The Tay Bridge disaster.

The following regarding the Tay Bridge disaster has been received by the San Francisco mail : —The most awful railway accident which has ever occurred in Scot land took place near Dundee on the night of Monday after Christmas Day, when a portion of the famous Tay Bridge, together with a train which happened to be passing over at the time were blown into the water. The circumstances of the catastrophe are very extraordinary. In the evening a terrific tempest arose, and the wind blew up the river with fearful force. So severe was the hurricane, that many found it im possible to walk, and had to crawl along on all fours. When the gale was at its height the passenger train due from Edin burgh at about 7.15 p.m., arrived at the Strathford station on the Fife side of the river, where the Dundee tickets were col lected. In the excitement following on the discovery of the catastrophe after wards, the railway officials stated that there appeared to be over 200 persons in the train, but it now transpires that there were barely 75. At any rate, only 56 tickets were taken. To this number must be added a few season ticket-holders and infants in arms. After the train left Strathford station it was seen to speed on its way across the south end of the bridge, the lights on the sides and front of the engine and carriages being distinctly visible. The train continued its way onwards, entering between the high girders in the middle of the bridge, and was just about emerging from them when a fearful crash, like thunder, swept up the river. At that moment two intensely brilliant sheets of flame and showers of sparks were seen at the high girders, evidently resulting from the friction of the ponderous mass of iron as it crashed and tumbled into the river from a height of 100 ft. Nothing more than this is known of the affair. About 7.30 p. m. the Dundee station master be gan to feel uneasy, and together with an other official crawled along the bridge to see if the train was visible. The bright moonlight revealed an immense fissure in the centre of the bridge, and the two men returned ahd announced the dreadful catastrophe that must have happened. About 11 o’clock the gale abated some what. . A large steamer proceeded to the scene of the accident. No signs of the ill-fated train or passengers could be dis covered ; indeed, all aboard must have perished instantaneously. One of the men on the deck of the Mars training ship, which was moored not very far from the bridge, says that the gale was the strongest he had experienced for years, and he and others on the vessel were watching the bridge. According to the accounts published in Dundee the reason he gave was that the wind was so high that they thought the bridge -would be down. Dwellers on the banks of the river looked to see if the train would ven ture on the bridge on such a night. At the time it -was due the gale was sweeping down the valley of the Tay, and appeared to have reached its height. The sensation produced by this terrible calamity in Scotland was immense. No thing like it has ever occurred before in the north, and the people were horror struck. The engineer who erected the bridge states that the severest possible tests were applied to it before the structure was handed over to the North British Rail way Company. He professes himself unable to account for the accident. Other particulars of the disaster state that the gap in the bridge was about half a mile long. All the rails were recovered. The railway authorities estimate the total number of lives lost at 75. The state ment that only 56 passenger tickets were taken up at the last stopping place does not account .for the number of young children requiring no tickets, nor for the number of railway employees, or passen gers for Broughty Ferry, whose tickets were not taken up. The opinion of Sir Thomas Bouch, and other engineers, who have visited the scene of the calamity, is that the disaster occurred in this way : The train, in their view, had entered within the high girders intact about 20 minutes past 7. The gale was then at its height, and the supposition is that the end carriages had been blown off the rails. If this had occurred they would have been dragged along the track, and would have tom off the lattice work. Most of those who had witnessed the calamity spoke of having seen showers of sparks, and if the. conjecture of the engineers is the true one, that is just what might have been suspected. Had the train kept the rails, they say, no damage would have been done to the bridge, .and the catas trophe would have been averted.

MOUNT SOMERS BOARD ROAD.

The ordinary monthly meeting of this Board was held at the office, Mount Somers, on Monday, February 9tli, 1880. Present—Messrs. W. C. Walker (Chair man), D. Cameron, and J. E. Taylor. The minutes of the last special meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence was read as follows : From the Provincial District Auditor, relative to the audit of the Board’s accounts. The Board resolved to accept the accounts as audited, after which they were signed by the Chairman. From the Union Bank of Australia, Ashburton, relative to the Board’s ac count.

The Clerk’s report was read and con sidered. A letter was received from the Mount Hutt Road Board, enclosing cheque for L 153 18s. 2d. for work done by the Mount Somers Road Board on the West Coast road.

From Messrs. R. Wilkin and Co., en closing form re the Clerk’s fidelity bond, and requesting that it may be filled in by the Board, and returned at once. The Board having complied with the request, the- Clerk was directed to return it forth with.

A circular was received from Messrs. Ford and Ogdon, relative to drainpipes, and enclosing price list.

The Clerk was instructed to write to Mr, John Hood and to Mr. John Devery, informing them that as they both hold authorities to receive all moneys due to Michael M‘Avey, the Board are com pelled to hold his cheque over for the pre sent. Tenders were opened, and one accepted for each of the following works No. 1 contract, house and stable, William How son ; No. 2 contract, protective works, Asliburton Gorge, Alex. Forbes. The Clerk was instructed to write to Mr. B. G. Tripp, informing him that the amount of Ll3O 4s. Gd., for contract on Coalpit road, has been paid to the con

tractor, and requesting him to forward his promised contribution of half that amount —viz., L 65 2s. 3d. The Clerk was instructed to report upon the immigrants’ cottages at the Spread Eagle, and also upon those at Mount Somers. Mr. Cookson, jun., was requested to re port upon the difference in measurement on the Ashburton Gorge road made by Mi’. Fraser and the contractor. The pay-sheet, amounting to L 676 4s. 7d., having been parsed for payment, the Board adjourned until Monday, March Ist, 1880.

The Harvest.

Seldom, perhaps, in the colony’s history has a harvest been looked forward to with so much anxiety as the one we are now reaping, and seldom has a year’s j’ield of grain swayed to such extent the fate of the colony. We were in the thick of a great commercial and financial trouble— a trouble that, like the eddying circles in a pool disturbed by the cast of a stone, reached to every shore, and made its in fluence felt in every direction. The boom of the Glasgow Bank’s crash had scarcely died away before business men in every cor ner of the globe began to gather up their purse-strings in anticipation of the demands that were to come. Men of straw, reckless traders, hungry specula tors with an eye larger than their purses, and men of small capital, who might, ere now, but for the bad times, have been on the highroad -to a well to-do if not to an affluent position, went down before the sudden pressure brought to bear upon them. Every de partment of trade in Great Britain suf fered, and there was a stillness in the great workshop of the world, such as has certainly not been experienced within a century. The great strength of England’s manufactures the iron trade—was paralysed, the coal trade, as it needs must, following in sympathy; while every other department of industry felt the strain in a greater or less degree. The strain reached this colony at the very worst time it could possibly have come. We had had two bad harvests in succession, the last one especially so, and our borrowed mil lions were spent to the last farthing, and more. Doubly did we in this district feel the tightness. Our land was, so to speak, but newly broken, and nearly every farmer was a beginner—we do not mean a beginner in his profession, but a beginner in this locality. All spare capital had been swallowed up in the extra expenses attending commencing business, and just when a return was expected in the shape of grain, the crops were a failure, the farmer’s hopes were blasted, and a time of anxiety followed to all, not only to the farming interest, but to every interest in the district. This was inevitable, for so closely is the agricultural interest of the district bound up with every other that upon the success of the former depends the existence of every pursuit and every branch of enterprise engaged in by us.

It was no wonder then, the last seed time was a sorrowful one, and the harvest pros pects a matter of great moment, seeing so much depended upon the yield. It is satisfactory to find that the hopes of the grain growers have every promise of being fulfilled, and that throughout the colony the return will be a bountiful one. There are always “ stormy petrels ” ready to give warning of danger, and this year we have been told of what damage the wet would do, of the danger that threatened from rust, and other evils, but with all the forebodings of the petrels the average yield will be a high one, and the threatened scourges have passed harmlessly away. Where mischief has been done, and we do not deny that some parts have suffered from one cause or another, the exception ally high yield in others will compensate. Last year the grain crops covered some 571,000 acres, which was an increase over the previous year of 115,000 acres, and this year a still further increase has taken place, though we cannot give the exact figures until the agricultural statistics have been compiled. Shrewd men who give thought to these matters, estimate the land under wheat at about 300,000 acres this year, and the probable total yield at about eight and a half million bushels, which at 3s. a bushel all over, would give a return for wheat of £1,270,000. The return of all cereals grown in New Zealand last year only amounted to 6,000,000 bushels and everyone knows how fearfully short that crop was of what this one is ex pected to yield, and the price last j ear was discouragingly low. To the wheat crop of this year, which we have given above as calculated at L 1,270,000 value, must be added the oats and barley crop, aiid if expectations now held are realised, as there is every promise they will be, at least another million sterling will be added to the New Zealand farmers’ income. With an exceedingly bad harvest last year, and low priced grain, the cereal export was valued at £875,000, so that the pros pect this year is hopeful indeed. Besides, the promise is a bright one of good prices being maintained in the Home market, seeing the harvest in Europe was almost a failure, and America is not expected to fulfil the anticipations of her export. Russia, one of the greatest European ex porters of grain last year, supplied L 10,000,000 worth from her granaries, and this year she is expected to have to resort to importation to supply her own home wants. All this points to high prices, and the country that reaps a large harvest must of course profit in proportion by the wants of those whose crops have failed them. There is thus reason for assum ing that ruling prices in the European markets will at least be maintained, if they do not yet go up, and with this in view farmers can reasonably hope f»r at least 4s. per bushel, and those who can afford to choose their merchants, and ship on their own account, may realise a far higher figure.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

["Thursday February 12, 1880.



Holloway’s Ointment and Piles.— A Cure for Abscesses, Piles, Fistula, and Sores - The many satisfactory cures resulting from the use of this invaluable Ointment in cases where patients have been suffering from these complaints, have induced many medical practi tioners to introduce them into the hospitals and their private pnctice; and in many instances where the sufferer was considered incurable, Holloway’s Ointment, in conjunction with his Pills, healed the most desperate wounds. These medicaments are unequalled for the cure of scrofula and diseases of the skin. In all cutaneous affections incidental to children, from the simple red gum to the complicated scorbutic disease, Holloway’s Ointment exer cises a remarkably beneficial influence, cooling Inflamation, relieving irritation, and giving ease f o the impatient little sufferer.



Edmiston Bros. & Gundry. 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., Ac., Ac. 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, Ac., Ac. COALS AND FIREWOOD IN ANY QUANTITY. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street. Agents for the SOUTH BRITISH FIRE A MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Machines. EDMISTON BROS. A GUNDRY, East Street. FARMS FOR SALE in blocks of 50 to 100 acres.



Price from £2 15s. per acre. EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRY, East Street. T. Bullock. TO FARMERS AND CONTRACTORS. rjpENDERS 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— ACRES good WHEAT LAND, all ploughed and ready for cross ploughing for wheat ; situated about three miles from the township. (\rr ACRES, near the above ; also good " ■ WHEAT LAND, ploughed once and ready for cross-ploughing. S'A ACRES,partly improved, near Wins low. This will be sold very c and on very liberal terms. ,-ery cheap, FT ACRES, fenced and planted ; situated * near the East Town Belt, good site for private residence. TOWN PROPERTIES ■y ALU ABLE BUSINESS SITE in * nett Street, being T. S. 177, nes “ Mail” office. Bur next the "DART of T.S. 139, Peter Street. This will be sold cheap, and on liberal terms. mO 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 ancl Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Offices, Saunders Buildings, Ashburton. 737 a BRANSON & PURNELL, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, EAST STREET, VALENTINES— Great Variety. H. M. Jones, Stationer, Baring Square. IF you want anything known, put it in the “ Herald ” —Twenty Words for a Shilling. TALE. — The Herald publishes apor -tion of a readable story ever Satur* day. Read it.



Business Notices. TINWALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. C. HAWKINS. CH. begs to inform tlie inhabitants of . Tinwald 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, FAMILY BUTCHER, 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, on 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, AND AND ESTATE AGENT ANT - VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717



M. NEALAS, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, AND IMPORTER, IS CLEARING OUT the whole of his Present Stock at REDUCED PRICES, next to Taylor’s Bakery, where he haß opened with a' Large Stock of Boots of every description. Note the address— M . NEALAS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. m cA W S P 3 <1 Pr o EH fmm mm si INK | BAG p MARKIN H O w j> 5 tel EZ2 H tel W CQ 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 for Threshing Machines, Grain, and Goods PRINTED on SHORTEST NOTICE. Samples can be seen at our Office. WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, General Printers, &c. Milliner and Dressmaker. MRS. ADAMS, AND DRESSMAKER. Ladies’ and Children’s Dresses made up in the newest styles, at Lowest Charges. Wedding and Mourning Orders promptly attended to. Mrs Adams devotes special attention to Millinery. MRS. ADAMS, Moore Street, Opposite Mr. Bovle’s Office. T'Jia TO FRUITERERS, CONFECTIONERS, AND OTHERS. I7IANCY Show Cards, neatly printed-- _ “Finest Lemonade and Cordials” —on Sale at the Herald Office.



Business Notices. NEW BUSINESS. O-OPERATIVE BREAD AND BIS CUIT FACTORY. TRIANGLE, ASHBURTON, WILL OrEN 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 libei'al 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, BELLHANGER, GAS FIG 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 shortest notice. tie 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 the 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 hi ear the Ashburton Hotel, East Street. BEGS to inform tire inhabitants ; f Ashburton that lie HAS OPEISED In the above line, and trusts, by strict attention to business, and supplying bni articles of first class quality, hopes t merit a share of 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 tlie 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. 6d. to 2s. English Flannel at Is., Is. 2d., Is. 6d., to Is. 9d. Prints at sd. and 6d., worth 9d. Brown Hollands, 7d. to Is. COSTUMES. 56 Costumes at 215., worth 355. 6d., a Bargain. 64 Print Costumes at 7s. 6d. to 12s. 6d., worth 20s. 1700 yards Dress Goods, Alpaccas, at Bd. , 10d., 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. 6d. 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 TAILORS, TO MAKE UP ALL ORDERS EN TRUSTED TO US IN THE VERY BEST STYLE. a! pebfect eit 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. ORE AND CO., IMPORTERS ASHBURTCN AND RAKAIA.



Tenders. V. R. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. KAWAKAWA RAILWAY. TAUMARERE CONTRACT—FORMA TION ONLY. LENGTH ABOUT ONE MILE. Public Works Office, Wellington, 15th January, 1880. TSTRITTEN 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 nresented at any telegraph office by TOON 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-General’s Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, JOHN BLACKETT, 439 a Engineer in Charge, North Island.



Railway Notices. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. (Christchurch Section.) ALTERATIONS IN TIME TABLE OF TRAINS. mHE following ALTERATIONS in the -®- Time Table for this section will come nto force on the Ist February next : SOUTH LINE. The 10 'SO 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 10'50 a.m. and Christchurch at 11'30 a.m. The 4'45 p.m. train from Christchurch to Ashburton will leave at 4'55 p.m. The 4'25 p.m. 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 STO p.m. The 6'40 p.m. from Christchurch to Hornby WILL BE DISCONTINUED. The 11'5 a.m. from Ashburton to Timaru, and the 11'30 a.m. from Timaru to Ashburton WILL BE DISCON TINUED, and a train will run on SATURDAYS ONLY, leaving Ashbur ton at 11'5 a.m. and Timaru at 11 '4O a.m. 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 time* at intermediate stations see posters. FREDR. BACK, 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.) ASHBURTON, WAKANUI, AND SEA FIELD “HERALD” DELIVERY. SUBSCRIBERS to The Ashburton 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 CoskeoiT'* 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. Gd. 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 settler’s. 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 : Wakanui 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 primed forms for new subscriber's to sign. HAVE you Lost Anything l —Tell the finder through the Herald for a Shilling. If he is honest he will bring it to you without a reward, but jmu can bait a finder of shaky morals by a tempting oiler of remuneration for his trouble. AY, for a Shilling cash. F ULL of Reading Matter is the Herald every Evening.