LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 408, 11 February 1870, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Escort on Monday last took down the following quantities of gold : Queenstown 131-loz l.idwt. Arrowtown 51!)oz ICclwt. Cromwell 4540z. Odwt. Clyde 3u2oz. Odwt. Alexandra 178oz. Odwt,. Blacks 3020'z. Odwt, Buns tan Creek 380oz. Odwt. Mount Ida S33oz. Odwt.

Total ... 42530z. lldwt Mr. MTverrow’s survey party have successfully made the journey in the short space of live days between the head of Lake Wakatip, by way of the valleys of the Dart and "Routeburn, to Lake M'Kerrow, on the West Coast, and hack. Mr. M'Kerrow .stages that the journey can be made at almost any season of the year as there is not more than five miles of country on the dividing range which is exposed and without timber. The distance from lake to lake is not more than thirty-five miles. The extreme height above sea level of the highest point traversed by the party was four thousand five humhed feet. There is feed for horses and cattle nearly' the whole distance, and a bridle-track could he cat for 2,0001., when a journey to Martin’s Bay could he easily made in o: e day from the head of Lake Wakatip. along the valley of the Dart the partj discovered a considerable extent of fine agricultural land, and there are some patches of capital grazing country at intervals the entire distance. At one place there are some fifteen thousand acres in one block. This is the shortest and best route yet discovered, and is forty miles nearer than by the old route of the Von, Mararoa, and Greenstone Rivers, and the altitude to be reached is the same. The party arrived at Queenstown on Tuesday night at a late hour, in good health, only slightly ' fatigued from the effects of their journey. Mr R. W. Daniels, the contractor for the mail between Clyde and Queenstown, informs us that ho lias visited both Martin’s Bay and Milford Sound from the Coast, and that the latter place could be reached in about thirty miles, and, judging from appearances, the country would not be difficulut to true er.se. Mr. Daniels also says that Milford Sound is one of the finest harbors in New Zealand, and easy of access at any time and in any weather, while Martin’s Bay, during a south west wind, which is the prevailing wind on the. West Coast, is unapproachable. Those who are qualified to have their names placed on the Electoral Roll, and have not done so are reminded that this and the following month only remain for them to take the necessary steps. We may also mention that when a change of residence or the nature of qualification lias taken place a fresh application is necessary. Great annoyance was felt last year in several instances through persons being disqualified in consequence of informality. The Morven and Nevis Punts, on the Kawarau river (in consequence of the dissolution of partnership of the proprietors), are to he sold by auction at an early date. The preliminary notice appears as an advertisement in .another column.

House property appears to he depreciating much in value in Hokitika, according to a contemporary a four roomed house lately fetched the very small sum of 6-while not long previously a similar property whs sold for 150/.

Sir George mul Lady Bowen lately paid a visit to the celebrated Long Drive Claim, a share in which it will he remembered is held by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The party were received by Mr. Muir the Manager, and Sir George and Lady Bowen were conducted in a car to the end of the drive, smie three hundred and seventy feet, when Lady Bowen stepped from the car and, being supplied with a light pick by the manager, struck from the reef a very line specimen of stone, which she was asked to accept as a souyenir of her visit. An address to his Excellency was read and suitably replied to, and the party left the claim highly delighted with their visit.

The delay in opening up the Ohineniuii country by the Government appears to have given great dissatisfaction. A monster meeting was lately held at the Thames, at which about three thousand diggers were present, and some very strong language was made use of. A second meeting look place a few days afterwards. at which one of the speakers very forcibly ad vocated physical force, and proposed that the miners should take forcible possession of the country It was ultimately resolved that a memorial on the subject should be forwarded to the Superintendent. The Oamaru Annual Race Meeting is appointed to he held on St Patricks day, 17Di March next. A sum of about 300k will be given in stakes.

Fmmtlie Australasiuil we extract the following ; —“• The representatives of the celebrated pedestrians, Frank Hewitt the champion half mile runner of England, and J. G. Harris, the champion of the colonics, met afc this office, and the preliminary arrangement* were entered inio for five matches for the sum of 100k each, vis ; —IOO yards, 150 yards, 200 yards, 300 yards, and 440 yards, the matches to be run on the .Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday and Monday, the sth and 7th March. The men are to start by report of pistol, and either leaving his mark before the pistol is tired to be put back a yaul Mr. \V. J. FLunmer.dey was appointed starter and Mr. George Watson referee.”

Kerosene appears to be au almost, universal remedy for all ills. According toa (orrespenclenttotlie Wairurapa Mercury a tablespoonful of kerosene mixed with a gallon of water, and the plants being sprinkled wMi the mixture once a day for three days is a perfect cure for blight iu cabbages

In the Provincial Government Gazette of the 2nd hist, it is notified that it is intended to grant the following gold mining-leases;— w illiam Jackson Barry, "Victoria Company, sixteen acres two roods, Aurora It ref; E. G. Barnes, Aurora Company, sixteen .-teres two roods, Aurora Reef, The Government Advertising Sheet of the same, date also notifies that sales of unsold sections in Alexandra will take place, at the Court-house, on March 4 ; in Clyde on the sth ; in Cromwell on the Bth ; in Bendigo, on the ground, on the Dlh ; in Newcastle on the 11th; in Pembroke on the 12th : and at Gladstone on the 14th

Wo regVot to announce the demise of the Otago and Southland Minimj Journal , incufficieut support being the reason assigned.

We have to acknowledge from the office of the Chief Postmaster, Welling, ton, the receipt of a circular embodying the contract, charter, party, rc. entered into for the carrying of the New Zealand, Australia, and California mail. The time table is as follows ;—Outwards :—To leave Auckland on April ‘2, May 4, July 7. In each month followingthose enumerated the mail will leave Sydney on the last day of the month, and Auckland on the 7th of the following mouth. Inwards:.— I To leave San Francisco on the 10th of each month, commencing tin the 10eh of April next. The prospects of the Marewhc ua Quartz-reef are very promising, From ten pounds of stone taken at a depth of six feet Tom the cap of the roof, which is six feet thick, seven grains of gold was obtained, which is equal to three ounces and a quarter to the ton.

A t the usual weekly meeting of the Waste Lauds Board, held on the 2nd hist., Mr. R. F. Badger applied, on behalf of Mr. G. W. Goodger, for leave to purchase four acres of laud (for a residence) within the town of Cromwell. The Board deemed that the land must be sold by auction, and that a plan of the land be sent in before they take action. Mr. James Holt’s (Clyde) coal-mining lease was next considered, but as Mr. Holt had refused to sign the lease until certain concessions had been made by the Govern meat, the matter was further postponed.

By an advertisement in another column it will he seen that Mr. Allen Filch, of the London House, Clyde and Crbipwell, intends reducing ids extensive stock by holding a great clearing sale of six weeks in duration. Wholesale .purchasers would do well to pay an early visit. A young man named Marshall, a clerk in the Union Bank at Hokitika; has recently disappeared in a most mysterious manner. Upon investigation his accounts were found in perfect order.

WeJJolseive that'the University of Edinburgh have adopted the following regulations for the education of women in medicine, and that they have been sanctioned by the Chancellor in terms of the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1808 : —“ 1. Women shall be admitted to the study of medicine in the University. 2. The instruction of women for the profession ol medicine shall be conducted in separate classes, confined entirely to women. 3. The professors of the faculty of medicine shall, for this purpose, be permitted to have separate classes for women. 4. Women not intending to study medicine professionally may be admitted to such of these classes, or to any such part of the course of instruction given in such classes, as the University Court may from time to time think fit and approve. />. The fee for the full course of instruction in such cases shall be four guineas ; but, in the event of the number of students proposing to attend any such class being too small to provide a reasonable remuneration, it shall be in the power of the professor to make arrangements for a higher fee, subject to the usual sanction of the Univer.ity Court. G. All women attending such classes shall be subject to all the regulations now or at any future time in force in the university as 1 1 the matriculation of students their attendance on classes, examination, or otherwise. 7. The above regulations shall take effect as from the commencement of the Session of 1 Stib-JO.” This is certainly hj move in the right direction. With equal opportunities of acquiring a thorough knowledge of their profession there can he no reason why women should not obtain proficiency in a science which is in so many respects eminently adapted to their peculiar dispositions. Certainly, as regards midwiefry, it is far more natural that a properly qualified woman should bo in greater request than a doctor. We have an instance of this at Clyde Mrs. Parcel], who has been readout among us for about four years, lias, during that, period, brought no less tlmn one hundred and forty-four children in f o ihe world, and of that number she has not lost a single one. This of itself proves that, where a woman is known to be competent to fulfil the duties of a midwife, her services will be sought after in preference to professional men, whoso technical knowledge may be greater, but winr e actual experience must certainly be less.