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Nl 0 y. MR RECEIVER BAIRD will VISIT the NEVIS on Tuesday, the 29 hj day of April current, at I p.m., for the purpose of Receiving Applications and Issuing Miners’ Rights, &c., &c. Mr Baird will make regular visits to the Nevis on the last Tuesday of every month—weather permitting. April 17, 1873. W. L. SIMPSON, Warden. VALUABLE COAL PIT FOR SALE. IN THE BANNOCKBURN DISTRICT. FOR SALE, that favourably situated COAL PIT on Shepherd’s Creek, Bannockburn, previously known as Logan & Smith’s, and lately under the proprietorship of James Smith. The Coal is admitted on all hands to be the finest for fuel,purposes ever opened in the district. The pit is easily worked, and the bed of coal is illimitable in extent. To persons who may have a moderate capital to invest, a chance is here given such as has never before been offered in the district. For terms, &c., apply to D. MacKELLAR, Cromwell; or JAMES SMITH, At the Pit, Bannockburn. jySSOLUTKJN OF PARTNERSHIP. NOTICE. The Partnership hitherto existing between JAMES ISBELL, EDWARD FARQUHAR, and JOSEPH D. ROSS, as Sawyers and Bushowners in the Province"'of Canterbury, is .this day dissolved so far as the said EDWARD FARQUBAR’S connection therewith is concerned, by general consent. EDWARD FARQUHAR JOSEPH D. ROSS JAMES ISBELL. April 17, 1873. Witness to the signatures ; ,Chas. Colclough The business will be conducted as heretofore by the remaining partners under the style of Ross and Isbell. JOSEPH D. ROSS JAMES ISBELL. QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY RACES. SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1873. J. Taylor R. Kidd STEWARDS : I. Loughnan J. Marsh J. B. Lake D. A. Jolly. JUDGE : j. Harding. starter: J. DAWKINS. CLERK OF THE COURSE: 0. PIERCE. ha’-ndiUapber : JOHN WRIGHTSON. MAIDEN PLATE of Five Sovereigns. For all horses that have never won an advertised prize of £5. Three-quarters of a mile. Weight for age. Entrance, 10s. BIRTHDAY HANDICAP of 20 Sovs. A mile and a half. Nomination 20s ; acceptance 20s. SELLING RACE of 10 Sovs. Three - quarter mile heats. No weight under 9 st. Entrance los. Winner to be sold by auction for £lO, and any surplus to go to the funds. HANDICAP TROTTING RACE: Five Sovs. Distance, two miles. No weight under 11 st. Entrance, 10s. CONSOLATION HANDICAP : Sovereigns. Rules and Regulations. No entries for any of the above races will b'i received except upon the condition that all dis putes, claims, and objections arising out of tin races shall be decided by the Stewards, or when they may appoint; their decision in all case being final. Entries for Maiden Plate to he made on 23r 1 , Nominations for Birthday Handicap to be madt on 19th, and acceptances by 8 o’clock on 23n May. All other races post entry. No qualification required. The Dunstan Jockey Club Rules will hi strictly enforced. WILLIAM MacNAB, Secretary.