The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY JANUARY 2,1874.

Dunstan Times, Issue 611, 2 January 1874, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY JANUARY 2,1874.

beneath the Uuleof Men uxiirely jcs'i ■ dy.he PKYis iuuutibr t’ian the-uvoKD.

- fnon In* reports wliicli have appeared is; 'his and o'her j-urnals of the vUriels interviewings to which Messrs. tJ istings and Tninbnll have been si -jeet during their tour 'h'lmji the ’iblil-liehls, the necessity for substituting bridges in lien tf the present punts at the several fiver cr. s.siti"1 ces has been proo>inenth brought , forward. We only wonder tlmt people have not been alive to tins want 'ong ago. The loss eutai'ed upon the travelling public b\ excessive charges and dears must have amonrttd 10 s- met Ini g s rious, • hi!e , the progress id thee iin'iv has been correspondingly retard'd For this state ■! -lungs wy cannot blame tin* punt-owners. Jt ; a the syst< m which; has wotked so injuriously that we have to complain of. Those persons who hold leases fir ferries naturally endeavor t" make iheir hnsiness as profitable as possible ; and,'so far as ouri'i portu ities of learning go, tiny b ive not neglected the convenience <>f the public. lirfact, then-has existed a sort, ol eimihi'i'e spirit, among them to provideellicieiit appliances, 'taking ■ a so the risk these jit ople run of ac- 1 cident, the fees charged are • xceed inglp leasonuble. >till we quite agne : will Mi Bast ngs, while comp inieoti .g the pioprietors, of the., pit t at Alexandra upon its general elficiei cy, that, In.werergo'd a pnnt he, a bridge is still better To bui d b-idges where wanted will requite u much larger outlay than 'he Pro- it ce can afford ;and, to meet ih difficulty, the Ooa*rumeut are wildi g to en- | c U"tge tin ir erection by private enterp.iia* 1 , by ) ermittinj a certain rate of toll to be levied, as well as the making approaches, leaving 01 ly the actual bridge itself to la- coiisti need. This reduces the in pessary outlay consider--1 a ly—as much, probably, us one-half j —and leaves but a very little for 'he ■ i nl'lie 'oaccompl. hj ihcmselves. With 1 these adjunets, a bridge bail' where there > sis's am thing approaching to j a m al rate traffic should pay g- oi in--1 lei'esc for the outlay. The expenses or management a..d repairs will be vein small, while the iisk would be voiiipara ive y no bing In cases, flow, ver, where a bridge cainiUt be con tract'd, and the puufs have to be adbeied to. something in the shape of a suosidv mi gin. be alio "C'l, so that the charges to the pu lie should be ieduced to an uniform scale i —say the same as charged at the brid ms. la asking tin ,w, are not I o VI ' a king too much. It is a vein small concession, and ■ue tht might be nnerudeingtv coicemd. Now t haft In i . . mi jeet of the .river c ossmgs is engagi"gpn dicat ention weinay reason i a- ly li pe fir some practical solution " of the difficulty dining the text vies, sion of the P.ov i■ ci" Council. The Fen i s Ordinal ce scarcely nuns pu - be wants al the proem day. It has . existed a h-iig time in i t original - shape, a> d «e sin nld opii e would 1 e • none the worse t.ow ior a slight re--1 modelling.

Our last issue contains a report by tlie Malinger of llic rhotover Tern ee Gold-mining Comp ny, showing die present state of tlie workings anil L . w nit is to be il me for the fntu e. Viewed as an ordinary miring manager’s report, it,.presents no inieiesti"g (ea'nres; InU in fbe success or non-sm-esss of ths Company a very-great deal depends, and it will aff*ct every go il-Held in i lie Pn vince wli re job I--1 stock companies exist. r lbe capiial s i no ved (30,0( 0/.) is sonn tiling i nor j mo us ; shareholders exist .almost | even wheie ; and it is upon the it- > sluts of this spi-cn ation tint, pu 1 lie cjomidedee .in. mining advent res will ° be for some time guided, Tail success

)f j'lint st'ck mining companies in Hugo lias, up to the Jire=f>nt, been ’ather exception, tliap the nt’e, ind 'this unfortunate state of affa : rs is 'reat’y to he deplored. The causes of his may be various, still* the want of rood m'h«|genient| and a thorough; tnnwledge of the '"work to he 'done ire the principal In the Fhotover ompanv no exnensp- appears to hj 'ye <een spared to-make the a uecers. In the first pi nee some of he heat claims on the river comprise j 'he Company’s property ; a manager of consider!’ 1c experience lr>s hpen wtih every necesserv nn ..•do.nAO and boa 1 ~ari ’nl^O AIIAA-l or* crA'lCod fm* ♦Vivo use TRa ■ "VO..- d lo to nn»v >t - d imo" eetnor'cAst n 1-tr'rp nf oavac • arid. n tnp it. C men *n ho A -nv!iSe.-,.rt *bof n yrb/,|,v A" aV of rvll 1,0 I»,f%»odllA0..1 of o»»o And *he pVnni and* ei.»A*ed of *h° o'hor. fhp r,‘ok ilT i rp<‘oi|>,d hi its eeurso. the modus onoeirili | must. no f Odv he l|o, ,r aop o', j scale of mfi'O'i'ii h> hitherto unit. | tempte'-l. 1 this narticu'a- ins'fi-iA-. ] nothin? aiippni'i to he iva-uiu •» Th • mo-t minU*H de'uils have luwvi pvo j vi.ded for. and wh *n washing c tonieocoa. which th" m iuager o X ,, P i« will he in ahou f !!•• w«”ks.' th • ur> ' sitisfact >ry r *su't< di i 11-l ‘‘dl v . i' - ■we tire to ju lge ft Ml ||o ptMVpia- s I ohtaine 1 i.i c i ft iiK't!r‘ rro ii 1 inir Mocks' Wit \i"w the nr > ms- of di ■ Shot over 'l’erraei* Goal uiiuiuv C'liipan.v with . par iculiiy iuua esr.; in t that there are a imni' er of Dum-tan Shareliohlers, hut. f r leaso -s given 1 More t w ;it upon its sii-ccc the, fate if fhe niajori y o* 1 the mining ompaiiies now Ir-fore th'■' public gr- .it ly depends, and we may very safely prophecy tlm f , -hould Dame k'- rtu’iie only favor ih's In-towr veirure, it vr. 1 he the heggim ing of .a new era in gohl-mii.iug in Otago. We have many times deep! regirtted that the public tight so shy of mining speculation's ; let us 'lnuefere hope that comi g e'ents will st niuln e our staple industry, so that its pursuit, may i ot onlv he more profit a ie. hut merit increased public confidet ce as a means of investment. Bread is nnv being d liverel within a radius of five miles of Pain eraten at sixpence the 4lh leaf. —At ait* iaH Rna'd. Th Lakes Dirtiict Annual Ra-e* will tak.- ph.ee on the Kith and 17th instant, and the Tuapeka in the 19th and 2Uth February next. ' ' J -• •" ’* : '" We notice the culve.ts that cioss the races on the Clyde and B ack’s mad a c getting very much out of r»pair. In one there is a dangerous hole, leaving barely room for a vehicle to pass. Wc hope either the oun- rs of the races or the hoad Engineer will see to it without delay. The Blue Mountain Water-race Company, Tinker's, finished washing up during the last-, we k. with the very handsome result of seven hundred ounces. In the smio locality, at Drybuad, Devonshire &c., s ver 1 other claims un erwent a similar p-oee s, with what result, howvvc-, we have not he r!. We anticipate the next eseoit fiom [Pack’s will he the largest that has hoi n forw are 1 for s m•ti oe p ist. Ths Dai’y Tin es of ‘.he 25th ultini has the following,:—“A wi ness at the Resident Magisnate’s Court yesterday seemed to have an idea that the fact of hi being an Englishman icn ereil it quite un eeesa -ry to .- sk whether he knew what delirium trem ns was. When the Magistrale asked hini whether he knew wha de'Wium tremniH mi a t, his reply was “ ' 'f course L do ; I’m a true iiorn En.lishcian.” On Tu s 'ay evening last a bill! m l match was played' at Kao e•’ Du i.-tan Hotel, Clyde, between Mr W. W st-n, he Australian (,'hanipi n, an i a 1. ia! amateur. Wes'nti giving :m i oints out of 700. The hampion appe.'ed in very good pi y. and nvo hj ill id his opp ne ta' i 04. wi nig by 96 poin l s. During he iii -tmi ion Mr Weston showed son e fancy slots. which were really won lerfuh an 1 pinved hi o elf a p i feet master of the aan*. Tlie'hi lies 1 throughout the game were: Wes •n, flfl and C 6 ; his op|o;«nt, 24 The time nccu; ieU was two hours an 1 a ha'f. From 'he Arrow OWnvr we take the f llowi g:—“ At tie lie idc.il Magi-trae’e Court, Airow, wc take the following ; “ A man named Travis, a pubpeau win keeps an Hotil at the Eh lit. Mile, was cl arge I . n information with sni'p'yinj liquor In a nan who was in a s'a'e of in toxicaiiin. The eharte was brought in der the l.icensi g Ordinance H ■ w s finer 2f. with costs am muting to 2f. 12s 6d The 'iillowin» curious cricke ing i'-uu ii from the New Zealand Herald .—“ Mr. W hj. Rees, of ciiikefihg as well as lega fan e. played a novel fame with ( he ‘ wil ; low ’ lately at theVorth (Ancklaudl ■Re matched himself rg.dnst eleven oihe I players, at single wicket, he being allowei I men to th Id fnr him. and ’hi; result, as re ported to us, was that he beat the e'evei in one innings, and had seventeen runs t spare The e'ev n in their two in’dng made only twelve irns, whilst' Mr. Kee iii hVfiist inn n,ts rcnied twenty nine, j large ,cwci wise witnirsed the mutch ■winch caused much amusement find not little excitement. Mr. Bees’* slows it wa . that did ihe mischief.’

We have be'ncotnpe'led to hold over a <1 j■l of matter,' and considerably abridge more . ' . A meetinglofThePiirstan Fistiict Flour Mill Company was .-held on Webesday evening lest, wl er it was definitely arran ed tliafhe Mill 1 e erected at Chatto ] cWek. . \U : v i| I , iOn tlii 29* alt, at. t.has Survey- Office f Clyde, Cha-p'e sold by aiic’ion tbe pastoral 1< ase for ten years of an island-inf I*Ve| 'V mv'ev df about ,3'V) acres extent, realising* tKe sum of 35/. Mr. Fvho rom-ta hivi-ig sob! by aimx|__ . rr..-«-i-y 1.. i -.*■ T>». estate of W. F. plew. a bankrupt, censis*in" of stock of can , r -s. capv; s)o sc. bongo, an l other <fTects, the whole realisi-g very *« . Tt>« fit Ratbnn’ e Frcrp, on fbc'Jlbb a’d on-1 27 b ultimo, came off very gufCO»sfnlly, fla ac-mint of the rvn fa M on the second d-v. the was 1 - nngfr>o”pd till th" 'f .nKv, when the programme was comr\n Yfiv’sTve. Oh* 1h T*vml the iuß*’ 1»e p «rji In* '*»*■. r* 1 yrij? n m''*»*■ «el of °eV aV n n v of 4 *m “ 01*3 Y’t>*ir^onf fl'i'l Va-ir ” 1 , n,, M r> n«’,' •,.*■ c.i.,r„ „„ SV-i-l-v hi 27 hj n Us, n> V a’j.virnb 1 - 0r0,<.m.,‘.,V F if pie » n? V-. . V a 1 b.nV-no Ho‘l fi-vnt J a u °i 1-..n-o *■» 17 o o f Pe’v-.iary «'is 1‘ 1 os bo ut. .1- n' V -v'-'v, . Tt -; <1- t i»'b< -V'! 1 --a ,f R bo;-t Ti 1 c i •‘■o • u'.T- > i v-V 1 Icnil f>? -vm* -d I • *-bo M-«i’od Mr.ni'-yb:' C-,ur*. on Monlduv list tbe 29 hj nit., \[ii Stoyivn" o'la—re 1 ivitb b' o. ay. * ■ -> ni-vi 1 - e- -nit 1-ein" nr •pavo.l witb tbe e'd-le 'ce of 'car. lino-e, ‘be a‘cis'l vv< l : S' l ri v 'il Th • j l emdi co“ mento i str'm dv on tl e 'crons- ! n as of b charge and add the’ in ? ir;n"|t j sb nbl bav- b <>n rer g ed will) Ids ■ vi■ den"" 1( ford la in" the bdor. tin O-i j tb-..1-i‘ in -tint an inebyiateoyis br mV nn, I the v a isT' tp cm si.b iiii" th--t.be mi bt. ba V” mwittiirdi been - vercoee will tbe i f a iviti s of th" N -w Years eve d sn.isa d | bim with r, caution On *bo sme dav. a j M.s 0* ss vnr d s>gcd wi'b vefiai cy and ■ j re n 'ed to tbe Bth i stant for fur'.her evi.lei ce A recent number of the V’ash’n, ton Republic m contains a refer'noe ‘o an apP'oaehing marriage of a somewhat singula- character. - : »e it in Po'oimc ci y, and which forms the to in of conversation, is the covin ' nuptials of John L. Hickman, .an old and hi lily respected citircn of Wasldngt. n. and Mrs F ances A. Johnson, of Po'imac c ty. Tne preparations going on for the coming event are grand and extensive. Over 1,500 j inviuti ns have been issue 1, mestlv to <i- . tiz. iw of Washington, who have known Mr ' Hick.nan for many years. . Mr. Hickman was a slave, and is in his 69th year, and has been a resident of Y’ashin ton for sixty years ; has hem | üblic’y sold u- der the hammer five times, a d a las*, to secure his freedom, In-paid 1,500 dollars for the po sersion of Lis own In dy, and has reared no a faiuily of children, to each one of whom he presented at marr a e a Iniusu and lot. He s rvo linth - n ivy nine yea sunder Commodores Patterson,, Uplgcrs. and Pe rv, an i is at pr sent employed at th.- Capitol, where he has served faithfully for over nineteen years. In the Dai'y Times of the 241h in tant app.a s thi following e-iontons pa:a;.raph held an inquest at Roxburgh, i n the 17. U iu-tant, on the body of a w.-man named (iidiou Sud'h, who died at the Hus. ital, C yde, i n the 15, while under medical treatmeim. The doctor and nuree who-at-t n el ihe cteceasc.il hiving iee i exaini e l, the inquest was adjourned un il tlle 6th proximo. o» ing to the abs> m e of a material witness.” The facts of the e-: se ane : An inquest was held at A\ling's Coal (be k Hotel, Teviot, on die body oi Hi iron tnith, who ha 1 died at her lesidence, Tev.o Fia*, while under u edical tnaMimnt ; that Hr. Thomson, - f Clyde, and Hr S i tin . of of ihe littiißt.ila Hospital, cave e ideuec; and that ihe inquiry was »>ij m'-ment.ov.i ig 1 1 the a' sence of a prmcip.vl vvitne s., a ! nurse regaling at Tap -ka. As he circulation nf such a- e-ro ecius. lepm-t i de vinn n at to the 1 slilmiou and to he Hi side t Sin, ren Weh p the i'aib Times will se ■ lit to mnk the .an n eh no . b'c, mid m t he e a : e; lit, by i ub i hj ug a lull . ml 1 1 in re ii.t Ou \\ d eslav eveii'n Miss Fanny San an i Mr. Feed Clift n gn•e hen pojiular eu -ita'nnieiii a' die Town ha !. Clyde, 'n a very well ti' ed In use Mi s Sara o - ses es a lic'n mid pnv; r:ul \oi e, w.aeh In has cultivated and rr-cs to h- best adva • tage and Mr. Ci f on’s Ui.ffo ami eha-ac- | tosistie sonts we e duly -pp"etiatid. an I no with a la- i; am nut of apnl.me One of il.e most proieinont featu es -f the . ev -nirg was iho arsumpnou by Miss Sara of the i lia; acrcr of me end cut hut eccentric ai i\ Mr Tims Reeves, iu which p isi.uilicaii. n she aim “My Pie ly J me.” iu t ] edict inii atio i of ihe great »:i i .a'. , belli iu voice a d maii 'er s n Mr. Ciifrnn’s j make up as “Silly Billy aul his Father,’ | was ex ceil ngly goo I, and elicited well- : merited applause. Nor inns 1 we forcet to j mention 'h.- violin s-.-los p’ai e.i in a masterly j style by Mr. Collins. It was announced that, afrer the concert, there would be a j dance ; but it was not intimated that anything extra would be charge I _ The midij tional demand caused some little dig content. Mr. Clifton has desire lus to say that it was no wish of his that such de--1 niand should be made. He simply gave his con pn*. not thinking any cliar_'e would i bema ’c Af cnvards, fiodin.' wlut was the ease, he told several g utlemen thei< was no necessity for any further payment, , so far 'as he was' concerned, ami stater i that, iu fntuie, he would not allow anj | similar jroceediiqf. “ • •