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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 654, 5 June 1882, Page 3

J. T. Ford and Co. SPECIAL ENTRY. TIKWALD SALE YARDS. TUESDAY, 6th JUNE, 1882. J. T. FORD & CO. are favored with instructions from F. J. Raine, E«q., to sell on above date, gQQ CROSSBRED LAMBS gQQ

T O STOCK OWNERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS, IN THE COUNTY OF ASHBURTON. We bog to announce that we have COMMENCED BUSINESS AT ASHBURTON, AS AUCTIONEERS & COMMERCIAL AGENTS, For the Sale of STATIONS, FARMS, LIVE AND DEAD STOCK, PRODUCE, &c. We have arranged with Messrs FRiEni.ANDRR Bros. to receive entries, and to make arrangements for sales on our account in the Ashburton District.

Our experience in all classes of Farm and Station Properties, Stock, Produce, <tc., and our intimate knowledge of the markets in the chief centres of New Zealand, combined with the close acquaintance with the requirements of the district of Messrs Freidlander Bros., who will carry out the arrangements for sales, s a guarantee that the business entrusted to our care will be well and promptly attended to.

J. T. Ford and Co., AUCTIONEERS, Christchurch, Timaru, and Ashburton. WITH reference to the above, our name is a sufficient guarantee that any business entrusted to our care will receive every possible attention. FKIEDLANDER BROS., Merchants. May 23, 1881. 880 a Public Notices. LEAH IT has Removed to the late residence of Mr A. Orr, Tancred street. CONSULTING HOURS-10 to 11 a.m., and 7 to 8 p.m. 376 e ICENSING DISTRICT OF SOUTH I RAKAIA.

In conformity with clause 4C of the Licensing Act, 1881, I hereby give notice that a POLL of the RATEPAYERS will be taken to determine whether Publicans’, New Zealand Wine, Accommodation, or Bottle Licenses may or may not be resnectively increased in the above named district. The POLL will be taken at the Couithouse, South Rakaia, on WEDNESDAY, the 7th day of Juno, 1882, between the hours of 9 a.m. and C p.m. 0 T 1 C E. In pursuance of the Regulation of Elections Act, 1881, I, 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 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, 548 e ARTHUR MAKEIG, Presiding Officer. V. 1882.

The following are the Polling places for the Electoral District of Wakanni; - County Saloyards Office, Ashburton. Town Hall, Rakaia. Pendarves Schoolroom, Chertsey road. Schoolroom, Wakanui. Road Board Office, Longbeach. Stationmaster’a House, Hinds Railway Station. GEORGE JAMESON, 667 e Returning Officer.

0 T I C E. TO PASSENGERS. Tho Coach to Cracroft will be DISCONTINUED until further notice, on account of bad roads, and the Mail w«ll be carried on a pack-horse. 277 e A. JACKSON, Proprietor.

r>l AAA CHALLENGE TO THE i/IjUUU WORLD. Will be Shown in ASHBURTON on THIS DAY (SATURDAY) and MONDAY NFXT, Tichborne, Not tho Claimant, but acknowledged to be THE LARGEST BULLOCK IN THE WORLD, ALIVE. Height, 7ft 2in; length, 12ft Gin; 10ft 3in round the girth; 3ft Gin. across tho 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. G. HANSEN, Proprietor. Public Companies. BRITISH AND MERCANX TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1809. Subscribed Capital Fire Fund Life Fund Premiums for 1880 Ashbukton Aoeucy: POYNTZ AND CO., East stueet. 774 c A————— —■mumira TP HE GUARDIAN is published everj J, evening, giving every day i '7 s, up to, the hour of going to press. This is better than buying a sixpenny weekly. £2,000,000 1,201,243 3,380,107 951,173