78 ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.

TO CONTRACTORS.

TENDERS are invited by the Outram Road Board for several works in Henley sub-division of the Outram Road District, (chiefly road formation.) Plans and specifications may be seen at the Post Office, Outram.

Tenders will be received up till noon of Saturday, the 12th February next.

G. M. SHAND,
Secretary to the Board.

3t. 15s.

FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.

RAPE.

WHEREAS Richard Milford is charged, on warrant, with having on the 4th ultimo, at Otepopo Bush, near Hampden, committed rape upon a girl of eleven years of age, notice is hereby given that a reward of £50 will be paid by the Provincial Government of Otago to any person who shall first give such information to the police as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the said Richard Milford.

Description—A native of Hampshire, England, a farm labourer or ploughman, 27 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, slight, active build, brown hair, cut short, small brown whiskers and moustache (which may be shaved off), very fresh complexion, thin featured, good looking, an old mark of cut from a reaping hook about an inch and a half long on the third joint or knuckle of first finger of left hand; cannot read or write; was dressed when last seen in white straw hat, dark coat, moleskin trousers, and elastic-side boots; carried a grey blanket swag, in which he had a suit of very dark tweed.

He arrived at Port Chalmers about 2½ years ago by the ship Charlotte Gladstone from England.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.

Police Office,
Dunedin, 3rd February, 1876.

THREE POUNDS REWARD.

STRAYED, from Forbury, about the 20th of November, a Dark Bay HORSE; hind fetlock white; no brands. Any person returning the same to Martin and Watson, Stuart-street, will receive the above reward.

FIVE POUNDS REWARD.

LOST from Tokomairiro in April last, One Black Cob HORSE, branded J. C. on near shoulder, star on forehead, three white feet. Whosoever will deliver the same to either of the undersigned will receive the above reward.

J. KILBURN, Queenstown, or
W. HALES, Balclutha.

3t. 10s. pd.

ONE POUND REWARD.

LOST, from Forbury, on the 26th December last, a Dark Bay COB, white hind fetlocks, branded C off shoulder.—Apply to

ANDREW RANKIN,
Forbury Post-office.

It

LOST, a Fixed Deposit Receipt of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand, dated Dunedin, 27th August, 1875, for six months, No. 2/24, for One Hundred and Eighty-one Pounds Five shillings. Any one returning same to Colonial Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin, or Oamaru, will be rewarded.

4t. 16s. pd.

MURDER.

WHEREAS, Martin Cunningham is charged on warrant, with having, on or about the 25th of November, 1875, at Lake Ohau, murdered one Hugh Hannah: This is to notify that a reward of £100 will be paid to any person who shall first give such information to the Police as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the said Martin Cunningham.

Description of Martin Cunningham, better known as “Martin:” An Englishman, but looks not unlike a half-caste, a sailor and station hand, about 35 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, stout square build, broad round flat face, swarthy complexion, ill-looking, black or very dark brown hair inclined to curl at ends, black whiskers, beard, and moustache, tattooed on both arms and back of hands, ship in full sail on one arm and a name underneath it, believed also to have anchor on muscle of left arm, and a small cut or scar on back of head, walks with his arms wide from body; when last seen, he wore an old brown felt hat with leather strap round it, but cut in two or three places, through which the strap was passed; dark brown or black single-breasted coat, slit about the hips; bluish tweed vest, moleskin trousers with a small blue stripe down seam, and water-tight boots.

He is believed to have arrived in Port Chalmers by the ship “Jura,” twelve years ago. He has worked for some years on the West Coast road, and was generally employed on stations, knows the back country well, and has lived amongst the Natives in the North Island.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.

Police Office, Dunedin,
27th December, 1875.

IMPOUNDED on the 26th day of January, 1876,
by Mr. Robert Petre, farmer, Lake Waipori,

1 Bay Horse, three white fetlocks, foundered off fore leg.

Owner unknown; for trespassing in grass paddocks, for which £1 damages are claimed, and in default of being released the above horse will be sold at the Public Pound at Berwick, on Friday, the 25th day of February, 1876, at 12 o’clock noon.

PETER W. PEGUS,
Poundkeeper of the Berwick Pound.

IMPOUNDED on the 26th day of January, 1876,
by Mr. Robert Petre, Lake Waipori,

1 Bay Horse, no brands, three white feet, foundered on off fore foot.

Owner unknown; for trespassing in grass paddocks, for which £1 damages are claimed, and in default of being released, the above horse will be sold at the Public Pound at Berwick, on Friday, the 18th day of February, 1876, at 12 o’clock noon.

PETER W. PEGUS,
Poundkeeper of the Berwick Pound.

IMPOUNDED on the 14th day of December, 1875,
by James Henderson,

1 Black Steer, no brand.
1 Black and White Cow, branded like ZW on rump.
1 Black and White Calf off same.
1 Red and White Bull, no brands.

Owner unknown; for trespassing on the Waitahuna Goldfield, for which driving expenses and fees are claimed, and in default of being released, the above cattle will be sold at the Public Pound on Friday, the 25th day of February, 1876, at 2 o’clock noon.

THOMAS MURRAY,
Poundkeeper of the Glenore Pound.