SIXTY YEARS AGO. FROM THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." SATURDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1853.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19000, 24 October 1923, Page 8

SIXTY YEARS AGO. FROM THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." SATURDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1853.

After the almost continuous rain of tho last nine days, the warm sunshine of yesterday was tin present de del, which not only revived the drooping spirits of the citizens, but caused a remarkable change on tho face of nature. Tho hitherto soddened vegetation in the suburbs was warmed into vigour; and plants and flowers but iorth their leaves to inhale the balmy breath of spring. The gardens attached to the villas and humbler dwellings around the Water of Leith looked radiant; and it was refreshing to observe peas in blossom, and vegetables which, depressed by the late showers, had lain in horizontal idleness, now standing upright at a height of about four feet. The moisture ascended in a mist from the gardens, and everything they contained seemed to be invigorated with new life. The Leith village looked a regular hive of industry; breweries, a. flour 211 ill, and other useful establishments of the kind were in full work; and a bakery in the neighbourhood is. wo are informed, working up nmo tons of flour per week. PERSONAL. Ministerial. The Hon. C. J. Barr, Minister of Education, arrived m Dunedin from Invercargill on Monday night. Yesterday the Minister visited the (Javersham and Torbury Schools and the Otago University and received a deputation Irom the University Council in connection witn an application for grants for Dinlding the new Dental and Medical bchcols. -.-. o also dealt with certain other departmental matters. Air rarr will leave tor Christchurch this morning by the ixpress. Mr J. Uaughley (Director of Education), Mr \v. it. opened' (oincer in charge of tne building section of the Education Department), and Air W. 1. Deavoll (private secretary to Mr Parr) will also go north by the same train. The Hon. \V. Nosworthy will leave W ellington lor the south this evening (reports our Wellington correspondent). lie wilt probably visit Invercargill and Southland, and if time permits will go to Lake To Anau in his capacity as Minister in charge bf Tourists and Health Resorts. 'I he exigencies of the post-war finance nave prevented the expenditure of much money on tourist resorts of late years, but Mr Nosworthy recognises that in the Southern Lakes and Sounds New Zealand has a valuable asset, all the more so now that the Atlantic salmon —the king of sporting ish has been acclimatised in the Waiau and its tributaries, while moose and elk nave been established in the wild mountainous country of the sounds. During last session Mr Nosworthy secured a gram for the improvement of the Te Anau road, and tend i.’s have been called for tho work, Mr xvosworthy is also anxious to improve lhe facilities for the journey from the head of Lake Te Anau to Milford Sound, 'in his return from Te Anau the Minister will proceed via Queenstown to Central Otago to fulfil a promise he made last session to visit tho Mount Pisa Station, which is being made available for closer settlement. Air Nosworthy will return via the Lake Pukuki route to South Canterbury.

Mr J. Somerville left for Wellington by tho express yesterday. Mr A. D. MTvor (Invercargill) returned from Wellington by yesterday evening’s express. Mr F. D. Morrah (Invercargill) returned home by the express last night. At a meeting of the Dunedin Trotting Club last evening Mr J. M. Sutherland was appointed assistant starter. Mr Peter Miller was a passenger by tho express from Christchurch yesterday owning. Mr E. H. Lough and Mr Richard Hudson left for Wellingotn by the express yesterday. Mr 11. E. Longworth (chief physical instructor of schools for Now Zealand) left for Wellington by yesterday’s express. Mr W. H. Brent was a passenger by tho express yesterday eu route to Wellington. Mr W. M‘Laron, who retired recently from the teaching profession, was a passenger for Auckland by the express yesterday. A Press Association cablegram from Peking announces the death ot Chow-Tsz-ohi, an ex-Premier of China. Mr W. D. Hunt (Wellington) joined the express at Edendalo yesterday eu route to Wellington. Mr R. P. Ward, inspecting officer in the Department of Justice, left for Invercargill by tho express yesterday' evening. Mr A. B. Moffett (Invercargill), who left for Wellington on Saturday, arrived in Dunedin by tho express train yesterday. Mr C. E. Matthews, Under-Secretary of Justice, who has been on an official visit to Dunedin and Invercargill, left for Wellington by the express yesterday . A London Press Association cablegram states that Mr Phillip Cosgrave, a brother of. the President, a member of the Dail Eireann, and a Governor of Mclmtjov Prison, died suddenly after a chill. The Dunedin Prosbyterv, at a meeting yesterday, licensed Mr W. H. P. MTCenzie B.A.

Mr W. T. Hazlett, who has been on a V il S 'k Wellington was a passenger by the through express for Invercargill yesterday.

Mr A. Stoueham (Gisborne), who has been on a visit to Dunedin, left by the express for the north yesterday. Mr D Cuthbertson, secretary of the southland A. and P. Association, was a passenger by the express from Invercargill yesterday en route for the north. Air Walter Jones (governing director) and AT o' , , i Jones (general manager) of the Southland News Company, were through passengers by the express for Invercargill yesterday evening, Air M, O Brien (Otautau), who has been attending a meeting of the New Zealand Licensed Victuallers’ Association in Wellington, arrived in Dunedin by the express from the north yesterday. Mr A. S. Holms (Waimahaka) was a passenger by the through express to Tima.ru yesterday. He has been engaged as one of the judges at the Timaru Show.

Air E. 11. Murney, president of the Otago Provincial Council of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, will leave for the north this morning to attend an executive meeting of tiie Now Zealand Union at Wellington. Ht; expects to return south on Saturday.

Mr N. L. Gooden, chairman of the Field Council of the Poona and Indian Village Mission, is at present in Dunedin. The mission’s activities have been established for 30 years, the main feature of wliich is work among the pilgrims who flock to the great festivals at Pandharpur. Evangelistic, medical, and educational work is carried on by European and Indian workers. A local committee is being formed in Dunedin. Mr 11. J. Middleton, chairman of the South Island Dairy Association, was a passenger to Christchurch by the through train from Invercargill yesterday. Mr Middleton's visit to Wellington is in connection with the association’s business, which includes the arranging of a shipping freight contract, the marketing question, and several other matters connected with the visit of the Co-operative Wholesale Pociotv’s (London) delegates. An interview has also been arranged with the Minister of Agriculture.

Mr George Croshie Godfrey has been appointed Secretary to the Marine Department v’ce Mr A. D. Park, who was recently made Assistant Public Service Commissioner (says a Wellington Press Association message). Mr Godfrey, who is 43 years of age. entered the public service in February, 1897. In 1801 he became private secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Marine (the Hon. Sir William Hall-Tones). Later be became assistant chief clerk in the Public Works Department, and chief clerk in 1914, and was promoted to the post of Assistant t'nder-seeretary on the retirement of Mr Short, in 1920. He saw active service in the Great War.