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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 317, 1 August 1879, Page 3

WANTED, EMPLOYMENT by a Strong Active Voting JAjii ! Town or Country. Used t to outdoor, work. > • "- - L Kj Apply jfco; S. C. G., Ak&roa Mail : office. T ! HE MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION MEETS | every TUESDAY EVENING in the Schoolroom, at half-past seven.. Admission free. Member's fee 2s 6d. Tuesday, August 5.— Essay on " Mystery," by Mr. H. Watkins. Tuesday, August 12.—Readings ; Messrs 6. Watkins, JJ M.. Wood, and others. ''■ ' - '■■•■:■■■' August. 19.—Essay otf « Spinoza,"-Mrr A. L M'Gregor. June 27. «-.' J :*.' : : (1 JL A LODGE AKAROA, No. 166&, E.C THE usual MONTHLY MEETING of this Lodge will be held in the Lodge Room, Akaroa, on TUESDAY EVENING, August 5, at 7.30 p.m. Business —Important. Subscriptions due. HENRY T. WORSLEY, Secretary. PUBLIC BALL. A BALL will take place in the Oddfellows' Hall, on TUESDAY, August 12, the proceeds to be devoted to a Charitable purpose. Tickets to admit lady and gentleman 7s 6d each, can be obtained at all the business places in the town, and at the doors. LOUIS LIBEAU. ~ NOTICE. WHEREAS certain Public Works, that is to say the construction of the Waipara Contract —Amberley Cook Strait Railway, the Albury Contract — Opawa Branch Extension railway, the Ashburton Contract —Main Line to Upper Ashburton and the Ellesmere Contract —Little River to Akaroa railway are about to be executed. And whereas by " The Public Works Act, 1876," it is amongst other things enacted that claims for compensation, in the case of the Minister for Public Works shall be served by being left at such office in each district as the Minister appoints by public notice. Now I, James Macandrew, the Minister for Public Works, do hereby publicly notify that I appoint the Public Works office, at Christchurch, in the Provincial District of. Canterbury, to be the office at which persons claiming compensation for land taken ox injuriously affected by the said public works, or suffering any damage from the exercise of any of the powers given by the said Act in respect thereof, shall serve for compensation, pursuant to v Id Act. j / ; . -■ I>, at Wellington this twenty-fifth dayo\ i1y,1879. J. MACANDREW, Minister for Public Works. MEXTRA IMPORTANT!! londoFhouse, LAVAUD STREET, Akaboa. MRS. A. SCOTT has much pleasure in announcing to the inhabitants of Akaroa and the surrounding bays, that she has taken the premises lately occupied by Miss De Malmanche, and has on hand a very Choice and well-selected STOCK of the NEWEST and MOST FASHIONABLE DRAPERY OF ALL KINDS. The Stock Is mufch too large and varied to quote every line, but the following will give, some, idea of,what we can do:— Ladies' trimmed Hats, from 5s each, never beaten Ladies* untrimmed. Hats, from 2s each, a marvel of cheapness Ladies' untrimmed Bonnets, from . Ss 6d, only a few Ladies' trimmed Bonnets, from 12s 6d, wonderful' Dress Materials, - ; from per yard, dirt cheap Children's and Ladies' Cloth Gloves, 6d per pair, call at once Also, Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers, Collars, Cuffs, Muffs, and Babies' Hoods, &c, " , ■ j ; At unprecedentedly low prices, to suit the times. A Call will convince the most sceptical •Hf Note the Address—MßS A. SCOTT, London House, Lavaud street, Akaroa. Aug 1 ON SALE, at the office of this paper, FORMS OF OBJECTION TO VALUATION LISTS, in accordance with the " Rating Act 1876." WIGGINS & CO.