Page 4 Advertisements Column 3

Lyttelton Times, Volume I, Issue 35, 6 September 1851, Page 4

SEEDS AND PLANTS, rpHE Undei-signed has on hand a large -1- Collection of Choice VEGETABLE -SEEDS, comprising Blue Scimitar aud Bishop's early Dwarf Peas, Green Windsor Beans, Globe Onion, Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips, Celery, Parsley, Asparagus, &c. &c. A portion of Red and White Clover, Perennial Ryegrass, Cocksfoot and a ' variety of other Grasses. A quantity of Furze seed, and Acacia or" Green Wattle," suitable for Fencing and Shelter. Seeds of Larch, Fir, Scotch Fir, Spruce Fir, and other European Trees and Shrubs. Trees of Ribstone Pippin Apple, Kerftish Cherry, Green Gage Plum, and Brown Turkey Fig. A lew hundreds of Asparagus and .Rhubarb plants, and a variety of Roses, Fuschias, Pinks, Laurustinas, Lilacs, and other Ornamental Flowering Plants. W.Wilson, Nurseryman, Botanic Garden, (opposite the Bricks,) Christchurch. notice.: IyTESSRS. HAYDEN and BALMER -LV-*- respectfully announce that they intend opening a Communication, between here and Christchurch, for the Transmission of LETTERS, Small PARCELS, MESSAGES, &c. Every sort of Commission faithfully executed. They have also opened a Register for SERVANTS, or Persons wanting employment, and pledge themselves by every possible enquiry and Advertisement to meet their views in as short a time as possible. The .first Messenger will be despatched on Tuesday, the 9th September next, and all Letters and Communications to he left either at Mrs. King's, 4, Esplanade, Mr. Beamish's Stoke, at Mr. Compton's, at the Mitee, Lyttelton, or at Mr. Gould's, Christchurch. Days of Departure. Christchurch:,: —Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10 a.m., and Saturday, 3 p.m. Lyttelton:—Tuesday,Thursday, and Saturday, 10 a.m. Letters and Messages, 4d.; Parcels charged by weight and Size. ■ B. Hayden. R. Balmeb. Freehold Property. rpo BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CON--1- TRACT, Fifty Acres of LAND, situate near Riccarton. Also 50 acres, situate on the borders of the river Heathcote. For particulars apply to LONGDEN & Le CREN. Birth. —On the Ist inst, at Essex House Lyttelton, the wife of Augustus Edward White, Esq , of a Son. SHIPPING NEWS. SAILED. Sept. 3, schooner Perseverance, 82 tons, Marshall, for Wellington. Passengers, Messrs. R. Davis, Fraser, Hume, Heath, Slatter, and Bartram. Sept. 4, schooner Salopian, 40 tons, Griffiths, for "Wellington, in ballast. EXPORTS. In the Perseverance; 7 qr. chests tea, 8 iron gratings, Alport j 7 tloz. Spades, 1 case watches, 10 tons coals, W". Flyger. LYTTELTON MARKETS, Retail Prices, Sept.6. First flour, 355. per 100 lbs.; Bread, per 21b. lsftf Bd. ; Beef, 7cl. to Sd. per Ib. ; Mutton. Id. to Bd. perlb.; Pork,7d. per lb.; Fowls, per pair, 75.6 d., Ducks, none ; Fresh butter, Is. IOfZ- ; Salt butter, Is. 6d. per'lb.; Potatoes, 41. 10.9. per ton; Eggs, 35. per doz.: Cheese, New Zealand, Is. 3d. perlb.; Maize, ss. 6d. per bush. ; Ale6s.od. per two gallons; Ham and Bacon, none; Firewood, per cord, 225. to 30s. j Sawn Timber, 18s. per 100 ft. %xtnitm. A Letter to His Excellency Sir George Grey, X.C.8., in Reply to his Attacks on the Canterbury Association and Settlement. By Edward Jerningham. Wakefiei,d. We have been in a great measure relieved from the disagreeable task of defending this-settle-ment against the attacks of the higher-powers.