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Southland Times, Issue 1734, 29 April 1873, Page 4

Public notices. ANDBEW M'KENZIE'S CJCOTCH PIE SHOP, DEE STREET. Established 1863. WINES, SPIRITS, AND ALES Of the best Brands, and in good condition, always in stock. CONFECTIONERY , [n great variety, and of the first quality only. WEDDING CAKES Made to order, in quality and workmanship unsurpassed in New Zealand. M'KENZIE'S MUSEUM, Established 1869, Contains the largest collection of New Zealand Fishes in the colonies. Birds, Insects, and other objects of Natural History in great variety. In preparation, and will be shortly exhibited, the Jaw Bone of a Whale, over 18 feet in length. In consequence of the great success of the japan Turtle, further consignments of Japanese Curiosities are ordered, and are expected to arrive on Ist April next. Admission— ONE SHILLING. LAND TEANSFER ACT NOTICES. \TOTICE is hereby given, that the several l\ parcels of Land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of " The Land Transfer Act, 1870," unless caveat in the meantime be lodged forbidding the same. Part of section 1 ("ne), block HI. (three), Invercargill Hundred, Province of Otago. Applicant— PETEß DALRTMPLE, of Invercargill, in the said Province, farmer. Sections 8 (eight) and 9 (nine), block LVL (fifty six), Town of Invercargill. Applicant — CATHERINE SHEPHERD, wife of Solomon Shepherd, of Invercargill, aforesaid, settler. Allotment 7 (seven), block VIII. (eight), on the plan of the subdivision into lots (known as Gladstone) of section 25 (twenty five), block I. (one), Invercargill Hundred, Province of Otago. Applicants — HENRY REED, of Invercargill, draper, and THOMAS BUOWN, of Dunedin, draper. Caveat in each case must be lodged within one calendar month after the gazetting of this notice. Diagrams may be inspected at this office. Dated this 24th day of April, 1873, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill. W. EUSSELL, District Land Registrar. WHAT IS THE PEEMISSIVE BILL ? IT is a measure based upon the broad principle that the Liquor Traffic is inimical to the well-being ai the nation, and its preamble sets forth that — " Whereas the common sale of Intoxicating Liquors is a fruitful source of Crime, Immorality, Pauperism, Disease, Insanity, and premature Death, whereby not only the individuals who give way to drinking habits are plunged into misery, but grievous wrong is done to the persons aDd property of Her Majesty's subjects at large, and the public rates and taxe3 are greatly augmented : and whereas it is right and expedient to confer upon the ratepayers of Cities, Boroughs, Parishes, and Townships the power to prohibit such common sale as aforesaid." Its provisions would simply give effect to the public opinion of the country upon a traffic which is confessedly dangerous and difficult to control. It would give ratepayers the power to prohibit the traffic by a decided majority, a right confined at present to Licensing Magistrates and landowners, who seldom permit a public house to be licensed near their mon dwellings, and who frequeutly exercise their power as landlords to prohibit them over large districts. Its principal clauses provide— I. That any time after the passing of the Act, it shall be lawful for a given number of ratepayers in any Borough, Parish, or District, to require the Mayor or Overseers to take the votes of the ratepayers as to the propriety of bringing into operation the provisions of the Act.* 11. That the Mayor or Overseers shall, on receipt of such requisition, cause voting papers to be delivered to, and collected from, all ratepayers within the district. 111. That if, on examining these voting papers, it was found that two-thirds of those voting were in favor of the adoption of the Act, no license could be granted or renewed within that district after the term for which the license was current. It is therefore a Bill which could only come into operation when a very large majority in any district were in its favor, and as a result would, after all, prohibit only a privileged monopoly. ALEX. HAY, R.S., Sons of Temperance. DAVID BONTHRON, W.S. Independent Order of Good Templars. *All details, such as the number required to sign the requisition, extent of the district, &c, would be decided in Committee, afler the general principle of the Bill had been accepted. jIjITCHELL & CO., MERCHANTS, Dee street, desire to intimate to their customers that they are prepared to supply in any quantity the various qualities of COFFEE prepared by Baeeon, Geant & Co., Dunedin, all of which they can with confidence recommend as being at least equal to the best of their several kinds ever introduced into this market. BAEEON, GEANT & CO.'S COFFEE. A FRESH SUPPLY of this excellent COFFEE just received direct from Dunedin by DAVID SMYTH, Storekeeper, Tay-street. rpHE COFFEE prepared by Babeon, Gsant & Co., now a favorite brand in this market, is constantly kept in stock by MATHESON & SMITH, WHOLESALE AND EETAIL GEOCEES AND WINE MEEOHLANTS, Dee-street. /"^OFFEE, certain to please the most fastidious, y imported and prepared by Baebon, Geant & Co. Coffee Roasters, Dunedin, and sold by the principal storekeepers and grocers throughout Otago, TRE WEEKLY TIMES. I 1 HIS Journal is devoted to the interests of the Counts? Settlers, and already enjoys a most Extensive CibcitiiAtion ihrougbout the Province,