The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1873.

Dunstan Times, Issue 598, 3 October 1873, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1873.

Beneath the Rule of Men entirely oust the pex is mightier than the sword.

We arc compelled to liolil over till our next correspondence and other -matter, owing to pressure of time and space. By telegram we learn (hat Mr. Mao andrew and several other of the Southern members left Wellington on Monday. The prorogation, it is understood, was to take place yesterday. The Registrar of Births and deaths, Clyde, has kindly furnished us with the returns for the quarter ending the 30th of September, TS73. Births, ten ; deaths, ten. In the debate on the Licensing Bill, Mr. Fox compared Mr. V bite to a galvanized frog, and with bitterness referred to his his powerful voice and grotesque physiognomy, the flexibility of his limbs, buffoonery, disgust, &c. In the Legislative Council, on the 27th ult., on Mr. Sewell’s motion, the Chde Municipal Corporation Bill, giving power to raise money to build abridge, was ordered to bo read that day six months. At the usual weekly meeting of the Waste Lauds Board held on the 25th ultimo, Messrs. Gillies ami Street, for C. T. Marie, asked that the sale of the lease of section 117, block 2, Leaning Rock district, should be burdened with conditions for payment to him of half cost of constructing the road, race and tunnel. The Board decided that the now lease be withdrawn from sale. The “ Provincial Government Gazette” notifies that Crown grants in favor of the undermentioned persons are now ready for uplifting : town ; Mary Burn, Queenstown; William s!‘Hutchinson, Arrow; Catherine Waight, Rcxqurgh. We would remind grantees that a rent of sixpence per week is charged on cash grant from the date of notification to date of uplifting. Wo also notice that E. 11. Carew, Fsq., has been appointed Registration and Returning Officer for the Hosse of Representatives for the Tnapeka district, and Returning Officer for I’mvincial Elections for Milton, Matan, and Waihola. Vincent Pykc, Esq., M.H.R. for the Wakatip, brought up a Bill to authorize the holders of Miners’ Rights issued in any part of Hew Zealand, to exercise the same within the gold-fields in any part of the Colony. On the second reading it was thrown out; the following is the division list : Ayes, Bradshaw, Collins. Harrison, Macandrew, O’Conner, O’Neil, Pyke, Shehan, Shepherd, J, (Nelson), Thomson, White. Noes, Bathgate, Brown, J, E., (Ashley), Bryce, Carringham, Katcne, M ‘Glashan, M'Lean, CPRorke, Parata, Reynolds, Rhodes, Richardson, Rolleston, Seymour, Shepherd, T. L , Studholme, Swanson, Taiaroa, Williamson, Wilson. There is no news of any importance from Alexandra, The rise in the river has seriously inconvenienced those working on the beaches, as also several parties on the banks, the level they were working from being below that to which the water rose. No. 2 of the “ Otago Christian Record” we acknowledge ; also the “New .Zealand Tablet.” The following is a list of letters received at the port-office, Clyde, during the month of Jure, and remaining unclaimed on the 3(Jth of Sep ember: Galiaher, Thomas ; Kearney, Patrick ; Schenk, Jacob.

The Cromwell Spring Race Meeting takes place to-day, and we hope to see a good sprinkling from Clyde and district on the Cromwell course. Our sporting readers and the public generally are hereby reminded that the Cromwell Sprang Race Meeting takes place this day. The Albert-town A rnual Race Meeting is advertised for the 17th and 18th instant. The amount of stakes to be run for is 907., including three 67. and two 157. (one for local horses only), one 107., and three 51. races. We have been requested to draw atten' fion to the Sale by Auction by Mr. J. C. Chappie on Monday next at Alexandra of iron tanks. The sale will take place at 1 o’clock sharp. Mr. George Facbe will sell bj public auction on Tuesday next the 7th instant at Clyde, two horses and a waggon, harness, house, and a miscellaneous lot of property, in the estate of R. Westwood, a bankrupt, without reserve. Parties in the outlying districts will do well to attend the auction sale of drapery at D. M ‘Connochie’s, to-morrow evening, the 4jh instant, between five and nine o'clock, Mr. Fache, the auctioneer, having received instructions to realise at whatever sacrifice.—Advt. We are eternally being asked questions as to the duties of the Municipal Council and the duties of its officers, the Inspector of Nuisances not excepted. We have taken the trouble to ascertain that the next meeting of the Council takes place on Wednesday next, to which we would refer our questioners, and advise them to attend. The following eccent.ic advertisement appeared recently in the “South Canterbury Times:”—“lnvitation.—lf the jierson or persons who some time ago took from the Ship Hotel, Timaru, an old china tea-cup will call at the hotel he can receive the saucers to' match, and take tea, bread, butter, and shrimps with the owner.” We are sorry to hear that Mr. Parcells, the carpenter, who was engaged by the shareholders to alter the pneumatic dredge for current wheels, during the past, week met with a severe accident, thereby breaking several of his ribs. Mr. Parcells is laid up, but we hope to sco him about again shortly. The Manila claim, at the I.ycll, states the “ Westport Times ” is one of the most valuable on the Alpine Range, and that the shares are held in high estimation is proved by the fact that the sum of 5507. was refused no later than three days ago fora full share. The claim is about ten acres in extent, and divided into forty four full shares. The following is a list of letters received at the post-office, Queenstown, during the month of June last, and remaining unclaimed on the last day of September : Archer, James ; Bnttler, Mr. ; Cros-an, R. ; Fraser, James ; Graham, Robert; Johnson, J. B. D. ; Martin, Thomas; MTvlune, Miss A. ; Price, M. ; Spence, Mr. ; Sweetland, Miss ; Fordhara, Miss ; Smith and Co., Messrs. The friends of the deceased Mr. John O’Brien, of the Go-go Creek, whose deatli we noticed in onr last issue, will be gratified to hear that a large concourse (about eighty) of his friends, on Sunday last, followed his remains from the Dunstan Idstriet Hospital to the Alexandra Cemetery, where they were interred. The burial service was read by the Rev. Joshua Jones. We arc given to understand Mr. O’Brien made a will, a day or two before his death, in which he bequeathed the whole of his property to his nephew, Mr. Blair, the only relative ho had in the Colonies. We have received from the publisher a copv of the first number of “Wild Will Enderby,” a story by Vincent Pyke. The opening scene is on th.e road to the Dunstui rush. We will not whet the curiosity of onr readers farther than by saying the writing is in the free, easy, humorous style of the author, and void of scurrility or coarseness, and that it is well worth the small price at wich it is published, namely, one shilling. All friends of the author, we are sure, will purchase a copy. We would ail vise all those who row iu the other boat to do so likewise, and we feel convinced after reading it, they will say that, with ail his faults, Vincent Pyke can write an amusing book. The following items of intelligence wc glean from the “ Wakatip Mad” telegraphic despatches Vogel made an explanation regarding the throwing out of Loans Bill. He said the question arose—What was to he done ? He had formerly expressed his determination to exert all constitutional means to carry out the objects of the House, and then expressed the opinion that Government would go the length of proroguing Parliament and holding a new session ; but he found the House against him, and no chance of the Upper House accepting measures in any shape. The proposal for the Colony to make provision for Provincial wants for the present year would also be rejected. The Government were not now prepared to propose snob a course, and doubted if the House would accept it. No question of victory lay with the Upper House; but Government do not desire to retahato. Provision might be made for placing the two Houses on a better footing. He hoped members, during the recess, would obtain an expression of opinion from their constituents on the question, whether the Government of the Colony was virtually to remain in the hands of a nominee House. He denied the truth of a rumor that the Government were lukc-warm on the matter of the Bills. Bamford the lateMelhourno hangman, at the last execution in Geelong was observed to shed tears, and upon being remonstrated with by the turnkeys for weakness, replied, “ I can’t help it; he was a pal o’miue tVher side. 1 ’ Bamford then applied lie cuff of his cat to his face, wiped away the t ’ars, a i f p ooaeJe 1 wich the pinioning of the criminal.

Farmers and breeders of draught horses in the Duustan district may consider themselves fortunate this season in securing the services of so many sires. We draw the attention of those interested to our adver tisinjj columns. Of thorough-breds there is a scarcity. From the many inquiries wo have heard marie we should think a good shapely sire would be a well paying speculation. We have to acknowledge receipt of a batch of Parliamentary paners, and a number of Hansard. Among the rapers is one, —the Report of Hawke’s Bay Native Lands Alienation Commission, comprising no less than 27G pages of closely printed Foolscap, —a no doubt very interesting document. The Post Office Department Return for the year IS/2, among the number, contains a vast amount of useful information, from which we take the following Number of Office's in the Department, 037 ; letters received, 3,588,073 ; newspapers received, 3,370,470 ; letters registered, 39.707 ; dead letters returned and destroyed, 26,183 ; money orders i - surd, 4-i.OOO, for sums amounting to 191,009/.. The total income of the department, 94,733/., the expenditure being 47,001/. The St. Bathan’s correspondent of the “Mount Pa Chronicle” writes as follows : —“ The weather has heen exceedingly unp’easant and tempestuous for some time back, and at Welshman’s Gully considerable damage has been done. The front of Mr. Washer’s store was blown in bodily, and, hut for the timelv assistance of Dm neighbors, the whole building must have been destroyed. Mr. Washer’s new stable a large building—was also completely wrecked. During the gale. Mr. Smith’s forge—a sod and iron budding situate at Soldier s Gully, was blown down, and o'her damage to fluming, &c., was sus tained. The Merton correspond jnt of the “ Waikouati Herald” writes as follows:—“A week or two, while a settler in the neighborhood was busy ploughing at a short distance from his dwelling, an uninvited guest entered his house—there being a rising ground between him and the house which hid it from view—and took the liberty of helping himself to “ whatever was handy,” Evidently the thief was not a “ professional,” as the sequel will show. Ho managed to get hold of a pocket hook containing a quantity of money, in Bank nrdes of fives and ones. It so happened that as he began to examine it, the hook opened at the division containing the one pound notes, which were carefully removed to a more satisfactory place of keeping, when he quietly decamped, no doul ,t wed pie ecd at his success, leaving behind him the pocket bark for its owner, in happy ignoiance that it contained far more money than he had taken. Honest thief !” From the “ Arrow Observer ” we take the following : —“ On Tuesday night last about ten ojcl ick, the town echoed again with tl e enlivening strains of l.eroseue tins and other impromptu instruments, in the hands of a numb' r of—what shall we say, well wishers ? ■ who had chosen that method of welcoming to his new home a worthy blacksmith who recently too’i Rn himself a wife. For an hour and a half they made ni ht hideous with the din, until getting tired of their ill success, and the want of appreciation shown by the recipient of their attentions, they endeavored by means of a plentiful supply of crackers, and a continued drumming upon the walls, to enforce his appearance, having first ban leaded the door with sundry convenient moveables. At length our friend, like mighty Thor of old, his patience being utterly exhausfe l , made a soriie upon the besiegers, who fled in all directions, two at least receiving full payment for their send ces. It is probable nothing more would have been heard of the affair, had not one of the sufferers invoked the aid of Hie law, the consequence being that some six or seven others are said to have been asked to give an account of themselves oii Monday next.”