DUNEDIN NOTES.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 184, 20 May 1873, Page 5

DUNEDIN NOTES.

His Worship the Mayor and Mr Charles S. Reeves, who have long been at loggerheads, and have taken every possible opportunity of showing the esteem in which they mutually hold each other, have at last come to an open rupture. Originally foes only in the political arena, their sarcastic remarks concerning each other as political opponents culminated in the establishment of a personal animosity of rather a bitter nature. In connection with some estate in which Mr W. Gregg and Messrs Fish and Reeves were pecuniarily interested, the latter gentleman, in company with Mr Gregg, waited upon Mr Fish the other day, and the result was that Mr Reeves was ordered off the premises by Mr Fish, arid a policeman sent for to enforce compliance. After giving vent to the feelings which reigned paramount at the time, and having called Mr Fish a liar, &c., &c., Mr Reeves departed without awai iug the arrival of the servant of the Crown who was to assist in his ejectment. Subsequently, while Mr Fish was proceeding up Staffordstrjet on the way to lunch, he observed the enemy coming down, and when they were passing each other, Mr Reeves, as sworn to by Mr Fish in the Court case which followed these proceedings, hissed out the words, “ You are a b scoundrel.” Mastering his feelings,. Mr Fish passed on without knocking Mr Reeves down, although it appears he restrained himself with very great difficulty. A summons was, however, at once issued charging Mr R eves with endeavouring to provoke Mr Fish to commit a breach of the.peace on each of the occasions I have mentioned ; the result being that the accused was fined 40s. and costs on one of the charges, the other being dismissed. So for the present stands the Reeves and Fish feud, which has from time to time, for a long I period, afforded food for gossip. That it can rest here no one seems to imagine, for both of the gentleman possess very hot tempers. It is to be hoped, however, even if he is again provoked, his Worship the Mayor will not lower the dignity of his office by anv physical exhibition of the “knocking down” description, but trust, as before, to other means of redress. i For a considerable period of time it has I been almost impossible to obtain a seat in j St. Paul’s Episcopal church, and steps are at last about to be taken to provide increased j accommodation for seat-holders. In view of j the proposed erection of the new church in j Staflbrd-street, a new parish having been I created at the south end of the city for that | purpose, the necessity for the enlargement I of St. Paul’s seems to me rather doubtful, j As the population of the city is, however, | steadily on the increase, there is perhaps : room enough for the additional accommodation. To-day Mr Donald Reid submitted to his Honor the Superintendent the names of the new Executive he had succeeded in forming. Its personnel will not, I think, be received with very great favour, for its weakness is only too evident. Had Mr Reid succeeded in forming a strong Ministry he would have met with generous support in the Council ; but much disappointment exists at the result of his labours. The following are the names submitted to his Honor :—Mr Reid, Provincial Secretary and Treasurer ; Mr J. C. Brown, Gold-fields Secretary ; Mr Green, Secretary for Roads and Works ; Mr Stout, Provincial Solicitor ; and Mr Lumsd m, without office. His Honor, however, will not have anything to do with these men as ad visers, refusing them on the ground that they would not possess the confidence of the Council. This, surely, would have been best judged of by the Council itself, who are not likely to look with favour ou this attempt of his Honor to think and decide for them. In the meantime, nothing in the way of business is being transacted by the Council, who meet to do little else but adjourn day after day. Toe Anderson-Emanuel concerts are to conclude with to-morrow evening’s entertainment. They have been a genuine treat to the public, although I regret to say the attendance has been anything but commensurate with the excellent entertainment provided. May 10,1573.'