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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 264, 6 November 1874, Page 2

The Qifardian of Oct. 17, in an articl/on tbe rapid increase of buildings, is pnthudastic thus:— Dnnedin and Suburbs Does arty one know th(. nimee oi the suburbs? Cta an y. one tell their number? Is there a prophet, who can foretell tbe cessation of their moat prodigiousjincrease? Such are the questions that occur to .-.ercery rambler who, weary of offlce0 fflce cares, wanders any where in the neighborhood of the city. Wherever he goes the place is like a new town. Turn which way

he will he will find bustle and activity. Houses, more or less incomplete, are on all sides of him, from the pile stage to the skeleton roof; in every way men are meaeurjnfl^uril laying Q& .M.e-litative architects bite the ends of pencils, and contemplate the rising habitations they bave planned <>n all i-ides there is a carting to and Iro of buildh g materials, a clink of hammers and a scraping of saws, young fences grow rapidly, and the 4*^ J* covered with carpenters and masons. Iv shoit, the neighborhood of the city has the appearance of a new township in the second stage of the gold fever, when canvas has retired, and timber and iron gained possession of the field. . (For. remainder of News see fourth page)