TO CONTRACTORS. rpENDERR are invited for the SUPPLY and JL DELIVERY at foot of o'd poles, of the following number of POLES, between the undermentioned points, on the Telegraph Line from a point two miles Nelson side of the Wakamarin: to a point five miles short of the City of NeUon ; SECTION NO. 1. From a point two miles Nelson side of the Wakamarina to the Herenga bridge : 191 20-feet poles, 8 inches square at butt, and 6 inches at top. Tenders to state price per pole for all heart of totara, or for any other description of timber, and time required to supply and deliver at foot of old poles. SECTION NO. 2. From the Herenga bridge to the foot of the Maungatapu, Nelson side: 107 poles, 16 feet long, 8 inches square at butt, and 6 inches square at top ; sawn or squared timber. Tenders to state price per pole for all heart of totara, or for any other description of timber, and time required o supply and deliver at foot of old pole 3. SECTION NO. 3. From the foot of the Maungatapu, Nelson side, to a point about five miles short of Nelson; 58 poles, 20 feet long, 8 inches square at butt, and 6 inches square at top ; to be all heart of totara, and perfectly free from sap, bad knots, shakes, or speckled timber. Tenders to state price per pole, and time required to supply and deliver at foot of old poles. Separate tenders will be received for each of the above sections, or one tender for the whole, but in any case the tenderer must define the price per pole for each section, and also' time of delivery. Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit of £10, as a' guarantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited, should any tenderer -refuse to sign the contract in the event of his tender being accepted. Each tender must include the names of two (2) sureties for approval, who are willing to-be-come bond for the due performance of the contract in the event of the tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to that effect, signed by the proposed sureties. Further. information can be obtained at: the Telegraph- Offices, .WeUington, and* Harelock. ■-" "' '-' j Tender* endorsed, "Tendeffl for supply and delivery oi poles Nelßoniluie^'Jarid' addressed, "The General Manager, New Zeafand Telegraph, Wellington," to bo aent-ui notlate'r than the 10th August, 1872. , w r ; >s/i :;^^/ ; j, / . (l :^ . ; , By. order of 'the ;Td^apJ^..Goinmiaßipiier, :;-.'■] '"',..■ \; v v"\ '■... jjC&^XißiSfpK^jf, .af-V . ; v < •. r' '}'. ■'.'• ■• ;;%:.'■'■' •/■;vv ;: :..: :^Generai;Manßger. ; I . ■ ■■ '' WeUkgt^^^'Zealanai:« ;^^ t. /.# ; j ;i ■'%;■;«,%;?,?•' ■:;■ ' •;.,;■;••; July ; I0i;ilWS!^|?^ ;;4^,vls?t : , '-■■'"/: "'! '-.'■' i V^fi^?^i^&Sl&iX> '-'■'■•■ '.' ■ ••'■!' ■'■■ '"'"'
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 183, 2 August 1872, Page 4
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437Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 183, 2 August 1872, Page 4
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