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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3217, 21 October 1881, Page 1

Government Gazette. WELLINGTON-NAPIER RAILWAY. MANGA-TE-WAIKUI BRIDGE CONTRACT. Public Works Office, Wellington, 13th October, 1881. WRITTEN TENDERS will bo received at tins Office until NOON on FRIDAY, the 18th November, 1881, for the above contact. They must bo addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside Tender for Manga-te-Wainui Bridge Contract, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender is lodged; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twentyone days, and to ba in favor ol the Keceiver-Cenerai i Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. Plans and specifications snay be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Grahamstown, Kopua, . Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedm, and at the Railway Manager's Office, Napier. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if prcpe ted at any Telegraph Office by NOON of the s<»me date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at a District or a Resident Engineer's Office by the same hour. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, JOHN BLACKETT, Engineer-in-Charge, North Island. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. COAL SUPPLY, 1882. Railway Department, Wellington, 11th October, 1881. TENDERS will be received until NOON of TOESDAY, 22nd November, 1881, for the Supply and Delivery of Coal and Coke for the New Zealand Railways. They must be addressed to the General Manager of New Zealand Railways, Wellington, and maxhed outside "Tender for Coa 1 ." Specifications can be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the offices of the Railway Managers at Auckland, Whangarei, Napier, Wellington, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Nelson, Picton, Greymouth, Westport, Christchurch, Dunedin, and lnvercargill. Telegraphic tenders will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by NOON of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at a Railway Manager's office by the same hour. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. J. R MAXWELL, General Manager New Zealand Railways. Education Board Notices. Education Office, Napier, October 10th, 1881. WANTED— A Teacher for the Frasertown School, near Wairoa. Information as to salary, etc , may be obtained at the Education Office. Applications to be sent in by the 22nd instant. H. HILL, Secretary, Education Office, Napier, October 10th, 1881. TEACHERS will be required after December 31st, for the Porangabau and "Wallirißford District Schools. Further information as to average attendance, splary, etc., maybe obtained from the under--Bigned SecreW County Council Notices. Connty Council Office, Napier, October 30,1881. SEALED TENDERS will be received at this Office up to noon on FRIDAY, the 27th instant, for Forming about Thirty-two (32) Chains of Road, commencing at Sand Hill, and ending at Rorokipo Station Gate, as shown by lino of pees. Specifications may be seen at this Office. G. T. FANNIS, Clerk C.C. Hawke's Bay. Consultations. MELBOURNE CUP. TTOOPER'S CONSULTATION. 1000 Members at £1. Ist horse £300 2nd horse £200 3rd horse £100 Starters .. .. ... •■ £200 Non-starters £200 £1000 Payable pro rata according to number of subscribers* The above Sweep will be conducted on the same principle as Mr Hooper's former one on the " Napier Handicap, 1881, " all subscriptions being lodged in ahe Union Bank, and paid by cheque on the signttures only ofER. Price, and g KQO USR, Secretary. MELBOURNE CUP. HOOPER'S SWEEP. THE DRAWING for the above £1000 Sweep will take place on the 31st instant, and applications for tickets close on the 29th, al 10 p.m. Agents are requested to forward blocks in accordance with the above date. , HOOPER. Prospectus. PROSPECTUS OF THE -pECBEAIION /GROUND COMPANY (Limited). [To be registered under "The Joint Stock Companies Act, 1800. " CAPITAL £1,001 In 1000 Shares of £1 each. Payable:—Half-a-Crown on application; Half-a-Crown on allotment; and the balance as may be required in Calls of not more than Five Shillings and at intervals of not less than two months. Provisional Directors : Mr John Close Mr William Miller Mr H. H. Wall Mr G. H. Swan Mr Franklin Tuxford Mr Jamts Gilberd Mr George Faulknor Mr Henry Monteith Mr Edward Lyndon | Dr Hitchings Mr James Irvine With power to add to their numoer Banksus : Bank of New Zealand Solicitor : Mr G. E. Sainsbury Interim Secretary : Mr H. Monteith The primary object of the Company is to procure within the town of Napier, a Recreation Ground upon which the town residents and others can take part in such popular Athletic Sports as Cricket, Football, Caledonian Games, etc, without the great expense and inconvenience attendant upon travelling to such a distance as they are at present compelled to do. To effect that desirable object the Company proposo to Lease the Napier Town Hall Reserve, or some other suitable ground, "and to make such improvements as will be considered necessary. The Income of the Company will be derivable from tho rents accruing from the various Athletic Clubs, Friendly Societies, or others requiring tho use of the Ground for Sports, Fetes, etc., audit is estim. ated that oxtremely moderate charges for such purposes will amount to sufficient to carry on the business of the Company and leave a balance to bo devoted to further improvements and ornamentation of the Grounds, as the Shareholder deem advisable. Such a Ground is much required and will be an ornament and convenience to the town, and the iacilitics afforded for Athletic cxccrcise cannot fail to be greatly conducive to health, and also the means of saving considerable expense and inconvenience to the members of tho various Clubs and Friendly Societies, who incur heavy travelling expenses in proceeding to hold their festivities and games at a distance from town. Applications for Shares will be received, at his Office, Hastings-street, to the 20 October next, by the Secretary, Mr H. Monteith, from whom Prospectuses, and Forms of Applications for Shares can bo obtained. For tho Provisional Directors, H. MONTEITH, Hon. Sec Educational. EVENING LESSONS IN PRACTICAL BOOKKEEPIN AND COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC, BY MR E. P. MENZIES Embusson-sirbist.