power should be vested in the Minister for Public Works. Its effect would be in many instances to neutralise the effects of the proposed local option. He hoped that the power would not be granted. Mr. Andrews also supported the motion for striking out the clause, stating that an engine-driver and railway officials had been seen rolling drunk in consequence of the facilities afforded by these places. The amendment for striking out the clause was put and carried on the voices. The Hon. T. Dick moved, on clause 27, to omit the first two paragraphs thereof, and to substitute in lieu thereof the following :—“ No brewer or spirit mer chant shall be entitled to carry on his business of brewing or the sale of spirits, notwithstanding he may be registered under the Distillation Act, 1868, unless he shall obtain a wholesale license under this Act. The license fee payable under the Distillation Act, 1868, in respect of the registration of brewers and spirit merchants is hereby abolished. Hence forth spirit merchants shall not be re quired to register themselves under the said Act, but brewers shall be registered thereunder as heretofore, except that no fee shall be charged for male registra tion.” And in paragraph 3 to omit the words “ or spirit merchant. ” The clause was passed as amended. The House rose at 12.30.

THE STORY-TELLER.

THE GAR-WOLF.

A Romance of Brittany.

We all have had our childish shudder ings over stories of the “ Gar-Gare, or Were-wolf ; ” that grim ghost of bosky fastnesses of Norway, of Hungary, the Black Forest, and even of the plains of France; that uncanny “thing”—for neither man nor beast was he—that spent half his time' as an honest gentleman should, the other half roaming the high woods, and anon assisting, so the common people believed, in a meeting of chosen demons. During Sir Walter Scott’s time the belief in the existence of the “ Gar-wolf ” or “ Bisclaveret,” still remained in Brittany; and a contemporary of Sir Walter Scott writes ; “ The Bretons still suppose that certain men deck them selves in skins of wolves, sometimes even assuming their forms, to frequent nightly gatherings over which Old Nick himself presides. ” One can well, imagine how numberless were the tales of Bisclaveret in the days of chivalry, when the red deer wandered free over the breadth of Normandy, the boar made his lair in the woods of Ver sailles, and the wolves bayed the moon at the gates of the scattered castles of petty kings in ancient Armorica, But it is scarcely so easy to imagine them not a century ago, when the wild woods of France were no more ; when plow-land and vineyard had taken the place of oak and chestnut groves, and when the very occasion of a wolf coming down into the Dordogne would muster out more men from a single village than could a whole kingdom of chivalrc time. At the present time the superstition has died out. Nevertheless, one “ Bisclaver et” story still hovers round the winter fire-side of Brittany—by which vieux bon papa in his great armchair — the centre of a semicircle of well-filled stools and wooded settlers—doles out, amid the puffs of the brier pipe, the following : You will know, my children, the high road leading from Poitivy to Guingamp ; hew, after leaving the village of Corlay, it winds up the .Cotes-du-Nord through wooded glens and steep defiles to the head waters of the River Vilaine. At about two miles from the summit there are the ruins of a little chaumiere, ong since deserted, but in my young days inhabited % one “ Yvon Cardoc.” Very little was known of his history; he had come he said, from Finisterre, and was a carpenter and blacksmith by trade. But as he was a bon garcon, paid ready money, did not get more than ordinarily drunk, and above all was royal, nobody cared what he might have been before, and every one liked him for what he was. At all the merry-makings was Yvon, ring-leader in the frolic and fun ; and each girl in the country-side vied with the other for a loving glance from his brown eyes. And well they might. His tall, athletic frame was set off by dainty clothes, and dark locks rolled over his shoulders, as long and fine as Jeannette’s here. When I was about twelve years old it was rumored round that he was going to be married to one of the prettiest girls of the Hautetagne ; and she looked it, too, shortly after, standing before the Curd of Corlay, in her pointed white linen cap, gay handkerchief, dark blue woollen gown, short enough to show pretty feet and ankles encased in crimson stockings and silver buckled shoes, with bright bows of ribbon on their instep, a silver heart and crucifix (her lover’s present) on her bosom, resting on a snowy frilled bib and apron, and I thought as Yvon took her hand to lead her out of thg churph, that a better piatch could pot be found in Brittany, Dp to the little chaumiere they took thpir way, followed by a joyous throng. The pjgs and chickens had been ban ished into the woods for the night, the mud floor wet and sprinkled; candles stood round the room in niches or in pine brackets, reflecting brightly off the old carved bedstead ; the big chest hand been shoved into a corner to give free warren for the dancers ; while overhead. dangled the bread-basket, bursting its sides with new barley-cakes, in company with such a goodly array of sausages, onions and hams as made the hungry wish for supper time. The evening passe 1 off gaily and not a cloud was to be seen in the new married couple’s horizon, till a game of chance was proposed. “ Try your luck in the fountain,” said one ; and in an evil moment Yvon and Annette consented.

With solemn air Annette’s bonpapa hands to each a piece of bread and butter ; and amid a laughing crowd they sally out under the moonlight to a spring bubbling and gurgling from a network of oak roots.

The pieces are thrown in. There is a moment of breathless excitement. “ They swim !” “They don’t !” “They sink !”

“.'No! Yes! No! Annette sinks! and the buttered side downward, by St. Yves !” Why this should have cast a sudden chill over the party I know not. A dozen times before on New Year’s day had each and every one of them tried their luck in the same way ; laughing as they saw the fatal bread and butter fore tell their prosperity, sickness and death.

But now, somehow it seemed different. The whilom jest had become a solemn reality. Perhaps the tone in which bon papa had said “ God preserve thee from all ill my Annette !”—perhaps the sombre shadow of the oak, through whose heavy foliage tiny rifts of silver flickered on and around the pool, had something to do with it. Be that as it may, the party returned to the chaumie; e in silence, which the scattering “Pan r, peti, Annettes' ’ from the moro superstitious did net help to brighten. Yes, the revel was at an end ; the bread and butter had foretold death for Annette within a year, and bonpapa looked sadly disturbed when he heard the ominous result.

So the sobered revelers made their adieus hastily—starting at the footfall of the roe which crossed their homeward path, and shuddering at the whisper of the aspens in the valley.

{To be continued.)

THE ASHBURTON HERALD,/ MONDAY, JULY 5, 1880.



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Edmiston, (Sundry & Co. ASHBURTON YARDS. Tuesday, July 6th. IN THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM FRISBY. Messrs, edmiston, gundry, & Co. have been favored with instructions from the Trustee in the above Estate to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT THE ASHBURTON SALEYARDS, ON TUESDAY, JULY 6th, 2 GOOD DRAUGHT HORSES 1 „ HACK J CAMBRIDGE ROLLER 1 THREE-HORSE DRAY (quite new) J REAPER AND BINDER SADDLE QUANTITY OF IRON STANDARDS. 1 STACK OATS (as it stands on Mr. Frisby’s Farm) Also the Trustee’s interest in 225 ACRE 225 FAR M , Situate at GREENSTREET, (it present in the occupation of Mr. W W. Frisby.) The Property is WELL FENCED AND WATERED. With a new substantial THREE-ROOMED COTTAGE THERE ON, The Mortgage on the property can remain until November, 1882 and 1883, at 8 per cent. This is therefore a capital opportunity for investment, as the pro perty (subject to the mortgage) will be sold WITHOUT RESERVE. Sale at 1 o’clock sharp. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & Co., 620 c Auctioneers. Alfred Harrison. Under Bill of Sale. WEDNESDAY, JULY 7 th. At 11 o’clock sharp. ALFRED HARRISON has received instructions to Sell by Public Auction, on the Premises, THE TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Havelock street, THE WHOLE OF THE FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, Comprising— Bedsteads, Bedding, Chairs, Tables, Cutlery, Cheffoniers, Dining Tables, Sofa, Carpets, Clocks, Lamps J large Qooking Range, complete, And Sundries too numerous to particularise. Without Reserve. Sale at 11 o’clock sharp. ALFRED HARRISON, 613c-7g Auctioneer.



Edmiston, Gundry & Co. FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE TREATY. THE undersigned have for sale by Private Treaty, the following Pro perties : ,R. S. 28216, 7,8, 9, containing 686 acres, which will be sold in farms of 100 acres and upwards. This property is within 4 miles of Ashburton township, is very good land, and will be sold on very reasonable terms, viz, 10s. per acre cash and the balance at a low rate of interest on a term ©f years. 210 ACRES on Gould and Cameron’s run. This property is partly fenced with gorse fences. 128 ACRES at Chertsey, all securely fenced, and is at present sown with turnips. This property will be sold at a low price on easy terms. 125 ACRES at Greenstreet, securely fenced with live fences, and sub divided, and a permanent stream of water. 285 ACRES at Greenstreet, to be sold or let on a purchasing clause in one or more blocks. This is excellent land, and laid down in English grass, and well watered with creeks. This would make a capital farm, and will be sold on very liberal terms. 210 ACRES close to the township of Ashburton, with good dwell ing-house, stable, granary, &c. This property will be let for a term of years at a lo w rent. 500 ACRES at Orari, in one or more blocks. 150 ACRES at Tinv aid. A capital farm, being all fenced and ready for cropping. There are three creeks running through this pro perty. 150 ACRES at Ashton. A well com pact farm, together with house, stables, &c. Price very low. 800 ACRES at Mount Possession. 1500 ACRES near the spread Eagle Hotel. T.S. No 879, Ashburton. T. S. 301, 302, Burnett-street, Ash burton. T.S. 247, Kermode Street, Ashbur ton. T.S. 182, 183, opposite Church, Tinwald, a bargain, &c. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., Auctioneers and Estate Agents. Agents for. the gOUTH BRITISH FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £1,000,000. Risks taken on all kinds of Property, Growing Crops, Gram in Stack, Thresh ing Machines, &c. EDMISTON, GUNDRY, & CO., East Street. 106 T. Bullock. TO LET FOR CROP OF WHEAT 200 ACRES 200 About six miles ftom Ashburton, on the Wakanui Estate. FOR SALE OR TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, 450 ACEB FAEM 450 Or in Two Farms—one about 220 Acres and another about 230 Acres. Well watered on Longbeacli Run. For Sale cheap, dwelling house of seven rooms, near the Parsonage, East Town Belt. Also that VALUABLE TOWN SECTION JQQ Situated in Tancred Street, and will be Sold on very liberal terms of payment. To Let, two shops in East Street. Also Office in do. Also, That old established blacksmith and wheelwright’s workshop, and Dwelling House in Ashburton, centrally situated, close to the Somerset Hotel, and now in the occupation of Mr. H. J. Edwards. For full particulars Apply to 453 c T. BULLOCK. TO LET, ONE of those Newly Erected COT TAGES in Tancred Street, near Mr. Anstee’s Private Hotel. 571 c T. BULLOCK. TO AUCTIONEERS AND PERSONS DESIROUS OF STARTING BUSI NESS IN ASHBURTON. TO LET—By Tender, from Ist July, for a term of two years, the old established HORSE BAZAAR, situated in Burnett street. This will afford a capital opportunity for persons desirous of starting business. Tenders to be sent to the undersigned not later than 28th June. The highest or any other tender not necessarily ac cepted. T. BULLOCK. TO LET —An Office in East street, near the Union Bank. Also, Shop and Dwelling-house, in same street. T. BULLOCK.



Business Notices. LATEST STYLES FROM LONDON A PARIS. Craighead & Co,, Merchant Tailors, TANCRED STREET, (Next Orr & Co.) PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED. 982a-4450 W. WHITE, CONFECTIONER AND BAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, BEGS to announce that lie has taken the business lately carried on by Edward Taylor, Baker, Ac., Saunders’ Buildings, and trusts by supplying a first class article at a moderate price, to merit a continuance of public support. Best Bread, 41b. Loaf, 6d. Casli. W. WHITE, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS. ~ 928g-550c EVERETT BROS. AND CO., CHEAP DRAPERS, HAVELOCK STREET, ASHBURTON. E. B. and Co. are now showing their TINTER RAPERY, Comprising EVERY NOVELTY IN EACH DEPARTM ENT. NEW GOODS ARRIVING MONTHLY. 505 c



DAVIS’S Cheap FDRN ITU RE AND BEDDING M A N UFACT ORY, MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. EVERY article Sold at Christchurch Prices and guaranteed best of material and workmanship. FUNERALS | CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED W. DAVIS.. MOORE STREET, ASHBURTON. 529 c M. McCALLUM -’yrr ATCHMAKER 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. 22 1 p DON’T PASS THIS BY ! S Ct TOP before you give your next order jO for a Suit of Clothes. P you want Style, Fit, and Quality, try the Undersigned. EAD the following, then call and in spect the Goods. ! YARDS READY 1 i T 0 500 CUT. ) JUST ARRIVED—The best Stock of Winter Cloths to be got for money SUPERIOR in quality to anything ever yet shown in Ashburton. 70sAMPLES TO SELECT FROM / 0 Comprising the, following : German Cloths, plain, and fancy, the most fashionable Beaver Cloths, suitable for Winter Scotch Tweeds, assorted Mosgiel ~ ~ Kaiapoi ~ ~ West of England Cloths Bedford Cords Irish Frieze, &c., &c., &c. THIS IS THE MAN FOR MY MONEY. GO TO u> Triangle, Between Post Office and Baldwin’s Central Hotel. CALL and inspect this Splendid Assort ?nent before you order. MOT TO : Small Profits and Quick Returns. Terms —Cash. s TYLE and Finish second to none. E CONOMY £1 Is. Cash for a Pair of Trousers £3 15s. Cash for a Tweed Suit. 780g-39Cc



Business Notices. BEST NEWCASTLE LAMB TON COLLIERY. 50s. EEETON WPER CENT. DISCOUNT for CASH. SPRINGFIELD COALS 40s. PER TON. 10 Per Cent. Discount for Cash. To be delivered in my yard. Accounts to be paid monthly. C. PERCY COX. 35QC-773G



ASHBURTON HAIRCUTTING ROOMS. REDUCED BRICES. E. A. GARNETT, Hairdresser, East Street, WILL REDUCE his PRICES from June 19th, in order to meet the times, as follows : GENTS’ HAIRCUTTING BOYS’ haircutting, under 12 years 3d. 3d. SHAVING 3d. A large and well-assorted stock of Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery, and Fancy Goods, at greatly reduced prices. Note the address— JPS?- E. A. GARNETT’S Old-Established Haircutting Rooms, East street, Ashburton. Agent for the sale of the Ashburton Guardian and Evening Herald. 565c-959g NOTICE. EDWARD TAYLOR, BAKER, Saunders’ Buildings, BEGS to intimate to his customers and the public generally that he has this day disposed of his Business to W. White, and solicits a continuance of support for his successor. ACCOUNTS. MR. W. WHITE is AUTHORISED to COLLECT ALL DEBTS due to me in respect of my Bakery Business due at this date. EDWARD TAYLOR, Baker, Saunders’ Buildings. Ashburton, 9th June, 1880. 552c-937g c o TON C 0 HORSE CLIPPERS. 24 Years’ Colonial Experience. HORSES BROKEN IN TO SADDLE AND HARNESS. Moderate Charges. Apply Baldwin s Hotel, or Brighton Boarding House, Triangle 842g-450c AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF NEW BILLS, ACTS, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. THE following NEW BILLS intro duced into Parliament can be ob tained at the Ashburton Guardian office : No. 21 Adulteration Prevention ~ 20 Aliens ~ 22 Animals Protection ~. 30 Bank and Bankers ~ 31 Bills of Exchange Procedure ~15 Brands and Branding ~ 23 Building Societies ~ 33 Chattels Securities ~ 35 Corrupt Practices Prevention ~ 24 Cruelty to Animals ~ 25 Deaths by Accidents Compensa tion ~ 19 Dog Registration ~ 14 Fencing ~ 4 Fisheries „ 38 Hospitals and Charitable Insti tutions ~ 13 Impounding ~ 26 Juries ~ 17 Licensing ~ 27 Marriage ~ 28 Married Women’s Property Pro tection ~ 32 Mercantile Law ~ 11 Native Land Court ~ 12 Native Land Sales ~ 34 Regulation of Elections ~ 45 Pharmacy ~ 42 Municipal Corporations Acts Amendment Also, Financial Statement, with Tables Estimates for 1880-81, in detail Roport of the Civil Service Commission. CROWN LANDS GUIDE, No. 11., With Map of the North Island. WEEKS AND DIXON, Authorised Agents.



Business Notices. CONTINUATION OF THE Great Sale AT ORR AND CO.’S., W E Have made still further reduc tions in various lines of Goods, as we desire to clear out all our old Stock FOR CASH In preference to carrying it over to another season. Our motto is. SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK RE TURNS, and we are glad to find the public ap preciate our efforts to serve them ; hence the EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESS since coming to Ash burton. Prices of Goods at Home are greatly advanced, but we having purchased largely previously, our Customers will get the full benefit. Drapery. Lot of Japan Silks, at Is. p.er yard, worth 2s. fid. Dress Goods, as low as fid. per yard. Winceys, at from sd. to 9d. Black Goods, at all prices. Stays, at 2s. to 7s. fid. Wool Shawls, at 7s. fid. to 12s. fid. Flannel, heavy, at lOd. to Is. 3d. Colonial made Flannel, from Is. 2s. to Is. fid. A Job Lot of Ladies’ Jackets. Collars and Cuffs, from fid. per pair. Real Welsh Homespun, at Is. lOd. ; all wool. 25 Costumes, dark colors, at 20s. each. 1 Lot of Childrens’ Costumes, at 4s. to 7s. fid., to clear out. Millinery. 6 doz. Straw Hats, at 6d. each. 2 ~ ~ ~ at Is, ~ Trimmed Hats, at half usual prices. Trimmed Bonnets very low. Blankets, Etc. Blue Blankets, at 10s. fid to 15s. fid. Superior Blue Blankets at 17s. fid. Kaiapoi Blankets, at 20s. Towels, at fid. each. Turkish Towels, at Is. to Is. fid. Boots. A few dozen Children’s Boots left, at Is. per pair. Boys’ Heavy Lace-ups—a Bargain—at 4s. Ladies’ Kid Boots, from ss. per pair. Gents’ Boots,' at our usual low prices Clothing, Etc. Men’s Overcoats, from 355. to 555. Men’s Waterproof Coats, as low as Bs. fid. Men’s Heavy and Leather Bound, from 16s. to 255. Men’s Suits, from 395. fid. to 675. fid. Mens’ Tweed Pants, from 10s. fid. to 15s. fid. Men’s Hats, at 4s. 9d., ss. fid., to 7s. fid. Carpets. A great variety of Brussels Carpels, at 2s. under usual prices. Best Tapestry Carpets, at 3s. fid. Best Kidder. Carpets, very cheap. Felt Carpets, from 2s. fid. to 3s. fid. per yard. Floor Cloths, in great variety. Cocoanut Matting, all widths, very low. China Matting, unusually Cheap. Dressmaking. Dresses and Costumes made to order promptly. Prices moderate, and perfect fit guaranteed. ORR AND CO. ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA.



Business Notices. Ashburton Bakery, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. rjl HOM A S rpAYLOR, BAKER, PASTRYCOOK, AND CON FECTIONER. ALL ARTICLES GUARANTEED TO BE OF THE BEST QUALITY. Soiree, Picnic, and Wedding Parties supplied on the shortest notice. HOT TEA, COFFEE & PIES From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. till 11 p.m. THOMAS TAYLOR, Ashburton Bakery. 492 c SOUTH RAKAIA HOTEL. TOM DALZELL MANAGER (Late Partridge.) T TA BEGS to inform the public , I/ T that the South Rakaia Hotel is now complete with every con venience and comfort for travellers, and trusts by supplying first-class liquors and giving every attention to patrons, to merit a continuance of the liberal support hitherto accorded to this house. A new Coffee Room for Boarders has just been added. Private Rooms for Families. Good Billiard Room, with Alcoek’s best full-size Table. Dinner from one o’clock. Good Stabling accommodation. 683 c QUrLL’SjjSgigS HOTEL Opposite Railway Station, Ashburton. SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION for TRAVELLERS pRIVATE SUITES OF APART MENTS FOR FAMILIES. LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS FOR COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. BATH ROOM. FIRST-CLASS BILLIARD SALOON, *** Wines, Spirits, and Ales, of the most genuine brands only, kept and supplied, wholesale and retail. Note Address— QUILL’S WHOLESALE BOTTLING STORES, Commercial Hotel, (Near Railway Station), Ashburton. 751g-336c i?i ft* CHEAP MEAT FOR CASH. LONDON BUTCHERY, (Established 1870.) Octavius Digby, Family Butcher. IN thanking the public for tbeir liberal support for the last ten years, beg* leave to inform them that having a large stock of cattle and sheep on hand, he is pre pared to supply the best quality of meat at the undermentioned PRICES for CASH, viz.— SIDES MUTTON 2d. per lb HINDQUARTERS,, ... 24d. LOINS „ ... 2|d. FORE-QUARTERS,. ... l|d. FORE-QUARTERS BEEF 3d. JOINTS OF BEEF 2d., 3d., and 4d. ” Pork, Veal, and small Goods always on and. O. D. having had twenty years’ ex perience in the London and New Zealand trade, customers can always rely on beino 1 supplied with meat of the very best quality from cart or shop. O. DIGBY, 593 c Butcher. NE W ZEALAND WESLE YAN to the Wesleyan are KJ respectfully requested to pay their subscriptions now due to Messrs. Weeks and Dixon, Ashburton. J. T. SMITH, Manager. Christchurch, June 15th, 1880. 566 c THE “Herald” is published every evening, thus giving every day’s news. This is better than buying a Six penny weekly.