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Dunstan Times, Issue 755, 6 October 1876, Page 2

distance, it is Jiigh time that wo had a daily mail between the places just mentioned As things exist at present the travelling public are not benefited by the railways at all—a journey to Duucdiu or occupying ns long as it did twelve years ago This sp rales vein- lit tle frr miv lioastod lines of coaches bearing tho arms of King Cobb and Co., once familiar to us us a -guarantee of rapid travelling, and whose quick coaches wee the admiration of everybody. The sceptre of the King lias, however, departed, and his successors do not try to emulate his example. Tho matter of more rapid c 'innmniention is of very serious moment to ns, as already the passengir traffic to and ’from ; Dunedin and the Wakatip takes the way of Invercargill, as being lint most rapid and less co tly, while the annoyance of being penned up all day on Sundays at a mid side ■house at Benger Burn is something to horrible that vVakutip passengers are positively driven away by this nn warrantable infliction, which proton; s their journey to Dunedin to four da} s, time sufficient for them to make a passage to Melbourne. When mails are once on board of a coach it should bo made to use-all reasonable th spatch to reach the journey’s end, and travel day and night until this is accomplished. In a great measure we have tire Bbst-offioe authorities’to blame for all the loss of time and delay we suffer, let alone the injury done to trade and unnecessary’heavy expenses heaped upon the travelling public.

The Cromwell Spring Knees take place to day aud to-morrow, on the Cromwell'race course.

Through the courtesy of Mr Nicholas, Post-master, Clyde, we learn that a telegraph. station was opened yesterday at Kumara, the new rush in Westland.

We notice that preparations are being made on board M'Lennan’s current wheel dredge to make a start when the river is sufficiently low to enable her to work. From our exchanges we learn that meetings of shearers have been held at Oamaru, Palmerston, and Dunedin, and the decision at each place has been not to shear sheep for less than LI per hundred. On Tuesday evening hist a miner from the Nevis was conveyed into the Cromwell Hospital suffering from a fractured leg and other injuries, the result of a fall of earth upon him whilst working in his claim. Our Arrowtown correspondent writes: The mining-companies at Macetown refuse to pay more than L 3 per week wages. This has been the rate hitherto paid there, but attempts have been made by Cromwell miners to obtain an increase to L 3 10s. The questioa’of L 3 per week has been finally agree! upon hy all parties. The Dunedin Saturday Advertiser wonders if the amount of twaddle recently uttered in the House of Representatives is attributable to the fact that the price of a nobbier in Wellington lias lately been reduced to three-pence. We are inclined to think that there is some truth in our witty contcmporaiy’s sarcastic inuendo.

Mr W. Grant, the contractor for repairing —or rather, suspending aud repairing Cromwell Bridge is getting ahead with the work, the moorings on one side being completed, while on the other side -ho has commenced tunnelling into the solid rrtek for the moorings. When finished it will be but a temporary affair after all, and we cannot but think it would have been a great deal more economical to put up an entirely new structure.

We learn that the lowest tenderers for the new road—Butcher’s Gully to Clyde Bridge —having given up their contract and forfeited deposit, the Government made proposals to the (we believe) next lowest tenderers Messrs M'Counochie and Tohill, who, we understand, have undertaken the job, and who will commence work at once. This firm has just completed a small contract for the Government, on the Clyde and A lexandra road, the making o£a culvert over a water race on the new line of road.

'J liia is the way’the N.Z, Times speaks of the Civil Service “ The best men, including Ministers themselves, are overworked, because half the Clerks in the Government service cannot be trusted to do their work in an intelligent manner. The result is that the most trifling matter involving any -real responsibilit} - , is usually •“ hungup” for an indefinite period, and the great art of “ how not to do it ” lias reached a pitch of perfection in New Zealand which is probably unequalled in any other dependency of the British Crown.”

The first informations under the new byclaws of the town of Clyde were laid and heard before I/. Simpson, Esq., R.M. on Wednesday last. They were against two hawkers, Mr Smith nnd Mr Fordham, for hawking within the town boundary without the necessary licenset. The fine inflicted ’in each case was the nominal one of 5s and costs. During the hearing of the case Mr Smith said something to the effect that if he was compelled to take out a license so should every commercial traveller nr bag man that opened out his samples in the town. The Town Clerk, who was the prosecutor in the above case, inferring that such was the case, applied for and obtained a summons a-ainst a commercial traveller who was then in the town. Wo hear, however, that the case has been withdrawn.

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