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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4818, 31 August 1876, Page 1

Amusements. rp HBA TK E ROYAL. Lessees ... Messrs. Bates and Howard. Business Manager Mr. Charles Hillsdea. ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. ENTIRE CHANGE ,OF PROGRAMME. ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. CONTINUED SUCCESS ; ' OF HEGARTY’S GLOBE COMBINATION TROUPE. THIS (THURSDAY),' EVENING, AUGUST 31, The performance will commence with tha Laughable Farce entitled MRS. WHITE. Peter White Mr. Sam Howard After which the following Star Artists will have the honor of appearing IN AN ENTIRELY NEW PROGRAMME. MR. E. A. HART, The Great London Comic Entertainer. MISS KATE BUSSELL, v Characteristic Vocalist and Champion Skip-ping-rope Dancer. PROFESSOR HENNIOKI, The Great Wizard of the East. MISS B. HARRISON, The Sweet and Pleasing Ballad Vocalist. MISS BURDETTA STELLA. The Suspended Lady .in the Air. MR. J O HN ; M O R A N. Irish Comedian and Vocalist. PIT—ONE SHILLING. NOTICE TO SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 2, A GRAND MATINEE WILL BE GIVEN. gPOET S!! SPORTS! 1000 MILES IN 1000 HOURS. J. L. WILTSHIRE, the everlasting walker, is now positively performing the above wonderful feat at Kaiwarra. A reward of £IOO will be paid to anyone proving that he does not walk one mile within each hour. The distance walked up to 6 p.m. this evening will be 120 miles. Grand handicap half-mile on Saturday next. Ground open day and night. ADMISSION, Is. Meetings . ÜBLIC MEETING ON THE GAS QUESTION. TO HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WELLINGTON. We the undersigned ratepayers of the City of Wellington are led to believe that the City Council contemplate, and are negotiating, the purchase of the Wellington Gas Works at an excessive price, and consequently to the detriment of the ratepayers and consumers generally.

We therefore respectfully request that you will convene a public meeting of the citizens, in order that the opinion of all interested may be taken, and that further operations on the part of the Corporation be suspended until the wishes of the ratepayers have been obtained. J. Petford, Manners- John Collins street F. Jones A. Dimant James Jno. Selfe J. H. Wallace S. S. Griffiths E. J. Duncan George Crawford Thos. W. Pilcher Edward Toomath W. Henri Pascoe Thos. W. Young David Greig Charles McKirdy Alex. McMillan C. Moody J. Hughes E. Hannah and Co. E. H. Hunt Ealph Devoi J. H. Pollock J. L. Young G. S. Sellar J. Saunders S. S. Downes C. Willeston Salvatore Chnino C. A. Thomas B. Cohen Kobert Donnelly T. J. Mountain Jakob Dichtscheindl W. G. Jackson B. Powlson. David Eankin W. E. Hatch Alf. H. Maclean T. Whitehouse William G. Emeny A. Jack Walter Helyer John Mclntosh John Petford, jun. J. S. Pauli James Huxley Thos. McCleland F. H. Fraser John Watt John Marks William Petford, jun. In terms of the above requisition I hereby call a public meeting of the ratepayers, to be held in the Odd Fellows’ Hall on the evening of THUESDAY next, 31st instant, at 8 o’clock. WILLIAM HUTCHISON. jpUBLIC MEETING. ME. PHILIP MOELLEE will address the Ratepayers of Te Aro Ward on MONDAY, the 4th SEPTEMBER proximo, at 8 p.m., at the Victoria Hotel, Abel Smithstreet. The attendance of the Burgesses of the above Ward is respectfully solicited. w ELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. A MEETING will be held in the Lectureroom, Colonial Museum, on SATURDAY, 2nd SEPTEMBER, at 8 p.m., when several papers will be read. E. B, GORE, - Secretary. THE LAND INVESTMENT COMPANY OF WELLINGTON (LIMITED). Registered under the Joint Stock Companies Act. The first GENEEAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the office, Hunterstreet, on MONDAY, the 11th SEPTEMBER, at 8 p.m. Business: To elect Directors. To consider Articles of Association. Forms of Proxy can be obtained from the Agents, or from GEO. H. TRIBE, Secretary. MPIRE GAS CONSUMERS COMPANY, (Limited.) A Meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company will be held in the Odd Fellows’ Hall on WEDNESDAY EVENING, the Sixth day of SEPTEMBER NEXT, at eight o’clock. Business : Receivin'*’ Report of Provisional Directors, Election of Directors, Auditors, &c., General. Proxy papers can be obtained from the Hon. Secretary, or at the temporary offices of the Company. By order. JAMES STEWART, Hon. See. and Treasurer. Temple Chambers, Wellington, August 30, 1876. UPERIOR BOARD and RESIDENCE for a few gentlemen Three minutes walk from Government Buildings. Apply to Mrs. Doneghue, Mulgrave-street.