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Patea Mail, 13 February 1882, Page 2

Tenders. TENDERS wanted for Works in connection with the New Plymouth Waterworks, until Noon on Thursday, 16th instant. Contract No. I—Making Head Race and Reservoir, about 8,000 yards. Contract No. 2—Making and Building Concrete, labor only. Contract No. 3—Carting all Material from the Beach to the Works, about 1200 tons. Plans and all information at the Borough Council Offices, New Plymouth, where tenders will be received. HENDERSON, FERGUS, & MACKIE, Contractors. Mi New Zealand Railways. FOXTON AND NEW PLYMOUTH RAILWAY. WAYERLEY-PATEA. WHENUAKURA CONTRACT.— FORMATION & PERMANENT WAY. (Length, about miles.) Public Works Office, Wellington, February 7, 1882. WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office until NOON on FRIDAY", the 10th March, 1882, for the above contract. They are to be marked on the outside “Tender for Whennkura Contract,” and addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works. 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 are lodged at any District or Resident Engineer’s Office by the same hour. Drawings, specifications, and general conditions may be seen at this office, and at the Public Works Offices, Graharnstown, Auckland, Wanganui, Christchurch, Hawera, Dunedin, Invercargill, and at the Chief Surveyor’s Office at Napier and at New Plymouth. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By command. JOHN BLACKETT, Engineer in Charge, North Island. MR GREENWOOD, Dentist, will visit Patea professionally about the middle of February. Sales by Auction. Patea Ram and Ewe Fair. Annual Ram and Ewe Fair TO BE HELD AT C. 3J 1 . Barker’s Yards, FATE A, ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15. Mr C. F. Barker has received instructions to sell by public auction, 100 2-tooth Pure Lin- i nn IUU coin Bams These Rams are from the flock of H. J. Hall, Esq., Leeston, Canterbury, and are bred from imported Pure Stock on both sides —the Rams being from the flocks of Thomas Kirkham, of Biscathorpe, and Wright, of Lincolnshire. The Sheep from the same flock gave great satisfaction to buyers last season, both on account of the fineness of their wool and soundness of their constitution. Competent judges consider the draft this year to be decidely superior. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The Christchurch Press speaks of them thus :—“ Export of Sheep—On Saturday afternoon one hundred Lincoln rams from the well-known flock of Mr 11. J. Hall, were shipped to Patea. Mr Hall’s sheep bear deservedly so high a character, that this shipment will no doubt be highly appreciated by the district to which they have been sent.” The Lyttelton Times thus : “ Stud Rams—On Saturday 100 stud rams from the flock of Mr H. J. Hall, of Ellesmere, were shipped in the ss Penguin, for Mr C. F. Barker, to Patea. The whole of the animals showed splendid wool and symmetry. Also, On account of John Sheild, Esq., PURE LINCOLN RAMS. 5 4-toothed Rams 7 2-toothed Rams These Sheep are bred by Mr Sheild, and are the progeny of Ewes and Rams