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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1176, 15 May 1874, Page 3

Excited wife (to her husband) : " Do you not admit that woman has a mission ?"—Cool husband : " Yes, my dear, she has s«Jmission." Great confusion in the domestic circle, and the husband calls on the family surgeon for a plaister for his head, " wounded by accidentally hitting it against the edge of an open door."

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SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. MONDAY, 25th INST., At 2 o'clock p.m., On the Ground, Orawaiti. T NO . MU N E O, -J instructed by Mr Peter Herren (nhois leaving the district), will sell as above, 5 Dairy Cows 2 Heifers 4 Packhorses 12 Saddles Also, The Lease of Land, comprising IS acres IS perches, for the unexpired term of twelve years, together with the Lagoon Hotel, stock-in-trade, furniture, and effects. Term* at Sale. JNO. MUNRO, Auctioneer. 1 E. P E O C T O E, HOKITIKA and CHEISTCHUECH, With the Largest and Best Assortment JEWELLER T, &c, Ever Exhibited in New Zealand, and will OPEN the same FOE SALE THIS DAY, at the MASONIC Inspection is respectfully invited, as the goods in every department are superior to any before offered the Westport public. Fob One or Two Days Only. NELSON SOUTH-WEST GOLDPIELDS. APPLICATION FOE AGRICULTUEAL LEASE. Westport, District of Reefton, May 14, 1874. To Warden Giles, I HEREBY apply for a Lease of Land for Agricultural Purposes, situate at north side of the Ngakawhau Eiver, about one chain back from the river, and about one chain from high water mark, and comprising 50 acres or thereabouts; and I deposit herewith the Eeceiver's receipt for Ten Pounds (£10), in' accordance with the Agricultural Lease Eegulations of the Ist day of September 1573, made under the Goldficids Act, 18GG. WILLIAM S. CHAMBERS, Westport. The above application will be heard before me at the Court House, Westport, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of June, 1874, providing ths lan'd applied for has been surveyed. JOSEPH GILES, AVarden. v. Hi K. TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE WORKS ON THE BANKS OP THE DULLER RIVER AT WESTPORT. THE Time for Receiving Tenders for the execution of this work is hereby extended to noon of THURSDAY, 21st May, 1874. Tenders must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside "Tender for Buller River Temporary Protective Works." Drawings and Specifications may be seen at the Engineer's Office here, on and after Thursday, April 30, 1874. Telegraphic Tenders similarly addressed and marked will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by noon of the same date, provided that written Tenders in due form are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer's Office by the same hour. By Command, EDWARD EVANS, Resident Engineer. Westport and Mount Rochfort Railway Office, April 27, 1874. NOTICE. rfTHOMAS FORSTER, write im--1 mediately to your brother George, Post Office, Charleston.