Local Intelligence.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 587, 19 June 1858, Page 5

Local Intelligence.

The Corsair whaling brig, whose departure on her first cruise we noticed in our issue of Saturday last, has succeeded in capturing a whale and bringing it to Pigeon Bay, where it is now being tried down. We have ascertained the particulars of this quick and lucky hit from Captain Gay, who made a visit to town on Thursday. It appears that the Corsair left Port Levy on the 11th inst., and was cruising some twelve or fifteen miles off Kaiapoi about noon, when she fell in with a black whale cow and calf. The captain manned his boats immediately and gave chase for some six miles before he succeeded in making fast to the cow. He had a further zigzag tow of another half-a-dozen miles before the whale was killed. Having secured his prize, he made sail at once to Pigeon Bay, where he arrived early on Sunday aorning. Captain Gay abstained from cutting up the whale for a few days to gratify the curiosity of visitors; but he went down yesterday to commence operations. He has strengthened his crew since he left port by the addition of some Maories, who increase his compliment to eighteen, all told. The estimated quantities and value of the proceeds are as follow:—9 tons of oil, at £32 per ton, £288; 8 cwt. of bone, at £300 per ton, £120; total— £408. Messrs. J. T. Peacock & Co. are about to forward the oil and bone to Sydney by the Mary Clark. We heartily congratulate the captain and his colleagues in the enterprise upon their fortuna f« commencement, and wish them a continuation of success fully equal to their most sanguine expectations. The weather has cleared at last, and if it hold good for a short time, there will be an opportunity of mending our ways. The contract for repairing the Ferry Road from Christchurch to the Quay has been taken, and the work will be commenced on Thursday. It is intended to effect the repairs in such a manner that the work shall not be thrown, away when the road is widened and permanently improved in spring. The- Bridle-path from the Ferry to Lyttelton will be taken in hand at once for necessary repairs. Mr. Fitz Gerald's model of the Port Hills —exhibited in Lyttelton before his departurewas smashed in landing his goods in London. By the help, however, of bis friends in the Museum, it has been made as gpod as ever. The table presented to him by the Lyttelton Colonists' Society has reached England in safety, and is looked on as a very handsome specimen of New Zealand woods. Great complaints are made of the insufficiency of proper accommodation at the_ licensed houses on the southern route from Christchurch to Timaru. Competition will soon rise up to cure such evils if not remedied.