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Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 233, 11 April 1883, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. MIDDLE ISLAND. 100,000 SbEEPERS; TTTRITTEN TENDERS will be V V received at this office up to noon on Tuesday, 17th April, 1883 for the supply and delivery of 100,000 Sleepers, or for any smaller number not less than 5,000, to be i delivered to extent as follows, at the different places mentioned below : — Waikari, 20,000 ; Christchurch, 10,000; Timaru, 10,000; Dunedin, 15,000; Kelso, 10,000; Invereargill, 10,000 ; and alongside railway line Riverton to Orepnki, 25,000. They are to be addressed to the Hon the Minister for Public Works, Dunedin, and marked, " Tender for Sleepers, Middle Island Railways," on outside of envelope. Telegraphic Tenders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by noon of tho same date, provided that written tenders m due form are lodged at a District or Resident Engineer's Office by the same hour. Specifications may be seen, at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invereargill ; and at the Post Offices, Palmerston North, Havelock, Tapanui, and Hiverfcon. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By command. W. N. BLAIR, Engineer m charge, Middle Island. Public Works Office, Dunedin, 18th March, 1883. "PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby _L given that the Manchester lioad Board proposes to construct tho following roads, oi* part thereof within the Manchester Road District under tho provision of the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882, relating to District Roads 1 Ashurst and Bunnythorpe, Whibley's Pohangina Mangaone, Junction, Valley and Midland, Wilsons, Ulysses, Jones, Makara, Bunnythorpe, Spur and Taonui Roada. Tho estimated cost thereof it* £22,594 2s 6d. 2 The amount of payment required on the above is £2033 9s 2d annually for 15 years, and the amount of special rate required to meet this is one and two fifths of a penny m the pound on the rateable value of property within the Manchester Road Board District* 3 The plans, specifications and detailed estimates of the cost of the proposed works nsay be seen at the office of the Manchester Koail Board during the ordinary business hours. 4 Tho poll for or against the above special rate will be taken on Wednesday, the 25th day of April, 1883, at the Boad Board office, Feilding, Russell's Boarding house, Ashurst, and the Corpoi'ation office, Hal* combe. By order of the Manchester Road Board. CHARLES B AY, Clerk. MRS MORLEY, recently connected with a wholesale Dunedin Firm, desires to inform the Ladies of Palmerston that she commenced a Cash Business next door to the Ready Money Store, and begs to solicit orders for Millinery. Crape, and Silk Drawn and Puffed Hats, made to match Costumes from Ladies' own materials, mob and other Caps. Feathers cleaned, curled, an.d dyed. NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Sections Nos 4 and 11 of "The Road Boards, 1882" that a petition setting fourth the boundaries of the Kairanga Block being the proposed new subdivision and signed by two thirds at least of the Ratepayers for Subdivisions Nos 1 and 2 of the Manawatu Highways District or portions of which are comprised m the proposed new Subdivision praying that the Kairanga Block forming portions of the said subdivisions Nos X and 2.be formed into a separate Subdivision will be presented, to the Manawafcu Highways- Board at the first meeting of the Board held alter one month, from this date. Dated this 3Li* day of March, 1883. John Manson, L R. Bkyaht, James Caeroll. And 26 other ratepayers.