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Dunstan Times, Issue 498, 3 November 1871, Page 2

In consequence oT a press of telegraphic news and new Advertisements, we are compelled to omit several - notices of local mat- ; tors, now in i ype. Tlie English nows via c'utz ; appearing in this issue, armed a 1. 30 a.ra. on ’-’.ednea day «n I wa* published as en Extra at an early hour the a nr.e j.i-.umag.

At the Resident Magistrates Court Clyde on Tuesday last before V. Pyke, Esq, R.M. Maiian Maria Hogan Webb was charged on the information of the police with illegally marrying Thomas Stewart Brodie Leslie on the 14t hj of July last, at the Kawnrau Gorge her former husband named John Webb, being still alive. E idence was given proving her marriage with Leslie, as a widow under the name of Marian Walton. She was commited for trial. At a meeting of the Dunstan Jockey Club held on the 31st ult, a letter received from the Cromwell Jockey Club, expressing the consent to the proposed arrangement for the dates of the annual meetings, was taken into consideration and it was decided that the annual Meeting of the Dunstan Club should be altered to Tuesday and Wednesday 96th and 27th December A wish was also very generally expressed that hereafter an arrangement might be made for the ’amalgamation of the two Clubs. At the meeting of the Clyde Town Council on Wednesday last the ap-dicat’on of the Dunstan Band of Hope for use of Hall on the 9th inst., was favorably received but not acceded to, as the Hall is undergoing renovations which will not be then completed. The reports of Finance awl Public Works Committee’s were adopted. The Clerk was instructed to Communicate with Inspector relative to goat nuisance, and state of the strets. Also with the Postmaster General, requesting that a receiving box may be placed at Mr. Marshall’s. The Finance committee wasauthorised torevise’the water rate fo> the ensuing year. The Auditor’s report, recommending that accounts he opened for e'-ery 'rate-payer be adopted. That the meeting be adjourned to receive the report of the .assessors. The meeting was adjourned accordingly, The Rev. Joshua Jones has visited Cromwell, and according to the local paper, it is probable that be will hereafter be cordially received by his co-religionists. We were under the impression that in these enlightened days diverse “modes of faith”, would not prevent the right hand of fellowship being extended to a minister of the gospel, by all professing Christians, of whatever denomination. Mr. Janus Paterson has at last got faiiry started with briokmaking, and his foreman has already produced some excellent specimens of handiwork. The clay works excellently, and the bricks are as clear cut and even as can be desired. The St. Eathan’s Annual Race Meeting has been fixed for the 26th and 27th of December next. See preliminary notice in our advertising columns, The Chinese Immigration Committee of the Lower House have reportcd'that no case has been made out calling for legislative interference. This decision was carried by a majority of one. Mr Haughton has given notice of a motion calling upon the Government to consider during the recess the evidence taken by the Committee, with a view to proposing n, :t session soma mea- i sure to prevent the Gold-fields from being j overrun by Chinese. The Provincial Government Gav-'le of the 25th ult notifies that sales of unsold town sections will be held as undernoted.—box b.vrgh, 27tb November ; Alexandra, 28th Clyde, 29th; Cromwell, 30; Bendigo, Ist December; including also allotments at Newcastle, Pembroke, and Gladstone Fiankton and Queenstown on the 27th inst. Arrowtown 29th, and Naseliy 27th. “ A change has come o’er the spirit of the dream, When the election for Snper.loieudent of Otago was on the lapis, Mr. Reid was the adored of the Tnapekaites. J.t Mas almost at the risk of life and limb to breathe one syllable of detraction against the immaculate Donald. Foremost among his champions was the ingenuous Horace ol Lawrence ;“ in whom no man hath found guile”. The Moa Flat sale has removed the scales, even from his eyes ; and, in a lelier io the Tuupelm Times, he thus recants his opinions “I am met with such remarks as this. *Oh ! you are one of the Liberals who persuaded us to support Mr. Donald Koid and your Liberal Ministry ! Now, I wish it to be distinctly understood that not one of this communiiy is more disgnste 1 than lam with the conduct, of the present Government in reference to this matter ; and in my opinion if they have one spark of political honesty in their composition they will at once resign the position, which they have gained, in my opinion, by false pretences. They accepted office under the distinct promise that they would do what I bey could for the opining up of the lands and settling the people thereon, instead of which they sell and lock up the key to one of the finest districts in Otago. They can plead no excuse ; want of money cannot justify such an unwarrantable not; better Jet the banks do their worst than to allow one man to come in and monopolise an entire district, where we have an industrious population who have means, and are desirrous of settling in the country.” An accident, that might have resulted in serious loss occurred on Tuca ’ay ev ning last, on the Cromwell Road; a short distance from ClydA A teamster, driv’ng aii eight horse waggon, ladtn with a return load of sheep skins, had driven donn in the dusk, and safely passed afl the dangers of the road until he reached the decline and narrow turn in the road about four hundred yards from the end of Sunderland Street. Here, by some miVbance, begot the wheels ofi the track, and the waggon was capsized on the steep slope of the,river bank. Fn - tunately its weght prevented it rolling far, but a lighter in the some pred’eament must inevitably have bes n dashed to pieces. Assistance was e- derod in the morning ai d J’ler some hours hilor the waggon was rain got on the road ; and it was found thqt no great damage had resulted. The te urn and driver escaped injury. An old Iml'. writing to her son on West warns hj i" to 1>• ware of bi'ious sal ;ou.: and Ixvwol ulley.-.

; It was stated in Wellington that the in- | dignation of the constituents of Mr. J, B. 1 Bradshaw, regarding the sale of 50,000 acres I of land to Mr. J. Clarke, found expression in the following telegram, forwarded to the gentlemen:—“ You are covered for life with a mantle of infamy.” The Arrow Observer says:—“ The favorable accounts coming from the reefs at the Upper Shotovnr has put everybody in good spirits of late. The mining community see before them the prospect of plenty of employment with good wages. The farmers foresee an increased demand for their produce and a prospect of a risein prices. Owners of property see looming in the distance a considerable addition to its value. Storekeepers, though faint-hearted and even desponding rub their hands with joy at the prospect of a brisk demand for their goods; while tradesman and others of the industrious classes—either in the shape of workers or purveyors of necessaries—discern a prosperous future in store for them. Quartz-reefing in the L dies District never promised so much before. After all the unpleasantnesses of a dull winter, summer opens with the promise that the most permanent and profitable branch of gold-mining will yet be found in the development of our quartz reefs. The managers of the Tuapeka Hospital have during the past month, sent the major portion of chronic patients on the books of the Hospital to the Dunedin Institution. At a recent meeting of the Lawrence Town Council the following ’resolution was carried.—“ That the Colonrd Secretary be requested. To place at the disposal of the corporation the labour of the prisoners confined in the Lawrence Gaol.”— At tho last meeting of the Waste Lands Board the valuation of improvement made ou sections in block XXVI., Clyde were approved of, and it was resolved that the land be sold at the upset price of Is fid per foot front age to back streets. Valuation for impiwements.te be added. The joint committee of the two Houses of Assembly appointed to consider the subject of our lunatic asylums, have agreed to the following resolutions,:—(l.) That the asylums in the colony have not (save in some localities) either proper or sufficient accommodation for the reception and care of lunatics. (2.) That it is expedient that the General Government should take measures to cause proper provision to be made in those parts of the colony where the present provision is insufficient. (3.) That a dulyqualified Medical Officer from the United Kingdom, having special knowledge and experience in the treatment of the insane, be forthwith engaged and appointed, and who shall have tbe supervision and control over all the lunatic asylums in the colony. (4.) That the question of a general central asylum be postponed until next session, by which time information will have been obtained from reports of the Inspecting Medical Office, which will serve to guide the action of Parliament. (5.) That whilst steps should be taken to improve all the asylums in the colony, the state of that at Karori, near Wellington, urgently requires immediate attention and reform. That the honorable the Speaker bo requested to transmit a'copy of these resolutions to the honorable the Colonial Secretary, for the consideration of the Government, with the view of their beiug’carried into effect. Writing of the election of a School committee the Timaru Herald remarks very' pertinently. “ Here in New Zealand, and generally, a sad apathy exists when a public matter requiring any private expenditure is to be undertaken. The public, as a body rarely lend a helping hand, and the task of carrying out tbe work falls on half-a-dozen men, fortunately in most instances to be found in communities who work not in the expectation of any reward but simply out of love for what they have undertaken. To serve the public, is to serve a most fickle and exacting master, —a master who allows its servants to toil without a word of encouragement, but who, if an error of judgment or fault occurs on the part of its servants, admits of little palliation or excuse but is inexorably sevgre in condemning.” Members of School Committees, Municipal Councils, Church Committees and other public institutions necessary to keep the social and political wheel going, will recognise the pict ire, and confirm the strt m nt.

At a recent meeting of members of the W akatip Hospital Committee a resolution was carried by one vote, “ Thatthemanagement of the Hospital be handed over to the Government unless the subsidy be increased to its former rate.” It was also decided, “That it be an instruction to the General Committee that all subscriptions bo published in the local newspaper; also payments by patients.”

Early in the Session a “Vaccination Bill” was introduced in the House of Representatives for adoption; but under the pressure of business of greater importance, it seems to have, for the present passed out of notice. From the fact of its being a really workable measure, it is to i>e hoped that it may yet escape the customany slaughter of innocents. The principle embodied in the Bill is rather that of moral suasion than the infliction of pains and pena’ties. “No fine, is to be enforced against parents who neglect to have their children vaccinated, but the Governor is to publish from time to time documents showing the advantages to bo derived from the practice and, certain privileges are to be witheld ' fr tin un,vaccinated persons. No child not I vaccinated is to be allowed to attend a j public school, nor will any unvaccinated | adult be allowed +o hold any public office ' ■ypHatever. Every facility is to be offered 1 g fit,is, to persons who wish to avail thems dbes of the services of the Public Vaccinator an officer to be appobitcland paid by the Government, while a register is to he k pt of all children who have been successfully va-’inated, exactly in the same way as the 1 reg iter of birth, deaths, and marriages.