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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 650, 31 May 1882, Page 3

Lost. LOST or STRAYED—TVo COLTS, one chestnut Colt, with blaze down face, branded J on near neck ; one chestnut, broad white blaze down face, silver mane and tail ; very hairy legs. Branded J onnearneck. £1 REWARD willbegivon to anybody giving information that will lead to their recovery. Apply to A. Eue, Alford Forest. bOSo jp IY E POUNDS REWARD. LOST, from Metlive*', on or about the sth of May, one chestnut HACK, gelding, about eight years old, white star on forehead. Whoever will deliver the same to the undersigned, or give such information as will lead to his recovery, will receive the above reward. ROBERT PATTON, Methven Hotel. 26th May, 1882. GOSe Railway Notices. ZEALAND RAILWAY'S. (Christchurch Section.) SOUTH CANTERBURY STEEPLECHASE MEETING, AT TIMARU, Ist JUNE, 1882.

ORDINARY SINGLE FARE TICKETS to Timaru, issued at Christchurch, Dunedin, or any Intermediate Station, on May 31st or June Ist, will be AVAILABLE FOR RETURN up to and including June 2nd. The South Express train will stop at Washdyke on Ist June, and Passengers can join a Special Train for the Racecourse platform at Washdyke. Passengers from the Racecourse platform for north of Washdyke, leave by Special Train at 4 35 p.in., and transfer at Washdyke into the 4.35 p.m. Train from Timaru to Ashburton. FREDK. BACK, Traffic Manager. District Traffic Manager’s Office, Christchurch, May 26th, 1882. 597 e Public Notices. Ashburton borough council. ELECTION OF AUDITORS. I hereby give notice that the following persons have been duly Nominated as CANDIDATES for the Office of AUDITORS for the Borough of Ashburton, viz., William Hickley Gundey Alveed Curtis William Smith William Richakdson Boyle.

And I further give notice that a Poll for the Election of TWO of the abovenamed candidates will bo taken at the Borough Council Chambers, Burnett street, Ashburton, on THURSDAY, the Ist day of June next, commencing at 9 a. m., and closing at (3 p. m. CHARLES BRADDELL, Returning Officer. Borough Council Office, Ashburton, 25th May, 1882. 5700 LEAHY has Removed to the late residence of Mr A. Orr, Tancred street. CONSULTING HOURS—IO to 11 a.m., and 7 to 8 p.m. 376 e

Having Sold my Butchering Business, I hereby give unties that all ACCOUNTS DUE to me must be paid to Mr W, H. Gundky, East street, without delay, in order that the boohs may be closed. O T I C E. In pursuance of the Regulation of Elections Act, 1881, 1, George Jameson, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Wakanui, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a Writ bearing date the twenty-second day of May, 1882, under the hand of the Clerk of Writs, an Election will be held for the return of ONE qualified person to serve as a Member for the said Electoral District, and that the Nomination of Candidates will take place at the County Salcyards Office, at Noon on the Tenth day of June, 1882, and that the POLL, if necessary, will be taken at the several Polling places of the said District on the Sixteenth day of June, 1882. The following are the Polling places for the Electoral District of Wakanui: - County Saleyards Office, Ashburton. Town Hall, Rakaia. Pendarvea Schoolroom, Chertscy road. Schoolroom, Wakanui. Road Board Office, Longbeach. Stationmaster’s House, Hinds Railway Station. 487 e OCTAVIUS DIGBY. R.

GEORGE oC7e Returning Officer. N OTIC TO PASSENGERS. E. Tlie Coach to thacroft will bo DISCONTINUED until further notice, on account of bad roads, and the Mail will be carried on a pack-horse. A. JACKSON, 277 e Proprietor. £I,OOO CHALLENGE TO THE WORLD. Will bo Shown in ASHBURTON on FRIDAY, SATURDAY, and MONDAY NeXT, Tichborne, Not the Claimant, but acknowledged to be THE LARGEST BULLOCK IN THE WOULD, ALIVE. Height, 7ft 2in; length, 12ft Gin; 10ft Bin round the girth; 3ft Gin. across the hips; sft din. from the wither to brisket; weight, 3,2001b5. Bred by Mr W. Power, of Powerscroft Station, Gippsland, (Victoria.) This leviathan Bullock has been witnessed by over 100,000 persons, including the Governors of South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales, also their Royal Highnesses the Princes during their stay in Adelaide. Acknowledged by public and press to be the most perfect and gigantic specimen of the bovine race ever soon in the world.

Don’t fail to see this Mammoth Bullock prior to hia departure for Europe. Admission ONE SHU BING. 577 e B. G. HANSEN, Proprietor. Gazette in Fankruptcy. Y. <TV R. J^OTICE —The Ashburton Guardian la a Gazette for all notices under the Debtors ami Creditors Arte FORMS PRINTED —“To Let ' and “ For Sale ” —can be obtaiue i at the G uabdian Office