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West Coast Times, Issue 2887, 5 July 1878, Page 3

Notices. CLEARING-OUT SALE OF FURNITURE. L. N E "t" TE R , Revem. Street, TDEGS to notify to the public that ■*-* having purchased premises in Wellington, where he intends commencing business, he will hold a CLEARING SALE OF FURNITURE FOR ONE MONTH, previous to his leaving. The Sale will commence from the Ist of July, and anything unsold on the Ist of August will be dis-" posed of by public auction. £2000 WORTH OF STOCK, including 82 cases assorted Chairs, 220 Iron Bedsteads, Looking Glasses and Glassware, Mattrasses, Crockeryware, Billiard Table Cloths, &c, &c. GENUINE SALE AND GREAT BARGAINS. FRENCH AND GERMAN LESSONS. 1%/rONSIEUR OSCAR DAVID gives -"-■- Lessons in French and German. For particulars apply, to MONSIEUR OSCAR DAVID, Stafford Street, (Two doors from the Bellevue Hotel.) CALEDONIAN QUARTZ-MINING COMPANY (REGISTERED.) LARRY'S CREEK, INANGAHUA. A CALL (the 27th) of ONE SHILLING per Share, was made by the Directors at a meeting held on the 27th instant, PAYABLE to the Manager at the Company's Office, Revell-street Hokitika, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th JULY, 1878. LEOPOLD BEIT, Manager. Hokitika, 28th June, 1878. DIVIDEND. A FIRST DIVIDEND of FIVE SHILLINGS in the POUND is now PAYABLE in the Estate of HAMILTON CUMING, late Storekeeper, Kumara. WILLIAM DUNCAN, WILLIAM KENNY, JAMES CHESNEY, Trustees. EDUCATION NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that tbe Compulsory Education Clauees of '• The Education Act, 1877," are brought into force in the Hokitika Educational District on and after this date. By the said clauses of the above Act, " the parent or guardian of every child not less than seven nor more than thirteen years of age shall, in case such child liveß within the distance of two miles measured according to the nearest road from a public school within a school district, send such child to school for at least one half of the period in each year during which the school is usually open." Exemptions. The parent or guardian of any child may apply for and receive a certificate from the Committee ia the school district in which such child resides exempting such child from attendance in whole or in part at school, upon satisfying the Committee ©f the existence of any one of the follow iug grounds, namely, — (1.) That the child is under efficient or regular instruction otherwise, or is attending some private school or some educational institute not supported by grants from the Board, and which school or institution provides for instruction in reading, writing, and arithmetic on week days : (2.) That the child is prevented from attending school by sickness, danger of infection, temporary or permanent infirmity, or other unavoidable cause : (3.) Tbat the road between the child's residence and the school is not sufficiently passable for such child: (4.) That one of the Inspectors or the master of any public school has, by writing under his hand, certified that such child hes reached a standard of education prescribed by any regulations under this Act. And every such certificate of exemption shall state the ground of exemption, and shall be in force for a period of one year or for a shorter period, as may be named in such certificate ; and during the period named in snch certificate the bolder thereof shall be freed from the operation of the provisions ot this Act in respect of the child named therein : Provided always that any parent dissatisfied with the decision of a Committee in refusing to grant an exemption certificate may appeal to tbe Board against such decision, and the Board may overrule or confirm such decision. In the event of the Committee ascertaining that any child between the ages above stated and resident as described, does not attend school, the clerk or any member of the Committee may give the parent or guardian notice in writing, calling upon the parent or guardian to send the child to school. And if no certificate of exemption be held, the parent or guardian may be summoned before the Court, and fined in a penalty not exceeding 40s, in terms of clauses 89 to 96. D. W. VIRTUE, Chairman, Hokitika Education Committee. July 1, 1878. MR GREENWOOD DENTIST, Tainui-slreet, opposite the Post Office, Greymouth. Dentistry in all its branches. NOTICE THE West Coast Times will be delivered daily, and the Leadee every THURSDAY, to Subscriber a the Kumara Rush, at Town Prices. ROBERT WRIGHT, Agent.