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Dunstan Times, Issue 233, 12 October 1866, Page 2

The ' Nelson Colonist' supplies the - following :—We are informed that Levyhas made the'strongest protestations of his innocence to a minister of his creed, and to one or two gent'omen of the same per--1 suasion, and he solemnly avers by the oaths most sacred to his tribe that the - story told by Burgess of Kelly and he leaving the two others before any of the murders wore committed, is true. These : protestations are apparently the grasping 1 of a drowning man at s! raws ; but it hap- [_ pens, unfortunately for Levy's story,, that Burgess (as we are informed) has admitted that he invented this tale of the separation '' for the purpose of giving Levy and Kelly y a chance of getting off. The attempt to (> prove an alibi, thfi implied camping half-a-mile from Dywer's, the artful story of the opossum rug, and tent-cloth hung out to = dry—are utter failures, and Kelly's cross t examination on these heads only elicited 1. unhesitating negatives. After oxainina- , tionof tiie placcit was proved beyond doubt, (raid the prosecution was prepared with the proof at the trial, but it was not adn mitted, as necessary), that there was y no tent visible, that there was no person I camping by the road side near Dywer's, ± that there were no remains of a camp lire, , and in short, the feeble endeavor to set up an abili had not a shadow of a probas > bility tosMipport it. II It is stajted that no fewer than fifteen applications for the office of finisher of the { j. law on the persons of the condemned men have been made to the authorities. y , As prisoner Kelly was getting his irons replaced, he said to the blacksmith, "I x ' hope the people don't believe I am guilty. :e [am innocent ; I would rob a man, but ][ never kill one.—' Nelson Colonist.' Mr I i aught on in the Assembly.— A ' letter from this gentleman will be found 1 elsewhere, in which be says, that he did ■ u not use the words " Shut up," in addressly ing Mr Hargreaves during the proceedings L( ] of the Committee upon the Customs i Duties. According to his own recollection . the words employed were "We have heard enough of Chambers of Commerce, hj look at the time." e have referred the so question to our reporter, whe is posilivt in hat the wo;-ds denied were used; never- • , theless, as Mr llaughton, and several other gentlemen hold a contrary 7 opinion, we feel bound in courtesy to accept their dis--10 Wellington Independent.' y- (Jn Saturday evening, the Gth Inst., a le large party of the friends of Dr C. L. Morice, I . one of the oldest residents at Clyde, and who has also filled, for a space of more 1 than three years, the important post t.f hj Honorary Surgeon to the Dunstan District ts Hospital, assembled at tkePunstan Hotel.

r the purpose of presenting that gentlean with an address and testimonial, in e shape of a case of Surgical Instruments. | lie Mayor, Mr J. D. Feraud, occupied the iair. Some preliminary business having jen gone through, and Dr Morice being resent, the Chairman, after an appropriate >eech, proceeded to make the presentaon, read the address as follows : —" To harles L. Morice, Esq.-, Surgeon.—-Dear [ r —We the undersigned residents of the imstan, on this the eve of your departure •om amongst us, cannot permit you to leave ithout expressing, in person, our appreation of the many good qualities dislayed by you during our acquaintanoelip. As a gentleman, your affability and rbanifcy of manner have won our sincere steem. Asa professional, man ever ready i you were to alleviate the sufferings of le 'afflicted, you have equally won our aspect. And as a friend, none has been lore warm or confiding. For a further roof of our regard we assemble this even:i« to present you with this address toether with a case of Surgical Instruments, re ask you to accept them as a token ol ind remembrance, and may you use them rath your usual professional success, with .earty wishes for your future welfare we emain, &c, [Here follow the signatures.] •r Morice briefly replied to the eii'ect that .e did not look upon the testimonial for ts money value, but as a token of theii incere regard ; he had never lived in a lace where he had made so many friends sat Clyde. lie should always take ar. ateresfc in its welfare, and fully believed bat the township would prosper. Several peeches followed from gentlemen present nd the proceedings terminated. On Saturday evening last, shortly aftei en o'clock, the buildings on the west sidt if Sunderland Street, Clyde, had a narrow scape from being consumed by lire. A table, the property of Mr W. Grindley djoining the premises of Messrs Zeih nd Co., by some unaccountable mean; uddenly burst into ilames, which couk tot be extinguished till the whole of the milding was entirely demolished. Had henrecommunieateditsclftoMe-srs Zeile'; iremises, nothing could have preventec he greater portion of the township fron lecoming food for the flames. The condition of the Chinese miners 01 omo of the Victorian goldfields appea: >y no means an enviable one. Comment ng on the case of a Chinaman who wa ately found dead in a hut, the ' Daylesfon Express' says : —The caso is unhappily no i rare one on the goldfields. From tb jvidence at the inquest, it would seen :hat, having been reduced by want aii( lisease until he was unable to leave hi >ed, he must have lain there, perhaps lb lays, slowly dying, without any othe person Vicing conscious of the fact. J European miner living near the spot doe lot appear to have known that the de :eased was perishing by inches a few bun Ired yards off. The increasing difficultie which the Chinese among us experience ii obtaining the necessaries of life will brin jthers to the same miserable end. N me who has attentively observed the cor ilition of our population for the last fiv jr six years can have failed to notice th marked change for the worse in their con ilition We extract the following from th 1 Tuapeka Press':—"An official ihang iffecting the goldfield's is on the tapis Humour has it that Tuapeka is to b L'lected into a kind of Metropolitan gob lield. A Chief-commissioner or Warde ; probably Mr Vincent Pyke' will resid permanently at Lawrence, whilst Majc Crokcr will preside as Resident-Magistrati A tendency to effect a similar change i the police-department is likewise shown i the appointment of Mr Inspector Motto as inspector of the district which wi comprise Tuapeka, Waipori, Teviot, Wa taliuna, Tokomairiro, and Clutha. M Morton is not by any means a stranger t Tuapeka. He acted as head of its polic department during the earlier days of il golden reputation, and was intimate] connected with the organisation of polici stations in the different outlying district; During the time Tuapeka was deeme worthy of being regarded as a ' fit an proper' place for plying the avocations < such worthies as the now notorious Bu gess and Kelly. Inspector Morton showc a "ood deal of daring activity in ferretin them out, and although little of the cred was brought home to him at the time, a\ are credibly informed that, assisted by ]Vi F. Johnston of the Sportsman's Arn Hotel, Wetherstones, who was then member of the detective police force, tl arrest of these villians on the Waipo ranges was mainly due to his sagacity. From an order-paper of the House • Representatives, we extract the followii resolution standing in the name of 5 Maii'diton :—" That in order to cneoura; the immigration of miners from the An tralian Colonies, and promote permamei settlement on the goldfields, this house of opinion that it is desirable to reduce tl special burdens now imposed on the mil ing community, to wit, the export du on gold, the fees for mincrs'-rights, bu: ncss-licenses, and rental of mining leas holds, and to assimilate the same as near as possible to the rates levied in the sa I. 'olonies. Likewise the following. IV Bradshaw to move :—" That this House of opinion, that if the provinces withi which goldfields are situated, are unab to make provision for the reduction of t! present heavy burden of special taxatii upon the mining community, witho affecting the revenue necessary to carry ( the Government and the public-works such province, it is desirable that relief. erven to the said mining community 1 raising a p rtion of the provincial-reveni by special-taxation, on other classed

tlie community and that this House suggests to the said provinces the desirability and justice of a tax upon wool. The above resolutions were brought forward in consequence of the Upper House raising the miners'-'right to £l. The committee elected to carry out the arrangements for the Foresters' Ball, to te held on the Prince of Wales' birth-day, are using every exertion on their part to make it a creditable affair. We believe it is the intention of the fraternity, together with the Free-Masons of the district, to walk in full regalia on that day in honor of the occasion. A case involving a point of law in the Dog Act, and upon which several idtas are held ' and each rather pertinaciously' was heard before the Resident-.Magistrate, MrH. W. Robinson, at Clyde. From the evidence it appeared that a dog known to be in the possession of the defendant in tie case lor a period of time, say three months, but of which ho denied the ownership, committed great havock among a flock of* ' ewes and lambs, the (property of Mess s Strode and Frazer, terribly lacerated some half-dozen and setting the remainder in great confusion. Mr Fraser, the plaintiff, sued for £2O damages, and produced witnesses who-postively proved the case. The , defendants plea was non-ownership, the ■ dog having been left in his charge by an • absentee now in Westland—the damage , done was not denied. The Magistrate ; gave a verdict for plaintiff for £5 and costs. By the decision, the question of liability, was still left open. The interpretation we put on the Act is that any dog, whilst , in the charge " ergo" under the command of any person, that person is liable for any . damage the dog may commit. , A correspondent writing from Crom- . well, says : —" If any inference can be drawn from the freedom in which money is spent, I decidedly must infer that the , miners in the district are doing well, and . as good humour universa'ly exists on all [ sides, the miners are not alone in their , prosperity. The Chinese must be doirg we 1. One storekeeper bought £IU) . worth of the precious metal on Saturday I last from Celestial gold-seekers. The river t is still keeping low, and affords a fine chance to those parties who are working on its banks. The total amount realised by the bazaar and ball, held at Alexandra in aid of the Dunstau Hospital, including a few sul» . scriptions handed in at the same time is ,£207 5s Gd. An unprecedented sum, when we come to consider that the total ' population of the district is not more than two-hundred-and-fifty persons. The Oamaru Times says : —" An an- ' nouncement in this issue notifies that the District School will be re-rpened on iWonI day, the Bth inst., under the Mastership if Mr Neil Fleming, late Teacher in the 3 Dunedin Middle district School. The attention of parents and others is directed to the announcement. The Burghers ,of Clyde are again e-.illed upon to elect one of their fellows to fill the => post of C iimcillor, rendered vacant through HvMorice resigning, on account of leaving the district. ! r Morice has stated Indues not resign to shirk the responsibilities of office. It is to be hoped some other gentleman will come forward to undertake the duties with as much spirit and v ith as c good a will as did the Doctor. The day is e notfardistant when the Mayor will be ready '• to receive nominations. Un that day, let e the people of Clyde shew in their selection, L that they are in earnest in their with, to II put the rightman in the right place, and that e they invest that amount of importance on r the occasion it so urgently requires.