LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 409, 18 February 1870, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In tin; Resident .Magistrate’.* Court at Alexandra, on Monday last, there wove no cases on the li-it. In the Warden’s Gairt the application of Iverson and party, for a pm-pceting c aim on Convoy’s Rudy Reef, was granted. Tito following report, in support of the application, was handed in and read: -“To the Warden as Alexandra. —-Sir.—We have the hj mor to report the work done on oar quartz claim in Conroy's Cnlly. We commenced work in October last. First. Shift Kghtv-live feet on underlay; quar'z and raohle av raging one foot thick fortv feet I'run tic surface, with

gold visible thiou ;hout the stove. Second Shaft.—One hundred yards east of the lirst, now sicking. Present depth, seventy-seven feet on underlay. Two feet from the surface quartz and lava two feet thich, giving out to two inches at twenty t'eet down. Gold visible throughout quartz. Lava washed to dish, i.ra riy one penny weight

of gold. As pro-ent depth iormuiio:i <>f reef, consisting of mullock and nuartz, two f<«-t cm! a half thick. Twelve holes Mink fur surface indications. ii'eraginj. ten foot each, with goM in most of them.” (foltz, Fcraini, and party withdrew their application for a prospecting claim for quartz reef in Butcher’s Gully. Several other mining operations were disposed of. The Tuapeki annua! race meeting commenced on the 10th iust. The weather was very unfavorable, but iu spite of that drawback there was an attendance of some five hundred persons

Tlie course was very heavy owing to the wet weather, and the colors of tlijockeys were scarcely to he distinguished after each race. On the second day the weather was more ta''orah'e, hot the attendance w is not so Inge. The Maiden Plate w«s won !iy Arundel, Duchess second the 1 istrict Handicap hy Foretop, Lady Ellen second, Hatter third ; llv Trotting 'hitch hy Pattler, who h>d three hundred and set.enry-tive yards start; and Rufus won ho'h heats in the hack race, Wild Harry heing second in hodi heats. On the second day the first, race was the hadies’ Purse, (or which Don Pedro,' kyoiiian, Young N ell y < Jreyjand Magentastarted, the former of whom was victorious. The Town Plate was won hy F retop, Waterwitch second ; the Hnrd ! e It ace was won hy Tnrpiu. Te Kooti second; •nul the Consolation Handicap h\ Lady Ellen, Tnrpiu second In (he the race for the Town Plate Excel dor’s jockey made a mistake in the nnm'ier of turns round the course, and pulled his horse up on passing the judge the third time inste ul of the fourth. Exc -lsior was leading at the 'imo he was pulled up, hue t'ms lost all chance of the race. Altogether the meeting was a most successful one, and had the weather hcen nu>r • f.ivoi ahleavery much larg-v attendance would undoubtedly have hc°u present.—Communicated. The Nov) Zetland Gazrih of the st.li inst supplies the fo] owing gold statistics (or the years : 868-9 ; The total quantity of gold exported during the year was G14,281 ounces, of the estimated value of 2,362.995/. as against 047.471 ounces, or 2,504,326/., i*> 1808. 'l'he quantities of gold exported from the different provinces during the past year were : Ne son, 201.281 ounces, 805. 1247. ; Otago, 1 50,575 ounces, G02.300/. : Westland 126,043 ounces, 506,532/. ; Auckland. 132,454 ounces, 435,687/ ; ouihland, 2,789 ounces, 1 1.156/.; a*d Marlborough, 514 ounces, 2,056/ It will he seen hy these returns that Otago is second on the list of the goldproducing pro inces.

The Provincial Go eminent have accepted tho tender of MJames Casey, for tho construction of a portion <>f the road, “ Teviot to Alexandra. ” Tho contract price is 21 U. lls.

At tire usual fortnightly meeting of the Clyde Town Council, held on Wednesday evening last, the Town Clerk was instructed to at once col leetthe Water Rates, and to distrain upon all persons objecting, refusing, or neglecting to pay the same. In our report of the proceedings of meeting of contributors to the Dunstan District Hospital we omitted the following resolution, which we now publish ;—“ That A T. Thomson, Esq, M.8.C.M., anl J. Corse, Esq., M H be appointed Honorary Visiting Surgeons to the Hospital. We understand that both gentlemen have accepted the appointment.

We are informed that Mr. Henrv Milburn, the newly appointed Secretary to the Dunstan District Hospital, has been duly installed in his office. All commtinications in connexion with that Institution should be addressed to him.

A correspondent writing us from the Bendigo Reef ; says :—The recent discoveries of golden deposits in the Aurora Company’s claim lias cieated immense sensation, and risen the spirits of the somewhat desponding reefers, in fact, the confidence in the reefs is by far greater now than ever, and hundreds of pounds are unblushing! y asked for interests that could have been purchased for as many tens. The richness of the late discoveries is undoubtedly such as to warrant excitement, but I advi-edly say that the reports of one pound of gold to three of stone was rather far fetched. Of what extent the patch may eventually be, it is impossible to say, but f reckon from what is in view, many hundreds of ounces of the precious metal will be obtained. The gold is coarse, and thoroughly impregnates the band of conglomerate in which it lies

The damage done to the approach to the Clyde Ptnii during the recent l a I weather tire, we are happy to say, repaired, and the punt is again available for wheeled traffic.

The Fitly of the rival Mayors of Cromwell was concluded on Friday the 11th inst., the closin ' scene being the handing over the keys of office and till municipal property to .Mr. G. W. Coodger The new era, nnch r the leadership of G. W. Goodger, Esq, Mayor, assisted by Messrs. Bnrres and Kell}, Councillors, was' inaugurated on Monday the 14th inst by a special meeting, at which it was resolved that Mr. Dagg and Mr. Dawkins wen-disqualified from holding office, and that the nomination of candidates to (ill the vacant seats take place on Tuesday the 22nd inst. Mr George Jenonr. Town Clerk, who was deposed under the rr.yimz of the \Vbetter Mayoralty, was reinst it<-d in o lice. Beyond the issuing of a few instructions to the Town Clerk no business was transacted, the Mavor intimating that until the vacancies in Kawami and Bridge Wards we e filled he did no" feel disposed to proceed with business. The meeting then adjourned. A lood journal states that the Table Hill Quartz Mining Company, after tunnelling nearly two hundred feet, lately reached the casing of a reef and the reef itself a few days subsequently. The indications are very good, and stone of two inches or so thick show gold throughout to the naked eye. Wo hope this may lead to increased energy on the part of S'-me of our claimholders in this district, and that they will cease to get disheartened because they cannot get gold bearing strno in a week or two, but will keep manfully at work, and give their claims a thorough toM It is of no use to just sink a shaft a few feet deep, and then abandoning it, like a child does a new toy. Energy and perseverance are required, and by the exercise of these qualities have the rich reefs been developed, as for instance the Cromwell Company’s and the Aurora Company's claims at Bendigo Gully. These claims were not profitably opened in a week, nor a month, nor a year, but the success of the parties is due to their energy and perseverance, and we trust that their success will stimulate others to follow their example. It appears that there is a great amount of destitn'ion at the Thames A deputation waited upon his Honor the Superintendent on the matter, urging upon him the necessity of opening public works to save the un employed from starvation. fn Canterbury the crops are said to be in jeopardy from want of labor to secure it, and it has been suggested, that the Government would do well to charter fine or more of the steamers now lying idle to remove the nnenqvoyed to places where their labor would not. only benefit themselves, but the persons who availed themselves of their labor.

Tho present; strike appears to ' have afforded an opportunity for some w;i" to play oil an innocuit practical joke upon the food folks of N 'selr-. During the night of Monday this Wag placarded every place of business in the town with a poster in letters ot nearly a foot long, containing only the words “selling off.” Much as tonishment was caused when the residents ol the town awoke fa'-m their slumbers on Tuesday to find their properties advertised for sale without their consent, .as all, however had been served tho same, tho only feeling exhibited was that of amusement. Ida Chronicle.

Lawrence Carter IL'lnies, recently convicted for sly grog selling at iieimnmnl Hoad was sentenced to pay a fine of 2<U In default, he hAs been sent to Dunedin Dsol fora period of two months.

A meeting of the Library Committee will bo held in the Athomoum, on Friday evening, the 19th hist., at S p.m.

We draw attention to the advertisement announcing that the Rev. Richard Coffey, of Queenstown, Episcopalian Minister, will hoi I Divine Service in the Church of England, Clyde, on Sunday evening next, the 20th inst., at 7 p.m. A meeting is convened for Tuesday evening, the 22nd inst, at 8 p.m , in the Church of Englan I, Cly 'e, of persons interested in the Church of England and Ire'and, to take into their consideration the appointment of an Ordained Minister for the Duustan District.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Clyde Town Council will be held in the Council Chambers, on Wednesday, the 23rd inst.

Night of General Entry.— The meeting of the Committee of the Dunstan Jockey Club, to receive entries and acceptances, will be held at Cox’s Port Phillip Ifotel, on Wednesday evening, the 23rd inst., at 9 p.m.