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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5307, 14 February 1879, Page 1

Tenders. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. KAIPARA-PUNUI RAILWAY. WAITAKEREI CONTRACT AND ffiWAITEMATA CONTRACT (FORMI PATION, PERMANENT WAY, AND HJBUILDINGS). WAITAKEREI— ABOUT 12 MILES 64 CHAINS. WAITEMATA— ABOUT 11 MILES 4 CHAINS. Public Works Office, Wellington, 25th January, 1879. SEPARATE TENDERS will be received at this office up to noon on Wednesday, the 26th February, 1879, for the above contracts. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public [Works, Wellington, and marked outside "Tender for Waitakerei and Waitemata Contracts." Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Wanganui, and Wellington; also, at the Railway Manager's Office, Napier. 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 favor of the Deceiver-General's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order, The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By Command. JOBN BLACKETT, Engineer in Charge, Narth Island. N.B. — The above are alternative lines, lying between the same terminal points; and contractors are required to tender for BOTH. Plans and sections for these contracts can be purchased at the above-named offices. 562 HAWKE'S BAY RACING CLUB. TO BE HELD ON QT . PATRICK'S DAY, 17th MARCH, 1879. Stewards : T. Powdrell F. E. Hamlin W. Heslop J. Leonard G. H. Swan H. Baker A. T. Danvers. Judge : Colonel White, Clerk of Scales : Major Routledge, Handicappbr : H. P. Lance, Esq. Starter : A. M'Cartney, Esq. Clerk of Course : J. Lopdell, Esq. MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1879. 1. Grakd Hakdicap Hurdle Race, of 100 soys. Distance, 2| miles, over 7 hurdles, 3ft. 6in. high. Second horse to save his stakes. Nomination, 2 soys. ; acceptance, 1 soys. 2. Hack Hurdle Race, of 15 soys. Distance, about 1 mile; catch weights. Entrance, £1. 3. Inauguration Stakes, of 40 soys. Distance, f mile. Entrance, 3 soys, Weight for age. 4. HAWKB'sßAYCup(Handicap), of 25050v5., with a sweepstakes of 5 soys. added for starters, second horse to receive 30 soys. out of the stakes. Distance, 2 miles. Nomination, 2 soys. ; acceptance, 3 soys., to go to the funds. 5. Maiden Plate, of 50 soys. Distance, 1£ miles. Entrance, 4 soys. Weight for age. For all horses that have never won an advertised race exceeding £25 in value. 6. District Plate, of 60 soys. For all horses bred in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay that have never won an advertised race exceeding 50 soys. Entrance, 4 soys. Distance, 1 mile. Weight for age. 7. Consolation Handicap, of 30 soys. Distance, 1 mile. Entrance, 1 soy. No entrance will be received 'for any of the races, except on this condition — That all disputes, of whatever nature, shall be decided by the majority of the stewards present, or those whom they may appoint. All entries, except for the Hawke's Bay Cup and Grand Hurdle Race, to be sent to the Secretary, at the Masoaio Hotel, on or before 8 p.m. on Monday, March 10. The rules and weights of the Canterbury Jockey Club will be adhered to. The handicap for the Cup and Hurdle Race will appear as soon after the nominations as possible. Horses walking over will receive half the stakes ; if two atart, 75 per cent. Date of nominations, entries, and acceptances : — February B— Nomination for the Hawke's Bay Cup and Grand Handicap Hurdle Race. February 27 — Acceptances for the Hawke's Bay Cup and Grand Handicap Hurdle Kace. March 10— NigUt of general entries. A qualification fee of 2 soys., as well as nomination money, to be sent at the time of entry. Five per cent, to be deducted from all stakes. ALF. DANVERS, 357 Secretary. /\N SALE BY THE UNDER SIG NED. Wines and Spirits Bottled Stout and Ale Groceries, Oilmen's Stores Christmas Fruits, Almonds Clothing, Boots, Shoes Ghiaa, Glass, Earthenware Ironmongery, Saucepans Butet, T Hinges, Screws, Nails Tinware, Carpenters' Tools Farming Implements Shears and Stones Brushware Saddles and Bridles, &c, &o. J. J. KELLY, Omahu-road Store, Hastings. 22 ~~ WOOL. rpHB UNDERSIGNED will purchase JL for CASH, or ADVANCE on con»igjjmenta to their Agents in London and New York, 23 KINROSS & 60. MRS CURTIS, of Brewster-street, begs to inform the Ladies of Napier, that she has commenced business as MILLINER, DRESS, MANTUU and HABIT MAKER. She has had long experience, both at Home and in the Australian Colonies. Good work and a perfect fit will be guaranteed in the latest fashions, trusting to merit a share of patronage. <§g" Note the Address — BREWS THR-bTREET, 7 Napier. MR JAMES S. MASTER, LICENSED NATIVJBI INTERPRETER, Napier. 727