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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 232, 8 October 1878, Page 3

SCRAPS! SCRAPSI! Safe and Reliable AGENTS k WANT.E Dy : j Important to all are tho facts I'm rc 7 ; cording, 'Cause time's now are bad, we mttst en t ! ; things according- ; No doubt they/11, ,th.-> , hole's thro'the hill}; '~ ' And that's not far off, now they've put through the Bill. Till then we must get on the- best way we can, Don't run up long bills, but pay cash is I the plan ;~> r7' ' To get most for our money, and make both ends meet; To deal with H. 8., who lives near Matson's Creek, And opposite Meech, that very dreadful man, Who oft disturbs ye harmony of that [ peaceful Joying clan Of noble-minded rCoundllors; who 1 meet ' » ! In the grand old Council Chamber down Balguerie •' ; * ' ; I think you know by this where's Henry Billens' shop.£!.jf;;?,^M '\'A.}'u : But for fear you hiat'e mistake and into some other pop, I have made a grand discovery, for which I claim renown, That Economy House is " slap bagn " In the centre of the town. So now I'll continue my wares to , describe, And first on the list to catch 'em alive, Is the new patent mousetrap, (that never needs baiting, 'And pleases the mice, for it don't'keep them waiting ; Mixed biscuits, Noah's arks',-rid .sauced pans enamel, Dutch hoes and fine pencils/frbhi-hair'of • V V the camel, Swiss] cigars, French .I__i_ee ; augers th at travel, Tomahawks,; < and. /shovels- , for gravel, Water monkeys, gold lockets,mpdseauTde- '. •'; \col&gne, / ii [f : Scotch mixtures, brass" canncins, sliirf* -,- studs, pearl and bone, ~.,,-. f < ; Plumbobs, oyster knives,' and cherry wood pipes, Dog whistles, cow bells, with string to -fly kites, Jam' jars, tissue paper,, ,89ft. solder, //./ clothes pegs, *'.'.'■ ■' Bird cages, stone lime, graters for nut- ;. megs, Tin whistles, note-paper, meat stands with three legs, Wire skewers, and ' grinds|d*les, new beaters for eggs, Tool baskets, prize;,books,.,and tackle for fishing, Iron bedsteads, and fenders'''for''-parlor and kitchen, Tin pannikins, bottle blacking, and cakes, , .. , Shaving brushes, good scissors, with gridirons for steaks. 7y ./ !/.:■■! So now once again I will bid you adieu, Tho' my paper is full, I'm not'half-way through ; As a parting salute, I'll add 'one other : . scrap, .. , I'm off to the Council to have a short "■'■ n ap- .>,..; AKAROA AND WAINtTI ROAD BOARD, . DUVAUCHELLE'S BAY. ■\j"OTICE is hereby JJSuj,', bridge on the Main Christchurch Road, at-Mr B. Shadbolt's gate, known as Stephenson's bridge, is being rebuilt, and .„;%£,; jit,, ,js CLOSED -for. t_*tffic:*" i Passengers and,, vejiicles,...during ithe' rebuilding of the bridge can ; cross the creek on the beach between the bridge ,andjth,e*6ea. A .JOHNnBARWICK, '■- A 1 t ,. - Clerk to Board. , Road Board Office, y. . - ;.; ; •*'• ■■''' . , Sept, 30, 1878. AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD ' -.'; f DUVAUCHELLE'S BAY. "VTOTICE is hereby given, in terms J/N of "The Rating Act, 1876," that the the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board intend at its next ordinary meeting, to be held on Saturday, the l_th day of October, proximo, to make and levy a GENERAL RATE 6f NINEPENCE in the pound upon all rateable property in the said district, for th_ year ending 81st March, 1879, and also that such rate will be due and payable in one sum on the 9th day of November, 1878. Notice is also given, that the Rate Book is now open for inspection by all ratepayers during office hours at the office of the Road Board, Duvauchelle's Bay.:; •;; ■• '■•■■; .': ' '•■ i '■' : • JOHN DUXBURY, Chairman. Akaroa and Wainui Road . Board Office, Duvauchelle's Bay, ; ; .September 30, 1878. TO LET. . ~,\ PART ME NTS. Apply to / ..; MRS. THOMAS/ ' ' Aylmerton. TENDERS are invited for about 30 Chains of Post and Wire Fencing, and'about 30 Chains of Bush Fencing, at the head of French Farm Valley. For particulars, apply to T. S. BAKER, . , - French Farm.