fEtecellaneousL'NION BANK OF AUSTRALIA. ' j UilS Office will be CLOSED on THURS1 DAY and FlllDAY^Clio Ist and 2nd proximo, !,<- t l >.j 'ialf-ycarly balan/fng of accounts. jf Alexander Kkrr, \jr Manager. J r :.oa Bank oi Australia, Nelson, Dece.nber 26, 1836. | OST, from Waimea South, a Red and ■3 J White Spotted POLEY COW, branded G V • . i'le near rump, and a CALF supposed to hi by \ REWARD of TWOvfOUNDS will bj paid to »' \ iv:? who shall delivei/fhe same to / / Gkorgj? Verry, {/ Waimea-south. i 'ATTLE taken on FOURTIIS, by parties V- of experience and rcspeotabilly, on a Run south l>. :'ie Canterbury block. /"' i'or further particularartfpply to J. Longt>3N~, Cany™*;u ™*; tS Nefo ifOli WAIRAU AND WELLINGTON. I — The fine new clippey schooner "THE LMIDK OF THE ISLES '^nl\ SAIL for the above yovU on SATURDAY,(j^3rd January, 1857. '\>r freight or passage, apply to Mr. W. Wilkie, oy ;j the Master on board. N.B. — All freights payable in Nelson. IrUR SYDNEY.— The fast-sailing schooner I "TARANAKI," Henry Cory, Master, will i -.vj for the above-named port punctually on WEDN /.SDAY, the 14th January^lSß?. for freight or passage (ljiving excellent accommod:ii;oti for passenger^, apply to the Master on board, Tr NICHOLSON AND ]|j#INaS. HLACK BALL LINE OF PACKETS TO NEW ZEALAND. r pllE magnificent clipper ship "OLIVER i LANG," Captain Mundle, 1,299 tons register, U, /'>'•> 'ons burden, will SAIL from Wellington for 1,1 VEItPOOL (to which port passengers will be for- \« K-.ted at ship' 3 expense) during the month of i-V-i-Kcry. More 'definite information as to the day of sailing \>ii shortly be given. This ship will take Wool at 1\ tjt. per lb. ; and, should Mullcient inducement offer, wi": load shipments from tin* province at Port Underwood. The vessel is expected aVrhis port in about a week, v.'li?n passengers for Jafnoland will have an opportunity ot inspecting her aecormnodations, which are far be- \ >ud comparison with those of any ship which has \ it mailed from any New Zealand port. Further information can be obtained on application to tho agents here. NrcnoLSON i.yi> Ridings. Nelson, 30th December, 1856. ANTED to PURCHASE, a RUN, with about FIVE TfIOUSA^D SHEEP on the !.:\..u.\ for a gentleman in Australia. Address, slating partieula*&, to HrXRY Cory, oilice of this paper. \/ pOBERT AITKEN has just received a i\ fresh supply of COFFEE, which he is now prepared to sell at Is. per lb., in quantities of not less than 20 pounds. Robert Aitken would take this opportunity of acquainting his customara'and the public in general, llut tho Provincial Government having accepted his t-'nder for supplying rations and miscellaneous articles fir the Ho«pital, Gaol, Lockup, and Destitute Poor, is i \ proof that goods can bo procured at his stores v hich are unsurpassed in. quality and lowness of price by any other establishment in town ; and a3 he makes his purchases with the greatest care, he will still continue to supply articles which cannot fail to give satisfaction to tho consumer. Bridge-street, 31st December, 1856. XUST to hancLja useful assortment of **J STATIONER/?/** ci 7 iow prices. ♦ RODERT AITKEN". Bridge-street, 31sfc J2«mnber, 1856. 171 STOCK begs to inform the inhabitants * • of Nelson and its vicinity, tbrft'he has TAKEN the SIR CHARLES NAPIEE/INN, Haven-road, \v!k>re he hopes, by slrict attention to the wants of his customers and cale in^clccting Wines, Spirits, «i.i\, to merit a share orpmriic support. Nelson, 30th December, 1856.