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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4886, 18 November 1876, Page 3

Strangers paying a visit ta Wellington, and country settlers arriving in town, are very often at a loss to know which is the best house or cheapestjgeneral drapery establishment to visit for buying drapery and clothing. J. McDowell and Co. offer special advantages that can be met with nowhere else in the city. They keep at all times the largest and best assorted stock of every class of goods. Imported direct from the leading manufacturers of Great Britain and Ireland, which, being bought on the most advantageous terms, enables them to offer goods of sterling qualities at prices that cannot be improved on by any house in the trade. Every article is marked,at a fixed price that cannot be deviated from, for ready money, from which there is. no deviation ; so. that Inexperienced people are as well served as the best judges; the terms being net cash, without rebate or abatement of any kind. A full description of stock can- be obtained from our catalogues and advertisement. Note the address—Opposite the Bank of New Zealand, comer of Lambton-quay and Willis-street, Wellingon.—Aovr. “ Mark Twain on Bad Musicians.” The musical public and general readers are cautioned not to purchase Weston’s Wizard Oil and Magic Pills without carefully examining the outside wrapper, and be sure that the words, “ None Genuine without the Signature op the Proprietor—Frank Weston, Svdnev, N.S.W.,” —are engraved there. Any other so called preparations of mine are unauthorised by me, and calculated to mislead the public.— Signed, Frank Weston. Sole Agents—Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co., Dunedin. Price—Half-a-crown.

Government Notices TO. CONTRACTORS. ROADS NORTH OF FEILDING. Provincial Buildings, ■Wellington, 7th November, 1876. TENDERS will be' received up to NOON of SATURDAY, the 25th inst., for Falling and Clearing 260 Chains of Bush on road ' line. ■ ■ , Plans and specifications may. be seen at Snelson’s store, Palmerston North ; Maysmore’s store, Feilding; and Provincial Engineer’s Office here. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. HENRY BUNNY. ZEALAND WATER-RACES. MIKONUI WATER-RACE. Public Works Office, Wellington, 2nd November, 1876, WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up to NOON on MONDAY, the 18th DECEMBER, 1876, for the construction of Section No. 7 of the above race, including the whole of the long tunnel from Totara River to Donnelly’s Creek (about 155 J chains). They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside “Tender for Section No. 7,Mikonui Water-race.” Plana and speoificationsmay be seen at this office, at the Public Works Offices, Nelson, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Greymouth, and Hokitika, and at the Court-house, Ross. 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 a; District or Resident Engineer’s Office by the : same hour, and accompanied by a cheque oh some bank in the town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in favor of the Receiver-General’s Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. Tenders, with pro-, perly filled up Schedule, must be sent in on the printed form, which will be supplied bri application. The lowest, or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command. JOHN CARRUTHERS, ■ Engineer-in- Chief. . Tenders for supply or coal ON RAILWAYS. : TENDERS are invited for the supply of COAL to the undermentioned railways as follows : Napier and Waipukurau Railway. Wellington and Masterton Railway. Manawatu and Foxton Railway. Waitara and Wanganui Railway. Picton and Blenheim' Railway. . Nelson and Foxhill Railway.- ■ Westport and Mount Roohfort Railway. Brmmer Railway.' General conditions and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Office, Wellington,' or at the offices of the Managers of the various Railways. ! ’ • ■ > • ■ Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside “ Tender for Coal for Railways,” Will be received at the office of the undersigned up to noon of Saturday, 25tn November, 1876. The lowest or any tender will not neccessarily be accepted; 1 ; ' * FRANK B. PASSMORE, Superintending Engineer for Constructed .‘Railways, Public Works Department, (Constructed Railways Office), , Wellington, 4th November, 1876.

Public Works Office, (Colonial Architect’s Branch), ■' Wellington, November 4, 1876. TENDERS are invited for the Erection of Public Offices for the General Government at Gisborne. General conditions,'specifications, and drawings may be seeh'at the office of the Colonial Architect, Wellington, and at the Public Works Offices, Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland. Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and 1 marked outside “Tenders for Public Offices; Gisborne,” will be received at the office of the undersigned up to noon of Thursday, the 30th day of November, 1876. ; ! 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. T HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the A COOK STRAIT CABLE has been Buoyed with a Red Buoy, Staff and Elag flying, about six miles S.W. from Pencarrow Lighthouse, with the following magnetic bearings, viz.:— : Pencarrow Light, N.E. J N, Sinclair Head, N.W. A SECOND CABLE BUOY has been put down under the following magnetic bearings, viz.;— W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architect. G, R. SIMS, Commander s.s. Agnes. Taonrakira Hoad, E. by N. Cape Terawiti, N.W. i N. Point Palmer, N.B. by N. Wellington, 9th November, 1876. G. B. SIMS, Commander s.s. Agnes.