THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1864. SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22717, 1 November 1935, Page 14

THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1864. SHIPPING.

SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AGO. _ \ ■■■ ".

PORT CHALMERS.— Oct. 31. The cutter Swan returned from Oamavu in the afternoon. Captain Tall reports having seen a large ship off Moeraki, apparently bound for this port, but drifting northwards. This is understood to be the same Vessel which passed the Heads on Saturday, but her name and destination have not been ascertained. With the prevailing wind she should soon recover her distance, if bound for this port. COMMERCIAL. Daily Times Office, Monday Evening. : At the sale rooms of Messrs A. G. Fisher and Co., this day, 20 tons of Adelaide Flour were disposed of at from L 29 to L 29 15s per ton. . . . 20 tons Tasmanian potatoes were sold at from L 7 to L 8 per ton; oatmeal, at 20s per cwt. . . . Thebe canuot be a doubt that the recent uncertain condition of affairs in the North Island is irritating alike to the natives and to the colonists. Whoever is to blame, there is too much reason !o fear that the opportunity of making a peaceful arrangement with dignity to ourselves and one that, under the circumstances, there was a probability of the natives accepting has been allowed to glide away. It does not need any great penetration to see that had Sir George Grey kept his word with the natives when Ngaruawuhia was occupied by the Queen’s troops there was a much greater chance then of making terms with the insurgent natives than has ever occurred since. . . . We cannot but think it a reproach on the Dunedin public that the effort made by the lessee of the Princess Theatre, to present them good plays, well performed, should not have met with a more hearty response than it has done. Mr Wolfe may lay claim to having introduced to the playgoers of Dunedin the greatest dramatic artiste that has trod the stage of the Princess Theatre. Miss Cleveland’s reputation is of no adventitious origin. Her abilities have been recognised by critical London audiences. In the Australian Colonies she at once took the place to which her great talent entitled her. . . . It is a matter of surprise, therefore, that it should remain for the Dunedin public—not by any means one slow to acknowledge real talent—to accord only lukewarm support to Miss Cleveland. We are at a loss to account satisfactorily for the thin houses at the Theatre of late. Pieces of acknowledged merit have been placed on the stage, which if only moderately played should command large audiences. ... A full meeting of the acting committee of the new Cavalry Corpe was held yesterday afternoon at the Provincial Hotel. ... On Thursday evening there is to bo a general muster of members to consider the different styles of dress that will be proposed, to elect candidates, and to arrange other business connected with the immediate formation of the corps. If the same spirit be maintained as has been shown at the start, the Otago Light Horse promises fair to be the crack corps of the Pi-ovince. The Customs revenue for the past month amounted to £16,858, showing an increase of £IO2B over that of the month of September, and £ISOO over the revenue received in the month of August.