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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4967, 22 February 1877, Page 3

Government Notices 28 gOUTH AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS. KAPUNDA AND NORTH-WEST BEND LINE. Engineer-in-Chief’s Office, Adelaide, January 15, 1877. TENDERS will be received at this office up till NOON of MONDAY, 19th MARCH, for the Construction of a Line of Railway beKapunda and the North-West Bend of the River Murray, being a total length of 55 miles 58,40 chains. The Contract will comprise every operation necessary for the construction of a line of railway, with the exception of station buildings and works appertaining thereto, the supply of all labor and materials except rails and fastenings for the permanent way, and the maintenance of the whole works for one month Drawings and specifications maybe inspected at this office, At the [offices of Messrs. H. P. Welsh and Co., Melbourne and Sydney, At the offices of Messrs. H. Houghton and Co., Dunedin, At the Union Bank, Christchurch, At the offices of Messrs. Thornton, Smith, and Frith, Auckland, And at office of the New Zealand Times, Wellington. The works shown on the drawings referred to in the specification and enumerated in the approximate schedule of quantities have been commenced by the Government by day labor, and the contractor will be required to take over the work in tHe condition in which it may be .at the expiration of one calendar month from the date of the notification of the acceptance of his tender, when the work already executed shall be finally measured up in accordance with Clause 75 of the Conditions of Contract. Each tender must be accompanied by a bank receipt for £SOO in favor of the Honorable Commissioner of Railways, without which no tender will be entertained. Neither the lowest nor any tender will be necessarily accepted. H. C. MAIS, Engineer-in-Chief. pUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF CROWN LANDS ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS. Sections 197, 199, 203, 205, and 262, in the township of Sandon, in the ManawatuDistrict, will be sold on FRIDAY NEXT, at noon, at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington. Upset price, 20s per acre. JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH, Chief Commissioner, Waste Lands Board. Crown Lands Office, Wellington, February 20, 1877. General Survey Office, Wellington, February 14, 1877. WANTED, Two temporary AssistantSurveyors (accustomed to forest work preferred) for Patea, Taranaki District, Salary, £275 per annum. Applications in writing, with necessary certificates, to be made to the Chief Surveyor, New Plymouth, up to Ist March, 1877. A. BARRON, For the Surveyor-General. . The board of the education DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON. WANTED, Assistant .Mistresses‘for Fosfdn and Palmerston Schools, and a Mistress'for a small country school at Gladstone, neafUarterton. Apply to CHARLES C. GRAHAM, ■, i . ' . “Secretary.,V 4a JjIEATHERSTON HIGHWAY BOARD. NOTICE is hereby given that leases for a period of tweve months, from the Ist of March, 1877, to the. 28th Februray,, 1878, of the undermentioned Public Tolls will be sold by public auction at Mr. R. Lucas’s saleroom. Grey town, con SATURDAY, the 24th of FEBRUARY, at noon;— The Featherston Tollgate The Waihenga Bridge Tollgate. Conditions of each lease may be seen at the Institute, Greytown.

R.. BARTON, Chairman Feathjarpaii Highway Board. Taratahi-cartertc BOARD. HIGHWAY NOTICE is hereby given ChjflHhe Lease for a period of twelve months from'tße Ist March, 1877, to 28th February, 1878, <Jf the Toll of the Waiobine Gate will be at public auction by W. Stuart Forbes, alllfts auction room, Carterton, on TUESDAY,f' at 11 a.m. Conditions of lease mayjl tioneer’s office, Carterton W. 800T > Taratahi-Cartertoj ?27th INST.', pray Board. at the aucMoney M ONEYTO L. E N D Several sums of Money for Investment Freehold or Leasehold Securities. MOORHOUSE & STAFFORD, Solicitors, Wellington. M ONEY to Lend on Freehold Security. W. H. QUICK, Lambton-quay. Wanted THE PRESS. —An experienced journalist who for some years past has occupied a prominent position on the Australian Press, and is at present visiting New Zealand, is open to an engagement. Address, A.T.Z., office of this paper. AN experienced Saleswoman and Milliner is open for an engagement. For address, apply W. & G. Turnbull and Co. W ANTED, a good General Hand for the Drapery. E. M. Lowater, Cubastreet. WANTED the following numbers of the New Zealand Mail, 1876 :—Feb. 12, Feb. 19, April 8 (2 copies), May 27 (2 copies). Address Manager, New Zealand Times. WANTED KNOWN, that there are for sale cheap at the Wellington Coach Factory—l butcher’s cart, 1 light spring cart, 1 heavy do., 1 spring wharf dray, 1 Wharf dray, 1 contractor’s dray, 1 second-hand spring cart, 1 brake with stationary pole WANTED KNOWN, that the Times _ has the best assortment of. POSTER TYPE In the city, and can supply the wants of the public, in bills of any dimensions, 5» plain or colored inks.