Page 3 Advertisements Column 2

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3875, 18 December 1883, Page 3

GoveriiniCHt Gazette. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. LAND DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND. SALE OF RUAKITURI BLOCK, WAIROA, NEAR HAWKE'S BAY. "1 Q SECTIONS in the above Block, XO comprising an area of 21,000 acres, will be offered for sale on immediate payments at Napier, on the 17th JanUAity, 1884. Upset price from 6/- to 15,'- per acre. At the same time and place 5 sections in the same block, comprising an area of 4865 acres, will be offered for lease for depasturing purposes for a period of ten years at an upset price per annum of from £7 10/- to £50 a section. The Ruakituri Block is situated in the County of Wairoa, about 12 miles from the Township of Clyde. It extends some 20 miles to the Avestward from the Gisborne-Wairoaroad, and lies between tho Ruakituri and Mangaruhe rivers. The main road from Wairoa to Gisbore passes close to the eastern side of the block. Thirty-three miles of bridle roads on the permanent grades and seven miles of stock-driving roads, have been opened to these lands. The whole block, with the exception of a fen , flats on tho Ruakituri River, is pastoral country. The vegetation consists of fern on the spurs and in the valleys, and of scrub and bush in the stecp'gullics. The soil varies; in places it is light and mixed with a slight coating of pumioe, in other parts where the pumice drift has been washed down the steep hill sides it is a calcareous clay. The sub-soil is marl; on the higher hills there is an overlap of .sandstone and a little limestone near Te Tuhi. These lands will take grass by surface-sowing ; tho average cost for fencing, seed-sowing, &c, is from 20/----to 30/- per acre. Maps may be seen at all the principal Land Offices throughout the Colony. D. A. TOLE, Commissioner Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Auckland, 2Sth Nov., 1883. Bankruptcy. IN BANKRUPTCY. IN THE SUPREME COURT 01' NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON DISTRICT. In the matter of the " Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876 and 1878," and in the matter of Spencer Georoe Radford, of Niipior, in tho Provincial District ox Hawke's Bay, Draper, a Debtor. ~]Vj"OTICE is hereby given that the above _Li named Spencer Geokge Radeord hath this day filed in this Honorable Court at Napier a declaration of his inability to meet his engagements with his creditors. Tho first meeting of creditors will bo hold at the Supreme Court House, Napier, on Monday, the seventh day of January, 1884, at two o'clock in the afternoon. Dated at Napier this 18th day of December, 1883. PAUL A. F. BIRCH, Registrar. A. R. W. Lascelles, Solicitor to Debtor. IN BANKRUPTCY. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON DISTRICT. In the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876 and 1878," and in the matter of John Carpendale McKennie, of Hastings, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, Cook, a debtor. TVTOTICE is hereby given that the aboveJ3I named John Carpendale MoKennie hath this day filed in this Honorable Court at Napier a declaration of his inability to meet liis engagements with his creditors. The first meeting of creditors will bo held at the Supreme Court House, Napier, on WEDNESDAY, the ninth day of January, 1884, at two o'clock in tho afternoon. Dated at Napier this ISth day of December, 1883. PAUL A. F.. BIRCH, Registrar. A. R. W. Lascelles, Solicitor to Debtor. I^iucatiioiial. TVTAPIER GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL Head Mistress : Miss HEWETT, A.A. (Oxford), A Q.C. (London.) Next Term commences TUESDAY, January 29, 1884. The School Course includes English subjects, Mathematics, French, Latin, German, Drawing, Class Singing, and Calisthenics. Fees paid in advance from £3 3s per term, Stationery, 2s 6d per term; Music and Singing extra. Boarders are received by the Head Mistress ; Boarding Fees, £40 per annum, inclusive. For further particulars and prospectus, apply to— REV. D. SIDEY, Hon. Sec. WANTED— A Head Master for the Hastings District School. The average attendance for the quarter ending September 30 was 154 ; the present average attendance is 170 ; tho number on the roll is 231, and the population is rapidly increasing. The salary as per Education Board scale would be for an average attendance of 170, at the rate of £199 16s per annum, with bonus for percentage of pupils passed, and fees for instruction of pupil teachers. There is a good house, and artesian well. Applications from candidates classed below D 2 will not be entertained. Applications to be in the hands of the secretary of the School Committee, Hastings, on or before TO-MORROW (Wednesday), from whom any further information can be obtained. Also, au Assistant Master for the above School. Salary commencing with £120 per annum. Bonus for percentage of pupils passed at the discretion of the Board, probably about Jβ 15. Application to be sent to the undersigned by TO-MORROW (Wednesday). W. BEILBY, Secretary. WANTED— Early in January next, a certificated Master for the Havelock District School. The average attendance for tho past year was about seventy-five (75). The salary will be paid according to the Board scale, which on tho present average would be about £160 per aunum. Bonuses are also paid for training the pupil teachers and for the results? obtained in the standard examination of the school. The amount paid during the past two years under the head of " Bonuses for Results " has averaged over £20 per annum. There is a good house of 6 rooms provided free of rent. Applications enclosing testimonials to be forwarded to me not' later than the last day of December. THOMAS GILPIN, Chairman. Volunteer Notices. DISTRICT ORDERS. THE District Rifle and Carbine Prizes will be paid to the successful competitors at tho Orderly Room TO-NIGHT (Tuesday), December 18, at 7.30 p.m. W. ROUTLEDGE, Major Commanding District. Napier, December 18. W.nTf. MARKSMEN'S Badges will be competed for on the Range on FRIDAY NEXT, at 5.30 a.m. By the kindness of various donors there will be a competition on the Range on Saturday next, beginning at 2 p.m., for prizes of Poultry for Christinas Dinner. Squads will bo formed on the basis of class firing results, so that all will be encouraged to compete. Squad lists on Criterion and Telegraph Boards on Friday next. W. R. BLYTHE, Captain Commanding N.R.V.