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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 9093, 2 May 1890, Page 1

Public Notices. MANAGER wanted for the Lyttelton Gas, Coal and Col::! Company, Limited, to tales o lit co on the 25th MAY, Applications and testimonials to be sent in to tbo Undersigned on or before tho 15t:i MAY, from whom particulars as to salary and duties can be obtained. J. G. PYFF, COG 4 Secretary. Re THOMAS DOWNS, deceased. ALL creditorn of Thomas Downs, deceased, late of Ashley, farmer, are requested to send iu their accounts (signed) to mo forthwith. And all recounts owing to tho said ". homas Downs, deceased, must be paid to mo without do! ay. G. H. N, HELMORF, Rangiora, 0082 For tho Executors. CHRISTCHURCH DRAINAGE BOARD. TO BASKET MAKERS. OFFERS will be received up to noon of TUESDAY. the Gth pros., for the PURCHASE of BASKET OSIERS belonging to the Board. Conditions can be seen at the Board’s offices. EDWIN COTHBBRT, Engineer, April 2S, 1890. 5554 EARLY GLOBING. RESOLUTION PASSED by the Drapers, Tailors, Outfitters and Bootmakers’ Associations “That tbo members of this Association aro prepared to Close their respective places of busmens at Sin o’clock on Saturday Evenings when it is shown to their satisfaction that the public are not inconvenienced thereby.’’ 9ha Early Closing Association respectfully ask you to SHOP BEFORE SIX AT ONCE AND ALWAYS, And thus remote the only objection to Early Closing, therefore SHOP BEFORE SIS. 5979 EARLY CLOSING. THE Grocers and Storekeepers’ Association, hating decided 10 Close their Places of Business on Saturdays at G p.m., trust that their Ixieu&a and customers will give their Orders Early, so that tho principle of Early Closing can be accomplished. fl, ANDREWS, ’ 6031 Secretary, RETAIL DRAPERS, OUTFITTERS, TAILORS AND BOOTMAKERS’ ASSOCIATION, THE Members of tbo abovo Association wish respectfully to inform the public that they have NO INTENTION OP CLOSING their RESPECTIVE PLACES OP BUSINESS at 0 p.m. on Saturdays. They deem this annoucccmeut necessary, inasmuch as a large section of the pnh ic are under the impression that the Retail Trades represented above are about to Close at that hour, when such ia not tho ease, 5869 ASPHALT. TO WORKING MEN AND OTHERS. "£, the Undersigned, having fixed Machinery for Mixing Asphalt, aro Prepared to Supply aims at a Fries that will he within roach of all. Tools tar Laying Work can bo had at a Moderate Charges; also. Washed Shingle and Broken Metal, all sizes. Bui.dera’ Sand, &c., at Shortest Notice. £057 SMART & SON, Sydenham, PRIVATE BILL Intituled “ The Church Property Trustees ■RvTOTICE is hereby given that the Church FrojL'll party Trustees of Canterbury intend to present a Petition to the General Assembly of New Zealand at the ensuing session thereof praying for leave to introduce a Bill ensbling the said Trustees ont of any moneys for tho tins being iu their hands forming part of or arising from the estate known as “General Church Property Estate ” and “ The Dean and Chapter Estate ” to pay to the Mortgagees nominated on behalf of the holders of the Debentures for the lorn of Fifty Thousand Pounds borrowed by the said Trustees all moneys from time to time paid by them for Property Tax on tho said loan and interest thereon together with tho law costs incurred by the said .v ortgagees in relation thereto and to provide for the payment of future Property Tax on the said loan out of tho said estates Copies of tho said Bill will be deposited at the Office of the Examiner of Standing Orders on or before the commencement of the session and may also be had upon application to Messrs Chapman Fitzgerald and Tripp solicitors Wellington or to the undersigned Dated this first day of May 1890, HARPER & CO., Solicitors, 6007 Christchurch. FEDERATED SQUATTERS’ AND FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OP AUSTRALASIA, LIMITED. Authorised Capital, £1,000.000, Subscribed Capital, £20,000, Circular Quay, Sydney. WOOL AND GRAIN BROKERS,'SHEEP AND CATTLE SALESMEN. Sales held at Homebuah. AUCTION SALES held when desirable fevery day if requisite) of Wool, Sheepskins, tiuios, of Tallow, Horns, Bones; also Tobacco Leaf, and Hops, Wheat, Oats, Maize, Bran, Barley, Chaff, &0., of every description, and other Farm Produce, including Butter, Eggs and Bacon, &c. New South Wales and Queensland Planters, Merchants and others may rest assured on tbo Highest Prices being obtainedfor Sugar. Wattle Bark and Minerals a .Speciality, Grain Sales held Weekly throughout the year. Mortgages Effected and Correspondence Invited. Every information given personally or by letter. The object of this Association being Co-operative, Shares are issued daily to producers and buyers. MONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT atthefollowing Kates of interest: At Call 5 per cent per annum Six Months ... G „ „ Twelve Months ... 7 ~ „ Three Years ... 8 ~ „ For large sums special arrangements can be made. 5560 READ THIS. New Zealand Railways, Engineer’s Department, Christchurch, 25th Nov., 1889, Mr T. N, Horsley, Tuam street. BEAR SIR,— As verbally requested by you, I FORWARD herewith the RESULT of the RECENT TESTS of WILSON'S AUCKLAND PORTLAND CEMENT, made tor the Department by Mr S, Derbidgo, Inspector of Works for the Lyttelton Harbour Board. Tours Faithfully, James Burnett, Res. Eng. Wkg. Eys. LMESIOKiNDUSI.] Wilson’s (Auckland) Portland Cement; RESULT of TESTS of Six Eriquotts, each made from three different samples of cement. Neat Cement mixed as dry as possible and rammed into moulds, Kopt Twenty-fours in Moulds iu Air and Six days in Fresh Water. Smallest cross-section x =2) square inch. Sample Ho. 1.—930, 951,980,940, 964,') Average 1022 = average GStjib j of Sample No. 2.—1076, 1030,1191, 1188, ! whole, 1662, 9SO = average 1039 jib [ 933 = Sample No. 3. —903, BS9, 891, BSS, GOO, I 4381 b per 975 average SOE jib J square iu, lowest Test, SBolb, ou 2i sq. in. 3911bper sq. in. Tested by Mr S. Derbidge. Lyttelton Harbour Board, 19tb, 21st and 22nd Oct., 1889. The Government Standard for Cement Manufacture iu New Zealand is 3001 b per square inch. T. N, HORSLEY, Agent, 213, Tuam street, Christchurch, 6059 "fjjl QUANT, Artesian Well - sinker. Perry Jn „ Hoad, desires to thank his customers and I the public for the support he has received tho j last 22 years, and bears to inform the public that he ia still Sinking Wells at tho Lowest Rates, with His own Steam Well-sinking Machine, and has no connection with any other well-sinker. All orders or letter's by post promptly attended to. Old Wells Cleaned Out and Pumps Fixed. 5917 Shades J3[ ote l, HEREFORD STREET, Tho Business of the Shades Luncheon Booms will be carried on under the Sole Management of I that Eminent Chef do Cuisine j Ei SULLIVAN, (Late of Arenas’ Cafe de Paris), FROM MAY Ist. The Grandest Luncheon in the Colonies will bo supplied Fkojx 11 a,m, to 3 P.M. Breakfast and Tea will be a Speciality, Balls, Banquets, and Dinners got upontbe £B5l shortest notice. 224