TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dunstan Times, Issue 553, 22 November 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dcxemn.'.Nov 15, 11.45 a.m The Melbourne Cup was won by Quack, the Ace being second, and Dagworth third. Wellington; Nov. 16, 12.10 p.m. The barque City of Newcastle, from Wellington, for Newcastle, was wrecked off Wellington Head, near Picton. The captain and twenty of the crew were picked up by the Tararua The boat containing tho females is missing. She took seven passengers. The Itangatira has gone to the rescue. No remains of the vessel were seen by the Turanaki. Duxedin, Nov. 20. The Governor las received an official intimat : on of his appointment to the Governorship of Victoria. His Exccllsncy wiil not leave New Zea land until March. He is expected to arrive at Dnnedin on the 20th o f December, and will formally open the Port Chalmers Eailway. Special instructions have been forwarded to the Agent-General to accelerate emigration matters, to give especial attention to Ireland, and to place the Scotch agencies upon their original footing. The Warwickshire failed for Auckland on the 4th inst., with one hundred and fifty passengers. The Forfarshire was to sail on the 12th, with'four hundred passengers. Tho New Zealand Steam Company have generously undertaken to carry exhibets fo the Christchurch Exhibition entirely free of charge. A shock of earihepjake was felt in Dunedin at 12.10 p.m It lasted about three minutes, the direction being south-west. A number of Councillors have forwarded a round-robbin to his 'Honor Ihe Superin tendent, asking him to convene a meeting .of the Council, on the following grounds:— That the new Land Act requires to be brought into operation and the necessary appointments made under it. That the Council are unacquainted with the views of ■the new Government on the Land Question. Provision is to be made for the purchase of "land under the system of deferred pay inents. The Highway Boards Empowering Act is to be brought into operation, and tho amount of:subsidies to Road Boards deter-, raised, because it is understood the Session will be called immediately after the close of the Assembly. A fire in Auckland has destroyod five warehouses, the Customs, Post, Telsgraph, and Government offices. The total loss is estimated at 60,000/. lnsuarnccs :—New Zealand Company, 1,0002. ; South British, 1,5002 ; Scottish, 2,000/. ; Victoria, 2,500/.; Royal, 3,900/.; Norwich. 5,000/.

The Rev. Mr. Cameron, Presbyterian Minister, will hold Divine Service, at Alexandra, on Sunday, the Ist of December, at T o'clock. It is announced by advertisement appear-, ing in another column that, during the summer months, Church of England Service will be conducted in the Town Hall. Clyde, by the Rev. Joshua Jones. This arrangement will, without doubt, conduce much to the comfort, accommodation, and convenience of the congregation during the hot weather. The construction of the bridge across the Kawarau is being pushed forward with determination and spirit by Messrs. M'Cormick, ft rant, and Richards, the enterprising proprietors. Tho masonry piers are drawing well towards completion, aud when finished, the more difficult part of the undei taking, the Btrainiug of the suspending wires, will be commenced. The whole structure, it i 3 anticipated, will be completed and open for traffic in April next. The piers are, without exception, the most substantial to be imagined, and reflects the greatest credit on the builders The approach on the north side of the river which was let by tender, the contract price 1760/., is a work of great difficulty, and little surplus will bo left of the amount when it is finished ; it is found to be one mass of large boulders, lying in a loose shingle, and the trouble will be in keeping the cutting, which in places will be forty feet deep, at its proper width. The plan proposed is to remove the centre of the way and build side walls of stone to keep the drift in place, this, if adopted, will make the whole thing secure, and give a substantial appearance to the structure. By the erection of this bridge, an urgent want, a ready means of access to the Bannoekburn, Nevis, and Carrick districts will be supplied, and we doubt not but that the undertaking will be as profitable as the projectors could even have imagined. \Ve have been presented with several samples-of ripe strawberries and cherries from gardens in the locality. The fruit were of good size, and well flavored. Mr. Westwood, of the Clyde Garden, and the Race Course View Gardens, informs «s that his shew of fruit, especially of the smaller sort, is exceptionally good, and that in a week or ten days he will have a sufficiency to supply all comers. We understand that Mr. Feraud,s Monte Christo Gardens have suffered severely with the fro&ts, the peaches, nectarines, plums, and pears being nearly all cut down, The apples are not so badly affected. By reference to our advertising columns it will 1 e seen that tW Alexiiriilra -iniiual races will take place on ICew Years' Day, when we hope to see a large attendance. The programme will appear in our next issue.

By Advertisement it will bo seen that a talented company who are now making a tour of the goldfields will shortly visit Clyde from the favorable notices given of this company, we are led to believe it to be the strongest and best organised corps that has ever Visited the district, and wo wish for it a hearty welcome. Flour has advanced in the Dunedin market to 14/. .per ton, being U. above what it has ruled for the ptst six months. A few good parcels of gold have been sold during the week, from the terraces lately opened up at the rear of Clyde. The exact quantities have not transpired, Tho men at present working the ground have but the must primitive appliances, and hut little water at command. With more water, as they will shortly have, on the completing of the two large races being constructed, we may indulge in the hope of recording still better finds than above referred to. The following particulars of the wreck of the barque City of Newcastle, we extract from the Daily Times telegram. The city of Newcastle was owned by Mr. Drawsfield. Mayor, of Wellington, and was insured for 1250/. She was wrecked in a fug on the 14th inst., at 4 a.m , in Tory Channel, on an outward voyage from Wellington to Newcastle, and it is supposed to have been caused by the master mistaking Wellington head light for the Maria Island light. The passengers on board were Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Fox, Mr. Abbott, of the Armed Constabulary, ilia. J. H. Pilchie, Mr. and Mrs. and Master Jones, and Miss Cameron, of whom Mr. Fox is the only one that, bo far as is known, has escaped. Mr. Abbot was drowned in trying to reach the. laud from the wreck. The lady passengers and children got safely away from the wreck in the gig, with a crew of six men, but have not since been heard of, nor is it known where tho boat has gone, there were neither provisions nor wa’cr in the gig when she left the ship’s side. The Captain, Mr. Fox, four of the crew, and the Steward got safely away from the wreck in a boat, and were subsequently picked up by the schooner Canterbury. The unfortunate vessel must have gone completely to pieces, not a plank being left. Every search is being made by the steamers, Rangatira, Taranaki, and Napier, but not a trace can be found. From an advertisement in another column it will be seen that Mr. Hogg, (late of Dunedin,) mechanical watchmaker and jeweller, has established.himself in Clyde. His stock is extensive, comprising watches and clocks of every make and value, and jewellery of every description. A Branch of the Bank of New Zealand is shortly to be opened at Cromwell The Drybread miners seem to have gone heart ami soul into the matter of forming a General Mining Association for the district. Over seventy suberibed their names to the list of members of the Clyde Association, and paid the fee of membership. The Evening Star in a paragraph under the leading “Reward of|Patriotism,” say silt is seldom that self sacrifice for the public is recognised iff any shape Notably “the public” are ungrateful. Who would have believed that Mr. Mervyn, M.P.C., M.H. R., would have been rewarded with acoloi - ed crown as a recognition of his services; yet true it is he has been, and sad as true; he stands a monument to warm ambitious'cockatoos. Why or wherefore let Roxburgh tell but on Mervyn’s arrival there he was entrapped into an opposition camp. We utterly condemn the use of tar and feathers, They are nasty, sticky companions— too close by half; but tar and feathers were deliberately provided and devised to greet Mr. Mervyn en his return from Wellington. We do not know how he escaped, unless it be that the genius of Roxburg scorning the past, devised a new and more enduring mark of disapprobation Let Roxburgh tell who struck out the thought and who carried it into execution; but Mr. Mervyn was not only taken to task for his approval of the sale of 20,000 acres of land to Messrs Cargill and Anderson, but a mark was set upon his crown as Cain’s upon his forehead. It was wicked of the Roxburgh genius. Mr. Mervyn pressed by arguement and heated by contention, laid down his hat, and immediately a phial of Judsou’s dye was emptied into it, which on placing the covering on the block, converted the wool or hair in a beautiful mauve color. We are told that the pillow at the inn where he slept has not yet been restored to its natural white. His hairisgraduallyassumiligitsnatural huebut day by day he is reminded of the strength of Roxburghan condemnation, and of the slow restoration to his normal condition by the very gradual outgrowth of nature overgoverning Judson’s dye. Mosquitoes in England, if not absolutely unheard of before, must still bo regarded ns something rare. Several swarms of these insects, it is stated in the European Mail have made their appearance in tho cornfield in Kent, and on one occasion some reapers employed near Brasted were visi ted by these invaders. They were at first thought to he harvest-bugs, but the “initiated” soon discovered tbeir real character. They are supposed to have taken flight from ships lying off Woolwich or Gravesend. The women and children engaged tying up corn were tho greatest sufferers. One of the Siamese twins is again reported as seriously ill. The two brothers are politically opposed to each other, Chang fancying Greeley, and Eng wishing to vote for Grant. The consumption of snails is rapidly increasing in Paris, and it is proposed to establish a special snail market. Tho best snails come from Burgundy, and aro worth one half-penny a pieeej The total value of tho snails annually sold amounting to 500/. Smokers who buy meerschaum pipes already coloured should he cautious in their purchases. From a recent report, published in Paris, it appears that tho most noxious pigments are frequently employed to give the clay tho cherished hue, hence various atomatic and often serious complaints.