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Patea Mail, 11 September 1880, Page 1

Tenders. TENDERS are invited up to 4 p.m. : on Tuksday, the 14th instant, for Erecting a Verandah to shop front. JOHN WHELAN. Paiea, September 9th. ill Defence Department. SEALED tenders in duplicate will be received by the undersigned up to jjfth September, for the supply of . .dons for twelve months from 15th October, 1880, for the Colonial Forces between the Patca and Mokan Rivers. Specifications can be seen at the Militia offices, Wanganui and Carlyle, and at the Constabulary offices at Hawera, Waihi, Opunake, and New Plymouth. Each tender must be accompanied by a cheque for .-£2O marked by a banker as good for 21 days, and made payable to the Receiver-General, Wellington, and not to bearer. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. H. E. READER, Lieut. Col. Commissioner A.C. Force and A.S. for Defence. ,J»y € &0 NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. STATION BUILDINGS CONTRACT. WAYERLEY SECTION. Public Works Office, Wanganui, 20th August, 1880. WRITTEN tenders will be received at the Public Works Office, Wanganui, up to NOON on TUESDAY, the 14th SEPTEMBER, for Station Buildings on the Waverley Section of the Foxton-New Plymouth Railway. Tenders to be addressed to the Minister for Public Works; to be in proper form and enclosed to the undersigned, to be marked outside, ” Waverley Station Tender.” In case of a telegraphic tender, a written tender must be lodged at a Government office. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Wanganui and Foxton, and at the Post Office, Waverley. JOHN T. STEWART, District Engineer. Si-: £ TENDERS FOR INLAND MAIL SERVICES FOR 1881 & 1882. Chief Post Office, Wanganui, 31st August, 1880. SEALED tenders will be received at the Chief Post Office, Wanganui, until Thursday, the 30th September proximo, for the conveyance of Mails between the undermentioned places, tor a period of two years, from the Ist of January, 1881, to the 31st December, 1882. *3. Waitotara Post Office and Railway Station and Ngnire, daily *2. Waitotara Post Office and Railway Station and Hawera, daily 3. Bulls and Great ford, daily 4. Wanganui and Makirikiri, twice weekly 5. Marton and Tutacnui, twice weekly 6. Marton and Crofton, twice weekly 7. Marton and Crofton, thrice weekly 8. Wanganui Post Office and Wharf as required 9. Wanganui Post Office and Bailway Station as required 10. Wangaehu Post Office and Railway Station, thrice weekly 11. Marton Post Office and Railway Station as required. 12. Brunswick Post Office and Railway Platform, thrice weekly 13. Maxwelltown Post Office and Railway Platform Okehu, daily

The services marked thus * may be affected by railway extension, and may be terminated by the PostmasterGeneral on his giving one month’s notice in writing. The attention of intending tenderers is directed to the following danse of the terras and conditions of contract printed at the back of the tender forms : “ The days and hours of arrival and departure to be fixed from time to time as the Postmaster-General may direct. For services performed by coach, no stage shall exceed twelve miles, except by special permission from the PostmasterGeneral, who shall determine whether or not longer stages arc unavoidable.” Contractors, whose tenders may be accepted, must be prepared to carry out the services tor which they tender according to the time-tables framed by the department. Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of contract, may be procured at any post office. No tender will be considered unless made on the printed form. Tenders indorsed “ Tenders for Mail Service No. ,” to be addressed to the Postmaster-General, "Wellington, and enclosed to the Chief Postmaster, Wanganui. J. MCBETH. Chief Postmaster.