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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XIII, Issue 1015, 17 April 1869, Page 3

&r. NOTICE. rp HE Annual Meeting of the Bruns JL wick Highways’ District will be held at Mr Bryce’s House, in the said district, on the 21st of April next, at noon. JOHN BRYCE, Chairman of Board. March 27. atts 2tgPjSllo9gdl LICENSING MEETING. Resident Magistrate’s Court Wanganui, March 12, 1869 IUTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that J_l the General Annual Licensing Meeting of the Justices of the Peace, for Wanganui, will be holden at this Court, on TUESDAY, the twentieth day of April next, at 12 o’clock noon, for the purpose of considering applications for Licenses for the sale of Fermented and Spirituous Liquors, in compliance with ohe provisions of the Licensing Ordinance, Viet. V, Session XI, No 12. All applications must be lodged with the clerk to the Bench on or before TUESDAY, the sixth day of April next. RICHARD W. WOQN, Clerk to the Bench. March 23. MAKIRIKIRI (NORTH) ROAD DISTRICT. fIIHE ANNUAL MEETING of RateJL payers in the above District will be held at the Upokongaro Hotel, on SATURDAY, 24th April, at 3 o’clock p.m. For the purpose of fixing a rate for the ensuing year, and transacting any other necessary business. JOHN KENNEDY, Chairman of Board of Wardens. March 23. is*; WOOL Si STBS From Canterbury for London direct. ITIHE following magnificent Clipper Ships will be despatched from Lyttelton during the wool season, affording ample accommodation for saloon and second-cabin passengers : Hydaspes, 2096 tons register, E. S. Babot, about the end of January Blue Jacket, 1442 ditto, James White Glenmark, 953 ditto, R. Wrankmore, R.N.R. Mermaid, 1233 ditto, Henry Rose Matoaka, 1323 ditto, Alfred Stevens (To follow in quick succession). The Commanders are gentlemen of great experience, highly esteemed in the New Zealand passenger trade, and most of the ships carry duly qualified medical officers. These ships are famed for the very complete arrangements made for the comfort of passengers, and the excellent table provided. For full particulars, apply to E. S. DALGETY & Co. Lyttelton & Christchurch. Jan 9. FLORA MACDONALD MEMORIA L FUND. FROM time to time, for many years, strangers visiting the Churchyard of Kilmuir, in the Island of Skye, have complained that no memorial has been placed over the grave of Flora Macdonald. Reference is made to the fact in the last edition of Boswell’s Journal of Dr. Johnston’s “ Tour to the Hebrides;” the late Alexander Smith speaks feelingly on the subject in his “Summer in Skye;” mauy letters have appeared in the newspapers, upbraiding the descendants of Highland Jacobites for this neglect, and within the last few weeks attention has been drawn to it in the Illustrated London News. Flora Macdonald’s grave has thus acquired a celebrity which, in its present neglected state, is, to say the least of it, undesirable ; ancl it is evident, from the tone of the public communications on the subject, that the only thing necessary to remove this reproach from the Highlands is that some one should take a little trouble to collect Subscriptions, and ascertain the wishes of Sub- j scribers as to the form the Memorial should assume. With a view to giving practical shape to the sentiment which has been expressed in so many ways, Macintosh of Macintosh lately requestod that subscriptions might be received at the office of the Inverness Courier, and at his instance an advertisement has appeared in that journal soliciting contributions. About £2O has been sent in cash. This money has been paid into an account opened at the Caledonian Bank, In verness, and the Fund must be dealt with in some form. It is insufficient to carry out what are, no doubt, the wishes of the present subscribers, and there must be many persons, representatives or descendants of old Highland families, as well as other admirers of Flora Macdonald, at home and abroad, who would he sorry not to have had an opportunity of adding a stone to the cairn of one whose name will be for ever associated with the most interesting national event in Highland history In the present stage of the Fund, the subscribers being far apart, it is out of the question to call a meeting to appoint a Secretary aud Treasurer. It may be sufficient, in the meantime, to intimate that contributions will be received by Macintosh of Macintosh, Moyhall, Inverness ; Charles Waterson, Esq., of the Caledonian .Bank, Inverness, Scotland ; or by the undersigned ; and, at a later period, the wishes of subscribers will be consulted, either by circular or by public meeting, as to the disposal of the fund. Money may be remitted in postage stamps, by cheque, or by registered letter. W. F. RUSSELL, Bank of New Zealand. April 13.