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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5563, 27 January 1879, Page 3

Tenders OTICE TO CONTRACTORS FORMATION OF STREETS, THORNDON RECLAMATL N. Public Works Office, Wellington, January 16, 1879. TENDERS will be received at this office up to NOON of TUESDAY, 28th INSTANT, for the formation and metalling of portions of Whitmore and Featherston streets and Water-loo-quay, and the whole of Ballance, Stout and Maginnity streets, on Thorndon Reclamation, Wellington. Plans and specifications may be seen at this office and at the office of the City Surveyor, Wellington, on and after MONDAY, the 20th INSTANT. J. D. BAIRD, _ Engineer-in-Charge. TWO ELIGIBLE BUILDING SITES. TENDERS will be received by the undersigned up to the 31st instant for the purchase of— Allotment fronting Hawker-street do. do. Shannon-street Both commanding expansive view of the city and harbor. Terms of Payment—2o per cent, cash; balance in equal quarterly instalments within two years, by bills bearing only eight per cent. interest. Full particulars on application to HENRY BLUNDELL. Kent House, Taranaki-street, 16th January, 1879. rjl O CONTRACTORS. TENDERS for Excavation at South end of Taranaki-street will close at 12 o’clock noon on MONDAY, JANUARY 27th. Levels, &0., may be seen at my office. N. MARCHANT, C.E., Architect. rjlO CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. TENDERS for Repairs and Additions to Wharf and Office will close on MONDAY NEXT, JAN. 27th, at 12 o’clock noon. Plans and specifications may be seen on application to me. N. MARCHANT, C.E., Architect. r|lo BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. TENDERS will be received at my office up till 12 o’clock noon of SATURDAY, Ist FEBRUARY, for the Erection of a Hotel Building. Plans and specifications may be seen on application at my office. N. MARCHANT, C.E., Architect, Lambton-quay, Wellington, January 23,1879. rjTo BUILDERS. Tenders aro invited until NOON of FRIDAY, the 31st INSTANT, for Additions and Alterations to a Shop on Lambton-quay. Plans and specifications at my office. THOS. TURNBULL, Architect. Temple Chambers.

Education EiIDUOATION BOARD OB’ THE DISL i TRICT OF WELLINGTON. The First Meeting of School Committees, to be elected on the 27th icst., will be held at the places in which the elections were made, on THURSDAY, the 30th instant, at 7 o’clock jj.m. ROBERT LEE, Secretary. Wellington, 25th January, 1879. The education board of the DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON. TEACHERS WANTED. A Certificated and Experienced HEAD MASTER is wanted for the Greytown School ; average attendance, 120 ; capable of being largely increased. Stipend, about £250. New master’s residence about to be built. An Assistant Teacher is also wanted for the Greytown School; Master, £llO ; Mistress, £lO5, if certificated. ROBERT LEE, Secretary. Election of city school comMITTEE. MOUNT COOK DISTRICT. Householders residing within the above district are reminded by the Committee that the Election of Seven Householders to form the Committee for the current year will take place on MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, At the BOYS’ SCHOOL. TAR AN AKI-STREET, At 8 o’clock. SAM COSTALL, Hon. Sec. January 2i, 1879. ELLINGTON COLLEGE The FIRST TERM, 1879, will commence on MONDAY, 3rd FEBRUARY NEXT. Evening Classes are held in connection with the College, in Classics, Mathematics, and Modern Languages. The following Scholarships are obtainable ; —Two Turnbull Scholarships (each of the value of £25) ; one Moore Scholarship, one Rhodes Scholarsnip (each of the value of about £10). Also, four Primary Scholarships—two for Wellington City and two for the remainder of the Wellington and the Wanganui Education District—affording a free education at the College; open to boys attending Primary Schools. For terms and particulars, apply to the undersigned. CHAS. P. POWLES, Secretary. Huntor-streeI', 1 ', January 7, 1879. JINGLISH HIGH SCHOOL, The Avenue, Abel Smith-street, Wellington—Established 1873. Principal ; REV. T. PORRITT, St. Cuthbert’s Training College, Durham, Assisted by a Competent Staff of RESIDENT AND VISITING MASTERS. The First Quarter, 1879, will commence ON 20th JANUARY. Pupils attending the English High School are carefully and thoroughly instructed in all subjects necessary for the Desk and Counting House, and prepared for the Civil Service and other competitive examinations. Vacancies for Three Boarders. Prospectus on application. ORTON’S PRIVATE ACADEMY, THE TERRACE.—Vacancies for Five Pupils. H IGHER EDUCATION. MR. JOHN GAMMELL, B.A. (London University), will re-open his School on WEDNESDAY, January loth, at his residence on THE TERRACE. HOURS OF attendance: Morning 9.30 to 12.30 Afternoon 2 to 3.30 The year is divided into three terms, and the fee for each term is— For pupils above 12 years 6 gns. do under 12 do ... .. 5 gns. Payable in advance. Residence—The Terrace Overlooking Boulcott-street rjIHORNDON CLASSICAL SCHOOL. Principal—Mr, FIELD, Corp. Chr. ColL, Cambridge. The First Term, 1879, will COMMENCE on MONDAY, the 27th INST, at 9.30 a.m.