Page 4 Advertisements Column 3

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 384, 2 April 1879, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. PATEA-MANAWATU RAILWAY. WANGANUI WHARF AND RECLAMATION CONTRACT (FORMATION ONLY. Publio Works Office, Wellington, 3rd March, 1879. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at thifl Office until noon on WEDNESDAY, 9th April, 1879, for the above contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside " Tender for Wanganui Wharf and Reclamation Contract. " Plans and specifications may be seen at the Publio Work* Offices, Auckland, Wanganui, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington. Telegraphic Tenders, similarly addressed and marked, 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 any of the above-named offices by the same hour, 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 twenty-one days, and to be in favour of the ReceiverGeneral's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command. JOHN BLACKETT, Engineer in Charge, North Island.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. EDENDALE-TOI-TOIS— " WYNDHAM CONTRACT." (Formation Only.) LENGTH, THREEMILES 70 CHAINS. Public Works Officey Dunedin, 26th March. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up till noon on Wednesday, the 30th April, 1879, for the above contraot. They are- to be marked on the outside, "Tender for Wyndham Contract," and .addressed to the -Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Dunedin. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by noon of the same date, provided written tenders in due form are loclged at any District or Resident Engineer's. office by the same hour. Drawings, specifications, and general conditions may be seen at this office, and at the Public Works Offices, Wellington, Onristchurch, and Invercargill. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted*: • By command. W. N. BLAIR, Engineer in Charge, Middle Island. HOKITIKA-GREYMOUTH RAILWAY. GREYMOUTIFcONTRAC r. FORMATION. Public Works Office, Dunedin, 20th March, 1879. FRESH WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this Office up to noon on TUESDAY, 15th April, 1879, for the above Contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside "Tender for HokitikaGreymouth. Railway, Greymoutn Contract." Plans and specifications may be seen, at this office, at the Public Works Offices, Wellington, Christchurch, Hokitika, and Greymouth, and at the Survey Office, Reefton. Telegraphic Tenders, similarly addressed and marked, 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 District or Resident Engineer's Office by the same hour. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command. W. N. BLAIR, Engineer-in-Charge, Middle Island l Public Works Office, (Architect's Branch,) Wellington, Ist April, 1879. FRESH TENDERS are invited for the Cartage required, by the Government for year ending 31st March, 1880. General conditions and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Office, Architect's Branch, Wellington. Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and maaked outside " Tender for Cartage," will be received at the above office up to noon of Friday, the 4th day of Awl; J. 879. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. A. GARDNER.

Hutt County Engineer's Office, Wellington, 31st March, 1879. fIIENDERS will be received at the above X office up to noon of Monday, the 14th day of April, for building a bridge over Duck Creek on Porirua Bay Road ; also, for constructing about 13 chains of road at same place. Specifications and plans may be seen at Pryke's Hotel, Pahautanui, and County Office, Wellington. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. ' W. A. FITZHERBBRT, County Engineer. fITE, the undersigned Chemists and DrugVV i»ts, of Wellington, hereby agree to Close our respective Establishments at 8 o'clock p.m. punctually, Saturdays excepted. And we beg to call the attention of the public to the above, and earnestly request their aid in carrying out this decision:— Barraud Sc Bon J. Monteith William Fife Wm. Wardrop E. Plummer Fred. White. H. Brittain WELL WORTH READING. PEGRUM & MORRIS are determined to give the public E very opportunity of obtaining the G reatest value for the least outlay, in their line of business, R uinous charges for Funeral Ceremonies will continue to exist U ntil aright-minded public determine to M ake monopolists suffer for their practices of extortion, A nd encourage those who are content to deal fairly, m oedlessly, scores oi pounds more than necessary are D ropped into the coffers of unprincipled undertakers, M erely for want of thought on the part of relatives that - O rphans and widows, or others bereft, may some day R ealise the severe effects of extravagant penditureR eally sensible people will plainly see that our motto Is" Small profits and quick returns " . S atisfaction guaranteed in all branches of onr business. PEGRUM & MORRIS, Undertakers. Cabinetmakers, Joiners, Shopfitters, &c, &c, &c, Nearly opposite St. Peter's Churchj Upper Willis-street. NOTICE. ANY person Removing Sand or Gravel from my land after this date without first obtaining my permission, will be prosecuted. J. C. CRAWFORD, By bis Attorney. W: H. Meek. Wellington, April Ist, 1879." 1 J ~ NOTICE. AS I am about leaving the Upper Hutt, • all debts owing to me, F. Cudby, can be paid to my Father, C. Cudby, whose receipt will be a sufficient discharge. F. W. CUDBY.