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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2241, 24 May 1880, Page 4

GrO'vovirmcii't iVotices. v - “• NEW ZEALAN D RAILWAYS. MIDDLE ISLAND. NOTICE is hereby intimated that the following contracts are withdrawn from Tender until further notice: “ Ashburton Branch Extension Contract,” “Dunback Contract.” W, N. BLAIR, Engineer in Chief, Middle Island. Public Works Office, Dunedin, May 7, 1880. R. PUBLIC NOTICE. “PROPERTY ASSESSMENT ACT, 1879.” DISTRICT OF WAITAKI. IN accordance wiih section 30 of the above Act, the Property Tax Commissioner hereby gives public notice that the 30th day of June next is the time, and the Town Hall of Timaru is the place, at which all persons in the District of Waitaki arc required to furnish Statements of all Real and Personal Property belonging to them, in accordance with the said Act. Dated this 10th day of April, 1880. J. SPERRBY, Commissioner. N.B.—Forms of Statement will bo forwarded to all persons as far practicable, but, as the duty of procuring such forms is cast upon the public, no person is excused from neglecting to provide himself therewith. Persons can obtain forms from the Assessors of the divisions in the above district. “ THE PROPERTY ASSESSMENT ACT, 1879.” , LITHE following SECTIONS of the “ Pro--8 party Assessment Act,” arc PUBLISHED for general information. J. .-PERREY, Commissioner. Government Offices, Wellington, 20th January, 1880. 18. Every company, including banking and insurance companies, carrying on business in New Zealand at the commencement of this Act shall at all times bo represented by a person residing in tire colony ; and a place within the colony shall be appointed from time to time by every such company as aforesaid at which any notices or other instruments affecting the company under thin Act may be served or delivered. (1.) Such person shall bo called the “Public Officer” of the company for the purposes of this Act, and shall bo appointed as follows : (n.) In the case of a company having a local Board of Directors or Managers resident in the colony, within three months after the passing of this Act ; {b.) In the case of a company not having such local Board as aforesaid within six months after the passing of this Act. The office of Public Officer shall bo kept constantly filled by the making of fresh appoinments thereto from time to time as may be necessary. (2.) Every now company' shall within three months after it shall commence or enter into business after the passing of this Act appoint a Public Officer, and name a place for delivery of notices as aforesaid. (3.) Every company' failing or neglecting, within the time hereinbefore limited in that behalf, to appoint a Public Officer, or name a place at which notices or other instruments may bo served or delivered as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds a day for every day after the time aforesaid during which such neglect shall continue. THoticos. ■J) HELPS AND QO. Barnard Street, Timaro. BRICKLAYERS, SLATERS, Ac. Baker’s Ovens, Steam and other Boilers, Kitchen Ranges, and all kinds of Fire and Jobbing Work executed on the most improved principles. Lime and Cement on Sale. Town and Country Orders promptly attended to. Tuck pointing done. Estimates given. JEWELLERY AND FANCY GOODS REPOSITORY, MAIN NOR T]H ROAD. Messrs gibsom and cockroft beg to inform the Public in and about the vicinity of Timaru and the outlying districts, that they have Entered into Partnership, and have opened, in addition to their well-known Jewellery Shop, the Fancy' Goods Repository adjoining their premises, Main North Road, and near the Ship Hotel, which will be found replete with Cigars and Tobaccos of the very Best Brands, Pipes of every description, Stationery, a large assortment of Perfumery of the very Best Quality, and Sundries too numerous to particularise. G. and C. having purchased from the Estate of T. R. Proctor, of Christchurch, a Large and Varied Assortment of Gold Watches of every design, which, for Style and Finish, Cannot be Surpassed in the Colony', they arc in a position to offer them to the Public at Prices that will Defy Competition. G. and C. have also arranged to Indent Shipments of Jewellery, Ac., from the famous ROTHBRHAMS of LONDON, and will be in a position to offer the Public the advantages of Purchasing, from the Direct Importers, one of the “LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED STOCKS OP JEWELLERY AND WATCHES IN TIMARU ;.TO SELECT FROM. Inspection Invited. IST Note the Address— GIBSON AND COCKBOFT, JEWELLERY AND FANCY REPOSITORY, MAIN NORTH ROAD, (Adjoining the Ship Hotel), TIMARU. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. Dll. WILLIAMS can be CONSULTED as usual, next to the Timaru Herald Office during the day, and at Mr Bush’s late residence, near the _ Congregational Church, North street, at night. N.B.—Saddle horses kept in onstant readiness for urgent cases and country ourneys. ECLIPSE DINNER ALE. AT the Request of Several of my Customers, I have been induced to resume my Harvest Beer, as a light Dinner Ale, Price as before, Is Gd per gallon. FRANCIS FRANKS. Cain’s Terrace, May 10, 1880.