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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 July 1938, Page 7

TENDERS. HOUSING CONSTRUCTION DEPT. ERECTION OF HOUSES—GREYTOWN. 'TENDERS, closing at 4 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, August 17, 1938, and returnable to the Director of Housing Construction, Wellington, are invited for the erection of houses in separate contracts as follows:— Contract 76/1. —5 units. Contract 76/2. —4 units. Plans, specifications, tender and schedule forms are available at the Post Offices, Greytown and Masterton. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. 'TENDERS are invited for the supply of 3500 cubic yards of ballast, to' be taken from the Waingawa River and tipped into “Yb” ballast wagons at Waingawa Station. Supply is required at the rate of 150 cubic yards daily Mondays to Fridays, commencing early in August. A copy of the specifications and conditions may be seen on application to the Railway Stations at Featherston, Carterton, Masterton and Woodville. Tenders close at the office of the District Railway Engineer, Wellington, at noon ci: Monday, August 1. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

An alarm clock is being used by a farmer near Invercargill to wake his dog and give himself more time in bed in the morning. He used to get up in the morning and send the dog out to the paddocks to bring in the cows for milking. Then he put an alarm clock in the dog’s kennel, making sure that it went off at the moment that he shouted to the animal to go and fetch the cows in. Now the dog accepts the alarm clock alone as a signal. The farmer stays in bed, and when he gets up the cows are already in the yard.