LONGBEACH ROAD BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board was held on Monday, the Ist March. Present— Messrs. Grigg (Chair man), Chapman, and Clark. CORRESPONDENCE. A letter was received from Mr. E. G. Wright, apologising for his absence, and suggesting certain steps to be taken with regard to having the district legally divided into wards. WARD SYSTEM. As two of the members were absent, it was decided by those present that a special meeting of the Board should be held that day fortnight, at 3 o’clock p.m., to fix the boundaries of the future wards, this being a necessary part of the petition to the Governor to have them gazetted. PRIVATE CREEK. Mr. Wm. Stoddart wrote asking the Board to clear out a creek situated on his land. It -was decided that as this creek was on private property, and the overflowing of it did not injure any road, the Board hid nothing whatever to do with it, and that the Clerk reply to Mr. Stoddart to that effect. COMPENSATION. Mr. John McQuilkin claimed five pounds as compensation for damage done to his crop by the entry of the Board on his land for the purpose of taking gravel. The Surveyor said that after a gravel pit had been opened, it was found that there was too‘much water to allow of its being worked. The ground was therefore care fully re-levelled, ;and alljthe damage done was the destruction of a quarter of an acre of oats. The Board decided to offer Mr. McQuilkin one pound as compensation.; ford’s road. The Surveyor reported that no tender had been received for claying Ford’s road. He was instructed to advertise again. Tenders to be opened at the special meet ing. rates. As L 771 odd of road rates were reported as still outstanding, the collector was strictly enjoined to continue taking out summonses against all defaulters forth with. PAY-SHEET. Accounts amounting to LlB2 10s. lOd. were passed for payment and the meeting adjourned.

THE MAORI AND THE MOA.

By Mr. C. IV. Purnell, Ashburton, in the “ Victorian Review .” In striving to ascertain the real beliefs of the natives on these subjects, we are met with obstacles on all sides. The Maoris have been so many years in close intercourse with Europeans that their ancient beliefs are clouded and interfused with a variety of Christian notions, and it is only a few of the older men who pos sess a knowledge of Maori traditions in their purity. The same remark applies, in a modified degree, to the inhabitants of most of the Pacific islands ; at the time when these traditions could have been collected in an unadulterated form, there was no competent hands to perform the work. The traders who visited the islands went there for very different pur poses, and the missionaries rather sought to extirpate the traditions than to foster and to keep them alive. They were the root of heathenism and savagedom, and must be torn up by all means and cast in to the pit of oblivion ; nor was it likely that the natives entrusted with these wild, secrets of barbarism "Would be ready to disclose them to persons who had come to the country with the object of expelling the old and introducing a new cede of be liefs. And now that these traditions are become the subject of our anxious in quiry, the inquirers themselves plaee stumbling blocks in their own way. Each has a theory to prove true ; the tradit ions, instead of being gathered and in vestigated with the view to elicit their genuine meaning, are distorted to make them fit in with the inquirer’s personal basis ; a chance analogy is made the basis for a huge superstructure of hypothesis ; ■while an inconvenient legend is thrust out of sight. Above all, there is the reluct ance of the natives to tell the whole of their beliefs. Probably no civilised man has comprehended the mind of a savage. The two are beings of a different order, and the savage knows it. He under stands full well that the civilised man, although he may listen to his legends with interest and pay respect to his reli gious beliefs, will never sympathise with either. Hence there is always an arca num of barbarian mysteries hidden from the civilised man’s gaze. He may con trive to gain admittance to the outer shrine, but the inner is rigidly closed to him. Moreover, the modes of thought of the two are fundamentally different. The Samoan believes himself to be sur rounded by an infinity of good, and all his actions are guided by the conviction that he is watched by this countless host of deities. How can an Englishman, trained in the Christian faith, project himself into such a frame of mind ? And so it is throughout. The genuine Poly nesian, unchanged by civilisation, lives, moves, and has his being in a different world from that wherein we dwell, and the recognition of this fact will prove the rashness of those humanitarians in Eng land, who insist that if a savage be treated like a civilised man he is sure to respond in the same manner, and whose mischie vous doctrines have so frequently sub jected our colonists to insult and -wrong. Up to the present, our researches into the origin of the Maoris have produced a similar result to -that which has attended other ethnological studies. Some curious information has been collected, but we are as wise as we were at first about the real point at issue. We know, as we did then, that the Maoris came to land from Hawaihi, but the whereabouts of Hawaihi is still uncertain. It is incred ible to suppose that they, with other Polynesians, have a truly Pacific origin ; but whether we look to the east or to the west for their birthplace, gigantic obsta cles obstruct the view. Were it possible, indeed, to accept the theory of an Ameri can origin, ; we should probably still feel disposed to credit the presence of a strain of Indian blood in the race. We should do that with the Polynesian native ; still more with the Maoris, who, as already noted, are plainly a cross-breed. The moa and the Maori have somehow got inextricably mingled together. The moa is the most wonderful bird that ever existed. It is by far the biggest. Na ture ha 3 never made such another; for

ages it was the lord of New Zealand, roaming the islands in vast flocks; no living eye has seen it, yet its disappear ance seems but of yesterday—nay, one can hardly believe that it lias vanished from the earth ; but when we strive to fix the precise time when its last representative expired, all grows impalpable and misty. There is a romance about the bird. It is a kind of southern roc. We feel that if it. had-been gifted with wings it might easily have soared into the air with a Sinbad tied to its leg; and from its mons trous egg, in the hands of a magician, any marvels could have been evolved. But it could not fly. Reasoning “d priori,” we should say that its speed must have been great, owing to its mighty stride. Maori traditions, nevertheless, allege that it was sluggish in its movements, and thus eas ily destroyed, although when forced to fight it kicked like a horse, and its blow was as dangerous. Its leg bones were as thick as those of a bullock, and have often been mistaken for the latter. The profusion of its remains show that it once existed in immense numbers, and that its range extended throughout the length of both islands. It was formerly supposed that it had not lived in the pen insula north of Auckland, where the wooded nature of the country would seem to preclude its making that a dwelling place ; but in 1875 this belief was dis pelled by the discovery of a deposit of moa bones near Whangarei. The chosen haunts of the moa, however, were the broad and grassy plains of Canterbury and the open country in the interior of Otago. In a small plot of ground at Glenmark, in Canterbury, it is estimated that the remains of at least a thousand moas lay entombed ere the man of science began his work there. As to the country further to the south, Dr. Hector says : —“ It is impossible to con vey an idea of the profusion of bone 3 which only a few years ago were found in the interior of Otago, scattered on the surface of the ground or buried in the alluvial soil in the neighborhood of streams and rivers.” That these birds formed a favorite article of food of the natives in days gone by, is manifest from the quantity of charred bones found in old cooking-places in all parts of the country, while the profusion of broken egg shells accompanying these remains proves that they likewise were highly agreeable to the native palate ; indeed, it has been suggested, and the suggestion is worth attention, that the wholesale use of the moa eggs thus evinced must have been a principal cause of the extirmina tion of the bird.

(to be continued )

Montague Mosley. —A telegram an nounces that the “ scarifier” of Pastor Chiniquy, Montague Mosley, has been re manded from Timaru to Christchurch on a cliarge of obtaining 3s. under false pre tences from a tailor.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[Saturday, March 6, 18 So,



Public Notices. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. WATERTON POUND. ~\TOTICE is hereby given that a ±S SPECIAL MEETING of the Ash burton County Council will take place im mediately after the Ordinary Meeting on 7th April, 1880, to confirm or otherwise the following resolution. By order, F. MAINWARING, Clerk. Ashburton, February 20, 1880. Copy of Resolution— That the charges for impounding and driving cattle to the Waterton Pounds.fbe the same as those charges charged at the other pound under the control of this Council in this County, viz., Charges for Driving Cattle, For any number of cattle of any sort what soever not exceeding twenty-five in number one shilling for every mile, or fractional part of a mile, from the residence of the person driving such cattle, to the residence of the owner of the same or to the pound. For any number exceeding twenty-five, 2s. per mile. For giving notice of detention of cattle : For every mile or part of a mile exceeding one furlong from the residence of the person giving such notice to the residence of the owner of the cattle, one shilling, provided that in no case shall the charge for so driving or for giving notice exceed the sum of two pounds. Pound Fees. For each Entire Horse above the age of twelvemonths ... ... ... 2 6 For each Mare, Gelding, Colt, Filly, Foal, Mule, Ass, Goat, or Pig ... I o For each Bull above the age of twelve months ... ... ... ... 2 6 For each Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer, or Calf (first ten) ... ... ... o 6 For each Ox, Cow, Steer, Pleifer, or Calf (above ten) o 4 For each Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer, or'"* Calf (above thirty) ... ... ... o 3 For each Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer, or Calf (above fifty) ... ... ... o 2 For each Ram above the age of nine months ... ... ... ... o 6 For each Ewe, Wether, or Lamb (first twenty) ... ... ... ... o 2 For every Ewe, Wether, or Lamb (above twenty) ... ... ... o 1 For every Ewe, Wether, or Lamb (above ore hundred) ... ... o x /± The above fees to be paid for each day or part of a day during which the animal is kept in the Pound. Charges for Food, For every Horse, Mare, Gelding, Mule, Ass, Celt, Filly, Foal, or Bull, Cow, Steer, Heifer, or Calf ... I o For every Sheep or Lamb ... ... o 1 For every Goat ... ... ... ... o 2 For every Boar, Sow, or Pig o 6 The above charges to be paid for each day or part of a day during which the animal is supplied with food and water by the pound keeper. Poundkeeper’s Fees for Giving Notice of Cattle Impounded. For giving notice to any owner, agent, or bail id, within twenty miles of the pound— For every mile or part of a mile exceeding one furlong from the Pound to the residence of the owner of the cattle, is. For Posting a notice where the owner may not be known, or lives at a greater distance than twenty miles from the Pound, and has no agent or bailiff within that distance is. 140 c REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OP BREAD. EDWARD TAYLOR has reduced the Price of his best Bread to sd. Cash at shop, and if delivered by cart, sid. EDWARD TAYLOR, Saunders’ Buildings, 119 c ASHBURTON.



Edmiston Bros. & Gundry. WEDNESDAY, lOth MARCH. TO MILLOWNERS, CONTRACTORS, TIMBER MERCHANTS, AND OTHERS. 75,000 FEET OF TOTARA TIMBER, In lots to suit purchasers. Sizes—l2 x2,8x2,8 xH, G x li, Gx 2, 4 x 2, 3 x 2. Messrs, edmiston bros & GUNDRY have received instruc tions to SELL BY AUCTION, At their Timber Yards, on the above date, 75 000 FEET TOTARA TIMBER - Sale at 1 o’clock. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, 575g-144c Auctioneers. FRIDAY, 12th MARCH. SALK OF Furniture & Effects AT TINWALD. Messrs, edmiston bros. & GUNDRY have been favored with instructions from C. P. Cox, Esq., to sell by public auction at his residence, Tinwald on FRIDAY, 1 2th MARCH, the whole of his HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE consisting of— Tables, Chairs, Bedsteads, Carpet, Matting, Bedding, Washstands, Toilet Sets, Crockery, Cooking Utensils, Tools, etc., etc. Also— A FIRST-CLASS CHOKEBORE BREECHLOADER, nearly new. Sale at 12 o’clock. LUNCHEON PROVIDED. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, 144c—1161 Auctioneers.



THURSDAY, 25th MARCH. ASHBURTON MUNICIPAL RESERVES. Messrs, edmiston bros. ano GUNDRY have been favored with instructions from the Borough Council to LET BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at their rooms, East street, on THURSDAY, 2 sth MARCH, the following very VALUABLE SECTIONS in the Township of Ashburton for a term of 21 years — T.S. 210, West street, next to Messrs. Jameson Bros’. Store. T.S. 211, corner of Baring Square. These sections are first-class BUSINESS SITES, being close to the railway station, sidings could be easily obtained. Also, Reserve No. 1689, Fronting Wills street, Cameron street, and the East Town Belt. This Reserve has been divided into ten lots, upon six of which are erected SIX TWO-ROOMED COTTAGES. These lots will be let separately on 21 years’ lease. Sale at 1.30 p.m. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, 584g-147c Auctioneers.



Educational. MISS GOODGER has much pleasure in informing the Ladies of Ash burton that she is about to open a PRIVATE SCHOOL, and solicits tlieir patronage. SUBJECTS : English, French, Music, Plain and Orna mental Needle Work. Referees : The Very Revd. Dean of Christchurch, and J. P. Restell, Esq. Terms on application to MISS GOOD GER at the Somerset Hotel, Ashburton. For address, see future Advertisement. 124c-5G9g NOTICE. RATING ACT, 187 G. X/STHEREAS at a sitting of the Assess ' » ment Court for the Road District of Longbeach, held this 28th day of FEBRUARY, at Longbeach, before me, F. Guinness, Judge of the said Court, it was proved that no Valuation List had been prepared as required by the said Act. Now, therefore, under the provisions of Clause 28 of the said Act, I order that a Valuation List be made, and I hereby appoint FRANCIS GEORGE PARRY LEACH to be the Valuer for the said dis trict, and I do further fix SATURDAY, the 20th day of MARCH next, the day for the completion and inspection of such list, and that the last day for delivering objections thereto shall be SATURDAY, the 10th day of APRIL next. The Court will sit at 10 o’clock in the forenoon on Saturday, the 17th day of April next, for the purpose of hearing and determining all objections to the Valua tion List for the said district, FRANK GUINNESS, 535 g 14Pc Judge. PROMISSORY Note Forms, in Books of 25, unstamped, for sale at the Herald Office. Price 2s. Gd. eivffi.



Edmiston Bros. & Gundry. TURNIP SEEDS. SALE by the undersigned;— Green Top Yellow Aberdeen Purple „ „ Devonshire Grey Stone Mammoth Purple Top Whito Stone Stubble Grass and Clover Seeds. White Clover Red ~ Timothy Alsike Lucerne Ac. , Gorse Italian Rye Cocksfoot Perennial Trefoil Ac. Building Material. 100,000 FEET OF ASSORTED TIMBER White A 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. & GUNDRY, 106 c East Street.



T. Bullock. THE undersigned lias 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. ory ACRES, near the above ; also good U « WHEAT LAND, ploughed once«j and ready for cross-ploughing. /N A ACRES, partly improved, near Wins low. This will be sold very cheap, and on very liberal terms. TOWN PROPERTIES. T7ALUABLE BUSINESS SITE in Bur » nett Street, being T.S. 177, next the “ Mail” office. T)ART of T.S. 139, Peter Street. This will be sold cheap, and on liberal terms. TO Railway Employes, Mechanics, and Others. —FOR SALE, cheap, Lot 78, situated on East Town Belt. Terms, £5 cash ; balance by monthly or quarterly payments. T. BULLOCK. R. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY. Auctioneee, \ 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 WASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per lb. at the Herald Office. Apply early. sfla FORMS PRINTED “To Let ” and “For Sale ” —can be obtained at the Herald Office. FULL of Reading Matter is the Herald every Evening. THE “Herald” is published every evening, thus giving every day’s news. This is better than buying a Six penny weekly. THE PER NY made the postal system of England a success. So has it made the Herald. Everybody buys the Herald HAVE you Lost Anything ?•—-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 bail a finder of shaky morals by a tempting offer of remuneration for his trouble. AT for a Shilling cash.



Exhibition. Ashburton horticultural society. President—E. G. Wright,Esq., M.H.R. Vice-Presidents—J. E. Trevor, John Grigg, W. C. Walker, and Alfred Saunders, Esqs. FIRST SHOW. THIS DAY, SATURDAY, MARCH 6 th, ~ 1880. AT THE TOWN HALL. Show Open from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Price of Admission—From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., 2s 6d.; after 2 p.m., Is. STEPHEN E. POYNTZ, 437g*43c Secretary. Business Notices. TINWALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP, C. HAWKINS. CH. begs to inform the 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. 382 g 937 a



C. PERCY COX, L AND AND ESTATE AGENT ANT VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. 717 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 PAPERHANGING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ashburton. J. R. CHAPMAN PAINTER, PAPERHANGER, SIGN-WRITER, Etc., Has much pleasure in stating that, owing to the large increase of Business, he is now Importing from the Manufacturers- PAPERUANGINGS, WHITE LEAD LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSIIWAPE, And all the necessaries of the Trade, and is therefore in a position to compete with any house in Canterbury for price and quality. Every description of work in the trade executed under personal superin tendence. Competent workmen sent to all parts of the country. ESTIMATES GIVEN. 41a



Business Notices. BREAD!BREAD! Co-operative Bread and Biscuit Factory. Triangle, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. A. T I-I I E I/E, ' " f'jEGS 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. 122c-570g 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-52Gg Moore street, Ashburton.



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 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 Yats, etc. LOCKSMITH, BELLHANGER, GAS PI 1 ] 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.



PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the public of Ashburton and surronr 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 attenlfi 1 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. 8.- Cd. -Teeth carefully Extracted. 2s. JUST ARRIVED —English Papers and Magazines, Young Ladies’ Journal, Bow Bells, London Journal, &c., &c. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. LABOURERS requiring work can secure first opening by applying early at Herald Registry Office, on pay ment of Is. YST ANTED, those in search of employ- W ment, to call and enter their names at Herald Registry Office, on pay ment of Is. SERVANTS requiring situations, call and get your names entered in the Herald Registry, Is.



Business Notices. VALUE EXTRAORDINARY. THE i l. Great Bargains OF THE SEASON. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE FOR THIRTY DAYS, ORU AND CO. HAVING resolved to clear out' tile 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 Baigain. 64 Print Costumes at 7s. 6d. to 12s. 6d., worth 20s. 1700 yards Dress Goods, Alpaccas, at Bd., lOd., 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. 6d., 45., 4s. 9d., to ss. 6d. CLOTHING. Men’s Suits at 15s. under usual prices. Boys’ Suits at 15s. 6d. 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. 6d. to 2s. 6d, 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. 6d., a bargain. TAILOBING DEARTMENT. WE HAVE MUCH PLEASURE IN NNOUNCING 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 PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. SCOTCH, ENGLISH, and COLONIAL TWEEDS IN GREAT VARIETY. THE CELEBRATED BLARNEY TWEED (CORK) KEPT IN STOCK. FANCY COATINGS IN GREAT VARIETY. SUITS from £4 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. ORR AND CO., IMPORTERS - ASHBURTON ANDRAKAIA*