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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3097, 12 January 1871, Page 1

Government Notices TO SHIP OWNERS. fTIHE Telegraph Commissioner is prepared to A. receive tenders for the conveyance by sea from Wellington of Telegraph Poles to the undermentioned places and in the quantities indicated— ' To Patea, north bank of river ... 480 To Opunake ... 520 To New Plymouth 400 The greater portion of the poles will be 20 feefc, the remainder 25 feet long ; the poles to be landed by the contractor one (1) chain above high ■water mark. Tenders to state the price per pole as per sizes given, and time that will be required to deliver them in. Tenders will be received foe the conveyance of the whole, or for each separate place as above-mentioned. Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit o£ ten (£10) as a guarantee of good faith, which sura 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 nameß of two sureties for approval, who are willing to become bond for the due performance of the contract, in, the event of the tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to thab effect, signed by the two proposed sureties, j Tenders, endorsed " Tenders for the conveyj ance of poles," and addressed " The Q-eneral Manager, Telegraph Department, Wellington," must be sent in not later than the 25th January, 1871. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LEMON, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, j Wellington, 11th January, 1871. j — rpENDERS are invited for Paintingthe Supreme X Court House at Wellington. Q-eneral conditions and specifications may be seen at the offices of the Colonial Architeot, Wellington. Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to noon on Monday, the 16th day of January next. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Colonial Architeot. 9th January, 1871. IN pursuance of " The Regulation of Elections Act, 1870," I, JAMES C. CRAWFORD, Esquire, Returning Officer for the Electoral District of the City of Wellington, do hereby give . notice that by virtue of a writ, bearing date the 30fch day of December, 1870, under the publio Beal of the Colony, an election will be held for the returnof two qualified persons to serve as members of the House of Representatives for the said Electoral District, and that the nomination of candidates will take place at the Resident Magistrate's Court House, Wellington, at 12 noon on the 3rd day of FEBUARY, 1871, and that the poll, if necessary, will be taken on the 7th day of FEBRUARY, 1871. JAMES C. CRAWFORD, Returning Officer. The following are Polling Places for the Electoral District of the City of Wellington :— The Resident Magistrate's Court House, Wellington. The Publio Market Place of Messrs Bethune h Hunter. JAMES C. CRAWFORD, Returning Officer. PUBLIC NOTICE. ON and after WEDNESDAY, 7th December, there will be a Monthly Market held at the New Market Yards, Aglionby Arms, for the sale of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, and every other kind of produoe. An Auctioneer will be in attendance. Sale to ommenoe at 2 o'clock sharp. N.. VALENTINE, Proprietor. PUBLIO NOTICE. W PICKENS' COACH leaves the Ferrjr, • Porirua, DAILY, at 8 a.m., for Wellington ; leaving the Nags Head at 8.39 p.m.,andUrwin's,Thorndon, at 4. p.m. sharp. Fares: s. d. The Ferry, single fare 2 0 return do ... ... 3 6 Tawa Flat, single do 1 6 return do 2 6 Johnsonville, each way 1 0 WILLIAM PICKENS, Proprietor. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIO. COALS! COALS!! AT 25s 6d PER TON, WHARFAGE PAID. nnHE undersigned having determined to settle X in Wellington, will carry on the ooal trade both wholesale and retail; and having been I sailing out of tbiß port regularly for the last three ! or four years, as ship-master and owner, and seen. the monopoly that has been carried on in the coal trade, he has determined to break through it at any cost. * The best screened Newcastle coal, ex Anne Melhuish, now lying at the Queen's Wharf, at 25a 6d per ton, wharfage paid. , Ab a vessel will be at the wharf every Becdnd or third. week, the publio can rest assured of a regular supply for the year 1871 at low rates. ! * W. R. WILLIAMS, .*•"■,. Coal Merchant. N.B.— Orders to be left at Mr -Tonka' office, aud 20 cwt. guaranteed to the ton.