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"Little Paisley."

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir.— ln the interesting collection, of early Dunedin pictures in the Early, Settlers' Museum there is one whioh attracts considerable attention — " Dunedin. from Little Paisley, 1848." The lattar locality not being described in " Stone " of to-day, the question is often asked, '" Who or what is Little Paisley?"' Kindly give me space and I will explain. Little Paisley was a portion of the front part of the Southern Cemetery, the use of which was granted by Captain Cargill to four families who arrived in the Philip Laing on the - 15th of April, 1848. Their names were Francis Marshall, John Barr, James Patrick, and Robert Gillies, all weavers from Paisley— henoe the name, — and their houses were built in line from Fouth to north in the order named. As they left the Old) Country for the purpose of forming a homo in {he new, no time was lost by three of the families in securing selections of their own in what they considered the most suitable places. Mr Barr, being under engagement to Captain Cargill. remained' where he was, and converted his primitive dwelling into c commodious and eomfoftable residence, where births, marriages, k and deaths took place. Mr and Mrs Barr * died there, and are buried near Captain Carsrill's vault. In coui^e of time the family scattered, and the ground berams part of tho Southern Cemetery. The eldest son, William Barr, late of tho Kaikorai. then bought the allotment they had occupied, and is buried undei* what was their hearthstone The sketch was by Edward Immyns Abbott, one of the surveyors when Mr Kettle and staff were surveying Otago and laying 1 off Dunedin in 1846, and later it was published in London. — I am, etc., L Laxg lands.

A seaweed has invaded the oyster bed* of France, and carried off 400.000 oyster>. — It has cairied them off bedily, as a thief v ould do. The white wild cat of Russia is worth almost a fortune, and one was sold quite lecently for £2500. They are only found on mountains of perpetual snow. A syndicate of Chinamen has leased 600 acres of land for banana-grow ing in Queens* iand. England snends no less than £8,000.000 every year in purchasing eggs and poultry, from other countries. The total cost of army, navy, and civil service pensions for the current yeac ■» amounts to £8,332,306. The Turkish Sultan possesses a solid gold throne studded .vith no less than 10,000 pearls as big as filberts. During the last six months 251 frauds,- • involving a loss of over £200, have been! made on the British Post Office Savings Bank. Princess Andrew of Greece, who adver* tised in a New York paper for an Englishnurse for her children, had over 7000 replies. There have been quite a number of South" Island buyers of land in Masterton of late. One of them has purchased a farm of 600 acres at Miki Miki.

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Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 53

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"Little Paisley." TO THE EDITOR. Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 53

"Little Paisley." TO THE EDITOR. Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 53

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