TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dunstan Times, Issue 554, 29 November 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dunedin, Nov. 27, 2 p.m. London, Nov. 14. Tie French National Assembly has been re-opened, M. Thiers’s message dilates upon the progress of the work of seperation and the present deficit, i>n 1 he forcibly nppea's t0 the Assembly to take measures for the maintenance of order and to secure the definite establishment of a Conservative Rep blio The decisive moment for the organisation of the Constitution had arrived, and the President hoped the work would be completed in such a manner as to be lasting and endurable. M. Thiers confides the initiative to the Assembly. The stringency in the English moneymarket is unabated. Admiral Milne succeeds Admiral Dacres as First Senior Lord of the Admiralty. Foreign Governments decline to support the Zanzibar Expedition. Nov. 15. The Wool Sales will commence on the 21st inst. Arrivals up to date amount to six thou, sand bales. The burning, at Boston, of two thousand five him. red bales of wool (partly Australian, is expected to cause an advance iu price. The Firebrace divorce case has been re. vived) Nov. 16. Penshalf Coliery, Staffordshire, has been flooded, and twenty-five miners killed. It is probable that the trial of the Tickbourne Claimant will be postponed until the Hilary Term. Eight million pounds of wool were burned during the late.fire at Boston. The Right and Centre of the French Assembly have resolved to coalesce. Severe inundations have occurred in North Germany. A Telegraphic Banquet took place on tho the Jsth inst., and was a great success, over three hundred persons being present. Lord Kimberley -presided, and read telegrams from the Australian Colonies and San Francisco ; also a letter' from Mr. Gladstone, regretting his unavoidable adsence During the evening messages Were exchanged with South Australia, the -time occupied in transmission being two hours and a quarter; • ; A privage telegram (not Qreville’s) says . there is arise m the price of wool.- It also states that Mr. Gladstone had - resigned ; but the news is discredited. •Lord Chief-Justice Cockburn’s exhaustive 'statement regarding , the Geneva award exoitts.profound-admiration. ... .. . He protests against taking into considera-' tton the proceedings of the Florida and Shenandoa, and disc to mulcting England in interest in addition to damages. : It is expected that a fortnightly.mail service t* Australia will be very shettly,.esta-: biished. >; ::rii Tbe Suez mail arrived in Melbourne on ■the 18th inst. ’ The approaching marriage of Sir. James Fergusi nis rumored ~ . * Mr. Fellows has accepted a Judgeship, and will commence his duties early next year. Telegraphic banquets were held at Sydney and Adelaide on tho 15th. At the latter, the Governor said he had been commanded by Her Majesty the Queen to state that the Chief Secretary had been created a Knight Commander of the Bath. ‘ and the Agent-General and Mr. Todd Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Mr. Todd received a perfect ovation. Communications between England ann Australia were exchanged in two hours, and messages were received from all parts of America. The Wellington Public Hall narrowly escaped destruction from fire. At Christchurch, an alarming fire broka out in High street on tho 25th. It is supposed to have originated in Mr. Du'nkerly’s hat shop. The Damages are estimated at ID.oOOf, 26701, being covered by insurance.

To the invitation of the Clyde Brass Band consisting of nine performers—Four Cornopeons, Baritone, Euphonium, French Horn, and hi ' and small drums, a large including about thirty ladies, attended at the town hall, Clyde, on Tuesday evening last. The object of the band in Issuing .he invitation was primarily, to introduce themselves to the public, secondly, to give a test as to their ability to carry out the task imposed on them of performing at the coming Masonic Ball ; and right well did they prove their competency, in fact, they excelled themselves, and created a most favorable impression. The overture played on opening, was a surprise, it being rendered in good tune and time, and prepared the company for a treat but little expected. A few concerted pieces then followed, when the dancing commenced and set and figure dances followed in quick succession, each and all giving the most, unqualified satisfaction. Now, that the' ice is broken, we hope that many more such attractive evenings we may have the pleasure of spending. Mr. Wilde, the leader and instructor deserves every credit for the proficient state he has brought his pupils to, and the well wishes of the Whole community. By advertisement it will he seen that the Bev. W. H. Beck will conduct (D.V.) Divine Service at Alexandra, on Sunday next, morning and evening. The entirejhjrse Professor the property of Mr. It."Lancaster has had his leg broken. Wakilip Mail as an On dit says:—that Mr. Bewes, C.E., is to be appointed Provincial Engineer. Mr. Bewes is a gentleman of good standing in his profe sion and we shall brglad to hear the rumor is correct.

We are requested to notice that the installation of offices of the LodgeDunstan (SC.) will take place at the Clyde Town Hall <n Wednesday next, the 4tlijproximo, at2.3op.in, when all the brethren'it is hoped, will put in an appearance. At about 4 p.m. a Masonic sermon will be delivered by V.W. Chaplain, to which the public are admitted. • ,■ ._ .The Resident Magistrate’s Court,: Black’s, on Tuesday last, was occupied for the greater part of the day in hearing (with closed doors) a case of indecent assault by a man named Higgins, on a girl ten years of age. The accused was committed for trial He was admitted to bail, two sureties of 751 each, and himself in 1501 Mr. W. W. Wilson watched the case for the accused. On Tuesday night last about 11 p.m. Cromwell was the scene of the largest fire that has yet occured there, the sceiie of the conflagration was on the rise of the hill adjourning Mr. B. B. Baird’s, and the house destroyed that occupied by Mr. J. Harding, the property however of Mr. W Goodall of Bendigo who it will be remembered was burnt out of house and home at Bendigo some mouths ago, our informant says the house is reduced to a bed of ashes and that not a stitch of anything was saved*- Mrs. Harding who was about at the time having barely time to get the family of children from the flames. It is thought the fire originated in the childrens bed room. The unfortunate position of Mr. Harding just at this time renders the case one of peculiar harship and deep sympathy is expressed for him at his loss. Both house and contents we understand were uninsured. As is usual not a drop of water was in the Town Race, therefore the crowd of willing hands who on the first alarm rushed to assist were compelled to stand idly by and see the devouring element do its duty. A perfect hurricane from the southward^waa; blowing at the. time and fortunately directing the flames away from the adjourning properties, and from the town; had the wind been coming from any other direction there is no saying where the tire would have ended. A fire that might have been ..attended with far more serious consequeno s, occurred at Drybread, on Tuesday afternoon last, the 26th inst, and resulted in the total destruction of the range of stables the property of Mr. John Mellor, situate at the rear of his hotel and store, together with two valuable race horses, and a large quantity of saddlery, including several sets of new clothing, lady’s saddle (new,) and a numbfir of gentlemen’s saddles, bridles, ■ice. The origin of the fire is traced to a washing boiler built against the end of the stable, from the furnace of which sparks were blown into the feed house, where was stored a'quatttity'of straw, Unfortunate!v but littlrwa'eFwas at,hand, and for a time but a few men, consequently their puny efforts to extinguish the flames or save any property was unavailing. By the greatest good chance the weather however, was calm, Scarce a Jnebth ofSwind stirring,; otherwise, a very different tale would have'j to be told, for had i f been blowing half a | gale, as is not unfrequent here, nothing could have saved the whole township. Dividing Mr. Mellor’s premises from those adjoining, was a high sod wall, used as the back of an out-house, and so intense was the heat that the timber on the other side ofHt was scorched quite Mack and it was only prevented-from bursting into a flame by water being constantly thrown on it. Coquette, one of the horses destroyed, was a valuable mare and was in course of training for the coining up-country meets, and her chances of carrying off some good prizes was looked-upon by her trainer, Joe Lafferty, as a certainty, the. poor beast was burnt almost to a cinder, all efforts to get her out of the burning Building being futile. Merrylass, who was also in training, was, after great trouble anil at some considerable risk to Lafferty, got out, but fiijrifnlly burnt. The poor beast when out, n.aliened wi;h pain, galloped a distance of about half a mile, when she lay down and was humanely shot. The estimated loss sustained is about 3001, totally uninsured. The following notifications appear in the Provincial Government Gazette of the 20th inst.—Section 1, Block XV, township of Cromwell, containing 30 acres, is set aside as a reserve for recreation purposes ; Block XVII, town of Alexandra, is set aside aa a reserve for public buildings, and block XVII, as a reserve for a public hospital. William Laiwcnco Simpson,. Esq., J.P. and ■K.M.-, to be a Visiting Justice of the gaol at Clyde ; Sergeant John Cassells, Cromwell, and Constable ■ Jajnes Pierpoint, Alexandra, Deputy Registrars of Brands. During the late meeting of the Victoria Racing Club. 7,291f. ; were paid in stakes. The receipts amounted to nearly 15,0001‘ The new Stamp Act comes-into operation on the Ist December next;'- After that date; all the cheques Will.lffye to bear merely a penny stamp, and, stamps of similar value will have to placed on'all receipts over 2 1. The following police has been issued by the Secretary for Stamp Duties-:—” (-l). Persons holding adhesivestampsof the value of twopence may, by requisition on the Stamp Office of the Province, or on any-depository of stamps, exchange the same for an c-quiva. lent value of adhesive jit one penny, of any other denomination. (Sfj, Persona holding stamps at twopence, impressed on blank forms of cheque's, drafts', or receipts, may exchange the s»me in’ljke manner for- adhesive stamps of other denominations. But no exchanges of stamps at twopence, impressed - bn blank forms qf cheques or drafts, wlUbemade after theSOtjriiovember,' except at the 'reduced-value of. ohe penny. ” ' The November number of -the..-Illustrated New Zealand Herald just.to hand contains in all thirteen ' the frontispiece being a View of the Gorge of the Arjrw river ; amongst the others is a full length portrait of M r. Stanley, the explorer, in his African costume. A branch of the Bank of New Zealand was opened on Monday last at Cromwell

A bew daily paper, published in Dunedin, will fia introduced to the public bn Monday next, intitled the Morning Star, it being a mottling edition of the Evening Star. The pride in Dunedin is to be pne penny—upcountry, three half-pence. The Arrow Observer says; “The Queenstown Brass Band set a high value on their services. In reply to a letter from the Hospital Sports’ Committee, they offered to play on one day for 151, and ‘ all expenses paid.’ This liberality on behalf of a charitable institution, deserves to be recorded.” A Bill has been passed by the Victorian Assembly to increase the Agent General’s salary to 2,0001, and to limit the tenure of the office to three years. It is probable that the appointment will be conferred on •Mr. Langtun. A' miner named James Burwood, lost his footing and fell tlown the Pumping Associations’ shaft, Grahamstown,' Auckland, a distance of IUO feet, and was crushed to death. , We have to acknowledge receipt'op'a number of the Acts of the General Assembly passed during the past Session, numbers 31 to 66, also, some other papers. The privileges in connection .with the rac s to take place at Foibury on St. Andrew’s Day, including Booths, Gates, Cards, kc,, were sold by auction, and realized 1411 Messrs. Coxhead Bros., photographers, of Dunedin, intimate their intention of shortly visiting Clyde..... Wo draw attention t j the usual advertisement in another, colump, inviting tenders for supplies for the ensuing six months, for the Dunstan District Hospital.- On Monday evening next the customary monthly meeting willWkekkcg i v On Wednesday evening next, the 4th of December, the anniversary invitation ball of .the Dunstan Masonic Lodge takes place in the Town hall, Clyde. Th". arrangements for the comfort and enjoyment' of visitors are under the control of an able Committee, who are sparing neither trouble nor time in procuring : the ; desired result. A hovel feature in the bail will be the Band; which, for the fimt time for . many years past, wijl consist of brass instruments-manipulated, upon by the members of the Clyde Brass Band. To render ‘the affairthe success it is anticipated to bo. will be a large attend-'' '■ ance, and we hqpe to see all those present who have received invitations. On Thursday evenipg-a ctiidi'enli' ball Will be givefi;to which all the.'jroohgite'ra in the district are invited. a ... We : have official'information from both Mr. Nuttall the'agent,- and Mr. Ball, the broker of the Sub-Marine Dredging. Comthat confidence in the undertaking is now firmly established,"and'that the share list which is rapidly filling up will close bn Saturday,- the 30th inst. We also learn that tenderkirte. invited for. the construction of a bo'iK~'lir the -true : interests'''or the town and district we would- ask all who have not yet token shares to do so at once. Of- ths existence of a.rich'lead of gold in the bed dfSfU/M'Olytieu-x there is no, doubt,. and we think that ;£re so -entitled toassist in of machinery id work it as the residents in the district' " Mr. Fache.is agent. We were' -yesterday, 'shown sofne specimens from one of the Charters Towers- _ reef claims. The quartz has the same appearance as some of those leaders frequently met with herein the -alluvial bed tbek. It was taken from a claim"which yielded only about four tons of quartz'altogether, and we should judge, from the sample shown, that the profits must have been infinitesimally smalt When the claim was worked out.— Pleasant Creek Chronicle. From the Cromwell Argus we learn that Mr. W. J. Barry, who' has brought from New South Wales, a large collection of mineral ores, .purposes giving descriptive lectures on them in : Cromwell and other gold-fields towns. ■ With regard to the great fire at Boston, the Ape of the I3th inst. says':—“ Great anxiety is felt to know how the insurance offices are affected byrthe fire, as it is well known that some of the foreign insurance companies who'have branches in Melbourne have heavy risks on property in Boston. The Northern Assurance Company’s officials in Melbourne have received a telegram stating that that ‘company is no loser by the conflagration;” Elsewhere the same journal - says, that ih -Boston • “ there are eightfnfitual Are offices, but these Cover but a small portion of.the fire risks,qh city ; property-'A large ,business being done-with British companies, the Liverpool,- London, and Globe being considerably interested in in Boston fire.business. We have'received-a-number of letters from various parts of the district in favor of the Waipahi Line of Railway. ■ Thinking we have done full justice to the subject, we must be excused from publishing them. Tiie’ Argus of.a late date says;-Our English telegram this morning well illus- ■ frates’.the advantages we enjoy from direct communication With -the mother country, The election of a president of the United States of America took place on Tuesday, and the .result was on Wednesday transmitted.frjvm London to Australia, the intelligence' of General Grant’s re-election teaching Melbourne 'soon after eight o’clock last night, This achievement may be pro-, perly recorded ' amongst the telegraphic triumphs of the Age. “The Ballarat Star says:—“ There is *.i,other bunkrtunpus. §bme deficiency has b ;eri discovered, in the Ballarat branch of the Bank,of:New Squ.th Wales, and some : changes.iii the subordinate official ranks are being made in consequence. Whether it be billiards, or sweeps, l or lax management, or all or none of theiu;. has not^ transpired,' but there is always tfiis difficulty in such affairs, that so long as’ the Veal ! undiscovered the - honest ’ steady clerk suffers as much as^tlie'ifigue" and spitdI thrift. I A large sperm whale was lately harpooned ! in Hibson’s Bay.

The C. C. C. C. C. Troupe on Monday and Tuesday Evenings last gave their talented and clever entertainments at Alexandra, and on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at Clyde. We regret to say on neither occasion did they meet with the success their versatility of talent deserved. In saying the company is the best that for years past has visited the Gold-fields, is but saying little, as there is no comparison, the five G'a being immeasurably better. The Misses' Anstead and Bray are actresses ; n the true sense. The role undertaken by them were faultless, and free from any exaggeration or coarseness. Mr. Hydes, the favorite of over twenty years’ standing, appeared to be just as fresh and genial as ever, and and was well received. Mr. South and tH rest of the company each were well up in their parts, and were cordially applauded. They advertise their intention of visiting Cromwell. Arrow, and Queenstown, at which places we hope they will meet with better success than was awarded them in this district.