from such a ram) carrying heavy fleeces, with a complete uniformity of charac ter. These young cross-bred ewes were put to a half brother, got by their own sire, and out of a Leicester ewe, the result being the second cross was better than the first, and might very well be taken for seven-eighths breed. I have no doubt, had I put these young first cross ewes to their own sire the result would have been quite as good, if not better. I believe that to be successful in cross breeding sheep, the nearer you keep to the same line the better, instead of which a great mistake is commonly made by continually introducing new blood, and that of the worst kind of mongrel. The consequence is that you will scarcely find two sheep alike, and frequently two or three different kinds of wool on one sheep. Seeing that wool from the first cross is far superior to the second or third, some will advocate selling off all the young stock and getting fresh merino ewes every year; but if farmers go to the same stock for their rams, and keep on in the same line, their flocks would not degenerate in the second and third cross, as they too often do. Some may condemn this as being what is called “ in-and-in ” breeding, but crossing with two different breeds is very different to using the same blood of the same breed. But even that is necessary for preserving purity of blood. It is wel known that there is but one Leicester sheep breeder in England who has pre served the pure original blood by in-and in breeding, and although his stock are poor things to look at, yet the rams will let on hire at a very high figure, and will always improve the breed of other flocks.

Deadly Dreaming.

The shooting of Mrs. Ward by her daughter, on New Year’s day, while the latter was in a night-mare, as asseverated by the girl, is the prevailing topic in Boston city. The excitement over the strange event is very great among all classes. The person who saw Mrs. Ward last before the tragedy is Mr. W. Parker, night clerk of the Parker House. He is a nephew of the proprietor of the hotel, and occupies a room at No. 11, Hamilton Place. He states that he was in the parlour with Mrs. Ward and her daughter up to 11 o’clock, and is the last person (except Miss Ward) who Baw the dead woman in life. The conversation had been principally upon burglars, and the possi bility of any attempt to rob the house. Both the ladies were very timid, and just prior to Mr. Parker’s depaiture, Mrs. Ward took the revolver from a table and handed it to her daughter, s.tying, “Helen there is your pistol; you had better get prepared for the night. He then left the house and knew nothing whatever about the tragedy until in formed at about nine o’clock on Tuesday morning that his presence was requested at the scene of the tragedy. Mr. Parker subsequently had a conversation with Miss Ward, and was informed by her that, after his departure the previous night, her mother, had an attack of an old heart trouble, and that she (the daughter) was busily engaged rubbing her until an early, hour in the morning, when she retired com pletely worn out. At the time she retired, Miss Ward said the revolver was lying on the table. She had not been in bed a great while when she was awakened and found the pistol under her in the bed. After replacing it upon the table, Miss Ward says she immediately fell asleep, and knew nothing further until early in the morning, at which time she was awakened by the report of the pistol, only to find it tightly clutched in one hand, while her mother lay dying by her side. Mr. Parker says that at the time he left the house the ladies were on the best of terms. Mis. Helen J. Ward, well known as a “ commision buyer,” lived with her daughter in two rooms of the second floor of the building of No. 11, Hamilton Place. The daughter is a music teacher, and popular with a large circle. Both were fine looking, the mother especially so, and the two, who often went out together, were frequently taken for sisters. Living together in perfect harmony, mother and daughter attracted considerable attention from their neighbors because of their irregular and at times eccentric habits. They were accustomed to indulge in late suppers, such meals frequently extending far into the night. Mrs. Ward has been known to shut herself up in her room for many days at a time, though apparently in perfect health, and her strange con duct has more than once caused remarks. They had a number of friends. They had a number of friends, prominent among them being Mr. Charles W. Parker, who was supposed to be paying attention to the daughter as a fiance.

A Prudent Mormoness.

(From the Ntvada Leader.) She was buxom, healthy, and did not exceed 25, and Avas probably the favorite wife of half a dozen women Avho had been sealed to one lusty man, and by reason of her leading position in the family had been selected to accompany her lord on his dickering trip to a Gentile community. Truck had evidently found a good market, and a portion of the profits nad fallen to her share. Armed Avith coin and attracted by a costume that adorned a dummy on the side Avalk, she had invaded a promi nent dry goods store, had the suit brought in, found the price satisfactory, and Avas chaffering Avith the clerk for a reduction of six bits in the price. “ ’Pears to me,” she remarked, “ that there isn’t enough goods in the back breadths, and it’s narrer qjross the buzzum. I’ll try this suit on, and if it fits there’ll be a sensation in St. George the Sunday after this team gets back.” The clerk suggested the private room in the rear of the store, Avhere the experiment could be made in due seclu sion. “No private room for me,” Avas the reply. * ‘ I’ve been in towns afore now, and although I’m of six, I’ve got a reputation to look out for. You turn your back and pick out the purtiest figger m that pile of cauliker, and I’ll take the measure of this dress before you can make up your mind.” “But, madam,” said the astonished clerk, “customers may come in ; the streets are in full view ; the situation is too exposed for toilet pur poses, and,” becoming desperate he stan - mered out that “ the retiring room in the rear Avas the proper place.” “ If you can afford to lose this trade all right ; but my husband has Avarned me about the tempta tions of dry stores, and I don’t intend to give him or his Avives any handle on me ; not this t-ip, anyhoAV. Them other five is mighty hard to keep down noAv, and

this yere dress is going to make me as much trouble in the family as I keer about. But, mister, ye seem to be kinder modest, and I’ll just step behind that pile of goods on t’other counter, if that suits you.” The embarrassed tape-measurer was fain to give consent, and rushed to the door while the transformation was being made. Much to his relief no other customer dropped in, and a load was taken off his breast when the fair Mormon, clad in her purchase, called him and asked him what sort of an impression that dress ought to make in St. George. Beingassured that the fair sex of that place would die with envy, she planked down 7 dol. 50 cents and sailed out in search of the male head of the family. There will be war in that Mormon home Avhen she blooms out in the latest style, and the old man will have to grasp the reins with a pretty firm hand to stem the current of jealousy that will invade the domestic circle on his return to his multitudinous home.

THE STORY-TELLER.

AN UNPLEASANT ADVENTURE.

I was travelling in the winter of 1807 in one of the most beautiful and mountainous districts of Ireland, when I accidentally en countered some members of the famous Fenian Brotherhood about whom we have heard so much.

'My tour was on foot, and one afternoon, when the daylight was fast departing, I found myself in the midst of a series of ranges of hills of more or less magnitude, and saw that my path lay directly over them ; if I hoped to reach the village for which I was bound before night set in. Slowly and wearily I plodded onwards, finding out, as each step seemed more difficult, that the way I had chosen was a very toilsome one, and the sun sank be hind the range of hills in front of me just as I reached "the bottom of the first valley. A violent snow-storm increased the dark ness, and in a few minutes I could hardly see a yard before me. Slowly and laboriously I toiled up one range after another, not being able in the darkness and snow to choose the easiest paths, till, after several hours of tedious climbing, I was completely exhausted. Just as I rounded the base of one range I saw a light, apparently from a cottage some dis tance before me higher up the mountain, and I joyfully made for it. The rude shelter of an Irish hovel would be a blissful exchange for the fury of the tempest on such a night. It -was not the only cottage on the side of. the mountain : there were several others, but scattered at a distance from each other, so that I could not then perceive them. They were, like the hovels of most of the native Irish, of a miserably poor kind, seldom having more than two apartments —the kitchen and the “room,” as it is called ; often only one. The Avails Avere built of mud, the old rotten and moss groAvn thatch, sinking in here and there, let in both rain and wind ; the Avindows Avere mere holes in the Avail, stuffed with straw or closed by a wooden board at night. The fire in such cottages—of peat, of turf as it is called—burns on the floor, and the smoke finds exit by a hole in the thatch, or by the door. The pig occupies the best place by the fire. “And who’d have a better right to it, yer honour ? sure, an’ isn’t it him that pays the rint ?” says the tenant. The manure-heap, or at least a green stinking pool, stands just before the door ; and a fierce, snarling, dirty cur keeps angry Avatch over the family possessions. Such a hoA T el was that Avhich I noAV entered. There was no one Avithin but an elderly woman, dressed in miserable rags ; a tolerably good peat fire Avas burning on the hearth, and a pot full of Indian meal stirabout Avas set thereon, and being assiduously tended by her. “ A Avild night, ma’am,” said I, as I entered. “ Will you be good enough to alloAV me to rest in your cottage till morn ing, for I am fairly exhausted crossing the mountains, and the snoAV-storm is so severe I can get no farther 1 I Avill pay you Avell for my night’s lodging.” “ Troth will I, yer honor,” she replied. “An’ it’s not pay ye need be talkin’ of, for I Avouldn’t see a dog outside my door sich a night as this an’ not take the cray thur in, let alone a Christian. Where Avas it ye came from ? ’Deed an’ ye had a Avild road across the mountains the night.” And as she spoke I dreAV near her fire, and warmed my Avell-nigh frozen limbs. “ Whisht, here’s a stool for yer honor,” she said, Aviping one as Avell as it might be done Avith her apron. “Yo don’t belong to this country ?”

“ No, ma’am,” I replied. “ I live near Dublin, but I come from England.” “From England did ye?” she said quickly. Then Avent on after a short pause, “What Avill I do Avid ye Avhen the boys come in 1 they mightn’t be plased to find ye here. ” “ Why should they not ?” I said. “I shall be glad to make friends Avith them.” “Oh, it’s not our own boys,” she re plied, “ they’re quiet enough ; but there’s a poAver of the neighbor boys Avas to be in here the night for a meetin’ like, an’ they’ll be afther havin’ a dthrap to warm them maybe, an’ betimes they be hasty like.” “ What kind of a meeting is it to he?” I said.

“ Well, your honor, it’s a sort of a meetin’ the boys are goin’ to have : that’s all I knoAv. and there’ll be speechifying, an’ the like ; an’ Mick, that’s the head o’ them, lie’s oncommon wicked Avlien he’s got a dthrap o’ dtlirink, an’ sAvears he’ll put his knife through the first Sassenach he can find, an’ Barney he’s as bad, an’ you’re like a dacent gentleman, an’ I Avouldn’t like to see no harm come of it, an’ in my house, too, that’s a quate Aviddy this fifteen years come Candlemas. ” Here Avas a pleasant prospect for me. The civil old Avoman’s evident anxiety made me excessively nervous. I Avas aAvare that the use of the knife Avas be coming too common in this particular county, and of the bitter feelings enter tained against the Sassenach, whether recently come from England or of a family settled in Ireland ; and I kneAV how out rageous was the violence sometimes mani fested by the Celtic peasant under the in fluence of drink. But I hardly kneAV A\diat to do, for if I faced the storm again I Avas certain to perish on the mountain from cold and fatigue. While I was medi tating someAvhat ruefully OA r er my position, the old Avoman, avlio had been looking anxiously out at the door, suddenly ex claimed —

[to BE CONTINUED.]

1 HE ASHBURTON HERALD.

[WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 f ißßof



Tenders. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. TENDERS are invited for the follow ing works : 1. Dam and Weir at Pudding Hill. 2. Approaches to Taylor’s stream bridge. Plans and specifications can be seen at the Council’s offices, Ashburton, and ten ders with a deposit of 5 per cent, to be sent in addressed to the Chairman, not later than 11 o’clock a.in., on WEDNES DAY, 7th April next. By order, WILLIAM BAXTER, County Engineer. 19th March, 1880. 6500-216 c Conveyances. THE LONGBEACH COACH ! GEORGE WILLCOCKS respectfully acknowledges the liberal support which he has received during the short time his Coach has been running, and soiicits 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, 6s. return. Ashton to Ashburton, 3s. ordinary, ss. return. Wheatstone to Ashburton, 2s. Gd. ordinary, 4s. return. SINGLE FARE RETURN ON SATURDAYS. The coach leaves the Booking Office, Quill’s Commercial Hotel, each day at 3.15 ; Post Office, 3.30. 292 a ECOOKSON, Wills Street, runs the . MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Educational. GOODGER begs to inform the Ladies of Ashburton that she opens a Private School on MONDAY, March 15, at Mr. Jones’, Stationer, Baring square. Terms : English ... ... One Guinea. French ... ... ~ Music ... ... ~ Referees : The Very Revd. Dean of Christchurch, and J. P. Restell, Esq. 124c-569a Business Notices. NEWS AND MAGAZINE AGE MUY 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 fand County Journal.” Subscribers to “ Canterbury Times” and “ Weekly Press” can obtain their copies at the above Establishment. *l2lc



SATURDAY, MARCH 13. OPENING NEW STORE, East Street, Near Bullock, & Co’s. JAMES 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. IG3c



LABOR MARKET. l EG ISTRY OFFICE FOR MASTERS AND SERVANTS, AT THE ‘ EVENING HERALD ” OFFICE. VOARMERS REQUIRING HANDS Jj can engage men through the “Evening Herald ” Registry for 1/- each, prepaid. LABORERS REQUIRING SITUA TIONS can engage through the “ Herald ” Registry Office by paying 1/-. SERVANTS REQUIRING SITUA TIONS can get them by applying at the “Herald” Registry Office, and paying !/-• ENGAGEMENTS will be POSTED UP every day at 12 noon and 4 pan., by numbers given to the applicants, who will learn the address on enquiring. SPECIAL or URGENT WANTS will be inserted in the “ Evening Herald ” in the registry column on payment of Six pence additional in advance, for each issue. Further Particulars on application at the “EVENING HERALD” REGISTRY OFFICE. SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, EAST ST., ASHBURTON.



I Edmiston Bros. & Gundry. i : CLEARING SALE. TO FARMERS, CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS DRAUGHT HORSES, DRAYS, AND FARMING IMPLEMENTS. Messrs, edmiston bros. and GUNDRY, in conjunction with Mr. F. Pavitt, have been favored with instructions from Mr. George Parkin to sell BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ON THURSDAY, Ist APRIL, 1880, At his Farm, about three miles from Ashburton, and three miles from Dro more, adjoining Cuff and Graham’s, The whole of his FARMING STOCK AND 8 2 3 8 1 2 1 2 1 2 120 IMPLEMENTS, Consisting of FIRST-CLASS DRAUGHT HORSES HACKS DRAYS AND FRAMES SETS HARNESS D. F. PLOUGH SETS HARROWS CAMBRIDGE ROLLER BROADCAST SEED SOWERS CHAFF CUTTER REAPERS AND BINDERS ACRES TURNIPS Arc., dc., &c< Sale at 1 o’clock. EDMISTON BROS., & GUNDRY, 654g-247c Auctioneers. 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 &c., &c., Gorse Italian Rye Cocksfoot Perennial Trefoil As. Building Material. 100,000 FEET OF ASSORTED TIMBER White & Black Pino 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. Bussines Notices. 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 has opened with a Large Stock of Boots of every description. Note the address— M. NEALAS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 2 19 c



Auctioneers. MR. 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, BEGS 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, <fcc. Mixed Biscuits reduced from Is. to Bd. per lb. Wedding Cakes made to Order. 986a-5700 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-626« Moore street, Ashburton. PUBLIC NOTICE. BOOTS! BOOTS! T. CHAMBERS WHILE THANKING the public of Ashburt@n and surrour ding dis tricts for past favors, begs to infi rn them that he has received, and to arrive, at his place rif business, East-street, a WELL-ASSORTED STOCK OF LADIES’, GENTLEMEN’S, AND CHIL DREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES Of all descriptions.



T. 0. also calls special attentn 1 to the Measure Department, and incites 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 . QAMBRIDGE’S ASTRINGENT, a certain cure for Diarrhoea in Children or Adults, Is. 6d. and 2s. Gd 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. Gd. 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. Gd. a Bottle. J. M. CAMBRIDGE, Chemist, MEDICAL HALL. N.B.—Teeth carefully Extracted. 2s. Gd. M . McCAL LU M , AND JEWELLER Every description of Jewellery made to order and repaired. Electro-plating and Gilding. Hair plaits and Devices done. Watches and Clocks accurately Repaired. Diamonds and every description of Stones substantially Set. Clocks from 7s. Gd. each. Do., with alarm, 15s. CASHEL STREET, Next Bank of Australasia, Christ church. 221 c 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, 5Jd. EDWARD TAYLOR, Saunders’ Buildings, 119 c ASHBURTON. THE “Herald” is published every evening, thus giving every day’s news. This is better than buying a Six penny weekly.



Business Notices. TINWALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. BOOTS! BOOTS!! THE Undersigned begs to draw tlie at tention of the public to his well as sorted stock of Ladies’, Gents’, and Chil dren’s Boots, which he has just received, and will dispose of CHEAP. Motto— “ Small profits and quick returns.” All kinds of Boots made and repaired on the the shortest possible notice. 382 g C. HAWKINS, Bootmaker. REMOVED TO WAKANUI ROAD, Next to Post Office. JOSEPH WARD, FAMILYB U T C H E R, BEGS to inform the Publie of Ash burton that he will Open as above on Saturday next, and intends selling for cash at a REDUCTION in PRICES. First-class Beef, 3d. to sd. per lb. First-class Mutton, 2d. to 3d. per lb. Legs, 3id per lb. JOSEPH WARD, 892a* Butcher. 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 PAPERPIANGING WAREHOUSE, TANCRED STREET, Ashburton. J. R. CHAPMAN PAINTER, PAPERHANGEP SIGN-WRITER, Etc., Has much pleasure in stating that, owing to the large increase of Business, he is now Importing from the Manufacturers- - PAPERHANGINGS, WHITE LEAD LINSEED OIL, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSHWABE, 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 tho trado executed under personal superin tendence. Competent workmen sent to all parts of the country.



ESTIMATES GIVEN. 25J c T. Bullock. THE undersigned lias the following PROPERTIES to LET with a pur chasing clause, or FOR SALE on liberal terms of payment— -| &;A ACRES good WHEAT LAND, AeJU' all ploughed and ready for cross ploughing for wheat ; situated about three miles from the township. QT7 ACRES, near the above ; also good and ready for cross-ploughing. fr'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. PART of T.S. 139, Peter Street. This will be sold cheap, and on liberal terms. TO 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. Drawing paper, ail sizes, just opened at WEEKS AND DIXON, East street. Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons, printed at the Herald Office, East street, near Railway Station. 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 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, 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.



Business Noticen. VALUE EXTRAORDINARY. THE Great Bargains OF THE SEASON. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE,, FOR THIRTY DAYS. - ORR AND CO. HAYING resolved to clear out the 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, 4 ' ORR AND CO. AY 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. Gd., to Is. 9d. Prints at sd. and Gd., worth 9d. Brown Hollands, 7d. to Is. COSTUMES, 56 Costumes at 215., worth 355. Gd., a Baigain. G 4 Print Costumes at 7s. 6d. to 12s. Gd., 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 Gd. per spray. Ladies’ Underclothing at very much under usual prices. 20Dozen Stays at 3s. Gd., 45., 4s. 9d., to ss. Gd. 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 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 ASHBURTCN AND RAKAIA