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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5136, 8 September 1877, Page 3

Tenders Z 4 OUTH AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS. PORT AUGUSTA AND GOVERNMENT GUMS LINE. Engineer-in-Chief’s Office, Adelaide, 25th June, 1877. TENDERS will be received at this office up to Noon on MONDAY, the Ist OCTOBER, for • the construction of a line of railway between Port Augusta and the Government Gums, being a distance of 200 miles or thereabouts. Plans and specifications can be seen at this office on and after Monday, the 30th July, and at the office of the New Zealand Times, Wellington, on and after Monday, the 13th August. Each tender must be accompanied by a bank deposit receipt for £IOOO in favor of the Hon. Commissioner of Railways. Neither the lowest nor any tender necessarily accepted. ’ H. C. MATS, Engineer-in-Chief. gOUTH AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS. MOUNT GAMBIER AND BIVOLI BAY LINE. Engineer-in-Chief’s Office, Adelaide, Ist August, 1877. TENDERS will be received at this office up till NOON on MONDAY, 29th OCTO--BER, for the Constructian of a Line of Railway from Mount Gambier to Rivoli Bay, being a length of C 0 -V miles or thereabouts. Plans and speqifioations can be seen at this office, and at the office of the New Zealand Times, Wellington, on and after Wednesday, the 12th September. Each tender must be accompanied by a Bank Deposit Receipt for £SOO in favor of the Hon. Commissioner of Railways. Neither the lowest nor any tender necessarily accepted. H. O. MAIS, Engineer-in-Chief. N EW ZEALAND RAILWAYS, KAIPARA-PUNIU RAILWAY. NEWOASTLE-OHAUPO CONTRACT, PERMANENT WAY, &c. LENGTH ABGUT 19 MILES 60 CHAINS. Public Works Office, Wellington, 13th August, 1877. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up to NOON on WEDNESDAY, the 12th SEPTEMBER, 1877, for the above contract. They must be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington, and marked outside “Tender for NewcastleOhaupo Contract (Permanent Way, &c.) Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. 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 in due form are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer’s Office by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on some bank in the town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in 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-Chief. Freight eor picton, nelson, AND GREYMOUTH. Public Works Office Wellington, September 6, 1877. SEPARATE TENDERS will be received at this office until NOON on WEDNESDAY, 12th INST., for the conveyance of the undermentioned Rails and Fastenings, viz. About 67 tons to Picton, 103 tons to Nelson, and 49 tons to Greymouth ; the whole to arrive ex Orari. Tendei’S to be addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, marked outside, “ Tender for. Freight,” and to contain a marked cheque for £lO for each of the services to Picton and Greymouth, and one for £ls for the service at Nelson. Specifications of packages and conditions of freight can be seen at this office. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. JOHN KNOWLES, Under-Secretary for Public Works. Public Notices rjnHE RATEPAYERS OF TE ARO JL . WARD. Ladies and Gentlemen, — , Allow me to thank you for the confidence you evince by again proposing me as a candidate for the representation of Te Aro Ward in the City Council. My experience of the Corporation is, that the hard work is not confined to general meetings of the Council, and, therefore, the man who wishes to be of use to the ratepayers must take a lively interest the details—such as public works, drainage, and wharf committees. This is where the real work occurs, and if during the pass few months I have merited your approbation, and you think it advisable to re-elect me, I can only say that my best exertions shall be used to further the interests of Te Aro Ward in particular and the city in general. I beg to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, EDWARD DIXON. Wellington, Sept. 5, 1877. ELLINGTON GAS COMPANY (LIMITED). NOTICE TO CONSUMERS. ■ Gas Accounts can be paid every day at the office of Mr. J. H. Heaton, Custom House Agent, Panama-street. J. R. GEORGE, Manager. September 3, 1877. rjIIMARU HARBOR BOARD. COMPETITIVE PLANS are invited for the construction of a HARBOR and BREAKWATER at Timaru. A bonus of £2OO will be given for the beat plan, and £IOO for the second best plan—both to be approved of by the Board, and the first to be adopted by the Government. Plans to be sent in by Ist October, 1877, to the Chairman of the Timaru Harbor Board. By order. EDW. H. TATE, Secretary. Jg OROUGH OF KUMARA. Applications are required from competent persons willing to fill the offices of Town Clerk and Borough Surveyor for the Borough of Kumara. Salary for the joint offices £350 per annum. Apllicatious to be sent into the undersigned on or before OCTOBER 31, 1877. JAMES WYLDE, Town Clerk. Kumara, August 31, 1877. '