TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dunstan Times, Issue 547, 11 October 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dunedin*, Oct. 10. Mr. Stafford asked for a dissolution, on the ground that neither party could secure a working majority. Tiie Governor inquired whether the House would grant the necessary supplies in the meantime.

Mr. Stafford said the Ministry had no reason to doubt it, and asked for a promise of dissolution provided the aupplies were voted ; butthe Governor refused, and the Ministry thereupon resigned. His Excellency, in very ably discussing tbe mtire aspect of the crisis, said no expression of public opinion had been made. The diffeVence between the parties was in appearance more personal than political, and therefore considered it would be premature to grant a dissolution. If, however, the necessary supplies were voted, he would re-consider the matter.

Mr. Vogel was sent for yesterday, to form a Ministiy, and it is thought he will he joined by Messrs. Waterhouse, Eeynolds, Hall and M'Lean.

Mr. Vogel aunounced that he had Tinder taken to form a Ministry, and the House was adjourned till Friday. In the Supreme Court (criminal sitting), Duffy, on a charge of arson, and Batty, horsestealing, were acquitted ; Evatt, for embezzlement, was santen ced to two vears' imprisonment ! Borland, for assault, three months'; gold at Arrowtown, two escaping from gaol and otherTWicg*. four and a halt j't:a.3. >*,

Mr. Nuttall, co-patentee in the sub-marine , boat for working the beds of the auriferous . livers in New Zeal anil held a meeting at the Public Library in order to explain the principles of the invention and show the great ' results to be expected from this most useful ' apparatus. Much credit is due to Mr. 1 Nuttall for the spirited and enterprising manner in which he has introduced the inveution in Otago, and we trust the public will give it that encouragement it deserves i and more especially as the most scientific ; men in the colonies have recomended its adoption and pronounced it to be almost a t perfect success. If the shares are taken up ' quickly Mr. Nuttall informs us he wi.» have a boat on the_River in working orJer ' in eight weeks, and as it has been placed in - small shares to cr.me within the reach of all | classes in the up country districts we hope ere long to see several boats at work and wish the enteipiise every sucess.— Arrow Observer. Australian telegrams to date give but poor encouragement for any one from here seek- " ing their iortunes in any of (he new discovi eries lately ma* e in the Northern Australia. j, The following are the most concise, The Charters Towers rush is a complete failure. ' The miners are returning disgusted, and the Government has beenasked to provide means , for bringing ba:k the Victorian diggers. , There is nothing new from Poit Darwin, , There is plenty of stone on the surface which is expected to realize from 4 to soz to the ton. A telegram from Eookhr.mpton st atts that a return rush fromTownsville has set in. - Fears are entertained of disturbances by the > rowdy portions of the diggers who arrived at | Townsville from the Southern Colonies. ] !By advertisemi-nts in another column it will be seen that the Clydesdale entire horse "Heathe* Jock" and the thorough - bied entire " Clontarf " will travel this season through Clyd", Cromwell, Black's, and adjoining neighborhoods. For the Cromwell berby, to be run on > the Cromwell Race-course, on Thursday, ' the 26th of Decern oer next, the following . colts and fillies have been entered :—Mr. , Webb's filly, by Traducer, out of Miss King's dam ; Mr. Wtl.b's filly, by Malton, out of Spray ; Mr. Fraser's bay filly Flora, ' by Roebuck ; Mr. Drivi-r's chestnut Ally, i by Tom King, out of Gallovedc; Mr. . Douglas's cheslnnt colt Dragon, by Ravensworth, out of Ladybird : Mr. E Pritchard's bay filly Master Rowu's Daughter, by Master Rowe j Mr. Taggart's filly Lady Antrim; i Mr M'Kay's chestnut colt Port Phillip ' Buck; and Mr. J. Miller's filly Miss .; Deceiver. It was announced, under the Stafford j Ministry, that the Tuapeka Railway would . i he proceeded with during the ensuing year, ' ; and that 60,000/. would be expended in its ' j construction. " The Dunedin Ercnhg Star, in comment- ■ ing on the rumor current that disease had ) : liroken out among the cattle near the Otago i j Heads, remaiked on Saturday last:—Our ! contemporary, the Daily Times, should really be-more Canful than is Us practice ' in giving currency to damaging paragraphs. l < The alarm concerning the cattle disease r turns out, we are happy to say, to be un- ' founded. Mr. Logic, Chief Inspector i.f | Sheep and Cattle, says tl at there i 3 no I reason for alarm respecting the disease ' \ among cattle reported in the Times of this i j morning. It is merely a "mange," no • i doubt, in the case lefcrred to, brought on by starvation, and which, by sufficient and . I prober feeding, with attention, will not be j heard of in a few weeks. Many similar cases occur annually, through scarcity of 5 food. Mr O'Neill has introduced into th° House ; of Representatives his very useful measure i for regulating the plans of towns, and it , has aheady passed its seconJ reading in the , Lower House, with every prospect of becouiiug law -this Session. It enacts that, 1 after the passing of the Bill, the streets 5 shall not be less than one hundred and fify ' lioks ironi building line to building line, . and that there shall be not less than two principal streets in each town of not less than two hundred links in width. In all new towns provision will have to be made for recreation grounds. It also provides that there shall Le set apart a town belt of , not less than one-fifth of the town in area, i one-halt of which is to be appropriated only as ornamental grounds. Every tenth section is to be reserved from sale, a3 the ( nucleus of municipal .property, Then the plans of all towns are to be approved of liy the Governor prior to sale; and there is . also an important clause providing that the , level of the streets shall bedistmctly marked on the plans, showing the level of the , ground as it was and as it would be when . altered. A leading paper decides that the plural of ■ titmouse is titmouses, and not titmices. i "On the same principle," says another i paper " the plural of a tailor's goose is i gooses, as indeed we hold that it is." This reminds us of an anecdote with regard to a ; merchant who wanted two of these tailors' irons several years ago, and ordered them of Messrs Dunn and Spencer, hardware merchants. He first wrote this order : "Please send me two tailors, gooses," thinking that this was bad grammar, he destroyed it, andwroteas follows:—"Please send me two tailors geese." Upon reflection, he destroyed this one also, for fear he should receive live geese. He thought over the matter till he was very much worried, aud at last in a moment of desperation, he seized his pen, and Wrote the following, which was duly posted :—".Messrs. Dunn and Spencer,—Please send me a tailor's goose ; and, hang it, send me another." By reference to our telegraphic despatches it will be seei that the Stafford Ministry i have again been defeated, an.i also that his i Excellency has refused to grant a dissolui fi° n - t i We are requested to state that Divine Service will ba held at Alexandra on Sunday next, (morning and evening), by Mr. Stevens, Stud* ;it of Divinity. f

The Auckland Evening Star nays : —“ We 1 observe that our young sister the Tiny of Plenty Times is asserting her independence. It is better at once to come thus to an understanding with subscribers, for we have no doubt that there will lie plenty in that little district disposed to assert their right to control the politics of the local paper. It appears that “a subscriber objects ” to the politics of of the paper, and threatens to withdraw. The editor replies “we propose to edit our little paper ourselves, and just as we please 5 and seconly, our friend has the privilege of declining to take it whenever it shall cease to be agree-'ble to him.” Bravo, young one ! That is the way to speak. Here is a stone to throw at them. We once broke an objector’s head with it— We don’t belong to our patrons, Our paper is wholly our own ; Whoever may like it can take, Who don’t can leave it alone. Steps are being taken to get Up a two days’racing at Auckland, to take place in January next. The Town Plate is to be 5051. and a handicap 2001. The following may bo useful to some of the many legal managers of gold-mining companies that have lately sprung into existence : —“ According to the decision of the Judge at Auckland, in the case ‘Manners v. the Caledonian Company,’ the legal managers of gold-mining companies will, in future, be debarred from accepting transfers and erasing shareholders’ names from their books until they have assured themselves that transfers are legally and legitimately effected.” The IVa hi tip Mail says :—“ W T e regret to notice that Miss Bessie Coffey, a cabin passenger per the Kydaspes, from London, died of consumption on the 12th ultimo. The deceased was a sister of our respected pastor of St, Peter’s Episcopali n Church, and was within only one day’s sail of Port Chalmers." W’e learn from our 1 contemporary that somewhere about twenty purc-bred Leicester rams, nearly all owned by Mr Robert M'Morran, were found last week worried to death by dogs, in a paddock not far from Arrowto.vn, wnere they had been placed for the winter. The Australasian says—“We sha’-l be doing a service to miners who may think of emigrating to the Charters Towers goldfield by drawing their attention to a telegram from Townsville, which appears in another column. It strongly reiterates the canto n, which has been often urged before, against the exaggeration of some of the accounts received from that gold-lield, especially in reference to the alluvial ground. The lead, it appears, has been lost. There is no ground to take up, an I miners must depend wholly ou their own resources, as they cannot get employment from the Government and no tnc wants men. Hundreds are still arriving to encounter this stale of things, and great disappointment was being produced. Even the work of prospecting the adjacent ground was obstructed by th« want of water. - Prisons who meditate paying a visit to these diggings will do well to carefully consider these tidings, and if they still continue to go, to do so prepared and provided for the worst,” Of late we have noticed several large parcels of wines and liqueurs of various descr'p ions fr-m the manufactory of Mr. J. D. Feraud, Monte Christo, passing through the town, the largest however was this week, and the total weight was somewhat over two tons, and its destination, the Lakes district. Mr. Ferand's wines, liqueurs, syrups, &c., wo are informed, are now much sought for, and an increasing demand is springing up for them. A visit of inspection to Monte Chiisto gardens and the manufactory which is on a large scale, and will well repay the trouble of a visit. Mr. \V. Williams’s canvass of the district for supporters to a Flour mill has been most successful, in Clyde alone he having received promises of over seventy shares. Should shares in equal proportion bo taken up in Ibe out districts, we may expect to see a mill in full operation with next harvest’s wheat. The postage on newspapers wi'.lbs reduced to one half-penny from the Ist of January next. After the Ist of January, 1872, cheques and receipts will only require a penny stamp. A Melbourne paper says that it has long been a matter of complaint among newspaper proprietors that the Government expect them to give full publicity to all post, tel“graph, and other notices gratuitously. This is looked upon as a very unfair procaeding, and at last the honorable member for Ballarat, Mr. W. G.Smitb, lias set himself up as their champion. He last night gave notice of his intention to ask the Goiu future to pay for all such notices as if they were Government advertisement. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to assent to the “ Otago T.ocal Revenue Ordinance, 1872,” whereby the Government hand over to municipalities the license fees and dog tax collected within their boundaries.

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