The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1871.

Dunstan Times, Issue 506, 29 December 1871, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1871.

fconenththoTliileof Men eswrblv juoc the Mss is iiifii'niEK than the s word

At the close of each swiftly speeding year, it is a good and wholesome cus tow to take a. brief retrospective glance. Not so much seeking for cause of regret, as to gain therefrom hope and ’encouragement for ihe future. The contemplation of the past •twelve months present* no very cheer* ing picture, but, as the darkest timid has ever ihc brightost lining, so may Ve e’en Lope that the long continued depression of trade and industry, prevaiiuig here as elsewhere ; Sliding the energies, and curbing the free action of flio-sc who liavti steadfastly striven to uphold and advance the hr crests of the land of their adoption • may soon give place to a bettor order of things, and, Are another twelve months' ha e passed away, theie may he expeiicrrcf-c!, throughout i] ie length nr,d breadth of the Province, n revival of active iadn-tiy, an outward i slid visible sign of jenewi-d briskness 1 tf t-v.d )i healthy vinditv that makes . all li;,or lightsome, and c!ie*-rs even ! the most despondent. It is not that 1 this or that, community is poor, or lacking the world’s merchandise, as represented lu houses and lands, and goodly stores of coo.fort•<Me pussi-s-*. ions. Tim realised w.-ailb of the goiie.ial cecuVinrn’iy may bo even greater row than in the stining goldfields’ I iTo-c «.-■ .1 whirling excitement | and fitful pK.spen\y incited false 1 hopes in the most s her tniucleU’/iirt*.'; the golden dreams they then realised j would last far aye; and that fa tares ! would oe made and lost, at d won again nndy-t again, with bewildering celerity. But.we Jack the one j cednd, a stimulus to nuwi.ycrlng progress. A gold-fields’ community cam ot long reniain q* i-'seent, its affairs must either advance or iTtroi w>de. That inborn feeling of unrest that prompts both miners and business men to action, prevents them settlin'.' contented y for any leng-.hened pe.iod to a quo t, humdrum, mode *f existence It is this that, causes discontent and ‘repining j there seems no present scope for the immediate exercise of drooping energies. That tlm LTmsiun disn-ict possesses within itself resources, winch 3 .ceding but the aid of pon-ib.iion, .capita! and enterprise to develop; would yield increased wealth and tasting.activity, has never been gains dd ; seldom dciib cd ; hut the one momenta-.! s question, puzzling alike to thinkeiand woi-kei-, is, how shall this sparsely scattered community most wisely prove ■the great (ruth of the jirec'-jii, “Heaven helps those .who help themselves.” AVitb a fil m unwavering f i'li that all things come right in the end. the “wish becomes; a father to the thought”, that it will fa* no idle compliment, or use of vain unmeaning words, to wish our readers a Happy New Year.

IFollowixo tli p good example set us by the great majority of our readers rye :uid our st ill, have, during the •present week, mildly indulged in the festivities ot the season j and we coucoascquenlly •■iiiit, for once only, the publication of our usual supplement. The brief ichrxatHMi from customary labor, has helped to brace up the debilitated energies of nature, and we are now prepared to faces nol her years’ toil and turmoil, to battle again amid the shoal- and shallows which over surround die path tf journalistic euter>prise, and to endeavour by tlie potent aid of good intent and unwearied ex-onlou-s, to win the n]>prov.il of our mime.oils though widely, scattered constituents. Wn, beg to. express our hearty thanks to our numerous subccriuersaadadvcrtlsars forth ci.- liberal

rt fturhig t!o- j ins'* ymr: mu I may wo venture ula • to refer to a aouvwhat ton jinijiaUlt* jficfc. We luivo lif fore us a formula' l' j i'lilo of. ciouets j loroo'kctiou. Our In oisavo li-.hlerual ; l.y the many osji i's’m)!i o r ujn*rov;il | auJ kimlly riio' f urtiiHt.afi* y i •of. iveJ, hut ilion- is m jicfulur 1 11 ■ iciting agOi.t nest o Moiitinl to the smooth vyrkiog of “ tin- Pro s”. unit most effectual is i's ro-u’ts when regularly applied. whieli wo lack just at jirow.ii. When 'vu personal!' tender our suppvt'T.s the comoliumuts of the season an I our lifcnlo hill; may we voi tun. to ros.iccifu'iy, yet euaust! , -;X|»rßas a hj pi that we naiy • iml them, ;iyo maty.