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Dunstan Times, Issue 586, 11 July 1873, Page 2

The Municipal elections, to present appearances, promise to bo but tame, as at Cromwell alone is there evidence of a contest for the Mayoralty, the candidates being Mr. Fraer, the present occupant of the office, and Mr. Couccillor Marsh. A t Alexandra, Mr. Beresford will be re-elected, and at Clyde Mr. Niyl.r will walk over unopposed. The day of nomination, for Clyde, is the 14th inst, and the election, if any, on Monday, the 21st instant. hroin tlie Provincial Council reports we notice that Mr. M Kellav, the Member for Cromwell, is advocating the cause of his Dist-ict. He elicited from the Government the pleasing intelligence that the sum of 2,000?. are on the Estimates for Commonage for Cromwell, also, a sum of money as compensation lor the formation of the main road through Crcmwcll; likewise, that an Ordinance will be brought forward to incorporate the Cromwell Athemeum Committee, and that a parcel of land will be set apart for the Cromwell Eace Course. We are happy to hear that Hastie, M‘Nal|y, and Company arc making good headway with their race from the Chatto Creek. The ground they are now cutting is soft, consequently they are able to make gned progress. They anticipate completing the ditch as far as the Wai Kcri Ke ri Valley by Clmrtmas next; then the fluming ova 1 ’ the Valley’and takng the water to their claims will take tut little time. It is our painful duty to record two deaths from that terrible disease, Hoopingcough, which is now so prevalent in the district. As an expression of sympathy felt for the bereaved parents, during the passing of each corpse through the town to the cemetery, every place of business was closed, and on either occasion a large number followed the remains to their last resting place. The pneumatic dredge has not boon as yet fortunate in the Clyde Claim, on which it is at present moored. The whale of last week it was at work at the lower end of the claim. At the beginning of tbo week, the dredge was put in position at the upper end of the claim, and, it is supposed, on tbo face that was loft by the original owners, whoa they worked some three years ago. The quantity of gold obtained from the smal[ piece worked led to the supposition of there being plenty left. As we said before, the pneumatic tube has not boon fartomato enough to strike the lead. However, a'l the shareholders arc sanguine that when t icy get thejfaro, they will he repaid for all lost time. Mr. Siodeberg has tracked his boat again up to Clyde, and is engaged fitting up the new machinery ho has boon so long wailing for. When this is finished and ho again makes a start to work, lie is of opinion that ho will be able successfully to capo with any difficulty that may present itself. Mr. Sicdeborg has exhibited a vast amount of energy and pluck in tbo constinotion of bis dredge and combatting against the many annoyances produced by one cause and another, and now that lie has apparently overcome them all, and got the machine)y perfect, wo hope to hear of his alighting on a patch sufficiently rich to cover all 1c sses. At the usual weekly meeting of the Waste Lands Board hold on the ,'!rd instant Hie following business was transacted ; —A report was received from Mr. MTverrow on the applications made for sections 24, fq, and 2d, Block V., and sections 25, 2d, and 27, Block XL, Marewhenua District, within the gold-fields. The repo”t recommended that sections 24 and 2.», Block V., should be reserved, as forming paitcf the Waikore Valley, already reserved as auriferous. The suggestions contained in the report were approved.—Mr. A Pullar applied for a lease of section 18, Block 1., Waikouali District, in order, it was stated, to plant tre s, and to complete a propel ty. An impression seemed to exist that the land in question could ho tinned to more profitable account if desired—tint, for instance, a thriving family couid be raised upon it as easily as a number of forest trees. The application was accordingly declined, and tbe applicant recommended to purchase the laud, which was open for sale.—Messrs. Hughes and Jaggar applied to purchase the site of their brewery on the Clyde and Cromwell road. The application had bean postponed fu order that tie runholders’ consent might bo obtained. Tbe required consent having been obtained, the application was granted, the upset price being fixed at 20/. per acre, lo be surreyedby the applicants.—The application of Mr. T. J. Jay to purchase land in the Wai Kcri Kori Valley, the Board gave the following decision : —“ That the application to purchase the land now held by Mr Jay under an agricultural lease bo declined ; that the lease bo cancelled, and the va'uo of improvements paid for. That a proposal bo made by the applicant, w Ith the view of the Board coming to an agree ment under the 74th clause of the Waste Lands Act, 1872.” --The lease of the copper lode at Moke Creek, applied for by Messrs. Howorthand Bradshaw, was granted on the following terms 20/. for the first two years 40/. for the next three years and SO/, for the remaining years.—A long letter was received from Mr. W. H. Homer, submitting to the Board that he was entitled lo a

fee grant at Mart'n'B Bay. The Board le solved that if the claimant pro Ted he had occupied the land for two years, from the ate of authorised occupation , he would bo enridedto a free giant. With regard to seme rooks recently liberated in the Wairarapa district) the local paper reports that they " seem inclined to build, hut the New Zealand seasons seem to puzzle them." A few days ago at Wnnganui. one of Brogden's navyiei, imparted from the Thames, was sentenced to be imprisoned for stealing money f'.cm his mate. During •ho hearing of the rase, the remainder of th» seventy navvies were in Court. At its conclusion the whole body surrounded the P.M., wishing to know whether he would not let their comrade off if they were to sign a letter to him making the rcqu' it. We have to acknowledge the iccsipt of a batch of Provincial Government parliamentary papers and Bills to be considered during the present Session. From our Duuedia contemporaries we learn that a new paper is about to be started in that city, to he styled the Olayo News, incorporating the Ifot amg Star. A Company with a capital of 15,000?. ha 3 been formed for that purpose. Mr. V. Pyke it is rumored will edit. The Brace Herald says it is rumorcd]that Mr. Creicliton, M.H. R., the present editor of the Southern Cross will occupy the editorial chair. The Daily Times of the sth inst. says:— ' Yesterday being the day appointed for engaging the immigrants per James Nicol Fleming, a largo crowd of applicants attended at th 3 Caversham Barracks at the heur advertised. All the female servants were readily engaged at wages averaging SO/, per an mm. The demand for good farm servants v, as a'so bri ;fc- at from 52/. to 55/. per anuam. The imuiigra its are a superior class, and very suitable for the requirements of the Colony. The remainder will bo'ongagjd to-day and on Monday. " A Peak Downs correspondent of a ltockhampton paper gives the following account of the effect on a camp of Blacks by the lavs eclipse of the moon :—" The moon rose on one of those fantastic scenes common in thebush of Australia-a grand fele at the black's camp. The young bloods—the dancers of this goodly company—were dressed and painted in the f nllTTress adopted by their ancestors, so scant as to make a ballet girl em'iou—Vie old gentlemen.and ' ladies discoursing harmonious music. The dance became more exciting, and the dulcet strains louder; the dust and flaiv.es rose high to heaven—when, lo ! what steps th s mirth? It is the cry, 'Moon tomble down!' All eyes are for a moment turned to tlio | darkened moon ; and then, forgetful of the already prepared sumptuous repast, of their wordly possessions, and of their everattendant war instruments, away scamper the motley festive party over the hills and through the scrubs, regardless of all obstacles—with but one object in view, lo got at the back of the moon—that as it' tumbled down' they might not be under. On, on. j t'rey sped to the cast, with theory,'the moon take the h'ndmo3t.' " The fort Dar.rin go'.d-li Ida (tie BfJ 3 Herald statei) continue to cxerc'se a power- j ful infl i3uc3 over the minds of the mi e s | of Oiogo. Many have ul ready winged their I flight for the distant field, and very few Melbourne steamers leave Dunelin without taking one or two adventurous spirits baun I for the tropical Dorado. We have received a copy of the Carbon Democrat, a "Copperhead" paper published at Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. it is a demy sheet, baring for its motto "The Independent Press—A Terror to Tyrants and the hast Bulwark of Free Men" Price Idol. 50c. per year paid in advance. The reading matter is a curious jumble of local, agricultural, fashionable, statistical, and political news, interspersed with paragraphs in which the editor compliments himself on the exce'lence of his paper, and now and then a "local" giving a s'y poke at public men or bodies who differ in opinion or are not on good terms with the D ~m< cut. Mauch Chunk has a Borough Council, and as is often the e.rio with Borough Councils, it is neccM-iry that a little gentle pressure should be applied to forward the progress of town improvements The Democrat does it this way. "The Borough Fathers in their statement don't show how much the item of Mac Strchizing (macadamising?) Broadway amounts to. This part of the street is a model of Municipal attention. How handy the locality would bo for a street fight! The stones lie arou id so loosely an I plentifully." Candidates for public honors sometimes get pretty well abused in New Zealand, but the worst we have beard in that lino would be only gentle reproof to the manner in which the Democrat expresses itself in reference to the nomination of General John F. fTartranft as the Republican candidate for the Governorship of the State of Pennsylvania.—"The nomination of Hartranft, hangman Hartranft, known to bo a member of a Ping which stinks in the nostrils of all honest men, himself under a cloud of suspicion in connection with (lie Evans fraud is bad enough, but " The General's chances of election are thus summed up :—"Tabs now-a-days have to stand upon their own bottoms, as, perhapr, to their chagrin, Hartranft and his friends will find out by the time pippins are ready for picking next apple season." In the matter cf amusement it is announced that " a progressive organ grinder Ins made his appearance down the valley with an organ on wheels. Iramensicum I" The editor is interviewed, and thus delicately alludes to the opinion of his visitor about his paper: —"Mr. J. S. Lontz, of Leighton Gap, paid our sanctum a visit last week. Ho says we publish the liveliest piper in the State, but the girls carry it off before he has a | ehmce to read it. Girls why is this thus?" I Again, " John Weiss, Esq., of Stembcrs- : ville, says we publish the best paper in Carbon County, and he can't do without it. We're glad to hear it. Mr. Weiss was always a sensible man." We will [fake leave of the Democrat for the present.

Prom the Nevis we learn that the haid winter has broken, an I that 'work hj a again been resumed, Of late several shares in' sluicing claims have gauged hands a highly satisfactory prices. Two of the sellers, we understand, intend leaving tie Prov'nce and trying their fortunes at Port Darwin. In consequence of the frightfully had state of the roads, the Dunedin coach, i\a Mt. Ida, takes days instead of twafor the journey. From what we can learn, Mr. Nettlefold deserves the greatest'eredit for bringing the coach through at all, the roads being described to us as being a sheet of ice or a sea of mud, and that it is only by the exercise of the greatest care and no small amount of judgment, that he is enabled to steer through the difficulties without an accident. The Tuapcka coach has not been so fortunate, as we have heard of ssveral, fortunately, however, but of a trifling character, being merely the depositi lg nolens volcns of one or two of the par* sengers by a sudden jolt into the mud. This road is, according to every account, a disgrace, and it is a source of wonderment to all, that Craiggventures the journey.