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No. 24.] SATURDAY, 30TH MAY. [1903.111112S7

Australiato wit.

(Sgd.)TENNTaoN.

ORDER

BY His Excellency the Right Honorable Hallam,Baron Tennyson, Knight Commander of the MostDistinguished Order of Saint Michael and SaintGeorge, Governor - General and Commander -in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Australia.

WHEREAS by the Post and Telegraph Act 1001 it isenacted that where any State Act, whether passed before

or after the commencement of that Act, purports to confer orimpose upon postmasters any powers or duties

(a) with respect to the preparation of lists or rolls of electorsfor parliamentary or other elections ; or

(b) for the purpose of facilitating the voting at such elections,the Governor - General may, at the request of the Governor of theState, direct, by Order under his hand, that postmasters mayexercise such powers and shall perform such duties accordingly :And whereas a State Act of the State of Tasmania, calledthe Electoral Act 1901. purports to confer and impose uponpostmasters powers and duties for the purpose of facilitatingthe voting at elections under that Act : And whereas the Gover-nor of tlié State of Tasmania has requested me to direct thatpostmasters may exercise such powers and shall perform suchduties accordingly : Now, therefore, I, Hallam, Baron Tennyson,the Governor - General aforesaid, acting with the advice of theFederal Executive Council, in exercise of the powers conferredupon me by the Post and Telegraph Act 1001, do hereby directthat postmasters in the State of Tasmania may exercise thepowers and shall perform the duties purported to be conferredor imposed upon postmasters by the State Act called theElectoral Act 1901 for the purpose of facilitating the votingat elections under that Act.

Gtiven at Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, this secondday of May, in the year of our Lord One thousandnine hundred and three, and in the third year of HisMajesty's reign.

By His Excellency's Command,EDMUND BARTON.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

Commonwealth of Australia.Department of External Affairs,

28th May, 1903.Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902, Section 41.

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Execu-tive Council, has been pleased to approve of the creation

of a new office in the Department of External Affairs, viz.,the Office of Clerk of the 5th Class, Clerical Division, to whicha salary of £40 per annum shall be attached.

EDMUND BARTON,Minister of External Affairs.

0.4462.

Commonwealth of Australia.Department of Home Affairs,

Melbourne, 27th May, 1903.INQUIRY INTO CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST

FREDERICK. RENNI ' COWIE, SUPERNUMERARYOPERATOR, WALGETT, NEW SOUTH WALES.

T IS Excellency the Governor General in and over the Com-nion:vealtli of Austral a., by and Frith the advice of the

Executive Council thereof, has been pleased to approve of theappointment. of Ion Brown Bossley, Reginald Lionel De CourcyRussell, and Richard Henry Wynn, as a Board to inquire, inaccordance with the provisions of the Cunnnonzcea1'h Public Ser-vice Act 1002, section 46, into certain charges which have beenpreferred against. Frederick Rennie Cowie, SupernumeraryOperator, Postmaster- General's Department, at Walgett, in theState of New South Wales.

WILLIAM JOHN LYNE,Minister of State for Home Affairs.

Commonwealth-of Australia.Department of Home Affairs,

Melbourne, 28th May, 1903.AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION

145, IN REGARD TO EXAMINATIONS ]HELDUNDER SECTION 21 (ti) OF THE COMMONWEALTHPUBLIC SERVICE ACT 19.7.HIS Excellency the Governor- General in and over the Com-

monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of theExecutive Council thereof, has been pleased to approve, inexercise of the powers cónferred by section 80 of the Common-wealth Public Service Act 1902, that Regulation 145 made underthe said Act be amended to read as under :

EXAMINATION TO ßE PASSED.

145. An examination, under section 21 (6) of the Act shall beheld once in every twelve months at such time as the Com-missioner may direct, and be conducted by an Insppector,the Examiner, or any ether person authorized by theCommissioner. Due notice of intention to hold anexamination shall be published in the commonwealthGazette. Officers who are not less than twenty years ofage at the date fixed for an examination shall be eligibleto 1. resent themselves thereat but shall not be entitled tothe salary of £110 per annum until all the conditions pre-scribed by section 21 (6) have been fulfilled.

Officers shall be required to pass in (k) and in any five of theother specified subjects :

(a) Précis writing.(b) Letter writ:ng.(e) Making fair copies of rough and abl_r tcd nota.

Ñfio. 24.--3Ót i May, Ï 903. t90

(d) Handwriting and dictation.(e) Shorthand.(f) Typewriting.(g) Knowledge of Departmental Acts and Regula-

tions.(h) Practical questions based upon the work of the

branch in which the person under examination isemployed.

In lieu of any one or more of the foregoing subjects. theCommissioner may from time to time, in special cases. directthat an officer be examined in any other subject or subjects.


Commonwealth of Australia.Department of Home Affairs,

Melbourne, 27th May, 1903.AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION

155, RESPECTING TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES TOCERTAIN. OFFICERS.

HIS Excellency the Governor- General in and over the Com-monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the

Executive Council thereof, has been pleased to approve thatRegulation 155, made under the provisions of the CommonwealthPublic Service Act 1902, be amended to read as under :PART II. ALLOWANCES TO CERTAIN OFFICERS.155. The following shall be the scale for the undermentioned

officers :POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Rate under oneweek.

Relieving- Postmasters and Post-mistresses and other officers onregular Relieving Staff at coun-try offices ... ... ... Os. daily ...

Officers relieving in suburbs awayfrom home ... . is. 6d. daily

Letter - carriers relieving insuburbs, including those reliev-ing in suburbs on deliverieswhich are made direct fromG.P.O. ... ... ... ls. daily ...

Railway mail guards and reliev-ing railway sorters

For first eight hours or por-tion thereof while travel-ling on duty ... ... 2s.

For each additional hour orportion thereof ... 3d.

Rate if oneweek or over at

sanie place.

30s. a week.

is. Gd. daily.

ls. daily.

The Permanent Head, with the approval of the Commissioner,may reduce the foregoing allowances in cases where the circum-stances appear to justify such a course.


Commonwealth Public Service Act 1901.(Regulation No. 148.)

NOTIFICATION OF VACANCIES.VACANCIES having occurred in the Commonwealth Public

Service in the respective positions specified hereunder,applications will be received by the Public Service Commissionerup. to Saturday, the 13th June next, from qualified officersdesirous of being appointed thereto. The attention of applicantsis directed to Regulation No. 38.

Position. Locality. Division. Salary.

POSTM ASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.Strate of New South Wales.

Postmaster Alstonville + Clerical ...

Line Repairer. .

Postmaster

Postmaster

Wollombi ...

£130 per annum,less £13 for

+ rent ofquarters

General £120 per annum,with forageallownnge of2s. per day

State of Victoria.Colac , ... Clerical ... £260 per annum,

less £26 forrent ofquarters

State of Queensland..... La:dley ... Clerical .. f £180 per annum,

less £18 forrent ofquarters

By order,FRANCIS REDDIN,

Secretary.Office of the Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner,

Melbourne, 27th May, 1903.

Commonwealth Public Service Act 1901.

(Regulation No. 252.)

ELECTION OF DIVISIONAL REPRESENTATIVES.THE Public Service Commissioner hereby notifies that the

undermentioned officers of the Commonwealth PublicService who were candidates at an election of Divisional Repre-sentatives on Boards of Inquiry and Boards of Appeal, held onthe 9th inst., bave been declared by the Returning Officers forthe respective States to have been duly elected in pursuance ofthe provisions of Chapter XI. of Regulations made under thePublic Scrvice Act 1902.

State of New South Wales.Professional' DivisionClerical DivisionGeneral Division

Professional DivisionClerical DivisionGeneral Div'sion

... Alexander Alfred Dircks.... George Thomas Richards.... Richard Henry Wynne.

State of Victoria.... Henry Walter Jenvey.

. Henry Jacob Thomas Tymms.... Thomas Richard Trezise Hallo.

State of Queensland.Professional DivisionClerical DivisionGeneral Division

... Joseph Power.... Herbert Frederick Wilkins.... William Henry Lowthen.

Stata of South Australia.Professional DivisionClerical DivisionGeneral Division

... Carl A lbert Unbehaun.... Edwin Johns.... William Maley.

State of Western Australia.Clerical Division ... Robert James Wilson.General Division ... Thomas James Myers.

State of Tasmania.Clerical Division ... Edmund Stanfield.General Division ... George Alexander Mills.

By order,

FRANCIS REDDIN,Secretary.

Office of the Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner,Melbourne, 26th May, 1903.

Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902.

(Regulation No. 148.)

NOTIFICATION OF VACANCY.THE Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner invites

applications from officers of the Public Service of theCommonwealth and the States qualified and desirous of beingappointed to the position specified hereunder. Applicants mustpossess a knowledge of Electoral law and practice, compilationand revision of rolls, distribution of Electoral Divisions, conductof elections, and duties connected with records and corre-spondence.

A pplications, addressed to the Public Service Commissioner,Commonwealth Offices, Melbourne, will be received up to Satur-day, the 20th June next.

Department of H021 7,C Affairs.

Position.

Senior Clerk,Electoral Office

Locality.

Melbourne ...

Division. Salary.

Clerical £350 perannum.

By order,FRANCIS REDDIN,

Secretary.Office of the Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner,


Sheriff's Office,Adelaide, 29th May, 1903.

NOTICE UNDER THE COMMONWEALTHELECTORAL ACT 1902.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the Commonwealth ElectoralAct 1902, I have caused a map of each proposed Electoral

Division in the State of South Australia to be exhibited at thePost Offices within each proposed Division, and I hereby invitepublic attention thereto.

Objections or suggestions relating to any proposed Divisionmay, in accordance with section i 8 of the said Act, be lodged,in writing. with me, at the Sheriff's Office, Adelaide, withinthirty days after the publication of this notice.

W. R. BOOTHBY,Commonwealth Electoral Divisions Commissioner for the State

of South Australia.

291 No. 24.-30th May, 1903,

Commonwealth of Australia,

PUBLIC SERVICE EXAMINATION No. 2 (CLERICAL DIVISION).1 Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902 and Chapter X. of the Regulations.

THE Public Service Commissioner hereby notifies that the names of the following candidates, who have qualified forappointment by passing the required standard at the above- narmed Examination, held on the 15th, 16th, and 17th April, 1903,

have been entered in the following order of merit in the Register of Persons Qualified for Appointment in accordance with theprovisions of Regulation No. 227. The names of the candidates so registered, together with the marks gained in the severalsubjects, are hereby published as provided by Regulation No. 226.

Name.

Maximum marks

Minimum marks

Sharpe, Geo. F. ...Whitney, Geo. Chas... .

Cook, Geo. Sydney ...Adam, Geo. Hyslop ...Scobie, Warren H. ...Irish, Arthur E. ..Falconer, Claude H. K.McElhone, JohnTrunley, Romley G.Hatton, Jas. H. L.Gailey, Wm. Geo.Fetherston, Chas. H.Olden, Garnet E.Heuston, Milton J.Hughes, Jas. L.Tindale, Geo. H.McKinnon, GordonMcCabe, Harold A.

Corder, Henry ...McFarlane, Stuart G....Sheehan, Henry J. ...McQueen, Malcolm ...Joyce, Albert C. ...Daly, Oliver D.Brown, Charles G. ...Gough, James M. A. ...Maguire, Wm. A. ...Wasley, Albert T.O'Loughlin, James R. D.Ulmer, John W. B. ...Bane, Ignatius J. ...Keaney, John T. ...Ray, Darrell McI. ...Duggan, Michael J. ..Hayes, Frederick J. B.Box, Edward A. ...McNamara Leo J. ...Burton, John A. ...Hannan, John P. ...Prior, George J. ..French, Leopold G. I.Jeffery, Arthur P. ...Meeking, Malcolm C....Yeo, Norman W. ...Cantwell, Richard M....Carrodus, Joseph A. ...Kerr, James D. ...Odgers, Albert J. ...Walsh, John C. ...Maunsell, Char'.es H. B.Garrett, Walter H. A.Sleeman, Fred.Mason, George A.Williams, EdgarMcKenzie, DavidSmith, Sydney H.Doyle, Albert G. ...Doran, James C.

Jenkinson, Emily I.Wilson, MargaretLee, Elizabeth H.

Watson, Geo. W.Bradley, Jas. P.McLean, John D.

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No. 24. 30th May, 1903. 292

PUBLIC SERVICE EXAMINATION NO. 2 (CLERICAL DIVISION) continued.

Name.

Oxley, Oswald G.Newton -King, Herbert

P.Burke, Wm. Jas.Wightinan, Andrew H.Dignan, Oliver J. H. C.Gibson, John S. ..Manning, Edward ...Ross, Percy J.Johnston, Alexr. W. ...Lundy, Ernest ...Joyner, JosephRiddet, John

Jackson, Lawrence S....Mears, Montford D. ...Pinch, Archie G. ...Hansen, Francis I. ..Truman, Everidge S....Biggs, Jas. M. ...

Ault, Fredk. H.

Forte, Norman G.

Williams, Philip M.Smith, Thos. Wm.Hutchins, Wilfred

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Office of the Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner,Melbourne, 27th May, 1903.

By order,FRANCIS REDDIN, Secretary,

Commonwealth of Australia.Department of Trade and Customs,


MANUFACTURES FOR EXPORT.COFFEE and Chicory are hereby added to the list of articles

which may be manufactured for export in a manufacturingwarehouse.

GEORGE TURNER,For Minister for Trade and Customs.

Commonwealth of Australia.Department of Trade and Customs,

Melbourne, 29th May, 1903.HIS Excellency the Governor - General in and over the Com-

monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of theExecutive Council thereof, has approved of the followingresignation and promotion in the Department of Trade andCustoms :

RESIGNATION.

PATRICK CAREW, Tidewaiter, Department of Trade andCustoms, at Brisbane, in the State of Queensland, to datefrom 11th March, 1903.

PROMOTION.

ARCHIBALD WILLIAM SMART, Senior Landing Surveyor,Department of Trade and Customs, State of Victoria,an officer of the Clerical Division of the CommonwealthPublic Service, to 1)3 promoted to fill the vacancy whichhas occurred in the Department of Trade and Customsfor a Collector of Customs for the State of Victoria, whichposition is in the Administrative Division of the Common-wealth Public Service ; such prómotion to take effect onand from the 22nd May, 1903.

C. C. KINGSTON, ..Minister for Trade and Customs.

No. 863. Commonwealth of Australia.Department of Defence,

Melbourne, 29th May, 1903.COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES.

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, RESIGNATIONS, ETC.

II'S Excellency the Governor - General in and over the Com-monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the

Executive Council thereof, has been pleased to approve of tf'efollowing changes in connexion with the Military Forces of theCommonwealth, viz.:

CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.\ \Tarrant Officer RICHARD EDWARD SHELDON, to he Second

Lieutenant and Quartermaster.

VICTORIAWESTERN BRIGADE GARRISON ARTILLERY.

Western Artillery.Lieutenant WILLIAM TERENCE MCGEE, to be Captain.

METROPOLITAN BRIGADE GARRISON ARTILLERY.North Melbourne Artillery.

Lieutenant HonACE CLAUDE DALE, to Reserve of Officers,Militia.

Lieutenant FREDERICK CIiARLES EDWARD FARLOw, resignshis probationary commission.

INFANTRY BRIGADE.1st Battalion.

Lieutenant NORMAN SMITH, to Reserve of Officers, Militia.MEDICAL STAFFMILITIA.

Captain JOHN WILLIAM O'BRIEN, to be Maor.RESERVE OF OFFICERS MILITIA.

Captain ARTHUR JOHN NEWMAN TEEMEARNE, to be secondedwhile doing duty with Nigeria Police.

Lieutenant GEORGE ALFRED Moó8E, resigns his commission.

293-

VICTORIAN MOUNTED RIFLES.1 st Battalion.

Captain WILLIAM BORTIiwICK, to be Major on the Un-attached List, and to be attached for duty to the VictorianMounted Rifles.

Medical Staff.Captain NAVROJI BAMANJI GANDEVIA, to be Major..

SPECIAL HONORARY RANK.

The appointment of the undermentioned Officer in VictorianContingent for service in South Africa is confirmed as HonoraryRank in the Commonwealth Military Forces of Victoria :

To be Honorary Lieutenant.Lieutenant FREDERICK CHARLES EDWARD FARLOW.

(Officer who, on appointment, was serving in the MilitaryForces of Australia.)

QUEENSLAND.QUEENSLAND MOUNTED INFANTRY.

1st Battalion.Captain LLEWELLYN STEPHENS, resigns his commission.

The date of promotion of Lieutenant John William HugginsGrout to present rank is 23rd April, 1901. and not the date statedin Commonwealth cf Australia Gazette, No. 10, of 2 "'th February,1902.

4th Battalion.JOHN SYDNEY STEWART MAXWELL ALLINGHAM, to be Pro-

visional Lieutenant.L'iggenden Squadron.

Lieutenant FASSIFERN KENT, ta the Unattached List(Defence Force Division).

Provisional Lieutenant Isar oa Morns ROBINSON, to beLieutenant.

CECIL CI.iAiu i_s RIDLI :Y, to be Provisional Lieutenant.

ENGiìiErss.Brisbane Company of Submarine AIi"+ie s.

Lieutenant JOHN BROWN LIE I,IENDERSON, rC igns his eem-mission.

INFANTRY.

1st Queensland (or Moreton) Regiment.Major FELIX BERNARD THEODOR WILHELM KOCH, resigns

his provisional appointment of Militia Acting Adjutant.Dated 31st December, 1912.

Major LEONARD HASLEWOOD TURNER, to be Militia ActingAdjutant (provisionally), subject to passing requiredexamination. Dated 1st .January, 1903.

UN ATTACH ED LIST.

Defence Force Division.Captain GEORGE AUGUSTIN YATES MELLISH, to Retired List

(Defence Force Division).

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.ARTILLERY.

Garrison.Lieutenant CHARLES CRAWFORD FERGUSON, to the Super-

numerary List.INFANTRY.

.Reserve.Lieutenant FREDERICK HENRY DANIEL, to be Captain.

Dated 16th May, 1902.Veterinary Department.

Veterinary Lieutenant JOHN DESMOND, to be VeterinaryCaptain.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.INFANTRY BRIGADE.

4th Battalion.Captain JOHN SPENCER HUGHES, 'resigns his commission.

Dated 21st April, 1903.JOHN FORREST,

Minister of State for Defence.

Nos. 861 and 862. Commonwealth of Australia.Department of Defence,


COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES.NEW SOUTH WALES.

AWARD OF MEDALS.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in and over theCommonwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of

the Executive Council thereof, has been pleased to approve of thefollowing awards :

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal.

(Awarded in accordance with the Regulations published in theCommonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 5, of the 31st January,1902.)

No. 56. Sergeant JOSEPH HAY, New South Wales ArtilleryRegiment.

No. 615. Sergeant ALEXANDER DAWSON, Corps of AustralianEngineers.

No. 28. Colour-Sergeant HENRI JOIN PFAiL, 3rd InfantryRegiment.

No. 24.--30th May, 1903.

No. 30. Colour - Sergeant ALBERT HANNABUS, 3rd InfantryRegiment.

No. 1026. Colour- Sergeant JAMES TELFER, 3rd InfantryRegiment.

No. 38. Private ERNEST MARLIN, 3rd Infantry Regiment.No. 22. Private JAMES NAYLOR, 3rd Infantry Regiment.No. 111. Company Sergeant -Major HENRY HAZLETT, Aus-

tralian Army Medical Corps.Long Service and Good Conduct Medals.

(Awarded under the provisions of the Regulations publishedin the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 11, of the 13thMarch, 1903.)

Warrant Officer HARRY HAIRE MOWBRAY, InstructionalStaff.

Warrant Officer WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Instructional Staff.No. 1200. Acting Brigadé Quartermaster- Sergeant GEORGE

RAUCHLE, Royal Australian Artillery.No. 813. Gunner JAMES SMITH, Royal Australian Artillery.

JOHN FORREST,Minister of State for Defence.

No. .g6S. Commonwealth of Australia.Department of Defence,


COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

DISBANDMENT.

HIS Excellency the Governor- General in and over theCommonwealth. of Australia, by and with the advice

of the Executive Council thereof, has been pleased to approveof the disbandment of the Bathurst Half Squadron, New SouthWales Mounted Rifles Regiment, from the 1st June, 1903.

JOHN FORREST,Minister of State for Defence.

COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES.VICTORIA.

Head Quarters,Melbourne, 29th May, 1903.

DISMISSAL.

No. Rank and Name. j Corps.

512 Gunner 'William \Villiams-Dines town Artil-

lery

Date of Cause ofDismissal. !Dismissal.

14th May, Miscon1903 duet

J. M. GORDON, Brig. - General,Commanding Commonwealth Forces of Victoria.

NOTICE.

TARGET PRACTICE. VICTORIA.

TARGET Practice will be carried on by the Royal Australian1 Artillery, from the undermentioned For ts, from the 1st to

the 30th of June, 1903, between the hours of Nine a m. andFive p.m.:

Fort. Direction of Targets

Queenscliff :..Crow's Nest ...Swan Island ...NepeanEagle's Nest ...Franklin ...South Channel ...

S. S. W. and S. E. by E.S. by E.N:E. and S.W.N. and N. E.N. E.T.w.

All Forts from which practice is carried on will fly a red flagfrom the masthead of flagstaff. All Ships and Boats should bekept at a distance of at least 800 yards to the left and 1 mile tothe right of the line of fire from a distance of 6,000 yards fromthe Battery, in accordance with Orders in Council dated 1CthMarch, 1887.

R. WALLACE, Lt. -Col.,O.C., R.A.A., Victoria.


Commonwealth of Australia.Postmaster- General's Department,

26th May, 1903.VICTORIA.

TENDERS FOR PURCHASE OP MANURE.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Deputy Post-master- General, Melbourne, until Twelve o'clock on Tues-

day, 9th June, 1903, for the purchase of Manure at the PostOffice Stables, Sturt - street, South Melbourne, from 1st July,1903, to 30th June, 1904.

Specifications may be seen at the Stores Branch, General PostOffice, Melbourne, and at the post offices at Eizabeth streetNorth, Brighton, Brighton East, Brighton South, BrightonNorth, Cheltenham, Oakleigh, and BoxilL

No. 24.-30th May, 1903. 294

Tenders to be indorsed " Tender for Manure," and addressedto the Deputy Postmaster- General, Melbourne. They may bedeposited in the Tender -box at the General Post Office, Mel-bourne, or, if sent by post, must be prepaid and registered.

The deposit to be enclosed with the tender is £5.The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

JAMES G. DRAKE,Postmaster- General.

Commonwealth of Australia.Postmaster - General's Department,

26th May, 1903;VICTORIA.

TENDERS FOR BENDIGO PARCEL DELIVERY.TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Deputy

Postmaster- General, Melbourne, until .Twelve o'clock onTuesday, 9th J une, 1903, for the Conveyance of Parcels from thePost Office, Bendigo, and their distribution at addresses within aradius of three miles from the Post Office, Bendigo, for a periodof three years, from 1st July, 1903.

Conditions of contract may be seen at the General Post Office,Melbourne, and at the Post Office, Bendigo.

Tenders to be indorsed " Tender for Conveyance of Parcels,"and addressed to the Deputy Postmaster- General, Melbourne.They may be deposited in the Tender -box at the General PostOffice , Melbourne, or, if sent by post, must be prepaid andregistered. In all tenders the rate at which each parcel will bedelivered at address must be stated.

The deposit to be inclosed with the tender is £5. In case ofacceptance of tender, the tenderer will be required to enter intoa bond, with two approved sureties, for the due fulfilment of thecontract to the amount of £50.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.JAMES G. DRAKE,

Postmaster - General.


25th May, 1903.NEW SOUTH WALES.

IT is hereby notified that William Murnane, Assistant in thePostmaster- General's Department at Broken Hill, State of

New South Wales, has forfeited his office in terms of section 66of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902.

JAMES G. DRAKE,Postmaster - General.

Commonwealth of Australia.Postmaster General's Department,

25th May, 1903.TASMANIA.

ACCEPTING TENDERS FOR SUPPLY OF WOOD AND COAT..IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the under-

mentioned tenders have been accepted for the supply ofwood and coal required for the use of the Postmaster- General'sDepartment in the State of Tasmania, to be delivered at variouspost offices as required, in about the quas,ti:ies specified here-under :-

Hobart-40 tons coal, Mt. Nicholas Coal Co., 18s. Gd. per ton.Launceston -:'0 tons coal, Cornwall Coal Co., 15s Gd. per ton ;

30 tins wood, W. L. Sidebottom, 12s. per ton.Queenstown -30 tons coal, Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand

Ld., £2 5s. per ton ; 20 tons wood, J. Cartledge, 11 s. per ton.Strahan -10 tons coal, Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand Ld.,

£ t 9s. 6d. per ton ; 10 tons wood, F. Grining, los. per ton.Gonnanston -50 tons wood, G. W. Burton, lls. 6d. lier ton.Zeehan -40 tons coal, Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand Ld.,

£1 lls. 6d. per ton.JAMES G. DRAKE,

Postmaster- General.

Ex. Min. No. 169. Commonwealth of Australia.Postmaster - General's Department.


HIS Excellency the Governor - General in and over the Cc mmonwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the

Executive Council thereof, has approved that Henry AlfredKrone, Postmaster at Kyneton, be promoted to the position ofPostmaster in the Postmaster-General's Department at St.Kilda, State of Victoria, to take effect on and from the 25thApril, 1903.

JAMES G. DRAKE,Postmaster- General

Ex. Min. No. 171. Commonwealth of Australia.Postmaster - General's Department,


BIS Excellency the Governor- General in and over the Com-monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the

Executive Council thereof, has approved that the promotionof the undermentioned officers of the Postmaster - General'sDepartment, State of Victoria, be confirmed, namely :-

HARRY W1IMPEY, to the position of Junior Postal Assistant,as from the 13th October, 1902.

WILLIAM HORACE KIRKWOOD, to the position of JuniorPostal Assistant, as from the 23rd October, 1902.

JAMES G. DRAKE,postmaster- General.

iEx. Min. No. 176. Commonwealth of Australia.

Postmaster- General's Department,15th May, 1903.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.HIS Excellency the Governor- General in and over the Com-

monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of theExecutive Council thereof, has approved that George HaroldEasther, Telegraph Messenger in the Postmaster- General'sDepartment at Wilson, State of South Australia, be dismissedthe Public Service, as from the 28th February, 1903.


Ex. Min. No. 193. Commonwealth of Australia.Postmaster- General's Department,

25th May, 1903.WESTERN AUSTRALIA.


Executive Council thereof, has approved that Arthur WilliamFletcher, Telegraph Operator, Esperance, be promoted to theposition of Telegraph Stationmaster in the Postmaster General'sDepartment at Eyre, State of Western Australia, such promo-tion to take effect on and from the 7th May, 1903.




CONVEYANCE OF MAILS.

TENDERS for the following Mail Service, for the period1 commencing on the 8th August, 1903, and terminating atthree months' notice on either side, will be received at theOffice of the Deputy Postmaster- General, Sydney, up to half -past Two p.m. on Wednesday, the 17th prox.:-

To and from Boppy Mountain and Canbelego, twice a day.Every tender must state the names in full and the residences

or business addresses and the occupations of the tenderer, andof two respectable and responsible persons willing to join withthe tenderer in a bond in a form approved by the Postmaster -General, guaranteeing the safety of the mails and the dueperformance of the contract, the penal sum in which bond willbe double the annual amount payable under the contract. Ten-derers are requested, if possible, to state the name and addressof some person or firm in Sydney to whom notices in connexionwith the tender or contract may be sent.

'.1 enderers must in each case state how they propose to carrymails, and must furnish a description of the kind of vehicle (wheresuch mode of conveyance is intended) which they propose to use ;preference will, however, be given to tenders to convey mails bywheeled vehicle licensed to carry passengers.

Every tender must be signed by the tenderer and sureties, andattested by a magistrate or postmaster.

Tenders must be addressed to the Deputy Postmaster- General,Sydney, and indorsed " Tender for Conveyance of Mails."

On every tender there must be indorsed a certificate by amagistrate that the tenderer and his sureties are respectableand responsible persons.

All tenders which do not comply with the foregoing con-ditions, or are not received before the time specified, will beliable to be rejected as informal.

Unless Contractors and their sureties sign the bonds withintwenty -one days after a notice signed by the Deputy Post-master- General, Sydney, requesting them so to do, shall havebeen pasted to the Contractor, the Postmaster- General maycancel the acceptance of tenders.

The present hours of starting from each post -office or stage,and other particulars, may be ascertained at the General PostOffice, Sydney, where parties proposing to tender are invited toseek information.

Printed forms of tender may be obtained on application atthe General and other post offices throughout the State, andpersons tendering are requested to fill up such forms with greatcare.

The Postmaster- General does not bind himself to accept thelowest or any tender.

The conditions. will be the same as those in the advertisementdated the 5th September, 1902, and published in the Common-wealth Gazette of 12th September, 1902, and tenders will not beconsidered unless in accordance therewith.



23rd May, 1903.NEW SOUTH WALES.

APPLICATIONS are invited from persons willing to pro-vide, centrally situated at Tumbulgum, accommodation

for a Post and Telephone Office, and to perform the duties ofPostmaster, Telephone Operator, and Money Order and Govern-ment Savings Bank Agent, for a total salary at the rate of £85(eighty -five pounds) per annum, during a period of threeyears, with the option of continuing thereafter, subject to ter-mination at three months' notice on either side ; provided,however, that the Postmaster- General may terminate theengagement at any time should he deem it necessary to do so

29

in the public interest. A sketch of the accommodation proposedto be provided, and of its position, should accompany theapplication.

All stationery and stores (except fuel, light, &c.) will besupplied /by the Department.

The successful applicant will be subject to, and must conductthe business of the office in strict conformity with the regula-tions of the Department in force from time to time. He will berequired to deliver telegrams at the residences of the addressees,in terms of the Regulations ; but it will not be necessary to pro-vide for the conveyance of mails, or the delivery of lettersoutside his office.

There will be no objection to other suitable business beingconducted by the successful applicant, but a separate room orapartment must be provided for post - office, &c., and postalbusiness must have first consideration. Satisfactory evidencemust be furnished by applicants as to character and fitness.

Applications should be addressed to the Deputy Postmaster -General, and must reach the General Post Office, Sydney, notlater than half -past Two p.m. on the 15th prox.




IT is hereby notified for public information that the tender ofMr. John Doyle, of Cessnock, has been accepted for the

performance of the following work in connexion with the erec-tion of a Metallic Telephone Circuit between the AustralianAgricultural Company's Office, at Newcastle, and their Colliery,at Hebburn, near West Maitland, at the prices mentioned :

Erection of about 7 miles 20 chains new wooden pole line,complete, with two wires £20 per mile.

Erection of two additional wires, each about 22 miles 58chains, on existing iron and wooden poles £1 12s. permile.

Supply and erection of about fourteen 28 -ft. and four 40 -ft.new wooden poles, to replace existing poles £1 Gs. perpole.

Shifting about five wire stays -3s. per stay.JAMES G. DRAKE,

Postmaster - General .


27th May, 1903.THE following transfers have been approved and resignations

accepted, in accordance with the provisions of the Com-monwealth Public Service Act 190 and regulations thereunder,namely :

Ex. Min. No. 192.

. go. 24.---30th May, 1903.

Commonwealth of Australia.

Postmaster - General's Department,25th May, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor - General in and over the Com-monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the

- Executive Council thereof, has approved that the reduced ratesshown in the annexed schedules be charged on telegrams fromthe Commonwealth of Australia to the places mentioned insuch schedules, vix the Eastern Extension Company's cables,from the dates specified.

NEW SOUTH WALES.H. E. HYNES, Telegraph Operator, Warren, to be Assistant,

Paddington, vice Bourke, resigned.H. F. MACK, Assistant, -Vass, to be Telegraph Operator,

West Maitland, 2:icc Moon, deceased.

VICTORIA.G. ROE, Assistant Line Repairer, Ballarat, to be Assistant

Line Repairer, Melbourne, vice Hill.R. E. HILL, Assistant Line Repairer, Melbourne, to be

Assistant Line Repairer, Ballarat, vice Roe..G. A. CLAYTON, Junior Postal Assistant, Gordons, to be

Junior Postal Assistant, Nathalia.STANLEY KING, Telegraph Messenger, Warrnainbooi t i be

Telegraph Messenger, Central Telegraph Office, Mel-bourne, vice Smethurst.

C. S. V. M. CooK, Telegraph Messenger, Central TelegraphOffice, Melbourne, resignation accepted from 8th May,1903.

QUEENSL AND.WILLIAM GARGETT, Officer in Charge, Postmaster -: eneral's

Department, resignation accepted from 19th December,1902.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.L. S. WAY E, Telegraph Messenger, Macclesfield, to be

Telegraph Messenger, Noarlunga, vice Blacker.ALBERT CROFT, Telegraph Operator, -Chief Office, Adelaide,

to be Telegraph Operator, Eucla.JOHN JOSEPH SUPPLE, Telegraph Operator, Alice Springs.

to be Telegraph Operator, Chief Office, Adelaide, viceCroft.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.BERTIE RICHARD THOMAS PECK, Postmaster, Marble Bar,

to be Officer in Charge, Fremantle Town Hall, viceKirkby.

GEORGE RICHARD KIRKBY, Officer in Charge, FremantleTown Hall, to be Postmaster, Marble Bar, vice Peck.

HENRY Buss. Telegraph Operator, Israelite Bay, to beTelegraph Operator, Esperance.

LIONEL COURTNEY, Telegraph Messenger, Greenbushes, tobe Telegraph Messenger, Perth, vice Finlay.

JAMES P. CARROLL,. Telegraph Messenger, Fremantle,resignation accepted from 5th May, 1903:

WALTER FREDERICK WHITE, Telegraph Operator, Perth,resignation accepted] from 20th May, 1903.

ALEXANDER FINLAY, Telegraph Messenger, Perth, resigna-tion accepted from 31st January, 1903.

JAMES G. »RA KE,Postmaster - General.


LIST OF REDUCED RATES ON TELEGH VAS FROM THE COMMON -

WEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TO CERTAIN PLACES IN SOUTHAMERICA, AND TO NEW ZEALAND, yid THE EASTERN EXTEN-SION COMPANY'S CABLES.

South America (via St. Vincent).Per word.

s. d.Argentine Republic ... . ... (i 4Bolivia ... ... ... ... 7 4Brazil Pernambuco (unchanged) ... G 0Amazon Stations

Cameta, Mosqqueiro, Pinheiros, Soure, Breves,Gurupa, Chaves, Macapa, Monte Alegre,Santarem . 7 41

Alemquer, Obidos Paratine, Itacoatiara,Manaos .. .. 8 2¿

All other places in Brazil 6Chili 7 4.1

Paraguay 6 4Peru 7 4IUruguay 6 4

To take effect from the 12th March.

New Zealand.

British and Colonial Government telegrams Threepence (3d.)per word. To take effect from the 15th May, 1903.

LIST OF REDUCED RATES ON TELEGRAMS FROM THE COMMON -WEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TO CERTAIN PLACES IN ASIA, Vi(ZTHE EASTERN EXTENSION COMPANY'S CABLES.

Direct.

Asia. s.A nnam, vil Singapore .. . 2

OtBritish North Borneo Labuan

lier places

.....

22

... 2

China HongkongShanghaiA racy ...FoochowCantonChefooE iouchowWei- liai -weeTientsinTakuPekingPort ArthurIlankowSwatow ...Macao ..

.. '3

... 2Other places ... ... 3

Cochin China, vi,2 Singapore ... 2Corea, Seoul, Chemilpo, and Fusan,

vid Japan ...,! Other places, vil Japan ...

Dutch Indies Java ..ii Other Islands

Dutch Borneo ...Formosa ... ... ...India India ... ...

Burenale ...Ceylon ... ...

JapanPhilippines Island of Luzon

6

G

G

G

5 35 7

2 G

232

... 2... 4 3.. 2 (i

G

1666

Other Islands (Visayas) 2 6Straits Settlements Malacca

Native States 2 6PenangSingapore ... 010

Siam, vi/ Singapore, Saigon ... 2 6 ` ...'I il Moulmein ... 3 1 ...

Tonquin, vil Singapore ... ... 2 6 --t

s. d.

0 101 31 31 3

s. d.1 101 51 G

1 51 5

1 5

... 2 5

2 51 52 51 G

4 24 G1 G1 82 01

3

1

89

G

6

2 G

4 34 71 71 9

2 1

1 91 101 103 31. 71 7

1 5 1 G

1 92 32 1

1 102 42 2

The- foregoing rates will come into force on the 1stJune, 1903.

Nn. 24.-30th May 1003. - 296

Oommonwealth of Australia.Postmaster- Gei.eral's Department,

21st May, 1903.

NEW SOUTH WALES.ACCEPTED TENDERS FOR TELEGRAPH, .TELEPHONE., AND ELECTRIC LIGHT MATERIAL.

-ET is hereby notified, for public information, that tenders Iave been accepted for the supply and deIivt ry to the State of New SouthWales, of the following Telegraph, Telephone, and Electric Light material :

ItemNo:

1

2

34+58

435

67

22236G

10

1151

12

1314

15215461

1637181920

255556.576465

2G

26A

48626367

52535960

58

. Material.

TELEGRAPH MATERIAL.Rabone, Fee; and Company, 275A George- street, Sydney.

25 tons extra best best annealed galvanized -iron telegraph wire (50G lbs. per mile) ...100 tons extra best best annealed galvanized -iron telegraph wire (403 lbs. per mile) ...60 tons extra best best annealel galvauizt,d -iron telegraph wire (200) lbs. per mile) ..35 -tons extra best best annealed galvanized -iron telegraph wire (148 lbs. per mile) ...2 tons extra best best annealed galvanized -iron telegraph wire (56 lbs. per mile) ...10 cwt.. copp;r bin ling tape (150 lbs. per mile) e,- inch wide20 cwt. galvanized hoop -iron, 1 in. wide, No. 18 gauge ...

Noyes Brothers, 109 Pitt - street, Sydney.25 tons hard-drawn copper wire (200 lbs. per mile)5 tons hard drawn copper wire (100 lbs. per mile) ...500 standard 24 -ft. iron telegraph poles...450 standard 30-ft. iron telegraph poles... ... ...60 accumulators, complete, Tudor type, capacity 12'5 .:tnpere hours at 10 -hour rate of discharge.

Glass cells ... ... ... ...

... per tonj. 25 tons :r

75 tons rr

u

... per cwt.

... per ton

eachrr

11

Knox, Schl.app, and Company Proptietary Líniited, 163 -169 William-street, Melbourne.5 cwt. soft copper jointing wire, No. 18, tinned ... ... ... ... ... per cwt.3 cwt. soft copper jointing wire, No. 20, tinned ...

The British Insulated and Helsby Cables Limited, Melbourne.2 miles insulated copper wire, No. 16 ... ... ... per mile2,000 main.battery cells, cups, and balloons ... ... each

The Union Cable Company Limited, Union Bank Chambers, Pittestreet, Sydney.9 miles insulated copper wire, No. 18 ... ... .. ... per mile

The Mu:terhaus Weimar Manufacturers Trading Corporation, 38 Market- street, Sydney.20,000 best white porcelain insulators, double umbrella, small, fitted with iron pins each5,009 best white porcelain insulators, double umbrella, small, without iron pins ...

The Inrliarul,ber, Gutta Percha, and Telegraph Works Company Limited, 279 George - street, Sydney.250 best white porcelain button insulators, with 3-in. screws ... per gross150 best white porcelain insulators for shackles ... each2,00i9 main battery tubes, glass ... ... per 10024 tons sulphate of copper ... ... ... per ton

Zwicker, Tod, and Company, 205-207 William- street, Melbourne.500 best white po- ctlain insulators, double umbrella. large, fitted with swan -neck iron pins each1,503 best white [tercel: 01 insulators, double umbrella, medium, fitted with swan neck iron pins500 best white porcelain insulate), s, single umbrella., small, fitted with swan -neck iron pins e1,000 best white porcelain insulators, single umbrella., small, fitted with straight stem iron pins e1,000 best white porcelain insulators, single umbrella, small, fitted with bent stem iron pins ...

Siemens Brothers and Company Limited, 16 O'Connell-street, Sydney.150 galvanized iron shackles, compete, with bolts and nuts each4,000 main battery corks . per 1001,500 main battery connexions ... .. ... each300 local battery cells, glass only

fl200 bottles, Morse instrument inkle300 bottles, Morse instrument oil ... it

Lawrence and Hanson, WTyn ard- street, Sydney.100 wrought -iron top pins for wooden poles, screwed for insulators ... each

F. G. King, 85 Eveleigh- street, Redfern.400 wrought -iron top -pins for wooden poles, screwed for insulators each

John Slater and Company, Melbourne10 gallons 13:tker's soldering solution ... ... per gal.3 tons sulphate of magnesia ... ... ... ... ... per ton2z tons Morse tape, k -in.5 Frier's self - polarising neutral differential relays (Western Electric make) 400 ohms each coil ,.. each

J. W. Broomhead and Sons, Weston -road, Rozelle.10,000 main battery zincs, 3f -in. ... ... each8,000 main battery leads

if1,000 local battery coppers ... ... if200 local battery suspenders

S. Z ,;fier, 30 -36 Druitt- street, Sydney.1,500 local battery zincs, new pattern ...

TELEPHONE MATERIAL.

Price.

£ s. d.1.0 10 012 1 210 15 012 2 fi

1215 0"15 0 04 3 7?

14 2 6

78 15 078 15 01 15 02 9 90 11 6

4 3 04 6 10

12 0 00 1 0

9 6 i

O 0 030 0 2ff

G IO 00 0 5O 2 4

21 10 0

0 0 10O 0 5i0 0 311

0 0 31oon0 1 5O 2 90 0 21O 1 SO 0 8¡O 06

0 0 10

0 0 Ili

0 7 37 5 0

46 0 05 17 6

0 0 810 0 2*

0 3iO 0 7?r

each ! 0 i 1

Hellstroni, Dunn and Company, 5 Macquarie Place, Sydney.68 1,700 Ericsson telephones complete, consisting of magneto call -box (to ring through 25,000 ohms),

transmitter, two Bi-polar receivers and cords, combination backboard amid battery Ilex, andtwo Leclanche cells complete, bell coils wound to 1,000 ohms, arranged for working metalliccircuits on the branching system each 2 15 069 300 Combination Ericsson's table sets, mnsgneto, to ring through 20,[00 ohms, for metallic circuitbranching se stem (Complete with 2 -3 Ampere glass :fuses, one 2 -cell battery -box and twoLeclammche cells) ... ... .. ... .

71 2 Ericsson's portable telephones, No. 390 e 4 2 073 5 Ericsson's switchboards, similar in pattern to No. 468, but for metallic circuits, 3 number ,i 2 14- 074 2 If rr If ,u ri 4 it II 2 19 0

297 No. 24.-30th May, 1903.

ACCEPTED TENDERS FOR TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, AND ELECTRIC LIGHT MATERIAL Continued.

ItemNo.

75767778838491929596

1031051061081091101121141] 5116117118119120121122123124125126138164

70

81828990

111113129130131.1321331351361411421431441.63165166167168169170

72798099

8586

101128

87

8898

171

939497

102127

100

137

Material.

TELEPHONE MATERIAL-- crintinnued.

Helistrom, Dunn, and Company, 5 Macquarie - street, Sydney --- continued.5 Ericssons's switchboards, similar in pattern to No. 468, but for metallic circuits, 5 number5 It t, n t1 It t n

113 If 11 11 tt 8 tt

3 It tt If tl It 10 11

100 6- Conductor rosette cords for Ericsson's bridging table sets ... ... ...100 4- Conductor rosette cords for Ericsson's non - bridging table sets ...6 5 -point plugs for attendant's outfits Ericsson's or W. E. Co.' e pattern ...25 Junction switches with extension hells (Ericsson's No. 435) ...100 Extension bells, magneto (coils 1,000 ohms) .100 11 II (coils 120 ohms) ...25 Operator's head receivers, with cords, twin plugs, and sockets complete ...100 Ericsson's transmitter mouth- pieces, large ... ...100 Carbon blocks for Ericsson transmitters, new pattern, with felt rings and spiders ...50 Diaphragms complete for latest pattern Ericsson transmitters ... ...1,000 Paper rings for Ericsson receivers ... ... ..300 Earpieces for Ericsson receivers ... ... ...100 Receiver terminals complete for Ericsson head telephones ...25 Gear wheels for Ericsson wall non - bridging sets ... ...25 Pinion wheels for Ericsson bridging table rets25 tt II 11 wall sets ...50 lightning arrester plates, paper discs, and terminals for Ericsson wall sets ...50 shunts for Ericsson non- brindging generators ... ...50 generator handles for bridging wall sets, Ericsson's ... ... ...25 generator handles for bridging table sets, Ericsson's ... ... ...50 bell standards for bridging Ericsson wall sets . .. ..50 bell standards for non - bridging Ericsson wall sets .. ... ... ... ...25 bell coils with frame, armature, and hammer complete, for Ericsson bridging wall sets ...25 It 11 II 11 for Ericsson non- bridging wall sets25 bell coils with frame, armature, and hammer, complete, for Ericsson bridging table sets25 t1 If 11 for Ericsson non - bridging table sets"200 hinges for call boxes10 telephone trunk line stop watches (three and six minutes) with start, stop and fly -back action

A. Williamson, 163 Pitt - street, Sydney.300 telephones complete, consisting of magneto call -box (to ring through 25,000 ohms), transmitter,

two bi -polar receivers and cords, combination backboard and battery -box, and two Leclanche cellscomplete, bell coils wound to 1,000 ohms, arranged for working metallic circuits on the branchingsystem Western Electric Co.'s or General Electric Co.'s ... ... ... each

500 yards switching cork for metallic circuits (red) ... ... ... per yard500 It t1 t, (brown) ... . ... 1t

110 yards 63 -wire silk and cotton covered cable for branching multiple switchboard 11

4 metallic testing plugs, double, with four conductor cords, 28 feet long ... ... each100 Head receiver earpieces for solid back attendant's outfits, W. E. Co.'s... 11

150 induction coils ... ... t1

150 switchboard weights, W. E., as per sample ... ... tt

500 shields for metallic plugs, W. E., as per sample .. tt

150 ebonite buttons for Dewar keys, W.E. ... ... ,1

50 ebonite tops for Dewar keys, W.E. 11

100 levers for Dewar keys, W.E. ... ... ... ... If

200 fuses for No. 12 W.E. pattern porcelain base metallic circuit protectors t1

100 No. 7 fuses, W.E. Co.'s pattern ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 t

500 screws for fastening tags inside metallic plugs (2 in each plug), W.E., as per sample ... tt

500 screws for fastening shields to plues, W.E., as per sample ... ... 11

5 ^0 screws for drop fronts (brass), W.E., as per sample ... ti

200 screws for drop fronts (iron), W.E., as per sample ... ... ... ... tt

50 transmitter diaphragm clamping nuts for solid back attendant's outfits ... n

4 miles 73 pairs metallic return lead - cased telephone cable with dry core and air space insulation ... per mile4 ruiles :t2 pairs n n n tt n n n n

5 tuiles 39 pairs 11 11 11 It It u 11 11

4 miles 26 pairs n 11 it t, 11 1, ,, n

3 miles 13 pairs ,, 11 1, 11 Il It 11 11

2 miles 7 pairs 11 11 11 II 11 It 11 it

The British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Limited, Melbourne.3 Ericsson's switchboards, similar in pattern to No. 468, but for metallic circuits, 2 number ... each250 cords for metallic switchboards (W. E.), 6ft. 3in. long (red), as per sample ... tt

250 t1 11 11 11 11 (brown), as per sample ... e1,500 Leclanche porous pots, No. 2, in in. overall, 2 in. dia., filled same as sample a

Webendorfer Brothers, 187 Clarence - street, Sydney.10 miles office wire, I.R. and C.C., paraffined, No. 18, assorted colours ... ... per mile10 11

II 1t No. 20, 11 ... It

1,010 battery connexions, as per sample ... ... ... each1,000 double terminals ... 11

each

Rabone, Feez, and Company, 257A George- street, Sydney.3 miles annunciator wire, No. 20 ... per mile

The Indiarubber, Gutta Percha, and Telegraph Works Company Limited, 279 George - street, Sydney.1 mile cross connecting wire, two conductors, wool covered .,50 Obach dry cells (Q size) .. . each50 lbs. Cliatterton's compound... ... per lb.

Lawrence and Hanson, 3 Wynyard- street, Sydney.50 Capstan switches, G.E. Co.'s. ... . ... each100 trembling bells, box, 3 -in. gong ... tt

50 2 -cell battery boxes e100 bell receivers (bi- polar) G.E. Coy's. ... e500 fuses for Cone Hunning's bridging sets, G.E. Co.'s. ... el

Price.

O s. d.3 5 03 10 04 0 04 10 0O 2 9O 2 0O 3 0100O 7 0O 6 9O 15 60 1 0O 1 3O 1 70 0 1O ] 00 0 5O 2 0O 1 60 1 6O 2 G0 1 0O 2 00 2 00 0 5O 0 50 13 0O 13 0O 13 6O 13 6O 0 60 17 6

2 16 0O 0 6O 0 6O 2 41 6 0O 0 9O 2 60 3 9O 0 3O 0 10O 0 3O 1 20 1 2O 0 5O 0 OFO 0 Ott0 0 00 0 0O 0 2

399 0 0299 0 0238 0 0182 0 0107 0 072 0 0

2 5 90 1 5O 1 5O 0

3 3 01 19 3O 0 2i0 0 2fi

1 7 0

6 10 0O 2 30 3 6

O 10 0O 3 8O 2 4O 6 0O 0 4A-

:r. W. Broomhead and Sons, 51 and 53 Weston-road, Rozelle.2,000 Leclanche zincs, 6 -in. x Fin., rolled .. ... each 0 0 2

Noyes Brothers, 31 O'Connell- street, Sydney.4 accumulators, complete, Tudor type, capacity 4:;0 ampere hours at 10 -hour rate of discharge, glasscells ... ... ... ... ... each 317 G

C. 4462.B.

No. 24.-30th May, 1903. 298

ACCEPTED TENDERS FOR TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE, AND ELECfraw LIGHT MATERIALcontinued.

IteriN.

174

175176

177

173

179

180184185186187

188

Material. Price.

ELECTRIC LIGILT MATERIAL.Webendorfer Brothers, 187 Clarence - street, Sydney.

1,200 1.6 c.p. (English candle, standard) 110 volt, 55 Watt -hour incandescent lamps .(' ayonet, brasscollar, porcelain tops, elliptic contacts). A candle hour efficiency of not less than 12,000 for 800hours to be guaranteed ... ... each

Richard Klinger and Company, 281 George street, Sydney.5 Reflex water gauges (IKlinger's patent), size B'" ... ... each5 Spare glasses, and packings for above (3 s. is of packings) ... .. ... e

Weber, Lohman, and Company Limited, Bridge- street, Sydney.

8 Magnetic circuit breakers, tao each of 5 ta 10, 10 to 20, 20 to 3), 33 tp 63 Amps es capaci y. To +

be of approve I design, single pole, highly finished, and mounted o :i black enamel base, and tobe fitted with either magnetic blow out.or carbon final break ... ..

IL

A. Williamson, 163 Pittstreet, Sydney.1 Ward Leonard magnetic circuit breaker (No. S.H. 800) with range of adjustment from 600 to 1,400

Amperes, as per sample. Template of holes to be supplied .. ... ... ... ... ¡ 16 9 0

The Indiarubber, GuttaPercha, and Telegraph Works Company Limited, 279 George - street, Sydney.2 full sets of high and low pressure ca limier piston, guide - piston, valve- rings, and springs, and eccentric

straps, for Willans' engine, H.H S., No. 2830, as specified in Wilkins detail sheet : -11 L.P., 11H.P., 23 L.P., 23 H.Y., 42A, 44 L.P., 44 H. P., and 53 .. ... per set ¡ 18 6 3

2 full sets of spares, as above, for Willans' engine (F.F. No. 2331) ... t, 12 8 33 cwt. ; quare greasy hemp hydraulic packing. Assorted sizes ... ... per lb. ! 0 1 0,r28 lb. Rainbow gasket packing. Assorted sizes ... ... a 0 3 628 lb. Rainbow sheeting. Assorted sizes ... ... ... ... ... n 0 620 quires Carborundum cloth. Silesia. Backed. Assorted sizes ... ... per quire 0 3 4

The Brush Electrical Engineering Company Limited, 53 Margaret- street, Sydney.' 159 0 01 Electric motor and pump combined, as per specification . ..

each (5 to10 Am-peres)



each (30 to;!60 Am-peres)

£ s. cl.

0 0 4

3 2 60 7 6

2 12 0

21.2 0

2 12 0

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Ex. Min. No. 191. Commonwealth of Australia.Postmaster - General's Department,

25th May, 1903.HIS Excellency the Governor - General in and over the Com-

monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of theExecutive Council thereof, has approved that authority begiven to enter into a contract for a term of three years from the1st October, 1903, with the Union Steam- ship Company of NewZealand Limited and Huddart Parker Proprietary CompanyLimited for a mail service between Victoria and Tasmania,five times a week in summer, and four times a week inwinter,for a subsidy at the rate of Nine thousand pounds (£9,000)

Tperannum for the first sixteen months, and at the rate of

hirteen thousand pounds (£I3,003) per annum for the re-mainder of the terni ; and that payment be made to the UnionSteam -ship Company of New Zealand Limited from the 1stJanuary to the 30th September, 903 when the new contractcontes into operation at the rate previously paid, for the con -veyance of mails between Victoria and Tasmania, under theterms and conditions of the late contract.

JAMES G. DRAKE,Postmaster-General.

Ex Min. No. 194. Commonwealth of Australia,.Postmaster - General's Department,

25th May, 1903.TASMANIA.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in and over the Com-monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the

Executive Council thereof, has approved that John FrancisJordan, Telegraph Messenger, be promoted to the position ofJunior Letter Carrier in the Postmaster-General's Departmentat Zeehan, State of Tasmania ; to take effect on and from the15th March, 1903.

JAMES G. DRAKE,Postmaster - General


25th May, 1903.TASMANIA. -

HIS Excellency the Governor - General in and over the Com-monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the

Executive Council thereof, has approved that Arthur JohnMasters, Telegraph Messenger at Launceston, be promoted tothe position of. Junior Letter Carrier in the Postmaster - General'sDepartment at Launceston, State of Tasmania ; to take effect onand from the 13th May, 1903. .




nIS Excellency the Governor- General in and over the Cona-monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the

Executive Council thereof, has approved that the under-men-tioned officers of the Postmaster General's Department in theState of New South Wales, be promoted to the positions shownopposite their respective names, viz.:

JOHN CARMODY, to be Junior Line Repairer, Tamworth ;EDWIN MOORE, to be Junior Line Repairer, Newcastle;.JAMES GIBNEY, to be Line Repairer, Murwilluinbah ;

such promotions to take effect from the 6th May, 1903.


Ex.-Min. No. 193. Commonwealth of Australia.Postmaster- General's Department,

25th May, 1903.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.HIS Excellency the Governor - General in and over the Com-

monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of theExecutive Council thereof, has approved that ChristopherDabovich, Lineman, Postmaster General's Department, Stateof South Australia, be promoted to the position of TelegraphLine Overseer (No. 6 party), Postmaster -General's DepartmentState of South Australia.


Ex. Min: No. 200. Commonwealth of Australia.Postmaster-General's Department,


HIS Excellency the Governor - General in and over theCommonwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of

the Executive Council thereof, has approved that JohnCharles Evans Hiddleston, Letter - carrier in the Postmaster-General's Department, State of Victoria, be transferred to theposition of Assistant in the Mail Bag Room, General PostOffice, Melbourne, retaining his designation of Letter - carrier.


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299 No. 2M. -30th May, 1903.

ALICE GLASSON, to be Postmistress at Dandarragan ;ARTHUR FREDERICK J AESCHKE, to be Operating Messenger

at Yarloop ;JANE ROBBIE HARKNESS, to be Assistant at Brunswick

such promotions to take effect from the 1st May, 1903.JAMES G. DRAKE,



Executive Council thereof, has approved that William Ryan,Letter - carrier, Postmaster- General's Department, General PostOffice, Melbourne, State of Victoria, be transferred to the

Mpositionof Assistant in the Mail Bag Room, General Post Office,

elbourne, retaining his designation of Letter- carrier.JAMES G. DRAKE,



25th May, 1903.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.HIS Excellency the Governor- General in and over the Com-

monwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of theExecutive Council thereof, has approved that the undermen-tioned officers of the Postmaster General's Department, State ofWestern Australia, be promoted to the positions shown oppositetheir respective names, viz.:

HERBERT LIVINGSTON OTTAWAY, to be Postmaster atBroome ;


25th May, 19C3.VICTORIA.


Executive Council thereof, has approved that the undermen-tioned officers of the Postmaster - General's Department, Stateof Victoria, the promoted to the positions shown opposite theirrespective names, viz.:

EDWIN HUBBARD, to be Telephone Switch Operator, CentralTelephone Exchange, Melbourne ;

1WILLIAM HERBERT HORLEY, to be Junior Postal Assistant,Allendale;

LIONEL ANTHONY PARRY WARD, to be Junior Postal As--sistant, Swan Hill ;

such promotions to take effect from the 5th May, 1903.JAMES G. DRAKE,


Printed and Published for t h e GOVERNMENT of the COM3IONIVE L T S of. AUSTRA A by ROM' ß..J I A1N,Government Printer for the State of Victoria.

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