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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 657, 12 May 1870, Page 3

FUNERAL NOTICE. PgIHE friends of the deceased W. H. Ratcliffe are requested to assemble at the Catholic Chapel, at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Friday. iINEES' BALL, r I UIE Miners' Ball, under the auspices of the Miners' League Committee, and for the Benefit of the Miners' League, will be held at the MASONIC HALL, Empire Hotel, Westport, ON QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY, the 24th instant. Double tickets, 10s 6d each, to be had at the stores of Messrs. Bailie and Humphrey, P. F. Smyth and Co., R. Rowlands, Jno. Hughes, Empire Hotel, Westport; J. Braithwaite, Caledonian Terrace: David Barry German Terrace ; T. Gallagher, Addison's Plat; ¥m. Harrison, Giles Terrace, and from any member of the Miners' League Committee. PIGEON MATCH, QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY, THE ORAWATTI BRIDGE. A rare treat in the way of Pigeon Shooting. Any number of Pigeons. Match to commence at 11 o'clock. Guns, ammunition, &c, provided, or parties may bring their own. THOMAS JONES, Bridge Hotel. GOATS POR SALE. n WELL BRED GOATS, all in \J Kid, for sale cheap Apply E. SMYRK, Storekeeper, Gladstone Street. Superintendent's Office, Nelson, 2nd May, 1870. [ UTHORITY is hereby granted for twelve months from the Ist May, 1870, under Section XIII. of the " Goldfields Act, 1866," to James Wilson Humphrey, for the Westport flax Company, to clear for purposes of navigation, the Waratea River, in the district of Buller, for a distance of five miles more or less, from its mouth, upon the following conditions:— 1. The river to be cleared of snags and logs, and made passable for boats, for the distance above specified. 2. Tolls to be charged on all goods conveyed in boats by other parties, at the rate of 2s 6d per ton. 3. This license not to be transferred without the authority of the Warden of the district, who is also empowered, if any matter of complaint should arise, to suspend the license, until the same is removed; and if the matter of complaint be not removed within a reasonable time, the Superintendent shall have power to cancel this protection. OSWALD CURTIS, Superintendent.