Mr. Williamson seconded. '

A show of hands was taken, and the votes being equally divided, the Mayor gave his casting vote for the “ L 5 or burn ” idea.

Mr. Williamson protested against the manner in which the committee’s meetings were held, and considered that when two Councillors -met in the street and had some conversation and called it a meeting, it was establishing a vicious principle. After a long argument it was discovered that the recommendation did not come from the . Works Committee, but from Messrs. St. Hill and Parkin, and Mr. Friedlander begged to withdraw the reso lution, which had already been carried. Mr. St. Hill objected. He and Mr. Parkin had wasted a lot of time, and he proposed that the whole of the Council meet in the cottage at eleven next morn ing. The, matter ended by the resolution standing, and a recommendation being made by his Worship that the Works Com mittee attend to its work better for the future. WATER SUPPLY COMMITTEE. His Worship reported on the tube wells, as tried during that morning by the • Brigade, and the result clearly showed that the single tube wells were quite in efficient for fire prevention purposes. Several members spoke on the matter, and. they all agreed that the Havelock street well was worse than ever, and the matter dropped. ;(' > [ - SUBSIDY due. ' - His Worship stated that he has com municated with the Longbeach Road Board, re the share of subsidy due. That < Board was as impecunious as the Borough, it would be paid out of the moiety due ~T in March. The LIOO,OOO impounded land fund, due to Road Boards, he was glad to say, was to be paid in a week or so. THE BOROUGH SOLICITOR. ' Mr. St. Hill wished to know the status of the Borough Solicitor. He knew of a case in which a claim had been made for rates to a lady, and attached to the claim was another for 6s. for the letter. He desired to know if such a thing was to be permitted. His Worship pointed out that such a charge was not legal. INSPECTOR .OF NUISANCES. It was resolved that the Foreman of • Works do the duties of Inspector for the present. COLLECTION OF RATES. The Mayor suggested that, as the Assessment Court < would be held at an early date, it would be advisable to appoint a collector forthwith. Mr. St. Hill pointed out that this work had been settled, as being a part of the Clerk’s duties. This course was agreed to. DRAINAGE. His Worship remarked that at the next meeting he would be able to announce something definite regarding drainage. The Surveyor and himself had taken some trouble during the past few days, and a scheme was developed; NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. Saunders gave notice of the follow ing motions for the next meeting :—(1) J“ That a rate of one shilling in the pound be struck;” (2) “That the question of the drainage of the town be taken into consideration. ” THE CABBIES AND THEIR PATRONS. It was resolved to give notice to cab owners that their licenses will be refused unless they discontinue the practice of carrying disreputable persons through the main streets. Sundry accounts were passed for pay ment, and the meeting adjourned.

LONGBEACH ROAD BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board was held on Saturday, 7th Feb., 1880. Present Messrs. Grigg (Chairman), Chapman, Clark, and Wright. A letter was read from the Returning Officer, stating that Messrs. Wright, Clark, and Chapman, had been elected to fill the three vacancies lately occurring on the Board. On the motion of Messrs. Wright and Clark (the Clerk being temporarily in the chair) Mr. John Grigg was unanimously re-elected Chairman for the ensuing year. Mr Grigg then took the chair. Correspondence was read — From the Treasury, Wellington, stating that the Bank of New Zealand at Ashbur ton, had. been instructed to credit the Longbeach and Wakanui Road Boards with the sums of L 760 15s. 4d., in the proportion of 32 parts to Longbeach and 29 to Wakanui. From the Ashburton County Council, accepting the Board’s nomination of Mr. Samuel Holland to be poundkeeper for the new pound at Waterton. From Mr W. H. Smith, complaining of a culvert, situated on the road on the east side of R.S. 21,245, being to small. The Surveyor was instructed to inspect and report. From Mr. Jho. Studholme—two letters, complaining of the insufficiency of some roads and drainage at Coldstream. Also a letter from Mr. James Wilkie, the late Surveyor to the Board in explanation of -A Mr. Studholme’s complaint. It was re ' solved that the Surveyor inspect these places forthwith, and report to the Chair man, who would reply to Mr. Studholme’s letter. From Mr. Thomas Taylor, complaining of the unfinished and uncomfortable state of the immigrant cottages at Waterton. It was resolved that these cottages be repaired before winter, and also to have a well sunk for the cottages situated at Long beach. From Mr. Jno. Black, again asking to be paid extra on his contract for shingling Bell’s road on account of having to cart the gravel farther than was originally specified. The Board again refused to grant the request on the grounds already given. From Mr. Doweling, manager of the Coldstream Estate, relative to the pay ment of the roacl rates for this wear. The Collector was instructed to Aake proceedings in the Supreme Court if the same were not paid on or before the LOth February inst. A requisition signed by Mr. Jno. Carter and fifty-five other ratepayers was read, asking that the Board may take steps to have the district divided into wards, with a view to the more equitable representa , tion ofthe district ontheßoard. The Board resolved—“ That the Chainnar be asked to take the necessary steps to have the ward system legally introduced into the district.” The certificate of the District Auditor, that the accounts, up till 31st December,

1879, had been audited and found correct, was received I The report of the Surveyor was read ■ and received ; and it was resolved not to I grant Mr. Lysaght’s application for a culvert on Graham’s road, and to have a coating of clay placed upon the three swampy parts of the new formation of part of Ford’s road at once. Accounts amounting to L 614 17s. 6d. were passed for payment, and the meeting adjourned.

The State of Ireland.

Ireland has now suffered from three bad years in succession. The distress this winter will be so great that the unfortu nate peasantry will have neither fuel nor food. The turf is as dear as coal, and the latter is about 255. per ton when delivered. In the west the turf is three times, and in some instances four times, the price it was in ’7B ; and the state of the country in general is thus described by the “ Dub lin Freeman,” the leading Irish daily paper : —“ The hopes and well-earned treasures of the year are now irretrievably ruined ; the whole face of the country is sodden or flooded. Here the ripened corn is lying in reeking, rotting masses, on the soaked ground ; there it is standing up to its neck in water. The half-dried turf is slowly dissolving away into the black slime, and in many places the potatoes just show the tops of their blackened stunted stalks over the water. There seems no hope of change. Literally the flood gates of Heaven have been opened, and down on the land with persistent mallgtnity the rain has poured itself in torrents. No part of the country has been spared. Even where nature has lavished her richest treasures there is pinching poverty in the present, and God only knows what in the future. Take Tipperary, for instance. What finer land ? Luxurious in its richness, it may be said to have been up to the present the Eden of Ireland.

‘ ‘ Butter making has been, and still is, the most important item in Tipperary farming. The dairy farmers lose this sea son LSO'per 20 cows. Butter went for 935. per cwt., which, in 1878, brought 120 s. and 1265. per cwt. The butter market is the barometer with whose rise or fall the prosperity of Tipperary is to be guaged. Some landlords are very good, but the ex ceptions more than neutralise the rule. And to show the desperate state of things even where the landlord is not exacting, take one case. Captain Massey Dawson has the highest reputation for his kindness, but let the testimony of one speak, as to the condition of other tenants on his estate. In his own open way, he says, “He, Captain Dawson) never raised a man’s rent, and never quenched a man’s hearth. He did not fleece us for our bit of prosperity, and we are almost ashamed to go begging to him now that we are down. But what are we to do ? We are simply on the high road to ruin, and in a season or two, if we don’t starve, will be paupers squatting on his land. It is no fault of ours that our cattle, our corn, our butter, our potatoes —every blessed thing we lived by, and paid rent by—have turned dead against us all in a heap. We have no money ; we can borrow none. Forgive us a half-year, leave us our morsel of crops to keep the wolf from the door, and we will try to struggle through—like men—till better days.’ Crowds of farmers who had for years emancipated themselves from field labor now have to return to the spade and reaping hook, through inability to pay for hired labor ; and the struggle is the same for the strong farmer of 100 acres and up wards as with the weak. The fattening of stock is as unproductive as dairy farming. The struggle seems to be not who shall make the most gains, but who shall suffer the least losses. In one case the balance sheet of a farmer of 40 acres showed on the Dr. side L 136 145., on the Or. LlO7 135., leaving the year’s profit minus L 29 Is., and he was a thrifty man. In this state of things the rents must be lowered ; if not, they will lower themselves, for that insane earth hunger which was so strong a few years ago, is clean gone ; and hunger of a different kind takes its place. In dividual instances of suffering and hard ship might be given, but one or two will suffice :—There were two old men who lived all their lives on a farm of four acres. The Poor Law valuation was L 3, the rent L 4 4s. sd. Last year the lease expired, and they were ordered to quit. They offered 355. per acre, nearly 100 per cent extra. The offer was refused, and out they had to go. A few days afterwards they were allowed to rent the farm at Is. Bd. per week, that is, L 4 6s. Bd. a year ; so that for the luxury of starving in their cabin they paid more than they had before paid for cabin and land. The family of one of the most extensive dairy farmers in Aberloe have been living upon Indian meal stirabout, mixed with wheaten meal, since Ist December last. And to sum up the condition of the poorer class of Tipperary farmers—as Indian meal, Indian meal, and flour, varied with an occasional banquet of bread and tea— the farmer of five acres to the farmer of thirty-five acres. This gives some idea of the state of things in Tipperary, the premier county in Ireland. “ In the north a few facts may be given to indicate how matters stand there. As to the root crops : A prize-winner of a series of years, the present included, of the Newtownards Horticultural Society, stated that some prize mangel last year turned the scale at 561 b. ; this year his best would not weigh 61b. Turnips last year weighed 241 b. ; this year at most 41b. A farmei in the barony of Lecale dug six stalks of potatoes in different parts of a six-acre field. He got but two good potatoes out of the lot. A poor woman on a farm of five acres was re duced to a sustenance of nettle broth. Of about 50,000 acres of potatoes in the County Down, two-thirds are called ‘Zulus.’ Unfortunately there are more 1 Zulus ’ in Ireland now than in Zululand. The oats here has fared better—it is green and upright—but it is feared the night frosts will ripen it into rottenness, and as a shrewd northerner said, ‘ chaff won’t make stirabout.’ In Armagh and Monaghan the elements have made fearful havoc of the hay, corn, and potatoes, and in the firstnamed county—called ‘the orchard of Ireland ’ —the blossoms of the fruit trees have been scattered by wind and rain. ” ‘ ‘ But when we leave the rich soil of the north and south, and turn into Con naught, the prospect presented is truly appalling. On September 1, the chances even of a harvest were all gone. Every where was the cry raised of bad or blighted potatoes. Prices are sinking bottomlessly down. And the wretched peasant ! This is how an eye-witness

writes of him Thundered at by the heavens, driven from the fail’s, rejected from the banks, crawling from meal shop to meal shop for credit, bested even out of the English harvest market —turn where he will, the Irish peasant, the most uncomplaining drudge that ever bowed his back to labor, finds himself imprisoned in a cage of debt, whose walls, like those of the mediaeval torture chamber, seem to be closing in to strangle him. Nearly every man in the parish of Ballyhauris owes his L2O or L3O, and you couldn’t squeeze a sovereign in coin out of the lot of them. ” A priest of a country parish missed 200 of his flock from mass. They failed to attend not for want of faith, but of clothes. To get stirabout for their children some of the wretched people had to appease the shop keepers by giving them mortgages over their crops. In fat Roscommon even, L 40,000 worth of Indian meal had been distributed on credit to people who were not able to pay back one-fifth of their last year’s (1878) advances. As to paying the rent, it is an absolute impossibility in many, many instances. To give one —A property bought in 1878 at a rental of L2OO, up to September, "79, brought in L 6 in rents ! The decrees at quarter session may be numbered by the thousand. This is a terrible state of things, and a subject for our deepest pity and commiseration. And when one thinks that there are many landlords who are absentees from the soil, and care little whether the people starve or not so long as they get their rents, the thought makes the blood burn with indig nation at such heartlessness and indiffer entism. In Mayo four great absentee pro prietors own 315,000 acres. The greater part they farm for their own profit, or graze with their own cattle ; or the re mainder—and it is the worst, being the mountains and the morasses—they get LIOO,OOO a year from the peasants, to adorn their English summer gardens and drawing-rooms. These are facts, the accuracy of which are vouched for by eye-witnesses, amongst them the special commissioners of the Dublin Freeman’s Land Commission. And besides, that the distress in Ireland is wide spread and threatens a famine there can be no doubt, for the columns of the home papers teem with reports of meetings on the subject held all over the country, in w r hich the people cry out with all their might, and plainly show that unless Go vernment comes to their assistance there is nothing for them but the workhouse. A. sister of charity appeals from Clifden, county Galway ; the nun of Kenmare appeals from the south ; the archbishops and bishops of Ireland met together after the obsequies for the repose of the soul of the late Cardinal Cullen had concluded, and they declared the “ existence of deep distress called for a revision and reform of the land laws, and made a strong ap peal to the Government to undertake re munerative public works, with a view to providing employment for the people.” The priests of Clonfort forwarded a series of resolutions to the Lord Lieutenant, stating * ‘ that in some cases as many as 50 per cent, and varying down to 10 per cent of the inhabitants will be in a state of des titution unless aid be afforded them. ” The clergy say that this is from their own knowledge. And from late issues of the “ Tablet,” we learn that the bishop and clergy of Cavan have declared themselves in a similar manner. They conclude a series of resolutions by—“ That our par liamentary representatives, municipal and electoral bodies, and men of influence and position in the county, be requested to urge on the Government the immediate necessity of providing some employment for the laboring classes. Without money, with credit, and without work, they must, if not soon and generously aided, become victims of famine, pestilence, and death.” Meetings of the people have been also held at Carlow, Tullow, Maryborough, Cork, Castlebar, and all over Ireland, in fact, at which similar declarations were made. These facts will suffice to show that Ireland stands in need of assistance from all who have hearts to 'feel for suffering want, and to whom the cause of a suf fering community will not be narrowed by consideration of class, creed or country. To the generous and warm-hearted, it only requires that this plain statement of facts should be brought under their notice to elicit a generous sympathy ‘ and an active help. We appeal to them on behalf of unfortunate countrymen, against whom the elements have waged a pitiless war for three years. We beg of them, for the sake of God and our common humanity, to come to the aid of the poor peasantry. Their help will be ever remembered by Irishmen and by Irish Australians, and the prayer of many in Ireland will ascend as incense to Heaven for them, in petition to the Almighty, that they and those who come after them may be blessed a hundred fold for the charitable assistance now so urgently needed, and as freely granted.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[Tuesday February io, 1880.



Amusements. TO-NIGHT. COMPLIMENTARY ENTERTAIN MENT TO if R AND MRS. FLORENCE IVI (Under the patronage of the Mayor and Bor«ugh Councillors), ten dered by Several Vocal and Dramatic Lady & Gentlemen Amateurs of Ash burton, will be held in the TOWN HALL, ASHBURTON, ON TUESDAY, 10th FEBRUARY. Mrs. PAIGE has kindly consented to preside at the Piano. PROGRAMME. Overture—Piano, Mrs. Paige. Trio—“ Through the World,” Mr. Branson, and Mr. and Mrs. Florence. Song—“ The Sexton,” Mr. Pratt. Song—“ When other Lips,” Mr. Flor ence. Song—“ Nothing Else to Do,” Mr. Harrison. Duet —“The Moon has raised,” Messrs Branson and Florence. Song—“ The Mountebank,” Mrs. Flo rence. Song—“ Twilight is darkening,” Mr. Branson. Duet—“ Flow Gently,” Mr. and Mrs. Florence. Song—Mr. Jacobson. First part to conclude with the Prison Scene from MARITANA—Mr. Branson, and Mr. and Mrs. Florence. intermission of ten minutes. To conclude v itlx the sparkling Come dietta—JACK’S DELIGHT, in which Messrs. Jacobson, Pratt, Zouch, Miss Lizzie Harding, Mrs. Florence, and lady amateurs will take part. Doors open at 7. 30, to commence at 8 sharp. Box office at the “ Mail ” office, where plan of seats can be inspected. Prices of Admission—Front seats, 3s. ; back 2s. 30c--481g



Edmiston Bros. & Gundry. 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 &c. , <Cc. j &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, Ac., Ac. COALS AND FIREWOOD IN ANY QUANTITY. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street. Agents for the SOUTH BRITISH FIRE A MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Machines. EDMISTON BROS. A GUNDRY, East Street. Farms for sale in blocks of 50 to 100 acres. Price from £2 15s. per acre. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street.



T. Bullock. TO FARMERS AND CONTRACTORS. PjpENDERS WANTED for Cutting with Reaper and Binder 100 Acres Wheat, at once. THOMAS BULLOCK. THE undersigned has the following PROPERTIES to LET with a pur chasing clause, or FOR SALE on liberal terms of payment— -1 £A 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. fe'A 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. XT ALU ABLE BUSINESS SITE in Bur » nett Street, being T. S. 177, next the “ Mail” office. ID ART of T.S. 139, Peter Street. This will be sold cheap, and on liberal terms. Pino 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. -m yjrß. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, JjJL 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, YALENTINES— Great Variety. H. M. Jones, Stationer, Baring Square. IF you want anything known, put it in the “ Herald ” —Twenty Words for a Shilling. TALE. — The Herald publishes a por tion of a readable story ever Satur day. Read it,



Business Notices. VALUE EXTRAORDINARY. THE Great Bargains OF THE SEASON. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE FOR THIRTY DAYS. ORR AND 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. Gd. to 2s. English Flannel at Is., Is. 2d., Is. Gd., to Is. 9d. Prints al sd. and Gd., worth 9d. Brown Hollands, 7d. to Is. COSTUMES. 5G Costumes at 215., worth 355. Gd., a Bargain. G 4 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. 20Dozen 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. CRAIGHEAD 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 M 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. IMPORTERS] ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA,



Business Notices. TINWALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. C. HAWKINS. 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 g 937 a JOSEPH WARD, FAMILYBUTCHER, 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, tn 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. C. PERCY COX, L AND AND ESTATE AGENT ANE VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717



M. NEALAS, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, AND IMPORTER, S 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. a P 3 <1 o Eh 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. «S mm m m INK i FOli I BAG il MARKINS. I :§ I H 3 O W <1 K xn H tel Ed Milliner and Dressmaker. MRS. ADAMS, AND DRESSMAKER. Ladies’ and Children’s Dresses made up in the newest styles, at Lowest Charges, Wedding and Mourning Orders promptly attended to. Mrs Adams devotes special attention to Millinery. MRS. ADAMS, Moore Street, Opposite Mr. Boyle’s Office. r^ia TO FRUITERERS, CONFECTIONERS, AND OTHERS. FANCY Show Cards, neatly printed-- “Finest Lemonade and Cordials” —on Sale at the Herald Office.



Railway Notices. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. (Christchurch Section.) ALTERATIONS IN TIME TABLE OF TRAINS. THE following ALTERATIONS in the Time Table for this section will come nto 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 'SO a. m. and Christchurch at 11-30 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 5 0 p.m., and will stop at Rakaia. The 4-40 p.m from Ashburton to Christ church will leave at STO p.m. The 6-40 p.m. from Christchurch to Homby WILL BE DISCONTINUED. The 11’5 a.m. from Ashburton to Timaru, and the 11 "30 a. m. from Timarsi to Ashburton WILL BE DISCON TINUED, and a train will run oh SATURDAYS ONLY, leaving Ashbur ton at 11'5 a.m. and Timaru at 11 '4O a.m. The 11 "0 a.m express from Ashburtoh 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 4-15 from Timaru to Ashburton at 4*50 p.m. The name of Lovat station (on the 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. R * NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. KAWAKAWA RAILWAY. TAUMARERE CONTRACT—FORMA TION ONLY. LENGTH ABOUT ONE MILE. Public Worlts Office, Wellington, 15th January, 1880. - 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, Graliamstown, 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, 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 only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, JOHN BLACKETT, 4390 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 MOUIS T SOMERS. Subscribers residing in the above dis tricts will be supplied by Cookson’" coach. Orders received by Messrs. Tisch and R. Morgan. New Subscribers will please forward' then* 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... ~ ... ... Newlands Spread Eagle ... Mount Somers .. Mr. Ginney .. G. Leadley .. Mr. Atkinson ~ T. M. Jones ~ Ed Watkins . Mr. Tisch .. R. Morgan The Agents will supply printed forms for new subscribers to sign. HAVE you Lost Anything !—Tell the finder through the Herald for a Shilling. If he is honest he will bring.it to you without a reward, but you can bait a finder of shaky morals by a tempting . offer of remuneration for his trouble. AX for a Shilling cash. FULL of Reading Matter is the Herald every Evening. 1/