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Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 87, 4 September 1852, Page 11

LYTTELTON COLONISTS' SOCIETY. Business fob Wednesday Evening, September Bth, 1852. Ist, —Mr. Bayfield's proposition— "That a Committee be appointed to communicate with, the Committee of the Fire Brigade, to ascertain if any, and what steps have been taken, in reference to the purchase of an Engine, and other apparatus for the extinction of fire." 2nd, —Mr. Godley's lecture— "On the early Colonization of New Zea T land." CHRISTCHURCH COLONISTS' SOCIETY. An Elaboration of the Information desired respecting the Restoration of the Excavation in the Marketplace, Chrislchurch, to its original Elevation. — Deliberation 1. Meeting, Aug. 26. Is the Market-place at Christchur«h wag made an excava" tion, The gravel taken thence being used for reparation Of the Heathcote Ferry-road, then in great dilapidation. The Colonists' Society, desiring information, Resolved, on Tuesday last, after due deliberation, That the Secretary do put himself into communication With Mr. Godley, resident agent of the Association, And request of him to answer, without prevarication, If he at present purposes to effect a restoration Of the Market-place at Christchurch to its original elevation. It was strongly represented then that the preservation Of the people's limbs and lives from such a situation As that in which they find themselves, if through precipitation They tumbled into, head over heels, said recited excavation, Was a question which merited their first consideration. That dirty roads and dark nights were sufficient botheration, (When moon and stars were clouded and no illumination Appeared in neighbouring cottages to afford an intimation -To the luckless traveller) without this infernal,excavation. For these and other reasons, then, of which the enumeration Would swell to inconvenience the Secretary's communication, The Colonists' Society would be glad of information As to what's intended to be done about the restoration Of the Market-place at Christchurch to its original elevation. We are happy to announce that the " Australasian Pacific Steam Packet Company" was progressing apace when theChusan left England. It was highly thought of in the City, and a private letter published in the Empire states " the first bankers are applying for shares," and an immediate application would be made for a Royal Charter, which there was every reason to expect would be attended with success. The Independent announces the receipt of a copy of the first number of the Taranahi Herald, which was published on the 4th of August, and to be continued weekly. It is pronounced to be a creditable looking paper, the matter carefully compiled and arranged, and, in the words of its prospectus, was to be " emphatically a paper for the settlers—to promote their prosperity and improvement, moral and physical, agricultural and" commercial; to develope the resources of the district, and its advantages as a colonizing field." The number contains the addresses of three candidates for legislative honours. RICHARD PACKER, No. 3, Cashel Street; Christchurch, T3EGS to inform the public that he has -?~* for Sale, on moderate termsTeas, Coffee, Chocolate, Sugars, Spices, Treacle, Fresh and Salt Butter, Cheese, Sago, Arrowroot, Oatmeal, Rice, Soap, Soda, Starch, Blue, Pickles, Sauces, Salad Oil, Bottled Fruits Tobacco and Pipes, Paper Hangings and Canvass, Oils, Turps, White Lead, Putty, Whiting Doors, Windows, Window Glass, Hardware, Ironmongery, Tin Goods, Earthenware, China, Glass, Drapery. Bonnets, Caps, Ribbons, &c, .fehoes and Boots, &c.