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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 602, 11 August 1858, Page 6

'-. ■'-■■ " 'notice.""" ';■. :XN- consequence; of•(theorcontihuance of ;Ul_i ,ibad;?weathep, ithe-JFinalo Clearing ;oalet!MUr.>be'v-ppßtponed^for:i-lew-'dayß<'*:i)i l <»notu»?ftiil>be-given; •>-<'-<' ; r ; < • ° • ■^:•;^■^>^^;;^^^BEBT^<.WA!nPT,^'&■ CO. r ■;; NOTICE COOTRAtyrORS; tiW^'tWi p^^ovenuneiat: are pre'iT'^iMwn^^ tenaer^ J /up> noon f^>r^.roaa v frpm;the,Markel Place bridi to Papanm Church a^rdmgftoia specification to be ; seen at the Office ; of: Public Works , Christehurch. ; „, ;. ■-,"-.'•. ;; The ProvincialGtpyernmentwill not be bouna to accept the lowest or any tender., ■■"'.■•.. ■. . '■'■■■'■■ : ■:.:'.- ; E;DOBSON, .i- „ / ;,. Provincial Enirinepr Office of public; Works, ; ; g eex> '.?.; Christchurch, Augusts, 1858. PAPANUI ROAD; NOTICE TO CONTEIACTORS. TIHE jTro^cial;';^oyesnmettV ; are pre* v pared^receive tenders vp -to noon on SATURDAY,^the WH* ins W for building tyro -hundred and'forty-two;yards of covered drains, according to a plan- and specification which may ( be seen at the Offic^cJafi, -Public Works, Christchurch., ; . y^ The Provincial Goyernnient will not be bound to accept the lowest or any tender. , „ '.:.-, E; 3>OBSON; :, ",-.;, ./ Provincial Engineer. Office of Public Works,- ; ; < Christchurch, August j .4," 1858. NOTICE f;'^?": Y^|l^B7-' J^i^HANTS j AND OTHERS.: THE -Provincial Government''are'prepared to • receive tenders for)the supply of three hundred thousand feet of sawn plahkihgj to be delivered at the Government yard, Christchurch, in quantities' of 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 tobefcuti in lengths of 16 feet 8 inches, and to measure 8 inches by 3 inches, full cut. '„ ; i The Provincial: Government will hot be bound to accept the lowest or any tender;' E; pOB^ON, Engineer. ! Office of Public Works, Christchurch; July 21^ 1858: V CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CANTERBURY. SOMES' SqHQL^RSHIPJ "j^OTICE is Hereby ; given; ihat the First -L^l Election of Scholars on the ponies Foundation of Christ's College, will take place- on SATURDAY, the 125 th op SEPTEMBEE, in the present year; , Two /scholarships will be offered for competition, one of the annual value of tenable for three years and a-half; the other of the annual value of i 32, tenable for two years arid a-half; the former amount to be raised to JE6O, the latter to £40, annually, provided the scholar shall pass a satisfactory annual examination in the studies of; the preceding year.. : ': "';.. ■' , „,..-,•, -...,. . '„.. . All members of the United Church of England and Ireland, or of any branch of the said Church, or of any Chiirch in communion, therewith, wheresoever born or resident, who shall have attained on the day of electibn the full age of fifteen/and shall not have exceeded the age of nineteen years, are admissible as candidates. ; Preference will be given, coeterisparibus, to.the kindred of Maria Somes, the'foundress, or of her late husband, Joseph Sdmesi; deceased. i Candidates must, bring or; send theiri applications in writing to the Sub-Warden of Christ's College, at anytime riot later th an; fe e 20th. of ! SepteniTOf/ r ey«^9uch'applicatiph^o'..'be accompariiedby salds^^o^'^rtMc^s'^/as^i^^-oi good moral cKaracter.'! Any candidate claiming ttie privilege of fourider's kin will alsb bd fe»quired to furnish satisfactory proof/in' writino: of his consanguinity: Catididates! must attend in person at the College, on Wednesdayithe 22nd of September, at 10 a.m.i to bei examined on ; that and the following days. They will ;flrst be examined viva voce in; the Church Catechism,' Scripture History, ; History of England, Grammar, (Geograpliyi and Arithmetic; and such as^exhibit a satisfactory knowledge of those subJedtsf.wiUbe'farther'^aniihed: 1 firstly, in Latin and Grre6ki Gtamtaar, and in two or more of the': Latin arid &rejek Authors '■ most commonly' read •in schools. Secondly, in Algebra as far as Quadratid Equations, The T|irst Four Books of Euclid, The Element's of I Plane Trigonometry, especially in its application to Navigation, and Land' Surveyings; and i the Elements of ; Pliysical Science. And,; Thirdly^ in History,"Ancient- and,^ Modern,; The :History of the Church, Physical'jGepg^aphy^andone, or more Modern Languages.^ 1^- estimating the compardtive1 me'ritjs 6f the; candidates,. in'arked proficiency! inv'any; (ines: of; the. i h'reb' branches, even if there should.bei great' deficiency in One orj both of the femairideri'will be rated higher than a superficial knowledge of a greater hum--1 ber of subjects. . The successful candidates will be required to reside within,;the precincts of the.College during the College terms (except where .special exemption from residence shall have.been granted by the Governing Body, the College) and to observe all the regulations, and the course of study, prescribed by the College, ■ ' ■■ ■ "•,' Further particulars may be obtained by ap- , plying personally, or by letter, to. the Sub-War-den of Christ's College; Christchurdi, Canterbury, New Zealand. By order' of the Governingl Body, HENRY JACOBS, Sub-Warl^ *