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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 652, 2 June 1882, Page 3

Tenders. ANTED. SEPARATE TENDERS for BREAKING UP or CROPPING 450 Acres (near Methven), in one or more lots. Water on land. Tenders to be sent in before 12th June, 1882. For particulars of tender, apply to R. PATTON, Methven Hotel; Or 31e D. CAMERON, Clones, near Methven.

Public Notices. yyi LEAHY has Removed to the late residence of Mr A. Orr, Tancred street. CONSULTING HOURS—IO to 11 n.m., OTIC 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 Saleyards Office, at Noon on the Tenth day of Juno, 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, and 7 to 8 p.m. 37Ge V. 1882.

I The following are the Polling places for the Electoral District of Wakanui: - County Saleyards Office, Ashburton. Town Hall, Rakaia. Pendarves Schoolroom, Chertsey road. Schoolroom, Wakanui. Road Board Office, Longbeach. Stationmaster’s House, Hinds Railway Station. GEORGE JAMESON, 567 e Returning Officer. TVTOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PUBLICAN’S LICENSE. I, JOHN HOOD, of Mount Somers, do hereby give notice, that I desire to obtain, and will at the next Licensing Meeting to be holden at Mount Somers, on the ninth day of June nest, apply for a certificate authorising the issue of a Publican’s License for a house situated at Mount Somers, and known as Hood’s Hotel, and containing 20 rooms, exclusive of those required for the use of the family. Dated this eighth day of May, 1882. 6?le JOHN HOOD.

O T 1 c E. TO PASSENGERS. The Coach to Cracroft will be DISCONTINUED until further notice, on account of bad roads, and the Mail will be carried on a pack-horse. 277 e A. JACKSON, Proprietor.

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Road Board of the Longbeach District propose under and pursuant to The Public Works Act, 1880, to STOP the following ROAD, viz.: — All that parcel of land, containing 26 acres 3 roods 33 perches, or thereabouts, being part of a road reserve passing by and through the sections numbered 22539, 20692, 0703, 8417, 8450, 678.3. 0787, 8342, 8451, 6788, and 0792, as shown on the plans IS os. 483, 507, 508, deposited in the Land Transfer Office of the Christchurch Survey District, and extending from the junction of roads at the north-western corner of R.S. 22539 to the junction of roads on the north-eastern boundary or 6792, having a uniform width of 100 links throughout ; and in lieu thereof to makes the following roads, viz.: —All that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement, 5 acres 2 roods 10 perches, or thereabouts, be the same more or less, being part of the sections numbered 6805, 7206, 6^31, 20242, as shown on the plan No. 508 deposited in the Land Transfer Office of the Christchurch Survey District, and extending from the road at the junction of sections 22539, 6805, 7206, 6831, 6*90, 8417, to the road at the junction of sections 6793, 8417, and 20242, having a uniform width of 100 links throughout, and all that parcel of land containing 4 acres 3 roods 27 perches, or thereabouts, being part of the sections numbered 6773 and 6777 to 6732, as shown on the plan No. 335 deposited in the Land Transfer Office of the Christchurch Survey District, and extending from the junction of a road with the northernmost corner of rural section No. 6773, through that section and sections 6777 to 6782 to the northernmost corner of reserve No. 1438, having a uniform width throughout of 100 links, and to exchange the whole of the land occupied by the road proposed to be stopped for the land required for such new roads, and notice is further given that a plan has been prepared Or ine road proposed to be stopped, and a survey made and plans prepared of the said new roads to be made showing the lands throughout which they pass, and the names of the occupiers and owners of such lands, and that the said plans are on view at the Office of the Longbeach Road Board, on the Longbeach road. Dated this 4th day of May, 1882. W. CUTHBERT, 406 e Clerk v .

£I,OOO CHALLENGE TO WORLD. THE Will be Shown in ASHBURTON on FRIDAY, SATURDAY, and MONDAY NKXT, Tichborne, Not the Claimant, but acknowledged to be THE LARGEST BULLOCK IN THE WORLD, ALIVE. Height, 7ft 2in; length, 12ft Gin; 10ft 3m round the girth; 3ft Gin. across the hips; sft 4in. 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 seen in the world. Don’t fail to see this Mammoth Bullock prior to his departure for Europe.

Admission —ONE SHILLING. 5770 P. 6. 11ANSEN, Proprietor. ifSWWV J.'angg?V£' :< r S3‘fc--. ASH PALACE. This is a very good world that we live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in ; t But to beg, or to borrow, or to get back one s own, It’s the very worst world that ever was known But this does not alter the fact that C. HAWKINS, Boot and Shoemaker, East street, Ashburton, and Archibald street, Tiuwald, SELLS, or rather GIVES, away at a nominal rate, Boots and Shoes for CASH ONLY. So roll up and buy your boots where you can get a perfect fit, 998 c