The Evening Post. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1865.

Evening Post, Issue 233, 11 November 1865, Page 2

The Evening Post. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1865.

The supplementary portion of our mail for Australia and Europe will be taken to the South ou Tuesday, by the s.s. Airedale. Sermons will be preached in the ?Vesleyan Church, to-morrow, on behalf •f the Missionary Society, and a public •eting will be held on Monday evening. Mr. George Edwards, one of Wellington's •' *.rlie«t settlers, died yesterday, aged 67 * jars, and will be interred on Monday • teronn. The s.s. Storm Blr i arrived from Wanganui at six o'clock this morning, and will sail for Opotiki at three o'clock on Monday, having been ; chartered by the Government. It will be seen by our report of the Town Board meeting yesterday, that the commissioners are determined on suppressing those nuisances which have so long been permitted to remain, subversive of all sanitary regulations, fltid detrimental to the health of the inhabitants of the city. Mr. J. B. Wallace's report shows that gentleman is vigilant in the discharge of his duties as health officer. Mr. E. W. Mills has been declared the sue. cessful tenderer for the repairs of the screw, steamer Lady Bird. Maori Jack, who formed one of Mr. Vincent Pyke's Exploring Party, haS arranged to act as guide to about 70 miners, who are bound for the mouth ef the Haast River. They mean to prospect the country on their way and a general impression is prevalent that a rich goldfleld will be discovered at the head of Lake Wanaka, We (Hamilton Spectator) have inspected the first piece of cloth yet manufactured in the district, infoed we believe, with the exception of the coarse blankets and rough rugs manufactured in the Pentridge Stockade, we may say the first piece made in Victoria. The manufacturer is Mr. F. Keogh, the promoter of the Wannon Woollen Mill Company. He has, with very little assistance, aud under most considerable difficulties, put up a hand-loom in the premises adjacent to the offices of the company, and has now got everything in pretty fair working order. The material used is some of the best wool grown in the district. It is spun into yarn in Hamililton,so that, in fact, the whole process, including dyeing, ia done on the spot. The stuff now being turned out is a tweed of rather thin substance, suitable for summer

wear, and we have no doubt, from its novelty and the excellence of the material, it will meet with a ready demand Mr. Keogh is of opinion that even hand-looms can be made to pay, and if so, we'ean form a pretty good idea of what can be done with power-looms. The success of this experiment is very satisfactory, as proving that Mr. KeogU in establishing a woollen manufactory, at which he has laboured with so much perseverance, is embarking in an undertaking in vhich he has thorough practical knowledge in every detaili No stronger argument could be brought for-* ward in support of his plans and calculations < We hope before long that Hamilton tweed will he a fashionable article, even throughout the colony.