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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 15, 8 December 1877, Page 1

IVTEW ZEALAND RAILWAY . N, APIER-MANAWATU RAILW A'v - PAPATU BRIDGE CONTRACT. Public Works Office, Wellington, 14th November, 1877 . WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up to NOON ou WEDNESDAY, the 2nd January, 187y, for the above contract. They must be ai'» dressed to the Hon. the Minister fo • Public Works, Wellington, and niarkt* I outside •" Tender ' for Papatu Bridg- 1 Contract, Permanent Way." Plans an ! specifications may be seen at the Publi ' Works Offices, Auckland, Wanganui, Christchurch, Foxton, Wellington. Dunedin, Invercargill, the Survey Office, Nelson, and at the Post Offici"". 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 duo form are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer's Office .by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque 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' daysj and to be m favor of the ReceiverGeneral's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or > any tender -will not necessarily, be accepted. By command. ' JOHN CARRUTHERS, Engineer-in-ChieL : N.B. — Plans for this contract can be purchased- at the above offices. THE MANAWATU, HIGHWAYS BOARD Will receive TENDERS .Up to 10 a.m. on the 10th December next from parties 1 willing to' make a Valuation m terms- o£ the Rating Act, 1876. . . Parties tendering will have to satisfythe Board as to their competency to make a proper Valuation. _ . . A - . .'.<. •A Copy -of the -Rating Acfr Mapsjjf rhe District under management of the Uoard, and the names of the Ratepayers ;in the present Rate Bcfok, ean v be seen at the Highway Board Office, Palmerston North i The lowest or any tender' not heces* sarily accepted. i_ HENRY McNEIL, Chairman Manawatii Highway Board. NOTICE TO RATEPAYERS -IN MANAWATU HIGHWAYS DISTRICT. 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. Palraerston, 22nd November, 1877. rjy 9 MA N S ON , DRAPER, &c, In returning thanks to the Inhabitants of Palmerston and surrounding district for past favours, wonld call special at* tention to his NEW STOCK OF SUMMER GOODS* Comprising the following lines : — Ladies' Costumes, m Stuff, from 19s 6d Ladies' Costumes, m" Pique^from 18s 6d Ladies' Costumes, m Holland, front ' 14s 6d. Ladies' Skirts, m great variety, from 3slodChildren's- Summer Costumes, from * 3s lOd Children's Summer Jackets, from 2s 6d All the Latest Novelties m Millinery and Straw Hats Men's Tweed Trousers, from 12s 6d Men's Tweed Trousers and Vest, from 18s 9d Men's Tweed Coats* from 11s 6d Men's Cord Trousers, from 12s 6d Boys' Strong Cord Trousers, from 4s 6d Men's Oxford Shirts, from 2s 4d Boy's Oxford Shirts, from 2s 4d Men's and Boys' Summer Jackets m Holland, Lustre, and Alpaca Men's Felt Hats, from 4s •v* Also, A Large Stock of Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Baby Linen, &c. JUST OPENED UP, A Splendid Assortment of Fancy Goods, Suitable for Birthday & Christinas Gifts.