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New Advertisements. IMPORTANT SALE OF FURNITURE, PLATE, LINEN, GLASS, CHINA, BOOKS, LITHOGRAPHS, SADDLERY, &o. MESSRS. WILSON & ALPORT have received instructions from Ramsay Morton, Esq., to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, The superior FURNITURE, &c, in the following order : — At 11 o'clock a.m., At his Residence, Oxford Terrace, near the Government Buildings— I The drawing, dining, and bedroom furniture, carpets, cooking and other kitchen utensils Walnut, rosewood, and mahogany dining and drawing-room furniture Splendid piano, by Broadwood Solid silver forks, spoons, Sic. Large chimney glass, Brussels carpets Handsome wood and iron bedsteads Marble top wasbstands and chamber-ware Mahogany toilet tables and swing glasses Mattresses, pillows, bolsters Cooking and other kitchen utensils And at 2 o'clock p.m., at the High street offices, 200 volumes books, by eminent authors Novels, poetical works, cyclopaedias Works on medicine, chemistry ! Superior plated tea service, forks, spoons Ivory-handle table and dessert cutlery Cut-glass decanters, tumblers, Seo. 10 beautifully-executed lithographs Well-made side-saddle, riding saddle, bridle Sec, Seo. Catalogues of the sale are now ready, and can be had on application at the offices of the Auctioneers. 11-28 SALE BY AUCTION. MESSRS. H. MAT3ON & CO. have received instructions to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION on the Premises situate in Tuam street west, on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, At 12 o'clock, All INTEREST in the PREMISES in Tuam street under lease to the Executors of the late William Gourlay :— Lot 1. The right of purchase of a house, containing eight rooms, used as a store by the late Wm. Gourlay, subject to ground rent £21 per annum, having about seventeen years to run. Lor 2. The right of purchase of a four-roomed cottage, used as a shoe-maker's shop. Ground rent £30 per annum, having about 16i years to run. For particulars apply to H. Matson & Co., Auctioneers; or W. W.Williams, Esq., Solicitor. Also, at the same time and place, to close the Estate of the late W. Dartnell .— The lease from Church Property Trustees of Sections 13 and 14, Christchurch, with house, &c, thereon, without I reserve. 11-28 H. Matson & Co. i

FARMERS' CLUB. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Market Hall, Cathedral-square, Christchurch, on SATURDAY, November 30, 1867, at three o'clock p.m., for the purpose of confirming the establishment of the Canterbury Farmers' Club, receiving and adopting rules and regulations for conducting business, electing officers and committee, enrolling members, and other matters. N.B—The rules and regulations now framed are of a liberal character, the objects of the promoters comprising a general diffusion of knowledge on agricultural subjects, by encouraging debatesand lectures (to be open to all members of similar clubs), and a general interchange of experience : to open and maintain correspondence with kindred societies in Britain, the British colonies, America, &c. j securing suitable books, periodicals and papers ft>r the use of members ; to assist in the formation of similar clubs in outlying districts, and in connection with them the collection and compilation of such cropping and other statistical information as may prove desirable; also, for simultaneously distributing informamation and effecting united action on matters affecting the agricultural community. R. D. Bust, 11-23 Secretary, pro tern. PUBLIC NOTICE. I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, pursuant to Clause VI. of " The Canterbury Waste Lands Act, 1866," that an application has been lodged in the Land Office, Christchurch, by the 'Trust and Agency Company of Australasia, Limited," as the holder of Pasturage Licenses Nos. 182 and 391, Class 3; and by the " Bank of New South Wales," as holder of Pasturage License No. 377, Class 3, to have the boundaries of the said Pasturage Licenses ! re-adjusted, and fresh licenses issued, by the Waste Lands Board, in accordance with such re-adjusted boundaries, under the provisions of Clause 111. of the said Act. ! If any person can show cause why such fresh licenses as aforesaid should not be issued, the same must be made known to the Waste | Lands Board before Thursday, the 9th day of January, 1868. William: Gttibb Bbittan, Chief Commissioner. ■ Land Office, Chrißtchurch, November 12,1867. 11-21 NOTICE. FREE PARDON TO AN ACCOMPLICE. \I|7HEREAS, in the case of the fires W which have recently occurred at St. Luke's Schoolroom, the College, and Mr Gould's residence respectively, suspicions are entertained that the said fires were the acts of an incendiary; this is to notify that his Excellency the Governor will GRANT a b Kh*. PARDON to any person implicated in the origin of the said fires (not being a principal) who shall give such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the offender or offenders. F. E. Stewabt, U.S7 Provincial Secretary. {