The Dunstan Times FRIDAY, 11th Oct. 1867.

Dunstan Times, Issue 285, 11 October 1867, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

FRIDAY, 11th Oct. 1867.

Heneath the rule of men entirely just, the pes is mightier than the sword! '

The Escort left on Monday with the following quantities of gold :—Dunstan 906 ounces, Alexandra 839 ounces 13 dwts. Cromwell 504 ounces, Black's 303 ounces, Dunstan Creek 404 ounces and Mount Ida 940 ounces ; making a total of 389 G ounces 13 dwts. We are requested by the Treasurer to the Dunstan District Hospital to acknowledge the receipt of a donation of ten guineas to the funds of that Institution, from Henry Campbell, Esq., Wanaka Station. The Secretary to the Dunstan District Hospital begs to acknowledge per Mr. Cope, the sum of fourteen pounds twelve shillings forwarded by Messrs vV. Theyers and L. G. Ryan, being the proceeds of the amateur Concert given on Saturday evening last at the Royal Mail Hotel, Alexandra in aid of the Hospital funds. In .the House of Representatives, Mr. Stafford in reply to the question by Mr. Carleton as to whether it was the intention of the Government to bring the Petty Session Act of 1865 into .operation, said : The house had expressed generally so strong a desire that steps should be taken to ensure a more regular attention to those duties, which Justices of the Peace when they were appointed had promised to undertake, that they would have no right to complain if, when it was proved that they had neglected those duties, they should be removed from the Commission of the Peace. The Government would bo prepared to take steps, during the recess, to enforce the Clause i elating to the attendance of Justices, and he had no doubt it would result in the removal of a very large hiumber of the present Justices of (he Peace from the Commission. The Amateur Concert on Saturday last, at the Royal Mail Hotel, Alexandra, in aid of the funds of the Dunstan Dis- \ trict Hospita 1 , was a thorough success, i not only as a musical entertainment, but fur the object for which it was got up. j The promoters of the concert, Messrs Theyers and Ryan, and the performers Messrs Nancarrow Benney and Martin and Mr. W. Robertson who so unsparingly exerted themselves to amuse their audience, deserve our best thanks, and it is to be hoped that their example will be fol lowed up in other places. At the close of the entertainment, Mr. Theyers proposed a vote of thanks to the performers, which was followed by three spontaneous cheers from all present. The " Tuapeka Press" says : rangements have been made, in connexion with the Presbyterian Church, Extension Committee, to provide a ministerial supply for Clyde, Alexandra, Black's, Roxburgh, and Moa Flat. The Rev. Dr. Copeland, to whom was entrusted the task of conducting the necessary negotiations, visited Clyde and the intermediate place, and the result has most satisfactory. The Rev. Mr. Ross (probationer) undertakes the charge of Clyde and Alexandra, residing at the latter township, and (we presume) occasionally visiting Black's and other outlying localities ; and Mr. Telford taxes up his abode at the Teviot, holding services also at Moa Flat every Sunday.'' We understand that a meeting of the Committee of the Dunstan Jockey Club will be held on Monday evening next, to draw up a programme and arrange preliminaries for the forthcoming races. Chinese labor is now being taken advantage of to a considerable extent by the large sluicing parties. A party at the Bannockburn engaged and set to work twenty Chinamen on Monday last; they are to receive twenty- eight shillings per week, and found ; the employers providing a Celestial cook. An interesting horse race took place on Tuesday, from Alexandra to Clyde, between Mr. G. W. lde's g. g. Billy, and a handsome brown gelding, belonging to Mr M'Elroy; the match was well contested, and occupied thirty five minutes, Mr. M'Elroy being the victor. The " Nelson Evening Mail" says : " We learn that private letters have been received by the last mail, stating that rumors were prevalent in circles likely to ba well iuformed on such subjects, to the \

effect that Mr. Pope Henuessy would probably be the new Governor of New Zeaiand. It is a matter of notoriety that Mr. Hennessy, who has recently been appointed Governor of Labuan and GonsulGeneral of Borneo, has had six months' leave of absence extended to him, on the understanding that should any vacancy in the Colonial Department, ot a more eligible character or nearer home, occur before the expiration of chat period, Mr, Hennessy's strong claims on the consideration of the party with which he cooperated in Parliament will receive more satisfactory recognition from Lord Derby's Government Although Mr. Hennessy has not filled any appointment of a simi lar character, he is acknowledged on all hands to be possessed of abilities of the highest order, and the rumor, seems to have some substantial foundation, if only in the terms on which he has accepted his appointment as Governor of Labuan."