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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 721, 1 September 1870, Page 3

T7 OLU NTE Ell HALL. y Unparalleled Success of the , CII 11 1-3 TV'S MINSTRELS. j SPLENDIff PROGRAMME. TO-i\ T IGHT (THURSDAY), Ist INST. Benefit of tho GREYMOUTH VOLUNTEER BAND, Tendered by Mr H. T. Raiuford. AN ESPECIAL PROGRAMME. Under the Patronage of the Officers and Members of the Greymouth Volunteers. Tickets to be had everywhere. N "B. — Pianofortes tuned by Mr Millmrne. T. H. RAINFORT), Director. W. H. BENT, Secretary MESSRS M'MECKAN, BLACKWOOD, AND CO.'rt steamers will be despatched, weather permitting, from Greymouth on or about the following dates : — Vor Melbourne Direct — GOTHENBURG, 11th SEPTEMBER, To Melbourne, calling at Nelson, Welliug fau, Lyttelton, Dunedin, ami Blnff Harbor, TARARUA, Bth 'SEPTEMBER. I For freight or passage, apply to D. GIRD WOOD aud CO., Agents, Mawhera Quay. 1 N. B.— Passengers booked through to Sydt ncy and Adelaide. ! CALIFORNIA!*, KEW ZEALAND, AND AUSTRALIAN LINE OF ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKETS. AUCKLAND TO SAN FRANCISCO, Calling at Honolulu. (IITY OF MELBOURNE, 1250 tons, T J Gkainger, Commander, on the 7th SEPTEMBER. The branch steamer s.s. John Perm wil leave Greymouth in a few days, conveying passengers to Auckland. Immediate application fov tickets should be made to the Agents. For full particulars as to passage-money &c , apply to v D. GIRDNVOOD and CO., Agents, Mawhera Quay. {T| GIRD WOOD AND CO. AUCTIONEERS, GREYMOUTH. STEAM TO WANGANUI DIRECT. rjnflE Steamship ST. KILDA, John Flowerday, Commander, Will be despatched for the above port THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON, At 2 o'clock. For fre%hfc or passage, apply to KANCABEOW, HENDERSON & CO., Agents. STE4.M-TUG DISPATCH, TTUiE Grey River Steam Tug Company's J_ powerful Double-Engine Steamer DISPATCH, Is prepared to Tow Vessels in and out of tho river as per agreement, to bo arrayed on application to G. W. MOSS, Manager, Albert street. OST " ELIGIBLE' OPENING AND INVESTMENT. KILGOUR'S UNION HOTEL TO BE LET Furnished. The Undersigned having determined to retire from hotel business, is willing to treat with au eligible tenant for the above. For uarbicukrs, apply to J, KILGOUR, Union Hotel. rriEN SHILLINGS REWARD B LOST, on Sunday night, between Sb. Patrick's Church aud Albert street., a Gold ; Brooch. The finder will be rewarded by reiimriug it to Mrs'Reilly, Mawhera Quay. "T^TOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF EVANS and WRIGHT, BUTCHERS, GREYMOUTH. A First and Final Dividend in the above Estate will be payable at the office of D. Maclean and Co., on and after the Ist September next, to such creditors as may have proved their claims. D. MACLEAN, Trustee. CA U T I ON. To the Minus of Westlaud and Nelson Gold Fields. Whereas an advertisement appears in the West Coast Times, headed, " Wanted, 100 miners for tho Ross Extended Company," &c, &c, this is, therefore, to inform all gur brother miners unacquainted with the actual position of affairs on Robs, between the companies and their employees, that the above advertisemeut i 3 a delusion and a snare, inasmuch as there are already more miners here 'than cap find employment ; that the companies have already reduced the wages, and intend to compel the miners to work ten hours instead of eight hours, as heretofore, in ground that is wet above aud below,. as well as most dangerous to work, unless skilled and tried labor's employed. -We, the miners of Iloss, consider, in justice not only to ourselves but to our fellow-diggers, to give them this caution, and sincerely and earnestly warn them not to rush to an already overcvowded district, where the ultimate result would he— trampling and crushing under foot honesb and manly labor, and making it subservient to a few pompous capitalists. J. (i. BUTIER, and 160 signatures. Ross, 29ih Augutt, 1870.