We are obliged, in consequence of tha creat length of our own correspondent's letters, and the arrival of the E lina, bringing later Melbourne news, to hold ovei- seveiil articles of local interest. We are indebted to Captain Rolls, of tbe s.s. Edina, for files of Melbourne papers to the llth inst. Th? muai for'nighfcly ranting of the Volunteer Fire Brigade was heldat the Union Hotel, on Monday evening last. There was a g >od attendance. The minutes of the last meeiing were read and confirmed. T. he Secretary reported having communicated with the Finance Committee, who had taken the mast active steps to immediately procure the required equipments for the Brigale. They had appointed a Sub Committee of Messrs Henderson, Kingsland, and Hatch, who had reported to thom, after ma'ure consideration, thatit was their opinion that it would be advisable to obtain all the necessary appliances from Melbourne. In accordance with this report the same had been ordered hy the ouTgoing mail. Tho Sub Committee, appointed to draw up Rules for the Brigade, submitted the same ; witli. some trivial alterations they were agreed to, and the meeting adjourned. TThe Argus states that scarlatina is raging very ] fiercely in the Melbourne suburb* aud that the I deaths therefrom are numerous. Sometime since we advocated the scheme of this Province taking part in the ludustrial Exhibition to be held next year at Dunedin. We now observe that the Provincial Governmen* have wisely placed the sum of five hundred pounds on the estimates for the purpose of aiding the exhibition- It is to be hoped -that, having the support of Government, the public will at once interest itself in the matter. Two important votes were pastel in Committee on the Estimates, last night, in the Provincial Council ; one of £6)00 for. the purchase of Stewart's Island from the Maoris through the General Government, and another Of £6000 chiefly for bringing to Southland Girvan weavers. Apropos of thelatter.we understand that a sum is to be placed on the Estimates for the introduction of distressed apple-vendors, of whom there are, we regret to say, large numbers wandering about London in extreme poverty. Advance Southland and Philanthropy ! An Ameteur concert will take pllce on Tues. city evening next, in aid of the Church of England. A large number of ladies and gentlemen , will, we understand, lend their services on this occasion. A numerous and influential meeting of ratepayers and others resident in Dee street was held last evening afc the Princess' Concert Hall, to take -into consideration the present unsatisfactory con•dition of the side-paths in thafc street. A series l of resolutions were passed, and several speaker s addressed the meeting on the necessity of energetic action being at once taken in improving so I important a thoroughfare ; but as there seemed to exist in the minds of some of those present a doubt as to whether the Town Board or the ' Government were responsible for the maintenance and repair of Dee street, a resolution was adopted I to the effect that a Committee be appointed to wait on. his Honor the Superintendent, in order to ascertain in whose hands the m iking of the footpaths rested ; and, if with the Government, to urge that they be immediately made. Tiie deputation will consist of Messrs Carey, Livesey, Binney, Reese, Munro, Colyer, Miller, Potter Garthwaite, Hargan, and M'K-iy. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, and to the proprietor, Mr Colyer, who gave tho use of the room gratuitously, the meeting adjourned' until next Monday evening, when the deputation, will report the result ol the intsrvie.v with his Honor. The following is the state of II M Gaol for the week ending 22nd October, 1863: — Sentenced to hard labor, 13; imprisonment only, 1 ; committed for trial, 2;. under remand, 2 ; Debtors, _; Lunatics 1. Total 20. Received during the week, 3-; discharged during the week, 4. A man was stuck up the other day near M'Pherson's station, on the road to the Dunstan, nearly throttled, and robbed o ! f £27. The dashing highway-man got clear away, and has not ■ since been heard o-f. I The Chairman of Committees, Mr Tarlton, I has applied to the Provincial Council for and I received le&ve of absence from his duties for the test of the session^ on the score of ill healthThe House last night expressed its regret upon losing, for a time-, the services of a gentleman who, from his knowledge of the House of Commons, had been found a valuable reference in matters of form. As to the riches acquired by rußholding, the . Nelson AExaminer states thafc Mr Duppa, one of fche first arrivals in Wellington, in January, 1840, has gone home with the princely fortune of £150,000 — " Although originally a Wellington settler, Mr Duppa made Nelson his home almost immediately after ifc was established, and djd good service for us by importing very valuablo stock at an early period, and also by employing a considerable amount of labor afc fche time of the crisis caused by tho stoppage of the New Zealand Company's works. Mr Duppa was one of the earliest to take up sheep country in the Wairau down to tho Amuri, where he subsequently acquired a vas b freehold estate, amounting fco 100,000 acres of fine pastoral land. The sale of this pastoral property a few months ago, witli the flock of sheep upon it, for £150,000, shows what perseverance and judgment may effect in Hew Zealand, and ifc is in order to enjoy this really princely fortune thafc Mr Duppa now turns home. Mr Duppa was one ol the earliest patrons of fche turf in Nelson, and we are indebted to him for some valuable blool which he imported from Tasmania. As fche founder of s - scholarship afc the Nelson College, his name wil' long bepreaorved heie."
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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 105, 23 October 1863, Page 4
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