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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 434, 20 December 1861, Page 2

■ ■ ■■ — ! Flection for Superintendent. THE COMMITTEE lor promoting the *■ election of Mr. ROBINSON will meet THIS EVENING (Friday), at Eight o'clock precisely, at the Temperance Hall, Bridge-street. Friends invited NELSON SAVINGS BANK.—The TRUSTEES of the above Bank are PREPARED TO LEND MONEY to the amount of £1000, in such sums as may be required, on security of freehold land, within'twenty-five miles of the City of Nelson. Rate of interest, tun per cent. For further particulars, apply to .Mr. (I D. Jacks™. the Manager. DONALD SINCLAIR, 555 Vice-President N\)ln'Ui <avinn«' Bunk Two Pounds Reward STOLEN, fiom a bedroom in the Trafalgar Hotel, a five-chambered UKVOLVKR, Bullet Mould, &c Hrandud on the barrel, ' Ogswell's Patent.' and the name of ' Tranter' engravtxi 1 on the ramrod. ApiJy to Mrs. Luck, Trafalgar Hotel. December 17, 1861. 597 Nelson Town Schools. ."THE PRIZES awarded to the Scholars ■*• of the above schools will be distributed by his Honor the Superintendent, at the Town Hall, en Saturday, TO-MORROW, at One o'clock. The public are respectfully invited to attend. 594 BAND OF HOPE.—A MEETING of the Y*OUTfIS of both sexes, and others interested in thca'ove, will be held at the Temperance Hall, on MONDAY Evening, December 30, at Seven o'clock, for the purpose of FORMING the above Si.cic.ty. Parents are requested to allow their elder children to attend. I. M. Hiia. W. C. Nation. Object or the Society. — Drawing young persons out of the way of temptation ; to become teetotallers, thereby preventing the young from being overcome by that destroyer of social happiness, " Intoxicating Liquor;" to give Lectures to the young in a simple and pleasing form, and also to prepare the younjj to speak with confidence before others, and to give them an opportunity to recite poetry or prose at their meetings ; to draw out the miiul, thereby inciting them to think and read, in order to obtain matter to write an essay ; and lastly a desire for good company; to be industrious; and above all, to secure the good things of a future world. FlO J Nelson Board of Works. TV'OTICE is hereby given that, in ancord- -*-^ ance with the provisions of the " Nehon Board of Works Debenture Act, 1859," a SPECIAL RATE of One Fenny and One Eighth in the Pound hits been levied upon the property conUguous to Trafalgarstreet north, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the SIiWER in the said street. The rat'- is to be paid to the Secretary, at the Board of Works Office, on MONDAY, the 13th day of January. 1802. The names of the persons liable for the Rate, and the amount payable by each of such persons are published for general information: — Anslow, T. .. ..£lO 6 Baker, G... .. ..6 111 Bank of New South Wales .. 2 13 11 Black, J P. ~ ~ 4 10 7 Buxton, E. .. .. 4 18 10 Bird, Mrs... .. ..590 Bartlett, Mrs. .. .. 2 19 5 Balv, H. .. .. ..321 Bum, R. .. .. ..124 Chamber of Commerce .. 1 10 10 Crombie, J. N. .. ..2 1) ll Coates, G. .. .. 3 17 1 Cuuis Brothers .. ..154 Drew, H. .. .. 2 13 9 Dentlv, S .. ..126 Drew, J. .. .. 1 15 8 Elliott, C. and J. .. .. 9 19 2 Edwards, N., and Co. .. 10 4 3 Fell and Curtis .. ..128 Freemasons' Hull Committee.. 4 4 4 Gentry, C. .. ..6113 Greaves, —■ .. .. 2 13 8 Harris, M. .. ..875 Kodjrwin, W. C. .. ..163 Hadfield. F. B. .. ..227 Haney. C. . ..076 Henderson and M'Farlane .. 3 6 0 Jackson. H. D. .. ..227 Jervis, J. .. ..565 Jenkins, A. G. .. .. 1116 Johns and Tiv.vh«ell»r .. 3 12 7 Lightb-ind ami Jackson .. 4 4 8 Link, J. .. .. .. 14 l 3 Levien, J. H. .. .. 6 i 0 Milk, E. .. .. .. 7 19 4 Moore, D. .. ..3 19 8 AJai\shane, Mrs. .. ..280 Miner. T.. .. ..484 M'Gee.C. .. .. 5 18 2 Kesbitt and Co. .. ..182 Prk'hard.K. .. .. 3 16 2 Phillip?. J. C. .. .. 2 16 6 Rentoul. Mrs. .. .. 3 19 8 Stanton, \Y. M. .. .. 8 12 6 Sinclair, D. .. .. I 18 0 - Snow,T .. ..970 Snow, E. .. ..300 Sherratt, G. .. ..123 Smith, J. .. ..181 Union Hank .. .. 3 13 5 U«h<T,T. .. ..2 19 4 Webb, J. .. .. 2 !0 7 W«Uot, R. B. .. ..424 By order ot the Board, J. L. BAILEY, Secretary. Board of Works Office, Nelson, December 19, 1861. 596 Christmas Presents. LT D. JACKSON begs to call the atten- -*-■*■ • tion of the public of Nelson to his special Btock of Books Toys Fancy Goods which is now on view at his Depot in Trafalgar-street. There are articles in it which will surt every variety of taste, as well as every description of purse. High and low, then*.'ore, as well as rich and poor, cannot do better than tail and inspect for themselves. They are sure to find something to suit. them. H. D. JACKSON, Book,"Stationery, and Toy Warehouse, 586 Trafalgar-street. Waimea South Mechanics' Institute. T^HE EIGHTH; ANNIVERSA RY ■ f ■ lip above -*- Institution will take place on the Ist of J nuary, 1862, when a Tea Parry will be held (attended by the Wukefield Brass Band). Tea on the table at Five p.hi. 592 Tickets 2s, children half-price. To Sawyers &c. WANTED, TENDERS for CUTTING 33,000 feotof SAWN TIMBER ( Totara, Remu, and White Pine.) To be delivered on site of pro posed new Court House, Nelson, on or before February 17, Apply to, JAMES HENRY, 591 Builder, Nelson. rFHE Rev. A. M. GARIN begs to inform bis -* friends, that the building of the Catholic Church being too small for the number of persons who usual] v attend at Christinas night service, he finds himself unavoidably compelled to issue free tickets, by which only admission can be obtained. Nelson, Dec. 19, Ih6l. 59n New Zealand Insurance Company. INSURANCE FROM FIRE.— Tho un- ■*• dersigned are authoiiscd, by power <>i attorney from the above Company, togntut POLICIES of Insurance from losh or damage by KIUE upon I.UJILDINuS and FURMTUKE.and Goods and Mer-handiso of all descriptions. CURTIS BROTHERS. Nelson, August 20, IdGJ. 993 ,