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Dunstan Times, Issue 304, 21 February 1868, Page 2

Yesterday, being (be day set apart for humiliation and prayer, the business places wore, without an exception closed. Divine service was also held in the different Churches in the .District, Hastily convened meetings have beendield dining the'past week by the miners of the various goldfields, to take into consideration the Circular emanating from the Government respecting the readjusting of the Gold fields regulations, and to select candidates suitable to act as Delegates On \\ ednesday last, at the Teviot, a miner hamed John Hoyle was nomi- 1 nated to represent the District of 1 Teviot, and on Saturday evening, at I Alexandra, a miner named hj illiam ! Forster was nominated to represent; the same District; not being acquaint cd with either cf the candidates, we j cannot-make any comments on their respective capabilities, i otbarespoken of very highly by t c-ir respective supporters. For the Duuatan Cistiict, three candidates are brought. forward iu the persons of Colin C. | M‘lntyre, Vincent King, and Peter | Gilchrist M‘Arthur; we do not know | either Mr. King, or Mr. M‘Arthur, therefore any remarks would be su-! periluous, but from our knowledge of Mr. MTntyre, we consider him highly eligible, from the simple fact of his having t ecn a mtmbir of a Victorian Mining Board, among which body he was not only ILteued to. but was a most diligent member. The General Government have intimated that in the event of the Duke of Edinburgh electing to visit all the chief Provinces of New Zealand, that ■the sum of XSOOO, appropriated for reception expenses would be increased by the addition of 110,000, making in all £15,000. There is every pro bability that the Prince will visit all the important Provinces. Having accepted the Otago invitation ho will feel bound to also respond to those from Canterbury, Nelson, and southland (if sent) . There are only nine Provinces, and supposing the amount were equitably distributed, Southland’s share would enable this Province to give lum a loyal welcome without in any way overtasking the resources of the Province. “ Southland Times.” It is notified in the “New Zealand Government Gazette” of the 30th ult., that hii ExceHeniy the Governor has been phased to make the following appointments:—Henry John Abel, Esq., to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Varriages, for the District of li ackstoue. Arthur David Harvey, Esq., to be Deputy of ihe Registrar of !> arriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District cf Duustau. At a meeting of the Cromwell Town Council, held cn the 15th hist.; on | the motion of Councillor V/heticr, and | seconded by Councillor Smitham, Mr. I 1 George Jeucrn was appointed to rho \ office of Town Clerk, vece Mr. hj. F ■ Badger, dismissed, We glean from the Canter Duty pa- 1 pers, that the effect of the .ate .mods iu tnat Province has been most disastrous. In the Tcmnica District alone, the loss is estimated from XIOO,OOO i to XI 50,000.

The usual fortnightly meeting of tho Clyde Town Council was held in the Council Chamber, on Tuesday evening last the 17th inst. Present, Mr D. M.Pherson, Mayor, and Councillors 11 yau,'Goodwin, and ambrido-e. The minutes of previous meeting wi r s read and confirmed. A letter lrom the Secretary of the Dunstan District Ho3pital, signifying tha-t the Committee of that Institution had resolved to rent the Chambers on the terms as proposed, was read and ordered to be reeeived. On the motion of Councillor Goodwin, seconded by Councillor Cambridge, it was resolved that the consideration of the resignation 'of Councillor Ryan ; also the memorial of the Fire i rigade, and othei important buriness be defeired till next general meeting. A vote to the Chair terminated the proceedings. The appended Proclamation, signed by Lis Honor the Superi tei.dent, appears in Monday's issue of the "Daily Times," and attached thereto is the official correspondence relative to the outrage committed on a Chinaman at Naseby. Mr. Sub Inspector Sincock's report, however, furnished to the Commissioner of Police, represents the outrage as having been greatlv exaggerated, and states that the Chinaman was a "great liar „ and " a good dea of his conduct was assumed for purposes of his own ■':—" M hereas s< vera] instances have occurred, wherein the Chinese in the Province have beei, made the subject of persecution by the diurbp an and other residents of the Goldiields—in one case a gross outrage having been committed by a num ber ot persons on a single Chinaman, and in another, threats having been used to induce Chinese miners to re. move from the locality they had selected in which to carry out their operations.—Notice i.-, hereby given that the Chinese have come to Utago under promises made by successive Superin tendents that those who came would , be fully protected, the Provincial GoI vernment is determined to fulfil that j promise : and the Police are strictly J enjoined to keep a protective watch I over the Chinese population, to lose no time in bringing tho perpetrators I thereof to justice. Tho Superintendent relics upon the assistance of all right-thinking well-disposed people to aid him in affording that protection to the Chinese which every person residing within a British settlement has | tho ri.litio count upon."—Waikouuiti i Herald. The following account of a new 1 system of sheep-washing is taken from j the "Oamaru Times':—"We have ! been shown by Mr. Fairer a sample j of wool from Messrs. Douglas, Alderj son, and Co.'s station, at Deep Dell, i j Macrae's Flat, washed upon the she. p's back, 1 y the new spout-washing process. It is beautifully clean, and almost as good as scoured wool. It must of Course be renumbered that the present has been an unusually favorable season for the process, in consequence of the absolute absence of dust; but it is evident, from the excellence of the sample and the small ness of the cost, that the system is well worthy of adoption by all our wool growert. Mr. Farrer states that the sheep are placed in a hot-water tank, heat 108 degrees, after which they are immediately brought under, a heavy fall of clean cold water (height of fall three feet six inches) ; after which they are passed on to a jet. A heavy fall of water got s into a box four feet by tour feet six inches wide at the bottom. A number of plates, with slits one-eighth of an inch apart, are at the bottom of this b x, and the water plays from these jets with great, force against the shet p' going direct to the skin, and taking out all dirt of every description. From one thousand to twelve hundred wethers and fifteen months' woo'lled hrggets have been washed in eight hours by nine men, at a cost of lid. per sheep. The sample in question can be seen by any person interested in such matter at our ofliet." Thy " Oamaru Times " cf the 14th inst. says—" On Ihuruky st'i i i<ht a very extraordinary allkir occurred , at the Missr, Julius' Statior, Hugged ! Ridges, ii'O.ii which there«m. be lit- ! tie doubt tliat the parties implicated ! intendedtc have stink up tht taiicn, ■ but woi e either vmabh to carry out j their purpose, ti lii.dii.g that the household were roused an > prepared to meet fnarins with fin-aims, it the Icttn p si ci ■u.'cr to nuheefi. The eiiciu.:tices of the case were these : About 10 p.m. on I the night referred to, Mr. Hegiuald

Julius was seated in the kitchen of his cwu house, when the servant called his attt ntion to the circumstance that two mounted men were riding about the premises. Not imagining mischief, Mr. Julius went round the house but could see no one; thinking this circumstance suspicious he returned, and taking up an old revolver which had been loaded for months went out into the garden, the servant locking tho door behind him. While going down the path two pistol shots were fired at him from behind some willow trees growing a few yards to his right, but fortunately without taking effect. Convinced now tat there was real ground for alarm, he bethought himself that in all probability the revolver he held would be useless in a hard to h£«r.d encounter, in consequence of the likelihood that it would miss fire, hiving b;en kept loaded so long, lie therefore deemed it Pprudei.t to return icr another. Reaching the house door he found it locked, and knocked for admittance for some time in vain. At length being admitted, he loaded three chambers of a clean revo vtr (cr.e of them as he afterwards found, with a bullet only), and again went out. Just beyond the fence he saw ore man mount ed, and another with his loot in the stirrup, and immediately afterwards both rode away. He fired one barrel after the retreating men, but would scarcely be liki ly to have touched either, as they were almost, if not quite out of range He then returned to the house, and after ordering the doors to be locked, kastem d to the men's houses, situated some distance from his own house, and gave the alarm. Several of them saldcd forth, and on reaching one of the paddocks it was plainly to be seen by the action of a mare which was tethered there, and was galloping round and round and neighing loudly, that other horsss were either then, or h.ul recently been in the immediate vicinity, but nothing further was Seen of the bushrangers. Suspicion has fallen upon two men, who have been described to the police, ! but we have not yet heard whether there is any probnli ity of the perpetrators of the outrage being identified and captured. The footmarks of one 'of the men were plainly seen in the garden on the following morning, and the place where the horses had been tied up wis also discovered." V, e were i.i possession of this'information previous to our last issue, but were re-. quested to w.thold the publication j for obvious reasons. '1 he fifth annual Cricket Match be- j tween the Christchurch and Otago • teams took place in Dunedin on the : lltli inst., and end-id in favor of Otago ; the scores being, Canterbury, 102, and Otago, 101, with nine wickets to fall. A mi Bt ''etertnined attempt at suicide was made by a male prisoner, in I the It.ck-upat Cycle, on Saturday last. ' ; The would-be Mtieiile had been em ; ployed as a shepherd on the station of Messrs. Gregg and Turnbull, and for some short time past had exhibited symptoms of unsoundness of mind. He was brought in o Clyde tor medical examination, and while awaitin" the attendance of th Visitin/ Surgeon lie made the attempt upon his life, and i flicti'd some severe gashes in his throat with a piece of an eart enware jug, which he had broken for that purpose. correspondent at the Bannockbum writes us the following, respecting the Cold Duty :—" With a patient submission, worthy of serfs, this unjust, oppressive, and exceptionable tax his been borne by the miners, and unless outward pressure be brought forward to support the praiseworthy ellorts of the member for the Lakes, it may require another generation to put an end to this obnoxious impost. Would our business men display a little more energy, the present condition of affairs might be greatly improved. The business and mining interests may be truly said to be ide. - tied. The mii.ers have Lttle or no facility to obtain an expression of public opinion. When the future annals of Otago come to be published, no doubt a grateful and graceful tribute will be rendered to the mining community of tin present d y, in compensation for this intolcr.ule tax upon ti.ei. iudustry." We a,ro hj ,ppy to tito tint the road between Oh de ar.il Que. ust,i wn is | again open for light tiwdic; the Mail i Coach passed safely round tho i row I Bluff on Tuesday morning. We canI not sty when loaded waggons will be I able to complete the journey, as the ! present works are but temporary.

In another portion of our columns will be seen an advertisement by the Secretary of the I'e.ief Committee, for claims from pel-sons entitled to reief on account of losses by the late floods. The first of a series of Monday Evening Concerts, took place at t. George's Hall, Dunedin, on Monday evening last; the attendance was very satisfactery, and the ( oncerts promise to be a great success We extract the f.-Bowing from M.' Warden Robinson's official report, 'lated the 31st January : —" I my mention that I find there are in the district one hundred and ninety-live water-races granted, and entitled to live hundred and twenty sluice heads of water. There are besides app'ic itions in the offices for one hundred and thirty-six heads of water in various reces now in course of construction, making in all six hundred and fifty-six heads of water either now in use or shortly to be turned to account This quantity of water is more thaisufficient to find profitable employment for the number-of miners in the district, and, as the sluicing ground is not likely to be exhausted for many years to come, there is but little reason to fear a diminution in the yield of gold. On the contrary, as some of the great races late y finished, and others that are commenced, into steady work, it is fairly to be expected that there wiil be a considerable increasein the quantities to be escorted. Ol this large quantity of water ■ o less than two hundred and sixty-eight heads are registered at the Cromwel office, and most of the new applications are made at that office for water in the UpperCluthaValley. Estimated population^—European miners, 750 ; Chinese, 250; others, 900 ; total, 1,900. This estimate is mainly based on the returns of the late census. It includes about 150 persons chiefly miners beyond the actual bounds of the Goldfield. wi— m mum mtmrnammmmmmmm a