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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2461, 5 January 1871, Page 4

Government Notices TENDERS are invileil for the Erection of a Post Office and Telegraph Station at Naseby in the Province of Otago. General conditions, specifications, and drawings may be seen at the offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington, at the Telegraph Office, Dunedin, and at the Post Office, Waikouaiti, up till the Ist of January, 1871, after that date at the Post Office, Naseby. 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 Architect. Wellington, Dec. loth, 1870 Government Annuities Office, Wellington, Ist Dec., 1870. NOTICE is hereby given that Government Insurance and Annuities Offices, under “The Government Annuities Act, i860,’ and “ The New Zealand Government Insurance and Annuities Act, 1870,” have been opened at the Post offices at Auckland, Hamilton, Newcastle, Otahuhu, Onelumga, Thames, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Napier, Welling-ton, Greytown, Wanganui, Blenheim, Kaikoura, Picton, Nelson, Charleston, Westport, Greyinouth, Hokitika, Christchurch, Kaiapoi, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin, Bnlclutha, Clyde, Lawrence, Oainaru, Port Chalmers, Queenstown, Tokomairiro, Waikouaiti, and Invercargill. The following advantages are secured by special provisions in the above-mentioned Acts : 1. Up to a certain amount, Assurance Policies bona fide effected by the Assured upon his own life, and Endowment Policies, and Annuities purchased for the benefit of Wife or Children, arc exempted from the operation of Bankruptcy Acts, and from seizure under legal procc s. 2. Up to a certain amount, Married Women may effect Policies and dispose of the money assured by will, as if single ; and such Policies are free from the debts and control of their husbands. 8. Insurances may be effected for the bene fit of Wife and Children, with power to apportion amount; and such insurance is to be free from the claim of creditors, to the extent of L 2.000. All persons wishiifg to obtain Life Insurances, Endowment, Annuities, immediate or deferred, or other advantages under the Acts, will receive every information and the necessa y forms on application at any of the above-named offices. W. GISBORNE, Commissioner. Manufacturers. •gjXCELSIOR FAMILY SEWING AND EMBROIDERY MACHINE, Is easy to operate, simple to learn, quiet in action, and not liable to derangement. It will tack, hem, fell, gather, cord, quilt, braid, and embroider; sew from two ordinary reels; and the seam, if cut at every inch, will not rip. Price L 6 6s. THE NEW STAR PATENT IMPROVED DOUBLE-ACTION ARM MACHINE, For Bootmakers and Manufacturers generally. Complete, LlO Ids. WHITE & MANN, 143, Holbom Bars, London. Manufactory : Dipping Works, Ipswich, MILNER’S FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, the Best and Cheapest Safeguard against Fire. Prices and Sizes in England. No. 00, 20in high, 14iu wide, 14in deep, L 6. Larger Sizes in proportion. Price List and Book of Drawings free by post. London, 47a, Moorgate street; Liverpool, Lord street ; Manchester, 28, Market street; Leeds, 7(>, Albion street; Hull, 30, Queen street; Sheffield, Bank street. MILNER’S STRONG HOLDFAST AND FIRE-RESISTING SAFES, Strong Room Doors, &c., with all the recent improvements. Price lists, drawings, and testimonials free by post. Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds Hull, and 4?A. Moorgate street, City London. BRADFORD’S PATENT “VOWEL WASHING MACHINE. WE, without any hesitation, and in the fullest confidence, recommend every housekeeper or housewife, who has the requisite conveniences, to avail herself of our terms of trial —“one or two months”—before definite purchase ; very many have done so during the last two or three years, and the result has been in the highest degree satisfactory, both to purchasers and ourselves, as will be seen from the numerous unsolicited letters from all parts of the kingdom, and from every class of purchasers, in our illua trated catalogue, which may be had post-free on application. OAKEY’S Indiarubber Knife Boards, from Is 6d each.