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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1600, 5 January 1886, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. WELLINGTON-NAPIER RAILWAY} 11,000 SLEEPERS CONTRACT. Public Works Office, "Wellington, 23rd December, LBBS. WRITTEN Tenders will be re- ' ceived at this Office until Noon of Satubday, the 9th January, 1886, fpr the a^pve Contract. They are to be marke I on* the outside, "Tender for Sup >lyof 11,000 Sleepers Contract," aid addressed to the Hon. the Ministir for Public Works, Wellington. Telegraphic tenders, similarly marke 1 and addressed, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office b/ Noon of the same date, provided' that written tenders are lodged at any District or Kesideut Engineer's, Office by the same hour. Specifications and general conditions may be" seen at the Public Works Offices, Wellington and Wanganui, and at ( the Post Offices, Fox- , ton, Peildiug, Cawterton, and Master "ton. '"- X . '• •*• '■ •n> _ . ■'. .. ' The lowest -or any tender not necessarily accepted. . By command, E. CONNAL, Assistant Engineer. SMALL GRAZING RUNS, WANGANUI DISTRICT, .PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON. KARAWAREWA, PARATIEKE, and. BEAO BLOCKS. Crown Lands Offiqe, Wellington, 9th December, 1885. nVTOTICEis hereby given, m terms JA of "The Laud Act, 1885," Part VIL, that leases' of 21 small runs m the above blocks will be submitted to 'public auction, at" the Masonic Hall, ; Wanganui, on Tuesday, the 12th January, 1&80, at 10 a.in/ The areas vary frpni;jß9 to 1985 acres, ' and the upset renials. Iroin 6!d to Is per acre. ' ; The leases will be for an absolute term of' twenty-one yeaM, renewable •fbr a' -fuyther of twenty-one years, m terms of section 2Q9 of "The Land. Act, 1£85.". Improvements ''equal m value 'to one year's rent ' must be effected m each year for the .-first two years ; and before the end of the sixth year an additional amount, equal to two years' rent, must also be expended. Valuations for permanent improvements, as prescribed m sections 210 and 214 of "The Land Act, 1885," i will be paid at ihe expiry of the leasesto tKe outgoing tenants. No person qan take up more than one run. No ,person who owns freehold larid,' ; or, land under lease or license frpm'tlie Crown which m all would- exceed 1 [6000 acres, or who is incapable of . making the declaration prescribed by{, section 200 of "The Land Act.^lSS^," can become a less.ee. Map'v with full particular^' thereon can be obtained at the Lands Office, AVelliiigton, and principal Post Offices.' J. W: A. MARCHANT, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Fire! Fire! Fire! ALTERATION, lIJ, PREMISES. W. S#RIGGENS'S CHEAP SALE, The Goods, damaged by lire on Monday inorning,jyilL be offered for sale lIEGiEDLESS OF COST. MR SPRIGGTENS has to announce that he has,determined on making great alterations m the premises now occupied by him, and, with a view to reducing the large Stock noiv held he has decided on holding a Clearing Out Sale ■( In the Shop formerly m the. possession of » Mr J. H. Horn, opposite the- Church of England. . . £3OOO! «3OOO! Worth of BOOTS^aud SHOES of all descriptions will be ; Qffered, and as Mr Spiiggens has determined to take none back, all > must be sold; -The sale will commence f wheni Insurances are settled. '. ■' ■ I '\ . ,- JET Remmber— The Sale lasts for One JVlonth Only. W. gpfelifiGEiSrS'S t ■ ' VICTORIA AVENUE, WANGANUI. . , 4 >■ . . All. orders and repairs to be left at the r resent shop,, where immediate attention will be paid to them; SEVENTH YEAR OF PUBLICAHardingy >Sß« Almanac NEW ZEALAND YEAR BOOK *'„,- ■ AND JkAST COAST DiRECTORY AND ! LOCAL.GtfTDE. rpH|s fortlicbmfnjf volnme will conJL ' tain afl*the 'distinguishing features of previous issues; and additional useful maj?ipfj>iwggested by the experience of^jn^r years. Will be found of value as ft book of permanent ref&rpnce. __ Price twp shHli«f si;~^Dst free to any . address -in iMew. ?ealan4 where there is no loc?l agency. An exopllent medium for aflYeriisers. COUPIiAND H4HDINO, Priater and Publisher, Napier, ,