Local Intelligence.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 599, 31 July 1858, Page 5

Local Intelligence.

In addition to the projected extension of the jetty by the Provincial Government, we are glad to perceive that some of our merchants are becoming fully alive to the importance of extending our wharf accommodation. Messrs. Grubb and Allen, Builders, have taken the contract for the completion and extension of the Peacock wharf, and are now entirely engaged on the same. The plans have been executed by Mr. Maltiuson, Architect, Christchurch. The jetty will extend upwards of 100 feet further out in a direct hue from the farthest point of its present construction, and terminate with a T, which will make in all upwards of 300 lineal feet of wharf accommadation. The width will be 25 feet, which is five feet wider than the present Government jetty. There will likewise be a great space of available room on the nearer parts of the wharf backwards from the abutments, which is constructed principally of rubble work and on which it is contemplated to erect sheds, &c. There is also a new bonded warehouse to be put up, for the erection of which Mr. Mutton has contracted. It is expected by the proprietors, Messrs. J. T. Peacock and Co., that as the jetty will bring them into

a depth of 12 feet at low water, that vessels will be able to load and discharge alongside in all weathers. By the time the present extension is completed, the wharf will have cost tlie proprietors upwards of £3000. We have seen Mr. Mallinsons plans of the intended improvements of both wharf and store, and can certainly bear testimony m favor of the artistic neatness of their execution.

Monday evening next is the last opportunity t lat our play-going readers will have for some tEST°? T ce ss,s, in. g a th«atrical performance, as thL;r\r a r IS, n° longer t0 hQ used as a theatre. Mr. Cox's catering for public amusement has given considerable satisfaction, and it is expected that a bumper house on Monday will greet the production of one of our best modern dramas—" Ingomar, the Barbarian,"—and the screaming farce of " The Widow's Victim." We learn by private advices that the White Swan may probably be delayed in Manakau for a week, and will sail on the 6th or 7th August. The Canterbury Members return by her this trip.

At the committee meeting of the Lyttelton Colonists' Society and Literary Institution, held on Tuesday evening last, Mr. Wm. Godfrey was elected Librarian, vice Mr. Mills, resigned. The bugbear of Nelson scrip has been summarily disposed of in the House of Representatives, so that our land revenue is so far safe from attempts at a readjustment of burdens. In some remarks made in the House of Representatives, Mr. Stafford estimated the population of Canterbury at one tenth of that of New Zealand. We could wish the hon. " premier" better informed. The next census will probably undeceive him.. He seems to have very little idea of the progress made, of late, by this province.