HOKITIKA-GREYMOUTH IJAJLWAY. greymouth contract. Formation. Public Works Office, Dunedin, 4th February l 8? f j. WRITTEN TENDERS will be ceived at this Office up to noon bn TUESDAY, 4th Marrh, 1879, for the above Co u tract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, and marked outside " Tender for HokitikaGreymouth Railway, Greymouth Jontract." Plans and Specifications may be s -en &t this office, at the 'public Works Officfes Wellington, Christchurch, Hokitika, and Greymouth, and at the Survey Office} Reeftoh. Telegraphic Tenders similarly ad' dressed 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 kt a District or Resident Engineer's Office by the same hour. The lowest or any Tender will nDt necessarily be acdepted; By command, W ; N. BLAIR, Engineer-in- Charge Middle Island. TANTEDj a steady MAN, adcusTT tomed to general work about Brewery and Soiawater Business. None biit a steady man need apply. J. J. BLACOfORE and CO., Brewers, &0., Grejmoitth; JgT; RAPHAEL-WINE, DYSPEPSIA; I)TJHCAN M'LEAN'S. for Cheap, ' TRAMWAY, with TRUCK; L TOOLS, and HUT; paying well. Pride, £ISO. Apply to Daniel Ryan, head of Track, Larrikin's Terrace, FOR SALE, CHEAP', ffHE CROWN HOTEL; Kumara. Terms easy. Appiy on the preiuises, $. SPINBELER; Proprietor.- ~ 'ESTLAND LAND and ESTATE TT COMPANY. Capital ... £IOOO, In 2000 Shares of 10s each, payable as follows :—2s Gi on application, and 2's Od a month until the ■whole is paid up,For the purpose of purchasing the following properties : House and Section, 33 x 90 feet, in Sewell street, Hokitika ; 2 sections 33 x 99 feet each, adjoining above. Section 14, Arahura Road, at junction of the Christchurch Road and the proposed railway, which will be 'divided into 20 building allotments. On one of the' allotments there is a large five-roomed house, with nve-stal:ed stable, chaff roomy and hay shed. Through the land runs, it is confidently asserted, the front beach lead of gold, and the promoter is positive that the property will shortly increase in value, as the railway is about being started. The shareholders willdete'rmine, when the share list closes, how the properties will be disposed of, and may depend on the titles being perfect. As many intending shareholders wish the pioinoter to make a definite proposal .■> in reference to the" disposal of the ;fl>ovo properties,- I will gu>rufutee them to receive 7 per cent per annum oft their outlay for seven years, after which the interest will be reduced, ;md shareholders wishing to' withdraw will be paid their money in full. The scrip of the above Company I eing ready for issue the promoter will hold one-half of it.- The balance will be Offered to the public, and one-half the the capital so raised will bo applied topaying off'the 1 incumUranee.i on the property the other half to improving it nuder the superintendence ot Trustees fend Auditors eleo'ted by the holders.Application's fov shares to be made to ROBERT WRIGHT, Arahura Road. ff\o LET,—The PREMISES lately . occupied as the' National Bank oY Sew Zealand,- Seddoft street. Apply ©&©e of this paper.-
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Kumara Times, Issue 735, 6 February 1879, Page 3
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