Public j&otfrcs. WANTED, a Female SERVANT. Apply at the Express Office. WANTED, for a Sheep Station, a respectable MARRIED COUPLE, with good references; without family preferred. Apply to Dr. Renwick, Dumgree Station, Awatere. WANTED— A full-sized SADDLE, a little worn. Also a good SIDESADDLE second-hand. —Apply to P. Lawrence, Merchant. IVTOTICE. Any Person taking Firej3l wood from my Run in the Omaka, will be prosecuted. C. Goulter. Presbyteriam Church. THE Rev. MR. SOU! ER will preach To-morrow forenoon, at eleven o’clock. Blenheim, Dec. 19th, 1868. Great Success. TRIAL of PICKWICK for Breach of Promise, and the Parliamentary Derate, will be repeated (by desire) on Tuesday Evening next, at 7 \ for 8 o’clock. Tickets :—Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Back Seats, 2s. district of Wstirnn. MR. EYES will meet the ELECTORS at the Council Chamber, Blenheim’ on Saturday Evening, the 2nd of January, at Seven o’clock. New Years’s Sports. TO be held at Gouland’s Ferry, on Friday, January Ist, 1869. Judge:— Mr. Robert Phillips. Stewards : Mr. James Gane, Mr. John March, Mr. Thomas Powick. Horse, Foot, and Boat Racing Quoits and Tilling And various old English Sports. 'To commence at 10 o’clock. Christmas PresentsTHE undersigned hegs to announce that he intends ottering to he drawn for, on the Principle of the London Art Union, A SELECTION OF FANCY GOODS, &c., SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. Articles to the value of £25 will he disposed of by 100 Tickets, at ss. each. Among the Prizes will be— Eight-tuned Musical Box Writing Desks Work Boxes Fancy Goods Books Toys &c., &c. A prize for every Ticket. Should the number of tickets not be disposed of, prizes equal in amount will he withdrawn ; and should more than 100 be taken up, extra prizes in proportion will he added. The drawing for tne prizes will take place on Thursday evening, December 31st, before j two impartial witnesses. A list of the Prizes will be forwarded to the various Agents, and the articles will be on view at the Shop, next the George Hotel, Picton, one week prior to the Drawing. Tickets may be obtained of the following Agents Blenheim—Mr. Syms, Chemist; Reuwicktovvn—Mr. T. O’Sullivan, Storekeeper; and of Alfred T. Card, Picton.
The Wool Market. —By Mr. Southey’s catalogue for September, it appeal’s that some small parcels of wool shipped by the John Bunyansold so low as and 2d. per lb., and in seveal cases greasy wool fetched only sd. This result should induce flockowners to seriously consider the necessity for scouring their wool this season.—H.B. Herald. [To which we may add, that unless fresh rams are speedily introduced, scouring will not long be necessary.] A return of the value of imports and exports for the quarter ending Sept. 30, shows as follows : — lmports —Wairau, from the United Kingdom, 2,691 Z, Victoria, 788?, total, 3,479?, being an increase of 549? on the corresponding quarter of 1867. Picton—from the United Kingdom, 10?, New South Wales, 77?, Victoria, 383 1, total, 470/, being a decrease on the corresponding quarter of 1867 of 670/. Exports —Wairau and Havelock, nil; Picton, 956/, the value of 6,212 gals, of whale oil, being a decrease of 257?. t(.
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