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Auctions. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. PREECE'S SALEYARDS. TPREECE has received instructions . to SELL BY AUCTION, as above— A QUANTITY OF GROCERIES, OILMAN'S STORES, &c, Removed for the convenience of sale. Also, 50 Paisley shawls Boots, clothing, drapery, &c. 50 Picture frames, 3 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft 9 in. Books, stationery, Pictures, &c. Terms cash. 8-30 - ■ ■ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. i SALE BY AUCTION AT MRS ASHBOLT'S BOARDING HOUSE. TPREECE has received instructions . from Mrs Ashbolt, who is giving up her boarding-house, opposite Watt and Co, storekeepers, Whatley road, to SELL Ux AUCTION, on the premises, | The whole of the USEFUL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PIANO, BY BROADWOOD & SONS, BEDDING, KITCHEN UTENSILS, COOKING RANGE, And a large variety of sundries} Sale at 12 o'clock. No reserve. I Terms cash. 8-31 Miscellaneous. WOOL SCOURING. SAMPLES may be seen at the offices of the undersigned. 8-30 W. WILSON & CO. CANTERBURY ROWING CLUB. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING for the election of officers, admission of members, and general business, will be held at White's Hotel, on WEDNESDAY, September 1,1869, at 7.30 p.m. THOMAS DOUGLAS, 8-27 Hon. Sec. NOTICE TO BUILDERS. THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT INVITE TENDERS for the ERECTION of BATH ROOMS and PADDED ROOMS at the Christchurch Hospital Plans and specifications may be seen at tbe Provincial Engineer's office, Christchurch. ' Tenders will be received at this office, not later than noon on THURSDAY, the 2nd September, endorsed "Tender for Bath and Padded Rooms." The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. EDWD. JOLLIE, Secretary for Public Works. Public Works Office, Christchurch, August 26,1869. 8 28 CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. ELECTION NOTICE. EXTRAORDINARY VACANCY.

IN ACCORDANCE with Clause 113 of the Municipal Corporation Act, 1867, I hereby appoint FRIDAY, the J7th day of September next for the ELECTION of a COUNCILLOR to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Councillor John Craib Angus. . And I hereby require all candidates at such election to be nominated as hereinafter mentioned, before the day of nomination (SATURDAY, tbe 4th day of September), at the office of the Town Clerk. Any persons desirous of nominating a candidate, must do so by leaving at the office of the Town Clerk not later than 4 o'clock in the afternoon on FRIDAY, the 3rd of September next, a nomination paper in the form or to the effect given in the 9th schedule to the Act; such nomination paper must be signed-by not less than three persons duly qualified to vote at the election, and also by the person named therein as candidate. The necessary forms can be obtained at the office of the Town Clerk. Dated this the 28th day of August, 1869. JOHN ANDERSON, 8 30 Mayor. FLAX AGENCY AND FLAX DRESSING. ED. BUST respectfully intimates that « he is prepared to undertake, on commission, all matters in connection with this new branch of industry ; to give instructions in manipulation ; to superintend the erection Of plant, &c., for which he has secured the assistance of first-class mechanical skill. Orders from the adjacent provinces attended to. Temporary address (by kind permission), Offices of Messrs W Wilson & Co., Christchurch. N.B.—R. D. B. guarantees to prepare flax fibre by the machinery now made in Canterbury, to quite equal the best machine-dressed hitherto produced iv Auckland, and with the addition of Dr A. Florence's solvent, to match (if not excel) the best double-dressed fibre jet prepared in that province. 8-30 I KOWAI BAKERY, LEITHFIELD. DMcKAY 80LICITS a SHARE of • PATRONAGE as BAKER, &c, at his shop, Leithfield; where he intends to S3?f?'S" or^ n to his care with credit to himself and satisfaction to those who may give him a trial. g^