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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2045, 11 July 1867, Page 4

Auctions. OXFORD, MONDAY, JULY 22, TO BUILDERS, TIMBBH MERCHANTS, AND OTHERS. CLEARING S\LK BY AUCTION or FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING, Sawn Timber, Shingles, Slabs, Posts mid Ml, DRAUGHT COLTS, CATTLK, & c., &c,, &e. 1/fil. F, M. HICKMAN has received 1' 1 instructions from Mr Henry Fcmvick to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, At tha New Saw Mills, Oxford, on the above date, WITHOUT RESERVE, As follows— FORTY ACHES FK KEIIOLD (BUSH LAND), With Mill-shod and three Cottages thereon, The, iibpvc properly Ims two streams of water miming through it, and will be sold in two lots of Twenty Acres each. About GO,OOO feet of Sawn Timber, Consisting of— Boards and .Scantling, all sizes , 2000 feet rimu boards and mantling, fit for making furniture A quantity of shingles, slabs, posts and rails AH of which will bo sold in lots to suit purchasers, About 20 head of entile Also, 4 draught colts and fillies, rising three years (unbroken) 2 hack do, rising three years old 1 trap mare 1 saddle do Spring cart nntl harness 1 horse rake, 2 ploughs And a quantity of articles too numerous to particularise in an advertisement. Sale at Ten o'clock. Terms at sale. Luncheon provided. Riindor.i, July •), 1567. 224 J) IC-CAIt TO N YAItDS, JIT PUBLIC AUCTION, THIS DAY, THURSDAY, 11TH JULY, 1867 MIXED CATTLE, YOUNG STOCK, SHEEP, ' &c., &c., &c. Sale at One o'clock, J. 11. BENNETT, 2SI Auctioneer. RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, KAIAPOI. UNDER DISTRESS WARRANT, Issued in the case of NIELSEN V. WEEKS, fpilE following, levied upon, will be SOLD, Unies9 the action shall have been previously settled, at PA GET'S HOTEL, LEITIIFIELD, ox FRIDAY, JULY 12th, 1867 : 1 BAY HOUSE, Sale at One p.m. Terms cash. MICHAEL LYNSKY, 275 Bailiff. Government Notices. NOTICE. R. TO CONTRACTORS. THE TELEGRAPH COMMISSIONER is prepared to receive TIiNDEIiS for the supply and delivery of about 2,600 TELEGRAPH POLKS, for the renewal of the line of Telegraph between Woodeud, in the province of I'aiiterhiiry, and Blenheim, in the province of ; Marlborough. The poles to be of the following dimensions A few forty feet long, twenty-four inches square r,t the butt, and eight inches square at the.top ;to !>,' charred for a length ot twelve feet .from the butt, A few thirty feet long, eighteen inches square at the butt, and eight inches square at the top j to be clwrrcd for a length of nine fiet from the butt. The major portion to bo twimty-flvo feet long, eight inches square at the butt, and six inches square iit the top • (o he charred for n length of h'x feet from the butt. Tho poles to be pawn from the heart of Totiira,; to.be sound, straight, clean, and from sap and shaken, No pole to bo charred till it has been cut for thirty clear days. N.B. No poles will bo accepted that contain the least sap. The poles 1 to be delivered at distances of about foiir chains apart, along tho present lino of Telegraph, except where otherwise Indicated by the Telegraph Engineer or his Deputy. Ponders aro to specify a price per pole as per sizes given ; also the price charred or uncharred, aiid may bu either for the entire distance, or fur any of the following section,< t vjz, ;-(l) !• rom Blenheim to Flnx-bourne-(2) From Fhtxbourne to Kuikom—- (.')) From Kaikoin to Woodeud. Each tender must bo accompanied by a deposit of as a guarantee of good faith, •which sum will be forfeited should any ten(ferer refuse to sign ilie contract in the event of his UMidel'.behig accepted. The usual sureties will be received of the accepted; tenderer. Where bonds ate the piopoked' security, the mimes of two huntsmen must accompany each tender. Siia' ifleHtimH can bo seen and further particular!! Caii.liu obtained at thu olllco of the Tuleitrapli Engineer, Wellington, on and after (he First of July, 1867. Tendeis addressed " Tho Telegraph Engineer* Wellington," and endorsed " Tender for Telegraph l'oles between Womlend and Blenheim, 11 to be sent in not later than the first Of Augint, 1867. ■ By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, . ALFRED SIIEATII, Telegraph Engineer. Wellington, 2nd July, 1867. 11)6