THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam.” DUNEDIN, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1863.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22211, 14 March 1934, Page 13

THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam.” DUNEDIN, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1863.

SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.

We have been requested to state that the Dunedin Regatta, which had been fixed for Tuesday next, the 17th inst., has been postponed until the 23rd, it being thought advisable to allow the excitement of the races to subside before the Regatta comes off. . . . We notice that the offer of Dr Tattou, an eminent chemist in Nelson, to erect a tubular furnace at Taranaki for the smelting at once of twenty tons of iron sand, is to be accepted. We may, therefore, expect soon to see valuable iron become an important article of export from the colony. A short time since we gave publicity to a report that a large bird, supposed to be of the Moa species, had been seen by some men out prospecting to the north of the Arrow River, and that they had on the following morning found the prints of a bird’s feet, with toes a foot long. It would seem that a bird of the same kind exists in the Nelson Province. The Nelson Examiner, of February 12, says: ‘‘A party of men who have lately been out on an exploring trip over the Mount Arthur range, from Waugapeka, report having seen the footprints of. a large bird corresponding to the description of that seen by Mr Brunner, about two years ago, on the Takaka range, and which, from their vreat size, are supposed to be the footprints of a Moa.” The Neto Zealander notices the production, in the neighbourhood of Auckland, of some excellent tobacco, grown by Air Charles Brown, of the North Shore. The leaves measured over two feet in length, and were twelve inches across. The seed had been planted in October, and no particular care had been bestowed upon its cultivation.

The steamer Settler, intended for the navigation of the Molyneux, has left Melborne for Duendin.

The Nelson Examiner, of the 4th instant, reports that Air Rochfort has discovered an easy pass from Nelson to the Buffer River, on the West Coast, and bringing the gold fields in that locality within fifty miles of the City. Very important results are expected to follow this discovery, as the difficulty of approach to the Buffer Gold Fields has been the only obstacle to their development.

A somewhat remarkable notice appears to-day in our advertising columns. Mr Henry Driver announces that unless the sum of L2O, found on the last day of 1862 in Walker-street, is claimed before the 20th instant it will be handed to the Lancashire Relief Fund, after deducting L 5 as a reward for the boy who found it.