BLACK’S.

Dunstan Times, Issue 543, 13 September 1872, Page 3

BLACK’S.

(FROM OUR CO-RESPONDENT.) /\Ve have been favorel with g.mie very chi'ifeable w ather duiing the last lhr>e or f,>ur weeks—something of a New Z-alanl mixture, a little of all sorts : one day a r e«m!ar summer's day, ami the next severe winter. The surrounding lnonutaius re-ciiveil-a very heavy eating of snow on Friday night an I S itnrdny las*, in consequence ifco race-owners in the district are highly pleased, an ioipa'inga pi nt.iful supply uf water for the next three or four months at the 1-ast. The Rev. J. Jones hel I Divine Service liere nn Sunday List, which was v -ry well at'ended. While on r< ligi us suhj c s—it is what I do not care t > med la much with - 1 may as will finish. I would a*k what lins bi come of the Church of r ngland Coinn.ittee? Aie thiy sill in existence? or have they, like mint of the Committees that have been organised at Biaek's, jzi>t suddenly dLs usred with themselves aid eve ybo'y e'se! If til y still exist, as a Commit'ee, it is time they were up and stir ing ; if defunct.' they owe the public some account of thi ir stewardship, at the lea*t. ''"he term for which the stipend was tollectsd has, I b lijve, very nearly expired. and if the members of the Church si ill wish to retain the services of a minister, ir. is time s miething was done towar.is raising the necessary funds fur the ensuing year. At all even's, "tie Comn.itte should test the feeling of the pullio in this matter, anl nut surrender or make any alteration in thiir present arrangements wi'hout a stiug'.le. It will never do'totbrow the affair i p sini] ly bi cause one or two mi mhe>s of the Committee Lav.- a notion they will not lieab'e to collect suffici -nt sui scrij - 11 us for tnolher year. I would say, let a properly tomen-d meeting of the Conimiitee 1 e lull, to thonughly discuss the matter, and si e what e;m he done. The Committee have oi.ly lied one general inee ing since they were elected, and that was on the eve.ring i.f their election, and oie special meeting— tinea months sji>. A meiting was called Shout three weeks sieve," but i:. was only known to two or ihiee memb.rs. This meeting lapsed in consequence if lhe gen'lonian who eon\ei edit not being present. In fae f , the vkele of the )al or ln.s b en shuffled in to the shouldeis of one if the members, Mr. IV. U. Bu:k., who, 1 must say, deserves great creilib and the best t.'.anksof all memh is of the Church of kjig'l.md in the- district for the veiy able manner in which he met <md proved himself equ. 1 t'> the emergency.

Fiom divinity to horse-racing is rather a se ions leap to take all at once. However, I cannot help it. Wo had a ma'cb here on Thmutiny last, for 51. a side, between Mr. J. " eutherspoon s mare, Kite, and Mr. J. M’lntosh s Whalebone ; distance, one mile; wei.ht. nine stone. The result of this ma th was rather a sell to some of the knowing ones. Mr. John Hugh s hacked the mate, arid although she has done a escat dial of work lately, drawing a sprii g-cart between eighty and one bundled milts per week, which is no joke, when the state of the roads is considered, she carried off the stakes with tie greatest of eisc. In mining there is nothing fresh to re- ] oit. That public tori ent, Mr. H. Francis, has thoroughly disgusted nearly all the miueis in the pace wish his town-hip fiaims. He has had three or four differ, ns m nos lately, an 1 is now in want of another. This would be a line ■-j cuing for a good steady man, c.mte itto work hard for about los to -Os. per week, with the additii nal advi nt age of I ting initiated into the mystery i f seicn ilic lossiek.ng. Une day last week, Mr. Fia.'-eis conceived the idea that Ikegol was not in the town-hip, but up on lire hill, near tiro School-huu-o, and tin her, with ; ick, shovel, &c., he nq aired, commenced, and despite of ail the remonstrances sunk a hole within six feet of the school house, however, he was sold again and lelt without even the common courtesy of Idling up the hole. This comes of the school committee not insisting upon the Gov.rnment granting thorn a school r.serv-. tue was apjliid lor about two years ago fio.n iho Waste Lands Board, but declined to grant arc eiveat the present site. The committee should insist upon a reserve b.mggianted to them, it the presi nt site is fouiiii to be auriferous let ti.eru sel et one in some other place. There aie a number of vciy young children going to the school, auawr.cn two or ihree of them fall down Sunroof the ho is ami either get killed or some other serious injury I supple will he looked after.

I forgot’t’o.,mcutioii helme that the new tminship on'the other aide of the river was offered for s.deon ihe 2J;fi of August, hut very few lo:s w re got off, only live falling to persons residing mj this si..c-