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Dunstan Times, Issue 319, 5 June 1868, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (FROM our own' correspondent.) DUNEDIN, TIIURSIAY, 4 P.M. The weather is very cold, and there lias been a heavy fall of snow. According to the Estimates, the Superintendent's sa'ary is to lo reduced to 11,100 ; Treasurer and Sectary, to £GOO ; Land and Works, to -CGO>); and for the two non-official members of the Executive, £4lO. Vogel and Duncan abstained from voting on their own salaries. The Criminal Sessions commenced on Wednesday. A true bill has been found agoinst Besemeres. Cronqucst has been found guilty, and sentenced to six mouths' hard labor. The remains of Mr. Julius were removed to Oamarit on Tuesday, and were followed to the Water of Leith by the Superintendent, the Speaker of the Provincial Council, the members of the Executive, and a large number of citizens. Mr. Shepherd's motion, " That the petition from Cromwell, praying for on extension of the goldfields in the Clutha district, be referred to the favorable consideration of the Government," was carried. Symms has been tried and found guilty.

BLACK’S.

(Feom A Correspondest. ) May 29. Recent changes in the Provincial Council will no doubt be beneficial to those, who are really desirous of settlement upon the lands; many member's hitherto indifferent to the requirements of tire small bona-fide settler—will gradually adopt a different opinion; great praise is due to the Goldfiekls’members, and the feeling of the country will support measures which the people sincerely believe in, that aim at the establishment of the agricultural class upon a permanent basis ; it is a pity our District member does not support the working classes ; retirement to his sheep walk should be recommended, as his short watery speeches are of little avail to either side. The important season for farming operatio-s has now commenced, speedy arrangements should be made, and an instalment of the promised land (say 2000 acres) should at once be marked off; several parties are here waiting to take up land, and we hope they will not be disappointed. A movement has lately been made to establish a School. On Wednesday last, apu lie meeting was called for that object; the Resident magistrate, (W. L. Simpson Esq.) in the” Chair. A letter iroui Mr. ilislop, Secretary to the Educational Board was read, wherein it was recommended, that a committee should be formed, and suggested that £75 salary to a teacher and .£25 rent allowed, would be about the amount per annum generally al lowed by the Board for outside schools A committee of nine members was appointed, consisting of Mes rs Simpson Stronach, Burke, Ryan, Dniidas, ',i< Clusky, Graham and Pitches. The Educational Board have since 'been apprised of the election. We may congratulate ourselves on having secured such an energetic and promising committee. Electoral roll appeals are shortly to be heard at Clyde Court; it seems hard that the mining community should have to trudge, so many miles to substantiate their claim, surely the Resident Magistrate’s Court here i could better decide iu such cases, hav- ; iug advantage of local knowledge. | Are the recommendations of the Commission to be carried out? a warden is absolutely necessary for this large i )isi net,and he wdl soon be busily engaged when iucreasid settlement takes place. June 2. The Engineer for Roads ami Bridges passed through this place last week. Little was seen of him. It is rumored that he was looking out a site for a bridge across the Manuherikia, in connexion with the trunk line of road. It would bo of great assistance to j such officials if the Resident Warden j were consulted iu matters of this j kind I mean as regards the most ; practicable route. Valuable infonnai tion might be obtained, and no bins jbo apt to creep in. It is decidedly ad- ! vantageous that the different Government departments work harmoniously together. Immediate survey of a line of road should be adopted. Much loss would then be spared to industrious proprietors of road-side houses, and .also to those ‘who have small patches of cultivation. In neighboring colonics it is usual to mark out a definite line when a gol Ifield is proclaimed or a large population is expected to settle down. A groat amount of public inconvenience is thereby freque t y avoided This is an admirable season for stock, and cultivation, so far as permitted, progresses favorably. The current price of oats is fis* Gd. per bushel ; potatoes, £lO to ,£ll perton; fresh butter, 2s. Gd. per pound ; eggs and poultry, none ; gold, the same old price, 755. The original Limited Liability Company has, again got into office, and let ns hope they will give us a few hundieds of acres to start with. The Wakatip Runs are not to be sold. Surely other districts are entitled to consideration.