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Wellington Independent, Volume XXV, Issue 3087, 20 December 1870, Page 1

Positive clearing sale OF DRAPERY, MEN'S, BOYS/ & YOUTHS' CLOTHING, AT TIE J^EIO HOUSE, OTJBA. ST. JAME3 SMITH'S Importations for the Present Season having been purchased at a considerable discount under ruling prices in the Home Markets, and in order to show his appreciation of the very liberal support accorded to him sinco commencing business, he is induced to offer his present CHOICE SELECTION OF GOODS AT WONDERFULLY LOW PRICES FOB CASH ONLY ! ! J. S. desires to call the attention of customers to a few of the Special Bargains : — 300 print dresses, neat patterns, and fast colors, Antimacassars, 10|d each 2s 7£d tho dress 4-4 carpets, 10|d, lljd, Is £d 500 fancy dresses in figured bareges, shot camlets, Victoria felt carpets, 52 in. wide, 2s lid per yard poplins, challies, &c, &c, 4s lOJd, 5s 7£d, 1000 pairs cotton hose, 2£d, 3 £d, 4£d» sid, 6Jd, 7% 63 4|d, and 7s lid the dress 400 straw hats, new shapes, Is each, really worth 120 printrd French cambric dresses, choice pat- buying. terns, and colors, 8s 4d the dress CLOTHING. A lot of white coutille stays, 2s 6d per pair 60 Crimean shirts, 4a 9d, worth 8s 6d 550 yards grey calico, 3d per yard 100 „ „ 6s 6d, worth 103 6d 600 „ „ „ 3£d „ 160 „ „ 8s 6d, worth 11s 6d 990 „ „ „ 4d „ Men's tweed tvowsers, 6s 9d, 7s 9d, 10a 6d, 13s 6d 1000 „ „ „ 4£d „ Men's tweed coats, 15s 6d 1500 „ white „ 4£d, sd, 5Jd per yard Boy's and youth's clothing in great variety, and 1000 „ „ sheeting, Is 2£d, Is 4£d, Is 6d decidedly cheap I 800 „ brown holland, 4 jd, s|d, 6fcd, 7£d An immense stock of tweeds, from Is 4sd to 6s 6d White toilet covers, ll£d each The netv •' Yacht" paper collars, &0., &o. J.S. may mention for the benefit of Strangers in the Province, that his present stock is entirely free from faded and shabby goods, the greater part having arrived by latest shipments, and oustomers paying a visit to his establishment may depend on finding Quality, Quantity, and PRICES AS ADVERTISED! ; ".. .

Government Notices '. mENDERS are invited for the erection .of, a JL Court House at Wanganui. General conditions, specifications, and drawings may be seen at the Offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellitig; ton, and at the Resident Magistrate's -Court), Wanganui. . • '• . '',,% Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to Noon on Thursday, the 22nd day of December next. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. rriENDERS are invited for the erection of a X Court House and Survey Office at Patea, in the province of Wellington. General conditions, and specifications, and drawings may be seen at the Offices of the Colonial Architeot, Wellington, and at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Wanganui. Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to coon on Wednesday, the 4th day of January next. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. December 12. 1870. Meetings, &c. WELLINGTON GAS COMPANY LIMITED. NOTICE. mHE FIR9T ANNUAL MEETING of the ,A' shareholders of the Wellington Gas Company (Limited) will be held at the offices of the Company, Courtnay Place, on WEDNESDAY, 21s fc DECEMBER.IB7O, at 3 p.m. precisely Wellington, 13th December. NOTICE. mHE Annual Public Meeting of the Ratepayers J- of the Karori and Makara Highways District will be held at the School-house, Karori, on Tuesday, the 10th day of January, 1871, at the hour of 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose of levying a repairing rate for the ensuing year. T. D. M'MANAWAY, Chairman. December 7, 1870. NOTICE. THE annual public meeting of the ratepayers of the Ohariu Valley Highways District will be held at Brown's Hotel, on Tuesday, 17th January, l»7l, at 7.30 p.m., for the purpose of levying a repairing rate for the ensuing year. J. WILLIAMSON, Chairman. Deo. 17, 1870. Amusements. ALEDONIAN GATHERING, 1871. PRESIDENT : George Crawford, Esq. TIOE-PBBSSDENT : Major M'Barnett. HON. TREASURER : Captain D. M'lntyro. SECRETARY : Mr Bruce Wallace. THE CALEDONIAN GATHERING Will be held on MONDAY, 2nd JANUARY, 1871. On the CRICKET GROUND. Pbogtoammb : 1. Boys' race, under 12 years 2. Reel of Tulloch 3. Foot race, 100 yards 4. Putting heavy stone, 221ba 5. Hornpipe 6. Running high leap 7. Tossing caber 8. Foot race, 500 yards 9. Throwing heavy hammer 10. Highland Fling 11. Vaulting 12. Wrestling, Cumberland style 13. Foot race, half a mile 14. Horizontal bar, adults 15. Horizontal bar, juveniles 16. Running Hop, step and jump 17. Boys' race, under sixteen years 18. Hitoh and kick 19. Sword dance 20. Standing high leap 21. One mile champion race 22. Sailors hornpipe 23. Standing hop, step and leap 24. Standing three leap (no weights allowed) 25. Bycicle race, one mile 26. Hurdle race, three times round, two hurdles 27. Single stick 28. Trapeze 29. Quoits 30. Bestdressed competitor in the athletic sports MThree to compete or no prize will be given. Admission Is ; children, half-price. A Bands/will be in attendance. Wellington, December 6, 1870. /SQC^ TO LEND on land, house, cattle, or o&ZJ\J other property.. Address— B, office of this paper. .

Education, LADIES' SCHOOL. MRS. CHERRETT desires to announce that after the Christmas vacation she will open a Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies. The house, to which she haß recently removed, is well adapted for. school purposes, with large garden and playground attached. Mrs Oberrett will give instruction in the French and' German languages, acquired during a residence of some years abroad ; and will be assisted by- masters for music, drawing, and dancing. ' • * . Terms on application to Mrs Cherrett, Mulgrave street, near the Cathedral ; or to Mr Burrett, bookseller. Wellington, Nov. 17, 1870. TE ARO GRAMMAR and COMMERCIAL .*'.. SCHOOL, Ingestre Street, Wellington, conducted by CECIL AUG. CURTIS < (Formerly by the Rev. W. M. Fell), i Will re-open oia the 15th January, 1871. . Prospectuses forwarded on application. Vacancies for Boarders. ■ C.A.C. trusts that, by an efficient course of instruction in the various branches of a Commercial Education, he will merit that patronage so long accorded to the former conductor of this school. I have much pleasure in recommending Mr Curtis as an efficient teacher. W. M. FELL. Wellington, December Ist, 1870. MRS. FAG AN has a vacancy for three or four children to board and educate with those she already has. It would be a healthful and happy home for those who are motherless, or who are in too delicate health to bear the usual school routine. Mrs Fagan's management of children, both mentally and physically, has been known and appreciated too long to require comment, but to persons of other provinces references can be given, to the parents of children she has had the care of for several years, some of whom she has. brought from very delicate to robußt health. Gloucester House, Hutt Valley, Wellington, December 9, 1870.. . Conveyances. i^OBB AND CO.'S TELEGRAPH MNB KJ o* ROYAL MAILOOAOHH REDUCTION OF FARES. On and after Thursday, 3rd February, 1870, the fares to the undcrnoted places will be :— From Wellington to Patea • £3 10 —Return Tickets - 6 0 0 Do do to Waitotara - 3 0 0 Do do to Wanganui - • 210 0 Do do to Tutaenui • 2 5 0 Do do Rangitikei (Bull's) - 2 0 0 Do do Rangitikei (Scott's)- - 115 0 Do do Manawatu , ■ ■ 110 0 Do do Otaki • • -16 De do Waikariae • • -10 Do do Paikakariki • • 0 16 0 Coaches start from the Booking Office, M'ln> tosh's New Zealander Hotel every Monday and Thursday < morning, at 6 o'clock, a.na"., and from Chavanne's Rutland Hotel, Wanganui on Monday and Thursday mornings, at 7 o'clock. - W. H. SHEPPERD & CO., Proprietor*, A. YOUNG, Agent. Booking Office — New Zealander Hotel. rtOBB & COS TELEGRAPH LINE \J ox ROYAL MAIL COACHES TO WAIRARAPA Leave the Booking Office, at Martin and Downes' Pier Hotel. Every Tuesdaj, Thursday, and Saturday mornings at 7 a.m., arriving at Masterton same day. 1. The Hutt 7. Featherston 2. Taita 8. Tauherinikan 8. Silver Stream 9. Greyt»Wß* 4. Upper Hutt 10. Carterton 5. Mungaroa 11. Mastertoi. 6. Pakaratahi Return Coaches leave Dixon's ACCOMMODATION Hofsb, Masterton, for Wellington, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 6.80 a.m., arriving in Wellington at 6 p.m., commencing Monday, 12th December. REDUCTION IN FARES. Wellington to Masterton 20s Do Grey town 15i All paroels for transmission must be prepaid. W. R HASTWELL, Proprietor. T)ROSSER'S ROYAL MAIL COACH, JL Running between WELLINGTON & THE HUTT (DAILY), TIME TABLE. - From New Zealander 9.15 a.m. Crown and Anchor 9.20 a.m. Royal Hotel 9.30 a.m. FARES. 8. d. From Wellington to Kaiwarra ... 1 0 From Wellington to Ngahauranga ... 1 0 From Wellington to the Hutt ... 2 0 From Wellington to the Taiia ... 2 6 Arriving in town at 5 p.m. K".8.-^-On Sundays leaving Royal at 10 a.m. S. PROSSER, Proprietor. PUBLIC NOTICE. '' WPIOEENS' COACH leaveß the Ferry, • Porirua, DAILY, at 8 a.m., for Wellington } leaving the. Nags Head at 3.8© p.m.; and Urwin's> Thorndon, at 4 p.m. sharp. Fares: 8. d. The Ferry, single fare ,20 return do ... „, 3 6 Tawa Flat, single do 1 6 return do 2 6 Johnsonville, each way 1 0 WILLIAM PIOKENS, Proprietor.