MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office, as follows : , .. T „ For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m. 9. a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Rakaia, &c., at 9 a. m. and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, : and Geraldine, at 10.15 a.m. daily. 4 For Temuha, Timaru, and South at • : r 6 a.m. and 10.15 a.m. daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 10.30 a m. For Ashton, Water ton, and Longbeach, 0 aL3.15 p.m. daily. ; ; V-\ For Wakanui, and Seafield, on Tues days and Fridays, at 6 a. m.

Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post Office — • „ From Christchurch at 10.30 a.m., 4. 00 p.m., and 8.15 p.m. daily. From Chertsey, Rakaia, &c. at 10.35 a.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at 5.25 p.m. daily. Fr*m Temuka and Timaru at 9.25 a.m. and 5.25 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Gorge on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p. m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a.m. daily. From Wakanui and Seafield on Tues days and Fridays at 2.30 p.m.

W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With Which is incorporated the “Evening Echo”). MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1880.

It has been said of the Australian and New Zealand Colonies that their aristocracy is one of bank clerks and Go vernment officials. Every member of that aristocracy is qualified to ride a horse, play billiards, make a bet, drink colonial beer, whisper nonsense to a barmaid, but of real work he is as ignorant as a mule. The members of the Government aristo cracy are said to look to Government as to a loving father—their salaries are their birthright, and a pension _ their inheritance. The man who said all this about the Australasian Civil Services was careful to say it in a Horne paper, otherwise he might unexpectedly have got his head in his hand, if he had dared to utter language of that kind in any of these colonies. Yet the feeling he entertained regarding the civil service is gradually getting worked into some of the members of the Home of Representatives, and some very treasonable doctrines regarding super annuation allowance, etc., are being pro mulgated. One member will have it that the Government service is not different from the service of a private employer, and that it should be conducted accordingly. That is, that as soon as a servant’s ser vices are no longer required they should be dispensed with, in the same way that a master builder would pay oft' just as many carpenters as he had no more work for. As regards superannuation, another member points to life assurance, and holds that if Civil Servants, and, in fact, ser vants who are not in Govern m ant employ, would take advantage of it, superannua tion would be as little required as it is incumbent on Government to bestow it. There are thousands of men who have grown grey in the service of private em ployers who are very soon relegated to the ranks of the unemployed when they reach that point of their career at which they “ lag, superfluous on the stage.” Their wages paid at the end of the week, they have no further claim upon their employ ers, so that superannuation in private life is a thing almost unknown-unknown certainly as the right of the recipient. It has been urged that Civil Servants enter the service at an early age, in the hope and belief that they will end their days in it; and, therefore, such qualifications as they possess are acquired while in the service, and these are comparatively valueless when they leave. In these cir cumstances, a special claim is made out

that they ought never to be discharged, but that room should be made for them at something else when their own par ticular occupation is found to be gone. Only as Civil Servants are they useful, and as such must they be employed. It is, apparently, with a view to remedy this state of helplessness, that Mr. Seddon has given notice of a motion. Perhaps, too, he means to find work of some kind or other for every man in the future whom the exigencies of any particular depart ment may require to remove. His motion is—“ That in future no male person under twenty-one years of age be appointed to tlie Civil Service of the colony who has not learned some trade, profession, or business.” If it passes, farewell the aristocracy of officialism —farewell for ever the prestige of the Civil Service ! Reduced to the level of common trades men or shopkeepers, or even lawyers, or doctors, or parsons, or editors —oh, horror !

In Bankruptcy. —A meeting of credi tors in the bankrupt estate of H. J. Edwards is called for to-morrow, at the offices of Messi's. Orr and Co. Acts op Parliament. —The Govern ment Printer informs us by circular, that, with a view to suit the convenience of the public desirous of procuring copies of the Acts of Parliament as passed, without waiting for the completion of the -volume, on payment of a subscription of 255. they will be posted by every mail as printed.

Erratum.— “ Yorkshirebite,” in criti cising Mr. Silcock’s paper, refers to the quantity of grain taken off the farm. The error was not Mr. Silcock’s, but was a misprint. The items should have been “ 200 acres wheat, at 15 bushels, per acre, 3000 bushels at 35., L 450 ; 50 acres bar ley, at 25 bushels per acre, 1250 bushels, at 2s. Cd., L 156 55.” Farmers’ Corn Exchanges. —We have received a reprint in pamphlet form of a paper on methods of utilising Farmers’ Corn Exchanges, read on the 15th May last by Mr. William Bateman, at the Can terbury Corn Exchange. The pamphlet, which has been printed at the Waimaie Times office, is dedicated to Mr. Thomas Bruce, of Christchurch.

The Pruning Knife. —The Board of Education gives notice to School Com mittees, teachers and others, that Go vernment having intimated that the ap propriations for educational purposes, under Section 8 of the Education Act, 1877, have been reduced, a corresponding reduction will be made in salaries and allowances in every department of the Board’s service. The reduction takes effect from the first inst. An Old Settler. —Mr. John Cowell died at Auckland on Saturday, aged 60. He was one of the oldest settlers in New Zealand. He accompanied Mr. Houghton on hi 3 southern expedition, and Potatau on his expedition, to Taranaki. He was obliged Io leave Kawhai with other Europeans during the first Taranaki war.

Frightened to Death. —A lad in Wel lington named Smith was concerned recently in an affair that ended in the police laying an information against four or five lads for using profane and obscene language on the street. Smith was so much afraid of being mixed up in the affair that it brought on a severe attack of palpitation of the heart, from which he died.

New Zealand Ploughs at Mel bourne. —-Messrs. Reid and Gray, of Dun edin, intend to exhibit in Melbourne at the coming Exhibition a beautifully made and finished double-furrow plough and a complete set of four-leaf harrows. Every part of the ironwork of the plough is care fully and highly polished, and the swingle trees and woodwork of both plough and harrows are as carefully dressed and finished as coachmakers’ work. We ven ture (says a Dunedin paper) to predict there will not be a more creditable work in the Exhibition.

Malvern Coal. —The following in forma tion shows the rapid increase of the consumption of Malvern coal. Mr. Joseph B. Sheath, agent for a coalpit at the Malvern Hills, states that the pit he acts for sent away per rail in July, 1879, 345 tons, and this year for the same month 960 tons were sent away, showing the output to have nearly trebled itself. The sale of coals at the pit, for country and local consumption, is of course not included in the above. Thirty miners are em ployed in the mines.

Whales. —The New Zealand Herat says : —“ On the last trip of the schooner Medora from Whangaroa, the captain sighted no fewer than eight whales off that port. Some of them swam alongside the vessel, and kept it company, coming so close that they could have been struck with an oar. Whales have been very numerous on the coast this season, and stray ones have found their way into this harbor, and into the Firth of the Thames. The American whalers might do worse than cruise off the New Zealand coast, as our own people do not seem to have sufficient energy left to “ strike oil.”

New Zealand Woods at Home. — There is now on view at the offices of the Emigrants and Colonists’ Aid Corpora tion, at Westminster (says the European Mail), a table-top made from different kinds of New Zealand woods, which was brought over to this country by Mr. Halcombe. We understand that one of the objects of the visit of this gentleman to London is to endeavor to open up a trade with Great Britain for the export of aome of the valuable timber of New Zealand, chiefly that used in the manufacture of furniture. Certainly there is a good opening for such a trade ; and from what we have seen of Mr. Halcombe, he is not likely to return to the colony unsuccessful.

The Volunteers. — When the item “Volunteers —L 42,640 3s. 9d.” came up in Committee of Supply on Wednesday evening, the vote was reduced by L 10,500 ... L 9,000 from capitation, and L 1,500 from the New Zealand Rifle Association. This means that only six months’ capita tion will be paid to volunteers this year, and afterwards it will be discontinued. The annual prize-firing meeting will also have to be discontinued, or else the amount of money required for its purposes must be _ contributed by the public or by the volunteers themselves. It is only proposed to give a capitation allowance to those volunteer companies which exist in the vicinity of disaffected districts. For some time, at least, there is a probability that volunteers will have a rather expensive part to perform, but the stoppage of the capitation will probably not impair the efficiency of the force.

The Rangitata Ferry. —Applications for the post of ferryman at the Lower Rangitata, for one year, are invited in the present issue. The- Maori Prisoners.— The number of Maori prisoners now in custody over the recent fencing disturbances amounts to fifty,—twelve more having been brought to New, Plymouth from the Camp on Saturday.

The West Coast Rush.— The Mayor of Ross thus advises His Worship of Christchurch “ Seeing by Christchurch papers that some persons have advised a trial shipment of the unemployed to this district, I beg to advise you that nothing* could happen that would be more to be deplored. While not under-rating the value of the discovery at Mapourika, a large influx of people at present, without capital, would be disastrous both to the district and, more particularly, to the people coming here.”

The New Generation. — The EangUilcei Advocate has the following :—For the multiplicity of his resources in a time of trouble a Colonial schoolboy cannot bo excelled. Illustrative of this fact, we give the following conversation, as it occurred in one of our schools the other day. Master —“Why did you not come to school yesterday ?” Boy—S’pose I must do what father tells me.” Master— “ You must obey my orders, sir.” Boy— “ Then I must play truant from home next time they want to keep me V’ Master —“ No, you must bring a note in explana tion next day. Boy—(gleefully)—“ Then I must write it myself, ’cos father and mother can’t write a word.

Local Rope Making. —Mr. Seed, of Rangiora, has prepared a number of ex cellent exhibits of rope from phormium for the Melbourne Exhibition. The larger kinds are particularly well laid up, and the manufacturer is prepared to Have the same tested against the best Manilla. He also forwards twine of the kind which was so admirably adapted to the Deering reaping machine last year. This latter is sub jected to a special process, which Mr. Seed is now applying for letters patent to protect. He further expects an importa tion of machinery, which will greatly facilitate him in the work of making ropes and twine of the better class from phor mium. At the works, near Rangiora, about SOcwt. of prepared flax is turned out every week, a large proportion being used by the upholsterers.

Comparative Statistics. —In a recent lecture on his visit to Australia, Dr. Roseby, of Dunedin, quoted statistics to show the condition of the people of New Zealand as compared with the other colonies: —“Just note, in passing,” ob served Dr. Roseby, “ how high New Zea land stands. In Queensland and £* ew Zealand more people get married; in Queensland and New Zealand more chil dren are born ; in Victoria and New Zealand fewer people sign the marriage register with a mark; in New Zealand public morality—in the particular aspect above indicated—is higher ; and in New Zealand fewer people die, in proportion to the population, than in any of the Australasian colonies. ”

A Brave Priest. —Father Tierney who acted so bravely at the burning of the Glenrowan Hotel, is the pai’ish priest of Beech worth—a man (says the Mana ivatu Times ) who cannot bo far from seventy years of age. The spectacle of a patriarch of three score and ten under taking a perilous task while a posse of policemen stood around, and an enthusi astic crowd cheered the hero, must cer tainly have been a strange one ; and, although we believe a few of the constables were shamed into action, that they should require to be stimulated by such an ex ample is by no means flattering to their courage or manhood. Father Tierney has been located in the Ovens district for the last quarter of a century, and, although now a weak and delicate old man, it would appear he is a true soldier of the Cross in the strongest meaning of the term.

Oot of the Pale. — People’s ideas differ as to what constitutes “society.” For instance, the editor and proprietor of a newspaper in Tasmania was recently remonstrated with by a young clergyman, who pointed out to him that his organ of public opinion was chiefly made up of scurrility, blasphemy, and indecency. In the full fury of his zeal, the young ecclesiastic wound up by saying “In Eng land man a who edited such a paper would be considered outside the social pale. ” The editor calmly replied, “ In Tasmania, sir, no man is considered outside the social pale until he’s hanged. ”

Young America. —The following ad vertisement is by a modest specimen of “Young America”:—“Wanted, situa tion, by a strong, active American youth of seventeen, with plenty of muscle, vim, and health. Not afraid to knuckle down to hard work of any kind ; is well edu cated, and has a good knowledge of Latin. Ambition highly developed, and brains to back it. Penetration sharp as the busi ness end of a hornet, and cheek bigger than either. | Lawyer’s office preferred. Highest and best of city references. Any one in search of such a bonanza will strike oil—a regular spouting well —by address ing ‘ Scamander,’ Z). A. Office.”

The Sand-Blast Novelty.— Among the wonderful and useful inventions of the times is tlie common sand blast. If raised letters, a flower or other em blem, are required on stone, cut the letters, flowers, &c. in wax, and stick them upon the stone ; then pass the stone under the blast, and the sand will cut it away. Remove the wax, and you have the raised letters. Take a piece of French plate glass, say two feet by six, and cover it with fine lace, pass it under the blast, and not a thread of lace will be injured, but the sand will cut deep into the glass wherever it is not covered by the lace. Now remove the lace, and you have every delicate and beautiful figure raised upon the glass. In this way beautiful figures of all kinds are cut in glass, and at a small expense. The workmen can hold their hands under the blast without harm, even when it is rapidly cutting away the hardest glass, iron, or stone ; but they must look out for finger nails, for they will be cut off right hastily. If they put on steel thimbles to protect the nails, it will do little good, for the sand will Boon cut them away ; but if they wrap a piece of soft cotton around them they are safe. The philosophy of this is that the sand cuts away and destroys any hard substance, even glass, but does not affect substances that are soft and yielding, like the head, the hand, wax, cotton, or fine laces.

Dr. Kene vly’s Library. —The late Dr. Kenealy by bis will has left his magnificent library, which is one of the richest private libraries in England, and in cludes many valuable and rare works in classics and Oriental . literature, to the British Museum and St. John’s College, Dublin, and has himself left in structions as to how the library shall be divided between these two institutions. Homcepatiiic Soup. —Take two starved pigeons, hang them by a string in the kitchen window, so that the sun will cast the shadow of the pigeons into an iron pot already on the lire, and which will hold ten gallons of water; boil the shadows. over a jslow fire for ten hours, and then give the patient one drop in a glass of water every ten days.

Preservation of a Favorite Minister. —A minister was called in to see a man who was very ill. After finishing his visit, as he was leaving the house, he said to the man’s wife, “ My good woman, do you not go to any church at all 1” “ Oh yes, sir, we gang to the Barony Kirk.” “Then why. in the world did you send for me ? Why didn’t you send for Dr. Macleod V' “Isa, na, sir, deed no ; we wadna risk him. Do ye no ken it’s a dangerous case o’ typhus 1”

The Deceased Wife’s Sister. —An American exchange gives the following amusing instance of marrying a deceased wife’s sister, not once but often :—“ Clai borne F. Jackson, a former Governor of Missouri, married, 55 successively, five daughters of one of the wealthiest families of that State. As fast as he got rid of one he hitched on another, which constituted the base of a standing joke against him. When he asked the father’s consent to marry the last one, the old gentleman is said to have replied : ‘ Yes, Claib, you can have her. You have got them all. For goodness sake, don’t ask me for the old woman. ’ ” An Incident in Parliament. —On the last night of the sitting of the last Parlia ment in England, there arose a tall, erect figure, slight and sinewy, but scarcely bent with the weight of eighty-two years, who, announcing that he was “on the brink of the grave,” warned the House, while he lived, not to dare, as Lord Beaconsfield had done in his manifesto, insult Ireland. This .tall old man, with flowing white hair and beard and fiery eyes, was The O’Gorman Mahon, who, as he said, represented Clare fifty years ago in the House, and Ennis after, and had been a fire-eater and redoubtable captain in far-away countries, on sea and land.

Irish Pharmacy. —The Medical Times prints the following as a copy of a label taken off a bottle of medicine supplied by a firm of druggists of Cork:—“ Caution . —To all medicines for outward applica tion this label is attached to the bottles, in order to distinguish it from others for internal use, but persons unable to read should not be allowed to administer medi cines, and never give or take a dose with out first perusing the label.—Signed,

Death in the Street. The dead body of a woman has been found in the street at Otahuhu, near Auckland. Her name was Pose Ann Stone, and she was forty-six years of age. She had been in delicate health for some time, and was seen intoxicated on Saturday evening.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

(Per Reuter's Agency.) The Markets. London, July 30. Consolf, 98J. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,730,000 quarters. Best Australian mutton tallow is quoted at 355. Gd. A Resting Place. July 31. The Right Hon. J. G._ Dodson, Presi dent of the Local Government Board in the Gladstone Ministry, who was unseated for Chester, owing to corrupt practices of his agent at the election, has been elected for Scarborough, Sir JET. Johnson having retired in his favor. Irish Relief. In the House of Lords the Irish Relief Bill has passed through Committee. Modified Game Laws. In the House of Commons a Bill has been read a second time for conferring privileges on Irish tenants, with regard to shooting hares and rabbits. The Australians. The cricket match, Australians v. Eighteen of the Alexandra Club, played at Crewe, in Cheshire, was resumed to day, the Australians continuing their in nings. Having lo3t on the day previous two wickets for 61 runs, they -were all dis posed of for 257 runs, Blackham being caught for 49 runs. In the second in nings of the Home team, eight wickets have been lost for 29 runs. The attend ance at the match was only moderate, and it was drawn in favor of the Australians. The Greek Frontier. The Great Powers have declined the proposal made by Turkey to re-open the question of the rectification of the Greek frontier.

AUSTRALIAN

(Reuter's Telegrams.) Ned Kelly. Melbourne, Aug. 1. Ned Kelly has been sent to Beechwood,

NEW ZEALAND.

(Per Press Association.) A Bank Case, Wellington, August 2. At the Supreme Court, in the case of the Bank of New Zealand v. Schwartz, a claim of L 720, balance of account, judg ment was given for the plaintiff. Suicides. Dunedin, Aug. 2. Alexander Cameron committed suicide by jumping down a well at Maori Hill on Saturday. He was a married man, with a family. At Tapanui, Peter Boyne com mitted suicide by poisoning. He was an old settler. Almsgiving. There was a free distribution of meat and bread by two city tradesmen on Satur day night. It was largely availed of, and over 400 loaves were given away.

Upper Ashburton Road Board. This Board having resolved at its last sitting to meet on the last Monday in the month, the ordinary monthly meeting took place on Monday, the 26th July. Present—Messrs D. M ( Lean (Chair man), Stitt and Sargent. The Overseer’s report was read. correspondence. From the Ashburton County Council, acknowledging receipt of Board’s cheque for L'2,000, as its share towards the con struction of Digby’s bridge and protective works, and requesting a tracing of pro posed road into the Forks. . From the same, stating that LI 15s. expended on the Rangitata traffic bridge ford had been placed to the Board’s credit. A'” A '•*'“• From the same, asking cheque for L 29 2s. 9d., being the Board’s share of cost of valuation roll. The Clerk was requested to see Mr. Guinness, and, if possible, Mr. W. C. Walker, relative to the matter. From Mr. Leach re valuation list. From Messrs.. Harper, Harper, and Scott, asking payment of an account of LI Is., due in the estate of Mr.; S. SW. Brown, deceased. The clerk stated that probably the Ashburton Road Board was meant, as this Board had never anything to do with the late Mr. Brown. From the Mount Somers Road Board re boundary road to Lyndhurst Railway Station. finances. A ■ A The Clerk was instructed to make out a statement of all rents due by tenantipof Road Board cottages, with a view to re covery, and also to write to ratepayers in arrears. TENDERS AND ACCOUNTS. The Overseer was directed to -call for tenders for several works to be opened next Board day. • ;: AuAbA ■

Accounts were then passed and ..the Board adjourned. . ■ .

Contempt of Court.

(From the Wellington Evening Post.')

The Ashburton “ contempt of Court ” case was brought under the notice of the Minister of Justice last Wednesday by Mr. Stewart, in the form of a question put in the House of Representatives. The Minister’s answer to the query was per haps what might have been expected under the circumstances ; but as the matter will probably be heard of again, we shall for the present refrain from com menting upon its details. It may, how ever, be observed that there appears to be' a “ screw loose ” in the administration of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Ash burton. During the last twelve months frequent complaints about it have been published in the local newspapers, and but a short time ago we reported the case of a laboring man, of respectable character, who was sentenced by Mr. Guinness, the Ashburton Resident Magistrate, to three months’ imprisonment with hard labor because at about 11 o’clock one night he knocked at the door of the wrong house by mistake, going away as soon as he discovered his error. Fortunately, he had friends, who enabled him to appeal from the conviction, which, was promptly quashed by Judge; John ston, who pronounced it .to* bb a “monstrous” one. As to Mr. Purnell’s case, it has, like all cases of the kind, wider bearings than any wrong which the individual may have suffered. It is evi dent that if, whenever a dispute occurs between a Resident Magistrate and one of the counsel pleading before him, the Magistrate is to enforce his opinion by summarily sending the counsel off to prison, our gaols will speedily be filled, and the few counsel left to plead in the Magistrates’ Courts will' certainly not be the most high-minded of the profession. Nor does it much mend the matter if the counsel has indulged in indiscreet bold ness of speech. The most brilliant mem bers of the bar occasionally use language in Court which, strictly speaking, cannot be defended ; but the paramount import ance of keeping the bar independent of the Bench, so that it may enforce the rights of suitors to the utmost limits which the law allows, outweighs the comparatively petty considerations of wounded feelings on the. part of Magis trates and Judges. Wise Magistrates and Judges do not regard as a personal affront every bold expression which may be used in the heat of forensic .con troversy ; and they take care not to place themselves and the bar in such a position that neither can retreat without 'loss of dignity. Our Supreme Court Judges, as a rule, have shown no lack of discretion in this respect ; but “ scenes ” are unhappily not infrequent in the courts ofb our country Magistrates. The cause, we ap prehend, is to be found in the fact that but few of these gentlemen have received a legal education. The ;late Attorney- General went so far as to say that “ when a man is not fit for anything else they make him a Resdent Magistrate.” "This is a great truth, clothed in the Eastern language. The natural result of such appointments is that the appointees enter upon their duties with, at the best, an imperfect knowledge of the practice of their own Courts, and are pretty sure, sooner or later, to come into collision with the lawyers, who can scarcely he expected to feel the same respect for such Magistrates as they do for competent Judges. “ Scenes in Court.” are doubtless interesting from one point of view, but they do not enhance public respect for the administration of justice ; still less do committments for contempt. A Magistrate, of course, has very limited powers of committment for this offence, unlike the Supreme Court Judges, whose powers of punishing for contempt are inherent and virtually unlimited ; but still he has power’s of this. kind. The right to use them freely, however, is npt a logical consequence of their" exis: tence. In any Court, they should be only as a last resort, and with the utmost care. It may indeed fairly be questioned whether such arbitrary powers should be vested at all in the presiding officers of our inferior Courts. -It is a violent inroad upon the ordinary principles which guide the administration of justice that even a Supreme Court Judge should possess both the right to decide whether he .has -been insulted or not, and also to award the punishment to be inflicted for the offence ; but it becomes simply outrageous when such a formidable weapon of arbitrary power is put into the hand of a Resident Magistrate, whose sole qualification for office is, possibly, the fact that he has en joyed sufficient political influence, to get the appointment.

THE ASHBURTON HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1880.



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Amusements. PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, ASHBURTON. A GRAND OPTICAL E n t er t a inment, Consisting of a largo, number of interesting and DISSOLVING VIEWS, < BY LIMELIGHT, Both LOCAL and FOREIGN, will be given on TUESDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 1880. In aid of the Primitive Methodist Church Funds, Ashburton. For the first time : The Eastern Spend thrift, Syria and Palestine, etc., etc. Vocal and Instrumental Music. See Handbills for Programme Prices of Admission — Adults, Is,; Children under 12, 6d. each. Doors open at 7.30 p. m.; commence prompt. 703 c To-Night! THIS (MONDAY) EVENING, at 7 o’clock, a Special Entertainment for Sunday School Children, will be given in the above Church. Splendid Programme, Entirely New. All are invited. Admission 3d. each. Miscellaneous CHAFF ! CHAFF ! ! CHAFF ! ! ! THIRST CLASS CHAFF can now be X' obtained at 9d. per bag, by applying to B. C. SMITH, Carrier, 706 c Moore street. NEW INDUSTRY. ASPHALTING. JAMES BRADLEY is prepared to take orders for ASPHALTING at very moderate rates. All orders to be left at the Works, Park street. All work kept in repair for twelve months. 695 c TINWALD. ■\T, T ANTED KNOWN—C. HAWKINS VV an( i CO., have opened a Large and Varied Stock of Boots and Shoes, and having engaged a PROPER BOOT and SHOE MAKER, can guarantee Good Fit and Workmanship. Men’s Strong Water tights 14s. 6d. per pair. No connection with any other shop. Note Address: Next door to S. Stephens, Saddler. 693 c -YirTANTED KNOWN—That- C. Haw- VV kins, The Tinwald Bootmaker, has REMOVED to premises Opposite the Tinwald Post Office, where he is still open to Sell first-class Boots and Shoes at his usual Cheap Rates. All kinds of Boots Made and Repaired. 805g—417c



Miscellaneous. GASH RECEIPTS, in Books of 103 each, on SALE at the “Herald and Guardian ” office. 8 fJIHE PEIS NY made the postal system of England a success. So has it made the Herald. Everybody buys the Herald ~T~|~ AYE' you Lost Anything '? —Tell the jOL finder through the Heral© for a Shilling. If he is honest he will bring ii to you without a reward, but you can bait a finder of shaky morals by a tempting j offer of remuneration for his trouble. A 1 er a Shilling cash. MUSIC Folios, with Spring Backs, Concertinas, 20 Keys, from 65., Mouth Organs, &c. H. M. Jones', Stationery and Fancy Goods Depot, East Street and Baring Square. PIANOFORTE FOR SALE. A GOOD Strong Cottage Pianoforte for Sale, second hand, price L 35 cash. Apply office of this paper. 641 c WANTED, those in search of employ ment, to call and enter their names at Herald Registry Office, on pay ment of Is. WANTED, a BOARDER, in a respectable family. Firstclass ac commodation, with use of Sitting and Bedroom. Apply, office of this paper. 711 ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. THE MONTHLY MEETING of Mem bers of the above Society will be held at Mr. Jacobsen’s office on TUES DAY, August 3rd, on which occasion Mr. Broomfield will read a paper. Subject : “ Cucumbers, their Growth and Cultivation.” S. E. POYNTZ, 712 c . Hon. Sec. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Jin HE Monthly Meeting of the above B Society will be held in Mr. Bullock’s office TO-MORROW (Tuesday) EVEN ING , from 6.30 to 8.30. Subscriptions will be received at the Secretary’s office, Burnett street, between the hours of 9 o’clock and 4 p.m. to morrow, and at Mr. Bullock’s office, from 6.30 to 8.30 to-morrow evening. J. WARD, 414 c Secretary. V. R. In the District Court of Christ church, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER OF The Debtors and Creditors Acc, 1576, and the several Acts amending the same, and in the bankruptcy of HENRY J. EDWARDS, Ashburton, engineer, a debtor. I HEREBY SUMMON a MEETING of the Creditors of the above-named debtor to be held at the offices of Messrs. Orr and Co., East street, Ashburton, on TUESDAY, the third day of August, 18S0, to consider an application by the above debtor for his dis harge. Dated this 31st day of July, 1880. JOHN ORR, Creditor's Trustee. C. W. Ireland, Solicitor for debtor. U9 C ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. 4 PPLICATIONS are invited from f\ competent persons willing to act as FERRYMAN at Lower Rangitata for one year, on a subsidy of £SO per annum, together with all fees paid according to the schedule as hereinafter mentioned. Applications, with references, endorsed “Ferryman, Lower Rangatata,” will be received at the Council’s Offices, Ashbur ton, up to 11 a.m. on WEDNESDAY, the Ist day of September, 1880. Duties to commence on the 4th September, 1880. Two sureties for £25 to be provided. SCHEDULE OF FEES. Cattle or horses, driven or led in a mob, 6d. per head. Passengers forded on horseback, 2s. each. Horses forded (including horse and rider), 3s. each. Vehicles, ss. each. By order, J. MAINWARING, Clerk. 718 c Ashburton, July 27, 1880.



Advertisements, inserted under the Shilling rate, must be prepaid. Booked, Is. 6d. will be charged, 625 c A GOOD PIANO on hire, by the evening. Jones, H. M. Stationery and Fancy Goods Depot, East Street and Baring Square. IT is only a Penny, is to be got every where in Town, along the Railway line, and of the Country Agents. TEACHERS can obtain the MULTI PLICATION TABLES, printed on gummed paper, in any quantity at the Herald Office, East street, near the Railway Station. BROWN PAPER, strong, and large sheets, at 5 yd. per lb. WEEKS AND DIXON, Stationers, East street North (near the Railwry Station), Ash burton. Ball programme cards in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons printed at the Herald Office East street, near Railway Station WASTE PAPER for Sale, od. per lb. at the Herald Okfice. Apply early. 590 PROMISSORY Note Forms, in Books of 25, unstamped, for sale at the Herald Office. Price 2s. 6d. each. LABOURERS requiring work can secure first opening by applying early at Herald Registry Office, on pay ment of Is.



Miscellaneous. WM. ANDERSON, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, Ashburton, HAS always in STOCK a complete assortment of every description of Saddlery, Harness, Whips, Saddlers’ Iron mongery, &c., imported direct from Eng land. Goods to order manufactured on the premises of the best Materials, and at the lowest rates 11 COMPOSITION Dolls, China Dolls, Wooden Dolls, Rag Dolls, Toys, China Mugs, Balls, &c. H. M. Jokes, Stationery and Eaucy Goods Depot, East Street and Baring Square. WANTED KNOWN—That Money can be saved by purchasing your Sta monery and Account Books, for cash, at the “ Herald” and “Guardian” Whole tale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Build ings, near Station. rs TANTED KNOWN—That Visiting YY Cards, plain or mourning, can be obtained printed in various styles, at the “Herald” and “ Guardian ” offices, near the Railway Station ANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes and Notepaper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rate, at the “ Herald ” Office, East-street North. 64c HOUSEMAIDS.— The Herald asks a Housemaid for you in 20 words for 1/- NT7~ANTED.—The Herald tells your Y\ Wants in 20 words, for 1/ —cash. HORSE FEED. OATS, BARLEY, &c., CRUSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. JOSEPH CLARK, G9g Tinwald.



TO FARMERS. THE Undersigned is a Cash Purchaser of good samples of WHEAT. Apply at once , f FREDK. PAVITT, 53g East Street, Ashburton. MISSING FRIENDS. IF this should reach the eye of THOMAS ROACH, who left Nelson about six years ago, last heard of at R. Mcßae’s, Richmond, he will hear of some thing to his advantage by sending his address 4 o the Office of this Paper. 240 TEN SHILLINGS REWARD. LOST. —On Saturday night, a BROWN SHAWL, with a few white specks in it, between the Town Hall and Quill’s Hotel. The reward will be paid on returning the same to Mr, Bex. Ede, Horse Bazaar, opposite Searman’s Hotel, Ashburton. 720 c PUBLIC NOTICE. IF you want a first-class SEWING MACHINE, hand or treadle, either for Cash or Deferred Payment, go at once to T. R. HOLDER AND COMPANY, STOREKEEPERS, &c., Sole agents for Ashburton for the world famed “ Wanzers, ” for “Singer’s” superior simple working machines, and “ Wertheim’s ” celebrated. A Large Supply just Received. Orders Promptly Attended to. 636c-15g