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Daily Southern Cross, Volume I, Issue 10, 24 June 1843, Page 1

, W; BUCKLAND General Butcher .and Baiter, Shortland Crescent, T3EGS to intimate to the Householders -*-* of Auckland that, as the wet season, which- is now fast approaching, will prevent them from personally visiting the Stores to makeHheir purchases, he will be happy to wait on any .from whom lie? may obtain orders either for bread or meat. May 26, 1843. --• AUCKLAND ROPE WORK, TpIIB Undersigned having now completed •*■ the erection of his extensive Rope Work, in which the most powerful and the most approved modern machinery is used, begs leave most respectfully to inform Shippers, Shipowners, Masters of Vessels, and the Public in general, that he has commenced Rope Making in all its branches, and will be able to supply Cordage superior to any hitherto made in New Zealand or the other Colonies. Cables, Hawsers, Running and Standing Rigging, Fishing Lines, Net Twine, and Nets made to order. New. Zealand Flax purchased. JAMES ROBERTSON. Mechanics' -Bay, Auckland, \ May 11, 1843. / FOR SALE.— A Giceat Bargain. SUBURBAN FARMS 122—26 acres, 123 — 20 acres, two miles south-west of Mount Eden. On one a weather-board and thatch dwelling with some Roupo outhouses. Good farms for soil and aspect — the only two of the block to which there is a cart road, -adjoining, the .-best cattle- run n.ea!r the town — commanding from a sheltered spot a view of Manukau and Waitemata harbours. Apply to Mr. Corbett, on the ground. | June 15, 1843. f SALES BY AUCTION. I M PO RTA NT ANNO UN CEM ENT. OFFICIAL BAY THROWN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. MESSRS. BROWN & CAMPBELL THTASTEN to congratulate the Public on •*•■*• this auspicious event, they having received instructions from the spirited proprietor, Dudley Sinclair, Esq., to offer for Sale by Public Competition, without reserve, oh Monday, the 26th instant, at 12 o'clock, on the ground, several valuable allotments in the above beautiful Bay, being allotment No. 6, of section 8, as originally purchased at the first sale of Town Lands. OFFICIAL BAY Takes its name from the Government Officers having made the selection of their allotments in this favored spot, to nearly its whole extent ; a sufficient proof of its beauty arid value. The present property is skirted on one side, by the PIG TURESQ t)E RESIDENCES Of His Excellency Willoughby Shortland, Esq., the officer at present administering the Government ; Felton Mathew, Esq., Chief Police Magistrate, and David Rough, Esq., Harbour Master ; and on the other, there appears in agreable prospect, the. residences of Mathew Richmond, 'Esq., Commissioner of Land Claims ; the Hon. Alex. Shepherd, Esq., Colonial Treasurer ; John Johnson, Esq., Colonial Surgeon, and J. Coates, Esq., High Sheriff. In front is presented to the admiring eye, an uninterrupted view of the placid waters' of the Waitemata with the SIGNAL STATION, And entrance to our noble Harbour. Beyond appears in bold relief, the three forest-clad peaks of Rangitoto, and slumbering near its base, lie the lovely" islands of Motu Hihe and Motu Korea, with its EXTINCT CRATER, Forming a panoramic view, which no one has ever gazed upon, but with the liveliest emotions of pleasure.