The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1877.

Dunstan Times, Issue 773, 9 February 1877, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1877.

Beneath the rule of men entirely just the pen is mightier than the Sword.

In consequence of tlie Valuation Lists for the County not haying been completed within the prescribed time, the Government thought proper to exercise its prerogative, and ordered the Assessment Court to appoint Valuers to make such lists. By the report of the proceedings of the County Council published in another column, it will be seen that the County already had had the Assessment Lists prepared, and had, with the exception of the Pastoral Leases, which had a total valuation of L 9704, agreed to them. The Assessment Court we understand accepted the whole'of the lists excepting the Pastoral Leases, and at once appointed fresh Valuers in the persons of Mr E. Stuart, of Hawksburn Station, and Mr A. A. Oliver, who well acquainted with the country and the value of pastoral property, soon completed their work, making their total valuation at L39/JOO instead of the insignificant sum of L 9704. Councillors Fraser and "Davidson might well say the amount was absurd. The lesson is one we hope the County Council will profit by, and in future before making any ill-advised appointments in haste, they will select the better men at leisure; it is a worthy illustration of the moral, “ Look before you leap.” The course taken by the Government is therefore to be rejoiced at, rather than at first blush demurred to, as die entire valuation of the County, assuming there will be no appeals will thus be increased to L43,G49 from L23,L57. With the rates upon this amount, to gether with the revenue derivable under the “Gold-fields’ Act,” the “Land Act,” and other sources, the total available revenue for roads, works and salaries, will tot up to a very respectable sum, and which, under local supervision should go farther and do more than has been done for many years past—so far the district has no reason to be other than pleased with the new state of things.

We have to acknowledge the receipt from Mr "R. T. Wheeler of the Illustrated New Zealand Herald for February. Mr Charles Cololonch, it is notified, is appointed Creditors’ Trustee in the Estate of David Jones of Bannockburn. Under the hand of W. L. Simpson, Esq., R.M., who is appointed Judge of the Assessment Court for the County of Vincent, is notified the dates and places of the Assessment Courts for the hearing of Appeals against the County assessment. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to delegate his powers under the Goldfields Act to James Pillans Maitland, Esq., of Dunedin, and Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Provincial District of Otago. The Government land sale on the 2-ttli ult., at Tapanui, was well attended, and realised about L6OOO. Mr Hugh M ‘lntyre was the largest purchaser, at L 1740, for three sections at Glenkenioh. The competition for the deferred payment sections was brisk, the highest price given being L 4 10a Bd. We are instructed by the librarian of the Clyde Athenaeum to acknowledge the receipt from Vincent Pyke, Esq., M.H.R., of “Cohden’s Essays, second scries IS? 1-2.” —“Systems of Land Tenure m various Counties,” being a series of essays published under the sanction of the Cohdeu Club hyj. K. Probylf; and “History of Free Trade in Tuscany,” by James Montgomery Stuart. Throat Affections and Hoarseness. - All suffering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will he agreeably surprised at the almost immediate relief afforded by the use of “Brown’s Bronchial Troches.’ These famous “ lozenges ” are now sold by most respectable chemists in this country at Is IJJ 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 Slates. Depot, 40,3 Oxford-street, London

The meeting of creditors in the estate of Samuel Simmouds, of Spear Grass Flat, to have been hold yesterday at noon, at the Court House, Clyde, lapsed through the inattendance of a sufficient number of creditors, and was adjourned till to-day, at the i same time and place. > The very extensive destruction of sugar * in the Union Bonded Store, Dunedin, 1 through the lata rains is not so likely to 1 materially affect the market as was at first 1 thought, as by a paragraph in the Daily Times wo learn that the crushing season in Queensland is said to bo one of scarcely equalled prosperity in the annals of Queens- ' land sugar growing. The valuation lists for Lake County return the annual value of the combined ridings as L 33.903 4s lOd. Allowing that the Council accept the extreme limit and strike a shilling rate, the revenue therefrom will barely amount to Ll7o4—a sum which will scarcely pay the County officials, judging from appointments already made. The Wakatip Mail looks on the assessment ridiculously small, and advises appeal in the Assessment Court to increase the valuation. It is with heartfelt regret wc have to announce the death of Mrs Goodger, wife of Mr G. W. Goodger, of Cromwell, which took place on Wednesday morning last, the 7th inst, at 9 a.m. The utmost sympathy is expressed on all sides with Mr Goodger for the greatjloss and calamity which has befallen him, and we feel'■'assured that his many friends will, on the solemn occasion of the funeral which takes place to-day, (Friday, the 9th inst, at 2 p.m.) shew by their presence that their sympathy is no mean hollow phrase. Mr W. J. Barry on Saturday evening last, in the Town Hall, Clyde, gave a Lecture on his experiences during a career of forty-seven years in the Australias. But very few we were sorry to see present, which had a damping influence on Lecturer and audience, rendering the Lecture anything so pleasant an affair as it otherwise might have been. Mr Barry has a free-and-easy pleasant way of dealing with his subject, -which bristles with incidents of every degree from the tragic to the romantic. Mr Barry we are given to understand purposes giving Lectures in all the principal centres of population in Hew Zealand, and he feels assured he will bo well patronised. The weather during the week has been simply outrageous, being with but few intermissions a continuous downpour of rain. The effect has been to so raise every little creek and rivulet into a roaring current that travelling has been—except in cases of extreme emergency completely stopped. Amongst agriculturists the effects have been disastrous: in many cases the standing crops have been beaten down by the rain, while those that.were cut will be rendered useless. At Blacks the whole Flat was a sheet of water, and at one time it wf° thought that a portion of the township would have been washed away by the torrents ot water that rushed down the ranges. In Ida Valley we learn some of the crops on either side of the creek that were cut, have | been washed away. Throughout the district the effects will be severely felt. Since Monday morning last when the Mails via Nasoby and Lawrence left Clyde for Dunedin, no mails reached us till last evening when the Dunedin Mail, via Lawrence put in an appearance, and from the driver we learned that the stoppage was caused by the swollen state of the rivers and Creeks, which during Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday completely stopped the traffic ; he also informs us that the railway between Dunedin and Havelock and Balclutha has been so damaged that travelling by rail not bo possible for some sime, consequently we can advance that as an excuse for the want of punctuality and as an apology for the inconvenience resulting, but we have no excuse to offer for the non-delivering of the up-country Mails. We understand they arrived in due course at Cromwell where they have been detained. Whether the Mail contractor, or the Post-office officials are to blame we cannot say, but that someone has been neglectful of his duty we are certain, and that no similar neglect may occur, we hope wherever it is due, a smart reprimand will be administered by the head, of the Post-office department. Holloway’ Pills.—The Liver, the Stomach, and their ailments.—Alternations ot temperature, muggy weather, a troubled . mind, sedentary habits, excesses of the ■ table, and a gay, reckless mode of life exert the most deleterious influence over the liver and stomach. When once these organs are fairly out of order, great inroads are quickly made on the general state ot the health ; the constitution, which has been deprived of two of its noblest organs, soon gives way, and diseases quickly follow, from which, if neglected, the worst consequences will inevitably result. If a course of Holloway’s celebrated Pills bo persevered in, all will be well again, and they are the finest and noblest correctives of the blood ever known. Valuable Discovery for the Hair.— If your hair is turning grey or white, or falling off, use the Mexican Hair Renewer,’’ for it will positively restore, in every case. Grey or White, hair to its original color, without leaving the disagreeable smell of most “Restorers.” It makes the hair charmingly beautiful, as well as promoting the growth of the hair on bald spots, where the glands arc not decayed. Ask your Chemist for “The Mexican Hair Renewer,” prepared by Henry C. Gallup, 493, Oxford Street, London, and sold by Chemists and Perfumers everywhere, at 3s Cd per Bottle A vain and frivolous authoress asked Dr Johnson to give her his opinion of a work she had written, of which she handed him ! the manuscript for perusal, saying, at the i same time, that she “ had other irons in ; the fire.” After perusing a page or two, ■ the Doctor returned it to her, saying that I his candid opinion was that she had better i put it where her other irons were.