The Peter Denny, which sailed from Glas gow for the Bluff on the 25-h August last, has on board immigrants amounting to 2Q3h statute adults.
Daniel M'Millan, who was brought from Melbourne on Saturday upon a charge of larceny aa a bailee, was, at the Police Court yesterday, committed for trial.
The Sixpenny Concert at the Temperance Hall was well attended as usual on Saturday night. The songs were of the ordinary character, and elicited satisfactory tokens of Applause.
We are sorry to learn from the Cromwell Argus that of late there has been a consider able amount of sickness prevalent through out that district, and there is scarcely a family without 0,-.c or more members suffer iug from colds, some of* very seriou* nature.
The Waste Lauds Board has decided to Wise the upset price of suburban allotments. For the future the upset price of suburban sections open for sale will be £5 per acre for fcections under five acre* in extent, and £3 bur acre for sections above ten acres in ex fen*.
During the week ended November fllh, 23 patieuts were admitted and 14 diaoharged from the Dunedin Hospital George Stoner, aged 60, labourer, native of Derry, died from disease of the heart. The number at present in the Hospital is 171, of whom 42 are female*.
The fourth htlf-yearly meetiug of the Na. tional Insurance Company, held on Monday, was numerously attended, aud th>. report of the Directors jecomnsbu.ling a aiviuend at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum was Adopted. A full repr 15 of the uroc^ediugs is given ia our present issue.
