Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Railway.

This railway, constructed under the District Railways Act, was officially in-

spected by Mr. A. D. Austin on Monday. A number of gentlemen interested in the success of the undertaking left Christ church by the 8.40 a.m. express train, and on its arrival at the Rakaia station one of the company’s handsome saloon carriages, with engine attached, was ,in readiness on the branch line to convey the party on their tour of inspection along the new line,

At present the line terminates at Methven, -• which is distant 22 miles and 23 chains

from Rakaia, but, inclusive of sidings, the length of the plate-laying is 25 miles, and is of a most substantial character, as none but 521 b. steel rails are used ; indeed, it is not too much to say that a better made and ballasted line of railway than that from Rakaia to Methven is not to be found in New Zealand. The width of gauge is the same as the main line—viz., 3ft. 6in. The train ran smoothly, and there are but few curves on the whole line, in all there are nine stations on the length, named respectively Hatfield, Somerton, Mitcham, Sherwood, Winches ter, Urrall, Lyndhurst, Cairnbrae, and Methven. It is worthy of notice that this railway, which intersects a large grain growing district, will be opened for traffic just at,the time when the agriculturists of the district will be only too glad to avail themselves of the facilities thus afforded of an expeditious mode of transit for their grain and produce to a ready market and the port. Nor will its advantage to the district end here. Closely situated to Alford Forest as is the Methven rail way station, the products of that well known bush will new be readily placed in the market, and when this line has been passed for traffic, these advantages will be speedily utilised by the Alford Forest resi dents. At 2.30 p.m. the return journey commenced. It may be mentioned that the whole length of the Rakaia to Methven rises about 600 ft, the rise being very evenly distributed over the whole distance. Each station is placed on tlie level, thus ensuing perfect control over the train when once at a station. At the Methven terminus the buildings are—the station, engine shed, three stall carriage shed, stationmaster’s house, and five houses for railway employees, in addition to which a house has been built at Rakaia for Mr. Oxley, the company’s manager. The engines will take in water at each terminus, viz., Rakaia and Methven. At the latter place a Corcoran’s patent wind mill draws the necessary supply from a depth of 120 ft. The Rakaia station buildings of the branch, railway are situated some fifteen chains from the Rakaia main station. It is said to be the intention of the Government to shift the main station to a site adjoining this when the Rakaia-Alford Forest line is opened for traffic. On the return journey the train was stopped near the residence of Mr. E; S. Coster, and he and a party of friends added their congratulations to those already bestowed on the branch railway proprietors.—“ Press. ”

AMONG THE FARMERS.

(By Our Rambling Reporter.)

From Tinwald to Waterton i$ the best drive in the county, that is, so far as the road is concerned. Being formed the full width, and not having the high crown and large boulders on it so fashionable in other parts of the Ashburton, it is capable of carrying traffic over the whole width of it; indeed, the Longbeach roads are far and away the best made anywhere within 30 miles of the township. The first farm after leaving Tinwald is Mr. J. R. C. C. Graham’s, one of the pioneers of that district. He has done little in cropping this year, .being more in the pastoral line, and has only 80 acres in oats and 20 in barley, and 1000 acres laid down in English grasses. On the oppo site side of the road is the farm of Messrs.

Crowe and Lysaght, who possess a long irregular strip of first-class land, between Graham’s road and the river, and who 'make the best use of it. They have 100 acres in wheat, 36 in oats, 216 in barley, and 36 in grass, and .remarkably good crops. Mr. W. H. Smith has a small holding, with 43 acres of wheat —about a ■ 20-bushel crop—and 10 acres of oats and 100 of grass. On the bye-road towards the swamp, Messrs. Gudsell have about \ 60 acres of oats, and the next holding on Graham’s road, that of Mr. Dalgetty, has 20 of wheat, 25 oats, 25 barley, and 18 in grass, fairish looking crops ; and adjoin ing is Mr. Wood’s farm, on which there are 70 acres wheat and 70 of oats, which will give 25 and 35 bushels respectively. Mr. George Giddings holds a large block of some 1000 acres, mostly swamp land, which he is now engaged in draining, and when this is done he will have a grand lot of grazing land. Even now there is an immense quantity of surface sown grass on it. This block is one of the

numerous educational reserves held in this district, and like most of them, is held at present at a low rental. Most of the reserves having been selected in the early days, they are on the pick of the land in. the country and will, when the present leases fall in, bring an enormous revenue to the Board of Education. Mr. Giddings has 20 acres in wheat, 170 in oats and 45 in barley ; heavy crops. On the same road, towards Wheat stone, Mr. Bishop’s farm is on the right, and he has a very decent sort of a farm, especially towards the swamp, where horses and cattle revel in the richest kind of pasture. Mr. Bishop has 130 acres wheat, 130 oats, and 20 of barley— some , of this acreage being included in another farm he holds near Waterton, the balance being in grass. Opposite to him, v Mr. John Small, an early settler, pos sesses a compact block of land, upon which he fattens more than the average of his. neighbors of horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs. Mr. Small is great on pigs— they are perhaps the best paying stock on a farm of this sort. Mr. Small has in crop this year 100 acres in wheat, 55 in oats, 15 barley, and 120 laid down in permanent' grass. Two of Mr. John Grigg’s paddocks adjoin him on each side, from which large stacks of hay have been saved this year. /Between , Mr. Small, and fthe township of Wheatstone, is Mr.

W. Prebble’s selection—a nice block of land partly swamp and partly ( dry land, with an immense' growth of feed upon it. He has 60 acres of wheat, and 163 of oats, besides his gras3 ; paddocks. Along side his frontage is thelong curve on th e Longbeach railway of he future, which here turns off from Wheatstone towards the Longbeach road, gj the surveyed line joining that road opposite Mr. F. Standish’s residence. It is to be hoped that ere long this necessary work will be initiated, and although none of the people about this district can com plain of their roads or the coaching accom modation provided for them, yet the iron horse is by far the most preferable method, of travelling. \ - The Wheatstone Hotel, of which Mr. George Wilcocks is proprietor, is close at hand, and is a particularly welcome sort of a place on such a hot day as I visited there. The house is really a credit to the host, and would be better patronised if in a larger centre of population, the furnish ing and accommodation being first class ; good stabling is provided, and as Mr. Wil cocks combines the business of coach pro prietor and mailman with that of selling beer to thirsty travellers, he has to keep some good horses fit for the long journey from Longbeach to Ashburton and back every day, and he makes the hotel a sort of half-way house to divide work among his steeds.

Just here the County Council con template some extensive and necessary drainage works, which are required to relieve the farmers nearer the sea from the immense floods which occasionally deluge their lands, and as there is ample fall from the lower end of Mr. Prebble’s farm to the Ashburton river, passing Wheat stone on the track, there are no engineer ing difficulties in the way of carrying out the work. lam sure that the Council will receive the hearty thanks of the Ashton people when the work is done. Down towards the beach I drop in on some small holdings which have all the right ktnd of men on them to make good colonists, and George Gilnour is one —a canny, clear-headed farmer, whose advice among his neighbors is looked upon as being worthy of notice, as he is a clear-headed and logical kind ’of an indi vidual, Mr. Gilmour is necessarily a man of mark in Ashton. As a pork breeder Mr. Gilmour is “facile princeps,” and as he comes from that part of the Old Country where bacon curing is a science, it is not to be wondered at that his bacon is con sidered worthy of special mention at a show where particularly strict and impartial judges adjudicated on the quality of the pork. The reason for this is twofold. First, his knowledge of the correct breed of porkers to keep—and his fancy lies in the same direction as my own, viz., Berkshires —and, secondly, his knowledge of what to do with the pig when defunct, and it is in this process that Mr. Gilmour shines.

Adjoining Mr. George Gilmour, and, still more public spirited, is Mr. Thomas Taylor, erstwhile the Joseph Hume of the Road Board, and a very' much “res peckit ” member thereof. Mr. Taylor always kept an eye on the expen diture of the Road Board, and always kept his weather eye open to have all necessary works done in the district he represented in the local body, and is con sequently looked up to with that degree of respect his success commands in getting all tlie needful roads and bridges made in the locality necessary for its due comfort and convenience. Mr. Taylor has done more. He has set a good example to his neighbors in the direction of making a comfortable home, and one pleasant to the eye, with a plantation and a garden, and suitable outhouses, stables, &c. His is perhaps one of the most promising and well-conducted farmers about this part of the district, and the conveniences for reaching this part of the world, in the shape of good roads, are deserving of the thanks of the public to him more than to anyone. To hark back a bit: Mr. James Croy is a man who cannot be passed by, although not a farmer on an extensive scale. He and his brother do more in the line of road contracting than farming, and whilst making money that way, leave their better halves to add to the family store by converting the produce of the farm into cheese and butter, and for small farmers, I don’t know of any in the county whose example could be followed with advantage to themselves and the country at large ; and whilst I am on this farm, it is just as well to state that, as a contractor, Mr. James Croy held the medal, so to speak, as being the prize road maker of the Ashburton, and his work can be detected by its quality wherever the traveller wends his way. I can also conscientiously state that his cheese and butter are quite as good as his roads ; and we would be glad to see many more of the same sort as the Croy family settled on small freeholds, and there would then be no fear of the prosperity of- Ash burton.

THE STORY-TELLER.

FATHER PHIL’S COLLECTION.

An Irish Story.

By Samuel Lover.

Father Blake was more familiarly known by the name of Father Phil. By either title, or in whatever capacity, the worthy Father had great influence over his parish, and there was a free-and-easy way with him, even in doing the most solemn duties, which agreed wonderfully with the devil-may-care spirit of Paddy. Stiff and starched formality in any way is repugnant to the very nature of Irishmen. There are forms it is true, and many in in the Romish Church, but they are not cold forms, but attractive rather, to a sensitive people ; besides I believe those very forms, when observed the least formally, are the most influential on the Irish. With all his intrinsic worth, Father Phil was at the same a strange man in exterior manners ; for, with an abundance of real piety, he had an abruptness of delivery, and a strange way of mixing up an occasional remark to his congregation in the’ midst of the celebration of the mass, which might well startle a stranger; but this very want of formality made him beloved by the people, and they would do ten times as much for Father Phil as for the severe Father Dominick.

On the Sunday in question, Father Phil intended delivering an address to his flock from the altar, urging upon them the necessity of bestirring themselves in the repairs of the chapel, which was in a

very dilapidated condition, and at one end let in the water through its worn-out thatch. A subscription was necessary ; and to raise this among a very impover ished people was no easy matter. The weather happened to be unfavorable, which was most favorable for Father Phil’s purpose, for the rain dropped its argu ments through the roof upon the kneeling people below, in the most convincing manner ; and as they endeavored to get out of the wet, they pressed round the altar as much: as they could, for which they were reproved very smartly by his Reverence in the very midst of the mass. These interuptions occurred sometimes at the most serious places, producing a ludicrous effect, of which the worthy Father was quite unconscious, in his great anxiety to make the people repair the chapel. A big woman was elbowing her way towards the rails of the altar, and Father Phil, casting a sidelong glance at her, sent her to the rightabout, while he in terupted his appeal to Heaven to address her thus :

“ Agnus Dei—You’d betther jump over the rails of the althar, I think. Go along out o’ that; there’s plenty o’ room in the chapel below there. ”

Then he would’ turn to the altar and proceed with the. service, till turning to the congregation, he perceived some fresh offender.

“ Orate, fratres !—Will you mind what I say to you, and go along out o’ that ? There’s room below there. Thrue for you Mi's. Finn—it’s a shame for him to be thramplin’ on you. .Go along, Darby Casey, down there, and kneel in the rain —it’s a pity you havn’t a decent woman’s cloak under you, indeed! Orate, fratres !.”

Again, he turned to pray, and, after some time he made an interval in the ser vice to address his congregation on the subject of the repairs, and produced a paper containing the names of. subscribers to that pious work who had already con tributed, by way of example to these who had not.

“ Here it is,” said Father Phil; “ here it is, and no denjdng it—down in black and white ; but if they who give are down in black, how much blacker are those who have not given at all ! But I hope they will be ashamed of themselves when 1 howld up those to honor who have con tributed to the uphowlding of the house of God. And isn’t it ashamed of yourselves you ought to be, to lave His house in such a condition ! and dosen’t it rain a’most every Sunday, as if it wished to remind you of your duty ? . Arn’t you wet to the skin a’most every Sunday ? Oh, God is good to you ! to put you in mind of your duty, giving you such bitther cowlds that you are coughing and sneezing every Sunday to that degree- that you can’t hear the blessed mass for a comfort and a benefit to you; and so you’ll go on sneezin’ until you put a good thatch on the place, and prevent the appearance of the evi dence from Heaven against you every Sunday, which is condemning you before your faces, and behind your backs too, for don’t I see this minute a strame of wather that might turn a mill running down Micky Mackavoy’s back, between the collar of his coat and and his shirt ?”

Here a laugh eneued at the expense of Micky Mackavoy, who certainly was under a very heavy drip from the imperfect roof.

“And is it laughin’you are,, you hay thens ?” said Father Phil, reproving the merriment -which lie himself had pur posely created, that lie might reprove it. ‘ ‘ Laughin’ is it you are, at your back slidings and insensibility to the honor of God—laughin’ because when you come here to be saved, you are lost entirely with the wet; and how, I ask you, are my words of comfort to enter your hearts when the rain is pouring down your backs at the same time Sure I have no chance of turning your hearts while you are undher rain that might turn a mill—but once put a good roof on tlie house, and I will inundate you with piety ! Maybe it’s Father Dominick you would like to have coming among you, who would grind your hearts to powder with his heavy words.” (Here a low murmur of dissent ran through the throng.) “ Ha, ha ! so you wouldn’t like it, I see—very well, very well —take care, then, for if I find you insensible to my moderate reproofs, you hard-hearted haythens, you malefacthors and cruel perseeuthors, that won’t put your hands in your pockets because your mild and quiet poor fool of a pasthor has no tongue in his head ! I say, your mild, quiet poor fool of a pasthor (for I know my own faults partly, God forgive me !) and I can’t spake toyou asyou deserve, you hard-living vagabonds, that are as insen sible to your duties as you are to the weather. I wish it was sugar or salt that you were made of, and then the rain might melt you if I couldn’t; but no them naked rafthers grins in your face to no purpose—you chate the house of God —but take care, maybe you won’t chate the devil so aisy.” (Here there was a sensation.) “Ha, ha! that makes you open your ears, does it ? More shame for you; you ought to despise that dirty enemy of man, and depend on something better — r but I see I must call you to a sense of your situation with the bottom less pit undher you, and no roof over you. . Oh, dear ! dear ! dear! I’m ashamed of you —throth, if I had time and sthraw enough, I’d rather thatch the place myself than lose my time talking to you ; sure the place is more like a stable than a chapel. Oh, think of that ! the house of God to be like a stable ! for though our Redeemer was born in a stable, .that is no reason why you are to keep his house always like one. “ And now I will read you the list of subscribers, and it will make you ashamed when you hear the names of several good and worthy Protestants in the parish, and out of it, too, who have given more than the Catholics. ” (to be continued,)

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[Thursday F ejbruary 19, 1 880,



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Alfred Harrison. UNDER BILL OF SALE. SATURDAY, 21st FEBRUARY, 11 o’clock sharp. FOR ABSOLUTE SALE. ALFRED HARRISON lias received instructions to Sell by Public Auction, at bis Rooms, on the above date — The whole of the Furniture, Bedding, and Effects from a large Board ing-house, removed to the rooms for convenience of sale, Comprising— -20 Iron Bedsteads, new Matresses Large Heavy Blankets Counterpanes Feather Pillows Bolsters Sheets, &c., &c. 7 Washstands and Sets Dressing Tables Cheffonier Looking Glasses Chairs . Sofas'" Tables 2 Large Doling Tables Glass Cutlery Lamps Kitchen Utensils &c., &c. Ac. Also, 1 Large American Cooking Stove, with Copper Boiler, &c., at tached ■ Sale at 11 o’clock sharp. SATURDAY, 21st FEBRUARY. ALFRED HARRISON, Auction eei\ 521g-70c



T. Bullock. 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 and ready for cross-ploughing. ACRES, partly improved, near Wins low. This will he 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., VTALUABLE BUSINESS SITE in Bur » nett Street, being T. S. 177, next the “ Mail” office. - - ' TDART of T.S. 139, Peter Street. This ■E- 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. Lost and Found. £1 REWARD. lOST —A dark GELDING-, 6 years _J old, 2 white spots on each side of saddle ; white star on forehead, mark like P.R. on rump. Any person returning same, or giving information leading to its recovery, will receive above reward. 51c-501g A. THIELE. BRANSON & PURNELL, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, EAST STREET, 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 lis tricts will he supplied by Coskson’'* 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. 6d. per quarter; in advance, 7s. 6d. 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 he paid to the wants of settlers. All notices referring to the Borough Council, County Council, and the Boad Boards, will be found in the Hearld. Agencies where The Herald can be obtained:— Wakanui School WakanuL Creek.. Seafield... Newlands Spread Eagle ... Mount Somers The Agents will supply printed forms for new subscribers to sign. Mr. Ginney G. Leadley Mr. Atkinson T. M. Jones Ed Watkins Mr. Tisch R. Morgan



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 Eed „ Timothy Alsike Lucerne &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 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 15s. per acre. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street. Hotels. BUTLER’S FAMILY HOTEL, • ASHBURTON. J. F. BUTLER (Late of Araliura, West Coast) ~|p>EGS to inform his friends and the public generally that he has opened the above large and commodious hotel, which is situated at the CORNER OF CASS AND HAVELOCK STREETS, And is convenient to the Railway Station. Excellent accommodation for travellers, families, and boarders. All wines and spirits of the best brands. One of Alcock’s best billiard tables. 965 a JOSEPH BALDWIN Begs to inform his friends and the public that he Has Opened THE CENTRAL HOTEL, at The JUNCTION, WILLS STREET AND WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTON, THIS commodious hotel is situated within three minutes’ walk of the Railway Station. Table d’Hote daily at 6 p.m. Luncheon on the table from 12 to 2 p.m. The Jug and Bottle Department will be made a special feature, single bottles and small quantities being supplied at the lowest remunerative rates. Only the best quality of Wines, Beers, and Spirits procurable will be kept. J. BALDWIN, 540 Proprietor. M R. 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 T VALENTINES—Great Variety. H. V M. Jones, Stationer, Baring Square.



Business Notices. VALUE EXTRAORDINARY. THE Great Bargains OF THE SEASON. GEE AT 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. 4c1., 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 Bargain. 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 6s. 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, HAVING 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 PERFECT EIT 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. f ' WEDDING & MOURNING ORDERS PUNCTUALLY ATTENDED TO. QRR AND CO., 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 v hopes by strict attention to business to obtain a share of public patronage. 742 g 937 a J O S E P H WARD, FAMILYB U T 0 H E R, PETER STPEET, (Opposite Journeau’s Smithy) BEGS to inform the Public of Ash burton that he will Open the Shop v 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. C. PERCY COX, Land and estate agent anp VALUATOR, ASHBU R T 0 N. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for U NION I NSURANCEi COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 ! 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, JjLamps, Gas Reflec tors, Chimney Topsj-Portable Washing Boilers, Baths, Chgcse Vats, etc. LOCKSMITH, BELLHANGER, GAS FI'J 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. NEW BUSINESS. CO-OPERATIVE BREAD AND BIS CUIT FACTORY. TRIANGLE, ASHBURTON, WIXL 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 ROOM FOR LADIES. PROPRIETOR, J. G. ANSTEE. 985 a HAVE you Found Any thing that don't belong- to you, and wish to act on the square I —Bring a Shilling to the Herald’s Advertising Clerk. He'll put your qualms of Conscience at rest, and find the owner through the Twenty-Words-for. a-Shilling-Column, cash. r . ' THE PENNY made the postal system of England a success. So has it mad® the Herald. Everybody buys the Herald*