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Otago Witness, Issue 2202, 14 May 1896, Page 28

Late Advertisements. tt abour and estate agency JLj DUNEDIN, ALWAYS TO THE FRONT. YVSSOLUTION 0F PARTNERSHIP OF iJ Measrs HOOD AND DAVIDSON, Oatmeal Millers, Kensington. In connection with the above, we beg to intimate that we have this day BOUGHT the MILL, PLANT, STOCK, GOODWILL, and REGISTJCKED BRANDS of Messrs Hood and Davidson, and will from date Manufacture the well known Brand of Oatme»l known as BLUE BELL, for which purpose we have secured the services of an experienced Oatmeal Miller (Mr Wm. Davids an), a partner in the late firm. ALL ORDERS entrusted to us will recaivo Prompt Attention. J. H. HANCOCK & CO., Kensiegton. Telephone No. 396. Dunedin, Bth May 1898. limy AUCKLAND. UNIVERSITY COLLEGS. SINCLAIR SCHOLARSHIP One Scholarship of the annual value of £50, tenable for three years, will ba awarded at the end of OCTOBER, 1896. Tbii Scholarship is on>en to all persons, male or female, born in the colony of New Zealand, who at the time of examination thall be between the ages of IC and 20 yeai I.*,1 .*, and who shall satisfy the Couucil of tha College that neither they nor their patents, or guaul'ana, are able to provide a University Education for them without pecuniary aid. Candidates will be examined in (I) Mathematics, (2) Physical Geography, (3) Animal Physiology, aDd (4) Botany. The staudard for the examination will be the same as that for the Junior Scholarship of the Univeisity of New Zealaud. Special weight will be given to attainments and capacity in Animal Physiology and Botany. Candidates are required to give in their names on or before Ist OCTOBER to the Regstrar, from whom further information may be obtained. .The Examinations are to be held at Auckland, Wellington, Chmtchutch, and Dunedin. D. W. RUNCIMAN, Registrar. 2ud May 1896. 12niy TRUST MONEY TO LEND On FREEHOLD SECURITY at 5* per cent. THE TRUSTEES EXKCUTORS, & AGENISY COMPANY <)F NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED). W. LAWRENCE SIMPSON, Manager. Government Notifications. Village Bftome&ite&d Aliotmi tsts, SECTIONS in BJock X. Qlenkeuich District: Blook IV, Tautuku District; Blocks XI and XVI, Maniototo District ; BWk VII, Rock and Pillar District; Blocks VII and X, WoodUnd District, will be OPEN for APPLICATION afc this Office on and after WEDNSSDAY, the 10th day of June 1896, as Village Homestead Allotments on the LEASE IN PERPETUITY ejstem. ' No Person c«n apply foe or bold more than TWO Allotments, and Married Women are NOT eligible as Selectors. Posters containing further particulars will shortly be exhibited at the various Posb Office?, Railvr&y Stations, &c. Plans, Form? of Application, and full information can be obtained at thin Office. J. P. MAITLAND, ; Conimißeioner oE Crown Lands. | Crown Lands Office, j Dunedin, l*t May 1896. 7my ■\TBW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. CHRISTCHURCH WINTER SHOW, 20th to 23rd MAY. QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HOLIDAYS. ' DUNEDIN RACEsTBrd and-25th MAY. • HOLTDAY EXCURSION TICKKTS will be issued in connection with the above as follows :— From Dunedin -Tinwald and intermediate stations, including branches, to Christchuich, from 19th to 2Wt May ; aud ftom any station on Hurunui-Bluff hection to Christchurch, Timaru, Oatnaru, Duaedlu. Invercargill, and Kingston, from 22nd to 25th May. v All the above Tickets will be available for Return up to and including Saturday, 30th. M*y. The Return Fares will ba 2d per mile First Class and Id per mile Second Class, the minimum being 4s and 2s respectively. , These Tickets may be extended to make them ava^lai'le for Return for a further period of 14 dayßon payment of the difference in value between an Ordinary Sin^e Ticket aud Half the Excursion Fare, provided application is made at the station to which the ticket w»s issued before the expiration of the original ticket. The journey must be commenced on date tickets are taken out, and may be broken at any station where the train is timed to stop after travelling 25 miles from the original starting station. For particulars ses handbills and posters at all Railway Stations. 12my By order. APPLICATION FOR TUNNRL PROSPECTING LICENSE. " o To the Wardon at Dunedin. WE HEREBY APPLY for a TUNNEL PROSPECTING LICENSE under the provisions of " The Mining Act Amendment Act 1895," which has been duly marked < ff in accordance with the regulations m*de under the said Act. Signature : 1 THE BAREWOOD QUARTZ-MINING COMPANY. By its solicitor, Donald Reid, jun. Is'ame and address < in full of applicant: The Barevvood Quariz-mining Company, Limited, Lower High street, Ituntdip. - Locality where area applied for h situated : In block VII, Nenthorn Survey District, Otago. Length of proposed tunnel : 2670 ft. Amount of capital proposed to be expended in construction of tunnel : £5340. Dimensions of proposed tunnel : Bft high and 6ft wide. Number of men proposed to be employed in constructing tunnel : Nine. Remarks : This tunnel is being put in upon the recommendation of the Minister for Mines. Dated at Dunedin this 30th day of April 1826. — The above application and any objections will be heard at the Warden's Officu at Dunedin on FRIDAY, the sth day of June 1896, at 10 30 o'clock a.m. Any person desiring to object to the issue of a Tunnel Prospecting License for the land applied for must, within two clear days from the above date of such application, enter his objections at the Warden's Office at Dunedin. WM. E. SESSIONS, Pro Warden. Warden's Office, Danedia April SO, 1896. 7my