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Southland Times, Issue 1587, 4 June 1872, Page 1

Venders. npENDERS wanted for Cutting, Stamping, I Rolling, and Squinking Tin Plates. Also, for melting solder and running same into strips and drops, per cwt. Tenders to bo sent to the Manager of the Southland Meat Preserving Works, Winton. The lowe3t or any tender not necessarily accepted. — - nnHE Telegraph Commissioner is prepared to K. 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. ZT.B.—Nb pole will ba accepted which contains the least sap. The poles to be laid along the Invercargill and Wiaton railway between its junction with the Riverton road and Winton, at points hereafter to be indicated. The pole 3 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) aa a guarantee of good faith, which 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 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. SUPPLY OF TIMBER. nnENDERS are invited by the Colonial Qo* 1 vernment for a SUPPLY OF BUILDING TIMBER, to be delivered on Ripa Island, Lyttelton harbor. General conditions and specifications may be seen at the office of the Resident Minister for the Middle Island, at Christchurch. ; at the offices of the District Engineers at Dunedin and Hokitika ; and at the office of W. H. Pearson, Esq., Invercargill. j Tenders will be received at the office of the Resident Minister, Christchurch, endorsed " Tender for Supply of Timber," until noon of Saturday, 15th day of June next. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By direction of the Resident Minister, THOMAS WM. MAUDE, Secretary. Resident Minister's Office, Christchurch. CORPORATION of INVERCAEGULL TO CARPENTERS. f riENDERS are invited up to 2 p.m. on TuesX day, the 4th June, for fencing Section 15, Block 71, Don-street, laying gratings, and erection of a shed: TO CONTRACTORS. Tenders are invited up to 2 P.M. of Thursday, 6th June, for forming and gravelling footpaths in Yarrow and Leet streets. TO PRINTERS. Tenders are invited up to 2 p.m. of Thursday, Jane 6th, 1872, for printing the Bye-laws and Regulations for this Corporation. Specifications at this office. The lowest or aoy tender not necessarily accepted. W. B. SCANDfiETT, Town Clerk. Town Clerk's Office, Kelvin street, May 30, 1872. ROYAL MAIL COACH TO KINGSTON. THE ROYAL MAIL COACH will leave Winton every Monday and Wednesday evening, on the arrival of the train from Invercargill, meeting the Lake steamer at Kingston every Tuesday and Thursday. The return coach leaves Kingston every Tuesday and Thursday. JAMES ROCHE, Proprietor. Booking Office 'in Invercargill — Messrs €K F. Martin & Co.'s. M'INTTEE'S ROYAL MAIL LINE OF COACHES leave Commercial Stables every TUESDAY and FRIDAY morning for Dunedin, at 6 o'clock, returning every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. Passengers and parcels booked right through FARE THROUGH £2 15 0 TOPOPOTUNOA 1 10 0 TO MATAURA 0 15 O RETURN TICKET FROM 1 DUNEDIN 50 0