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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3207, 30 May 1879, Page 4

:,.Going in tEMONs.—A soTitherapaper refers to the telegraph operators and its, chief as follows :—The poor littlejunderfed; slaveys of the economical and ; acidulous doctor at the head of the telegraph department. , ■ ; > ' i' A hook that is always filled with good' points for women—a needlebook.

Government Notices f [Extract from flew Zealand Gazette, Ist '/>•' ' : ' ""'■ ■'■May,:3B76V] ""' '- l■■'■ : SALE OF A FURTHER PORTION OF THE ■ RECLAIMED LAND IN I THE CITY: OF WELLINGTON. General Crown Land* Office, ' ,= Wellington, 291h April, 1879; THE Commissioner of Crown Lands for Wellington will sell, by public auction, on TUESDAY, the 17th of Jane, 1879; at the Athenaeum Hall, Lambton Quay, Wellington, the under-mentioned allotments of freehold land, in Blocks numbered X., XI, XII., and XIII., on-the plan of, the reclaimed land in :the City of Wellington. ' ':, Lithographed plans, as well as conditions of ■ale, are now ready for distribution at the various Land Offices throughout the colony. The plans contain the fullest particulars, giving the number of sections, with their area in poles and tenths; also the frontage in' feet and tenths. Each section will bepegged and numbered before the day of sale. , •Block •' X. contains 15: sections. » XI. , „ 8 „ „ XII. „ 5 „ „ XIII. „ 14 ■ „ Total ... ... 42 These sereral blocks of land haTe frontages to Waterloo Quay on the East; Dambton Quay on Ihe West j Allen Street on the Worth j and to the Government Buildinge on the South. .. ; . Terms of payment: 15 per cenfc. cash deposit; the balance by bills at six, nine, and twelve months, without interest. Immediate possession will be given after, the sale. Title direct from the Crown. By order. 11. J. H. EiioTT, 646 TJnder Secrotary for Crown Lands. mELEGRAPHIC C H A R Gr E . ■ '"'. ; ,;: 1 ;. :il;:' 'inlaisd^;'. . '■ ";■ - ■■■■ The rate for; Inland Telegrams of ten words is Is, and id extra for every .additional; word. On Sundays these rates are doubled. No charge for addresses and signature up to; ten words —Id each beyond that number. FOREIGN. The following are the rates for Telegrams for twenty words or less (including Melbourne or Sydney rates) ria Port Darwin and the Java Cable:— .„£sd. .. £ s d Austria ... 9 5 6 London ... 9 8 6 Belgium, and , Portugal ...9 0 0 Holland ... 9 6 0 Russia ...960 Donmark ... 95 6 Spain ... 98 0 France ... 9 6 0 .Sweden ... 9 5 0 Germany; ... 9 5 6 'Switzerland ... 94 6 Great Britain 99. 6 Turkey ...9 6 0 Italy ... ... 93 6 Via Sydney the rates are 3s more throughout. Telegraph, Offices are open from 9,a.m. to 5 p.m. on week days, and from 10 td 10.30 a.m. and 5 to 5 30 p.m. on Sundays. * " ■JNEW ZEALAND CABLE. (In addition to - New Zoaland charges.) .Telegrams for Sydney only.—First . ten : words, 8s ; each additional word, 9Jd. .; „'.'.-. All other itations in New South Wales.—: First tim words, 8s . ,6d 5 each additional •word, lOd. '•.. . , ','..,:.., AH stations in Victoria—First tenworda, 9s~'6d 5 each additional word, lid. , ','.,' All stations in South' Australia, exclusive of overland line tariff.—Same: as'Victoria^ ' ' All stations in Tasmania.—First ten words, 13s 6d; Is per word for Australian and New Zealand Cable, and 2s for every additional five words or fraction of five words for Tasmanian Cable. Messages for London and places in Europe (a word rate). —Ten shillings and sixpence per word; to Which must be added Australian Cable and''Australian' charges'.—First t n t ■words or fraction, 9s 6d, and every word after ten lid per word.