£50 REWARD.

INCENDIARISM.

MALICIOUSLY SETTING FIRE TO TWO STACKS OF OATS.

WHEREAS about 9.30 o’clock on the morning of the 9th instant Two Stacks of Oats, situated at Shag Valley, near Palmerston, the property of John Jordan, were discovered on fire, by which they were destroyed: And whereas, at an inquest held at Jordan’s Junction Hotel, Shag Valley, on the 19th instant, by J. W. Murdoch, Esquire, R.M. and Coroner, to inquire as to the origin of the said fire, the Jury returned the following verdict: “That the stacks were wilfully set on fire by some person or persons to the Jurors’ unknown.” Notice is hereby given that a reward of £50 will be paid by the Provincial Government of Otago to any person who will first give such information to the Police as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons by whom the said fire was caused, and in addition thereto His Excellency the Governor will be advised to grant a Free Pardon to an accomplice, not being the person who actually caused the fire, who shall give such information as will lead to a like result.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.
Police Office, Dunedin,
26th April, 1876.

FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.

INCENDIARISM.

MALICIOUSLY SETTING FIRE TO THREE STACKS OF OATS.

WHEREAS about a quarter-past ten o’clock on the night of the 15th instant three stacks of oats, the property of Thomas Henderson, situate at Trotter’s Creek, in the Hampden Police Division, and opposite the Kartigi Hotel, were maliciously destroyed by fire:

And whereas suspicion is attached to two swagmen, who, dissatisfied with the treatment they received at the said hotel, left shortly before the said fire was discovered:

Notice is hereby given that a reward of £50 will be paid by the Provincial Government of Otago to any person who will first give such information to the Police as shall lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons by whom the said fire was caused, and in addition thereto His Excellency the Governor will be advised to grant a free pardon to an accomplice, not being the person who actually caused the fire, who will give such information as shall lead to a like result.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.
Police Office, Dunedin,
23rd May, 1876.

Price 2s. 6d., with Supplement.

THE Otago Roads Ordinances, 1871, 1872, 1874, and 1875, with notes indicating the several sections amended or repealed and a supplement.

The usual discount to the trade.

N.B.—The supplement may be obtained gratis by any person who has purchased the Ordinances.

JOHN LOGAN,
Provincial Government Storekeeper.

£100 REWARD AND A FREE PARDON TO AN ACCOMPLICE.

INCENDIARISM.

Maliciously Setting Fire to Corn and Corn Stacks in the Waikouaiti District.

WHEREAS the following property has been destroyed by fire in the Police District of Waikouaiti, viz.:

1. Two stacks of oats, value £50 8s., at Shag Valley, belonging to John Jordan, on the 9th ultimo.

2. One barn, containing 600 bushels of oats, 17 bushels of wheat, and sundry articles, value £160, between Mount Watkins and Flag Swamp, belonging to John Galbraith, on the 6th instant.

3. 163 bags of wheat, value £100, at Flag Swamp, belonging to Donald Sutherland, on the 7th instant.

4. Two stacks of wheat, value £200, at Pleasant Valley belonging to J. W. Murdoch, on the 7th instant.

5. One stack of straw and 125 bags of oats, value £75, at Bushy Park, belonging to A. and W. Cochrane, on the 10th instant.

6. Five stacks of wheat and one stack of oats, value £340, at the Maori Kaik, belonging to Magna, on the 14th instant; and as the destruction of said property is attributable to incendiarism.

Notice is hereby given that a reward of £100 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 person or persons by whom any of the said fires were caused, and in addition thereto His Excellency the Governor will be advised to grant a free pardon to an accomplice not being the person who actually caused any of the fires who will give such information as shall lead to a like result.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.
Police Office, Dunedin,
15th May, 1876.

£50 REWARD.

INCENDIARISM.

MALICIOUSLY SETTING FIRE TO THREE STACKS OF OATS.

WHEREAS about 3.15 o’clock on the morning of the 17th instant Three Stacks of Oats, situate at North East Harbour, Peninsula District, the property of James and William Christie, value £300, were discovered on fire, by which they were destroyed: And whereas it is believed that the said fire was wilfully caused: Notice is hereby given that a reward of £50 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 person or persons by whom the said fire was caused: And in addition thereto His Excellency the Governor will be advised to grant a Free Pardon to an accomplice, not being the person who actually caused the fire, who will give such information as shall lead to a like result.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.
Police Office, Dunedin,
27th April, 1876.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by George Jones, of High-street, Dunedin, Printer to said Provincial Government for the time being.