POST OFFICE NOTICES.

% Mails close at the Chief Post Office, v! Christchurch, for the following places ’• (subject to necessary alterations) as n under:— ./-/d- ' : v Thursday, March 4. For Australian colonies, per express train, at 7.39 a.m. (to connect with s.s. ri Te Anau at Port Chalmers). Friday, March 5. f. f|T For. Northern Ports of New Zealand and Australian Colonies (via Sydnoy), per Wakatipu. The next mail for the United Kingdom, via Brindisi, will be closed at Christ church on March 11th, and will be due in London on April 29th, The next mail for the United Kingdom, via San Francisco, will be closed at Christ church on March 27th, and will be due in London on March 11th. Notice. —A Post Office has teen opened at Winchmore, on the Rakaia-Methven Railway line. SYDNEY J. DICK, ;i ri t , • Chief Postmaster. Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office, as follows : - .. : For Christchurch and North at 10.20 a.m. 4.30 p.m., and 8 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m and 4.30 p.m daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Oran, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.20 a.m, daily. For Temuka. Timaru, and South at 10.20 - a.m and 3.30 p.m daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbcach, at .1.15 p.m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Fergus. —On Feb. 29, at Woodbine Cot tage, Ashburton, the wife cf Mr. Fergus, Mount Somers, of a son. 125 c

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1880.

County Council Meeting. —A lengthy report of the County Council’s sitting to day is held over. The Council got through a large amount of business.

New Member of County. —Mr. Bul lock took his seat at the County Council to-day, in room of the late Mr. Reed, of Westerfield. Borough Drainage. —Consideration of the Mayor’s application for a grant-in-aid of drainage purposes in the borough was adjourned by the County Council till next meeting of that body.

The Hospital Surgical Instruments. —At the County Council meeting to-day, it was stated that invoices had been re ceived of the surgical instruments ordered for the Hospital. The instruments had been shipped by the steamer Garonne, and may be expected shortly.

Grant to the Fire Brigade. —The County Council to-day granted a sum of LSO to the Fire Brigade’s funds, on the understanding that.the services of our ex cellent brigade would be available for any fire outside the town, and conditionally on the grant being legal—the question to be submitted to the Council’s legal ad viser.

Wheat Sales. —Messrs. Saunders’ Bros, are advised of the following sales of wheat in London : —Ex Boyne, 575. per 49Glbs. ; ex Waimate, 58s. per 4961b5. ; ex Crossfield, 5Ss. 6d. per 49Glb.

Ashburton Borough Council. —A meeting of the Borough Council was held this morning at 7 a. m. Present—Messrs. E. Saunders, A. Orr, G. St. Hill, G. M. Robinson, R. Friedlander, andD. William son. Ihe members mot at the Post Office, and were then driven to the head of the mill race where they inspected the works proposed by Mr. E. Saunders. Mr. C. E. Fooks was in attendance to give in formation respecting the levels, &c. All the members were quite convinced that Mr. Saunders’ scheme was simple, cheap, and effectual, and surprise was expressed at its not having been adopted long ago. The members on their return held a meet ing in the Council’s offices, and a resolu tion was proposed by Mr. Saunders to the effect that tho scheme be approved of, and the Engineer authorised to draw plans and specifications to be submitted to the Council on Monday next. The resolution was carried. We have no doubt now of the side cliapneje bring flushed within six weeks from the present ‘ date. ,

Ashburton Fire Brigade. —The usual monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade was held in the Borough Council office last night— l2 members being present, the captain in the chair. The treasurer re ported the credit balance to be LlO 3s. Gd. on general account, and L 9 10s. on No. 2 account. The officers’ reports were handed in. Captain Wilkie reported that a practical scheme was now being con templated by the Borough Council, which he thought would be of great value to the brigade. Lieut Dolman reported a suc cessful trial at the Old Men’s Home, and stated he had written to the master of the Home, asking that the road be improved to save risk to the men. The secretary reported on various business transacted by him during the month. It was resolved to apply to the County Council for a grant in aid. Fireman Hudson proposed, and Fireman Edwards seconded —‘ ‘ That the Borough Council be requested to pay to the credit of the brigade the L 25 overdue, also calling their attention to the unre deemed. promise, re the long expected uniforms. Several accounts were passed for payment. Mr. R. Smith, the night watchman’s, account for New' Year’s eve, 95., was not passed, behaving failed in his contract. Attention was called to the practice of children unscrewing the caps of the tube v'ells, and it was resolved to call the attention of the police to the mat ter.

I.O.G.T.—The Dawn of Peace Lodge held its meeting on Monday evening, at the Templar Hall. There was a large meeting. One new member was initiated. A large amount of business was transacted, amongst vdiich was a resolution in favor of affiliation with the Degree Temple. This is a step in the right direction, and we think it a pity that the Star of the East Ledge did not come to the same conclusion. The prevailing idea amongst members that the Degree Temple will be antagonistic to the lodges in a financial aspect is utterly wrong, because the aim of the Temple is to be supported by its ovm members, not by degree fees, as is generally supposed. The Temple is but an advanced lodge, where, through the more impressive manner in which degrees are conferred, owing to the amount of time at the disposal of the Temple over and above that at the disposal of the subordinate lodges, greater interest is taken in, and a greater number of members take, their degrees, thus augmenting instead of reducing the finances of the subordinate Lodges. Bro. Harding, from Napier, gave a, resume of the work of the order in Napier, and he was deputed to carry back to his lodge the fraternal greetings of the Dawn of Peace. Bro. Ash wood detailed a desperate picture of woe occuring in this town, in the case of a father drinking himself to death, a mother in the lunatic asylum, and a family of small children running at large totally uncared for and starving. A committee was formed to act in conjunction with one from the Star of the East Lodge to en deavor to effect the father’s reform and pro vide for the children. It is to hoped that the police will see to this matter, and we also think that the Episcopalian clergyman, a member of whose flock (we are informed) the poor man is, might also stir in the matter. A more touching and truly strik ing corroboration of a drunkard’s home, as depicted by Dr. Rosoby in his late lecture, tiuur ucvqo -conid Ktvi*cliy lip. found. —Communicated.

Death of a Valuable Entire.—We regret having to record a serious loss sus tained by Mr. John Carter, of Grove Farm, Tinwald, by the IO3S of his entire Clydesdale horse, Merryton. This horse and Billy Fairplay were imported last year from Scotland, where they had taken principal prizes at Scottish agricultural shows, and the large sum of LGOO was paid for Merryton, who was looked upon as one of the best draught horses in the colony. His loss will be not only a pecuniary one to his owner, but a national one to breeders of good stock.

The Grain Season in the South Raicaia District has has commenced, and already large quantities are daily ar riving at the Rakaia station, both by dray and railway. On the Rakaia-Methven line loading banks are being proceeded with at all the stations, so that farmers will have every facility for getting away tlieir produce. Some delay is being caused at the Rakaia station through senders not forwarding proper consign ment notes with their parcels, many loaded trucks having to stand wait ing till the necessary informatian is re ceived, and many of the trucks being un covered, should heavy rains set in a great deal of damage must necessarily be the result. Men appear to be scarce in the district just now, frequent enquiries being made for hands to assist in carting in, and for threshing. It is expected that next week will see the delivery of corn in full swing. A Change for the Better. —We are glad to observe that the large engineer’s and blacksmith’s shop opposite Messrs. Orr and Co. ’s ; which has for some time been empty, except when made the habitat of the larrikin tribe, who periodic ally met there with the object of smashing every inch of glass in the establishment, is again opened by Messis. Robb and Burns, who intend carrying on the busi ness legitimately pertaining to the shop, and being men of the right stamp, we ex pect to see the furnaces constantly throw ing out their sparks.

Longbeach Assessment Court. The Assessment Court for the Longbeach Road District was held on Saturday last, before Mr. F. Guinness, R.M. The valuer, Mr. F. G. P. Leach, appeared in support of his valuation. There was a large number of notices of objections, but they were not considered, as the Chairman of the Board, Mr. John Grigg, took exception to the list prepared by Mr. Leach, to the effect that it was not “as required by the Act. ” The Court was of the opinion that the valua tion list was not prepared as required by tho Rating Act, 187 G. It was decided that Mr. F. G. P. Leach prepare another list, and receive the same amount of re muneration as originally agreed upon by him and the County Council or Road Board ; that the list shall be completed and open for public inspection on Satur day, March 20 ; that Saturday, April 10, shall be the last day for delivering notices of objection thereto ; and that the Assess ment Court shall sit pn Saturday, April 17, at 10 o’clock a.m.

A Female Politician.— A lady applied to have her name placed on the Auckland electoral roll, and the R.M. aftev sump chaff) acceded to her request.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

HYDROPATHY AND ALLOPATHY.

To the Editor. Sir, —I have read with some interest the articles “Hydropathy” which have appeared in your columns from the pen of Mr. Alfred Saunders. I have looked from day to day for the fulfilment of his promise to show us the material advantages to be gained from the practice of hydropathy against those of allopathy. I had better state that 1 have been, and to a certain extent still am, a student of allopathic medicine. I am not a medical men, be cause I am not qualified, but still I take some interest in Mr. Saunders’ letters, because I am opposed to hydropathy as a general thing. Still, lam open to conviction, and should like to hear a little more from him on this subject. In his last letter he said, “In allopathy or homeopathy we are made to believe that it is indispensable to know exactly the name and nature of the disease in order that the allopathist may administer a poison that produces a disease of the opposite character, and the liomeo pathist a poisou that will produce a disease of the suae character.as that 'from which the patient is suffering. It is not neces sary now to enquire which of them is right, and it does not require a very powerful intellect to see that they cannot both bo right, although both “legally qualified,” but as long as they can make us believe that an accurate knowledge of the exact disease is necessary, and an accurate administration of the exact poison to cure it, they stand a good chance to keep matters in their own hands, as, although they make grievous mistakes in such matters themselves, they never toll tales of each other, and no one else would be listened to.” In speaking of hydropathic treatment he says, “ There is no room for mystery about such common-sense treatment. There is no need to walk the hospitals to learn it.” He makes a very sweeping charge against medical men generally, when he says “ they make grievous mistakes” in their treatment, and from the general tenor of his letters he seems to cast such slurs and ■ insinuations that I am inclined to think they know nothing, that tho years they , have spent in acquiring their knowledge have been worse than wasted, that they ha.ve left the “ great seat of medical ' knowledge ” with just as much, if not less, : knowledge of real practical utility than they had on entering. Hydropathy may be good when in the hands of “legally qualified men.” I don’t use this term in the satirical way in which Mr. Saunders , does, but I mean men who have made medicine their study, who have extensive and precise information on all subjects conducive to a knowledge of the human body, and who necessarily know the signs and symptoms of disease in every phase and of the virtues of the remedies to be em ployed. Mr. Saunders says there is no need to walk the hospitals to learn hydropathy, and that hydropathy is the only true method of treating disease. I would like to ask him if he would abolish all medical men, medical schools, and medicine in toto?antPhave all the*diseases that flesh is heir to attended to by people whose treatment is only book lore, who have no idea of cause and effect, who are utterly unable, from want of proper education, to distinguish between a sign and a symptom of disease. Suppose a patient complains of cough, expectoration, dyspnoea, hectic fever, night sweats, and emaciation, how are. his relatives to tell the name or nature of the disease. They may know from their symptoms that it is some chest affection, but whether it is con sumption or pneumonia or any other disease they will be utterly unable to say. Suppose, in addition to the above symptoms, there is cavernous respiration and expec toration of at first a frothy mucus, after wards of a more viscid and opaque sputum, often mixed with small round particles of tubercular matter, with pus, or with streaks of blood, will the relatives be any the more able to define the disease now than they were before ? I think not. Well, the first are symptoms of consump tion and the second arc signs of consump tion—symptoms because they occur in other chest affections, and signs because they appear only in that disease. Expec toration pure and simple is a symptom, but sputa is a sign. Supposing all these signs and symptoms are showing, how is the ignorant (I use this word only in a professional sense) hydropathist to tell the proper treatment to be adopted. Will he turn to his Smedley, Priessnitz, or Mrs. Nicholls for information, and rigidly fol low the law laid down by them on such a case ? Then again in febrile and inflam matory disorders, how are they to dis tinguish one from the other? How will they distinguish scarlatina from measles unless the characteristics have been pointed out ? How will they tell the difference between scarlet and typhoid fevers? How will they tell when scarlatina co-exists with typhoid fever, as it some times has done l And how is it possible for ignorant people (I mean professionally) to decide between malignant scarlatina and diphtheria, these having so many re semblances and so few differences that satisfactory evidence of their being distinct diseases is wanting. The chief argument, and a strong one in favor of thoir being distinct, is that the one forms no pro tection against the other. Then again, there are some cases of scarlatina which soon lapse into profound coma, easily mistaken by ignorant people for narcotic poisoning, and how are they to tell that it is not so unless they know the signs of such caso3, and how aro they to know these signs unless they have “ walked tho hospitals,” and seen and studied such cases day by day ? There is a form of disease which none but medical men are conversant with, or can understand in any way—latent disease. Its existence is a fact most important in its bearing, both on our treatment of disease and the expectations we form of its success. For instance, the lungs, heart, liver, or kidneys, which have seemed to perform their functions so well so long as they were not exposed to any unusual strain, may prove quite unequal to the strange work imposed upon them by the conges tion which attends the cold stage of febrile and inflammatory disorders, by the quickened' circulation of the hot stage, or by the quick development of poisonous matters in such diseases as typhus, typhoid fevers, scarlatina and cholera. Let the fu'nb,tio,na qf. the lungs be greatly hindered 1 or those of .the kidney 5 wholly suspended, 1 and thp blood will become charged with a } 1

poison which the frame already diseased is powerless to eliminate. Now, will the hydropathic book lore ex plain this ! I trow not. They may get a smattering of knowledge, but a little learning is a dangerous thing, and oft times leads to disastrous results.

Mr. Saunders, from his stand point, con demns in a wholesale manner all drugs as “ poison,” and would have its believe that all the deaths certified to by “legally qualified medical men ” were due to the wholesale administration of drugs, in other . words—poisoned. This terrible charge ho would lead us to believe in by the extracts lie makes from the works of ; several medical men eminent in then day, but now most of them effete. He docs not give us the opinions of the eminent men of this our own day, such as Tanner, , Jenner, Hassall, Scott, Allison, Beal, and a host of other men higher than Sir John Forbes, whom I deny being the highest authority. Mr. Saunders insinuates that if all the patients above referred to had been treated hydropathically they would not have died ! They would then, I sup pose, be still living—a truly grand old army of martyrs to circumstances. To ignorant people the quotations made must ; be terrible proof of the charge made by . Mr. Saunders, but it must be remembered that the works lie quoted from were in tended only for medical students, and not ad captandum vulgus. They are mostly lectures delivered by Professors to their students, and the remarks quoted by Mr. S. were intended by the lecturer, to show the imperfections of medicine at that time as a science, and its difficulty as an art, and to stimulate the students to an increased study and energy to remove its imperfections, and to redeem the mistakes made in past years. Rome was not built in a day, neither was medicine, nor can it attain without careful observation and study that perfection which Mr. Saunders ! attributes falsely to hydropathy. Disease , was sent by the Almighty as a part of the curse for “man’s first disobedience;” and however perfect medicine as a science may ; be, our efforts cau only be palliative, ancl , no man has any right to arrogate to his ■. particular system, pet scheme, or hobby : the virtue of perfection, considering that it is only subservient to the will of God. Sight seems to have been ■ lost by Mr. S. of the great differences : existing between one individual and an ■ other, and that there are many original [ ancl many acquired differences between , mail and man. The first are those con- L veyed by the terms temperament, dia • thesis, hereditary disposition, and idiosyn ■ cracy ; to these can be added those dapen l dant on sex and age. The acquired s differences are due to air and climate, > place of above, supplies of food and water, > habits, occupation and mode of life, ancl ; in some instances to diseases previously l undergone, and latent maladies uncon ; sciously existing. When, therefore, the [ original differences between man anc man, . ancl the various and complicating influ ences to which the body is exposed in all > states of society, but especially in highly civilised communities, are taken into con . sideration, no very great additional argu , ment will be needed to establish the first [ great principle on which the practice of , medicine hinges—that in health and (by L natural inference) in disease, every func s tion of the body varies in different persons > within wide limits of intensity. This fact • is the key to the imperfection of Medicine , as a Science, and its difficulty as an Art. , To define disease wo must first have cle ; jfined health, for the one is but the nega tion of the other, and in like manner the . description and right understanding of disease depend upon the description and right understanding of health. We say , disease is present when any structure, of the body is changed, of course provided • that change is not the direct and imme diate'effect of external injury; or when any function is either unnaturally torpid, active, or altered in character. Diseases, of course, vary much in their nature, in their form or type, in their duration and course, in their terminations, and in their occurrence. Most diseases terminate in complete recovery, a considerable number in partial or incomplete recovery. Some diseases terminate in metastasis, or trans ference from the part first attacked to some other—as from the joints to the stomach, heart, or brain, in gout ; or by extension to a texture similar to the one originally attacked, as when acute rheumatism, hav ing commenced in the fibrous textures sur rounding the large joints, seizes upon those in and about the heart. Some dieases ter minate suddenly by discharges, eruptions, or external inflammations, and the con duct of these cases, and in fact of disease generally, requires treatment at the hands of—not ignorant empirics, men whose practice is but the result of mere experience, whose knowledge is limited to cases whose characteristics and idiosyn cracies warranted certain treatment which, if employed in other cases of the same disease, might have proved fatal, and in consequence think that form of treatment suitable in every case—but skilful men, men who have made the consideration of diseases in every phase, their nature and effects, the study of their lives, whose practice combines the result of not only mere experience but deep and care ful stiidy of the structural form of the human’ body, who are able to form a correct diagnosis, who have a knowledge of the nature of the disease itself, of the constitution of the sufferer, and of the virtues of the remedies to be employed essential preliminaries to judicious treat ment. The object to be aimed at by the medical man will of course vary with each case; in one it will be sufficient if the as certained cause be removed; in another it may be necessary to restore the healthy function or repair the diseased structure; in a third, all that we may be able to do will be to palliate the suffering the disease occasions. It must bo borne in mind there are many difficulties besetting the path of medicine, both as a subject of scientific enquiry and of practical applica tion—difficulties which may never be thought of by an ignorant public, such as the variable severity of diseases bearing the same name, the changes that occur in the progress both of acute and chronic cases, and the unequal strength of our remedies, and when we reflect that, prior to the setting in of any given disease, the constitution of the patient originally marked by peculiarities traceable to here ditary predisposition, has been subse quently modified ; that the disease itself may vary within wide limits of intensity ; that it passes naturally through many different phases ; that it may fall under our observation and treatment at any part of its course ; that the remedies pre scribed, being of variable strength, may |

be administered with more or less care and regularity, and the patient be tended with greater or less watchfulness and skill. When we takeall these circumstances into consideration, we cannot be surprised that medicine should be the most imperfect and uncertain of sciences, a conjectural and most difficult art. It will, I think, be well to speak of that vis medicatrix natures —that power inherent in the human frame to right itself when suffering from severe disorders. And it would be unwise and unjust on our part to withhold from nature what is her due, for whatever we might like to do, we can only at best assist her, and it is to the interest of the medical attendant to extol the powers of nature, and attribute to them much of the success usually ascribed to his treatment. It is only by this acknowledgment that the public can be rescued from quackery. The homoeopatliist, or ns some one says, “ the slave of an hypothesis invented by a heated enthusiast, and mainly suported by imaginary sensations developed by experi ments on his own person—attributes to infinitesimal doses virtues simply ridicu lous, and results simply impossible but the regular practitioner can explain the cures alleged to have been thus effected by that very vis med’catrix which so con stantly assists him in his own treatment, and to which he so rightly attributes much of his own success ; and it is often a task of extreme difficulty to determine whether a patient’s recovery has happened through the treatment adopted,, or independent of it, or in spite of it. The best physician may often decide wrongly ; the ignorant quack and equally ignorant public are utterly unable to form an opinion. As.one medical man says : “after all that can be done in its study, the science of medicine must remain extremely imperfect, and the art of healing very difficult. Its general principles, derived originally from parti culars made up of many variable elements, must be re-applied in practice to indivi dual instances as complicated as thnse out of which they were originally formed, so that precision is, in the nature of things, impossible, and certainly of vex-y rare attainment.” —I am, &c. Eve's Grind sox. To the Editor. Sib., —Gan you inform me at what time I can transact business at the R.M. Court? I have just left there (3 p.m.), having waited since 2.30. No one is in attend ance, and no notice is on the door or else where.—lam, Ac. One and Sixpence an Hour.

THE NELSON PRIZE FIRING.

[by- teleoraph.] Rifle Camp, Brightwater, March 3. The fifth match is completed, axid the winners are—l. Burr, 2 Woolley—each 74 ; 3, Thomas, 73 ; 4, Wimsett, 72 ; 5 —Moore, (Auckland) ; G, Hill ; 7, Cor poral Hood ; 8, Gordon. 0, Keller—each 71 ; 10, Gill ; 11, Parslow ; 12, Laird— eacli 70.

TELEGRAPHIC.

TO-DAY’S CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

(Reuter's.) Wheat Afloat to London. London, March 1. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,790,000 quarters. The New Series of Wool Sales. The new series of -wool sales Ix4ll com mence on the 20tli April. There will pro bably be a total of 350,000 bales to be auctioned. Another Bank Gone. London, March 2. The Hull District Bank suspended pay ment to-day. The liabilities have not yet transpired. The Army Estimates.

In the House of Commons to-day the Army Estimates were introduced, and were passed without opposition.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reuter's Telegrams.) Sunday Opening of the Sydney School of Art. Sydney, March 3. At. a meeting of the Committee of the School of Arts held last night to con sider the question of opening the institu tion on Sundays, there was a very pro tracted discussion, but the motion in favor of opening on Sundays was finally carried. Floods in Queensland. Brisbane, March 3. Fitzroy river is now in heavy flood, and has risen five feet over the wharves at Rockhampton. The banks of the river near the gasworks are gradually crumbling away, owing to flood water.

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

The Mormons in Auckland. Auckland, March 3.

Strong indignation has been aroused by the attempt of the Mormon elder to kid nap a married woman and three children yesterday by the mail steamer. Tarring and feathering are openly threatened to Elder Sorensen, who remains here. The woman’s passage was not paid, but it was paid as soon as the steamer got outside. Judge Gillies.

Judge and Mrs. Gillies are passengers by the mail steamer. A Parasite.

Herbert Kneenfc, with several aliases, charged with vagrancy by obtaining chari table subscription under false pretences, lias been remanded to Dunedin. An Unfortunate.

The Phonographic Company came to grief, the phonograph being pawned. The Unemployed- Wellington, March 3. Fifty more of the unemployed are to be engaged for road making on the Waimate Plains.

Gambling in Hotels. At the Police Court James McArdlo, proprietor of the Te Aro Hotel, was charged with allowing gambling in his house after midnight. His Worship, in fining him 405., said the fact of defendant encouraging youths whose ages range from 1G to 20 was extremely disgraceful, and that he, as chairman of the Licen sing Bench, should at the annual meeting, strongly advise the Commissioners to re ftjse McArdle’s license.

Mrs. Harding, of <hc Brunswick Hotel for allowing dice to be thrown after mid night, was fined 40s. and costs.

A Hotel Burned- ; _ The Pakaruatahi Hotel and outbuild ings were completely destroyed by fire last night. They were insured for LL2OD, but the particulars are not known. Dunedin, March 3. Fire- A fire at St. Kilda destroyed a four roomed cottage belonging to one Goodison. it was unoccupied and was insured for LlOli in the Norwich Union. Suicide of a Chinese Gold Thief. At Laurence, Ah Yow, a Chinaman, sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for steaiiug gold from the Wetherstones Com pany’s battery. He he hung himself in the gaol to .the bars of his cell window, cutting his mattress into strips to make the rope, which proved sufficient.

LAST NIGHT’S CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH & FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE (Reuter's Telegrams.) Shipping Casualties. London, March 1. The ship Strathnairn, from London to Adelaide, collided in the Channel,' and immediately after sank. The whole of the crew of the ill-fated vessel were drowned. Bombay, March 1. The steamship Vinzora has foundered off the coast near this port. The captain, chief officer, engineei’s, and 100 of the native crew were drowned. The Wool Sales- London, March 1. At the wool sales to-day 9200 bales were catalogued: The prices were firmly maintained. The series closes on March 12th. The Orient. Suez, Marcli 1. The Orient Company’s steamship Orient, homeward bound, arrived here to-day. A Denial Calcutta, March 1. The statements which were lately pub lished in the “ Civil and Military Gazette” of Lahore, regarding the action taken by the British Government for the settlement af tlie Afghanistan question, are said to be without foundation.

AUSTRALIAN.

( Reuter's Teleg ranis.) The Victorian Situation. Melbourne, March 1,

The political situation remains un changed, but there are abundant rumors as regards the construction of the now Ministry, which, however, are regarded as unfounded. The resignation of the Minstry has been accepted, and Mr. Service sees his Excellency the Governor to-morrow. Parliament will again open on March 9.

Shipping. The Rotomaliana arrived this morning. She made the passage from the Bluff to Melbourne in 83 hours, working four boilers only. _ Sailed —Ringarooma, for New Zealand.

Wednesday, March 3, 1880.1

THE ASHBURTON HERALD



New Advertisements. WANTED, a good General SERVANT for Hotel. Highest wages given. Apply at once to the Herald Registry. 123 c TENANTED KNOWN, that Mrs. Man » * hire cuts out and fits LADIES’ ' ROBES at 3s. each. Address, next Mrs. Turton’s, N.E. Belt. 110 c A LMANAC for 1880, printed on a /\ neat card, with Ashburton Direc tory, Postal and Railway Guide, can be obtained gratuitously at the “ Guardian ” Office. m LADY can meet with a comfortable and respectable HOME in a small family, at moderate charges, or can have a nice room in a central position by apply ing to “ 5.,” Guardian office. 117 c



NOTICE. TjIROM this date POISON will be laid r on the section which I occupy—on the- N. W. Belt, to destroy fowls and other —noxiaus .animals. STEPHEN E. POYNTZ. r Ashburton, February 26th, 18S0. 102 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, s|d. EDWARD TAYLOR, Saunders’ Bitildings, 119 c ASHBURTON. MISS GOODGER has much pleasure in informing the Ladies of Ash burton that she is about to open a PRIVATE SCHOOL, and solicits their 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. 124 c LABOR MARKET. REGISTRY OFFICE FOR MASTERS AND SERVANTS, AT THE ‘ EVENING HERALD ” OFFICE. TTIARMERS REQUIRING HANDS 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 1 /-• ENGAGEMENTS will be POSTED UP every day at 12 noon and 4' p.m., 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. EMPLOYERS requiring any kind of laborers can engage through Herald Registry Office, on payment of Is. in ad vance. TEACHERS can obtain the MULTI PLICATION TABLES, printed on gummed paper, in any quantity at the Herald Office, East street, near the .Railway Station.: f \ "/.? ‘ [



New Advertisements. TEMPLAR HALL COMPANY, (LIMITED). ADJOURNED MEETING. mHE Adjourned Meeting of the Share- JL holders in the Templar Hall Com pany (Limited) is POSTPONED until further notice, the necessary information not having been obtained. W H. ZOUCH, 126 c Secretary. 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 the premises lately occupied by A. Weston and K. Sando and Co. for the sale of Newspapers, Magazinse, Stationery, Fahey goods, Toys, &c. English and Colonial papers, Periodicals, Ac., by each mail. Licensed to sell Stamps. Lowest prices—Terms cash. Agent for the Evening Herald and Ash burton Guardian. *l2lc



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 Cl’s.) CRAIGHEAD & CO. 982 a



FOR SALE. mOWN SECTION No. 306, Burnett g street, on easy terms. Apply to G. M. ROBINSON, 90c* Care of P. Cunningham and Co, NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. All orders for insertion of advertise ments must be written legibly on the face of the advertisement. When no order is given the advertisement will be inserted until countermanded, and charged accord ingly. Orders to withdraw or replace advertisements musirue not later than 9 a.m. each day. All notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths must be accompanied by the sig nature of the sender, as a guarantee of good faith. All advertisements and business letters to be addressed The Manager ; literary communications should be addressed to The Editor.



The Kumar a Chess Tournament.— The Chess Handicap Tournament is completed. There were 29 competitors, the odds being from pawn and move to queen and move. A. Petrie first, won 24 games, lost 4; Bulls second, won 220, lost s|; Rev. Scott third, won 22, lost G. All three were in the second class ; Janion first class came next, winning 20, and losing 8. This was the most successful and largest chess tournament ever held in the Colony. The Australian Cricketers.— A pro minent member of the Australian team, writing to a friend in Dunedin, says —“As we leave for Englaud on March 19, visit ing you is now out of the question, but the team is very desirous of visiting Neiv Zealand, and are considering now if we can do so on our return. . If a lump sum is offered for the tour by the Colony, our visit may be assured : but to come on our own account, requires coffsideration. He Recovered His Chattels.— An Auckland telegram says Elder Pearce, of tli6 Morman IVlissioiij li&cl arranged for the passage to the Sslt Lake City of the wife of a fisherman whom he had induced to accompany him thither. Nothing loth the woman, with three children, was safely ensconced on board, when the fact became known to her husband, who promptly got out a warrant, and had the woman and three children arrested and conveyed ashore. She was taken home in a cab. Fair Warning. —A cablegram lias been sent by Government to the Agent-General impressing on him the urgent necessity of all intending immigrants being fully in formed of the depression in the colony. The Totalisator. —Thhe twe totalis ators in usue on the Dunedin racecourse put through the sum of L72OG during the three days of the meeting. Native Affairs.— Telegraphing from Hawera on Tuesday, the “ Times ” corres pondent says :—After some days. of ex cessively hot weather rain has set in, and bids fair to continue. The Constabulary have knocked of wor on the road during the past few days, and have been employed in further fortifying the camp, two sides of which are now protected a line of deep rifle pitc with traverses;The forces here now number upwards of A very largely attended meeting was held near Normanby yesterday, at which an old woman, making use of a broken bottle and a large stone, cut ail'd mutilated her self in a fearful manner.



Important Land Sales. —Messrs. Ed mistion Bros, and Gundry will hold an unusually important sale on Thursday, next, when among other properties to be submitted to auction, a store and dwell ing house, and several farms will be put up for competition, and the terms of sale are unusually reasonable.



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