The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, JUNES, 1874.

Dunstan Times, Issue 633, 5 June 1874, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, JUNES, 1874.

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Ix the Statute Book of 1872. is an Act, intituled “'The P.iddic Health Act,” and as no action under it or reference to’it Inis Been made in. the discussions or meetings on sanitary measures that have lately taken place, for the heueli; of all concerned, wo quote those sections of the Act, and refer to others that are applicable at. this time Part 2of the Act is confined to Local Boards of Health, which, according to the interpretation clauses, means : “ The “Council of .every city, town, or *• borough, appointed under any Act “ or Ordinance for the government of “ such city, town, or borough.” Section 13 gives power to elect officers. Section 14 to appoint Tiledical Officer. Section 13 also stipulates that all expenses incurred are to bo taken out of the rates. Section 16 instructs Local Boards to report to the Central Board of Health—the Superintendent and Executive of the Province—upon the appearance of any epidemic, endemic, or contagious disease, ejection 21, authorises the Central Board to make regulations for prevention or mitigation ofepidemic, endemic, or

contagious diseases. Section 2>>, provides that any expenses incurred by the central Board are to be a debt against the Local Board, who, on refusal to pay, may bo sued in a Court of Law. Section 30 empowers the Local Board to order the removal of all manure, dung, soil, filth, offal, coal ashes, or other offcnsiv° or noxious matter from off any premises ; and, at the expiration of twenty-four hours’ notice, should the same not be removed, iho matter ordered to be removed shall he done so by the Local Board at the expense of the person to whom such notice was given. The Act further gives power to make regulations as to noxious trades, the management of sewers and drains, the erection of water-closets, earth’ closets, and privies, the cleansing of dirty houses, the inspection of shambles and slaughter-houses, seizure of unwholesome food, removal of pigsties ; and, in fact, places the entire regulation of sanitary measures in the hands of the Town Councils. It also provides for penalties for breaches of an order by the Council, and the mode of enforcing. In fact, the Act, so far as relates, is.pcifoct, and we cannot too strongly recommend the Town Council of Clyde t > m ike itself thoroughly acquainted with its many provisions.

T _ j— —r— ]-!■;• - -,- --. : Dyptheria 'is reported! lq W rife at the Elnti". : || - | ■ Up’to tlitf 30th ultipio, siity thousand shares in the Colonial Bank hgfl been taken up hy residents iu Otago and Southland. Mr Warden Robinson occupiedja seat on the Bench at Laweence Jduring the' past -week, >?RVj /[ 1/ ,J ( |

Mr Hodgkins, the Revising Officer, held a Court, of Revision on, Monday last at the CourtHonse, Clyde.. With some few exceptions, the whole of the long tjisfc. of names objected to, were struck off the roll.

Tv e have received a’letter' under the (Tiotfi jlcjplume of “ Thomas Smith,” reflecting on the Town Council. The writer not having enclosed his proper name, not necessarily for publication,, we must.refuse, to give the letter insertion. At the meeting ’of • the . Waste LandsBoard held on the 28th ultimo a letter was received;from Mr Thomas Stv.ibrook, the. auctioneer for the Duustan district, withdrawing from his engagement. Mr Slanbrook’s resignation, was aepepfed, and it was resolved' that tenders he called from persons desirous of taking the office. According to the; .report pf JjJr William Logie, Chief hi- : ,ec-t.or et Sheep for the Province there a. o 3,-174>433 sheep in the ' Province—2,o33,7 id depastured on runs, 769,923 on freeholds, 41,-190 on gold-fields, and 27,223 on hundreds, and that, with the exception of a small lot, in paddocks at Oania' n, all are free from disease. The'Blackstno-hill correspondent of the Mount Ida Chronicle says:— “The machinery, £:e., of the quartz-reefs, Rough Ridge (late Energetic Company) have been purchased hy Air E, A,. Wishers. Prom his long connexion, he ought to be a good judge of the 'paying capacity of the reefs : and, with local management and discretion, will doubtless Le able to demonstrate it.” Considerable alarm was recently;caused hi Melbourne by the unpleasant discovery that soda-water. made there contains a quantity of the copper in solution. In one care, copper was obtlined,from a bottle of soda-water so as to thickly coat a needle with copper. The copper iu solution in aerated waters is found to be not confined to the manufactures of one firm, but those

of several linns have lia n found to contain it. As eve have no desire to be “ cop-per-fastened,” we intend giving up our “sodaand dash.”

On Saturday 'afternoon last at the invitation of Mr M’Phorson, the whole town turned out to witness the launch and floating over the river of the new triple boat pant just built by that gentleman, and which is to ply between Clyde and the west bank of the Molynenx. This addition to the carrying capacity of the punt at this ferry will be a welcome boon to the travelling public, and ’.vc hope to see Mr JPPhoison rewarded by increased traffic. The bridge orsta 'ingot the pnntjia 40 feet long, by twelve feet wide, and if we, arc rightly informed is now the largest punt on tlie Wolynenx. We received by the ltd Fng’ish Mail Bart 371 of the Family Herald, which contains the opening chapters of a tn-w tale, entitled “A Strange Friendship: a Story ef New Zealand,” written by a lady resident iii Otago. Its appearance in the columns of so well-known a periodical is no small tribute to Colonial talent, and wo imagine it will bo read with interest by ail Otagonians. By the rams Mail came to hand a Bictoria! Souvenir of the Great Tichbeurne Case, being a Narrative of the Lives of Roger Tichkorne and the Claimant, and an account of the two trials from first to last. For the latter we are indebted to Mr Thomas Holloway, of Bills and Ointment renown. The Wakalip Mail says:— “Trade is represented as very duil. We are not at

all surprised at the statement. Wo indicated it would become so in January last, and pointed to "the causes. The agricultural interest finds it but too true that it cannot sell its produce, because its supply far exceeds the demand. People, again, have invested their money in real estate and improvements, and the circulating medium has further cot into two or three hands . and, added to this, we are in the darkest season of the year. No wonder, therefore, that trade is dull.” The same journal remarks—There is very little now to notice in mining matters.' The Shotover Gold Mining Company are getting out large quantities of stuff; bnt the returns are not large, owing to the great amount of headings necessarily removed at the present stage of opening nut the claim. We hear, however, that as soon as the preliminary work is over, dividends .are expected.”

Tim District Coroner, W. L, Simpson. Esq., hold an inquest, on Monday morning List, on the body of John Orger,- who was admitted into the Dunstan District Hospital ouThursdny evening previous, suffering from serious injuries received from the kick of an entire horse, the property of Mr Hugh Sinnamon, of Ida Valley. From the evidence of Mr Thomas Coburn it appeared that deceased was employed by Mr Sinna)non, part of his duties being to attend to the horse. On the evening of the accident deceased went into a paddock where the horse was running for the purpose of driving him into the stable. Having jplaced a halter on the horse's head and led him to the creek for a drink, the animal commenced playing, and in endeavoring to get away struck the deceased on the head with one of its hind feet, fracturing the skull and inflicting other injuries. Deceased was I at once placed in the express waggon c f ! M S. 0. Worth, of Tiger-hill (who was in the locality at the time) and conveyed by : that gentleman to the Dunstan Hospital, where lie received every attention. Deceased was inscn-ible from the time of the accident until his death, which took place on.Friday night or early on Saturday moni- . ing. The verdict was ,f Death from ivecii dental kick of a horse. ”

The usual monthly''meeting- of the Com;mittee of the Dunstan District Hospital | to have been held on Ntojiday evening last, was adjourned for want of a quorum. Wednesday evening last inaugurated the Winter evenings’ Entertainments at the Town-hall, Clyde, and we dare express the hop s thjitjeach oho will warrant as high ouconluw of praise and give equal satisfaction and pleasure as has the first. (Wednesday! evening’s entertainment consisted of vocal and 'instrumental music, interspersed with readings. The Clyde Choral Society, assisted hy gentlemen amateurs, providing the vocalists ; Mrs. Stevens, pianist ; and the Clyde Brass Band, instrumentalists. The Band opened the programme with an overture, followed rounds, glens, and duets hy the Choral Society, with infinite taste and in stylo of excellence that was unexpected, an 1 which drew down bursts of well-merited applause. We were going to say the gem of the evening was a duet by Miss Aldridge and Mr HteveiiSj but that would be invidious, and likely to provoke envy ; however, we must give these two singers more than a passing notice, as their voices are of superior class, and blended in true harmony. The entertainment was brought to a close by a dance, the Brass Eadd giving their services. Great thanks are due to the committee (>f gentlemen who prepared the treat, and we hope they may soon again give us a repetition.

“'Life Assurance Companies’ Act, 1873” —We are requested to cell attention to the advertisements which appear in another P“rt of this paper, on the subject of the Registration of Policies of Life Assurance in terms of the above Act. The Act .Required that all companies carrying on the business of Life Assurance in New Zealand shall deposit cash or Government securities wish the Public Trustee; to the extent of 5.0(13/., which is to be increased as the business of the Company goes on until it reached 29,003/. These sums the Act requires the Public Trustee to hold iu trust lor policy hohlcis, being such in respect of policies issued iu the Colony by the company making such deposits, whether the policy has been granted before or after ike passing of the Act, providing that such policies, if granted before the commencement of the Act, bo registered within twelve mouths from such commencement (November 1, 1873), .or if granted after the passing of the Act within six months of the making thereof. It will follow from the above, that holders of policies granted on or after the Ist of November last must register befoie the six months have ex- 1 pired, or they will forfeit the benefit conferred by the Act. The Australian Mutual I Provident Society has given the holders of its policies the opportunity to register them, so that it now rests with those policy holders to avail themselves of the privilege.