THE Otago Daily Times. “Inveniam viam out faciam." DUNEDIN, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1862.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21987, 23 June 1933, Page 7

THE Otago Daily Times. “Inveniam viam out faciam." DUNEDIN, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1862.

SEVENTY-ONE TEARS AGO.

As might be expected, the cry ; for “Separation,” initiated in a tangible shape by Otago, has caused a great deal of discussion in the other Provinces. We have reason to believe that it is responded to. with considerable warmth by a large section of the inhabitants.

The. consecration of the- Otago Kilwinning Lodge (Masonic) is to taka place to-morrow (Tuesday) at the Shamrock hotel, and is to be followed by a dinner and a ball in the evening. We learn from the® English papers received by the last mail that the money order system was to be extended to New Zealand on and after the Ist of May. The new Wesleyan Church in Dowlingetreet, built to accommodate a congregation of five hundred people, is expected to be thrown open for divine worship on Sunday, the 29th current. The longitudinal section of this edifice presents sit windows at each side, with two vestries, and an altar at the northern extremity. The height from floor to ceiling is 38 feet. The entire length of the building will measure 82 feet, and it will have a breadth of 46 feet. Mr Greenfield, of Manse-street, is the architect. Dalgetty, Rattray, and Co, are erecting substantial commercial buildings aa offices and stores near to Scott and Co., Rattray-street, and contiguous to the selected site of the projected new Customhouse.

A public meeting of the owners and occupiers of land and householders in the South Dunedin Educational District is to be held in Dr. Burns’ Church 1 on Friday evening at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of electing a school committee. It has long been to Us a matter of surprise that the settlers of Otago should have taken no steps towards the formation of an Agricultural Society. . . . . We are pleased to observe that ,an effort is being made in Auckland to establish a society of the kind. ... The new Custom House is to be erected in the line of High-street, at the junction of the new Eattray-street jetty. It will be a fine edifice, and entirely constructed of stone. There will be a portico in front, of the lonic order of architecture, with two stone columns on either side. . . . The contractors for the erection of this public building are Robert Dalton and George Rickards: the architect is Mr. George Greenfield, of Manse-street; and the estimated cost of the work will be about £IO,OOO. It ic expected that the building will be completed by the Ist January nest.