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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 947, 30 April 1879, Page 2

LATE_ ADVERTISEMENTS OAMARU RAILWAY BENEFIT SOCIETY. A SPECIAL MEETING of the Oamaru Branch of the above Society will be held at the Goods Office on TUESDAY EVENING, 6th MAY, at S o'clock. Business—To consider the advisability of petitioning the Government to take over the management of the Society. Other matters of importance will also be brought before the inciting. Every member is urgently requested to attend. THOS. POWELL, 379 Secretary. NORTH OTAGO AGRICULTURAL PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. rjpHE ANNUAL MEETING of the * Members of the Association will be held on SATURDAY, 3rd MAY, at 2 p.m., in the Mechanics' Institute. Business To Elect Committee, and adopt Anuaal Report; and Balancesheet. A MEKKTING of the COMMITTEE will be held in the Secretary's oiiice at 11 a.m., for the approval of annual report and treneral business. J. CHURCH, LODGE WAITAKL—No. 1111, E.C. rspHE REGULAR MEETING of the L Lodge takes place on THURSDAY FIRST (the Ist May) at 7.30 p.m., when a full attendance is requested. Business—lnstallation of Officers. THE ANNUAL P.ANQUET will bo held in the Lodge Room immediately after the Installation. By order of the AY. ?>L GEORGE BROWNLEE, 351 Secretary. WAITAKI ROAD DISTRICT. PAPAKAIO SUBDIVISION. PURSUANT to Section 35 of "The Regulation of Local Elections Act, 1576,' Notice, i& Hereby Given that the following is the RESULT of a POLL taken at Messr, : Millington's this day, to fill a Vacancy in the above District Board : Wm. Smillie 26 Votes Hugh Ross 13 ~ Majority for Wm. Smillie 13 Votes And I hereby declare the said WM. SMILLIE duly elected. ROBERT GARROW, Returning Officer. Oamaru, 29th April, 1579. 367 VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO OAMARU. AT th,e desire of the Reception Committee, I hereby respectfully invite the citizens of Oamaru to observe FRIDAY NEXT, 2nd MAY, as a HALF-HOLIDAY, viz., from 12 noon. It is suggested, in order that the town may wear a holiday aspect, that shopkeepers should close their doors but not put up their shutters^ W. J. STEWARD, 377 Mayor. "VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. rjPHE Reception Committee desire to notify, for the information of the Citizens generally, that the following arrangements have been made for Friday next. His Excellency is expected to arrive by special train from Dunedin at 1 p.m., and on his arrival the Artillery will salute, and an address will be presented (on the passenger platform) by the Municipal Council. His Excellency will leave for the Harbor Works by special train at 1.15 p.m., and will be presented with an address by the Harbor Board on the Normanby Wharf, the Volunteer Rifles forming a guard of honor. The return train will, at 1.45 p.m., leave for Oamaru Station, where carriages will be in waiting to convey his Excellency and party to the Star and Garter Hotel, where they will partake of a private luncheon. After Luncheon, such arrangements will be made as His Excellency may command. The Governor will leave for Tiraa.ru by special train at 3.25 p.m. As the space at the passenger platform is so limited, the Reception Committee have been obliged to provide that tickets of admission thereto shall only be issued t.r' mejnbers of the Legislature, and of the thrV governing bodies taking part in the arrangements, and as the proceedings at the Railway Station will only occupy a few minutes they respectfully recommend the general public to await His Excellency at the Harbor Works., WM. J. STEWARD, Mayor, 37S Chairman Reception Committee. £1 REWARD. LOST— One Yellow and White COW," branded D on rump, milking side. The above reward will be paid on information of the whereabouts of the cow being given to P. NIHILL, 342 Northern or Empire Hotel Stables. and after this date, POISON will be laid in the neighborhood of Livingstone, for the destruction of Dogs which have of late been worrying Sheep on Rons 300 and 301. ANTHONY M'MASTER, Manager. Toka-rahi, Apiil 21, 1579. 375