THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam.” DUNEDIN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1864. SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22738, 26 November 1935, Page 4

THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam.” DUNEDIN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1864. SHIPPING.

SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.

PORT CHALMERS.—Nov. 25. The clipper ship Edward P. Bouverie, from the Clyde, was signalled as arriving at the Heads. . . . The vessel sailed from Greenock on 12th August. She iiad a total of 114 souls on board, consisting of 41 officers and men, and 73 men, women, and children as passengers. ... The next ship due from Glasgow is the Aboukir. ... . . . The new light on Taiaroa Head, Port-Otago, is expected to be shown on or about the Ist of Janudry next. .The light will be a fixed dioptric red light, of the third order of brilliancy. . . - At present there is a comparatively good fixed light shown on the same headland, but dependence is not usually put upon it by sea captains, as, in New Zealand Coasting Pilot it is intimated that "the light is one which is only occasionally shown. Judging from the tone of the New York papers, the resolutions adopted by the Chicago Convention have received a good deal of public approval, and, with the exception of the war organs, the Northern journals generally support the Chicago programme. All classes in America are sick of the war—even those who still retain faith in its efficacy. There is a .remarkable falling off in the spirit of the Northern people, and the war no longer excites their enthusiasm. The dreary repetition of indecisive victories and humiliating defeats palls upon them. They see that four years of warfare with all its attendant evils have resulted in bringing the dispute no nearer a settlement than ever. The hopes of restoring the Union have faded, and grow dimmer every day. . . . What the people of North and South want is peace, and now > that the cry has gone up from the people, peace will come in due time. At the annual meeting of the Wakatip Jockey Club, which was held at Queenstown last Wednesday, it was stated that the club had a balance of £25 in hand after forming the course and giving away £7OO in prizes. . . . An experimental crushing of stone taken from the lately discovered quartz reef at Skipper's, known as Aylmer'# reef, resulted in about sozs to the ton. Satisfactory as this yield is, it would most probably have been much larger had efficient machinery been employed. A deputation waited on his Honor the Superintendent yesterday by appointment, and presented' a memorial against the contemplated withdrawal, by the General Government, of the subsidy for the Steam Mail Service between Otago and Melbourne. ... Yesterday evening we were shown a handsome nugget, taken from Lee and party's prospecting claim at Silverstream, weighing 40oz, as well as several smaller pieces, varying in weight from to 2 and 3 dwts. There are five claims reported to be doing well, and about 50 or 60 people are on the ground. . . - A very fine sample of early potatoes was shewn us, grown by Mr Hooper, at Surrey Gardens. They are termed by the grower " Fluke Kidney Potatoes," and as many as thirty-three were produced on a single root. -