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Evening Star, Issue 4316, 27 December 1876, Page 3

Meetings. SOUTH WARD ELECTION. , FISH will be happy to meet the Electors on WEDNESDAY EVENING, AT WATSON'S ROYAL HOTEL, WALKER STREET, At 8 o'clock. A meeting willing to act as a Committee will be held immediately after. SOUIH WARD ELECTION. R CODZENS'3 COMMITTEE, think- - ing too much t'me will be lost in public meetings, beg to request all those favorable to Mr Couzens's return to meet him and the comttittee at the long room of the London Hotel, Princes street, This Evening, at eight. By request. • THOMAS CONDON, Chairman. HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY. St. Joseph' Branch, No. 73. Important Notice. HE ANNTTAL MEETING, for the __ Election of Officers, will be held in the South Autralian Hall This (Wednesday) Evening at 8 o'clock —By o. T der. A.O.F. COURT PRIDE <W DUNE DIN, No. 3,780. AN ADJOURNED MEBT/NG of the above Court will be held h** the South Australian Hall, Princes Btreet (l'o-morrow) (Thuisday) Evening, at eight o'clockBusiness : Nomination of Officers fo* ensuing quaiter, &c. JOHN WIL9ON, Secretly. B nauseate frfotloe. BOYS' CAPS, 6d ; Men's Caps, 6d; Boytf Tweed Suits, 6s 3d; Men's Tweed Coats, in. oj . t> > x>_i_i..j ii/r_i_ m j_ ni . Men's Cotton Bedford Trousers, 8s 6d; Men's Twewi Trousers and Vests, 14s 9d; Mens Paget Coats, 15b 6d; Men's Felt Hats, 2s 6d; Men's Straw Hats, 2s 6d; Men's Cotton Shirts, Is 9d ; Strong Tweeds, 2s 3d per yard; Men's Oxford Shirts, 3s 6d; Mosgiel Tweeds, 4s 6d yard ; Men's Alpine Hats. 3s lid.— HERBERT, HAYNES & CO. Election Notices. TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH WARD. P< ENTLEMEN,—I have the honor to be a \JT Candidate for the office of Councillor in South Ward, vacant by the resignation of Mr Fish. For reasons partly personal, and partly because I think they are of little real use, I do not intend to hold any meetings for the purine of addressing you, preferring to submit my opinions as clearly and fully as I can by means of the daily papers, so that you can quietly read them over at your leisure. Mr iish has chosen to attack me, as the nominee of one or more parties who wish, at great cost, to. cut down High and Stafford streets. My position with regard to that matter is, and always has been, simply this : I desire that the best gradients for those streets should be laid'down as the permanent levels, to be made when the Council have funds to do so. I have only to a'ld that I should be in favor of, and support (subject to above conditions), such alteration iu gradient of High btreet, between Grant and William streets, and of Stafford street from Golden Age Hotel to little beyond Melville street; and I think these ;re the only alterations which can at any time be effected. I believe, however, that this matter has been settled for the present (in what manner I know not), and fhat I should have no power to alter the decision of the Council, even were I inclined to do so.

With regard to the position of the Corporation to the Harbor J&oard, I held that "law makers should not be la-w breakers," that it is not to the credit of the City Council of Dunedin to take advantage of a quibble to drive a coach and four through an Apt of Parliament, and that such conduct cannot conduce to the ultimate benefit of this City. The iirst Corporation in New Zealand can afford to t&ke far higher ground. I believe that the continual disputes between the Harbor Board and Council, which | have resulted in the lo»s of sundry reserves to the Corporation, might have been prevented by some forbearacco, aud an endeavor to act in a friendly way with the Harbor Board, and that there is no reason why the two bodies, whose real interests are identical, should not work harmoniously together. I should use my best efforts to promote such result. The improvement of the Harbor is of the most vital importanc3 to the City of Dunedin. The term Harbor and Quays Reserves shows on the face of it the purpose for which these reserves were made/and if the money received from them has -paid threepence in the LI of the rateß in the City (as stated by Councillor .Walter), then the money has been misapplied. I am opposed to underground drainage, save in exceptional circumstances, and on a very limited tcale, believing that sewers are dangerous to health, very expensive to make and keep in order, and that, with care and attention on the part of the people, they are unne cessary. lam in favor of the employment of the dry ea th system. I am of opinion that the < ctagon site is the most central and suitable for the erection of Town Hall and Market, if the ground is legally available for such purpose. Gentlemen —Mr Fish sterns unable to imagine that the words used by me at the nonnnation —'' considerable pressure " can have an innocent meaning lhose who know me will, I think, give me credit for so using them. I am pledged to no one on any subject, but I have been a resident in your Ward for fifteen years. I have been repeatedly asked to become a candidate for the Ward, and it was only to-day, within an hour of the nomination, that, under "considerable pressure" from gentlemen I respect, that I consented. I shall solicit no votes—l shall employ no cabs. I have no brilliant promises to make, but should you elect me as your representative, I will give my best endeavors to work honestly for the whol« City, and South Ward in particular. I am, Gentlemen. Your obedient servant, GRANT P. FARQUHAR. December 23,1876. Timber Yards. TO BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. ,Vf ESB*B W. ASH EH * f, O. have alwiyH i.vl. on hand fuU-asPorted stocks of Timber and Building Material at lowest current rate?. 1 onyrued aud Groved Baltic Do do Kauri Do do White and Red Pine Do do A mericm 1 umber Aleo, Deal, Oreron, American Shelving, Clear Pine, Cedar, Ash, Hobarfc Town Posts. Palines, and Shingles, Kauri, White, Hed and Black Pine, vioai. Hardwood, Jarra, Totara, Red and Black Bitch, Doors, Sashes, Mouldings, Architraves, and Skirting. All classes of Turnery, | Naves, Felloes and Spokes, Galvanised Iron, ttidgingj. Spouting, Nails, Washers, and all descriptions of Builders' Ironmongery, Cement, Lime, Hair, and Plaster of Paris, Fire-clay, Brick s. '1 iles, and Blocks, all sizes ; Lambeth's Drain Pipes, Typhons Bends, and Junctions, White's Stone-baked Drain fipps, &c. Contractors and the Public may jelyupon receiving every attention and their ordeiß being executed with correctness and despatch at MESSRS W. AS HER & OO.'S Timber Yards, Moray place.