trade consisted of excessive drinking, and so long as that was the case there could be no good regulation. These were a few of the defects of the Bill, and when it got into Committee he would use his endeavors for their removal. Dr* Wallis agreed with the previous speaker in thinking that total prohibition was the right cure for this evil. Govern ment j however, could not afford to dis pense with the revenue arising out of the traffic, and the vested interests which had grown out of it were very considerable. He would support a measure for the total prohibition of the traffic in spirits. Turn ing to the Bill before the House, he noticed that it proposed a modified course, but he contended, that the full measure of local option should be given. He knew why it had not been given ; it was the question of compensation that frightened them. He agreed with the general principles of the Bill, and would give it his support, reserv ing to himself the privilege of making a few suggestions when it got into Com mittee.

Mr. Saunders regretted that the subject was not felt to be one of more importance to the House. He disputed a theory put forward by the previous speaker that alcohol was beneficial under certain con ditions. The Hon. T. Dick replied he was not surprised that exception was taken to parts of the Bill. His only surprise, in a Bill so large, would be if these exceptions were not taken. Some of the suggestions made were good, .and he hoped to see them given effect to i others he believed would not be an improvement. The two parties, the publicans and temperance party, had each their representatives in the House, and ho doubt ample justice would be done to both causes. He only hoped that when it came out of Committee it would be found a Bill calculated to promote the best interests of the community as a whole. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday. lodgers’ PROTECTION BILL. Mr. Stewart moved the second reading of the Lodgers’ Protection Bill. The Hon. J. Hall thought the Bill a desirable one.. . The motion was put and carried. FEMALE REDRESS BILL. Mr. Stewart moved the second reading of the Female Redress Bill. It was a measure which . had the sanction of the Judges at Home. In 1867 a case was tried in the Courts in England. A member of a church had a charge pre ferred of unchastity. She appealed to the Law Courts, and it was found that the law could not give her redress. He quoted from the law books to show that such imputations were not actionable unless it could be shown that she had sustained special damages. At present a woman might be disgraced and her use fulness impaired, all because the law afforded her no protection. The Hon. J. Hall said he had heard no reason for legislation. At the present time the subject had not been taken up in the Home country, and he did not see the necessity for it yet. He would oppose the motion.

Mr. Shepherd said that when he read the Bill, it struck him that properly speaking it should !be called a Bill for the protection of abandoned women. A woman living a loose life might bring an action against every one who said a word against her, and the result would be that she might ruin , her husband with costs. If the Bill were amended in that respect, he would like to see it passed. Mr. Macandrew thought the second reading at all events should be granted. Mr. McLean thought the Bill might lead to great hardships. He moved as an amendment—“ That the Bill be read that day six months.” Mr. Stewart replied that he would be willing to insert a clause about the costs, so as to meet the only real objection that had been stated. If the House allowed the motion te pass he would not press the matter further this session. The amendment being withdrawn, the motion was put and carried. OAMARU HARBOR. Mr. Shrimski moved the second reading oftheOamaru Harbor Board Act, 1876, Amendment Bill. The Bill was read a second time.

THE GARDENER.

NOTES FOR THE PRESENT MONTH, BY A , PROFESSIONAL GARDENER. JUNE. KITCHEN GARDEN. Little remains to be done at this season • further than the storing of potatoes, carrots, parsnips, beet, and artichokes. Manure and dig every vacant plot of ground, so as to expose it to the action of the weather, and thereby ensure the'ground being in good order for spring sowing and planting, as much of the success, of spring sown crops depends on how the ground is prepared at this sea son. This is a good season to make beds of asparagus, rhubarb, and sea kale. Where iiew beds are desired, existing ones should have the halum cleared off, and re ceive a good dressing of salt—the salt from bacon-curing factories answers the purpose admirably, and can be purchased for very little ; also give the beds a good dressing of manure from the stable yard. It is supposed by many, that by sowing peas and beans at this season early crops will be obtained, but I find that by a judicious collection of early varieties sown in August, the difference (if any) willbe in, favor of the spring sown ones, to say nothing of having to keep the autumn ones free from weeds. ORCHARD. Piune all trees and berry bushes. Put in cuttings of gooseberry and currants of best sorts that it is desirable should be in creased. Those that anticipate planting new orchards should lose no time in pre paring the ground and carrying out their intended plana in that direction, Rasp berries’should have all the old oanes cut out, and the new ones thinned, selecting the strongest ones for next season’s crop. Cut the tops off and tie the canes up to a stake. Manure and dig the ground round all fruit-bearing trees and bushes, when pruning operations are furnished. Trim hedges and edging borders, so that the garden may present a neat tidy appearance during the winter months; SHRUBBERY, fLOWER GARDENS, &C, As the bloom of the season is now over, all tender plants that still are unprotected should at once be; removed * to some’place of shelter from frost; flowerf beds should

be cleared, manured, and dug ; bulbs for early spring-flowering may still be planted, and any alterations contemplated in shrub bery borders or plantations may now be proceeded with. Those proposing to plant roses should do so at once, to ensure good blooms the following summer. Persons anticipating the planting of large planta tions should plough the ground at once, and thereby assist Nature in pulverising the' soil.

THE STORY-TELLER.

THE LOST BANK NOTE. ; CHAPTER IY —concluded. ! The receipt, with William Wylde’s counterfeited signature in a shaky, ill-disguised hand ! A poor blun dering attempt at forgery, this, which would not have taken in a charity boy. I stifled a cry of triumph which rose to my lips, pocketed the forged receipt, substi tuted the veritable one, and returned the pocket-book to the wrap-rascal. Then I calmly remounted the stairs, and entered Graham’s sittihg-rooni.

Murdon was lolling on the sofa as I en tered, and looked up with his supercilious, insolent stare. “Hallo, Mister Skulk,” he began, “I thought you were ill in bed; but it seems your’e not to ill too poke your nose in where your not wanted. Not noticing him directly, 1 turned to Kate with a look which she understood —a look which caused her face to brighten. Taking her hand as if to say good evening, I whispered, “ Your father is safe ; back me up. ” She smiled, and I turned to the old man. “ Mr Graham,” I asked, “ why do you suffer this under-bred person about your house? ” The old clerk started, flushed, and be gan to stammer. “ That George—dear me !—why that is Mr. Murdon—and' ” “He is the worst-conditioned cur on the earth,” I answered deliberately. “He is a compound of insolence and falsehood; a tyrant without the power which he affects ; a bully, but an innocu ous bully, and no companion for you or your daughter. That’s what Murdon is, Mr. Graham.” He started from the sofa with an oath. “ If you approach me,” I cried, stopping him, “ I’ll knock you down.” I knew him then for a coward, for he stopped short in the blow which he medi tated, and turned green and yellow. He was a bigger and older man than I, but he held back and ground his teeth as I heaped insult on insult upon him, in my bitterness and my triumph. “You don’t know what you are doing, you braggart young fool,” he at length muttered, livid with rage. “ You are ruining your precious friends here.” “ You lie,” I retorted ; “ there is no thing you can do which will harm a hair of their heads. ” “Isn’t there?” he oried. “I can send this old man to penal servitude ; I can beggar hiß daughter ; and I will.

“An empty threat—a bragging boast, as mendacious as all you ever say.” He shook a trembling finger at the old man, whose state of terror I cannot hope to describe. “He’s a forger,” hissed Murdon. “ A thief and a forger.” “Pooh,” I returned. “What has he forged? Why do you waste words? Where are your proofs ? ” • “ I’ll show you what he has forged, if that’s any satisfaction, my young cham pion, and the proofs shall be laid to morrow before other eyes than yours. ” And he strode vindictively out of the room.

In a k oment he returned with his pocket-book. I was holding the hand of Kate, who stood , calm and confident by side. The old man had sunk into a chair, and was wringing his hands. “ There,” cried Murdon opening the book with a trembling hand, “ if you must know your friend’s handiwork, look at it, but keep your fingers off." “ Look at it yourself before you boast,” I answered. “ Are the names of the wit nesses forged too ? ” In an instant his face fell as he glanced at the receipt. He knew that he was dis comfited, and turned from yellow into white. The paper shook in his grasp, and with a bitter curse he would have flung it into the fire; but I had seized him and wrenched the reciept from his clutch with a blow which paralysed his right arm. “Drop that,” I remarked., “No felony. That receipt is not yours, but Bustler and Clark’s, and to-morrow I re store it to their keeping, and advise them to take better care of it.”

He turned to the door with a cry of baffled rage. “To-morrow,” he shrieked, “I will have you kicked out of the office. ” And shaking his clenched fist he departed. But he did not keep his word. A fort night afterwards he himself left, suddenly and on compulsion. It was rumored that the firm had detected him in a course of defalcation, for long pursued with impu nity. This is what the clerks whispered, but Bustler and Clark said nothing. Six months afterwards 1 Kate and I were married. Some weeks previously I had proposed to leave Bustler and Clark also, for I had no further need of employment. The decease of a relative, some time since dead in Australia, had left old Graham a comfortable annuity, and Kate even better endowed. She laid her fortune at my feet, and besought me to take it with herself. But Bustler and Clark would not hear of my going, and I ultimately purchased an interest in the firm, which is now known as Bustler, Clarke, and Dunning. Whether Murdon had obtained an ink ling of the fortuen in store for Kate—it had gone begging until the legatees were traced—l never learned. At all events we heard no more of him, and believed he had left England. When our honeymoon was over I one day questioned old Graham as to the piece of paper he had actually destroyed under the belief that it was the bank note. He answered that he had never parted with the remnant, and I could see it if I chose. When he brought it, I examined it closely. Only a charred corner remained.

“Why, this,” I exclaimed “is no Bank of England note ; there is no water mark —and see, what letters are those ? ”

A light broke upon me. It was the residue of one of those confounded Bank of Elegance notes which Tom had been so fond of buying, and in its destruction had so fatally resembled Number. 07,482. CONCLUDES^

fHE ASHBURTON HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE ii, iBBo.



Edmiston, Gundry & Co. FDR SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY. THE undersigned have for sale by Private Treaty, the following Pro perties : R. S. 28216, 7,8, 9, containing 686 acres, which will be sold in farms of 100 acres and upwards. This property is within 4 miles of Ashburton township, is very good land, and will be sold on very reasonable terms, viz, 10s. per acre cash and the balance at a low rate of interest on a term •f years. 210 ACRES on Gould and Cameron’s run. This property is partly fenced with gorse fences. 128 ACRES at Chertsey, all securely fenced, and is at present sown with turnips. This property will be sold at a low price on easy terms. 125 ACRES at Greenstreet, securely fenced with live fences, and sub divided, and' a permanent stream of water. 285 ACRES at Greenstreet, to be sold or let on a purchasing clause in one or more blocks. This is excellent land, and laid down in English grass, and well watered with creeks. This would make a capital farm, and will be . sold on very liberal terms. 210 ACRES close to the township of Ashburton, with good dwell ing-house, stable, granary, &c. This property will be let for a term of years at a low rent. 500 ACRES at Orari, in one or more blocks. 150 ACRES at Tinvald. A capital farm, being all fenced and ready for cropping. There are three creeks running through this pro perty. 150 ACRES at Ashton. A well com pact farm, together with house, stables, &c. Price very low. 800 ACRES at Mount Possession. 1500 ACRES near the spread Eagle Hotel. T.S. No 879, Ashburton. T.S. 301, 302, Burnett-street, Ash burton. T.S. 247, Kermode Street, Ashbur ton. T.S. 182, 183, opposite Church, Tinwald, a bargain, &c. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., Auctioneers and Estate Agents. Agents for the gOTJTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Machines, &e. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., East Street. 106



T. Bullock. About six miles from Ashburton, on the Wakanui Estate. FOR SALE OR TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, ACRE FARM Or in Two Farms—one about 220 Acres and another about 230 Acres. Well watered on Longbeach Run. Also, 50 AORBS 50 Ashburton Forks, now in grass. For Sale, cheap dwelling house of seven rooms, near the Parsonage, East Town Belt. To Let, two shops in East ■ Street. Also Office in do. Two-roomed house with lean-to, in Mona Square. Two-roomed cottage near Mr. Hay T. Smith’s Also, That old established blacksmith and wheelwright’s workshop, and Dwelling House in Ashburton, centrally situated, close to the Somerset Hotel, and now in the occupation of Mr. H. J. Edwards. For full particulars Apply to T. BULLOCK. Business Notices. C o T T 0 N & CO., HORSE CLIPPERS, 24 Years’ Colonial Experience. HORSES BROKEN IN TO SADDLE AND HARNESS. Moderate Charges. Apply Baldwins Hotel, or Brighton Boarding House,. Triangle 842g-450c



Business Notices. W. WHITE, CONFECTIONER AND BAKER, SAUNDERS* BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, T 3 EGS to announce that lie has taken 13 the business lately carried on by Edward Taylor, Baker, Ac., 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, sd. Cash, i6d. Delivered. 928g-550c



DENTISTRY. j. P. ARMSTRONG Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist. (From Dunedin) Can be consulted at Rakaia from and after Saturday next.



EVERETT BROS. AND C 0. ,; CHEAP DRAPERS, HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON. E. B. and Co. are now showing their INTER JQ RAPE RY, Comprising EVERY NOVELTY IN EACH DEPARTMENT. NEW GOODS ARRIVING MONTHLY. 505 c CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, Havelock Street (next T. Hicks, Baker), Opposite County Council Chambers, ASHBURTON. Cheapest House in Town for New and Secondhand Furniture. John M eech, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER PAPERHANGER, &c. Drawers from 30s. and upwards, Dressing tables and Washstands 10s. and upwards. ALL KINDS OP REPAIRS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. 248 c



DAVIS’S Cheap F U R N ITURE AND BEDDING M A N UFACTORY, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. EVERY article Sold at Christchurch Prices and guaranteed best of material and workmanship. ” FUNERALS CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED W. DAVIS.. MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. 529 c Ashburton Bakery, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. rp HOMAS pAYLOR, BAKER, PASTRYCOOK, AND CON FECTIONER. ALL ARTICLES GUARANTEED TO BE OF THE BEST QUALITY. Soiree, Picnic, and Wedding Parties supplied on the shortest notice. 08- HOT TEA, COFFEE & PIES -@3&. From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. till 11 p.m. THOMAS TAYLOR, Ashburton Bakery. 492 c CENTRAL BUTCHERY, (Baring Square, Ashburton). J. WARD, Family Butcher, IN thanking the public for their very liberal support, and in consequence of having so large a patronage, is now in a position to supply the best meat that can be procured at the following reduced prices for cash : BEEF ... ... 2d., 3d., and 4d. LEGS MUTTON, PRIME, ... 3d. FORE-QUARTERS, Ifd Customers can be supplied at the prices either from the shop or cart. J. WARD, Butcher.



Business Notices. LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & PARIS. CRAIGHEAD & CO., Merchant Tailors, TANCRED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-4450 DON’T! PLEASE! DON’T! S' STOP ! DO STOP ! TOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. IF you want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. I) EAD the following, then call and in \i spect the Goods. (YARDS READY) 350 ( CUT. ) JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to be got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything eve yet shown in Ashburton. ( SAMPLES ) 70 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., &c. CALL and inspect this Splendid Assort ment before you order. Quick M l Returns. Terms—Cash. s TYLE and Finish second to none. EC £1 Is. Cash for a Pair CONOMY 1 of Trousers ) £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed ( Suit. The Address is— G. J. F. LUBLOW, THE TAILORING DEPOT, Triangle, Ashburton, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. 782g-390c



T. R. HODDER & CO. HAYE much pleasure in announc ing to their friends and the public generally, that their stock of WINTER. DRAPERY, MILLINERY, MEN’S AND' BOYS’ CLOTHING HATS AND HOSIERY, BOOTS AND SHOES, IS NOT TO BE SURPASSED ■FOR QUALITY AND ASSORTMENT, Each Department being replete with everything suitable for the season. JUST TO HAND— A Very Large Assortment of Melbourne Clothing, MADE ESPECIALLY TO ORDER. T. R. HODDER & CO. having been encouraged by their greatly increased trade in the Clothing Department, have ENLARGED r iHEIR PREMISES. Enabling them to keep a Larger and More Varied Assortment. Tailoring In all branches by most experienced hands. SUITS, RIDING TROUSERS, HABITS, &c., made on the most im proved principle, at the shortest notice, and as cheap, or cheaper, than any house in Canterbury. T. R. HODDER and CO., seeking to Encourage Local Industries keep a well assorted stock of Kaiapoi, Roslyn, and Mosgiel Manufactured Goods. Boots and Shoes, Imported and Colonial make, from the best Christchurch and Dunedin Manufacturers. T. R. HODDER & CO., while not pro fessing to sell everything at COST PRICE, are prepared to meet EXISTING COM PETITION and to encourage all Cash Purchasers. An experience of twenty six years Colonial storekeeping has taught our Firm the value of. a Cash Grocery Business, which they have found succeed so well in Ashburton since bringing down the prices of many leading commodities, which course they are still prepared to continue and show their preferring PROMPT CASH, rather than risk long credit with large profits. Ironmongery AND Crockeryware AT LOWEST PAYING RATES. Sole Agents for Singer’s Sewing Machines Sole Agents for Wanzer Sewing Machine. Agents for Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company. T. R. HODDER & 00. 407 c



Business Notices. Dissolution OF Partnership. o ORE AND CO., to announce that they intend to DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP on Ist SEPTEMBER. They will therefore, on Saturday, May Ist, offer the whole of their superio stock, amounting to over £20,000 worth of DRAPERY, IRONMONGERY, AND GROCERIES, AT COST PRICE. The reductions in price extends to every Department in our Business, And we trust our Customers will pay PROMPT CASH DURING SALE. All Goods will be marked in plain figures with Red Ink. All outstanding accounts must be paid at once so that partnership accounts may be adjusted. ORE & CO., ASHBURTON &RAKAIA April 24th, 1880. P. S. —A Large Shipment of Drapery Goods just opened up ex Pallala. Guns! Guns! Guns! POWDER. SHOT. CAPS



ORE AND CO. n AVE now on hand a very fine assortment of BREECHLOADING DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL GUNS, And as these have been imported direct from the manufacturers, we are prepared to Sell at the most Reasonable Prices— From§£2 10s to £25. l]o R R AND CO, 16 9c-9a



Business Notices. BEST NEWCASTLE COALS LAMBTON COLLIERY. 50s. f>ERTOK 1 n TER cent, discount for CASH. SPRINGFIELD COALS 40s. PER TON. 10 Per Cent Discount for Cash. To be delivered in my yard. Acconnts to be paid monthly. 3S9C-773G C. PERCY COX.



HALLO! HILLO! QUILL AGAIN. REDUCTION IN PRICES. BOTTLED WINES & SPIRITS. T. Q ifl LL, SEEING the necessity of a Wholesale Bottling, Wine, and Spirit Store in Ashburton, has determined to supply that want, and therefore begs to submit the following list of Prices, every article guaranteed to be of the best and purest description. PRICE LIST. Brandy Flasks, 2s. and 4s. per flask. Fine Old Port, per Bottle, ss. and 6s. Superior old Dry Montelado, (old Sherry) 9fe. & 6s. Very old Scotch Whisky, per Bcttle sa. Fine old Irish Whisky, per Bottle, ss. Superior old Jamaca Rum, per Bottle, ss. Fine old Martelle’s Dark Brandy, per Bottle, ss. Hennessey’s Brandy, per Bottle, 6s. Superior Square Gin (J.D.K.Z.), per Bottle, 6s. Superior Old Tom (Swain Booth’s), per Bottle, ss. All other brands equally Reduced. QUILL’S Assorted Dozen of Best Wines and Spirits for £3 10s, containing— -2 bottles Whisky 3 bottles Brandy 2 „ Port 2 ~ Rum Sherry Old Tom (Ready packed, and forwarded to any par of the County on the shortest notice.) One trial will prove to Quill’s customers the quality of his taps. COMMENCING MONDAY, 26th APRIL. Open from 7 a. m to 6 p.m. during winter months. Note Address— T. QUILL’S, WHOLESALE BOTTLING STORES, Commercial Hotel, (Near Railway Station), Ashburton. 751g-336c PRACTICAL WATCH & CLOCK MAKER, JEWELLER, &c. S'VM r ROBT. MURRAY, MOORE STREET, BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON, HAVING had over thirty years’ ex perience in some of the leading establishments in England and Scotland, trusts by good workmanship and atten tion to business to merit a share of the patronage of the inhabitants of Ashburton and County. A well-assorted stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Spectacles, &c. Watch Glasses and Keys, of best quality, fitted. All Watch and Clock Work and Jewel lery repairs executed on the Premises. Specimens of Workmanship by R.M. shown in the window, AT MOORE STREET (Next Door to the Road Board Office), BEACH ROAD, ASHBURTON. 824g-429c w M. McCALLUM, ATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER Every description of Jewellery made to order and repaired. Electro-plating and Gilding. Hair plaits and Devices done. Watches and Clocks accurately Repaired. Diamonds and every description of Stones substantially Set. Clocks from 7s. 6d. each. Do., with alarm, 15s. CASHEL STREET, Next Bank of Australasia, Christ church. 221 g