QUEEN'S REDOUBT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 325, 26 November 1864, Page 6

QUEEN'S REDOUBT.

[FBOJI OUE OWN CORRESPONDENT.] 22nd November, 18 Yesterday evening, Mr. "Whyman gave an amne : ng lecture to a very good audience, both civil and military, illustrating it by various phantasmagoria. He also gave a lecture previously at Razorback, there was no charge for admission, and all were delighted wi'h their evening's amusement. He delivered another lecture this evening, on the subject of the " Erection of the Tabernacle in the "Wilderness," and the purpose for which it wasrput up ; explaining why it \r»s divided into three compartment*, which he did very lucidly ; it was made more distinct by a beautiful model of the Tabernacle, which was elevated on a platform, so that all could observe it. The lecture was very well attended; a collection was made after it was over.

Their Lordships, Bishops Selwyn and Patteson, arrived here to-day. There were also several racehorses for Te Awamutu. "We are all still very dull here, and it is surprising that there have been no theatrical performances got up at the station, it would tend to alleviate the dull life we are leading here, still it is not so dull as it has been. "We are a social little community, and endeavour to kill time in the best possible way.

The weather has "been very favourable to the crops; the potatoes are looking first-rate, and anybody that has any interest in the Pokeno township should come up and see the place. In tho plan laid down of the Market-place at the late sale, it will be found that it is in a flat, as also round it a space of some fifty acres, in part of which the Redoubt stand s. The great quantity of transport cattle that have been picketed out, and also the quantity of manure which has been scattered about, has greatly improved the land, and a most luxuriant crop of grass has sprung up. It is only a pity that as a greater portion of the ground was sold in allotments, it could nothayo been sold by tho acre, as the soil has become very rich, and would pay anyone to cultivate it.