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Southland Times, Issue 949, 11 May 1868, Page 2

It is always a pleasure to be enabled 3 to record the progress of local industry, as it demonstrates forcibly the belief in a prosperous future for the Province, especially when itis practically illustrated by the establishment of undertakings which require both, capital and skill to carry them to a successful issue. Jhe Sylvan Bank Brewery, which was closed for a considerable time, has recently been re-opened, having undergone improvements adding greater facilities to its operations. . By invitation of the proprietors, Messrs Buchanan and Co., on Saturday last we visited the brewery whilst it was in full working order ; and without going minutely into particulars or describing the machinery in use for brewing purposes, we iray say generally that the result of the various "brews" has more than exceeded the expectations of the proprietors, whilst the article produced is of so superior a quality as will speedily drive the imported beverage from the market. We believe it ia the intention of the proprietors to establish a malting floor, in connection with the brewery, which will have the effect of encouraging the growth of barley, and of affording a profitable market for the produce of the farmer ; thus keeping in the Province a large sum of money that is now annually expended ob foreign malt. We wish every success- to the spirited endeavors of the proprietors to establish a local industry which -will employ a large number of people.' -1 ' ■. *'.-.'• ' '■ , Mr Louis Eodgers has lately imported a very rare assortment of German* and- American toys, including the newest "notions" out. An inspection will amuse a spare half-hour.

We -were shown an exceedingly large potato, weighing over a pound weight, and measuring nearly eleven inches in circumference. This monster tuber was grown in the garden ot Mr Edmund Eogers. The gaol prisoners have been actively engaged in cleansing and repairing the,main streets of the town within the past; few days. The side in Esk-street near Messrs Calder Blacklsck's. store is broken in several places. A few logs of . wood, and a little gravel, would temporarily, render secure what are at present very dangerous holes. The sea continues its inroad upon HoMtikaThe "West Coast Times" of the 27th says:— " In the course of yesterday, and notably about high water mark, we observed the sea again make serious assaults on some" of the more forward of the small buildings on the beach, at the north end of Eevell-street. In some instances, the fronts of the dwellings were literally stove in by the force of the waves, and in other caseß they were so far undermined by the continued washing 1 - of the waves, that their owners deemed it advisable to remove them bodily to preserve them from being carried out to sea. Abreast of the railway station, up to as far as the Montezuma, the ocean continued to make slow but steady advances on the mainland. In its leader of the 11th inst., the " Tasmanian Times" writes as follows with regard to the departure of Prince Alfred for England:— "We confess our unqualified surprise and regret that the Prince should have been advised, perhaps ordered, to depart from the original programme of his visit to Her Majesty's Colonial possessions. His Royal Highness's family have never been wanting in personal courage ; and we cannot suppose that the Prince shrank from a repitition in New Zealand of the vile attempt which lias conferred a painful notoriety on New South W,ales. Hi 3 own will has, in this matter, no doubt, been overborne by the advice of the Governor, or his own suite, or possibly by orders from Commodore Lambert. But the consideration shown for the Queen's maternal anxiety, will not, we think, be approved of by Her Majesty. The la3t mail has conveyed to England the most satisfactory assurances of the Prince's .'complete recovery. Her Majesty's anxiety would, therefore, be allayed long before the Galatea can reach Spithead. Under these circumstances, an exact fulfilment of the Admiralty orders would have been -more agreeable with the professional duty of the Captain of the Galatea, find would have seemed to consort better with the dignity and reputation of a Prince of the Blood, than a departure from a • prescribed route; long ago officially announced, : such as may possibly occasion misconstruction, to which no member of the Eoyal Family ought to be exposed, in any part of the Queen's dominions. The Queen's great personal courage and high ' sense of the duties of her exalted station, will not dispose Her Majesty to view with satisfaction any 1 course which seems to postpone the Prince's duty, • as an officer in" the Public Service, to a tenderness , for Her Majesty's private feelings or maternal , anxiety. Be this as it may, Prince Alfred has now sailed from our shores. Let us heartily bid him ' Good „ speed ;' and renew our thankful " gratulations that Australia has been spared the ' great crime and ineffable reproach of his untimely death by a traitor's hands." The Otago "Provincial Gazette" of the 22nd _ ulLy-statea.tliat ihe. value of -imports. into-^Dune-din during the quarter ending the 31st December was £395,628, and during the corresponding quarter of 1866, £546,290. The return for the whole year of 1867 being £1,576,247, . as against £1,615,802 in 1866. The return of Exports for the same quarter 1867, being £158,202, and for the corresponding quarter in 1866, £148,049. Value of imports at all the ports of the colony in 1867, £5,344,607, and in 1866, £5,894,863. The " London Review," in noticing the Queen's Journal, says : — " The first edition consisted of 150,000 copies, nearly all of which were sold some few days ago, realising a net profit of £10,000. In America, the people are as eager to ' obtain the Journal as her Majesty's owe subjects. The Harper's Hew York' have announced an im- , mediate publication from early sheets of the , work. ' The Early Years of the Prince Consort ' was published by .this firm, who are said to have been as much surprised at the demand for it as , were the English publishers." i The Dunedin correspondent of the "Kunstan Times," states that Mr Julius Yogel Has re--1 signed the Editorship of the " Otago Daily 1 Times," "which journal he has so Sbly conducted . since it was first started. Indeed to Mr Yogel • may be attributed the honor of calling into existence, in New Zealand, "the ; daily press, and inaugurating a new era in colonial journalism. ! A probability exists that the graving dock at Nelson will be almost immediately commenced. The Provincial Engineer is said to be drawing : out plans for its construction, and the; Nelson papers report that at least one contractor is • forthcoming and willing to undertake; the :forniation of a substantial stone dock. [ Mr R. J; Creighton, for many years editor of i the Auckland " Southern Cross," has retired. A complimentary dinner was given to him on the 4th ult. .-