THE Otago Daily Times. “Inveniam viam aut faciam.” DUNEDIN, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1863.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22256, 8 May 1934, Page 3

THE Otago Daily Times. “Inveniam viam aut faciam.” DUNEDIN, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1863.

SEVENTY-ONE YEARS A6O.

We notice in the English papers that eight bales o£ cotton from the Fiji Islands have been received in England and very favorably reported on. A “Church fit England Emigration Society for establishing a special Settlement in New Zealand ” has been organised in England, the headquarters of which are in Birmingham. We gather from the report of the Society that ;t has been formed partly “in order to keep pace with the spread of dissent, which has rapidly made some rapid strides in the Colony of New Zealand/’ alluding probably to the Nonconformist settlement in the Auckland Province which has lately been established there. It. appears the Society has commenced operations with considerable success, as a large number of influential persons are stated to have joined the movement with the intention of emigrating. It is contemplated to send out a pioneer party to make the necessary arrangements with the authorities; and the locality of the settlement is to be somewhere in the Auckland Province. It appears the avant courierl of this party left England in November last, with despatches to the Lord Bishop of New Zealand and the “Provincial Government” {?). The settlement is to embrace members of all kinds of industrial occupations; and a goodly number of female domestic servants are to he included. A requisition was to be addressed to the Auckland authorities to declare a suitable. block of land, to accommodate 1,500 persons, a special settlement for the purposes of the Society, and that the Secretary may be empowered to issue land-orders for the special use of its members. The first locomotive for New_ Zealand has been safely landed at Christchurch. It is named the "Pilgrim.” Considerable excitement prevailed a few days since in Southland from the fact that the notorious highwayman, Gardiner, had been seen by a man who knew him well travelling along the road from Invercargill to Switzer’s diggings. Informant told the Inspector of Police that he had a long chat with Gardiner, _ who said he was on the Dunstan at the time Charlie Gilbert was taken, and that he had_ arms planted, and intended rescuing him if brought down by escort. He also stated his determination to shoot Commissioner Branigan first. ... The execution of the statue of the late Mr Godley, to be erected in Christchurch, has been entrusted to Mr Molner. It is to be a colossal statue of bronze, will cost about L 2,000, and it will take from two to two years and a-half to. execute. The Canterbury police fancy they have caught the übiquitous Gardiner. . . .