TENDERS rpENDERS are invited by the X undersigned up till TUESDAY, 12th December, 1899, for the right to cut and take away oooksfoof , from section 5, blook 7, Meremere, s - 74 acres 2 roods 80 poles, all level land. A splendid crop, in or about one mile from Meremere Pa. ! Tenders to be acoompanied with a deposit of £6, to be returned if not accepted. .. The successful tenderer will be re quired to pay dash in full, or give security to my satisfaction, on oi before the 18th December, 1899, oi his deposit will be forfeited. > J. SHEAHAN. Patea. DAIRY FARMsT^ mENDERS are invited for leases 1 of the following Dairy Farms, part of Otauto: — No. 1 70 alr £0p „ 2 142 acres „ 8 169 „ „ 4 242 „ „ 6 179 „ „ 6 197 „ And for Growing Crops on No. 5. Also for lease of Sections 568, 569, and 670 (850 acres), right bank Patea river. Cash for clearing and grassing land now in bush to be provided by lessor. Period of lease, 15 years from Ist Maroh, 1900, wjth the right of renewal in respect' of the Otauto lands for an extension of another term ol 15 years. A creamery will bo erected on Otauto if the dairy farms are lei as above. Possession Ist February. Full particulars and conditions may be seen at the office of this paper or on application to the undersigned. The several sub-divisions will be pointed out on the ground to any intending tenderer. Tenders may be for one or more oi all the above allotments. Tenders up to 15th January, 1900, to be addressed to HUGH MULDROOK, Otauto, FARM FOR SALE. FOR SALE -Good Dairy Farm, of 840 Aores, all in grass, subdivided, and well watered, good house, men's house, woolshed, etc., etc. Cheap. For further partioula/E apply to * EGMONT FARMERS' UNION, Li FOR Ladies' oi Gents' hand sewn boots and shoes, ary style, to order, try W. 7 Hill's 800 l Warehouse, Manaia. DE'*ASATION OF LICENSING \t-v,LL IN THE DISTRICT. LICENSING DISTRICT OF HAWERA. IN pursuance of " The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act Amendment Aot, 1895," I hereby give publio notioe of the result of the Local Option Poll taken under the provisions of the said Aot on the sixth day of December, 1899. NUMBER Or VOTES BEOOBDKD. That the number of licenses existing in the District oontinue 1981 That the number of licenses " existing in the district be reduced 1578 That no licenses be granted in the district 1874 Informal 212 The total number of voters whose votes were recorded was 4129 ; and as hone of tbe proposals respecting licenses in the district obtained the prescribed majority, 1 declare none of them to be carried. Date& at Hawera this eleventh day of December, 1899. ALFRED TRIMBLE, Returning Officer, c ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF HA.WERA. XN pursuance of the provisions o: section 120 of " The Eleotora] i Act, 1898," I hereby give public , notice of the number of votes received by eaoh candidate at the election oi i one Member of the House of Repre i sentatives for the Electoral Distrid of Hawera, the poll wherefor was taken on the sixth day of December k 1899. , NUMBER OF VOTES RECORDED. i For David Lyon Abbott ; Astbury 63* ; For Charles Edwin Major 1681 r For Fbldc McGuire ... 174( i Informal 4! f Felix MoGuire having received ii i the aggregate at all the polling l places the greatest number of votes f I declare the said Felix McGuire t< ) be duly eleoted Member of the Hous 3 of Representatives for the Eleotora District of Hawera aforesaid. Dated at Hawera this eleventl i day of December, 1899. J ALFRED TRIMBLE, f Returning Officer, - *~ NOTICE. , A MEETJNG :?f Dairy Factor • "XjL Managers and Employees i , called for Thubsda* Evening, 14t! & inst., at 8 o'olock, in the Oddfellows I Hall, Manaia. Business— To disous i- ways and means of procuring weekl ; holiday without interfering wit! 3 existing arrangements or loss to pre ; ducers. !. A representative meeting urgentl , requested. • " . NOTICE. ,' fTIHE undersigned have close d JL down for a fortnight in ordc r> to make alterations, and will on! j. receive pigs from those who hai contracts. ;; J. ft H. EUOHANAN, Pioneer Bacon Factory, Eltham. ; NOTICE. - T>OISOM will be laid for DOG •r JL on the Manaia Racecourse o ), Wednesday. J. R. BTEWART, ~~ Hon. Sec. f . — ;e ittANTED TO LEASE, for II VV term of years/new dwelling < 3, 5 rooms with 5 acres of land, adjoi] { ing borough.— J. W% Hirst.