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Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7214, 27 November 1888, Page 1

', Public Notices. r — I £250 REWARD. WTHEREAS, on the 3rd day of October last v T the premises of Hobday's Canterbury Co-operative Stores Company, Limited, sltuuted in Casbel street, Christchurch. were totally destroyed by fire. If the said Fir- , was not the result of accident, a REWARD of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY POL.nDS will be paid to the person or persons who elves or give ench evidence as in my opinion leads to the '" iiviction of the person who caused the said F i-e. W. E. GUDGEON, 7971 Commissioner of Police. FARM WANTED. WANTED to PURCHASE, on account of a client, from 300 to 1000 ACRES of GOOD FARM LAND. Particulars, giving price required, locality and Numbers of R.S.. to be cent in to the Underui(?ned not later than FKIDAY, 30ch November. E. R. DEACON. Solicitor. Hereford Street Chambers, Christchurch. 7820 MERCANTILE FINANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. Capital £20.000 (Fully subscribed). TBIHE Directors are now Prepared to TAKE ■JL MONEY on DEPOSIT, either at call or fixed dates at current rates of interest. T. G. RUSSELL, 6016 Manager. npHE NEW ZEALAND LAND MORTGAGE JL COMPANY LIMITED. Subscribed CapitaFT? .. £2,000,003 Paid-up Capital .. ... *l>oo.ooo Head Office for the Colony: NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE BUILDINGS Queen Street;, Auckland. Chairman- ok Directors: Sir F. Whitakcr, K.C.M.G. lUnkkhs : The Bank of New Zealand. This Company is Prepared to Negotiate Loans on Freehold Mortgages throughout "the colony at Current Rates. For application forms and further particulars, apply u> DAVID CRAIG. Manager, New Zealand Insurance Ccmpany. 19S Hereford street. Christohurch. 17 mHE CANTERBURY CO - OPERATIVE FREEHOLD LAND ASSOCIATION. 40 ACRES FACING THE SEA AT CENTRAL EASTBOURNE, NEW BRIGHTON, I NOW OPEN i FOR SELECTION. SECTIONS AT FROM £10 AT 2s 6d PER WEEK. ALSO, SEVERAL SECTIONS IN THE SUBURBS OF CHRISTCHURCH. The Public are respectfully requested to inpect these Blocks of Land. Shares, 2s 6d per Week, with right to select any Sestion. D. SCHOLFIELD, 6539 Secretary. p NOTICE. THR Building situated in Cashel street' Christchurch, and known as THE TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Will in future be known as THE METROPOLITAN PRIVATE HOTEL. THE METROPOLITAN PRIVATE HOTEL . 1. Is the Largest Hotel in Christchurch. 2. Is built entirely of brick and stone. 3. Iβ therefore almost absolutely Fireproof. „4. la furnished with the largest Drawing," jpining and Smoke-rooms attached to any hotel 7Hk.Canf.e"rbury. —- •• 5. Is also furnished with Hot, Cold and Shower Baths on each fiat. 6. Is thoroughly changed in its tone and character. 7. Is now completely renovated and reorganised. 8. Is not a licensed house, therefore free from the noise and inconveniences inseparable from the ordinary hotel. 9. Is now celebrated for its viands and cultine. 10. Is therefore confidently recommended to tourists and gentlemen in search of permanent residence as being the most COMFORTABLE, QUIET AND HOMELIKB ABODE TO BE FOUND IN CHRISTCHURCH. METROPOLITAN PRIVATE HOTEL. 7690 APOLOGY. HAVING, -without due regard to consequences. Assisted in SPREADING a Rn.J J ORT SH.RIOUSLY REFLECTING on the CHARACTERS of a LADY ai.d GENTLEMAN of this Neighbourhood—said Report having NO FOUNDATION whatever in factI r.ereby wholly RETRACT what I have Eatd in Disparagement of the parties indicated, and I Deeply Regret any Pain and Annoyance that I may have caused them. i CATHERINE EDITH CLARIDGE. I Fairholme, Amberley, 26th November, 1888. 7993 Land Transfer Act Notices. "VfOTICEis Hereby Given that the several Parcels of Land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1885, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before 22nd December, 1888:— 6309. Wiiliam Rhodes and Henry Sheridan Boshell.—2l perches, Town Section 8, Balgueri road and Joly street, Akaroa. Occupied by Emma Macfarlane. 6310. Henry William Packer.—37 perches, part of Section 9U2, Tuam street, City of of Christchurch. Unoccupied. 6311. Frederick Hobbs.—2 roods, part of Town Reserve 85, Cashel Btreet, City of Christchurch. Occupied by Annie Hall. 6312. James McKay.—l6 perches, part of Town Reserve 108, Madras street. City of Christchurch, with right-of-way. Occupied by Miss McCormick and J. Duncan. 6313. Edwin George Philpott.—Bo acres. Rural Sections 7948, 80!K>. and 8091, Blocks XIIL, Grey, and 1, Rangiora Survey Districts. Occupied by Applicant. 6316. Eleanor Wiixcox, Eliza Mary Adie Willcox, Joseph Francis Wnxcox, Thomas Wai/tkr Willcox, Edwin Charles Wiixcox, Eleaxor anne Minnie Passau. Henry Denxitts Willcox, and William Alfred Smith WiLLC^v.—6 perches, part of Town Section 40, Lyttelton. Unoccupied. 6318. Alexander Burns.—l rood 20} perches, Lot 21, Plan 871, part of Rural Section 300, Town District of Linwood. Unoccupied. Diagrams may be inspected at this office. Dated this 17th day of November, 1888, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch. J. M. BATHAM, 7992 District Land Registrar. Insurance Companies. NATIONAL FIRE AND MARINE INSUR ANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL—£2,OOO,OOO. PAID-UP Capital and Reserves, £281,222. With unlimited liability of large body of Shareholders resident in the colony. Fire and Marine risks of all kinds accepted at current rates. A. CARRICK, Manager. Grain Agency Buildings, Corner of Caahel street, Hlx_ street. Sub-agents tnroughout the Province. See " Weekly Press." U Educational VOCAL SCHOOL OF MUSIQp 159 Salisbury street west MR. ALFRED A. NORTH TEACHER OF VOICE PRODUCTION. Consultation any Evening at 7 p.m. On Sale. TCtOR SALS — One Steel High-pressure JT BOILER, with injector, water check valve, and mountingcompiete. Apply A.8.P., Pb_Bß Office. _- GUANO. GUANO. LONG ISLAND GUANO. I HAVE FOR SALTsTbout 30 TONS of the above MANURE at a very Low Price. R. WOOD. __ Brown'a Siding, South Belt. 7714