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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 294, 13 December 1877, Page 3

CHEISTIAS i_CHEISTIAS I ! JUST ARRIVED— A very fine lot of ; FRUITS especially aeclected for the month, consisting of Currants, Eaisins, Sultanas, Osange, Lemon, and Citron Peels, Figs, Jordan Almonds, Nuts, Essences, &0., • and a very large assortment of CONFECTIONERY. W "PATTERSON intends, for Ibis •JT month only, to offer the above lot for less than prices usually quoted, to meet the dullneess of the present time, and to give the laboring mttn & chance of having their ci9totnary Christmas Podding Cheap. Also, some of the finest New Season's TEA that can be obtained in the Colony (the beet value j et offered) . SUCrARS.— Aa the Preserving season has now commenced, we have on hind a few tone, comprising Crushed Loaf, White Crystals, White Moist, t allow & Brown t Prices and Samples can be had on application POULTBY.—A large supply will be on Mod for Christmas. W. PATTERSON, Corner of Waimea and Hardy-sc, Nelson. CAUTION. THE undersigned hereby CAUTIONS any ;one from NEGOTIATING a CHEQUE drawn by Johst Tregea, for the sum of £n 15s. 6d. in favor of 4647 H. WARREN. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. NAPIER-ftUNAWATU RAILWAY. FAPATfJ BRIDGE CONTRACT. Public Works Office. Wellington, 14th November, 1877. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this Office until NOON on WEDNESD&.Y, the 2nd January 1877, for the above contract. . They must be addressed to tl>e F/on 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'JSurvey Office Nelson, and at the Post Ofiice, Napier. Telegraphic Tenders similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presentel at any Telegraph Office by NOON of the state date, provided that written tenders in <>w form are lodged ap a District of Resident Engineer's Office by the same h^ur, an<{ accompanied by a ch&que on some Bank in the town where the tender is lodged ;.;such cheque being specially marked 'by a banker aa to be good for twenty -one day?, <uid to be in invour of the KeceiverGeneral's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necesssri'y be accepted. By command, JOHN CARRDTHERS, Engineer-i n-Chie f. N.B — Plans for this contract can be purchased at the above Offices. 4439