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TUA MARINA HOTEL. FTIIIE undersigned, having taken the above X premises, is prepared to supply the best accommodation at reasonable prices, and trusts that his endeavours to cater for the public will meet with their approval. Solomon 110 l no yd. Dec. 12th, 1861. 68 TUA MARINA HOTEL. Christmas Holidays ! Old English Sports !! HORSE Racing—Rifle Shooting— Climbing the Greasy Pole—Jumping in Sacks —Throwing the Hammer— Running —Jumping—Quoits —and various other sports (with prizes attached; too numerous to mention. The proprietor of the Tua Marina Hotel begs to inform the public that on the 2nd of JANUARY next he will give PRIZES in connection with the ABOVE SPORTS, and hopes there will be a good attendance on the ground. Sports to commence at TEN o’clock precisely. ' 06 PUBLIC NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that POISON is LAID upon my SHEEP RUN, situated at Mahakipawa, and the hills adjacent. William Cullen. 12th December, 1861. H GOVERNMENT NOTICES. Superintendent’s Office, Picton, 18th December, 1861. TENDERS will be received atv,:Goui/X'nd’s Ferity, by the Provincial Engineer, on MONDAY, the 80th inst., for the following works on the road from the Spring Creek Bridge to Renwick, viz.: —MAKING- CULVERT and APPROACHES by Dodson’s ; and MAKING FORDS and APPROACHES near Springfield. Specifications may be seen at Gouland’s Ferry. The work will bo pointed out on the ground, on SATURDAY, the 28th instant, by the Provincial Engineer, starting from Dodson's at 10 o’clock. . W. D. 11. Baillie, §g Superintendent. Superintendent’s Office, Picton, 18th December, 1861. mENDERS will be received at this JL Office, on MONDAY, the 80th inst., for METALLING about 12 CHAINS of ROAD, near the Cemetery, on the road from Dodson’s Brewery to the Waihopai. Specifications may be seen at this Office, and at the Plough Inn. W. D. 11. Baillie, £g Superintendent. Superintendent’s Ofliec, Picton, December 13 th, 1861. IT is hereby notified that the PUBLIC OFFICES will be CLOSED on NEW YEAR’S DAY next. AY. D. 11. Baillie, Zq Superintendent. TO CAPITALISTS. EOR SALE bv TENDER STARMOUNT RUN, Port Underwood, nearly all bounded by the sea. Estimated extent, 8,100 ACRES. Lease, 14 years, with all the approaches, consisting of valuable bays, Ac., Ac., in freehold, with or without a choice flock of Merino Sheep- of about 1,200, two-thirds Ewes, one-third Wethers, and Bams in proportion. If not sold, a respectable person would be taken as partner. Tenders received by Messrs. Edwards A Co., Nelson, or Mr. Flood, Starmount, Port Underwood. P.S. —In tending purchasers are requested to see and judge, and pay no attention to lying and unprincipled schemers in the neighbourhood. gQp PICTON. ILLIAM SELLAR begs to announce to the inhabitants of Picton and its vicinity that he has commenced business as a FANCY BREAD and BISCUIT BAKER, and hopes, by strict attention to alloTders, to merit their support. Shipping supplied on reasonable terms. Dec. 20th, 1861. jqj TUA MARINA HOTEL, HALF-WAY BETWEEN PICTON AND BLENHEIM. FIT HE undersigned, in thanking the pubJL lie generally for past patronage, begs to assure visitors that the above old-estab-lished house affords first-nPo accommodation, including good stabling and paddock for horses, Ac., and lias no connection whatever with a new house about to bo started under the same name, and which, I perceive, is to have “• a greasy polo as a mark of distinct.on.” , •• William Straciian. 4, Tua Marina, Dec List, 1861. 601