LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 416, 8 April 1870, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Escort on Monday last took down the following quantities of gold : Queenstown 178loz. 17dwt. Arrow town 59*oi. Hdwt. Cromwell 807oz. Odwt. Clyde 3020z Odwt. T eviot 3670z. Odwt. Blacks 3070z. Odwt. Dunstan Creek 4020z. Odwt. Mount Ida 805oz. Odwt. Alexandra 41 Goz. Odwt. Total ... 0830oz. Sdwt. In the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Clyde, on Tuesday last, before W. Fraser, Esq. and J. Hazlett, Esq., J. Ps., Peter Williams was charged with being drunk and disorderly— Fin»cl 20s. or twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. Tnsley v. A. Moore —Claim 51. Defend ut put in a set off for Hi. Plaintiff admitted to he owing 1 1 hut disputed the balance. - Judgment for Plaintiff 21. I Os. and 10s. costs. Atkins v> Noble. No appearance. Struck out. Mellor v. Burnett. —Claim 41/., amount of a dishonored acceptance. The Bench stated that this case was beyond’ their jurisdiction, and adjourned the hearing for a fortnight.

Undei the heading Post-office Notice | we publish the authorized rates to be hereafter charged on letters leaving the colonies. By way of explanation we may say that the rate of postage on letters to the Australian Colonies will be 3d. for every half-ounce, instead of 6d., as formerly; and on postage on letters for the United Kingdom will be 6d. 'for e v ery halfonnce, instead of Is. for •every fractional part of an ounce over one ounce. The Rev Dr. Copland will hold Divine '•ervice on Sunday next the 10th instant at Clyde, at So’clock p in., and at Alexyndra, at 7o’clock p.m. Dog owners ate reminded that the tax on those animals is now overdue, and that those dogs for which the fee has not been paid, are liable to be destroyed, and the owners mulcted in a penalty of from 21. to 51. M e regret to say through serious illness Mr. Warden By ke has been confined to his house,and consequently has been unable to attend to the duties of his various offices. We are tow happy to state he is rapidly recovering, and in the •course of a few days it is anticipated he will, be strong enough to resume duties. Jn the Warden’s Court, Cromwell, with assessors, a decision was given and damages awarded in a case that possesses great interest to the mining community in general. The facts of the case are as follows ; —Logan and party, the owners of a quartz-crushing machine, complained against a party of shiicors (Alldread and party) for running tailings into their head race thereby stopping their machine. From the evidence it appeared that the head of Logan’s race is the creek, and that defendants were sluicing into the ereek. and tiie race that convoyed the water to their claim (about one mile in length) was cut on an extension certificate. The Warden in giving judgment said, “The certificate for an extension of a race did not give u right to cut a fresh portion, and that the cutting of the race was an illegal act,” and directed the assessors to find for plaintiffs. To decide as to damages which were laid at 500/. : the assessors visited the ground : on their return they assessed damages at 451. The Warden gave judgment accordingly, and ordered the defendants to desist from sluicing. The Town Council at Ci •oinwell do not appear to get on in a very satis factory manner. A great deal of peisonal feeling is evinced at the meetings of that body, which is not by any means conducive to the harmony or to the interests of the town. At the last meeting of the Council, Or. K- lly made some observations i,f a somewhat personal nature, to which other members objected, but the Mayor saw no reason to call upon Counci.lor Kelly to retract, and a scene of confusion was tei mhmt*d bv the postponement of the meeting. We notice that Mr. J. C Brown, M ‘■mber of the Provincial Council fr.r the Gold Sells, has been elected .Member of tbe House of Representatives lor Bruce, in the room of Colonel Cargill* resigned. From the heaviness with which Mr. Brown Ims always advocated the cause ot hi- 1 constituents in the Provincial Council, and from tbe consistency of his conduct. wo feel sure he will prove himself worthy the c mfLleucc of the electors. The shareholders in the mining lease of sixteen acres, adjoining the Aurora Company’s Prospecting Claim, Bendigo Reefs, and known as the Victoria Quartz Mining Company, have decided to place their claim Under the “ Limited Liability Act.” At the first meeting held at Cromwell on Wednesday the 30th nit. Mr. Bate was appointed manager, and requested to draw up a prospectus and submit the same at the next meeting. On Tuesday last, the 4th List., the second meeting Was held at Clyde, when the prospectus submitted by Mr. Bate was accepted, and he was instructed to have it adveitised in the local journals and in the Daily Times. We refer our readers to the prospectus which appears in another column. As the claim is w 11 known and looked upon as being one of the best on Bendigo, the reef having been traced the entire length on the surface we augur but little time will elapse before the whole of the shares are applied for We are requested by Mr. Cache to remind the residents of St. Ba'hanL and outlying districts that he will dispose of by auction to-morrow (Saturday) the whole of the stock of drapery of Mr. D. M'Gonnochic, Melbourne House, St. Bathau’s. As the sale is a hond jldf one we strongly recommend the attendance of storekeepers and others who wish to lay in a. winter stock. The mornings and evenings for the past week have been very cold, reminding us that winter is fast approaching. By the accounts that reach us from the Nevis and other mountainous districts the weather is very severe, and present indications portend a long and severe winter. Mr. George Fache reports having sold, on Friday last, at Mitchell’s Farm, Manuhcrikia, a small mob of cattle, at satisfactory prices. Milch cows, with calves at fsot, brought from 8/. to 12/. 10s., and yearling steers and heifers from 51. downwards,

As will be seen by advertisement the Rev. Dr. Copland, of Lawrence, will deliver a lecture in the Church of England, Clyde, on Tuesday evening next. The object of the lecture is to raise funds to liquidate the debt owing by the Clyde Committee to the manse fund. We hope to see a numerous attendance on the occasion. The local journal says : Hogbnru diggings appear still to bo in favor, and a considerable accession has been made to the mining population since the termination of the strike Ground which ha I been formerly tested and declared to be not payable, ora veritable “duffer,” is now being worked with satisfactory results. In the neighborhood of the Chinese camp several new claims have been taken up, and long an I expensive head and tail races constructed. Among the number we may men ion that of Ross and party, Mawhiuney and party, and Anderson and party, who are fast causing the ground to melt oway. The claims are not, we hear, particularly rich ; but the improvement of appliances, together with a better system of working e ablcs the miners to get thron gh a larger quantity of ground than formerly, thus rendering ground that was previously rejected payable. We regret the probability of losing one of Alexandra’s oldest inhabitants-, in the person of Mr. James Rivers, who is compelled to relinquish business, through failing health. By the anuouacenibiit in another column, it will be seen that Mr. Rivers will hold a clearing Sale at cost prices fur six weeks, and at the expiration of that time lie will submit to public competition the balance of his large stock-. We glaoly avail ourselves of this op ponunity to draw the attention of our readers to thu sde as it is bona jidc. The road betwei n this and Cromwell still continues in a most wretched state of repa r, and what iittla mending it does gel appears to be done m a most slovenly and inefficient manner. Considering the large amount of traffic that is now passing, let alone the likelihood ol its being largely increased, it seems high time that more attention sm.uld In paid to the up-country roads, and to this road in particular. At the t> st it is a dangei oas road to train!, and it is not too much to asa that it be put in proper substantial repair and kept so, the more especially as the Government, set m prepared to sqnu. dec hundreds of thousands of pounds i.i the construed m of railways in (Fractions in which wa ter-carriagc is available. A Gazette issued on the 4th Maich contains a prodaiu ii ion further proroguing the General Assembly until Sa r au-day» the -30 th day of April. A further prof- *gition will however tane place, and tie- Assembly will not meet till June or July. A Northern contemporary savs ■ In looking over a Govi-rnineni Gazette of the ye r >Bll, we rind that notice was given i f tbe purchase by two Europeans of the district of Mount Aroha, containing 20,< 00 acres, t„r 10/bs. New that there is such an anxiety displayed for the opening of Ohiiiemnri, it would lie interesting if any ol our readers could inform ns if the Europeans ever came in possession of this now much-coveted district. By advertisement it will ba seen that Mr. John Cole Chappie will se'l by public auction to morrow at Alexandra Cows, calves, &. A considerable amount of interest in the railway scheme is being evinced by the settlers of West Taier, Lake Waipori, and other districts on the same side ot the Taieri Plain who intend to raise a subscription, in order to procure the services of a qiialitiod Civil Engineer, who will give a report as to the difference in cost the proposed deviation would take. H is supposed that this route would he cheaper, as fewer bridges would be required, and those not nearly of such a costl description as on the other route, and that the traffic towards the interior of the Province, via D nstau if’ o would also be much greater, than by the route proposed via East Tail ri. Bruce Herald. We take the following from the Australasian :— “ An illustration of the lack which some people show ofa capacity for making use of the opportunith s of advancement thrown in their way by fortune, was afforded at the City Court on Saturday, when a man with a wooden leg, named lex ander Munroe, was fined for drunkenness. This man many years a"0 discovered a goldfield, which was called “ Pegleg Gull,” in memory of the finder’s wooden limb, and out ofa hole which he sunk he obtained 11,000/. worth of gold. The money, however, was not long in disappearing, for he failed to invest it profitably, as he might have done, and is now poorer than ever, not being able to pay the fine of a few shillings. It is said that when all his money had gone his wife left, him, and having succeeded in amassing some property obtained a protection order to pievent her husband from spending her savings as he had his own earnin- r s ” Another large nugget, says the In . glemood Advertiser lias been got in John’s Paddock, at the Berlin rush. The weight is roughly estimated at j 201b., and it was got by a party of Chinamen.

beg to state that at the - time t)f our going to press, the Dunedin Mail, via Tuapeka had not arrived. Though but little is heard respecting the quartz reef in Long Valley we understand that the Work of prospecting is still being carried on most Vigorously, and that a trial crushing will be made very soon. Mr. J. C. Chappie intimates by advertisement that he Will hold his first monthly sale of cattle and other property at Drybread on Wednesday next. ■ From an advertisement in the local journal we learn that quartz-miners aie in request at the Rough Ridge. The rate of wages offered is I Os. per day of eight hours. The Evening Star says :—“ One of the cheapest ami most useful works for Otago has just been published by Government. It contains Goldfields Regulations, Rules f*r and Practice in the Wardens’ Courts, the Goldfields Act of 18C6. the Goldfields Amendment Act of 18G9, and the Agricultural Lease Regulations. So much matter, of course occupies considerable room There are one hundred and twentytwo pages, and the price is only 2s. We can hardly imigine a move useful work for a nil er, or one that is likely to save him so muck trouble and 'delay.”