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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1321, 22 November 1864, Page 2

Blasting Opkrations in* TUE „ Lonnie and Co. have now got into full and -t * work under their contract for reclaiming a >>> l acres of the bay—continuing the present the jetty to the Swamp mad. When essl J iT . IO and Co. commenced, there was a tolerably la fj' in Bell hill, on the bay side,as left on the con>i_ of .Air. Mackenzie's contract. The new contr commenced from this point, and also from tie . j place side, to cut completely through They have now not only completed tins. »» • liave removed so much material, that the <■ I through the hill is abundantly wide for Hie f - £ of wagons on each side, direct from the heaps y after blasting, but for a couple of spare lines c efa also. All these lines converge upon the two are laid along the inclined plain to the ie*e ' reclaimed land, and thence to the constan \ 1 ■- , sine limit of the work, or the " tip " as it is « The work of blasting can now be carried on cordance with the lay of the rock, so a* , most effectually ; and some of the ■- ( [, e where the borings are from the surface _ hill bring down very large quantities of n .ue One shot, recently thoroughly dislodged abo square yards of stuff. Thereare at present am i ployed, and the daily average of stuff sent dt deposited is from 110 to 120 waggon «V. um equal to about five yards. There is ft lur V eu jwith brakes, &c., to check the speed of s n . iug waggons, which *re allowed to acquire turn enough to rua very nearly to the " tip. (he empty waggons are drawn up the mc in . tJ loaded ones ; and in every respect the woru \ c . besyatemmatically carried on.—Davy I une»,>A COUNTRY clergyman was a pood deal . one day by the jollity of the mourners attue . m ,_ fast" of a funeral, and was -rarely told in e\J ■ tion, « Bless you, sir, they're not laughing, only dissembling their grief."