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NEW ZEALAND BANKING COMPANY

PARTIES holding written Receipt from the Trustees for their Deposit are requested to make application at the Bank, on the 7th instant, when they will receive scrip in terms for the same.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. KENNEDY.

Kororarika, 3rd Sept., 1840.

ON SALE

BY the undersigned, on board the store ship Tuscan, off Russell:—

Rum in hhds. of 25 gallons
Tobacco in tierces and kegs
Wine in hhds. and qr. casks
Pages' bottled Port wine
Wardell's sherry wine
Champagne cyder
Bloom muscatel raisins
Bottled ale and porter in casks of 3 dozen
Half-pint tumblers, wine and liqueur glasses
9 and 10-4 heavy blankets, full size
Black and drab beaver and palm leaf hats.

JOHN J. MONTEFIORE.
Sept. 3rd.

FOR SALE

BY the undersigned, on board the store ship Tuscan off Russell:—

Brown stout, pale and strong ales
Real Jamaica rum, 5 o. p., in barrels
Rum in hhds. 20 o. p.
Square fig tobacco in tierces
Tobacco in tierces, kegs, baskets & bales
Sugar in casks and mats
Rice, preserved meats, pickles
Ladies', gentlemen's and racing Saddles
Large bowl pipes
Double barrel guns
Gin in half cases
Tents, lined and unlined
Spades, hoes and tomahawks

ANDERSON, SCOTT & CO.
Sept. 3rd.

The undersigned has on Sale at his stores, Kororarika,

BASKETS Brazil tobacco
Salt pork
Account books
Stationery
Tents
Blankets
Shirts
Prints
Jewellery
Britannia metal ware
Ironmongery
Butter, flour
Real Scheidam in 10 gallon kegs
Mustard
Gins
Cross cut saws
Epsom Salts
Rhubarb
Magnesia
Castor oil
Tartaric acid
Tea
Sugar
Salt
Soap
Oil
Paints
Glass
Crockery ware
A very superior Chronometer
Three Quadrants.
Two boxes wax candles.

W. WILSON.
Sept. 2nd, 1840.

FOR SALE

AT DISCOUNT,

Shares in the New Zealand Banking Company. Apply to

B. E. TURNER,
Kororarika.
1st Sept., 4 P. M.


KORORARIKA

Sale at Messrs. WEEKS'S Store

Manilla and coir rope
Case gin, Port and Sherry wine in bottles
Soap and candles
Pit, cross-cut and hand saws
Ditto files and sets
Crate, nails, sprigs and screws
Knives and forks in sets
Blacking and scouring bricks
Prints, navy blue and other
Cedar boards and scantling
Raisins, pepper, &c.
A-crack and molasses, &c.

JUST Arrived per Delhi and Victoria and on Sale by the Undersigned,—

940 Cases or half cases gin
60 Hhds. real rum
9, 10 & 11 quarter blankets
Navy blue prints
10 Ton first quality flour
11 Hhds. and 58 packages loaf sugar
20 Firkins salt butter
Earthen ware
Linseed oil, in hhds.
50,000 Manilla Segars
Port-Wine, in qr. casks and in bottle.

HENRY THOMPSON & CO.

THE UNDERSIGNED,

ARE prepared to purchase to any extent; Black Oil, Sperm Oil, and Whalebone, either British or Foreign.

HENRY THOMPSON & CO.
July 29.

FIVE POUNDS REWARD

FOR the apprehension of O'Donnel, who made his escape from the Lock-up house on Saturday night last. The above Reward will be paid to any person who may lodge the said P. O'Donnel in custody, on application to

T. SPICER.
2nd Sept., 1840.

CAUTION

THE Public are hereby cautioned against destroying fences, cutting timber, or in any way trespassing on the lands of Captain Breud, situated in the Bay of Islands, as after this Notice, all offenders will be prosecuted according to Law.

W. WILSON, Agent.
Sept. 2nd, 1840.

RUN away on the night of the 4th instant, from Mr. Spickman's, at Wangaroa; James Tri-tip, an American, a labouring man. He is a tall man, with sandy coloured whiskers. All persons are cautioned against harbouring him, as he has left his place £10 in his employer's debt.

MONEY

WANTED, the sum of £200 and £400 on good Freehold security in the Bay of Islands. Apply to Mr. LITTLEWOOD, Solicitor, Bank Square.

WANTED, a Man and his Wife as House Servants. Apply to

T. SPICER.
July 20.

WANTED, a Man and his Wife to take charge of a Farm within one mile of Kororarika. Terms liberal. For particulars, apply to

T. SPICER.
July 29.

WANTED, a few good Wood Cutters or Labourers, to whom constant employment will be given; apply

T. SPICER.
July 29.

WANTED, a few good Brick Makers. Apply

T. SPICER.
July 20.

WANTED,—a Farming Man, who understands the management of Cattle. Wages liberal. Apply to

G. M. BELL,
Wahapu.
August 5th, 1840.

WANTED, a few Brick-makers, to whom constant employment will be given;—Apply to W. WILSON, Auctioneer.

July 15, 1840.

ADVANCE NEW ZEALAND

Adjoining the Court-House, Grand Parade, (Governor street,)
KORORARIKA.

JAMES JONES, having finished his elegant and spacious HOTEL, begs respectfully to acquaint the nobility, gentry and visitors to the Bay of Islands, that he will open the above Hotel, on WEDNESDAY next, for business; as, also, to draw the attention of families and Gentlemen to its delightful and healthy situation (but a short distance from the Beach) likewise, to its various and highly superior internal arrangements and accommodations. J. J. trusts by persevering in every attention to the comfort and health of his guests, to render his exertions deserving the liberal and encouraging support of a discerning public.

J. J. has spared no cost to lay in an extensive Stock of Wines, of the choicest vintages Europe can afford; ale, porter and cordials of the most exquisite flavor. Charges moderate. An excellently supplied table, conducted on the Temperance principle.

N. B.— Room No. 6—The Royal Exchange Room will be exclusively devoted as a News Room, where papers will be found from all parts of the world, and every intelligence learned as to Shipping in Harbour and the different parts of the world.

August 14, 1840.


THE NEW ZEALAND ADVERTISER AND BAY OF ISLANDS GAZETTE.

KORORARIKA:—SEPT. 3, 1840.

It is rather remarkable that a bill on so important a subject as New Zealand, should, now it has passed, obtain scarcely even an incidental notice in the public papers. We should have expected to find the Act itself copied into the Sydney Journals. However, we neither find any abstract of it, nor any observations made on its principles and enactments. We have half an impression, until we may be wrong, that the Act will never be brought into operation, till court motion of it has been sought at home. Yet, it seems desirable that the subject should be canvassed in every side at the present moment, in order that as few errors may exist in its practical application as possible. It must then for the present presume, that the alterations mentioned in the minutes of Council were finally adopted.

Our readers will have noticed the alteration in the preamble, respecting the right of the Natives to sell their land. This alteration has one very important effect. It destroys the absurd and most objectionable doctrine against which we have written in our recent Numbers. It recognizes the independence of the Natives in the proprietary of their land. And we therefore hope, that it secures them against unnatural and arbitrary infringement. But the alteration is rather absurd in another point of view. The power of proprietor to sell is idle, without the power of purchaser to buy. As far as using and keeping their land is concerned, they are...



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💰 New Zealand Banking Company scrip notice

💰 Finance & Revenue
3 September 1840
Banking, Scrip, Trustees, Deposits
  • A. Kennedy

🏭 Goods for sale on store ship Tuscan

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
3 September 1840
Imports, General merchandise, Store ship, Russell
  • John J. Montefiore

🏭 Goods for sale on store ship Tuscan

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
3 September 1840
Imports, General merchandise, Store ship, Russell
  • Anderson, Scott & Co.

🏭 Goods for sale at Kororarika

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
2 September 1840
General merchandise, Retail, Kororarika
  • W. Wilson

💰 Shares in New Zealand Banking Company for sale

💰 Finance & Revenue
1 September 1840
Shares, Banking, Investment, Kororarika
  • B. E. Turner

🏭 Goods for sale at Weeks's Store

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
General merchandise, Retail, Kororarika
  • Weeks

🏭 Goods for sale and purchase of whale products

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
29 July 1840
Imports, Whale oil, Whalebone, General merchandise
  • Henry Thompson & Co.

⚖️ Reward for apprehension of O'Donnel

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
2 September 1840
Reward, Apprehension, Escaped prisoner, Lock-up
  • P. O'Donnel, Escaped from lock-up

  • T. Spicer

🗺️ Caution against trespassing on Captain Breud's land

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
2 September 1840
Trespass, Land rights, Bay of Islands
  • Breud (Captain), Landowner

  • W. Wilson

👷 Notice of runaway labourer

👷 Labour & Employment
Runaway, Labourer, Debt, Wangaroa
  • James Tri-tip, Runaway labourer
  • Spickman (Mr.), Employer of runaway

💰 Money wanted on freehold security

💰 Finance & Revenue
Loan, Mortgage, Security, Bay of Islands
  • Littlewood (Mr.), Solicitor seeking loan

  • Littlewood

👷 Employment advertisements for servants, farm help, wood cutters, and brick makers

👷 Labour & Employment
20 July 1840
Employment, Servants, Labourers, Kororarika
  • T. Spicer

👷 Wanted farming man

👷 Labour & Employment
5 August 1840
Employment, Farm labour, Wahapu
  • G. M. Bell

👷 Wanted brick-makers

👷 Labour & Employment
15 July 1840
Employment, Brick-makers
  • W. Wilson

🏭 Opening of hotel at Kororarika

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
14 August 1840
Hotel, Hospitality, Accommodation, Kororarika
  • James Jones, Hotel proprietor

  • James Jones

🏛️ Editorial regarding New Zealand legislation

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
3 September 1840
Legislation, Politics, New Zealand Act, Editorial