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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 632, 27 November 1858, Page 6

SOUTH RQAD. A CART for tlie Conveyance of PASSENGERS and P^RCJEtS will (weather permitting) leave CHRISTCHURCIi every WEDNESDAY, and the RAKATA RIVER on FRIDAYS and MONDAYS in alternate weeks. Pabes :—To or from/the. Rakaia, £1 •• toN»r from Parlby's, 15s. WILLIAM BAINES. Christchurch, Nov. 4, 1858. NOTICE. — — rpHE PUNT at the New Ferry, ICaiapoi, J- will be taken off for repairs, on MONDAY, the 15th instant; and will be ready for work on WEDNESDAY, the '24th instant. Foot passengers and parties willing to swim their horses can cross as usual. JOSEPH FELTON. New Ferry, Nov. 8, 1858. TRESPASS. TWO STEERS,, white, with red spots, and apparently about 3 years eld, have been running on my land for the last ten days; they are so wild that I cannot drive them away. They will be held chargeable from this date with the poundage rate of keep, and witli any other expenses which I may necessarily incur, and will be sold if not claimed within TWifefTY EIGHT DAYS, to defray those' charges. JOHN MARSHMAN. The Wilderness, Nov. 3,1858. £5 REWARD. STRAYED from the undersigned, a" large bay horse with black legs, and white star on forehead. Whoever will restore the same, shall receive the above re wai*d. DeBOURBEL & BIRCH, Steam Mills, Rangiora. WAIMAKARIRI BRIDGE. NOTICE TO ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND BUILDERS. r|IHE Provincial Government invite -k_ Designs for Building a 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, rind twenty-five pounds for the second' best design; The designs to become the' property of the Provincial Government. The whole of the desighs received will be submitted to Colonel Mould, Consulting Engineer 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 Waimateariri 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 front 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 discretion of competitors. Competitors will attend especially to the following points :— Risk of scouring the foundations; Danger from drift timber in freshed. Difficulty of securing the binka. Simplicity of construction. , Facility of repairs. Economy in cost. 1 Any further information may be obtained on 1 application to the Provincial Engineer, at the 1 office of Public Works, Christohurch. ! E. DOBSON, ] Provincial Engineer, j Office of Public Works, Sept. 16; I§£B. NOTICE. WAIMAKARIRI BRIDGE. THE time for receiving1 designs for the proposed Bridge over the Wainaaka- ' riri is extended to February Ist, 1859. By order of his Honor the Superintendent, E. DOBSON, Provincial Engineer, Office of Public Works, Christchurch, Nov., 1, 1858. KAIAPOI LAND, BUILDING, AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. THE FIKST GENERAL MEETING of the "above Society, for the payment of Subscriptions, will be held in the School House, Kaiapoi, on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7th, at 7 o'elook. , JAMES WTLDE, Chairman.