The Dunstan Times. Beneath the rule of men ENTIRELY JUST the PEN is MIGHTIER than the SWORD. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1877.

Dunstan Times, Issue 811, 2 November 1877, Page 2

The Dunstan Times. Beneath the rule of men ENTIRELY JUST the PEN is MIGHTIER than the SWORD. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1877.

Through the courtesy of the telegraph department we are informed that the Singapore an 1 Penaiu: cable is again restored. The town of Cromwell has been gazetted a borough under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1878. . Doctor C. F. Thomas has informed us that, on account of professial duties, ho will he unable to visit Clyde for the next two months, when he hopes to put in an appearance. The Daily Times says : -Three survey parties will leave Dunedin in the course of a few days for the purpose of making a detailed survey of the Strath-taieri Railway. We understan I that the County Treasurer has received intimation that a further sum of L 7,580 will be placet to the ere lit of the County in a day or so ; this amount, together with the money in hand, brings up the Cnu’ ty balance to something like the sum of 1,15,000. By advertisement which appears in another column, it will be seen that the thorough-bred horse “Chorister ” will travel the Speargrass and Teviot districts this season. This horse is well-known, and parties desirous of avai'ing thenselves of the use of an entire will do well to see him. In another column wo publish the list of subscriptions towards the Indian Famine Relief Fund and amounting to nearly 1,27 The sum, though not so large, is, wo venture to thi k, taking into consideration the spa’ seness of population, a very lnn' , some one. and proves far more than words can do tne kindly feeling of the people of Clyde. Our Alexandra friends will again have the pleasure of witnessing a Dramatic Entertainment, which their Club intend giving on the 14‘h inat., consisting of the farce entitled “The Cantab the interlude “No. 1 Round the Corner and the farce “A Thumping Legacy.” The Alexandra Club has so ably carried out their previous programm s that further comment on our part is unnecessary. On Saturday evening next (to morrow), Mr Charles Molwo will deliver a lecture at the Town Hall, Clyde:—Subject, “The Eastern Question.” Mr Molwo has, during the past fortnight, delivered lectures at Cromwell, Queenstown, and the Arrow, and we believe with success. At the Arrow, we are informed that he lecture 1 oa the “ Eastern Qnostern,” which was received with great interest by a very good audience, and at their request gave a second lecture on the same subject. On Saturday evening last, the 2/th -ultimo, the members of the Danstan District : Cricket Club, held a meeting at Nettlefuld’s Dinsbm Hotel, Clyde, toarnn gefora Match to take place at Roxburgh on the 9th inst., i when they play the Roxburgh Club. The 1 following members were selected to represent the Dunstan team—Messrs. Rees, : Sams, Sweet, Shaw, Stevens, Denniston, Williams, Phillips, Simpson, M‘George, and Stewart; Messrs M‘Kay, W Faehe, and C. Rees, emergency men. Members arc requested to attend practice to-morrow afternoon, at 2 o’clock sharp, a full muster is requested so as to make final arrangements with respect to mat ch. A great deal of comment, and roonr mind rathei more than a fair share of abuse, is deing heaped on to the heads of one of the firms of contractors for the Vincent County Council, as also upon the County Engineer, and the piece of work causing all this is what is known as the Muddy Creek contract. We have not seen this pirtionlar piece of work, therefore are unable to express an opinion, but from some who watched the work through its progress, and somi of those not half bad judges, we understand there is nothing like so much to complain of as represented ; however, as we sai l nefore, we have never seen the road and we shall leave those to light over the b.arile who like. Yet, we think we may give credit where credit is due, the work now being carried out by these contractors, Messrs M’Connoehie and Thill, in Blacks township (kerhmg, channelling, and gravelling the main street) is being done in a thoroughly goad manner, and when completed the town of Blacks (or rather Ophir, as it is called) will, s) far as its street is concerne 1, be abb tocimpare with any street in the County. The korbing is reallv first-class, the stones ranging from three feet to eight feet in length. The next work by the county mast be the condoning of tl e formation of thirnal soma short distance beyond the houses at either end, to form as it were an entrance an 1 an outlet to the town. For this work the thanks of the community of B'acks are due to their member, Air Pitches, as also for many other works in the district earns 1 out by the County. To finish a wn-k that has been begun so well it requires the sides of the road to be p’anted with trees, and wo shall hope to see Mr T’Pches using his every effort with his townspeople in getting this done. Wo understan 1 that ho purposes shortly following the example set by Mr Cavan of the Shamrock, and erecting a stone building. Sr, magnificent a street deserves something better than a lot of rickety iron buildings on cither side of it. Of building stono there is plenty at hand Throat Affections and Hoarseness. AM suffering from irritation of the throat and hoa'wness will be agreeably surprised at the almost, immediate relief afforded by ♦ bouse of “Brown's Bronchial Troches.” These famous “ lozenges” aro now sold by j;jmo*t resnectable chemists in this country tot Is l.(d per box. People trouble I with a ,|t hacking rough,” a “slight e ,M,” or liron. cfli.al affections, cannot try them too soon as;similar troubles, if allowed to progress in serions'Pulmonary and Asthmatic j fgfecrions See that the words “ Brown’s ' .ijimnchial Troches ” are on the Oovemment ®"mp around each box. -Mannfactur, d by ftN 1. Brown k Sons, Boston, United tea. Depot, 493, Oxford-street, London

Mr Woodland is an announced candi late for tlia Dunedin Mayoralty ; and Mr Leary is being requisitioned to stand again. Scarlet fever is alarmingly 6n tile increase at Lawrence. Two deaths from it occurred on Friday, the 20tli instant. All volunteers attending the review to be held at Forbury Park on the 9th of Novein'her, will have free railway passes to and fro., The Dally Times heads the telegram of the meeting at Cromwell on the Railway question with the very significant words, “ Cromwell Repenting ” In a short editorial on the same subject it says '{ such a thing as retributive Providence ever overtakes a people, the case of the people of Cromwell supplies an illustration.” We have boon requested to inform our readers that through ill health the Rev. Mr Boyd, of Alexandra, will leave the district for a few weeks. In his absence Ids duties will he performed by Mr Mitchelsen, who has been studying under Professor Sahnond.- Mr Mitchehcn, we believe, in the course of a few months is to proceed fo the New Hebrides as a missionary. We trust that on the return of Mr Boyd to the district we shall have the pleasure to inform his fi iends of his thorough recovery. The “lengthy Judge” deserves the benediction of debtors generally. Says the Southlanl News :—“ In the course of hearing a case in bankruptcy, Judge Wa'd pointed out a delightful way for debtors to escape any inemvenient questions in Court. While on the one hand the Act fixes no period for a debtor giving notice of intention to apply for his discharge, on the other hand, creditors are required to give seven days’ notice of thrir intention to oppose it. The question how that can be done if the debtor applies, say 21 hours only defore the Court sits, as he may legally do, is rather a nice one for the legal gentlemm to settle.” The “ Vagabond,” of Melbourne fame, has been sent to Cooktown to report u; on that Heathen Chinee, and this i> his telegraphic reply:—“ After a week’s study of the Chinese question I tin 1, so far as Cooktown i' concernel, it has been totdly mi - represented in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne. The cry against Chinese immigration has been raise I by a few interested parties in Northern Queensland, who, like the silversmiths at Ephesus, are afraid that their occupation of DlO per cent, will 1 e gone, through the accession of Chinese storekeepers, who trade for low profits. Tlio alluvial diggers are naturally incensed against the Chinese, who someti nes interfere with their gains, but, as far as I can learn, never to any great extent, only, j ickal-like, taking the leavings of the Europeans. The Chinese, as hewers of wood and drawers of water, are mdispens able in the district. The public recognise this, hut some would prcc’u le by taxes the Chinese from traling and mining.” Tne Daily Tim-s rays “The closeness of the running between the Ministerial and Opposition parties in the Assembly is apparent from the telegrams published in another column. Forty-three votes for the Government are considered pre ty c: rtain, with the chances ot a stray vote or two to turn the scales from the Adullauites. There being eighty-eight members in the white and black, all told, inclusive of the Speaker, forty-four votes of course constitute a majority. In the single hand, therefore, of any member—even of a M,-ai-ders—is it to determine the possession of power. It is needless to say that this is a condHon of things as dangerous as it is intolerable. The division appears to have been postpone I by both parties shrinking from the arbitrament of the division list, though redly the only questio i at issue now is which party shall have possession of power during the general elections which are inevitably impending.” Advice to Mothers! -Arc you broken in your res'by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It will relievo the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly barn . less and pleasant to taste, it pro-luces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the 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 best known remedy for dyssentcry and diarrhoea whether arising from teething nr other causes. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at la IJd per bottle. Manufactured at 493 Ox-ford-'treet, London, Holloway’s Pills—The right road to haopine-s. —ln selecting the mast aop-n----nriato medicine fir a particular ailm mt, there miy ho some difficulty,, unless one can he foun I at o nee to purify, regulate, and strengthen. ILd'mvay’s Pills possess and exert there properties an extraordinary degree. They enable the stomach to digest any ordinary food, they increase the secretory powers of the liver, cleanse the hlool. expel all morbi I matters, anl throw brio the circulati m the purest elements for sustaining and repairing the frame, and proservin : it from nnnecess Ty wear and tear. These inestimable Pills an especially useful in broken hodi'y health, when the system is nut of order without any assignable emso With th's knowledge none should trifle with life or death.