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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5538, 27 December 1878, Page 3

Railway Time 'lame ZEALAND RAILWAYS. WELLINGTON SECTION. ARRANGEMENT FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, 1878-1879. NEW YEAR’S DAY, The Ordinary Tims T:u)lo will be Suspended. NEW YEAR’S DAY. OUT. ‘Wellington dep. Kaiwarra .. Ngabanranga Petone Lower Hutt Belmont Haywards ■ Silver Stream .. Upper Ilutt |£ r p Kaitoko | Summit .. Cross’ Crock Pigeon Bush Feathorston 150 0.10 10.0 10.30 10.35 11.10 11.15 11.25 11.31 11.42 11.60 Featherston dop Pigeon Bush Cross' Creek Summit .. Kaitoko ~{ a R " Upper Hutt | a ” Silverstrcam Haywards Belmont .. Lower Hutt Petono Ngahauranga , Kaiwarra.. Wellington Single- Tickets issued between the 24th December and the 4fch January, both dates inclusive, will be available for the return journey up to the evening of 6th J anuary. A limited number only of First-class Tickets can be issued, but clean, covered vehicles will be provided for Second-class. GEO. ASHCROFT, General Manager, Public Notices rjIHE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. INCREASE OF CAPITAL. Issue of 27,500 New Shares, of £lO Each. Notice is hereby given that the “ Transfer Books” of the Bank will be Closed from the 25th to the 31st December, both days inclusive, preliminary to Allotment of the New Shares amongst tbo proprietors then on the Share Register. D. L. MURDOCH, ■ General Manager. Noie. —The New Issue will be allotted as near as may he in the proportion of Three New Shares to Eight Old Shares. Holders of leas than three Shares will receive no Allotment. Amount due on each letter of allotment will be payable in one sum on 31st March, 1879; but Shareholders may prepay the amount, and the sum so paid will, until 31st March, 1379, bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. Auckland, 6th December, 1878.

Having resigned my appointment as Resident Government Surveyor for Taupo, Rotorua, Hot Lakes, and Maketu Districts, X am commencing practice as qualified Surveyor, Licensed Interpreter, and Negotiator for acquirement of Native Lands. Temporary address—Post Office, Tauranga Bay of Plenty. R. 0. L. PvEAY, Licensed Interpreter and qualified Surveyor.

Wanted 'ANTED, a second hand in a pastry bakery. Apply to A. McDonald, Manners-street, A GENTLEMAN is open for an engagement in a merchant's office as Salesman, Correspondent, Indenter, &c. Seven years in last situation, with a connection throughout the colony. Address box 17, Post Office. WANTED, by a Young Lady lately come from Edinburgh, a SITUATION as GOVERNESS. Acquirements:—Music, English, Elementary French and German, Plain and Fancy Needlework. Address “Governess,” Post Office, Wellington. WANTED, a Married Couple for station at Caatlepoint. Apply to Johnston and Co. WANTED, intending Purchasers of Freehold Building Sites to read Mr. Sidey’s Advertisement on back page of this paper. Most liberal terms. WANTED, a competent Surveyor to lay out the various lines of road in the District of Awatere, Marlborough. Applications and credentials to be forwarded to the undersigned not later than Tuesday, the 4th day of February, 1879. 0. J. W. Griffiths, Secretary Awatere Koad Board, Blenheim. WANTED, a Gentleman with a thorough practical experience in Coalmining, and about £2OOO capital, to become an equal partner with the advertiser in a coal mine and about 150 acres of land, with mining plant and buildings thereon, whichhavo Cost the present owner over £SOOO. The property is in the Canterbury province, and connected by railway with Christchurch and all the other large markets. It is proposed to invest £IOOO or thereabouts of the increased capital in sinking another shaft and erecting more powerful machinery, the present demand for the coal being in excess of the quantity capable of being put out from the present shaft. The quantity of the coal is practically unlimited, and the present demand, though summer time, about 100 tons per week, at 10s. per ton at the pit’s mouth ; and the present contract, price paid to the miners is ss. 6d. per ton, which would be greatly reduced when the new shaft was completed. For further particulars apply first by letter, addressed H.J.H., Post ■ Office, Christchurch. Conveyances HASTWELL, MAOARA, & NEW TIME TABLE iron Greytown, arr. 9 a.m, 1 p.m. dep, 9.30 a.m. 1.30 p.m, Featherston 10.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. Kaitoke _ 2 p.m. 5.30 p.m. Arrive per Train, ‘ Wellington 4 p.m. 7.80 p.m. N.B.—Extra coaches may be engaged on the shortest notice for special occasions, but the above TABLE will supply ALL the regular traffic. N o T E WELLINGTON TO FOXTON, COBB AND CO.’S TELEGRAPH LINE OF COACHES. PASSENGERS BY COACH are required to book the day before starting, to ensure their seats. Office next dour to Bank Hotel, Manners, street. , S. SMITH, Agent, Hasiweix, Macaea, and Co., Proprietors. 1 Every cate taken of parcels for the Wairarapa., '