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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 21, 3 December 1874, Page 4

' Tenders Wanted. mtSNDERS wanted for Building a COT. -*- TAGE in Balclutha. Plans to be seen at Clutha Leadeb office. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. nn UNDERS will bb received at the Office of -*- Secretary for Lands and Works until Noon of TUESDAY, Bth December, 1874, torContract No- 1007 — Construction of two Jetties, Kaitangata. Plans and specifications may be seea, and forms of tender obtained, at the (ffice cf the Provincial Engineer, Dunedin, and at Police Camp, Balclutha. Tenders to be endorsed " Tender for Contract No. 1007 » The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender. mENDERS WANTED for BUILDING a -*- STORE at Clinton (of w od). Plans to be seen at Scobie Bros., Wairuna, on Saturday first, and at Clutha Lbade* office after Saturday week. Tenders to be sent in to Scobie Bros, on or before lst December, 1874. The Early Days of the PROVING E. \ PRIZS of any LITERARY WORK, value One Guinea (to be selected by the winner) will be given by the proprietors of the Clutha Lbadeb for the best essay on THE EA&LY DAYS OF THE PROVINCE ! It is suggested that the writers should freely give incidents and individual experiences (not necessarily those of the author) of the early settlers. The essay may be written either in Scotch or English, and, although there are no restrictions as to length, it is desirable that it should not exceed three or four co umns of the Leader. The Editor to have the right to publish in the Clutha Leader any of the essays received should he think proper. Thoroughly competent judges will be appointed to aw-ird the prize. The essays must have a motto attached, and sent to the Editor, accompanied by a sealed envelope giving the same motto and the name of the writer. These latter will not be opened until the judges have arrived at their decision. The essays, accompanying envelopes, to be sent in to the Editor not later than the 2nd January, 1875. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND Mercantile Agency Company (limited). Capital - £1,000,000. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RUNHOLDERS, WOOL-GROWERS, FARMERS GRAZIERS, AND OTHERS. THE Undersigned having undertaken the management in Dunedin of the above Company, begs to intimate tbat he is prepared to carry on the same description of business in all its branches as that relinquished by the dissolution of bis late firm (Messrs. Driver, Stewart, and Co.), namely— STOCK AND STATION AGENTS Wool and Produoe Brokers, And that he will (as heretofore) conduct AUCTION SALES Of every Description of Property, STORE & FAT STOCK, WOOL, and Other Produce. The Company having purchased from the late firm of Driver, Stewart, aod Co., their OTAGO WOOL STORES on Rattray-street Wharf, the OFFICES lately occupied by them in Cußtom House Square, their CATTLE AND SHEEP YARDS at Kaikorai and Mosgiel, and having erected commodious STORES AT PORT CHALMERS, is in a position to offer increased facilities for the conduct, of every description f business. The Company will also be prepared to negotiate loans on FREEHOLD oa STATION PROPERTY, rnd nmke advances on Btook.Wool, Grain, or other produoe for sale in this market, or ahipm' nt to thu Company's agents— London, America, Australia or elsewhere. All business entrusted to the Company will bave ths personal care and attention of the undesigned, and who will continue to conduct the following regular sales at KAIKORAI YARDS, every Wednesday, at Eleven o'clock, of Fat Cattle, Shefp, Lambs, &c. OTAGO WOOL & PRODUCE STORES, every Wednesday at Three o'clock, of Wool, Sheepskinß, Hides, Tallow, thus, &c MOSGIEL MARKET YARDS, the Third Tuesday in each month, of . Live Stock of all descriptions, ! HHNJtY BRIYER, Manager.