COMMERCIAL.

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

Messrs. H. Matson and Co. report on the live stock market, &c., for the week ending Thursday, September 30th, 1880, as follows For yesterday’s weekly sale at Addington the supply of fat sheep was somewhat below the average, whilst than 1,000 represented the entry in stores. There was a fair atten dance of the trade, and from the way in which the auction commenced it was evident that most of those present were buyers, and that salesmen would have little difficulty in clearing the comparatively small market of sheep. This proved to be the case, for although (with one or two exceptions) no positive advance can be quoted, very few, if any, of the lots remained unsold, and last week’s rates were firmly main tained. Shorn sheep are now being sent to hand, and in a few weeks will beeome plenti ful. Gould and Cameron’s crossbred ewes, unshorn; brought 14s 6d *to 16s ; merino wethers from the same owners, ils 9d to 12s 3d. Other lots sold at proportionate rates, as per freight and quality. In stores we quitted a line of 378 crossbred wethers at 12s 6d to 12s 9d, ewes with lambs at.ios 6d ; hoggets to ll s 6d. Fat lambs are in good demand, prices yesterday being is per head better, than last week, the quality being inferior. In fat cattle there is no falling off in.supply, whilst the general quality of those penned yesterday was superior to any market of the season. For the earlier lots (and notably some of the best cattle), there was an absence of anything like brisk competition, buyers evidently de pending upon the full market to reduce values. This reduction, however, was most noticeable in the first sales,, as late purchasers ceitainly had to pay dearer than those who supplied themselves earlier in the day. There was a fair entry of store cattle, including several nice lines of two to three-year-old steers. Trade was quiet, and prices a little easier, but through a Southern buyer taking several of the best lots, the market was relieved, and the bulk of the entry found,buyers at steady rates. For several weeks past the continued dry weather has. had a depressing effect upon store stock transac tions, and farmers were anxious as to the pros pect and consequence of a dry summer. The nice steady rain which fell oh Wednesday night must, however, to a great extent have dispelled this anxiety, and with showery weather _ during October, the season of 1880-81 will probably be as fine a one as was ever known in New Zealand. The totals yarded for the day comprised 4,284 sheep, 501 head of cattle, and 133 pigs, of which our entry included 2,513 sheep, 189 head of cattle, 46 fat lambs, and 83 pigs for the National ' Mortgage Co., Timaru, Messrs. John Grigg, Gould and Cameron, and others. In sheep our principal sales were —131 crossbred ewes at 14s 3d to 16s, 47 merino wethers at 12s 3d, 96 at 12s, 163 at ns 9d, 40 at 12s, 105 at 12s; 101 shorn and crossbred wethers at 9s 9d, 258 do. at 10s; 33 mixed and crossbreds at 13s, 46 do. at I2s 6d, 94 at 12s 6d, 30 at ns 6d, 34 at 14s 9d; 48 merino wethers at ios 9d, 84 at 10s 6d; 202 mixed crossbreds at 15s; 30 at 16s 6d. Stores —70 crossbreds at ios 6d, 40 at 11s 6d; 181 hoggets at 95 9d ; 101 4-tooth wethers at 12 9d, 277 at 12s 6d ;76 couples at ios 6d ; 100 merino wethers at 4s 6d, 80 do. at 4s 3d. Fat 7s 96, 5 at 9s, 5 at ios, 5 at 9s 6d, 13 at 12s, 5 at Ils 6d, 4 at 13s, 5 at 11s 6d. Fat cattle—3 at Lio ss, 3at L 6 12s 6d, 2at LlO ss, 4 at L 6 15s ; 6 (light weights) at X. 5 153,-3 at L 6 ios, 3 at L 8 2s 60, 3 at L.B, 3 at LB, 2 at L 7 2s 6d, 7 at L 6 ios,' 3 at L 7 2s 6d, 4at L 7. Stores—32 head mixed sexes at L 5 12s 6d, 7 at L 3, 5 at L2 12s 6d, 24 at L2 ss, 12 at L 6, 3 at L 3 ios, 5 at L3.2S 6d, &c. Springers and dairy cows are very dull of sale, and prices rule Li to _L2 per head less than six weeks since. In pigs we cleared our entry as under—7 at 27s 6d, II at 395, 5 at 31s, 12 at 47s 6d, 13 at 38s 6d, II at 295, 9 at 275, 2 at 18s, 5 at 455, 6 at 42s 6d, 4 at 38s.

[by telegraph.]

Dunedin, Oct. 1.

Good sample milling wheat, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 7d. ; fowl’s wheat, 2s. 6d. to 35.; feed oats, is. 6d. ; milling is. 7d. to is. Bd. ; malt barley, 2s. 9d. to 3s. 3d. ; feed, is. 9d. to 2s. 6d. ; potatoes, L2 ; grass hay, L2 ios. j oaten hay, L 3 ; medium wheat, 3s. Bd. to 45.; straw, L2,; bran, L 3 ios.-; pollard, L 4 ios. ; flour, Lio ios. to Ln ; oatmeal, Lg ios.; pearl barley, LlB ; onions, Bs. ; cheese, 4d. to sd. ; bacon, rolled, Bd.; hams, sides bacon, to B}gd. per lb. (grain fed) ; chaff, L2 15s. ; prime beef, 275. 6d. per loolbs. ; mutton, per lb. The market is glutted with potatoes at L2.

The Ashburton Herald. AND Borough and County Advertiser (With Which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1880.

Cheap Photos. —Mr. G. F. Henry announces the reduction to 10s. per dozen of the price of his photos.

Confirmation.— The Primate holds a Confirmation Service in St. Church to-morrow forenoon, and will conduct all the services for the day. Correction. —Mr. Quin, the plaintiff in the case of Quin v. Stalker, heard last Tuesday by the R.M., desires us to state that his land is freehold and was not leased from Mr. Johnston. Unclaimed Letters.— The following is a list of letters from places beyond the colony received at the Ashburton Post Office during the month of August, and remaining unclaimed on Ist October, 1880: —Mrs. Jas. Chambers, Timothy Crowe, M. Droney (2), Clias. Gale, David Jack son, Michael Keane, J. Kingett, J. Lund, H. M«ant, George Ogston, Arthur E. Pinches, H. Reed, Jas. McP. Stuart, Michael Wallace, and W. Wright. Crime in Ashburton.— There haß been a marked falling-off in the number of charges laid in Ashburton and district, and dealt with in the R.M. Court, during the past quarter, as compared with its pre decessor. The total number of charges laid last quarter was 144—this quarter there were only 101. The decrease is mostly attributable to the recovery of Sergeant Felton from his recent illness, and iu this way : The Sergeant is an old officer, and knows all the district well, and all the “ old hands” who want watch ing. During the Sergeant’s illness his place was taken by an officer who, though thoroughly efficient otherwise, could not possibly know the local ropes so well. So when Sergeant Felton took the reins again after his recovery, he at once proceeded to run in all the characters whom he knew required it, and lie knew' where to go to seek them. These waifs are not here this quarter, as they know with whom they have to deal —hence the de crease. The average of casual crime is about the same otherwise.

Shoddy Merchants. —Our Alford cor respondent writes as follows. We com mend his warning to all our country 1 readers, as the Alford Forest district is not the only one favored with the visits of peddling swindlers : —The cloth swindle has reached even this remote district. A so-called “ commercial ” calls with samples of counterpanes, calicoes, and other drapery goods,' stating they are part of a large bankruptcy stock ; and he would book orders which his van would after wards deliver : counterpanes at 20s. per doz., calicoes at 2s. per doz. yards. Having hooked these orders for delivery, and thus introduced the thin end of the wedge, he opens up a parcel of tempting “ shoddy,” the only thing he really wishes to sell, and by stating a near neighbor has bought a large quantity, he manages to palm off the usual glossy imitation as genuine cloth. He managed to take in a respect able lady in this neighborhood to the tune of' some pounds. She wishes her neighbors to be on their guard and profit by her experience. The shoddy remains to speak for itself. A Persistent Thief. —Yesterday Mr. Richard Sydney Williams penitently pled guiJty before the R.M. to the “ shaking” of a rat-trap and a pair of boots from the Royal Hotel. The High Priest of Justice laid a penance upon Richard of six months’ duration, to work for the colony’s good in the Lyttelton purgatory. Richard is a man with a mission, hut it is one like that of Autolycus—he is a picker up of un considered trifles ; and no obstacle in the shape of continuous imprisonment by an unappreciative Government 3eems to stand in the way of his mission. He had just finished three months in gaol, not so very long ago, and on the morning of his liberation his wandering footsteps carried him to Papanui. Passing a storekeeper’s shop, he saw a coil of cordage standing outside the door. The hole in the coil temptingly faced the man with the mission, and he at once put his arm through and carried it off, coolly and un blushingly. Up the street a short way, the storekeeper met him (having left the store for a minute or two in charge of a lad), and recognised his own brand on the cordage. Knowing the man and his weakness, the storekeeper knew the cord age had been stolen, and at once commu nicated with the police authorities, who sent a mounted constable after the indi vidual with the fondness for rope and ran bim in. [Mr. Richard .is a daring thief, too, and he once stole the mess beef of the Christchurch police officers, getting inside the yard and climbing a tree where the cook had hung the morsel for curing pur poses. Richard was lucky enough to get off with the beef nibble, but the cordage was too much for him.

Civil Cases. —There was only one civil case heard by the R.M. yesterday — namely, Journeaux v. M‘Rae, a claim of L 7 18s., in which judgment was given by default, with 11s costs. The Horse Parade. —The -new show yards were used fq-day-for thjs'„firat; iiiffie as an exhibition ground for the Agricul tural and Pastoral Association, and there was a very fair turn out of farmers and others to witness the parade of entires. Nineteen horses out of twenty paraded, and the animals were all in excellent con dition. We hold over a more critical notice of the: exhibits till Monday. The following is the list of entries as they ap peared on the catalogue, the absentee being Tam 0’ Shanter. The weather was all that could be desired, both for exhibi tors and spectators : Thoroughbreds and Roadsters —Mr. Charles Lewis’ Dan O’Rourke, Mr. F. B. Passmore’s Commodore, Mr., L. E. Corsbie’s Tribune, Mr. D. McKellar’s Dundee, Mr. J. Carter’s Dexter, Mr. J-.- Carter’s Liberal, Mr.. W. H. Smith’s Tam o’Shanter.

Draught Horses —Mr. J. Carter’s Billy Fair play, Mr. F. B. Passmore’s Duke, Mr. J. Grigg’s Lord Beaconsfield, Mr. C. Leitcli’s Heather Jock, Mr. Edwin Thomas’ Com mander, Mr. William Stoddart’s Lord Raglan, Mr. William Fergie’s Bonnie Scotland, Mr. R. Patton’s Young Ivanhoe, Mr. N. Walsh’s .\oung Sir Colin Campbell, Mr. J. Mutch’s Young Glenroy, Mr. Cairncross’ Pride of the North, Mr. ,J. . McKcllar’s- Glenroy, Mr. B. Ede’s Muir Lad.

. Irish Tenants. —A landlord in West meath has a tenant who the other day refused. to. .pay his rent, amounting, annually, to-some £450, pleading inability to do so from bad times. The landlord sent a courteous but firm letter to say that he must take step 3 to make him pay. A few days after, the tenant appeared at the London residence of the landlord, and offered to give him L12,0Q0 for the fee simple of the farm ! A land lord in Ireland, the other day, had some fat bullocks ) fbr i sale, - and one of his tenants came, and became the purchaser, and paid for the cattle down—ready money—in sovereigns. The landlord, on going out, saw the tenant’s cart standing at the d.eor, into which he was getting to drive away, and; remarked some large, full sacks in thb,.cart. “ What have you got there in the sacks'/” “Sure, yer honner, it’s the relief male” (meal).

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE WIRE WORM.

To the Editor. Sir, —In a recent issue of your paper I observe a letter from Mr. Cameron, of Clunes, asking for information as to the treatment for wire worm. I have seen something of the wireworm and its different treatment in England. I lie worm is of a bright yellow color with a black head, is the descendant of a small beetle, and usually eats the plant im mediately below t the. surface of - the ground. In turnip fields children are often sent to dig up the affected plants, and pick out the insect. As many as a bushel are often picked out of a field. A dressing of salt is not an unusual thing, or the moving of the earth constantly, go that the rook can get at the beetle or the w0rm.,..-.By growing a crop of peas or potatoes, the insect is carried off with the prod ice. The most effectual cure is a crop of mustard seed. In England the tenant farmer will often sow the mustard in the wheat patches affected, as he is not allowed to grow mustard as a crop. A few small patches in my district were affected last year, but after a heavy Cambridge roller had passed over the crop, the wire worm did little or no further damage. Hoping the roller may prove a cure in Mr. Cameron’s case.—l am, &c.,

Lincolnshire,

[Another correspondent also recom mends the roller. He says a dressing of soot is an excellent thing, the almost im possibility of procuring a sufficient quantity of-soot being the only difficulty. —Ed.]

Opening of the Melbourne Exhibition.

(Per Reuter's Agency.) Melbourne, Oct. 1

The International Exhibition in Carlton Gardens was opened to-day, with great ceremony. The day was. proclaimed a public holiday in honor of the event, and it was strictly observed as such. At an early hour the various associations and trade societies,, numbering several -thou sands, formed in-procession and traversed the principal streets, the head halting at the jßourke and Wills Monument. The fire brigades assembled in Flinders street, and there awaited ..the Vicq-Regal party, which left Government House at twenty minutes past ten, under a Vice-Regal salute. The party comprised his Excellency -the Governor the Marquis of Normanby and the Marchioness of Normanby, the Duke of'Manchester, Lord Augustus snd Lady Loftus, Sir W. and Lady Jervois a,nd" the Misses Jervois, Sir W. Robinson (Go vernor of Western Australia) and Lady Robinson, Sir Francis Smith (Acting-Go vernor of Tasmania) and Lady. Smith, and their respective suites. The cortege con sisted in all of twelve well-appointed carriages. The naval and military forces, consisting of 500 British and 300 foreign blue jackets, and the provincial and metropolitan Volunteers had previously assembled, the former taking a position at the south face of the exhibition, and the latter preceding the party from Govern ment House and forming in Rathbone and Nicholson streets. The trade societies formed in double line at the intersection of Collins and Elizabeth streets, the car riages passing through the line and the trades then following the procession. The streets were lined with thousands of the public, and great enthusiasm was dis played. On the approach of the proces sion to the building the bands of the so cieties played the National Anthem, and when theprocessionhEd entered the grounds it took up a position in the main avenue.. The vice-regal party entered the south door at 11 o’clock. The president of the Commission, the Imperial Commissioners, the Ministers, the vice-presidents and members of the Executive Commission re ceived the party, and conducted them to a handsome dais erected under the central dome. The National Anthem was then sung by a quartette and chorus, and with organ accompaniment. A special inaugural cantata, composed by M. Caron, was then performed. It lasted an hour, and was a

great success. There were l,oooperformers, and the chorus was excellent. The ladies wore white dresses with blue sashes on the right and red sashes on the left side of the orchestra. At the conclusion of the cantata, M. Caron, the composer and leader of the orchestra, was presented to. his Excellency and congratulated. The cantata finished, the president, the Hon, W. J. Clarke, and the vice-presidents of the commission then ascended the dais, and the former read an- address to the Governor. Lord Normanby, in reply, said that the undertaking wa3 creditable to the Victorian Commissioners, to the Executive, and to the Parliament, and in the course of a brief address, said it was now an assured fact that the present Exhibition would rank equal to its predecessors as a satisfactory exponent of the world’s industries. It was his pleasing duty to convey to the Govern ments of foreign countries and the colo nies his feeling of the obligation and satis faction which the opening address of the Commissioners expressed. His Excellency concluded by declaring the Exhibition opened in the name of her Majesty the Queen. The Union Jack was then hoisted above the building, and salutes were simultaneously fired by the men-of-war in the harbor and the batteries on shoi’e. “ The Hallelujah Chorus” was then sung by the choir, the machinery set in motion, and the fountains commenced to play. After the chorus was sung, the Vice-Regal party left the dais and proceeded to the various courts, where the representative Commissioners were presented to his Ex cellency the Governor. Meanwhile, the French, German, Austrian, Italian, Prussian, American, and Belgian National Anthems were played by the orchestra, and at their conclusion the march from “ The Prophet” was performed. The Vice-Regal party, on reaching the New Zealand court, were received by the Com missioners (Dr. Hector and Mr. Black wood), and the secretary (Mr. Callis). Dr. Hector presented Lord Normanby with a handsomely-bound copy of the catalogue of the New Zealand ex hibits, which was published to-day, and with a copy of the handbook con taining information regarding the products, progress, and statistics of the colony. The Court presents a pleasing and attrac tive appearance, although several detaih are still imperfect. The entries comprise 631 exhibits, which is greater than at the Sydney Exhibition, while the space allotted there to New Zealand was one-half more than at Melbourne, were there are only 8,000 feet. Notwithstanding that the Court i 3 crowded, every exhibit is dis played to the best advantage. On the return of the Vice-regal party to the dai3, the Governor despatched a telegram to the Queen, announcing the opening of the Exhibition in her name. On departing, his Excellency inspected the procession of the trades and other bodies, and then the united bands played the National Anthem, and another salute wa3 fired on the departure of the Vice-regal party from the Exhibition grounds. The whole pro ceedings passed off with immense eclat. Most of the Courts are in a forward state, although many are still incomplete. The display promises to be most excellent, especially in the exhibits of the fine Arts. The proposed picnic by the British ex hibitors fell through, as many of the leading representatives of English houses discountenanced the idea. The various English and foreign men-of-war in harbor ■will be illuminated to-night.

The Auckland Murder.

Auckland, Sept. SO. Joe, the murderer, was taken in a cab by Superintendent Thomson and Sub- Inspector Pardy to Mr. Sankey’s house, in order to be identified by the boy Gibson Wilcott, who was struck on the skull with the axe. The boy identified him readily. Young "Wilcott sleeps most of his time and feels little pain, blit Drs. Philson and Hooper have little hopes of his survival. Mr. Sankey, in reply to the Islander’s statement that the boys Sandy and Gibson has teased and chaffed him prior to his making the attack, authoritatively denies the assertion as also do the boys. The strange European who, he stated, told him that the Euro peans would hang him to a beam is named Michael Colom, and he does not know a word of Fiji. Mr. Wilcott states that Joe has been in his service since March, 1871, and partially nursed the boy whose life ho attempted. He denies ever having chastised or scolded the Native. Such was his confidence in Joe that in 1872, when the mountain tribes massacred Burns and Macintosh, at Bau, he selected him out of thirty natives in his employ to keep watch in turn with himself and eldest boy against the natives’ night surprises. He had twice seen Joe peculiar and eccentric, once after the measles, but as some other islanders were the same way he thought nothing of it. The second time he could not account for it, and Joe seemed .mentally deranged for two or three days, when he got the native boys to watch him to see that he did nothing to himself of others. Mr. Willcott says 110 cannot account for his conduct, save that he had a recurrence of his previous fits of mental derangement and temporarily .lost hi 3 reason. Oct. 1. The trial of Joe, the Fijian, for the mur der of Henry Louis Rees, lasted all day at the Police Court, and was adjourned owing to the disorderly crowd at the Court. The Constables, cleared the Court, and the approaches thereto.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE

Per Renter 's Agency. The Loan. London, Sept. 29. Tenders for the Victorian two million loan were opened to-day. The total amount offered is eleven millions. Ten ders at L 97 12s. fid. will receive 90 per cent, of the allotment. Aquatics. Trickett is now in first-rate form, and is out twice daily. Hanlan has gone into active training. There is very little bet ting on the approaching race. The Lord Mayor. London, Sept. 30. Alderman William MacArthur, M.P., has been elected Lord Mayor of London.' ’ The Albanians. A report has been received that the Al banians hare set fire to the town of Dul

cigno and that the place has been burned to?the ground. The rumor requires con firmation.

Mora Fighting.

Nows has been received from the Cape that the JBasutos again attacked the station at Mohales, but were repulsed by the Cape Mounted Rifles. A relieving force has arrived in Basutoland from Natal. The Money and Wheat Markets. Consols are unchanged at 97f. ; New Zealand securities remain as at last quota tions. The total reserve of notes and bullion in the Bank of England is L 16,250,000, being half a million less than last week. Adelaide and New Zealand wheat have advanced sixpence per quarter, and to day’s quotations are—Adelaide, ex ware house, 465. 6d. ; New Zealand, ex ship, 425. 6d. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, is quoted at 325. 6d. Without Foundation. Oct. 1. The report received yesterday that the Albanians had set fire to Dulcigno is now proved to have been devoid of foundation. The Combined Fleet. Latest news to hand from the combined fleet is that Admiral Seymour ha 3 decided to leave Ragusa on Monday, and proceed south to the Gulf of Cattaro, which is deemed a safer place of anchorage. Nothing definite has yet been decided as to when the fleet will proceed to Dulcigno. Turkey Backing Out. At the Cabinet Council held yesterday, Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary, in formed his colleagues that he had had an interview with Musurius Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador, regarding the diffi culties between Turkey and the Great Powers, and he (Lord Granville) was able to state that the Porte is receding from the position it had taken up, and was now endeavoring to dissuade the Albanians from offering resistance to the cession of Dulcigno to Montenegro.

Prepared for Hostilities. Constantinople, Sept. 29,

Reinforcements of troops are being sent to Riza Pasha, the Turkish commander at Dulcigno, in the view of possible hos tilities with the Montenegrins. Not to be Trifled With. Constantinople, Sept. 30. The Ambassadors of the Great Powers have signed a protocol, declaring' the solidarity of their Governments in regard to the strict execution of the Treaty of Berlin, and repudiating the idea that they have any desire in the direction of terri torial aggrandisement. Prolonging the Agony, Constantinople, Oct. 1. The Porte to-day has addressed a re quest to the Powers, through their Am bassadors, asking that it may be allowed to delay until Monday, when it promised that definite steps should be taken to bring about a solution of the Montenegro difficulty. Garibaldi’s Eesigna iion. Rome, Sept. 29. General Garibaldi has resigned his posi tion as a member of tliQ Italian Chamber of Deputies, and has addressed a letter to the electors, in which he says he feels the country iB suffering from oppression which he is powerless to avert. A Monster Ironclad. Naples, Sept. 30. The new Italian ironclad, Italian, 14 000 tons, and with armour three feet thick, was successfully launched at Castellamare yes terday. The American Presidential Election. New York, Oct. 1. There is considerable excitement throughout America over the approaching Presidential Election, and speeches are being delivered by the prominent leaders of both parties. Both General Grant and Mr. Evarts (Secretary of State) have de livered speeches in favor of the candidates of their respective parties.

AUSTRALIAN.

{Per Reuter's Agency.) Arrived. Melbourne, Oct. 1. Arrived—Te Anau, from the Bluff. The Victorian Parliament.

The Legislative Council last night re jected payment to its own members, but passed the clauses of the Bill providing for payment to members of the Assembly, A further animated debate took place in the Assembly last night regarding the recent dismissals from the public service. The Totalisator Bill was read a third time, and Parliament adjourned to Octo ber 19th, when the Budget will be pre sented. § The Exhibition.

The arrangements which were made for the opening of the Exhibition were generally excellent, and there -was no hitch of any kind. The streets were thronged by crowds of people, who were very orderly. A brilliant illumination took place in the harbor at night, and the sky being clear there were numerous spectators. Melbourne, Oct. 2. The attendance at the opening cere mony yesterday was 6,500, and 15,000 visited the Exhibition during the day. Retrenchment. Many more officers of the Lands Depart ment have received notice that their ser vices will be no longer required. Shipping. Sydney, Oct. 1. Arrived —Albion, from New Zealand. The Markets. Hennessy’s brandy, case, 355. 3d. to 355. fid.; bulk, quarters, 10s. 6d. to 10s. 9d. New Zealand wheat, 45.; New Zealand oats, Is. 9d. to 25.; maize, 2s. to 2s. 3d. The Revenue-

The Revenue of New South Wales for last quarter amounted to L 1,224,000, being an increase of L 197,000 compared with last year. Satisfactory increases are shown in nearly all sources of revenue.

NEW ZEALAND

(Per Press Association.) The Te Aroha Block. Auckland, Oct. 1. At the Waste Lands Board yesterday, Captain Steele, the local agent for Messrs. Grant and h oster, proposed on deferred payment system to purchase 17,000 aeres of the Te Aroha land. The Board agreed to part with the land at 40s. an acre, on

• ertain conditions respecting residence) cultivation, and improvements. City Council Proceedings. At the City Council yesterday, it was stated that nineteen men had applied for v stone-breaking, but only three went to work. The City Engineer was authorised to supply tools to worthy persons seeking work. The Council decided to hold their, meetings in the evenings instead of day time. Canght. Another lad was arrested. last evening for desertion from the Koliimarama Train ing School. Sir George Grey’s Illness. Sir George Grey is ill at Kawau, suffer*, ing from an old complaint in his leg. He is not likely to take an active part in politics again. Anxious to Sell. Some natives in the Waikato, inside the confiscated boundary, display anxiety to sell land. Sir Arthur Gordon. The captain of the Danae has received a telegram from the Commodore at Sydney, i' ordering him to hold himself in readiness to proceed to Fiji to bring Sir Arthur . Gordon. Mr. Whitaker’s Mission. ? Mr. Whitaker visits the Thames shortly to enquire into the Maori claims to com pensation. Auckland’s Share. Six thousand pounds are to be expended immediately in the constructing of roads and biidges north of Auckland. Sudden Death. William Rigby, ship-broker, Liverpool, has died suddenly. Deceased arrived from Lyttelton with his family, being passengers to that port by the Norfolk some • months back. Having been a masonic officer of high rank in the Grand Lodge of Cheshire, lie receives a masonia . funeral.

Interesting to Bakers. John Lamb, the well-known miller, was charged under the Bakers and Millers Act, 1871, at the Hellensville Police Court, with selling bread under weight, and also with the adulteration of bread. Mr. Hesketh, solicitor, astounded the police by informing the Court that the Act under which the information wa3 laid had not been in force since the 16th August, and the case must be quashed. A professional analysis showed that the bread was perfectly free from any dele terious compound, and Mr. Lamb was exonerated.

Newspaper Critiques. . Auckland, Oct. 2.' The Star reporter was excluded from the theatre by Mr. Lingard for giving an unfavorable notice of “ H.M. Pinafore” in the Star last night. He narrates the circumstances, and ridicules the proceed ings. He says:—“lt places this office: under the dreadful necessity of paying two or three shillings whenever we deem the proceedings at the theatre worth re porting for the information of our readers, ~ and relieves our reporters from the boredom of listening night after night— in order to oblige the Company—to any wretched, representation Mr. Lingard may chose to present.” He adds—“'lf. Mr. Lingard. puts before the public performances that will not stand the light of day, or which provoke unfavorable criticism, the conse quences must be on his own head, and not on that of a critic who refuses to distort - fact 3 for the purpose of misleading the j. public. This is unhappily the case with; ‘H.M. Pinafore.’ On Lingard’s own. admission more than one member of the Company ought never to have been per mitted to open in the comic opera, and - the public verdict would probably be the same of the entire combination.” Mr. Luscombe Searell, Lingard’s agent, replies in to-day’s Herald, in an ungrammatical tirade, that it was not because of the' notice of Pinafore the reporter was ex cluded, but because it compared Mrs. Lingard unfavorably to one of the minor parts. V

Monthly Returns. Napier, Oct. 1. There were 44 births, 13 deaths, and 6 marriages registered here last month. In the corresponding month last year there" were 32 births, 7 deaths, and 5 marriages. The Customs returns for the quarter are L7,6Q1 6s. Bd.; corresponding .quarter last year, L 8,365 15s. 9d.; for the month just • ended, L 3,309 4s. fid. The Alleged 111-Treatment of a Prisoner. Wellington, Oct. 1. • The charges ef ill-treatment of a pri soner by two constables was resumed this morning. The medical evidence showed that when the prisoner was taken to the' hospital the large bone of the leg was broken, which would have been easily de tected, if examined immediately after being locked np. Prisoner appears to have been on the spree. Jane Campbell stated that the constables dragged the prisoner along the street. She heard him crying out that his leg was broken, but : the police did not heed him. The station house-keeper said the prisoner did not make any complaint when locked up. The sergeant visited him two or three times during the night, but the prisoner did not. make any complaint. More Mystery. Wellington, Oct. 2. f A young man named John Andrews, who was locked up last night on a charge of drunkenness, was heard walking in his cell later on, but this morning he was found with a fractured skull, and removed to the hospital. Andrews died this after noon from the injuries sustained, but it is not yet known how he was injured.

Fatal Results. Featherston, Oct. 2. Stanley Nicholas has died through the injuries received at the Rimutaka accident, making two of this family killed: Promotion.

Dunedin, Oct. 2. A. L. Beattie has been promoted to be Acting Locomotive Superintendent at Palmerston, Invercargil section. Mr. Conyers Demands an Apology. The Herald states that Mr. Conyers demands an apology from the Cromwell Argus for an alleged libel on the railway department appearing in that paper. Jealous. The Industrial Committee wrote .to the Colonial Secretary urging that Govern ment should discourage the Christchurch proposal to have an inter-colonial exhibi tion. This Committee thinks 1882 will be quite soon enough to consider the matter,

THE ASHBURTON HERALD. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1880.



s. d. s. d. Butter, inferior to best lb o 6 to 0 8 Eggs, V? dozen - - ° 9 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, f lb o 6 to 0 8 Bacon, prime smoked, lb o 10 to I 0 dams in cloth, $ lb I 2 to 0 0 Flour in bags, ioolb 1 3 0 ;tO 0 0 Oatmeal, it? 25ft * 4 0 to 0 0 Lard, IP lb - ■ * 0 7 to 0 0



Miscellaneous. WANTED KNOWN— That POR TRAITS are now being taken for TEN SHELLINGS PER DOZEN at HENRY’S Portrait Rooms, Saunders’ Buildings/Ashburton. 962 c ■YTTANTED, a SERVANT, about 17 or W 18 years. Apply, office of this paper. -958 c VY7ANTED—One or two young men as »V BOARDERS, in private family; 18s. per, week. Apply, John Ox-son, Peter street. 923 c SECTIONS —TO LET, for One or more years, Town and Suburban SEC TIONS, from one rood to fifteen acres. CHARLES BRADDELL, 914 c Burnett Street. Reward. ~tr OST, a Morocco PURSE, containing I j Money, Memos., and a Railway pass,—Finder will be rewarded on return ing same to the Herald & Guardian Office. TO LET. BUTCHER’S SHOP, in Tinwald, con taining six-roomed house and stable. Apply to ■ . J. CARTER, 948c-2760 Grove House, Tinwald. LOST, PROMISSORY NOTE for the sum Drawn upon Valentine Any person retaining the above P. N. after the above notice, or trying in any way to use the same will be prosecuted. Finder will kindly leave the f«wft at Herald office. 957c-284g



Miscellaneous. WE, the undersigned, beg to inform our '• Customers and the public generally, that in consequence of the late RISE TN THE PRICE OF FLOUR, on and after OCTOBER Ist; the price of bread will be 7d. per 41b. loaf.; Thomas Taylor. Marsh and Groves. A. Thiele. W. Hicks.’ A. 0. Aitken. Jephson and Davidson. 953 c WESLEYAN CHURCH. PUBLIC SERVICES will be held in the Wesleyan Church, Ashburton, on SUNDAY, October 10, 1880, at Eleven and Half-past Six o’clock, on behalf of the Home Mission Fund. Con ducted by the Rev. J. H. Simmonds, of Timaru. Also, on WEDNESDAY Evening, October 13. at Half-past Seven o’clock, a PUBLIC' MEETING will be held in the Church, for the same object, and Addresses given by the Revs. J. B. Richardson, W. Beck, and others. Collections will be taken at each Ser vice on behalf of the Wesleyan Home Mission Fund. 954 c THE BEST VALUE POE READY MONEY IS THE (MEN’S) i CLOTHING (AND BOYS’) MANUFACTURED BY THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, which can be purchased at their Retail Branches, now established all over New Zealand. The Garments are thoroughly shrunk. The Fit and Style are perfect. The Workmanship ir equal to bespoke. The Trimmings are of superior quality and strength. The Tweeds are of the very best descrip tion. The Stock is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The tall, short, lean, and stout can be equally well fitted. The Goods are all marked in plain figures. The system of business is to exchange every article that does not give satis faction. And, in addition to all these advantages, you can purchase A SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE. JK®- Mercery, Hats, Shirts, Ties, Scarfs, Bags, Portmanteaus, Rugs, and Blankets at Wholesale Prices. THOUSANDS OF DISCERNING CUSTOMERS Testify that the New Zealand Clothing Factory’s Garments are the Very Best Value for Ready Money. Ashburton Branch : EAST STREET. WM. SPARROW, Manager. 910 c



Quill and Co. To STATION-HOLDERS, LANDED PROPRIETORS, FARMER.S, CATTLE - DEALERS, AND THE RESIDENTS IN ASH BURTON AND SURROUND ING DISTRICTS. Messrs. Quill & Co., AUCTIONEERS, STOCK, LAND; & ESTATE AGENTS, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, AsHBUKTON, "DEG to announce to station-holders, landed proprietors, farmers, cattle dealers, and residents in Ashburton and the surrounding districts, that they hare COMMENCED BUSINESS in the above line ; and, from their, long experience in the various departments, feel assured that all commissions en trusted to them will be conducted satis factorily to their patrons. Sales will be held as required, at the Salerooms and Yards in Ashburton, or any part of the district. They will also hold a Regular Sale of STOCK, LAND, FARM PRODUCE, FURNITURE, and GENERAL MERCHANDISE, at their Rooms, every Saturday, particu lars of which will be duly advertised. The interest and the support of sellers and buyers are respectfully solicited. Cash Advances made on all classes of Goods placed in their hands for sale. For particulars of Sales please see advertisements. Quill & Co., AUCTIONEERS, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, Ashburton. 238g-918c*



Miscellaneous. WANTED KNOWN. SOMERSET LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES. JW. M‘RAE begs to inform the , public that he has taken the above Stables from Mr. Bossenberg, and-is making extensive repairs. Buggies and saddle horses on hire. Lowest prices and best attention. 908 c CARRIAGE HORSE, LIBERAL. TO RUN IN A PADDOCK WITH MARES GROVE FARM, LIBERAL. By Messenger, out of a Golden Grape mare. Liberal is four years old, and proved a 3ure foal-getter. Apply . . JOHN CARTER, Grove Farm. HE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY Concert Committee meet, Eight o’clock, Monday night, at Quill’s Commercial Hotel.