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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 744, 1 December 1870, Page 3

EXCELSIOR QUARTZ MINING COMPANY (REGTSTEK ED.) AN Extraordinary Meeting of the Shareholders in the above company will be held at the EMPIRE HOTEL, Westport, on THURSDAY EVENING, 15th December, IS7O, at 8 o'clock. Business : —To receive report of Provisional Directors, and elect Permanent Directory. J NO. MUNRO, Legal Manager, pro. tern. EXCELSIOR QUARTZ MININGCOMPANY (REGISTERED). THE Provisional Directors in the above Company hereby make a CALL of TWENTY SHILLINGS per SHARE (being the subscription on allotment), payable at the Company 'd Office, on or before WEDNESDAY, December 14th, 1870. JNO. MUNRO, Legal Manager, pro. tern. Anchor Line of West Coast Packets TEAM TO NELSON, Transhipping Passengers to TARANAKI, MANUKAU, WELLINGTON, LYTTELTON, AND DUNE DIN. CHARLES EDWARD, on Saturday, 3rd November, at 4 p.m. For freight or passage, apply to the Agent, on board. SAN FRANCISCO, AND OVERLAND TO ENGLAND. TyONGA WONG- A, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. THE CALIFORNIA]*, NEW ZEALAND, AND AUSTRALIAN LINE OF STEAM PACKETS. Under contract for a Monthly Mail Service, carrying the European and American Mails, and leaving Auckland on the 7th of each month, at 2 p m. Passages by tbis route can be secured Wr> from A nr-tln r,rl f n 1 ;„„„ n „*. trom aboo upwards, Two months are allowed for transit by rail through America ; and special arrangements have been made with the Central Railroad Company for the conveyance of Passengers by this line at reduced rates. Experienced Surgeons accompany cbe steamers. For full particulars of the through route, apply to REID & CO., Agents, AVestport.

NOTICE. ALL Claims against tbe Maid of Erin, from Melbourne, must be rendered, in duplicate, to tbe undersigned before 2 o'clock p.m. to-day, else they will not be recognised. SPENCE BROS. & CO., Agents. ~R. JAMES CLAGON is re--IV| quested to communicate with Ed. Gallon, Blacksmith, East Brigbton, Victoria. PLENTY MORE OF THE pIGrHT SORT OF PLUSH, Just to hand, afc R. ROWLAND'S, Gladstone Street. PROGRAMME op CHRISTMAS SPORTS. BOXING DAY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1870, ORAWAITI RACE COURSE. Managing Committee : Messrs Lempfert, Milne, Jones, Sheahan, and Macfarlane. Ist Prize. 2nd. £ £ 1 Flat Race, 150 yards, ... 3 1 2 Putting the Stone, 211bs. 8 1 3 Rmining High Leap ... 3 1 4 Vaulting with Pole ... 5 2 5 Running Flat Leap ... 3 1 6 Boys' Race (for boys under 12 years of age) —free entry 1 10s 1 Standing High Leap ... 2 1 8 Hop, Step, and Jump ... 3 1 9 Standing Flat Leap ... 3 1 10 Race, once round the course... ... ... 5 2 Pig Hunt—Pig. And Wrestling or Tilting, with other sports, if funds will admit will be announced next week. Entrance money, 5 per cent, on the amount of the first prize Three entries, or no prizes given. R. C. REID, Hon. Sec. S. GILMER, Hon. Treas.