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Otago Witness, Volume 02, Issue 2420, 2 August 1900, Page 36

T late Advertisements. TjTlOUND— Beissel's Hairdressing EstabliahS- ment, Jetty street, most comfortable ! and best lighted ; first-class workmanship. • Established 1861. 19jy ' mRUST MONEY TO LEND JL On Freehold Security or Municipal De- . bentures.— .6ls,ooo to Lend in sums of £5000 . and under at from ii per cent, to 5 per cent. The TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS, & AGENCY COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND (LTD.). - 2Sju W LAURENCE SIMPSON, Manager. s ' ' OTAGO EDUCATION BOARD. ' , APPLICATIONS, accompanied by Certifis cates and Testimonials, will be received till the . ; llth INST. from TEACHERS qualified to fill ( , the following VACANCIES: — [ Stirling.— Head Teacher. Salary £217. Maungatua. — Head Teacher. Salary £168. Saddle Hill.— Head Teacher (female). ! Salary £70. Wharekuri. — Head Teacher (female). Salary £70. Tokoniairiro. — First Assistant (male). Salary £200. Milburn. — Mistress. Salary £85. Leith Valley. — Mistress. Salary £S5. Forms of application to be obtained at thi3 office. P. G-. PRYDE, Secretary. Education Office, Dunedin, Ist August, 1900. 2au I -I QPSINGVALE DREDGING COMPANY. I TENDERS will be received by the underi signed until 15th AUGUST, 1900, for the PUE- , [ OtfASE of the SPRINGVALE CLAIM and i DREDGE, Manuherikia, near Alexandra, r 1. The Claim is a Special (dredging) Claim, j No. 406 a, containing 97J acres' (more or less), \ being Section 22, Block VIII, Leaning Roak District, and Section 29, Block VI, Tiger Bill District. 2. The Dredge has a steel Hull, in good condition, and has been reconstructed lately to adapt it to working in .solid ground. The length of the dredge is 80ft 6in, the breadth 18ft, and depth at centre 4ft 6in. The ladder is 50ft from centre to centre. The- bucket lips . pro- . ject 9fi ahead of the bow when the ladder is raised to the surface, thus allowing the dredge 1 to work into solid ground; the ladder is also fitted with telescopic extension, thus making it ' dredge to 35ft. The dredge has also been fitted with a new steel gantry of improved design, j The engine is a 16 horse-power nominal com- ! pound (horizontal), with air pump, feed, and i bilge pumps. The boiler is 20 horse-power (nominal), internally fired, multitubular. Buckets 3 cubic feet capacity, with links and manganese pins in perfect order. Revolving screen, elevator, iron gold-saving tables, expanded metal, and cocoanut matting. The top tumbler is new. The winches have six barrels, driven by a pair of horizontal engines, fitted with Joy's link motion. Centrifugal pump, lOin (by Gwyne) A large amount of .money has f recently been spent on this dredge to adapt her f fo: the work required at the Springvale claim, and during -the 14 'weeks she was running there she did good work, and proved herself to be a very handy and serviceable machine. For further particulars regarding the dredge reference may be made -to E. Roberts, Esq., engineer," Dunedin. ■ Inventories can be "seen at the- Omce of the undersigned or in the hands of the caretaker of the dredge on the claim. r Alternative tenders will be received (1) for ' Claim "and Dredge together, (2) for Claim alone, < or (3) -for Dredge alone. Tenders to be accompanied with a marked cheque for 5 per cent, of the amount of tender. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. JOHN DAVIE, Manse ctreet, Dunedin, Liquidator Springvale Gold Dredging 27 jy Company (Limited).

Government JHbtifLcatious.

CROWN LANDS OPEN FOR APPLICATION. TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that SecI^l tions of RURAL LANDS in the undermentioned Districts will be OPEN FOR APPLICATION at this Office, either for Cash, Occupation with Right of Purchase, or Lease in Perpetuity, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th day o£ August, 1900, at capital values ranging from 5s to 20s per acre: — CATLINS MOUNT HYDE CLARENDON RIMU GLENOMARU TAUTUKU KAWARAU TIGER HILL MANIOTOTO TUAPEKA WES! WOODLAND. Plans, areas, and prices are contained in Sale Plans, shortly to be exhibited at the various Post Offices, Railway Stations, etc. Full information can be, obtained at this Office. J. P. MAITLAND, - Commissioner of Crown Lands. Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, 3rd July, 190 C. /^OVERNIWENT LIFE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. [ Established 1870. EVERY POMOY GUARANTEED BY THE STATE. Fob the following amongst many reasons New-Zealandors should support their national i office : — | 1. Its Security is absolute. i 2. Its Premiums are low. j 3. Its Bonuses are high. ! 4. Its Funds are all invested in | the colony. j 5. Its business is restricted to i New Zealand, the HEALTHIEST | COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. New-Zealanders who insure in offices which obtain the balk of their business from the O'ct World and the ofclier colonies (including "Western Australia and Fiji) have to pay for theliOSß ARISING KROM THE HEAVIER MORTALITY OF THOSE'COUNTRIES. The dwrth-rate in New Zealand was under 30 per thous&ud in 1898, whilo in the other colonies ii ramged from 12J per tnoasaud in New South "Wales to 10 per thousand in Weseern Australia. Accumulated Funds at present aate amount! to over THREE MILLION POUNDS. ANNUAL mCOMH, over £300,000. --a