LYTTELTON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 419, 24 April 1863, Page 4

LYTTELTON.

Tlio ship Shalimiir sails thisrweek with a fair number of pnsspngers and- afull carco-of wool,"amounting to 4,490 bales, of the value of L 111.253. The great'-r pr.it of her pasß'>ngers.afe old settlers, who purpose lipyirpr a short visit to the home country, and returnins to the colony. , — •

Two new. harbor ;lights are to he erected at ri imaru. Mr Strong' Morrtonbolds the appointment. f i.ilut for the"roadstead".,; «j■". ' ..T" ""-.■:. The ship livenipft 5fe.1,200 tons, Captain Thomas Clihlioru Morita'no,' from London, , came ( .-to. her anchorage at it o'ck.ck on- Monday-morning, after a ).ii^a'.^: of 102 days., ,3"he Evening Star has a dozen c • 1 in"imsseii£ters. ,and» equal -to. ■51 Jn - the steerage, o-imt.risiriff 25 Englisl?,i'22 Irisluiih'd 4 Scotch, belongs us chiefly to the agricultural! class..-./, :■- ---tiie Gjoioug, froini.BWnediniaravedion Thurstlay ni'i.-.moon. Captain Boyd reports th\t he sighted a 3- v <•■> sl.ip apparentlyistanding inlfor JFimnru at aii ( (! idv hour on the morning of the IGt.h. It is just V-s-ii)!i' we tray have".to/announceI. that tins ship tn'.s fnt to be thei-Huntress so.long;lbokedffor by; mi-ions f ieads: she ids oubfio^i/ England about 125 ( ;, i-. »i,ii has t'l'oalli'ittati'/riiiißTU^oiHarid.Govern)i.. it. iiiiinisrrantaju'ilj'eraißaerfltandathat the owners ( ~; (It:! U(iolo»g^fispectiiithair t (nfftet{Bteamer..tofit'.;inv. j, lr ,,,,tnrati she is intended to takeithg-liytteUon :,.:.d Dwedin trade, in the place of the Geelonpr. Hie G m-oij" will then be sent to Sydney to be lengthened •i: out "20 leer, nnd have considerable alterations and l-'an'rs to her motive power, with a thorough refit; / the introduction of modern improvements will m-

crease her speed nnd add to the comfort of her passengers. '1 he new steamer will be named the City of Dunedin, 200 tons burthen, with a speed ot 13 knots. — Tima.