PUBLICANS' LICENCES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 473, 16 May 1857, Page 8

PUBLICANS' LICENCES.

At an Adjourned Licensing Meeting of Justices in Chiristehurch, on Tuesday last, the following licenses were granted for the -ensuing year:— -';: ■■;;;>;: ■ ...-. '■■■'■ „-..■•■■'.:.'-<. i ■ GENEEAt,Licenses :—M. B. Hart r -.White5 Hart, Ghristcharch; J. F. Ballavd, Golden ( Fleece/;Christchurch; W. Stewart, Royal Hotel, Chrisfcohufch j Edwin Coxhead, Royal Oak, Christchurch; J: Dilloway, Plough Inn, Eic- • carton-; J'/'-W. PapprUl,'"Sawyer's Arms, Papaniii; R; Hughes, Heathcote Arms, Ferry Road ; 'Gv Day, ICaiapoi Hotel; W. White, Kaikainui Hotel, Kaiapoi; J. Jackson, Ferryihati^s Arrasj: Kaiapoi; J. M. Fraser, Northern Hofce^ -Kaiapoi; J. W. Fostorj' Liori Hotel, Rangiofa; James Brace, Bruee's Hotel, Akaroa; W. H_entlerson, Commercial Hotel, -Akaroa.

V/ine and BzEJi-.—W. Stringer,confectioner, Cliristchurch '; R.-Taylor, brewer, Gliristchurch.

CojfDHJIONAii :—G. H. Parlby, River Selwyn; J. Pauson, head of the harbour, Akaroa.

■ The Provincial Council sat only on Tuesday and: Thursday during the: past --week,, and then only dealt with one or two private-bills, and.the preliminaries > to the impending education discussion. Mr. 'Packer made two amusing; speeches. One, most pleasing and humorous, against the Reserves Bill, which, however, was read a second time; the other, on the Education ,ques4sion, at-the end of which, whan..the house was op?rirn<mthed, enjoying; the frolicsome fancies of t-lib honouritbid gendeman, he suddenly changed, his. tone, andbtgged the, (JcunciL." .solemnly and; riouily to coti.!-;,Gc 1v the (mention;" just.as i£ he d beSn -netting them an example of Hie gcayest

discu'ssidn. AnotKerf iiumo^ous aSdresS dropped froriitheJips of Mr. Rhodes, on the Mill Bill 6iT Mr. Itfwood. When the (S3tabli?hme»it had been condfemkiea as a nuisance by Dr. Barker, (Mr. Rhodes tgot up :itid said thaJtit appeared to him that Ohristchurch, had been laid, out .simply as a place.of pleasure, and a deligh^'ul residence for gentlepian.^ "The .fact the. honorable gentlenian ,pdntinued, " the blacksmith had no right to, practice his noisy avocation in that ¥-6wii; 'iib business, of any ought to be pursued tiiat could possibly annoy the 'delicate ears of the inhabitants.'' Shouts' of1 laughter accom-panied-Mr. Rhodes in his nibst telling irony, and no more was said' abbut nuisances. •: ■ "

T^e Evocation ffiejd-darj is to be on Tuesday next,, the ; discussion having been adjourned tjll that day from,Thursday,evening, chiefly in order to give Lyttelton an opportunity to express .her sentiments bn the ,'subject in a public meeting the evening; ™Te' give the details of iile ; proceedings m'ahotbeiiylaee-,aTvd'heed only say here-that the meeting; was .unanimous,: and that :. their resolutions will no doubt hsaye-eorisiderable ': weight, in:'»the, practical deter filiation of the ■ .'question. .'. : . , ; ' -;,..", :/;' ' A message from the Superintendent to the. Coiiricir a: few days "ago announced that';the works Afrere'So far advanced oh the Sufnner road ; 'thatitcould be opened for^ carts within aishbrt space of time, if a aniall amount of money were': voted for it by'the Council.-:1 This, message as of -course founded on? an! estimate by the Provincial , Engineer,, whose calculations, have never, yet: 'been, fpund astray;, and, if..this .be^so, we for: our »art .feel sp ; ;Stroi^gty ih^ vvauat. of a .road i that we recbrnmehd the public tp/close with an offer of one of. any sort, especially as the terms are feasonabl^.-f" a; (!oimplel;ed''- cart road from' 1 the-plains to5 Lyttelton^ would give the province suclt' jy; novel 'aiid; agreeable sensiatibn that it is ; qurteran inducement. to Isefc £<>i work; ■ ? :

, Ourfrierids ojathe^ofcher side of Lytfcelton'are indignant at some, innocent remarks ofLours the, .pfch.er,v t day,about the .Governor's Bay, road,. At' .least Mi*- Perceval, who,. jiyes.' flown there, has written us alette^'"full of.cbßi'plainf;. We attack! the Government at pleasure because we know :we shall not b'e'hit in return, but the public is a fighting anitnal,' arid we are always polite.' Now, we tried to»be excessively fair (in this sort .of way) between the: Government and the JBay, and. this> is-whatfwe -get for it. We grindrOiir teeth with rage,/and shame, to think .that we could haye been idiots enough, t,o, say 'thai the road,,was ever asked- for, or /was any "use at all to the inhabitants of the .'district.; Who does not know that ffie ;Government, and; it only was to blame ?''Mr. "'Percivar'says so, i and says his neighbours'say so, and that is the '■public 'henceforward We stick by it. Seriously,: Jweare sure;tbe residents inthe bay do not quite go to Mr;; JPereiFal's lengths. The question is to be fairly settled by .the Superintendent and the Council ;. we do, not exactly know how/and rather think we were mistaken in an-: ticipating a.diversion from the road as at present cut • the intention seems to Be perhaps'to 'gives the authority of !the Cbuncil' £o that line; • and so settle jthe questidnby making fair terms with the owners of the property. -'' •■''■ ■: ■; ;■ The foundry in Ohristehurch is a sgreat fact, thanks to the .energy, and • perseverance,: of Mr.; Anderson. Every president has ; noticed-with ..some degree of .pride ; in : his.. town the s gradual rise of a pile of buildi.ngS;,.some 70 i'eet in, .length,' by 25 in width', which has been raising its head*above the. surrounding houses in Cashed Street, o-nd whose1 tall chimneys have Reminded •them of the good old country. These have at length arrived at completion, and on Monday the sound of the anvilj the rush of;.!steam, and the. cloud of smoke told; that the anxious toil ,of the founders was to he; tested for good or fpr ill. There were four or,i^v@, mo.ulds in readiness at four o'clock; and a large number of spectators .present to witness the opening operation.'Owing to the lateness of the beginning and to some natural accidents of'a. trifling'ha- = ture, only'two castings were completed, amould board: of a plough and'a furnace cover, which were executed'very satisfactorily. , A hospitable spi-ead followed, His Honor iri.the shair ; when, . alter .the usual toasts, the, health, of .Mr. Anderkqii wa^ propp3.e;l by the chairman, and duly honoured ; a very slight acknowledgement-of the toil',- skill, and spirit which went to the cbmple-: tion of the work. J We look'upo.ri*ldst Moi'idiiy ' as-quite-an ei-a in the history bf woi-lt hi our •■setlidment^ ": -•■■ "; ■■■■;.■■• ;■ {::!■ •■■•'■

At a rnetiting of Cliuroh Property Trusfcees-ou

Thursday, "Mr. Packe* was tanani|nous)yfleeted Agent] for |hat biody.. 1, We b|sderaiband fi|lat!,fi^ first resigned his office of Trustee. Mr. .Fpley cpntinu,ei3 to conduct his circus with success in Lyttelton. There, is ; - ; tip be a f performance of more thkn visual interest to-niwht 'j and on Monday, Mr-Axtellej tKe; clowhj'hai'i benefit. This latter is particularly ■interesting" as having- on its progr&imne that:'af(sei"piede: s0 dear tp> our. school boy > recollectiions, •. •■ The Tailor,riding to Brentford.';■■'■•• r' » rh

.The weather of the week has,beett<,rain,:Buashine, and snow. The evenings growing short, and \ye feel in advance the icy breath'of coming^ winter. : •■'"..: '...'' 1 eoNi^EißUTioiifs.— -We, haVe Sometimes spoken of the difficulty of obtaining country "hews. As an instance of-the failure of our |eff6i*li;. l"a» much from the reluctance .everybody has leave .for, 3. moment^his; own personal a ! p«rs»U» as from any p.ther cause,-—we giye, the following, contribution* laiely.' received from -a "gentlemah whose abilities and opportunities' for collecting ' such: ■ • intelligence we' had supposed unequalled, arid' ih whose*promise' to oblige us ito the utmost of;: his power* we! -still ■coiifide. Our correspondent writes from the Blaff:—::

Dreadful ,J?ibj>, and Loss op. Life and ,PEOPEjiTT.^At the headof, the J^okiomoko,; a .small, inlet., from, .the. : J?ew ; : River, the, survey establishment, is, encamped. On the, 18th February; as the 6&(ik was"busily employed making cakes, he was observed to bolt suddenly fronftiie cook;house,;cryingnre:; and as suddenly to .'appear, again aniid.the smoke, and toi;etum with ,;his, hands fulLoJ;" household: articles.- nißut: vain we ; re his. attempts. to the : property, ; and in vain was pannikin after pannikin pf waier throven upon'the■ npw. flamiiig roof;^tlie'deyparing element hicreaspd' in force; crasiiming a^ it" went, until " liKe;'the>baseless' .fabric of-a vision it left not a wreck behiiid." The estimated value'*bf '■ property: destroyed is riot less1 than 250 peiice; :- one unhappy individual had his blue shirt'buYnt .off his back j .arid the cook's -waistcoat, is for life. But the most deplorable result oft.tho . calamity is;the great loss of- life,inyolved inajt, for the cook asserts that there, were at least.ope thousand flies on a piece of .meat he was about to put into the ppV; and,' as.; they, we're not observed to cpfrie but, they are all siippos'e'd to have perished. The: cause of: the fire is no^"yet thoroughly investigated. -The'buildingwaSTibt insured.; ••-, .: -. -;r. ■' ■..-•.: -■;"■ !,i;-,.-r -..•■.' -,A