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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 630, 20 November 1858, Page 6

WAIMAKARIRI BRIDGE. NOTICE TO ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND BUILDERS.' rfIHE Provincial Government invite -~_ Designs for Building1 a Bridge over the River Waimakariri, seven miles from Christchurch. Each Design must be accompanied by a 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 the Provincial Government. ', The whole of the designs received will be ■submitted to Colonel Mould, Consulting1 Entnaieer to the Colony, by whose judgment the Pneviaeial 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 tthan January 1, 1859, addressed to the Provincial Secretary, Government Offices. Christ- > -church, and endorsed " Design for Waimakariri Bridge." tDhe 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 Stiver is flat for some distance, and the banks are on a level with the line of the highest freshes. 'B^ie 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 rshingle 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 of competitors. (Competitors will attend especially to the following points :— Risk of scouring the foundations. Danger from drift timber in freshes, difficulty of securing the banks. Simplicity of construction. Facility of repairs. ' Economy in cost. Any further information may be obtained on application to the Provincial Engineer, at the ; office of Public Works, Christchurch. i E. DOBSON, Provincial Engineer. Office of Public Works, Sept. 16, 1858. LYTTELTON NEW CHURCH. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. AT A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE Members of the Church of England, in Lyttelton, held on Monday Evening, the Bth of November, it was resolved that in consequence ;. of the funds already subscribed being inadequate for the building of a stone church, as originally intended, the committee be directed to under- ,- (take the construction of a church as capacious I :and as permanent in character as possible, in any material which they may deem desirable. All persons, therefore, who have subscribed specially to a stone church are at liberty to withdraw their subscriptions within one month from this date. The committee are still disposed to undertake the building of a stone church, according to the design already approved, in case subscribers should double their contributions. Those willing to do so are requested to send in their [.' names to the Honorary Secretary, or to the ; Treasurer (Mr. Banks), before the expiration of > ' one month from the date of this notice. t ; By order of the Committee, CROSBIE WARD, Hon. Sec. Lyttelton, Nov. 10, 1858. !: FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION. MESSRS. F. NOBLE CAMPBELL & Co. have been instructed to sell by Public }; Auction, at the Golden Fleece Stockyard, ! Christchurch, on . ■ SATURDAY NEXT, the 20th INSTANT, \ Cows in calf \ ] 18 months' old steers j' A pair of working bullocks, &c. !' Terms at Sale. Sale at 12 o'clock. j " Lyttelton, Not. 13, 1858. ■' MONDAY THE 22nd NOVEMBER. 5. , FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PROS' , PERTY. MR. HARGREAVES will sell by Public Auction at his stores, NORj. WICH QUAY, on j ; Al ONDAY the 22nd instant, )v That freehold piece or parcel of land situate J. in Winchester Street—part of town section No. 66, 65 feet by 105 feet, together with the '; . DWELLING HOUSE thereon, now in the \ f occupation of Mr. BradwelL ! | ' ALSO, \, ' The unexpired lease of a piece of ground I , wtiiiite in Oxford Street, part of town section \' ' No. 1, having a frontage .of 30 feet by 66 feet in <lepth. T»e lease has 14 years to run,'from the. : 29th Sept., ISSB, at a ground rent of £20 ,' \}qt annum. ! Terms at sale. ' Side to connmnuu' at. One .o'elo.cl>\ • J. LyUriton, 12th Nov., 1858.