PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Saturday, 25th February,] has l>een .fixed for the sale by auction of the late W. A. D. Sutherland's land sections at Grovetown.

The Linkwater Dairy Factory Company invite friends to attend the •opening of the new factory at the Grove.

Ivor L. Williams, dentist, amortises his dates for visiting Havelock and Seddon. '

Gent's Rover bicycle for sale. A few boarders wanted. N Adjourned annual meeting of Seddon Hall Syndicate on Friday. Annual general meeting of Royal Society of St. George oil Tuesday night.

Messrs McCormick and Dawkins sell stock at Picton to-morrow.

Mr and Mrs Wooster thank Drs Bennett, Walker and Adams, and the hospital staff for attention to their son in his recent illness.

Twenty Hens for sale. An_ acre of land at Dillon's Point ■for... sale cheap. Strong lad wanted.

To tempt the "fair"is not ;fche object of Messrs W. B. Girlingl and. Co. Ltd's announcement on another page —it is only to inform them that the great summer sale closes on Saturday. The "fair: know from past experience what this means—a final great clearing out; ©f bargains that will make the women of Blenheim wonder ■• if they are really awake or merely -dreaming pleasant dreams.