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Evening Star, Issue 3486, 25 April 1874, Page 3

MEETINGS. A PUBLIC MEETING of the inhabitants of Mornington (convened at the instance of the Mornington Band of Hope) will be held on Monday evening, April 27th, at half-past 7 o’clock, to take steps to form a Mutual Improvement Association. A good attendance requested. COMMERCIAL BUILDING & MUTUAL INVESTMENT SOCIETY. THE usual Fortnightly Meeting of the , above Society, for the purpose of receiving Subscriptions, &c., will be held next Monday Evening, from six to eight o’clock. WILL S. DOUGLAS, Secretary. NATIONAL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OP NEW ZEALAND.

"ATOTICE is hereby given that the Halfyearly General Meeting of the shareholders of this Company will bo held at Farley’s Hall, Princes street, Dunedin, on Monday, the 18th day of May, 1874, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Business : To receive the Half-yearly Report and Balance Sheet, and to elect Directors and Auditors. N.B.—Every person holding a proxy must be a shareholder, and the instrument appointing him shall be deposited at the registered office of the Company not less than twentyfour hours before the time appointed for the meeting. By order of the Board of Directors, A. HILL JACK, General Manager. Dunedin, 14th April, 1874. REQUISITION. To Andrew Merger, Esq., Mayor op Dunedin, DEAR SIR, —We, the undersigned Ratepayers, desire respectfully to ask you to convene a public meeting of the Citizens at an early date, in order to consider : Firstly,—The necessity of petitioning Parliament to curtail and limit the compulsory rating powers, &c., of the Dunedin Waterworks Company; also, for taking steps to I prevent the Company from obtaining any further powers, as sought by the private Bill which at the present time the Company is promoting, and purposes shall be passed at the ensuing Session of the General Assembly of New Zealand.

Secondly,—To consider the necessity of urging the City Corporation of Dunedin to proceed forthwith with the construction of new Waterworks for the effective and permanent supply of the City of Dunedin and its neighborhood with water, it being an admitted fact that the existing works of the Dunedin Waterworks Company are altogether inadequate to meet the wants of the largely increasing population of the City. (Signed) T. S. Graham R. A. Low Isaacs and Marks John Mitchell 0. R. Chapman Robert Banks Moss Moss S. Slesinger B. J, Lowry John Henry Jewitt H. Garrick J. P. Miller Reuben Hart Joseph Sberwin T. J. Leary And the other ?00 requisition. E. B. Beaver L. Thoneman W. Stavely H. S. Pish, junr. John Hislop G. F. Reid E. B. Hammond David Miller Mark Walkem A. Myers and Co Francis Hannagan A. Solomon Peter Sherwin Kirkpatrick, Glendining, and Co. gentlemen signing the Dunedin, April 20th, 1874. Reply. GENTLEMEN, —In compliance with your request; I hereby convene a Public Meeting of the Citizens of Dunedin, to be holden at the Masonic Hall, Moray place, on Tuesday April 28th, at 8 o’clock p.m., in order to consider the matters referred to in your requisition, and to act thereupon. April 22, 1874. A. MERCER, Mayor. PUBLIC MEETING OF CITIZENS ON HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. To Messrs Larnach, Turnbull, Davie, Burt, D, R. Hay, R. Rossbotham, K. Ramsay, J. M‘Neil, Captain Stewart, Barron, Prosser, E. B. Cargill, and other Gentlemen composing the General Committee appointed to consider the proposed Harbor Improvements ; GENTLEMEN,— In compliance with the Resolutions adopted by your Committee at a meeting held en the 21st inst,, I hereby convene a public meeting of the citizens of Dunedin, to be holden at the Masonic Hall, Moray place, on Monday, 27th April instant, at 8 o’clock p.m., in order to consider what steps should be taken to carry out the proposed Harbor Improvements. A. MERCER, „ Mayor. April 22, 1874.

SEWING MACHINES. SINGER’S SEWING MACHINES. THE most simple, complete, and perfect Machines yet invented. G. M. Aldrich, Agent, corner of Princes and Dowling streets Dunedin. Machines spld on deferred payments, Beware of imitations of the “Singer” Machines, SEWING MACHINES. THE undersigned have pleasure in announcing having accepted the sole Agency in New Zealand for the new “HOLT” FAMILY SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE, A Machine we guarantee to be an exact facsimile of the AMERICAN “SINGER,” in every way equal for beauty of finish and workmanship, and Prom 20 to 25 per Cent. Cheaper, Having just received our third shipment of the above excellent machines, we shall be glad to supply sample orders. This shipment comprises—Plain Table, with and without caver; . Half and Full Cabinet, Medium, and No. 2 Wheel-feed Machines. ARTHUR BRISCOE & CO., Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers and Iron Merchants.