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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 294, 13 May 1879, Page 3

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL. ELECTION OF COUNCILLOR. IN' accordance with "the Municipal Corporations Act,, 1576," and "the Regulation 'of ' local .flections Act, 1J876," I hereby give notice that Patrick O'Reilly has been ±>ULY ELECTED a Councillor for the above Borough. R. M. BARRY, Returning Officer! Council Chambers*; < Akaroa, May 12,1879. rpENDERS are invited for the _L Erection of 100 Chains (more or less) of WIRE FENCING at Pigeon Bay. ... . ;. 1 ■■ ■■; ■-. ■ • ■■■ : , Specifications may be seen at the residence of the undersigned. Tenders to be sent in 1 by Saturday, the 17th Instant. " The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. C. MARSHALL, : Pigeon Bay.

"PRO BONO PUBLICO." I really do not wish to blow, but " Economy Honse is all thego. "What's the reason*! I don't know, unless because my goods are low. Some will say " 'tis all my eye 1" But ' if those who don't believe will try, And just a line or two will buy, they'll ne'er again be heard to cry, "Pray, can you tell the reason, why Akaroa prices are so high ?" So a few new lines just in I'll quota— Twelve good clothes pegs for half a groat. Three and a half for nails mixed ; Sttong kitchen chairs for six and six. I've cross-cut saws with lightning teeth, Through wood they'll go as if 'twas beef. : So fast they cut when once they're started, That ere you can stop them the tree is parted. They are as cheap as cheese, and ready for use, And will last for an age if you don't abuse. This is quite true as I'm alive ! Or at any rate as Mac the scribe. (The " Bonny Scot," -who but last week, Three of our Council tried to unseat, Old Shakespeare's words are true I ween, " tho' keen the teeth of winter's wind, Yet not so sharp, because unseen, as man's ingratitude unkind.") New clothes lines made of galvanised wire, Defying alike both water and fire. For years they will last, and never rust • Two and nine I them sell, so buy them you must. New breach-loading guns, just now out from home, Wjth.newest improvements, and a nice ', iittlelbox. Nine pounds is: the price, and small is the sum For a B. L., with top action and rebounding locks. ■ Then I have powder, shot, and caps, for shooting wild cats And cock pigeons with, long tails, that . run about the grass ; But not- the little quails you may see among the vales, OnJy whisper " by and bye ;" then let them by you pass, For it really is a shame to destroy those , birds so, game That have cost such time and trouble for our country to import. Then let us do our best to protect and leave at rest What in future years may give us so much sport. I arh wandering again into another strain, . So back again I'll come to where I off did break, And now again begin with candlesticks of tin, And one shilling is the price for each I'll take. I've teapots on the shelf, some people call them delf, But what they are of course It matters little ; Of color they are brown, and the price is half a crown, And good tea I know they make, although they're rather brittle. So good-bye I'll say again, as it's very, very plain .' j* '£"'■' i That there's soroeons trying to break I down the shop door. And I'm glad to see come back Our friend " Sundowner *fack ;" May ho ne'er have cause to leave us any more. ; . . - < . H. BILLEN6, ECONOMY HOUSE. AGENT for Mr Wi ROBERTS, WATCHMAKER, Manchester street, Christchurch, who for cheapness and skilled workmanship is not to be equalled. All orders punctually attended to, and work guaranteed. r ',""'■.. Licensed to sell arms, amuintion, and everything necessary to make, a crack shot. Also, blasting powder, drill B hammers, &c. . . •. ; Doors, sashes, mouldings, architraves, ridging, spouting, galvanized iron, 5 to 9 feet lengths, T & G flooring and match lining, carpenters' and builders' m&terials of all kinds, paints, oils, glass, and papeVhangings. ■'■■ ■ Agent for the Standard Insurance Company and "New Zealand Wesleyan.",