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Southland Times, Issue 1300, 29 August 1870, Page 4

A deputation, headed by Captain Bagot, has waited upon the hon. the Treasurer, and urged upon him the desirability of closiug public houses on Sunday, and stopping the issue of night permits. The hon. gentleman expressed general sympathy with the movement, but said he could not go so far as the deputation seemed to wish. The prospectus of the Tweed Manufacturing Company is advertised with a strong list of names as promoters of the undertaking. The capital is £15,000 in £10 shares. The survey party sent. some 12 months ago to fix the boundary of the colony have returned, having undergone great privations. A petition, signed by 11,000 persons, has been presented to the Government against the opening of public houses on Sundays. A return just published shows that the total amount, of land sold in the colony is 3,983,153 acres, and that the average price is 255. . j The Government have forwarded stores for the telegraph expedition to Port Augusta, and an overland party starts, for Mount Margaret on the 12th Mr Todd leaves, in about a month, to decide the route, and start the expedition. Wheat is very firm, and a sale is rumored at 5s 9d. Tenders rpENDEBS for the Lease of tbe University Endowment Beserve, in the forks of the Titipua and Hedgehope streams, Forest Hill District, Southland, about 18 miles east from Invercargill, will be received at the Crown Lands Office, Invercargill, till noon of THUKSDAY, the 6th of OCTOBER next. Area— lo,ooo acres. Term — Fourteen years. Boundaries — As per map in Survey Office. WALTER H. PEARSON, Commissioner Crown Lands. Crown Lands Offise, • Invercargill, 6th July, 1870.'. TENDERS WANTED. WAITED Tenders up to SATURDAY, the 3rd Sept., for leasing the Ghdloway Arms Hotel, East Road, and out-buildings, with 5 a^res of land adjoining. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Full information on application to T. TRUMBLE, Tay-street. TENDERS WANTED. WANTED Tenders by "FRIDAY, the 2nd Sept., to lease 100 acres of land—2o nnder grass, a six-roomed house, and a magnificent garden — known as M'Olymont's. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. ■■: Further information on application to T. TRUMBLE, Tay-street. FERN BUSH.— -FARM FOR SALE. TENDERS will be received by the undernamed .' up to Ist October, for the purchase of that property at Fern Bush, near Winton, belonging to Mr Harry Armstrong. There are 226 acres of land, about 15 acres being bush.; 70 acres are fenced, and 35 laid down in grasses. The other improvements consist of a three-roomed Cottage, Men's Hut, large Barn, Stable, Milking and Calf Shed,6rarden, well stocked with Fruit Trees, &c. Tbe property adjoins a bush reserve, in which there is superior timber. A station on the Winton Railway will be within a mile of the homestead. The ground is of excellent quality, has a northern aspect, and is beautifully situated on an elevation, from which there is a pleasant view. Title direct from the Crown. For further particulars, apply to Me C. C. SPROULL, Near Winton; Or to JNO. BLACKLOCK. August, 1870. FOR A FEW MONTHS, Tl/rR S. J. DECK, Subgbon Dentist, may be consulted daily at his residence, corner of Don and Kelvin Btreets. Hours — 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. j Saturdays, 3 P.M. BIBLE AND TRACT DEPOT, KELVIN STREET, INVERCARGILL. Committee — Dr Deck, Messrs Findlay, Nutter, Rout, Watson, Weaven, and. Yule. TVEPOT open on TUESDAYS, from 7 to 9 p.m., U and on THURSDAYS, from 4to 6 P.M. Books and Tracts sold, as a rule, at published prices. Persons from the country, who cannot make it convenient to call at either of the above times, can be supplied on application to any member of committee. THE " WEEKLY TIMES," PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY CONTAINS THE FULL NEWS OF THE WEEK. o rpHIS Journal is devoted to the interests of JL the Country Settiebs, and already enjoys a most Extensive Cieoulat t on throughoutthe j Province.