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Otago Witness, Issue 313, 28 November 1857, Page 2

['[ EX?* SOUTHERN CROSS," AND ON'SALE AT RpSS & KILGOTJR'S, ICASE, containing Galvanized Sail Thimbles, Connecting Shackles, Rivets, Tinned Tacks, Washers, &c. t , ' 1 Cask ' Alum 1 Do. Cart-Grease ' 6 Do. Carbonate of Soda , ~ 1 Do. Bellows/ "\ J-Ton Rope and Spun Yarn " , J 10 Kegs Nails, sizes * • J-Ton Bullock and Trace Chains • 1 Cask Brushware, consisting of House Brooms, Hair Brushes, Shoe do., Bannister do. TOWN BOARD OF DUNEDIN. . . ELECTION 'OF FIVE MEMBERS. IN pursuance of " the Dunedin Town Board Ordinance," Sessu 11., No. 12, I, the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, do hereby appoint the Electors entitled to vote for Members for the Town of Dunedin in the Provincial Council of Otago, to assemble upon MONDAY, the 30th day of November, 1857, at twelve o'clock noon, within the Provincial Council Hall, Princes Street, Dunedin, for the purpose of electing Five Members in the room of — Messrs, James Kilgour, Alexander Rennie, John Hyde Harris, David John Napier, George Duncan, who go out of office on the first Wednesday in the month of December, 1857 ; and further, in pursuance of the said Ordinance, 1 hereby appoint John Gillies, Esquire, R.M., Dunedin, to preside at said Meeting : and in the event of a Poll being demanded, I hereby appoint the Polling to take place in the said Hall on Tuesday, the lst-day of December, 1857. W. Cargill, Superintendent. Provincial Government House, \ Dunedin, sth November, 1857. J TOWN BOARD OF DUNEDIN. HpENDERS will be received by the underJ- signed, on or before the Ist day of December next, from Parties willing to Cut Down and Burn Off about 4£ Acres of Flax at Little Paisley. MALCOLM GRAHAM, Clerk to the Board. TWO POUNDS REWARD. STRAYED, from Green Island, one Dark BROWN HORSE, short tail, branded S on neck. Any one delivering the same to Robert Stuart, Esq., Dunedin, will receive the above Reward. The above mentioned horse was formerly the property of the Maories. FOR SALE. A FREEHOLD PROPERTY, pleasantly situated in Caversham, comprising 20 Acres of good Arable Land, with wood and water, 12 acres of which are fenced, and 4 acres under cultivation. Also, a Weatherboarded House, containing 3 rooms. Apply to Messrs. Ross & Kilgotjh, Dunedin. GENERAL BOARD OF ROAD TRUSTEES. "VTOTICE is hereby Given, thatin pursuance JLI of the " Roads' Ordinance, 1856," MEETINGS of the persons liable to be rated for Roads within the recently proclaimed Road Districts of Port Chalmers and Invercargill, will be held, for the purpose of electing District Boards of Road Trustees at the times and places following : — PORT CHALMERS DISTRICT. The Meeting to be held at the premises of Mr. Taylor, in Port Chalmers, upon Wednesday the 2nd day of December, 1857, at 6 o'clock evening. . INVERCAEGILL DISTRICT. The Meeting to be held at the house of Mr. W. Lind, at Invercargill, upon Wednesday, the 2nd day of December, 1857, at 12 o'clock noon. By section 7th of said Ordinance, it is enacted that " every person of the male sex, and twentyone years of age and upwards, who is rated, or liable to be rated, for roads within any part of •the Province, in virtue of that or any other Ordinance, shall be qualified to be elected a member of any District Board of Road Trustees." And by section 9 it is enacted that " the Electors assembled at every such meeting shall, by a majority of their number, appoint a Chairman, and make their elections of not less than three' persons, qualified as aforesaid, to form the District Board of Road Trustees ; and the state of the votes shall be ascertained by a show of hands, or in such other manner as to the Chairman may seem expedient ; and at the Meeting at which he is Chairman he shall be disqualified to be elected a Trustee, and shall have no vote except a casting vote in every case of an equality of votes j and he shall declare the state of the votes to the Meeting, which declaration shall be final;' and shall forthwith make a true return in writing of the names and designations of the persons elected, such return to be made to the Clerk. of the Gene-. ral Board of Trustees ; and in default of so doing shall forfeit and pay a .penalty riot, exceeding five pounds." ' ' - > ; . By. order, of the Board, " JAMES, A. CHEYNE, " Cleric to the Board. Dunedin, 19th October, 1,857.