THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam.” [Established November 15, 1861.] DUNEDIN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1866.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23335, 29 October 1937, Page 2

THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam.” [Established November 15, 1861.] DUNEDIN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1866.

SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AGO

From Hawksburv the correspondent of the "Oamaru Times" writes:— " Political waters still remain troubled, into which bread is being cast that will be found after many days. No outward demonstration has taken place here with regard to the Parliamentary members of this Province, but their conduct has been freely criticised by all members of the community. Our own particular member has not yet turned up. An opinion is very prevalent here that some change in the form of Government for this Colony would be desirable, but the particular form that would be most acceptable remains yef to be decided. It is intended to advocate for the destruction of the Provincial system, on the ground of its costly, centralising, and unjust influence, and to show the rest of the Colony that although we are but a small section of the Colony we have opinions of our own, and that we are alive to the great questions occupying the attention of our greatest senators." On the same subject a correspondent from Otepopp, writing to the same paper, says:—"l see from your advertising columns of yesterday, that Mr Campbell, M.H.R., will meet his constituents here on Tuesday next. As the wave of political agitation now sweeping over the Province has produced a perceivable commotion amongst us too, we are, like others, impatient to hear Mr Campbell give an oracular account of the unsatisfactory proceedings of the late session, and especially of his own." The "Oamaru Times" of Friday says: _« His Honor the Superintendent, accompanied by Mr Thomson, the Chief Engineer of the Province, proceeded to the Waitaki on Tuesday to select the site for the proposed bridge over the river. They drove first to Brown's Ferry, but a glance at the river bed there convinced them at once that it would be useless to attempt making the bridge at that spot. They afterwards went further down the "river to the place where the line of telegraph crosses. There they found permanent banks, a greatly diminished span, and a much less rapid flow of water; and there, in Mr Thomsons opinion, it would be advisable to build the bridge. The estimated width of the main channel there is from 1000 to 1200 feet, and no engineering difficulties stand in the way. The cost of erecting the bridge at this place will, it is thought, be about Ll 5 per running foot, or from L 15.000 to LIB.OQO. The cost of the bridge over the Molyneux is L2O per running foot, but the work at the Waitaki will be easier of accomplishment, and cost proportionately less, . . " (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) IKROM OUR OWN COKitESI'ONDENT.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. All quiet at Hawke's Bay on ThursExpeditions to the Northern Boundary found only deserted pahs. A white traitor was taken and imprisoned. , „, ~ The prisoners sailed for the Chathams on Tuesday. Wanganui letters contain no news respecting the movements at Patea. The Wairarapa Hau-haus are not yet gone. .