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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 30, 31 January 1877, Page 1

J^EW ZEALAND ; RAILWAYS. NAPIER-^MANAWATU RAILWAY. KOPUA BRIDGE CONTRACT. '' Public Works Office, • ' Wellington, 20th December, 1876. WRITTEN- TENDERS will be. received at this office up to Noon on. WEDNESDAY, the 31st January; 1877, for the above contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside "Tender for Kopiia Bridge Contract.'V Plans and Specifications may be seen, at therPublic, WorksOffices, Auckland, WeU^gtorij Napier, "* Foxton, and Wanganui.^ tenders, similarly addressed andmarked,o will be ,'re.c^yearif.:;prjes'ented.;: i it^.any""' Telegraph Office by Noon of the same date, provided that written tenders m due form are lodged at a district- or Resident Engineer's* Office by. the same- A hour, and accompanied by a cheque on . some bank m the .town where;the tenders is lodged ; such cheque ,to be specially. - marked by a banker as good for twenty- > one days, and to be. in, favour Qf.the, Receiver-General's Deposit: Account r. only, and not to bearer or order. The ! lowest or any tender will not necces--' sarily be accepted. ! '■ : By command; .• > *;, ; JOHN C^RIJTHERS; -'' "" .Engirieer-in-Chief. PUBLIC WORKS, NEW ZEA LAND. r ;.;. CARTING RAILWAY SLEEPERS. H TENDERS will be received by'tW. undersigned up "to NOON on FRIDAY, the 2nd Februar y, 1877, far CicRT-; INiS- .21,800 SLEEEERSfromFeitdi^ Railway^^^Statibn to^pomts 'to the^WaD^ ganui^Manavratu Railway, beginning iabput ;.4 ; mll^es^onithe^,E. side^ of i-Tura--kina'Bridge and going Sbutn-ea^fwardl' Tenders_must . be in.prpper. ,.fona.*^sf case of (telegraphic tenders, witten 'ieni ders to be lodged at a Public Wdi'ki Office. t '-- ■ •■• V, Specifications can be seenat the PubUq tyorks Offices Wanganui, Marton, . Palmerston Northland Foxtpn,vand at the Corporation Offices, 'Feiidrng. • The lowest or any tender hot neces- x sarily accepted. . ~ . . ' JOHN T. STEWART^ % . District Engineer. Public Works Office, Foxton/ ; r • 3rd' January, 1877. GOVERNMENT LANI) ON tm ' FERRED PAYMENTS. ON TUESDAY, 13th FEBRUARY, 1877, 8,600 ACRES, Surveyed into Sections not exceeding 200 ACRES EACH, Will be open for Sale at the Land Office, Wellington, at r ' TWENTY SHILLINGS PER ACRE. One-fifth of ; the purchase money to be paid on, application, and the balance m instalments extending over five years. Within the first two years the selector must build a house of .the value of at least £10, and clear, crop, pr lay down m grass one-tenth part of the land. Also, THIRTY-FIVE SECTIONS, Containing from 200 to 300 ACRES EACH,; ,0 Can be applied for on the same day at TWENTY SHILLINGS PER ACRE. Full payment m cash to be 'made on applying to purchase. The above Crown Lands are m the MANAWATU DISTRICT, To the North of the Manchester, Block, for the most part -level and first-class l soil. The timber being light can- easily be cleared. Should there be two or mpre applications for any of the 35 sections on the same day it will be put up to auction between the applicants ; intending purchasers should advise their .agents accordingly. JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Chief Commissioner Waste Land Board. , Crown Lands Office, ■ -■' ; -=. Wellington, 13th Jan.^ 1877. ;V ~pv E N T I S T R Y. W. H. SE EE T, " • ~ SufiGEOtN DjENTIST," ' ' " At present m "Wanganui, will make a short stay m Palmerston'and Foxton oa his return,' of which due' notice wiU be given.