The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1877.

Dunstan Times, Issue 769, 12 January 1877, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1877.

Benea'h the rule of men' entirely just the PEN is mightier than the sword.

The arbitrators appointed to settle the amount of compensation to be paid by the Government to Slessrs M‘Arthur, Hanlon, and Keleber, farmers, Wia Keri Keri Valley, concluded their labors during the past week ; but we are unable to state the amount agreed upon. We only know that the gentlemen had a pretty hard nut to crack, and that eventually they had to refer the matter for final settlement to the umpire. R. Stewart, Esq., Hawksburn Station, acted for the Government ; J, D. Feraud, Esq., of Monte Christo, for the farmers ; and Wm. Fraser, Esq,, of Eamscleugb Station, as umpire. The cause of the arbitration was the refusal of the Government to sell the land to the farmers, it being represented that the land was payably auriferous. As the miners in this instance have gained the victory at, wo presume, no inconsiderable cost to the Government. we hope they will be able to prove that the land is worth the coat. It will bo as well, however, for the miners to bear in mind that the Government will be perfectly justified in levying some special tax for the privilege of working this ground. W 0 do not say that such will he done, orthat even it is thought of ; but wo think the miners should not only be prepared for such a demand, but prepared to pay it. Wo will not here touch on the policy of turning a number of families out of their homes, the which has cost them many years of patient labor and toil, no as to give a few miners an extra aero or so of ground to work ; tho thing is done, hut wo do not know if, when a similar question arises, we may not raise our voice, and exert ourselves on the opposite side to what we have done in this. We have no doubt, nnr have we reason to doubt hut tho ground is equally as rich as represented, and if so, tho game will prove to ho worth tho caudle, hut wo repeat the hope the miners will find it so.

The annual meeting of the Church of England congregation, wo are requested to say, will bo held on Tuesday evening next, in the Church, at 8 p.m. The Wellington Timessays:—“ Dipthoria, which has so unfortunately visited our city for the past two months, wo regret to say is assuming the character of an epidemic.” • Wo have to acknowledge the receipt of the Illustrated Now Zealand Herald for January. Besides a first-class lot of engravings, it has a largo sized colored illustration, “ Australian Pets.” The petition against the return of Mr Charles M'Konna as Councillor for Nevis Riding, Vincent County, will bo heard in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Cromwell, this day, at 3 p.m. Tho Colonial Bank seems determined to push business in Lawrence. It has successfully tendered for tho County Council’s account, and allows the Council an overdraft of LSOOO at 8 per cent. it is satisfactory to learn that things in connection with the newly discovered quartz reefs at Macetown arc progressing favorably. When visiting the foundry of Messrs Kincaid and M‘Queen on Saturday last, we were shown a very fine 30ft. iron overshot water-wheel which that firm had just completed for the Maryborough Gold-mining and Quartz Crushing Company. Daily Times. At a meeting of the Executive Council of the Vincent County, held at Cromwell, yesterday, applications for the offices of Valuers were considered, and the following accepted: Mr T. Reid, Hawea Riding ; MrG. Aitken, Nevis and Kawarau Ridings ; Mr Young, Pastoral Runs. For the Earnecleugh, Manuherikia, and Matakanui Ridings the appointment was not made, but we understand Mr J. C. Chappie will be selected. We draw attention of ratepayers within the Town of Clyde to the notice in another column of the Assessment Roll for the year ending March 31, 1878, being open for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office. All objections must be left at tho Assessment Court, on or before the 15th of February next. Vincent Pyke, M.H.8,, announces in another column that he will address his constituents at Blacks No. 1 on Saturday evening next, tho 13th inat. Mr Pyke desires us to express his regret at not having attended the meeting to have been held on the 30th ult, assigning as a reason his detention in Dunedin on urgent business. We notice that Mr Martin Gavan is building a new stone ho!el at Blacks No. 1, (Ophir), he finding that his present accommodation is not sufficient for his increased business. We have not seen the plans but from what we can learn the new Shamrock Hotel will be equal to any hostelry on the northern goldfields. As the work progresses we will give a description of tho building. The usual monthly meeting of the Hospital Committee—to have been held on Monday evening last—was allowed to lapse in favor of other meetings. Wo are requested to state the meeting will be held on Monday evening next, the 15th instant, when a full attendance is desired, the business to be transacted being of an urgent and particular character. A meeting of the Stewards of the Tokomairiro Jockey Club was held at the White Horse Hotel, on Monday last. Present, Mr F. Bastings, in the Chair, and Messrs W. Grindley, Henderson, Carson and Nicholls. The minutes of the previous meeting being confirmed, it was resolved that the disqualification should be removed from the horse, Clyde, and the jockey, J. Laing.— Bruce Herald. In the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Clyde, on Thursday last, Patrick M'Devitt was charged by tho police with being of unsound mind. The certificate of the medical officer, Dr Button, was to tho effect that accused was not of unsound mind, but merely suffering from tbe effects of drink. Accused was therefore discharged, being ordered to pay Doctor’s fee 215., costs, etc. Accused was then charged as an habitual drunkard, for which he Was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment in Clyde Gaol with hard labor. We omitted to notice, in our last, tho midnight service held at tho departure of the old year and opening of’the new, at the Episcopalian Church, Clyde. The service was a very solemn and appropriate one, the hymns and prayers were fervently joined in by tho congregation (which was a largo one) who seemed impressed with the solemnity of it. After an interval of silent prayer, as the year passed away, the Te Deum was sung, and a short discourse given from I Peter iv. 7, followed with hymn 385, the service ending with the Benediction. Tho following is tho modest, yet withal elegant introductory solo performed by the editor of a new little paper in an out-of-the-way Louisiana village :—“ The want in this community of a good newspaper has Ion" been felt, and at this solemn hour, when the cloud which darkens our land is resonant with bellowing thunder and quivers with the lightnings which are quickening in its womb, we propose to fill this void ; and our paper tenders yeoman service to those among whom it has cast its fortune, and aspires to paint the rainbow of hope across tho very storm, whose blackness now makes us shudder.” Throat Affections and Hoarseness. - All suffering from irritation of rho throat and hoarseness will bo agreeably surprised at the almost immediate relief afforded by the nee of “Brown’s Bronchial Troches.’ These famous “ lozenges ” are now sold by moat respectable chemists in this country at Is lid per box. People troubled with a ‘ hacking cough,” a “slight cold,” or bronchial affections, cannot try them ton 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 tho Government Stamp around each box. —Manufacture'd by John I. Brown & Sons, Boston, United States. Depot, 493 Oxford-street, London-

Tho death of Sir Donald M’Lcah is announced ; as also of Mr Hugh M'Dermid, late M.P.C. and Mayor of Port Chalmers. Tho New South Wales Government have roco’Ved advices that tho first vessel with immigrants leaves America in a.few days. Tho following are tho names of tho gentlemen who have been elected to tho offices of Chairmen of the County 'Councils on tho Goldfields : Tuapqka County—Mr Poyntor ; Lake County—Mr M'Ardell; Maniototo County—Mr Holland ; Vincent County— Mr Vincent Pyke. With tho exception of tho Maniototo County, all appear desirous of bringing themselves within the operation of tho Counties Ac‘t, and giving the measure a fair trial. The Maniototo County Council at its first meeting merely elected the Chairman and adjourned till the Bth of March. Mdle. lima De Murska did a graceful thing at Ballarat (Victoria) recently’; she was announced to open a • concert season there, and on arrival found that a charitable concert had been arranged in the city for the same night. This was only an hour or so before tho house opened, and prior to tho performance commencing, MrHill announced that Mdle. De Murska had decided to give the gro°s proceeds of her entertainment to the charity for which ithe other concert was being held. The'announcement was loudly cheered, and when the Mayor, who was presiding at the other.concert, made a similar announcement the audience rose en masse, and gave three cheers for the Hungarian nightingale. The Arrow Observer In its last issue gives the following :—Yestordiy morning a respectably dressed lad, one of “ the boys of the period", (of the Arrow District) was brought before the Justices on a charge of trespassing in the garden of the Rev. John Maokay, Arrowtown, and taking therefrom a quantity of fruit. He pleaded guilty, hut thought there was no harm done, and promised not to commit a similar offence. Their Worships took into consideration the previous good character of tho accused and allowed him another chance. This should act as‘a warning to a number Of lads in our town who seem to think fruit lilting “no harm.” The following curious easels reported in the Tuapeka Times of the Gth instant; -On Tuesday evening the Blue Spur and surrounding districts were thrown into a state of alarm, by the report that Mr James Campbell’s children had been shot. On enquiry, the folio wing meagre particulars were all that could he obtained : It appears that shortly after dusk, when some of the family wore having tea, and the eldest girl was employed washing up, a gun was thrust through the open window, and fired. A portion of the charge took effect on the girl’s hand, smashing the top of her thumb and two front fingers. Two of the younger children were slightly injure 1 by the discharge. The greatest consternation was felt, as both Mr and Mrs Campbell were in Dunedin at the time. The eldest son assorts that when the discharge took place, he •■aught up his father’s gun and went outside. There was no one however to be seen, and he then got assistance, and Dr Stewart was sent for to attend the sufferers. The girl’s woauds were dressed by Dr Stewart, and portions of the injured fingers have since been amputated. The English Mechanic writes :—We are living in an age of wonderful activity. This, in a great measure, is owing to modern scientific discoveries and inventions, which, by partially annihilating space and time, have given an unparalleled impetus to commercial enterprise and financial speculation. People now-a-days are not satisfied if they cannot perform the work of a week in a day, of a month in a week, and of a year in a month. There is a preternatural activity abroad —a struggle and a strain to succeed well in life—which is anything but sont d or salutary. Such an unpromising state of affairs has caused a medical writer to remark that “If one of our ancestors, hut a century ago, were suddenly resuscitated and made to undergo tho toil and mental labor of our day’s, he could not endure it.” It does not follow, however, that because those of the present generation are apparently inused to this high pressure living, that no ill results accrue. An abnormal condition of existence cannot he persisted in with impunity. Indeed, the most reliable authorities pronounce that, as a nation, we are forming a scourge to punish, not alone ourselves, but posterity. Wo republish from an exchange part of Lord Chief Justice Cockhnrn’s summing up in the case of Spill v. Made :—“Now, the presumption of law being in favor of tho absence of malice in the defendant, and the only evidence of malice being his description of acts done by the plaintiff which were capable of a two-fold construction, the presumption of innocence which attaches to the writer must also, where his act iscaoaMe of a double aspect, still attend him. Starting with the presumption of innocence in his favor, we must assume that the defendant did entertain that view’of tho plaintiff’s acts which induced him to believe, and honestly to believe, and say that the plaintiff’s conduct was dishonest and disgraceful. We have not to deal with tho question whether the defendant stated no more than ho believed, and what he might reasonably believe. If he stated no moro than this he is not liable ; and unless proof to the contrary is produced, wo must take it that he did state no moro. Floriline 1 For the Truth and Breath. —A few drops of the liquid “ Floriino” sprinkled on a wet tooth-brush produces a pleasant la'her, which thoroughly cleanses tho teeth from all parasites or impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-whiloness, and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes all unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth or tobacco smoko. “Tho Fragrant Floriline,” being composed in part of Honey and sweet herbs, is delicious to Ibe tnsto, and the greatest toilet discovery of the age. Price 2.-i fid, of all Chemists and Perfumers. Prepared by Henry C, Gallup, 493 Oxford Street, Lotidon.

Tho following is told by tho Southern Cross Everybody who has visited Noumea has noticed the gangs of convicts who, under I the supervision of “aurveilhuitß," arc de- I molishing an elevation adjacent to tho . water-front much resembling tho Eort Britomart Hill, now under course of destruction ! in this city. Through tho premature explosion of a blast, one of these Noumea convicts recently lost tho use of both logs. Ho was carried into the shod and there medically examined, and it was pronounced that ho would for ever afterwards be unfit for work. What was to bo done with a convict who threatened to become a burden to the Republic? Oakum picking was too mild a punishment according to French ideas, for one who has broken tho laws, and whom the law punishes accordingly. It is true that tho convict had lost his legs in the performance of the labor assigned to him by the law, but since his capacity for labor was done, the State had no further need of him. Accordingly, they treated him with that charity which is shown to a maimed and useless horse—they shot him to death with a revolver. The Noumea convict has, indeed, more right than the typical Uncle Tom to ask, “Am [ not a man and a brother ?” Holloway’s I’ills.—A certain cure for Asthmatic Complaints.— The astonishing effects these wonderful Pills produce in the above class of diseases would appear incredible if the truth were not confirmed by so many living witnesses; scarcely a day passes without some one making favorable mention of these extraordinary Pills, and their wonderful efficacy in all complaints. Indeed, there cannot be any doubt but that they will restore to her Ith after every other means have failed, and will be found a cer tain antidote for most of the disorders affecting the human system. Advice to Mothers !—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at onco to a chemist and got a bottle of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. It will relieve th e poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm, less and pleasant to taste, it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving tho child from pain, and the little cherub awakes “as bright as a button.” It soothes the child, it softens the guns, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the heat known remedy for dyssentcry anJ diarrhoea whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is 14'1 per bottle. Manufactured at 493 Ox-ford-street, London.