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Marlborough Express, Volume IV, Issue 170, 10 April 1869, Page 2

General fiottccs. INLAND MAIL CONTRACTS. SEALED TENDERS will be received at the Chief Post Office, Blenheim, till the 17th day of April instant, for the Conveyance of Mails between the undermentioned places, from, the Ist of May to the 31st of December, 1869, both days inclusive : Blenheim and Hawkeswood—Once Weekly each Way. Each Tender must be accompanied by a security, in a form which may be obtained at the Chief Post Office, Blenheim, for a sum equal to 20 per cent, on the amount of the Tender, and to be inclsoed with the Tender, binding the Tenderer to take up the service Tendered for, and sign the necessary Contract Bond, in the event of his Tender being accepted. For terms and Conditions of Contract apply at the Chief Post Office, Blenheim. Tenders to be endorsed, “ Tender for Mail Service,” and addressed “to the Postmaster-General,” Wellington. J. Bagge, Chief Postmaster, Chief Post Office, Blenheim, April 9th, 1869. 43 NOTICE is hereby given that an application has been made to his Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand by John Booth, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, in the said Colony, Gentleman, for the grant to him, the said John Booth, of Letters Patent, under the seal of the said Colony, for the exclusive use, enjoyment, and advantage, within the said Colony, of a new invention or improvement for Preparing the Fibre of the Phokmium Tenax, and other plants indigenous to New Zealand, by a different and more effectual process than any of the processes at present in use, and so as greatly to economise labor, and increase the value of the Fibre : And notice is hereby further given that any person who may wish to prefer any objection to the granting of such Letters Patent is hereby required, within Four Calendar Months from the publication of this notice, to send to the office of John Boyle Bennett, Esquire, Registrar-General, at Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, in the said Colony of New Zealand, (being the person appointed for that purpose under the provisions of “ The Patents Act, I 860,”) a statement in writing setting forth the grounds of such objection, and subscribed with the proper name and address of the person so objecting. Dated at Dunedin, aforesaid, this sixth day of March, 1869. Howorth & Hodgkins, 34 Solicitors for the above-named Applicant.

Nath, edwards & co., beg to announce to the Inhabitants of Marl borough that they are now prepared to undertake the SALE by AUCTION of Landed Peopeety, Pkoduce, MeeCHANDIBE, AND STOCK. Blenheim, April 9th, 1869. 39 FOR SALE, at Yeet Low Prices, and on easy terms, in the Town of Blenheim and surrounding country, Upwards of 600 Sections, suitable for Building Sites, Farms, &c. Apply to * A. P. Sitjaht & Co., Wellington, FOR ONE FORTNIGHT ONLY! MRS. RAYNER wishes to inform the Inhabitants of Blenheim that she will CLOSE her SHOP at the above stated time. Those who wish to secure Bargains must COME EARLY, as the goods will be sold much below Cost Pi ice to eftect a speedy clearance. Grove Road, April 2nd. , 24 THE “FALCON.” HE Favorite Ketch, “FALCON,” in connection with the Steamer “ Osprey,” will continue running to and from Wellington as usual. Faees :—Return Tickets, 605.; Freight, 30s. per ton. 22 Agent. or, 40 John M. Hutcheson, Blenheim. Public Notice. H. Dodson,