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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5331, 29 April 1878, Page 4

Auctions TUESDAY, ,30th APRIL, At 2 o'clock. .'T OY S. TOY S. TOYS. GLASS WAKE, &c, GEORGE THOMAS has received instructions to sell by auction, at his rooms, j ..'imliton-quay, on Tuesday, 30th April, at 2 o’clock, a consignment of toys, glassware, sewing- machines, coats, &c., consistingof— , 1 case toys and fancy goods, comprising -writing desks, albums,' workboxes,, i ; children’s books, puzzles, woolwork in great variety and pattern, toys, models, &o. . 1 case cut glassware 1 do coats 12 do of the celebrated “Speedwell sewing machines. Terms cash. No reserve whatever. .WEDNESDAY, Ist MAY, ", At 2 o'clock. Important and General Clearing Sale of Merchandise, Groceries, Wines, Spirits, - Ales, Teas, &o. GEORGE THOMAS has received positive instructions to sell by public auction, at his rooms, - Lambton-quay, on Wednesday, Ist May, at 2 o’cloek—--160 boxes new season tea, Lydia, 88 100 do do do, assorted brands 60 half-chests tea Canterbury cheese Eleme and Valencia raisins ' Morton’s, Pink’s, and Edwards’ pickles Captain .White’s pickles • Baking powder, large and small ' Candied peelsSoda, sardines, sauce Sugar (Melbourne and Sydney) Hennessy's brandy, in cases Denis Mounie's do, in cases 1 Port and sherry wine ■ Whisky (English and colonial) - Tennent’s, Bass's, and Jeffrey’s ale New and old flour : 100 sacks bran 200 do oats 50 do wheat , . , • 150 do potatoes . . Also, • ■ ■ 100 sacks fowls’ barley; to be sold cheap 8 tons fencing wire. Nos. 6,7, 8, and 9 A large lot of phristohuroh ■ bacon and cheese, to be sold regardless of , cost , , ... ■■■■ i &C., &C., , : &c.

Terms at sale. Fellmongers A 1 L.F K.'E D T Y E R, XJL ' NOAHADEANOA - | STEAM WOOL; SCOURING WORKS, i r Cash buyer of Wool, Hides, Sheepskins, and tallow. Also a large assortment of first-class basils always on hand. 1 Wool, locks, and pieces sorted, scoured, taken delivery of in Wellington, and returned to agents in town for Id. per lb. scoured weight. ME X R Y W A L T O N’S STEAM WOOL. SOODBINO . ' ESTABLISHMENT. & FBLLMONGERY, Gleuoragie, Ngahauranga Line, Wellington. Cash Buyer of Wool, Hides, Tallow, and ; ■ " Sheepskins. , >- . Education Board of the Education District of , . Wellington, April 11, 1878. nVTOTICE is hereby given that on MONDAY, the 29th INST., at 8 o’clock in the evening, a Public Meeting Of ~ Householders in eaioh of the four School Districts of the city of Wellington, as described in the schedule below, will be held in accordance with the following clauses of the Education Act, 1877 •- ■. 63. The first meeting of the householders m every school district shall be held on such day in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and at such time and place, as the Board of the district in which such school aistricts respectlvely are shall for each appoint, and at every such meeting the householders present shall.lal«at-ir> 1....,,.:.. after provided seven householders to form the committee for such district..

64. On the fourth Monday in the month of January in each year succeeding the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, a public meeting of the householders in every school district shall be hold at a time and place to be fixed by the Board, and publicly notified at least fourteen days previously. ; At such meeting a chairman shall be chosen, and the committee for the preceding year shall give a full report «f its proceedings, and thereupon the electors present shall proceed to elect by ballot, as hereinafter provided, a new committee for the then current year of seven persons resident within the district, and may re-elect all or any of, the persons going out of office to bo members of such now committee. Every committee so appointed shall! hold office until the appointment of its successors, and, if any vacancy shall occur ' by death or otherwise than by effluxion ©f time in any committee, the remaining members of the committee shall elect a qualified;, person or persons to fill such vacancy or vacancies. At every meeting convened! and, held for the election of a committee, the chairman having a deliberative vote shall also have a casting vote. . 66. At every election for a school committee every voter shall bo entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of the committee to be elected, and may give all, such votes to one candidate, or may distribute them among the candidates, as he thinks fit. -

The places of meeting are— For Thorndon District The schoolroom, 1 Sydney-street For Terrace .District—The schoolroom, the Terrace ' For Te Aro District—The schoolroom, Ghuz-nee-street , • ! For Mount Cook District—The Mount Cook Boys’ school, Taranaki-street. ! , SCHEDULE. Thorndon Disinter, All that portion of the city of Wellington lying towards the , north of a line running from the southern boundary of section No. 621 along the centre of Tinakori-road, Glen-bervie-terraoe, Sydney, Museum, and Bowen streets; thence from the ehd : of Bowen-street along the southern side of the fence round the Government Buildings to the sea. = f ; > : 1 ! " ' Tkbraob. District. " All that portion of the city of Wellington lyin t between the southern boundary of Thorndon District and a continued line through the centre of the road from Upland Farm through the; centre 1 of Mount-street,; Wellington-terrace, Church-street, the southern portion iof Boulcott-street, Willis-street to the northern end of section No. 205, and thence to the sea at right angles to Willis-stroet. ,

, Te. Abo District. ’ . All that portion of the city of Wellington lying between, the southern boundary of Terrace District, and a> continued line from the southern corner' of section No. 55 ; thence along the south-east boundary of same section to the centre of Thomson-street, and along the centre of Thomson, Webb, and Cuba streets to the sea. ■ ■ ■ , , i Mount Cook District. All the other portion of the city of Wellington. , By order of the Board. , Robert Lee, " ’ ■■ ■ Secretary.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND A PRIZE o£ the value of Ten Pounds (£10), to be given in books, is hereby offered for competition, under a deed ofi gift from his Excellency Sirj G..F; Bowen, for the best English Essay on I “ The Norman Conquest: its Effects on tho Subsequent Developments of English Institutions.” 1 ■ Competition open to all matriculated students of the University, not being graduates. , Essays to be sent in to the'Registrar 1 of the University, Cbristohurcb, before December 31, 1878, with a motto prefixed, accompanied by a paper. ;or envelope, sealed up, with ■ tho same motto putside, and the name and address of tho candidate written inside. ■ ' •, For .fuller information see Regulations in University Calendar. ; HENRY JOHN TANORBD, . '■ ■' ■ 1 ‘ Chancellor, Christchurch, March 28,1878. '