summon the constabulary, who had con siderable trouble in putting the prisoners back into the colls of the gaol. Two or three serious scuffles ensued between the constabulary and the natives before they wore safely lodged. The following are the names of the prisoners, some of whom arrested are among the worst of their race :—Te Whemaroa, Hata, Wainui, Rangapana, Teoto, Roto, Wharawhera, Te Kau, Hike, Tainui, Hotupai, and Rangawharoa.

i The Mapourika Diggings. Wellington, Aug. 3.

The latest official information about the Lake Mapourika diggings, near Okarito, i 3 that about sixty miners are in that locality, and fire parties on gold. The statements of the miners vary as to the value of the claims, and nothing appears to be trustworthy upon this head. It is believed that a fairly payable goldfield will bo developed, but it will take time, and an immediate rush is to be depre cated. ' . The Bible in Schools. At the Education Board to-day it was stated that the funds were in such a position 1 hat no reduction in salaries could be made before the beginning of the year. A motion that the Bible be read in schools was -withdrawn. AnotherlEarthauake. A severe shock of earthquake was felt here at three this morning. It was the heaviest experienced here for years past. v Libel. - Dunedin, Aug. 3. The libel case, Samuel Sleasinger, veterinary surgeon, v. T. R. Wheeler, .was heard to-day in the Supreme Court. The action was for LSOO damages for the publication of plaintiffs name in the Bankruptcy Gazette. A verdict for 20s. damages was given.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

Tuesday, August 3.

The sitting of the Council to-day lasted only forty minutes, from . 2.30 till 3.10, and the business, besides merely formal and routine matters, consisted, of the first reading of the following Bills, sent from the Lower House:- Imprest Snpply,.Maori Prisoners Detention, Banks and Bankers,Mercantile Law, Chattels Securities, Bills of Exchange, Procedure, Arms, and Census Act Amendment. The Hon. W. H. Reynolds gave notice for a return of all who draw petitions from the Hew Zealand Government, the amounts, and for what services they were awarded.

The Hon. N. Wilson gave notice to ask what the Government intend to do re purging of the J.P. roll, and for a return of all JJ.P. gone insolvent in the last ten months.

An adverse committee report was brought'up on the Oamaru Harbor Bill. The Port! Molynaux Reserves Leasing Act was read- a second time, and the Pharmacy Bill recommitted and further amended. ; > HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. : r Tuesday, August 3. V The House met at 2.30 p.m. Sir William Fox presented a petition against the retention of the bottle licens ing system. Mr. Wright moved that the report of the Committee on the Ashburton County Council Waterworks Bill be agreed to. Mr. Hurst submitted that it was most improper to authorise further borrowing by local bodies. He also pointed out that ' the security proposed was not by any means adequate, and argued that this was a point for the consideration of Par liament, inasmuch as that the creditor would look to the colony in the event of a local body not being able to meet its enr gagements. The Hon. J. Hall said that the water was wanted for irrigation purposes,/ and the settlers were willing to rate themselves for the purpose; What they wanted was to borrow L 50,000 on the security of their rates, and he thought it would be a cruel wrong to refuse it, The motion was carried. On the motion of Mr. Wright, The amendments made in the Malvern Water Race Bill were agreed to. Mr. Pyke moved for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the Education Act, 1877. The motion was carried on the voices and the Bill read a first time. The following also were introduced and read a first time A Bill to Permit the » Borough of Caversham, South Dunedin and St. Kilda to amalgamate (Mr. Bar ron).; the Miscellaneous Native Claims Bill (Mr. Bryce). . The Hon. J. Bryce said that the Public Works Statement would be brought down to-morrow evening. They would then go on with the Public Works Estimates, and having got them through, Government would state what Bills they mean to pass, and what they meant to withdraw. When the House rose he would ask leave to sit to-morrow, morning at 11 o’clock. The House then went into Committee on the Native Lands Bill, and adjourned at 1 a.m.

THE STORY-TELLER.

THE DISRUPTION: A TALE OE TRYING TIMES.

CHAPTER Y—continued.

The student first bent his steps towards Burncrook, a little village, where resided his sweetheart, Miss Montgomery. He wished : to Bee her before leaving the neighborhood, to explain to her the alter ation of his circumstances and intentions for the future, in, so far as he had formed any. But even in this direction there was a, cloud mustering against him. Burncrook lay within Mr. Calmsough’s parish, and the family to which Miss Montgomery .belonged, being warmly attached to him as their minister, and he not less warmly attached to them—as he was to all his flock—the reverend gentle man had called the previous evening to inquire for them, in passing through the village on big way home from Baldwin Jl{ill, JJe was not aware of the intimacy between Agnes and James Duncanson, but incidentally mentioned the young student’s name in speaking of Sir John Baldwin’s dinner party. He launched out in praise of the manliness and honesty with which James had maintained his

principles even under the Baronet’s frown, and at the cost of his favor ; but he regretted, at the same time, that ao promising a young man should have adopted views which might deprive the Church of his servicas. Agnes sat blush ing and trembling while all this was said, for she knew the sternness of her father s nature, and apprehended that what he heard from the minister would operate to disturb her peace and blight her fondost hopes. She was the favorite, though not the only, daughter of Gideon Mont gomery ; and she knew that, though he had no great fortune to give her, he was determined that her hand should only be bestowed on one who could make her a lady, and shed the lustre of superior sta tion on the family. Agnes knew also that her father was bitterly opposed to the movement party in the Church, of which he was a ruling-elder, and that he could not think favorably of any one op posed to him in opinion. She therefore apprehended that Mr. Calmsough’s re marks regarding her lover, though warmly laudatory, would nevertheless raise a serious obstacle to her further correspon dence with him ; and she was not mis taken. As Mr. Calmsough proceeded to detail what had taken place at the Hall, old Gideon’s face became clouded and he gave expression to his chagrin in various fnterruptions of the single-minded speaker, who was unconsciously raising a storm which, had he been aware of, ho would much rather have averted. * At the end of the minister’s remarks, Agnes looked timidly and tenderly at her father, as if imploring his forbearance, but he did not regard the appeal. In a cold but inflexible manner, he said, “ Perhaps, Mr Calmsough, you are not aware that the young man you speak of is one of Agnes’s admirers ; but after what you tell me, I shall take care to make him keep his distance.” “ Indeed,” replied the minister, “ I was not aware of the circumstance, but I regret to hear you speak so severely. All I have said of him ought rather to make you proud that your daughter is sought after by such an excellent young man. No one can more sincerely wish Miss Agnes well or respect her more than I do, but I cannot desire better fortune to her than that James Duncanson may be her husband. But come, -Aggy ! you are not to be ashamed or terrified. Your father will take my view of the subject when he gets time to think of it, and I will yot have the pleasure of tying the knot that is to make you Mrs. Duncanson.” But the young lady was too much agitated to remain longer in the company, and she retired immediately to her own apartment to hide her feelings. Her father, meanwhile, in spite of all Mr. Calmsough could say, renewed his protest against James Duncanson, and expressed his determination never to allow him to enter his dwelling or hold any correspon dence with his daughter. “No, no,” he said, “no daughter of mine, especially Agnes, shall be thrown away on a manse less, parishless minister. I knorv no fault worse in a young man designed for the ministry—nothing so likely to keep him down in his profession^—as new-fangled notions like what this youth has spoiled his prospects with. Since he is so wise in his own conceit, lie must just take his swing ; but I’ll take care that nae bairn of mine shall be preened to his fortunes. ” It was in vain that Mr. Calmsough re monstrated and argued against such harsh-

ness. Old Gideon became only the more inexorable the longer the subject was dis cussed, and the more that -was said to mollify his obstinacy. Next day when Mr. Duncanson knocked at the door, it was opened by a servant, who had been previously instructed by her master how to act. James received no invitation to enter, and, after being told that he could not see Miss Mont gomery, the door was rudely shut in his face. This treatment was as unexpected as it was heart-cutting and cruel. In James’s mind astonishment for a while predominated over other feelings, but it gradually gave way to grief and indigna tion. “This, then, is the part of the price," so ran his ruminations, “ which I must pay for keeping a good conscience ; for, no doubt the course to which I have committed myself has become known here, and been condemned. It is the sharpest thorn I have met wiih, and though I did not hope to find the path of duty smooth, I did not think I should be made to suffer in it quite so soon. But no matter, the die is cast, and I must abide the issue, be it good or ill.”

With such reflections did he move away from scenes endeared to him by many a fond association, relieving, or try to relieve, his mind by many a heavy heigh ho. One consoling thought occurred to him, and rapidly gained the strength of a conviction as he turned it over and over in his mind, and viewed it in all possible lights—namely, that Agnes could not be a party to the treatment he had received at,her father’s door. It was not possible she could. It was not in her nature to be so unfeeling, and so far forgetful of her love and truth. As this conviction settled firmly in his mind, the beautiful words of the forty-third Psalm acouvred to him, and he hummed them as he went along Why art thoa then cast down, my soul— What should discourage thee ? And why, with vexing thoughts, art thou Disquieted in me ?

Without well knowing wherefore, or having any precise purpose in view, the student took the direct road to Edin burgh, and travelled with an energy corresponding to the the excited state of his feelings. In a calmer mood, the low state of lii3 finances would have made him pause, and, perhaps, adopt a different course; for all the money he possessed was the balance of a five-pound note, which he had changed to pay his coach fare and some other matters before he left the city. His entire stock of cash did not amount to much above the half of that trifling sum ; and how he was to obtain more when should be exhausted could not easily be imagined. He had, indeed, flattered himself with the idea that he could earn a handsome income by private teaching ; but he well knew that the summer season, which w r as setting in, was not the time to seek such employ ment. Still he went on at a round pace, as if he had a pressure of business impell ing _ him forward, and a well-defined position to step into at his journey’s end. When he was several miles advanced on the road (for he intended to travel the whole way afoot for-the sake .of economy), he saw a,t some distance before him, and proceeding in the same direction, a rustic whose gait and person • seemed familiar to his eye. The pedestrian was

not walking quite bo rapidly as our hero, who accordingly overtook him, and was equally surprised and glad to recognise as his fellow-traveller no other than honest Bobin Afleck. Robin was dressed in his Sunday clothes, and evidently bound on no light or trivial errand. “ Where away, Robin ? ” was Mr. DuncaneoiTs first salutation to the ploughman;— “Where away, Robin?—you look as if you were on a journey.” “ I’m gaun till Embro’, Maister Jimes, and ye’re like as ye were gaun there yoursel’.” “ Indeed I atn, Robin; but I did not anticipate the pleasure of having your company. ” “ Aweel, sir, ye see ye ha’ got your ain luck ; for I’m gaun every fit o’ the road ; and, what’s mair, I’m gaun there to stay.” “Nonsense!—you mu3t be joking, Robin ? ” “No, I’m jokin’ nane ; it’s as sure’s death.” “ And what, pray, do you intend to do, may I ask ? ” “Ou ay, ye may speer what ye like, and I’ll no tell ye a -word o’ a lee. I’m gaun till Embro’ to be a stewdent, like yoursel’.” “ The more fool you, Robin, unless you know better what to make of your learning.” O fegs, I ken fine what 111 make o’t. I’ll mak myael’ a vet—veter—veterinary serjeant.” “ A veterinary surgeon, you mean ? ” “Ay, yes—in fack, just a horse-doctor. But that ugly name, veter—veterinary, frights me warst o’ a’. I’m no fear’t but it wad be a daft-like thing for a body no to be fit to gi’e their ain trade it’s learn’d name. But I’ll be hanz’d if I’ll ever be able.” “ But this is not the season for atten dance at the veterinary classes. You’ve mistaken the time by half a } 7 ear. ” “I’m no sae far mistae’n, Maister Jimes. I ken this is no the time for the public classes, but I want to get some lessons in a private way before the College opens ; for I’m but a rough clowt yet, and need a heap o’ clippin an’ calmin’ before I can gang decently in the traces wi’ them that’s been in trainin’ already.” “ Well, Robin, there’s some wisdom in your plan, if you can carry it out. But what means have you to enable you to become a student?—what has induced you to think of it ?—and how con you get so suddenty clear of my aunt’s service ? ” (To be continued—commenced on July 26.)

THE ASHBURTON HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1880.



Holloway’s Pills.—lmportant for the Delicate. —It is difficult to determine which is the more trying to the human constitution—the damp, cold days of the autumn and winter, or the keen, dry, easterly winds of springs Throughout the seasons good health may be maintained by occasional doses of Holloway’s Pills, which purify the blood and act as whole some stimulants to the skin, stomach, liver, bowels, and kidneys. This celebrated medicine needs but a fair trial to convince the ailing and desponding that it will restore and cheer them without danger, pain, or inconvenience, as by a timely recourse to them the first erring func aion’maybe reclaimed, suffering may be soared and life saved.—Advt.



Public Notices. EDUCATIONAL. IN retiring from my School Duties, I beg to inform my friends and the public that I have DISPOSED OF my my interest in my SCHOOL to Mr. Buchanan, who will from this date re ceive Pupils on his own account. DA YID DAVIDSON. Concerning the above advertisement, I beg to say I can take a few more scholars, and shall be happy to receive the names of intending Pupils. JOHN EDGAR BUCHANAN. Ashburton, July 26th, 1880. 71g-701c gPBBBgnggl BMBaSSEEBBBBSBlKB&IXIBSEBBISK 1 HmWTgKttlgW Business Notices. CHAFF ! CHAFF ! ! CHAFF ! ! ! FIRST CLASS CHAFF can now be obtained at 9d. per bag, by applying to B. C. SMITH, Carrier, 706 c Moore street. PUBLIC NOTICE. IF you want a first-class SEWING MACHINE, hand or treadle, either for Cash or Deferred Payment, go at once to T. R. HOUDER AND COMPANY, STOREKEEPERS, &c., Sole agents for Ashburton for the world famed “ Wanzers, ” for “Singer’s” superior simple working machines, and “ Wertheim’s ” celebrated. A Large Supply just Received. Orders Promptly Attended to. 636c-15a ANNUAL Clearing Sale !!! OP WINTER GOODS. WILLIAM GAVIN, EAST STREET, ASHBURTOJST. CHEAP SALE OP Winter Drapery, AT GREALY REDUCED RATES, TO SUIT THE TIMES. BARGAINS!!! 721 c



Business Notices. ‘ W. WHITE, CONFECTIONER AND BAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, I[>EGS to announce that he has taken JD the business lately carried on by Edward Taylor, Baker, &c., Saunders’ Buildings, and trusts by supplying a first class article at a moderate price, to merit a continuance of public support. Best Bread, 41b. Loaf, Od/Cash. W. WHITE, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS. 928g-550c



EVERETT BROS. AND CO., CHEAP DRAPERS, HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON. E. B. and Co. are now showing their TINTERTY R A P E R Y, Comprising EVERY NOVELTY IN EACH DEPARTM ENT. NEW GOODS ARRIVING MONTHLY. 505 c DON’T PASS THIS BY !! STOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. IF you want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. EAD the following, then call and in spect the Goods. ( YARDS READY ) TO CUT. UST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to be got for money UPERIOR in quality to anything ever yet shown in Ashburton. SAMPLES TO SELECT FROM Comprising the following : German Cloths, plain and fancy, the most fashionable Beaver Cloths, suitable for Winter Scotch Tweeds, assorted Mosgiel ~ „ Kaiapoi ~ ~ West of England Cloths Bedford Cords Irish Frieze, &c., &c., THIS IS THE MAN FOR MY MONEY. \\ov ta GO TO f. Triangle, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. c ALL and inspect this Splendid Assort ment before you order. [OTTO: Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms—Cash. s TYLE and Finish second to none. EC £1 Is. Cash for a Pair CONOMY ) of Trousers } £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed ( Suit. 780g-390c NOTICE. WESTERFIELD MILL. TO FARMERS, BAKERS, & OTHERS. fJHE Westerfield Mill is now in full w r ork, and the public can be supplied with FIRST-CLASS FLOUR on most reason able terms. Every attention will be given to Public Gristing, and farmers' from a distance can have grist done immediately after de livery. Apply to the Miller, HENRY BOWERS. Grain stored on liberal terms. 389c-796g NEW INDUSTRY. ASPHALTING. JAMES BRADLEY is prepared to take orders for ASPHALTING at very moderate rates. All orders to be left at theJWorks, Park srreet. All work kept in repair for twelve months. 695 c TINWALD. XrrANTED KNOWN— C. HAWKINS * * and CO., have opened a Large and Varied Stock of Boots and Shoes, and having engaged a PROPER BOOT and SHOE MAKER, can guarantee Good Fit and Workmanship. Men’s Strong Water tights 14s. 6d. per pair. No connection with any other shop. Note Address: Next door to S. Stephens, Saddler. 693 c WANTED KNOWN—That 0. Haw kins, The Tinwald Bootmaker, has REMOVED to premises Opposite the Tinwald Post Office, where he is still open to Sell first-class Boots and Shoes at his usual Cheap Rates. All kinds of Boots Made and Repaired. 805g—417c



Business Notices. “ A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOR EVER.” THE advertiser wishes to remind the re sidents of Ashburton Town and County that his Studio is open every day for the taking of Photographs, and that his apparatus for this purpose is very complete. Carte-de-viste, and cabinet size portraits, views of buildings, landscapes, etc., can be taken in all weathers, and an inspection of his show cases and studio walls is invited. The advertiser is prepared to guarantee a satis factory portrait of the sitter, inasmuch as he has supplied himself with all the latest improvements in the Photographic art. He makes a specialty of COPYING Pictures also, and parties having a por trait of a friend can have it multiplied to any extent. Having secured the services of an artistic colorist, patrons 1 tastes can be satisfied on this point. Prices are reduced to a minimum, and are now within the reach of all. G. F. Henry, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASH BURTON. 73g-702c LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & PARIS. Craighead & Co., Merchant Tailors, TANCRED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 9S2a-4450 NEV/ PROPRIETOR. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Havelock Street. THE undersigned having taken the above Hotel, hopes by strict atten tion to business to merit a fair share of Public patronage. Board and Lodging, LI per week; Meals and Beds, Is. GEORGE WATTS. Proprietor. 644 c



Ashburton Bakery, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. rnsoMAs T AYL O R , BAKER, PASTRYCOOK, AND CON FECTIONER. AIL ARTICLES GUARANTEED TO BE OE THE BEST QUALITY. Soiree, Picnic, and Wedding Parties supplied on the shortest notice. jHOT TEA, COFFEE & PIES From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. till 11 p.m. THOMAS TAYLOR, Ashburton Bakery. 492 c



AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF NEW BILLS, ACTS, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. THE following NEW BILLS intro duced into Parliament can be ob tained at the Ashburton Guardian office : No. 21 Adulteration Prevention ~ 20 Aliens ~ 22 Animals Protection ~ 30 Bank and Bankers ~ 31 Bills of Exchange Procedure ~ 15 Brands and Branding ~ 23 Building Societies ~ 33 Chattels Securities ~ 35 Corrupt Practices Prevention ~ 24 Cruelty to Animals ~ 25 Deaths by Accidents Compensa tion ~ 19 Dog Registration ~ 14 Fencing ~ 4 Fisheries ~ 38 Hospitals and Charitable Insti tutions ~ 13 Impounding „ 26 Juries ~ 17 Licensing ~ 27 Marriage ~ 28 Married Women’s Property Pro tection ~ 32 Mercantile Law ~ 11 Native Land Court ~ 12 Native Land Sales ~ 34 Regulation of Elections ~ 45 Pharmacy ~ 42 Municipal Corporations Acts Amendment Also, Financial Statement, with Tables Estimates for 1880-81, in detail Roport of the Civil Service Commission. CROWN LANDS GUIDE, No. 11., With Map of the North Island. WEEKS AND DIXON, Authorised Agent



Business Notices. CASH IN DEMAND AND CASH ON DEMAND AT ASHBURTON, A REAL GENUINE CASH SALE OF Drapery, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Sewing Machines, Crockeryware and General Merchandise. FOR ONE MONTH ONLY Commencing THURSDAY NEXT, JULY 22nd. T. R. H. and Co. deem it the most prudent Course under present circum stances to quickly clear oft' about .€3,000 WORTH of their well bought and well selected Stock. The few quotations now made should convey to the public some idea of the IMMENSE REDUCTIONS in their different departments. OBSERVE THE PRICES!!! FOR NET CASH ONLY. Drapery, Winceys, 3f-d. per yard to Is. 9d. Wide crisp Saxony Wincey, reduced from 10|d. to 6|d. A lot of Dress Stuffs reduced from Is. to 6fd. All Wool Serges, Cloaking, &c., reduced from Is. 9d. to Is. id. French Merino, Russel Cords, Persian Cords, Alpaccas, Cobourgs, Baratheas, &c., &c., all reduced Rochdale Flannels (our own importing from the Manufacturers), reduced from Is. 6d to Is. id. per yard Grey Calicos, fine and heavy, reduced from ss. 6d. to 4s. per dozen Super Wide Mexicans, reduced from 7id. per yard to 6d. Heavy Twilled Unbleached Sheeting, Is. 9d., reduced to Is. 4^d. Do. Do. White, reduced from Is. Bd. to Is. 2d. Colored Counterpanes, 3s. lid. Horrock’s Long Cloths, 4s. 7id. per dozen The above Cotton Goods, splendid value, being old stock A large lot of Children’s Black Cloth Jackets, about half price, 4s. lid. to 10s. 9d. Women’s ditto, 13s. lid. to 485., about 30 per cent, reduction A lot of new Costumes, reduced from 30s. and 255. to 18s. lid. Colored Cotton Shirtings, reduced from j B~r to si-d. per yard Crimean Shirting, reduced from is. 2d. to Is. id. per yard Men’s Colored Fancy Regatta Shirts, reduced from 3s. 6d. to Is. 9d. Men’s Strong Working Shirts, reduced from 3s. 6d to 2s. fid. Felt Carpets, Is. 3d. per yard Hemp Druggetts 8i per yard White Blankets reduced from 15s. to 11s. fid.' Super. Whitneys, Kaiapoi, Roslyn, Grey, Blue, and Scarlet, equally reduced A large lot of Women’s Dressed and Rough Brown Stockings, worth Is. 2d., reduced to Bid. per pair 60 dozen Plain, Striped, and Fancy Cotton and Merino, at and under cost price A splendid assortment of Millinery Hats, Bonnets, Feathers, Flowers, Ribbons, Laces, Fancy Goods will be sold REGARDLESS OF COST. Berlin Wools, Is. 9d. quarter - pound packet; outside colors, Is. 3d. per packet. Ladies’ Linen Cuffs and Collars reduced from Is. to fiid. Clothing. 85 Men’s Tweed Suits from 275. fid. Victorian Heavy All-wool Extra-finished Suits,'reduced from £4 to £3, guaran teed Tweed and Doeskin Trousers from 7s. 9d. per pair A job lot of 50 pairs heavy Tweeds, original price, 16s. 6d. and 14s. fid., all reduced to 10s. 9d. per pair Men’s Strong Tweed Coats from 15s. 9d. Men’s Blue Diagonal fast-color, 205.; Trousers and Vests, 18s. fid. Men’s heavy Beaver Munster Coats, worth 425.; reduced to 295. 6d. Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing equal bargains Men’s Heavy Colonial Wool Socks, re duced from 2s. to Is. Bd. Men’s Heavy Colonial Wool Socks, re duced from 2s. fid. to 2s. 2d. Men’s Wool Shirts, Drawers Tweed and Felt Hatß, Tweeds, Doe skins, &c. —Bargains



Boots and Shoes. A large lot bought from an overstocked market at LESS THAN ENGLISH COST PRICE. Ladies’ Kid, Elastic-side, Buttoned, and Lace, worth from 11s. 6d. to 14s. 6d., all at Bs. lid. per pair Ladies’ Strong Imitation Kid, 4s. lid. per pair Men’s Strong Elastic-side, 10s. Gd. Men’s best make Colonial Shooting, 15s. Gd. Men’s Heavy "VYatertights, 15s. Gd. Men’s Bluchers, Bs. Gd. Sewing Machines, Hand and Treadle, best makers, Wanzer, Wevtheim, Singer’s (for which we are Sole Agents in Ashburton). Liberal Reductions on List Prices. Inspection invited of our prices and qualities of Groceries and Provisions, Crockery, Brush ware, Glassware, Hard ware, and Cutlery. Horse-covers, best quality, 225. Gd. NOTICE. The whole stock clea recently-bought, and well-selected. No Patterns cut or Goods sent out on approbation during Sale. Net Cash only at the re-marked and greatly reduced prices at T. R. HODDER & COMP YS



Edmiston, Sundry & Co- TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS, AND ' Hii Messrs, edmiston, & CO. have ON SALE' Farm d Station Stores, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. A GRASS & CLOVER SEEDS. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. FARM DRAYS. - ' We have just received a well-assorted shipment of BUILDING TIMBER, INCLUDING WHITE & BLACK PINE TOTARA * KAURI T. & G. FLOORING MATCH LINING, &c. ALSO • ' ■ 500 TONS BEST A NEW C A S T L'E C O A LAN We would draw special attention to our stock of BUILDERS’ IRONMONGERY FURNITURE, &c., &c. AGENTS FOR JOEL’S : CELEBRATED DUNEDIN BEER. In case, kilderkins, barrels, and hogsheads. All orders left at our office will be punctually attended to. LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOR C ASH. ' EDMISTON, GUNDRY & CO.



SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY ' (FIRE AND MARINE). ■ ; Capital £1,000,000. THE COMPANY is prepared to talcs risks on all kinds of Property at CURRENT RATES. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & Co., Agents, Ashburton. AUSTRALIAN! MUTUAL VIDENT SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED 1849. PRO LIFE ASSURANCE on the MUTUAL ' PRINCIPLE. ACCUMULATED FUNDS, £3,000,000. This Company offers special advantages. For particulars apply to EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., East Street, Ashburton. TITLES UNDER THE LAND TRANSFER ACT. MESSRS. EDMISTON, GUNDRY & Co., Licensed land brokers, Under the Land Transfer Act, East Street, Ashburton. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROYED FREEHOLD SECURITY. 106 T. Bullock. rjlO LET FOR CROPPING, 150 Acres on the Wakanui Estate 200 „ FOR SALE OR TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, 439 Acres, all fenced, and partly improved situated in Wakanui A compact Farm, all fenced, well-watered, and partly in English Grass. Improve ments consist of a comfortable 266 TOWN PROPERTIES. That Valuable TOWN SECTION, 159, Tancred Street, will be Sold very cheap, and on easy terms. 539, (part of) £ of an acre, terms same as as above. 341, Kermode Street. 77 37, (Lot) Mayo’s Block. 78, (Lot) with Dwelling-house of Seven Rooms, near the Parsonage; East To wn Belt. Lots 503, 504, 509, 510, Tinwald, con* taining One Acre. TO LET, ,NE of those Newly Erected COT TAGES in Tancred Street, near Mr. Austee’s Private Hotel. Commodious BOARDING-HOUSE in East Street. Shop and Office in East Street. That old established Blacksmith’s Work shop, next the Horse Bazaar, Burnett Street. Also, Cottage, near the above, lately occupied by Mr. H. J. Edwards. 571 c T. BULLOCK. Business Notices IN BANKRUPTCY. W : EEKS & DIXON have on Sale a their Office, East Street North,-- PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, *,• FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT. Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE.