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Dunstan Times, Issue 300, 24 January 1868, Page 2

The annual general meeting of the subscribers to the Dunstan District Hospital will be held this evening, at the Council Chambers, for the purpose of electing a Committee of Management for the ensuing twelve months; also the honorary officers of the institution, including Treasurer, Secretary, and Auditors. Eight o'clock p.m. is the time appointed, and it is to be hoped that these will bo a good attendance. A public meeting convened by the Mayor was held in the Council Chambers, Clyde on Tuesday evening last the 21st inst. Mr. Downing, who was voted to the Chair, opened the meeting by reading the requisition as follows. -To D. M'Pherson Esquire. Mayor.—Sir, "We the undersigned Ratepayers deeming it advisable that a Fire Brigade should bo at once formed at Clyde, respectfully beg of you to convene a public meeting to take into consideration so important a matter.— Signed, E. Barlow, C. Attfield and and others. The Chairman then said the desirability of forming a com. bined body for the protection of property could not for a moment be questioned, and he trusted tint one and all would render every assistance towards attaining the object sought by the re. quisitionists. Mr. Barlow said, as lire when once let loose paid no respect to either persons or property, he deemed it a duty on the part of the I Citizens of Clyde to establish a means! whereby its progress might he stayed. : To all things there wore begmings, and I he thought the first step to be taken in the matter was, the formation of a Brigade, that done, doubtless all other | riqiii: ite* in relation thereto would fol- j low in due course, and would propose, '' Seeing that the Town of Clyde narrow ly escaped being destroyed by fire on j Sunday the 12th inst. this meeting I considers it highly desirable, that a I Eire Brigade bo at once formed for the protection of property; seconded by Mr. GTrindley and carried. Mr. Cox rose and said.—That as no member of the Corporation was present, though the meeting was convened by the Mayor, he would suggest that before any further step be taken, that the views of that body be taken on the subject, Mr. Carter the Town Clerk, in answer to a question, said, he did not represent the Council, he was there as a citizen, and would bo pleased to render every assistance. Seventeen Gentlemen enrolled themselves as members of the Clyde Volunteer Fire Brigade. The Chairman said, by the enrollment of the seventeen gentlemen a Fire Brigade was formed, therefore the business of the meeting was at an end. With a vote to the Chair the meeting terminated. At a meeting of the Fire Brigade held immediately after the closing of the Public meeting, the various oilicors pro tern were elected. It was also arrangedj.hat the of. ficcrs should ascertain the probable cost of material required, also they should wait on the Town Council, and ascertain their views on the matter A matter of some interest to holders of water-races was lately decided at Cromwell by Mr. Warden Robinson. A miner named Phillipi had applied for two heads of water from a creek on the Cromwell road, known as the Nine-mile Creek. The application was opposed by the holder of a right previously granted. It appeared that this right had been practically abandoned for about two months (if not more), and the objection was consequently not sustained. This practically amounts to the doing aWay with the former grant, as there will not be water available for both parties. This case should bo a warning to the holders of water-rights to look after their property, and to keep it bona-fide in use if they desire to retain it. Water has now become such a valuable commodity that any quantity, hov/ever small, running to waste, is a positive irss to ! the community at large.

From a proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette we learn that Mr. A. R. C. Strode is appointed Curator of Intestate Estates. The "EveningNews"says:—"Once more we hear of the contemplated establishment of a second daily newspaper in Dunedinon thelimited liability principle. Now, once for all, let us state that two daily papers cannot ; exist in Dunedin. If is intended that • the new comer should kill the ' Daily Times,' and has the capital whereby to wage the war of extermination long • and strong, perhaps there is a chance of its killing the ' Daily Times' But, when the ' Times' sees a rival in the field, doubtless that now dull journal ' will effect a change for the better and the engagement of Messrs. Brthgate and Simmons looks very like a change for the better. We therefore hereby '' warn all concerned that a new daily newspaper is a most hazardous enterprise. The capital required is enor- : mous; the talent demanded is vast; ' the time and patience employed should be inexhaustible; its expenses are daily, but its receipts, very often, are only quarterly. Pause, therefore, ere you contemplate taking shares in the new concern." The " Wakatip Mail" says :—-"Most of oar readers are aware that several efforts have been made to bottom the Arrow Fat, and that great expense has been incurred by various parties in those attempts, but that hitherto they have not proved successful. We are informed that Mr. Warden Broad wrote some time since to the Provin cial Government, and earnestly recommended that a set of boring rods should be procured, to be lent to minors who might wish to prospect the Arrow and other flats in the neighborhood. The Government, acting on this valuable suggestion, have ordered the rods, and we understand that a party of miners is prepared, immediately on their arrival, to begin work on the Arrow Flat. The most sanguine hopes are entertainedof success. Wardensareseldom given to making useful suggestions for the benefit of the miners, and wo feel sure the pubiic will not be slow to appreciate Mr. Broad's conduct, and will, at the same time, award a good meed of praise to the Provincial Government for carrying out the suggestion in so spirited a manner. The-Gorge Prospecting A ssociation sent to Melbourne, per last mail, for a set of rods, and it is to be hoped that in a few weeks two sets of boring apparatus will be available for testing the numerous flats and terraces in the Wakatip district." The following remarks, extracted from the " Bruce Herald" applies equally to this district.—"Amongst the causes which prove destructive to the success of public movements, we know of none that becomes so speedily and serious a drag on the wheels of advamenrmt a? tin want of punctuality in the meetings connected therewith, as, although there may be men—and we know of such—wdio may be disposed to sacrifice their private interest and convenience for the benefit of the community, they soon become tired and disgusted, when meetings duly ad vertiscd to take place at a specified hour, are delayed for an hour or hours beyond the time. This objectionable practice prevails to .a high degree in Tokomairiro ; and we thus publicly allude to it with the hope that in future all meetings will be punctually attended, and thus prevent the probable contingency of losing the valuable services of those energetic and public spirited men who know the value of time, and who wish usefully to employ it." In the Warden's Court, Cromwell before 11. W. Robinson Esq. Warden, on Wednesday last, Kelly and party sued Knudsen and party for damages dene to the Plaintiffs' Water Race on Christmas day last, caused through defendants' Water Eace breaking away. The amount claimed being only for the actual money paid to repair the darnoge done. Judgment for the amount,£f> 10s sd. was given. This was the only ease that occupied the attention of the Court.. During the past week two Lunatics were taken before IT. W. Pvobinson Esq R M. at Clyde ; one a Chinaman named Chin Cheo from the Bannockburn, was remanded to Dunedin, he being a violent lunatic, since his confinement ho has been extremely violent. The otlr er a man named Tyrrctt was brought in from Black's ; he was remanded for three days for medical examination. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Clyde Town Council lapsed through the want of a quorum.