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Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 399, 14 October 1874, Page 2

TUAPEKA HOSPITAL. FTYHE usual Quarterly Meeting of Sub- , ■*- scribers to the Tuapeka Grolclficlcla Hospital will be hold in the Commercial Hotel, on THURSDAY, 15th OCTOBER, at eight o'clock. The members of Committee aro requested to meet at half-past seven o'clock the same evening. In addition to tho usual business, tho newly revised Rules will bo submitted to the subscribers for approval and adoption. Copies of the proposed Rules can be had at the Secretary's Office. W. HAVES, Secretary. THE PEOPLE'S TIMBER YARD, EOSS PLACE, IA WHENCE. A LEXANDER HUMPHREY, ii. builder, cakpektee, joiner, &c. TT7ANTED Known, that Building Material YV of every description, and of the best quality, is kopl in stock ; also white, pine lining and flooring, and galvanised roofing iron, in quantity and quality, at HtrariißEx's Timber Yard. WANTED Known, that A. Htdipheey will build Shop and Dwelliiighouses of every style and clescr ption, from the standard and standing desig "Yictoriau Gothic," to the bold, chaste, and magnificent mansions and villas for the " nobs " and capitalists who rule this mighty empire, of which Lawrenco forms a most important part. WANTED Known, that A. Humphrey is Agent for tho Tokomairiro Lime Works, and has lime of excellent quality for sale. NOTICE. To parties applying for Land in the Mount Bcnger District, at tho Roxburgh Court. \ PPLICATIONS for Agricultural Leases, ■*• and Notices of Exchange Leases, as required by the Regulations, aro advertised in the Tuapeka Times for 95., two insertions.

The following is an extract from a speech recently made by Sir George Eowen, at EdgleLawk, Bendigo, Victoria. We should imagine it will read anything but pleasant to Sir George's old friends, the Maoris in. the North Island :— -"In New Zealand. whoro'l spent five years, the toast of the Governor was aUvuys followed by the tune of " The King of the Cannibal Islands "—(laughter-alluding, I presume, to a craving which the Maoris bad for a certain kind of flesh ; but for myself I would rather hear the tune Just played, "For he's a jolly good fellow."