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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 231, 16 October 1847, Page 1

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On Tuesday Evening Next;, Oct. 19,

The performance will commence with/ >for th* 2nd time, the Drama of .» <•• :". RED RONALD THE ROVER; OR, THE „ ROSE OF ETTRICK VAJfE. , Wandering Steenie < Mr. Sutherland Red Ronald Mr. Marriott Laurette Mrs. Amor.

After which, a variety of Singing, &c.

To conclude with, for the 2nd time, tKc fare* called The Middy Ashore;

OR, A SPREE ON LAND..

For particulars see bills. Wellington, Oct. 13, 1847.

Published at the " Spectator'?' Office; $rt« ©ne §fyillins, THE COOK'S STRAIT ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR 1847. '- >! Contents — Preface, Signal' Station', Duties, Principal Articles of the Calendar, Almanack, Gardeners' Calendar,, Right Ascension, Declination, and Meridian Passage ot the Principal Stars in the Southern Hemisphere", Eclipses for 1847, Principal Occurrences ot 1846^D0^ctory for the Southern Settlements, Statis^ics^ifec. A few copies interleaved for memoranda, may be had, Price Is. 6d. Wellington, July 28, 1847.

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'ft J\ * "«^ fry i *•£>■ TH E Nelson Examiner and Ifew^ , Zealand Chronicle (published at Nelson,) is regularly transmitted to Wellington, and mgy be had at the Office of this paper. The Nelson Examiner will be found an excellent medium for advertisers^ ' '* "' lJ^ J Terms for the.,paper, ten shillings per quarter payable in advance. Orders for the paper and < advertisement! will be received at the office of this paper. April 18, 1845. - - . ' ,<7'

SIGNAL STATION: : . '

MOUNT ALBERT. »< ,< The following are the Signals used i at th« Flag Staff at Mount Albert. ';j A Square denotes a Ship, , , ,fU When th* A ? 0S , S < " a g ai< l ve ' •U&th, A Circle , "a Brig, , \ y ~ , A Triangle , ", a Schooner, fOf tt T D . SAS A A Diamond " a Cutter," hjJw be A Parallelogram" a Steamer, J lowered. Remarks. — A White Flag'at Mast Head denotes a sail in sight; when Che class is ascertained, 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 ( atj t Mast Head, with white Pendant.' '' ' !( '.- Government brig, white Pendant,juj£de,r descriptive Signal. . „.,.«, '-^.*'i<H-. When a vessel is at anchor, either inside or outside the Heads, the flag is. lowered ijo; half mast. ," _ ,;„•{"" s A vessel in distress, or on shore, descriptive signal half mast. Fore and aft schopner,-a> triangle,^hollow in the centre. - -

Wellington Markets, Retail Prices, Oct. 16, 1847. —First flour, £15 :Q per- ton; Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, 5d. ; Beef, fldv tf perlb.; Mutton, 7d. to Bd. per iW; P&rk, sd. to 6d. per lb. • Fowls, perpa^r, 1 45.; Ducks, per pair, 55.; Geese,' 7s^',each; Turkeys, 7s. each ; Fresh butter, JL&.iQd. ; per lb. ; Salt butter, Is. 6d. perlb* '£7 per ton ; Eggs, Is. 6d.per dozen"; CKeese^ New Zealand, Is. 4d. per lb.; Bathurst; Bd. per lb. ; Maize, 3s. Od per bush. ; Ale, 2s. per gallon ; Ham and Bacon, 6d. to 76. per lb., Firewood, per cord, £1. t " ' ,

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