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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2541, 10 April 1871, Page 4

Government Notices. V. .11. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TENDERS are invited by the COL ONIAL GOVERNMENT for the construction of SECTIONS No, 2 and 3 of the , OTAGO SOUTHERN OTRUNK RAILWAY, extending from CAVERSHAM to the CHAIN HILLS, including the LOOK-OUT POINT TUNNEL. Drawings and Specifications may be seen on and after Monday the *24 th April, at the office of W. N. Blair, C.E., Dunedin, where tenders will be received until noon of Wednesday, the 31st May. : The lowest or any tender not necessan y accepted. By command, JOHN BLACKETT, • Acting Engineer-in-Chief. Dunedin, 30th March, 1871. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES. THE Government having been empowered by special Acts of the Legislature to enter into contracts for Insurances oil Lives, and for the grants of Annuities and Endowments, are now prepared to execute any of the usual contracts dependent upon the contingencies of hunum life. The following advantages are presented as deserving of Public attention, and especially of the Working Classes : 1. The, tables of Premiums in all the branches are considerably less than in any other office in New Zealand. 2. All transactions, and Powers of Attorney and other documents, are free of Stamp Duty and all taxation. 3. No charge is made beyond the purchase money or premium, paidquarterly, half-yearly, or annually. 4. Fourteen or twenty-one days of grace, according to the intervals of payment, are allowed beyond the due dates; and should the assured die during these periods, the policy will still be valid. 0. Surrender values are granted on the •; whole or any part of a contract which has endured lor live years. 6, Residence is permitted in any part of ; the Australasian Colonies or Europe, and premiums may always be paid on the due dates at the nearest Money Order Office. 7. Insurances effected lor the benefit of and settled on Wife or Children are free; to -the extent of L 2,000, from the claims of Creditors. 8. The Consolidated Revenue of the Colony is liable for all claims, in the event of the monies received (which are safely invested at compound interest) at any time- being insufficient to meet demands, thus affording the best security to the Assured. The fullest information can.be obtained on application to any Money Order Office or Government Schoolmaster, or to CECIL Y. BISS, Sub-Commissioner, Offices, (next Post Office), Central Hall Provincial Buildings, Dunedin. W. GISBORNE, Commissioner. Boot and Shoemakers. V. ' BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT. M FLEMING, Pink of Fashion Dress • Boot Maker to His Excellency Sir George Fergusson Bowen, Governor of New Zealand. Establishment adjoining Ross and Glendining’s, Stafford street, Dunedin. Fleming, “Pink ” of fashion name renown’d, ’ Mid the gentle, loving, wise, profound, And-whose boots adorn a thousand feet,' : And whose praise is sung by voices sweet. . He who smooths the soles of female forms, And both charlatan and trickster scorns ; Who wise with skill in King Crispin’s art, From Symmetry’s rale cannot depart; But form the boot with elastic case To fit, to beautify, and please. Hence around his door in Stafford street Beauty, love, wit, and talent meet, Eager for Fleming to grace their feet, ; While they in. his sanctum take a seat. 1 E’en the representative of the Queen Amid Fleming’s pafi'dns may be seen ; . . Yes, Sir George, the Centre of all news, Had oft heard of.Fleming’s boots pod shoes Spoke of with praise where’r he Went, Therefore in haste he for the artist sent, And in language royal—nay, not proud— Spoke he his praise both free and loud. Then bade he Fleming to him draw near, While with voice of kindness, soft and clear, And with a touch of sword, swift and light, Said, “ Pink of Fashion,” 1 dub thee knight. Sic Knight of Crispin on the scroll of fame Hehccforth shall stand thy honored name; Yes, thy boots the feet of kings shall grace, Thou leader of Crispin’s leather race ; And thy noble hall in Stafford street Shall still be filled with the elite. And here I, Sir George, do now declare— Nay, no boots but Fleming's will I wear ; And before I leave Edina’s town, On his brow I’ll settle Crispin’s crown. Notice of Removal , NOTICE OF REMOVAL. f | THE Undersigned having purchased the J. Premises recently occupied by the Gas Company nearly opposite the Criterion Hotel will remove thither in a fev days. A suite of three good offices to let singly or together' in same building, also front shop suitable for jeweller, tailor, fancy goods, ,&c. Storage to let with back entrance. Present offices to dot. H. F. HARDY, Architect. i'*" ' " ' i ■ For Sale. , CAVERSHAM RAILWAY. Freehold sections at lio, Ll2, lu and L 25 each, within a few minut< walk of the Caversham Railway Statioi may be had on application to Mr HARDI Eldon Chambers, Princes street. I remedial possession ; monthly or quarterly payment: Most desirable investments; only a few sei tious left, Apply early. Terms to su purchasers. 1 H E A P. P HINTING, “ EVENiNG STAR OFFICE. Dunedin, .