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Dunstan Times, Issue 535, 19 July 1872, Page 2

* The usual sitting of the District Court, to have been held on Monday last, the loth inst., throitgh ■ the ; unavoidable absence of Mr. Wilson Gray, the District Judge, was postponed till Monday next. For the information of those who are likely to have business at the Court, we state, on autho rity, that afurther|poatponement ihjall likelihood will take place, as it is probable bis Honor will not attend to the business of this Court until his return from Queenstown. We will endeavor to ascertain the exact movements of Lis Honor, and in our next issue duly acquaint our readers thereof. We are repuested to invite the attendance of the residents in the Town and district to the meeting of suls?ribeis to the Clyde public library to be held o» Monday evening next in the Library room. The object of the meeting is the election of a new committee, and to devise some scheme whereby its usefulness may be more complete. To all who desire well to the country in which they live, we particularly address this Invitation. We hope to see a large attendance, and wish through their efforts to note a marked change for the better in the working institution. The winter has at last come to an end, succeeded by a downright good earnest thaw with rain in galore, thus rendering everything as uncomfortable as could well be desired, and the roads in that state called execrable. By this timely change the miners, and in fact the entire people of the district are quite elated, and all look forward to better times. The past twelve months in the Dunstan district proper, is, including Black’s, Drybread, and the diggings under the Dunstan Range, has been for gold producing, the worst ever ex-j perieuced ; the summer and autumn being exceptionally dry, not above a third of the water as usual available, ’ followed j 6y the most severe of winters, locking ground and water up entirely in its iron grip. The ill fated dredge Garibaldi that sunk at her moorings in the Alolyneux a few months ago has been again recovered from her watery bed, but we are sorry to Bay a total wreck, and has been pulled to pieces. The Garibaldi, in the first season after her launch struck a remarkably rich patch just below Clyde, obtaining with six men as much as thirty ounces per day, a rise in the river drove her inshore before the ground was scarce broken, and though many attempts have been made to again strike it, they were unsuccessful. An entertainment was given by the members of the Clyde Band of Hope on Wednesday evening last, in the Town-hall, Clyde, and the proceeds, amounting to 81. Is. 6d., were handed over to the Treasurer of the Clyde' Church. The usual courtesy not having been extended to us, wo are unable to, say anything further. We may say, however, that this is not the first occasion on which the omission has been made, whether from willfulness or otherwise we will not say ; and, as it appears the institution of a free ticket, recognised in every community, is attempted to be broke through, we are determined, to stand upon our rights. A very useful piece of information is contained in our telegraphic intelligence, and as a surety that it may meet the eye of all onr readers we again record it. The Resident Magistrate at Christchcrch has decided that a receipt stamp is not necessary in acknowledging the receipt of a cheque.” At the nomination of candidates for the Mayoralty, of Dnedin on Friday last, two candilates came to the fore, Mr. Fish, the present mayor, and Mr. Councillor {Rossbotbam. Mr. Fish during his address appears to have lost his temper with Mr. M‘Daren, the pro; o *r flMr Rossi o ham, ;a he styled him, “I hat amiable looking friend of mine,’’ “That howling champion of Mr. Rossbotham’s.” The following amusing scene afterwards took place.—“ Mr. M‘Laren : Were you not presented by a contractor at the opening of the Cargill fountain with a cup in the name of the public ? Mr. Fish ; I will answer any question from a respectable ratepayer, but I will not allow ray time, nor the meeting’s, to be wasted by the idiotic ravings of a lunatic such as this. (Great Laughter.) It I knew there was a farthing of your money in it. I would not accept it. I would trample it under my feet. Mr. M'Laren: You are in duty bound to do so. You must answer me or you must retire, Mr. Fish : You are beneath my notice, I shall not. Mr. M‘Laren: All your scurrilous, all your unmanly! all your ungentlemanly remarks—l shall make you pay for them, Sir, I shall. I shall sue you for damages, and 1 shall make my name a terror in your ear.—(Laughter.) —Daily Times. i Inspector Morton, formerly of the Otago Police Force, died, at, Auckland on Sunday the 7th inst.

At a meeting,of tfye Dunedin, it was resolved that -the new township at Black’s, on the north side of the MuuuherikiA river, be offtrecl for :competition at the next sale 5 , f / ■ The tatt’fH»q'ueiioy di&vtelifes vpo&’us tp;' inform' correspondthits " that, if- they desire' the publicatian of ”th’euf''c6inmunications to the Editor," it ia : kWelrftely necessary that* they enclose their name-and .address. iWo agaip.repeat thjj in&rmatiqn, and statethat all 'letters, Unless bearing the name and- address of the writer will share the fate of one received .by us from W L. Mr. Fache notifies by advertisement in another column to which we refer our’ readers, the sale by Anctjon,this day of' valuable freehold properties, household 'furniture. &e,, alsojtwo thorough-bred horses and a number of others. Mr. Fache requests us to draw attention to the Sale by Auction of valuableleasehold property and buildings in the hew township' of Mauuherikia, Black’s,’■ dn ' ! Tuesday next the 23rd instant. (See advertisement.) We understand that Mn-Williani Smitharn of the Kawai au Hotel,. Cromwell, is about to leave the district, having disposed of his business to Mr. Bastings. The Wakatip Mail says :—“ We regret to Mr. W. Scole, of Arrowtown last week lost his - ‘well-known entire, Flying Morgan. Inflammation of the lujiigs is said to have been the '.cause of death. Mr. Scoles seems to,be.,very nnfortnpate in horses, this being the. third, loss during about two years besides two valuable brood mares which he was, bringing over from Melbourne at the’same time with Flying Morgan. We understand Mr. W. Patterson, of the same town, has also suffered tl e loss of a valuable mare and colt. ■For the last'fortnight’s crushing from Mace’s claim, Innngahnn, on the West Coa-1 1,220 ouncec of amalgnm was the result. The Brothers Maoeare well known through- ■ aut the province Of Otago, having spent qome time in Gabriel's Gully, afterwards at Conroy’s Gully, and then .at the Arrow, Mace-town, a township up the Arrow river, is named after them. f - yFrom the Daily Times we learn there was a narrow escape from another extensive fire in Princes-street, on -Friday night. Mr, Wise was about to leave his shop for the night ; but, just as he was turning off the gas, he perceived a spark fall from the ceiling to the floor. Ho knew it must have come from the premises over the shop, occupied by Messrs; Almao, haHera, and at once called Constable.Doran. They raised a ladder to;the window, and effected an. entrance to the. up-stairs jpremises. Here they discovered the boards of the floor to be on fire, near a stoyo .pscd for trade pur-- ■ pesos. The fire was soon extinguished. It is supposed to have been caused by cinders* falling on ■-tiip floor, which was only pro---tected by.a.small piece of tin. The stove is : now to be briiikcd’ in. | Tho Hon. Robert Campbell, at the meet-ing-of the-/Waste Lauds., J!qa(tyb( yesterday afternoon, handed in a communication by 'which be f agreed “io tHe 10,1100 acres enhia rqns, and.to the opening of the • landj for. ,sale,' £ Miv Thomson/ the chairman, .he might say,--as Chief Surveyor, aijdnot as ChJyCGomniissiolierj.that the land was only fit fpr., pastoral purposesJ He also stated he would not vote in the! I matter. On Mr. Campbell requesting the; : Board to take the matter into consideration,! Mr. Reid remarked, “ I presume it may be resolved now to open the land for applioacation. ” The Chief Commissioner replied, “What shall I minute’..letter received?’’ Mr. Reid: “And agreed to open the land for sale.” Mr. Campbell, it appeared, intended to purchase the land, and asked that the matter mighhbe. disposed of, as he was leaving for the North by the Albion on Friday, and would be away forthree months. The land was opened for sale, and Mr. Reid remarked, “We can receive applications for it to-day, and consider them to-morrow.’, Mr. Hughes suggested that the specia 1 mee) mg to consider the application should not be held till Friday, which would allow a day for other applications to be sent inIt was agreed that the meeting bo held to. day (Thursday)- The Hon. Mr. Campbell sent in an application for the purchase of the land a little before four o’clock, and as the application was the only one put in, the land fell to him at 20s.= per. acre,. without being put up to auction. The land forms part of rims 17 and 28, and is situate in the Waitaki district, between the boundary of the Marewhenua Hundred and the Otekaike.—Daily Times. Our Queenstown contemporary says, there has been quite a lull in the proceedings in the Resident Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts, Queenstown. How' unfortunate for the four legal gentlemen—or are they, perhaps, equally dividing the spoils under a Lawyer’s Limited Liability Company. An eminent authority upon vaccination says that after the age of 35 re-vaccination become? truly a preservative and consequently necessary. Never see point in a poor man’s fun ; you encourage him in forgetting that he ought to be unhappy till he has ceased to be poor. Buffon (to porter ringing railway bell). — Don’t ye! I sny, you’ll frighten the engine. Laugh heartilyat your friend’s dull joke. You please him, and encourage him to try it again when you will be-avengedon him. A curious evasion of the licensing law is now being practiced in Melbourne. .At a dancing saloon in Bourke-staeet, in order to comply with the Licensing Ordinance, the proprietors close their premises at 12 o’clock punctually, and turn every one out, of the place, At half-past 12 the doors are again opened, dancing re-cbmmences, and is then continued during the pleasui e of the company. . r. ~ A New York 'insnranc agent, urging a citizen to get his life insured, said, ‘ Get your life insured for ten thousand dollars, and then, if yoft should die next week the wiclder’s-boast will sing with joy.”

‘Wo have bn acknowledge with thanks from tho'-Register General a Volume con- • taing the .Statistics of .New Zealand. In our iiext lasuojyjs hops to summarize its con-' ■tents.' • . " TJie MelPoi&j&Jjeacler gays.— At last we have telegraphic chramunicatien with Eng'land,' iibt perfect,however; for there are yet 108 mile's'of wire to be placed, arid’ as the late rain'shavenodoubtreachedthOorthern M&triqt'aiid perhaps flooded; the fcouitty, the ooihpletion of the transcohtiraental line may bo a matter of several weeks 'tedious operations; the horse express, however, was established oh the 22nd May, aiiclon Thursday last the Adelaide Government received the first through message from Port Darwin Mr Todd had communicated .from Port Darwin with the south Australian Agent General in London ordering 1000 iron telegraph poles, and the following day received a reply stating that'.they would reach Melbourne in October. On Tuesday, messages were put in at the Melbourne Office. for London, and we may look every hour now therefore for Jnews from England only three or four pay's from Adelaide; messages have been transmitted to the Queen to President Grant, and ,to the Emperor :of Germany, , We take the following from Orey Hirer Argus:—“la view of the speedy opening up of our immense quartz reefing country- at the luangahua; the following extract from an Auckland paper ought to. prove a valuaable hint:—“We have been furnished with an assay, ticket showing the yield of gold from a parcel of tailings resulting from a crushing of quartz for the Crown Prince Gold Mining Company at the Manukau battery. From assayer’s report it appears that B}dwt of gold was obtained per ton of tailings. This result is really an alarming one and shareholders as well as directors, should give it their serious consideration. He is a respecting which it is known, that over onethird of an ounce of gold per ton of stone remained unacted upou.by the quicksilver in the ordii ary process of extraction Is it any wonder then that stone from many of our mines is found unpayable under the process at present adopted for extracting the gold from the quartz. In Victoria such an amount of go’d in a quartz reef as that taken from these Crown Prince tailings would bo made to pay handsome dividends to shareholders but under such a wasteful system as that which permits so large an amount of gold to pass off in the tailings, ,the great majority of shareholders here can never expect to get dividends from their investments. The subject is one calling for the attention aud skill of the practical miner .and the man of science, and every eueourafgement shoidd be given by those interested in mining to anyone who devotes time and attent’ou to it, not the least important duty of mine managers being tliat of fairly testing any new system of gold-saving which .may bo brought under, their notice.”