DUNEDIN NOTES.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 152, 8 October 1872, Page 5

DUNEDIN NOTES.

By O. l\ Q. The clag of the fix- b.ll awakened the citizens fim their slumbers about half-past one o'cloc on Tuesday morning, and peopl; in nearly ?ery pi % of the cits' Acre able to discern wlvo the fire was burning withoiii having to m lar, as is frequently ihe udae. An iiu.iien: column of flame towering h ; gn in the aii-. itheNorth-Ea.it Valley direction, lit up the viole of that portion of the city, and give evleuce that some huge building was imrning lively, froojisol i.i.v.i, woaion, and chddreivere soon hurrying down vieo.-s/ s and Great n;;- streets. ami on arriving within a shit distance of Mr George inn can's flour mis, an 1 the hrsu-'e-y >f ,\[ Wilson andMaddox, whrdi rnmediatdy adjoin each (her, it beca.ne app.v.'e"t t'i iu the fire was rjidly doing its f.d! wor': with those bud. The ii.u rag- I fur o : dy i'o ■ some time bare the Brig! 1 s a.-n.el, and all hopes oc sdn% the great r porLoii of Uie brewery buildbs wove abandoned, and t.iov speedily succiiij.-d to the flames. The arrival of the Lh'hdo upon the soene. hn .-ever, changed the asfct of affairs, an-! attho Mr Daman's lav thne-sto'-ev bnilding had caught tire near ho top, and its cloit-ncMor seemed almost rtaui, a well-direct'.-d and powerful streauuf water from the engine soon made its Sfety evident. Tiie poraon of Mr Duncan s -cruises destroyed was det. iclu-d from the nin building, the intervening space being fisd up by toe huge wate> : wheel. This WaS'.ta:'ted at its top speed, and made a greahoiso in its revolutions, | adding to the gra, effect of the conflagration. Messrs Wib. and Mi llox wil} suffer 1 most heavily by fclifire, as they are only in

sured to a small er.te.it in comparison with their 1033. Trad i »>ikes seen to bo all the rage just now. fivoryliomo n»™'l htiugs intelligence of the oceurrer»ce,of a strike among artisans of ■nie cUsonpMon ~,■ anulaer in England and S lofclanfl : !i«dnmv Iseiv Zealand'is having a tmi at the popular rn<>fl 3 adopted by workman to express tiieir idea of the inadequate remuneration they ruosive for their labour. UhristoLuvc-a, Wellington, and Auckland have 0 .ca ii lu a at-. U v, ui thj striks movement during tiio past few months, and now the carpuioeis ug \vo.k ua one large immigration DiiT.u;k« v/hic]] are b bg erected at Cavers'mm have struck for eleven shillings per day. Whether tlvy will have conceded to them :-:r.| ex bra sh.ll.ug per diy for which they are striking is doubtful ; but I imagine not. A me in " screw" is riot mu usual thing now-a-Uavs in any branch of business, and reaiiv as trad° standi at present i can t see now tiiey've got the cmscienoe to expect it. Two of the large six-oared whale-boats stationed on the coast 1 visited the Upper Harbour other day, wjtli t..eir ai 1 crewa of siuwart Maori oarsmen, wdio gave us a speci--OK.II »; tiieir rowing ability m a friendly race From mm 01 this jellies co the larre red beacon a + . Mie end of the training vva.i and bae,<\ After rounding the beacon in a masterly .-•■tyb, a splendid race homo took plate, and G'eorg.} Robertson—better known as lißucea:i; er"—landed (if t-ic expression Is applicamu to a water-contest) his crew the winner oy about ol a 3-iength. Our Municipal Corporation is increasing i's reut-iod in a very satisfactory manner, uy tae leasing of municipal sections which have up t > the present remahied unproductive ; and the very largely increased value of the municipal estate lias been shown by tha high prices brought by a nu.i.ber of sections the leases ot which were sold by auction on Monday at the rooms of Messrs M'T/mdress Hepburn, and (Jo. The yearly rentals realised were from £8 to £l.j 10s., although the sections are all o." a very inferior description, being situated on the facs of a very steep hill, and some of them practically of very little use whatever. A large number of the leases of sections in the business portion of the citv will shortly expire, and many of them now being very valuable sites, no doubt groat competition will take place when the sections are again submitted to auction. Mr Macassey has resigned his seat as representative of the Waikari district in the Provincial Council. His short political life has been anything but a brilliant one. As a member of the Provincial Council he disj played very little of the ability which he has shown himself to possess as a member of the legal proft ssion. In fact, altogether his local political carter, and the rather humiliating defeats he has experienced in his repeated strenuous endeavours to obtain a seat in the 1 Colonial Legislature, present a very marked and unflattering contrast to Ids professional success. Mr Henry Driver is the only candidate yet in the held for the vacant seat, and his candidature lias < f course given rise to uncharitable remarks to the ether that Mr Macassey has been acting in the capacity of a '• warming-pan" to the former gentleman, 'lues..: accusations Mr Macassey has indignantly repudiated ; .ml Mr Driver h:.s aDo stated fcii.it Lo not <>..>,- did not wish Mr M.ic.is.uy t.i ribig.i, bit lhj-t In: urged that gertiermn to re on a ■:• his dete-im'nation, and ((> r >i tin hi< seat ;"? memh r '"or tli*> district. Waikari and Mr Drivr. however, are words that have hecome s > intimateiy associated Avuii eaen other, viiat the district is looked Upon as a soi'i oi p..e.i<_-t boro'.igh, to ob tnvon to whomsoever Driver chooses. il.i. H.nor the S lpci'iuttudjiit has paid us a Hying visit, and departed for the North to 1 aijaln r. snme his scat in the IT us ■> of "epreseira'i • =. He Irs M" George Turnbidl as Deputy Sup'-rntirncler».t during his absouc. If report trulv, however, he I"! business otne ,- t. A.i thisaop.unt--111 nt in view when he \isited us : the summary expu'sion from his oti'ce as ProviiK.al Seere: i,rv of Mr Do mud i« m —it it could 00 i mauag.-i'l. Tito little g one, Lo, veer, was not successiid, [or H s Hon <e has not the power : vc.o.ed in hhn to disn.i.s a I.leader of the li\ cutive himse/f; and an c'fort tn together a meeting of the gentlemen who mean- • vd-.ilc hj. 1 tlr Executive < vT : c pr.vecl abor;v.-. nv-brr, =f | s E;l n. t«< 'he peculiarly sud-rp->n indi ci o-dtion <~>- MrCuH«T>, n"d th« simi!a?'!vne?uliar fact that Air Shwd could not arti'n.'i tor some snecwi! causa or anotimr. Some mvstenons plan of operations had of c mrse to oe brougii.. forward at fc.iis meetr.jg t > induee tae resign.it'.or. or warrant the d.s-:n'..j.-i»] 0." .I.' i.'eid. But Mr J]acandrow reti!',.:;ii he came, ev'dentiy much disgust d at the rosiri'U in Colonial ad••»i , iist"ative •natters attain >d by his Provincial Secretary. m xrn n at —\ tti*-< *-i*\*r-\m Ixi.a lx<JLiiJ .eji^'Jrji. -* The \ ir'li l'ii a:vl S.->i:tliprn I's 'rtr's .ivivjd n Dirio:lin on Tuesday last, with the following jirrm itu-j of g^«l:— O?.. (IwtS. 1 Naseb,' - - - Ul'i 0 I Luvrencd - - - 2022 0 DUkj .--. P.)> 0 .■*wi;z3ra - - - W 0 H. Im ll u-3 - - - 4n" 1) I iv- itihnna • - - 4'v'V «> ! Woo Vied - - - (>!.! 10 Wnipori- - - - 243 1.5 I Qa-ensDowu - - - 'H7• K> Arrnvt \vr\ ■ - • l-'-ii 7 Cromwell - - - 1712 17 1 Plrde .... 550 0 i Moxindr* - - - - fill P 5 I Teviot ... . 610 15 i Macraes ■ • 133 II Total • • ■ 13,350 7