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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 600, 4 August 1858, Page 3

POSTPONEMENT OF SALE OF BOOKS, GUN, DESSERT SERVICE, &c. -TVyi-R. ALPORT willsell by Public JJfJL Auction, at his Auction Rooms, on FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, the following goods, viz.— A selection of books by the popular authors of the day, comprising— , Scott's Works, Disraeli's do., Hoggs Instructor, Illustrated London News, Chamber's "Works, Illustrated Family Novelist, Channing's Select Works, Abbot's Histories, Bentley's Standard Novels, Sketches of London, Universal Library, Mrs. Beecher Stowe's Works, Traveller's Library, Illustrated Life of • Burke, Punch, Dickens' Works, Memoirs of Dr. Chalmers, Parlour and Kailway Libraries, Cooper's Works, Byron's Poetical Works, Girl's and Boy's Helps to Reading, Treasury of Pleasure for the Young, Farmer's Library, Shakspeare with Notes and Life, Heads of the People, Hand Book for Now Zealand, Canterbury Papers, Sydney Smith's Letters, &c, &c. A few Standard Medical Works, latest editions. Also, An excellent and highly finished double barrelled gun, in case. An elegant claret and gold dessert service, consisting of centre vase, 4 dishes, and 12 plates. Coffee pot, pewter mug with glass bottom, and soup ladle. &c, &c, &c, Sale at Noon. Lyttelton, July 30, 1858. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. SALE OF FREEHOLD LAND, HOUSE, FURNITURE, &c, &o. MR. ALPORT is instructed by Capt. Swanson to sell by Public Auction, on the premises, on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, A quarter-acre- section of land, substantially fenced in, and cultivated as a garden, filled with fruit trees. Also, an excellent well of water, and a substantially built . house, containing five rooms, in excellent order. Also, All-the household furniture, bedding, kitchen utensils, &c, &c. Further particulars will be given in future advertisement. Sale at Noon. Lyttelton, July 28, 1858. . SUMNER ROAD. NOTICE TO QUAEEYMEN & OTHERS. AETER this date, legal proceedings will be taken against all persons found obstructing the road with quarry rubbish or otherwise, and no blocks of stone will be allowed to be laid within twenty feet of the outer edge of the road. E. DOBSON, Provincial Engineer. Office of Public Works, Christchurch, July 26, 1858. NOTICE TO TIMBER MERCHANTS AND OTHERS. rgIHE Provincial Government are prepared to -»- receive tenders for the supply of three hundred thousand feet of sawn planking, to be delivered at the Government yard, Christchurch, in quantities o£ not less than twenty thousand feet. The timber is to be either kauri pine, red gum, blue gum, stringy bark, black pine, or totara ; and must be approved by the Provincial Engineer. The whole to be cut in lengths of 16 feet 8 inches, and to measure 8 inches by 3 inches, full cut, . The Provincial Government will not be bound to accept the lowest or any tender. E. DOBSON, ' Provincial Engineex*. Office-of Public Works, Christchurch, July 21, 1858. ' FOR SxILE, ITown Section in the heart of Christchurch. 5 acres Rural Land with the house and improvements thereon, adjoining the Papanai road, about 2 miles from. Christchurch. Forparticu- . . lars, apply to MR. LONGDEN. FOR SALE. IN the pleasantest part of Rangiova, 5 acres of excellent land, in 1 or 2 portions; having 10 chains frontage on the Itangiora and Kaiapoi direct road, ditto on an accommodation road. The above is well situated for a private residence, or business purposes. Euauire of WILLIAM E. IVORY, liangiora. PURSUANT to the provisions of the " Auctioneers' Ordinance, Sess. 111., No. 3, I hereby give notice, that WILLIAM THOMSON, Accountant, of Christchurch, has taken out an Auctioneer's License for the term ending 30th JUNE, 1859. CHARLES 0. BOWEN, ■ . • Provincial Treasurer. Provincial Tronsnrer'n Office, Christchurch, July 22, 1858.