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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 297, 23 May 1879, Page 3

POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE DUVAUCHELLE'S BAY. Public Works Office, Christchurch. May 16, 1879. FRESH Tenders are invited for the Erection of a Post and Telegraph Office at Duvauchelle's Bay. General conditions, specifications, and drawings, may be seen at the Public Works' Office, Christchurch, and the Post Office, Akaroa. Tenders addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside " Tender for Post and Telegraph Office; 5 ' will be received at the above office up to noon on FRIDAY, June 6, 1879. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command. A. D. AUSTIN, District Engineer. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. LITTLE RIVER AND AKAROA RAILWAY. ELLESMEEE CONTRACT. (Formation and Bridges-Length, 17 miles.) Public Works Office, Dunedin, May 9, 1879. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office until noon on Friday, June 6, 1879, for the above contract. They are to be marked on the outside " Tender for Ellesmere Contract," and addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Dunedin. Telegraphic tenders, similarly marked and addressed, will be received if presented at any telegraph office by noon of the same day, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at any District or Resident Engineer's office by the same hour. Drawings, specifications, and general condition, may be seen at this office, and at the Public Works offices, Christchurch and Wellington. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command, W. N. BLAIR, Engineer in Charge Middle Island. W. SIMS, SHIPPING AND GENERAL AGENT, AKAROA. Rents and Debts Collected. QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY SPORTS! MONDAY, MAY 26. M@®WL YACHT RACE, for all comers, time allowance. • First prize, £2 ; second, &1. DINGEY RACE, For boys under 14. Prize, 10s. SHORE SPORTS. On the Beach, in front of Mr Penlington's RACES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS of all ages. Jumping, Leaping, Three-legged Races, Tug of War, &c, &c, &c. Suitable prizes will be given away, ranging from 2 s 6d to 15s. Yacht race to start at 11 a.m. Sports to commence at 12 noon. G. J. BLACK, Secretary aid Treasurer. FOOTBALL. A SCRATCH MATCH will be played on the ground, Jollie street, on Monday, May 26. All willing to take a part in the game are requested to meet at 10 a.m. W. HUGHES, Captain.