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: :: ■ -SI Public Notices. } Government Annuities Office, Wellington, Ist Dec, 1870. NOTICE is hereby given, that Government Insurance and Annuities Offices, under "The Government Annuities Act, 1869," and " The New Zealand Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1870," have been opened at GREYMOUTH, , -fIOKITIKA, ..-. • . WESTPORT, And all the principal Money Order Offices in the Colony. The following advantages are secured by special provisions in the above-mentibned Acts:— ....-.." 1. Up to a certain amount, Assurance Policies bona fide effected by the assurred upon his own life, and Endowment Policies, and Annuities purchased for the benefit of wife or children, are exempted from the operation of Bankruptcy Acts, and from seizure under legal process. 2. Up to a certain amount, married women may effect Policies, and dispose of the money assured, by will as if single ; and such Policies are free from the debts and control of their husbands. . ; '.■■' 3. Insurances may be effected for the benefit of wife and children, with power to apportion amount ; and such insurance is to be free from the claim of creditors, to the extent of £2000. All persons wishing to obtain life Insurances, Endowments, Annuities, immediate or deferred, or other advantages under the Acts, will receive every information and tbe necessary forms on application at any of the above-named offices. ? i . W. GISBORNE, : ; Commisisoner. THOROUGH OF GREYMOUTH. MIDDLE WARD. Notice is hereby givek that, on the Second Day cf March, 1871, Singer Barclay, one of the Councillors of the Middle Ward, of the Borough of Greymouth, having tendered his resignation, Monday, the Twentieth Day of March, 1871, has been Appointed by his Worship the Mayor for the election of a Councillor in the stead of the said Singer Barclay so resigned. Notice is hereby further given that an ELECTION will be held, in pursuance of the requirements of the Municipal Corporations Act, at the Fire Brigade Hall, Boundarystreet, on MONDAY, the said TWENTIETH DAY of MARCH, 1871, and the POLL, if necessary, will commence at 8 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. precisely; and, furthermore, that the day for Nomination )f candidates to fill the said vacancy is fixed for Saturday, the Eleventh Day of March, at Noon, at the Town Clerk's dffice, Gresson street, Greymonth. All candidates must be nominated in writing, signed by at least three voters and. by the candidates, and such writing must be delivered to the Returning Officer, at the office of the said Borough Council, on or before 4 of the clock p.m. on Friday, the Tenth Day of March, 1871. N.B.— Printed forms of nomination. may be had on application to the Town Clerk at his Office, Gresson street. PETER PURCELL, Returning Officer for the Middle Ward, of the Borongh of Greymouth. March 6, 1871. rriHE Undersigned are prepared to execute, -■- on favorable terms, Indents upon the English markets for every description of merchandise for shipment from London "to any of the Australian or New Zealand ports. NANCARROW, HENDERSON & CO., Mawhera Quay, : Greymouth. T NEWTON AND CO., NELSON . INDENT, receive CONSIGNMENTS, MERCHANDIZE, SHIP COLONIAL PRODUCE, and transact GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS to and from the New Zealand Ports. Reference : Bank of New South Wales. Correspondents: " -';.- p London — Philtp Levi and Co. New York— Henry de Cordova and Co. Photography. D H O T O G R A P tt Y. MR J. GAUL, Photographer, Artist and Prize Medalist, from Melbourne, begs to state that— induced by the large share o patronage he has received, and for which he returns his grateful thanks— he will prolong his residence in Greymouth. His Studio is still the one expressly erected for him next to Mr H. Williams's Medical Hall, Mawhera Quay. Tobacconists. ; -;~ .v BASCH'S AMERICAN TOBACCO WAREHOUSE, Between Victoria and Commercial Hotels, Mawhera Quay. Just arrived, a large assortment of the best brands of Tobacco, Havannah, Manilla, and real Swiss Cigars, Meerschaum Pipes, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Cutlery, and a eolendid lot of large Steel Engravings. Missing 1 Friends. TF this should meet the eye of ROBERT B. WOODHOUSE, last heard from at Waimangaroa, near Buller River, 4tbr- December, 1869, he is requested to communicate wiht his mother JAS. and JOHN CRANSTON, last heard of at Greymouth, are requested to communicate with their father, 210 Little Collins street, Melbourne.: Any information respecting them will be thankfully received at the Police Station, Greymouth. R, JAMES HARPER, formerly of * Tster Hotel, Clyde, wanted,. Any information as to his whereabouts yrill be thankfully received by Geo. Fachej Auctioneer, Clyde, Otago. . r *