LYTTELTON.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 630, 16 August 1851, Page 3

LYTTELTON.

j A slight shock, very probably occasioned I y the almost spent force of a distant earthi jjyiituiun ana Li 1S i° , rcb > on Sunday morning last, about boILV J- Iwas 1was not ’ learn » g ener “Hy L t | Je tiro"® chiefl y b J persons passive Irom hl fU Be i k haS been an un P lea8 ant one, I e almost continuous rain, and that

lowering aspect, called by old settlers “earthquake weather.” The gathering, for all that, at Christchurch on Monday, was tolerably numerous; the business thit was then transacted made the day perhaps one of the most memorable for some time past. Scarcely any subject could have a more direct bearing upon the prosperity of this settlement, than that canvassed at the meeting referred to. and which we report in full in the body of this paper.

With respect to this town, a strange anomaly calls for notice. It is that the roadway in front of Norwich Quay, the scene of the greatest traffic, should be such an accumulation of mud and water as it has been this week. We know not with whom the matter rests, but would suggest that it should be the first to come under macadamizing operations. It is matter of congratulation that bread, which has for some weeks been at lOd. the 21b. loaf, has this week fallen to 7d., although flour still remains at £5O per ton.— Lyttelton Times, August 2,

Some excitement prevailed in the early part of the week, from the report that gold had been found close to the- Sumner Road. As far as we are able to learn, something having the appearance of the precious metal was visible in a species of quartz rock found about the locality mentioned, but in such minute proportions as to leave no ground for enthusiastic anticipations. The bakers have tired of the game of competition they were playing last week, and the 41b. loaf has already reached 16d., in its probable return to old prices.' We were much pleased, some weeks since, to hear that a reduction had been considerately made in the weekly charges of -the Church School, on .iccount of the high rates of provisions. We understand that the Cricket Club at Christchurch is progressing, and that a large field is to be laid out and enclosed at once for its operations. We are delighted to see that the townspeople intend to commemorate the occasion of their first public meeting by a public dinner. Our readers will find advertised in another column where tickets may be obtained.— Ibid, August 9.