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Mr Pond, the Colonial analyst at Auckland, has reported to Superintendent Thomson that he failed to find arsenic in the stomach and intestines of the lute Mrs Hedges. The daughter’s statement thus proves a falsification as to the woman being poisoned by her husband It is understood that the time for the Agent* General receiving tenders for the direct steam service between England and New Zealand will probably close about the end of December or beginning of January next. Sir Dillon Bell will communicate with the Government by cable if it should prove necessary to vary in any material the general instructions sent to him, but otherwise the matter is left in his hands. The Post says :—lt is thought that there will be a large number of competitors, and that no difficulty will be experienced in finding contractors willing to undertake the service on the terms specified. There are already rumours of several intending tenderers. It is believed that fn addition to the Union Steamship Company, the New Zealand Shipping Company, and Messrs Shaw, Saville. and Co., the list may not improbably include Messrs. Sloman and Co., of Ham burg, whose poineer boat, the Sorrento, will be here shortly ; the Messageries Maritimes, Messrs Money Wigram and Co., the company now carrying on the Torres strait mail service, and other shipowning firms of note. It is expected that the likelihood of the Panama Canal being complete in a few years may materially influence tenderers, as the contractor who should be in possession of the field by the ..me the Canal is opened would manifestly enjoy a vast advantage at the outset of the new trade. ADVERTISEMENTS. ELECTION OP MAYOR. XT OTICE is hereby given that the ANNUAL ELECTION OF MAYOR for the Borough of Picton will be held at the Office of the Borough Council, Picton, on "WEDNESDAY, the 29th day of November, 1882 ; and I hereby appoint WEDNESDAY, the. I.sth day of November, 1882, to be the day, and the Office of the Borough Council, Picton, to be the place for the NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES. Nominations to be in the form of the Second Schedule of “ The Local Elections Act, 1876,” and a deposit of Ten Pounds must be delivered to me at the Borough Council Office, Picton, before noon of the said 15th day of November, 1882. JOSHUA GREEN, Returning Officer. Picton, Bth November, 1882. Picton Coal Company Limited. f {RENDERS are invited for the SINK*--1. ING of a SHAFT, 6 feet by 4 feet, 60 feet deep, for the Picton Coal Company Limited. Specifications may be seen, and all information supplied, on application to the undersigned. Tenders must be lodged by the 15tli instant. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. ROBT. B. HUTCHESON, Manager. Marlborough Regatta. A GENERAL MEETING will he held at the Pier Hotel, Picton, on FRIDAY NEXT, November 10th, at 8 p.m. Business : To consider the programme prepared by the Committee, and other important business. W. E. MILES, Secretary. NOW ON SALE—Price Is. PICTURESQUE NEW ZEALAND, JT Part I. ALFRED T. CARD, Agent, PICTON. j A good present for friends in the old country. THOMAS YOUNGER, Architect, Building Surveyor & Valuator, Borough Council Offices, PICTON. Borough of Picton. Applications will be received by the undersigned, until 12 o'clock noon, on MONDAY, the 13th day of November, for a competent person willing to undertake the duties of INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES, IMPOUNDER, POUNDKEEPER, COLLECTOR OF DEPASTURING LICENSES, and for carrying out certain provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, &c., and the Bye-Laws generally. Salary, £2O per annum and 10 per cent, on the amount collected for Depasturing Licences. Information obtainable at the Office of the Borough Council during office hours. THOMAS YOUNGER, Town Clerk. Flour! Flour! First-class flour in soibßags, at 7s cash per bag. P. R. SOMMERVILL, Agen for Patterson’s Tapanui Flour Mills.