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Dunstan Times, Issue 367, 7 May 1869, Page 2

The Escort on Monday last took down the following quantities of gold;— Clyde 2520z. Odwt. Cromwell COGoz. Odwt. Alexandra 3400z. sdwt. Queenstown 10450z. Odwt. Arrowtown 4930z. Odwt. Teviot 3400z. 4dwt. Blacks 2520z. Odwt. Dunstan Creek ! 920z. Odwt. Mount Ida 330z. lOdwt. Total ... 3,5590z. 19dwt. A correspondent at the Teviot informs us, that Mr. P M'Gill of Tokomairiro has concluded after a visit to the district to erect a Flour Mil l at Benger Burn, Moa Flat. mill will be ready for next season’s crop. Mr. M'Gill speaks highly of the adaptability of the soil for wheat growing purposes. Our correspondent further informs us, that the disputed ground at Horse.Shoe Bend is thrown open for selection, the runholder being co m pensated at the rate of £5 per acre. We are requested to draw attention to the Sale of Jewellery and Household Property, at Clyde on Tuesday next, the 11th inst„ and to state that, aa Mr. Goodwin has determined to leave the District, all the property offered will be sold to the highest bidders.

As a pic-nic party from Araart, Victoria, were returning homo in a waggon, they Wefe accosted by a man, carrying a large box, who asked for a “ lift.” This was accorded him, and he was also entertained with some of the remains of the day’s feast. The man soon afterwards fell asleep, when a number of leeches escaping from his box affixed themselves to the lower extremities of the ladies, and general confusion was the consequence. The leech gentleman and his box were at once ejected from the waggon, and the gentlemen retired to the bush to allow the ladies an opportunity to rid themselves of their troublesome attaches. The party afterwards returned home without further mishap. In Victoria mining operations are making gigantic strides. The Mining Record thus summarises the progress made —“ Where, eighteen years ago, not a man worked, there are now sixty-four thousand six hundred and fifty-eight miners and one thousand and forty-three steam-engines engaged on eight hundred and eighty-four miles of reefs, the value of the plant being estimated, in round numbers, at 2,150,432 1.

VYe see by Victorian papers that strict economy is the order of the day in that colony. A number of telegraph stations, the carrying on of which has resulted in loss, are to be closed, while some few others will be kept open only upon the personal guarantee of private individuals that any deficiency shall be made good by them. We have been requested to draw attention to the sale of Cattle, horses &o , which will take place at tow’s Cattle Yards, Arrow, on Saturday the 15th instant. At the same time and place, five hundred fat sheep will be offered in lots to suit purchasers. There seems a probability of troops being sent from IndiatoNew Zealand. The Indian Times, of the 30th January last, says:—“We shall not be in the least surprised if a telegram reaches Calcutta from London ordering the despatch of troops to New Zealand. It is tolerably evident that the local authorities of that colony are po-werless

to cope with the grave dangers that threaten the very existence of the European settlers. The Maoris are more than a match for the colonial levies, and, even if the Militia are called out, we doubt if they will be of much use, for want of competent

leaders. A strong force must, we fear, be despatched without delay, and j the stronger the better, in order that we may, onhe for all, crush these untaemable savages. Conciliation has been tried, and has failed too often. We have endeavoured to live in amity with these Maoris, and the result has been that they have conceived almost a contempt for the white man, whose leniency they mistake for cowardice. They have now sealed their own doom. We must deal with them now not merely as foes, but as executioners. If the detention of a few Europeans by an Abyssinian tyrant was sufficient cause for a costly expedition, ending, in the destruction of hundreds of his followers, and the death ol the madman himself, surely the cold-blooded murder of nearly half a hundred British subjects, the defeat of our colonial forces, and open defiance of our power, not only justify, but demand the prompt assemblage at the scene of action of such an array as shall teach them a lesson that they will not soon forget. The Bruce Herald in an article upon the recent spread of pleuro pnumonia in the Tokomairiro district, says,—“ We are informed that the inspector strongly advises every owner of cattle at once to have them vaccinated. When this is done with sound cattle, we understand there is but very little after danger with them ; for, should they take the disease, it would only be of a very mild form, and we have never heard of one such case proving fatal. Even in the first stages of the disease the animal may be vaccinated with advantage, as statistics prove that in such cases a much smaller proportion prove fatal than when they are left unvaccinated. The only thing we believe the 'Government can do in the matter, is to compel the owners of suspected or diseased cattle to confine them strictly to their own paddocks, and prevent We are given to understand that the English Mail, via, Suez, leaves

Port Chalmers on Saturday the 15th instant, therefore all letters and news, papers for that Mail should he posted at Clyde on Sunday tho 9th. *

On Saturday and Sunday last two accidents happened to men while crossing the Manuherikia river, but, we are happy to say, with no worse results than a good drenching. Prom the account that reached ua of the occurrences it appears that on Saturday a horseman, while crossing the river at the ford near Messrs. Gregg and Turnbull’s station, got into deep water, and ore he could reach the bank was carried some distance down the stream. The second accident oc curred to a foot passenger, who while crossing at the same place, was washed off his feet, and carried away by the current. In both cases the men were good swimmers, and after a great struggle succeeded in reaching the bank in safety, not much the worse other than from the effects of the fright and the wetting. The heavy rains that have fallen lately have had the effect of keeping the river Molyneux at a very high level to the detriment of not only the dredgers, but to the holders of beach claims, consequently through so many men being thrown out of employment business is dull.

The quartz claim at Bendigo Gull 7 Upper Clutha, is looking first class, the battery of stamps which has been at work for some time, is to be stopped in the course of a day or two for the purpose of cleaning up ; our informant, who is an old quartz miner, and upon whose judgment we have every confidence, says, that by the appearance of the ripple tables, the yield from the stone crushed will be somewhat near an ounce to the ton. From the Australasian we learn:— “The Secretary of the South Australian Jockey Club has announced that that the Club has cease i to exist, owing to the heavy debt always left to be paid out of the pockets of the Committee at the conclusion of the meetings. The amount of money raised by the sale of the booths and gates and by subscription has generallyfallen short of the advertised prizes to be run for, and the Club have had to subscribe the balance among themselves- It is considered very likely that a new Club will be formed before long.” In Queensland, Mr. Western Wood, Police Magistrate at Bowen, and Mr. Farley, a clerk itj the railway department. have been arrested, changed with having embezzled Government moneys.

Milling property in the Manuheiikia district, maintains its character ; during the past week, a one sixteenth share in the Excelsior Water race, Tinker’s Gully, was sold for the sum of 360/, likewise a one tenth share in M'Luskey’s race for 300/. ;in either case, the Company was the purchaser. The Revising Officer will hold a Court for the Electoral District of Manuherikia and Goldfields’ Towns, for the revision of the List of Voters, on Monday the 244h day of May, 1869, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at the Resident Magistrate’s Court House, Clyde.

their running upon Hundreds.” We have been given to understand th t the Bishop of Christchurch, who is at present in Invcrcargil, intends passing through Clyde, on his way to Dunedin. Since writing tho above, we are informed that his Lordship arrived at Queenstown yesterday.