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Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 81, 24 July 1852, Page 1

I NOTICE. WG. NORMAN begs to inform the • inhabitants of Lyttelton and Christchurch. that he intends travelling every Tuesday, i Thursday, and Saturday from Lyttelton to Christchurchy leaving Mr. Genet's store, London-street, at 9 o'clock each morning, and returning from Mr. Gibbs's store, Christchurch, at 3 o'clock on the same day, for the conveyance of letters, parcels, &c, at the following prices :— For every letter 3d.; for every parcel under 5 lbs., Is.; above 5 lbs. and under 10 lbs., Is. 6d.; and above 10 lbs. and under 20 lbs., 2s. BOOTS AND SHOES. T)OOTS and SHOES of every description -*-' made to order, by James Swinbourne, at the " Colonial Store." July 22, 1852. CHRISTCHURCH ATHEN/CUiVI. THE Committee of the Society for founding an Athenaeum, or Mechanics' Institute, at Christchurch, believing that some misapprehension exists as to the nature of the institution which they propose to establish, are desirous of laying before the public a general sketch of its intended character and purposes. They design that it should resemble, as nearly as possible, that class of institution known in England as Mechanics' Institutes, or Literary Institutions, the objects of which are, generally, the diffusion of information, the cultivation of taste, and the promotion of rational enjoyment by means of a Library, Reading Room, Lectures, Music, and Classes for mutual instruction, formed by the niemhers among themselves. In particular they think that, in an almost unexplored country like New Zealand, such an Institution might serve the special purpose of aiding the prosecution of Geological researches, and of systematic endeavours to discover and make known the resources of the country. It would afford also a medium of communication and opportunities for mutual information on the many points of interest pertaining to the Geography, Climate, and Natural History of these Islands. It is proposed to exclude from the Lectures and Discussions of the Society all such questions as are immediately connected either with Religious controversy, or with local and Governmental policy; and in this respect the example is followed of similar Institutions in England, whose almost universal agreement on this point is, it can hardly be doubted, the fruit both of sound reason and practical experience. The primary object of the Society will be the erection of a suitable Building. The Committee propose that, in the first instance, the Building should consist of a Hall, to be used as a Newsroom, and for General Meetings, and a smaller room for a Library, the plan being so arranged as to admit of extension hereafter. A Building, sufficiently large to serve these purposes, they believe may be erected at the cost of about £200. It appears to the Committee that the Hall above referred to might be used for Meetings of any kind, whether of business or amusement, provided that order and the convenience of the Subscribers were not interfered with. With regard to the Annual Subscription it is proposed that there should be two rates, say ss. per annum for admission to the Newsroom and all Lectures and Meetings of the Society, and 10s. per annum for the additional privilege of taking home Books from the Library, the only qualification requisite for membership being the payment of one or the other of the above rates of Annual Subscription. By order of the Committee, Henry Jacobs, Secretary, pro. tern. Christchurch, July 19, 1852. P.S. Amount of Subscription List up to the present time, £89 10s. Od.