Tend#rs» .- . ' T^EW ZEALAND TELEGRAPH. TENDERS'are required for the SUPPLY and DELIVERY of Six Hundred; more or less, TELEGRAPH POLES, between Reefton and Lyell, at mark pegs along or near the dray road. They must be tot&ra saplings, orHwwit square; if saplings they must be not lew than ten inches at the butts and eighfeioiches at the heads, twenty and twenty.five feet ong, straight and sound, and stripped of the bark two feet at the top end; if sawn they must be eight inches at the butts and six inches at tho heads, sound, free from sap, bad knots, shakes or speckled-timber, 1 same lengths as above, and will have to be submitted to inspection before they are accepted . Delivery must be completed within eight weeks after the contract is signed. r ;* ' Tenders must enclose the sum of twenty pounds to be forfeited in the event : of refusing to take up the contract: Two approved sureties must be found by the accepted tenderer, or cash deposited to the amount of twenty per cent, of the' contract, te a guarantee for its due fulfilment. >• • Tenders marked Tenders for Poles; '■' and addressed the "Inspector of Telegraphs, Reefton." will be received jp till Noon of SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1873. ; : By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. r LEMON, General Manager. Wellington, : December 1, 1873. ■JW'ELSON CREEK WATER RACE. Public Works Office, Welli igton, October 28, 1873. WRITTEN TEND KRS will be received at this office up to noon on WEDNESDAY 10th DECEMBER, for the construction. of a portion of the above Race, in FOUR SECTIONS, being altogether about 164 miles. . . They must be addressed to the Hon.' the Minister for Public Works. Wellington, and marked outside "Tender Nelson Creek Water Race." ■;• - Plans and specifications may be seen at this office on and after Monday, 10th November, and at the Public Works Office, Greymouth, on the arrival of the first mail after that date. ! v ; : Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraphic office by NOON of the same date, provided that written tender^ in due . form are lodged at a District Engineer's office by the same hour. , ! Tenders may be sent in for ONE or MORE sections ; but the lowest or aßy teuder'will not necessarily be accepted. ' By command, JOHN BLAUKETT, Assistant Engineer-in-Chief. .;'.' NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Public Works Office, . Wellington, November 24, 1873. . T , -c TIME for receiving TENDERS for , . ove WORK is hereby EXTENDED till NOO Nlf on 31st DECEMBER, 1873.:, ■n •'command, .; * JOHN BLACKETTi °;; . Assistant Engineer-in-Chief. November 2o, k & ■: •■ ■■ . ■ -.J-'lLj: Art pillion. 1 TTOLY FAMILY SC.™ o^ *^ BA GRAND ART- U"^fONJ :^ In Aid of .the Funds of the a&bye Schooi^ namely^— ■ ; "'. : 't ST. MARY'S SCH;6O.| -r . . / ■ ■.--■■■ : And: : - ; : - :: ; : ' ; '- / - >:r ST. JOSEPH'S :: COLtEGiEt; Will take place about May Next, 1874. ; ' :■: 100 Prizeß of the Value of £200. ; j i! '; 2000 Tickets at Ten Shillings Eacn. r ; : [ ... -i:.-.- ■'■-■¥ : R- IZ B ; : Ef-.v • ;: ; ii " i '' r : : -'';";. I One Piano, value ; ... ... £50, ti-Q Three Harmoniums, each from 10 to, : 20< Two Portative do, do • '4'to -6' Three ' Musical .boxes, do" .2 &> 6 Two Silver Watches & Gold Chains Gto 10. Three do ' . 3 t0,. 5 Four Clocks, ••'••.. ■■:■■'■' Ito = '4^' Ten Framed Pictures : lto '4 : . Seventyrtwo other good articles of '..":! / , :.V ' the. aggregate value of . ... •■...; -20 0 0 Note.— ln order to afford ieach subscriber an opportuniiy of drawing his ;own ticket, a; drawing will take place 'in each district where tickets have been sold. The lottery-box willbe removed to the several districts until all • tickets have been drawn for. The drawingwill be. conducted under the management of < ■ a temporary committee elected by the sbu- : , scribers. -.....; - ■;■ .;■; ... :.•: ;• .■'■ •■: (Signed) E. PEKTIUS, ; ; Chairman of the Ahaura School Managing Committee. :> Oilskin Manufactory. /Greymouth oilskin mawu VJT IfACTORY. ,• The Undersigned has always a large stock of— ; -••- ' ■ ' '. ■■ ' ' - Black and Yellow Oilskin Coats ' . ' : Jumpers . "..'■'' '■'■. Pants and Leggings : " '/-, ; ' Nothing to eoual them on the coast. '- None are genuine without my. brand, on them -■ ' ..■•!■ ALEXANDER HOSIE, ,>; JSA;I : L'.,A : ND. 'TEII't,: ;MAtB;E':!; : j! j '■■...':,:.:■:..■.. tiKKYMOUTH... • ,. ,:::;. N.B,~Storekeepers supplied with Oilakitv
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Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1666, 6 December 1873, Page 1
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666Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1666, 6 December 1873, Page 1
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