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Dunstan Times, Issue 303, 14 February 1868, Page 2

On account of the late floods and the bad state of the Toads, the usual fortnightly Escort did not leave Clyde on Monday morning last. We are requested by the Treasurer of the Dunstan District Hospital to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of £lO from Messrs Richard Thomas and Charles Tippett, residents of Cromwell, who are about paying a visit to the old country. A s this munificent sum was the voluntary gift of two prosperous miners, we are induced to make special notice of it, in the hope that others in their prosperity may think as considerately of their less fortunate fellows. A meeting of the Clyde School Com mittee was held in the School House on the 31st ult. I resent: —Mr. DM‘Pherson in the Chair, and Messrs. Hastie, Barlow, George, and A Christophers. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and confirmed, a letter fr m Mr. Hislop, Secretary to the I'ducationul Board was read and ordered to he received. Mr. A Christophers was appointed Honorary Clerk and Treasurer. Messrs Hastie, Barlow, and George wore appointed the Visiting Committee for six months. It was resolved to allow the Church Choir to continue to use the Schnolhouse for their practice, on such evenings as will not interfere with the Schoolmaster’s night class. The usual vote to the Chair concluded the proceedings. The long pending action Cameron v ; The Daily Times and Witness Compa ' ny, has at length been concluded. His Honor Mr. Justice Chapman, after, hearing the various affidavits read, ' pronounced judgment in favor of the Plaintiff, as follows; —“I accept the i affidavit of Mr. Vogel, and Mr. Campbell, as a satisfactory “amende ”to I the Court. No other proceeding in I connection with the matter will be i taken against them. But who is to ! | pay tile costs ! In all the cases, costs | have been paid by the de inquent party : 1 know of no case in which it has been otherwise. Therefore, the former rue will bo absolute, with costs, and the several parties will be discharged : in other words, the rale will be discharged, the defendants paying the costs. We see by the Provincial Government (mzettc ” cf the sth inst.— “That Te ders arc invited for the construction of an Iron Pile and Girder Bridge over the Shotover at Fos. ter’s Ferry." The “ Daily Times ” speaking on the probability of a General Election, urges upon one and all the desirability of registering, thus qualifying them selves to vote when the Elcction s come on, and says,—“between the Ist January and 31st March, applications to register are received, and we cannot too strongly counsel those who arc as yet unregistered, or who are registered in respect to property, to which they cease to have any claim, to register or re-register as the case may ho. The “Melbourne Evening Star, ” of the 22nd inst. says ;—“ We believe tint the Government do not intend to send down any vessel to search the Aucklands for any more of the snniv ors of the 1 General Grant, ’ or of any other vessel which may have been wrecked in the neighborhood. No doubt, however, the Australian Insurance Company will take some steps to try and recover the large amount of gold which was on hoard the ‘General Grant, ’ end which was insured in their office. Messrs. Bohei tscn rnd Co. report: —A large quantify of the wool of th c Province has reached Town, a conridI erablc quantity of which has been ofI fared at public sale with the result we j have anticipated. At the first sale ; some 2000 bales were catalogued, ai d j only ah. at 200 sold. At our first i sale, on thc 1 Jth ult. wc offered between 8 0 and OPO bales, of which we

wertj Qjjly" able dispose of some 80 baletj. Prices, however, cunsUerihg those ruling at Home by last advice, were pretty satisfactory. Greasy wool (Meriib) fetched at orirsale &|'to BJd for some CO bales; scoured, super combing, second do. and super clothing fetched lsßd : slipe, inferior, ICd per lb.; cross bred wool, greasy, 6.1 dto 7|d per lb.