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Wanganui Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 2238, 3 August 1874, Page 4

Misceliarieouiis.,.. ■ fr&s- |^ %? - TO COa'THACTOES. rjIIIE Telegraph Commissioner is pre--1 - paved to RECEITE TENDERS for-the SUPPLY and DELI7EKY of (FIVE ■ HJNDRED (500) TELE CrItAPH POLES, more or less, fort line of Telegraph between, the Town m • -Poxtb'n. and the Town of Palmerstor 'North, .The poles to bo sawn from the heal of totara. : . ■ .: The poles to ber of the . foilowim dimensions-:—T\venty-fiye (25); ano twenty (20) feet long in promotion? hereinafter to be determined, but the greater portion will be twenty (20) feei long, to be eight'(B) inches square at tho butt, and six (6) inches square at top. '.. . The poles to be sound, straight, anc free from shakes, knots..and sap. • N.B."—iV'o 'pole will- be accepted which contains the least sap 'er.speckled timber, and should any pole bu brought on to the ground not in accordance witithe specification, the same willjbe cue in half prior to being rejected. The poles will have to be delivers at points not: less then (4) chains apart along.a line of telegraph to .be hereafter more particularly ' indicated -by "pegs, which will .follow-, as a' "ruleValong tht prose'nf tramway from. Poxton tp r Paim.rston 2Tortb. : ■' """ - The delivery of the poles to commWe on the Ist September, -1874, arid th» whole to be delivered within three (3) months of the-date of signing the! contract, under a penalty of five (£5) pounds per diem for every day beyond the time specified,- which penalty will be recoverable from the contractor from any sums that may be, or become due rip him under his contract. Progress •payments-will : be made at: the"~rato of eighty (80) per cent, as the works advance, the balance on completion of contract. The contractor will not be allowed, to let or sub-let hii contract without the consent, in writing of the Telegraph Commissioner, or of the* person authorized by him to acton his behalf. ' Tenders are to specify the price'per pole as per sizes given. '■■ ■ -■ Each tender to bo accompanied by a deposit of fifty (50) pounds as a guarantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited by any tenderer, should he refuse to take up his tender in the event of its being accepted. •■■■■. - :? Each tender must include the names of two sureties for approval, who:are willing to become bond for the due perormance of the contract in the event of the tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to tha effect, signed by the two proposed sureies. Tenders endorsed, " Tender for the Supply of five hundred (600), Poles, more or less, for Telegraph Lines between Poxton and Palnierston I^forth, " and addressed " The General Manager Telegraph Department, "Wellington^" must be sent in notlater than the Ist August next. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LEMON, T General Manager. ]\ Tew Zealand Telegraph, ... -. Head Office, Wellington, • 27th June, 1874. 1046 maeton7~lT NEW SADDLERYE S T A B L. r.S:H.M E N T . /IIHE undersigned has just opened i. suitable premises, adjoining the Marfcon Hotel, in which to carrj on the Saddlery business in 'all its varied branches. .. r All orders entrusted to him will be faithfully executed. Articles not in stock procured on the shortest notice. • Workmanship guaranteed. Larger premises will be erected accordingly a? business increases. First class material only used. Charges very reasonable. . PETEP, McALJNDEN. July 14,1674 10941 uH- SALE ASD JUST AKItIVE Ex '•' Euphrosyne," DHCENIX Mills Pike PJour, in X Sacks, Bags, aud Quarters Oats •PowJs Food Bran liobart Town Seed Potatoes. THOMAS ALLAIs T. ' July 4, 1874. 104fr j: