The Dunstan Times. Beneath the Rule of Men entirely just the pen is mightier than the sword FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 187.

Dunstan Times, Issue 457, 20 January 1871, Page 2

The Dunstan Times. Beneath the Rule of Men entirely just the pen is mightier than the sword FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 187.

Tim coining elections promise a little relief from ihe dull monotony of our daily life, but. we must not allow tlie excitement of the occasion to interfere with a wise selection of representatives. We have become a settled population now and have special interests to represent, and wc must not be unmindful of them. It behoves us therefore to think well before making a select : on of members, either f r the Provincial Council or General Assembly. As vet neither in this or neighboring districts does there appear to l e many aspirants for rhe honor of a seat in the Mouse of Representatives, Still there is t’me for some one who

ha« not as yet entered the political arena to come forward and carry off

all the honors The Dnnstan district is an important one and is worthy of a first class man to represent it. A walk over would be a matter lo be dep'ored Surely such a populous and wea'thy a nortiou of the Province will find more than one a,spirant for the honor of representing it in the Parliament, of the Colony. To represent an important disiiict like this is an honor to any man, and surely there ought to be found more than one to publicly come forwaul and volunteer his sen ice-for tin next General

Assembly. A very great deal will depend "pon onr representation there. We have much to sain and much to lose, anil we sincerely hope that, all local jealousies will he set asi 'e, and the choice fall upon the man best suited to represent the district as a whole, and not portions of it as has been the case before. ] t is impossible for one township or division to make any substantial progress without conferring a like benefit all round, while if one division is made to go ahead at the expense of another, the loss will be equally felt on both sides. The district must progress collectively. If population should seek any one place in particular, it will soon extend itself further. Where labor is most remunerative, there will it. he most abundant, and 'ike wat -r it will always (ind its own level. We hope that whoever ni iv he our representative, that he will be above vulgar prejudices and make it a study to advance the interests of the Dunstau district as a whole. This is an irnpoitant point for the electors and one that mu-t not he lost sight of in makin their choice.

A letter signed “ Indepem’ent”, on the Superintendency arrived too late for insertion this issue.

The following are the results of the prin cipal events of the Queenstown Races. Town Plate. Misfortune 1 ; Charlie 2. District Handicap- Fenian 1 ; Cromwell 2Hurdle Peace. Sir Tatton l,j Charlie 2, Wakatip Handicap. Southern Chief 1 Nelly Urey 2- Ladies’ Purse, Sir Tat ton 1.

A meeting of the miners of Blacks No 1 was held on the night of Saturday week last for the pur ose of taking into consideration the project of shifting the township to the other aide of the river. After hearing explanations from Mr Arthur, a resolution in favi r of retaining the township on its present site was passed. Dr Aiven afterwards addressel the electors at length, and a vote that ho was a fit an t proper person to represent the district was pa.sed.

A telegram in the “ Otago Daily Times” states that Mr. James Scott, the first candidate for the honor of a seat in the Victorian Assembly who announced himself, has been arrested on a charge of supplying prisoners with tobacco. The Queens!ana Government has agreed to give a subsi ’y of £IO,OOO towards a mail and passenger service to San Francisco either via the Fijis, or via Sydney and Auckland

By the “ Southland Times ” welearn that £IO,OOO was on its way to Invercargill as the first instalment towards paying off the debt of Southland. Wo draw attention to the advertisement which appears in another column, relative to the auction sale of dray, horses, frc., by Mr. W. J. Barry, for Messrs, Mitchisnn and Co., Bendigo.

We sent a request to Tuapeka to telegraph the result of yesterday’s races, but from some cause or other we received no message. Our usual Dunedin telegram also did not arrive.

A telegram in the “ Otago Daily Times ” states that, a nugget weighing one hundred and forty three pounds has been found in lll'dpwood.

The “ Daily Times ” says that the fish found at the -Manuherikia junction and forwarded to town, belongs the species of Sylmonkhe indigenous to t lie rivers of tbc Colony. From an Adelaide telegram we Darn that si lend! crops are being gathered in. It is expected that two hundred thousand tons surplus will lie available for shipment. In jumping, at Joust, the Southland men appear to “\vhip crea' inu.” In the “ Southland Times ” report of the CaWo’dan games held at Ijmsrcargi’l on the 2nd inst. we read that Mr. Ferguson, w-ho carrie I off the first prize for the running high lean, “ registered a height of 40 feet 2 inches, and Air Cameron, 2nd, 38 feat.” Even Baron Munchausen would have had hard work to heat that.

A rival to Chang hasappeaved in America The San Francisco papers mention the appearance in Cincinnati of a Norwegian giant seven feet ten inches in height. If this is true, Chang wi Ibe an inch short of being “the tallest man in the world.” A Victorian paper, instead of speaking of a black eye, talks of a “ circumorbital eccbvmosis. ”

Kansas, by law, offers to anyone planting a.id successful!y growing for three years an acre or more of forest trees, or a half mile or more of forest trees along any highway a bounty amu'-lly for twenty five years i»{ two dols. per acre or naif mile. Dr. Niven was prevented from addressing the electors of Alexandra on Saturday right last according to bis advertisement, in consequence of being called away to Mount La. He will bold a meeting at Alexandra to morrow evening.

An o'd saving was verifio at the Murrurluud Folice Court lately The corocsiiond ;nt of the “ Singleton Times ” status that a man uaumd “ Ouamv-s ” was apprehended for being dmi k and riotous, and then taken to the luck-up When brought before the magistrate, the usual liiic. was inllicted : but before the man ivas discharged, fie was told by the magistrate that he had been advertised for a long time Chartres upon making inquiry tin s that ho has come into the sum of 13,000, and that he has fora long I ime been sought after by his rolativi s.

He is a North of Jre and man. Hudho not been taken to the luek-Uj», in all probability he would never been heard of, as he has not posed in his own name, and only gave it by mistake at the lock-up, being d rank.

Judgment in the appeal case of For ud v. Holt, heard before his Honor Judge Gray on Tuesday lad, will lie given to-dav By request we hold over the evidence taken and arguments of conn cl until next Week, when we shall publish the case in its entirety.

We are requested to mention that the prizes given at the -ccent examination of the scholars attending the Clyde School were supplied to the Committee by Mr. Marshall at cos price.

The evidence given before the Hundreds Commissioners on their visit to Ida Valley re the Tiger Hill Hundred was decidedly against its proclaimsion The Hundred in question would take in all the auriferou-' workings on German Hib and M‘Phersou’s, and its proposition wa a bright idea. Perhaps the gentleman who marked it out SO nicely on the map will inform why it was called the Tiger Hill Hu.i Ire 1!

A little more activity in political matters is perceptible this week. For the Provincial Council we ai'e likely to have a pretty fair held of candidates to choose from Dr. Niven has opened the campaign and Mr. Worth has almost declared himself. Mr. Mc r vyn and Mr J. C. Brown, though still in the background, are expected to cnt*r the lists. Mr. John Hughes is expected to arrive in Cly e next week, hut whether he will oppose Mr. C rnahy for the Cromwell constituency or contest the Clyde district we are at present unable to say. For the General Assembly Mr. Fraser, lateM.P.C., has, at the request of a number of electors, come forwar i, and a report that Mr. A. Brough, solicitor, of this town, is going to stand is in circulation. Mr. John Hughes is also spoken of The contest for the Snperintendency, although the election is so close at hand, excites very little attention in any part of this district. The principal reason of this is the cavalicr.h -atraent the electors have received from both the candidates—neither of whom have issued an ad ress, or in any way brought their claims for the support of the district publicly forward. Mr. Rei being comparatively unknown in the district has not a great many avowed supporters, but although Mr Macandrew is the favorite, his marked reticence relative to his past actions and future policy will not induce his friends to exert themselves greatly on his behalf.

In our report of the proceedings of the committee of the Dunstau Jockey Chib in our last week’s issue an error crept in in reference to Mr. Hazlett’s protest against receiving the nominations which arrived later than the advertised date. The sentence should have read, “Mr Faz’ett recorded a protest against the nominations of Messrs Deny and Foster being received for the races already handicapped.” The Payment to Members Act recently passed in Victoria basmdnccd a large number of candidates to come forward The “ Universe ” a Roman Catholic journal has been started in Auckland.

Strangers should be very cautious in crossing the Manuherikia River at the gurper foid at Black’s. There is a deep hole in the old ford, through which several narrow escapes from dangerous, perhaps fatal accidents have occurred. The best place to cross at present is a few yar’s above (he old ford.

The sinking of the Ida Valley Deep Lead Company's shaft at Blacks No. 3 is being vigorously proceeded with. The drift which seriously impeded operations for some time has been got through, and the stuff in which the shaft is now being sunk through is similar to that immedietely above the wash dirt in the Rough and Ready claim. The depth reached is about one hundred and twenty feet, and the manager expects if no more drifts are met with, to be iu the wash dirt in about three we ks. Dr. Niven, one of (he candidates for the representation of the Duns'an district in the Provincial Council, addressed a meeting of the electors of Clyde on Friday evening last at Hawthorne’s Clyde Hotel. Owing to the absence of a number of the residents at the Queenstown races, the attendance was not so large as it otherwise woul I have been Mr. M ‘Connochie occupied the Chair. The candidate aft'T reviewing the past actions of Government, entered into an exposition of his views on the various qm-tions of the day. He expressed himself opposed to the hundreds system, and iu favor of free selection before survey ; iu favor of the local expenditure of land and goldfields revenue, and, although scarcely approving of the General Government financial scheme, as it was a case of Hobson’s choice, an money was urgently require for the construction of water-races on the goldfields, he would accept it. He di a ted at some length on the works required iu Ihe Province, and in answer to questions, stated th..t he was not iu favor of a reduction in miners’ rights, lint Would be inclined to lower the export duty ongoU. Mr. Cox proposed and Mr. Patterson seconded £i motion that “ Ur. Niven ' is a tit an I proper person to represent the Dunstau district iu the Provincial Council” Mr. Fache proposed as an amendment, that a vole of thanks be passed to the camliI date. Mr. Cambridge seconded the amentmeat, ivuich was put and carried. A vote ot thanks to the chair to .uinated the proceedings. The right to occupy (he Grand Stand and horse padd ok, an to issue the race ■ cards for the furthcoming Dnnshui Jot key club meeting was sold by Mr. George Fache on Tuesday la. t tor £1.19 10s. Mr Lesley purchased (he booth and horse p.nlI dock, and Mr. Moore the cards, The balance of the block of Dud on Mr. | Glassford’s i un, known as Tiger Hdl, is 1 now thrown open as a commonage fur the settlers thereon.

llain, which was much wauled, fell last week in the Blacks’ di driet with hi.lily beuefici d effects. The crops we are happy to say look in excePont eoinlitioii.

An incident..) nit of the war has been to complete the nn vnci.il rain of the Mont Ccuis Hailway. Owing to the d sturbed state of France, the tratiic has almost entirely i eased, and recently, in on, journey only one passenger lrav«)bd. A peliiion for the win iag up of the company is pending.

'the Provincial Government seem to be making superhuman efforts to keep the roads in the Damian listri.it in a thorough state of repair. There is a large party, consisting of one man. engaged in repairing some of the crabholcs i > the neighborhood of Ghatto Creek. It is n)t definitely known whether this in ividual is a contractor, or Government employe, but from the energeticmaimer he goes about his work, it is supposed that he occupies the latter position. Owing to the interruption of the Marseilles route, the Peninsular and 'hdental 0 nnpany’s Steamers now run to Brindisi. In a letter to the “ Evening Star ” Mr. Bathgate st ■ tea that he has resigned his office as Provincial Trustee.

The Government of Now South Wales have advertised for tenders for the construction of fortifications at Port Jackson.

A contemporary informs us thd the General Govornmeuthas appointed Mr. Biss of the Post-office, Dunedin, -Sub Commissioner, under the Government 'Assurance and Annuities Act. Mr Biss will perform the departmental duties, while Captain Baldwin will travel through the Country to explain the provisions of the Act. A telegram in the “ Dunedin Evening Star ”, states th. t an alluvial goldfield has been discovered at Coromandel.

Mr. H. H. Lahman, member for Greymouth, has been elected Chairman of the County Council of Westland. His election has created great dissatisfaction, ami indignation meetings have boon held in several places, A Mr. B,install, of Melbourne, offers to

find steamers, if subsidise I, to porf win the voyage between Melbourne and Englan I, via the Cape of Good Hope, in thirty seven days, and expresses his belief that it can o done in thirty days.

1 The annual meeting of contributors to the ■ Dunstan District Hospital, for the purpose of receiving the report of the retiring comi mittee and electing afresh one, will tak B i place at the Town Hall, Clyde, at Jp.m'.,

In consequence of the nomination for rUe Superiutenclental election being fixed tor (o morrow, the 21st inst. Mr. Donald Reid was obliged to abandon his intention of making a tour through the goldfields. We are informed that A, C. Strode Esq., It.M. has been commissioned to sotlleelaima for the £1,500 reward ottered for the apprehension of the perpetrators of the Clyde gold robbery. Mr. Strode will probably arrive in Queenstown on the sth proximo.

It is rumored that Mrs, Bolton the heroine of the Drybrcad body-snatching case, who was sentenced to throe months im. prisonraent, was after three weeks incarceration, liberated on the \ etilion of some Dunedin residents. The European news received via San Fran, cisco seems of a highly important nature. The “bitter end” of the war between France and Prussia seems farther oif than ever, even if the two nations are left to fight it out themselves. The Prussians no longer have their own way, and signs are becoming apparent that, unless they very speedily bring France to terms, they wil] have to retire to their own country; am it is somewhat sign (leant of the state of popular feeling relative to the war in Germany that, in the face of the proposition to pr'c’aim King William Emperor of Germany, f.irmid bio demonstrations against thenar have occnrro in his capital. But a greater war seems impending. The din of preparation for a terrible struggle resounds throughout the continent of Europe. If ns la seems to think that the prostration cf France gives her an opportunity of physicking ’he “ sick yian,” and is determined to avail herself of it. Austria, Italy and England will pr ibab y array themselves agninst Russia for the protection of Turkey* and with France on the side of the a lies and Prussia on that of her opponents the struggle will probably be fought. Whatever be the outcome, the progress of civilization will be arrested, and if the war lasts any time, long years will scarcely remc y the mischief It behoves thecolo iats to seriously consi er whether they will continue the connexion which exooses thorn to the peril’ and isasters of wars which they have had no hand iii causing.