Dunedin.
j (Prom our own Correspondent.) A, circumstance which shows an amount of small-mindedness, hardly conceivable, came to light on Wednesday evening. A I rumor then went round, that Mr Macandrew had forwarded to Wellington a letter from tho Provincial Home Agent which arrived by the Suez mail, instead of handing it over to Mr M'Lean ; and thereby, by the delay he caused, prevented a remittance asked for, being fqr-warded by the outgoing Suez mail,. Accordingly, Mr M'Lean at once gave> inftructions that the post-office box [ used by the late Superintendent should be closed in future. Tho * Times ' published this as a rumov, this (Thursday) morning, but from what I have heard to-day, I can assure you that the whole thing is a fact. Aotion, the object of which is deliberately to throw the business of the country into confusion, needs no adjectives to describe it — it carries its own condemnation. Whatever might have beeja thought of Mr Macandrew, none thought him capable of stooping to aueh contemptible and mischievous obstructiveness.
Whatever may be said of- the want of interest taken in the new arrangements, it is noticeable that only in one Riding of the whole of those in Otago and Southland — that of Waiau— did no candidate present himself for nomination.
Otago is soon to receive a visit another member of the Ministry, The. Hon. Mr Ormond, Postmaster-.General, is about to travel South, and is expected to arrive in Dunedin shortly.
The movement for the formation of an agricultural and pastoral association, to. hold ail annual $o\y hj Pune.^ has been wajmb
tdken up, and the Society has started uuder the most favorable auspices. The Association is iv good hands, and the zeal displayed is attested by the fact that the 18 gentlemen who attended the preliminary meeting subscribed 221 guineas. The membership fee has been fixed at a guinea per annum, and has been made so reasonable in order to get as many members as possible. A Committee has been formed, consisting of a member of Committee from each of the local societies, and a number of Dunedin gentlemen who are interested in stock. Bo time has yet been fixed for holding the show next year, but it has been suggested that there should be a carnival week in Dunedin each year as in Christchurch, and that the show and races should take place together — that is to say, the races to extend over a week, and the show to take place on one or two of the intervening days.
The Police have been making a raid upon a number of the low dens about Walkerstreet. The proprietor and occupier of one building which had been formerly licensed as a hotel — William Insley — who was prosecutedfor allowing bad characters to assemble in his house, was sent to gaol for a month, with hard labor. The Bench felt so strongly over the case that, despite the efforts of the defending lawyer, they would not admit the prisoner to bail while an effort was being made to quash the conviction. The example made of this man is salutary, and the dread of a month's imprisonment is more of a terror to publicans of a certain class than the risk of losing their licenses.
The Ballarat and Hokitika firemen have arrived. Teams are now to be found practising at all hours of the day, and there is every promise that the several events in tbe coming competition will be vigorously contested.
Dunedin.
Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 865, 22 December 1876, Page 5
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