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Southland Times, Issue 1643, 4 October 1872, Page 4

NOTICE. MEN seeking employment on the Mataura Railway Works are cautioned not to allow | dogs to follow them through the Company's land. By order of the Contractors. INVERCARGILL AND MATAURA EAILWAY. MESSRS J. & N. CAMPBELL, Contractors, having taken a portion of the above line from Messrs John Brogden and Son*, work was commenced on Thursday last at Oteramika Bush, on the Company's estates. As this is the heaviest portion of the contract, the Messrs Campbell will be glad to see their old hands returning, and men of equal capacity will be sure to find employment for a long period. Invercaraill, 30th August, 1872. j SOUTHLAND MEAT PRESERVING CO- | (LIMITED.) I ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 1\ First Ordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of the Southland Meat Preserving Company (Limited) will beheld at the Company's works near Winton, on Friday, the 25th October, at noon, to receive the report of the directors, and statement of accounts to 31st August, and ' to decide upon the future businsss of the Company. IMMIGRATION NOTICE. QERSONS resident in the Province can nomiJl nate their friends, under the General Government scheme of Immigration on the following terms : — If cash paid in advance, for each statute adult £5 0 0 Or bills payable 30 days after arrival of person nominated ... ... ... 710 0 Children under 12 years 2 10 0 Single women between 16 and 35, and girls, under charge of their parents, between 12 and 16 Free | All information and forms of application supplied at the Immigration Office, Invercargiil, or by Mr T. Daniel, in Riverton. WALTER H. PEARSON, Immigration Officer. Immigration Office, July 1 1872. NOTICE. WE, the undersigned, Blacksmiths and Horse Shoers of Riverton, hereby give notice that in consequence of the heavy advance in the price of iron, we are compelled to raise the prices of our work in proportion thereto. On and after Ist October, 1872, shoeing will be charged as under : — Saddle Horses, 8s per set. Draught do, 9s do Do do, toed, 10s do REID & SON. GEORGE J. GRANT. CHAS. WILLIAMS. D. M'PHEE. Riverton, 20th Sept., 1872. ANNUAL GENEEAL MEETING. SOUTHLAND AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. nrHE annual Meeting of subscribers to the JL above association will be held at the Prince of Wales Hotel on Wednesday, the 9th October, at 2 p.m., for the purpose of receiving the Directors' Report, and electing Office-bearers for the ensuing year, in the room of those retiring by rotation. A meeting of Directors will take place on the previous Saturday (oth inst.), at 4 p.m. D. MACRORIE, Secretary. Entire SSorses. TO TEAVEL THIS SEASON, In the Invereargill District, Ijpb^.^^ nnHE ENTIRE HORSE — i*^* DAN O'CONNELL. Full particulars as to pedigree, terms, &c, will be published at an early date. Wm. SCOLES. TO STAND THIS SEASON, AT THE PRINCE OF WALES STABLE 3, And travel the districts of Mataura, Oteramika, Invercargill, Wallacetown, Winton, and Centre Bush, <?>*»!(*— *C3^% rpHE THOROUGHBRED ENTIRE, bz^d&ssM^ "CROYDON." Ckoydon — By Professor, out of Forget-me-not, by New Warrior, out of Modus, by Bashaw, (imported), out of Miss Devil, by Whisker, out of Vesta, by Model (imported). Vesta was the sister of Australian, and the dam of Matilda, the dam of Old Jorrocks (Vesta's dam was Caraboo, by Old Hector, and grand-dam by Rockingham, &c, &c.) Whisker (imported) by Whisker, out of Woodbine, &c, &c Vide Stud Book. Professor, by Premier (imported), dam Shamrock, sister to Tramp, by Traveller, &c, &o. Vide Stud Book. J New Warrior has distinguished himself as the ! sire of Tarragon, Tim Whiffler, Volunteer, Potentate, Warrior, Romula, The Pearl, and | many others, and is acknowledged to be the most successful sire ever imported into the Australian Colonies. CBOTDON'S performances on the turf stand unequalled by any Horse bred in Otago. As a four-year-old ho won the Canterbury Maiden Plate, beating a large field, including Southern Chief, Foretop, and other good hor3es j he also ran third in a large field for the Christchurch Plate, Manuka being first, with Knottingley second, Won the Town Plate at the Dunstan, beating Mainsail and others ; and the Town Plate at the Invercargill Meeting, 1871. As a sire, Ceovdon has been ver7 successful, all his stock being of great promise, showing excellent quality and substance, and are acknowledged by breeders to be admirably adapted to the requirements of the country. He is a beautiful dapple brown, stands 161 hands, of good temper, and great substance, and has proved himself a sure foal-getter. Season to commence Ist October, 1872, and end on the Ist February, 1873. Mares left at the undermentioned places will be provided with good Paddock accommodation at current rates, viz., Hallway Bush, Wallacetown, Lime liills, and Invercargill. TERMS £3 10a. Groom's Fee 53. RICHARD POWELL, Proprietor.