• Tenders. TENDERS W'A N T E D. TENDERS will be received at the Superintendent’s Office, Auckland, till Noon of MONDAY, 29th iust., for CONSTRUCTION of POWDER MAGAZINE at Rocky Point, between Grahamstown and Tararu. Plans and Specification to be seen at District Engineer’s Office, Grahamstown. 11. MILLETT, Dirtrict Engineer. TENDERS WANTED. TENDERS will be received at the Superintendent’s Office, Auckland, till noon This Day, the 25th inst., for CLEARING and FORMING SLEIGH ROAD from the Beach at Puru to the Celt Machine Site. Tenders to be sent in for Nos. 1 and 2 Sections, accompanied by a deposit of £5. Tender to state No. 1 Section or No. 2 Section. Specifications to be seen at Engineer’s Office, Grahaftistown. An Engineer will be on the Ground on Monday, 22nd, and Tuesday, 23rd, to point out the line of Road. R. MILLETT, District Engineer. CALEDONIAN GOLDMINING COMPANY. TO CONTRACTORS. TENDERS will be received up to FRIDAY next, 2Gtli instant at noon, for REMOVING and ERECTING WATER TANKS, Ac. Specifications may be seen on application to Mr Lauid, Battery Manager. S. E. RICHARDS, Mine Manager. TO CONTRACTORS. TENDERS will be received up to SATURDAY Noon, April 27th, for the CONSTRUCTION of about 80 Chains (in Sections) of TRAMWAY from the Government Line, Tokatea Range, to Bennett’s Machine Site, Kennedy Bay. Plans and Specifications can be seen at the office of HENRY CRUMP, Mining Engineer. Mining Exchange, Coromandel, April 15, 1872. EXCAVATIONS. FENCING. SEPARATE TENDERS will be received by the undersigned until Thursday, the 25th instant, at 12 o’clock noon, for EXCAVATIONS in the Hape Creek, and for FENCING Saw Mill Site at Shortlaud. Specifications may be seen at my office. JAMES HERON, Eyre - street, Shortlaud. AUCKLAND AGENCY. WE beg to NOTIFY that we have appointed Mr H. J. ELLIS as our Agent in Auckland for the Sale of the THAMES GUARDIAN, and also for Receiving Advertisements. All orders can be left at the Daily Southern Cross Office, Queen-street, Auckland, where copies of the paper can also be obtained. Grahamstown, March 14, 1872. WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED AT NGARUAWAIIIA, THE WAIKATO TIMES , (A TRI-WEEKLY PAPER.) Agent at Grahamstown Mr Carter, Stationer, by whom ADVERTISEMENTS and SUBSCRIPTIONS will be received. OHINEMURI RACES. AUTUMN MEETING. Under the Patronage on JAMES MACKAY, Jun., Esq., M.P.C. TRACES and other SPORTS will be held at Oliinemuri, on WEDNESDAY, Ist MAY, 1872. A PROGRAMME of the DAY'S SPORTS will be PUBLISHED in a future issue. By order of the Committee. HENRY D. JOHNSON, Hon. Sec. AUSTIN Y. TIME. PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY ! 1 EIGHTEEN MILES UNDER TWO HOURS AT THE TARARU RACECOURSE, ON ' SATURDAY AFTERNOON NEXT. SPORTS COMMITTEE W. McCloughen, Esq,, W. Pearce, Esq., C. L. Manuel, Esq., W. Robinson, Esq., C. Curtis, Esq., B. Balliu, Esq. The Sports will commence at Two o’clock. GRAND 1-Mile WALKING HANDICAP. First Prize Theatre Roval Cup, presented by Collins, Carrol,and Bent, At 2.30, ONE-MILE FLAT RACE. Open to all. At 3 o'clock sharp, ALFRED AUSTIN, The renowned Australian Champion, in his Grand Exhibition Match of Running EIGHTEEN MILES UNDER TWO lIOUHS, pronounced by the Australian press to be the most highly finished piece of running ever seen in the Australian Colonies. The Race will be run on a course measuring 176 yards, minus 2.J yards allowed for turuiugs. giving a total of One hundred and eighty times round she Course to complete the distance. The Course will, at a great expense, be enclosed for the occasion. Admission to the Ground One Shilling only.
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 170, 25 April 1872, Page 2
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