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Wellington Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2589, 26 October 1867, Page 2

Drapery. GREAT ATTRACTION! FRESH AEEIVALS ! FRESH AEEIVALS ! "VTEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, EX "JOHN BUNYAN" AND "ASTEROPE," NOW ON VIEW AT THE GENEEAL DEAPEET ESTABLISHMENT, LAMUTON QUAY, HENRY OWEN, PROPRIETOR. Henry Owen would specially call the attention of the Ladies of Wellington to his STOCK OF FRENCH MILLINERY, BONNETS, HATS, &c.

, ™ Government Notices. TO CONTRACTORS. L rfIHE Telegraph Commissioner is prepared to X receive Tenders for the supply and delivery of four thousand (4,000) Telegraph Arms, as 1 follows :— The Arms to be cut from the heart of Black Birch or Rata. The Arms to be delivered at the Telegraph Store, Wellington. The Arms to be twenty-seven inches in length, two and a half inches wide, and two and a quarter . inches thick, that is, 2i x2\ inches. The Arms to be bored for bolts and insulators, with a five-eighth auger, as per pattern, being ono hole in centre, througli the greatest depth of wood, and two holes, one at each end of Arm, through the least thickness of wood. The Arms to be rounded for carrying off water, as per pattern. The whole of the Arms to be delivered within thirty days of signing the contract. Each Tender must state the price for Black Birch, and of Rata Arms, distinctly. Each Tender must be accompanied by a deposit of £10, as a guarantee of pood faith, which sum will be forfeited should Any Tenderer refuse to sign the contract, in the event of his Tender being ) accepted. The usual sureties will bo required of the \ accepted Tenderer. , Patterns can be seen, and further particulars * obtainca at the Telegraph Offices, Wellington. Tenders addressed"— "The Telegraph Engineer, Wellington," and endorsed— "Tenders for Four 8 Thousand Telegraph Arms," to bo sent in not later than Friday, the Ist of November next, at noon. By order, s * ALFRED SHEATH, Telegraph Engineer. N.Z. Government Telegraph Department, Wellington. October 23, 1867. y (TEMPORARY.) NEW ZEALAND INTERPROVINCIAL : MAIL SERVICE 3. NOTICE is hereby given Unit tenders will bo received at this ollice until Friday, the " 29th of November next, for tfie performance of 1 the undermentioned Steam Mai) Services, nccord--3 ing to time table, which may bo seen at this oflice, and for the periods specified : — y 1. From Auckland to Port Chalmers, calling at Tauranga, Napier, Wellington, and Lyltelton : this service to commence from Auckland on tho 12fch December, 1867, and to terminate at Port Chalmers on the 19th of January, 1868. 2. From Wellington to the Bluff, calling at Lyttelt.on and Port Chalmers ; this service to commence from Wellington on the 23rd of December, 1807, and to terminate at ; the Bluff on the 27th oi' January, 18G3. 3. From Wellington to Auckland, culling at N:i[)ier and Taur.inga ; this service to com- ? mence from Wellington on the 28th of December, 1867, nud to terminate at Auckland on the 2nd of February, 1868. All mails to be landed, shipped, and transhipped by and at the expense of the contractor. I A proper and secure? room to be provided for ■ the safe custody of the mails. A chief cabin passage, free of cost, to be pro- ■ vided, if required, for a postal onieer. The names, tonnage, and horse-power of the P vessels proposed te be employed in these services to be stated, and the vessels to be approved by the Postmaster-General, and subject to be eurvcyed ' by some person appointed by him whenever he ■ may consider it necessary. The Postmaster-General to have the powt-r of detaining the vessels at any port for twenty^four 1 hours without charge ; tho rate of demurrage per diem forariy further detention to be stated. Tenders to state the raro per diem or otherwise for passages for officers of the General Government, exclusive of wines, spirits, &c. Tenders to be endorsed " Tender for New Zea- ' land Interprovinoial Steam Mail Services (Tern, porary)." . By order, G. ELIOTT ELIOTT, ! Secretary. General Post Office, i Wellington, 23rd Oct., 1867. : PUBLIC NOTICE. ' rr\HE attention of STOCK OWNERS and ' 1 others is directed to the following extract from - the Provincial Cattle Ordinance, 1863, Session f X, No 5. CLAUSE VII. "If any person shall for any purpose drive j cattle between the hours of twelvo noon and four , in the afternoon between the thirty-first day |of March and the first day of September or between the hours of twelve noon and sis in the afternoon between the thirty-first day of August and the first day of April through the town of Wellington he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five shillings for each head c£ cattle co driven." FREDERICK ATCHISON, Inspector of Police.