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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 90, 15 September 1863, Page 4

Miscellaneous. ° r ' ' *- NEW ZEALAND MALL STEAM , .. SERVICES. # TENDERS ARE REQUIRED BY T^E GOL VERNMENT OF NEW. ZEALAND FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE.UNDERMENTIONED SERVICES. IA Steamer to leave Melbourne within twenty.: • four hours after «the due date of the arrival ot the European Mail Contract Boat, for Port Chalmers, Otago, 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 J 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 ofthe Government, and must be ablo to, maintain an average speed of not less than eight knots an hour on each voyage. All Post Office Mails miist be received on board 1 and delivered to destination free of charge. Mails to be taken from and delivere^oo board : of the European Mail Contract Steamer m Hobson's Bay, at 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 accommoda. tion 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 wiU be required for delay in departure after the time fixed on each voyage, and an additional penalty of £300 lor failure, after such delay in delivering tho 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 lst, 1864, and to continue in force until the expiration of six calendar months' notice to be given by either of the parties to the other of his intention to determine the same ; provided always tbat the contract shall not terminate before the 31st day of Decern, ber, 1864. The tenders te be endorsed "Tenders for the New Zealand Mail Services," to be addressed to the Postmaster General of New Zealand, and to be posted at Dunedin not later than the 18th day o September next. Ebabbe Gibsok Wood. General Post Office, Auckland, 22nd June, 1863 £5 REWARD. SUPPOSED to have been stolen from tho Dome Pass on the 30th ult., a Light Bay Horse, branded JH 243 O on the off shoulder. Anyone delivering tbe same at the Station ofthe undersigned, and (if stolen), giving such infonmation as will lead to the conviction ofthe thief, will receive the above reWard ' D. A. CAMERON. Nokomai, 15th August, 1863. £1 REWARD. LOST from Messrs Longley and Coxon's, Bluff Road, a Yellow Sheep Bitch ; had on when lost a chain collar. Any person brineing the name to Messrs Longley and Coxon, Tay street, will receive the above reward. ]" OST between the residence of Mr C. N. CampJ bell and the Mechanics* Institute, aLadv's Gold Watch. The finder will be rewarded by bringing it to the office of C. N. Campbell and Co., corner of Tay and Dee streets. TO PUBLIC COMPANIES, MERCHANTS &c, &c, &c. "VfOW being erected in Invercargill, situated in JM Dee-street, about midway between tbe Government Offices and the Prince of 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. Tho proprietor is willing to treat for tbe sale or lease of the wholo 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 binding, centre a larjre Auction Room or Exchange, with an arched entranco, twelve feet wide. SECOND FLOOR, Three suits bf Offices occupying the whole front of the building; also, six offices, three on, each sido of the building, entering by a large lobby, and lightod from the sides by handsome windows. THIRD FLOOR, Offices or sleeping apartments. There is sufficient yard room behind, communicated with by a floored right-of-way, twelve feet It is expected the building will bo completed within two months. Appljt ° MR WATT, On the premises. TNVERCARGILL TOTAL ABSTINENCE 1 SOClETY.— Parties desirous of joining the above society, are requested to apply to J. H. PERKINS, Secretary Tay-etroet, Invercargill. PUBLIC NOTICE. THE undersigned hereby give notice that R. H. Leary is no longer in their employment, either at Dunedin or Invercargill; and is no longer authorised to collect monies or sign for their firm. _ n (Signed) R. WILSON AND CO. Dunedin, September 1, 1863. NOTICE. FROM and after this date Mr George P. HGallop is authorised to collect and pay all monies on my account at Bluff Harbor. __ N.B.— All accounts not paid by the 30tb September, will be placed in the bands of a Solicitor. J. G. H. Bth September, 1863. J. G. HUGHES. WANTED known that all debts contracted at the Royal Hotel, Invercargill, from 1858 to 1861, are about due. Office, Tay street, adjoining Cobb & Co. s Stables. J G. HUvjriliio. Bth September, 1863. MISSING FRIENDS, NEXT OF KIN, UNCLAIMED MONEY RESTORED, &c HOGAN'S AUSTRALIAN, EUROPEAN, AND AMERICAN GENERAL AGENCY OFFICE AND UNIVERSAL NEWS ROOM. Under the patronage of tke Governments oj New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia Western Australia, New Zealatid, %c, §c. MESSRS. FITZGERALD & CO., proprietors of the IirrEBCABGiiJi Times, are hereby appointed my authorised, Aeents. Inquiries for Missing Friends, or ; other > informa-. . tion ysoughK through the advertising, columns of . 'this "journal,* '.will have immediate attention. 1 Agents are appointed in the principal towns in the 1 .world, and newspapers published by them are . regularly filed> and open for the free inspection ol '." the-public. .-; » Address : Portland, Victoria, Australia JOHN HOGAN, PROPRIETOR.