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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 287, 1 August 1855, Page 1

Evening Glasses in connection with the Lyttelton District Schools. INSTRUCTION will be given under the superintendence of the head^master, at the Grammar-School room, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, between half-past 6 and 8 o'clock. , On Thursday evenings the head roaster will give elementary lectures on English History and Geography. ' The quarter will commence on Wednesday Evening, August Ist. Fees—For class, 2s. a week, for lectures only Is.: if paid in advance for the quarter— for class, Is. 6d.; for lectuies only, 9d. G. CoriBRiLL, Head Master. Lyttelton, Jnly,£7th, 1855. The Canterbury Joint Stock, loan, Investment, and Discount Society. A SPECIAL General Meeting of the -£*- shareholders of the above Society will be held at their offices at Mr. Gundry's store, on Thursday evening, the 2nd August next,-at half past 6 o'clock, precisely, for the following business:— To declare the shares forfeited upon which the second call has not been paid. To appoint fmother Trustee. And to consider other business. By order of the Committee. S. Gundry, Secretary. Lyttelton. July 6, 1855. Notice to Debtors. ALL Persons indebted to D. A. Brittin, Esq., of Lyttelton, whether on Note, Bill, or otherwise, are requested to pay the same on or before the 15th day of August ; in default of which legal proceedings will be taken to enforce payment thereof without further-or other notice. By order of D. A. Brittin, Richard Wormald, Solicitor, Lyttelton. Lyttelton, July 24th, 1855. Premium for Designs for College Buildings. TO ARCHITECTS and BUILDERS. The Board of Trustees of the Nelson Trust Funds hereby offer a sum of Fifty Pounds sterling {£o0 sterling) for the best Design, and the sum of Twenty Pounds sterling (£2O sterling) for the second-best Design for a Building for a College, required to contain sufficient accommodation for instructing about 100 pupils in the ordinary branches of a liberal education, and at the same time convenient rooms for one or two masters (in all probability married men), aud for lodging of thirty boardeis. The building -will be placed nearly in the centre of a block of land of 17 acres, which rises with a gentle slope facing the west, and is backed by a lofty range of hills-. The material of which*it is proposed to construct it is strong timber, with-lath and plaster oinside and in. A preference will be given to such designs as are not above two stories high, which combine, as far as possible, economy aud commodious arrangement with architectural beauty, and which are, at the same time, so planned as to be capable of extension if required. Gentlemen offering designs will be pleased to address them to. the care of Mr. Jenkins, the Secretary to the Board at Nelson, on or before the firstday of November next, and to accompany them with sealed letters, containing the name and address of tbe competitors, which will not be opened until the selection is made. Plans submitted must contain the ground plan of the building, and elevation, and such cross sections as may be necessary to exhibit it's character. A. G. Jenkins, Secretary to the Board of Trustees. ' Nelson, New Zealand, July 4,1855.