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Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 61, 27 October 1855, Page 2

PREMIUM FOE DESIGNS FOR COLLEGE BUILDINGS. TO ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS.— The Board of Trustees of the Nelson Trust Funds hereby offer a sum of Fifty Pounds sterling (£5O sterling) for the best Design, aud the sum of Twenty Pounds sterling (£2O sterling) for the secondbest Design for a Building for a College, required to contain sufficient accommodation for instructmg about 100 pupils in the ordinary branches of a liberal education, and at the same time convenient rooms for one or two masters (in all probability married men), and for the lodging of thirty boarders. The building will be placed nearly in the centre of a block of land of 17 acres, which rises with a gentle slope facing the west, and is backed by a lofty range of hills. The material of which it is proposed to construct it is strong timber, -with lath and plaster outside and in. A preference will be given to such designs as are nol above two stories high, which combine, as far as possible, economy and commodious arrangement with architectural beauty, and which are, at the same time, so planned as to be capable of extension if required. , Gentlemen offering designs will be pleased to address them to the care of Mr. Jeneixs, the Secretary to the Board, at Nelson, on or before the First day of November next, and to accompany them with sealed letters, containing the name and address of the competitors, which will not be opened until the selection in made. Plans submitted must contain the ground plan of the building, and elevation, and such cross sections as niay be necessary to exhibit its character. ' A. G./dENKINS, Secretary to the Board of Trustees. Nelson, New Zealand* / 4th July, 1855. \j THE Undersigned will be prepared,' the First Week in January next, to take CATTLE and HORSES on the following terms : — Cattle at 155., and Horses at 20s. per year. The charge for driving will be moderate. There will bo an entire Cart Horse ou the Station in the season 1856-7. / Young Cattle in the Wairau taken in exchange for Sheep. v/ August 27th, 1855. Geoege F. Bush. ~fl\ Oß SALE, a pair of WORKING JL BULLOCKS. / Apply to Thomas Jessop, Mount Heslington Valley, Waimca South.X/ LANDED PROPERTY. MR. ALEXANDER ■ AITKEN has been favoured with instructions from the Proprietor, Mr. F. T. Berry, to DISPOSE OP, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, all his VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, situate in Suburban North, and called Glenwood. This very desirable property is about 10 miles from Nelson, and consists of 30 Acres of valuable timber Land, and 40 Acres, more or less, of arable Land, fit for the plough and of first-rate quality. But the principal recommendation to the whole is, its splendid adaptation for supplying the markets with an article so much required, viz., Sawn Timber and Firewood. The Proprietor has partly erected, at a very considerable expense, a Saw Mill, intended for the use of both Vertical and Circular Saws, the motive power of : which is ensured by a never-faih'ng stream of water which flows through the property, and winch, in addition to working the Saw Mill, is also amply suffiiiid. for a sjnaU JFlour Mill, which the district will very soon requireT " .#»■-—,*■ — _ On the property, and near the Mill, is erected a substantial and comfortable Dwelling House, attached to which is a Garden and Orchard ; and improvements are now being generally carried on. The roads leading to the above aro now daily improving, and it is not improbable but that at some not very distant day the road to the Pclorus will pass through the district. For further partjeulars, &c, apply to Mr. F. T. Bkkbt, on tho premises, or to yj Alexander Aitken, Auctioneer and Land Agent, October 12. Bridge-street. Ncto Btofjcrttsfcments, MR. CREASY, Estate Agent, has been desired to DISPOSE of a small COTTAGE and GARDEN, with about an acre and a half of Paddock, in a pleasant part of the country. This little Property is situated in a very rising andrthriving district, and offers a good opportunity to a/y one desiring either an investment or an abode. J TO BE LET, for the season or otherwise, that part of tho Erme Ridge Property comprising tho Orchard of Five Acres ; and also, if desired, Two Acres laid down in grass. In tho Orchard there are Tliree Acres, soon fit to cut for hay, Two Acres dug ready for cropping, with tho Fruit. There is a Ware, needing repairs, a sum for which will bo allowed in the rent. Immediate application necessary, The uauic to be sold on advautageou.B terms. For terms, apply to H. Young, Esq., by post ; or at the Store of Mr. Rochfoet, Haven-road. rpHE. ELECTORS of the TOWN of -L NELSON are CAUTIONED not to promise their Votes uqtil the day of nomination, when they will learn the names of all the candidates for their suffrages. n. Nelson, October 26x X "SPRAY," 23Niseful MARES, many of which are in foal. "N. n. C. Elliott. Nelson, October 25. >v ON SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED :— One Bet best pair-horse harness, silver plated Gig harness _j& Best double shfiioe saddles Ladies' side saddles Best Pclham, Weymouth, and snaffle bridles Martingales, girths, stirrup leathers and irons Spurs, cruppers - Riding and gig whips / Horse and dandy brushes, Sec., &c. vy H. L. N. Clabke, Saddler, &c., &c, Trafalgar-street. October 26th, 1855. E R " M A O R I ."—. "— 3 bales Linen Goods, consisting of damask table cloths, diaper, duck, shirting, sheeting, huckaback, brown holland, ticking, &c. / — i . 2 bales 3-bushel Sacks. \_ -* GCETIsT^iIOTHEES. Nelson, 26th October. RICHMOND.— WESLEYAN SABBATHSCHOOL ANNIVERSARY. ON SUNDAY, November 4th (D.V.), Two SERMONS will be Preached ; at 11, a.m., by the Rev. J. Waeben ; jet 3, p.m., by the Rev. D. Dolamoee. Jr Collections after each Service. \y A PUBLIC TEA on MONDAY, 6th. Tickets, 2s. each. Notice. Provincial Secretary's Office, Nekon, October 23, 1855. HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified, that the house of Mr. William Rout, Motupipi, is appointed to be an additional POLLING PLACE for the election of a member of the Housa of Representatatives for the Motueka and Massacre Bay districts, in the event of a Poll being demanded at the time of nomination. By his Honor's command, S. L. Mulleb, I Provincial Secretary. |