TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dunstan Times, Issue 509, 19 January 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

(Per Grevh.ie and Co.) t ! Ddnedin.Jan. 13, 5 p.m. Large shipments of wool uav been made here by the Mail Steamer to Ame ioa. The Synod, after two day . sitting adopted resolution calling Upon Mr. Sutherland to re ign the First Church, and passing a severe c nsnr; upon his conduct. He refuses to acquit see. The first shipment of girders for the Wal aid Bri ge was male in Nove u'.er. The plant of the Clutha line has been despatched. The Southland arbitration case is settl'd, ■y the award of 27,31 F., the orginal demvid b ing 3f>,ooi)/.. and the Government to pay a'l legal costs. There is a great drought in Auek’and Me srs. Rrogden an 1 Ormond have settled upon the Kavvakawa line. The Woikato railway is commenced. La'est Fijian reports are to the effect that the natives of Bakakiraki have thieatened to murder the settlers. A special te egra n, Luilon, Doc. 12, says that the Piiuee of Wiles contracted his illness uea’ Scarborough. That he had passed a restless night, and that the signs were 1 ss evcouiag'ug. The Price of Wales’ T eatre has b-en destroyed by liie. The l. ss is estimated at 40,000/. Strachan is a candidate for the House of Represen'a ive i, vice Farm'll.. The Can erbnrv Police ihreaten to resign immediately, if reluoed pay comes into effect.

I- is notified by alvertisem nt that the Clyde School will be re-opened for usual duties on Monday next, the 22nl ins'ank It has been sng ested tha f , while the i resent hot weather prevail-, pa entsnf pup 1will do well to forbear en lin the youngest members of their fa nil es to school. The ro in is o ly adapted for the a--com no ati n of a imite 1 number of pupils, and to crowd i a ain as it has be n of late will be at the risk of th-lva'th of the p or littl- unfortunates doom-d to spend a parti n of their time there. We hear tho members of the -eli-iol Committee are al.ea y bestirring thorns Ives to ge a n -w and more commodious buialin erected. We hear that the “ Garibaldi” dredge has sunk a' her mo rings ; omi-’c to the bi.di win is, a-id sudden Hsi .g of the river last we k. She lies in deep avater and u . effort will he mMe io raise her until the ’ wilder. Another n’d Clyde rosilen 1 ’ has > ass id away. Tlnmas Gard, the well known parde -er, died p acafully in ‘he Mospit 1 yesterday morniig, aft r a Ion; te-m <-f suffering, borne with calm and ■ affsnt re dgna bn. The fan-rd will take place tomorrow. Ve would draw att nt ion to the n-dice io ano her cnlu- n, l-y the Maoa er of the Mata's mm Sta'i-n, whor-in a'urge reward is offer-d to any per-o-i • iving s-u-h information as may lead to tin- conviction of the offenders who so' Ire to and burned a laigc track of th -M itak.a-mi Run. We hardly sup'-ose any o-o w-.ul 1 be so ma’ign nt as to wilful’y -et tiro to the cocrni.'a"t that‘. rent wart o f cure is often disn’ayel by men when liehtiup their pi- cs, and fhro'i hj want of due car-a pi vans harm is fr -qnently d o-e. A cnnvicti n. we think, may have a rood effect, an ! cause a ere it r am "in t of caution to he ob .erred in future, ami we feel assure! that, should an offend r he caugV, a con ieti -n will be press d for. We also iecomiiier.il to the notice of own is of hors s and cattle to the a Ivertiso ue it-egardiugstock' mining on the Mat.ika'iui ■’dta'ion. The usual weekly le ter from our Carricktou corresponde.it has n>t come to ha d. We he ir, however, that the scarcity of wit -r is ma e dally retarding operations The ll.a t of link an! Star of Hie Fast Comtianies’ joint machi e, with ten heads of stamp'-rs, has now on'y five doing duty, nn 1 the Elizabeth but four. Eeither has cleared no la'ely ; but the s'o-ic pas dug through ea'-h mill 10.-k-« v.-ry will. A discovery of ather a s'lirlliop character mad : in Hi • Duke of Camberlnn 1 Claim at a depth of tea f et from the surface, wh re the reef was struck, the prospect giving three pennyweights to the dish. This fin I has ra-s-d the hopes of ho'ders in the claim, and nothing short of hundres is asked for the most in'lni-esimal fraction of a shun-. Sev nl this nothin j has transpired worthy of immediate notice. The Black’s om n-spon 1- nt of the Doily Times, w i ing under e'i lent perturbation an I depression of spirit, say-;; weather still conHnues tnc same a; in m last several reports- - too fine for either miner or la mer. The miners cannot j. et, water to wash wi b, end there i; no mo-slu. c in the ground to support the fiumciV cro. s. The. win Is are ns heai y here as in any oth r pa tof tho province, in fac , I may say, we have hardly been twen'y-four hours th se last two months without half a gale blowing. Business is extremely dull ; nothing whatever doing. Tli. se who ha I a lew shillings left the place to enjoy their holidays in more g -uial dim -s. Cm- crops -are nearly a failure through the drought. Our Court is nearly des rove I through another b dug hj Id at Tink -r's Diggings, taking all our trade away. The L aider Creek Race, a property which cost over 2,000k, was sold at auction for 240/. ; and the Ida Valliy Deep Liad was sold for about 170/., including horses, shaft, whim, and all. The Church has been forsaken these last two Sundays hy all denominations and their pastors ; the school meeting, which should have been held, fell through for want of support; a now township across the river is 1 em ■ surveyed by the G v. nimcnf. ; and Mump--.!. of.iVsd.’s in ;y sn th y are email go ng to he ifo s—a- (1 that Hnou hj li--wr.nl of energy ..isp’ay. d by them e'vc-s.

MINING INTELLIGENCE. Quartz are in the ascendant, an I fror all quarters do we near o F s’lafts la ing sunl and tunnels driven in rearch of reefs, t. e most noticeable we refer to '-alow. Tin Alexandra reef. Butcher’s GuPy, is nov being tested thoroughly. Day and nigh shifts of nun are on. and ar- engage 1 ii driving a level from the smond sbaf l ■< catch the reef struck in the No. 1 shaft, an from which he trial crushing wastage’’ Op to the present time about fifty b etThav ! > f en driven, and it D expected an ther to fe will strke tbv lole. A a'-od deal if the stud g ne tl r ugh c n l ain a gold, but uot in sufficient ((nah'ity to pay for cartage in nd litim to the cost of raid 'g and crushing. I’c"jie t and par‘y, at Convoy's, are doing a 'orof work, reaching for a reef The indi j '■a''o sof a payable < jre bei gin thenoivh- i mrho "I are go d, ms f o■■ -. pave 1 of ibif* qnu tz the ptCyhad ciu tied, i yield at the ; ■fwoon cso rhe ‘o was obtained, i They ar" now about to. oomn ence an ther shaft, some shori distance away from two th 'v hj ive alre i'y s n'; one to a dopih of si.x f y feetan 1 'he o her for'y feet. Mithinson an I Compa y and O.eenb nk and Compa y, at Thompson’s Gully, co - tiuue th ir evertin' s to te t 'he lode discovered s me mi n'hv ago. This reef is well defined, carries v ry fair gdd, ami won d o oubt. par we 1 were it in a more .ce si'd ■ locality ; In.titi-tb ugbt the expe so of carrying on opera 1 ions w uld i o so great that ci .ber jnrtv, before ■ivctiiig inn. hi aery, wish to be c rtaio that the ■ e f is a lasting one, and not a mere patch if stone, as so many others haw proved t hemselves to be. j The Rise aid Shi e party, 0 u the top of I tie Dunstan ban e, have, for toe time, ! given over active operations on the reef | nni iing tbrou. hj th ir aihn i 1 claim. From j what has alrea :y been b led there is lit ie ; d uld but tha'c a very rub reef has been dscove td. The scare! y ~f water at Bendigo is much fo’t, there being I ardly enough for bogan ml Compan ’s ha terv, the only one at! w rk. Wi'h th; exeei*ion of 1,0 an's, Colei u h’s itarty is the only one at work ; but'he vvine of 'be icef laely iseovere«l by ibem is n it yet k oun.