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Auctions. BIED & BENNETT. SATURDAY, 17th INSTANT. ONE O'CLOCK. TATTERSALL'S. BIRD & BENNETT are instructed by W. C. Maxwell, Esq., who is leaving the province, to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, As above, The following well known HORSES :— Madge Wildfire, blk m. imported from Sydney, by Lamplighter Sunbeam, eh m, by Traducer The Witch, blk m, by St Aubyn The above Mares are in foal to Malton. Also, Eatington by Leotard out of Bijou by Sir Hercules, 6 yrs old, quiet and perfectly sound Nugget, chesnut cob, up to lost Little Rover, a first-class hack, And The well-known and successful hurdlerace horse Ivanhoe. He has won eight races out of eleven this year ; combined to his well-known qualities as a Hurdle Racer, he has all the points of a first-class cross-country horse, and up to any weight as a hack. 3003 TATTERSALL'S. SATURDAY, 17TH INSTANT, One o'clock. BIRD AND BENNETT are instructed by J. C. Wilson, Esq., C.8., to SELL BY AUCTION, As above, the Thorougbred Sire BRUSH, By Chevalier, dam Besom. Brush is so well known that it is unnecessary for the Auctioneers to say more than that he has got some of the best hacks in the province. 3000 Government Notices. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TPENDERS are invited by the Colonial 1 Government for the CONSTRUCTION of about TEN MILES of the OTAGO SOUTHERN TRUNK RAILWAY, , being the Clutha Contract, and extending northwards from the River Clutha. Drawings and specifications may be seen on and after Monday, the 10th July, at the office of W. N. BLAIII, Esq., Resident Engineer, Dunedin, where tenders will be received until noon on MONDAY, the 7th AUGUST. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, JOHN BLACKETT, Acting Engineer-in-Chief. Public Works Oflice, Wellington, 19th May, 1871. 2723 RAKAIA FERRY. THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT invite TENDERS for CROSSING PASSENGERS and GOODS over the RIVER RAKAIA, at or near the point where the Great South Eoad crosses that River. Terms and conditions to be obtained on and after WEDNESDAY, June 7th, at the Public Works Office. Tenders, endorsed " Eakaia Ferry," to ba sent in not later than FOUR o'clock p.m., on WEDNESDAY, June 14. , WALTER KENNAWAY, 2816 Secretary for Public Works. TO CONTRACTORS. THE Telegraph Commissioner is prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS for the SUPPLY and DELIVERY of ONE THOUSAND (1000) TELEGRAPH POLES, more or less, for a line of Telegraph between the City of Christchurch and the Town of Akaroa. The poles to be sawn from "the heart of totara. ; The poles to be of the following dimensions : —Twenty-five (25) and twenty (20) feet long (in proportions hereinafter to be determined, but the greater proportion will be twenty (20) feet long), to be eight (8) inches square at the butt, and six (6) inches square ■at the top. The poles to be sound, straight, and free from shakes, knots, and sap. N.B.— No pole will he accepted which contains the least sap or speckled timber. I The poles will have to be delivered at points not less than four (4) chains apart, along a line of telegraph to be hereafter more particularly indicated by pegs, which will follow, as a rule, along the Lincoln road, ! Lake Ellesmere, Little Kiver road, Lake Forsyth, up a bare spur and through a pass both to the eastward of Wainui Pass : thence by a spur down to Barry's Bay, and from thence round by the road skirting the harbor of Akaroa to the town of Akaroa. The delivery of the poles to commence on the Ist September, 1871, and the whole to be delivered within four (4) months of the date of signing the contract, under a penalty of five pounds (£5) per diem for every day beyond the time specified, which penalty will be recoverable from the contractor from any sums that may be, or become, due to him under his contract. Progress payments will made at the rate of eighty (80) per cent, as the works advance, the balance on completion of contract. The contractor will not be allowed to let or sub-let his contract without the consent in writing of the Telegraph Commissioner, or of the person authorised by him to act on his behalf. Tenderers are to specify the price per pole as per sizes given. Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of twenty-five pounds (£25) as a guarantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited by any tenderer, should he refuse to take-up his tender in the event of its being accepted. Each tender must include the names of two sureties for approval, who are willing to become bond for the due performance of the contract, in the event of the tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to that effect, signed by the two proposed sureties. . ' Tenders endorsed, "Tender for the supply of one thousand (1000) Poles, more or less, for telegraph line between Ghristchurch and Akaroa," and addressed "The General Manager* Telegraph Wellington," must be sent in not later than, the Ist July next. By order of the Telegraph. Commissioner. C. LEMON, .•: ..; ; ; General Manager. . New Zealand Telegraph, :.; •-" Wellington, May 23,1871. 2636 FINE ARTS. " p RAKD ART UNION. FIFTY-FOUK PRIZES. 200 MEMBERS. AT 10s 6d. STEELE & WATES, Corner High and Hereford streets. 3004