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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3108, 27 January 1871, Page 4

TO SHIP OWNERS. THB Telegraph Commissioner is prepared to receive tenders for Mie conveyance by sea from Wellington of Telegraph Poleßto the undermentioned places and in the quantities indicated— To Patea, north bank of river ... 480 ToOpunate.. 520 To New Plymonth 400 The greater portion of the poles will be 20 feet, the remainder 25 feet long ; the polea to be landed by the contractor one (1) chain above high water mark. Tenders to Btate the price per pole m per sizes given, and time that will be required to deliver them in. ' Tenders will be received for the conveyance of the whole, or for each separate place as abovementioned. Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of ten (£10) 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 performance of the oontract, in the event of tho tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to that effect, feigned by the two proposed sureties. Tenders, endorsed "Tenders for the conveyance of poles," and addressed " The General Manager, Telegraph Department, ' Wellington," must bo sent in not later than the 25th January, 1871. By order of tho Tolegraph Commissioner, 0. LEMON, - General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Wellington, 11th January, 1871. SALE OP LAND rtf THB BANGITIKBI • MANAWATU DISTRICT fITHE PBOYINOIAL GOVERNMENT OF WELLINGTON will sell by Public Auc tion, at the upset price of £1 per acre, a block of land of about 18J000 acres in the Manawatu District. The Bale will take place at the Town Hall, Marton, Rangitikei, about the 27th FEBBFABY NEXT. Mapß showing the p6sition of the block in relation to the surrounding country, and giving a detailed plan of the sections offered for sale, will be visible at the Land Office on or after the 25th January, Lithographed copies may bo procured by application at the Provincial Secretary's office, Wellington. The block now offered for sale is the first instalment of a block of 220,000 acres purchased in the year 1865 from the natives, and is situated on the south bank of the Bangitikei Biver, having a frontage of about 10 miles, and an average depth of three miles. It is intersected by numerous Btreams, contains considerable patches of available bush, and is of the finest description of agricultural land. The Bangitikei District, from which the Manawatu block is separated only by the river (fordable at all points), contains a population of 8000 souls, and has been in the possession and occupation of freehold farmers for nearly 20 years,, and is traversed in every direction by good metalled roads. The block offered for eale is within 30 miles of tho port of Wacganui, within five miles of the mouth of the Bangitikei Biver, which is accessible to email coasters, and a road is in course of formation right through the block to the harbor of the Manawatu Biver, which is accessible to vessels drawing from eight to ten feet of water. Notice of the exact date of sale will be duly advertised. A. FOLLETT HALOOMBE. Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, sth January, 1871. . DISTBIOT OF THE HUTT. ' FTIHE State of the Poll for the above Dia- f tricfe will be deolared on Wednesday, the 25th day of January, 1871, at the Mechanics' In- ! etitote, Lower Hutt (principal polling place), at 12 o'clock noon. JAMES 0. OBAWFOBD, Beturning Officer. Wellington, 21st Jan., 1871. WELLINGTON OOUNTBY DISTBIOT. ii fTIHE State of the Poll for the above district will be declared on Friday next, the 27th day of January, 1871, at the SchooMiouße, Kaiwarawam (principal polling place), at 12 o'clock noon. JAMES 0. OBAWFOBD, Beturning Officer. Wellington, 2ist Jan., 1871. , IN BE F. SIDEY & CO.'S ESTATE. fIIHE undersigned very reluctantly gives JL notice that all accounts owing to the above estate must be paid before tho 31st inst., or the same will be placed in the hands of a BOlicitor, without distinction of persons. JOHN MABTIN, - - Assignee and Liquidator. Grey-street, 10th janubry. VOLUNTEERS AND FIBEMEN. EALLY round your Tried and Trusted Friends, Hunter and Pearce, and turn out the « Old Hack," who wants a Billet! 1 !