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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 251, 13 December 1878, Page 3

BOROUGH OP AKAROA. DECLARATION OF POLL. IN accordance with " The Municipal Corporations Act, 187(5," and "The Regulation of Local. Elections Act, 1876," clause 85, I hereby give notice that the candidates for the office of Councillor for the Borough of Akaroa have received the number of votes herein placed opposite their respective names : Armstrong, Charles ... ... 29 votes Beecher John ... .„.. ... 46 „ And I hereby declare thnt John Beecher !is duly elected a Councillor for the Borough of Akaroa. JAMES F. ROBERTS, Returning Officer. I Council office, Akaroa, Dec. 10,1878. J LITTLE RIVER ROAD BOARD. rpENDERS are invited for the fol|JL lowing works, viz.:— 1. Building Bridge, Main road, Little River, 2. Forming Ten Miles (more or less) Bridle Track Wainui Saddle to Beach end Lake Forsyth. 3. Clearing 25 Chains (more or less") Cemetery road, Little River. Specifications at John Archer's, Little River ; Forbes' Store, Tai Tapu ; and at the office. Tenders to be sent in not later than noon on Friday, the 27th instant. JAMES WILSON, Clerk to the Board. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GIFTS. undersigned invite inspection i- of their LARGE and VARIED STOCK OF GOODS, suitable as above, consisting of—• Ladies' Work Boxes (assorted) Gents' Writing Desks Fancy Boxes Presentatkm Books Wedgwood Ware Fruit Dishes and Card Baskets Vases (assorted) Fancy Perfumery for Xmas Trees Ladies' Bags Fancy and Fruit Baskets Bird Cages Inkstands Watch and Ring Stands Shell Boxes Church Services Christmas Cards Photographs Stereoscopes and Slides Albums Studs, Sleeve Links &c, &c., &c. GARWOOD & CO. AKAROA. • LAND AND FAMILY DWELLING HOUSE, Including :—Six Magnificent Building Allotments, to be sold by Auction by Mr Charles Clark, at bis rooms in Hereford street, Cbristchurch, on WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18. MR CHARLES CLARK has been .favored with instructions from the Freeholder to sell by Auction, as above named, that most valuable property, situated in the host part of Akaroa, formerly known as Wagstaft's Hotel and Grounds, containing about three acres of land laid out as ornamental grounds, with croquet lawn, &c. ; together with the well-built and commodious dwelling-house, former'y used for an hotel, with outbuilding), &c. The above valuable properties are worthy of the best attention of all investors. They are situated in the choicest position in Akaroa (a township wherein it is difficult now to obtain freeholds), and with the promised railway communication between Akaroa and Christclmrcli.and consequently with the whole of the South Island, such lands must rise to a great value. Most liberal terms of payment, extending over several years. Sale at 12 o'clock. For plan and full particulars apply to CHARLFS CLARK, Christchurch. OH, MY 1 LOOK AT THIS ! DO you want a merry Christmas and a happy new year ? Then pay a visit to Economy House, and see the Christmas Presents and New Year's Gifts, at prices that will induce you to make it known (even to your mothers- | in-law). Don't delay, or you will be sorry for it, as it is impossible (at the prices) for the goods to remain long in stock. The undersigned, feeling that he could leave Akaroa for a few days with a mind at perfect ease, has been enabled to select a few really choice goods just suited to the wants of his customers, who will find all prizes, with no blanks. H. BILLENS, Economy House. TO BUILDERS. ALTERATION OF DATE. rpENDERS are invited for the erecJL tion of a TWO STORIED RESIDENCE at Mackintosh Bay, Banks Peninsula, for J. H. Menzies, Esq. Plans, specifications, and conditions may be seen at my office, and copies at the store of Mr H. Billens, Akaroa, by those desirous of tendering. Tenders will be received by mo, at my office, until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, the 24th. ~ The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. JOHN W, DREWETT, Arekitect and Building Surveyor, Union Buildings, Oasliel street west.