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Kumara Times, Issue 2563, 9 September 1884, Page 3

name blown in the glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and. Chemists are warned against dealing in imitations or counterfeits. A Scolding Woman.— The barbarities of the ducking stool for the cure of scolding women, though abolished by law, are now oftentimes practised by a kind of social barbarity none the less reprehensible. Women scold only when they are ill. Instead of blaming them we should prescribe Hop Bitters. The entire system will undergo a genial, pleasant change. The nerves will be quieted and ascerbity of word and thought will give place to amiability and affection. Healthy women do not scold or fret. Bead TENDERS EOR INLAND MAIL SERYIOES for 1885 and 1886. General Post Office, Wellington, 20th August, 1884. SEALED TENDERS will be received at the several Chief Post Offices io the colony until SATURDAY, the twenty-seventh proximo, for the conveyance of mails between the undermentioned places, for a period of two years from the Ist January, 1885, to the 31st December, 1886. Postal District of Hokitika. 3. Hokitika and Knmara (morning service), del i veri n g Grey m on th mails at Kumara Tram Station, daily. 4. Hokitika and Kumara (afternoon service), delivering Grey mouth mails at Kumara Tram Station, daily. 5. Hokitika and Ross, via Kanieri, Woodstock, and Eimu, daily. *6. Hokitika and Springfield, via Kumara, Waimea, and Stafford, delivering Greymouth mails at Kumara Tram Station, twice week y., 7. Kumara and Dillman’s Town, daily. 8. Kumara and Greenstone, twice weekly, 9. Kumara Post Office and Tram Station, as required. 12. Waimea and Fox’s, twice weekly. *Tenders for service No. 6 to state the time within which they propose to deliver mails between Hokitika and Springfield. The attention of intending tenderers is directed to the following clause of the terms and conditions of contract printed at the back of the tender forms ; “ The days and hours of arrivals and departures of mails will be stated in a time-schedule attached to the bond, but other days and hours may from time to time be fixed by the Postmaster-Gen-eral by notice in writing. For services performed by coach no stage shall exceed twelve miles, except by special permission from the Postmaster-General who shall determine whether or not longer stages are unavoidable.” Contractors whose tenders mav be accepted must be prepared to carry out the services for which they tender according to the time-tables framed by the department. Contractors must, in accordance with the terms and conditions of mail contracts, provide a free box-seat on any vehicle, and a free passage by any steamer or boat, when required, for an officer traveling on the business of the department. Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of contract, may be procured at any post office. No tender will be considered unless made on the printed form. Tenders, indorsed “Tender for Mail Service, No. to be addressed and enclosed to the Chief Postmaster of the postal district to which the tender may specially refer. W. GRAY, Secretary. FOR SALE, by tender (if a reasonable offer be made), a full SHARE in Rowley and party’s Tichbourne Extended CLAIM. This having been proved from the last washing to be one of the richest claims on the Kumara goldfield, affords a good opportunity for investment. Particulars to be had from the undersigned, to whom Tenders may be addressed not later than 7 p.m. on MONDAY, September 15, 1884. D. HANNAN, Main Street. TENDERS WANTED. TENDERS will be received up to THURSDAY, the 11th September, for the GROUND and PLANT, or the PLANT alone, in the CLAIM known as Palmer and Party's, situated in Dunedin Fiat. The full particulars to be had at Mr J. Palmer’s, Kumara, Tenders to he left at Messrs Davidson Bros,, SfcdUoi; Sfcre«f, KlUisaia.