LATE ITEMS.

Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 861, 21 November 1893, Page 2

LATE ITEMS.

Tenders are iuvited for three contracts for Danevirke Road Board. A brown entire has been impounded at Mangatera. A disquieting piece of news from Paris is to the effect that the Figaro says that Germany is massing troops on the frontier, and that war has been imminent at any time since last September. M Flourens urges that French interests demand the presence of a Russian squadron in the Mediterranean. The Danevirke Road Board met on Saturday evening. Present— Messrs W.F. Knight (chair), Costall, Hayes, and McDertnbtt.— Mrs Julia Morten-

sen wrote claiming damages for timber lost when Aitken's bridge collapsed. The Board could not entertain the claim. — At the request of Mr A. R. Lyons some repairs were ordered to be made to the cutting at the . Manawatu,— Tcndurs were received os follows .—Clearing and forming 27 chains bridle track, NeilBen's road : P. Hemmingsen, £39 15s (accepted) ; D Barry, £77 12< Od j A. W. Dryden, £(31 4s. Formation and metalling 19 chains Tekakapo Valley road :L. Phillips," £63 103 (accepted). Forming and metalling 10 chains Tamaki road : A. W. Dryden, £27 10s (accepted).— The engineer reported on a number of works, and it was resolved that tenders be called, to close Dec. 9. Tenders are to be called for work on the Matahiwi road. also for 25 chains reforming, metalling, and widening on Umutaoroa road. A box culvert is to be inserted on the ri_;ht-liand side of the Mangatera bridge, and the bridge is to be cleared. A slip is to be cleared off the Kaitoke road.