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Otago Daily Times, Issue 437, 15 May 1863, Page 2

Government Notices. |HkTAGO GOVERNMENT TOWN LAND SALES. ! SECTIONS IN OA"MARU TOWNSHIP, , At tho Courthouse there, I On SATUBBAY, the 16th of MAY, | At 12 o'clock noon. Superintendent's Office, I Dunedin, 6th Mny, 1863. ABSTRACT, of ADVERTISEMENTS from the "Provincial Government Gazette," of this ate:TENDERS TO BE LODGED NATURE OF WOKE, ETC. BY TWELVE NOON OH 00 cubic feet of metal at Hawksbury - - 19th M»y. Nine different Ferries—(ln w this case tenders may also. be lotteed at the Offices of tlie Wardens', Dunstan, Manuherikia. Teviot, and Fiankton) - j Ist June j By order, John Looait, Clerk to Superintendent. THE ship Silisfria Laving arrived from tha Clyde, with a number of Assisted Immigrants, Famiiie3 requiring Domestic Servants of a superior class, tor town or the country, are requested to apply io the Matron of the Immigration Barracks, every lawful day between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Slst April, 1863. POSTAL. MAILS TO PORT CHALMERS. ffTENDERS -will be received at this office, on or X before the Ist June prox., for the undermentioned services :— No. 1. Conveyance of local pails between this office'and the Post Office, Port Chalmers, by steamboat twice each way daily, from Ist July to 31st December, 1863. . . JVo. 2. The sr-me service, overland. Hours of arrival and departure to be fixed by tl.e Postmaster. Security will be required for the due fulfilment of the contract. ; Parties tendering lor No. 1, ere requested to name tod describe the boat by which they propose carrying out the service. For JN'o. 2, to state whether, by horse or by coach. The Government will not be bound to accept the lowest, nor any of the ten^^^ Chief Postmaster. Chief Post Office, Dunedin, 25th April, 1863. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF DUNEDIN. IN pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled « The Regulation oi Elections Act, 1858;" and also of an Act of the aforesaid General Assembly, intituled "The Provincial Elections Act, 1858," I, John Gillies, Returning Officer, for the Electoral District of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a writ bearing date 23i\l day of April, 1863, issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor" of New Zealand, an Election will be held for the return of seven qualified persons to serve as members of the Provincial Council of the said Province of Otago ; and that the NOMINATION of Candidates will take place at the Court House at Dunedin, on Monday, the 18th day of May, at 12 o'clock noon; and that the poll (if necessary) ■pill be taken on Friday, the 22nd day of May, 1863. Dated this 6tk day of May,1863. _ _ JOHN GILLIES, Returning Officer. The following is the polling place for the Electora District of Dunedin : — The Court House, Dunedin. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF NORTH HARBOR. IN pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled " The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858 ;" and also of an Act of the aforesaid General Assembly, intituled " The Provincial Elections Act. 1858," I, John Gillies, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of North Harbor, in the Province of Ota-go, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a writ bearing date the 23rd day of April, 1863, issued under the hand of his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, nn Election will be held for the Return of Two qualified persons to serve as MEMBERS of the Provincial Council of the said Province of Otago; and that the. NOMINATION of Candidates will take place at the Schoolhouse, North East Vailev, on Saturday, the 16th day of May, 1863, at 12 o'clock noon,- and that the Poll (if necessary) will be taken on Tuesday, the Nineteenth day of May, 1863, Dated this sth day of May, 1863. JOHN GILLIES, Returning-Officer. The following are the Polling-places for the Electoral District of North Harbor :— The Schoolhouse at Port Chalmers. Tha Schoolhouse nt North East Valley. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF GREEN ISLAND AND CAVERSHAM. IN pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled " The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858 ; and also of nn Act of the aforesaid General Assembly, intituled "The Provincial Elections Act, 1858/' I, John Gillies, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Green Island and Caversham, in the Province of Otago, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a writ bearing date the 23rd day of April, 1863, issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, an Election will be held for the Return of Two qualified persons to serve as members of tbe Provincial Council, of the said Province of Otago; and that the NOMINATION of Candidates will take place at Caversham. on Thursday, the 21st day of May, 1863, at 12 o-elock noon ; and that the poll (if necessary) will be taken on Monday, the 25th day of May, 1863. Dated this sth day of May, 1863. JOHN GILLIES, Beturning Officer. The following are the'polling places for the Electoral District of Green Island and Caversham in the Province of Otago :— The Schoolhouse at Caversham. The Schoolhouse at Green Island. SUPREME COURT, OTAGO. NOTICE is Hereby Given, that a Sitting of the Supreme Court for the despatch of Criminal Business, will be holden at the Court House, Dunedin, on Monday the Ist day of June next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, and that a sitting for the despatch of Civil Business will be holden at the Court House, aforesaid, on Monday the 15th day of June next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at •which times and place all persons under recognizance to appear as prosecutors, defendants, or witnesses, are required to give their attendance. ROBERT CHAPMAN, Registrar. Supreme Court Office, ) Dunedin, 4th May, 1863. j N.IS.—In consequence of the New Proclamation of the Otago and Southland District as a Judicial District, the proposed Civil Sitting in this month of Mny will not-take place. Jurors summoned to sit in Civil Caseß on 15th May will not now be required to attend. P 01(IOB ])EPARTMEN T, ~ Commissioner's Office,: . Dunedin, 11th May, 1863. MURDER. IMPORTANT. TTNFORMATION is requested concerning the name JL and address of a man who, on or about Monday, the 23rd of March last, wanted to purchase some ' flour at the tent of Joseph Smith, otherwise " Yorky" (since murdered), at Miller's Flat. The person sought for enquired 'the-price of flour, and was told that it was sold at ten pence a pound. He expressed himself ready, to take ten or twelve pounds of i<-. Tbe storenian went inside 'as if to procure it, but turned round and said, " Will you not take a fifty pound bag?" which the other declined to do. The rtoreman then said " He did not care about selling." Should this meet the eye of the man who wanted to buy the flour on the- 'day abovementioned, at Miller's Flat, he is earnestly requested to forward his name and address to the Commissioner of Police,' Dunedin, without delay. Pun«dia,lltkMaff,im