TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

Dunstan Times, Issue 629, 8 May 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

Dunrdin, May G. The new Government is as follows : Iteid, Provincial Secretary, ami Secretary of Land and Works. Turnbull, Treasurer. Stout, Provincial Solicitor. Webster and Lumsden without office. May 7. The Mercury is incorporated with the Guardian, Pyke is sole Editor of the Mercury, and assistant Editor (not Sab) of the Guardian.

One hnhdl'fcd ions of flour, tenj thousand eels, and a yust quantity of dried shark constituted the bill of fare at a g cut aaiivo meeting at TejKuiti recently,

The B itish Consul at Fiji bar issued a ■proclamation warning British subjects not to take drafts on the Public Treasury, it being empty, and owing 87,000/. without a prospect of paying. , The Provisional Committee of tho proposed how Bank, (the Cohmihl '’flank' of New Zealand), number eighty gentlemen, with power to add to their numbe-. The Daily Times of Satur day tho 2nd instant,'says'—“ Long was brought up at the Supreme Court yesterday and sentenced. The accused made a statement, after which his Honor, Mr Justiee Chapman spoke, ami sentenced him to live years’ imprisonment. The Court was iilled a quarter of an hour before the time appointed for; the opening of tho proceedings.

Tire only business of local interest that occupied the attention of the Waste Lauds Board at its last sitting was the application of Mr Duncirn Robertson to purchase Xight.acreS,including the Balmoral .Hotel, near Alexandra, under clause 85 of the Act. The Board decided that they had no power to grant the application without the consent of tiro runholder.

The Courier, speaking of the township of Cooktown. says; *■ Althoueb barely four mon lbs since the first ex plot? ng pa. ty landed here from tho Leichardt, a town of respectable appearance ami console 'abb: •sine lias sprung up. The main streetjfrom the wharf is almost a mile in length, line ! with many large stores ivd-pk c is of bu.vness. An extensive trade is done snathe population cannot he lets than three thousand souls.”

With regard no the late-fires in the Wak.atip district, the Mail says:—“ AVe understandjlhat aßisl. has hcen opened for subscriptions towards offering a substantial reward for the discovery of the incendiary or inceudarirs. So thoroughly has the feeling ;n the district been’ 1 aroused in this matter that already - nearly s'lOh appeared on th'-Plist, and this as yet only representing a few of the leading men interested.”

Tl’e patient Luigi Valli,, referred to in tlie Tlrs'ilent Surgeoji’.s re-e-e read at the meeting •if Committee held on Monday evening )a*t. we regret to p.nv expired on Sunday morning lest. The deceased was a. native of Piedmont, and was of con*idi»raMe ptrnns, and front what we Lear had, prior lo his illness, made- up his mind to visit his native country, which he hj i; somewhat in the year 1848.

A gentleman who has v. a veiled that portion of the district (says the Wak&tip Mail), informs- us that between Arthur's Point and Frankton, where at this season the plough was wont to he busy in ever) direction, there are only isolated patches being broken up, the reason doubtless being the uusatisfacto. y state of the produce market for the last two orjtliree years. To this may, he; added the insecurity of the crop when harvested, as shown by the recent frequent stack ii-es. The Ninth Otago Times informs us that tee red deer, from Lord Dalhousie which were released -at Morven-hi 1 S„..tiou in 1871, have thriven remarkably well. The propiie ors of the • tations.y that therca o at lea d Sweaty on the station. Those bred here are very wild, and well able to taco care o' themselves. The acclimatisation of these animals may lie pionounced a great success. The increase since March, 1871, has been thirteen* the number turned out loose being two stags and live hinds. The iia'iyTimes s.iys:—"Weunderstand that, on Wednesday morning, when the men engaged on the Queen and Pitt street cutting came to resume work us usual, they found Jdiut tiro whole of tho picks and shovels had been wantonly smashed by some malicious persons during the night In addition to this, the linch-pink had been removed from tire whole of the drays employed on the works. What object these scoundrels could haVe had in acting in this manner we are at a loss to know, and sincerely trust that the perpetrators of such a dastardly action will be soon discovered. Tlie Beaufort (Victoria) Chronicle vouches for the following story;—“A few days ago, a resident -at Beaufort was employed by the Manager of a public institution, not above a hundred miles off, to do certain necessary wo, k. When the work. When the job was completed, payment was applied for to the chri.‘iiian of the board of management, and was met by the very irrelevant question, ‘Have you selected yet?’ ‘Selection bo hanged,’ exclaimed the presenter of the account; |‘What has that to do with my bill ?’ ‘ Well, said the chairman, ‘it has just tiffs much to do with it : wo haven’t got any funds, but you may take up a section. I’ll see that you have a title, and you may occupy as soon as you like.’ The speaker was one of the trustees of the cemetery, and the result was that the unfortunate creditor had to ‘ take it out’ ‘in the grave,’which he did with some expletives hardly appropriate to so melancholy a termination of a simple contract.”

iio , .OWiVS OISTMCSI AMD P iW — Throat Affection. AH the vai-MV-s of these clislT'-essh’gcon' be readily and fTeci’vely iieasMO-by nibbing the Ointment twice a day upon the neck and chest, and supporting the strength by suitable nourishment By this simple means diptheria, ulcerated and relaxed throat, irritation of the windpipe, quinsy, and all glandular enlarge meals will have their progress arrested, and the destruction they have caused rep-bed. Holloway’s Ointment is the most trustworthy remedy for all internal and external throat ailments, and may Vie safety aoil effectively employed in every er a, wb.boat regard to season, sex, age, or const’’at'o.i. It is Irghlv e:ttidied for its ready cures of spasmodic coughs, chronic hoarseness, and disagreeable discharges from the throat «uad hewe.

The lecture au Wecjuesday Evening next by Mr Fergus, (road Engines:;), to l>o given‘at Alexandria Library,' sir mid draw a bumper house. The Subject is ‘I Hammers and Anvils." * '■•••« ■ On Monday morning hist Hr Thomson was hurriedly sent for fioin Spear Grass Fla u by Mr James Hcsson, to sue his son, ; who had that moving been severely burnt The riocthr made a'l sjreed, and tm Arrival found the child in question, a boy of he-tweeri-two arid three years of hire, most severely burnt from the middle of the body to the head. The Doctor dressed the little sufferer's wounds, but from the Hirst sight, ho expressed himself as entertaining no hopes of his recovery. The poor little fellow suffered until Wednesday morning, when he died. It appears that the mother having occasion to go to the garden,s ome little distance from the house, left deceased and another child in the, kitchen, with a (ire in .an open (ire: place ; she was absent for about a quarter of nu hour, and on returning, found the child in question lying on the floor groaning, and the upper portion of his clothes'and hat ._lmnit n'most completely—her 1 anguish may he imagined, as no pen can describe it. To day, at 3, p.m., the remains will ho buried in the Alexandra cemetery.