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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 629, 17 November 1858, Page 5

WAIMAKAIIIRI BRIDGE. NOTICE TO ENGINEERS, ARCHITECT.?, AND BUILDERS. ry\ H E Provincial Government invite '-*! Designs for Building a Bridge over the River Waimakariri, seven miles from Christchureh. 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 twenty-five pounds for the second best design. The designs to • become the ".property of tho Provincial Government. ........ ;. . ■ : The whole of the designs received will' be" submitted to Colonel Mould, Consulting Engir 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 latert: than January 1, 1859, addressed to the Pro*; vincial Secretary, Government Offices, Christchurch, and endorsed " Design for Waimakariri 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 i 3 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 discretion of competitors. Competitors will attend especially to the follow ing points : — lii»k of -couring the foundations. Da :ger from drift timber in freshes. Difficulty of securing the banks^ Simplicity of construction. Facility of repairs. Economy in cost/ Any fuither information may be obtained on | application to the Provincial Engineer, at the I oiiioa of Public Works, Cluktchureh. . E. DOBSON. [ - Pro\incial Engineer, p ""Office of Public Works, Sept 16, 1858. » I-:,. i 2— - j- LYTTELTON NEW CHURCH. h NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBEPtS. • .. AT A PUBLIC-MEETING "OF THE /,-, , Members of the Church of England, in \\ Lytn-kon, hvid on Monday Evening, the r ßth_of-Y----"XovtMpKer.it v/ab resolved that in eonsequencel ■»" of flje furd> already bubscribed being inadequate ,>r for the building of a stone church, as originally -, intended, the committee be directed to-under- . take the construction of a church as -capacious' : and as permanent in character, as.p.ossiblei'-'in"'---' any material which they may deem desirable. }■'■' / All persons, therefore, who have-subscribed : specially to a stone church are at liberty to"i. = withdraw their subscriptions within'one month '[** i from this date. - ■ . „«: The committee are still disposed to..undertake-i.',! ! the building of a stone church, according to^the::,-. I design already', approved, in case subscribers-.:-: ■ j should double their contributions. Those wilj ling, to do so are requested to send in their ■ j names to the Honorary Secretary, or to the j Treasurer (Mr. Banks), before the expiration of i one month from the date of this notice. ■' ' . ' | By-order of the Committee, ■ j -- - . , CROSBIE WARD, ' Hon. Sec. Lyttelton, Nov. 10, 1853. ' •

FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION "JUTESSRS. ¥. NOBLE CAMPBELL j Co. . i-'JL have been- instructed to sell by !'uhlic Auction, at the Golden Fleece Stockyard, Christchurch, on - -• SATURDAY NEXT, the 20th INSTANT, Cows in calf 18 months' old steers A pair of working bullocks, &c. Terms at Sale. ' Sale at 12 o'clock. Lytlelton, Nov. 13, ISSS. MONDAY THE 22nd NOVEMBER. .' ■': FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PRO- -\. . , . PERTY. : , . MR. HARGREAVES will' sell by , Public Auction at his stores, NORWICH QUAY, on ■ ; -, ■■ .MONDAY the 22nd installt, '„ ' •■ That freehold piece or parcel of Jand sitjaato " in Wincliester Street —part of town,.st?cfeio'ri No. 66, 65 feet by 105 'feet,.together with the DWELLING "HOUSE thereon, now in the occupation of Mr. Bi ad well. ALbO, The une\piieJ lease o£ a piece of .ground situate in O\foid Stieet, pait of town 'be<.ticn No. 1, having a iiontageof 30 I'cct by 'SG.jVGt in t depth. The le>isc> has 14 years'to run) fioin Jll^e f - ir l 29th Sept., ISSB, at a ground ront' Of'1 .C2O per annum. >■ . Tonns at ''ale. , , ", Sale to oomnienco At O^oMoclt. „ ,-•, Lyttolton, 12th Nov., 1858.