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Dunstan Times, Issue 619, 27 February 1874, Page 2

‘The first parcel of gold for transmission to the Melbourne Mint was lodged with the Gold Receiver, Clyde* yesterday. The reading room of the Dunedin Athenaeum was open on Sunday last, from 2 to 6 p.m., and was well attended. Mr. Petrie, the Inspector of Schools, on Wednesday last, examined the scholars attending the Alexandra School.. Yesterday he performed a similar duty at Clyde. A late Victorian Gazette contains a notice revoking the proclamation prohibiting the introduction -of live Stock from New Zealand. ' » It will he 'well for hotel-keeper* and others interested to bear in mind that applications for certificates of licenses ahd transfers must be made on or before Tuesday next, the 3rd of March. We refer our sporting readers’ attention to the programmes issued by the Bald-hill Flat and Nevis Race Committees. The Black’s programme will appear in our next issue. The M mat Ida meeting takes place «*i Thursday ahd Friday uvst.

Th« release of’qthat double-dyed vdlar Sullivan from custody, and the attempt t« foiat him on a friendly country, it being commented on in no measured terms hi the entire press of the country, all agreeing in denouncing it as a most scandalouc transaction.

The greatest Scorn as yet made in one break at billiards Was to*de‘hy Cook, dm ■ ing an exhibition thatch at Cook’s r00m5...:. Regent-street, London, between Cook and Bennett, the score’ljeing nine.hundred am: thirty-six, including two hundred and eighty-uine spot strokes. 'A. - The Auckland papcio o-Lmulcle an immense haul of fish whirh was made by mi •tives-atfMaketu. The net was threequarters (if a mile long, and ( 350 natives drew it in. ! It contained 4,000 fish, weighing tsn tons. The European’s Ah are is .no thh.'' """ '**■ ' ‘

On Friday ‘evening last the Kennedy Family gave'their popular entertainment, ‘, Two Hours at Hame,” at the T.iwu-liall, (. lyde. Notwithstanding the plethora of amusements of one kind and another we have had lately, there was'a capital Louse. The ballad and concerted singing was rendered in excellentqtyle p. while Mr. Kennedy proved a host in. himself, and his songs and illustrations of Scottish humor weie highly appreciated, more especially by those from “ North-of the Tweed.”

By all accounts the grain crop throughout the neighboring province of Canterb ry this year is a most abundant one. From this immediate neighborhood no actual returns per acre are ,'yet known. The estimate, however,, for oats; is from thirty, five to sixty bushels. By, the Lyttelton Times we learn that the, yield of thirtysix acres of oats, at Woodend, Canterbury,’ was three thousand two hundred and sixteen ; bushels, or eighty-nine bushels to the acre. ' .

Mr. John Bathgate’s elevation to the Bench, and consequent resignation as M.H.R. and M.P.C for the city, are at length officially notified. Mr.; Bathgate is now Judge of the District Court of Duuediu, a newly-created office, to which runmr says a very handsome salary—much larger than is paid to other ju .dcial officers of the aame grade-is attached.’''.The new Judge will absorb the duties hitherto performed by the Resident Magistrate of Dunedin.— Evening Star.”

In the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Duncan M'Lennan, of Clyde, sued J* Man ing, of Dunedin, for 301, amount of a dishonored cheque given for six shares in the defunct Pneumatic Gold Mining Company. For the defence it was argued that the cheque, being post dated, was iu reality a hill of exchange, and therefore insuffi. cienlly stamped. The plaintiff was nonsuiten. The above judgment will be useful to hear iu mind ; as it has been the general impression that a post dated cheque did not require more than one penny stamp.

Meaart.’Yesnd and Pop*, th* new coach proprietors, intend running » c<-ach between Lawrence and Queenstown. We believa arrangements have been completed for starting.thi* new line of coaches, wl.it hj we are informed, are to run th: ee- times a week. The days we have heard mentioned on which they will leave Lawrence, are Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday The present arrangement of Cobb and Co.’s, Ones not give satisfaction to many travellers, as ,it necessitates their remaining over the Sunday in Lawrence, width is not convenient for people desirous of reac'.dug their destiuath n - Tnapvka Times. The Printing Times, a journal devoted entirely to the interests of the printing trade, gives but a gloomy account of the prospects •of-the trade for the current year. It says the compositors and pressman of London are in an awkward position, and realising some of the effects of tln-L premature demand for higher wages and shorter hours. Many are unemployed and many moie are only’partially employed, while of. the compositors, few who have steady situation hut are required to do lif.y percent, more work for their eight or ten percent, higher wages. In answer to advertisement for tour compoait ors to go to South Africa, wages IDs. per week, there were four hundred applicants. During a recent speech on education, Mr. Foster, M.P , said “Five out of six of us have to earn our bread by manual labor, ami will have to earn it to the end of the chapter. Five out of six English children in past generations were in consequence apprenticed to some trade or calling. The only English education was the apprentice system. . ; . Ido not undervalue hook

learning. It is a beautiful thing. But the stubborn fact will rciqain that after the years which have been spent at school the pupil will bo launched into life as unable as when he first entered the school door to earn a sixpence—possessing neither skill nor knowledge for which auy employer in England will be willing to hire his services.”

The following items of news from Melbourne we extract from the Daily Times: On the morning of the 9th, a small box, containing an explosive compound, was sent to Mr. Maxwell Reynolds. In the act of opening it in the presence of his old partner, Mr. English, it exploded. Mr. Reynolds was killed and Mr. English injured. The police are endeavoring to trace the mystery. An inquest has been opened, but adjourned.—Blondin has asked permission to perform in one of the public reserves The request is not likely to be granted. -The Volunteer camp is to be held atSunbury at Easter.—ln the cricket match, All England Eleven v. Twenty-two of Bendigo, the local team scored 90 in the first and 165 in their second, innings. Th e Eleven made 154 in their first innings, thus leaving them 102 to win —The ;weather is vary hot.—The Government Gazette contain* a notice revoking the proclamation prohibiting the introduction <>i llive -stock from Now -Zealand —Another legal manage'- is missing f rom .Sandhurst, : witu-doiaiwdiotie. • - * - . -

~A s eaf*ring| geniletuan showed his agility andjbisjdeterminatbm not to miss the train on Thursday by getting through one of the carriage windows after the train was ■n motion. In doingthis he committed a breach of the Bye-law jihd was yesterday introduced to Mr. Strode, who fined him ■ liirty shillings and costs—pointing out to dm at the same time the inconvenience bait would have' arisen to. himself amU ithava, had he met with an accident, and his mutilated remains been scattered about .the railway station. The defendant walked from before the Resident .Magistrate With the air of a man ; who knew he had to pay a fine, and was not in the lest convinced that he was in the wrong. A friend, however —a practical man —came to the rescue. Waving a five-pound note as though it wers b banner, he tailed out, ■A 1 AVho takes the money?” at tlis same time unit teiing something about “ strangers,” slid “ cussed country, ” The bailiff of The Court took the money, and when the' chance was returned thestrWigef made his exit , sideways, glaring fiercely at the Magistrate.— Daily Times, Feb.‘2l.

At the last meeting of the Cl yd: l Town Council a letiei was read from Messrs, Thompson and 'lrving asking the Council to support by their recommendation, air application they have made, or, are about to make to the Waste La ids Board for a lease of land for coal mining purposes, adjoining the lease held by Mr O.'T. Marie, in Cooper’s Gully. The letter was calmly arid considerately discussed, and the Town Clerk was instructed to acknowledge receipt of the letter, and to inform Messrs. Thompson and Irving that they must prove to the satisfaction of the Council that no injustice will he done to Mr. Marie, and that he has plenty of coal in his lease to recompense him for his outlay in opening up the, mine he is now working. Now to our mind the Council, in dealing with this matter in the way they have done, by answering thequestion put to them by another have acted in a most unprecedented[mauner and opens the door of suspicion as to whether their interference is not actuated by selfish motives, rather than a desire to see justice and equity done. What business is it of the Council, what quantity of coal Marie has in his lease? The question that should and must arise before the Council can interfere, is,—l- the supply of coal so irregular and uncertain that, the town is inconvenienced, and another coal pit is necessary? We will take upon ourselves to answer that question, and say most emphatically, No. Not only is every one supplied, but a greater quantity could be produced if is were required. This is not our opinion alone, wo are supported in it by a many, as is evidenced by the universal silence on the question. Now such being the case, we contend that the Council have no business to busy themselves with what does not concern them, and that the question is one for the town collective! y and individually to deal with. But again, there is another phase of the question, and another interest that appears tohe overlooked by all parties. What has Mr. Holt done that he should he ignored and not'consult ed? It should he homo in imqd, more especially by the Council, that Mr Holt, from his Clyde pit alone, was always able to supply the town and district, when the population and the' traffic were five fold what it is now By a succession of most fortuitous'circumstances he has been prevented fnan working his pit for the past few months -it must he borne in mind the pit is not closed, and that before the winter sets iu he will he again at work. The real question before the Council is-Is there soother pit wanted? We hope when it again comes before them, they will din tin tly refuse their aas'stancs to a third party, and a! once nip in’the bud what is likely to prove a vexatious quc tl. n.