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Stock Sales. liakaia Sales. 2 - "tTTE beg to intimate to our clients i Yy that for the future the SALES of r STOCK, i IMPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES will be held at the Rakaia the LAST I THURSDAY in every month. ) NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY ' 7 Ifoß MATSON, COX & CO. Meetings. RAKAIA ROAO DISTRICT I hereby give notice that the Annual Meeting of RATEPAYERS will be held at the Road Board Office, South RaKaia, on SATURDAY, the 2nd day of May next, at 12 noon, to receive a Statement of Accounts, etc. E. S. COSTER, 4 5?5 Chairmau of the Board. NIGHTS. To-night To-night THURSDAY, APRIL 30th. Gilbert and Sullivan’s Comic Opera, H.M.S. Pinafore, Will be performed by the ASHBURTON CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL SOCIETIES Josephine MRS SIDNEY WOLF. Conductor ... Sidney Wolf, R.A.M. Prices —3s, 2a Is. 4 576 rjnOW.N HALL. ASHBURTON. For the Two Race Nights. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, April 29th and 30th. AND AT TOWN HALL, RAKAIA, FRIDAY, MAY 1. THOMPSON’S DIORAMA Soudan War AND NILE EXPEDITION. Representing the principal events of the expedition under Hicks Pasha and the present campaign under Sir Garnet Wolse.ley ; also-various places of interest, over 50 in number. The only complete work of its kind now travelling. ; DEATH OF GENERAL GORDON ; Gallant rescue of Sir Charles Wilson —the , “pluckiest incident of the war! ’ ' The !>’ ile plan of the Soudan,'Bird’s- r eye view Suez Canal. British Ironclads, j Grand Mechanical Bombardment and Explosion of Forts. Ships of Refuge by Moonlight, Egyptians at gun drill. Reconnoitring Forts by Electric Light. Riot with Europeans. Clearing the streets. Capture of Krupp guns. Citadel - of Cairo. Charge of Arab Cavalry, Grand Review, and to conclude with a Grand Mechanical March Past the Troops at Cairo before the Khedive. GIFTS! GIFTS!! GIFTS!!! A presentation will be made after each performance. An AFTERNOON ENTERTAINMENT will be given both instructive and amusing, for school children on Thursday, at half-price ; to commence at 230 pm. £ Every child will receive a present. Prices to suit the times—3s, 2s and la. Doors open, 7 30; commence, 8 p. m. A. THOMPSON, Proprietor. CHAS. BENNETT, 4 G 42 Advance and Business Agent. ✓"OPENING LEO TUBE FREE. FADES WE MEET, AND HOW TO READ THEM. LECTURE by Rlv. T. W, Dunn, “ A masterly and enthusastio Physiognomist— N.Z. Times. IN ODDFELLOWS’ HALL, FRIDAY, SATURDAY & MONDAY, let, 2nd and 4th. Delineations of Character at the close of Lecture. 4 632 jyjOUNT HUIT ROAD BOARD. A PUBLIC MEETING of Ratepayers < will be held at the Road Board Office on 1 TUESDAY* May sh, at noon, for the ■ purpose of determining whether those Reims shall be closed, which the Road

'Board have notified their intention of closing by public advertisements and notices, in accordance with section No. 94 of the Public Works Act, 1882. JULIAN JACKSON, 4 558 Chairman. ||ETHYEN library. a CONCERT and DANCE in aid of the funds of Methven Library, will be held in the Schoolroom, Methven, on FRIDAY, May 22nd, at 7-30 p.ra. Admission —Reserved seats, a limited number only, 3s ; unreserved, 2s. Dance, gentlemen, 4s ; ladies free. 4 841 Mount hutt road board DISTRICT. ANNUAL MEETING OF RATEPAYERS. In pursuance of the provisions of the Road Board Act, 1882, and the Amendment Act, 1883, I hereby notify that the Annual MEETING of Ratepayers will be held at the Road Board Office, Methven, at 12 o'clock noon, on TUESDAY, May 5Jr next. JULIAN TACKSON, 4 559 Chairman. A. Harrison. ' Alfred Harrison, A UCTIONEER, STOCK & ESTATE \ AGENT. YBSKLY SALE every SATURDAY, at 12 o’clock. Horses, Cows, Poultry, Pigs, and Merchandise, AGENT for THE NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. FOR SALE—One treble-furrow plough, by Reid and Gray ; one doublefurrow plough, by Dupcan. ALFRED HARRISON. f|YO LET—Offices in Coleman’s BuildX ings. ALFRED HARRISON.

FOR SALE—I Spring Cart, new; 1 Spring Cart, in good order; 2 double furrow Ploughs, good. ALFRED HARRISON T3IOR SALE —Billiard Table, size threequarter, 12ft by 4£ft. Nearly new, in perfeot order. Complete. ALFRED HARRISON " W. Fowke, bootmaker, BEGS to inform his friends and the public generally that he has started business on his own account. He hopes by strict attention to business and making a good article, to secure a share of public patronage. Address—BUßNETT STREET, In premises occupied by Mr J. Meech. 4 486