,W: dnfsday, January 7, 1880. 1 i.-mrirti" ..

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

Printed and published by Horace John Weeks and Charles Dixon, at their Printing Office, East Street, Ashburton* Wednesday, January 7, 1880.



Boarding Houses. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). Pl-OPENINCt of the above coramo dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda ' tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public REASONABLE TERMS. 1 Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board ... ... ... 14s. - MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Dinner on Saturday from 11.30. Beds (single), Is. 6d.



j’ Private Room eor Ladies. ; ; ’ 153—624 a j Public Notic es- NOTICE. MISS lIOD33ER, lately arrived from London, begs to anmounce that she has commenced business as DRESS MAKER in Moore street, Ashburton, near Dr Stewart’s residence. Prices strictly moderate, and no effort .will be spared to give satisfaction. MISS H O D D E R, Dressmaker, Moore street. 169—651 a NEW ZEALAND WES. LEY AN Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “New Zealand Wesleyan” for December. Price 6d, Sold at the Herald Office, East .Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, J Agents. ' JUST ARRIVED. PAPER BAGS, PAPER BAGiI ONFECTIONERS, Fruiterers, \ > Grocers, Drapers, Seedsmon, .&c., can be supplied with Paper Bags, a 11 sines, and Printed or Plain. WEEKS AND DIXON, General Printers, East street North.



SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, BEG to thank their friends and tin ? public of Ashburton for the liberal l support accorded them during the past five years, and to intimate that they HAVE OPENED new business premises in East Street near the Bank of New Zealand, where they will be prepared to supply Agricul tural and Garden Seeds of every descrip " tioh. . SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, EAST STREET. ■ ' The facilities we possess for testing the quality of all Seeds offered by us, and our desire to extend this branch of our busi- j ness, will be a sufficient guarantee that all ■ Seeds offered by us will be such as will < give the utmost satisfaction. j SEALY BROS., ! THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, A- BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET. 30' aa



PUBLIC NOTICE. TRADESMEN and others who i jitenrl using the Ashburton Gas Coro .panv’ g Gas should give their orders at once •r- have their premises fitted wfi jfi C ' a3 Fittings, to insure no delay when-, the < * a3 is brought into the town. ■ i *L C. DOLMAN,, GASFITTE r ■ Plumber, Locksj nith, pj e p hanger, Zinc and Tin-pla'ce Wor 1 pr Hot and 0- old Water Engine* , r ’ TANCJ tED STREET, - A! MIBURTON.. ;<■ ,N. B.—Arty T fin "WeTte sunlfcao p limrf fitted and rvpm- e - 2 . <C\G..Gutfo , r jng fixer •at Current . Electric Besfe supplfi tted. , 1 '- er ° pteetnially u 1 tendx&l to in town ■anr country. g 22



W - ' r - D A RE E 1\ t G; ROGER Has on S; *uOi«r l Oranges Lemons Dates Rhubarb, in anj 7 Cocoanuts Good Potatoes Onions Cabbages 1 Turnips Garden Seeds , Thyme and Sag All kinds of He Vl> SON, & 1 ERUITERER, de- - ffpi antity lbs



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Tentmaker. NOTICE. WM. PATCHING EEC'S to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding dis tricts, that, having purchased the busi ness lately carried on by Sando and Olsen, he will continue the MANUFACTURING of TENTS, TARPAULINS, HORSECLOTHS, WAGGON TILTS, &c. LARGE STOCK ON HAND, Including— Druggets, assorted patterns Tents, all sizes Indiarubber and Canvas Hose ing Canvas, Calico, American Duck, Drill, &c. Clothes, Garden, and Plough Lines Headstalls Flax and Hemp Halters ON SALE, AT UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES, T,he following : Tarpaulins' and Horsecloths Oilskin Suits,- Men’s and Boys’ Macintoshes, Deggings Flax and Manilla. Rope Blocks, double a nd single FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS. the address— W M.. PATCHING (Next Friedlander s’) East Street, Ashburton] 108 a



Public Notices. C. PERCY COX, LANI 1 AND ESTATE AGENT AND VALUATOR, i^SHBURTON. Z MONEY TO LEND ON approved freehold security v , ent for Union Insurance COMP ANT OF 2L EW ZEALAND. 717



THE ASHBURTON HERALD And Borough and County AdvbkhsEß (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.)



A.SHBURTON, 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 iis tricts will be supplied by Cookson'- coach. Orders received by Messrs. Tisch and R. Morgan.



ITew Subscribers will please forward their names to any of the Agents, or our Office, as early as possible. Subscription : By post or Boy, Ba. 6d. per quarter; in advance, 7s. 6d. per quarter ; or 28s. annum.



The Ashburton Herald will contain all the latest telegraphic and other news, grain and produce market reports, and particu lar attention will he paid to the wants of settlers. All notices referring to the Borough Council, County Council, and the *load Beards, will be found in the Hearld. Agencies where The Herald can be obtained ;



Wakanui School Wakanui Creek. Seafield... ») ••• •• "Newlands Spread Eagle .. Mount Somers The Agents will Mr. Ginney G. Leadley Mr. Atkinson T. M. Jones Ed Watkins Mr. Tisch K. Morgan supply printed forms for new subscribers to sign.



Business Notices. Office Requisites, STATIONERY, &c., JUST OPENED.



OPTING PRESSES, Letter and Foolscap Sizes.



OPYING BOOKS, BRUSHES, Waterwells, Oil Paper, &c



gTEPHENS’ WRITING INKS, Blue, Black, Violet Red, &c.



EDGERS, CASH BOOKS, JOUR NALS, DAY BOOKS, &c.



Useful Information. VACCINATION. P.y an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, it is made compulsory upon every parent to take his child, within six months of its birth, to the Medical Officer appointed by Government for the district, or to some qualified Medical Practitioner, to have the child vaccin ated, and on the eighth day following to take the child back again for inspection. For breach of this law a fine not exceeding 40s. may be recovered before any Bench of Magis trates. If the child be properly vaccinated, the Medical Officer or Practitioner is to give a certificate of the fact. If the child be not sus ceptible, or unfit to endure the process, another certificate is to be given, which will clear the parents of the consequences. Children, al though vaccinated, whose vaccination certifi cates are not forwarded to the Registrar of the district are still liable to a fine of 40s. Inno culation with the vims of small pox is a crime punishable by a penalty of £io, The word “ parent ” means father, mother, or other per son having the care, nurture, or custody of the child. SLAUGHTER-HOUSE LICENSES. “The Slaughter-Plouse Act, 1877,” pro vides that “no'license shall be issued in res pect of any slaughter-house situated within half a mile from the outer boundary of any borough, unless such slaughter-house has been erected, or was in course of erection for that purpose immediately before the Ist December, 1877. If such slaughter-house is within.the above described limit, application ior the license must be made to the Council of the nearest Borough. If a slaughter-house is within any County, ex cept as aforesaid, the application must be made to the Council of such county. No license, foot being the renewal of a .previously existing license, shall be issued to any , person, unless public notice shall have been given by the applicant for the same, once in each week for one month, immediately preceding’ th'e time when such application is to be heard.” MAGISTRATE’S COURT FEES. Table of Fees to be taken in respect of Proceedings under “The Resi dent Magistrates’ Act, 1567,” by Bailiffs. Service of summons or subpcena, or order or copy of notice of set-off, if within 2 miles of the Court House, 3s; for every extra mile, one way, is ; bailiff’s fee upon execution of any warrant, or going to* view tenement, upon each view, 4s; executing any warrant, or going to view tenement beyond 2 miles from the Court House, for every extra mile, one way, Is ; poundage on sum levied or received under distress, is ; for keeping possession, per diem, any sum not exceeding 8s ; auctioneer’s commission on sale of goods taken in execu tion, 5 per cent.; advertising sale, the actual cost; poundage on sum for which the body is taken in execution, is. Table of Fees to be tvken in respect of Proceedings under “ The . Resi dent Magistrates’ Act, 1867,” by the Resident Magistrates, Justices of the Peace, or their Clerks. S? o o’ o £ N VO S 3 S? a o P S3 S? S 7 V s. s. s. s. s. Filing plaint, including pliant note, if any ... ...12458 Filing notice of set-off, accord ing to amount claimed ... I 2 3 4 6 Hearing... ... ... 3 4 6 812 Payment of money into Court before judgment, according to amount paid in ... Id. in the £ 's. s. s. s. s. Judgment ... ... 1 1 2 Summons to a party .. 1 3 .4 Summons to a witness (to n clude one name) ... 22 2 Order not being in nature of final judgment ... ... 22 2 Adjournment of hearing on application of plaintiff or defendant ... ... I 2 3 Swearing witnesses, exceeding 3on either side... ... 1 1 2 Warrant of distress or for seizure of specific goods (value) ... ... 3 4 5 Warrant for delivery of pos session of tenement ... 4 4 4 Filing agreement (as to juris diction) ... ... 22 2 Filing memorandum of claim by landlord for rent ... 1 2 3 Order for le-hearing ... 22 2 Older giving leave to appeal 234 Settling case for appeal, not exceeding 5 folios ... IO IO 10 Where case exceeds 5 folios each additional folio ... 1 I 1 Swearing or filing affidavit... 1 1 1 For every search ... ... 1 1 1 For every document required in proceedings and not enumerated ... ... 22 2 For every folio above 2 of 90 words each ... ... 1 1 1 d. d. d. 4 3 5 6 2 4 22 4 5 22 6 7 4 4 22 4 5 22 5 6 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 22 1 1 d. d. For every copy of any such document, per folio ... 6 6 6 6 6 s. s. s. s. s. On every application to the Court, not being a hearing 3 5 7 9 12 Filing notice of any such application ... ... I 2 3 4 5 Filing, &c., of bond under Sections 89 and 100 of Act 5 5 5 5 5 For issuing every warrant of apprehension or committal, except in cases hereinafter ex pressly provided for, 6d in the £. For every summons for commitment under section of “The Resident Magistrate’s Act, 186b,’’3d in the £ on the amount of the original demand then remaining due. For every hearing of the matters mentioned in such summons for commitment, 6d in the £ on the amount last aforesaid. For issuing every warrant of apprehension under the Bth section of “The Resident Magistrate’s Act, 1868,” 3d in the £ on the amount last aforesaid. For issuing every warrant of committal under the 9th section of “ The Resident Magistrate’s Act, 1868,” 6d in the £ on the amount last afore said. For every bail-bond under section seventeen of “The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868”; for any sum not exceeding ss. Ditto not exceeding£so—7s 6d. Dit'o not exceed ing 1 os. For every hearing and order unuer sections iS and 19 of “ The Resident Magistrates’ Act, 1868,”; for any sum not exceeding ,£s 4s ; not exceeding - ss; 110 L exceeding —Bs ; not exceeding las; nut exceeding —2os. For any process or proceeding issued or taken under the twentieth section of “ The Resident Magistrates’ Ac)., 1868,” the same fees as payable in respect of the like proceed ngs under “ '”he District Courts Act.”



Useful Information. NEW ZEALAND STAMP DUTIES. Affidavit or Declaration ... ... o 2. 6 Agreements, where the value is of j£2C or upwards. ... ... o 1 o Ditto deed, 10s, counterpart Annual License, Joint Stock Com pany, on every £ 100 of nomi nal capital ... ... ' ... o I o Appointments, of power over pro perty ... ... ... o 10 o .Bill ol Exchange, on demand ... o o 6 Ditto, ditto, inland, not on demand, for every or part thereof ... o I O Bill ol Lading, or receipt, or copy... o I o Certificate of Incorporation ■••5 0 0 Cheque or dra't for any sum ... o o 1 Conveyance for every ,£SO, or part thereof ... ... ...050 Deed of Settlement, fot every .£IOO, or part thereof ... ... o 50 Deeds not otherwise charged ... o IO O Lease, without premium, for every £ so, or part thereof annual rent ... ... ...020 Ditto, with premium, with or with out rent, or with premium an annual rent of £2O or more, same rate as Conveyances, on ■the premium and rent : Coun- x teipart of Lease ... ... O 2 6 Policy of Insurance, Marine, lor every £lvo or part there of... ... ... ...oio Ditto, not exceeding six months for every gfioo, is. ; 12 months ... o 2 o Power of Attorney ... ... o 10 o Promissory Notes on demand ... o o 1 Ditto, other than to bearer, on de mand, not exceeding £25, 6d; not exceeding is ; and for every additional £ “to, or part ... ... ...o 1 o Receipt for £ 2, or upwards ... o o I Transfer of Shares, where purchase money does not exceed £ 2O, is ; 2s 6d; £IOO, ss; exceed ing £ 100 for every or part thereof ... ... ...026 Transfer of station or Run, (except as a mortgage) for every /Too of value ... ... ... o 10 o MOONLIGHT EVENINGS- The Moon at 3 days old shines till about 8 o’clock. The Moon at 6 days old shines till about half-past 10 o’clock. , The Moon at 8 days old shines till nearly I o’clock in the morning. The Moon at 12 days old. shines from sun down till about 4 in the morning. The Moon at 15 days old is full, and shines all night. The Moon at 18 days old rises about 9 p.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 21 days old rises about 11 p.m. and shines till morning. 'Phe Moon at 24 days old rises about 2 a.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 27 days old rises about 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise. THE HOUSEWIFE’S TABLE. The following is a very valuable housewife’s table, by which persons not having scales and weights at hand may readily measure the article wanted to form any recipe without the trouble of weighing, allowance to be made for an extraordinary dryness or moisture of the ar ticle weighed or measured : Wheat flour, 1 pound is 1 quart. Indian meal, 1 pound 2 ounces are 1 quart. ® Butter, when soft, 1 pound is 1 quart. Loaf sugar, broken, 1 pound is 1 qu rt. White sugar, powdered, Jl pound I; c unce are 1 quart. Ten eggs are 1 pound. ’ Flour, 4 pecks are 1 bushel. Sixteen large tablespoonsful are ifpint. Eight large teaspoonsful are 1 gill. Four large teaspoonsful are % gill. Two gills are % pint. Two pints aie 1 quart. Four quarts are I gallon. A common sized tumbler holds ]£ pint. A common sized wine glass is % a gill. A tea-cup is 1 gill. A large wine-glass is I gill. Forty drops are equal to I teaspoonful. Four teaspoonfuls are equal to 1 tablespoon ful. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MAR RIAGES, AND DEATHS. Births. —Barents and all other persons pre nt at a birth, are liable under the Act for sgistration under penalty of £10; failing, the cupier of house in which such birth took ace is liable. Births are registered free up sixty-two days, day of birth and of registra »n, both inclusive; afterwards up to six onths, on payment of ss. penalty, gmd after duration as to truth of particulars being ily made and beyond six months only after nviction before a Magistrate, and on pro iction of certificate of conviction signed by agistrate or Clerk to Bench, and within one onth of such conviction. There are other ovisions as to registration of children found posed, and registration of names within one ar of birth. Marriages.—Marriages must be solern zed with open doors, between eight in the orning and four in the afternoon, in the esence of two or more witnesses. Persons Jeering to be married by a clergyman, can be arried in a Registrar’s office by a Registrar, arsons desirous of being married must give nice to the Registrar of the district, and take it a Marriage Certificate; but before doing 1, must have resided in the district three clear rys immediately proceeding the application r certificate. The fees are for Notice and ertificate, £l 2s 6d ; Marriage by Registrar, I; and 2S bd for Copyof Marriage Registrar, ersons wishing to be married out of the dis ict in which they live, can only do so by siding in the district in which they wish to.be arried for three clear days, and obtaining rtificate from the Registrar of that district, nd persons living in different districts must ther both reside for three clear days in the me district, or else obtain two Certificates, zi— one horn the Registrar of each of the striets in which they reside. Any person aking false affirmation, declaration, or repie ntation before a Registrar, is guilty of mis imeanour. . . . , Deaths. —The occupier of house m which ■ath occurs, and all persons present at a death, e liable for the registration within thirty-one iys; and failing these, the Undertaker or :rson so acting, under penalty of £lo; out iy of the persons liable may depute, in riting, some person acquainted with par ;ulars required to attend and registei ; and e Person registering Mb ST in all cases take the Registrar the Doctor’s Certificate of e a th.- In all cases of burial, the Undertaker ■ person so acting, must return .to the egistrar within seven days, the Burial Cer icate, duly signed by Undertaker and jiciatffig Minister, or two householders pre nt at such burial. Undertakers not return tT SU ch Burial Certificates wi,tjiin seven days % liable to a penalty of *s> WJd Clergymen inflating and not signing Burial .Certificates e also liable to a penally of £5. . Any person not attending to register, after jtice from Registrar is duly given, is liable to penalty of £2O There me various other provisions defining iwers and duties of Registrar, and. imposing dairies for neglect in complying with various .■ovisions of th" Act.



ANK H.M. NOTE AND LETTER PAPER AND ENVELOPES.



T^NVELOPES, Blue and White, Commercial and Fancy,



"PENS, GILLOTT’S, MITCHELL’S, Waverley and Pickwick.



IST OTE AND LETTER PAPERS Cream and Blue, Fine, Ruled. Superfine, Ruled. „ ~ Extra „ „ ~ Waterlined. Yellum Antique, Extra Superfine, plain Satin Note, Chamois, Waterlined. Foreign Note, Colored, &c.



WEEKS AND DIXON, IMPORTERS OF COMMERCIAL STATIONERY Herald and Guardian OFFICES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON.



Business Notices. B L I G H’S CANTERBURY RESTAX r RANT, I’iipan'xi.' Road, near Post Office, OJ.iristchurch. ' M AT ALI EA U S HOURS OF THE . DAY. Board and Lodging, 175., 18s., £1 a week. BEDS & MEALS— Is. Each. 452 CHERTSE Y. A. (N GENERAL R. MARKHAM Montgomery’s, Chertsey), STOREKEEPER, HATING taken over the store of Messrs. Orr and Co., and increased the stock, is prepared to supply first-class articles in Grocery, Drapery, Ironmongery, etc. , Agentfor THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 423 Medicinal. STEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTICN TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well-known Family Medi cine has been largely tested in all parts of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TION S, some of which in OUTW.vRD APPEARANCE so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due to the public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none are genuine : • 1st —In every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, are engraved on the Government Stamp affixed to each packet. 2nd —Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words, John-STEEDMAN, Chemist, Walwotth, Surrey, printed thereon. 31-d —The name, Steed man, is always spelt with two EE’s. 4th —The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medi cine Vendors. Sold by Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland. 49°



GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. PPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application oi .he fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with ? delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us, ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fata shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pore blood and a properly nourished frame. ” —The Cizj< Set vice Gazette. SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAMES EPPS AND CO Homcepathic Chemists, London. BUG-3, FLEAS, MOTHS, BEETLES And all other Injects are DESTROYED by-- KEATI N G’S'T N SE C T P O WI) E R, which is quite 1, 'harmless to domestic animals. In exterminating Beetles the success of this Powder is extraordinary, and no one need be troubled by those pests. It is. per fectly clean in application. Ask for and be sure you obtain “ KEAT ING’S POWDER,” as Imitations are Noxious, and fail in giving satisfaction. Sold by all Chemists in Tins, is. & 2s. 6d. each. 637 KEATING’S WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, ooth in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESFI NA L or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe, and mild preparation, and is especially adapted tor children. TESTIMONIAL. Medical Hall Gildersome, Nov. 28th, 1876. Mr. Keating, ; Dear Sir,— Tthink it nothing but my.duty to inform you of the immense sale I have for your Worm tablets, which I may justly say is enormous, and in every case gives the greatest satisfaction. I have now in stock two‘bottles containing the Round Worms brought 'me during the-last lew days r. by customers, one Worm 40 yards long. I dare not be \vithout the remedy. —yours respectfully, M. A. Walker. Sold in tins by all Chemists and Druggists



Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London, REWARD AND CAUTlON.—Whereas fraudulent imitations of this- umsurpassed remedy have been sold, I hereby request any one knowing the vendor of the same to com municate with me, on conviction of the offender a liberal reward will be paid. 637



IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale ai their Office, East Street North,- - PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT, Also, — FORMS OK TO LET and FOR SALE.



CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1879. ‘ ON SALE at the “HERALD” Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. • Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence. Neatly Bound in Cloth. The above Volume contains a lot of valuable information, and should be in the hands of every Tradesman. KAN is not wise if he don’t advertise, And Twenty Words cost a Shilling.



Printers and Publishers. '•, T R E ASHBURTON HERALD AND ... • BOROUGH & COUNTY ADVERTISER (With which is incorporated the Evening Echo.) GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE EAST STREET NORTH' ASHBURTON . (Near, the Railway Station.) ■ fjpHE Proprietors beg t® intimate that they have imported a first-class •-?. “ATLAS” TREADLE Printing Machine, FOR JOB WORK ONLY, CAPABLE OF THROWING OF 2000 IMPRESSIONS AN HOUR Unrivalled and unequalled in the estima tion of Printers. t It is capable of executing the finest work in Colors & Ornamental Printing And the cost of production will, by: means of this labor-saving Machinery, be GREATLY REDUCE O. BILLHEADS, RECEIPTS, NOTE HEADINGS, ENVELOPES, BUSINESS CARDS, • , Address labels, CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES EVER* DESCRIPTION OF PRINTING in the BEST ST YLE, and at Prices which cannot fail to GIVE SATISFACTION } WEEKS AND DIXON PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, THE ASHBURTON HERALD OFFICE, East Street N@rth Ashburton. < •