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Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 659, 2 March 1859, Page 6

; ';.■ .',',■':..' '"<,■?■■& ■$ ',S!A:'-Lfe.; ■•.;' i' ' ''.■'■•: .... To amve*pei\Christopher George. ABOUT- j2S^OO(J feet; Baltic weather boards; flooring boards, tongued and groved, plained boards and battens. ; ;For particulars, apply to ' JF. • NOBLE CAMPBELL & CO. Theja,bpve Timber .will be sold at Union Wharf,. unless it be Isold to arrive, in wliicli case it could be I landedat either of the Wharfsito suikthe-convenience } of thespurch.asersi ' ' ■■■'■•■'>■ \ iytteltonj^Sthlebruary,!^. „ ; <:GO%ERNMENT !iO^ ViCTOIIIA.. ■[ tiALL #6r TENDERS FOR '■' \ 900 T OTABA; TELEGRAPH POSTS. >'|IENI)ERS-^iil':be'received/tin.til-^ vd'clock'-oh * 1 .TUESDAY; March 'S.HSSQ,'for nitie hundred • telegraph pbb£s-of timber, known -in JSTew Zealand as Tbtkrli woodi ■'.', Specifications in ay be seen riti;his office. • Tenders: td'be endorsed " Tender for Nine Hund-: red iTelegraph .Posts of, .Totara Wood," and ad-' dress;'(if 'by post pre-paid)• tb/th'e Honourable the President of • the Board of Land and Works, Public Lands Office,' Melbourne. : ■ ■ -i , The Government will not necessarily accept the i lowest or any tender. ', * , i g:s.w; hoene, Commissioner of Public Works. Public Works Office, Melbourne, Jan.124,,1869;' „.,' The specifications and conditions for the supply; ,of the Totara. Posts above required, may be seen at the CustomHouse, Lyttelton. ; ■•-.'■; ; , J- W. HAMILTON, | Collector. Custom House, lyttelton, \ . '■■ ,' Feb. 23,1859. ; . '„"." : ■ ;rpp^iCvN<)T'icE.'--: ;- ••'". \ 1 1. LYTTELTON AND (CHRISTCHURCH MAIL.J ;r|iENjbERS-viU!ber;^beivedllat'-l this;-6ffi'ce;until ■X •.! noon [on Wednesday, the <23rd dayof March,; [ instahtj for the conveyance of a mail between Lyt-: and the delivery rof letters daily,, for/12 months, from the 'Ist April; 1859: "The! mail:tl3 r :start r from Christchurch. daily (ex-: cept on Sundays) at 9 o'clock aim., conveying letters and Post-office parcels,.and newspapers'for delivery at the -Tostroffice,' Lyttelton, and an open bag containing letters arid: newspapers for;, delivery' to persons living on the road side along the line of route.;;] \:r .; :: ;: ■ ;,-..;) -.• -,;. ■'. t ! :• .Another, mail to start from Lyttelton daily (except on- Sundays) at-9.0?c10ck.a.m., conveying.letters and newspapers" for delivery at the Post-office; : Christchnrch, and, an open bag containing; letters and newspapers for delivery; to persons living on the roadside.-along tKe^^ line, of route. \ ...' r |. 'Twelve mails are expected.^early from England ya& Australia.; The contractor toundertaketo con|> vey. any. suchimail or. any lcolonial mail brought by steamers.; to Port Lyttelton put to Christchurch, to '; start, whenever Required,, at ~ t any time between the hojufs.;of 6 o'clock a.m., and 8 o'clock p.m., from t I^yttelto.ii. ,^':'.''';V','^ ''^i.^l' '-'■■'■ " ' '^7^ h~"■ P \ ,';',' Tenders must^ state \vhietbeV it is projibated' to carry ilie'mail by theSumner-rbadorbythe bridle-; .path.,.-.-.'-,?'■.':':.....■. „,,i:,.,,.,.,^ „.(- -. '/\'''\\ ''„''■"'' : • "All ;leti^.s 'arid day \ theyv].ar.e / Vejcei^ed,jeither at''the respective Postoffices' or.at- the residences, either in Lyttelton or Christchurch, of the^persbns to whom they are .adr TKi3 ••^live^^ttfrintsiudg/all, letters and .newsip'a^jeift'.frbm banded by'the'^ost•lna^e'r'to'ftie^bbiitractor;., ■" -T ?■ t r '. ; • ; ■••''• ; ;an^;mL^or r MAiL; ; Tenders; will .be received at this office'until' n6on on Wednesday, the,23rdday'of March,instant; for the conveyance of a mail between Christchurch and Kaiap"qi twice avweek^fof 12 months, from the Ist day of April, T859;/ .''.,'; " The mail to start from Christchurcbon Mondays and Thursdays, and from Kaiapoi on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 12 b'clbck. ' 3. KAIAPOI AND: RANGIORA MAIL: : Tenders will be receivedat .this office until noon on Wednesdayj thei"23rd day of March, 1859, for * the conveyance of mails between Kaiapoi and Eaiigiofa twice a. week, for 11, months, from the Ist day ofMay;lßs9. ; .... ; i Mails to start from Kaiapoi on Mondays "arid Thursdays, half an hour after the arrival of' the mail from Christchu'rch; arid from 3 on Tuesdays and Fridays, so as to reach Kaiapoi by 11.30 a.m. 4. LYTTELTON AND AKAROA MAIL. Tenders will be received at/this office until noon on Wednesday, the"23rd day of March, for the conveyance of a mail weekly between Lyttelton and ,Akaroa,for 12 months, frpm'the Ist day of April, 1859, by one of'the following routes: Ist. By the preperit.route, viis^'by.bo^t to Pigeon Bay, thence by land'to Duvauchelle Bay, thence by" boat to Alraroa, or-varying this latter' part pf the route, by land from Duvauchelle Bay to Akarba.; ! 2nd. From Lyttelton to Purab (or Jlhodes's Bay),. from Purao by the direct road to Duvauchelle Bayj thence.to Akaroa by land or water. - 3rd. To Purao and thence by land- . (a), by the usual foot track via Port Levy , to .Pigeon Bay and Akarqa. ' ■.' (b), to Purao arid thence across toPortLevy valley, proceeding up the valley into the Akaroa arid Purab direct road. If the route proposed be either from Purao direct, or from Purab to, Port Levyand up the valley i'to the directibad-.:--v : ! Tenderk mtist provide for receipt arid delivery of the Pigeon Bay mail on-the journey either way between Akaroa and Lyttelton. It is believed that from the Akaroa direct road ' the contractoi" could, without much loss of time, branch off to Pigeon Bay, or might arrange for a messenger to meet him. at the jurietion of the roads. An open bag to be itaken up and delivered at Duvauchelle Bay, if required. No mail to exceed 40 pounds in weight. Three hours to be allowed after the delivery of a mail to the Postmaster for the return mail to be made up. ]...'. The mail to start from Lyttelton every Wednesday, and from Ak#rba every Tuesday. Tenderslfor. this service must include the cost of conveyance of branch mails to and from Pigeon Bay, and must state the route proposed to be adopted and the spot at which the branch mails will join the main line. No mail to exceed 28 lbs. in weight. 5. CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU MAIL. Tenders will be received at this office until noon on Wednesday, the 23rd day of March, 1859,if0r the conveyance of a mail fortnightly between Christehttrch and Timaru, for 12 months, from the. Ist day of March, 1859. The tenders to state separately the cliarges of conveyance,if— . ... i •. (1) The mail to start from Cliristchui'eh every aHernate Wednesday at noon, commencing on the first Wedn(JKdiiy in May,-'mid from Timaru onjthe following Wednesday, weather permitting. j (2) Oi to return from Timaru not later thari 24 hours after arrival there. Except owing to unavoidable accident, the mail not to be >more than theeo days in summer, and four days in winter on the route (summer months