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Dunstan Times, Issue 316, 15 May 1868, Page 2

We are glad to notice the Clyde Town Council have taken action in the matter of ‘‘time”. The arrangement is that Wellington time is to be kept by the Clock; at the Town Hall. Let us hope that all tne watches and clocks in the Town will be regulated accordingly. Quartz mining in Otago notwithstanding the many difficulties that has attended this branch of industry promises to be a success at last. A crushing of 71 tons from the Great Eastern Claim, Mt. Ida District has yielded 183 oz. lldwts of gold. We have received a Pamphlet printed by Mr. Joseph Mackay, of Dunedin, the substance of which, is a long tirade of grievances of one H. C. Hertslet, late a Clerk in the Goldfields Department, Dunedin. Mr. Hertslet comes before the public, in the shape of a “ man with a grievance, ” and inflicts upon us the perusal of a pamphlet, from which we glean, that having been unsuccessful in the manufacture of bricks and tiles, ultimately becomes so reduced in circumstances, that he accepts an appointment as Clerk in Mr. Vincent Pyke’s Office, Secretary for Goldfields, and is dismissed in consequence of an accusation made against him by Mr. Pyke of “ habitual intemperance ” and “ general inefficiency ’ the case having been previously inquired into by Mr. Mason, the Mayor of Dunedin. Since this, Mr. Hertslet has received from the Government the sum of £6O compensation for loss of office, and has been duly installed as a Toll-collector on the Anderson’s Bay Road; he however apparently chafes under this monotonous employment, and fills up his spare moments between the collection of tickets, with writing a pamphlet on the subject of his “ wrongs ” interspersing it with a large amount of abuse of of Mr. Yin. cent Pyke, whose fault appears to be that, he is a strict disciplinarian, and requires on the part of his subordi. nates unremitting attention to their duties We must recommend Mr. Hertslet sticking to his “Toll or he may “ go farther and fare worse.” Respecting the alteration of Mails from England to Australia.—An announcement has been made by the Postmaster-General of the following alterations in the arrangements for despatching mails to India, China, ajid Australia, after the departure of the mails of the 20th and 26th February. The first mails for Australia under the new arrangment will be made up on the morning of Saturday, the 21st of March, and evening of Friday, the 27 th of March, and thenceforward on every fourth Saturday and Friday through the' year. As the packet from Marseilles to Alexandria will not call at Malta, the correspondence for that island will be sent wholly by the weekly packet from Southampton.

The New Masonic Lodge atjMount Ida was formally consecrated and duly opened on Tuesday the sth inst* The Past Masters present were Bros. Hyman and Eva, who had come from Dunedin expresslv to officiate. The imposing Ceremony of Consecration was completed in tka afternoon, and the ceremony of installation and investiture of the Worshipful Master and his officers conducted in the Evening. The Worshipful Master elected was Brother William Gruraitt. A Banquet in the evening was enlivened by the Local Brass Band now very efficient. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Town Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening, the 12th inst. The Mayor and full Council iu attendance, The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed. The outward correspondence was read and approved. The Town Clerk reported that the sum of £l3O. 10s. had been received from the Government as subsidy due on Rates collected for the half year ending 31st December ISG7, b«t that the amount was deficient by £2O. ss. The Plan of 5 acres of ground proposed to be leased by Mr. J. Holt for his Lignite Claim was taken into consideration. Mr. W. L. Baily, by consent of the Mayor, appeared on behalf for Mr. Holt in support of the application. After considerable discussion it was ultimately agreed, on the proposition of Cr. Cambridge, seconded by Cr. Hazlett, " That the application plan of ground applied for lie on the table." Carried. A vote of thanks to the chair concluded the meeting. William Shanley was charged at the Police Court Cromwell before H. W. Robinson Esq. R. M. with a breech of clause of the Licensing Ordinance. 1865; by retailing spirituous liquors without being duly licensed; accused merely holding a Wholesale License. A number of witnesses were heard for the prosecution, who testified to the fact that no money was paid for the spirits drank The case was therefore dismissed. No witnesses were called for the defence. An Auction Bazaar in aid of the funds of the Arrowtown School was held at Scholes's Royal Oak Hotel, Arrowtown. The amount realised was £43 10s. Mr. Cope, of the firm of Cope and Fache, Clyde, did duty as auctioneer, and kept the company highly amused throughout the time occupied by the disposal of the gifts. An impromptu ball concluded the evening's diversions.