At Last. —The Dunedin people are in high jinks because the big steamsh p Mararoa was able to get up to one of the r wharves toe other day. Not long ago aa ordinary sized ketch or schooner used to stick on the mud fiats between Port Chal mers and Dunedin, but now things aro changed—-after goodness knows how much money has been expended in improving the harbor. Port Chalmers is now knocked nii/O uu; tiuaue, ana win oe reduced to a mere fishing village, if the U.S.S. Co. and other shipping companies continue to take their boats right past the charming little seaport town. What will old Maeandrew, member for the Port, Bay to all this. Guess he’ll feel inclined to tear liis hair. A Tribute of Respect'.— The respect and esteem in which the late Mrs Hatha way was held by all who knew her was testified to by the large number of fol lowers who paid their last respects to the memory of the deceased lady on Monday afternoon. The cortege which wendoil ita way to the Tua Marina cemetery is said to have been half am le long—in fact, one of the longest seen in Marlborough. The funeral was attended by members of Lodge of Unanimity, E.U., No. 1236, of which Mrs Hathaway’s husband was a member, the pall bearers being:—Bros. John T. Robinson, T. A. Dickens, Macey, and Barker, P.M.’s; and Bros. F. T. Farmar, Murray, and Kilpatrick (Lodge Unanimity, E.C.), and George Carter (Lodge Wairau, S.C,). The Rev. F. H. Spencer officiated at the grave.
