The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1878. A HARPY NEW YEAR TO YE.

Dunstan Times, Issue 820, 4 January 1878, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1878. A HARPY NEW YEAR TO YE.

Beneath the rule nf men r.N'irr.KLV.TC.ST the pen is mightier than the sword.

Tub oi l rear lias marched out into flie mystic shadow land to join the incalculable myriads that have gone before. Departed with his record of the wondrous and manifold events, sepnes, and chances ho has witnessed—the cr-'sh of ha I ties, the strife of a reel men. the chic meryof Cabinet Conners, Empire pitted against Empire in a fight that looks like a war of extermination, even to the peaceable and unoffending. These has he mewed, while marking the passions of mankind in all their wondrous variety : hatred, love, hope, despair, joy and sorrow ; quarrels reconciled on'v to give i lace to fends renewed. What a volume his must he, unique in i stvnrhfulres , startling in its revelations! Sound the innfEl-d drum then, and let the brazen trumpet hhire forth a rrqni°m for o-ie so worthy as he, carrying wi'h him as he do s, the world’s secrets of ♦he year that is past. And y«t, ere he is gone, the new one appears smiling and you'lffal—as a'l things yonm' appear—full of hope no doubt that Ids r c .rd will not be s 0 burdensome, so gloomy as his predrc"Sso”. N T n mighty throe <>f nature welcomes his advert, no manifestation gives warnin' of his approach, n‘tight hut. the time-piere on the mantle she! I ’, and lo ! it is IR7B Pondering thus over the events of the just dead ' ear—it was net unnatural to turn to the aspect of onr own affdrs, with the view of se ang if we could by any possibd ty share in the numerous congratulations so inexpensively and freely besprinkled around our personage. Could we honestly wish a Happy New Year to some we know when we feel convinced that no one could fail to perceive that peen'iar hungry look that pervades the editorial establishment, a pinched and wasted appearance, as if requiring a something to support it? No, we honestly could not. reciprocate when detihringly thinking of this f it Is it not true that even the devil himself. instead of ns formerly weaving a look of deep humility when iu our august presence, r.ov wears his can jauntily and looks at ns defiantly. So with the baker, the butcher, and the storekeeper—we wont say tri'or. because an editor is supposed not to want clothes for himself or his family—formerly these men were civ'l nay. even polite; n"w, where is their civility, where their po’itencss, gone with tuo Old year, and wo fo« will

not return unless the New Year brings with him a certain insignificant looking article, but mightily 'potent in effect. Of course, for ourselves, we are utterly indifferent as to (he possession of this erticle, for is it not well known, proved in fact, that an editor of a newspaper can live without food, candles, and'coals; but it Is for the other poor sufferers who are in want, •it. is for t.ln'ir kaki-s we id pad. even ns we pleaded, and to succes-fully for the Indian Famine Relief, and surely this famine also merits the consideration of our friends and subscribers, who, in giving aid to suffere-s in a distant land, can surely give their support to an Institution at Home. Seriously we thank our subscribers and friends of the past year, and hope that the new one just dawning upon us will find us at its close in a better position than we can with honesty say ours is at present Still, heartily we say that we wish all “ A Happy New Year."

THE LATE H, C. JONES. jj

It is at all times a melancholy task to record the death of an old resident, hut in the present instance it seems to ns a more tiiso-Ordinary painful one—we allude to the death of Mr Henry Conway Jones, late Agent for the Bank of New Zealand, Alexandra, who died on Wednesday, and was buried yesterday, the following day. He was buried in the Ciyde cemetery beside the grave of a valued fru ml, Mr A. 11. B. Thomson, who was interred there a little more than twelve months ago. The funeral procession, an exceedingly long one, left Alexandra at If) a.m , and was joined en route by a large party from Clyde. _ Mr Jones was an old colonist, arriving in Victoria about the year 1854, where he was well known on most of the Victorian gold-fields as a stoiekeeper ia an extensive business. He came toN’cw Zealand in the tear 1833, where he cntere I into : the service of the Bank of Mew Zealand, and acted as Agent at Hindoo, Teviot, Clyde and Alexandra, at which latter plane he remained ten years up to the time of his death. I _ Mr Jones never took any active part in public affairs, but in a quit unostentateous way effected more good than, if perhaps, he had done so. Beneath a brusque eccentricity of manner was found, by thoseWho-knew him, a generous warm he arte Iness and a genuineness of feeling that few might otherwise have given him credit for. Long will his memory be eho.islie 1 in the ■ istri'it, and long will many have cause to mourn him, especially at Alexandra, at which place his fam’liir face and form will ’op sorely missed, until time, that dteala every sorrow, shall obliterate this one.

The appointment of Henry and Jane Gordon, as Gaoler and Matron to the Clyde Gaol is contained in the Gazette. The thoroughbred entire Merry-King will travel the Tcviot, Speargrass, and Alexandra districts this season. (See advertisement.) In another column wo publish from the Daily Times a short notice of the life of Mr W. D. Mmison. late Editor of that journal, who died on Saturday morning last the 29ch instant. In the General Government Gazette it is notified thatjthe Census will l-e taken during March. 1878. and that W. L Simpson, Esq. is Census Enmnerator for the Vincent and Mani itoto Counties. The second day’s C de-lonian Sports at Clyde, took place on New Veit’s Day, anl pissed off most satisfactorily. There were ri- her more people on tho ground than on Boxing Day, and the number of competitors consequently were greater, and the events more keenly contested. Want of space will not admit of us giving the events in detail The Committee of Management were assiduous in tlnir endeavors to give satisfaction, and fairly snccee lc 1 . We have been informed that the result of the shearing of the Galloway Station lughas given the unusually large average of 811 -s sozs of wool per head.—lt is notified that wool is ready for cartage at Little Valley Shed, Galloway Station, for Laavrence, at i .-l per ton. On Tuesday night, ov rather, Wednes lay morning las', between 1 and 2 a.m., the fire hell—for the second-time within a monthpeeled out its unwelcome notes. The scene of the fire was a room occupied as ihe groom’s and saddle room of Cox’s Port Phillip Hotel, Clyde. Before anything could be done the flames burst through ibe petition into an adjoining mom, in which was stowed a lot of clover hay, this igniting caused a volume of 11 une that fm- the time looked alaiming, and threatened the destruction of the main range of stables adjoining, and in which, at tho 1 irne, were a number of horses. The liovsi s being liberated cve-y effort was made to subdue tho flames,. which avere raging fit reel -. A number of willing hands and a plant ifnl supply of water within a few yards soon had thedesired effect, and the tire was not only quenched hut confined to the rooms in which it originated, a stone wall, which f ii nv-d the back of flic buildiii", mater'a'ly assisting. Tho damage done to the building is hut slight, so no L2O orL3O being the extent, and is covered by insurance in the Norwich Union. A quantity of valuable saddlery, however, -not insured—we are sorry to say, was utterly doitroyxl. Mr Cox’s loss, on this account, will nob bo far short of LSO.

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We have thie pleasure of acknowledging receipt of the Acts, General, Local and ■Personal, passed daring the past Session of Parliament—of General Acts there are 54, occupying 413 pages, and of Locd anil Per sonal Acts, there arc 88, occupying 172 pages. A day or two ago, soon after the Balo’utha train had left Clarksville, the passengers were startled by the heart rending sores ms of -i wnmn n trim nljpoU per U-. ,-l outside one of the carriage windows, and yelled at the top of her voice. She made such good use of her lungs that she attracted the attention of the engine driver, who, thinking that something was seriously the matter, brought the train to a standstill. The guard went to see what was wrong, when the woman in the broadest of Scotch told him she had made “ an awtul mistak’,’’ having got into the,.wrong train. As she desired to go to Tuapeka she was allowed to get out and find her way back the junction. Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.— Sores, Wounds, and Ulcers.—Every variety of sore, ulcer, eruption, boil, and carbuncle is safely stoppe I in its destructive course by the timely application of this healing Ointment, it arrests unhealthy and substitutes healthy action,, thus curing the inflamed, initAh'e, and spreading diseases affecting the skin. Holloway’s Ointment has game I an imperishable fame for its facility in healing old inflammatory sores about the shins and ankles, and for bad legs and old wounds it cannot bo equalled ; nor is it less efficacious in gathered breasts and abscesses. When the complaint has been of long continuance, Holloway’s Pills will expedite recovery if taken in those iloses which act as alteratives on the stomach and tonics on the constitution. Advicet<> Mothers!■-Are you broken in your res by a sick child suffering with t’ne pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes 11 as bright as a button,” It soothes the child, it softens the guns, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, ami is the best known remedy for dyssent ;rv and diarrhoea whether arising from teething nr other causes. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is old by Medicine dealers everywh-.r - at Is. U’ 1 per bottle. Manufactured at 493 Ox-sord-street, London.