DUNEDIN.

Evening Post, Volume IX, Issue 250, 5 December 1873, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

4th December. The Hon Major Richardson has resigned his seat in the Provincial Council. t It is expected that a junction will be made to-morrow between the Clutha and the Port Chalmers Railway. At a meeting of the Presbytery it was resolved to present a memorial to the Government to prevent trains running to and from Port Chalmers oa Sunday. The Government is about to put up a boat-house for the rowing club. The Provincial Gazette contains an offer from the Provincial Government of a bonus of .£250 for the first whaling vessel leaving any port within the province fully equipped, and the same amount for any vessel that returns with a cargo of oil. This is in accordance with the motion passed dnring last session of the Provincial Council. His Excellency the Governor has intimated to the Superintendent that he will not be able' to reach thinedin earlier than the 22nd or 23rd. He will travel overland from Canterbury. His Excellency expressed a desire that there should be no extensive preparations made, as he considered a welcome as hearty without as with them. He particularly asked that he may not be expected to move through Dunedin in a procession, which he thinks inexpedient. He will be happy to meet or to be received by any representatives of public bodies for the general public, ak any point or points that may be agreeable to persons concerned. He regrets being so unavoidably late in arriving at Dunedin, but does not purpose on that account to shorten his visit. He will •"make Dunedirihishead-quarters for a month, and intends visiting Invercargill. sth December. The Times advocates the establishment of a system of signals for Port Chalmers sb that Vessels may be enabled to come in at night. An influential deputation will wait apon the Provincial GoverhtiJeWriext Week with the memorial adapted by the Presbytery on the question of running Sunday trains. > , *>■ The master bakers have conceded the eight hours to the men. T^ie price of gold has been reduced by the banks at Cromwell to £3. lds.