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Southland Times, Issue 1752, 10 June 1873, Page 4

Public JVotices. OTEEAMIKA EOAD BOAED. LOTHIAN SUBDIVISION. i ■ t T ANRREW RIDDELL, Returning Officer 3 1. » duly appointed for the Lothian Subdivision of the Oteramika Road Board, do p hereby give notice, that, in accordance with the provisions of the Otago Roads Ordinance, 1871, an election of one member for the above-named Subdivision will be held at Morton Mains Station on Thursday, the 12th day of June, " 1873, at noon. And I do hereby require all candidates to be nominated in the manner provided by the 98th clause of the Otago 3 Roads Ordinance, 1871, and at the time and * place herein set forth ; and I do hereby give i notice that in the event of a poll being demanded i notice of the day on which such poll shall be > I held will be given immediately upon such demand being made. ANDREW RIDDELL, Returning Officer. May 28th, 1873, ___— — The Polling Place is the Schoolhouse, Morton 1 Mains Station. WHAT IS THE PEEMISSIVE BILL ? IT is a measure based upon the broad principle that the Liquor Traffic is inimical to the well being of 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 and property of Her Majesty's subjects at large, and the public rates and taxes , 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 afore- ' said." Its provisions would simply give effect to the public opinion of the country upon a traffic p which is confessedly dangerous and difficult to , control. p 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 own dwellings, and who frequently exercise their power as landlords to prohibit tbem 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 I 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 1 Bign the requisition, extent of the district, &c, would be decided in Committee, afier the general principle of the Bill had been accepted. For Sale or lease. EAMS FOE SALE. -I £\l K RAMS, two-tooth, for sale by the uni J, m\i _ dersigned. i MATHEW HOLMES, Castle Rock Station. FO R SAL E, STAUNCH DRAUGHT HORSE, suitable for tramway work. Apply to G. F. MARTIN & CO. FO E SAL E, * A SUPERIOR Dressing Fan (new). Apply MESSRS COCHRAN & BLACKWOOD. FOE SALE, A NEARLY NEW EXPRESS WAGGON, in good order, fit to carry 15 cwt., with or without Cover. For further particulars, k apply to D. KINGSLAND, Jun., Invercargill. TO LET, QAA ACRES OF LAND (to be selected by _i _ _ the tenant) for a term of years, with a purchasing clause. Apply to T. M. MACDONALD, Solicitor, Esk street. FIRST-CLASS INVESTMENT. , rpHE undersigned are instructed to offer for X private sale that freehold property known as the ' LONG BUSH HOTEL, consisting of about 80 acres fenced and subdivided in 5 paddocks with considerable portion under cultivation. Improvements include Hotel of 10 rooms, 5 stalled stable and loose boxes, barn, stockyard, and milking shed, piggeries, stackyard, &c, &c. The purchaser will also have the option of taking the lease of an " Educational Bush Reserve," having 19 years to run. For full particulars apply to. G. F. MARTIN & CO., i Dee- street. Viand Transfer Act Notices*. LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES. \j OTICE is hereby given, that the several I_\ 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. - The northern half of Section 17 (seventeen), block LXXII. (seventy-two), town of Invercargill. Applicant— JOHN THOMAS KIRWAN, of Invercargill aforesaid, bootmaker. 1 Section 4 (four), block VI. (six), Wallacetown, Province of Otago. Applicant— THOMAS SLATER ROYDS, of New River, in the said Province, settler. 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 sth day of June, 1873, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill. W. EUSSELL, 1 District Land Registrar.