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Dunstan Times, Issue 613, 16 January 1874, Page 2

A B. —The prism to v frith Marshal Bazair.e Las been consigned is the castle in the irhi of St. Marguerite, one of the Lerin group, in the Mediterranean, opposite to the t'Vench coast, near Cannes. It was in this castle that the man with the iron mask was imprsined. At the present time the island is occupied by a small g irrison an I a few fishermen’s families. tVellave to acknowledge the receipt of App ndix 'o journal of the House of Representatives and of other Parliamentary papers. Thofresult of the inquest on the body of Mrs. Gidrou Smith, of Teviot Fiat, is a verdict of manslaughter against Mr. T. W, Q. Honevwill, who attended deceased before death. We understand that Mr. Thomas Hawf borne, wh i is about leavin' the district, has fixed upon Saturday the 14th of February for the sale of his valuable freehold sections of land and the salvage from the fire of his old hotel. Full particu’ars in advertisement will appear in future issues. The Daily Times, in error, says the Waste Lands Board appealed the auctioneers for the different districts in the Province for the yea'’ 1874 According to facts, the Board accepted tenders to conduct land sales. In another issue appears a paragraph intimating the sale, at Queenstown, of a small run on Lake W katip. The loculitics should have been Lake Wauaka and C-’lvde.

The second number of the Southern Mercury is to hand. If possible" we notice an improvement. We have, a'so to acknowledge the receipt of the Illustrated Now Zealand Herald. The number before us is particularly worthy attention, as besides the u«nal number of engravings (among which are some New Zealand scenes, a firstclass colored print, The Dicgeis’ Saturday *ight.

Tiie scarcity nf laborers an;l the high rate of wages offers 1 by the agriculturists is'fhawinj off a good in my of our miners, who for tho nonce have exchanged 'he shovel and sluicing fork for th ■ scvthe and hay fork. The high rate of wages, 3 L. a week ami found, ns s; oken of in some quarters We think it a trifle heyoul the truth, as we know of g'-ve’al farm rs, who have hi 1 ni tr u’di in obtain! :r:

hands at 40s. per wvek an i f am 1 At the I'mi'tan Jockey (,’luh Meeting held on Tuesday evening Sbt. Mr. llszi • t in the ohiir. the fo iowinp n oninitions were received (Irani Sian ! Haulivap— Hutchinson's Butte - fly. Cox’s Fenian, • az left’s Atlas and Brunette; Jockey Cnh Han-li'-an- -Ilutcliin-on’s Bn'terfly and 1 a* - of Lynne, Cox's B >omerang. and Hazl tt’g Atlas and Bruno te; iMemln-rs' Handicap Hutchinson’s Butterfly an 1 Carl of Lynne. Cox’s Fenian, Ilaziett’s Brunette and A ilas.

A meetinir of th ■ subicribnrs of th - Clyde Bra s Band is convened for to-morrow evening, at Rameys Ho'el ( en advert! e-

The Tuapeka auctioneers according to the Times tendered for the Government Land Sales at lets than one per cent.

A meeting of the P r ovisional: Directoi of the Dunstan District Flour Mill Con pany was hold in the Library Hall, Clyde on the 81st ult. : Mr. Hazlett in the chair Mr. Williams stated that he was deputed by Mr. Corrigal, of Black’s, to say ho could guarantee that one hundred shares would be taken up at black’s if the mill wai erected at Ohatto Creek. Mr. Hazlett said the meeting was called to decide on thi site. After some discussion, it was resolved that the mill be erected at Chatto Creek, and that Mr. Corrigal, of Black’s; Mr. J. Meßor, of Newtown, Tinker’s ; and Mj. Dickie he appointed.’sub-collectors; and that Mr. Williams, the Collector, place himself in communication with the foregoing gentlemen, and to report to the Board when two hundred shares had been applied fcr. The meeting theu adjourned.

An important point of insurance law has been discussed in the Supreme Court at Melbourne, ia the case of Connell versus be Scottish Commercial Insurance Company. Lhe fire that occurred some months ago, in the store •PMessrs. Connell, Watsm. and Hogarth, caused a loss of some •3.000.. to the insurance companies. When this sum came to bo divided among tire nompam 'S, two—the Norwich Union and the Derwent and Tamar Companies—obj cted to pay, ina-much' as their 'policies had expired 1 efoie the fire, and- had not been renewed. By the terms of each policy, fifteen days are allowed after the expiration of the time ’or which an insurance is effe. +ed within which to renew or continue he policy, and it was during the currency of these fifteen dins in the two policies •-eVre Ito that the fire took place. The premiums were tendered before the expiration of of Hie - days of grace,” but those ' 'oai a i.*s ref’-e lto accept them. The

-’*ber companie having arranged with (.'■mn b n ! r Vmt 'any, wish to make the ' n vio i 1 ■«' •,■) m I 1 he Derwent and Tamar 1 f b- i! ’ hj- e.f the liability, ami a sort n( a frit n ■lv -ud n lias been commenced *‘ , ‘ l pe 11 ees's Connell and Company and the Scottad Commercial, to test the ( l' le ■•on "di her if a tire occurs during 'be lays f g.-n>e, and before the insured t’oiler the premium, the insurers are liable. Judgment reserved.

nunt)* From what we can understand, the object of the meeting is to app nut a committee of gentlemen to take the entire char.e of and regulate the motions of the Band. The Band have ever given a ready acquiescence to the slightest wh-h of the town, and we hope to-morrow evening to see a large and influential meeting to receive any suggestions that mny be brought forward.