The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1870.

Dunstan Times, Issue 453, 23 December 1870, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1870.

Beneath the -lilo )f viva 'St I'CHBbY iusr the pe.v is mioim’ler. than the sword

About this time journalists generally inflict upon their readers dissertations anent the modes of spending the 01m tmas boliaya at homo and in the colonies, B|iieed with a little son'iment about far off hemes, and gem rally conclu ing in metaphorical tearslcausad by the writer recollecting ihat there; are people in the world who in all likelihood will not eat pudding on Christmas day. We nro inclined to think that at (Christmas people are too busy trying to spend their holidays in hrea or (our pi,toes at once to pay much atteulii >u ta newspapers, and that them at athaedve parts of them We tho programmes fur (he various-ports. If this bo the case, our readers will have uq imum tw Iwinplain of tho “ Duuctau

Times." Programmes for races and sports galore, will be found in our advertising columns, an 1 while wishing our rea 'ers a merry Christmas and happy new year, we venture to hope that if our paper is twice the size, wo may have to make the same announcement next year as wo make now. viz. —that pressure of advertisements compels us to omit our usual lea ing article The advisability of entrusting the repair of the roads to the settlers living in th-ir vicinity has been urged, for a considerable time past, by this journal. The advantages of ■ oing so are so apparent to everybody but the powers that be that we do not care to further mention them. We hope that the impending e eetion will improve the vision of the Government, so as to enable them to see as well as ordinary people, how efficiency, combined with economy in the maiute ance of roads can be secure *. Two thousand five hundred acres of land at the Hawea Lake have been surveyed but are not yet open for selection, in consequence of the Government not hiving decided whether to declare a Hun red in the district or not The Hun'red; Commissioners, who ari expected daily will settle this point, which being ''one, we presume no time will be lost in rendering the land available for settlement.

The Clyde Christmas sports are advertised to take place on Monday and Tuesday next, and weather permitting, will doubtless attract a large number of competitors and spectators. The sports wi 1 commence each -'ay at eleven o’clock sharp. Mr. Hawthorne, of the Civ 'e Hotel, will cater for the refreshment of visitors.

The grand stand and refreshment booth annexe l therdo at the forthcoming Cromwell Races will he under the management of Mr. Patrick Kelly, of the Golden Ace Hotel, Cromwell. In the refreshment department, we have no imubt that Mr. Kelly’s purveyance of creature comforts will be satisfactory to his patrons.

The resi lents of Drvbreal see n determine 1 to preserve the national putinu of Englishmen. The programme for their New Year’s Races to take place on the second and third of January, will be found in our advertising c lumns It is -ot up in a style creditable to the Committee, an 1 the amount of money to be run for ought to ensure the presence of some goo I horses

Messrs. Wood, T ishaelt, an 1 Kinross, members of the Provincial C mueil for Southland Council constituencies were hooted and hissed on their arrival at Invercargill. The cause of this unpleasant reception is stated to be their action in relation to the extension of the district boundaries.

In the Supreme Court, Dunedin, on the 13th instant, an action brought by Mr, John M’Kellar, a run-holder, near Tapanui, to recover (11,000 damages from Mr. J. C. Brown. M. PC., for slander, was tried, and resulted in a veriict for the defendant. The alleged slander consisted in a statement made by. Mr. Brown to the Sneaker of the Provincial Council, to the iff nt that plaintiff had bribed a man named M ‘Clelland to sign a petition to the General Assembly, praying that his run might not be declared into hundreds.

The Only two candidates for the Superintendency who have as yet announced them' selves are Messrs Macaudrew and Reid.

We direct the attention of lovers of the fine arts to t ! -e Art Union of two spleudil paintings of New Zealand scenery, which will take place at Mr. Karnes’ Dnnstan Hotel, Clyde, on the 27th instant. The subjects of the paintings are Lake M Kerrow and Mount Bomplang, (head of Lake Wakatip). The following petition, which the sender states has been numerously signed in l>unedin, has been forwarded to the Dunstan District for the signature of the resi. ■ ents thereof:—“To His Honor the Superintendent of the Province of Otago:-The Memorial of the Undersigned Resi ents and Settlers thereof, Humbly Shewe h;—That your Memorialists view with great regret the decision arrived at by a majority of the Provincial Council to the effect that it is inexpedient to make .any recommendation for the initiation of Public Works a ider the Immigration and Public Works Act, 1370 until that Act has been considered by the various constituences and by a new Parliament. That, whilst not approving the whole policy of the Act and b ing satisfied that Railway and other works might be more satisfactorily carried out under Provincial management, yet considering that all works under the Act may be practically controlled by thelocal Government, considering the depressed state of trade in the Province and the urgent deman 1 for Public Works, considering that on all occasions the various districts of the Province have urged au i are now urging the necessity (or immediate action in carrying out such works, considering also that the other Provinces of the Colony are taking a Ivantage of the scheme, your Memorialists believe that great damage will result to Otago by any delay ; that during the ensuing winter months, a repetition of the oistresi of last season of an intensified character will he experienced ; that the advancement of the interests <>f this Province will be stopped, wuile other Provinces are taking advantage of the measure, and that a responsibility will attach to us in connection with the loans which they obtain without our receiving aoy cormspon ing a Ivantage. Y-.ur Memorialists would therefore request your Honor to press on the General Government not only the desirability hut also the necessity for immediate action being taken in the construction of the Southern Trunk Railway, the survey of the branch line to Tuapeka, together with the Gold Fields Water Supply Works, all of which are - semial to the pro ] «:i ! y and indopiadmice of the Province. And as in da'y bound your Memorialists shall ever pray. £?uyeuibtr 2Ah 167 U."

The programme for the Alex'-mlra Christmas sports to take place on the 23th and 27th instant, which will be found in another column, has evident'y been carefully got up an I comprises all kinds of athletic exercises. The prizes to be awarded to the winners of the various contests are sufficient in amount to attract largo numbers of competitor?, and if the weather is line, (here is no doubt that there will be a first rate muster of the residents of the surrounding district. The proceedings will commence at eleven o’clock each morning. The commissariat will be under the superintendence of Mr. L. G Ryan.

The Commissioners appointed under the Hundreds Reen’a'ion Act are Messrs. Cass date Surveyor - Ceneral of Canterbury), Waine, and Young. A revuldon of feeling in favor of the Colonial Treasurer seems to have set in in Dunedin. After the exhibition of rowdyism got nn by bis antagonists in the Princess Theatre, a rerpilspion, signed by seven hundred of the leading citizens, was presented to Mr. Vo -el, requestin'’ him to ad. dress them in the Masonic Hall. This building 1 wing fonn 1 too small an a inurnment was made to the Government Buildlogs, where an assemblage numbering two thousand five bundr-d. heg-vean exposition of the Government policy, which was listened to throughout wi f h marked attention, and all attempts at interference were put down A vote of thanks to Mr. Vogel for his address was passed. The Chamber of Commerce. at an interview with Mr- Vogel expressed their approval of his action in re la'ion to the postal services It may not he generally known that the large number of four thousand adult official servants are in the employ of the Government of New Zealand, many of whom .arc fattening nn the revenues of the country and adding to the taxation, which has reache 1 the awful burden of upwards of £3 per head for every man, woman, and child (native population excepted), in the col -nv.

A Per the Ist January next the sovereigns and half-sovereigns coin'll! at the Sydney mint will he exactly th- same in appearance as those issued at tho Roval Mint in England, the Home Government having granted tho use of the Imperial die for that purp ise.

Our Drybread correspondent informs us that the washing-up of the Perseverance Race Company yielded f«r nine weeks’ wore about £23 per share. R -id and party’s washing-up seems to have satisfiel the sharehol lo’s.

Tho right of erecting the Ora id Stand at the Drybreml Races hn been purchased by Mr. Hind cliff ; for £H. Most of the claims at St. Bitlnn’s are washing-up, with good results. . We have been sh "v i a circular from a Mr. William Knox, who styles himself Secretary to the Southern League, an assn, ciation “ cst.ddishe 1 for the purpose of securing unite 1 action at tho general elections” Mr. Knox abates he is directed by the central committee, ‘he names of the gentlemen composing which ha omits to mention to request the co-opera* ion of the gentlemen to whom the circular is addressed in promoting the objects of the League. The programme of the “Southern League.'’ comprises, Ist locaj expenditure.—That every Province shall control its own Land Fuii I, and also the expenditure of the loans f,. r Public Works. 2nd. Homestead settlement. The settlement of the peope on the land, with deferred payments and depasturing : and tho repeal of tho Hundreds Regulations Acts 1809-70. 3rd, Free gold-fields.—The expenditure of special goldfields taxation noon the goldfie'ds. 4th, Electoral reform. Extension of tho Suffrage and amendment of the present system ot Electoral Registration. By our next issue we will probably be able to lay before our readers the names of the leading members of tin “Southern League’’ an 1 also its o mtituti m.

A full report of the Speech recently de. livered hy the Colonial Treasurer, the H m. Julius Vogel, can he obtained on apnjieation to this offie;. An address from Mr. Vogel to his constituents will be found in oar advertising columns.

From Welshman’s Gully we learn that Phillips and Davis have struck a new run of gold on ths outside of the old one. From a sma 1 paddock they have o t lined one hundred and fifty ounces. The washing-up of the Old Port’s Claim resulted in a dividend of LS per min per week. Good results are anticipated from the washinga-up of Brown’s, Fordham’s, and the Geordies’ parties.

A meeting nf the Clyde School committee was held at the School-house on Tuesday the 20th instant. Mr. Pyke occupied the chair. After the correspondence had been disposed of, it was resolved that the terms asked hy the Clyde Council for the use of the T ovn Hall he agree I to. It was decided thit the Christmas vacation should commence on M m lay next, an 1 that Messrs Pyk", Johnson, an I Christophers he requested to cm duet the examination, ami present the prizes on the 23rd instint. The Clerk was instructed to have the fence repaired. The .Schoolmaster’s rep irts fir October and November were ran i and received, Accounts for £2 I2s Id wore passed for payment. The Clerk reporte 1 the receipt of £lO 155., the proceeds of the entertainment given in aid of the School funds on the 6th instant. A vote of thanks to the ladies ami gentlemen who ki i ly assisted in the same was pissed, an 1 after a similar vote to the chairman the meeting adjournetl. A French journal name 1 L'Echo has been established in Melbourne. It is lithographed an i consists principally of reprints of Frenchnewspaper articles on the war. The Evangelical alliance has addressed a circular to the Protestant Churches throughout the wor d requesting them to get apart the first week o' the New Year as a season of special prayer.

We presume that until the Christina an I New Year festivities are over, politics will not attract much attention. Since onr last issue, no other candidates for the honor of seats in the Provincial Council have come forward. Judge Ward has been gazetted district judge for Timaru ■ Bv advertisement which will he found in another column, the conductors of the Evangelist, announce their intention of rnlaroJng that journal. The Wanganui Chronicle at-tes that Colonel M‘Donnell has left his home to earn his bread as a laborer on a surveyor’s staff. Th" ceremony of christenin'’ Dm crushing machine of the Bnyal S'-an lard Comnapv, Carriole ranges, was performed on Monday last, by Mrs. Corse in the presence of a large gathering from Cromwell and the surToundiner districts. On Wn’lnea-tavaff-emoon last, a fi-e broke out in Elliott’s Ha’f way Ronse. Cromwe’l Roa', wh'eh, ha,i it been allows I to burn many seconds lon-mr 'ban it di’, wml 1 inevitahly have destroyed the building. It appears that the stove pi-e in the kiteh«n. which is dose to t|,e wall became red hot a”3 ignited the lining The damns had sordid to the eei'in” before the notice of the inmates was attracted, hnt as soon as the firewas discovered,energetic efforts were made to get it nn ’er, and in a very f-w minutes it was oxHmmished. The damage done consisted in the destruction of a notion of thenapor and lining of the room in which the fire occurred. The annua. 1 examination of the d-pd-on attendin’’ the Clyde School nill take place to-day, the preeee’ings oommeneipc at 11. After the examination a number of prizes will he distributed. A letter in the “ Ma states that nn the Won "a Wonga’s trip from Auckland to Honolulu last. October, tho mail sorting mom took fire. Kit fortunately the flames were extinguished before anv se-ions damage was done to the vosae’. How tho mails fared is unknown, t’ e genHcman in charge bain” exee-lindy ret;, cent, and apparently desirous of having the matt r hushed up. A block of two thousand five hnnd-ed nores of Ron 226. (Messrs. Hanrlyside and Roberts) FTP! ,1} h-,« i, .co i surveyed. «n«1 dthen oh not mt cas«ttd I wo Dr nc, im'‘ : c» for % | nndorstan ' that .an anpliccHon by > r r. I BccP to t o i-c ~n -p a—a ~f this i. ln d w»s | refused bv Mr. Warden R d-maen fa- some mason or e*h -'-noayn to *b' naa'haa 1 . i Surely ns the block i« 1 an l me, | of it-issued, no difficult!", oudi 1 - to he j thrown ip. the 'o’ i-i«,-l|n» ..Wm who have had t.hdr nati"n"" trie 1 m V c- 1y enepoh in waiting F"r n clianee oF tai '-’g 11 o hand nnnp it We hono that all fit-'n. des to the settlement oF this land ’-ill be removed by the Government as soon ai possible Tim 'h’cz mail was due in M-1 mime on the 20th instant. Chopg. th-o OVini m i,a l will .appear in Dunedin on Mon lav next i Eo’istoon Maoris have l-cc„ d-nwim 1 !-v th” upsetting of a eanae n-ar the North Ca-'c. Great anxiety is f flt ip th ■ H-rrmi of An ehlacd. in eon sequence of the attitude of thft ATa iria. Mr. David Hephn-n wh'i’t -Mi -g c? his station at Rloasai’t R! V "r on Monday last, was thrown from his horse. ~,1 sustained injuries which cause 1 his death.

Mr. Don al d Peid, and a candidate f,ir Ibe S inoriniemlencv. delivered an address on Imm! graMon and Public Works f-on, the t„ r - n „„- 0 f t >, o p rn . vineia l t’onneil Hall, on Monday evening last. There was a good attendance, and. aceor liny In Hie “Daily Tinea," a. r>solnHon to the effeet that the meetin * had no confidence in the Pox-cum-Vogel ti uncial so eme was nassed.

An inputs* was h"ld on Welnesday list at P’rriam’s Low'mrn, on the haly of Georye Wilson, a bov twelve yea's of ayp, who met with his death at Quartz Roof Point the previous day tdrnngh being thrown ffom his horse. From the evidence-, it apnenred that while the nnfirtnnate boy was fixing the crupper, his horse hoi tel, throwing him on his heal ; one of the hoy’s feet was caught in the stirrup, an 1 he was dragged along the ground till his boot came off. H ! avas picked up and conveyed to C-omwell—n-ver speaking after the accident. The medical testimony ahon-e 1 that A ca.th resulted from dislooition-of the vertebrae. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.

In the District Court, Clyle, on the 3th instant before Mr. Baird, acting District Court, Clerk, on the application of Mr. Brough, Neil Peyton, of Bendigo Hotelkeeper, nnl Michael Re Min of Nevis, ,min r, were adjudicated bankrupts. The first meeting in Neil Peyton’s estate was held on the 13th instant. In that of Michael Reddin, the first meeting will be held to morrow the 2tth iustaat ao the Court House, Clyde.

The news brought hy the Californian mail—a telegraphic summary of which will befonnd in another column—indicates that Austria , Italy and England hive handed together to prevent the realization of ambitious schemes sai l to he entertains I by Prussia and Russia. The terrible dud |in France still goes on with unabated | vigor. The victorious career of the PrusI sian soldiers appears, however at present, | to have receive I a check, ami ths French Government have managed to bring half a I million of fresh troops into the field., Paris had not een bombarded, and although | there had been some disturbances within its walls, its defenders wore as determined as ever to stick to their p nt. The French morale being restore I ,—the end of the stiifo—even if other nations manage to keep out of it— seems as far off as over.

The Mount Ha Races took place on We 'nesday an I Thursday the 14th an 1 15th inst. The following are the results. First, day—Mai'en Plate of 40 sova. Pretender li Sir Tatton 2 ; Grand Stand Handicap of 100 sovs—Southern Chief 1, Misfort trie 2 ; Town Plate of 50 sovs.—Atlas 1, Diolioss 5; Free Handican of 5> sovs. —Stackpole 1, Tattle Nell 2 ; Selling Race of 20 sovs.—Fireater 1, Reanum 2. Se. ond Day. —Hurdle Race of 40 sovs.—Don Pelro 1, Charley 2 ; Mount Ida H indioan of 75 sovs. —Atlasi, Misfortune2;SolMagßaec3>sovs —oolleenßiwn 1, Lyrvlon2; Mou itl l iCup of 75 sovs. — Southern Chief, 1 ; Backbiter, 2’; Consolation Handicap of 25sovs.— Little Nell. 1 ; Selling stakes of 20 sovs-Thoruie. The attend inoe was not s > lar;e as that on previous gatherings attributable, the Mount Ida “ Chronicle" says, to the near approach of the Christmas holid ys. Our Bendigo Gully correspondent’s letter arrived too late fir insertion. The Dunedin Jockey Clu - have resolve 1 to have no races this year. It is understoo however, that ain n'»ar of so irtiag gent etnen intend c illeoting subscriptions for the purpose of getting up a me ;t. Some lively gentlemen amused themselves on Tu sday night last by taking all the furniture out of the Town H ill, Queenstown and arranging it in the street as if for a meeting.