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Evening Star, Issue 3194, 16 May 1873, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS. QITJEEN'S THEATRE. j lessees ... C. O'Brien and Co. Stage Manager ... Mr J. P. Hydes. TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY), MAY 16, Complimentary Benefit to MISS M. E. AITKEN. Under the distinguished patronage of his Honor the Superintendent. First appearance of the celebrated Tenor, MR MELOHOR WINTER. The Provincial Brass Band will attend. KING RENE’S DAUGHTER, lolanthe {Rent’s daughter), Miss M. E. Aitken ; Sir Geoffrey (a Troubadour), Miss Flora Anstead; King Mr Chas. Bur* ford. Song, “ Happy be thy dreams,” Mr M. Winter. Reading, “ The Bells ” (E. A. Poe), Miss M. E. Aitken. GUY M ANNE RING. Meg Mcrrilees (her great impersonation), Miss M. E. Aitken. Henry Bertram, with songs, Mr M. Winter. Julia Mannering • Miss Flora Anstead. Dirk Hatteraick - • Mr Chas. Burford. Seats can bo secured at the Theatre from eleven a.m. to three p.m. Next Monday, Miss Clara Stephenson. WANTED, Respectable Young Men for New Burlesque. WANTED, Twenty-four Amazons for “ Lalla Eookh.” ‘ QUEEN'S THEATRE. Under the Distinguished Patronage of His Honor the Superintendent. BENEFIT AND LAST APPEARANCE BUT ONE OF MISS M. E. AITKEN. THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, MAY 16, she will appear as lolanthe, in King Rent’s Daughter. She will also Read Edgar A. Foe's beautiful Poem, THE BELLSI THE BELLS!! THE BELLS!!! Concluding with GUY MANNERING. Miss M. E. Aitken as Meg Merrilees Mr M. Winter ... as Henry Bertram THE PROVINCIAL BRASS BAND Will play several pieces during the evening.

THIS EVENING, FRIDAY, MAY 16. POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT. THIS (FRIDAY)’ EVENING, MAY 16. PROGRAMME. Part I. 1. Grand Fantasia—“ Martha” • Kuht Mr Alfred Anderson. 2. Ballad —“Oh, say once more I love thee” - - - Maynard Miss Carrie Emanuel. 3. Pianoforte Solo—“ The Night Winds” .... Wallace Mr Alfred Anderson. 4. Vocal Valse—“ NonsoPerchd” Mallei Miss Carrie Emanuel ft. Fantasia on Irish Melodies • Kuhe Mr Alfred Anderson. 6. Song—“ The Queen’s Letter” Hobba Miss Carrie Emanuel. Part 11. 1. “ God Save the Queen” * • Moscheles Mr Alfred Anderson. 2. Selection—“Trovatore” • Verdi Miss Carrie Emanuel 3. “Danse Andalouse” • - Ascher Mr Alfred Anderson. 4. Ballad—“ The Last Rose of Summer” • - - - Moore Miss Carrie Emanuel. 5. Fantasia on Scotch Melodies - Anderaon Mr Alfred Anderson. 6. Ballad—“ Then farewell, we part for ever” ... Mellon Miss Carrie Emanuel TO-MORROW, SATURDAY, EVENING, The Company will give ft GRAND CONCERT At Port Chalmers.

TENDERS. V. R. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TOKOMAIRIRO AND LAWRENCE. TENDERS are invited by the Colonial Government for the construction of Railway between Tokomairiro and Lawrence —a distance of 22 miles. The Line is divided into five Sections, and tenders will bo received for anv of them, or for the whole Railway in one Contract. Drawings and Specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Dunedin and Wellington, on and after Monday, the 21st instant. Written Tenders, addressed to the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside, “ Tender for the Tokomairiro and Lawrence Railway or, “ Tender for the Contract of the Tokomairiro and Lawrence Railway»»—will be received at this Office up till 4p.m. on Wednesday, the 21st May, 1873. Telegraphic Tenders similarly addressed and marked will be received, if presented at any Telegraph Office by noon of the same date, provided that written Tenders, in due form, are lodged at the Office of the District Engineer, at Dunedin, Christchurch, or Auckland, by the above hour. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command. JOHN BLACKETT, Assistant Engineer-in-Chief. Public Works Office, Wellington, 14th April, 1873.

LEASES OF TOLLS. TENDERS will be received at the Provincial Government Offices until Tuesday. the 20th day of May, at neon, for Leasing the various Tolls throughout the Province for twelve months from Ist duly, 1873. Particulars of terms and conditions can be obtained en application at the Treasury. The Government will not be bound to accept any tenders. For the information of intending tenderers, the following are the gross sums received from the gatekeepers for the twelve months ended 31st March, 1873, viz. Anderson’s Bay Balclutba Blueskin Clutha and Tuapeka East Taieri ... Hillside .. Saddle Hill ... Money Creek... Pleasant Valley Wakari Water of Leith Waihola West Taieri . . Waikouaiti ... £798 18 6 552 15 3 803 16 7 873 16 1 645 9 5 2,415 16 4 1,695 11 8 391 14 3 885 16 5 381 18 6 1,560 17 8 628 6 0 668 16 4 767 0 1 £13,073 13 1 GEORGE TURNBULL, Provincial Treasurer. Provincial Treasury, i Dunedin, April 30, 1873.

mENDKRS wanted, by Wednesday, 21it JLj May, for Roofing a House with Cerru* gated Iron. Specifications at Corporation Offices, Maine street, where tenders can be lodged.