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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 633, 1 December 1858, Page 10

SOUTH ROAD. | A CART for the Conveyance of PASxL SBN'GERS and PARCELS will (weather permitting) leave" CHIIISSTUHUUCH every WEDNESDAY, and the RAKAU RIVER on FKIDAYS and MONDAYS iv alternate weeks. \ Fares :—To or from the Rakaia, £1 ; to or from Parlby's, 15s. ; WILLIAM BAINES 1 Christchurch, Nov. 4, 1858. _. - —- NOTICE. ■' THE PUNT at the New Ferry, Kaiapoi, 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; jthey are so wild that I cannot drive them away! jThey.will be. held chargeable from this date ;with the poundage rate of keep, and with any other expenses which I may necessarily incur, and will be sold if not claimed within TWENTY 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 reward. DeBOURBEL & BIRCH, Steam Mills, Rangiora. WAIMAKARIRI BIUDGE. NOTICE TO ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND BUILDERS. Tp 1H E Provincial Government invite — — • Designs for Building1 aßridge 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 twenty-five pounds for the second best design. The designs to become the property of theProvincial Government.; | The whole of the designs received will be submitted to Colonel Mould, Consulting Engineer _to_the Colony, by whose judgment tb,eProvincial Government will be guided in their award. -..-:'"..■-■■■• ■■ ' ■ ■ ... '..:■ ■ ; ■ -/ . -'■" The Provincial Engineer's designs will be Mould with the rest, but ;wi 11 not pc 'admitted"to* tliFcoriipetit ion fov the premiums. Designs -must be sent in hot later than January 1, 1859, addressed to the Provincial 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 be!o«r the banks. > . The bottom of the River is a shifting bed of shingle at a depth of from lour to twelve fret 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 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 thfr office of Public Workß,,Christchurch. ; E. DOBSON, Provincial Engineer. Office of Public Works, Sept. 16, 1858. NOTICE. WAIMAKARIRI BRIDGE. riIHE time for receiving designs for the X proposed Bridge over the Wairnakariri is extended to February Ist, 1859. By order of his Honor, the Superintendent, E. DOBSON, Provincial Engineer, Office of Public Works, Chrihtchurch, Nov., 1, 1858. KAIAPOI LAND, BUILDING. AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. THE FIRST GENERAL MEETING o( tho abovo Society, for the payment o SubficriptionH, will be hold in tho School Ho"* c' Kuiapoi, on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7tll(' 7 o'clock. ' :; JAMES WYLI>K, ■ Chiun> lftß'