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Dunstan Times, Issue 617, 13 February 1874, Page 2

The English “ Eleven ” were beaten by the Sydney men easily. At Clyde, on Sunday evening las 1 , about 10 o’clock, £ slight shock of earthquakr was experienced ; also another about f o’clock on Monday morning,

Mr Faehe desiren us to draw attention to the advertisement notifying" the sale of Mr. Hawthorne’s Freehold Property, buildings, material, furniture, ic.

We understand.that Tuesday the 17th day of March next is the day fixed upo: for the Nevis Races. The programme is likely from all accounts to be a very gouo one.

To day is to be sold the property of J. G G. Glassford, Esq , at B’aik Bush Station ; the advertisement to which we would draw attention gives a fair idea of what is to be sold. Mr. T. Stanhrook is tho Auctioneer.

A Daily Times Telegram from Napier is to the follow ing effect : “A Maori woman, o e of Hapukau’a wives, has been thrown from her horse. Her foot caught in the stirrup, she was dragged a long dis taucc, and literally torn to pieces." The latest intelligence from Natal states that a nugget weighing fifty six ounces has been hnmd at the Tiausvail diggings, ami that a party had procured 200/. of gold. The population is still increasing and there were about five hundred miueis then at J.eydenberg. From a West Coast exchange we learn that Mr. ilichord Cc nvm.n, of the Him of Mace and Cannovon, storekeepers, Okarita, and one of the earliest residents at Clyde and fox’s (Arrow) i« the Hrst-eb eted member of the Provincial Council of the new province of Westland

The harvest is row all-cut end housed’ and to all accounts it is an excel! Nt one The grain cr-) s arc not < nly good in quantity, but in quality also’ the nau (which it the primipal crop) being very full and plump We no ice that new oats arc coming into the mar' ct.

Mining news from the Nevis is cheering, it being reported that without an exception every miner in tht (list iid is mating wages, if nothing more hast week one pa' ty of thr e obtain.-d I'fty-six ounces ■■£ gold for !ivc days woik. That and letter will Jo.

A short time sin ?e the Director-, of the Dima tan District Flour Mill CVmpa y, with a loml flour.sh of trumpets, announced that they had awakened from the lethargic sleep they had been enjoying for he past twelve mouths, ami intended acib n. Wo anxiously await the first move.

A contim x *orary gives the following as depths (in Let) at which water hua been obtained by tie sinking of artesian wells in the province of Napier. viz. : Napier Biowcry. 210 j site of Napier Rahway Station. ICO ; slaughter-h .use, 190 ; Farndon, 190 ; on the Pliki wui Plain, Loin 100 to 1,0; Clive, IK) ; Karamu Plains, from 150 to 1 0 ; Big Bash, 80 ; Paki Paki, 75 ; 1 aradalc, 100.

We have received a circular signed by Signor Biscaccanti, agent for Mile. Jenny Claus, the col brated violinist, intimating that she will visit Otago about the middle of next mmith. Mile. Claus is spoken of by the Victorian press us the greatest musician in her own line, and that her last concert in Melbourne waa a memorable affair.

The masons and brick-layers having tiuielnd tin ir part of the new Court House, y steiday vacated and banded it over to the carpenters, who, wc imagine, will cot be long putting on the roof ai)d doing the interior work. When (ini.-hed, it will be a decided ornament to the Camp Reserve, and to the Resident Magistrate, llccaiver, and other officers will doubtl.es no a most welcome change from tho rattle-trap the business of the district is at present conducted in.

Those hi. hly popular artis'es, Madame Carandini and her dau.hteia, assisted by Mesais. Sheiwin and Cotterell, wri Ipr.-a nt themselves before a Dunatan audience this evening, at the Town hall, Clyde. Tho excellence of the singing of this Company i.-so universally known and acknowledg'd that we m y refrain from con ment. We can say, however, that we hope to see a numerous atten anc*-. The prices of adiiiisi'on are fairly within ihe reach of ail, be ng four sbii ings for front seats and halfaci own for back seals.

A small parcel of gold from Welshman’s Gully, St. Bathiin’s, was lately taken to Melbourne, and assayed at the Mint. It. gave a return of 4h 2s Cd. per ounce; which; after deducting 2s. duly and 6d. Mint chaages, leims the net ‘value at 41. Os. Id. per ounce. The average pi ice of , gold in Otago during the past tw Ivu i too iths has been, say 3’. 15s. (id. pcr-ounC'•, 1 and the quantity obtained souiewha- about one hundred and seventy thou and mi tts * consequently; assuming all the gold to he of. ho same valin;. the miners -hat e lost 4 aii'd’lho Bunks have gamed nearly 40,00W, ’dwiig J1 '* ’’ . wvJ v&.J ;J. . v t—t WJ

It is'announccd that.ths Hen J.M’Leaa has disposed of the Ardgour and Morven Stations, and that Colonel Whitmore is the purchaser. g :v, V

- -- -( We ate requested ,to correct a statement that has found its way into the columns of ..several of our contemporaries that, a large number of miners from the Alcxandra'db ision of the District, ’attracted by the hi-h wages offered by the Oiimaru farmers, have, travelled thither, ward in search'of work. Our informant says, the number, all told, who have left on so silly an errand is four, and that they all regret their journey, as they failed to obtain the same wage they could obtain in the district.

To-morrow (Saturday), the 14th inst., promises to be a busy day at Clyde, Th* proceedings are to open with the election of Surgeon to the District At noon Mr. Faclxe sells by auction freehold properties, building materials, household furniture, 4e. Later in the day a meeting of the shareholders in the Aurora Quartz Mining Company (Registered) will be held in the Company’s office'. In the evening a neeting of the Miners Association ; also ho concert by the Carandinis. We hops hat all may meet with the attention each lemam's ; but we are afraid some will have o give way to the other’s superior, attraction,.

At the late meeting of the Town Council mention was made of, and we thought action would have been taken to abate, some of the existing nuisances . A fortnight haa since pissed by,, yet we leeno ign of action The flocks of geese and ducks are allowed to disport themselves in the Town Race, and to convert w hat should be a pellucid and wholesome stream info a vitiated and tainted stream of liquid mud ; droves of dirty, hide-bound, diseased-look-ing cattle are permitted to roam through the high-ways and bye-ways of the town ; and goats, in herds, appear to be licensed to go wherever they will. In no other upcountry town is such allowed, and we hope the occasion will not arise for us to again revert to the matter. In a neighboring municipality, a raid was lately made against trespassers of the kind above refcrrnd to, tho ; nfo malions being brought under the Impounding Ordinance. The Melbourne correspondent to tho Daily Times says:—“ The .Ciuncs miners are at thiir tricks again. A man has taken a contract from the Chines Company at a price which the Miners’ Association considers too 1 ow, so they have intimidated the man to stub a degree that he has thrown op bis contract. It is not pleasant to have this ci million of lawlessness exist-

ing in the midst of a British -community, aid it will s'on be m s ssary fjt the Government either t" lesolve on enforcing the law, or to give the dunes men permission to form themselves into an independent canton like Carthe ena. Fhj Ministry has gained a good deal of discredit by its cowardly disregard to its duty iu reference to the former affair at Chines. Theie is so much time-sen ing, so much trafficking to the mob, among our Colonial politicians, that it is doubtless they w ill act the tame way as they did at first.”

At the usual monthly meeting of the Mount lila Minos' Association, held on Saturday, the .Will ultimo, the following took place in regard to the pollution of the Maercwhfnua, as reported in the local journal : -“A long • iscussion t ceiled relative iothe action taken by Messrs. Burton and M‘Maat«r in the important matter of river pollution. The several articles which have lately appeared in the Mount Ida Chronic, o upon the subject, were read and dis ussed, when it was considered that their appreciation by the Committee should be recorded. The following resolution, on the Motion of Mr. James Hoare, seconded by Mr, Kealy, was unanimously carried : That the able leaders published for the last few weeks in the Mount Ida Chronicle in defence of the rights of the miners in this important matter of river pollution deserve special acknowledgment from this and kindred Associations, and the thanks of the Committee be tendered to the editor for the same, with'a request that he will c mtinue to advocate and defend the important interest with which he is so well acquainted.” A terrible scene took place in Mandcr’s menagarie, at Whitby. There weio several hundred people in the show, when heart ren ring cries as from one in mortal agony went through the air. A panic ensued The people terribly excited, ran in a crowd to the narrow outlet, and endeavoring to escape by other means. A cry waa raised outside that «>ie of the beasts had huist through the bars of its cage, and the excitement among the crowd without was hardly less intense than that of the crowd within. In the rush to the door many people, particularly the weaker sex, were injured, and the confusion was increased from the circumstances of a couple of carnets blocking up the doorway. Mean w bile the cries continued, and it was discovered that a poor boy named Langley, had got into the clutches of a big tiger, next to, the cage containing the lion that we rr ed to death poor M'Cartby, the linn tamer, a Holton last year. The tiger was infuriated, and was making strenuous efforts to draw the lad through the bars of the cage The beast growled frightfully, an l what with the pitiful one s of the boy, the shouts of men, and the scream' of ha ff rioting women, the scene was one of the most terrible description, men'ran fo ■ hot irons, while others beat the beast wbh their sticks an t umbrellas, and did all they could to force the brute to release its helpl-ss victim Ultimately, after a severe mauling, the animal released its hold, imd the hoy helpless and faint through the loss of blood, wssbotne ivtay. A South’ril nigger arrested with chickens in his sack declared, “ L)e mca dat put ko'ftiDj of am***