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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5026, 3 May 1877, Page 3

Public Notices JJOKITIKA HARBOR BOARD. COMPETITIVE DESIGNS REQUIRED FOR RIVER AND HARBOR WORKS. Being anxious to obtain a good design for conserving the Hokitika River along present wharf, and directing it across the bar, so as to obtain the deepest channel practicable under the circumstances, the Board will pay the sum of £250 for the BEST DESIGN for these purposes, bearing in mind that the funds present at the disposal of the Beard will not' exceed £30,000. ' , A map on a scale of four chains to the inch,'. accompanied by a memorandum stating nature.; of river bed and banks, prevailing winds, currents, direction and position of channel fount!' to be most, permanent, and .most, readily worked by shipping, together with description and prices of the local materials which might possibly be utilised, will be furnished to intending competitors on application, and each competitor must show accurately on said map the position and extent of all the work which he, proposes, and must purnish also a cross section} of each sort of work, together with ah esti--mate of its probable cost per chain, and.tptal y cost ; and a full report upon the whole question, giving his reasons for the adoption of the course he. proposes, in preference to any other ' course. , The date at which the designs must be sent in-will be communicated to each competitor when plan is forwarded to him ; but it will not ; in any case be fixed sooner than 30th JUNE next. The Board, before making their award, will submit the designs to the examination of am eminent engineer. D. W. VIRTUE, Chairman. Hokikita, April 25, 1877. guy OF, DUNEDIN. PROPOSED TOWN HARD, MUNICIPAL OFFICES, MARKET BUILDINGS, AND CENTRAL FIRE BRIGADE STATION. ■ The City Council of Dunedin are prepared to receiveDESIGNS for NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, proposed to be erected oh the site fronting the Octagon and Moray-place respectively. The designs to be delivered addressed to the Town. Clerk,-at the City Council Chambers, . Dunedin, by NOON of the Ist DAY o£ ' JUNE, 1877. ; The premiums offered are :—For the first approved design, £200; for the second, £100; and for the third, £SO. The first and second premiated designs te become the property of the Council. * The Council does not hind itself, to employ the successful competitor to carry out the ■ works.,■ -;, -, .- Plana of the sites of the proposed Town Hall, etc., , with printed pamphlets furnishing - particulars’of the accommodation to be pro- '' vided, may be inspected at the offices of the Town Clerks, respectively, at Dunedin, Chrisf- - church, Wellington, Auckland, and Melbourne.J. M. MASSEY, : . , - , ■ Town Clerk, City. Council Chambers, Dunedin, N.Z., j I■' ‘ February 9,1877.

Q ANT.ER BTJ BY, COLLEGE. ''WANTED, a LADY PRINCIPAL for the "Girls’ High School Salary £4OO per annum,. ■ with £SO house rent, and,five shillings pee annum on account of each pupil attending the ordinary.course of instruction. ; . ; .''.VI i The Lady Principal will- have the supervisipn of the establishment,^and; besidesr;givinff idstruction in pertain Classes,■'•njill be'required fco supervise the general, teaching, and be res-.; ; ponsible ,to .this. Board for/the discipline ul 'conduct of the/achbbl. i _ . 1 Applicants will be'required .to; furnish testimonials shotvingithey. .have received! a' liberal .education, have..proved. themselves efficient tbacbers,! and-; have i been/ accustomed ‘to ".the. management of a school * They must 1 also state 'in thebC applicatSoJb /i the- Various * subjects/'which they : thorbugh%;' understand,* a’nd are competent to teach.;l - ■■ '■ iApplications, marked “Application, for the .office of Lady Principal,” 'addressed to the Registrar, Canterbury College, to be .deffiveied.at the Registrar’s Christchurch, New Zealand, before the 15tb June, 1877. ■ ! ; } i 'P. G. STEDM ! A^,:u .i . ; ' Registrar.

To Let 7 TO LET, Furnished House for Session, or otherwise, six large rooms and kitchen ; centre of town ; ten minutes’: walk. fromnGovemment House. Private : aad healthy situation, Terms easy, to good tenant. l Box 99, Post Office. / ; , r ■ TO BE - LET,. .FOR,, A TEEM OF .YE AES— That! desirable Dairy Farm, formerly the property of Sir.' W. M. Whitewood, being section No,- 53, Taita, containing ,29 acres (more or less), sub-divided into 5 paddocks, fenced and all laid doirainEhglishgraase* .the pasture being unequalled by | any in the Hutt.- There is a good, seven-roomed house, stable, cow-shed, and other put-buildinga ; ads* a garden and orchard, well stocked with, fruit trees. For terms apply to . , , , - GEORGE BUCK, Taifav A i , i Agent for. the Estate. TO LET—A new five-roomed Cottage, ia Brook-street. Wm. Nash, Grant-terrace. Wanted WANTED, a Draughtsman, competent to undertake the compilation, of, plan* &d. • Salary, £225. ' ■ ' ‘ f-. ‘ Apply to the Chief purveyor, ProvincialDistrict Survey Office, forwarding testimonial* and specimens of draughting. J 'i , HENRY JACKSON,’ : 11 Chief Surveyor. ' LAW. —A thoroughly competent and experienced Common Law and Conveyancing Managing: Clerk desires engagement. Address, Beta, office of this paper. TO GROCERS’ ASSISTANTS.—Wanted, - a first-class Counter Hand ; also Porter, To! first-class hands good wages will be given. None others need apply to - W. Jameson and Coi, WilUs-street. :,, ; . ■ ■ ’• TO,[ CIRCULAR SAWMEN.—Wanted; - a Circular i Sawman ;; must be able to. sharpen saws. None but competent hands need apply. J., Cruiokshank, Fem Ground Sawmills, Upper Hutt. WANTED, by an experienced female Cook,, a situation in a hotel in town. Apply A.Z., this office. w street. ANTED, a first-class Baker. Apply early at the Steam Bakery, Manners- i WANTED, orders for Ball Programme* A very choice assortment of ornamental cards for this : purpose in stock at the office uf the New Zealand Times. WANTED KNOWN, that the Timm has the best assortment of POSTER TYPE in the city, and can supply -the wanto of the public in bills of any dimension* us plain or colored inks. WANTED, the public to know that Business Cards, Circulars, Billhead* Handbills, Receipts, &c., &0., of eveiy description, are printed at the shortest notiee, and at the lowest prices, at the office of the New Zealabus Times. Orders , carefully executed and forwarded to any part of the province. WANTED KNOWN, that in General Printing, the public can be supplied with every requisite in the latest and best style of the art. New Zealand Times Office.