Local Intelligence.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 672, 4 May 1859, Page 4

Local Intelligence.

Yestekday was the day of the annual licensingmeeting for Lyttelton, when applications were heard for licenses to be granted: in the town 'of Lyttelton, Akaroa and Sumner. "The following general -licenses were granted:—For the .Mitre Hotel, to the Official Administrator of Intestate Estates; for the Albion Hotel,-to Mr. Collier,in Lyttelton; for the Canterbury Arms, Sumner, to Mr. G. Day; for Bruce's Hotel, to Mr.Gibbs.; for the Commercial Hotel, to Mr. Armstrong?.Akaroa; and a conditional licence to Mr. Anderssenj: at the head of Akaroa Bay. The;consideration-.of the following applications for general; licenses was postponed till next Monday 'week, the Magistrates taking time to investigate certain complaints laid against the occupants of the houses, and giving; time to have certain alterations for the' better completed by the landlords : —W. Heapby^TJniversal Hotel; Peter Cameron, Eobin Hood.;. J.. Caton, j Canterbury Hotel, in Lyttelton,; and Wl. Henderson, Peninsular Hotel,. Akaroa. There was no application for a wine and beer license. The adjourned meeting, to consider applications for the rest of the province, will be held at Christehurch on Tuesday next, May 10, and a further adjourned j meeting, for final consideration of the applications postponed yesterday will take place on the following Monday, the 16th instv A ship's signal was flying yesterday afternoon, and at .dusk a large vessel was visible some four or five miles outside the heads, but she had not come within reach at the hour, of our going to press. It is, very probably, the Victory, from London, with immigrants. The sitting of the Waste Lands, Board for the receipt of license fees commenced on Monday at 10 o'clock, and would continue till all the business had been got through, probably till this day. On Monday, the Board suspended operations at mid-day for the-purpose of proceeding with the ordinary j business of its bi-weekly sitting, when we under- [ stand that a large amount of land was purchased. xßy an observant eye thVpresence in town ■' of an unusual: number of stockowners might have <: been detected, but nothing resembling the mythical crush which is supposed to take place was visible | The unpleasantly windy and dusty weather during | the day was perhaps a cause, not only that few were I to be seen, but also that few were there to see. 1

Some investigations which have recently -been | made into the facilities for coasting craft afforded I hy the Eiver Ashley seem to.prove :tho Salt Water I Creek to he better adapted for a: shipping port than r has been generally supposed." Captain Sproul, the j. Harbour Master of Lyttelton, visited the place a , short time ago and marked the present channel ot the Ashley's tnouth toy beacons. Two masters ot \ , coasting- craft have gone up within the last week on purpose to inspect the navigation, and the mas* ter of the Juno (the centre-board ketch rerentlv come down from Hobart Town) has also bee'l looking at the bar. The reach inside ihe hay 1* said to be very much superior to the Heathcou 1 for purposes of navigation, and the. ;bar itse"l , though vei-y liable to shift, and at low tide havw? , .very little water on it, is for some reasons w°l'"' eligible than the bars of other rivers. Probably a little particular inducement offered by those concerned, to begin with, would have the effect ol opening whatever trade .:can begot between "S telton ant] the Kiver Ashley, '„ i /