TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dunstan Times, Issue 503, 8 December 1871, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

PEP. C-TtEviLLE & CO., REUTER’S AG EXT?. Duxedix, Thursday, 4 r.ir. The tender of Pollock of Baklutha, for a supply of sleepers for tho Clutha railway accepted. Mr. Ormond has been swern in as Minister of Public Works. Mr. Beeves is appointed resident Minister of the Middle Island. Escort, 14,598 ounces. Mr. Waterhouse has resigned his seat in the Ministry. The next Session is almost sure to be held in Dunedin. Major Campbell left for Dunedin (o day. The Cabinet sits daily. It is reported that arrangements have been concluded with Mr. Brogden to the full extent authorised by the Assembly. The atten lance drill clause at colonial firing lias been suspended. Fiji advices, via Auckland reports more murders by the Islanders. The Cambria, schoorer, has been captured, and the crew inmd“red. LATEST, SUEZ TELEGRAMS. The total arrivals of woo 1 , 13,947 bales, including .3,332 bales from New Zea’and. Tbo trade is well represented. Bidding, spirited. The average advance is one penny to three half pence on best July rates, since then an advanee on Cape and Australian, ond cno penny in greasy. The advance in price of money toward the end ef sale-*, operated against any further advance.

g Some little surprise is expressed that the 0 members of the Clyde School Committee had so little chauco of an interview with the Sub-luspcetor of Schools, on his recent ’ visit, particularly as many matters affecting C the success of tho School require prompt d attention. The plea offered is that Mr. n Taylor was very much proofed for time ; and, it is added, moreover, that ho was so ' persistently hunted by school committees 11 among neighboring communities, all anxious 1 to urge their claims for Governmental assistance, that he was glad even of a few 0 hours’ respite. Still there is no place upcountry that has better claim for favorable consideration than Clyde. 1 Subscribers to the Building Society will B notice that the usual monthly payments will t be received on Monday evening next. t An accident, that might have been at- - tended with more serious consequences, 00, , curred at the Bough Bridge, a few days ago, a quantity of loose earth and rocks sud- ’ denly falling on William Petrie, as lie was i at work in a cutting, completely burying 3 him. Assistance being at hand, he was . promptly rescued from Ills dangerous posi- , tion. His body was much bruised, and hj« also received a nasty cat on the head, but * is now recovering. Mr. James Patterson has now burned hit - first kiln of bricks—some thirty thousand . —many of whiohare already bespoke. Now , that the insurance companies demur at accepting risks in up-country towns save in exceptional cases, where the danger of loss 1 from fire is very remote, owners of property will see the necessity of building strong party-walls between theirproperties, as a safeguard against fire. For this purpose no better material can he used than well-made bricks, occupying comparatively small space, and easily put together. Beports from the Bough Bidge district speak favorably of its becoming gome day a centre of mining Indus,ry. Indications of quartz reefs are everywhere abundant, and stone taken from leaders already opened up and tested yield very good results. The great want of the locality is a crushing machine. Were one in operation, a wile field of labor would bo opened up for small parties of miners, who could obtain quirtz, in a’most any quantities, which would yield them fair wages for their labor. Some uncertainty seems to prevail as to who will receive the appoin ment of Bailiff for the Dunstan District. It is rumored that tho Mount Ida officer will he transferred here, and it is also said that he would he better content to remain where he now is. The general public opinion is that no better man can be found for the billet than Mr. Thomas Stanbrook. lie lias most efficiently performed his duties as Acting Bailiff for some time past, and, with his thought I knowledge of the district, no stranger is likely to give equal satisfaction in the discharge cf tho onerous, and oftentimes difficult duties pertaining to the office, i Sergeant Major Moore has been placed in , charge of this police district, vice lusoeetor j Percy ; rejigne 1. I The proverbial industry of the Chinese : had 3 scope for profitable employment in I many ways unknown or disregards 1 by I Europeans. At the rear of the Chinese i store here, may be noticed a heap of rusty I horse shoes, gathered by two or three Chi' amcn, and which, after being carefully packed in gunny bags; they will forward to Dunedin, en route for China, whe*e old iron commands a ready sale. Throughout the gold-field the Chinamen carefully gather every scrap 1 of iron, and sell to some of their countrymen 1 who make a trade thereinMr. George Duncan has resigned office as member of the Executive Council. 1 How the Ministry managed to keep their 1 seats was, says the Post, a puzzle to many people who do not see what goes on behind the scenes. Mr. J. C. Broun let a little 1 light in upon the question when, during a ' recent debate on the railways, be recounted ' a short conversation which took place not 1 long agobetween him and the Hon, D. Bell. He had been asking what chance there was ‘ of a railway to Tuapeka being constructed, 1 when Mr. Bell replied, after tho fashion of s the well known Irish apple-woman, by ask- ’ ing another question, namely, “ How will 1 you Vote during the session ?” Mr. Brown, 1 in his innocence, did not see the relevancy e of the question, and mildly insinuated as j much to Mr. Bell, who immediately ex- c plained, “ Oh. if you don’t vote for the Go- c vornment you won’t get your railway.” It t is only fair to add that Mr. Bell repelled \ the charge with highly wrought virtuous in- c digestion.” i The opening of the now bridge at Wan- t ganui was celebrated with much idat. The t Governor performed the leading business in ’ the ceremony, and a very large procession c paraded, comprising the Wanganui Cavalry, 1 three Volunteer Bands, the Marten, Ban- t gitehei, Avamoha, and Alexander Cavalry i Cadet Corps, Militia Officers, Turakina r Cavalry*, Local Five Brigade, Beception a Committee, Citizens, and Native Chiefs, g Addre.ses from the Bridge Committee and s nati-cs were presented, and replied to by o bis Excellency. After crossing the bridge, v the procession counter-marched, and halted j to bo photographed, and then went to the I Rutland Hotel, whore the Governor thanked r ’ tho Volunteers, and congratulated the con- r tractors on the completion of the magnifl- f cent work. Three cheers were then given J for the Governor, Lady Bowen, the ccn- f tractors, and the bridge. A levee was held q in the afternoon, and a grand ball at night. 8 A writer in a Nelson paper gives tbo t tfollowing as an instance of the benefit ac- 8 cniing to flockowners in the Colony by the t increased price of wool in England “ A a gentleman in this prov’nce, who is the r owner of a small run, tho annual yield from ]. which is about one hnndred bales, leceived r last year for his clip between 800f, and r IjOODt.q this year, as the account sales re- j ceived by the lost mail show, his receip! s t from about tbe same number of bales are t nearly 18001. This it must be remembered d is but one solitary instance of some hun- t dreds.” m

o A man, lately in the Police Forte in o Dunedin, was arrested on Tuesday on a hj charge of robbery from a hotel. The balance shoot of Provincial revenue K and expenditure lor the quarter ending the [ 30th of September appears in the Provincial Oazitle of Wednesday. The total revenue ’ is set down at 60.270/. 7s. 10d., and the 0 expenditure at 49,272/. 10s. 1 Id. The sources 3 of revenue arc;— Sale of Crown, lands, 3 26,853/. 12s. Bd. ; gold export duty, 3,909/. 4s. 10d. ; gold-fields revenue, v 4,834/. 9s. 4d. ; General Government, 15,794/. lOi. 9d. ; sale of Government 3 buildings and land, 104/. 7s. Bd. ; harbor dues, 835/. IBs. Bd. ; dog tax, 601/. 10s. ; 1 sundries, 43/. 12s. 6d. ; repayments, immi--1 gration, Ac., 719/. 17s. 7d. ; repayments, education, Ac., 1,115/. 10a.: ga01,43/. 115.2 d. . miscellaneous, 4,905/. os. 7d. ; and licenses, . 359/. Is. , In the New Zealand Gazette, cf the 20th • of November, are published the usual rei | turns showing the imports to and exports I from the several provinces of New Zealand for the quarter ending the 30th of September. The imports were : Taranaki, 3,477/.; ! Auckland, 229,031/.; Wellington, 125,985/,; ; Hawke’s Bay, 11,031/. ; Marlborough, 2,553/. ; Nelson, 88,007/. ; Westland, ' 67,612/. ; Can’erbury, 147,441/. ; Otago, 404,817/. Total, 1,149,905/., as against 1,181,460/. for the corresponding quarter of 1870. The exports were : Auckland, 582,953., principally gold ; Wellington, 1 29,879/. ; Hawke’s Bay, 240/. ; Marlborough, 2,000/. ; Nelson, 00,326/. ; Westland, 198,141/. ; Canterbury, 93,732/. ; Otago, 250,038/. Total, 1,218,099/., as against 764,508/. for the corresponding quarter of 1870. The flax exported was : Auckland, 208} tons, 4,678/. ; Wellington, 135 tons, 2,606/, ; Nelson, 18 tons, 445/. ; Lyttelton, 330} t< ns, 7,015/. ; Dunedin, 103 tons, 2,137/; BluiF, 42 tons, 857/. 50...e amusing mistakes arc sometimes made by police constables in calling the names of parties concerned in suits at the various courts. The Mount Alexander Mail relates that at Fryerston, during the sitting of the Court, there was an unseemly buzzing and the magistrate annoyed, called “silence,” adding, “policeman, why don’t you call silence?” The policeman rushed to the door, and three times with a loud voice, cried “ silence,” and then returning said, “ No appearance, your Worship.” The Provincial Government Gazette, of the 29th ultimo, contains a notice that applications will be received until the 31st of December from persons desirous of filling the office of Inspector of the Gold-field g Depasturing District* of Tuapeka and Wakatip respectively. The district of Tuapeka embraces the districts of Waitahuna, Tcviot, and Switzer’s, aud the district of Wakatip embraces that of Clyde. The salary attached to the office of Inspector is at the rate of 150/. per annum. The Star says It is not many months since we chronicled an elopement in low life, the parties being a gold-field’s butcher ■ carrying on business at a quartz reefing township not a hundred miles from Kawarau, I and a pert little lady who usually presided \ behind the tap of an adjoining hostelry, j After the butcher’s fight several of Ins creditors came to the conclusion that he had obtained goods by means of false pretence, and aotingiutlieinterests ofcommercial immorality, set the detective police in motion. Full particulars of the transaction reached Invercargill by telegram, and the police were requested to wait the arrival of a certain steamer at the Bluff en route for Melbourne the attempt that was made to catch the absconder is thus described by the Southland Times.-—The steamer arrived and a searching investigation ensued, but the missing “knight of the cleaver” could not be found, The supposed partnerof his flight —The ex-landlady—was there, sure enough but above and below, from stem to stem the vessel was searched, and the gallant butcher could not be seen. The ship’s officers and passengers had observed a gentleman on board resembling the one sought for, but still the fact remained that now, when he was most urgently wanted ha could not be had. The police clung to the steamer until the pilot left her some distance down the straits, and still their man did not appear. All this time the lady pnscived an amount of tranquility which showed she had implicit confidence in the security of the joint veil- : hire. Before dealing with subsequent events which we may explain have been enmmuni- i cated to us on reliable authority, it is but ' right to add that the captain and officers of : the vessel were untiring in their cndeavois i to discover the culprit. After the pilot had left, and indeed after the steamer had got i clear of theNewZcaland coast, theveritable i butcher quietly emerged from under one of I those casks of slush or tallow such as are usually to be found on ship-board in the i region of the cook’s galley. The butcher, it i appears, acting inconoertwithanaccmnplice i got beneath the cask, the top of which being slightly indented admitted of a thin covering 1 of taffew being filled in. The w’.i Je fabric was then lashed down to the deck, so as to prevent any chance of its hidden mystery 1 being revealed. The ca-k was so neatly arranged with its tallow covering, that no one not even a lynx-eye Ipoliceman, everdreamt for a moment that it was aught but what it represented itself to bo, viz., a receptacle for refuse deposited from the cook’s copper. The escape was managed with consummate ; skill, and there is some reason to assume that a portion at least of th,o proceeds of the 1 squatter’s mob of fat cattle went as a reward to the ingeni .us party nr parties by whose assistance the gold-fields’ butcher succeeded 1 in preserving his incognito at the Bluff. The 1 last heard of the pair was that they had arrived safely in Melbourne. Their further movements a:o not known, but itisnotatall ■ improbable that they may eventually find their way into the bosom o! the Church of the Fret Bom, establishol in the suburban district of Oakleigh. If so, they should attain ecclesiastical honors amongst those ncwlyflelged wants.