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Dunstan Times, Issue 758, 27 October 1876, Page 2

By all repoffe’the cultivated lauds along tho hues of Voad from Dune tin, right t through to tho Lakes, both via Palmerston f and via Tuapeka shoW well for a good him- i vest. The season so far'has been remark- c ably fine, a sufficiency of rain falling oooa- j sionally to keep the ground in good heart. ' 'A most noticeable feature of the season hai _< been tho entire absence of wind, we having 1 escaped tho periodical equinoctial gales. 1 Tho Tuapeka Times says—Some of tho j richest quartzover discovered in tho dis ( triet haS lately bean found by the Nil Desperandum Company, Walpori; it is reckoned to yield hundreds of ounces to the ton. ( Wherever two or three persons are , gathered together, there is a Good Templar Lodge in tho midst of'thifin. Already the ■ Kumara has a Good Templar Lodge in full i bloom, and they havo got as far as building , a Hall for themselves. This is “ go-aheada- j fiveness ’ rarely to bo seen' even on a goldfield. i The convent is about to deprive France of 1 one of her heroines, Mile. Hasside la Tour. ( This modern Charlotte Corday killed a \ Prussian officer who had offered her insult, - at Iter father’s residence, which‘Had-just i been invaded by the enemy during the late ' war. Tho German troops wore about to ( take her life, 'when Wince Frederick Charles 1 eafne forward add pardoned the courageous I young lddy._ .... 1 The Coromandel Mail alluding to the epi- i «odc of the talk 'against time, when Mr ; Digiian threatened to knock Mr Wason dowh'with a chair, "Says :—“A gentleman of Mr Dignan’s age and experience should know that a chair is one of the most awkward iVeapona to knock anyone down with IE it be taken by tho back it can only be , used to “ prog ” an adversary with O'r.o of the legs. Again if the chair be seized by a leg there is no purchase or leverage to strike a knock down blow with. Had not Mr Dignau 'sufficient presence of mind to threaten the poker that was so handy fn the roonr?” The New Zealand Herald 6f-a recent date says—lt is stated that not less than forty natives (tied on the East Coast, between Waipiro and the Bey of Plenty, since the beginning of last month, chiefly from consumption, and from lack of medical treatment. Maori doctors have had their hands full of work lately on the East Coast, but as they signally fail to effect cures the natives are how beginning to lose faitb in the efficacy of their prescriptions, and are desirous of availing themselves of the advice of pakcha medical men, if they were only accessible to them. Tho Wellington correspondent of the Press tclegraohs that it is questionable if tbe House will be sitting on Thursday first. The Southern members, he says, have expressed a wish to leave on that day by tho steamer Wakatipu, and there seems a strong determination to end tho session. At a meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club, Mr Caleb Moore was appointed handicapper j for the ensuing racing season. Mr Mnoro i gives a guarantee that he will neither own ’ race horses nor bet in any wdy whatever | during the terra of his office as handicapper. j A Building Committee was appointed to 'take the necessary steps for the erection of i a new Grand Stand for the current year, j The meeting then adjourned. There are other ways of committing contempt of Court than writing a letter to tho Judge. It seems that'winking at a jury is ono of these. Mr District Judge Weston is determined to maintain tho dignity of his Court, and this is how he is reported to do it: —While tho Crown Prosecutor was examining a witness, his Honob suddenly interrupted the proceedings by remarking : “Mr Guinness : It is a most indecent and improper thing to wink at the jury, and 1 must request you to stop it.” Mr Guinness ; “1 did nothing of the sort If your Honor is in the habit of doing so, I am not.” His Honor.- “Is that a proper answer to give to a Judge of this Court - ; to give the lie direct? I saw you wink, Mr Guinness, and I have seen you do it before ; and if you address tho Court again in tho manner you havo done, I will not allow you to appear in this Court at all.” Mr Guinness subsided; An English correspondent of the North Otago Times writing on the culture of trees, says.—“ I may "as well say at once that apple trees hate tho knife. The moment you begin to' cut or prune them, you raise a blight which is difficult to heal, and almost always proves fatal. Plums, pears, Vines, ■ cherries, and all fruit trees, except this apple must be pruned. Tho same with rose trees. Tho white rose hates the knife, and flourishes best when left alone, but with . all other sorts cut away as much as you i like. The Daily Times says that a meeting of the Political Association was held on the ■ 23rd instant at Murray’s Hotel. It was unanimously resolved—“ That in the opini ion of this Association, should there be any • doubts as to the power of his Hohor the , Superintendent to legally convene a. meet- ; ing of the Provincial Council, his Honor ■ ahonld call a convention of those who are ' members of the Provincial Council and GeE neral Assembly, Mayors oE the different ) Municipalities, and Chairmen of Bold • Boards, to advise and decide as to what the future action of the Province should > be,” Throat Affection’s and Hoarseness.— i All suffering from irritation of the throat i aid hoarseness will he agreeably surprised i at tho almost immediate relief afforded by l tho use of “Brown's Bronchial Troches.” r These famous “ lozenges ’’ aro now sold by • most respectable chemists in this country • at Is IJd par box. 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