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Dunstan Times, Issue 327, 31 July 1868, Page 2

The Escort on Monday last took down the following quantities of gold:— Queenstown ... 4920z,11dwt. Arrowtowu ... 3990z. Odwt. Cromwell ... 500oz. Odwt. Dunstan ... 1,0230z. 3dwt. Alexandra ... 5230z. Bdwt. Dunstan Creek... 3970z Odwt. Mount Ida ... 411oz. Odwt. Total 3,7470z 1 Idwt. The nomination for councillors took place at the Town Hall, Clyde, on Monday last. The following are the names of the gentlemen nominated. East Ward—Mr. llastie and Mr. Goodwin; West Ward—Mr. Zieleand Mr. Chadwick; South Ward—Mr. Feraud, Mr. Atkins and Mr. Patterson. The election takes place to-morrow (Saturday), when we hope the citizens will exercise judgment in voting and put the right man in the right place. At Cromwell, Mr. Michael Connellan, and Mr. Patrick Kelly were nominated for Councillors for the Kawarau Ward. Mr. Connellan had the show of hands in his favor. Mr. Kelly demanded a jvd 1 , which will take place on Saturday next, the Ist day of August 1868. Mr. John Simmons Burrowes was nominated for Councillor for the Bridge Ward ; he was duly elected, there being no other candidate. On Tuesday last, a meeting was held at the Bendigo Hotel, Alexandra to devise means to prospect tiie main bottom on the flat, near the Township. The meeting, was attended by the principal business people of the town. Mr, W. Beresford was appointed Chairman, and briefly stated the objects of the meeting. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting. A resolution was carried to the effect “ That the persons present, form themselves into a Committee for the purpose of collecting funds for prospecting the Molyneux Flat, near Alexandra.” Messrs Theyers, Elvers , and Chapp’e were appointed corectors to convas the District. Mr Theyers consented to act as Treasurer, and Mr. W. F. Forrest was appointed Secretary. A subscription list was drawn up, and £35 was subscribed by the persons present. A vote to the Chair concluded the proceedings. From the energetic manner in which the Townspeople have taken the matter up, there is every prospect of their efforts being crowned with success. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the Colonial “ Hansard, also Parliamentary papers, abstracts of results of Census taken in 18G7.

The Wakatip Mail says:—We omitted to mention that during the recent snow-storm, Mr. Manders had constructed a veritable sleige, with bellSj . which performed a journey to Frank- ' ton, round the district. The novelty of the affair attracted no little attention, for probably it was the first sleigh ever driven in New Zealand. Considering the hasty manner in which it had been fabricated, it ran magnificently smooth and rapid; but soon alas! the thaw came, and there is little chance that it will be brought into requisition again till next winter. —[Mr Mandors has been forestalled in sleigh driving. A Mr. Taylor of St. Bathan's, performed a somewhat similar feat to that of Mr. Manders about this time last year.—Ed. D. T.] 4fr A gentleman who was on board the Southland during the trip in search of the General Grant, concludes an excellent description of the voyage in the fol owing terms: —" But I purpose to write yet a few lines about the month we spent waiting on that fickle personage, the clerk of the weather. We kept shifting our little vessel from Sarah's Bosom to Carnley Habor whenever we got a slant ofwind.When it was impossible to get ashore, we would gather round the lire in the cabin, and do a turn of yarn-spinning. Some of Mr. Teer's stories about the >«, passengers of the General Grant were very heart-rending- One was horrible, and so apparently impossible, that I hesitate to record it. It is said that one of the survivors cf the wreck had his wife and children on board, and that he left them on the poop crying to him for Cod's sake to save them, in order to secure safety for himself. More-horrible to relate still, he is said to have plucked from his wife's bressta gold brooch she wore just before he threw her from his knees, to which she had been elinging for succour in her hour of direst need. Strong in contrast with this was the noble conduct of Mrs. Ota, who, with her children, got a seat in the boat which was capsized. When she was last seen she was struggling with the waves, with a child under each arm. The mate's wife was on board the ship, and he had arranged to return with the lifeboat, in which he was making a trip to the lomr-boat, in order to brine her and the captain off. They were pulling close to the wreck, on their return, when the ship was seen settli g down fast, and the men refused point , blank to proceed any further. The mate had thus to stand idly by and see the wife he had only just married fade from his sight for over, while he was powerless to help her He seemed never to rally from the sl.o.*k, and volunteered to go in the boat with the serene cheerfulness of a man whoso only wish was to die. I might mulf"ply my stories a hundred-fold, but I think that I have already spun my yarn to a sufficient length, and will therefore conclude with a hope that I may one of these days have to give you an account of the successful raising of the lost treasure. " Southland Times.