THE STORY-TELLER.

AMONG THE AUSTRALIAN BLACKS. Some years ago I was employed as stock keeper on an extensive cattle-run, situated near the junction of the Lachlan and Murrumbigee rivers in the colony of New South Wales. The gold fever was then at its height, and working men were very scarce in the interior, although squatters would give almost any amount of wages to bush servants who would engage for twelve months certain. In consequence of the great difficulty of procuring properly qualified, stockmen, I was obliged to be constantly in the saddle, and had to take charge of herds of cattle which were usually looked after by three or four men. However, I had to manage as well aslcould, and every evening, as 1 rode into the home-station I looked out anxiously for the sight of some strange faces about the men’s kitchen, in the hope that some one in search of employment might have arrived during the day. At last, as I dismounted one evening, a man who was a stranger, and evidently a stockman, came out to meet me, and I thought I had got a mate at last. But the hope was extin guished when the stranger spoke, for he announced himself “ one of Rankin’s men returning from Port Philip,” and he added, “ There is a mob of cattle belong ing to this station down at M c Cannon’s on the Murray, and they Avant them to be sent for. at ©nee, for they ; can’t spare a man to tail them. ” This was by no means pleasant, for M‘ Cannon’s Avas sixty miles aAvay, and on the farther side of the Murray, which is the largest of the Aus tralian rivers. My employer had gone down into Victoria with a drove of fat cattle, and there Avas no one on the station Avhom I.could send. /Still it was my duty if possible to get the cattle back on to their run, and if by neglecting it the cattle should be lost, I kneAv that, in Colonial phrase, 1 should have “ to stand the racket.”

Accordingly, immediately after supper, I went over to the kitchen and com manded the attendance of Reuben. This Reuben Avas a tall, powerful black, about twenty-five years of age, a capital bush man and a fearless rider. He had been occasionally working on the station for the last five or six years, but, like all the aborigines, he could not be depended on, for you could never tell how soon lie might take into his head to return to his tribe and desert “ beef and damper ” for “ fish and ’possum.” I at once explained to him the position in which I Avas placed, and that I Avished him to accompany me ; and added that I Avould give him plenty of tobacco and a new red blanket. - The last temptation was irreristible ; he con sented to go with me, so I told him to have the horses up to the station by sun rise.

Next day we started for the the Mur ray, and travelled over wide plains covered Avith salt bush, across occasional sand-hills. planted with pine or fir trees, and through wide and almost impassable swamps; and after proceeding about thirty-five miles, we camped for tivo or three hours during the hottest part of the day. In the afternoon we pushed on again, and finding that the river was greatly; swollen, and our horses after their long journey not in good condition for swimming, we determined to camp for the night. We accordingly rode down into the bend for a short distance, and dis mounted, hobbled and turned loose our horses, lit a fire, and made some tea. I had brought plenty of bread aud corned beef Avith us, so we made a hearty sup per, and then lit our pipes and made our selves comfortable. Before it got dark, we went to have a look at our horses, in order that we might see how they were heading before Ave lay down for the night. They had wandered some little way, and having found them, we were turning to retrace our steps, Avhen we saw to our astonishment and consternation reflected on the water the red glare of the camp fires of a tribe of aborigines. I at once proposed that Ave should saddle our horses immediately, and at all hazards try to swim them across the river ; but Reuben would not agree ; he said “-best fellow plan to go up direc’ly ’long a camp belonging to black fellow.” I tried to pursuade him to folloAv my a'dvice, but in vain. Reuben had made up his mind, and no people in the world are more obstinate than the Austra lian aborigines. I did not fear for my oAvn safety, for none of the blacks in the neighborhood Avould dare to injure me; but I was just as confident that no one of the Murray tribes would hesitate one moment about murdering Reuben (who belonged to the Lachlan) and taking his “gore-ei.” Gore-ei is the fat surround ing the kidney ; and if a black imagines that another wild black has by enchant ment taken away his gore-ei, he will assuredly pine away and die. The onlj way to cure him is to send and spear the man from Avhose spells he thinks he is suffering ; and then, Avhen he is anointed with the enchanter’s gore-ei, he will at once recover his health and spirits. Should he, however, die, the doctor, after various ceremonies, sends a party to murder. They must go in a particular direction, and then kill the first strange black they meet, as a sort of sacrifice to the manes of the dead. It is a singular superstition, but common in Australia.

I could do nothing more under the cir cumstances ; so we determined to make a Virtue of necessity, and at once claim the hospitality of the tribe. We therefore took up our “ ’possum-rugs ” and saddles, extinguished our fire, and directed our steps towards the place at which we had seen the gleam of the fire. When we came pretty close to it I “ coo-eed,” and, after hearing the answering cry, we advanced, and, going up to one of the largest of the fires, we laid down our burdens and looked about us. The camp was a tolerably extensive one, numbering over a hundred. Of this number about one third were warriors or hunters. As Reuben and I stood by the camp fire, the party assem bled round it, viewed us with some curiosity, and presently one of the men said s*oGood ev’ning my boy,Which way you been come up?” I named the station from which I came, and then an other black called out my name, and said that he knew me for a long time, that I was a good fellow to blacks, and always gave them plenty “ tuck-out” (food). Several others of the tribe also came up, and I was recognised by many of them, who made me welcome to their camp. The result of their good offices was soon shown, for four or five of them took up our “ swags,” and calling on us to follow

them, they conducted us to the further side of the camp, Avhere they kindled a good fire for us.- They also brought us some opossums and several large fish, and I began to think that my apprehensions on Reuben’s account were groundless. (to be continued.)

THE LIBERAL SUCCESS.

There are feAV indeed of the colonists of NeAV Zealand who have left their old as sociations so very far behind as not to feel interested in the general election now going on in Great Britain—the kernel of that great empire of which Ave are all sub jects, and which claims and receives our fullest and most loyal devotion. The electorates of Great Britain have been called upon to decide the grave question of which political party is to be the ruling power of the empire, and to the surprise of a great many they have pronounced Avith no muffled voice in favor of the Liberals. The septennial duration of the Legislative clockAVork of the Old Country had almost run down, and Parliament was dissolved that the constituencies, who hold the keys of the mechanism should again wind it up for another sev en years’ spell. When the Parliament that has just bid' good-bye to St. Stephen’s was elected, Mr. Gladstone held the reins. But Avhen he saw that the voice of the country was against him, as evinced by the majority of the members that ranged themselves in opposition, without waiting for an adverse vote in the House he at once gave place to the great Conser vative leader, and Mr. Disraeli came into poAver. Mr. Gladstone then announced that lie had fought liis last battle, and that thenceforth another and younger cham pion must head the Liberal forces. Por a lengthened period he maintained the posi tion—comparatively speaking—of an on looker. He was silent in the party de bates of the House of Commons, and his grand oratory was only heard in advice and good consel. But it lvas impossible that a soul like his, set as it is in a golden Avreath of the highest talents and the sublimest gifts, could rest inactive. The terrible atrocities in Bulgaria in the Russo-Turkish war, fired his noble and philanthropic spirit, and the old Gladstone came forth brilliant and eloquent as of yore. His telling periods have ever since rung out against the foreign policy of the Govern ment. He has been stintless in his de nunciation of every step of the Govern ment in its foreign relations. He never forgave the countenance given to Turkey; liis criticism of the occupation of Cyprus Avas severe, and the language he used wa3 scathing ; his laugh at the attempt to curb Russia in her fancied lust for Asia Minor Avas keenly cynical; and his bitterness against the war with the Zulus Avas only equalled bv that which he shoAved against the step which led our armies against the fastness of Afghanistan. Honest William Ewart Gladstone is no Avarrior statesman, and his only Conservatism is that the skins of his countrymen should remain untouched by the impact of foreign bullets, and their blood saved from being wasted on the land of a stranger. He believes in the prestige of Great Britain, and in sustaining her influence at foreign Courts, but he has no idea that she should become a sort of universal bruiser, and take part in every quarrel in the world, no matter hoAV pretty. With all the power of his splendid oratory he was denounced the Aoav of blood that has continually kept on during the time the Tories have been in power ; and though every division of the House Avas against his ideas on the foreign policy of the Government, the people, Avho are ever ready to listen to him, and who have come to look upon him as honest and sincere to a fault in his statesmanship— failings they do not generally attribute to the leader of the other side—the people have not been blind to his doings nor deaf to his sayings. So we find that those who so confidently predicted a victory in the general election for the advocates of “ a spirited foreign policy ” are astonished Avhen they read the cablegrams announc ing as thorough a scattering of the Conser vatives as that party has suffered since Ben jamin Disraeli first ranged himself on their side. The victory has evidently been won upon the soil of Enland and Scotland, for Ave are assured that the Liberal party will secure a majority independent of the Home Rulers, so Ave feel justified in be lieving that it is the foreign policy alone of the Government that is their Aveakness —a policy that was too “spirited” and costly at a time AA'hen the heaviest depression Great Britain has suffered for many years Avas hanging over her trade and commerce, and clogging the wheels of her factories. A starving nation has little heart to fight, and when hungry men look and see millions of money Avasted in Avars that after all bring nothing to the country’s coffers, but entail ad ditional taxation to make good the expen diture, the sight is not calculated to raise enthusiasm for the legislators Avho so ac tively flourish the hatchet. Of course AA r e on this side of the water see events only through the indistinctness of distance— but there can be no question whatever about the figures our telegrams give us, and the thorough collapse of the Conser vative cause for the time being that they indicate. In every part of the Kingdom the results are in favor of the Liberals, and they have been harvesting seats wherever they have set up a contest. Up to last returns that have reached us, some 90 seats that last session were held by Tory members will now give votes to the other side, 1 and doubtless the rush of suc cess that has attended the Liberal cause will gather impetus as it goes on. Mr. Gladstone’s career as a leader has ceased. He has voluntarily laid it down, and another will Avear the honors in the Parliament to come, but notAvithstanding he is the best card in the Liberal pack, and there can be little doubt that, Avho ever holds the reins has no one else to thank for the triumph of the Liberal cause but the genius of William Ewart Gladstone.

THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA’S BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE.

The name of the Empress of Russia (says a Avriter in a London paper) has been a good deal in people’s mouths lately. It may therefore interest my readers to read the folloAving account of her birth and character, abridged from “ Les Mysteres de la Russie,” by M. Frederic Lacroix, published in 1845 : —Travelling through Germany with the view to finding a suit able bride, Alexander arrived at the court

of the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, and was received Avith great pomp. The Grand Duke, anxious to become the father-in-law of the Czare witch, presented two of his daughters to the young Prince. The latter, hoAvsver, Avas polite, and nothing more. However, among the young ladies who composed the court of the Grand Duke, the Czarewich remarked one Avhoso modest appearance and simple attire were in remarkable contrast to the luxury and formality Avliich prevailed around her. Evidently she did not belong to the Grand Ducal family, for at table, at the play, everyAvliere, in short, she occu pied the second rank, and seemed com pletely forgotten, not to say treated Avith contempt. This mystery provoked the curiosity and interest of Alexander, Avho ended by falling as desperately in love with the girl as his cold nature would allow. He made inquiries, and ascer tained that her history was rather a sin gular one. One of the Grand Duke’s chamberlains alloAved himself to become enamored of the Grand Duchess and there was reason to suspect that his love was returned. One day the Grand Duchess Avas confined of a daughter. The Grand Duke displayed great chagrin at the event. The child, whose undesired ap pearance caused so much grief and scan dal, Avas brought up at the Grand Ducal Palace ; but, deprived of the care of her mother, Avho died Avhile her daughter Avas still an infant, the poor little thing, though not formally disavoAved, Avas made every day to expiate her mother’s fault by humiliations of every sort. From this un happy lot she was delivered by her marriage Avith the CzareAvitch, and it is she Avho is now the Empress of Russia.

Ay, Where ! —The touching sentiment, “Our first in Heaven,” appeared after an obituary notice in a Philadelphia paper the other day, and the father of the child came into the office hopping mad. It Avas the third death in the family, and he desired to know of the clerk where he sup posed the other two had gone.

Monda\,. April i 2, 1880.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD



Business Notices. SATURDAY, MARCH 13. OPENING NEW STORE, East Street, Near Bullock, & Co’s. AMES CLARK Begs to inform the Public of Ashbur ton and Surrounding Districts that he is commencing business as GENERAL STOREKEEPER, FRUIT ERER, BAKER, &c., ■ And trusts by supplying good quality articles at moderate prices, to share public support. Note the Address— JAMES CLARK, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, East Street, Near Bullock & Co’s., Ashburton. 163 c M. NEALAS, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, AND IMPORTER, S CLEARING OUT the whole of his Present Stock at REDUCED PRICES, next to Taylor’s Bakery, where he has opened with a Large Stock of Boots of every description. Note the address— M . NEALAS, EAST STREET. ASHBURTON. 219 c NEW PRINTING MACHINERY, FOR RINTING LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S VISITING CARDS FROM COPPER PLATE. oxon / griafw# mul ASHBURTON. Specimens and prices on application at the EVENING HERALD GUARDIAN OFFICES, ASHBURTON. Conveyances. THE LONGBEAOH COACH! WILLCOCKS respectfully acknowledges the liberal support which he has received during the short time his Coach has been running, and solicits a continuance of the same. The fares by Willcocks’ coach are exactly 3d. per mile ordinary fares, and l|d. per mile for Saturday return. They are as under— Longbeach to Ashburton, ordinary 55., return Bs. Waterton to Ashburton, 3s. 6d. ordi nary, Gs. return. Ashton to Ashburton, 3s. ordinary, ss. return. Wheatstone to Ashburton, 2s, 6d, ordinary, 4s. return. SINGLE PARE RETURN ON SATURDAYS. The coach leaves the Booking Office, Quill’s Commercial Hotel, each day at 3.15 ; Post Office, 3.30. 292 u ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the * MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday and Priday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 8 p.m.



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 infai’ms 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 gorse 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 Greenstreet, securely fenced with live fences, and sub divided, and a permanent stream of water. 285 ACRES at Greenstreet, to be sold or let 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 Tinv aid. A capital farm, being all fenced and ready for cropping. There are three creeks running through this pro perty. 160 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 jgOUTH 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, GUNDRY, & CO., East Street. Business Notices. NEW TAILORING ESTABLISH MENT. CRAIGHEAD & Co., MERCHANT TAILORS, HAVE opened those premises situated in Tancred street adjoining Messrs. Orr and Co’s General Store. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF TWEEDS, FANCY GOODS, &c., &c., JUST ARRIVED. Mr. Craighead’s experience as Head Cutter in connection with First Class Tailoring Establishments in Edinburgh and San Francisco has extended over a period of ten years, and from the immense success which has always attended his efforts to please, he is prepared to guarantee a perfect fit in every case. TANCRED STREET, (Next Orr and Cx’s. CRAIGHEAD & CO. 982 a NEWS AND MAGAZINE AGENCY. STATIONERY AND FANCY GOODS. DEPOT. RE-OPENING. HM. JONES begs to inform his . customers and the public generally that he has re-opened part of the premises lately occupied by A. Weston and K. Sando and Co. for the sale of Newspapers, Magazinse, Stationery, Fancy goods, Toys, &c. English and Colonial papers, Periodicals, &c., by each mail. Licensed to sell Stamps. Lowest prices—Terms cash. Agent for “ Ashburton Guardian,” “Ashburton Herald,’, “Ashburton Mail,” “Lyttelton Times,” “Canterbury Times,” Daily “Press,” “Weekly Press,” “Otago Witness,” “Australasian,” “Town and County Journal.” Subscribers to “Canterbury Times”, and “ Weekly Press” can obtain their copies at the above Establishment. *l2lc T OST AND FOUND, a Sensational Story, by an Australian author, on sale at “Herald” and “Guardian” Sta tionery Depot. ~D RACE LETS, Earrings, Scarf Pins, and a variety of Fancy Goods, must be cleared out at once. Weeks & Dixon.



Auctioneers. R. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY. Auctioneer, Stock, Land, and Commission Agent. Farms, Town and Suburban Sections, for Sale and to Let. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Offices, Saunders Buildings, Ashburton. 737 a Business Notices. BREAD!BREAD! Co-operative Bread and Biscuit Factory. Triangle, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. A. THIELE, I IiEGS to inform the public that he is now in a position to SUPPLY BEST BREAD, 6d. per 41b. loaf, unsur passed. Delivered daily to all parts of the Borough, also, Confectionery, &c. Mixed Biscuits reduced from Is. to Bd. per lb. Wedding Cakes made to Order. 986a-570e TO FARMERS, LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS, SPORTING MEN, AND OTHERS OWNING HORSES. GEORGE KIDD, Moore Street, BEGS to announce the fact that the PRICE for SHOEING hacks and light draught HORSES is now REDUCED to 7s. per set, and that all horses of this description will be specially attended to by himself. Horses liable to cut are shod on a prin ciple of George Kidd’s own invention, which has proved an effectual cure for brushing. All kinds of blacksmith’s work, and repairs to agricultural machinery of any description done on the shortest notice. GEORGE KIDD, 75c-526g Moore street, Ashburton. PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the public of Ashburton and surrour ding dis tricts for past favors, begs to inf< rn them that he has received, and to arrive, at his place of business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CIIIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions. T. C. also calls special attentii i to the Measure Department, and imites the gentlemen of Ashburton to inspect the superior class of Sewn Boots and Shoes he is now making. Riding Boots, Shooting Boots, Walking Boots and Shoes, Cricketing Boots and Shoes, and Running Shoes. WORKMANSHIP UNSURPASSED. A PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED T. CHAMBERS, PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Next to Montgomery’s, East-street. MEDICINE. ASTRINGENT, a certain cure for Diarrhoea in Children or Adults, Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d a Bottle. CAMBRIDGE’S BLACK CUR RANT COUGH ELIXIR, Is. 6d. and 2s 6d, a Bottle. CAMBRIDGE’S ORANGE QUIN INE TONIC WINE, 2s. 6d. and 4s. 6d. a Bottle. CAMBRIDGE’S EXTRACT OF BARK, CURES SORE, TENDER, and CRACKED NIPPLES. CAMBRIDGE’S ESSENCE of RENNET, 3 Drops will turn a pint of milk into delicious sweet curds, Is. and 2s. 6d. a Bottle. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, MEDICAL HALL. N.B.—Teeth carefully Extracted. 2s. 6d. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. EDWARD TAYLOR has reduced the Price of his best Bread to sd. Cash at shop, and if delivered by cart, s|d. EDWARD TAYLOR, Saunders’ Buildings, 119 c ASHBURTON. Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station. LABOURERS requiring work can secure first opening by applying early at Herald Registry Office, on pay ment of Is. LSTANTED KNOWN—That Visiting W Cards, plain or mourning, can be obtained printed in various styles, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” offices, near the Rai w ay Station CHINIQUY’S LECTURES.—Just Ar rived, New Edition H. M. Jones, 1 aring Square.



Business Notices.



Guns! Guns! Guns! POWDER. SHOT. CAPS. OER AND CO. HAVE now on hand a very fine assortment of BREECHLOADING DOUBLE AND SINGLE-BARREL GUNS, And as these have been imported direct from the manufacturers, we are prepared to Sell at the [most Reasonable Prices— From £2 10s to £25. ORR AND CO.



i. Business:JNotiC€ TINWALD BOOT AND SHiC BOOTS! BG^TSI PIpHE Undersigned beg^i.tc^ 1 tention of the public|tq|l sorted stock of Ladies’, Gents* dren’s Boots, which ho has jus and Avill dispose of CHEA “Small profits and quick ietij kinds of Boots made and repajj tlie shortest possible notice -3820 C. HAWKINS, Be M . McCALLi ATCHMAKERANDI Every description of Jeweller order and repaired Electro-plating and Gilding. and Devices done. ?M Watches and Clocks accurately; Diamonds and every description substantially Set./ : j|| Clocks from 7s. 6d. each. alarm, 15s. CASHEL STREETS'! Next Bank of Australasia,'; CKUItCH. ANSTEE’S DINING R 0( TANCRED STREET, ASHBI THE Proprietor begs to inforr to Ashburton, and the public generally, that the best ac dation for Boarders in Ashburtojfj had at tlie above establishment.. |p | A LIBERAL TABLE & M<B CHARGES. MEALS AT ALL HOURS BEDS BOARD & LODGING . PRIVATE REFRESHMENT FOR LADIES.; 18s. i PROPRIETOR, J. G. ANSTfel'"" PAPERHANGING WAREHj TANCRED STREET; Ashburton. J. H CHAPMiN PAINTER, PAPERHANGE] V&.-G yli SIGN-WRITER, Etc., | Has much pleasure in stating that, oil to the large increase of Business, Tie is i Importing from the Manufacturers PAPERHANGINGS, WHITE LEAD LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS,! BRUSHWAI ■ f| And all the necessaries of the Trade, is therefore in a position to compete ipl any house in Canterbury for price a quality. Every description of work in tracts ~ exeuuica —._rx. tendence. Competent workmen sent? all parts of the country. AJ ESTIMATES GIVEN. T. Bullock. u> ■ THE undersigned has the folloi PROPERTIES to LET with a m chasing clause, or FOR SALE oh libef terms of payment— ACRES good WHEAT, all ploughed and ready for crossl ploughing for wheat ; situated about thire miles from the township. ACRES, near the above ; also goc WHEAT LAND, ploughed onc<j and ready for cross-ploughing. ACRES, partly improved, near Wir L? v low. This will be sold very chea]J and on very liberal terms. TOWN PROPERTIES. VALUABLE BUSINESS SITE in Bi nett Street, being T. S. 177, next “ Mail” office. T) ART of T. S. 139, Peter Street. Thjj L will be sold cheap, and on liberf terms. TO Railway Employes, Mechanics, anl Others.—FOß SALE, cheap, 78, situated on East Town Belt. Terms £5 cash ; balance by monthly or quarterly payments. T. BULLOCK.! (OR SALE, Cheap, Dwelling-house 7 rooms, situated on the East near the Parsonage—For particulars apply to T. Bullock. 206 c ASHBURTON COPPER, ZINC, IRON,! & TIN PLATE MANUFACTORY. JOSEPH HYDE (Late Foreman at the Malvern Works! England, and the Canterbury Works, Christchurch, New Zealand) EEGS to thank his friends of Ashbur-1 ton and surrounding districts for the liberal support accorded him during the past two years, and to intimate that he has opened NEW BUSINESS PRE MISES in Moore street (next Mr. Neate’s chemist shop) where he is prepared to execute every description of Plain and Japanned Tinware, Lamps, Gas Reflec tors, Chimney Tops, Portable Washing Boilers, Baths, Cheese Vats, etc. LOCKSMITH, BELLHANGER, GASJ FIG TER. Artesian Wells, Beer Engines, Pumps, Steam Kettles, Hot Closets, made J on the premises. I- Estimates given for Spouting. All work done under J. H.’s personal - Superintendence, and guaranteed. r J. HYDE, Moore Street Ashburton. Drawing paper, ail sizes, just opened at WEEKS AND DIXON, East street.