Local Intelligence.
The Provincial Engineer set to work yesterday the boring apparatus with which experiment^ are to be tried before sinking the public wells m this town.
A fire occurred in Christchurch on Sunday morning which destroyed we believe the largest amount of property which, has ever perished in that way at one time in this province. Mr. Taylor's* brewery, beyond the Papanui bridge, caught fire about 3 o'clock in the morning and was entirely consumed; the origin appears to have been in the kiln fires which had been previously lighted. Though the building, which was Ol considerable size, stood among several others, the flames did not spread, owing no doubt to the calmness of the air at the time. We observe that a subscription is being set on foot to reimburse Mr. Taylor.for his loss. Though we should heartily sympathize with any sufferer entirely thrown back by such an acci» dent to begin the world afresh, we cannot approve of the alms-giving principle in all cases. Complaints of the transmission of the mails to Akaroa and Okain's Bay have reached us ; and not without reason it seems in the case mentioned, which is that the English mails oT July and August, which came together, were sent by a ' hooker' round the peninsula, instead of by the regular transport, and did not arrive for several days after tho appointed time./ The emigrant vessel to land passengers at rimaru is the Strathallan, which ship was to1 leave London on the 12th of October She carries 120 immigrants to bo landed on that part of our coast. The Clontarf mentioned in our last issue comes direct to this port.
A vocal entertainment was given on Monday at the Town Hall by Mr, Hamilton, a vinitov From the neighbouring colonies. Mr. Hamilton is a followev of Russell, whom ho imitates in his choice of subjects. His best effects are in that line of comic singing which requires more energy than elegance. Some of this kind which were on his programme amused his audience mightily. , :
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Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 635, 8 December 1858, Page 4
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341Local Intelligence. Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 635, 8 December 1858, Page 4
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