AROUND DUNEDIN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4713, 8 May 1894, Page 3

AROUND DUNEDIN.

[By Bcoicii Mist.]

■ Thei first of May was quite a memoiable day down our way, when another sootion of tho Olago Central Railway • ft? 6 P M ' a ' tt& i n 9 a.m. loft Dunedin station, carryinc on board all] tho most intellectual ML.O's.and hard who wanted a choap day's outing, Then thoro was our" Jock," Minister of Lands, smilinc blandly, and by his side tho Hon. J, 6. ward, Colonial Treasurer, sevoral nowspaper reporters and propriotois, amongst whom I noticed Mr G. 3 onos, of Oaniaru, 6 great many citizens joined this iugust party, and last but certainly not losst were, about two dozen ladies, Tho fence oponed nk from Dunedin is fatty-sis miles, and the torminus of tho line is within a stone's throw of J. 0. Buckland's Taiori Lako homestead, and tho station is callod tho Hock and Pillar. Thore is a small Dig station and goods shed for the accommodation of the pablio, At Middlemarch'a largo patty of settlers boarded tho train and accompanied tho party to the Rock and Pillar. From there the party walked to Hyde, whoro a substantial lunch awaited them. .From the steps of Be hotelour "Jock"proclaimed tho and tho usual speechifying

presentations seem to be the ordor of tho day here, Mr Cunningham Smith has been banquetted this week as he leaves for South, land with his bride (Mrs Janet Nichol) to take up tho managership of tho Refrigerating and freezing Company's works. Mr Smith will bo very much missed as he as done so much ono way and another here more particularly for the'Otago Agricultural Society, Tho Ladies' .Franchise League hold a Mammoth Social In tho Garrison Hail, over 800 sitting down to tea, and I hear over 1000 tickets wero sold. A public meeting was afterwards held, when A, I, Adams, a groat tomperanco light, took the chair, Mrs Don, a lady belonging to the Salvation Army, made the best speech of the owning," knocking spots' 1 out of tho malo orators, Mr Fish, our noblo roayer, has been having a slap at the poor, hard-worked employees of the Council, At their last meeting he said that ho thought they had too many holidays altogether, as they had a fortnight every year besides tho publio holidays. Mr Fish had evidently nover had to sit on an office stool from 9 a.m. to G p,m, without idling the sunshine, Hit trade as a winter has given him as much outsidoas he can hardly be expected work is from ono end t<)Tlio other, without a holiday. However, I think Mr Fish begins to see how httlo he is op £ -eciatcd by the public. In tho Bchool Committee election tho other day he " headed" tbo bottom of tho poll- or thereabouts, and his days being numbered lie wants to make as much use of his timo as he can, making himself gonorally obnoxious. Messrs J. and J. Arthur havo enlarged their tailoring establishment in Georgo street, and a better gentlemen's Bhop there is not to be found in the Colony. On Saturday night last tho blaze of gas light attracted crowds. You Mastortonians must bo a very goody goody crowd. Fancy being able to got on without n minister of tho English church amongst you I Not boing able to support a minister is a very bad example to set the smaller townships and you ought to be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves But I'm digressing. Now Zealand's practical bishop 1 Bishop Julius is interestinghimsolf about the unemployed in Ohristchurch. I'm afraid if things don't brighten up soon it will a hard winter for the poor. Bishop • Julius' resolution was to tho effect "That i the urgent need at tho present time arising from the failure of tho harvest and

other causes, justified them in applying Oovernment to make a special HpSMSftfltt' o3 to find special and for the unemployed, and that tho Government bo ro- ■ quested to give s subsidy pound for pound to local budies willing to put relief works in hand," Yesterday was the opening of the conning. The long talked of Ohallenpo Stakes was boßun, The weather could not havo been better, but tho attendance was only moderate. Mr \Y, M'Auley acted as judge, and Mr W. Henderson as slippor, At the Woman's OhristianTemperanca Union held yesterday, it was stated that Lady Honry Somerset and Miss Willard have promised ns a visit lu the noar future. Prohibition is making rapid atrldoa in oor part of the world, I can tell you.