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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 187, 3 May 1878, Page 3

-XTW ZEALAND INSURANCE IN COMPANY (FIRE AND MARINE). Established 1859. CAPITAL :—£1,000,000. Paid-up, £300,000 Risks taken at lowest rates. C. W. BRIDGE, Akaroa. D. CRAIG, Hereford-street, Christchurch. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Important Sale of New and SEASONABLE WINTER DRAPERY Just Arrived ex ship Waikato, from London. MR C. W. BRIDGE is instructed by Messrs Garwood & Co., to offer for Sale by Auction, at an early date, the whole of their SHIPMENT of NEW GOODS by the above vessel, selected sxpressly for this market by their London buyers. Further particulars and 'date of sale will shortly be given. AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD NOTICE. TENDERS are invited for the follow, ing works :— 1. Building Bridge over Cossar's Creek, Pawson's Valley. 2. Building Bridge over Saddler's Creek, Wainui Valley. 3. Building Road Board Office, Duvauchelle's Bay. 4. Metalling St. John's Road, German Bay Hill. Specifications to be seen at the Road Board Office, on and after Friday, the 3rd May. Tenders to be sent in by noon, on Saturday, the 11th May, endorsed and addressed to the Chairman. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. JOHN BARWICK, Clerk to the Board. April 29, 1878. AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD NOTICE. THE Duvauchelle's Bay Bridge will be CLOSED for Traffic until further notice. A light will be exhibited after dark. JOHN BARWICK, Clerk to Board. FOR SALE. PRIME FAT CROSS-BRED SHEEP, in lots to suit purchasers. A. C. KNIGHT, Tekau, Barry's Bay. AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL. £3000 LOAN. PURSUANT to clause 140 and subsections 1, 2, and 3 of the "Municipal Corporations' Act, 1876," Notice is hereby given, that the Akaroa Borough Council propose to borrow the the sum of £3000 sterling, by way of a special loan, of which the principal and interest shall be secured on the general lint's of the Borough, for the purpose of erecting Bridges, Re-grading and Metalling Streets, Sewage Works, and erecting Public Baths. a. i. McGregor, Town Clerk. Akaroa Borough Council Offices, April 18, 1878. AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL. ELECTION NOTICE. T ALEXANDER INNES J_, McGREGOR, Returning Officer for the Borough of Akaroa, hereby give notice, that in conformity with the provisions of '■ The Municipal Corporations Ad, 1876," and "The Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1876," an ELECTION will be held at the offices of the Akaroa Borough Council, on SATURDAY, the 11th day of May, current, for the purpose of electing a Councillor in the room of Mr H. Wagstaff, resigned, thereby causing an extraordinary vacancy. The NOMINATION of Candidates, which must be made in the manner provided in the 11th clause of the second recited Act, will take place at the said Borough Council offices, at noon, on WEDNESDAY, the Bth day of May, current, and a POLL, if necessary, will be taken at the said offices, between the hours of 9 a.m, and 6 p.m., on SATURDAY, the 11th day of May, current. a. innes McGregor, Returning Officer. Council Chambers, Akaroa, 2nd May, 1878. T O L ET. A SEVEN-ROOMED HOUSE in Balguerie-street, at present occupied by Mr Stratton. Possession can be obtained on the Ist June. Apply to A. RODRIGUES.