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New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume I, Issue 17, 1 August 1840, Page 4

PUBLIC BALL AND FETE.. COMMITTEE. Mr. J. DORSET, Major D. S. DUHIE, Mr. JAMES "WATT, Mr. GKOKGE DUPPA, Mr, F. A. MOLESWOiITIJ, Mr. KOtfERT R. Si'dAKG, Wr.- GEORGE WHITE, . Mr. R. BARKEIT, ' - Dr. JOHxVSTOtf, M.D., MaJM BAKER. ■- . '. Mr. JOHN- WADE, Mr. DODERY. Captain CHAFFERS, Mr. JOHN THOMPSON. Mr. J. DORSET, Secretary and TreasurerThe .Fete will take place as soon af.er the appi-ofmatiori'of the To.vn Sections as the Committee determine wilj suit public 'convenience. The following list of diversions nave been determined upon, and the members of the Committee named are Jtp bye addressed respecting the arrangements. A Rjwing Match, consisting of whale boats owned by the residents of Port NichoUon. Ist prize, .£2O; 2nd, £10; 3rd, £5. No race unless five boats start. Entrance fee, £2 each boat. And a Sailing Match, by boajs owned by residents. ' Ist prize,' £10; 2nd',' £s. Entrance, £l ; — managing member, Capt. Chaffers. A Canoe Race, by Natives, i? 10 to be awarded as a prize, and a War Dance ; — managing member, Mr. It. Barrett. A tJuRDLE Race. Ist horse, £lo; 2nd to save his stakes. Entrance fee, £<i each h.n-se. Three horses to start, or no race; — managing member, Mr. James Watt. A Riki.b Match. Ist prize, £20, to purchase a rifle; 2nd, jdlO, to purchase a fowling piece; 3rd, jgo, to purchase a brace of pistols. Entrance fee, £1 ; — managing members, Messrs. Molesworth and D.ippa. Whesti.ino Mvtch, Climbing Poles, Foot Races, &c. £20 awarded for the same ; — managing members, Messrs. Dodery and Barret. THE BALL, E ich subscriber of £2 is allowed to introduce the ladies of hn .icrpiintince ;— -managingmembers, Maj.n- B, iksr'ani Me.wrs. L)jrsec and R. Strang. ' All members of the Committee are empowered' to receive subscriptions. ARCHIBALD ANDERSON BEGS to inform the public, that he has opened a Store atTiiorndon, on the north end of the Bsach, where he will always have on hand a supply of the following articles, on sale at moderate prices. Jackets and Tuowsers, in corderoy, beverteen. and duck. SaißTiNo, in fine regitta coloured, blue stripes, and unbleached cotton. Groceries, at different prices ; tea, coffee, mustard, pepper, and rice. Wines and Spirits, of wholesale quality. Q.ls and Lvmp Wick. Hardware and Cutlery, of ajl kinds ? and of superior quality. Thorndon, July 8, 1840. VERY SUPERIQR CHAMPAGNE AND CLARET. * ' JQHN PIERCE. Britannia Hotel and Stores. ON SALS. BY the Undersigned, at the west end of the Beach, wholesale only, a quantity of spirits at very low prices. T. RQSKELL. Port Nicholson, June 30, 1810. I7< X the "Platina," pit and cross-cut saws of \i the best quality ; also, felling axes and hatchets in great variety. Q.i sale at Messrs. Wallace, White, anl Wallace's Stores, wast end of the Beach, wholesale and retail. N.B. — An assortment of pit and hand-saw files. July 31, \?iO. NOTICE. FOUND, at Sea, by Natives, TWO DEALS, 21 feet long. Any claimant proving his property, and paying the expences, miy have them on application at Tod's Wnarf. If not claimed in a week, they will be sold. Thorndon. July 30, 1840. JAMKS BURTON and SONS, Millwrights ani Engineers, of John's Place, Holland Street, Southwark, London, beg leave to inform capitalists and the settlers in general, that they i can be supplied on moderate terms and at" a! short notice, with steam engines of any power, horse and water whee's, wind mills, saw and oil mill*, and every kind of mill and machinery, 1 wharf and warehou&ercranes, suitable to a new settlement ; either complete, or the iron and | brass work, &c. only, ready to fix to the wood, with working drawing?, to a scale, comple-;r», and every detail and direction given to enable the purchaser to avail himself of the labour to be found on the spot, both for miking the nece isary framing, and for fixing the machinery; anl if required, full instructions wUI bs given to enable the proprietor to work the machinery to th n bsstarlvanrag?. Each part will be so carefully marked that there will he no difficulty in putting them together, and the wliole will be securely packed and marked, so as to prevent any accidegt or mistake on the voyag j ; dalivered at any. wharf in London. For reference and terms apply to our agent, Mr. H. Boy ton, K'ngineer to Messrs Hopjier and Co., Port Niplwison, New Zealand. PORT NICHOLSON HOTEL AND "T4YERN. Y|" ALLEN be.g* to inform his friends and V • the public, that he has opened his New House, and is happy to state that he ha 3 good Beds, and every accommodation upon the most reasonable terms. The boat Rnterprize will start from his House every morning at 9 o'clock, for Thorndon, for the conveyance of" Passengers and parcels,, and rptnrn in the evening. N.B. In connexion with the above, J. A.;lnw bis Botcher's Shop, Grocery, Provision, and Drapery SronEf, where the public can be supplied with every article in the above branches, and with good and cheap orl, cotton, &c. &c.