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Dunstan Times, Issue 616, 6 February 1874, Page 2

The Superintendent calculates the forests of Southland are worth five hundred millions of money. On Saturday, the 14th instant wc woul remind subscribers to the Dunstan District Hospital, the election of Resident" Surgeon will take place. Lihori is caree in the Province of Canterbury, so much so that a contractor tneie has offered an agent in another province a premium of 10s. a head for engaging two hundred hands.

We are sorry to hear the accident that befel Mr. Eastwoed, agent for Bachelder’s Pant- 1 scope, thiough the capsize of the Tuapaka coach on Saturday last, is mora serious than was at first anticipated, one of h'S legs being broken in two places.

A new idea in racecourse refreshment booths has been started at Auc.Tand. At the last races one of the most enterprising landlords iu'that city rented a booth On the racecourse for the sale of Good Templar drinks aud eatables, and for those » : one,

The new Province of Westland starts with a liability of 180,000 i., and all the candidates in the recent election of Superintendent admitted that the new Provincial authorities, instead of expanding the present staff of officials, would find a reduction absolutely necessary.

The editor of the Auckland Evening Star thus finishes his Christmas article “ Let the scoundrels b-ware Who would attempt to disturb our Christmas pleasures with the sound of anything but the popping of corks ’and the merry-making of holiday seekers. For two days the Star will cease to twinkle; w* Me off to the mountains ” ,

■ * : • ' '*• “-" i V v; - * s The largest iron soiling vessel ever built on the Clyde was launched' on tlie'Slst of October last. She is named the Thomasina has been constructed to the order of Messrs. Thomson and Gray, and is intended for the Australian trade. ' . •' It that whenever aqy mischiefoccurs i| invariably happens that a woman has had something or other to do with it. Take the latest instance, the of the Surat ; wkpri the ship struck' the captain was drinking with thfee oCtlfe female immigrants in his cabin, where he hail been for some time. What may Vie ‘ considered a series of earthquake shocks was exj-erieiiced at Clyde on Sunday ev ning last at about 20 minutes to 7, the vibration lasting the better part of a minute. By our contemporaries we barn that the shock was felt at Queenstown, Dunedin, And many of the intermediate places. The following items of news have beereceived by us since our hist' issue. Cap tain Johnson of the Surat sentenced to twi months imprisonment ; other information withdrawn. The Tuapeka coach brk down on' Saturday last ; one of the passer ger, Mr. Eastwood, agent for Baohelder’ rantaseppe, had his;leg liroken. We.sinennd va'and that the aochlcnt was caused by the smashing tip of'nne of the wheels. The most noticeable improvement that has been made in flyde for sometime pa** is the new stone'building erected at the corner 5f Sunderland and Cheviot streets, for Mes-rs Attfield and Welsford, for a butcher's shop and office The bui'ding !-• cemented outside, and, though not in an > specilic or recognised style of architecture. >8 pleasing to the eye and striking in effect Inside it is plastered throughout, and has a, clean and cool appearance. On Wednesday evening th" shop was opened, and we mufairly say it was something worthy of inspection, the show of mea 1 -being -ot only of prime qua’ity. but tastefully displayed to the best adventavo.

Amusements to satie’y, of late, have crowded u - on us. The first in the field was Baohelder's Pantasoope* a panoramic view frf a tour through America, which took amazing’}-, drawing a epl.ndid house on Wednesday evening, the4th inst. Last evening Fred. Clifton’s Entertainment and Murray’s X/ircua were both courting public favors. From the fact of Mr. Clifton having announced his intention of repeating his entertainment on the two following (tbfa and ’to-morrow) nights, Murray’s Circus drew the lion’s share ; in fact he had the crowd, who appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The Kennedy fami'yand the Carandii.i's are announced to appear during the month.

A new tale which promises to he of interest was'commenced in the last number of the Southern Mercury. The opening is laid at Port Chalmers, and the writer describes his journey from that place to Waitahuna, where lie entered on the duties of gold buyer for the Bank of Croesus, (Bank of New Zealand) The-e he was nearly coming under the jurisdictn n -of the renowned Judge Lynch, consequent upon the d ggors ' having discover! d that the Votes he gave in exchange for their gold •frerehiot only printed on' c unmon writing paper, hut.wore post dated, and moreover were dated on a Sunday A mcoti.ig of the diggers was liehl, and the author explained the circumstances of the case, and thus succeeded in,satisfyiug his bcarcra. The author is fowther* Broad, Esq, late Warden at 'die. Arrow.

A stupid nrstake has been going the round of the Provincial press, to tho effct that Mr. Stanbrook was charged, op the information of the police, with selling without an atictioi eei's license. As in nearly every instance the intelligence was in ihe telegraphic irws, and under the beading of “ Our Correspondent,” and the verbiage in each instance sbni’ar, we can only think “ Our correspondent,” for every paper inn tbe one and the same person. If we arc correct in this assumption, we must way ho is either a very thick-headed c.>r spon lent, or must have ha 1 an object in view in mis-stating the case that dees not appear on the surface. The information hud was for gelling after hours : and, as the thing a dd had, in the opinion of the Bench, no existence, no action could lie, and tho complaint was accordingly dismissed.

The following having been p'aced in our Inn's for perusal we publish it by consent for public information.—“ Arrow Town, January .11, 1874. To the Hon. Sec. of the Miners Association, Clyde. Dear Sirin accordance with public feeling the Executive of the Otago Minors’ Association deem it advisable to convene a meeting of Miners' delegates to meet the first Monday in March, (March 2nd next) at Clyde Business : —To devise means to perm.ani ntly raise the price of gold to its fuU intrinsic value. To take an expression of public feeling on tbo Maerewhenua water pollution case. To circulate petition for the abolition of the Gold Export Duty. And to confer on mining mat r crs in general. The Executive have a’so solicited the Editor of the Southern Mercury, to allow his columns to be Used as a medium of communication between the Miners' Associations of Otago; in ease he accedes to this request will you forward to him copy of condensed reports of proceedings at your meetings, and will yon reoogni-e circulars from Executive appearing in Soutnern a'crcury as sufficient notice, and equal to wiir.ten communication ?—Your’s truly, John A. Miller, President of the Otago Miners’ Association.” Novel 1 Stupcn-liona ! Magnificent ! 'lnch are the terms by which Mr. Bacholder designates his entertainment —A ('oh ssean Pantascope of a Tour through America —which was exhibited at tho Town-hall on Wednesday evening • The company arrived in (Hyde shortly after mid-day, with flags flying and band playing, and drove through the town.. • IhJtho evening, tho diorama with\nn allegorical phantaotaf^jAro. 1 ' ""

• : ■ ; .a.; • jyv, - •• of America, followed; by views of |Now York, the harbor and shipping, the Broad* way. Central park, j the Suspension Bridge at Niagara, three different yiews of the falls, Chicago before the‘great tire ; the MisJisssipi River, with a represents-tiou-of the great pteamdioat race between the Hebert E. Lee and the Natchez j views of the Great Pacific Railway at vaftous points ; incidents of Indian life and travel; the grgat SalkdLake City j .and a hUmber.pf othejS' views, that mu£ .ho sean tby the; travellers going this route, but which are by far, too numerous to specify. During the iutervals the audience were entertainedwith solo and concerted music, songs, and dancing. Mr. Horace Bent has a happy «tyle of describing the scenes as ihey appear, and intersperses the matter-of-fact with witty sayings and humorous anecdotes The pictures are painted in a style hitherto unseen in exhibitions of this kind, u'vi rything appearing in bol l relief, like stereoscopic views. The entertainment was brought to a (dose Dy the performance of the automaton slack-rope vau'ter, a more wonderful piece of mechanism than which ,we have never seen. The figure goes through the usual slack-rope pro.rinwme in a perfectly life-like manner. The company left yes'terday morning for -die Teviot, where they announced a prdn made concert for last evening.