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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 621, 20 October 1858, Page 3

FOll 'SALE' IN", XYTTELTON. rrtOWN1 SECTIONS No. 89 and 90, situate X ' in Exeter. Street. To bo spld m'small blocks for'the convenience °f A^cposit of 20 par cent, will be,required on fWnurchase .money; with;,from seven to ten pars' credit for the remainder. . For further particulars apply to F. NOBLE CAMPBELL & CO. Ox fp r d SUftyttelton, 00t.'.1, 1853. "public, notice. province of canterbury to wit : port victoria district. -^r-rfIEREAS a Writ under the hand W °* William Sefton Moorhouse, En Superintendent of the said Province, bear,V date the 12th day of October, in the year of"our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and iiftv-ni"ht, hath been directed to me, Frederick Noble. Campbell, Esq., as Returning Officer for • the Tort Victoria District, in the said Province, renniving and commanding me to cause to be elected by and from the voters duly qualified for that purpose,. freely and indifferently, and in manner and form by }aw prescribed, one person to serve as a member, of. theProvvncial Council for the Port Victoria District, in place of Mark , Sprot,. Esq., .resigned. ;i .Now, .therefore, 1,-the; B-vwl Frederick Noble/ Campbell, Returning Officer forthe said-rDistrict;do- hereby, in pursuance of the said "recited1 writigive notice, that a public meeting of the electors of the said District will beholden at the Town -Hall, Lyttelton, on Friday,the ,29fch day of October instvat iioon, foivthe: purpose of nominating one person to serve as >a member of the Provincial Council forthe said District, and in the event of a poll being demanded for the candidates or any of them, such polling shall take place on Saturday, the 30th day of October inst, at the Police" Office, Lyttelton. The voting- to commence at any time after nine o'clock a.m.,.0f ithe -said day, and to close at 4 o'clock p.m. of the same day. FREDERICK NOBLE CAMPBELL, Returning - Officer. Lyttelton, Oct. 14, 1858. WAIMAKARIRI BRIDGE. NOTICE TO ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND BUILDERS. rp H E Provincial Government invite _*_„ DesigDSrJbrlßuildinga Bridge over ' the River. Waimakariri, seven miles from Christchurch. Each Design 'must be accompanied by a , detailed estimate of, the .cost of construction, which must not exceed twelve thousand-pounds. Fifty, pounds will, be paid, for the best, and twemty-iive pounds for the' second best design. The designs to h'ecom'e the property of the Provincial Government. The whole, of'the designs received will be submitted toColonel Mould, Consulting Sngi-, neer to the, Colony,. by whose judgment the Provincial Government will be guided in their award. The Provincial Engineer's designs will be submitted to Colonel Mould with the rest, but will not be admitted to the competition for the premiums. Designs must be sent in not later than January 1, 1859, addressed to the Provincial Secretary, Government Offices, Christchurch^ and endorsed " Design for Waimakarivi Bridge." The rejected .designs will be returned to their owners.as soon as possible after the Provincial, Government have made their award. INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPETITORS. The,width of the River is 1290 feet, from, bank to bank. The ground on each side of the River is flat for some distance, and the banks are on - a level' with • the line of the highest freshes. The ordinary .water, line is eight feet, and the deepest part of the channel twelve feet below the banks. The bottom of the River is a shifting bed of, shingle at a depth of from four to twelve feet below the banks, resting on clay at a further depth of four feet and- upwards. The soil of the .banks is sand and .light loom. The material of, the-.Bridge is left to the I discretion of competitors. Competitors will attend especially to the fol-; lowing points : — Risk of .scouring the foundations. Danger from drift timber, in freshes. Difficulty of securing tho'banks. Simplicity of'construction. Facility of repairs. Economy in cost. Any further information.may be obtained on application to the 'Provincial Engineer, at the s office of Public jWorks, .Christchurch. „ E. DQBSON. , Provincial Engineer. _Qgce of Public Sept. Iff, 1858. "" ' "■': FCfl( °S v AiiE,V: ' ■"■_; '• " " ' ITown jSecstion, in the heart : of, Christ"i■church,.,-'..-■;' ' ,': ' '-' '' ' .". - ■■■- 5 acres Rural Lan^, with, the hou^e and im-, P^oveinents therQpii^adjoiniijg tiie Papapiu road, about 2 miles !fr6m'Christchurch. Fofcparticu-; lars, apply to' ' ' ; : ' MRJLONGDEN. , ' --' i -!'-' ■i■■■■ >11 ■" .. . . . . . SHEEP' FORj SALE. O &'. 4 toothed ewes, deliverable ' in■'■thei s' »e%lib6urliddd •of 'Christohtirch, in, F*)BRO^Y. I&ttdM!AEC < Hi NE,XT. I J, LONGDEN. ■