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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 87, 4 September 1863, Page 4

Miscellaneous. NEW ZEALAND MAIL STEAM * SERVICES. TENDERS AEE REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND FOR THE PERFORM 4JSTCE OF THE UNDERMENTIONED SERVICES. 11 Steamer to leave Melbourne within twenty- • ' four hours after the due date of the arrival of the European Mail Contract Boat, for Port Chalmers, Ota<jo, calling' at the Bluff. To wait in Melbourne for the Mail, if detained, not more than four days, after its due date. 2. A steamer to leave Port Chalmers for Melbourne, calling at the Bluff, carrying the Homeward Mail of the Colony to Melbourne not later than two p.m. on the 16th of each month, except February, and then on the 14th. The steamers employed must be subject to the approval of the Government, and must be able to maintain an average speed of not less than* eight knots an hour on each voyage. All Post Office Mails must bo received on board and delivered to destination free of charge. Mails to be taken from and delivered on board of the European Mail Contract Steamer in Hobson's Bay, nt the expense of the contractor. A free chief cabin passage must be at the service of a clerk or agent of the Post Office, on the requisition cf the Government, and proper accommodation provided for sorting letters. The tender to state the amount of penalty recoverable for general non-performance of contract; a penalty of £100 per diem will be required for delay in departure after the time fixed on each voyage, and an additional penalty of £300 for failure, after such delay in delivering the homeward mail in Melbourne prior to the departure of the European Mail Contract Boat from that port. The tenders may state the sum for which the whole or any portion of the forementioned services will be undertaken. The contract to commence on January Ist, 1864, and to continue in force until the expiration of six calendar months' notice to be given by cither of the parties to the other of his intention to determine the same; provided always that the contract shall not terminate before the 31st day of December, 1864. The tenders to be endorsed "Tenders for the New Zealand Mail Services," to be addressed to the Postmaster General of New Zealand, and to be posted at Dunerlin not later than the 18th day o September next. Readek Grßsoir Wood. General Post Office, Auckland, 22nd June, 1863 £5 REWARD. HUPPOSED to have been stolen from the Dome )O Pass on the 30th ult., a Light Bay Horse, branded JH 243 O on the off shoulder. Anyone delivering the same at the Station of the undersigned, and (if stolen), giving such infonmation as will lead to the conviction of the thief, will receive the above reward. D. A. CAMERON. Nokomai, loth August, 1863. T OST between the residence of Mr C. N. CampU bell and the Mechanics' Institute, a Lady's Gold Watch. The finder will be rewarded by bringing it to the ofßre of C. N. Campbell and Co., corner of Tay and Dee streets. NOTICE. ON and after Ist July, Livery will be 10s. per nignt instead of 15s. as heretofore, at Gobb and Co.'s Stables, Dee-street. W. H. BRAYTON AND CO. NOTICE. ON and after Wednesday, tlie 22nd instant, the offices of Mr South, Solicitor, will be in Kelvin -street, nest to the old Union Bank of Australia. NOTICE. MR WILLIAM DAVISON is requested to call at Messrs Mueller and Geisow's Office, Tay street, and to pay the balance due on Section 18, Block 72, Invercargill. If the same is not paid within a week from this date deposit will be forfeited. Mueller and Geisow, Auctioneers, Authorised Surveyors and Land Agents. TO PUBLIC COMPANIES, MERCHANTS &c, &c, &c. "VfOW being erected in Invercargill, situated in XN Dee-streec, about midway between the Government Offices and the Prince ef Wales Hotel, same side, a handsome building with a frontage of 48 feet, by a depth of 74 feet. The front elevation presents a facade of cast-iron, the prominent feature of which is a recessed portico, formed of arches borne on fluted columns, with Corinthian capitals and flanked on each side with towers, the whole forming a most elegant and substantial .^structure. The proprietor is willing to treat for the gale or lease of the whole building (with the reservation of a suit of offices), or he will subdivide the property as follows, and let at current rates :— GROUND FLOOR, A suit of offices on each side of the buiding, centre a large Auction Room or Exchange, with an arched entrance, twelve feet wide. SECOND FLOOR, Three suits of Offices occupying the whole front of the building ; also, six offices, three on each sirle of the building, entering by a large lobby, and lighted from the sides by handsome windows. THIRD FLOOR, Offices or sleeping apartments. j There is sufficient yard room behind, communicated with by a floored right-of-way, twelve feet wide. It is expected the building will be comDleted within two months. Appljto MR WATT, On the premises. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. DAVID WEBSTER begs to inform his friends and the public, that he has removed from Clyde-street, to his new and more commodious premises in Dee-street, where he will continue to carry on the Painting Business in all its branches, and will always have on sale Paperhangings and Decorations of the newest designs. Window Glass, all sizes/ White Lead, Oils, Paints, Brushes, Varnishes, &c. ' DEE-STREET, Nearly opposite the Government Offic es _ — NOTICE.— Christians will Meet for Worship at 11 o'clock, on Lord's day-mornings, in the Hall of the Mechanics' Institute. "VTOTICE. I—Finding1 — Finding great difficulty in collecting 1M outstanding accounts, I hereby intimate that all debts due to me unpaid by the 20th September next, shall be publicly advertised. ... WILLIAM ROEBUCK, Royal Hotel Stables. August 17tb, 1863. TNVERCARGILL TOTAL ABSTINENCE JL SOCIETY. — Parties desirous of joining the abovo society, are requested to apply to ' J. H. PERKINS, Secretary Tay-strect, Invercargill.