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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 91, 27 September 1873, Page 3

An unusual number of Immigrants, says the Evening Post of the 4th instant, have arrived in the colony within the last few days. The Allhabad arrived at Port Chalmers on Monday with 229 adults, the Peter Denny at the same port yesterday with 260 adults, the Berar at Auckland with 247 adults, and the Columbus at Lyttelton with 134 adults. The Peter Denny on the voyage lost seven children, all under eighteen months of age.

In accordance with instructions received from Messrs. Campbell and Richardson, of Napier (says the Daily Times 1 Messrs. Kincaid and M’Queen are about to build an iron screw steamer of 70 tons burden. Her dimensions will be : —• Length, 75 feet; beam, 13 feet; and depth of hold, 5| feet. She will be fitted with double cylinder engines of 20 horse power, and a high pressure marine boiler. A Number of shanties have been removed to clear a piece of ground adjoining the builder’s premises in Great Kingstreet, for the construction of the steamer, which is to be commenced immediately. Local Industry.—lf proof of the progress which Dunedin has mode during the last few years were needed, one has only to walk along Princes-street, and observe the new industries which have sprung into existence during that time. We paid a visit to Messrs. V. Almao and Co’s hat manufactory, and were agreeably surprised to find that our preconceived notions respecting the superiority of home-made hats over those of colonial manufacture, were erroneous. One of the proprietors kindly initiated us into the mysteries of head-gear architecture, from the construction of the stately “ bell topper,” to the building of the less ambitious “Jim Crow,” and after witnessing the dexterity of the workmen, and examining several specimens of their skill, we feel convinced that the colonies can now compete successfully with the old countries in this branch of industry.—