COMMERCIAL.

Alfred Harrison reports for the week ending Saturday, June 5, as follows On Wednesday the household furniture and effects of S. J. Zander, Esq., were sold, the whole of the articles realizing good prices. , . b On Thursday, at Winslow, on account of Mr. AJpheus Hayes, about 40,000 feet of timber was disposed of, at fair market ™ Saturday, June 5, at his yards-Horses and implements found a very slow market, but most of those entered were disposed of. A consignment of rabbits, from Southland, sold at Is. 6d. to Is. lOd. per pair.g-: A consignment of cheese only realized 4d. per lb. Pigs sold well at about 6d. per lb. ; ducks, per pair, 4s. Gd. ; fowls, 2s. 6d. to 3s. ; potatoes, L2 to L2 ss.- per ton ; onions, id. to |d. ; chick wheat, Is. 6d. per bushel. Sundries, as usual, found a good market.

MATE NOTICES.

Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post Office—

From Christchurch at 10.35 a.m., 4.55 p.m., and 8.15 p.m. daily. From Chertsey, Rakaia, &c. at 10.35 a.m. daily. From Dunedin and' intermediate places at 5.25 p. m. daily. Fr»m Temuka and Timaru at 9.25 a.m. and 5.25 p. m. daily. From Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach atTO a.m. daily. From Wakanui and Seafield on Tues days and Fridays at 2.30 p.m.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office, as follows : For Christchurch and North at 6 a. m. 9. a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Rakaia. &c. , at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and 1 Geraldine, at 10.15 a.m. daily. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 6 a. m. and 10.15 a.m. daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge, oh Tuesdays and Fridays, at 10.30 am. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeacli, at 3.15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui, and Seafield, on Tues days and Fridays, at 6 a. m. : W. St. G. Douglas, r i(C~ Postmaster. Mails close at the Chief Post Office, Christchurch, for the following places (subject to necessary alterations) as under: — This Day. For Otago and Australian Colonies, per Arawata. Thursday. June 10. TFor~iyortnern

SYDNEY J. DICK, Chief Postmaster.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1880. An Immigration Outrage.

In a paper presented to Parliament a history is given of the disgraceful piece of humbug that was recently perpetrated in connection with the introduction to this colony of fifty coal miners (with their families) under engagement to the West port Colliery Company. The miners were engaged in England by the Agent- General, for and at the request of the Westport Colliery Company, and when engaged the men were given to understand that they would be sent to work im mediately on arrival in this colony, at 10s. a-day wages, or an equivalent in tonnage if piecework were chosen. The letter of the manager of the Company, Mr. A. J. Burns, to the Minister for Immi gration, asking the men to be selected and engaged for the Company, is very ex plicit, and he laid down the instructions necessary for the Agent-General’s guid ance with a minuteness of detail that is perfectly refreshing. The men had to be selected from the best coal mining dis tricts in the Old Country ; had to be of the highest moral character and of the best skill as workmen ; married, as a recommendation for steadiness ; and of small stature —we presume, so that they would work more handily in contracted spaces underground. The Agent-General seems to have been particular in attending to the instructions of Mr. A. J. Burns— too particular, in fact, for we find that when the little army of carefully selected miners arrived at Nelson the fastidious manager of this Westport Company, that was going to raise coal enough to set the Thames on fire, objected to several of the men because they were “local preachers,” and no “ local preacher ” would ever find employment in his mine. Mr. A. J. Burns apparently had a holy or unholy horror of those who preach, especially amateur preachers, and stoutly averred that the sort of workman who with one hand cut into the obdurate heart of the earth and with the other into the equally ob durate souls of men, must naturally give only a half-hearted attention to the work for which he was paid in current coin, however well he may merit the reward which is not paid in silver and gold of an earthly coinage. Had Mr. A. J. Burns and his precious company been prepared to em ploy any of the colliers whom he had seduced Government in a weak moment to import for his benefit, we could have pardoned his fastidiousness ; but he was no more prepared to employ miners than he was to employ preachers, and evidently sought only an excuse for getting out, no matter how, of a bargain he was not pre pared to fulfil. On the arrival of the Opawa, which brought the miners to Nelscn, as the port nearest to Westport, the Government q —Mj\ Burns to fulfil a promise he had made m one or ms leners on the subject—namely, to meet the men at Nelson. But all that could be got out of the doughty manager was that he had no instructions from the Directors of his Company, and until he got those the miners would have to remain in Nelson. Telegrams came and went between the Go vernment and the Company’s Secretary, and the Government and this humbug of a manager. The one blamed the manager for the delay, and the other blamed the Directoi’s ; and meanwhile the miners were put on rations in the Nelson bar racks, where they fumed and fretted, and expressed their opinion of those who had humbugged and befooled them. During their enforced idleness the more intelli gent of them wrote Home to the papers published in the districts from which they had come, and the accounts given of their treatment are any thing but pleasant, while assertions are made by them perfectly warranted by the usage to which they had been subjected. They do not hesitate to state that working men are really not wanted in the colony, and that the immigration scheme is only a move instigated by capitalists to flood the country with workers, and thus glut and cheapen the labor market. Such state ments as these, made by men brought over here under false pretences, and made as a special warning to their old fellow workmen at Home, cannot fail to injure the reputation of the colony amongst the working people in Britain, and they will tell against us on any future appeal we may require to make for immigrants of this class* After the poor fellows had spent many dreary -weeks in the Nelson barracks, the Government -were able to find employment for them in the Spring field Colliery, in the Brunner mine, and Coal Pit Heath mine at Greymouth, and the companies owning these fortunately absorbed all the men. There was diffi culty to begin with at the Springfield mine, owing to the absence of house accom modation, bub the men bravely went to work, taking their families with them and choosing to live in tents until cottages were erected. By this fiasco the Government liaxe been put to great trouble and no little expense, all because a blundering manager did not know his business, and only knew his own mind very imperfectly. But the humbug did not end with the finding of employment for the men. The Secretary of the Westport Colliery Company had the consummate impudence, after the men had been brought out at Govern ment expense, and maintained in Nelson waiting the Company’s pleasure, to deny all liability for their rations. To this denial Mr. Rolleston replied curtly that the Secretary would hear from him again. He did so on the 22nd of April last when j a little bill amounting in all to £239 7s. was forwarded. Here the correspondence, so far as the paper submitted to Parliament is concerned, ends, and we are not told whether the Government has been paid the amount or not. The sum covers only the bare cost for food to the men and their families, and wo are surprised to find the Minister for Immigration so amaz ingly lenient. We had fancied it was quite within his power, from the cor respondence published in this paper, to recover from the dilatory Company not only the rations but all the passage money paid, not only to the colony, but from Nelson to the various places to which the men were sept. The whole conduct of those concerned for thp Company in bring out the unfortunate miners is throughout a gross outrage upon the men, and in thp interests of justice the matter ought not to be allowed to rest at the simple pay ment ,of the ration?; but an §example

ought to be made so that the colony and the Mother Country may be assured that men cannot with impunity be enticed here on a wild goose chase to suit the caprice or cupidity of the promoters of any private enterprise or speculation. This is the first importation of a large body of skilled men for any special industry, and it is a blow to the colony’s reputation that the undertaking should ha\e been attended by such unpleasant circum stances.

Sudden Death. —Mr. James Blair, a farmer, of Lincoln, fell down whilst walking along the Prebbleton road on Saturday last, and died immediately.

Business Change. —Mr. W. White has taken over the business of baker, &c., carried on by Mr. Edward Taylor in Saunders’ buildings, East street north, and the announcement of the change appears in another column.

Queer Prize. —We learn (says the Thames Advertiser ) that Mr. Brassy has given a perambulator as a prize to be fired for by the Thames Scottish Battalion. Only single men are to compete for this prize, and the winner is allowed six months within which he must marry, or the prize falls to the company to be again competed for. We understand that a member of the Brokers’ Association has also given a prize of a baby’s cradle to be fired for on the same condition as the per ambulator prize.

I. O. G. T. Waterton. The usual weekly meeting of the Clearbroolc Lodge was held on Saturday, the 29th ult., Bro. W. T. Nourish, W. C. T., presiding. After the initiation of a new member and the business of the lodge had been disposed of, the installa tion of officers for the .ensuing quarter was performed by Bro. Fred. Clothier, L.D., The following were duly conducted to the respective chairs : —W. C.T., Bro. Jno. Pearson; W.V.T., Bro. Wm. M‘Rae; W.S., Bro. Sami. Norrish ; W.F.S., Bro. Win. Alclerdice ; W.T., Bro. Wm. Hous ton ; W.C., Bro. Alf. Norrish ; W.M., Bro. Jno. Barr; W.R.H.S., Bro. Chas. Sheett; W.L.H.S. ,Bro.T. Timms; W.A. S., Bro. Jno. Shepherd; P.W.C.T., Bro. Thos. Savage. Several new members were proposed, after which the Lodge closed, the members having spent a very pleasant evening.

Lost Money.— On Friday night Mr. Wm. Frisby, Ashburton Forks, lost, between the establishment of Messrs. Quinton Bros., on the Alford Forest road, and Mr. Corbett’s farm, Ashburton Forks, a black leather pocket-book. It contained, besides several receipts and other docu ments, ten LlO notes and six LI notes, and was carried, previous to its being missed, in the left breast-pocket of the owner, who was riding at the time. he lost his property. The notes were new ones, and were obtained that day from the Union Bank ; they -were numbered consecutively, and these numbers are known, so that any attempt to pass them will be dangerous. On Saturday morning, about daylight, a laborer named Leonard going to his work, picked up the pocket book in tile Vicinity Ol'-wlicru* xr. slip, posed to have been lost, and lie also found several of the papers it had contained lying about, but the notes were gone. The police are oil the watch for the first finder, who has evidently taken possession of the money.

Udolpho Wolfe. —We have heard many a man smother a curse after he had got half through one of the cleverly writ ten paragraphs in which Udolpho Wolfe and Co couch the advertisements of their “schnapps.” This firm also advertise that in every day’s bottling of their liquor they insert three orders for LI each in the capsules—one order at three intervals over the day’s work. There are those who are sceptical of the truth-of this statement, and not long ago an individual wrote to a paper in this colony stating that he had pur posely bought ever so much schnapps with a view to ascertaining whether there ivas anything in the “draw” or not. He failed to find a LI order in any of his pur chases. Last night, however, a resident called at this office and showed us an order for LI that he had been lucky enough to find in the capsule of a bottle he had bought at the Somerset Hotel. It runs thus: —“ Hamburg, January 1879. —Ll—Good for one pound sterling, pay able at the office of Messrs. M. Moss & Co., Sydney and Melbourne, —Udolpho Wolfe, Son, and Co., No. 450.” This is a proof that after all there is some body in the advertisement.

Ashburton Gas Company.— A special meeting of shareholders of the Ashburton Gas Company was held in the reading room of the Public Library yesterday. The purpose of the meeting was to confirm the resolutions passed at the special meet ing held last month,, at which the articles of association were adopted with two slight alterations, and two auditors were elected. There was a fair attendance, and the resolutions were confirmed. Pre vious to commencing business, Mr. Bullock said that at next annual meeting a recommendation by the Directors would fall to be considered - namely, that the price of gas to consumers should be re duced. Consumers had been complaining of the high price ; hut he wished them to bear in mind that Ashburton was far from port, and costly freight had to be paid on the coal used. Having this in view consumers would understand that gas could not be produced so cheaply here as it could be in places whose proximity to the seaports saved a great expense on the overland carriage of coal. Still, he believed gas ivas just as cheap here as it was in Oamaru and Timaru. Regarding the Company, he might say that the works were now in excellent condition, and a very satisfactory feature of their working, and one that said much for the manner in which the mains had been laid, was the fact that the percentage of waste had been largely reduced since work commenced. When they began they had had a waste of forty per cent, of the gas manufactured ; but now that waste had been minimised to seven per cent. The monthly con sumption of gas was now 170,000 feet, and this among seventy consumers. There was a gradual but steady increase taking place in the number of consumers ; and gas was steadily forcing its way into private houses, many more of which he hoped to see supplied ere long. Coke was now being made at the works, and the price of this article had been reduced from L2 to 355. per ton, with a view to inducing con sumption. Mr. Bullock then thanked the shareholders for their attendance, in timated when the next annual meeting would take place, of which due notice would be given; and the meeting ad journed.

Cricket. —Members of the Ashburton Cricket Club are reminded that a meeting is called for this evening in the County Council Chambers at 7.30 o’clock. The Compulsory Clauses.— Owing to the already overcrowded state of the Timaru schools, the committee there have decided not to enforce the compulsory clauses of the Education Act. The Waitaki Election. —The Minis terialist candidate, Mr. Reid, has evi dently the best chance for the Waitaki seat. The Opposition interest has been divided by the vanity of the one canditate, and the stubbornness of the other, and the result is that between Messrs. Jones and Roberts, the Ministerialists will gain the seat.

Forgery. —Two cases of forgery are be fore the Auckland Police Court—one, a man named Worms, who is accused of having forged the name of Messrs. Hoff man, of that city, to a receipt of L 3 ; and the other that of Lawrence Jellings who is alleged to have forged the name of J. Abbot to a cheque for LGS on the Colonial Bank. The alleged offenders are under remand.

The Raphel Troupe.— The Raphael family of acrobats, gymnasts, wire walkers, stilt dancers, etc., are to give one of their varied entertainments in the Town Hall to-night. There.are five or six members of the company, and the known cleverness of the Raphael family, will doubtless attract a good attendance. Of one of the members, a boy of fourteen or fifteen years, the Christchurch papers speak in high terms, one remarking that he is specially clever, his skill and daring being quite on a par with many adult performers, and he deservedly won hearty recognition of his talent. Unemployed Meeting. —A meeting of the unemployed of Christchurch was held in Cathedral squai’e yesterday morning at half-past ten o’clock. There were about sixty members present, and several of them spoke at length on the subject of the scarcity of labor and the number of men out of employ in the town. A com mittee was formed, who was appointed to draw up certain proposals to be submitted to a general meeting of the unemployed at a future date. The cli’aft of a petition to the United States Government has been prepared, praying Government to cause to be conveyed to the States such persons as are unable to obtain work here. The unemployed meeting this morning was largely attended. A draft petition to the American Government was adopted, and will be placed in various parts of the town for signature. A monster meeting of the unemployed will be held in a few days.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE IRISH RELIEF FUND.

To the Editor,

Sir —Although I have never “professed of-Irish Dloudy o—being 0 —being a Connaught mari, my pi’ofession of nationality is put in fewer words and in a more emphatic form; still lam no doubt one of those members of the Irish Relief Committee referred to by the correspondent “ Sub scriber ”in last night’s Herald. That gentleman deserves the thanks of my countrymen for his letters, and the manner in which he expresses his indignation shows his heart is in the right place. The prompt action of Mr. Ivess enabled many in Ashburton to answer the cry of the starving Irish, and they have the satis faction of knowing their contributions have reached their destination.

When I went to the Town Clerk (who is Secretary of the Fund), at the begin ning of last month, I found that the sub scription list was stowed away amongst the borough archives, where it would un doubtedly have remained until now, or rather until “ Subscriber’s” first letter ap peared, had I not taken action in the matter. I got in the unpaid town sub scriptions and handed them to the Trea surer, and the whole amount would have gone early last month had it not been for what I can only designate, the in human conduct of those gentlemen in the county who were entrusted with lists and would not send'them in after repeated de mands from the Secretary. Perhaps they have been perusing London Punch, where the starving Irish are deemed fit subjects for a joke. To “ Subscriber’s ” charges I plead not guilty, but I would be very sony to join withjhe Committee in their de fence. I have taken considerable trouble in the matter, perhaps not so much as I should have done or as I would wish, but it is discouraging to act alone. Thanking “ Subscriber ” for liis humane action, I beg to assure him that the patriotism and honor he enquires for are, in my case, in the keeping of an Irishman.—l am, &c., F. P. O’Rielly.

Serious Coal Mine Accident at West port.

(by telegraph.)

Wellington, June 7. A private telegram received in town states that a serious accident has occurred at the Westport Colliery. The particu lars to hand are very meagre ; but it appears that the mishap occurred on the incline by which coals are conveyed from the side of the mountain, where the works are situated, to the ship’s side. Damage to the extent of LI,OOO is said to have been caused, and one telegram being sent to the Company's head office at Dunedin, a reply was sent ordering the works to be stopped at once, until the scene of accident had been inspected, and necessary steps taken in the matter. June 8. The report that the colliery had received serious injury is incorrect. The only foundation for the report is that a truck broke away and displaced some sleepers.

Improving. —City editor to dissolute re porter : “ It’s a pity you should go on so. Be a man, and keep sober, and you might make your mark.” Dissolute reporter : “ Can (hie) do more’n that now ; can write my name. ”

A nervous Chicago man had a tooth pulled, and, as he came bounding out of the dentist’s chair into a room where half a dozen other patients sat, he inspired them with terror by howling:” ‘am 1 all here ? Will someone please take a census of me ?’

Resident Magistrate’s Court.

Tuesday, June 8.

(Before Mr. F. Guinness, R.M.) A BOABDINQ-HOTJSE. INCIDENT. William Mahoney, charged with assault ing Samuel Lucas, boarding-house keeper, was defended by Mr. Ireland, and pled not guilty. Samuel Lucas deponed that on the 30th May, between eleven and twelve o’clock, he was in the kitchen of the Prince Albert Dining-rooms, when the accused came in

and helped himself to coffee. I told him that I had sat up for him the night pre vious, and expected some money, and told him that I supposed he had spent his money, and that he had come back to “ loaf.” I told him, also, that I had now

proved him to be nothing short of a “loafer,” and that he would not get another meal in my house. He then said I did not dare say that to him outside. I said, “ I don’t want any bother with you ; you had better go.” He said it was more than I dared do—to turn him out on a Sunday. I put my hand on his shoulder, and told him to go. He then took hold of me by the hair of my head, and with the other held me by my beard. He pulled me down to the ground, and dragged me into the passage, just opposite the sitting-room door. My wife, in the meantime, tried to pull the accused off, but did not succeed. He afterwards let me go, and when he did so brought out of my face some of the hair, which my wife picked up. He then went outside and challenged me to fight, when I told him if he did not take himself off I would give him in charge. He then ran upstairs, when I followed him. I found that he had not gone into his own room, but he had gone into room No. 12, and locked himself in. When he was running upstairs, he said he would go quietly, but afterwards said I could not turn him out on Sunday, and he would defy me. I tried to get the door open but failed. I sent my boy for a stick, which I put in the opening of the door so that; he could not close it again! He then opened the door and pulled the stick away. He : came out with the stick and flourished it about. I told my boy to go for a policeman, and accused then kicked me in the leg. He got from No. 12 room to his own room, from which room the policeman took him. By Mr. Ireland—The conversation in the kitchen was about the money he owed me. I did not say anything about an in timate friend of his. I commenced the conversation, by telling him he was a “ loafer,” and that he should get no more meals in my house. I was in the best of tempers at the time. I merely took him by the shoulder, and told him to go. When I went upstairs I did not strike Mahoney with the stick. I do not know what accused was doing upstairs in room No. 12; his room is No. 13. I am not aware whether accused had any property in No. 12. I cannot swear that he had nothing there, but I do not think he had. He did not leave the house before the policeman came. When he went away, I let him have his goods, as they were not woi’th five shillings. He went out in the presence of the policeman, and went quietly. When he kicked me, he said if he had a knife he would stab me. Elizabeth Compton corroborated the former part of the evidence of the previous witness, adding that the complainant had taken.into the kitchen a handful of hair which had been torn out of his own head. By Mr. Ireland—The complainant was helpless while the accused was dragging him by the hair. I did not see any blows on either side. I did not hear any con versation beyond Lucas telling Mahoney he was a “ loafer. ” This concluded the evidence for the complainant, and Mr. Ireland contended that the boot was on the other leg, and that really Lucas was the man who should have been the accused in the case instead of being the complainant. H’s Worship said that the evidence, so far, went to show that an inj ustifiable assault had been committed. William Mahoney, the defendant, said he remembered the 30th May. I went into the kitchen of the Prince Albert, to help myself to cofiee, and Mr. Lucas, who was there, spoke of an intimate friend of mine in an insulting way. I told him I did not wish to hear anything about the man, and I told him that it was nothing but prejudice and spite that made him talk like that. He then made some very disagreeable references as to my spending my money at the races and at ball rooms. When lie told me that 1 should not have another meal in his house, I told him I wished he had told me that three weeks ago. He then rushed at me and struck me, upon which I grasped him by the beard. Lucas went to a place in the kitchen where there were some knives, and took up one. When 1 went upstairs he followed me into the passage, and he made another rush at at me to strike me. While in the passage Mrs. Lucas came in, and while struggling with the plaintiff, she pulled me by the hair. We then separated, and 1 told him I did not wish to have anything to do with him, but wanted to go upstairs and get my things. I went upstairs, and he followed me. At the top of the stairs he said if he could not give me a “lacing” with his hands he would get something else to do it with. My own door was locked, and I went into the next room, in which there was a dictionary belonging to me. I locked the door, and Lucas burst it open with his foot. I went into the passage, and he struck me over the hand with a walking-stick, upon which I took the stick from him. I took the key out of the room in which I was, opened my own room door, and locked myself in, so as to get my things. Lucas went away, and then came back and asked his wife for a ham mer and nails to fasten the window, so that I should not get out. He did not use the hammer and nails. Shortly after wards the policeman came, and I told him that I wished to go quietly, and that if I had been allowed to go before, no dis turbance would have occurred. I told Lucas that I should summons him, -when ' lie said he should summons me. I then left. Constable Smart, who arrested the ac cused, being a necessary witness, was ab sent, and his Worship adjourned the case until Thursday next. CIVIL CASES. C. F. Reed v. Steele.—Claim LIOO on a promissory note. Air. Purnell for plaintiff, i Judgment by default for amount and costs ; L 5 18s. ‘ Stephens v. Hammond.—Claim L3l ( Cs. Bd. Mr. Crisp for plaintiff. Judgment ! by default for amount and costs L 3. i

Hicks v. Bareira—Claim L 3 12s. Judg ment by default for amount and costs 7s. 6d. INTEBPLEADERS. There were several interpleader cases before the Court to-day, in the first of which Edward Saunders and the trustees in the estate of William Saunders sought to recover the value of two yearling foals, which George Jameson, as trustee in the estate of one Dudson, a bankrupt, had sold, the said foals at the time of sale being secured under a mortgage of stock to the plaintiff. There was another case, very much similar, in which a drill was sought to be recovered by Saunders Bros., and the two claims having been sent to , the bailiff in a somewhat indefinite manner, the plaintiffs in • the first case were only described as Edward'Saunders in the summons. Mr. Purnell appeared a for Mr. Jameson, and Mr. O’Reilly; for the plaintiffs in both cases. Mr. O’Reilly applied; to have the f sum mons with reference to the foals altered, as through the neglect of the bailiff, the' k name of Edward Saunders had only been inserted instead of the addition of the trustees in the estate of William Saunders. ' Mr. Purnell objected to his Worship u taking such a course of action. He con tended that the mistake was not on the part of the bailiff, as the claim was couched in such terms as to confuse and mislead anyone. It was on account of. the notice having been framed in such an indefinite manner by the other side that the error had crept in. His Worship said that ,he could not r allow any such alteration, as from the reading notices, he failed to see how the bailiff was to blame. , • ~'j.

Air. O’Reilly, at this,: stage, got very excited, and after addressing the Court in a loud tone.

His Worship expressed astonishment at Mr. O’Reilly losing such control of him self, and thought that such conduct was unbecoming.- The case would be ad- ? journed for a week so as to; allow an amended summons to be issued, but no costs would be allowed.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

(Per Reuter's Agency .) China and the Kuldja. London, June 7. A report has been received that the Chinese have occupied a large portion of Kuldja territory, the cession of which to Russia has for some time past been in dis pute. The Grand Prix of Paris. > : { Paris, ; June 7. t ; The Grand Prix resulted as follows :—* Robert the Devil ... 1 : ' Destrier ,'P T...T ? i.; 2 Milan ... ... 3 A Railway to Mount Vesuvius. Venice, June 7., The railway to the Summit o.f Mount Vesuvius has been opened, and the journey can now be performed in ten minutes. The States Presidency. Washington, June 7. The result of the Presidential election is considered doubtful, and public opinion is fully occupied on the question. It is believed that General Grant has no chance of election.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Per Reuters Agency.)

Suicide of a New Zealand Colonist in Melbourne. Melbourne, June 7. John Mfiller, a Swiss who recently arrived from New Zealand, committed suicide a day or two ago in Melbourne cemetery. The body was discovered to-day, and was found to have been horribly gnawed by rats. . ■ Wrecked. The barque Ba-tto Basi, from Ijilatjap, with a cargo af 350 tons of sugar for this port, and which stranded in Western Australia, has been totally lost. Payment to Members. Melbourne, June 8. In the Legislative Assembly last night, the Bill providing for payment of mem bers was read a second time, on a division of 38 to 24. The measure provides that payment of members shall not be limited to one session. The New Ireland Expedition. Cooktown, June 7.

Advices from the Duke of York Island to May 30, confirm news recently received of the great distress among the Chander nagore immigrants, who have, now re turned to Likilika bay. Nine more of the party have died of fever and ulcers, from which they were suffering when latest advices left New Ireland. There were no signs of the Genie vessel, which lately sailed from Aden with another batch of immigrants.

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association,)

Auckland, June 7.

The body of a man named Ourza, a Swede, was found hanging to a lamp-post near the gasworks. He had re cently arrived from Sydney, and com plained of difficulty in finding employ ment. At the inquest an open. verdict was returned.

The charge of alleged larceny of a mail bag, on board the, Rotomahana, against William H. Barnett, was dismissed.

A humpback whale, forty feet long, and' valued at L3OO, was harpooned yesterday by Captain Farquhar’s boatswain, but got away with the harpoon and line. It was seen to-day near the wharf, but escaped to sea by the Rangitoto Channel.

The Rev Gentleman. Auckland, June 8. The person calling himself the Rev. Charles Atterbury alias Cornock, was again brought up this morning to answer various indictments against him. The charge against him of larceny as a bailee was first proceeded with. A witness testified to giving Atterbury LlO to pay one Quick for carriage hire. Prisoner appropriated L 6, returning L 4, and pre tending he had paid Quick. The case ; broke down as tliis witness, McNamara, did not entrust prisoner with any definite sum to pay Quick.

fHE ASHBRTON HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1880.



AUCTION SALES. Wednesday, June 9. R.' Davies and Co., at the Earm of Mrs. Dannihy, Seafield—Stock, Implements, &c. Sale at 1 p.m. Friday, June 11. Messrs. Acland, Campbell, and Co., at •Westerfield Station—Horses, Cattle, Implements, &c. Saturday, June 12. Alfred Harrison, at his yards—Horses, Implemenis, Harness, &c. Sale at 12 o’clock. - Saturday, J une 19. Jameson and Roberts, at Messrs. Robert Wilkin and Co.’, New Zealand Wool .Stores, Hereford street, Christchurch— Farm at Dromore, containing 1,050 Acres. Sale at 12 o’clock sharp.



17 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. All orders for insertion of advertise ments must be written legibly on the face of _ the advertisement. When no order is given the advertisement will be inserted until countermanded, and charged accord ingly. All notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths must be accompanied by the sig nature of the sender, as a guarantee of good faith. 'All advertisements and business letters to be addressed The Manager ; literary communications should be addressed to The Editor. Miscellaneous PI A OQQ TO BEND, in sums to suit borrowers, at lowest rate of interest. F. P. O’Reilly, Solicitor, Ashburton. 4.24c-835g OFFICE and Pocket Diaries for 1880 H. M. Jones, Stationer, Baring Square. -\TTANTED KNOWN—That C. Haw- W kins, The Tinwald Bootmaker, has REMOVED to premises Opposite the Tinwalcl 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 "ANTED KNOWN, that MR. NEALAS is now OPENING UP a First Class Assortment of BOOTS and SHOES, suitable for Winter wear, which he intends to dispose of at his usual CHEAP RATES. 924g-536c TXT ANTED—TENDERS for CLEAR- 1 V ING Fourteen Miles of Drainage on the Chatmoss Estate. Full particulars can be ascertained by applying to J ames Scott, at Montgomery and Co.’s Store, East street, Ashburton. 535c-930g TTTANTED KNOWN, that Envelope, Yj\v and Notepaper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “.Herald” Office, East-street North. ;, ' ; *>4c LECTURES.— Just Ar rived, New Edition H. M. J ones, Baring Square. TTALL PROGRAMME CARDS In _0 ;; very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station,



Miscellaneous. O GHOOL Requisites and Artist M O rials. H. M. JONES, Statio ler, Baring Square. ' WANTED Known, the “Ashburton Herald ” circulates throughout the Provincial District of Canterbury. WANTED— A good PLOUGHMAN, by Saturday night. Apply to Meredith Wilson, Wakanui. 549 c rnHE PEINNY made the postal system X of England a success. So has it made the Herald. Everybody buys the Herald. n JHE “ Herald’' is published ever} X evening, thus giving every day’s news. This is better than buying a Six penny weekly. LABOURERS requiring work can secure first opening by applying early at Herald Registry Office, on pay ment of Is. FIVE POUNDS REWARD. LOST. —On FRIDAY night, between Quintin’s Bottling Establishment and Mr. Corbett’s Farm, £lO6. Numbers known of the ten £lO notes. The finder will receive the above reward on return ing the same to William Frisby, Green street, or G. M. Robinson, at Cunning ham and Co.’s office, Ashburton. 553 c WATCH FOUND. THIOUND, at South Rakaia, a Silver P Hunting Watch. The owner can have the same by giving description and paying expenses. Apply, JAMES BRUCE, 543 c South Rakaia. ORDER OF JUDGE. In the Supreme Court op New Zealand, Wellington District, Tuesday, this First Day of June, 1880. UPON reading'the Affidavits of Jonas Woodward, of Wellington, Public Trustee, and of Joseph Henry Benley, of Dunsandel, Hotelkeeper, I do order that the Public Trustee shall be Adminis trator of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of ALFRED MUT TON, deceased, and that this order be published in the Ashburton Herald, news paper. (Signed) JAMES PRENDERGAST, 540 c C. J. THE ESTATE OF ALFRED MUT TON, DECEASED. A LL Persons indebted to the above ■/\ named deceased are requested to pay the amounts of their several accounts to me or to H. H. Deßourbel, Esq., Christchurch. Also—All persons having CLAIMS against the said estate are requested to Bourbel, the 23rd day of JUNE next. N.B.—Any claim not sent in by the day named will be liable to be excluded from participation. J. WOODWARD, Public Trustee. Public Trust Office, Wellington, June 2, 1880. 541 c W. WHITE, CONFECTIONER AND BAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, BEGS to announce that he has taken 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, sd. Gash, 6d. Delivered. 928g-550c V. R. In the District Court of Christ church, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER of the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and the several Acts amending the same, and of the Bankruptcy of SAMUEL CORRIGAN, of Tinwald, Car penter, a debtor. Notice is hereby given that the Creditors having failed to elect a 't rustee, I have, in pursuance of Section 46 of the first-mentioned Act, appointed William Richardson Boyle, of Ashburton, a Certificated Accountant in Eankiuptcy, to be Creditors’ Trustee of the Estate of the above-named Debtor, and that the above-named William Richardson Boyle has in writing signified his acceptance of the said Trusteeship. All proofs of debts to be forwarded to the said Trustee. Dated this 7th day of Jur.e, 1880. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, 546 c Clerk of the Court.



TO-NIGHT rjIOWN HALL. TUESDAY, JUNE Bth. RAPHAEL’S STAR TROUPE OP GYMNASTS AND ACROBATS Will appear this evening in their un rivalled entertainment, when the feats of BLONDIN will be performed with many surprising novelties, assisted by MR EDWARD SHIPP. Admission—3s., 25., Is. Doors open at 7.30, commence at 8 sharp. 547 c R GAMBOA, Agent. AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB. A MEETING of MEMBERS will be held on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9th, at the room over the Town Hall, at 8 p.m. Business— To receive the financial report of late Entertainment, And to cast characters for next Drama STEPHEN E. POYNTZ, Hon. Sec. 548 c