A piece of land has been secured for public recreation and the Consul ex officio, Dr. Daly, and Mr. H. A. Bush have been elected as trustees. A recreation ground belonging to the community has been a long-felt- want, and though We can hardly expect it to be anything but a bare plot for some time to come, still our confidence in the trust-s inclines us to the belief that in the near future it will be suitable for other recreation than football and cricket merely—that there will be shady groves where affinities may wander,
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