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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 6, 13 August 1874, Page 2

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{noMoi.owjxoovß^pvixnf^ Wellington, *. 12th* August, 5 p.m. ~M The Clutha Trnst Bill has been committed. •It is supported by. theGovißiTa- | ment and provides that T tti£ Prorincial '■'■■« Council constitute^ the Board— that Jrehte y gfd to the Boards, and tnat'laiidrflold sKatt 1 be invested in (Government securities for >| the purposes of the Trust". i The Government make the abolition of i the;- Provinces "in the North] Island a ? Government question.; .. . ' .'..,. *A\,,rt

* A horse race is to take place here on Sa- A turday week between Mr. Wm. Pollock's '"'"I bay mare, Patch, and Mr. James Reid's b. g. Gamster, foi Lso 'a- side:* '\ i - k '- -*?s.&'■:''-'■ The recovering party of the wreck Surat, •] have abandoned We, they whaid6!rrag that further efforts are useless as she ia fast breaking up. [-/'•'■■'■'. yy^&j-i-Many remarks have beeen made of late by travellers and others : ' ; i^ v ttf : -ttfif|dif^'''-'' appearance ofthe woodwork of the'CJluth^ ' bridge; and the -necessity! which 1 having it re-painted, tarred, &<^, to prevent its premature de-^y. > *W Government Has now issued inratnwtions that the matter be. at once attended l-bland that to Mr. Spence, painter, of thffi town has been entrusted the execution bfsjhe ,. : work., • ' '■■■-^':y-^yr ■ I - A newCvessel-to' tb<a \<ttftri-6tiMoßi& ■ Guthrie,, of about launched last week: She w*MbuHf bylMrj M'Phee, of iron- wood and ortg^ phlMing^ ?-. Bee aag is that of a topsail schcKj^,,"- She ytu&tfmteik&mth a bottt of y'% Snd her name the Band of Hoper ;^^ther [order has been issue<hby the b-4vn<exp^tbe rJaoe Hannah ior a vessel Bimilu'^ the *&*«. . -:--■-■■ r-AAsmr-. - We have much plcawnre in announcing that the line of coachea solonj^succe^sfully 1 Carried on by Mr. Henryl^^foiiythe southern road and which the l^ntb^bF^Mr. Thomas Pope has, until recenflyjoeen associated, will in future have the .cd^operation of Mr. John M'Neil, of BiUcliftha, whom we understand Mr, KYeendipirt-; as9umedas a partner. , The welt- bobvrn capabilitie of our old friet^-H^i^^a' driver, are of tod high repute to xne^-iay encomiums from us, and .the^n*^%^|i|r. v John M'Neil is a evmeienii iWm^i^^mr rantee for the futare comfort im^ those of the peblic who may travel with this line. - -• -o •• , v -. ■ ; X'-y^y^'" •' The No. 2 Clutha Rifles paraded on ■-*. Friday last in -Barr's present,; one sergeant, one corpcral rank and file. -Major ; Atkinsonj after inspecting the armsy driUed'tb.l w^ hour at the rifle, drill, y At the^w^nqn.. of the parade there, were ..ten newmemßera proposed. Ijfajor ; Atkinson iMimated he . [would again visit the corps' on -Friday^ tiie, ; 28th inst., when, he hoped tp yseei, j^bettcf jmustCr. He' was "p!e*ftei:^fe:«^;-|Mf- : 1iS«;--; ■ non-attending- .members .had been f jtruckp off the roll ofthe corps as they were only a drawback to it, : and he consider^ it better^ to be rid of useless men. .-*-"-' * "' '':' x -rAM^y ;', Ina de^atchfromEarlKiml^leyi^Hia Excellency Sir James Fergussompatcd 10th -Pebraa^he says-that%er^aWyri Gp^^nt^aye. given -no lariyoheto intimate x M'^i^^Sm^^Si^ tention to annex the^l>lsla^S&i|^; • * We 'obse^e &6m the'iG^^te^iliip;; Kirby has secured the ; *i^t^^ o^J>^ing, and metalling 123 chains o?^e^aih South Road, between^ This portion of the roi^' nis been -i^#ro^. ,bad state all winter TOd trwreUerar^t^lbeJ glad to knowthatitwillnowehortly be put in proper order. . * rH ~""" "•' •>* * . rAAMAy^iyA We understand^- subscription' • ur'ptMg'h:made by tne settles iti tlier W<S#i^^St|> runa and ?WarepaV districts. fS s;^iiriJja^e5 ;^iiriJja^eMr. Rutbdrford the fee levied 'khd^ penses ; incpirredr^^ trespass against him at the instMlce >~6ifMrtf £: Roberta. rThejßrstti^ht itf was prpposcd,the ram of Ll^was^ subscribed ani^p^Ksp ilieve the.- whole amodntr is ri6*wHah^i^: [collected. The --'^ewioixj^mßl^j^fpW^as One affecting the whole Mmrii^^^ii J ; ttorß*H&Bbaitiiai having given Mn 'erect* the dbstractiy-rg*?^ ever, bf-*tahy^on-sitiffi^ into his own \*. hands,; the; .--89ttier9^^pEL^ npoii the subject when theafimef tt^uM - As an instance of the/; extreme nri^^ now given for land m certwn^WWi^ we m^ mention that at the sal^bf^^^ghaV qutfrter acre secfton realised ithe!i»trtoi'*i eff-aOtvol the proxumty of the raUwaj^ *

filfj-t will be observed that the Rev. Mr will preach at Inch Clutha in the on Sunday first,- and in the evenfjtg.at Balcltitht. IIIA report was circulated ih ihe township p»n Tttesday night that, a horse had that IBiftemoon been co briitally ill used on the fwablic' sl-reels & to prove his instantaneous ISlesth. We have heard various versions of Imbe affair, bttt, as we understand it will ilfonn the foundation of a charge before the HE. Mm on an early day, we refrain from |f makinc; any remarks iii the meantime. H A Catlih'sßivfer correspondent writes:— Ml am credibly inforihed that the other day, a jl -granger called at the -sawmill store and 1 liked for half a pound o! tobacco, and was politely informed that it was not store day ted . tberfeforfe he could not have it. This Seems a very independent course of action for a storekeeper to adopt, and would indicate tbat the advent of another store or Storekeeper wonld add much to the contfeiyenee oi the inhabitants. : Stoekowners in these districts will be Interested to know, thai Mr. James Blues, Of Blues and Duthie, Waihols Gorge, has gone to Tasmania for the purpose of Meeting a number of good draught mares. He intends to bring about thirty and is expedad to arrive, in abbnt three weeks or a month. Mr. Blues is well known as a first-class judge of horses, and his, importation will unquestionably be a valuable one. Tbe date and particular* of the sale will be •duly notified in our columns. In the R.M. Court on Monday, before J. G. South, Esq., J.P., Ja. Walker, charged with drunkenness, was sentenced to 48 hours imprisonment. James Cullen for a similar offence was fined 10s or 24 hours. He wis fdrther charged with indecent exposure of tbe pefson — septenced to ten day^ hard labor. Before J. P. Maitland,Esq., R.M., yesterday, Thomson v. Macdonald and Sim— amount paid into Court, Pollock v. Moore— Mr. Neville for plaintiff intimated the case settled. Police v.. Lees. —Grog selling. On the request of Mr. W. Taylor for defendant, case adjourned for a fortnight. The Government parade called for inspection of arms and accoutrements of the "So. i Company Clutha Rifles, took place on Thursday evening at the Drill > Shed, Inch Clutha. There were two commissioned officers, two sergeants, and nine : rank and file present. Major Atkinson de- || felined to hold an inspection of the corps lin consequence of the small attendance. A i special inspection is called for the last I SathidSy of the present month, when we I hope, for the credit of the corps, every I man will niakfe' it a faint to be present, and i that the officers .will see fit not to infeult [ the inspecting officer by appearing ifi plain clothes. . If they have hot furforms, they fihould procure theini St once. We may add tbat the smallness of the attendance on Thursday night was most discouraging and disappointing to Major Atkinson, as he says that np to the last twelvemonths, No. 1 Company was one of the most effifcient and best attending corps in the Province. Dr. Hector states that of the area of this [ Colony, 12 millions acres are fit for agriculture, and 50 millions are fit for pasturage, but of tne totjtl; 20 million are at present covered with timber. Should tbe following passages fail to strike terror into the hearts ofthe brethren; ofthe "mystic tie " it will at least amuse them. We dare say but few of them were preW-* onsly aware of the magnitude of the ultimate aims and objects of the craft :— We select, says the Tablet, the following passages' from the long and able pastoral ofthe Right Rev. Dr. Redwood, the Bishop of Wellington. This hell-born foe of religion and order, aspiring to universal sway, chiefly assails Europe, the head and heart of the world. Its ultimate ainm the annihilation of Catholicity—nay, of the Christian idea— for ever. Its invisble head is Satan ; its visible head are the Secret Societies, or— as the Pope calls them in his lastEn-qrclical — the "Sects, "whether masonic or of any other name. "They form,** His Holiness says—" the Synagogue of Batan, which leads its troops against the Church, and gives her battle.' Its plan of attack is to destroy, firstly the, Temporal, secondly, the Spiritual power of the Pope, and thirdly, all ChristianityIts means to that effect art stay whatsoever provided ihey are effective— violence, cunning, fire and sword, poison and the dagger, but chiefly— as being more applicable, far reaching and universal— they are the following : to deceive Princes and Governments, and thus get the reins of power, as it now has them in Italy, Spain, Germay, and elsewhere ; thence to distroy the influence of the Clergy by the systematic corruption Of the masses, by godless education, falsified history, immoral literature, an audacious, lying and slanderous press, perverted 1 arts and sciences, and lastly, by the marshalling ef all religious sects adverse to Rome, into one huge host against fhe Common foe— the Roman Catholic Church.''' For murder, robbery, snperatitiony and general ignorance and brutality there are few countries Jin the world to compare with Mexico; and it is, therefore, nor surprising to bear that the Mexicans have been lately burning witches. Senor Castella, alcalde of Jacpbo, in the State of Sinaloa, haa officially reported to the perfect of his districts that on April 4 he arrested, tried, and burned alive Jose Maria Benilla and his wife Diega for sorcery, it having been Droved that they had bewitched one Silvestre Zactfrias. The day before the execution, Citizen Perras, as a final test made Zacaria*-! take three swallows of the blessed wate** whereupon Zacaries brought up fragments of a blanket and bunches of hair thui proving beyond a doubt that he had been bewitched. The Alcalde ' states that the people were exasperated against the sorcerers, and demanded that they should be burned. The sentence was executed with his approval, and he adds that he has his eye on other sorcerers against whom complaints have been mdde by the citizens The official 'Diario' of Jacobo confirms the report of this execution, and says that several families have since compelled the Alcalde to burn another old woman and son for the same cause. The General Government has asked the authorities of omaloa to send a detailed report of these proceeding^ and to take measures to pre"■•rent farther executions on account of sor«»y for the present. The provincials of SSi* however » although they lately Killed, a Christian missionary, have the' rei F?S m W-fcW nwre attention to | P n f Btl y than secular authority, and when "J* remembered that more than 100,000 jmenes have beeft condemned to die,by aSIt 11 trib *anals. we ntest not judge raem fioo severely. -

One of the greatest undertakings that has ever been placed upon the hbtory of this Province, has been designed and most successfully carried out by Messrs. Leigh and party, miners, Waipapapa. They have just completed the formation of a tunnel through a sand hill four feet high, and of a loose substance. The tunnel is 130 feet in length, four feet six inches in depth, and three feet wide, and has been thoroughly arched from end to end with substantial slabbing to prevent the sand falling in and chocking up the water which forms part of an extensive water race which the Company found was required for the successful working of the beach. The Company is but a small one and have been constantly employed in the construction of. this race for a period extending over 18 months. They are also about to erect a fluming thirty chains long, twenty inches in width, and ten inches in depth, for the purpose of conveying their rdce down to high water mark'; TBe greater portion of the timber has already been cdf, and the remainder will be ready in a very short space of time. It wtfuld he well, we think, were the Government to see into the requirements of this district, and have it brought under the gold fields regulations. Miners working upon this field of industry are under a disadvantage, through not having water protection; they run the risk of having their supply cut off at any moment by purchasers cf CrdvJ'n Lands, and it would be very hard indeed after their going to such an amount of expense and labor to have their water race taken from them. There are but three objections which can be raised against this district being proclaimed a gold field, and they are as follows :— lst. The land is under lease to Mr. Brunton, and forma part of his run. 2nd. It wonld obstruct agricultural settlem(ent. 3rd. It would prevent capitalists leasing the bush for saw mill purposes. With regard to the first objection therein, .according to the gold field regulations it is enacted that when gold is found upon a Run it will be lawful for the Superintendent to proclaim the same a gold field. Secondly, the land for a mile back from high watef mark is unsuitable for settlement being nothing else than sand and swamp, together with large lagoons which makes it entirely unsuitable for agricultural purposes. Thirdly. Tbe timber within the vicinity of this district is totally unfit for sawing, and can only be used for firewood ; therefore we conclude that these objections can be easily overcome and that it would be only right and proper that auriferous land for half a mile from high water mark should be brought under the gold fields regulations. -A petition will in all probability be presented to the Superintendent ere long, and we hope it will receive his approbation. We understand that a splendid entire horse, just imported by Messrs. M'lntosh and Patersom, was brought up to Invercargill by rail on Thursday evening, and has since died from injuries seceived during the passage on board the s,g. Otago, from Melbourne. We sincerely sympathise with the enterprising importers, as we are told that they paid LBOO for the animal. — * Western Star. ' As shewing the state ofthe roads between j Riverton and the Otautau says the * Western Star ' one of the shatters in Mr. Officer's team got so embedded in the mud at Gummie's Bush that it took five men to extricate it. The men were up to tbeir shoulders iv mud grop : ig for their chains, etc., left there through the horse sticking. We are inform- *? I by oae of the parties who assisted in its 1 extriea^ou that the scene presented was ludicrous in the extreme — nothing was to be seen bus mud, the men were covered with it, as also were the horses, and the 1 waggon was buried over the axle. | |By dismissing officials and amalgamation of offices, the new Executive of Nelson Province have effected a saving of L 4,000 a year. Recently in the Greymouth R.M. Court a local publican was fined for not closing I his billiard room at twelve sharp. A magistrate r.t Wanganui hatf decided that an hotel-keeper may ke:p the billiard room attached to the premises open all nigbt. It would, says the Gireymohth « Star,' be'interesting to the lovers of this pastime to know which' of these two decisions is the correct one. The abolition of " Imprisonment for Debt Bill " comes into force ott the fa October. A correspondent of the 'Hawke's Bay 1 Herald * suggests that, as a bachelor's tax will soon come into force in that province, some of our sapient legislator? should endeavour, now that t*he Council is in session, to get a clause added to the Education Act, imposing a tax on old maids. It is reported on good authority, says a contemporary, that the Government will propose to pension off Judges Chapman and Aroey, aleo Dr. Fcatherston. The Attor-ney-General will probably succeed Judge Arney, Judge Ward will succeed Judge Chapman, and Mr. Russell Dr. F*e~therston. The guage of 500 miles of the grand trunk railway' of Canada was lately altered in a day and a half from sft 6in to 4ft 8£ in. Mr. E. P. Hannford, the engineer of the line, marked ont the *#ork, and had under his charge 1,510 men. During the course of debate in the Legislative Assembly of, New South wales, upon the (Question of Gardener's release, it was stated by one honorable member, that when, a" few months ago, it was rumoured that New Zealand had shipped Sullivan to Sydney, people in the city became so terri.fied that they would riot move out of their houses after dark. i A correspondent of the Napier Telegraph I states that two well-known young settlers . ofthe Wairarapa lately visited the Hurunuioranga Pa. Arrived there they commenced paying polite attentions to the dusty ladies of the Maori village. Their conduct was narrowly and jealously watched by the male portion of the dative inhabitants who, finally coming to the conclusion that the pakehas " were coming it a little too strong, " seized the young settlers* stripped them naked and tied them to trees. To obtain their release a hundred pounds had to be paid to the offended Maoris. Rather expensive politeness. The number of miners ih Otago is 7,222 : Westland, 4,424- Nelson,* 4,229; Auckland; 2,182 ;■ and Matlbbrough, 85. The European miners "number 14,039 ; and the Chinese, 4U03. " Well, Sambd, what's' yet up to nowadays?" " Oh, lis a carp'ner and jiner." "Hey; I guess yott ia. What department ?" " Why, I does de cire'lar work ; I turns de grindstone !"