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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 213, 14 August 1847, Page 1

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On Tuesday Evening Next, August 18, ~ For the Benefit of Mrs. Amor

The performance will commence with, for th« Ist time, the Drama of WALTER BRAND-; or the DUEL IN THE MIST. Una Mrs. Amor

After which, a variety of Singing, &c.

To conclude with, for the first time, the fare* called

IS SHE A WOMAN I For particulars see bills. Wellington, Aug. 11, 1847.

SAW MILL, PORIRUA ROAD. BOARDS and SCANTLING SUPPLIED at the lowest market prices, and on the shortest notice. Messrs. Hurlet & Lowndes. Wellington, July 17, 1847.

LAND TO LEASE.

rpOWN AND COUNTRY LAND TO LET X on advantageous terms in all parts of the Company's settlements. Clifford & Vavasour. January 6, 1847.

Published at the " Spectator" Office, fttitt &ne filling, THE COOK'S STRAIT ALMANACS FOJft THE YEAR 1847. Contents — Preface, Signal Station, Duties, Principal Articles of the Calendar, Almanack, Gardeners' Calendar, Right Ascension, Declination, and Meridian Passage pt the Principal Stars in the Southern Hemisphere, Eclipses for 1847, Principal Occurrences pt 1846, Directory for the Southern Settlements, Statistics, &c.

A few copies interleaved for memoranda, may be had, Price Is. 6d. Wellington, July 28, 1847.

TO THE PUBLIC.

T>OOK, CARD, JOB, and every other -*-* description of Printing, executed with neatness and despatch, at the Office of the " Spsctatob," Manners-street, Te-Aro, at moderate Prices.

Land to Let, in Wellington, On Building Leases. Rents Moderate.. Apply to Mr. Hart, Solicitor, Lambton-quay. Wellington, 12th June, 1847.

SIGNAL STATION.

MOUNT ALBERT.

The following are the Signals used at th« Flag Staff at Mount Albert. A Square denotes a Ship, "I When tht ACross » a Barque, g-gg. A Circle a Brig, \ „ , A Triangle " a Schooner, [fj £ T D J*A A Diamond " a Cutter, I£& £ A Parallelogram" a Steamer, J lowered. Remarks. — A White Flag at Mast Head denotes a sail in -fight; when the class is asceir tamed. the descriptive Signal will be hoisted at the Yard Arm. English vessel of war, Union Jack at Mast Head. Foreign vessel of war, Union Jack at Matt Head, with white Pendant. Government brig, white Pendant under descriptive Signal. When a vessel is at anchor, either inside or outside the Heads, the flag is lowered to half mast. A vessel in distress, or on shore, descriptive signal half mast. ' ' - Fore and aft schooner, a triangle hollow in the centre.

Wellington Markets, Retail Prices, Aug. 14, 1847. —First flour, £20:0 per ton; Bread, per -2 lb. Joaf, 5d. ; Beef, %d. to B^. per lb. ; Mutton, 7d. to Bd. per lb. ; Pork, sd. to 6d. per lb. • Fowls, per ,pai t r, Ducks, per\paur, £5. ,; ,G;eese, Js.^aqh; Turkeys, 7s. each ; F-resh butter, Is. 9d. ; per lb. ; Salt butter, Is. <6d.^>er lb. ; 'Potatoes, ,£7 per ton ; Eggs, Is. 6d,.per dozen,; Qheese, New Zealand, Is. 4d. per lb.; Bathurst; »Bd. perlb. ; .Maize, k 4s. {>d<per bush. ; Ale.jjs. : pftrjgallonj [Ham and Bacon, 6d. to 7^. per lb., (Firewood, -per -cord, £1. " "