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Dunstan Times, Issue 743, 14 July 1876, Page 2

Mr Faehe desires us to draw attention to the sale by auction of wheelwright’s and blacksmith’s material, at Clyde, to-morrow, in the estate of Chamock and Barnes, debtors. The Council will sit for the revision of the Citizens’ Roll to morrow, Saturday, the 15th instant at noon. Persons whose names, through any irregularity are omitted from the roll will do well to attend. Citizens are reminded that the nominations, for the office of Mayor for the ensuing year, will take place on Monday next the 17th instant at noon. Up to the present time we have not heard a whisper as to whether there is to be a contest ; in fact, we do not know if the present occupant of the office intends seeking re-election. In the mildest way of putting it, such indifference as to whom shall occupy the most honorable position a man can bo placed in by his fellow townsmen, is neither creditable either to the elected or to the electors.

Our respected Warden and Resident Magistrate left Clyde on Tuesday morning last for Dunedin, he having obtained a month’s furlough. We understand Mr Simpson purposes making Wellington his head quarter during his absence. We hope ho will be benefitted by the salubrious air of, added to the streams of eloquence that will nightly flow within the Council Halls of the Empire City. Mr H. A. Stratford, Warden and R.M., will occupy the Bench during Mr Simpson’s absence. The land revenue of the province of Otago for the quarter ending the 30th of June last was L 39,180 16s Id. Martin Brieh, tried at the Criminal Sessions, Dunedin, for sheep and cattle stealing at Queenstown, was convicted on two charges, and received sentence of three years’ hard labor on each charge. It is reported that Sullivan has been soon at Goulbourn.—This astounding piece of news was conveyed to this Colony by submarine cable. The appointment of Mr J. T. Thomson to tho Surveyor Generalship of the Colony has been gazetted, but no mention has been made of the name of his successor as Chairman of the Waste Lands Board.—Daily Times.

The Daily Times says : -Mr Joseph Golding and Miss Golding have beenlrcspectively appointed Master and Mistress of the district School at Alexandra. Mr Goldin?, who only arrived from Victoria about a week ago, was formerly Head Master of the State School at Richmond.

The criminal information against Mr George Bell, for publishing in the Dunedin Evening Star a “false, scandalous, and malicious libel” concerning a Roman Catholic clergyman, of Dunedin, was set down for hearing on Tuesday last.

Wo have received from the General Government Printer Nos. 3 and 4 of Hansard, a parcel of Parliamentary papers, and the Financial Statement.—From the Provincial Government we have received Education reports, report on the Industrial School, report on the Otago Harbors, and report on the management and working of the Otago railways. One of the features in the Municipal Bill, now before Parliament, is a plurality of votes, in the proportion of one vote for every LSO annual valuation, five votes, however, to be the maximum. With this wo cannot agree, and take advantage of the present opportunity to enter our protest. We hope that the Clyde Council at its next meeting will express its opinion on this question. Female franchise is also included in the measure. In moving the second reading of the Bill, Sir J. Vogel warmly advocated the enfranchisement of women, anticipating good results from the softening influence of women being introduced into election contests. What the effect of female franchise would be in largejboroughs we do not know, but we fail to seo any reason why, in small boroughs as are scattered through tho Otago goldfields, Mary Brown should not have a voice in the election of Mayor and Councillors as well as Dick Styles. ; but we see a very great difficulty if Mary Brown should aspire!to the civic chair. A private company has been formed to further test the Conroy’s Gully quartz reef. From tho composition of the Company, which includes amongst its number several practical quartz miners, besides some of the leading business people both of Alexandra and Clyde, wo have but little doubt that before they have done with it they will once and for all settle the question as to whether the surface indications lead to a petmanent reef or not. So far as we can understand, the intention ot the Company is to sink a shaft on the line of reef. Not alone in our own interest, but in that of the general public, we wish the Company every success. While on the subject of reefs, we may mention that Graham and party are still working on the reef at the head of Obelisk Creek, and that the reef at the bead of Aldinga Gully, for the nonce, is idle, but the owners purport prosecuting their researches ou the advent of spring. A trial crushing of a ton of stone from the latter yielded over 4oz. A Victorian paper says At a farm on the Stratford road a strange spectacle was witnessed the other day. A snake was observed coiled round the hind leg of a cow, and regaling itself with the. milk. After enjoying the luxurious repast, his snakeship returned to the ground, only to be despatched at once. The Coromandel Mail gives the following sketch of the township during a sitting of tne Native Lands CourtAt the time wo are writing the Land Court is sitting, The. town is full of Maori men and women. The iuui iu me iiuieis is an sola out, ana note!keepers in desperation are selling kerosene flavored with peppermint, which the Maoris appear to relish greatly. There will not be as much left by this morning as will admit of the outside lamps being illuminated at night. The last resourcc'dlio hotel-keepers have to fall back upon for a supply of rum will be to buy up all the turpentine in the local market, and flavor it with rhubarb obtained from Mr Bishop, the chemist.

The New Zealand Times has the following apology to Mr V. Pyke with regard to a recent article in its columns reflecting on that gentleman Some time ago an article appeared in our columns in answer to remarks made by Mr Vincent Pyke, in his capacity as Resident Magistrate at Dunedin, concerning the Wellington police and the New Zealand Times. In the course of the article Mr Pyke’s ability to speak sense or to write English was questioned. Mr Pyke, as an author of some repute, felt naturally aggrieved at these observations, and we have much pleasure in assuring him that they were in no way intended at the time to convey any reflection on his success as a writer or speaker, and are freely withdrawn by us if Mr Pyke considers that he was or is likely to be affected by them. At the same time we express regret if they have caused him pain. Indeed, we may now say that we have learned from Mr Pyko’s publisher that a fourth edition of his novel, in reference to which comments were made by us, is in preparation.” The Naseb/ Municipality have opened the Election campaign by the return of Mr W. L. Busch as Mayor. Holloway’s Pills. —Dismissyour doubts, let no one bo longer oppressed with the notion that his malady is incurable till these purifying Pills have had a fair trial. When ordinary preparations have failed, these Pills have been used with the most marked success. A course of this admirable medicine clears'the blood from all impurities, and improves its quality. The whole system is thus benefitted through the usual channels without reduction of strength, shook to the nerves, or any other inconvenience ; in fact, health is renewed by natural means. For curing diseases of the throat, windpipe, and chest these Pills have preeminently established a world-wide fame, and in complaints of the stomach, liver, and kidneys they are equally efficacious. They are composed of rare balsams, without a single grain of mercury or any other deleterious substance. FLoniLiNK ! Foe the Teeth and Breath.— A few drops of the liquid “ Floriline” sprinkled on a wet tooth-brush produces a pleasant lather, which thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites or impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-whiteness, and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes all unpleasant odour arising from decayed tooth or tobacco smoke, ‘‘The Fragrant Floriline,” being composed in part of Honey and sweet herbs, is delicious to the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery of the age. Price 2s Gd, of all Chemists and Perfumers. Prepared by Henry C. Gallup, 493 Oxford Street, London.

At the last meeting of the Arrowtown Municipal Council a vote of thanks was passed to Mr T. Fergus, District Engineer, for the many acts of kindness the Council had received at his hands. It was further resolved to present him with a' gold, locket and albert guard as a slight recognition of his services.—Arrow Observer.

At a meeting of the Wakatip Hospital Committee, held to consider the financial position of the Institution, and to devise means, if possible, to reduce the present heavy liabilities, The following resolution was carried:— * ‘ That the Provincial Government be asked to assist to pay off the liabilities of the Institution, and in the event of their non-compliance the Institution bo closed.”

By proclamation in tho General Government Gazette the following articles are declared poisons, under tho "Sale of Poisons Act, 1871,”: Digitalis, (commonly known as Foxglove), carbolic acid, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, chloral, chlorodyne. The New Zealand Tablet gives tho lie to the statement first made by tho Tuapeka Times, and after copied into the Dunedin Evening Star and Bruce Herald, that a Rev. Father of the Roman Catholic Church, Dunedin, has thrown off the trammels o! the Church and taken to himself a wife, and intimates that criminal actions have been commenced against the proprietors of the Tuapeka Times and Evening Star. Some months since an Englishman named Atkinson bought a country place near Pithiviers, France. For many weeks thereafter, carpenters and masons were busily employed in repairing and altering the chateau, and after their work had been completed, Mr Atkinson issued invitations for a large dinner party to all the most prominent families in the neighborhood. The guests arrived at six o’clock and on taking their seats at the dinner table, noticed with surprise that there was not one servant to be seen. The soup was consumed in silent astonishment. When all had partaken of it, the host sounded a whistle, and as if by magic the soup plates disappeared, and three magnificent silver platters, each containing a roast goose, appeared. Little cries of terror were heard from the ladies. Mr Atkinson took no note of his guest’ surprise, but remarking that it was a very warm evening, whistled again, and the whole ceiling disappeared ; the host’s black coat vanished at the same moment, leaving him clothed in a white suit. The guests, alarmed, were about to rise from their chairs, when they found themselves, their chairs, and the table suddenly raised five feet above the floor. They, however, were soon lowered again to the floor, and all took refuge in hasty flight from the demoniac abode. A judicial investigation was instituted, and it was found that (Mr Atkinson had been for ten years the chief machinist at the Covent Garden Theatre in London, where he had amassed a nice little fortune. The dinner was a little freak to indulge his fondness for his old pursuit. Wellington never lost a gun.—lt is a singular fact in the great Duke’s history that he never lost a gun to tho enemy. “Returning with Jura one day from the hunting field,” says Lord Ellesmere, “ 1 asked him if he could form any calculation of the number of guns he had taken in the course of his career. ‘ No,’ he replied, ‘ not with any accuracy—somewhat about 3000 I should guess. At Oporto, after the passage of the Douro, I took the entire siege-train of the enemy; at Vittoria and Waterloo I took every gun the enemy had in the field ; and what, however, is more ’extraordinary, I don’t think I ever lost a gun in the field. After the battle of Salamanca, he went on to explain, three of my guns, attached to some Portuguese cavalry, were captured in a trifling affair near Madrid, but they were recovered the next day. In the Pyrenees Lord Hill found himself obliged to throw eight or nine guns over a precipice, but these were all recovered.’ ”

Under the heading “ Parliamentary Notes,” in the Guardian, appears the following “ One of the ancient privileges of Parliament is that when a division is being taken, a member, instead of standing up and addressing the chair with uncovered head, sits down and speaks with his hat on, or more frequently with somebody else’s hat on, for it often happens that a man has left his own outside the chamber. What would ensue if no member had brought his hat with him it would be hard to guess, for the doors having been locked they could not be opened- until the question before the House had been decided, and a bare-headed member speaking would be a thing not to be tolerated. Possibly one might improvise a quasi nightcap with a pocket hand-kerchief, or some official might hand a sheet of foolscap to the honorable gentleman who was anxious to hold forth. The other day, when the doors had been locked in order that a division should be taken, Mr Bees, from his seat and with covered head, called attention to the fact that the Premier and Native Minister, alleged by him to bo interested in the proceedings of a committee proposed to be appointed to consider the Disqualification Act, were present in the House. Thereupon Mr Stafford, desiring to bo informed of the exact bearing of an amendment which had been moved, rose in his place and asked that it might be read. He was at once greeted with cries of “ Put your hat on,” “ Sit down,” one member taking advantage of the opportunity to cry “Sit down, sit down,” in the domineering, insulting tone that usually piompts one to say “ I shan’t.” However, the hon. member sat down, and having borrowed a hat, spoke. Then Sir J. Vogel, having pat on the hat of the Minister for Public Works, sat in his place, and said he thought the Committee was to be appointed to ascertain what members were interested and what were not. Sir Donald M’Lean borrowed the hat to enable him to deny that he was interested, and then passed it round the ministerial bench, but it was not again required for such a purpose. Strangely enough, after all the fuss about interested members being present, the division was not insisted on by the Opposition.

Somebody says that trying to do business without advertising is like winking at a pretty girl in the dark: you may know what you are doing, but nobody else docs, Parsley is said to have come from Egypt, and mythology tolls us that it used to adorn the head of Hercules. It appears that since the Stevenson affair occurred, the Customs duties of Victoria have suddenly increased from L 30,000 to MO,OOO per week. It may be only a coincidence. Evil to him who evil thinks. As a diversion of tho now so popular “ spelling bee,” a correspondent sends to a contemporary a "pronouncing bee,’ for those who arc trying to master tho English language : “ A rough horse, pulling a plough through ground like dough, sprained his hough,Jand got a cough.” The above sentence contains six different ways of pro-

nouncing “ough.” Throat Affections and Hoarseness.— All suffering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will bo agreeably surprised at the almost immediate relief afforded by the use of “Brown’s Bronchial Troches.” 1 These famous “ lozenges” are now sold by most respectable chemists in this country at Is 14tl per box. People troubled with a “ hacking cough,” a “ slight cold,” or bronchial affections, cannot try them too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to progress, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic affections. See that the words “Brown’s Bronchial Troches ” are on the Government Stamp around each box. —Manufactured by John I. Brown & Sons, Boston, United States. Depot, 493 Oxford-street, London.