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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 14, 5 December 1877, Page 1

]V"EW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. NAPIER-MAN AWATU RAILWAY. PAPATU BRIDGE CONTRACT. Public Works Office, Wellington, 14th November, 1877 WRITTEN TENDERS wiirbe received at this office up to NOON on WEDNESDAY, the 2nd January, 1878, for the above contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public "Works, Wellington, and marked outside " Tender for Papatu Bridge Contract, Permanent "Way." Plans and specifications may be seen at the. Public Works Offices, Auckland, Wanganui, Christchurch, Foxton, "Wellington, Dunedin, Invercargill, the Survey Office, Nelson, and at the Post Office, Napier. Telegraphic tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at. any Telegraph | Office. by NOON of the same date, provided that written tenders m due i form are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer's Office by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank 1 m the town where the tender is lodged ; j such cheque to be specially marked by i a banker as good for twenty*one days, and to be m favor of the ReceiverGeneral's Deposit Account only, and [ not to bearer or order. The lowest or ! any tejader will not necessarily be accepted. By command. JOHN CARRUTHERS, I Engineer-in-Chief. N.B» — Plans for this contract can be purchased at the above offices. TENDERS., i TJOLLING STOCK CONTRACT. ! Tublic Works Office, I-. • Wanganui, Nov. 16th, 1872. . TENDERS wil 1 be received addressed to the undersigned at this office up to NOON of THURSDAY, the 6th of De- ; cember, 1877j for the Construction* ; Erection, and Complete Finishing of (8) Timber Trucks. Specifications, general conditions, drawings, &c, can be seen at the. Pub.--lie Works office; 1 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. THE MANAWATU HIGHWAYS BOARD Will receive TENDERS up to 10 a.m. on the 10th December next from parties willing to make a Valuation m terms of the Rating Act, 1876. Parties tendering will have to satisfy the Board as to their competency to make a proper Valuation, - A Copy of the Rating Act Maps of the District under management of the Board, and the names of the Ratepayers m the present Rate Book, can be seen at the Highway Board Office, Palmerston North. * The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. HENRY McNEIL, Chairman I - Manawatu Highway Board. NOTICE TO RATEPAYERS IN MANAWATU HIGHWAYS DISTEIOT. You are hereby requested to make payment of all Rates due to date. If the same be, not paid without delay, legal proceedings will be taken. By order of the Board. JAMES LINTON, Collector. Palmerstoh, 22nd November, 1877. T IVERPOOL and LONDON and I J GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. . All classes of Fibe Risks m town or country taken at current rates. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent. ERNEST S. THYNNB, Sub-Agent, Foxton.