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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4155, 15 July 1874, Page 4

TOICONTKACTORS, QUARRYMEN, AND OTHEHS. GEORGE THOMAS will sell by auction, immediately on' the arrival of tho schooner Merlin; daily expected from Auckland, ' 90 kegs of blasting powder, 25 lbs. each.' Government Notices OTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, July 14, 1874. TENDERS will be received at the above dmce up to Noon of TUESDAY, the 23th instant, for the ERECTION of Twelve COTTAGES upon Reserve Acre No. 12, Adelaide Road, Wellington. Plans and specifications may be seen at Provincial Engineer's Office. The lowest or any tender not neeessarily accepted. HENRY BUNNY, Provincial Secretary. MPORTANT SALE OF CROWN IMPORTANT SALE LANDS Notice is hereby given that 47,000 acres, more or less, of Crown Lands, divided into Suburban and Rural Sections; situated in the PARAE-KARETU BLOCK, West Coast, and distant ten miles from the township of Marton, Upper Rangitikei, will be sold by public auction, at this office, on or about Ist September. The Parae-Karetu Block, hereafter to be called, " The Township of- Hunter," is easily accessible both from Wanganui and Rangitikei. Part of the land is covered with open bush, while that in the Pourewa Valley and also on the Turakina side consists of level country. Further information will be given in future advertisements. JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, June 30, 1874. "IVTEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TIMARU AND WAITAKX Public Works Office, Wellington, June 18, 1874. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up to 4 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1874, for the CONSTRUCTION of the PAREORA CONTRACT of the above Railway. They must be addressed to the Hon: the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside, "Tender for Pareora Contract of the Timaru and Waitaki Railway." Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Wellington, Christchurch, and Timaru. 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 the office of a District or Resident Engineer by the above hour. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command. JOHN BLACKETT, Assistant Engineer-in-Chief. .•2«S< Public Works Office, (Colonial Architect's Branch), Wellington, 17th June, 1874. TENDERS are invited for the Erection of a Post and Telegraph Office, at Greymouth, in the Province of Westland. General conditions, specifications, and drawings may be seen at the Office of the Colonial Architect, Wellington ; and at the office of the District Engineer, Greymouth. Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside, " Tenders for Post and Telegraph Office, Greymouth," will be received at the Office of the undersigned up to FOUR O'CLOCK, of WEDNESDAY, the, loth day of JULY, 1874. Telegraphic Tenders will be received, provided the original Tender and deposit are lodged with the nearest District Engineer at the time above specified. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. Public Works Office, (Colonial Architect's Branch), Wellington, 23rd June, 1874. IENDERS are invited for the ERECTION . of a POST and TELEGRAPH OFCE at Hokitika, in the Province of Westil conditions, specifications, and drawings may be seen at the offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington, and at the office of the )istrict Engineer, Greymouth. enders addressed to the Hon. the Minister Public Works, and marked outside "Tender for Post and Telegraph Office, Hokitika ""■"1 be received at the office of the underned up to 4 o'clock of MONDAY, the 20th day of JULY, 1874. Telegraphic tenders will bo received, provided the original tender and deposit are lodged with the nearest District Engineer, at the time above specified. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. TO SURVEYORS AND ROAD ENGINEERS. 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 Department. Applicatidns must bo made by letter, covering references and testimonials, addressed to the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch, Canterbury. SAMUEL HEWLINGS, Chief Surveyor. 2nd July, 1874.