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Dunstan Times, Issue 223, 3 August 1866, Page 2

it On Tuesday evening last, a meeting of ie the electors took p' ace at George's Union )f Hotel, to hear the views of the nominated

candidates for the offices of Councillors. Dr. haw was unanimously voted .to' the'.j chair, ten of the fourteen candidates ad- If dressed the meeting, nothing was elicited : M other than each speaker said if elected fiw gj would act honestly and conscientiously for 0 Ihe benefit of the town, the proceedings t were tame in the extreme; with a vote of a thanks to,the Chair the proceedings. %er. v initiated at half-past ten p.nu' ;■ j , t \ Northern contempo ary upon au * • hority says:- T VYhen Burgess, and JCelly ( were discharged- from .'the Otago prison ' Lliey were escorted until' the/had crossed ' lie Canterbury boundary. We agree with him, and say, "if the present system compels or encourages the police to hand their ' notorious criminals from one province to mother, just shifting the theatre of action * without in the' least diminishing their * nefarious mal-practices, it is a most defective one,'and should iiuhue/the people of e .New Zealand to demand an immediate e .•liange. ' . ■ *-■ Tl i ' v in mucn needed services of an auc- , tioiieer are once* more available for this district, Mr Cope of the firm of Cope and Pacha; Clyde, "has received the necessary ( license, and is now ready to t conduct sales in town and the suburban districts. Periodica! sales, at their mart, of general merchandise, will take place, of which due * notice will iiL- iven °■ - I Tile whole of the proceedings of both ( tiouses ol Parliament are too voluminous i to publish in extenso, we merely give the 1 heads of motions affecting, the goldfields < and motions of goltltfelds Members.' 1 At lexaudri' the frost has been so ' severe that the various dams in the neigh. bourhood were frozen over sufficiently to bearthe weight of persons slidingorskatiiig, During the past week a' most exciting i curling match was played upon the ice on .Messrs Woods and Co.'s dam, Butcher's ! Gully road. Messers M'Donald and party competing against Messrs llillhouse and • party, the former after a sharp contest proved victorious. The lirst meeting of the Town Council oi Clyde, will t*ike place on Monday the ; tioii ins,, at i p.m., aii T wJlp'.Ve l'reiV; itr - ItUo building knouii as the Victoria < j Motel. "Visitors will be admitted, i the public will have an opportunity o. ' hearing the deliberations of that august I l,<jJ y- 1 i The Secretary of the Duastan Hospital, I begs to ackuow.edgc the reeeipb of £lo<s ' ! sterling, being the proceeds of the Auction [Baziar, held at St Bathah's, on Monday ; evening last. e take up >n our selves I :on behalf of the Hospital Committee, t" j thank the inhabitants of St Haitian's for | the libera! and handsome manner in , which they contribute 1 towards the funds of th.it valuable institution. i By Telegraph received hist evening, we announce that shares in the British and msrio.iu Quartz Mining Company', > Skipper's are going off freely. Mr Cope, 'ecretary to the Dunstan Hospital, presented a potitiou to Mr Haggett, acting Superintendent, a memorial from the Ihmstan Hospital Committee, i praying tor a change of the pre ent surveyed site for the Hospital Reserve, after 'sotu-j remarks by .Mr Cope, urging the i desirability of the change the, acting | upo.intendeut promised compliance. T.<e o ntnittee ap ( ointed by the Legisil (ivg ' uuiioil toco sod late and amind all j Acts r I it.ins! to the sjoldfiolds. have set ho w rk'in right rane t. Those gentle. men in ■ tago, who e sii vices were rcquir d to give evil nee bif io the Committee, siilei on 'Saturday last, for Wellington 1 fhe c unaiissioii gives general satisfaction in nil qua ters, iiud proves beyond doubt hat tie domnii s oi the goldfiebN are re- '' ceving the ::iuoa t of attention their im ' p rt.:; ce requires, . •. he 1> lak.linvii n he Eh ric Telegraph ' lias lit ..st bee ire ii " !; from the long !v> ! tra s-u u U last, evening, w< ' it to be in tir.>t-rate order, if oui wishes for its continuance would in the " le.iM aff ct it, we most sincerely award 3 diem. ' Th • Evu ting Star* snys —ilr Jo! n Angus, ate st rekeeper at Quecnsmwu, and '" ai, I,;, '.iv..; , 'utedly, duriigtlie.la-t 11' S M„,n bs,. b fi.r th- .Supreme Coiirt ii ih " ,-.„.» if \n" i- v. Clements, and > lemaitsv \iiunc w.is is »•• re informed, orr su< - e»- •I" . iitt-i most esciting chase, at tin ;> ; i ; e iii ti nut 45 miles from Piiiieil i at ih sh i i f 'be ..cc % ssful litigant, VV M 'ln ,• i- ! i R-i'ius thai Mr. Aug is ha. •Bsign' d \vr- • sr.it.- to ihi he.-, for the ben. ; t ■if lis crial tors ut Ho itika. and consider!) g h'useif sate from arrest had come to Dann edin with the intention of proceeding *' d itelbjurnc.

i Wednesday the latrAngust was a day of .Considerable e.vci.tem£ut, and ole th it six :jf no|e more, of <mr townsmen will have iijftusjr;| tat. looV oi!u;fc-~to with a certain of pleasure' and let us add pride, on that day the polling for Councillors for the municipal J own of Clyde took place, and we with satisfaction give the following result of the poll, which was declared by the acting. Mayor, W. M. Kobinson, Esq,, R.M. West Ward, James Hazlett 17, Charles L. Morice 15, James Patterson 1, Charles Ziele 12, Joseph Downing 10. East Ward, "John Uffill Cambridge 17. Wil iam Kittelty 11, Benjamin Naylor 6, Charles Goodwin 14. South Ward, William Edwards 9, Edward G. Ryan, 9, George Shearston 7, Henry John Cope i\ through the casting vote of the acting Mayor, Mr ope was elected with the Mr tlyan for the South Ward. Four of the elected Councillors returned thanks to the e ectors for the honor conferred upon tUw in sa : few words pithy and to the pop?, which were well received. \ vote of thanks to the acting Mayor was enthusiastically awarded together with three cheers, after which "prosperity to the Tuwu of Clyde, and success to the Mayor," was proposed and was loyally a swereit with cheers, that showed the sincerity of all present. Mr Ferand, the Mayor, in reply stated, he felt proud of being placed in the position he was, he agreed with one of the Councillors who had said- " measures'and not men" would he his motto, and he hoped that that would be the guiding star of the Council, and that to the utmost of his power he would work for the prosperity of the Town of Clvde.