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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1021, 12 November 1872, Page 3

DISSOLUTION OP PARTNERSHIP. THE Partnership hitherto subsisting between James Moore and Thomas Thompson, of "Westport, trading and carrying on business under the style and firm of Moore and Thompson, as contractors, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. All monies receivable and payable by the above firm to be received and paid by the said Thompson, who will, on and from this day, carry on tho business on his sole account. Dated at Westport, this 9th day of November 1872. James Moobe. Thomas Thomson. Witness: Zoefany Hobne. NELSON SOUTH-WEST GOLDFIELDS. APPLICATION FOR AGRICULTURAL LEASE. Westport, District of Buller, Nov. 7th, 1872. To Waeden Giles, THEREBY apply for a Lease of Land for Agricultural Purposes, situate near the South Spit, being Section No. 222, and comprising 30 acres or thereabouts; and I deposit herewith the Receiver's receipt for ten pounds (£10), in accordance with the Agricultural Lease Regulations of the 7th day of May, 1872, made under the Goldfields Act, 1866. JOHN SEATON, The above application will be heard before me at Westport, on Tuesday, the 26th day of November, 1872, at 10 a.m. JOSEPH GILES, Warden. EXHIBITION OF COLONIAL PRODUCTS. rjpHE WESTPORT COMMITTEE J_ of MANAGEMENT invite Claimholders throughout the Goldfields to furnish specimens of Quartz, Washdirt, Coals, Minerals, and Ores, for transmission to the Colonial Exhibition, to.be held in Christchurch in December next. A.t the Christchurch Exhibition it is intended to select the best articles, subject to the approval of the owners, for the Vienna Exhibition in 1873. Intending contributors are requested to inform the Secretary, us early as possible, of the character and number of the objects they desire to show. Any further information required can be obtained from him. All exhibits will be forwarded free of cost. A. D. BAYFEILD, Secretary. N.B.—Subscriptions for furthering the above object will be received by the Secretary, or the Treasurer, Mr Robert Whyte. PROVINCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS. CANDIDATES for the two Provincial Scholarships now open for competition, are requested to present themselves at the Public School, at Westport, on WEDNESDAY, December 4th, at 10 a.m. These Scholarships are tenable for two years, and include a yearly payment of Forty Pounds offered by the Provincial Council, and a Free Education at Nelson College offered by the Governor. Candidates must have attained their Twelfth Year before December 4th, aud must have attended a Provincial School in the Country for the last two years. For further particulars, apply to W. C. Hodgson or R. Pollock, Nelson. FOR SALE OR TO LET, WAT Splendid PROPERTY on South Spit, known as White's Gabdexs. The property consists of Agricultural Lease, containing 55 acres —ten acres of which are cleared and under grass and five acres of garden and orchard. For particulars, apply to GEORGE WHITE, South Spit. Westport, Nov. 4, 1872. Gazette in Bankruptcy. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WESTLAND NORTH, Holden at Westport. In Bankruptcy. Be THOMAS ASHTON, Giles Terrace, Miner. AT the Meeting of creditors in the above estate, held at Westport on Monday, the 11th November, 1872, William Fbancis Bogus was duly appointed Trustee in the Bankrupt Estate of the said Thomaa Ashton; and Monday, 23rd December, 1872, at ton o'clock forenoon, at the Court House, Westport, the bankrupt to surrender, to pass last examination and apply for his discharge. Dated this 11th day of November, 1872. THOMAS ASHTON, In Persoc