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Southland Times, Issue 3291, 7 January 1879, Page 3

Public Notices INVERCARGILL WATER WORKS LOAN. • Notice of day of Poll. N Pursuant to Sub-Section 1, Clause 141, Municipal Corporations Act, 1876. Notice is hereby given that I have fixed Friday, the 10th January current, as the day on which a poll shall betaken to determine the approval of the Burgesses or otherwise of the proposal of the MuMcipal Council, to borrow £100,000 for tbe construction of Water Works, for the"supply of thetoAvnAvith water, as set forth in the official notice published in the local newspapers. Poll to be taken between the hours, of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Polling Booths— j North Ward — Wesleyan Schoolroom Second Ward— Council Hall . , Third Ward— Oddfellows' Hall Southward — School Master's House, Crinan street. ' . GEORGE LUMSDEN, Mayor. tmportant notice. :kaitanGata coal i kaitangata COAL 1 ! We have much pleasure in intimating to our customers and the public generaUy, that Aye have made arrangements with the Kaitangata RaUway and Coal Company, for a regular supply of their CELEBRATED "HOUSEHOLD COAL, and wiU be in a posi-tion-to receive and deliver orders on and after 14.th Jan., 1879. One trial avUI be sufficient to establish it in public favour. Prices delivered— 32s 6d per ton . 17s * „ half ton 8s 6d „ per quarter ton. CAMPBELL & RITCHIE, JAMES ANGUS. LOST between Gladstone and YarroAv street, a Bottle Green Top-coat. The finder AviU be rewarded on returning same to London Hotel, Tay street. l^T. ATAURA ELECTION. Mr J. S. SHANKS invites the electors of the Mataura District to meet bim at the undermentioned .times and places :— Schoolhouse, East InvercargiU, Thursday, 9th ■... January, 7.30 p.m. Gladstone, Friday, 10th January, 7:80 p.m. Schoolhouse, Long Bush, Monday, 13th January, 7.30 p.m. Schoolhouse, Wyndham, Tuesday, 14th January, 7.30 p.m. '.-.,' TO THE ELECTORS' OF THE MATAURA DISTRICT. Gentlemen,— In accordance Avith tbe promise made when I first intimated to you my intention of becoming a candidate for your representation, I now purpose to place before you the leading points of my political creed. To begin with, I have been for years past a supporter of the party whose efforts were directed to secure the settlement of the land by means of deferred payment — a system which has, in spite of aU opposition, proved itself at once beneficial to those AA'ho have availed themselves of it, and advantageous to the colony, Avhose revenues fo-day are augmented to no small degree by the contributions . of men Avho, but for the facilities the deferred system gave, would- have left our shores. The present Ministry has taken up the policy in this respect, inaugurated by the party of whom Mr Donald Reid Avas the leader, and so long as they adhere to it they shall have my support. With respect to the legislation of last session, I may say that the Land Tax seems to be equitable, for,- while I should not Avish to impose oppressive burdens on the holdersof large estates, stUl less should I Avish them to escape tbeir fair share of taxation. At the same time I must say that a large section of the community appears to me to have been allowed to escape scot free in the apportionment, for I regard income, however "derived— Avhen it exceeds a certain minimum — as a legitimate factor in the estimate of sources of revenue. The question electoral rights has long engaged my attention, and however unpopular the admission may make me, I am bound to say that I am not in .favor of absolutely unrestricted, or rather I should say, unregulated, manhood suffrage. The francMse, as it stands at present, is a very comprehensive one. No man Avho honestly desires to become an elector can fail, Avithin a year or two of his landing in the colony, to satisfy the requirements of the law if he exercises common prudence, Avhile there are dangers that avUI suggest theniselA r es to everyone in throwing open electoral privileges to newcomers, necessarily ignorant bf the "bearings of poUtical questions. With residence conditions, say of tAvo or ttoee years, I see no objection to manhood suffrage, and from the experience of tbe late session it is more than probable that tbe present Government wiU not go further than this in the Bill, Avhich it is understood they intend to introduce. There are many minor, but not unimportant, matters on Avhich you Avill Avish to know my views, but as I intend to meet you to the several divisions of the district, it avUI be more convenient to state them personally than by means of an advertisement. Meantime I remain, Gentlemen, Yours obedient servant, JAS. S. SHANKS. "m/jTARSH REAPER AND BINDER. AND HARVEST KING. To arrive at an early date a large shipment of these CELEBRATED MACHINES, Manufactured by Gammon and Deering. which have been remarkably successful in America during the last harvest, and found to SURPASS all others in the field for excellent work, freedom from breakage, &c. THE BINDER Is undoubtedly tbe best and tbe most simple yet made. 1 The Agents specially solicit the inspection by intending purchasers, and are prepared to supply the most ample testimony to , favor of these machines. ' " TREW & HALL Ironmongers, Dee street, Sole Agents for SoutMand. /CLEARING' SALE. Laidlaw k Barr, Storekeepers, Wyndham, beg to intimate to then- customers and the public of the surrounding district, that having disposed of their business, and with a .view of getting rid of their surplus stock, they are now holding a clearing sale, and at greatly reduced prices. "MTESSRS MACKENZIE, RIDLEY & CO., ARCHITECTS. - R. A. Lawson (Dunedin), Consulting Partner Office : Eldon Chambers, INVERCARGILL. VT OTICE* The partnership heretofore subsisting betAveen the undersigned, Thomas Louthe'r Barnhill and Alfred Richard Hare, as runholders and sheepowners ; under the style of "Bamhill and Hare," Avas this day dissolved by mutual consent. The UabiUties of the late firm AviU be paid by the undersigned Alfred Richard Hare, who is also authorised to receive any debts due to the late firm. Dated this thirtieth day of December,|lß7B - T. L. -BARNHILL, A. R. HARE, Witnesses to' both signatures, Thos. M. Macdonald, SoUcitor, Invercargiii ; • Fredk. W. Wade, SoUcitor Invea-cargill. JOHN KINGSLAND k ' CO." TANNERS, WAIKIWI. Hides bought at the Tannery, or the Red Boot, -in Town,- -