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Southland Times, Issue 1582, 24 May 1872, Page 3

Advertisements received too late for Classification, WANTED a Young Girl as General Servant. Apply Provincial Hotel, Tay-Btreefc. WANTED an Active Young Man to act as Groom, and otherwise make himself Generally useful. Apply at the Prince of Wales Hotel. 10s REWARD. LOST, a Collie Dog, black and tan, white round neck and legs. Above reward on delivery at M'lntyre's Stables. MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. \ GENERAL MEETING will be held on J\ Monday evening, 27th inst., at 8 o'clock, in the Temperance Hall. Business — Annual report. A full attendance is requested. H. M'LEAN, Secretary. ! TMPOUNDED at the Long Bush Public Pound IJL on 21st May, off the Oteramika Crown Lands, | one Black Poley Cow, white belly, Black Calf at foot ; Black Heifer, white belly ; White and ) Dark Red Cow ; Red Heifer, white belly ; all unbranded. If not previously claimed, will be sold on FRIDAY, 31st May, at noon. JOHN A. MITCHELL, Poundkeeper. NOTICE. THE PROPOSED RAILWAY IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT. A PUBLIC MEETING of the settlers in the Western District will be held at Mr James Hamilton's, on FRIDAY, the 31st inst., at 2 o'clock, to take into consideration' the best route for the proposed railway in the Western District. A full attendance is requested. SOUTHLAND BUILDING, LAND. AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Invercargill, 23rd May, 1872. * SIR, — We request that you will convene a General Meeting of Members of the aboye Society, to be held at the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse on Friday, the 7th day of June next, for the purpose of considering the advisability of making the subjoined alterations in the Rules.— We are, &c., K. Rose George Trew Peter M'Ewan Robert Tapper Wm. Blackwood Wm. Garthwaita D. L. Matheson James P. Joyce. The Secretary Southland Building, Land, and Investment Society. Paragraph 4 in Rule 20 be repealed, and that the following paragraph be inserted instead thereof — "A 11 moneys belonging to the Society shall be lodged in the name of the Trustees of the Society in such Bank as the Committee may from time to time appoint." Invercargill, 23rd May, 1872. XN pursuance of the above requisition, I hereby give notice that a Oeneral Meeting of the Members will be held at the Resident Magistrate's Courthouse on Friday, 7th day of June next, at 8 o'clock p.m;, for the purpose therein stated. F. NUTTER, Secretary, Southland Building, Land, and Investment Society. TO CONTRACTOR& fXIHE Telegraph Commissioner is prepared to _L receive tenders for the supply and delivery of two hundred and eighty (2SO) telegraph poles, for a line of telegraph to be constructed between Invercargill and Winton. The poles to be sawn from the heart of totara. The poles to be of the following dimensions, thirty (30) to be twentyfive (25) and two hundred and fifty (250) twenty (20) feet long. 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 tap. The poles to be laid along the Invercargill and Wiaton railway between junction with the Riverton road and Winton, at points hereafter to be indicated. The poles to be delivered within three months of the date of signing the contract. Tenders are to specify the price per pole as per size given. Each tender to be accompanied by a deposit of ten pounds (£10) as a guarantee of good faith, which will be forfeited by any tenderer, should he refuse to take up bis 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 i 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 addressed to " The Telegraph Inspector, Tokomairiro," must be sent in not later than the 15th June next. By order of the General Manager, JAMES K. LOGAN, Inspector. N. Z. Telegraph, Tokomairiro, 23rd May, 1872. CORPORATION of INVERCARGILL TO CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. FRESH TENDERS are again invited up to 2 P.M. of Thursday, the 30th May, for Removing the Engine House and Bell Tower to section 15, block 71, Don Btreet. Specifications on application. TO CONTRACTORS. Tenders are invited up to 2 P.M. of Thursday, 30th May, for the supply of 50 yards of gravel, delivered in Dee street. TO PRINTERS. Tenders are invited up to 2 P.M. of Thursday, June 6th, 1872, for printing the Bye-laws and Regulations for this Corporation. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. B. SCANDRETT, Town Clerk. Town Clerk's Office, Kelvin street, May 23rd, 1872. FOURTH ANNUAL SALE. FRUIT AND FOREST TREES. SATURDAY, Ist JUNE, 1872. DMACRORIE is instructed to sell by public • auotion, on the above date, at 12 noon, at the yards, a Choice Selection of Strong Healthy Plants, consisting of — Apples, Pears, Cherries, Plums, Gooseberries, Currants, &o. Also, Pines, Cypresses, Arborvitses, Oaks, Elms, Ash, Sycamores, Hawthorn Quicks, and others too numerous to mention. Vote the date and hour.