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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1777, 30 December 1885, Page 3

FEATHERSTON RACES. The ten found hack race win be mu between the P.B.C. Handicap ami the Flying Stakes Handicap as under— Hack Race of £lO, J mile, Bsfc up, half entrance money added to the stakes ; post entries £l. R. BARTON, 310.1 Sec. F.R.C. LOOK OUT FOB THE DANCE AT THE ODDFELLOWS' H&LL, FEATHERSTON, ON NEW YEAR’S EVE. Gentlemen 2s, Ladies, gratis. 320 i‘- _ \ NEW ZEALAND EAILWAYS. W ELLINGTON-NAPIER RAILWAY. 11,000 SLEEPERS CONTRACT. Public Works Office, Wellington, December 23rd, 1885. ANT'KITTEN TENDERS will be V ’ received at this Office until noon of Saturday, ihe 9th JANUARY, 1880, for the above Contract. They are to be marked on the outside, “Tender for supply of 11,000 Sleepers Contract,” and addressed to the Hon the Itlinister for Public Works, W ellingtou. Telegraphic tenders, similarly marked and addressed, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by NOON of the same date, provided that written tenders are lodged at any District or Resident Engineer’s Office by the same ho it. Specifications and general conditions may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Wellington and Wanganui, and at the Post Offices, Foxton Feilding, Carterton and Masterton. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command, E. CONNAL, 334 Assistant Engineer.

i-ir SMALL GRAZING RUSS WANGANUI DISTRICT, PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON. Kaeewarewa. Pahatieke, and Head Blocks. Grown Lands Office, Wellington 9th December, 1885. "NT OTICE is hereby given in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” Part VII,, that leases of 21 small runs in the above blocks will bo submitted to public auction at the Masonic Hall, Wanganui, on TUESDAY, the 12th January, 1886, at lu a.m. The areas vary from 89 to 9185 acres, and the upset rentals from 6d to Is per acre. The leases will be for an absolute term •of twenty-one years, renewable for a further term of twenty-one years, in terms of section 209 of “ The Land Act, 1885.” Improvements equal in value to one year’s rent must be effected in each year for the first two years ; and before the end of the sixth year an additional amount, equal to two years’ rent, must also be expended. Valuations for permanent improvements, as prescribed in sections 210 and 214 of “The Land Act, 1885,” will be paid at the expiry of the leases to the outgoing tenants. No person can take up more than one run. No person who owns freehold land, or land under lease or license from the Crown which in all would exceed 6,000 acres, or who is incapable of making the declaration prescribed by section 200 of “The Land Act, 1885,” can become a lessee. Maps with full particulars thereon can be obtained at the Land Office, Wellington, and principal Post Offices. J. W. A. MARCH ANT, Commissioner of Crown Lands. FOll THE HOLIDAYS. I.TOU THE RAGES ! FOR THE RACES ! PICNICS 1 PARTIES ! PICNICS ! JONES’ NEW BRAKE ! JONES’ NEW BRAKE ! UN HIRE AT REASONABLE TERMS. G. JONES,'FORESTERS' HOTEL, GREYTOWN. 318 jg 0 R 0 U G H OF GREYTOWN. TENDERS. 1, For building a Log Bridge over tbe Creek,. Papawai, opposite Mr York’s House. 3. For Formation and Metalliug of ten chains, (more or less) Papawai Road Plans and Specifications to be seen at the Council Chambers. Tenders must be addressed to the Town Clerk not later than Noon of MONDAY, the Itb January. Lowest or auy Tender not necessarily i accepted. ’ A. L. WEBSTER, $2% Town Clerk,