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Marlborough Press, Volume XIII, Issue 811, 24 July 1872, Page 3

TO contractors. TENDERS are invited for the. SUPPLY and DELIVERY, at foot of old poles, of the following number of POLES between the under, mentioned points on the Telegraph Line, from a point two miles North of the Wakamarina to a point five miles South of the City of Nelson : Section No. 1. —From a point two miles North of the Wakamarina to the Heringa Bridge—--191 20-feet poles, 8 inches square at the butt, and 6 inches square at the top. Tenders to state price per pole for all heart of totara, or for any other description of timber, and time required to supply and deliver at foot of old poles. Section No. 2.—From the Heringa Bridge to the foot of Maungatapu, North side—--107 poles, 16 feet long, 8 inches square at butt, 6 inches square at top, sawn or squared timber. Tenders to state price per pole for all heart of totara, or for any other description of timber, and time required to supply and deliver at foot of old poles. Section No. 3. —From the foot of Maungatapu, North side, to a point five miles South of Nelson—--58 poles, 20 feet long, 8 inches square at butt, and G inches square at top, to be all heart of totara, and perfectly free from sap, bad knots, shakes or speckled timber. Tenders to state price per pole, and time required to supply and deliver at foot of old poles. Separate tenders will be received for each of the above sections, or one tender for the whole ; but in any case the tenderer define the price per pole for each section, and also time of delivery. Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit of ten pounds (£10) as a guarantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited should any tenderer refuse to sign the contract in the event of his tender be accepted. Each tender must include the names of two (2) sureties for approval, who are willing to become bond for the due performance of the contract in the event of the tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to that effect, signed by the proposed sureties. Further information can be obtained at the Telegraph Offices, Wellington, Nelson, and Havelock. Tenders endorsed “Tenders for the supply and delivery of Telegraph Poles for Nelson line,” and addressed “The General Manager, New Zealand Telegraph, Wellington,” to be sent in not later than the 10th August, 1872. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. Lemon, General Manager. Wellington, New Zealand, 10th, July. 1872. KUMMER & Co., HIGH STREET, PICTON, Have on Sale and to arrive—--20 half-chests Kaison Congou Tea 2 half-chests finest Assam Tea 60 mats Light-brown Mauritius Sugar 16 kegs assorted Wire Nails 1 half-tierce St. Andrew’s Negrohead Tobacco 5 cwt. White Lead 2 cans Castor Oil for machinery 1 drum Carbolic Acid Three Crown and Household Soap Boiled and Raw Oil Kerosene Oil Epps’, Taylor’s, and Marravilla Cocoa Superior Coffee And an assorted Stock of Groceries too numerous to mention. HARDWARE. Campkettles, Rim Locks. Milk Dishes, Basins, Buckets, Longhandled and Shorthandled Shovels, Chalk Lines, Sharp’s Axes, Bill-hooks, Hinges, Padlocks, Cross-cut Saws, Hand Satfs, Large and Small Clocks, Butchers’ Knives, Augurs ; Pewter, Electro-plated, and Britannia Metal Teapots. Concertinas. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT Consists of Moleskin Trowsers, Tweed Trowsers, Gents’ Suits of varied description, Flannels, Blankets, Hats, Calicoes, Winceys, All-wool Plaids, Sheeting, Hollands, Rugs. All in Stock—Watertight Boots, Women’s Lace Boots, Ladies Elastic Side Boots, and Children’s Boots of all description. Also Earthenware in great variety. Produce Bought by KUMMER & Co., High Street, Picton. ON SALE, Copies of the following Papers, Just Received by San Francisco Mail:— Home News San Francisco News of the World London News of the World Lloyd’s Weekly News Illustrated London News Alfred T. Card’s, Picton. iATENT AND DOMESTIC MEDICINES in great variety on Sale by Alfred T. Card, Bookseller, Picton.