Late Advertisements. Advertisements inserted in thta Column, for cash, FOURTEEN WORDS, 6d. OXFORD ROAD BOARD. NOTICE is hereby given that the WATER of the EYRE "WATER RACES will be •SHUT OFF on the NIGHT of SUNDAY, 20th, to the 23rd inst., for the annual cleaning of tho races. R. H. GAINSFORjJ, 4657 Surveyor to the Board. WANTED— WiITMR KIERN AN ,~ Cabinetmaker, lato of Invcrcargill, please send his address to GEORGE HEFRY, 5651 9, Jessio Street, Wellington. PIANO by Challin, London, full compass, trichord, ivory keys, handsome walnut case, beautiful tone, had very little wear; ccst 65 guineas; £30, a real bargain. Macarthy and Clark, Armagh Street. X2703 NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT £4 PS-K CENT 5/20 DEBENTURE LOAN. ISSUE OF £500,000. Part of £1,000,000 authorised to be raised under an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, and intituled "The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1303." MINIMUM PRICE~OF ISSUE, £100 PER CENT. npHE Colonial Treasurer invites Tenders fat A £500,000 New Zealand Government 4 per cent Debentures, payable to Bearer, and of the face-value of £1000, £500, £200 a»id £100 respectively, as may be desired. These Debentures axe secured on the Publio Revenues of New Zealand. Tlhe Principal will be repaid at par not earlier than five years nor later than twenty years from the Ist February, 1904, the Government reserving to itself the right of redemption (by conversion or otherwise) on the lsi February or Ist 'August, 1908, or in any yeaar after the year 1909, upon giving tax miontW notice in the Government " Gazette," ; *nd in ait least four newspapers published in the colony, of its intention to do- ao. Both Principal and Interest will bo made payable at the Treasury, Wellington, New Zealand. Dividends, represented by coupons attached to the debentures, will bo payable on the Ist Febxuairy and the Ist August in e*6h year ; during wie currency of .tlhe Loan, at t'ho Cash- ; ier's Office, Treasury, Wellington, or ( ai any Branch of the 1 Bank of New Zealand in 2few j Zeatand. or Australia-. ! At the option of tihe holder of any de*»entuie, i and on application made in tliat behalf at the | TT?»sury, Wellington, New Zealand, he may at i wrj time during its currency have it indorsed t'-.jfcble, both as io princij-^l and interest, at my specified Branch of the Bank of New Zea- ; land in Australia; provided that t)he indorsement sflis.ll be made not less than one month before tihe due date of the next ensuing payment of interest. Scrip Certificates (with Coupon attached for the payment of Interest for the broken period from the 4th January, to the Ist February, 1904) wail be issued; to be exchanged for the Debeniture-bor.aa witih Interest-coupons attached. The first six montihs' interest, calculated upon tfot nominal amount of tile Debenture, will 'be payable on the Ist August, 1904. The issue-price will be at the rate of £100 in money for every £100 expressed' in debentures (below which no tender will be accepted), payable as follows: — Deposit of 5 par cent on application. First instalment of -15 per cent on Monday, 4fch January, 1904. Second instalment of 50 per cefflt on Monday, Ist February, 1904. Payments may be made in full at any tijpa on ox after the 4t>h January, 1904, and pri-JS to the Ist February, 1904, at a discoiinlfc »\ the rate of one pound ten shillings per centum per annum. Sealed tenders, addressed to the Secretary to tlhe Treasury, Govexnmen't Buildings, Wellington, accompanied witih Iflie 5 per cent deposit, will be received up to noon of Wednesday, 23rd December, 1903, when iihey will be opened in the presence of the Colonial Treasurer ana the Controller and Auditor-General, and allotment will forthwith be made. If cheques are lodged with a Tender, they must be drawn upon a Bank in Wellington, and be marked by such Bank as "good" for fourteen days. Cheques issued by a Bairk need not be so marked. Tenders may be for the whole or any part of tlhe Loan, and must state wihat amount. :xf money will be given for ev«ry £100 of the Debentures tendered for. Tenders must be for even hundreds of pounds sterling, and at prices which are multiples of sixpence Tenders at different prices must be o*n separate form#. The nominal amount of Defben'frurea tendered for must be written on the outside of the Tender. In case of default in' the payment of any instalment at its proper date, the deposit and instalment (if any) previously paid will be liable to forfeiture. If no allotment is made, the deposit will be returned. The first and second instalments may be paid at any Branch of the Bank of New Zealand either in the colony or Australia, to tlhe of tihe Public Account, or at the Treasury,, Wellington, Blot later than the several' dates previously mentioned. Tenders must be on printed forms, which may be obtained <at the Cashier's Office, Trear sury, Wellington, or alt the Offices of the Bank of New Zealamd at tSydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch or Dunediu. % Office of the Colonial Treasurer, • Wellington. 25th N'ovembar, 1903. 3112 'ANTED, House-Parlourmaid, private place, town ; good wages. Apply Box 408, Post Office. 5618 TTtTANT/ED, Two Young Ladies to travel, V V Vaudeville Company, vocalists preferred^ good opening. Sirne's Registry, 171, Armagh Street. 6619 TiTrrANTED— Couple, man station hand, VT. wife housekeeper^ £80, found; Couple, man farm hand, wife duties nil, 80s, cottage; Couple, man farm hand, wife cook, £75; Station Waggoner, £70; Handy Man, 27s 6d; Wire Fencer; Station Ploughmen, 22s 6d, 27s 6d; Station HandSj do milking, 'etc.j 20a; Dairy Youths, 15s; Fleece-pickers, 20s; Female Cooks, Housemaids, Generals, also middle-aged Woman as Matron for Female Registry. Apply McDonald, Manchester Street. = X1626 rriOWNEND'S' Sulphur Hair Restorer will J- positively restore grey hair to its natural colour. 2s, by post 2s 6d. • Townend, XBieinigt. Ohristcihiirch. 1636 . 67a, Cathedral Square. ROBERT B. WALKER, Estate Agent. PAPANUI ROAD (just off)— Cottage, 4 rooms, stable, fowlhoiises, piggeries, orchard, about 5 acres. A nibble at £775. RICCARTON ROAD (handy to Park)— Modern House, 6 rooms, bath, h. and c. water, pantry, scullery; J-acre: £350. > QPAWA — Two-storey. House, 9. rooms, bath, h. and c. water, every convenience, stable, traphouse, orchard, 4 acres of land. Price on application. OPAWA (handy . to Station and Coach)— Modern 8-ro6ined House, bath, pantry, scullery, w. house; $-acre of land; £900. PORT HILLS — Several Sections for Sale in this favourite locality; splendidly situated. 67a, CATHEDRAL SQUARE. 6443 THE GREATEST KNOCK-OUT OF THJ3 SEASON. m H E DANDY. A Genuine B.S.A. Bicycle. ONLY £15 CASH; Oall and -See Our New Modeli. The Best Money Can Biiy. Valuo Unsurpassed in the City. ENVOY^TORES, 182 a, Lichfleld Street. F 8175 T? O R SALE, ~~ AT A GREAT SACRIFICE, " KENT LODGE," UPPER RICCARTON. £1575 PRICE £1575. About Eight Chains from proposed Electric Tram Service. WOETH DOUBLE THE PRICE ASKED. A pplcnrlid residential property. An ideal hoi'ic.' First-cla?* outbuildings. Extensive stabiin- r^omru^Uion. Four" A.-'-'n." cf'!i!:e frmt-boating trees. 'j'T: • i!nur-p roiitiiin? foiirteon rooms, all l"i"c i* ii< t '.r.li", v-'i:'-i nvery i»p-10-d;ile con-! vcii":e".'-e. -laic. roof. lir.c wato? supply, etc., i c-!o. loizotlu'V vritli ten acres of lar.il. . !i' >■( quired, from IO i<) 40 acres n d joining j tilv.va .v-ii-i he purckiped at a very low iiprurc. j j !;-o o: vtr ck-sL'cs a sale this month, tence ' tho Kacriiicc. HOPKINS. SIMPSON & CO., BOWHON'S (Opposite Isational Bank). Hoar Office for Canterbury: j IHU- **"" '^'^ yO-\, Tourist A^ente. ' ,