The Dunstan Times FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1871.

Dunstan Times, Issue 476, 2 June 1871, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1871.

beneath the Rule of Men entirely just the pen is mightier than the sivord

The policy advocated by Mr. Reid upon the hustings has evidently found favor with the country Its adherents have a majority of two to one in their favor, and we may therefore congratulate ourselves with the assurance that • the lavish expenditure required to cnrrv out many of the wild schemes of his Hoiv-r th“ Superintendent will be saved to the country. While constantly advocating the cause of progress, we do not desire to be reckless. Nothing can be more certain than that a lavish expenditure upon unpro- • ductive scheme-, for tbe carrying out "of which we have to borrow money, will result in irreparable ruin. None more than ourselves would desire to see a net-work of railways spread through the country, were there sufficient traffic to support them, or that we possessed the means of indulging, ■■■&t our own cost, iu this expensive luxury ; but neither is the case, and the construction of railways will involve us in inextricable difficulties They will not supply us with that ■ class of accommodation which we require. The construction of the Clutha Hallway will not remove the difficulties of the road between here and the Nevis, nor will the line betwean Whiten and Kingston facilitate traffic between this and Cromwell, or remove the heavy charges laid upon goods at the crossing-places of the Molyneux • and Kawarau rivers. We want, in preference.to- railways, the means of easy communication between the outlying districts. The benefit* to be ■derived from this are immediately ap paren'. Nothing tends more to the development of a country,than ready ■comtnr nicition between one place and another. Experisov i ■ our owi district prove-.this ; for, whoe ver only a piHt'-Watik lids lveihr v *rnacle, poptila tiou has steadily increased hi its vicinity. The construct! >ii of explosive works with borrows I moaev, an I

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• ive 1‘ >r years to como 'even if they over do S"). may make thin ;s brisk font time ; but it will only bn an unhealthy .state of prosperity, and, when tlie dav of reckoning comes, We Shall find ourghlves surrounded by so many difficulties (hiu relief. will be impossible Population will not be induced to come in and share our burdens, but will ra'her shun ns, and steeped ns we sh ill be in debt our commerce and local industries will be so taxed that they will anguish and sink under the load. Most of the men whom foitune has - placed at the head' of affairs in New Zealand have not been proverbial for the successful marmeomont of diei" own. We opine that the business of n country partakes largely of that of a pnvatoindividna'; 1 nt Koniepolit’ciana niifortnnatfdv think otherwise, and deem incapability a special rccommel elation to public confidence.

Owing to pressure on onr space we are ('hi ’veil to hold over our Alex n Ira corresnondent’s letter.

Our telegram despatches contains the names of the members ofthe new Executive, We regret that want of space prevents us publishing the debate, which resulted in the ousting of the Cargill ministry. We are comprlled to hold over our report of the proceedings of the mining Conference.

At a meeting of the Dunstan Jockey Club held last night, the President, (Mr. Fraser), and the Treasurer, (Mr. Christophers), wore requested to wait upou the Government, with a view of securing a grant of the reee course.

We understand that the police have received instructions to proceed against” all persons interested in unauthorised raffles. Mr. Field, Gold Receiver and Clerk of the.'Warden's Court at Alexsn’ra, has been transferred tn Arr -wtown, to take 'he place of Mr. T. S. Lfarvey, 'reshr'ed.

A meeting of be Committee recently appointed to make arrangements for obtaining the temporary services of a minister of the gospel at Clyde, pending the anticipated appoin'menfof a Church of England clergyman in this district, was held at the public library, Clyde on Monday evening last. Present, Mess's, Cambridge, (Chairman), Barlow, Marshall, Clar-, Coop, Parks Rankin an 1 Ings. A resolution was passed confirming the advisability of action i, the matter ; seeing that jn all probability, several months must necessarily elapse before the services of a regular minister can possibly be obtained. After a discussion on the subject of ways and means, tt was decided to make certain proposals to the Wesleyan congregation at Roxburgh for occasional Sunday evening services by die R-v. H. Beck during the next six months, die Committee gu ranteeing a fixed remuneration and paynie t of necessary incidental expenses. It was also decibed to communicate at once with the Reverend gentleman, and in tire event of the offer being accepted, to then make an appeal to the public for subscriptions to supplement, the ordinary church door collections, an appeal which will doubtless meet with a cheerful response.

In another column Will 1 e form-1 the prospectus of a company to be forme for the purpose of « orking a claim on the line of the deep lead at Black’s No. 3. The ope rations of the Ida Valley Companv have prove 1 highly successful as the reports of the returns show, and there is no reason those of the Try Again claim may not be equally fortunate.

We are informed that Mr. Carew, Warden’s Clerk at Mount Ida is to be apj'ointed Warden a' Black’s.

George Rennie, who was sentenced to six years’ penal servitude in September last,.for the Clyde gold robbery, has, we learn from the Otago Daily Times, received a free pardon. We confess to having felt rather •surprised on receiving the information, although there is,no doubt the Government were bound by the terms of the proclamation they issued immediately after the commission of the robbery (on the faith of which Rennie make his confession) to extend some consideration to him. When will those who expended time, trouble, and money in discovering the perpetrators of the crime when the monner of its commission was shrouded in almost impenetrable mystery receive the reward promised ? The history of the Clyde gold robbery is that of one of the sorriest pieces of business we ever had the misfortune to chronicle. Gold and notes to the amount of £15,000 were stolen from the Clyde Camp, and the robbery was so skilfully planned and executed that the perpetrator got clear off, without leading a trace behind. Consternation prevailed everywhere. The banks, in their alarm, offered £I,OOO reward for the' discovery of the robbers, which sum was supplemented by £SOO from the Government. The head of the police, accompanied by inspectors and subinspectors, came to Clyde, and troopers scoured the country in every direction without success. At last a clue was got, followed up, and Rennie, on being arrested,, made a clean breast of it, named his accomplice, and pointed out where the booty was concealed. As soon as the gold was safe the Government and banks forgot all about the reward until pressure of public opinion compelled the former to appoint a commissioner to inquire into the claims. This Commissioner made a tour through the country, collecting evidence, some four or five months ago, but his report has not yet been made public, Rennie is sot at liberty, while the men who run him to earth and compelled him to disgorge the stolen treasure, to judge from Present • appearances, - will hot he recouped the actual expenses thev incurred, Wfc suggest) fho ..G.oyetnprent should solve the reward difficulty by giving. the whole of it to Rennie, as a slight recognition of his valuable services- as showing how the Government endeavor to encourage • the police force.

At a meeting held recently in Lei ester, it was resolved to establish a donmerative association, which wi 1 aim, amongst other thing , to secure the election of the Prime Minister by the peopl , the forcible sale of uncultivated lan la, universal suffrage, vote by ballot, triennial parliaments, iscs>lablisbmeut of State churches, abolition of royal grants and th hereditary House of Peers. It was resolved that subscriptions should. Ue raised to present a testim nial to Mr, Ta lor, Profes or Fawcett, an |Sir Charles Dilke, for the course they had adopte 1 in reference to the PrincesS Louise’s Annuity Bill.—There was also a republican demonstration in Nottingham. Apfoce siou marched to the Market-p’ace, accompanied by a band of music, and bearing banners with the inscriptions “ Less taxation ! Less starvation !” “AEepublic—liberty, equality fraternity.” In the market-place speeches were delivered to severa thousand persons, but sympathisers with the object of the demonstration were in a minority, and the speakers were pelted withpackets of pepper, flour, and rotten eggs. Mr. W. J. Bar y sold recently at Arrow, town a mind er . f cattle’ for Mr.. Lancas'ev, also some draught horses. The attendance was good, and hj 1 hiding spirite i. The ca tie were all placed at excellent prices, averaging t'2 ;7s. Cd. perhea’. The horses, which were from Oamaru, realise from £4O to £OS ea hj. At Bondi o, on Saturday las , Mr. Barry offered the R. efers’ Arms Hotel at Logan Town. £IBO was offered, but Mr, Bcare de line i to -accept {hat sum, and ought in the property. Serge nt Naden notifies in our advertising columns that after even days from this date, own rs of unregis ered dogs will be prosecuted. For the nfuraiation of those possessing ’ogs, we may state that the registration fee will not be called for, iut must lie' pai l at the Camp. The educational controversy rages with unabated vigor in Dunedin. The papers are full of letters onjthe subject, but there is nothing novel in the arguments used.

“ Sabbath desecration” has formed the subject of newspaper discussion in Dunedin. The discussion waxed se hot that the Daily Times summarily closed the controversy by declining to publish any more letters on the subject. An unemployed agitution is being got up in Dunedin, but success does not appear to attend the efforts of£the promoters.

A proposition has i cen made in Victoria for the formation of a company, with a of £3,000,000 to cut a canal from the Goulburu Diver, through the Murray PI ins into South Australia.

The' Permissive Bill has proved a failure n Auckland. The Dunedin Tradesmen’s Daces came off on the Queen’s Birthday, ihe weather was extremely unpleasant, a cold wind blowing through the day and occasional showers falling. About fifteen hundred visitors attended. The races wore of local importance only, no horses of any note running.

Tbe fourth anniversary of Court Royal Oak of Kawarau was celebrated by a ball and supper, given at Richard’s Bannockburn Hotel, Bannockburn, which passed off very successfully. The Clyde and-' Cromwell Courts were represented, as also were the Oddfellows. The Echo uir'erstani’s that an attempt, which they trus wil prove successful, is to he made in the new Parliament to a olish the taking ofoa hs by plaintiffs, prosecutors, and witnesses in-our Courts of law. A contemporary, in an article on the suiqeot ; says ;—“ The oath abolished, he cause of

jus ice ould he equally, if not even het er, served, for there'are people who, on taking the oa hj, are, o to apeak, over >ouscientious, and are ’afraid to speak with the freedom they otherwise would. We canno conceive thu 1 any sound argument can be used for the retention of this custom. It is usele-s for the purpose "of jus ice, afid by using the oat'- we use a name not to be use in die irreverent and careless manner it is in our cmrs of j slice. It wou’d br good for his, tbe youngest colony ot G eat Britain, to set he ex tuple of abolishing tills absurd custom of oath taking.” From the Nevis we learn that a party of Chinamen have taken up ground opposite Messrs. Scaly and Starkey’s store, which had been abandoned by its European holders as not payable, and they are now making a vety good thing out of it. The Chinese seem to he doing remarkably well' in the Nevis district. Several have recently passed through Clyde ere route for the Flowery Land, each having £3OO or L4OO in their possession. The Enropern miners are also reperted as doing very well.

Additional evidence of the beneficial effects of the planting of forest trees in districts bare of. wood comes from America, The farmers in Illinois have planted immense number's of forest trees upon he great treeless plains of that State, and the r- suit is fl escribed by a Chicago paper, the Prairie Farmer, as follows : —“Every one speaks of the increased re'entiveness of the soil for moisture, within the influence of their p otcction. Es eoially they attest their sheltering effect against the desiccating and disagreeable win ! s that are the cteat objection to life on the treeless prairie. They report a notable improvement in health, less asue and rheumatism, and less catarrhal disturbance. A few years ago, some leaders of he movement planted trees as win-1-bre ks to theirorchardsand their dwellings. In'every instance these have worked wonders In givimr increased fruitages, exemp ion fr >m spring frost?,, and unspeakable comfort. io fhe familv and.barnyard. Tin sanng of cat le feed is found to be no small.item ; for cvi ry protect! ti from dv- fS« weather on ■ . a es stock'tjithrive oplesfe fodder. Villages wl ich 1 few wears, ago wore a; b-re and , eh icrlcss look, are now assnminp the sweet a't actions' i'f Jnnttz yielding from eight ounces o' ten ou ices to the toff hah 'con foflroV oft 1 the eat cnast'of Africa in tllettact of eoiintty lv ; nc 1 etween the Limpopo and ’Zand csj rirers. 1 1 ‘ ' •- '

Tenders for supplies to the Dunstan District Hospital for the ensuing quarter will be received by the Secretary till Monday evening, the sth inst.

Wo direct attention to an advertisement which appears in another column, relative to the sale of the Prince of Wales Hotel,

Queenstown, and other properties belonging to Mr, M‘Larn.

A Punch- will shortly be published in Dauedin, under the editorship of Mr. 11. P. Whitworth.

A complimentary dinner to Mr. Donald Reid was given in Murray’s rooms, Dunedin, on Friday last. The Mayor of Dunedin presided, and among those present were his Honor the Superintendent, Mr. J. L. Gillies (the Speaker of the Provincial Council), and the following members of tha Provincial Council: —Messrs. G. Duncan, H. Bastings, J. Bathgate, D. H. Mervyn, T. L. Shepherd, J. W. Thomson, J. C. Brown, G. E. Barton, J. Green, D. Hutchison, D. Henderson, J. Armstrong, W. Barr, and A. Mollison.

The recent frosty weather has considerably impeded the opeiations of the quartz-crush-ing machines at Bendigo, although considerable quantities of stone are being raised from the claims, Last Saturday the Cromwell Company cleaned up a crushing from the Golden Link, resulting in about five hundred ounces from three hundred and fifty tons of stone. The recent rain will pror bably give the Alla Company a chance to put through some of the stone they have on the Surface. At the Garrick Ranges the Royal |Standa d machine has si spended operations in consequence of the frost, but stone is being taken from most of the claims. The Heart of Oak Claim is still turning out some splendid stone, with an average thickness of six feet. Retrenchment appears to he the order of the day. The survey staff at Clyde hj s b en brok n up, and the office we brieve for the present closed. We Understand that a surveyor will be appoint®- for this distinct who will be paid only a nominal sa’ary hy tho Covetnmcnt and receive all Les fur se vices endere I by him. d'he demand for di apery in Cromwell will stand a fair chance of being well snp-ph-e', as another soft goo s establishment is to be opened by M ssrs. C. and W. Culclough of Be digo, late of Cardrona. There is a marked improvement perceptible on the real betw en Clyde and Cromwell, Elm men emp'oyed to keep Lin repair have abandoned their old plan of filling up the ruts with mud, and now use proper br ken metal. The road .be ween Clyde and Black’s is also somewhat improved in places.

In the Resident Magistrate's Co rt, Cromwell. on V?edncs lay, a number of cases were adjudicated pon, one of which shows the necessity of tra ismen asceitai.mg the correct names of those tiny give credit to. The case in (pi. s ion was [hat of Remain v. Dubig. The plaintiff had entered d fendant’s na ein his book “ Dugue” It was similarly spelt in the summons. Defendant did nd appear and judgment was given 1 y default but on applying for an execution tli R sident Magistrate informed him lie would grant a distress against ‘ Dugue" but would advise him not to levy on Duhig. Tim case of Smiiham v. Marsh for tiyspa-s .wjiieh was adjourned from Cly c was dismissed-, the Court having no juris ietion, as the qu stion of title was oh ally at issue. Another case of the same nature resting upon similar circumstances was that of Smithamv. Grant. The evidence in this case proved that defendant ha 1 a title to the land in dispute, it having been properly conveyed to him under the Land Transfer Act, but, as tbe alleg'd trespass look place on he 23th and the t ansfer was dated the 2Geli, plaintiff's counsel, Mr. Wilson contended that it did not affect the trespass. Mr. Brough for cofendant maintained that the actual sale took place on the 20th though the transfer was not m.de out for i-ome < ays afterwards, and, as a question of title was mvol'-ed asked for an adjournment to produce evidence to show the parch'Se was made on the 20th Th Resident Magistrate gran ed the application. In the Warden’s Court there were a number of mi.ling cases.

We understand that the committee appointed to draw up rules for the Building Society recently established at Clyde, have secured a quantity of valuable information, and will be able to lay the result of tlioir labors before a meeting of shareholders at an early date. A number of fresh shares have been taken up, and there is not the slightest doubt hut that the Society will be suoccesfnlly established. A Chinaman from Bendigo Reefs was taken to theDunstan diirict Hospital on Monday last, suffering from carbunc oj on the chest, A few hom-s after his admisaoin lock-jaw set in and death ened. We hear that : t is contemplate I to get up an auction bazaar for the purpose of raising funds for the Dunstan District Hospital. Affairs of this kind have been very successful hitherto, and as it is a long while since one was held, the one proposed ought, to prove no -exception. Mf. J. C. Chappie will sell by auction, on Monday next, at the Court House, Alexandra, mining property, &c. , Mr. George Fache will sell by auction, on the ground, on Monday next, at noon‘valuable sections of land ; also household furniture, &c., the property ot Mr. Richards. Clyde. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. PER OH'VILLB .«• C.. REUTER’S Duxf.dix, Thursday FAuxing. Rennie was discharged to-day. The new Government consists of: Reid, Provincial Secvet.afv ; "Ciltten. * TreasDPer ; Bait,ligate, Provincial Solicitor; Pastings. Goldfields Secretarv; and Men-ies snd fjnrnntir. without office, a The Queen of the Thames is lost. She left Melbourne on the Ifith of February and had on board one hundred and one cabin passengers, including the Hon. C. Cowper,

Agent-General of New South Wales ; Mr. Moore, owner of the vessel; Oliver (of the lirm of Oliver and Ulph, Dunedin) and wife; Wentworth, of Dune 'in, with vvife and family ; an 1 Goyder, Surveyor-General of South Australia. She had ei hty-;even second-class and twenty third-class passengers. 4 The balance-sheet shows a balance against the province of nearly £96,000. Tenders for section 3 of the Clutha lino have been opened. Twenty were sent in, but none were accepted. /Vll were under the Gover raent estimate. This is the heaviest portion of the line. RE IDENf ' MAGISTRATE'S” COURT. C L Y D E. Tuesday, ay 30. (Before Vincent Fyke, Eaq v , R.M.j an James Hazlett, Esq., J.P.) Robert Byers, charged with having on the 19th May left his horse and dray improtee'ed, contrary to the provisions of the Town and Country Police Ordinance, was fine 10s. and costs. ” *■ John Phillips, charged with discharging a gun in the town of Clyde, on the 19th May, was fined ss. with costs. AMdns v. Walker. Set”led ( ont of Court. Paterson v. Bohning. Claim for £1 10s. for a gnat. Plaintiff deposed that he sold the goat to defendant and sent it tb him at Alexandra. Defendant admitted receiving the gnat but denied that be bad bought it “ta'ing that he borrowed be goat ntil plaintiff could et him ae newly kidded. Judgment, for plaintitifor amount claimed an I ■ osts. Holt v. r ye , C aim for £2 ICs.. for fi'ty six weeks r not 'liter Mr. Wi’son for defendant. Plainiff deposed that he pnrpHed defendant with water far the tin e specified and that, the money "as still due In cro s examination plaintiff seat ed that be had made no agreement with defen 'ant. Robert Byers, deposed that be never used the water for his garden and that for domestic purposes he used water out of the Hospital ro.ee. Judgment was given for plaintiff for half the amount claimed 9s. costs. 1 ■ Holt v. Burrows. Claim for £7 4a. for seventy-two weeks rent of water, at 2s. per week, Mr. Wilson for defendant. Plaintiff deposed that defendant used tho water. Mr. Wilson applied for a nonsuit, on the ground that neither the time' the water hud been used, the value of the water, or the d ays on which it had been used were proved. The Bench nonsuited plaintiff with costs of Court and professional costs, Fitch v. Trender Clam for £2 1 9?. Same v.Hal 1 . Claim for £3 18s.’ fid Sa o v. Wilson. CLo, 'in for £9 1 9s. Ip these cases defendants did not appear and judgment was "iven for plaintiff for the .aim nuts ckimarl with cortS. IP eh V- Aldrd"P. Snm» v. Niven. Same v. George. Settled out, of Court. Holt v. SmPham. Settle ’ out of Court Atkins v. Waller No appearance of cither party. M‘Combe a. Ca-son Thrw art’ons w< re b ought to recover 'hesums of £ ‘ 24 Is. fid , £23 Cs., and *'2s 15s. 4d. Defendant did m-t appear and iudgment was given for plai tiff, for the full amount in the fi' St case ; £22 165., in the sec md ; and £25 3 ; . in the thir'. Holt V. 'ldrisov. Claim f n r £lO 2=. Ju 'gment by default for plai 'tiff for amount laimod wi*b costs ITastje v Faisa-diere. Settle 1 out of C- urt.