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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1667, 8 December 1873, Page 1

Tenders. T^EW ZEALAND^ TELEGRAPH. TENDERS are require^ for the SUPPLY and DELIVERY of Six Hundred niore or less, TELEGRAPH POLES, between ißeefton and Lyell, at mark pegs: along or near the dray road. They must be tot&ra saplings, or sawn square ; if saplings they must be not less than ten inches at the butts and eight inches at the heads, twenty and twenty -five feet ong, straight and sound, and gripped of the bark two feet at the top otH j i^%awn th[ey : must be eight inches at the butts and six inches at the heads, soundj free from sap, bad knots, shakes or speckled timber,' same lengths as above, and have to be submitted to inspection before they are accepted. - Delivery must be completed within eight weeks after the contract is signed. 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, oi th« > contract* as a guarantee for its due fulfilment. /-■-•:*■'.-: Tenders marked " Tenders for Poles," and addressed the " Inspector of Telegraphs, Reefton," will be received ap till Noon of Saturday, December 13, 1873. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LEMON, General Manager. Wellington, December 1, 1873. "jU"EW ZEALAND 1 RAILWAYS. WELLINGTON-MASTERTON RAILWAY. - . Public Works Office, Wellington, November 24, 1873. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office, up to NOON oi. THURSDAY, the 15th day of JANUARY, 1874, for the * CONSTRUCTION of the SUMMIT CONTRACT of the above Railway. They mnst be addressed to the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside, t 'Tender for Summit Contract of WellingtonMasterton Railway." . Plans and specifications maybe seen at the Public Works Office, Wellington, on and I after Wednesday, the 26th instant. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received, if presented at I any Telegraph Office of this Colony, by Noon of the 15th day of January, 1874, providedthat written tenders in due form be j lodged at the office of any of the District or Resident Engineers at either Auckland, Napier, Taranaki, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, or Greymouth by the above hour. The lowest or any tender will not necessaiily be accepted. , ' By command 1 , JOHN CARRUTHERS, " | Engineer-in-Uhief. " I ~~~~ — : : TVTEW ZEALAND ROADS. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at the Public Works Office, Hokifcika, up to Noon on WEDNESDAY, 17th DUMBER, for the CONSTRUCTION of SECTIuN No. 1 of ROAD, Hokitika to Blue Spur, being in length about one hundred and fifty-two chains. They must be addressed to the Diatricli Engineer, and marked outside " Tender for Road." „ — Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, flokitika and Greymouth. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command, JOHN BLACKETT, Assistant Engineer-in-Chief. Public Works Office, Wellington, 4th December, 1873. THOROUGH COUNCIL, GREYMOUTff. TENDERS are invited for CUTTING a DR ALN in Alexander and Murray streets. Also, for the .Reconstruction of Mount street. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Town Hall, Gresson street, where tenders will be received until 6 p.m. on TUESDAY, 16th DECEMBER. 1873. .N.B.— The Town surveyor will be in attendance at his office daily, at 10 a.m., to accompany intending contractors over the above works. By order, JOHN A. WBALL, Town Clerk. Educational. Ti/ptS. ANI) MISS GODFREY'^ BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL, Leonard street. Vacancies for two or three more Boarders. Bakers. VX7 J* O N E S , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BIKERY ESTABLISHMENT, Mackay street, Greymouth, Under the patronage of His Excellency Si George Bowen, ILLIAMS'S" OLD ESTABLISHED STEAM-PACKET BAKERY, Adjoining Custom flouse. BRANCH ESTABLISHMENT, Boundary street, Hot Pies and Coffee always ready. Choice selection of Fancy Biscuits, Sponge Cakes, Confectionery, &c. H. WILLIAMS, Proprietor SUPERIOR QUALITIES of OLD PORT and SHERRIES, at Duncan M'LeanY. Boundary street.