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Marlborough Express, Volume XVII, Issue 296, 19 December 1882, Page 2

Archibald Forbes, Tlffi FAMOUS WAE CORRESPONDENT, WILL give ONE LECTURE m. V V " Ewart's Hall, Blenheim, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, January 3rd. — A FEW LEADING OPINIONS. "Forbe's ride after Ularidi, whin, wounded, he rode m the dark 110 rhiles m 14 hours, to communicate news of the victory to Sir Garnet Wolseley, is an achievement destined to live eternally m military history and m the! re'eorils of heroic adventure." — " London Times." " His lectures prove that to describe a charge you must be m it, and to tell of the heroic defence of a redoubt you must not be afraid of shells."— "Vanity Fair." " Mr Forbes has surpassed every other writer m the brilliancy and fidelity of his descriptions. In addition to his other merits he has shown great personal gallantry and the courage of a hero."— Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. "Forbes has.been lionised as much as amincanbe. The Queen sent for him to Balmoral. - The' Duke of Sutherland travelled all the way from Dunrobin Castle to hear him lecture m StJamoi's Hall."—" New York Tribunn." " In his lecture on ' Kings and Princes I have Met,' many.an eye glistened as he depicted the scenes pf misery he had witnessed wma the Prince of Wales lay sick at Sandringham."-^" New York Time's. 'l Reserved seats, 4s ; uu-reseryed front seats, 3s ;- back seats, 2s. ; Elnjirance will be ; gained to jibe reserved seats by. the. .side /door of the Hall. To avoid crushing;* these seats will be railed off froni iihe oody of, the Hall, and. only, personshaving reserved seat tickets will be admitted to them. '■'• ' ; ' !:t ' } \ . . l rPlaiis ean.beseeni and seats:takeri at ; the ofii,ce^ I df^the <; local papers, and at the .Club Hotel. •■".'??!%*. •*■*'('" i .••; ! ?:-<.f>f,« 4 ■ , Sale of Pastoral : Leases : bf Crown Lands. ; ; PRELIMINARY NOTICE. „ " ,:«>"j»lJf«- ! ;■■■ -*; _-:.:-^-:rl>General ,C?rown Lands Office, '" Wellington, Sept* 20," 1882. QNE million seven hundred and , .fifty thousand acres of Orown lands, will sbprtly be open for, pastoral lease m the Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand. ■ (This country' is at present held under lease m iorcy.aix nias until the Ist' of March,, 1884, and will again be offered m runs suitable to the nature of the country j but no lessee will be allowed to take up more than will carry tweaty thousand sheep, or four thousand head of cattle. : ;: '' , ' , ; ; ' The leases" will be for a term of years to be hereafter determined; but, in no case .will any,, lease n be for a period exeseding twenty-one years. ;.:,... ' Compensation for improvement up., to, 1 ; rental will? 'be allowed at the end' of th ! dle isei i In order to • give neW" pastoral lessees time to make arrangements, the licenses will, in' terms of the LandA.cts, be sold* <by 'pabhV auction, ' at the Land Office; Dunedin, m the latter end of February, 1883, twelve months- before ' possession is to be given. One year's rent will be payable m advance On the license at the time of sale. , The country has been occupied for upwards of twenty years. It is well grassedj well watered, sound, and healthy: ■ ' ; ' Distance frpm port by good roads andjraiiwayg part ;of;'the'way, ffsom thirty to one"' hundred and fifty iinjles.;, .; ]<\ ■■ .; ;,.■■■., ) [ [.-\\f Maps and further particulars will be obtainable shortly at the Land Offices. ; of;, New. Zeakndi and a* places ia t'he Australian . Colonies, to be named m future advertisements. ■. : , ; ' ,-..■•■ Wm. IIOLLESTON, Minister of Lands.

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