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Evening Star, Issue 11678, 10 February 1902, Page 1

HiIMIIMMU. WANTED, Bow. Apply Sargood, Son, and Ewen's Boot Factory. ANTED.- Send three^stamp* for Free Boot on Hypnotism, Personal Magnetism, and Magnetic Healing. It i« the key to *ll business and social success- it vou desire this precious knowledge write toSay— Prof. WARD. Box 357, P-Q-. Auckland. A" SK -our Grocer for “ Tni ” “Extract of Soap. Makes linen as white as snow ; saves lab' -. ISS MACKAY Takca Orders for all kinds of Blouses and Skirts, Children s Pinafores and Frocks, Underclothing, Gentlemen » Nightshirts and Pyjamas. 2 doors above D.1.C., Rattray street. Rtf ROBSON. King stree 1 . Cash Buyer of La lies’ and Gentlemen s Laft-oa Clothing. Letters . ttended to. Tndeva. STEAM SERVICE FROM NEW ZEALAND TO SOUTH AFRICA. TENDERS ate invited by the New Zealand Government for a DIRECT STEAMSHIP SERVICE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND PORTS and SOUTH AFRICA, and for an ALTERNATIVE SERVICE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND PORTS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, and SOUTH AFRICA. Four Loading Ports in New Zealand in geographical order, and Three Ports of Discharge in South Africa —viz., Durban, Pori Elizabeth, and Table Bay. The subsidy available for such service is £50,000 per annum. Service to be monthly. The present contract to be for a period of three years. The steamers must be fitted with refrigerators to carry frozen meat and other refrigerated produce. Steamers to be not less than 2,000 tons and not more than 4,000 tons capacity. Their draught when loaded must enabla them to discharge at wharves at above ports. Accommodation for passengers and mails will be required. Preference will be given to tenderers offering highest speed and best passage accommodation. Steamers will require to have accommodation for the conveyance of live stock. The speed of steamers to be not less than 10 knots an hour. The rates of freight from the various New Zealand ports to he as follow: 37 6 37 6 Wheat, at per ton weight Flour, at per ton weight ... Barley, at per ton weight Oats, at per ton weight Bran, at per ton weight ... ••• Potatoes, in sacks, at per ton weight Hay, oaten or meadow, pressed in bales, at per ton of 50 cubic feet measurement ••• Potatoes, in boxes, at per ton of 50 cubic feet measnrment Frozen meat and dairy produce at. current summer rates ruling between New Zealand and London. Other goods at proportionate rates at not less than those current between New Zealand and London from time to time, to be fixed by the New Zealand Government. 'Contractors tendering for the alternative service to state price for cargo for Western Australia, discharging at Fremantle. The maximum cargo for Western Australia not lo be more than one-fourth, and the minimum, if offering, not less than three-sixteenths of the steamer’s carrying capacity. Marked Written Tenders, addressed to the Secretary for Industries and Commerce, Wellington, or to the Agent-General for New Zealand, London, will be received up to the 14th February prox. Telegraphic Tenders will also be received up to the same date. The lowest or any tender not necessarily T K DO NNE, Secretary Industries and Commerce. Weffington, January 25, 1902. npiENDBES axe invited till 2 p.m. on TUESDAY, 11th February, for the ERECTION of a RESIDENCE, Clarke street. MASON AND WALES, Architects. nroENDEES are invited until noon on WEDX NESDAY, the l?tb inst., for ALTERATIONS and ADDITIONS to a HOUSE at Caversham. E. M, ROACH, ArchitectOctagon. fTTBNDERS Invited till noon of MONDAY, the 17th insL, for ROAD FORMATION (64 chains), Lagoon to Tomahawk Valley. GARDEN AND BEGG, CSvil Engineers. ffYBNDERS are invited until 2 pjn. of X MONDAY, the 24th inst., for the ERECTION of THREE RESIDENCES in Kensington of Brick and Wood. JAMBS HISLOP, Architect. Dowling street. TENDERS are invited till noon on the 13th inst. for ERECTING ADDITION to a RESIDENCE in Brick. J. A. BURNSIDE, Architect. mENDERS Wanted for ALTERATIONS X and ADDITIONS. Plans and specifications at JAMES WREN* AND CO.’S, Painters, South Princes street. f | HINDERS are invited till noon on the X 14th inst for ERECTING ADDITIONS to a Residence at Anderson’s Bay. J. A. BURNSIDE, Architect f| V) Contractors, Builders.—Kauri, HardX wood, Red, White Pine, etc., direct from mills; special quotations. Hogg and Co., limited, Rattray street. Govcroment Notices. X. R. Ltmacy Department, Wellington. Ist February, 1902. WANTED, for Seadifl Lunatic Asylum, an ENGINEER, to take charge of the Electric lighting Apparatus and the various Steam Appliances at the Asylum Salary, £230 per rnnum. Applications, accompanied by testimonials as to ability and character, to be sent in to this Office on or before the 18th February, 1902. d, MacGregor, Inspector-General of Asylums. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TUAPEKA RACES, FEBRUARY 12 and 13, 1902. » EXCURSION FARES TO LAWRENCE. Holiday excursion tickets to LAWRENCE will be issued at Dunedin, Clinton, and Intermediate Stations, including Lawrence Branch, on TUESDAY, 11th, and WEDNESDAY, 12th February, available for return up to and including onday, 17th February. The Return Fares will be:-First Class, 2d per mile; Second Class, Id per mile; the minimum being 4s and 2s respectively. 6n WEDNESDAY, 12th February, an Excursion Train will leave Dunedin for Lawrence at 8 a.m., leaving Abbotsford 8.27 a.m n Mosgiel 8.50 a.m., Waihola 9.43 aan., Milton 10.25 a.m., arriving at Lawrence at 12D noon; returning from Lawrence at 5.15 p.m-, and connecting at Clarksville with the Clinton Train. The 8.0 a.m. train will stop where required between Dunedin and Milton to pick up excursionists. The return train (5.15 p.m.) will stop where required to allow passengers