QUEENSTOWN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 719, 28 January 1876, Page 3

QUEENSTOWN.

(FROM OUR CoIIRKSI’O'VDENT.) The election of Mr Manners to a sc.it in the (iem ral Assembly appears to have made quite a new man nf him. The change very evi.lently, is for the better, and 1 feel certain that his old friends in the Dmistan District Will be glad to learn that oiie who has so successfu'ly fought the pe 'tile’s battles for so many years past, both here and in Victoria, now occupies the position to which he bad so often aspired, and which, viewing the matter dispassionately, he ought long since to have tilled. Mr Manders has of course a number of calumniators, whose oppositions arise more from jealousy of his splendid abilities rather than personal or public considerations, and who have clone their utmost in throwing mud both at him and Ins supporters daring and since the election ; but they have only succeeded in soilin; their own not over e’ean fin ers. ami shown their incapaci'y and inability to deal with matters of public interest. Men holding public appointments and receiving public pay were the loudest, in denouucisg Mr Manders, but they ingloriously fai’ed in their das'ardly attemp s to injure him and Ids su"porters. Mr Manders and Mr Cope worked well for one issue—the return of a local candidate, and by the shear force of g >od argument an I a few wittily written squibs successfully drove Mr Bradshaw out of the fie'd. Neither Mr Maml-rs nor Mr Cope are “young ideas” in e'eetioneering tacdos, and it will take good men to learn them “how to shootno ordinary pedagogue is able to accomplish the taik, or even attempt, it. If ihe party who supported Mr Bradshaw ever desire to hold up their heads again they must display more ability than they have hither o done Mr Manders election must be viewed as the triumph of intelligence over little-minded fawning meanness.

The annual meeting of the Wakatin District Hospital to ik pace on the loth ins f ., and it was with great difli rnlty that a sufficient number of subscribers, as require ' by the ordinance, could 1 e got together. The affairs showed an improvement in (he financial position of the Ins itnlion, ns wdi as due care and attention on the part of th • Resident Surgeon and other officers. The liberal provision made by Mr Warden Beetham, “ that any subscriber of one pound should be entitled to admission noon payment of lbs w ekly,” appears to ha e worked very beneficially, and can-e l numbers to subscribe who otherwise warn'd i o have done so. At the end of the pro'e t financial year the Hospital should bo in a sound financial position.

In the imttor of the education of the young, things do not appear to work s ■ smoothly as could be desired, the statutory school annual meeting ’•eqnirng to he adjourned without electing a committee. Queenstown School Committees have always proved themselves a cantankerous lot, and with only one exception, no “ worthy pe lagogue” has ever he -n known to give satisfaction yet. However, there is one thing certan that, since the opening of the C'tholic School under that aide to ichor Mr Sproul, the discipline and efficiency of the state school has been vastly improve 1, and in this ease opposition has been proved to have had rood effect. The teaching at the Catholic School is purely secular, and it is largely patronised by all those paren's who desire for their chiMten a thorough soon I English education, with other accomplishments as may be agreed upon.

DUNEDIN. —o i (prom our correspondent.) January 24 1870. The Cricket Match Otago v. Canterbury 1 has been played at the Southern ground, 1 occupying three days. There was a good i deal of interest evinced and % good attendance on each day, tho weather being fine, was the result. Tho hotting at the start was two to one on Canterbury, the Canterbury men being the first to go the wick<*ts, and they concluded their first innings for a score of 149 The Otago team manage I to tot, up 175 as tho result of their first innings. 0 i the Canterbury men again taking the wi kets for a second innings timbering was still in their favor, three a..d even as high as four to one being f eely offered on them. They succeeded in making the respectable sco-e of 272. On Friday evening the Otago men commence I their second innings, but were unable to finish. The dinner, usual on 'uch oeco-ions, took place at the Imperial Hotel, and on Saturday the second innings of the Otago team was finished for the small score of 101. The Canterbury men thus gained a vh’tory by some 140 runs. A man who had been cooking at an hotel in Madaggan-street, war charged by the Police with being drunk, and was fined. After tlm fine was paid he was liberate 1. when he went to the hotel and drank sonv liquid from a bottle hat was used fore’ean in ' brass, which killed bin. An inquest has hern held, but was adjourned to allow an examination of the contents of the stomach. The great event of th“ weak was tho cas' of breach of pro mise—Hughes v. Shan k Tire defendant was forme ly a Provincial C inncillor, and the evi lence goes to sh w that he was of a very amorous turn of mind an i exceedingly profuse in h ; s promises to many ; in fact, had he married all be is reported to have promised he word 1 he nr, mean rival to Brigham Young in the ma*ri menial market. The trial lasted three days, finishing at 10 30 on Saturday night, and resulted in a verdict for plaintiff for L 73 : . The Judge certified for a Special Jury dnr ing the trial. At the hearing of this case the Court was cr >vvded, a large number of the fair sex being present, no doubt, in hopes that some racy and pathetic disclosures would be made. Tire members of the Bar occa-ionally e livened the scene by passages-at-arms. Mr Barton asked if Mr Wood was a nice man, which was misunderstood by Mr Stout-, who sail he thought he said a nightman, Mr- Smith retorted that the remarks were worthy of a nightman. Mr Smith, after some remarks from the Judge said he would withdraw the words, Tho (1 fondant p'calel a genera! denial, and in Ids evidence denied having met, the nlainrilT by agreement, but, nnf.irtnnate’y for him, a letter, which came do" n l.ke a ihunder-eiap, was produce I, wherein it stated that he wrated to meet the plaintiff a" the o'd spot, after da k -not “ in ft him by moon’icht, alone,” as the old di t.y has it. This letter, no doubt, had con-, sideral-ln weight, as the Judge, in summing np, said the explanation of the defendant was nut satisfactory. A prisoner named Wilson, age l GO year*, ■iwait'n-g his trial on a charge of rape, di. d suddenly in the gaol. An inquest was held, the evidence going to show that Ids h-arr and hra'n we e <1 is -asid. Tic verdict was tha'-death resuPe! from mtunl cau -es. It, is reported here that Mr James Garw>. wiy, of the Alexandra Hotel, Port Molynenx, was drowned whilst out on a boating excursion. The hunt for tha Cook St"ait Cable reminis one .f the French reports of th ci ching of Ab lei K ider, or ■ the 'orthe n ron .i ts of the capture of Te Kooti, hut after all the twaddle that has been written, it is a fait that it hj is been caught at la s t, but it is not as yet repaired. TREEGRAPHIC IN I’ELLIGENCE. Dunedin, Jan. 25. I he Canterbury team won the Cricket match by 149 rims. In the Breach >.f Promise case Huglms v. Shan.i, a verdic 1 f,.r tho p'aintiff was re I,nine 1, with 1,750 damages— a special jury .as been eertifie I for. Jam-s Garroway of Molyneux mouth. Hotel-keeper lias been drowned whilst boating, Mr Anlerson of Caversbam has boon sell only injured at the Taieri, having been rushed by a bull. January 27. Mrs Kidd, late of Cromwell died this morning. Ex Counci Tor Birnes, now Corporation 1. spector, was fine I 4 )s for using .discern' angnage; bo bonneeably gave anaddiaoua 1 Is to th i Benevolent instituti t i. The t’hitha people intend starting a new paper to he railed the Cloth v Times. The s.s. O ago, from Melbourne has arrived at the 81-ff. 'lie Opposition sti" continue their Stonewall policy an 1 refine supplies. Peter Lalor struck another Member of the House, hut was c impede 1 to apologise. The Chinese Camp at, Maryborough has been partly des'royo 1 by fire. Boon, .a pnblie.a l at AVagga Wagga is charged with wilful murder for shootinn a man. One thousand pounds is subscribed to send a shipment of frozen meat to England Tho 1 wither of Governor Ferguson, late Secretary, was found dead in Adelaide with a pis'o 1 alongside of him. Tho S nnersetshire is dai'y expected—Sir Julius Vogel is on board. English news is u important. Arrow, January 07 Mr J \V. Roberts in, of the (irn of Ho. In-'son an I C ■, Qcihowi, wa bu iod i-i the .•Boieterv 'her. yes er lav afternoon Ahoi 1 four bun 101 i-rsonu follows! in the funeral proceifion. an 1 about on - hundred .1 hj -rs were present Tho Masons nnmIn re 1 sixty, oni performol tho ribs of their order after tho Service ot the Church

of England. Tho Kov. Joshua Jones nffloiated m both services—ho delivered a magnificent Masonic funeral oration. Mr A. M ‘Bride, father of the widow, nttendo I as chief mourner, loading two little hoys, sons of tho dee.-ass l ; they excited ranch public sympathy. Mr Robertao i was universally beloved by all parties, ang his loss will hr felt by numbers—ho leaves sjven young children.