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Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 539, 2 January 1858, Page 4

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< We; have papers? to Dec; sth. ' The roadstead? presented a gajj and unusual, appearance yesterday. The, Sybil, .Henry,' PelSartfroin Mauukau, and Kate Kearney from) the South, brought to, nearly at' the same ; time.' It is to be hoped .they will prove' h&vbingers of weather difTerent'tb \Vliat we Have'experienced' for some' time^ and;moi 4e suitable :t6 thesea-: son. Amongst the passengers, we have to congratulate the Colonial Treasurer upon his; •return, thought we, understand it is quite temporary. The hon. gentleman's prolonged stay ,and whereabouts at the south has beenthe sub^ jecf of much, speculation and gave lise'to the rather improbable conjecture that he had ex-" bhanged the cares and responsibilities of. office ■ for a successful claim in the auriferous: Aorere.' —Herald, Nov. 28, \ ... ■. .;. ..^ „ L>^: Li \- r New Plymouth was visited"by a severe gale; from S.E. on Tuesday. .Except as a land" breeze, it is an unusual wind in this.part of the country, but.ontlie occasion referred to, it increased to a hurricane and did gi*eat-and gene--ral' damage throughout the settlement. - The j newly erected iron building ; in' Brougham i street, belonging to Mr. Watt, was hurled from ; i its foundation and much of it completely des* troyed. Some few houses* of less/expensive; constmction, were overturned, or rendered." un- 1 r safe, and chimnies, fences, and thatches "more or less ihjdred'ih every dii-ection. From ac-! counts we have received from the different parts of the* "settlement we'find" thut the gale was general, and i equally ifelt., in the , open country and in the dense forest,, where largetrees were snapped in pieces or uprooted. THe iiTeparable mischief is to the orchards, affording in many instances a cheerless prospect this season 'for the time and labour given to; them. As there is ho evil without a certain inixtuve of good,; we may observe of. this wind thatiit coniea-direct-froml the- land^ajid >is favourable for shipping, :which uot nnfrequetitly swk^ the coast for, shelter during the. prevalence of • southerly weather.— Herald, Dec.,s. ,