of public support. Families waited on daily for orders, which will receive prompt attention. JOSEPH WARD, 892 a Butcher. xn c 3 H S < Fr O EH INK F.)R S* BAG !;• MARKIN m H 3 O H £ M xn H W xn 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 cur Office. WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, General Printers, &c. Public Notices. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. NOTIFICATION OF VALUATION LIST. njIAKE NOTICE—The Valuation List I for the Borough of Ashburton, for the year 1880, is now OPEN FOR IN SPECTION at the Borough Council Offices, Burnett street. All objections thereto must be left at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, on or before the 15th day of February, addressed to the Assess ment Court for the Borough of Ashbur ton, and a copy of every such objection must be left at the Town Clerk’s Office not less than seven days before the next sitting of the said Court. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, 14th January, 1880. 387 a MOUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. NOTIFICATION OF VALUATION LIST.



mAKE NOTICE—The VALUATION 1 LIST for the Mount Somess Road District for the year 1880 will be OPEN FOR INSPECTION from 15th January to 15th February, 1880, at John Hood’s Hotel, Mount Somers. All OBJECTIONS thereto must be left at the Road Board Office, Mount Somers, on or before the 15th day of February, addressed to the Judge of the Assessment Court; and a Copy of every such Objection must be left at the Road Board Office, Mount Somers, addsessed to the Chairman of the Board, not less than Seven Days before the next sitting of the said Court. JAMES FRASER, Clerk to the Mount Somers 404 g Road Board. SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD DISTRICT. NOTIFICATION OF VALUATION LIST. IVTOTICE is hereby given that the J3 1 VALUATION LIST for 1880 is now OPEN FOR INSPECTION at the Road Board Office, South Rakaia, up to FEBRUARY 10 next. All OBJECTIONS thereto must be left at the Road Board office, South Rakaia, on or before FEB RUARY 15, 1880, addressed to the Judge of the Assessment Court, and a copy of every such objection shall be sent to the Chairman of the South Rakaia Road Board not less than SEVEN DAYS be fore the next sitting of the said Court. A. MAKEIG, Clerk to the Board. 421«



Public Notice. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, BEG to thank their friends and the public of Ashburton for the liberal support accorded them during the past five years, and to intimate that they HAVE OPENED new business premises in East Street near the Bank of New Zealand, where they will be prepared to supply Agricul tural and Garden Seeds of every descrip tion. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, EAST STREET. The facilities we possess for testing the quality of all Seeds offered by us, and our desire to extend this branch of our busi ness, will be a sufficient guarantee that all Seeds offered by us will be such as will give the utmost satisfaction. SEALY - BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET. 306 a W. T. DAVISON, Has on Sale— Good Oranges Lemons Dates Rhubarb, in any quantity Cocoanuts Good Potatoes Onions Cabbages Turnips Garden Seeds Thyme and Sage All kinds of Herbs Orders delivered in any part of Ashburton. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, (next to fowler’s, grocer), TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. 563 a



C. PERCY COX, L AND AND ESTATE AGENT ANr VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 M. NEAL AS, BOOT AND 'SHOEMAKER, AND IMPORTER, CLEARING OUT the whole of his Present Stock at REDUCED PRICES, next to Taylor’s Bakery, where he has opened with a Large Stock of Boots of every description. Note the address — M . NEAL AS , EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Milliner and Dressmaker. MRS. ADAMS, ILLINER AND DRESSMAKER. Ladies’ and Children’s Dresses made up in the newest styles, at Lowest Charge#. Wedding and Mo ami 7 g Orders promptly attended tj. Mrs Adams devotes special attention to Millinery. MRS. ADAM-S, Moore Street, Opposite Mr. Boyle’s Office. 1 S la TO FRUITERERS, CONFECTIONERS, AND OTHERS. FANCY Show Cards, neatly printed-- “Finest Lemonade and Cordials” —on Sale at the Herald Office.



Kailway Notices. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. (Christchurch Section.) ALTERATIONS IN TIME TABLE OF TRAINS. THE following ALTERATIONS in the: Time Table for this section will come into force on the Ist February next : SOUTH LINE. ■ The 10'50 a.m. from Ashburton to Christchurch, and the 11‘50 a.m. from Christchurch to Ashburton WILL BE DISCONTINUED, and a TRAIN will run on SATURDAYS ONLY, leaving Ashburton at 10'50 a.m. and Christchurch at 11 '3O a. m. The 4'45 p.m. train from Christchurch to Ashburton will leave at 4'55 p.m. The 4'25 p.m. express from Ashburton to Christchurch will leave at s'o p. m., and will stop at Rakaia. The 4'40 p.m from Ashburton to Christ church will leave at 5 TO p. m. The 6'40 p.m. from Christchurch to Hornby WILL BE DISCONTINUED. The 11'5 a.m. from Ashburton to Timaru, and the 11'30 a.m. from Timaru to Ashburton WILL BE DISCON TINUED, and a train will run on SATURDAYS ONLY, leaving Ashbur ton at 11 '5 a.m. and Timaru at 11 '4O a.m. The 11 '0 a. m express from Ashburton to Timaru will stop at Winslow, Orari, and Winchester. The 2'22 p.m. express from Timaru to Ashburton will leave at 2 *43 p. m. and will stop at Winchester, Orari, and Winslow; The 3'25 p.m. from Ashburton to Timaru will leave at 4'o p.m., and the! 4T5 from Timaru to Ashburton at 4'5(3 p. m. The name of Lovat station (on thd Malvern branch) will be changed to Ayles bury, For alterations on other lines and times at intermediate stations see posters. FREDK. BACK, General Manager. General Manager’s Office, Christchurch, Jan. 28, 1880. 992 a



Tenders. V. E. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. KAWAKAWA RAILWAY. TAUMARERE CONTRACT—FORMA TION ONLY. LENGTH ABOUT ONE MILE. Public Works Office, Wellington, 15tli January, 1880. WRITTEN 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 'TOON of the same date, 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 only, 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. THE ASHBURTON HERALD And Borough and County Advertiser (With -which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) ASHBURTON, WAKANUI, AND SEA FIELD “HERALD” DELIVERY. SUBSCRIBERS to The Ashburton Herald, residing at and between the above places will, in future, be supplied by the Boy, at their residences, every Tues day and Friday. GREENSTREET, WESTERFIELD, UPPER ASHBURTON, AND MOUNT SOMERS. Subscribers residing in the above dis tricts wall be supplied by Cookson’" coach. Orders received by Messrs. Tisch and R. Morgan. New Subscribers will please forward their names to any of the Agents, or our Office, as early as possible. Subscription : By post or Boy, Bs. fid. per quarter; in advance, 7s. fid. per quarter ; or 28s. per annum. The Ashburton Herald will contain all the latest telegraphic and other news, grain and produce market reports, and particu lar attention -will be paid to the wants of settlers. All notices referring to the Borough Council, County Council, and the Road Boards, will be found in the Hearld. Agencies where The Herald can be obtained : Wakanui School Wakanui Creek.. Seafield .. Mr. Ginney . G. Leadley . Mr. Atkinson . T. M. Jones . Ed Watkins . Air. Tisch .. R. Morgan The Agents will supply primed forms for new subscribers to sign. Newlands Spread Eagle .. Mount Somers HAVE you Lost Anything'!—Tell th finder through the Herald for ; Shilling. If he is honest he will bring i to you without a reward, but you can bai a finder of shaky morals by a tempting offer of remuneration for his trouble. A'. for a Shilling cash. FULL of Reading Matter is the Herald every Evening.