THE Otago Daily Times. “Inveniam viam aut faciam.” DUNEDIN, MONDAY, 14th MARCH, 1864. Shipping Intelligence.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22519, 13 March 1935, Page 2

THE Otago Daily Times. “Inveniam viam aut faciam.” DUNEDIN, MONDAY, 14th MARCH, 1864. Shipping Intelligence.

SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.

POET CHALMERS— March 13th. The White Star ship Ulcoats, from London, via • Auckland, arrived in port this morning, after a passage protracted by long continuance of heavy southwesterly weather which has lately been experienced. She left three weeks ago, and for the first few days had easterly winds, during which she was hove-to. On the 6th she made the land off Hayward Point, the northernmost headland of Otago Harbor, but was driven off by the violent gale which set in on that day. On Thursday she again made Blueskin Bay, and was again driven off, and since the subsidence of the gale has beat up the coast. She brings a number of passengers who sailed by her from London, and some heavy goods. . . • ohe is a new iron ship of handsome proportions; is furnished with all modern improvements in rigging and general outfit; and ig now performing her first voyage.

The Otago Steam Navigation Company s new steamer "94," or Scotia, as it is understood she is to be named, has been hauled up on the beach as close as the tides will permit for the purpose ot having her bottom cleansed of marine deposits; but, of course, she will still require to go upon the slip at Melbourne, to have this necessary work thoroughly done. Since her arrival she ha s been inspected by numerous visitors, who universally admire her proportions, her accommodation, and the style in which she is fitted out.

In an unostentatious manner, and probably unknown to more than a few hundred persons, a very important proolein has been worked out —the opening up of facilities for passenger traffic by land from the southernmost point of the Middle Island to two-thirds of the distance of its northern trending. A person may now get into a coach at Christchurch, and with one or two changes, owing to the line not being all in the hands of one proprietor, rule the whole way lo the Bluff. The journey is not yet very rapid, and we do not know what is the cost; but at any rate a great fact is achieved in the breaking down of the barriers that have hitherto separated the Provinces through the difficulties of land communication between their principal towns. . . .

A meeting of school-teachers wa s held on Saturday afternoon, at the Athenamm, for the purpose of taking preliminary steps for the formation of an Association of the School Teachers of Otago. The Education Ordinance contemplates the formation of such an Association, it being provided that, under certain circumstances, grants in aid towards a library, or libraries, for it, shall be made. Mr Park, of the South District School, was called to the chair on Saturday, and after a short conversation a resolution was unanimously adopted to form an Association with the title before mentioned. Several of the teachers stated their opinions as to the objects to be embraced, and a provisional committee was appointed to draw up rules and regulations. The committee will report to a meeting to be held on Saturday, the 26th inst., when any up-country teachers who can make it convenient to attend will be warmly welcomed. Messrs Cornwell and Horsman, the contractors for the Exhibition Building, are pushing forward the works most energetically. Already, in the principal front of the building, the brickwork is so far advanced that the semi-circular arch over the entrance and the flat arches over the windows have been turned; and on the other parts of the building the piers are all but completed for the centering. . . . The Wakari School Committee will meet in the District School Room on Saturday, the 26th instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, for the purpose of hearing appeals against the Assessment for the current year. THE OTAGO JOCKEY CLUB ANNUAL RACES. Thhsd Day, Saturday, 12th March. The Annual Race Meeting was brought to a conclusion on Saturday last, and has in every respect proved most successful. It is true that the competing animals were not of the highest class, but they were equally matched, and large fields and good contests have been produced thereby. On Saturday a large number of persons attended, the chief attractions being the Steeple Chase and the Otago Jockey Club Handicap. A steeple chase will almost always " draw," and that of Saturday proved no exception. ...