The Dunstan Times. Beneath the rule of men ENTIRELY JUST the PEN is MIGHTIER than the SWORD. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1877.

Dunstan Times, Issue 812, 9 November 1877, Page 2

The Dunstan Times. Beneath the rule of men ENTIRELY JUST the PEN is MIGHTIER than the SWORD. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1877.

The telegram signed Vincent Pyke, find pul dished in another column, without s n me explanation would be a ridd'e to most of our readers ; we will, therefore, put the matter before tlmm in as concise a manner as possible But, as it will 1 e necessary to go in>o the subject from the very first, and in our progress perhaps refer to some matters that may be thought a-ide from the subject, we may be drawn to greater length than we contemplated, but ns it is one of peculiar interest at this pecu iit time ('heeve of ■» general election) we feel assured of being excused. The question, us will naturally be messed, in that of railway communication with the interior, and the view our Crornwel contemporary is pleased to take of the action of our mender, Vincent Pyke, Ksq., thereon. It being pretty well understood that the question of opening up f e interior and thus tapping the Northern gold fields wi'h a line of railway would I e dealt with this session of the Assembly, Oamaru opens the ball by

proposing a line, via Marcwhenna Pass to Naseliy, and thence along tlio Mannherikia Valley, and hence on to Ccontwell. Dunedin, supported hy theTaieri County Council and Mr V. Pyke, urge the Strath Taieri and j Cromwell lino. Southland follows with a line via Kingston, thus connecting Cromwell with Invercargill Four other linos were mooted, Imt as they do not affect tlie present question we shall not again refer to them. The Government in the meantime are looking on, but after a while order a report from the District Engineer, Mr Blair. The people living on the proposed lines arc not idle, meetings were he ! d at Clyde, Backs, Alexandra and Cromwell; at the three first votes in fivor of the StrathtaieriOomwell line were passed, and Mr Pyke was respectfully requested to use his every influence to get same constructed. At Cromwell, however, the Kmgston-Crornwell line was strongly advocated, and the local paper (Cromwell Argus) in its leading columns supported the action of the meeting. In the House of Assembly is enacted the next scene, the considering the report of Mr Blair, which is in favor of the Strathtaieri line, and the House is asked to give effect to the reeomme' - dations contained therein. To this, however, thee was great opposition, not alone by Messrs Lumsden and Wood, but by, as it was apparent to the supporters of the notion, a majority, and so as to get in as it were the thin end of the welge, Mr Pyke, to quote Ins words from Hansard, said —“He wished to explain at once to avoid misapprehension that at the instigation of members trom Southland he had consented to stop south of the Dunstan ranges at Clyde, si as not io interfere with the Kingston-Cromwe'l line.” It will be said-What is all this about, and to what does this lead 1 The sequel will show. It is for this modific ition, this stroke of policy of Mr Pyke’s bv which he entries the House with him and gets it to admit that the Strathtaieri line is as necessary for the advancement of the country as even as is the light of day, ♦hat forsooth, ho should be dubbed traitor, accused of palpable untruths, and of all the crimes very few of ns would like to c Uifess to. Had the e been anv misconceotion either on the j part of the editor of the Cromwell j Argus or of anv of his advisers, j in the bitterness of their hearts when j they discovered how foolish their for- ' mer conduct had be°n, and how.it had even brought them into ridicule with , the outside world, some slight excuse ! might have been invented for any j little bad temper; but for such whole- I sale viilifving there can be none. Mr Pvke in bis telegram ref-rs to a letter he. wrote to Mr Colclougb, and to telegrams from Messrs Macandrew and Stout, we unite with him and challenge their publication, and if we mistake not, tbe editor of the Cromwe'l Argus and bis ndvis°rs will find them selves hois'ed with the Petard thev had' prepared f udhedestnic'ionof Mr Pyke. Tbe Cromwell Argus may lay this unction to its soul—its pue.ri'e ravings whether in the spirit, nf adulation or tedo'ent with abuse, is all one and the same; with the intelligent, honest, and unbiassed of the representatives of the ■ Dunstan district Mr Pyke Ins bam , supported, and will be. so long as be has a wish to represent them in Parliament; and we hold lh°y are. in the majority, conspqnent.lv he has nothing to fear from the others—the editor of | the Cromwell Argus included. The same hours will he observed this day at the various Post-offices throuuhout the Oo'on vason a Sunday, it being the Prince of Wales’ birthday. Shearing will ca-nai’nce at Matakanui Station on the 29th of November. We perceive by a preliminary advertisement hat the Mount Ila donkey Chib purpose holding their Annual Race Meeting early in the month of January next. The programme will appear in future issu.s of this journal. Wc have been requested to draw attention that a performance by the Alexandra Dramatics will take p'ace in Hie Town Hall, Alexandra on Wednesday evening next the ll‘h instant. There is a first-class programme provided, including several new names, and we trust to see a large attendance. Lectures, as a rule, are not appreciated as much as they should he on the Goldfields, hut it appears that Mr Mollwo has given greater satisfaction than many of Irs less fortunate confreres. On Saturday last that gentleman, in an able and masterly manner, delivered a lecture on “The Eastern Qnes tion,” which was lis’ened to with rapt atten. tion hy some forty persons, in tiro Town Hall, Clyde. It is very evident that tho lecturer is well versed with the above subjeot, as Ire pictured so graphically its different phases past and present. Bis audience, when dispersing, expressed themselves highly satisfied with their evening’s entert inment. Advice to Mothers !■ -Are you broken in your res’-hy 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 relieve the pior sufferer immediately. It is perfect'y harmless and pleasant to taste, it produces natural quiet sleep, hy 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 tho bowels, and is the best known remedy for dyssentary and diarrhoea whether arising fren teething nr other causes. M s Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is sold hy Medicine dealers everywhere at la IJd per hottlo. Manufactured at 493 Ox. fori-ti treat, London.

Tho attention of carpenters is drawn to the advertisement, which apprars innnither column, oilling for tends.*s for the erection of a verandah at the Dmistan District Hog-, i pital. Plans an I specifications are to d o s ien at Mr Samson’s, Alex in Ira, and at tho Off! ;e of the Secretary, Clyde. ! Eleven members of tho Duustan District Cricket Club meet tho II ixburgh Eleven this day, to'play a friendly match on the ground of tho latter. Play will comme co at 12 o'clock sharp ; if tho weather should he favorable, it will, it is expected, bo a very close game, as both teams are pret'y evenly matched, and we believe that practice has been the order of tho day for some time past. “One who wishes to enjoy it,” writes to us. pointing out that that there have been numerous deaths from scarlet fever at Lawrence of late, and suggesting that residents of that district should not attend the pic i.i; to be held at Inch Ciutha on the 16th,— Bruce Herald Tho Supplementary Estimates provide for the following Public Works Purchase of Beaumont Bridge, L 5000; purchase of Ciutha Bridge, at Clyde, LSCIOII ; purchase of Victoria Bridge, Kawarau, 1.4000 ; Kawarua Bridge, at the junction of the Arrow, LBOOO ; roa 1 from Lawrence to Roxburgh, L 3000; road from Roxburgh to Clyde, L 2500 ; court-house, Alexandra, L 50 0; court-house, Roxburgh, LSOO. Scarlet Fever is still very prevalent at Lawrence. On Sunday last, the 4th inst, the youngest daughter of Mr Horace Bastings, M.H.R., died from the eff cts of the same. The correspondent of (he Dunedin Evening Star says that fully 20 per cent., of th! eaies have prove 1 fatal. The late boisterous weather has proved very destructive to the gardens in Clyde an l surrounding districts. The pear and apple trees appear to have suffered the most, not only has it destroyed the greater portion of the crop, but in manv instances the leaves have all turned black. The peach and other stone fruits have not been so much affected, ami of these there is every apoearanoa of there being a very good crop. The effect of the late frosts and winds on the gardens at Tinkers, Drybread, anl we hear even as fer as Naseby, has been to utterly destroy every vestige of fruit. A telegram from Wellington to our Dunr. din contemporary the Daily Times, dated November 2nd, says : —A severe gale has been blowing to-day, an I since the House aljournel the large sheet of dome glass which replaced the one which Jell in the night some time ago, fell and crashed through the wire netting which had been placed there after the former aeci lent to prevent such a thing occurring again. Had the House been sitting Messrs Evans, Brown, Banff, and Carrington would have been se iously injured, as the g'ass fell on their seats. JE ;les says ’• There has been a row at the Admiralty. A clever fellow made a won lerful discovery an I disclosed it to a Junior Lord. He wasn’t like those other red sealing wax gentlemen, and he saw his j way to quick promotion. At his instance directions were sent to the commodore comraanding the fleet on the Australian station, to cause solemn inquiry to be made into the incomorehensible fact that “ dmiitg the summer months from April to October more cuidles wore me I on hoard H M.’s ships at the Antipodes, than during the winter months from October to April !” They have got an explanation now, and are beginning to comprehend something about the ■] ifforenoe of seasons on opposite sides of the globe. The funny paragrapliist of the Daily Times writes thusly on the badness of the Dun din gas and irs effects The Corporation gas was so mean this morning that it had quite a struggle to climb, a street lamppost, and when it did succee 1 in reaching the burner, it was pitiful indeed to watch the desperate efforts it made to “ freeze on,” if such a paradoxical colloquialism may be U'ed. The dying struggles of the proverbial shipwrecked mariner to hang nn to a straw in his endeavor to save the last re innant of life were never more herculean than that of No. 3 lamp, to the E.N E. of our office at 1.3d this morning, to save its flame. So weak did the gas run out in our establishment, that it took several matches rnd no end of waste paper to keep one jet in existence. Half a dozen “ comps ” had to be sent in search of candles, for a supp’y of which, to enable us to bring this sheet to light, we are indebted to Mr Waters, of the Prince of Wales Hotel, and Mr Jones, of Wain’s Hotel, anri for the value o F these we shall carefully hand the Gas Committee an account at 10 o’clock this morning. As soon as we can procure one of the patent gas generators wo shall avoid Corporation flickers. An hour later Mr Genever managed to lake up enough coal to increase the sup ply sufficiently for us to move about the office without tumbling over chairs at d tables. Wo owe him our thanks for this, ami thus record them. Holloways Ointment and Pills.— Tumours, Glandular Swellings, and Bad Br.iasU,—lf any departure front health n - quires earlier attention than another to ] revent disastrous consequences it is the class of diseases now under review. To sa'’e hazard and future pain, the budding tumour must have prompt treatment, or rliscomfort and nights of disquietude will be the suffeier’a portion. Whenever the ailra -nt first appears, after fomentation of the spot with warm wafer, Holloway’s Ointment must. I c energetically rubbed till a consider,ib’o quantity is absorbed. The Pills, too, must be commenced with early. Floriline ! For the Te 7 th and Rrf.atii. —A few drops of the liquid “ Floriline” sprinkled on a wet tooth-brush pn . duces a pleasant. la'her, which thorough’y cleanses the teeth from all parasites or impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives to tho tooth a pccnlia-pcarly-whitencss. and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes all unoleasant odour arising from decayed te th or tobacc > smoke. “ The Fragrant Floribne,” being . composed in part of Honey and sweet herbs, is delicious to the taste, and the gie test toilet discovery of the age. Price 2s (id, of all Chemists mid Perfumers. Prepared b ; Henry C. Gallup, 493, Oxford-»t, Loudon

The Bank of New South Wales dividend and bonus lately declared, is at the rate of 174 P B > cent. At the f-tawell Agricultural Show the Governor expressed his opinion that tho Prince of Wales would favourably receive an invitation to bo present at tho International Show in Melbourne, in 1879, On the authority of tho Daily Times wo learn that tho first of the parties to survey the Strath-taieri line of railway left Dunedin on Monday last. A fearful case of sudden death occurred at St. George’s Hall, Wellington, lately. Charles Keeley was playing Abdallah in the burlesque of “ AH Baba," and cot through the first act apparently all right, but as he went off he was seen to stagger, and in a couple of minutes he was dead, even before the doctor came. He had been suffering from heart disease for some time. Throat Affections'and Hoarseness. - All suffering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will be 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 count y at Is lid per box. People trouble I 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 Asthma’ io affections. See that the words “ Brown’s Bronchial Troches ” are oil the Government l Stamp around each box. -Manufactur'd by - John I. Brown hj Sons, Boston, United States. Depot, 49.'!, Oxford-street, London