To show that the farmers are pleased with the string hinders both Messrs. Mason,' Strothers, and 00., and Messrs. Morrow Bassett, and Co. have already received orders for their respective machines.

We take the following account of a trial ■ ' of the Wood string binder from the Mel bourne Argus : Though numerous attempts were made to use string in place of ivire, none have stood the test of actual work till the ' Wood’s harvester and self-acting, string binder appeared on the scene. This machine is the most perfect piece of agri cultural machinery that has yet been con structed even by the skillful inventors of America. In construction it is much more simple than the wire binders we have seen at work, and the draught is much lighter.. One of these machines was shown at work on the farm of Mr. Allen Cameron, of Janefield, on Dec. 29, in the presence of a number of farmers residing in the district.. It was tried on a small piece of wheat estimated to yield about 35 bushels . to the acre. The patch was about three quarters of an acre in extent, and though much time was lost in turning so fre quently, the whole was cut down in 25 immutes. The work was done admirably, the sheaves being tied firmly and well, and those present satisfied themselves by actual experiment that -they could be thrown about without any danger of the string becoming untied. A pair of ordi nary farm horses walked along at the rate pf about three and a half miles an hour t when cutting the crop, and at that rate did not seem to be unduly exerting tliein / selves. The machine used was taken from America to England a few months ago, and exhibited at work, at Cheshire, where it cut about 60 acres of grain in October last. The work was very difficult owing to the great growth of weeds in the crop occasioned bv the extreme wet ness of the season. The corn was cut in a highly satisfactory manner, and without the slightest, accident happening to the machine. It was then packed up and shipped to Melbourne by the s.s. Orient. The expressions of admiration by those on the ground on the occasion of the present trial were unanimous. It was admitted that at last .the problem had been solved, and that a reaper and binder had been

produced entirely free from the drawbacks attending those which have preceded it. The mechanism is so arranged that each sheaf is made exactly the same size, no ' matter how much the crop may vary, and the size of the sheaf may be regulated by

a very simple contrivance. In delivery the sheaf is thrown on the butt end, so that in very ripe graiu as little shock as possible is given, in order that no loss of grain may .occur. The sheaves are all laid 1 the same way, and the land has thus a very . neat appearance when the grain is cut. The corn on being cut falls on a revolving apron, which carries it to the elevator,

whence it it is conveyed to the binding table. Here it is caught by revolving rake fingers, which bring it down the table k against a compressor, which acts as Ff an automatic trip to throw the binder in gear. As soon as a sufficient quantity of grain is thus brought together, the pressure throws the trip forward so as to put the binder in gear. The binding arm then comes forward from beneath the

table, carrying the string round the sheaf ; at the same time the automatic ti’ip, which has just acted fo put the binding machi nery in gear, is now moved back to act as a compressor, to give the desired compres sion on the sheaf. After the knot is

securely tied, the binding arm recedes under the table, and a forked arm, work ing on a crank, thrusts the now securely bound sheaf off the table, and recedes till * another sheaf lias been formed. The machine for tying the sheaf is situated /above the grain,„and consists of three pieces. It is as simple in construction as

' that for fastening with wire, and as little likely to gee out of order, The string for binding is carried on a small wooden case at the rear of the binding-table, about half a day’s work being put in at a time. - The cost of the stHng is about one-tliird les3 than that of binding-wire. In shape

the sheaves are somewhat flatter than it is usual to make them. . There is no strain

on the string till the sheaf is set free, and thus such a thing as a break in the string never occurs. The new machine has been extensively tried in the United States and Canada, and has always given great satis faction. v The advantages claimed for this machine are, that no matter in what shape the grain ‘ comes up the elevatar, it is straightened out by the .rake-fingers so as

i to make a good-shaped sheave. The"grain is protected from high winds from the . time it enters the elevator till it is bound in a sheaf. The whole of the machine is protected by a strongwooden frame, which projects beyond it, and preserves it from injury. The new reaper and binder i 3 manufactured by Mr. Walter A. Woods, of Hoosick Falls, N. Y. The cost of the new reaper and binder is said to be about the same as those I already in use, in which the sheaves are V bound with wire, t'Vv ■

Partisanship. —The celebrated Angli can Bishop of Manchester, in the course of an address delivered in the Albert Hall, Leeds, in connection with the open ing of the lecture session of the Mechanics’ Institute, said : —“ One of the moat re-

i' gretable p phenomena of the day is the bitterness, almost the fierceness, that is infusing itself into political antagonism. I know that this will give offence to some, - but I cannot help it. I never see a hew Liberal or Conservative club rising in its .architectural splendour—for whatever V pressure there may be in other directions, there always seems to be money forth coming for these palatial structures—

than the thought springs,up in my mind,

‘ There is another bulwark of parfci&ftp ■■ plan, appthefi fp, thp formation idS a goppp, genpyoug, emlightpnec opinion onnational qupstipps/” Holloway's Pills. — Pure Bloods As the j vital fluid, when in a h e <tUhy snstaint and renQYateS nvefy pa.Vt of the living system, SO, When it becomes iippoyerished or impure it exerts a precisely contrary effect-- It is - abundantly manifest that any medicine which does not reach the circulation can never exter minate the disease j Inn any preparation capa ble of exercising a salutary influence over the bipod, must with it be carried to every living fibre of the frame. The lungs, heart, livei,

kidneys, and skin, all receive benefits from its more wholesome condition. Holloway’s puri > ; lying Pills operate directly, powerfully, and beneficially, upon the whole mass of blood, • whether venous or arterial. They strengthen the stomach, excite the liver- and kidneys, fe: ':-expel disease, and prolong existence.—ADVT.

THE DISPUTED RAILS.

The Government and Ashburton.

How much, or rather how little the County of Ashburton owes to the Grey Government was made apparent at last Countv Council meeting by a corres pondence that had taken place between the Hon. Mr. Oliver, the present Minister for Public Works, and Mr. E. G. Wright, the member for the. district, who is also Treasurer of the County Council, and who read the correspondence. In Mr. Weight’s letter to the Minister he traced the history of the Mount Somers railway from the original vote of £IO,OOO by the Canterbury Provincial Council for its

construction to its taking over by the Colonial Government as a part of Mr. Macandrew’s celebrated railway scheme. Mr. Macandrerv does not stick at trifles, and knowing that he had no support to gain from the Coleridge district, he was quite ready to serve the necessities of his

party at the expense of the Ashburton district. The £IO,OOO voted by the Pro vincial Council had been expended in rails for the proposed line to Mount Somers. These rails the rapacious

Colonial Government did not think twice about making use of on colonial railways 1 ? When asked to replace them they re luctantly offered to supply rails 1o the value of L 6400, or money to that amount instead of LIO,OOO, the original cost of the rails they had gorged for the colonial lines. They put forth, in plea for this pro

ceeding, that the price of iron had so fallen that .the LIO,OOO wo rib of rails could be replaced for the smaller sum. To save bother the County accepted the

compromise, and the Mount Somers line •was to proceed as a County railway. Then it struck Mr. Macandrew that the line was worth appropriating as a part of his general scheme, and he adopted it accordingly. But a wide-awake man is Mr. Macandrew,

and one has to rise up early to get to windward of him. Fancy the County’s astonishment when they found that, after all, the £6,400 was to be annexed by Go vernment again, by being stopped from subsidies. Truly it was high time we got rid of the , Liberal Government, with its high flown ideas of reform, and got into power a Minister who respected fair dealings to the extent at least of giving us what was honestly and undeniably our own. For a straight piece of hard im pudence commend us to the loss through Mr. Macandrew’s barefaCedness of the £6,400 ; and let us thank Mr. Oliver’s honesty and Mr. Wright’s ’cuteness for its recovery. .

Inopportune Music. —Sir Star Blank, a distinguished citizen and public man in one of the Australian colonies, has been, and I believe still is, dangerously ill. In fact, his sickness, it is feared, is of mortal character. How, in the city where he lives a volunteers’ brass band has been lately organised, and the members are enthusiastic and eager. They occupy for their band practice a house next to that in which Sir S. B. lies ill. The band— determined to be prepared for the worst contingency—is vigorously practising “The Dead March ” for his funeral, which, although considerate in itself, does not tend to greatly cheer the spirits of the sick man next door.—ASgles. Rock Oil. —The editor of the Poverty Bay “Herald” offers to contribute five guineas from his own purse, and endeavor to induce the directors of the paper to subscribe double that sum, towai’ds raising a fund to be expended in boring for oil in the Poverty Bay District.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD

■ I Monl>av, Janparv i2, i r$D



Conveyances. OPPOSITION THE SQUL OF TRADE. REDUCTION IN FARES. TH. BREWER-, in thanking the public . of Ashbnrton', Longbeaeh, and Water ton, for their liberal support in the past, begs to announce to his numerous customers and friends, that lie intends running his Coach DAILY as usual ; and he now in tends making considerable Reductions in the Fares. ■ ' T. H. B. relies on the support of his hitherto numerous patrons to enable him to carry out the above motto. T. H. BREWER, Proprietor. 895a —333



NOTICE. m IT. BREWER’S COACH leaves g , Longbeach for Ashburton DAILY at 8 a. in. via Waterton, 8.40 a.m., Ashton, 9 a.m., Wheatstone, 9.15 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in time for the 10 o’clock trains. The Coach returns by th§ same route, on arrival of the 3 p.m. train from Christchurch. Booking Office—Cox street. All orders, parcels, and telegrams punctually attended to. T. 11. BREWER, Proprietor. . 89Ga—347 ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the . MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday, and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.m. ROYAL MAIL COACH. ASHBURTON TO LONGBEACH. , Great Reductions in Fares. NEW ARRANGEMENTS, JANUARY Ist, 1880. EORGE WILLOOCKS begs respect \JT fully tq announce that he will com mence running the Royal Mail Corch, ! froip January Ist, 1880, between Ash : burton, Tinwald, Wheatstone, Ashton, ; Waterton, and Longbeach, carrying Pas j sqngers and Parcels at considerably re duced rates. Having engaged an experi enced coachman, thoroughly acquainted with the district, the public can rely on all orders for parcels receiving careful and prompt attention. " Passengers will be carried at prices 'within the means of everyone, and by so doing the proprietor trusts to receive a larger amount of patronage from the Town and Country. Booking . Offices—For Passengers, at Quill’s Commercial Hotel,. Ashburton ; for Parols, at the M Guardian” and “ Herald ” Ashburton j and Post Office, Longbeach, 82Ga • GEORGE WILCOCKS.



Business Notices. J O S E P II w A R E>, F A M ILYB U T 0 II E R, PETER STREET, (Opposite Jourrieau’s Smithy)



EG S to inform the Public of Ash- JD burton that be will Open trie Shop lately occupied by G. Pike, < n JAISU ARY 3rd, as Family Butcher, and trusts by supplying none but a good article, to merit a share of public support. Families waited on daily for orders, which will receive prompt attention. JOSEPH WARD, 892 a Butcher. AGRICULTURAL PAPERS.



rjpHE PUBLISHERS have much pleasure in intimating to the Farmers of the Couuty of Ashburton, that they have issued THIS DAY (Saturday), Tan. 10th, a reprint in pamphlet form of a selection of



AGRICULTURAL PAPERS Read before the Lincoln Farmers’ Club, compiled by J. Stanley Bruce, Esq., Price One Shilling. Orders for the above pamphlet, ac companied by thirteen stamps, should be addresssed to WEEKS & DIXON, Publishers, East Street. NE W ZEALAND WESLE YJN Published Monthly.



TTJST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealand pjl Wesleyan” for January Price 6d Sold at the Herald Oftice, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. IB -1 O lEI ± 8 S O .



The press almanac And Diary Can be obtained from the undersigned. Price—One Shilling. WEEKS AND DIXON,



Herald j Office, Near "Railway Station. FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, &c., &o. NOW OPEN. F. . FURNESS BEGS to inform the public of Ash burton that he has just opened a



NEW STOCK OF FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY



IN THE SHOP NEXT TO HODDER & CO.’S, Saunders’ New Buildings, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Dates, Nuts, . Almonds, Confectionery, Biscuits, &c., &c., &c. G7Ba



DIARIES ! DIARIES ! ! DIARIES ! ! ! have just received a splendid assortment of LETTS’ DIARIES for 1880, an inspection of which is invited. OFFICE DIARIES, POCKET DIARIES, SCRIBBLING DIARIES, DIARIES OF EVERY description WEEKS & DIXON, “ Herald ” and “ Guardian ” Offices. Near the Railway Station.



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



Public Notice. FOR S ALE BY PRIVATE TREATY.



■\T7"2j have the following Properties; \ V placed in our hands for Private Treaty : TIN W ALT) : 150 Acres improved land, It. S. 21009 situated 1-|-miles from Timvald, par in crop, and a permanent stream of water running through the pro-



perty. 131 Acres improved land, R. S. 18097, 20307, 20300, 23308, situated -?; mile from Tinwald, fenced and sub divided into 3 paddocks, with two streams of water running through the land, also a nicely well-finished three-roomed cottage thereon. 300 Acres Education Reserve, in crop.



HART’S RUN : 260 Acres Unimproved Land WAKANUI : 127 Acres Improved Land.



ÜBURBAN BUILDING SECTIONS, ASHBURTON TOWNSHIP : Lot 93 E. Belt, with four-roomed cottage. T.S. 458, Burnett Street, with three-



roomed cottage. TIN WALD : ■ Lots, 182, 183, GO. WATS RT ON : Lots 102, 103, 104, 105, 106. WAKANUI: Lots 74, .75.



HINDHOPE: Lots 1,2, 8, 10, 13, 15. TREYORTON : Several Sections. For further particulars apply to EDMISTON BROS! '& gunbey, Auctioneers and Estate Agents. SALE by. the undersigned—



50 Bags Potatoes Grain Strippers 8.. and G. D F Ploughs 50 Bales Wool Packs 100 Bales Corn Sacks And all kinds of stores, Ac.



Agents for the Marsh Reaper and Rinding Machine EDMISTON BROS'. & GUN DRY. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY. Auctioneer, Stock, Land, and Commission Agent. Farms, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER,' Offices, Saunders Buildings, Ashburton. 737 a



TENDERS required for Stooking, Loading, and Stacking about 500 acres crop. Tenders to be sent to the undersigned not later than MONDAY, 19th instant. W. H. RUNDLE, 921 a The Grange. TO Persons desirous of renting GRASS LAND near town, 120 ACRES to Let, situated close to the Racecourse. Rent low. T. BULLOCK. TO LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. TROR SALE, 50 Acres GRASS, suitable



JLj for Seed or Hay.. T. BULLOCK. mO LET, at a Very Low Rental, TV/O J. SHOPS in East Street ; also, one in Burnett Street. T. BULLOCK. T O LE T , WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, 453 ACSES ’ 453 Which would make a very compact farm, situated 'at the back of Mr. Digby's. Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK,



FOR SALE, A GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur ton. Apply to 2— 866 a THOMAS. BULLOCK. VO R SAL E , A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, x\_ and re&’ly first-class land of about



200 acres,. For full situated on Lonsrbeach Estate particulars, apply to THOMAS BULLOCK. 6



FOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 150 Acres, partly improved, and situated about three and a half miles from the Township. Apply to 5 THOMAS BULLOCK. IIT ANTED Known, the “Ashburton * * Herald ” circulates throughout the



Provincial District of Canterbury. /^niNIQUY 5 S .LECTURES.—H. M. VY Joses, Stationer, Baring square.



Business Notices. NEW IR ONMONGERY BUSINESS. ORR AND Go., YflT ILL open the Premises lately V f occupied as their Drapery Depart | ment, corner of East and Tancred Streets, on Saturday, the 13th December, with a well assorted Stock of HOUSE FURNISHING / ' . AND GENERAL IRONMONGERY. The Success attending this Depart ment of our Pmsiness has induced us to give it special attention. To do this more effectively we will devote the Premises as above to this trade only, and trust that our sedulous endeavours to meet the growing wants of this important district will in future, as in the past, be amply repaid for this addition to our Business. The following leading lines, as well as the numberless useful articles in an Iron mongers stock, will be found in value to bear favorable comparison with any other house in the colony McCORMACKS REAPERS AND BINDERS. Harvesting Tools ’ Bolts and Nuts.. Files and Rasps Lard and Castor Oil Machine Fittings Sewing Twine Weighing Machines :



Spring Balances Churns and Buckets Tubs and Cheese Vats Ranges and Grates Fenders and Fireirons Sash Cords and Weights Brass Foundry Hammers and Sledges Copper Rivets and Washers Spanners and Wrenches Blacksmiths Tools Carpenters Tools Bedsteads and Cots Perambulators Bolts and Springs Axes and Hatchets Gate Hinges Nails and Washers Mortice Locks Rim Locks Padlocks Augers and Boring Machines Braces and Bits Hedge Knives Rope and Ream Cord Lawn Mowers Sheet Lead and Zinc Plain Sheet Iron Galvanised Iron Bar and Rod Iron



Pumps and Piping Washing Machines Wringing Machines Mangles Tin Goods, all kinds Kettles, Boilers, and Sauc<p ans Boilers and Frames Balhs and Sponges Portable Forges Guns, Breechloaders Guns, Slug and Double Barrel Pcwr’.ev, Shots, Caps, &c. Preserving Pans Slew Pans •Plated Goods Cruets Table Cutlery Spoons and For os: Scales and Weights American Stoves Colonial Ovens Camp Ovens Fencing Wire Ploughs ssml? Harrows ChaSTc utters Horse. Gears



ORB AND CO., Importers &. General Merchants ASHBURTON AND- RAKAJAv 1



Business Notices. JUST ARBrVSI), . , ‘ A OH 01 CE ASS ORT MENT • op . OFFICE ' AND . HOUSEHOLD STATIONERY, PAPER BAGS, •- \ • ACCOUNT BOOKS, . DIARIES, &c. To Meet the Requirements of ti ie County of Ashburton,



WEEKS & DIXON Are now Importing, direct from tl . makers, Every description of Commercial, Law, and General Stationery, which they :are in a position to supply, wholesale or r yiail, at prices that will compare favorably with. • any house in the Colony. The Goods now being op- !jne d up include a Choice Assortment of .* plain -and Fancy ‘ ' i Note Papers and Envelop jSj atl d some very superior kinds. LO 2 CASES SHY j,TIONEEY BALES PAPER 10 2



Commei .0' lal and Law Stationery I'Toteps srs i n great variety Envel o’ pes of the newest styles Inks' :s nc j s and Eottles Per is and Penholders P‘ >y unis and Pencil Cases J A.' ccount and Pocket Books, Etc. /Biscuit Bags Flour Bags Milliners’ Bags.



Wholesale and Retail,



LIBE EiAL DISCOUI IT FOR CASH.



BOOKS (SCRAP, ALB UMS, &c\, &c.) We have a small lot of the above, and being desirous of clearing out there ai’ticles, we , shall "fa >e glad to dispose of them at " fERY LO W RATES, sn as io make ro 0 m for inco. ming consigin-ents of General., Stationery.



WIEKS A TSf- D DIXO2T SaukdeSks’ AST «. T R ‘E E T, A? burton.



General Merchants.



WA a t TED KNOWN, • v , at T. 11. HODDER & COMPY.’S, East street Ashburton opposite Railway Station, just received LARGE ADDI TIONS of STOCK to their several Departments.



A Job Lot o£ Light and Dark Dress Stuffs. Splendid Value G|cl. to l/l£ per yard, worth from lQjrd. .to 2/6. Costumes, Jackets, Scarfs, Ties, Stays, Hosiery, Gloves, Prints. Carpets 'from per yard. Scotch, 'and Manchester Goods, &c. ,



w ANTED KNOWN, that T. R. lIODDER & COMPY. ha T ,- e greater facilities for carrying on their DRESSMAKING, having an additional 3? .corn, increased number of Hands and $ iiiperior Gutter, ’.with Style, Despatch, • and Econom}'.



WANTED KNO WN, that T. B. HODDER & COMPY. have in their CLOTHING DEPART MENT— Men’s good Tweed Trousers, 9s. 9d. per pair Men’s good Tweed Suits, 395. 6d. Boys’ Suits, 9s. 9d. Tweeds—English, Scotch, and' Co lonial ; 92 pieces to choose from. WANTED KNOWN, that the TAILORING DEPART MENTS is under the management of a Superior Cutter, i Volunteer’s Uniforms made with dis patch. Gents’ Suits. Dress, Frock Walking and Morning Coats. , \ Riding Suits, Pants, Gaiters, &c. Ladies’ Habits, Jackets, and Dresses cut by Tailor on an improved principle ; also. Shirts, and Gents’ Underclothing, made to order on the shortest notice. A GOOD SUIT OF TWEED Improved _ Cut and Workmanship with Fit Guaranteed 10s. for



-%~KT ANTED KNOWN, W that BOOT AND SHOE DE PARTMENT has every Style and quality, Imported and Colonial, at prices not to be surpassed. Wanted known, that CROCKERY and GLASS WARE DEPARTMENT has a very large and Varied Stock. WANTED KNOWN, that the GROCERY and PRO VISION DEPARTMENT is character ised by the BEST QUALITIES of TEAS SUGARS SOAPS DRIED FRUITS &c. And Best brands of Italian Warehouseman’s Goods sold at the SMALLEST POSSIBLE PROFIT. IRONMONGERY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. ' ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. I. R. .HODOER & GOMPY