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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 634, 4 December 1858, Page 6

SOUTH ROAD. A CART for' the Conveyance of PASL_\_ SENGERS nnd PARCELS will (weather permitting) leave CHRISTCHURCH every WEDNESDAY, and the RAKAIA RIVER on FRIDAYS and MONDAYS in alternate weeks. Fares : —To or from the Rakaia, £1; to or ' from Parlby's, 15s. WILLIAM BAINES. Christchurch, Nov. 4, 1858. £5 REWARD. """" ' STRAYED from the undersigned, a largo bay horse with bluck legs, arid white Tatar on forehead. Whoever will restore: the same, shall receive the above reward. DeBOURBEL & BIRCH, '•"'■ Steam Mills, - Rangiora. WAIMAKARIRI BRIDGE. """"" NOTICE TO ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, AND BUILDERS. TH E Provincial Government invite Designs for Building1 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 ■ beat, 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, 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 bo admitted to the competition for the premiums. Designs must be sent in not later than January 1, 1859, addressed to the- Provincial Secretaiy, 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 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 hanks 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 the office of Public Works, Christchurch. E. DOBSON, Provincial Engineer. Office of Public Works, Sept. 16, 1858. NOTICE. WAIMAKARIRI BRIDGE. THE time for receiving designs for the proposed Bridge over the Waimakariri 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 FIRST 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'clock. JAMES WYLDE, Chairman. CARGO BOAT FOR SALE. - A Five-ton BOAT, quite new, with anchor, sails, oars,.<Kc. (complete). Apply to John Williams, at Mrs. Roberts's, Oxford Street. FOR SAL_T~ 1 90fi CLEAN EWES on *** Also a cob house in. Colombo Street, Christchurch. Apply to CHARLES REED. ' THE REV. F. KNOWLES will be prepared A to receive, in Lyttelton, after the Christmas vacation, a limited number of. DAY PUPILS, for instruction in"the ordinary subjects of a sound English and Commercial Education. For terms, &c, application may be made to the Rev. B. W. Dudley, M.A-, ijyttelton; or the ;EEV. .-'F,' K^JOWjJBS, ffgeott Bay. ' Noy. 18,1858,