Government Notices. Public Works Office (Colonial Architect's Branch), Wellington, Ist July, 1871. HPENDERS are invited for the FURNI- '_ TUBE and FITTINGS required by the meral Government Departments in Wellington, for the year commencing Ist August, 1874, and terminating on the 31st July, 1875. General Conditions, Specifications, and Drawings may be seen-at the Offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington. Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside, "Tender for Furniture," will be received at the Office of the" undersigned up to 4 o'clock of The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. TENDERS will he received up to the 15th JULY, 1874, for the CARTAGE of FIFTEEN TONS, more or less, of TE7"~ GRAPH MATERIAL, between Welling.™ and Masterton, the material to be laid at points along the present line of telegraph, in such quantities as may hereafter be directed. Tenders, endorsed "Tenders for Cartage Telegraph Material," to be sent in not later than the 15th July, and to state time required for completion of the work. Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of £25, as a' guarantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited by any tenderer should he refuse to take up his tender in the event of its being accepted. Further information may be obtained on application at the Telegraph Office, Wellington. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LEMON, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Head Office, Wellington, June 27, 1874. mo CONTRACTORS. The TELEGRAPH COMMISSIONER is prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS for the SUPPLY and DELIVERY of FIVE HUNDRED (500) TELEGRAPH POLES, more or less, for a line of Telegraph between the Town of Foxton and the Town of Palnierston North. The poles to be sawn from the heart of The poles to be of the following dimensions : —Twenty-five (25) and twenty (20) feet long in proportions' hereinafter to be determined, but the greater portion will be twenty (20) feet long, to be eight (S) inches square at the butt, and six (6) inches square at the top. The poles to be sound, straight, and free from shakes, knots, and sap. N.B.— No pole will be accepted which contains the least sap or speckled timber, and should any pole be i,,.„„„i,i- « n to the ground not in accordance ecification, the same will be cut in nalt prior to being rejected. 3 will have to be delivered at point! ,n four (4) chains apart, along a lini of telegraph to bo hereafter more particularly ited by pegs, which will follow, as a rale, "•- *■ *■—nway from Foxton to lay be, or b> .ract. Progress payments will be made at th rate of eighty (80) per cent. «<■ +ll » ivnrlra ju' vance, the balance on compk.—~ The conti sub-let his . writing of the Telegraph Commi of the —*!.—• i i™ i-:« his beha to specify the price per pole Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of fifty pounds (£SO) as a guarantee of good foJtli wViifl. aiim will lih forfeited bv nnv teni tender i ...i for appi , .... "bond for the due perfor -ct in the event - c * v " ed, and must 1: notification to the effect, signed by the two proposed sureti" Tenders em of five hundred (500) Poles, more or less, for Telegraph Lines between Foxton and Palnierston North," and addressed "The General Manager, Telegraph Department, Wellington," must be sent in not later than the Ist August next. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LEMON, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Head Office, Wellington, 27th June, 1874. 10 SURVEYORS AND ROAD THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF CANTERBURY will receive applications from SURVEYORS. and ROAD ENGINEERS, who may .desire to obtain appointments under the Provincial Government in the Survey Deportment. Applications must be made by letter, to the Chief Surveyor, Christehurch, Canterbury. SAMUEL HEWLINGS, Chief Surveyor. Sewing Machines. ally admitted that no i approached tho silent \ WHEELER and WILSON, ■in rapidity of action, firmness and elasticity of stitch, perfect adaptation to every land of work, easiness J ' ' -a-aer, simplicity of lurability. " nitate it show ,t popularity of the W. and W. and experience proves that the imitations in no way equal the genuine. OVER 1,000,000 IN USE. And the sale now exceeds the prodigious number of 150,000 A YEAR. Every Machine warranted to give perfect satisfaction. Sole Agent for Wellington. Beware of imitations. None are genuine without tho American Trade Mark.'
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4153, 13 July 1874, Page 4
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