AROUND DUNEDIN

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4757, 26 June 1894, Page 2

AROUND DUNEDIN

;i;; h p Y ' ScoTcii'-JfisT;] y * . .On.Tuesday afternoon,'hundred of -persons wended> theuvwajfVon'S ti the wharf to' see the .^."•Marayba : steam dp\yn .the harbour:; i ■lt' is ' no ail unusual thing. for a goodly crow to assemble to see large,steamers,oil have half-a-dozen M.H.R.'s witl theiivprecious wives l aiid cliildroh Tdi board, besides severalotliei' MiHvßi'! going solitary away from, their, snuj homes", leaving their offspring Veep iiig on the wlmvf, to perforin tliei arduous (?) Parliamentary duties ii the Empire, City.. Besides the lion orablc geritlcineh.l inust not' forge the gentlemen'on the Hansard stal and special rep drtorai who wbro liob bing about amongst; hat boxes and buiidles and babies, in a' niost' uii parliamentary manner. When om of them had timo to breathe ■ aftei mopping his head dexterously (at though I might mention it wai freezing hard at the time) • I. ove; heard his conversation (quite by ac cidcnt of course) in which .ho,'.bfl wailed his'; lot laying " Welliiigtdi was simply a ruinous place to live in He was going to pay. £3los per wool for asmall'furnished cottageforhim self, wife, and two children," Hii friend, who was trying to consols him,' 'said l"'Ee would rather hang himself "oiit : on a clothes line'thai: pay that." Surely the owners of houses in the Empire City must gain a grand harvest' at session time if they charge such exorbitant prices tor, rent, It would'pay some enterprising individual to put tip (is a row of commodious rooms for the use of 'members only, and cook and provide for the whole row of houses,'after the fashion of some of our American cousins. I'm sure it woultVpiiyl • . The weoping. and . wailing and jnashiug of teeth that has taken place in our, city during the past week must'eertainly liavo raised the raluo of handkerchiefs in the market, and all this trouble because the Licensing Committee closed 25 hotels uid ordered all houses to closo their loors at 10 p.m. after June 30th. Jertainly tlio Committee nro to be jomplimented on tKe impartial manier they fulfilled their, duty. There s just one hotel t lave allowed to remain open, that is ;he one kept by Mr Jacobs;. *• This louse, is the, only one. iii town kept iy one of the Jewish persuasion, and ias always been well conducted, lever having had one" bad mark [gainst it. , Allthe Jews; of this City oiig'rcgato there for their dinner laily,, where they are supplied.-with' lie Kosher meat regularly. It seems uthor a hardship,, for the Jewish ommunity geiiorally,', especially, vlion one notices that there are throe ither hotels within'a stohe-tlnw of he " Bull and Mouth." Hoireyer, n the whole, the Committee did cell, and it was not'to be expected hey could please everybody. -■ We have visiting us just now t\y.o {

splcndidmpicians,Mesdames OamilL iTJi'so fthil Yere Snpio. The fii-st lady ( is a violinist of great repute! Foitrtoen years ago I remember hearing ilici' in New Zealand, and although slieis decidedly "not as young as she used to bo," she plays just iis

charmingly, ■ Madarno Yere Sapio lias a lovely soprano voice.'"As

I oxpect tliey will bo .visiting tho Umpire City shortly, you may expect a treat, .It is to bo I hoped they will not clmrge'sucli liigh'

prices as they have in Diincdin, (is fivo shillings was the charge here for reserved seats, but not one was taken the first night, so at the second concert 4s, 3s, and 2s iverc charged,-and quite enough these hard timeSj when money is so scarce and so many are out of employment, Mv Albert Richardson,: ivith his Amateur Operatic, Company, staged " Maritana 1 this week at tho Choral Hall, But: amateurs as a rule in large towns never take well, fijomeono Tcmai'kecljt was a good paper | house,. 1' suppose because so many press representatives were present, i but myself I think it was more like a wooden ono with so.'many empty benches niul chairs, awl tho actors too might have been made of wood, tlioy .were so stiff their feet and hands being de trap, for they did.not sceni to know whero to put them to get them out of sight. • • : ' • To-night the High School boys are giving a concert and gymnasium display'to raise funds to send atenm to Cliristchurch, Wellington, and Wftiiganui, It is to bo hoped they won,t have bad weather to contend against, as you northerners seem to havo been revelling in gales, Hoods, and rain lately; ■