The Lyttelton Times. Saturday, July 10th.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 592, 10 July 1858, Page 4

The Lyttelton Times. Saturday, July 10th.

PPhe aira^sorbin^t^ic^l6^> irit^; during the present bad wqath&'ia thWstaS of rdacl^ ;' In !6utf Ar Chnstchurcli..they1 ar/iri #;#prinfe state?' We; quite agree r witft the gi%mblin£'ny? lie thai ,^he^ Pro^haal1 GoVe^heSf >&&■> yery niuc'H to.' blame in'the 0Blatter;"; "It>is i: cleat' : that'j3oihe 'one musif' be blamed.'' ft' ;i one;"icari at1, anyVtiitne with more'i^ropßetv' be abused tban^the ■ Goveriimenti- l lfr'^i tnie Ith'at' rjo ! !one, not;-'evett a 'tiiemfier'op ]the; ProtmciaF'Gouncil,^ foieß&vf: tKaß(febte^ wintei* Woiild' turn out^ ! ; sd badty thai tlife!! JFen'y; road wbMild^ remnr6 J feffiefiallinff <' nbtwithstandihg, the good drd,er;it .apipear^i to be! in so lately j it is Jtrije' that the eon- > titiuous rains have,1 iroin- the first ep^rimiencement of the 1 bad weather^■rendered1 ! attempts at?' repairing; almost"' hbbeless.i But^tiiese' are all;mere i;excuisOTV'7;''Wh'at-i^' it; to us that the Croverhment have given oar^e blanche w to the 'Provincial En^neer^ to" expend as mucfi money as'he can in repairs. This does hdt mend the Weather or tHe l roads. c have every rig-ht' in this new; cbiaritry to expect as good roads as the English turnpikes, let there b e labour'or lib labiour; ' What didwre come 16 ? ()00 tmiles -for? ; The fer'^ers^'^ho^-; throughout the fine Wjeather 'complained bitterly ;bf this employment of'labbur by ! 6bV6rnme'nt,:on^publi6:ro]kds^'haye never- • theless ;ja very good • ground -of covcrptamt[} whfen they find these roads unfinished! "f it I is the du^by;; of a f 'Crbverniheiit ]■ to frde)ase;4 paeans of protecting their interests underl{. eve^'d^cult^;;" " ~!' lii,l";: r';r' '■ '''A-'}\ sn-^-

[ The waste'bf.labour,'and tHe; lols' 1 aiid T expense jtp"which iiiidi^duals' are nfrwr'^irt'■; is'^st^mela^^ 'regrfet-it ; mpre^feHpl^'^li^Q' brireeilvesl' 1 the'! * publicj jkjtew; 1 o^-Mngled 7;atiafchy ;Tarid ple&stirp 3#it^ viewed' fi^Memp^of^he^^ the indi^atidp-^f^lie public wotdd' W* tembley As f6r the Proyih^iai^^ginfee^, th^;■; savage -eiult^iott^ctf; ttiatftra<jtibngyf'' is;; inliescpbajble, / '■!_ '■& dreadfut ifias almost/total i;disap|)earanqe.ijDfV^::Unirfo fortunate ■ -man ' ml 'thee ?; middle- ;;of :> the :Nprtih^llc)ad. "They caution^ of !'- the •-'' gentleman who fbrwrarded the intelligence •' to;'jfch'€r press, hi^^i^diice'd'''Uiin'ta':'supp'i»ss! the.;worst part of! thie; iftqry as it is ;ru-; rnpured atrpad. :; WeJieel, laowe^!r> that ■ in-such ajcase, silence would; be, crimmaL It. is whispered: that j the pit was prepared . by: order of the1 Provincial; Engineer! What .the motive could have b£en>: we cannot conjectured; Tt> is piresumed that the victim 'mid been jari 1 d^nui^ialipr of the;l>obsonidn,systein.:',^e story I^at'; the Provincial, Engineer: and^,h'is^^ myrmidons had ihtended> if the man had not: been happily rescued, to go at night and^ dance round: Mis body>iwe dismiss- as iinworthy''of belief^arid.ah evident'exa'gger-1 :

In,: commentmg, howev;&y .upon : the.. state of affairs* we; must go to the| ; '[ head.of.' the Government,, and; express our?: > opinion that the' gentleman. who;. assumed * the office of Deputy-^Uperintendent abPufc • a month ago, heavy rains^ad commenced;is th^inpst; blanieable '[o£ all.! Why did he riot'l^is^'upori having macadamised roads hapd^d;over,tp.him? : '^ ; (every available; cart be erii-.. Vl°ys&Mi*l? tliey/^ may, be prepared .to,^ incur any^^pecuniary ; responsibility^th'at may\ sQ S4T7;"T*. though the I*rovmcial Engineer:.'(W"oi;k as ; ! hard as he Jwillj still,, arie^ure ,w^ only re-echo the voice of tKe rpublic . when., we ; sa^ : that shpujdl the^;^»ad! ", tinue ? no .nevYs^wilj^^.j^r^^p^ptatte^ than,, that some severe! acci4ept^li.as. : hap-^----pened.; to, e,yery: qne connected1 -mi;hV re^j motestdegr>e rwi^;the'iE»rpwpi4^oveW^^ mentis •.■..'", " \'"i l (.-■■->;• ••'-■■«:;t- r- '-•«•"'■»"