DUNEDIN NOTES.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1853, 14 July 1874, Page 2

DUNEDIN NOTES.

\ : : IVY/A. GREYMOTJTHIAN.] '" ; , Dunedin, July 7. Not a house to be had within a halfhour's walk of the Post Office for any arriving in Dunedin. As soon as a tenant is "suspected" of ' lea^injjg'L - landlords are; besieged with applicatipro . to make terms a month in advance, and "stili^people-'arer constantly arriving .fronts, one place and another, and batches of im-migrants-are pouring in at intervals of. a. fey weeks. .Dunedin is, indeed, growing into a city, full of life and bustle, a daily repetition of business activity, a race and a struggle in the great field of labor. Commercial projects ! of! more or less magnitude are being put; ■ prominently before the : public >?i f6rempflt r ;^ .among .which may be noted, asarriyiiig^ atja successful issue, the Colonial Bank of " New Zealand, .the projectors of, which must feel flattered at their venture. Bat among- the : newest : ; things :abdut : Oto'.bel floated, I may mention the Dunedin Land; -it Building,. : arid ■) Investment Company ,as: likely to be a great public good, inasmuch;, as it. is especially intended>to assist, the working classes in' obtaining che.ap^;yet substantial and comfortable homes', asals8 r>fll to foster habits of frugality, and thrift. ,1^ embraces ;n itself a. Joint Stock Company,' , a Building,-, Society, and a Savings .Bank/V^ and the scale of subscriptions : placed it* l^' within reach iof the poorest. All classes *" of tradesmen find ready employment. - The C > carpenters are on-'" Btrike," unless' )wnert>si employers are^willing'to pay 13s peri day;{;r.v ; Matters political are in a state of semirepose. His Honor" the Superintendent^ is away doing the : grand tour in railway opening, being feasted by the Southlanders and others, whom he flatters in return; ■ There is an evident attempt rat getting up some excitement ; .m> re; the-yti Mayoral election, but as yet the, general _, body of burgesses-baye littie to;say in they matter, some of the more intimate friends a of the f candidates . (Messrs . Walters /.and Ramsay) are " holding councils of war," \ there is little" doubt i-as the^time draws nigh the excitement will increase!. ; v:-sr>:;-Our worthyrfßesident 'Magistrate has been lately attracting some attention by his more than usually eccentric . decisions,. ~ and'by the still more 'eccentric [explana-a-tions which he has vouchsafed to i&es_ '? gentle public" who patronise the Police About one a.m. on Saturdayir'a l) fire broke, ,out r in the large drapery^establishmerit6f!A.!K Hay, Princes streete™ The Fiire .Brigade, were soon busy: at jstprk, and succeeded in confining it to the; building in which it- originated. -There is no^_ . doubt but the, Dunedin; Fire , Brigade are . an efficient body of men, but tighting the " fire fiend " with, a grfeat. pressure of water, and from behind :brick walls, seems comparatively an easy matter te facing; a block of' weatherboard buildings,-. withonly a partial supply of ' water -aWd a stiff-ff gorge" windr blpwingi and; th'ere^ fore let it not be supposed that I wish", ,tcjj pluck one -laurel from: the brow, of then G.V.F.B. - '".; ' The principal . entertainments provided for the public of late has been a company r y at the Princess's, with Mrs Wjaltejr^iff.^ a3 leadinglady, and the irrepressible^i^Cp Carr, who has been drawing " crowded" 1 houses!' at the Masonic Hall. \ , r ■„-,;.-. ;,,fr In conclusion, let me pay a. tribute; .^» the "clerk of the weather," who has treated ys* to some, magnificent frosts; and glpri6Us, r sunßhine^-the Matter^ being^espenii cially 'welcome,' : anct -I I|ru3t ;: odr ) ;!We«tB Cpast. friends i,., have; beeri,^ bleß^ifwith-^ similar sample; ' :; '- ' ;: '"' ' !^ R ■•i"" 1 ', 1 -. : I had, nearly forgot to meiition 1 an i> 013," Gfeymbuth f ayorxteVMr Joe Small—^Ho has gone into' the "''China trade / ,"ltftE8 G iway of bringing .from .the "Celestial land " a number of those bieautif ut ' orhamentsi &ciT, that *' John " ;is."famo.Us for producing. He is about to ~return~for~ another "cargo," but he, cannot forget ;his old tricks, so last evening he gave one iof those entertainments J peculiar to him, : j ustl by" wayl of farewell to- histf riendsj. rjr