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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 13, 1 December 1877, Page 1

]Y"*EW ZEALAND RAILWAY.^ NAPIER-MANAWATU RAILWAY PAPATU BRIDGE CONTRACT. Public Works .Office, Wellington, 14th November, 1877 WRITTEN TENDERS will be r - ceived at this edifice up to NOON «k WEDNESDAY, the 2nd January, 187---for the above contract. They must bo n - dressed to the Hon. the Minister f Public Works, Wellington, and mark • i outside " Tender for Papatu Brid^ • Contract, Permanent Way." Plans amo specifications may be seen at the Publi •. Works Offices, Auckland, Wanganui. 'Christchurch, Foxton, Wellingtoj., Dunedin, Invercargill, t the Survc\ Office, Nelson, and at the Post Offieu, Napier. Telegtaphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office hy NOON of the same datt-. provided that written tenders' m due form are lodged at a.District or Residens Engineer's Office by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank m the town where the tender is lodger! ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one day- . and to be m 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. x . By command. JOHN CARRUTHERS, Engtneer-in-Chief. N.B. — Plans for this contract can bo purchased at the above offices." TENDERS.' * , TROLLING STOCK CONTRACT. Public Works Office, 'Wanganui, Nov. 16th. 1877. . TENDER§,will^ej^^j;ejd:ad4ressed >to the undersigned at this officiTup to NOON of THURSDAY; the oU'of December, 1877, for the Construction, Erection, and Complete Finishing of eight (8) Timber Tracks. - ... " Specifications, general conditions, drawings, &c, can be seen at the Public Works office* Wanganui and Foxton. Tenders must be accompanied ' by a cheque for £20 on some Bank m the town where the Tender, is lodged, such cheque to be specially marked by a banker, as good for twenty-one days. . ■ The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. J. REES, Resident Engineer. TMPOUNDING NOTICE. Impounded m the Public Pound, Feilding. by the Natives oE Awahuri, on the 13th November, 1877 : — One Bay Colt, unbroken, two white hind feet, no visible brands. If not claimed, and expenses paid, it will be sqld<4th December, 1877, m accordance with the provisions of the Impounding Act. R.THOMAS PRICE, Poundkeeper. * vc^ s> Ife r£ .&: PRO.OTOE, WATCHMAKER ANDMANUPACTURIIfG- JEWELLER, Of Chrisfccliurcli and Hokitikia, Has arrived' with a Large and Magnificent Stock of JEWELLERY, which will be ON VlEW 'at the 1 CLARENDON HOTEL till Monday Eveningnext. , •- Special attention is called to the New Zealand Greenstone Goods. T., R. Pboctob, from thirty years' experience m- the Spectacle branch of ' his business, knowing the difficulty there has been m procuring the same of reliable material, properly adiusted to the sight, has secured the services of a first-class and thoroughly qualified Optician (late of Ross', London), and the.- ONLY PRACTICAL OPTICIAN IN NEW Zealand, can guarantee to supply Spectacles m any description of frame, suitable to any sight, of the very best Brazilian Pebbles, or the Patent Tinted, or other Crystals. The near-sighted, and those suffering from weak eyes, requiring Spectacles, should take the opportunity of calling upon T. R. Peoctob daring' his visit to ; Palmerston, when they can have their sight gauged aud registered, by Dr. Ackland's patent Optometer for carefully testing the sight, and- supplying suitable spectacles, as they can at any time be supplied by post.