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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 167, 14 July 1908, Page 8

CORPORATION NOTICES. ■p|l T X OF AUCKLAND. ABATTOIR LOAN. Public Notice is hereby given that at a . Special Meeting held on the 18th June, 1908, the Auckland City Council made the following Special Order, viz,:— "That the Auckland City Council doth 2 hereby by Special Resolution intended to operate as a Special Order resolve to borrow an additional sum of not exceeding £9000 sterling (nine thousI and pounds) for the erection of additional buildings, additions to railway ; siding and other additional works necessary for the completion of the Abattoir now being erected at the ' corner of the Main South and Portage . roads, near Otahuhu, under provisions ; of 'The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,' and the Amendments thereof, being unable to provide the necessary funds for such work out of the ordinary revenue of the City of Auckland." j "That the rate of interest upon such loan * shall not exceed 4* per cent per annum." | "That the loan be repayable in 21 years." i "That provision be made for the payi ment into a Sinking Fund of i per < cent per annum." ' "That there be pledged as security for 5 such loan the Abattoir. lands and buildings and the revenues derivable therefrom subject to the payment out of such revenues of all expenses of working the Abbatoir, and further subject to the existing loau chargeable thereon; and the revenues of the City of Auckland subject to the existing loans charegable on such revenues, and "That there be paid out of the loan the interest thereupon for the first year." The above Special Order will come up for Confirmation at the Ordinary Meeting of the Auckland City Council to be held on the 16th day of July, 190S, at G. 30 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, Cobnrg-street. HENRY W. WILSON, Town Clerk. June 22nd, 1908. ; i DRAPERY, CLOTHING, Etc. TX7ALLACE AND T\7AINHOUSE, DRAPERS, 249, QU^EN-ST. TT7TNTER pROCEEDING 1 AND WicL CONTINUE UNTIL FURTHER ) NOTICE. SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS ON WINTER SEASON'S. GOODS, Including— Costumes, Dress Skirts, Coats, Jackets Blouses at Absurd Prices Millinery, Underclothing Corsets Underskirts, Hosiery, Gloves, Neck Furs Muffs, Ladies' Motor Scary,' Shaws Dressing Gowns, and thi ,ew Kimono Blouse Flannelette In all Colours, Lace Curtains Table Damask, Children's Beaver Coats Dresses aud Overalls Greatly Reduced. • In fact. Every Article has been Genuinely Reduced, and should not fail to attract. Goods Not Marked Down, a Liberal Discount will be given, equal in value to anything in the City. I [' PUBLIC NOTICES. pOMPETITIONS. pOMPETITIONS. TTNIQUE. I "INTERESTING. _£ASY. ENTRANCE TjIREE. V\7IN A pRIZE! W™ A pKIZE! NO GAMBLING. The Proprietors of the "WEEKLY GRAPHIC AND NEW ZEALAND MAIL" offer VALUABLE PRIZES iv a series of COMPETITIONS, open to all in the Dominion. COMPETITION NO. 16. — For the BEST HUMOROUS STORY, in Verse, not exceeding sixteen lines in length, the following Prizes are offered:— Ist — A Year's Subscription to th* . "GRAPHIC," value £1. 2nd — Five Shillings in Cash. 3 The story need not be original, but the versification must. Choose any Humorous Anecdote or Incident, and turn It into verse. The prizes will be awarded, not necessarily to the best or funniest anecdotes, but to the most successful versification of them. Competitive Papers, addressed "Competition No. 16, 'GRAPHIC Office, Ancklana. must reach the office not later than FRi- : DAY, July nth. *' Results announced In "GRAPHIC" of : July 22. COMPETITION NO. 17. — NEW ZEALAND SCENERY. — Prizes are ottered for the best Original Description of a piece of New Zealand Scenery, in Prose or Verse, not exceeding in length 30 lines or Verse or 200 Words of Prose. ; Ist — A Year'? Subscription to the ' "GRAPHIC," value £L ° c 2nd — Five Shillings in Cash. Competitive Papers, addressed "Competition No. 17, 'GRAPHIC Office, Auckland, must reach the Office not later than . FRIDAY July 24th. Results wil be a" . nounced in the "GRAPHIC" of July _ st _] COMPETITION NO. 18. — SONXFT (BOUT'S RIMES). UNiEI - Prizes are offered for the best Sonnet (subject optional), constructed on the ?<_.. lowing rhymes, in the order given:--climb feet ■ meet , _ ~~~ time — rime [ _ sweet ; . repiete • — chime. adoration m „_ t ~~"""~ — sky " elation bright ' " high. For the guidance of those unfamiliar witn the structure of the souuet, it may "c stated that each line must consist of fiviamb c leet — that is. ten syllables shnrr and long alternately. (Iv lineTwi u %o_bl e rhymes, like "adoration," there will of course, be eleven syllables). W1U ' 0f Entries addressed "Competition No. IS, 'GRAPHIC Office, Auckland," must reacu the office uot later than FRIDAY, July 31st. Results will be announced in the •GRAPHIC" of August Cth. COMPETITION NO. 10 — MISSING LI..ES — Prizes are offered for the BEST TWO LINES, completing the Verse, and giving the most pertlneut aud piquant reply to the questiou propounded hereunder, viz. :— When money Is ample and business is brisk Why should New Zealand go raising a loan? The lines must be in the same metre as the above, and must respectively rhyme with "brisk" and "loan." ~***. ?#"• ~ A Year's Subscription to the GRAPHIC," value £1. 2nd Prize — Five Shillings in Cash. Entries closing on FRIDAY, August 14 . should be addressed! "Competition No lv' •GRAPHIC Office, Auckland. Results' announced iv "GRAPHIC" of August 19. pOMPETITIONS QPEN rpo A LL. . '"yyEEKLY Q.RAPHIC AND "J^EW r-_-EALAND ]V£ A IL" | (ENLARGED AND IMPROVED). ; fpHE .JJEST TLLUSTRATED IN THE T\OMINION. Price Cd per copy; £1 per annum (in advance); of all Booksellers and News Agents.