LYTTELTON HARBOR.

Patea Mail, 1 May 1882, Page 2

LYTTELTON HARBOR.

Christchurch.— The contractors for the Lyttelton dock, Messrs Ware and Jones, ( ha.v : e sent in a claim" for £I7OO bonus for completion within the specified time. The Board’s engineer allows £6OO, and litigation is threatened, but it ib hoped that an'amicable settlement will .be made, , An experiment will be made with tho electric lamp at Lyttelton, at a cost of L35. r . Tfie larii’p; will equal eight hundred candles.

LARGE FIRE AT\ WELLINGTON. Wellington.—A fire broke out at 10.30 on Saturday night, in the premises known ais Chew’s Buildings. The fire originated in Mr Dwan’s auction mart, which-was destroyed. The flames spread to the adjoining .premises,: one occupied by Mr McCugh, provision merchant, and the other recently occupied by a boardinghouse keeper named McNamara. Both the latter-mentioned places were gutted. The fire had a firm hold when first discovered, and it was with great difficulty that it was suppressed. A crew o t f thirty* men with an engine were Cent Ashore from H.M,S;rMiranda, and rendered.^excellentservice .in s extinguishing the flames. iAt one timb. these ; .seamen were cheered by. the crowd iheir. plucky efforts togpt the fife under."’ Mr Uhew, it is understood, insured, but as’he lives’ out of town the amount is not yet known. Mr Dwan’s ejitock is insured in* the Nev| Zealand pffice for f400; andj'infthe' United for '£2oo. j Mr McCugh’s stock was uninsured.