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Cromwell Argus, Volume VII, Issue 327, 15 February 1876, Page 4

DISTRICT. EXTENSION OF TIME. ..' -TENDERS n '-■■•:-..•■■•<: f:.n Will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, Dunedin, until Noon on FRIDAY, 25th February, 1876 i~ '"■ r ' :] First Contract, No, —-.—Construction of 232 chains of Road, Butcher's Gully to Clyde! ■*'•':' ''*' • I / fIHU hi Second Contract, No.——.--Construction of 141 chains of Road,: fTeviot tto Alexandra. .■; / On and after the 9th;instant, Phjna and, Specifications may be "seen, and Forms of Tender obtained, at the Office of the District Engineer, Cromwell j and at the Police Camps,'Alexandra and Clyde. The Government does uot undertake to accept the lowest or any tender, _ JENDERSwiII be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, Dun- ! edin, until Noon on TUESDAY, 15th February, 1876, for— ' '\.-':. Ist. Pitching and Gravelling about 15 chains of Road at Sandhills, near |. Owens' Ferry. , > 2nd. Forming and Gravelling about 40 chains, of Road, end of Perriam's Pitching, Gentle Annie. ■••'*. Specifications may be seen, and forms of ten* der obtained, at the District 'Engineer's;Office,, Cromwell, and at the Police Gamp, Arrowtown. The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender. ''■ : , ! ' -• ■ TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secretary for Works, DUa- | edin, until noon of TUESDAY, February 29tb>, J 1876, for— ■•:-:■-•■= wfH-. wixiinti) Contract No. 1100.—Forming and GraveJling 130 chains, Road Teviot to AlexPlans j»ndj>Sppcifications ; may be,seen, and' Forms of Tender obtained, at the. District Engineer's Office, Cromwell; and at the' Police Camps, Alexandra and Roxburgh. , The Government does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender. v '' 'A/" ? L E. BY PRIVATE CONTRACT. SHEEP & CATTLE STATION; The Undersigned have received instructions to sell, by private contract, the i HA WE A & HUNTER RIVER STATIONS, Consisting of—(i 82,000 acres of first-class grazing country, with • 15,000 well-bred ' 230 head quiet Cattle . 5 Horses.' THE IMPROVEMENTS Are very complete, consisting of good Dwellinghouse, Cottage, Huts, Yards, Woolshed/ ... Paddocks, etc,.etc. The above property; is well l known for its healthy and fattening qualities in both winter and summer, and offers a special opportunity to> investors with reasonable capitalL Terms easy. ,; Apply to > ; di ' HENRY DRIVER, N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. r

l Dunedin. From and after the Ist of the present/ month the postage within the Ool'ony, on book and pattern parcels, will be reduced to a considerable extent. The new regulations state the rates to be as follow :—Not exceeding 2 ounces in weight, Id ; above 2 ounces, but not exceed- , in* T 4,2 d ; for every additional 4 oonces, or fraction of 4 ounces, 2d. v '.,< "' * The other day at the Dnnedin police court, Mr Pyke sentenced a young man to threo months' imprisonment for stealing apples from a garden. Plundering fruit has become quiet a common pastime up-country, but the perpetrators had better beware, and take timely warning by the case of Everret, the yonth above-men-tioned. The unemployed miners at the Thames , are putting themselves in communication with the Government of New South Wales,' with a view of getting assisted passages to that Colony. Telegrams on their behalf have also been sent to the Superintenrlentsx>f Wellington, Canterbury, I and Otago, asking if they can offer inducement to 300 or 400 miners. I The answers received .from Wellington and Canterbury are unfavor* •aMc.