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Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 301, 6 March 1878, Page 1

Notices. Oil Sale, FLOUR, Tons, Sugars, Rice, Oatmeal, Sago, Coffee, Tapioca, Chocolate, Cocoa, Sauces, Mustard, and every requisite of the trade. A large and well assorted stock of CEOCKE R V. 0L O T II I N G-Men’s, Roys’, and Youths’ strong and serviceable Tweeds. Zronmongeiy in all its brandies. The largest and best assorted stock of Men’s, Youths’, Ladies’, and Children’s BOOTS in the district. GIC X KRA LSTOU KK E E i'JCK, Manutahi. Agencies— Patea District Land and Building Society, Patea Mail, Wanganui Daily and Weekly Chronicle, and Taranaki Herald. do 5$ iS-gii NOTICE OF LAND SALE. Provincial District of Taranaki. TOWN OF STRATFORD. IN or about the mouth of APRIL, 1878, Allotments in the Town of Stratford, situate on the Mountain Road, at hs intersection by the Patou River, and distant 29 miles from New Plymouth, 1-i miles from Inglewood, and 17 miles from Ilawcra, will bo offered for sale. The Town is situate on the line of the Waitara-Wanganui Railway, which is now open between New Plymouth and Inglewood ; the earth works are completed, and the bridges in course of construction, between Inglewood and the Mangamawhcto River — i.e., to within 9 miles of Stratford —and the bush lias been felled along the railway line, preparatoiy to carrying on the construction from Mangamawhete to Stratford, and a sum has been voted by the General Assembly for completing the railway to this point. The importance of the site selected for the Town will be best indicated by stating that at, or near, this point will be the junction of the Wellington, Auckland, and New Plymouth Railways. The site of the Town has been felled, and the sale is delayed til! April in order that lire bush may bo burnt, and intending purchasers enabled both to inspect allotments before bidding, and also to commence building immediately after the sale, should they desire to do so, which would be impossible if the laud was sold with the bush still standing on it. By order of the Board, C. D. WHITCOMB K, Chief Commissioner. Waste Lands Board Office, Taranaki, December 5, 1877. TGO-s-tc M B«1 ge PATEA HARBOR WORKS AND RIYER IMPROVEMENTS. Hotice to Contractors. Q BALED TENDERS will be received ij until noon of Thursday, the 1-lth MARCH, 1878— For the Erection of the First Section of the proposed Patea Harbor Workbeing a BREAKWATER of about 600 Feet in length, composed of Hubble and Concrete. Plans and specifications can be seen at the offices of Mr Alfred Backhand, Auckland; Mr R. J. Duncan, Wellington ; ami at the office of the Board, Carlyle, Patea. Tenders must be accompanied with cash, or cheque marked by the Banker, good for one month, for 5 per cent, upon the amount of the tender. Tenders must be addressed to the Secretary of the Harbor Board, Carlyle, Patea, and indorsed “ Tender for Breakwater.” The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. G. F. SHERWOOD, 105 Chairman of the Board. KETEMARAE SAWMILL, A/tATAI & WHITE PINE TIMBER iVi cut to order on shortest notice, also Rata. AGENTS: Manutahi—Mr P. Campbell. Hawera—Mr Furlong. JAMES ROBSON. Ketomarac, October 15, 1876. J UST OPENED—A large assortment of Fancy Dress Goods and Fichus—At T. North, Excelsior House.