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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5251, 22 January 1878, Page 3

In Bankruptcy IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND. WELLINGTON DISTRICT. la the Matter o£ the Bankruptcy Act, 1867, and of the Acts Amending the same, And In the Matter of JOHN MCDONALD, of Wellington, Saddler, a Bankrupt. NOTICE is hereby given that on Friday, the fourth day of January last, the hearing of the application of the above-named bankrupt for his discharge was adjourned till the then next sitting of this honorable Court under the said Act; and notice is hereby given that at a sitting of this honorable Court, to be held on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the twenty-third day of JANUARY, at 11 o’clock, the said bankrupt will apply for his order of discharge. Dated this twenty-first day of January, 1878. IZARD & BELL. Solicitors for the Bankrupt. Education UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND. Persons desirous of obtaining AD EUNDEM DEGREES in the University must send in an application to that effect, addressed to the Registrar, Christchurch, on or before FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1878, accompanied by evidence in support of the application. By order. W. M. HASKELL, Registrar. o PENING OF CITY BOARD SCHOOLS. All the City Schools under the Education Board, including the ne’w Schools in Taranaki and Tory streets, will be OPENED on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd INST. The new Mount Cook Schools will afford accommodation fur 500 Boys in the Boy’s School, Taranaki-street; for 300 Girls in two senior and junior departments, in the Buckle-street Schoolroom ; and for 400 Infants, from 3 to 7 years of age, in the new Schools at the junction of Tory and Buckle-streets. The Education is quite FREE of charge, except for books. ROBERT LEE, Inspector of Schools.

English high school, The Avenue, Abel Smith-street. Established a.d. 1873. Principal : Rev. T. Porritt, St. Outhbert’s College, Durham. Will RE-OPEN for the Eirst Quarter on MONDAY, JANUARY 14. The Regular Course of Instruction includes, besides all ordinary English subjects, Bookkeeping, Engrossing and Ornamental Penmanship, Mapping, Linear Drawing, Shorthand, Vocal Music, and Drill. Special Instruction will also be given, when required, by Visiting Masters, in the Ancient and Modern Languages, tbe Higher Mathematics, Instrumental Music, Landscape Drawing, Painting, &o. Boarders are received at the private residence of the Principal. Prospectus on application. MRS. TWI3S begs to announce that she has taken the school lately conducted by Miss Griffiths in Mulgrave-street, Thorndon, and that as she will make it her chief aim to impart a thorough English education (with accomplishments) to pupils entrusted to her care, she hopes to meet with the same success as her predecessor. School will reopen on JANUARY 23. Terms on application. Mulgrave-street, January 9.

Public Notices National mortgage and AGENCY COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED). The undersigned is appointed AGENT for the above company, and is authorised to make Advances to Station-holders and others, on Mortgage of freehold property, or against shipments of wool or other produce. Wool-growers requiring advances in anticipation of next clip, may obtain them on liberal terms. • EDWARD PEARCE, Agent for Wellington and Hawke’s Bay. NOTICE is hereby given that I intend Erecting a Dividing Fence between Town Acres No. 136 and 138, Ghuznee-street, and require the owners of land adjoining to assist me in doing it, in terms of the Fencing Act of the Province of Wellington. thomas mckenzie. r|JO CONTRACTORS and builders. Contractors about to tender for Buildings ou the Wellington and Masterton Line, will do well to inquire the prices of sashes, doors, lining, floor, rusticated, mouldings, shingles, piles, &c., which can be had, at far below Wellington prices, at the Wairarapa Steam Sash and Door Factory. A price list forwarded on application. R. A. WAKELIN, South Greytown, Proprietor. NOTICE is hereby given that in cousequeuce of the 22nd inst. being a public holiday all cases appointed for that day will be adjourned to the 24th inst. Eb. BAKER, Clerk of Court. Wellington, I9th Jan., IS7». w ELLINGTON GAS (LIMITED.) COMPANY REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF GAS. NOTICE TO CONSUMERS. The price of gas consumed after the Ist inst. will be 15s. per 1000 ft., subject to a discount of 4s. per 1000, prompt payment, making the net price 11s. per 1000 ft.; and a discount of ss. per 1000 ft. for gas consumed by stoves, per separate meter. By order of the Board. .1. R. GEORGE, Manager. Wellington, Jan. 10, 1878. rjIRESPASS NOTICE. All persons trespassing with dogs or guns ou the undermentioned sections, without the written cot sent of the undersigned, will be prosecuted, and dogs will be destroyed : Sections 16, 17, 4,5, 0,7, 70, 69, .2,9, 10, 11, and 92 in the Ohiro and Upper Kaiwarra District. All dogs found on section 12, Goathurat Farm, and lots 33, 34, and 35 of the Town Belt will bo destroyed. Poison is laid ou the whole of the abovementioned properties. W. FINNIMORE, Auctioneer.