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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 79, 3 June 1879, Page 3

A NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS TO SAWMILLERS AND OTHERS. JOO.OOO SLEEPERS (TO BE OUT FRO1: », THE GOVERNMENT RIfoERVE NEAR FEILDIXG, MANAWATU. Public Worlcs Office, Wellington, 1 9th May, 1879. WRITTEN TENDERS will b< received for cutting TOi, TARA SLEEPERS, with the right oj cutting other timber, out of a Govern* 1 ment reserve of 470 acres, more oi less, in the Manawatu District, tc which the Government are now con* '• struct'ng a branch railway from the ' main line, about 155 chains long, foi the purposes of this contract. Gene" ral conditions, specifications, &c, may be seen at the Public Works I Offices, Auckland, Foxton, Wanga- . nui, and Wellington, toliere aJto t tenders are to be lodged, until NOON : of Saturday, the 2Ut June, 1879, accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender } is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for one month, and to be in ■ favour of the Receiver- General's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The land in this reserve, after the above con' ract is finished, will revert to tho Feilding Corporation, who will then have 1 power to deal with it as with their other 1 ands. The attention of intend** ing contractors is specially drawn to this circumstance, as they might thus be enabled to acquire and settle on the lani after the completion of their contract. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Uy command. JOHN BLACKETT, Engineer in Charge, North Island. NEW ZEALAND ROADS. OPAKI BRIDGE CONTRACT. RUAMAHUNGA RIVER. Public Works Office, Wellington, 13th May, 1879. 117 KITTEN TENDERS will be i > received at this office up to Noon on TUESDAY, the 3rd June, 1879, for the above Contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside "Tender for Opaki Bridge." Plans and Specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Wanganui, Foxton. Featherston, and Wellington. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be reI ceived if presented at any Telegraph I Office by Noon of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged at any of the abovenamed offices by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty- one days, and to be in favor of the Receiver-General's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command. JOHN BLACKETT, Engineer in Charge, North Island. PUBLIC WORKS, MANAWATU. DRAINAGE, CONTRACT No. 1. rpENDERS will be received at the L Public Works Office, Foxton, I up to NOON on MONDAY, the 9th June, 1879, for cutting about three and a half miles of Drain in conneci tion with, the Kairanga Survey Block. > Flaus and Specification may be seen ■ at the railway station, Palmerston t North, and the Public Works Office, i Foxton, after the 28th May. Tenders must be addressed to the - Hon. the Minister for Public Works, - and marked outside, " Tender for 7 Drainage, Contract N o. 1 ." Tenders i to be in proper form, and in case of telegraph tenders, a written tender 9 must be lodged at a Public Works • office. The lowest, or any tender, not necessarily accepted. One of the Survey men will meet intending contractors at Oroua Bridge Station on arrival of train, about noon on Saturday, tho 3 1st, and on b Saturday, tbe 7th June, and walk ,7-over the line. JOHN T. STEWART, District Engineer. » Public Works Office. » Foxton, 20th May,^lß79. i j. TIMBER. • _— . i T> EDUCED PRICES for all 1 kinds of Timber can be had or - application to the undersigned. THiSNNE, UKTON & CO., ; Foxton and Palmerston. d 29ihMay.