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Evening Post, Volume X, Issue 135, 27 July 1874, Page 4

TO CONTRACTORS. FTIHE TELEGRAPH COMMISSIONER L is prepared to RECEI YE TENDERS for the SUPPLY and DELIVERY of FIVE HUNDRED (500) TELEGRAPH POLES, more or less, for «i line of Telegraph between tho Town of Foxton and the Town of Palmerston North. The po'es to be sawn from the heart of to taw. 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 1 proportion will be twenty (20) feet long, to be eight (fa) 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 wilt be accepted which contains the least sup or speckled timber, and thould any pole < bo brought on to the ground not in accordance with the specification, the same will bo cut in half prior to being rejected. 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' present tramway from Foxton to Palmersten>pbrih_ „ The delivery of the poles to commence on ; the Ist September, 1874, and the whole ;to be delivered wUhin three (3) months of the dateof 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 beconje, ¦ due to him under his contract. ¦ Progress payments will be made at the fate of eighty - (80) per cent, as the works advance, the balance ou completion of contract. I The contractor will not be allowed^o let, i or sub-let his contract without the consent 1 ' ia writing of the Telegraph Commissioner, 1 > or of the person authorised by him to act on his behalf. Tenders are to specify the price per pole ' M per sizes given. ' ' ! ' Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of fifty, pounds (£SO) as a guarantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited by any tenderer, should ho refuse to take up' his tender in the event of its being accepted. , ' | Each tender must include the names ©f 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 the effect, signed by the „ i two proposed sureties. j „T enders endorsed, "Tender for the Supply of five hundred (500) Poles, more or less, for Telegraph Lines between Foxton and Palmerston Woith," and addressed • "The General Manager, Telegraph Department, Wellington," must be sent in not later than the Ist August noxt. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner,' C. LEMON, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Head Office, Wellington, 27th June, 1874. IMPORTANT SALE OF CROWN | 1 LANDS. i v VTOTIOE is hereby 'given 1 that 47,000 " d.l acres, more or less, of' Crown Lands,' divided into Suburban and Rural Sections, situated in the ' ' ' ¦ ' ' ' ! - PARAE-KaRETU BLOCK, West Coast, >' and distant 10 miles from the^ township ' of Martbn, Upper Rangitikei, will be sold , by public auction at this office,' on or. about Ist September. ' , , , [ The Parae-Karetu Block, hereafter to be ' called, " the Township of Hunter,", is easily ' accessible both from Wang'anui and Rangi- , tikei. .Part of the land is covered with open ' .bush, ' while that in thie ' Pourewa Valley ' arid also on the Turakina Bide consists of levol country. \ ' Further, information will be given in 'future advertisements. ¦ . r , j JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH,- ' ¦ Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, - ; 30th June, 1874. !_ • : .•. T ' IMPERIAL LIVERY AND BAIT | STABLES, i • ¦ Opposite the Viotoria Hotel, Abel Smith -st. OPEN or closed carriages, baggies, wagonettes, and saddle horses, on hire. Horses bought, sold, or exchanged. ' Hay and Oats on sale. E . BOM E R V I L LE , Proprietor! P.S.— All orders promptly attended to. GRATEFUL— COMFORTING. : EPPS'S COCOA BREAKFAST. i" "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operation of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the line properties of welli selected Cocoa. Mr Kpps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavored ' -beverage; which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. " — Civil Service Gazette. | Manufacture of Cocoa—" We will now give an account of the process adopted by ' Messrs James Epps and Co, manufacturers' of dietetrio articles, at their works in the Euston-road, London."— See artiole in Cas¦ell's Household Guide. Made simply with boiling water or milk, i Sold only in packet*, labelled thus— . JAMES EPPS & C 0.,; HOMCEOPATHIO CH»MI3TS, 49, Threadneedle-street, and 170 Piccadilly, Works, DiauaPlace, Euston-road, London T E W I S M OSS, LONDON HOUSE, j has just received a splendid assortment of, OVERCOATS, in all the newest shapes and styles, manufactured expressly forj London House ; aleo a large assortment of; white and black WATERPROOFS, in! Men's, Youths', and Boys'; Waterproof| Leggings, at London House, opposite Odd' ' Fellows' Hal), Branch Establishment, op-: posite AtheLteum. - > I LEWIS MOSS Proprietor. \ i