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Southland Times, Volume VII, Issue 6, 6 July 1866, Page 2

A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held on "Wednesday. The business was unimportant A letter was read from Mr Jones, of the Southland Club, offering a room in the hotel for the use of" members of the Chamber of Commerce The matter was discussed, but its further consideration was left open till the noxt general meeting, to be held next month. The Drsiwingroom Entertainment which took place at the Theatre last evening was, to an extont, a success. The attendance, though not so largo | a3 might have boen expected had the weather been favorable, wnß good, The arrangements wwe excellent, and t^e entertainment eajovablo, j The Into hou? Rt which ifc tenninatsi precludes | pur giving a further notH-a in thits d«jf's ihw\ I

The meeting of the promoters of the Literary Society held on Wednesday ef ening, was encouraging, although not altogether satisfactory. The report of the committee showed that a general feeling ia favor of the project prevailed, and that a very large number had promised to support it ; but the constitution not having been drawn up and adopted, nojjsubscriptions had been received ; that about eighty names had been obtained of gentlemen willing to become subscribers ; that the Government had expressed a willingness to allow the Society the use of the large room of the Land Board, and that there was a good prospect of success. No I formal resolutions having been prepared, the [ meeting assumed the complexion of a conversational one. Tho attendance was good, not less than sixty gentleman being present. The question of subscriptions was warmly debated, and a strong feeling expressed that in order to start fairly, at least one hundred subscribers of £1 Is. each should be obtained. It was suggested that a scale of subscriptions should be adopted, viz., — Life members, £5 5a ; annual members, £1 Is ; and quarterly members, ss. The feeling of the meeting was that a hundred pounds thould be recured before operations were commenced, and when th 6 Society was in work, the quarterly subscription question might be entertained. The provisional committee was requested to continue its services, and to solicit his Honor the Superintendent to allow himself to be nnmed President. The prospect.of the Society being floated is good, and we hope that public material support will be awarded, and that the committee will soon be in a position to call another meeting, prepared to state that the hundred pounds has been banked, and a constitution ready for adoption. Capt. Kees, of the Fire Brigade, begs to acknowledge the receipt of £5 ss, from Mr Mutter, as agent for the Northern Insurance Company. This is the fourth Insurance Cempany that has subscribed to the funds of the Brigade j the Eoyal, London and Liverpool, and the New Zealand Companies having previously given a similar amount. In our telegraphic intelligence there is an announcement thac two vessels have been wrecked at Port William, Stewart's Island. We have obtained the following particulars : — The vessels are the Amherst, whaler, and tho Calypso, from Newcastle. The brig Amherst, Capt. Gilroy, had not long since left Bluff Harbor. On Friday night, the 29th June, she sprung a leak in a violent gale off the Salander ; she then made for Port William, and arrived the next night (Saturday), when the captain deemed it necessary, in order to save life, to run the vessel ou shore, which was done, the tide flowing over her at high water ; all hands were saved. The second vessel, the ship Calypso, a brig of 150 tons, Captain M'Farland, left Newcastle, on the 13th June, with a cargo of coals, I cedar, and cheese, &c. ; experienced very heavy weather, and in seeking shelter under Stewart's Island, struck upou a rock about three quarters of a mile from Port William, on Sunday morning, the 30th ult. Ail the cargo, except the coals, was taken out of the vessel. One of the crew was seriously injured. Captain M'Farland and Mr Gutherage (late of the railway works — a passenger) arrived at the New Siyer yesterday afternoon in the Pilot cutter, bringing with them the disabled man, who has been taken to the Hospital. Our attention has bean drawn to some very superior tweeds and cloth manufactured in Nelson, and imported by Mr. G-eorge Ott, of Deestreet. The quality is quite equal, if not superior, to anything that has yet been imported from home or New South Wales. All colonial enterprise should be encouraged, and it is to bo hoped that this importation will only be the foreruuuer of many more.