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AG/1879/AG_18790930/MM_01/0001.xml | 2,490 | The Ashburton Guardian.
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING RECORDER.
VbL. %—No. 2
ASHBURTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1879
Price—TWOPENCE
Auctioneers and Cbmmisssion Agents ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT. ETC. SALES, Sales of Stock, Mer chandise,' Furniture and Effects, also Pigs, Fowls/ and General Produce. WEEKLY SALE Every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock. SALe’iVARDS ATTENDED. Entries can be made at my office or at the Yards. Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company. 5 IjTDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY, 'j (lath bullock and CO.), ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission Agents. Sales of Stock, Farm Implements, &c., will be held at their Yards, Ashbur ton, and the Tinwald Yards, on alternate TUESDAYS. CASH ADVANCES Made dn Stock, Produce, &c., consigned for Positive Sale. H^MISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. 19- -UyTRI JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, 111 V V- AUCTIONEER, STOCK, LAND, ESTATE, AND COM MISSION AGENT, 'Holds Weekly Sales Every Saturday, at One - o'clock, of Horses, Farm Produce, and General Merchandise of every descrip tion. -v* Fall advertisements third pejje. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Stock, Land, Estate, and Commission Agent, . Saunders’ Buildings, East-st., Ashburton. , «7» [Cabd.] >; b UCHANAN & Co. ' Auctioneers, Land, and Estate Agents, ASHBURTON, 313 a pREDK. pAVI TT , E/st Street (Close to the Railway Station) Ashburton, Land and General Commission Agent. Orders taken for—Sydney Drays, Newcastle Coal, and Malvern (by the truck Load), Build ing Materials of . all kinds. Fencing Wire, Agricultural Implements* English and Ameri can, &c.,ftc. i MESSRS. PQYNTZ & CO., AN D, JjJ-B TAT E, GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Rents and Debts Collected, bney advanced on Freehold Security. 7 Surrey or, Civil Engineers, Ac. C. E. BOOKS AND SON, »U*VEYORS AND ¥/ CENSED LAND BROKERS Under the Laud Transfer Act, Government Contract Surveyors, Triangle, Wakanui Road, near Post-office ASHBURTON. 33 Hotels. RAILWAY HOTEL WINSLOW, v "TIITR W. HARRIS requests the pu ip. to ’ - * • ’ ' • • .Jk.*,*. ... know that he is back at hi# noose, and wishes his bid friends to ki i,, that they will receive the same g accommodation as formerly. Prr Suites of Rooms for families. Wines Jkr of the beat brands. Good stab ''End loose boxes, with every^attendana W. HARRIS,
Millers, &c. SAUNDERS BROS., MILLERS, Grain Merchants, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mills — GREAT SOUTH ROAD. H'l/f'OFFAT begs to inform the , iVI inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that his NEW FLOUR MILL AT WAKANUI HAS COMMENCED WORK, And hopes, by strict attention to busi ness, and turning out a First-class article, to merit a share of public support. Special attention paid to Gristing, and Fanners from a distance can have their Grist ground by return. 31 Insurance. THE LONDON & LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital—Fully Subscribed, £1,500,000. JURE INSURANCES of all kinds taken at lowest rates, special attention being given to Stack, Farm, Building, and other Agricultural Risks. Applications by letter for insurance will bo promptly attended to. The London and Lancashire being purely a Fire Company, the whole of its resources are available to meet Fire claims and this feature will at once commend itself to the public, for the resources of the Company can never be applied to the settlement of Life Clainu or Marine Losses, but every penny of its Capital (the whole of which could be called up at any time), together with its reserves, are available for Losses by Fire, and offer a complete guarantee that all engagements will be fully carried out. Claims are met with promptitude and liberality. Agents for Ashburton— SAUNDERS BROS. 6 Business Notice. IN BANKRUPTCY. WEEKS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East StreetNorth,-- PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT. Also, — FORMS of TO LET and FOR SALE. CHRISTCHURCH TaNiT SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FO* 1879. ON SALE at the “HEULD ” Office Saunders Buildings, East-street. ’ Price : Two Shillings and Sixpence. Neatly Bound Cloth. The above Volume (lontains a lot of valuable information, and should be ii) the hands of every Tradesmm,
Timber Merchants, TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF SUPERIOR BUILDING TIMBER. ALSO, 20,000 TWENTY THOUSAND SAWN TOTARA AND BLACK PINE FENCING g TAKES NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. 12 Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rjIHE UNDERSIGNED havirg COM PLETEL olieir KILN at Ashburton, art prepared to SUPPLY BRICKS, equal Ur any made in the Colony, at any Station up or down. Samples to be scon at the Company'* Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, and V. inslow W. MONTGOMERY & CO [Limited] 32 Saddler. WM. AN D ERSON, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, Ashburton, HAS always in STOCK a complete assortment of every description of Saddlery, Harness, Whips, Saddlers’ Iron mongery, Ac., imported direct from Eng land. Goods to order manufactured on the premises of the best Materials, and at the lowest rates. 11 Cabinetmakers. T. A. GATES, AB I N E T MAKER, PICTURE FRAME MAKER, AND UNDERTAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON. 4 SPILLARD’S CABINET MAKING AND UPHOL STERY Manufactory, and Ware house, next to the Union Bank, Tancred street, Ashburton. Sitting Room and Bedroom Tables, Couches, Cheifonniers, Chairs, Chests of Drawers, Washstands, Commodes, Chim ney Glasses, Toilet do.. Whatnots, Dress ing Tables, Cradles, Children's Cots, Bassi nettes, Basket Ware, Bedsteads —double, single, ir on, and wood ; Mattresses, spring, hair, wool, andflax; Beds, feather, woollen, and cotton-flock; Bolsters and Pillows, do., do.; Carpets, Rugs, Floorcloth ; Mats and Matting Fibre, Cocoa and China; Fenders, Fire Irons and Japanned Ware ; Galvanised Baths and Buckets ; Kitchen Tables ; and English and American Chairs. Blinds—Venetian, W.re Gauze, Common Roller, and Spring ; Curtain Poles, Ac. Orders promptly attended to. 13 iBINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, last Street (next Echo Dining Rooms), ASHBURTON. M E E O H N IVJL E E C H , PRACTICAL BINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, PAPERHANGER, Ac. ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS. furniture Renovated and Ropdlished, or Exchanged. W 10 T ANTED KNOWN—That Visiting Cards, plain or mourning, can be ained printed in various styles, at the lerald ” and “Guardian” offices, near Railway Station. £
General Merchants. GREAT SALE OF THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITKEN & CO. ORR AND CO., HAVING SECURED THE ENTIRE STOCK Of the above Estate, amounting to A 5.345 i os. 4<1., Have decided to give the PUBLIC the advantage of their Purchase by SELLING the whole of the DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS and SHOES, IRONMONGERY, FURNITURE, CROCKERY & GLASSWA RE AT ABOUT HALF THE USUAL PRICE for CASH. SALE OF THE DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, AT THE PREMISES LATELY OCCUPIED BY J, H. PASS AND CO. SALE OF THE IRONMONGERY, FURNITURE, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE, AT THE NEW PREMISES OF HOOPER, AITKEN AND CO. BOTH SALES WILL COMMENCE ON SATURDAY, 27th SEPT. ORR AND CO., ASHBURON AND RAKAIA. 10
Chemist. M K I) I C A L H A L L. Established 1874. J. M. C AMBRT U G E, DRUGGIST, FAMILY AND DIM’FNSIXG CHEMIST, Has always in I,'tock— £ SPONGES—Honeycomb ami Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Cireu'ar, Cole’s, Sal mon and Ody’s, Moemain, iVc. ELASTIC STOCKINGS —Knee Caps, Wristlets, and Anklets ; Abdominal Pelts in Silk and Thread. FEEDING BOTTLES—Mather’s, Maw’s, Dean’s, Stocker’s, Ayrton and Saun ders’, O’Connell’s. INFANTS’ FOODS—Liebig’s, Hard’s, Neave’s, Ridge’s, Ncstle’s. COD LIVER OILS—De Jongh’s, Lang ton’s, Muller’s, Foxe’s, Southall Bros. PERFUMERY—Piesse and I .tibia's, Rim mel’s, Gosnell’s, Priedenbadi’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES—LeaIh and Ross’s daily e.vpected ex “ Wai langi. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. 2 General Storekeeper. A S II BUR. TON S' The Oldest Established Easiness in the County of Ashburton. D. WILLIAMSON AND CO., DRAPERS, GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, TEA, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. The Best House in Town fur MEN’S, BOYS’, AND YOUTHS’ READY-MAD E CL O T HIN G. CELEBRATED ROOT AND SHOE DEPOT. 14 SANDO AND CO., STOREKEEPERS, TOBACCONISTS, NEWS AGENTS, At,, At., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Labor Registry Office. 35 Painter, J. R. CHAPMAN, JpAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER & SIGN WRITER, Importer of Paperhangings, White Lead, Glass, A'c. The trade supplied at lowert Wholesale Prices. 17 S. COLLINS A' SON, J> AINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and - DECORATORS, Moore-strf.kt, Ashburton. Country orders promptly attended to, and the (piality of Work and Materials Guaranteed. Booksellers, Stationers, &c. H. M. JoKKS. Earing Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER, ROOK AND MUSIC SELLER. Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Strings, Concertinas, A r e. Magazines, English Papers, Ar Periodicals, hy each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch. 15 WANTED KNOWN —That wo are now Selling 250 Cream Laid Commercial Envelopes for 25., cash ; 500 ditto, 3s. Gd. cash ; and 1000 ditto, Cs. Gd., fur prompt cash only. Weeks & Dixon. WANTED —Servants out of Employ ment to advertise for Situations in the “Herald” and “Guardian.” Only One Shilling, Cash, for fifteen words.
Baker and Confectioner. BREAD! BREAD !! BREAD! CONFECTIONERY and BISCUITS. TAB WARD TAYLOR begs to infun 1 .Jl the inhabitants of Ashburton an the surrounding neighborhood that lie ha commenced business as Plain and Fane Bread and Biscuit Baker, and Confer tinner in Saunders’ New Buildings, nit hopes by strict attention to business, am keeping a first-class article, to merit a fai share of public patronage. BREAD—4Ib. LOAF. At the Shop ... ... sid. If Delivered ... ... Od. Confectionery and Biscuits always in stock. ONE TRIAL SOLICITED. Note, the Address—■ EDWARD TAYLOR, Bread and Biscuit Baker and Confectioner EAST STREET, Near the Railway Station. 343 a-A Builders. Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Every description of Timber ami liii’ldinj; Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms. Elans prepared and Estimates Given 01. tl e shortest notice. 21 Carriers. B. C. SMITH, QENEUAL CARRIER, ETC., Moore Street, Ashburton.' 25 TH. BREWER’S Royal Mail COACH , leaves Longbeach for Ashburton (via Waterton, Ashton, Wheatstone, and Tinwald) daily, at 7 a. 111. , returning by the same route on arrival of 3 p.m. train from Christchurch. Parcels and orders punctually attended co. T. H. BREWER, L 95 Proprietor. ECOOKSON, Willis Street, runs the . MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday, and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 3 p.m. Business Notices. Advertise. If you want f to sell a Farm, to sell a Horse, to rent a Farm, to buy a Horse, to buy a House, to rent a House, to obtain board, to sell Oroceries, to sell furniture, to sell Hardware, to hire a Servant, to borrow Money, If you want | to sell Dry Goods, to sell a Carriage, to sell Real Estate, to seek a Situation, to obtain a Servant, to engage a Salesman, to se'l .Millinery Good;, to sell a House or Section, | to find a Strayed Animal, to find any one’s Address, to sell a piece of Furniture, to find an owner for Anything, to buy a second-hand Carriage, ; to lind any. king you have I os(, If you want I to sell Ag. Cultural Implement? YOU CAN HO SO, BY MAKING YOUR WANTS KNOWN (flic (fxtuvdian. OFFICE : SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East Street. WANTED KNOWN—TImt Money can bo saved by purchasing your Sta tionery and Account Books, for cash, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” Whole sale Stationery Depot, Saunders’ Build ings, near Station.
For Sale. FOR SALE, l o ACRES Tussock Laud, iu j* J ,'MIkJ Lots to suit purchasers. [ Yury Liberal Terms. ! SAUNDERS BROS. FOR SALE, 2,000 BUSHELS Rye-Grass SEED. 1 ,000 t ]o. Red Clover do. I ,000 do. Cow Grass do. 30 TONS POTATOES. SAUNDERS BROS. FOR SALE, SINGLE SEATED BUGGY. | DOUBLE do. do. And a quantity of Livery Stable keeper’s effects. SAUNDERS BROS. jaeaßMatwng-ir —asa———l t Amusements. J)ACING QLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19x11 and 20TH. FIRST DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race of 40 sovs; distance 2 miles, over 8 flights of about 3ft. 6in hurdles ; nomination J sov., acceptance 2 Sovs. 2. Coon tv Hurdle Race Handicap of 25 sovs. ; over 6 flights of abcut 3ft. 6 in, hurdles; nomination I sov., acceptance 2 sovs. ; r '/ 2 miles. District horses only. 3. Maiden Plate of 20 sovs. ; distance IJ4 miles ; weight for age ; entrance 2 sovs. ; district horses only, I hat. have never won an advertised race. 4. Asiiiujrton Cup Handicap of 50 sovs., added to a sweepstake of 5 sovs. for acceplois; nomination 2 sovs., acceptance 2 sovs.; 2 miles. 5. I.sdies’ Purse of 25 sovs.; district horses only ; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders, who must be members of the Ash burton Racing Club ; entrance 2 sovs.; miles. 6. Farmers’ Plate of 10 sovs.; for horses the bona Jlde property of owneis residing in the County of Ashburton ; no weight under 12 stone; ij4 miles; entrance I sov. SECOND DAY. 1. County Steeplechase of 30 sovs.; over about 2 miles of fair hunting country ; weight for age ; for district, horses only entrance 2 sovs. 2. Racinc Ci.’Jii Handicap of 40 sovs.; added to a sweep of 3 sovs. for acceplois; ij4 miles; open; nomination 2 sovs. 3. Tradesmen’s Handicap of 20 sovs.; district horses only; miles; nomina tion 1 sov.; acceptance 1 sov. 4. Forced Handicap of 15 sovs.; for all winning horses at this meeting ; entrance 2 sovs.; i ){ miles. 5. Consolation Handicap of 15 sovs.; for beaten horses; nomination I sov.; acceptance X sov. RULES AND REGULATIONS : Qualification foe, £2 25.; members of the Ashburton Racing Club free. No entry will be received for any of the races except on the condition that all dis putes shad be decided by the stewards, whose decision in all cases shall be final. County horses shall be held to mean horses the bona fide property of owners residing iu the County of Ashburton pre vious to Ist September, 1879. Canterbury Jockey Club rules strictly adhered to unless otherwise specified. No protest will be entertained unless £2 2s. be deposited, which shall l>e for feited should the protest, iu the opinion of the stewards, prove frivolous. All entries and nominations to be iu the hands of the secretary, addressed to the Somerset Hotel, not later than 4 p.m. on October 3ist. Weights to appear for first day’s handicaps on Friday. November 14th ; acceptances on Monday, November 17th, in “ Lyttelton Times,” the “Press,” and the Ashburton “Herald,” and for second day's racing, weights will be declared at 7 p.m. on evening of Novem ber 19 ; acceptances at 9 p.m. same night. \ll entries to be sealed and addressed to to the secretary, Ashburton, enclosing entrance fees, name and age of horse, and colors of the rider. Any jockey riding in any other than hia declared colors will be fined one sovereign. JAMES WILKIE, 402 a Hon. Sea Public Notices SCHOOL Requisites and Artist Mate rials. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Baring Square. 473> CRICKETING Materials —Bata, Balliq Stumps, Knee Pads, &c., at H. M. JONES’, Statjonei, baling Equate, |
AG/1879/AG_18790930/MM_01/0002.xml | 5,450 | POST OFFICE NOTICES.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.
Mails close at Christchurch ; For Otago and Australian Colonies, per Albion, at 1.50 p. in.
For Northern Ports of New Zealand, Sydney, and Brisbane, per Ringaroonia at 1.50 p in.
The next mail foi the United Kingdom via San Francisco will be closed at Christchurch on Friday, Oct. 10, and will be dm in London on Nov. 25.
Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close as follows : For Christchurch and North at 10 26 a.m. 4 p.m., and- 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at 10.20 a.m daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m and 4 p.m daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester and Geraldine, at 10.20 a.m, daily. For Temuka. Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m and 3 p.m daily. For Greeustrect, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, at 3.15 p. m. daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.
A travelling Post Office having been estab lished on the Southern line of railway, letters bearing a late fee of 2d, may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached 10 the express train, and they will be included in the mails made up in transit for offices on the main line and branches. Sydney J. Dick, Chief Postmaster. UNCI AIMED LETTERS.
On the first da; A each month a list is ex hibited at each P< . t Office in the Colony of the addresses of all letters received from places be yond the Colony that have remaind unclaimed for one month at such Post Office; and such of these letters as remain unclaimed at the end of a further period of two months are then for warded to the Dead Letter Office, to be return ed unopened to the countries where they origi nated. Unclaimed letters originating in the Colony are not advertised, but at the end of two months are forwarded to the Dead Letter Office, Wellington, there to be opened and re turned to the writers.
The following letteis from places beyond the colony were received at the Ashburtcn Post Office during the month of July, and remained unclaimed on Ist September, 1879: — Bennison, W. Bowden, W. Daly, loseph Gerry, John lletherington, William Horsfall, Miss O. Lafgren, P. P. Millas, Mrs. C. '"erkins, George Russell, Robert Smith, John Groves Stirling, James Wilkinson, Mr. Woodman, W. D. W. St, G. Douglas, ■ Postmaster.
ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.
MEMORANDA.
AUCTION SALES. Acland, Campbell, & Co., at their yards— Horses, Sheep, Cuttle, and Pigs. MEETINGS. This Evening. Borough Cricket Club—Genera;! Meeting at Broadhelt’s Central Temperance Hotel, at 7 p.m.
The Ashburton Guardian, COUNTY AGRICULTURAL & SPORTING RECORDER. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1879.
Perhaps the most noteworthy feature of the recent elections in Canterbury was the fact that, while Christchurch returned the Premier now holding office, Selwyn re turned the Premier who is to succeed him When the Hon. John Hall resigned his seat in the Upper House to stand for the Selwyn seat in the House of Representa tives, he did his party signal service—ser vice which, as events have since proved, they sorely stood in need of. Had be not resigned his position as a member of the Legislative Council, he could not have se cured— as he did, and unopposed—the seat for Selwyn, and thus be returned to supply the place, as leader of the Opposi tion, of Sir William Fox, whose unt iward defeat at Wanganui deprived the country of the Knight's services. Than the Hoi!. John Hall, we know of no man in the House bettsr qualified for the position h will certainly be called upon to fill as Sir George Grey’s successor in office, in the event of tho no-confidence motion being carried which the new leader is to propose to-day. Ho is not an orator, so he will not kill the time of the House with melo dious drivel about the “ prattling infant on its mother’s knee,” crowing with gleeful childish innocence, ignorant as yet of the wrongs it is born to suffer, and of the con necting link it is between the past and the future of the great human race. Nor is he likely to weave a web of rhetoric so potent that it will ensnare Sir George’s 60,000 serfs and load them away by his flattery from the blind hero-worship which is so pronounced a characteristic of that portion of the present Premier’s supporters who admire him for himself and the toleol reformer he would play, and not for the loaves and fishes he can provide. But nevertheless the new leader is sufficiently master of his mother tongue to be able to say what he means with a clearness there is no perverting, and, being in every sense of the word a gentleman, he does not deal with the person or the motives of a political opponent, but with the ar guments he advances. No amount of work appears to weary him nor blunts his keen-sightedness. He can meet his foe at four o’clock in the morning, after a long and tedious sitting, with an answer as ready and as true to the mark, as he would have met with when the night had only reached its marrow, and the brilliance of the debate was at noon. The colony’s history is at his finger ends, and he is master of its most minute details that have any significance, and he brings to his aid a capacity for business rarely ract with that will be turned to good account against a Ministry whose incapacity is as notorious as their honor and sincerity are lightly esteemed. The Hon. John Hall’s re-entrance of the House of Representatives is opportune. He is no novice in the art of government. Five times has he held a portfolio, and always with honor. So well has he suc ceeded in winning, “golden opinions from all sorts of people,” that his practical ability, his knowledge of human nature, and his consummate tact are everywhere allowed. Moreover, lie carries to the House an' unsullied name as a private gentleman, and his character as a consist ent politician cannot be assailed, In their new leader, then, the Opposition have a man commanding the country’s confidence in his honesty, in his loyalty to the colony’s welfare, and one who has shown by a long and honorable Parliamentary career— during which he has several times been in the Ministry, and would have been the Premier long ere now but for failing health that forced his retirement from the House —how eminently fitted he is for the posi tion he must ere long be called upon to fill. In Sir William Fox the Opposition lost a valiant champion, but he was one who did not have behind him the whole hearted confidence of all who marshalled under him. In Mr Hall they find a man whom they are bound to trust, and under whom, we have no fear, they will present as solid a front as Sir George Grej' has ever yet met in the House.
How long the fight will last it is diffi cult to say. Doubtless a great sea. of talk will roll over the House before the vote is taken. But even should that vote be ad verse to the motion of no-confidence, and Sir George Grey again be entrusted with the country’s destinies, he is so certain to repeat the history he has already chronicled of his Premiership, and gradually estrange the thinking men amongst his recent re emits until he finds himself in a deep minority.
We publish to-day a second letter ask" ing us to devote space every Saturday to the publication of sermons or other reli gious matter, and many verbal requests of the same kind have been made to us. We are desirous as far as in us lies, to concede to all seasonable wishes on the part of our readers, but, being a public newspaper, our conduct would be open to criticism by those of our subscribers who are not pro testants were we gratuitously to devote any portion of our space to the dissemina tion of the Gospel as read by any parti cular body of Christians. -We are pre pared, however, to put a column or more of our space at the disposal of the Minis ters of the Gospel in Ashburton, or of the Young Men’s Christian Association, provided that all responsibility of editor ship in regard to the election of suitable sermons is taken from our shoulders, and that subscriptions be raised by the various religious bodies in town and coun try to defrq&the cost of publication. The publishers prepared to afford the re quired space at a merely nominal figure, and the matter now rests with those gen tlemen who desire to see a sermon pub- ! lished every Saturday. In adopting the course wo have indicated above, we are !
only following the example of other papers in the Colony, in Australia, and at Home, who publish sermons in their Saturday issues. To initiate the movement, we would recommend that a committee com prising the clergymen of the district, and such members of the churches as have the people’s confidence should take into consideration the subject of - compiling suitable sermons and raising; (subscriptions —the publishers will be fotmd ready to meet them in a liberal spirit; .
Boys’ School Mr. D. Davidson noti fies by advertisement, that the next quarter of his school commences on Mon day next.
County Cricket Club. • Attention is directed to the Honorary Secretary’s ad vertisement in another column, calling a General Meeting of this Club at Quill’s Commercial Hotel for to-morrow evening, at 8 p.m.
The Horse Parade. —About a score of entries have been made for the parade of entires in the Domain this day. We hope that the day will coutinue fine, as the best horses in the district will be shown, botli thoroughbred and draught. The Secretary wishes us to draw the attention of exhibitors to the necessity for being on the ground punctually.
Alford Forest School Treat and Ball. —On Thursday a treat was given to the school children at this place in the form of a picnic and sports. Fortunately the rain, which had been threatening a downpour all day, held off until about 3.30 p.m., by which time the youngsters had thoroughly enjoyed themselves, won their prizes, and started for home in the best of humor. In the evening the grown up portion of the community attended a ball by the invitation of Mr. C. Morgan, at the Alford Forest, hotel. In spite of the rain which fell in ttyp latter part of the day and evening, about* GO persons wore present, some having come a distance of 10 miles. Dancing was kept up until the small hours of the morning; everyone appearing to enjoy themselves thoroughly and the affair was a complete success. Buccleuch. —This rising little township at the foot of Mount Somers and at the mouth of the Ashburton Gorge, is begin ning to attract attention. It is very cen trally situated, and contains a good hotel, a store, post-office, Road Board offices, two smithies, a sadler’s shop, &0., and is the abode of several artizans such as stone masons, carpenters, &c., and will no doubt rise to importance as the time for the ex tension and completion of the railway from ‘Ashburton to Mount Somers approaches. “Amongst the later improvements, we notice that the Road Board and public recreation reserves have been pilau ted with forest trees.
Cricket.— A meeting of cricketers was held at Quill’s Commercial Hotel at two o’clock last Saturday afternoon. About a dozen gentlemen were present, and Mr. J. E. Hyde Harris was voted to the chair. The Chairman briefly explained that the object of the meeting was to form a cricketing association, -and read a scheme for its accomplishment which had been prepared by gentlemen taking an interest in the matter. After some discussion Mr. S. Saunders proposed, and Mr. A. Fooka seconded the . following resolution, which was carried unanimously,' “ That it is desirable to form a Cricket Association for the Borough of Ashburton, and with the object of promoting cricketing interests within the Borough, and to take charge of the ground recently granted by fthe Domain Board.” It was proposed by Mr. Douglas, seconded by Mr. Andrews, and carried, “That clubs having 15 or more playing members be eligible for associa tion.” It was proposed by Mr. G. Andrews and seconded by Mr. S. Saun ders, and carried, “ That three members shall be appointed by each associated club to form a Committe of the Association.” Mr. Broadbelt proposed, and Mr. Hodder seconded the following resolution, which was carried, “ That the Committee be at once elected, and requested to draw up draft rules for the Association, to be sub mitted to a general meeting on Friday evening next.” Some discussion followed on cricket matters generally, during which it transpired that the meeting called for last Wednesday evening last had been at tended by a number of gentlemen from each club, but owing to a misunderstand ing in reference to the meeting-room, they had missed one another.
Mount Somees and Alford Forest Schools. —These schools which have been closed for a while, are now both open, the respective committees having suc ceeded in obtaining masters and mistresses for their institutions. There is a very satisfactory attendance of children at both places, which will no doubt steadily increase, as the want of opportunity to give their children a fair amount of education has hitherto been severely felt by the 1 inhabitants of these somewhat secluded neighborhoods. The Philadelphia “ Record” remarks that the boast of Englishmen that, the sun never sets on the English Empire is equally applicable to the United States. With the purchase of Alaska we made our territory extend through 197 degrees of longitude, or 17 degrees more than half way around the globe, so that “when the sun is giving its good-night kiss to our westennost isle, on the confines of the Behring’s Sea, it is already flooding the fields and forests of Maine with its morn ing light.”
The San Francisco Mail.— On Satur day' evening a special train left Christ church carrying the southern portion of the San Francisco mail, amongst the bags being those for Ashburton, which arrived about nine o’clock. Hitherto the Ash burton portion of the mail budget has been made up along with the Christchurch lot, and there was thus a chance that Dunedin would bo better off than ourselves by being able to obtain a delivery before the letters for Ashburton were distributed. This has now been obviated by an arrange ment whereby the Ashburton portion of the mail, is sorted out before it' reaches Christchurch and the special mail train will now always bring up the Ashburton bags along with those for further south. Mouitx Somers District. —As' must have been the case throughout the length of this Island, the back country runs in this district have suffered severely from the severity of the past winter, and the unusual time the snow lay on the ground. It is feared that the tallies at
mustering time will show a hqfovy lops in sheep and possibly a lighter cram of|wool. . will be obtained from the por- J tion of the flock, owing to.their weakened condition and loss of constitutional vigor. In the neighborhood of Mount Somers and Alford Forest, the spring is at least a month earlier than it was last year, and to ; judge from the appearance of the flower gardens, the advanced state of the crops, and the foliage of the willows, the season cannot be more than the merest trifle behind our own at Ashburton, although these places are situate at an " altitude of some 1100 feet above the sea level. We notice many improvements carried out under the direction of the Hoad Board during the last 6 months: notably some extensive cuttings, etc.', on the Gorge Road, where it was completely destroyed by floods last year; also a bridge on the Bush road, and another on the main road near. tb« Snrflftd..'B!a^||n ||| l« both of which concrete has been subst!-' tuted for the old wooden structures which were becoming unsafe for traffic.' *
Buggy Accident..—On Sunday,mornings about 9.30, Mr. Henry Zander and .his . brother left Messrs. Friedlanders’ stables in a new American waggon lately imported by the firm. The horse used, “ is a grand specimen of a coach horse, full r of life and quiet to drive, but on this occa sion the Jehu did not appear to have co mai nland over his high-mettled steed; Tojfcf after leaving the store to proceed down ? Moore street, Prince gradually increas'ed ' his pace,, and after some vain attempts on . Mr. Zander’s part to pull him up, that gentleman was pitched out, and a little further on his brother dropped off behind. “ Prince,” finding his load diminishing by degrees, negotiated the corner of Moore street and the east belt very and raced along the latter street at a tremen dous pace, until stopped On the nUrth-side*. of the Wakanui Creek by McLauchlin and Co., contractors, who are camped there. The waggon was found to have shaft broken, one of the wheels twisted out of shape, and some other slight damages. The horse had several flesh w6uhda, rbut' none of them serious. Neither of occupants-were much hurt, and the wonder is that the Vehicle escaped so well as it.. did. T-i*. -
’ Service of Song.— A Service of‘Song " was held at the Presbyterian Ohurohlfst . evening. There was ’a limited {atten^hce, , not more than 60 being present. ; The , Rev. Mr. Beattie opened the'meeting s with prayer, and a series of pieces of sacred music, the whole foimingya t mnsical sketch of the , “ World’s Re'- - deemer”were then given, writh descrip i -live readings between each. *The o»en • hig “I’ll think of my Savioitr a finely rendered, but some ; of.-- the other c pieces sung displayed a slight want of i practice ; “ The Blind Beggar,” “ Com munion,” , and - -“ Mount T,Ca}vpy,rijre£e s however very .well t ing alone ” ~was- a 1 pretty melimy, . though rather. ,a; frpgij ; %a , kind of music usually gis«f». ; -in 'a sacred 3 service. The funds collected were for. 1 the Benefit of the Sunday wiilpiijir i Ashburton' BninpiNff'-; Swifect.- 01 #* 5 would remind * usual monthly niwEmg of this society will be. held this- 'Avmtmgh'sal Mr. j Bullock’s ofiice. We are pleased to learn , that since- 'the .publio&fclomoffthe last j report— satisfactory r position—the ousihesStol ”he society h«s j extended and ’ continued Fetnuherativ&a 3 The Barometer:— We never remember, f having seen the barombtCr•'lowersthaif it 5 was last night. It read 28*20, [ that portends we leave to the weather. , wise to say, but we imagine somebody ' must be catching it somewhere. i The County Hospital.— The erection' ■ of this structure is now so far advanced' > that a fair idea, of, its fut|ire appearance > can be obtained by a visit to th&werks^ . Situated at the upper ena of rile Vitamin, L it occupies the most commanding site . within the town belts, and being in the , public Domain, it can never be hemmed . in by other buildings. Consequently it . will always have the advantage of isolation —a great point in such a building as • [ sanitary institution. ; Added to this the . old watercourse running close by it, will , make drainage easy, and in the future we hope to see the gully flooded with.water, so as to convert it into an ornamental seiJ pentine lake. 1 Nature Bad doncf a gooA deal to make the Domain u a “ thing ofl beauty.” Art has sdmeiliing 4 ihorai to doJ and our recreation gardens 1 will then be afl “joy forever.” At present .we .; refzaufl from giving a detailed description ! of tb« building as it is not fair to* criticise mil finished work, but from the quantity ol the elaborate white stone carviilga now ml the ground, we may fairly expect tosee ul the hospital architecture very diiferenti both as to style and materials .used, fronl What has hitherto obtained in this district! To the eye of a novice, the ‘rooms soeil somewhat cramped, but this imppessioß may be dispelled as the interior Iwoifl draws near completion, when we purpolH giving a detailed description of the. A Millionaire’s Little Joke.—Al aged millionaire in an American city has played a sad trick uponj|tis and relatives. He invited, thexffSall gather round his dying bed, arid they wdro assembled' tary and a whole stock of-degal upon them, and made. them’all take davits that he Was perfectly sane clearheaded and. cool—arid’'then When the heirs came to rummage in desk-, they found - a willdatedih 18? B bequeathing most of hia property* to idiot asylunt: and furious at tneir they one und all. began an action to the will broken on the ground of —all swpariug that, though lie 'was sane on the day of hts defeth, he madder’uf a-whole litter of Mdrch 1875, Then " his executor smiled a smile and produced a later frill; made signed about half-an-hour before the gathered around liis dying bed, the same effect as the first one. event has >cast a gloom over the munity of heirs. ’ High. —A judge at Montgomery, bama, recently interrupted a flowery young orator with,—“ Hold hold on, my dear sir! higher! : you are already out of jurisdiction of thia court ! Unkind. — A pack of : wolves in burno county, ; Minnesota, couple of lawyers five miles, ‘.‘New Orleans Republican” showed a lack of professional courten^^^| A H
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Public Notice. NEW Till-WEEKLY MORNING PAPER. PRICE—TWOPENCE ! PUBLISHED ON TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SATURDAYS. The size of the Guardian will be Six pages demy for the present, pending the arrival of suitable machinery, when it will take the same size permanently as the Christchurch Press. The Guardian is intended to meet the want in the County of Ashburton of a paper specially devoted to the agricultural and pastoral interests. It comes into existence in response to the expressed desire of a numerous section of the influen tial farmers, merchants, and other settlers in the country dristricts, and it purposes -to supply an excellent compendium of the news of the day, derived from the most trustworthy sources. Arrangements have been made with able correspondents in every district in the County to supply ' '• intelligence of all events of interest c curing in their locality, while advantage will also be taken of the great facilities now given by the telegraph for securing thelatest news from all parts of the colony, and, through Reuter’s Agency, of sum maries of intelligence from ail parts of the world. Special attention will be given in the Guardian’s columns to matters of interest ' to agriculturalists, and no pains will be ' Spared to make the Paper an indispensable item in the . economy of the Ashburton ’ ■ farmer’s household and a welcome guest at every fireside. ” ' Travelling reporters have been retained, ■' who will personally visit the various dis tricts ; and arrangements have been made whereby reports upon the condition and progress of the crops, &c., written by men with a practical knowledge of the subjects - on which they write, will be seemed. On . this point it may be mentioned that papers have been secured written by some of the ablest and most practical pens in the colony on subjects of moment to the farmer ; and these will appear in regular succession. The Guardian will be thoroughly inde pendent, and appears with its hands untied, and in no way trammelled by the influence , of any party, its aim being, while the : progress of the farming interest in the County has first place in its desires, to secure the greatest good for the greatest number. In politics it will give an honest support to thoroughly Liberal measures, and will be loyal to any Government, who, having the country’s confidence, is prepared to legislate upon a wise and liberal platform, ■ and is capable of administering public j affairs with prudence, honesty, and ability. , , The price of the Ashburton Guardian will be Single Copy : 2d. ' Terms to subscribers ; In advance. Booked. Quarterly fis. ... 7s. Half-yearly 12s. ... 14s. .'-Yearly ... 245. ... 28s. Advertising terms on application at the ■ ! ■ 1 Office. WEEKS AND DIXON, PROPRIETORS. " Publishing Office, Bast Street, a Ashburton. , , \
Meetings. U BOROUGH CRICKET A GENERAL MEETING of Mem bers is hereby convened at the “ Central Temperance Hotel, on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, At 7 p.m. Very Important Business. All intending Members respectfully in vited. A Full Muster requested. S. E. POYNTZ, 510 a Hon. Sec. ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILD ING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. THE Monthly Meeting of the above Society will be held in Mr. Bullock’s office on TUESDAY EVENING, from 6 30 to 8.30. Subscriptions will be received at the Secretary’s office, Burnett street, be tween the hours of 9 o’clock and 4 p.m. this day, at Mr. Bullock’s office, from 6‘30 to B‘3o on Tuesday evening. J. WARD. 511 a Secretary. ASHBURTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. HORSE PARADE. The annual show of entire HORSES (Under the management of the above Association) Will be held on TUESDAY, the 30TH Inst., On the Reserve at the corner of the North- East Town Belt and West street. All horses must be on the ground not later than half-past ten. Entrance to Ground—ls. GEORGE JAMESON, 500 a Secretary. Clothing Establishment. ASSIGNMENT OF THE ESTATE OF MESSRS. AITKEN, PASCOE & CO., CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS, TO Mr. J. H. Morrison, 1 Manager Mosgiel Woolen Tru.taaa. Mn. John Ross, Of Sargood, Sons & Ewing j above large Clothing Manufac- I taring Firm having had to succumb to these hard times, and assign their estate, we have been induced by the Trustees to purchase the whole of their large Manufactured Stock at a Very Heavy Reduction, and have resolved to sell the same again in our Branches direct to the public at prices at which we could not legitimately sell our own Goods. In fact (without exaggeration) during the next few weeks we are in a position to offer NEW GOODS IN MEN’S AND BOYS’ ATTIRE, Of Colonial Manufacture, at from ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF THEIR USUAL COST. HALLENSTEIN BROS., New Zealand Clothing Factory. The assigned Stock will be for Sale in eur Ashburton Branch from and on SATURDAY NEXT, 28th JUNE. New Zealand Clothing Factory. 12a HERALD, Published Daily. are requested to make known any irregularity in the delivery, whether in Town or Country, which shall be immediately remedied. Country Sub oribers along the Wakanui Road to the ichool, thence to Seafield, Cambridge, and Rowland, are supplied by the mail-cart every Tuesday and Friday SEWING Machines and other Requi sites. H. M. JONES, Stationer, Etc., Baring Square. 473* -piNVELOPES, NOTEPAPEB, EN VELOPES, NOTEPAPER.—The cheapest ever offered in Ashburton, at the Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Saunders’ Buildings.
Business Notices. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN, BEG to thank their friends and the public of Ashburton for the liberal support accorded them during the past tivo years, and to intimate that they HAVE OPENED new business premises in East Street, near the Bank of New Zealand, where they will be prepared to supply Agricul tural and Garden Seeds of every descrip tion. SEALY BROS., NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN. EAST STREET. The facilities we possess for testing the quality of all Seeds offered by us, and our desire to extend this branch of our busi ness, will be a sufficient guarantee that all Seeds offered by us will be sucli as will give the utmost satisfaction. SEALY~BROS., THE ASHBURTON NURSERY, BEACH ROAD, MOORE STREET. 306 a 1 NEW fjIAILOEING JjISTABLISHMENT, THE TRIANGLE, Wakanni Road, near H. M. Jones’., G. J. F. LUBLOW, PRACTICAL TAILOR AND HABIT MAKER, Begs to announce to the public of Ashbur ton and the surrounding district that he HAS COMMENCED BUSINESS, and is prepared to execute orders equal to anything in the Colony. One trial will be sufficient as to Fit, Style, and Workmanship. Dress Suits, in various styles, and latest fashions. 1 weed Suits of every kind in latest styles. Fancy Coatings and Vest ings. Cord Pants; Trousers strapped and cuffed. A good assortment of Tweeds and Cloth in Stock. Reasonable Prices will be charged, and satisfaction guaranteed. the address — G. J. F. LUBLOW, Wakanui Road, Ashburton. 283 a Gasfltters, &c. PUBLIC NOTICE. TRADESMEN and others who intend using the Ashburton Gas Company s Gas should give their orders at once have their premises fitted with Gas Fittings, to ensure no delay when the Gas is brought into the town. J. C. DOLMAN, LICENSED GASFITTER, Plumber, Locksmith, Whitesmith, Bell hanger, Zinc and Tin-plate Worker, Hot and Cold Water Engineer, TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON, N.B.—Artesian Wells sunk and Puraj* fitted and repaired ; O. G. Guttering fixer at Current Rates. Electric Bella supplied and fitted. Orders punctually attended to in town and country. 812 Fruiterers, &c. W. T. D Av 18 ON> GREENGROCER AND FRUITERER, HAS ON S 3. LE- Onions, Good Potatoes, Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips, Herbs. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, (Next to Fowler, Grocer) TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON tc,* Cabinetmakers. TINWALD FURNITURE DEPOT. QHARLES Jg R A D E R CABINET MAKER, FURNITURE DEALER, &c. Venetian and other Blinds, Curtain Poles, Oxford and other Picture Frames made to order. Repairs Executed with Despatch, Note the Address— Great South Road, TintvalD, (Next to Mr. Prottejohn’s, Shoe Makei m Lost. £3 REWARD. LOST —From Shepherd’s Bush, Rangi tata, Two Saddle and Harness Horses— -1 Roan Horse, bred at Chatraos, known as “ Donald,” 1 Black Horse, collar marked, Both shod. The above reward will be paid to anyone delivering the same at Bossenberg’s Stables, Ashburton, or to James Fraser, Mount Somers Road Board : or 30s for each Horse. 22 JAS. FRASER.
THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Advertisements received for the GUARDIAN up to 9 p.m. at the scale charges, afterwards at double rates for insertion over the leader.
NOTICE. NEW POSTAL REGULATION. Letters posted within the colony having the names and addresses of the senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, accompanied by a request that the letters be returned if not claimed within a stated period, will be return ed unopened. Provided, however, such letters shall have remained in the post office to which they may be addressed, at least ten days.
THE ASHBURTON HERALD And Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated tho Evening Echo.) ASHBURTON, WAKANUI, AND SEA FIELD “HERALD” DELIVERY. CJUBSCRIBERS to The Ashburton lO Herald, residing at and between the above places will, in future, be supplied by tho Boy, at their residences, every Tues day and Friday. GREENSTREET, WESTERFIELD, UPPER ASHBURTON, AND MOUNT SOMERS. Subscribers residing in the above 'is tricts will be supplied by Cookson'- coach. Orders received by Messrs. Tisch and R. Morgan. New Subscribers will please orward their names to any of the Agents, or our Office, as early as possible. Subscription : By post or Boy, Bs. 6d. per quarter; in advance, 7s. Gd. per quarter ; or 28s. per annum. The Ashburton Herald will contain all the latest telegraphic and other news, grain and produce market reports, and particu lar attention will be paid to the wants ol settlers. All notices referring to the Borough Council, County Council, and the Road Beards, will be found in the Hearld. Agencies where The Herald can be obtained : Wakanui School Wakanui Creek.. Seafield yy ... Newlands Spread Eagle ... Mount Somers ... Mr. Ginney ... G. Leadley ... Mr. Atkinson ... T. M. Jones ... Ed Watkins ... Mir. Tisch ... R. Morgan. The Agents will supply primed forms for new subscribers to sign. |
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-If aw Advertises SEALY BR lEEDSMEN AND Nl East Strek ASHBURTC Ann, Garden, and Flow Garden Requisites of e' Jtion at Lowest B Nursery—Moore £ Ashburton roys’s D. Davidson’s Quarl on MONDAY Next. Vac Boys. < COUNTY CRICKE A GENERAL MEETIN Club will be held » mercial Hotel, on WEDS Ing, Ist October, at 8 o’cl are requested to be put attendance. Business : Very Importai By ordei R. WESTEI 45 Ho TO CARRIE] fTIENDERS are invited J_ Bridge .Timber fr< Railway Station to Digby’s Specifications may be se Steel’s, Blacksmith, Burm burton, where tenders w until, Monday, October 6, ,] The lowest or anytendei accepted. 47 J T. CEAMBE Boot and sho „• • ■ East Street, Ash. Boots and Shoes *f all Pegged. Repairs Attendi FAMILY HO’ DURHAM STREET CHRISTCHUR ■yy HITE PA (Late of the Royal Hote This Hotel is noW Ren fitted tq» as FTRSTCLASS famh WASTE PAPER fori at the Herald O; qarly. £ Mb. PERJdtiii Durham Strict S< CHRIST GH I Board and Ldginj Beds and Meab^-ta. rj\HE TO STAND THS { Thoroughbred■. El TAM O’SHxN’ will travel the Mount ion Forest Districta 23 W 4. -^n-c; ; «TITD NCT
Wants, &c. TO BAKERS. WANTED —A Second Hand for the Bakehouse and to Drive Cart.— Apply to E. TAYLOR, 494 a Saunders’ Buildings. IF the LUSTRE DRESS left at the Herald Office, and advertised some time since, is not claimed it will be sold to defray expenses. 495 a To Let. TO LET. fTIO MEET THE TIMES, I am pre |_ pared to take a very low rental for Shops of mine, situated in Triangle and East street. T. BULLOCK. rnO LET, at a very low rental—Bakery, I together with Dwelling-house and i Shop, near the Post Office. . 3 93 a T’lOS. BULLOCK. TO LET, WITH A PURCHASING CLAUSE, OR FOR SALE, CHEAP, ACRES, 453 Which would make a very compact farm, situated at the back of Mr. Digby’s. Apply to THOMAS BULLOCK. TO CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. rpO LET, 2000 ACRES ROLLING. Apply to SAUNDERS BROS., Ashburton, Charing Cross, or Seafield. ROLLING. 2000 ACRES T ° LET ’ in Lotß to suit Contractors. Apply at once to SAUNDERS BROTHERS, Ashburton, Charing Cross, or Seafield. 493 a TO LET, STATIONERS’ SHOP, recently occu pied by Mr. J. Y. Wax’d. This Shop is fitted up in a very com plete manner, and four comfortable dwel ling rooms are attached. SAUNDERS BROS. For Sale. _ FOR SALE, i GRAIN STORE at South Ashbur r\ ton. Apply to —B66a THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, A COMPACT FARM, well-watered, /\ and really first-class land of about tOO acres, situated on Lomrbeach Estate. For full particulars, apply to i THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, Cheap, or TO LET, with a Purchasing Clause, a FARM, of 137 Acres, partly improved, and situated about three and a half miles from the .Township. Apply to j c r THOMAS BULLOCK. FOR SALE, i NUMBER of Light and Draught HORSES. SAUNDERS BROS. Public Notices. NOTICE. T INWALD AND HIND HO TOWNSHIPS. PE PURCHASERS of the undermentioned Sections in the above-named Town ships are hereby requested to pay balances of purchase-money, together with interest thereon to the undersigned without delay. Tinwald Sections. Nos. 2,19, 20, 2G, 46, 69, 89, 90, 123, 136, 147, 153, 155, 165, 179, 182, 183, 220, 221, 234, 248, 250, 253, 254, 277, 378, 379, 380, and 383. Hindhope Sections. Nos. 6, 11, 16, 20, 23, 27, 29, 47, 55, 68, 93, and 95.
ROBERT WILKIN & CO., Hereford Street, Christchurch. 492 a O T I C E. ESTATE OF F. DOHERTY. ALL Accounts due to the above estate must be paid forthwith Mr. Doherty, or they will be sued for without further notice. By order of the Trustees, D. CARO. 927 W. BROWNE. The Stud. 1879. TO STAND THIS SEASON. thoroughbred bay ooet, CAMDEN. CAMDEN is a bay colt, 16 hands 2 inches high, with beautiful sym metry and splendid action, aged 4 years ; bred by Mr. G. H. Lee. Camden is by Traducer, dam Jeu d’Esprit, by Peter Plat, dam Jessie, by Muleyson, dam Bay Camerton, out of Arab mare Muleyson, by Muley. The Arab mare was bred by Mr. Kiley, New South Wales, from an Arab mare imported by him. . . , Camden will travel the district of Ash burton. Teems: £5 sr. per mare, payable Ist Jaanuary, 1880 ; groomage fees, ss. payable on first service. , _ Good paddocks, 2s. per week. Every care taken but no responsibility. ROBERT LITTLE, 486 a Proprietor.
Auctioneers’ Notices. THIS DAY, TUESDAY, 30TH SEPTEMBER. OUB USUAL SALE at the Ashburton Yards, — Horses Sheep Cattle Pigs, &c. ACLAND, CAMPBELL & CO., 46 Auctioneers. IMPORTANT SALE OF HARNESS. SATURDAY, 4 th OCTOBER, 12 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON has received instructions from the Trustee in Bankruptcy, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, at his rooms on the above date, the whole of a large and well assorted stock of SADDLERY AND HARNESS, Comprising— -6 Sets Buggy Harness 4 „ Trap „ 1 ~ Oig ~ 30 English and Colonial Hack Saddles also Ladies’ and Boys’ Saddles. 20 sets Plough Harness, 5 ~ Leading and Shaft Harness Also, a quantity of Whips, spurs, bits, currycombs, gloves, singeing lamps, brushes, knee caps, leggings, etc., etc., A few handsome saddle cloths, One set silk racing clothes complete. The whole of these goods are quite now, and are now on view at my rooms Baring Square. FOR ABSOLUTE SALE. Sale at 12 o’clock. ALFRED HARRISON, 60 Auctioneer. A LF R E XJL AUCTIONEER, STOCK AND ESTATE AGENT, ASHBURTON. Farms, Town Sections, and House Pro perties on the Books for Sale or to Let. AGENT FOR THE TRANSATLANTIC FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Chief Office —Christchurch. D JJ A R RIS ON,
J. E. Buchanan & Co., AUCTIONEERS, Land & Estate Agents, ASHBURTON. First General Sale will be duly announced. 37
Auction Sales. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4™. MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY will hold his USUAL SALE OF MERCHANDISE At his Rooms, Saunders’ Buildings, SATURDAY NEXT, Particulars in Future Advertisements. Sale to commence at 1 o’clock sharp. J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, * Auctioneer MR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY has ] for Sale some VALUABLE TOWN SECTIONS ' in Ashburton and Timvald ; also, some Farms to Lot and for Sale. also, — 1 I Good Double-seated BUGGY 1 ~ Single-seated ~ J. LLOYD CRAWLEY, * Auctioneer, &c. The Stud. COLT THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE Of the Traduces, Blood. j j To .Travel this Season the ASHBURTON ] AND WAKANUI Districts, Sec future Advertisements for Particulars. 504a—20 11. FOWLER & CO„ Proprietors, Winslow. TO STAND THIS SEASON, THAT Very Powerful Heavy Draught STALLION SAMSON, ising three years old, stands 10 hands high. Samson was got by that far-famed Lincolnshire Cart Stallion Black Cham pion, imported fro m England by the late William Derham, Esq., out of the cele brated prize mare Phoebe, bred by P. Tisch, Esq. Black Champion was bred by Mr. John Worth, junior, of Ferryhill, Chartres. He took first prize of £lO at St. Ives, in 1873, and first prize of £lO at Huntingdon, in 1874. Black Champion’s sire is Young England’s Glory, by Volun teer, and came of a very superior mare belonging to Mr. Julian, by Mr. Fugle’s < noted horse Thumper, by Mr. ServaTs celebrated horse Major,—grandsire, Mr. . Purrand’s Honest Tom; g. grandsire, Mr. Goodman’s Honest Tom ; g.g. grand sire, Mr. Bingham’s England’s Glory; g.g.g. grandsire, Old Honest Tom. Black Champion’s dam is asuperior Brown Mare , by Heart of Oak. She took the first prize at Peterborough Agricultural Society’s Show on March 29th, 1856, beating a large field. Samson’s dam, Phoebe, was got by the noted horse Sir Colin Campbell, bred by James Walls, Esq., sire, King Fergus ; dam, Scotland’s Pride both imported from Scotland. Phoebe as a yearling, took first prize at the Canterbury Agricultural I Society’s Show ; as a two-year old, was . awarded first prize and also Mr. J. Walk’ special prize as the best filly on the ground by Sir Colin Campbell. Her sister has also taken three first prizes. They have also been shown as a pair of brood mares, and wherever they have been exhibited they have taken first prize. Samson’s granddam was by the well known horse Old Wellington, imported, whose stock needs no comment; g. grand dam, imported, by Westminster, im ported. Samson will stand at the owner’s farm, where good grass paddocks will be pro vided at 2s. per week. All care taken, but no responsibility incurred. He will travel the Mount Somers and surrounding districts. Terms —£4 per mare. Guarantee, as per agreement. Groumage fee, ss. WILLIAM T. SMITH, Proprietor, Alford Forest. ' N.B. —Samson took prize at the Agricul tural Show, Ashburton, 1878. 38
1879. TO STAND THIS SEASON. THOROUGHBRED STALLION YOUNG TRADUCER. YOUNG TRADUCER, by Traducer, dam Kasper’s dam, imported. See “ Stud Book.” Young Traducer was bred by W. C. Webb, Esq., at Riccarton. He is a rich dark brown, standing 10 hands high, with immense bone and substance, and for make and shape has been pronounced by the best Judges as hard to beat anywhere. Young Traducer is rising 6 years. Terms: £5 ss. per mare, payable Ist January, 1880 ; groomage fees 55., payable on first service. Also, the Grey Entire Pony, SYDNEY, Will travel, with the entire horse Young Traducer, the district of Ashburton during the season. Good paddocks 2s. per week. Every care taken, but no responsibility. ROBERT LITTLE, 39 Proprietor. IN BANKRUPTCY. "j^'OTICE —The “ Ashburton Herald” is a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors and Creditors Acts. CO
Auction Sales. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY Have on Sale 1000 TARTARIAN OATS. 1000 CAPITAL QUALITV AND PRICE LOW. V. 1). L. PALINGS, PALINGS, PALINGS, T ,IE Undersigned have on sale 5 and 6 FEET Y.D.L. PALINGS, Of the very best quality for roofing, being perfectly straight and free from twists, which they are now offering at a very low rate. , EDMISTON BROS. & GUN DRV. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. AGENTS FOR THE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £I,OOO,(XT. Insurances effected at the lowest current rates on all hinds of Buildings, Threshing Machines, Crops Growing and in Stack. TO RUNHOLDERS, FARMERS. AND OTHERS. fjpHE Undersigned have on Sale: — Fencing Wire No. 6 to 10. Standards and Stakes. Seeds— White Clover Red Clover Cow Grass Alsike Trefoil Lucerne, &c., Ac. Rye Grass Seed Coal and Firewood Station Stores of Every Description. Wo are prepared to allow a very liberal discount for cash. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. East Street.
Boarding Houses. PRINCE PRIVATE HOTEL 1 rpHE undersigned having opened the Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Street, near the Railway Station, under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, J begs to say he is determined to keep GOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at MODERATE CHARGES. THOMAS CLARK, Proprietor. 333a—27 ASHBURTON CENTRAL TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Baring Square (Near Town Hall). RE-OPENING of the above commo dious and centrally situated Pri vate and Commercial Hotel. T. BROADBELT, PROPRIETOR, Is prepared to give Superior Accommoda , tion to Boarders and the Travelling Public 3 on REASONABLE TERMS. i i a e Weekly Board and Lodging ... £1 Weekly Board ... ... ... 14s. MEAI.S AT ALL HOURS. Beds (single), Is. 6d. Private Room for Ladies. 334a—23 ECHO DINING ROOMS, EAST STREET SOUTH, g Next door to Messrs. Sando& Olsen, Ashburton. s A DUPUIS begs to inform the inhabi , tants of the County of Ashburton y and visitors that he has opened the above. Every attention has been paid to making this establishment all that can be desired. Very Reasonable Charges. _ Tea and Coffee All Hours. Breakfast for early train ; Table d’Hote from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Tea from sto 8 p.m. A ” Chef de Cuisine of considerable experi ence has been specially engaged for this e establishment, and all that the proprietor asks is one trial. 0 54 A. DUPUIS, Proprietor.
New Advertisements. ORR AND CO., ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA. BANKRUPT ESTATE HOOPER. AITKEN & Co. ORR AND Co-, JAVING Purchased the Whole of the above Stock from the Trustees, will offer it for SALE on SATURDAY, At the Premises Lately occupied by J. H. PASS AND Co. OF
THE GOODS ARE ALL. QUITE. NEW AND IN SPLENDID CONDI TION, AND WILL BE SOLD AT Less Than Half Price FOR CASH. COME AT ONCE, AND Secure Bargains COME EARLY, os SATURDAY, 27«'- ORR AND CO. IMPORTERS, ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA.
Tenders?. UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. TENDERS arc INVITED by the above Board for the undermentioned works : 43. For the Supply of Metal for 12 mouths for repairs on all the Roads in the District at per cubic yard. 1 44. For Repairs on all Roads in'No. 1 anil No. 2 Wards at per mile. Tenders addressed to the Chairman to oe sent in not later than 12 o'clock, Tues lay, 7th October. For Specifications, Ac., Apply to ROBT. D. PULLAR, 506 a Cieik. SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD DISTRICT. rENDERS will be received up to Wed nesday, the Ist October, for the -'ollowing works: — 1. Metalling about 7 miles of th» River Road 2. Forming and metalling about 1 mile of the road running through section No. 3508 3. Forming and metalling about 1 mile of the road running tlirough section No. 7135 4. For Fencing the Gravel Reserves in the district 5. Separate tenders will also be re ceived for picking the loose stones off the Great South and River roads. Specifications can be seen at the Road Board OlTLcc, Rakaia, where fender forms can be obtained. A. MAKEIG, 491 a Clerk to the Board. NORTH ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited for the following t.’ovka : 4. Gibson’s road, forming and metal li ig, about 115 chains. 5. Beach road, forming to full, width from Trevor’s road to Wakauui school road. 6. Maintenance of roads in the district for twelve months. Specifications cun be seen at the Board’s office, Moore street. Tenders addressed to the Chairman and indorsed with the No. of tke contract will ie received till 10 a. in. on Thursday, Oct. 2nd. All tenders to be accompanied with i deposit, marked cheque or cash equal to > per cent on the work tendered for. FOOKS & SON, 153 a Surveyors to the. Board. MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD. WEST COAST ROAD.
TENDERS are invited either separately or together for the carrying out of die following works for the Mount Hutt Road Board : No. 10. Cairnbrae, from Backtrack to boundary, 15 inches crown. No. 11. Lyndhurst to boundary, about 3f miles of forming. No. 12. Winchmore' to Thomson’s Track, about 1 mile of forming. No. 13. Forming from thrall to Back track, about 4 miles. No. 14. Forming Barr Hill from main road to cutting, about 30 chains. No. 15. Forming from main road to section 23631. No. 16. Shingling from store to boun dary line. N>. l7.Formingand cutting road from Blackford to Cascade Glen, about 10 miles. No. 18. Repairing road from Patton’s to Harkett’s shop, full width. Tenders, addressed to the Chairman, and endorsed with tho number of the work tendered for, will be received at the Road Board Office, up to 10 a. m. on THURSDAY, 9th October. Contractors will be shown over No. 17 on Friday, Oct. 3, starting from Blackford at 10 a.m. Specifications of Contracts and Tender Forms, may be obtained from Mr. G. Johnston, blacksmith, Methven. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. B. COMPTON, 508 a Overseer to the Board. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. ASHBURTON POUND. VTOTICE is hereby given that tenders J3l for one or more years are invited rom persons willing to undertake the luties of POUNDKEEPBR of the Ash jurton Pound, The successful tenderer will receive aa •emuneration all fees for impounded inimals as laid down by “ The Canterbury - trespass of Cattle Ordinance, 1872.' ? '* n " will also have to comply aS-to' »**y other letails c mnected with the _ appointment vith the provisions of the said Ordinance. Tenderers are therefore requested to state how much per annum they are wili ng to pay to the Council for the privilege »f collecting these fees. A house of four rooms is attached to the lound, for the use of which the successful tenderer will have to pay to the Council ten shillings per week as rent during the time of his tenancy of the Pound. All .layments to be made monthly, in advance. The appointment to commence on the L9th October, 1879. A copy of the “ Canterbury Trespass of battle Ordinance, 1872,” is on view at the Oouncil’s offices to intending applicants. The highest or any tender not necesanly tccepted. Tenders, with references, one. Tender for Poundkeepeij K -^ rf “" Ul^® n > rill be received up ' Ved ‘ esday, the lstd»v'*ffA >c * ;o ber, 1879. iy Order, F. MAINWABINO, Clerk Ashburton, Sept 9, 1879. 406 e Public Notices. ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. NOTICE TO RATEPAYERS. Notice is hereby given ttak ‘ all the Rates now due and remain ug unpaid on the 13th October next, will be SUE D FOR without further notice. By order, OHAS. BRADDELL,, . Town Clerk, Ashburton, 29th 6opt., 1876.>6075'--W |
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fftjwrai Merchants. R. H ODDER ■•- ;ARD \ . Company, GENERAL MERCHANTS, \ DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, AND STOREKEEPERS, East street, ashburton, Railway Station;.) NEW SPRING AND .SUMMER STQGK JUST - RECEIVED. DRAPERY* MILINERY, HATS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, SPECIAL attention has been given ]j NEW STYLES in COSTUME® and DRESS MATERIALS. All tlie fashionable styles of Ladies Hats * and -Bonnets (trimmed and un • trimmed),; Trimmings, Fishus, , Mantles, Capes, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Sunshades, and Underclothing. MILTNERY AND DRESSMAKING ON THE PREMISES, ' By. Most Competent Hands. Carpets,. *. -‘ • Druggetts, i*',, .Scotch, and Manchester Goods. T. Ri HO ODER & COMPANY’S CLOTHING-t *: MERCERY DEPART MENT. Bovs’ Youths 7 and Men’s Summer Suits, Imported and ;Victorian make. pUST COATS, Alpacca' amfSiTk, HATS, New Felts, Helmets (in Rush, Leg horn, .Tweed, and China’ Peth) SCARFS;* Ties, Collars, Gloves, Umbrellas etc., etc. TWEEDts;-Scotch; Yorkshire, and Colonial, T. R. KIDDER & COMPANY’S AND, SHOE STORE. Childi»naJ,,Boys’, and Girls’ Boots, Shoes, and Suppers, Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s In every 5 Variety, Colonial and Imported, from the blast houses, and sold.at ■ ,I i ‘ the smallest possible profit. T*R. Hodder & Company GROCERIES. OILMEN’S STORES, AND PROVISION DEPARTMENT. New’Seasdn’s Teas, -Finest Sugars, ' Soaps, Candles, &c,, &c. T. R. H. & Co. acknow ledge the great success attending their ihtrodiiction of the *fhe ! Small Profits and ii: Quick ’ Return Biisi ■' J ' Hess, and would State it is ? . ■ their intention to ■ " ; c• \ continue Selling the > r fyeff JBest Class of Goods department, at the • ike. Shtallest Possible Profit. C-4^Bt t PBXCE LISTS FURNISHED ONAITLXCA " • ’ HON. ... . Kl*. Hodder and Company, furnishing; .... .ANC) HARDWARE, Ctf Every Description, for Building and a*f, ]. Furnishing : purposes. *«>«* ■Rapucß Bought For Cash, or Taken , ln Exchange. ./ ORDERS from ANYi PAjvt OF THE fully and-promptly attended to. DELIVERY :OF GOODS DAILY f IN TOWN. .’Zli’J i:
8U810.98a ffottcgK>_ _ B L I G H’G CANTERBURY RESTAURANT, Rapamii Road, near Post Office, Christchurch. MEALS AT ALL HOURS OF- THE DAY. Board and Lodging, 175., 18s., £1 a week. BEDS & MEALS—Is. Each. 452 CHERTSEY. • A. R. MARKHAM (Next Montgomery’s, Chertsey), GENERAL STOREKEEPER, HAYING taken over the store of Messrs. Orr and Co., and increased the stock, is prepared to supply first-class articles in Grocery, Drapery, Ironmongery. etc. Agentfor THE ASHBURTON HERALD. 423 Medicinal. STEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDERS FOR CHILDREN -CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value pf this well-known Family Medi cine has beep largely tested in all parts of the world, and hy all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exten sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITA TIONS, some of which in OUTWaRD APPEARANCE so closely resemble the ori ginal as to have deceived many purchasers. The proprietor therefore feels it due to the public to give a special-caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none are genu i he ist—ln every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SURREY, ,-are engraved on the Government Stamp to each .packet. 2nd—Each Single Powder has directions for the dosej and the words, John Steedman, Chemist, Walwotth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd —The name, Steedman, is always spelt with two EE’s. 4th—The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medi cine Vendors. Sold by Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland. 49° HEALTH FOR ALL. HOLLOWAY’S PILLS AM) OINTMENT TTTF. PILLS Purify the Lioo 1, correct all disorders of the Liver,;Stomach, Kidneys and Bowels, and arc invaluable in all cum, plaints inch’cut al to Females. 1 • THE OINTMENT is the only relubli remedy for- Bad Leg-*, O.d Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers. For Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, C< Ids, Goa', Illi* inn itism, aud all Skin Di *a=cs it has no equal. Sold, by the Proprietor, Thomao Holloway, 533, Oxford Street, London, and by all -Led (gi.ae Vendors throughout the World. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING, jgPPS’S BREAKFAST COCOA. “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of oigestiot and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tabled with » delicately-flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by tne judi cious use of such articles of diet, that a constitu tion may be gradually built up until strong to resist every tendency to disease. ■Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating arcund us, ready to attack wherever there is a-weak .point. We may escape many a fata Abaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure bicod and a properly nourished frame.” —The Cizi. Soviet Gazette, SOLD ONLY IN PACKETS LABELLED JAM ES EPPS AN D C O Homeopathic Chemists, London. KEATING’S iCpUGtf LOZENGES. , COUGHS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, ACCUMULATION OF PHLEGAA ; Composed of the purest articles. Zhese Lozenges contain no opium nor any deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate eta take them with perfect-confidence. _JChei>»eneficial effect is speedy and certain. This/okl unfail ing familyremedy is daily recommended by the |most eminent physicians. In/use nearly 60 (years./ i MEDICAL TESTIMONY. 22, Cold Harbcur Lane, London, / July 25th, 1877. Sir, —Your Lozengfs are excellent, and | their beneficial effect nost reliable. 1 strongly 'recommend them in qisesof and asthma. You are at liberty tqAtate this as my opinion, formed from many yars’ experience. J, Bringloe, M.jt.C. S.L., L.S.A., L.M. : / Mr. T, Ke ting, / Indian Medical Service. Dear S k, — Raving tried your Lozenges in. India I have uruch pleasure in testifying to their beneficial effects in cases of Incipient; Consumption, Asthma and Bronchial Affec- ; tions. 1 have prescribed them largely with the; best results. W. B. G , Apothecary, H.M.S. Keating’s Cough Lozenges are sold by all Chemists, Lj tins of various sizes, each having the words “ Keating’s Cough Lozenges” engraven on tht Government stamp. 637 KEATING'S ‘WORM TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, ootli in appearance and last), furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly safe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted lof childieu. Sold in tins by all chemists. Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London, Export Chemist and Druggist,
Cteawal MwrcHarits; M ITS T Bl SOLD TO MAKE ROOM FOR COMING SHIPMENTS. NOVELTIES! NOVELTIES! NOVELTIES! WE"''ARE- NQW OPENING OUR SPRING AND SUMMER DRAPERY. The Newest Prints, '■■fyom per yd. The Newest Brilliants, ‘Fast Colors ’ Fashionable Navy,. Blue Prints, * choice patterns. AngorirOhatMthe Latest Novelty Best Quality OtTly-io.French Merinos Brown Hollands , Dressed ~ ' ~ ■ Striped ~ Check Muslins Pique’s ~ - Marcella ~ Crochet Antimacassars, from 2/11 Beautiful Lace Curtains, large variety Muslin Long Curtains ~ ~ - Muslin and Lace Short Window Blinds, large variety ' Grey and White Sheetings; all widths Felt Carpets, spendid patterns Cocoa Mattings, in Iyd., 14yd., and l£yd. widths. Leather Cloths and Table Baizes Velvet Pile Table Clivers Window Hollands, all widths Flannels and Table Damasks Horrockses well-known Long Cloths Grey Calicoes White and Colored Quilts All Wool Plaids, the very best Hosiery, Corsets, Silk Scarfs, Braids, in great variety Dress Buttons, Crochet Cotton (in reels and skeins) Brooks’ 500-yd Heels Cotton, best for machine use Baldwin’s Fingering Yarns Paton & Sons’ Alloa ~ Cotton and Union Sheetings Blankets, in great variety . Floor Cloths, choice patterns Cocoa Mats, various sizes. IIHE Above Goods are imported" Direct from the Manufacturers and will _be sold remarkably CHEAP, in order to make room for coining shipments. ' P 12J - a }T C . P g OUR OUTFITTING DEPARTMENT IS NOW REPLETE WITH-THE MOST FASHIONABLE AND SERVICEABLE GOODS. , Boys’ Knickerbocker and Tunic Suits Boys’ and Youths’ Tweed Galatea Suits ~ ~ Hats, in large variety ~ ~ Trousers and Vests . • g p 3 „ ~ Moleskin Trousers Collars, Braces, Ties, Etc,, Etc., Etc. Men’s Geelong Tweed Galatea Suits „ „ . Sac ~ „ . ' „ Paget ~ ~ ~ ~ Trousers §i ( ~ ~ ' ~ ~ and Vests Waterproof Coats, in Great Variety Men’s Blouses and Overalls, A merican Duck (patented) Hard and Soft Pelt Hats, all sizes Merino and Flannel Shirts and Pants -J Colored and White Moleskin Trousers Soft Twill Cotton Shirts Crimean Shirts remarkably cheap White Long Cloth Shirts, remarkably cheap (American open back) ~ ~ ~ ~ in pleats and military fz’onts, remarkably cheap Merino and Ribbed Lambs’ Wool Half Hose Super. Handrknit Half Hose Novelties iff Silk Scarfs and Ties • Braces ~ Linen and Paper Collars SUPERIOR BOOTS AND SHOES, OF COLONIAL MANUFACTURE. IMPLEMENTS, Etc. TO FARMERS WE CAN ESPECIALLY OFFER, AT REDUCED PRICES : Hornsby’s Ploughs, H. , H.H., R. 8., and R.C., and extras for same Reid and Grey’s Double and Treble Furrow Ploughs, and exti-as for same Drays, 21, _2|, and 3 axles , Zigzag and Flexible'Chaiiz Harrows Cambridge and Plain Field Rond’S Broadcast and Hand Sowing Machines Best Ironbark. 2,3, and 4-horse Swingle Trees Cheese Presses. Bentall’a Chaff-Cutters and Corn-Crushers, all sizes Corrugated-'lron, from 6 to 9 feet, best brands Ryland’s Best Fencing Wire, No. 6 to 11 Fencing Material, Consisting of Staples, Stakes, Posts, Rails, and Wire Strainers. ■ . ALSO A VERY LARGE STOCK OF Douglas’ and Goulds’ American Pumps, Force Pumps, and Piping (I£, 1|- and 2), and Farm and Station Stores of all kinds. WE HAVE ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SADDLES, SHAFT, LEADING, AND PLOUGH HARNESS HORSE-CLOTHS IN EVERY VARIETY. WE ARE NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR REAPERS AND BINDERS / FOR THE COMING SEASON. IRONMONGERY DEPARTMENT. We beg t/ call special attention to the above, and have determined (to meet the / present depressed times) to reduce prices to the lowest /' .remunerative rates To parties furnishing we can offer advantages seldom met with, having just /: received a large and well-selected stock of household requisites, comprising Single and Double English and French Iron Bedsteads, Fenders, Fiz-eirons, Coal Vases, Scuttles, Fountains, Boilers, Kettles, Saucepans, Stew and Preserving Pans, all’ sizes; Electro-plated, Nickel Silver, Britannia Metal, and Tinware, of all descriptions. To builders and contractors we offer special inducements, having a very heavy stock of Leamington Patent Ranges (2ft Gin to 4£t Gin); Cusdrella, Queens, Victoria, Vesper, and Kaiser Stoves, Register Grates, Carpenters’ Rim, Mortice, and Plate Hpcks, and general builders’ ironmongeiy. We have also on hand an extensive stock of paintez-s’, glaziers’ and paperhangers’ materials, consisting, of Red and White Lead, Paints, ~&nd Colors, of all kinds; Raw and * Boiled Linseed Oils, Turpentine,. Varnishes, Brushes, Window Glass, of all kinds; Putty, Paperhangings, etc., etc. Carpenters and joiners would do well to call and inspect our stock of Tools. We are now landing a shipment of American Goods, containing a great variety of Tools and Yankee Notions, A large stock of Rod, Bar, and Sheet Iron, also a large and good stock of Blacksmiths and Farz-iers tools on hand. O : GROCERY DEPARTMENT. THE ABOVE DEPARTMENT IS NOW WELL STACKED WITH New Seaosn’s Teas, in Half-Chests and Boxes Superior Mauritius Sugars, white and brown crystals .and Counters Venus Twist and Black Swan Tobacco • , Currants, Eleme Raisins, Sultanas, Mnscatell Raisins; • (new fruit) Jordan and Shell Almonds. * Bottled Fruit, Figs, Essences, etc., etc. A Large Stock of .English and Colonial Lollies, aiicl a. full, assortment of Pink’s, Morton’s, and Crosse and Blackwell’s Pickles,*. Jams, Jellies, Sauces, Potted and Preserved Meats, etc., etc. ’’ ■’ CHINA AND GLASSWARE, We invite inspection of this Department in Particular, as we have just unpacked twenty-three crates of General. Ci’bckery and eight bales of Glassware, consisting of Sets of Cut and Pressed Decanters; Water-Crafts; Tumblers Wine, Custard, and Jelly Glasses. , INSPECT OUR STOCK BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. ERIE D LAf DiE R r|E 0 S. 8 Agents Colonial Fire Insurance Gdmpany.
General GREAT BANKIiJRT SAL E OF THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF HOOPER, AITKEN, AND CO. £5,345 Kk 4b. ORR AND CO. JAVING been fortunate in securing the whole of the STOCK of Hooper, Aitken and Co., at a nominal Price, will offer for Sale on SATURDAY, the 27x11, And following days, at THE PREMISES LATELY OCCUPIED BY ' J. H. PASS 4 CO., (Next the' Union Bank of Australia.) In submitting the following GREATLY REDUCED PRICE LIST, we beg to assure. our numerous customers and the public, that it has been our determination from the first to keep ourselves abreast of the age, and in every department of our Establishment we have endeavored —in all cases—so to conduct our business tran sactions as to command legitimate success. The rapid growth of our concern in all its branches amply attests this fact.
Quotations for Cash Children’s white Socks, at 2s‘to Gd Children’s colored Socks, at 3d, 4d & 6d Ladies’ Stockings, at 4d to Is Ladies’ striped Stocking, at Gd to Is 3d GLOVES.' Ladies’ lish thread, at Gd to Is Ladies’ kid Gloves, 2s to 3s per pair Ladies’ silk Gloves, Is to Is 4d. HABERDASHERY. Black silk Fringes, at 8d to Is Gd Colored silk Fringes, half-price Black and colored Lraids, all prices . —Ansplen'dict stock of new'silk' Butt'ons, in all shades, at 4d to Gd per dozen, to match dress, materials Ladies’ leather Bags, half-price Carpet Bags from 3s Gd upwards Belts at 4d to 8d each . , LADIES’ SILK SCARFS. 1230 ladies’ silk Scarfs, decided novel ties, at Gd to Is , • J New China silk Scarfs, embroidered at both ends, at Is to Is Gd COLLARS. 25 doz. ladies’ linen Collars, at Gd. to Is lid Rink Collars, at 4d to 8d \ STAYS. 6 doz. Stays at 2s, worth 4s 9d. The new belted Corset, on the newest principle, easy fit, half-price UNDERCLOTHING DEPARTMENT. Ladies’ Cemesoles > Ladies’ Night-dresses, 2s Gd to 4s Gd Ladies’ Chemises, 2s Id to 5s Gd Ladies’ drawers, is 8d to 4s Gd PLAIN AND FANCY DRESS \ DEPARTMENT. • 1500 yards Spring Lustres, at 8d to lOd per yard, worth Is Gd 800 yards Taffete Cloth, French goods, . at Is to Is 3d , French Merino, all colors, at Is Gd to 2s 6d 20 pieces all-wool Plaid, at Is to 2s'Gd 500 yards Japanese Silk, at Is per yaKl, worth 2s Gd BOOTS DEPARTMENT. Ladies’ French kid Boots, at 6s to 7s Gd Ladies’ buttoned Boots, 7 s Gd to 8» 9d Gents’ Boots, 6s per pair under forme? price ; Children’s Boots, at Is to 2s Gd CARPETS.
Medicinal-. Testimoriials. • Tuam Street, Christchurch, , / • April 28, 1879. To Professor Guscotl. Sir, — I nave been troubled -with Livel J Complain these last six years, many times n'ot j being able to attend to work! I have tried: everything in the shape of patent medicines. I have been an outdoor patient in the Hospi tal-5 1 got at times temporary relief. 1 could .. not' sleep on my left side; I kept rolling about backwards and forwards in bed. When I got up in the morning, 1 would rather be in bed but work I had to attend to. When I had eaten a light meal I found it always lodged in my stomach. Always costive, a great palpi tation, pains across the chest, more particu larly under the left breast, always a violent pain between the shoulders, felt just the same as if any one was pouring water down my back, (eet always cold. Happened to get one of your bills when you came to St. Asaph street, which explained to me the symptoms I was laboring malm-. When 1 applied to you, you tour me all my symptoms, and guaranteed me a 1 erfeet cure, which, I am happy to say, you have done through your herbal treatment. I should recommend those troubled with Liver Complaint ta place themselves under your treatment. I am. Sir, Truly thankful, William Manson. Colombo Street, April 21, 1879. To Professor Guscott. ' Sir, I have been tvoubled'with Dysentery for the last three months, so much so that I was perfectly exhausted,- the linings' of my intestines.,peeled away in flakes. JL tried every '■emedyfnat I could hear of, but to no purpose.- Hearing that you were in, Christchurch, and seeing the many wonderful cures, was induced to place myself under your treatment, artel I am happy to say in 'one rteek I am free from the diarrhoea, and gaining strength from your herbal treatment. ■ ... •
;.. I am; yours respectfully, - Ellen Brown. I give you this testimonial for the benefit o others, as I know there_ are a great many others suffering’from the same complaint in Christchurch,- Borough Hotel, Manchester Street, Christchurch, April 21, 1879. To Professor Guscott. SIR,--I have been troubled with Sciataca and Kh-umatism since the commencement of the West, Coast diggings in 1864, where I had to leave through medical advice, and went to Melbourne, and thence to Sydney, and then I thought I would try the tropical climate of Queensland, and only found temporary relief. I came to Christchurch, and tried doctors of the best: medical repute, and got no better. Thinking that it was useless to go any further I gave up all hopes of being restored ; I could scarcely walk, and staying at - an old friend’s, he advised me to consult you, and I am happy to say I-ani-iri. as perfect health as I was in 1564, when I-crossed.,the ranges of the West Coast, and -was only ten days under your treatment.” John O’Brien, To Professor Guscott. . • ' Sir, —Having been troubled with asthma for the last seven years, on several occasions I have been propped up in bed, and many times I had to get up and walk to get a breath of air, and had become so bad that 1 was not able to trend to my business ; in Get. I had become a, burden to myself and the people with whom, -f vy as .siopplug.-,-- When I "came to you y outdid me ail my symptoms, which gave me confidence to place myself under your treatment, and, being a believer in herbs, and seeing the large assortment in your establishment, and also the references from other sufferers the same as I ‘myself, in looking back to the time of my suliering so long, and spending so much money without receiving any benefit from the treat ment until I applied to you.—l remain, yours .ever thankful, . . Donald Smith. Great King-street, Dunedin, May 30. To Professor Guscott. , SIR, —I have to inform you that I am able to return home after your treatment of 4 weeks’ duration, having been troubled with dropsy this last 4 years. 1 have been tapped twice ; I have been under the doctors in Clamant, and also in Dunedin, and never received any bene fit from their treatment. When jmy sister called: on you last April you told her if I would come to St. Kilda and stop with her you would treat rne-for a fortnight free of dtarge, and after that time, if I were no you would require no payment ; but lam happy to inform you that. I feel as well as ever I felt, and free or dropsy, and can eat and sleep well. I trust that your days -nay be long in Dnnedin. You may be assured that I will speak of the cure you have effected in me on my return home, as I leave my sister to-morrow. —I remain yours ever grateful.
Tapestry, 2s per yajd under former: price Kidder Carpets, Is 6d under former price Cocoanut Matting, at Is under former price. Blankets at half-price Flannels at half-price CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.; % Men’s Suits at 40s, former price 70s Men’s Suits at 355, former price 60s Men’s Hats at 3s to 7s 6d It is unnecessary to quote prices, though' we have given a few above, as the public know that this is a real genuine Sale. Tiio Goods are all quite new, having been im ported within the last few months. Terms will be strictly Cash, as we could not afford, to book at those prices. Dressmaking on the premises. All orders executed uuder the Superin tendence of a most experienced dress maker. ORR AND Cpr, IMPORTERS ASHBURTON AND' KAKAIA. y' 9 I 9
/ Mrs. Isabella Fraser, St. Kilda, June 10, 1878.
To ■ . ■ . Manchester Street, - Christchurch, April 29th, 1879. Professor Guscott, ' Sir, —I have been troubled with Neuralgia f<sr a length of time, and have suffered the most excruciating ■ pains ; tried everything that I cOultl’hear of,- ’I then saw your testimonials in the papers, , and the “ Stan” I was advised to give you a trial, but I have this to say that I am perfectly free from pain. I can eat and sleep well, and am not disturbed at nights or ■meal titles as I- have been for a length of time. I have told several the pain I suffered, and the wonderfil relief I have had, and I would ad vise anyone troubled with Neuralgia to apply to you, as they can depend on a perfect cure. Yours ever grateful, , H. B. Williams, Tuam street, Christchurch. 1 1 To Professor Guscott, Sir, —Having for the last four years suffered from bad eyes, being totally blind in one, and from using a solution of nitrate of silver as a lotion, which had penetrated my whole system, causing me the most acute pains, which, added to rheumatism, prevented my sleeping at night, and rendered my life absolutely burdensome to me, 1 haveconsulted and been treated by doc tors in different parts of Canterbury, as also in the Christclurch Hospital, .but without obtain ing the sligltest relief. to leave no stone uiiturned> while the smallest chance remained ol ah* abatement of rny sufferings. I applied to you immediately I heard of your arrived, ami the cure which you have effected would seem to many incredible, but as I am still here a giving proof of the success of your treatment, as'ctpr only he testified by hundreds in Christchurch,!\yho knowing what I was like for so long up to a week ago, look with piftonislhnent at the change which .you have 'wrought; 'jtVrshmg you many years of happi- career, I aii, dear Sir, yours respectfully, ■ / -1 Patrick Burns. Sexton’siAllentoh House, . Sf, Asaph-street, Christchurch,
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COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND SPORTING RECORDER
Vol. L—No. 4.
ASHBURTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1879
Price—TWOPENCE
Alctioneera and Oommiaiaion Agents EDMISTON BROS. & 6UNDRY, (IiATE BUIXOCK AND CO.), -4 ASHBURTON, General Merchants, Auctioneers, Stock, Station, Estate, and Commission '-Agents. Salee of Stock,Farm Implements, &c,, ' will beheld at their Yards, Ashbur ton, 1 and the' Tinwald Yards, on alternate TUESDAYS. CASH ADVANCES Had* on Stock, Produce, &c., consigned for Positive Sale. EDMISTON BROS. & GUNDRY. 19 ALFRED HARRISON, AUCTIONEER, COMMISSION AGENT, rrc. jQAND SALES, Sales of Stock, Mor chandise, Furniture and Effects, also PigSj Fowls, and General Produce. Every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock. SALE YARDS ATTENDED. Entries can be made at my office or at the -A- Yards. , Agent for the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company* 5 rR. JOHN LLOYD CRAWLEY, / V AijGTipMESB,.. STOCK, LAND, ESTATE, AND COM .• MISSION AGENT, Holds -Weekly Bales Every Saturday, at O*S; o’clock, of Hones, Farm Produce, and General Merchandise of every descrip tion. vertisementa third page. j; LLOYD CRAWLEY, AUCTIONEER, Stock, Land, Estate, and Commission . Agent, Saunders’ Buildings, Sast-at, Ashburton. mm [Card.] J jgUCHANAN & Co. Auctioneers, Land, and Estate Agents, ASHBURTON. 313 a p RED K . pAVITT, East Street (Close to the Railway Station) Ashburton, - Land and General Commission Agent. Orders taken for—-Sydney Drays, Newcastle Coal, and Malvern (by the truck load). Build ing Materials of all kinds. Fencing Wire, Agricultural Implements, English and Ameri can, &£., Ac. r MESSRS. POYNTZ & CO., AN D , Jg STATE, AND general commission agents. Renta and Debts Collected. Money adyanced on Freehold Security. 7 Surveyor, Civil Engineers, fce. C. K FOOKS AND SON, »U*VEYORS AND LAND BROKERS . . Under (he Land fransfer Act, OoVXRNMXNT CONTRACT SURVEYORS, Triangle, Wakanni Hoad, near Post-office ' ASHBURTON. S 3 Hotela. RAILWAY HOTEL WINSLOW. r% W. HARRIS rsqusite tbs pub! te kaow that he ia back at bia o •» and Irish** Us old frianda to lint they will racaiva the same go H formerly. Pern - ifer familis*. Winssw Good otabui «t with every attsndsxwi HARRIS:
Millers, &c. SAUNDERS BROS., MILLERS, Grain Merchants, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices— EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Mttxr— GREAT SOUTH ROAD. HItyrOFFAT begs to inform the ( JVi inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that his NEW FLOUR MILL AT WAKANUI HAS COMMENCED WORK, And hopes, by strict attention to busi ness, and turning out a First-class article, to merit s share of public support. Special attention paid to Gristing, and Farmers from a distance can have their Grist ground by return. 31 Insurance. . THE LONDON & LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital— Fully Subscribed, £1,500,000. JURE INSURANCES of all kinds taken at lowest rates, special attention being given to Stack, Farm, Building, and other Agricultural Risks. Applications by letter for insurance will be promptly attended to. The London and Lancashire being purely a Fire Company, the whole of its resources are available to meet Fire claims and this feature will at once commend itself to the public, for the resources of the Company can never be applied to the settlement of Life Claims or Marine Losses, but every penny of its Capital (the whole of which could be called up at any time), together with its reserves, are available for Losses by Fire, and offer a complete guarantee that all engagements will be fully carried out. Claims are met with promptitude and liberality. Agents for Ashburton— SAUNDERS BROS. 6 Business Notice. IN BANKRUPTCY. rEXS & DIXON have on Sale at their Office, East Street North,- • PROOFS OF DEBT FORMS, FORMS OF AFFIDAVIT. Also,— FORMS of TO LET AND FOR SALE. CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN DIRECTORY FOR 1870. 0 N SALE at the “ HERALD “ Office, Saunders Buildings, East-street. Price i Two Shillings and Sixpence, Nbatmt Round ut Cloth. a ntifiyi Volume eptuaip* a lot p|
Timber Merchants. TIMBER! TIMBER!! 300,000 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF SUPERIOR BUILDING TIMBER. ALSO, 20,000 TWENTY THOUSAND SAWN TOTARA AND BLACK PINE ENDING gTAKES NOW ON SALE AT HAYES’ TIMBER YARDS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AT REDUCED PRICES. 12 Brick Manufactory. BRICKS. rpHE UNDERSIGNED having COM PLETED cheir KILN at Ashburton, are prepared to SUPPLY ERICKS, equal tc any made in the Colony, at any Station up or down. Samples to be seen at the Company's Offices, Ashburton, Rakaia, and V, inslow W. MONTGOMERY & CO [Limited] 32 Saddler. 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 Cabinetmakers. T. A. GATES, Q ABIN E T MAKER, PICTURE FRAME MAKER, AND UNDERTAKER, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON. 4 SPILLARD’S CABINET MAKING AND UPHOL STERY Manufactory, and Ware house, next to the Union Bank, Tancred street, Ashburton. Sitting Room and Bedroom Tables, Couches, Chelfonniers, Chairs, Chests of Drawers, Washstands, Commodes, Chim ney Glasses, Toilet do., Whatnots, Dress ing Tables, Cradles, Children’s Cots, Bassi nettes, Basket Ware, Bedsteads—double, single, iron, and wood; Mattresses, spring, hair, wool, andflax; Beds, feather, woollen, andcotton-liock; Bolsters and Pillows, do., do.; Carpets, Rugs, Floorcloth; Mats and Matting Fibre, Cocoa and China; Fenders, Fire Irons and Japanned Ware ; Galvanised Baths and Buckets ; Kitchen Tables ; and English and American Chairs. Blinds—Venetian, Wire Gauze, Common Roller, and Spring ; Curtain Poles, &c. Orders promptly attended to. 13 CABINETMAKING & UPHOLSTERING ESTABLISHMENT, East Street (next Echo Dining Rooms), ASHBURTON. John e e o h, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, PAPERHANGER, &c. All KINDS 0? RETAILS. Furniture Renovated and Repolished, or Exchanged. WANTED KNOWN—That Visitin Cards, plain or jmourUihgj Cftß I obtained printed, in various BtyleS| at U H Herald’ 1 end M Guardian 11 p/!ice»| pc
General. Merchant^. GREAT SALE ASSIGNED ESTATE HOOPER, AtTKEN & CO. ORR AND CO., HAVING SECURED THE ENTIRE STOCK Of the above Estate, amounting to £5, 345 1 os. 4A, Have decided to give the PUBLIC the advantage of their Purchase by SELLING the whole of the DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS and SHOES, IRONMONGERY, FURNITURE, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE AT ABOUT HALF THE USUAL PRICE for CASH. SALE OF THE DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, AT THE PREMISES LATELY OCCUPIED BY J, H. PASS AND CO. SALE OF THE IRONMONGERY, FURNITURE, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE, AT THE NEW PREMISES OF HOOPER, AITKEN AND CO. BOTH SALES WILL COMMENCE ON SATURDAY, 27th SEPT. ORR AND CO., ASHBUEON AND EAKAIA. 10
Chemist. MEDICAL II A 1. L. Established 1874. J. M. C AMBRI D G E, DRUGGIST, FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMIST, Has always in sblock SPONGES—Honeycomb and Turkey Toilet TRUSSES—Common Circular, Cole’s, Sal mon and Ody’s, Mocmain, &c. tXASTIC STOCKINGS Knee Caps, Wristlets, and Anklets ; Abdominal Belts in Silk and Thread. FEEDING BOTTLES—Mather’s, Maw’s, Dean’s, Stocker’s, Ayrton and Saun ders’, O’Connell’s. INFANTS’ FOODS—Liebig’s, Hard’s, Neave’s, Ridge’s, Nestle’s. COD LIVER OILS—De Jongh’s, Lang ton’s. Holler’s, Foxe’s, Southall Bros. PERFUMERY—Piesse and Lilian's, Rim mel’s, Gosnell’s, P.riedenbach’s, Low’s, The Crown Perfumery Company’s HORSE AND CATTLE MEDICINES. HOMCEOPATHIC MEDICINES—Loath and Ross’s daily expected ex “ VVai tangi. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. 2 General Storekeeper. SHBURTON gTORE. The Oldest Established Business in the County of Ashburton. D. WILLIAMSON AND CO., DRAPERS, GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, TEA, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. The Best House in Town for MEN’S, BOYS’, AND READY-MADE CLOTHING. CELEBRATED BOOT AND SHOE DEPOT. SANDO AND CO., STOREKEEPERS, TOBACCONISTS, NEWS AGENTS, &c,, &c., EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Labor Registry Office. 35 Painter. J. R. CHAPMAN, JpATNTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER & SIGNWRITER, Importer of Paperhangings, Wliite Lead, Glass, Ac. The trade supplied at lowert Wholesale Prices. 17 S. COLLINS & SON, pAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN-WRITERS, PLUMBERS, and DECORATORS, Moore-street, Ashburton. Country orders promptly attended to, and the quality of "Work and Materials Guaranteed. Booksellers, Stationers, &c. H. J ONES, Baring Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER, BOOK AND MUSIC SELLER, Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Str'ngs, Concertinas, Ac. Magazines, English Papers. & Periodicals, by each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch. .. WANTED KNOWN—That we are now Selling 260 Cream Laid Commercial Envelopes for 25., cash j 500 ditto, 3s. Gd. cash ; and 1000 ditto, 6s. Gd., for prompt cash only. Weeks «fe Dixon. WANTED-.- Servants Out of Employ* mei.it to advertise % Situations in tilt) m)4 ft Guardian. Only Vm Cash, (os Msm w'jrds.
Baker and Confectioner. BREAD! BREAD! 1 BREAD! CONFECTIONERY and BISCUITS. EDWARD TAYLOR begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and the surrounding neighborhood that he lias commenced business as Plain and Fancy Bread and Biscuit Baker, and Confec tioner in Saunders’ Now Buildings, and hopes by strict attention to business, and keeping a first-class article, to merit a fair share of public patronage. BREAD—4Ib. LOAF. At the Shop ... ... sid. If Delivered ... ... Cd. Confectionery and Biscuits always in stock. ONE TRIAL SOLICITED. Note the Address— J2SS" EDWARD TAYLOR, Bread and Biscuit Baker and Confectioner, EAST STREET, Near the Railway Station. 343a —34 Builders. Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Building Materials in Stock and supplied on most reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on the shortest notice. 26 Carriers. B. C. SMITH, CARRIER, ETC., M-—-• Ashburton. 25 TH. BREWER’S Royal Mail COACH , leaves Longbeach for Ashburton (vi& Waterton, Ashton, Wheatstone, and Tinwald) daily, at 7 a.m., returning by the same route on arrival of 3 p.m. train from Christchurch. Parcels and orders punctually attended co. T. H. BREWER, L 95 Proprietor. ECOOKSON, Willis Street, runs the , MAIL COACH from Ashburton Railway Station to Green Street, Alford Forest, and Mount Somers, every Tuesday, and Friday, returning Wednesday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Business Notices. Advertise. If you want f to sell a Farm, to sell a Horse, to rent a Farm, to buy a Horse, to buy a House, to rent a House, to obtain Board, to sell Groceries, to sell Furniture, to sell I lard ware, to hire a Servant, to borrow Money, If you want to sell Dry Goons, to sell a Carriage, to sell Real Estate, to seek a Situation, to obtain a Servant, to engage a Salesman, to sell Millinery Good;, to sell a House or Section, to find a Strayed Animal, to find any one’s Address, to sell a piece of Furniture, to find an owner for Anything, to buy a second-hand Carriage, . to find anything you have l ost, If you want Ito sellAgiicultural Implements YOU CAN DO SO, BY MAKING YOUR WANTS KNOWN IN f k gsltkiUtt tSmmliiut, option ! SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, ■East Street, WANTED KNOWN-That Money can be saved by purchasing your Sta tionery and Account Bboks, for cash, at the ( LHotakl" and Guardian " Whole sale Stationery i>epot. SaundoiV jQuild’ ItyP) pcnp&fttlon, ' ' ■*"” ' " '
For Sale. FOR SALE, T 'I non ACRES Tussock Land, in * O jOUD Lots to suit purchasers. Very Liberal Terras. SAUNDERS EROS. FUR SALE, 2.000 BUSHELS Rye-Grass SEEP. 1.000 do Red Clover do. 1.000 do. Ci.v Grass do. 3° TONS POTATOES, SAUNDERS BROS. FOR SALE, SINGLE SEATED BUGGY. DOUBLE do. do. And a quantity of Livery Stable keeper’s effects. SAUNDERS BROS. Amusements. RACING (JLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, NOVEMBER itym and zoth. FIRST DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race of 40 sovs; distance 2 miles, over 8 flights of about 3ft. 6in. hurdles; nomination I sov,, acceptance 2 sovs, 2. County Hurdle Race Handicap of 25 sovs. ; over 6 flights of about 3ft. 6 in. hurdles; nomination 1 sov., acceptance 2 sovs. ; 1y 2 miles. District horses only. 3. Maiden Pi.ate of 20 sovs. ; distance miles; weight for age ; entrance 2 sovs. ; district horses only, that have never won an advertised race. 4. Ashburton Cup Handicap of 50 sovs., added to a sweepstake of 5 sovs. for accepioisj nomination 2 sovs., acceptance' 2 sovs.; 2 miles. 5. Ladies’ Purse of 25 sovs.; district horses only ; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders, who must be members of the Ash burton Racing Club; entrance 2 sovs.; IYz miles. 6. Farmers’ Plate of 10 sovs.; for horses the bona Jide property of owners redding in the County of Ashburton ; no weight under 12 stone; i'/i miles; entrance 1 sov. SECOND DAY. 1. County Steeplechase of 30 sovs.; over about 2 miles of fair hunting country*; weight for age; for district- horses only entrance 2 sovs. 2. Racing Club Handicap of 40 sovs.; added to a sweep of 3 sovs. for acceptors; m iles ; open ; nomination 2 sovs. 3. Tradesmen’s Handicap of 20 sovs.; district horses only; miles; nomina tion 1 sov.; acceptance 1 sov. 4. Forced Handicap of 15 sovs.; for all winning horses at this meeting; entrance 2 sovs.; 1 % miles. 5. Consolation Handicap of 15 sovs.; for beaten horses ; . nomination I sov.; acceptance 1 sov. RULES AND REGULATIONS : Qualification foe, £2 25. ; members of the Ashburton Racing Club free. No entry will be received for any of the races except on the condition that all dis putes shall be decided by the stewards, whose decision in all cases shall be final County horses shall be held to mean horses the bona fide property of owners residing in the County of Ashburton pre vious to Ist September, 1879. Canterbury Jockey Club rules. strictly adhered to unless otherwise specified. No protest will be entertained unless £2 2s. be deposited, which shall be for feited should the protest, in the opinion of the stewards, prove frivolous. Ail entries and nominations to be in the hands of the secretary, addressed to the Somerset Hotel, not later than 4 p.m. on October Slst. Weights to appear for first day’s handicaps on Friday. November 14th ; acceptances on Monday, November 17th, in “ Lyttelton Times,” the “Press," and the Ashburton “ Herald,” and for second day’s racing, weights will be declared at 7 p.m. on evening of Novem ber 19 ; acceptances at 0 p.m. same night. All entries to be sealed and addressed to to the secretary, Ashburton, enclosing entrance fees, noma and age of horse, and colors of the rider. Any Jockey riding In any other than his declared color# will no fined one sovereign, JAMES WILKIE, 402si lion. See, Public KoWcm CjCHOOL Requisites and Aftfct Mato* rials.- H. Mi JONES, 'Stattonof; Daring Sqitafei mi Cricketing Maters Stump#, K uoo Rada, , #4. * n. a». jymJi’i . |
AG/1879/AG_18791004/MM_01/0002.xml | 4,694 | J. T. Ford & Co. report 8n the *ive B foGk .market for the week ending Mb 2nd instant, as follbws : At the Yards on Wednesday, 3646 sheep, # ttle > and 26 FS B were sent to hand fc. r tnß week’s supply. In consequence’ *** s hort supply of fat sheep, there a Rrceptible advance of at least from Is. * Si . 6d. per head on fat sheep, but at th ® ame time we do ■ not quote any material c. , ln J a^ e ?{ as most probably the next, ! woe We ..„ be again fully supplied, and tJ nceß 8 C back again to previous week % of from 2Jd. to 2|d. per B>. % bee | sent forward was of very in '■lxteren. quality, and commanded but little com ' rtition from the trade generally, in is a great pity that more diacre; was not used in yarding what is call. ™ fat stock, as the delay that arises in th> 1 . different sales between fat and store often affects values and proves wearisome to the different classes of buyers. * This can only be remedied by the action of the ’yard committee, and the sooner the matter is considered the better it will* be for buyer and seller, and more especially for the convenience of the butchers, who will be enabled to lift and take delivery of their purchases earlier in the day. Store sheep and cattle were slightly in better demand, and perhaps an increase in values may be quoted. Good two-year old steers, adapted for grazing purposes, were sold at from £5 10s. to £6 15s. each, and young stock at from £3 to £3 10s. each ; springing heifers at from £4 10s. to £6 each, beef at 325. 6d. to 355. per lOOlbs, and mutton at 2|d. per lb. Our entries for the day were on account of Messrs R. and L. Tosswill, McLeod, Coward, Blake, Pannett, J. Hayden, T. Phillips, J. Hurse, S. Garforth, Dewitt, Anstiss, Pitt, Wright, Oatton, Harrison, Moore, J. Smith, T. Cheverton, S. Grieves, and others,- comprising 1520 sheep and 75 head of cattle. Mr. Hay don’s crossbreds brought 12s. 9<L each; Mr. Paonett’s 10s. 6d. ; Mr. Coward’s 10s. 9d. each; Mr. McLeod’s merino wethers, 12s. 6d. each: Mr. Phillip’s merino wethers, 9s. 3d.: Mr. James Hurse’s crossbreds, from 11s 3d. to 13s. 6d. each; and other lines in propor tion to their weight and quality. Our cattle we quitted according to our quotations, selling every line. At our wool and skin sale we had a large supply sent forward, and the usual attendance of the trade. Crossbreds sold at from 3s. 6d. to 45., and merino skins at from 3s. 4dL to 4s. 2d. each. Fat at ' from lid. to 2id. per lb., and hides at ’ 3d. per lb. At our horse sale on Saturday wo yarded about 42 animals, but owing to the parade very few sales were effected. We have inquiry for good useful draught marcs for brood • purposes, and could place several just now if of the right stamp. We are also in want of carriage horses. Must match well in color and faze, and dark bays preferred; age not over six years. DoOTonr, Oct. 3. Wheat, 4s 6<T to 4s 9d ; fowls’ wheat, 5s 3d to Sa 9d „ nuUng wheat is firm at present prices. Oats, 2s to 2s 3d; barley, os to 5s 6d.; do., 3sto 3» 6d. Pota toes, £sper ton; kidney seed do., £7 ; round see*! da., £6 ; hay, £4; chaff £4 to £4 10s; straw, 462 ss; bran, £5 ss; pol lard. £5 Iflfe • flour, large sacks, £ll 10s to £l2 ; oafrineal, £l3 ; pearl barley, £26 ; onions* I8r ; . cheese, 8d; bacon, rolled, ®id ; cattle,* 30s per lOOlbs.
POST OFFICE NOTICES.
r .ails at the Ashburton Post Office; close -**' follows: — ■ __ , For Christchurch and North at IQ. 20 a-m. 4 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at x 0.20 a.m daily. For Rakaia at 10.20 a.m and 4 p.m daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald Winslow, Hinds, Coldstreain, Rahgitata, Orari, Winchester, and Gera’dine, at 10.20 a.m, daily. For Temuka. Timaru, and South at 10.20 a.m and 3 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 Longbeach, at 3.1 S p.mi daily. For Wakanui and Seafield, on Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 p.m. W, St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.
Mails Close at the Chief Post Office for the tallowing - places (subject to the necessary alte rations) as under:— Saturday.
For Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Penguin, at 7 p.m.
A travelling Post Office having been estab lished on the Southern line of railway, letters bearing a late fee of 2d. may be posted at any station in the mail carriage attached to the express train, and they will be included in the mails made up in transit for offices on the Inain line and branches.
SIDNEY J. Dick, Chief Postmaster.. UNCLAIMED LETTERS. The following letteis from places, . be colony were received at the As&bvrtcn i Post Office daring the month of Avgust, and I lema n :d unclaimed on Ist October nSy.gji- Allinham, J. Richard Critchley, W. S. Deacon, William Devane, Patrick Fraber, John Griffin, Moigan Maclean (or Ka«dl«rfljftfir Kennedy, Wflfimm i Kissane, IvtirfJaeL Larkin, Asdtesw Jbmess . Miciuuril Quinlan, jWaxjy Ryan, Thomas* Sharp, Same ' a Valpy, John’ Vincent* JL -'. j r Walkerj,A Woodar .rcblbald •ay. AS)? V Tv \, Tohn ‘ .ss. Michael i ’ w g T , G. Douglas, p r '- ; :‘=:- ‘ Postmaster.
/otirS&&*£ ■ ed Tetters received from places be i that have remaind unclaimed such Post Office; and such of » i unclaimed rt to «d two month, wethw for-
Colony are not advertised-, two months are forwarded t Office, Wellington, there to turned to the writers. NOT I C NEW POSTAL RE( Letters posted within the names and addresses of the : the address side of the envel by a request that the letters claimed within a stated peri ed unopened. Provided, he shall have remained in the p the 7 ma y k® addressed, at It
MEMORANDA.
AUCTION SALES,
This Day. ; J. E. Buchanan & Co.’s Opening Sale, at their Rooms, Havelock Street, 12.30. —lronmongery, Groceries, &c. Alfred Harrison, at his Rooms, Baring Square, at 12 noon Quantity of Household Requisites. John Lloyd Crawley, at his Rooms, Saunders’ Buildings, at' 1 o’clock— General Merchandise. Messrs, Acland, Campbell, . and Go'., at their Bazaar, Burnett street, at 1 o’clock—Horses, &c.
The Ashburton Guardian, COUNTY AGRICULTURAL & SPORTING RECORDER. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1879.
The end has come, and the struggle is over. Sir George Grey’s appeal to the country, though it succeeded by .skilfully managed elections in reducing the crush ing majority that faced him in the last Parliament, has failed to give him a majority in the House, and last night the no-contidence debate finished with a divi sion which gave the following result :
Ayes ... ••• 43 Noes •••: 41 Majority against Government 2 —a narrow majority to bo sure, but quite sufficient to show Mr. Sheehan how Vain was his boast that the country had re turned to Sir George Grey’s following a firm majority. In another column we give the division list, in which it will be seen there is nothing ‘ ‘ doubtful ” at all about Mr. Wright’s vote, but that he has been true to the district that returned’ him. The House adjourned immediately after thejlivision, to meet again on Tues day, when we expect to hear that a Minis teral change will have taken place.
When a statesman like Lord Derby tells the English farmers that, the cultivable land in England being a fixed quantity, the relations between landlord and tenant must eventually be regulated by the need they have for each other; and, there being no room in the country for any more far mers, it is as well to look outside the island if land is wanted on which to place the young men whom their parents destine for the profession of agriculture. When a man like Lord Derby talks in this strain there is sufficient reason existing for cherishing a belief that soon a tide of im migration will set in towards our shores that will be highly acceptable, and for ac cepting the instalments that have already, landed as only the pioneers of a huge bri gade of immigrating yeomen. _ Lord Derby was speaking to the Lancashire Farmers’ Club when lie made use of the language, the spirit of which we have quoted; and he further clinched his statements by add ing that, “by making a vacancy (in the old country) a man would do good instead of harm to those whom he left behind. If farmers’ numbers were kept down they would keep down their rents.” But Lord Derby’s advice is not the only reason why we may look for an influx of farmers. That class at homo have found, what with high rents, hard-and-fast landlords’ rules for cultivation, preservation of game, and other burdens with which they are handi capped against the foreign producer, that a short harvest is the brink of ruin. This year, more especially, have they cried out against the hardness of their case. In many instances the landlords have re sponded to their appeal, and lightened the rents. From 10 per cent, up to 50 per cent, have concessions been made, in view of the depression that is now weighing down the agricultural interest. And never, perhaps, in the country’s history, was the need for these concessions more impera tive. But a few years ago, to obtain a farm at all was a difficult thing, so high were the rents, and so thoroughly were the landlords masters of the situation, be cause of the demand existing for arable land. Farming was then, comparatively speaking, a profitable thing; and when honest John Bull was taking out of his land, and the market he found for his produce, a fair surplus over the_ rent he paid, ho was content, and only indulged in that inalienable right of Englishmen— a grumble. But grumbling he paid, and was willing to renew. He had then only such competition as the European continent and the cultivated part of America offered to contend with. When, however, the great railways ran through the irn.mense waste lands of the New World, and planted homesteads upon them, and the produce of those lands was poured into the English market, he began to find that the chronic grumble, which had previously been but a sort of luxury, did not meet the require ments of his case. He could not produce from Iris land anything like the quantity nor near so cheaply as his “cousins” could; and, to add to his difficulties, there occurred the great “revolt of the field” —a revolt, lot us hope, in the interests of humanity, that will never bo subdued. But while Hiawatha’s vision was being realised in America— “l beheld the westward marches Of the unknown crowded nations. All the land was full of people, Restless, struggling, toiling, striving, Speaking many tongues, yet feeling But one heartbeat in their bosoms. In the woodlands rang their axes. Smoked their towns in all the valleys ;
Over, ill the lakes and rivers - - Rushed their great canoes of thunder the vision was also being fulfilled in other and newer lands. The Australian conti nent and the, New Zealand islands were, meanwhile, turning up their virgin soils in laughing ridges to the kiss of the plough share. ‘-In the.woodlands-rang the axes truly, and the grain-field supplanted the forest. Our plains in a season or two added their quota, no light thing, to the food stock of England, and we, too, be came competitors with the English farmer. The new countries, if labour in them was costly, exacted no rack-rents, laid no re strictions on the cropping, put no tapu on the game, and thoir taxes fell lightly on the farmer. Costly manure was no item in their farmers’ expenditure* and, with every advantage of soil and climate, they could run John I3ull ji close race on his own «round, to ■which they were admitted by free trading England. So when Hodge drove his master’s grain wains to the mer chant's granary, it was to lay the sacks,
HJ-_| rrggaafj jggie mayhap,- on the same flodr wi» largei quantities frdni California,- AdoMde, or Canterbury. ■ The time was when a short Eng land meant a scarcity of bread, but nqw the crops of the whole world inustArtrght Before any very telling differenced ap parent in the British housekeeper’s ac count with the baker. But the farmer feels a short crop keenly,—to him it is a fearfully short return of his annual income. Just at the rate the land of the world has been placed under cultivation has the dif ficulties. of the English wheat-grower in croased, and now they have reached their clinfitSfAn inquiry into the causes of the agricultural depression has been demanded, and the result of that inquiry, if it is fairly made, will be full of interest to the colon ists of New Zealand.
But while politicians discuss the ques- .. .. tion, many English farms have de serted, and those in cultivation can’ only be held, as recent events have shown, at vastly reduced rents. All show that, sooner or later, an influx, of practical agriculturists, with a fair aiffbunt of capital in their pockets, must inevitably crowd into .the colonies/ It .is for. Zealand, if she cares for her own interest, . to do her best to divert the exodul oPrafS** mers from England to her shores. Hr is not now labourers but employers of, lajiojur*- tliat are needed here; ancTthe ’refor'e men| with the nest-egg of a fortune we can duce to come to us the better for our * future. .
South Rakaia Road Board.—The Board did not- hold its usual yesterday, there not being a quoi'um.of members present. Another meeting, will be held on Monday. The Dromorb Grain Shed. ■— Our readers in the Droraore district ..will]£ observe that, in reply to Mr Wrigfit, Mr ’ Macandrew said the necessity for a grain shed at Dromore had not. been made ' apparent to his Government. Possibly it * may be more apparent to the new Govern ment coining into office. '
Drunkenness in was a drunk tried by'His Worship yester day—the first for a fortnight.. Things seemi A improving as regards the good character of the town. , : i i:7A ~r Town Hall Company.— On Mondavi, evening next, a 'meeting of the-shiiiWD' j holders in the Ashburton Town Hall Com pany (Limited),- will be held in the build™' ing, to consider the enlarging of the Directors’ borrowing powers, and othei* , alterations of the memorandum of Articles* of Association.
New Auction Rooms.— The hew firm of J. E. Buchanan and Co., auctioneers, &c., hold their' first- auction day, in the largo premises lately occu pied by Hooper, Aitken and, Co., in Have lock street. - The auctioneer of 5 firm is the senior partner, Mr. Ji-E. Buchanan, and by him the sale to-morrow - will 1 be conducted.
The Weather.— Yesterday , was • ■ticularly disagreeable.’We have bew»i. treated to one of--those N. W. gales whicli exercised the farmers so greatly last,'ytajSSiv; Pedestrianism- has not been,pleasurable, and one has necessarily been compelled .to., absorb more than his usual daily shari'Af* * the peck of dirt supposed to 'be'’the 1 ’ ' allotted portion to be eat by hnmasii^yt w * So far, the nor’-wester cannot do a great? 13 deal of damage to the' crops, hutwAoauld dispense with it, and hot feel itlil^Pß/
Presbyterianism at Tinwald. —;Sinca the induction of the Rev. A. Mr Beattie, M. A., as Pastor.of the Ashburton Pres byterian Church, considerable attention . has been paid to this thriving" little town-"' ship. Just recently, a Sabbath , School was started which ‘now numbers forty" scholars. Last night, the Rev, Mr. Beattie held the first of a series of Thurs day night services. The attendance was" not so good as it is expected to be when those services are better known, as. there are many Presbyterian families in the neighborhood. The Rev. Mr. West brooke was present, and - took part in the ;- service last night. , , i , Unclaimed Letters. —The following letters were received from places beyond the Colony during the month of August, , and remained unclaimed on Ist October, ■ 1877 ;—Allinham, J. : Charles, Richard ; Chritchley, W. S. ; Deacon, William; Devane, Patrick ; Frazer, John ; .Griffin, Morgan ;• Kennedy, Wm.; Kissanef‘M. ; Larkin, Andrew; Morrison, J.; Moriarty, Michael; Quinlan, Mary ; Ryan, Thos. B. ; Shary, Jas. ; Yalpy, John N,.; Vin cent, S. ; "Walker, Archibald - ; Woodman, . W. D. ; Young, Lewis P. ; McAllister, Mrs. •; Modem (or Maclear), John. "• ; The Subsidies. —Ourreaderswill beglad ;s to hear that Government have paid over the subsidies due to the public bodies. This information was conveyed through the medium of a telegram fram E. Qi Wright, Esq., M.H.R., to the Chairman of the County Council yesterday. Tills ' payment will set a few thousand pounds afloat among the Road Boards, and be the"• means of finding employment for some - idle but willing hands.
The Unemployed. —At the meeting of the County Council on Wednesday Mr Reed, called attention to the fact that the Go*f vermnent were finding work for the employed in the construction of the Wai para section of the Northern railway, and asked whether it would not be competent for the Council to request- the Govern* ment to place the unemployed in this district on the same terms on the exten* : sion of the Mount Somers line. Mr. . Reed’s remarks were called forth in the course of a discussion- that arose on the application of his Worship the Mayor for a grant' in aid of the Borough Council, whose want of funds prevented them frorti affording-the work they would to the! unemployed. Mr Bullock had waited upon the Council at the request of many respectable men who were without em ployment.
POUNDKEEPER AX .X.SHBURTON. • —Mr W, Price, of Tinwald, will for the future take charge of, and find lodgings for, vagrant •cattle, horses, &c. As Mr Price has several years’ experience ,i& tills line, we would recommend owners of roving ani mals to watch their, cattle's movements, otherwise, said owners will have to shell, out a price to W. ;Price.
The Countv Ho.spitax, —To Vender this building complete, the architect, J. S. Brqco, Esq., recommended to the County Council on W ednesday, improvement*, in the direction of water supply, drainage and other necessary adjuncts to the erec tion. These were agreed to by the Council, and will necessarily tend towards making the Hospital one of the most per fect institutions of its class in the colony.
THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN;
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* ASHBUivT ON RET Battler, inferior to best 1? lb EjßPv W dozen loefitv prime quality, 1? lb g. 'asm, prime smoked, 1? lb pj a sssiu*. cloth, 1? lb pi nlI tim (hags, toolb I Oatm * Lard, . * * * .Auction Sa .THIS DAI SATUK’DA Y, 4 th : At. 1 o’cloc AT TH TS HC 'HSE B u rnett-s, L,ree * A CLAND, t '® £\. hold their u9Ual WEE. LY Sx OF HORS ES, Sale at 1 o’clot ACLAND, CAMP. 381 OPENING i LUOTION SALE RO( H LOCK STREI fi The premises lately erect ( Aitken & Co.y l JATURDAY, OCTOI At Half-past 12 s’ rB Auctioneers have re<: tions to sell at theii *ublic Auction, a quanti i rticles, comprising Bankruj ther effects, viz.— IRONMONGERY GROCERY CROCKERY WARS
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Merchants. T. R HODDER AND Company, GENERAL MERCHANTS, DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, AND STOREKEEPERS, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, (Opposite Railway Station.) NEW SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK JUST RECEIVED. DRAPERY, MILINERY, HATS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, &c., &c., Especial attention haa been given to this Department in selecting the NEW STYLES in COSTUMES and DRESS MATERIALS. All the fashionable styles of Ladies Hats and Bonnets (trimmed and un trimmed), Trimmings, Fishus, Mantles, Capes, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Sunshades, and Underclothing. MILINERY AND DRESSMAKING ON THE PREMISES, By Most Competent Hands. Carpets, Druggetts, Scotch, and Manchester Goods. . r r, HODDER & COMPANY’S NOTHING & MERCERY DEPART OAA MENT. 'Rostf YiKTC'Hs’ and Men’s Summer Suits, Imported and Victorian make. ■*T ©OATS, Alpacca and Silk, HATS Helmets (in Rush, Leg horn IT' weed > and c ß li i wl P eth ) SCARFS Call9,rs ' Gloves » Umbrellas TWEEDS S. Yorkshire, and Colonial, T. R. HODDExR & COMI-’ANY s BOOT AND SHOE stork. Childrens’, Boys’, and Girls’ Boots, Shoes, and Slippers, Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Boots, Shoe «, and Slippers, very variety, Colonial and Imported, from the beat houses, and sold at the smallest possible profat. T. R. Hodder & Company GROCERIES, OILMEN’S STORES, AND PROVISION DEPARTMENT. New Season’s Teas, Finest Sugars, Soaps, Candles. &c., &c. T. R. H. Sz Co. acknow ledge the great success attending their introduction of the the Small Profits and Quick Return Busi ness, and would State it is their intention to continue Selling the Very Best Class of Goods in every department , at the ylf the Smallest Possible Profit. C iSH Vx TICE LISTS FURNISHED ON APPLICA ° TION.
'p r. H odder and Company, ironmongery, furnishing, and hardware. Of Every Description, for Building and Furnishing purposes. 1 'roduce Bought* Foe Cash, or Taken in Exchange. ORDI'RS from ANY PART OF TIi.F PROVINCE, Caref\ dly and promptly attended to. DELI V?ERY OP GOODS DAILY IN TOWN. X. R. HODDER Company, GENERAL MERCHANTS EAST STRE1 T *T, ASHBURTON 'OPPOSITE TUB STATION.)
YOUNG IYANHOE. •\TOUNG I VANHOE, by Old Ivanhoe, J_ by Sir Walter Scott, out of London Maggie—Sir Walter Scott, by Clydeboy, took first prisie as best horse at Exhibition at London in 1862, gold medal at Sterling, and twice first at Glasgow, and several other first prizes. London Maggie took first prize as beat three year old mare af Exhibition at London in 1802 and first prize wherever shown. Ivanhoe took first prize at Glasgow as a two year old, was bought for 1100 guineas, and imported to New Zealand. Young Ivanhoe, out of Grey Maggie (imported), out of Blossom, by Blither glen—by Caledonian, and has taken first prize as a two year old at Tiniaru, and first prize when next shown as a five year old at Timaru. Young Ivanhoe will travel the South Rakaia, Chertsey, and Mount Hutt dis tricts. For further particulars see cards. ROBERT PATTON, 52 Methven. THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traducer Blood. To Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, See future Advertisements for Particulars. S. H. FOWLER & CO„ Proprietors, 504a—20 Winslow. T TO STAND THIS SEASON, |HAT Very Powerful Heavy Draught STALLION SAMSON, ising three years old, stands 161 hands high. Samson was got by that far-famed Lincolnshire Cart Stallion Black Cham pion, imported fro m England by the late William Derham, Esq., out of the cele brated prize mare Phoebe, bred by P. risch, Esq. Black Champion was bred by Mr. John Worth, junior, of Ferryhill, Chartres. He took first prize of £lO at St. Ives, in 1873, and first prize of £lO at Huntingdon, in 1874. Black Champion’s dre is Young England’s Glory, by Volun eer and came of a very superior mare Mdongiri* to Mr. Julian by Mr. Fugles mted horse Thumper, by Mr. Servals jelebrated horse Major,—grandsire, Mr. Purrand’s Honest Tom; g. grandsire, Vlr. Goodman’s Honest Tom ; g. g. grand dre, Mr. Bingham’s England s Glory ; y» g grandsire, Old Honest Tom. Blaok Champion’s dam is asuperior Brown Mare by Heart of Oak. She took the first prize it Peterborough Agricultural Society s Show on March 29th, 1856, beating a large field. Samson’s dam , Phoebe, was got by the noted horse Sir Colin Campbell, bred by Tames Walls, Esq., sire, King Fergus; lam, Scotland’s Pride both imported From Scotland. Phoebe as a yearling, took first prize at the Canterbury Agricultural Society’s Show ; as a two-year old, was iwarded first prize and also Mr. J. Walls special prize as the best filly on the ground by Sir Colin Campbell. Her lister has also taken three first prizes. Phey have also been shown as a pair of , x -ood mares, and wherever they have lot ii exhibited they have taken first tzt- _ ~ Samson’s granddam was by the wed- Lown horse Old Wellington, imported, rose stock needs no comment ; g. grand ,m, imported, by Westminster, im neu. , Samson will stand at the owner s farm, xere good grass paddocks will be pro led at 2s. per week. All care taken, it no responsibility incurred. He will ivel the Mount iSomers and surrounding Terms —£4 per mare. Guarantee, as r agreement. Groomage fee, ss. WILLIAM T. SMITH, Proprietor, Alford Forest. B.—Samson took prize at the Agricul tural Show, Ashburton, 1878. 38
1879. TO STAND THIS SEASON. THOROUGHBRED STALLION young traduger. YOUNG TRADUCER, by Traducer, dam Kasper’s dam, imported. See “ Stud Book. ” , , , w n Young Traducer was bred by W. o. We'bb, Esq., at Riocarton. He is a rich dork brown, standing 16 hands high, with immense bone and substance, and for make and shape has been pronounced by the best judges as hard to beat anywhere. Young Traducer is rising 5 years. Terms: £5 ss. per mare, payable Ist January, 1880 ; groomage fees 55., payable on hrst service. Also, the Grey Entire Pony, SYDNEY, Will travel, with the entire horse Young Traducer, the district of Ashburton during the season. Good paddocks 2is. per week. Every care token, but no responsibility. ROBERT LITTLE, on Proprietor,
THE THOROUGHBRED ARAB ENTIRE BLUEL I G H T WILL TRAVEL the Ashburton Dis trict this season. For particulars see future advertisement. 53 WINTER & FRIEDLANDER. 1879. TO STAND THIS SEASON. THOROUGHBRED BAY COLT, CAMDEN. CAMDEN is a bay colt, 16 hands 2 inches high, with beautiful sym metry and splendid action, aged 4 years ; bred by Mr. G. H. Lee. Camden is by Traducer, dam Jeu d’Esprit, by Peter Flat, dam Jessie, by Muleyson, dam Bay Camerton, out of Arab mare Muleyson, by Muley. The Arab mare was bred by Mr. Riley, New South Wales, from an Arab mare imported by him. Camden will travel the district of Ash burton. Terms: £5 sb. per mare, payable Ist Jaanuary, 1880 ; groomage fees, ss. payable on first service. Good paddocks, 2s. per week. Every care taken but no responsibility. ROBERT LITTLE, 486 a Proprietor. M THE WELL-KNOWN THOROUGHBRED HORSE ADMIRAL WTT.Tj Travel the Ashburton District during the coming season. Terms, £4 4s; Guarantee, £6 Gs. Groomage Fee, ss. WM. 0. WEBB, 519 a Riccarton. TO STAND THIS SEASON. mHE Thoroughbred ENTIRE Horse, TAM O’SHANTER, will travel the Mount Somers and Alford Forest Districts. 23 WM. H. SMITH. STUD NOTICE. mHE THOROUGHBRED HORSE TRIBUNE, By Traducer, dam Azucena. Will Travel the Ashburton district as usual. Apply Groom in charge. 21
Business Notices. T. CHAMBERS, jgOOT AND SHOEMAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Boots and Shoes of all kinds Sewn or Pegged. Repairs Attended To. 48 FAMILY HOTEL, DURHAM STREET NORTH, CHRISTCHURCH. HITE PARSONS, (Late of the Royal Hotel, Lyttelton.) This Hotel is now Renovated and fitted up as a FIRST CLASS FAMILY HOTEL. 49 THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN' Advertisements received for the GUARDIAN up to 9 p. ni. at the scale charges, afterwards at double rates for insertion over the leader.
JUST ARRIVED — SECOND SHIPMENT OF STATIONERY, DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTORY. Wholesale and Retail. WEEKS AND DIXON, Saunders’ Buildings, East Street ASHBURTON. See Future Advertisements. s SEALY BROS., EEDSMBN AND NURSERYMEN. East Street, AS HB U RTON. farm, Garden, and Flower Seeds and Garden Requisites of every descrip tion at Lowest Rates. Street. 43 |
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SPORTING NOTES. [by robin hood.] The annual meeting of the Ashburton Racing Club will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, November 19 an2o. The programme has been issued, and provides six events for each day’s racing, and the character of the stakes should ensure large fields and good sport. A feature of the programme is the number of events confined to district horses, and after hav ing devoted a large amount of considera tion to the subject, and carefully weighed the many pros and cons I am decidedly of opinion that the conservation is advisable. Much as we may desire to encourage the breed of horses, and the development of higher sport, we must admit that contests between local horses have hitherto been more acceptable to the subscribing public .than the Bay or Goodman coup, each of ■which carried away large sums of Ashbur ton money, without affording equivalent sport. The condition of the course is not so far advanced as I should like to see it, but doubtless the Committee will push tb:« matter forward at once. . The ball is set rolling on the first day by the Open Hurdle Race of 40 sovs. Judging from the number of entries which similar events have attracted at Geraldine and Waitaki, this should be a popular item and the added money is sufficient to induce the better exponents of the ‘ ‘ illegitimate business to patronise our course. A good <WI of interest will centre on the County Hurdle Race, and I think an excellent race will be produced. Last year s winner, Nellie Gray, is still in the district, and if her new owner elects to start her, fit and well under a moderate weight, she will be a very formidable opponent. Lonehand, if still aspiring to turf distinction, is better adapted to big country and long distances, but if trained for this contest would beat anything below mediocrity. Merlin will doubtless be entered, and if the handicap per is lenient, I must regard his chance as a rosy one. Raven, after his Queen s Birthday Steeplechase form, is entitled to the premier place amidst our cross-country performers, and if-his condition is up to ♦W. in which he last appeared, he will take a lot of beating. Tam O’Shanter is another horse 1 much fancy, and I hope that we shall again see him out, with better luck than that which befell him on his last appearance. Mr Carter will probably be represented by something good, both in the flat and hurdle races, and I hope that this popular sportsman may secure some ofthe good things; the command of a horseman like Lawson is always something in his favor. Faugh-a-Ballagh is looking well, and much sounder than I have seen him. He is a nice fencer, and I think has more pace than is generally attributed to him. Billy Buttons has, I fear, retired permanently from the turf to the seclusion of a grass paddock; if the ill-tempered little grey should- again put in an .appear ance, I should still accord him respect ful consideration. Barry Lyndon, Why Not, and others from the same stable, have had a lot of practice during the winter with houuds, and certainly are the best schooled lot in the County, but I understand that none of them will take part in the annual meeting. I hope that I am misinformed in this matter, as the Hfill horses have always shown some form. I hope that we shall receive entries from Mount Somers, Longbeach, and Rangitata districts, as many good sportsmen are resident in those localities, and I am sure that they will be most heartily welcomed by their Ashburton confreres. WAITAKI RACES. Oamaru, Oct. 2.
Maiden Plate of 30 sovs. 1J miles. D, O’Brien’s Fenella, 3 yrs (M. Allen) 1 Mr Osborne’s Black Prince, aged ... .... ... ... ... (Owner) 2 Mr Sutherland’s Magician, 4 yrs ... , ... (J. Allen) 3 Littlejohn, Kelpie, and Loyalty also started. Time, 2 min. 56 sec. Waitaki County Plats —a Handicap of 40 sovs, 1A miles. Mr. S. Waddell’s Eangitira, 6 yrs, 7st’ gibs. ... ... ... (J- Allen) 1 Hr EL Goodman’s York, 4 yrs, 7st. (Rudings) 2 Mr. A. McKay’s Blue Peter, aged, 7st. 51bs ..i ... (A. Hoskings) 3 Mr H. Goodman’s Play Boy, 3 yrs, 6st Tlta ■ , (W. Allen) 0 Time, 2 min. 45 sec. Waitaki Cup—Handicap of 100 sovs, 2
miles. Messrs Mason and Vallance’s Pinfire, 5 yrs; 7st 121bs ... (Harris) 1 Mr H. Goodman’s Chancellor, 5 yrs, 7st 51bs (Rudings) 2 Mr Walter’s Libeller, 3 yrs, 6st 121bs, ... ... (Taylor) 3 Maritana and Unknown also started. Won by a length. Time, 3 rain. 44 sec. ' A 3-mile trotting match was won by Mr o. B. Mooney’s horse. Time, 10 min. A Hack Selling Race of 30 sovs, in which ten horses took part, was run in half-mile heats, Mr. D. O’Brien s Fe- being the winner. The filly was sold after the race for £37.
C. J. C. HANDICAP. The following are the acceptances for the C.J.C. Handicap : st. lb. Templeton 9 8 Fishhook 9 5 Mata 9 3 Maritana 8 7 Natator 8 3 Longlands ... . 8 2 Pinfire ... ... ... 8 0 1 Chancellor 7 8 Caraballo 7 7 Laertes 7 5 Dundee 7 4 Oberon 7 0 Betrayer 0 18 Naiad ... ... 6 12 Atlantic ' 6 8 Maid of Honour 0 8 Piscatorius 6 6 Libeller 6 6 St. George 0 2 OnDit 6 2 Marie Antoinette 6 2 Adamant ... ... ••• 6 0 Noma 6 0
NORTH ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD.
A meeting of the above Board was hold on Thursday. Present— Messrs. H. T. Winter (chair- E. Saunders, H. Frixdlander, and Joseph Hunt. CORRESPONDENCE. An application was received from Hugh Kennedy and others, asking for cuttings to be made and the road formed, to con nect Wilson’s road with the Beach road. The Surveyor was instructed to report on the matter. From residents in Trevorton, calling attention to the bad state of the footpath on the Beach road, and asking that the footpath be shingled, and Trevor road formed to the Terrace, so as to lead the water from the main road.
The application was granted. Application from Mr. Leadley and others, to have the Wakanui township road shingled. Postponed. From Nicholas Fitzgerald, offering a right of road through his land at £lO per acre, providing the Boai'd fenced the land, or £l6 if he had to fence it himself. From James Wilson, offering land for same object at £22 per acre for improved land, and £2O for unimproved. The Surveyor was instructed to reply that if the ratepayers wished to have the road the Board would be willing to pay half the cost, and failing their consent to this course the Board would take a drain age area through it. Messrs. Collinson and others applied for a road off the Seafield road to be shingled, leading past Messrs. Hooper and Dodson’s.
Mr. Denshire also applied for a road near his residence to be shingled. Both applications were postponed till later on in the meeting. From Weeks and Dixon, soliciting a shrre of the Board’s advertising. Mr. Friedlander proposed that the ad vertising be divided among the papers equally, -without adding to the expense. Agreed to. From the County Council, stating that they could not according to law alter the name of the district.
It was resolved to correspond with Mr. Wright, the member for the district, asking him to try if he could do anything in the raattex-.
Mr. J. E. March, Immigration Officer, wrote asking if there were any unoccupied cottages in the district. The Secretary stated there were none. The Surveyor’s report was read as fol lows :
According to instructions we accepted tenders for one month for maintenance of Beach road, Wilson’s road, and Wakanui roads. The following roads have been inspected :—Gardner’s road —This road has been completed in a satisfactory man ner. Chertsey road —The contractor is proceeding with this work. Fitzgerald’s road—This road has been completed. With regard to roads requiring metalling, the following we think are necessary : Estimated
Chs. Cost. Ru ! es and Cochrane’s roads ... 745 ••• £ ll S4- Denshire’s ~ ... 260 ... 4°3
Wakanui Township „ ... 175 ••• 2 7 1 Leaddley’s ~ 186 ... 279 Corbett’s ■ ~ ... 14° ••• 21 7 Butterick’s ~ ... 37° 573 East Belt „ • - 55 ••• Boundary 3 2 ° 49 6 We have examined the ground through which it is proposed to connect the Beach road with Wilson’s road, and recommend the one proceeding along the boundary between Fitzgerald and Wilson for a dis tance of 33 chains to the terrace ; thence to a point on the opposite terrace; this route has natural facilities for a roadway. It will take about nine acres out of rural section 4844 and 3 acres out of rural section 17261, the price for which will be laid before you. The cost of making the road we esti mate at £250. Tenders will be laid before you for the maintenance of roads in the district for twelve months ; for formation and metalling of Gibson’s road, and for forming to full width the Beach road. It was decided to shingle the following roads : , Rule’s road, 430 chains ; Denshire s, 180 do. ; Leadley’s, 279 do. ; Smith’s, 85 do ; Butterick’s, 573 do. Mr. John Carter wrote applying for payment for shingle taken out of rural sec tion 1120, for shingling Jones’s Road. The Board resolved to pay Mr. Carter, providing the High School Board, to whom the land belonged, offered no objection. The Clerk was instructed to urge upon Mr. J. E. Buchanan the necessity of at once taking steps to recover all outstand ing rates. Tenders were opened for the following works :
Gibson s road —E. Thomas, formation, per chain, 7s 9d; shingling, Is Id per yard, maintenance of roads, W. Silcock, 2s 5d per chain. The pay-sheet was passed, and the Board resolved to strike a rate of Is. in the pound for the year 1879-80.
OPENING OF THE WATERTON HOTEL.
By the invitation of Mr. F. Doherty, the proprietor of this hotel, a large number of hia friends in Ashburton and surround ing districts attended the opening of this now house, which took place on Wednesday evening. Vehicles of all sorts and descrip tions were brought into requisition, and daring the day it was almost impossible to obtain a conveyance of any sort, con sequently a good many of Mr. Doherty s well-wishers were unable to avail them selves of their • invitations. At the hotel itself every preparation was made for the welcome and convenience of the guests, who numbered altogether about 200, the whole of whom were amply provided with refreshment in the shape of a good, sub. stantial, and well-laid-out supper, which did credit to Host Doherty and his ser- everyone had done ample justice to the good things provided, Mr. Ivess, in a very appropriate speech, proposed the health of Mr. Doherty, and in doing so referred to his pluck and perseverance in building and opening a house such as the Waterton Hotel, in the face of the late financial depression, and hoped that Mr. Doherty’s venture would not only prove a successful one for himself but a source of great convenience to the travelling public and residents of the district. Inference was also made to the well-known career of Mr. Doherty as a public servant and a business man. Although Mr. Doherty, like many others, had lately had reason to feel the heavy commercial depression which had existed throughout the colony,
the speaker 0-xprenaod a hope that Mr. Doherty’s friends (and they were many) would at all convenient times rally round him and accord him that support in his new venture which his past career entitled him to.
The toast was received with much en thusiasm.
Mr. Doherty, in reply to the toast, said he felt himself bound to say that he was exceedingly proud and gratified to see so many old faces present; and that fact in duced him to hope his new vocation would be a successful one. So far as it lay in his power he would on every occasion en deavour to meet the requirements of the district, and also to use his best endea vours to please everyone who patronised his house. Mr. Doherty concluded by thanking the ladies and gentlemen for their attendance, especially those from a distance, who, lie believed, had at great personal inconvenience, accepted his in vitation.
A good band was in attendance, and dancing and merriment was kept up till an eai’ly hour in the morning, all appearing to enjoy themselves thoroughly.
RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.
Friday, October 3. (Before Mi-. F. Guinness, 11. M.) DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. William Hamilton was discharged with a caution. CIVIL CASES. DeEidder v. Kearney (Mount Somers) —Judgment for amount, £3 ss, and costs, £1 11s. Same v. D. Gainey (Eakaia) —Judg- ment for amount, £2 8s lOd, and costs, 9s. Same v. John Boucher (llakaia) —Judg- ment for amount, £1 13s Id, and costs, Cs.
A. Dupuis v. Patching.—Judgment by default for £2 Cs, and costs, ss. Orr and Co. v. M. Nealas. —Mr Purnell for plaintiffs. This -was a claim for £8 5s 6d, amount due on a dishonored promis sory note. Judgment confessed. Nealas v. Arthur—Claim £3. Judg ment by defaidt for amount, and costs, Gs.
BROKEN PROMISES.
When the Gr y Government acquired the reins of p. ■ jr, one of the most prominent features in their promises of economising was the reduction of ex penses in the Government telegraphic despatches, and another the sale of one of the Government steamers. How these promises of reductions have been kept the following figures will show : —The Govern ment telegrams for the year ending June 30th, 1878, were 194,843, costing £19,148; those for the year ending June 38, 1879, were 246,961, costing £26,949. This ex pense does not show the cost of electioneer ing telegrams, which must have been a good round sum ; but the increase shows in a most unmistakeablo manner the reck less extravagance in these matters as exercised by the Apostle of Econony (Sir George Grey). Another evidence of the Government’s extravagance is the fact that the Hinemoa Government steamer has been so seriously damaged that she is now unfit for work. When a sea going steamer is kept running for six months on a stretch, without oppor tunity taken to remove the scales from her boilers, which invariably collect from the constant use and evaporation of salt water, those boilers must necessarily get burnt through in a very short time. It seems that this is what has taken place with the Hinemoa in her forced trips round the colony to convey Sir Geo. Grey on his great mission of alleviating the sufferings of humanity. The employment of special trains for Ministers, no matter whether on Sunday or week day, is another remarkable instance of the eco nomy practised by the Government ; and if all the extra travelling expenses were totted up, we think the public would look aghast at the figures. Let us hope that the future Ministry, if not so openly and wordily patriotic, will give us the more solid and useful service of work in their various departments.
INCENDIARISM.
A wilful attempt was made during Tues day night to burn down the Christchurch Resident Magistrate’s Courthouse. At ten minutes to five in the afternoon the bailiffs office was locked up, and at half past seven the assistant bailiff, when passing the back of the Courthouse, looked in through the window' of this office, and saw that everything w'as safe. At ten minutes to eight on Wednesday morning, when he opened the outer door, he per ceived a strong smell of something burning, and on hastening to open the door of the bailiffs department, saw smoke proceeding from underneath a large heap of burnt paper, which had been stacked on a chair in front of a table and near the wooden linin" of the western side of the room. The scat of the chair, which had been of wood, w’as completely burnt out, a little of the lining of the wall burnt, and a portion of the leg of the table. All the pigeon holes on this table, which had contained between 250 and 300 summonses of various kinds, to he heard within the next few days, had been cleared and heaped on this chair, in addition to between 700 and 800 forms, and then evidently set fire to. An end window looking out from this table was unfastened and it appeared as if the incendiary, after completing his work, had got on to this table, and in getting out through the window had pushed the pigeon-hole frame on one side. The officials were in the habit of leaving keys of some of the offices hanging in the lobby for the accommodation of those who might have to return to work at night, and this must have been known to the perpetrator, as the door had been opened with the ordinary key. From the large heap of tinder left, and its proximity to such dry w'oodwork, the great wonder is that the flames did not spread. The loss of the documents destroyed will ■ occasion the department and the public a a good deal of inconvenience.
HINDS TO RANGITATA.
[by OUR TitAVKLI.INO RBUORTER.]
The Anama Downs, and slopes of the plains adjoining, at all times known for the rich quality of their pastures, are now looking remarkably well, and those pad docks; laid down in English grass this season arc as fully forward as similar places nearer the sea. The native blue tussocks, on which all classes of stock thrive so well, exhibit more than ordinary growth, and appears not only to have held its own against the intermixture of English clovers, but rather to have increased during the last few years. The grain crops at present in the ground are looking well, though, as in other places, they are inclined to run up a little thin in the blade, owing to the rapidity of growth. This, however, will tend to be checked by the rolling, which operation is now being proceeded with almost universally. In some in stances feeding olf} the young crops with sheep has been adopted. This plan finds great favor with some farmers, and we have known crops which looked hopeless completely renovated, and made to yield a good return, when treated in this man ner—both in the old country and in the colony. From various causes the farmers seem to have delayed their ploughing until the season was rather far advanced for wheat sowing, and between the South Ashburton and Rangitata the breadth of wheat sown compared with oats and barley is much smaller than in previous seasons. In fact, barley has never been sown to so great an extent in any previous year, and there is scarcely a farm in this area which will not have a paddock of this cereal. Towards the upjier Rangitata plain the farmers have a first-class quality of land, but have had a difficulty to overcome in the shape of the exceptionally large stones, or we should say rocks, which encumber the surface, in some places the land being completely paved witli them. It is as tonishing to notice the progress which has been made in this part of the country bv sheer energy and hard work—much of this land being now comparatively clear of stones, under crop, and looking as well as any other portion of the district. Stone-picking hero is altogether beyond a joke, and the numerous pyramids of boulders, 20 feet in diameter and upwards of 5 feet high, will testify to the work the pioneers of this district had before they could attempt to cultivate their land. The quality of the laud here is, however, good ; and it is satisfactory to report that the farmers here have a good prospect of success, which will he furthered by the speedy prospect of railway communication. The settlers, one and all, are loud in their demands for the continuation of the Mount Somers line to its terminus, so as to bring them within a day’s carting of a railway station. The Hinds Forks, some 15 miles above the Hinds railway station, and which will for the future bo known as Mayfield (the name given to the lately-established post-office here) is al ready becoming an important centre of population, and a petition -is now in course of signature for a school in the locality.
THE RELIGIONS OF THE COLONY.
We take the folio w’ng interesting analy sis of the religious beliefs of the New Zealand people from the “New Zealand Wesleyan” for the month. The figures have been supplied by the census returns of the colony for 1878: — “ It will be matter of surprise to many that, in a European population of less than half a million, nearly 100 different sects and denominations have been enrolled. In some of these the number is exceeding ly small, but the record is interesting as showing the vagaries of religious belief, and the tenacity with which men cling to their opinions. One solitary brother calls himself a ‘Dawsonite,’ and by his side there stand a, ‘ Congregational Methodist,’ an ‘ Andorsonian,’ a ‘ Glassite,’ and a ‘Trinitarian,’ each being the only repre sentative of the body. The ‘ Church of the Future ’ has four men and three wo men upon its roll, while the ‘ Church of God,’ so called, has seventeen. “Considering the noise Spiritualists make in the colony, and the space they occupy in the newspapers, one is surprised to find that only 52 have so enrolled themselves. Probably some have not the courage of their opinions, and it may be that others who believe in spiritism still remain mem bers of other churches. So far as these returns show, the number of Mormons fifty-seven—is in excess of the Spiritists. “A somewhat ominous sign of the times, and an evidence of the general unsottled ness in matters of creed, is that so large a proportion as 10,504 —or one in 40 of the whole population— ‘ object to state ’ their belief. As against this 30 have the courage to avow themselves Atheists, 7 dub themselves Materialists, and 400 are Freethinkers. Nineteen persons - ten men and nine women —are evidently seek ing more light, for they subscribe them selves ‘ Free to choose. ’ “ There are in the colony 1424 Jews, 39 Mahometansj while a field for Missionary effort is revealed by the entry ‘4379 Pagans.’ The ‘Catholic and Apostolic Church,’ founded by the late Edward Irving, has 55 adherents, and there are also 5 Huguenots or French Protestants. “ Taken in numerical order, the Church of England, and Protestants not otherwise defined, comes first, with 170,337, or 42.55 per cent, of the whole population. Next follow the Presbyterians with 95,103, or 22.59 per cent.; Roman Catholics, 58,881, or 14.21 percent.; and Methodists, 37,879, or 9.14 per cent. No other denomination number 10,000, those who come nearest to that being Baptists, 9159; Congrega tional Independents, 5555; and Lutherans, 5G43. In view of the fact that the Pagans, composed chiefly of Chinese, show a de crease of 8.08 per cent, during tlie foui years, there scarcely seems any need for agitation about their coming. “ The proportional increase of the ad herents of the several churches from 1874 to 1878 show’s the Methodists to stand first with 50.20 per cent. The others follow in this I’atio: Roman Catholics, 45.85; Lu therans, 44 17; Baptists, 44.12; Church of England, 38.6 G; Presbyterians, 31.22; and Independents, 2.10. It will be somewhat of a surprise to many that in the City of Dunedin, usually reputed as “ time blue throughout, there arc almost as many Episcopalians as Presbyterians, the num bers being—Presbyterians, 7G58, and I Episcopalians, 6736.”
TEE AUCKLAND BRIBERY CASS.
At the Auckland Rjsid mi. Magistrate s Court, ou Thursday, Thomas Machitte, cliairman of Dr. Wallis’ Central Com mittee, was charged by Joseph Newman with giving or having caused to have been given on the day of polling for the City West, refreshments to the electors, whereby the said Joseph Newman sought to recover the sum of 40s. Messrs. Heakoth and Tyler appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Cooper for the defendant, and gave a denial of eveiything that the plaintiff alleged. Mr. Tyler opened the case, and called Richard Salter, librarian of the Young Men’s Christian Association Rooms, who desposed that the refreshments con sisted of ham and bread, cheese, coffee, and lemonade. Machitte, said they must have some beer, and a lad obtained it. The beer bill amounted to £2 lls. No beer went into Mr. Hurst’s room, only sandwiches and coffee. The committee of the Young Men’s Christian Associati n disapproved of beer, and would not let the rooms to candidates in future. The beer provided disappeared with wonder ful rapidity. Newman's refreshment room was conducted on temperance principles of sandwiches and coffee only. Machitte deposed that he helped to return Dr. Wallis. He objected to say whether he was an agent, and also declined to convict himself. Ho had no authority to act as agent for him, but acted as agent at the election. Ho ordered beer, but did not consult Dr. Wallis. Ho had some beer paid for by Dr. Wallis, but could not say whether the beer was on the bill. He He did not ask Mr. Hurst to pay half the accoutn. He hinted to Brooking, Mr. Hurst’s agent, that Mr. Hurst might pay his share of the expenses, including the beer on the day previous to the election. Those who took refreshments did so with out authority. James Campbell, the por ter, deposed that he went into Messrs. Wallis and Hurst’s Committee rooms after voting. He tried the can and got one glass, but no more. He helped himself.
A STRANGE STORY.
A remarkable will case which came be fore Sir James Hannon recently has been compromised! - The inquiry affected seri ously the honor and reputation of more than one person; and the validity of no fewer than three wills and several codicils, made by a young Welsh squire, Mr. John Davies Lloyd, of Alltyrodyn, in Cardigan shire, in favour of Mr. Allen, his solicitor, was in dispute. Mr. Lloyd was the repre sentative of an ancient family which had time out of mind lived at Alltyrodyn, or near it, in Cardiganshire. But the old blood had received plebeian mixture. There had been a succession of misalli ances in the family. The grandmother of the testator married a servant at a hotel, and left him a life interest in the property. The only child bora of this marriage took to wife the daughter of a publican near Woolwich. The testator, who was born of this union, married a ballet-dancer at the Alhambra. Whether it was the ple beian or the old Lloyd blood which worked too fiercely within his veins, ho was hot tempered, impetuous, and wild, and his education and circumstances were not such as to teach him self-control. His father died when he was only two years of ago; his mother married again, and he found himself at twenty-one his own master, without councillors, and in possession of estates yielding a rental of £3OOO to £4OOO. He drank hard; and exposure and excesses quickly ruined his vigorous constitution. Ho was recklessly extravagant, spending in one year £44,477. He purchased six acres of diamond diggings in Africa, spent £755 a year on tobacco, hired a negro melodist to instruct him in the banjo at a cost of £l2O, and, on the strength of his accomplishments, proposed to become a member of Parliament. In the course of a suit in Chancery he became acquainted with Mr. Allen, who was at first a manag ing clerk and afterwards a partner of a firm of solicitors in Bedford Row. Shortly after Mr Lloyd came of age he made a will, bequeathing all his personal estate to Miss Crbwhurst, who became his wife, and devising the whole of his real estate to his half-uncles, who, as it happened, were rather younger than ho. This will made Mr. Allen executor, and left him an an nuity of £SOOO. About a year later Mr. Lloyd made a second will, by which his friend’s legacy was increased to £IO,OOO. From time to time ho added codicils, and one of these increased Mr. Allen’s legacy by another £IO,OOO, making £20,000 in all. A third will was executed shortly before Mr. Lloyd’s death, and by this all the estates were left to the testator’s chil dren, with remainder in fee to Mr. Allen. The testator also bequeathed to Mr. Allen a legacy of £25,000, subject to the obli gation of paying his debts. All that his sister was to receive was an annuity of £300; and this was ultimately revoked by a codicil. It was this will which was in dispute. The terms agreed upon were these—the name of Mr. Allen was to be struck out of the will of February, 1873, and, there having been a revocation of all the previous wills, he woidd take no part of and no interest in either the personal or real estate of the deceased. The estates would, therefore, remain in the family of the testator, and tne personal property would be divided according to their rights between the members of the family. As to costs, it was thought right that that burden should not be put upon Mr. Allen, and a sum of £SOOO would be allowed him to be applied by him to that purpose.
THE FARMER.
Why Vegetation is less Injured by ■frost in the Hills.
[G'-rrespon lout of “ Sonoma Doom- at."]
It must be new to many to leim that the so-called sheltered valleys are more liable to frost than the more exposed hill aides. Jhit this is shown very clearly in your interesting comparison of the daily sunrise and midday temperature of De cember, in the Santa Rosa Valley, with those of 200 feet higher elevation. Of course ly day, as every one knows, the hill is much cooler ; it is at night only that the valley becomes the colder ; hence “a warmer belt of temperature,” is hardly a correct designation, for had your comparison extended into the sum mer mouths, it would have shown (there are exceptions, of course) that the mean annual temperature was greatest in the valley. Still your point holds good that the valleys are more liable to frost than the hills within a certain range of eleva tion. Probably the first clear demonstra tion of this fact resulted from the estab lishment of meteorological stations in Switzerland. There the great height of the mountains and the narrowness of the valleys showed their difference much more markedly, and to as great a height as 5000 feet. Santa Rosa Valley is so largo and wide in comparison to the height of its surrounding hills, that the difference is neither so marked, nor can it extend to so great a height. Probably in our smaller valleys, and the great Sacramento Valley near the foot of the higher Sierra, will be found many low-lying grounds subject to night frosts even late in the spring season.
The main cause of this peculiarity in the distribution of low temperatures is to be found in the but slight heating effect of the sun’s rays on the atmosphere. The sun must first heat the soil, and the soil heats the air. Conversely the cooling of the air is also affected by the soil ; and hence the air nearest the soil is always the hottest wher the sun is shining, and the coldest when the sun is absent. For the same reason the surface air experiences the greatest changes of temperature. So it comes that the air of the valleys being hedged in by a surface of soil on every side, gets rapidly heated when the sun shines, whereas that of the hills has not only less surface for an equal quantity of air, but it is almost constantly in motion, and each new supply keeps down the temperature of the surface soil and air. The glaciers of the Sierra and the snow capped peaks of high mountains even in the tropics, bear witness to the fact that the direct rays of the sun have but little power to heat the atmosphere, for other wise the higher we ascended the warmer it woidd be. All solid bodies exceed air in the rapidity with which they receive and part with heat. This slowness to change its temperature is a valuable quality of air, and every gardener takes advantage of it when he covers his plants in frosty weather with old bagging, or any loose material that will confine the air about the plant. If the night is calm it is simply astonishing how slight a cover ing will protect a plant from a pretty severe frost. This protection, too, is almost as valuable in the forenoon when the frost is thawing out, for it prevents the sudden heating of the frozen plant, which is even more dangerous than its freezing. Few have any idea of the extreme changes of heat experienced by the sur face soil! When the maximum ther mometer in the air will r egister 70 or 80 degrees, one on the soil may reach 110 to 130 degrees. But even before the sun sets, and as its rays cease to heat the soil, the surface rapidly cools down, and after a calm, clear night it will be found, as a rule, from four to eight degrees colder at sunrise than the air four feet above it. How, as everyone knows, cold air is heavier than hot air, hence what forms in the valley remains there. But what of that on the hill ? As the air on the hill cools, it begins, like water, to seek its lowest level, and as the cooling process goes on, every watercourse, ditch and hollow becomes a channel down which the cold air flows just as if it was so much water. Consequently near the foot of the hill every little valley and depression of the surface becomes a little lake of the frosty fluid. Here it accumulates in pro portion to the stillness of the night and severity of the frost. At the same time the hill surface, as it loses its cool air, must get a now supply, and this, of course, can only come from above, where the air of the day, being out of the reach of any solid body to cool it, has lost only a portion of its heat. So by night the soil of the hills is constantly bathed with air of a comparatively mild temperature, whilst the valleys receive of cold far more than their share.
Constitution in Sheep.
{Journal of Agriculture,)
A Cotswold sliccp or Southdown has constitution for laying on f!osh and early maturity under high treatment. Consti tution in a Merino sheep will admit of all these meanings of the term and still lack what we claim as the essential purposes a sheep is kept for. A sheep must produce a fleece and a carcass. 'I he two must be in harmony and unanimity. If it has constitution to grow more wool than car cass it will he a failure. If carcass and a light fleece it will be unprofitable to its owner. If for the pastoral regions to run in the natural way with the flock, it must be constitutionally fitted io tvave l , do ser vice, and secure a living on the range. If for the purposes of breeding on a flock in the hands of the average farmer or brooder, the broad back and well-sprung ribs are sought for. They are found to lie the bettor feeders and best to lay on flesh and grow large and heavy carcasses, and by some it is claimed heavy fleece. The claim is not as well sustained for fleeces as for oarcasses.
A Spanish merino sheep that has it per fect constitution for the purposes for which a sheep is kept will have coustitu tion written all over it from top to bot tom. It will show it in every fibre of its fleece, in its bone, muscle, in its stand up and bright shapely appearance. In the merino the fineness of the fibie usually tells its constitutional vigor and stamina. The taxons were tender and feeble under some climatic influences and systems of treatment. So are some of the finer fibered families of the American merinos. The stronger fleeced families are the heaviest shearers and most rugged, robust, healthy, long lived of sheep. They with
stand hardship, travel, had troafnciff un equalled by any sheep known as thorough bred. The Cotwolds, Leicosters, and Downs are constituted for an especial pur pose, and till it with perfect promptness and litness. In them the indices of vigor are as plain, as sure as in merinos. The idleness of fibre may be loss distinct in vital f rees than in the merino, but, doubtless, follow the .same rules one as the
otter. When a breeder says he breeds for con stitution, he ought to say for what pur pose, so that we may know just what good thing he means. If he says to grow wool, we should like to know if they grow too much wool to be healthy and vigorous with good treatment. If they are vigor ous from fullness of constitutional vigor, we would like to know how much they would shear in 3C5 days—an almanac year, not a sheep shearing year for breed ers who would show big fleeces. One of the handsomest samples of wool we ever received came from a ram who had taken prizes at a Western fair. I showed the sample to a judge of wool, and told him where it came from. Ho said he saw the ram, and that he was no account to any man, for he had no constitution at all. That ho saw him at their last fair, and ho stood up all the time and slept, with his oars hanging down like a sick mule. In this case there was a constitution to grow handsome hmg fibred fleeces, and not get up enough to lie down to sleep. We have seen some vigorous, bouncing, pounding, thundering rams without fleeces; at least too little to use in a vigorous flock of ewes. These had vigor ous, physical constitutions, but not of a character to grow wool. There has to be a proper combination of vital forces to make up what is desira ble in constitutional endowment. I once asked my family physician what he would call constitution in an animal. lie said an animal’s constitution was in its belly. Ho said constitution meant stock with its capibilitics of digesting and assimilating food to the various wants and purposes of the animal.
We think this true, but have seen a sheep with stomach vigor enough to insure health, large symmetrical carcass, but its skin so illy fitted for growing wool that for that purpose it might as well have been an imbecile scrub. Constitution is ;r tho culmination of a fostering system of treatment, and not as claimed by some who are ignorant of all laws of physical development, and think neglect and hard treatment hardens and toughens young animals. As if suffering and shivering could possibly aid in secur ing a perfectly full physical contour. Queer hygienic treatment for a feeble man or woman to put them out of doors in cold, stormy nights to toughen up. Under such a system the frailest ones die and the hardier ones survive, and the flock may appear more vigorous, but what a shame would come to a really intelligent man to think what a cruelty he had been guilty of in securing the dea h of bis feebly constituted animals. It’s as mean as turning the faithful, honest old horse into the road to find a living or die of hunger or thirst. w .
The Price and Manufacture of Butter.
fFrotn the Aberdeen Free Press. ] When Wight, of Ormiston, the Scotch Arthur, Young, visited Muiresk, on Deveronsido, about a century ago, ho noted the excellence of the dairy manage ment and the superior quality of the butter. The best proof of the former, ho remarks, was that the butter, even in the heat of summer, was sweet and firm. “ In general,” he writes, “I admire the quality and cleanness of the butler over all this country ; and yet the price is very low. They ought to salt the butter and send it to better markets.” The suggestion was acted upon, and north country butter long hold a first place in the home market, a place which it has since lost; and the fact was very explicitly dwelt upon at an agricultural meeting held some time ago at Turriff, in the very locality referred to by Mr Wight. The depreciation of value which the produce of the north has under gone represents a large sum annually, and it is worth inquiring whether it be pos sible to prevent it, and if so, how it is to be done.
Butter has a natural price. Tbe same quantity of food that will produce a pound of beef, will produce half a pound of butter. It follows that the price of butter ought to be double that of meat. Butter, indeed, is not the sole product of the food which produces it. It is asso ciated with casein or cheesy matter, and the sugar of milk, which gives sweetness to whuy. But these are required to com pensate the extra care and labor which the dairy requires. Wo find, accordingly, that at different times and places the average price of butter is rather more than double the price of meat. Caird, for instance, in his recent book on “ The Landed Interest and the Supply of Food,” states the price of meat and butter iu Englond, at different dates, thus :
1770. 1850. 1878. Price of meat per lb. 3j-d Os sd. Os Od Price of butter per lb. 5d Is Od Is 8d Inglis, the well-known traveller, in his tour through Switzerland about fifty years ago. was careful to note the prices of pro visions at the different towns through which ho passed. The price of moat varied from 2ld to 3ld per lb., that of butter from 7d to Bd, falling only in a single case to 4ld. Wo have thus a simple test by which we can judge whether the price of butter is what it ought to be. if the price of butter be not about double that of beef there is something wrong. Now, in the north of Scotland, we may safely say that none of the butter fetches anything like this price, that, in fact, the pr.ee which the producer obtains for it ap proaches more closely to the price of meat th in to double that figure. In this part of Scotland the production of butter is not one of the chief ends, of agriculture, but our system of husbandry involves the keeping of a large number of milk-yielding animals, and it is, of course, desirable to turn their productive power to the beat possible account. The value of butter as an article of food depends on its flavor, and that, though differing naturally in different samples, is liable to still greater variation according to the amount of care which is bestowe I on its preparation, and particularly on the degree of cleanliness with which it is prepared. As long as only one price is paid lor butter, whatever may be its quality, as is usually the case in the country districts,' there. .«ld. be no hope that north country the place it once hold in ih|^p^ket.
THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN
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Saturday. October 4. 1579.]
PbesidentGbant’s Book. —The Ameri can News Company are reported to have refused 260.000 dollars for their contract to publish “ Grant’s Travels Around the World.”
Barnum’s Show. —Barmun’s great show now in Canada took 57 railway cars to bring it to St. John’s. There are 307 people, 202 horses and ponies, 78 wag gons, 11 elephants, and 6 camels con nected with the concern.
Thr Nihilists. St. Petersburg ad vices announce that considerable excite ment has been caused by the Nihilist Committee addressing summonses to nu merous rich merchants to deposit large sums of money, under penalty of death, to recover the expenses of the revolution ary propaganda. Several merchants, fearing that these threats might be carried out, have paid over the amounts de manded. New Orleans has got rid of half a million of its debt by g r ing quitely into the market and buying up its bonds in small qunatitios at 25 cents on the dollar. Healthy. —No less than twenty pages of a late Victorian “Gazette” are filled with the names of selectors in arrear with their rents, under various sections of the Land Act. Lady Editors. —Two of the best journ alistic positions in New York City are filled by women, the editorship of a week ly and monthly publication ; each is said to receive £IOOO a year. |
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Dataset Name: New Zealand Public Domain Newspapers
Description: The New Zealand Public Domain Newspapers dataset comprises a collection of historical newspapers from New Zealand. The dataset is organized into Parquet files divided by year. Each file contains detailed information about the newspaper articles, including metadata extracted from XML files.
Languages Covered: The dataset primarily contains English-language documents.
Total Number of Documents: 1,772,785
Total Number of Words: 10,178,602,316
Average Number of Words per Document: 5,741.59
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