The Hon. Major Atkinson suggested that the motion should be withdrawn, pointing out that when the Bill was before the House the matter sliouid be fully discussed. The motion was withdrawn as suggested. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. Saunders moved as an amendment

—“ That a reduction of ten per cent, be made on all salaries and wages excepting those connected with the Legislative De partment, which should be specially dealt with, and that Government should make large reductions in the number of officers by the amalgamation of offices and other wise, and that all services which were not indispensable to the efficient perfor mance of the public service be abolished altogether.”

The Hon. John Hall said he quite agreed with the motion. To effect these reductions and give effect to the motion, the public would have to be prepared to make considerable sacrifices, as facilities and conveniences hitherto provided could not possibly be continued. Mr. Macandrew agreed with the spirit of the proposal, but would prefer a sug gestion which had been made to the effect that the reduction should take place by an amalgamation of offices. Sir George Grey said that he under stood that a motion of this kind was meant to include the salary of the Go vernor.

The Hon. John Hall replied that the salary of the Governor could not be touched until the expiry of the term of office of the present incumbent. The motion would be given effect to by a clause in the Appropriation Act. Mr. Wood said he believed that the amendment had been inspired by the Go vernment, and it should have been moved by the Treasurer, who would have been able to give explanations that the member for Cheviot could not be expected to give. He had tabled a series of resolutions, and he did so not as a matter of party, but as one of business. It was now an understood thing that the amendment before the House would either have to be carried or none at all. Government was strong enough to do that. This resolution, and those before the House, were in many re spects similar. The only material differ ence between these resolutions was that he had exempted the wages class, whereas the amendment of the member for Cheviot expressly included that class. He was not going to take any exception to that, at the same time, he thought it was wrong. Then, again, another similarity between his propasals and those of the Govern ment was that the number of officers were to be considerably reduced by the .amal gamation of offices and otherwise. Then, again, he proposed that the Agent-Gene ral’s department should be abolished. The Hon. Major Atkinson said that the resolutions of Mr. Saunders were not, as had been stated, the resolutions of the Government. Had they been, they would have been moved by the Government. They were resolutions which the Govern ment understood expressed the views of the majority of the House, and as they went in a direction Government desired it had adopted them. What they under stood was that by ten per cent, to be re duced from salaries and other reductions a total of from LIBO,OOO lo L 200,000 should be saved on the annual expendi ture, but the reduction this year would only be from L 70,000 to LBO,OOO. After a number of members had spoken on the subject, and the majority of them proposing amendments, which on being put to the vote, were lost, the original motion of Mr. Saunders was put and agreed to. Progress was reported, and the House rose at 12.30.

THE STORY-TELLER.

THE GAR-WOLF.

A Romance of Brittany.

[continued.]

“ When I got through the thicket he had disappeared, and the wolves seemed to be galloping away through the forest ; but as I scrambled up over the ledge, I was confronted by a wolf so enormous that I can only believe it to have been Yvon metamorphosed.

“ I had just presence of mind to strike him on the head with a short ox-goad I brought with me, and then run down the rocks again, falling near the bottom and nearly stunning myself. But I sprang up and fled home, fearing every moment he would follow and pull me down.

“I meant to come on here, but I was in such terror of his catching me as I ran that, as the chaumieve seemed to afford me some protection, I rushed in, barred the door, and waited my fate.

“ About bis usual time he came to the door and tried it—l was in a cold pers piration. At last he knocked. I could not answer, I was tongue-tied with fear. He began to swear at me, saying he knew I was in there, and that I had shut the door to spile him ; and after a long time, after making him swear by the Virgin he would not harm me, I let him in. “ I was nearly frightened to death when he came in, for no sooner was he inside than, taking me by the shoulders and gnashing his teeth at me like a wolf that he is, he told me that if ever I played him such a trick again he would kill me. “ This morning, as soon as I could, I ran down here. But, ah, my God, bon papa, do not let me go back to the wolf! He will kill me some day, I know he will; and the prophecy of the fountain will come true !” “So little was known of Yvon’s ante cedents, he had always been so mysterious about them, that, putting this and sundry pther littlg things together, coupled with Annette’s story, bonpapa could only arrive at the unpleasant conclusion that he had married his grand-daughter to a Bis claveret, and that it might be as well for all concerned to put such a grandsan out of the way quietly, before some horrible catastrophe happened. Many were the plans which he formed for doing so ; but they were all marred by Annette, who would neither consent to be the means of Yvon’s death, or go back to the chavmiere ; and the morning had nearly s’ipped away ere bonpapa had half-coaxed, half-bullied her into helping him to follow out the one least objectionable to her. 'lt was more than probable that Yvon, being out- pf temper with his wife, would go out again that very night, and, as it would be easy to follow him in the moon light, the old man proposed to' dog him to

his wolf conference himself, and if he found it to be a fact, to take steps with the Curd of Corley for his regeneration or extirpation. To this Annette at first would not agree, as she would not consent to bonpapa's risking his life alone with the Bisclaveret. Bonpapa to this urged strongly that he must go alone to save the scandal to the family, and would not take her for fear something might happen to her. But at last it was decided that both should go ; so towards evening Annette went back to the chawmiere as if nothing had happened ; and by dark bonpapa was ensconced in the edge of tlie woods, with the proverbial silver bullet in his gun in case the Bisclaveret should discover him and show his wolf nature.

Yvon's morning fit of anger had passed off. and though moody at times, he was kind .and loving ; so much that Annette began to repent of the night’s adventure before her. She could not help loving him in spite of all; but as evening grew on, fear came over her that he might any night return in his wolf’s form, that his savage nature might be aroused, and that the prophecy of the fountain might come true ; besides the scandal to the family if it were known that she had been married to neither man, beast, nor demon ! Pah ! she crossed herself at the fearful thought! The Curd would find come way of regen erating him, and he would not have f o be killed ; so that by the time Yvon slipped from the house, she was again nerved to follow out her quest, and, giving him a few minute’s law, she hurried out across the pasture, mottled with wide-eyed buttercups, and over the low rail and bank beyond, under whose shadow bon 2oapa awaited her, gun in hand. Bursting through a grove of birch and willow, they find the trail, and in a moment more Annette’s keen eye recog nises Yvon’s figure ahead of them, now half lost in a dense thicket, now standing out grey in a moonlit glade against a bank of wood.

How they scramble down over moss clad rocks into a dark glen, where hazel branches arch over their heads, the brook tinkling and simpering down through damp shaughs and coppices of alder, fringed and tufted round the roots with rank burch grass. Up into the moonlight again, along a hill-side, in an air heavy with the smell of primroses and hyacinths. On either side the oak stems loom up gaunt and white, save where knotted veins of ivy creep up and round them, sucking their life blood. Anon they drop into a low vale where the spongy moss squeezes out its water from under their tread, and sighs as it takes its shape; once more, at the delicate asphodel, too crushed and bruised to rise again. A rabbit scuttles across their path, one ear slouched towards them, the other cocked at the great horned owl sweeping through the treetops. Cowering in the grass and ferns they watch Yvon’s tall figure top the earth bank, where he stands for a moment look ing back over the trail, and, as Annette avers to bonpapa, straight into their hiding place. But a moment, and they hurry on again, as the chase is lost in the labyrinth of seedling pines, which usher in the forest, and whose sturdy branches swish their faces and limbs as they wind through them.

But taller and taller grow the pines, freer and freer of lower branches, and at last, after a plunge into a dell of bracken higher than their heads, they emerge into the wildwoods, and a short yap, yap, with an answering howl, sails down tne wind, sighing through the pine branches over head, to greet them on their way. Ghost-like glide the three figures through the dark stems among which gray boulders crop out mushroom-like through the warm carpet of fir-needles. Wearily tread the hunters in the scanty cover, twice nearly discovered by Yvon who had stopped to breathe a moment in the ascent, for excitement had so kept up Annette and the old man that neither felt fatigue ; and as the hunted presses on again, they slip from behind their shelter ing trees, and creep after him like a pair of panthers, while louder and clearer down the breeze sweep the wolf howls. On the crest of a long chine, overlook ing a gully, Annette clutches the old man’s arm, and drags him behind a tree.

“ There ! there it is ! across in the moonlight. There is the stone ! Let us wait here.” Slowly Yvon climbs the further slope, and appears in a little cove bathed in moonlight against a ledge of rocks, there rising abruptly some thirty feet, but which a few yards on was a broken slope overgrown with shrubs and bushes. Breathless they watch him dpn the fatal skins and glide into the thicket toward the wolves, now quite close.

(to be continued.)

THE ASHBURTON HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 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 lime in giving these admirable Pills a fair trial. Coughs, colds, asthma, cr 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



Public Notices. NOTICE. EDWARD TAYLOR, BAKER, Saunders’ Buildings, BEGS to intimate to his customers and the public generally that he has this day disposed of his Business to W. White, and solicits a continuance of support for his successor. ACCOUNTS. MR. W. WHITE is AUTHORISED to COLLECT ALL DEBTS due to me in respect of my Bakery Business due at this date. EEIWARD TAYLOR, Baker, Saunders’ Buildings. Ashburton, 9th June, 1880. 552c-937g



Edmiston, Gundry & Co. FOR 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 of years. 210 ACRES on Gould and Cameron’s run. This property is partly fenced with goßse 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 Grecnstreet, securely fenced with live fences, and sub divided. and a permanent stream of water. 285 ACRES at Grecnstreet, to be sold or lot 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 capi'al 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 gOUTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Machines, &c. EDMISTON, CUNDRY, & CO., East Street. 106



T. Bullock. TO LET FOE CROP OF WHEAT 2QO ACRES 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 2°io Acres., Well watered on Longbeach Run, For Sale cheap, dwelling house of seven rooms, near the Parsonage, East Town Belt. Also that VALUABLE TOWN SECTION JgQ Situated in Tancred Street, and will be Sold on very liberal terms of payment. Let, two shops in East Street. Also Office in do. 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 453 c T. BULLOCK. 159 To 450 TO LET, ONE of those Newly Erected COT TAGES in Tancred Street, near Mr. Anstee’s Private Hotel. 571 c T. BULLOCK. TO LET—An Office in East street, near the Union Bank. Also, Shop and Dwelling-house, in same street. T. BULLOCK. IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North,- - PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALF*.



Business Notices. LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON & PARIS. Craighead & Co. Merchant Tailors, TANCRED STREET, (Next Qrr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-4450 W. WHITE, CONFECTIONER AND BAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, BEGS to announce that lie has taken 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, 6d. Cash. W. WHITE, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS. 928g-550c EVERETT BROS. AND CO., CHEAP DRAPERS, HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON. E. B. and Co. are nov> showing their INTER JQ RAPE RY, Comprising EVERY NOVELTY IN EACH DEPARTM ENT. NEW GOODS ARRIVING MONTHLY. 505 c



DAVIS’S Cheap F U R N ITURE AND BEDDING M A N UFACTORY, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. EVERY article Sold at Christchurch Pbioes and guaranteed best of material and workmanship.



FUNERALS CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED W. DAVIS.. MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. 529 c 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 op Australasia, Christ church. 22 1 o DON’T PASS THIS BY ! ! STOP before you give your next order for a Suit of Clothes. IF you want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. READ the following, then call and in spect the Goods. 1 YARDS READYI 500 ™ 500 f C U T. ) JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to be got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything ever yet shown in Ashburton. 7 OsAMPLES TO SELECT FROM*/0 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. THIS IS THE MAN FOR ym MY MONEY. \\ov ta GO TO b\o3 U» a. Triangle, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. CALL and inspect this Splendid Assort ment before you order. MOTTO: Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms—Cash. s TYLE and Finish second to none. JgCONOMY £1 Is. Cash for a Pair of Trousers £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed Suit. 780g-390c



Business Notices. CONTINUATION OF THE Great Sale AT ORR AND CO.’S., W E Have made still further reduc tions in various lines of Goods, as we desire to clear out all our old Stock FOR CASH In preference to carrying it over to another season. Our motto is SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RE TURNS, and we are glad to find the public ap preciate our efforts to serve them ; hence the EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESS since coming to Ash burton. Prices of Goods at Home are greatly advanced, but we having purchased largely previously, our Customers will get the full benefit. Drapery. Lot of Japan Silks, at Is. per yard, worth 2s. 6d. Dress Goods, as low as 6d. per yard. Winceys, at from fid. to 9d. Black Goods, at all prices. Stays, at 2s. to 7s. fid. Wool Shawls, at 7s. fid. to 12s. fid. Flannel, heavy, at lOd. to Is. 3d. Colonial made Flannel, from Is. 2s. to Is. fid. A Job Lot of Ladies’ Jackets. Collars and Cuffs, from fid. per pair. Real Welsh Homespun, at Is. lOd. ; all wool. 25 Costumes, dark colors, at 20s. each. 1 Lot of Childrens’ Costumes, at 4s. to 7s. fid., to clear out. Millinery. 6 doz. Straw Hats, at fid. each. 2 ~ ~ ~ at Is. ~ . Trimmed Hats, at half usual prices. Trimmed Bonnets very low. Blankets, Etc. Blue Blankets, at 10s. fid to 15s. fid. Superior Blue Blankets at 17s. fid. Kaiapoi Blankets, at 20s. Towels, at fid. each. Turkish Towels, at Is. to Is. fid. Boots. A few dozen Children’s Boots left, at Is. per pair. Boys’ Heavy Lace-ups —a Bargain—at 4s. Ladies’ Kid Boots, from ss. per pair. Gents’ Boots, at our usual low prices Clothing, Etc. Men’s Overcoats, from 355. to 555. Men’s Waterproof Coats, as low as Bs. fid. Men’s Heavy and Leather Bound, from 16s. to 255. Men’s Suits, from 395. fid. to 675. fid. Mens’ Tweed Pants, from 10s. fid. to 15s. fid. Men’s Hats, at 4s. 9d., ss. fid., to 7s. fid.



Carpets. A great variety of Brussels Carpets, at 2s. under usual prices. Best Tapestry Carpets, at 3s. 6d. Best Kidder. Carpets, very cheap. Felt Carpets, from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per yard. Floor Cloths, in great variety. Cocoanut Matting, all widths, very low. China Matting, unusually Cheap. Dressmaking. Dresses and Costumes made to order promptly. Prices moderate, and perfect fit guaranteed. ORR AND CO. ASHBURTON AND RAKATA.



Business Notices. Ashburton Bakery, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON BAKER, PASTRYCOOK, AND CON FECTIONER. ALL 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



SOUTH RAKAIA MOTEL. TOM DALZELL MANAGER (Late Partridge.) T f \ BEGS to inform the public , jL/, that the South Rakaia Hotel is now complete with every con venience and comfort for travellers, and trusts by supplying first-class liquors and giving every attention to patrons, to merit a continuance of the liberal support hitherto accorded to this house. A new Coffee Room for Boarders has just been added. Private Rooms for Families. Good Billiard Room, with Alcosk’s best full-size Table. Dinner from one o’clock. Good Stabling accommodation. 583 c QUILL’S slftgl hotel Opposite Railway Station, Ashburton. SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION for TRAVELLERS JpRIVATE SUITES OF APART MENTS FOR FAMILIES. LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS FOR COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. BATH ROOM. FIRST-CLASS #sa* BILLIARD SALOON. V Wines, Spirits, and Ales, of the most genuine brands only, kept and supplied, wholesale and retail. Note Address— QUILL’S WHOLESALE BOTTLING STORES, Commercial Hotel, (Near Railway Station), Ashburton. 751g-336c



CHEAP MEAT FOR CASH. LONDON BUTCHERY, (Established 1870.) Octavius Digby, Family Butcher. IN thanking the public for their liberal support for the last ten years, begs leave to inform them that having a large stock of cattle and sheep on hand, he is pre pared to supply the best quality of meat at the undermentioned PRICES for CASH, viz. SIDES MUTTON 2d. per lb^ HINDQUARTERS,, ... 2id. LOINS „ ... 2|d. „ FORE-QUARTERS,. ... lid. „ FORE-QUARTERS BEEF 3d. „ JOINTS OF BEEF 2d., 3d., and 4d. „ Pork, Yeal, and small Goods always on and. O. D. having had twenty years’ ex perience in the London and New Zealand trade, customers can always rely on being supplied with meat of the very best quality from cart or shop. Q. DIGBY, 593 c Butcher.



NE W ZEALAND WESLE YAN SUBSCRIBERS to the Wesleyan are )0 respectfully requested to pay their subscriptions now due to Messrs. Weeks and Dixon, Ashburton. J. T. SMITH, Manager. Christchurch, June 15th, 1880. 56Gc THE “Herald” is published every evening, thus giving every day’s news. This is better than buying a Sis penny weekly.



Business Notices. BEST NEWCASTLE COALS LAMBTON COLLIERY. 50s. PERTON -1 A PER CENT. DISCOUNT. f or CASH. SPRINGFIELD COALS 40s. PER TON. 10 Per Cent Discount for Cash. To be delivered in my yaid. Accounts to be paid monthly. 359C-773G C. PERCY COX.



ASHBURTON HAIRCUTTING ROOMS. REDUCED PRICES. E. A. GARNETT, Hairdresser, East Street, WILL REDUCE his PRICES from June 19fch, in order to meet the times, as follows : GENTS’ HAIRCUTTING BOYS’ haircutting, under 12 years 3d. Bd. M A large and well-assorted stock of Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery, and Fancy Goods, at greatly reduced prices. Note the address— _@3T- E. A. GARNETT’S Old-Established Haircutting Rooms, East street, Ashburton. Agent for the sale of the Asliburton Guardian and Evening Herald. 565c-959g



NOW OPEN. MONSTER CARNIVAL, FANCY FAIR, AND BAZAAR, IN FOWLER’S NEW BUILDINGS, Tillered street. Splendid Opportunity for PURCHASING BAZAAR GOODS. MR. I. MONTAGUE, of High street, Christchurch, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ash burton and surroundings districts that he has -+— OPENED Those extensive premises known as Fowler’s Buildings, Tancred street, With an enormous stock of FANCY GOODS Of every description. THE SHILLING TABLE IS WORTH A VISIT. Gold and Silver Jewellery. Gold and Silver TrimmiLgs for Fancy Dress Costumes. These Goods are a Special and will be SOLD AT VERY LOW PRICES. The Sale will last for a Fortnight Only. EVERYONE INVITED. 614c-6g



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