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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 135, 6 August 1853, Page 1

PUBLIC NOTICE. WHEREAS a Writ under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Grey, X.C.8., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the Islands of New Zealand, bearing date the fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, and under the Public Seal of the Islands of New Zealand aforesaid, has been directed to me, Charles Simeon, Esq., Resident Magistrate and Returning Officer for the towns of Chiistchurch and Lyttelton, and for the Christchurch Country District, requiring me to cause to be elected by and from among the duly qualified voters of the before-named districts persons to serve as Members in the House of .Representatives of the General Assembly of the Islands of New Zealand ; to wit, for the town of Christchurch, one member ; for the Christchurch Country District, two members; and for the town of Lyttelton, one member: Now therefore I, the said Charles Simeon, in pursuance of the said recited writ, give Notice that the days of Nomination and Polling shall be as follows :— The Nomination for the Town of Lyttelton shall be at the Reading Room, at Lyttelton, at the hour of noon of Monday, the loth August following; for the Town of Christchuvch and the Christchurch Country District, at the hour of noon of Tuesday, the 16th August following, at the Land Office, Chiistchuvch. Polls shall be taken : For the Town of Lyttelton, at the Resident Magistrate's Office, Lyttelton, between the hours of 9 o'clock, a.m.,and 4 o'clock, p.m.', of Wednesday, the 17th day of August following. For the Town of Christchurch, at the Resident Magistrate's Office, Christchurch, between the hours of 9 o'clock, a.m., and 4 o'clock, p.m., of Saturday, the 20th day of August following. For the Christchurch Country District, at the Resident Magistrate's Office, Christchurch, between the hours of 9 o'clock, a.m., and 4 o'clock, p.m., of Saturday, the 27th day of August following. And whereas Notice was given in a Government Gazette, bearing date 29th March, by command of His Excellency the Governor that such place in the Town of Lyttelton shall be taken to be an additional Polling place for the Christchurch Country District as the Returning Officer shall specify, I hereby give notice that the Resident Magistrate's Court shall be the Polling place so specified, and that Votes shall be taken at the said Polling place on the same day, and between the same hours, as at Christchurch. Dated at the Resident Magistrate's Office at Lyttelton, this 29th day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. Cuables Simeon, R.M., Principal Returning Officer. ~ PUBLIC NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given,—That all persons found cutting or damaging the Timber or Underwood on any of the Waste and unappropriated lands within the Canterbury Block, now belonging to the Crown, without license granted from the Land Agent of the Government, will be prosecuted as the law directs. Licenses, ten shillings per month each, can be had on application at the Land Office, Christchurch. William Guise Bhutan, Agent of the Government. Land Office, Christchnrch, July 20, 1853. ! _____ j rpRAVELLERS through Pigeon Bay -*- may obtain Refreshment and Beds at the house lately occupied as an Inn there—at all times except on the Sabbath, when it is not convenient, as a general rule, to supply accommodation. F. Knowles.