AMONG THE FARMERS.

(By Our Rambling Rebcrtsb.) WaKANUI.—CONTINUED. Before going into particulars about any body’s farm, I' intend to say a few words about the slip shod way in which some of my farming acquaintances do their work, • and prominently among their many failings is the manner in which they work, or rather murder, their machinery and implements. A reaper and binder means an - expenditure of some L7O, and with due care, a little knowledge of .•machinery, sufficient oil, and some common sense one of these machines ought to last, with some few extras, for '- at any rate four or five seasons. Like most Yankee notions they are gingerbread in construction, but capable of doing their y work if the instructions sent with the machines are attended to. But when I find that they are worked as fast as the horses can travel, without the driver ex amining the wearing parts to oil them, or- the manifold nuts to tighten them up occasionally, one cannot wonder at hearing complaints to the effect that the Osborne is a duffer, the Wood is no,good, and the M £ Cormack has always a trap in attendance to go to , town for an extra. My bucolic friends, take my advice ! Drive slow, give your machines lots of oil, and recollect that it is better to lose five minutes occasionally in tightening up your nuts, than a day in going for some broken or worn out fitting, which with'ordinary care would have stood you throughout the season if you had not been in such a hurry. “ More haste, less speed,” is. a proverb more applicable to American reapers and binders than to anything else I know of. I saw on one farm a couple of machines which had a number- of bolts and nuts missing alto gether, and the horses travelling along, the driver being perfectly satisfied with his work so long as the grain was cut and the sheaves tied. The good man did not • count the cost of the damage he was doing his machine. ' He will probably have his grain down a day sooner, but at the end of his harvest his M/Cormack will be worth the price of old iron. Seafield this year shows a great improve ment upon its last year’s record, and although, two bad seasons were the cause of several good men having to go to the wall their places have been filled, and those who were able to weather the storm will now reap the reward of their perser verance and pluck. Prominent among-the farms here is the land owned by Messrs.. Hooper and Dod son, a Nelson firm, who purchased the land originally selected by Mr. Prender gast, and some other holdings adjacent— altogether some 900 acres—and under the able superintendence of Mr. James Brake, _ the farm is one of the most notable in the district, the improvements being worthy of imitation by the neighbors. An Alt house windmill rears its lofty proportions near the stable, and the avenue, a chain wide, with a healthy growth of gums on each side, promises to make an enticing “ lovers’ walk ” for whoever may become the fortunate residents in a few years , hence. On this farm there were no idlers about on my visit. Reaping, stooking, carting in, stacking, and thrashing were all going on simultaneously, and ap parently well. On this block there are about32o acres of wheat, and Messrs Hooper and Dodson will have Ijo pay for carting ' some 9000 bushels of grain off it when the thrasher is done. 100 acres of oats will give a yield of 35 bushels to the acre; and a small field .of barley, which will yield about 22 bushels, will be at once despatched to the owners’ brewery in Nelson, to be converted into harvest ale, where that article is brewed to perfection. Adjoining this farm Mr. E. A. Field’s holding is the next at which I made a call, and I was sorry to see that the rust had played havoc with the wheat ; and a paddock of 100 acres is actually not worth the trouble of cutting. The balance is, however, a very fair crop. He has altogether 210 acres in wheat, 180 of oats, a fair 20 bushel crop, and 170 in grass. On the opposite side of the road I found a busy scene on the education reserve, of which Messrs. Saundersßros. arethelesees, Mr. H. Parsons being the directing genius -of the harvesting operations. He is the machine doctor of the district, and when a M'Cormack gets sick he is sent for as / being equal to any emergency in such cases of illness. He has no sinecure, as the bare bones and worn outlook of one of the best horses I ever knew will testify, but when a farm steward has the overlooking of so much as Mr. Parsons has it is to be ex pected that horse flesh must suffer. Rust has made an alteration in the crops here too, and a paddock of 4.50 acres of wheat, which a week ago promised to yield 25 bushels per acre, will now do well to thresh out half that quantity. About •' 300 acres in another part ought to give 22 bushels. Mr. Osborne, a sub-tenant on this block had a splendid crop of barley, which- was just about finished threshing when 1 passed and it has managed to give something like 25 bushels. Besides, he . has a few acres of very good oats. Mr. Murdoch Bruce, who is looked upon as the “ oldest; inhabitant,” and is consequently the chairman of the School Committee, and a good one at that, is also a! “ cropper ” on the reserve, besides having a considerable block of freehold adjoining. He can’t complain this year —having 140 acres of wheat equal to 20' bushels ; 50 of oats, about 35 bushels ; a little barley and a hundred acres ready for next season. (to be continued.)

Harvest Wages.

The question of what the unemployed are to do during the winter of 1880 is one novv being forcibly brought before our notice from the fact that at this moment, in the busiest part of the harvest season, there are still men about town who are out of work. That they have themselves to blame, in many instances, there cannot be be any doubt ; for it is not to be expected, in these times, that the farmers will give the exorbitant ra’ns of wages hitherto demanded at the busy season of the year. Laboring men have for years past been accustomed to make from £1 to £1 10s. a day for tying crops, and have looked upon those prices as the standard rate. They forget that times have altered, and that the farmer is now, comparatively speaking, ' . independent of manual labor, and can afford to wait a little longer in harvesting his Crops, now that the reaper and hinder has taken the place of human hands. We know of many instances of men who are " the loudest in crying out about “no

work,” who have refused fair wages, and prefer loafing about town because their extortionate demands have not been acceeded to. If they refuse to accept fair wages when work is open for them, we would ask them what they will expect when winter and really no work or pros pect of any is staring them in the face. It is hard to say where occupation is to be found for them, and we anticipate that the West Coast goldfields, although wretchedly poor in comparison with what they were in the early days, yet afford employment and bread for those willing to work. Now that some of the Government water-races are giving plenty of employment, the coast will have to be the refuge of those who are too idle or too independent to lay by a few pounds, when the few pounds are to be earned, against the rainy day which is sure to come when employment is difficult to obtain in the slack season of the year. We do not wish to croak ; but it is patent that, w r ith all the Road Board and County Council funds spent, and no prospect of public expenditure in the district beyond the amount likely to be laid out in the construction of the exten sion of the Mount Somers railway, there is a very poor show for the numerous laboring men in this district during the coming winter. We would advise the laboring men not to stand too much upon the platform they have been wont to, but to accept what the gods send them, or in other words, what the farmers offer them, and they will he all the better satisfied with themselves in three months’ time. The wire binders have effectually put a stop to the monopoly of labor, and capital has now' assumed the whip hand, and, as an old farmer remarked the other day, regarding the hands—“ They have had their innings, and it is our turn now. ” It is surely to be regretted that the de mand for labor is greater than the supply, but it is equally to be regretted that when, in such circumstances, wages like 30s. a ■week and all found, an offered to men, the employer is laughed at. We know several cases like this, and we are afraid that the many men now. ‘ c waiting for the harvest ” will have to wait a long, long time until they get the wages that ruled before the birth of the binder.

THE STORY-TELLER.

THE TWO WIDOWS. “ Bow, wow, wow ! ” came fiercely from the throat of Billy Grimes as he paused in front of Widow Giles’ garden gate. “Bow, wow! ” repeated the reckless youth, undaunted, though now, Mrs. Giles—who had been watering her plants that bordered the walk from the gate to the little green front door of her neat cottage—rushed towards him, fuming with indignation. “ Be still trying ter frighten my inner cent kitten ter death ! ” and she was about to sprinkle him, when he dashed into the middle of the street, where, dropping his milk pails, he applied his dirty fingers to his nose in so aggravating a manner, that she hastened to inform him that a “ nary corner in some lock-up ” was looming up for him in the not far distant future. Instead of being appalled by this item of confidence, Billy, good naturedly, with the versatility for which young boyhood is somewhat famous, dropped his soiled fingers from his most facial appendage, thrust them into his already crammed pockets, and, spreading his bare feet as far apart as he could and retain his perpen dicular position, became communicative in turn, and informed her as confidentially that his mother had “ got ” a new boarder, adding with emphasis : “He’s, a stunner yer’d better b’lieve, Mrs. Giles. O, my ! ain’t, he, though ! ” • “ What’s his name, and where’d he come from, Billy ? ” inquired the widow, setting the watering-pot upon the path, and then crossing her arms upon the top of the gate. “ Oap’n Martin. He gave me a hand ful of coppers ! He let me see inside his chist ! It’s chock full, of funny things ! He come from Rockland. He’s jolly !” “Is he rich? Is he a married man? Or is he, like me, a poor, bereaved critter ?” with a sigh. “ Don’t know. What makes yer ask so many ques’ons ? ” “Nothin’! Don’t yer want a boket, Billy?” “Wal, I’m willin’!” and the youth drew near the gate once more, and could hardly keep from barking again when the “innocent” kitten thrust her head out from under the lilac bush to reconnoitre the whereabouts of her enemy who was only swayed by prudential motives from renewing the attack. He was the only son of a poor widow, who kept boarders for a living, and he often ungratefully imagined he did not receive his fnll share of the profits. “I don’t git coppers very of’n Mrs. Giles, yer know,” with a whimper. “ I s’pose not, poor hoy ! Had yer breakfast ?” “No—’m” was hesitatingly given in reply. Billy had attended Sunday-school, and had heard—with distended eyes—the punishment that awaits those who deviate from the paths of truth here. “ Come in, poor child, and set down and eat with me. I hate to take my meals alone. I’m a lonely widder woman. Billy. Nothin’ but a poor widder woman. ”

Billy couldn’t see, for the life of him, what there was so dreadful in that for her.

“ Yer comfortabler’n my mother, an’ she says she’s a lonely widder woman. ” “ But she’s got you, Billy.” Billy realised a sense of exaltation. Then, after all, he was worth something. Thoughtfully turning this over in his mind, he stuffed himself. During the first pause, when he was resting for a re newed attack, the widow resumed, as she put pie upon his plate— “ Is this captain a nice looking man 1 ” “N—o guess not! His face is all crinkled up, like yourn, Mrs. Giles. What ails yer, got cramp 1 ” “Ho, nor never had,” curtly answered the widow, longing to go for him. “ He lies the blues, he says. What’s them ? Anythin’* catchin’ 1 ” “ He’s lost friends, p’raps. I know Low ter pity him,” with a sniff. Bill did not press for an answer to his last question, for having finished this, his second breakfast, he concluded it was time to be moving home with the milk. Mrs. Giles did not forget to fasten a bouquet in his leathern belt, which im parted a jauntiness to his otherwise com monplace appearance. Suddenly looking iip at the captain’s room, he espied that gentleman smoking his pipe at the win

dow. Dashing over the stairs, he uncere moniously invaded the bachelor’s r sancill- ary, and offered his bouquet to its occu pant, who said : “A nice boy,” and thrusting his hand into a pocket of his wide lined pants, he drew forth a few coppers offered them gratefully repeatinga nice boy.” Billy rapturously exclaimed : “ By hokey ! ”

“ Where did you get these ? ” inquired the gentleman,, with face hidden among the fiowci’s. “ Mrs. Giles gin ’em ter me. She’s got lots, and she’s a lonely widder woman.” “That’s too bad.” “No ’taint ; She’s jest as comfortable, and has pies and things, an’ a little white cat.” , “Billy do I hear your voice up in the cap’n’s room ? ” was shrilly called from the foot of the stabs. “ t Murder won’t I catch it! ” The captain thought Billy's prediction verified, as he heard sounds of juvenile distress emerging from the lower regions immediately after. “ I’ll go and live with Mrs. Giles. She lives in a pretty house, an’ wouldn’t make me do arrans and clean folk’s boots,” sobbed Billy, who 1 had stolen up stairs again at his first opportunity. “And leave your mother when she has idone so much for you and needs your help, Billy ? ” in a tone of mild reproof. “ She kin get along without me ” came doggedly. “She can take a poor orphin out of the ’sylum to do her work.” And Billy blubbered with one hand to his eye and the other to the scene of the recent attack. “ She says I’ve no business here in your room botherin’ yei\ I’m goffi’ to live with Mrs. Giles, an’ you come, too ? I won’t mind blackin’ yer boots.” Captain Martin laughed, and bade Billy go below and obey bis mother in all things. Billy looked as steadily at him as he could for dirt and tears, and saw the best thing for himself was to obey the captain’s orders. ■, Captain Martin was a bachelor, and hut recently emancipated from bis life long occupation of “going down to the sea in ships.” Sixty years before, he had first drawn the breath of life in Gimble ton, and now he had returned to see if he would like it well enough to draw his last breath within its peaceful borders. “That’s a bright boy, and don’t seem to have a very good chance,” he thought, while smoking, an occupation which we have seen Billy had interrupted. ‘‘ He gets too many beatings and scoldings, I believe. I wonder if his mother would give him out to me. Pshaw ! when I’ve no woman or home to take him to—chil dren need a different home from a board ing-house to come up right in. If Fanny had lived. Heigh-ho ! ” And with this the captain throw away his cigar, went to his old-blue chest, and from the till took a mi nature painted on ivory. His weather-beaten face as sumed a softer look now, and in his eyes, so long used to sweeping the horizon in calm and storm, there gleamed tears of heartfelt sorrow. Ah, what breast has not a secret chamber, where the sweetest, holiest, saddest treasures are tenderly cherished !

The Captain put on his broad-brimmed Panama hat, and took his stout cane from the corner, and started for a walk to the old church-yard, where his parents were buried half a century before. With diffi culty he found their graves, for the old slate headstones had become nearly hid den from sight. He pulled the grass and stubble away, and then read the nearly illegible inscription. Then he knelt with closed eyes and clasped hands. Mrs. Giles was tending the flowers on her hus band’s grave at this very time, and not so far from the stranger that she was unable to see how he was engaged. His rolling gait, blue coat, loose duck pants, flopping about the instep, and the shiny pumps, with their tasteful tie of black ribbon, assured her of the nautical habits of the gentleman, as, without having seen her, he left the cemetery. Repairing to the spot he had occupied himself about, she read on the stone the name of Martin. “Mrs. Grimes’ new boarder, I do de clare. How singular I should lia’ seed him here ! ” and she laid a few flowers on the old graves, which she viewed with a pensive air., “Like me he’s seed trouble, poor dear ! ” Now Billy, who had instituted himself an unseen attendant upon the captain, in order to do which he had diverged from the path of duty, which lay in the direc tion of the vendor of ham and eggs, was near enough to see all this. And wonder ful for him, he not only kept out of sight, but actually held his tongue. But he kept up a fearful thinking. Having procured his ham and eggs, he made another detour in order t® call on the widow, who he rightly conjectured, would be at home by this time. “The cap’n’s real good ter me: he give me more coppers. Why don’t yer ask what for, Mrs. Giles ? ” he said sud denly standing before her. “Can’t yer tell mo without?” she facetiously enquired. “No not ef I knows myself, an’ I reckon I do.” “ Wal, then, for what ? ” was laughingly rejoined. “ For yer flowers. He thinks lots of me an’ you, he does. Ain’t yer glad ? ” “ Billy, tell me all about it! ” And Billy did, not forgetting to dwell on the spanking he had experienced for her, and the captain, the demon within him prompted him to imitate. Mrs. Giles hunted up a small paper-bag and filled it with doughnuts, which she presented to the communicative youth. Did she entertain a hope that some of them would be taken into cleaner hands than those which seized the bag with such avidity ? “ Mrs. Grimes alius was a shiftless cook. Guess her boarders likely ennugh’ll git dispepsy with their victuals,” thought Mrs. Giles. Billy slipped up to the captain’s room and offered magnanimously to share the doughnuts before venturing into the presence of his maternal ancestor. “No I thank you,” answered the gen tleman, glancing at Billy’s hands. “O, now, you try one. She made ’um —Mrs. Giles. She was a cryin’ like the toothache, captain, she was, now, ’cos she’s a poor lonely widder woman. I wish I war a man ! Wouldn’t Igo there ter live ? She cooks lot of good things, and has got lots of roses, and a little white cat,” and thoughtless and forgetfully Billy burst into a bark, which brought his mother in hot haste to the foot of the stairs.

tLgain Billy bravely bore the second attack in the rear, and a smile of triumph

irradiated his soiled features as he danced before the kitchen fire to the music of the switch. “ Ye’ve been eating doughnuts—where did you get them ? ” catching a whiff of his breath. “ Mrs. Giles gin ’em ter me. I meant ter a gi’n yer some. ” “ Don’t think I’d taste the nasty things! I’d scorn to do it ! She is a stuck-up thing, with her money and house, and 'nothing to do, whilst I must delve, and my own child don’t have any feelings for me, and ■! have so much for him ! ” Billy felt sure of the truth of the last, which he had experienced that morning, as we have seen. “Now, see if you can keep still trou bling the captain, and wash the potatoes for me. ” “I don’t trouble him, for he likes me,” said Billy, with dignity, proceeding to obey. A light dawned upon Mrs. Grimes’ mind.

[to be continued.]

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

ST. STEPHEN’S.

To the Editor.. Sir, — I hear, and it is currently re ported, that the Rev. W. E. Paige has withdrawn his resignation, and that the Bishop has accepted the same. Have we a vestry here since they resigned in a body, and do they still act ? As no one hears of anything being done, and the matter being important, it would be as well if meetings of vestry were reported. I have since heard Mr. Paige has accepted the living of Lincoln. ..Can anyone give any information ?—I am, &c. ' A Parishioner. Ashburton, 16th Dec., 1880.

VERMIN.

To the Editor. Sir, —I am the father of a rising family, axid as a good citizen and wise parent, am anxious to give my children the benefit of a sound education. I have also a profound respect for the efficiency and general management of our public schools, and therefore would like to see my offspring educated in one of these establishments. In course of conversation, however, with a friend, I was somewhat surprised to learn that one of what I should consider the most necessary qualifications for ad mittance in the school was not insisted on -—cleanliness : my informant insinuating that a class of insect which our ♦dusky friends the Maoris" esteem as a dainty, was the constant, companion of some of the scholars. Now, sir, while this is the case, you will not wonder if parents, who have some regard for the health and comfort of their children, prefer for them an inferior education in preference to having thejr homes overrun with such un desirable tenants as the species insinuated at above. If our local public school is to retain its hitherto deserved popularity, the sooner the newly-elected School Com mittee take this unpleasant subject in hand the better for all.

Paterfamilias.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD.

\ Monday February i 6, 1880.



Hotels. BUTLER’S FAMILY HOTEL, ASHBURTON. J. F. BUTLER (Late of Arahura, West Coast) JgEGS to inform his friends and the public generally that he has opened the above large and commodious hotel, which is situated at the CORNER OF CASS AND HAVELOCK STREETS, And is convenient to the Railway Station. Excellent accommodation for travellers, families, and boarders. All wines and spirits of the best brands. One of Aleock’s best billiard tables. ‘ 965 a JOSEPH BALDWIN Begs to inform his friends and the public that he Has Opened THE CENTRAL HOTEL, AT THE JUNCTION, WILLS STREET AND WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTON, THIS commodious hotel is situated within three minutes’ walk of the Railway Station. Table d’Hote daily at 6 p.m. Luncheon on the table from 12 to 2 p.m. The Jug and Bottle Department will be made a special feature, single bottles and small quantities being supplied at the lowest remunerative rates. Only the best quality of Wines, Beers, and Spirits procurable will be kept. J. BALDWIN, 540 Proprietor. INK for Stencil Plates and Bag Marking, in quart bottles ready for use, on sale at the HERALD AND GUARDIAN OFFICE, NEAR RAILWAY STATION. RECEIPT and DELIVERY BOOKS for Threshing Machines, Grain, and Goods PRINTED on SHORTEST NOTICE, Samples can be seen at our Office. WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, General Printers, &c. mHE “ Herald” is published everj J[_ evening, thus giving every day’s news. This is better than buying a Six penny weekly.



Edmisbon Bros. & G-undry. 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 &c. Building Material. 100,000 PEET OF ASSORTED TIMBER White & Black Pine Black Birch T. and G. Flooring V.D.L. T. and G. Lining Totara Kauri, &c., Ac. COALS AND FIREWOOD IN ANY QUANTITY. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street. Agents for the SOUTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Grain in Stack, Thresh ing Machines. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street. TJIARMS FOR SALE in blocks of 50 fP to 100 acres. Price from £2 15s. per acre. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, East Street.



T. Bullock. TO FARMERS AND CONTRACTORS. PjjIENDERS WANTED for Cutting with Reaper and Binder 100 Acres Wheat, at once. THOMAS 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. ACRES, near tlie above ; also good WHEAT LAND, ploughed and ready for cross-ploughing. ACRES, partly improved, near Wins low. This will be sold very cheap, and on very liberal terms. 7 ACRES, fenced and planted ; situated near the East Town Belt, good site for private residence. TOWN PROPERTIES. VALUABLE BUSINESS SITE in Bur » nett Street, being T.S. 177, next the “ Mail” office. T>A-RT 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. 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 - BRANSON & PURNELL, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS, EAST STREET, VALENTINES— Great Variety. H. M. Jones, Stationer, Baring Square. IF you want anything known, put it in the “ Herald’’—Twenty Words for a Shilling. OFFICE and Pocket Diaries for 1880. H. M. Jones, Stationer, Baring Square.



Business Notices. VALUE THE Great Bargains OF THE SEASON. GREAT CLEARANCE SALE FOR THIRTY DAYS. ORIt AND CO. HAVING 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, c ’» 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 Bargain. 64 Print Costumes at 7s. Gd. 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 I usual prices. 20 Dozen Stays at 3s. 6d., 45., 4s. 9d., to ss. 6d.



CLOTHING. Men’s Suits at 16s. under usual prices. Boys’ 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. 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. ORE AND CO., IMPORTERS ASHBURTCN AND RAKAIA



Business Notices. TINWALD BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. C. HAWKINS. H. 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.' 742 g 937 a D, JOSEPH WAR FAMILYBUTCHER, PETER STPEET, (Opposite Journeau’s Smithy) BEGS to inform the Public of Ash burton that he will Open the Shop lately occupied by G. Pike, on JANUARY 3rd, as Family Butcher, and trusts by supplying none but agood article, to merit a share of public support. Families waited on daily for orders,* which will receive prompt attention. JOSEPH WARD, 892 a Butcher. C. PERCY COX, Land and estate agent and VALUATOR, ASHBURTON. MONEY TO LEND ON APPROVED FREEHOLD SECURITY Agent for Union Insurance COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND./ 71?



ASHBURTON COPPER, ZINC, IRON, • & TIN PLATE MANUFACTORY. JOSEPH HYDE (Late Foreman at the Malvern Works, England, and the Canterbury Works, Christchurch,.New Zealand) EGS 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 FIT TER. : < Artesian Wells, Beer Engines, Pumps, Ac. Steam Kettles, Hot Closets, made on the premises. . (V Estimates given for Spouting. All work done under J. H.’s personal Superintendence, and guaranteed. J. HYDE, Moore Stkeet, Ashburton. c NEW BUSINESS. O-OPERATIVE BREAD AND BIS CUIT FACTORY. < TRIANGLE, ASHBURTON, WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2. All orders, town or country, punctually attended to. Wedding Cakes made to order. Dinner, Ball, and Pic-nic Parties sup plied on reasonable terms. All other Confectionery made to order. A. THIELE, 986 a Manager. :V-. v j 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 ■ TT AVE you Found Anything that don't XI belong to you, and wish to act on the square I —Bring a ■ Shilling to the Herald’s Advertising Clerk.. He’ll put ; your qualms of conscience at rbst,>arid find; j the owner through the a-Shilling-Column, cash. v v \; ; ' • J* ■ vf/Pt.- “jl THE PENNY made the postal of England a success." So has it mad* the Herald. Everybody buys the Heral^