DUNEDIN NOTES.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 116, 30 January 1872, Page 6

DUNEDIN NOTES.

By 0. P. Q. «i January 18, 1372. (^(y In social matters, Dunedin people arc at B „oii& present principally occupied in talking about mogt . the Cagli and Pompei Italian Opera Company, who open for a short season at the Princess f ounc i Theatre to-morrow night, and with every t j ie W( prospect of being very largely patronised.' v -.,, rt;s The whole of the dress circle seat 3 have rp] le , been for some time engaged for the opening Q ora s, performance, and a brilliant and fashionable j j nc i ul audience is sure to greet these talented Lj own artistes on the occasion of their debut in reo . u i,c Dunedin. A large number of season tickets! have also been disposed of. Judging from; JQen j the highly favourable accounts we have re- ■ x ceived of the manner in which the operas l un have been rendered in other parts of New \ a jttin< Zealand, we Dunedinites have a decided treat i while in store for us. ] Mortal Yesterday the removal of the Cargill monu- ■ era f ( ment from the Octagon was commenced by jj a ]< e the contractors. The City Council bears the ' ~-,,,,..> expense of removal and re-erection, the con- t j ie „, tract sum being £3OO odd. It is to be placed j-i ie Ju on a portion of the vacant space opposite the f r23 i u Custom House. 1 suppose that Princes-street hard will soon be continued straight through the it, be Octagon to George-street, and when this is j "Ou ; accomplished, Dunedin will be able to boast I *:, ! r . ! then* of one of the longest, if not the longest, * „. ° . i leij SO street in a straight line in the Southern He- f rum misphere. j mana The attention of the Presbyterian Synod ' vagal for some days has been mainly directed to , s ! the consideration of the now notorious dis- , **, l lucicc pute between the Rev. George Sutherland, j j- eu v of the First Church, Dunedin, and his oflice- : ( ,f th bearers. The rev. gentleman decidedly got j—in the worst of it in the discussion which ensued pockc when tlie case came before the Synod, and;* 1 " 1 in the decision arrived at. His action lias .j been generally considered as not at all be-; n , j;u . coming a minister of the Gospel—as exhibiting a glaring want of the humility, forbear- j ance, and gentleness, which ministers, above all other classes of the community, are ex- Tin pected to possess. The Synod arrived at the ;; i u1 ' t conclusion that Mr Sutherland would only „!?. be acting in consonance with the interests of the Church if lie resigned his position; but'belts this he positively declined to do, and he'over goes back to the congregation with the ollice- all t! bearers and precentor with whom he is at . V( ? r loggerheads, to preach to a congregation , , or- ) i . r belt, about equally divided m theu-opmiou as to ox ;.,i whether he should lie allowed to rein-iiu or more not. In the event of further rows occurring A between himself and his ofnee-bearevs, the n i avo matter is to bo again referred to the Synod , f for their interference. It is the genera: i;n- V,™^ prcssion that there can never be any harmony ]3 a33 or unison in the congregation so long s Jlr tanci I Sutherland remains their pastor; and no even ; doubt before long this unseemly matter will '■ S« be agaiu brought before the eves of the pub- . recei | lie in the journals of the Province. , | 0 The wool-ships in Port are filling up with ooovs remarkable rapidity this season. The Wil-1 looz jliam Davie and Otago both left for home! gold ; some time since ; the Carrick Castle and the i ,Vi '£! J. N. Fleming sail, the former to-morrow,'., ° , ithe 1 ! and the latter in a day or two ; and there are •,,,, i others in Port rapidly completing their load- gt,ro< ing. The clip seems to have been a very i time large one, judging from the immense number' !UlXl ;of bales which have been arriving day after . '" , • i • i I nig i ; day since shearing commenced. ?«.