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Lost. LOST —Tn Domain, Two Football JERSEYS, Line, and Black and Wnite. - Finder rewarded. .Apply, Office of this , Paper. 7 183 3 Public Notices. i UNITED FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. With Unlimited Liability of a large COLONIAL PR- -PRIETARY. Fire and Marine Insurances effected at . lowest tariff rates—less 25 per cent, ALBERT ROBERTS, i Agent, j 1391 West street, Ashburton. Randal revolving disc HARROWS. A PUBLIC TRIAL of these celebrated implements will take place in Messrs Gould and Cameron’s Paddock, near Methven, on WEDNESDAY, August Ist, at 2 p.m. An inspection is solicited. C. J. W. Cookson, June, and Co., Agents for • the manufacturers, Messrs Booth, McDonnell and Co. 7 151 Ashburton permanent BUILDING & INVESTMENT SOCIETY. The above Society pays Interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum for Deposits at Call, 6 per cent, per annum for three months, and 7 per qpnt. per annum if fixed for 6 months or over. J. WARD, Manager. Office Arcade Chambers, Burnett treet. n!6 ROAD DISTRICT The Board invite applications from persons to undertake the duties of CLERK, SURVEYOR, COLLECTOR, etc. Te stare remuneration required with or without residence. Amount of surety required £3OO. Particulars at Fooks and Sons’ office, Ashburton. Applications addressed to the Chairman can be left at Fooks and Sons’ office, or Longbeach till Thursday, August 2nd. (Signed) JOHN GRIGG, 6 120 Chairman. AKANUI ROAD DISTRICT. Public notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Board, at a meeting to be held on August 4th next, to levy a RATE of Three Farthings (|d) in the £ on the rateable value of all property in the district, for the period commencing on the Ist day of April, 1883, and ending on the 31st day of March 1884, payable in one instalment on the 4th day of AUGUST 1883 ; and that the Rate Book is open for inspection at the Board’s Office. FOOKS & SON, Surveyors to the Board. District Office, July 19th, 1883. 7 121 ROAD DISTRICT. Public notice is hereby given that it is the intention of the Board at a meeting to be held on August 3rd next, to levy a separate RATE of One Halfpenny (id) in the £ on the rateable value of all property in each subdivision of the district for the period commencing on the Ist day of Janua-y, 1883, and ending on the 31st day of December, 1883, payable in one instalment on the 3rd day of AUGUST, 1883; and that the '.ate Book is open for I spection, at Fooks and Sons’ Office, Ashburton. C. C. FOOKS, Acting Surveyor to the Board July 19th, 1883. 7 122 T>E PAYMENT OF WORKMEN -Lit EMPLOYED ON CONTRACTS LET BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. Attention is called to clause 23 of the Conditions of Contract, which provides that workmen, tradesmen, and laborers of every class employed on the works to which these conditions refer shall be paid their wages in full in money, current coin of the colony, at least once in every fortnight, and no ticket or other system of payment by provisions, liquors, or goods will on any pretence be allowed. The workmen of every class shall be paid oh the works if it be possible, or in some building adjoining, and in no case shall they be paid at a publichouse or other place where liquors or refreshments are sold. The penalty for any breach of this clause, as often as the same shall happen, is fifty pounds ; and it is lawful for the Minister for Public Works, without any notice to the 'contractor, or any further process of law, to deduct the penalty or penalties from any moneys that may be due or owing to the contractor under this contract, or that may hereafter be due or owing’thereunder. By order. CHARLES T. BENZONI, Acting Under-Secretary for Public Works. Public Works Office, Wellington, 6th July, 1883. 7 113 I BEG to announce that I have arranged to TRANSFER my BUSINESS of Land, Estate, Commission, and Insurance Agent, Rent and Debt Collector, etc., to Messrs J. Ward and Son, of the Arcade Chambers, and I have pleasure in asking my clients to give my successors a continuance ®f their support. The transfer takes date from the Ist July next. WILLIAM SMITH. Ashburton, 29th June, 1883. n \0 STATION & STOCK OWNERS, I MERCHANTS, TRADESMEN & THE PUBLIC OF ASHBURTON & DISTRICT. In reference to the foregoing announcement from Mr William Smith, we have the honor to state that in addition to the business we take over from Mr Smith, we are prepared to undertake Accountancy in all its branches, as well as any other business of a confidential nature, and we hope that by careful attention, reasonable charges, and prompt settlements, to merit a share of the public confidence and support. Receiving offices for Messrs Cuff and Graham’s “Australasian” FORWARDING AGENCY, by which means a parcel of 21bs in weight can be forwarded from Ashburton and delivered in any part of England and Wales for the sum of 7s 3d, or in Scotland or Ireland for 8s 3d. Tariff of Charges ca, oe seen at either the office in East street or the Arcade Chambers. J. WARD & SON, Agents to the LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Arcade Chambers, Ashburton, 29th Jane, 1883 1487