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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2472, 18 January 1871, Page 1

Business Notices rjpAPESTRY CARPETS, new and choice patterns, 3s lld per yard BRUSSELS CARPETS, new and choice patterns, £)S 9d per yard FELT CARPETS, H yards wide, from 2s 9d per yard HERBERT, HAYNES. & CO. Shipping. HARBOR STEAM COMPANY. Regular Steam Trade to Oamaru, Timaru, Akaroa, and Lyttelton. THESE Fast Steamers will run regularly as under : For OAMARU.-The p.s. WALLACE, every Tuesday and Friday, at 9 a.ra., returning on the following days at 11 a.m For TIMARU, AKAROA, and LYTTELTON, -The s.s. MAORI —once a week. Her next dav of sailing is TUESDAY, JANUARY 24th, Cargo till 12 o’clock. For further particulars apply at the Offices, Harbor Chambers. THE UNITED STATES, NEW LAND, AND AUSTRALASIAN STEAM PACKET LINE. THE NORTH PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY of San Francisco, having entered into a contract with the Honorable the PostmasterGeneral of New Zealand for the conveyance of Mails between San Francisco, Honolulu, Fiji, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers, and vice verm, the dates of sailing will be from Port Chalmers on the Ist and from Auckland on the 7th of every month, to commence from Port Chalmers on the Ist of April next. The Service will be performed by the Powerful Side-wheel Steamers the NEBRASKA, 2143 Tons Register, NEVADA, 2143 Tons Register, and DAKOTA, Of 2163 Tons Register ; All built in 1865, under official supervision, and classed extra A I at American Lloyds. For Passenger accommodation, these vessels are unsurpassed by any afloat. Perfect arrangements have been made to connect with the Pacific Railway, and with the magnificent lines of steamers running between New York and England. Passengers will be booked right through. First-class fare, from all ports iin New Zealand to England, including the use of the celebrated Silver Palace Cars over the American Continent will not exceed LBS. Second and third-class passengers will be taken at proportionately low rates. Return tickets at a reduced rate will be issued, and passengers will be allowed to remain over at any and all ports and stations called at. The contract time between San Francisco and Auckland, and vice versa in 24 days. Passengers who may desire to proceed right through will reach England within 40 days from Auckland. Every exertion will be made to make this the popular passenger route. Arrangements will lie made to connect in New Zealand with the intercolonial steamers so that Australasian passengers may he conveyed right through at a slight increase upon New Zealand rates. Fuller particulars will be given in a future advertisement. • CRUIOKSHANK, SMART, & CO. Agents-in-Chief fqr New Zealand, at Auckland for the United States, New Zealand and Australian Steam Packet Line ; DRIVER, STEWART, & GO. Agents for Otago. JOHNSTON & CO., Agents for Wellington; MILES & CO., ’ Agents for Lyttelton. November 28, 1870. FOR WANGANUI, WESTPORT, GREYMOUTH, AND HOKITIKA. THE Steamer WALLABI, Captain Daniels, ►Will sail as above, about 19th inst., taking passengers and argo. Apply tp WT and G. TURNBULL and CO. 9th January, 1871. Government Notices TENDERS are invited for the Erection of a Post Office and Telegraph Station at Cromwell in the Province of Otago. General conditions, specifications, and drawings may be seen at the offices of the Colonial Architect, Wellington, at the Tele: graph Office, Dunedin, and at the .Post Office, Cromwell. Tenders will be received by Hie undersigned, up to iiooii on Monday, the first day of February next. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. W. H. CLAYTON, Cplopial Architect, 9tb January, 1871, EXTENSION OF TIME. TENDERS for the Erection of Post Office and Telegraph Station at Naseby, will be received by the undersigned up till noon of 23rd January; 1871, (Signed) W. H. CLAYTON, . Colonial Architect, Wclliiigtou.