atidenoe. It also transpired that there were at p««ent 103 hotele in Dunedin. AUSTRALIA. (Per i.a. Arawata vi& Bluff) Meleottenb, March 1. Sir Oharlei M'Mahon has declared Mr Graham Berry’s apology not sufficient, and ne h M promised a full statement to the Assembly when reelected, which, however, seems doubtful. . , _ r Sir Charles Garin Duffy is the nominee ot the Liberal party for the office. Welcome rains hare fallen all orer the country. Bain is still rery badly wanted in the back country, where cattle and sheep are dying by thousands, ...... Wm. Hastings has been found guilty of murdering his wife at Frankeston. The principal evidence in the ciroumstantial chain against him was that of his own daughter, aged 15, who deposed to having had improper connection with her own father since she was nine years of age. Prisoner continues to assert his innocence. The combined match Victoria and New South Wales against the English Eleven will be played in the middle of March. The Colonists play twelve against the Eleven. The Melbourne Meat Preserving Company, taking advantage of the present low price of sheep, is now in full operation. The Bishop of Melbourne is visiting the remote parts of his diocese, and appears to be well liked. It is likely that Bailey and Coopers Menagerie and Circus will visit New Zealand after their return from Adelaide. They have done splendidly in Victoria. M'Meokan, Blackwood, and Co, have made important redactions on all passenger rates ands freights between Melbourne and all New Zealand porta. Gregor Taylor, the principal electrician and representative of the Gable Company, is a passenger per Arawata. A three years contract has been entered into with M'Meokan, Blackwood and the Tasmanian Government for the conveyance of mails between Tasmania and New Zealand. A Wonderful Restorative. —Asa stomachic, as a tonic and cordial for the aged and languid; as a remedy for the nervous weakness and annoying uterine complaints to which women are especially subject; as a protective in all climates, torrid, temperate, and frigid; and as a specific for every ailment which saps the hodily strength and breaks down the animal spirits, Udolpho Wolfe’s Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps stands at the head of remedies of its class. — [Advt.] 9614 Tenders. TO BUILDERS.—TENDERS are invited for the Erection of a CHURCH, near the Colombo road School. Plans and specifications may be seen at ME W. MARLEY’S, Hereford street, where tenders will he received not later than TUESDAY, March 18. The lowest or any tender sot necessarily accepted. 6191 TO BUILDERS. TENDERS are required for MASONIC HALL, Manchester street south. Drawings and specification can be seen at my office, where tenders are to be sent not later than noon of THURSDAY, Mhrch 8. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. PEED. STEOUTS, M.E.1.8.A., 5539 Architect. TENDERS are required for a BRIDGE to be put over the House,Creek, about two miles from Glenmark Station, where plans and specifications may be seen. Tenders to he sent to the Chairman, Waipara Road Board, Woikari, by noon on Wednesday, March 14. 6352 HENRY P. LANCE. CANTERBURY COLLEGE. TO JOINERS. TENDERS are invited for Fh'ings for the Laboratory Building at Canterbury College, to be sent in not later than 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20. Flans and specifications can be seen at my office. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. B. W. MOUNTFOET, Architect. Cathedral Square, March 5,1877. 6336 CANTERBURY COLLEGE. TENDERS are invited by the Agricultural School Committee of the uouege iv.. c. x-iooo ot LAND, suitable for on Experimental Farm and Agricultural School. The Land should he from 150 to 300 acres in extent, he within 15 miles of Christchurch, and within 3 miles of a Railway Station. It should comprise Land of various qualities, ranging, if possible, from swampy to light and even shingly land. Tenders, stating the price per acre, and when possession can be given, to be forwarded to the Registrar of the College, on or before APRIL 3, 1877. (249 P. G. STEDMAN, Registrar. BOARD OP EDUCATION. CANTERBURY DISTRICT, TENDERS are invited for DRAINING the School Site, South town belt, near Barhadoes street Plan, specification, and conditions, can be seen at the office of the Architect, Union Buildings, Cashel street. Endorsed tenders are to be sent to the office of the Board of Education by Noon on SATURDAY, March 10, addressed to the Chairman, 6308 THOMAS CANE, Architect. TO CONTRACTORS. TENDERS will he received by the Christchurch District Drainage Board up till 10 a.m. on MONDAY, April 2, for the construction of a SEWER on the Ferry road. Pious, specifications, and conditions to be seen at the office of the Board. Tenders to be properly endorsed and addressed to the Chairman. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. C. NAPIER BELL, Engineer to the Board, Christchnrch Drainage Board Office, Hereford street, Feh. 28, 1877. 6093 HEATHCOTE ROAD BOARD, Specifications for supplying Three Hundred yards of RUBBLE (800), to he delivered at the Gasworks rood. The specification and conditions to he seen at the office of this Board every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, between the hours of 10 and 5. ‘ Tenders to be sent in on or before THURSDAY, March 15, 1877, addressed .to the Chairman of the Heathcote Road Board, Perry road. *678 E. E DAVIS, Clerk to the Board. HEATHCOTE ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited for BREAKING Three Hundred (300) yards of METAL, to he delivered at the Gasworks road. The specification and conditions can he seen at the office of this Board on TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. The tenders to be sent in on or before THURSDAY, March 15,1877, addressed to the Chairman ot the Heathcote Road Board, Perry road 6377 , R. R. DAVIS, Clerk to the Board. " HEATHCOTE ROAD BOATED TENDERS are invited for the BREAKING of about Two Hundred (200) yards of RUBBLE, as it now lies at Duncan’s road, Matheson’s rood, and at the yard of the Road Board, Perry road. Specification and conditions to be seen at the Road Board office, TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tenders to be sent in on or before THURSDAY, March 15,1877, addressed to the Chairman of the Heathcote Road Board, Ferry road. 6376 E. E. DAVIS, Clerk to the Board. HEATHCOTE ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are invited for FORMING about 29 Chains of Dyer’s road. The specification and conditions can he seen every Tuesday and Friday at the office of this between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2p.m. Tenders to be sent in on or before Thursday, March 15,1877, addressed to the Chairman of the Heathcote Rood Board, Perry road. The lowest or 'tender will not necessarily be accepted. a E. E. DAVIS, Clerk to the Board. HEATHCOTE EOAD BOAED. TENDERS are invited for the undermentioned works, viz.:— 1. For Breaking about 200 yards of metal, now lying in the Road Board Yard, Ferry road and Nursery road 2. For Supplying 300 yards of broken metal on the Gasworks road, between South town belt and Going’s road 3. For Forming 29 chains of Dyer’s road, from the Canal reserve to the Sandhills, and claying where required For Forming the Eiver Heathcote road, from Christchnrch Quay to Opawa railway station 5. For Forming 20 chains of Bamford’s road, Woolstun, half a chain wide, commencing at the Perry road •can he seen at the office of this Board on Tuesdays an'i Fridays, between the hours of 10 a.m. and o p.m. Tenders to be addressed to the Chairman cathcote Road Board, Perry road, on or arch 15,1877, by 12 o’clock at noon. Each ( io he marked “tender” on the envelope. Ml 5 E. E. DAVIS, Clerk to the Road Bo WANTFD TENDERS for CARTING SI from Hoant Brown to Amberley it ch' U °h' Apply to JOSEPH B. SHEATH, C TO BE LET BY TENDER. 4(0 a OEEB at Upper Eiecarton, nil la English Grass, and snbdivid 6wo paddocks with well; now in occupati P. Broke of Frebbleton store. Tenders to JSjersjgned on or before TUI
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5007, 7 March 1877, Page 3
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