SOUTH AFEICA ! JOHANNESBUEG ! -la. ITIHE S.S. AUSTEALASIAN J<KKXS>> B leaves Sydney 31st Dec. "■***™' r For fares, &c, from Wellington, Apply COOK'S SHIPPING OFFICE, 52, Lambton-quay. IN pursuance of Section 76 of " Tho Electoral Act, 1893," I hereby advertise tho names of the several candidates at the Election of threo members of tho House of Eepresentatives for the Eleotoral District of City of Wellington, the Poll wherefor is appointed for the 4th day of December, 1896 :— Denton Burnett Duncan Robert Stout John Hntcheson Francis Humpbris Fraser Charles Wilson Justinian John Kivern Powell Georgo Fisher , . Andrew Agnew Stuart Menteatb Arthur Richmond Atkinson Arthur Warburton John Duthie W. P. JAMES. Returning Officer. NOTICE OF POLLING DAY, IN pursuance of " Tho Eleotoral Act, 1893,'-' I. Richard Mothes, Returning Officer for tho Electoral District of Suburbs of Wellington, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a writ bearing date the twentieth day of November, 1896, under the hand of the Clerk of tho Writs, an Election will bo held for the return of one qualified person to serve as Member for the said District ; and that the latest day for receiving Nominations of Candidates will be 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the twenty-seventh day of NOVEMBER, 1896, and that the Poll, if necessary, will be taken at the several Polling Places of the said District on the fourth day of DECEMBER, 1896. Every man desirous of becoming a candidate must be nominated by not less than two electors of the district by a nomination paper as prescribed by Section 75 of " The Electoral Act, 1893," delivered to the Returning Officer on or before 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the twenty-seventh day of NOVEMBER, 1896. The following are the Polling Places for the Electoral District of Suburbs of Wellington :—: — The Oddfellows' Hall, Petone (principal) The Courthouse, Lower Hutt The Public Hall, Ngahauranga The Public Hall, Kaiwarra The Public Hall, Khondallali The Public Schoolhouse, Wadestown The Kilmister Hall (Botanical Gardens), Tinakori-road Mr. Brooks's Hall, Mitchelltown The Baptist Church, Ohiro The Old Schoolhouse (Library), Karori The Old Schoolhouse, Makara The Salvation Army Barracks (Newtownavenue), Nowtown Mr. Collier's Woolshed, Island Bay The Public Schoolhouse, Kilbirnie Petone, this 20th day of November, 1896. E. MOTHES, Returning Offioer. IN pursuance of "The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act Amendment, 1805," I hereby give notice that a Licensing Poll will be taken on tho same day and at the same polling places as the General Election, particulars of which are set out above. E. MOTHES, Eeturning Officer. IN pursuance of Section 76 of "The Electoral Act, 1893," I hereby advertise the names of the several Candidates at the Election of one member of tho Houso of Representatives for the Electoral District of Suburbs' of Wellington, the Poll wherefor is appointed for the 4th day of December, 1896 — Thomas William Hislop Thomas Mason Wilford •*■> R. MOTHES, Returning Officer. ELECTION NOTICE. WESTERN MAORI ELECTOEAL DISTRICT. IN pursuance of " The Electoral Act, 1893," I, George Thomas Wilkinson, Returning Officer for tho Western Maori Eleotoral District, do hereby give notice that, by virtue of a writ bearing date the twentieth day of November, 1896, under tho Public Seal of the Colony, an Election will be hold for tho return of a legally-qualified person to serve as a Member of the House of Bopreaentative3 for tho said Electoral District; and that tho Nomination of Candidates will tako place at the Courthouse, New Plymouth, on THURSDAY, the third day of DECEMBER, 1896, and that tho Polling, if necessary, will take place on SATURDAY, tho ninotoenth day of DECEMBER, 1896, at tho several polling places within the said Electorate. GEO. T. WILKINSON, Returning Offioer. Native Office, Otorohanga, 23rd November, 1896. The Polling Places for the Western Maori Eleotoral District are sot forth in the Supplement to the New Zoaland Gazette of 12th November, 1896, dated 20th November, 1896, and in the Supplement to the Kahiti o Nui Tireni, of the same date. ' PANUITANGA POOTI. TAKIWA POOTI MAORI WHAKA-TE-HANAURU. "Vf A, i runga i nga ritenga o to " To Turo 131 Pooti, 1893," Ko aliau tenei Ko Hori Tamati Wirikihana, te Tino-Kai whakahaero 0 te Pooti mo to Takiwa Pooti Maori Whaka-te-Hanaura, ka panui atu nei, koia tenoi :— 1 runga i to mana o tetahi Pukapnka Whakahau i tuhia i to 20 o nga ra o Nooina, 1896, he niea tuku i raro i to Hiiri o te Koroni, Ka turia tetahi pooti hoi wliakatu i tetahi tangata tika, i runga i a te Ture ritenga. hei Mema ki roto i te Paromata mo te Takiwa Pooti Maori Whaka-to-Hanauru. Heoi : ho whakaatuatu tenci nakn ka tv to pooti whakahuatanga ingoa ki to Whare Whakawa, iNui Paremata(waahioTaranaki), a to Taite, to 3 o nga ra o Tihcma, 1896, i te 12 o nga haora i to awatca, ho whakaatu mai i nga ingoa o nga tangata o hiahiatia ana Kia tv, a, ko to pooti-taunga (ma meatia kia pooti) ka tv a te Rahoroi (Hatarei) te 19 o nga ra o Tihema, 1896, ki nga kainga pooti katoa o roto i to Takiwa Pooti Maori Whakato-Hanauru. Heoi ano. NA HORI WIRIKIHANA, JTina Kai Whakahaere o te Pooti. Tari Maori, koi Otoranga 23 Noema, 1896. Ko nga ingoa o na kainga pooti katoa o roto i te Takiwa Pdoti Maori Whaka-to Hananru ka kitea ki roto i to Kahiti Apiti ki te Kahite o Nui Tironi otel2 o nga ra o Noema, 1896, Kahiti Pakeha, Kahiti Maori hoki o taua ra.