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Dunstan Times, Issue 329, 14 August 1868, Page 2

The Escort on Monday last took down the following quantities gold : Cromwell ... 3540z. Odwt. Dunstan ... 7-4oz. 9dwt. Alexandra ... 7420z. I Odwt. Dunstan Creek... 2780z Odwt. Mount Ida ... 3040z. Odwt. Blacks 4040z. Odwt. Total 2,8070z Bdwt. We are requested by the Treasurer of the Dunstan District Hospital to acknowledge the receipt of the sum of 28/. 17s. being the proceeds of the Ball given in aid of the'lnstitution on the occasion of the opening of the handsome Ball Room lately added by Air. R. Kidd to his hotel at Cromwell. Also 9Z. from Mr. M'Connochie, of Clyde, being t'.eamount of stakes won by his horse at the late Spring Meet ing of the Dunstan Jockey Club. On Monday evening last a Meeting of the Ratepayers of Clyde was held in I the Council Chambers, to elect Auditors for the ensuing year. A limited number were in attendance. Mr. J. Hazlett, Mayor, occupied the Chair. Mr. A. Christophers and Mr. G. Clark were nominated and, there being no opposition, the Mayor declared them du y elected. The appointment -of Mr. Vincent Pyko as Go'thiolds Warden, also the appointment of Mr. George Jenour, as Registrar of BirthsD. aths, and Marriages for Cromwell District (vice R. F. i Ihulger resigned) is notified in the I Xew Zealand Government GaveUvof the ! 15th of July. In the same Gazelle itis proclaimed that the Petty Session '■■ Act, 1863, came into force in the I'ro vince of Otago on he Ist hist., and j that Clyde and Cromwell were districts under the Act. A meeting of the Clyde School Committee was held on the 30th ult: Five members were present. Dr. C. Shaw occupied the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed after which a letter from the Secretary of the Educational Board and the Schoolmaster's Monthly Report were read and received. The Clerk reported that the gross proceeds of the Lecture delivered by the Rev. (J. S Koss, in aid of the Funds, to be IK. odd. A vote of thanks to the Rev. C. S. Ross for his serviceswas recorded. Messrs. M'Pherson, Haz'ett, and Shaw were appointed the Visiting Committee for the ensuing six months. Accounts to the amount 1/ 14s. were passed for payment Vote of thanks to the chair terminated the meeting. A meeting of the committee of the Clyde Public Library took place on Wednesday evening last, Messrs M" Pherson (Chairman) Hazlett, M'Connochie, Zicle, Facia.', 'and Cambridge were in attendance. The Secretary stated that the sum of eleven pounds had b en netted by the sale of Tickets on the occasion of the opening of the Library ; he also stated that lie had not as yet heard from Mr. G. Robertson of Melbourne respecting the books sent for, but anticipated by the next Mail receiving them. The Chairman and Secretary were instructed to obtain the services of some one to open the Library on the nights (Tuesday and Saturday) it is open to subscribers. We beg to remind those interested that the Publican's Quarterly Licensing Meeting, will bo held in the Court house, Clyde, on Tuesday the Ist September ; and that all applications must lie lodged with the Clerk of the Court on or before Monday, the 18th instant, at 4 p in. The Ball and Supper given by Mr. Robert Kidd of the Cromwell Hotel, Cromwell, in aid of the funds of the Dunstan District Hospital, was a very ' great success, and that Institute, is j considerably indebted to the liberality ! of Mr. Kidd.

The river Molyneux is pursuing the even tenor of her way in the most meek and admirable manner imaginable, and if she but continue to fall as she has done latterly we may expect to see many beeches that have been hid for many a long month. At Frenchman's Point, the Frenchman's, Enterprise, and Hit or Miss Companies are doing remarkably well. The Hit or Miss Company have this season struck better gold than ever they did before, the yield averaging about fifty ounces per day. The other companies are doing equally as well, in fact, we have heard, much better, rumour saying one hundred ounces a day is the average yield. The old point is quite alive, and puts one in mind of old times. The number of hands employed is somewhere about one hundred. At Butcher's Point things are looking very well, the ground turning out first-rate. To particularise every point or beach that is being worked would be tiresome, so we will only state the one fact, namely, universal satisfaction reigns in the district and everyone is doing well. The dredge Alexandra, the property of Messrs. Ilalladay and Co., and whichVas lately launched, has not as yet struck gold, but the proprietors are in expectation of reaching the yellow metal every day. The Alabama, moored off Sandy Hook, and the Clyde Dredge, moored off the Hospital Point, are doing very well indeed. The first-named has been realising about four ounces per week per man : the latter about three ounces. The shareholders in these enterprises fully deserve their good fortune, as they were for a long time working for nothing and paying wages. The Wellington correspondent of ihe Evening Star in his letter, dated August 3. says :—" Your Mr. Maeandrew has not taken much part in the proceedings of the Houseyet, although constantly to be seen at his post, and apparently watching what goes on with great interest. Mr. 1). Reid, however, has not remained idle. lie is a valuable addition to the Government party, and, as in the last session | has supported the Ministry in every ! question. He made a very fair speech on the Sunday clause in the Police Offences Bill, but its HVeet was greatly destroyed by what fell from Mr. Mervyn, whose disciction is evidently not equal to lis valor, and who eon. initially " puts his foot ia i:. " in a rather ludicrous manner. Oa the occasion of the consideration of this clause, Mr. Mervyn spoke in its favor and as an illustration of the manner in which the morals of the inhabitants of his district were shocked by tho Sunday traffic, he related, with great emphasis, that the storekeepers in that locality having determined to close their establishments on that day had had to reopen them again, owing to one of their number having broken his word and sold on a Sunday ; thu s added Mr. Mervyn, " being refrained from keeping the due observance of the Sabbath !" The Wellington Independent says:— The schooner Rifleman arrived hen l from Poverty Bay, the chief officer (Mr. Payne) being in command. The arrival of this vessel brings the unexpected intelligence that she (an English schooner owned by a. Lyttleton firm) was the conveyer of the prisoners from the Chatham Islands to the; neighbourhood of Poverty Day. The story of a French whaler, commanded iby a man named La Baste, is totally without foundation, and we cannot imagine how such a "hoax" could have been perpetrated and believed at Napier. The Maoris took the whole of- the cargo ashore, consisting of a great quantity of flour, sugar, tea, a case of gin, and a couple of cases of porter • and also stole all the wearing apparel, blankets, Ac, that they could hiy hands on. They finally brought two casks of water off the ship, and told the chief officer that lie and his ship and erewmight go, as they (the natives) had done with them. On the passage, in reply to the frequent inquiries of the chief officer, the Maoris said they had killed no one in the Chathams but had overpowered and " and tied them all up." Thsy appeared to be very jubilant over their performance, laughing constantly, and evidently pluming themselves on, their outwitting the too confiding white man. The New Zealand Government Gazette, of the IGth July, notifies that in addition to the days appointed for sittings of the District Court, Monday the 16th of November-, is appointed ; for a sitting of the Court at Clyde.

The claim and plant of the Great Eastern Mining Company, at the Rough Ridge, was sold by Messrs Cope and Faclie, under an Order given in the Warden's Court, St. Bathans for a dissolution of partnership', for the sum of Three hundred and ninety five pounds. The Auction Bazaar for the sale of gifts, in aid of the funds of the Cromwell School comes off to morrow evening at the School House. The ladies of Clyde presented the Rev, C S.Ross, Presbyterian Minister, wkh a silk reading gown, as a token of their esteem, and in appreciation of the indefatigable zeal and energy displayed by the reverend gentleman as a Christian Minister. The gown was made by aDunedin firm, at a cost of about 15?.