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Grey River Argus, Volume XXIII, Issue 3486, 22 October 1879, Page 1

Grey County Gazetee rj.»EY COUNTY COUNCIL. It is hereby notified for public Information that JAMES NOONAN has been APPOINTED FERRYMAN at the UPPER and LOWER TEREMAKAU FERRIES, and is authorised to collect the following Scale of Tolls :— , ■. d.' Horse and Rider ... ... .'.; 2 S Foot Passenger ... ... ... 1 0 Goods over 401bs, not being passengers' luggage ... .;. ... 0 6 Swimming Cattle or Sheep, per 100 head ... ... ... ... io 0 A. R. GDINNESS, County Chairman, Tenders. EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DISTRICT OF WESTLAND, TENDERS are Invited for ADDITIONS and ALTERATIONS to COBDEN SUSOOLHOUSE; also for Clearing, Draining, Bk., Cobden School Reserve. Specifications and plans may be' seen on application to F. Hamilton, Esq., Grey* mouth. Tenders, with deposit enclosed, as per specification, and marked on the outside "Tender for Additions and Alterations, &c., to Cobden Schoolhouse," will be re* ceived at the Education Office, Hokitika, up to 4 p.m. on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25th. The lowest or any tender will not necef* sarily be accepted. E: T. ROBINSON, Secretary: EDUCATION BOARD OF THE DIS« TRICT OF WESTLAND. TENDERS are invited for the ERECTION of a SCHOOL-HOUSE, at TOT ARa. FLAT; Plans and Specifications may be seen on application to F. Hamilton, Esq., Grey* mouth ; and R. Alcorn, Esq., Totara Flat. Tenders (with deposit enclosed, as per specifications, and marked on the outside, " Tender for School-House, Totara Flat)," will be received at the Education Office, Hokitika, up to 4 p.m, on MONDAY, 10th NOVEMBER, 1879. The lowest or any tender will not necefsarily be accepted. E. T. ROBINSON, Secretary. Government Notices. RETURNED LETTERS. AMENDED REGULATIONS. General Post Office, Wellington, 17th April, 1879. IT is hereby notified, for general informa* tion, that the REGULATIONS govern* ing the disposal of UNCLAIMED LETTERS have been amended to the following ex tent : — Letters posted within the Colony, having the Names and Addresses of the Senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, will, if not claimed within One Month, be returned unopened to the Senders, through Chief Postmasters. Letters posted within the Colony, having the Names and Addresses of the Senders printed on the address side of the envelopes, accompanied by a request that the Letter*be r- turned if not claimed within a stated period, will also be returned unopened. Provided, however, such Lettera sh»ll have remained in the Post Offise to which they may be addressed at least Ten Days. Such of the Public as may be desirous of taking advantage of the above Regulations are recommended to have the necessary endorsements printed on their envelopes. Letters, however, which do not bear on tho envelopes any printed endorsement as above described will be treated in accordance witl. the existing Regulations for the disposal ol Unclaimed Letters, viz., retained at tht Post Ofiice to which they are addressed for i. period of two clear months, and then forwarded to the Dead-Letter Office for return to the writers. The Jbove Regulations will come into force on the Ist of MAY, Proximo. By order. W. GRAY, Secretary. TVTEW ZEALAND RAILWAYc MIDDLE ISLAND. SPECIAL CAUTION TO PASSENGERS. Clause 2 of the By-Laws provides tba* " Ko person will be allowed to take a seatii' or upon any carriage used on the Railway, oi to travel therein upon the Railway without first having paid the fare and obtained p ticket." And clause 10 farther provides thai "Any passenger travelling under any circumstances without a ticket shall pay th' fare from th Station whence the trail originally Btarted to the end of his journey.' 1 The penalty for any person offending agains 1 thß provisions of above regulation is Tk> ' Pounds. The Officers of the Railway Department 1 are instructed to take action against al) offenders ; and it is hereby notified that th* By-Law will be strictly enforced on and , after Ist AUGUST proxo. The only exemption from this penalty wil • • be for passengers joining the trains at Flaj; Stations (i.c , Stations wh^re no provision made for booking passengers), in such case.' the guard will issue a ticket available to tin nearest Booking Station, where passenger* will have to re-book to destination. WM. COSYERS, Commissioner of Railways. Commissioner of Railways' Office, g Christchurch, June 24h, 1879. LIST of letters received at Post Office, , Grey during the month of May, am. remaining unclaimed on 313t July. Dargan, Mr? Pesiesa, F. C. Fuller, A. C. Gocoguiui, M. _ illig, Wm. Smith. C. H. S Moroney, M. Skirner, A. . M'Pherson, Wm. Silveir Pasquale,