MR COXHEAD'S PANORAMA OF EARLY DUNEDIN.

Otago Witness, Issue 1974, 19 September 1889, Page 3

MR COXHEAD'S PANORAMA OF EARLY DUNEDIN.

.Mr Goxhead'sexhibitionof views at the City Hal! on Monday night attracted a very large and appreciative assembly, whose applause, as once familiar scenes long sincealtered beyond recognition were displayed, testified to the faithfulness of the representation Old Dunedin of '60 nnd'63 was presented from many points of view. Those views which represented the town prior to the cutting down of Bell Hill, with the waters of the bay flowing where now Princes and King streets run must have awakened strange memories in the hearts of some 500 old identities who formed part of the audience. A representation of the firßt ißsue of the Otago Daily Times, reproduced on a tcale which enabled spectators to read th a report of the largest gold eßCort that ever arrived in town (35,1000z of gold), with a report by Gabriel Read and Mr M'Rae, the Government prospectors, was greatly appreciated, as also the views showing Gabriel's Gully in '61 and at the present. Of the many views of West Coast scenery from Preservation Inlet to Milford Sound, thoße which seemed to please the audience best were Lake Ada, H«nd of Milford Sound showing Mitre Peak and Mount Pembroke, and the Sutherland Falls. Several views of the Queenstown and Shotover districts -were also shown, and notable among these were Klnloch, Kawarau Gorge, showing Arthur's Point Bridge and the Sew Hoy Big Beach Trom Maori Point. At the conclusion of the entertainment— the lantern, it may be stated, being in charge of Mr Thomas Scott— MrM'lndoe proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Ooxhead, and his appeal was responded to right heartily. Mr Coxhead intimated that he proposes, showing the views at short intervals during the ensuing 1 summer. Besides those shown on Monday evening he willohow the whole of the touring districts of New Zealand and " Hound the world with the camera," traversing America, the United Kingdom, Rome, and all Australasia.

Matters at Samoa are quiet. Everybody is waiting the ratification or otherwise of the Samoan Treaty. King Malietoa was present at the annual meeting of the natives, and addressed the people. The warship Monengahela is at Apia, and the guns and effects saved from the wrecks of the Trenton and Vandalia are being shipped on board that vessel, which is expected to sail for America on the 15th.