AROUND DUNEDIN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4932, 23 January 1895, Page 3

AROUND DUNEDIN.

[by scotch mist,] My notes this weekniustbe necossarily short, as Dimediu has been woefully dull since tho holidays, Perhaps the most startling evont has been tho conversion of Messrs Fish senior and junior to the Temperance cause. Yes! Our worthy Mayor has taken the pledge and donned the" bit of blue." The Tomperanco party are crowing and smiling around him, while the ladies of tho Franchise League arc buzzing and humming over afternoon teas about " dear Mr Fish." How mistaken they have all been about him, etc.

Our worthy Mayor at tho general election boasted that he would have all the women and Teinperanco votes the next election, and he is playing one of his (rump cards early, so as to secure them. A conversazione was held in the Choral Hall last night, I o welcome Dr. Wordsworth,Bisltopof Salisbury, and although one shilling admission was charged the Hall was full to overflowing. After being formally introduced by Bishop Neville, Ur. Wordsworth walked round and made himself agreeable to all. He gave a short address on the progress of the Church work at Home, It was most scholarly and interesting. To-night he is to preach at the dedication service nt >St, Paul's Cathedral, and goes north on Saturday, l!)lh inst. Our wharves have been in itcon-.-tant hustle the last Few days, no less than eleven iarge steamers and ships being berthed, amongst them 11 .M.S. Royalist, which has been visited by some hundreds daily, as the boat is thrown open for visitors from 1 p.m. till 7 p.m. The excessive drought we have been snli'ering from, shows signs of breaking, as the last 24 hours we have had some heavy and refreshing showers.

The country around, 1 hear, is in a deplorable state for want of rain, and farmers are very gloomy in our part of tho world. The sea-water is being pumped up for watering our streets, as the supply in the reservoir is very low. There has been a great diversity of opinion as to which day shall be instituted as the half-holiday, but 1 nearly everyone closed on Wednesday last, the small shops following the example of the larger establishments, so I expect Wednesday will be the afterneon generally observed. I

Mr N. H. Taggart Ims sold Lis business of the Criterion Stables to Mr James Jeffs, of PalmorstonNorth. Mr Jeffs Las been well and favourably known for a great number of years at Palmerston, where in addition to his livery business he runs a line of coaches to Nascby, via Macrae's and Nenthorn, and the old established Dunodin business he has taken over should prosper in his bands.

Williamson and Musgrove's Comic Opera Company brought their season to a close on Wednesday night after a most successful 10 days stay. The most popular of their operas is certainly "Paul Jones." If you want to thoroughly enjoy yourself you should go and see it. But their greatest novelty was left for the last night of the season when they produced the Rainbow ballet, The stage was darkened with heavy velvet curtains and the performers dressed in exquisite Bowing robes of pure white silk, went through some exceedingly graceful movements, being illuminated by coloured limelights. Pictures were thrown on to flieir skirts, and anyi thingmore beautiful hasnever before been witnessed in Dunedin,