TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dunstan Times, Issue 567, 28 February 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Wellington. Feb. 20. Dunedin, Thursday, 9, a in. Waterhouse ten leml his re-ij. nation soon after Hall's resignation was nnn"unced. The reas >m is that Hall’s resignation was known to Vogel, but c nceal. d from him when the ministry was 'ormed, and that Hall’s re irem-nt left him in a weak position iu the Council. Before lending in his resignation, Wa'erhouse communicated | his late itson to Vogel, expressing ilisap- | pointment at the false position in which he j was placed hj not knowing Hall’s iuten- ! tii ns. Toe Governor declined to receive his as a mere Member of the Cabuiet, unless Waterhouse undertakes noy uaibi itjr nf hil r tiju.llon involving that of the whole Ministry. Waterhouse replied that Vogel having nrig ndly formed the Ministry was o >mp dent to supply his vacancy. The Governor requested Waterhouse to deline the reply by Mr. Vogel to question in the house as to whe her the Premier’s resignation involved the break up of the Ministry. Mr. Waterhouse declined to icc immeud tlie principle, fie was then asked to reconsider his detonni lation, but declin"d. The Governor telegraphed to Mr. Fox who arrived in town last night, he has been in cb-se cousubati. n with all parties to day. but declined to take any active action until VoueVs return. Another reason of Waterhouse’s resignation is understood to be the direct pie Ige of first vacant seat in the Ministry being given to Mr. Shephard of Nelson, which was only known tn Vogel and MM.cau. The Governor finding it impossible to induce Waterhouse to reconsider his decision, recom-uenls that Parliammt be called together, Mr Waterhouse declined to adopt the susgis lion. The complication is iucreas d by Mr. Vogel’s medical advisers imperatively insisting on his retiring from political life and avoiding all excitement. Dunedin, Thursday 5, p.m. Halley has been sentenced to six weeks in irons, for attempting to escape from the Dunedin gaol. Twenty-five volunteers representatives, sailed yesterday. Brngden’s tender for twenty-six miles of the Moeraki Waitaki line has been accep - ed for 134.000/. Private letters state that Vogel after the Conference, made an ag - eem nt with Queensland and New South Wales for a joint guarantee for a Cable fn m Norman Riv°r to Singapore, and one between Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Stafford addressed a large meeting at Timaru last night. Referring to Brogden’s contracts asked, what use was made of them, the Government in place of using Mr. Brogden's ability as an engineer, employed him as a superior navvy. He doubted a continuance of the present prosperity. The ordinary revenue was a million; the present debt was eleven millions, bearing interest, 600,000/ Accordingto Mr. Ormond, two millions are required to complete the railways. Mr. Vogel promised railway estate, but tad none. The stamp duties had been over-estimated. Another debt of 610,000/. in Treasury bills would fall due next year, when money would very probably be scarce. Neither Mr. Vogel nor Mr. Stafford deceived the Colony in regard to taxation.: the former jocularly said taxation would be heavy after the third year. Rather ominous news 1 The newspapers were now agitating for a land tax, which must sooner or later be imposed. While not despairing of the future, be feresaw great changes. On the suspension of rail ways, people would be thrown out of employment. -Had he (Mr. ho mige’ havo been in office now, ■ every exertion bavin, be n mode t»prcsi-rve peace; but he stro gly o! j c‘(d to the idea that there, was only one man in the Culo/iy who

could keep the Natives quiet. Many of the chiefs had written tn him.-askim him o hec.ime Native Minister. In his opinion, the Public Works policy was wise, but the no lo of carry! git out dangerous. A vote of confi lence in Mr. Stafford, was proposed and carried. The text of Mr. Vogel’s letter to Sydney iovernment has been published. He say that New Z -aland practically >i2fers Sydney free postal service, because i op completion of arrangements would affect both in prevei * ting the receipt of infienal sn l si ly, and nlitten the relations ef he two Colonies. We direct atten'inn to the advertisement m another eo’umn notifying tin-’ap. oearance of Madame ora a f the Town H.-dl on Tuesday evenin'- next The Pnv-'nc'nl press sp- ak in high terms of the wm derfnl f eats performed by ttiis bib n*ed lady and her beautiful si-ter. " e hope to see a bumper 'muse to welcome them en Tuesday ni lit. At a meeting of the Tuapeka Jockey Club on Saturday evening last, Robert b’eay, the jockey, who rode Tambonrini, i i the Tuapeka Jockey Club Handicap was Unqualified from ever riding or running a hor e in Tuapeka in consequence of hav'n r jostled Atlas off the Course. A jockev, -amed Ma’one was disqualified for a year, in consequ-nee of breaking his engage ment. —Tuapeka Times. Tn connexion with r ho above, we hope the Jockey Club will supply every informoiion to Provincial ■dubs, with a view of putting a stop to Bitch qu- s'i.n,-dde -practices as jostling to win a race. The continued drou th is seriously affecting eveiy class throughout the bngth and breath of the I'i-tiict, the businers people being equal if not greater suflVreis than the miners Fr-m Drvbread an 1 the other scenes of niin-ng operations under the Dtmrange we hear that wi hj 1 ut ft-w exceptions all ban ! s are cimpulsorib idle, from B’ack’s, Gent an Hill, Serpen 1 hie the same accounts reach ns, in fac' in every quarter ilo'-sthe «ame stagnation exist. ' In a other colun n appears theprospcc-tus of the Shotover Teirace Gold Mi ing Company, a Com any formed for Hie purpo e i.f working the celebrated cl-dirs of Messrs. G-ace ami Eagar. From the rei or's of the . minin suiveyors referring to them, and from the plan of the groiin 1 pnqu sed - o 1-e purchased by Hie Company, we learn that thc-average-per month from Grac ’s claim alone, prior to th ■ >eceiit law suits, was ! ■V-fl ounces, and that very much greater | yield- had been obtained, but of which no ! record was kept, and that the gronnd is, so far, only prospected with driv.s.'no blocking nut Laving taken place. As an investment, we should look upon the shares of the Company as being the best, and from the favora'de way 'he schenr- is spokc-u of, we opine for the shares a quick sale, j We notice, in several gardens, the fruit tre s (apples especially) n full bloom, a d «-a wei-a eh..wn the other dav au apple tien with a second crop of fruit upo-i it. | We are not called upon to notice the erecti'-n of a y new buildings fur business purposes, but th ■ number of private . du eli ng houses that are springing up, call for special remark, un i iudi.-putaab y show that the Town ot Clyde is in a healthy and thriving s ate. The tiis ; that besp. aks atI tentimi, ■is a substantial stone building, j-encted some short time ago by Mr. W. | G rindley, the next is am at stone edifice, erected by Mr. Auckland on the scene of the last tire that occurred in our midst, pioo ediug d> Wu the street, is :i handsome structure erected by Mr. James (1.-zhitt, adjoining his business premises, tbit building is comp- sed of bricks and stone, and is unquestionably the handsomest and most substantial building we have seen out of Dunedin ; continuing our way down the street, we slight on the stone building in course of erection by Mr. J. Cox, of the Port Phillip Hotel, to be used, we believe, at apartments in connect ion with the 11 otel, still further on, there are several stone houses in course of erection, b sides others of a lighter material, wood ami iron. Besides the buildings enumtiated, several other additions and improvements have been made, the nor. least notetvorthy being a roomy rangi of stabling, erected at the rear of the Duustan Hotel, and c-onsiib-rab e a Iditions to the stables of the Port Pnillip Hotel. As a consequence of so much work being in hand, there are no idle hands, and a contented and hopeful feeling is experienced by all. What might have been a serious accident happened to J Latng. a horse trainer and jo key, yesterday morning, on the Duns an race course, when giving the taci g mare Madam her morning canter. Tie says, whi'st riding atong at a gentle gallop, a flock of tamo geese rose and flew just over him, and so terrified the mare as to cause her to become unmanagi able, and throw him (Laing) with considerable force to the ground. He says this is the first accident that has occurre 1 from the same cause, but that, he has frequently been scared by the birds 'flying about the race course. The police at Queenstown brought what was styled a friendly action against S. Collins for sly-grng selling. Defcn laid, by counsel, admitted the sale. The Bench said the police had no right to prosecute friendly actions against any person and inflicted the minimum penalty of ss, and the costs of Court. Mr. Siedeberg, we arc sorry to learn, has not yet succeeded in striking payable gronnd with his Steam dredge, though he is iudefatigably working. Wc hear that shares are being rapidly taken up in the Alexandra Stoam mining Company. As this is one of the few schemes in -connection with the mining in--1 dustry that must, of a necessity pay, we would recommend- intending shareholders to make sn < a ’y appli- atiou for shairg. ; A el g; am dialed fife 21st instant -finrn . ' ireyruonth states tha ill -h v. sscS- ,-n.icl loading coal for Mel! on me, a , AJ reti; » 1 to La i coal.

e last yikU frhm che .vuggvtaiid Cornish reef Shotover was 2830z from 311 tons t.ns of quartz. A woman nvmed Honoria B -yle has died at Ne'-on Cheek, the Grey, at the advanced age of 101 years. The Auckland Police havereccived orders to discontinue the praclice r.f waring gloves while on duty Daily Times. A Meß ourne tele.'ram gives ns the information that “the Barks Lave agreed to abolish coHecfing charges on cheques draw] on other colonies A meeting of the Miners’ Aaeociatio was hehl last evening, but on account of the la f e hour the proceedings terminate-’ a report of the same is unavoidably postponel HU our next issue. r i hj“ W ikatip Ma i says :—lnconsequent-! of the anxiety of Stati- n-owners to posse > large areas of ground to the exclusion i f the buna file am icult ural settler, the fotmation of a Land League for protection pu: - pesos has 1 ec-m-- n-ccssary.” M -Lennon's Pneumatic dredge is a' prcS'iit moored over the old A'aham dredge claim, hut'he result other labon we have bun unable to ascertain. We be l eve the tube w as, during the week, sun' through solid g-ound that presented ever indication of paying well. A < taring attempt at an escape was, wt are informed, m deon Sunday momin hr one if the Aucklan i worthies whof sent on n tot'he Puneditn Gaol in company wi 1 the notorious Plummer some time ago. Healey who we believe is undergone a long sen'ence for arson) was at work heati g carpets, or something of the kind, outside one of 'he ; ati s of the gaol, when In suddenly s'ruek the warder full in the face with a mat. Bvfo-ethe lattes could ree- ver from his surprise, Healey baited down Cumherland-stree ; hut before he proceedco very far he was stopped by Mr. Orhill, an 'he i s cuiod by the warder who was in hoi pursuit It is said that am -ther i ew industry is about being started in the district, named a ca die and soap factory. The woolle mn ufactory previously mentioned, is w» believe to cost some 15.000/., an 1 will hj commenced as soon as certain preliminary arrangemen's have been coinp'e l ed. He sides th re, we a’-e to have additions to present industries in the shape of anoth-i brewery, while the enterprising propri-tni of the Wnka'ip Mills (Mr. Cilmittr) is erecting machinery for an oat gristing mid Messrs. Betel, Bros, of the Arrow Mi V have recently erected a now icon wheel, which will add largely to the wo-kinn power of their maclvnery. Arrow AdrirUser. Mr ArmArng addressed a largo mec'ing of hi' constituents at Nase'y on theevening of Wednesday the 10rh instant, when he was ve y well received. Among other mn-ters Mr. Aimstrong asked 'he me •ing to take >nt" consideration 'he advisability of forming a Mini eg Ass iciafon. He pointed out how the miners wen stinl-n; in their own light by not d dug so-that if they did not light their own battles, no one else would d > so for them The Oo’d-fiilds’ Hill about to he i itrodneed wanted careful pia -tical criticism. AuriferonsgrouiidmC ht be alienated at any nunc t, and ibis could be at once stopped, if there was an organ sed body to deal with such matters. It was unanimously rc-o'ved. that an Association he fotrmd, and a Committee was thereupon up* o : ntcd to inaugurate the s .me,— Mount /da Chronicle. The Quarterly Meeting for granting Licenses, &c., "ill he h-hl in the var'ous Licensing Courts within the Pro- in- e at, noon on Tuesday, 4Hi Mar- hj, 1873. Applications. *e., respecting hrske-s must he ma-le to the respective Clerks of Court at least fourteen o'ear days t-nforc such un eting. Provincial Ooremmcni Gazct 'e. Large nuggets art seldom heard of now. but the discovery of a rood one is reporte 1 by the Ballarat Courier “ On Saturd ay a nugget, weighing 131h., was brought in‘o the Commercial Bank kero from Smythesdalo. The Under decline I to st ate the precise locality where it was found, hut said it was not far from Smythesdale. The welcome stranger was une irthed a few feet from th- surface, and fi-om what we have learned it could'not have fallen into more no -Iful hands. The man who has thus suddenly been rais d to comparative affluence was just before in a semi-starving -tuts, being hardly able to obtain suifi i nit for the snste-ance of his wife and four children. The nugget was smelted at Messrs. Wittowski, Brothers’ establishment, and is expected to yield luUoz. of pure gold.” “The following incident,” says the Ballarat Courier, “ may serve as ;a clue to the whereabouts of some of our lost domestic pets. A miner named Sutherland, living on the Black head, the other day lost a valuable kick ferret, said to he crossed by the American skunk and English polecat. A reward of 10s for its recovery soon brought the intelligence of its skin being in the p-ssession o f a Chinaman, when the following colloquy between the ow-ner of the ferret and John took p’aee :—Owner,— ‘ You kill him this follow?’ John. ‘Ycse.e; mo cook him. Welly good chow-chow him.”’ Under the heading “Etiquoete of the Table,” the Wanganui Chronicle has the following amusing paragraph:—“A, large ami influential, meeting of waiters was held at the Surveyors’ Arms on Friday night, when it war unanimously decided ‘that it was not their duty to turn up tumblers fur gentlemen, and if the latter did not like to do it for thems-dves, they (the waiters) would not assist them to beer.’ It was further hinted that if any g-nt! email made any objection to the new rule, he might go somewhere eke for his dinner. After mutual con- ratnlaMn- s. and ihe oxpr s-ion of best, w'-d-estlv- large a-=emhK- is cel. We nu-i-vs-.a d-hvtV ma’e - -<t : pn ' a; a’ c dtv.. o. follow ,n_<

Five of Messrs. Brogdt-n's navvies were tan {lit in ara hj m Salutary man er, at the Mayor’s Court, on Saturday, that it was th.i duty as colonists to hepoaceahle anil urdei ly, and that they could not do exactly as they liked. After suffering a recovery tor a n g' t iu the lock-up thay looks 1 somewhat 1 o-e subdued than they were on the previous lay. ..Two more are now in ca tody,one hj r breaking glass in the Immigration Barr-i- s in-1 the other fur d-tinkmness. The navvie are to he sent 'o the Chiiu Hills t! is morni'ig. W. b regard to the yidd of gold from py i'es. the Westport Times says-—“A |a ra aph in our last issu- re erring to the yield < i geld to be obtai ed om pyiites left after ordinary Cushings, s'.Ved the amount thus ob‘a : ned in Andeison’s chi 1 to be at'he rate of loz 7dwt to the tor We have now- been favored with some re liab'e data giving the ex -t result of thexperment. One pound weight of pvrite ‘aken from the tailings, and somewh; roughly-treated, has yielded eight grains i f ■ old. The redact! n was pi-rforraed hv Messrs. Cuilline, T'avies, and another, and jus ifies the estimate that each ton of pvrites will yield about twelve ounces of fine cold. Mr. Ouillin- 1 , of the Wealth f Nations, estimates the yield fr-un Pyrp-; in that claim at nine mine s to the ton, o-'h'-eo pe- -eat. As somewhat similar results a-e like'y to hs oh‘ained in all of 1 1 - qnatfz clains. it bec-mrs an importai t jttestion for mining comnini-s to eonsidei whether so large a proporti n of go d ou hj not to he secured as the addition will ntak a g'-ea*-difference in dividends. At Si- - •nonds Beef, Mount Blackwood, Vieto-ia. the pyrihs have yielded to-- ouners to thton, considered tematkahly high, and at “ehftstopo] lie f, St. Avnand, an analysis "f the pylitis showed six ounces to the ton Th re seems no reason why similar good results might not he obtained on all our v ew Zea’and reefs by the use of proper appliances.” A meeting of the members of the Clyde School Committee will he held in the Pul ■ lie Library, this evening at 7, p.nt A ra'eting of 'he Committee of Management of the Dunstan DisDiot Hospital will beheld in the Committecßoom, T'-wn Hall, Clyde, on Monday evening next March 3rd, at 8, p.m. meeting of Che Committee of the Hyde Band of Hope will bo hold at Mr. Bankin’s private residence cn Monday evening next, March 3rd.