IN OTHER CENTRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 278, 17 August 1908, Page 9

IN OTHER CENTRES.

1 j ,(bi telegrajh—seeci&x .correspondents.) • '■ ■ — -4 — CHRISTCHURCH. Historic Names. It is proposed to name the botough rft- ' serves at Auaroa, .and it lias been suggested that advantage should be'taken of the" opportunity to perpetuate the names of vessels connected,.with the Nanlo-Bordelaiso scheme of -emigration, by which French settlers .were sent .to the Akaroa district. It has been practically decided: to call the wharf plot the Britcimarfc Reserve, in honour of tho Britounart, whose commandcr (Captain Stanley) forestalled the French ill the hoisting of the flag at Akaroa. Yesterday was the .anniversary of that historical .incident DUNEDIN. '■ . ' August IS. Tlio curator at the, Portobello Marine ' Hatchery reports that the egg bearing lobsters appear to be in the best, condition, and it-appears as if success, is at.last to attend tho efforts to acclimatise tlio -lobster, to New 'Zealand waters. The number -of.eggs insight was estimated at about 130,000, and the development of these .-was progressing sbtlsfactorily. It : is v -ex'pectod that 'they'-frill liatch out in the beginning -of November. Immigrant Carpenters. ~ A' Dunedin carpentor informed a "Star" reporter that- over .a hundred; carpenters from Great Britain have reported themselves to the local branch .-of . the Amalgamated Society ,of Carpenters and Joiners during the past. two years. The informant spofco well ofi tlie immigrants both as .regards their competency as .workers ,a,nd their (qualities as men. He mentioned that tlio men woro ■ eager, to-work aiul .anxious to "settle down" ■la New',Ze'alaud. As tho rules of the Society .stipulate' that 10s.' per week- shall ho paid .to; unemployed members* jtooal -carpenters ■ woro ready to help the arrivals to find .-WOrlt; , A Mucfi-Tfavell'et) Letter, ,' A letter posted in Dunedin by Hallenstein Bros, to' a-person ill' Christchurch. has had some varied experiences. It ,\vas : addressed to a.gentleman at Christ's College. Seme person unknown added' England to the address, '■\i-itli"th6"' l roinlt' that- the letter Was, sent , :Home.- ? From''England-it -went" to 'Ireland, •idver'-tlio'. greater 'part if which oountry it' must have' travelled/ ns the envelope now has twenty-two postmarks oil it, and is covered with addresses' on' tho front- and has piie on' the back.- The' letter was posted on ' February 29, and was 'returned last-Thurs-day, August 13.