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Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 500, 19 August 1857, Page 2

J. F. McOARDELL, Wholesale & Retail BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, Oxford Street, Lyttelton. T. RULE, VETERINARY SURGEON, &c, Norwich Quay, Lyttelton. ROBERT WATSON, FROM LONDON, TAILOR, BREECHES AND TROWSERS MAKER, Stunner Road, Christchurch. E WATSON has just received a small • Stock of Scotch Elastic Tweeds and Woollen Cord for Riding Trousers; also, Blue Pilot Cloth of superior quality. JOHN BENNINGTON, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, BOOTS OP ALL KINDS. GRINDERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. JOSEPH PAPPRILL, TAILOR AND HABITMAKER, Papanui Road, Christchurch. NOTICE. THE Provincial Government are prepared to receive Tenders from persons -willing to engage in the construction of roads or other Public Works, and to receive payment in land, under the 43rd clause of the Waste Land Regulations now in force. 2. Every tender must contain a specification of the Public Work which it is proposed to construct, and the sum in money for which the contractor is willing to undertake it. and the time within which it is to he completed. 3. Every Tender must also contain a careful description of the portion of land which the contractor desires to receive in payment for' such work. 4. No Tender will be accepted on which the quantity of land applied for exceeds one acre for every Two Pounds Sterling of the value of the work to be done. 5. No Tender will be accepted except on the written certificate of the Provincial Engineer, that the work proposed to he done is of public benefit, and is bona fide worth the sum specified in the Tender. 6. As soon .as aiiy Tender shall be accepted by the Government, the land applied for will be reserved from sale until the completion of the work. By Order of His Honor the Superintendent, (Signed) RICHARD PACKER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Ofiice. Christchurch, May 21,1857. NEW ZEALAND TO WIT. PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. TTTHERKAS a WRIT, under the hand tV of THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Esquire. Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Com-mander-in-chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand, &c, &c, bearing date the Fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven, hatli been directed to me, Charles Christopher Bowen, E ? quire, as Returning Officer for the Province of Canterbury, requiring and commanding me to cause to be elected by the voters duly qualified for that purpose, freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by law prescribed, a legally qualified person to serve as Superintendent for the Province of Canterbury: Now, therefore, I, the said Charles Christopher Bowen, do hereby in pursuance of the said recited Writ, give notice that a public meeting of the Electors of the Province of Canterbury will be holden at the Town Hall, Christchurch, on SATURDAY, the 24th day of October next, at noon, for the purpose of nominating a person to serve as Superintendent for the Province of Canterbury ; and, in the event of a Poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take place on FRIDAY, the 30th day of October next, at the following Polling places, viz., IN THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH At the Provincial Council Chamber. IN THE TOWN OF LYTTELTON At the Court House. IN THE KAIAPOI DISTRICT At the Court House. IN THE ATON DISTEICT At the School Room, Papanui, and at Mr Gregg s Barn, Riccarton. A t «v • IN THE aEATHCOTE DISTRICT At Christchurch Quay, and at Mr. Archer's House, Lower Lincoln Road. IN THE AKAROA DISTRICT At Mr Tuson's House, Okain's Bay, at the fechool House, Pigeon Bay, and at the ■ Court House, Akaroa.