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Dunstan Times, Issue 204, 24 March 1866, Page 2

The following Registration officers are appointed for the Electoral Districts in the Province, under the Registration of Elections Act, 1858: —John Gillies, City of Dunedin, Roslyn, Caversham ; William Reiki, Port Chalmers; James Fulton, Taeri; John Dewe, Bruce; James Pillar; s Maitknd, Clutha; Lowther Broad, Hampden ; Thomas Windle Parker, Oamaru; John Murdoch Wallace Murdoch, Waikouaiti; Henry Wirgman Robinson, Manuherikia Gold Fields Towns.

As an instance of the extended scale in %vhich mining enterprises are being prosecuted the " New Zealand Gazette " of the 13th inst. contains notices of the intention to grant the following leases for gold mining in Otago:—Lancaster and Buchan, Blue Spur, Gabriels—4 acres 1 rood 1 perck Pearce arid Polkinghorn, Blue Spur, Gabriels—l acre 0 roods, 20 perches. Ballarat or Victorian QuartzMining Company, on the Scandinavian line of reef, about 300 yards to the east of the Vulcan Company's Claim, on the Old Man Creek—l 4 acres 2 roods 20 perches. Denning and party, Mullocky Gully, North Taicri—lG acres 2 roods 4 percets. Malaghan and Burns, Mollison's Gully, l Skipper's, next claim to westward of the Prince of Wales prospecting claim, Upper Shotover District—about 14 acres 2 roods 4 perches. Jones and party, Mollison's Gully, Skipper's laying between the Prince of Wales claim and that applied for by the Mount Annim Company, and in the same line of reef, Upper Shotover

—'i t.L-res 1 rood 27 perches. Langmuir

and party, north-west of Hindon Company's claim, Adelaide Reef—l 6 acres 3 roods i perches. IT. Manders, adjoining, and immediately to the east of the Ballarat or Victorian Quartz Alining Company's Claim, Old Man Creek, Skipper's—l 6 acres 8 perches. 0. M. Ware and others, about a quarter of a mile north-east of Adelaide Reef, Hindon—l6 acres 2 roods •1 perches. George. Murray and another, about half a milse south of the township of Hindon—ls acres 2 roods 8 perches.

The " Daily Times" of Monday last has a long article on the subject of the late visit of Messrs. Moss and Hughes to the goldfiekls, in which the conduct of those gentlemen is r.trougly condemned in the matter of the much talked of 28th clause. They are also blamed for putting the country to the expense of a journey which the writer avers was made merely ' to allow Mr. Moss the opportunity to give his eloquence an airing. Whatever may have been the object of the recent official visit, it has been productive of much good in our case. Several local wants that were represented to Messrs. Moss and Hughes have met with prompt attention, and we believe that our friends at the Lakes can say likewise. Members of the Government cannot make themselves too well acquainted with the requirements of the goldfiekls. If there is any cause of complaint it is that the Government do not sufficiently understand the growing necessities and importance of the the mining interest. The 28th clause strikes at the very root of our future prosperity : it is a death blow to the settlement of the coutry, and Messrs. Moss and Hughes did no more than their duty in acquainting the people wherever they went that such an obnoxious enactment was really the law of the land, as the clause referred to applies not only to present goklficlds, but to those which may be nroclaimed. The miners did not come to New Zealand to live on sufferance, or to ask permission of the squatters for leave to toil. They came to exercise a legitimate calling, in the prosecution of which they have enriched the country. Surely they are entitled to a home and a habitation in the land upon which they have cou&iTed so many advantages. Mr. John Hislop, Inspector of SeTiccls, delivered a lecture in Cromwell School Room on the IStli Last. There was; a good attendance, and the the lecture was highly instructive and amusing. The proceeds amounted to £4 10s. for the j benefit of the school fund. A vote of ! thanks was accorded to the able lecturer.

Mr. Hislop held an examination of the .school during his visit, and expressed his surprise at the high state of proficiency the children had attained in so short a period. He complimented the committee upon having so able and proficient a teacher as Mi-. Fleming, whose abilities he could not eulogise jx>o highly. The Treasurer of the School fund requests us to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt ol three guineas from 51 r. W. A. Low, one guinea from Mr. John Jack, and one guinea from Mr. J. B. Bradshaw.

The Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock Water Race Company have just completed a very extensive piece of fluming, eight hundred feet in length, at the Manorburn. The total length of iiuming in this company's race is two thousand four hundred feet, and it is constructed in the strongest possible manner. The ultimate destination of the race is Tucker Hill which place will he reached in about half a mile, when this gigantic undertaking will be complete.

Messrs. Wright, Robertson, and Co.'s Monthly report supplies the following prices current for stock : Fat Cattle. — We have sold at the yards 180 cows and bullocks, at from 11?. to 20/. per head. We quote prime quality beef ot 425. 6d. to 455. per 1001b.; middling quality, about 40s. Store cattle are in good request. We quote three to five year old bullocks (good) at from 11?. to 12/.; mixed cattle, 7/. 10s. to 8/. 10s. Dairy cows arc in request at from 12/. to 20/., according to quality and character. Fat Sheep.— The market has been well supplied during the month. Prices, however, continue firm. We have sold 2,600 in several lots, delivered, in town, at 4d. per lb, Fat lambs.—Demand goood. We have sold sold to the trade 470 good and middling, at from 12s. to 18s. each. There are numerous buyers of runs in the market, and several have changed hands. The I Hyde Home Station, 50.000 acres, with 9,700 sheep and 150 head of cattle, was sold to Messrs. Calcutt and Menlove for the sum of 12.G00/.

The new bridge acioss the Manuhcrikia at Hensbnrg's crossing-place, near the Manorburn Junction, is now open for traffic. It i.s a very substantial erection, and a great convenience to foot passengers and horsemen. The latter were often compelled to risk their lives while crossing during the prevalence of floods. The bridge is to be formally opened on Easter Monday.

The All England Eleven Sluicing Company, Sandy Point, has been successfully floated. The works will be commenced on Monday morning. At a meeting of shareholders held at the Port Philip Motel, on Wednesday evening last, Messrs. rltizlett, Cope, Goodwin, Hastie, Theyers, Cambridge, and Cox were appointed directors of the Company; Mr. Cambridge, manager ; and \ir. J. Ilazlett, treasurer.

The " Canterbury Press " gives the following account of some rather novel pro ceeding in connexion with Kaiapoi Rural Sports : —" At the Kaiapoi Rural Sports a week or two ago, two competitions were entered into, which excited much greater interest and amusement than any. The first was a baby show, the committee having announced that prizes to the amout of £2 10s would be awarded for the finest babies under six months, and from six to twelve months old. The entries were very numerous, and the judges, Dr Dudley and Mr Rickman, seemed to find great difficulty in deciding among the specimens of babyhood exhibited. Ultimately, the prizes were allotcd to Mrs J. Clark, in the first class, and in the second to Mrs R. Thomson, and Mrs T. Burgess. But the great novelty of the day was the Beauty Stakes. This was decided in the following manner —any gentleman present was entitled on payment of one shilling to write on a card the name of the lady (we suppose resident in the district) whom he considered the prize, of beauty or merit due, the lady who polled the greatest number of votes receiving the entrance money, with 20s added by the committee. The voting occupied a considerable time, and at its conclusion the member of committee appointed to act as .leturning officer, announced that the candidate preferred by the majority of the electors was Miss Dudley. The second on the list of nominees was Miss Kicks."

Tkc " Wakatip Mail" says :—" Labor in this district is very Bcaffie. Reapers especially could, for the next month, do extremely -well. We really believe that the cry of an over-stocked labor market in our largo towna is entirely owing to the inability or unwillingness of the unemployed to leave those placer.. We could do with a. few able and willing men liere.'

Respecting the alleged deputation of squatters to the Governmeut anent the 28th section, we extract the following from a letter received by Mr. J. M 'Redmond, and published in the "Wakatip Mall" :—"ln reply to your second question I have to state that no deputation of the kind you describe has waited upon the Government in connexion with the Goldfields Amendment Act, or any clause thereof. I am, A r c, Frederick J. Moss."

We take the following from the " "Wakatip Mail" of the 21st inst. :—"Attached to our report of the examination of the Queenstown School we stated that this institution was not in a good pecuniary position. We are informed that a project ja now started to remedy this, by meafilWa quarterly subscription of 10s. We really think a bazaar would be the preferable mode. No class or sect refuse to join in these tilings, and the ladies, who aro always the first to assist any charitable proposition, we feel sure will join cordially in carrying out this idea. Independent of the good it would do, it would assist in relieving the monotony of the. town.''

We remind owners of dogs thai it is necessary to legister them before the Ist of April, after which date the police have orders to destroy all unregistered dogs. The quantity of curs about our streets are become a poiLct nuisance. Persons on horseback or driving vehicles are constantly liable to accident through the barking of these brutes, and the sooner they aro thinned out the better.

The elections for the General Assembly that have already taken place in this province have resulted in the return of tho following gentlemen:—

Waikouaiti W. D. Murison Goldfields J, Vcel Captain O'Neill Tl ' icri Donald Reid IJ »'uc« John Cargill Dunedin James Paterson TV. 11. Reynolds Hampden C. K. Haughton Clutlia James ?lacandrew Cavershsm A.J. Burns Port Chalmers Thomas Dick Goldfields Towns ... J. B. Bradshaw

Mauukerikia Captain Baldwin The ' West Coast Times ' reports tie finding of the skeleton of a man on tho beach, a little to the south of the Makewa River. Not a particle of clothing, save a pair of watertight boots, remained on it the whole having been torn oil* by the action of the sea; even the scalp was totally devoid of hair. It presented a horrible spectacle. The remains were gathered up and buried, no inquest being hell, ps identification was quite an impossibility.''

An awfully sudden death (says the " West Const Times " occurred on Friday lust on the Kanieri digging , under somewhat singular circumstance's. ' A party of three miners were employed in working a claim, situate on the flat which lies under the main terrace, one of whom was below whilst the others were employed on the surface. As the evening approached, the latter gave notice to their mate below that they were going homo to get supper ready, to which he made no reply. When the meal was ready, one of them returned to the shaft to call him up, but not receiving any answer, he descended, and there found his mate lying quite dead in the drive. He was quickly removed and medical aid sent for, which arrived too late to be ot any service, as life was extinct.

A dreadful accident took place lately at Littleover, near Derby, causing the death, by accidental burning of a young lady and her mother. The evidence given at the inquest held on the bodies the same evening, showed that Miss Osborne, aged 24, daughter of Mr James Osborne of that village, was reaching something from the chimney-piece, when her dress caught fire, and she was immediately enveloped in flames. Her father was in Derby at the time, and she ran up-stairs to her mother, who was ill in bed. The flames caught the mother's clothing, and both were in a blaze. The daughter ran down stairs to the garden, and clung to a tree. The tree she laid hold of was burnt through, and all her clothes, with the exception of her garters and boots, were burnt off her body. The mother, who was scarcely able to walk, crawled down-stairs to the first landing, and was found sitting on the hist stair, literally burnt to a cinder, her featrires not being recognisable, and the stair upon which she sat was actuallv burnt through. The daughter was found lying in the garden, the scalp of her head | being off, and otherwise dreadfully burnt. iShe lingered but a very short time After 'hearing the evidence, the. -Jury returned a i verdict of "accident-id death."