SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12th. At the Stores, Tyne street. OBERTBLAIR will eell by public auction — Large Dining Table, Second-hand Haircloth Suite, Single and Double Bedsteads, Wire ai.d Spring Mattresses, Washstands, Duchesse Tables, Chest of drawers, Copper Boilers, Water Tanks, 2 Secondhand Shacfclock Ranges. Also—--15 Acres Clover Hay, in lots to suit purchasers. SATURDAY, 12ra DECEMBER. At his Rooms, Tyne-street. ry B L A I R -*'• ha 3 received instructions from the Acclimatisation Society to sell by public auction—--7 Acres Grass, more or less. To be sold in one or more lots to suit purchasers. For farther particulars apply to the Auctioneer. ELECTORAL DISTRICT OP OAMARU. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that at the Election held on the Fourth Day of December, 1896, for the return of one qualified person to serve in the House of Representatives as Member for the said District, the following was the result of the poll : Votes. DUNCAN, Thomas Young ... 2297 SIEVWRIGHT, Jambs Dickson... 1526 Informal Votes, 80. I, the undersigned Return : ng Officer for the said District, therefore Declare the said THOMAS YOUNG DUNCAN to be DULY ELECTED as Member to serve in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Oamaru, he, the said Thomas Young Duncan, having received in the aggregate at" all the polling places the greatest number of votes. Dated, this 10th Day of December, 1896. HENRY H. G. RALFE, Returning Officer, DECLARATION OF LICENSING POLL IN THE DISTRICT. LICENSING DISTRICT OF OAMARU. IN PURSUANCE of "The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act Amendment Act, 1895," I hereby give Public Notice of the result of the Local Option Poll, taken under the Provisions of the said Act. Number of Votes Recorded : That the number of Licenses existing in the District Continue ... 2163 That the number of Licenses existing in the District be Reduced ... 1603 That No Licenses be granted in the District 1615 The total number of voters whose votes were recorded at the Poll was 3723, and as the number of votes recorded in favor of the proposal that the existing number of licenses in the district continue is an absolute majority of the total number of voters, as aforesaid, I hereby declare such proposal to be carried. Dated this 10th day of December 1896. HENRY H. G. RALFE, Returning Officer. TO THE ELECTORS OF OAMARU. ADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—I hereU with Return my SINCERE THANKS to those who were instrumental in returning me at the head of the Poll at the Recent Election. It will be my earnest endeavor to justify the confidence repoßed in me by the Constituency. T. Y. DUNCAN. IN BANKRUPTCY. No. 55. In the District Court of Timaru and Oamaru, holden at Oamaru. NOTICE is hereby given that FRANCIS GEORGE SHARPE, of Oamaru, Drover, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office on the 16th day of December, 1896, at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon, E. A. ATKINSON, -Deputy Official Assignee. Oamaru, 10th December, 1896.ANTED, a good general BLACK- ' SMITH. Apply Wm. . Fhaseb, Kurow. WAITAKI BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL. "HHE RECTOR will be glad of CONTRI- • BUTIONS from Parents and Friends of the School, towards the School Prize Fund. 10 LET, Six-roomed COTTAGE, op posite Tennis Court, Hull street, near Wansbeck street, Rent 6s.—H. B. CbawFOBD. L PPLICATIONS will be Recaived by the Undersigned till 19th DECEMBER for the RIGHT OF GRAZING on the Otiake and Otekaika Sections of the Waitaki Islands for the ensuing 12 months. ,H .M GREGOR, Setretary. lINWALD RACING CLUB. NOMINATIONS FOB New Year's Gift, 30 sovs, 7 furlongs Pony Race, 20 sovs, 4 furlongs Tinwald Cup, 60 sovs, 1£ miles Ttnwald Thot, 35 sovs, 2 miles Welteb, 40 sovs, 1 mile Novel Race, 25 sovs, 4 furlongs Flying Handicap, 40 sovb, 6 furlongs CLOSE on , SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12th, 1896, At 9 p.m., AT LAGAN'S HOTEL, TINWALD. ACCEPTANCES CLOSE At 9 p.m. ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 28ih. A. A, FOOKS, Secretary. " OOK—BOOTS REPAIRED—Dunedin Prices. All work done neat and well. —Fbank Fox, Bootmaker, Tees street, Oamaru. HIT R J. A. X. REIDLE DRESDEN PIANO COMPANY, Will be in Oamaru to hold a CHRISTMAS CHEAP SALE OF PIANOS And other Musical Instruments. For Particulars apply to W. F. MELDRUM, Local Agent;