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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 151, 28 December 1877, Page 4

A Shadb|rVwho l had--.beea. thejargest;, prize*- * taker day. - 4 -* l/.. ," "'-<** ,-"' ' Mr ..'Spadbolt, who was wftrrrily received, satd that'he^started in cattfe groWjing in a small way, bnt, ; by jiidiciotis managihent, had to beat' the Hays, , who '.had "spent* -huij* dreds ?n imported blood, arid he every .one to send "their- ,stock' to, theshow, and compare it . with their neighbours, and ha\*e it judged '-by some, *a£ the best men in the country. No one should show for his own •benefit; but' they should try and emulate the' old: country/. (Cheers). , , i Mr Williams proposed the'unsuccessful competitors and remarked the unseasonable • time oi the year at which the show was held.. | " . • ; Mr DJioken proposed what he said migkt 'bclookid at ast'iie toast of the viz., " Success to the Association ; to-day 100 md)-e had paid entrance mofiey at the gattes. He. 1 would-couple with the, toast thb name" of' Mr"!;'Ja'meß' President. ' .' -** The foasts of the' Judges,' Press,-and Ladies, phe Visitors, and Mayor of Akaroa, Strangers, and Mr Nutt were afterwards given anjd responded to.' : . During the eveping a subscription listwas passed round the room for John Bunny, who had been gored by a cow that afternoon, when the sum of Jils was collected for the sufferer's family.

TT7~ANTED, a General SERVANT. VV ; Apply to W. ASHTON, Pigeon. Bay Hotel. WANTED, a HOUSEKEEPER. Wages, £35 per year, Reference required. Apply to " GEO. T.BENNETT, Little Akaloa. GRAND' OPENING DINNER AND BALL, DONDAY, DEC. 31, 1877. THE inhabitants of Little River arid the surrounding district, and all friends, are invited to attend the'-above, on'the occasion of the Opening of the Forsyth Arms Hotel. , J. OLPHERT, Proprietor. Dinner, -at 6 o'clock. Dancbjg?: to commence at 8. PUBLIC NOTICE. . FREE NOMINATED IMMIGRATION. PERSONS derirous of nominating relatives or friends in Great Britain for passages to New Zealand, are informed * that the next Monthly List will fee CLOSED at this office on MONDAY, the 31st instant. •Nominated Immigrants on arrival in the colony may join their .friends immediately after inspection, and will not be required to" go into the Depot. Full particulars and forms can be ob- - tamed at'this office, and also at the Branch Immigration Depots. J. E. MARCH, Immigration Officer. Immigration Office, Christchurch, Dec. 24, 1877. TO THE RATEPAYERS OF THE ARAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD DISTRICT. &ENTLEMEN,— I beg to offer myself as a candidate for re-elec-tion as member of the Ellesmere and Forsyth Reclamation and Akan a Railway Trust. Should you dome the honour to reelect me, 1 shall use my best endeavours to bring the work of the Trust to a successful' issue. Though, from circumstances beyond control, the work of the Trust htfs disappointed those concerned; I am happy to say that arrangements have just been made from which we anticipate that the uoik can be still completed in the time originally contemplated. Your obedient servant, E. C. LATTER. Barry's Bay, December 27, 1377 . AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD' TENDERS are invited for Benching about 78 Chains (more or less}, of the Onukuroad commencing at the Native ' Reserve, fronting the sea, and terminating at peg 74, near Mr Scarbrough's section. Tenders to be sent in, addressed to the Chairman,, on or before Saturday, January 5, at noon. The lowest or' any tender not necessarily accepted. JOHN BARWICK, Clerk to Board. AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. GRASS SEED. TENDERS are invited for Cutting Grass Seed, on the Pigeon • Bay L'e Bou's, and ; Little Akaloa Roads, and from Robinson's Bay to Barry's "BayTenders to be sent in by Saturday, the 29th instant, addressed to the Chairman, and endorsed " Grass Seed." JOHN BARWICK, Clerk to Board. FOR SALE. SEVERAL Valuable Rural Sections of LAND, situated in Long Bay, German Bay, Ridge Road Head of , Bay, Little River Road, on Little Aka- j ■ loa Track, knd at Head of Little j ' '(-*. Applications to be made to th,e, 1 signed, whd*will• furnish all; particulars' ■ .as to situation, acreage/arid prices.