The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1873,

Dunstan Times, Issue 582, 13 June 1873, Page 2

The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1873,

Beneath the llule of Men entirely just the pen is mightier than' theswom

Mr. Gillies’s tour through, those country districts of the Province which he has found time to visit has not been so successful as his friends might desire. Ho has, of course, met with patient and attentive hearers, while the usual complimentary votes have been passed in his favor. Still, there can be no mistaking the fact that the voice of the country is against him, Mr. Macaudrew being the universal favorite, .especially of tho Gold-fields residents, and whose votes will be mainly instrumental in re-electing him. "We Lave taken great pains to ascertain public opinion upon tho elections, and can arrive at no other conclusion than that Mr. Macandrcws election is almost a certainty, and that votes recorded in Mr. Gillies’s favor will be only thrown away. It would be ridiculous, upon tins occasion, not to support Mr. Macaudrew. The policy he has enunciated is the most progressive, and so far as things have gone in giving e(lect io his ideas it bodes happily for the future, and it would bo a pity that he should be withheld the opportunity to perfect his ideas, We, of course, deplore the rupture which necessitated the dissolution of the Provincial Council; but when the Superintendent found it impossible to to work in accord with his Ministers or advisers, together with the fact that a faction 'of the Council were always in a majority against him, there was no other resource, The Province at large lost all confidence in tire Provincial Council. People found that the business of the country was neglected to serve private ends, while personal squabbles had converted tho Legislative Chamber into a bear garden, and there appeared no possible end to this melancholy state of affairs. Provincialism is, without a doubt, on its decade. The men sent to represent the country districts, especially those from die Gold-fields, unmistakeably proved this, and Mr. Ileynolds was quite light when he said ho was ashamed to find himself in such company—they not only lacked intelligence, but, in some instances, were not even respectable members of society. We trust that this absurdity will not be again repeated, for most assuredly, mile's the Gold-fields can send respectable men to represent them, no attention will bo paid to their wants. A representative to accomplish much, must possess the respect of the body who for the time he is associated with. It would be better, therefore, to send no one than to send men to represent us whom we would refuse admittance into our family circles. While Provincialism lasts—and its days are numbered—let us at all events strive to make it respectable, and so continue it out to the end that we shall not have to blush for our actions. Let us show by tho record of our votes that we have placed “ the light man iu tho right place” for Superintendent, and that thp same wise discrimination has been exercised iu tho choice of our local representatives.

In the Daily Times wo read that Mr. J. L. Gillies addressed a crowded meeting of the electors of Tuapeka, in the Comtnercial Assembly rooms, Lawrence, on the evening of ‘the sth hist. , when he was well received notwithstanding evidence of the existence there of a strong Macaudrew feeling. After a lengthened address delivered by Mr. Gillies, in’which he enteredjmorc fully into political matters generally than on any previous occasion, Mr. Vincent Tyke made an attack, win’ding'up by’moving, That Mr. Gillies was not a fit and proper person to ocoupy the honorable position of Supeiintendent. The motion, after, spine time, found a seconder? Mr. M'Konzie then moved, That Mr, Gillies be .tiiauked for his very able address ; but that tho meeting do mot pledge themselves to either candidate. The amendment was duly seconded, and carried by a large majority, only a few hands being held up against it. Mr. Gillies thanked the meeting for the very patient and gentlemanly hearing they had accorded him ; and in regard to the remarks made as to his conduct as Speaker by' Mr. Fish—he begged pardon : Mr. Fyke—(groat applause and laughter, continuing for som3 minutes) —ho would only say that, at tho close of the previous Session, a'dinner" was given to him, at which nearly all the membcrs'from both sides of the House attended and he was then complimented for his strict performance of and attention to his duties, as well as thorough impartiality. As on the previous day at the hustings iu Dunedin, Mr. Bastings was present. A Melbourne paper relates that an execution wasdately put into the house of a poor man, and that in heu of finding anything else of value, the bailiff entered in his inventory a sot of gold-mounted false teeth that lay on the mantelpiece. The insolvent debtor, who was in tho midst of his toilet, exclaimed against this severity, declared that his teeth were part of his person, and put them in his mouth. The officer insisted on his part, that the teeth were the property of the law, and compelled the unfortunate toothless one to dislodge them and the nice question now comes up as to whether those complementary articles of the toilet really are soizable or not. The question becomes still more complicated when we take the feminine make-up into consideration, and we confess to great hesitation in entering upon so delicate a discussion. It is safe to predict, however, that, assuming tho justice of tho seizure, the number of articles liable to confiscation in this case would bo more than sufficient to liquidate any reasonable amount of debt. Where is the woman of fash'ou who could fail to satisfy her creditors by selling at a fair price all there is false about her ? An ex-publican named Bentley, whoso name at one time was well known in connexion with tho Ballarat riots, lately committed suicide by poisoning himself while in a state rf despondency. A correspondent writes to the Melbourne Daily Tdeyraph as follows “1 have had some experience at sea, some eight or nine years of it—and 1 think an inquiry into the cause of a seaman’s death is very proper, I will give you an instance that occurred in a ship from London to Lyttlcton, New Zealand. We had an experienced surgeon on board, medicine chest, &c. One of tho seaman, by name Jack M'Carty, fell sick of bronchitis. Tho doctor came forward, looked at him. and saidjthero was nothing tho matter with him. He was loafing, Now ■on board a ship, a sailor is never sick till ho dies, and then it is—who would have thought it? That man did not cat a single mouthful for seven days ; the captain would allow him nothing from tho medicine chest, because ho was loafing, forsooth. On the eighth day the captain was informed that Jack M'Carty was dying, and then ran forward with a bottle of brandy and "the doctor, but, of course, too late. Tho man was dead, sown up, thrown overboard, and entered iu tho official log-book, ‘ died of bronchitis, had every attendance,’ &c. All over, Jpck forgotten. The men all left in New Zealand—ran away—and, nothing more was said about it. No inquiry or anything else. So much for the Mercantile Marine Act.” Judge Follows, of Victoria, is considered (says an exchange) a very eccentric fellow, and one of his latest and oddest acts, that of appointing a youth aged, say, sweet sixteen, as his Associate, at a salary of 3007. per annum, has led to much joking at his expense, and upon the subject the Melbourne Herald recently published tho fob lowing story. The Herald says:—“We (the übiquitous) heard an amusing story up at the Supremo Court this morning. At tho same time our honest olief is that it is a cunningly devised fable to point to a moral. While tho learned Judge was lately at Sandhurst on circuit business ho was disturbed while busy in his chamber by a spitter-spattoring noise on tho pavement without. He called tho messenger in, and savagely ordered him to go out and stop that row. It ceased at tho mere sound of the J udgo’s voice. His Honor demanded from the messenger what had boon up. Eeply— Your Honor's Associate had been spinning a lop." A noli ication, under tho hand of Mr. James Mackay, jun, appears in a late issue of the Waikato Times, warning Maoris that they would not bo allowed to travel on the roads, nr wander about within any of tho townships iu the Waikato district, between the hours of 7 p.m., and 7 a.m. Also, that no person of the Maori race would bo permitted to cross the bridges of Cambridge and Alexandra, and the ferries at Hamilton and Ngaruawhia during the same hours. Should they do so without a pass issued by Mr. Mackay, they would be arrested. From tho foregoing it will be soon that tho Government consider the time is over for playing with the Maoris, and tho period for decisive action, in regard to them has arrived. It is to be hoped that in what they are doing, they will bo allowed to pursue their own course, and will not be hampered with in any case.— .South Canterbury Times,

For Queenstown, Mr. llalienstein has consented to contest the election npon'a numerously signed requisition. A man at Talbot, Victoria, wants 4 day of prayer to he appointed to invoke Divine aid to destroy the “ blowfly.” A short time since, at Tambaroora, Now South Wales, a man named James Bennett was kicked to ‘death by a coloured man named Thomas Taylor. Bennett’s wife stood by looking on. We draw attention to Mr. Hazlctt’s ade vertisement, wherein ho notifies the time and place of meeting ho will address the electors, On Wednesday evening last the Clyde Brass Band gave their second Quadrille Party, in the Town Hall. The attendance was but limited, and must have been anything but gratifying to the Band or the few who were there. The Band, at no small trouble and inconvenience to themselves, have stepped forward to provide an occa sional evening’s recreation, and we should like for the future to sea them bettor supported than on Wednesday evening last. We have hoard some offer the excuse —they knew nothing about it. So that that shall not be an excuse for the future, we, by permission, give notice that it is the intention to hold a quadrille party every alternate Wednesday. We take the following from the Daily Times :—The first meeting of the shareholders of the Shotover Terrace Gold Mining Company, limited, was held yesterday afternoon below the Athenceum, and was numerously attended. The Hon. James Paterson was called to the chair. Mr. George Grant, the legal manager, having read the notice calling the meeting, the Company’s solicitor, Mr.Anderson(of Messrs Smith and Anderson), read and explained the regulations of the company, which, after discussion, were adopted. The following directors were elected .—Queenstown : Mr. J. Malaghan, Mayor of Queenstown, Dr. James Douglas ; Mr. James W. Robertson, merchant; Mr. John M‘Bride, hotelkeeper; and Mr. James 11. Lawton, storekeeper. Dunedin : Hon. James Paterson, Air. G. V/. Eliott, Mr. H. F. Hardy, Mr. W. T. Winchester, and Mr. Robert Gillies. Messrs. George Turnbull and A. W. Morris were appointed auditors for the Company. After various points connected with the company’s affairs and prospects had boon considered, a vote of thanks lo the Chair terminated the proceedings. On Tuesday night last or early on Wednesday morning, some rollicking rams amused themselves at the expense of others by the displacement of property, by tire destruction of other, and last,, but not least, by the damming up of the Town Waterrace, causing thereby an overflow of the water. The more removal of things from one place to another is nothing and could be easily overlooked, but the wilful destruction of property, and the inundation ofTow lying properties is something beyond a joke, and we think it a great pity the consummate idiots wore not detected in their little game and brought before a Court of justice to answer for their tomfoolery.. The damage done to Mr. Sherwood’s house, through being swamped, and to Mr? Ernies’ stable, through the same cause, is something considerable, and we hope neither gentlemen will allow the matter to rest till they have discovered the perpetrators.. We have an anonymous scribble from “ Eye Witness ” offering suggestions. We do not thank him for them in their present shape, but will bo happy to insert them as an ad-vertis-ment, with the name of “Eye Witness ” in full.