A Paternal Government.

The Act in force in Great Britain by which landowners are loaned money by the Government at a long credit and low interest for land improvement purposes is being utilised to modify the distress in Ireland. A public notice has been issued from the Board of Works, Dublin, em bodying the intentions of the Govern ment. In view of the anticipated distress during the approaching winter amongst the laboring population, the Board of Public Works is authorised to offer to landowners in cases falling within any such unions as may be advertised from time to time by authority of the Lord Lieutenant in the “Dublin Gazette,” the following facilities and advantages in obtaining loans under the Land Improvement Acts with a view to early application for the same, so as to afford immediate employment for the laboring class within reach of their homes, viz. : —l. The proceedings, in cluding plans, Ac., which the owner ap plying for a loan has now to undertake at his own expense, will so far be put on the same footing as those which the Board of Public Works are authorised to under take. The Board will provide surveyors, &c., where they .are requested to do so, and will defray the expense out of the vote of credit on account of loans for pub lic works, Ireland. All moneys so ad vanced will be added to the principal of the loan, subject to the paragraph next hereinafter following. 2. The postpone ment of the first instalment of repay ment of the loan for two years from the advance, the interest accruing during that period being made an addition to the principal. 3. The extension of the period for repayment from twenty-two to twenty four years reckoned from the date of the advance, in cases now limited to that period, and to thirty-seven years in those other cases in which thirty-five years is allowed.. 4. The advantages will not be extended to leans sought for in respect of buildings, but only to loans for drainage, planting, and other works calculated to afford general employment to unskilled labor which can be immediately set on foot in unions in which a want of employ ment shall be declared to prevail, and car ried out with the energy which the urgency of the circumstances demand, and to which the advantages offered are solely due. So far as the advan tages offered by this notice require legisla tive sanction, it is the intention of her Majesty’s Government to apply for it as soon as Parliament re-assembles.

Common Sense in Dress.

Within the last few years considerable advance in the way of taste has been made in dress; but still one sees such preposterous results from the anxiety some people have to be “artistic” and aesthetic in their costumes, that one can not but feel that their zeal would be well tempered with discretion. It is an ex cellent, thing that many women have emancipated themselves from the tyranny of dressmakers ; but let them beware of falling into an even worse bondage under the leaders of the so called “ art” school of dress, because it is very rare that peo ple exercise their own unbiassed taste with regard to their costume, and as a rule follow, though, perhaps, uncon sciously, the style adopted by somebody whom they regard as the model of good taste. Let .every body be fully persuaded that their dress is suitable for the occasion on which it is to be.worn, as there can be no beauty without fitness. A stir has been made lately about reviving the Greek costume ; but the difficulty of a hat or a bonnet with such a costume seems insuper able. We have to take it for granted that Greek women looked beautiful and picturesque in their flowing robes. As suming that such was the fact, we cannot blind ourselves to the fact that among English women Greek heads and features are exceptional. In a drawing-room, long flowing robes look well enough upon a person whose form and figure are statu esque and finely moulded. With regard to “artistic” dressing, it really seems that the shorter and stouter the wearer, the more extravagant the style of costume worn. How often do we see little fat women with dresses made of soft, thick stuff of a highly unbecoming “ art ” shade puffed on shoulders and elbows in a manner that increases their apparent width tenfold. How often do we see such people walking in the London streets with their skirts caught up in the most unartistic manner, with large plumed hats, often crushed into the most “ bizarre ” shapes, and the roughest hair imaginable. And yet these ladies consider themselves far superior in taste to the prosaic creatures who prefer to be neat, clean, and tidy in closely fitting short costumes, with tidy hair, hats, boots, and gloves, and who can walk with comfort to themselves and others ; and who are not ridiculous, be cause they are fit for what they are about. —“Regina,” in the “ Queen.”

Standing Armies.

“ All Europe,” says the New York “Journal of Commerce,” “seems to be under the strain of a vague alarm. The possibilities of new combinations which jnay soon involve all Europe in a fierce struggle, are not to be overlooked. At no time previously have so many preparations been made, or has a greater military activity been manifested, and the financial strain on the resources of each nation of Europe is overwhelming. The toilers feed and clothe the vast standing armies, and send out'signs, husbands, brothers to slay and to be slain. The time will come when the masses will refuse to fight for their rulers’ ambitions and petty jealousies The standing armies of Europe are her dano-er and her curse. France alone keeps over 1,300,000 soldiers on call, and adds to the number yearly. The enor mous expense of the Prussian Budget has been such that there is a deficit for 1880 of 10,500,000 dols., and new customs duties and taxes are every where levied. Meanwhile in America the grasses grow, and the harvests ripen, and our news papers; and people quarrel, over our cor poral’s guard of an army. Our lines have fallen in peaceful and pleasant places.

Imported Posts.

- The sparrow is by no means i.e'y to have things his own way, or remain “ monarch of all he surveys” (says the “ Waipawa Mail”). At present there is every appearance that the linnet is to dispute with him, and not unsuccessfully, the right to be regarded one of the first of acclimatised pests. Whether linnets are any use as grub and insect destroyers or not w r e know not, certain it is they are very destructive to grain. We lately saw T a small field of oats, and through the ravages of these birds it presented the appearance of having been threshed. The best grain had been eaten out, and nothing but empty husks left, and at the time wc saw it almost every stalk of grain had one or more birds perched upon it, .and so tame had they become that they paid hardly any atten tion to our presence. It is only now that w r e shall reap the fruits of our folly in in troducing such pests, and between spar rows, linnets, rabbits, and rust, the future prospects of agriculturists are not over cheering. The first three are the pro ducts of our own thoughtlessness ; such being the case, acclimatisation societies would do well to see that all future intro ductions, if neither useful nor ornamen tal, at least possess the virtue of being harmless.

A Maori Monument. A handsome marble pedestal, raised on a block of granite, and surmounted by a bust of the old warrior, Bauparalia, has been erected within the enclosure of the Jubilee pole at Otaki. The inscription originally lore, in addition to the name, age, date of death, Ac., a few lines in regard to the prowess of the deceased chief, and made reference to the number of natives he had killed. As relations of those who were killed by Rauparaha are living at Otaki (says' the Foxton paper) they were naturally indig nant at those unpleasant lines being in scribed on the monument, and the obnoxious part w r as therefore erased, and some words of a less objectionable charac ter are to be substituted. A Fool. —In the good old days when gold was plentiful and diggers were flush of money, it was no unusual thing for them to invent expedients for getting rid of their easily earned accumulations, and it has remained for these liard-up days to prove that men can be found who squander money as foolishly as those in the “ Good old times. ” On Saturday last (says the “ Press”) there was a visitor in Picton in search of a new sensation, and he hired a man to wheel him about in a wheelbarrow, paying for this primitive mode of convey ance Is. per hour. The laborer and his hirer agreed amicably together for some time, but the engagement did not last long, the rate of progress not exactly agreeing with the rapid ideas of the capi talist.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD

f Friday February i?, i BSo.



Publications. AGRICULTURAL PAPERS. rjpHE PUBLISHERS have much pleasure in intimating to the Farmers of the Couuty of Ashburton, that they have issued THIS DAY (Saturday), Jan. 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. DIARIES ! DIARIES ! ! DIARIES ! ! ! have a few of LETTS’ DIARIES for 1880 on hand, an inspection of which s invited. OFFICE DIARIES, POCKET DIARIES, SCRIBBLING DIARIES, DIARIES of every description WEEKS & DIXON, “ Herald ” and “ Guardian ” Offices, Near the Railway Station. IF O IR 1 S S O . The press almanac And Diary Can be obtained from the undersigned. Price—One Shilling. WEEKS AND DIXON, Herald Office, Near Railway Station. TEACHERS can obtain the MULTI PLICATION TABLES, printed on gummed paper, in any quantity at the Herald Office, East street, near the Railway Station. Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station.



Edmiston Bros. & G-undry i TURNIP SEEDS. SALE by the undersigned— Green Top Yellow Aberdeen Purple „ „ Devonshire Grey Stone Mammoth Purple Top White Stone Stubble Grass and Clover Seeds. White Clover Red ~ Timothy Alsike Lucerne Gorse Italian Rye Cocksfoot Perennial Trefoil &C. , &C. . t£-C. Building Material. 100,000 FEET OF ASSORTED TIMBER White & Black Pine Black Birch T. and G. Flooring Y.D.L. T. and G. Lining Totara Kauri, &c., &c. COALS AND FIREWOOD IN ANY QUANTITY. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street. Agents for the SOUTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Machines. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street. Farms for sale in blocks of 50 to 100 acres. Price from £2 15s. per acre. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street. T. Bullock. TO FARMERS AND CONTRACTORS. rpENDERS WANTED for Cutting with Reaper and Binder 100 Acres Wheat, at once. THOMAS BULLOCK. THE undersigned has the following PROPERTIES to LET with a pur chasing clause, or FOR SALE on liberal terms of payment — £TA ACRES good WHEAT LAND, all ploughed and ready for cross ploughing for wheat ; situated about three miles from the township. Ary ACRES, near the above ; also good O • WHEAT LAND, ploughed once and ready for cross-ploughing. ACRES,partly improved, near Wins low. This will be sold very cheap, and on very liberal terms. 7 ACRES, fenced and planted ; situated near the East Town Belt, good site for private residence. TOWN PROPERTIES. T7ALUABLE BUSINESS SITE in Bur » nett Street, being T.S. 177, next the “ Mail” office. PART of T.S. 139, Peter Street. This will be sold cheap, and on liberal terms. TO Railway Employes, Mechanics, and Others.—FOß SALE, cheap, Lot 78, situated on East Town Belt. Terms, £5 cash ; balance by monthly or quarterly payments. T. BULLOCK. 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 BRANSON & PURNELL, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, EAST STREET, YALENTINES— Great Variety. H. M. Jones, Stationer, Baring Square. IF you want anything known, j>ut it in the “ Herald ” —Twenty Words for a Shilling. [ rII ALE. — The Herald publishes apor ( JL tion of a readable story ever Satur day. Read it,



Business Notices. TINWALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. 0. HAWKINS. CH. begs to inform the inhabitants of . Timvald and surrounding districts that he has taken the Boot and Shoe Shop adjoining Mr. S. Stephens’, saddler, and hopes by strict attention to business to obtain a share of public patronage. 742 g 937 a ' JOSEPH WARD, FAMILYBUTCHER, PETER STPEET, (Opposite Journeau’s Smithy) BEGS to inform the Public of Ash burton that he will Open the Shop lately occupied by G. Pike, i n JANUARY 3rd, as Family Butcher, and trusts by supplying none but agood article, to merit a share of public support. Families waited on daily for orders, which will receive prompt attention. JOSEPH WARD, 892 a Butcher.



C. PERCY COX, L AND AND ESTATE AGENT ANI VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for U NION INSURANCK COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 M. NEALAS, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, AND IMPORTER, tS CLEARING OUT the whole of his Present Stock at REDUCED PRICES, ext to Taylor’s Bakery, where he has penecl with a Large Stock of Boots of very description. Note the address— M . NEALAS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. m « P 3 O H INK BAG MARKING H O H t U 1 W so INK for Stencil Plates and Bag Marking, in quart bottles ready for use, on sale at the HERALD AND GUARDIAN OFFICE, NEAR RAILWAY STATION. RECEIPT and DELIVERY BOOKS tor Threshing Machines, Grain, and Goods PRINTED on SHORTEST NOTICE. Samples can be seen at cur Office. WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, General Printers, &c. Milliner and Dressmaker. MRS. ADAMS, ILLINER AND DRESSMAKER. Ladies’ and Children’s Dresses made up l the newest styles, at Lowest Charges. Wedding and Mournbj Orders promptly attended fei. Mrs Adams devotes special attention to Millinery. MRS. ADAMS, Moore Street, Opposite Mr. Boyle’s Office. i^ia. TO FRUITERERS, CONFECTIONERS, AND OTHERS. FANCY Show Cards, neatly printed-- “Finest Lemonade and Cordials” —on Sale at the Herald Office.



Business Notices. NEW BUSINESS. O-OPERATIYE BREAD AND BIS CUIT FACTORY. TRIANGLE, ASHBURTON, WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2. All orders, town or country, punctually attended to. Wedding Cakes made to order. Dinner, Ball, and Pic-nic Parties sup plied on reasonable terms. All other Confectionery made to order. 986 a A. THIELE, Manager.



ANSTEE’S DINING ROOMS, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. THE Proprietor begs to inform visitors to Ashburton, and the travelling public generally, that the best accommo dation for Boarders in Ashburton is to be had at the above establishment. A LIBERAL TABLE & MODERATE CHARGES. MEALS AT ALL HOURS ... Is. BEDS ... Is. BOARD & LODGING ... 18s. & 20s. PRIVATE REFRESHMENT ROOMS FOR LADIES. PROPRIETOR, J. G. ANSTEE. 985 a ASHBURTON COPPER, ZINC, IRON, & TIN PLATE MANUFACTORY. JOSEPH HYDE (Late Foreman at the Malvern Works, England, and the Canterbury Works, Christchurch, New Zealand) BEGS to thank his friends of Ashbur ton and surrounding districts for the liberal support accorded him during the past two years, and to intimate that he has opened NEW BUSINESS PRE MISES in Moore street (next Mr. Neate’s chemist shop) where he is prepared to execute every description of Plain and Japanned Tinware, Lamps, Gas Reflec tors, Chimney Tops, Portable Washing Boilers, Baths, Cheese Vats, etc. LOCKSMITH, BELL HANGER, GAS FIT TER. Artesian Wells, Beer Engines, Pumps, Ac. Steam Kettles, Hot Closets, made on the premises. Estimates given for Spouting. All work done under J. H.’s personal Superintendence, and guaranteed. J. HYDE. Moore Street, Ashburton. Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Budding Materials in Stock and supplied on must reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on the shortest notice. 26 BUTCHERS, BAKERS, GENERAL STOREKEEPERS, GRAIN AND SEED MERCHANTS, NORTON FARM, SEAFIELD. JONES AND CO., Norton Farm, Sea field, return thanks to their patrons for tlie hearty support accorded to them since Norton Farm was opened as a Butchery, Bakery, and General Store, and solicit a continuance of past favors, assuring customers that their interest will always have first consideration at the hands of the advertisers. Jones and Co. beg to inform their friends and the public in the Seafield and neighboring districts, that their Bread Meat, and Store Carts travel the following routes on the days given below : Seafield to Kyle, and Acton —Wednes- days. Seafield to Wakanui Homestead, Waka nui School, and Creek, back by Christie’s Road — Thursdays. Seafield to North Seafield, Charing Cross, Dundas, Cambridge, returning by Pioneer Road— Fridays. In view of the Harvest, orders for at tendance of the Cart may be left at the Store, Norton Farm, Seafield ; Wakanui School, with Mr. Ginney ; with Mr. Lambie, at Kyle ; and with Mr Brown, blacksmith, Clontarf. JONES AND CO., NORTON FARM, Seafield. Butchers, Bakers, General Store keepers, Grain and Seed Merchants. AGENTS FOR THE ASHBURTON HERALD AND GUARDIAN. 679 a RABBITS! RABBITS!! P . HARPER, FISHMONGER AND POULTERER N ear the Ashburton Hotel, East Street. BEGS to inform the inhabitants i f Ashburton that he HAS OPENED In the above line, and trusts, by strict attention to business, and supplying bu! articles of first class quality, hopes t merit a share oi public patronage OYSTER SALOON. Hot Fried Fish and Tea and Coffee at all hours.



Business Notices. VALUE EXTRAORDINARY. THE Great Bargains OF THE SEASON. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE FOR THIRTY DAYS. ORR AM) CO. HAVING resolved to clear out the Balance of the Bankrupt Stocks purchased by them during the Season (amounting to over ten thousand pounds) regardless of cost so that they may commence the Autumn Season with en tirely a new Stock, ORR AND CO. Will also offer several cheap lots pur chased by them during the late depression. Special Bargains. 90 Pair Twilled Kaiapoi Blankets at 4s. under the usual price. Kaiapoi Flannel at Is. 4d., Is. Gd. to 2s. English Flannel at Is., Is. 2d., Is. 6d., to Is, 9d. Prints at sd. and Gd., worth 9d. Brown Hollands, 7d. to Is. COSTUMES. 56 Costumes at 215., worth 355. Gd., a Bai gain. G 4 Print Costumes at 7s. Gd. to 12s. Gd., worth 20s. 1700 yards Dress Goods, Alpaccas, at Bd., lOd., and Is. MILLINERY. Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats at half price. 2 Boxes Flowers, sold at 6d. per spray. Ladies’ Underclothing at very much under usual prices. 20 Dozen Stays at 3s. Gd., 45., 4s. 9d., to ss. Gd. CLOTHING. Men’s Suits at 15s. under usual prices. Boys’ Suits at 15s. Gd. to 355. Youth’s Suits at a little over half-price. Braces, Ties, Collars, Socks, and Shirts, unusually cheap. 20 Dozen Harvest Shirts at Is. Gd. to 2s. Gd. BOOTS. Men’s Boots still sold at Bankrupt prices. Youth’s Boots in great variety. Ladies’ Kid Boots at old prices. 1 Case Children’s Boots at Is. and Is. Gd., a bargain. TAILORING DEARTMENT.



WE HAVE MUCH PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO THE PUBLIC THAT A Tailoring Branch HAS BEEN OPENED IN CON. NECTION WITH OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT, HAVING MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH MESSRS. CRAIGHEAD AND CO. (LATE OF EDINBURGH AND SAN FRANCISCO), PRACTICAL TAILOES, TO M \KE UP ALL ORDERS EN TRUSTED TO US IN THE VERY BEST STYLE. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. SCOTCH, ENGLISH, and COLONIAL TWEEDS IN GREAT VARIETY. THE CELEBRATED BLARNEY TWEED (CORK) KEPT IN STOCK. FANCY COATINGS IN GREAT VARIETY. SUITS from M 4s. DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT. Dresses, Costumes, and Jackets made up to order, under the superintendence of a first-class Dressmaker. WEDDING & MOURNING ORDERS PUNCTUALLY ATTENDED TO. ORR AND CO., IMPORTERS ASHBURTCN AND RAKAIA.



Tenders. Y. R. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. KAWA KAWA RAILWAY. TAUMARERE CONTRACT—FORMA TION ONLY. LENGTH ABOUT ONE-MILE. ’7 Public Works Office, Wellington, 15th January, 1880. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office, until NOON on WEDNESDAY the 25th February, 1880, for the above contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside “ Tender for Taumarere Contract.” Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Wellington, after the 21st instant, and at Auckland, Grahamstown, KawaKawa, Christchurch, and Dunedin on arrival of first mail after that date. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any telegraph office by S'OON of the same date, pro vided that written tenders in due" form are lodged at a District - or Resident Engineer’s Office by the same, hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in favor of the Receiver-Generai’s Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest of any tender will not necessarily; be accepted. By command, JOHN BLACKETT, 439 g Engineer in Charge, North Island.



Railway Notices. JIISIIIL- ; NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. (Christchurch Section.) ALTERATIONS IN TIME TABLE OF TRAINS. HR HE following ALTERATIONS in the Time Table for this section will come nto force on the Ist February next : SOUTH LINE.; The 10'50 a.m. from Ashburton to Christchurch, and the 11'50 a.m. from Christchurch to Ashburton WILL BE DISCONTINUED, and a TRAIN will run on SATURDAYS ONLY, leaving Ashburton at 10 'SO a. m. and Christchurch at 11*30 a. m. The 4*45 p.m. train from Christchurch to Ashburton will leave at 4*55 pan. The 4*25 pan. express from Ashburton to Christchurch will leave at s*o p.m., and will stop at Rakaia. The 4'40 p.m from Ashburton to Christ church will leave at s*lo p.m. The 6*40 p.m. from Christchurch to Hornby WILL BE DISCONTINUED. The 11 *5 a. in. from Ashburton to Timaru, and the 11*30 a.m. from Timaru to Ashburton WILL BE DISCON TINUED, and a train will run o» SATURDAYS ONLY, leaving Ashbur ton at 11*5 a. m. and Timaru at 11*40 a.in. The 11 *0 a. m express from Ashburton to Timaru will stop at Winslow, Orari, and Winchester. The 2*22 p.m. express from Timaru to Ashburton will leave at 2*43 p.m. and will stop at Winchester, Orari, and Winslow. The 3'25 p.m. from Ashburton to Timaru will leave at 4*o p.m., and the 4*15 from Timaru to Ashburton at 4*50 p.m. The name of Lovat station (on the Malvern branch) will be changed to Ayles bury. For alterations on other-lines and times at intermediate stations see posters. FREDK. BACK, T General Manager. General Manager’s Office, Christchurch, Jan. 28' 1880. 992 a THE ASHBURTON HERALD And Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) .. i ASHBURTON, WAKANUI, AND SEA FIELD “HERALD” DELIVERY. Subscribers to the ashburtoA Herald, residing at and between the above places will, in future, be supplied by the Boy, at their residences, every Tues day and Friday. GREENSTREET, WESTERFIELD, UPPER ASHBURTON, AND MOUNT SOMERS. Subscribers residing in the above dis tricts will be supplied by Cookson’*- coach. Orders received by Messrs. Tisch and R. Morgan. New* Subscribers will please forward their names to any of the Agents, or our Office, as early as possible. Subscription : By post or Boy, Bs. 6d. per quarter; in advance, 7s. 6d. per quarter ; or 28s. per annum. The Ashburton Herald will contain all the latest telegraphic and other news, grain and produce market reports, and particu lar attention will be paid to the wants of settlers. All notices referring to the Borough Council, County Council, and the Road Boards, will be found in the Hearld. Agencies where The Herald can be obtained : • Walianui School Wakanui Creek.. Seafield... ... ~ ... ... Newlands Spread Eagle ... Mount Somers ... Mr. Ginney ... -G. Leadley ... Mr. Atkinson .../ T; M. Jones ... Ed Watkins ... Mr. Tisch ... R. Morgan The Agents will supply printed forms for new subscribers to sign. HAVE you Lost Anything ?—Tell the finder through the Herald for a Shilling. If he is honest he will bring it to you without a reward, but you can bait a finder of shaky morals by a tempting offer of remuneration for his r* A*, for a Shilling cash. ' t —7 ■ —"—■—r - ~.•* -t .• r i EULL of Reading Matter is the Herald every Evening,