'; Auctions ! THIS DAY, ; FRIDAY, llth DECEMBER, 1 ' ' At 2 o'clock. SILK OF TJ?9r, CQTy^GK, PKO T ! PERTIE3. - ;[ • At Auotion 1 Rooms. I VFA NO ARito # : r AN D CO, J^j will Bell byw.pu.bHo auction on account! df tlioißxecatqr? ia thejEstate of the late Henry Bant — Lot 1-LEASEHOLDx SECTION No 252^ Hospital Street^* opposite Xtid Gtmrcb. or'Ebglatfd, together With cottage 1 tbtireon. Lot 2-LE|3|HbtD,i Option No 294 A" Herbart, -Street, with cottage thereon. : . ■ Theae T?W,O; PRQjp|R^IE_S conveniently situated, at ..'preaenT let to weekly ;l&nantß, will ba sold ' RESERVE. Title— direct leases from Trust. NANOARRW AND 00, '.: 'Auctioneers. T> R EL IMI N A ;-R-T- '-NOM-i CE. JAPANESE GOOPS. ' GBEAT AtJOTiON SALE ef Jppfcßese goods to be held by J W;E;ABSOJS & CO at an eatly date.- 3^gr particglara i .see Titnte Issue. : . :; Public Notice^ P U.l|-lvi?3 w S ;3 O'TI C^E. ELECTORAL DISTJ^IQT OF GREY. I, BENJAMIN HARPBR, Refcarnlng Officer for tho Electoral. DJatrloboF Grey, do hereby give publto hotica that tbe foilowiag Is the GBNERAL STATE of the POLL taken on t^e, fdntthl day «f DeOember, 1896, at the i.LBQTtOI!f OF ONE MKMBEB to lerve in (h« SOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $■*• the abore Electoral District. Number of votes reoorded... ... 3441 Informal ..• ... ... ,49 After a •orattny, a< provided, I fipd the total numberof votea tot each oandldate to be tt follows :—^ BELL, ROBERT FRANCIS ... 788 GUINNESS, ARTHUR ROBERT 2653 1 ' And Ido hereby^dißblare— ' ARTHUR ROBERT GUINNESS, ! Wh6 has ie&*lved thegwatest namber of vote*, to be btTLY ELECTED a member oi the House of Reprjuentatlves for the Electoral District of Grey. : .... ;- ;.. „,,,,R .: HARPER, Returning* OfSoer. Graymootb, 9 h December, 1896. T\EOLARATION OB 1 - LICENSING X) PO^L^lJtflK DISTRICT. ■-' LICENSING DISTRICT OF GREY. la Pursaance of" »• Th|9 Aloohollo Liquors Bale' Control Apt Amendment Act, 1895," T hereby give pnbllq iri' tlce of tba RESULT of the LO;g,AL -OPTION POLL takeb under the ptoyhlpns of the aaldActi : - Numbbb of Votes Rkcobded.— That the namber of Hcsnies exUt* ; l Ing ia the district Ookxinub. . . 2134 That the number of lloenres exist- ; Ing in the dlstriot be Beducbd 1120 That No licenses be gt anted In the dfaorlcb... ... ... ... 1127 The total number of voters whose votes were tecordedat the poll waa 3v490, AND W the httmbar of votes rvoardei In fa for of the proposal that' the izlstlng number of licenses In the dlsttfot CONTINUE it an absolute majority rf tbe total cumber of eobftrs as aforesaid, I hereby declare | gach proposal to be carried. Dated at Greymouth this 9th day of Deoember, 1896. B. HARPER, Returning Officer. Bernard Bernard TO-NIGHT 1 TO-NlGai* I In Boundary Street. Make no Mistakes ' : , BHRNARD'S; OlßqaS IS THE ONE. Three successful n'gbts In Hokltlka Last Night a big success In Greymouth. The Press Is mightier than the sword, and are runftnlmous in their verdict that BERNARD S OIROUB IS BE^T. 'Che proof la shown by the other circus nob appsarlng in Gre? mouth to their dates. 4 A MATINRK for children will be given on SATUrD AY AFTERNOON at * 2 30. All chUdreh 6d'eib I h.| > M ' ; :; j The Proprietor guarantees Money Returned if universal satisfaction Is ( not given.; ■■;:v r . ; ; ii ;; i : i:/ " .= ■. : -" : : ?. r show requires no explanation « REDUCTION OF PRIOES. Charges— 2a and 1«. Gllbey's Dry Gin. Certißed valuable for kidney affeotlons.