Telegraphic ten- ders, similarly addressed and marked, will be received if presented at any Telegraph Office by Noon of the same date, provided that written tenders in due form are lodged j at any of the above-named offioes.by the same hour, and accompanied by a cheque on aome bank in the town where the tender is lodged ; such cheque to be specially marked by a banker as good for twenty-one days, and to be in favor of the Keceiver-Ueneral's Deposit Account only, and not to bearer or order. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. By Command. JOHN BLAOKETT, Engineer in Charge, North Island. N.B.— The above are alternative lines, lying between the same terminal points ; and contractors are required to tender for BOTH. ' Plans and sections for these contracts can be purchased at the above-named offices. 562 HAWKE'S BAY RACING CLUB. TO BE HELD ON qT. P ATBI OX'S DAY, 17th MARCH, 1879. Stewards : T. Powdrell F. E. Hamlin W. Heslop J. Leonard G. H. Swan H. Baker A. T. Danvers. Judqb : Colonel White, Clerk of Scales : Major Routledge. Hanoicappek : H. P. Lance, Esq. Startbr : A. M'Cartney, Esq. • Clerk ov Cotjrsb : J. Lopdell, Esq. MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1879. 1. Grand Handicap Hurdle Raob, of 100 soys. Distance, 2£ miles, over 7 hurdles, 3ft. 6in. high. Second horae te save his stakes. Nomination, 2 bovb. ; accept- ance, 4 bovb. 2. Hack Hurdle .Race, of 15 soys. Dis- tance, about 1, mile ; catch weights. Entrance, £1. 3. Inauguration Stakes, of 40 boys. Dis- tance, | mile. Entrance, 3 boys, Weight forage. 4. HAWKE'sßAYCup(Handioap),of2sosovs., with a sweepstakeß of 5 bovb. added for starters, second horse to receive'3o soys. out of the stakeß. Distance, 2 miles. Nomination, 2 soys. ; acceptance, 3 soya., to go to the funds. 5. Maiden Plate, of 50 soys. Distance, 14 miles. Entrance, 4 soys. Weight for age. For all horseß that have never won an advertised race exceeding £25 in value. 6. District Plate, of 60 soys, For all herses bred in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay that have never won an advertised race exceeding 50 boys. Entrance, 4 boys. Distance, 1 mile. Weight for age. 7. Consolation Handicap, of 30 boys. Dis- tance, 1 mile. Entrance, 1 soy. 