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West Coast Times, Issue 378, 8 December 1866, Page 4

_^^^^ Sporting. Any dogs on the course will be destroyed. All stakes paid less 5 per cent. N.B. — In case of unfavorable weather the Stewards have the power to postpone the races from" day to day, whether the meeting be absolutely commenced or not. K^A Grand Stand will be erected opposite the winning-post ; and sites for ten Booths (five on each side), with 30ft. frontage each, will be sold at auction by Messrs Jones, M'Glashan & Co., at 12 noon, on Wednesday, December 2Gth. Purchasers will have the privilege of cutting timber on the ground, for uprights, &c. ; and boats can land their goods within 100 yards of the Booths. • For any further particulars in connection with the races, application may be made to the undersigned, personally or by letter, at the Criterion Hotel. Fbed. D. Hamilton; 5697 Sec. and Clerk of the Course. Business Notice. T) Tji A L C X Wholesale and Retail TOBACCONIST (Opposite the Tramway Hotel), REVELL STREET. If you want a GOOD SMOKE, And Something for your Money, Come and Tiy his Sensation Mixture of the very BEST TOBACCO U\ T TOWN ! ! Just imported, the new celebrated Look-and-Buy Long Plug Tobacco. B. F. has imported a choice selection of genuine Havannah Cigars, real Taddy's Snuff, the very best Virginia. Shag, and Bird's-eye ; also, Barrett's Twist, and the best Small Plugs. The proprietor of this establishment may briefly state, that, from his long experience in the Trade, he has a thorough knowledge of the business, and is determined to sell nothing but a Good Article. He has now on hand a splendid assortment of Meerschaum, Clay, and Wooden Pipes, Amber Mouth -pieces, &c, Not to be surpassed by any in the Colony of New Zealand. Note the Address ! — Opposite the Traniwa} r Hotel, 4805 Revell-street. T T WHISKY At Reeves & Co, Wine and Spirit Merchants, 5367 Wharf street. J. ELLIS & CO., AUCTIONEERS & COMMISSION AGENTS, 48 GREYMOUTH.

Publications. NOW IN THE PRESS, And will be shortly published, rpHE WEST COAST GOLDFIELDS 1 DIRECTORY FOR 1866-67, embracing the towns of Hokitika, Greymouth, Ross, the Kanieri, Stafford, and Okarita. The commercial importance of the West Coast Goldfields, ami their extensive business dealings with other ports of New Zealand, as well as with the Australian colonies, render a full and accurate Directory not only desirable but an actual necessity to men of business. The printers and publishers of the present work, having previously bsousjht out most successfully similar works in Duntdin and Invercargill for the past five years, undertake the present task with a feeling that the public will repose confidence in their ability to produce a comprehensive and thoroughly reliable Directory of these Goldfields, and certainly not inferior to any published in other places. The West Coast Goldlields Directory will contain a full and authenticated list of the Government Departments and Officials, Municipal Councils and Improvement Committees, Bankers, Professional Gentlemen, Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders, Hotel-keepers, &c., in the whole of the Westland district, and will, when practicable, give the full Christian and surnames, as well as the respective addresses. It will also supply a variety of useful information respecting the Mails and Rates of Postage — the Harbor and Customs Regulations — the New Tariff — tht Fees of the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts — the list of the newly elected Hokitika Municipal Council — Electric Telegraph Charges, &c, &c. The publishers intend also to give lithographed plans of Hokitika and Greymouth, with the Nos. of the sections delineated thereon ; and if they find sufficient encour^ [ agement, they will give a lithographed bird's eye view of the town of Hokhika, with the various stores and places of business plainly indicated. A limited number of advertisements will be received, which will be prominently displayed in new type, ordered expressly for this publication, and will be charged as follows : — For a full page ... £2 2 0 „ half „ ... 15 0 „ quarter „ ... 015 0 , For the more prominent positions in the Directory, special agreement will be made. Drawings and lithographic views of establishments will be executed, if required, at a moderate extra charge. Harnett & Co., Publishers. The price of the Directory, handsomely bound in cloth and lettered in gold, will be to subscribers 10s, and to non-subscrib-ers 1 5s, 4799