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Southland Times, Issue 1717, 21 March 1873, Page 3

Advertisements received too late for Classification. TO FARMERS. ; 1/ ANTED 20 or 30 PIGS, weighing about U 100 lbs each. J. H. SMITH & CO. V TVe street. N~6 TICE. * MR S. J. DECK Surgeon-Dentist, will be absent from Inveroargill for a few weeks, having gone on a professional visit to Queenstown. Notice of hi* return will be given in this journal. Invercnrtjill, 19th March, 1873. INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. 'THE Acelim itisition Society request contriX butions from farmers and others interested in the introduction of insectivorous birds, of 5s and upwards, with the object of forming s fund for that purpose. Subscriptions will be received by secretaries of Road Boards and of Farmer's Clubs in the district. EDW. D. BUTTS, Hon. Secretary. THE Inveroargill Volunteer Artillery Cadets will meet for drill at the Shed on Monday evening at 7 30. Those wishing to join can thea be enrolled. C BASSTIAN, Jttk., Secretary. CORPORATION OF INVERCARGILL. FOETH STREET. rpENDERS are invited up to 7.30 p.m. of I Thursday, 3rd April, for the formation of a portion of Forth-street. Specifications at the Town Surveyor's Office. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. A deposit of five per cent, must acoompany eaoh tender. W. B. BCANDRETT, Town Clerk. A PPLTCATION to PURCHASE LAND by A DEFERRED PAYMENT :— John Russell, Invercargill, 200 acre«, being Sections 2 and 10, Block VIII., Toe Toes district. Objections must be lodged at the Land Office at least 24 hours before 12 o'clock on Thursday, the 3rd day of April next, when the above appli. cation will be decided. WALTER H. PEARSON, District Officer. District Land Office, Invercargill, 20th March, 1873. If O E SALE,— f-Bred Ram Lambs Lincoln and Leicester Rams f-Bred Ewes 70 Merino Ewes WM. BOYD & SONS, Waimatuku. TO THE ELECTORS OF INTERCAR GILL. r\ ENTLEMEN,— It ii with considerable regret vJT that I feel constrained to announce the resignation of the honor you conferred upon me at last election, in choosing me as your Member in the General Assembly of New Zealand. Many reasons have induced me to retire from political life at the present time, which I need not refer to j but there is one that is perhaps known to most of you. You are aware that the firm of which I an a merabor recently became interested in a contract with the Government, and though I had forgotten the fact at the time, I now find that the acceptance of that contract fairlr brings me within the provisions of the Disqualification Act, 1870. The present aspect of public affairs is not of the most assuring character, and it would be presumptuous in me to indicate anything like the probabilities of the future — no one can do so ; but this much I may be permitted to say, that the " political situaiion" forms a fair justification for the course, as your representative, I pursued in the Assembly. I was one of those who waited on Mr Stafford and strongly urged him to demand a dissolution when his Ministry was upset last session, being of opinion that a House elected as the last was, and from the position of parties as well, was incapable of furnishing the material for a 2<iod and powerful Government. Moreover, old party ties had been broken up, and been replaced by d'sorganisation and distrust, if not something worse, and the attempt to form a strong Government had therefore proved a failure. I have reason to know and acknowledge, that the best men from both side 3 of the House deplored that state of matters. A policy of prudence is not necessarily anti-proaressive, as many people think, and if the establishment of such should be the final outcome ot the present entanglement, the lesson may not be too daarly purchased. Gentlemen, in severing the tie that unites us, I have to express my gratitude for the uniform courtesy and confidence received at your hands. In return I think I can truly say, that I am not conscious of having abused that confidence in the slightest degree — by my Tot«s, or otherwise. I have endeavored to act up to the light I possessed. At any rate, my desire was, and I hope it has been fulfilled, that my constituency should not suffer in reputation by my representation. I have the honor to be, Gentleman, Your obedt. serrt., W. H. CALDER. 17th March, 1873. JOHN E. CUTHBEETSON, ESQ., INVERCARGILL. QIR, — We, the undersigned electors of the town O of Invercargill, request that you will allow yourself to be nominated to represent our constituencT in the House of Kepresentatiyes, and in the event of your acceding to our request, we pledge ourselves to use our best exertions to secure your return. (Signed) Robert Tapper Joseph Stock Wm. Blackwood D. L. Matheson Wm. Shields B. Ekensteea, And sixty-two others. Invercargill, 20th March, 1873. To Messrs Tapper, Stock, Blackwood, Matheson, Ekonsteen, Shields, and the other gentlemen signing the requisition. pENTLEMEN,— I am much gratified by the ijT expression of your confidence, and your request that I should become & candidate for tha representation of Invercargill. I shall be happy to place my serricos at your disposal. My sympathies, as you are aware, are »trongly enlisted in favor of the energetic prosecution of the Public Works and Immigration Policy. I have only to add that I will take an early opportUDity of addressing the electors in person, — I am, &c, JOHN R. CUTHBERT3ON. Wanted. WANTED a strong Lad at an apprenticed Apply to D . M'Robie, baker. WANTED a Housemaid for a Hotel in town. Apply at the offict of this paper.