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Southland Times, Issue 1310, 20 September 1870, Page 4

I Tenders rpENDERS for the Lease of the University Endowment Reserve, in the forks of the Titipua and Hedgehope streams, Forest Hill District, Southland, about 18 miles east from Invercargill, will be received at the Crown Lands Office, Invercargill, till noon of THURSDAY, the 6th of OCTOBER next. Area— lo,ooo acres. Term— Fourteen years. Boundaries— As per map in Survey Office. , ! WALTER H. PEARSON, Commissioner Crown Lands. Crown Lands Offise, : Invercargill, 6th July, 1870. • FERN BUSH.— FARM EOR SALE. TENDERS will be received by the undernamed tip to Ist October, for the purchase of that property at Fern Bash, Jiear Winton, belonging to Mr Harry Armstrong. " There are 226 acres of land, about 15 acres being bush ; 70 acres are fenced, and 35 laid down in grasses. The other, improvements consist of a three-roomed Cottage, Men's Hut, large Barn, Stable, Milking and Calf Shed, Garden, well stocked with Fruit Trees, &c. Tbe property adjoins a bush reserve, in which there is superior timber. , , A station on the Winton Railway will be within a mile of the homestead. The ground is of excellent quality, has a northern aspect, and is beautifully situated on an elevation, from which there is a pleasant view. Title direct from the Crown. For further particulars, apply to Mb 0. C. SPROULL, Near Winton ; Orto JNO. BLACKLOCK. August, 1870. TO CONTRACTORS. npHE Telegraph Commissioner. is prepared to JL receive Tenders for the supply and delivery of four hundred (400) TELEGRAPH POLES, more or less. The poles to be sawn from the heart of totara. ' The poles to be of the following dimensions : — Twenty-five (25) and tweniy (20) feet long (in proportions hereafter to be determined), to be eight (8) inches square at the butt, and six (6) inches square at the top. The poles to be sound, straight, and free from shakes, knots, and sap. N.B. — No pole will be accepted which contains the least sap or speckled, \ timber. ! The poles' to be delivered along a line of telej graph to be hereafter indicated between Invercargill and Riverton at points not less than four I chains apart. " I Tenderers are to specify the price per pole as per sizes given, and the time for completion of contract. Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of twenty .five (£253 as a guarantee of good faith, which sum will be forfeited by any tenderer should he refuse to take up his tender in the event of its being accepted. Each tender must include the names of two sureties for approval, who are willing to become bond for the due performance of the contract, in the event of the tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to that effect, signed by the two proposed sureties. Tenders, endorsed "Tenders for the supply of four hundred (400) Poles," and addressed " The General Manager, Telegraph Department, Wellington," must be sent in not later than the 26th September next. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LEMON, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph, Wellington, 25th August, 1870. . TO CONTRACTORS. I''HE1 ''HE Telegraph. Commissioner is prepared to . receive Tenders for the supply and delivery of one thousand (1000) TELEGRAPH POLES. The poles to be sawn from the heart of totara. The poles to be of the following dimensions : — Twenty-five (25) and twenty (20) feet long (in proportions hereafter to be determined), to be eight (8) inches square at the butt, and six* (6) inches square at the top. The poles to be sound, straight, and free from shakes, knots, and sap. N.B. — No pole will be accepted which contains the least sap or speckled timber. The whole of the poles to ba delivered on the Railway wharf, Lyttelton, within four (4) months from the date of signing the contract —under a penalty of £5 per diem for every day beyond the : time specified. Tenderers are to specify the price per pole as per sizes given. • Each tender' to be accompanied by a deposit of twenty-five (£25) as a guarantee of good faith, which sum wul be forfeited by any tenderer, should he refuse to take up his tender in the event of its being accepted. Each tender must include the names of two ouretiDo r«.» ~ ]f . r -« r? i. -rD-v^c! A ro willing _to become bond for the due performance offfie' contract, in the event of the tender being accepted, and must be accompanied by a notification to that effect, signed by the two proposed sureties. Traders, endorsed, " Tenders for the supply of one thousand (1000) poles," and addressed, "The General Manager, Telegraph Department, Wei-, lington," must be sent in not later than the Ist October next. . :. By order of the Telegraph Commissioner, C. LEMON, General Manager. , New Zealand Telegraph, Wellington, Ist September, 1870. { WANTED Tenders for clearing and burning 60 acres flax land. Apply to j COCHRAN & BLACKWOOD. rpENDERS for double ditch and four wires, or J_ three wires and top rail, in continuation of present fence from Heddon.Bush to Duck Creek, will be received by the undersigned till Saturday, the 24th September. : , ' MTHERSON&CO. TO CARPENTERS > AND OTHERS rpENDERS will be received until noon of TuesX day, the 20th current, for the erection of a Building at Winton. ; Plans and specifications on view at the office of Messrs J. Stock and Co., Tay-street, Invercargill. { Vtf 'ANTED Tendersfor FILLING BALLAST VV at New Pits, Winton. Apply to ' DRIVER, MACLEAN & CO.