Page 3 Advertisements Column 1

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4833, 18 September 1876, Page 3

“ Mark Twain on Bad Musicians." The musical public and general readers are cautioned not to purchase Weston’a Wizard Oil and Magie Pills without carefully examining the outside wrapper, and he sure that the words, “None Genuine without the Signature or the Proprietor—Frank Weston, Sydney, N.S.W,"- are engraven thereon. Any other so called preparations of mine are unauthorised by me, and calculated to mislead the public.,— Signed, Frank Weston. Sole Agents—Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co.. Dunedin. Price—Halt-a-crown.

Strangers paying a visit te Wellington, and country settlers arriving in town, are very often at a loss to know which is the best house or cheapest general drapery establishment to visit for buying drapery and clothing. J. McDowell and Co. offer special advantages that can be met with nowhere else in the city. - They keep at all times the largest and best assorted stock of every class of goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers of Great Britain and Ireland, which, being bought on the most advantageous terms, enables them to offer goods of sterling qualities at prices that cannot bo improved on by any house in the trade. Every article is marked at a fixed price that cannot be deviated from, for ready money, from which there is no deviation ; so that inexperienced people are us well served as .the best judges; .the terms being net cash, without rebate or abatement of. any kind. A full description of stock can' be obtained from our catalogues and advertisement. Note the address—Opposite the Bank of New Zealand, coiner of Lambton-quay and WiUis-sbreet, Welling ton.— Advt,

Legal Notices IN THE SUPREME COURT OP NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON DISTRICT. Between FARQUHAR GRAY, Plaintiff, And GEORGE GILLARD, Defendant. Amount recovered, £24 Os. Id. I HEREBY give notice that by virtue of a writ of fieri facias, issued out of the above Honorable Court, and to me directed, I have caused my bailiff to enter upon all that piece of land, containing by admeasurement 162 acres 1 rood and 39 perches, more or less, being part of the sections numbered 191 and 202, and the whole of the section numbered 300 on the plan of the Taratahi Plain block, in Wairarapa. Bounded on the north-west by other parts of the said sections numbered 191 and 202, 5640 links ; on the north-east by a public road, 100 links wide, 2863 links ; on the east again by the said road, 1512 links ; on the south by section numbered 128 on the said plan, 1830 links ; on the south-west by the said section numbered 128, 1428 links ; and on the southeast by the said section numbered 128, 4000 links; and again on the south-west by sections numbered 129 and 274 on the said plan, 2456 links, be the same several measurements, and each and every of them, a little more or less ; together with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, the property of the defendant, having been taken in execution at the suit of the execution creditor herein ; and that it is my intention to sell, or cause to be sold, the freehold of the said piece of land by public auction, at the Resident Magistrate’s Courthouse, Carterton, on FRIDAY, the twentysecond day of DECEMBER, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, at twelve o’clock noon, unless satisfaction be sooner made of the said judgment and all costs and expenses connected therewith. And I further give notice that Charles Beard Izard and William Gascoyne Beard, of Greytown, are the solicitors for the said plaintiff. Given under my hand and seal at Featherston, this ninth day of August, 1876. [L.S.] HERBERT S. WARDBLL, Sheriff of Wairarapa. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON DISTRICT. Between HENRY JAMES PERCY, Plaintiff, And GEORGE GILLARD, Defendant. Amount recovered, £37 4s. I HEREBY give notice, that by virtue of a writ of fieri facias, issued out of the above Honorable Court, and to me directed, I have caused my bailiff to enter upon all that piece of land containing by admeasurement 172 acres 1 rood and 39 perches more or less, being part of the sections numbered 191 and 202, and the whole of the section numbered 300 on the plan of the Taratahi Plain block, in Wairarapa. Bounded on the north-west by other parts of the said sections numbered 191 and 202, 5640 links •, on the north-east by a public road, 100 links wide, 2863 links ; on the east again by the said road, 1512 links ; on the south by section numbered 128 on the said plan, 1330 links ; on the south-west by the said section numbered 128, 1428 links ; and on the south-east by the said section numbered 128, 4000 links ; and again on the south-west by sections numbered 129 and 274 on the said plan, 2456 links, be the same several measurements, and each and every of them, a little more or less, together with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, the property of the defendant, having been taken in execution at the suit of the execution creditor herein ; and that it is my intention to sell, or cause to be sold, the freehold of the said piece of land by public auction, at the Resident Magistrate’s Courthouse, Carterton, on FRIDAY, the twenty-second day of DECEMBER, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, at twelve o’clock noon, unless satisfaction be sooner made of the said judgment, and all coats and expenses connected therewith. And I further give notice that Charles Beard Izard and William Gascoyne Beard, of Greytown, are the solicitors for the said plaintiff. Given under my hand and seal at Featherston, this ninth day of August, 1876. [L.S.] HERBERT S. WARDELL, Sheriff of Wairarapa.

Meetings, ffic. WELLINGTON GAS COMPANY (LIMITED). NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. Au EXTRAORDINARY MEETING will be held at the Bideroom, Odd Fellows' Hall, on MONDAY, 18th SEPTEMBER, at noon. J. R, GEORGE, Manager. Business ; To confirm the resolution authorising the Directors to sell the works to the Corporation. The following resolutions will also be proposed ; That the capital of the Company be increased to £50,000. That the price of gas bo reduced to an uniform rate of 10s. per 1000 ft. NITED METHODIST FREE CHURCHES. OPENING OF NEW SCHOOLROOM IN COURTENAY-PLACE FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP. On TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, a public Tea Meeting will be held in the room. Tea on the table at 6 p.m. Tickets, Is. 6d.; children, Is. Public meeting to commence at 7.30. On SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, the Rev. A. REID will preach in the morning, the Rev. W. H. WEST in the afternoon, and the Rev. H. B. REDSTONE in the evening. On SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, the Rev. S. MACFARLANE.of Christchurch, will preach morning and evening. Sunday services to commence at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 6.30 p.m. Collections after each service in aid of the building fund. On TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, the Rev. S. MAOFARLANE will deliver a LECTURE ou “The Art of Opening and Shutting the Mouth.” Chair to be taken at 7.30 by his Worship the Mayor. Admission to Lecture —ONE SHILLING. PHRENOLOGY. —Professor Straohan is prepared to make Phrenological examinations at his rooms, Brandon’s corner, on FRIDAYS and MONDAYS. Verbal examination, 2s. 6d.; written charts, 10s. 6d.; families attended at their own residences by arrangements.