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Press, Volume XIX, Issue 2811, 6 May 1872, Page 1

Government Notices. WHITE'S WAIMAKARIRI BRIDGE. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. THHE PUBLIC are hereby CAUTIONED I that in consequence of the UNSOUND CONDITION of this BRIDGE, it is NOT SAFE to carry loads of greater weight than three tons weight. Horsemen and men in charge of wheeled vehicles will not be allowed to travel over it at a greater rate than three miles an hour. WALTER KENNAWAY, Secretary for Public Works. Public Works Office, Christchurch, April 5, 1872. 4-8 2924 MALICIOUS FIRE AT SHAND'S TRACK. £25 REWARD. ABOUT 11.30 p.m. on the night of the 15th March, Six Stacks of Wheat, the property of Patrick Henly, of Shand's Track, of the value of £500 were wholly consumed by Fire. The stacks were in the centre of a paddock away from any house. Foot-prints were traced from the stacks to a gap in the hedge, where a box of matches was found dropped, most likely, by the person who set fire to the stacks ; and as there are good reasons for supposing that the fire originated by some evil-disposed person or persons, Notice is hereby given that a REWARD of Twenty-five Pounds will be paid by the Government for euch information as will lead to the conviction of the person or persons who originated the fire. WALTER KENNAWAY, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, 16th April, 1872. 4-17 4083 CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

NORTHERN LINE.. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. ffYENDERS ARE INVITED for EXCAI VATING, FILLING, FORMING, CLAYING, and BALLASTING part of the Kaiapoi Railway Station in accordance with specifications and plans to be seen at the Railway Engineer's Office, Christchurch. Sealed tenders, endorsed t " Formation Kaiapoi Station," will be received at the office of the Resident Minister for the Middle Island, Christchurch, till 12 o'clock on WEDNESDAY, Bth MAY, 1872. By direction of the Resident Minister, THOMAS W. MAUDE, Secretary. Resident Minister's Office, April 27,1872. 4-29-4311 \TEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TENDERS are invited by the Colonial Government for the supply of Fifty Thousand SLEEPERS for the Canterbury Railways. The Sleepers may be either of Totara, Jarrah, Oregon, Black Pine, Black Birch, or Kauri. Specifications may be seen at tbe office of the Resident Minister for the Middle Island at Christchurcb, the Public Works Office, vVellington, the Offices of the District Engineers at Dunedin and Hokitika, and with the General Government Agent, Auckland. Tenders will be received at the Office of the Resident Minister, Christchurch, until noon of the 16th May, 1872. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By direction of the Resident Minister. THOMAS WM. MAUDE, Secretary. Resident Minister's Office, Christchurch, 16th April, 1872. 4-17 4089 TO MERCHANTS AND OTHERS. mENDERS are INVITED for the supply J. of a quantity of BEST PORTLAND CEMENT. Particulars may be seen on application to this Office. Tenders endorsed, " Supply of Cement," to be sent in to this Office not later than noon on WEDNESDAY, the 18th instant. WALTER KENNAWAY, 5-7 4448 Secretary for Public Works PUBLIC NOTICE. HIS Excellency the Governor having proclaimed THURSDAY NEXT, the Ninth May, as a GENERAL HOLIDAY and day for a Public Thanksgiving to God for the restoration of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to health, His- Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that the Offices of the Provincial Government will be closed, and that there will no sitting of the Waste Lands Board on that day. WALTER KENNAWAY, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Christchurch, May 2, 1872. 5-6 4449 i —^—————————i^—' ! BIBS, PBONTI! SEE NEXT ILLUSTRATED PRESS SUMMARY. 4-17 4079