THE Otago Daily Times. “Inveniam viam aut faciam.” DUNEDIN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1862. Shipping Intelligence.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22125, 1 December 1933, Page 6

THE Otago Daily Times. “Inveniam viam aut faciam.” DUNEDIN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1862. Shipping Intelligence.

SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.

PORT CHALMERS, Novembeb 30, The second consignment of cattle from Gippsland arrived on Saturday evening by the brig Montezuma, which left Port Albert on the 20th. Her freight consists of a fine lot of bullocks, though fifteen of the original shipment of fiftytwo died on the voyage. , . . . The French barque St. Clair arrived from Melbourne on Saturday, bringing a general cargo to order, and 129 passengers. . . . An extensive building is being erected by Messrs Murphy and Co, as an addition to their hotel, the Shamrock, Rattray street. It is a “sign of the times,” aa showing the constantly-growing demand for good hotel accommodation; and it is generally of interest, because in the new building there will be a room 60 feet long, 30 feet wide, and of proportionate height, which will be very useful for large meetings and other public proceedings. The room is specially intended for a Freemasons' hall or lodge. The first annual show of the New Zealand Agricultural Society took place at Auckland on the 12th November. The' exhibition was exceedingly satisfactory. The William Miles, with 389 immigrant* for the Non-conformist settlement, it 4 rived in Auckland on the 12th November. The passengers complained bitterly of the unseaworthy condition of the vessel: the state of which and ’ the general arrangements on board appear to have been of a discreditable character. By the arrival of the Geelong we nr® in possession of Canterbury papers to November 27th. The principal item of interest is the report of the sale of* a specimen of gold weighing 4 ounces, said to have been obtained near Mount Cook. This story is told by the Lyttelton Times of November 26th, and contradicted by the Canterbury Standard of the 27th. . . . There were on Saturday 320 men employed by the Government—2oo on Bell Hill, and the remainder on the Octagon excavation, the Recreation Ground, and the Hospital Reserve. The largest number employed bn any one day since the commencement of the works was 780.