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[Registered at the General Post Office, Melbourne, for transmission by post as a newspaper.]

SATURDAY, 13TH APRIL, [1907.

Governor - General's Office,o Government House,

Melbourne, 8th April, rgo7.HIS Majesty the King has signified approval (vide

Secretary of State's Despatch " Miscellaneous,"dated 22nd February, 1907) of the Senior Naval Officer,in the absence of the Naval Commander -in- Chief, if ofrank not less than that of Captain, being assigned aplace in the Commonwealth Table of Precedence afterNo. 13 in the Table of Precedence accompanying thememorandum from this office, dated 3oth December, 1905,and published in the Commonwealth Gazette of 6th Janu-ary, 1906.

By direction of His Excellency the Governor - General,

GEO. STEWARD,Official Secretary.

Department of External Affairs,Melbourne, 9th April, 1907.

II IS Excellency the Governor - General directs thepublication of the attached Imperial Order in

Council, dated nth February, 1907, adding the Common-wealth of Australia to the list of Colonies mentioned inthe Schedule to the Colonial Officers (Leave of Absence)Act 1894.

JOHN FORREST,Acting Minister of State for External Affairs.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,The rah day of February, rgo7.

PRESENT :

The King's Most Excellent Majesty.Lord PresidentLord ChamberlainLord Sandhurst

Lord ReayLord TweedmouthMr. McKenna.

WIìEREAS by the Colonial Officers (Leave of Absence)Act 1894 i, it is enacted that a person employed in thePublic Service of any Colony other than a Colonyspecified in the Schedule to that Act, or in any Orderof His Majesty in Council extending the said Schedule,shall not be entitled to be absent from the Colony, ex-cept in accordance with rules relating to leave of absenceframed by a Secretary of State.

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And whereas it is expedient that the said Scheduleshould be extended so as to include the Commonwealthof Australia and the Transvaal.

Now, therefore, His Majesty, in pursuance of thepawers by the said Act or otherwise in His Majestyvested is pleased, by and with the advice of His Majesty'sPrivy C cur.cil, to Order, and it is hereby ordered, thatfrom and after the date of this Order the Colonies ofthe Cc mincnwealth of Australia and of the Transvaalshill be included in the Schedule to the Colonial Officers(Tezce of Absence) Act 1894.

A. W. FITZROS.

Department of External Affairs,Melbourne, loth April, 1907.

THE following despatch from the Right Honorable the1 Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated 5thMarch, 1907, enclosing . an extract from the LondonGazette of 12th February, 1907, relating to an Order inCouncil in regard to the Extradition Convention ofAmerica, is published for general information.


Downing- street,5th March, 1907.

(CIRCULAR.)Sir,

With reference to Mr. Chamberlain's Circular despatchof the 25th of July, Igor, I have the honour to transmitto you, for publication in the Colony, a copy of anOrder of His Majesty in Council giving effect to a Supple-mentary Convention between the United Kingdom andthe United States of America for the extradition of fugi-tive criminals signed on the 12th April, 1905, the ratifica-tions of which were exchanged at Washington on the 21stof December, 1906.

I have the honour to be, Sir,Your most obedient humble servant,

(Signed) ELGIN.

The Governor- General of the Commonwealth of Australia.Transmitted to the Acting Prime Minister.

(Signed) NORTHCOTE, Governor - General,9th April, 1907.

No. 20. -I3th April, 1907

[Extract from the London Gazette of 12th February, 1907]

ORDER IN COUNCIL.RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES EXTRADITION ORDER IN

COUNCIL, 1907.

Buckingham Palace, 11th February, 1907.

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At'the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 11th day ofFebruary, 1907.

PRESENT :

The King's Most Excellent Majesty;Lord President Lord ReayLord Chamberlain Lord TweedmouthLord Sandhurst Mr. McKenna.

WHEREAS by the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1906, it wasamongst other things enacted that, where an arrangementhas been made with any foreign State with respect to thesurrender to such State of any fugitive criminals, His_'tilajcsty may, by Order in Council, direct that the saidActs shall apply in the case of such foreign State; andthat His Majesty may, by the same or any subsequentOrder, limit the operation of the Order, and restrict thesame to fugitive criminals who are in or suspected ofbeing in the part of His Majesty's dominions specified inthe Order, and render the operation thereof subject tosuch conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as may be

deemed expedient.And whereas a Convention was concluded on the twelfth

day of April, One thousand nine hundred and five, be-tween His Majesty and the President of the UnitedStates of America, for the mutual extradition of fugitivecriminals, which Convention is in the terms following :

His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyondthe Seas, Emperor of India and the President of theUnited States of America, being desirous of enlargingthe list of crimes on account of which extradition may be

ranted under the Conventions concluded between theUnited States and Great Britain on the twelfth July, Onethousand eight hundred and eighty -nine, and the thirteenthDecember, One thousand nine hundred, with a view tothe better administration of justice and the prevention ofcrime in their respective territories and. jurisdictions, haveresolved to conclude a Supplementary Convention for thispurpose, and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, towit :

His Britannic Majesty, the Most Honorable HenryCharles Keith Petty - Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne,His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs ;

And the President of the United States, the HonorableJoseph Hodges Choate, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary of the United States at the Court of HisBritannic Majesty ;

Who, after having communicated to each other theirrespective full powers, which were found to be in dueand proper form, have agreed to and concluded the fol-lowing Articles :

ARTICLE I.

The following crimes are added to the list of crimesnumbered one to ten in the first Article of the said Con-vention of the twelfth July, One thousand eight hundredand eighty -nine, and to the list of crimes numbered elevento thirteen in Article I. of the Supplementary Conventionconcluded between the United States and Great Britainon the thirteenth December, One thousand nine hundred,that is to say :--

14. Bribery, defined to be the offering, giving, or re-ceiving of bribes made criminal by the laws of bothcountries.

15. Offences, if made criminal by the laws of bothcountries, against bankruptcy law.

ARTICLE II.The present Convention shall be considered as an in-

tegral part of the said Extradition Conventions of thetwelfth July, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine,and the thirteenth December, One thousand nine hundred,and the first Article of the said Convention of the twelfthJuly, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, shallbe read as if the lists of crimes therein contained hadoriginally comprised the additional crimes specified andnumbered fourteen and fifteen in the first Article of thepresent Convention.

The present Convention shall be ratified, and the rati-fications shall be exchanged either at Washington orLondon as soon as possible.

h shal' come into force ten days after its publicationr,,nforrnitv with the laws of the High Contracting

' :;tics, ,Intl it shall continue and terminate in the samethe sa;rl Convention of the twelfth July, One

thousand eight hundred and eighty -nine.

Commonwealth Gazette

In testimony whereof the respective Plenipotentiarieshave signed the present Convention in duplicate, and havethereunto affixed their seals.

Done at London, this twelfth day of April, Onethousand nine hundred and five.

(L.s.) LANSDOWNE.(L.S.) JOSEPH H. CHOATE.

And whereas the ratifications of the said Conventionwere exchanged at Washington on the twenty-first day ofDecember, One thousand nine hundred and six.

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the adviceof His Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority com-mitted to Him by the said recited Acts, doth order, andit is hereby ordered, that from and after the twenty -second day of February, One thousand nine hundred andseven, the said Acts shall apply in the case of the UnitedStates and of the said Convention with the President ofthe United States of America.

Provided always that the operation of the said Actsshall be and remain suspended within the Dominion ofCanada so long as an Act of the Parliament of Canadapassed in 1886, and entitled " An Act respecting the Ex-tradition of Fugitive Criminals," shall continue in forcethere, and xo longer.

A. W. FITZRov.


HIS Excellency the Governor - General directs it to benotified that the Government of Argentine has ac-

cepted the resignation of ADOLFO FEEZ, Esquire, Vice -Consul at Brisbane, Queensland.



HIS Excellency the Governor- General directs it to benotified that during the absence of R. Strelitz,

Esquire, Consul for Denmark, at Fremantle, WesternAustralia, the administration of the Consulate will beintrusted to

PAUL STRELITZ, Esquire,

Consul for the Netherlands in that place.JOHN FORREST,

Acting Minister of State for External Affairs.

Department of Trade and Customs,Melbourne, 8th April, 1907.

fi1HE following exchange of positions has been madej in the Victorian Branch of this Department, to datefrom the 1st March, 1907 :E. F. WINTER, Customs Assistant, Landing Branch, trans-

ferred as Customs Assistant, Boarding Inspector'sBranch, vice R. W. Murdoch, transferred.

R. W. MURDOCH, Customs Assistant, Boarding Inspector'sB ranch, transferred as Customs Assistant, LandingBranch, vice E. F. Winter, transferred.

AUSTIN CHAPMAN,Acting Minister for Trade and Customs.

Department of Trade and Customs,Melbourne, 8th April, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor- General, acting with theadvice of the Federal Executive Council, has been

pleased to approve of the following changes in the staffof this Department, viz.:

PROMOTIONS.

ROBERT EWING, Examining Officer, Landing Branch, NewSouth Wales, Clerical Division, 4th Class, salary £260per annum, promoted to the 3rd Class, Clerical Divi-sion, in the Central Staff, with salary of £310 perannum, as from 6th April, 1907, to fill a new positioncreated.

EBENEZER STEWART GRAY, Clerk, 5th Class, StatisticalBranch, Central Staff, salary £r6o per annum, pro-moted as Clerk, 4th Class, Clerical Divisign, CentralStaff, with salary of £185 per annum, as from 6thApril, 1907, to fill a new position created.

CHARLES VINCENT WATSON, Assistant Examiner, PatentBranch, salary £140 per annum, promoted to the posi-tion of Deputy Examiner, Class E, Professional Divi-sion, Patent Branch, Melbourne, salary £185 per annum,as from 13th April, 1907, to fill a new position created.

TRANSFERS.

GEORGE SHARP, 5th Class Clerk, Department of HomeAffairs, Perth, transferred at his present salary as 5th

. Class Clerk, Trade Marks and Copyrights Office, De-partment of Trade and Customs, Melbourne, to. datefrom 27th March, 1907.

Commonwealth Gazette 665 No; 2o. I3th April, 1907

AUGUST JAMES BULTE (an officer of the General Divisionwho has qualified for transfer to the Clerical Division),Telephone Attendant, Postmaster - General's Depart-ment, at West Maitland, New South - Wales, transferredat his present salary in the first subdivision of the 5thClass, to the position of Clerk, 5th Class, ClericalDivision, Department of Trade and Customs, atAlbury, New South Wales, vice M. A. Forsyth, re-signed; to date from ist April, 1807.

CHARLES EDWARD O'NEILL (an officer of the GeneralDivision who has qualified for transfer to the ClericalDivision), Letter Carrier, Grade II., Postmaster -Gene-ral's Department, Victoria, transferred at his presentsalary to the position of Customs Assistant, LandingBranch, Department of Trade and Customs, Victoria,vice R. H. Bailey, transferred ; to date from 27thMarch, 1907.

DENNIS JAMES KELLY (an officer of the General Divisionwho has qualified for transfer to the Clerical Division),Letter Carrier, Postmaster - General's Department, Vic-toria, transferred at his present salary as Clerk, 5thClass, Clerical Division, Statistical Branch, Depart-ment of Trade and Customs, Victoria, vice C. R. Cow-ling, transferred ; to date from 6th April, 1907.

CREATION OF NEW POSITIONS.The following new positions in the Central Staff created

as from the 8th March, rgo7:Clerk, 3rd Class, Clerical Division, salary £310 to

74.00 per annum.Clerk, 4th Class, Clerical Division, salary ¿I85 to f285

per annum.Clerk, 5th Class, Clerical Division, salary £40 to £r6o

per annum.The following new position in the Patent Branch, Mel-

bourne, created as from 12th March, 1go7:Denuty Examiner, Class E, Professional Division, salary

LIS5 to 2285 per annum.

ABOLITION OF POSITION.The position of Inspector of Accounts, Inspection of

Accounts Branch, Victoria, last filled by T. N. Stephens,abolished as from the 28th February, 1907.

RESIGNATIONS.The resignation of CHARLES EUSTACE CHAPMAN, Assistant

Examiner, Professional Division, Class F, Patent Branch,Melbourne, accepted ; to date from 28th February, 1907,inclusive.

The resignation of ROWLAND LESLIE HULL, Clerk, cthClass, Correspondence and Accounts Branch, at Port Ade-laide, South Australia, accepted ; to date from 28th Feb-ruary, 1907.

FURLOUGH.ALFRED HENRY BEDDEK, Clerk, at Cooktown, Queens-

land, granted four months' furlough on full pay.SICK LEAVE.

HAROLD FRANK SHORTER, Locker, 2nd Class, at Sydney,New South Wales. granted six months' sick leave onhalf nay ; to date from rrth January, Ig07.

WVILLIAM JAMES WYBORN, Locker, ist Class, Brisbane,Queensland, granted three months' sick leave on halfpay ; to date from 15th January, 1907.

DEDUCTION FROM SALARY OF RENT FOR QUARTERS.

The sum of Twelve pounds (ZI2) per annum fixed asfair and reasonable rent for quarters to be occtipied byCONRAD HENRY SPR.ADAU, as Customs Assistant, at Burke -town, Queensland, such amount to be deducted annuallyfrom such officer's salary as from the date upon which hetakes up the duties of the position.

AUSTIN CHAPMAN,Acting Minister for Trade and Customs.

Department of Trade and Customs,Melbourne, 31st May, 1906.

ORDER BY THE MINISTER UNDER PART XIII.,EXCISE ACT Igor..

WHEREAS a dispute has arisen between the Officersof Customs at Brisbane and James E. Kennedy,

botelkeeper, Roma, as to an alleged contravention of theBeer Excise Act Igol, to wit, Omission to cut beer dutystamp : And whereas the said James E. Kennedy hasconsented in writing to the said dispute being inquiredinto and determined by me, and I have inquired intoand determined it accordingly : Now, therefore, I makethe following order, viz.:

That a penalty of Three pounds (L3) be imposed,and I further order that in default of paymentwithin sixty days the said penalty shall be en-forced by levy of execution against the goodsand chattels of the said James E. Kennedy.

WILLIAM JOHN LYNE,Minister for Trade and Customs.

Mr. J. E. Kennedy, Terminus Hotel, Roma.

Postmaster- General's Department,loth April, 1907.

THE following staff changes, &c., in the Postmaster -General's Department have been approved, in

accordance with the provisions of the CommonwealthPublic Service Act 1902, and Regulations thereunder,namely :

NEW SOUTH WALES.C. GREIG, Assistant (Mail -boy), Goulburn, to be Assistant

(Letter Carrier), relieving, Goulburn, to fill the staffvacancy, vice Hedge, deceased; as from 18th April,1907.

F. DAVISON, Assistant (Letter Carrier), Narrabri, to beAssistant (Letter Carrier), Mail Branch, Sydney, to fillthe staff vacancy vice Quinn, promoted; as from lothApril, 1907.

G. W. LEE, Letter Carrier, Grade I., Narrabri (excess),to be Letter Carrier, Grade I., Narrabri, to fill thestaff vacancy vice Davison, transferred; as from lothApril, z9o7.

J. J. BURNS, Letter Carrier, Grade I., Chatswood, to beLetter Carrier, Grade II., Chatswood, to fill the gradevacancy vice Quinn, promoted; as from loth April, 1907.

J. SCHWEERS, Assistant (Letter Carrier), Mail Branch,Sydney, to be Letter Carrier, Grade I., Mail Branch,Sydney, to fill the grade vacancy vice Burns, trans-ferred ; as from loth April, 1907.

J. H. CLARK, Telegraph Messenger, Lucknow, to be Tele-graph Messenger, Orange.

J. J. McDoNOGH, Letter Carrier, Burwood, to be LetterCarrier, Wollongong, vice Dyball, transferred.

REUBEN DYBALL, Assistant (Letter Carrier), Wollongong,to be Assistant (Letter Carrier), Burwood, viceMcDonogh, transferred.

H. R. QUIST, Assistant (Mail -boy), Newcastle, to be As-sistant, Queanbeyan.

H. H. J. HUMPHRIES, Assistant, Warren, to be Assistant,Camperdown, vice Gorry, transferred.

W. H. ADAMS, Assistant (Mail -boy), Mail Branch, Sydney,to be Assistant (Mail -boy), Barraba, vice Easthaughfíe,resigned.

C. J. .SWEENEY, Telegraph Messenger (unattached), to beTelegraph Messenger, Telegraph Branch, Sydney, viceMcNally, promoted.

F. E. BROCKWELL, Postmaster (Relieving), unattached, tobe Clerical Assistant, Stroud, vice Davis, transferred.

T. B. DAVIS, Clerical Assistant, Stroud, to be ClericalAssistant (Relieving), unattached, vice Brockwell, trans- .

f erred .H. H. MANNING, Assistant (Mail -boy), Newcastle, to be

Assistant, Quirindi, vice Snow, transferred.W. J. KEARNS, Assistant (Mail -boy), South Grafton, to

be Assistant, Casino.W. D. A. MILLER, Assistant (Mail -boy), Marrickvil'.e, to

be Assistant, Condobolin.A. LAUNDERS, Assistant (Letter Carrier), Bingara, to be

Assistant, Collarenebri, vice Cook, transferred.W. H. MOORE, Assistant (Mail -boy), Sydney. to be As-

sistant (Letter Carrier), Bingara, vice Launders, trans-ferred.

VICTORIA.A. E: COOPER, Assistant (Letter Carrier), Mail Branch,

Melbourne, to be Assistant (Letter Carrier), Sale, viceHogg, transferred.

I,. T. E. HoGG, Assistant (Letter Carrier), Sale, to heAssistant (Letter Carrier), Mail Branch, Melbourne, viceCooper, transferred.

(This takes the place of the notification respectingthis officer which appears on page 558 of CommonwealthGazette, No. 15, of the 16th March, 1907.)The transfer of D. E. COLEMAN, Letter Carrier, Mail

Branch, Melbourne, to the position of Letter Carrier,Sale, notification of which appears on palle cc8 ofCommonwealth Gazette, No. 15, of the 16th March,1907, has been cancelled.

J. J. SWEENEY, Assistant (Porter), Mail Branch, Melbourne,to be Porter, Mail Branch, Melbourne, to fill the gradevacancy vice Kelly, transferred; as from 27th April,1907.

JOHN MURPHY, 'Telegraph Messenger, North Geelong, tobe Telegraph Messenger, Colac, vice Middleton, ser-vices dispensed with.

QUEENSLAND.G. HERB, Lineman, Grade I., Brisbane, to be Lineman,

Grade II., Brisbane; as from Ist July, 7906.A. G. SMITH, Lineman (in charge of office), Windorah, to

he Lineman (in charge of office), Miles, vice Cummins,transferred.

J. A. JOHNSTON, Letter Carrier, Grade I., Mail Branch.Brisbane, to be Letter Carrier, Grade II., Mail Branch,Brisbane, to fill the grade vacancy vice O'Shea, de-ceased; as from 6th May, 1907.

No 2o. --ifill April, 1go7 666 Commonwealtlì Gazette

E. T. ROWSELL, Telephone Attendant, Brisbane, to beTelephone Attendant, Dalby.

G. H. R. SCHEMALLECK, Assistant (Letter Carrier), Char-ters Towers, to be Assistant, Charters Towers, viceSpradau, transferred.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.A. G. SHORTRIDGE, Telegraph Messenger, Kooringa, to

be Telegraph Messenger, Auburn, vice Mansfield, pro-moted.

F. E. RICE, Assistant, Unley, to be Messenger, Grade I.,Electrical Engineer's Branch, vice Clifford, transferred.

CHARLES CLIFFORD, Messenger, Grade I., Electrical En-gineer's Branch, to be Assistant, Unley, vice Rice, trans-ferred.

ELLEN MAUD ARCHER, Telephone Monitor, Port Adelaide,to. be Telephone Monitor, Adelaide.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.F. C. MOYNS, Senior Line Repairer, Fremantle, to be

Senior Line Repairer Perth, vice Daw, transferred.H. A. DAW, Senior Line Repairer, Perth, to be Senior

Line Repairer, Fremantle, vice Moyns, transferred.D. H. THOMAS, Letter Carrier, Grade II., Fremantle, to

be Letter Carrier, Grade II., Perth, vice Luly, trans-ferred.

W. G. H. N. LULY, Assistant (Letter Carrier), Perth, tobe Assistant (Letter Carrier), Fremantle, vice Thomas,transferred.

R. E. SKINNER, Telephone Attendant, Perth, to be Tele-phone Attendant, Kalgoorlie, vice Chandler, resigned.

J. F. WALL, Clerical Assistant, Kanowna, to be ClericalAssistant, Midland Junction, vice Parker, transferred.

R. E. PARKER, Clerical Assistant, Midland Junction, tobe Clerical Assistant, Kanowna, vice Wall, transferred.

D. W. THOMAS, Telegraphist, Hamelin Pool, to be Tele-graphist, Perth, vice Knights, transferred.

A. E. KNIGHTS, Telegraphist, Perth, to be Telegraphist,Hamelin Pool, vice Thomas, transferred.

J. HARRIS, Sorter, Grade II., Albany, to be Sorter, GradeII., Mail Branch, Perth, vice Kent, transferred.

J. H. KENT, Sorter, Grade II., Mail Branch, Perth, tobe Sorter, Grade II., Albany, vice Harris, transferred.

AUSTIN CHAPMAN,Postmaster- General.

Postmaster - General's Department,Ex. Min. T.39 27th March, 1907.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.HIS Excellency the Governor - General, by and with the

advice of the Federal Executive Council, has ap-proved that GEORGE FREDERICK GARDINER, Senior Instru-ment Fitter, Albany, be retired from the Public Serviceas from the 3xst July, 1906, under the provisions of sec-tion 6 of the Superannuation Act of Western Australia,35 Vic., No. 7, and sections 7o and 84 of the Constitutionof the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose offacilitating improvements in the organization of the Post-master- General's Department.

(This takes the place of the notification respecting thisofficer which appears on page 1035 of CommonwealthGazette, No. 43, of the nth August, igo6.)

AUSTIN CHAPMAN,Postmaster - General.

Ex. Min. 67.Postmaster - General's Department,

27th March, 1907.QUEENSLAND.

HIS Excellency the Governor - General, by and with theadvice of the Federal Executive Council, has ap-

proved that an allowance at the rate of 412 per annum,for acting as Postmaster, be paid to

W. J. MCCULKIN,Lineman (in charge of office), Nebo, State of Queensland.


Postmaster- General's Department,8th April, 1907.

NEW SOUTH WALES.ACCEPTANCE OF TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF ADDITIONAL

SECTIONS FOR BRANCHING METALLIC CIRCUIT TELEPHONESWITCHBOARD, SYDNEY.

1T is hereby notified, for public information, that the

.1 tender of Mr. R. B. Hungerford, of 163 Pitt - street,Sydney, has been accepted for the supply and delivery ofthe undermentioned additional sections for the branchingmetallic circuit telephone switchboard in the Central Ex-change, Sydney, at the prices named :

Additional junction section, 467o.Additional subscribers' section, J1,720.Additional subscribers' section, 41,834.


Postmaster - General's Department,gth April, rgo7.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.T is hereby notified, for public information, that the

undermentioned tenders for the conveyance of mailshave been accepted, namely :

Ra ff an 6. Coy., Broad Arrow.Service No. 34. From and to and to and from the

Post Offices, Black Flag and Broad Arrow, twicea week, by spring vehicle, for a period of oneyear, from the ist April, 1907, to the 31st March,1908, for a sum at the rate of 460 per annum.

7. Kirkham, Waverley.Service No. 73. From and to and to and from the

Post Offices, Waverley and Canegrass, twice aweek, by spring vehicle, for a period of oneyear, from the ist April, 1907, to the 31st March,1908, for a sum at the rate of 452 per annum.

James Raynor, Port Hedland.Service No. 1482. From and to and to and from

the Post Offices, Port Hedland, La Grange Bay,and Walla], for the conveyance of mails, stores,&c., per cutter Myth, three (3) trips per year,for a period of one year, from the 1st April,1q07, to the 31st March, rgo8, for a sum at therate of 465 per trip for a cargo not exceedingtwenty (20) tons. any excess cargo to be paidfor at the rate of 42 per ton.

C. H. Dunlop, North Dandalup.Serviçe No. 149. From and to and to and from the

Post Offices, Carnarvon and Yanyerreddie, twicea month, by spring vehicle, for a period of threeyears, from the ist April, 1907, to the 31st March,1910, for a sum at the rate of 4260 per annum.

R. Palmer, Derby.Service No. x51. From and to and to and from the

Post Offices, Derby and Balmaningarra, once amonth, on horseback, for a period of nine months,from the Ist April, Igo7, to the 31st December,1907, for a sum at the rate of £149 per annum.

Hedditch Bros., Marble Bar.Service No. 155. From and to and to and from the

Post Offices, Nullagine and Galtee More. twicea month, by spring vehicle. for a period ofthree years, from the Ist April, xgo7, to the 31stMarch, xgro, for a sum at the rate of £72 perannum.

R. J. Hancock, Onslow.Service No. 157. From and to and to and from the

Post Offices, Onslow and Fortescue, once a fort-night, by spring vehicle, for a period of threeyears, from 1st April, xgo7, to the 3rst March,1910, for a sum at the rate of 4169 per annum.

R. J. Hancock, Onslow.Service No. r58. From and to and to and from the

Post Offices, Onslow and Yanyerreddie, twice amonth, by spring vehicle, for a period of threeyears, from the Ist April, 1907, to the 31st March,1910, for a sum at the rate of 4230 per annum.

R. J. Hancock, Onslow.Service No. 158A. From and to and to and from

the Post Offices, Onslow and Ashburton Downs,twice a month, by spring vehicle, for a periodof three years, from the ist April, 1907, to the31st March, 1910, for a sum at the rate of 4230per annum.

F. Theleman, Port Hedland.Service No. 159A. From and to and to and from

the Post Offices, Port Hedland and Wodgina,once a fortnight, by spring vehicle, for a periodöf three years, from the 4th April, 1907, to the3rd April, 191o, for a sum at the rate of £145per annum.

W. H. Davis, Roebourne.Service No. x62. From and to and to and from thePost Offices, Roebourne and Mount Florence,

once a fortnight, by spring vehicle, for a periodof three years, from the ist April, 1907, to the31st March, xgro, for a sum at the rate of 4175per annum.


Commonwealth Gazette 667 No. 20.- --a3th April, 1907

Postmaster - General's Department,10th April, 1907.

TENDERS.ATTENTION is directed to the undermentioned notices which have appeared in the Commonwealth Gazette regarding the

invitation of tenders for services and supplies for the Postmaster - General's Department throughout the Commonwealth :-

Supplies and Services Required. Where Required. Date of Gazette inwhich notice appears. Page. Date Tenders Returnable

at G. P.O.

Sulphate of Copper ...

Steel Date - stamps, Brass Seals, and Type ...Clothing for Mail Guards, &c.Conduct of Contract Post and Telephone OfficeSupply of CrossarmsCartage of Telegraph Material, &c. ,..Repairs to Telegraph Line ... ...Erection Telegraph Line .

Construction Pneumatic Tube Service ...Conduct of Contract Post and Telephone OfficeConduct of Contract Post and Telegraph or

Telephone Office

Two Telephone Switchboards .. ...Hard -drawn Copper Wire and Bronze Wire ...

Post and Telegraph Stores ...Wooden Telegraph PolesCommon Battery Switchboard and Telephones

Twine, Wax, and Date Stamps ... ...Cells, Corks and Tubes, Sal - ammoniac, &c. ...Cartage of StoresSupply of Telegraph and Telephone Material ...

Conveyance of Mails

Supply of Common Battery Telephone Material

GENERAL.

Various States ... J

NEW SOUTH WALES.

SydneySydneyMarengoSydney or Pyrmont ...Sydney and Suburbs...Byron Bay to Ballina...Finley to Berrigan ...G.P.O., Sydney ...Currabubnla ...Wyndham ...

VICTORIA.

MelbourneMelbourne ...

QUEENSLAND.

Brisbane ...S. and W. Railway ...Brisbane ... ...

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.AdelaideAdelaide ..Overland Telegraph LineAdelaide ... ..

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8.5.0712.6.071.5.4.0710.7.07

30.4.07

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Tenders receivable at Postmaster - General's Office, Spring - street, Melbourne.t Date extended from 27th April, 1907.T. Date extended from 25th March, 1907.



NEW SOUTH WALES.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the DeputyPostmaster- General, Sydney, until half -past Two

p.m. on Wednesday, the 12th June next, from personsdesirous of, contracting for the supply and delivery ofthe following material at the Department's Stores,Sydney :-

Item.I. 8o tons Wire, galvanized iron, 200 lb. per mile,

as per specification No. 164.2. 50 tons Wire, galvanized iron, 15o lb. per mile, as

per specification No. 164.3. 5 tons Wire, galvanized iron, 6o lb. per mile, as

per specification No. 5.4. 5o miles Wire, copper, vulcanized india rubber,

No. 20 S.W.G., as per specification N.S.W., No.75 and sealed pattern No. 146.

5. 90 miles Wire, copper, No. 20 S.W.G., insulatedwith india rubber and paraffined cotton (2o milesred, 25 miles brown, 20 miles green, 20 miles blue,and 5 miles white), as per specification N.S.W.No. 16 and sealed pattern No. 41.

6. 70,o00 Insulators, best white porcelain, medium,fitted with iron pins, as per specification N.S.W.No. 34 and sealed pattern No. 6.

7. 20,000 Insulators, best white porcelain, medium,without iron pins, as per specification N.S.W. No.82 and sealed pattern No. 7.

8. 500 Insulators, best white porcelain, small, fittedwith swan neck iron pins, as per specificationN.S.W. No. 73 and sealed pattern No. 129.

9. 1,000 Insulators, best white porcelain, small, fittedwith straight stem iron pins, as per specificationN.S.W. No. 71, and sealed pattern No. 130.

Io. I,600 Telephones, wall, complete, as per specifi-cation No. 132.

II. 200 Telephones, table, complete, Ericsson's, mag-neto for metallic circuit branching system, as perspecification N.S.W. No. 22 and sealed patternNo. 166.

'12. 5o Combinations, Ericsson's, for micro telephones,adjustable as to Iength, with latest type transmit-ter and large mouthpiece, similar to Ericsson'scatalogue No. 531, but handle to be made ofebonite.

13. 20 Combinations, Ericsson's, for micro telephones,adjustable as to length, with latest type transmit-ter and large mouthpiece, similar to Ericsson'scatalogue No. 52o, but handle to be made ofebonite.

14. 5o Secrephones for fixed transmitter.15. 25 Secrephones for combinations.16. 150 Coin attachments to specification No. 143.17. roo Switches, junction, Ericsson's No. 450.18. r,000 Plugs, metallic, for switchboards, as per

sealed pattern No 45.19. 600 Cords, switching, 3- conductor, multiple branch-

ing, W.E. Co.'s, as per sealed pattern No. 6o.Specifications, General Conditions, and sealed patterns

may be seen and tender forms obtained at the GeneralPost Offices, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Ade-laide.

Prices at per ton for items r, 2, and 3 ; at per mile foritems 4 and 5 ; at per insulator for items 6, 7, 8, and qat per telephone for items 10 and 11 ; at per combinationfor items 12 and 13 ; at per secrephone for items 14 and15 ; at per coin attachment for item 16 ; at per switch foritem 17 ; at per plug for item 'r8 ; and at per cord foritem 19 ; must be submitted. The shortest time in whichthe material would be delivered, and the country in whichth° copper (for copper wire items) is produced must bestated.

Tenders must be addressed to the Deputy Postmaster -General, Sydney, and indorsed " Tender 23

(as the case may be). They may be deposited in thetender -box at the Appointment Branch, General PostOffice, Sydney ; if sent by post they must be prepaid andregistered.

The Postmaster - General does not bindthe lowest or any tender.

The accepted tender will be notifiedwealth Gazette, and such notice will beintimation to the unsuccessful tenderershave been declined.

himself to accept.

in the Commonconsidered as an

that their tenders


No. 20. -13th April, xgol


NEW SOUTH WALES.TENDERS FOR ERECTION OF TELEGRAPH LINE :

COBAR TO BOPPY MOUNTAIN.

668 Commonwealth Gazette

Conditions. Any tender that may be received without therequired deposit, or not on a proper form, will be liableto be deemed informal, and rejected as such. Depositson tenders may be lodged with the Deputy Postmaster -General at any of the offices named, but a receipt for theamount must be obtained and forwarded with the tenderto the Deputy Postmaster - General, Hobart.

Tenders may be deposited in the Tender -box at theGeneral Post Office, Hobart; if sent by post they mustbe prepaid and registered.

Tenderers must state the name of the country in whichthe material will be manufactured.

Neither the lowest nor any tender will necessarily beaccepted.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the DeputyPostmaster- General, Sydney, up to half -past Two

p.m. on Wednesday, the 1st proximo, from personsdesirous of contracting for the erection of about 70 chainsof additional wire on existing wooden poles, and theerection of about 26 miles 5o chains of 24ft. new woodenpole line complete (No. 8 G.I. wire), and other work re-quired between Cobar and Boppy Mountain.

Specifications may be seen, and Tender Form, Condi-tions, &c., obtained, at the office of the Electrical En-gineer, General Post Office, Sydney. and at the PostOffices, Cobar, Boppy Mountain, Canbelego, Nymagee,Nyngan, and Bourke.

Tenderers must state the class of timber it is proposedto supply, the time in which the work would be com-pleted, and the amount of royalty, if any, per pole in-cluded in the price.

Tenders must be addressed to the Deputy Postmaster -General, Sydney, and indorsed " Tender for erection oftelegraph line, Cobar to Boppy Mountain." 'They may bedeposited in the tender -box at the Appointment; Branch,General Post Office, Sydney ; if sent by post they mustbe prepaid and registered.

The tender must, as a guarantee of good faith, be ac-companied by a deposit of 5 per centum on the amountof the tender, such deposit to be in the form of a chequeindorsed by the manager of the bank upon which it isdrawn, or a bank draft made payable to the Receiver,General Post Office, Sydney.

Any tender which may be received without the requireddeposit will be liable to be deemed informal, and re-jected accordingly.

In submitting a tender, the full Christian name, sur-name, and address of the tenderer must be given, or,when the offer is in the naine of a firm, the names infull of each member thereof. The omission of this in-formation will render the tender liable to be declaredinformal.

The Postmaster - General does not bind himself to acceptthe lowest or any tender.

The accepted tender will be notified in the Commo7a-wealth Gazelle, and such notice will be considered as anintimation to unsuccessful tenderers that their tendershave been declined.


Postmaster- General's Department,Toth April, 1907.

VICTORIA.TENDERS will be received at the office of the Deputy

Postmaster- General, Melbourne, until Noon on Tues-city, 7th May, 1907, for the supply and delivery atMelbourne of Thirty -five (35) miles of Aerial TelephoneCable, Rubber covered, Paper insulated. SpecificationNo. 15.

Tender forms, specifications, &c., may be obtained ofthe General Post Offices, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane,and Adelaide.

Tenders to be indorsed " Tender for 35 miles, AerialTelephone Cable," and addressed to the Deputy Post-master- General, Melbourne. They may be deposited inthe tender -box at the General Post Office, Melbourne ;if sent by post they must be prepaid and registered.

A deposit must be enclosed with each tender, in ac-cordance with clause 5 of the general conditions of con-tract.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be ac-cepted.


Postmaster - General's Department,8th April, 1907.

TASMANIA.TENDERS FOR CABLE HEADS FOR 26 PAIRS OF CONDUCTORS.

TENDERS indorsed " Tenders for Cable Heads " willbe received at the office of the Deputy Postmaster -

General, Hobart, up to noon on Monday, 6th May, igo7,for the supply of 8 Cable Heads for 26 pairs of Con-ductors for use in this Department in Tasmania.

General Conditions and Schedule of Items can be seenat the General Post Offices, Hobart, Sydney, Melbourne,Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, where Tender Forms canalso be obtained.

The tender must be on the proper form, and accom-panied by a deposit, or receipt for a deposit made withthe Deputy Postmaster - General in a State other thanTasmania, as provided for by Clause 5 of the General


Postmaster - General's Department,Toth April, 1907.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.CONDUCT OF POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE AT

COOKERNUP.

OFFERS will be received at the office of the DeputyPostmaster- General, Perth, until Noon on Tuesday,

the 3oth April, 1907, from persons willing to undertakethe management of the Post and Telegraph Office atCookernup, for a period of one, two, or three years,at the option of the Postmaster - General, for payment atthe rate of X85 per annum.

The successful applicant will be required to performall the duties in connexion with the Post and TelegraphOffice, Money Order Office, and Savings Bank, and con-vey the mails to and from the Post Office and the Rail-way Station.

The business must be conducted in the present premises,and the person appointed must devote the whole of hisor her time and attention to the business of the office,and must not be connected directly or indirectly with thetrade of the town or locality.

A fidelity guarantee of £100 will be required, thepremium being deducted by the Government from theallowance.

Details and specifications of the requirements may beseen at the office of the Deputy Postmaster - General,Perth, the Post Offices, Cookernup and Yarloop, wherefull particulars may be obtained.

Offers to be indorsed " Offer for management of Postand Telegraph Office, Cookernup," and addressed to theDeputy Postmaster - General, Perth. They may be de-posited in the tender -box at the General Post Office, or,if sent by post,. must be prepaid and registered.


Postmaster General's Department,9tli April, 1907.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.TENDERS FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF MAILS.

TENDERS, sealed and indorsed " Tender for Con -veyance of Mails," are invited, and will be received

at the office of the Deputy Postmaster- General, Perth,until noon on Tuesday, the 14th May, 1907, for the con -veyance of mails, as under, for a term of one, two, orthree years, from the 1st June, 1907, viz.:

From and to and to and from Sandstone and Berri -grin (5o Miles), yid' State Battery, Irvine's Mine,and Sandstone Leases, once a week.

Tenderers are required to state mode of conveyance,whether by spring vehicle, horseback, or otherwise.

\\There mails are conveyed by vehicle, the contractorwill be required to convey, without extra cost to the De-partment, Parcels Post parcels up to eleven (11) poundseach in weight, and where carried on horseback or bycamel, Parcels Post parcels up to three (3) pounds eachin weight.

The arrival and departure of mails will be subject toinstructions from the Deputy Postmaster - General, Perth,and liable to alteration at any time during the period ofcontract.

Every tender must bear the bond fide signatures, dulywitnessed, of the tenderer and of two respfinsìb]e personswilling to become bound for the due fulfilment of thecontract in a sum not exceeding the gross amount of thetender, for the whole period over which it extends.

Every tender must be accompanied by the written con-sent, duly witnessed, of persons proposed as bondsmen, toexecute the necessary bond for the due performance ofthe contract in the event of such tender being accepted.

Tenders must be accompanied, in cases where. theamount thereof exceeds 25 per annum, by a depositequal to 5 per centum on the annual amount of such ten-der up to ¿1,000, and 22 per centum on any furtheramount beyond J1,000, such deposit to be in cash or inthe form of a cheque. indorsed by the manager of the

Commonwealth Gazette

bank upon which it is drawn, or a bank draft made pay-able to the Receiver, Public Moneys, General Post Office,perch.White labour only must be employed in the conveyanceof mails.

The rate of wages paid by the contractor and the working conditions shall be those recognised in the locality inwhich the work is performed.

The Postmaster - General reserves the right of terminat-ing the contract at any time by giving three months' noticeto the contractor.

Special forms of tender, with conditions attached, maybe obtained gratuitously upon arnlication to the Deputypostmaster General, Perth, or at any Post Office in theState, and no tender will be entertained unless on theprescribed form.

Contractors who have carried out a contract satisfac-torily shall, when again tendering for a service that theyare performing at the date of tendering, if all other con-ditions are equal, be allowed a preference over other ten -derers to the extent of 5 per centum.

The Postmaster- General does not bind himself to acceptthe lowest or any tender.

Where tenders are submitted through the Post they mustbe sent under registered cover.


669

Commonwealth of Australia.Attorney- General's Department,

Melbourne, 8th April, 1907.APPOINTMENT OF ALEXANDER MURDOCH

STEWART, ESQUIRE, AS INDUSTRIAL REGIS-TRAR IN PLACE OF GORDON HARWOODCASTLE, ESQUIRE.

HIS Excellency the Governor- General, with the adviceof the Federal Executive Council, has been pleased,

by Order in Council dated the 27th March, r9o7, toapprove of the appointment, during pleasure and withoutsalary, of

ALEXANDER MURDOCH STEWART, Esquire,to be Industrial Registrar under the Comnzonwealtlz Con-ciliation and Arbitration Act 1904, in the place of GordonHarwood Castle, Esquire, who has been relieved of theduties of that office.

LITTLETON E. GROOM,Attorney- General.

In the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitra-tion, New South Wales Registry. In the matter of theaward of the twelfth day of December, 1906, made in theindustrial dispute between the MERCHANT SERVICE GUILDOF AUSTRALASIA, claimant, and the COMMONWEALTHSTEAM -SHIP OWNERS' ASSOCIATION, respondent, and inthe matter of an application to have the said awardmade a Common Rule of the Shipping Industrythroughout the Commonwealth.

WITH reference to the Order made herein on the16th day of February last, fixing the date of the

hearing of the Common Rule application for the 29thApril instant, His Honour the President has directed itto be notified that the Court will hear the application onthe said 29th day of April instant, at DarlinghurstCourt House, Sydney, and all parties must be preparedto proceed on that day.

ALLAN H. UTHER,Deputy Industrial Registrar.

Department of Defence,No. 67 -i3. Melbourne, 13th April, 1907.MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

HIS Excellency the Governor - General, acting with theadvice of the Federál Executive Council, has been

pleased to approve of the following changes, &c., in con-nexion with the Military Forces of the Commonwealth,viz. .

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY.Leave of Absence.

(Commonwealth Military Regulation 480.)No. 1578, Gunner HERBERT HOUSE, an extension of sick

leave on one -third pay from 1st to 4th February, 1907.CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS

(PERMANENT SECTION).Leave of Absence.

(Commonwealth Military Regulation 480.)Staff Corporal T. WEEKLEY, for three weeks, from

March, 1907, on full pay.NEW SOUTH WALES.

CONFIRMATION OF PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENTS.2nd Regiment, New South Wales Scottish Ri fies. -2nd

Lieutenant ERNEST STANLEY JONES ; 2nd Lieutenant JOHNVSTHITE PARKER.

TRANSFERS.Unattached List. Captain FELIX CASSANETT TIMOTHY,

from the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment (New

No. 20. -13th April, 1907

South Wales Lancers), to be Captain. Lieutenant JOHNRITCHIE, from the 3rd Australian Infantry Regiment, tobe Lieutenant. Dated 22nd March, 1907.

RESIGNATION.

3rd Australian Infantry Regiment. -2nd LieutenantGERALD GARLING resigns his provisional appointment.Dated 22nd March, 1907.AWARD OF COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES LONG SERVICE

MEDAL.

No. 98 Staff- Sergeant GEORGE NISSEN, Australian ArmyMedical Corps (New South Wales).

COMMONWEALTH CADET CORPS.

Transfer.Senior Cadets. Captain REGÌNALD CHARLES PIKE, -from

the Unattached List, Commonwealth Cadet Corps, to beCaptain. Dated 22nd March, 1go7.

Resignation.Cadets. Captain ALFRED ERNEST WHITE resigns his

commission. Dated 22nd March, 1907.Formation of Detachments.

Senior Cadets. Formation of Detachments atCamden ;Kiama;Wollongong, to form part of No. x Battalion;Tenterfield, to form. part of No. 2 Battalion.

Cadets. Formation of Detachment at the Public School,Wyalong Wrest, to form part of No. 8 Battalion.

QUEENSLAND.TRANSFERS.

Unattached List. Lieutenant- Colonel JOSEPH AHEARNE,from the Unattached List under State Organization, to beLieutenant - Colonel. Dated 22nd March, 1907.

COMMONWEALTH CADET CORPS.Appointment.

1Vo. 5 Queensland ,Battalion, Comnnonwealtlz Cadet Corps.Lieutenant- Colonel JOSEPH AHEARNE, Unattached List, tobe Medical Officer. Dated 22nd March, 1907.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.AWARD OF COLONIAL_ AUXILIARY FORCES OFFICERS'

DECORATION.Lieutenant- Colonel FREDERICK HENRY HOWLAND, Un-

attached List. Major FREDERICK HENRY DANIEL, SouthAustralian Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant EMIL FREDE-RICK FEUERHEERDT, 16th Australian Light Horse Regi-ment (South Australian Mounted Rifles).AWARD OF MEDAL FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT

(PERMANENT FORCES).

Staff Squadron Sergeant Major CHARLES PARKER, In-structional Staff.

AWARD OF COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES LONG SERVICEMEDAL.

Captain ARTHUR ROBERT DYCE WATSON LEONARD, Aus-tralian Garrison Artillery (South Australia). No. 7Warrant Officer GEORGE WISDOM, South Australian In-fantry Regiment. No. 29 Driver WILLIAM GEORGE WIL-KINS, Australian Army Medical Corps (South Australia).THOMAS HooD, late No. 76 Pioneer Sergeant, lothAustralian Infantry Regiment (Adelaide Rifles).

COMMONWEALTH CADET CORPS.Appointment.,

Cadets. HERBERT RUSSELL OBORN, to be Lieutenanton probation. Dated 22nd March, x907:

TASMANIA.RESIGNATION.

The Derwent Regiment. Lieutenant BASIL BOND re-signs his commission. Dated 22nd March, 1907.

COMMONWEALTH CADET CORPS.Resignation.

Cadets. Lieutenant EDWARD MCGREGOR resigns hisprobationary appointment. Dated 22nd March, x907.

THOS. EWING,Minister of State for Defence.

Department of Defence,No. 7r. Melbourne, 13th April, 1907.EXEMPTION OF OFFICER FROM PROVISIONS

OF COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE ACT.13th IS Excellency the Governor- General, acting with the

11advice of the Federal Executive Council, has beenpleased to approve, on the recommendation of the PublicService Commissioner, of the exemption of

ROBERT ARTHUR BROINOWSKIClerk, at Melbourne, from the provisions of the Common -wealth Public Service Act 1902, for a further period ofthree (3) months from 1st April, x907.

THOS. EWING,Minister of State for Deiftmee.

No. 20. -13th April 1 907 670 Commonwealth Cazette

Commonwealth of Australia.

CONTRACTS. ACCEPTED (8erics 190G-7).

Department of Defence,13th April, 1907.

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MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.QUEENSLAND.

SUPPLY OF PROVISIONS, FORAGE, AND FUEL FOR THE USEOF THE COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES OF QUEENS -LAND ATTENDING THE FOLLOWING CAMPS OF CONTINUOUS,RAINING, 1907.

Lytton and Ormiston Camps.

(Period from 25th March to ist April, 1907.)Schedule I. Bread.

Bread .. .. .. .. .. per lb.

Schedule II.- 1lleat.Beef, Fresh . . per lb.Beef, CornedMutton, FreshGerman SausageFrozen BeefFrozen Mutton .

Beef, Preserved (in 2 -lb. tins)Beef, Preserved (in 6 -lb. tins)Mutton, Preserved (in 2 -lb. tins)Mutton, Preserved (in 6 -lb. tins)

Schedule III. Groceries.Fish, Dried (Ling or Cod) .. per lb.Tea (Ceylon) . .

SugarCoffeePepperSaltRiceSagoBovril per doz. (1 oz.)Bovril . . per doz. (2 oz.)Bovril per doz. (4 oz.)Candles .. .. per lb.Biscuits (Cabin)Butter ..Jam (in 1 -lb. tins nett)Jam (in 2 -1b. tins nett)Cheese ..FlourKerosene per gallon

Schedule V. Forage.Straw .. .. .. .. per tonHay, OatenHay, Lucerne .. ,

Chaff, Mixed .

Bran .. per bushelMaize ..Maize, Crushed

Schedule VI. Firewood. (Lytton only).Firewood .. .. .. .. .. per ton

Schedule VII. Vegetables.Potatoes .. .. .. .. .. per lb.OnionsMixed Vegetables

Enzu Park Camp.

(Period from 25th May to 1st June, 1907.)Schedule I. Bread.

Bread . per lb.

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CONTRACTS ACCEPTED. (Series 1906 -7.) continued.

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Particulars. Rate. Name of Firm.

MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.QUEENSLAND continued.

SUPPLY OF PROVISIONS, FORAGE, AND FUEL, ETC.continued.

Emu Park Camp continued.

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Authority,

Approved bythe Ministerof State forDefence, 14thMarch, 1907.

S. A. PETHEBRIDGE,Acting Secretary, Department of Defence.

Department of Defence,Melbourne, 12th March, 1907.

MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

SADDLE BLANKETS OF COMMONWEALTH MANUFACTURE,

,TENDERS for the manufacture and supply of Saddle1 Blankets will be received by the Secretary, Depart-ment of Defence, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, up toNoon on 18th April, 1907.

Forms of tender may be obtained and sealed patterns:seen, as under :

New South Wales.Ordnance Department, George -street, Circular Quay, Sydney.

Victoria. Ordnance Department, Victoria Barracks,Melbourne.

Queensland. Ordnance Department, Petrie - terrace,Brisbane.

South Australia. Ordnance Department, Adelaide.

Western Australia. Ordnance Department, Perth.

Tasmania. Ordnance Departmeit, Hobart.

S. A. PETHEBRIDGE,Acting Secretary, Department of Defence.

C.3983.B.

Department of Defence,Melbourne, 14th March, /9o7.

NOTICE OF TARGET PRACTICE. VICTORIA.TARGET Practice will be carried- on by the Royal

Australian Artillery, Victoria, from the under-mentioned Forts, from the Ist to the 3oth of April,1907, between the hours of Seven a.m. and Six p.m. :

Fort.QueenscliffCrow's NestSwan Island ...Swan Island LandNepeanEagle's Nest ...Franklin ...South Channel .,..Gellibrand ...

Range

Direction of Target.S.S.W. and S.E. by E.S. by E.N.E. and S.W.

N. and N.E.N.E.N.\V.

N.E. and S.W.All Forts from which practice is carried on will fly a

red flag from the mast -head of flagstaff. All ships andboats should be kept at a distance of at least 800 yardsto the left and I mile to the right of the line of firefrom a distance of 6,000 yards- from the Battery, inaccordance with Part VI., Defence Act, No. 20, 1903.The occupants of buildings in the vicinity of the gunsshould open all doors and windows, and take necessaryprecautions to make their property secure from con-cussion.

W. J. CLARK, Major, R.A.A.,C.O., R.A.A., Victoria.

No. 2o. z3th* April, 1907

Department of Home Affairs,Melbourne, 4th April,

APPOINTMENT.IS Excellency the Governor - General in Council, on

the recommendation of the Minister for HomeAffairs, has approved of

JOSHUA DYSON. FARRAR,

Who is eligible for appointment in terms of section 33 ofthe Comnzonwealtlz Public Service Act 1902, being ap-pointed to the position of Clerk in Charge, ElectoralBranch, Department of Home Affairs, Melbourne, Stateof Victoria, with salary at the rate of Z3ro per annumsuch appointment to take effect from the date upon whichthe appointee commences duty.

J. H. KEATING,E.o7/r737. Minister of State for Home Affairs..

672 Cmma>awealth fierre

Department of Home Affairs,/907. Melbourne, 8th Aprils roo7 .

CREATION OF AN OFFICE.

IS Excellency the Governor - General in Council hasapproved of a new position being created in the

Department cif Honiè Affairs, Melbourne, "Stätè "óf Vic-toria., as from the 21st March, 1Q07, namely the positionot Clerk, 3rd Class, Clerical Division, in charge of Com-monwealth Electoral Branch, Melbourne, to which salaryat the rate of Z3ro to Z400 per annum shall be attached.1 ;.o7/r738.

J. H. KEATING,Minister of State for Home Affairs.

Department of Home Affairs,Melbourne, 13th April, 1907.

APPOINTMENT OF ELECTORAL REGISTRARS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACTS1902 -1905.

THE Minister for Home Affairs has appointed the persons specified in the following Schedule to be, during the pleasureof the A1iuister, Electoral Registrars under the said Acts to keen the Rolls for the Polling Places set opposite their

names in the Schedule ; such appointments to take effect in each case from the date of entry on duty.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Electoral Registrar. Polling Place. Division. Postal Address.

STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES.John Dickson Winter..William Thomas BeckStanley Camer Way ..Oliver I{avdoek ..

Torrowangee ..Bulla CreekWeedallionBligh

BarrierCalare

East Sydney

TorrowangeeBullokreek, vid YoungState School, Milong, vid YoungOxford- street, Sydney

Herbert Currey Bukkulla Gtvydir Receiving Office Keeper, Buk-kulla

Ida. Constance Murphy .. Bulyeroi .. BulyeroiHerbert George Thorne Seccombe Burren Junction 79 Burren JunctionThomas Sippel .. .. Carroll 77 CarrollMaurice Russell .. Goangra. 77 Come -by- ChanceWalter James Oswald .. MmigiP. di MungindiArchibald Dennis .. .. Capertee Macquarie CaperteeDavid Clark .. .. Bexhill Richmond BexhillWilhelm Foster Burgess Codrington CorakiJohn Walter.. . . Hiawatha. .. R iverina West, WyalongJohn Walter .. West Wyalong 77

Michael Joseph Dwyer Savernake . . 77 Savern akeWilliam Hugh McR ae Uley \Vaari, riez Coolamon.Tames Alt .. .. Bowning .. . . Werriiva BowningWilliam Connors .. Junction Point Junction. PointHerbert. Alfred Mills .. Towrang .. .. Towrang

STATE OF VICTORIA.Michael Joseph Howley Axedale Bendigo AxedaleIda Boyce .. .. Wluoo .. Echuca ..., WThrooMary Catherine Merlo Brookville .. Gippsland BrookvilleWalter Grenville Spowart Delegate River 77 Delegate River, viâ. OrbostWilliam Phillip Anderson Trar a.lgon 77 TraralgonGeorge Henry Bolleman Palmerston Port AlbertJames IV. Palmer Joel Joel Grampians Joel Joel, vid StawellWilliam Waugh Boolite Winliliera BooliteThomas Afaynarcl Mando 77 YendoAlexander William Cumming Sea Lake 77 Sea LakeCharles Coles .. Fiata, 77 Salisbury

STATE OF QUEENSLAND.William Beer Pilt.on .. Darling Downs CliftonRichard Doran .. Tarampa 77 Tarampa, viâ LowoodRichard John Herbert Elderslie Kennedy WintonLewis Williams. .. ¡ Colleyville .. Moreton HarrisvilleLewis Williams Mount Walker 77

Lewis Williams .. Normanby 77

Lewis Williams RosevaleJoseph Wedd .. Grovely Oxley Newmarket

STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.Arthur R. J. H. Sutton Nortons Summit Anges Nortons SummitJane Russell Lane Belair Boothby MitchamFrederick James Taylor Cowell Grey Cowell

(E.07/1888.) J. H. KEATING,Minister of State for Home Affairs.

Còinmònwealth Gazette 673 No. 2o. --13th April, 1907


NOTIFICATION _ OF NAMES OF ELECTORALREGISTRARS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTHELECTORAL ACTS 1902 -1905 WHO HAVE CEASEDTO HOLD OFFICE.

THE persons specified in the following Schedule haveceased to be Electoral Registrars under the said Acts

to keep the Rolls for the Polling Places set opposite theirnames in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Electoral'Registrar who har

Iceased to hold Office.Polling Place. Division.

STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES..

Herbert WallaceBrenster McKen-zie

William J. BarnettCharles CrichtonAndrew Carroll ..Herbert CurrieErnest Lester

Coomber.Hugh C. Caddell.Cecilia Agnes MoyEdward Iialpin. ..Arnott Leslie ..William SchumakerJohn Guerin ..Finlay CampbellElizabeth 11 fcCabeCharles Crabb . .

Dora Parker ..Charles Roderic k

SadlerAlfred Augustus

PenroseWilliam Connor ..George Henry Bon -

nett

Torrowangee

Bulla CreekWeedallionBlighBukkullaBulyeroi

Burrell JunctionCarrollGoan graMungindiCaper teeBexhillCodringtonHiawathaSavernakeUleyWest IVyalong

.. Barrier

Calare

East SydneyGwydir

,MacquarieRichmond

Riverina

roWning . . Werri w

. Tunction. PointTowrang

STATE OF VICTORIA.David Young Cros -

bieSarah Band ..Mary McKie ..William Wilkie PyeAlma Sonhia Eliza-

beth HellstenFlorence Cecelia

GrayFrance's H. IHol1_andCaroline Penny ..WTilliani Herbert

JacksonWni. Sutcliffe ..Henry Denison

Taylor

Axed.ale .. Bendigo

Whroo ..Brookville ..Pelee-ate River ..T;aralaon ..

Pa.lnterston

Joel JoelBooliteVando

Sea LakeKiata ..

EchucaGippsland

Grampians\Viiumera

STATE OF QUEENSLAND.Ellen Alice Hall .. Pilton . .

Luke Hartley TarampaHutchinson

Frederick McArthur ElderslieBoyd

Frederick George Col'eyvilleR.. Meyer

Frederick George Mount WalkerR.. Meyer

Frederick George Nor man byR. Meyer

Frederick George RosevaleR. Meyer

William Henry GrovelyClaugh ton

Darling Downs

Kennedy

Moreton

Oxley

STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.Elizabeth Sutton.. I Nortons SummitMary Isabella Miller Belair . . . .Thomas Willett Cowell

AngrasBoothbyGrey

(E.07 /1888.) J. H. KEATING,Minister of State for Home Affairs.

Commonwealth of Australia.PUBLIC SERVICE EXAMINATION, No. 68.

FOR APPOINTMENT AS TELEGRAPH MESSENGER.

IT is hereby notified that a Special Competitive Ex-amination for boys between the ages of 13 and 15

years at the date- of examination will be held on Satur-day, 25th May, 1907, for appointment to the position ofTelegraph Messenger at the following places :

New South Wales. Bathurst, Bowral, Braidwood,Brewarrina, Coraki, Cooma, Eden, Goulburn,Grong Grong, Hay, Lawrence, Lithgow, Mudgee,Narrandera, Peak Hill, Penrith, Port , Macquarie,Singleton, Tamworth, Trundle, Temora; Tuni-berumba, Urana, Wagga, Walgett, West Mait-land, Wollongong,

Victoria.Horsham.Queensland. Bowen, Bundaberg, Ipswich, Mackay,,

Roma.South, Australia. Gladstone, Hammond, Hawker,

Jamestown, Mt. Gambier, Port Augusta, PortAugusta West, Port Pirie, Port Victoria.

Western Australia. Albany, Broome, Bunbury, Davv-burst, Fremantle, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Karri-da!e, Lawlers, Northampton, Perth, Ravensthorpe,Roebourne, South. Fremantle, Williams, York.

Application to attend the examination must be lodgedwith the local Postmaster at the place at which the can-didate wishes to be appointed not later than Saturday,the 18th May, Igo¡, together with a postal note for35., crossed, and made payable to " The Secretary to theCommonwealth Public Service Commissioner, Melbourne."Printed forms, upon which all applications must bewritten, may be obtained at the Post -office at each of theplaces above named.

Successful candidates in Western Australia will not beeligible to receive appointment until they reach the ageof 14 years ; and a boy is not eligible for appointmentin New South \Vales or Victoria under the age of 14,unless he has obtained a certificate entitling him to leaveschool under that age.

A successful candidate will be eligible for appointmentfor r8 months ensuing the examination, provided he doesnot attain his sixteenth birthday (the maximum age forappointment) in the meantime.

The salary attached to the position is Minimum, /26per annum ; maximum, 2652 per annum, together witha District Allowance at such places as the samè is pro-vided for by Regulation.

Attention is directed to section io of the Post and Tele-graph Act Igor, which provides that candidates appointedto the position of Telegraph Messenger must retire fromthe service immediately on attaining the age of 18 years,unless previously appointed to some other position in theservice.

The subjects of examination will be(a) Handwriting ]'.o be tested by copying out at least

200 words from a passage of simple English.(b) Spelling To be tested by writing, from dictation,

not less than ion words.(c) ArithmeticFirst four rules, simple and money.

If candidates be not informed to the contrary, the ex-amination will take place at the Post -offer at each of theplaces above mentioned, under tine supervision of the localPostmaster.

The Time Table of the Examination isHandwriting, 2p.m. to 2.30 p.m. ; spelling, 2.30 p.m. to 3 p.m. ; arith-metic, 3 p.m. to 3 p.m.D. C. McLACHLAN,

Commissioner.FRANCIS REDDIN,

Secretary.Office of the Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner,

Melbourne, 12th April, 19o7.

COmì mounca!th. Public Novice A ct 1902.NOTIFI CATION OF VACANCIES.

APPLICATIONS are invited by the Public Service Com-missioner from persons qualified for appointment te the

liohitions specified below.Applicants outside the Public Service are eligible for appoint-

ment to the Administrative and Professional Divisions, but arenot eligible for appointment to Clerical or General Divisionvacancies, unless they were in the service of a State on 1stJanuary,, 1901, or have retired from the service of the Common-wealth or of a State.

Officers in the Commonwealth Service must apply through theChief Officer or Permanent Head, inaccordance with RegulationNo. 14R (h)

Applicants who are officers of the Public Service of a Stateshould state the date of their appointment to the Service, presentposition and salary.

Applicants from outside the Service should state their qualifi-cations for the office they seek. Copies only of diplomas, refer-ences, testimonials, or certificates should be forwarded. If theoriginale-are required, they will be asked for:

No. 2o. --13th April, i 9c 7

All applications must be in the applicants' own handwriting,and their date of birth should be stated.

674 Commonwealth Gazette

Position. Locality. Divisionarid Salary.

ApplicationsReturnable.

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.

PATENTS OFFICE.

Assistant Ex- Melbourne ... Professional, 27th Aprilaminer, Class I £60 to £160F per annum

Applicants must have served see eral years on Mechanical orPublic Works, such as Railways Waterworks, &c., should hefair draftsmen, and possess a knowledge of physical science.

State of South Australia.Clerk, 5th Class ' Correspondence Clerical, £40 ! 20th April

Branch Port to £160 perAdelaide annum

Clerk, 4th Class Long Room, Clerical, £185 27th AprilPort Adelaide to £285 per

annum

DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS.

State of Victoria.Works DirectorI Melbourne ... Professional, 27th April

IClass B,£520 to £600

Applicants must have comprehensive knowledge of, and wideexperience in, the design and construction of Architectural andCivil Engineering Works.

PONT MASTEER- GEN ERA L'S l)IEPARTMENT.

State of New South Wales.

per annum

Clerk, 4th Class

Postmaster,Grade XL

Clerk, 4th Class

Telegraphist,5th Class

Electrical En-gineer's Branch

Wingham

TelephoneExchange,Sydney

Sydney ...

Clerical, £185to £265 perannum

Clerical, £210per annum,less deduc-tion forrent, £21per annum



20th April

27th April

27th April

27th Aprli

D. C. McLACHLAN,Commissioner

FRANCIS REDDIN,Secretary.

Office of the Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner,Melbourne. 11th April, 1907.

Commonwealth of Australia.PUBLIC SERVICE EXAMINATION, No. 65.

FOR APPOINTMENT AS LINEMAN, GRADE I., POSTMASTERGENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

(Held on 20th March, 1907).THE following are the names of the successful candidates

herein. They will be eligible for appointment, in theirorder of merit, to vacancies arising during the ensuing 18months, i.e., until 12th October, 1908 :

Naine.

Maximum MarksPass Marks

Jahn, Henry ArthurBuckman, Jno. Wm.Weir, Alex. Jas....Dunn, Herbert CouttsHeldman, Hugh Henry ...George, Edwin Thos. HillFlynn, Wm. Jno.Foley, PatrickLow, David MelvilleEvans, AlbertGeorge, Alfred Jas.Mews, Arthur Cecil ...Chamberlain, Edwin Seymour

Marks Awarded.

1,260630

972905890797793790759743730724715690670

D. C. McLACHLAN,Commissioner.

FRANCIS REDDIN,Secretary.

Office of the Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner,Melbourne, 12th April, 1907.


TENDERS ACCEPTED.

Place and Description ofWork.

Government House, sup-ply of gravel

Preston, new post office

Melbourne Customs,painting

Williamstown NavalDepot, additions toquarters

Engineers' Depot, searchlight hut

Laverton magazines,painting and coloring

King's warehouse, shed...Victoria Barracks, St.

Kilda and Albert ParkOrderly Rooms, racksand shelving

Government House,painting, paperhanging,&c.

Abbotsford Post Office,sewerage

Amount ofContract.

£ s. d.8s. per

cubicyard

1,366 0 0

217 10 0

33916 0

60 0 035 0 0

149 2 0169 0 0

197 10 0

12710 0

Contractor.

Dennis Bros.

George Vin-cent

W. G.Rowse

Marks andGriffiths

H. Knott

F. Sampson

M. SorensenR. Hamilton

G. H. Webb

J. W. Taylor

Date forCompletion.

13.5.07

27.8.07

4.6.07

27.6.07

16.5 -07

8.5.07

6.6.076.6.07

8.6.07

9.7.07

DAVID MILLER,Secretary, Department of Home Affairs.


TENDERS ACCEPTED.

Place and Description ofWork.

Removal of MilitaryBuildings from DawesPoint, and re- erectingsame with additions atEngineer's Depot, ParkRoad, Paddington

Painting Quarters andBuildings, RandwickRifle Range

Amount ofContract.

1,183

43

Contractor.

James Wilson,Charlotte -street. Ash -field, N. S. W.

A. P. Cunningham, Nixon -street, SurryHills,N.S.W

Datefor

Comple-tion.

9.7.07

30.4.07

DAVID MILLER,Secretary, Department of Home Affairs,


SEPARATE Tenders will be received, subject to theconditions of tendering, f or

(a) Coogee Fort (N.S. \V.) Re- roofing Military Bar-racks and quarters;

(b) Middle Head (N.S.W.) Removal and re- erectionCamp Equipment Store ;

(c) Botany Forts and Barracks (N.S.W.) Minor re-pairs;

(d) Middle Head District (N.S.W.) Military Fortsand Buildings, general repairs,

until Twelve o'clock on Monday, 22nd April, 1907.Drawings and specifications may be seen at office of theWorks Director, Commonwealth Offices, Sydney. Ten-ders to be indorsed as above, and addressed (if by postprepaid) to the Works Director, Sydney.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be ac-cepted.

Tenders are to be in all cases on the printed forms,which can be obtained at the Works Director's Office.

DAVID MILLER,Secretary, Department of Home Affairs.

Printed and Published for the ,GOVERNMENT of the Coamloi,vEALTII of AUSTRALIA by J. Eti&rActing Government Printer for the State of Victoria.

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