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Dunstan Times, Issue 650, 2 October 1874, Page 2

Messrs D. Powell and Co., intimate by advertismeut in another column, the sale by auction on Wednesdav, the Uthlof October of property of the late M. Shanley of Crom’well, deceased.

Tenders for the erection of a Public Library at] Clyde close on Wednesday next the 7th instant.—(See advertisement). MrW. Tyree, Photographer, intimates by advertisement that he has opened a Photographic Gallery at Alexandra. Mr Tyree’s pictures are of a very superior class, and we would recommend our Alexandra friends to take advantage of his visit. We would draw the attention of our readers to the’advertisement in another column issued by the'Provinoial Government and shewing the areas of land open under the deferred payment system. The Harbor Board in making final arrangements with Mr d. L. Gillies as Secretary, have not required him to give up his Provincial political position, but reserved the right to do so. As a proof that the cause of Good Ternplarism is prospering in Marlborough, the Express says that the Good Templars have purchased the old Commercial Hotel with the intention of converting it into a Public Hall, for the use of their own kindred bodies.

Three drapery firms in Greymouth, Westland, have been fined under the Employment of Females’ Act.

Dr'Carr’s seance in the Town Hall, Clyde on Friday evening last was, wo were sorry to note but poorly attended. The race evening wo have invariably noticed to be a bad one for drawing an audience of. any kind. Dr Carr must assign therefore the paucity of attendance to the circumstance rather than to the want of appreciation on behalf of the Clyde public.

Tire Daily Times says Great progress is being made on the Railway works be. tween Tokomairiro and ’Waihola, and it is expected the iron horso will be steaming along the plain in a few days. The co-operation of other denominations is invited for the purpose of erecting a suitable monument to the memory of the late Rev. Dr Burns. The Guardian says : “We have no doubt the appeal will be liberally responded to, "as the late Rev. gentleman had peculiar claims on the public, he being one of the first pioneer settlors of Otago, and the founder of the First Church.”

The Guardian has the following: “Tenders are now being called for the supply of sleepers for the Tuapeka line. A great portion of tho permanent way has arrived, other contracts have been recently accepted, and every effort wdl be made to facilitate the completion of the work.” At Wanganui the price of meat has risen to 32s 6d per 100 lbs ; and at Arahura, at auction, nearly double tho price was realised. The West Coast Times says; “ What tho cause of the great advance is, is a mystery to us, but at least it is very disastrous to the public.” The Government are inviting tenders for bridges, one across the Molyneux at Roxburgh, the other across the Teviot, both are to bo on the laminated principle. Speaking of bridges the Cromwell bridge is shortly to undergo a thorough repair; during the time the bridge will be closed, all traffic will bo by the way of Stewart’s and the Bannockburn.

We are indebted to A. D. Harvey, Esq., Registrar of Marriages for Dunstan; Registrar of Birtlis, Deaths and Marriages for the Dunstan District, with the returns of his office for the quavtorjending September 30th, 1874, viz., birtlis 4, deaths 3, marriages 3.

Mr Mackay, surveyor, sold by auction, at the Survey Office,* Clyde, on Thursdaylast the Ist instant, the ten years’ lease of a small run of 6200, on the boundary o f Otago and Canterbury, subject to a minimum assessment of 500 sheep, for the sum of L 240. Mr P. Cotter, of Cardrona being the purchaser.

The Illustrated New Zealand Herald for this month maintains its usual excellence. The centre full sheet picture representing the surprise of a party of Australian aboriginals on first seeing the railway engine and carriages in motion is a really excellent picture.

At a recent’isittmg of the Supremo Court in Bankruptcy at Christchurch, the Judge gave the business men a severe wigging for allowing such unlimited credit, and said he did not know which to blame more, the bankrupts or the creditors, The Daily Times says“ Many will no doubt be interested to hear what has become of the submarine boat which, in its day, was the topic of much discussion. It occupied the attention of that grave and reverend body—the Otago Institute—where for a while moa bones were shelved as the leading question ;■ it excited the imaginations of sanguine capitalists, whose great expectations were doomed to disappointment ; it was the subject; [of interesting experiments in Dunedin Bay, causing a sensation, and very nearly an inquest ; but it never went to the Molyneux. It has been separated into parts, land lies near the Albany-street Railwayjstation, and observing immigrants mistake it for a patent marine boiler."

In another] column we publish from the Otago Daily Times a short account of the American Expedition for the observation of the transit of Venus. Mr Bass, the gentleman therein referred to, arrived in Clyde on Tuesday last, and proceeded on his way to Queenstown the following morning. The remains of the late Or Dick were, on the 22nd ultimo borne to their last resting place in the Naseby cemetery. Every male resident in the town, we should judge, followed to the grave. The Masons, the Oddfellows, and the members of the Hibernian Society attended in their office decorations findingsrelays of willing hands to bear the remains of one so universally respected and loved. At the grave the Rev. J. M ‘Cosh Smith read these few impressive words, “ For lam in a strait betwixt two, having a desire toMepart andjto be with Christ—which is far better: nevertheless, to abide in the fleshjiskuore needfuhfori you,” and offered up an earnest prayer ; after which the Masons’present jdrew round] the! grave, and the Masonic funeral Service was read—each lodge of Oddfellows inj turn paying a similar sad honor to their' deceased brother and surgeon. The weather was bleak and miserable—the day being the coldest felt for some time—and the wind unpleasantly boisterous. The gloom thrown over the town since Monday has been so spontaneous and general as to evidenc'o 'to anyone how deeply the late doctor had rooted himself in the affections of the people. His successor will have no easy task before him, to please those accustomed to the skill and kindness of Dr Dick. The unanimous wish of the public that a public monument should be erected is met by the appointment of a Committee of ten, at the suggestion of his Worship the Mayor, who will receive the donations ; which, it is suggested, should, in the first instance, bo at such a low rate that every one will be able to feel that, irmspectivo of their individual moans, they had equally 'shared iu doing him honor.—Mount Ida Chronicle.