DUNEDIN NOTES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14432, 24 July 1907, Page 8

DUNEDIN NOTES.

[FIIOM OdH CoBBESrOMDENT.] DUNEDIN, July 23 v Less than twenty years ago tho Te Anau was a favourite passenger vessel in the intercolonial service, 10-morrow this vessel will make her first appearance at Dunedin in the humble capacity of a West Coast collier. Work is particularly brisk at the Hillside Workshops just now, and there is every likelihood of night shifts being kept spaing until the end of th© year. Another largo order lias been received for waggons. Since Mr W. A. Lloyd held his antiChinese meeting in Dunedin tho trend of tho movement lias not- escaped the notice of tho Chinese merchants and hawkers of the city, and as fax as th© situation ©an bo ascertained it seems very likely that they may take some trad© stops by way of retaliation on those who wish to restrict their business. They have discussed the matter a. good deal of late, and (says the "Star") it is reported on very good authority that they have talked over th© question of refusing to supply greengrocers who may happen to make themselves prominent at Mr Lloyd's meeting at the Garrison Hall to-morrow evening. The matter of binding each Chines© vegetable dealer under a bond of £2O (presumably to some central Chinese committee or Society) to carry out the boycott rigidly has also been mentioned, but as yet everything is in a more or less nebulous condition. What seems certain is that after tli© reports of to-morrow's anti-Chinese meeting appear they will be discussed at a subsequent meeting of Chines©, who will finally decide whether retaliative measures are to be preceded with or not.