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Free Lance, Volume I, Issue 42, 20 April 1901, Page 17

WELLINGTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION. LADIES and GENTLEMEN — Having, by request, become a Candidate for a seat on the new City Council, to be contested on the 24th April, I beg your support at the coming election. If elected I will do my best to merit your confidence. I am, Yours faithfully, ROBT. H. DAVENPORT,

MUNICIPAL ELECTION. TO THE BURGESSES OF WELLINGTON CITY. LADIES and GENTLEMEN,— I beg to announce that I have been nominated for a seat on the City Council, m the progressive interest. I will take the first available opportunity of addressing you on municipal affairs. A. H. HINDMARSH.

TO THE ELECTORS AND BURGESSES OF THE CITY OF WELLINGTON.

HA.VING been requested by a number of the Citizens to allow myself to be nominated for a seat in the City Council, I have decided to offer my services to represent you. I shall have the pleasure of placing before you my views: in respect to the many important questions now before you at an early date. Yours faithfully, JAMES GODBER.

Defence Office, Wellington, 16th April, 1901. m ENDERS are invited for Repairs to X the s.s. Ellen Ballance. The work will be pointed out by the Principal Engineer Surveyor, or Assistant, and the specifications may be seen at nis office, Queen's Chambers, Jervois Quay Wellington ; also at this office. Tenders to be marked, "Tenders for repairs to s.s. Ellen Ballance," to be addressed to the Under Secretary for Defence, and will close at 5 p.m. on the 23rd instant. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. A. P. DOUGLAS, Under-Secretary for Defence.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT ACT. IMPROVED FARMS FOR LEASE. HATUMA "SETTLEMENT, HAWKE'S 8AY.— 25,737 acres, divided into fifty-four sections, for disposal on lease in perpetuity, of areas varying from 111 acres to 774 acres, rentals from 4s 3d to 8s 4d per acre pelannum, and four small grazing-runs for lease for twenty-one years with right or renewal, of areas varying from 1,134 acres to 1,509 acres, rentals from 3s 3d to 6s 2d per acre per annum. The Hatuma Settlement is situated in one of the finest districts in the North Island, fifty miles south of Napier, on Mam Trunk Railway, close to Waipukurau, and nine miles from Waipawa. The land is open, of good quality — the downs and flats adapted for general agriculture and dairy-farming, depth of soil, from 6in. to 12m., on clay subsoil. The small grazing-runs comprise well-watered limestone ranges, suitable for mixed farming. Open for application, at Napier and Waipukurau, on 25th April, 1901. Ballot to be held at Waipukurau on the 27th April. KOHIKA SETTLEMENT, SOUTH CANTERBURY.— 3,B33 acres, divided into fifteen sections, for disposal on lease in perpetuity, in areas varying from 139 acres to 391 acres, at rentals from 5s 9d to 9s 4d per acre per annum. This settlement is part of the well-known Otaio Estate, formerly owned by Mr. Teschemaker , is situated between Timaru and Waimate, twenty miles from the former town and eleven miles from the latter. Land well adapted for mixed farming, in good heart, has produced heavy crops of wheat, and up to 60 bushels of oats to the acre. Depth of strong black soil, 7m. to Bin. Climate temperate , sufficient rainfall for general farming. Open for application, at Christchurch and Timaru, on 13th May, 1901. Ballot to be held at Timaru on 18th May. MANGAWHATA SETTLEMENT, WELLINGTON (formerly known as Morrisons Estate). — 1,226 acres, divided into seven sections, for disposal on lease in perpetuity, in areas varying from 98£ acres, to 319 acres, at rentals from 12s 9d to 15s per acre per annum. This settlement is situated between Rongotea and Oroua Bridge Railwaystation, in a prosperous district, near important townships. The land is first-class, comprising grassed flats suitable for dairy-farming and fattening stock. Open for application, at Wellington and Palmerston North, on Tuesday, 14th May, 1901. Ballot to be held at Palmerston Noith on 16th May.