ing against its adoption, and requesting the Board’s co-operation. The Clerk to reply that the Board do not consider that the interests of the district are affected thereby, and decline to interfere in the matter. . ’

From Mr. jW. Power, requesting that the road near his property may be formed and metalled. The Surveyor to report.

From Mr. James Rowe and others, re the road on west side of Gouglfis crossing. The r Surveyor stated; that the necessary work had been let.

Mr. Philip Tisch interviewed the Board relative to the continuation of the forma tion of Sawmill road. The Board decided that the work was unnecessary. Mr. Andrew Macfarlane waited upon the Board, and; requested them to form the cutting down the terrace at the back of his house."- The Board decided to do the work, provided Mr. Macfarlane and the other persons interested contribute LSO. The Clerk was directed to apply to the Chief Surveyor to lay off gravel reserves in tlie different wards of the district.

The Surveyor was. authorised to pur chase a theodolite for the purpose of mak ing v re-snryeys. of : roads, where the pegs have been destroyed. The following resolution was proposed by Mr. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Cameron, and carried—“ That Mr. A. E. Peache be Treasurer to the Board, and that all cheques be signed by-the Treasurer, anl one other member of the Board.” It was resolved that for the future no cheques sent in as deposits on contracts will be recognised unless marked by the Bank;

Mr. Peache applied for 6-in. . drain pipes on Mount Somers Downs road, and offered to do the necessary work if the Board provide the pipes, Granted. It was decided to invite tenders for the Black Mountain . Track; poundkeeper for Mount Somers Pound for twelve months ; culvert on Swamp road ; formation twenty chains, Tramway Reserves road (near pound) ; arid for groin hear Rutherford’s. Tenders were opened and one accepted for each of the following works :—No. 15, footbridge on Hewson’s road, Petersen, and Shepherd, L 39 ss. 6d. ; No. 17. Bow yer’s stream road, TimothyKiely, L 267 65.; No. .20, Reynold’s road and Cameron’s roads, John Boyle, L 144 103. The pay sheet amounting to L 240 ss. lOd. having been passed for payment, the Board adjourned..

FEARFUL TRAGEDY AT KYEBURN DIGGINGS.

A Woman Murdered by the Chinese

[by telegraph.] Dunedin, Aug. 4. A fearful tragedy occurred last night at Kyeburn diggings. Mrs Young, a highly respectable elderly widow women, living alone, but with Chinese in proximity, was found brutally maltreated. She died this afternoon, having been conscious for a few minutes only. Great distress is felt throughout the district in consequence of the horrible proceeding. The motive for the crime appears’to have been robbery, ar the contents of Mrs Young’s purse were taken, together with her watch, trinkets, etc. The house was. broken into, and evidently stones had been used to force an entrance, as two boulders were found in side marked with blood. The murdered woman was in good circumstances, and was universally respected.

Parliamentary Notes.

(By Telegraph from our ovjn Gorrespon ■ , dent. ) Wellington, Aug. 4. So far, the week ha 3 been frittered away in making the smallest possible progress with the Native Lands and Lands Courig Bills ; and Sir George Grey teaching the Maoris the art of stonewalling till three o’clock in the morning. The Public Works Statement is again postponed until Friday evening. Mr. Saunders’ question re the paternity of the Shag railway wagons, after being put off by Mr. Oliver for a week, was this afternoon answered by a pretence of lay ing a paper on the table, and a statement thaib the preponderance of evidence pointed to: their having been built in the Government workshops at Dunedin, under the eye of the Government officials in that wonderful establishment.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Wednesday, August 4. The House met at 2.30. The Ashburton County Council Water works and Malvern Water Race Bills were read a third time and passed. Mr. Pitt presented a petition from 124 persons residing in Nelson, against the imposition of the beer tax. Replying to questions, it was stated there were 16,000 descriptions of railway tickets, and the price could not be printed on each.—Railway officers in both the North and South Islands would be required to wear uniform on duty.—Go vernment was not aware of any complaint made of bodies receiving public money not being open to the press,—Government did not think it desirable that all in quiries into misdemeanour of Civil Ser vants or railway officials should be open to thepress.—Government had not thought •it necessary to make aD exploration of the road up Heaphy Valley, between Collingwood. and. Karamea, as no funds were available for the purpose. —The charge of f cruelty alleged to have been practised in Nelson gaol on a prisoner named Thom son would be fully inquired into—The practice had been to make considerable ad vances for Maori lands which had not passed through the Court ; but it was now almost entirely discontinued. —Go- vernment did not intend to amend the New Zealand Institute Act so as to render

the subsidies subject to annual appro priation.—Government thought it might possible to establish some sys tem of rural police at a compara tively low rate of pay in such country districts, where it has been found neces __ Bary, with a view of retrenchment, to re move the police of the regular force formerly stationed there, so that life and property may have some protection.• —Go- vernment did not think it was expedient to‘add to the Licensing Bill before the House' ? provisions enabling persons aggrieved by decisions of the Licensing : - Bench to appeal from such decisions, such appeal to be heard by a Board to be elected annually J)y ratepayers in each

district, and be called, “ The Licensing Appeal Board.”—Speaking for himself, the Treasurer. said he thought persons, between the closing of the books and the declaration of the bonus in the Government insurance should be allowed to participate, and that the whole system of Government annuities was about being overhauled by competent actuaries, when the report on the subject would be taken into consideration.—Government had the reports of the several Royal Commissions under consideration. With some of these recommendations they agreed, and to others they dissented. They would give effect to the former, and reject the latter. —Responsibility for the mal-constructed railway waggons lay with the Dunedin workshop.—Free public library subsidies would not be renewed. —Government would be prepared to bear its fair share of the expense attending the extermination of the rabbit nuisance on Government reserves and lands not leased. —The Go vernment offices and property were insured equally'in all colonial offices in New Zealand.—Government had, in ac cordance with the recommendation of the Public Petitions Committtee ordered the prosecution of James Gilmour for perjury. A Bill to amend the Law Practitioners Act was introduced and read a first time. The Hon. John Hall announced that the Public Works Statement world not be ready until Friday evening. In Committee, the Natives Lands Fraud Prevention Bill was further con sidered.

The House adjourned at 5.30. The Legislative Council threw out the Hospital and Charitable Aaid Endowment Bill.

At the evening sitting, the House sat till 12.16, at which hour progress was re ported on the Native Lands Sales Bill.

THE STORY-TELLER.

THE DISRUPTION: A TALE OF TRYING TIMES.

CHAPTER Y —continued.

“ Faith, there’s three questions abreast, nae less and, though there’s nane o’ them very kittlie,* like Effectual Callin’, it’ll no be easy to answer them a’ at ance. But, ye see, I have aye had a notion o’ doctor ing horse and cattle, and it’s allooed I ha’e some talents for the job. Then, sir, though ye maybe wadna think it, I have some bawbees in the bank ; for I got the feck o’ fifty pound left me by a far-awa’ frien’, and I’ve gathered my fee since ever I cam’ to your auntie ; so I'm no bare o’ siller. For a’ that, I micht maybe ne’er ha’e thocht o’ spendin’t on yedication if I had only had mysel’ to please ; but, ye ken. there’s somebody else I whiles fash mysel’ a wee aboot ? ”

“ 0, Jean Brown, you mean 1 ” “Ay, yes, exackly, just her. Weel, ye see, I’ve been makin’ some progress wi’ her since ye cam’ hame, for her and me had a heap o’ talk aboot you and Miss Migummery—and fogs, sir, I fand it \va3 a grand opportunity to get something said for mysel’. But the little gipsy’s as ambitious as she’s bonnie, and she’s keen, as the Gentle Shepherd’ says, to Change lier plaiden coat for silk. She tauld me plainly that as lang as I was but a plewmau she wad ha’e nathing ado wi’ me. This was plump and plain and a wee provokesome, but it let me see that I micht come on wi’ her after a’,, if I just could get abune days dargingf at the plew tail. She kent brawly o’ the pickle siller, but that made nae difference. She was sharp eneuch to see that it was owre little to gang far in the way o’ house plenishin’, or house haudin, no to speak o’ Btookin’ a farm. And fogs, sir, she tauld me to seek for a wife wi’ siller—or, if naebody wad please me but hersel’, to gang and get intil some comfortable way o’ leevin’, and then she wad maybe think about takin’ my case into consideration. That was encouragement ! —was’t na 1 The cutty skirl’d and lauched when she said this, but I saw she was in earnest for a’ ; so I rummaged amang my head till I fand out this vet —vetinary scheme v'hang that word !) —and fegs, sir, she’s highly pleased wi’t, and I’m shure, noo, but I may consider her as gud as trystit. ” % “ Well, Robin, I’m glad to hear it ; but you have not told me yet why you are in such a hurry, or how you have got away from my aunt in such a short notice ? ” “That’s easy explained. Ye see Jean and me made it a’ up yestreen, the time your auntie was in her tantrums. For bye ither reasons for being in a hurry, we thocht it as weel for me to gi’e Whinny aide the wind o’my heels withoot loss o’ time, in case I should be brocht owre the coals by Dr. Snapperdudgeon for his whumble intil the midden. No to say that I own I set the tup on him, but then if he should happen to pruve’t on me, it might be a black business. And faith, sir, I have my fears o’ him, for he was at Whinnyside the time your auntie and you were at the Big House, and though I keepit oot o’ his gate, he questioned every ane aboot the place and examined a’ the fit steps . in the yard, and coon ted and measured every stedd, baith o’ the tup’s feet and my tackety shoon. They tell me he was lookin’ grimmer than ordnar, and ye ken that’s grim eneuch, so Jean and me thocht it best for me to get a hit oot o’ his reach withoot loss o’ time. Every body kens it’s uncanny to ha’e a plea wi’ him. The vera judges on the bench, I’m tauld, are nae matches for him at the law. And then as to the mistress, I kent fine how to manage her. Man, I would gar you laugh about your auntie if she didna just happen ta be your auntie ! I had nae mair ado to get my leave than to pretend to steal a kiss frae Jean Broun this morn ing, just after ye gaed away, and when I kent the mistress saw me. That’s a kind o’ fault your auntie canna forgie—partly, maybe, because naebody tries how she would like it hersel’. At ony rate she brake out ten times angrier than she \va3 last night at you, paid doun my fee on the dresser-head at ance, and ordered me aboot my business. And fack, sir, she wad hae dune the same to J ean if she had na had the sense to misca’ me weel, and let on to be just as ill pleased as her mistress. So ye see, Maister Jimes, I’m here just as free as yoursel’, and I think ye’ll own I’m no just sic a confoonded fule a folk wad tak’ me for.”

“You have certainly, Robin, shown more of the rogue than fool in this busi ness.” ;

r« Ou, no that muckle roguery, neither ; gif ye please. Ye see the mistress can easy get anither hand in my place when ever she likes. But ye do think I’m a wee

daft like, no to be just a fule, divna ye !” saicl Robin, stopping short and looking Mr. Duncanson gravely in the face. ‘ ‘ What puts that into your head, Robin ? I’m sure I never said so,” re plied the student.

“Qu, I just think by the kind o’ way folk speaks to me that I’m considered maybe to want a penny o’ the shilling. But if I had ance my vet —veter —veter- inarary learning, I’ll be thocht mair o’ by a’ body. Jean Brown hersel’ may drap maldn’ fun o’ me. She’ll Robin me nae mair I’m flunkin’, but ca’ me Mr. Afleck, just the same as she ca’s you Mr. Duncan son.” CHAPTER YI. Edina, Scotia’s darling seat, All hail thy palaces and towers ! BURKS. Eoot-sore and weary did James Dun can son and Robin Afleck reach Edinburgh late in the evening. It was now the month of May ; the weather pleasant and the days long. The travellers, till fatigue overtook them, enjoyed their walk exceedingly, and experienced that glow of soul, which makes the most reserved communicative, and breaks down the conventional barriers which _ render differences of condition, education, and other adventitious circum stances, obstacles to the free interchange of sentiment between people naturally constituted to understand and sympathise with each other. The student had begun to feel that his companion, in spite of ig norance and want of culture, was not, as he had formerly thought him, a blunt minded, half-witted oddity, but a shrewd, warm-hearted lad, worthy of any man’s confidence. Accordingly, they had come to a thorough understanding, and among other matters, had settled that they should lodge together in more humble apartments than James had formerly occupied, though it was agreed that they should go first to his old quarters, and remain there till they should succeed in finding lodgings more suited to their limited means.

It was nigh ten o’clock and almost quite dark when they knocked at the door of Mrs. M’Glunchagain in Nicholson Street. Great was that lady’s astonishment when she saw her old lodger return so soon, without luggage, in such unusual company; his shoes and clothing bearing the dust marks of a long pedestrian journey. The every-day sour expression of her face was almost obliterated by the marks of surprise which took possession of her features as she puzzled herself in vain to account for Mr. Duncanson’s unexpected return in such unpromising-looking circumstances. Stingily and with some, appearance of reluctance she admitted that she could accommodate him and his companion. She confessed that his former apartments were unoccupied, but hinted that she expected that the approaching meeting of the General Assembly would enable her to turn them to good account. Mrs. M’Glunchagain was just the sort of person to live by letting furnished lodgings, and making the most of them. She had little sense of delicacy and no regard to other people’s feelings, hut had the knack of keeping a sharp eye on Num ber One. She knew positively “ how many beans make ten.” But she was a genteel woman, and felt horrified at the vulgar appearance and homely apparel of honest Robin Aficck. Robin, however, took no notice of her dislike, but made himself so perfectly at home in the house that after taking some refreshment with Mr. Duncanaon in a private parlour, he stammered into the kitchen there to enjoy the luxury of a smoke of tobacco. In that humble region he felt more comfort able than in nicely furnished rooms, the refinements of which gave him rather annoyance than gratification. In doing this he acted in conformity with Mr.'. M’Glanchagain’s secret and hardly con cealed opinion of what was proper for him in every respect, except the tobacco smok ing ; and even this.she permitted without challenge, in consideration of having such a homespun visitor in the place, suitable to his manners and appearance. This movement afforded Mr. Dnncanson an opportunity, which weary though he was, he gladly seized, to write to Miss Mont gomery. His letter war, long and warmly affectionate. He detailed in it, as mi nutely as he could in the excited state of his feelings, the circumstances which led to his late visit to her father’s house ; and in speaking of the treatment he there met with, he assumed that she had not only not been accessory to it, hut must have been a fellow-sufferer with him from the harshness of her father. On the answer he might receive to his letter, he felt that the continuance of his attachment to Miss Montgommery would depend.

* ticklish t toiling J betrothed (To be continued —commenced on July 26.)

THE ASHBURTON HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1880.



Holloway’s Pills. —These Pills are more efficacious in strengthening a debilitated con stitution than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a nervous habit of body, and all who are suffering from weak digestive organs, or whose health has become deranged by bilious affection, disordered stomach, or liver complaints, should lose no time in giving these admirable Pills a fair trial. Coughs, colds, asthma, or shortness of breath are also within the range of the sanative powers of this very remarkable medicine. The cures effected by these Pills are not superficial or temporary, but complete any permanent. They are as mild as they are efficacious, aud may be given with confidence to delicate females and young chil dren. Their action on the liver, stomach, and bowels is immediate, beneficial, and lasting, restoring order and health in every case.— Advt



Alfred Harrison. SATURDAY, 7th AUGUST. 1 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON has been favored with instructions from the Trustees in the Estate of Thomas Clark to sell by Public Auction, at his rooms, on above date — Town Section No. 730, Situate at tke Corner of Wakanui road and Williams street. This section has a frontage of over five chains, and is without doubt one of the most valuable sites in the township. For Absolute Sale. For Cash. Title under Land Transfer Act. ALFRED HARRISON, 723 c Auctioneer.



Edmiston, Gundry & Co. TO RUNFIOLDERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS. Messrs, edmiston, gundry & CO. have ON SALE Farm & Station Stores, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 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 N E W C AS TLE COAL. We would draw special attention to our stock of BUILDERS’ IRONMONGERY FURNITURE, Ac., &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 CASH. EDMISTON, GUNDRY & CO. SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY (fire and marine). Capital - « £1,000,000. THE COMPANY is prepared to take risks on all kinds of Property at CURRENT RATES. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & Co., Agents, Ashburton. AUSTRALIA MUTUAL . PRO VIDENT SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED 1849. F IFE ASSURANCE on the MUTUAL i_j 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 APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY. 106 T. Bullock. rjIO 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 266 „ A compact Farm, all fenced, well-watered, and partly in English Grass. Improve ments consistof a comfortable Five-roomed Cottage, Stable, Stockyard, &c., &c. 220 ~ All fenced, partly improved and well-watered. 360 ~ All fenced, and a portion of it in English Grass. 50 ~ Near the above, will be sold very cheap. 05 ~ About Three Miles from the Town of Ashburton. 150 „ Near the above, and adjoining Mr. George Aston’s 290 ~ About Six Miles from Ash burton.



TOWN PROPERTIES. That Valuable TOWN SECTION, 159, Tancreci 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 Town 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. Anstee’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. WEEKS & 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.



Business Notices. “A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOB EVER,” THE advertiser wishes to remind the re sidents of Ashburton Town and County that his Studio is open every day for the talcing 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’ tastes can be satisfied on this point. Prices are reduced to a minimum, and are now within the reach of all. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASH BURTON. 73g-702c LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & PARIS. Craighead & Co., Merchant Tailors, TAN C BED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-445G NEW 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, Ll per week; Meals and Beds, Is. GEORGE WATTS. Proprietor. 644 c



Ashburton Bakery, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. BAKER, PASTRYCOOK, AND CON FECTIONER. ATX ARTICLES GUARANTEED TO BE OF THE BEST QUALITY. Soiree, Picnic, and Wedding Parties supplied on. the shortest notice. HOT 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



CHAFF ! CHAFF !! CHAFF !! ! FIRST CLASS CHAFF can now be obtained at 9d. per bag, by api lying 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. HOLDER 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. L Orders Promptly Attended to. 630c-15g ANNUAL Clearing Sale!!! OF WINTER GOODS. WILLIAM GAVIN, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. CHEAP SALE OF Winter Drapery, AT GREALY REDUCED RATES, TO SUIT THE TIMES. BARGAINS!!! . . .. M 721 c LIGHV'Ti '■.MihorJ .... -'A— •



Business Notices. CASH IN DEMAND AND CASH ON DEMAND AT T. e. HODDER & 0S»' !S ASHBURTON, A REAL GENUINE CASH SALE OP Drapery, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Sewing Machines, Crockery ware 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 elear off 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. Winceys, 3fd. per yard to Is. 9d.. Wide crisp Saxony Wincey, reduced from ; 10 |d. to Gfd. A lot of Dress Stuffs reduced from Is. to 6fd. All Wool Serges, Cloaking, &c., reduced from Is. 9d. to Is. |d. French Merino, Russel Cords, Persian Cords, Alpaccas, Cobourgs, Baratheas, &c,, &c., all reduced Rochdale Flannels (our own importing from the Manufacturers), reduced from Is. Gd to Is. id. per yard Grey Calicos, fine and heavy, reduced from ss. Gd. to 4s. per dozen • Super Wide Mexicans, reduced from 7id. per yard to Gd. Heavy Twilled Unbleached Sheeting, Is. 9d., reduced to Is. 4Jd. Do. Do. White, reduced from Is. Bd. to Is. 2d. Colored Counterpanes, 3s. lid. Horrock’s Long Cloths, 4s. 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 48s. , about 30 per cent, reduction A lot of new Costumes, reduced from 30s. and 255. to 183. lid. Colored Cotton Shirtings, reduced from Si to s|d. per yard Crimean Shirting, reduced from Is. 2d. to Is. |d. 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. 6d. Felt Carpets, Is. 3d. per yard Hemp Druggetts 8i per yard White Blankets reduced from 16s. to 11s. Gd. Super. W r hitneys. Kaiapoi, Roslyn, Grey, Blue, and Scarlet, equally reduced A large lot of Women’s Dressed and Rough Brown Stockings, worth Is. 2d., reduced to Bgd. 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 color’s, Is. 3d. per packet. Ladies’ Linen Cuffs and Collars reduced from Is. to 6id.



Clothing. 85 Men’s Tweed Suits from 275. Gd. 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 ©f 50 pairs heavy Tweeds, . original price, 16s. 6d. and 14s. 6d., all reduced to 10s. 9d. x>er pair Men’s Strong Tweed Coats from 15s. 9d. Men’s Blue Diagonal fast-color, 205.; Trousers and Vests, 18s. 6d. 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. 6d. to 2s. 2d. Men’s Wool Shirts, Drawers Tweed and Felt Hats, 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. 6d. Men’s best make Colonial Shooting, 15s. 6d. Men’s Heavy Watertights, 15s. Gd. Men’s Bluchers, Bs. Gd. Sewing Machines, Hand and Treadle, best makers, Wanzer, Wertheim, 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, Brushware, Glassware, Hard ware, and Cutlei’y.. Horse-covers, best quality, 225. Gd. NOTICE.—The whole stock clea recently-bought, and well-selected. No Patterns cut or Goods sent out or approbation during Sale. Net Cash only at the re-marked ant greatly reduced prices at



Business Notices. -r • '/-V W. WHITE, CONFECTIONER AND BAKER, ■ SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, f BEGS to announce that he has taken ~r 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, 6d/Cash. W. WHITE, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS. 928g-550c DON’T PASS THIS BY !! TOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. F you want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. MEAD the following, then call and in- ... spect the Goods. : > ! YARDS READY) • V : <’ 1)00 CUT. ) JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of - ; - Winter Cloths to be got for money ' SUPERIOR in quality -to anything ever yet shown in Ashburton. • / OsAMPLES TO SELECT FROm7O Comprising the following : • ■' ,r ; - German Cloths, plain and fancy, the most fashionable . • . Beaver Cloths, suitable for Winter Scotch Tweeds, assorted Mosgiel „ „ ■< Kaiapoi ~ ~ West of England Cloths : Bedford Cords : -V Irish. Frieze, - &C. y &C. , 1 . • . THIS IS THE MAN FOR ym MY MONEY. my ta GO TO u> Triangle, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. /‘NALL and inspect this Splendid Assort \j ment before you order. ‘ OTTO: Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms—Cash. TYLE and Finish second to none. C £1 Is. Cash for a Pair TiICONOMY 1 of Trousers ) £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed ( Suit. 780g-390c EVERETT BROS. AND CO., CHEAP DRAPERS, HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON. E. B. and Co. are now showing their TINTER TYR APERY, Comprising ’ EVERY NOVELTY IN EACH DEPARTM ENT. NEW GOODS ARRIVING MONTHLY. 505 c NEW INDUSTRY. ASPHALTING. JAMES BRADLEY i 3 prepared to take orders for ASPHALTING at very moderate rates. All orders to be left at the Works, Park srreet. All work kept in repair for twelve months. 695 c TINWALD. - "07ANTED KNOWN— C. HAWKINS » » and 00., 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 C. 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 NOTICE. WESTERFIELD MILL. TO FARMERS, BAKERS, & OTHERS. rjIHE Westerfield Mill is now in full work, 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. 369c-796ct